-Chapter Two - Meet the Dark-
"INUYASHA!! What did you do to him?!" Kagome shrieked as Inuyasha carried Maels over to her and dropped him to the ground.
"I didn't do anything to him. He got his ass kicked by some other youkai." Inuyasha snorted. "If I'd attacked him he'd be dead."
"Inuyasha... SIT!" Kagome yelled fed up with how wretched Inuyasha had been to Maels.
Maels stifled a laugh and looked up at Kagome. "He really didn't do anything. He actually helped me get back here okay."
Kagome looked at Inuyasha who hadn't bothered to stand up then at Maels. "He actually helped you?"
"Yes I actually helped him!" Inuyasha snapped.
"I'm shocked Inuyasha." Miroku said actually looking surprised at the hanyou's abnormal kindness towards Maels. Sango nodded in agreement as she helped Maels to his feet.
Inuyasha stood up and brushed himself off. "I'll be back later. I need some time to think alright?" he practically growled and bounded off through the forest.
"Is it just me, or is Inuyasha still like a child?" Maels asked watching Inuyasha run.
"Nope. He's like a child!" Shippo said, smiling brightly.
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Maels watched Inuyasha. He had been watching the hanyou since they had all gone to sleep. He hadn't moved once and his eyes were closed, but he had to be sure Inuyasha was sleeping.
Slowly he crawled out from under his blanket and headed towards the trees.
"Where do you think you're going?"
"I--Inuyasha." Maels stuttered. He was sure the hanyou was sleeping!
"Answer me." Inuyasha growled.
"I have something I need to take care of." Maels shot back. "Now, I really need to be going."
Inuyasha huffed. "Whatever. Just be back before the others wake up, alright?"
Maels grinned. "Right."
It took a while before Maels caught the scent of the girl and Inuyasha's brother, Sesshomaru. After he could smell them, it took almost no time to find them. Sesshomaru was sitting in a tree near the hot spring where the girl was cleaning herself up.
Sesshomaru jumped down and drew his sword out. "Who's there?" He demanded into the darkness.
Maels stepped into the moonlight so Sesshomaru could see him clearly. "I'm here." He stated.
"What do you want?" Sesshomaru asked, resheathing his sword.
"Erm..." Maels wasn't sure what to say. He really didn't have any valid excuse but wanting to see Sesshomaru again. Not besides the girl... "I wanted to be sure your girl was okay."
"She's fine." Sesshomaru snapped, noticing that Maels was moving closer to him.
"Our introduction before was rather short. Who exactly are you?" Maels stopped about a foot from where Sesshomaru stood.
Sesshomaru growled slightly. "I am Sesshomaru, lord of the Western Lands."
"Well, well..." Maels grabbed Sesshomaru's hand and pressed his lips to it. "Pleased to actually meet you my lord." He murmured against Sesshomaru's pale skin.
Sesshomaru stared down at Maels, not knowing how he should react to this. He cleared his throat and pulled his hand away protectively. "And you are Maels, correct?"
Maels' eyes twinkled. "I'm flattered you remember me Lord Sesshomaru." He straightened himself up and observed the youkai before him. "And I meant what I said before." He smiled broadly. "You remember, don't you?"
Maels grinned insanely. "You are so much more beautiful than he is!" Sesshomaru blushed at the memory of being called more beautiful than his brother. As true as it was, it is an embarrassing thing. "I remember." He stated flatly, glad the darkness covered his blush.
"Good!" That insane grin was back. "So how exactly did you end up with a human child anyway? Most of you youkai wouldn't go near one unless it was to kill it right?"
"She helped me and I'm returning the favor." Sesshomaru stated. "There's something I've been wondering." He asked abruptly changing the subject.
Maels quirked an eyebrow. "Yes?"
"What in the hells are you?" Sesshomaru asked so bluntly Maels nearly fell over from shock.
An eruption of laughter from Maels made Sesshomaru turn red again, though now it was from anger. No one laughs at Sesshomaru. He darted forward and closed his hand around Maels' throat, pinning him to nearby a tree and immediately stopping the laughter. "Do not mock me." He squeezed tighter. "Do you understand?" Claws broke tender flesh and blood beaded around them.
Maels shook his head emphatically after a failed attempt to speak which made him look like a fish trying to breathe out of water. He fell to the ground and rubbed his neck where Sesshomaru's claws pierced them. "If you really want to know, I can show you." He muttered hoarsely still rubbing his sore neck.
Sesshomaru licked the small amount of blood from his claws and smiled impassively. "If you wish to."
Maels stood up, cracked his neck and knuckles nonchalantly, and grinned like a madman again. In seconds the pale, dark curly-haired man who stood before Sesshomaru became a creature caught somewhere between a man and wolf. His height nearly tripled, his fingers grew into deadly claws as his canine teeth grew into long sharp weapons, his entire body was covered in black fur, and once pale gray eyes turned a fiery shade of red.
"What...a were-wolf?" Sesshomaru stared dubiously at the strange creature before him. "But they aren't real."
"Are you implying Lord Sesshomaru, that I, who stands before you, am not real? I believe I am very much real. You can't always believe what you think, now can you?" The wolf-Maels asked.
Sesshomaru was speechless. A were-wolf. Maels was a wolf. He knew the scent was strange, but this was ridiculous. Wolfs weren't real, they were just in stories humans told to their children to scare them. But standing right there was living proof that the mythical creatures were real.
"I suppose you can't understand how I'm real can you? Well my lord, I am not like most creatures of the night. I'm not a child of the dark like they are. I am the dark."[1] Once again within seconds Maels changed back into a human form and he was smirking at the look of utter disbelief on Sesshomaru's face. "I suppose it will take a little getting used to the fact that I do exist, but I'm afraid that I must be going. Until we meet again my lord." Maels bowed graciously towards Sesshomaru then disappeared into the trees.
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Inuyasha glared at Maels as he made his return. "What happened to your neck?"
"Huh?" Maels lifted his hand to his neck and felt the wounds. "Oh that... I had a run-in with a youkai." He was having extreme difficulty keeping a smile from his face at the thought of Sesshomaru.
Inuyasha sniffed at the air around Maels and wrinkled his nose in disgust. "Go take a bath."
"It's because you can smell Sesshomaru isn't it?" Maels smiled.
"Yes." Inuyasha growled, his eyes flashing dangerously. "Now go take a damn bath before I kill you."
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[1] I want to explain to everyone that the word 'Maels' is an elfish word meaning 'the dark or darkness'.
Well, that's the end chapter. I hope that the few people who were actually nice enough to review are happy with it.
"INUYASHA!! What did you do to him?!" Kagome shrieked as Inuyasha carried Maels over to her and dropped him to the ground.
"I didn't do anything to him. He got his ass kicked by some other youkai." Inuyasha snorted. "If I'd attacked him he'd be dead."
"Inuyasha... SIT!" Kagome yelled fed up with how wretched Inuyasha had been to Maels.
Maels stifled a laugh and looked up at Kagome. "He really didn't do anything. He actually helped me get back here okay."
Kagome looked at Inuyasha who hadn't bothered to stand up then at Maels. "He actually helped you?"
"Yes I actually helped him!" Inuyasha snapped.
"I'm shocked Inuyasha." Miroku said actually looking surprised at the hanyou's abnormal kindness towards Maels. Sango nodded in agreement as she helped Maels to his feet.
Inuyasha stood up and brushed himself off. "I'll be back later. I need some time to think alright?" he practically growled and bounded off through the forest.
"Is it just me, or is Inuyasha still like a child?" Maels asked watching Inuyasha run.
"Nope. He's like a child!" Shippo said, smiling brightly.
- -
Maels watched Inuyasha. He had been watching the hanyou since they had all gone to sleep. He hadn't moved once and his eyes were closed, but he had to be sure Inuyasha was sleeping.
Slowly he crawled out from under his blanket and headed towards the trees.
"Where do you think you're going?"
"I--Inuyasha." Maels stuttered. He was sure the hanyou was sleeping!
"Answer me." Inuyasha growled.
"I have something I need to take care of." Maels shot back. "Now, I really need to be going."
Inuyasha huffed. "Whatever. Just be back before the others wake up, alright?"
Maels grinned. "Right."
It took a while before Maels caught the scent of the girl and Inuyasha's brother, Sesshomaru. After he could smell them, it took almost no time to find them. Sesshomaru was sitting in a tree near the hot spring where the girl was cleaning herself up.
Sesshomaru jumped down and drew his sword out. "Who's there?" He demanded into the darkness.
Maels stepped into the moonlight so Sesshomaru could see him clearly. "I'm here." He stated.
"What do you want?" Sesshomaru asked, resheathing his sword.
"Erm..." Maels wasn't sure what to say. He really didn't have any valid excuse but wanting to see Sesshomaru again. Not besides the girl... "I wanted to be sure your girl was okay."
"She's fine." Sesshomaru snapped, noticing that Maels was moving closer to him.
"Our introduction before was rather short. Who exactly are you?" Maels stopped about a foot from where Sesshomaru stood.
Sesshomaru growled slightly. "I am Sesshomaru, lord of the Western Lands."
"Well, well..." Maels grabbed Sesshomaru's hand and pressed his lips to it. "Pleased to actually meet you my lord." He murmured against Sesshomaru's pale skin.
Sesshomaru stared down at Maels, not knowing how he should react to this. He cleared his throat and pulled his hand away protectively. "And you are Maels, correct?"
Maels' eyes twinkled. "I'm flattered you remember me Lord Sesshomaru." He straightened himself up and observed the youkai before him. "And I meant what I said before." He smiled broadly. "You remember, don't you?"
Maels grinned insanely. "You are so much more beautiful than he is!" Sesshomaru blushed at the memory of being called more beautiful than his brother. As true as it was, it is an embarrassing thing. "I remember." He stated flatly, glad the darkness covered his blush.
"Good!" That insane grin was back. "So how exactly did you end up with a human child anyway? Most of you youkai wouldn't go near one unless it was to kill it right?"
"She helped me and I'm returning the favor." Sesshomaru stated. "There's something I've been wondering." He asked abruptly changing the subject.
Maels quirked an eyebrow. "Yes?"
"What in the hells are you?" Sesshomaru asked so bluntly Maels nearly fell over from shock.
An eruption of laughter from Maels made Sesshomaru turn red again, though now it was from anger. No one laughs at Sesshomaru. He darted forward and closed his hand around Maels' throat, pinning him to nearby a tree and immediately stopping the laughter. "Do not mock me." He squeezed tighter. "Do you understand?" Claws broke tender flesh and blood beaded around them.
Maels shook his head emphatically after a failed attempt to speak which made him look like a fish trying to breathe out of water. He fell to the ground and rubbed his neck where Sesshomaru's claws pierced them. "If you really want to know, I can show you." He muttered hoarsely still rubbing his sore neck.
Sesshomaru licked the small amount of blood from his claws and smiled impassively. "If you wish to."
Maels stood up, cracked his neck and knuckles nonchalantly, and grinned like a madman again. In seconds the pale, dark curly-haired man who stood before Sesshomaru became a creature caught somewhere between a man and wolf. His height nearly tripled, his fingers grew into deadly claws as his canine teeth grew into long sharp weapons, his entire body was covered in black fur, and once pale gray eyes turned a fiery shade of red.
"What...a were-wolf?" Sesshomaru stared dubiously at the strange creature before him. "But they aren't real."
"Are you implying Lord Sesshomaru, that I, who stands before you, am not real? I believe I am very much real. You can't always believe what you think, now can you?" The wolf-Maels asked.
Sesshomaru was speechless. A were-wolf. Maels was a wolf. He knew the scent was strange, but this was ridiculous. Wolfs weren't real, they were just in stories humans told to their children to scare them. But standing right there was living proof that the mythical creatures were real.
"I suppose you can't understand how I'm real can you? Well my lord, I am not like most creatures of the night. I'm not a child of the dark like they are. I am the dark."[1] Once again within seconds Maels changed back into a human form and he was smirking at the look of utter disbelief on Sesshomaru's face. "I suppose it will take a little getting used to the fact that I do exist, but I'm afraid that I must be going. Until we meet again my lord." Maels bowed graciously towards Sesshomaru then disappeared into the trees.
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Inuyasha glared at Maels as he made his return. "What happened to your neck?"
"Huh?" Maels lifted his hand to his neck and felt the wounds. "Oh that... I had a run-in with a youkai." He was having extreme difficulty keeping a smile from his face at the thought of Sesshomaru.
Inuyasha sniffed at the air around Maels and wrinkled his nose in disgust. "Go take a bath."
"It's because you can smell Sesshomaru isn't it?" Maels smiled.
"Yes." Inuyasha growled, his eyes flashing dangerously. "Now go take a damn bath before I kill you."
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[1] I want to explain to everyone that the word 'Maels' is an elfish word meaning 'the dark or darkness'.
Well, that's the end chapter. I hope that the few people who were actually nice enough to review are happy with it.