I still want more reviews...........actually, before I had to re-post this, my crazy little sister sent me somewhere around 10 reviews under various anonymous names and her own penname.........all consisting of mainly about 50 exclamation points each and lacking spaces...........then she asked me if spaces were important. Well, duh, it doesn't take much of a brain to figure that out........
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha, I don't own the Black Jewels Trilogy, but I'd like it for my birthday.
To Rule The Darkness
ch. 3 Meetings
Inuyasha woke up in a strange room. Afternoon sunlight shone in his eyes, not letting him sleep any longer.
'Damn.....What in seven hells happened?!'
A growl escaped Inuyasha's throat. He remembered.
'After combining my psychic strength with Sesshoumaru's, the backlash of Black and Ebon-gray must've blew me here........wherever this is. I wonder what happened to Sesshoumaru.' A savage grin spread itself across Inuyasha's face. 'Heh, it'll have blown both Courts to bits. But where the hell am I?!'
"So you're awake now?" A figure was silhouetted against the open door frame. Inuyasha could not see the face, but he could tell by the physical scent, she was female, and from the psychic scent, a Sapphire-Jeweled Priestess. But there was something different about her........
"Who......." Inuyasha's voice rasped a little. The Priestess came closer with a pitcher and poured him a cup of water. He drank. Now his throat felt much better. "Feh........Who are you, and where am I?"
She frowned at him."Rude, aren't you? You're in the Shrine of the Shikon no Tama. My name is Kagome, I'm the High Priestess of the Shikon no Tama."
Inuyasha studied her. So that was why her aura felt slightly different. The legendary Shikon no Tama was in her care. Up until then, he wasn't even sure it existed!
Kagome studied him. She could tell he was a Black-Jeweled Warlord Prince......that, his golden eyes, long silver hair, and dog-like ears reminded her of something.........someone she had heard of somewhere before....... "What's your name?"
Inuyasha hesitated. If she knew his name, what would happen? He did have a reputation of being highly dangerous......... "My name is Inuyasha."
Kagome thought for a moment. "Inuyasha.........sounds familiar........" She remembered. "Oh, I know. Well, as vicious and violent as you're supposed to be, you're still too weak from whatever it is you did, so you're staying here."
Inuyasha just stared. This Priestess, Kagome, she was different from most people.......they were all usually too afraid to even talk to him!
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Sesshoumaru awoke, only to find himself all scratched up and stuck in a thorn bush.
'Oh hell, great, just great..........I'm stuck in a bush, covered in thorns, scratched in who knows how many places, and I have no fucking clue where I am! Mother Night!'
His attempts at untangling himself only made it worse. Sesshoumaru swore again when the thorns dug deeper into his flesh.
"Do you need help?"
Sesshoumaru's round of cursing abruptly ended. He schooled his features back into an emotionless mask. A girl, or rather, a young woman of about fifteen years, watched him.
She repeated her question. "Do you need help?"
"Does it look like I need help?"
She took that as a yes, and somehow coaxed the thorny branches away from his body. He finally succeeded in standing up, and winced at the sting from all of his scratches before dropping his usual emotionless mask into place again.
"Hold still a moment."
He felt the healing energy close all of his wounds.
"There you go! What's your name?"
Sesshoumaru eyed her warily. Like his half brother, he also had a reputation of being highly dangerous. "What's yours?"
"I'm Rin." Rin put her hands on her hips. "But I think I asked you first."
He was surprised. Couldn't she sense that he wore the Black, the strongest, darkest Jewel, not to mention the fact that he was a Warlord prince? Wait......she also wore the Black! He would have no advantage if they fought.......Black against Black.
"Well?"
"Sesshoumaru. My name's Sesshoumaru."
Rin tilted her head. "You look a lot like my foster father."
Sesshoumaru felt something very different about her aura. Then it hit him. She was Witch!
Rin's voice broke into his thoughts. "Well, you can't just keep wandering around here. Come on!"
Sesshoumaru followed behind her, watching her. A spark of arousal ran through him. How long had he dreamed of being Witch's Consort?
They came to an immense stone hall. A little boy with reddish hair, pointed ears, and a tail ran out.
"Rin! Inutaishou was worried about you! Why'd you disappear in the middle of a lesson?"
Rin gave the little boy a hug. "Sorry, I didn't mean to worry anyone. Shippou, this is Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru, this is Shippou."
Sesshoumaru and Shippou's eyes met, and both glared at each other.
Sesshoumaru had always wanted to be Witch's Consort, and he wasn't about to let a young Yellow-Jeweled Warlord take away his claim!
Shippou glared right back. Rin was family, and he served her as Witch, as young as he was. He wasn't going to back down, not even to a dangerous Black-Jeweled Warlord Prince like Sesshoumaru!
Rin glared at both of them. "Stop it! Sesshoumaru, Shippou's just a young orphan, be nice! I'm like an older sister to him. And Shippou, Sesshoumaru's a friend, ok?"
Both males relaxed, though they still watched each other.
"RIN!" A very loud voice made itself heard. Whoever owned it wasn't too happy. A very pale silver-haired Warlord Prince ran out the front door. "What in seven hells did you put in that?!"
"What, the tonic?"
"You call that a tonic?! That 'tonic' could probably have shot me to hell and back if I weren't already dead!"
Sesshoumaru just stared. In fact, he was shocked. So shocked that he would have fallen over if the front gate wasn't in his way.
This man looked just like him, but older! He could also sense that this man wore the Black...........and was one of the demon-dead. Was this Rin's foster father?
"You were looking pretty peaky so I mixed up a simple tonic for you!"
"Simple?! That felt just about the same as being run over by a team of draft horses and then being flattened by the Hall!" The man finally noticed Sesshoumaru. His eyes narrowed. "Rin, who is this?"
He's Sesshoumaru. I found him in a pricker bush. Sesshoumaru, this is my foster father, Inutaishou, the High Lord of Hell."
Inutaishou felt like he just drank another dose of Rin's 'tonic'. After so many years................ ".......My son............"
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Miroku was lost. Completely, Totally lost.
"Damn trees.........this stupid forest doesn't even have any landmarks.........." He continued mumbling, not watching where he was going.
That wasn't a very smart thing to do. He tripped over a root. And found his face in someone's chest. A very pissed off witch's chest.
"KYAAAAAAA! YOU PERVERT!!!!" Within seconds, Sango had knocked him unconscious with the Hiraikotsu.
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Kohaku looked at Souta. "Hey, did you just hear something? I thought I heard a scream."
"Dunno, sounded like a huge bang, like the last time your sister hit a guy over the head with her giant boomerang."
Both boys shrugged and returned to their game of chess.
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Kanoe was currently staying with Sayoko, an Opal-Jeweled Healer. Inuyasha's mother, who was worried about her son. Kanoe had told her Inuyasha would serve Witch. That made her proud. Her son was going to serve the living myth.
Review replies:
Kar-chan: yes, there really are pleasure slaves (and they're treated really badly! *sniff*) and the author's Anne Bishop.
DemonChic: er, basically, a witch (no capital) is just a normal woman of the Blood, Witch (capitalized) is a really powerful Queen.
Kyanos: it's going to be Sess/Rin and IY/Kag.
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