The Demon Bride
By Crystal Arrow
Chapter 13: Fight for the right.
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or the other characters from that story; they belong to someone else who actually has talent.
"That means, you idiot," Ookamishin, " That she is now free for the taking to any who can defeat her."
"WHAT THE FUCK!?!" was the first response from Inuyasha.
"NO WAY IN HELL ARE YOU TOUCHING MY SISTER!" was the second from Sesshoumaru. Michera seemed to just blanch.
"You can't take Michera away from us!" Kagome protested far more gently than the accompanying demons.
Ookamishin smirked at the wide variety of responses he gained from the group surrounding the demon bride. "And just how would you plan on stopping me?"
"Well obviously, you wimpy wolf, I'd kill you!"
"And what an effective plan that is, mutt, given how effective that was the last time we came face to face."
Flashback
Like hell it doesn't concern me!" Sesshoumaru roared as he lunged at the demon that stood before him. The demon sidestepped and then passed Sesshoumaru. He dropped a seed on the ground then stepped over it. A barrier surrounded him and whatever else he was looking at, which happened to be Michera. Sesshoumaru turned to run after the demon that was now approaching his sister only to run into a barrier that now surrounded his sister and the demon. " Don't you dare touch her!" he roared as he pounded on the barrier with his fists.
End Flashback
"And even if you could get past any barriers I could create, what's to say you even can kill me?" the wolf questioned. In return he received several rather vicious growls from the dog demons.
"Well," Miroku asked, "What's stopping you from taking her now?"
Ookamishin was silent, and a cold glint shone in his eyes, a cruel light deep within his eyes that glistened and glittered like that of a predator having found the perfect prey and knowing, it was his. That said light in his eye breed an all-new form of fear in Michera, a fear greater than any she has yet been made face. A cold colder than even Sesshoumaru's heart as she saw it before its slowly thawed with the help little girl he raised and hastened by her own arrival. It was cold; it was complete and utter hate. "I never said I would fight her now."
Kagome asked hesitantly, " Then what do you want?"
" I want to see her suffer as I have suffered, never safe, always weak and afraid. I want to see her fight, and just when she might loose, be saved, so she'll have to continue to fight. I won't let you loose." His cold voice swore. " I won't let you lose, and in the very end, when you don't want to fight any more, couldn't possible think to fight anymore but for fear that your power will fall into the wrong hands…I'll be there. You will be mine, and you will pay for what you did to me you bitch!"
"ENOUGH!" The Lord of the western lands roared. He didn't want to hear this demon talk so cruelly to his sister with threats he himself could recall saying to others. He didn't want to be like him. Sesshoumaru's claws glowed green with poison as they flew in their path to slice through Ookamishin, but they never tasted his blood. He was gone.
Michera was silent behind the group, gazing up at the sky. The group watched her waiting for her to say something, anything at all. After a long moment, she sighed, "Time flies so quickly."
"Michera." Kagome whispered in support.
"I have come to an age in demon terms in which I am supposedly ready to be taken for a mate. Because of my powers that I have been cursed with, practically every demon with the slightest bit of power will come for me to try and court me, which I fully intend to refuse; or fight me. Should I be defeated, I will belong to he who defeated me. Such is my curse."
Inuyasha was growling in frustration. It's hard for one so rambunctious as he to stay quiet in a situation like this, but he knew he would only make things worse. Sesshoumaru was also having trouble containing his own frustration. "Why…"he growled, "would you not inform us of this?"
"Because…I was afraid you'd be mad."
Inuyasha snapped, "We're fucking mad now!!" The hanyou didn't flinch.
"What should I have done? Do you think I know? I don't. I've been running since I managed to just barely defeat the witch. Every demon I've come across has attacked me though luckily, up until now, I've been protected by the witch's spell. Now I am exploited by it. Only two choices remain for me, to fight and defeat every suitable male demon in the lands, or find someone relatively good of heart, very rare indeed, and surrender myself to him." Michera gazed into the eyes of those around her, "Should any demon that attacks while I am around chooses he wants to try and defeat me, you may not interfere. That leaves you with two choices: Leave me to fight it out on my own, or stay by me, and help me through this by being there."
For a day so bright, everything seemed to have become so sad. Her companions gave no immediate response. Finally, Kagome stepped forward, for all her good will, "I'll stay by you."
" As will I." Sango stated.
"I can't allow such a beautiful woman to go though such an ordeal alone." Miroku nodded sagely. That was before Inuyasha knocked him unconscious.
"Feh, whatever."
Sesshoumaru was the last counting vote; the children took a liking to Michera and wanted to stay by her anyways. Before he could say anything though, Kagome shouted out, "I sense a jewel shard coming fast!"
Within seconds a large ogre came crashing though the trees towards the group. He stopped and glanced between Kagome and Michera. He laughed hideously, like one big grotesque gurgle. "Just my luck, both the jewel shards and the so called demon bride right here for me to take."
Sesshoumaru moved so as to guard Michera, but she stopped him with her slender clawed hand on his shoulder. "If you wish to protect me Onii-sama, just stay behind me, I can fight."
The ogre moved so as to take a swipe at the group, aiming mostly for Michera. "MOVE!" She shouted out, before disappearing. Inuyasha grabbed Kagome and Shippo, and Sango and Miroku took flight on an enlarged Kirara. Sesshoumaru disappeared with Rin in his arms. Jaken was left to be sent flying from the ogre's mighty blow.
Michera reappeared on the Ogre's arm as he drew it back. Leaping forth and extending her claws, she cried out, "Claws of thorns!" and from her swipe an outwards extending force that grew like a vine outwards to engulf the ogre in a cloud of thorn like energy protrusions that tore him apart. He dissipated leaving two jewel shards and a pile of ashes in his place. The battle was short and sweet. Kagome retrieved and purified the jewel shards. "Well, that makes jewel shard hunting easy!"
The group congratulated Michera on a quick kill. Sesshoumaru watched impassively. "Onii-sama?" Michera asked.
"I will accompany and assure that you are not hurt."
Michera smiled, so her friends and brothers wouldn't leave her. She was so happy. "Thank you, Onii-sama. And you too Inu-chan." Inuyasha fehed at her old pet name for him. But at the same time and was happy inside. For the longest time he had longed to have his family together, but had believed his sister dead, and that Sesshoumaru hated him. But now, at long last, they were together, and he also had friends that cared for all his family, though they were still getting used to Sesshoumaru and his icy attitude.
"You're welcome Imouto-chan." Sesshoumaru nodded in response.
Inuyasha pouted, "She's my little sister."
"And why would she want a weak halfling like you as her elder brother?" He asked icily. Nobody said brothers got along.
Author's note:
Sorry for taking so long to update this, but I'm kinda stuck. But because I've been getting reviews asking for this, I forced this chapter out. Thank you everyone who's been reviewing for any of my stories. I'm sorry if I disappoint you ever, I'm trying.
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