Chapter five dun dun dun "Go, now..." SesshoMaru whispered
. "I won't leave you here to die you arrogant show off..." Kagome hissed.
"Oh now I'm arrogant...." SesshoMaru mumbled.
He rose to face the girl that had attacked them; she bore a terrifyingly definite resemblance to himself. Despite being the creation of sick a witch seeking revenge for her fallen sister, the girl looked as if she had been naturally made, bearing also the pure innocence of the woman she took after.
"What do you want here?" SesshoMaru asked keeping his anger to a bare minimum.
"Your life Lord SesshoMaru..." the girl replied.
"Do you seek to take her life as well?" SesshoMaru demanded.
At this the girl wasn't sure what she wanted anymore, although she was curious as to how powerful this demon that stood before her was.
"You have a powerful demonic aura my lord." UrukaMaru said quickly, attempting to change the subject.
"You did not answer me." SesshoMaru objected bluntly.
"I seek not her life, only yours, If you can defeat me then I will become nothing but a shadow, your lost blood spilt across this beaten path." UrukaMaru replied. "But if I should win you will suffer the fate of becoming the shadow."
SesshoMaru fought the urge to scratch his head, all this speaking in riddles was not doing his brain a favor. This girl was as mysterious as the way she was made, this more than anything gave the demon lord a headache.
"Are you trying to tell me that if I lose to you I become nothing but blood?" SesshoMaru asked senselessly.
"Obviously... in time your blood will stain the path crimson... and over time this will grow to consume this whole stretch of the wood..." UrukaMaru said with a laugh. With a shake of his head the demon lord began to laugh, the thought of him losing to a Witch Child was truly hilarious. Kagome however found this to be not the least bit funny, young she may have been, but for this girl to make such comments that she has no way of verifying sickened her.
"You lie..." Kagome growled rising to stand next to her former enemy, "How can you possibly know what will happen?"
SesshoMaru turned to face his human companion, the fact that she was absolutely right stunned him, this human was rarely correct when it came to him and an enemy whose motive was still yet unknown.
"You tell the truth, yet the thought of his blood consuming this path is tremendously fascinating." UrukaMaru sighed.
"How sick... I think she takes after your half of the blood basin..." Kagome whispered.
He shook his head and looked up at this girl who claimed to be able to beat him, knowing that she had no idea what she was getting herself into. With a release of demonic energy that said all SesshoMaru turned and walked away, the girl who was acting only on instinct fled in the opposite direction.
"I should get you back before my brother wakes up and finds you gone..." SesshoMaru said without a single thought on UrukaMaru.
"Oh yeah, hurry before all hell breaks loose...." Kagome said with a sarcastic smile.
SesshoMaru turned to her; he was glad that someone finally decided to be himself or herself around him, and although she had no idea what he was thinking she began to laugh.
"What do you find so amusing?" SesshoMaru asked.
"You... I find it so funny that you give me that same look every time I say something that your not used to..." Kagome said through tears of laughter.
The human girl was on the ground she was laughing so hard, and obeying the sudden urge, SesshoMaru was laughing as well. When she recovered from her laugh attack she hugged SesshoMaru, who to say the least, was utterly confused.
"Now what?"
"Arigatou Gozaimasu... I haven't laughed in so long..." Kagome whispered before letting sleep take her.
"Great..." SesshoMaru breathed, "Now the halfling will definitely kill me..."
Slowly SesshoMaru lifted the sleeping woman child into his arms, she was rather light for her size, that was only the first of many things he noticed. She wore a smile on her face as she slept, she knew she was safe, though she wasn't quite that safe yet. What she didn't know was SesshoMaru's instincts telling him to kill her, out in the wild, where he had her.
"Inu-Yasha...." Kagome exclaimed in her slumber.
SesshoMaru eyed her and smiled slightly, she was after all adorable as she slept, and he did his best to keep her asleep as he lowered her into her bed. He looked around at the housing the monk had gotten them, it wasn't too shabby either, he decided.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Inu-Yasha demanded.
The youkai sighed, he knew that eventually Inu-Yasha would discover the talk he had had with the human girl. SesshoMaru turned to face his younger brother; he was leaning on his elbow, glaring at him, with his hand on the hilt of Tetsusaiga.
"I suppose I should tell you... the human and I are having an affair." SesshoMaru said sarcastically.
Inu-Yasha who always takes things seriously got an even deadlier glare on his face, the elder sibling only smirked, he knew that the hanyou would mistake it for the truth.
"How dense are you?" SesshoMaru asked with a glare. "What?"
"I was joking you fool." SesshoMaru said without emotion.
SesshoMaru looked to his brother for confirmation of his comment; the hanyou bore a look of confusion, probably because the taiyoukai never joked.
"Why little brother, can I not make a joke?" SesshoMaru asked.
"Its not that, I just wont be able to get used to your new found sense of humor." Inu-Yasha said through gritted teeth, "Now why are you here?"
"I was only returning what is yours." SesshoMaru replied truthfully, motioning towards the sleeping Kagome.
Inu-Yasha followed his half-brothers motion to the girl's form; confusion took the less intelligent sibling once more, why would he be returning Kagome?
"What did you do?" Inu-Yasha growled.
"I meant no harm, in that I wished no harm to come to you or your party of sidekicks. If there are to be any hurt fighting UrukaMaru it should be us." SesshoMaru replied, he hated explaining himself.
"So you took her to fight that freak show? Do you have any idea how much danger you put her in?" Inu-Yasha said as calmly as possible.
"Are you saying that it was my fault that she refused to leave when I told her to?"
"Yes." Inu-Yasha growled.
Inu-Yasha turned to Kagome and shook her awake, she rolled over and smacked him in the face, then she sat up to apologize.
"Inu-Yasha I am so sorry, I thought you were Miroku.... Forgive me?" Kagome replied frantically.
"You know for once, I think that my brother was trying to protect you and that is when you refuse to listen to him?" Inu-Yasha hissed.
"What?"
Kagome looked around and her eyes landed on the taiyoukai standing in the moonlight, her eyes shot back to Inu-Yasha.
"YOU PROMISED!" Kagome shouted at SesshoMaru.
The taiyoukai smirked and began to walk out of the room, he though it better to leave the two alone to argue more, his action stopped as Kagome tackled the demon.
"Hey, what do you think you are... oof....." SesshoMaru cried.
"YOU PROMISED YOU WOULDN'T TELL HIM ABOUT THAT!" Kagome shouted.
"Stop yelling and get the hell off of me." SesshoMaru replied calmly.
"Fine, but tell me... why did you tell him?" Kagome said quieter. I
nu-Yasha smacked his hand over his face as Kagome fought to keep the taiyoukai pinned to the floor, he heard footsteps coming down the hall.
"Oh my goodness..." Sango exclaimed.
"Maybe we should return to our rooms..." Miroku said with a smile.
"And just what do you mean by that?" SesshoMaru growled.
"uh... never mind..." Miroku replied.
"Kagome... what are you doing?" Shippo asked.
"Why did you tell him?" Kagome asked again.
"Because, hey watch the hair, because he asked." SesshoMaru answered loudly.
Kagome climbed off the dog demon and brushed herself off before offering him her hand, he slapped it away and rose on his own. He leaned closer to her before whispering something in her ear, then he disappeared into the night.
"WAIT!!" Kagome shouted after him.
She disregarded her shoes and took off barefoot after the youkai, it was as if he knew she would follow, because he was sitting on a rock when she reached the clearing from before. She took a moment to regain her breath before dropping to her knees in front of him.
"What did you mean by, tomorrow at dusk?" Kagome asked breathlessly.
"You will come with me to search out that girl, bring only a bow and your quiver, come after the hanyou is asleep" SesshoMaru replied.
The taiyoukai rose and offered her his right hand, she looked at it, and she saw a pale hand with claws that could become deadly at any second. Hesitantly she took the demon lords hand and he pulled her up into a standing position, then he turned and leapt into the trees.
"He sure comes and goes fast." Kagome whispered.
Kagome started back to the house where they were to stay that night, it was pitch black and gradually she began to lose her way. She knew she was lost when she passed the Sakura tree for the sixth time, she slumped to the ground in defeat, and she reached into her smaller bag for a flashlight only to find that she had forgotten it.
"Follow me." A voice whispered through the tress.
It was then that she saw a figure standing in front of her, she stood up to face whoever it was only to see bright red eyes. She tried to back away but the figured grabbed her wrist, she sensed his demonic aura and new exactly who it was.
"Naraku!" Kagome hissed.
"I have you all alone out here in the wild, SesshoMaru had his chance but did not take it, now its my turn." Naraku whispered.
"What... what are you talking about?" Kagome demanded.
"You are a threat to all demon kind, no self-respecting demon would let you live. Which is why I question his decision to allow your to live." Naraku replied.
R&R please? anyway that was my fave to write
. "I won't leave you here to die you arrogant show off..." Kagome hissed.
"Oh now I'm arrogant...." SesshoMaru mumbled.
He rose to face the girl that had attacked them; she bore a terrifyingly definite resemblance to himself. Despite being the creation of sick a witch seeking revenge for her fallen sister, the girl looked as if she had been naturally made, bearing also the pure innocence of the woman she took after.
"What do you want here?" SesshoMaru asked keeping his anger to a bare minimum.
"Your life Lord SesshoMaru..." the girl replied.
"Do you seek to take her life as well?" SesshoMaru demanded.
At this the girl wasn't sure what she wanted anymore, although she was curious as to how powerful this demon that stood before her was.
"You have a powerful demonic aura my lord." UrukaMaru said quickly, attempting to change the subject.
"You did not answer me." SesshoMaru objected bluntly.
"I seek not her life, only yours, If you can defeat me then I will become nothing but a shadow, your lost blood spilt across this beaten path." UrukaMaru replied. "But if I should win you will suffer the fate of becoming the shadow."
SesshoMaru fought the urge to scratch his head, all this speaking in riddles was not doing his brain a favor. This girl was as mysterious as the way she was made, this more than anything gave the demon lord a headache.
"Are you trying to tell me that if I lose to you I become nothing but blood?" SesshoMaru asked senselessly.
"Obviously... in time your blood will stain the path crimson... and over time this will grow to consume this whole stretch of the wood..." UrukaMaru said with a laugh. With a shake of his head the demon lord began to laugh, the thought of him losing to a Witch Child was truly hilarious. Kagome however found this to be not the least bit funny, young she may have been, but for this girl to make such comments that she has no way of verifying sickened her.
"You lie..." Kagome growled rising to stand next to her former enemy, "How can you possibly know what will happen?"
SesshoMaru turned to face his human companion, the fact that she was absolutely right stunned him, this human was rarely correct when it came to him and an enemy whose motive was still yet unknown.
"You tell the truth, yet the thought of his blood consuming this path is tremendously fascinating." UrukaMaru sighed.
"How sick... I think she takes after your half of the blood basin..." Kagome whispered.
He shook his head and looked up at this girl who claimed to be able to beat him, knowing that she had no idea what she was getting herself into. With a release of demonic energy that said all SesshoMaru turned and walked away, the girl who was acting only on instinct fled in the opposite direction.
"I should get you back before my brother wakes up and finds you gone..." SesshoMaru said without a single thought on UrukaMaru.
"Oh yeah, hurry before all hell breaks loose...." Kagome said with a sarcastic smile.
SesshoMaru turned to her; he was glad that someone finally decided to be himself or herself around him, and although she had no idea what he was thinking she began to laugh.
"What do you find so amusing?" SesshoMaru asked.
"You... I find it so funny that you give me that same look every time I say something that your not used to..." Kagome said through tears of laughter.
The human girl was on the ground she was laughing so hard, and obeying the sudden urge, SesshoMaru was laughing as well. When she recovered from her laugh attack she hugged SesshoMaru, who to say the least, was utterly confused.
"Now what?"
"Arigatou Gozaimasu... I haven't laughed in so long..." Kagome whispered before letting sleep take her.
"Great..." SesshoMaru breathed, "Now the halfling will definitely kill me..."
Slowly SesshoMaru lifted the sleeping woman child into his arms, she was rather light for her size, that was only the first of many things he noticed. She wore a smile on her face as she slept, she knew she was safe, though she wasn't quite that safe yet. What she didn't know was SesshoMaru's instincts telling him to kill her, out in the wild, where he had her.
"Inu-Yasha...." Kagome exclaimed in her slumber.
SesshoMaru eyed her and smiled slightly, she was after all adorable as she slept, and he did his best to keep her asleep as he lowered her into her bed. He looked around at the housing the monk had gotten them, it wasn't too shabby either, he decided.
"What the hell are you doing here?" Inu-Yasha demanded.
The youkai sighed, he knew that eventually Inu-Yasha would discover the talk he had had with the human girl. SesshoMaru turned to face his younger brother; he was leaning on his elbow, glaring at him, with his hand on the hilt of Tetsusaiga.
"I suppose I should tell you... the human and I are having an affair." SesshoMaru said sarcastically.
Inu-Yasha who always takes things seriously got an even deadlier glare on his face, the elder sibling only smirked, he knew that the hanyou would mistake it for the truth.
"How dense are you?" SesshoMaru asked with a glare. "What?"
"I was joking you fool." SesshoMaru said without emotion.
SesshoMaru looked to his brother for confirmation of his comment; the hanyou bore a look of confusion, probably because the taiyoukai never joked.
"Why little brother, can I not make a joke?" SesshoMaru asked.
"Its not that, I just wont be able to get used to your new found sense of humor." Inu-Yasha said through gritted teeth, "Now why are you here?"
"I was only returning what is yours." SesshoMaru replied truthfully, motioning towards the sleeping Kagome.
Inu-Yasha followed his half-brothers motion to the girl's form; confusion took the less intelligent sibling once more, why would he be returning Kagome?
"What did you do?" Inu-Yasha growled.
"I meant no harm, in that I wished no harm to come to you or your party of sidekicks. If there are to be any hurt fighting UrukaMaru it should be us." SesshoMaru replied, he hated explaining himself.
"So you took her to fight that freak show? Do you have any idea how much danger you put her in?" Inu-Yasha said as calmly as possible.
"Are you saying that it was my fault that she refused to leave when I told her to?"
"Yes." Inu-Yasha growled.
Inu-Yasha turned to Kagome and shook her awake, she rolled over and smacked him in the face, then she sat up to apologize.
"Inu-Yasha I am so sorry, I thought you were Miroku.... Forgive me?" Kagome replied frantically.
"You know for once, I think that my brother was trying to protect you and that is when you refuse to listen to him?" Inu-Yasha hissed.
"What?"
Kagome looked around and her eyes landed on the taiyoukai standing in the moonlight, her eyes shot back to Inu-Yasha.
"YOU PROMISED!" Kagome shouted at SesshoMaru.
The taiyoukai smirked and began to walk out of the room, he though it better to leave the two alone to argue more, his action stopped as Kagome tackled the demon.
"Hey, what do you think you are... oof....." SesshoMaru cried.
"YOU PROMISED YOU WOULDN'T TELL HIM ABOUT THAT!" Kagome shouted.
"Stop yelling and get the hell off of me." SesshoMaru replied calmly.
"Fine, but tell me... why did you tell him?" Kagome said quieter. I
nu-Yasha smacked his hand over his face as Kagome fought to keep the taiyoukai pinned to the floor, he heard footsteps coming down the hall.
"Oh my goodness..." Sango exclaimed.
"Maybe we should return to our rooms..." Miroku said with a smile.
"And just what do you mean by that?" SesshoMaru growled.
"uh... never mind..." Miroku replied.
"Kagome... what are you doing?" Shippo asked.
"Why did you tell him?" Kagome asked again.
"Because, hey watch the hair, because he asked." SesshoMaru answered loudly.
Kagome climbed off the dog demon and brushed herself off before offering him her hand, he slapped it away and rose on his own. He leaned closer to her before whispering something in her ear, then he disappeared into the night.
"WAIT!!" Kagome shouted after him.
She disregarded her shoes and took off barefoot after the youkai, it was as if he knew she would follow, because he was sitting on a rock when she reached the clearing from before. She took a moment to regain her breath before dropping to her knees in front of him.
"What did you mean by, tomorrow at dusk?" Kagome asked breathlessly.
"You will come with me to search out that girl, bring only a bow and your quiver, come after the hanyou is asleep" SesshoMaru replied.
The taiyoukai rose and offered her his right hand, she looked at it, and she saw a pale hand with claws that could become deadly at any second. Hesitantly she took the demon lords hand and he pulled her up into a standing position, then he turned and leapt into the trees.
"He sure comes and goes fast." Kagome whispered.
Kagome started back to the house where they were to stay that night, it was pitch black and gradually she began to lose her way. She knew she was lost when she passed the Sakura tree for the sixth time, she slumped to the ground in defeat, and she reached into her smaller bag for a flashlight only to find that she had forgotten it.
"Follow me." A voice whispered through the tress.
It was then that she saw a figure standing in front of her, she stood up to face whoever it was only to see bright red eyes. She tried to back away but the figured grabbed her wrist, she sensed his demonic aura and new exactly who it was.
"Naraku!" Kagome hissed.
"I have you all alone out here in the wild, SesshoMaru had his chance but did not take it, now its my turn." Naraku whispered.
"What... what are you talking about?" Kagome demanded.
"You are a threat to all demon kind, no self-respecting demon would let you live. Which is why I question his decision to allow your to live." Naraku replied.
R&R please? anyway that was my fave to write