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Chap 4: Enter the Inu
Inuyasha came awake with a start. Whoever was making pancakes was going to pay dearly for not telling him first. Wait a minute. How could he smell pancakes? He wasn't near the kitchen. In fact, he sniffed the air; he was in the third floor on the east side of the building.
The boy started slightly. When had his sense of smell gotten so good? He hadn't felt this disoriented since he was first made a werewolf. The world began to open up to his senses. He could hear the two werewolves outside the door, and from their heartbeats, they were asleep. He could hear Mayu singing as she made his favorite breakfast two floors down. Inuyasha could even hear the breathing of every sleeping vampire and werewolf in the house.
And smell them too. Perfume, rotting blood, fresh blood, soap, cigarettes smoke, and dust everywhere-he sneezed. That was a little much for him to handle. The sweat of work was all over the place too. Werewolf smell was everywhere, along with vampire, and the smell of something else. He frowned slightly trying to place that smell. Something in him answered. It's magic. The electric smell of old magic. How the hell had he known that? Dammit, it was too early in the morning to try and think.
He opened his eyes slowly and sat up. And knew from the pull of bandages and splints on his skin that that wasn't supposed to happen. But nothing hurt, so why was he-
The memory came flooding back. The hunt that night, those kids, the vampires, that one hell of a beating. 'Fucking bastards,' he thought angrily. 'Going after kids, and using a silver sword on their own werewolves. I hate those Kagerumaru shits.'
The Kagerumaru clan was famous for their speed, along with that of their werewolves. But they'd been out flushing a small orphanage of children that night, and he hated seeing some huge clan pick on the weak. The werewolf had tried to help the kids escape and got caught. And he'd been so outnumbered, the vampires just laughed and made him start running-
So how the hell had he survived the night? Not that he was complaining, but still. This didn't make sense. The wraps and smell of medicine all said that he'd been badly injured. How had he healed? And so fast? He didn't remember being found out by the lot, or being carried back to the house. Inuyasha shook his head to clear it of his thoughts and took a deep breath.
He nearly had a heart attack. He wasn't alone in the room. He was with a female young vampire. That brought some concern. He sniffed again as he stood up. Why hadn't she been the first thing he smelled? She was right next to him! Something seemed off about this one. Her scent was-fresh. Clean still, with only a very faint trace of blood. 'Sesshomaru's blood,' he realized. 'Kagura must want her for something if she had Sesshomaru be her first blood.'
The girl looked small and innocent in the bed, curled up like a kitten. She had long black hair framing a sweet face. 'If that ain't deceiving,' Inuyasha thought bitterly. 'They all look good while they're not feeding.' Her skin was clear, not a freckle on her, and her eyes looked wide. Thick lashes were long on her cheeks, and they blushed slightly with warmth. The sheets hid most of her body, but he could tell that she was long limbed and graceful. She was quite pretty.
'And I must be her new pet.' He winced at the thought. He'd hoped he wouldn't be made a pet for another twenty years; he was still very young in werewolf terms. But this is life on earth, you can't have what you want.
He was stirred from his musings by a sound from outside the hallway. His ears flicked as he went to the door and walked out past the startled guards. "Sesshomaru," he called softly. "I can hear you on the stairs, hurry up already."
The older werewolf started slightly. Inuyasha had known he was coming? From inside the room? It was over fifty feet away, and the lord's tread was very light. The transfer was doing wonders for his abilities. He lifted an eyebrow as he greeted the young man. "Welcome back to the living, Inuyasha."
"Yeah, yeah, what a beautiful morning to you too." Catching his look, "my lord," Inuyasha added hastily. "So what's up with the girl? She my master now?" he asked bitterly.
"You should speak of her with more respect than that. She saved your life last night." Inuyasha looked up at that. "Lady Kagome gave you her blood to help heal you from the silver poisoning."
The teen gasped at the implication. "She-she's not--"
Sesshomaru tilted his head in a nod. "She is now your blood mate."
That would certainly explain why he hadn't smelled her immediately. His body had recognized her as non-threatening, she was his mate. To werewolves, blood mates were the equivalent of getting married. They couldn't bear children, but they could still take mates for life. The demon born beings would slit both wrists and bind them together, sharing their blood and giving each other their abilities. They would become stronger for the act, and normally the pact was sealed with consummation. But blood alone was enough to bind them together for all their lives.
Inuyasha could only stare as Sesshomaru spoke. "You're already experiencing some of the benefits of her act. You could hear me coming, and you appear to have increased your hearing and scenting abilities."
It took a bit for this to sink in. A life altering experience and he hadn't even been conscious for it. "b-blood mate?!"
Sai and Ichiro both shushed him at the same time. "Quiet! You'll wake her."
"Who cares?!" He lowered his voice anyway, glancing over his shoulder into the room. "She's my blood mate? Why the hell would she do that?"
"I can only assume that she is compassionate," Sesshomaru said softly. "Kagura made her a vampire for her holy abilities. She is a miko still."
"A miko? A miko vampire? What the hell would that bitch want with her?"
"She wants Lady Kagome to steal the Amokoi halberd."
"The one that can control the wind and waves?" The older werewolf nodded. Inuyasha snorted. "Like she needs anymore powers with wind. So she needs the girl because only a good person can enter the temple," Inuyasha said softly. "That monk won't know what hit him." On a sudden subject switch, "does she know what she's done?"
"Ichiro told her about sharing powers. As for the rest, I sincerely doubt it."
At the mention of 'the rest,' Inuyasha blushed. "Um," the youth was at a loss for words. "What should I do now?"
Sesshomaru cocked one eyebrow and almost smiled. "She is still your mistress. Treat her as such."
"I know that!" he ignored Ichiro's hissed, "shut up, man, you're gonna wake her." "I meant about the rest of it, the part with the--um-m-mating-oh, to hell with it." He blushed furiously. "Whatever."
Sesshomaru allowed himself to smile slightly. This was going to be interesting.
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Chap 4: Enter the Inu
Inuyasha came awake with a start. Whoever was making pancakes was going to pay dearly for not telling him first. Wait a minute. How could he smell pancakes? He wasn't near the kitchen. In fact, he sniffed the air; he was in the third floor on the east side of the building.
The boy started slightly. When had his sense of smell gotten so good? He hadn't felt this disoriented since he was first made a werewolf. The world began to open up to his senses. He could hear the two werewolves outside the door, and from their heartbeats, they were asleep. He could hear Mayu singing as she made his favorite breakfast two floors down. Inuyasha could even hear the breathing of every sleeping vampire and werewolf in the house.
And smell them too. Perfume, rotting blood, fresh blood, soap, cigarettes smoke, and dust everywhere-he sneezed. That was a little much for him to handle. The sweat of work was all over the place too. Werewolf smell was everywhere, along with vampire, and the smell of something else. He frowned slightly trying to place that smell. Something in him answered. It's magic. The electric smell of old magic. How the hell had he known that? Dammit, it was too early in the morning to try and think.
He opened his eyes slowly and sat up. And knew from the pull of bandages and splints on his skin that that wasn't supposed to happen. But nothing hurt, so why was he-
The memory came flooding back. The hunt that night, those kids, the vampires, that one hell of a beating. 'Fucking bastards,' he thought angrily. 'Going after kids, and using a silver sword on their own werewolves. I hate those Kagerumaru shits.'
The Kagerumaru clan was famous for their speed, along with that of their werewolves. But they'd been out flushing a small orphanage of children that night, and he hated seeing some huge clan pick on the weak. The werewolf had tried to help the kids escape and got caught. And he'd been so outnumbered, the vampires just laughed and made him start running-
So how the hell had he survived the night? Not that he was complaining, but still. This didn't make sense. The wraps and smell of medicine all said that he'd been badly injured. How had he healed? And so fast? He didn't remember being found out by the lot, or being carried back to the house. Inuyasha shook his head to clear it of his thoughts and took a deep breath.
He nearly had a heart attack. He wasn't alone in the room. He was with a female young vampire. That brought some concern. He sniffed again as he stood up. Why hadn't she been the first thing he smelled? She was right next to him! Something seemed off about this one. Her scent was-fresh. Clean still, with only a very faint trace of blood. 'Sesshomaru's blood,' he realized. 'Kagura must want her for something if she had Sesshomaru be her first blood.'
The girl looked small and innocent in the bed, curled up like a kitten. She had long black hair framing a sweet face. 'If that ain't deceiving,' Inuyasha thought bitterly. 'They all look good while they're not feeding.' Her skin was clear, not a freckle on her, and her eyes looked wide. Thick lashes were long on her cheeks, and they blushed slightly with warmth. The sheets hid most of her body, but he could tell that she was long limbed and graceful. She was quite pretty.
'And I must be her new pet.' He winced at the thought. He'd hoped he wouldn't be made a pet for another twenty years; he was still very young in werewolf terms. But this is life on earth, you can't have what you want.
He was stirred from his musings by a sound from outside the hallway. His ears flicked as he went to the door and walked out past the startled guards. "Sesshomaru," he called softly. "I can hear you on the stairs, hurry up already."
The older werewolf started slightly. Inuyasha had known he was coming? From inside the room? It was over fifty feet away, and the lord's tread was very light. The transfer was doing wonders for his abilities. He lifted an eyebrow as he greeted the young man. "Welcome back to the living, Inuyasha."
"Yeah, yeah, what a beautiful morning to you too." Catching his look, "my lord," Inuyasha added hastily. "So what's up with the girl? She my master now?" he asked bitterly.
"You should speak of her with more respect than that. She saved your life last night." Inuyasha looked up at that. "Lady Kagome gave you her blood to help heal you from the silver poisoning."
The teen gasped at the implication. "She-she's not--"
Sesshomaru tilted his head in a nod. "She is now your blood mate."
That would certainly explain why he hadn't smelled her immediately. His body had recognized her as non-threatening, she was his mate. To werewolves, blood mates were the equivalent of getting married. They couldn't bear children, but they could still take mates for life. The demon born beings would slit both wrists and bind them together, sharing their blood and giving each other their abilities. They would become stronger for the act, and normally the pact was sealed with consummation. But blood alone was enough to bind them together for all their lives.
Inuyasha could only stare as Sesshomaru spoke. "You're already experiencing some of the benefits of her act. You could hear me coming, and you appear to have increased your hearing and scenting abilities."
It took a bit for this to sink in. A life altering experience and he hadn't even been conscious for it. "b-blood mate?!"
Sai and Ichiro both shushed him at the same time. "Quiet! You'll wake her."
"Who cares?!" He lowered his voice anyway, glancing over his shoulder into the room. "She's my blood mate? Why the hell would she do that?"
"I can only assume that she is compassionate," Sesshomaru said softly. "Kagura made her a vampire for her holy abilities. She is a miko still."
"A miko? A miko vampire? What the hell would that bitch want with her?"
"She wants Lady Kagome to steal the Amokoi halberd."
"The one that can control the wind and waves?" The older werewolf nodded. Inuyasha snorted. "Like she needs anymore powers with wind. So she needs the girl because only a good person can enter the temple," Inuyasha said softly. "That monk won't know what hit him." On a sudden subject switch, "does she know what she's done?"
"Ichiro told her about sharing powers. As for the rest, I sincerely doubt it."
At the mention of 'the rest,' Inuyasha blushed. "Um," the youth was at a loss for words. "What should I do now?"
Sesshomaru cocked one eyebrow and almost smiled. "She is still your mistress. Treat her as such."
"I know that!" he ignored Ichiro's hissed, "shut up, man, you're gonna wake her." "I meant about the rest of it, the part with the--um-m-mating-oh, to hell with it." He blushed furiously. "Whatever."
Sesshomaru allowed himself to smile slightly. This was going to be interesting.
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