The Miko with White Hair
Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha.
Warning: This fic is rated R.
Scroll Two: -Dark Playground-
Sango flew through the star-speckled night sky using her new, glossy, raven-black wings. Flying was a new experience for her and she was thoroughly enjoying it. The wind in her hair...the feeling of complete freedom. Something she hadn't felt for a very long time. Not since ten years past when she and the others were shard hunters. All that had changed though the day Kagome killed Kikyo and then tried to kill Inuyasha all because of another of Naraku's evil schemes. Sango shook her head thinking that dark hanyou should get an award for playing with people's lives.
Miroku had been a great comfort to her during those times. Without Kagome and the shards she had in her possession it was next to impossible to try and locate the shards or Naraku on their own. It seemed there would also be no way for her to ever free her brother Kohaku from the evil's hanyou's grasp. This is what bothered her the most. Call her selfish but her family was the most important thing to her. She would die for her brother if it meant saving him, so romantic love could only come second to her. She had loved Miroku very much but perhaps he sensed that he was only second in her heart.
And maybe, just maybe, he wasn't entirely to blame for falling into the arms of another woman. Lately, Sango had been prone to fits of depression and wasn't the best person to be around during those times. She had given Miroku the cold shoulder more times than she could count and as she thought of it guilt swelled in her bleeding heart. No! She couldn't think of those things now. Her forehead was beginning to pain her. She would punish Miroku for what he did to her. There was no turning back now...
Sango soon caught sight of the village she and Miroku had moved to up ahead. Being careful to conceal her now demonic presence she flew over the town and concentrated on using one of her new Succubus powers--the power to put people to sleep.
Demonic energy began to pour out of Sango and took the form of small, glowing, energy balls. It almost appeared as if it were snowing sparkling, golden-hued, snowflakes down upon the now sleepy town.
It wasn't long before the entire town was asleep. Now was the time to put her plan for revenge into action. Landing lightly upon the ground Sango brought her hands in front of her and clasped them together as she commanded her wings to reenter her body. That having been accomplished Sango then concentrated on using her demonic energy for her next purpose. Bring her hands in front of her face she waved them back and forth before running her hands through her brown hair. As she did so her brown tresses looked as though they had become stained with ink. Her hair had been turned black. Sango opened her once brown eyes to reveal emerald green ones.
Having successfully used her other Succubus powers of shapeshifting Sango smiled. She probably looked like the mirror image of that woman Miroku was having an affair with--Reina.
Sango now made her way to the small home she and Miroku shared. She knocked once before entering. It was just as she had suspected--he was asleep. So much for the great and powerful houshi. He was just as vulnerable as a normal man and more so with Sango's newly acquired Succubus powers. He would be at her mercy. He was stretched out on their bed, his limbs in disarray, and Sango thought he looked so innocent, nothing like his true lecherous and deceptive self when he was awake. She frowned now was not the time for such thoughts.
She made her way over to the unsuspecting houshi and straddled him at the waist. Leaning over him she whispered in his ear in a sultry manner, "Miroku...wake up."
Miroku obeyed by some unseen force and was roused almost immediately by Sango's hot breath in his ear. He looked up and blinked a few times in surprise to see Reina hovering over him with a sly smile on her face. "Uh...Reina? What are you doing here?"
"I came to be with you." Sango pouted playfully. "Was that wrong?"
Miroku's eyes widened. "Of course not. But..."
"But what?" Sango asked curiously.
"What if Sango were to return and find us like this?" Miroku asked nervously, a hand scratching the back of his neck.
"So what if she does...I'm here...and now...and Sango is not." Sango then lowered her head to place a hot, wet kiss upon Miroku's lips silencing him before he could speak another word. Miroku wanted to say something...wanted to resist but it was futile when those soft, delicious lips were pressed up against his. They felt...familiar. They were comforting and he found himself giving into the kiss. She tasted sweet and Miroku found himself craving more.
After a few moments of passionate kissing and soft caresses things began to get more heated. Sango knew that Miroku was ripe and ready for her to feed off of. This was another of her Succubus powers--to feed off of the sexual energies a man exuded. It didn't necessarily have to kill the man, but if too much of his energy were taken it would be fatal. And that is exactly what Sango had in mind. The houshi would pay for breaking her heart with his life.
Sango probed Miroku's lips with her tongue and when Miroku complied by opening his mouth she prepared to stick her demonic tongue down his throat and suck the sexual energies from him until he died. She was about to do so when Miroku suddenly pushed her away from him.
Short of breath Miroku spoke. "We...can't do this."
Sango's eyes narrowed threateningly. She had almost gotten him right where she had wanted him. "What do you mean?"
"I love Sango." Miroku blurted and Sango's breath hitched in her throat. "I'm sorry Reina...I only went to you those few times when I was desperate for a woman's soft caresses. It was when Sango refused to be with me, and it hurt so much I didn't know what else but this could relieve the deep ache and longing I had for her. I thought it was the only way...but I think I was wrong to use you like this. It was wrong to try and substitute you for Sango. You're not Sango and it's just not the same. It isn't right either. I've been a real fool." Miroku laughed nervously. "I don't expect you to forgive my behavior. Just tell me how I can make it up to you--just no sexual favors ok?"
Sango's eyes widened in shock. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. Miroku...had never really cared for Reina as she had suspected. He had only used Reina as a substitute for her when Sango had been too depressed to take Miroku's feeling into consideration and have driven him away. This was all her fault she realized in horror. She had driven him to this. Miroku wasn't to blame at all.
Sango shook her head. 'No, no, no, this can't be true! This can't be happening. I...I was completely wrong about everything! I should have trusted Miroku. This is all my fault...Miroku...I lo-'
A sharp pain was suddenly felt in Sango's forehead and she gritted her teeth to keep herself from screaming. She stumbled as she got off of Miroku and put a hand to her forehead as the pain began to worsen.
"Reina?" Miroku asked his voice tinged with worry as he sat up in bed. He could tell she was in pain and wondered if he had been to hard on her. He had never meant to hurt her with his carelessness. "Reina what's wrong? I'm so sorry Reina, but I love Sango. Please understand me that I never meant to hurt you."
This only caused Sango's heart to leap in her chest at his words and caused her more pain as her feelings towards Miroku were steadily changing from hate back into love.
"No...Miroku that's not it at all." Sango said through gritted teeth. Waving her hands in front of her face Sango dispersed her illusion spell.
Miroku gasped in shock as he saw Reina turn into Sango before his very eyes. On the edges of his senses he realized what had happened--an illusion. Sango had done this to find out the truth of him and Reina. 'Sango knows about me and Reina!' Miroku thought with horror.
Miroku was at her side in an instant with her hands...clawed hands? In his. "Sango...Sango I'm so sorry. Please forgive me! I never meant...for it to go so far. Please believe me when I say I love you and only you Sango!"
Sango was hit with a wave of excruciating pain as Miroku told her those words. She found herself crying out from it. Miroku in shock and confusion only tried to comfort her as best her could telling her soothing words and caressing her soft, brown hair. His eyes took in her now slightly pointed ears and he frowned wondering what he had driven Sango too exactly.
"Miroku...I believe you." Sango panted through the pain. "I love you!" Sango cried out in agony as wave after wave of pain hit her body. Her skull felt like it was going to be ripped apart. "I'm so sorry!"
"Sango!" Miroku cried out. "Please tell me what's wrong! What's happening?"
Sango made an unintelligible noise before managing to speak. "I...made a pact with the Sisterhood of Darkness. And now...I have broken that pact. It will mean my life!"
Miroku's eyes widened. "You mean you went to Kagome! Then...she can stop this! I have to get you to her! I have to save you!"
"No!" Sango screamed as another wave of pain crashed through her body. Her body was now trembling from the aftereffects of the torture. She wouldn't last much longer. Her heart had now completely turned from hating Miroku into loving him once more. And in so doing her heart had turned against the Sisterhood of Darkness, therefore breaking the blood pact, and calling upon her the curse and punishment of a painful death. She had broken the one rule--loyalty to the Sisterhood. And now she would pay the price. "It's too late for me now."
Sango loosing her strength nearly collapsed to the ground but Miroku was there to catch her. Cradling the trembling form of Sango in his arms he knew what he had to do. He would go to the stronghold of the Sisterhood of Darkness and make Kagome remove the curse she had put on his dear Sango. He could not allow for her life to be taken away before his eyes like this, powerless to do anything about it. This was all his fault he realized. If he hadn't cheated on Sango this never would have happened.
Sango had become unconscious from the pain and Miroku knew he didn't have much time. 'I've been a damned fool! Sango...I won't let you down! I won't let you leave me! Sango...my wife...we're supposed to be together until death do us part. But I won't allow that to happen. Damn you Kagome...how could you? You never would have done something like this in the past. What really happened ten years ago I wonder...'
Miroku with swift steps carried Sango outside to where he called for Kirara. "Kirara...Sango needs you!" From seemingly out of nowhere the fire cat appeared and mewed sadly when she saw the state of her mistress. "Let's go Kirara to the stronghold of the Sisterhood of Darkness. It seems we're off to visit an old friend." Miroku still with Sango in his arms mounted the transformed Kirara and they took off into the night sky.
Miroku looked down at Sango's pained expression and his heart clenched. 'Just hold on Sango...just please hold on!'
The Stronghold of the Sisterhood of Darkness...
Sesshomaru dismounted from his purple cloud of youkai energy in front of a gigantic waterfall. A full moon hung high overhead shedding its lunar rays upon the waterfall making the water cascading down look like melted silver. It was simply tremendous and Sesshomaru couldn't remember having seen the like. According to his information the Sisterhood's stronghold was hidden behind this very waterfall. Well, it was time to find out if his information was at all accurate.
Sesshomaru wasted no time in passing through the waterfall using his youki to shield himself from the water. Once on the other side he noticed that the entire place had been carved out of the mountain from which the waterfall flowed. Along the stone interior lit torches were hung on the walls casting an orange light about the place. It was mere seconds when he was spotted by several women. Sesshomaru sniffed the air to make a quick assessment of the enemy.
They smelled...human...but there was also a demonic scent about them. They were hanyou. Intrigued Sesshomaru took in their strange appearances. They were all dressed in dark blue and black colored kimono and most were armed. He also noted the blue diamond symbol that adorned each one of their foreheads. 'It must be the symbol of their sisterhood,' he decided. Taking another whiff Sesshomaru smelled...anger, fear, and hatred...but then the last thing he smelled threw him for a loop--sadness. An aura of sadness hung over these women like a black cloud.
Sesshomaru was startled by that emotion. He had been prepared to give all of these accursed women a swift death but now...some unseen force was stopping him. Their aura of sadness reminded him of when his adopted daughter Rin was sad. Anytime she was distraught he had this urge to make her sadness go away, to protect and comfort her. Sesshomaru shook his head. Had Rin really made him that soft? The women also weren't the type of enemy he was used to. Besides it wasn't really his style to kill weak, emotional women. These women may have high a high youki but compared to his he could have swatted them like flies.
Making his decision and being thoroughly surprised at himself Sesshomaru decided not to kill these women, but simply knock them unconscious, for now. He wasn't really here for them anyways. He was here to speak with their leader, this so-called 'miko with white hair.' Apparently she the Dark Priestess who had formed this Sisterhood. He would get his answers from her and no other. What concerned Sesshomaru the most of this situation was the 'why' and not the 'who' of this situation. Why had his men been targeted, attacked, and killed in the first place. Was this Sisterhood blatantly trying to make an enemy of him? He had to find out.
Sesshomaru using his youkai speed caught the surprised women unawares and with a swift blow to the back of their necks the women were soon all laying on the ground unconscious. Sesshomaru frowned, that was almost too easy. Had his men truly been that weak to have been defeated by these hanyou females? Sesshomaru shook his head perhaps he had been going too easy on his men. Sesshomaru made a mental note to show no mercy during their next training session. Sesshomaru then noticed a movement out of the corner of his eye. Sesshomaru had the female pinned up against the cold, stonewall in seconds, his clawed hand wrapped tightly around the female's throat.
Once again he was taken by surprise. This female wasn't a woman but a mere girl-child. What was a girl-child doing in a place like this anyways? Sesshomaru inspected the girl with an almost bored expression upon his face. She was small and reminded him of when he had first saved Rin. She had short, black hair and wide, golden colored eyes that held a feral gleam to them. He sniffed and found she was also a hanyou. "Little girl, just who are you?"
The girl-child only glared at Sesshomaru in response and before he realized what was happening she had sunk her fangs into his hand. Releasing her from his grasp out of pure reflex Sesshomaru looked back at this girl in shock. How dare she show him such lack of respect! Didn't she realize who he was? Well, he supposed she didn't. She was backing away from him and he could smell the scent of fear coming off of her in waves. Well, rightly so. She should be afraid of him.
"You stay away from me, male!" The little girl spat and unsheathed a small curved dagger from her obi belt.
Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow at the girl's antics. Surely, she didn't think she was a match for him...the taiyoukai of the West! This was becoming absurd. In the blink of an eye Sesshomaru simply swatted the dagger from the girl's grasp. Then picking her up by the scruff of the neck as he would a pup he frowned at her. "Girl, you will take me to the miko with white hair."
The girl's eyes widened in recognition of who he was talking about and was surprised when her fear increased. "Never! I'll never show you where she is!"
"My patience is wearing thin girl." Sesshomaru snarled glaring at her with his harsh golden eyes. She was very ill mannered, in his humble opinion. Whoever this girl's mother was she must be a common whore. "Or do you value your life so little?"
The girl seemed to be having an internal struggle within herself before she sighed and hung her head in defeat. Finally, she had realized how hopeless it was to defy him. But then when she lifted her head back up to look at him he surprised yet again by the broad smile on her face. "Alright fine I'll show you where she is! But you're going to regret it. She is sooo going to kill you!"
"I sincerely doubt it." Sesshomaru said in a toneless voice. And with that he emotionlessly dropped the girl to the ground where she landed on her backside.
"Owie! That hurt you know! You big jerk-face!" The girl-child stuck her tongue out at Sesshomaru and waved her hands at him while they were beside her ears. He had never seen such an obscene gesture before. Once again he simply blinked back at this strange child as if she was from another planet. "Follow me then! And try to keep up!" Such audacity! Sesshomaru growled low in his throat as the girl lead him deeper into the cavernous stronghold.
The girl-child led him rather deeply into the mountain and Sesshomaru was beginning to suspect foul play before they neared two gigantic stone doors.
"Here...this is the main audience chamber. You're so going to get it now!" She grinned and waved her hands over the doors. Runes began to glow from the demonic energies the child had unleashed and soon the doors seemed to open of their own accord. The girl-child entered first Sesshomaru following close behind.
The chamber was quite large, with high ceilings, and surprisingly ornate. It was tastefully decorated in somewhat dark colors, black curtains flowing down on the sidewalls, and there before them on a raised dais was a gilded Blackwood throne. And there seated on the throne was the miko with white hair...
Sesshomaru quickly took in her appearance and was somewhat appalled by her strange clothing. It seemed very indecent to him for some reason. His eyes continued to study her all the while with his cool mask of indifference carefully placed upon his face. He took in her white hair...her slightly pointed ears...the diamond shaped symbol on her forehead. And yet there was something oddly familiar about her.
This assessment took mere seconds and in those few seconds the miko's eyes had widened. She looked from the girl-child and back to Sesshomaru when shock began to register on her features.
"Keiko...leave us." The miko with white hair commanded the girl-child and she immediately obeyed.
Sesshomaru then decided to take a deep breath. His own eyes widened as he found that he recognized the scent--cherry blossoms and vanilla. His mask began to slip from his features. "My brother's wench." He almost sounded surprised.
"Sesshomaru." Kagome's voice seemed equally startled.
The two simply stared at each other bewildered for several more seconds before Kagome decided to break the silence. "Sesshomaru, Lord of the Western Lands. To what do we owe this pleasure I wonder. Of course, you do know it is forbidden for males to enter the domain of the Sisterhood of Darkness. It is punishable by death. Are you here simply because to seek to die?"
Sesshomaru growled low in his throat and his eyes narrowed at her. So, this was the true identity of the miko with white hair. This thoroughly surprised him to say the least. This was the last thing he had been expecting. Oh well. "I am thoroughly aware of this Sisterhood's absurd ways. This Sesshomaru could not be killed however by the likes of those women you have in your employ. If I had wanted those women would be nothing but a mere memory. You are lucky I have only come here seeking answers."
Kagome's eye twitched irked by the insult to her sisters. "Answers? Proceed." Kagome said through gritted teeth with a wave of her hand. It was using all of her willpower to stay composed. First, a male had the gall to enter their stronghold. And secondly, he had insulted the Sisterhood. She took a deep breath trying to remain calm and ignore what he had just said.
Sesshomaru was appalled by how she was treating him so lightly. But chose to ignore it, for now. "I wish to know why my men were targeted by this Sisterhood? Do you seek to make me your enemy?"
Kagome's white eyebrow raised a fraction. "Your men? I see. Your men got little more than what they deserved. This Sisterhood has but one purpose--to right the wrongs that certain males have seen fit to commit to women, who were otherwise helpless to defend themselves. These men have committed such atrocities as rape, torture, beating, and betrayal, among other things. These horrendous acts cannot go unpunished. That is where I come in. I provide these broken women with the power they need to exact their revenge! And rightly so. Those men of yours had black hearts and I am not sorry for what has become of them. I do hope they don't reflect on their Master." Kagome finished in a sardonic fashion.
Sesshomaru bristled with anger at the casual way Kagome was being so condescending to him. Who did she think she was to treat a taiyoukai this way! But he did not fail to realize the import of what she had said. His men...had committed cowardly acts apparently. Taken advantage of weak women and then those women had come for their revenge. It was a disgrace. And it wasn't at all what Sesshomaru had been expecting. Once again he found his head spinning and wasn't pleased in the least with how things were going. What was supposed to have been an easy task of riding the lands of a few murderous women had turned into quite a mess in his opinion.
"So you are saying my men committed such acts?" Sesshomaru asked slowly.
"Yes," Kagome's eyes narrowed wondering what he was thinking. Inuyasha's brother had always been unreadable.
Sesshomaru nodded his head slightly. "Then you are correct. They did deserve what has happened to them. However..."
"However?" Kagome prodded leaning forward slightly. She was curious about what he would say.
"I can not let you off so easily as this. You must promise me that my men will no longer be targeted by this Sisterhood of yours or else."
"Or else?" Kagome simply laughed at Sesshomaru with a hand upraised in front of her mouth. "Who are you kidding Sesshomaru? I don't have to promise you anything! How dare you try to make demands of me, male! If your men hurt any more innocent women they shall be punished!"
"If my men commit such acts again they shall indeed be punished, but by me." Sesshomaru informed and took a deep breath trying to keep his own calm.
"I do not trust you!" Kagome glared at Sesshomaru heatedly. "You will not do as you say."
"You doubt my word!" Sesshomaru returned her stare with equal vigor.
"Yea, I do. You're nothing but a male and the brother of Inuyasha for one thing. You are definitely not to be trusted."
At the mention of his brother's name Sesshomaru's patience was wearing thin. "My brother was an idiot and a disgrace to the family name! I am nothing like him!"
"You two are one and the same! You both have horrible tempers, and not to mention the fact that you look exactly like him!" Kagome said scathingly.
"I see you are the same as always--ill composed and ill dressed." Sesshomaru's mouth twitched into an odd smile as he watched Kagome bristle with anger.
"Wha?!" Kagome stood from her chair fuming with rage. "I can't believe you! I'll make you take that back you stupid male!" A dark aura was beginning to gather around Kagome.
"And here I thought that the little miko had grown up. How wrong was I. You're nothing but a child having a tantrum." Sesshomaru taunted.
"And you aren't having one!" Kagome spat. "I never remembered you being this...wacko before!"
Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow. "Wacko?"
"Yea, a real freakazoid!" Kagome crossed her arms in front of her and smirked at Sesshomaru pleased by his look of confusion.
Sesshomaru had no idea what foul names the miko was calling him but this was the last straw. He had allowed their verbal sparring session to continue far too long already. Others had died for far less insult than this! The miko would die for her complete lack of disrespect. His own patience had all but evaporated. His usually calm demeanor somewhat shattered. And his temper, which he usually had buried deep within him, had been drawn to the surface.
He was openly exhibiting signs of anger by the clenched fist at his side and the frown that marred his usually stoic features. He would show this miko a thing or two for daring to treat Sesshomaru, Lord of the Western Lands, in such an abominable manner. No one had ever treated him in such a way. Never. Those that were in his employ respected and obeyed him while everyone else had the sense to fear him. But this miko...she didn't seem to fear him at all. Sesshomaru sniffed the air and all he could sense coming from the miko was anger and hatred. Some pure priestess she was to harbor such dark emotions!
This whole situation was simply ludicrous! This miko should learn her place, which was far beneath the boot of the taiyoukai. She would simply die for this outrage.
Unsheathing Toukijin in one smooth motion Sesshomaru attacked.
Using his youkai speed he was in front of Kagome before she could so much as bat an eye. Sesshomaru swung his sword in a cutting horizontal swing pleased that Kagome didn't even have time to defend herself. His confidence soon evaporated however as he watched his sword as it passed through Kagome's body as if she wasn't there. Was she a ghost? Simply an illusion? What the hell was going on!
Kagome smiled at Sesshomaru with an amused expression on her face before jumping a ways away and landing in a fighting stance. "Oh, poor baby. You look so confused. Should I explain to you what just happened? I think I will. I'm different now. I'm not the same weak, human girl I used to be. I now possess demonic powers. One of which is to phase through objects. Try as hard as you can Sesshomaru but you won't be able to even land a blow on me!"
Sesshomaru's anger increased as his eyes began to bleed with red. "It seems you've learned a few things in the past ten years." He grudgingly admitted.
"You ain't seen nothing yet!" Kagome grinned and beckoned with her finger for Sesshomaru to come at her.
She was mocking him Sesshomaru realized and wasted no time in lunging at her once more. He swiped to the left and his blade simply passed through her right arm. He then brought his sword high overhead for a downward slash and growled with frustration as his sword simply passed through her yet again. "Not good enough!" Kagome laughed with glee. And suddenly had a mischievous idea. She passed her hands in front of her face.
Sesshomaru watched with an emotionless expression as the image of the miko before him shifted until the woman in black no longer stood before him, but his own brother dressed in his red, fire-rat kimono, silver-white hair cascading down his back, and those golden eyes that they had inherited from their father staring back at him.
"I bet this brings you back bad memories huh? Inuyasha beat you all those times and now you shall be defeated by his hands again...in a way!" Kagome then attacked Sesshomaru using one of Inuyasha's signature moves. Blades of blood flew through the air towards Sesshomaru but he simply used Toukijin to block the onslaught. Sesshomaru was becoming very irritated by all this. She was playing him for a fool. She was...making fun of him! How dare she! No one had shown him so little respect in his whole existence. This woman was making a mockery of all that he was.
"Damn you!" Sesshomaru growled as he sent an energy attack of youki at Kagome. Kagome gracefully back flipped out of the way avoiding the attack as it passed under her body. She then landed deftly on the ground once more. She had an arrogant smirk on her face and truly was the mirror image of his hanyou brother. Sesshomaru briefly wondered what had become of his brother and why he was no longer at the miko's side. It had been ten years since he had heard anything of his brother's whereabouts.
Sesshomaru lunged at Kagome again with lightning speed and she simply allowed herself to be run through with his sword. Sesshomaru was shocked as he watched Kagome place one hand about his sword to keep it embedded in her stomach. He was so intrigued by what she was doing that he failed to notice what she was doing with her other hand. Before he knew what was happening Kagome had actually passed her other hand through Sesshomaru's chest and had his heart in her hands. She then began to squeeze...
Sesshomaru coughed blood and stared back at Kagome in disbelief. "I've underestimated you..."
"Men always underestimate the power of women." Kagome smiled continuing to squeeze his heart. "And now Inuyasha's brother--you die!"
'Two can play at this game.' Sesshomaru thought. He suddenly summoned his own overwhelming amount of youkai energy and used Toukijin as a medium to send the energy coursing through Kagome's body. She shrieked in pain. It was just as he had suspected. Her body may now house demonic energies but her human side was still vulnerable to attack--hanyou, they were simply pathetic.
Kagome had no choice but to release her grip on Sesshomaru's heart and leap backwards away from him. She then allowed the illusion to disperse and it was no longer the image of Inuyasha that was standing before him but once again the white-haired miko.
Kagome looked back at him wide eyes. "You're much stronger than Inuyasha aren't you? Then why...didn't you kill him all those times you came for the Tetsusaiga? I don't understand..."
Sesshomaru's mouth twitched in amusement. "Inuyasha was never my equal in battle. If I had wanted I could have killed him at any given time. However, that was not my intention. I was only testing his skills. Trying his worth to see if he deserved the inheritance of our father."
Kagome looked flabbergasted. Sesshomaru had been their enemy since he was always trying to kill Inuyasha and at times herself. But if all that was nothing but a farce was he still her enemy? He may have been Inuyasha's brother, and a male, but now Kagome's heart was filled with doubt as she looked back at the cold taiyoukai. As soon as she had laid eyes upon him it had been easy to transfer her hatred for Inuyasha upon his mirror image of a brother. But perhaps it had been wrong to do so. He hadn't killed her sisters. In fact, he had spared their lives. Her anger for Sesshomaru was deflating as confusion took its place.
Sesshomaru also noticed that her anger was deteriorating and was slightly surprised at this. He had thought her hatred towards him ran deeper than this to be set aside so easily. "You should never let your guard down in front of an enemy!" Sesshomaru declared as he lunged at her with Toukijin once more.
Kagome simply concentrated on her body's phasing power to allow the blade to pass through her flesh with ease. "Sesshomaru...are we really enemies?"
Sesshomaru blinked at her. "Of course we are."
"But why? If you weren't trying to kill Inuyasha all those times...then you weren't our enemy back then. You've spared the lives of my sisters. And even though my Sisterhood may have killed some of your men they had deserved it. You yourself agreed with me. So why are we fighting?"
"You're the one who started this absurd fight!"
"I suppose...I kind of let my emotions get the better of me I guess." Kagome shrugged. And Sesshomaru was frustrated that she was dismissing him so easily yet again.
"This fight had not ended."
"I think it has. I no longer wish to fight you Sesshomaru." Kagome said with a toss of her white tresses.
"Nonsense."
"Let's make a truce!" Kagome smiled and reached her hand out to Sesshomaru.
Sesshomaru looked at Kagome's hand with a strange expression of his face. "You claim that you've changed but you're just the same as always—you're far too trusting." He quickly took advantage of the situation and grasping her hand yanked her hard so that she went flying into him. He then growled low in his throat as he looked down threatening at her. He had her right where he wanted her. She was so close he could smell her unique scent of cherry blossoms and vanilla...
Kagome hadn't expected him to do that. And now she was pressed up against a very angry taiyoukai...but she found she wasn't thinking about battle. As she was in such close proximity to the youkai male the seemed to tower over her she actually found herself smiling for some unknown reason. She had never noticed how incredibly handsome Sesshomaru was...
Sesshomaru's expression darkened as he realized Kagome was once again not afraid of him. He sniffed the air to find out exactly what she was feeling and was shocked. "And here I thought you were supposed to loathe males..."
"Wha?" Kagome asked in a daze up at him. "What are you talking about?"
"I can smell your arousal." Sesshomaru said matter-of-factly.
Kagome blinked once, then again, before what he said registered. When it did...
"Eck!" Kagome swiftly leapt out of Sesshomaru's arms as if she had been burned. "Y-you damned inuyoukai and your acute senses! Argh!" Then came denial. "I was so not thinking of that!!!"
"Oh?" Sesshomaru said sounding slightly amused. "My nose begs to differ."
Kagome yanked on her hair in frustration. Until a mischievous glint came to her eye. "Well...and so what if I was. The look of contentment on your face tells me that you didn't mind holding me so much."
Now it was Sesshomaru's turn to be evasive. "What look of contentment? You seem to be imagining things."
"Oh, you know the one." Kagome crossed her arms and hmphed.
"I don't have time for this." Sesshomaru sighed thinking this odd encounter had gone on far long enough. "I have more important things to attend to than waste my time with little girls."
"Little girl! Who are you calling a little girl?!" Kagome squeaked gathering her dark aura around herself.
Using his youkai speed Sesshomaru decided to leave before things got any weirder than they already had. He was beginning to feel as though he were in some sort of strange parallel universe.
"Get back here you damned inuyoukai!!!" Kagome screamed after him as she gathered a dark energy ball in her hands and let it lose.
Sesshomaru simply avoided the attack and made his way out of the stronghold of the Sisterhood of darkness as quickly as he could.
That must have been the strangest encounter he had ever had in his entire life. He had never talked so much--ever. What was it about that girl that shattered his barriers? A girl like her didn't deserve more than two or three words and here they had had an entire conversation and verbal sparring session. He was also irked that his initial anger had given way to slight amusement.
What was it about her that made him act like such a damned fool?! Maybe she was the cause of his half-brother's idiocy. Sesshomaru found that he was mad at himself; mad at the miko, and just plain mad at the world.
He decided to blame it all on just being a bad day.
Meanwhile in Naraku's evil lair...
Naraku was calmly watching the confrontation of Sesshomaru and Kagome in the mirror that Kana had held up before him. He watched the entire scene play out until...
Naraku raised an eyebrow as the two were suddenly locked in an embrace staring into each other's eyes wistfully. "Odd? I never would have expected that to happen. Strange...they should have remained at each other's throats. I was hoping that they would end up killing one another, but they both proved to be formidable opponents it seems. How very strange. In any normal situation Sesshomaru would have killed the girl by now. However, I don't suppose that would fall under 'normal' occurrence now would it. Those two are unpredictable. I don't like it."
Naraku was deep in thought as he began to muse on his next course of action. "I still need the jewel shards possessed by the Sisterhood of Darkness if I am to ever complete the Shikon no Tama and become a full demon. And if the two were to become allies I would be in dire straights indeed. It would be next to impossible to go up against the entire Sisterhood, the miko, and Sesshomaru. No...I must even out the odds. I will attack the miko now without hesitation or else I may lose my chance. I've put this off long enough. Miko...you shall die!"
Naraku began to laugh, his hollow laughter echoing in his chamber eerily.
To be continued...
AN: ; Yea...well Kag and Sess just started to act really weird around each other and I couldn't help it! Lol! Those two...well I have no words! Let me know what you think peeps! I had originally wanted this to be a very dark and disturbing fic but humor somehow made its way in here. Is humor alright with you guys too?! Oh, and poor Inu will make an appearance in the next chappy. Please review!
Sess girl- glad you like this fic aswell. Don't worry I'll be working on the next chappy of Xstasy after I post this ch of MWWH!