Disclaimer: You know I had the strangest dream the other night. I dreamed that I owned Inuyasha and I tradded him for Shippo who could be easily stored. (Hint: actual OWNING)

Alright where was I....?

Sesshomaru's Forbidden Bonds

Meanwhile, as they were arguing the Spider Head was listening to every word and preparing its comeback. "So, that young man is the Aristocratic Assassin Sesshomaru. He's been turned into a human? Hmm, this is better than I thought. At last I can avenge my many brethren he destroyed. But first I must gat rid of that woman, she becoming a nuisance." The giant Spider Head launched itself from the pit. Its long fangs aimed straight for Soun Yee. She turned around to see a giant head heading right toward her.

"Soun Yee!"

Soun Yee felt herself being pushed down as a black blur suddenly dodged in front of her. Soun Yee gasped knowing instantly who pushed her. "Sessh no!"

It was too late the Spider Head had already plunged his fangs deep into his chest cavity. He screamed in agonizing pain, hanging his head back.

"MY LORD!" cried Jaken covering his head.

Soun Yee froze in fright. Her mind was telling her to run but her legs refused to budge. She heard a strained sound from him and looked up. Sesshomaru had his head halfway turned toward her and the imp, restraining the urge to scream againfrom the pain, "Su….Soun…Yee….Jaken….get out of here…I'll hold him off…as long as I can. …Now go!"

Soun Yee's heart stopped for a second. She couldn't believe what she was hearing. After everything she said to him, after telling him he was worthless senile, pompous, (No need to into details again) he protected her from certain death and was telling her to run away.

A burning rage surged through her heart. All strands of self-control had shriveled to nothing.

The spider demon ripped its fangs out of Sesshomaru and lifted him off the ground in its ling clawed hooked hands, "He he he, at last I can devour the great Sesshomaru!"

The former dog demon just gazed at the infamous arachnid, with the poison invading his every portion of his body he could to nothing to save himself.

"Not while I'm alive!" he heard a voice charging toward them.

He gazed back to the ground. He could barley see the image of Soun Yee racing at the spider and slashing at the thing's neck with her blade. She swung her bomerangblade at the Spider Head's head and it drove halfway into its throat. It dropped Sesshomaru and backed away in pain trying to remove the blade.

Without a moment to loose Soun Yee threwSesshomaru's arm over her soulder and dragged himto a far cave with Jaken. She felt a stabbing pain in her left side and saw that the demon had thrown her weapon back at her. The rumbling sound of the thing after them quickened her steps to the cave.

Once inside the imp drove the end of his staff into the mouth of the cave. A bright blue barrier surrounded the entrance. "This should hold him back for a while."

Soun Yee carefully laid Sesshomaru down on the ground. She touched the side of his face and pulled her hand away, "He's cold."

Jaken turned his head from the shield to the others to see the girl opening up Sesshomaru's shirt. He caught the whiff of blood and poison and ran to him. "Lord Sesshomaru hang on! You can't die in me like this sir!"

"Jaken," he heard Soun Yee say to him, "go see if there's an underground stream in this cave and get some water."

"Yes maim." He scurried off but turned back to them when he reached a corner and hid behind the rocks. He watched nervously as Soun Yee examined one of the puncture wounds nearhis master's left lung. She placed her mouth on the wound and sunk in as much as she could then spit out the poison far away from them. The imp gazed in awe of her determination, "Are my eyes fooling me? A few minuets ago they were about to rip each other's heads off, now she's helping him after all they said?"

Soun Yee continued to extract the poisoned blood from Sesshomaru when she felt a warm hand touch hers. She looked up to see that Sesshomaru was awake and breathing a little easier. "Sessh...?"

He hissed in pain, "Stop. You'll be poisoned too."

She smiled at him them looked over to the rocks. The imp had already left. Quickly the girl searched through her pack for some ready herbs.

Sesshomaru watched as she gently placed them in and around the wound. Then, grabbing sections of his red kimono sleeves Soun Yee ripped it into strips and wrapped them around his chest. Just as she was wrapping it around a third time he reached his right hand over and clasped her left weakly. "Soun? Soun Yee?

Soun Yee gazed into the golden orbs of his eyes, "Yes?"

"Are you alright?"

She blinked twice confused, "What?"

"You've…. been hurt, on your side." he rasped.

Soun Yee looked down at her waist. The wound she recieved when her weapon was thrown backat her had healed a bit but the dank air in the cave made the blood on her cloths still warm and liquidly. "Don't worry it's just a flesh wound. But what about you? Do you feel all right? I mean, you've been hurt pretty badly."

"I'll live, hopefully."

The froggy imp came in with the water and went to put more power in the shield.

Sesshomaru was dripping in sweat. He could feel the remaining poison begin to burn away at his innards. His blood was heating up his skin more than he could bare. He gasped in for every breath possible but it kept getting harder every time. Sesshomaru felt something cool and moist across his forehead. He opened his eyes to see Soun Yee mopping his head with her folded scarf. Giving a small smile he said, "You know, this is the first time I let anyone take care of me."

"Strange. You do seem to get into a lot of trouble."

They both couldn't help but laugh. He gripped his chest when the bites where hurting again. Sighing Sesshomaru gazed back at her who was now holding his head in her lap, his boa around the sides to support his neck better.

Jaken listened carefully, pretending he didn't notice the couple.

"I have to tell you something." He heard his master say through his unnoticeable ears.

"Yes."

"I didn't get to tell you this before, but…you smell nice."

He peeked over his shoulder to get a better look.

"I…smell nice?"

"Yes. Most women try to hide their scent and smell so futel and rank. But you…you smell vibrant, and alive. So real…and yet…too good to be true."

The monkish imp stepped to the side behind some more rocks and clasped his little hands in prayer, "At last after all these years my lord has found his first love! And it's not the joys of killing!! Ah, they grow up so fast." Then it leered at them, "Still it could have been with a wolf or a tiger demon instead." "Then again, she is nice to me."

Several hours passed on. The Spider Head was still thrashing his varies legs at the shield but Jaken managed to keep it strong. Sesshomaru on the other hand was not doing so well. His temperature continued to increase with time and breathing was becoming harder than before. Soun Yee tried to cool him down by mopping his neck and chest but it didn't help much. She tried about every herb she had with her but nothing worked to ease his pain.

The girl watched over him while he slept in her lap, holding a cool damp cloth on his buring head.

Jaken walked to them from the shield and collapsed next to her. "Haa. That should give us another hour. Doesn't that thing ever catch a break! (Sigh) So eh, how's the lord doing?"

"Not so good. His vital signs are getting worse by the hour."

The warty imp trembled with worry, "Is he going to be alright?"

Soun Yee: "I don't know. We'll just have to see in the mourning."

Jaken jumped to his feet frustrated, "Listen here you wench if Lord Sesshomaru dies I'll hold you fully and holey responsible for this. You hear me?! He maybe a cruel master and he may toss me around like a rag doll for no reason, but he's MY Lord and it's my responsibility to protect him at all costs!"

Soun Yee sighed and glanced down at the tiring imp, "Why don't you rest for a while. After all you've done today you deserve it."

"But…"

"I'll wake you up if the shield gives way."

The little toad laid himself down defeated, "Well, maybe just a few moments of shut eye. Being the Lord's high vassal and protector can be very tiring. Just a few quick moments to…. revive…my…. ah…"

The human girl giggled slightly at the now fast Jaken fell asleep.

"Thank god I thought he'd never shut up." Sesshomaru groaned deeply.

Soun Yee looked down to see he was reluctantly awake, "I thought you were asleep."

"I tried."

She soaked her folded scarf again and mopped his forehead, "Try again will yeah. You have to regain your strength against the venom."

Sesshomaru raised his hand and clasped hers over his head. His sickly gold eyes met her dark green worried eyes. It pained him to see her scared for him and it hurt her to see him like this.

Sesshomaru: "It's strange. A spider made me like this, and another it trying to kill me."

Soun Yee nodded.

"I have to ask you something."

"Yes Sessh?"

"If...if we get out of this alive…will you…. marry me?"

Both Soun Yee AND Jaken gasped at his request. The little imp jumped raced back to the shield so they could be alone.

She on the other hand was stymied. She felt very strongly for him but she promised herself all her life never to marry or be a slave to any man.

Sesshomaru: "I know you want to stay independent, and I'm asking you to give it up. I just…I want to spend the rest of my life with you, even if it's only a few more hours."

Soun Yee looked away unsure, "This has to be the poison. He's delirious."

Sesshomaru: "I never told you but I've been in love since I first saw you. Although I've tried to deny it, this feeling kept growing stronger. I know now that I won't ever feel like with any other woman, human or demon."

Soun Yee: "He still thinks he's a demon?"

Sesshomaru fell further into his boa pillow, his strength almost completely drained. Soun Yee saw in both his eyes and failing pulse that he was dying. This thought struck her heart as she leaned forward till her cheek touched his, tears started to leek through and land on his face, "Oh Sessh..."

"Soun…"

They inched their faces closer and closer until their lips were just…

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