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Chapter 33
"Sesshoumaru!" You fall into a crouch beside him. "Are you o-" Your breathe catches in your throat as in that moment he turns to you and looks at you with solid, blood-red heated eyes.
"...Sesshoumaru... Your eyes... What happened to your eyes?"
"... Get away from here... Now!" The dog demon mutters to you as his eyes twitch from red to white.
"I will... Just as long as you come with me..." You reply to the dog demon.
"I'm serious... Go!" The dog demon half grows out to you when he suddenly reels over grabbing his head.
"Sesshoumaru, what's wrong?!" You ask kneeling before the dog demon, getting ready to panic.
The dog demon continues to shudder, but slowly raises his head growling, but your attention is taken away when you hear sounds of hurriedly approaching footsteps toward the area. You quickly turn around to see a bunch of human soldiers surrounding you both. 'Damn it... Why now?!' You cry inwardly as you glare at the soldiers.
"Listen, miss, step away from the demonand we'll let you walk away free!" A soldier, riding on a horse in front of the group, maybe the leader, yells to you as you stand up.
"Why? What do you want with him?!" You ask glaring at the soldier.
"This demon has been terrorizing and destroying our village and it is our duty to rid the villagers of evils such as him!" The soldier replies.
"Sesshoumaru hasn't been doing anything to your village, it was someone else disguised as him! So back off!" You yell at the soldier.
"If you won't leave the demon's side, then we will be forced to kill you with him!" The head soldier replies drawing his sword.
You grab the hilt of your sword when you suddenly hear a loud deep growl emitting from the dog demon behind you.
"Enough! If you stupid humans wish to taste your blood on the ground... Come!"
"But, Sesshoumaru-" You turn around and freeze seeing two vicious blood-red eyes staring right through you and you feel and see the swirl of red jaki(!) around him. With that he walks around you and straight toward the soldiers.
'...That was the scariest expression that I have ever seen...' The sound of human man's painful cry is heard behind you, but you stand frozen in your steps. '...Sesshoumaru... What's happened to you?' Your musings are cut to a halt as another pained cry is heard behind you. You turn around to view the bloody corpse of the lead soldier's body before you and few other fallen or falling bodies.
"Retreat!! Retreat!!" The soldiers remaining soldiers on horses yell galloping away. Meanwhile, you watch in horror as the blood-spattered Sesshoumaru kills the other remaining, unlucky soldiers.
As you notice the dog demon advancing the retreating soldiers you put a quick plan in to action and you're just in time to step in the way.
"Move woman" He growls stopping before you.
"No, Sesshoumaru what's wrong?! Why did you kill all of those people?! I know they were assholes and all! But... Please..." You cry to the dog demon.
"If you don't like it, then stop me..." He sneers walking pass you.
You narrow your eyes at his familiar reply as your hand slowly reaches for the hilt of your sword. The dog demon comes to a stop behind you.
"What do you call this pathetic excuse for a barrier you summoned?" He asks stopping before the (color of ki) wall.
"It is what it looks like, a barrier." You answer.
"And do you expect such a weak thing to contain me?"
"Well, even if it doesn't you'll still be sticking around for a while..." You reply caressing the hilt of your sword.
You quickly become more aware when you sense the jaki disappear from behind you. Grasping the hilt of your sword, you turn around to see the dog demon has disappeared with his jaki. You cautiously back away, glancing around the bubble looking for any sign of ki. 'He couldn't have left already... I made sure the walls were sealed tight...' The dog demon suddenly reappears walking toward you, but you can feel his jaki spreading around the bubble and surrounding you.
Coinciding with his sudden reappearance the dog demon disappears again, but you still feel his powerful jaki flooding around you. You come to a halt as you continue to glance blindly around the bubble for a trace. 'Shit! I'm not going to find him like this... But even if I did-' Your thoughts come to a halt when you see the dog demon walking toward you through the red mist once again. When second after second pass and the dog demon continue to approach your feet somehow start moving again backwards.
"If you're going to attack now's your best chance." He says.
"Maybe I don't want to attack." You reply glaring at him through the red mist.
"Why? You said you'd stop me, so why aren't you trying?" He asks and your brows furrow together in confusion.
"I would, but you haven't joined up with Blade, so I wouldn't have to try." You reply finally coming to a halt in your backwards tread.
You receive silence as a reply from the yet approaching dog demon and your mind wonders to the ever popular 'what if?' scenario. What if Sesshoumaru really did join up with Blade? And what if he was coming to do you in now? But, even if... What are you going to do now?
"...Sesshoumaru... You-" You're cut off when you're abruptly pushed against the barrier's wall. You stare up at the dog demon's glaring red eyes as he holds you tight against the bubble's wall and himself.
"Though, you are correct... You should have tried!"
Feet pound against the grassy ground as one human girl and three demons walk to get to the place of their destination.
"Yeah, so then I asked her "Are you two going to mate?" but she asked "What do you mean by that?" and after I tried to explain to her what that meant... She sorta just changed the subject and never said that there was anything like that going on, but I find it easy to tell that she was lying anyways..." A bat demon says frowning to Kaori.
"Don't you think we should hurry up? , might be in trouble, didn't you guys see that huge dog demon prowling around?" Naomi says glancing behind her at the other two slackers.
"Nope, is gonna be fine, she should have caught up with her dog demon by now." Shin replies yawning.
"Yeah and even if she hasn't found him yet, I'm sure she'll survive whatever trouble she's in... That girl sticks around like a roach, ya' know? So, slow down Naomi!" Kaori adds frowning at her twin.
"I guess you're right... Hey, Rin and Ryochi want to play hide and seek?"
"Sure!"
His inhuman red eyes linger upon you for a year-long second, and then he launches his assault. You gasp when you feel warm lips travel across your neck accompanied by enlarged fangs nipping at the now moist and more sensitive skin on your neck. You hazily look out from above the dog demon's shoulder to see nothing but red and that the dog demon's jaki has totally filled up the whole bubble.
"S-Sesshoumaru, I-" You pause when you feel that the dog demon's hand has somehow wandered to your chest with a gentle squeeze.
You suppress a moan as your body melts against his touch. A small frown graces your face when you feel that he has found one spot to suck and nip on your neck, which was probably going to leave a big mark... You wince as he nips down harder in that spot and then goes down deeper and deeper. You dig your nails down into his arms as he continues to go deeper.
"S-Sesshoumaru... Please..." You mutter struggling under the dog demon's tight hold.
As a vicious pain lingers upon you hot tears start to pool up in your eyes and fall when you squeeze your eyes shut. The tears travel and soon trickle down your chin just as soon the fangs finally retract from your neck, followed by a stream of warm blood and two burning holes in your neck. A warm tongue once again brush against your neck getting up that poured out bite and then a few slightly soothing strokes against the bites.
The dog demon finally pulls away to see your tear-streaked face and you feel a shallow relief that the red glow in his eyes has finally faded to its regular color. The blood lust, trauma, drama and pain of the day seems to be finally taking its toll on your poor human body when you feel your base of reality shatter leaving you in an unbalanced dreamy-like state. As your reality and body numbs you lean forward onto the dog demon with a smile played upon your lips. Your hand somehow finds its way to his purple streaked cheek.
"Sesshoumaru... I-I love you" You whisper smiling up at the dog demon as the red scenery around you fades away to a blur of greenery.
"(Your Name)..." You hear him say, but you soon lose focus from the rest of his words and just on the image of him before you and his flaxen eyes...
A short or long 5 months, based on one's point of view, has passed since the castle incident and the Sesshoumaru group has gotten over it, well most of them anyway. Within the 5 months the group hasn't heard anything from its enemies or a certain high ranking cat demon. With the new enemies and old, new enemies the Sesshoumaru group has grown weary of, the group has gained a few new members...
In a small abandoned temple nestled in the forest far from a village, a medium sized room inside, is graced by the calming presence of the shining sun. Inside the room, two raven haired women sit at a small table conversing with each other.
"... It's really... A shame about (Your Name), huh? She was only a teenager, right?" The woman named, Naomi says frowning.
"Yeah, it really is, and I believe she was really young though and probably younger..." The twin of Naomi, Kaori whispers back.
"Uhuh! And it was indeed tragic that she was killed by her own lover! Like-like a tragic fairytale! And romantic!" Naomi whispers back clasping her hands together.
"It was a tragedy! But, really, I heard that-"
"Damn it!" Another, almost handicap female mutters stepping inside the room with a tray carrying tea. "Will you wannabe-gossips stop talking about me like I'm dead, or dieing?! It's been annoying!" You yell grouchily dropping down the tray on the table.
"It's about time! I almost died of dehydration out here! What took you so long?" Kaori asks scowling.
"I didn't know a person could die of dehydration in 15 minutes! And its kinda hard with a distracting itchy bandage! Can you guys take with thing of already?" You ask clawing at the bandage on your neck and sitting down at a cushion beside the table.
"Alright, alright, fun's over!" Naomi sighs and sits down beside you and starts to work on removing the bandage as her twin sips her tea.
"So, (Your Name), you never told any of us what happened with you and Sesshoumaru that day..." Naomi says while stripping the bandage from your neck.
"What else are we supposed to do if you don't tell us then?" Kaori adds on.
"You guys were being serious...? But, um, can't you guys wait until I feel like it, me and Sesshoumaru barely talk about it!" You say pawing at the remaining bandages.
"Really?! You guys never talked about it? The girls at the market will love this!" Naomi beams removing the lasts of the bandage from your neck.
"What?! They know, too?!" You ask gaping at the girl irritated horror.
"No, no! I'm kidding really! Don't have a heart attack!" Naomi replies backing away.
"Right..." You mutter irately frowning at the girl.
"Hey, Kaori, we should get going!" Naomi says dragging Kaori out the room.
"Why?" The twin asks dropping the teacup on the table.
"Because- Don't you remember Shin asked us to help him out with something!"
"No, he asked you!"
"See ya' later!" The twins leave the room going outside and you take a sip of tea waving after them. Before you can get up from your seat the positive twin, Naomi steps back into the room.
"Hey (Your Name), you know, you can always come to us if you want to talk, when you're ready of course." Naomi says lingering at the exit.
"...I know... Thanks Naomi" You reply smiling at the older girl.
"Good, see ya' later, (Your Naomi)!" Naomi says stepping back out of the room.
"Bye Naomi!" You reply and get up from your seat.
"Damn, just when I make a full pot a tea, the guests leave! Got damned freeloading jerks..." You mutter rubbing your neck.
You proceed down the hall of the temple heading straight to the back and out the back exit and then into the forest.
"Good morning, Tetsu" You greet the small fox passing by you going back into the temple and he mews backs in reply.
You continue to head down a certain familiar forest path and soon treading toward a very familiar river. You pause taking a moment to stare impassively at the river watching the colorful fish swim by and then going about your original route down beside the river. Getting to your destination you pause as a smile graces your lips and you hop on the boulder overlooking a waterfall before you, but only focusing on the other occupant of the boulder.
"Don't you think this place looks beautiful in the morning, ya' know if I had a camera I'd take a billion pictures! I wish I had a camera, but I guess even if I did take pictures they won't hold half of the beauty here!" You say with a small pout and a sigh.
"...Good morning" You hear Sesshoumaru mutter glancing at you and a smile appears back on your face.
"Good morning!" You reply in a sing-song voice while grinning at the dog demon. "This day is almost perfect, all we would need is-"
"How's your... Neck?" The dog demon asks staring at the waterfall impassively.
"Oh yeah, its fine, Naomi just took the bandages off and it's healed." You reply as your smile fades away and you reach up and touch the familiar spot. You frown inwardly as the dog demon nods back in reply.
"Anyways, did you know that Shin's holding some kind of party tonight? And when Naomi and Kaori were here, the freeloading jerks, they acted as if that it was so much of a big secret, though last week, I found out went Shin somehow became piss drunk and spilled the beans!" You say irritably.
"...Do you regret that I gave you that mark?" The dog demon asks looking at you from the side of his eyes.
"...Well, no, of course not... But, I was just really confused when you were giving it to me... And it really hurt... But, when someone finally explained it to me, it started to look better!" You reply caressing the familiar spot with a small smile. When the dog demon nods the small smile turns into a frown as your attention turns back toward the river.
"Ne, Sesshoumaru... Why me? Ya' know that Sansuki chick seemed to really like you and... She was of the demon race..." You ask bemusedly, glancing at the dog demon out the side of your eye.
"...If you believe that I have an answer to that, you're a more foolish human than I thought." He replies.
When you turn toward him with a disapproving frown your lips are caught in a warm kiss. His tongue ventures into your mouth once again and stroking against yours. You feel yourself once again on a cloud of bliss, but sooner or later you part for breathe and move closer to the dog demon as he puts his arm around your waist. A memory of the explanation for the mark plays through your head as you lean against the dog demon's chest.
In a dimly lit, beat up cave an irritated bat demon is seen nursing the neck of a sulking teenager.
"You should be happy about this! Why are you so upset anyway? It's really killing my mood!" Shin asks poking at the mark.
"Why should I be happy? It really hurts! Would you be happy that-that someone that you really like bites you, almost killing you and leaving a permanent scar?! Huh, Shin?!" You ask irately to the bat demon.
"Well, that depends, but really I'm more of a free spirit and don't plan on settling down anytime soon..." He replies.
"...What the fuck are you talking about?" You ask blankly to the bat demon.
"Oh yeah, you don't know what mating and such is! Well, a mark is, or the bite scar that your ex-dog demon gave you is a symbol to others that you're taken." Shin says now finished with poking with your neck. A bead of sweat slides down the side of his face when you continue to stare vacantly at him. "I know you're not that lost, (Your Name), put two and two together!" He says and you roll your eyes. "Ok another, definition is in the demon world some demons put a mark, varying from this to that on others they choose as a partner and a symbol to others that their chosen partner is taken and thus, off limits!"
"So, for us simpleminded people over here, you're just saying that it's a symbol of overprotective-ness and possession...?" You ask perplexedly.
"In simple terms maybe, yes." Shin replies taking a swig of sake. "So, is it going to be over between you and your ex-dog demon then?" A frown plays upon your face as your eyes harden slightly.
"... Of course not! Have you gone piss crazy? He wants me! He must feel the same way! Hurray!! Lets celebrate, Shinny baby!!" You cheer doing a victory jig.
"...Women... Ugh..." Shin mutters taking a large swig of sake.
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Author's Note
And so ends another glorious part of your half-way to functional relationship with Sesshoumaru and chapter! And I hope you guys don't flame because of the tiff with Lord Sesshoumaru and read until the end because it eventually gets better! So, yeah and the relationship isn't always going to be rainbows and butterflies, it's compromise that eventually moves people along. Quoted from the song She Will Be Loved by Maroon 5... Hope you enjoyed the chapter!
Jaki- Alright, I found out that jaki is ki, but actually evil/bad/demonic energy, sort of opposite of ki, though lets just say that your ki/energy is positive and jaki is a negative energy. What Sesshoumaru has and lots of it, baby!
Peace, love, Merry Christmas and Happy Hanukkah!
Later!