A/N Sorry it's taken this long. Hope you like new chapter.
Tigress
Dealings With The Demon Lord
"Lady Kagome?" A meek voice sounded in the back of Kagome's head. Kagome's eyes fluttered open and she found Camela staring at her. "Forgive me from disturbing you, but you've been here nearly four hours. The sun is beginning to set." Camela told her.
Kagome stared towards the horizon, Camela was right. Kagome had no idea she had slept that long. She stood up and stretched luxuriously, her wings stretched to their limits doing so made Kagome feel good. She stared at Camela then nodded to be led back to the palace.
As they walked in silence, Kagome withdrew back into herself. She had been mediating for hours and had yet, had not known. She felt different, and yet she could not tell how. It was very strange to her to no longer be in control of her body. During the meditation she had read her aura.
It was pretty much the same it had always been, silvery blue flicked with blue-black streaks. But today she noticed that it seemed...darker. The once infrequent streaks were more pronounce and had a greater depth than before. Kagome wondered if it had anything to do with Malachi's betrayal, and yet did not want to dwell too much on it.
Her power reserves had also been fully restored and more. It seems her power had grown since she had last checked.
****Mother, what is happening to me? **** She demanded, but knew she would not get an answer.
Despite all this, these things did not reach the depth of her worries. During her meditation she had tried to see what her dear mother had spoken of. She had seen SOMETHING, she just couldn't tell what. She should have been able to see any living thing with that amount of power. And yet, the image was blurred as if shrouded in mist. Kagome had sensed the power of this creature and it scared her.
The depth of her powers ran far beyond the surface. The creature she might have to contend with to keep this earth safe rivaled that of her mother's. And that was enough to unnerve her completely. She was drawn away from her thoughts as Camela's voice sounded in her room.
"Lady Kagome, what trouble's you?" She asked; her voice filled with genuine concern. Kagome gave her a half-hearted smile and declared. "I'll be fine Camela, I thank you for your concern." Camela stared at her for a moment, her shiny black eyes uncertain but trusting. As they drew closer to the study she said.
"Milady whatever you tell me in confidence I shall never repeat. I would die before I betrayed your trust." Kagome stopped at her words. Kagome wondered how she could say such a thing. "Please Camela, do not make promises you cannot keep." Camela merely bowed and opened the door for her.
"I pray you lady, don't forget that it was offered." Camela told her. Kagome nodded. When Camela was well out of range, she drew her wings back within the folds of her back. She winced at having to do so, it hurt to release and draw back her wings. But they would heal more quickly this way. Also, she did not feel comfortable showing the demon lord what she was. Angels were dead, and she was not. Kagome took a deep breath before turning to face the demon lord. This would require much of her strength.
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Sesshoumaru, Lord of the Western Lands, sat in his study trying in vain not to think of his new charge. Over the past few hours his mind had drifted towards her more times than he would've liked to admit.
She was an enigma, this angel. Whatever had caused her falling out of heaven was shrouded in mist and she was the only one who knew the answers. And answers were what he sought. Now whether or not she would answer these questions were the only problem.
Her companions had refused to give him any information besides her name and whom she belonged to. That was enough to make him curious. He had heard stories about the Great Mother Goddess but he had never believed them true. As a man, he did not wish to have a woman overlord.
****You bear my mark demon lord; you will protect my daughter. ****
Sesshoumaru remembered Her saying. That ancient, unearthly voice still sent shivers down his spine. He traced the crescent moon on his forehead with a tentative claw; he had learned that the moon in all its phases was Her symbol. But if this was true, why was he, as a man, marked by a female deity. What purpose could he possibly be to Her?
The demon lord rolled back up the scrolls on his desk, he gave up trying to get any work done. He placed his eyes into the heels of his palms. He was beginning to get a headache. He remembered encountering the angel and Rin in the garden. They made a lovely pair, almost like mother and daughter.
He had never seen Rin that happy, this angel would be could for her. It would be a good thing to have a woman around for her. To read her stories, to take care of her, answer her questions and so on. Speaking of questions, Rin had made him most uncomfortable with her earlier question.
She had asked for one, if the angel was his mate. Whereas the prospect was appealing, she was beautiful, noble-born and strong. The woman within was not the type he would have as a mate. And his heart and tightened at seeing her so forlorn about not having a mother.
****Gods be cursed, she's making me soft. **** He growled.
Just as he was about to go mad with waiting, a knock on the door alerted him to oncoming company. Had his face not been so guarded, they would've widened to see her without her wings. But his surprise was well hidden. She stared at him for a moment; her enthralling eyes holding him for a brief period, she then curtsied deeply.
Remembering proper etiquette he declared. "You may sit." She did so without a sound, her long skirt bellowing gracefully behind her. She was the living embodiment of elegance, Sesshoumaru noted. When the silence began to make them both uncomfortable it was Kagome who broke the silence.
"Lord Sesshoumaru, I was told that you wished to speak to me." She said formally. "I would assume that you have questions for me." She added, eyes slightly downcast. Sesshomaru cleared his throat, making Kagome look back up at him. "Yes Kagome I do." He told her.
"What happened to you angel, what made you fall from the skies?" He inquired. Kagome stared at him for a moment. "It is a long story Lord Sesshomaru." She replied. "I have time angel." Sesshoumaru declared. "Please don't call me that, angels have to be dead to be what they are. I have no intention of being one."
Sesshomaru stared at her for a moment, his hard golden eyes holding her firmly. He then nodded as if he understood. Kagome then took a deep breath and related her tale to him. She began from her mother's worries about the oncoming threat that could not be seen.
Then she preceded to tell him about the star shower, and Malachi's betrayal. Kagome asked. She did not look at him as she told him this; rather she stared to the side as if she was looking at the scene replay itself. Curious, Sesshoumaru let his eyes fall to where her eyes lay.
And to his shock he could see what she saw. The cloud bank, the stars falling, the dark angel (he would always refer to wing ones as angels) whom he could only guess to be Malachi. He could see his tainted aura, smelt the husky scent of desire on him, as well as the roughness in his voice.
****How could she not have noticed this? **** Sesshoumaru wondered.
****My trust of him ran deep Sesshoumaru. **** She replied.
Her sudden intrusion in his mind made him growl slightly, but she was gone long before he heard it. She paused from her story to tell him. "You are viewing MY memory, your mind is thus open to mine." Not waiting to hear his reaction she continued. Sesshomaru saw just as Malachi was starting to show his true colors.
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(A/N) Sorry to those who've already read the first chapters, don't really feel like typing them over so I copied and pasted them over, its not the whole thing and you'll understand why I did it later on. Ja Ne
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Begin Flashback:
"Evening Malachi." She replied as he settled down next to her. Dusk growled under his breath, his hackles raised baring sharp teeth. Malachi stared at him. "Stop it Dusk." She ordered, he whined as lay down beside her. He growled one final time then remained quiet.
"You must forgive them, they have been jumpy lately. They feel my mother's worry and it's making them nervous." She explained. Malachi's brow arched in question. "Your mother is worried?" The question in his voice was unmistakable.
"Yes, something is coming. She does not know what so it makes her worry." Kagome told him. "Something is coming?" He repeated. "Yes, but neither she nor I know what it could be." She said with a sigh. "Well I don't think it will affect us tonight, so let's just enjoy the show." He replied.
Kagome thought he was right and complied. As if on cue, that was when the stars began to fall. And for a few moments, they just watched the splendor. That was until Malachi turned to Kagome and took her hand. "Kagome." He declared. "Hm?"
She said as she turned away from the star shower. "You know how much I care about you right?" Malachi asked. "Yes I do, you have been best friend for years." She replied. Kagome looked down at her hands, she could've sworn she'd felt his grip tighten on her when she had said 'friend'.
"Well yes, but Kagome...I think its time we deepen our relationship." He told her. "I want us to be together, forever." For a moment Kagome could only gape at him. "Malachi...I don't know what to say." She confided. "Say you'll be with me." He put in.
Kagome just stared at him. Her mother's words echoed in her head. 'There is something about him that I do not trust.' Her mother had said. Were her worries warranted? "Malachi I do not think my mother would approve." She told him.
A frown crossed his features. "Why wouldn't your mother approve of us being together Kagome?" He asked, his voice turning dark and harsh. "She is worried enough about things that are to come, I do not think she would want me distracted with anything." She confided shyly.
"Distracted?" He repeated. "I would be a distraction?" He declared angrily. "Malachi, calm down." She tried to tell him. "No I will not calm down Kagome." He snapped at her. Suddenly, Kagome had the urge to get away from Malachi.
Kagome stood up and began stepping away from him. Dusk and Moonlight placed themselves between her and Malachi. "Back down beasts, I have no quarrel with you." He snapped, his voice getting dangerously close to a growl.
"Malachi what is wrong with you?" Kagome demanded. "Nothing is wrong with me Kagome, I'm just tired of waiting around for things to fall into place when I can shove them into place myself." He retorted. "I don't understand what you're talking about." She replied while backing up again.
"I've waited over three hundred years for you to mature into what you are today. You have so much power, so much potential, and yet you do not know or use them. Power that should have been mine." He growled. "You're not making any sense." She said.
"Oh I will Kagome, I will make sense in time." He said and launched himself forward. Moonlight and Dusk rushed to meet his attack, but out of nowhere two giant serpents coiled around the wolves and brought them back down.
"Did you really think I would not have come prepared for you curs." He said; a sadistic smiled crossing his face. Seeing her chance, Kagome took off into the air, pumping her wings hard to gain altitude. "You will not escape me that easily Kagome."
He told her. And he was right, Kagome was fast but he was a hunter, making him faster. He tackled her out of the air and back onto the cloudbank, where Dusk and Moonlight continued to wrestle with the snake youkai. Kagome was pinned down below the solid muscle of Malachi.
"Malachi what are you doing. Let me go." She shrieked. Kagome's vision became blurred as a feeling she had never felt before surged through her. She felt her temperature rising, and her breathing pick up. "Now, now Kagome you should know me better than that. I never let anything I want get away."
He replied with a wicked smile on his face as his fingers tenderly caressed her skin. Kagome tried to call on her powers to protect herself but found that she could not. They were trapped behind a barrier, far beyond her reach.
"What have you done?" She demanded, again struggling to break free from his grasp, but Malachi held firm. "I have made sure that none of your power escapes me Kagome. I have waited a long time for this." He added, his breath hot against her skin. She could see the desire in his eyes; it scared her to the pits of her soul.
She realized then the horrors he would do to her if she did not get away. "Why are you doing this, I thought you were my friend?" She demanded, the betrayal finally hitting her. It was making her angry. Her skin felt like it was on fire.
A rage she'd never known was baring down on her. She wanted to kill; she wanted to make him pay. "Awe poor Kagome, sometimes you are so naïve. I have waited to long for the power that was denied to me. And since I was not born with it, I will share in yours and in doing so I will make you mine forever."
He added while capturing her mouth in his. He drew her closer and forcefully pushed his tongue in her mouth, tasting her for the first time. "So sweet." He said. "Like honey." His hand trailed down the length of her body, groping and squeezing as he drew nearer to her woman's heart.
"And I know where else your honey lies." He said gleefully. "No." Kagome growled; something dark was coming over her. Raw power was coursing through her veins, telling her to act. Giving her the strength she would need.
"You cannot do this. You will not do this Malachi, I will kill you for it if you try." She added her voice rumbling like thunder. Her power was building, whatever barrier Malachi had put around them it would not be able to hold for much longer. The floodgates would open, and all hell would break loose.
"I will do what I want Kagome." He corrected. "I will have you, all of you and your power will be mine." That was it, enough to ignite her rage. Kagome let loose the fury of her power.
It came out a silvery white blaze the attacked Malachi; he'd had enough time to throw up an preliminary barrier. Had he not done this he would've been burned to a crisp, but it protected him enough to save him.
Raw and unbridled power surged around Kagome, illuminating them and showing the sheer scale of her power. He snarled at her and launched himself forward again. Kagome did the same her nails lengthening into deadly claws.
Her once silver-blue eyes now shadowed to near black as pure hatred coursed through her. "You will pay Malachi." She growled. He caught her wrist, stopping her nails from impaling him. Kagome snapped at him with her sharpened teeth, desperately seeking out his throat.
"Snippy little bitch, I'll tame you yet." He retorted forcing his weight upon her. He forced her to the ground, and tried to rip her cloths off. He succeeded only in tearing through the silk that covered her well-hidden armor.
"So you're a smart snippy little bitch." He corrected himself. "Even better." He declared. Kagome tried to push against his weight to free herself, but she could not get him to budge. He smiled at her struggling then said.
"You have lost Kagome. You are mine now." Kagome's rage was threatening to overpower her again; it was growing too vast, too strong. She could not control it. "Traitor." She whispered. Again Malachi was forced off her by a blazing light, but this time he would not be so lucky in his escape.
He had not protected his wings and they were nearly, if not all the way charred. He screamed out in pain, as the fire burned through the delicate membrane. When the pain finally subsided, he looked around to find himself alone.
The splattered entrails of the snake youkai were there, but nothing else. Kagome and her pets were gone. "YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS WENCH!" He vowed. "By the gods, you will pay."
He had been so absorbed in his pain that he had not seen Kagome fall off the cloud. Dusk and Moonlight had followed after but could not slow nor stop her falling. They could only follow as their mistress plummeted towards the earth."
End Flashback:
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Sesshoumaru saw Kagome shake herself to free herself from the memories, and he could understand how difficult it was for her to do so. Betrayal is a very powerful things, and the wounds take a long time to heal, he found himself wanting to comfort her. And yet he knew he couldn't. One, he would not allow himself to care, and two, at the moment she was very much untouchable.
The glazed look in her eyes, as well as the deafening silence that filtered through the room was enough to confirm his theory. She sat in the high backed chair holding herself, it was easy to see that she was trying to hold the memories at bay, just long enough for her to escape.
"Lady Kagome, there is still a good hour before dinner. I suggest you take that time to mediate again and then change." He told her. She stared up at him for a moment, her silvery blue eyes filled with suspicion, gratitude and sorrow. And Sesshoumaru found that he could not turn away.
Her eyes were like maelstroms, that drew him further and further down in the dark abyss of her sorrow. He drew upon the full front of his will, he returned the gaze with equal intensity as he stood up. "Remember what I told you. You have yet to accept what has happened, for all you have tried. You still have a long way to go angel."
She shuddered when he called her 'angel'. "Whether you like it or not it is what you are." He snapped, slightly annoyed at her fear of the word. Kagome fought the rising cringe, just to prove him wrong. "When you are done, you will join Rin and myself in the dinning hall. Camela will show you the way." And with that he was gone.
Kagome staid in the room for a few more minutes, trying in vain to warm herself. She felt so cold, so tired. She tried to call on her mother.
****Mother, where are you? **** She asked, but got no reply.
She forced her wings out of her back and bit back a yelp of pain. She drew them close around her, putting a heavy barrier between herself and the rest of the world. Tears streamed down her face as she said out loud. "Mother, why have you forsaken me?"
Kagome realized in that moment, that she had never felt so alone.
Tigress
Dealings With The Demon Lord
"Lady Kagome?" A meek voice sounded in the back of Kagome's head. Kagome's eyes fluttered open and she found Camela staring at her. "Forgive me from disturbing you, but you've been here nearly four hours. The sun is beginning to set." Camela told her.
Kagome stared towards the horizon, Camela was right. Kagome had no idea she had slept that long. She stood up and stretched luxuriously, her wings stretched to their limits doing so made Kagome feel good. She stared at Camela then nodded to be led back to the palace.
As they walked in silence, Kagome withdrew back into herself. She had been mediating for hours and had yet, had not known. She felt different, and yet she could not tell how. It was very strange to her to no longer be in control of her body. During the meditation she had read her aura.
It was pretty much the same it had always been, silvery blue flicked with blue-black streaks. But today she noticed that it seemed...darker. The once infrequent streaks were more pronounce and had a greater depth than before. Kagome wondered if it had anything to do with Malachi's betrayal, and yet did not want to dwell too much on it.
Her power reserves had also been fully restored and more. It seems her power had grown since she had last checked.
****Mother, what is happening to me? **** She demanded, but knew she would not get an answer.
Despite all this, these things did not reach the depth of her worries. During her meditation she had tried to see what her dear mother had spoken of. She had seen SOMETHING, she just couldn't tell what. She should have been able to see any living thing with that amount of power. And yet, the image was blurred as if shrouded in mist. Kagome had sensed the power of this creature and it scared her.
The depth of her powers ran far beyond the surface. The creature she might have to contend with to keep this earth safe rivaled that of her mother's. And that was enough to unnerve her completely. She was drawn away from her thoughts as Camela's voice sounded in her room.
"Lady Kagome, what trouble's you?" She asked; her voice filled with genuine concern. Kagome gave her a half-hearted smile and declared. "I'll be fine Camela, I thank you for your concern." Camela stared at her for a moment, her shiny black eyes uncertain but trusting. As they drew closer to the study she said.
"Milady whatever you tell me in confidence I shall never repeat. I would die before I betrayed your trust." Kagome stopped at her words. Kagome wondered how she could say such a thing. "Please Camela, do not make promises you cannot keep." Camela merely bowed and opened the door for her.
"I pray you lady, don't forget that it was offered." Camela told her. Kagome nodded. When Camela was well out of range, she drew her wings back within the folds of her back. She winced at having to do so, it hurt to release and draw back her wings. But they would heal more quickly this way. Also, she did not feel comfortable showing the demon lord what she was. Angels were dead, and she was not. Kagome took a deep breath before turning to face the demon lord. This would require much of her strength.
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Sesshoumaru, Lord of the Western Lands, sat in his study trying in vain not to think of his new charge. Over the past few hours his mind had drifted towards her more times than he would've liked to admit.
She was an enigma, this angel. Whatever had caused her falling out of heaven was shrouded in mist and she was the only one who knew the answers. And answers were what he sought. Now whether or not she would answer these questions were the only problem.
Her companions had refused to give him any information besides her name and whom she belonged to. That was enough to make him curious. He had heard stories about the Great Mother Goddess but he had never believed them true. As a man, he did not wish to have a woman overlord.
****You bear my mark demon lord; you will protect my daughter. ****
Sesshoumaru remembered Her saying. That ancient, unearthly voice still sent shivers down his spine. He traced the crescent moon on his forehead with a tentative claw; he had learned that the moon in all its phases was Her symbol. But if this was true, why was he, as a man, marked by a female deity. What purpose could he possibly be to Her?
The demon lord rolled back up the scrolls on his desk, he gave up trying to get any work done. He placed his eyes into the heels of his palms. He was beginning to get a headache. He remembered encountering the angel and Rin in the garden. They made a lovely pair, almost like mother and daughter.
He had never seen Rin that happy, this angel would be could for her. It would be a good thing to have a woman around for her. To read her stories, to take care of her, answer her questions and so on. Speaking of questions, Rin had made him most uncomfortable with her earlier question.
She had asked for one, if the angel was his mate. Whereas the prospect was appealing, she was beautiful, noble-born and strong. The woman within was not the type he would have as a mate. And his heart and tightened at seeing her so forlorn about not having a mother.
****Gods be cursed, she's making me soft. **** He growled.
Just as he was about to go mad with waiting, a knock on the door alerted him to oncoming company. Had his face not been so guarded, they would've widened to see her without her wings. But his surprise was well hidden. She stared at him for a moment; her enthralling eyes holding him for a brief period, she then curtsied deeply.
Remembering proper etiquette he declared. "You may sit." She did so without a sound, her long skirt bellowing gracefully behind her. She was the living embodiment of elegance, Sesshoumaru noted. When the silence began to make them both uncomfortable it was Kagome who broke the silence.
"Lord Sesshoumaru, I was told that you wished to speak to me." She said formally. "I would assume that you have questions for me." She added, eyes slightly downcast. Sesshomaru cleared his throat, making Kagome look back up at him. "Yes Kagome I do." He told her.
"What happened to you angel, what made you fall from the skies?" He inquired. Kagome stared at him for a moment. "It is a long story Lord Sesshomaru." She replied. "I have time angel." Sesshoumaru declared. "Please don't call me that, angels have to be dead to be what they are. I have no intention of being one."
Sesshomaru stared at her for a moment, his hard golden eyes holding her firmly. He then nodded as if he understood. Kagome then took a deep breath and related her tale to him. She began from her mother's worries about the oncoming threat that could not be seen.
Then she preceded to tell him about the star shower, and Malachi's betrayal. Kagome asked. She did not look at him as she told him this; rather she stared to the side as if she was looking at the scene replay itself. Curious, Sesshoumaru let his eyes fall to where her eyes lay.
And to his shock he could see what she saw. The cloud bank, the stars falling, the dark angel (he would always refer to wing ones as angels) whom he could only guess to be Malachi. He could see his tainted aura, smelt the husky scent of desire on him, as well as the roughness in his voice.
****How could she not have noticed this? **** Sesshoumaru wondered.
****My trust of him ran deep Sesshoumaru. **** She replied.
Her sudden intrusion in his mind made him growl slightly, but she was gone long before he heard it. She paused from her story to tell him. "You are viewing MY memory, your mind is thus open to mine." Not waiting to hear his reaction she continued. Sesshomaru saw just as Malachi was starting to show his true colors.
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(A/N) Sorry to those who've already read the first chapters, don't really feel like typing them over so I copied and pasted them over, its not the whole thing and you'll understand why I did it later on. Ja Ne
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Begin Flashback:
"Evening Malachi." She replied as he settled down next to her. Dusk growled under his breath, his hackles raised baring sharp teeth. Malachi stared at him. "Stop it Dusk." She ordered, he whined as lay down beside her. He growled one final time then remained quiet.
"You must forgive them, they have been jumpy lately. They feel my mother's worry and it's making them nervous." She explained. Malachi's brow arched in question. "Your mother is worried?" The question in his voice was unmistakable.
"Yes, something is coming. She does not know what so it makes her worry." Kagome told him. "Something is coming?" He repeated. "Yes, but neither she nor I know what it could be." She said with a sigh. "Well I don't think it will affect us tonight, so let's just enjoy the show." He replied.
Kagome thought he was right and complied. As if on cue, that was when the stars began to fall. And for a few moments, they just watched the splendor. That was until Malachi turned to Kagome and took her hand. "Kagome." He declared. "Hm?"
She said as she turned away from the star shower. "You know how much I care about you right?" Malachi asked. "Yes I do, you have been best friend for years." She replied. Kagome looked down at her hands, she could've sworn she'd felt his grip tighten on her when she had said 'friend'.
"Well yes, but Kagome...I think its time we deepen our relationship." He told her. "I want us to be together, forever." For a moment Kagome could only gape at him. "Malachi...I don't know what to say." She confided. "Say you'll be with me." He put in.
Kagome just stared at him. Her mother's words echoed in her head. 'There is something about him that I do not trust.' Her mother had said. Were her worries warranted? "Malachi I do not think my mother would approve." She told him.
A frown crossed his features. "Why wouldn't your mother approve of us being together Kagome?" He asked, his voice turning dark and harsh. "She is worried enough about things that are to come, I do not think she would want me distracted with anything." She confided shyly.
"Distracted?" He repeated. "I would be a distraction?" He declared angrily. "Malachi, calm down." She tried to tell him. "No I will not calm down Kagome." He snapped at her. Suddenly, Kagome had the urge to get away from Malachi.
Kagome stood up and began stepping away from him. Dusk and Moonlight placed themselves between her and Malachi. "Back down beasts, I have no quarrel with you." He snapped, his voice getting dangerously close to a growl.
"Malachi what is wrong with you?" Kagome demanded. "Nothing is wrong with me Kagome, I'm just tired of waiting around for things to fall into place when I can shove them into place myself." He retorted. "I don't understand what you're talking about." She replied while backing up again.
"I've waited over three hundred years for you to mature into what you are today. You have so much power, so much potential, and yet you do not know or use them. Power that should have been mine." He growled. "You're not making any sense." She said.
"Oh I will Kagome, I will make sense in time." He said and launched himself forward. Moonlight and Dusk rushed to meet his attack, but out of nowhere two giant serpents coiled around the wolves and brought them back down.
"Did you really think I would not have come prepared for you curs." He said; a sadistic smiled crossing his face. Seeing her chance, Kagome took off into the air, pumping her wings hard to gain altitude. "You will not escape me that easily Kagome."
He told her. And he was right, Kagome was fast but he was a hunter, making him faster. He tackled her out of the air and back onto the cloudbank, where Dusk and Moonlight continued to wrestle with the snake youkai. Kagome was pinned down below the solid muscle of Malachi.
"Malachi what are you doing. Let me go." She shrieked. Kagome's vision became blurred as a feeling she had never felt before surged through her. She felt her temperature rising, and her breathing pick up. "Now, now Kagome you should know me better than that. I never let anything I want get away."
He replied with a wicked smile on his face as his fingers tenderly caressed her skin. Kagome tried to call on her powers to protect herself but found that she could not. They were trapped behind a barrier, far beyond her reach.
"What have you done?" She demanded, again struggling to break free from his grasp, but Malachi held firm. "I have made sure that none of your power escapes me Kagome. I have waited a long time for this." He added, his breath hot against her skin. She could see the desire in his eyes; it scared her to the pits of her soul.
She realized then the horrors he would do to her if she did not get away. "Why are you doing this, I thought you were my friend?" She demanded, the betrayal finally hitting her. It was making her angry. Her skin felt like it was on fire.
A rage she'd never known was baring down on her. She wanted to kill; she wanted to make him pay. "Awe poor Kagome, sometimes you are so naïve. I have waited to long for the power that was denied to me. And since I was not born with it, I will share in yours and in doing so I will make you mine forever."
He added while capturing her mouth in his. He drew her closer and forcefully pushed his tongue in her mouth, tasting her for the first time. "So sweet." He said. "Like honey." His hand trailed down the length of her body, groping and squeezing as he drew nearer to her woman's heart.
"And I know where else your honey lies." He said gleefully. "No." Kagome growled; something dark was coming over her. Raw power was coursing through her veins, telling her to act. Giving her the strength she would need.
"You cannot do this. You will not do this Malachi, I will kill you for it if you try." She added her voice rumbling like thunder. Her power was building, whatever barrier Malachi had put around them it would not be able to hold for much longer. The floodgates would open, and all hell would break loose.
"I will do what I want Kagome." He corrected. "I will have you, all of you and your power will be mine." That was it, enough to ignite her rage. Kagome let loose the fury of her power.
It came out a silvery white blaze the attacked Malachi; he'd had enough time to throw up an preliminary barrier. Had he not done this he would've been burned to a crisp, but it protected him enough to save him.
Raw and unbridled power surged around Kagome, illuminating them and showing the sheer scale of her power. He snarled at her and launched himself forward again. Kagome did the same her nails lengthening into deadly claws.
Her once silver-blue eyes now shadowed to near black as pure hatred coursed through her. "You will pay Malachi." She growled. He caught her wrist, stopping her nails from impaling him. Kagome snapped at him with her sharpened teeth, desperately seeking out his throat.
"Snippy little bitch, I'll tame you yet." He retorted forcing his weight upon her. He forced her to the ground, and tried to rip her cloths off. He succeeded only in tearing through the silk that covered her well-hidden armor.
"So you're a smart snippy little bitch." He corrected himself. "Even better." He declared. Kagome tried to push against his weight to free herself, but she could not get him to budge. He smiled at her struggling then said.
"You have lost Kagome. You are mine now." Kagome's rage was threatening to overpower her again; it was growing too vast, too strong. She could not control it. "Traitor." She whispered. Again Malachi was forced off her by a blazing light, but this time he would not be so lucky in his escape.
He had not protected his wings and they were nearly, if not all the way charred. He screamed out in pain, as the fire burned through the delicate membrane. When the pain finally subsided, he looked around to find himself alone.
The splattered entrails of the snake youkai were there, but nothing else. Kagome and her pets were gone. "YOU WILL PAY FOR THIS WENCH!" He vowed. "By the gods, you will pay."
He had been so absorbed in his pain that he had not seen Kagome fall off the cloud. Dusk and Moonlight had followed after but could not slow nor stop her falling. They could only follow as their mistress plummeted towards the earth."
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Sesshoumaru saw Kagome shake herself to free herself from the memories, and he could understand how difficult it was for her to do so. Betrayal is a very powerful things, and the wounds take a long time to heal, he found himself wanting to comfort her. And yet he knew he couldn't. One, he would not allow himself to care, and two, at the moment she was very much untouchable.
The glazed look in her eyes, as well as the deafening silence that filtered through the room was enough to confirm his theory. She sat in the high backed chair holding herself, it was easy to see that she was trying to hold the memories at bay, just long enough for her to escape.
"Lady Kagome, there is still a good hour before dinner. I suggest you take that time to mediate again and then change." He told her. She stared up at him for a moment, her silvery blue eyes filled with suspicion, gratitude and sorrow. And Sesshoumaru found that he could not turn away.
Her eyes were like maelstroms, that drew him further and further down in the dark abyss of her sorrow. He drew upon the full front of his will, he returned the gaze with equal intensity as he stood up. "Remember what I told you. You have yet to accept what has happened, for all you have tried. You still have a long way to go angel."
She shuddered when he called her 'angel'. "Whether you like it or not it is what you are." He snapped, slightly annoyed at her fear of the word. Kagome fought the rising cringe, just to prove him wrong. "When you are done, you will join Rin and myself in the dinning hall. Camela will show you the way." And with that he was gone.
Kagome staid in the room for a few more minutes, trying in vain to warm herself. She felt so cold, so tired. She tried to call on her mother.
****Mother, where are you? **** She asked, but got no reply.
She forced her wings out of her back and bit back a yelp of pain. She drew them close around her, putting a heavy barrier between herself and the rest of the world. Tears streamed down her face as she said out loud. "Mother, why have you forsaken me?"
Kagome realized in that moment, that she had never felt so alone.