Title: The Inuyasha Dimension

Author: Kara Metallium

Summary: Kara's been thrown into yet another dimension! And this time she meets up with Sesshoumaru, the cold-hearted taiyoukai, and his entourage! Buckle your seatbelts, it's gonna be a bumpy ride!

Rating: R

Pairings: Kara/Sesshoumaru


Hey yeah, I know it has been a while. scratches back of head with hand And yeah, I should be, in all rights, updating The Slayers Dimension or The Crackpot Cafe, but I can't get this storyline out of my head. And hey guess what? I finally drafted out the plot of this story! So I know where the hell I'm going. No reason to get writer's block this time. Yay! Let's just hope I can do it.

Remember, updates lead to inspiration.

Where does that come from?

Inspiration comes from readers like you!

Kara Metallium !


Chapter 3 - A Situation

So white, so long, so silky...must...touch... Kara reached out her hand and was promptly hit on the head by a two headed staff.

"No one is allowed to touch Lord Sesshoumaru, especially lowly wolf youkai scum like you!" Jaken screeched at Kara. She winced. Could that toad's voice get any more shrieky?

"You're right Jaken, but no one said I couldn't touch YOU." Kara let her voice take on a seductive tone and she swayed toward Jaken. The toad's face turned red and he backed up and tripped over a rock. He promptly landed on his rear. Kara glanced up at Sesshoumaru walking ahead. He kept walking with Rin babbling next to him. Perfect, Kara grinned inwardly. She glanced down at Jaken. He was attempting to hide or defend himself with his staff between them, she really couldn't tell. "What's wrong Jaken?" she asked, smiling predatorily. The toad gulped and scooted back further from her to the edge of the path. Right onto an anthill.

The toad shrieked with the vocal force of ten women and took off running toward Sesshoumaru. Kara grinned to herself and flexed her claws. Serves that damn toad right. Humph. She teleported to catch up with them. Sesshoumaru's ears twitched.

"Wolf, do not ever do that around me again," the taiyoukai growled under his breath. Kara bowed her head.

"Hai, Lord Sesshoumaru." Kara watched Rin and the taiyoukai. She really didn't know whether Sesshoumaru was listening to the child or just letting her infer that his silence was rapt attention. Kara sighed. Rin glanced back at her and grinned. Kara held out her hand to the child. Rin took it. Kara suddenly picked up Rin and placed the child on her shoulders. The child shrieked with laughter and pleasure. Kara smiled contentedly. The toad twisted his face in annoyance and walked up to beside Sesshoumaru.


Kara sighed as she watched Sesshoumaru walk ahead of her. Absolutely nothing was happening. All they did was walk, rest, walk, rest, and so on. This is no challenge. None at all. When is there going to be some action around here?

Kara smacked her head into a low tree branch. She whined in discomfort. Jaken laughed at her. Sesshoumaru looked at her in annoyance, as if to say why can't you be quiet? Rin look with concern at her and asked if she was all right.

"I'm fine, Rin-chan."

"Kara-chan?"

"Yes, Rin-chan?"

"I like your tail. It's really pretty." Kara's eyes widened. Tail? She turned around and caught a glimpse of something white. She turned around again, the tail turned with her. She growled in frustration. Rin giggled. "Kara-chan is chasing her tail!" she exclaimed with a shriek of laughter. Kara got a disgruntled look on her face. She sighed and reached behind her. Her hand brushed something soft. She yanked it from behind her back. However, it was too much force, because as Kara didn't realize, her tail was attached to her spine. Thus, Kara spun around and fell down in a cloud of dust. Rin was laughing out loud now, Jaken was snickering viciously, and a hint of a smile tugged at Sesshoumaru's lips.

"Ooh..." Kara groaned, "that hurrrrrrt!" She rubbed the sore spot where her tail and spine joined. She looked at herself. She was completely covered in dust and dirt. Great, Kara inwardly groaned. This time Kara reached more gently and brought her tail out from behind her. She glanced at it. It was inky black while the tip was pure white. She brushed the dust off of it. It was smooth, like liquid silk if that was possible. She petted it experimentally and a shiver of pleasure ran up her spine. Her cheeks got a faint tint of pink on them.

A soft cough caught Kara's attention. She looked up to Sesshoumaru standing right next to her, regarding her with his ever scrutinizing eyes. Kara blushed under the honey-golden eyes and looked at the ground.

Her eyes snapped back up to Sesshoumaru's eyes and they widened.

"Something's coming." Her quiet declaration instantly tensed Sesshoumaru. She turned to Rin. "Rin, hide, now." Rin dragged Jaken into the bushes with her. Sesshoumaru's ears twitched. No doubt he could hear the same thing she could, wind and running. Their heads turned simultaneously to the direction that the sound was coming from. In a whirl of wind, what had been coming stopped directly in front of them. The being glanced up at Sesshoumaru and then down to Kara, who was still on the ground. The being then folded his arms and stared at the pair.

"You are trespassing."

Sesshoumaru's eyes narrowed at the statement and he continued to eye the intruding youkai with an icy stare. Sesshoumaru looked down to Kara, who was still on the ground, and cocked an eyebrow. She blushed and stood up. The intruding youkai's eyes swiveled to her. He noticed her patting the dust off her tail. His tail swished in annoyance.

"You girl!" Kara's head snapped up to look at him with annoyance and curiosity.

"Yes boy?" she asked sweetly. The youkai almost growled in annoyance.

"Why are you subservient to this inu?"

"Is there a problem with that?"

"It is commonly known that ookami and inu do not get along. Or perhaps you had forgotten that?" Kara smirked up at Sesshoumaru.

"Do you hear that my lord? We don't get along." His mouth twitched, and Kara thought she saw a twinkle. The visitor growled. In answer, a few wolves howled. There was a distinctly feminine whimper from the bush behind Kara. Rin burst out of the bushes and instantly attached to the nearest object-Kara's leg. Kara looked down. "Rin. What's wrong?" Wolves burst out of the bushes and surrounded the group. One had Jaken dangling from its mouth, and it looked like said toad had fainted. The wolf decidedly dropped the dusty toad on the ground. Kara was surprised, she hadn't felt the wolves at all. By this time however, Sesshoumaru was agitated.

"Leave my sight wolf, and do not come back," his icy tone brooked no argument. However, the visiting wolf youkai was either stupid, or not easily dissuaded. The wolf growled.

"You are trespassing."

"Do not dare to think that you can defeat this Sesshoumaru." The demon lord's hand was on the hilt of Toukijin. Kara was startled. How had this escalated into a fight? Now that she could no longer feed off emotions, conflicts were useless to her. In fact, they were a nuisance. Rin hugged her leg tighter and whimpered. She was using Kara's leg to hide her face from the wolves. Kara looked at Rin, and wondered why she should be so afraid of wolves. Something nagged at the back of her mind. Something had happened to Rin. Wait. The reason. The reason Rin was with Sesshoumaru in the first place! She had been killed. By wolves. This wolf youkai's wolves. Wolf youkai. This wolf youkai couldn't be!

"Wolf." His head snapped to stare at Kara. "Does the phrase 'dajaku ookami' mean anything to you?" He growled at her. Ooooookay, she thought. That's definitely Kouga, prince of the wolves. Kara had hoped to meet the inu-tachi sometime this trip, but she knew that if they fought Kouga things would be much rougher in the long run. She mentally sighed. "Please Sesshoumaru-sama. Do not fight the wolf." Her attention turned to the wolf. "We are only passing through your land, please allow us passage. We mean no harm to your people." The fellow wolf youkai sniffed at her. Sesshoumaru turned to look at Kara.

"Wench. Do not presume you can tell this Sesshoumaru what to do. The wolf shall be fought."

"Please, my lord!" Sesshoumaru remained silent for a moment.

"This Sesshoumaru will not fight." She sighed with relief and grinned her thanks to the dog demon. "However, you will fight in this Sesshoumaru's place." Her eyes widened.

"WHAT!" The fellow wolf chuckled. He grinned at her in fact.

"You remind me of her." His attention turned to Sesshoumaru. "I shall fight the girl. If she wins, you are guaranteed safe passage through my lands. However, if I win, you will give the wolf girl to me." Kara's mouth dropped open in shock. She watched Sesshoumaru as he seemed to ponder a moment. He nodded his head a fraction of an inch.

"Agreed." Karaís eyes bugged out. What exactly was happening here? Was she being bartered like a piece of meat? Ooooooh no. This was NOT going to happen. By this time, the wolves had backed off and retreated to the edge of the trees. Sesshoumaru had retrieved Rin and Kara was left standing facing off Kouga. How do I get myself into these situations?


Vocab Time

inu - dog

ookami - wolf

Toukijin - man's fighting spirit; touki means fighting spirit and jin means man

dajaku - wimpy

kouga - refined; elegant snorts

tachi - plural suffix; I've commonly see -tachi used in reference to a group


Pictures (Yay!)

Once again, click on the deviant art link in my profile, click on gallery, and find a picture entitled "Kouga."


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