Chapter 8: Sesshoumaru

This chapter contains lemon go to mediaminer for uncut version.

"InuYasha, Where is Sesshoumaru?" a dark voice asked from behind him, he turned around and saw an Inu-youkai with a crescent moon on his forehead glaring down at him.

"Why in the hells should I tell you?" InuYasha spat. The youkai just stared at him,

"Because if you wish to protect your mate you will tell me where he is." The youkai said with a dark stare.

"Oh? And you think you can back that up?" InuYasha snarled drawing Tetsusaiga, "Because I don't think you can!"

"I seek Sesshoumaru, I have not the time to deal with a half-breed eyesore such as you."

"You bastard!" InuYasha yelled as he raced towards the youkai, the youkai dodged and kicked Tetsusaiga away from InuYasha.

"I told you, I have not the time for you InuYasha, perhaps another day I will grant your wish of death."

"Who the hell do you think you are, bastard!" InuYasha said swinging his claws at the youkai.

"I, InuYasha, am Norimitsu, the great and true lord of the western lands, your brother and father have kept it away from me for long enough, your father has paid, but your brother is a bit more elusive, do send him my regards will you?" Norimitsu laughed nastily as he transformed into his energy form and flew off.

"Damn bastard." InuYasha snorted.

"Did he say your father paid InuYasha? I thought it was Ryuukotsusei who killed him." Miroku asked as he and Sango sat down in the grass.

"It was Ryuukotsusei, I guess he thinks he should get the credit for it or something, but let him after that bastard brother of mine, makes no difference to me." He started walking away, Kagome grabbed his arm to stop him.

"Don't you think we should warn Sesshoumaru?" she asked, grimacing as she did.

"Keh! No I don't think so, if that bastard wants to die then let him, I don't care." He snorted and walked off.

"InuYasha!" Kagome said sternly, "How can you be so cruel? How can you know something and just stand by and watch your brother get attacked? OSUWARI!" she screamed, the crash made birds fly from the grounds.

"Because wench, I ain't ever been helped by him, why should I help him now?" InuYasha said to the dirt, after the subjugation wore off he sighed and walked off to Goshinboku.

"Um, Kagome, what happened to the honorifics you to were using?" Miroku asked, with a slightly amused look on his face." Kagome turned to him,

"InuYasha no baka." She said to him and walked off.

"You enjoy their torture way to much for a monk you know, Houshi-Sama?" Sango said as she got up and glared down at him, "I'm beginning to wonder just what you are taught as a monk."

"Sango my sweet, you wound me so." Miroku started, his hands inching around her.

"Do it and die, houshi." Sango said as her stare darkened, moments later there was a loud crash sound as a crack formed in Hiraikotsu.

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"Houshi-Sama, why do you hate Arashi so much?" Sango asked as her face lit with the firelight, she was met only by silence as the monk's eyes went dark, as if all emotion was just lost, he sighed and got up, walking over and sitting next to to Sango.

"I guess I had to tell you sometime," he started, staring at the ground, "Mosa, my younger brother, he also had the curse of the Kazaana, he wound up getting swallowed by it, but it wasn't his body, for some reason his body stayed behind, his soul was what was taken." He stopped and sighed, "But that isn't why I hate Arashi, the reason for that is, Arashi told my brother, Mosa, that he could remove the Kazaana from his hand, when he tried to remove it, the hole opened up, and started to pull Mosa in, I grabbed my brother and pulled him away, but Arashi stood there, he told me it was no use, Mosa wasn't coming back, he had tried to stop me from pulling him back too, he told me I only would have gotten sucked up too. He tried to heal Mosa's body, to bring his spirit back, he said he could do it, but he couldn't. He let my brother die. He killed my brother." Miroku choked out the story, trying to suppress a sob that rolled over him anyway. Sango just watched him for a minute then slowly put her hand on his back to comfort him.

He leaned into her touch, turned to face her, saw the brightness in her eyes, as she smiled at him, her lip trembling, "I'm sorry Houshi-Sama, I'm so sorry, I never knew that happened to you, I never-" she was cut off my his finger on her lips.

"Sango please, don't be sorry, it was never your fault, don't blame yourself." Miroku said as he pushed him self up and kissed her, gently at first but steadily gaining in ferocity, he lay her down on her back as gently stroked her cheek, "I love you, Sango." He whispered.

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"You should watch your mate better"

'Why? Why would he say that? InuYasha and I aren't mates. What is going on? What are they not telling me?what is going on?

"InuYasha, what did Sesshoumaru mean when he called me your mate?" Kagome asked InuYasha as he continued to pull fish out of the lake.

"When'd he do that?" InuYasha asked, dodging the question.

"He said it when I fell out of the tree, remember?"

"No wench I don't remember, Sesshoumaru is a bastard that's all." He said as a slight blush crept up his cheek.

"Why won't you tell me?"

"Tell you what there's nothing to tell."

"Tell me why your brother called me your mate."

"Keh! It don't matter!" he said as he yanked a fish out of the lake, he dropped it on the ground after cleaning and gutting it. "Now, cook and eat." He said as he stalked off. She sighed as she set the fish out to cook, 'why is he so defensive about this? What did I do? I just asked what Sesshoumaru meant.' She dismissed the thought when she realized she was burning the fish.

"Oh, man, where's InuYasha, I need a new fish." She sighed as she got up and looked around for him. He was sitting in a nearby tree humming to himself, and turned to her with a glower in place.

"What?" he bit out.

"What did I do?" she asked him.

"Keh, why do you think you did anything, wench?"

"Because of the way you're acting. Baka."

"Oi, wench you can't talk to me like that I'm your ma--!" he cut himself off in mid sentence.

"Wait, wait, wait, I'm your WHAT?" she asked incredulously, he turned away slamming his hands in the sleeves of his hoari, with a very loud keh.

"I didn't say anything, wench." He barked.

"Hmmm, well I could always just say 'it'." She chimed.

"You wouldn't, and besides I didn't say nothin'" he said.

Kagome sighed out "Osuwari." Causing InuYasha to peal himself out of the ground, with a very loud snort. "So will you tell me now?" she asked.

"There is nothing to tell." He shot.

"Yes there is now stop lying to me."

"KEH! Sesshoumaru said you were my mate."

"I know that much but why?"

"Because everyone wants me to mate with you." He yelled blushing like mad. She blurted out, "Well isn't that what you are going to do?"

"Yeah but not now."

"Why not now? What do you have to do?" she asked and watched as his blush darkened furiously.

"It's uh, complicated, you don't want to know, not yet anyway, now eat." He said as he tossed another cleaned fish into the pan. "you need to if we're still going to see my bastard brother." He said stomping around, he finally sat down and looked anywhere but at Kagome.

"What's wrong?" she asked, still thinking about the mate topic. He sighed and got up.

"It's the whole mate's thing, you wouldn't want to do it." He said. "It means forever." He said looking at the ground.

"Well that's good isn't it? I mean, it's just like marriage then isn't it?" she asked, wondering why it would be so hard.

"No Kagome, to Inu-youkai, or hanyou, it is bonding for life, no exceptions you can never leave, it means forever." He sighed, "I don't know that you want that." He said as he got up.

"Why would you think that I don't want that?" she asked.

"Because of all the stupid things he'd done." Shippo chimed as he bounded out of the trees, this of course earned him a clobbering.

"Kagome, can we talk later?" InuYasha asked, really hoping she would forget altogether.

"Sure, just, give me a straight answer next time okay?" she asked, he nodded.

They waited for Miroku and Sango to get ready. They left for the castle, Kirara carrying Shippo, Sango, and Miroku, InuYasha running with Kagome on his back. They got to the castle by evening.

"Hey, bastard, where are you?" InuYasha yelled when they got there, he shuddered inside, he'd always hated this place, and now he willingly came here. Sesshoumaru walked out with Rin and Jaken in tow, he scowled down at his half brother.

"What do you want half-breed?" he stared down still, expression unchanged.

"Norimitsu is after you." InuYasha said after receiving a glare from Kagome about his bastard youkai comment.

"Is he now? This Sesshoumaru fears no one, leave my lands at once InuYasha, or shall I cut you down?" Sesshoumaru said as he rose his claws.

"Anytime bastard!" InuYasha said as he drew Tetsusaiga.

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A/N: Italics at the beginning of a chapter usually show recaps (continuations from the previous chapter)

Lol I thought it would be fun to wait until the next chappie for their fight.

Ja ne,

Kurisu

Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha or the characters associated with Rumiko Takahashi's InuYasha™ Sengoku O-togi Zoushi. I do however claim creative rights to the character Arashi in this Twisted Fate, any other similarities within this fanfic are completely coincidental and are not meant to offend anyone, or take credit for anyone's work, thank you.