Kijustsu no Senyo


Author's Note- No author's note today really... well sorta... I have to say a bit about the chapter. It's probably my longest chapter ever:) And the main characters get mad at each other. REAL mad. I told you that he'd be back.
The late noon light reflected on the high grass Sesshoumaru and his group were passing through. Lausanne, who was sitting on Mooneclipse, was bored. No one had talked since that morning at their feeble breakfast of left over mushrooms from the night before.
Lausanne looked at Sesshoumaru. He moved through the deep grass a few feet ahead of the others as if it was not there. The elf decided that if she did the same thing it would have irritated her beyond reason. She guessed that either Sesshoumaru's ego was too big to show irritation, or it just didn't bother him.
Her gaze moved to Rin. The little girl was currently snoozing on the great dragon. Lausanne smiled. It amazed her how easily Rin could sleep on such a huge animal. 'But who knows how long she's been sleeping that way.' a voice reasoned in the elf's head. She smiled. Rin looked so innocent.
Finally Lausanne glanced down at Jaken. He was a sight to behold, his height easily half that of the grass he was walking in. It was obvious that he was not enjoying his time tramping through it. Lausanne doubted that Rin would mind if he got onto Ah-Un, but Jaken himself would never do it because he would think of it as a sign of weakness.
"Sesshoumaru-sama?" Lausanne called up to the taiyoukai. There was no reply, but she had an idea that he was listening. "Can I have those shards of the Kijustsu no Senyo now?"
"How dare you act so ungratful to Lord Sesshoumaru!" Jaken exclaimed from bellow her, "He's taken you in and even gone as far as letting you have your unnecissary rest times and meals! How can you ask him for any more favors!"
"Enough Jaken." Sesshoumaru said, not turning or even bothing to stop walking, "Elf, besides the fact that I have agreed to give you these shards, why do you want them?"
"Because the Kijustsu no Senyo was created by my ancestor hundreds of years ago." she explained, "When it was shattered it was my family who vowed to retrieve it. We have not done very well over all these years we have been searching. Even those two tiny shards you possess will help greatly."
"You are a decendent of the Kijustsu no Senyo's elvin princess?" Sesshoumaru repeated.
"Yes." Lausanne replied, "The only remaining decendent."
The taiyoukai looked down at the two green shards in his hand. The sunlight glinted off of them and into his eyes. Sesshoumaru closed them, thinking about what to do. He had promised the shards to Lausanne. But it had started to become a game. She would ask for the shards and he would give her an excuse for why he couldn't give them to her. This time there was no excuse. She had done nothing wrong. Or had she?
"You have slowed me down by insisting on having so many meals and rest stops yesterday." Sesshoumaru informed her, "I will not give you the shards at this moment. You must learn to be submissive to me."
"Submissive!" Lausanne exclaimed, "There is no reason for me to be submissive to you! I owe you nothing!"
"It is that attitude that keeps your from the shards." he explained calmly.
The elf was about to give Sesshoumaru a good telling off when something landed on her shoulder, she turned to see, "Sonnet! What are you going here?"
"I brought reinforcements to help rid you of your captivity!" the little bird replied.
"Reinforcements?" Lausanne questioned nervously.
"Lausanne!" a voice yelled, "LAUSANNE!"
Both Sesshoumaru and Lausanne turned to see who was yelling. Sesshoumaru growled. Lausanne put a hand to her mouth in surprise. A very familiar fox demon was running towards them, his sword drawn.
"Raoul." the elf grumbled.
"Lausanne!" he called, "I have found you Lausanne! I will save you!" She groaned.
"Who are you?" Sesshoumaru demanded, striding towards the fox demon.
"I will be Lausanne's mate as soon as I save her from you!" Raoul exclaimed, "How dare you kidnap her!"
Lausanne glared at him. "Sesshoumaru-sama didn't kidnap me." she said, using the suffix to show the irritating demon that she respected Sesshoumaru, "I chose to come with him."
"Sonnet said he forced you though." he replied, throughly confused.
"He did!" Sonnet yelled to Raoul, "He said he'd give her shards of the Kijustsu no Senyo and kill her friends if she didn't come on her own free will!"
"Then I will distroy him!" Raoul growled, "No one messes with my mate!"
"I'm not your mate!" Lausanne yelled.
"But you will be!" he replied, "Demon! Let my Lausanne go peacefully and I will not be forced to kill you!"
Sesshoumaru eyed the demon that was causing so much trouble. He wasn't tall, but he wasn't short. His bright red hair was pushed around by the wind. He didn't look too powerful.
"You're going to try to kill me?" Sesshoumaru asked Raoul, "I would like to see you try. I am Lord Sesshoumaru of the Western Lands."
"I'll take you on Sesshoumaru!" Raoul exclaimed, charging at him. Sesshoumaru unsheithed Tokijin.
"Please no fighting!" Lausanne cried. She wasn't worried about Sesshoumaru. She knew well enough that he could protect himself even though she had only seen him fight once. The elf was worried about Raoul. He might have been the pain in her side for years, but he still didn't deserve to die at the sword of a ruthless oppenent much more skilled than himself.
Raoul looked towards her. "Your love of peace never seises to amaze me." he told her, "But this is not the time for peace! I will save you if it's the last thing I do!"
The demon lunged at Sesshoumaru who easily blocked the clumsy attack. Raoul went flying backwards, only to run back.
"You remind me of my little half breed brother." Sesshoumaru commented, blocking once again and sending the fox backwards, "Except Inuyasha is more difficult to fight that you." The taiyoukai sent an energy attack at Raoul. He, once again, went flying, except this time he didn't get up.
"Raoul!" Lausanne exclaimed, jumping off of Mooneclipse and running over to him. She kneeled down next to him. He was completely knocked out, but not injured.
"What are you so upset about?" Sesshoumaru asked, walking over to them, "He seemed to be bothering you."
"He bothers me all the time!" she agreed, "But that does not mean I wanted you to attack him!"
"He was threatening me." he answered simply, "Let us go."
"And just leave him here!" Lausanne demanded, "I think not! I will not be moved until he wakes up!"
"Is that so?"
"Yes!"
Sesshoumaru walked right up to Lausanne and picked her up, putting her over his shoulder.
"Let me down you demon!" she screamed.
Sesshoumaru walked over to Ah-Un and dropped Lausanne on its back behind Rin. "We are going." he said coldly.
"I hate you." Lausanne said, her voice just as frosty.

Lausanne sat against a tree, frowning. It was late. The sun had gone down and the moon was high above their heads. Sesshoumaru had gone wandering in the woods again, leaving his humans alone with Jaken."Please don't be mad at Sesshoumaru-sama." Rin said quietly walking over to Lausanne.
Lausanne looked down at the girl and gave her a small smile.
"I'm sorry Rin, but I am upset." she said, "Sesshoumaru hurt my friend and wouldn't let me help him."
It was Rin's turn to frown. "That's not very nice of Sesshoumaru-sama." she agreed, "But Rin is sure that Sesshoumaru-sama had a reason."
"Like we were wasting time?" Lausanne asked bitterly.
Rin laughed. "Sometimes Sesshoumaru-sama says something like that and means something else." she explained, "Before you came here everyonce in a while Sesshoumaru would stop for a night to rest. He would say it was because Rin looked tired, but Rin knows it was because he was tired."
"But why else would Sesshoumaru make me leave my friend behind?" Lausanne wondered.
Rin shrugged. "Rin doesn't know." she replied, "But I'm sure Sesshoumaru-sama had a good reason."
"A good reason." the elf repeated.

Once again Sesshoumaru found himself angerly walking down the forest paths and for the same reason even! Lausanne was driving him nuts. Once again, there was something about her. And it wasn't just her actions this time. It was her emotions. She had gotten so worked up over the fact he had hurt the fox demon. For some reason this made him mad. Very mad.Sesshoumaru sighed. But why did it make him feel mad?
A memory of the last thing Lausanne had said to him that day echoed in his head. "I hate you." Sesshoumaru flinched, something very uncharacterisic of him. That sentence, those three small words, had unnerved him. It was strange. It wasn't unnusual for someone to tell Sesshoumaru that they hated them, but somehow, how Lausanne had said it, was different. The words cut into him, almost making him feel bad. Almost. But even that was disturbing to the taiyoukai.


Miroku: It's not good to upset the ladies.

Sango: Look who's talking.

Miroku: What?

Kagome: Just take your own advice, alright?

Miroku: But I do!

Sango: Then what do you call groping?

Miroku: ...

Kagome: Well?

Miroku: Why are you asking me these questions?

Clear Waters: R and R everyone!