Author's Note: No, I'm not dead! I'm so sorry I haven't updated in a while but many things have been going on. Mainly school because of stupid tests and things like that. Well, so without further ado, here's chapter fourteen. And gomen nasai for not updating sooner.
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha...like always. :sigh:
Chapter FourteenKagome and Eri were still laughing as they made their way down to the main hall. Tears were leaking out of both their eyes as they tried to stop.
"That was classic," Eri said, holding her sides.
"Ha, Jaken's face…priceless…haha haha," Kagome choked out between her fits of laughter.
Both girls were laughing and gasping for breath at the same time as they both remembered the look on Jaken's face when he saw all the feathers.
"Okay, stop," Eri said. "My sides hurt."
"Mine too," Kagome said. "Okay…" She took a deep breath to calm herself down and desperately tried to hold back the laughter that was bubbling up again.
"What the hell's so funny?" a grumbling voice asked.
Both Kagome and Eri turned around to find a very disgruntled Inuyasha glaring daggers at them. "You know you people are fucking loud?" he said.
"Sorry," Eri said. "We were just having a little fun."
"Keep it down next time," Inuyasha grumbled.
"Perhaps it is because you are indolent," a smooth voice rolled in.
"Sesshoumaru," Kagome greeted.
"What the fuck is that supposed to mean?" Inuyasha growled.
"You were the first to retire this morning," Sesshoumaru said. "Clearly our guests were more exhausted than you were."
"Doesn't mean shit," Inuyasha said. "I'm not a fucking robot either."
"Your tone irritates me," Sesshoumaru said. "I will not tolerate it again."
"Bastard," Inuyasha mumbled.
"I give you fair warning," Sesshoumaru said softly. Turning his attention to Kagome and Eri, his tone softened, a little. "I trust you have adequately slumbered."
Both Eri and Kagome nodded, each biting her own lip, trying hard not to crack up over what happened after they woke up. "Something is amusing?" Sesshoumaru asked.
Unable to hold it in much longer, Kagome and Eri burst out laughing again. Sesshoumaru merely raised an eyebrow and stared the two. Inuyasha rolled his eyes and muttered something along the lines of , "This is stupid."
"Sorry…haha…it's just…haha…Jaken…" Kagome wheezed out.
Sesshoumaru just stared, unable to believe that something so small could produce a reaction like this. Suddenly, Sesshoumaru felt something enter his premises. He stiffened and narrowed his eyes.
"Sesshoumaru?" Kagome called, all laughter subsiding.
"There are trespassers," Sesshoumaru growled out.
Kagome and Eri looked at one another. It couldn't be those thugs from last night could it? If it were, how did they find them so quickly?
Turning to Inuyasha, Sesshoumaru quickly rapped out. "Protect them," and with that, he went out the door to see who or what dared to come onto his property without his consent.
"Why am I always the one stuck as bodyguard?" Inuyasha complained.
"Hey!" both Eri and Kagome said. "Do we bother you?" Eri asked.
"No shit," Inuyasha said. "Fucking annoying, both of you."
Kagome's eyebrow began to twitch when she heard what Inuyasha said. 'Arrogant…no good…' Kagome thought.
Sesshoumaru moved soundlessly across his grounds sensing for anything that seemed out of place. A rustle in a clump of bushes put him at attention immediately and he slowly crept towards it. Just as he reached the bushes, he heard the familiar 'click' of a gun. Turning around, he saw several individuals aiming their firearms at him. A tiny hint of a smirk found its way onto Sesshoumaru's face as he stared, boredom already setting in.
"You are trespassing," Sesshoumaru said, voice icy.
"Shut up, pretty boy," The obvious leader of the gang said, raising his gun so that it lie in alignment with Sesshoumaru's head. "Just give us the girl and you'll live."
"Your pathetic toys are useless against one such as I," Sesshoumaru said.
"Not these," the leader informed him. "We know what you are."
Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes, "Elaborate," he commanded. Who was it that told them? How did mere mortals know his secret? He had been careful not to expose his secret to anyone and yet these fools knew.
"Boss told us," the leader said.
"Who is the one behind this?" Sesshoumaru snarled, taking an intimidating step forward. His eyes began to glow a faint red as his patience wore thin.
"You think we're stupid or something?" the leader said. "We ain't telling."
"You are indeed inferior," Sesshoumaru said.
"What the…" the leader began to say but where Sesshoumaru had stood earlier, now there was a vacant spot. "Where'd he go?"
A startled cry came from his left and he whirled around. The moonlight caught onto Sesshoumaru's silver hair as he towered above one of the lackeys. The man's eyes widened in horror as Sesshoumaru's hand reached up to grasp him around the neck. He struggled and clawed at Sesshoumaru's hands hoping that he would let go.
"Bastard, let him go!" the leader snarled, pointing the gun at Sesshoumaru again.
Sesshoumaru merely tightened his hand so that the man now gasped for air that had now been denied to him. His face turned horrible shades of blue, the purple as he desperately tried to breathe in any amount of air he could.
A shot rang out and echoed in the still night air. Sesshoumaru dropped the man and looked down to see a growing spot of crimson on his otherwise immaculate clothes. Calmly, Sesshoumaru turned his golden gaze at the leader.
"You're gonna die, bastard," the leader spat.
"I grow weary of you," Sesshoumaru said.
In an exhibition of his inhuman abilities, Sesshoumaru stood in front of the leader, fangs already elongated. "W-what…how…you're supposed to be dead," the leader said.
"You have been cheated," Sesshoumaru said. "Of your lives."
The leader and the rest of the gang started to back away, fearing the animalistic look Sesshoumaru was giving them. Many of them fired their guns out of sheer terror but the bullets only served to damage his clothing, nothing more. Sesshoumaru snapped his fingers once and their guns exploded in their hands. Many of the people screamed as they saw their hands become charred pieces of flesh.
Sesshoumaru reached out and grabbed the leader much in the same way he did earlier with the other man. However, this time, he did not cut off respiration for the leader. No, that would have been too quick of a death and not painful enough. Instead, Sesshoumaru held the leader in a tight embrace and lightly grazed his teeth over the skin of the man's neck.
"Who sent you?" Sesshoumaru demanded.
"Help me!" the man screamed.
"They all left," Sesshoumaru whispered. "Answer me!"
"I-I…" the man stuttered.
"My patience wears thin," Sesshoumaru said, deciding to give the man one more chance. Of course he could have just killed him but Sesshoumaru was a bit of sadist. He wanted to see his prey suffer before he killed.
"I can't tell you!" the man shrieked.
"Wrong answer!" Sesshoumaru growled.
His fangs drove deep into the man's neck, puncturing the jugular. The crimson liquid that held life spilled forth, filling his mouth with the metallic taste that was so familiar to him. The man let out one desperate cry as Sesshoumaru sucked hard, drawing out as much blood as he could. Slowly, the man's flailing arms and struggling ceased. When he sensed the man was no longer alive, Sesshoumaru carelessly dropped the body onto the ground and licked up the droplets of blood that managed to escape him.
"Foolish mortal," Sesshoumaru said.
Without a second look back, Sesshoumaru checked to see if anyone else had dared to trespass. Sensing no one, Sesshoumaru stalked back to his mansion, still on high alert. He knew that these men had come to steal Kagome. His eyes narrowed at the thought of anyone taking her away.
No, Sesshoumaru would not let anyone come near what was his. For five hundred years he waited for her to be reborn and now that he found her again, he was never going to let her go. As he walked back to the mansion, a ghostly voice whispered to him.
The Prophecy will come true…"Be silent," Sesshoumaru growled.
Soon…soon…
Author's Note: Right...so how was this chapter? I'm sorry if it was crappy but I haven't written this for a long time (partially because of writer's block on top of everything else)...so please don't be too critical. So good? Bad? Please tell me!
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