Wow, I'm glad that I typed this up to ch. 13. So easy to post at school.
Zanmaru's speech is surrounded by plus signs...sorta...well, actually, got rid of the beginners, so it'll just have em at the end. You still sorta know when Zanmaru's talking. The bastard...
Ch. 8
After a few more minutes of tummy scratching, Sesshoumaru was lulled into a peaceful sleep, knowing he was not with enemies. After what they had done the last time he was ill, he was starting to trust them. (side ref to Curiosity Killed the Dog. Read it, it's good)
"OH, what are we going to do, Inuyasha?" Kagome sighed. "We know silver stuns him, but what can we do?"
"Well, since silver arrows stun him, there must be something that will block his transformation out. I never knew a Were-Dog personally, but man! I've heard stories, and we even had a run in with our own Were-Dog when I was younger. The next day, we found him throwing up blood in the forest…"
"Wait. Didn't you say something about an organization of Were-Dog slayers?" Miroku pressed.
"Yeah. They call themselves the Were Hunters. They make a living outta capturing and killing Were-Dogs. I think that's who Sesshoumaru was caught by. Judging by the amount of dead bodies at the scene of his capture, though, I don't think he went easy…"
"He would never surrender easy," Sango said.
"I wish there was some kinda scripture or something about Were-Dogs like in the movies!" Kagome blurted in annoyance.
"Wish granted. There's a tapestry somewhere that tells nearly everything about Were-Dogs on it."
"Okay, Inuyasha. What's the bad news?"
"It disappeared a century or so ago. No one knows where it is…"
"Perhaps I do," sneered a voice.
The shard hunters turned to see Zanmaru.
"Who the hell are you?" Inuyasha asked.
"I am the Were Hunter Zanmaru. And you have stolen my specimen of Were-Dog. We have come to take it back."
Kagome stomped up to Zanmaru and poked his chest.
"Hey! That Were-Dog isn't an 'it'. 'It' is a 'HE!' And he happens to be the Lord of the Western Lands and Inuyasha's older brother, so why don't you get your kicks somewhere else!"
"This doesn't concern you, bitch! We are giving him what he deserves!"
"Oh, you're a Dog aren't you? So that was a compliment, right?" Kagome snarled. "Back to the point, what kind of person are you! Sesshoumaru hasn't done anything outside of self-defense! The one time he did anything, that was when you attacked him, and he certainly didn't want to be a Were-Dog, I'm sure!"
"Regardless of his title or intent, he will come with us…"
"What's all this 'us' crap?" Inuyasha snarled. "There's only you!"
"And don't forget me!"
A female Inu-Youkai entered the hut.
"About time, Tima!" Did you set the fires?"
"Yes, I did. This village will be ashes in about an hour. And the villagers are locked in. And how's our little Were-Dog?"
Tima glanced at Sesshoumaru, who was sleeping contentedly with a small smile still on his face.
"Oh, he's happy here? Well, that just hurts my feelings, Zan."
"I know. After all we did for him…"
"You call whipping him, breaking his arm daily, and generally scaring him shitless 'hospitality'!" Inuyasha snarled in anger.
"Inuyasha, not now! The villagers!" Kagome pressed.
"Ok, Kagome. We'll leave Kirara, Shippo, and Sango here. Miroku, come with us! And you freaks, don't you move!"
Inuyasha burst through the roof and began to sprint to a lake with four yokes holding eight buckets in tow. He'd left Kagome to try and bust the villagers out through the back of the flaming huts.
"So, Taijiya, do you think you and your friends can stop us?" Zanmaru sneered, cracking his knuckles.
"As a matter of fact, yes!" Sango snarled back, grabbing her Hiraikotsu.
"I'd love to see you try," Tima said.
She sliced her claws through Sango's Hiraikotsu and the boomerang split into six pieces. Sango drop kicked Tima, rendering her out for the moment.
"Wench!"
Zanmaru grabbed Tima and fled without another word.
Sango pursued him out of the hut, but soon found the pair of Inu Youkai directly behind her. Tima was awake and her golden eyes trained on Sango as Zanmaru entered the hut. He came out with a handful of the sleeping taiyoukai lord over his shoulder.
"Tima, lets go!"
"See you later, Taijiya!" Tima sneered.
"Damn it!" Sango snarled. "Kirara! Follow them!"
However, they couldn't catch up. They had lost Sesshoumaru once more.
Sesshoumaru's eyes opened slowly. As they did, his pupils contracted to nearly a sliver.
"Welcome back."
This is impossible! Was I not with…and…
Sesshoumaru could not comprehend that he was back in the clutches of Zanmaru and Tima.
"You know that collar? You forgot about it, didn't you? You're still wearing it, bad boy. SUBDUE!"
Sesshoumaru gasped as the collar tightened and he felt the elemental fury course through his body. At the same time, Zanmaru was transforming. Soon, an enormous Dog stood before Sesshoumaru, hackles raised.+
Now you will learn, by thunder+
Sesshoumaru tried to leap away, but Zanmaru merely barked, and the collar tightened, yet no elemental attacks took him over. The collar merely crushed his throat harder than in the Subduction spell so that blood flew from his purple lips and he could hear the bones in his neck crunch slightly. He fell to his knees, coughing violently, when he felt Zanmaru's jaws close around his right arm and midsection.
The youthful lord of the West doesn't look so tough now, does he? Do you want your daddy? Do you want me to let you go? Beg me to let you go+
"N…never!"
Have it your way, pup+
Zanmaru tightened his jaws as his saliva simultaneously ate through Sesshoumaru's armor and clothes. After Sesshoumaru's armor became soft and gushy, Zanmaru's fangs entered his skin. The young taiyoukai gasped as Zanmaru's fangs penetrated through his chest and exited through his back. Venom soon coursed through the two punctures right under his throat and in his stomach. His eyes clouded over and he became limp, but Zanmaru didn't finish him. He let the younger demon fall from his jaws and into a heap before reverting back to his humanoid form.
"Just wait. After you transform, we shall get rid of you…"
R and R