Love In All The Right Places
By: KougaInuyashaLuver
Chapter Nine
Me – Nobody loves my story they didn't review chapter 8! (Cries)
Inuyasha – Uhh, maybe cause you didn't give them enough time to?
Sesshomaru – I agree with Inuyasha…
Me – (Stops crying) Ok! Ok! I forgive them!
Inuyasha - (awkward silence) Did you just agree with me, Fluffy?
Me – Ohhh (waits for fight to ensue)
Sesshomaru – Yes, I did
Me – Damn! No fight?
Sesshomaru and Inuyasha – JUST GET ON WITH THE FUCKING STORY!
Me – OK! Don't have a cow! You know…you two are more alike than you know it…
Inuyasha – (holds up transformed Tetsusaiga) I'll cut you in half!
Me – (Runs) I can't write if you kill me! (Starts writing my will and the chapter while running)
Last Chapter…
"Ah, yes we shall retire to the council's hut immediately," Yuta bowed, "if you would please follow me…" Yuta led everyone to the elders hut. Rin and Kanna left to go play with the wolves' pups, while Inuyasha and Kouga's pups as well as Sesshomaru and Kagura's pups came with them to the council's chambers. They all sat around the large oak table and awaited Sesshomaru's explanation of Rei's mark
-130 years before Inuyasha's birth-
(AN – Sesshomaru is 887 at the time he is telling the story)
A 696-year-old Inu-demon named Sesshomaru walked through the forest, an air of power surrounded him. The heavy stench of blood still lingered on the air. Sesshomaru's silver hair flowed out behind him as he wandered aimlessly through the forest. As the future lord to the western lands he had nothing to do except gain as much strength as he could until his father crowned him lord of the western lands.
-Sesshomaru's POV-
I walked through the forest with no objective and no purpose. I seemed to be following some unknown force, which guided me on the path I had chosen, the path of a conqueror. I had just come from a battle with some powerful snake demons, but they could not match my speed or strength as I disposed of them easily. 'No one but my father is powerful enough to challenge me and stand a chance,' I thought to myself.
I walked into a clearing and cast my eyes about for any sign of life. Like the rest of the forest surrounding this area there seemed to be no living creature. My eyes spotted a cave nearby; the scent of power came from this cave. I walked towards it wondering what creature could possibly live in this cave that had not been heard of by him.
I walked carelessly towards the cave when my keen eyes spotted a strong barrier covering the entrance. Something compelled me to enter the cave and as I neared it the scent of power grew stronger as well as the smell of the dead. I stopped before the barrier and for once I doubted my ability. I cautiously reached a clawed hand out to touch the barrier and was mildly surprised that such a powerful barrier did not reject me.
I allowed my hand to fall back to my side as I strode purposefully through the barrier. I wondered why it had not rejected me, as it should have, seeing as it was a barrier made by a pure heart. My eyes caught the glimpse of something glowing ahead of me and my curiosity got the better of me.
I walked into through the passage and into a large cave and what my eyes met astonished me. Hundred and hundreds of demons were crystallized within the cave and all of them seemed to be after one thing, a human woman, also crystallized. I wondered how a mere human woman could have fought off so many demons at once and, seemingly, won.
I stopped at the base of the crystallized statue and stared up at the woman, for once in my life I was in awe of a mere human. 'She must have been very powerful' I thought, as I looked around at all the demons, 'perhaps the strongest human that ever lived.' I looked back up at the crystallized woman. 'She's quiet beautiful, for a mortal,' I mused as a stared at her, "who are you?"
A bright blue light surrounded the body of the woman and I watched as her body pulsed with power. A pink glow appeared where her heart should be and suddenly her armor was pierced with explosive force. I watched, shocked, as a pink ball shot out of her body and landed near a stone ledge by the entrance to this cavern. I turned towards it when it pulsed. I watched as the pink aura from the ball expanded and I was forced to cover my eyes at the blinding light
When the light faded I was shocked to say the least. Where the ball once was, stood the woman from the statue. I could tell she wasn't alive, a mere spirit of a long dead woman. The woman before him had long jet-black hair, piercing brown eyes and a strange cross like marking on her forehead. She wore simple miko robes and on top of that some ancient armor. Around her neck was a beaded necklace and on it's end was the jewel that shot from the crystallized woman.
I looked up to meet the woman's gaze and I wondered whom she was. "Who are you?" I asked again, the scent of power seemed to compel me to find out who this woman was
The woman's voice rang out clearly and proudly, even though it sounded somewhat distant. To me it was the most beautiful voice I had ever heard, like an angel. "My name is Midoriko," she answered me, "are you wondering why I called you here, Sesshomaru?"
'That name,' I thought to myself, 'I have heard it before, but where?' I cleared those thoughts from my head, in plans to figure them out later. "Yes, why have you called this Sesshomaru here?" I asked, no expression showing in my face of voice
The woman before me seemed to chuckle at this, "nothing like your father are you?" I caught a small smile could be seen adorning her lips
"You knew my father?" I asked, trying to read her
"Yes, we had an alliance long ago. You were but a mere child then so I doubt you would have remembered me." Midoriko smiled at me, "I knew you would be a stoic one but I didn't know you would be such a cold man…"
"Get to the point, why have you called me here?" I asked yet again, irritation slipping into my voice. This woman was testing my patience
"Aren't we a little blunt," Midoriko smiled at me again, "I called you here to tell you of my reincarnation."
I stared at her blankly, "and what, may I ask, does this reincarnation have to do with this Sesshomaru?"
"She will have much influence in your life," she informed me, "I shall not tell you her name but this knowledge will come in useful to you one day, of that I am sure." A serene look crossed the woman's face as she stared at me, "you should be expecting your younger brother to be having my reincarnation, through his mothers side of course…"
"Hn, this Sesshomaru does not have a brother, nor does he want one," I continued to stare at her, silently wondering what the nonsense that came from her mouth truly meant
"Oh you will," I watched as she stood and walked towards the entrance of the cave, "I leave you now, Sesshomaru…" I watched as she started to glow once again and soon her spirit and the jewel that shot forth from the crystallized woman were gone. I turned back to the statue behind me and cast a curious eye upon it
"A brother…" I wondered aloud. I turned from the statue and walked out of the cave with the thought of having a brother in the back of my mind
-Present time – In the council's hut-
A stunned silence ran over the room, everyone was caught up in their own thoughts. Everyone stared down thoughtfully at the pup in Inuyasha's arms. Inuyasha was the one to break the silence, "the reincarnation of Midoriko…wow…" Inuyasha watched as Rei latched herself onto his haori, near his heart, "who would have thought it…"
"At first even I did not consider her words to be true," Sesshomaru commented, "only now do I see the words she spoke as true"
'So that's why her aura is so different…' Kouga thought to himself
"Well, at least we know not to keep a good eye on her," Orokko commented and then turned to Kouga, "looks like you got lucky in more ways than one! He's related to Midoriko, he's damn sexy and he has a big…"
"ENOUGH!" Sesshomaru roared and everyone stared at him, "I don't need to know about my brothers…assets…" Inuyasha and Kouga both blushed and Rei giggled from her spot in Inuyasha's arms. Ginta, Hakkaku and Sesshomaru's two pups started to cry loudly when he yelled out and now he received glares from both Kouga and Kagura
"Sesshy! What have I told you about yelling in front of our pups!" Kagura glared at Sesshomaru while she tried to calm her pups down. Sesshomaru shifted a little ways away from her and looked over to Kouga who were trying to calm his boys down
"Looks like someone is afraid of their mate," Haku snickered
"You would be to!" Sesshomaru burst out. Everyone stared at him before bursting into fits of laughter; even Rei seemed to be laughing at him and Kanna cracked a smile. "It's not funny!" he said and despite himself, blushed madly
"Ok, ok!" Orokko choked out, "let's stop this before…hehe…I laugh to death!"
"Ok, leave Sesshy alone now," Kagura, said with a big grin on her face
"Hey Kag, got any other nicknames for him?" Inuyasha laughed
Sesshomaru covered his mate's mouth, "no she doesn't!" he said quickly, obviously not wanting to be embarrassed but Kanna couldn't help herself and Kagura couldn't stop laughing from behind Sesshomaru's hand
"She calls him 'Fluffy'," Kanna told them and received a look that could freeze hell from Sesshomaru
"F…f…fluffy?" Inuyasha tried to keep a strait face but ended up bursting into laughter with everyone else, even Kanna was laughing her ass off by now. "Haha…when did she…hehe…call him FLUFFY?" he began hooting with laughter
"All the time in the castle," Kanna smirked at Sesshomaru, "and when they're in bed she always screams it out…" she burst into laughter again at her sister's indignant face. Both Sesshomaru and Kagura were blushing a deep crimson red
Suddenly Inuyasha felt Rei shifting in his arms and looked down to see Rei, ready to pounce on something. Rei's back legs bent double and she pushed hard off of Inuyasha's lap. "FLUFFY!" Rei shouted excitedly and landed on Sesshomaru's tail and clutched it for dear life (AN – I know it seems a little early for her to be doing this kind of stuff but hey…demon pups grow up fast!)
Everyone stared in shock at what Rei just did, there was an awkward silence and then everyone except Sesshomaru and the five pups burst into laughter. Rei, who didn't know or care what was so funny, just clutched Sesshomaru's tail and rubbed her face on it. Sesshomaru stared down in shock at Rei clutching his tail. "What just happened?" Sesshomaru asked
"Looks like she knows her uncle!" Kouga smirked
"I'm getting too soft…" Sesshomaru sighed
The meeting ended after much more talking, arguing, laughing and a lot of coaxing to get Rei off of Sesshomaru's tail. Sesshomaru introduced his and Kagura's pups. Tai had long silver hair, red eyes and had a fluffy tail like his father. Hara had long black hair, golden eyes and really sharp fangs as Kouga found out. Sesshomaru, Kagura, Inuyasha, Kouga, Kanna, Rin and all five of their pups were now sitting on the riverbank watching the setting sun in the distance.
Ginta and Hakkaku were clinging to each other from their spot in Inuyasha's lap while, as usual, Rei was in Inuyasha's arms. Inuyasha was sitting in Kouga's lap who had his arms wrapped around his mate and pups. Sesshomaru and Kagura sat side by side, each with one of their pups in their arms. Rin and Kanna (who has become VERY playful) were playing in the river catching, or at least attempting to catch, fish. Inuyasha sighed and leaned back further into his mates embrace. "God I love this, I hope it never ends…" he smiled up at the sky
"Me too…me too puppy," Kouga whispered in his ear
"Glad to see someone put you in your place. A weak puppy!" Sesshomaru snorted
"At least puppy's are cute and not big and ugly like dogs!" Inuyasha replied
"Are you calling my Sesshy ugly?" Kagura asked with a raised eyebrow
"Damn right and you know it!" Inuyasha laughed, "What happened to 'Fluffy'?"
"Inuyasha…" Sesshomaru growled
"Sesshomaru?" Kouga looked over at the demon lord
"Hmm?"
"I'd like to call upon the favor you owe us…" Kouga said bluntly, "we need help exterminating the bear lord Ruri. He's been getting a little out of hand lately."
"I shall help you," Sesshomaru nodded his head, "but do not be afraid to call upon my help any time you need it. You are my brother-in-law now and I will help you in any way I can."
"I'm your brother and you never helped me!" Inuyasha exclaimed
"That's because you're a half-breed and I didn't respect you," Sesshomaru stated coolly
"And you respect me now?" Inuyasha asked
"You wish…" Sesshomaru said with a slight smirk
"Why you…!" Inuyasha growled. Little did Inuyasha know, that Sesshomaru held him in the highest regards. It was just fun to bug the hell out of him.
Kagome's blood red eyes watched the happenings at the wolf's den. With a sweep of her hand she cleared the image from the basin of water. 'She is the reincarnation of Midoriko, hmm? This could cause a problem…'
'Yes, indeed it shall. But no matter we can dispose of her whenever we need to…' Leiko said from inside her head, 'It looks like even Sesshomaru is going soft. No one will expect our attack when it comes but for now we must train you more'
'Perhaps we can use this Ruri, to our advantage…' Kagome mused, 'we could give him some power and see what kind of damage he can do…'
'How would we give him more power? We cannot give him the jewel,' Leiko told her
'We can't give him the full jewel, but what would happen if we gave him a few shards…' Kagome laughed inside her head, 'and they wont be able to sense it either! It's perfect…'
'Yes I suppose we could do that,' Leiko said thoughtfully, 'but if they come close to finding it out we have to intervene.'
'Alright, but how to get some shards to Ruri without being seen…' Kagome wracked her brain for an answer
'I have a few ways you could do it,' Leiko laughed quietly, 'one would be to use shikigami or you could do what Naraku used to do and make an incarnation of yourself. A warning about incarnations if you make one…make sure you have a way to keep it under control'
'An incarnation, hmm? I wish to attempt this…' Kagome said in her mind, 'show me how…'
'Very well…' Leiko replied
Authors Note – Wow I'm being so creative today! (Cheers for weekends) Anyway, was it good or bad? Well, I thought it was cool.
Yeah, Sesshomaru is a little OOC but its fun to toy with him. And Kanna? LAUGHING? That's scary!
An incarnation of Kagome 00 Im beginging to think I'm a little too creative today!
My little explanation on demon pups – In the first three weeks they grow until they look about 5 years old. Then during the next year (minus the three weeks) they age until they look about seven. Over the next two years after that they age until they look about 12.
After that they grow like humans do until they look about 17-18 (so that would be 5-6 years). From there they grow REALLY slow and have very long lives!
Hope that clears things up for you!