Chiro Mitsumune and the Toxic Flower Claw
Chapter Two
That child's voice definitely wasn't Shippo's. Chiro gulped and took a step closer, stepping on a twig and snapping it. The little girl stopped talking and there was no sound when suddenly the trees in front of her were shorn in half and she crouched to the ground and wimpered. "Who's that, Lord Sesshomaru?" the little girl asked. "She looks like Inuyasha's woman," a deep voice said.He sounded not as thoughhe was talking to the girl, but rather he was talking out loud to himself. Chiro lifted herself out of her little ball and turned her face upward toward the person who was speaking. "What is your name?" the man said as he picked Chiro up by the back of her shirt. "Ch-Chiro Mitsumune," she managed to stutter. Chiro looked at the man's face and was breathtaken. He was so handsome. She knew he was a demon though. He had beautiful, deep, golden eyes that you could get lost in forever and he was pale but not deathly so. He had long silver hair that could have easily reached past his waist and his voice was deep and resonating but not booming or rough. He still had a hold of her shirt and was staring at her. Chiro looked down and realized that her shirt had slid up and her bra was showing. She blushed deeply which caused him to look at her funny. "Why are you staring, human?" he inquired as he dropped her to the ground. "Sorry. I didn't mean to it's just that your eyes are so beautiful..." Chiro's voice broke as he turned to give her a cold stare. "Are you travelling with someone, human?" he asked in a calm voice. "I was with Kagome and Inuyasha but I got lost. Can I stay with you until I find them?" "I don't care what you do." "Can she come with us Lord Sesshomaru?" asked the little girl. The man, called Sesshomaru she guessed, did not answer but simply turned and started walking away. "Yay! You get to come with us, Chiro!" the little girl bounced around happily and then stopped. "My name's Rin. I think Lord Sesshomaru likes you..." Rin added in a whisper so that Sesshomaru could not hear her. Rin was so sweet and innocent Chiro wanted to stay with them for as long as she could.
"Where'd your friend go, Kagome?" Inuyasha asked some time prior to Chiro meeting Sesshomaru. "I don't know. I thought she was with us and then Iturned to ask her something and she was gone..." Kagome's voice broke and she stared at the ground for a little bit. "If it helps, I heard a loud noise earlier like trees fallling. Do you think we should look for her in the direction I heard it?" Kagome sounded hopeful. "Yeah, lets go I guess," Inuyasha grumbled in his normal trying-not-to-sound-like-I-care tone. They set off in search of Chiro, heading toward the sound of the loud crash. "I smell Sesshomaru..." Inuyasha trailed off sniffing the air. "Sesshomaru? Why would he be here?" Miroku asked Inuyasha. "Well, these are his lands," Inuyasha answered matter-of-factly. "He's over there!" Inuyasha yelled, running off to the left through the brush as Shippo jumped on Miroku's head and Sango and Kagome ran after them. "Sesshomaru!" Inuyasha yelled as he confronted Sesshomaru in the clearing. "Inuyasha, so fitting that you would come after another human. Have you come for this girl?" Sesshomaru gestured towards Chiro. "Just hand her over, Sesshomaru!" Inuyasha argued with his brother. "You may not have her, little brother." "Why would you want her. She's just a human," Inuyasha taunted. "Of course I was only keeping her as bait until you came. And of course, a missing human did attract you..." "No shes just..." he couldn't think of an answer for that taunting comment. "Wait a minute, why wold you keep her now if you were just using her to bait me? You don't love her do you?" "Whyshould I give my half-demon brother my reasons for keeping such a creature? You are not worthy of my reasoning."Sesshomaru's eyes flared red and the wind he created from his anger whipped his hair around as Chiro looked on, fascinated and slightly entranced by hisnow bright redeyes. "Chiro quick! Over here!" Kagome called to her friend, motioning for her to cross to their side. Chiro saw Kagome and desired to go back, but yet she did not want to leave Sesshomaru. When Chiro did not respond, Kagome looked crestfallen, all reason for her to fight against Sesshomaru gone.
Chiro fought with her own brain as to why she did not go to Kagome. Could it be that I love him? Chiro thought. As Sesshomaru began to charge at Inuyasha with, Chiro wondered if Sesshomaru might hurt Kagome as well as Inuyasha. I don't want him to hurt her! Chiro yelled in her brain. "NO!" Chiro screeched and jumped stupidly and recklessly in between the battling brothers. Both stopped to stare in confusion as Chiro landed roughly on the ground, her legs up in the air and her frilly panties showing off to the world. Chiro sat up quickly and blushed a very deep scarlet and Inuyasha was in turn blushing at the sight of a girl's undergarments. Inuyasha had dropped Tetsusaiga and Sesshomaru, still clutching Tokijin, still stood in confusion, though no expression landed on his pale face. "Ummmm...that was really stupid of me..." Chiro mumbled as she stumbled out of the way. "Inuyasha, I think that the girl should decide if she is to go with you or stay with me," Sesshomaru snapped out of his daze and propositioned to Inuyasha. "Feh, like I care. Whatever she decides," Inuyasha agreed to let Chiro decide. "Me?" Chiro squeeked meekly "Well, I, ummmm..." Chiro mumbled. "Lord Sesshomaru," Chiro said quietly. "What!" Inuyasha croaked in disbelief. "I choose to stay with Lord Sesshomaru," Chiro said firmly and stood her ground, planting her heels into the soft dirt. "But Chiro, what about everyone in Tokyo. What are we going to tell them?" Kagome made a desperate attempt to change Chiro's mind. "I don't care what you tell them. I'm staying here with Lord Sesshomaru." "If that's what you decide," Inuyasha settled the argument. "I guess she's staying with him. Maybe we'll see you around some other time..." Inuyasha said as he turned around and sheathed Tetsusaiga. "Good-bye Chiro. I'll miss you at school," Kagome added as she turned sadly to leave with Inuyasha.