"Thank you for saving my daughter..."
"I am Miroku, a traveling monk."
"Miroku-san, thank you so much for saving my daughter, a toast! To Miroku-san! You and your compatriots will always be welcome in our town!"
All of the townsfolk raised their glass in toast, Kagome, Shippo, and Miroku also heartily joined in. Inuyasha frowned but toasted as well. While Sango sneered and rose her glass, but when she put it to her lips, she didn't drink, instead, she whispered into the glass.
"Fiendish letch."
Her mind flashed with an image of Miroku holding her, not as he does when trying to cop a feel, but a real embrace. Her face flushed as she worked to banish the thought. Rather than go away the scene in her head intensified. She grimaced before the image finally faded from her mind's eye.
"Sango, is something bothering you," Kagome quietly nudges Sango from her trance.
"Why would anything be bothering me," She falsely proclaims, turning almost rudely away from Kagome.
Later that evening, most everyone had lain down for the evening. Gabrielle, the woman Miroku had rescued, came into his guest chambers. He wasn't sleeping, but he had his eyes closed for the moment, waiting to see what she would do. She closed the sliding door behind her and sat on her knees right beside Miroku, looking intently over his form. She smiled, knowing he was awake, she placed a hand on his cheek and traced down to his neck. In a swift motion, she yanked the blanket off Miroku and tossed it aside. She sprawled out and laid beside Miroku, she kissed his cheek and began running circles with her fingers over Miroku's chest.
Gabrielle slid her hand into Miroku's shirt and began to push it open. Miroku sighed pleasantly as Gabrielle's fingers worked there way over his ribs and ever downward. In a sudden movement, Miroku sat up and clutched both sides of Gabrielle's shirt; her cheeks lightly blushed as he thrust her shirt partially open, and bound her arms at her side. He brought one arm around her back, and the other cupping one of her breasts. Gabrielle took in a deep breath and closed her eyes as Miroku brought his head down and grazed her nipple with his lips. He traced his tongue down, and then back around and over in circles. He took down Gabrielle's shirt the rest of the way, and off her arms. He traced around her belly button with his fingers and led her back down onto her back. He tapped his fingers down her side like playing an instrument, reaching the edge of her pants; he slipped two fingers at each hip and curved around to the front. He undid the careful knot on the silken rope and slid her pants down. At last he was staring at the shaven treasure below. She smiled and worked the rest of the way out of her pants, she rolled over onto Miroku and pushed down his pants, taking a firm grip, she began to stroke his hardened shaft.
She barraged him with kisses as she brought her lips lovingly downward. Miroku took a sharp intake as Gabrielle skipped over his member kisses both thighs before finally kissing the enlarged tip. She pushed back the foreskin with her fingers and took the bloated head into her lips. Miroku's breathing became strained as she worked her tongue from the tiny opening at the tip and down to the edges of the head. Miroku couldn't resist himself as he bucked his hips foreword and forced more of his cock into her mouth. As Gabrielle brought her lips further still onto his rod, she traced her fingers down to his balls and began working them in the fingers of one hand, Miroku let out a strained hiss.
"Ah... Sango..."
As soon as he said it he knew he'd messed up. It wasn't Sango he saw in his minds eye even, it truly was Gabrielle as she was. It was simply his mouth speaking before his brain reacted. Gabrielle had to resist the desire to bite down, but she did squeeze a littler harder than she meant onto Miroku's testicles.
"I-OW! Gabrielle, it isn't as it seems," He calls out as she was already grabbing her clothes and dressing. In less than a minute, she was out the door and slamming it rather loudly back in place. "Shit!"
"If it was that tramp you wanted, why the hell did you lead me on," she spoke through the door.
"But Gabrielle, it didn't- I wasn't, I do want you, I... I spoke without thought, I truly want you."
He could see Gabrielle's shadow through the door, he too was right up against it. He could hear her muffled sobs.
"Gabrielle..."
"Let me be!" She cried out and rushed off...
It was a few moments before Miroku did anything; cursing vividly he slammed his fist into the ground...
Sango could hear from the other side of the wall, she was a little amazed at what had transpired. But what happened next shook her to the core, his breathing shifted again as he must have taken matters into his own hand. But again he called her name. Sango sighed as her hands almost unwilling felt up her own breasts, and then slid down towards her moistening warmth. Each was so caught up in themselves, that neither heard the other, even when they climaxed together.
Sesshomaru had told Freuer he would camp in the woods and ask about the sword tomorrow, He maintained his guise and didn't actually sleep, Jaken was up in a tree looking out while Rin slept in his arms.
Sesshomaru looked down at Rin in his arms and noticed the subtle changes she'd began while she had been with him. She was bleeding again; he had actually worried for her the first time he was with her when it happened. She explained it was part of her maturity, which she had actually begun earlier than most girls; she'd had her first menstruation a few days before they'd first met. He really noticed the changes when she shifted her weight and suddenly he felt her small but firm breast press against him through the material between them.
Rin's chin lightly rested on his shoulder, in his smaller form he felt her cheek rub against his. He was surprised by the warm feelings this brought to him. Not like the intense arousal the blood Kagura had been covered in caused, but a warm and pleasant fluffy feeling in his chest. In some ways, it scared him, that this little girl could warm such intense feeling from him. He considered for a brief moment leaving her with Valson, but banished the thought as soon as it entered his head. He pondered for a moment if this was the way Inuyahsa's mother had made their father feel...
He heard the subtle shift in the grass as someone shifted their weight to peek around the tree, he saw a flicker of gold and a shimmer of black locks, the hint of blue eyes. The youngest girl was spying on him.
"You don't have to hide," he said quiet enough to not disturb Rin, but to be carried on the wind and be heard by the girl. Rei ducked back behind the tree at first, but peeked around again. Sesshomaru lifted his right arm careful not to disturb Rin and motioned for her to approach. "Were you sent to spy or just curious?"
"I- I was curious, but Freuer asked me, he smelled blood coming from your camp."
"Rin here is just menstruating, like yourself."
Rei jumped back, "H-how can you tell."
"I neglected to mention my own demon blood in fears I would be distrusted, I can smell the blood too."
"How many other secrets are you hiding," the eldest of the half demons stepped out from behind a tree.
"Drache!"
"He doesn't smell HUMAN, at all, in fact I smell the stench of death- all over him!"
Sesshomaru resumed his true form, "My sword, the Tensaiga, it brings life."
"And you're other sword, and what of the demon fang you carry."
"Tokijin was made to break the Tensaiga's counterpart, the Tetsusaiga, and this fang is my father's, the real reason I came."
Sesshomaru whispered into the waking Rin's arms, "Rin, go off into the forest, Jaken will protect you."
"Hai, Sesshomaru-sama," and she rushes off.
"Jaken, watch Rin."
"Yes Sesshomaru-sama."
"I suppose you mean to abduct us?"
"My plan was to take your youngest brother originally, but since I had appeared to gain Freuer's trust, I was willing to try less drastic measures, but it appears you've forced my hand."
Sesshomaru pulled out Tokijin, its demonic aura alone paled Drache's. Drache let off an inhuman roar and partially transformed, his ears came back in points and his face stretched forward, his nose stretched over and his eyes pulled back. His skin became scaly and took a slight blue silver tone. His fingers came to claws and his teeth sharpened.
"Rei, go!"
"NO, I can fight too!"
Sesshomaru mused, "Heh, Ryu Youkai blood, like the demon who mortally wounded my father, I might even be able to enjoy this, if not for the added distraction."
Sesshomaru was faster than either of then could see, with a single move he had an arm around Rei's neck, he grabbed a vine from the ground and wrapped her to a tree, binding her leg, arms, and chest. "Normally I kill those who get in my way, and while I could kill her and revive her, this serves to least distract you, and yet also motivate you."
Drache comes at Sesshomaru fangs bared; Sesshomaru raises a claw and slashes at Drache's face leaving a green burning acid in the wound, "Dokkasuo."
"Drache!"
"Quiet!" Sesshomaru yells to Rei.
Drache holds his burning cheek and roars in pain. Sesshomaru realizes that by now the whole household is probably aware of the battle, though thankfully his own guise will only be blown if this half-breed bests him.
"Niiiiii-san! Rei-chan!"
"Eis! Stay back!"
Eis in his human form charges Sesshomaru headfirst, Sesshomaru sidesteps and catches him by the back of his collar. "Half-breeds should stay out of battle on their night of weakness."
Sesshomaru throws Eis hard against a nearby tree, knocking him out. Drache breathes acid at Sesshomaru only to witness a fantastic leap into the air as he avoids the acid.
"Ryu Kuukan!" Drache slices the air with his claws and a vacuum effect pulls Sesshomaru towards him. As Drache prepares to drive his claws into Sesshomaru, Sesshomaru digs his blade lightly into Drache's arm. Drache roars again as Sesshomaru removes the blade and blood pours down Drache's arm.
"Ryuchi CHIKARA!" Drache raises his arm and flings blood at Sesshomaru, the blood turns into an energy attack. Sesshomaru raises his remade arm to block, the shards in the arm make the whole arm glows brightly as a shield seemed to form over his arm and it looked like a smaller form of his demon form's arm.
"Interesting."
"Kisama!" This time as Drache charged Sesshomaru, he grabbed Drache tightly by the neck and began to strangle him until he passed out. The tossed him aside.
"Rin, Jaken, it is safe now, Jaken, bind these two, and better restrict the other one."
Sesshomaru returned to his human form and approached the house. Before he got to the door Freuer was waiting in the opening doorway, "Sho, what the hell is going on, it sounds like a battle out there!"
"There was, a demon beat both your brothers and Rei, he sent me with his demands- ack!"
Sesshomaru was covered in fire, "Illusion- END!"
"Gaav, what are you doing!"
Sesshomaru was forced into his true demon form by Gaav's spell. He looked down at the house and returned to his human form, he pushed aside his silver hair. "I suppose that was to be expected."
"Sho- you- you're really a demon..." Freuer was on his knees in shock, "Drache, Eis, WHAT DID YOU DO TO THEM!"
Freuer had his hands around Sesshomaru's throat, but he was still unphased, "They are safe, that is all you need to know. Now, I require an audience with your guardian."
"Freuer, release that demon, your attacks won't be of any use. Didn't you hear Drache's roars, he obviously defeated Drache with ease, what proof is there that he's still alive."
"None, but I assure not only is he alive, but were he dead, I could revive him, perhaps you've heard of the Tensaiga, an accomplished blacksmith such as yourself should have."
"I knew Totosai, we trained under the same master."
"Then I'm sure you can match his feat," Sesshomaru tosses out Inutaisho's fang, "That is a fang of my father, the same material the Tetsusaiga was made from, I require you to make another Tetsusaiga that I may wield."
"What are your intensions after I made this sword for you?"
"I intend to kill my half-breed brother and rid the original Tetsusaiga of the foolish charms that bind it to serve man."
"And after that?"
"After that I may be on the path of conquest, such that I may surpass Inutaisho."
"Totosai befriended Inutaisho, against my advice, I was wrong about Inutaisho, but you lack Inutaisho's compassion, I cannot make this sword for you."
"Jaken! Bring the eldest Half-demon!"
"Hai! Sesshomaru-sama," Jaken drags the unconscious Drache into the clearing.
"Finish him."
"What?"
"You heard me Jaken, I need to make a demonstration of my desire for the blade."
"Yes Sesshomaru-sama," Jaken takes Drache's neck in both hands and snaps it.
Freuer's eyes go blank in emotional turmoil, he collapses to his knees again, "Ni-san..."
Sesshomaru walks over and unsheathes the Tensaiga, with a stoke Drache breathes in once more; Drache pulls at the vines restricting him. "Nanio, what just happened?"
"Jaken killed you by my command, and I've brought you back with the Tensaiga," Sesshomaru grabs Drache by the collar and drags him back to the house, he throws him onto Freuer, "A token of good faith, now, make my Dark Tetsusaiga."
Kamui lowers his head in defeat, "All right."
"It did not have to go like this, if Drache had not attacked me and both he and Gaav blown my cover, I would have been content to ask you as the child Sho, and the Bokken I would have given to Rin, and taught her to defend herself."
Kamui goes over and picks up Inutaisho's fang, then turns and heads into the shack next to the house, "It will take one week, I would be grateful if you return my charges now, you have my word I will finish your blade, and even your bokken."
"Jaken, release Rei and Eis."
"Sesshomaru-sama, you trust the word of a human?"
"It is not trust, but a token of appreciation besides, none of these children could defeat me, I could always capture another if retirement has taken the honor out of this human's word."
Jaken walks over and hits his staff into the ropes, breaking them and releasing Rei and Eis. Rei and Eis embrace before heading home. Rin follows Jaken into the opening, when Rei and Eis are in the house, Rin rushes over and hugs onto Sesshomaru's abdomen. Sesshomaru feels the same warmth as before, he contemplates again leaving Rin with Valson, but again dismisses it, and places a friendly hand on Rin's head.