"IRON REAVER SOUL STEALER!" Inuyasha threw the fatal attack at the turtle demon. It only bounced off the shell and rebounded back to him almost nicking him in several places before he jumped up into the nearest tree.
"Inuyasha use your sword." Screamed Kikyo when he was almost hit.
"I tried. The damn thing doesn't work. And it hasn't since Kagome left." He dodged an attack from the turtle demon.
"So that's what I am stuck with a half-demon that can't even kill a turtle demon." She threw her hands up in the air.
"At least I am trying something. Oh and Miss Perfect how come you haven't shot one of your purifying arrows yet since everything I try doesn't work." He said jumping from the tree once again.
"Theydon'tworkanymore." She mumbled.
"Huh? I can't hear you." He yelled back at her while doing a back-flip to dodge the turtles attack.
"They don't work!" She screamed back at him when he was thrown by the turtle into the side of the cliff wall.
"Well now was just a lovely time to tell me that." He said as he got up holding his shoulder pushing it back into place his claws covered in blood. He then aimed another attack at the turtle. Damn how come none of my attacks are working or penetrating that damn shell? Think Inuyasha what would Kagome say? He let his mind wonder to Kagome. "Aim for its belly the shell doesn't protect it there!"
"That's it!" He yelled.
"What's it?" She asked him.
"Aim for the belly!" He ran up to the turtle and slid underneath him on his side. "BLADES OF BLOOD!" He screamed striking the turtle before completely sliding to the other side.
Behind his sliding the turtle demon collapsed to the ground.
"See I can get the job done." He said with a superior look on his face.
She just rolled her eyes and started to walk away.
He noticed her walking away from him and he chased after her calling, "Hey Kikyo wait up."
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He woke up in a cold sweat. He heard a grumble from his side and turned to see what was there. It was Rin. She was curled underneath his tail. Slowly he stood as not to wake her from her peaceful slumber. He was at least kind enough for that.
The dreams he was accustomed to but they had stopped years ago and not one since. Until now that is. They always left him angry and in a bloodlust. He only wished a demon stupid enough to try to attack while they were asleep. Then maybe he could be sustained for a while.
He walked to the river they happened to seek camp near last night. He sat down in front of the waters edge and looked into its depths. He could see his reflection. His hair was a mess. But he was pretty much assured with adrenaline. He never slept long and with that dream plaguing his thoughts it didn't help much. How he wished his life hadn't become this cold exterior. He wished he could show his emotions at least once in his life. And not just 'those once in a while smirks' that seem to be accustomed to him.
His attention was brought to the fish swimming without a care in the river before him. Might as well get some breakfast. He waded out into the river with the moonlight as his guide. There was a slight breeze and that only added to his adrenaline rush. He closed his eyes as if to savor it. Oh how he loved the wind. The freeness of it. The playfulness. The way it picked up leaves and spun them around as if doing a dance. He longed to be that free. He sometimes wondered what his life would be like if he hadn't accepted the position of Lord of the Western Lands. Would he always be this cold? Most likely. But such things couldn't be stopped if the cause was something as deeply cut as the cause of this. He opened his eyes and tried to catch a few fish. His attempts were futile because he caught not one. Well not one to give up so easily he kept at it. Taking off his top he threw it aside onto the bank readying himself to try again.
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She couldn't sleep. When she woke up for the tenth time this night she seen the fire was barely more than embers dying slowly. That is how I want Inuyasha to die. Like a big roaring fire. Slowly. Deciding that it would be dumb not to, she relit the fire before taking off into the night letting the moonlight guide her to wherever the light shone brightest.
As she walked she came upon a tree that held the blossoms of a lily flower. She picked one and twirled it in her fingers while dwelling on the dream she had this night. In her dream she had been looking into the fire again with the faces flashing briefly then scampering away. But tonight they stopped on an image. It was a man that looked like a younger Sesshomaru. The dream was so vivid she could feel the emotion pouring out of the father to son. It was as if it had come from Sesshomaru's memories. The hatred she had felt while looking upon his father was so powerful. It made her want to cry. She pushed tears and the thoughts behind her. It was only a dream. Like it ever happened. But wait that would explain why he is always so cold? Nah…… She was winding her way on an unknown path when she came to a cliff overlooking a river. There was something splashing around in it.
She caught the scent of anger then watched as the assailant took of his top and threw it to the shore. She let an uncontrolled giggle escape her lips as she recognized who it was.
The figure stiffened then relaxed. "Hello Kagome." He called out. For a moment she almost pouted that she as so easily recognized.
She hopped from her hiding place. She tucked the flower in the fold of her kimono "Hello Sesshomaru. What are you up to?"
He grunted as if it weren't obvious.
"Let me help you." He turned to face her gave her a look that in itself should have said no way in hell. "Fine then I will just catch some fish for my accompaniments."
She easily reached in and grasped a fish in her claws.
He stopped to look at her and glared a look of death at her. If he hadn't been a lord of great stature he probably would have pulled a Rin and thrown a fit and demanding she tell him how she caught one when he had been trying for at least half an hour.
"Easy." She said as if reading his thoughts. "You shouldn't thrash about so much." He snorted at her comment. "Here let me help you." She was behind him in a flash and had her arms around his waist putting his arms in position. (A/N in my story he has both of his arms) He sucked in a breath at the feel of her bust pressing against his back.
If she noticed she made no comment of it nor did she send off the aura that she did.
"Close your eyes." She whispered in his ear sending shivers up his spine. "Listen to the sounds of the fish in the water."
He did as he was told trying to ignore her pressed so intimately to his back. His muscles tensed in protests to his thoughts. He wanted to move away but his body wouldn't listen. She felt his back tense up and she ran a finger up his spine causing him to shiver but strangely relax. Her finger felt like fire to his skin.
He was glad when she moved away and started to catch fish on her own. He got back his concentration and waited for the right moment.
She looked over at him concentrating with his eyes closed. He stood with his knees bent in only his white hakama and a blue obi around his waist. The muscles in his abdomen were loose with concentration and his arms were in position to reach the water easily. She watched him as his muscles quickly grew taught and his hand became a blur as he reached in the water to catch a fish. When he pulled his hand out he had a fish clenched tightly in his fist. For a brief moment she thought she saw a flicker of amusement cross his face but she put it off as a trick of the light. When she saw he had caught a fish indeed she took this as her time to leave. She left silently without saying goodbye. Leaving only a lily blossom in her wake.
He refrained from admitting to himself she was correct and turned to look where she once stood and she was not there. Instead there were only the ripples of the water and a lily blossom pooled within.
He walked over picking up the white flower and sniffed itHe closed his eyes to picture her more clearly. It smells just like her. Flower blossoms and something warmer, like fire. As he smelled the flower he pictured the way she had looked today. Her silver hair was pulled back into plait with the hair that was too short to fit into the braid down the sides of her face. She was wearing a white kimono that had lilies going up each side and intertwining at her shoulders. It contrasted beautifully with her silver hair making the cerulean blue teardrop stand out.
He tucked the flower in his hakama and went back to catching more fish while trying to get her off his mind.
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She stayed in the tree line watching to see if he took the flower. She smiled when he did and the smile grew wider when he sniffed it and his eyes closed as if to revel in it.
Sesshomaru was a ……weird creature. One minute he was all cold, silent and deadly, the next all warm, actually speaking, and sniffing flowers.
It was enough to make her giggle a little at the thought. She wished to see more of the……somewhat softer side of the taiyoukai.
He thoughts were interrupted by the sound of splashing water as Sesshomaru battled it out with a very unruly fish.
She couldn't help but giggle slightly to herself. Oh Kami-sama he has me giggling all the time. She groaned and smacked herself on the forehead losing her balance almost falling out of the tree. Her demise was safe thanks to her talons that gripped almost painfully into the bark of the tree.
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"I have the reports you asked for acquiring the western lands.
"Give them to me and leave my presence immediately. Go kill a wolf or something."
She bowed before leaving her masters presence. But not before grumbling a discreet 'up your asshole.'
"I heard that." She cringed at the sound of distaste in her master's voice and left immediately.
"Ah Sesshomaru I see you've been busy." He laughed maniacally. Then choked and cleared his throat before looking to the right and then the left and slipping into the darkness.
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