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Purest Hearts, Tainted Souls
Chapter Five:
Usagi crouched behind a large green bush scattered with small red berries. She quickly looked behind her to make sure that creepy masked demon wasn't following. A sigh of relief escaped her lips; there was no sign of him. A girlish yell caught her attention, and she quickly peeked over the bush.
There! It was Sesshoumaru, holding a large sword in his hand, while fighting some creature with...dog-ears? 'That one must be Inu-Yasha.' She let her eyes scan the area, looking for a certain short demon carrying the Staff of Heads. She quickly found him near a human man, and a small demon with a bushy foxtail.
She quickly looked back to Sesshoumaru when an arrow hit the great sword in his grasp, making the once beautiful weapon turn into an old looking rusted sword. Her eyes scanned the area once again, quickly finding the archer; it was a human girl. 'And that one must be Inu-Yasha's woman.' Usagi's eyes slightly widened as she watched the human female ready another arrow, point it towards Sesshoumaru, and release it, making a piece of his armor shatter upon impact. Usagi quickly crawled out from behind the berry bush to get a better look, and make sure Sesshoumaru wasn't hurt.
Kagome was about shoot another arrow, when a familiar feeling took hold of her. There was a jewel shard near by, and it wasn't Sesshoumaru's. Wait, not just one, there were three! She started scanning the area, in search of the three shards. Her eyes landed on a silver haired girl wearing a light blue kimono. She looked human...but then she might be traveling with Sesshoumaru, and planning an attack while Inu-Yasha isn't watching. Kagome quickly turned towards the half-breed and his 'evil' brother.
"Inu-Yasha!" she yelled over to him as he quickly dodged one of Sesshoumaru's attacks, "that girl has three shards in her chest!" she pointed to the silver haired girl when Inu-Yasha looked to her.
Sesshoumaru's eyes narrowed, he'd known she'd been there, how could he not. Her scent was like nothing he'd ever in-countered before. It was just like the smell of gardenias, but unlike Inu-Yasha's human, who put on other scents to cover up her natural one, Usagi's was all-natural. It probably came from being of pixie kin, with them being flower creatures and all. A gardenia was probably the type of flower she was born from.
"Leave her out of this!" he demanded striking out at the half-breed, who quickly dodged, and smirked up to the tall demon.
"A minion of yours Sesshoumaru?" his voice was full of disgust and hate, "four shards in one day." Inu-Yasha jumped into the air and ran off towards the silver haired human, or what he thought was a human anyway. 'I'll be a full fledged demon in no time,' he mused to himself.
Sesshoumaru watched the weak half-breed run off towards his petite companion. He thought about following, but why should he care what happens to the girl, the sooner she dies the sooner he could get his shards. Though in the back of his mind he knew she had that little shield thing of hers, so she was in no real danger.
Usagi's eyes widened as she watched the half-demon with dog-ears stop in front of her. "Give me the jewel shards." He demanded coldly, holding out his hand to her, expecting her to give them to him freely. Usagi placed her right hand over the three shards on her chest, looking to the ground; she quickly picked up a long stick, holding it tightly in her left hand.
"You cant have them!" her voice was soft, yet stern. She slightly raised the long stick above her head, and quickly brought it down towards his hand. He caught it with ease, pulled it from her grasp, and discarding it to the ground.
A low growl escaped his throat as he showed the silver haired girl his claws, "give them, or I will take them!"
Sesshoumaru smirked to himself, boy was Inu-Yasha in for a surprise, when he'd smash into that barrier it would surly throw him back and maybe even knock him unconscious. He looked back to his silvery-blue eyed companion, "then you will have to take them!" she kept her stance, not moving, defying the half-breed, though Sesshoumaru could smell her fear, and was sure Inu- Yasha could also.
'He wouldn't attack me, would he?'
"Fine." With that the half-breed leaped forward. Usagi's eyes widened in fear, she'd bit off more than she could chew this time, and would soon be choking on it. Sesshoumaru waited for his weak brother to come in contact with the girl's powerful barrier, but it never came, and when Sesshoumaru realized it, it was almost too late.
Without even thinking, he leaped forward, headed for the silver haired pixie, just barely reaching her in time, he quickly grabbed hold of her arm, and jumped away from Inu-Yasha. An extraordinary scent flooded his senses as he held on to the petite girl. This also was unlike anything he'd ever smelt before, it smelt somewhat similar to blood, but then, there was something else to it. Something that made his pulse pound in his head, yes, there was something very intoxicating about this new scent.
Sesshoumaru looked down to Usagi, who was still motionless with shock in his arms. As he turned towards her the smell became more intense. A silvery- red substance caught his attention, as he looked to her left shoulder. Three deep gashes marred her once soft perfect skin, and blood, tented the color of silver gushed freely from it. Sesshoumaru quickly realized this was the scent that excited him so. He placed Usagi on the ground, and hastily got a good distance away from her, before he did something he'd eventually regret. But why should he care, he wanted the girl dead...didn't he?
Inu-Yasha seemed to be having the same problem, his senses were running wild, begging him to let the demon side of him take over. Sesshoumaru, in an attempt to get his mind off the intoxicating scent of the pixie's blood, jumped to Inu-Yasha and lashed out at him, and so began the fight once again. Though neither of them were able to completely concentrate.
Usagi winced at the pain she was experiencing, though her body wasn't the only thing that pained her. She was hurt inwardly at how Sesshoumaru had quickly put her down and jumped away from her as if she were some sort of disease. She touched her hand to her shoulder, as if to make sure the wound was truly there, when she brought her hand back it was covered in the silvery-red liquid substance.
She cast her eyes back upon the battle raging on between the two half- brothers, and watched in horror as Sesshoumaru shot his hand through Inu- Yasha's chest. She looked over to Jaken, who was leisurely watching, while holding on to his staff, which seemed to stick with him as though it were another body part. Her sight then landed on the male human, who was watching wide-eyed, next to the human girl.
Her vision then began to get cloudy; it was as if a deep fog had all the sudden just rolled out all around her, not letting her see anything except blurry figures. Her pain seemed to multiply, it was the only thing she could think about, and it seemed the more she thought about it, the more unbearable it'd become. All she wanted to do was close her eyes, and let sleep overcome her.
Then, as quickly as it had come, the 'fogginess' that blinded her vision deceased, and although her vision was still somewhat blurry she could make out distinct figures and faces now. Usagi didn't know how long she'd been left to her thoughts, how long she couldn't see, whether it had been hours or just a matter of minuets.
Usagi quickly cast her eyes to where Sesshoumaru had been; he wasn't there anymore. She frantically searched the scenery, searching for the tall white haired demon and his small ugly servant. They were gone; both of them were gone. She looked around again; she was still in the same spot, still in the same position. But they were gone, the only two things she knew in this world had abandoned her, or maybe it was that half-breed!
'Is it possible that he could have killed Sesshoumaru-sama and Jaken-san?' Usagi's eyes watered at this thought. Yes, that had to be it! Why else would the two just leave her. Small sparkly tears started making their way down her pail cheeks as she leaned back and let her unharmed shoulder lay on the ground. Pain, it was all she felt, both physically and emotionally. She could see her vision was starting to get blurry again. All she wanted to do was lay there and die, she didn't want to live life alone without her two demon companions. Usagi let her eyes close, hopefully to never open again.
"Lord Sesshoumaru, you intend to just leave her there with humans?" Jaken asked walking along side the taller demon.
Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow; "it'd seem the girl has squirmed her way into your likings Jaken."
"I don't care about the girl," the short one quickly answered, as if he were afraid of what the white haired demon would think of him if he'd said differently, "but by leaving her, your giving the jewel shards to Inu- Yasha."
"It is not the shards I'm after, only the Tetsusaiga," with that said he slightly quickened his pace, and walked ahead of the ugly one.
"Of course milord."
Sesshoumaru casually rubbed his demon and human hands over his face, (there is a reason I made him keep his arm, so just know that.) he could still smell her blood, it was stained on his clothing from when he held her. How uncanny it was, the scent of her blood...
Usagi was cold, and she awoke feeling someone or something moving her arms. She groggily opened her eyes, only to be greeted with the sight of the female human leaning over her. Usagi strained to lift her head; she was wearing some sort of gray cloth covering the upper half of her body, and a black piece of cloth wrapped around her waist that ended at her mid-thigh. 'Humans have a weird way of dressing, or perhaps it was just this human girl.'
"You're awake!" the dark haired girl exclaimed buttoning the last button on the gray shirt. Usagi said nothing, she just laid her head back on the cold ground and looked to the sky; it was daytime now. "I changed you into some of my extra clothes, your kimono was bloody and ripped."
Kagome watched the silver haired girl stair with dull eyes to the sky, blinking every now and then. "Here, I'll help you up so we can get back to the others," Kagome pulled the girl to a sitting position, careful not to touch the three deep wounds on her right shoulder.
Usagi winced in pain, the girl was being careful, but movement still hurt her. "Just leave me."
Kagome was caught off guard by the tone of the girl's voice; it was quiet and emotionless. "No!" Kagome said sternly wrapping the girl's left arm around her shoulders and pulling her to her feet. "Now c'mon lets go."
Inu-Yasha, Miroku, and Shippo watched as Kagome walked out through the trees, practically pulling the silver haired girl along with her, and set the both down in the grass near by.
Inu-Yasha's eye's narrowed, "did you get the jewel shards from her yet?"
"No" Kagome watched as Inu-Yasha started to stand, "you shouldn't be walking, just leave her alone!"
Miroku then looked to the silvery-blue eyed girl in their presence, "why were you with Sesshoumaru?"
"Don't speak to me human!"
"You are not one to talk!" Inu-Yasha once again started to stand.
"On the contrary master Inu-Yasha," Myoga said from his shoulder, "she is clearly not human."
Inu-Yasha looked over the girl, "what is she, she's defiantly not a demon."
"She is of the flower creatures, better known as pixies, you can tell by the silver marking she has on her forehead, and how her blood has a slight silver tent to it. Not many know of them for they live in only one forest, they are very small, and are very hard to find."
"So why are you human size then?" Shippo asked curiously looking up to the girl who just looked blankly to the ground.
Myoga answered the question for her; "it seems as though the shards in her, are helping her to sustain such a form, without them she probably wouldn't survive."
"Who cares if she does or doesn't survive, she's just a little girl, probably no older than Kagome, all I want are the jewel shards," Inu-Yasha stated cracking his knuckles.
"No, she could be four hundred years old for all we know, though pixies do not live forever, they have a very long life span, and should never be taken lightly; they are extremely powerful."
"I have heard of them, born of flowers are they not?" Miroku asked, already knowing the answer.
"Yes, that is correct," Myoga nodded his small head.
Inu-Yasha stood up, "well then," he ripped two strips of cloth off of his clothing and headed for the pixie, "we'll just have to make sure she cant use her power against us." He kneeled down in front of Usagi and tied her wrists in front of her, as well as her ankles so she couldn't run away.
"Now," he continued sitting back down, "why were you traveling with Sesshoumaru, was he making you help him?"
Usagi looked up to him with wide eyes; "Sesshoumaru-sama would never do a thing like that!"
Inu-Yasha's eyes slightly narrowed when he heard the girl refer to him as Sesshoumaru-sama, "he must have tricked you, Sesshoumaru cares for no one but himself!"
"What would you know!? You're just some stupid pathetic half-breed!"
Inu-Yasha growled and could feel his anger rising, but decided to forget the insult, "Kagome, lets go for a walk."
Usagi watched as each of the demons/humans headed off in a certain direction, two going off on a walk, and the others going to spy on them. Now was her chance! She'd have to be quick if she wanted to get away, but she knew she wouldn't be able to get far. She didn't care what her chances were, she was leaving, and that's all there was to it!
She tried to untie the cloth that bound her ankles, but to no avail, they were tied to tight. So she settled for just hopping away, which caused her severe pain from her right shoulder. She felt the thin scabbing rip open, and the gashes started bleeding freely once again.
After a short amount of time she fell to the ground, hopping around was harder than she thought it was going to be.
"What are you doing?"
Usagi turned around; standing just a short distance away was Inu-Yasha, followed by Miroku, the small demon was no where in sight. Inu-Yasha started towards her.
"Leave me alone!" Usagi yelled, and Inu-Yasha was thrown back into a near by tree. Miroku held up his staff, in an attempt to protect himself, but it was a futile attempt. He was picked up about ten feet in the air, and then he also was thrown back into a tree.
Usagi's eyes widened in horror as she watched the two smash into the trees, what was going on? Why was she doing this? Why was this happening? "Stop it!" Usagi screamed grabbing her throbbing head as Inu-Yasha was picked up by and invisible force and thrown into another tree. Usagi couldn't make it stop, she couldn't control it! She clinched her teary eyes shut, as her body shook with fear.
"This is much worse than I predicted," Myoga stated, "it seems she is very young, and is just coming into her powers."
"Yeah so what's that mean!?" Inu-Yasha yelled angrily as he crashed into another large tree.
"it means that she doesn't understand her power, and has none of her kind here to teach it to her, plus, the jewel shards are amplifying her powers strength," Miroku answered.
Then, as quick as it came, the girl's blind furry ceased, Miroku and Inu- Yasha looked to her. She still sat on the ground, holding her head, and shaking furiously. A familiar scent then caught Inu-Yasha's attention; it was Sesshoumaru.
Sesshoumaru jumped out of a near by tree and landed next to the sobbing girl, all the while glaring at Inu-Yasha.
"Sesshoumaru-sama..." he looked down to the silver haired girl sitting on the ground, her voice was full of pain, she was clutching her head tightly, as if it pained her severely, "Sesshoumaru-sama, make it stop. It hurts so bad, please make it stop."
Sesshoumaru looked slightly caught off guard, and was somewhat unsure of how to respond to the silver haired pixie's plea for help. He carefully picked up the tied up, crying girl, 'princess style' and held her body close to his chest. "I, Sesshoumaru, shall deal with you later Inu-Yasha!" with that said the tall demon jumped off into the trees.
Usagi's sobs subsided as she let herself get lost in his warmth, before her eyelids closed and she let sleep overcome her.
Usagi awoke to the feeling of something wrapping around her hurt shoulder. She slowly opened her eyes to see Sesshoumaru finish wrapping a bandage around her. She looked at it curiously, it started at her ribs, then went up around her chest, then over to her shoulder. Usagi watched as Sesshoumaru stood up and walked away, she wanted to follow him, but found that her body was to exhausted to move, so she once again, let sleep overcome her.
(Ok, ok so it wasn't really kidnapping, but hey, it all worked out!)
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Purest Hearts, Tainted Souls
Chapter Five:
Usagi crouched behind a large green bush scattered with small red berries. She quickly looked behind her to make sure that creepy masked demon wasn't following. A sigh of relief escaped her lips; there was no sign of him. A girlish yell caught her attention, and she quickly peeked over the bush.
There! It was Sesshoumaru, holding a large sword in his hand, while fighting some creature with...dog-ears? 'That one must be Inu-Yasha.' She let her eyes scan the area, looking for a certain short demon carrying the Staff of Heads. She quickly found him near a human man, and a small demon with a bushy foxtail.
She quickly looked back to Sesshoumaru when an arrow hit the great sword in his grasp, making the once beautiful weapon turn into an old looking rusted sword. Her eyes scanned the area once again, quickly finding the archer; it was a human girl. 'And that one must be Inu-Yasha's woman.' Usagi's eyes slightly widened as she watched the human female ready another arrow, point it towards Sesshoumaru, and release it, making a piece of his armor shatter upon impact. Usagi quickly crawled out from behind the berry bush to get a better look, and make sure Sesshoumaru wasn't hurt.
Kagome was about shoot another arrow, when a familiar feeling took hold of her. There was a jewel shard near by, and it wasn't Sesshoumaru's. Wait, not just one, there were three! She started scanning the area, in search of the three shards. Her eyes landed on a silver haired girl wearing a light blue kimono. She looked human...but then she might be traveling with Sesshoumaru, and planning an attack while Inu-Yasha isn't watching. Kagome quickly turned towards the half-breed and his 'evil' brother.
"Inu-Yasha!" she yelled over to him as he quickly dodged one of Sesshoumaru's attacks, "that girl has three shards in her chest!" she pointed to the silver haired girl when Inu-Yasha looked to her.
Sesshoumaru's eyes narrowed, he'd known she'd been there, how could he not. Her scent was like nothing he'd ever in-countered before. It was just like the smell of gardenias, but unlike Inu-Yasha's human, who put on other scents to cover up her natural one, Usagi's was all-natural. It probably came from being of pixie kin, with them being flower creatures and all. A gardenia was probably the type of flower she was born from.
"Leave her out of this!" he demanded striking out at the half-breed, who quickly dodged, and smirked up to the tall demon.
"A minion of yours Sesshoumaru?" his voice was full of disgust and hate, "four shards in one day." Inu-Yasha jumped into the air and ran off towards the silver haired human, or what he thought was a human anyway. 'I'll be a full fledged demon in no time,' he mused to himself.
Sesshoumaru watched the weak half-breed run off towards his petite companion. He thought about following, but why should he care what happens to the girl, the sooner she dies the sooner he could get his shards. Though in the back of his mind he knew she had that little shield thing of hers, so she was in no real danger.
Usagi's eyes widened as she watched the half-demon with dog-ears stop in front of her. "Give me the jewel shards." He demanded coldly, holding out his hand to her, expecting her to give them to him freely. Usagi placed her right hand over the three shards on her chest, looking to the ground; she quickly picked up a long stick, holding it tightly in her left hand.
"You cant have them!" her voice was soft, yet stern. She slightly raised the long stick above her head, and quickly brought it down towards his hand. He caught it with ease, pulled it from her grasp, and discarding it to the ground.
A low growl escaped his throat as he showed the silver haired girl his claws, "give them, or I will take them!"
Sesshoumaru smirked to himself, boy was Inu-Yasha in for a surprise, when he'd smash into that barrier it would surly throw him back and maybe even knock him unconscious. He looked back to his silvery-blue eyed companion, "then you will have to take them!" she kept her stance, not moving, defying the half-breed, though Sesshoumaru could smell her fear, and was sure Inu- Yasha could also.
'He wouldn't attack me, would he?'
"Fine." With that the half-breed leaped forward. Usagi's eyes widened in fear, she'd bit off more than she could chew this time, and would soon be choking on it. Sesshoumaru waited for his weak brother to come in contact with the girl's powerful barrier, but it never came, and when Sesshoumaru realized it, it was almost too late.
Without even thinking, he leaped forward, headed for the silver haired pixie, just barely reaching her in time, he quickly grabbed hold of her arm, and jumped away from Inu-Yasha. An extraordinary scent flooded his senses as he held on to the petite girl. This also was unlike anything he'd ever smelt before, it smelt somewhat similar to blood, but then, there was something else to it. Something that made his pulse pound in his head, yes, there was something very intoxicating about this new scent.
Sesshoumaru looked down to Usagi, who was still motionless with shock in his arms. As he turned towards her the smell became more intense. A silvery- red substance caught his attention, as he looked to her left shoulder. Three deep gashes marred her once soft perfect skin, and blood, tented the color of silver gushed freely from it. Sesshoumaru quickly realized this was the scent that excited him so. He placed Usagi on the ground, and hastily got a good distance away from her, before he did something he'd eventually regret. But why should he care, he wanted the girl dead...didn't he?
Inu-Yasha seemed to be having the same problem, his senses were running wild, begging him to let the demon side of him take over. Sesshoumaru, in an attempt to get his mind off the intoxicating scent of the pixie's blood, jumped to Inu-Yasha and lashed out at him, and so began the fight once again. Though neither of them were able to completely concentrate.
Usagi winced at the pain she was experiencing, though her body wasn't the only thing that pained her. She was hurt inwardly at how Sesshoumaru had quickly put her down and jumped away from her as if she were some sort of disease. She touched her hand to her shoulder, as if to make sure the wound was truly there, when she brought her hand back it was covered in the silvery-red liquid substance.
She cast her eyes back upon the battle raging on between the two half- brothers, and watched in horror as Sesshoumaru shot his hand through Inu- Yasha's chest. She looked over to Jaken, who was leisurely watching, while holding on to his staff, which seemed to stick with him as though it were another body part. Her sight then landed on the male human, who was watching wide-eyed, next to the human girl.
Her vision then began to get cloudy; it was as if a deep fog had all the sudden just rolled out all around her, not letting her see anything except blurry figures. Her pain seemed to multiply, it was the only thing she could think about, and it seemed the more she thought about it, the more unbearable it'd become. All she wanted to do was close her eyes, and let sleep overcome her.
Then, as quickly as it had come, the 'fogginess' that blinded her vision deceased, and although her vision was still somewhat blurry she could make out distinct figures and faces now. Usagi didn't know how long she'd been left to her thoughts, how long she couldn't see, whether it had been hours or just a matter of minuets.
Usagi quickly cast her eyes to where Sesshoumaru had been; he wasn't there anymore. She frantically searched the scenery, searching for the tall white haired demon and his small ugly servant. They were gone; both of them were gone. She looked around again; she was still in the same spot, still in the same position. But they were gone, the only two things she knew in this world had abandoned her, or maybe it was that half-breed!
'Is it possible that he could have killed Sesshoumaru-sama and Jaken-san?' Usagi's eyes watered at this thought. Yes, that had to be it! Why else would the two just leave her. Small sparkly tears started making their way down her pail cheeks as she leaned back and let her unharmed shoulder lay on the ground. Pain, it was all she felt, both physically and emotionally. She could see her vision was starting to get blurry again. All she wanted to do was lay there and die, she didn't want to live life alone without her two demon companions. Usagi let her eyes close, hopefully to never open again.
"Lord Sesshoumaru, you intend to just leave her there with humans?" Jaken asked walking along side the taller demon.
Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow; "it'd seem the girl has squirmed her way into your likings Jaken."
"I don't care about the girl," the short one quickly answered, as if he were afraid of what the white haired demon would think of him if he'd said differently, "but by leaving her, your giving the jewel shards to Inu- Yasha."
"It is not the shards I'm after, only the Tetsusaiga," with that said he slightly quickened his pace, and walked ahead of the ugly one.
"Of course milord."
Sesshoumaru casually rubbed his demon and human hands over his face, (there is a reason I made him keep his arm, so just know that.) he could still smell her blood, it was stained on his clothing from when he held her. How uncanny it was, the scent of her blood...
Usagi was cold, and she awoke feeling someone or something moving her arms. She groggily opened her eyes, only to be greeted with the sight of the female human leaning over her. Usagi strained to lift her head; she was wearing some sort of gray cloth covering the upper half of her body, and a black piece of cloth wrapped around her waist that ended at her mid-thigh. 'Humans have a weird way of dressing, or perhaps it was just this human girl.'
"You're awake!" the dark haired girl exclaimed buttoning the last button on the gray shirt. Usagi said nothing, she just laid her head back on the cold ground and looked to the sky; it was daytime now. "I changed you into some of my extra clothes, your kimono was bloody and ripped."
Kagome watched the silver haired girl stair with dull eyes to the sky, blinking every now and then. "Here, I'll help you up so we can get back to the others," Kagome pulled the girl to a sitting position, careful not to touch the three deep wounds on her right shoulder.
Usagi winced in pain, the girl was being careful, but movement still hurt her. "Just leave me."
Kagome was caught off guard by the tone of the girl's voice; it was quiet and emotionless. "No!" Kagome said sternly wrapping the girl's left arm around her shoulders and pulling her to her feet. "Now c'mon lets go."
Inu-Yasha, Miroku, and Shippo watched as Kagome walked out through the trees, practically pulling the silver haired girl along with her, and set the both down in the grass near by.
Inu-Yasha's eye's narrowed, "did you get the jewel shards from her yet?"
"No" Kagome watched as Inu-Yasha started to stand, "you shouldn't be walking, just leave her alone!"
Miroku then looked to the silvery-blue eyed girl in their presence, "why were you with Sesshoumaru?"
"Don't speak to me human!"
"You are not one to talk!" Inu-Yasha once again started to stand.
"On the contrary master Inu-Yasha," Myoga said from his shoulder, "she is clearly not human."
Inu-Yasha looked over the girl, "what is she, she's defiantly not a demon."
"She is of the flower creatures, better known as pixies, you can tell by the silver marking she has on her forehead, and how her blood has a slight silver tent to it. Not many know of them for they live in only one forest, they are very small, and are very hard to find."
"So why are you human size then?" Shippo asked curiously looking up to the girl who just looked blankly to the ground.
Myoga answered the question for her; "it seems as though the shards in her, are helping her to sustain such a form, without them she probably wouldn't survive."
"Who cares if she does or doesn't survive, she's just a little girl, probably no older than Kagome, all I want are the jewel shards," Inu-Yasha stated cracking his knuckles.
"No, she could be four hundred years old for all we know, though pixies do not live forever, they have a very long life span, and should never be taken lightly; they are extremely powerful."
"I have heard of them, born of flowers are they not?" Miroku asked, already knowing the answer.
"Yes, that is correct," Myoga nodded his small head.
Inu-Yasha stood up, "well then," he ripped two strips of cloth off of his clothing and headed for the pixie, "we'll just have to make sure she cant use her power against us." He kneeled down in front of Usagi and tied her wrists in front of her, as well as her ankles so she couldn't run away.
"Now," he continued sitting back down, "why were you traveling with Sesshoumaru, was he making you help him?"
Usagi looked up to him with wide eyes; "Sesshoumaru-sama would never do a thing like that!"
Inu-Yasha's eyes slightly narrowed when he heard the girl refer to him as Sesshoumaru-sama, "he must have tricked you, Sesshoumaru cares for no one but himself!"
"What would you know!? You're just some stupid pathetic half-breed!"
Inu-Yasha growled and could feel his anger rising, but decided to forget the insult, "Kagome, lets go for a walk."
Usagi watched as each of the demons/humans headed off in a certain direction, two going off on a walk, and the others going to spy on them. Now was her chance! She'd have to be quick if she wanted to get away, but she knew she wouldn't be able to get far. She didn't care what her chances were, she was leaving, and that's all there was to it!
She tried to untie the cloth that bound her ankles, but to no avail, they were tied to tight. So she settled for just hopping away, which caused her severe pain from her right shoulder. She felt the thin scabbing rip open, and the gashes started bleeding freely once again.
After a short amount of time she fell to the ground, hopping around was harder than she thought it was going to be.
"What are you doing?"
Usagi turned around; standing just a short distance away was Inu-Yasha, followed by Miroku, the small demon was no where in sight. Inu-Yasha started towards her.
"Leave me alone!" Usagi yelled, and Inu-Yasha was thrown back into a near by tree. Miroku held up his staff, in an attempt to protect himself, but it was a futile attempt. He was picked up about ten feet in the air, and then he also was thrown back into a tree.
Usagi's eyes widened in horror as she watched the two smash into the trees, what was going on? Why was she doing this? Why was this happening? "Stop it!" Usagi screamed grabbing her throbbing head as Inu-Yasha was picked up by and invisible force and thrown into another tree. Usagi couldn't make it stop, she couldn't control it! She clinched her teary eyes shut, as her body shook with fear.
"This is much worse than I predicted," Myoga stated, "it seems she is very young, and is just coming into her powers."
"Yeah so what's that mean!?" Inu-Yasha yelled angrily as he crashed into another large tree.
"it means that she doesn't understand her power, and has none of her kind here to teach it to her, plus, the jewel shards are amplifying her powers strength," Miroku answered.
Then, as quick as it came, the girl's blind furry ceased, Miroku and Inu- Yasha looked to her. She still sat on the ground, holding her head, and shaking furiously. A familiar scent then caught Inu-Yasha's attention; it was Sesshoumaru.
Sesshoumaru jumped out of a near by tree and landed next to the sobbing girl, all the while glaring at Inu-Yasha.
"Sesshoumaru-sama..." he looked down to the silver haired girl sitting on the ground, her voice was full of pain, she was clutching her head tightly, as if it pained her severely, "Sesshoumaru-sama, make it stop. It hurts so bad, please make it stop."
Sesshoumaru looked slightly caught off guard, and was somewhat unsure of how to respond to the silver haired pixie's plea for help. He carefully picked up the tied up, crying girl, 'princess style' and held her body close to his chest. "I, Sesshoumaru, shall deal with you later Inu-Yasha!" with that said the tall demon jumped off into the trees.
Usagi's sobs subsided as she let herself get lost in his warmth, before her eyelids closed and she let sleep overcome her.
Usagi awoke to the feeling of something wrapping around her hurt shoulder. She slowly opened her eyes to see Sesshoumaru finish wrapping a bandage around her. She looked at it curiously, it started at her ribs, then went up around her chest, then over to her shoulder. Usagi watched as Sesshoumaru stood up and walked away, she wanted to follow him, but found that her body was to exhausted to move, so she once again, let sleep overcome her.
(Ok, ok so it wasn't really kidnapping, but hey, it all worked out!)
~Well, this was a longer chapter, probably wasn't as long as you'd all have liked, but considering I updated quickly, I think its ok...anyway, I hope you all liked it!
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~Thanks again everyone for the wonderful reviews! I really appreciate them!!! And sorry if I got anyone's names wrong. I would have to say that I don't really have a favorite female character, or well...if I did, it would probably be Kagome, because I like her attitude! Or maybe it would be Rin...I donno, I guess they're both my favorites.
~Ok! Question number three...hmm, oh ok here goes, What would you change to make the anime better, if anything???
**Next Chapter: Sorry, not gonna tell ya about it in this chapter!!!!