Authoress: okay...fun time *cracks knuckles*
Sesshomaru 'n' Miroku: O________O;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
Authoress: yep, ya guessed it! Somethin's gonna happen sooooooon!!!!!...and it'll be good....I
hope...*sniffle* DAMN PEOPLE WHO TRANSLATE MANGAS SUCK!!!!!!!...*sob* just read
the third volume of Naruto...and if any of you wonderful readers read that one...you know
why...NOT SASUKE!!!!!!!...*sniffle* I liked him...he was UBER awesome!!!!!!!...that, plus
readin' the sixth FAKE...like, twice...^____^ it was good...heh...I'M IN A GOOD YAOI-
WRITIN' MOOD!!!!!!!...
Inuyasha: flips through FAKE book....O____O...it'll take me months to erase THAT image from
my mind...*sets book back down, eye twitching*
Authoress: ya know you liked it! ^______^...a lil' Ryo/Dee action is AIGHT by me!!!!!
heh...anyways, onto my long, less ranting, hopefully, chapter!!!!!
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha...I don't even own the lava lamp that I am watching...it is my
sister's...Oo...KEWL!!!!! @____@
Chapter Ten
'What do they think they'll accomplish by stealing Sesshomaru's sword?' Miroku asked inwardly
as he followed the youkai through the forest, wondering if Sesshomaru had thought of a reason
yet.
'What is wrong with me?' Sesshomaru questioned himself, wanting to know why his body
felt...weak...when he saw the houshi out of the corner of his eye. He growled, wondering why his
legs felt like they would give out at any moment. 'Damn houshi...he's done something to me...'
'Why is he growling...I guess he's angrier than I thought...hopefully he won't hurt Shippou...'
Miroku thought to himself, knowing he couldn't hold back the youkai, no matter how sick
Sesshomaru was. He lowered his head, hoping that Shippou wasn't serious about throwing the
Tensuiga into the waterfall. 'If he is...' Miroku shivered, images of what the inu-youkai would do
racing through his head.
Sesshomaru snapped out of his thoughts when he heard a faint cry. Recognizing it as Rin's, he
raced towards the origin of the sound. Miroku ran after the youkai, trying to keep up. 'Why is
Sesshomaru running?' Miroku wondered, realizing the demon lord had stopped and sliding to a
halt, accidentally hitting into Sesshomaru's back. "Sorry..." Miroku mumbled as he glanced up at
Sesshomaru, then looked in the direction the golden orbs were fixed in.
"Eh...heh...Hi...Sesshomaru..." Shippou smiled sheepishly as he hid the blade behind his back,
glancing over at Rin for help. Sesshomaru looked over at the girl, noticing that she was soaking
wet, and guessed she had fallen in the water. Seeing that Rin was unharmed, Sesshomaru felt
relieved slightly.
His gaze returned to Shippou, his anger and annoyance beginning to reach new heights. 'Why am
I so angry? Not even that hanyou could aggravate me so...' Sesshomaru thought to himself,
snorting inwardly at the continuation of his statement. 'Not even the houshi...'
'Uh oh...he looks angry...' Shippou thought, staring at Sesshomaru's pale face. The slight
warmth that was in the youkai's eyes when he saw Rin faded quickly, replaced by a harsh
coldness, which scared the kitsune even more than if Sesshomaru had shown his anger.
"Give the Tensuiga back to Sesshomaru..." Miroku stated, hoping that Sesshomaru would contain
his anger. 'Why is he so angry? Shippou didn't mean any harm...he surely knows that...' Miroku
winced as he felt Sesshomaru's youki rise a little, then watched as Sesshomaru took a few steps
towards the small kitsune.
'What's that?' Kagome wondered, sensing a youki. She knew it, but couldn't place her finger on
whose it was. Her eyes widened, as did Inuyasha's, when they realized the youkai whose ki was
rising to a fearful level.
"Sesshomaru..." Inuyasha thought outloud, picking the miko up as he finished running towards
the houshi's home.
Miroku felt the youki only an instant before he saw a red blur race past him, only slowing down to
gently set the miko down. 'This won't end well...' Miroku thought, sighing, as he knelt down to
look at Kagome. "Hello."
"Miroku...are you okay?" Kagome asked, inspecting the houshi, but not finding a single scratch or
injury of any kind on him. She redirected her gaze to where Inuyasha was, and saw Sesshomaru.
"What the hell do you think you're doing here, Sesshomaru?" Inuyasha asked, spitting out his
brother's name as if it was a curse. 'Bastard...Miroku hasn't been the same ever since...and he
comes to fight him...' Inuyasha thought, deciding that this was the only logical reason for
Sesshomaru to be anywhere near his friend.
"I could ask you the same thing..." Sesshomaru replied, returning his brother's deadly glare.
'Finally...someone I can fight...' the youkai thought to himself, inside hoping that a fight would
stop the emotions raging inside of him.
"Feh...let's see how well you fight against me, now that I'm a full-fledged demon..." Inuyasha
stated, cracking his knuckles. 'Sesshomaru was always more powerful than I was...but now that I
have the same power as him...I can beat him!' The younger youkai glared at his brother, growling
as he decided he would be the first to attack.
Miroku and Kagome sighed, knowing that, once again, Sesshomaru would beat Inuyasha into the
ground, then leave. "Why was Sesshomaru here?" Kagome asked, glancing up at Miroku as she
listened to Inuyasha's battle cry.
"He was fighting another youkai...and was injured..." Miroku replied, wondering if Sesshomaru
was 'fine,' as the youkai said. "He and Rin spent the night...why?"
"Inuyasha...and I...thought that he was trying to harm you..." Kagome replied sheepishly. 'So,
Sesshomaru wasn't thinking of doing anything to Miroku...but then why did his youki rise?'
"No..." Miroku said quietly, sitting down next to the miko. He smiled weakly when Rin jumped
into his lap, grinning, and Shippou raced towards them, still holding onto the Tensuiga.
"Kagome!" Shippou cried, leaping into Kagome's lap, hugging the miko. "I missed you!"
"Why do you have Sesshomaru's sword?" Kagome asked, then understanding why Sesshomaru
was angry.
"Rin and Shippou stole it...threatening they would throw it down the waterfall..." Miroku
commented, giving Rin an amused look.
"Oh? They did?" Kagome asked, glaring at Shippou. 'They must have thought of some plan...to
get Sesshomaru and Miroku back together...' the miko thought to herself. She studied Shippou's
face, realizing that she had missed her 'son.' She glanced up when she heard Inuyasha curse...but
instead of the exclamation sounding angered...it sounded surprised.
"I...I didn't hit him that hard..." Inuyasha said, staring at his right fist. Kagome wondered
momentarily what her husband was mumbling about, then saw Sesshomaru. 'What the...'
Kagome thought as she stood up, Shippou tumbling to the ground. Miroku stood up as well, but
placed Rin gently on the ground before he saw what Inuyasha was talking about.
'Nani...' Miroku said inwardly, staring at the inu-youkai. Sesshomaru was kneeling on the
ground, clutching his stomach, but what made the houshi's eyes widen in fear was the blood. The
reddish liquid had already covered Sesshomaru's lower body, spreading quickly down his legs and
his arm, and was dripping from his mouth, creating a puddle beneath the youkai.
"SESSHOMARU-SAMA!!!!!" Rin cried, trying to run towards the bleeding demon, but Miroku
stopped her. He handed the small ningen to Kagome and walked towards the youkai, praying that
the lord was fine, that his wounds only looked fatal, that he would stand back up in a few
moments, making Miroku laugh at the fear that was racing through him as he knelt down next to
Sesshomaru. He knew his prayers weren't going to be answered when he stared into
Sesshomaru's eyes, seeing the pain the inu-youkai was feeling. Realizing this, Miroku's eyes
began to water. 'No...he has to be alright...Inuyasha never wanted to kill him...'
Authoress: fwa...na ka na! Anyways...just you ya know, I didn't want to put Sexy Sesshy
through this...but it had to be done! *sniffle* now back to the story! ^____^
'Why...is he crying?' Sesshomaru asked himself, trying to blink the cloudiness from his vision. He
tried to tell the houshi to stop crying, but his statement came out as a chorus of gurgles and gasps.
He was beginning to become accustomed to the metallic taste in his mouth, and with each labored
breath for air, he felt more of the liquid enter his lungs. He coughed, attempting to remove some
of the blood from his body, but only succeeded in filling his lungs even more and making his lower
body ache even more.
"S...Sesshomaru?" The flame of hope, that Sesshomaru would heal and be fine, dimmed as
Miroku watched the youkai cough repeatedly, making the blood flow out of his mouth at an even
more alarming pace.
"Get him inside, Inuyasha..." Kagome ordered, glaring at the youkai. Inuyasha did so quickly,
making sure he didn't injure Sesshomaru further as Kagome knelt down next to Miroku. "How
badly injured was he before?"
"Only a few scratches...but he had a fever...' Miroku replied quietly, ripping his gaze from the
puddle of blood staining the grass. 'He was fine this morning...'
"I'm going to go get some herbs that might help...could you get some bandages and hot water
ready?" Kagome asked, noticing the hopeless look Miroku had on his face. "Don't worry...he'll
be fine...I won't let anything happen to him..."
"Thank you, Kagome..." Miroku said softly as he stood up and began to walk back towards the
house. "Would you take Rin and Shippou with you?"
"Of course..." Kagome glanced over at the two children, gesturing for them to follow her. 'I
won't let Sesshomaru die...Miroku and Rin love him far to much to live without him...'
Inuyasha, for the thousandth time, relived the fight, trying to understand why Sesshomaru, his
rival, the reason why he learned how to fight...his only living family...was in the next room, so
badly injured that Kagome had given him a look, one that she made sure Miroku or the children
couldn't see, that told him something was wrong, but she couldn't leave the youkai long enough
to tell him what it was.
'I...I didn't hit him harder than I ever did before...why...why was he bleeding so much?' Inuyasha
asked himself, remembering all the times he and his brother fought, but never could think of a
time where Sesshomaru bled badly. 'He...he wasn't fighting with all his strength...but...I didn't
stop...I didn't wonder why...why he would be holding back when I knew all he wanted to do was
beat me...'
"Inuyasha..." Kagome whispered, making the white-haired youkai glance up from the floor, which
he had been burning holes into with his gaze for the past few hours. "Come in here..."
Inuyasha couldn't see the miko, but from the tone of her voice, he could tell that whatever she
wanted to talk to him about or show him was something she didn't want Miroku to know
about...not yet.
"Nani?" Inuyasha asked quietly, kneeling down next to the ningen. Kagome sighed, ripping her
gaze from Sesshomaru. 'He...he looks even worse than before...' Inuyasha thought to himself,
noticing the paleness of Sesshomaru's face and the shallow breaths his brother took.
"I...I've done all I can. He's still bleeding internally...but not as badly as before...he's lost so
much blood..."
"Do...do you think he'll..." Inuyasha forced himself to finish his statement, however hard it was
for him, since he didn't really want to know the answer...afraid of what the miko might say.
"survive?"
"I...I don't know...youkai are different than ningens...if he was human...I'd say 'no'...but..."
Kagome trailed off, sighing as she glanced back down at the young demon lord. "Do you
remember, a few months back, what Myoga thought might have happened between Sesshomaru
and Miroku?"
"What, that Miroku got pregnant?" Inuyasha asked and saw Kagome nod out of the corner of his
eye. "What about it?"
"He...was partially correct..."
Authoress: *snort* hah *points and snorts again, breaks into hysterical laughter*
Miroku: *enters room* *eye twitches* *leaves room, mumbling curses on Authoress*
Authoress: well, that's not nice! Hmph
Sesshomaru: *glares* *attempts to leave, but is chained to the floor*
Inuyasha: *laughs* *begins crying from laughing so hard* oh, my sides...hurt!
Authoress: yesh, wasn't that INTERESTING!?...actually, it was kinda anticlimactic...but,
anyways, it shall get better next chappie...and a lot of you guessed!! YAY!!! my clues don't
confuse the hell outta ya!!!! WHOOO HOO!!!...in (take a guess ^___^) SIX reviews! Yeah, I'm
rebellin' against the FIVE REVIEWS!!!!!!! ^________^...so, anyways, six reviews until we find
out what happens to Sesshy...and Miroku! *waves furiously* BUH BYE!!!!!!
Sesshomaru 'n' Miroku: O________O;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
Authoress: yep, ya guessed it! Somethin's gonna happen sooooooon!!!!!...and it'll be good....I
hope...*sniffle* DAMN PEOPLE WHO TRANSLATE MANGAS SUCK!!!!!!!...*sob* just read
the third volume of Naruto...and if any of you wonderful readers read that one...you know
why...NOT SASUKE!!!!!!!...*sniffle* I liked him...he was UBER awesome!!!!!!!...that, plus
readin' the sixth FAKE...like, twice...^____^ it was good...heh...I'M IN A GOOD YAOI-
WRITIN' MOOD!!!!!!!...
Inuyasha: flips through FAKE book....O____O...it'll take me months to erase THAT image from
my mind...*sets book back down, eye twitching*
Authoress: ya know you liked it! ^______^...a lil' Ryo/Dee action is AIGHT by me!!!!!
heh...anyways, onto my long, less ranting, hopefully, chapter!!!!!
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha...I don't even own the lava lamp that I am watching...it is my
sister's...Oo...KEWL!!!!! @____@
Chapter Ten
'What do they think they'll accomplish by stealing Sesshomaru's sword?' Miroku asked inwardly
as he followed the youkai through the forest, wondering if Sesshomaru had thought of a reason
yet.
'What is wrong with me?' Sesshomaru questioned himself, wanting to know why his body
felt...weak...when he saw the houshi out of the corner of his eye. He growled, wondering why his
legs felt like they would give out at any moment. 'Damn houshi...he's done something to me...'
'Why is he growling...I guess he's angrier than I thought...hopefully he won't hurt Shippou...'
Miroku thought to himself, knowing he couldn't hold back the youkai, no matter how sick
Sesshomaru was. He lowered his head, hoping that Shippou wasn't serious about throwing the
Tensuiga into the waterfall. 'If he is...' Miroku shivered, images of what the inu-youkai would do
racing through his head.
Sesshomaru snapped out of his thoughts when he heard a faint cry. Recognizing it as Rin's, he
raced towards the origin of the sound. Miroku ran after the youkai, trying to keep up. 'Why is
Sesshomaru running?' Miroku wondered, realizing the demon lord had stopped and sliding to a
halt, accidentally hitting into Sesshomaru's back. "Sorry..." Miroku mumbled as he glanced up at
Sesshomaru, then looked in the direction the golden orbs were fixed in.
"Eh...heh...Hi...Sesshomaru..." Shippou smiled sheepishly as he hid the blade behind his back,
glancing over at Rin for help. Sesshomaru looked over at the girl, noticing that she was soaking
wet, and guessed she had fallen in the water. Seeing that Rin was unharmed, Sesshomaru felt
relieved slightly.
His gaze returned to Shippou, his anger and annoyance beginning to reach new heights. 'Why am
I so angry? Not even that hanyou could aggravate me so...' Sesshomaru thought to himself,
snorting inwardly at the continuation of his statement. 'Not even the houshi...'
'Uh oh...he looks angry...' Shippou thought, staring at Sesshomaru's pale face. The slight
warmth that was in the youkai's eyes when he saw Rin faded quickly, replaced by a harsh
coldness, which scared the kitsune even more than if Sesshomaru had shown his anger.
"Give the Tensuiga back to Sesshomaru..." Miroku stated, hoping that Sesshomaru would contain
his anger. 'Why is he so angry? Shippou didn't mean any harm...he surely knows that...' Miroku
winced as he felt Sesshomaru's youki rise a little, then watched as Sesshomaru took a few steps
towards the small kitsune.
'What's that?' Kagome wondered, sensing a youki. She knew it, but couldn't place her finger on
whose it was. Her eyes widened, as did Inuyasha's, when they realized the youkai whose ki was
rising to a fearful level.
"Sesshomaru..." Inuyasha thought outloud, picking the miko up as he finished running towards
the houshi's home.
Miroku felt the youki only an instant before he saw a red blur race past him, only slowing down to
gently set the miko down. 'This won't end well...' Miroku thought, sighing, as he knelt down to
look at Kagome. "Hello."
"Miroku...are you okay?" Kagome asked, inspecting the houshi, but not finding a single scratch or
injury of any kind on him. She redirected her gaze to where Inuyasha was, and saw Sesshomaru.
"What the hell do you think you're doing here, Sesshomaru?" Inuyasha asked, spitting out his
brother's name as if it was a curse. 'Bastard...Miroku hasn't been the same ever since...and he
comes to fight him...' Inuyasha thought, deciding that this was the only logical reason for
Sesshomaru to be anywhere near his friend.
"I could ask you the same thing..." Sesshomaru replied, returning his brother's deadly glare.
'Finally...someone I can fight...' the youkai thought to himself, inside hoping that a fight would
stop the emotions raging inside of him.
"Feh...let's see how well you fight against me, now that I'm a full-fledged demon..." Inuyasha
stated, cracking his knuckles. 'Sesshomaru was always more powerful than I was...but now that I
have the same power as him...I can beat him!' The younger youkai glared at his brother, growling
as he decided he would be the first to attack.
Miroku and Kagome sighed, knowing that, once again, Sesshomaru would beat Inuyasha into the
ground, then leave. "Why was Sesshomaru here?" Kagome asked, glancing up at Miroku as she
listened to Inuyasha's battle cry.
"He was fighting another youkai...and was injured..." Miroku replied, wondering if Sesshomaru
was 'fine,' as the youkai said. "He and Rin spent the night...why?"
"Inuyasha...and I...thought that he was trying to harm you..." Kagome replied sheepishly. 'So,
Sesshomaru wasn't thinking of doing anything to Miroku...but then why did his youki rise?'
"No..." Miroku said quietly, sitting down next to the miko. He smiled weakly when Rin jumped
into his lap, grinning, and Shippou raced towards them, still holding onto the Tensuiga.
"Kagome!" Shippou cried, leaping into Kagome's lap, hugging the miko. "I missed you!"
"Why do you have Sesshomaru's sword?" Kagome asked, then understanding why Sesshomaru
was angry.
"Rin and Shippou stole it...threatening they would throw it down the waterfall..." Miroku
commented, giving Rin an amused look.
"Oh? They did?" Kagome asked, glaring at Shippou. 'They must have thought of some plan...to
get Sesshomaru and Miroku back together...' the miko thought to herself. She studied Shippou's
face, realizing that she had missed her 'son.' She glanced up when she heard Inuyasha curse...but
instead of the exclamation sounding angered...it sounded surprised.
"I...I didn't hit him that hard..." Inuyasha said, staring at his right fist. Kagome wondered
momentarily what her husband was mumbling about, then saw Sesshomaru. 'What the...'
Kagome thought as she stood up, Shippou tumbling to the ground. Miroku stood up as well, but
placed Rin gently on the ground before he saw what Inuyasha was talking about.
'Nani...' Miroku said inwardly, staring at the inu-youkai. Sesshomaru was kneeling on the
ground, clutching his stomach, but what made the houshi's eyes widen in fear was the blood. The
reddish liquid had already covered Sesshomaru's lower body, spreading quickly down his legs and
his arm, and was dripping from his mouth, creating a puddle beneath the youkai.
"SESSHOMARU-SAMA!!!!!" Rin cried, trying to run towards the bleeding demon, but Miroku
stopped her. He handed the small ningen to Kagome and walked towards the youkai, praying that
the lord was fine, that his wounds only looked fatal, that he would stand back up in a few
moments, making Miroku laugh at the fear that was racing through him as he knelt down next to
Sesshomaru. He knew his prayers weren't going to be answered when he stared into
Sesshomaru's eyes, seeing the pain the inu-youkai was feeling. Realizing this, Miroku's eyes
began to water. 'No...he has to be alright...Inuyasha never wanted to kill him...'
Authoress: fwa...na ka na! Anyways...just you ya know, I didn't want to put Sexy Sesshy
through this...but it had to be done! *sniffle* now back to the story! ^____^
'Why...is he crying?' Sesshomaru asked himself, trying to blink the cloudiness from his vision. He
tried to tell the houshi to stop crying, but his statement came out as a chorus of gurgles and gasps.
He was beginning to become accustomed to the metallic taste in his mouth, and with each labored
breath for air, he felt more of the liquid enter his lungs. He coughed, attempting to remove some
of the blood from his body, but only succeeded in filling his lungs even more and making his lower
body ache even more.
"S...Sesshomaru?" The flame of hope, that Sesshomaru would heal and be fine, dimmed as
Miroku watched the youkai cough repeatedly, making the blood flow out of his mouth at an even
more alarming pace.
"Get him inside, Inuyasha..." Kagome ordered, glaring at the youkai. Inuyasha did so quickly,
making sure he didn't injure Sesshomaru further as Kagome knelt down next to Miroku. "How
badly injured was he before?"
"Only a few scratches...but he had a fever...' Miroku replied quietly, ripping his gaze from the
puddle of blood staining the grass. 'He was fine this morning...'
"I'm going to go get some herbs that might help...could you get some bandages and hot water
ready?" Kagome asked, noticing the hopeless look Miroku had on his face. "Don't worry...he'll
be fine...I won't let anything happen to him..."
"Thank you, Kagome..." Miroku said softly as he stood up and began to walk back towards the
house. "Would you take Rin and Shippou with you?"
"Of course..." Kagome glanced over at the two children, gesturing for them to follow her. 'I
won't let Sesshomaru die...Miroku and Rin love him far to much to live without him...'
Inuyasha, for the thousandth time, relived the fight, trying to understand why Sesshomaru, his
rival, the reason why he learned how to fight...his only living family...was in the next room, so
badly injured that Kagome had given him a look, one that she made sure Miroku or the children
couldn't see, that told him something was wrong, but she couldn't leave the youkai long enough
to tell him what it was.
'I...I didn't hit him harder than I ever did before...why...why was he bleeding so much?' Inuyasha
asked himself, remembering all the times he and his brother fought, but never could think of a
time where Sesshomaru bled badly. 'He...he wasn't fighting with all his strength...but...I didn't
stop...I didn't wonder why...why he would be holding back when I knew all he wanted to do was
beat me...'
"Inuyasha..." Kagome whispered, making the white-haired youkai glance up from the floor, which
he had been burning holes into with his gaze for the past few hours. "Come in here..."
Inuyasha couldn't see the miko, but from the tone of her voice, he could tell that whatever she
wanted to talk to him about or show him was something she didn't want Miroku to know
about...not yet.
"Nani?" Inuyasha asked quietly, kneeling down next to the ningen. Kagome sighed, ripping her
gaze from Sesshomaru. 'He...he looks even worse than before...' Inuyasha thought to himself,
noticing the paleness of Sesshomaru's face and the shallow breaths his brother took.
"I...I've done all I can. He's still bleeding internally...but not as badly as before...he's lost so
much blood..."
"Do...do you think he'll..." Inuyasha forced himself to finish his statement, however hard it was
for him, since he didn't really want to know the answer...afraid of what the miko might say.
"survive?"
"I...I don't know...youkai are different than ningens...if he was human...I'd say 'no'...but..."
Kagome trailed off, sighing as she glanced back down at the young demon lord. "Do you
remember, a few months back, what Myoga thought might have happened between Sesshomaru
and Miroku?"
"What, that Miroku got pregnant?" Inuyasha asked and saw Kagome nod out of the corner of his
eye. "What about it?"
"He...was partially correct..."
Authoress: *snort* hah *points and snorts again, breaks into hysterical laughter*
Miroku: *enters room* *eye twitches* *leaves room, mumbling curses on Authoress*
Authoress: well, that's not nice! Hmph
Sesshomaru: *glares* *attempts to leave, but is chained to the floor*
Inuyasha: *laughs* *begins crying from laughing so hard* oh, my sides...hurt!
Authoress: yesh, wasn't that INTERESTING!?...actually, it was kinda anticlimactic...but,
anyways, it shall get better next chappie...and a lot of you guessed!! YAY!!! my clues don't
confuse the hell outta ya!!!! WHOOO HOO!!!...in (take a guess ^___^) SIX reviews! Yeah, I'm
rebellin' against the FIVE REVIEWS!!!!!!! ^________^...so, anyways, six reviews until we find
out what happens to Sesshy...and Miroku! *waves furiously* BUH BYE!!!!!!