DONG DONG DONG!
DISCLAIMER DISCLAIMER! Do I have to repeat? I'm so sad already +sob+
Chapter 2 : Victim Of Foolishness
"Inuyasha! Could we take a break? What's wrong with you anyway?" a feminine voice yelled, her breathing slightly ragged, all thanks to an Inu Hanyou who's name would remain unknown.
Since the rising of the bright sun, Inuyasha had been pushing them to the edge, like a slave driver he had now become. "Yeah Inuyasha! Kagome isn't a youkai like us! Ningen need to rest!" always the hero, Shippou scolded, his bushy orange tail twitching every now and then.
"Keh! Stupid weak ningens, can't even walk for a while." He folded his arms and snapped his head away, his arrogance finally pushing them off their edge.
"OSUWARI!"
BLAM!
"Ah Sango-chan, Miroku-sama, Inuyasha agreed to let us have a break." Kagome beamed them a smile while Inuyasha glared accusingly at her from the dirt. Shippou sighed and shook his head, sitting on Kagome's shoulder, "Some people just never grow up."
BONK!
"WAHHHH!" Shippou wailed, a red bump forming on his head as he heard Inuyasha repeated his sentence, "Keh! Some people just never grow up!" he smirked at the injured Kitsune who was rubbing his bump.
"Inuyasha! Shippou-chan is just a child!" Kagome lectured, hand on her hips in a scolding manner. Sango and Miroku sighed as they drank their fruit juice. Sango scanned around the forest, "Where are we anyway?" to her, a youkai Tajiya that have probably traveled all around Japan, every forest should not be as foreign as this one was.
"Eastern Lands." Inuyasha informed her after snatching a fruit juice from Kagome to drink. When Inuyasha told her, Sango almost spilled out her drink, quickly getting onto her feet, her face drained of all colours, no wonder she was so alien with this forest, female youkai Tajiya like her were not allowed to travel to Eastern lands which was well known for their infamous Lords, Youko Kurama and Kuronue. ( from YuYu Hakusho if you must know)
"We better get the hell out of here!" she made a grab for her Hiraikotsu. "Youko Kurama & Kuronue, the lords of these lands, were famous for being a..."she gulped at stories that flashed in her mind, "Seducers, they were said to have a way of seducing women by using smells."
Kagome choked on her fruit juice, "You mean by using aphrodisiac?" Sango had no idea what aphrodisiac was, but she nodded anyways, getting the feeling that the word was rather inappropriate.
Kagome felt a shiver running up her spine, that was certainly scary. Suddenly, she felt a strange tingle on her back, pivoting 180 degree, "Inuyasha! Someone's coming!" she told Shippou to hide behind one of the trees while she readied her bow. Her companions too, went to their offensive stances, eyes trained to where Kagome was facing.
"First two of the day." they heard a masculine velvet voice that could match even the best singer in the world.
Two tall figures landed as graceful as a feather would. Kagome gaped, she could not deny their beauty, both of them, they reminded her so much of a certain Taiyoukai, especially the white one.
"Ïnuyasha" she tugged his sleeve, "Is that your half brother or something?"she pointed at the white one which bore great resemblance to their hanyou friend in their ears, hair and eyes.
Said youkai snorted, "I'm no hanyou." he leered, glaring at Kagome who returned it full force rather than cowering in fear, like any other people. The black one chuckled lightly, adjusting his wizard-like hat, he grinned when Kagome turn her glare at him.
"Keh!" Inuyasha unsheathed Tetsusaiga, "What the hell do you want?" he did not like the way they stared at the women, it was utterly disgusting, they gazed at them as though they were a bowl of ramen, and it was freaking him out.
"Look at your leg." the black bat demon grinned before they advanced forward, their hands swinging at every stride. The Inu-tachi gasped when they noticed that their legs were bind by some demonic vines which crept up their body. Sango's vine, which was only holding her leg, popped out flowers, flowers that sent out a fragrance that made her seem weak, and dizzy.
'What's happening to me?' Sango's mind was foggy, her body felt so hot. 'What's this...' she sighed as her eyelids felt so heavy.
"No Sango-HMPF!" Miroku tried to yelled, only to have the vines clenching shut around his mouth.
The Inuyasha look-alike youkai smirked, "You take her Kuronue" he ordered, standing in front of an immobilized Miko. He dared not went so near, he needed to checked her out first, thus lessening the chances of being purified.
"Let go of my friend you Baka Inu!" her temper flared in fury, how dare he, not every women were their sex toy!
Kuronue laughed, she called him an Inu?
"My...I'm hurt, I'm but a kitsune, Ms..." he faked a hurt expression, taking her unbounded hand and lay a tender kiss on it.
"Kagome." Kagome filled in for him, at least this one was respectful enough to call her by her proper name. Then she heard a moan, snapping her head to the direction, she scowled, "Don't you dare you Kuro Kuro guy!" Goddess, how she wished to be able to control her miko powers, to kill the bastard that was necking her sister.
Kuronue seemed shocked, he stopped what he was doing, staring at the girl who was ignoring the Lord of Eastern Lands, "Losing your touch Youko?" Youko was not one who used fragrance like him, he preferred seducing women to willingness.
"RMPHS HMPF YHMP BAHMP! (release her you bastards)" Inuyasha made many attempts to free himself, without hope. The vines were stronger than anything that have bind him before.
Youko glared at the first woman who ever ignored him, he could not believe that a female, a ningen woman at that, ignored him as though he was some fool! All women, and he meant ALL women, youkais or ningens, always succumbed to their desires at the sight of him, always succumbed to his charms, so what made this ningen woman different?
'Plan A failed... To Plan B' he put his most seductive mask, licking her earlobe, he breathed to her ears, "I could take you to your fantasy Kagome..." he muttered huskily, smirking inwardly, 'This always works.'
As he expected, Kagome shuddered, Youko lips kicked up at a side in victory, he knew that no females could resist him, at least that was what he thought.
Kagome had to restrain herself from giving him a piece of her mind, this baka certainly had an overly large ego. Not only this baka, almost all youkais that she had met acted this way, as though she was an abandoned property that they could just do whatever they saw fit.
"Come... I'll take you to my place" Kuronue was laughing inside, he knew fully well that the woman was furious, but he kept quiet, this was something worth watching for, the Lord of Eastern Lands being rejected by some ningen woman, this was going to be the joke of the year!
'Calm down, calm down, take a deep breath' Kagome took a very deep... breath. It helped a little to control herself, but it helped anyway. Let's just hope that HE did not do anything else.
No such luck.
Intending to arouse her, Youko 'accidentally' groped her round buttock, "You'll love it there." He whispered hoarsely.
And...She lose it.
"THE ONLY PLACE THAT I WILL LOVE IS ONE THAT DON'T HAVE BAKAS LIKE YOU!" She pulled back a palm in fury.
PLAK!
Youko's eyes widen as he felt hot pain on his cheek, she...SHE SLAPPED HIM? Never had anyone slapped him before, not even his own deceased parents, and she, a ningen woman he had just met dared to slap him?
Kuronue chuckled, this was one interesting woman, not only did she slapped a youkai, she slapped the Lord of the Lands that she was currently standing on. He dare bet with all the fortunes he have that his partner would make sure that he claimed this particular women who dared to lash out at him.
True to his word, instead of yelling at Kagome in rage, Youko calmly turned his head to her, his eyes darkening to a shade of amber. He licked his seemingly dried lips, "Hot-tempered... I'm starting to like you Kagome." his voice was clearly laced with lust that made Kagome regret for what she had done.
Uh-Oh...She's in trouble.
She made an attempt to jump out of the vines as they only reach her knee, but no can do, the vines were tightly clasped around her calves almost as tightly as a python would squeezed its prey.
Youko gently took her chin, his thumb caressing her smooth cheek, "Leave some of her for me will you?" she heard Kuronue and the sound of something falling to the ground with a soft 'thud'. Kagome sighed in relieve, he must have lost interest with Sango... at least, only one of them would suffer.
Inuyasha's muffled voice fell onto deaf ears as Youko smirked towards HIS Kagome.
"You won't let me go will you?" Kagome sighed, perhaps she could make a deal with him, yes... sheWILL make a deal with him, she had no other choices.
"Alright Youko..." She cast her eyes down in defeat, "Let's make a de-"
Before she could continue, something wheezed past in between them. Youko and Kuronue glanced sharply at where it came from, why had they not sense anyone? Concealing spell? All those thoughts reeled in their mind as they caught a blur disappearing into the forest.
"Cih, what did he want now?" Youko released the confused girl's chin. Nodding to Kuronue, he gave Kagome a peck on her cheek, "I'll see you soon." he vowed before he dashed into the woods with Kuronue, the vines loosening behind them.
Kagome searched for the thing that got both of their attention, she blushed, it's the blue rose again! Oh God he must have seen!
"Shippou-chan, you can come out now." she called, kneeling down to pluck the rose that had stabbed itself to the soil while Inuyasha and Miroku checked on the unconscious Sango, all of them standing there, perplexed, not knowing what had occurred.
"I thank you, Blue Rose-san... again." Kagome murmured under her breath.
# On Other Hand #
"Hmm... Fancy seeing you in our land." Kuronue folded his arms as he spoke. Youko was grumbling on how close he was and how dare he disturbed him.
Said youkai spared Youko a momentary glance before he stared at the forest ahead.
"She's out of bounds fox." he stated with his cold, monotone voice.
Out of anything, the two lords sure were not expecting that, they coughed in surprise. "What the?" Youko grasped his chest to steady his heartbeat. They looked at each other eye to eye, as though they were having an inner conversation.
Youko broke the eye contact after a moment of silence, having come to an understanding, "May the best youkai win." with a small smirk, Youko leapt away, with a grinning Kuronue following behind, oh yes, this was going to be a big entertainment indeed.
He stared silently at their retreating figure, debating with himself whether he had made the right choice. He did not blame her for attracting Youko, she acted naturally... for her anyway.
Did he really make the right choice? Sure she was not the most beautiful women in Japan, there were so many more women that outmatched her in beauty, so many women that could match her in power...it's just that...she had something that none other women have.
Foolishness
It was funny, out of all her personality, he had to be intrigued by the absurd one, but he could not help it...with her, foolishness seemed to be differently defined.
She never feared anyone, at least she tried her very best not so show it, even when she was at the brink of death, she stood up against any enemies, she never gave up, she would always fight despite how low the chances was.
She fights fire with fire.
More ever, she had purity that could put even a child to shame, she would do anything for her friend, her loyalty made her gullible, and yet she still stay loyal, even to one that had betrayed her numerous time for a pathetic excuse of a corpse.(Sorry for Kikyo fans) just a while ago, if he had not interfere, she would have given herself to Youko in exchange for her companions' freedom, he could see it as plain as day, the determination in her eyes.
To say her strange was an understatement, she was an enigma, a puzzle that he believed not even that fox could solve, and he planned to solve it.
Back then, he believed that she had bewitched him, he was never so confused before, it was a foreign feeling to him.
But then again, what could an untrained Miko like her do to him? She was not a dark Miko either, and he was not so weak to fall into a curse without resisting it, so what was he feeling?
He had seen many who had too fallen prey to her foolishness... the wolf, a human boy (Hojo Akitoki) and he was now going as low as to put her under his protection, like how those lowlife did. Was this feeling what those ningens always say? Love? It could not be, he had after all vowed never to fall under the same step as his father.
Holding his temple, he let out a sorrow-filled chuckle, he could see in his mind, how his father smirking in triumph, directed towards him.
"It seems that I'm too a victim of your foolishness Kagome"