Not much to say. There's a bit of action in this chapter, and I really suck at writing action, so gomennasai. ^_^;; Thanks again for all the nice reviews. Arigatou minna-san! So um...here's chapter 4! Lol, Enjoy!
-Minko
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Chapter 4
Sesshoumaru watched as the three headed off to the hot springs. That woman was the most irritable creature. Thank kami for his high level of patience. Though, he couldn't help but admire her courage, or was that stupidity. No, she was defiantly a bright female, in some ways. She was skilled in defense, obviously, with just the power displayed to make such a powerful barrier as the one she'd made last night. When it came to actual fighting though, the woman was at a loss. She had always hid behind his mutt of a brother before. That was another thing. Where was the hanyou now? His senses picked up the woman's sent heading back from the springs. Laugher rose from the direction the sweet seducing scent came from, the scent even better than before after a nice warm bath. A calming sound, pleasing to the ears. The group entered the clearing. "Sesshoumaru-sama!", the girl ran up to where he leaned against the tree and latched onto his leg, " Guess what? Rin got to use Kagome-chan's special con-dish-on-er. Rin also used her pretty smelling soap. Now Rin smells like Kagome-chan!" The little girl said the one word slowly as so not to mispronounce it. He did notice the improvement to the young girl's scent. She really didn't get to bathe as often as she should. In reply he mearly grunted in acknowledgment.
He hadn't meant to spend near this long retrieving Rin. Kagome had brought the kids to a meadow to play. She sat with her back leaning against a tree trunk smiling at the playing children. Sesshoumaru sat in the limbs of a nearby tree. They'd sat in silence till Kagome spoke, "I'll have to be moving on soon." She smiled, and it surprised him how angelic she looked with just a simple smile. Tomorrow I'll be moving out tomorrow." "As will I." Kagome turned to look at him. He was staying the night there? "Huh?" "I do not wish to explain myself to the likes of you." The truth was he wanted to figure out the feelings he got from the girl. She made something stir inside of him. We struggled not to smirk as the teenage miko's face turned sour. She was biting her tounge tying not to yell at him.
Then her brow creased in worry. Sesshoumaru leaped up. "Human, take Rin to safety." She nodded, and grabbed the little girl's small hand into her own. She placed Shippou on her shoulder. She started to walk away, but stopped and turned around. "Stay safe, Sesshoumaru." Then, she took off running with Rin at her side. The demon lord watched as she left.
He took a defensive stance just secounds before a gruesome looking scorpion youkai leaped from the brush into the abandoned camp. It was completely black aside from the bit of red in it's eyes, and it three baseball size eyes. The red orbs glowed with bloodlust as it looked upon it's 'prey.' The scorpion-like creature had two gigantic claws. It could crush its victims, but Its most deadly wepon was the spike-tipped tail that lingered over the demon's head. The spear-like tail dripped with dark black poision used to paralize. "Die....", it hissed.
Sesshoumaru already had Tenseiga drawn and lunged at the creature. It took one of it's massive claws and tryed to snap at the western lord, but he ducked in just enough time to feel a gust wind pass over his head. The demon lord glared at the creature, and with unhuman speed he appeared above the scorpion's head and slashed a set of poisonous claws at it. The creature shifted its weight so that the sharp nails only tore long finger-like scraps along it's right side, but that was better than losing a head. The scorpion demon's red eyes grew scarlet, blood colored. Then, with pure rage, it swung its left claw at him. Sesshoumaru avoided the attack, sliding to his right, but didn't manage to aviod the sharp tail that swung from above and dug into his right side. Black liquid stained his white shirt. Poison. Sesshoumaru growled and swung the Tenseiga at the already injured youkai, slicing the distasteful creature in two. Scarlet blood and black poison mingled in a pool around the, even after being split in two, still twitching demon. Sesshoumaru wiped his clawed hands off on his armor, a look of disgust in his eyes. To bad this was one of the last movements he was able to make before the poison started to affect him.
The wound didn't hurt. He was a youkai. It would take only hours and the wound would be healed, that is, if it wasn't poisonous. The great demon lord submitted to the throbbing pain in his head and stationed himself at the base of a tree. His vision was horribly blurry. He started to see white dots. Then, he saw nothing at all. He had became unconscious due to the poison rapidly spreading through his veins.
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Kagome had led the kids to a cave to hide, but what alarmed her was the fact that one of the two demon auras he felt in the area had disappeared, and the other was fading. One was dead, and the other was dying. She glanced at the two terrified looking children. "Stay here. I need to go help Sesshoumaru." The loving miko flashed the kids a reassuring smile. "Don't worry. I'll be fine.", but Rin still didn't seem confident. "Sesshoumaru-sama, too." The little girl's face immediately brightened. Kagome nodded and took off sprinting toward the disappearing aura.
She arrived there in a matter of minutes. It seemed all those miles of walking and looking for shards had paid off. She entered the clearing to see a seemingly uninjured demon lord lying on the ground unmoving. Kagome gasped. She knelt beside the lifeless body turning it over to look for wounds. The only injury he appeared to have was a decent size hole in his right side. Though, the black liquid that clung to the wound bothered her. The smell from the black water drifted to her nose. "Poison...",she whispered into the wind. Kagome began to rip at the cloth tearing it away from the wound, being careful not to make the injury anyworse. 'Don't die, Sesshoumaru.', she said to herself and placed her lips upon the blackened gash. She wasn't exactly an expert in poisons, but she knew that back in olden days leaches were used to suck the poison out of people. It was one of the few things she had learned in history class.
Kagome began to suck the black liquid out of the demon lord's body. If anyone had come along at that moment the scene certainly wouldn't have looked right, her sucking on the lord's chest and all, but that didn't matter at the moment. She thought that if she didn't swallow the poison, it wouldn't intoxicate her, but she was extremely wrong. She began to feel light headed and dizzy, her vision spotted. She had stopped tasting the black water a bit ago, and now tasted the demon lord's blood itself. It was sweet, but she didn't want to think about that. She wasn't a blood lusting youkai. She'd sucked out all the poison, hopefully, anyway. Just before the teenage time drifter passed out over the youkai lord's body. She spit the continents out of her mouth and onto the forest floor. The last thing she saw before she passed out was a mixture of black poison and demon blood making a miniature puddle in the dirt.
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Everyone, PLEASE REVIEW! I can never get enough reviews. It makes me feel great when people tell me how much they like my work. ^_^ And I, unlike most people, accept flames. Flames help the writer know where to improve their writing skills. Anywho, I hoped everyone liked the chapter. The entire 'sucking the poison out' thing might have been a bit weird, but I think it turned out okay. Hmn, that's about all for now. I'll update as soon as possible. 3
Ranch Dressing and Roast Chicken,
Minko
-Minko
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Chapter 4
Sesshoumaru watched as the three headed off to the hot springs. That woman was the most irritable creature. Thank kami for his high level of patience. Though, he couldn't help but admire her courage, or was that stupidity. No, she was defiantly a bright female, in some ways. She was skilled in defense, obviously, with just the power displayed to make such a powerful barrier as the one she'd made last night. When it came to actual fighting though, the woman was at a loss. She had always hid behind his mutt of a brother before. That was another thing. Where was the hanyou now? His senses picked up the woman's sent heading back from the springs. Laugher rose from the direction the sweet seducing scent came from, the scent even better than before after a nice warm bath. A calming sound, pleasing to the ears. The group entered the clearing. "Sesshoumaru-sama!", the girl ran up to where he leaned against the tree and latched onto his leg, " Guess what? Rin got to use Kagome-chan's special con-dish-on-er. Rin also used her pretty smelling soap. Now Rin smells like Kagome-chan!" The little girl said the one word slowly as so not to mispronounce it. He did notice the improvement to the young girl's scent. She really didn't get to bathe as often as she should. In reply he mearly grunted in acknowledgment.
He hadn't meant to spend near this long retrieving Rin. Kagome had brought the kids to a meadow to play. She sat with her back leaning against a tree trunk smiling at the playing children. Sesshoumaru sat in the limbs of a nearby tree. They'd sat in silence till Kagome spoke, "I'll have to be moving on soon." She smiled, and it surprised him how angelic she looked with just a simple smile. Tomorrow I'll be moving out tomorrow." "As will I." Kagome turned to look at him. He was staying the night there? "Huh?" "I do not wish to explain myself to the likes of you." The truth was he wanted to figure out the feelings he got from the girl. She made something stir inside of him. We struggled not to smirk as the teenage miko's face turned sour. She was biting her tounge tying not to yell at him.
Then her brow creased in worry. Sesshoumaru leaped up. "Human, take Rin to safety." She nodded, and grabbed the little girl's small hand into her own. She placed Shippou on her shoulder. She started to walk away, but stopped and turned around. "Stay safe, Sesshoumaru." Then, she took off running with Rin at her side. The demon lord watched as she left.
He took a defensive stance just secounds before a gruesome looking scorpion youkai leaped from the brush into the abandoned camp. It was completely black aside from the bit of red in it's eyes, and it three baseball size eyes. The red orbs glowed with bloodlust as it looked upon it's 'prey.' The scorpion-like creature had two gigantic claws. It could crush its victims, but Its most deadly wepon was the spike-tipped tail that lingered over the demon's head. The spear-like tail dripped with dark black poision used to paralize. "Die....", it hissed.
Sesshoumaru already had Tenseiga drawn and lunged at the creature. It took one of it's massive claws and tryed to snap at the western lord, but he ducked in just enough time to feel a gust wind pass over his head. The demon lord glared at the creature, and with unhuman speed he appeared above the scorpion's head and slashed a set of poisonous claws at it. The creature shifted its weight so that the sharp nails only tore long finger-like scraps along it's right side, but that was better than losing a head. The scorpion demon's red eyes grew scarlet, blood colored. Then, with pure rage, it swung its left claw at him. Sesshoumaru avoided the attack, sliding to his right, but didn't manage to aviod the sharp tail that swung from above and dug into his right side. Black liquid stained his white shirt. Poison. Sesshoumaru growled and swung the Tenseiga at the already injured youkai, slicing the distasteful creature in two. Scarlet blood and black poison mingled in a pool around the, even after being split in two, still twitching demon. Sesshoumaru wiped his clawed hands off on his armor, a look of disgust in his eyes. To bad this was one of the last movements he was able to make before the poison started to affect him.
The wound didn't hurt. He was a youkai. It would take only hours and the wound would be healed, that is, if it wasn't poisonous. The great demon lord submitted to the throbbing pain in his head and stationed himself at the base of a tree. His vision was horribly blurry. He started to see white dots. Then, he saw nothing at all. He had became unconscious due to the poison rapidly spreading through his veins.
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Kagome had led the kids to a cave to hide, but what alarmed her was the fact that one of the two demon auras he felt in the area had disappeared, and the other was fading. One was dead, and the other was dying. She glanced at the two terrified looking children. "Stay here. I need to go help Sesshoumaru." The loving miko flashed the kids a reassuring smile. "Don't worry. I'll be fine.", but Rin still didn't seem confident. "Sesshoumaru-sama, too." The little girl's face immediately brightened. Kagome nodded and took off sprinting toward the disappearing aura.
She arrived there in a matter of minutes. It seemed all those miles of walking and looking for shards had paid off. She entered the clearing to see a seemingly uninjured demon lord lying on the ground unmoving. Kagome gasped. She knelt beside the lifeless body turning it over to look for wounds. The only injury he appeared to have was a decent size hole in his right side. Though, the black liquid that clung to the wound bothered her. The smell from the black water drifted to her nose. "Poison...",she whispered into the wind. Kagome began to rip at the cloth tearing it away from the wound, being careful not to make the injury anyworse. 'Don't die, Sesshoumaru.', she said to herself and placed her lips upon the blackened gash. She wasn't exactly an expert in poisons, but she knew that back in olden days leaches were used to suck the poison out of people. It was one of the few things she had learned in history class.
Kagome began to suck the black liquid out of the demon lord's body. If anyone had come along at that moment the scene certainly wouldn't have looked right, her sucking on the lord's chest and all, but that didn't matter at the moment. She thought that if she didn't swallow the poison, it wouldn't intoxicate her, but she was extremely wrong. She began to feel light headed and dizzy, her vision spotted. She had stopped tasting the black water a bit ago, and now tasted the demon lord's blood itself. It was sweet, but she didn't want to think about that. She wasn't a blood lusting youkai. She'd sucked out all the poison, hopefully, anyway. Just before the teenage time drifter passed out over the youkai lord's body. She spit the continents out of her mouth and onto the forest floor. The last thing she saw before she passed out was a mixture of black poison and demon blood making a miniature puddle in the dirt.
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Everyone, PLEASE REVIEW! I can never get enough reviews. It makes me feel great when people tell me how much they like my work. ^_^ And I, unlike most people, accept flames. Flames help the writer know where to improve their writing skills. Anywho, I hoped everyone liked the chapter. The entire 'sucking the poison out' thing might have been a bit weird, but I think it turned out okay. Hmn, that's about all for now. I'll update as soon as possible. 3
Ranch Dressing and Roast Chicken,
Minko