Over the course of the next few days Sesshoumaru saw Kagura trying to avoid looking at him, occasionally going so far as to hide herself in the girl's bathroom between classes. He was worried when he managed to catch a glimpse o her face. A giant bruise spread across her eye and right cheek.
Passing her and her one or 2 new friends he heard her explaining it away as having hit her eye on the door of a cabinet. He shook his head in disgust, he thought she was braver than that.
After school Sesshoumaru pushed Kagura back against the door of her locker, pinning her in place, "Explain." She winced and attempted to pull away but he held her shoulders in place, staring her down. She held her side as if in pain and he loosened his hold, she ducked free and ran.
"Kagura!" She stopped at his growl, holding her arm loosely. She turned to him and mouthed goodbye. A tear slipped down her wounded cheek and she fled. Sesshoumaru watched her go, his body loose in defeat. His fist clenched at his side, as the people around him gossiped about that bruise on her face. Could it have been his fault?
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Kagura paused at the gate to her home. She gazed longingly back at school before steeling herself for whatever would come. She dropped her head and walked gracefully towards the door.
"So lets go in shall we?" Kagura jumped at the low silky voice and the arm that slipped around her own, grasping her hand reassuringly. She looked up to see Sesshoumaru smiling gently down at her before turning his suddenly cold eyes on the door.
Kagura bit her lip, what would Naraku do? What would happen? The hand on her arm tightened it's grip as she turned the key. It was comforting.
"Naraku, I'm home," her voice echoed through the house, oddly distorted and sounding meek and sad. No one answered. She pulled away from Sesshoumaru and checked each room, he wasn't around. They glanced at each other. Fine then, ruin all their plans.
"Go ahead," Sesshoumaru motioned with a nod, she pulled away from him delicately and shied away slightly. He winced, as she headed up the stairs. She passed him a small glance and a wavering smile before disappearing entirely from view. Sesshoumaru shook his head slightly, Naraku had hurt her. Anyone could tell by the way she walked alone. Her brash attitude, a cover-up.
He gave a slight growl noting his being out of hearing of anyone and swept down the path to the gate slamming it and taking off. Slouched slightly with claws hidden in his pockets he wandered into town to grab a burger or something to calm himself down. When he was angry he usually took it out on Jaken and while people seemed to like that it really wasn't nice for the toad-boy.
Sesshoumaru sniffed once. He perked up glancing around slightly giving that look of utter boredom until he spotted Naraku himself. His hackles raised imperceptibly as he took off towards him a look of death in his eye. Naraku looked at him coolly up until the time Sesshoumaru slammed him into the wall of the alleyway.
"How dare you," Naraku hissed, foul reeking breath proving he had been drinking, "Let me go mutt, or I'll sue you for every penny you own." Sesshoumaru looked down at the boy haughtily. He didn't care one whit about this creature's stupid threats. However he did notice when a set of claws lodged themselves in his stomach, shredding a neat hole into it. He drew back with a slight wince, blood dripping from his stomach in ribbons.
"I'll see to it you never walk again if you touch me demon bastard," the dark haired man sneered, red colored eyes glinting at a job well done. He slammed a foot into Sesshoumaru's handsome face sending him rolling into a ball to protect himself. Taken unawares he was a bit stunned at getting hit several times. Naraku aimed another kick at Sesshoumaru's broad back before turning and stalking off. A bit faster than someone who had just pummeled an enemy would, more suited to a coward like him.
Sesshoumaru hissed as he came out of his daze almost immediately. His eyes were now a bright red color from the center outwards, nearly glowing in intensity. His was in a worse mood now than when he started! He took after Naraku, dodging around the corner to find nothing but air. Little did he notice the foul reek of a miasma curling around the far corner of the building.
After a few moments of healing, which is all a demon in his position needed even after getting a good chunk of stomach removed, he stalked off intent on finding Naraku and doing away with him once and for all. After all, when one had gotten a grudge from Master Sesshoumaru one has a grudge for life. He swept across the road, hunting, searching for scents. His little brother would be on all fours, a position unsuited to a demon. He was higher bred than that half-brother of his anyways.
After stalking around until the day itself died away in a blazing sunset that matched his rage, he caught the scent. Mildly shifting his directions caused his hair to swirl along behind him. Easy prey, that way, smelled like Naraku had gained a small group of humans and lesser demons to protect him, the fool! Sesshoumaru took off, barely seeming to move, yet going so fast that his legs had become a blur. He rounded corner after corner before finding his prey. The sight appaled him. The gang of humans and demons had found a young girl to torment.
"HA! Lookit her! Little scrawny thing was lucky we found her! Let's show her a good time eh boys?" Naraku stood over them, perched on a dumpster and grinning sickeningly at the girl. Her short black hair had a high ponytail settled on one side and she looked wide eyed even as one of them had been sealed shut by a hit that had bruised her flesh unmercifully. Scratch marks and other ways to discern a beating covered her scrawny body as a few of Naraku's minions held her arms and legs in place.
She wriggled in fear trying to escape her captors and when she opened her mouth you could see that she had lost a tooth. The gang chuckled at her absorbed in the beating, and amused by the way she squirmed. Naraku himself growled and they parted allowing him to walk right up to her. He snagged a claw on her shirt and ripped it, shredding it partway. The girl attempted to screech but one of the other men shoved his mouth over her's. She went wide eyed again and Naraku unbuttoned her pants. The girl pulled a leg free and shot out a kick which landed in Naraku's face. She was slapped hard in response. Hard enough that her face was slammed to the side. Glowering at the hit to the face Naraku went to pick her up and throw her only to be met by claws around his throat.
The demons in the circle stepped back as their leader was lifted bodily off the ground by a man who hadn't been there a few seconds ago. Several of them backed away before running, afraid to be caught anywhere near the proceedings considering the aura the demon was giving off.
"Bastard!" Sesshoumaru spit at the utter monster, "How dare you! She's barely NINE!"
Naraku leered at him unpleasantly unfazed by the claws about his neck, "What did you want some too? Kagura not enough for you Horn Dog?"Before he could respond Sesshoumaru's other hand, claws and all, rammed into his stomach. With the sick sound of flesh tearing blood spurted. Naraku made a face as Sesshoumaru threw him across the alleyway. The man hit the wall hard, a bit of a crunch echoing as his skull impacted the bricks.
Sesshoumaru spit att he man, wiping his lip and turning on the girl, "Are you alright over there?" His eyebrows raised as his eyes fell on her, she hadn't moved since the hit? Worried about her well being he quickly moved to her side. Reaching over and prodding her merely proved she wasn't moving. He pressed fingertips to her neck, hunting down her pulse. It was faint but it was there. Now... What was the problem?
Then it hit him, she wasn't breathing. Sesshoumaru groped in his mind for health class in a mild internal panic. So consumed by it that he didn't even noticed a few lackies, a girl in all white and a young boy in a tight black costume sneaking in and stealing the wounded Naraku away.
"Ah, ah, alright, CPR..." He listed the things to do as he did them, "Check for something in her mouth, nothing, alright um. Pinch her nose, and breath in one breath." He paused in his external monolog to press his mouth to hers and give her a deep breath. He pulled back and immediately pushed on her chest several times in a row. It didn't work, he calmed himself and did it again, this time with success.
The little girl came back to life with a sputter, gasping for air as her eyes flickered open. Sesshoumaru breathed a sigh of relief, as she looked bewildered up at him, little tears in her eyes. She noted the tear across the front of her shirt, crossing her arms over herself and looking frightened. Sesshoumaru choked internally, argh, the poor thing! She'd nearly been raped and here he was gawking happily at her. He grumbled to himself his face turning cold and turned away. The kid shivered lightly, and tried to slide off the dumpster top she'd been laid on. She wanted to escape. To hide somewhere. A T-shirt hit her in the face and she glanced over. Sesshoumaru crossed his arms.
"Don't look at me like that. It's not because I wanted to," He stood, brushing himself off and glaring around for Naraku. The blood spot on the far wall told him he'd been pretty badly damaged, so he couldn't have gotten far on hi-... He glanced down the little girl in the oversized shirt had attached herself to his leg.
"Thank you," her voice was muffled as she clung to him, "D-don't leave me?" She shivered hard and Sesshounaru glanced down. He was morally outraged at the outpouring of sympathy he was feeling for the young girl.
"What's your name?" He asked, looking as if he didn't care. She shot him a wonderfully happy look, that lost tooth showing off itself as if his words had made her entirely too happy to be alive. He grumped slightly. It wasn't as if he really wanted to know or anything. He was merely curious since he would have to call her something.
"Rin! They call me Rin," she chirruped and clung to him. He sighed, well it wasn't as if he could leave her here he thought as he scooped her up into his arms, and started walking towards his home. Inuyasha was going to have a heyday when he found Sesshoumaru toting a little human girl.
"I am Sesshoumaru," he mentioned almost as an afterthought. She frowned as he looked emotionlessly down at her for a response.
"Ses-... Seshoo..." Her face scrunched up a bit as she tried to say his name and he was inwardly amused, "Sesshy-sama!" she said brightly, giving up for the moment and merely giving him a shortened version. Sesshoumaru's inner self immediately gained a cloud of despair. He was never going to get away from young brats calling him nicknames was he?
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((A/N: ... There, I wrote a new chapter. Enjoy your lovely pedophilic near rape. -grumps- If you didn't like it. Go bugger yourself it was warned for in the summary. Review! I love them things! Sorry I took so long to continue. XD I got ditracted by other things, like forks for example. Soooo shiny. -murrs- ))