Night's essence glittered in the sky like a large blanket, navy blue and dark purple hues danced around each other as Sango made her way deep into the forest picking and digging up tubers with a stick.
She had found quite a variety of things: carrots, potato's, wild sweet onions, and while walking looking about the forests floor a patch of mushrooms got her attention. They were white with a light brown color on the underside where it looked sort of like fish gills; she chuckled lightly at that thought. Once she took off her cloth pack she began picking them placing them in with the other ingredients she had collected, being a demon exterminator came in handy when one didn't have food. She was taught at a young age how to survive in the wilderness it was a necessity for if you fought a demon and got lost along your way not being able to find your way back then you'd have to camp out and some how survive on what the forest provided.
A snapping twig had her whirling around to see the male white wolf was standing in front of her, she only smiled at it as it came up to her putting it's muzzle in her hands so she could scratch behind it's ears.
"Ayame sent you." Is all she said looking into dark charcoal eyes that sparkled at her in mirth, she turned back around to begin picking when the wolf sat behind her watching the forest, scanning the darkened night. It wasn't long till she was done picking them, she looked at the other things she had in the overstuffed cloth bag, this should be enough to feed two demons, two full sized wolfs, and two humans.
"I'm done." She said taking the cloth in hand putting it back onto her shoulders and tying off the end to make it look like a over stuffed ruck sack.
She was so busy going about her own business and turned around to see the wolf sniffing at a bush, smiling at his antics walking over to the animal she sighed sitting down and resting against a nearby tree. The wolf went over to her and laid next to her with head up and erect watching out for anything that might come their way, looking up into the night sky she watched the stars twinkle wondering if Kagome saw them to, the landscape became blurry and she knew she was crying. It had been so long since she came back and the other day she just broke down into tears showing her weakness, the wolf whined at her nudging her hand in a comforting manner. A stick breaking caught the wolfs attention alerting it to strange smell, a small squeak sounded as a mouse ran up Sango's kimono, she screamed with a flushed face from crying. She did a little dance while gathering her kimono in hand and shaking it while it was on her body, the wolf knocked her down and snuffed in her face, the mouse squeaked in the part of her clothing where her boobs were and darted out from the top skidding over her head while the wolf snuffed her again.
"Stupid mice." She grumbled with the wolf still on her stomach, she began getting up when four youkai auras came closer to the clearing. She tried to get up while male wolf kept her pinned down.
"Alright already, the mouse is gone can I get up now?" she asked taking the wolfs muzzle in her hands and staring at its dark orbs while petting the long muzzle. The animal didn't want to comply as its upper body was pressed against her stomach with a whining noise that made her laugh it really tickled.
"Stop that!" she chuckled as the laughing bubbled down she began to get up when the animal growled at her; she sweat dropped what was with the wolf?
"Okay get off." She asked again pushing the large white male wolf off, so that the animal sat on her again.
"Get off me!" she growled trying to push the wolf off her again as it stayed put and she sighed heavily blowing at her brown black bangs looking a bit pissed at the moment. That's when trouble came about as four-youkai auras had gotten closer and closer as they stepped forth from the foliage as if the plants gave birth to them.
"Damnit get off! I swear Ayame is go-" her speech slowed down as the white fur flew from her stomach to stand in front of her protectively, a sharp snarl was torn from the throat of the large white wolf as its lips peeled back to reveal pink gums decorated to the hilt with large razor-sharp ivoren colored teeth; drool escaped the animals mouth without its knowledge only the fact of protecting Sango had entered the brain cavity or it would be punished by Ayame for the crappy protection. Sango knew Ayame's wolfs were her constant friends, companions, and her grandfather was actually a wolf how the hell that happened she didn't want to know.
A loud roaring filled her ears as a large beast emerged from the tree line in the small clearing she was in, her legs quivered from fear even as her gaze was sharp, hazel colored eyes gleamed dangerously but her quivering body gave away the fact that she was scared to the seven pits of hell and wihtout a weapon, the only thing she had was the male wolf Ayame had insisted she bring and what a good idea it was. She had to admit she was never the damsel in distress but now she was and it scared her to let weakness show through her fortitude of happiness. The monk saw through her acts, the way she would curl up at night into a fetal position and burry her head into her knees as much as she could, Miroku saw the true hurt in her eyes as he had held her so close and it was so warm she could taste the scent of spices and something more. Her throat ran dry, she saw the red gleaming eyes of a mouse demon, and she visibly paled.
"Why a rodent…" she said getting up from her sprawled out position, not caring about the bundle she had had to carry back to camp, right now she needed to get a weapon of some sort as she stumbled over to an alcove of trees. She blanched, damnit she was trapped and just when she thought all was lost the wolf latched itself onto the paw that was about to strike her down, a loud hissing noise much like boiling water reached her eyes as she opened her eyes not even noticing then that she had closed them; wihtout a second glance she side stepped the two in battle and ran blindly into the forest of the West. Hell even Sesshoumaru was better then a rodent demon, she actually stood a pretty good chance of getting away from him though not unscathed mind you but with her body intact.
A loud yelp sounded from behind as she chanced a look and regretted doing so as the wolf was hurled in one direction and the rodent ran to catch up with her as she sped up her running.
It was good fortune for her to trip over a piece of branch and find a sword laying in front of her nose but the sight she saw before her wanted to make her hurl everything up.
The earth was trodden with up turned soil from horse hooves, the brown colored earth was now a sickly sticky black color, never ending blood seeped into the earths core as if the ground was a greedy vampire lusting after a goodnights hunt, it tinted the ground an unhealthy color that made her mind swirl. The smell was of rotted meat of men torn in two, heads cut off eyes bugging out of their heads from shock, skulls broken open while brain scattered to the four winds with the passing of a light breeze blowing ever so gently on the torn up winds of gray clouds and dirty sweat riddled dust collected clothing making the battle ground look like a ghost town in it's subtleties. Animals, well horses actually where strewn about with the men while weapons and or weaponry was flung about carelessly it looked to be, even the armor seemed to be less potent as she had only a few seconds to examine when a roar met her ears.
Her body rolled the left with sword in hand while dodging a large taloned paw the appendage was taken back from another strike as she rolled away again. They played cat and mouse for some time before she stood up and growled, she was a fighter damnit why was she scared of demons! The small voice in the back of her head told her why, it was because she had witnessed the murder of her family and heard of the destruction of her village home, she still had a heavy heart about that. That's when she began to fear the demons, fearing that they would kill her so she would go to the afterlife to relive the way her family died.
Her hand tightened into a fist as a scowl set itself on her face she wouldn't let this demon do a damned thing to her, Kagome, Miroku, Shippou, or even Ayame and her demandable wolfs! They were her only family left and the fact that she was terrified only made the adrenaline in her rush more feverishly as she rushed forward to deliver a sever blow to the beast who would spy on her and even think to kill her. Her legs carried her only a few inches away from the creature as its beady red eyes blinked at her, jaws working into a roar, she rained down the sword as a large cracking sound was heard and after that a thud to the ground with a dust cloud as she went down as well into silent darkness.
The smell of metal, the tang of death permeated her nostrils as Sango woke up to find she was covered in blood, she quickly looked herself over but found no wounds as a frown settled its way to her lips. Looking over to her left she almost screamed at the sight, a sword was lodged into a rodent demons head, apparently she started to remember why she was in this battle field of the dead in the first place and not picking things for the god forsaken stew she was making. With a sigh she stood on wobbly legs like a new born colt to take a few steps away from her handy work to look at the dead demon, lifeless eyes bore ill will to any who passed the dead thing but it was gone and went down in its own blaze of gory glory. It was only one swoop of her mighty hand plunging the sword into the head for all that it was worth, the satisfying crack of a penetrated skull and the delicious thump of a dead body to the soil floor was satisfactory to her, even though she ran like a child to get away she still defeated the evil vile creature.
The face in itself was twitched with pain, the red eyes large with rage, and the mouth open with a tongue hanging out as warm blood trickled out through the ajar mouth. The damage done hadn't even bloodied the head, only the inside of the skull, which she now deemed, was cracked and smiled at her victory.
Dust was being kicked up as a small cloud of it eased past her visage as the color white caught her making her entranced to see what the white thing was. To be honest she was scared shitless, if it was Sesshoumaru she would surely die by the hands of a demon Lord who cared not for anything but his lands and pride, the man had a heart of ice for Kami sake.
A nuzzling at her hand distracted her as she looked down at a white wolf who was dusted in red soil, she couldn't help the laugh rising in her throat as she realized it was only the wolf coming to see she was okay; and here she was worried over being killed by something else perhaps the adrenaline wasn't yet done running its coarse? No matter her laugh dulled down to a hearty chuckle white petting the contours of the shapely white head easing the wolfs worries that she was hurt.
"It's alright, lets go get my stuff and we'll head back to the camp site yes?" she smiled down at the wolf that seemed to get the message as it yipped at her in agreement. She looked back up to see the dust cloud wasn't there anymore but she swore some one else was here but perhaps that was her imagination, she had just killed a rodent demon wihtout her trusty sword and it might even get worse if she stood around. With an exasperated sigh she walked while watching the white wolf slightly limp, now that she thought about it she didn't notice the limp till now, the body was lean and muscular as all animals who run are, the patchwork of fur was missing a few tufts here and there that and the evidence of some blood trails lingering around the frayed edges of silky white hair around the back, on the stomach, while one ear looked like half of the it had been bitten off in an attempt to actually take the whole thing not leaving much to the trained eye as the small bitten ear still moved and apparently worked; though she smiled, this beast no companion saved her from a night mare and she saved the male wolf from becoming a meal.
Arriving back into the clearing she took up the back thankful that nothing had gotten into it and slung it over her back, thus trekking back to the camp site while eyes bore into her back, amber eyes filling with the desire to rip apart the flesh of another.
Sesshoumaru watched the young woman through the whole tirade, from beginning to end. It was a formidable match he had to say, the young woman slayed against a demon rodent he had though the demon had much better fancies in what meals they par took in, they usually don't attack unless some one killed or scared their young. Yes it was really a nasty thing to see, those degusting things that call themselves demon, when their just larger variations of vermin he can still squelsh underneath his damned boots. Well the woman survived it seemed to see another day and yet he was suppressed she would find a convenience in a blade from a two day old battle he himself had fought, yes he had killed the trepidation humans for trespassing on his turf, his home land they should have known better then to go against him. Oh the blood shed was delicious, but what caught his eye was the thirsty and gainty outlining of amethyst eyes after a kill the pupils got big ad her breathing instated she had run a mile or two but she stood there as if transfixed with her work as he has done for all his kills, inspecting the quality of how the kill was done and the efficient way it was portrayed.
He now followed her back to the camp site, she walked at a brisk pace it seemed as he jumped gracefully from tree to tree losing himself to his thoughts again as she slowed her pace to stop in a medium sized clearing to see four males he hadn't seen this woman talk with; her gant slowed to a stop as her eyes glazed over while the female wolf howled at Sango and the mess she looked to of been in.
"Sango what happen!" Ayame wasn't pleased with the way her friend had looked at that moment, her own eyes traveled over to were her friend was looking as she smiled wryly going over to the slayer. Once a few feet away blood hit her nose, it was the smell of human it was faint, the strongest smell how ever was that of rodent demon on the girl. She flew over and impacted the slayer for any cuts, she found a few bruises and a small cut on the cheek but everything was all right till she saw her wolf.
"Oh Kami, Moon what happen?" she growled at the now limping wolf that took refuge with his mate Luna who cleaned his face in affection.
"He was protecting me from a rodent demon, and it was my fault he got hurt." She saw the slayer sigh untying the large pack around her shoulders and giving it to Ayame who looked a bit put out about the details of the fight, she nudged the girl who gave a small tired smile.
"Tell me about it while we make dinner okay, but first you need to start a fire." Before she could turn around a hand clasped her shoulder, she looked up and over at Sango who chuckled at the startled expression.
"Only if you help me and tell me why there are four guys I don't know standing next to Miroku talking like their buddies ne." She nodded putting the tubers and things on a log near the wolfs and glared at them as if to say if you eat these your both going to feel my wrath, after that was done she ruffled Moons head.
"Feel better Moon, Luna watch over him okay." She giggled while twirling about to help the woman out with fire, yes she was in a giddy mood perhaps it was due to the fact she had met Kouga earlier on and he had kissed her hand in a kind gesture.
"So details about those guys, then I'll tell you about the rodent demon." She settled down sitting Indian style while the woman got out a strange bow, it was big enough to hold but not big enough to put a large arrow on like the ones Kagome used. Placing a piece of flat wood under the small bow she took up a think stick and tangled it into the flaccid string which became taunt as she started to move it with her hands in like a one person saw.
"We heard you scream, well I did Miroku was sleeping and so was Shippou. I noticed that Kirara went off before your scream in search of something but didn't bother to look for the cat, she can take care of herself." Ayame watched fascinated as the women put some spider web like hairs of wood on the flat plain and began her assault on it again with more gusto.
"By the time I was in the woods I heard another scream, it was Kouga." She giggled at the memory as she saw the pained look on the boys face.
"Apparently he had picked a fight with non other then short stack over their and he was defeated in battle for a second time to reclaim Kagome as his lover but this time I marched over to him and struck him in the face." That got Sango's attention as she faltered in her fire making, her mouth breaking out in a grin.
"Do go on Ayame." She asked watching the light dance about her friend as she told and spun the story of a lifetime.
"Well after that I told him straight, Kagome didn't love him that he was just a friend and just that. He looked so down trodden I took his face in my hand and tilted it up to see unbidden tears wanting to fall so I hugged him and he hugged back burring his face in my stomach." She was gushing now, those eyes where a lot more large with many sparkles in them and dear lord she turned into a raging chibi while she explained more.
"Before his departure he kissed my hands and proclaimed his love for me, he will be back for me!" she giggled now back to normal with flushed cheeks and a goofy grin.
"So why are those guys here?" the other asked thumb pointing in the direction of said group as Miroku trotted over and leaned over to rub her bum once again as she stood up and smacked him up side the head with her fist and a club that came out of no where.
"Letcher can't keep your hands to yourself!" she growled kicking him in the stomach as he grunted from that and got flung back over to where the group of three guys where? She thought there were four, shrugging her shoulder she sighed looking back at Ayame who did a knowing smile.
"So what's with the human and rodent scent on you?" after that was said the fire itself was started as the webbing like shavings were caught a fire and soon a blazing fire was before them as both girls began making the stew.
"First off it was just a normal looking rodent that crawled into my dress, I hate rats and your damned Wolf came gallivanting over and sat on me!" she snorted waving the knife around like a mad woman, she blushed going back to cutting up the onions as she continued.
"After that I thought we were in the clear when the wolf chased the rodent out of my dress and into some under brush. The next thing I know I'm fleeing for my life and stumble across a two day old battle field luck was loving me since I almost got my nose cut off cause a sword lay before me. Before I could even get in a blow the rodent attacked with paws, think it attacked me a few times with its tail to but in the end I won with a quick blow to the head and a satisfying crack to seal the deal." She chuckled cutting up the last of the onions while Ayame blinked at the story and shrugged.
"You're a lucky person Sango you know that, I hope Moon will learn his lesson about sitting on you though. I need to talk with Luna about that." She grumbled picking up the last of the potato's while she brought the rest of the chopped ingredients to the boiling pot. The fish had been added earlier wihtout the men seeing them, seeing as they were hungry and knowing them they might eat the fish raw, so now they would wait for the fish and vegetables to seep in there on juices as Sango produced an pouch of spices adding something spicy, sweat, and flavorful with the flick of a wrist and she sat down wondering where Shippou was when the child bounded to her lap and giggled at her disheveled state.
Emerald green eyes flickered to the child that sat in the slayers lap. He smiled as they played a game of Eye Spy but where would one as them learn how to play such a game? It might have clicked to him if he knew what Hiei knew and the small fire apparition wasn't sharing his information that's when Ysuskes communicator went off and every one froze to look at him as he put out his hands in defense and smiled wryly a the pink communication link to the world of Maki.
"Yeah Koenma what is it?" he heard the Youngman say over the communication link.
"We need you to find a missing person immediately this might jeopardize the whole world!" the small ruler was a bunch of wound up nerves since his father had come back home and he was to deal with the Tentai more often.
"Yeah, yeah baby what is it?" He knew he could get under the child rulers nerves if he said the right name or hit the right note in the kids bundle of nerves.
"Don't call me a child!" now he laughed at the child rulers state of face, the blue pacifier was hanging out slightly while those tiny hands fisted up into knuckles and his eyes blazed with fire while his head had a vein popping out from the side of it.
"Fine what ever just tell me what you need." He snorted while Koenma went on his usual tirade. He caught that last of the child rulers sentence though.
"…Kagome was kidnapped, she must be rescued at all costs or the world will be in danger, remember the screen like fence of energy that keeps the demons at bay in Maki? If the Shikon is used through her and a child it could be disastrous!" he sighed and would ask fro the details later with Hiei if the small demon would permit it.
"Already on the case." He smirked as a long string of curses was thrown from the mouth of the child ruler even when he closed the COM link. That's when Kurama and Kuwabara looked at him, he snorted.
"What? Were already on a damned mission to save the girl so it was generalized by the big man up stairs." He grunted as a savory smell assaulted his nose and he licked his lips.
Kuwabara blinked at the way he used his tongue to glide over those luscious lips and he ached to kiss them that's when his face heated up and he looked away glad for the night for perhaps it hid his blush from his best friend and rival, but that raised the question of if he could like Ysuske that way? His chest hurt like when some one punched him to hard but this time it was his heart that clinched in his chest, he had fallen for Yukina true but his passion for her seemed to go out the window. He never really felt this way around Yukina either, butterflies danced their way down into his stomach and back to his throat as he saw those beautiful lips moving but no sound reached his ears; a worried Ysuske plopped into his vision as a hand was waved in front of his face on impulse he grabbed the hand to look at it subtly noting the way the other flushed either from embarrassment or by the way the eyes looking at him told him he was pleased and aroused. With a wicked smile he tugged Ysuske off into the forest to do some talking and maybe even get some for his trouble cause he could care less about Yukina now, Ysuske was his treasure if the boy believed it or not he only got with Yukina to make him jealous. Hell even as a human he loved Ysuske but now the boy shared the same feelings he thought as he weaved his way through shrubbery and fallen things on the ground.
Kurama couldn't hold his mirth in as he chuckled at the antics of the two young demons as he spoke to Hiei who was in a tree near by.
"I knew they would get together, so what about Yukina? Did you know he was using her to make the detective jealous?" He closed his weary eyes for a time before the rustling and a soft moan of a tree branch met his ears, another chuckle escaped him as he looked over to see Hiei brooding and frowning.
"We will find Kagome my friend, she is a talented demon. Who knew she possessed the Shiko-" he was interrupted by the small demon who glared at him, wine colored eyes dared him to go on as he shut his mouth.
Silence was shared within the ranks as he sat against the trees soft bark, the smaller of the two stood.
"Listen well fox for I will only say it once. You are to leave my mate and the care of the Shikon to her, if you steal it or attempt to steal it from her I will have the glory of ripping your head off….that is if she dosen't get to you first." The small demon smirked at him with a knowing glint of evil, yes it was true his Yoko wanted the Shikon and the girl but he Kurama knew both belonged to the fire abortion so he would quell his Yoko with another conquest if given a chance. Though he might make conquest with the human who was holding the fox child like a sister or even as he was thinking and daydreaming about her bearing his children and the red head being one of his own to cuddle in the lap of its mother; his thoughts how ever where broken when the woman slayer announced it that the steaming fish stew was done; he licked his lips hopping she was as good at cooking as she was with kids if so he would have to court her. She was a very interesting woman, another puzzle and to his Yoko's delight he wouldn't mind Kurama mating the slayer, she was strong, beautiful but his nuances where abolished as the monk came over to wrap his arms around her waist, she flushed at him but didn't smack him away as usual but fondly looked into his eyes.
He sighed it was true the world was going to hell, he Kurama didn't have a mate or even a woman to court, his Yoko got angry but pushed that idea to the back of his mind now, the girl had chosen the monk and he would respect that. How ever the ever present lurking of one in a tree near by caught his visage as a piece of white billowed dramatically with the light breeze, it was there in the tree amber eyes caught his emerald gaze. He stood frozen to the spot for a mere minute or so as those eyes bore holes into his soul, searching for something that could quell the hunger and thirst for knowledge he so desperately was still searching for; his eyes changed color at that moment fading from the green to his own set of equally amber colored orbs that made the pair in a tree not far away widen a slight bit.
"Kurama come on foods getting cold!" it was Ysuskes voice, when did they get back? He looked over his shoulder to see even Hiei was sitting next to the fire but not eating anything as he glared at the fire wanting to will it to blow up or something, turning around he went to the group and accepted a bowl of fish stew and plopped down on the earth next to Hiei who scowled. His gaze flicked over to the girl and monk who were engaged in idol chattering along with the female wolf who laughed at the two and when the monk got bonked on the head by a fist. Ysuske and Kuwabara were sitting really close, well to say the least the detective was sitting in the red heads lap while eating his stew and looking very smug at the moment before Hiei punched Kuwabara in the face.
"Don't use my sister as a tool baka, next time I won't hesitate to kill you!" he saw Hiei growl out but was relieved the boy wasn't hurt much because strange enough his face didn't contort in pain as it usually did, that's when the short one turned to the group of three coming to stand in front of the human woman.
"You know my mate woman, now tell me where Naraku is." Hiei hissed out when a shokujo came from nowhere to bonk him on the head by a very pissy monk who non-the less grumbled then smiled.
"Now, now my short friend you must be more polite to the ladies." The demon watched him chuckle and he snorted walking away to have the lecherous monk to be dealt with by the wrath of the woman slayer as he grinned his contemptment.
Sango set down her bowl of half finished fish stew on the ground and looked over at Miroku who had a piece of fish stuffed in his mouth, the scowl was enough to melt the skin off the monks bones if he so much as moved, this was the silent cue for Ayame to finish stuffing her face and to see how Moon and Luna where as she excused herself she ran to where her wolfs were to talk with them for the moment.
"Who is his mate?" she asked all sickly sweet as the monk swallowed the fish meat hard as he laughed small tricklets of sweat began to form on the side of his head as he tried to scoot back.
"Kagome is his mate." He finally squeaked out as Sango blinked, she seemed a bit confused as anger and sadness rolled into one huge big emotional roller coaster that just happened to thwack him on the head really hard to give him three large lumps sitting atop his head.
"Don't lie to me Miroku so help Kami!" she growled out as Miroku tried to compose himself, he looked into those furnas like eyes that could look at anything and catch it ablaze.
"I'm not, it seems while Kagome escaped to her own time she met a few guys in the future who are demons. She found out she was a demon as well and has a mate now." He finished with the astonished look of the woman as he sighed and set down his empty bowl and chop sticks.
He watched her sigh, confusion written on her face at why Kagome would love a short guy.
"Alright, but we tomorrow morning." She finished taking up her bowl as a small body stood next to her with a scowl.
"Hn I'll scout the perimeters, if I find Naraku's castle then I'll rescue my mate." With that Hiei sped off into the night his mind ablaze from the memories of first meeting the girl.
It took only a few minutes to find what he was looking for, Kagome's scent filled the clearing he was in the wide open space was filled with ominous bleach white skulls of the dead, fog rolled in thick waves making the brown ground look as if it wasn't there. Thick curls of the white Smokey substance wound its way up his legs as he stood in front of a large castle the gray stone sparkled. The drawbridge was up but that didn't stop Hiei as he sped up the wall like a salamander with suction cups on his feet and hands.
He stopped though, the sound of steal on steal ringing in his ears, the smell of the one that kidnapped her flew through his nostrils as blood assaulted his scences. True he wanted to be the one to kill the bastard but if someone else did it for him more power to them, he by passed a strange looking door which had Naraku's scent in it, it actually had the strongest scent probably cause it was his main room he stayed in.
"No Rin! Don't touch her!" that was Kagome's voice he heard, speeding up he ran down the hall to see a door ajar and a lizard demon trying to get at a young girl and his mate. They seemed to be fine seeing as a dragon was protecting them at the moment but the room seemed to prevent her from using her abilities.
She and Rin were playing a game of I spy when a servant came in, it was a fox that gave her some new cloths to ware for the night. After the fox left the door was opened slowly as a scaled head with beady eyes looked in on them. Rin didn't notice but Kagome did as she dove for the child.
"No Rin! Don't touch her!" A searing pain engulfed her back, traveling up and then down the spine, attacking the nerves. The lizard demon had tried to attack the child but she protected the girl with her life. The thing tried to get Rin as the girl pulled Kagome towards the wall where Ah-Uh had just sat up both heads glared at the lizard.
Suddenly a black blur had encompassed the lizard as the lifeless body feel to the ground, clawed hands reached out for Kagome as Rin screamed the dragons heads growled at the unsuspecting Hiei.
"Girl that is my mate." He stated mater of factly when Kagome came too to see Hiei's worried face hovering; she squirmed in the embrace of the child before getting lose.
"Ah-Un this is a friend." She said stroking the twin dragonheads while one purred the other looked over at Hiei to make sure he didn't try anything funny. She only giggled getting up out of Rin's embrace, but took the small hands in her own so she could meet her mate.
"It's okay Rin, this guy is my mate and he will take you back to Lord Sesshoumaru." She chided the child gently, Hiei snorted while she threw him a look that said you better.
"First before we go off we need to free Ah-Uh from his chains." Just as she said that Inu Yasha came in with the head of the newest incarnation in his hands slamming it against the floor.
"You will not take what is mine, Kikyou you will not leave me!" he pointed a clawed finger in her direction as she growled at him.
"I'm not Kikyou, I'm Kagome! Ka-Go-Me!" she shouted at him as he smiled deviously.
"You will be taught how not to disobey your mate." He growled striding forward only to be stopped by a sword to his neck and a growl from a male.
"You will not take what isn't yours hanyou." Hiei growled, Kagome was his and his only if this hanyou thought he was getting her he was so wrong.
With that a new battle erupted as the head on the floor rolled from the force of blows from a fully formed Tetsigua and the normal short sword Hiei always fought with.
Inu Yasha was try to strike while Hiei parried it but not without the consequence of getting hit into the wall from the force of the strike making his feet slide backwards till he hit a wall going through it to another bed chamber.
Hiei got tangled up in some bed sheets while the hanyou looked almost psychotic with red dripping in his vision, as fast as he could the shortest fighter got out of the bed spread to slash the hanyou in the chest. As fast as one could blink two lines criss crossed the Inu's chest in an X fashion, it took a few minutes for the pain to register as he roared at the speeding black blur.
"You'll die shorty!" Inu Yasha growled raising Tetsigua over his head, power radiated from its tip as he brought it down with a cry.
"Kaze No Kizu!" the sword came down in a flash of light heading towards the speeding demon, Hiei had seen the attack coming and when it almost touched him he side stepped it as the Kizu slammed into the opposite wall of the bed chamber they were in.
"Hiei watch out!" Kagome cried in alarm as she had pulled Rin to her and ran back over to the two-headed dragon, she knew if Inu Yasha ever tried to get near her and Rin near Ah-Un the dragon would protect them. She felt the pain her beloved was in because of the bond in the hot spring, the bite mark on her neck how ever was almost gone if Hiei dosen't bite her again it would be gone in the morning and all claim to her would be open again.
"Kagome-sama is your mate going to win like Sesshoumaru-sama dose?" it was an innocent question, she didn't know how to answer it but nodded anyway because Hiei was indeed strong. To bad she couldn't help though, the room they were currently in had a spell preventing her from using her own forbidden child powers. Wait, her demon powers! Not miko powers, she grinned putting the child behind her and bringing up a hand as power gathered from her inner self procreated at her fingertips.
The power she held in her hand was gathered into a pink blue orb, it got as big as a baseball. She waited until Hiei struck Inu Yasha again to hurl the miko power ball at the hanyou's back, she watched as her first love and friend fell. Turning around those angry amber eyes got wide in realization, the red seeping from the edges of those once glossy eyes full of life now dull with the residue of death.
"K-Kagome?" he asked as a body hit the floor with a thud, that's when she raced over to Hiei who was leaning on his sword, she glomped him softly crying into his shoulder as he brought her closer to him with a hand while cleaning his sword on the fallen advisory.
Hiei nuzzled her face and neck, the juncture where he bit her to claim her as his as the sun rose he bit her again and this time she bit him as well to surmise the fact of claim they both had on each other.
"Set Ah-Un free love, I'm sure Sesshoumaru would like to see Rin again." She whispered in a horse voice, her back still hurt but it was healing.
"Your hurt." He said a bit gruffly gliding a claw down her back when she shivered from the poison burn.
"I'm fine free the dragon first before tending to anything else." She said again, he took her up in his arms bridal style walking over to said dragon and in one swift motion he took out his sword breaking the chains that bound the creature.
The sound of clanking chains filled the silent room before a manic like laugh filled it.
"You will not get away that easily Kagome and Rin, your both mine." Jiaki filled the room making all occupants cough, the gray purple mist cleared as a man in a white baboon pelt walked in with an albino child. He walked over to the dead hanyou on the ground and sighed.
"Inu Yasha killed Shidma for Kikoyu's betrayal." A cruel smile twisted the lips of Naraku as he told some servants to take the dragon to another room and to put the two lovers in a room together, if he couldn't have Kagome then no one would, as for the child he would lump her in the same room as the two love birds to die a gruesome death.
"Pervert!" rang throughout the night as a slap resounded off the trees, an unconscious monk hit the dirt floor of the ground.
She sighed why did he always do that? Walking over to the now sleeping kitsune child she didn't notice the two golden gazes that watched her get into a bed and slumped over protecting the kid in her grasp.
Once the woman and monk were asleep Kurama chuckled at the fact that the Mozaku and Dragon tiger weren't back yet. Probably having some kind of sexual venture.
"You know it's not polite to stare." He interjected while getting up and walking into the forest to sit in a clearing near a river. He sat on a warm rock red locks turning silver under the full moon, pretty soon Suzuchi turned into Youko Kurama the famous silver fox thief. His human ears moved to the top of his head turning into silver fox ears, red hair became waist length silver while green eyes turned into golden hues of the sun. The normal ware was turned into white robes while he chuckled at the spike of energy from the demon that came to visit.
"This Sesshoumaru shall stare if his heart desires to." It was a smooth and gruff voice all at once; the tone was one of commanding.
"I suppose my group over stepped their boundaries by trespassing on your lands. We will be gone within a few hours for if Hiei found his mate then he would have been back by now." The Youko frowned, it was true if Hiei would of found his mate he would of rushed back to tell him and then go on his way to the well and back into the future.
He looked over at the stoic demon lord who was staring into the water, he saw the few emotions flaring to life, guilt, remorse, lust, overbearing his glossing eyes as they found his own. The Youko only smirked patting the rock he sat on for the lord to sit with him. Sesshoumaru snorted but complied, as he came closer the silver fox sniffed in quite he could now tell he hung around a human child.
"So the child Naraku took must be the girl you travel with Lord Sesshoumaru?" the question was answered with a glare as he chuckled.
"No need to get all moody." He purred pulling up his feet to pull them up to his chest resting his head on the knees, some pieces of hair fell over his face before he could reach out the demon lord did tucking the hair behind his fluffy ears.
Gold eyes met Gold eyes in a heated glance, one wanted to be loved and the other wanted love but to have a strong mate, mayhap both get there wish?
"Thank you Lord Sesshoumaru." Kurama smiled a fang poking out of his mouth while a chuckle rumbled in his chest, he seductively got off the rock and took off his white top jumping into the water silvery tail floating to the top of the water. A splash later Sesshoumaru was also in the water now holding the silver kitsune in his arms.
"Why do you affect this Sesshoumaru so?" he had asked while holding Youko from behind his head on top the kitsunes, he didn't suspect the answer.
"Because I stole your heart." He turned around in the embrace to kiss the demon lords lips, so softly it felt like a butterfly but the kiss turned into a battle of dominance as Sesshoumaru licked the kitsunes bottom lip.
He complied letting Sesshoumaru explore his mouth, tasting everything in the moist mouth, a tongue slide over teeth, his tongue, and the top of his mouth, which to that Kurama moaned softly. The kiss was broken when both needed air; the sound of heavy breathing was accompanied by the nighttime chirping of crickets and rushing water from the waterfall not to fare away.
"We should do this after the final fight, Hiei and his mate might be in trouble." The kitsune protested to the groping Lord who nodded, though Sesshoumaru lifts him into his arms and took him to dry land setting down the laughing man whom he loved. This would be his mate; if he so chose to pick him he had yet to see the prowess and strength.
Hiei are you okay? The telepathic link was established after Kurama turned back to Minamino, after talking with koorime however he would have to explain to Lord Sesshoumaru that he shared a body with a fox spirit.
Hn, no I'm chained up to a dungeon wall with my mate and a child I don't know. What do think? His sarcasticness made him sigh and stop with a weird glance from his soon to be mate Sesshoumaru.
Ha-ha Hiei, but really you found your mate and the girl Rin? Where is the castle at and what is Naraku using them for? Kurama was very interested in why Naraku needed a woman and a child to do anything.
Hn, he needs my mate to taint the jewel. How I don't know, but the child is needed to be his heir once he is gone it seems he wants to implant the tainted jewel into the girl and add his own essence to her to make her his daughter and to continue his evil doing. The fox sighed, damnit so that's why he was using innocents.
"Sesshoumaru it seems my friend has found your Rin and his mate." He frowned at the stoic Lord as he spoke on.
"Naraku wants to use Rin for his legacy it seems he wants a daughter." Sat this Sesshoumaru frowned deeply.
"This Sesshoumaru will not let Rin be used by anyone." He growled loudly while Kurama sighed lightly.
"We must go back to the camp and get the others, I know where the castle is." At this both ran with demon speed back to the camp site not to far in.
Hiei had woken from the loud groan of pain his mate gave, he frowned he had not protected her the way he should of.
"Kukukuku looks like your both awake." Said a voice from the shadows as a man with a white baboon pelt about his person, he walked over to Kagome and licked her lips while he growled.
"Get off her!" He all but shouted, eyes tinting in red as the loathed creature reached out for her breast when her leg got him in the groin. Hiei chuckled as the man feel to a knee growling at the woman and struck her hard drawing blood from her lips.
"I can't use you now worthless bitch, you are now claimed by a forbidden child who runs from the law." He chuckled motioning for the guards to keep watch over them.
"I can how ever use you still to taint the jewel and to make Rin my daughter with my essence." Turning about he walked back into the shadows with a albino child who seemed to appear out of no where.
"Come Kanna!" he growled as the child melted into the shadows after her master.
Sorry about the update guys, I promise to make the next chapter a few pages longer and have some more yoai/sex related theme goodness. As for the updating it might be awhile again I just got my license and will soon be going to College. Also starting a new fan fiction a Fullmetal Alchemist one called Alchemist Meets Demon, check it out. As for reviews you know what do R&R. –winks-
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