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Chapter
1. Enemies or Not
By DeadlyFlameDemon & LoveMePrincessKagome
Two silver haired figures looked at their "WSF" sign on the East Siders territory. Being happy with what they had done, they nodded towards their buddies giving the signal to get the hell out of there. The slightly taller one took off in a fast sprint with the shorter one right behind him. The two brothers were almost at the end of the alley when they saw half of their men being blasted by blue and pink rays of light. Left in the wake of their men was two females. These women were their enemies, they could tell from their clothes, attitude, scent, and aura but they couldn't help but notice how perfectly curved and muscled each of their figures were. Non-the-less enemies were enemies and they were in the way of the two brothers.
"Look
what we've found sister," sneered the one on the left who appeared
to be shorter but much quicker of the tongue and body, "a couple of
dogs in OUR alley."
"Looks like it, How about we show them our
Dog Pound?" Replied the other, taller but more muscular and more
menacing, "indeed, It would not be against the rules since they are
the ones who came here willingly...Who knows, maybe they need to be
put down….They don't even have collars…"The obviously younger
raven-haired girl looked at the taller silver haired Inu, "We
should at least know the name of our...Intruders." Both of the two
inu-demons squared their shoulders, trying to give off a tougher
look, but only the taller one spoke, "That is not of your concern
human wench!" The shorter hanyou was too busy checking out the fine
looking woman in the dark blue jeans to even make a comment. After
realizing this, the woman screamed at the Fang, "Keep your eyes as
well as the rest of your self away from my sister and I, you pathetic
dog!" He looked at her stunned for a moment. 'Who does she think
she is, telling ME what to do? I'll show her...As soon as
Sesshomaru isn't around.' he looked at the older male standing
next to him with a cold facade on his face. Sesshomaru looked down at
his younger sibling and spoke in his normal icy tone, "Inuyasha.
Let us leave before these purify your worthless ass back to hell
while you're gawking at them." Inuyasha growled lightly, "Purify
ME? What about you, you arrogant asshole!" His brother only
scoffed, "They would be dead before they could even THINK about
killing me." The apparently older woman spoke up quickly, "Then
you've already failed your promise, since we already intend on
killing you." The younger sister of the two looked at her older
sibling and whispered to her, "Kikyo, Let's let these two get
away. Just this once...They couldn't have done anything we got here
to quickly for them to." Kikyo took a moment to consider what her
wise little sister was implying, then she nodded as she watched the
two mysterious Fangs disappeared before their eyes.
Inuyasha cursed himself for being so careless and so did not notice his brother doing the same as they arrived at their "HQ", those two mikos never should have gotten so close without them noticing! Of course, they must have masked their scent and aura, yeah, that was it, they cheated. Inuyasha was always doing that, making up excuses for his own stupidity, that is. They arrived in the West sooner than they thought they would, they both slowed it down a little bit, now that they were in their own territory, and knew no one would dare attack them, they continued until they reached the somewhat run-down bar they called home. The sound of loud laughter and the smell of fresh vomit and vodka greeted them. Inuyasha went straight to the bar while his brother went in the opposite direction towards their rooms fit for kings. 'Okay,' he thought. Maybe not kings but they were a fine luxury seeing as how most of the men collapsed on the floor after too many drinks. Inuyasha turned toward the bartender and raise a finger. The bartender grabbed a glass and wiped it with a rag that didn't look much cleaner. He filled it with a brown, sudsy liquid and passed it to Inuyasha, "hey boss, thought you weren't comin' back this time after those chicks caught you-" He chuckled with amusement shining in his eyes, Inuyasha glared at the barkeep and he took that as his cue to go fill someone else's life with alcohol.
He turned the glass and thought about what had just happened, 'what did I do to deserve that'? He thought to himself, a smirk appeared quickly on his face as he said aloud, "Oh yeah. I remember now." He downed the shot of vodka. It burned like fire as it went down his throat but he didn't care, what he had just done was so against the rules he couldn't even begin to describe what the Council would do to him and his brother. Confinement first, maybe torture, or there was always the high possibility of death. He shuddered at the thought. To get his mind off things he stood up and walked over to the bloodstained door that led to the room his brother was issued. He opened the red tinted door slowly and looked inside only to see his "big bad tough" brother looking at his hands as if they were on fire, upon closer inspection, he saw that there was a picture of a man and a woman holding a baby, he guessed it was Sesshomaru himself Inuyasha was shocked to say the least; his ice-cold brother had never shown any amount of emotion other than rage,
'What is wrong with him? He hasn't even noticed I'm in his room without knocking... OH SHIT! I DIDN'T KNOCK!'. He closed the door without making a sound and then knocked loudly on it like he hadn't seen a thing; he then entered the candlelit room. He stopped dead in his tracks as he saw the most amazing sight in the world; his brother had disappeared completely as if he had never been there in the first place. Sniffing the air he almost doubled over in shock, he could smell a familiar smell and it took him a moment to get a grip on his wandering mind, 'There is no way my ice prince brother has been crying...NO WAY.' He thought to himself as he tried to calm his heart that was pounding so loud in his ears from the shock, or it could have been the alcohol, he wasn't sure.
Kikyo and her younger sister walked through the doors of a club/motel. "Kikyo...Do you think we did the right thing? You know, letting those you-know-whats live" the middle-aged woman whispered as she looked at the black linoleum beneath her feet. Kikyo sighed and looked down at her upset baby sister, "Kag...I think it was the right thing for us to do, like you said, they didn't have time to do any damage." She stopped speaking as the girls' right hand man came running up to them. "Kikyo! Kagome! I am so glad you are safe and unharmed!" Kagome looked at the man as if he was crazy. "Why wouldn't we be ok Miroku? What happened while we were gone?" Miroku looked at the girls directly; "one of our follower's hotels was raided by The Fangs and only 5 out of 30 survived. They said the attackers had silver hair, amber eyes, and claws, other than that no other information was captured."
He looked at the girls' bewildered faces. "What's wrong with you two? Did you see them?" Kikyo was speechless and Kag's eyes were quickly filling up with tears. All at once Kikyo fell into a chair next to the bar with her head in her hands and Kagome ran out the back door with a few tears rolling down her face. She ran as far as she could, not caring where it was, she just had to get away from them. The next thing she knew it was raining and she was lost, she looked around and finally saw a place with lights on, a bar of some sort with a neon sign that said, 'Moonlight Raid'. She had never seen this bar before, she thought she was still on The Death's Angel's territory and entered the bar to get out of the pouring rain. As she entered the bar and shook her head to try and get a little dry, an eerie silence took a hold of the room. Whispers quickly went around, "Look at those clothes she is definitely one of them!" "Look at the body she is fine!" "Look at her face, she doesn't know what she's in for does she?" Kag looked around the room and saw that the clothing of these people consisted of rags, leather, chains, rips, tears, and spikes. She suddenly knew exactly where she was as she felt the not too familiar feeling of fear creep up on her mind and body, she couldn't move an inch nonetheless, talk. "Hey smell that sweet scent of fear boys it's gonna be here all night!" The voice of the bartender rang out over the whispers.
Many of the men stood up and took a few steps toward Kagome before she regained control of her body and ran out the door. She had no idea where she was going so she just ran into an alley hoping they didn't catch her, by now her black jeans and red halter top were soaking wet and were clinging to her form tightly as she ran down the narrow roads through the buildings. Before she knew it she could feel their presence all around her as she cried out when she tripped over something and hit the cement blocks that made up the alleyway floor. By now the rain was showering down so hard it hurt every time it hit her body, it was obviously annoying her pursuers too because the closest one said, "Let's take her back to HQ and have some fun before we kill her, eh, boys?" She whimpered and use a lot of her strength to create a barrier, for some reason beyond her knowing she couldn't move an inch, she just sat there on the cold ground holding her barrier up around her and the Fangs seemed to be waiting for her to pass out from the rain. Sesshomaru had heard Inuyasha enter his room and knew that he had seen him in his weakest moment ever, he had escaped out the window as soon as his brother had left his room. He needed some time to clear his head and think about how he would explain the massacre to the others when they got their hands on the Information. He looked up from his spot under a tree in West Luby Park when he heard the cry of a woman, normally he wouldn't give a damn but there was something about that cry called to him. He stood up quickly and used his demon speed to run towards the location of the maiden who had cried out.
As he arrived on the scene, there was a horde of demons surrounding a fading pink orb he roared at the crowd, "GET AWAY FROM IT NOW!" the crowd went silent and everyone turned to see who had the nerve to order them around, seeing it was Sesshomaru they moved away from the woman. His eyes widened slightly as he saw who the unconscious woman was and he yelled at the demons, "GO HOME! ALL OF YOU NOW! NOT THE BAR! HOME!" He watched the crowd disperse as he calmly walked over to the girl, she was soaking wet and her lips were turning blue. "Damn it..." He cursed to himself as he lifted her up into his arms. With lightning fast speed he ran back to his bar. He didn't want to raise any suspicions so he went in through the window to his room, he gently laid her on the couch for now. He knew that if he didn't get her out of the wet clothes she would meet her maker soon, He went into his walk-in closet and grabbed one of his Haoris. He sat her up on the couch and removed her halter top from behind her for modesty, then while behind her he put his T-shirt on her realizing it reached just above her knees, he took off the black flare jeans she was wearing but left her underwear he may be a demon but he was civilized and did have manners. He took her off the now wet couch and placed her under the covers in his own dry bed, he looked at her sleeping form and turned to the wet futon. He chose the soaked futon over the floor, he laid on it and gazed up at the ceiling as memories of the past flooded his mind. It was not long before he allowed sleep to claim him.
Kagome awoke around ten o'clock in the morning, by then Sesshomaru had already eaten, taken a shower, and was down in the bar area playing pool. Kagome sat up quickly when she remembered where she had last been before she blacked out, she looked around before realizing that she was alive, clothed, and there was no sign of them having their way with her the night before. She sighed and stood up, she walked over to a mirror and saw she was wearing a white T-shirt, 'That means...I'm still on the Fangs territory...But then, how am I alive? What if they wanted me to be conscious when they took me?' The feeling of fear was now washing over her in waves. She ran to the door and opened it only to see a demon standing on the other side, she didn't say anything but slammed the door and put her back up against it since it didn't have a lock.
'Oh god, oh god, I'm gonna die...or worse, I'm gonna be raped...please god what did I ever do to deserve this?' Her thoughts were interrupted by her weight being pushed forward by the door. She jumped out of the way before the door was sent crashing against the wall, the demon walked into the room and shut the door. She recognized the demon now that she got a good look at him, he was the same demon that she had let live the night before, the one that killed her kin. "You..." He looked at her for a moment, "I...what?" She took a step back from him, "YOU BASTARD!" She stopped herself from calling him other profanities when she heard him growl loud and deep. "I save your life and you call me a bastard? I was at least expecting a thank you, the half-breed has more manners than you. "He said coldly, knowing it would hit a nerve at being compared to the hanyou. She glared at him icily, "Why would I THANK YOU! You and that half-breed are the ones who killed many of my clan!" A few tears were starting to fall, "What the hell do you and the rest of The Fangs have against us!" She was backed up against the wall now, looking at him through teary eyes. "What do WE have against YOU! you killed my father, the first and only true leader of The Fangs on the 20th of September three years ago!" He roared at her as she trembled against the wall, "I don't even know why the hell I saved you! I should have let them have you!" She was pissed off now, she stormed over to him and smacked him as hard as she could, "We did no such thing! YOU are the ones who killed my mother the first and best leader of the Hells Angels that same exact date!" He stood there stunned from the impact of her hand against his face. Within a moment she was pinned to the wall with his claws around her neck.
"You shall not touch me in such a manner ever again. Understood, woman?" He spat at her with the promise of death lingering on every word, he dropped her. She looked up at him, "you deserved it for accusing us of such a crime when it was not us that threw the first punch, but you." He bent down to her level, "We did not attack you." She was lost in his gold eyes, "Then who did." It wasn't a question but more of a statement, he looked at her thinking silently then stood up, "I do not know but I know it wasn't us or...I would have been the first to know." a solemn look appeared on Kagome's face, "The same goes for me." An eerie silence took a hold of them both before he turned to look at her, he offered his hand out to help her up of the floor. He was shocked when she took his hand and allowed him to pull her up, he bent her head back and licked over the wounds he had placed on her flawless neck with his claws. When he pulled back he saw the wounds were closing and that there would be no scars, he looked at her face and pointed out that her eyes were closed in a sleep like state. When she opened her eyes he was gone, she sighed and reached her hand up to her neck, the pain was gone. She walked over to the bed and laid down she needed to think about what had just conversed between the great demon and herself, after 10 minutes she was fast asleep. Kikyo and Miroku were tearing apart the town trying to find Kagome, after Kikyo had told Miroku what had happened they went out to find the runaway miko but had to stop after half an hour because the rain had begun to pour down so hard that it would have bruised the skin. The next morning they had immediately went to Kagome's room to see is she had snuck in sometime during the night, but was disappointed when they found nothing but an empty room. Miroku's girlfriend Sango was checking all the hotels, motels, bars, and everywhere Kagome could have stayed at while Miroku called all the family, friends, and everyone else in Kagome's address book. Kikyo was checking everywhere else. It was starting to rain again as Kikyo looked into the sky and said, "Kagome...Please...Be safe." Kikyo went back to the club to see if anyone had found anything. When she arrived, the gloom faces of everyone told her the awful truth, Kagome had left their territory, Miroku walked over to Kikyo an handed her a note. Looking down at the note she saw 7 words, 'She is safe...And will not be harmed.'
Kikyo looked at Sango and Miroku before bursting out in tears, she might lose her sister, the only family she had left, the one she had promised her mother's spirit to protect, and she had failed. When Kagome stirred from sleep again, she found a tray of food on the table next to the bed. She silently thanked her savior as she picked up a peach and took a bite of it, it tasted amazing! She hadn't tasted such a ripe fruit since she was very young, before the war had started. As she finished of the peach she set the seed down on the tray she didn't touch the other food just yet but stood and walked over to the window, she looked outside and saw it was raining again, that meant she wouldn't be able to escape this territory tonight. She sighed and turned around, she jumped when she noticed she wasn't the only one in the room anymore. "Ummm...I'm very sorry about earlier, I should not have hit you." She looked at the floor as if it was the most interesting thing in the world while blushing lightly. He could have laughed at her expression but it would have given off the impression he had feelings for her, which he didn't. "It is fine, Kagome." She gasped and looked up at him, "How do you know my name?" She demanded an answer, she had not told him her name so how did he know. "I went to your club and left a note telling your sister you are safe and will not be harmed, and on my way out I heard them calling for you." Kagome looked at him blankly, "They are...looking for me? Oh my god...They must be scared to death!" He didn't want to see her cry again, he tossed her his cell phone and she caught it easily, "Call them and tell them you are ok...But for my sake and your family's...don't tell them where you are."
She smiled at him and whispered, "Thank you so much. For everything." He just nodded and went to reside on the bed for a bit, he hadn't meant to but he fell asleep while she called her home. Kikyo was in her room crying when her phone began to ring, the number was Unavailable. She reached over and picked it up, "Hello, Kikyo speaking." Kikyo nearly fainted when she heard the voice of her beloved sister on the other end of the line, "KAGOME! Are you ok? Where are you? Tell me we'll come get you. what did they do to you? Kagome, are you harmed in any way?" Kikyo was stopped by her sister's light laughter, "Kagome this is not funny!" Kikyo was silent for a minute so she could give Kagome a chance to answer, "Kikyo, I'm fine. I can't tell you where I am, but I am perfectly safe...One of the fangs he...He saved me Kikyo, he told me that what Onigumo said is not true, they didn't kill mother, he was telling the truth, this guy has too much pride to lie about something like that...He said that we killed his father, the Leader of the fangs but I told him we didn't because I know we would not have done that...His father...He was killed the same day mother was!" Kikyo could ell her sister was out of breath. "Kagome...Why would Onigumo lie to us, he is one of ours." She heard her sister sigh before replying, "I don't know Kikyo...But...I trust this Fang. If what he says is true...all of this killing has been for nothing!" Kikyo could understand what he sister was saying, she would speak with the others later. "Kikyo...I have to go. I love you and I hope I'll see you soon. Bye." Kikyo was about to ask Kagome again where she was but all that she could her on the line now was the operator. As she hung up the phone Kikyo whispered, "I hope you are right Kagome...I hope you are right." Kikyo laid down once again but this time with no tears on her face and fell asleep once again.
After Kagome had hung up the phone, she walked over to the bed and saw that her mysterious demon looked soundly asleep. She smiled and sat down on the bed, being careful not to wake him, she started whispering to his supposedly slumbering figure, "I wonder...If you had been born a human, or me a demon...would you still loathe me so? What if our gangs were indeed set up by Onigumo...Or if we found a way to make peace between us...You say we all hate you and yours but...I don't hate you and neither does my sister Kikyo, in fact, I think she likes your brother...Inuyasha, you called him that night we let you live, I can't help but wonder if you really were the ones that killed everyone in that hotel..." She stopped her rambling when she felt a clawed and pulled her against a very well built torso, "I think no...I know it could have been different. As for you not hating me...The feeling is mutual...My brother does indeed like your sister but neither of us would work, it is against the rules of war...If we can stop the war, there may be a chance...But when Naraku told us that my father had been killed, it made my heart become as cold as ice...But now I can feel you melting that ice with every word you speak, every move you make, every touch you inflict upon me...You are giving me back my soul, I don't want to lose you...So I have to take you back to your turf soon or my followers would tear you apart, I can't let that happen I..." Realizing he was rambling he closed his eyes and held her closer to him.
She was at a loss for words so she stayed silent and wrapped her arms around him, cherishing this moment until she realized something, "I don't even know your name..." she smiled as he breathed in deeply, "It is Sesshomaru." They fell asleep in one another's arms while dreading the fact that they would have to part very soon. Inuyasha had been walking down the hall when he was stopped by the voice of a woman in his brother's room, it sounded as though she was talking to herself until his elder brothers voice cut through hers. After hearing his brother's confession to the woman he realized that the woman the demons in the bar had been talking about, the one Sesshomaru had told them to leave alone was the very same one that had allowed them to leave the Angel's lands unharmed, the sister of the lovely...No...Gorgeous woman in the faded blue jeans called Kikyo. Right then and there he decided that he would follow his brother and that woman to the place that Kikyo resided in. He would never admit it to Koga, Ayame, Naraku, or Shippo but he did truly want to get to know the woman who's scent was that of a Bellflower, it was ironic since that was what her lovely name meant. Inuyasha continued down the hall to his room where he thought about the strange priestess that had captured his heart, "Kikyo...You will be mine..." He laid on his bed and as soon as his head hit the pillow he was out like a light, although while he slept, his dog ears twitched every now and then. It took more than a week for the rain to stop even the slightest bit, Sesshomaru and Kagome knew that they would depart from each other some time this week.
Over the past week Kagome and Sesshomaru had grown very close, every morning he would wake her with an almost caring shake and a call of her name, he would then proceed to go up to the bar and tend to his duties, mainly making sure that it was spotless and that everyone was doing their jobs, before bringing a tray of food down for Kagome. This morning he was unusually open to her, while she picked at some fruit on the tray he leaned up against the wall and talked about how his father used to disappear whenever the new moon came around until one night he brought home Inuyasha. "Whenever I asked him about Inuyasha's mother he would get a dazed look in his eyes and turn to me, 'Always listen to your Youkai Sesshomaru, if you do your soul will truly find happiness' that's what he would say, always avoided the question." He chuckled, "I knew he had been cheating on my mother, at least 2 years before he brought Inuyasha home my mother killed herself. She was heartbroken when she finally figured out that Father was fucking another woman, a human woman nonetheless, The night she died she told me to live long and to find someone who made me truly happy, and never to betray that person because it would come back to haunt me..." Kagome's eyes filled with tears as he trailed off. She stood up on feet and walked over to him, the red carpet like velvet on her feet, she wrapped her arms around his torso and buried her face in the crook of his neck, She couldn't stop the tears that had begun to run down her cheeks.
"Kagome? Why do you shed tears?" He was completely clueless as to why she was crying, he embraced her as she whispered just loud enough so his demon hearing could pick it up, "Because you cannot..." Her words clung to the air as an uneasy silence took a hold of them both. "Oh...Kagome..." He pulled back and tilted her head up to look at him, his voice caught in his throat, "You're crying...For me? Stop this...I can't stand seeing you cry, even in the best of intentions." He closed his eyes as he whispered, "Please...Don't cry for me, I do not want to be the cause of your sadness..." She couldn't stand it anymore, the pull was just too strong, she leaned up and gently placed her lips on his. His eyes widened in shock as he felt the warmth of her lips against his before he closed his eyes and deepened the kiss, she felt his tongue dart out and run across her lips, pleading for entrance, she obliged and opened her mouth. His tongue darted into her mouth, tasting her moist cavern, she shyly began to imitate his actions and soon their tongues were fighting each other for dominance, he won by a long shot as he searched every inch of her mouth, they stayed that way for minutes, but to them it seemed like time had stopped. Sesshomaru was the first to pull back, when he opened his eyes the sight he saw made him want to ravish her mouth again, her eyes were closed, lips slightly parted, a light blush on her cheeks, and her breaths coming out short and heavy. She opened her eyes and chocolate brown eyes met amber orbs, he broke the gaze and looked at the door. "I-I will be back later tonight Kagome, there are some matters I need to take care of, would you like anything?" Kagome nodded, "Some chocolate would be nice, if you could..." She looked down still blushing. He padded over to the door, "Okay. I'll be back tonight." With that said he exited the room, locking it behind him before walking up the stairs with a tangle of thoughts running through his head.
Kagome sighed, placing her fingers on her lips she sat down on the bed with silk red sheets. 'Why did I kiss him? do I actually care for him or was it pity? Oh god, he's probably never gonna touch me again! Wait, I thought that was a good thing.' She sighed again and laid on the bed, all of that mornings events had worn her out, she looked over at the clock '4:00 PM, he should be back around 8, I guess I could catch up on four hours of sleep...' She closed her eyes and pictured Sesshomaru laying next to her with his arms wrapped around her, she fell asleep almost instantly.
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AN: Chapter 1 has now been edited and redone!
