ATTENTION!
There is graphic violence in this chapter. It is vital to the story, however it is potentially very disturbing. It doesn't even compare to last chapter. Proceed at your own discretion!
CH 5
The boy is crying.
It is quite irritating, enough so that Kouga is considering ending his life here and now. However, his fear of Lord Sesshomaru is stronger than his annoyance, so he satisfies himself with smacking the human on the back of the head.
"Ah, shut up, ya little runt."
The boy tries not to cry, but fat tears roll steadily down his cheeks. He whimpers softly.
Kouga sighs. He doesn't like this. Damn, hunting down that little inu hanyou years ago was more fun than this. What is that girl doing anyways? According to his Lord, she was supposed to be here some minutes ago.
Time passes by insufferably slowly, and Kouga is on the verge of setting out to see what held up the girl when a delicious scent floods his nose.
Ahh.
Almost unconsciously, he inhales, noting that it seems faintly familiar. Then he snaps to, berating himself for getting distracted so easily, and motions for his henchmen to begin with the torture.
As the boy's first screams begin to ring out, she arrives, limbs sweaty and face flushed. Despair is etched in every line of her body, and as Kouga looks her up and down, he decides he likes what he sees. Dark waves of hair framing a pale face, and a pair of beautiful blue eyes… Yes, very lovely. He will have to see about claiming her as his pet. But now, the issue is with her welp of a brother.
"Look who decided to join the party," he calls, addressing the girl but looking at the boy as he grabs his chin roughly. His pack have surrounded the girl and are holding her back.
"Let him go!" she shouts, and to his surprise, there is no pleading her voice. Just firm determination. What a reprieve from the usual begging and groveling he usually receives from humans. Another reason he wants her.
"Tell me, sweetness, why should I do that?"
She glares at him. "Because I'll be a more interesting punching bag."
Kouga grins. "I agree, sugar. Unfortunately, your brother has been a pesky brat, and we've been told to dispose of him."
"That's a lie!" she cries. "You know the rules, youkai! You must leave alone the humans who work hard and stay under your feet. And I know that my brother is quiet, industrious, and submissive! Leave him alone!"
She's speaking so firmly to him, it's kind of turning him on. He can't wait to play with this one. "Sorry, darling. Orders are orders." Kouga casually nicks the boy directly under his eyebrow, causing blood to drip into his eye. His puny arms are restrained, so he can't wipe it away. This is fun.
"Sister! Help me!"
"Stop it! Kill me instead. You know you'll enjoy it more! This human or that, what does it matter?"
She's talking to him, trying to distract him, but Kouga has smelled blood. Almost as if he's in a trance, he rips the boy's shirt away from his body and drags his claws down his stomach. The human screams and writhes under his touch. He loves it.
"Stop it!"
Her voice, though lovely, fades to an faint nagging in his consciousness as he breathes in the delicious scent of blood. This one actually smells quite tasty, really unique from the rest of the humans. Kouga can't help himself and he sinks onto his knees, his tongue flicking out to trace the rivulets of blood streaming down the boy's bare, trembling torso.
Ahhhh…
Kouga suddenly stands up and hits the boy hard across the face, sending a couple teeth flying.
More screaming, both in front of and behind him.
He's in a daze now as he leans forward and captures the boy's lips in a devouring kiss. The blood, it's so intoxicating. He's never tasted anything like it before. There's a purity that makes his tongue tingle, and it's addicting. He wants more. More. He draws back and hits the boy again and again. He rakes his claws down those frail shoulders, those thin arms.
Soon the boy's flesh is tattered, and Kouga is in sheer bliss as his tongue caresses the human all over, licking up all the blood he can get. The wolf demon is panting now, and his eyes are bleeding red. This blood, why does it taste so good?
Desperate for more, Kouga plunges his hand deep into the boy's stomach, ignoring his frantic thrashing, and draws it out, a fistful of something dark in his hand. Behind him, there's a shrill wailing, but he tunes it out. He tears into the steaming hot liver, and the taste that floods his mouth is divine. His fangs are elongating, and the whites of his eyes are completely red as he goes back in for more.
The human is limp, tears streaming down his bloody face. Kouga motions for his pack to pin the boy face up to the ground. He drops to his hands and knees and buries his face in the gaping hole in his abdomen and feasts. The blood is getting everywhere. It's smeared on his face, it streaks his hair, it's spattered on his clothes, but he doesn't care, because he's in pure ecstasy. He eats and he eats, and his soul youkai is raging inside of him, growing and swelling. At some point, he gives up control, and he is in his true form, a great, towering wolf with slavering jaws who swallows the bottom half of the boy in one gulp and sniffs at what's left, scarlet eyes glowing. With a snarl, Kouga finishes off the boy, the bones crunching between his fangs. His whole body shivers. He feels so powerful, so… insatiated.
He turns his great head and Kouga looks down at his pack, who howl up at him in their human forms, and the girl, who is shaking as they hold her securely. They cheer for him, their alpha, their leader.
Dimly, he remembers that he is not supposed to harm the girl, but his soul youkai is hungry. He wants more. Kouga stalks forward, intent on devouring the girl, but a malicious pulse of dark youki holds him at bay.
The Lord Alpha.
His soul youkai acknowledges the Great Dog Leader as the ultimate alpha, and it backs down rather reluctantly, slinking back into the depths of Kouga's consciousness. He begins the transformation back into a human, and before he knows it, he is on his hands and knees again, and his hair has fallen out of its ponytail. He's covered in blood and snow.
He rises to his feet, trying to tame his mind. He grins at the girl with bloody fangs. "You can let her go now," he tells his pack, his voice still gravelly. They obey, albeit roughly, and she stumbles forward, her head hanging forward.
"I hope you and your family have learned a lesson here today," he says nonchalantly, as if he has not just devoured her little brother whole. "Take care that you don't step out of line in the future." He turns on his heel, but an uneasy prickle in the back of his mind makes him look back.
She's still looking down, her hair falling forward to obscure her face. Slowly, she looks up, and the hairs on the back of his neck rise. Her eyes are glowing.
"What the fuck…"
Her aura, barely detectable before, is expanding and churning around them, a tempest of chilling ill-intent. Kouga and his pack back away as one, murmuring uneasily.
"Hey, what's going on?"
The girl screams, an eerie, heart-wrenching caterwaul that pierces their sensitive ears. Her spiritual energy slams into them, and his pack is purified on the spot.
Kouga, blistering and sizzling, is shocked. The purity is just like her brother's, only much more potent. Suddenly, the blood in his stomach is as heavy as iron, weighing him down as he tries to run.
"She's a fucking miko," he manages to get out, and then there's a flash of gray light, an instant of an eternity of burning agony, and then…
There's nothing.
...And that's Day Seven of 12 Days of Christmas, in which I update a SessKag story or post a oneshot every day up until and including Christmas Day!
Previously, we had Caged Miko: a canon piece in which Kagome is captured and sold into slavery, and ends up in Sesshomaru's hands.
Next, we'll have... (well I don't really know, this was my last fully prepared chapter. I have a rough complete draft of) A Petal in Murky Waters, however: When his mother curses him with a mortal's appearance and banishes him to a human village in hopes of teaching him a lesson, Sesshomaru doesn't expect to find someone worthy of being his mate, his refusal to do so among the noble ladies of the court being the very reason he was cast away in the first place. Oh, the irony.
Also I have my last three finals tomorrow, so hopefully I'll get time to polish up aPiMW and jot down more updates ;)
Cheers!
Philosophy Blue