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What Was Meant to Happen
A growl came from me as I stared hatefully at the older demon. Sesshoumaru just looked coldly at them for talking about me as if I was nothing more than a horse. 'These bastards, I'll kill them!' Cracking my claws, I was about to lunge at the old man when Sesshoumaru took hold of my wrist.
"Let me go so I can kill him!" I demanded.
"At least your spirit has not died like your memory has," the elder demon laughed.
"I said shut up you little insect!" I growled again, trying to wriggle out of Sesshoumaru's hold.
One of the younger demons came forward and stood beside the elder. 'So they're there to protect him. What a coward. Hiding behind damn guards, what the hell is his problem?'
"Sesshoumaru, lord of the western lands, is protecting you, Fox. You show him respect but not to your own elder!" the younger demon growled with a small smirk.
"If he's my elder then he should have been the one to find me when I was a child! I respect who I choose and it sure as hell won't be him!" I growled back.
Sesshoumaru pulled me behind him and then stood in front of me. 'What the hell is he doing? Why is he keeping me from slaughtering that bastard?' I wondered as I caught my own ground.
"Lord Sesshoumaru, allow us to take the girl for the day. We will tell her all she wishes to know, and then you can have her back. That child is very troublesome and has lost my patience," the older demon said as he took a step forward.
"There's no way in hell that I'm going with you!" I cursed so low that only I could hear.
Sesshoumaru was silent still, but then made his decision.
"Fox, go with these demons. They have the reason you came looking for. When they are through with you, come find me and we shall go back to the castle," he said in such a calm voice that it frightened me.
"Wait, you want me to go with them?"
"Do as you are asked Fox and I won't force you to stay at my castle," Sesshoumaru said, looking back at me.
"Fine," I grumbled as I took a step towards the older demon.
"Till night then. You, lord Sesshoumaru, may take a hut of your choice. Our little fox will find you there later."
With that, Sesshoumaru walked towards the village by scent and I was dragged by two demons in the opposite direction.
'If these guys were smart, they'd let me go!' I thought with a growl. The scent of water filled the area and a loud sound boomed through the trees. The four other demons knew exactly what they were doing and it was that which bothered me. 'Why the hell are we going near water? And that sound, is it a waterfall?' My guess was right. We stopped at the ledge of a cliff that was half the size of a large waterfall.
"Why the hell d'you bring me here you old coot? If you plan on killing me, you were better off doing it in front of Sesshoumaru!" I growled hatefully.
The two younger demons held tightly to my arms as the elder turned and smashed his staff across my right cheek. 'That little bastard!' I tried to lunge at him but couldn't free myself from the two's hold.
"Fox, I've had enough of your little act! I know that you remember what you were meant to do, so why the hell didn't you do it?" the elder demanded.
"Listen up old man! I don't know who you are! So don't hit me with your wooden stick like I did something wrong!" I growled in a deadly voice, so deadly that I felt the other two flinch.
The older man turned towards the waterfall and laughed.
"Then I guess I'll have to explain it to you! Your parents were killed when you were but a child."
"That's a no-brainer! Otherwise they'd be here now wouldn't they?"
For those words I got a cold glare and then the older demon continued.
"The northern lands had always been at war with the west. You were a child, but you had power to end that war. So we sent you to go into the western plains and assassinate the lord there!"
I froze at the words I was hearing. A small growl escaped me as I knew the elder had to be lying. 'I can't kill Sesshoumaru! He's too strong for me now, let alone when I was a child.'
"Stop lying old man! I can't kill Sesshoumaru! One, he found me and took me in. And two, he's too strong for me to fight against!"
"You were sent to kill him, and you will kill him if you know what's best for you!"
Ten years ago…
I was in the village and the elder walked up to me. My parents had died a month before and it hadn't really bothered me all that much. 'Why is the elder here?' I looked up at the old man with curious eyes. I had small acts of violence from time to time and sometimes large rocks would be destroyed.
"Fox, you need to do something for the sake of your village. We are at war with the west and the lord there is very strong. You are violent and I'm sure that with your demonic powers, you can defeat him," the old man explained with a small smirk.
"Is there something wrong with the warriors that are out fighting, elder?" I wondered with some curiosity.
He sighed and looked to the outskirts of the village. Everything was surrounded by trees and there was a mountain on one side. Its peak was high and on the other side of it was the lady's castle.
"Unfortunately, they are not skilled enough for such a task and not nearly strong enough."
'He wants me to go into the western plains and kill the lord there? I am an eight year old girl and he suspects that I can take him out?' I shrugged and then thought it would be rather fun.
"Alright elder, I'll do it," I agreed before walking towards the waterfall that I always thought at.
Little did I know that the elder only wanted to be rid of both the western lord and myself.
I walked through the trees and sighed with a small smile on my face. 'If only they could see me now! I know that they hated it when I did something someone else told me to do, but maybe it would make them happy if I didn't cause so much trouble.'
"Aw man how fun this is gunna be!" I laughed as the wind blew slightly through the forest.
A small scent caught my nose and I looked behind me. 'That jerk is following me again!'
"Dain, go away! You're annoying and I don't like you so bug off!" I growled with annoyance.
A small laugh was heard and then there was a small rustle in the trees.
"Come one Fox, I know you do!" he mocked playfully as he hung upside down in front of my face.
"I do not! Never have! So stop following me around just because you like me!" I growled as I turned back around and continued walking.
'Dain is so annoying! He's ten and he follows me around like a lost puppy!' I turned my walk into a run and stopped on the cliff. With a sigh, I sat down and looked at the shining water that fell from the waterfall.
"It's beautiful," Dain said calmly from behind me.
"What do you want Dain? I wish you would stop following me around all the time," I said, closing my eyes and getting to my feet.
"I heard what the elder wants you to do. You realize that he just wants you to go on a suicide mission, right?" Dain asked with some worry in his voice.
'I deserve it. Ever since they died, I guess I kind of lost it and went smashing things more often. Not to mention all the trouble I've caused around the village.'
I clenched my fist and looked at Dain with somewhat upset eyes.
"If he's a demon lord, then yeah, I realize it. But, if I come back alive, then you have to throw a party!" I said with a smirk.
Dain was surprised by my words and then looked at me seriously.
"Fox, I have feelings for you, you know that. If you survive and come back, then you better come back as you are now," he said softly.
'I can't return those feelings for you Dain. I'm eight and nothing but a waste of skin.'
"You got it Dain, even though you are a jerk!" I mocked playfully.
"Hopefully after this moment, you won't have to remember what you were meant to do."
"What?" I laughed.
Dain took a few steps toward me, trapping me at the ledge of the cliff where the waterfall was. 'What is he doing? Is he going to make me jump?'
"Know that I do this for your sake, Fox. If what I want to happen happens, then you won't remember me or out village. You may not even remember your own name, but I will not send you to death," Dain said solemnly as he looked at me with sad eyes.
I watched as tears started to fall down his cheeks. It was then that he pushed me off the high cliff into the water.
"Dain you jerk!" I shouted before my body collided with the fast moving water.
'I can't breathe!' I cried in my mind as I came up for air. Everything was sucked under the fast moving water, including myself. I tried to see underwater, but only succeeded in getting the sight of nothing but water. The loud sound of the falls slowly faded away as I was dragged further and further from it. 'I can't breathe! The water's everywhere!' Then my back slammed against a rock, knocking the wind out of me. Suddenly everything went black and silent.
When I woke up, I was far downstream and it was night. My back flowed with pain, which made it hard to breathe. My hair and clothes were soaked, not to mention that there was wet sand on my face. 'Where am I?... What happened?' I wondered, looking around. Everything smelt like the water I had dragged my legs out of. The water that I had inhaled while underwater blocked my sense of smell. 'Who… who am I? What is this place?' I walked out of a barrier and when I realized I had, I chucked a rock at it to see if I could get back in. 'this place is unfamiliar. I don't know where I am and it's strange.' I stopped and winced slightly at the pain in my back. I had hit something hard and whatever it had been, took away all that I remembered. A voice called out to me and I looked around to see if anyone was there. 'Fox… Why is that name familiar? Am I Fox?' Placing a hand on my head, I tried to clear my thoughts but nothing came to mind.
"Why, why can't I remember?" I whispered, dropping my hand to look at it.
A twig snapped and it brought me back to reality. When I faced forward again I caught sight of a silver figure watching me. 'Who is he?' I asked myself as I looked at him with curiosity. The strange demon walked closer to me and I took a step away to keep some distance.
"A small child, a demon child," he said rather coldly.
A small strike of fear went through me from the cold sound of the demon's voice. His golden eyes looked at me with some curiosity.
"One of those northern vermin. No matter, this lord will take you in."
'Lord? This demon is a lord?'
"Do you have a name young wench?" he growled slightly.
I nodded, "It's Fox."
"Fox, I am lord Sesshoumaru. Learn it well!"
Present…
'I won't do it! These bastards can't make me.' A hate filled growl came from me as I remembered what had happened.
"You sent me on an attempt for him to kill me. You only wanted me to kill Sesshoumaru so he would kill me too!"
The elder laughed when he heard my words.
"So you remember now do you? I see that you also realize what I meant to happen to you. Still, you will kill Sesshoumaru if you do not wish to die yourself."
The elder bashed his staff over my head and I winced slightly, not really feeling it. 'They can go ahead and kill me. I'm probably going to be killed by Sesshoumaru anyway!'
"Be my guess and kill me!" I said in a mocking tone with a smirk on my face.
"Insolent wench!" one of the two demons growled at me.
When he was about to strike me, I tripped him and then used my now free hand to punch the other demon.
"Hey old man, try to catch me now!" I laughed as I jumped over him and into the water.
'I can swim now so I shouldn't hit my head or anything again.' I held my breath for as long as I could before going up for air again.
"Damn it!" I cursed as I swam to land.
The elder didn't follow me and I growled at the thought of that bastard ordering me around. 'I will not kill Sesshoumaru. Not even for my own life. Reiku, lady of the northern lands, I know that this was your plan as well.' I thought as I started running towards the village.
When I arrived there, a bunch of children had seen me and then chased after me. 'What the hell is wrong with these kids? They're like rabid monkeys or something! What did I do?'
"Kitty!" one child cried overjoyed.
"I'm not a cat!" I cried as I ran away from them.
They chased me all around the village until I caught Sesshoumaru's scent. 'Sesshoumaru was near by here. He picked that hut over there, but where the hell did he go?' I jumped onto the roof of the hut and then down the other side of it.
"Aw, where'd the kitty go?"
'I'm not a god damn cat! If I run into that kid again something might happen to him and it won't be my fault. It'll just have to be Jaken's fault!' I laughed to myself and then quickly ducked into the hut without being noticed by the small group of kids.
"Lousy no good little demons. I can't believe that they think I'm a frigging cat! Do I look like a stupid feline? I don't even have cat ears or a hell forsaken tail!" I grumbled as I sat against the darkened wall of the hut.
It was a fair size with, unfortunately for me, only one bed. 'Sesshoumaru was in here, but by the scent it wasn't for very long.' With a sigh I looked up at the ceiling and brought my legs to my chest.
"I can't believe that old man," I growled, remembering how he had hit me with his stupid wooden stick.
'I remember now, but now I wish I still didn't remember. Dain had loved me, that little bastard. They wanted me to kill Sesshoumaru, want me to kill Sesshoumaru. That Reiku has everything to do with it, I know she does. That old elder doesn't do or say anything without her stupid consent first.'
Sesshoumaru was walking through the forest, wandering wherever he had felt. When he stopped he let out a small growl and looked to the left with just his golden eyes.
"Should you really be trying to get rid of me at this time, since you've lost sight in your one eye?" he asked coldly, not wanting to have to fight someone.
The demon that had come to the castle and answered to Sesshoumaru, jumped down from a tree and looked at the lord's back.
"Sesshoumaru, I've seen how you've tried to make Fox fall in love with you and how she's rejected you. You desire her but she is not so sure of what she wants," Dain said calmly, not wanting to start a fight either.
At Dain's boldness, Sesshoumaru turned towards him and gave him and cold stare.
"Fox is free willed, but I will claim her with her agreement."
Dain smiled slightly. He had figured something out, the reason why Sesshoumaru had let him live.
"If I hadn't of said to be grateful for Fox's company, you would have killed me on the spot, wouldn't you Sesshoumaru?" Dain asked with a rather happy tone.
"Do you wished to be killed now?" he growled back warningly.
"Not at all Sesshoumaru. I'm just saying, don't take Fox lightly. If she has to, she will fight back as I'm sure already know."
"Stay away from her if you know what's good for you. When a demon gets overprotective of the one they desire, they fight to protect them from what may get close to them," Sesshoumaru said as he walked by Dain, back towards the village.
When Sesshoumaru was gone from Dain's sight, he chuckled slightly to himself.
"Fox was sent to kill you Sesshoumaru. Would your feelings for her be the same if I hadn't of pushed her off that cliff?"
Night started to fall over the sky and the hut became darker from the setting sun. My eyes had adjusted quickly to the dark and I could see everything that moved from both inside and outside the hut. 'I never asked Sesshoumaru why he took me in, but only assumed that he had felt sorry for me. I just don't understand how there's a way for me to be able to kill the one who tried to take care of me.' I laughed slightly at the thought and for some reason a small stream of tears fell down my cheeks. 'Why the hell am I crying? Am I not laughing or am I just trying to make this look like it's no big deal?' Footsteps were heard outside. They were walking a steady pace which seemed kind of weird. 'Am I crying because I have feelings for Sesshoumaru, or just because I'm an idiot?' It was then that his scent caught my nose. His scent was unique and it smelt good to me. I hadn't even noticed how good it smelt until I had found out that I was supposed to kill him. The whole time I had spent in the hut, I hadn't even realized that I had been inhaling his warm scent. 'I won't kill Sesshoumaru. I… I can't do it. If I did it would just hurt too much. I've spent a longer time with him than I did with my own parents.' My red eyes wandered to the doorway and waited there until I had seen the lord come to it.
"Fox, why were you crying? You never cry," he said calmly.
I unsteadily got to my feet when he walked closer to me. My heart was pounding with confusion and feelings I had only felt several times before. With one swift movement, I had wrapped my arms around Sesshoumaru's waist without realizing it. The lord was surprised but then wrapped both of his arms around me.
"I… I can't do it!"
"Fox," Sesshoumaru whispered with some confusion.
"I can't do it! I just can't! I don't care what that old man does to me, he's a worn out mule anyway! I won't…" I said with frustration threading my voice.
A growl came from Sesshoumaru at hearing my words. That old demon threatened me and he had made me go with them.
"Did that vermin threaten you Fox? Did he say he would harm you if you didn't do something?"
"I don't need you to protect me lord Sesshoumaru. I just can't… I just can't kill you!"
I could feel Sesshoumaru's claws dig into my shoulders slightly and it caused me to wince. 'Is he mad at me? Did I do something wrong?' I dared to look up at the lord as I could smell something in his scent change. His claws stopped digging into my shoulders and then he pulled me into a tight embrace against him. My face was against his chest and I could feel the warmth from his body. I inhaled his warm scent as he held me protectively against him. He released me for a moment and then sat against the wall.
"Fox, come," he said in a gentle tone.
I obeyed the lord and sat against him before he wrapped both arms around me protectively once again. 'Why is Sesshoumaru being so kind to me right now? I don't understand it. This feeling I that's pounding through me right now, I think I love Sesshoumaru.' I thought with a small smile on my face, welcomed by his comfort.
"Will you become my mate Fox? For if you do, then I intend on claiming you this night when you are rested enough for me to have you," Sesshoumaru whispered into my ear, causing a shiver to be sent down my spine.
End of Chapter 6
Hello again everyone. Lol. I hope that you all enjoyed that chapter. That's right you people get your lousy lemon in the next chapter. Sorry Carri but it has to be done. : ) : ) Sorry about any mistakes guys. And I'm really sorry if the end kind of sucked. As I said it is really late and my mind isn't working at all. : ) : ) Please R&R and I'll try to update as soon as I can!