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Birthright
My heart started to pound from both over joy and some fear of being bound to be a mother. 'I'm pregnant? I can't be a mother yet, can I? Is it possible that that could really happen so soon?' Sesshoumaru inhaled my scent as he held me protectively against him.
"You're officially my mate and I am officially yours," he said calmly, sounding slightly tired.
"So, what you're saying is that I now carry your child?" I whispered as if speaking those words too loud would draw any villager's attention.
"My pups are inside of you, and if anyone tries to challenge you in some way, I cannot allow you to fight them."
'Pups?! So there are two of them?' I used my left hand to take Sesshoumaru's off me.
"We should leave son. I don't think it's wise to stay around for much longer," I said quietly, sitting up from the bed.
'They're gathering. The demons around here are coming to the village. Soon even the villagers will be sensing something different around here.' My eyes wandered around the hut, looking for my shirt and my pants. I had no clue where my scarf was, but I figured it fell off when I dove off the cliff.
"Those demons are weaker. No need to worry about such inferior demons."
"You don't understand Sesshoumaru. Now that I remember what happened a long time ago, my birthright comes with it," I said solemnly.
'I just remembered it when I found out I was pregnant. Now I know why I wasn't in a hurry to mate with anyone.'
Thirteen years ago…
My parents came outside to find me, since I was out playing in the forest. I didn't hear them calling me, only their footsteps coming closer through the trees. 'This is a pretty place. I think I'll come here more often! The waterfall makes everything look pretty!' I thought with a smile.
"Pretty, pretty, pretty," I whispered, sitting on the cliff that was in front of the large waterfall.
"Fox, there you are!" a familiar voice said from behind me.
'It's 'him' again!' I thought with some annoyance. Dain stood behind me with a smile on his face.
"What do you want? You aren't gunna get me mad again are you?"
"My dad said that my mom is his mate and they said that it was because they were mates that I was born. Since I really like you, I want to be your mate!" he said as he walked over to me.
"I'm afraid that we can't allow Fox to mate. Not until she's a strong demon to take care of her self," my mother said from behind.
"Dain, leave for now and then you can come back later. Fox's parents and I need to have a word with her alone," another woman said as she slowly came towards us as well.
'Lady Reiku, why is she here? I really don't like her and I don't know why. She always gives me a bad feeling.' Crossing my arms, I didn't look backwards to see her some into sight. Both of my parents bowed to her in respect, but I didn't even turn to greet the woman.
Dain left with worry flowing into his scent and looked back towards the waterfall when he disappeared into the forest.
"Fox, do you know why nobody wishes to do things with you?" Reiku asked as she came a little closer to the cliff.
"Because I get mad easily and because I don't want them to be around me," I said quietly, staring out into the waterfall.
"They're afraid of you. They're all afraid that you will destroy them when you become older. Once you mate with another, demons will gather around the village to fight you and you alone," the lady explained, about to rest her hand on my shoulder.
'Whatever, I just won't mate then. It's not that hard to not let a male touch me!'
"Don't touch me. Just go away and leave me alone. I know that it's selfish and disrespectful but unless you want me being a troublemaker again then you won't touch me!" I warned her.
My mother walked forward and then rubbed the hair on my head.
"You shouldn't disrespect the lady of the northern lands, Fox. It was your birthright to have this happen, and it will not leave you," she said softly into my ear.
"Mother, I get the point. I just won't mate and then we'll have nothing to worry about. If Dain or anyone else tries it then I'll beat the crap out of them," I replied, shrugging off her hand.
My father didn't say anything. He knew that no matter what was said, I wouldn't listen because of my stubbornness. I got to my feet and dug my bare toes into the green grass of the cliff.
"I'm going down stream to be alone now, since it's the only way I can have seem to have fun," I said so quietly that even my mother barely heard.
Looking down the waterfall, I jumped off the cliff to the cliff near the falls. When I took hold of the rocks with one hand, my other grabbed hold of a vine that was holding me up. Then I put both feet on the rocks below and jumped into the water, going down stream towards the shore.
'My birthright. As if! It's my curse that sets this all on me. My curse is to one day change into another creature that will wreck everything in the village.' I climbed onto the riverbank and sat at the edge. The water was moving swiftly over the rocks in the river. 'Funny, if I had kept going through the river, the nothing would have to happen and I wouldn't matter.' My feet were stinging slightly, and that caught my attention.
"Blood?" I whispered, looking to the water below my feet.
Lifting my feet to the grass, I looked at the bottoms of them. All under my toes, at the ball of my foot, the skin was ripped because I jumped to the other side of the cliff. 'If this wasn't my own blood, I'd probably rip something apart, or hunt someone down.' I closed my eyes and fell onto my back with a sigh. There were footsteps coming closer at a fast speed and I heard them over dead branches.
"Someone's coming," I whispered, opening my eyes and looking in the direction of the sound.
'Aw man, they'll smell the blood from my feet. I guess jumping from the cliff wasn't that smart of an idea.' Getting onto my feet, I looked for a place to hide. There was no way that I was going to allow myself to be attacked by another demon. I jumped into a tree not too far from where I was before. 'If I'm lucky it will be a stupid demon and it won't smell me or my blood. Then again, knowing my luck, it will be a smart demon and I'll have to fight against it.' My heart was pounding and then I caught the scent of a dog.
"That can't be good," I whispered to myself.
The demon came right underneath the tree I was in and stopped at the opening by the riverbed. 'Darn it. It's a demon like me. They can change form from human to demon when they choose. I unfortunately, will one day change without warning.'
"Blood," the demon whispered.
'Oh crap!'
I didn't move. I didn't dare to barely breathe because of what the demon had said. 'It's a guy. He has long silver hair and red flowers on his clothes. What's with the long fluffy thing?' I watched as the demon turned towards my direction and I caught a glimpse of the coldness in his eyes.
"Alright vermin, show your self!" he demanded, looking straight at me.
'Should I show myself? If I stay here I'll be hunted down and it I choose to show myself, then I'll probably have to fight.'
"Show yourself or I'll drag you from where you are," his voice demanded once again.
Sighing, I jumped down from the tree and looked at the demon cautiously. 'He's gunna kill me. I'm so going to die. Maybe I should. Then no one would have to grieve or fear the future.' The demon walked over to me with a growl coming from his throat. He was a lot taller than I was and I had to look up, obviously, to look at his face.
"Whoa!" I gasped with surprise.
"A northern runt," he said coldly towards me.
"I'll just go home now. I didn't know that someone else was coming," I said innocently, taking a step backwards.
"Allow me to see your foot."
"What?" I laughed, taking another step backwards.
Blood was all over the grass from my feet bleeding and the demon knew exactly where I was injured.
"Allow me to see your foot northern vermin. I do not wish to kill you if I do not have to," the demon growled again.
"If you're going to call me vermin then why should I?" I mocked, taking a step away from him once again.
I didn't want to fight, but if I had to, I would end up fighting back. 'I have to get out of here before he tries to kill me, or before he does kill me.' The demon took hold of my foot before I could think about jumping away. Falling over, I was on my back and my butt was in the air since the demon had hold of both feet.
"If I'm just a vermin, what makes you even try to care?" I growled, annoyed with me position.
"Then you can grow older and I can kill you then," he replied, taking hold of a piece of rock that was covered in blood.
I winced as I felt him pull it out and dug my claws into the grass.
"Why wouldn't you just kill me now? Wouldn't tat be easier for you, you western dog?"
The demon stopped looking at my feet and looked at my face coldly. He lifted me by my ankles and walked towards the river.
"I hope that northern vermin can swim," he growled, lifting me above the flowing water.
'Great, looks like I get to go even farther downstream.' I thought, crossing my arms with some disappointment. The demon let go of me and I fell head first into the water. With that, the demon left the northern lands. I didn't get out of the river until almost night fall because every time I got hold of a large rock, a fish would fly and hit my face to make me let go.
"Stupid, lousy, no good, piece of monkey…!" I cried.
Present…
I looked at Sesshoumaru and then turned towards the doorway. 'If I change into the creature now, what will happen to Sesshoumaru's child? How will I know how to have it if I'm transformed into a killing machine?'
"You're better off to stay away from me Sesshoumaru. I'm not fit to be alive, let alone to be your mate or carry your child," I said quietly.
"It's too late for your regrets, little Fox. You took your chance to mate and now carry a child. I do wonder though, what will become of you or the child?" a woman's voice laughed from the doorway.
'Reiku… Damn it. I knew she had part of this!' A growl escaped me at just the though of her name.
"Lord Sesshoumaru, I was surprised to find you were still alive as well as her still being alive. I never expected that you two could live together at all, let alone mate," Reiku laughed as she came in view at the doorway.
Both Sesshoumaru and I were dressed except he didn't have his hoari or armor on.
"Lady Reiku, nor did I expect you would send a cursed child after me. A poor assassination attempt," he replied, walking forward and blocking the way from Reiku to me.
"We'll leave. I have no desire to be here anyway. Why would I want to stay in the same village that holds the past?" I growled, looking away from her gaze.
A laugh came from Reiku. She found the situation amusing that I hated this place more than anything. 'Sesshoumaru knew that I was cursed, but he doesn't know what the curse will be.'
"So I see you have not told him what that curse will do to you. That birthright of yours, it has always been your curse, hasn't it little Fox?" Reiku mocked me, calling me by the name that had been mine when I was younger.
"Shut up you bitch! He doesn't need to know! Not from you!" I growled back hatefully.
'I can't let her be the one to tell him. I hate her with my entire soul! Why they all hold the same hate for me, I will always know and will hold it as my guilt.'
"I see I hit a sore spot on you Fox. I'm rather surprised that you would show me any emotion at all," Reiku laughed at me.
I winced slightly and glanced at the wall. 'Screw her!' A ran for the wall and Sesshoumaru blocked my way within a second.
"You knew I was cursed, didn't you?" I whispered, feeling scared for what he may do.
My heart was pounding for his answer, but it never came. 'He hates me too! All he wanted was someone to bring him an heir!' I looked away from him too and then jumped as high as I could, breaking through the roof. There were demons everywhere, hiding and even showing themselves in numerous places. 'Why did he have to pick me for it? Why couldn't it have been Ming or some other whore of the castle? Why did it have to be me?' I desperately wanted answers, but I didn't want them from the ones who knew of my birthright.
Sesshoumaru ran after, taking Reiku as if she didn't exist at all at that moment. I picked up his scent and knew that it was right behind me. A demon came from the ground and I slashed my claws through the air toward it, sending electricity in jagged claw marks. With that, a pulse came from my body and I knew that the curse was starting to take form. 'Damn it! Things just don't seem to like to go my way anymore!'
"Do not run from me Fox. I do not wish to have to harm you," Sesshoumaru growled.
Running through the forest, I dodged more demons than I could even think about attacking, but heard their fable cries as Sesshoumaru killed them instead. 'All he wanted was someone to use as his desire!' I ran ahead of him and ran towards the river. When I came to the opening where I had seen Sesshoumaru and he had demanded to see my feet, I jumped into a tree and stopped. It was there that I waited for him to arrive, though I did not wait long. Sesshoumaru appeared at the opening as well and stopped.
"Leave me alone!" I growled with demand, trying to keep myself from attacking him.
"I do not wish to leave you," he replied calmly, looking at me with his golden eyes.
'He doesn't love me! He tricked me into thinking I loved him so he could place himself within me and brand me as his property!' I dug my claws into the bark of the tree with hatred towards the thought of Sesshoumaru.
"Do you believe that this fate is your curse? To carry my child is a great honor, and I chose you for my mate," Sesshoumaru started.
"Shut up!" I growled.
"Someone who desires to give in to ignorance should not have that honor."
"Shut up!" I demanded again.
At that moment, everything went blank but I knew that the curse was finally taking its toll. My skin turned a dark brown and my ears started to become longer like a rabbits. My face took on the appearance of a savage dog and my teeth became fangs that could tear anything apart. Wolf like paws became my feet and my hands turned into sharp claws. Fur appeared all over my body and a fox like tail grew from my behind. The mid part of my body transformed into the form of a dog. Nothing made sense and I couldn't even think. All I wanted to do was slaughter everything that dared to cross my path. I jumped down from the tree branch, landing on all fours.
"So this was what was to befall you. How fitting that you have the tail of a fox," Sesshoumaru said coldly.
He didn't look or sound fazed by what had happened. I growled deeply, wanting nothing more than to break his neck and kill even more than that. I ran at him with fast footsteps and tried to dig my fangs into his shoulder. He merely moved to the side and saw that nothing of my normal body was left, not even the eyes.
"Possessed by a spirit made of time and hatred, this is what was meant to kill you Sesshoumaru. Behold the spirit known as Kidachi!" Reiku said from the shadows of the trees.
"The Kidachi," Sesshoumaru whispered, watching my every movement as he dodged each of my attacks.
A hated growl came from me as I became upset with not being able to attack him.
"Kill him Fox! Kill every last one of them!" a hated voice said from within the darkness of my mind.
'I can't. It's not right Kidachi! They may have reasons to die, but Sesshoumaru does not!' I argued back.
"Then kill that woman you hate so much."
'I can't!'
I raised both of my claws to my ears to make the spirit stop and to make everything make sense again. A pain filled growl escaped my gritted teeth and I looked at Sesshoumaru once again.
"Kill them for hating you. Hate them!" the voice growled again.
Placing both claws back on the ground, I ran at Sesshoumaru once again. When I went to attack, he dodged, and an after image was left in front of him. Coming from the shadows, I dug my fangs into his right shoulder and grabbed his other shoulder with a clawed hand. Blood came from the wound and went down his bare chest.
"Damn, Fox," Sesshoumaru growled, taking hold of my arms and throwing me over his head.
Before I could land, Sesshoumaru's whip collided with my forehead and then my shoulder. I could feel the blood gushing from both places.
"She doesn't even know who you are anymore Sesshoumaru. You might as well kill her before she kills you. A remnant like her could never really feel anything towards anything anyway," Reiku laughed with an evil smirk.
"Shut up!" I growled with Kidachi's voice mixed with mine.
Dain had heard that someone had run out of the village, following a woman who jumped through the roof. When he had arrived at the opening, he was horrified at what he saw.
"That's the Kidachi spirit," he whispered, knowing who it really was.
"I'm not a remnant!" I growled again.
Dain took a step and my ears had picked up his movements. My gaze quickly fell onto him and then I found myself attacking him.
"Fox, come to your senses!" he shouted at me as he dodged my attacks.
"Do not waste your breath Dain. She is no longer sane enough to hear your words. Kidachi is too powerful of a spirit to be able to stop by simply calling her name," Reiku laughed again.
I ran at Dain once again and before I could even reach him, Sesshoumaru blocked my way.
"Get out of here," he growled to Dain.
For once, Dain listened to him and he left. I tackled Sesshoumaru to the ground, claws digging into his shoulders and my face above his. Blood dripped from my forehead as I stared down at his face with a hateful growl towards him. My ears were pulled back as my blood red eyes stared into his.
"Do you wish to have such ignorance as to bear my child as a curse? Or do you desire to give up as a coward would?" Sesshoumaru growled at me.
"What?" I hissed.
"A coward would have no honor," he growled again.
'A coward..? I can't hurt him anymore. Give me back my body Kidachi! I refuse to kill or hate him!'
A pulse came from my body and I slowly started to change back to my normal self. My clothes were as they were before and my eyes went back to their normal shade of red. The only difference was that my hair was at my shoulders. All my energy was drained from my body and I passed out, rolling to beside Sesshoumaru. He looked at me with somewhat worried eyes before losing that emotion and looking at Reiku.
"How is that possible? The Kidachi spirit is unstoppable once it's unleashed. I don't understand!" she yelled, angry with what had happened.
Sesshoumaru got to his feet and then touched the blood that was still coming from his shoulder.
"I believe you are the remnant," he said coldly.
Waking up, I pushed myself to my feet and looked at the blurry figure of a woman.
"Fox, you were a remnant, are a remnant! How is it that someone like you could take control of Kidachi?!" Reiku yelled at me.
'A remnant? She thinks that I'm the puppet?' A small laugh escaped me at her words.
"A remnant? If I was a remnant, do you think that I would be able to feel love or happiness? If I was the puppet, would I have tried to gin back the control of my body?" I laughed at her, "If anyone here is the puppet, Reiku, it's you."
I felt the sting from my forehead and touched the blood with four fingers. 'Red lightning instead of blue…' Reiku went to attack me but I dodged to the right and swung my blood covered claw.
"Red Thunder!" I cried as large red lightning claw marks came from it.
The four red bolts merged together and formed something that looked like a dragon. The attack went straight for her, and passed through her body. I watched with half closed eyes as a red light filled the area and electrified Reiku completely. When the light vanished, all that was left of her was a back body that was being dragged to hell. 'She's gone, and I changed back from my curse. Though I think I still have to keep all those demons away.' I thought with a sigh. Falling down, I sprawled out across the grass only to feel the rain on my face.
"Thank you, Sesshoumaru, for snapping me back to reality. I'm sorry that I attacked you like that," I whispered, letting the rain wash the blood from my face.
"My apologies as well for harming you," Sesshoumaru replied as he sat down beside me.
"Some pair we make. I thought mates weren't supposed to kill each other until after the child was born," I laughed with a small smile.
I felt his hand touch my stomach and noticed that it was a little larger then usual. 'That can't be good. Maybe taking on Kidachi's form takes me a few months ahead of a normal life.'
"You'll make a good father lord Sesshoumaru. I'm glad that it was you instead of someone else who claimed her," Dain's voice came from behind us.
Before I could apologize for both treating him badly and attacking him, he spoke.
"Don't apologize. I'm sure that I deserve it. Oh, and don't bother offering to bring me with you, my life's here."
"Who says I was going to ask?" I mocked.
"Not cool! How'd you do that cool dragon thing?" Dain wondered with a smirk.
"I uh…. Actually don't know…"
Dain shook his head slightly with a look of amusement. 'That attack just happened, like I needed to kill her to make things better…'
"You shouldn't worry about her death. Reiku was not one who was a kind person at all times. She may have acted it, but the kindness was never really there," Sesshoumaru said as he took his hand back.
I sat up and remembered all the times she had sent me a smile when we were all at the castle. It did seem as though the smile was never really there.
"She was the one who cursed you with that spirit when you were a baby. When your mother was pregnant, she needed to find a place for the Kidachi spirit to reside so when your mother came in for her check up, she placed the spirit within you. I had over heard once as a child as she talked to an old priest about it," Dain said quietly.
'I guess then it's a good thing she's dead. But the spirit will remain within me until I die, and once that happens, then Kidachi will be set free. I'm sure that that's all the spirit wanted all along, to be free.'
"Anyway, I'm through with this mushiness. I'm going back home before it rains even harder. Have a nice trip back to the castle. I'll have to drop in some time," he said before leaving towards the village.
I got onto my knees and sat in front of Sesshoumaru, looking him in the eyes. His golden orbs seemed to have an intrigued look to them.
"I'm grateful that you chose me for your mate. Your child will be born earlier than you expect it to be," I said quietly.
Sesshoumaru touched my stomach slightly before retreating his hand for a few moments. 'He makes it seem like he's never been able to grasp life like this before. I never would have seen him as one to be fascinated with something like this.' I laughed slightly. Sesshoumaru then placed his whole right hand onto my stomach and leaned into me.
"It is not just my child. It is our child, our pup. Once the symptoms of pregnancy take effect, I will be the one to protect you. No other can have that honor," Sesshoumaru whispered to me before pressing his lips to mine.
'For all that has happened for this child, I want to give it the name Rain.'
End of Final Chapter
Hey again. I tried to make it as long as I could. Lol. The whole last section after "Not cool! How'd you do that cool dragon thing?" Dain wondered with a smirk.
"I uh…. Actually don't know…" was never to actually happen. Lol. I just kind of added it to make the ending seem better. Lol. So yeah, I really hope that you all enjoyed my fanfic, and if you didn't then why did you read it all the way though? Lol. Thanks again for reading and whatnot. Lol. It does really make me happy and I hope that you all get around to reading my other stories as well. : ) : ) Please R&R and have a Happy Halloween. : ) : )