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'thoughts and inner voices'
"talking"
WARNING: shounen-ai, Sesshoumaru x Naraku
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Naraku's eyes widened in fear as Sesshoumaru attacked him. Quickly jumping to the side, he managed to dodge the attack. He turned around, only to find Koimizu standing on shaky legs and staring with crossed eyes at Tokijin that was pointed towards his throat.
Naraku narrowed his eyes and let his tentacles come out. He would not allow Koimizu to be hurt. The barrier that kept his jaki hidden depended on the boy. He made a slash, warning the other not to mess with the kid. Sesshoumaru stepped aside, easily avoiding the tentacles.
Faster than the speed of light Sesshoumaru assaulted him again and he managed to make a small gash in Naraku's arm. Sesshoumaru smirked, when he saw Naraku's face contort with anger. "What's the matter?" he taunted. "Were you not master of regeneration? Then… how can a small cut like this harm you, Naraku?"
And Sesshoumaru was right. Soon enough, the cut disappeared from Naraku's arm. Quickly Naraku glanced to his side, where his companion was still standing frozen as if he were in a bad dream. "Koimizu, stay out of this," he ordered.
He did not feel like repeating that episode with InuYasha. Because this was not InuYasha they were dealing with. This was Sesshoumaru. And Koimizu was no match to him.
Sesshoumaru snorted in disgust. "That would be something for a hanyou like you," he mocked. "To worry about a mere child." He decided not to think about Kohaku or Rin while saying those words. "Is he perhaps your lover?"
Naraku sneered at him. "Do not be foolish, Sesshoumaru. You and I both know why that child is here." He was here to uphold the shield around Naraku. To keep InuYasha and his friends away. Nothing more.
"This Sesshoumaru is not interested in a child like that," Sesshoumaru stated. He scoffed at the very idea of him caring for a child, for the moment forgetting about Kohaku and Rin. But then again, Kohaku and Rin were not just children to Sesshoumaru. They were his companions and his only friends.
Sesshoumaru jumped to avoid a range of tentacle-attacks. He smirked as he placed his Tokijin back into its sheath. With a flick of a finger he called out his whip and he slashed through Naraku's body, ripping the hanyou's skin.
Naraku cringed in pain as the poison burned his wounds like acid. He bit his bottom lip and swallowed back the scream that almost tore out of his throat. Blood trickled down his chin. Just like the holy powers of a miko's arrow, poisonous attacks could not be regenerated easily. This wound would need time to recover. But had he time?
He felt himself being swept off of his feet by Sesshoumaru's mokomoko and before he knew it, his face was only inches apart from the youkai lord's.
Sesshoumaru took his chance and leaned in, forcefully shoving his tongue inside the hanyou's mouth for a rough kiss. He pulled back and shot Naraku a devilish grin. "You're thinking of InuYasha right now, aren't you?" he sneered. "You wished it were my hanyou brother instead of me touching and kissing you right now." He smirked when Naraku froze. "You thought I didn't know about your filthy desires for him? Fool." In a swift move he slung Naraku out of his mokomoko. "A hanyou should act like a hanyou and crawl on the floor!"
Naraku's form slammed into the ground forming a crater, making him moan in pain. His vision blurred for a moment and he noticed a vague figure hovering over him. Blinking his eyes a few times to focus them again, he recognized the form to be Sesshoumaru.
Sesshoumaru shot him a look of disgust. "I changed my decision," he stated. "I shall not kill you, Naraku. A weakling hanyou like you is not worth this Sesshoumaru's time." And with that he turned on his heels and proceeded to walk away.
"Wait," Naraku called out. A grimace formed on his features as he tried to scramble up. "Sesshoumaru, I want to know why."
Sesshoumaru stopped and turned his head around, glancing over his shoulder at the hanyou. "Why what?" he asked, quick to the point as always.
Finally, Naraku managed to get back on his two feet and with shaking knees he stepped forwards. "Why did you revive Kanna?" he asked, rough pants following his question.
Sesshoumaru stared at him with cold unreadable eyes. "I have done no such thing," he stated.
The answer stunned Naraku. Sesshoumaru had not done it? But then who? Sesshoumaru was the only one with the ability to revive someone. He had Tenseiga, He had the Sword of Life. He had to be the one who did it! But… Sesshoumaru was not the type of man that would lie to anyone.
Sesshoumaru let out a light snort as he turned his head back and continued on his way again. "Fool of a hanyou," he said, while he departed from him. "The lifeless already linger around you, Naraku. Miko Hijiri shall take your life without mercy."
A shard that was almost black soared across the equally dark sky and Naraku caught it in his hands. It was the Shikon shard with which Sesshoumaru had lured him out.
"Kohaku wished to return this to you," Sesshoumaru commented as he finally disappeared into the shadows of the forest.
Naraku narrowed his eyes at the youkai lord, but then turned around. "Koimizu," he called out and his companion snapped back from his frozen state. "We are leaving," he said and he began his way back to what was once a village.
Three steps later he fell down and fainted.
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Dictionary: mokomoko (the fluff-thing draped over Sesshoumaru's shoulder, it is undecided what exactly this fluff represents)