The small group had been traveling for a day. It was now mid-afternoon and they were stopping for a quick drink. Ah-Un was thirsting and Rin was panting like a little puppy. Jaken was passed out because toad demons need lots of water, but he hadn't gotten enough. Sesshomaru and Ayami were the only ones OK. They were powerful demons.
"I can't wait until I get home. Suki will be so jealous. Ever since she met you, Sesshomaru, she has wanted to mate with you. I never planned on mating so I didn't expect this. This is so wonderful." Ayami said, mainly talking to herself.
"She can be so annoying sometimes." Jaken mumbled under his breath.
'Ayami is happy. I am too. I have never seen Sesshomaru happy, but now he seems happy, even if he doesn't want to show it.' Rin thought happily, as she skipped around.
"I'll be home in a day. This is so exciting. Father will be pleased and I won't have to mate with that jerk." Ayami speculated.
"You seem happy." Rin stated the obvious.
"Of course I am, Rin. I haven't been home in about a month or so. My family may get on my nerves a lot of the time, but I still miss them." Ayami answered the girl, laughing.
They traveled the rest of the day without much talk and went to sleep without a word. Sesshomaru stayed up for a while before beginning to meditate and then falling asleep.
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They all woke up dawn the next day. Since none of the group was a morning person, they walked in silence for most of the morning. Eventually, Sesshomaru stopped and gave some orders,
"Jaken, stay here with Rin and stay OUT OF SIGHT! Ayami, come with me now."
Ayami nodded to him because she had sensed the evil too. It smelled strongly of giant and a human girl. It was urgent they get over to help the human; giants were known for being cruel and killing their "Play Things".
They used their inhuman demon speed and noses to find the giant. They found the giant terrorizing a human from the village, who had been gathering water.
"Go now. This is MY territory!" Sesshomaru growled for submission.
The submission didn't come. Instead the giant just roared and charged after them. The two scattered and started circling the giant. The giant then decided to go after Ayami.
Ayami headed to the girl who looked very pale. She grew even paler (if that was possible) when the giant made his way towards them. He lunged and grabbed both of the females in his two over-large hands.
But Ayami had a big temper, and when someone touches her without permission, her temper flies. Her eyes turned a bright blood red. Sesshomaru could sense her demonic aura rushing around her.
Sesshomaru saw the eyes and was taken aback. The sweet somewhat, temperamental female he was in love with, had a very nasty side (much like his own nasty side).
But instead of going into her true form, like he would have done, she shot a fire ball at the giants head. It connected and the giant was furious. Then she sent a sheet of ice at him. His head froze and he dropped the human. Sesshomaru caught her and looked up.
The giant had shaken the ice off and was glaring gruesomely at Ayami. Noticing this, Ayami glared right on back. After a few moments, then she transformed into her true form. Since she was ½ inuyouki, she transformed into a giant dog demon.
She had midnight black fur. It flowed like Sesshomaru's fur when he was in his true form. She had all of her markings and she was about as big as Sesshomaru's dog form. You could see her muscles rippling under her skin, telling you she was really strong and ready to fight.
She immediately went for the head of the giant. When he dodged and she nicked his head, she lunged for the neck, clamping on. She wouldn't let go and the giant screamed.
Sesshomaru, knowing Ayami could handle the giant for a while, took the human girl back to the village. All of the humans rushed to thank him. Nodding, he took off. He wanted to get back to Ayami.
When he got back to the scene of the fight, expecting to see Ayami, no one was there except the corpse of the giant. Evidentially Ayami had finished him off quickly. Sesshomaru sniffed around for signs of where Ayami might have gone. What he found out by his unique nose wasn't something he liked.
The scent of Naraku was all over the place. Sesshomaru then noticed that the ogre was split open and melting. The demon lord went over to inspect it. What he found was there was a little miasma (poison gas) leaking out from the demon and it looked like a lot had been stored inside the ogre to be released when the ogre was cut open.
'Ayami must have cut him open to finish him and was hit by the miasma. Naraku set this up and waited for Ayami to pass out before grabbing him. He will die before winter. I will kill Naraku if it takes my life to get Ayami back.' Sesshomaru said to himself, giving himself to Ayami then and there.
"I finally have Ayami. Sesshomaru can do nothing to me now. I am out of his reach. I, Naraku, will mate with Ayami and be even more powerful then I already am." Naraku congratulated himself, prancing around.
Beside him was the figure of Ayami, resting on a pallet in Naraku's mansion.
Sesshomaru made it back to where he had left the other members of the group. They began questioning where Ayami was. He ignored them and formed his demonic cloud so he could fly back to his castle. Then he would leave to find InuYasha and his friends to help him get Ayami back. After all, Sesshomaru would do anything for the woman that he loved.