Okay, I know this update is so late it's not even funny. I could go on and on about all the things that kept me from posting and writing it, like the site not letting me on, getting a job, and a lot of other things, but lets face it. No one cares about the excuses so long as it's here now right?
I finally got my first flamer. The person didn't log in so I'm not sure completly who sent it but here is my reply. - Listen, I didn't make light of Kagome's past. I take that stuff seriously and if you don't even have enough guts to say I don't where I can actually reply to it to you personally, then maybe you should shut your mouth about what I do and don't take seriously. Yes, I realized a while ago that I shouldn't have let Kagome forgive Itachi so easily, but I also had Itachi help her and apoligize for his actions. He started to try and get Kagome's forgiveness when he started taking care of her in her mental state. Kagome is a very forgiving person and her uncle helped her recover a lot from her past so it would be possible in my opinion for her to fogive Itachi. And incase you didn't notice if you wanted to get into the realisically type stuff, then it's not very realistic for a girl to travel through time in a well of all things, or for ninja's to be able to perform jutsus for that matter. I'm not making you read my story so if you don't like it then don't read it.
And I'm sorry for not replying to everyone's reviews this time. Life has been hectic so I apoligize for that. To make up for it I hope that you guys all enjoy this chapter.
Disclaimer: I own Bob and the plot, though if I keep renting Bob out I think someone might not give him back...Is this a bad thing or not?
Chapter Twelve: Sesshomarus, Orochies, and Sasukes, Oh my!
Kagome could only stand there, shocked, as Sesshomaru disappeared from her line of vision, and she heard trees snapping the next second. Sharply turning to the sound, Kagome was just in time to see Itachi's body go smashing through the last tree before Sesshomaru blurred in front of him, grabbing him by the neck. She winced as she waited to hear the snap that was sure to follow, but was shocked when no such sound came.
"You will remove the rosary from this Sesshomaru's miko's neck," Kagome heard Sesshomaru give his demand before the threat. "And I will grant you a quicker death by my poison acid instead of stripping you of your skin alive, and then melting your bones from the inside out until your body gives out from the pain," Sesshomaru finished, letting a slight bit of the acid from his claws leak out and start eating away the skin of Itachi's neck.
Kagome stood there, not knowing what to do. While she didn't want Itachi to be killed even after what he said, she also wanted the rosary off and to be able to return to the feudal era with Sesshomaru. Biting her lip in indecision, Kagome knew she couldn't let just sit by and watch Itachi get killed.
"Sessho-" Kagome started to stop him, but her voice was overlapped by someone else's.
"Well, well, I never thought I would see this day." Everyone's heads turned towards the voice, and Sesshomaru loosened his grip enough that he wouldn't kill Itachi while hearing out the new arrival.
There, standing on a tree branch, were two people. The one who had spoken had the palest skin Kagome had ever seen; even Sesshomaru's skin wasn't as fair. The man's hair - at least, Kagome thought it was a man from his flat chest - was pitch black and straighter then a piece of paper. His eyes were extremely slanted and were a gold-green color. But, overall, he gave Kagome the distinct feeling of a snake waiting in the grass. With all the makeup he wore, he looked like a cross-dresser as well.
Standing slightly behind the possible cross-dresser was someone she had to do a double-take on. He was, no joke, a younger Itachi without worry lines. He was wearing the same get-up as the snake-man, leaving Kagome wondering how they both managed to stand while wearing that large of a bow made of that thick of rope. Then her eyes met the young man's red eyes, which were slightly different then Itachi's. Kagome stared at the younger man for a while, not believing what she was seeing.
Sasuke looked smugly down at the woman who his brother had been seen with so much lately. So the rumors were true; Itachi had found himself a woman. While she wasn't the best-looking out there, she did closely resemble an Uchiha with her slightly sun-kissed fair skin and blue-tinted black hair that shone with the slightest glimpse of light. But - the Uchiha frowned mentally - she didn't look much like a fighter. He looked closely at how she was standing. While, at first glance, she looked like an average civilian girl, if you looked closely enough at her legs you could see the muscle and barely noticeable scares that were healing nicely. This girl had definitely seen battles. He was snapped out of his musings when he heard an attempted muted laugh. The girl had her hand coving her mouth while she was trying to suppress her laughter.
Orochimaru looked over at the girl who traveled with Itachi and was now trying to suppress her laughter. "What, may I ask, do you find so funny, young lady?" Orochimaru asked, raising a brow. The girl tried waving it off, but both Sasuke and Orochimaru were curious now.
Kagome waved the question off as nothing, hoping that the cross-dresser and mini-Itachi would go back to ignoring her; well, the former had, for the most part, been ignoring her. He had looked her over for a second or two, and then went back to watching Sesshomaru. The mini-Itachi had been shifting from glaring at Itachi with a burning hate to looking smugly at her in a way that reminded her of Kouga, but without the boyish charm that made it seem harmless. It was starting to freak her out a little. That was, until she noticed it. She was quickly taken by surprise when the boy disappeared, and she felt someone's arms around her waist, pulling her back into a broad, well-framed chest, and felt hot breath tickling on her neck.
"What's so funny?" the boy asked in a naturally seductive voice. Kagome jumped from the unexpected contact but the boy had a grip that rivaled Itachi's on her.
As the boy continued to breathe down her neck, Kagome's blush rose to new degrees. Kagome stumbled to say something. "I,..Um,..I…"
"Go on," he whispered in her ear, and started to play with a strand of her hair. Him playing with her hair didn't help Kagome with her focus any, as he twirled and wrapped her hair around his finger.
Kagome mumbled something Sasuke couldn't quite catch. So he asked her to repeat it louder. "Your hair," Kagome said, loud and clear this time, praying that he would back up a little bit to let her think more clearly. With him breathing on her neck, and having her pressed up against him, and his hand was slipping down, down… whoa, whoa, whoa, she was so not going to let him touch her there!
"Your hair," Kagome grounded out for the third time. "It reminds me of a fat chicken's butt that caught on fire." Kagome felt Sasuke's grip loosen in surprise, and she quickly reacted by turning around and kneeing him in the groin.
Kagome stepped back and watched Sasuke topple like a deck of cards in the wind, cursing and glaring at Kagome the whole way down.
"Serves you right, you pervert," Kagome mumbled while walking towards Sesshomaru, wanting to distance herself from him as quickly as possible.
Sesshomaru was glaring at the man who smelt of snake. He didn't know why this... snake half-breed descendant… had interrupted his business, but if he didn't leave soon, he would die quickly. Sesshomaru had no time for worthless cross-breeds.
"Snake," Sesshomaru addressed the man still standing in the tree who occasionally glanced at Kagome, who was now at Sesshomaru's side. "Leave now, and your interruption will be excused for the time being." There was no emotion in Sesshomaru's voice as he said this and turned his attention back to Itachi. Narrowing his eyes when he felt something was wrong, he studied Itachi's bang-covered face closely. For the briefest of seconds, there was a smirk on Itachi face, before it disappeared as quickly as it had appeared. Sesshomaru's eyes widened as he heard the air splitting behind his back, and the person he had just been holding by their neck turn into a pile of leaves.
Throwing the leaves away, Sesshomaru moved quickly out of the way of the oncoming kunai. Following the path the kunai came from, he quickly located the perpetrator.
Itachi's eyes widened as Sesshomaru's acid whip cut through the branch that he had been hiding out on. Pushing off the falling tree limb, making it fall faster, he jumped through the trees while keeping a close eye on Sesshomaru, Orochimaru, and his little brother Sasuke's whereabouts.
He was a little bit shocked to see that the rumor that Sasuke had teamed up with Orochimaru was true, but quickly accepted it, even if he was disappointed with his choice in teacher. He had expected better of his little brother. He would have to do something about that soon; Orochimaru wasn't someone you wanted close, even as an enemy. Kagome would be safe with her older brother protecting her for a moment while he ran around trying to think of a plan. Bob still wouldn't shut the heck up. He kept screaming about how they were going to die.
Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes in annoyance as he saw Itachi going through the trees at a faster pace then any human should be able to. Even with his diluted demon blood, he shouldn't be able to move that fast, or be able to even tap his demon energy to be able to perform that spell he had used. Perhaps he had underestimated the mixed-breed, but that was of little consequence. He would bleed all the same.
"Kagome." Sesshomaru called her attention. "I want you to stay here under a shield while I go take care of this pest," Sesshomaru told her as he got ready to go kill Itachi.
Kagome's eyes widened. "Wait! Sesshomaru!" she cried in panic. Sesshomaru looked at her from over his shoulder. Knowing she had his attention, she said what she needed. "Please, don't kill Itachi. He has a reason." She briefly looked up at the two other ninjas still in the clearing. Knowing that Itachi wouldn't be very happy if she let his weakness out, she hoped that Sesshomaru wouldn't ask questions while they were here.
Orochimaru watched as the two conversed on the ground below him with interest. It was by luck alone that they had even run into Itachi and the rest of them. He and Sasuke had been on their way to try and gather information concerning the girl in the clearing below, when they had felt a large amount of energy they had decided to check out.
And behold what they had stumbled upon: Itachi being held by his neck by a red eyed… well, he wasn't quiet sure what he could call the male down in the clearing; he clearly wasn't human.
He had also found the woman who had supposedly been traveling with Itachi and had the strange powers. He didn't focus too much on her knowing that Sasuke would study her while he found out about the male. He was shocked that Sasuke was behaving so well with Itachi just right there, but he put it off on the fact that he was trying to keep his cool until he could gain the girl's trust. Bemusedly, Orochimaru recalled how well that had worked out. The girl was defiantly spirited. They would have to break that later, but, for now, it was a good source of entertainment. The Uchiha was too haughty for his own good.
He knew there was no chance of the male being human when he was addressed as a snake - unless he knew who he was. He had been given a warning to leave, but wasn't going to heed it just yet. He still wanted to know what was going on. The longer he stayed, the more questions were raised. It was obvious that the girl was on close terms with the male, but he was still trying to kill Itachi, who, according to his underling, was supposed to care deeply for the girl. What was going on here?
Sesshomaru looked at where Kagome was glancing at from the corner of her eye. It was obvious that she didn't want to talk about it in the presence of those two mix breeds. "We will talk about this later."
"Sesshomaru," Kagome started in a warning tone.
Sesshomaru merely raised an eyebrow. He knew what she wanted, but wasn't sure if he wanted to follow it just yet. But he would wait for answers before he killed the whelp. "I shall not kill him before he has time to explain himself."
Knowing this was the best answer she would get, Kagome nodded sharply once before raising a shield over herself in case the two new ninjas decided to randomly attack her once Sesshomaru was gone. They seem to like randomly attacking her, so she wasn't going to take any chances.
Sesshomaru nodded in approval at the strong barrier before disappearing in a blur. He was going to find Itachi and hopefully bring him back in one intact, non-melted, non-disabled piece.
Kagome sat down in her barrier, thinking over all the possible things that could go wrong with Sesshomaru 'retrieving' Itachi. Suddenly, she started to giggle a little thinking of Itachi coming back soaking wet with drool in Sesshomaru's mouth. Then she thought about what would happen if he really did retrieve Itachi like that. Those giant teeth pressing down, tearing through vital organs, and the acid drool eating away at his skin. Kagome's hands slapped to the sides of her face and started to slowly pull skin down as she let them drop. Why had she trusted Sesshomaru to go get Itachi?! Those two would kill each other any chance they got!
Orochimaru and Sasuke watched with interest as the young woman had erected a purple barrier around herself before going through a series of expressions in a matter of seconds, finally settling on a strange eye twitch.
Wanting to see her power better for himself, Orochimaru jumped down from his perch on the tree branch, and walked over to the barrier with confidence in his steps. After a few feet of walking, Sasuke fell into step beside him.
Kagome stopped her mental panic when she heard footsteps approaching her. Looking over where the sounds where coming from, she saw the cross-dresser and his follower strolling over to her barrier, brimming with a confidence that could make a cat jealous.
"Your name is Kagome, right?" the apparent leader asked her before he came to a stop a foot in front of her barrier. Kagome's eye twitched. The last cross-dresser she had to deal with a lot had been a psycho killer obsessed with Inuyasha's ears. While she could understand that Inuyasha's ears were very adorable and all that, that guy had been more then a little off his rocker. Something told her this guy would be, too.
Not in the least bit put off at her lack of response, he continued. "I've heard that you're Itachi's new woman."
Kagome felt like someone had just unexpectedly slapped her with a dead fish out of nowhere. She SO didn't know where that came from, and fully let it show on her face for a second before she found her voice.
"WHaT?!" her voice cracked. "Who the crap is saying that?!!" Kagome screamed in shock. Really?! She knew Itachi said that he owned her, but that didn't mean that she was his new woman! "Why would I want to pair up with that emotionless, stuck-up jerk?!" Kagome ranted, remembering what Itachi had called her only minutes before in the clearing.
Orochimaru took a step back in surprise. Apparently, they weren't as close as his informant told. But they clearly had some type of bond. And his informant was right about her strange chakra.
"Oh?" Orochimaru asked, letting his voice show some of his surprise. "So what is your relationship if you two aren't lovers?" he asked, tilting his head to the side and causing his black hair to cascade down his shoulder.
Kagome narrowed her eyes at him "Why do you want to know? I don't believe that you have any right to the information; it's kind of a personal matter that doesn't concern you. But if it clears things up then, no, I'm not his woman," Kagome said coldly.
Orochimaru just smiled at her, and shifted his hips so he could rest one hand on his hip, before answering. "So you're just a play-toy?"
Kagome started to gag. "NO! Why the crap would you think that?!" Kagome demanded.
Orochimaru smirked at her. "Word is out that Itachi isn't gay, and is enjoying the company of a woman seen freely traveling with him and his partner."
"I wouldn't be to sure about that. I'm pretty sure that Itachi and Kisame have something going on between them. Itachi could very well be gay," Kagome said, wanting to make Itachi look gay just to get the topic off of her and Itachi supposedly being together.
"Woman," Sasuke demand her attention to him. When Kagome was looking at him, he continued. "You will tell me exactly what your relationship with Itachi is, or I will kill you," he said while glaring.
Kagome's eye twitched. Itachi and this dude had to be cousins or something. "Why would I tell a pervert like you anything? You can't get past this barrier, so you can't kill me," Kagome explained the last part before sticking her tongue out at him, and crossing her arms stubbornly.
Sasuke resisted the urge to try and break down the barrier right then and there so he could cut off the tongue she was pointing in his direction.
Was this REALLY the girl that his older brother traveled with? Surely this had to be some trick.
Kagome stopped making fun of Sasuke long enough to get a really good close-up look at him.
"Hey, you look a lot like Itachi; are you guys cousins or something?" she asked curiously.
Sasuke's eye twitched a little. He hated being compared to Itachi, but wasn't it obvious that they were brothers?
"Wait a second! I KNOW YOU!!" Kagome said loudly in disbelief.
Sasuke's ego puffed up a little bit at that. He knew he was well-known, and it was about time for her to get the connection.
"You're that boy that kid Naruto was looking for. Sasuki or something. You're the Itachi clone!" Kagome's expression showed shock as she realized that if you made him a little older, it would be the same kid.
Sasuke's brow started to twitch with his eye. The dobe had already met this girl? That stupid dobe was still looking for him? Didn't he know he was wasting his time?
"You HAVE to be related to that stuck up prick Itachi. I mean," Kagome gestured with her hands in his direction to make her point, "you both have that spoiled brat attitude, you both look very similar, even if your hair style does resemble a chicken's butt - but he has a worse messed up fashion sense, so that evens out - and you both even have that same eye twitch. You HAVE to be related," she stated.
Sasuke gave up trying to keep his cool, and launched himself at her barrier, kunai ready. Orochimaru's eyes widened as, not only did Sasuke get repelled, but burnt as well.
"Well, well, well. That is a very nifty trick there. I don't believe that I have ever seen that happen before." Orochimaru started to walk around the purple barrier, making Kagome very nervous. Every once and a while, he would tap the barrier, making it ripple a little like a pond's still water, but nothing big. Then, he would pull his hand away to see it burnt slightly where he had touched the barrier, and smirk.
Kagome started to shift from leg to leg nervously. She didn't like how this man was acting. He reminded her way too much of Jakotsu for her liking.
"So how DO you do this little trick here?" Orochimaru asked her, a sly tone in his voice.
"Um, you kind of have to be born with the talent. I doubt you could do it, and it's not really that interesting." Kagome tried to get him to lose interest in it, but it backfired when he perked up, and showed even more interest than before.
"You don't say?" he asked, for all intents sounding like how a snake would if it could speak like a human. "I think that with your 'help', I could find a way to make such a pretty barrier like you can," he said, sounding sure of himself.
"No, I'm pretty sure that if you wanted one just like mine, it would kill you. Mix breeds don't do so well with this type of 'chakra'," she said, using the word that Itachi and Kisame often used to explain a power source.
"And why would that be, my dear?" he asked, chuckling a bit.
"They're opposite energies, and will kill each other off, so I really don't think that you should be trying to learn this. Might be bad for your health, you know?" Kagome said, trying to convince him of it.
Orochimaru looked up from his barrier examinations, and smirked at her. "Opposite energies, you say? I don't believe that I've ever come across that before. You would be willing to help me out, now, wouldn't you? It would be for the good of science," he said like that was all that mattered.
Kagome cringed, thinking of all the things that were done 'for the good of science'. Hitler had gassed and killed millions 'for the good of science.' No, Kagome didn't think that she much cared for science.
"If you are willing to help me out, I'll help you out. I can give you anything you want. Money, power, a new face, these are all very easy to get with my help," Orochimaru offered.
Kagome glared heavily at Orochimaru. Was this guy trying to hint that she wasn't good looking or something? "I'm fine with my own face, thank you very much! And I can get any of those other things without your help, so just leave before I call my brother to come and use you both as a chew toy," Kagome threatened, her hands clenching into fists.
Orochimaru just made a clicking sound in disapproval, like a parent lightly disapproving their child. "Now, now, no need to get so angry. What is it that you most want, then? I promise you that I can give you anything that you desire," Orochimaru promised.
"I highly doubt that," Kagome said dryly.
"And why is that?" he asked, frowning for the first time while talking to her.
"Unless you know how to kill four disembodied spirits combined into one that is out to ruin my life in every possible way, then I highly doubt you can give me anything that I want." Kagome smirked at him, knowing that she had won this round.
Orochimaru and Sasuke scrunched their brows together, trying to understand what she meant. Sasuke walked up to the barrier again, but didn't touch it this time. Tapping it with his kunai, he saw sparks fly off from the contact. Frowning at it, he covered his hand with chakra, and started to reach forward with it. He knew Orochimaru was watching him do it, but he didn't care. He had to see for himself what was so special about this girl - and her chakra - to know why she was allowed anywhere near his brother. From her reaction, he doubted that those two were lovers, so his original plan had gone out of the window. He needed to find out if he could use this girl at all in his plans, or if she would get in the way.
Placing his hand up against the barrier, he had to quickly pull it off, screaming, as the barrier sent searing pain up his arm. It felt like someone had started ripping it to shreds from the inside out, attacking everything it could. And, even away from the barrier, the pain kept going.
Kagome spun around on her heel to see what the commotion was about, and saw Sasuke's arm starting to get purified off. "You IDIOT!" she screamed at him as she lowered her barrier, and ran over to him.
Dropping to her knees in front of Sasuke's withering form, she quickly checked to see how far the damage had gone. What he had done was stupid. Her miko energy kills demon energy, or what they call 'chakra', and loading your hand full of it then shoving into a human-harming, miko-charged barrier wasn't all that smart. It was suicidal is what it was.
All Sasuke could feel was the intense pain in his arm. The pain was unbearable! How had that witch done this to him?! He was going to kill her when this was over! Sasuke opened his eyes enough to see Kagome rushing over to him, and attempted to glare at her. But the effect was ruined by the fact that he couldn't keep his eyes opened due to the pain. "Get away from me, witch!" he yelled, letting out some of his pain with it.
Kagome's eyes narrowed. She was trying to help the ungrateful brat, and he goes and calls her a witch! Kagome placed a hand on Sasuke's arm, only for him to let out a scream, and take a wild swing at her with his free arm. Kagome narrowly missed the blow aimed at her head, and glared at Sasuke. When he started for another swing, Kagome slapped his face. Hard. It seemed like it was her job to slap these people. They were all so unreasonable.
"Shut up, and stop trying to hit me, you ungrateful idiot!" Kagome yelled at him as he was stunned for a second from the slap. "I'm trying to stop the purification!"
Sasuke couldn't believe it. That woman had slapped him….she had actually slapped him. Sasuke ignored the pain long enough to hear the end of what she was saying. Apparently, she was trying to stop the pain. Grinding his teeth together, Sasuke tried to stay still, and stopped trying to hit her.
Kagome saw that the boy had stopped trying to hit her, and was trying to hold still. Kagome immediately filled her hands up with healing energy, and gripped Sasuke's arm. She first had to block the purification that he had so foolishly plunged his hand into, and then she focused on healing it.
Sasuke let out a shaky sigh of relief as the pain slowed down, and changed to a pain as if his arm had been seriously burned. Sasuke heard the woman talking to him in smoothing tones. But it didn't help that she was saying how much on an idiot he was.
"You know," Kagome began, talking lowly as she focused on healing Sasuke's arm. "You really are as much of an idiot as Itachi is. Both big morons that need to be slapped every now and then so you stop your stupid 'I'm tuff' pissing contest long enough to notice someone is trying to help you. Morons. Must be a family thing," Kagome said, thinking that Sasuke could just hear her tone and not what she was saying.
Kagome looked down at Sasuke's arm and noticed that it was almost all the way healed. Not wanting to use up more energy than need be, she stopped the healing. "Well, I'll let you heal the rest of the way naturally. It'll take twice as long as normal to heal, but maybe you'll learn not to put you hands where they don't belong," Kagome said, then glared. "In more ways then one," she added, thinking of earlier.
Sasuke looked up, and glared at her. She could heal it the rest of the way, but refused to. But, then again, he guessed he should be thankful that she had even healed it as far as she had. So, nodding at her, he began to stand up. He was slightly shocked as she started to help him up, and was about to shove her help off before remembering what she could do. It would be better to stay on her good side than go through that again.
"Thank you," Sasuke said stiffly. It wasn't often that he had to say it, but this case called for it. He looked over to see her smiling at him.
"Think nothing of it. Now, I really need to go find Sesshomaru and Itachi before Sesshomaru starts using him as a chew toy," Kagome said before letting go of Sasuke, and dusting off her hands. Turning in the direction that Sesshomaru left in, she saw Orochimaru was standing in her way. Taking a step to the side to pass him, she narrowed her eyes when he did so as well.
With Sesshomaru and Itachi
Sesshomaru had been shocked at the crossbreed's speed, but it was still no match for his. He soon found the man standing in the middle of a clearing, glaring at him. Stupid crossbreed.
Walking forward with purposeful arrogance, Sesshomaru came to stand fifteen feet in front of the man. Wind blew, playing with both of their hair as they glared each other down, and looked for weaknesses in the other. Sesshomaru saw the damage that he had already dealt as the man ever so slightly bent from the pain in his rib cage. And there was a ring of purple around the man's neck from where he had been choking him earlier.
After a minute passed, Sesshomaru finally spoke. "You will explain why a member of my pack is wearing a rosary tied to you," Sesshomaru demanded. He had promised Kagome he wouldn't kill the crossbreed before he could explain himself, and he was a demon of his word.
Itachi kept glaring at the man standing across from him. What was he supposed to say? That he needed her to heal his eyes so he makes her do everything thing he says? He doubted that would go over to well.
"I require the miko's help with something. The only way to ensure that she wouldn't leave before I had gotten what I needed was to find a way to tie her to me," Itachi explained the main points without going into detail.
Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes slightly. "What is it that you require of her?"
Itachi was silent for a moment before he spoke. "Without Kagome's healing powers, I will go blind."
Sesshomaru raised a brow at this answer. It was a pretty sound reason, but he still chose the wrong pack to take a member from, and what he did could not go unnoticed.
"Do you have any last words, mix-breed?" Sesshomaru asked, letting green acid slip from his claws.
"Say that you wish to court the miko!" Bob practically screamed in his mind. "That's the only way he won't kill you!"
'He wouldn't be able to kill me,' Itachi denied.
"Sesshomaru can make that nine-tails look like a new feisty kitten compared to him! He WILL kill you!" Bob screamed at Itachi's idiocy.
Taking a good look at Sesshomaru's power level, he wouldn't say it was that much of an overestimate. This demon was insanely strong, and he doubted that, even if he pulled out all his tricks and attacks, he would be able to kill him and come out alive. And, judging from the grass dying when the green goop fell of his claws, they were laced with acid.
"I wish to court the miko Kagome," Itachi said boldly, standing as straight as his broken ribs would allow. He watched Sesshomaru's eyes widen a little at the declaration before a tint of pink entered them.
"But you know I've been wrong before. That could have just ticked him off even more. I will always remember you fondly." Bob said the last part in reverence.
Before Itachi even knew what had hit him or had time to respond to Bob's comment, he was face first in the dirt with Sesshomaru's foot pressing on his broken ribs.
"And what," Sesshomaru growled out, "makes you think that you are worthy of being Kagome's mate?" He added pressure to his foot on Itachi's ribs, making Itachi have to bite back a scream of pain. "When you, a lowly worm that's doesn't deserve the title of mutt, has chained her into slavery?"
"Demand the right to evoke a mate duel!" Bob said, without screaming this time, but still with much panic lacing his loud voice.
'Look where listening to you has gotten me so far!' Itachi directed the remark towards Bob.
"Just say it!" Bob demanded.
"I, Itachi Uchiha, demand the right to evoke the right of a mate duel., Itachi immediately felt Sesshomaru get off him. Itachi stood up, and looked the regal demon glaring at him a couple of feet away.
"What are your terms?" Sesshomaru demanded.
Itachi could hear Bob shouting out in joy that it had worked. Itachi felt his brow tick. The Jewel hadn't even known if it would work or not?
'Bob! What do I do now that I've demanded this duel?" Itachi asked ticked.
Bob immediately quieted down. "Well, you two could have a fight to the death, a game of wits, first blood draw, just any thing that there would be one male proving he could protect and provide for the female in question. Then, depending if you won, the alpha of the pack will have to give the right to court over to you," Bob said. "AND he can't kill you for keeping Kagome with you."
Itachi thought it over for a couple seconds before he answered. "If I can cut you before five minutes are up, then I win. We cannot leave this clearing."
Sesshomaru smirked. There was no way that a mere mutt-blood like this human before him could cut him, despite his demon blood and sorcery. "Agreed. But, while you try to do that, I will kill you."
"We're dead," Bob said in helpless defeat. "Well, you are," Bob corrected himself. Bob felt Itachi's anger, and knew it was time to shut up.
Itachi was expecting that Sesshomaru was going to try and kill him, and got ready to attack by activating his Sharingan, and placing one hand on his kunai pouch, the other on the hilt of his sword strapped to his back.
Sesshomaru did wait another second, and then immediately blurred in front of Itachi, sword drawn, going for Itachi's gut. It was blocked by Itachi's own sword, which he then pushed off Sesshomaru's blade, and made a swipe for Sesshomaru's chest.
End Chapter
Alright, as much as I know everyone is going to hate hearing it, I don't know when the next time I can update is. But I assure you it won't be nearly as long of a wait as this was. Once again I apoligize for the wait.
1 Kagome with 36 votes
2 Itachi with 24 votes
3 XD BOB WITH 19 VOTES! XD
4 Kisame with 15 votes
5 Deidara with 13 votes
6 Pein with 5 votes
7 Sasori with 4 votes
8 other with a wopping 1 vote
9 and last was Konan, . no one really seemed to vote for her.
Okay, there are the results and I would like to thank everyone who voted. So this chapter is dedicated to you guys. And I am putting a new poll up so feel free to vote in that one to. ^^
~Probs