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Sesshomaru's Beast

Chapter 4

Payback Is a Bitch

"Get up girl." That one command echoed through her subconscious and against her will her eyes opened and she sat up. She glanced out the window.

It was still dark.

"What is your –yawn- problem? The sun isn't even out yet." She asked groggily, acting more on instinct of being awoken so early in the morning. She was too tried to think straight.

"I don't sleep very long and waiting for time to pass was starting to get tedious. As my personal servant it is your job to entertain me." He said as if discussing the weather.

"Yea, well you're crazy if you think I'm going to get up and get ready just to entertain you." She lay back down, and closed her eyes ready to sleep when Sesshomaru commanded her to get up.

She stood this time.

"Why can't you give me at least 20 more minutes? Please?!" She asked desperately.

"You will get dressed and then meet me in the dojo in no more than a half hour." He walked out the door and listened to her shuffle about the room. He heard a loud 'thunk' and then nothing.

He cautiously opened the door, braced for any surprise attacks.

Instead he found Kagome sleeping on the floor. Her clothing needed some minor adjustments.

Her haori was twisted backwards so you could see her open back. Her hakamas were also on backwards and one leg was bunched up to the thigh.

Shaking his head, he called for a female servant.

"Dress her. Then have someone bring her to my study." He commanded and then headed to down the hall. He would let her sleep for a little while, while he did some paperwork.

Besides if she was tired and cooperative then his plans for today would be boring.

He needed her to be disobedient and stubborn.

He wasn't in the study long before a guard placed Kagome in the corner of the room out of the way.

'I hate paperwork.' He thought and then set to work.

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Kagome opened her eyes to find herself in a room she had never been in before.

'Where am I?' She looked up only to find a pair of amber eyes staring at her.

"Can I help you?" She asked, a little unnerved by his intense stare.

"I was going to take it easy on you today, but you decided to sleep for half the day so you will make up for lost time. Meet me in the dojo in 10 minutes or else." He walked out the door after his last word.

"Whatever you wish is my command, almighty one." She muttered to the empty room. She then pinched herself in the arm.

"Ow!" She cried.

"Watch yourself girl, you are treading on thin ice." His voice surrounded her.

"Urgh!!" She screamed.

'How does he keep doing that?!' She thought alarmed. If he could see and hear what she did behind closed doors, then that meant he knew about all…

It's best if we didn't finish that train of thought.

More annoyed than anything else she journeyed to the dojo.

"I'm here you big lug!" She called out into the…empty…room.

'There is no way he would have the guts to make me show up and then not be here.' She saw a glint of silver, not really acknowledging it until she could tell that the glint of silver was aimed at her head. She dove to the side, just in time to avoid being stabbed in the forehead.

"What the hell?!" She said out loud. She then heard the sound of metal cutting through air and dropped to the ground to save herself from having to get a new head. After another attempt at decapitating her, she decided this was getting serious and would have to fight back. She looked at the sword still embedded in the wall. She had never used a sword before.

It was a long shot, but hell she couldn't even see her opponent. She needed something to defend herself with.

She made a dash for the sword, pulled it from its resting spot and rolled to the other side of the wall to avoid getting gutted.

The better part of an hour had gone by and she was getting tired. She still couldn't find her opponent. Every time she would think she located him or her there would be nothing there. They were also as silent as the wind.

Thank god their weapon made noise or else she would have died a thousand deaths by now.

Then she got an idea.

She cut subtly cut herself on the hand and put pressure with her fingers on it to make it bleed. When her enemy made an attempt to stab her in the heart, she dropped to the ground with her hand over her heart to make it seem as if they had succeed.

'This should lure them out.'

She waited.

Sesshomaru was having fun. She was pretty good. She wasn't fighting back but that was expected for someone that couldn't see their opponent. He thought he was going to have to go slow and easy, but she was dodging even his faster attacks.

Even though he purposely made sure his sword Tokijin made noise when cutting through the air. If in a real fight there would be no sound.

He was starting to get frustrated when he couldn't catch her off guard. He made sure he made almost no noise but he could practically see her watching…waiting…for his next attack, just as a real warrior should. Not even his guards could avoid him for this long.

With his frustration fueling his next attack he pretended to cut her heart out. He sprang out of sight before she could see him but was unsure when she dropped to the ground. He waited. He could smell her blood but he hadn't really struck her…right? This had to be a trick.

She wasn't moving.

So nervous that he had actually killed his newest plaything, it never crossed his mind to monitor her heartbeat and breathing, which were perfectly normal.

He cautiously approached with his own heart lodged in his throat. It seemed inclined to gag him when he saw the blood stain in her clothes right where his sword would have struck. He kneeled down ready to pick her up and bring her to a healer, when she lunged.

She could feel her enemy closing in on her. She was more than ready to take this idiot out. The cut on her hand was stinging…really bad...

She never had a high tolerance for pain.

She had to wait for the right opportunity though. If he (she could tell by the slight creaking of the floorboards that it was a guy, because a girl wouldn't be so heavy) knew she was faking. She was as good as done.

When he kneeled down next to her, she opened her eyes and jumped him. She tackled him to the ground, kneeing him in his gut to stun him. With the seconds it gave her she reached for her sword and was about to stab him in the heart.

Until she saw who it was.

She stared at him with her sword hovering just inches above his heart. Shocked and confused.

"What were you doing?!" She said slowly. Making sure he understood her every word. When sat there waiting for an answer. She waited and waited.

Sesshomaru was off in his own little world. The only person to ever beat him in a sparring match was his father.

But this girl had bested him. Of course it was by devious methods but the final result was still the same.

He was shocked, surprised, flabbergasted…the list goes on.

He wanted to tell her he had let her win, wanted to tell her that she lost.

But he had honor and wasn't going to lie, and with that sword hovering just over his heart should the girl decided she was fed up with him he wouldn't have enough time to stop her from ending his life.

Which brings us back. She the servant girl with supposedly no life had bested him. And on top of that she had outsmarted him, to do it.

He was known for his cunning ways in battle, and the girl, Kagome had outsmarted him. He had underestimated her. He never thought her to be so cunning.

He was…actually he had no emotions for this particular situation.

"Well!!" He heard sprout from her mouth.

"Unbelieveable." He whispered.

"What?" She answered back.

He looked into her eyes as if searching for something. He then looked away. She lowered her sword, unsure of what to do. She would have never thought she'd see the day when Lord Sesshomaru was submitting to her. She got off him, and moved to stand a few feet away from him.

She jumped back a little when Sesshomaru moved afraid that he would retaliate in a very painful way. He stood but bowed to her deeply.

She was now panicking.

That was all there was to it. She was hyperventilating and shaking. She had no clue how to handle this situation. Nothing in 'servant camp' had ever prepared her for this type of thing.

Was her Lord sick? He had hit his head pretty hard when she tackled him.

Oh No she was going to be sent to the dungeons for this, or worse Akemi would hear of it!!

She shuddered, she had to rectify this and quick before someone saw!

Sesshomaru was not sick or having any health problems at all, he was Lord of the West and supposed to be above all. His father had told him the day someone had bested him in a real sparring match was the day he would learn to serve. It would be up to the challenger how long. It was just like if he had been killed in battle the winner would have control of the Western Lands. How did everyone think he got so good so fast. No lord should ever be a servant.

He would not go against his father's teachings; he would become Kagome's servant for an undetermined length of time.

But first he had to calm his new mistress, her anxiety was grating on his nerves. He let out a calming rumble almost like a purr and watching as she sank to her knees on the floor.

He walked over to her and sat down on her side.

"What is it you wish for me to do first girl-milady?" He spoke quietly with some slight resentment on the last word. He was now over his shame and would take this duty on with dignity. He was still Lord Sesshomaru and would not be reduced to any reputation smashing tasks. She would learn this, but for now he would obey her commands, and she was still shaking. She probably thought he was going to kill her.

"I-I-I gotta go!!" She said and then scurried out of the dojo before Sesshomaru could respond.

Her response wasn't expected but not surprising.

It wasn't everyday that the Lord of the West says he'd do whatever you commanded…

He stood to go and explain the situation.

Kagome was now frightened. She had done something very wrong at practice and now the Lord was crazy!

Akemi was going to kill her!! She admired his strength and confidense and now that she stripped him of it she was sooo screwed.

'Knock Knock' Sounded at her door.

"Come in." She replied absently. She jumped up when the door slid open to reveal Sesshomaru.

'Maybe he came to his senses and is going to kill me now.' She panicked.

"Sit and relax." He spoke soothingly.

She wasn't buying it.

She stood tense and ready for flight half way near the door.

He approached her. When he placed a hand on her shoulder she panicked.

When he bent down and hooked an arm under her knees she started to hyperventilate.

When he picked her up off the ground she was sure she was going into shock.

Maybe she was overreacting but Lord Sesshomaru was known for his ruthlessness and cunning tactics not for his soft looks and gentle caresses which was what she was getting right now.

It was all a trick.

"Kagome." She squeaked at the sound of her name.

"I will not harm you."

"Yea right, this is all some trick into making me comfortable and then BAM!! You're gonna kill me!!" She shrieked.

"Calm down, you have this Sesshomaru word that no harm will come to you, do you doubt the promise of the Western Lord?"

She hesitated.

"No." Was her quiet reply. She started to calm down and willed her body to relax. Sesshomaru walked over to her bed and sat down with her still in his arms.

"I think I should explain the situation to you." He said as he placed her beside him and looked forward to stare at the wall.

"Yea, you think." She mumbled. But shut up when he growled.

"You have defeated this Sesshomaru in a challenge. When such an event occurs the challenger has some control over this Sesshomaru for a time being. You were that challenger and therefore are my new mistress." He finished with a sigh.

She was quiet for a long time.

"So you're telling me that because I beat you in the dojo that I can tell you what to do and you have to follow my orders." She asked slowly, making sure she was not being misled.

"Hai, to some extent." He answered somewhat depressed, though that never showed outwardly.

An evil light entered her eyes.

Most of the servants thought she was so innocent and would never accept such a thing from someone.

They were all wrong. She was not evil but was not one to look a gift horse in the mouth.

After all the things he put her through…

Now it was his turn.

"Well I'm hungry." She announced. Standing up she gave him a smug look.

"Get up." She commanded snobbishly. He growled.

"Uh huh, don't growl at me, bad dog!" She scolded. He looked ready to kill her but something was holding him back.

This was so much fun!!

"I don't feel like walking to the dining hall so you will carry me." He went to pick her up but she stepped back.

"No I want a piggyback ride!" She said with glee.

He sighed but turned around anyway. He waited.

"You have to bend down silly, I can't jump that high. You're too tall!" He yielded to her request.

She hopped on his back with no hesitation.

"Onward to the dining hall!!" She shouted. He sighed but hooked his arms under her legs, so as not to drop her.

She gave an encouraging pat to his back.

...Maybe dropping her wasn't such a bad idea...

When he sped up to cut his time in half to avoid being seen by too many, she started to laugh so gaily.

He decided he liked the sound. He sped up even more and her laughter increased.

Maybe this wouldn't be so bad.

"Giddy up little pony." More like wild mustang. She thought as she laughed. He was slightly amused at the whole sitatuation. Although he may be honor-bound no other would dare take advantage of this situation like her. Most beings given the opportunity like this still wouldn't openly say such things to him.

When he arrived at the dining hall the other Lords and Ladies were already seated and looking at him like he had two heads.

She probably knew they were here and wanted to embarrass him.

He sighed.

Payback was a bitch!!

Chapter 4 completed!