Retribution
Chapter 7
Kagome held back a glare at this Lord of the East, knowing she should hear him out before passing judgment. He had yet to move from his throne and do more than look at her. After several moments he languidly got up and began to descend down the steps to where she was being restrained with the shackles. "You're quite lovely, just as rumor said you would be, and powerful as well." His comment came out almost dry but she would not acknowledge either compliment.
"I'm about to enter a war with the Southern Lord, we don't like each other and I was looking at places to launch an attack before they could get too close and it would see we would have to be between Mt. Odake and Mt. Tanzawa about a half days walk, south of the village you are from. It seems that your village is more accepting of demons compared to others and I plan to make camp in one of the nearby grassy fields, as such I can't guarantee that your village would not become involved in the war. I'm sure after the hard times the village has seen they would agree that an offer to not have the war anywhere near the village would be more to your taste."
He paused for several moments and circled around her slowly, still taking in every detail. "I will offer you this, I will marry you in your customs to make this arrangement looked upon with favor from the Gods. You will in exchange fight for me and give me an heir. The war won't be until it is warm out once again which will give you enough time to become pregnant, give birth and get back to being battle ready and with your help we can avoid your village and move past the mountains and towards the southern lands. Your village will praise you for your sacrifice and should you survive the war you will return to the palace to live out your days, never needing to worry about protecting the village since it would be guarded by my men and never having to worry about a hard winter. Doesn't that sound like a great benefit to that village of yours?"
She was snarling inside, the nerve of this guy, "You must think I am some fool. I know the layout of this land better than you believe, I know exactly where the village lies and I could draw a whole map of Japan. You could easily take the war past the mountains or plant an ambush there and never have to settle anywhere near the village. The Western Lord is my ally and brother to my friend and on top of that his ward stays there in my village so he would not be a fool as to let you use the place for such a thing. I also will not just live out my days like some pampered princess, I am not naïve, I would probably face murder attempts every day until I'm too old to defend myself among other things. My answer is no, I want to be returned to the village immediately."
"No? I don't really feel like giving you such room to disagree but in that case I will have you but the village will gain no such securities from me." He looked down his nose at her as she glared at him.
She flared her powers making cracks in the shackles before they burst into several pieces. Her hair flowed wildly as she brought her hands up to shoot a ball of her powers at him. He dodged and quickly chopped the side of her neck, rendering her unconscious. "She needs stronger shackles. Take her into a guest room and stand guard there. I want her returned here once she awakens," he commanded.
When she came to she had a new pair of shackles put on her. The guard roughly dragged her to her feet with the chain and proceeded to take her right back to his lord. As soon as she got there she glared daggers at the demon and after tensing herself she exploded her powers out but still not at her peak and it threw all of the demons back, slamming them into the walls, burning from her power before fleeing from the room.
He brought out a glass looking ball and held it out in front of him before taking a step towards her. She started to feel her powers drain and she quickly tried to call it back or even put up a barrier against the object but by the time he reached her she was on the ground panting with beads of sweat gathering.
Pulling her face up by her chin he grinned victoriously at her, his demon blood pumping with the excitement she raised in him. Her arms trembled as the now glowing ball continued to drain her of her power. He held her face steady and delivered a fierce kiss to her lips, not letting up until she zapped him on the lips, too drained to do much else. "I love a kiss with a spark of power. Now don't go passing out or you will miss the fun."
Dropping her head he instead grabbed her by the arm and hauled her to her feet, forcing them to move if not slightly drag as she stumbled after him. Red eyes flared to life just as they went through the doorway and around the corner to the left of the throne. The demon had yet to notice his lack of guards and he would use this to his advantage. He quickly went through the doorway and picked up Kagome's sounds of struggling against this Lord.
He hurried after them until he came to a dead end hallway. Listening closely he prepared a kunai and slammed open the shoji door, catching the lord trying to undress Kagome, hot tears trailed down her cheeks. The Lord turned to him and Itachi went straight for him, he would get this Lord, he will not leave until this demon is dead.
Delivering a good kick he sent the demon through the wall and outside. Looking at Kagome and seeing the torn top he took his top off and handed it to her, only the mesh armor remaining. He took off through the opening in the wall he had created and met the Lord with a powerful clash.
"You've made your last mistake demon; I will kill you for your acts against her." The demon was wary of him, a human, which could meet him in battle like this.
"What are you?" He knew there had been reports of a strong human staying with the priestess but his reports never said he was this strong.
"I am a shinobi; remember my name as I send you to the depths of hell. I am Itachi Uchiha of the Uchiha Clan and I will destroy you and stop this war with the south today." Putting more chakra into his legs he kicked the lord in the side sending him tumbling sideways several feet. Noticing another demon approaching that fit the description of the Western Lord, he waited to strike again.
The Eastern Lord began to rise up when a green whip wrapped around his left arm sending him back to the ground with a quick tug. "Sesshoumaru, this will be war if you don't stop!"
Sesshoumaru scoffed, not impressed in the least or feeling threatened. "It can't be war with you dead. You knew that I have claim to that village as well and by your actions towards it and the priestess you had brought your death. Your guards had not been careful when grabbing victims to use against the priestess and the girl they grabbed is my ward. I hereby release you of your title and will watch this shinobi bring an end to your pathetic existence."
Two more powerful demons landed behind Sesshoumaru. "As you can see, the other lords are here as well, no matter what you will die today."
With that he let go of him and nodded at Itachi, letting him finish the fool's life. He proceeded to walk to the gap in the wall and found Kagome struggling to push a ball away from her. Narrowing his eyes he picked it up and used the acid in his claws to melt it outside away from her weak form. Walking back to her he looked her over before turning his attention to the fight while she gathered her strength.
He noticed the shinobi's eyes had changed and once he made eye contact with the former Eastern Lord the demon was under some kind of spell and within a few minutes his life faded from his eyes. Noticing that his eyes had changed yet again, he watched the man make hand signs before engulfing the former lord in flames and with a slight widening of his eyes black flames came forth and burned the corpse until nothing was left.
The human was more powerful than any other he had ever seen and he wondered where this shinobi had come from. He hadn't been to the village much lately due to problems with the Eastern Lord among other things. Hearing the priestess stir he looked back, seeing her pull the shirt over her head after sitting up.
Attempting to stand she wobbled and steadied herself against the wall and slowly walked so she could see what was going on. Itachi made it into the room and pulled her into a hug, letting her drop against him. Picking her up he carried her out of the room and past the other lords, only giving them a nod in acknowledgment before using his chakra to get them back to the village.
"Itachi," he glanced down at her, letting her know she had his full attention. "I would really like to wash off in the hot springs if you wouldn't mind."
"I want your friend Sango to join you then, I will remain like I always do." He looked down at her tired form and then insisted she get some rest. He didn't feel satisfied after killing that Lord, it only proved that others have the means to rend her powerless should others decide they wanted the priestess.
After a long night of the two women bathing in the hot springs and him being tense from the day's events, he finally had her home, eating a good meal and getting more much needed rest. He instead rested in a sitting position up by her head, not willing to let anything come close to harming her. After several moments he drifted off to sleep with the dishes still sitting dirty since he would not leave her side.