a/n: Hey yall! I'm finally back! ^.^ Sorry for the long update. I've been working alot more since school got out. OOOO!!! I almost forgot to tell yall that my brother had his first baby!!! He's absolutely adorable and is a major reason behind me not updating as much. SO CUTE!!!!! Sorry... Anyways, I also wanted to take this time to clarify something important that was adressed in one of the reviews. One of my awesome reviewers brought to my attention that Tenseiga can only bring back to life people that are already dead and can only do it once. Well guess what yall? I'm making a little bit of a story insert here! It's my story so Tenseiga can bring people back to life more than once if they're not already dead because it's alot more powerful now that Sesshy is more mentally strong. Hey can do it(and she's a totally AWESOME writer) so so can I!!! ^,^(That's me sticking my tongue out at yall! TEHEE!!!)

DISCLAIMER: I BEZ NOT OWNIN INU! I CRY NOW!!! ;(

Chapter 18- Battling the Raging Hormones

~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~Eight Years Ago~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~

It had been days since Tenseiga had prompted him to save the slayer's life, and yet the demon lord could not seem to get her out of his mind. There was just something about the way her brown eyes dug into his own golden ones when she'd thanked him for saving her brother in her own proud way.

He'd scolded himself continuously since then whenever his thoughts went back to the slayer; it just wouldn't do for the human hating demon lord to let anyone know that a very human demon slayer had occupied his thoughts for days on end. It didn't help that Rin had been asking him at least twice a day, everyday, when they were going to go visit "Lady Sango". He'd ultimately relented a day ago and they were now heading towards the slayer's village with Rin riding Ah-Uhn and Jaken leading them with a set of leather reins secured to bridles on each of the dragon's twin heads.

The ugly toad demon had wailed about the injustice of a demon having to willingly go to a demon slayer's village since they'd started their journey until Sesshomaru had sent him an icy glare that affectively shut him up. Rin, on the other hand, had been infinitely excited and had happily hugged his calf in thanks; a show of affection that he quickly brushed off and turned away from.

The group had been traveling since noon the day before and was just beginning to see the tall walls of the ruined slayers village as the sun set behind them. Sesshomaru sighed in annoyance at the fact that not only would he have to spend the night in the presence of two human females, but also have to spend time around the woman who'd somehow put a spell on his mind.

'That must be it,' Sesshomaru thought bitterly, 'That wench must have used her slayer magic to put some kind of spell on me, otherwise I would never have my thoughts centered on some plain looking human woman.'

However his mind betrayed him yet again as an image of Sango in her tight black slayer's suit that clearly shows exactly how toned and curvaceous her human body truly is, causing the demon lord to growl lowly. His body reacted slightly to the mental image that he, himself, had conjured and, had it been anyone other than the frigid demon lord himself, the reaction would have been clearly visible to all around.

"Lord Sesshomaru?" Rin questioned from his side. She had obviously heard the growl and was wondering what could have possibly upset her lord when they were simply walking quietly along the road.

Looking down in shock Sesshomaru was surprised that Rin had not only gotten off of Ah-Uhn by herself without his notice but had apparently been walking by his side for quite a while since the two headed dragon's scent was already faint on her body.

'What is this human woman doing to me?' Sesshomaru thought in horror.

Through all his mental torment though, his mask of emotionless calm remained and to Rin it seemed that the growl had come from nowhere.

"It is nothing Rin. We are approaching the slayer's village and you shall get to see the lady slayer for a day before we must move on," Sesshomaru said as he skillfully steered the child away from a conversation that would indefinitely have been uncomfortable.

"Yay! Thank you Lord Sesshomaru!!!" Rin yelled excitedly as she ran towards the gates that were now in view.

Sesshomaru sighed inwardly as he watched his young ward run towards the gates at top speed, waving excitedly, and yelling out the slayer's name loudly. He watched as the slayer, now clothed in a plain pink and white traveling kimono with a green material wrapped around her from the waist down, and the priestess, clothed in the normal priestess' hakama that was green and white, came to the gate to greet the young girl who had been excitedly yelling the slayer's name for at least the last five minutes.

Rin didn't hesitate to run straight into the slayers' waiting arms and hug her warmly before moving to the priestess and doing the same. It amazed him how she could be so trusting towards people that she barely knew and rarely ever came into contact with. He stopped a short distance away from the happy group of human females and chose not to acknowledge their presence for as long as he could. To bad that Sango, always the observant demon slayer, noticed the great lord's annoyance and made her way over to greet him.

"Hello Sesshomaru. I wanted to thank you for saving my life, since I didn't get the chance to at the time, and for bringing Rin to visit as well."

Sesshomaru turned his eyes towards her, about to brush off her apology, only to be met by the same captivating brown eyes that had been swirling around in his mind for days. Pulling himself together he merely nodded in acknowledgement before turning to head back into the forest. Rin knew that he would return for her when he was ready, and if he didn't leave immediately then he didn't know what his body would do.

'Damned mating season!' he thought angrily as he fled the slayer's village quickly, leaving Sango standing alone in the road.

Not quickly enough, apparently, as the wind blew a large burst of the slayer's scent into his sensitive nostrils as he fled and caused his inner demon to stir in longing. It took every bit of self-control that he had not to turn back and take the slayer there on the ground in front of the priestess AND Rin.

He may be a powerful demon lord but even he is not able to escape the way his body reacts to a female in heat during mating season. As it was he forced down his raging demon and pheromones and pushed his body to its' top speed to leave the area surrounding the slayer's village that seemed to somehow be bathed in the woman's scent.

After running for miles Sesshomaru stopped at a small stream. He was annoyed to see that his eyes were starting to bleed red at the sides and the stripes on his cheeks were slightly jagged.

'What is this human woman doing to me?' he thought for the second time as he forced his countenance to return to normal.

Making sure that his mask of calm was back in place Sesshomaru stood and turned to make his way back towards the village; he couldn't stay to far away from Rin since the little girl seemed to be a magnet for danger. He'd just have to make sure that he kept a tight lid on his hormones while around the slayer and stay at a distance.

It had quickly become dark and the moon was already at its highest point in the sky when the slayer's village came into his view for the second time that day; he'd run further than he'd first thought. After catching Rin scent in a hut near the center of the village along with the two other human women, and taking note of Jaken and Ah-Uhn's position in the far back corner of the village, Sesshomaru leapt into a large tree far enough away from the women that the slayer's faint scent would not affect him, but close enough to step in were anything to happen.

Settling in for the night Sesshomaru lay against the tree's trunk and stretched one leg out along the branch while the other remained bent and erect. Mentally exhausted from his inner turmoil over the slayer Sesshomaru allowed his lids to drift shut and with crickets chirruping serenely around him he allowed his mind to drift into unconsciousness with one last wayward thought.

'The slayer's scent is only this intoxicating because of mating season and her body being in heat. As soon as the season is over I will no longer be under the power of her feminine wiles and she will no longer control my thoughts.'

a/n: Well there you go. It's kind weird and Sesshy's pretty OC but hey, deal with it *.*!!! ...Kidding! Don't be mad! I sorry!!!

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