Disclaimer: All of the original Inuyasha characters do not belong to me, there are however a few OC's in this story and they do belong to me.

WW - Forgive me of any misspellings. It's not intentional, really.

Chapter 17 – Dark Familiar –

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"Who am I? Who am I! Why my delicious treat, you know who I am. I am Sesshoumaru."

"Liar!"

"Then, who am I if I am not who I say I am? Tell me girl."

"You...you..."

Flash back

"That son of a bitch killed my family!"

He pointed a finger at Sesshoumaru, who glared at him coldly.

"When!" Ami yelled back at him in an icy tongue.

"Last night!" The boy tears fell more freely.

"He appeared and slashed them with his claws! Right in front of me! Then he, He stood there AND LAUGHED!"

End Flashback

" The one that destroyed Malons village, the imposter..."

Ami felt her heart jump into her throat and she drew her knife slowly as if she were dealing with some wild beast that would startle at any quick movement. She backed away one strained step at a time. It was all she could do to keep her legs moving. But the gap between she and the imposter did not widen, for every step she took back he took forward. So she stayed just out of striking range until the cool water of the river sloshed into her shoes and trickled down her ankles. She had backed right up to the river and no longer had anywhere to run.

'What do I do now?'

A dark howl split the early evening silence as the imposter raised his claws and bared his fangs in a broad smile.

With Sesshoumaru

He had no idea where on the river Ami was, the wind had stopped and so the air was stagnant. He had been in such a hurry that he hadn't taken time to think his actions through. If he had he would have started but finding the trail she took to the river but it would take to long now to find that trail.

'damn it!'

He cursed himself inwardly. It was then, in that awkward silence of newly fallen darkness, that a blood-curdling howl reached his ears. A sound that made even his demonic heart skip a beat. He had never heard a sound like that, and his body was already following it to its source.

At the river

The imposter struck at Ami with his claws but it was not the flesh of the human girl his nails dug into, rather it was fangs that dug into his hand. Where the girl had been now stood a dark shadow, darker then the black of the night, darker then the shadows cast by the moon. The mist of its form slowly recoiled itself and took a more solid shape, revealing it to be a black canine beast of great size.

In an echoing voice that was heard but never spoken the beast narrowed its great blowing eyes to threatening slits.

"How dare you seek to harm my master. You foolish, foolish brat!"

The imposter ripped his hand from the dark beast mouth and leapt back as the monster licked its muzzle clean of the demons blood. It grinned at the white haired demon, as it lowered its head in a threatening manner.

"So your name is Sessoru... how interesting."

Sessoru choked in shock, baring his fangs in malice.

"How did you know that?" he growled

"Your blood..." the monster dog said and then after a short pause he added, with a sarcastic and mocking tone. " Tastes like mud too..."

It made a face that was inappropriately comical for the situation. The kind of look a young child gets after you give them a bitter medicine; grimacing and sticking its thug out.

"Bastard."

The black one laughed, or rather snickered and then lunged at Sessoru. Snapping its huge jaws a hairs width away from the imposters' throat.

Sessoru, having missed his chance in abducting the human girl that his master so wanted, was subject to dodging the beast violent attacks. It was all he could do to keep from getting caught in the path of one of its huge clawed paws as it swept the shore like a sword, or getting thrashed by its long tail as it struck at him like a whip. But worst were its fangs, sharper then any sword and faster then the wind itself, they were spears amidst a gaping mouth. Despite the danger he was in there were two thoughts that continuously flashed though his mind. 'Where did the girl go?' and 'What was this mammoth creature that called her master?'

A new sent wafted through the battle and Sessoru deemed it time to go but not before the shadow coated creature latched itself onto his leg, itself onto his leg. He couldn't suppress the cry of pain that erupted from his throat as the beast teeth sank deep into his pale flesh. It whipped him around like a rag doll before releasing him in midair so that he flew precariously chilly air to land painfully on the shore of the river.

'Should you ever seek to harm the master again... I shall kill you.'

He wasn't going to wait and give the monster another chance to gab hold of him; Sessoru pulled a talisman from inside his robes and was gone.

The black beast stared in the direction he'd sent the imposter flying in before turning its massive head to look at a breathless Sesshoumaru as he emerged from the woods. The dog demon stopped short at the sight of the huge shadow, whose eyes shone golden in the moonlight as it looked at him but there was no scent. This huge creature had no scent.

"What are you?" he said out loud, thou he hadn't meant to.

'I am...' the beast sat down on its haunches and reached around behind its shoulders lifting, with the most delicate of care, Amis sleeping form and then lay her down on the soft sand of the riverbank. '... a shadow.' It finished and then was gone, not a trace of its massive self was left, and it had vanished like the breeze in that early autumn night. Leaving a puzzled Sesshoumaru to tend to Ami.

Malon and Koga came out of the woods a few minutes later; Sesshoumaru had already slung Ami over his shoulder.

"Is she okay? We heard a scream!" Malon said in a panicked voice when he saw her.

"She's fine"

"What's this strange scent?" Koga sniffed the air

Sesshoumaru didn't answer he didn't know either. When he'd arrived the only thing here was that huge "shadow." He turned away from the river and started back to camp.

"Where are you going?" Malon asked

"Camp."

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WW: Hey guess what!!! You know that song that Ami sings to calm down Sesshy-kun after they meet Koga?

I found it! So you all can listen to it now!!! Yippy!!!

Sesshy: ... ugg

WW: what?

Sesshy: My greatest weakness... publicly available to fan-girls…TT

WW hehehe... Leave a review!

Sesshy: Ja Ne

PS : Go to YouTube .com where you can listen to the song I talked about earlier. Search for "trish thuy trang siren" it should be the first video that comes up on the list.