Hello! Stupid Isteps are over! It was so pathetically easy, I'm starting to think that people from Indiana are stupid! LOL. That would never happen rolls eyes Anyways…This chapter is sort of short, but hopefully, if I write shorter chapters, I'll be able to update more often for all of you. This chapter might make you think that I'm pretty stupid myself. I don't know how all of you are going to react to this plot twist. So yeah, enjoy chapter 19 and drop me a review if you can. Toodles!
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Sesshomaru is Mine/Abbey
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Crap it! my stupid computer needs to die! i was on the second to the last response to the reviewers when my computer went all odd on me and I lost the part I just typed out! Grr, you computer! Okay, you all know that I'm weird, so...I'll just thank you like this, I'm so sorry, I really wanted to talk to you all, but since I'm feeling sort of sick right now...(I almost threw up a couple of times) This is the best I can give you. Again, I'm so sorry! I really enjoy replying to your reviews! sad face
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All of your questions are answered in this chapter except for Nightfall2525's question. Sorry, Nightfall, but I can't really give that away! Sorry! And, there was also a request from Morelen. Okay, here's the deal, there will be lots of San/Ses stuff later in the story. And some ones that are soon, I promise, on my honor as a Dave Matthews Band obesser-oh, believe me, that accounts for a lot if you're talking about me-that there will be. Thanks to all readers, whether you reviewed or not! I love you all in platonic ways! Now, enjoy the chapter! Hope you all like it! Toodles!
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Sesshomaru's Red Eyes
Chapter 19:
The True Plan of the Battousi
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Last time…
"NO!STOP PLEASE, LEAVE ME ALONE!"
Battousi grabbed hold of Sango by the wrist. He sniffed the air. His eyes became a little wider, and for some reason, he became much angrier, "You bitch, you're already…you're already…" At this, he backhanded her across the face. The taijiya fell to the ground. He smiled evilly, "But it matters not." He picked her up off the ground and threw her on the bed.
"MIROKU, SESSHOMARU, PLEASE HELP MEEEEE!"
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"Sango, SANGO!" Sesshomaru yelled to the bleeding and broken young woman laying in a heap on the bed. He gently wrapped a sheet around her and lifted up her head. It hung limply back. Blood trailed from her mouth. Cuts and slashes of various sizes lined her body. He was fully clothed and he gathered her up so that her cheek gently rested against his chest. "Sango, I'm so sorry. I had no idea Battousi would do such a thing to you. I would never wish this fate on…on you." He growled softly, "Battousi will die for this."
Sesshomaru suddenly felt a hand touch his cheek. Sango's fingertips lightly ran over his face, "Sesshomaru, it's you."
"Sango-" he began.
"Before you say another word, Sesshomaru, I want to know something. I want to know if you ordered this. I don't want to believe that you did, but Battousi said that you made him so I just…." Tears ran down her cheek.
"Sango, I swear, I had nothing to do with it. Do not believe Battousi."
"Really, Sesshomaru, you mean that?" Sango choked out with a few more tears.
"I do and…" He sniffed the air. His eyes became very wide, "It's not possible. How could that happen?"
She lifted her head abruptly, suddenly much more alert, "What! What is it, Sesshomaru! What's wrong with me!"
He surveyed her closely with his intoxicating amber eyes, "Do not be alarmed, Sango, but I must first verify to see if my suspicions are correct. May I?"
The demon slayer slowly nodded, "Of course, do what you must."
Sesshomaru craned his head downward and lightly sniffed the area around her abdomen, "It is as I feared."
"Please, Sesshomaru, you're really starting to scare me. What is it?" He just looked at her with his emotionless gaze. "Sesshomaru, please, tell me!" she said with desperation as she fell, sobbing into his chest.
'She has gone through too much,' Sesshomaru thought, 'Now, with this…'
"You are," he began, "With child."
Sango momentarily stopped shaking in Sesshomaru's arms. She looked up at him. Her expression was hard to read, "I…I am?"
"Hai."
"Is it yours?" she said cautiously.
He gently stroked her hair in the back. He didn't even realize he was doing it, "It…is."
Sango emitted a sharp intake of breath.
"However…there is another, and it does not carry my scent, but the scent of the monk."
"Is…is that possible?" Sango asked.
A/N: Delighted you asked, Sango! ;) Okay, I asked my sister about this particular situation, and she asked her college anatomy professor, and he said there was a case, I forgot where it was, anyways, the mother…well…you know…with two different men in close proximity of each other, and one baby was of one ethnicity and the other baby was of another. So, they didn't have the same father. Yeah, I'm sure some of you are still rolling your eyes at me…oh well, you can't always please. This has significant importance in the plot though, Sango having the two babies. Besides, you never know what's going to happen to you when you get…demon…stuff…inside of you. So sorry if I seem idiotic to some of you. LOL. I could never do that rolls eyes anyways, on with the story, toodles!
"I have never heard of such a thing, but my nose has never lied to me as of yet." He just couldn't help looking sad, "I'm sorry, Sango."
"No, don't be, Sesshomaru, none of this is your fault. I don't blame you, not in the slightest."
"You don't blame me?" he repeated, "Why?"
She smiled at him, "You were not the one that did this. Besides, you are the father of this child inside of me. Whether you believe it or not, you've really given me a great gift. The greatest gift in fact. This child is innocent, I shall not berate him or her just because of the way they were conceived."
"Sango…why do you smile? You were just raped."
"I understand that, Sesshomaru, but I have also just found out that I am pregnant. You have no idea how long I've pined for a child. And now that I've found I'm having two, no bad experience will get in the way of my happiness." Without warning, she embraced him tightly. "Thank you, Sesshomaru."
"Do not thank me, I have done nothing. Nothing but…"
"No, don't think so negatively. I've already told you, I don't blame you."
"Stubborn woman," he said as he relaxed in her embrace. He put his mouth close to her ear and whispered, "I shall assist you in whatever way you need."
Her cheek rested against his shoulder, "Hm, you put up such a tough front, but inside, you're just as soft as your fluffy tail."
"It will not be so if you mention this to anyone."
"You know very well that you won't make good on your threats."
"Sango?"
"Yes?"
"Be silent."
A small smile played across the demon slayer's lips. She closed her eyes. Sesshomaru had quite a calming affect on her.
Sesshomaru then felt something he had only felt when he thought of Rin, the need to protect. Battousi would never get to Sango again. He would make sure of that. Slowly, Sango's breathing evened and her heartbeat slowed. She was sleeping. Sesshomaru gently laid her down on the bed. "Battousi, break this barrier at once."
"Now why would I do a thing like that? It is most enjoyable to watch you squirm from the inside, Sesshomaru."
"Do not test me, Battousi. You've already earned yourself a long and painful death."
"So I take it you plan to get rid of me as soon as possible."
"Yes, I shall give you your own body soon."
"Not soon enough. You will wait until Sango has her children."
"Yes."
"I already knew that you fool. I can read your mind."
"For the last time, open the damn barrier."
"I'll indulge you for now. In the future, I shall not be so helpful as I was for you tonight."
The barrier dissipated.
"SESSHOMARU, I'M GOING TO KILL YOU!"
"InuYasha, stop being so rash!" Kagome scolded.
"I KNOW WHAT YOU DID, AND I SWEAR….YOU'RE DEAD!"
"What are you referring to, InuYasha?" Miroku asked.
"THAT ASSHOLE RAPED SANGO!"
"WHAT?"
Sango woke up, "InuYasha-STOP!"
"What the hell are you talking about, Sango? I'm gonna serve Sesshomaru's ass on a golden platter for what he did to you!"
"Sango," Miroku said softly as he went to her and held her tightly.
"Are you alright?" Kagome asked.
"Just fine, Kagome. Now I want all of you to listen to me. It wasn't Sesshomaru that did that to me, it was Battousi!"
The miko gasped softly, "Battousi?"
"Yes, this was all his plan in order to impregnate me."
At this, InuYasha sniffed the air. His eyes widened.
"Before you say anything, InuYasha, let me explain."
Sesshomaru, who was leaning against a wall on the other side of the room, looked up attentively.
"Battousi succeeded. Bu-"
"NO WAY!" It was Kagome's turn to yell, "HOW COULD HE DO A THING LIKE THAT! WE REALLY SHOULD KILL HIM!"
Miroku's grip on Sango tightened immensely.
InuYasha looked angrily at his brother, "Wasn't there anything you could've done to stop that bastard from doing that to her?"
"No," answered the taiyoukai, "I could not, Battousi's thoughts are separate from my own."
"You're always bragging about how you're so damn powerful, and you couldn't even stop a mind spirit! You're more of a weakling than I thought."
"Hold your tongue, half-breed. That wretch is a lot stronger than a simple mind spirit."
"It's true, InuYasha," Kagome said, "He is strong. Stronger, in fact, than any of us realized."
"I don't really give a damn, as long as we kill him."
"WILL SOMEONE PLEASE LET ME FINISH?"
"Damn. Go ahead, Sango."
"As I was saying, Battousi succeeded in impregnating me, however, I was…already pregnant with your baby, Miroku."
The monk was surprised, at the very least, "I've never heard of such an unusual circumstance. How could it be I wonder?"
"Demons are very different from humans," Sesshomaru said, his emotionless mask in place.
Miroku looked at Sango in a worried way, but all the taijiya did was smile up at him, "Why do you fear, Miroku? The only way I see it is, two children. Completely innocent, and ours. No matter what."
The houshi's face softened considerably, "We did want a lot of children."
"Now we have a head start."
"That's right."
"Come on, InuYasha," Kagome told him, "Let's leave those two alone."
"Yeah, okay. Miroku, you got it?"
"No problem, InuYasha, go ahead, I'll take care of her."
With that, InuYasha and Kagome left, hand in hand.
Miroku was still unhappy nonetheless. His wife was just raped and impregnated. He did agree that the child was not at fault; he would not judge him or her by how they were brought into the world. Still, he wasn't about to trust Sesshomaru, especially while that Battousi character was still inside of him.
"We shall take our leave then," Miroku stated. He picked Sango up, blankets and all. The taijiya blushed. Then they noticed that Sesshomaru too had left.
"Shall we, my dear Sango? You look like you need rest."
"Thank you, Miroku, and yes, let's go."
Miroku nodded, and they left.
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Later…
Kagome was lying, safe and sound in her bed. But the dream she was having was not really that sweet.
"BATTOUSI, YOU HORRID, SICK, TWISTED BASTERD! HOW DARE YOU DO THAT TO SANGO!" She could not see him, but his voice rang in the darkness of which she stood.
He spoke calmly, "I agree, miko, I am all of those things."
"Huh? You don't deny it?"
"Why should I? I have done one of the most vile things anyone can do."
"You admit it?"
"Not admitting it is like inquiring that I did not do it. That is a lie."
"So, it certainly wouldn't be beneath you to lie!"
"I may do many things of an evil nature, miko, but I do not lie. I told myself that I would never lie. I refuse."
'He refuses?' Kagome thought, 'Don't tell me that all of a sudden he's going noble on me?' Then she replied, "I hate to be called anything other than my real name."
"Ha," he said softly, "So polite, so kind…Kagome."
"Thanks. But where are you anyways, Battousi? I can't see you."
"I have come to talk to you in my purest form."
"Why me?"
"Is it not obvious? You are full of wisdom and understanding, Kagome. Your heart is filled with purity, and I am strangely interested in it."
"In my heart?"
"In any heart. You see, Kagome, I have no heart."
"No heart?" she repeated, "Oh, Battousi, everyone has a heart."
"No, Kagome. I have told you. That is Sesshomaru's heart. I am heartless. Which makes me more vulnerable to emotions."
"But then…when you get your own body you shall have one."
"I shall not."
"What! Why?"
"If I didn't have a heart to begin with, then I shall never have one. Unless…someone gives me a heart."
"Gives you a heart?" Kagome repeated, "A thing like a heart can't be given away."
"It can."
"How?"
"If someone…has love for me, then I shall get a heart."
"Well if you a little nicer, you could get friends, and they would love you."
"That kind of love will do nothing. Someone needs to actually fall in love with me."
Kagome blushed.
"Kagome, I fear getting close to anyone. Especially you. I hate my interest in you."
"I interest you? But why?"
"Pure evil is always attracted to pure good."
"I see…"
"You are nervous. I am pleased. Kagome, I know that you feel a certain pull towards me as well."
Kagome found it best to avoid the subject, "What are you, Battousi?" Kagome asked as politely as she could.
"As of now, I am nothing but pure soul. But as you know, dear Kagome, my soul is not pure. I have lived in dormancy, bleak and dark, feeding on what I could. I am before you now, and yet I am not. I breathe, yet I do not breathe. I feel yet I do not feel. I live yet I do not live."
"How terrible."
"Hm, you may find it terrible, Kagome. You may find me horrific-"
"No."
"Intolerable-"
"No."
"Despicable-"
"No! No! No!"
At this, he looked at her thoughtfully, "You do not? Even I myself know that the things I have done are unforgivable, forbidden. I am an abomination to myself."
"You may be to yourself, but not to me. Battousi, would you mind terribly if I tried to help you?"
"Help me?" he repeated, "What brought this about?"
"Your reputation precedes you. I know that there is good buried inside of you."
He smirked, "I think not."
"You speak as though you have remorse."
"Remorse. All I have remorse for is my own wretched existence. Do not be so fool-hardy."
"I can feel the good in you, Battousi. It's there, you just haven't found it yet."
"What is good, Kagome?"
"What?"
"What defines good? What makes something good?"
"You don't know?"
"No."
"Alright then, I'll tell you. Good," Kagome began, "Good is…ummm…good is…"
"Do you understand now? You cannot even comprehend what good is, and you are pure good."
"Well, good can be lots of things, Battousi."
"You are good. That's all I know. I have no concept as to what makes one good. All I see is what makes one wicked."
"No, Battousi, that's what you want to see. A person is defined as good or bad by what deeds they do, how they act around others, and by what is in their soul."
"That's how I define myself. I have done nothing good. I have only done bad."
"Come on, Battousi, we both know that's not entirely true. I know it was you that allowed me to see that vision," Kagome said, "Thank you."
"Do not thank me, because you are false. Since I was possessing your dream at the moment of my vision, you had that vision as well. However, you only heard what would happen. You did not see it as I did."
"So it was a vision? InuYasha is going to die?"
The man-slayer remained silent.
"BATTOUSI, PLEASE TELL ME!"
"Do not raise your voice to me, miko. I owe you nothing."
"Can you at least tell me, is it you that will kill him?"
"No…Unfortunately."
"Then who?" Kagome questioned.
"You are an intelligent woman, you should be able to figure it out."
"Naraku," Kagome said instantly.
"Yes, but you are also wrong about who he is going to kill."
"Huh? Then who is he going to-" she paused for a moment, rerunning the vision back in her mind.
"Now do you understand?"
Kagome gasped slightly, "It's…me," she whispered.
"It is."
"Naraku is going to kill me?"
He glared at her annoyingly, "I just told you that you are the one who shall be slain."
"Yes, but-"
"I must take my leave of you now, Kagome. Farewell."
"Battousi, no, don't leave me!"
"Don't leave you? Why do you want me to stay?"
"I…just don't know, okay?"
"I do not wish to leave myself, which infuriates me greatly. It has begun. You do not wish for me to leave either."
"Hey! What are you suggesting? Get back here, baka youkai!"
It was too late, the man-slayer was gone.
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Muha! Chapter ! I think I'm starting to update a little faster, I was in such a bad funk b4. If you have any questions about Battousi, or anything else, push the purple button and ask me. Or, if you just want to say hi, drop me a review if you can. Whelp, that's it! Till next time, toodles!
Liebe,
Sesshomaru is Mine/Abbey
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Abbey: There, Fluffy, are you satisfied now! Jeez, you had a whole little moving moment w/ Sango and everything!
Sesshomaru: Growl
Abbey: Now what, Sir Bitch a Lot!
Once more, grabs Abbey around the throat
Sesshomaru: I told you not to refer to me as "Fluffy" or any other name besides Lord Sesshomaru.
Abbey: You know, I'm sure the readers are starting to get bored with you strangling me all the time. Am I right? PLEASE, FOR THE LOVE OF GOD, SAY THAT YOU'RE BORED WITH IT!
Sesshomaru: Pathetic human.
Abbey: Baka inu.
Sesshomaru: I thought it was already established that you cannot speak when I am strangling you.
Abbey: Shit.
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Preview of the next chapter…
"Sesshomaru, you still don't have those feelings, do you?"
"What feelings are you speaking of?"
"Don't avoid the question, you know what I'm talking about."
"……"
"Sesshomaru?"
"If you must know, I do. There, are you satisfied?"
Sango's eyes went wide. She looked down, and went limp, fainted.
Sesshomaru caught her, 'I never should have told her.' Then he looked down. "Kami-sama," he said softly, "Now I understand why she fainted so suddenly."
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Next Chapter:
The Talented, The Intelligent, and the Cherry Blossom
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