Hey, everyone! Sorry it's been so long, but I'm back w/ chapter 23! I apologize now for the shortness. This chapter is only about 2000 words, and that's not very much for me. Hope you enjoy it though! Toodles! TTFN!
Liebe,
Sesshomaru is Mine/Abbey
Re-edited by: Kagome-chan a.k.a Marisa! I know you guys will lk this chappie...Battousi is so sexy. Lol. He's my man people sorry. And also, i've re-edited all chapters before this. If there are anymore errors in this, please dont hesitate to correct me.
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Abbey: Yup, time for another interview. Today I'll be talking with Sango!
Sango: Hello, everyone.
Abbey: So…you're "mated" with Sesshomaru?
Sango: (blushes) Yes, I am. But, why did you say "mated" like that? Is something going on that I should know about?
Abbey: Eh….no?
Sango: What is it?
Abbey: It's nothing, nothing. Jeez, you really shouldn't be so suspicious! But um…do you ever get the feeling that maybe…Sesshomaru's keeping something from you?
Sango: Should I feel like he's keeping something from me?
Abbey: (innocent look) No, no…..eh….I don't own InuYasha?
Sango: Just great.
Abbey: (sweat drops)
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Okami no Hanyou: Thanks so much, Beppi! Glad you liked the chapter! Also, I'm very happy that you put ISNK back up! I wuv you too! platonically of course. Well, hope you like the chappy! TTYL!
Wolfdogcat41: Thanks so much! I always love when a new person reviews. It makes me feel like there are more fans of this pairing out there. Hope you continue to like the story in future chapters!
Nightfall2525: Gomen! I tried to update as fast as I could, and since I got a sick day from my tonsil-itis, I got it done...finally. Okay, here's why he didn't mark Sango correctly, if it turned out that Sango wasn't happy being mated to him, he wanted her to be able to get out of it with no strings attached. So that's basically why. Hope you like the chapter!
SPaZin-Person: So, yer name is Gabby? That's cool. Yup, I'm okay, but I've got quite a nasty case of tonsil-itis right now. Oh, it's nothing to worry about though, I don't have to get my tonsils taken out so that's cool. Sorry it took me so long to update. I hope you like the chapter!
Rabbitstime: Hehe, seems like no one really likes Battousi very much, with good reason too. I keep him around to torture everyone though. It's fun to make everything hectic for everyone else. Anyways, hope you like this chapter!
Katty-kat: (Braces self) I believe after this chapter I'll have a few more whacks coming to me. (sweatdrops) Oh well, I like to be a little mischievous, so I think I can take the hits. Don't worry though, it may take a bit, but things will get better for everyone. Hope you like the chapter!
Wai Kiki/Air-Faerie: Hey! I know, Kikyou is such a bitch! We should beat her up! (gets out pitch fork) Die, bitch, die! Anyways...TTYL, AF! TTFN, Toodles! P.S.-Ses/San 4 ever!
LadyRedEyes/Marisa/Kagome-chan: Uh-huh. Sounds to me like Kagome-chan is JEALOUS of Kikyou and Kagura 4 liking Battousi-sama! You're lucky I don't have time for a little picture of him 4 u. TTYL, TTFN, LYLAS, Toodles!
Thanks to everyone who reviewed and those that didn't as well! BTW, I have 191 reviews right now! Please help me reach 200! Please? I love you all platonically!
Liebe,
Sesshomaru is Mine/Abbey
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Sesshomaru's Red Eyes
Chapter 23:
A Body of His Own
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Last time:
Sesshomaru growled softly, "I have no intention of answering to the likes of you."
"You should have just gotten it over with all at once. Instead, you make it so difficult for yourself."
"I just wanted her to be able to get out of it if she wanted to later."
Battousi chuckled, "So, when and how do you intend to tell her that is not a real mark?"
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Kagome found her way back to her room. The room that she shared with InuYasha. She cried for awhile, eventually crying herself to sleep…
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"You did it. You did it all, didn't you, Battousi?"
"I…cannot deny it."
"You took away Sango's children, killed Miroku…and…killed InuYasha?"
"I did not technically kill InuYasha. That was Kikyou's doing. But yes, I am either directly or indirectly related to all of those things."
"How? How could you do that? You were getting so much better, Battousi! You fooled me into believing that you changed for the better!"
"Do you not understand by now? I lose my way very easily."
"But why? How could you go so far astray? What, did you enjoy tricking me like that?"
"That is not the point!" a low, frustrated growl escaped the man-slayer's mouth, "I do not enjoy tricking you. I could not bring myself to that. It seems to me that…when I leave your side, all the good that is inside me…it stays with you. I am pure evil when I am away from you. I know not of another way to explain it."
"But…you're…"
"Kagome, I am still just a mind-spirit. I have little control over my emotions. I wear them right upon my sleeves. It is something that I greatly detest, but it is the truth nonetheless. I would never tell you anything less than the truth."
"Battousi, I think I can understand, but still…it's hard to forget. So many lives have been ripped apart because of this."
"I fully realize that. And…my brother is now mated with Sango now. I thought you would want to know."
Kagome's eyes went wide, "Really? Well…if Sango's happy, that's all I can hope for."
"And for you, Kagome?"
"For me? I suppose…I just go on. Keep living the best I can. I have to tell Shippou about InuYasha tomorrow. It's not going to be easy, that's for sure."
"The kit is strong, you and InuYasha have raised him well. Just remember, Kagome. In the end, only fate decides what is in store for us. Each being has it's own plan. Even so, I want you to keep living."
"And what about you?"
"I will be given my own body tomorrow. I feel that I am ready for the perils that life can bring. For to live is to feel pain. Those who wear their hearts on their sleeves are fools, they have no right to judge. With a heart, love is unavoidable. It is an impending force from which no creature can hide. Love is a prankster, a criminal, a murderer. It feeds off of life force, and so, slowly killing form the inside out. I have no need for such a deceitful beast."
"So you don't want to love? You don't want a heart?"
"No, I do not."
Kagome shook her head, "I know you don't really mean that. The way you talk about emotions, the tiny spark in your eye when they are mentioned…It just suggests otherwise."
"That is because I am a fool right now. I long to be of the living. These feelings of Sesshomaru's that I have been feeding off of for so long…makes me curious for them."
"Curiosity doesn't always have to kill the cat, you know. It wouldn't be fair if you couldn't feel those things. Which is why I want you to have a heart. I do, very much."
"It is not worth your time to worry about the likes of me. Kagome, promise me something."
Kagome smiled, "What is it?"
"Promise me you will…be happy."
"Huh? Uh…Battousi?"
"I shall leave you to your dreams. Farewell, Kagome."
"Goodbye, Battousi," Kagome whispered.
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The next morning…
"For the last time, I am NOT going to let you do this by yourself!"
"Sango," Sesshomaru said, "Battousi is inside of me, it is my job to kill him."
"No, Sesshomaru, it doesn't have to be! We are one in the same now, united, and we should be helping each other!"
"I'm sorry, Sango, but I'm going to put a barrier on the door, to keep you from getting in. I can't let Battousi harm you." He began to walk away towards the library, where the ceremony would be performed.
Sango's eyes started to water, "Alright then. I guess all I can do is…wish you good luck," she said, as he continued to walk. "Just know that, I love you."
Here Sesshomaru stopped dead in his tracks. He stood there, unmoving, for a second, and then began to rip off his armor. He then used demon speed to go to Sango's side to give her the deepest, most consuming kiss she had ever had. Sango was short of breath when he finally pulled away. "And I love you as well. I promise you, that I shall live. I won't let that bastard kill me. I shall live, for you," Sesshomaru told her.
"Sesshomaru…" Sango embraced him tightly, and he returned it.
"But now I must go," he said.
Sango gasped, but said confidently as her eyes welled with tears, "Go waste that demon."
Sesshomaru smirked, "I shall."
"Be sure to give him a special punch…that's from me."
"He has taken much from you, I will do that."
"Arigatou."
With that, Sesshomaru nodded and left. Sango watched him enter the library. As soon as he disappeared into the room, Sango broke out into a run. She had to find Kagome. Kagome was the only one who might be able to break the barrier. Sango ran swiftly through the halls, but Kagome was nowhere to be found. Sango turned a corner, and ran into Kagome head-on. Their heads bounced off of each other, and identical cries of, "OUCH!" were heard. "Kagome!" Sango said.
The miko rubbed her throbbing head, "Hey, Sango. I just came from telling Shippou about…" Here she trailed off, an looked down.
"I'm so sorry, Kagome, but I need your help. Sesshomaru's giving Battousi his own body now, and I want to help him, but he sealed off the door with a barrier! I need you to break the barrier for me so that I can get inside!"
"Whoa, calm down, Sango! What's up? I don't get why you seem so desperate."
"Kagome, Sesshomaru is going to try to kill Battousi! I want to be there to help him!"
Kagome gasped sharply, "He's going to try to kill Battousi?" she said in an undertone. And then she thought, 'I can't let him do that!' Then, Kagome's face became determined, "Where are they now, Sango?"
"In the library but-" Sango stopped because Kagome broke into a run. Sango followed her.
Kagome stopped at the library door. A green barrier was visible on the surface of the door.
"Do you think you can break the barrier?"
"Yeah, I think so. Stand back, Sango." Kagome put a hand to the green light and it shocked her, but she kept her hand on it.
"Kagome are you alright?"
"I'm fine! I can feel the barrier, it's starting to break!" Slowly, the green light was dissipating.
"Good, job, Kagome! Keep at it, you can do it!"
"Almost there! In three, two, one…it's gone!"
They burst open the door, and came face-to-face with a very strange sight. Sesshomaru's eyes were red again. Without warning, he was engulfed in a blinding red light so bright, Kagome and Sango had to squint to see what was happening. Sesshomaru's feet lifted off the ground, his limbs hanging down loosely. The light around him separated from him, moving downwards to the floor. The light hovered just above the ground, and Sesshomaru landed, his eyes back to their normal golden gleam. The whole room they were in began to pulsate, nearly causing the two girls to lose their balance. The red light looked more like thick fog now. It was steadily becoming solid.
Sesshomaru looked at the two, "Leave this place now," he said, as he turned away so his back was to the light.
"I will not let you do this alone," Sango retorted.
"And I'm not leaving either," Kagome said.
"Battousi possesses far greater power than even I imagined at first. You shall not be endangered!"
"I promised you that I would always be at your side," the taijiya explained, "I shall not abandon you when you need me the most!"
"How very touching, Sesshomaru."
The taiyoukai's eyes narrowed in frustration, "Kuso," he said softly.
"Uh, Sesshomaru?" Kagome said, her eyes wide and staring at the form behind him, "Maybe you'd better turn around."
"Please do," said the voice. It was deep and baritone, calm yet spiteful, "Face me. Face your worst fear, Brother."
"Fool, I do not fear you. You are nothing."
"Lies," said the demon, "I lived inside your very being. I know all of your thoughts, fears," his eyes rested on Sango, who was still looking into Sesshomaru's face,"and secrets."
Sesshomaru turned around, and Sango got a clear view of the one who had haunted her dreams for months.
"Battousi," Kagome said in a whisper, 'He's just as I saw he would be.'
Of course, Battousi's eyes were red. His eyelids were maroon, adding to his bitter stare. Jagged markings of the same color were on his cheeks. They looked like lightning bolts. His skin was lightly tanned. His hair was a dark, steel-gray. It rested a little over a foot past his shoulders, making it shorter than his brothers. Each side of his bangs curved inward, framing the maroon crescent moon on his forehead. However, unlike Sesshomaru's crescent moon, Battousi's had the points of it facing downward, instead of to the side. His black and blood red kimono was almost identical to Sesshomaru's. His armor was a dark, dreary gray. The armor around his shoulder looked like a cross between thorns and barbed wire. On his shoulder rested a dark gray tail. The fur on it didn't look nearly as soft as Sesshomaru's. It looked a lot courser. (A/N: Yeah, I know Sesshomaru's fluffy thingy isn't a tail. I just wish it was a lot, so I made it one for this story. Oh well.)
"Are you all finished goggling at me, because I tire of it." To Kagome, the sound of Battousi's voice was like a thousand needles stabbing her all over. Next to Battousi, Sesshomaru actually looked…good. Battousi's eyes rested on the miko, "Hello, Kagome."
Kagome took a step backwards, "Battousi, I…"
Battousi looked at Sesshomaru, "Our fight will be for another day, Brother. I don't intend to kill you until I'm finished with you. For as you know, there are some things worse than death."
"Is it simply that you are afraid of me?" the taiyoukai asked.
"No, never," Battousi answered,"I want you to watch you squirm for awhile. So I bid you farewell." His eyes rested on Kagome, "You and I shall speak soon."
Kagome was speechless. What was Battousi planning to do? He looked at her once more before he teleported away.
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Kagura was waiting patiently in the forest when Battousi appeared to her. "So you're Battousi?" she said, visibly blushing.
"Hai and you are Kagura."
"Yes, I am pleased to be at your service, Battousi."
"If you are so pleased, go to your master and tell him that your assistance is not needed."
"What?"
"Do as I said. I never consented to this part of the plan. I do not wish for it."
"But-why!"
"Naraku is not to make plans without consulting me first. Nor am I to make plans without speaking with him. It is a mutual agreement of ours, as partners."
Kagura bowed her head slightly, out of respect, "Yes, Battousi-sama." Then Kagura paused for a moment, wondering about something.
"You were thinking that perhaps I am not as cold as I am perceived to be."
Kagura gasped. She had no idea that Battousi was able to read minds. "It was just a thought."
"Get that thought out of your mind. I decline only because I do not wish to lower myself to such levels once more. Now that I have this body, I wish to use it with dignity."
"An admirable sentiment indeed, Battousi. I can see why you interest so many."
"Kagura, stop it. Do not praise the likes of me." With that, Battousi turned his heel and disappeared into thin air.
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Later…
'I know what I now must do,' Battousi thought. He was hungry for power now. He thought that must be Sesshomaru's emotions that led him to feel this way, but that was wrong. Now that he had his own body, Battousi was free of Sesshomaru's feelings. He teleported to the castle of the northern lands. The northern lord was a proud leader, and he was quite sure of himself. Such conceit made Battousi angry. Very angry. Those who the northern lord rule over do not deserve such a leader. He chuckled softly. It's not like he would be much better.
"Good evening, Lord Katsu."
"Who may I ask are you? You have no right to invade my lands!"
"Is it not obvious? I've come to kill you."
"You? Don't make me laugh, fool."
"What is so comical about it?"
"You stand here before me, looking so much like Sesshomaru, Lord of the western lands, and say that you shall kill me? You are truly pathetic."
"I am Sesshomaru's darker half, Battousi, dark prince of the western lands. And now…lord of the northern lands."
Lord Katsu unsheathed his sword, "We shall see. Come at me then, Man-Slayer. Huh?" He looked around him, "Where has that demon gotten to?" Then the lord gasped. Battousi was hovering high in the air above him, a red energy whip heading in his direction…
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I know it's a lot shorter than usual, sorry about that. Hope you liked it just the same. Please review if you can, thanks. Toodles!
Sesshomaru: Hello, Abbey.
Abbey: Eh….hello?
InuYasha: It's time for a little payback!
Abbey: But what did I do!
Battousi: Nothing, it is just very enjoyable to torture you.
Abbey: What! All three of you!
Sesshoamru: That is correct.
InuYasha: We figured we'd make a party of it.
Abbey: (sweat drops) The only time they act like brothers is when they want to beat the living crap out of me.
Battousi: Don't take it so badly. Just consider yourself…special.
InuYasha: Yeah, special in the mind!
Sesshomaru: (chuckles)
(Sesshomaru, InuYasha, and Battousi circle Abbey)
Abbey: Help!
Liebe,
Sesshomaru is Mine/Abbey
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Preview of the next chapter…
"Mi-lord! Mi-lord!"
"What is it, Jaken?"
"I bring horrible news! A messenger has just come, and he has told me that Lord Katsu of the northern lands has just been assassinated!"
"Who is responsible?" Sesshomaru asked.
Jaken just winced, knowing this would not make his master very happy.
"Jaken," Sango said, "Answer Sesshomaru, who did this!"
"He claims that he is now lord of the northern lands."
"Then for the last time, who is it?" Sesshomaru asked, his patience slipping.
"The killer is none other than Battousi, Mi-lord!"
"I should have known," Sesshomaru whispered. "Jaken, send word out to the lords of the eastern and southern lands, there must be an emergency meeting here immediately."
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Next Chapter:
Nowhere to Run, Nowhere to Hide
TTFN!
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