Chapter 7
A/N : well I had this done long time ago but it got deleted (all my fault) and with the holidays and stuff (writers block and lack of self confidence) it's been crazy but I hope you'll forgive me.:-)
The group sat around the fire resting after the day of hard traveling. Sesshomaru had set a dead man's pace and was constantly pushing them more and more every day. They had been traveling for 3 days straight always in the same direction never going off course. They stopped for a short while around midday to rest,eat, and relieve themselves. It was taxing on the humans in the group but they never complained which Sesshomaru was grateful for.
'They are truly concerned about my idiot brother and my kagome...its... touching.'Sesshomaru mused to himself. He was interupted by the demon slayer
'Her name is Sanro or something like that..'he thought.
"Oi Sesshomaru!" Sango cried from across the fire sounding awfully like his half brother.
He acknowledged her by raising an eyebrow.
She took that as a sign to continue.
"We are getting close to Kagome, Rin, and Inuyasha, right?" she asked then when he nodded she added " Do you have a plan yet?"
Sesshomaru was mildly offended at the question.
'Does she think I am so dense that I dont think to think of a plan of action!?' he thought furious but his outward demeanor was the same even as he anwsered.
"Of course I have thought of a plan...human." he said his face blank of emotion but he couldn't help the feeling of offense from showing in his eyes and the disdain in his voice as he said the word "human".
"Well...what is it then?" Sango asked completely ignoring the Taiyoukai's VERY obvious anger (well for him I mean.)
"Well the plan is very basic so that even your human mind shouldn't have trouble understanding it." He continued despite Sango's annoyed face at the jib towards humans." We get to the cowards' fortress, break in, kill whoever gets in our way, find my ward and ...the miko."
'OUR MIKO!' The voice in Sesshomaru's head corrected.
'Shut Up!' Sesshomaru said curtly to the voice.
"Then finally when we have the miko and my ward safely in our grasp..." He paused for dramatic effect.
"We will find the abomination that was once my brother but now is Naraku and destroy that evil being once and for all." Sesshomaru finished then sat back on his haunches waiting for the reaction of the group.
Silence reigned over the campsite as everyone absorbed the plan.
Miroku was the first to recover and immediately realized the danger of what had just been said.
'Sango's not going to respond well to this!' he thought.
No sooner that he had that thought he heard a voice shout shrilly,
"WHAT THE HELL DID YOU JUST SAY?!" Sango yelled as she got to her feet and grabbed her Hirakotsu from where it was laying next to her and got into a ready stance.
'I better say something before Sango does! Or throws that thing for another matter! The last thing we need is for a fight to break out!' Miroku thought getting panicked.
"Sango, dear..." Miroku began in his most soothing tone but was interrupted by an enraged Matsura who was furious as to how this human was speaking to his lord.
"HOW DARE YOU! SPEAKING TO HIS LORDSHIP IN SUCH A MANNER! I OUGHT TO KILL YOU FOR YOUR IMPUDENCE!" Matsura yelled as he too got to his feet and began flexing his claws as if itching to use them on Sango.
"I WILL TALK TO HIM IN ANY MANNER I SEE FIT WHEN HE IS TALKING ABOUT SOMETHING AS IDIOTIC AS THIS!"Sango yelled right back turning her bady and weapon to face Matsura.
"KAGOME AND RIN COULD BE SERIOUSLY HURT IN ALL THIS! AND HOW COULD I SAY I AM OK WITH KILLING ONE OF MY VALUABLE COMPANIONS! I ALREADY LOST MY BROTHER, FATHER, AND MY ENTIRE VILLAGE! ... I can't stand to lose anyone else... I'll fall apart." Sango had gotten soft at the end of her rant and was now crying softly to herself but was still standing up strong against the demon facing her ignoring the tears roll down her face.
" Oh Sango..." Miroku moved and put a hand on her shoulder but she shook him off and he moved away feeling defeated.
After that silence once again hung over the campsite like a blanket. No one knew what to say so no one said anything.
Sango didn't feel hungry at all so she moved to her bed roll and laid down. Everyone watched her go but no one made any move towards her. Finally after what seemed like eternity everyone except one person looked away. (guess who?)
The youkai (narrowing it down) stood there with a contemplating look then seemed to come to a decision and began to walk towards the prone figure on the bed roll.
Sango heard someone approaching her bed roll.
'Miroku I guess. He never gives up!'
"Miroku I don't want to talk right now." she said without turning around.
There was silence for a moment then...
"I'm not the monk... I just want to apologize for my behavior earlier...I... I didn't know that the Mistress and my lord's half brother were so important to you." Matsura said softly head bowed.
Sango turned around quickly and glared at the demon prepared to chew him out but once she saw the look of true apology on his face she let it go murmuring a quiet "It's alright." and sitting up to face him completely.
'She simply forgave me?!'Matsura thought dumbstruck 'Humans sure are amazing...I should learn more about them...'
Matsura sat down in front of Sango and began to study her facial expressions. After a few moments Sango began to blush under his close inspection.
'Well that's strange...Why is she red now?'Matsura thought curiously then moved closer to inspect her red face making Sango blush even harder.
"Umm... May I ask what you are doing?!" Sango said moving backwards.
Miroku turned when he heard this and all he saw was HIS woman blushing with that DEMON leaning over her!
'WHAT DOES HE THINK HE IS DOING?!' Miroku thought angrily his right hand twitching. 'Sango is MINE! even if she doesn't know it... Anyway I'm going to break this up before it gets any farther!' Miroku thought with a determined nod walking over to the couple.
'NOT COUPLE PAIR!PAIR!' Miroku yelled in his head.
****************Meanwhile back with the co- I mean pair ****************************
"Oh I'm sorry does this disturb you?" Matsura said tilting his head like a dog.
"Umm..yeah...yeah quite a lot actually!"Sango said quickly trying to move further back without seeming too freaked out. (extremely hard btw)
"Why?" Matsura said moving in closer with a innocent look but an inward smirk.
'She is increasingly interesting! I must see what other reactions I cam get out of her.' Matsura said stretching over her so that they were almost chest to chest with Sango leaning back on her elbows with a color most similar to a tomato.
Matsura was about to let his weight drop when he felt a grip on the collar of his kimono.
'What the-' his thought was cut off as he came face to face with none other than the monk.
Miroku's face was livid although he tried his hardest to conceal it with his calm mask.
" If you would promptly remove yourself from my- I mean Miss Sango I would appreciate it very much so he said with a smile that did not quite reach his eyes.
'Hmmm this just keeps getting more and more entertaining! It seems the monk loves her... But she either does not acknowledge him or does not return them... I will help them along then!' Matsura thought as he removed the monks hands from his person.
"Terribly sorry monk." Matsura said in a voice that clearly showed no penance. "Won't happen again I assure you." he said brushing himself off and walking off.
'Oh no I have so much more in store for you two.' Matsura thought as he walked to his bed roll and laid down and dozed.
'That general is gonna make all of our lives hell.' Sesshomaru thought to himself as he watched the encounter with the monk and the slayer. He watched as the monk began to move closer to the sitting slayer and winced rubbing his sensitive ears as they were ringing with the yell of "HENTAI!" from the slayer.
'Geez must they be so loud?' growled in his head.
'They are humans they don't comprehend your pain...But there one human you would love hear screaming, isn't there?' the voice in his said in a prodding way.
'What do yo- YOU NEED TO SHUT UP AND GET OUT OF MY HEAD! WHO ARE YOU ANYWAY?' Sesshomaru yelled in his head trying to get the vision of Kagome flushed , sweating, and writhing beneath him and he brought her to completion yelling his name till she was hoarse-
'Damn it! See what you've done!' Sesshomaru yelled at the voice as he tried to ignore the throbbing pain in his lower regions.
'That was all you buddy! Have fun with that!' the voice chortled and Sesshomaru felt it's presence fade.
'Wonderful. Another restless night.' He hadn't gotten a full night of sleep since his ward and woman had been taken. Everytime he closed his eyes all he saw was Kagome being taken away from him by his half brother.
'I coming my love. I'm almost there just wait!' Sesshomaru thought one last time before he laid back against a tree and began to mediate.
***************With Kagome, Rin,and Narasha (hehehe Narasha hehehehe) ****************************
Kagome sat in her dim room rocking Rin to sleep thinking about the man who had recently been plaguing her dreams.
'He's always so kind to me...I wish whoever it is would come take me from here.' Kagome thought as she stroked the child's hair.
Her kidnapper had not shown his face since he had left her in her prison. To be honest she was starting to feel neglected.
'Seriously ya kidnap a girl and you don't even taunt her?What's with that?' she thought grumpily.
But though she had never seen anyone someone would always leave food and drink for the girls and would set a bath every morning with fresh water. It was strange because there was no kind of discomfort at all. It was more like she was a guest then a prisoner.
'Geez what is with all these supposedly evil guys kidnapping me nicely?!This makes no sense!' she thought as she laid Rin on one of the futons in the room and began to wander around the room like she had every night looking for anyway out of her prison.
She tapped along all of the walls looking for any hollow sounds or any weak walls. She had gone around the room quite a few times previously but it was something to do until her friends came for her.
'Or some other youkai who wants a piece of this!' Kagome thought bitterly as her walked around the room when she noticed a light coming through the floor boards.
'No way I didn't think to check the floor!' Kagome thought as she face palmed and shifted the loose floor board so she could hear and see what was going on below.
~In the room below~
"They are getting so close." Naraku whispered to himself through Inuyasha's lips.
He was looking through his reflective pool at the "rescue squad" as they rested in a glade not three miles away from his current location. They would be there tomorrow at the speed they were traveling.
'Tomorrow or a year from now I will destroy them!Then I will finally have what has been kept from me for all this time!' Naraku thought fiercely gripping the lip of the pool till his knuckles were white.
"Yes I will have what deserve!" Naraku said out loud this time. Jaken came scrambling into the room for he heard his new masters voice and immediately rushed to be of service.
"Your wickedness have you need of a anything?" Jaken said in his croaky, high-pitched, annoying voice.
Naraku winced at this rubbing Inuyasha's sensitive ears.
'Too sensitive to be dealing with this nuisance anyway' he thought angrily as he glared at the frog demon that was bowing at his feet.
"No you idiot! How often must I tell you unless I call for you stay out of my quarters!" Naraku accompanied this with Inuyasha's iron reaper soul stealer strengthened by his miasm.
"A thousand apologies your wickedness!" Jaken squawked as he fled then room flailing his arms like a chicken with his head cut off.
"Moron!" Naraku said then suddenly clutched his head in pain. This had been happening often since he had taken over Inuyasha's body. The fool had been trying to regain control of himself to no avail, only causing severe headaches to the half-demon in charge.
It passed just as suddenly as it hit and straightened almost immediately.
"Damn that Inuyasha!" Naraku said shaking his head quickly then looking up to the ceiling staring so hard it almost seemed like he could see into the room above where he knew his Kagome slept.
"It will all be worth it soon though all this pain. For my beloved miko will soon be mine not even the "great" Lord Sesshomaru," he said great with so much sarcasm it practically dripped off of the words." WILL BE ABLE TO STOP ME!" he thundered then laughed manically and strolled out of room and, though he didn't know it , Kagome's sights.
~Back in Kagome's prison~
'Naraku LOVES me?!' Kagome thought as she sat back and replaced the loose board.
'That's just... Ewwww!' Kagome thought shaking herself.
When she stopped she stopped and thought about what she had seen in the reflective pool. Her friends were coming for her and would be there tomorrow to save her and Rin from this place. But...so was Sesshomaru.
'He's probably just coming for Rin.' she thought. But that annoying voice came back in her head and whispered of her silver haired knight and other...possibilities. She cut out the voice and laud down by Rin and pulled the girl close spooning her.
"We will be safe soon don't worry pet." Kagome whispered through the girls hair and smiled when she felt the girl cuddled closer and smile in her sleep.
"Don't worry he will save us." she whispered again thinking of her knight and smiled and fell into a deep slumber. The best sleep she had allowed herself since she had been captured.
'It all ends this next sunrise.'Three minds thought in unison. 'And it will end in my favor!'
End note: Soooooooo...how was it? I hope anyone who still reads my work enjoys it :-3 LOVE TO ALL OF THOSE WHO WAITED FOR THIS AND FOLLOWED AND FAVORITED WHILE I WAS ON DEPRESSION INDUCED HIATUS I PROMISE ALL OF YOU I WON'T LET IT GET ME DOWN AND I WILL KEEP WRITING THIS-I-SWEAR!
Till the next time my friends 3
~Animeismyforte