They were to be Mated
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the Inuyasha characters.
Last Time:
Inuyasha was trying to figure out the human in front of Kikyo. Her scent--had been spread vastly through the area as she had been cut. But the weird thing about her scent… it seemed claimed. The scent that claimed her blood was none other than the significant scent of--
"Inuyasha!" Kikyo called urgently as she tried to hold up the now weakened girl.
Inuyasha leaped quickly to them and held Kagome in his arms. "What's wrong."
"The claws were poisoned." Kikyo explained as she quickly tied her hair up. "Lay her down and bring some water… I need to get the poison out fast."
Inuyasha complied.
Chapter 5: Well! I never!
Kikyo pulled up her sleeves as Inuyasha left the clearing. She quickly went over to the girl and examined her shoulder.
She wore strange clothing that seemed to be stick closely to her body. Her upper covering was getting soaked with blood.
"This is bad." Kikyo mumbled. She tried to peel of the shirt but it seemed to stick to the blood.
Kagome gave a shaky breath. "Unbutton the shirt. Or cut of the sleeve. I should have some bandages in the bag."
Kikyo nodded and pulled out a small knife from her pocket. She sliced open the clothing. "It's going to be painful."
Kagome closed her eyes in pain. "I… figured as much."
The young miko watched how the girl controlled herself. "Why? Why are you not showing your pain?"
Kagome barely managed a smile, "Is it necessary to?"
His nose had just picked up the scent of jasmine and the ocean. The scent he had noticed that fateful day, eighteen years ago. The only thing different was that it seemed like the jasmine was withering and the ocean was drying.
It terrified him. How such a beautiful scent could have the coating of death around it.
Sesshomaru ran.
When Sesshomaru had ran towards the direction of the scent coated with death he had picked up the scent of his brother and his little miko friend. He slowed down his pace, he didn't want to give away that he was actually worried about the carrier of the scent.
Sesshomaru stepped into the clearing and noticed the sword laying on the ground. The sword bore the Higurashi clan mark. 'How can that be?' he thought. And decided that he would not judge until after he spoke to the abomination that he called father.
Sesshomaru's breath almost stilled as his eyes landed on the girl. His eyes uncharacteristically took in her small details. The way her body seemed to be suppressing the pain.
As Sesshomaru came closer he noticed the miko was trying to extract something from the girl's body. 'Extraction from humans can only mean poison.' His nose picked up the scent of the dead centipede hybrid. 'So, that is the cause.'
"Miko, it will not work." Sesshomaru said, already having noticed that the girl's body was trying to reject the poison but seemed to be rejecting her blood as well.
The miko didn't want to, he could tell she felt responsible. 'Why is she filled with guilt?' "I have to help. She was hurt due to my carelessness."
A sudden anger started to seep into Sesshomaru but he controlled it well.
Inuyasha straightened up and walked towards the youkai, "Nii-san, she's poisoned and there's no other way."
"Tell me brother, did you not notice the Higurashi clan sword she holds?" Sesshomaru questioned with a little ice in his words. Knowing, full well that his brother could have helped slaughter the demon.
Inuyasha looked taken back for a second but quickly turned to look at the sword that was besides the girl. He then noted that it did in fact have the Higurashi clan mark on it. "But that's impossible. The only surviving--"
"Do not overlook things again." Sesshomaru said as he made his way to the girl. He barely managed to suppress a scowl at how the girl looked. Her state seemed very feverish and the wound on her shoulder seemed to be spitting out blood. "Step aside Miko."
Kikyo wanted to argue but quickly stopped. "Are you sure you will be able to help her?"
"Her body is rejecting the venom, yet it seems to have catalyzed into a more dangerous reaction." Sesshomaru explained as he used his nails to created a shallow cut. Why, he didn't know. But his instinct told him that this would be the only way for her to live. He then dripped a few droplets of blood into the girl.
Kagome screamed out in pain. But Sesshomaru placed a strong hand on her shoulders.
"You're hurting her!" Inuyasha yelled. "Youkai blood is poisonous to humans!"
"Calm down mutt, she will survive." was the cold reply.
Kagome body burned a bright blue, blinding everyone temporarily. Then the blue aura started to slowly wrap itself around Sesshomaru and herself.
Kagome managed to slowly open her eyes, only to see a curtain of silver hair surround her, and golden eyes that glowed. "Mr. Angel?"
The Angel raised an eyebrow, "I am no celestial."
"Great… I a-always manage to ge-get the weird ones." she mumbled. "I'm dying?"
"Do you not feel pain?" The Angel asked slowly, as if speaking to a child.
"Wonderful an angel with an attitude." Kagome grumbled as she fell asleep.
Sesshomaru got up and dusted his clothes. "She will live."
Inuyasha rushed over to Sesshomaru his claws extended, "What the hell did you just do?!"
Sesshomaru glanced back at the girl, "Higurashis' are very pure and holy humans."
"I know that! But why the hell did you give her you're blood it could kill her!"
"The venom was forcing her to reject her own blood. That is why she need a blood transfusion." Sesshomaru simple answered. "Retract your claws mutt, you should be more worried as to why I am here."
Inuyasha said, a little uneasily, "Why are you here Nii-san?" Changing his stance to that of a normal one, knowing full well his brother wanted the topic dropped.
"Funny really. How I woke up only to have Mother call me into her chambers."
Inuyasha winced, Oh, he was definitely in for it. There was no way that his Mother coulodl have done anything amusing for Sesshomaru or him.
Sesshomaru continued, "Apparently, you were spending too much time on the such an easy task that I was sent to assist you."
"I don't need any of your help. I'm already done and have my report done as well." Inuyasha said, already dreading what was about to happen.
Sesshomaru's face lit into a cynical smirk, "Oh, is that so? Well, then dear little brother it seems that I was sent for no apparent reason then, does it not?"
"I-I g-guess."
"Now tell me, was it so difficult for you to compromise your time with your little miko friend and send the report?"
"Nii-san, I had fully intended to send that report but… ah… I got… err delayed?"
Sesshomaru raised a silver eyebrow. "I see. If that is all, I will be on my way."
Inuyasha's eyes widened, his older brother was letting him go? "What?"
Sesshomaru merely inspected his wound that seemed to have closed already, "You do not need my aid, therefore I have no reason to be here."
"Aren't you going to beat the crap out of me?" asked a shocked hanyou.
"Do you wish for me to?" Sesshomaru asked.
"I-I aren't you going to torture me? Pin me to a tree? Grab my neck? Throw me off a cliff? Something? Aren't you going to do anything to me?" asked an incredulous Inuyasha. He just couldn't grasp the thought that his brother was letting him go.
Sesshomaru smirked as he looked over to his brother, "I did not realize you thought so poorly of me Inuyasha." 'Yes', Sesshomaru admitted. 'This was a much easier way to torture the mutt.'
"But you're Nii-san! You don't let things go!"
Sesshomaru's only response was a smile that seemed filled with promise of pain as he took off into the trees.
"I don't understand Inuyasha, you're brother let you go. And simply asked for you to send your report." Kikyo said for the fourth time, trying to understand exactly why Inuyasha seemed so… paranoid.
"You don't understand Kikyo! He just doesn't let things go." Inuyasha insisted. "Listen, I remember when I was a kid I accidentally tripped and pulled him along. The next day he offered to help me train and beat me to a bloody mess!"
Kikyo had to try really hard not to roll her eyes. It was almost sunset as she and her hanyou friend sat together where the odd girl rested. The had made up a fire and just finished their meal.
"Inuyasha, maybe you are thinking too much. Your brother seems like an intelligent person."
Inuyasha scoffed, "Yeah right."
"Inuyasha…" Kikyo said, getting ready to lecture him when a sudden thought came into her head. "Wait, what did he mean by 'little miko friend'? Have you been talking about me to your family?"
Kikyo's eyes widened in surprise as Inuyasha's face turned a slight pink. "N-not really. My Mother is a Seer."
"And she must have seen me?"
"Probably, she… never tells us exactly what she see… I think Father may be the only person she tells what she sees."
"Inuyasha…" Kikyo trailed off, feeling herself blush. She was curious but she also knew how thick Inuyasha was, "… what do you think the Higurashi sword means. It seems illogical that Kagome would have it." Yes, Kikyo had chickened out.
Inuyasha's eyebrows furrowed, "That's what I don't get! The Higurashi clan was wiped out eighteen years ago. The only ones remaining live with us."
"I know for certain that no one but a Higurashi can wield their clan-marked sword."
"It's true. Not even demons can touch a Higurashi sword. Hiroyuki said something about it being bonded to them in blood."
"Who is Hiroyuki?" Kikyo asked.
Inuyasha mentally hit himself, "Hiroyuki and Hideaki are the last surviving members of the Higurashi clan." He paused and cast a glance at the sleeping girl. "At least, that's what I thought."
Kikyo also turned and looked at Kagome. "I am still surprised she wasn't affected by your brother's blood."
Inuyasha's eyes slightly narrowed as he looked into the trees, "I'm surprised that he helped at all."
Sesshomaru had an illness, if you will.
His illness had always been somewhat hazardous for his health. For instant, when he was a young pup, he had heard rather strange noises coming not to far from where he was playing. His step-mother, had told him not to go, but he of course wanted to see exactly what it was.
The little pup had no idea he would happen to cross… a… mating ritual. It had burned into his mind and had ran back to his step-mothers arms traumatized and beyond disturbed at what he had seen.
Maybe, that had something to do with that odd personality of his?
Anyway, he was always far too curious for his own good. Instead of heading back home, he had decided to stay only two to three miles away from that girl.
Yes, he was curious about that girl. After all, she had a Higurashi sword, she didn't die from his blood and her holy aura did not burn him. Not to mention it was her scent that he had smelled eighteen years ago.
So, he was curious. Maybe, just maybe the girl would survive his poison? That would be an interesting experiment. The more he thought about it the more it intrigued him.
With that thought in mind, he quickly masked his scent and quietly made his way towards the site at which the girl was sleeping at.
Kagome's eyes fluttered as she tried to open them, but failed to open. She gave up and tried to think of what had happened.
Was she alive? Or dead? Who was that angel? The man with the golden eyes, and silver mane? And where the hell was she?
Did she dream it all?
Surely she must have. I mean seriously, demons? Mikos? Pfft! She must have just hit her head, and now she was going to open her eyes and well be in her warm cozy bed. Oh yes.
See, Kagome Higurashi prided herself in having a scientific mind. That was what kept her sane at home.
Remember her grandpa was a senile old man that loved to make storied up. So, those stories must have stored into her subconscious mind, and made her dream such a crazy dream.
Honestly, there was no logical explanation for--hey, hold on a second. She felt her noise scrunch a little at the slight smell of something burning. That wasn't good.
She forced herself to open her eyes, only to see the same eyes of the Angel. But the smell wasn't going away.
"Who the hell--" she was about to ask, when she felt something tingle on her skin. She sat up quickly just barely missing the Angel jump and leave her. She looked down at her chest to see her breast were partially exposed and her shirt was singed. "That fucking bastard!"
Well! I Never!
Questions and Answers:
1. Inuyasha?
Ah, I know, does he seem a bit out of character just because he can talk and think a litte? No, not according to my AU. For one thing, both his parents are alive to teach him properly. Another, he is intelligent just a little rash. So, personally I hope he's not OOC and if he is, please kindly point it out to me.
2. Sesshomaru and Izayoi?
No, he actually doesn't hate his Step-mother. Why? Well, in the manga he believed that his father's death was mainly Izayoi's fault. But since in this story Izayoi is a Seer and was able to stop such at event from occurring. In this, Sesshomaru only see Izayoi as a motherly figure no matter how much he tries to hide it. The reason why will be given later on in the story.
3. Reviews?
Wow! Guys, I'm actually quiet shocked at the reception of this! Please continue to support me.