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Sesshoumaru's POV
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Chapter Twenty: Home
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Before I knew Kagome, I had never experienced bloodlust to such a staggering degree.
In the heat of battle, I'd often found myself slipping between sanity and the desire to cause as much carnage as I was able. This was not an uncommon occurrence during war, though the last one I'd taken part in had been nearly two thousand years before.
But this . . . to stand in front of a man, a mortal, in fact, and have an almost irresistible urge to rip his throat out, was not common.
I felt Kagome's fingertips caress my face delicately in an attempt to calm me. "Don't do anything you'll regret," she whispered. "I didn't know he would be here but he is my father and, while I do not hold any special affection towards him, I wouldn't be here without him. Remember that."
I nodded slightly, not trusting myself to speak.
She gripped one of my hands firmly and faced her parents. "Mother, Father," she began, "this is Sesshoumaru-dono. My husband."
My husband.I certainly liked the sound of that.
Her mother let out a small sort of whimper and fell to her knees, bowing in respect. "Sesshoumaru-dono, it is a pleasure to meet you." Her slight frame was trembling. "Welcome to our home."
Her father, however, had a drastically different reaction.
"Girl, you expect us to believe this man is the water god?" he said in outrage. His small, watery eyes were brimming with fury, and his breath stank of sake. "What were you doing while you were gone? Whoring it up with a local village boy?"
I could understand how he wouldn't think I was a god. At Kagome's request, my hair was faded black and my eyes were golden brown in an effort to make myself look 'normal'.
But that did not give him the right to speak to Kagome in such a manner.
Her small hand tightened around my own, like she knew my thoughts. "Father, this is Sesshoumaru-dono. I have no reason to lie."
Veins bulged in the man's neck as he shouted, "Then why did he dump you back with us after only amonth? We were finally rid of you! I knew I should've sold you when I had the chance! At least then we never would've had to see your worthless hide again!"
Her father's harsh words didn't seem to faze Kagome, but I would not have it. In a move so fast my body blurred, I had the disgusting human dangling by the neck. Rain thundered down from the heavens and my eyes flashed furious amber as I slowly crushed his windpipe. "You would do well to remember who you are speaking to," I whispered dangerously. "I will not have you degrading my wife, you insolent piece of filth. I've already blessed you and your insignificant village with one drought because of your thoughtlessness. I can easily do it again."
In my rage, I savagely threw the little insect to the side, grinning when he collided violently with a tree. There was a sound like snapping bone, and he cried out in pain. "It would be in your best interest to learn some respect for your betters, fool." I glanced back at Kagome's mother, who was soaked and looked as though she might faint. "My apologies, Higurashi-san. My temper got the best of me."
She waved away my sentiments with a shaking hand. "Please, do not apologize. He more than deserved it for insulting you, Sesshoumaru-dono. He is fortunate to have not gotten worse."
Fortunate, indeed, to still be breathing.
"Well, please give Souta my love, Mother," Kagome said as she came up beside me. "I'm not sure when I'll see him again and I think it's time we returned home."
Turning, she laced her arm through mine and began to lead me away. "That was completely unnecessary, Sesshoumaru!"
I shrugged elegantly. "You may call it unnecessary, but I call it divine punishment."
Kagome rolled her eyes. "You're so ridiculous sometimes," she said as we passed the now-unconscious form of her father.
And just because I wanted to, I gave him a swift kick in the head. "I've been told."
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