Dedicated to lakeya2700! Warning, my precious ones, there is a bit of violence. Okay? I promise, I won't let it last long but still.
Kagome knew that the Inu was protective but really she was getting tired of Ayumu following her around. The children were off doing studies with their attendants (Miroku and Sango). Myoga wouldn't let her in the medic ward, insisting that she needed to heal her arm. Obviously he didn't pay much attention to the fact that her miko powers had already healed it.
"Ayumu, do you know where Sesshomaru-sama is?" she asked over her shoulder.
"He should be in the throne room, ma'am, doing business and such." Ayumu answered cheerfully.
"Oh….well do you know where the library is?" she asked.
"Hai, My Lady. This way." He held his arm out for her and she gladly took it.
A few hours later had found them sitting on some couches in the library with a scroll in kagome's lap as she read aloud to the young soldier. Both of them had their feet up on the couch as her soft voice washed over them. Ayumu had his eyes closed as he imagined the story.
"touching." A single word seemed to drip from above them. Instantly Ayumu was up on his feet with his sword drawn. He was glancing all about trying to find the source of the sound.
"You really think that your sword is going to stop me, Youkai?" and then, to kagome's shock and horror, Ayumu was on the ground with Red pooling around his leg. She glimpsed a bit of white. Bone. She let out a scream but a hand clamped over her mouth.
"Why hello there, Miko Kagome….I have heard so much about you. Why don't you come along with me for a while?" a deep voice whispered huskily in her ear. The male laughed as her fingernails scrapped at his hand. His other arm snaked around her body, pinning her arms effectively to her side. She kicked and screamed into his hand, hoping somehow that Sesshomaru would come.
"Tsk tsk, no need to struggle so. I swear, I don't bite that hard. My boss only wants to talk to you for a little bit, ne? Won't you humor him? He's very eager to meet you." And then they were moving.
'Purify, Purify, Purify!' she desperately tried to bring up her miko powers but for some reason she couldn't bring them up to add her.
"Ahh I see you just realized. I lathered my hands in a substance that makes it impossible for you to bring your powers up. You have been inhaling the stuff for a bit now." He laughed lowly as they crept in the shadows. Her feet barely touched the ground as he shuffled them along. Her head started spinning. She felt her muscles begin to relax and he released her arms from the confines for an easier hold on her limp body. Her led lulled back and rested on the man's shoulder. She wanted to shudder in disgust but her body wouldn't cooperate with her. He looked down on her questioning face and smiled at her.
"Ah, yes. I am called Bankatsu."
