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Chapter 2
A Compromise.
I found myself still staring, as all control my mind might have had blew out the window. "Hn." Sesshoumaru said looking down at Rin who seemed enamored over the demon. She was still hugging him, even though his demeanor had changed to quite irritated from my glazed over awe.
I peeled my stupid eyes free of his form turning and blushing fervently. "I'm so sorry. I have never seen anything like you." I blurted like a moron, and gaining his attention. I felt idiotic being caught like a doe caught in the headlights.
"Onna, is it often you excrete such pheromones? You smell like a cat in heat." His tone was that of an agitated, warrior, and perhaps he had good reason. I had fallen into love sick puppy mode in record time. Not just two weeks ago, I was sitting in the backseat of Andy's car kissing and trying to keep his lecherous hands at bay.
"I'm sorry, just a teenage girl from the 21st century. I apparently don't know any better." I grumbled crouching down near Sango who shielded me immediately, seeing my red face.
"Sesshoumaru, give the girl some space, and don't come into my home with your rudeness." She stood shoving the larger form from the house, while Shippou ran to meet my eyes with his own.
"Willow, you do smell weird. Are you feeling ok?" He asked rubbing my knee. His tiny little hand was trembling, or was that me? I couldn't just tell him, No, of course not, that I think the guy is hot. Still, I didn't know enough about the tall demon I had just met, to be acting like a cat in heat.
"Um, I'm just not used to this time, or what ever he is." I tried not to look at the small child, who was clearly my elder.
"You don't feel sick do you? Your face is all red, and you might have a fever." He stood on his tiptoes reaching for my forehead, I jumped back standing, and headed for the door.
"I think a little air might help." Rushing out the door, I did not see Sesshoumaru, and Rin talking as I rushed for the side of the forest around us, fighting to breathe.
Something white flashed in front of me, and Sesshoumaru appeared. "Onna, do you think its wise to run off with no protection?"
"Look, Sesshoumaru. I don't know who the hell you think I am, but you can stop calling me that." I said, kneeling just outside the forest taking in a deep breath.
"This Sesshoumaru does not take orders from simple minded females. When I tell you not to leave the village, it is because Rin may not be happy with me allowing you to run to your death. Now, stand up, and return to your damn hut." He pulled me up from the ground seething, and I could hear him growl. Turning, I saw he was not happy, and his grip on me was more of a violent not caring if he hurt me one.
Pulling from his clawed grip, I started back into the village, ignoring what ever vicious statement he was now spouting, in hushed anger.
There was no way in hell that I was going to listen to him, even if I was stuck here for the rest of my life. No man who could make me think he was a god one second, and make me look like a moron the next, was winning any argument with me.
I walked faster seeing Inuyasha leave his own hut, and head our way. The look on his face read, 'What do you think you're doing?' but it was not placed on me. He darted for Sesshoumaru, grabbing his haori and growled at his brother. "Sesshoumaru, that girl is not any of your concern, and if you even think about touching her again, I will cut your head free of your stupid body."
Kagome met me somewhere between the hut, and where Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru were now arguing. Her face seemed stuck in bewilderment, like what was happening was new to her. "Since when does Sesshoumaru seem placid to demands given by Inuyasha?"
I turned looking to see Sesshoumaru completely uninterested in Inuyasha, who now had a large sword pulled blabbing on about cutting his left arm off again, if he didn't listen to him.
"Hn, shut up half breed." , he shoved passed Inuyasha walking to my side. "Kagome, can I have a moment with your sibling?" He looked down at me, as Inuyasha flung himself over to us, sword swinging down. Sesshoumaru, pulled his own sword free from its sheath, and blocked the attack. "Inuyasha, I am not here to fight, however killing you would make what I am doing here beneficial." The brothers glared at each other before Inuyasha grabbed Kagome and pulled her off into their small hut.
I started to walk behind them, when a strong hand grabbed my shoulder. "I need to speak with you. I will not beg, and you will not walk away from me." He turned me, while staring coldly into my eyes, as if contemplating something before he spoke again. "I have lost a traveling companion, as she is too young and dehumanized to stay with me, I will implore my brother to allow me to take you in her place. Not because I want a woman's company, but because I need a servant."
He finished speaking, and I pulled free of him. "Like hell I want to go anywhere with you, and as a servant. Ha you're stupid or crazy. Inuyasha would never go for that." Sesshoumaru bypassed me and entered their hut.
"Like hell!" I heard Kagome say just as I had, "SIT BOY!", followed and a loud thud was heard. I looked around seeing villagers stopped staring at the hut as well.
Great we were making a scene, and from what I could determine Inuyasha had agreed to sell me off. Kagome marched out moments later with Inuyasha in toe. Sesshoumaru came out a little after and seemed pissed about something that had occurred.
My cousin walked to me while wrapping her arm around my shoulder, and led me to another hut, where she lifted the cloth door covering exposing an older woman. "Willow this is Kaede. Kaede this is my cousin Willow. I need to ask a favor."
The older woman looked up from her work stitching a kimono. "Yes child, what is it that ails you?"
"Are you able to make another rosary?" Kagome asked looking quite desperate. I wondered if she was backed into a corner by the brothers. I knew she would not send me off with the larger demon, unless she wished for my immediate death. He did not seem like the type to put up with my behavior, shit my own parents didn't bother to deal with it.
"Yes, I do have a set readied, if the day came where we would need another one. May I ask whom I need to bind them to?" Kaede looked to my cousin a bit confused. "Ye, don't intend on using this on your own child?"
Kagome smiled rubbing the back of her head. "No, no, not for my child, but for Sesshoumaru. He wants to take my cousin on as a charge. Well... more of a servant, but I told him there was no way he would be using her to clean up after him, or what ever else he has planned. I want the beads so she can protect herself from him, if the need arises. You know how he can be."
Kaede smiled slowly pushing herself off the floor standing up. "Yes, I can put them on him, but I require her to have some kind of Miko powers to restrain him with the rosary." She walked over to me touching my head, and smiled before retreating back to a corner with a chest. There she opened it, pulling out a folded cloth, before walking back over, and sitting dead center in the room again.
She looked to me, unwrapping the cloth, and a large quantity of beads lay in it. Some were teeth of some sort, while others were white beads, possibly pearls. "Ye, shall have to choose a command, a word to trigger these beads to work. Something strong. Kagome's is sit. I assume you have seen what these beads do to Inuyasha."
"Yes, I can choose a word, but that demon seems different, like it might not work." I sat beside her looking over the beads before us, when I felt a yank and my scalp burned.
"Yes, but I believe a small amount of your hair may aid with their strength." The old woman put my hair on the cloth with the beads, and started to chant something. Watching her I noticed the beads start to lift and glow, and seconds later they zoomed out of the hut.
"No!" I heard Sesshoumaru's voice yell, anger flared in his voice, and Kaede looked to me.
"Girl say the word, ye have chosen before he destroys my home." I frantically picked through my head searching for any word that would be strong enough for a command, when suddenly my mouth opened.
"Heel." I muttered, and heard Sesshoumaru stop moving towards the hut. I looked up to see Kagome pull the cloth door back, where I could see him straining to keep walking, before the bead tightened one last time around his neck.
"Say, thy word again girl but louder." The old woman scolded me, and I glanced to Sesshoumaru's eyes, where I could see the look of pure horror. He had fallen under the spell of one simple strand of beads.
"Heel!" I yelled a little louder, than I thought I could. With that word uttered the strength behind it, caused his body finally give and his face dropped pulling his whole form down with it. I watched his hands push his body up short of the ground. His face stayed a centimeter from contact, and slowly his face rose, his eyes meeting mine.
"I said HEEL! I yelled louder this time, angry even my cousin could bring Inuyasha's face to the ground. Sesshoumaru's face slammed hard into the dirt and a growl could be heard just after. Kaede rested a hand on my shoulder pleased,
"Ye did well to put that stupid man in his place. No demon, or human man should dare to think he can hold power over a priestess, and that is clearly what ye are." I stood at her small speech and left her hut.
"Thanks granny Kaede... I will remember that when he kills me in my sleep." I walked out to his side kneeling. "If I have to go with you, do try to remember you may not like what happens to you when you've over stepped your boundaries." He stood glaring at me, before catching sight of Kaede, Kagome and Inuyasha, who all seemed ready to speak.
"Hey, stupid... You hurt her, and I will come find your dumb ass, to take your head off." Inuyasha said arms crossed. He seemed happy with himself, and I wondered what he got out of the deal. Probably something the older brother did not intend on handing over so easily.
"You better be nice to my cousin, and I suggest you never piss her off." Kagome added, as the rest of the gang arrived probably hearing the news from god knows who.
Kaede looked me over, and then looked to Sesshoumaru. "Ye, Inu-demon be smart, and get the girl some clothing from this time,. At least before someone who has seen Kagome puts the pieces together, and tries to kill her. And ye probably should learn to hide your aura a little better, as this old woman knows your true desires for this girl."
I was about to ask what his true desires were, when Sesshoumaru wrapped his arm around me, and a small cloud formed at our feet. Not moments later we lifted into the air and flew off.
"Willow, I want to come!" I heard a familiar voice say, as something gripped around my arm and held on. I looked down to see Shippou clinging to me, a small smile on his lips. "I figured you might want company, other than him, and his stupid charge Jaken. Just say yes, that I can come." I pulled Shippou free of my arm wrapping him tight in my embrace.
"Of course you can come, I mean, if Kagome said it was ok." He nodded and I hugged him tighter. "Good, cause I didn't think I could do this alone." He hugged me back sniffling.
"You smell like my mom." Was all I heard before his grip tightened. I kept a grip to him wondering what had happened to his parents, when a fist reached into my line of view. Sesshoumaru slammed his fist down on Shippou's head, and I pulled him tighter.
"You jerk..." I began getting ready to say heel, when a hand slipped over my mouth.
"I wouldn't do that onna, unless you want to plummet to your death." I looked down from our cloud and turned releasing an arm from Shippou and grabbed tight around Sesshoumaru.
"No, I guess I wouldn't." I said not wanting to think what could have happened, had I continued and said the trigger word.
"Good, now try to remember to never say that word again." He growled, tightening his grip around me.
Authors note: Not sure if I like what I have planned for Willow, and now sure if Sesshoumaru, really has desires, I'm lying he does, but they are not what you think. Or are they... Sorry just being weird. I have a whole plot on this, and things are going to get crazy.