Round 3, hope everyone had a good week and have a wonderful weekend. R&R if you like, enjoy.
Kagome groaned as she woke up, turning onto her back. She blinked trying to clear her vision, also trying to register in her mind where she was. She could feel a headache working its way through her skull. Where am I? Kagome slowly sat up, trying to stop the room from spinning. She was in a plain hut , with bare walls and roof thatching, though a fire had been lit recently, burning in the stone pit a few feet from her form. Her memory finally came crashing down on her, someone had grabbed her, a whirl wind…She forced herself to stand and stumbled to the door. Sliding it open her gaze landed on nothing but what seemed like miles of snow and ice, mountains graced the horizon.
This can't be good…I'm miles from nowhere, in a freezing tundra. Her line of thought was disturbed when another familiar gust of wind seemed to sweep right through her. She closed her eyes as the snow was stirred up and dusted along her form, when she reopened them, there stood a man, no, not a human, a demon in humanoid form. He had jagged white stripes four across his wrists, and two on each cheek against his even paler skin, his eyes were an icy blue , unnaturally so. He had white shoulder length hair to top off his demeaning persona. "Good to see you awake, priestess, the one who can sense the sacred jewel shards. I'm Mika, a snow leopard demon. I can control the elements of winter." Kagome swallowed hard, she didn't like the looks of this. She was also glad her shards were long ways off, in her yellow bag with Inuyasha.
She took a deep breath, this demon sending chills up her spine. "I'm guessing you are seeking the jewel?" He raised a brow at the human female idly. "That, among other things, we have a plan and much to do." Kagome gulped. "We?" She questioned near breathlessly. "Yes, we, two other demons and I have a deal. Though they have other goals in mind. One of them is one of those fairly senseless, incarnations of Naraku, that heathen who perished recently; which in turned allowed me to roam freely again, for near a decade I had to hide out in fear of the half breed attempting to steal my abilities." She watched the male sneer. His attention returned to her fully. "You will stay here for the time being, you have dried meat inside, and plenty of wood to last a few days. I'd not recommend attempting to escape, nothing for miles but what you see. You'd freeze before finding other life. I have things to attend to, to put other things in motion. Farewell, for now, priestess." With those words he was gone in a whirlwind of snow.
Kagome fell to her knees, between shock and fear. A few days? No way, I'm not staying here a few days. I have to get back to my group and eventually get home. But the demon was right, she could not hike out of here, not in this blizzard. How will Inuyasha ever find me…? Her thoughts sunk into miserable ones, as she slunk back into the hut, and plopped near the fire, her fingers already feeling the bite of the cold weather. ****
Sesshomaru let out a mental sigh as he knew they were only a few more minutes until his group would reach his domain; this snow was beginning to annoy him, he had not seen such a heavy blizzard for near a hundred years. His senses suddenly caused a tingle to course through his veins, something was amiss. Though what? He could feel nothing, nor smell, or hear anything that seemed threatening, and that vexed him more so. The snow suddenly became a thick blanket around his little pack, the wind whipping and causing the snow to life and fall as if on the ocean. A laugh broke out , echoing around him as he ready his claws. "Lord Sesshomaru, I presume. I have a deal to seal, and need something you have." The voice was smooth as glass. "Only a coward hides behind parlor tricks." The demon lord bit out coolly, unamused by the interruption of his venture. The voice laughed once more. "I only use my talents I was born with, as you use your own."
"Now lets play a game of hide and seek, shall we?" The leopard demon appeared a few feet from Sesshomaru for an instant, and the demon lord lashed out with his poisonous whip, though missing as the other figured again vanished, they repeated such a routine several times, making a pattern and then , the leopard appeared next to Sesshomaru and slashed his sash holding the fang his father had given to him. Sesshomaru let out a growl as the bastard escaped with the sword. A laugh echoing again. "Sesshomaru, I thought you would be so much more fun to play with, but you are as slow as an old dog. I also heard the rumor you had taken up humans as companions. I see that is true as well, perhaps she had made you soft Lord of the Western Lands?" Rin huddled closer to Ah-Un, the male who was controlling the snow frightening her even more so as he brought her into the conversation.
"Perhaps, I should help you be rid of such a pest? The girl does look tasty , and I haven't eaten in a while." The demons chuckle swirled around them. "I don't think I'm done playing with you yet, you are a little fun after all, and I think I'll take a snack for the road." Ah-Un was the next victim of this snow demon. He appeared, Ah-Un snapped at him viciously, distracting the dragon, Sesshomaru had been blocked off and was currently fighting a wall of snow and sleet, his senses all disoriented. Rin suddenly felt hands about her and she let out a scream, she knew she had been caught. This whole scenario was really being to vex the western lord. With a loud growl he burst through the snow sheet, and into the outside world once more. He then spied the leopard demon, Rin in one arm, his father's fang in the other. Sesshomaru bolted after him with lightning speed , near catching up to the kidnapper, but he was quickly side tracked when several trees began to fall around him, making him jump, skid, and avoid the falling timber.
"Good to see you again, Sesshomaru, haven't seen you since Naraku's demise." Sesshomaru narrowed his golden gaze upon the incarnation of Naraku. "You can play with me a while, If you like Sesshomaru, I have time to kill." The incarnation was fairly large half dragon, half horse creature, with wings and scales to boot. Making him hard to pierce with a sword and even faster to hit. Sesshomaru knew this was nothing but a diversion so the other could get away, he was pissed, he could near feel his blood boil, his eyes tinting red slightly at the creature across from him. With unnatural speed Sesshomaru took aim at his new target, planning to take all his frustrations out upon the disgrace. He moved with accuracy, and agility, his moved always wisely planned out before attacking. He first slashed at the incarnation with his green whip, followed by drawing toukijin , his remaining sword, with a swift strike he released the energy of the demonic blade right toward the abomination. The incarnation hardly moved, but was nicked by the dark energy, it gave him a nice slice over his arm making him stumble, but to Sesshomaru's further annoyance that blasted whirlwind of snow tumbled about once more making him lose his senses to the wind. He was tired of the games and so was his inner demon, he let his control slip out of place, and his transformation began.