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Evil rising, Litch Queen of the western continent	By : dragondeedee3 Category: InuYasha > Yaoi - Male/Male > InuYasha/Sessh?maru > InuYasha/Sessh?maru Views: 16208 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 3
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or anything pertaining to Inuyasha. Rumiko Takahashi dose. I make no money from writing this story, it is for hobby only.

Chapter List
- 13
- 14
- 15
A/N Sorry for the confusion, I took down chapter 15 and I chopped off the end of this chapter. I'm going to be making some changes to the story …. um I'm not really sure what yet but I know I'm rerouting their journey, so when I repost they won't be going through India or meeting Chrono's former lord and lady, oh ya and Felix isn't going to get a bow, I'll figure something better out for him. Plus I kinda get the feeling I let you guys down with chapter 15 so I'm gonna do my best to make it up to you and write a much better chapter. So if you guys will bare with me, I'll fix everything up and repost as soon as possible. …. Um no promises on when I'll have it fixed, life is pretty crazy for me right now, it may take me awhile to repost but I promise I won't abandon the story and I'll make sure I do better this time and give you a good chapter ^.^ Hope you can forgive me.

~ Japanese ~
Hai = Yes
Shu = Master/Lord
Chapter 14. Resurrection of the ancients.
The company of companions left Kadesh's territory and traveled through the night, until they reached the cave that had provided them shelter during the blizzard. Lilly used her staff to cast a fire spell in the small pit that was made during their first stay there. Inuyasha set the sleeping bundle of Felix gently down near the fire and Kirara laid down, curling herself around the two sleeping ningen she had been carrying. Fatigue had claimed Sango, Miroku and the little neko along the way.
“I'm really starting to miss that damn dragon transport thing right about now.” Inuyasha griped as he plunked himself down next to Sesshomaru.
“Once the barrier is dispersed, I will obtain another form of transportation.” Sesshomaru informed.
“How exactly do we plan to 'disperse' the barrier?” Inuyasha asked.
“Simple, we shall destroy it.”
“Right, because that worked so well the last time.” Inuyasha grumbled sarcastically.
“Silence half breed. The only cause of that failure was you lacking the ability to properly utilize my body.”
Inuyasha flipped him off. “Properly utilize this asshole. It's not like you did any better with my body. And besides, it's not my fault if your body was too weak to cut through the stupid wall.”
Before Inuyasha could react, he found himself wrapped in the coils of moko moko and slung head first over Sesshomaru's shoulder.
“Hey, what the hell do you think you're doing?” Inuyasha flailed.
“I have suffered your disobedience long enough, hanyou. Retribution is in order.”
“Put me down you bastard! Damn it, I didn't do anything.”
Lilly, Chrono, Jaken and Kirara silently watched as the hanyou persistently kicked, struggled and spit obscenities while he was carried out of the cave and into the wilderness.
Inuyasha continued on, long after they had left the cave, even though he was pretty sure Sesshomaru wasn't listening to a thing he was saying. The truth was that the mere mention of punishment had him hard and anxious but he sure as hell wasn't about to admit it.
There was no doubt that Sesshomaru could smell the scent of his arousal. If that wasn't enough, he could certainly feel the erection pressed firmly against his shoulder. To make matters worse, every time Inuyasha struggled he only drew more attention to it.
As the demon lord walked, he moved his hand along the crevice of Inuyasha's cloth covered bottom, pressing one finger down between the curve of his cheeks, rubbing it over his small opening.
“Nnnn.” Inuyasha quietly groaned.
“Such an eager little whore. You know, for what you have done, I ought to flay the skin from your body.”
Inuyasha had to suppress the urge to whimper as a thrill of excitement rushed through him and his cock throbbed. He loved the insults, he hated that he loved them but there was no bigger turn on. He didn’t know what he had done wrong to incur the demon lord’s scolding but it was a struggle to hold onto his defiance when the bastard started talking dirty like that.
“I didn’t do anything wrong! … And I’m not a whore!”
Sesshomaru came to a halt under a large tree and looked up to examine the branches. He took Inuyasha down from his shoulder and manipulated moko moko so one end bound the hanyou's wrists. Then he attached the opposite end to one of the thicker branches. Sesshomaru had to wonder if Inuyasha realized that he had stopped protesting and had sat quietly waiting while he was bound and suspended.
With one simple knot, the pup was left dangling off the ground by his wrists. Sesshomaru walked around his mate in a circle, looking him over appraisingly, then paused at his back.
“You have done wrong. Something quite deserving of punishment.”
In a blur of motion, he slashed an x pattern with his claws, from Inuyasha's left arm, going down to his right ankle, then from the right arm to the left ankle.
“Ahhhh!”
The hanyou's red robes dropped to a heap on the snow covered ground, leaving him completely bare to the frozen surroundings.
Inuyasha shivered against the bitter cold, his nipples tingling as they contracted and goosebumps spread over his whole body, yet his cock throbbed even harder.
The demon lord then leaned closer to his mate, so he spoke against the pup’s ear. “And you are a whore ... My whore.”
Inuyasha moaned out loud, tipping his head back to welcome that dark, smooth as silk voice. Pleasure pricked and tingled along every nerve, to coil in a tight knot of arousal in the hanyou’s stomach at hearing those two little words.
My whore.
And maybe he was a whore, but as long as he was Sesshoumaru’s whore, he couldn’t think of anything else he wanted to be.
The demon lord ran both his hands up Inuyasha's sides, just barely scratching his claws over the soft skin at the edges of his stomach. He paused to grasp and roll hardened nipples between the tips of his fingers. Inuyasha moaned loudly and arched his back. More goose bumps marched up and down his skin from those light, teasing touches. Precum seeped from the tip of his aching cock, as it twitched in response to the attention. The slick liquid became tortuously cold as it slowly slid down his shaft.
“S-Sesshomaru it's f-f-fucking cold.”
Lips still brushing the hanyou’s ear the demon lord replied, “I assure you it is going to get much colder.”
Sesshomaru moved one hand away and broke a large icicle from the tree. He snapped the sharp end off, so what remained was a thick frozen cylinder.
Inuyasha was startled and squirmed when the blunt end of the sickle was eased between his cheeks, and rubbed up and down the little crevice.
“What the hell are you doing asshole?! That’s fucking cold!”
Sesshomaru ignored the insolent pup and continued to slide the ice over his entrance. It wasn't long before the flat edges began to melt, rounding out to easily glide between the smooth curves. Inuyasha could feel cold liquid trickling over his sac and dripping down his legs.
The hanyou’s sensitive bits drew up, trying to hide from that icy water. Thrashing and kicking, he struggled to end the assault.
Sesshomaru smirked at his vain attempts and began pushing the column of ice up inside his mate. Inuyasha flailed and kicked and thrashed as the frozen cylinder met his fevered insides.
“Fucking A, that's really fucking cold. Sesshomaru stop!” He whimpered as the sickle continued to fill him.
Sesshomaru gently pumped the column in and out before he slowly forced the whole thing up inside, until even the fingers guiding it disappeared as well. When the digits withdrew, the ice did not come with them.
“Aaaahhh fucking hell, my ass is freezing Sesshomaruuuu! Take it out!”
“No.” The demon lord growled in his ear. “Let that serve as a reminder to you, of your station.”
“What the hell are you talking about?” Inuyasha whined as a chill shuddered down his spine and a cold, burning ache spread through his bottom. His sensitive bits were so numb now he couldn't even tell if icy water was still leaking on them or not.
“Have you forgotten the night of the new moon? Let me remind you.”
Sesshomaru's whip cracked, a long red line blossomed in the wake of its lash and pain exploded in Inuyasha's back, arching his body backwards. The pain was much more intense without the protection of his fire rat haori.
“AAAHHHHHH!” Inuyasha cried out.
Another strike cut across the smooth curves of his bottom and all his muscles clenched in response, squeezing around the intruder that was lodged there, refrigerating his insides.
“AAAHHHHHH!”
“Perhaps you recall daring to assume the role of alpha over me, whilst I was rendered human?” Sesshomaru spat the word human like it was the most foul insult to ever leave his mouth and punctuated the question with another harsh strike.
“Aaaahhh! I was just trying to help, and you were being stubborn.” Inuyasha protested.
“The circumstances are of no matter to me, your disobedience is inexcusable. … You carried me as if I were an incompetent child, you saw fit to take liberties with my body and you dared presume you could do the same with my person.” Sesshomaru brought the whip down on him again and again.
“Aaaahhh!”
“I am your alpha.”
The whip cracked yet another time. “Aaaahhh!”
“I am your seme.”
Once more the whip sounded and another red stripe spread across his spine. “Aaaahhhhhh!”
“It would serve you well to remember that.” Sesshomaru sneered.
As the hanyou absorbed this information and the searing, poison lashes, from the demon lord's whip, Sesshomaru inserted his fingers into the pup's glaciated insides and found the ice was completely melted. Cold water seeped around the digits as he swirled and scissored them teasingly. At the same time, he slowly traced his tongue over the sore red welts that striped Inuyasha's body.
“Uhhhha … Y-Your fingers feel really hot.” Inuyasha moaned.
“Yes, because in here you are quite cold.” Sesshomaru swiveled his fingers around to emphasize the statement, eliciting another moan from his mate.
Then he swiftly removed the skilled appendages, grabbed the pup by his thighs and entered him in one forceful thrust. The hanyou threw his head back and cried out in both pleasure and pain.
Sesshomaru drove up into the chilled grip of Inuyasha's body without pause, delighting in the cold sensation and the sound of his breathy moans.
To Inuyasha, the demon lord's sex felt searingly hot, but as the assault continued, it gradually became a blissful penetrating warmth. The hanyou hooked his ankles behind Sesshomaru's back and rode every hard intrusion. He squeezed his hands into fists where they were bound above his head to help brace against the jarring thrusts, and cried out in pleasure.
“Hhhaaa … hhhaaa ... Ahhhhhhha … Fuck ... Ahhhhhh … Sessh!” Inuyasha panted.
The demon lord growled in satisfaction as he fisted one hand into the hanyou's long hair, pulling it tight to bare Inuyasha's neck while roughly pounding into him.
“You belong to me, hanyou. Never forget that.” Sesshomaru's claws dug into the pup's legs as he thrust even harder.
Inuyasha had begun to understand that he could be as submissive as he wanted during these endeavors and Sesshomaru wouldn't berate him for it later. Therefore, to show his acceptance of the command, he flattened his ears down and tipped his head further back, completely baring his neck to the demon lord to show his submission in true inu fashion.
The image was breathtaking; loose tendrils of his hair splayed out in the wind, his breath came in foggy heated puffs, panting from between slightly parted cold lips, his nipples were rosy and erect against pale immaculate skin, his golden eyes were glazed over with lust, and a slight blush dusted the hanyou's nose and cheeks.
Sesshomaru bit into the pale column of flesh offered to him and drove harder into the silky grip of his mates perfect little body. The arm not entangled in his long silver-white mane moved to wrap around Inuyasha's waist holding him tight while the demon lord endlessly, pumped into him.
Time ceased to exists while Inuyasha was in that passionate, violent embrace. There was only the warmth of Sesshomaru's body, the sharp sting of teeth embedded in flesh, the burn of poison claws buried in milky thighs and the ecstasy of being filled by the incredible thickness of the demon lord’s cock over and over again.
Inuyasha rode the pounding intrusions, using his legs around Sesshomaru's waist to move with the demon lord, pulling himself into every forward thrust of his mates hips. Again and again he writhed against that beautiful, powerful body, completely lost in the sensations.
Time and need came crashing back to him though, when the demon lord's warm breath and velvet voice brushed against his ears.
“Do you want to cum?”
“Ahhhhhha … Ahhhhhha … Yes ... Yes … I want it … Kami I wanna cum.”
“Then beg for it.”
…......
Inuyasha blushed as the words spilled from his mouth, but he couldn't bring himself to stop them. “Please … Please Sesshomaru ... Make me cum … Please, I want it sooo bad.” Inuyasha whimpered pleadingly with big puppy eyes.
Sesshomaru growled his approval. “Good boy.”
The demon lord sealed their lips together and gripped the hanyou's aching arousal. The whole length of his shaft was coated in precum making Sesshomaru's hand easily glided over the freezing cold, taut, slick skin.
“Mmmmuuuunnnn.” Inuyasha cried into his mouth as the demon lord stroked him and he drew closer to completion. The pit his stomach coiled with heat. His body felt so tight and so close, his insides clenched around Sesshomaru's thick length. More, he need more, he was right there on the knifes edge of orgasm, and wanted more, something, anything.
“Hurt me Sesshomaru …. Please, hurt me to make me cum.”
Sesshomaru groaned in pleasure at that frantic request and wrapped one large hand around Inuyasha's throat, squeezing until the pup’s airway was completely blocked.
“Gladly.”
The sharp tips of Sesshomaru's claws pierced tender flesh, while he watched Inuyasha's eyes fill with a glassy, lust. His other hand continued to pump his mates swollen, weeping length until the pup's whole body arched back and stiffened. The only sound Inuyasha managed to get past his constricted airway was a strangled, whisper of a moan as he came in gushing ribbons between them. Then the demon lord released his mate's throat and raked his claws down Inuyasha's back, tearing through all the fresh raw wounds.
The air came rushing back into his lungs and Inuyasha screamed in blissful agony.
“Sesshomaruuuuuu!”
“Haaa … Again.” Sesshomaru moaned.
His eyes swirled with a scarlet hue as he bit into their mating mark on Inuyasha's neck and pounded into the constricting grip of his body. It clenched and pulsed as the second orgasm hit him.
“Again.” Sesshomaru growled through his clamped teeth.
When the third orgasm crashed over Inuyasha's body, it tightened further and finally the demon lord spilled over inside him. Sesshomaru held the pup in a tight embrace and thrust forward several more times, shuddering as he filled his mate.
Inuyasha was panting and quivering all over, floating in a vast sea of pleasure, while after shock waves of orgasm washed over him. He shivered and moaned when Sesshomaru slid out from inside him.
The demon lord carefully untied his trembling mate and wrapped his smaller body in the downy fur of moko moko. Then he sat under the tree with the pup in his lap.
Inuyasha looked up at Sesshomaru, just staring into the frozen amber pools above him. As usual, they were completely neutral, indifferent, devoid of any hint of anything that might tell him what was hidden behind that perfect mask.
The demon lord relaxed his head back against the tree and simply returned the hanyou's gaze. After Inuyasha had been staring for a while, Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow at him, and a twinkle of amusement gleamed in his eyes.
“What?” Inuyasha huffed.
“What is it that you are doing?” Sesshomaru inquired.
“Just wondering.”
“What about?”
“Well …. It's … It's nothing.” Inuyasha dismissed, looking away.
“Indulge me.”
Inuyasha turned back, looking at him with a comical expression of confusion. “Do what?”
“Tell me anyway.” Sesshomaru replied.
Inuyasha debated for a moment whether or not to tell him.
“I just wanted to know what you were thinking.” He finally admitted.
“Why do you wish to know?” Sesshomaru asked.
“Do I need to have a reason?”
“Something must have caused your curiosity.”
“You know what forget it.” Inuyasha tried pushing away from the irritating demon lord so he could stand up, but the arms encircling him tightened, pulled him back against an armor clad chest, and held him there.
“Sit, … I was comfortable with you there. … I was thinking of the pleasure I derive from inflicting your body with pain.”
Inuyasha glared at him for taking so long to answer but was satisfied that he got one.
“So, you literally get off on hurting me, don't you?”
“Indeed, as much as, if not more than you do.”
Inuyasha flushed a little, though he couldn't deny it. He loved the pain, he loved the bite of Sesshomaru's teeth, he loved the sting of his claws, he loved the aching throb deep inside, from the hard fucking, he loved- …..
He quickly shook those thoughts out of his head, certain that he wasn't ready for where they were going and decided to keep the conversation alive instead.
“Hey, I know you don't hate me any more …. But, is hurting me, the only thing you like … You know, about me?”
“Hanyou, if I had ever truly hated you, you would have been destroyed long ago, I certainly would not be engaging you in such lascivious acts.”
“Ok you arrogant asshole, that still doesn't answer my question though.”
“ …..... No, I suppose that is not the only thing.”
Inuyasha was hoping for more of an elaborate explanation, not because he was fishing for compliments or anything. He was genuinely curious. They had gone from rivals, to allies, to mates with so little communication in between, he just really wanted to know where he stood in Sesshomaru's eyes. Was there anything other than sex between them?
The demon lord was silent for some time, then he took one of Inuyasha's ears between his fingers and rubbed the soft, silky fur.
“These are to my liking.”
“Great, so you like to hurt me and grope my ears.”
“There are a number of things I like to grope.” Sesshomaru calmly informed.
Inuyasha yelped in surprise when one cheek of his butt was palmed, and firmly squeezed by the demon lord.
“So that's it, I'm just a good piece of ass?” Inuyasha asked, swatting the hand away.
“That is not all ... Your strength of will, and your resilience please me as well.” As he spoke, Sesshomaru ran his claws through Inuyasha's hair, absently examining the silky strands.
Inuyasha just looked up at him, sort of in awe. Sesshomaru had never said anything like that before, the hanyou was shocked. The demon lord continued stroking his claws though the pup’s snowy tresses and looked off into the distance.
“I am content to have you at my side.”
Inuyasha relaxed against the demon lord. “Ya me too.”
Upon returning to the cave, the two inu found Lilly using her magic to stitch three large pieces of white fur together to form a blanket.
“Perfect timing.” Lilly said handing the furry mass to Inuyasha. “I had Chrono skin what was left of that polar bear demon and I made blankets for everyone.”
“Um, thanks.” Inuyasha replied taking the fur.
“No problem.” She cheerfully answered, then went over to lay down next to the fire on her own blanket.
Everyone else was asleep already. Sesshomaru settled down on the opposite side of the cave, away from the group and Inuyasha joined him, laying out the fur for both of them to curl up on. It wasn't long before a light sleep fell over them. The remainder of the night was quiet and peaceful, allowing the wary travelers some good, well earned rest.
Inuyasha felt as if he were dreaming; light movement and someone's touch registered somewhere in his subconscious, but his senses were alert enough to let him know that neither were threatening. So, he drift back into a sound slumber, without ever fully waking to figure out what it was.
When morning came the hanyou found himself sandwiched between the demon lord at his back with one arm draped limply over his waist and the little black haired neko plastered to the front of him, with his long tail wrapped around Inuyasha's leg.
His first thought was to move, because it would be embarrassing as hell to be seen like this. However, he just couldn't bring himself to separate from the comfort and warmth of those two bodies snuggled up against him. It was the strangest feeling; you try sleeping alone in trees for two hundred years of your life, then wake up one day sandwiched between two other people. It didn't feel bad though, actually it felt incredibly right. Like he was meant to sleep in big cozy piles, and all his life he'd been missing out. He felt at home.
The warm fuzzy feeling faded quickly when Sango and Miroku started waking up. Inuyasha squirmed out from between Sesshomaru and Felix-- or he tried to. He wasn't expecting Sesshomaru's arm to tighten and pull him back against the demon lord's body.
“How long have you been awake? And let go, the others are starting to wake up.” Inuyasha whispered.
“So?” Sesshomaru grumbled, far too comfortable to be roused just yet.
“So, they'll see us.” The hanyou insisted.
“So.” Sesshomaru grumbled again.
“It's embarrassing, damn it.”
“Not for me.” That was the last thing the demon lord said before rolling over, so half his body was on top of Inuyasha, holding him down.
Eventually the sun was shining too brightly to be ignored and Sesshomaru reluctantly removed himself from his disgruntled mate. Inuyasha glared at him, with a blush dusting his cheeks. While Felix slowly sat up and rubbed at his sleepy eyes, Inuyasha and Sesshomaru got up and prepared to leave. Everyone else tried very hard to pretend they didn't just see the two fierce inu sleeping in a cute little pile with a neko.
While the group packed up and got ready to leave, Lilly brought some hot tea over to Felix.
“Here you go, this will help you feel better.”
Felix took the cup but looked confused. “Am I hurt?”
“Well not much out here.” She gestured around his body. “But in here.” She pointed to his chest.
“Thank you.” Felix whispered before taking a sip of the tea.
“Your sister must have been very important to you.” Lilly earnestly remarked.
Felix hung his head a little, nodding. “Our parents died when I was very young. Nanally was older and stronger, she took care of me. …. I'm useless.”
“No, you're not. What you did was very brave. Don't ever think that strength of heart is useless. That's what separates us from the monsters.” Lilly urged.
Felix looked up and gave her a weak smile. “You sound a lot like her.”
After camp was all packed up, the group set out on foot back in the direction of the Great Wall. The journey was long and generally quiet. A little conversation was made, mostly between Sango, Miroku, Felix and Lilly. They were able to get to know the little neko better and by the time they reached the wall Felix was well acclimated into the group.
Once they had arrived, Inuyasha and Sesshomaru took fighting stances in front of the immense stone barricade.
“Alright Sesshomaru, I'm guessing you have a plan here. What are we doing?”
“Charge your youkai energy.”
Inuyasha did what Sesshomaru said. Just like in his training so many weeks ago, he charged up that raging pit of energy within and Sesshomaru did the same. It wasn't long before everyone in their pack was backing away from the two inu. A violent wind kicked up, crackling electric energy was striking all around and the youkai in the air was so thick it was hard to breath.
“We have to get further back, this is going to be bad.” Chrono warned, as he ushered the group further away.
It was rather convenient fighting a target that would sit around and wait for you to charge up one of your most potent attacks. When the energy became like a hurricane swirling around them, the two inu exchanged confirming glances. Then attacked, a wave of power avalanched into the wall with such force that the earth shook for miles all around them.
There was only one problem. The barrier was still there.
“DAMN IT! What the hell is this fucking thing made out of?” Inuyasha ranted.
“Inuyasha, remember when you fought the sword Sou'unga? Can you attack the wall with your backlash wave and combined it with lord Sesshomaru's attack like you did back then?” Sango asked as her and Miroku approached riding on Kirara.
“This thing doesn't have enough demon energy to make the attack any good.” Inuyasha reported, irritated.
“I should, though.” This from Chrono who suddenly appeared next to them.
“What do you mean by that?” Inuyasha asked.
Sesshomaru seemed to know exactly what the time shifter was planning because he gave Chrono a slight nod and lined himself up next to Inuyasha. Chrono vanished, and appeared again between them and the wall.
“Use your backlash wave on me. I'll teleport away before it hits me, then lord Sesshomaru can combined his attack with yours.” Chrono explained.
Inuyasha thought about it for a moment and had only one question.
“How'd you know what we did to defeat Sou'unga?”
“I control and manipulate time, I can be any 'when' I want to be. I heard about the battle and got curious so I went back to see it. Shouldn't we be a little more focused on the task at hand?”
“Ya ya, I'm focused already, just hurry up and attack me.” Inuyasha was curious about what Chrono planned to do. He could sense through his youkai that Chrono was powerful even though he didn't look like much. Yet, he had never seen Chrono do more than hack things to pieces with his two scythe-like weapons, while he blipped in and out of time.
The little time shifter seemed to start charging his own demonic energy.
“Ok we should all move far away again.” Lilly warned, ushering the others back.
Chrono's body began to pulse with power and a black void of light opened up beneath him, swirling and thrashing about until it fully engulfed him and a new form burst forth from the dark aura. It was Chrono but he was bigger, had more muscle, a tail, and was radiating energy. His clothing had all vanished during the change, say for a black lion cloth donning his waist, making it easy to see that now the strange tattoo markings covered his whole entire body. Giant gears seemingly made out of that turbulent, glowing, black energy fanned out on either side of him like wings and churned menacingly while he hovered above the ground. Power started collecting into a sphere between his hands; electric bolts skimmed across the surface of the sphere, while a pitch black light diffused from it and surrounded him. The more energy that collected, the bigger the sphere got.
As Chrono prepared to release the attack, a cracked demonic version of his usually child-like voice reverberated from this demon's throat.
“Do me a favor Inuyasha, don't let this hit you.”
Then the massive ball of electric, black, energy was hurled at the hanyou and he reacted.
“Backlash wave!” Less than a split second later, Chrono was gone and Sesshomaru deep velvet voice announced. “Dragon strike!”
The two tornado-like attacks merged and tore into the barrier with indescribable force. The shield rippled and shimmered as the combined powers cut into it and finally pierced the surface. It fell like an enormous bubble bursting and shattering all at once. Stone debris was launched in all directions as the waves of destruction crashed over and through the ancient wall as well as the barrier.
“Holy shit, it worked.” Inuyasha stammered.
Sesshomaru rushed forward, past Inuyasha and through the wreckage to the other side of the wall.
“Hey asshole, you're not hogging all the action.” Inuyasha dashed off after the demon lord. He could sense something bad happening on the other side of that wall. The rest of their pack followed the two brash inu through the gaping hole.
The site they were met with, once clear of the wall, was like an enormous army preparing for war. Only, these soldiers were already dead. Hundreds of thousands of undead soldiers, row after row, as far as the eye could see, were standing blankly at attention, surrounding what appeared to be a massive undead dragon rising up out of the ground. And there, standing before the monstrous oriental serpent was the tiny silhouette of a cloaked figure, casting some sort of magic to pull the beast from its grave.
“The Litch Queen!” The group exclaimed.
The figure in the cloak turned to face the group, covered from hood down in fresh, wet, dripping blood. Apparently forbidden necromancy required a lot of it. The figures face, body and scent were completely masked by the cloak, the blood and the overwhelming stench of rotting flesh all around them.
A venomous female voice echoed in their ears, so close, it seemed to be coming from inside their own heads.
“How bothersome, I had hoped that barrier would lasted longer, a lot of time went into raising it. Oh well, it appears I've underestimated the meddlesome dogs that destroyed my beautiful reincarnation of Ryukotsusei. A mistake that will not be made twice.”
“That was no reincarnation, it was nothing but a mindless, stinking, rotten zombie!” Inuyasha taunted.
“I'm afraid you're right, he was mindless. However I'm sure you'll be pleased to know, I have since perfected my art. Allow me to introduce you to the entire army of emperor Quinn and all those who fell under his command. They retain their intelligence, without the stubborn interference of their will. My perfect little soldiers, aren't they just precious?” The woman cooed, as she climbed aboard her colossal, newly resurrected serpent.
“Why?! Why are you doing this?!” Felix Shouted.
“Wouldn't you like to know?”
As those words drifted around them, the innumerable hordes of soldiers began marching straight for Inuyasha, Sesshomaru and their little group.
“You'll have to excuse me for not staying to see the outcome. I have more pressing matters that need my attention.” With that said, the cloaked figure and the dragon disappeared like a mist in the wind.
“Oh that's just fucking great, the bitch ran away!” Inuyasha snarled as he drew tessaiga, preparing to take on the legions of undead warriors.
Sesshomaru put his hand over the one Inuyasha was using to grip the hilt of his sword, stopping him from rushing forward.
“Lilly take the right side.” The demon lord commanded.
“Yes my lord.” Lilly bowed, and tossed her staff out to her side, it hovered off the ground, then she hopped on it like it was her magic broom and soared off into the sky.
“Chrono beside her.”
“Yes my lord.” Chrono, still in his larger form took to the sky and followed after Lilly.
“Jaken take the ningen and the neko, move to the left side and stay out of the way.”
“Right away mi lord.” Jaken bowed, ushering Sango, Miroku, Kirara and Felix away with him. The two humans exchanged uneasy glances before following after the retreating kappa.
“Inuyasha, you and I will take the middle.” Sesshomaru drew his sword and began moving forward to meet the assailing force. “Use ranged attacks whenever possible. It is unclear whether these undead also possess the ability to turn their victims into unseemly creatures such as themselves.”
Inuyasha looked for just a moment, out over the hundreds of thousands of soldiers marching towards them, swords drawn, spears leveled, scores of them on horseback, some human, some demon, all undead. He brought tessaiga up over his shoulder and took his place beside his mate. This was going to be one hell of a fight.
Less than one hundred yards from the enemy, both inu unleashed the power of their swords and launched themselves into the masses, slicing them apart. Tessaiga sang as it split bodies open with every swing, between each blow, the wind scar would blaze and waves of the soldiers would fall.
Sesshomaru fought with the experience of hundreds of wars. He had been surrounded by enemies on a battlefield more times than he cared to count, each time they had fallen to his sword and this would be no different. Every strike was perfect, calculated and precise.
While the hanyou and the demon lord attacked, Lilly began casting spells. She spoke the strange words of the spell and made a cut in her arm so blood flowed onto her staff. Then she slammed the staff into the ground, there was an explosion of light and an enormous hole opened up in the middle of all the undead surrounding her.
As soon as it was opened, everything started getting sucked into the giant void. The only thing it could be compare to was the wind tunnel Miroku use-to have. It was like Lilly had opened up a wind tunnel and everything in a hundred foot radius was being sucked into that howling void; the undead warriors, their horses, trees, rocks, even the very ground they were standing on got vacuumed up into that massive hole. When the raging wind stopped and the tunnel closed, nothing but a huge crater in the earth remained.
While Lilly cast her magic and the two inu continued fighting, Chrono took his two bladed weapons connected by chain and held them apart, until the chain was pulled tight. The weapon pulsed with power and glowed for an instant. When the light faded he was left holding a large, solid metal, double-bladed staff. As Chrono began to attack with it, the black gears, that were hovering at his back, started spinning around him like clockwork saw blades. Each time Chrono attacked a new group of the undead soldiers would burst into a bloody spray of body parts and insides.
Inuyasha growled as he brought tessaiga up to block a spear that had been aimed straight at his chest. It was easy enough to avoid and cut down the creature that had thrown it, however it was also incredibly annoying. Even when severed in two at the waist the soldier continued to drag itself along the ground towards him. Sesshomaru was suddenly there crushing the things head under his boot.
“Quit fooling around hanyou. Destroy their heads, anything less is a waste of time.” The demon lord growled.
“I know that damn it! The fuckin thing dodged; they aren't stupid like all the other ones and it's really starting to piss me off.”
The aggravated hanyou used the wind scar to take out another swarm of warriors that were rushing up on them; at the same time Sesshomaru attacked a group coming in on their right. It was unending, warriors poured in from every side, and they were intelligent just like the litch queen had boasted. The moment any of the soldiers were in close enough they would attack and dodge with the skill of any well trained warrior. Inuyasha ceaselessly used the wind scar to drive them back in an effort to avoid those close encounters and still more filed in to take the place of the fallen ones; carelessly walking right over the bodies of their fallen allies.
Miroku, Sango, Kirara, Felix, and Jaken had arranged themselves so they could look out for each other while they fought. Miroku and Jaken handled the close range attacks, using the staff of two heads and a combination of sutras and Miroku's own golden staff. Sango handled the long range attacks with hiraikotsu. She had given her katana to Felix, the little neko held the blade like it were a club, yet he still managed, doing his best to help the others fight. And Kirara stuck to Felix's side, helping him bring down the few soldiers that happened to make it past the two ningen and the kappa.
Their little teamwork system was well coordinated and the five of them together were able to hold their own against the zombies just as well as Chrono and Lilly were.
The faint scent of Lilly's blood filled the air once again as she prepared for another spell. Each time she cast the magic she would have to make a new cut in her arm.
“I call upon the spirits of air and fire, with this blood I beseech thee; become a fearsome flame, winds blow and rage, hurricane inferno, turn my foes to ash!”
Blood ran down her arm and as the streams of it fell into the air, they burst into flames. Enormous gusts of wind kicked up suddenly and the fire began to grow and spread; caught in the spinning gusts, the flames grew and grew. The wind became more and more violent, until it was like a raging storm, engulfed in flames- literally a hurricane of fire.
Inuyasha was beginning to understand why Sesshomaru had spread their group all out the way he had, the turbulent mass of flames and wind roared across the battlefield rending anything caught in its path to cinders and ash. An entire platoon of the undead soldiers was sucked up into the hellish vortex, they were churned and tossed around inside the inferno until nothing but ash sprayed out from the storm.
Another hoard of zombie warriors was rushing up on Inuyasha, throwing their spears. The hanyou leaped up and used the adamant barrage.
“Damn it!” Inuyasha growled, about half of the slippery bastards managed to dodge and now they were all attacking him from different sides. Without having to think about it, Inuyasha started using the attacks and stances Sesshomaru had taught him and quickly destroyed them all.
The fighting went on and on like this for hours and still the army surrounded them, the numbers decreased dramatically, little more than a quarter of their original forces were left. Even so, thousands of soldiers remained, and at this point everyone was running dangerously low on energy. Their attacks grew weaker and weaker as time progressed. Unfortunately the undead seemed completely unaffected, like they would continue fighting with the same amount of power until the last warrior fell.
Inuyasha was suddenly surrounded by a group of soldiers and they all rushed him at once. The hanyou dropped low and spun tessaiga over his head like a fan blade, then leaped clear when the soldiers were forced to scatter. Most had dodged the attack, others were missing a few limbs, yet still followed in pursuit of the hanyou.
Inuyasha quickly turned and decapitated the one closest to his back, then side stepped and spun, catching another under the arm, slicing up into its neck and clear through half of it’s head. Another came at him from the left at the same time as one on the right. Inuyasha leaped up and flipped, bring his heel down into the temple of the one on the left and jumped off to dodge the blade of the one on the right.
He landed at the soldiers back and tore straight through it with his claws. Before he could draw his arm back another soldier's katana pierced through it, supplying Inuyasha with the liquid necessary for a blades of blood attack. When he had an opening he took care of the rest with the wind scar. The hanyou, pulled the katana from his arm and slouched over panting, waiting for the next group to approach.
A sudden loud cry of pain instantly drew Inuyasha's attention to his small pack.
“Miroku!” Sango yelled as she came rushing to the monks aid.
Miroku had been pierced through the shoulder and knocked to the ground by one of the throwing spears the undead soldiers were so found of. He pulled the blade out and tossed the weapon to the side.
“I'll be fine.” Miroku groaned as he struggled to try and stand back up.
The small pack had taken a lot of damage from the soldiers weapons, all five of them were huddled together now, wounded, bleeding and were slowly being forced to move back. Chrono had been forced to change back into his smaller form because his energy was so low and was now fighting only with his two blades. Lilly was trembling and dizzy from blood loss, cuts and gashes littered her body, from where she opened herself so many times to cast the attack spells. Powerful magic seemed to come with a powerful price.
The forces had been taken down to less than one thousand by now, however the inus and their pack were still vastly outnumbered.
With Sango's help Miroku managed to get back up on his feet, he was prepared to keep fighting but it didn't look good for their little group. Felix, Jaken and Kirara rushed up to take on the next wave of soldiers, while Miroku got his footing, however they were quickly pushed back. Felix fell beside Kirara, having to stop in order to pull the katana, with its owners hand still attached, out of his stomach. Jaken narrowly missed being impaled by one of the spears and now Sango was helping both Miroku and Felix to stand. Inuyasha was about ready to leap over and save them when out of nowhere, villagers came running in to help. Hundreds of villagers started pouring out of the surrounding towns and began fighting the undead warriors.
It was so unexpected Inuyasha almost couldn't believe his eyes. Townspeople never helped demons, it didn't matter that the demons were fighting to save them or not. It was just a rule he had learned throughout the years. Villagers do not help demons. It was amazingly refreshing to see those angry shouts and pitchforks all focused only on the enemy. The hanyou was pretty sure, that it would have been the end of them if the villagers were fighting for the other team. He himself was nearly out of youkai energy, and the wind scar got weaker and weaker with each of his attacks. His body ached from the continuous exertion and multiple wounds.
He knew without a doubt that Sango, Miroku, Kirara, Felix and Jaken were at their limit and Lilly looked like one more cut and she'd pass out from blood loss. Chrono seemed to be in no better condition than the rest of them.
Inuyasha wasn't sure what condition Sesshomaru was in but the demon lord couldn't possibly be as unaffected as he appeared. That regal posture and arrogant gaze, never left him; not a single hair was out of place or drop of sweat was on his flawless skin. Every move was commanding and superior, never showing even the slightest bit of weakness or hesitation. So beautiful and so deadly. The way his body moved and his muscles flexed as he swung his sword was almost hypnotizing. When the light hit all that white silk from just the right angle, you could almost see directly through it to the deceptively lithe body hidden beneath.
Staring in awe at one's lover in the middle of a war was never a bright idea, especially when your guard was down due to lack of energy. However that was exactly the situation Inuyasha found himself in when the razor-like blade of a katana, pierced through the left side of his neck and a nasty black set of claws tore through the right, immediately snapping him back into action.
“Fuck!”
Inuyasha drove tessaiga back, behind himself and into his attackers gut, pulling it up and over his head as he turned until the enormous blade cleaved the soldier's upper body and head completely in two. The hanyou yanked the katana from his throat, timidly reached a hand up to the burning claw marks there and mentally began to panic.
'Oh shit, oh shit, oh shit, that fucking thing clawed me! I'm gonna turn into one of them.' His mind was frantically racing, trying to figure out what to do, while images of Felix's sister and her gruesome resurrection flashed through his head.
The scent of Inuyasha's blood hit Sesshomaru and the demon lord turned to his mate. The four bloody gashes stood out on the hanyou's neck like a big red stain in the middle of pure white sheets.
“Inuyasha!”
“I'm fine.”
Sesshomaru was not the least bit convinced, he could sense his mates distress and leaped over to him. He slammed his sword into the ground and knocked the hanyou down on his back. Then did the only thing he could think of.
As bakusaiga's energy erupted from the ground all around them, killing every soldier within sixty feet, Sesshomaru buried his own claws into the offensive wound on his mate's neck and pumped it full of his most potent poison. His aim was for the toxic acid to overpower and destroy whatever filth it was that caused victims to change into zombies.
“Ow asshole! What the hell do you think you're trying to do?”
“Silence.” Sesshomaru sneered.
While this transpired the villagers continued to fight the remaining undead. Lilly, unable to cast another spell, had gone to assist Sango and her group with their wounds and Chrono fought alongside the villagers. No one other than Sesshomaru knew of Inuyasha's condition.
The hanyou writhed in pain on the ground, groaning as he spoke.
“You said it yourself Sesshomaru, we don't know if these ones can make other zombies, like the mindless ones can. So why the hell did you poison me? You tryin to kill me?” Inuyasha squirmed as the poison in question began spreading further through his veins.
“It is not enough to kill you, now be silent and let the toxin work.”
“How the hell …” He paused to grit his teeth against the pain, his breath was coming in short pants. “ … is this not enough to kill me? … The first time … when you had to lick my neck, there was less poison that time and you told me that it would kill me.” Inuyasha accused as if Sesshomaru had either lied to him then or was lying now.
“I said be silent. … You have become resilient to my poison, the time you speak of would have resulted in your death. However that was before the numerous times since that you have incurred my poison.”
Inuyasha blushed after that remark, remembering just how many of those times incurring Sesshoumaru’s poison had been sexual.
The poison, whether it was lethal or not, still hurt like a son of a bitch. Inuyasha dug his claws into the dirt, groaning as it coursed through him and he silently prayed that it was only the poison, wracking his body with pain.
He was imagining his body slowly dying and decaying from the inside as he gradually turned into a mindless beast. It had always been one of Inuyasha's greatest fears, that he would lose himself to his demonic blood. Now something else was threatening to take his soul.
He could feel something dark and vile spreading inside him. The hanyou whimpered and curled onto his side as the pain ripped through his body. It was an aching, stabbing pain that seemed to be tearing him apart. Unaware of what he was doing, Inuyasha began clawing at himself and thrashing on the ground, as the contagion battled for control of his body. Sesshomaru was forced to hold the pup down by his forearms.
The acid poison seared and raged through Inuyasha's veins, burning away at the necrotic contaminant, while at the same time burning away at Inuyasha's body.
With the help of the villagers, the war was dwindling to an end and the small pack of companions began looking for their two inu allies. Lilly spotted Sesshomaru when she flew overhead on her staff and then spotted Inuyasha in distress on the ground.
“I found them, Inuyasha's hurt.” Lilly shouted back to the others before she soared over the battlefield to her lord and his wounded mate.
The healer quickly dropped to her knees at Inuyasha's side. “What happened?” She asked as she put out her hands, preparing to use magic to try healing the hanyou.
“No!” Sesshomaru growled. “He has been attacked and polluted by one of the undead. If you remove the poison he will turn.”
Lilly put the back of her hand lightly on Inuyasha's forehead, then jerked it back with a hiss.
“My lord, he's burning up with a fever. If he stays like this he may die.”
Inuyasha suddenly howled in pain and his entire body stiffened. Sesshomaru released the hanyou's arms and he curled in on himself, wrapping his arms around his sides. The demon lord and Lilly watched the whites of his eyes bleed red with scarlet veins spider-webbing across the surface. Inuyasha's teeth and claws elongated and his demonic stripes became viable.
“Sesshomaru, you have to kill me before I turn into one of those things!” Inuyasha gasped as another wave of unbearable pain ripped through him. He could feel the dark, corruption seeping deeper, slowly bleeding its way to his core and he was scared.
“You will be silent and fight it, hanyou.” Sesshomaru snarled.
The demon lord focused all his youkai on Inuyasha, pouring what remained of his own energy into the pup. He pulled the hanyou into his lap and whispered against his ear. “Endure it, Inuyasha … You may not surrender to this, I am the only one allowed to kill you.”
The youkai energy Sesshomaru had given him was helping Inuyasha to fight, but it did nothing for the pain. All he could do was allow the demon lord to hold him, while a battle for his life raged within.
The rest of the two inu's group arrived in time to find Inuyasha nearly unconscious. His chest heaved with ragged, panting breaths, sweat ran in droplets down his body yet he was shivering uncontrollably and agony was written plain on his face.
“Inuyasha!” Felix gasped. “What happened to him?”
Lilly quietly filled everyone in while Inuyasha struggled to remain conscious. The last of the undead were destroyed by the villagers and a clean up processes had begun. The towns people were piling bodies together and setting them ablaze. Some of them stared curiously at the wounded hanyou and his odd assortment of human and demon companions as they passed by, while others hurried by nervously ignoring the small group and still others debated whether the group would now turn on them, since the zombies had been destroyed.
Most of the villagers seemed grateful though. Talk of how the odd group had saved the towns from being held prisoner and isolated by the undead, buzzed about the crowds and everyone seemed to be slowly settling down.
Inuyasha held on for as long as he could, but the pain soon overwhelmed him and the world went black and silent as he lost consciousness.
Night had fallen quickly, Sango and Miroku took Kirara and went into one of the towns to gather supplies. They got herbs and bandages for Lilly to use on everyone's wounds and medicine she would need for when Inuyasha came to … If he came to. Sango and Miroku didn't even want to consider that as an option. They also picked up some food. Neither one of them could remember the last time they had eaten and a full belly was the only way to recover the energy everyone had lost during the battle.
While the two ningen were gone, Felix and Jaken collected wood and built a fire, and Lilly set to work crushing some of the herbs she already had with her. Chrono stood watch over the little group while Sesshomaru sat, still holding Inuyasha.
The hanyou’s burning fever remained and he thrashed about in his sleep, sometimes yelping or whimpering as pain gripped his body even in his unconscious state.
“Lilly, is Inuyasha going to be ok?” Felix timidly asked after sitting down next to the healer.
“It's hard to tell, the only thing we can do is hope his body is able to keep on fighting.” Lilly answered, wishing there was more she could do to reassure the little neko.
Felix wanted very much to go over and curl up next to Inuyasha but the aura Sesshomaru was giving off scared him. The demon lord, whether he realized it or not, was clearly feeling protective of his mate. You could almost see his youkai aggressively, pacing in aggravation, ready to snap at anyone who dared go near.
When Sango and Miroku returned Felix helped Sango prepared dinner for everyone and Miroku sat down next to Chrono to try and get some information.
“Chrono, that dragon the litch queen raised, was it one of the dragons of legend?”
“Ya and we're lucky she only left her soldiers for us to fight. The ancient dragons were the most powerful creatures I've ever seen. I've never been able to travel back in time as far as the beginning, but as far back as I have seen these dragons were there. Back then all the lands were ruled by them. I still can't believe she was able to raise one of them. It's been thousands and thousands of years, there shouldn't have been anything left of it's body for her to resurrect. She is a lot more dangerous than she seems if she has that kind of power.”
“I wonder what she intends to do with it now?” Miroku mused.
“I don't know. I think she must be vulnerable when she's casting her magic though. Why else would she surround herself with that many soldiers and put up such a strong barrier?”
“Hn.” Miroku agreed. “Then perhaps if we could somehow get close to her while she is using her magic, we would have the advantage.”
“That's what I'm thinking.” Chrono replied.
“Chrono can't you also go forward in time?” Miroku asked.
“ … I can ... I don't like to though.” Chrono answered, looking skeptically at the munk.
“But couldn't you see what the litch queen has planned if you went forward or maybe see who she is even?”
“It doesn't work like that Miroku. I have to know where I'm going to see something specific and the future today is not always the same as the future tomorrow. Plus, knowing it isn't all that it's cracked up to be either. Knowing how and when all your friends and loved ones are going to die and not being able to do a damn thing to stop it. No thanks, I don't look in the future any more, sorry.” Chrono got up and started walking away from the fire.
“I'm sorry. I-I didn't know it was like that, I didn't mean to-”
“It's ok I know you didn't, that's just, sort of a sore topic for me.” Chrono leaped off, away from the group.
Lilly came and sat next to Miroku.
“He has a lot of bad memories when it comes to seeing the future. He told me when he was young, before he could control his powers, he would see how everyone around him died. He saw his whole family being killed many times, terrible wars and destruction. He said he tried stopping it when he was older but nothing he did ever changed things for the better.”
“I didn't realize a power like that could be such a terrible burden to bare.” Miroku remarked feeling bad that he brought up something so painful for the time shifter to remember.
Everyone except for Chrono, the demon lord and his afflicted mate, spent the rest of the evening huddled around the fire. Each time Inuyasha's unconscious whimpers of pain could be heard in the night, the angry defensive aura surrounding Sesshomaru would spike violently.
Inuyasha was dreaming that he was back at Kadesh's tavern with Sesshomaru. He felt like he had been sleeping for a very long time, drifting in a silent darkness. In his dream the demon lord had that bottle of butter liquor again. He could feel Sesshomaru's tongue slowly laving over his neck. The wet, hot slickness was gliding smoothly across his skin, lulling him into a daze. Soft, warm lips pressed down over his own and liquid rush into his mouth. For some reason the liquid wasn't sweet like the liquor had been, it was bitter and tasted like medicine. He felt a hand gently massage his throat and he swallowed the foul drink. Then the darkness returned and swept him away.
The dream had faded some time ago, when Inuyasha finally, very slowly, blinked open his eyes. The soft light of dawn was barely beginning to touch the sky. Even the soft light was harsh on his eyes. It was like he hadn't seen daylight in quite a while. His body ached in every part and his head was throbbing.
'What happened?' His groggy mind wondered.
“You are awake.” Sesshomaru's voice came from right above him.
Inuyasha looked and found himself laying in the demon lord's lap. One pale and wonderfully cool hand gently touched Inuyasha's forehead.
“How are you feeling?” Sesshomaru asked.
The gesture made Inuyasha wondered if he was still dreaming or not.
“Like I got my ass kicked … by you.” He groaned.
Now that he was gaining more of his senses, Inuyasha noticed that Sesshomaru wasn't the only one touching him. Felix was curled up on one side of him snuggling his arm, the neko's tail was coiled around his leg and Lilly was curled up at their feet with her tail around his other leg.
“Is Lilly in heat again?” Inuyasha asked, wondering why the healer had also slept with them.
“No, she is there because of her concern for you.”
Inuyasha looked to where her tail curled around his ankle and remembered Sesshomaru saying a while back that she was warming up to him. The thought made him blush, Inuyasha had never been very good at dealing with attention from girls.
“So what happened? I'm not dead, so I guess your poison worked.”
“You have been unconscious and battling infection for two days, it was only last evening that your fever broke and your health began to improve.”
“Two days! I've been out for two whole days?”
Sesshomaru gave him a slight nod.
“Damn, that stupid litch queen could be anywhere by now. She's had two whole days to get ahead of us.”
“She would be ahead of us regardless. Or have you forgotten her use of magic to escape?”
Their conversation was interrupted when Felix woke, from all the hushed talking.
“Inuyasha! Oh you're ok!” The little neko hugged tight around Inuyasha's arm and buried his face on the hanyou's shoulder, sniffling.
Inuyasha ruffled the boy's hair and gave him a warm smile.
“Of course I'm ok. Come on, you think a little thing like that can take me out?”
Felix looked up at him, wiping the tears from his eyes.
“I'm so glad you're alright.”
The hanyou blushed and looked away. Kagome was the only one who had ever looked at him with that kind of caring expression on her face. The little neko was just too cute for his own good.
“Ya ya, don't go getting all sappy about it, I'm fine.” Inuyasha grumbled.
Lilly, having also been woken by all the talking, sat right up suddenly.
“Inuyasha?!” After seeing that the hanyou was indeed conscious again, she grabbed him by the front of his haori.
“Inuyasha! Thank heavens you're ok. Don't you ever do something like that again! Do you have any idea how worried we've been about you?!”
“Lilly.” Sesshomaru warned.
Inuyasha would never admit it, but the demon lord could sense that the gentle shaking the healer was giving his mate, was causing the still throbbing pain in his body to ache even more.
“Oops, sorry, sorry.” Lilly immediately let go and sank down to sit on her knees beside them. She also put a hand to Inuyasha's forehead. “Are you really ok? You gave us quite a scare you know.”
By now everyone in the group was awake, no thanks to Lilly's little outburst and they all came over to see how their friend was doing. Inuyasha quickly got flustered from too much attention and threw his usual 'I'm fine leave me the hell alone' fit and things went right back to normal.
Sango, Miroku and Felix set to work making breakfast for everyone, while Lilly changed the bandages on Inuyasha's neck. As the healer unwrapped the last of the cloth covering, she was surprised to find his wound was nearly, completely healed.
“Wow, your healing technique is amazing Lord Sesshomaru. A wound with that kind of infection should have taken weeks to heal even for a hanyou. But now it doesn't even need bandages.” Lilly exclaimed.
Sesshomaru didn't respond, he just gave a slight nod.
“What are you talking about?” Inuyasha asked, trying to get Lilly to stop poking at his neck.
“Oh, you see, while you were still fighting off the infection from that zombie, we couldn't treat the infection from lord Sesshomaru's poison or your wounds without the risk of allowing the zombie infection to spread more freely. But once your body beat the infections and your fever broke last night, Lord Sesshomaru cleaned your wounds and gave you the medicine I had prepared to help you recover.”
Inuyasha was a little stunned. 'So it wasn't a dream after all. Sesshomaru really did all that to take care of me.' The hanyou didn't know what to say and now he was blushing again. The memory of that dream had turned him on.
“Ok well it looks like my work here is done. You boys don't have too much fun now. Remember Inuyasha is still recovering.” Lilly teased, giggling because she could tell the hanyou was getting aroused.
“Lilly! You perv, don't say shit like that!”
After breakfast and some many hours of walking the group arrived back at the port where they had started when they first came to the continent. Sesshomaru and Jaken went to speak with the same dock master as before, in order to get a new form of transportation.
“You insufferable fool, how dare you insult my great lord with such a lowly beast as this!” Jaken screeched upon seeing the creature the dock master had brought out for their transportation.
The dock master was already on his knees bowing to Sesshomaru, now he lowered his head even further.
“Forgive me my lord but this is truly all we have. Between the undead attacks and the people fleeing from the attacks the landstrider is the largest there is.”
Sesshomaru glanced over at the beast in question. It stood on four long legs, probably thirty feet tall, forty if you included the creatures lengthy neck. It had a long spiked tail and was covered in a thick wrinkley hide, armored with bone plates and horns. It had no eyes, vibration seemed to be it's means of sight. Judging from the large mouth, sharp jutting fangs and profuse amount of saliva, meat seemed to be it's means of nourishment.
Sesshomaru mentally sighed, his flawless indifferent gaze never faltered but he was not happy with this creature, to say the least.
“Very well, the beast will have to suffice. Saddle it with a litter large enough to accommodate my company and a small cargo of supplies.”
“Yes sir, right away my lord.”
The man hurried to gather his workers and set about the task of mounting a large canopied structure to the creatures back.
“But mi lord, a creature such as that is not worthy of -”
“Silence Jaken.”
“Yes mi lord.”
While waiting for the landstrider to be prepared, Sesshomaru and Jaken rejoined the rest of the group, who had been gathering supplies from the bazaar. Inuyasha was clearly feeling better, while everyone else carried small bundles of things that were needed, the hanyou's arms were loaded full with bags of dry shina soba noodles.
“Inuyasha should you really have gotten so many? You don't even know how to prepare them do you?” Miroku inquired.
“Nope, not a clue.” Inuyasha carelessly answered.
“Don't worry Miroku, I already offered to make them for him.” Felix assured, with one of his warm friendly smiles.
“Well, that was certainly nice of you, but aren't you worried that he will just take advantage of your kindness?” Miroku teased.
“And just when the hell have I ever taken advantage of someone's kindness? That's pretty low coming from the resident con artist.” Inuyasha barked.
“I don't mind, as long as it's Inuyasha, I like being taken advantage of.” The little neko giggled over the awkward silence he had caused, before everyone else broke out in giggles too.
It took Inuyasha a moment to get over being embarrassed, but he wasn't about to let this opportunity pass.
“Don't let that innocent face fool ya Felix, the monk likes it just as much as you do.” Inuyasha boasted with a cheeky grin.
Now it was Miroku's turn to blush. Sango actually had to cover her mouth to keep from laughing out loud.
It was already late in the afternoon when the group was finally loaded up and ready to leave. Therefore not much ground was covered before they had to stop again and make camp. But they had at least made it out of the rural areas and back into the wilderness. Because they still had no clue who the litch queen was or where to look for her, the plan still remained to visit the jackal territory and investigate the rumor about one of the jackals having seen the so called queen's face.
Sango was bringing supplies over near the fire to help Felix cook the evening meal.

“Where did Inuyasha and lord Sesshomaru go?” She asked, not worried, just curious.
“Inuyasha said something about training.” Felix answered.
“Oh, well he never was one for resting up after an injury.”
While dinner was being prepared and the rest of the group was relaxing, Inuyasha was about a mile away wondering if he had somehow gotten confused. He was sure Sesshomaru had said training but now that they were standing in this clearing, the demon lord was taking his clothes off.
“So remind me again what kind of training this is.” Inuyasha said.
“A lesson in the danger of distractions.” Sesshomaru casually replied, while shedding the last stitch of his attire.
He could tell his plan was already having the desired effect, the scent of Inuyasha's arousal was drifting all around him. Before continuing, the demon lord separated his hakama from the inner lining, then fastened the outer layer low around his waist. This left a gaping slit open on either side of his hips, which from the right angle would allow glimpses of his more interesting bits.
“I am curious about something hanyou, when that creature managed to wound you, you were not out numbered and you were not so depleted of energy that you were incapable of defending yourself. So then pup, what exactly could have been distracting enough that you nearly allowed yourself to be killed?
As he spoke the last words Sesshomaru slowly and seductively trailed his hand down his chest, his abs and his pelvis. Then just barely caressed the length of his half swollen member, which he knew was plenty visible through the thin silk covering him.
Inuyasha swallowed, for some reason his mouth had started watering.
“Um, I … What was the question again?”
“You have proven my point quite well. Your task for this exercise is simply to block my attacks.” Sesshomaru said then picked up tenssaiga and unsheathed it.
Inuyasha was still staring at the demon lords lower region and didn't seem like he had heard a word Sesshomaru said.
That aggravated the older inu, yes he was intentionally trying to distract Inuyasha, however it certainly should not have been this easy. Also he didn't consider himself to be someone who did a lot of useless talking, so when he did speak he expected others to listen.
These two points are what motivated the demon lord into sternly walking up to Inuyasha and punching him in the face.
“Hey, what the hell was that for?!” Inuyasha barked.
“I instructed you to block my attacks, hanyou. Now block!”
Tenssaiga was momentarily forgotten as Sesshomaru's whip appeared and he lashed out at Inuyasha with it. This time the hanyou was paying attention and brought his sleeve up to protect himself.
“Good, again!”
“Ahhhhh!” Inuyasha moaned, he had been ready to block again but as soon as he heard that word, waves of pleasure assaulted his senses and it was all he could do just to stay standing on his feet. Consequently he took a lash to the face and a hard thwack from tenssaiga to the ribs.
“Damn it Sesshomaru, that's not fair you know what that fucking word does to me.”
“I do not want to hear your excuses half breed, I want you to do as you have been told. Now block!”
Sesshomaru rushed forward and finally Inuyasha drew his sword and started blocking. Sesshomaru made certain to continue provoking Inuyasha's arousal as often as possible. Using the command word and his own body to make the poor pup frantic with desire. It wasn't long before Inuyasha found himself trapped between the demon lord and a tree with tenssaiga at his throat.
“Pathetic hanyou.” Sesshomaru growled while grinding his now fully erect length against Inuyasha's achingly, eager one. The pup whined, ignoring the blade at his throat completely in favor of trying to get more contact with that wonderful friction.
“Do you think this is some sort of game? Or have you not realized that I have been restraining myself and still you can not block even the most blatant of my attacks. Were this a true blade, I could severe your head!”
“And who ever said I wanted you to go easy on me?!” Inuyasha yelled back, angry that Sesshomaru was right and frustrated that he had stopped providing that friction. The only task his mind could handle being concerned with at the moment was finding relief.
The demon lord had teased him with fleeting, seductive touches and said the word 'again' so many times before pinning him to this tree that Inuyasha was about ready to beg to have that friction back.
“It does not have to be said, it is clear enough from your inability to defend yourself.”
Inuyasha dropped his sword and wrapped his arms around the tree behind him.
“Ya well maybe I don't feel like defending myself right now.” He braced himself on the tree and wrapped his legs around Sesshomaru's waist. “Maybe I want you to attack me.” His voice was breathy and his eyes lustfully pleading. To further entice his mate, Inuyasha bared his neck, submissively inviting the demon lord to do as he pleased.
Sesshomaru mentally sighed, though this time not from aggravation, but defeat. The hanyou was simply irresistible.
“Insufferable hanyou.” He lowered tenssaiga from Inuyasha's neck and dropped it to the ground beside tessaiga. “Take your legs off of me and get on your knees.”
If Inuyasha still had a tail, it would be wagging. He sank down to his knees and happily waited, while Sesshomaru loosed the ties on his hakama.
The demon lord stroked his fingers through Inuyasha's hair and traced them over his jaw line, pausing at the pup's lips.
“You can be quite alluring when you wish to be.”
Inuyasha spread his lips in a seductive grin and took those fingers into his mouth, gently laving them with his tongue and sucking them suggestively.
“Hn, now get undressed and lay down.”
Inuyasha hurried to strip himself then laid back in the grass. Sesshomaru crawled over top of him, pressed the slick digit to his opening and gently eased them inside. Inuyasha moaned and thrust his hips up to welcome the intrusion.
“You understand that I will only concede to you this once? The entire purpose of this training is for you to learn the ability to ignore these types of distractions. I will not allow you to release again, until you have completed your training.”
Inuyasha writhed from hearing that damn word again and from the attention Sesshomaru's fingers were giving him.
“Ok, only this once, I understand. Just please, please don't stop.” Inuyasha whined, rocking his hips up, desperate for deeper penetration.
“Hn, is my puppy so badly in need?”
“Hai!” Inuyasha whimpered, still trying so hard to get more contact with those talented fingers.
“Relax little one, you will be well sated soon enough.” Sesshomaru assured as he withdrew his hand and pressed the head of his thick, weeping length to the hanyou's opening.
The demon lord was far superior to Inuyasha in his ability to ignore desire, but that didn't mean he wasn't suffering the same effects. His rigid length was slick with pre-cum and easily slid into the narrow confines of that tight little opening.
“Ahhhhhhh.” Inuyasha moaned as it slowly filled him, stretching him wide as it sunk deeper and deeper inside.
Without thinking he wrapped his legs back around Sesshomaru's waist, hooked his ankles together and held on. The demon lord moved one arm to cradle the pup's lower back and used it to press their bodies flush against each other while he thrust into that wonderfully tight, heat.
The hanyou's sorely neglected sex was caught between the downward press of Sesshomaru's flat abdomen and the upward press of his own. The slick, gilding, friction was exactly what Inuyasha was craving. He wanted badly to put his hands on Sesshomaru's shoulders but didn't know if the demon lord would allow it. He was so overwhelmed by pleasure and the need to cum, his mind couldn't even formulate the words to ask. The only sound that came out, when he opened his mouth was a lustful pleading whimper.
Sesshomaru was pleased that the pup would seek permission before embracing him.
“You may touch me as you like.”
Immediately the hanyou's arms were around Sesshomaru's neck and his hands were tangled in all that silky silver-white hair.
As the demon lord pumped into him, Inuyasha clung to that sleek muscular frame, grinding himself into every intrusion. Their bodies twined together, rhythmically, rocking and thrusting against one another. They moved as if dancing to some erotic beat that only they could hear.
Inuyasha didn't know which was better, the deep thrusting against all of his most sensitive nerves or the feel of Sesshomaru's cool, immaculate skin against his own, like being caressed by a sheet of alabaster satin.
“Haaa, haaa, hhhaaaaa … Sessh .. I ahhhhh … I-” It was too much, Inuyasha had been close to orgasm when they started and now felt like his cock might literally explode if he didn't cum.
“AAAAHHHHHHH!” Inuyasha screamed in ecstasy as he came, raking his claws across Sesshomaru's shoulders.
The demon lord growled a deep, seductive vibration against Inuyasha's koinu ear. He had never allowed a lover to dig their nails into him before, the slight pain was rather thrilling. The pup's insides clenched and gripped him pulsing from the hard orgasm.
“Mmn.” Sesshomaru groaned. “Do it again.”
Inuyasha threw his head back and raked his claw down the demon lord's back, crying out as the second orgasm crashed over him. He was panting and writhing as Sesshomaru slowly continued to thrust into him until all the aftershocks ebbed. Then the demon lord gently pulled out of the pup's quivering entrance.
“But you didn't get off.” Inuyasha protested, feeling guilty for cumming so soon.
“What makes you think we are finished?” Sesshomaru sat down in the grass and reclined back against the tree. Then gripped himself at the base and gestured towards the swollen organ. “Sit.”
Shivers raced up and down Inuyasha's spine and his whole body shuddered.
Sesshomaru chuckled. “Perhaps I should have made that your command word, you respond quite nicely to it.”
Inuyasha crawled over to the demon lord, blushing. He got ready to straddle Sesshomaru's hips but was stopped when the elder put a hand on his chest. Inuyasha looked up, confused. The demon lord shook his head and made a turn around gesture with his hand. The hanyou shyly moved so he was facing away and kneeling with one leg on either side of his mates lap.
“Good.” Sesshomaru purred against one furry ear. “Now put me inside you.”
Inuyasha did as he was told. Slightly lifting himself up, he positioned the wide, blunt head of his mates arousal so it pressed against his entrance. The little ring of muscles was wet and slippery with cum and opened easily to accept the girth as he lowered himself down the shaft.
“Aaahhhh.” Inuyasha moaned and whimpered as it slid past his pleasure spot and kept going, rubbing along those nerves until he was sitting on the demon lord's lap. It was so deep from this angle Inuyasha could feel his organs struggling to adjust.
“Mmmm.” Sesshomaru hummed approvingly, then grabbed a handful of Inuyasha's hair and tugged until his head was tipped all the way back, exposing the soft, smooth skin of his throat. He traced the pulse line up Inuyasha's neck with his tongue and nipped along his jaw.
“Now fuck yourself.” Sesshomaru growled, pushing the pup forward until his hands came to rest on the demon lord's knees.
Inuyasha was blushing again, those words alone and dark seductive voice sent thrills of pleasure through him.
Inuyasha leaned forward on his hands lifting himself up, slowly rocking his hips and sliding back down that thick length. The new position took a little getting used to but once he found the right angle, Inuyasha rolled his hips back and forth, riding the demon lord's cock. Rhythmically raising up and sliding down with decisive skill. The pup had a natural talent for pleasing.
Inuyasha quickened his movements as he gained more confidence.
“Ha-uh … ha-uh … ha-uh” Soft breathy moans escaped his parted lips as he skillfully rocked up and down.
He could feel the demon lord throbbing inside him, the considerable organ filled him entirely. It pressed firmly against his silky inner walls, stretching him wide and forced past his pleasure spot again and again, rippling and gliding along those overly stimulated nerves.
His own cock bobbed and weeped between his legs, seemingly begging him to go faster, as he rode the demon lord's rigid sex.
For a long time Sesshomaru contently sat back watching the hypnotic sway and bounce of Inuyasha's body, gently thrusting up into the slick heat. The demon lord traced his fingertips over Inuyasha's sides brushing his claws along smooth, milky skin.
He had done the same to the hanyou's flushed cheek many times while the pup was unconscious and suffering, silently willing his body to overcome the infections. The thought of how close he may have come to losing his hanyou, was like a lead weight in the pit of his stomach. It was unclear to him whether tenssaiga could revive someone who had been turned undead or not. However he suspected it could not.
The demon lord wrapped his arms around that slender waist and held Inuyasha tight, pumping slow yet firmly into him with strong, deep thrusts. The sound of Inuyasha's breathy, panting cries echoed around the clearing as he rode the rhythmic intrusions. Sesshomaru growled possessively squeezing him tighter. Inuyasha belonged to him and he would never let the hanyou go. No one would have him, not even death itself would ever be allowed to touch him.
Sesshomaru suddenly rolled, putting Inuyasha on hands and knees under him. The demon lord felt a need to further claim his mate. One hand pressed between Inuyasha's shoulder blades, shoving his chest down to the grass and the other dug claws into the hanyou's hip, as Sesshomaru thrust into him.
Inuyasha arched his back and cried out lusty moans, eagerly accepting the assault. The hanyou did enjoy riding on top, but the feel of his mate aggressively taking him from behind was sooooo much better. His insides clenched and quivered trying greedily to take more of the demon lord in.
“Ahhh, ahhh, ahhh … Yes …. Ahhhh … harder Sessh.”
Sesshomaru growled, pulling the hanyou back into every forceful thrust.
“If you insist upon calling me by some ridiculous pet name, let it at least be something that does not pervert my given name.” He slammed forward to punctuate his demand and Inuyasha wailed in pleasure.
“Fine ... ahhhh … Shu, harder … ahhhh!”
“Mmn.” Sesshomaru rumbled, he liked that much better. Putting his lips against the pup's downy ear he spoke in a dark, scolding tone. “Is that how you ask things of your master?”
Inuyasha whimpered and moaned. “PLEASE!”
Sesshomaru's lips curled into a seductive grin and trailed down to nip along the hanyou's neck.
“Your wish.” With that said the demon lord pounded into his mate without reprieve. Harder and faster, each thrust jarring the pup forward and hitting his pleasure spot head on.
Inuyasha cried out in bliss, writhing and trembling as his body was ravaged. Heat coiled in the pit of his stomach and threatened to overflow, he was close and getting closer. The demon lord was so thick and hard inside, pounding him into delirium, thrust after staggering thrust.
Sesshomaru swelled thicker as his own release was drawing near. He groaned from the clenching heat wrapped snuggly around him and pushed even harder. One hand slid around his mate's waist, gripped the pup's painfully eager sex and started firmly stroking. The tight skin was dripping with precum, making his hand glide free and smoothly over the thick organ.
Inuyasha howled in ecstasy as his body quaked with orgasm and he came in white hot ribbons, onto his chest, stomach and the ground beneath him. Sesshomaru bowed over, biting Inuyasha's neck and gripped the pup in his arms.
“Again!” He groaned through gritted teeth, filling the wound with his youkai energy as he spilled himself into that crushing heat, while the next orgasm quaked through Inuyasha. The demon lord continued to hold his mate until the hanyou's snug channel stopped convulsing around him. Then they both flopped down into the grass and just laid there for long moments basking in the afterglow.
“What did you do to my mating mark?” Inuyasha curiously asked. “It kinda tingles.”
“I've claimed you a second time.”
“So, what does that mean?”
“Our bound will be stronger.”
“Oh.” Inuyasha didn't really know what that meant but wasn't worried enough about it to ask. All he wanted was to lay there and enjoy the bliss.
When the two inu returned to camp, everyone else had already eaten and most of them were relaxing around the fire. Sango and Miroku weren't in the camp but Inuyasha's keen senses told him that they hadn't gone far and seemed to be doing a little training of their own. The hanyou snickered to himself before he plunked down on a log across the fire from Chrono. Kirara was curled up on the ground near the fire and Jaken was off by himself.
Inuyasha sighed contently, folding his arms behind his head and reclined back on the log. Just moments later Felix's head popped into view right above his own. The neko was smiling and seemed to be in good spirits.
“How did your training go?” Felix giggled mischievously. He could smell the lingering scent of arousal that clung to both inu.
Inuyasha blushed but managed to pull himself together enough to tease back.
“It went just fine, here I'll should show you.” The hanyou captured Felix's tail and gave it a little tug before rolling off the log onto the ground, taking the little neko with him.
Felix laughed and giggled as they tumbled around in the grass in a playful scuffle. At least until they bumped right into Sesshomaru's leg that is. The demon lord scowled down at them and crossed his arms.
“I have no desire to be included in your childish nonsense.” The demon lord grumbled.
In truth it pleased Sesshomaru to see Inuyasha and the neko being playful, much like how it pleased him to see Rin running about, picking wild flowers. Though, like with Rin, he certainly wasn't going to allow his enjoyment of the situation to show.
Inuyasha and Felix both decided it was best to go back to sitting by the fire.
“I saved you some dinner and some for lord Sesshomaru too.” Felix happily informed once they had returned to the fire.
“You did?” Inuyasha perked up at the mention of food.
Felix ended up giving both servings of the soup to Inuyasha because Sesshomaru wouldn't eat any. Not long after that Sango and Miroku returned. They of course got a serving of harassment from Inuyasha and Chrono about their little excursion into the woods.
Before the night was over, Inuyasha found out that Lilly somehow managed to get another bag of catnip from the bazaar without anyone noticing. Apparently she had polished off the whole thing and passed out in the transport a while ago.
As the fire started dieing down, everyone began turning in for the night and soon all were asleep.
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