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Crescent Moon	By : FlameWolf666 Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female Views: 14740 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I don't own anyone or anything from Inuyasha. Nor do I profit from writing this story. This is just for fun.

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Author's Note: Feral Sesshomaru is kinda scary. o.o Also thanks for the reviews! :D
Chapter Three: Youkai Nature
Sesshomaru was quickly losing the battle with himself as he began growling at his shaking ward. His rationality left him slowly as his beast surfaced. The fear that wafted towards him was exquisite. Growling deep in his chest, the towering canid stalked towards the human emitting the smell. Snarling, the huge creature licked its lips. The tiny female in front of him would be the first human he had eaten in decades.
Sesshomaru was definitely not himself. It was looking more and more like she was going to be dinner for the now feral looking youkai. In one last, desperate attempt to bring him back to himself, Flame began to pet the huge, snarling muzzle of the white beast. His eyes flickered briefly, no longer snarling he shook his head. His eyes kept flipping between intelligent and feral as a mental fight took place.
His beast didn't want to be caged again. It wasn't fair that it couldn't control the form that was rightfully its. Its stoic jailer had no right to restrain it but Sesshomaru wasn't going to give up. The white canine staggered back as the two personalities battled in his mind. As he collapsed from the strain, Flame got to her feet and began to cautiously approach him.
The young, black haired woman was more frightened than she had been when she first met Sesshomaru. At least then he had been in complete control of himself. She walked slowly toward the growling, twitching giant dog until she was an arm's length away from him. Gingerly, the shaking female reached a hand forward until she touched his huge ribs. When he didn't immediately eat her, she was encouraged to gently pet him to try to soothe him. Whatever was happening was obviously distressing to the taiyoukai.
At her touch, Sesshomaru's huge, fur covered body froze for a few minutes then relaxed. His breathing evened and he finally stopped snarling and thrashing. His more civilized side had finally managed to wrestle his beast into submission. The tiny female petting him had distracted it long enough for him to gain control. He let out a warning snort, waited for her to scoot away and rolled to his feet. He looked down at her once he was on his feet. Fear still radiated from the small, shaking human almost making his beast break free again. Maybe it would be best if he left until morning. He turned to go when he heard a small voice say, “Please don't go.”
After everything that had happened that night, Flame felt an indescribable fear when it looked like Sesshomaru was going to leave her. She didn't want him to suddenly relapse while he was gone. What if he never came back? Also she was afraid that some demon might make her dinner while he was gone. The thought crossed her mind that he may snap back into a feral state around her but she would cross that bridge when she came to it.
Sesshomaru looked down at the pale, frightened woman. Her fear was going to cause a lot of problems if he stayed. It was a certainty that his beast would break free and kill her. Lowering his head, his crimson orbs met her hazel gaze. He wuffed as apologetically as he could before galloping off into the darkness. No desperate cries of his name met his ears, to his surprise. He kept running until he could no longer smell her, then sat and stared up at the stars. Despite the fact that thinking on what she said caused the problem in the first place, he couldn't help thinking more on the problems of the future.
Flame could only watch as the giant dog ran off into the dark forest. She had been so focused on him, that she didn't notice that the fire was now completely out. Now she realized she was alone in the pitch black, just like the first night she came here. Warm tears flowed down her cheeks as she shook from fear. Her only comfort was that if Sesshomaru snapped again, she would see him coming since he was white. Shaking uncontrollably, Flame curled up by the dead coals of the fire. Her wide eyes stared into the darkness as she tried to calm herself enough to sleep. Time crept by very slowly. Flame's eyes finally began to droop after what seemed like hours of staring into the unforgiving darkness. Yawning, the exhausted female finally fell asleep.
Bright! So bright! Flame grunted in displeasure, rolling over to shield her eyes from the morning sun. Sitting up, she drowsily looked around until memories of last night came flooding back. Hazel eyes opening wide, she looked around the clearing for Sesshomaru. To her immense relief, the still transformed lord sat on the other side of the clearing staring at her. His floppy, white ears were perked forward to show alertness.
Waving to him, Flame gathered her clothes and went into the forest to change out of her pajamas. Soon she came back into the clearing to find that Sesshomaru had gathered some wild fruits while she was asleep. “Thank you Lord Sesshomaru,” she stated before she began eating. Once she was done, Flame looked up into his crimson and blue gaze.
“I wish I could ask you what happened last night,” she mused out loud. Sesshomaru slightly lowered his head at her statement.
“Will it happen again?” she asked. He only stared at her silently in response. She could only guess that it meant he didn't know.
Sesshomaru knew it would probably happen again but he also knew that he couldn't tell the truth. The truth was that this form was rightfully his beast's. The fact that he had taken it over completely made it restless as is. Last night only served to prove that it could take over if it wanted to. Now it would be harder than ever to keep caged. He inwardly winced at the idea of what his beast would do to his new ward. He would just have to keep tighter control on his base instincts from now on. The giant dog lowered himself to the ground so the small, human female could climb onto his back.
Just as Flame was about to climb up his neck fur, Inuyasha burst into the clearing brandishing Tetsusaiga. 'Oh great, he must have caught mine and Sesshomaru's scent when I got these clothes from Kagome,' Flame thought to herself, backing away from the now growling Sesshomaru. The bristling canine got to his feet, baring his huge fangs at his half brother. The hanyou had probably been on their trail since yesterday. Not far behind him was Kagome, Miroku, Sango, Shippo and an untransformed Kilala. The silver haired half demon snarled at his brother, pointing his huge katana at the giant dog.
“Sesshomaru, let this girl go!” he yelled, his white, pointy ears laid back against his head.
Flame blinked at this statement as everyone in the opposing group readied their weapons. Did they all think Sesshomaru was holding her against her will? She moved forward to explain before she was stopped by a huge, white paw. Sesshomaru was looking back at her intensely, his message clear. 'Stay back!'
“Lord Sesshomaru, its just a misunderstanding. Let me...,” she started but was interrupted by his low growling which was directed at the hanyou. The fur on his back was standing on end and strings of drool dripped from his snarling lips. It looked like his beast was slipping loose of its chains again.
Inuyasha smirked, raising his sword over his head. “Fine, you want it the hard way you got it! Get out of the way woman!” he yelled, preparing to use the Wind Scar. Sesshomaru's pupils dilated as he recognized what his half brother was going to do. It was the last straw. With a roar, the raging dog youkai sprang forward, intent on killing the hanyou. Gasping, Flame started running towards the group. Maybe she could get Kagome to see this was all a mistake. Maybe if Inuyasha was called off Sesshomaru would return to normal.
Sango, dressed in her black and pink slayer armor, flung her giant bone boomerang and the huge dog demon that was currently doing its best to rip apart Inuyasha. Hiraikotsu merely bounced off the giant canine's back but it did cause him to jump back. Inuyasha jumped to his feet, swinging his giant katana down with a cry of “Wind Scar!” Five beams of light moved along the ground towards the snarling Sesshomaru at a speed much faster than the eye can follow. Sesshomaru jumped out of the way, daring his brother to try again with his smoldering gaze.
As this was going on, Flame ran as fast as she could, hoping she could make it before either or both brothers were killed. Thankfully it didn't look like Miroku was going to unleash his Wind Tunnel. As the two brothers clashed in the background, Flame finally reached Kagome and the others. Kagome smiled kindly at the panting female. “You're okay now. Just stay back and let us help,” Kagome comforted, readying an arrow.
“No, please. Its a mistake,” Flame wheezed out. She definitely had to exercise more once this was all over.
“Mistake? What do you mean?” Kagome asked, lowering her bow. The others, overhearing the conversation, turned to face the two women.
“I'll explain more later, I promise. Just stop the fighting!” Flame panted, still trying to catch her breath.
Kagome turned back to see Sesshomaru dodging another Wind Scar and leaping at Inuyasha. “Inuyasha! Sit boy!” she yelled. With a gerking noise, Inuyasha slammed into the ground hard. Sesshomaru sailed over him, looking confused but landed gracefully. He turned toward the indisposed hanyou, still bristling but no longer growling. The giant dog seemed to look around before seeing Flame with Inuyasha's group. Immediately he began snarling loudly and stalking towards them.
'Well isn't this a fine kettle of fish,' Flame thought to herself as she became aware of a very angry dog youkai coming towards them. With her hands open and held to her sides to show she was harmless, Flame cautiously began to move towards Sesshomaru.
The giant dog stopped moving, staring down at the female coming towards him. Still snarling, he lowered his head to sniff at her. There was no smell of fear this time and the others had stopped attacking him. Slowly, the snarling tapered off as Sesshomaru's civilized side regained control over the beast. Then, just like that, he was back to normal. Snorting at his half brother in annoyance, Sesshomaru walked toward Flame, stopping when he was beside her.
“I promised to explain to Kagome what's going on. Why don't you restrain Inuyasha so I can do that?” Flame offered. Nodding, the roughly ten story tall canine gently placed a huge paw on the still stunned hanyou. Flame took the opportunity to gather the others around where Inuyasha was still indisposed. Once everyone had been gathered, Flame went into a long explanation of her first night and day in the feudal era. When she reached the part about why Sesshomaru was in his dog form, she looked at him for permission to continue.
Sesshomaru had been dreading this part. He nodded reluctantly, fully ready to never live it down. His half brother would never let him hear the end of it. In fact Inuyasha had been surprisingly quiet while Flame told her story. Normally, the hot blooded hanyou would be screaming by now as well as brandishing his sword.
When Flame finished explaining, Shippo began rolling around laughing and kicking his fox feet. The other three were trying their best not to laugh but failing horribly and Inuyasha was laughing outright under Sesshomaru's giant paw. “You idiot! You let yourself get bitten by a Youkai Spider! You'll be stuck like that for a week!” laughed the amused hanyou. Sesshomaru only growled pressing down lightly in warning.
“I think you can let him up now, Lord Sesshomaru,” Flame suggested.
“Yeah, you idiot!” piped Inuyasha.
Reluctantly, Sesshomaru let him up. The hanyou was immediately pointing and laughing at him as soon as he was out of the hole. Sesshomaru wished he could just eat the hanyou and have done with it. Thankfully, Inuyasha's wench didn't seem to appreciate his laughing either. “Sit boy!” rang across the clearing as did the sound of him cratering into the ground. The giant dog chuckled quietly at his half brother's prone body.
Kagome seemed relieved by the explanation. “I would have never thought Sesshomaru would willingly protect a human woman,” she mused to herself.
“Well there is that little girl who travels with him,” Miroku reminded her.
“And that little toad that follows him around,” Shippo offered.
“Well we should get going now, we probably have a long way to travel,” Flame interrupted.
The group turned towards Flame and Sesshomaru. Flame smiled and waved to them as Inuyasha picked himself out of the crater he was in. Everyone except the irritable half demon waved to her and said goodbye. Then the two of them walked into the woods. Once they were out of seeing range, Sesshomaru lowered himself to allow the human on his back. Carefully, Flame climbed up his neck fur until she was on his back. Then they were off and running towards his lands.
“I'm sorry about that,” Flame stated as they rushed along. Sesshomaru only snorted in response. He understood why she did it but it would be a long time before Inuyasha forgot. Flame decided not to push it, staying silent. After a long time of running, she fell asleep in his warm fur. She was exhausted from the previous night and this morning's problems only made her more tired.
At sunset, the giant white dog stopped for the night. He reached back to poke the sleeping human with a huge claw. The small human sat up and slid off his back. She was always falling asleep on his back. He waited until she had herself busy with gathering wood, then went off in the woods to hunt.
Once she was done setting up a fire pit, Flame sat and waited. “How am I ever going to get home?” she asked out loud. For the first time since she came here the possibility she might never get home came to mind. It was still a mystery how she even ended up here. Three days ago she thought this place didn't exist. Hot tears began to fill her eyes, rolling slowly down her cheeks. She might never see her friends or family again. The thought filled her with despair and Flame began to cry in earnest. Placing her head on her knees, she wrapped her arms around her legs and sobbed quietly.
Sesshomaru came back with a freshly butchered boar. He had gutted and cut the pig up to spare the small woman seeing the gory process. He somehow doubt the human would have wanted to see it. As he broke through the foliage into the clearing the smell of salt water hit his nose. The human female was crying by the roaring fire she had built. Dropping the boar by the fire, the giant dog sat beside the sobbing female.
Flame vaguely sensed someone beside her. Taking a shaky breath, the small female made herself stop crying. Wiping her eyes, she looked up into the white canid's concerned, crimson gaze. “I'm okay, let's eat,” she said with false cheerfulness. She gathered the butchered pieces of meat and put the on sticks that had been made into skewers. Then she place the meat over the fire. Now it was just a question of waiting.
Sesshomaru watched her silently. It was possible that she was homesick. There was nothing he could do for her; not that he would let her go home until he had some answers. He sighed, laying down to wait for the meat to be done cooking. He may actually eat tonight, it had been months since he last ate.
After dinner, the two of them sat in silence and star gazed. Flame had to admit the quiet, clear night air was beautiful. She could see all the stars in the sky unlike in her time. Still, she wished Sesshomaru could talk. She sighed and leaned back, gazing up at the Milky Way. A cool breeze blew past her making her shiver. As she rubbed her pajama clad arms, she felt him wrap his tail around her. Smiling up at him she said, “Thanks.”
Sesshomaru looked down at his new ward passively. She was slowly beginning to grow on him and he didn't know how to feel about it. He felt a duty to protect her, to make sure she had everything she needed. As he came to this realization he glared into the darkness. This was his father's fault. His family had a predisposition to be drawn to humans with him being the exception. Yet now he found himself falling into the same trap his father and half brother had. He shook his head, denying everything he felt. He would not become seduced by this human. She was merely a curiosity he kept around. As she curled up against him to go to sleep, he found himself covering her with his tail to keep her warm. As she slept, he vowed to stop this infatuation before it got too far.
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