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To Protect the Alpha Female	By : Sylean Category: InuYasha > General Views: 10682 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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To Protect the Alpha Female
Summary: Kagome had no idea she had been claimed from the very beginning, nor the depth of the request she made of Inuyasha. How could a human ever grasp the intricacies of pack politics and the reason why Sesshomaru was so intent on obtaining Tessaiga? The off-limits girl knew not of her situation, but soon, she would.
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Chapter 31: To Bathe in Ritual

"The ocean air feels so good," Kagome stretched her arms overhead while wiggling her toes in the sand.
"Personally, I can't stand this salty smell," Inuyasha complained as he lounged on a log. Salt reminded him of tears; it was not a pleasant association.
"I should have brought my bathing suit," Kagome lamented. How long had it been now since she'd been able to wade in the ocean?
"Kagome, we didn't come here to frolic in the surf," Inuyasha reprimanded.
"Yeah, but there's nothing wrong with relaxing once in awhile," she countered. They had been traveling the whole of Japan, might as well enjoy the sights.
"What do you mean 'once in awhile'," Inuyasha remarked thoughtlessly. "If you ask me all you ever do is relax."
"Hey. What do you mean by that, exactly?" Luckily, Sango diverted the argument before it could gather enough steam by asking if Kagome could sense any jewel shards. "Nope." Miroku couldn't feel any demonic aura's either, meaning this area had been blessed with peace. "That's why we've got to enjoy our little vacation." And just to get back at Inuyasha for his callous remark earlier, she picked up a piece of driftwood, "Inuyasha, fetch boy!"
The stick went flying, with Inuyasha right behind, until he realized what he had just done, "Kagome," he growled, "stop treating me like a dog!"
'I wonder if I could get Sesshomaru to fetch,' Kagome speculated, 'probably not in his humanoid form, but in his true form… perhaps.' She visualized throwing a tiny stick and him lumbering back with a tree, dropping it at her feet, and waiting for her to throw it again… 'I better not tempt it.'
Inuyasha had finally ushered the rest of his pack out of the village, no easy task with Kagome's desire to play in the water and that eerie flute being played when they passed by a convent. Just as they were almost out of sight though, a huge demonic aura gathered and that same convent burst into flames. "What a pain in the neck," he muttered as they ran back towards the village; it wasn't even Naraku's aura.
Rin prattled, and Jaken grumbled; things were as they should be, until something materialize up ahead. The female, if it could be called that, claimed to know Sesshomaru. She spoke of how he saved her castle when they had been besieged for a full month. Her story made no difference, "I don't know you."
"Please, don't go," she begged as he strode by her. "I want to do what I can to make your wish come true."
It was an odd thing to offer, "Help me? You?" It made him wonder just what she had in mind, for she seemed to think she already knew what he wanted. It was unlikely, seeing as his desires had sprung up quite recently.
"Yes, and when I've helped you realize your desire, I only ask that you acknowledge my feelings for you," her plea was odd, like she already seemed to know she was below him to the point of not offering up a full proposition. Humans did not typically think in such a way. It sounded like something a demon would say.
"Hey, hey, hey, will you stop this nonsense!" Jaken screeched. "There in no way someone like you can fulfill Lord Sesshomaru's wishes." Even he didn't know his lords desires, how was this human supposed to.
"Jaken," Sesshomaru's tone left Jaken trembling, "leave her."
"Y-yes, Milord," Jaken stepped away, head bowed submissively.
"I will fulfill you wish no matter what it takes," the female promised.
"Hn," he thought about it, but in the end, suspicion over her aim won out, "as you please."
"Good," she nodded and continued on her way. Sesshomaru waited a moment longer, piecing together the recent events even as Rin and Jaken chattered on. She did smell like a human, but she also reeked of sickness and death. And her mannerisms, princess or not, humans could not hold themselves flawlessly.
"…honestly, as if a mere human could help our lord," Jaken ranted.
"Are you blind, Jaken?" Sesshomaru resumed walking. "That was no human."
"It wasn't?" he looked back, trying to see what his keen lord noticed.
"It was a demon. No, perhaps she was originally human," that would explain her scent, "but never quite became, a full demon." The question was, was this being carrying out the wishes of her human heart, or that of whatever demon has possessed her.
Seaweed! What was with all the seaweed? First that "sea god," and now Umineko, the woman they "saved" from the sea god. It was starting to look like a trap. Sango, Miroku, Kirara, and the whole village were turned to glass, but instead of looking toward the sea, they had been looking at that woman. Why? Shippo knew something was wrong, but he just couldn't voice it soon enough, and now to top it all off, Tessaiga had been stolen!
The real Umineko, who was actually named Sara, hovered overhead on the back of a giant crow demon, proclaiming her intentions to steal the sword. That had been her intention all along.
The wind picked up before a fight could commence, and when the dust settled Sesshomaru stood on the cliff side too. Inuyasha immediately thought he was behind it, that it was a trick to get Tessaiga, but to Shippo's perceptive eye, he didn't look at all pleased about the situation.
Nothing about this made any sense, the woman knew Sesshomaru, and acted as if he was an ally, but he pushed Inuyasha out of the way and attacked her, melting her crow demon with his poison claws.
"Stop your barking, Inuyasha," Sesshomaru silenced his beta's complaints. "This woman has nothing to do with you." She tried to offer him the sword, bowing and proposing it be used to slay Inuyasha. "Your under the wrong impression. Did you truly believe that this is what I desired, for you to steal his sword for me?"
"Than you do not?" she questioned, taken-aback by his answer.
"I will not accept help in defeating Inuyasha, especially not from someone like you," he declared. Inuyasha's defeat would come eventually, when he was no longer useful in protecting Kagome. Until then, the whelp had been granted a sort of protection from too severe a punishment.
"Please don't go, Lord Sesshomaru!" she called, distraught at his dismissal. Kagome watched with mixed feelings; it could not be any more obvious what this woman felt for him. She felt sorry for her, but at the same time, a sort of possessiveness bubbled up too. He was hers, or… he would be… Did she even have a right to be jealous? He made it clear he was not interested in this other woman.
She was snapped out of her wandering thoughts as Inuyasha charged the woman and was nearly turned to glass too. A well-timed arrow broke the curse on not only him but the rest of them. Inuyasha took off after the fleeing woman, and Kagome and Shippo went back to the village to collect the rest of her companions.
Forgotten memories, he had far too many of those. Some due to distaste at their recollection, others due to their insignificance; this was one such menial occurrence, only made memorable by the time just prior. It was only when he returned to the base of a great tree, that he recalled where he had scented that human woman before. It was when he had been injured by Tessaiga; right after losing his left arm. The woman came and stared at him, her scent made it impossible to not notice.
Sara followed him to this same spot, and proceeded to tell her version of the story, giving special emphasis to her impression of him. "I'd never seen someone as handsome as you," it was nothing he had not heard before. She explained her father's horrible actions in trying to kill him, and how she could never fully make amends. But she could try, by acquiring Tessaiga for him. All she wanted was for him to acknowledge her feelings.
He was not convinced, "Heh, so that is your true form, is it?"
"True form?" she spoke apprehensibly. "What can you possibly mean by that, Lord Sesshomaru?" It was a convincing display, but still, it was only a display.
Inuyasha caught up before more could be said, and instantly went for the woman to get back his Tessaiga, "Iron Reaver, Soul Stealer!" His attack was thwarted when Sesshomaru drew Tokijin, causing Inuyasha to backflip away. "Figures, so you're going to get in the way are you, Sesshomaru."
"Don't lay a finger on her," he ordered. It was not the first time he fought one of these; in fact, she was very similar to Naraku. Hacking and slashing were not always the best methods to dispatch an enemy, despite what Inuyasha may believe. He could not explain this though, not without her becoming the wiser to his intentions; he would have to settle with using his station to keep Inuyasha obedient. "She is none of your concern, Inuyasha."
"Oh, yeah," Inuyasha rebuked, "that's what you think. I'm going to get my Tessaiga back!" His claws dug into the wound on his shoulder, "Blades of Blood!"
Most of the barrage was blocked, but one ricocheted off Tokijin and severed Sara's arm, letting several lesser demons escape the shell of her body. "Curse you, Inuyasha," she threatened. "I will send you to you death!" How dare he make her look less than perfect in front of Sesshomaru. Before she could move to carry out her threat, Sesshomaru placed himself between her and his beta, preventing her from harming him. "Huh, what?"
"I've seen more than enough of your disgustingly retched form, Woman," Inuyasha's interference forced Sesshomaru to do this the hard way, the direct way. He sliced her through with on swipe of Tokijin, exposing the mass of demons she housed. With the exposure, hidden agendas flowed free as well, revealing they had never any interest in Inuyasha, it had been him all along they wanted. By absorbing his power, they could become the most powerful demon of all. Now where had he heard that before; the similarities to Naraku were stacking up.
Inuyasha's pack showed up to clean up the lesser demons, and Kagome noticed the flute tucked into the now demon's armor. It was the same flute that the nun had at the convent. When Sara's human spirit found her voice, overriding the demon's hold, she begged to be destroyed and Kagome couldn't help but try to save her. She let fly an arrow from Sanyumi, piercing the demon's chest, but it was not enough. This bow behaved differently than her old one though, so when a horde of demons escaped and came at her, she was able to fend them off.
Tokijin would not work; this creature leached the demonic energy from the hate-filled sword, and since the demon had once been a human with holy powers, Kagome's arrows were also ineffectual. "If I cannot use my Tokijin," Sesshomaru sliced the demons arm off, freeing tessaiga from its grasp, "then there is only this." Tessaiga protested his touch, sparking lightning across his palm and up his arm. 'Tessaiga, you who can destroy 100 demons in a single stroke, lend me your power. I will protect what is mine.' The sword relented, allowing him use. A single strike destroyed the shell, releasing the horde of demons. Inuyasha rushed to retrieve his sword once it was cast from Sesshomaru's burned hand, but in the time he was boasting who the sword belonged to Kagome had already loosed an arrow to purify to demons. Now that they no longer had the nun to act as a shield, her powers obliterated the swarm.
"Hey!" Inuyasha protested the lack of opponents.
"Something wrong, Inuyasha?" Kagome asked innocently.
"No, its nothing," he grumbled. He wanted to kill something; he wasn't used to Kagome being able to handle herself so well. 'It must be that fang; she wasn't this strong before,' he complained to himself.
Turning from the battle, Kagome saw Sesshomaru vanishing back into the forest, but not before giving notice to Lady Sara. Miroku said a short prayer over her remains amidst discussing the battle they witnessed.
"I suppose in the end, Sesshomaru saved Lady Sara," Kagome supplied her impression.
"Keh, as if Sesshomaru would ever do something like that," Inuyasha scoffed, refusing to admit his brother just might have shown the smallest drop of compassion. "He just happened to be passing by, like the wind. Come on."
'But, if he was just passing through, where are Rin and Jaken?' Kagome reasoned. Inuyasha's explanation just didn't add up; she would stand by her observation.
The sun was already low in the sky when the last of those demons met their end, and the sky was painted a vibrant orange and red by the time his brother's pack made camp a short ways away. Sesshomaru had not gone far, simply secured the surrounding area. It would not do to be caught off-guard tonight.
Idle conversation caught his ears, but one voice was missing. Stepping into the ring of firelight, Sesshomaru's mere presence was enough to silence Kagome's companions. "Where is Kagome?" he noted that only some of her belongings remained.
"She's bathing," Shippo piped up, "but she'll be back shortly."
"Hn," he turned towards the smell of minerals and water.
"Uh, Sesshomaru, that's not a good idea," Inuyasha warned, but his advice went unheeded. "Fine. Learn the hard way." On second thought, why had he tried to warn him anyways? Kagome would scream and send him away any minute now.
Not about to let an opportunity to see a naked female slip by, Miroku jumped up, "Lord Sesshomaru, allow me to show you the way-"
"Monk," Sesshomaru saw through the offer with ease, "should those eyes sight what is mine, I will carve them from your skull." Sango had never seen Miroku look so pale before, but at least now she wouldn't have to worry about him trying to peek at her, not as long as Kagome was with her.
A nice long soak was exactly what Kagome needed after such an eventful day. It was the perfect way to wind down. Fingers massaged shampoo into her long hair. A year ago, she never expected demon guts to be such a common nasty to find in her hair; at least she avoided such a fate today. Dunking under the water, she rinsed all the soap out, or so she thought, "Ow, soap in eyes, ouch, ouch, ouch." Half swimming, half wading to the edge of the spring, Kagome frantically felt around for her towel. Burying her face in the fabric, she couldn't help but think out loud, "I don't remember my towel being this fluffy." Finally able to open her eyes, she released Sesshomaru's moko-moko with a panicked squeal and crouched back into the water as quick as she could. "I'm sorry!" she practically screamed out. "I couldn't see, and I was after my towel, and I'm sorry…" she paused when another thought struck her, changing her tune from apologetic to accusatory. "Hey wait, what are you doing here anyways? Can't you see I'm bathing!" At first too embarrassed to look him in the eye, she now held his gaze as defiantly as she could while hiding as much of her body as possible.
"I have come to bathe in ritual," he recited.
"W-what!?"
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