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Someone Who Completes Me	By : Kuchikiwraith Category: InuYasha > General > DarkFic Views: 2337 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Sesshomaru clenched his jaw in disgust as he searched for Alithia along the river. He had returned to Inuyasha’s village an hour ago to ensure that Alithia was safe and had found out that the bitch had been betrothed to the psychopath that had nearly killed Rin. He drew Tojjikin out as he finally spotted the object of his fury standing by the river, gazing into it as if she did not even fully appreciate the situation in which she had landed herself.
“So they told you.”
Her soft, self-loathing tone threw him, and he stared, his sword raised above his head ready to strike her down.
“He told me his name was Edward and that he would protect me and ensure I was never hurt again. Like the foolish child I was, I believed him. I ran away from a good home and lived with him for nearly two and half years, ignoring all the bad things I began to notice about him. At first, he only lied about the women he was sleeping with—he always told me that I was still a little too young for intimacy at thirteen,” Ali explained bitterly.
Sesshomaru didn’t care about the sordid details of her love life. He wanted to know why the hell she had failed to mention her connection to Naraku sooner. He opened his mouth to demand an explanation that didn’t involve her entire life story, but Alithia trampled right over the top of his words. Sesshomaru was extremely annoyed at this point but could see that there was no shutting her up until she was done talking. He decided that if he allowed her to live, she would learn to respect his status as a Daiyokai lord. He glared at her as she continued.
“I caught him with a woman shortly after we had become intimate, but I didn’t really care. I was fourteen and happy. Then he began lying about other things, and I became depressed and tried to kill myself a month before my fifteenth birthday. After I was declared sane by the doctors, he asked me to marry him. Naively, I said yes and continued to ignore the now blatant lies and, even worse, the strange behavior. It wasn’t until he—” Alithia stopped speaking for a moment, and her long white ears drooped in shame.
“I broke off the engagement after only five months, and that was when my grandfather managed to track me down. I never told him about living with that monster, and oh how I’m glad I didn’t. How could I have been so stupid as to believe someone so damn evil?” Alithia demanded with her arms wrapped around her chest. Sesshomaru lowered his sword with a frown. Alithia was a lovely girl, and her age shouldn’t have mattered to someone like Naraku—if this Edward actually was Naraku. Something was not quite lining up. Sesshomaru took a step toward her as he smelled the salty tang of tears. “Don’t worry, Sesshomaru. He will never again fool me—Rin is safe,” Alithia declared with a sniffle.
Sesshomaru dropped his sword completely now and clutched at his chest as a sharp, unfamiliar pain surprised him. It faded after a moment, and he placed his hand on her shoulder. “I will kill him,” he swore to her softly. Alithia gave a soft snort and lifted her head defiantly.
“I appreciate the sentiment, Lord Sesshomaru, but if anyone kills him, it will be me. I am the one who was deceived after all,” she said, steel entering her tone. Sesshomaru gently turned her around and locked gazes with her.
“You do not need to do such a thing as long as I am near—I will avenge you. There is no need to taint your kind heart with cold-blooded murder. What you do when you are asked for help does not qualify,” he said softly. Alithia’s eyes filled with confusion and a little suspicion.
“What do you mean ‘when I am asked for help’?”
Sesshomaru sighed. “I saw your mother the other day—she is a tennin,” he explained and started to turn away. He didn’t want to see the light leaving her eyes when he told her she had missed seeing her own mother. Alithia grabbed his arm tightly.
“She’s okay? Why didn’t she talk to me? When can I see her?” The words spilled from Alithia’s lips hopefully. Sesshomaru paused but didn’t turn to face her.
“You cannot see her, though I did not understand her explanation,” he said quietly. A long moment of silence followed. Sesshomaru finally turned to look at the girl and was surprised to see a thoughtful expression on her face. “She said that when you were a child, she put the glamour on you that made you appear human, and when you came to this time period, it brought memories of her death,” he said, still watching Alithia’s face closely. She gave a faint smile as the confusion left her face.
“I see,” she murmured, and a tear slid down her cheek. Sesshomaru yanked the girl into his arms and held her against his Mokomoko as she began to weep. *I will make sure you are not sad ever again,* he vowed to her silently. At that particular moment, he did not care how very much like his father he was behaving.
Ali was shocked by the way she wasn’t surprised when Sesshomaru pulled her into his arms. She didn’t allow herself to cry for long and gave a sniffling sigh before attempting to push away. The demon lord held on tighter and began to run his claws through her hair gently.
“We should get back before someone thinks you killed me,” she said, making no other attempts to get away from him. He made a noise of agreement but didn’t move either. After a long, quiet moment, Ali had to give a laugh as she heard Kagome ‘sit’ Inuyasha somewhere nearby. She sighed and pushed away from Sesshomaru, knowing he could hear the others coming as well. A few seconds later, Inuyasha burst through the trees with his sword drawn above his head. Just as he swung it downwards, Kagome stepped through the trees.
“Oswarii!”
Inuyasha was yanked to the ground comically, his sword trapped underneath him.
“Dammit, Kagome! You could have killed me just then! Why the hell did you have to do something so damn stupid?!” Inuyasha shouted at Kagome after he’d recovered. Kagome’s eye ticked, and she opened her mouth to shout back at him. It was funny how scared Inuyasha looked of his very pregnant wife, but Ali could see this spiraling into an endless argument so she cleared her throat loudly. The couple turned startled gazes toward her, and she bowed toward Inuyasha.
“Thank you for watching out for me, Inuyasha. I am safe with your brother for the moment though,” she said softly. Inuyasha turned red and muttered something indecipherable before walking back toward the village. Kagome chose not to comment on the tender look in Sesshomaru’s eyes as he gazed at Ali’s bowed head.
“We should really finish our conversation from this morning,” Kagome said to Ali, who nodded and headed back with Kagome. Sesshomaru followed behind them silently after he’d picked up his sword.
A few hours later
“The weirdest thing Eddie did at first was lie about his name—he told me that his name was Edward, but in reality, it was Onigumo, after his father. He told me he changed it to Edward because it was a common, easily pronounced name.”Ali began. Twenty minutes later, she stared at the floor so she wouldn’t have to look at anyone’s expression. She’d just finished explaining her connection to the man who’d nearly ruined everyone’s life, and now silence reigned. Somehow, even knowing that Edward was not Naraku but in fact Naraku’s son from when he was still the very human Onigumo did not make the situation seem any better.
“That damn bastard!”
Ali jumped and scooted closer to Sesshomaru subconsciously as Inuyasha punched the floor angrily.
“Ali, I have been thinking about your grandpa Souta’s death. Given Naraku’s skill at deception, I’d venture to say that Kagome-chan’s brother wasn’t killed by a giant chicken sent by this ‘Edward’. It was probably an illusion of some sort—I do not know of any chicken demons for one thing. For another, chickens do not howl,” Miroku said as he stared at his right hand. He found it a little ironic that only two weeks ago he’d been wishing for his wind tunnel, and now he feared its return.
Kagome was sorry they had never pressed Ali into talking about this before— for one thing, if she had known there might be another battle looming she would have tried harder not to get pregnant. All this information would have been helpful a long time ago. But Ali had been struggling to understand them during those first three months, and she had suffered from nightmares until she’d stayed in Sesshomaru’s castle. Kagome had figured that they’d known everything important, so she hadn’t made a big deal about Ali’s secrets. Now it seemed like they really should have examined the situation closer.
“How did he get through the well in the first place? I thought only Kagome and Inuyasha could get through,” Shippo piped up. Ali lifted her head then and bit her lip.
“Kaede-san, didn’t you say that the well was built using part of the Goshinboku?” she asked. Kaede nodded slowly. “I think the well allowed Kagome and Inuyasha to travel through it. Something as old as Goshinboku is bound to have gained some intelligence, especially if it’s honored like it has been. From what you all have told me, the only times it hasn’t worked is when it was sealed—or rather, when it was hurt. You said that the few demons who were able to get through the well had shards and were pretty powerful. I think they may have actually forced the well to allow them to pass through. Perhaps after you defeated Naraku and were sent back to your time, Kagome, his son—Eddie—followed you. Maybe that’s why it took you three years to get back here. Naraku was the epitome of evil, from what you’ve said. I doubt that his son is very different, and his passing through the well may have hurt it badly enough that it sealed itself off to heal,” Ali suggested, a lot of things about Eddie suddenly becoming clear.
Miroku folded his arms across his chest and nodded in agreement. “That does make sense. Shippo once tried to get through the well and couldn’t. Perhaps it was because he wasn’t strong enough even though he had shards of the jewel,” he said. Miroku turned to Ali with a confused look. “How are you so knowledgeable about magic when you didn’t even know your true nature until recently?” he asked. Ali shrugged.
“Even in Kagome’s time, there are tons of books about magic, though most humans don’t believe in it anymore. They still don’t believe in my time, but there are still books about it—and I’ve read quite a few of them,” she explained. “Plus, as I understand and discover some things about my powers, other things become ridiculously obvious.”Ali clenched her trembling jaw tightly.
Sesshomaru spoke up for the first time since entering the hut partially to give Alithia a moment to control her emotions. “She may have been drawn to such books instinctively. From what her mother told me and the little Alithia herself remembers, I do not think that the glamour placed on her was complete. Perhaps it was her magical side attempting to prepare her for what she was to become,” he said stoically, ignoring the lifted eyebrows from the others in the room.
“My mother did die in my time period, but she is still alive in this one. I’m not allowed to see her because I could alter my own past by telling her about her future. From what Sesshomaru said about his encounter with my mother, I may have already done that,” Ali explained.
Inuyasha frowned. “What do you mean, you already altered your past?” he asked.
Ali sighed. “I think my mother always intended for her spell of protection to end eventually. I believe that she was in such a rush when she cast the glamour that she accidently bound some of her memories to me as well. There’s so much magic here that the spell evaporated and went back to her. So, she knows some of her future now and if I were to tell her more than she already knows, she may be tempted to change things,” she elaborated. Inuyasha stared at her blankly and cocked his head to the side. Ali quickly turned and offered tea to Sesshomaru to give herself time to control her laughter. Inuyasha did not take being laughed at well.
Sesshomaru refused the tea Alithia offered and resisted the urge to snort. Sometimes Inuyasha made it abundantly clear that he had not inherited their father’s brains. He folded his arms across his chest and stared into the fire. “If the man who manipulated Alithia is indeed one of Naraku’s incarnations, then there is something I do not understand. Why did this ‘Edward’ wait so long to seduce Alithia?” he asked.
Ali felt her entire body go red as everyone looked at her. “She wasn’t considered an adult where she grew up. They arrest men who take advantage of young girls—maybe Edward didn’t want to attract attention to himself,” Kagome said after a moment. Inuyasha snorted.
“That asshole wouldn’t have cared. I mean, didn’t she say he was involved with other women?” he asked. Everyone was quiet for several long minutes until Ali let out a strangled laugh.
“Inuyasha is right. Eddie didn’t care. He was only biding his time until—”Ali stopped and took a deep breath. She really felt stupid because now that she understood, it all seemed very clear. If nothing else, the way she had reacted to Eddie and the way she reacted to Sesshomaru—both emotionally and physically—were so blatantly different that magic had to have been involved. “He was only biding his time until I was able to have children. He probably wouldn’t have had a problem if I’d wound up pregnant, but I think he had other plans,” she realized out loud and lowered her head so no one could see her tear-filled eyes.
Sesshomaru felt his eye tick in anger as the smell of Alithia’s sorrow choked him. When he found this ‘Eddie,’ he would kill the bastard. And then he’d bring him back with Tensaiga and slowly kill him again. Very slowly. *Father would never risk bringing a bastard like this back, but I do not care. He will suffer just as she has.* He thought darkly, and swallowed a growl as Inuyasha lifted an eyebrow at him. “What other plans could Eddie have had?” he asked to distract everyone from the way he was acting. He winced at the ironic smile that crossed Alithia’s face when she turned to him.
“He has to be an incubus. I believe he was stealing my magic, which he literally couldn’t do until I came of age. It wasn’t until we became intimate that he started acting crazy,” she said with another strangled laugh. “When I was with him, I always felt so sick and tired and drained. I get it now; he was feeding on my power. I wonder if my magical half was trying to tell me something when I—” Ali quickly stopped talking before she could mention anything about hurting herself. She finished lamely by saying “When I finally got away from him.”
“At least he can’t get to you while you’re here,” Inuyasha said before crossing the room and awkwardly patting Ali’s shoulder.
Sesshomaru was surprised at the rage that boiled his blood when Alithia gave Inuyasha a shy smile of thanks. He didn’t know why he cared if other people were able to cheer her up; it wasn’t as if he wanted to be the only one who made her smile. Sesshomaru felt suffocated in the small hut, so he stood up and allowed his leg to brush against Alithia’s hair as he walked behind her toward the doorway.
One week later
Ali quietly slipped out of Kaede’s hut as Inuyasha and Shippo began arguing yet again. It was probably rude to run out on her own birthday party, but she was feeling a tad overwhelmed. She’d told Kagome when her birthday was months ago and had promptly forgotten she’d done so. Needless to say, she’d been surprised that Kagome had thrown her a birthday party—especially considering all the things that had been revealed about her.
Ali tilted her head as a distant squeal caught her ears. She smiled as she recognized Jaken’s distinctive wail and headed in the direction it had come from. She shook her head as the weeping toad passed her on the road and didn’t even notice. A-un snorted a greeting at her, making Jaken’s obliviousness all the funnier. As she approached the pond where she’d first spoken with Sesshomaru, she wiped her sweaty palms on her jeans and then smoothed out her dark red shirt.
Sesshomaru felt a small smile cross his face as he felt Alithia approach the small pond that she seemed to like so much. He sighed to himself as he realized he was acting like his father. Again. *What is about her that makes me do that?* he wondered as Alithia silently sank down on the rock next to him. “Should you not be with my brother’s family? They are holding the party for you,” he said. Alithia blushed shyly.
“I don’t think they’ll notice my absence for awhile. Inuyasha and Shippo are fighting again,” she answered with an exasperated smile. Sesshomaru snorted. Of course they were. Alithia sat beside him quietly as the sun set, an absentminded expression on her face. The fading light danced across her face and made his breath hitch in his throat. Alithia gave him an odd look when Sesshomaru stood up abruptly.
“I have brought something for you.” He dropped a bundle into her lap and took a few steps away from her. Sesshomaru turned and stared at the sinking sun as Alithia untied the silky material. When she didn’t say anything for a long time, he thought that he’d made a mistake in his choice of gift.
“Oh, Maru.” He almost didn’t catch her reverent gasp. “It’s beautiful,” she said softly as he turned back to face her. Sesshomaru frowned as she retied the bundle and set it aside. A moment later her arms were around his neck, and her face was burrowing into his throat.
“Thank you. Thank you so much,” Ali murmured into Sesshomaru’s throat. A moment later, his arms wrapped around her and held her close. Ali let the tension drain from her shoulders as Sesshomaru’s claws scrapped across her scalp gently. She hadn’t felt so relaxed since she’d realized that she been fooled by Eddie.
“You like it then?” he asked softly. A happy sigh escaped her lips as she nodded. Sesshomaru stiffened his spine as her warm breath wisped across his throat, her lips just barely grazing his neck. It was confusingly erotic—he’d been pleasured by some of the most talented demonesses he could find and nothing he’d experienced with them compared to this moment. “What are you doing, Alithia?” he questioned huskily.
“You smell different than usual. I mean, you always smell like cedar wood, but I don’t recognize this other smell. It’s sorta like cinnamon but darker and sharper. I like it,” Alithia murmured. Sesshomaru swallowed his pleasure. It was of no consequence to him whether or not she liked his scent.
“It is called Cassia. It is from the same family of herbs as cinnamon,” he said taking a step back from her. “You’re wearing a different scent than normal as well,” he added before she could get upset about the distance he’d placed between them. He lifted her scarred wrist to his nose and breathed deeply.
“Yeah, this is one of my favorite body oils, but I don’t have much of it. This is the first time since I’ve been here that I’ve worn it. It’s called Patchouli,” Ali said shyly. Sesshomaru smiled at her with his eyes as he kissed her wrist, his fang brushing across the skin. Ali felt a shiver go down her spine, and she blushed as he spoke.
“I am aware of what it is called,” he said in a husky voice. “I will walk with you back to the village, but then I must go. My mother is hosting a festival of some sort at my home.” Ali swallowed her laughter as Sesshomaru’s eye ticked. He did let a smile cross his lips this time as he finally dropped her hand. It was funny how well she could read into his unspoken statements. He picked up her birthday present and began walking.
“Your mother doesn’t listen very well, does she?” Ali stated as they walked back to the village, their hands occasionally brushing. Sesshomaru snorted.
“That would imply she listened at all to things that matter,” he growled. Ali giggled and bumped her shoulder into his arm.
“I think mothers of sons are always a bit extreme. She just wants what’s best for you. I mean, if I could have a son, then I’d do anything for him,” Ali said quietly. Sesshomaru gently captured her wrist and turned her to face him.
“Why do you say if you could? Why would you not?” he asked. Ali shrugged and stared at the tip of his boot. Sesshomaru studied her long white ears and tilted head while he waited for an answer. “Alithia?” he ducked his head so he could see her face. She finally lifted her eyes to his, making his chest ache again at the sadness radiating off her.
“I shouldn’t have children. When I was young—long before I met that man, I was hurt very badly, and I was told that getting pregnant could be dangerous for me. Besides, any child I conceived would only have some human blood. From what I’ve heard from Kagome, carrying partially human children is dangerous enough for women who are perfectly healthy. I don’t want to ever try. I couldn’t bear it if my baby died,” she said softly as she scrubbed a tear from under her eye.
Sesshomaru had always known what to say given any situation—it was part of being a noble—but he had no clue how to comfort Alithia right now, and it made him a little angry. He brushed his knuckles against her cheek gently and captured the hand that was wiping away tears. She gave him a shaky smile and tried to pull her hand from his. The demon lord growled softly and held on tighter, unaware of the petulant look that briefly crossed his face.
Ali was about to say something to Sesshomaru when he seemed to realize how strange he was acting and stepped away from her. She gave him a sweet smile and began walking, missing the way he sucked in air. A few minutes later they reached the edge of Inuyasha’s village, and he silently handed her the birthday present before turning away. Ali finally screwed up the courage to ask him something she’d been debating silently all week and grabbed his arm.
“Lord Sesshomaru, I have a request. You can totally ignore it, but it would only help protect Rin. I know that’s more important to you than anything. I was wondering—hoping, really—that you would allow me to travel with you the way Rin used to. I would understand if you said no—I mean you do have a reputation to think of. I just don’t think it’s safe for me to remain here. I mean, Eddie will find his way to this time period- he made it to mine, so there’s no saying that he won’t make it back- and he’ll hear of my powers-which I can’t control- sooner or later and considering how hard he tried to make me stick around before I left him, I have no doubt he’d kill everyone just to get to me. Kagome is just about ready to have her baby, and the others already have kids, and I do know some fighting techniques, and I don’t—” Ali’s babbling was cut short by Sesshomaru’s hand covering her mouth and a light chuckle.
“Alithia, I think that is an excellent idea. I did promise your mother I would watch over you, and it would be much easier to do so if you were with me. One condition—you do not complain about how long or far we travel each day, and you will train with me in the mornings,” he said softly.
Ali lifted an eyebrow. “That’s two conditions,” she said to stall him a little.
Sesshomaru let a small smile warm his face. “Indeed.” He was actually disturbingly pleased that she’d caught that.
Ali shivered internally at that smile. She was certain that she’d die if he ever gave her a real one. Her eyes widened as his words registered. She didn’t know Sesshomaru that well but knew no one could make him promise anything—which meant he really did want to watch over her. It confused her greatly—considering she’d just revealed that she had been involved with evil incarnate a week ago. Sesshomaru cupped her face with both hands and tilted her head up until she looked him in the eye.
“Alithia, you are not responsible for the actions of that man. He purposely deceived you knowing that as young as you were, you would feel as if you had no choice but to stay with him. I am proud that you found the strength to leave him at all—it shows that you still have a sense of yourself,” the demon lord said. Ali blushed and lowered her eyelashes. Sesshomaru growled lightly. “Look at me, Alithia,” he ordered softly. When she lifted her eyes to meet his, he continued. “You are a kind and beautiful young woman who will succeed at whatever you choose to do. I will help you become strong so that no one will ever hurt you like that again,” Sesshomaru declared.
Ali hadn’t felt beautiful in a long time, not since her attempted suicide—but with the demon lord staring her in the eyes and speaking so gently, she did. She gave him an acknowledging nod and covered one of his hands with hers.
“If you do teach me your fighting methods, then I insist on teaching you something. It’s only fair after all,” she said and then gave him a stubborn look when he opened his mouth to protest that there was nothing she could possibly teach him. “I’m going to teach you how to speak, read, and write in the language I first spoke to you in. It’s a complicated language for adults to learn as a secondary form of communication. Besides, English speaking demons and humans will eventually show up here, and it would be a tactical advantage if they don’t know you understand them right away,” she said determinedly.
Sesshomaru lifted an eyebrow at her near-bossy tone. “So, I teach you to fight and you teach me how to lie to my potential allies?” he questioned. Ali gave him a dirty look.
“That’s not what I meant, and you know it,” she growled at him, making him chuckle.
“I do. I was merely teasing you,” Sesshomaru said and snapped his teeth at her when she stuck out her tongue. Ali squealed and took a step away from him, making him chuckle again.
“I will return to this spot when the sun rises. Be here with Jaken,” Sesshomaru ordered and leapt up into the trees.

AN: This story was orignally was on fanfiction. net, but due to their current policies, I'm pretty sure that it wll be deleted and I do really enjoy it. I will attempt to update every two weeks, but that may not be possible due to life.
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