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Where I Belong	By : Royal_Kitsune Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female Views: 3097 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1
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~Where Does He Go~
"Who was that?" The Lady of the Ryu-Inu's asked, watching her mate enter their bed chambers stiffly.
"A half demon made of a collection of demons. It is clear he was human at some point, but he has given himself to the many demons that now make up his body and soul." The Ryu-Inu Lord stated as he sat beside his mate on their lavish bed.
"What did he want, to have you so upset?" She asked, pulling herself into his lap an intertwining her mokomoko with his.
"He asks for our daughter's hand in marriage in return for the Shikon Jewel." The male growled at the thought of even considering such things.
"Tsuyoshi has only been dead less than a month and he dare ask for our widowed daughter as his mate? Everyone knows the Shikon Jewel was burned with that priestess' body and no longer exist. Does he take us for fools?" The female said, managing to keep her composer though it was clear that she was inwardly fuming.
"Indeed I sent the insolent whelp away and threated his death should he think to return to our clan lands."
"I am relieved that you have done so." The lady said, relaxing against her mate's chest. They sat as such, enjoying one another's company until the distinct sound of the daughter's footsteps coming down the hall.
"Her scent is different; it is not so strong in grief. There is a strong scent of joy." The clan lord observed with curiosity.
"Indeed, let us see what has her in this change of mood. She has been so deeply depressed since Tsuyoshi's passing. I would love to know what has brought our daughter such joy.
The two watched as their door was thrown open and their daughter entered the room.
"Mother! Father! I have such good news." The younger demoness said, tears streaming down the sides of her face.
"Well then, do not keep us in waiting my daughter. Please share with us this joy that has brought you to tears." The father said, as he and his mate stood to stand before their daughter.
"I am with pup!" She exclaimed, throwing her arms around a very shocked clan lord and lady.
The Ryu-Inu lady took a deep breath and scented out her daughter, a smile spreading on her face as she did.
"Indeed you are my daughter. We are so happy for you." The older demoness said, embracing her daughter back.
"We will have it announced at once. The Ryu-Inu's will have an heir after all!" The father proclaimed in a roar. The entire house seemed to pause as they heard the roar and cheered.
"Tsuyoshi. Our child will be wonderful, and I know you will watch over them." The princess said softly, placing her hand on her still flat stomach.
~XxX~
I'm going to die.' I thought, barely managed to avoid another swing from Sesshomaru's blade. It had become obvious that this wasn't a simple sparing session. He was going hard against me, though I had a feeling that he wasn't going all out. The only thing that truly bugged me about it was that I had no reason why he had suddenly gotten so vicious in his sparring.
Tomorrow was the night of the new moon, and I was pretty sure I was going to die before then. For the past day and a half, I had been doing nothing but training.
Kilala trained me during the day, making sure I was able to handle myself for tomorrow's battle, while also teaching me more about demon culture.
Sesshomaru's night training came next. He didn't bother starting off easy. As soon as I was far enough from the village he was surprise me with an attack. Thanks to him I had to buy another kimono. One I could wear to his sessions, and one I wore during all other times.
And finally, there was the new sleep training. The five Ryu-Inus, visited every time I went to sleep; sometimes even when I was only daydreaming! They helped me hone my elemental skills, and told me that my primary ability was electricity, so it was naturally strongest. They also mixed in history lessons of the clan in with the training, so that I felt as if I were in school.
Naturally this sleep training meant that I didn't truly get any rest. So now I was facing almost forty-eight hours with no resting sleep, with three different training sessions, each pushing me beyond my limits.
I will admit that I didn't feel as tired as I would have thought, probably thanks to being a demon; but it was still starting to wear on me.
"You are dead again." The words broke through my training of thought as I felt a cold steel point press against my breast bone. If Sesshomaru had wanted, he could have easily pierced through my heart and killed me.
"Ok, ok you got me." I said lifting my staff to push his sword away.
"You are distracted." His lowered his sword and narrowed his eyes.
"I'm tired." I corrected, though admittedly at the moment of his last attack I had been a bit distracted.
"Tired?" The way he said the words, was almost as if it was foreign.
"Yes, tired. You know, like when you over work yourself?" I said, frowning as he held the same look. "Demons do get tired, right?" I added quietly as an afterthought.
"No." Was all he said and I felt like burning the blank expression off of his face.
The only thing that saved him was what my spirit trainers had told me. No one must know about my other powers until the time was right. I had already displayed my electrical abilities, so that was the only one I was allowed to show. The only problem being I'm not sure how much Inuyasha saw. He never told me what happened, just that I was the one that froze him.
"You may return to the humans." He said, and I looked up seeing that we still had a few hours till dawn.
"I said I was tired, not done. Just let me have a break." I said, taking a seat and placing my staff beside me.
"I have other things to attend to." He didn't leave me anytime to respond, before he took off into the skies, his silvery cloud looking like a soft pillow. I almost envied his cloud, but my wings were more than enough for me.
I was about to turn and return to the village, until another idea, or rather voice, arose.
Follow him. I wasn't sure what my inner demon wanted, but my curiosity was strong enough for me to listen.
I transformed into my true form and let my feathery wings ruffle out. Kilala had taught me how to mask my scent and aura, so I let myself become like a ghost. One would have to see me to know I was there.
It wasn't until Sesshomaru was just barely still in my scent range that I began to follow him. I kept to the ground, since I was pretty sure he would notice a giant dog with wings following him.
'This is much harder than I thought it would be.' I thought as I struggled to keep up. I couldn't see him thanks to the thick tree coverage in the forest, and his scent was so faint since he was flying. A saving grace was that I was upwind of him, so even if my scent wasn't covered he wouldn't be able to detect me.
I gave a low growl as I stumbled over another fallen tree, cursing the silver demon that had captured my attention. Before I could get too caught up in my annoyance and turn back, three more scents hit my nose: A human, and two demons. The demons made sense, since I had learned from the others, and Sesshomaru's own actions, that he clearly disliked humans.
Yet there was a human scent, and a young female one at that. I thought perhaps the demons were attacking the young girl. Hearing the whispers from the villagers of what demons did to young girls, made my blood boil as I thought of another innocent girl going through that.
I took my attention from Sesshomaru and figured he could wait. As I scented the air, I couldn't smell any distress coming from the girl, or malice coming from the demons. Actually now that I took a proper smell, the human seemed extremely happy, one of the demons seemed amused and the other slightly annoyed.
What I didn't notice was that while I was thinking this over, I was still running forward. It wasn't until I came out of the trees and felt the blast of youkai that I came to a stop, face to face, or rather face to snout with Sesshomaru. Even though he looked indifferent, there was a slight change in his facial expression and a flux in his scent that led me to believe he was annoyed.
The girl's scent flashed from curious to scared and continued to move back and forth between the two. The other demons I now recognized as a two-headed dragon and a small imp looking demon immediately turned their attention to me. The imp and dragon seemed to get defensive and stood in front of the girl.
Even though the silver demon didn't move I could read his eyes well enough and guess what he wanted to know what I was doing there.
'What to say, what do say?' I thought trying to come up with something that didn't sound as pathetic, as 'I just wanted to see where you go'.
'I smelled the two demons and the human girl, and thought she was being attacked. So I was coming to the rescue?' I barked, though the last part came out as more of a question. He didn't respond so I immediately added. 'But I'm guessing they're with you, so there is no reason to worry.'
I finally got the slightest dip of his head, and smiled as I took it for a nod.
"Hello doggy." I looked down as I felt a small body wrap around my front left leg. I didn't know what to do as I saw the girl hugging me with no clear intention to let go.
'She must be with them, or else there is no way she could be so comfortable with a random demon like this.' I thought, looking back up at Sesshomaru. His eyes held something in them, different than his usual indifference, but I couldn't quite tell what it was. He apparently noticed my gaze and turned, heading towards the two headed dragon.
Giving an inward shrug I sat on my hind legs and used my front paws to pull her into a dog-like hug. She giggled and seemed content against my soft fur. She sighed and I felt eyes on me, but refused to look up to meet the liquid gold eyes that I knew were staring.
"You insolent mutt how dare you assume Lord Sesshomaru would waste his time attacking a human child! Rin get away while I vanquish this demon." I heard the words just before something made of wood bashed my head.
The first place I looked up to was over where Sesshomaru was resting against a tree. His eyes widened just a fraction, of a fraction, of a centimeter. 'Ok so it wasn't him.' I thought then turned my eyes to the two headed dragon, which was also resting and looking towards me with lazy eyes. 'That takes them out as well. And the girl is right here.' As I looked down to check the girl, I saw the imp holding a two headed staff and standing within striking distance. 'Bingo!' I thought with an outward snarl.
'Try that again you imp and I will severely hurt you.' I growled, and then brought myself back as I could smell a faint scent of fear rising from the child resting against me. A soft purring sound started in my chest same as when I was comforting Shippo.
"Ha! I am a servant of the great Lord Sesshomaru and would never let a lowly demon like you harm me." He gloated, raising his staff and bringing it down to my head.
Before his staff could make contact, I opened my mouth and let a blast of electricity hurl him back.
The imp seemed ready to come at me again and I gave a snort. If he wanted to be seriously injured that wasn't my fault. I was prepared to place the child aside and teach the imp that I wasn't just some 'lowly demon' as he had eloquently put it.
"Jaken." His voice was so calm and indifferent; he could have been talking about the weather. Yet this was enough to cause a visible shimmer to run through the imp, and he retreated, but maintained a glare in my direction.
I gave a huff and turned towards the demon lord with a look that clearly read 'Why didn't you do that earlier?' He returned my glance, but it was with the same indifference I had learned was his trademark. 'He would make a great actor, if the part called for stoic and intimidating.' I thought with a chuckle to myself.
The night passed fairly uninterestingly from that point.
Rin had fallen asleep, so I had adjusted myself so that I was lying on my side. She was resting against my side with my paw and arm providing warmth for her.
The imp continued his glares at me, and I was more than welcome to return his, occasionally adding a grunt or snort of my own.
Sesshomaru, indifferent as usual, continued to watch our silent battle. I glanced his way a few times, and if I didn't know any better I would have thought he had a spark of amusement in his eyes.
At some point the imp fell asleep against the two-headed dragon. I gave a small huff at my small victory and turned my attention to Sesshomaru. His eyes were closed, but I got the feeling he wasn't asleep. I can't exactly say when, but at some point I feel asleep.
~Sesshomaru~
The demoness before me was truly a mystery.
There was no possible way she could have smelled Rin from where we had been training. I had personally made sure that we were far enough away so that she wouldn't be able to sense any of my pack. Yet she managed to make it here, leaving only one other possibility.
She managed to follow me unnoticed.
Being able to hide one's presence so strongly was something that took years and training, even I had not managed to perfect the technique until I was almost a century old. And yet she claims to have just discovered her demon blood a little over a moon ago. I found that hard to believe.
She spoke of being raised by humans, but I could not scent out where she had come from. I had traced her scent back to Inuyasha's human village, yet it vanished there and wasn't as heavy as others. If she had been truly been raised by the humans there, she should have had a stronger lingering presence there.
I had noticed the same with my little brother's human female. Perhaps they were from the same place, though I did not know where the girl, Kagome, was from either.
I could have simply demanded it from her, but I got the feeling she would not tell me.
Indeed she is a strong one of heart. I doubt she would submit simply from orders or threats. My inner demon rumbled with a chuckle, and I couldn't deny that it was right.
'She will need to learn.' I thought, still going through the list of things that didn't quite add up about this demoness.
It was obvious that she was a true Ryu-Inu, not some imposter, as have showed up in the nearly two decades since the clan had been eliminated. Yet it was confirmed that all of the clan was accounted for in the death count.
Almost all. My beast reminded me and I gave a slight nod. True, the body of the infant heir was never found.
'But there is no way an infant could have survived on its own. Plus the infant heir's name was Misaki, and the woman claims her name is Kazuko.' I mulled.
And yet she is a Ryu-Inu, and female as the heir was. The constant thorns my beast was planting in my thoughts were growing tiresome.
'She is not a Shogakko, and it was confirmed that the child was indeed a Shogakko. That is the reason the East laid waste to them as they did.' I responded, trying to understand the full situation.
How do you know?
'She can only use the element of lightning.'
You mean, you've only 'seen' her use the element of lightning. How do you know that she does not also possess the other elements and is a Shogakko?
'Even if she was, the heir would only be two decades old at the most. The fox kit that my brother's pack has is older than that. By demon standards she would not be as mentally or physically mature as she is now.' I argued mentally, my eyes not once leaving her sleeping form.
If she was able to be raised by humans without notice, perhaps something was sealing her demonic blood. That would make it possible for her to have grown as a human did. Humans reach their maturity in less than two decades. I had no choice but to grudgingly agree with my beast.
'Perhaps.' I thought, having nothing to combat this theory.
We must find out if she is the true heir. For if she is, she is our mate by law, and must be claimed! My demon demanded so strongly that I felt my fangs elongate and would guess that my eyes had tinted red. The sudden outrage had even taken me by surprise, not that I would ever admit it should anyone ask.
I quickly suppressed my inner beast, seeing everyone stir slightly in their sleep from the wave of power that I had exuded.
Kazuko looked up with barely opened eyes and glanced around, I could see the faint expansion of her nostrils as she took in the scents around her. Once she was satisfied with her check, her head returned to the ground and her breathing evened out again.
'We shall find out. Perhaps it is time to pay Totosai a meeting.' The old demon may be a coward, but he was knowledgeable, it just took extra effort to get it out of him.
I spent the rest of the night watching Kazuko and my young ward sleeping. Though Rin was quick to accept any demon, the fact that she did not awake with her nightmares was a surprised.
For a brief moment her heart rate had increased and the scent of fear began to rise from her and I assumed I had assumed to soon. Yet Kazuko's scent changed to one of warmth, she wrapped her tail protectively around the girl, and even I could hear the gentle rumbles of a comforting purr that arose in her chest. She did all of this without waking herself or Rin up.
Naturally good with pups, as would be expected. I didn't bother responding to my beast that time and just continued to watch her.
I was prepared to awaken the Ryu-Inu demoness at the time when our sparring session would normally end, but another change in her scent stopped me. This time I could smell the sweat that was under her fur, as if she was over working herself. I watched in amazement as a long, shallow gash appeared down her back just between her wings.
Immediately I was up, prepared to attack the one who was able to slip past so easily. A quick scenting of the area brought forth no scents other than of my pack's and Kazuko's. I looked back to the demoness and glared as another scratch, slightly deeper appeared on her front left paw.
Protect her! My inner demon was in a snarling fit as it watched the girl being attacked. As much as I agreed with my beast, I had no target. It was as if the marks were appearing by magic.
I spent the rest of the night watching as this process continued. Luckily her being a demon, meant the wounds healed quickly. Yet it seemed for every wound that healed, another appeared somewhere else. I had no choice but to return to sitting and watching.
It wasn't until morning that the strange attacks stopped, and Kazuko rose. She looked around as if not knowing where she was. Her eyes widened as I assumed she realized where she was. Her wings ruffled out and she stood to her paws quickly, only to remember Rin and catch the girl's kimono carefully in her jaw.
Kazuko deposited the girl gently by Ah-Uh and Jaken, her gaze coming over to me as she did. As usual I kept my mask in place, though I was curious to see what she would say.
'Sorry I have to go, I hadn't meant to stay so long.' She whined then took off with a ruffle of wings, sounding similar to a flock of birds taking off.
I watched her form disappear back towards the human village Inuyasha's pack was staying at until she was out of sight.
Indeed a visit to the sword smith was in order.
~Kazuko~
'I can't believe I slept there all night!'
You enjoyed it.
'Well yes, the little girl was cute.'
That's not what I meant.
'I'm aware and I'm not giving you the satisfaction of acknowledging what you truly meant.'
In time you will.
I growled and rolled my eyes as my inner demon laughed.
I didn't have time to ponder on what she meant. I was speeding as fast as I could back to the inn, but I knew the effort was futile.
It was already well past the time Inuyasha normally got up to check on me. I growled, thinking of any possible way to get out of the situation I had gotten myself into.
'Sesshomaru?' I thought with slight panic as the scent hit me. Was he following me? There was no way I could tell Inuyasha I had seen his brother, if said demon showed up behind me. I came to a terrible air stop, which would have been comical if I wasn't in such a panic. The scent was coming from so close, but yet I couldn't pinpoint it.
It is coming from you. Remember that you spent the night with him. I could just imagine my inner demon winking at the wording.
'Crap, I have to get his scent off of me.' I thought spying the river that we normally trained by. 'Sigh. Desperate times call for desperate measures.' I thought folding my wings and taking a nose dive into the river.
'Bad idea! Oh! My! God! That was such a bad idea.' I thought as the icy water hit my body like millions of ice crystals being injected into my body.
~Unknown~
I watched as the winged dog flailed in the water, trying to get to shore. The water weighed down its wings, preventing its return to the sky. If I were normal being, I would have found amusement in this display of clumsiness; but my thoughts were observing much more important facts.
I may not have been a demon as long, but I was around when the Ryu-Inu clan still roamed the land of the living. I had even once gone to offer them the Shikon Jewel in return for their help, loyalty, and their recently widowed princess for my bride. Naturally they had declined, stating their loyalty only belong to their clan and the western lord, Sesshomaru.
They were not the first to refuse my offers, but knowing the truth behind a Ryu I couldn't just let this one go. While a Ryu could give birth to a full blooded child of their mate, it was only one of the traits that made their females so desirable.
The Ryus, more specifically the Ryu-Inus, could transfer their power to another, making them a full blooded Ryu. Of course this was done at the expense of the original Ryu-Inu's life.
'A sacrifice I am more than willing to make.' I thought with a chuckle, watching the Ryu-Inu finally make it to shore and shake itself off.
A serious of growls and grunts had me turning around before. Being only a half demon, I could not understand the language of youkai and feral demons as a full demon could. Thankfully I didn't need any words for what I saw.
I watched in quiet awe as she collected all the water from her fur and deposited it back into the river. This did not catch my attention immediately, as I knew that each Ryu was born with the ability to control one of the five natural elements. Yet my eyes widened as I watched her readjust the mud beneath her paws so that the mud did not get caught in her fur.
'With intense training a Ryu can develop a second element.' I had to remind myself, and prepared to leave. That's when I saw it.
She radiated a heat, and I could see a small flame running along her body, followed by a strong wind that kept the fur from fluffing out.
'A Shogakko!' I thought, my expression going from shocked to carefully calculating. Perhaps she could be of more use than draining her power to become a full demon. I could always find another Ryu to do as such, but an unclaimed Shogakko was much more valuable alive.
'With a Shogakko under my control, getting the jewel would no longer be a problem. Having that kind of power at my disposal would make me more powerful than even Inuyasha's group and even Lord Sesshomaru wouldn't be able to withstand the combined power.' I thought as I reappeared back into my castle.
'Looks like some readjustments in my plans are in order.' I thought looking over my newest scheme and tossing it aside.
"Kagura!" I yelled, smiling as the wind demoness entered with a disgusted snort in my direction. Kanna was already at my side, knowing she was needed. "I have a new mission for you."
Kanna held her mirror up showing the image of the Ryu-Inu from before. Only now she was in her demoness form and arguing with Inuyasha.
"You are to bring her to me, alive. I have plans for her." I said, smiling at the image.
"What for, are you looking for another demoness to fill your bed." She said, the disgust heavy in her voice.
I chuckled at her and shook my head. "No, she is a valuable tool that I must possess. She is a Ryu-Inu…"
"Impossible! They were all wiped out two decades ago." Kagura interrupted and I shook my head.
"Apparently one survived, and a Shogakko at that." I waited to see if she would interrupt again and continued when she did. "As I said, she is going to be what finally ends the struggle for the jewel, and she will win it for me. Remember bring her to me alive and functional. If you do not, I will kill you." I stated, watching the wind sorceress eyes narrow at me, but she did not speak out of turn again.
"As you wish Naraku."
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