Eyes to Life: Scroll 7

Sesshomaru watched as the miko and his otouto disappear into the woods. He knew what they were doing, and made attempt to intervene. Twitching his nose slightly, the Youkai Lord could smell the scent of a dying fire from behind him. Rin was asleep curled up next to Ah-Un. The two headed dragon seemed to be somewhat a pet that protected her with its life. Sesshomaru would do the same, but Ah-Un stayed with Rin more than he did. His missions were too dangerous for the young girl to accompany him.

 

The cracking of the fire died down, and was heard no more. Sesshomaru turned his eyes to the sky, the half-moon shined back at him. His silver hair blew slightly in the calm wind and the settled as the wind froze its trek and settled into the ground.

 

The houshi, who was sleeping, stirred nearby, his cursed hand remained sealed and his composure quiet. The exterminator slept sat upright on the trunk of a large tree, her two-tailed youkai cat slept peacefully in her lap. The young fox youkai had been curled with the miko, but she had put him next to the exterminator so she could be with InuYasha.

 

InuYasha, Sesshomaru thought, his scent had definitely changed, but for what reason? More importantly, how? It nerved the Youkai Lord that his otouto was growing stronger, and Sesshomaru was unable to pinpoint the source. First thought, he used that cursive jewel he had been looking for and planted a piece inside him, but Sesshomaru would know the difference between fake power and real. The power coming form InuYasha was not of that jewel, it was different, yet, so familiar. Sesshomaru didn't know the scent; it just made InuYasha smell more and more like their otou and the Youkai Lord himself. It was almost like InuYasha was somehowturning into a daiyoukai.

 

"My Lord?" Jaken came wobbling over and stood at his feet, bowing. "The infuriating hanyou went with that woman."

 

"This Sesshomaru knows."

 

"My Lord, the exterminator women told me that they had been attacked by that wind witch recently." Jaken said.

 

"This Sesshomaru sees." Kagura made an appearance? Sesshomaru thought, rather strange her attacking his otouto on his filthy human night. Of course, the wind witch wanted to betray Naraku herself, she had often expressed the thought to him more than once. Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes, she wanted him to kill Naraku, she was using him, InuYasha, and everyone else who wanted to kill Naraku.

 

"To face your own fear, is to face your own strength." Sesshomaru really didn't mean to say it out loud, but he felt it had been necessary. His servant looked up at him, but made no comment.

 

Sesshomaru stretched his neck, and closed his golden eyes, it was night were it wouldn't hurt to get some sleep; he just didn't want the humans to see.

 

"Jaken."

 

"Yes My Lord?"

 

"Go sleep with Rin. This Sesshomaru will scout the area."

 

"Yes My Lord."

 

Jaken bowed and returned to were Ah-Un and Rin were sleeping peacefully. Ah-Un raised one head, but laid back down when it noticed the green youkai toad approaching and nestled its head on Rin's forehead. Rin giggled slightly, and wrapped a tight arm around Ah-Un's face and sighed. She closed her eyes as she pulled herself back into the fantasies that roamed her mind in the moment of familiar darkness. Sesshomaru made sure she wasn't having those nightmares again before he disappeared to the other side of the wood, so he wouldn't have to run into his mating otouto.

 

Sleep, something Sesshomaru rarely did, the time were a creature truly experience the peace and satisfaction of restlessness. Sesshomaru found a nice tree, running his poisonous claws along the bark he stared up into the branches. A squirrel skittered off the branches and leaped into another tree, almost like it was giving the tree to the Youkai Lord.

 

Sesshomaru had always scowled how InuYasha slept in the branches, his foot hanging off to the side, and his arms dangling down beside him. It looked so, immature. Sesshomaru realized though, even if InuYasha looked funny sleeping in that way, he didn't care. All his life he had been criticized for being who he was, and this had made him stronger then any. InuYasha was learning, learning not to care what others thought of him but only to judge himself on his own accord.

 

Sesshomaru looked up into the tree, and in own graceful jump and landed on one of the sturdiest branches, laying his back against the bark. Closing his eyes, Sesshomaru could hear every sound that moved our snapped around him. Despite his strong vision at night, his ears were more sensitive.

 

Sesshomaru blew out air in one strong breathe and nestled his head against a softer part of the bark. Closing his eyes, Sesshomaru drifted from his conscious stage, his instincts daring him to stay awake. It happened every time, no matter how hard it was, Sesshomaru would always fight his instincts on this. Did his otou every sleep? Sesshomaru never caught him doing it, if he did.

 

Suddenly a piercing scream shot through his ears, and two golden eyes snapped open. That sounded like InuYasha's miko. The scream only lasted a second, but it only took a second to get the Youkai Lord off the branch and running full speed towards his otouto. How dare someone attack them as they mated, it was unthinkable. For the first time, Sesshomaru felt anger fuel his body as he pressed forth, no one attacked a mating couple, it was against youkai law. Though there were some youkai, who broke the law, and they would pay, with their life.

 

 

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Miroku bolted upright as a scream pierced the night. Sango snapped her eyes open and grabbed her Hiraikotsu, shaking at Shippo.

 

"Shippo, get up." Sango hissed. Shippo blinked and stretched. He sure was a sound sleeper.

 

"That was Kagome." Miroku said as he grabbed his staff, and nestled some sutras in his robe.

 

"I know, we better find her." Sango said. "Kirara." The youkai cat transformed and growled. "Come on houshi!"

 

Miroku ran up and hopped up on Kirara's back, wrapping an arm around Sango's waist. "Shippo!"

 

"Wait for me!" Shippo cried as Kirara jumped into the air. Miroku reached his hand out, and grasped the tiny youkai's paw in his hand and pulled him onto his shoulder. "What's going on?!"

 

"We heard Kagome scream." Miroku said. "Were going to investigate."

 

"UmmmI think she left with InuYasha." Shippo quivered.

 

"Oh no." Sango bit her lip. Miroku knew why, it only meant they were doing one thing, and someone had attacked them as they were doing it. Miroku didn't really want to enter the scene all of a sudden.

 

A blast of youki shot through his body as they approached, Miroku took a second to wipe his eyes as a burst of wind knocked Kirara off course, and jerked her backwards.

 

"Kirara!" Sango cried. Kirara growled, but was able to regain her flight and continued on; Miroku thought he could see something rather large ahead. It was becoming clear just a few more yards

 

BANG!

 

Kirara slammed head on, into an invisible wall, and they all began to plunge.

 

"KIRARA!" Sango screamed. Miroku felt his hair fly up as Kirara transformed right in the middle of the air, and they plunged towards the ground.

 

"I'll save you!" Shippo cried. He curled into a ball and transformed right under Miroku, Sango, and Kirara. All landed with a bounce, but Shippo stabilized his flight, and slowly puffed to the ground.

 

"Kirara." Sango grabbed the youkai cat, and curled her in her arms. Kirara mewed painfully, and nestled her head against her chest. Miroku could see a small cut in her forehead.

 

"Kami, what did she run into?" Miroku growled.

 

"It seemed like a fuyouheki." Sango said. "Shippo hurry and land."

 

"I'mtrying!" Shippo puffed.

 

Shippo landed, just as a large tree was about to make them fall another ten feet. Puffing back into his original form, Shippo hopped onto Sango's shoulder and looked at a whimpering Kirara. "Will she be alright?" he asked.

 

"She just bumped her head." Miroku said. His curiosity went to what she did bump into. Approaching forward into the wood. Miroku face splattered into an invisible barrier. Rubbing his nose, Miroku looked up and to the side. "It starts here."

 

Sango blinked and walked over and looked up. "Where did it come from?"

 

"I don't know, but its blocking our way to getting to Kagome." Miroku said.

 

"What?" Shippo gulped.

 

"What in bloody blazes are you humans doing!" Miroku heard a voice come from the wood. Jaken came, red face, holding Ah-Un's reins and a Rin peeked around, blinking.

 

"Hey!" Shippo snapped.

 

"Shippo, ignore him." Miroku said.

 

"We have to get thru!" Sango hissed. She swung Hiraikotsu, at the invisible fuyouheki, only to have the boomerang rebound and throw her off balance.

 

Miroku suddenly felt the presence of Sesshomaru. The Youkai Lord was running full speed, apparently unaware of the invisible fuyouheki.

 

"Sesshomaru-sama, watch out!" Miroku shouted. Too late. The Youkai Lord ran full speed and bounced off, surprisingly he managed to stay on his feet, but a small cut ran down his cheek, and some blood leaked down his neck.

 

"My Lord!" Jaken gasped.

 

"Sesshomaru-sama!" Rin shouted. Sesshomaru gave them all a glare, but said nothing. He sank his claws into the fuyouheki, only the poison seemed to have no effect on the barrier.

 

"Who is making this?" Sesshomaru glared at them.

 

"We don't know, we ran into it just like you did." Sango gulped.

 

Sesshomaru looked up and sideways, and removed his Tokijin, pointing it directly at the invisible fuyouheki. He lunged, attempting to cut it, no avail. Tokijin was shot back, having no effect on the structure.

 

"Is it Naraku's?" Shippo gulped.

 

"No, I would know if it was that evil hanyou." Miroku glared. "Besides, even then, why would he separate us from InuYasha and Kagome?"

 

"Ummmisn't it obvious houshi?" Sango glared. "Isn't two better then all of us combined?"

 

"And what is worse, how dare that vermin do it at a time of true connection." Sesshomaru hissed.

 

"Uhhhwhat?" Shippo blinked.

 

"Shippo, don't try to understand that." Miroku waved a hand. Sesshomaru did have a point, Naraku didn't know InuYasha and Kagome were mates, and what a perfect time to catch them in the act, they probably weren't expecting it. Not when you're absorbed into what you were currently doing.

 

"Houshi, snap out of it!" Sango hissed. "We have to find a way in!"

 

Miroku blinked and shook his head. He gripped his staff and pulled out a sutras. "Hopes this works." Plating the sutras on the tip of his staff, he slammed it full force into the fuyouheki.

 

Sparks flew as Miroku felt the strong resistance, he wasn't getting through. The blast shot him backwards, his back hitting a tree. "Oh."

 

"Houshi, are you alright?!" Sango gasped.

 

"Yea, just a bruise." Miroku rubbed his sore back, and glared at the sutras. It had burned and crackled, and then turned to dust.

 

"Not strong enough." Jaken mumbled.

 

"InuYasha, Kagome!" Sango cried, as she pounded on the fuyouheki with her bare fists. "Answer me!"

 

Miroku had a bad feeling; nothing was going well on the other side of the fuyouheki.

 

 

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InuYasha felt every part of him, tingle with anxiety and rhythm. He blinked, the world around seemed so small all of a sudden. That was when he saw Kagome, did she shrink? Her face was planted with true horror and confusion. He could smell the fear leaking off her like water; the smell was making him sick. He looked at her, he wanted to wrap his arms around to comfort her but as he edged closer, she pushed her back deeper into the tree.

 

Kagome? Where were the words he was trying to say? He couldn't say her name all of a sudden! What the hell was going on?!

 

InuYasha sniffed, he smelled his youki, nothing like the hanyou scent that he carried around. Had he transformed? He looked at Kagome again, the sweat was leaking through her clothes as she slowly fell to the ground, taking big gulps of air.

 

"InuYasha?" Her voice sounded completely off. InuYasha blinked, when he felt his entire body shudder as she said his name. He moved closer to her, when he saw something brush up against her. A large black nose. It was his.

 

InuYasha jerked his head up and sniffed, he was a large dog, bigger than anything he could ever imagine himself to be. At first true terror rippled through his body on how he became to be this way, when he felt Kagome's soft voice hit his large ears.

 

"InuYasha?"

 

InuYasha turned back down to his mate, and nestled his large nose against her, trying to tell her he meant no harm. Even though he could smell her fear, she moved her hand over his nose trying to make sense of what was happening.

 

He wanted to kiss, to hold her in his arms again. InuYasha was suddenly afraid of his current predicament. He closed his eyes tightly and pictured himself back with Kagome. He felt something strange his whole body felt smaller and he heard snapping sounds, like bones were breaking.

 

InuYasha opened his eyes, and he was staring right into Kagome's face, he saw two arms holding her under the arms, and her face was bigger in proportion.

 

"InuYasha?" Kagome fell into him, tears fell from her eyes.

 

"ShhhI don't what happened, but I'm here." InuYasha found his voice again and gripped tightly against his chest. Funny thing was, he couldn't feel her body press against his chest. Kagome squealed and jerked out of his arms, rubbing her neck. "Kagome, I"

 

She just stared at him, her eyes darting from his shoulders to his feet. InuYasha realized she was seeing something out of the ordinary. InuYasha came forward again, but she took a step back.

 

"InuYashais that you?"

 

"Kagome, of course it's me!"

 

"Why?" Kagome stopped; she walked over and took Tessaiga, and held it out. "Hold it."

 

"Kagome, what the hell has gotten into you!" InuYasha hissed.

 

"Wield it." Kagome sounded scared. She was taking steps back, and threw the fang at his feet. "Wield it." She said again.

 

"Kagome, what the fuck has gotten into you!?" InuYasha spat. He felt his ears go flat on his head. "Fine."

 

InuYasha looked at the fang then back at Kagome. Why was she testing him with his own sword? InuYasha puffed out a breathe and bent down when he felt something shift on his shoulder. He stopped before his hand got to Tessaiga and looked to his right. Three metal spikes were lined in a perfect line on his shoulder, were a metal piece rounded his shoulder perfectly. InuYasha blinked, what the hell is this?

 

InuYasha looked to his left, he saw the thing, he looked down to see a similar chest plate Sesshomaru wore. His fire rat was still on, and he felt armor stretched over his upper legs and knees. A ribbon was tied around his waist, the color started as red, then blended with orange and yellow, creating a fire image.

 

InuYasha felt something weird on his feet, and scrunched his face when he saw he had black padding covering his entire foot. InuYasha was half tempted to rip them off. They looked like what Kagome called 'shoes'.

 

He looked at Kagome and gave her a puzzled look. "Did I get knocked out or something?" Kagome just shook her head; she was peering behind a tree, watching him.

 

"Kagome it's me!" InuYasha sounded desperate. "Whatever the fuck all this armor is, it's still me!"

 

"Wield Tessaiga." She said again.

 

"Arrrgggfine." InuYasha bent down and grasped the hilt and stood up. "There are you happy?"

 

It shook violently and then burst into its bigger form. InuYasha smiled and looked back at the petrified miko.

 

Kagome blinked then collapsed to the ground, were InuYasha felt an unnatural speed to race up and grab her before she hit the ground. He picked her and grasped her tightly in the arms. InuYasha sniffed, she had fainted.

 

"Kagome?"

 

No response. InuYasha stood up, and placed Tessaiga back in its sheath with was hooked to the weird armor he was wearing. InuYasha looked back down at himself; he felt part of hair tight in one spot, only meaning part it was now tied in a ponytail. He shook his head, a bunch of loose hair brushed by, but a thick, snake like shape of silver hair slowly followed, indicating there was indeed a ponytail.

 

InuYasha started to walk when he heard a scraping sound coming from behind him. He jerked around only to see fur, coming off his back, and leaking all the way to the ground, passing his height. InuYasha made a face, it looked like the thing Sesshomaru wore on his shoulder.

 

InuYasha really had no time to judge on what just happened, he had to get Kagome back to the others and out of the shock that somehow he put her in.

 

"Stay with me Kagome." InuYasha put a clawed hand on her forehead and pushed a few bangs away from her beautiful face. "I didn't mean to scare you, I" InuYasha really couldn't find the right words. He scared more then her, he had scared himself.

 

Closing his eyes, when he first asked Kagome to be his mate, he felt the same way just right before they mated. Kagome had stopped him from turning into thatdog.

 

Somehow, she hadn't gotten to him in timeno! InuYasha shook his head, to many question, I don't even know the answer to. InuYasha froze in mid-step. What would happen if Sesshomaru saw him? Something told him it wasn't going to be pretty.

 

InuYasha rubbed Kagome's mating mark on her shoulder, she fidgeted and moaned. InuYasha leaned down and kissed her on the lips, she stirred and he felt her hand rise, and fall on his cheek. Her hand went jiggered over his cheek, it only meant one thingshe was tracing his stripes.

 

InuYasha brought the kiss deeper, and shoved his tongue in her mouth, feeling her mouth and flat teeth. Breaking the kiss, he saw two brown eyes staring up at him. Kagome blinked and the y stared at each other for the longest time when Kagome broke the silence.

 

"InuYasha, is that really you?"

 

"No, it Naraku." InuYasha said.

 

Kagome smiled and brought a hand around his neck. "What happened to you?"

 

"I was going to ask myself the same question." InuYasha muttered. "You're the one who saw, I don't know."

 

"InuYasha, you're a"

 

InuYasha looked at her. "I'm a what?"

 

"A"

 

"Kagome, what are you so afraid of?"

 

"You're ayoukai."

 

InuYasha blinked, he didn't feel the desire to kill, to rip his enemies into little pieces. He looked at Kagome again. "Kagome are you alright?"

 

"I'm fine, except I just saw someone I deeply love turn into a big silver dog!" Kagome huffed; she crossed her arms and jerked in his embrace, but didn't try to get out of his arms.

 

"Idid?"

 

"InuYasha, we better go back." Kagome put her head up against the chest plate, he just acquired.

 

"Why?"

 

"Why?" Kagome gave him a look. "The others probably heard my scream."

 

"They would be here." InuYasha gave her a look.

 

"You don't want to go backdo you?" Kagome eyes him over. She pulled herself up and grabbed a fistful of the fur that was now attached to his back. "InuYasha, I think we can"

 

"No." InuYasha shook his head. "I step in the eyesight of my onii, there will be blood."

 

"InuYasha, Sesshomaru will not kill you." Kagome said.

 

"I bet he will." InuYasha growled.

 

"I won't let him." Kagome narrowed her eyes. She blinked and jerked at something on his neck.

 

"Now what?" InuYasha asked.

 

"You still have this." Kagome smiled as the beads of subjugation was pulled out from under the chest plate, and gripped in Kagome's small hand. InuYasha frowned.

 

"So? I can't take it off."

 

"I know, I'm just wondering" Kagome smiled. InuYasha flattened his ears, he did not like the way she was smiling.

 

"Kagome" InuYasha leaned down, and took her lips once more. She grasped his head and kissed him back. Their tongues collided and he felt her tongue exploring corners of his mouth, she stayed at his fangs the longest, feeling every inch of them.

 

When the broke, Kagome looked at him, and brushed his bangs. "InuYasha my miko aura, sense it, you're not a hanyou anymore."

 

"How, how can I just magically turn into a youkai without killing everyone that my eyes fall upon?"

 

"I don't know, but please, let's get back to the others." Kagome whimpered. InuYasha sighed; he wasn't going to argue, not after scaring her like that. In one graceful jump he landed on top of a tree. Whoa, this will get a getting used to, InuYasha thought.

 

Hopping from one tree to the next, his nose felt the powerful youki of his onii. Yes, InuYasha thought, this will get some time getting used to.