Roses and Thorns

From Me To You…well…safe to say vacation sucked ass big time.  Let’s just say I no longer have in laws.

By the way, Sesshoumaru and the others are going to be out of character.  If you don’t like that sort of thing, I’d advise you to hit the back button now.  Go on, hit it.  Come on, get that little arrow up there.  Now for those of you who don’t care and just love fluffy Sesshyness, keep going.

Enjoy!!!

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Now two more days had passed since Inuyasha had taken off, so Kagome and the others decided to finally go search for him. Angry or no, they needed to continue on their journey for the jewel shards. They were too close to defeating Naraku once and for all. They meandered along in the shadowy forest, following the direction which they thought Inuyasha had previously left.



‘Maybe I shouldn’t have been so angry with him…but this is ridiculous, we shouldn’t have to be looking for him. He should be here with us, with me…’ Kagome’s thoughts were wandering again. Then she felt a single tear slide gently down her face. She brought her hand to her cheek. ‘Huh? Why am I crying?’



“Kagome?” a voice brought her back from her weary thoughts.



“Hai, Sango-chan?”



“Are you alright? You look like something’s wrong.”



“No. I’m fine, just daydreaming I guess” she mumbled.



Sango and Miroku exchanged glances. They were worried about their friend, and the hanyou. They were also worried about what kind of confrontation would ensue once they found him. If only those two would admit what there was between them.

 

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Back at the castle…



Sesshoumaru glowered at the green imp looking creature, and the human child whom he considered his adopted daughter. “How could you let that brat into my home? My HOME for Kami’s sake!” he growled. “He is not allowed. He is banished from our lands. Then I come back to the palace to find him picking roses off of my walls! How could you let this happen?!”



“It was Rin who left the doors open and let him come eat the feast I had so tirelessly prepared for you Mi’Lord.” The imp cowered before his Master while pointing an accusatory finger at the small girl.



“Yes, I left the doors open, but only because you told me Lord Sesshoumaru was coming home that night.”  She stomped her tiny foot at the imp.   “Master Jaken didn’t object to the other guy being here. He told me it was you Lord Sesshoumaru.”

 

“Foolish girl!  I know the difference between my master and that stupid hanyou!”  He stepped closer to the human.

“ENOUGH!” the inutaiyoukai yelled. It was so ear splitting, that the imp cowered even lower to the floor in fear of his Lord, but as for Rin, she stood her ground, her head hanging low and tears beginning to form in her knowing eyes. “No more bickering between the two of you. I will not have it.”



“Yes Lord Sesshoumaru” two voices echoed throughout the halls.



The angry burst seemed to help a bit, but not quite. He decided to go and see his hanyou brother in the dungeons below.  Turning and leaving the two he said, “Jaken you had better learn to get along with Rin.  Before I decide to mate the two of you.”

Small clouds of dust were all that were left of the two small beings.



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Inuyasha woke to a foul stench permeating his sensitive nose, hand to his head. “Shit. What is that disgusting smell?!”



“That, my dear little brother, is the overwhelming aroma of torture and death. Get used to it as you’ll be here for a long, long time for breaking and entering into my home.” he smirked. Then an amusing  thought came to him. “Not unless you would like to switch places with someone?”



Inuyasha grabbed the bars of his cell, “What the hell are you up to Sesshoumaru?!”



“Why whatever do you mean little brother?”  The elder sibling smirked.



“If you’re thinking about getting Kagome in here, forget it. I’d rather die first.” he spat in Sesshoumaru’s face.



“Alright little brother, that can certainly be arranged.” he then stalked off to go find his hot springs. He needed a good soaking after being down in that place. Even he had to breathe shallow to get through all that nonsense with his half brother.  Inuyasha could be heard yelling cursory words after him.

‘So, Inuyasha won’t trade places with that little miko. I wonder, what is so special about her powers? She is quite intriguing enough by herself, for she doesn’t smell like the other disgusting humans they travel with. I guess we shall have to see when she and her traveling companions get here. This Sesshoumaru is sure enough that they will come looking for him. I know they will.’ He quickly undressed, and sank down into the heated water, closing his eyes. Trying to soak away the day.



(A/N: Yes, even guys need a good soaking every once in a while.  I thought of that part after I had gotten my husband to take a bubble bath in the first year we were married.)



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Kagome and the others kept hearing about a horrible beastly demon that was taking their children and eating them, imprisoning their loved ones for no reason, and seemed to take the form of a wild dog at night, from the passing villagers. They said that the evil beast lived in a castle not too far from where they were, and that he lived with a frog imp, and a zombie girl as his slaves.



They could only look at each other perplexed about this so called beast. Who could he be? And most importantly, does he have any shards? So, it was decided they would continue on their journey, even if they came close to the castle, they would take a peek around. Who knew? Maybe Inuyasha already encountered this beast. Maybe it was a formidable foe, and Inuyasha was resting from the fight. Yeah, that was it, he could tell, somehow, that this particular beast had jewel shards, they fought, and Inuyasha was just waiting for them to catch up to him. Yeah, that was it. They hoped.



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