Lord Inu Daiyoukai and the Feral Huntress

Chapter 3: Jaken Humiliations Sesshoumarus’ Arrival

A/N: Sorry if this chapter seems to long... I couldn't figure out where to stop it :-)

It was a couple hours before dawn. Sesshoumaru, who watched over his little pack while they slept, got up from the spot he sat in for hours gracefully. He got up smoothly despite the fact that he felt somewhat stiff. All night his attention kept drifting back to the mysterious exotic beauty he found in the forest. He gazed at her again as he stretched his muscles. He berated himself at first for admiring a human as such. To even be remotely attracted to a human went against a vow he took a long time ago. That vow was for him not to end up like his father. Deep down however he already knew he broke that vow. Instead of having a human mate that was precious to him, he had his human pup, Rin. Now he found himself mesmerized by enigma of the beautiful women.

‘This human has a certain splendor to her. But what is more intriguing is the enigma she is. She is human, yet she smells of nature, she is from the future and not only does she know of me, she claims the Tensaiga is in danger. It will find out more…”

Sesshoumaru walked over to her as she lay curled up next to Ah-Un. He remembers how she attacked him the last time he approached, but did not care. He didn’t think that she would attack him. Even if she did decide to attack, he would be ready for her. However, as he uncurled her body and loosened the makeshift bandage, he noticed that her wounds were almost healed. This was incredible fast for a human. Even though his saliva accelerated the healing process, it would take at least three days for a human to heal as much as she has in one day. He also noticed that the infection that was settling in her wounds were completely gone.

He went into Ah-Un saddle pack and pulled out a clean wash cloth. He also pulled out a water container. This he started to carry when Rin joined his pack. He still carries it out of habit. He cut the old bandages free from her body with his claws, wet the wash cloth and cleaned the wound again. Then he proceeded to place some of his saliva on the wound, which sealed it the rest of the way.

“Avan.” She mumbled in her sleep as Sesshoumaru cleaned her wounds. Her heart beat speeded up again which indicated her awaking. Then her eyes cracked open as she said.

“Sesshoumaru your still here, then it’s not to late…” She said in hushed tones. Even though her injury was healing at an incredible rate, she still suffered massive blood loss and wasn’t ‘out of the woods’ yet.

“Be quiet so you may have enough strength to recover. Then you will tell me your whole story…and this Tensaiga business you spoke of.” He stated in a low somewhat commanding tone. She only nodded in response. She knew of Sesshoumaru legacy so his bossy mannerisms were to be expected. After he finished treating her injury, he cleaned the wash cloth and twisted all of the water out of it. He hung it out to dry on Ah-Un saddle bag which had a hook on the outside of it.

He placed the woman’s weapon on Ah-Un side. Then he looked over at Jaken. Sesshoumaru was already annoyed that someone wanted to steal his fathers’ fang from him after he finally figured out that the sword was useful after all. He was also was irate that they wanted to use him for their ill gains. He stopped paying attention to Jaken hours ago figuring the ‘little problem’ Jaken had last night would go away on its own. Alas as he glance at Jaken, he saw that he STILL had a SNOT BUBBLE in his nostril.

Deciding to use Jaken in a similar fashion people use punching bags, Sesshoumaru lightly kicked up a rock with his right foot, caught it with his right hand and launched it at Jaken. The rock hit dead on and the huge nasty snot bubble popped splashing all over Jaken face. The toad youkai startled out of his sleep jumped up and opened his eyes. Then he started to scream.

“Oh no, I can’t see!!! Lord Sesshoumaru always said I had ‘knot holes’ for eyes now it’s true!!! “The toad ran in circles screaming as the sticky mucus obstructed his view. He didn’t even see Sesshoumaru foot as he ran into the underside of his boot. This caused a chain reaction which made him role backwards into a tree.

Jaken was still screaming about to cry when he heard his masters voice.

“Jaken stop your ridiculous sobbing, you are not blind in the physical sense.” All though mentally was a different story in Sesshoumarus’ opinion.

“Buhahaha-hehehe-Ahhahaha.” The two youkai heard panting and laughter coming from the dragons direction. Apparently the woman saw their antics and found it amusing, hysterically amusing. After the hell she went through before arriving in the past, she thought she would never laugh again. Obviously she was wrong. She was holding her side trying to catch her breath as tears came from her eyes.

Sesshoumaru had to use plenty of his will power to suppress the smirk that was threatening to reveal itself on his usually stoic/irritated face. To Sesshoumaru part of her laughter was pure amusement. Which was the part that was making the smirk try to creep up on his face. The other part seems as if it was trying to hide some inner pain. This suppressed said smirk.

Jaken was livid who did this creature think she was laughing at his humiliation.

“You despicable human!!! I dare you laugh at your betters!!!” He said as he finally wiped his eyes and went to grab his two headed staff.

Sesshoumaru saw the sadness that entered her eyes. He has been around a lot of suffering during his long life and caused plenty of it himself. Even though she tried to hide it, he could see the sadness and grief in her eyes.
Knowing what that feels like, he surprised himself when he discovered that he was empathic toward her.

As soon as he grabbed the staff, Sesshoumaru hurled two rocks at Jaken. One hit him in his hand making him drop the staff, another one his him square in the face knocking him over. Jaken clutched his face as he rolled around on the ground having a fit.

With a low dangerous tone he said:

“Silence Jaken, let her be.”

“But Milord who is she, why is she in your company, are you taking her in, why does she look so different from the rest of the humans, are you sure it safe to take in such a creature-“ Sesshoumaru cut him off with a nasty glare.

“Do not question my judgment Jaken, if you chose to continue to do so, I will remind you of your place…and you will not enjoy the reminder in the least.” He said in a venoms tone. He was the Alpha male not Jaken. He knows the toad has the tendency to question his motives, but he wasn’t in the mood for it.

Sesshoumaru didn’t threaten to kill Jaken like he use to, but from Sesshoumarus’ tone and glare, the toad remembered that there are fates worst then death. So Sesshoumarus’ threat screamed to Jaken to shut the hell up and do as he was told. Jaken having some self preservation did just that.

Jaken bowed low in apology and awaited his commands.

“Take Ah-Un and head to Inuyashas’ village; tell him that I will be arriving soon with a guess. Have the elder miko prepare her living quarters for the woman.”

“Yes milord I will not fail.” Jaken said with confidence as he mounted Ah-Un and took of in the sky. Jaken mumbled about being unappreciated and abused all the way to the village.

After Jaken and Ah-Un left, he gently picked the woman up again in his arms. He took a slower paste getting to the village.

With her eyes half opened she asked:

“Sesshoumaru, where are we going.”

“To get some answers.” He answered before she fell back asleep.

Near Dawn in Inuyashas’ Village.

“You little green turd who do you think you are barging in hear like you own the place!!!”

Shippo shouted. He was visiting the village from his youkai school were he was receiving training. He arrived at the village late or early depending on how you looked at it. He decided since Kaede was awake to spend some time with her and greet everyone else in the morning.

“Lord Sesshoumaru rules the Western Land so he does own this place. Therefore you must have this hut properly prepared for him and his companions arrival…and who are you calling little, you flea bitten mangy fur ball!!!” Jaken squawked. Shippo growled and the two little youkai began to fight.

Someone else busted into the little hut unannounced and said:

“What’s that nasty smell?! Oh it the Sesshoumarus’ boot licker, what the hell are you doing here?” Inuyasha asked as he broke up the fight.

Kagome, Miroku and Sango family were asleep. They all sense the youkai approach but Inuyasha told them that it was just Jaken and Ah-Un and that he would handle it. They all knew that there was a chance that Sesshoumaru would be arriving soon as well. So they went back to bed but stayed awake just in case they are needed. Even though they knew he was no longer their enemy, old habits die hard. Sango and Miroku couldn’t help but be a tad wary around the daiyoukai. Kagome however sees him as family. So she doesn’t see him as a threat, but she is worried. She doesn’t understand why Jaken and Ah-Un are arriving so early in the morning. She had a feeling that something was wrong, so she stayed awake as well.


Shippo spoke up and said. This baka barged in here and said we had to prepare Kaedes’ hut for Sesshoumaru and his traveling companion. We would have, but he was being a total Jerk about it.

“That’s Lord Sesshoumaru to you fox brat!!!”

Shippo ignored the toad comment and said:

“Ses-shou-maru is on his way here and we don’t even know what companion this Baka is taking about.” He said Sesshoumaru name with emphasis to let Jaken know that he would not say his title just because the toad told him to.


Jaken furious grabbed his staff and cracked Shippo skull with it. A large lump formed on Shippos' head as he cried out.

“That’s what you get you disrespectful whelp… now prepare the hut this instant.”
“Why you rotten dried up steal prune face creep I’ll…”

Snatching the staff from Jaken, Shippo return the favor. And the fighting commenced again.

This time Inuyasha growled as he took the staff and it Jaken with it, breaking up the fight.

“Listen you walking green fungus, you or my brother ain’t the boss around here. Now shut the fuck up the both of ya.” Inuyasha said in his usual gruff tone. Jaken seemed to forget that Inuyasha was royalty as well. Even though Inuyasha didn’t care about status, but Inuyasha forest and everything/everyone in it was under his protection.

“All ye keep thee voices down, young Rin is trying to rest.” Kaede said annoyed with all of them. But it was already too late. Rin came out of her room rubbing her tiny fist over her eyes. She instantly became alert when she saw Jaken and Shippo.

“Master Jaken…Shippo Chan!!!” She said as she hugged both of them. Kaede went to prepare for Sesshoumaru and his companion. From the toad urgency, she could tell that it was something important. Knowing that there was a possibility that the person was injured, she started to prepare her healing herbs and tools.

Inuyasha sat on his haunches like a dog in the corner, while Rin and Shippo were told to go in the next room.

“Come on Shippo, you can tell me about your trip.” Rin said in her cheerful voice as she pulled him toward the next room.

“Alright” was all he said before he was dragged off. Grumbling something about how they still treat him like a kid and never let him see the good stuff.

“Stop pacing across the floor, you’re spreading your funky smell all over the hut!!!” Inuyasha said irritated that Jaken pacing the floor.

“Shut up you stupid mutt…” Jaken was cut off as the door mat (hut door) he stood right in front off was forced opened. A second later he was stepped on by a heavy form. Hitting his head on the floor he was knocked out. Sesshoumaru stepped in the hut carrying what Inuyasha believe is human. Although with her scent it was hard for him to tell. He stood up and approached Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes as if he expected his brother to try something. Sesshoumaru knew Inuyasha won’t hurt the woman, but he felt protective over her…because of the information she could give him. Or so he told himself. All Inuyasha did was sniff the woman in his brother arms and looked at him with a confused gaze and thought ‘What the hell…’ His thoughts were cut of by Kaede.

“Lord Sesshoumaru please bring her in and place her on the futon.” Kaede said.

Finally coming out of his trance he said:

“Sesshoumaru, who is that, is she human where did she come from.”

“Adamina a feral huntress, yes, and she is from the future.” Sesshoumaru said in a bored tone as he looked at the woman on the futon.

“How did she get here, it couldn’t have been the well.”

“Perhaps your mate can assist us in obtaining answers, she and the rest of the pack approaches.” Sesshoumaru stated wondering if his brother even pays attention to his surroundings. Inuyasha mentally noted that Sesshoumaru said ‘the’ pack instead of your pack.

‘Maybe the cold bastard ain’t so cold after all…maybe he has finally accepted us. Accepted me.’ Inuyasha thought though he would never say it out loud. He didn’t want anyone to know that he cared whether or not his elder sibling recognized him and his friends as a whole pack. As a family.'

“Lord Sesshoumaru!!!” A cheerful vibrant voice said as Rin ran to him and hugged his leg. After all these years he still towered over her. In fact he towered over them all of them even in his human form. He had to bend down just to get in the front door of the hut.

A second later Sango, Miroku and Kagome came into the hut out of curiosity and concern.

They all greeted Sesshoumaru and Sesshoumaru nodded his head in return. Then Miroku asked “Is everything alright and who is that young beautiful maiden.” Both Sango and Sesshoumaru growled at the same time. Sesshoumarus’ growl sounded more feral then Sangos’ did, but Sangos’ growl was close to being feral as she narrowed her eyes. Everyone knew why she growled because of the monk womanizing ways. But they didn’t know why Sesshoumaru growled so they decided to leave that alone for now and contemplate the Sesshoumarus’ growling later…

A shiver shot down the monk side as Sango and Sesshoumaru gave him a nasty glare. “My good people, I only wanted to know who she was and if she will be alright.” He said pretending to be innocent. He did admire the woman’s unusual beauty, but he thought Sango knew by now that she was the only woman for him.

“I don’t know, but I’ll tell ya when I find out. Go back to home; someone should be watching those brats.

“Right, call us if you need anything.” Sango said and with that she was gone, she didn’t like leaving the children alone, not even for a second. Even though they were practically next door. Miroku was right behind her.

Kagome saw the woman on the futon and asked.

“Is their something I can do to help?”

Sesshoumaru looked at her and said

“This woman is from the future, Perhaps there is a link between both of you.” He said.

“Maybe, but I can’t tell if she is from my exact time or not. I will have to wait until she wakes up. Judging from her clothes Kagome could tell that she was not from this time.

Do you know how she got here?

“No, she speaks the language of these lands fluently yet she looks nothing like the humans from this territory. Her scent is different then humans I have come across. She smells creatures of the sea, land and air. Explain.” He stated.

“She is of African decent; there are many places she could have come from. Humans in my time tend to travel more or move to different lands. So they probably do the same in her time. She could have been born and raised in the future Japan. I have no idea why her scent would be so different though.” She said explaining the best way she knew how.

Sesshoumaru looked thoughtful for a few moments and said:

“Very well proceed with aiding the elder miko.” He said in an authoritative tone.

“I will, you don’t have to be so bossy you know.” She said a little irritated. Sesshoumaru just gave her a bored look and she rolled her eyes.

“Fine, I’ll help Lady Kaede with…what’s her name?”
“Adamina.” He said dismissing her.

Then she turned her back and frowned.

‘Not because you said so though, because she needs it. Man he can be such a jerk.’ She thought as she ‘proceeded’ to help the woman.

Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru sat cross-legged on the opposite sides of the room. Rin crawled into Sesshoumarus’ lap and fell asleep.

Sesshoumaru asked Inuyasha in a low voice:

“In your many travels to the future, have you ever come across a human like her?”

“Not personally, but I have seen humans that look different from a distance. Kagome told me that humans have different races, kind of like youkai do. None of them had the distinctive scent she has though.” Inuyasha said as he noticed that Sesshoumaru was staring intently at the woman. From the twitch of his pointy ear Inuyasha knew Sesshoumaru was listening to him.

Every human had a distinctive scent but none of them smelled like an animal of the land, sea and air.

Rin curled up more in Sesshoumaru tail. Sesshoumaru cradled her to keep her from sliding off of him. It amazed Inuyasha to see how much Sesshoumaru had changed. Before he probably would have killed the pup for touching him, now he holds her as if she is his own. But what Inuyasha didn’t know is that Sesshoumaru always was more merciful toward children. Even when Kohaku cross him by attempting to kill Rin, he still took him in under his protection.

The two mikos continued to give Adamina herbs to boost her blood supply. Shippo peeked out of the room still wary of Sesshoumaru and greeted him and Sesshoumaru nodded toward him as well. He mimicked Rins action and went to sit by Inuyasha and went to sleep immediately. Inuyasha was too busy pondering his elder brother new attitude to care and left him by his side. Inuyasha was brought out of his thoughts when Sesshoumaru spoke.

Inuyasha stopped speaking and was brought out of his thoughts when Sesshoumaru said.

“Continue…” Inuyasha did just that, telling him everything he knows about the future. Inuyasha didn’t even notice that he obeyed a command from Sesshoumaru, as he told him everything. The woman was interesting and deep down he was glad they was having a civilized conversation with his elder brother. Even though he did most of the talking…

While Jaken was still knocked out, Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru stood guard and talked as the waited for the mystery woman to wake up…

TBC

A/N: Next time Adamina will tell her story to the group… Oh and please review, but no flames.