Unexpected Discoveries

Chapter 2: What do you mean NO!!!

A/N: Hey everyone, here is the next installment to this random fanfiction, enjoy!!!

‘Man, what a horrible nightmare I have got to stop snaking on Doritos late at night…’ Mandisa thought as she begun to emerge from the land of slumber.

She cracked her eyes open in a sleepily matter and blinked repeatedly to clear away the fuzziness in her tired orbs and mind, adjusting to the light of the sun. Then a question in her brain clicked and she mused:

‘What the hell, why am I staring at grass and trees when I should be in a tent in the dessert with my…’ The thought stopped as realization hit her and she sat up quickly with a start making herself dizzy.

‘I-I remember…no, no, no it can’t be right, please don’t let it be true…’ She kept chanting the last part of her thought in her head as all of her memories came rushing back into her conscious like a flood. I heart twisting sob escape her throat as she attempted to gain her composure. She knew that no matter how much she denied it, her memories were accurate.

Mandisa quickly covered her mouth with her right hand and whipped the tears from her eyes with her other hand as she tried to get her bearings. She did not see anything but forest. However a few moments later another terrifying memory made it self known; the memory of a ‘Minotaur’ being decapitated by a beautiful obviously deadly creature.

The archeologist was still frighten by the thought of the silver hair male who seemed to possess razor sharp claws which projected what she assumed to be acid. She did not know if he saved her life intentionally or if the ‘Minotaur’ that attacked her was already on the dangerous male ‘hit list’ and she just happened to be in the wrong place at the wrong time. She was pretty sure it was the latter…which is why she whispered ‘oh.shit’ as she searched for her stun gun and pepper spray…finding out that they were both missing!!! Although she did not know if her ‘weapons’ would do much good against a creature that moved like ‘The Flash’, she would rather have some form of protection then none. She would have pulled out her weapons earlier, but she saw him as a wild animal. Mandisa was afraid that if she made any sudden movements, she would be dead before she could blink let alone grab her weapons.

Mandisa stood up slowly from the ground not wanting to make herself dizzy again from jumping up too quickly. After making sure she had her balance, her right leg started to motion to take a step forward. She hoped that maybe she could find out exactly what was going on and with the aid of the locals, make her way back to the camp set up in the dessert in Egypt. Even if going back meant seeing the place that took her co-workers/friends away from her. However before she could take another step forward the hairs on the back on her neck stood on end as if a current of static electricity went through her body. She knew she did not set of her stun gun by accident for two reasons. One, it would have been a lot more painful and two the weapon was missing. She felt a chill of fear shoot straight through her bones as she observed a shadow that appeared out of no were behind her. She took a deep breath determined not to faint this time as she heard an all too familiar baritone voice say:

“Looking for these.” The silver and blue hair man said from directly behind her startling her. Her resolve to hold back her fear was temporarily forgotten due to his sudden appearance and his abrupt proximity to her form. Her breathing became rapid pants as she fought to control it.

The silver and blue hair male held out his large hand by her side, revealing the unusual ‘contraptions’ he found in her possession. One of them looked similar to the projectile weapons he seen humans use before; except it was smaller, made from different materials and he smelled the ‘lighting’ within the device. The other apparatus was unlike anything he had seen before. And the smell, ugh it assaulted his senses and burned the inside of his nose even though he had not released its contents as of yet. The unpleasant scent caused his nose to wrinkle occasionally. Curious about the contrivances he took them from the human to examine them while she slept. There were other materials in her possession as well but he let them be for now, seeing that they were not a potential annoyance to him. In fact, they smelled similar to some of the medicinal herbs used to treat human illnesses.

‘Okay Mandisa, don’t panic…again…He can speak so it is a strong possibility he can be reasons with…’ Clearing her throat to make her voice as calm as she could she said.’

“Yes I was. Now if you would be so kind and give them back, I can be on my way. I would really appreciate it.” She said with a soft, clear, confident voice, which did not display what she was truly feeling at the moment…insecure and unnerved. She would have asked him to help her find her way back home, but after seeing what he was capable of she wanted to get as far away from him as possible. Yes, he did save her life however, due to his countenance which was either indifferent or baring sharp dagger like teeth, she found him very unpredictable and dangerous. She rather take her chances in the forest alone…

Sesshoumaru looked at her with a frown crossing his features. He may not know exactly what the items were in his possession, but he did know that they could prove to be a nuisance. Especially since he had such a strong sense of smell. He could sense the disquiet rolling off of her in waves. Living for centuries and being a predator by nature taught him many things. One of those lessons were that creatures that are afraid and cornered are likely to lash out in an feeble attempt to survive. Furthermore, sense Sesshoumaru knew the woman saw his speed; she knew she had no chance of out running him. Since she asked for the potential irritants back, it is highly likely that she would attack him; which will make it harder for her to answer his questions since she would most likely end up dead. Sesshoumaru rarely attacked anyone first, however if anyone attacked him or his pack, man or woman he would retaliate. And usually when he retaliates, the creature(s) that attacked him or got in his way turn into an unrecognizable pile of green ooze on the ground. So if he was to kill her now while in an annoyed mood thanks to the bull youkai (Minotaur) he killed earlier; then she may end up as yet another pile of green goop. Even Tensaiga, the blade of healing will not be able to revive her if he chose to do so. As mention earlier her attacking him would be a bothersome for them both…

After several moments of gazing at the woman who looked like a deer who sees the fangs of a predator going for her throat; which were wide and terrified eyes despite the façade of confidence in her voice, he spoke:

“No. You will sit there and explain yourself.” He said in a deep flat authoritative tone as if his word was law. He nodded his head toward the base of the tree he wished her to reside at for the moment.

Her brown eyes narrowed and her brow creased as she looked into his inhuman golden cat like eyes. Some of the fear she felt due to the creature was replaced by annoyance. She was tired, lost, afraid and grief stricken and he had the gall to tell her no! Not able to think straight at the moment, her erratic emotions over came her logic as she said in a hostile tone:

“No…NO! What the hell do you mean NO! Those are my belongings you withholding from me… you have no right!” She said taking a deep breath trying to calm herself…it did not work especially since he was giving her a deadpan look after her outburst. He looked as if he did not give a damn. Getting riled up again after a few moments of silence and his cold look she continued through gritted teeth:

“Look, I’ve been through pure hell today and all I want to do is go home and mourn! So give me my fucking things so I can find a way out of here! She said, struggling with her Japanese accent and the quiver in her voice as she fought to hold back more tears.

She heard a low, barley audible to human ears growl rumble in his chest and a ‘oops’ sounded in her mind. Mandisa full blown fear reared its ugly head again. She didn’t know what he was but she did know that the growl she just heard came from him and it wasn’t a friendly snarl either. For her to be so book smart, she just did something really idiotic. Snapping at a creature with knives for finger nails, teeth and projectile acid was obviously a stupid move. Why did she run her mouth and piss of the wild male!?

‘Because I get defensive when I’m scare, that if I’m not passing out…’ She thought as she noticed that the very Inu like growl stopped as soon as it started.

The loud voice of the woman hurt his sensitive ears. The tone and words however annoyed him. The woman had just seen him rip the head off a bull youkai, reeked of fear and yet not only did not follow his orders immediately, but she dared to sass him! To put the icing on the cake, she repeated what he said as if she did not understand his orders when he knew full well she did. After all, she could speak Japanese and he knew most humans were not THAT stupid.

‘That impertinent little filly…’ He thought as her foul words and hostile tone finally got a reaction out of the already irate Inu daiyoukai. She remained him of the young miko Kagome at the moment yet again. Except when he first met Kagome, she barely seem able to keep her trap shut! This one on the other hand seem prone to outbursts at random times.

After letting his chest rumbling with his growl for a moment while his brief scowl turned back into a bored expression, he said in a low dangerous tone:
“This Sesshoumaru will not repeat himself human.” He said the word ‘human’ with contempt, the human was walking on thin ice and he did not know how long he could control his menacing temper.

Usually it took a lot to set him off, however since the bull already pushed his buttons earlier the ‘human’ only had to push a few more to initiate an explosion, causing the ice to break and the ‘human’ to fall into the icy watery depths…

Her throat made an audible gulp as she looked deeply into his eyes again, wishing contact lenses were the reason for his unusual looking orbs…alas she knew they were not. Although she could not deny that his eyes were cold yet possessed a lively fierceness she found striking. She did find them beautiful as she pondered:

‘Well its obvious his not human, and the way he said the word human I guess he doesn’t like us very much. Either that or he’s just pissed off at me…’ She thought as she stood stock still, ignoring his orders once again. Then she heard the dreaded ‘growl’ again and begin to panic.

Sesshoumaru scowled again at the lack of obedience and the strange sound starting to come from the humans’ chest. He heard this noise before and he knew it signified that the human was having trouble breathing.

It was a strenuous effort keeping her apprehension under control, which is why she was failing…miserably. Especially since a familiar wheezing sound made itself known, emerging from the inflamed bronchial tubes in her lungs.

Luckily for Mandisa, Sesshoumaru was a curious Inu. He smelled some type of illness within the human earlier hence another reason he did not take the items that smelled like medicine. After all, how could she answer his questions if she became too sick to speak. So instead of melting her into a green puddle like a part of him was tempted to do because of her blatant disrespect, he carefully tucked her two items he possessed in his obi, grabbed her roughly by her left arm as her right hand held her chest, dragged her over to the tree he indicated earlier and abruptly released her, causing her to fall flat on her butt at the base of the tree.

Mandisa would have glared at him and struggled to get away, but all she could think about at the moment was stopping her asthma attack. She pulled out a small bottle with a mouth peace on it, turned it so the bottle was upright and pressed down on the bottle two times allowing the life saving mist to enter her mouth and eventually her bronchial tubes and her lungs.

Sesshoumaru stood on her right side and gazed at her with his head tilted to the side, the only indication of his interest. His nose wrinkled as the scent of medicine became stronger. He was inwardly amazed by how the medicine within the container stopped the ‘wheezing sound’ in seconds. Trying to read the bottle which said albuterol inhaler, he found it difficult since it was in a different language.

He waited for Mandisa to regain her breath then looked down at her and said in a flat tone intrigue:

“Speak. Now.” He said slowly, still angry at her for her earlier behavior. Curse, his innate curiosity! He would not have been bothered with the sickly, smart mouth human if he was not so nosy. Of course he use to kill anyone for saying such a thing. Now since he mellowed out a little, he will merely mutilate them…mostly.

Tired from the whole ordeal Mandisa forced herself to look at him again and thought:

‘Shit, he’s one stubborn son of a bitch! I’m not going anywhere now, especially since my asthma symptoms choose NOW to act up! Well… as long an he in interested in me I may as well answer at least some of his questions. The longer he stays interested, the longer I might stay alive…maybe I could find out more about him…hell, I may have to ask him for help to return home…Oh shit, he’s growling like a rabid dog again!’ She thought trying not to shiver. She guessed her mind was too preoccupied for his liking and she did not follow his orders fast enough.

Mandisa was also a curious person which is one of the reason why she chose the field of archeology. Although she would like to get far, far away from the feral creature right about now, she was stuck with him for a while. So she figured why not make the best of it and find out what the hell he is exactly!

She sighed in defeat trying to put unpleasant thoughts of her friends’ death out of her mind and focus on the task at hand. Then she said in a tired tone:

“Alright, alright you win, what do you want to know…”


TBC

A/N: Hope you liked it. reviews as always are adored and appreciated!!!