Sesshoumaru Meets His Match?

* I don't own any Inuyasha characters except for the ones I have made up, ( such as Liz, Susan, blah, blah, blah, you get the idea ) and taken from my own twisted and disturbed mind *

Hungarian to English Dictionary
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buta ember - asshole
baszd meg az anyád - motherfucker
eltéved - get lost
buja ember - lecher
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This chapter includes a little dictionary that might help a bit when you come upon a word you are not familiar with. I am using Hungarian, it’s a language I know and am more familiar with than Japanese, this way you get the full effect of Liz's ire with the Hungarian dictionary of foul language. However, never fear I shall find an online dictionary for when I Do need a word in Japanese, I just hope I use it correctly.


Chapter 4 - And So the Lies Begin, Sesshoumaru's Evil Brother!

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Preceding that announcement Sesshoumaru made his way back to the red-haired girl’s room fully prepared to do battle to get her to behave properly. However, without realizing it he was starting to growl a bit. It wasn't very loud but every demon in residence in the palace, sensed it and quickly became scarce.

He couldn't believe it! He absolutely couldn't! How dare that human demand anything in his house? *Well, it's time to put her in her place*, thought Sesshoumaru, totally forgetting he was supposed to be wooing her. Rounding the next corner leading the hallway that would take him to his destination he heard something that made him stop dead in his tracks; and not to mention impressed by what he was hearing.

"Baszd meg az anyád! Eltéved!" cursed Liz in fluent Hungarian at the servant. Scrambling as fast as the servant's legs could carry him Bokurou ran without looking back. When he spotted Sesshoumaru coming from the direction he was fleeing to, he quickly changed course and fled in the opposite direction. He wanted to keep his life, not lose it over a human.

Striding up to her door and ignoring the fleeing servant, Sesshoumaru opened it and promptly gets a pillow in the face and curses flung his way. This time he is not so amused. Especially when he got an idea of what she was calling him. Thus reminding him of why he came here in the first place.

"Buja ember!" she shrieked as she ducked under the covers a little more as she was quite indecent underneath.

*Is she calling me what I think she is*, thought Sesshouamru, it didn't make him happy that he was being called that ( if that IS what she was calling him ) and having things thrown at him no matter if it was a pillow. It was a matter of respect.

While he was quiet, Liz calmed down. In addition to that, she has finally realized that she was swearing a blue streak in Hungarian ( not to mention naked as a blue jay ) and making an ass of herself in the process. *I am such an idiot*, thought Liz as she continued to huddle under the goose down comforter, *Maybe I should apologize to him * she thought. Peeking tentatively out from under her comforter with courage in hand, Liz met his fierce glower. Whatever courage she had promptly flew out the open window at the look he was giving her. One, which she was sure, killed many a man.

"Aha," she chuckled weakly before ducking again and this time not coming out from underneath the comforter. At least under her free will, that is. She never expected her host to yank her out by her arm and pulled eye to eye with obviously irate host.

"What was the meaning of calling me a lecher woman," he growled. This time the growl could be heard audibly rumbling from his chest.

*Shit!* she thought, he must understand Hungarian. Gathering her courage Liz licked her lips before continuing and said defensively, "Well, what do you expect coming into a girls room unannounced? Open arms and a hug?" Again, the girl managed to surprise him, for not many were willing to risk his wrath. Yet here she did with every word that came out of her pretty mouth. He didn't know whether to be impressed or insulted. Taking advantage of his surprise and loosened grip, Liz wriggled out of his hold and picked up the underblanket and wrapped it around herself so she was at least somewhat decent. Snapping back to reality, Sesshoumaru watched her with an uncharacteristic scowl on his face. He just didn't know what to make of her. She was a complete enigma as far as he was concerned. He decided to precede cautiously least something surprises him.

Getting extremely tired of having him stare at her, Liz takes the initiative and asked the big question that has been on both their minds for the past day or more, "Who are you?"

"That is none of your business at the moment. The better question being who are you? And while you are at it, you may tell me why you were found on my land unconscious and bleeding," responded Sesshoumaru determinedly with his own questions.

Seeing that she was not going to get any answers by the look on his face Liz sighed before she answered, "I told you last night, some guy was chasing me and I must of tripped and fell on something. However, to answer your first question, my name is Elizabeth Marie Stanton. And now you can tell me yours."

"..."

"Fine, I'm sorry," she says a bit sarcastically. "Can you please tell me your name, sir?"

She batted her eyes mockingly at him.

Taking a deep breath through his nose Sesshoumaru thinks on what his next move should be, because by all rights he could have killed her for such blatant disrespect. However, he decided not to, after all he needed her for his plan to work. He took a deep breath answered her, "My name is Sesshoumaru; I am Lord of these Western Lands."

"Whatever." she said wearily before getting back to the real issue at hand, "Look sir, what I really need for you to do is to please return my stuff to me so I can get dressed and get out of here. I mean I appreciate you taking care of me and all, but my friends are probably worried and looking for me."

"No."

"What? Why the hell not?" she asked incredulously.

"I do not have to give you a reason. You will simply stay here until I decide you may leave. You will also wear what is given to you." So saying, Sesshoumaru turned back to the door to summon a servant and heard her cursing him roundly in that funny language of hers under her breath. Without looking back at her he paused and said, "And you will cease with the cursing, woman, it is unbecoming of a female to do so."

Liz was staring at his back in confusion and wondering how he managed to hear that since she said that so softly. Shrugging her shoulders and deciding to ask about that later. Looking around her temporary room, she noticed the sparse furnishings but decided it was nice, it was simple and uncluttered just like her own room back home. *Home*, she thought with a tinge of sadness. A word conjured up a comfortable apartment that she alone was responsible for and no one else. She no longer had to depend on the state or anyone else anymore. How she wanted to be back there. With a morose sigh, she turned her attention back to the room.

Situated across from her futon a modest fireplace sat and across from that was a mid-sized wardrobe in the opposite corner. Next to the wardrobe was a small stand with a basin and a pitcher in it. In the pitcher was fresh water and made a mental note of that so she could wash her face when Mr. High and Mighty left. And on the side of the room where the bed stood was another small stand, this one with an unlit lantern on it.

"What a weird way to live. No outlets for electricity, but as long as the place had running water that’s fine with me. I wonder how this place got on state land without them finding out about it is beyond me. I just hope he's not some homicidal maniac bent on murdering me in my bed," she muttered.

"Here are your clothes. Lord Sesshoumaru instructed me to give these to you," said a creaky voice at her elbow.

Turning around swiftly Liz saw it was the same servant from before. She scowled at him and then at the clothes he was holding. It was a beautiful flower printed kimono dyed a light shade of pink with a darker shade of pink for the flower print also with it was a white obi and tie to complete the unfamiliar outfit. Liz was baffled on how it all went together; she's seen pictures of Japanese women wearing them, Liz never thought that she'd one day be wearing one. She also hoped the color scheme didn’t make her look like a giant wad of cotton candy. Turning back to the servant, hoping to persuade him to get some of the clothes in her bag if he had it. But when she turned around to ask, she found out he was no longer there and would have made do with what she had. Moreover, she didn’t know how to get the silly thing together, but after several tries, she got it into some semblance of order.

"Drat", she muttered sourly to herself as she left the room to search for the kitchens to get something to eat. However, as she was leaving, she caught a glimpse of a little girl. She realized that she saw her last night when she came running in to get away from that little green man. Nevertheless, before she could say or do anything, the child ran away from her giggling. "Hey wait! Who are you and where can I find the kitchen!" It was useless; the child had turned and fled giggling all the way. So by the time Liz got to the corner where she saw the child, the girl was gone! Now Liz was at a loss as to what to do next. She was however, a determined sort of person, so she went in search of the little girl despite the growling stomach. Squaring her shoulders, Liz mentally pushed up her sleeves and took off in the most likely direction.

"Come hell or high water I am going to find that little girl and ask her where I can get some food! Then I am going to get my stuff and ditch this peanut stand if its the last thing I do!"

---- Sometime later ----

Huffing and puffing, Liz rounded the next corner. She had spotted the little girl twice more but still the rug-rat managed to get away! Stopping to catch her breath, she stopped in the middle of the hallway and sighed.

*Man what I wouldn't do for a hamburger right now! And some fries, and-and a milkshake with huge chunks of -- *, snapping herself out of her hunger induced craze Liz looks down and spied her quarry sneaking out of a door. *AHA, I found her! I've got you now!* Running as quietly as she can Liz followed the child out the door and into the most beautiful garden she has ever seen. Everything is in bloom! There were snapdragons in many different colors, dwarf maples in all their summer glory. She also saw tulips in a rainbow of colors from pink all the way to yellow. She moved farther into the lovely garden.

As she traveled into the palaces garden, she started feeling better about being lost and under the roof of a potential maniac. If he has a garden this nice, how bad can he really be? Turning another corner she saw a magnificent water fountain. It had three tiers and stood at least eight feet tall. The top one sported a huge statue of a large dog with the head tilted up as if it was howling mournfully but instead water gently came out of its mouth in a gentle arc and into the last tier that made up the pool. The last tier was ground level and within that pool were solid black fish and if she recognized them right they were koi's. That is where she found the little girl from last night. She had her fingers in the pool and giggling at something.

*Now I get my answers!* and with that thought Liz caught up with her quarry, the time for chasing was over. She walked up to the little girl and saw that she was playing with the fish in the pool and sat next to her on the fountain's lip. "Why did you run from me? I wasn’t going to do anything to you," asked Liz softly so she wouldn't startle the child. The child gave her a huge grin as if Liz was there the whole time and pointed to the fish in the pool. "Yes, I see them. Do you know what they are," asked Liz. The child shook her head no. "Well I believe they are called koi's. By the way sweetheart, what is your name?" The child giggled some more at that and continued to play with the fish, letting them nibble on her fingers and such and said very softly, "My name is Rin. What is yours?"

"My name is Elizabeth, but you can call me Liz if you want. Do your parents know you are here," she asked, but the child shook her head no, and launched into how she came to be here at the palace of Lord Sesshoumaru. "My Lord Sesshoumaru took me in after my village was attacked by bandits. I managed to hide in the forest, but my parents and grandparents were killed. And for a while I wandered from village to village hoping someone would take me in. But they wouldn't. I was given a hut at the edge of town and I had to fend for myself as a thief. The last time I stole something they chased me completely out of town. Three days later when I was about to die from starvation, Lord Sesshoumaru found me and took me in. That was about 3 months ago I think."

Getting up from her perch a little later after talking with Rin and hearing the most bizarre story she has ever heard. She walked around the garden while trying to identify what kind of trees they were and tried to think of some questions without causing her to run. She wasn’t up to another game of “Catch me if you can!” again. * What a day!* thought Liz as she strolled around the garden looking at the various trees and flowers. She just couldn’t believe what she heard. There were no bandits anymore and moreover, the state would have taken her in. However since she wasn’t going to be here that long it didn’t matter to her what the child chose to tell her.

Continuing with her tour of the garden, she found more familiar flowers like tiger lilies, violets, blue bells, red poppies, and many fruit tress like mandarin’s, tangerines, apples, peaches, more dwarf maples, and some weeping willows gathered around something. "Hmm, I wonder what that is over there by the willows," says Liz softly. Her curiosity getting the better of her she walked over to the willow trees and reaching them, she began to hear a slight lapping sound, as if something is gently hitting the ground. Parting the branches, she looked through them and saw something amazing. It was a medium-sized natural hot spring that was making the sound. It was about 6 feet round and about that deep. It was surrounded by natural large rock and had stairs that led to the top. It was probably lined with inner ledges for you to sit on. "I'll have to come here again, how about you Rin," said Liz without turning around to look. Feeling her nod against the back of her knees Liz turned around carefully so she didn't knock the little girl down. Liz let the branches fall back into place and says, "Let go and get something to eat Rin, do you happen to know where the kitchens are?"

“Yes, I do!" said Rin as she grabbed Liz's hand and took off in the direction of the kitchens.

---- An hour later ----

"Well, that was an interesting meal Rin; I don't think I have ever had such a filling meal in my entire life. And it also looks like you need a nap or something, you look like you are about to drop where you stand," said Liz as she noticed that Rin's shoulders were drooping and her feet were dragging a bit. Picking the child up and ignoring her protests Liz, with Rin's help, got her to her room and after cleaning up her face and hands put her in bed. "I'll come and get you later, and we'll go back outside to that garden again, how's that?" Getting a sleepy smile from Rin Liz left the room and determined that this would be the perfect time to see if she can find her stuff. However, luck wasn't on her side as she tried to make heads or tails of the hallways. Three or four times she came to dead ends and every room she came to looked like someone occupied it, or the sliding door happened to be locked tight.

"Damn it! Who designed hallways like this? Some raving lunatic no doubt," she muttered aloud. Spying another turn off up ahead she quickened her stride and turned to her right. Again, luck wasn't with her. It was a hallway full of doors and each of them locked tighter than a drum however, there was one more and she tried it too. Pushing the sliding the door, Liz closed her eyes and prayed that it was open, and miracles of miracles, it was! Unfortunately, what she saw on the other side of this door took the grin off her face and made her madder than a wet hen in the rain. It was one of her more..intimate bras and who should be holding it aloft for inspection?

“You are a pervert! I knew it! How dare you go through my things like that without asking," yelled Liz as she barreled into the room and tired to wrest an article of clothing out of Sesshoumaru's hand, but he wasn't letting go and neither was she. The inevitable happened to it; it ripped with a mighty tearing sound and sent Liz sprawling back on her ass from the sudden release. Silence reigned throughout the room. Jaken was speechless for once, and so was Sesshoumaru; he just didn't know how to handle a situation that he found himself in. Regaining his composure swiftly, Sesshoumaru looked at Liz with murder in his eyes. "Wench you are trying my patience", he growled.

Still rubbing her abused backside Liz scooted closer to him and started to pick up the scattered items that were spilling from the backpacks opening. "What do you think you are doing going through my stuff like this? Haven't you heard of privacy back here in the boonies? Good grief! Just look what you’ve done!" Muttering softly Liz gets up and starts to pick up the clothes and as she is doing so, she notices something strange about them. Some interesting articles included lacy underwear, a teddy in black, so on and so forth. "Good grief," she says to herself, "This isn't my backpack! This isn't mine; it belongs to Susan! What in the hell was she thinking bringing this stuff with her! Wait, I’m talking about Susan here, not me. I should have expected that of her. And that red lace must have been her other one, she's going to be pissed when she finds out!"

Sesshoumaru heard everything but understood none of it. What was a teddy? In addition, what is lacy underwear? Clearing his throat imperiously to remind her of where she was, he brought her attention back where it should have been, namely on him. "Woman, what are those things you just mentioned?"

"What these," she asked as she held up her friends underwear. "Well, these are panties or I call them underwear. The other is a very fancy piece of lingerie not meant to be worn for very long. Why?"

Ignoring her, he in turn questioned her for well over an hour wanting to know what every little thing was and why it worked that way. It was a boring afternoon for Liz to say the least. Not to mention it was the most frustrating afternoon as well for her as well. That little toad Jaken wanted, no had to know, what the little white tubes were for, not that she would have told him in the first place, but he persisted and finally Sesshoumaru just tossed him out the window again, earning a soft, quiet laugh and a smile of gratitude from Liz. However, during the questions and answers, she did learn some interesting facts about him. Such as, he has a younger named Inuyasha, who was as evil as they come according to her host. In addition to that, he and an equally evil woman stole his father’s sword, a sword that was a very important heirloom to him. She felt sorry for him. It’s sad to know that a brother would steal from the other.

“My father left me that sword but Inuyasha stole it from me when it was found at my father’s gravesite,” said Sesshoumaru in his usual quiet voice laced with hate for his supposedly thieving brother. Looking over at the girl Sesshoumaru caught the face she made as he talked casually as his brother. Apparently, she hated anyone that would steal from another if the look on her face was anything to go on. Moreover, he had a feeling that if he kept that impression up about his brother he’ll have her eating out of the palm of his hand in no time flat. He continued in that vein for another half hour. He soon got bored though at looking at the unusual objects that came from the "backpack".

“I was wondering something Sir,” asked Liz when the flow of questions died, “Can I have my stuff back?”

"No. Did you not just say that this stuff did not belong to you?"

"Well, yes but -”

"Then they will stay with me. Until I allow you to leave. When you meet up with Jaken again, tell him to come back to my room, we have things to discuss." With that, he dismissed her. Grumbling she did as she was asked knowing that she got off lucky considering that she tackled him earlier and could have gotten into big trouble by doing so, but didn't. As she was turning to the door, she was shocked into stopping as he said, "Make sure Bokurou takes you and the child to the dining hall for the evening meal and that he gives you a fresh kimono, the one you wear looks hideous on you."

Liz looked at him strangely but nodded her head slowly and left the room quietly. After she left the room, Sesshoumaru got up off the floor, took the pack with him, and put it in his wardrobe. He was confident that he would be able to manipulate her into believing everything he said today about his stinking brother. Now, all he needed was time. An devious smirk graced his lips as he took up his correspondence again and never thought about the human again.

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A/N: Sorry I took so long to update. Life here has been hectic with finals drawing ever nearer, looming ever closer. Good news is that Chapter 5 should be up shortly after this. This chapter was originally MUCH longer than this. Then I decided that it was excessively long and not enough content was in it to help with suspense and to make any sense at all. Therefore, I had to chop it up, cut, and paste it back together. Luckily, that didn't take long. And for those who might doubt that there is such a thing as a solid black koi and that is how you really spell it. Here is the link I used to make sure I was right and not trying to pull the wool over your collective eyes:

http://www.aquariumfish.net/catalog_pages/goldfish_and_koi/koi_table.htm#top2

It will take you directly to the page I used as a reference. Anyhoo I hope you all enjoyed this as much as I enjoyed writing this. And remember Chapter 5 is right behind this ( assuming things go well this week! ) *^_^*

Misato-Katsuragi2 ( FF.net ) aka SilverFox ( AFF.net )