An Angel Inside Me and a Demon in You

DISCLAIMER!: I DON'T OWN THE INU CREW. ONLY THE STORYLINE AND THE UNKNOWN CHARACTERS ARE MINE!!

A/N:Thank you so much to those of you who reviewed and rated my story. I would like to point out Sugaro0o(sp?) b/c that person is always reviewing my work. YOU'RE AWESOME! ;] Sorry I haven't updated sooner, but you know, life gets in the way. Anyway, here is the next chapter!


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Fights are for Fools


Sesshoumaru snarled his annoyance and frustration at the knowledge of being yanked away from the human woman before being able to study her further. Sesshoumaru took in his surroundings and saw a rather startled Rin and petrified Jaken staring at him.

“Mi-milord, are you well?” the little toad demon squawked, obviously terrified.

The youkai lord paid no mind to his retainer and began formulating a plan to find and assess the situation which he dubbed Inuyasha’s Wench. His brain worked at light speed, contemplating the easiest course of action to take. ‘First, I must be rid of Jaken and Rin.’

“Jaken,” the green imp jumped at the sound of his name after such a long period of silence, “take Rin and Ah-Un to the Palace of Sunrise. Stay there and do not give your whereabouts to any living being.”

“Y-Yes milord! Right away milord!” the annoying thing scampered away, gathering Rin.

Rin asked, “Jaken, where are we going?”

“The Palace of Sunrise. Lord Sesshoumaru has ordered me to take you there.”

She gasped as she and Jaken mounted Ah-Un. “But Jaken, we are only meant to go there if something dangerous is happening!”

“I don’t know Rin, but we must trust our Lord.” Jaken patted the two-headed dragon, and they all took off into the sky.

Sesshoumaru watched their departure and silently commended Rin for her observations. He had listened to their conversation. Rin had been right; something was brewing in the feudal lands of Japan. However, the inu lord wasn’t aware who was causing the disruption or what the being’s intentions were. As much as he loathed to think it, he needed the assistance of the impudent little woman-child that traveled with his half-brother. After all, she was very strong and talented. She would be a great asset.

‘The field she was in appeared familiar.’ Sesshoumaru looked towards the horizon, trying to recall where he had seen such a place. ‘I remember now, the meadow was located east of here.’ He considered the best path to take. With great ease, Sesshoumaru gathered his energy cloud around him and flew at unimaginable speeds towards the east.


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“Oy! I smell her!” Inuyasha beckoned to the flying trio atop of Kirara.

He pressed on, urging his legs to pick up the pace. As he made his way through the underbrush an eerie feeling made the hairs on the back of his neck stand on end. When he came upon the area where the aroma of Kagome was the strongest, he was baffled. Inuyasha was not anticipating a completely barren and burned spot of land. Nor was the hanyou expecting his nose to lead him to a woman lying unconscious on the ground surrounded by dismembered demons.

He scooped Kagome up into his arms and brushed back the hair from her face. Inuyasha noticed something rather odd but could not pinpoint exactly what it was. He searched her body for any marks or injuries, but couldn’t find any. He sniffed her, but he detected no change in her scent. The sound of his comrades landing in the clearing distracted him from analyzing the small, insignificant charge of magic in her aura.

“Inuyasha, is she okay?” Shippo inquired, leaping onto his shoulder.

“Can you tell?” he responded.

Miroku stepped up and placed a hand on Inuyasha’s shoulder, “Tell what, my friend?”

“There’s something different about her. Can you guys tell at all?”

“Uh… No. I can’t see anything different,” Shippo gave his input and jumped down from Inu’s shoulder.

“Sorry, Inuyasha, but I can’t sense anything peculiar,” the houshi stated.

Shippo interjected, “The only thing peculiar is the fact that Kagome is here!”

“What could she have been doing in a place like this with a whole bunch of dead demons anyway?” Sango asked.

Inuyasha sighed, “I have no idea. You think they were trying to hurt her or something, and she tried defending herself?”

“Kagome’s not the type of person to do this,” Shippo nudged a severed head with his foot. “She’s the one who gets taken. Not the one who takes people’s heads!”

“Shippo has a point my friends. Possibly she was like this when they found her. Maybe they were trying to take advantage of her situation,” Miroku said, putting his ideas out there. “If that’s the case, then someone must have rescued her.”

“Inuyasha, can you smell any scent that isn’t here, right now?” Sango gestured towards the carcasses.

Inuyasha handed Kagome to Miroku and got down on his hands and knees. He sniffed the ground and everything close to the group. Finding no other smell or trace of any other, he jumped to his feet and informed his comrades, “Nope. Nothing.”

“Then who or what could’ve possibly done this? It’s so unlikely that the one who saved Kagome wouldn’t leave a single trace. Even the corpses leave no indication of who slew them,” Miroku stated.

The group wracked their brains for all the different possibilities, not one of them was plausible.

“Sesshoumaru,” Inuyasha’s ears twitched and his nose wrinkled in distaste.

“Come now, my friend, you don’t think that a person like him would actually save Kagome, do you?” Miroku elbowed Inuyasha in the ribs.

Inuyasha rolled his eyes, “Not that, idiot. The bastard is here.”

Right on cue, Sesshoumaru appeared where the tall tree line began. He stood still, hair and clothing billowing regally behind him. His eyes seemed to zoom in on every single detail of the blackened earth and the rotting bodies. He seemed to be silently documenting the whole scene. When his piercing stare landed on Inuyasha, he called out in great disdain, “Dear half-brother, what brings your vile presence to a place like this? There is no doubt that there is a place that would better suit your barbaric living conditions.”

“You fucking asshole! Go fuck a fucking goat! You don’t have any fucking business here!” the younger brother screeched back in rage.

“To the contrary, you see, you are on my lands, so everything that happens here is my business. I would expect a better retort instead of using such colorful language. Such gruff words only serve to prove to me that you are indeed as stupid as you appear,” no one noticed, but his eyes flashed in amusement. Oh, how he loved taunting his half-breed brother.

Inuyasha growled loudly, “Fucking bastard, I’ll fucking kill you! Miroku,” the boy with dog ears called, “put Kagome on Kirara and take her away from here. Shippo, go with them. We’ll meet up at the well when we’re finished.”

Miroku nodded and set Kagome on Kirara’s back. He hefted himself and Shippo on and they all flew away.

Inuyasha turned to face his brother, only to find him distracted by his friends who were making their way to safety. It unsettled him that his brother was staring at the retreating behinds with an unspoken hunger in his eyes. He wasn’t exactly sure which one of them Sesshoumaru’s eyes were following, but he didn’t care.

“Hey, dip-shit, quit ogling my friends!”

Sesshoumaru’s attention snapped to his half-brother. He kept his anger at being called such an unacceptable name behind his mask. “You will refrain from using profanities around this Sesshoumaru’s person.”

“To hell with that!”

Inuyasha pulled out tetsusaiga and prepared to charge at him when Sango whispered to him, “Inuyasha, I don’t think now is the best time to do this. What about Kagome? There could be something very wrong with her condition. Forget this run-in with Sesshoumaru. It’s only a battle of words. You can do more for Kagome by helping her instead of fighting Sesshoumaru.”

Inuyasha was silently debating whether or not to fight his older ass-of-a-brother. He didn’t want to walk away from this fight for his brother did wound his pride, but Sango did have a point. This was a petty argument compared to the unsolved case of Kagome’s unconsciousness. Anything having to do with Kagome was his first priority. Reluctantly, he sheathed his sword.

“I ain’t got time for this shit. Let’s go Sango,” he gestured for Sango to get on his back. She hopped on his back. He looked over his shoulder at the demon slayer and spoke low, “Thanks for that. You know the thing with the fight.”

“It’s no problem Inuyasha. We must go now.” She nodded towards the direction their companions took.

Inuyasha bolted out of the destroyed clearing, leaving Sesshoumaru behind. The taiyoukai debated whether the miko was really worth the trouble of stalking his brother and his pack of miscreants. He made a soundless sigh and already knew the answer. Yes, of course the sorceress with lapis lazuli eyes was worth the trouble. Sesshoumaru picked up his feet and followed his brother’s unsavory stench.

The brother with the birthright came upon an interesting scene. The unconscious woman was on the ground beside the Bone Eater’s well while his brother was polluting the air with his usual choice of obscene language. The monk and the slayer were quarreling with the hanyou about the miko. He was sure the racket they were making would wake the dead.

“Listen to us! Kagome is sure to be safer in her home instead of being here! At least no evil can reach her in her time!” the ningen woman said.

‘Her time?’ Sesshoumaru wondered if he heard correctly.

“She can be just as safe with us here! At least when she wakes up we’ll get to find out who attacked her!” the hanyou retorted.

The houshi put his hands up in a defensive gesture, “What about if we were to be attacked, Inuyasha? It would be harder to protect her against any danger. Her safety is all that should matter, right?”

“Yeah, but I ain’t bringing her back. She is gonna be just fine here!”

Flabbergasted, the woman threw her hands up and stomped toward her female companion. She knelt down and picked up her hand whispering, “I wish you were here with us, Kagome. Maybe then we could find out what did this to you.”

Sesshoumaru saw as Inuyasha’s ears twitched. His brother suddenly became tense and sampled the air. ‘It is about time he noticed my presence.’ Inuyasha faced the area where he was hiding and cursed under his breath.

“Hey, shit-face! What the fuck are you doing here? I would have never thought that the Great and Mighty Sesshoumaru would lower himself to stalk some ‘worthless humans’ and a cursed hanyou!” his brother raised a fist in the air and shook it.

Sesshoumaru felt a nerve in his forehead throb in agitation. ‘How dare that half-breed accuse this Sesshoumaru of ‘stalking.’?”

In an instant, the angry taiyoukai had his hand around his half-brother’s throat and had him dangling in the air. Inuyasha swiped at him futilely, only to have Sesshoumaru tighten the grip on his already crushed windpipe.

In between gasps for oxygen, Inuyasha managed to say, “Let go of me, ya crazy bastard!”

“This Sesshoumaru advises that you cease the use of your tongue before it will no longer be a part of your undeserving body.” For added affect, Sesshoumaru dug his claws far enough to draw blood.

“Uhm, Sesshoumaru-sama! Forgive our ill-mannered friend for insulting your person. As you already know, he is not the brightest star in the sky,” Miroku spoke.

“I heard that!” His face was slowly turning blue.

“Hn.”

Sesshoumaru uncaringly dropped his brother and stared at the body beside the well. The kitsune made a brave attempt to shield her from his view even though he himself was quivering in fear. The older woman stared back at him with distrusting dull, brown eyes. He smirked to himself as the atmosphere became uneasy.

“Sesshoumaru-sama, may I inquire as to why you are here?” Miroku bowed his head in respect.

He remained silent, choosing not to answer too quickly. When they thought he would never answer, he replied, “I am in need of assistance. There is great unrest between the territories.” The taiyoukai ended there.

Inuyasha, still on his knees, coughed out a little blood. He wiped it away with the back of his hand and spat at Sesshoumaru’s feel, “What makes you think we’ll help you?”

Sesshoumaru kept his gaze on the sleeping miko. “Whoever said I was in need of your aid, dear brother?”

The information took a while to sink in for the lot of them. Slowly, confused faces morphed into understanding, then surprise, then fear. It was only Inuyasha’s face that showed signs of anger.

“There is no fucking way you’re taking Kagome with you! I’d rather eat shit than let that happen!”

“There is no point for you to digest bodily wastes for you are what you would call ‘shit.’ As for the ningen, she will be unharmed during her duration in my care.” A smirk pulled at his lips. He loved to irk his brother.

Inuyasha became aggressive, pulling out the large fang and pointing it at his brother. “I am so tired of your lame-ass shit.”

He lunged, sword held high. Sesshoumaru merely side-stepped the attack before he called on his poison. He
smelled the sweet, deadly substance oozing from his fingertips. He continued to dodge the clumsy attacks,
moving faster than a human eye could see. His brother’s slices and swings couldn’t even catch his fluttering garments. Pretty soon, he could sense that his brother was getting frustrated.

“Go to hell!” Inuyasha stopped chasing his brother and bellowed, “Wind Scar!”

An awesome blast ripped through the ground like bolts of lightning across the sky. The dust swirled above the earth in great masses. It was hard to see for everyone. Inuyasha stayed alert, knowing that Sesshoumaru would be somewhere. When the dust finally settled, the demon was nowhere to be seen.

“Have you missed me, dear brother?”

Inuyasha whipped around only to come face to face with his brother. Inuyasha leaped away, trying to set some distance between them. He was about to attack again with the Wind Scar when Sesshoumaru’s green whip struck the sword, rendering it useless. Inuyasha quickly put the fang away and bounded towards Sesshoumaru. The older brother punched Inuyasha’s cheek causing the half demon to crash into a nearby tree. As the hanyou started to recover from the impact, Sesshoumaru lifted Inuyasha off the ground by his neck.

‘This is starting to feel familiar,’ Inuyasha thought.

“I will punish you for your insolence,” Sesshoumaru’s face remained impassive. He lifted his fist, preparing to strike his brother. “The miko will assist me and your interference with this matter will cease immediately.” He pulled his fist back, about to give his brother the proper consequences.

“Why don’t you just join our group?”

All the bystanders and entertainers turned their heads towards a person who they were not prepared to see.

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A/N: Hey, hey hey! Oooo, who could've said that?? lol. Well, I'll try to get the next chapter up ASAP! Don't expect it to come up too fast; I have a lot of shit and drama going on in my life. > . <

Until next time!
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