Blood Stained

Blood Stained

Chapter 4: Honor

Last time this happened, he had been blessed with amnesia of the events. This time, he hadn’t been granted the same gift. The scent of blood was everywhere; on her, on him, on their surroundings. Also, he could smell fear, and shame coming from the miko. For a second there, he was…surprised that she, out of the two them, felt shame.

He was a Taiyoukai, and what had just occurred was clearly beneath him. Not only for the fact that she was a ningen, but also because of the act itself. It was below him to rape an onna. He did not need to perform such lowly act to satisfy his desires; there was plenty of willing females youkais begging for him to take them. Now that was where the worst part came in; he had mated the miko. Sesshomaru had no idea what had possessed his beast to do such a disgraceful act. He indeed had Rin as his ward, but never had he wanted to repeat his father’s mistake, and downfall by taking a ningen as a mate. That was also something, which was clearly below him.

That’s when he took noticed of her grey puffy eyes locked on his person. The hatred in her eyes was obvious, and shared. He held no interest whatsoever for the miko who traveled with his half brother. Obviously, that could have appeared false since he had mated her, but it was not his doing. Now came the problem of what he would with the miko. He found himself in a very tight spot at the moment. He couldn’t simply toss her away when he had marked her. His honor was something he held high, unlike his father and Inuyasha. Now that she was…his, he couldn’t have another mate. He could solve the solution by killing her, but again, not only would that bring him annoying problems he didn’t want to deal with, but also, it would look bad on him.

On top of that, she was the Shikon no Tama Miko. He wasn’t sure if she could play a key in the defeat of Naraku, or the jewel, which meant he couldn’t possibly kill her. The only bright side he could see to this right now was that she wasn’t an ordinary ningen. At least she had some sort of powers. He sighed softly, clearly annoyed. She had long turned her eyes away from him, and had now her face buried in the ground.

Kagome knew once he had come back to normal she should have ran off, and never came back, but she hadn’t been able to. To start, there was a killer pain and soreness in her lower body preventing her from getting up. There was also the exhaustion, but not physical, -although her body was tired- it was mentally. Her rape had taken a lot out of her little body, and simply opening her eyes to glare at him was draining. Frankly, she didn’t know what to do with herself. He had used her, defiled her, and now he was probably getting ready to throw her away. He could probably go on with his life has if nothing had happened, but she couldn’t. She could already feel a scar forming in her heart, one that would never leave.

Inuyasha.

He would never want her now that she was mated to his brother. She was disgusting, and a disgrace. Kagome felt the tears coming to her eyes once more, and there was nothing she could do, but let them out. Kagome couldn’t help but feel as if she had betrayed him. He had finally given up on Kikyo, and they had a real future together. Maybe if she had told him about what happened in the forest a few weeks ago, she could have avoided this. Although, she didn’t regret not calling out for him. If she had, he would have been killed, and she would have still been raped. He still could go back to Kikyo, and be happy with her with whatever time she had left.

And then, she heard her heart crack, before it fell in pieces.

Kikyo and Inuyasha. Together.

After all the efforts, and emotions she had put into him, she was going to lose him right after winning him. It was unfair. This was all Sesshomaru’s fault. She despised him; she hated him with every cell in her body. He had taken everything from her, even things she had worked hard for. It had taken her whole energy and spirit to put up with Inuyasha and Kikyo for all those years...

She gasped silently when she saw his bare feet beside her. Immediately she curled up into a fetal position, tears coming to her eyes. “No,” she begged in a whisper. Why was he coming for more? She thought he was back to normal?

Maybe he was there to bring her sweet relief; maybe he was to get rid of her? “Miko, get up,” he ordered, his voice nothing but kind. He didn’t approve of his own act, but he wasn’t going to feel pity for the ningen.

Kagome’s whole body started to shake, and she couldn’t stop herself. “I can’t,” she said in such a small voice that if he hadn’t been a youkai, he wouldn’t have heard.

He sighed in annoyance before grabbing her arm, and pulling her up. Kagome immediately yanked out of his touch, and covered herself with her arms. “Don’t touch me,” she said backing away from him.

Sesshomaru had to admit he had expected such a reaction from her. Her human mind couldn’t comprehend what had happened to her. “Miko, you will cease this behavior this instant.”

Kagome’s eyes opened wide, not believing his words. He had raped and abused her body, and she had to behave? “Wh-what?” she asked, tears threatening to fall down. Right now, she was a train wreck, and did not know how to deal with her emotions.

“This Sesshomaru does not like to repeat himself,” he said, rubbing his forehead slightly. She was already giving him a headache, and it had only been a few minutes.

“You raped me,” she said, choking on her sobs, “and I have to pretend like nothing happened?” Kagome felt as if her body was going to give up, so she leaned on a rock behind her.

Obviously, she didn’t understand youkais, and their laws. “This Sesshomaru does not approve of rape, but you haven’t been wronged. It would have looked bad on this Sesshomaru to rape you, and throw you away like a common whore, but nothing of the such has been done. This Sesshomaru mated –God it killed him to say that- you, reestablishing his honor, and by the same occasion, blessing you with a privilege.”

If she had understood everything correctly, he thought that since he didn’t use her as a whore, but mated her, it erased all the pain and suffering he caused her? Although tears were rolling down her cheeks, all that filled her was anger.

“Being stuck with you is a privilege?” Right now all she wanted was to crawl in a corner, and cry until there were no tears left in her body. Yet, she couldn’t help her fighting spirit.

“Onna, do not over estimate yourself. You are but a ningen, and being mated with you is a disgrace. However I cannot simply throw you away without having you tarnish my status.”

This was all that mattered to him? He had ravaged her and soiled her, and none of it held any kind of importance to him? “I don’t want you near me,” she said, backing up in the rock even more.

Sesshomaru didn’t want to bother himself with the miko, but he could hardly leave her with his half-brother. He didn’t know what had gotten into his beast but it had caused him more than trouble than anything else. He was going to make sure an incident of the sort never happened again. He would keep the miko close by, until his beast had calmed down. Sesshomaru would not allow himself to lose control again, and if he needed to drag an annoying onna around for that he would do it. Also, how would it look for him to leave his mate with the hanyou?

“Miko, you are coming with me.”

Kagome’s eyes opened wide. There was no way in hell she was going anywhere with this monster. “I’m not leaving with you,” she said, her voice filled with hatred.

Sesshomaru had already known she would prove to be difficult. It was all to blame on the hanyou of course. He hadn’t been able to be a true alpha to his pack, and the onna had gotten out of control. At the moment, he lacked any time and patience to deal with her.

The hard way would work.

“Pitiful ningen. Do you believe the hanyou will desire you now? You have bedded and mated the being he despised the most next to Naraku. It will only take minutes before he runs back to the dead miko, betrayed. You have no more worth to him.”

Kagome felt her heart in her throat. Inuyasha wouldn’t cast her away like that would he? This hadn’t been her fault! Sesshomaru was the one who raped her! But… never would they be able to mate. Every second, he would know she belonged to another, against her wish. Inuyasha would never want her! Her heart sank deeply when the realization hit her. All those years of love and feelings were wasted. No, she couldn’t give up on Inuyasha like this. He had proven to her that he could make unpredicted decisions, just like the one he had made with Kikyo.

He would love her, and protect her from Sesshomaru. “I’m going back to Inuyasha, “ she said, her whole body fearing his reaction. She slowly walked toward her clothes, and put them on as quickly as possible.

The whole time Sesshomaru kept his eyes locked on her, but did not utter a word. This Miko was annoying, and dared defy him. He could feel himself losing control, but decided to see how things would play out. He would let her go to the hanyou. The look in his eyes would probably be enough to restore his mood. For now, he would let the Miko believe she was free. As she started to walk away, she kept looking at him, afraid that he would go after her.

It was too strange that he let her walk away on her own like this, and she didn’t trust it. The pain in her core was too slicing her in two, but she pushed it away. She had to make it to Inuyasha, and keep her faith in him high. Even he could see all of this had been out of her control right? Before she knew it, she was running in direction of their campsite, screaming for him. A few seconds later, a blur came beside her, and Kagome’s heart skipped a beat at the sight of Inuyasha. He was there for her, he would comfort her.

Immediately she threw herself in his arms, seeking his warmth. This was where she could feel safe and protected. God she never wanted to leave his arms. Inuyasha noticed something was off, and was prepared to comfort her when suddenly a scent hit him hard. Actually more then one scent attacked his sensitive nose. Slowly, he pushed Kagome away from him. He tried to look in her eyes, searching for the truth. There was no way that after everything they went through, she would give herself to his brother. Kagome turned her head, avoiding looking at him. Was he going to judge her like this? Inuyasha would make his judgment before hearing for her explanation?

When she turned around, it allowed Inuyasha to see the mating mark on her neck. I only took a second for his control to snap. “Did you really need it that bad?” he asked, not looking up at her.

The tone in his voice wasn’t one she recognized. It reminded her of the one Sesshomaru had used, and her whole body froze. Inuyasha wouldn’t hurt her right? “What?” she asked, unsure what he was asking her.

He scoffed, before raising his head slowly. His amber eyes were starting to turn red, while a devilish smirk appeared on his face. “Were you so desperate for a fuck that you open your legs for the first youkai that came along?”

Kagome’s whole world came shattering down like a mirror, when Inuyasha spoke those words. This wasn’t like him. What had happened to the sweet, hotheaded Inuyasha she knew?

She could taste her tears in her mouth. “In-Inuyasha. He r-raped me.”

Inuyasha started to walk toward her, as if he hadn’t heard a word she said. Kagome smelled like that bastard. She wasn’t a virgin anymore, and she had let him do it to her. As if it wasn’t enough, she was his fucking mate.

She betrayed him.

After he gave up on Kikyo for her, that little bitch had betrayed him.

Kagome could see the magenta markings appearing on Inuyasha’s cheeks, and a panic attack started to manifest itself. Inuyasha couldn’t tell friend from foe when he was in that state, but he had always been able to remember her. Unfortunately she had a feeling that this time wouldn’t be the same. Quickly enough Inuyasha’s clawed hands were on her hips, and she prayed to the Kamis. There was no way she would survive two rapes in one day. Her body was already exhausted and falling apart, and she did not possess the emotional strength to pull herself through it.

Inuyasha meant a lot more to her than Sesshomaru, and if he did indeed abuse her, she knew her heart would never recover. He violently pushed her against the nearest tree, and proceeded to lick her neck. Kami no. His rough actions were opening up all the recent wounds Sesshomaru had made on her body.

“Inuyasha, please. You don’t want to do this,” she said, trying to speak in a soothing voice.

Inuyasha wasn’t paying attention since all he wanted was revenge. She had no right to betray him. He was about to start his assault on her breast when he was flung against a tree.

Kagome blinked a few times before seeing Sesshomaru standing in front of her, her yellow bag in his hand. “Miko, this belongs to you?”

She softly nodded, before dropping to the ground. What was she going to do now? Inuyasha had obviously been hurt by what happened, but how could he take it out on her like this? It hadn’t been her fault; she had never been a willing participant in her own rape! Her sobbing increased as her bruised ass reached the cold ground. She didn’t even raise her head as Sesshomaru dropped her bag beside her. He knew the hanyou was coming to charge at him, and he wouldn’t let him. Sesshomaru hadn’t push Inuyasha away because he cared about the little miko. He simply didn’t want the hanyou soiling him, by taking his mate.He had almost been surprised by the hanyou actions against the miko. He hadn’t expected him to react like such an alpha, since he never had in his life.

Inuyasha was seeing his brother as a treat, and he knew he had to be eliminated. His brain was obviously not working properly, or he would have known that he could not defeat Sesshomaru. He launched at him, but before he could ever be anywhere near him, he felt his head get extremely dizzy. Inuyasha hadn’t even felt the hit from Sesshomaru. The Taiyoukai had decided to save himself a headache from the miko, and had voted to not kill the hanyou… for now. He had simply hit the right spot, which had knocked him unconscious right away.

He turned around slightly, and looked down at the Miko. She was sobbing, still sitting on the ground. He didn’t know how much more of this he could take. “Miko we are leaving.”

When he got not reaction out of her, he decided he was done waiting. Sesshomaru forcefully grabbed the Miko, and threw her over his shoulder, as if she was nothing. He grabbed her yellow bag, and dragging it behind him. Now if someone saw him in such a position that would be a real disgrace. Kagome let her body feel every bump they walked without a protest. It’s not like she didn’t want to fight him, but her body was exhausted, and all it was craving was a deep slumber. Kagome wanted to forget about everything that occurred that day. Was it really too much to ask that this was just a dream? Her heart was clenching with pain, and her brain was begging for a break.

She wanted to break free from his hold, but after a few useless struggles, her body betrayed her, and gave up. Slowly, against her wish, her eyes closed. Sesshomaru felt the miko’s breathing become even, and he knew she was sleeping. At least he wouldn’t have to deal with her for a little while. Truth was, he was too upset with himself to care about her right now. He had promised himself he wouldn’t let his beast get control over him anymore, and he had failed. Although this time had been harder to fight than the previous time. In the past two weeks he had felt his beast urges, and he had been able to control them, but tonight…

Out of the blue, his beast had forced its way into control, as if something had been calling out to it. Sesshomaru never stood a chance against it. It bothered the Taiyoukai that a ningen like her brought such feelings to his beast.

Sesshomaru had never been attracted to the useless fuck. He was powerful, and he didn’t grace many females with his attentions. Also, never had he engaged in this sort of activity with a ningen. Maybe that was the part that was getting to him. He was seeing himself walking in his father’s footstep, and he did not like it one bit. Sesshomaru needed to figure out what to do with the miko. The first part he needed to take care of was her powers. While she was not quite powerful, her little flares, and arrows could prove to be annoying. Since she would be traveling around him, he would take the necessary precaution so that no incidents happen.

Because of his speed, they quickly reached his camp. Rin was already fast asleep against a tree trunk, while Jaken was dozing off in front of the fire. As soon as he recognize his lord’s presence, he rushed to his side, and bowed.

“Sesshomaru-sama!” she screamed, not noticing the young miko on his Lord’s shoulders.

Sesshomaru slowly put down Kagome on the ground. He would have carelessly dropped her, but he did not wish for her to be awake. Jakes eyes grew wide when he recognized her as the wench who traveled with the hanyou. Why would his Lord bring such a filthy creature here?

“Jaken, you will watch over her until this Sesshomaru comes back.” And without another word, he was gone. He would predict that she would be asleep for a few hours, so he had the time to travel around the area, and find a dark miko. Only them could find a spell to conceal Kagome’s powers.

The green toad stood there, his mouth slightly hanging, wondering why had happened to his Lord. Then, slowly his yellow eyes made their way to the sleeping miko. That’s when he noticed it. The filthy ningen was bearing his Lord’s mark!

Quickly his breathing quickened, and his palms were starting to sweat. He was sure there was a very good explanation behind all of this, but at the moment, he couldn’t think of one.

All he knew was that trouble laid ahead.

***

He hated himself.

Inuyasha was sitting on the wet grass, his head resting against a tree trunk. His eyes were closed as he cursed himself. He hadn’t meant to lose control like that, and attack Kagome in such a manner, but his instincts had gotten the best out of him. His beast considered Kagome their mate, and such a betrayal sent him in a frantic rage. Her words were replaying in his mind, and he punched the ground beside him. The bastard had raped her, and she had sought comfort in Inuyasha, which he had denied her. Instead of being there for her, he simply tried to do what Sesshomaru had done. He ran his clawed hands through his hair, his rage increasing. This time though, his anger was directed toward the right person; Sesshomaru.

Although, there was still a few questions on his mind. The first one being why his brother had done such a horrible act? He had never seen him be interested in any females before, let alone a ningen. Why Kagome? Maybe Sesshomaru was trying to get back at him for Tetsusaiga? One thing was for sure; he knew he had to get Kagome back at any cost. It didn’t matter to him that she belonged to him. Sesshomaru would never love her like she deserved. Sure Inuyasha had made a mistake, but Kagome would forgive him, and then, things would go back to normal.

Inuyasha roused from the ground, determined. He would give Kagome some time to cool off, and then, he would go after Sesshomaru. He knew it wasn’t wise to go to her now. She looked broken and exhausted, and part of it was his own fault. Some time with Sesshomaru would remind her that he was the good guy, not the bad one. After that, she too would want to come back to him. Then, he would find a way to make her his instead of Sesshomaru.

Kagome would one day by his mate and he wouldn't let that monster get in his way!

One silent tear rolled down his cheek as he waited for their camp. He had no idea what he would tell the others, but he might leave some details out, or they would skin him alive.

***

Sesshomaru wasn’t a patient youkai, and this miko was testing his patience. Being so powerful had its advantages since he had found what he sought quickly. Not far from where his pack was resting, was a dark miko by the name of Masuyo. He had vaguely heard of her before; just enough to know she could do the job. Of course, she had started to annoy him when she began asking questions that he couldn’t care less about. Fortunately for her, she quickly caught on, and retreated inside her home, leaving him by himself.

Although now his patience was wearing thin because she was taking a lot longer than expected. He wished to have it on the miko before she woke up. The object would conceal her powers and just like the beads his half-brother wore, only the one who put it could remove it, so in this case, him. For the moment, he had no intention of taking it off, since he had witnessed her little outbursts. He knew once she got angry, her temper would get the best out of her, and nothing else would matter. Obviously she couldn’t kill him, but he didn’t want to be annoyed with her.

Also, since she would sleep around him, he didn’t want her trying to sneak up on him, and pull an attack. No the safest way to do things was to restrict her power. She wouldn’t be happy about that either, but there was nothing she would be able to do. Although, her screams were quite annoying too, making him wish he had something to either plug her mouth, or his ears.

Sesshomaru was brought out of his deep thoughts when he heard a door open. Masuyo stood in the doorway, her black hair playing with the wind. “Sesshomaru-sama, it is ready,” she announced before safely walking in his direction. He was a powerful youkai not to be messed with.

When she reached his current location, she bowed down on one knee, and held up a tiny metal object. The light of the moon was hitting the metal of the bracelet, making it shine through the night.

Sesshomaru picked up the tiny object, observed it for a few seconds before closing his hand on it. “Is everything set up?”

The dark miko nodded. “All you need to do milord, is to put it around the miko’s wrist, and it will work as you desire it.”

“Hn.”

Without a thank you, Sesshomaru turned his back to the onna. That would at least solve one of his problems. He looked down at his body, and a shiver almost went through him. He would need a bath to remove her horrible scent of his person. It was still hard for him to believe he had engage in such interaction with a ningen.

Something was wrong with his beast. One thing was for sure, such a disgusting act wouldn’t happen again. Surely Sesshomaru had said such a thing about his beast taking control, but this time, he would hold to his words. Also, he didn’t think his beast would come out again. After all, he had already mated the miko, what was left?

Quickly, Jaken came in his sight. The toad seemed clearly uncomfortable in presence of the miko. He already annoyed Sesshomaru, and he wasn’t near him. It wasn’t a good start. Immediately Jaken felt his Lord’s presence, and turned his head to face him. Maybe he would give him some answers as of why there were now two ningen traveling with them!

“Milord,” started Jaken, but was quickly shut up by Sesshomaru’s foot on his head. A small bump began to form on his head, and at that moment, he decided it was better to remain quiet for the moment. Maybe the miko would explain things herself the next morning.

Sesshomaru bent down beside Kagome, before opening his palm, revealing the bracelet. He delicately lifted her arm, and slide in the bracelet. The whole time Kagome remained completely unconscious. Once the bracelet was in place, her whole body began to glow green, and her aura was around her like a fume. After a few seconds, after thing disappeared, and the bracelet tinged before returning to normal.

If this didn’t work Masuyo would lose her life. Sesshomaru stood up, and walked away to be a little further from his pack. Unlike the hanyou, he wouldn’t tolerate the miko’s tantrums, and she would learn that very quickly. He did not care for her as his half-brother did, and her pain mattered little to him.

Suddenly, a draft hit his sensitive nose; the miko was in heat. A million thoughts ran through his mind until he finally settled on one; was that the reason behind his beast attacking her? If he recalled correctly, onna went in heat once a month. If this truly attracted his beast, there was two ways to prevent this to happen again.

Have the miko get pregnant, or prepare himself for a fight with his beast the day before her heat.

He chose the latter.

***