Crescent Miko

Chapter 5

Kagome stirred softly in the throne. Sighing she sat up slowly and took in her new surroundings. A giggle escaped her as she noticed the rather large dog rolling around on his back. Every now and then the dog would stop and rub his face firmly on prominent objects. First the archway of the gate, then every corner of the buildings, even the not so little statues by the steps. Her eyes looked away from the occupied dog. The palace was majestic. There were no other words to describe it. The doorway was tall enough and wide enough that 10 men on horseback could ride through, side by side. There were no windows on the first or the second floor. Banners fluttered in the breeze from attachments on the railings of the balcony on the third floor. A smaller fourth floor was set back a few feet under the arch of the roofline. Two football fields could have fit neatly inside the courtyard. Hearing the sound of water trickling she turned towards that sound.

“Oh My Goodness! Well you look at the size of that…”

Kagome stood up in wonder as the large white dog, ‘Sesshoumaru’ her mind injected, raised his head. The liquids shimmered in the sun reflection. Sesshoumaru looked at the gaping girl, smiled a large, doggy, smile and lowered his head back down to the pond that was fed by a small, misty, geyser.

Kagome stepped out from the shade of the pavilion. Hardly noticing her wings expanding to their full height. The tips reached a full two feet about her head. Stretching her arms above her head, her hands brushed her wings. Glancing up and behind could only stare in wonder. If she thought the palace was majestic, her wings were gifts from God.

Kagome reached back over her shoulder, ‘Yep. Gifts from God.’

With every beat of her heart, the wings fluttered. All the colors of the rainbow peered back at Kagome from under a glimmer of dust. Holding her breath Kagome stroked a hand along the edge of a wing. Her hand came away covered in fairy dust. Rubbed between two fingers the dust warmed her hand as it sparkled. Startled at the warmth, Kagome was knocked forward by the sudden full beat of her wings. Stumbling she reached out before her to try and brace herself on something, anything. Landing on her hands and knees she gasped at the sudden pain. Sitting back on her heels, she swept her hair back over her shoulders. Kagome opened her eyes to a transforming Sesshoumaru.

Sesshoumaru walked over to the kneeling female. Looking down at her, he noted where her current position placed the top of her head. ‘I’ll have to remember this.’ Satisfied with his strong control over his bodily functions, Sesshoumaru looked down at the bounty displayed before him. The colors in her wings matched perfectly the colors that graced the curves of her body. Soon she will be experienced at controlling the coloration of her skin but for now he watched her struggle to maintain a calm façade.

“Where are my clothes?” Kagome finally uttered.

“I expect that they are still lay where you left them last. You will not need them for now. If you gain any they will only come from my hand.” Sesshoumaru walked slowly around Kagome. Watching her as she tried to cover her breasts with her arms. “Be glad that you still have your loincloth. I wish for the others to see what I have gained. What I will have tamed to my touch. For no other will touch you. Ever.” Saying this Sesshoumaru squatted before her to look into her glaring eyes.

Raising his hand he drew his long fingers up one arm and across her collarbone. Pausing at the dip located at the base of her neck, he scratched it with his claw. Collecting the drop of blood that formed onto his fingertip he raised it to his face. Taking a deep breath he kept eye contact with Kagome as her scent imprinted on his senses. His long tongue reached out and caught the drop before it could slide down his finger.

Kagome gasped at the sight. Her instincts telling her to turn and hide before it was all too late.

“But my dear female it is already too late for you to hide from me. In just moments there will be no arguments of just who you belong to.”

Kagome stood up quickly as she heard Sesshoumaru speaking inside her head. Stepping back from him she turned only to be struck at the size of the audience that now stood before her. An audience she didn’t even hear arriving. Taking a deep breath, Kagome held her head high as she wrapped her hands around her chest again.

Her eyes swept the gathering of demons, noting that all the high demons watched her every move. Her eyes were caught by only one demon in the group.

“Kouga!” Kagome stared at the wolf demon. She saw that he stood a step behind an older demon. Standing at the old demon’s side was Ayumi. Kagome’s wings laid flat against her back with her inner distress.

Sesshoumaru took advantage of this action to press his body against her backside, wrapping his arm possessively around her crossed arms. Growling at those gathered Sesshoumaru spoke over Kagome’s head.

“The Sprite Princess belongs to this Sesshoumaru. The female is Sesshoumaru’s to dominate. In two weeks time this Sesshoumaru will claim this female. I will allow no Challengers take what belongs to this Sesshoumaru.”

Kagome started to struggle as her mind registered what her ears was telling her.

“No One dominates me!”

Kagome felt Sesshoumaru’s hand grasp her hair. Bending her head to the side, he bent to inhale the scent of her bare neck. His eyes turned red as he bit deeply in the spot he had previously bitten before. Closing her eyes she gave into the intense feelings that were gathering inside her. All the feelings led towards her womb. Her hands left their protective stance around her chest in order to grab his arm. Her fingernails dug deeply into the marks on his arm. The venom that Sesshoumaru released in his bite had only one purpose and one purpose only. Her female body needed to be prepared for the first mating encounter with the Great Dog Demon.

Sesshoumaru didn’t release Kagome from his bite till he had forced her back to her knees. Covering her body with his he glared at the onlookers. Baring his teeth he growled a deep menacing sound that echoed across the courtyard. Announcing to one and all that this female belong to him. Sesshoumaru, Lord of the West.

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Inuyasha sat high up in his tree, not far from the village and the well. He could feel his anger burning inside of him. Burning at the loss of a female that belong to his pack. His claws curled deep into the wood of the branch. Sap drained slowly from claw marks scattered around the tree.

Shippo climbed closer to Inuyasha. He knew he needed to be the one to say something since Kagome wasn’t here to handle it. A mad Inuyasha was something that Shippo knew how to handle. But this new Inuyasha, a quiet self contained Inuyasha was flat out scary. More frightening than when Inuyasha lost control of his demon blood. Shippo sat down on a slightly higher branch off to the side of Inuyasha’s branch. Tonight, Sango had sent him to make sure that Inuyasha was ok. Not even the ramen, left in Kagome’s bag had tempted Inuyasha down from the tree earlier for lunch.

“Inuyasha? Inuyasha?” Shippo paused. “Inuyasha!”

“What do you want runt?” The reply was half hearted in strength.

“How much longer are you going to be? Sango is making ramen again tonight and wishes to know if you are ready to eat.” Shippo waited for a reply.

“Bah.”

“Keade wants you to come see her. She feels that it is time for you to come down out of the trees. She said ‘Dogs do not live in trees. Only monkeys.’” Receiving a glare at this passed on comment Shippo continued. “Solo when do you think,” taking a deep breath, “when will you teach me to fight like you do Inuyasha?”

Inuyasha’s eyebrows shot up in the air and started coughing on the sigh he was exhaling. “What did you just say?”

“Well I am getting older now and since you or Sango won’t always be around to protect me, so I thought I would ask you when you were going to teach me how to fight.” Shippo stood up on his branch and tried to look more grown up. “Soon I won’t be a kit and I’ll need to know how to protect my family.”

“What do I know about protection?” Inuyasha turned to look back into the forest.

“Well none of us are dead, right?”

“Keh.”

“And you are the leader of this pack right?”

Inuyasha grunted again in reply.

“So as the only kit left in this pack you should be teaching me. Just like you taught Kagome.” Shippo looked out the corner of his eye at Inuyasha.

“I didn’t teach Kagome anything.”

“Yes you did. She wouldn’t have survived as long as she did without you helping her. She told me so herself.” A sly look creased Shippo’s face. “Plus who else other than Kagome would be able to frustrate Sesshoumaru like you do.”

A startled look came across Inuyasha’s face. “Yeah I did meet him head whenever we came across each other. Plus Kagome always was scary when she was mad.” Thinking deeply to himself Inuyasha took a new look at the young kit.

“Uh huh. So I always figured that since Keade is the elder of our group. You were the Alpha, Sango and Miroku were the Betas and Kagome was a kit like me.” Mentally thanking the ancestors for his father having imparted some knowledge about dog demons and their habits Shippo went on. “So since Kagome isn’t here anymore as the oldest kit for you to teach, I figured that you will start teaching me now.”

Inuyasha looked at Shippo’s innocent expression that was pasted on his face. “Keh. I’m hungry, runt.” And with that Inuyasha leapt off the branch and walked back towards the village.

Shippo slowly climbed back down the tree. Pausing for a moment so that Miroku could pick him up onto his shoulder.

“Very sneaky Shippo. Putting Kagome in a different pack spot in Inuyasha’s mind.” Miroku murmured.

“Not really. I remembered what my father had to say about the dog demons and realized that Inuyasha never really instinctively treated Kagome like an Alpha female. More like a pup that needed protecting. So I just had to bring that forward in his mind. Kagome isn’t really lost to us is she, Miroku?”

“No Shippo. You know that Kagome would never leave her friends behind. Plus we live next to the entrance to her home and you know how important that is to her.” Miroku reached up and patted Shippo’s head. “How old are you anyways?”

Shippo just grinned. “Old enough to know what’s going on. Young enough to still get away with it. Let me put it this way. Kagome is more mature than me. I’m just taking my time growing up.”

Miroku laughed.


A.N. Yes I know it’s been almost 2 weeks since I last updated but I have a really good excuse. I was out of town for work and it’s a little hard hauling around the computer. I know I know I need to invest in a laptop.