I will protect you... from me.

I am very very very sorry for the late update... so many things came up... but here is my 5th chapter hope you guys like it...



Chapter 5


I tried to stay in my room being stuck in one place makes me uneasy. My room is the second most spacious chamber in the palace; the first is my father’s. I stood and walked towards the terrace, the breeze soothes my skin. Ugh! I smell like sweat!

The breeze blew again and played with my hair. Brought in by the air is the musky scent of the earth and the ever refreshing smell of the forest and… a very sweet smell… a smell that’s so familiar.

I heard the door in my private bath open and a woman servant came out. “Prince Inuyasha, your bath is ready.”

“It’s nice to see you again Sasha…and please enough with the respects… it’s just the two of us here.” Sasha and I grew up together and when she had grown to a certain age he became my personal assistant. She’s a little older than me so she sometimes treats me like a child. She’s like a mother and a best friend to me.

“You know I can’t do that Prince Inuyasha.” She said jokingly “now please take a bath! You reek!”

“ahahaha! Okay…” I said as I walk towards my private bath. “Sasha!”

“Yes Inuyasha?”

“Did I have the chance to say…? Thank you for everything.” I heard her say “What can you do without me?” laughed and walked out my room. I continued on towards my private bath.

I disrobed and slowly submerged myself under water. In the darkness I remembered that night I met him…I remember his face. The way he looked at me… the pain… the longing… the sadness… I can not imagine anyone having all those negative emotions though even for just a brief moment, I saw it, a glint of joy and happiness but in a blink it all gone… only to be replaced by his tormented emotions. I stood up from the water, with my eyes still closed, I let the warm water flow down my hair and to my back… it really relaxes me.

I opened my eyes and wonder… can the water warm his cold skin? Can the warm water make his skin flush? Can the warm water soothe his being? Suddenly I’m presented by a very vivid imagination of a Sesshomaru having a bath with me.

His perfectly contoured body presses me on the edge of the bathing pool. His skin absorbed the warmth of the water as his soaked hair curtains our face.

“It’s nice to se you again… Sesshomaru.” I said almost breathless. His face slowly snaked down toward my neck.

“You do not know how it is to my side… no words can express how… “Nice” it is, for me, that I can be with you like this.” He huskily said and I felt his lips touch my neck. I unconsciously tilted my head to the other side to give him more clearance. He kissed my skin tenderly and moved to the other side of my neck leaving behind a bee trail of kisses.

He moved to look at me face to face. I can feel his manhood pressing on my thighs and I know he can feel mine. He smiled at me warmly at first, and then his smile turned mischievous.

“You’re teasing me.” I said and I heard him giggle. It was a heavenly sound. The sound seemed to touch my very soul.

I embraced him, he lifted me up, and I wrapped my legs around his waist then… our lips locked in the most heated of kiss. I broke away from the kiss for a much needed air but I was assaulted by his lips that I was only able to inhale too little air. I once again broke away from the kiss and inhaled deeply.

His manhood is telling me about its throbbing presence. “Inuyasha” his husky voice is calling out to me. “Inuyasha.” I opened my eyes to see cerulean blue eyes staring at mine. “Inuyasha!”

“Kou- Kouga?”

“Hey there puppy! You shouldn’t be sleeping in your bath pool… you may drown you know… ”

“Wah! What are you doing here?! You could at least knock!” I sprung up and moved to the other side of the pool.

“I did! But nobody answered so I let myself in. I was calling out to you but you didn’t answer so I smelled the air for your scent-“ Kouga stopped at mid line and smiled mischievously “The scent of your arousal and I followed it here.”

“wha-“ I was rendered speechless and my face felt hot. I followed where his eyes were looking and quickly submerged my body under the water. “Well you found me! Can you leave my bathing chamber and wait outside?!”

“okay.” He said melodically and turned to leave but I can hear him say “hah! I’ve already seen it all.” as he walks outside the bathing chambers and closed the door.

I can feel the flush of my cheeks from what he said *UGH! I should have locked the door!*… *I better finish bathing… I don’t want Kouga fabricating plans on petering me in this room.*

I stood up and left the bathing pool, draped a cotton towel over my and dried myself. At the far corner of the room is a low chair where my clothes are. I put them on and looked at myself in the full body mirror. I’m wearing a red kimono with a design of the royal Inu youkai seal at the back and my hair is in a high knot. A usual ensemble when peace and order is maintained in the western lands.

I walked out the bathing chambers but found no sign of Kouga. I sniffed the air but was too late to locate him because the net thing I knew he was pinning me on the floor.

“Kouga you imbecile! What did you do that for?! And get off of me!” my arms were atop my head and Kouga was cradling my hips.

“You know Inuyasha…” He said as his face gets nearer with mine. “You were torturing me having me to wait for you out here…” I can see that his eyes were flashing crimson. *Oh no… Oh fucking no!*

“Kouga! Get a hold of yourself! Don’t let your youkai control you!” I said as I struggled. Then I remember that struggling can make it worse! Too late! His eyes now are flashing blue instead of the crimson! His face rested on my neck and I can feel his fangs grating my skin. I stopped struggling and spoke to him in a calm voice. “Kouga… don’t do things that you know you’ll regret.”

I heard a low chuckle “On contraire Inuyahsa…” It’s Kouga’s youkai “I can never regret having you as my mate… I love you and when I mark you, I know you’ll love me too…”

*you leave me with no choice…* I released a pulse of energy in turn throwing Kouga at the wall. I flashed in front of him and gave him a well needed punch in the jaw.

He fell to the floor and I waited for him to regain consciousness. He finally stirred just after a few moments “Awww! Do you have to punch so hard?!”

“You deserve it! I told you to always keep your youkai in check!”

“Can you blame it? After seeing you like that! I was trying my best not to break your bath chamber’s door and mark you right then and there!”

“Well you’re not trying hard enough! So you can’t blame me if I have to punch you so hard.”

“I think I might have a dislocated jaw…” Kouga said with his puppy like face evidently trying to get my approval.

“That face doesn’t work on me.” I said sternly.

“Well you have to get used to it… we are to be engaged when your maturity rights come…”

“That is until the maturity rights…” I said as I left my room and walked towards my father’s office. Kouga following just a few steps back. That is until “he” comes back for me and takes me away*

We sank deeper into the shadows and emerged in front of a palace with a very long garden lined in the middle with a grand fountain. “This is…”

“My very own estate here in Europe!” Mirkoku said and continued “Father doesn’t know this… because the whole place is covered with my magic! Well actually the whole of this country… that is so he can’t find it and trash it, knowing him… to add to that no vampire can come in here unwanted… if they do their memories will be erased when they get out.”

“The whole country?” I said emotionless.

“Yeah! I can’t take any chances you know…” he said cheerfully as he led me to the front steps. “I know that you’re asking how on earth am I able to do it without me being drained with every morsel of power I can muster.”

My face remained impassive from what he’s chattering about “And yes I know I’m garrulous!” Miroku shot back and I mentally rolled my eyes.

The front doors opened just before we reach the last steps. It showed a very spacious reception area, a great hall, with a grand staircase splitting it in half. The whole of the room was illuminated by a titanic crystalline chandelier that it’s fastened at the edge of the whole of the ceiling. “That my dearest brother is how I’m able to do it… you see that chandelier is made up of crystals that I myself made. When I channel my powers in the crystals, it imitates it. And you see the biggest crystal in the middle? That is the one that maintains it, sort of a power source.”

I didn’t verbalize another question for I know he already read my mind “the crystal is recharge by harnessing the energy of the sun!” Miroku said in utter enthusiasm “the ceiling is made up of a very strong clear glass, the whole of this room only that is.”

“Miroku, you still haven’t explained the matter concerning Inuyasha and your plan.” I said as I turned around and slowly walked towards the garden Miroku following just a few steps back. When I reached the garden I smelled a very faint scent… a very familiar scent. I followed it… It took a long walk towards the back of the palatial estate, the scent is getting stronger. I sped through and followed the scent; I noticed that I crossed a barrier I stopped just in front of a vast clearing full of night flowers, my night flowers, as a gentle breeze sways its delicate stems. The place is magical… the light of the moon hits its petals giving it an immaculate glow.

“It’s a gift for you…” Miroku said just in a short distance. “You might notice a barrier… it’s to keep out the sun’s rays and also that no one can come in this area…”

“How.” Was the only thing I can say. How can someone ever plant the flowers here when you can’t even touch it? No one has the same power as mine that is for sure… a royal vampire’s power is only unique to the individual and never can be the same with others.

Miroku remained silent. Knowing that I will not get any response from him “Thank you Miroku…” I said as the breeze plucked some of the petals and blew it to me… I closed my eyes and waited for the next event… that when the moment the petals touches my skin… it will be gone forever.

“You can open your eyes brother…” I heard Miroku. I did what he said and saw him handing me a flower. He was holding it by the stem. But how can this be! You can never touch the flower not in any part without killing it.

“You can touch it, feel how smooth its petals are, even smell its enthralling fragrance and never think that you can’t touch it. You can now save yourself from the fear that you can inevitably kill it…” he said and put the flower on my hand “this is one testament that you can have what you deserve and be happy… I’ll see you inside brother, there; I will explain to you everything.” Miroku backed away and walked towards the shadows and disappeared.

I stared at the flower in my hand. How it stayed there. How it didn’t disintegrate. I drew it close to my face and felt its silky petals and the wonderful smell it presents. Can it be the same… can I come to love my Inuyasha without putting to risk his very existence? “I know that it may seem very selfish… but everything that I do is for you Inuyasha…my night flower…”

I tucked the flower inside my kimono and walked back towards the palace.