Demon Guardians

Demon Guardians

Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha but somebody does. Lucky bastards.

Please Read: This story does contain sexual contact so if that isn't for you please vacate the area.

Last Chapter: The gang added Miroku as an ally to help fight Naraku and Inuyasha and Kagome finally settled their differences with some good old fashion loving. You gotta love it. The gang is now continuing their journey but what other problems will they run into? Read on to find out.

Chapter 7: Shippo, The Abandoned Companion

" So are you the last demon seeker little girl?" Kikyo asked Ayumi softly as she approached her with the sacred jewel glowing fiercely in her hands. Ayumi struggled to raise herself from the ground. She was bloody and battered and her muscles ached wearily. Ayumi and her companion, Shippo, managed to flee the trap set for the demon seekers by Naraku and Kikyo but not without a price.

'We should have known better', Ayumi thought bitterly. It was all too easy, Naraku made it seem like they had the upper hand until the priestess showed up with the sacred jewel. That caught the whole tribe off guard. They had been looking for Kikyo for years after she disappeared from Inuyasha's forest and it turned out that she had turned evil. The village elder had been right to distrust Naraku.

The priestess approached Ayumi's prone form slowly with a serene smile on her face. Ayumi never thought Kikyo would turn. All the girls in the village looked up to her and wanted to be like her. They wanted to have her beauty, grace, and demeanor. But she had destroyed them all, her family, friends, and companions. Ayumi turned to her companion Shippo who was crawling to her side. She smiled sadly. She loved Shippo dearly. He was her best friend, her little fox kit. " Stop Shippo," Aymui commanded. The kit stopped with tears running down his face.

" Ayumi..." he inquired. She shook her head.

" I'm too badly hurt. I wouldn't make it even if she did let me go," she confessed sadly. " Go back to the village. Find Lady Kaede. I'll take care of this bitch." Shippo cried softly mewling.

" No Ayumi!" he cried.

" I bid you to go Shippo now!" Ayumi commanded. The subduing beads around Shippo's neck glowed and he was suddenly hurled into the forest. Ayumi could still hear his cries and she heard him howl in defeat.

" Oh Ayumi, that wasn't smart," Kikyo said. She had finally reached her side. Kikyo bent down to stroke her face. " At least with him you had a fighting chance." Aymui drew her katana slowly.

" I won't be able to kill you Kikyo, but I will make sure you hurt," Ayumi said plunging the sword through Kikyo's chest drawing blood. The priestess's eyes glowed red as her hands grew claws and she dug them into Ayumi's chest. Ayumi felt tremendous pain but knew death would come soon. Her last thought went to Shippo. 'Live Shippo, Live and defeat this evil. Live... for... me.'

Shippo felt his companions death and cried into the silent forest where he was sent. He waited a moment for the madness to come but it never did. The young fox kit stood up and began his trek back to the village. He would live for Ayumi. He would live and avenge her death.

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I stopped suddenly in the middle of the path halting any further progress. Souta came up to me laying a hand on my shoulder. " Is something wrong sis?" he asked.

" Yeah but I don't know what. My heart feels heavy," I said. Souta nodded.

" Lady Kaede gets feeling like that when something bad has happened to one of the villagers." I shook my head.

" But everyone was killed at the village and in the trap set by Naraku weeks ago."

" Maybe someone survived and just met their end," Inuyasha said.

" Inuyasha!" Sango said in a scolding voice. " Could you be any more insensitive? That's one of Kagome and Souta's peers you're talking about."

" Bite me wench. I didn't even mean it negatively. I'm just stating facts." Sango frowned and folded her arms over her chest.

" Well keep your 'facts' to yourself."

" But Inuyasha is right," Miroku interjected. " Perhaps one of the villagers did survive and they were trying to make it back to the village but bled out."

" Who's side are you on anyway Miroku?" Sango said angrilly approaching the monk. The monk held up his hands in defense.

" No one's my dear. I was just saying..." I shook my head. What a group I ended up with.

" Naraku was near," Kouga said distantly looking into the forest. " No, it was Kikyo. I would never forget her scent."

" Where? We can probably track her from there," Inuyasha said. Kouga pointed to the west.

" She was there. She was hurt pretty badly too. I can taste her blood in the air." Inuyasha sniffed closing his eyes.

" I can too. Who ever hit her got her pretty good but it was definitely a killing blow that Kikyo dished out."

" It was," a small voice said. Inuyasha jumped in front of me while the others took a defensive stance. The bushes rustled in front of us and a small fox kit that I recognized as Shippo appeared. Souta immediately put away his sword and apporoached the small demon opening his arms for him to crawl into. " Souta! I'm so glad to see you." I stepped from behind Inuyasha and went to greet him as well.

" Shippo, where is Ayumi?" I asked quietly kneeling beside Souta. The fox kit looked into my eyes then shook his small head.

" Ayumia and I were running from Kikyo when she caught up with us," he explained with tears coming down his small cheeks. " Oh Kagome! The battle was a trap! Kikyo and Naraku's minions were waiting for us. They slaughtered everyone! Ayumi and I managed to get away but Ayumi was wounded so we couldn't move as fast. If I were bigger I could have carried her." Shippo's tears came faster as he remembered the horror of thier journey and I could only sit and wait for him to confirm my fears.

" That wasn't your fault Shippo," I comforted. " What happened next?" The kit sniffed then continued with his story.

" Kikyo found us like I said, and Ayumi fought her. I wanted to stay and help even if it meant my death but Ayumi wanted me to go back to the village and warn them. She hurled me into the forest then Kikyo killed Ayumi but not before Ayumi stabbed her through the chest with her katana blade." I nodded. So it was Ayumi's death I felt a few moments ago.

Ayumi and I were best friends. Her birthday was a few months ahead of mine so she got her compainon earlier. Her and Shippo hit it off immediately but Shippo was more like her son, not a companion really. I thought that Ayumi would be disappointed but she shook her head and smiled.

~flashback~

"Don't you know anything Kagome," Ayumi mused holding Shippo in her arms. I frowned at my friend folding my arms over my chest.

" What do you mean?" I inquired.

" Fox kits are very powerful when they grow up. Its when they are small that they need to be protected," she said snuggling up to the kit. " When he gets big he'll be stronger than any demon around and I'll be there to claim him. But I just have to wait and until that time, I will protect him." I eyed her strangely.

" But what about when you get into a real battle? Will he be able to protect you?"

" Probably not, but by him being a demon I'll already have some advantages. I'll be harder to kill." I shook my head.

" I hope that will be enough."

" It will have to be."

~end flashback~

" Kagome," Inuyasha called. " You're crying." I snapped back into reality with the sound of his voice. I touched my cheeks and found that they were indeed wet with tears. I smiled sadly.

" So I am Inuyasha," I replied softly. " Ayumi was my best friend. She was only a few months older than me." I shook my head wiping my tears away. " I refuse to cry and be sad about her death. Instead I will kill the wench Kikyo and Naraku for taking my friends and my family away. Kikyo will die."

" And I will be there to help," Shippo interjected. " She was my companion and although I couldn't protect her I will avenge her. I will become the strong fox demon she was waiting for me to become. I will kill Kikyo." I heard Inuyasha laugh.

" And what will you do you little pipsqueak? You can barely protect yourself." I felt my anger growing. There was that arrogant noble attitute that I dispised. He always thinks that he's better than everyone else.

" SIT BOY!!!" I shouted. Inuyasha hit the ground with a thud and I heard his growl from his spot on the ground. " How dare you make light of Shippo's proclaimation. Be lucky that a "sit" was all I did."

" One of these days Kagome..." Inuyasha growled as he peeled himself off the ground.

" One of these days what? You'll do nothing Inuyasha, Prince of the Western Lands." I should have known that he would retaliate. I just didn't feel his body smash into mine pinning me to the ground. I hadn't known that I fell. I gazed into those angry golden eyes and didn't feel fear. He wouldn't hurt me. I knew that for a fact but at this point I did nothing to agitate him. Kouta, Sango, and Miroku were debating whether or not to interfere while Shippo and Kouga stood to the side and watched.

" How dare you bitch," Inuyasha growled. " Don't ever insult me again by saying my given name like i am some puppy!"

" Then stop being an asshole and act in a manner befitting your station," I spat. " You made light of Shippo's promise and that was insulting. What if I was the one who died and you pledged to avenge me? Would you want someone laughing at you, your highness?" Inuyasha glared at me and released me vanishing into the trees.

" Should we go after him?" Kouta inquired.

" Of course not," Shippo interjected.

" You of all people should know that our interference in matters like this are not tolerated." Shippo scolded. Kouta crossed his arms over his chest.

" Kouga and I never had this problem," he retorted. The fox kit smiled.

" Of course not. You achknowleged Kouga as your superior." Kouta's mouth opened wide in disbelief.

" I did no such thing!" he protested. " Kouga and I achknowledged each other as equals." Shippo's eyes glistened betraying the kits true age and knowledge.

" Come now Kouta. You can't really believe that," Shippo admonished. " Kouga is the king of the wolf tribes and you really think that he achknowledges you as his equal? I'm afraid that isn't so. Every noble demon has a degree of arrogance."

" Is that true Kouga?" Kouta inquired. Kouga looked away from his companion but said nothing.

" I thought they settled this last night," Sango inquired. Kouga shrugged.

" Inuyasha is a arrogant demon without the nobility attached to it," Shippo stated. " This is something that he and Kagome are going to have to work through."

" But for how long?" I asked finally. " Its been about a month since we were first bonded and still, he acts like a child!" My frustration was showing. I was tired of Inuyasha's games and temper tandrums. If things don't go his way he blows up then runs off. He was disrespectful and didn't care about offending anyone because he apparently thought he could say whatever he wanted. Well, not on my watch.

" You might have to give him more time Kagome," Shippo said.

"No. I'm tired of this shit. I'm going after him so you guys set up camp," I commanded as I took my bows and arrows and began to walk in the direction Inuyasha took off in.

" Should we expect you back tonight?" Kouga asked.

" Maybe, maybe not," I said not sparing him a look as I kept walking.

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I was sick of her. She was driving me nuts! We were equals it was true but I don't let anyone censor what I say. She bascially told me that I was acting like an insensitive, cold-hearted asshole. That wasn't me at all. That was my brother, Sesshomaru. I have actually grown quite fond of our little band of pervs and misfits so I wouldn't say anything to intentionally hurt them.

I took that moment to stop running and rest on a rock next to a lake. 'Maybe I was a bit insensitive to Shippo though,' I thought. 'Kagome was right.'

"INUYASHA!" Kagome called. I looked up and saw my beautiful miko standing a few feet ahead of me. She looked angry and without realizing it, I felt my loins burning. She was a greater sex partner when she was angry so I decided to feed into her anger even though I realized the error of my ways.

" What do you want wench?" I inquired.

" I am not a 'wench' Inuyasha. I am Kagome and you better start calling me that!" she was steadily walking closer not missing a step or even blinking as she set her eyes on me.

" I take it you're mad?" I mused crossing my arms over my chest.

" You're damn right I'm mad. I'm tired of you being mean to our friends and expecting no one to call you on it. You say that you are royalty so why won't you act like it?"

" I don't have to act a certain way to appease any one my darling miko." I jumped down from my rock in front of her. She went for her bow and arrows but I knew that she would so I knocked them from her hands. She moved quickly, going for her boot knife but she used that on me in our last game so I grabbed her leg causing her to fall to the ground. I pinned her to the forest floor with her leg propped over my shoulder. Her kimono was opened exposing her cunt to the clean air. " How dare you come after me like you could actually defeat me," I growled rubbing my fingers on her sensitive nub. She closed her eyes tightly trying to deny the sensations I was giving her. I smelled her arousal. It was too late.

" I wasn't trying to fight," she said softly as I opened her kimono letting her breasts free. I took a mound into my mouth but she kept talking despite this. " I just want to understand you Inuyasha. I thought we made progress the other night. We were talking and I thought we reached some sort of middle ground." I sucked on her other breast licking around the mound. I stuck two fingers inside her cunt and started to pump inside the slick hole causing her to moan enjoying my double pleasure. " O Inuyasha, I just want you to understand me." I left her breasts and made my way down to where my fingers were pumping inside her and getting covered in her juices. I placed her legs over my shoulders, removing my fingers I licked at her slippery pussy. She moaned grabbing locks of my silver hair as I pressed my face farther inside her cunt. I licked with a wild abandon loving the clean taste of her so much that she came on my face with a scream.

I came up from her pussy with a face full of come and stared down at my prey. I took off my fire-rat haori exposing my rigid member to her. Kagome looked beautiful laid out on her back, with her pretty pink nipples erect and her body tinged pink from the force of her orgasm. I pried her thighs apart and rammed my dick inside her. She screamed as I pounded into her pussy with as much force as I could muster. " Inuyasha," I heard her whisper as she came with a violent scream into the forest air. I could not longer contain myself as I shot my seed into her dripping cunt. I collasped on top of her pinning her to the forest floor.

As I fought to control my breathing I felt her playing in my damp sliver locks. " Inuyasha," she called again.

" What wench?" I asked between shallow pants.

" Why do you treat our friends like that?"

" Like what?"

" Like annoyances. I know you really like them and you appreciate their company as well as mine."

" They don't matter to me," I said adamantly. " Only you do. You are my companion."

" Please Inuyasha stop it!" I looked up when I heard the fierceness in her voice. Her brown eyes were bright with fury. How she had any energy after our love-making session was a mystery to me. " Because you have allowed Sango, Miroku, Kota, Kouga, Shippo, and myself to come along you have said by your actions that you care about our cause. There is a reason why you were bonded to me and there is a reason why we have all met up like this. Don't treat them like they don't matter."

" Shut up," I said quietly as I pried my naked form from Kagome's embrace and sat cross-legged on the forest floor. " I know all of that you idiot. I realized what you are saying to be true as I sat here on my rock before you arrived looking like a samurai warrior." Kagome sat up as well with a confused look on her features.

" So that means that our battle...our arguing just now...was for nothing?! You did it just to provoke me?!"

" It wasn't entirely for nothing. I did get to fuck you after all." Kagome frowned and stood up from the ground.

" Sit Boy!" Before I could even think, my face was hurled into the dirt and I lost a bit of conciousness. When I could fully focus, Kagome was fully dressed and walking towards our group. I growled in annoyance but got dressed and followed her back to the others. Wenches. Can't live with them and can't get a good nut off without them.


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Inuyasha and I arrived at camp just as the night sky was starting to emerge. Shippo was sitting in a corner by himself while the others were busy making preparations for the night. Sango noticed our arrival first so she stood from the cooking pot and came over to her. " Kagome, I was worried that you wouldn't make it back by nightfall. This area is pretty dangerous at night," she said. I heard Inuyasha scoff.

" I would have protected her," he retorted.

" That is assuming that she would have found you," Miroku interjected from beside his make-shift tent.

" I would never go that far from Kagome!"

" Stop it you guys," I said peacefully. " We both made it back in one peace so lets just rest up for the journey tomorrow. I have a feeling that we are getting close to Naraku."

" Of course we are," Shippo said from his spot beside the fire. " Naraku isn't running. He wants us to come so I doubt if we will run into any more trouble from him until we arrive at his castle." I looked at the little fox kit whose face was seemed so old and tired. He used to be so bubbly, so vibrant and it was sad to see him reduced to this shell of a person.

" Shippo," I said going over to him. " I know you miss Ayumi but I hope that we can be a substitute family for you for as long as you need." The kit smiled bitterly.

" Its hard to be a family when you aren't wanted," he said looking at Inuyasha. The whole group turned to Inuyasha and the inu-demon came over to Shippo and I. He sat down in his usual fashion and picked Shippo up by the scruff of his neck.

" What is he doing?" Sango protested.

" Quiet girl," Kouga said from his quiet perch beside Kota. Inuyasha sat the fox-kit in his lap and then proceeded to pluck ticks and fleas from Shippo's fur.

" Why he's..." Sango began.

" Grooming him," Kouga finished. " A practice used among demons in a pack to inspire unity. Its his way of saying that he accepts him into his family."

I saw the relief in Shippo's face as he relaxed in Inuyasha's embrace. He was re-accepted into a family. I fought back tears as I stood up from the ground. " Well what are you looking at? We do have to set up camp so let's get to it!" I commanded. The others went back to their chores and Inuyasha continued to groom Shippo. It would only be a matter of time before we finally got that depressed look off of Shippo's face but this is a start.


TBC...............

Wow, that was longer than I intended but consider this the reward for the readers who stuck around. Sorry for taking so long. I have moments where I just aint inspired. That and I'm working on like 20 million stories. Any way, read and review. Oh yeah, tell me if my lemons are becoming tasteless okay. Its just that in my opinion, Inuyasha wouldnt be a gentle lover and to say sugar-coated words doesn't seem to cover the primal aspect of it. Oh well. Can't please everybody. I'll holla

~LS~