The Concealed Form of the Inu Daiyoukai

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Chapter 8: Musings, Conversations and Bombshell.

‘How could this Sesshoumaru be such a sentimental fool?!’ She berated herself as she got out of the stream. Her meditation before the scrubbing commence helped her bury her rage deep inside her. She had other more pressing matters to attend to and she would not let past incidences or recent ones get in her way. Although she knows that it is a possibility that those memories will creep into her conscience again, she decided that she will deal with it later…

After her meditation, she scrubbed her skin to the point were it was raw. Ignoring the irritation of her pale skin, she drifts off into a light sleep. After several days of traveling without rest and all of the terrible memories surfacing, she was exhausted. When she fell asleep, surprising she didn’t have nightmares that derived from the Ryu incident or the wrath she brought down upon the bandits. Instead she dreamed of the second time Rin died. It was one of the few times she felt pure raw emotions. It wasn’t like what she felt with the bandits which was rage and guilt. With Rin it was different. She felt sorrow, grief, regret, guilt, fear, anger toward herself and another emotion she hated, helpless. Sesshoumaru frowned as she saw Rin in her dream lifeless. Completely blaming herself for Rins’ fate, she has a flash of memory that disturbs her greatly.

After she rescued Rin from the Master of hell, she marked her lifeless body as a member of her pack, as he pup. As she cradled Rin to he body, it was as if her instincts took over and she marked her. Although at the time she thought it was too late. She thought she had lost Rin for good. She was so overjoyed when Rin was revived that she put the whole incident out of her mind. Good thing she never marked Jaken Ah-Un or even Inuyasha. Sesshoumaru female scent was on Rin, but since Sesshoumaru has occupied a male body for so long, she didn’t recognized her own feminine scent, thinking that it was Rins’ scent. The time she was attacked by the dragon, she didn’t have time to imprint her female scent into her memory. It was overwhelmed by the Ryu scent or semen, blood and pain.

Inuyasha wouldn’t know since he knew so little about his youkai heritage. He would think that it was Rins’ own scent mixed with Sesshoumarus’ male scent. The pup might figure that Sesshoumaru (male) marked her as his property and the other part of Rin scent the feminine part, is her own.

Even though Sesshoumarus’ scent isn’t exactly the same as before, it is very similar. His male scent was almond, forest pine and a hint of cinnamon. Now she smelled the same except there is also a hint of roses in her scent.

She knew that if one of the Elders’ worshipers picked up her scent, they might be able to figure out that Rin has been declared apart of her pack. She placed Rin in Inuyashas’ village in the first place because she wanted to travel and see if she could find away to prevent the chameleon stone magic from fading. The stone and the barrier her father trapped the Elders in were connected.

She figured that if she could keep her fathers’ barrier in tact for a while longer, she would be able to find there bodies, awaken them, and destroy them in combat. While there astro plane forms remained trapped. She like Inuyasha had a sense of honor and would not kill them in there sleep. Nor would she give them an advantage by allowing there astro forms freedom. There was no way for her to destroy those powerful forms unless she destroyed the bodies first. Of course things didn’t go as planned.

She didn’t plan on connecting with her emotions again, nor did she plan to actually care about others well being. She didn’t know she was capable of doing so. Now not only does she have to find the Elders bodies, now she has to protect a whole pack in the process including of course Jaken, Ah-Un. Sesshoumaru wanted to destroy the Elders long ago, but she hated to admit to herself that she couldn’t in the past. She knew that the Elders body was well hidden and their bodies were protected by some great force. Even her powerful father could not penetrate their location when he discovered the site were their bodies reside. This is why he trapped their astro forms with a magical stone instead of destroying them for good.


In the past she had decided that it would be best to wait until she gained enough power to finish them off, hence the second reason she coveted the Tessaiga. Sesshoumaru thought that if she combined her power with her fathers, she would be able to reach the Elders. At the time, killing Inuyasha as a perk, but her former hatred for the hanyou ran deeper then that…


Now that she has surpassed her father, she should be able to pass through the Elders shield and destroy them for good. The only problem was finding them. They were moved through magical means every so often and the shield prevented their scents from reaching any youkai nose. Yet she was determined to find and exterminate the elders. Sometimes being stubborn had its advantages, like her iron will.

Since her scent, so similar to her male form was integrated with Rins, this complicated things farther. Now Rin was like a walking Neon sign that says ‘here I am young fresh prey, come and get it’.

‘Why didn’t I remember until now…’ She pondered as she squeezed the excess water out of her silver and blue locks.

‘Is it possibly that my maternal instincts took over while I was in my male form?’

She wondered. While youkai mates mark each other, mothers tend to mark their young as their own. The father marking is passed on through the mothers’ mark. Now that she thought about it, there was a small window in her memory of that time in hell that was fuzzy.

Tying her obi in place and strapping her swords to her side she, bolted towards the village to do a quick check on the women and children she rescued. She didn’t get too close because she didn’t want to be seen. However, she did get close enough to hear and smell them in the town’s huts. They were being treated well so she decided head toward Inuyasha home full speed. Although she didn’t sense any immediate dangerous, she felt the need to see Rin.

Stopping 10 miles outside of Inuyasha home, she did something she hasn’t done in a long time. After sniffing the air and making note of something that could complicate everything, she howled. Sesshoumaru used Inu youkai language to communicate with Inuyasha. The pup should naturally understand her call. She did not need the rest of the pack members pestering her for answers. Rin and Inuyasha were the ones endangered and if the humans tried to follow and help, they will get in the way and end up getting themselves killed. She didn’t almost lose her life saving them in order for them to throw away the few years they have on earth.
As for the threat on her life, well it was no concern of theirs. She was the ruler of the Western lands, they were in her domain and she would protect what was hers. She was the only one allowed to cause them harm if she saw fit. But she didn’t want them to be harmed; instead, she wanted them to be protected. Which she hated as stated earlier, it was easier to be a cold blooded bastard and care for only yourself then it is to actually have concern for others. As usual though she will not just come out and say that she is worried about their safety, it will ruin her stoic reputation. Stupid obnoxious emotions controlling her actions, she despised them.

The howl was at a pitch that only Inu youkai could hear, so not to draw too much attention to her position. She also decreased her aura so she was less likely to get noticed.


‘Sesshoumaru!’ Inuyasha thought as he stopped dead in his tracks putting his sword back in his sheath. Despite his sore side from the battle he fought with a millipede youkai the night before (the night of the new moon) Inuyasha was attending to some of the daily chores, like chopping firewood along with Miroku. And against Totosai advice he was using the Tessaiga to do so.


Inuyasha ears rotated toward the sound as he focused his hearing on his ‘brothers’ voice. Taking a deep sniff of the air, he could barely smell Sesshoumaru as if ‘he’ was trying to hide his scent or his aura. Puzzled by his ‘brothers’ words and behavior he decided to check it out. When he went to step away as if in a trance, Miroku grabbed his arm.

Then Miroku asked:

“Is something wrong Inuyasha?”

“Yeah, Sesshoumaru just called out to me using Inu youkai language. He never uses it unless he is in his true form. The call sounded urgent.”

Inuyasha continued to walk toward Kaede hut and Miroku followed.

“May I ask what the conversation about?”

“Well I don’t understand everything he said. All I know is that he wants me to pack a few of Rins supplies and bring her to him. He wants to talk to me to, but something fucking weird is going on…”

“What do you mean?”

“I mean Sesshoumaru has another scent attached to his own…a feminine scent.”

“Ah, maybe Sesshoumaru experienced the pleasure of a woman’s touch and wants to tell you about it.” He wagged his eyebrows suggestively. Then he looked confused.

“Although why would he want you to bring Rin, I am sure his carnal conquest are not something for a child ears.”

“OWWW!!!" He groaned after receiving a smack to the back of the head courtesy of Inuyasha.

“No you perverted monk, that ain’t it. Dammit Miroku keep your mind out of the gutter for once!” Inuyasha said in frustration. When will the monk ever learn?

As the monk rubbed his poor head, Inuyasha said:

“The feminine scent surrounding Sesshoumaru smells like Rin, maybe that why he wants me to bring her to him.

“I don’t know what’s going on, but am gonna find out.” He said as he entered the hut.

Sango, Kagome and Kaede were all sitting around chatting while they waited for Kaedes’ famous stew to cook. Sangos’ baby boy slept like a log as Rin and the twin girls played in the corner.

“Hey Rin, get your shit, Sesshoumaru wants you to go with him for a while.”

“Milord is in the village where is he?” She said happily.

“He ain’t here but all take ya to him.”

“Yay!” She said as she flew through the hut packing everything as fast as she could.

The twins ran behind her mimicking her every move.

“Yay!!!” They both shouted as they ran through the house.”

“Settle down girls you will wake little Miroku.” Sango said. The girls stopped but they pouted.

“Come and sit with me children.” Kaede said as she held out two sweet cakes for each of them.

“Thank you Granny. They said as they sat by her stuffing themselves with cake. With full stomachs and all of their energy burned out from playing with Rin, they will soon fall asleep.

“Slow down child, you could hurt your self.” Kaede chided as she handed Rin the light weight silver bow and arrows, Sesshoumaru gave her the last time ‘he’ visited. She saw the child as her own and will miss her dearly, but she knew that if the daiyoukai wanted to take her out of the village, it was for good reason.

‘He always put the child best interest first.’ She thought as she helped Rin pack.

“Don’t forget to take some food with you.” Kaede said as she handed her a water container, some rice balls, sweet cakes and a container full of stew.

“Eh. Why would he come to get her out the blue like this” Kagome said to Inuyasha with concern, she had feeling something is wrong.

“Don’t know. I’m going to talk to him and see what the problem is.”

“Do you need any of us to come with you?” Sango said. She knows Sesshoumaru saved their lives, but she has always been a little wary of him. Especially after what she almost did to Rin five years back. It still hunts her to this day.

“Keh. I’ll be fine, besides the bastard wants to see me alone. And he ain’t gonna try nothing.”

“He’ll be alright, they may fight every now and again, but it is nothing harmful, just rough housing.” Kagome said. She knows their sibling relationship is a lot better then it was before. Besides all siblings fight from time to time.

“Yeah, you guys stay here…Hey brat are you coming or what?!”

“Yes Lord Inuyasha. I just have to pack a few more things.” She chirped.

“Inuyasha don’t talk to her like that, stop acting like a Jerk!” Kagome scolded him.

“Butt out wench, I wasn’t taking to you!” Inuyasha snapped.

Sango and Miroku sigh and gave the ‘here they go again

“Inuyasha you better leave and see your brother now before I S-I-T you through the floor.” She said through clenched teeth.

Inuyasha growled and was about to retort when everyone saw Rin bolting past Inuyasha.

“Bye everyone, I will see you soon!!!” She said cheerfully as she rushed out the door.

“Bye Rin.” “Be careful”, “Take care” and varies other ‘adieus’ were said by everyone except Inuyasha.

“Yo, wait up ya dumb brat, you don’t’ even know were you are going!!!” He shouted as he wisely ran after her holding his side. He heard any angry ‘Inuyasha you jerk’ come from the little hut at the end of the village. He picked up speed to avoid Kagomes’ fury. She had been moodier then usual lately.

Inuyasha caught up to her and lead her to the daiyoukai location.


Sesshoumaru was getting more agitated by the second.

‘What is taking that bothersome little pup so long? Surely he has enough youkai blood in his veins to understand a distress call…’ She thought as she gripped a large branch and crushed it in her hand out of sheer frustration. Even though she suppressed most of her emotions some of them always sipped through. Like anger, distain and irritation, now frustration seems to be seeping through.

She finally smelled him and Rin heading in her direction and breathes a sigh of relief as she saw them.

Inuyasha placed Rin on the ground as he walked up to the tree Sesshoumaru was standing in. She frowned at him as she leaped gracefully out of the tree and landed two feet in front of him. Looking down at his form she glared as she said:

“You went galloping about involving yourself in battle on the night of the new moon.” It was a statement not a question. Inuyasha frowned and before he could reply he was interrupted.

“Master Sesshoumaru!!!”

Sesshoumaru heard the girl squeal as she ran to her. She stood on the tips of her toes and grabbed Sesshoumaru around her waist hugging her tightly. Sesshoumaru stroked her hair gently as she still glared at her brother. As Rin hugged her adopted ‘father’ she noticed something strange.

‘Lord Sesshoumaru hips feel different; they seem to stick out more.’ She thought absentmindedly as she continued to cuddle. She didn’t care if he gained a few pounds.

“Yeah so what?” Inuyasha snapped in his gruff tone.

‘Oh no here they go again.’ Rin thought as she felt Sesshoumaru tense. While still gently stroking Rins raven locks she chastised her little brother.

“You simpleton, have you no self preservation.” She said in a cold tone.

“You asshole, you don’t even know what happened!” He yelled in indignation. First Kagome went off on him no Sesshoumaru was doing the same.
“You went to fight the youkai in your human form, even though Kagome and the rest of the pack members wisely told you otherwise.” She said in a condescending tone, knowing she was right. Her glare sent a chill down his spine and he bristled in anger.

“Shut up ya bastard… and wipe that smug look of your face.”

“I will do nothing of the sort and you will stop letting such vulgar language fall from you tongue in front of Rin.” She said, giving him a reprimanding look.
“Says you, I can use whatever language I damn well want!” He snapped.

“Grrrrrrrrr.” She growled low in warning. She was already pissed off at the whole situation. She was trying to restrain herself from beating Inuyasha to a bloody pulp.

‘Oh shit.’ Rin thought using one of those vulgar words she picked up from Inuyasha.

Deciding that the only language Inuyasha understands the best is violence she said in a deceptively calm voice.

“Here.” Sesshoumaru said as she handed Rin her gift out of her kimono sleeve.”

“Thank you so much milord!!!” She said sweetly as she hugged her again. She didn’t know what was in the package and she didn’t care. It was a gift from her adopted father.

Then Sesshoumaru gently pushed her away and in a softer tone said:

“I am going to speak with Inuyasha alone, stay here until I return.”

“Yes Lord Sesshoumaru.” She said as she smiled up at him. Then she went and sat
down by her belongings and opened her gift. They heard her squeal a ‘thank you’ before she tried on the green and silver African outfit.

Sesshoumaru smiled inwardly as Rin fumbled with the clothing trying to put it on over her kimono. Inuyasha had to ruin the moment by speaking.

“Keh. I ain’t movin, you could say what ever you got to say in front of the kid.” Inuyasha said as he stood in his spot in a stubborn matter. She surprised herself at how fast she could go from content to furious. Crap, it was frustrating how she could lose control so easily. Much easier then when she was in her male form.

“Move it!” She commanded in a nasty tone as she nodded her head in the direction she wanted Inuyasha to go.

“I ain’t gonna…” Before Inuyasha could finish he heard another growl that said Sesshoumaru was seriously getting pissed. Deep down Sesshoumaru scared the crap out of him, though he hid it well. He no longer though Sesshoumaru was evil. Now he thinks his a mean crazy unpredictable bastard.

Sesshoumaru with in a blink of an eye was behind Inuyasha. She quickly wrapped both her arms around his pinning them to his sides. Picking him up effortlessly she flew a short distance away. After landing she turned him around to face her quickly grabbing his arms pinning them by his sides again. Man he hated it when Sesshoumaru overpowered him like this. He hated being ‘manhandled/youkaihandled.’ So he did what he always did when he was confused, scared, furious etc, he yelled.

“What the fuck is your problem you bastard!!! Get the FUCK off of me!!!” He yelled as he fought to break free making no progress.

Irritated with his movement she said in a low tone.

“Do not move.”

Inuyasha involuntarily flinched. He knew this tone well, it was the tone Sesshoumaru used when ‘he’ was livid and forbid that tone comes complete with his trademark smirk. That means you are in deep shit. It was the tone Kagome used sometimes before he was planted face first in the dirt. This was a baaaaad tone, but instead of doing what she said he struggled more. Growling in warning she picked him up by his shoulders and shook him like an Inu would to discipline a pup. Finally Inuyasha stopped struggling as he growled back and glared at her.

She would have smirked at the pup for trying to glower at her, the queen of dirty looks; she would have thought it was cute; however what she had to say was no laughing matter.

A strong hand grabbed his chin firmly and forced him to look into her eyes. Then in a sharp tone that demanded Inuyasha attention she said:

“Heed my words Inuyasha, both your life and Rins are in grave peril. I will not be there to assist you every time you are attacked. The lives of every creature that occupies these lands belong to this Sesshoumaru, including yours. I will not allow you to waste it because you are too dim-witted to keep yourself out of harms way. Next time, avoid combat in your weaken form unless it is inevitable.”

‘Your life belongs to this Sesshoumaru arrogant Jackass.’

Inuyasha thought bitterly as he continued to listen. Still looking at him she said:

“The Elders fathers old advertisers will be free from there imprisonment. Soon they will come after all of his offspring and those marked by said offspring. If they succeed, they will take up residence upon fathers’ throne and enforce the savage laws father fought hard to free his people from. I do not smell your mark among any of the villagers, so they are safe for the time being. However I will take steps to increase their protection.”

Surprised that Sesshoumaru would say that ‘he’ would protect the village verbally he said.
“I don’t understand why would they come after Rin and what savage laws are you talking about. And why would you feel the need to protect the village?” Inuyasha asked confused.

“They will attack Rin because I marked her as my pup with my claws. Surely you have notice my scent upon her. The Elders will be able to detect it as well. As for the answer to your second inquiry, the barbaric laws the elders ruthlessly enforced was that no female youkai, no matter how powerful could rule a kingdom. Thus, if a King sired a child his heir had to be a male. If his first heir was a female she was killed. Father was against this completely and rebelled against the elders, eventually trapping their astro plane forms in a barrier. Third as this Sesshoumaru stated every being in this land belongs to me.” Pay attention, this Sesshoumaru does not like to repeat what has already been said.” She said without missing a beat.

Inuyasha opened his eyes wide in shock. He thought Rin marked by Sesshoumaru because she was revived with Tensaiga, but to find out Sesshoumaru had actually marked her as his own pup, it was unreal.

Releasing his chin she continued to speak. Though she didn’t like to say much she figured she should covey as much information as possible, there lives were at stake.

I will take Rin to my mothers’ palace. She will remain there until the elders are properly dealt with. You will remain in the village under the protection of one of my barriers. The barrier will hide the location of the village and prevent youkai from catching the humans scent. The only ones that will be able to find the village are the ones that mean the village no harm. The mikos can construct a holy barrier on the inside of my shield to increase their safety. You will remain there until I return.

“No fucking way, I ain't hiding like a coward while some old geezers want to take us out!” Inuyasha said with defiance in his voice.

Sesshoumaru took a silent breathe to calm herself before replying.

“As Lord of the Western Lands I am there first target followed by you, my mother and Rin. You will be a hindrance to me if you follow me.”

“Who says I am following you, I don’t need your permission, I have no problem going by myself, besides you said it yourself if Rin will lead them here, so will I.”

“Rin is more likely to lead them here because they are familiar with my scent. Since it is my barrier, my scent, Rin scent will leak though, attracting unwanted youkai. However, you smell more like your mother. They will know your scent, but since we smell so differently they will not be able to detect you.”

“Even if they don’t find me by scent, they could find me by my reputation this is after all Inuyashas’ forest. Look I’ll go with ya and you can still put up the shield.
That way when the bastards come lookin for me my scent will not be as strong and the others will be protected.”

‘Hmmmm not as thick-headed as he portrays himself to be. Still foolish though.’ She thought inwardly smiling at her brother somewhat more mature attitude.

‘What’s that smirk for?’ Inuyasha wondered. He tried to step back, but a tree blocked his path.

“That would be a workable plan; nevertheless, there is one small minor detail.”

“Oh yeah, what’s that.”

“Your mate is with child, she needs you by her side. If you stay you can watch over her.” She stated in a matter of fact tone.

Inuyasha expressive eyes widen again. Sesshoumaru wondered if his eye would fall out of the sockets.

Thinking for a minute Inuyasha said:

“I will just have to tell her what’s going on, we all have grown up. She will understand a-and I am sure that the rest of the pack will take care of her and the pup.”

Inuyasha doesn’t want to leave any of them, but if what Sesshoumaru say is true, then he can’t stay until the threat is eliminated.

“Indeed.”

She said as she turned to walk towards Rin. She knew he spoke the truth, so she would let him have his way. The only other option was to seal him and she would not subject him to that again. Even when she hated him she didn’t like the idea of the pup of the great Inu general seal to a tree by a human miko. She would rather he be were she could keep an eye on him then sealing him or have him going off on his own, screwing things up.

Smiling that he had won this argument, the wind picked up and Sesshoumaru scent hit his nose. Said scent had been assaulting his senses for a while, but it just occurred to him to bring it up, no longer distracted by their discord.

“Hey Sesshoumaru.” She stopped walking and looked out the corner of her golden eyes at him. Knowing that he had her attention he said.

“Who bitch’s scent is that on you, will the elders go after her?” He asked in a blunt matter.

Not offended in the least, Sesshoumaru turned around to face him and smirked. She wanted to see Inuyasha’s reaction to her answer. She found that she always enjoyed to taunting him, he was such an easy target. Though her taunts were not as cruel as they use to be. After Inuyasha saw her smirk he was having second thoughts about asking her.

Then she answered:

“Yes the elders will go after her for sure.” Then she grinned and detected a hint of fear as Inuyasha took a defensive stance. He didn’t like that grin at all, it usually meant death.

Then she said:

“And the bitch’s scent you smell upon my person is my own.

“THE HELL YOU SAY, NO FUCKING WAY!!!” He shouted in surprise. All this time he has been getting knocked on his ass/face by not one girl, but TWO. Three if you count Kikyo beating the shit out of him mentally.

“This Sesshoumaru rarely lies. She speaks the truth.” Sesshoumaru said remembering the one time she did lie to Inuyasha about his mother. A twinge of guilt entered her chest, but she ignored it.

Inuyasha stood there with his mouth opening a shutting like a fish out of water. His wide eyes made him look innocent as he stared at her.

“Priceless.” She said referring to the look on his face. He definitely looked like a confused puppy.

She chuckled deeply as she turned and headed back toward Rin.

He couldn’t believe it. Okay granted the ‘guy’ had an effeminate look about ‘him’, but a girl, no way. Sesshoumaru was really tall with a voice deeper then his own. Plus he felt Sesshoumaru muscles under his/her clothing as he struggled earlier. They were bigger then his own. But he knew his nose didn’t lie.

Shaking his head in confusion, he said:

“I’m heading back to the village to tell them what’s happening before we leave. When I get back we can go and I want some answers while we are on the road.”

“Only if this Sesshoumaru wishes for you to have them.” She said quietly.

With a growl Sesshoumaru headed back towards the village while Sesshoumaru headed back towards Rins.

TBC:
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