Sesshoumaru Meets His Match?

* I don't own any Inuyasha characters except for the ones I have made up,( such as Liz, Susan, blah, blah, blah, you get the idea ) and taken from my own twisted and disturbed mind *


AN: Oh lookie! It's chapter 8! I can't believe that I have written this many so far. I know things are going slow but I promise things should pick up from here.

READ THE A/N: AT THE BOTTOM WHEN YOU ARE DONE! EXPLANATIONS ABOUND!


Warnings: Graphic violence/language, burning flesh, nudity, OCC-ness and needles and thread.


Vocab List
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Japanese:
aapaa - dumb woman
jajauma - shrew, bitch
oneesan - older sister
bakemono - goblin
onna - woman
Aisu - ice
okibi - blazing fire

Hungarian:
szajha - bitch ( also trollop, moll, harlot, drab, whore, polecat [now you know why I choose this one!] )
anya- mother

Chapter 8 - Fireworks and A Night Trip To the Hot Springs

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"Ningen," said Sesshoumaru with cool authority, "Come over here and explain something to me." When Liz reluctantly made her way over to Sesshoumaru the other servers snickered and started calling her various names under their breath. Liz couldn't hear what most said but Sesshoumaru and Jaken did and glared the women into an uneasy silence as Liz approached Sesshoumaru.

Bowing slightly Liz said in a cool emotionless voice that of which rivaled Sesshoumaru's at times "Yes my Lord? How may I serve you." The last of which was said in a choked voice, she hated saying that with a purple passion.

Mentally smirking at her resistance to him still he demanded in a similarly cool voice why she smelled like fresh bruises and dried blood.

The entire room hushed at that. The koto and wooden flute that was playing softly in the background stopped on a discordant note and all small talked among the servants ceased entirely.

Deciding to play ignorant Liz schooled her expression to be as blank as possible. Her fight with the sour-faced rat demon was her problem and her fight, she wasn't about to let anyone, not even this arrogant man in front of her can take away the satisfaction of pounding that rat-bitch into a bloody pulp one of these days.

"It is nothing Lord Sesshoumaru, I merely slipped in the bath, you know how clumsy us ningens are," said Liz with a slight bow.

"Do not lie to me bitch, for I can smell when you lie," said Sesshoumaru with an icy bite. "Tell me what happened or I will punish you farther than you already have been. Because the next time I punish you, you will pay with your life."

Trying to come to up with a quick response Liz fidgeted where she stood a bit, nibbling on her lip, but before she could say a word, he grabbed by her jaw and hissed,"Do not, lie aapaa, or I will kill you where you stand."

Liz scowled as best she could as he held her face immobile in his grasp and hissed back finally, "I was attacked by one of the women I share a room with. However, it is MY fight. I won't allow anyone to beat the shit out of her but me. I owe her some bruised ribs."

"Yo-you jajuma! Lord Sesshoumaru will have your tongue on a platter for such blatant disrespect," squawked the little toad demon indignantly.

However, Sesshoumaru wasn't upset, he was once again grudgingly admiring her guts at speaking thusly to him, it also gave him and idea. * So, she wants to fight whoever did this to her, then she'll get her wish* thought Sesshoumaru.

"You wish to, how you say, 'Beat the shit out of her'," he asked silkily.

"Hell yes," hissed Liz angrily as if Sesshoumaru was an imbecile.

Narrowing his eyes dangerously at her tone, he let her know she went a bit to far with her tone of voice. However, she refused to back down and did so by staring straight back into his own eyes without flinching. *Humans are foolish indeed* thought Sesshoumaru as he studied her determined face.

"Fine, if you wish to fight whomever it was that attacked you, then tell me which servant it was and you shall have a fair fight.Furthermore,Should you win the fight, I will lessen the punishment some," said Sesshoumaru abruptly as he turned to Sayuri."Have the four she sleeps with remain and clear the rest, then return for Rin and take her back to her room where she will remain the for the rest of the evening. If I smell her here I will take your skin off."

Standing there wide-eyed Sayuri could do nothing but nod stupidly and separated the women out leaving Liz and the remaining three the she shared a room with. Sayuri turned to gather Rin when she noticed the child hadn't finished her meal, but sat there in shock at the turn of events."Sesshoumaru-sama, the child isn't yet finished eating, may she be permitted to bring something back to her room," she asked timidly. She didn't want her Lord's wrath to come down upon her.

Nodding his consent he kept his eye on the women. Two looked terrified and the third looked triumphant. The red-haired woman looked slightly pleased at the turn of events. No,she looked as if she was read to leap down their throats at anytime and rip their guts and leave them to rot in the sun. *This should prove to be interesting* thought Sesshoumaru as he kept his total attention on the human, but in doing so he missed Togaru slipping an eating dagger into her kimono sleeve from a near by serving platter.

Sayuri left with a scared Rin and her tray of food. Speaking in a timid voice Rin asked,"Sayuri-san? Will oneesan be alright? She not in trouble again is she?" This was asked with great big puppy-dog eyes full of shimmering tears. Tears that threatened to fall should Sayuri say the wrong thing.

"No, your oneesan will be fine. She is a strong woman, Rin-chan. However, she may get a little bit hurt. Her pride was gravely wounded by Togaru, that sour-faced rat demon. She seeks to mend the rent in her honor," said Sayuri in comforting tone that eased Rin a fraction of a bit as one tear invonluntarely fell down her little cheek.*Kami, let the strange girl live through her fight with Togaru* thought Sayuri as she guided Rin to her room.

~~~~ Back in the dining area ~~~~

No sooner than Sayuri and Rin left the fight began. Togaru managed to land a rough left hook on Liz this sent her stumbling over to a small stand with a small Zen rock and sand garden on it. Blood trickled out of the corner of the re-heads mouth.

Wiping her mouth with the sleeve of her kimono almost nonchalantly, Liz drawled contemptuously, "Is that all you have, szajha?"

Even though Togaru didn't understand what Liz had called her, she didn't like the ningen's tone of voice, and that alone told her it wasn't something that would normally be called to her face. Growling in frustration and rage Togaru lunged forward again, this time with claws bared and lips drawn back in a hideous snarl, but Liz was able to move out of the way in time to only get grazed and the sleeve of her beautiful kimono shredded. However Liz was grateful that it was her kimono that got damaged and not her arm, or she'd be in one hell of a pickle.

*Damn bitch must have slipped a knife off a tray without anyone noticing,* thought Liz as she had to dodge another one of Togaru's vicious attacks. And as the rat demon sailed by her with a third attack Liz tried to drive her knee into the other woman's stomach but had to once again stumble back as she got nicked again, this time on the forearm.*Fair fight my ass,* she thought as she barely managed to get out of the way again.

Getting tired of always dancing away from the hell borne rat demon, Liz took the offense, after dodging yet another attack, and leapt at Togaru with a balled up right fist. That punch found its mark in Togaru's right eye, effectively blinding her opponent temporarily and leaving the rat demon open for another strike. Liz took it with much glee and grabbing the demoness by the hair as she slammed Togaru's face into her right knee. The rat demon, slumped to the ground clutching her eye and solar plexus simultaneously.

Togaru groaned in pain from the assault to her face and abdomen. However, it just made her blood boil when she felt a trickle of blood come from her nose. She wiped it away and brought it in front of her left eye.

*That, that damned wench made be bleed!I'll FUCKING KILL HER* thought Togaru. She heard her opponent back off a little bit as if she heard the words spoken out loud. However, that wasn't the case. Liz had too much honor in striking an opponent while she was down. That was low in her book. Only cheats and cowards struck someone when they were already on the ground. There would be plenty of time for Liz to beat the fucking shit out of the rat demoness.

Nevertheless, Togaru remained on the floor still clutching her eye and stomach. Liz was tempted to see if Togaru was OK, but decided against doing so. It was a wise descion that she made as Togaru suddenly sprang to life again, this time her dagger in clutched in her right hand with the blade along her forearm and handle in her hand.

"I'll kill you, you ningen whore! No one draws my blood, least of all a filthy human like you," shouted the enraged woman as she ran with near lightning speed to where Liz was standing with her back to Togaru.

Liz again barely dodged the woman and as the material of the kimono made a sickening ripping sound as the dagger rent it over her ribs. However, she was not left unscathed. There was now a clean ten inch cut going from over the left rib cage and disappearing under her arm and ending just under her armpit. The cut wasn't deep and life threatening, it was more or less a flesh wound. In other words, just deep enough to draw blood and sting like the fires of Hell dwelled within.

Hissing in pain and anger at using a weapon when she herself still didn't have one, she clutched her wound briefly before growling and lunging for the knife in her adversary's hand. She missed and wound up with another nice cut going up her forearm again and ending at the elbow, this one was a bit deeper than the one on her ribs as there was no bones here to adequately deflect a blade, just soft muscle to sink into.

Clutching her newest wound Liz had to come up with something. She was loosing blood slowly but surely through the three cuts. Oh,there were not enough to kill her, but enough to create enough blood loss that she would eventually faint from if she wasn't careful. *There has to be something that I can do* thought Liz frantically as she dodged yet another attack, this time causing her to trip into that same stand with the Zen rock and sand garden. However, this time instead of merely tripping into it, Liz crashed mightily into it, causing both her and the stand to go crashing into the floor. Sand flew everywhere and landed on Liz creating a temporary fog which Togaru used to her advantage and kicked her downed foe.

"Just as I thought bitch! You are clumsy and stupid as well as ugly as the backside of a bakemono," crowed Togaru just as she made contact with Liz's solar plexus again. She grinned in triumph and she her Liz gasp and moan as the breath left her in an unexpected rush. Slight retching sounds could be heard.

Liz rolled over to her side gasping and clutching her middle trying desperately to see through the millions of stars that invaded her vision. She tried to get into a crawling position, but was brutally kicked again. This time Liz was actually retching a bit. And as the acid came up her hand bumped into a small solid object about the size of her own fist. Instinctively she clutched it in her right hand. When she was done with dry heaving Liz was able to analyze what she had in her hand.

The stone was worn smooth as if it was tumbled in a stream before it came to reside in the little Zen garden that she knocked down. I was about two inches around and three inches thick and was a pale gray in color. Liz clutched it again, and just as she was about to be kicked again, she moved out of the way of the vicious Togaru's reach, thwarting the rat demoness and gaining a few precious seconds before the next assault.

Groaning a bit from moving Liz staggered to her feet holding her ribs with her left and clutching the rock in her right. Liz looked like Hell warmed over. The cut to her lip was bleeding, her once immaculate kimono was in shreds, she was bleeding from wounds on her chest and and arms. She was fucking pissed, it was written all over her face. The two remaining servants were surprised and whispered amongst themselves at the will of the red-headed human.

Even Sesshoumaru looked on in surprise as Liz had staggered to her feet. After such an assault he assumed that she wouldn't be getting up again. It seemed he underestimated the human after all. She was as tenacious as a bitch with a brood of pups to protect. The thought surprisingly turned him on and he grew slightly hard as a mental picture of her with a pup at her breast flashed through his mind. He scowled and with a mental shake of his head wiped it away.

"You fucking shzajha. I don't know what the fuck I did to you, but now, you go too far," with that Liz punched Togaru with a vicious right hook while simultaneously slamming her knee into her gut. And while Togaru was reeling form that picked her head up by her hair and then bashed her forehead into her bitter enemy's face just above the bridge of the nose where it met at the forehead. Hearing some bones crunching under force of the blow, Liz pushed the dazed, momentarily blinded, and profusely bleeding rat away from her. And seeing that Togaru's defenses where down punched her again with the fist around the rock, this time square in the nose, causing more bleeding there.

Togaru was stunned. It seems her attack on the human was not producing the expected results. She wasn't backing down. No, the human female was getting more vicious than a pack of rabid dogs. None of her previous opponents ever lasted this long, they would have been dead by now. That or either begging for their pitiful lives. There was no more room for thought as Liz attacked again, this time going for the hand that was clutching the dagger in a death grip. This spurred Togaru back to the present and swiped at Liz with her claws with the opposite hand. She missed and was sent flying back after being punched in the gut with the hand with the rock in it and landed at Sesshoumaru's feet in a disgraceful heap.

Panting heavily Liz said clutching her ribs again as the blood oozed more freely,"There, you miserable excuse for a rat, I've seen New York sewer rats with more bite than you, bitch. And now; I've paid you back. I may not have gotten many licks in, but I swear I'll fucking kill you the next time you even think to cross me again." Spitting on the fallen rat she turned her back and started to stagger away to tend to her wounds when Togaru screamed with rage and was intent on stabbing her in the back when the remaining two servants cried out in alarm to alert Liz to the rat's treacherous intent when there was a wet splattering sound and blood went every where.

Turning a bit unsteadily, Liz saw what made that sound. She saw as if in slow motion as Togaru came at her with her dagger once again, however, at the same time Sesshoumaru had drawn his sword Tokijin and sent a wave of power at her, slicing the bitch in half, and sending blood all over the room and over anyone and anything close enough to get hit with the blood spray.

Liz lifted an eyebrow in askance at Sesshoumaru. He just looked at her with no expression whatsoever and turned to leave the room. She watched him leave and then turning back once again she made to leave the room. However, she collapsed into an unconscious heap on the floor before she could even take one step. The two remaining serving women ran forward in alarm and raced to her side.

The two women swiftly started searching for the wounds on Liz's body and discovered while flowing sluggishly, there was a lot of blood loss. It was all over the front of her kimono, on both forearms and there was some new bruises forming. To their immense relief she was still somehow breathing

"We'd best get Sayuri Sara, before Lord Sesshoumaru comes back," said the slightly plump female demon to her companion.

"Yes, I may not have like ningens too much, but I had no real reason to dislike this one," said the one called Sara. "She does not deserve to die from wounds inflicted by that nasty rat, Togaru."

Behind them was the body of Togaru, both halves lying neatly on the ground in a puddle of dark red blood. Sara quickly left the room to search for Sayuri she bumped into a hard armored chest. Staggering back a little she squeaked when her arm was roughly grabbed and dragged back to said male chest.

"What is going on here," he hissed as he took in the scene of Elizabeth sprawled face down on the floor."Did you two attacker her?!"

"NO MY LORD! NO! She passed out just as you left the room! I was on my way to get Sayuri so we can take her back to the our quarters to clean and dress her wounds my Lord Sesshoumaru," said Sara with terror in her voice. She was afraid she was going to get killed. The look in Sesshoumaru's eyes was a frightening sight to behold.

A minute later found the mighty Sesshoumaru carrying the red haired girl. Instead of going to her room that she shared with the servants he took her outside to the secluded hot spring outside. The two terrified servants started to follow. He turned abruptly and said icily,"What are you doing following me? Go and find Sayuri you lazy onna! Get medical supplies now."

The two swiftly bowed in clumsy unison and literally scurried like frightened mice to do their masters bidding. They found out that they like their bodies in one piece.

While the serving women did as they were bid, Sesshoumaru walked calmly to the hot spring outside. The warm water would do two things for the girl in his arms. It would one, clean the blood off her and two it would relax her further. He looked down at her and realized that she didn't need relaxing, she was already unconscious and that just left the cleaning part. He hoped that she wouldn't wake when she was put in the water.

Two minutes later he was at the hot spring and was standing on it's bank. He wasn't sure how he was going to handle the situation. Looking down once again, Sesshoumaru saw that she was still out, but had started to moan a little.

"Anya," groaned Elizabeth as her eyelids fluttered wildly. She tried moving but Sesshoumaru just held her a little tighter and decided that the best course of action at that point was to go in fully clothed, and that is what he did. Stepping swiftly he walked into the hot spring as if he did this sort of thing all the time.

When they came into contact with the warm water, and it was about waist high on him, he stooped down on one knee and held her with her head and upper torso above the water. Then he started to divest her of her torn clothing by cutting the cloth with his claws and when she was fully naked in his arms he started to rub the blood of her skin. She moved and shifted again, this time she was a bit more combative and took a swing at him. The hit didn't connect as it really didn't get any higher that his breast plate and the hand just fell back on her stomach and hit the water with a dull splash.

Sesshoumaru studied the woman in his arms that just tried to strike him in her unconsciousness. He admired women that were strong and not weak. He couldn't think of a single woman, demon or human, that would actually take up Togaru's challenge. Rats were notoriously dirty fighters. As such, those with strong ideas of honor rarely fought and lived against one in a fight. His right hand ran over her forehead and through her hair and clutched her tighter when he thought of her fighting that rat Togaru. He growled lowly.

"Lord Sesshoumaru! Lord Sesshoumaru! Where are you my Lord," called a voice suddenly out of the dark. The intrusion brought Sesshoumaru out of his strange reverie and looked down. He removed his hand out of the fire red hair as if he got scalded by boiling hot water.

"I am over here Sayuri, we are in the hot spring," said Sesshoumaru with a slightly raised voice. He didn't wish for the woman in his arms to wake up to find her naked and in his arms in the warm spring. The sound of little feet came rushing around towards them and then the head serving woman came into view ladened down with supplies and various salves by the pungent aroma that was coming from the tray. Also standing behind her were the remaining roommates. They carried towels and a slightly heavier kimono and two mid-weight blankets so they had a place to put the red head on.

"Milord, you can come out of the water now. I must dry her and dress her wounds," said Sayuri with a quaver of authority in her voice. Sesshoumaru complied but raised an eyebrow at tone. The girl blushed but never took her eyes away.*It seems that "Liz" has had an influence on my servants,* thought Sesshoumaru. *It was about time. Cowering females disgusted him, but they better remember their place.*

"Make sure those rags are taken out of my hot spring onna. I refuse to have litter in it," he said as he laid Elizabeth out on the blanket. The others quickly went to work cleaning the wounds farther. They had started to bleed again and as Sayuri, Sara and the other worked they all came to the silent agreement that Elizabeth's forearm wounds needed stitches and the wound over her ribs needed to be cauterized. Sesshoumaru, without the need of being asked started gathering wood and made a small fire. He placed one of the cutting knives blade into the base of the fire. It quickly got hot.

Sayuri went to Elizabeth's head and held down her shoulders while Sesshoumaru retrieved the glowing hot knife from the fire. Sara and Aisu went to hold down Elizabeth's legs.

"Please forgive us Leez," murmured Sayuri just as Sesshoumaru laid the glowing blade on her wound.

Elizabeth abruptly came to and screamed a sickening scream. One that that almost caused the women to let go of as the hot blade came into contact with her flesh. The nauseating smelled of burnt flesh wafted up all of their noses as Sesshoumaru continued searing the wound shut. Elizabeth had finally passed out again after the third application of the hot knife on her skin.

"The wound is sealed," was all Sesshoumaru said as he stuck the blade back in the fire just in case it opened. Sayuri nodded and swiftly with the cold knife started cutting lengths of cloth to wrap around the pale Elizabeth's torso. Sesshoumaru, sat back and watched the three bind the wound. The smell of blood, however didn't lessen. In fact it had grown strong again. Leaning forward abruptly he picked up a forearm and involuntarily hissed. The wound was bleeding again. He checked the other one. It too was bleeding. They all looked at each other before springing into action.

Grabbing some disinfectant, Sayuri poured some in a bowl with some needles already threaded and ready for use should the need arise. She was glad that she had thought ahead. Precious blood was being lost. And if she had to go back for these, the outcome would be grave indeed. They all knew that humans were fragile creatures and if they lost too much blood they could bleed to death. The same could be said of demons, however, their constitutions were a bit tougher than that of humans and had more of a chance to survive.

Gathering her courage, Sayuri poured disinfectant over her hands and reached for the first needle. Sesshoumaru again helped by holding Elizabeth and Aisu held the arm that needed the sewing. Elizabeth twitched violently, but didn't awaken as the needle pierced her flesh repeatedly. It took almost all of the prepared needles to make the semi-fine stitches needed to minimize scarring and a firm grip on the torn pieces of flesh. Sara was preparing more needled as Sayuri sewed so there was barely a pause when they switched arms and did the other. As with Elizabeth's left arm, the right one needed a lot of stitches. It was nearing dawn when the last stitch was done and promptly wrapped afterwards.

When the morning sun finally cleared the trees around the hot spring, all three women were exhausted. Sesshoumaru was quiet and contemplative.

"Sayuri, place Okibi back in her room when she first came here. I want her watched over until she is well," without anything further, Sesshoumaru stood up gracefully and went back to his room to think things over.
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A/N: Holy shit...I didn't think I'd ever get this chapter finished, not after sitting for nearly three years. Yes, this chapter stayed incomplete for three years. And what was ironic was the fact that over 3/4th of this was already written. All I did last night was tweak a few paragraphs, add a little more content and that was all it took. My Muse has returned! ^_^ However, I don't know when the next chapter will be up. My Muse may be back from its long vacation ( for which its not getting paid! >.< ) its still a fickle being. Being neither male or female, it apparently feels the need to give me trouble. * sighs * I hope everyone enjoys this chapter. I was originally going to have a bit of lime content, but it was too violent for limeness. So, maybe soon. Lord Sesshoumaru doesn't like to be lead anywhere and so like most male demons, they do the leading and the rest of us be damned. * glares * Please read and review.


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