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 and I do mean disturbed now after 3 years of complete blockage! *


A/N: Oh my fucking god! I can't believe after three years, I'm writing a chapter and not just finishing up the last quarter of one! I'm sorry its been so long everyone. The last three years have been a god damn nightmare and the last month ( August ) even more so. In the three years I've been gone I've gotten married ( 6/30/05 ), gave birth to my first born ( 3/23/06 ) and went through a miscarriage and that child's funeral (8/6-8/10/07 ) and lots of other shit in between. So having writers block was a cakewalk compared to everything else. But now I'm back and I'm not going to use Microsoft Word (C) dictate my speech pattern anymore in my writing. Having to edit 7 damn chapters was tedious! >.< So...IS EVERYONE READY FOR CHAPTER 9?! READ ON THEN! And don't forget to review. I luff reviews! ^_^ Enjoy.

Warning label: Some irony, lecherous thoughts, mutual groping, some lime with a twist of lemony goodness.

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Chapter 9 - Liz Falls Ill and Runs Away; A Kiss!

Liz tossed and turned on her futon after a few hours of being placed there by the two serving girls Aisu and Sara. She was carried between them, Sara at her head and Aisu at her feet. The two women were very strong so carrying Liz by themselves wasn't a chore for them. They did have to walk slow so they wouldn't jostle their patient and cause her anymore pain than what she was already experiencing. And she was experiencing some serious pain. Two large lacerations, one on each arm, one to the ribs and various bruises all over her frail human body. These wounds had been caused by a vicious rat demon that went by the name of Togaru. "Went by" being the key word. Togaru had lost and the now unconscious girl was going to let it go at that, but she couldn't let it go and attacked her back. Lord Sesshoumaru seeing this vicious and dishonorable attack killed the rat with one swipe of Tokijin, his favorite sword.

"Aisu," asked Sara as she gently placed a cool cloth on Liz's forehead."Why do you think Lord Sesshoumaru called this woman 'Okibi'?"

Looking up from her ministrations on minuscule fire she was feeding she replied,"I'm not really sure Sara. Maybe because of her headful of flame-red hair? Or it could be because of her fiery nature. She's a proud one that. And honorable as well." The flame that Aisu was feeding died for the third time. "By the Seven Hells! This fire will not stay lit for more than a minute! It probably trembles before that unconscious girl?"

Not looking up from what she was doing Sara snorted and said sarcastically,"Maybe its because you're using green twigs to feed that fire and not dried out brown twigs Aisu!"

Looking down at the load of twigs next to her Aisu blushed. In her haste to build a decent fire, she had indeed grabbed the unseasoned twigs from the piles of wood. Giggling at her mistake the two demon women worked over the unconscious Liz. She was starting to burn up ever so slightly with a fever.

"Aisu...We have a problem. The woman is starting to burn with a fever. Her forehead isn't too hot now, but that can change any minute. I think we need to send for Saiyuri. She might know what to do for her. I'm just a serving woman, not a healer."

Aisu immediately stopped trying to build a fire and went looking for Saiyuri and a healer. It was many hours later before the healer was found and brought to Liz. Because when the healer heard who her patient was going to be she refused to come. That is until Lord Sesshoumaru heard what was going on and told the healer that she WOULD go and heal Okibi if she valued her life. And since the healer did value her life went to check on the woman.

When they finally got back to Liz's room Sara was panicking and fretting over when Aisu would be back with Saiyuri and the healer. She was surprised to see Sesshoumaru-sama also standing with the other three, but he soon turned and left after making sure the Healer would go with the other two women peacefully.

~*~*~*~*~

For the next fortnight Liz thrashed in her covers and had to be restrained numerous times. Her fever raged on and on, seemingly endlessly. The healer surmised that Togaru's dagger was laced with some poison that got into the girls wounds and then into her blood. No amount of cleaning them would have prevented this she had said to the tired women.

The time that Liz was actually resting was very rare. It was during these times when the her fever subsided somewhat. However, it always returned and would remained strong for a few more days. The women had to constantly stay with her day and night to make sure she didn't hurt herself during her more wild thrashing.

Rin had tried to visit once to give flowers to the ailing Liz and nearly got hit when she got too close to Liz during one of her more delirious moments. She got ushered out by Saiyuri swiftly and was told not to come back unless she was asked for. Rin didn't understand what was going on and had cried for two days straight. Eventually they told her why she couldn't come unless called for. They didn't want her to get hurt by her "onee-chan".

"Poor Onee-chan," Rin had said with tears in her eyes at the time."I hope she gets better oba-san"."

After that Rin didn't come inside the room but gave any gifts she had to one of the serving women who stayed with her when they could take their eyes off Liz for a moment.

~*~*~*~*~ Other side of the Palace ~*~*~*~*~

Lord Sesshoumaru never came near the sick room during this time preferring to stay away. He didn't like how he felt while he was holding her in the hot spring. All he could think of was how soft her skin felt while he rubbed off the blood and sweat while he waited for the women to catch up to him. It didn't help that she was firm in all the right places either. He got hard just thinking about that! He snarled in disgust.He detested that he felt even a momentary attraction to the annoying red-head. It wasn't until he let slip that nickname did he realize what he had been thinking. When Aisu had looked at him in surprise he had scowled and stormed off. It was the first time he let his cool facade slip in front of his servants.

That pissed him off even more. So much so that when he spotted Jakken he just picked up the unsuspecting imp and tossed him through one the nearest shoji doors. Not even hearing Jakken's customary "Looooooord Sesssshooouuumaru!" as he went flying.Usually it made him feel better when Jakken was being a pest and needed to be tossed or clobbered. Or sometimes both.He stormed out of his room and slammed the door shut as best one could with a fairly light sliding door. It just bounced back open a few inches. Sesshoumaru ignored it and stared out into space for a brief moment, took in a lungful of air and composed himself. He was angry at himself for letting such an insignificant human female irritate him in such a way. She was nothing and meant nothing to him. Just another means to an end.

He stopped in the middle of the courtyard near the stables as Jakken came hobbling from around the furthest corner. Seeing that his retainer had lived his recent unscheduled flight, Sesshoumaru nearly scowled in disappointment. As it was it was taking all his energy to keep his thoughts from his face. It wouldn't do if all could see the turmoil the human was producing in him.

"Jakken we are leaving," without saying anything else he strode over to the stables where Ah-Uhn rested when they were at the castle.

"Very well Milord," said the toad with a deep bow that made the tip of his head-covering touch the ground while clutching the Staff of Two Heads.

Five minutes later the two took flight and never looked back. The others that were left behind weren't concerned as they were used to their Lord just abruptly leaving without telling anyone where they were going or when they were coming back. They just went on with whatever they were doing like nothing ever happened. The only times they had been surprised when their Lord came home first with the small human child named Rin, and then the unconscious red head two months later. They had an idea why he was leaving this time. Everyone had heard of their Lord's strange reaction over the woman's injury. They had never heard of him doing anything of the sort. It was very odd and totally out of character of him.

They wondered what was going on in their lord's mind. And they also wondered what he was going to do with the human female that was causing their lord such turmoil. They certainly weren't going to try and kill her like that rat Togaru tried to do. No, they weren't so foolish as to try that. Everyone enjoyed breathing just a little too much to attempt something so suicidal as that.

~*~*~*~*~ The 14th Day ~*~*~*~*~

Liz slowly opened her eyes. The sun was shining cheerfully, the birds singing merrily, and the insects buzzing busily doing whatever bugs do. She tried lifting one of her arms to brush the hair out of her eyes and was confused as to why she felt so weak.

She turned her head towards the door as Saiyuri, Sara, and Aisu all came in, each woman carrying a different tray of stuff. Sara had a steaming kettle, bowls and some utensils; Aisu a pitcher of water, and a cup, and Saiyuri had another pitcher of water, this one steaming, and some linens and another pitcher that was presumed cold as no steam rose from the top of it and also what looked like cleaning products.

Smiling weakly she tried to speak but found she could only croak, and then just barely. Aisu came over and set her tray down and helped Liz into a sitting position. The move sapped what energy she had and she nearly collapsed as a result. Aisu braced her against her side and helped her to drink some cool water. By the time Liz was done drinking, she was panting as if she just ran a marathon nonstop. She wanted to lie back down but the women wouldn't let her.

"My Lady, you must sit up, I know you have only just woke up, but you must get up now," said Saiyuri with gentle, yet firm, insistence. "You've been sick for quiet a while."

Liz looked at her with some concern. How could she have been sick for a while when it was only morning. She was about to ask when her stomach gave an un-ladylike growl when the contents of Sara's kettle wafted under her nose. She blushed really hard. The serving women laughed lightly when they saw their charge turn red.

"Saiyuri,"asked Liz after her embarrassment died down, "Why am I so weak? Its only the morning after my fight with Togaru right?" Aisu had gotten up to get her a thin yukata and helped her to put it on. After that went on a slightly heavier robe was just draped over her shoulders for extra coverage, but easy removal so they could sponge bathe her after she had some of the hot broth that Sara brought from the kitchen.

Saiyuri didn't answer right away just motioned for Sara to sit on Liz's other side and to pour out some thin broth for the red head."No, its not the next morning. You fell ill that night after we bound your wounds. According to the Healer Togaru may have put something on her dagger or her claws to make you ill. Or it could have been the shock of having one of your wounds seared shut. As it was, you have been sick for a fortnight," said Saiyuri blandly.

Elizabeth was extremely stunned by the news. So much so, she automatically accepted the steaming bowl of broth without protest. When it was gently raised to her lips she opened her mouth without comment and swallowed a small mouthful. This was done all on automatic pilot as she was just stunned by what Saiyuri told her. After drinking all her broth she waved away Saiyuri who was preparing her for a sponge bath of sorts.

"What do you mean Saiyuri-san? I couldn't have been sick for so long," she said with some heat. "I think I would have remembered all of that."

"The shock of having some of your wounds drastically closed caused this memory lapse. Also you wouldn't be so weak if it was just the next morning Okibi," she said without a flinch. She started directly into her patients eyes without a hint of coyness or lie. Liz sighed.

"I'm sorry. It's just way too much Saiyuri. When I went out with friends, I never expected to end up in a place like this or in a situation like this," said Elizabeth with some bitterness."I was just supposed to go camping with friends, have a good time, maybe get the guy I've been crushing on for the last 6 months to notice me. I just wanted to have fun, not have to fight for my life not once, but apparently twice," she said angrily. Tears started to form at the corner of her eyes. Liz tried hard to keep them from falling but she lacked the energy to hold them back any longer and they fell one at a time. She started to sob as well.

The three serving women just looked at each other and then at the sobbing woman that sat in the middle of them. They didn't understand that tirade, but sensed what she was trying to tell them in her own way. Aisu patted her back awkwardly.

"There, there Okibi, all will be well," she said soothingly. To the others she shrugged as if to say 'What else should I say?' They all did the same thing as Aisu. The only human they ever dealt with was Rin, but she seemed content to be here at Lord Sesshoumaru's palace. This one was not happy at all.

"No it will not! I have no fucking idea where the hell I am, some psycho won't let me go and I had to almost kill someone who was trying to kill me for NO FUCKING REASON I COULD THINK OF! Tell me, if you were in my position would you be calm?" Liz continued to cry until the tears dried and she gradually fell asleep again after expending what precious energy she had on crying. The three women arranged her comfortably on her futon and left the kettle of broth behind as well as the water pitcher and cup for drinking should she wake up hungry and thirsty again.

~*~*~*~*~ Several Hours Later ~*~*~*~*~

Liz woke up several hours later. The sun wasn't as intense as it was before. In fact, it was starting to make its decent into the West. She looked around her and saw that the kettle was still there and was ice cold now as there was no more steam gently wafting out of the spout. Her stomach gurgled again. After struggling into a sitting position she managed to pour some of the now cold broth into the bowl and drank it, even if it was a bit messily.

After her third and final bowlful, Liz found she was in dire need of the facilities. One who was out cold for two weeks didn't drink much and when said sick person was awake and did drink a lot could expect to have to go and pee quiet urgently all of sudden.

She looked around the room in growing urgency. She had to go and go now! Her bladder wasn't going to hold for much longer. Spying a chamber pot in the corner of the room she shuffled/scooted as fast as she could. A few minutes later she was back on her futon feeling very relieved. She poured water into the cup and drank it slowly and thought hard. She had to get better as soon as possible. She was leaving this hellhole come Hell or high water. She felt a momentary pang of guilt at leaving Rin. She had quickly grown attached to the little girl. However, she couldn't let sentiment get in the way of what she planned to do. If this was going to work, then she would need her strength back.

At that moment Rin poked her head into the room and with a squeal of delight at seeing her "big sister" awake launched herself at the unsuspecting Liz, knocking her over and overturning the water pitcher that was to her right.

"OOOMPFH!" Liz landed flat on her back and in the middle of a quickly growing cold wet puddle. Spots floated in front of her eyes for a minute or two. Rin remained on top of the out of breath woman. She was just so happy to see that Liz was well again. She was scared that she was going to go to Paradise like her family had done."YOUR AWAKE ONEE-CHAN," she squealed in Elizabeth's ear.

Elizabeth gasped for air a minute more and with a tremendous effort, for she was still weak, hefted the two of them up in a sitting position. She shifted the 8 year old to her lap and smiled down at her and smiled gently."That's right, your "onee-chan" is awake now." The two smiled at each other for a while. Shifting the child once more, Liz put the child on the tatami mat and very shakily got to her feet only to fall back down on her behind. "Ow! Damn that hurt." muttered Liz as she gingerly rubbed her ass.

A servant that Liz has never seen before came and lit the hibachi, or fireplace, that was in the middle of the room. Liz sat silently as the girl then brought in a tray of food for her and Rin to eat. Her stomach growled as the delicious scents wafted on the warm evening air.

"Thanks, I was starting to get hungry," Liz said with a small smile of thanks which the serving girl didn't return. She just continued to set up a smaller tray holding a tea kettle full of steaming hot fresh tea. "Um, excuse me? But can I have something other than tea? Its not that I don't like it, but I would like to drink something else. Perhaps some fruit juice or just plain cold water, or maybe a soda," asked Liz a bit timidly.

Again the serving girl didn't look up from her chores of setting things up and when she was done took a place up outside the shoji door.

Sighing heavily Liz and Rin scooted up to the trays and divvying up the food proceeded to eat with vigor. Liz tried to go slow but after not eating anything but thin broth while she was delirious with illness was ravenous. Several times Rin had to pound on Liz's back because while she was eating too fast, the food was going down the wrong way. After the third such pounding, Liz finally slowed down so she wasn't almost literally inhaling her food. "Thanks Rin, I needed that." She smiled and the dirty faced girl next to her. Rin returned it with a big grin herself which revealed she lost some of her baby teeth while she was ill. She ruffled the little girls hair before returning to her meal.

*Don't know what I'm going to do. I need to leave before I get too much more attached to Rin. Staying here is just too dangerous. Not to mention, I'm in the mountains with a bunch of fruitcake,* she thought as she sighed heavily into her cup of tea. *Not to mention, that guy murdered someone. No matter if it was in my defense, its just that, its too dangerous.* Tears welled in her eyes as she thought of her friend back home who must be very worried at this point. Swiping them away before anyone noticed she plastered a fake smile on her face and continued eating, plotting her escape.

~*~*~*~*~ In the woods two days later ~*~*~*~*~

"Lord Sesshoumaru," said a very timid Jaken. He was sporting fresh lumps on his head and a black-eye. Sesshoumaru hasn't been in a good mood since they left the palace two weeks earlier.

"..."

"Um, Milord," Jaken ventured again. "Mighten we not go back home now? That strange woman might be awake finally or hopefully she could has croaked by now." That last bit was said with a hopeful tone of voice as Jaken had a very large distaste for human females and females in general. They were too annoying by half. They whined and bitched and moaned, and by his way of thinking way too hard to care for as they were lazy creatures in his mind.

Lord Sesshoumaru stopped walking suddenly and picked up the retainer chucked him carelessly into the river they were walking next to. He didn't know why Jakken's off handed comment about the girl being "hopefully dead" made him so mad, but it did. His mind kept going back to the time in the hot spring. His right hand flexed as if it was still caressing her breasts in an attempt to clean them. Growling as his member hardened in response, he pivoted sharply and walked back to where camp was made.

After struggling against the rivers current and being helped by two river kappa's to the banks edge, Jakken ran after his lord and in his annoying voice called after him, "Milord! Wait for me! Your loyal retainer!" This was repeated with annoying frequency until Sesshoumaru thwacked him with a small stone. After putting out the fire Ah-Unh was tending to, the two demons set off for home again. Jakken on Ah-Unh and Sesshoumaru on a shimmery/sparkily demonic cloud.

~*~*~*~*~ Midnight on the fourth day ~*~*~*~*~

Liz crept through the palace, finding her way in the dark with a small candle to light her way to Sesshoumaru's room. She was going to take her stuff back and get the hell out of Dodge so to speak. This place was just to weird and scary to stay. She wasn't fully healed but she couldn't stand it another minute. She live with the fact that these people might actually be demons ( she was still doubtful of that ), or whatever they claimed to be, but what she couldn't deal with is the fact that she wanted to go back home and couldn't because of that arrogant jackass that owned the place said she could. Fuck that shit. She has every right to leave when she wanted, and she wanted to badly. She was scared, but she wasn't going to let that keep her from leaving. At this point she didn't care that Lord Sesshoumaru's brother stole something from him. She would have liked to help get it back, but things change when someone tries to kill you and damn near succeeds.

Reaching her goal she wiggled the door to check to see if someone latched it shut. After it glided silently open she smiled and crept in, raising her candle higher to send the light further into the room. Seeing nothing in the very dim light, she walked around the perimeter close to the wall to see if it was against the wall somewhere. After checking all four corners, she looked for anything resembling a closet.

"Where the fuck did he fucking put it," she said softly to herself. She cursed again when she stubbed her toe on a large chest that got moved next to the hibachi in the center of the room. Someone must have put it there while sweeping the rest of the floor and probably forgot to put back up against the wall. After placing the candle in the pit, she opened the chest. Right there on top was her backpack. She grinned and with a small happy squeal, opened it to make sure she still had her supplies. Socks, an extra pair of canvas tennis shoes, flashlight, batteries, womanly supplies, shirts, etc...It was all there still. Even a few MRE's. She could tell one was missing as the remains of the plastic wrapper was at the bottom of the bag. *I hope you fucking choked asshole,* she thought devilishly with a large toothy grin.

After she made sure all was in order, she quickly changed clothes to what was in the bag and ditched the sleeping yukata. She almost wished she could take it with her as it was very pretty and would never have another opportunity to wear one. However she decided against it. She didn't want anything to remember nightmare by, no matter how pretty it was. Sighing with regret, she left it on the floor and grabbing her candle and now slightly lighter back back, she left the way she came. When she got to an outside porch finally she took a deep breath and nearly wept with joy. She was finally getting the hell out of there. Looking around her to make sure no one was following her she took off across the garden and headed for the woods fifty feet away from the main house. And with reckless abandon she ran through the woods, not caring she was leaving a path an idiot can find, she eagerly ran for her life.

~*~*~*~*~ Two hours later ~*~*~*~*~

Liz sat down on a log as a fog was starting to build up. She was glad that she was wearing pants, but not so happy about the shoes on her feet. They were wet and soaked through her socks hours ago, making her feet cold. She didn't have a third pair of socks and no way to dry the other two. She took off the wet socks and rubbed her ice cold feet. They were slightly numb from the dew that had gathered an had transferred to her shoes through her flight through the woods. She wanted desperately to make a fire, but she didn't want to give anyone an easy time of finding her. Hell, if they were demons, they could find her by her scent and she wasn't helping them any more than that. They can shove it where the sun don't shine. She huddled further into her lightweight jacket. It too was very damp from the dew. Scrabbling through her pack she looked for a long sleeved shirt. After not finding one and cursing Susan in both English and Hungarian, she put everything back in. And tried to get as warm as she could. After falling into a light doze she didn't hear the grunting of a large animal as it started hunting for its nightly meal. It wasn't until the grunting got louder and the eventual screams of its prey echoed through the night that she woke up to total darkness in a strange place did she recognize those sounds. They were the sounds of danger near by. She was fucked if she didn't haul her ass out of there fast.

There was only one problem with that. She didn't know exactly where those sounds were coming from and her ears picked up on another sound. That noise was that of an annoying retainer.

~*~*~*~*~ Hour and a half earlier ~*~*~*~*~

Holding a stable hand by the throat, eyes shifting back and forth from normal to demonic Sesshoumaru was "interrogating" the terrified weaker demon. "What in the Seven Hells do you mean, you don't know where the woman is? Where are my sentries that are ~supposed~ to be guarding the area," he said menacingly as he squeezed harder and harder with every word. Unfortunately the stable hands neck couldn't take anymore squeezing and after one more tiny squeeze, he let out a gurgle as his eye bulged further and his neck snapped with a dull pop. His body went limp as he died instantly. Tossing the body aside like it was nothing, he rounded on the derelict guards and without a word slashed them with his poison whip, leaving a pulpy bloody mess on the ground where they once stood. Saiyuri was being held between to more guards along with Aisu and Sara. They were all terrified for their lives and weeping piteously.

Lord Sesshoumaru had come home as suddenly as he had left nearly three weeks earlier. And he had gone to Saiyuri so she could take him to see the Okibi, as he was still calling her. When they found she was missing and no where on the grounds, he ordered them seized and held while he went to the stables to see if she had stolen a mount. And when he found out she hadn't, he wanted to know where the night guards were and had decided while he was waiting ( rather impatiently as it was ) he tried to interrogate the stable hand that he found sleeping.

"Jakken, get on Ah-Unh and take to the air and look for a camp fire, I will follow shortly on the ground," he said with deadly calm. He went to check his room to see if she had taken her stuff from the chest he kept in there. When he arrived at his room he saw immediately that she had taken her stuff. She even left her sleeping yukata on the floor. That was good. That means he can have Ah-Uhn track the woman by scent. With it being damp it will be a little hard for him to. He may be a demon, but he is still essentially a canine. And most canines can loose a scent if their prey enters a river. And with it being damp, it might as well be raining. He cursed his canine nose. He would be able to do a little tracking but it would be unreliable at best. He detested admitting such a weakness, even to himself. Hell, he loathed any kind of weakness.

He grabbed the girl's yukata and went back outside. He made it just in time before Ah-Uhn took off. He let the two-headed dragon sniff it for several minutes before growling,"Find her." With that Jakken and Ah-Uhn set off through the air while Sesshoumaru raced through the woods. He prayed that Jakken would get there first. He was mad as hell and would probably kill her before she explained herself. He couldn't explain this fascination he had developed for her. While he was away all he could think of was her skin and that oh-so-soft hair. Hair that shone like a fire, but it wasn't a tacky brass red. It was a deep red with small hints of gold shot throughout. His male member grew predictably hard at such innocent thoughts like that. Hell, it made no sense. Then it hit him. Its been a while since he's been with another female for that kind of pleasure, brief and usually disappointing as it is. It was settled, after he found her, locked her up in his room, he was going to a neighboring province and finding some accommodating females and take his leisure with them. He hoped that got this annoying female out of his mind. He didn't want a mate, and he certainly didn't want a mistress.

What the hell was he thinking? Mate? Mistress? He really needed to go and relieve himself on some willing female demon who expected nothing but a night or two of pleasure and a coin or two for their time.


~*~*~*~*~ Back with Liz ~*~*~*~*~

Liz scrambled to her feet after that terrifying sound. She stood up slowly and cautiously reached for her backpack. That's when the leaves rustled ominously. And what came out of the bush made her scream bloody murder. It was a huge boar. HUGE! A lot bigger and meaner than normal, which meant only one thing. It was a demon boar. And it was still hungry and it was mean and nasty. It look at Liz with glowing red eyes. Another characteristic she picked was its horrible smell. It had a rotten stench about it along with the smell of fresh blood. It snorted and pawed the damp earth and all Liz could do was stand there in a scared stupor. It grunted/snorted and pawed the earth again and let out a terrible sound. It made sleeping birds scatter and other little mammals run for cover. It was just the thing that got Liz's flight or fight response to kick in.

Grabbing her stuff she slung it on her back and took off, trying her best to find a tree she could quickly scramble up. The boar let out another scream/roar and took off thundering after her. It was amazingly swift for such a large squat-legged animal. Liz slipped a couple of times but managed to evade the beast by shear dumb luckevery time. But that was running out. Unknown to her there was a large hole in front of her and with it being still dark, she couldn't see it until her right foot landed in it causing her to break her strideand twisting it severely. The boar had deliberately herded her this way. She was after all in its territory.

Sensing its prey had been injured the boar slowed down to a deliberate walk. It stopped two feet away from its prey laid out on the forest floor, unmoving except for the fast panting coming from its next meal. Screaming its victory it was about to do its final, killing charge when from the sky came a burst of green flame and the shout of an annoying voice. Soon a blast of red flame joined the green and together the two flames burnt the large boar demon down to nothing but a charred black spot.

Touching down nearby, Ah-Uhn let out a cry to tell where Lord Sesshoumaru where they were. It was unnecessary as he was only minutes behind the boar and human. Liz picked her head up off the ground and looked around in relief. She was saved, and she was in deep shit. High and mighty Lord Sesshoumaru had found her, and so did that annoying toad Jakken.

Sitting up as best she can she waited for the "calvary" to arrive. It wasn't long before Ah-Uhn tramped up to Liz and nuzzled her hair, smelling her to make sure that she was indeed the one his master bade him to find. After leaving snot behind in her hair, he backed up and guarded her. Sesshoumaru showed up soon after, and he was pissed. Very pissed. He didn't care that his once immaculate personage was an utter mess, or that twigs were sticking out of his hair at odd angles, or that mud came up to his knees and that his once beautiful hakama was dirty. Oh, hell no. That isn't why he was angry beyond words. On the way here all he could think of was the danger his mate was probably. ~THAT~ is what made him mad as hell. He kept thinking of her as his mate. Not a mistress, but a ~MATE~! He needed to relieve himself something fierce on the nearest willing female ~demon~. His eyes started flicking between normal and demonic. He was that angry, with himself and for this human female to be invading his thoughts like they have been. He stalked up to her and stood at her feet, glaring at her with his eyes flicking back and forth. He could sense the fear start to build up in her again. It mingled with the last vestiges of her fear-filled scent all over the area of the forest they were in.

Liz couldn't take her eyes off of him. In fact she scooted back from him. That wasn't a wise idea as it made his eyes flare a little wider in response. She knew he would be angry, but not this angry. She could see and hear the smaller sword rattling in its sheath. Sesshoumaru looked down and glared at the sword and even growled at it. It still kept rattling. It was as if the sword was trying to calm his spirit down. It was having the opposite effect. It made him even madder it seemed. Clearing her throat she dared to speak,"Thanks for coming to find me."

THAT DID IT! Growling fiercely he grabbed her shirt in two fistful and was about to chew her out when he noticed her scent. It was full of fear, but there was a new scent coming through. One he wasn't expecting in this situation. It was desire. It was weak, but it was there and getting a little stronger. He shook her a little, that made the fear come back full force, knocking out the desire. He didn't want her desire, he wanted her fear and hate. That would keep him from doing something stupid like kissing her or some such dumb thing. He pulled her up to eye level. He was breathing heavily by this time. Oh, what a mistake that was. The desire was back in her scent. It filled his nostrils and it was intoxicating. It mingled with the scent on her skin which was jasmine and pear. She was clutching his hands with hands that were ice cold from the dew and from the scare he was putting into her. He couldn't fight anymore. He had to taste those peach colored lips. He jerked her towards him.

Desire was a powerful thing, and it was becoming evident that not even a powerful demon lord such as Sesshoumaru could resist it though he had tried. Looking at those luscious peach lips, a tiny bit of liquid wet them making them shimmer slightly. The peach color progressively got darker until her lips were a deeper shade. The actions mimicked excitement of a female's nether regions which only served to arouse Sesshoumaru further. No, he wouldn't do it. He was more powerful than this. He would not let himself become weak by something so ridiculously human as desire. But damned if this foolish human woman was making it near impossible for him!

Liz subconsciously opened her mouth and her tongue came out ever so slightly licking those oh so tempting lips. Sesshoumaru prided himself upon being a creature of will power and control. But as strong willed as he was, lust and desire could be even stronger. Before he knew what he'd done, he crushed his lips against Liz's. He grasped a handful of her hair and held her head forcefully against his. Liz was completely shocked by the move. She couldn't believe this was happening. Her body pressed painfully close to his as he forced his lips against hers.

At first she felt the urge to fight him. She tried in vain to press her hands against his shoulders to back him off. She was tempted to dig her nails into his flesh to get him to release her. But as he invaded her mouth with his, she felt strong shivers surging up and down her spine. How easily he asserted his dominance over her. The strength of his arms as they held her forcefully against him. The feel of his fingers tangled tightly in her hair. She didn't want to admit it, but he was setting her ablaze inside. She could feel her heart beginning to pound, and her body shivered with the rush of anticipation.

Deep in the back of his mind, Sesshoumaru could hear his conscious screaming at him to let go of this human female. What in hell was he doing? Had he the great demon lord finally lost his control? Was he becoming so weak that the desire of a lowly human female could stir him into such a primal lust that he had no control over himself? But the feel of those lips, those luscious, juicy lips as they pressed against his. Their taste was so sweet and intoxicating, he couldn't stop himself.

Liz felt herself growing dizzy as her world began to spin. The feel of his mighty arms as they crushed her body to his made her grow weaker and weaker. Her heart pounding so loudly she thought she'd go deaf. She felt her pulse racing, her breathing was sharp and labored as he seemed to suck the breath right out of her. She felt her breasts swell and her nipples harden. She also became noticeably uncomfortable in the lower regions of her body. What happened next was inevitable. A throaty moan escaped her lips.

That sound, that one sound seemed to set Sesshoumaru deeper into his spiral of lust... a spiral that seemed to be getting more out of control with each passing second their bodies shared such close contact. Her moan elicited a feral growl from the demon lord. He was falling deeper and deeper into the throws of desire this human female had put upon him. Damn her, he wasn't supposed to be this easy to manipulate. She had strong magic indeed to make him act in such a wanton manner. His hands as if of their own accord, or perhaps hers, moved along her body. One hand which he'd used to hold a fistful of her hair slid down her back firmly rubbing against her spine. The contact made Liz feel even weaker than she was before. Her knees felt like nothing more than jelly. Had it not been for Sesshoumaru holding her to him, she would have dropped to the ground. She felt her hands press against his chest wanting to strip it of the cumbersome outfit he wore.

In the midst of tasting her sweet lips, Sesshoumaru caught another scent. The scent that only a woman gave. The scent that any man or male found too intoxicating to resist. He caught the scent of her arousal, and she was very much aroused. He found his other hand traveling down her chest. He remembered the feel of her soft, warm breast as he washed it after she'd been injured. He pressed his hand against her left breast feeling the hardened nipple under Liz's clothing. His nostrils flared as he caught more of her intimate scent. His will was fading faster and faster. And the fact that he could feel his member thrumming between his thighs didn't help matters any.

He also noticed that Liz wasn't fighting his attentions.She was there in his arms, ripe for the taking. The pleasures this female could offer him then and there. His lips traveled from hers to her neck. She let out a loud moan as he nipped the delicate skin of her throat. She pressed her body against his making it even harder to control his lust. What had she done to him? Lord Sesshoumaru in the throws of uncontrollable passion with a human female was unheard of. He was better than this. He could control his more primal instincts better than this, and yet there he was wanting to molest every part of her body. He could feel the heat of her breath against his skin. The feel of her pressing her body against his was setting his blood on fire.

His eyes widened at a shocking fact he did not want to admit to. He was enjoying this. He was actually enjoying the feel of this human female's heated body pressing insistently against his. No! That couldn't be! How could he, a demon lord of such great power and dominance be letting a human female lower him to such a state of lust. The feel of her lips, and her hot skin. The sound of her moans and the feel of her body pressing against his. The scent of her arousal and the feel of his own desire swelling to painful firmness was pushing him closer and closer to the point of no return.

He had to stop. He had to stop now before his lusts took him over completely and he took her then and there. He removed his hands from her back and breast and forcefully shoved her to the ground. Liz fell back with a stunned look on her face. Sesshoumaru stood there over her heaving and gasping for breath as he tried to regain his composure. What a powerful spell this woman had put on him indeed.

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A/N: Dum dum duuumm!! I leave thee with a cliffhanger! Muwa-hahahahahahahahah!!! * continues with evil laugh * I want to thank everyone for being patient with me. There were a lot of problems during the writing of this chapter. I was sick, then my son, he got better, I developed tendinitis in my left elbow, my son got sick again. Oy, it was a royal pain to try and get some writing time where I wasn't half asleep. And then with the tendinitis...>.< I can only write so much before my arm is in searing pain..

There is one thing I want to mention, the last half of the story, the kiss scene, wasn't written by me if you couldn't tell. That was written by another authoress here by the name silverrose. She writes a lot of Hellsing fics so go there and read them. ^^; And I would like to thank ginevrasn for being my beta. She helped me fix some things here. Go read her stuff too. I loved "What Starfire Said Over Breakfast One Morning". Its in the Teen Titans section. :-) Well, until next chapter! ^_^


SilverFox ( AFF.net ) aka misato_katsuragi ( FF.net )