Taken
Sesshomaru watched his brother and the wolf demon fighting over a human. So his brother had fallen for another human. How pathetic could he be.
Sesshomaru watched his brother and the wolf continue fighting. As he listened to their argument he felt anger consume him. It wasn't enough for his brother to fall in love with another human but did he have to destroy his lands in the process. He watched as a few more trees were destroyed. "Bakasi!" He turned his head to the group at the other end of the clearing. He saw the monk with a red handprint on his cheek sitting ont he ground a happy smile plastered on his face. How could he be happy after the beating he recieved from the taijiya? He saw the miko holding a squirming kitsune in her arms and place a hand on the taijiya to restrain her from hitting the monk again. He was surprised that the taijiya would calm so much so from just a touch from a mere girl. He turned and away from the group as the two combatants came his way brining more distruction in thier wake. He had enough of his lands being destroyed. He turned and nodded to his captain and watched as his army surrounded the clearing. He landed in the middle of his brothers battle and grabbed him and the wolf by the nape of thier necks putting them to sleep. He threw them to the ground and approached the group standing at the end of the clearing. He pointed to Kagome. "Where is your father?"
Kagome watched as Sesshomaru knocked out both Koga and Inuyasha then approached them. She tried to step back as he approached them and when he pointed to her it was all she could do not to turn and run. "He is dead if it's any of your business."
"So you have no one to look after you?" Sesshomaru wathched her frown at his question.
"My mother and grandfather watch over me. And Inuyasha and my friends when I am here." She bit her tongue to stop herself from saying anything else.
"Where is your grandfather? I will send for him." He watched as the girl started fidgetting. He could smell her fear escalate.
"They can not come here." Kagome lowered her eyes and bit her lip. What was he up to.
Sesshomaru thought of the information that the girl had told him. She was hididng something and he would find out what soon enough. He then turned to the taijiya "And what of your father or guardian?"
Sango knew the direction he was going with this and didn't like it one bit. "My father is dead and I am the only survivor from my village. I have no guardian."
Sesshomaru then turned to Shippo "Why do you travel with this group?"
Shippo climbed on Kagome's shoulder. "My parents were killed and now Kagome is my new okaa-san."
Sesshomaru was a little shocked that a human would adopt a demon child. She was even stranger than he thought. He nodded again to his captain and his troops gathered around the group. Kagome, Shippo, Sango and Kirara where hit by darts and fell to the ground. Only Miroku remained untouched. "Houshi, inform my brother and the wolf that he miko and her pup along with the taijiya are now wards of mine. Since they have no family to mediate for them as the Lord of these lands the duty falls to me. They made it my problem by destroying my land. Any suitors wishing to court or mate the two will have to petition me to do so. Until they are mated they will remain my wards. Also inform them that I expect to be paid for the damage they caused to my forest." He nodded to his guards and they picked up the girls, the kitsune and the neko then disappeared into the forest. Sesshomaru waited till they were safely away before he followed them.
Miroku wathced the demon leave with the girls. How he wished he still had his wind tunnel. Then the girls would have remained with him. He couldn't even put up a protective barrier for the girls with that guard holding a sword to his neck. He heard a groan coming from the other side of the clearing and rushed over to Koga and Inuyasha. He helped them both up.
Inuyasha groaned and rubbed his head. Surely wolf breath hadn't hit him that hard.
Koga groaned then rubbed his neck. Mutt face couldn't have knocked him out. He sat up with the monks help and looked around him. Mutt face was just getting up. He looked around the clearing and didn't see Kagome or the taijiya anywhere. "Where did my women go?"
"She is not your women you stinking wolf. How many times must I tell you this." Inuyasha stood and faced the wolf again. "She probably finely saw you for the weakling that you are and ran."
Miroku knew he had to do something to stop them from resuming their battle. "No she didn't Inuyasha. Her and Sango were taken by Sesshomaru. He told me to inform you two that if you all wanted to see them you must petition his court. He has made them wards of his court. They would remain unharmed as long as they obeyed him. You two on the other hand will have to make restitution for the damage done to his forest. He also said something about it being his right to choose their mates and that they would not leave his castle without being wed or mated." Miroku watched as the two combatatants looked at each other then at him. This is so not good.
"You let that demon take my mate?" Koga turned and hit the monk on the head and watched him fall to the ground.
"She is not your mate!" Inuyasha swung at the wolf but missed.
"She will be soon enough." Koga looked down at the hanyou then turned and ran for Sesshomaru's castle.
Inuyasha leapt to follow the wolf but stopped when he heard the monk moan. He couldn't leave the monk there alone. He jumped back to the monk and swung him over his shoulder then took off after the wolf.