Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or any of its characters! I do, however
own, Ashiru, the new and improved Kagome.
Author's Note: I am so sorry I haven't updated in so long! You would not believe how much homework I've been getting from my teachers! If you want to blame someone, blame them! Not only that, I've had some NASTY health problems, but I'm better now! Ok, not really...but anyway! I have a question for all of my wonderful readers and reviewers! I've been getting requests for longer chapters, but if I do write longer chapters, then it would mean less updates, and more suspense. So, in a review or email, please tell me what you think. Longer chapters? Or the same length chapters that I write now? Thanks! Plus thanks Tina! For giving me inspiration to write again! Now, the moment you've all been waiting for! Chapter seven of Stolen Hearts!
Chapter 7
Never Piss Off A Dragon
The air surrounding the western heir, and the two hanyous was filled with tension. Kagome and Ashiru could feel their weapons calling to them. Thirsting for blood. Dog demon blood, to be exact. Kagome finally blocked out her staffs calling, and looked at her partner, who was currently in a glaring contest with Sesshomaru. She waved a clawed hand in front of Ashiru's narrowed blue eyes, but the dragon hanyou didn't even move a muscle. Ashiru just kept glaring at the dog youkai, who countered with a golden glare of his own.
Kagome sighed, giving up. 'There's no way I'm going to break their little glaring contest, so why bother? Oh well, it's not like I really wanted to break them up anyway. What's taking that stupid Inuyasha so long anyway? I want to get this over with! As soon as I have my staff grasped tightly in my hand..' Kagome smirked to herself. Lost in thought. 'Those dumb youkai won't stand a chance! No one can stand up to us! Our power is far too great! I mean sure, we got caught, but that was only because we were caught off guard! It WON'T happen again!' Her smirk wavered, and her eyes that were once bright with excitement, were now clouded with worry. 'If Ashiru or myself lose control of our power..' Kagome shuddered. 'It's best not to think about the 'what ifs'. I can't wait till that stupid dog demon gets back! He's going to get the beating of his life! After all..' Kagome chuckled. 'Payback's a bitch.' With a large yawn, Kagome leaned her weary, beaten body against one of the cold, stonewalls that was placed almost conveniently behind her. 'I guess that fight too more out of me then I first thought. I'll just take a small nap...there's no harm in that..' With that last thought, the phoenix hanyou drifted into a dreamless sleep.
**1 hour later**
Sleep filled brown eyes slowly opened, and came into focus. Kagome yawned, showing
off her two small canines. She slowly slid up the wall she was resting against, and stretched her tight muscles. When she was finished, she quickly scanned the large training room. Sesshomaru and Ashiru were STILL glaring at each other. The only sound that filled the large room was Kagome's frustrated sigh.
"That's it! If that stupid youkai isn't coming back yet, then I'm just going to look around a bit!" Kagome mumbled to herself. Her fingers itched to steal something valuable, maybe something that belonged to one of the princes. One specific prince came to mind. Kagome smirked, as her eyes filled with mischief. 'Well, since Sesshomaru and Ashiru aren't going to stop their glaring contest anytime soon, I might as well have some fun!' Kagome gave one last quick glance to the youkai, and the hanyou in their glaring contest, and then started to walk across the training hall. When she reached the other side, after carefully avoiding the glaring couple, she placed her hand on the golden knob that was attached to a small, heavy, wooden door. She gently pulled open the door, and flinched, when it made squeaking sound. Quickly, she turned her eyes to feast on the two who remained oblivious to anything other then each other.
Kagome quickly covered her mouth to hide the giggle that was threatening to escape. 'Now, that I think about it Sesshomaru and Ashiru are alike in many ways..WAIT! I did NOT just think THAT! Well, even though I don't want to think it, it's true in a way. I mean, they are mostly alike, personality- wise at least. They're both stubborn, annoying at times, cold, and very scary when mad.' Kagome let out a small musical laugh, that she didn't try to hide. 'Maybe, if Sesshomaru wasn't a demon, then they could..' Her warm, brown eyes widened to the size of apples, and she sweat-dropped. Kagome slapped herself. 'Nasty thoughts! Bad, terrifying, scary, horrible thoughts! If Ashiru EVER knew I was thinking THAT..' Kagome shivered at that thought. She remembered the last time she thought about something like this, and it wasn't pretty. It involved, feathers, mud, and rope, not a pretty picture at all! Kagome sighed. ' Ok, now it's time to get down to business!' She cautiously stepped out into the silent hallway, and closed the noisy door of terror behind her.
With cat-like grace, Kagome sneaked down the elaborately decorated hallways. Her brown eyes glinted with mischief, as she took in her surroundings. Beautifully painted portraits of the royal family hung on the dark, stone walls. Kagome snorted in disgust when she saw the portrait of the current king. The evil man looked like he had to force his smile. Not only that, he looked like he wanted to kill something. Kagome shivered. Besides, it felt like the portrait was watching her. As she stealthily continued down the long, cold hallway, she came upon another portrait. This time however, it was a picture of a beautiful woman with long, ebony hair that fell past her shoulders. The woman's dark violet eyes seemed to hypnotize Kagome, while the woman's soft smile seemed to make her feel somewhat...safe. If Kagome hadn't noticed the woman's pointed ears, then she would have automatically assumed the woman was a human. 'She looks familiar...but, how would I know her? She must have been some kind of queen from the looks of it. Oh well, I shouldn't worry about something as trivial as this. I have more important things to do. Such as raiding Inu-kuro's room.' With one last questioning glance toward the youkai woman's portrait, Kagome continued down the hall, singing her favorite little song that she came up with. "I love diamonds, rubies too. I love gold, yet I hate you. Try to stop me if you dare, and you'll lose more then you're underwear."
**
Ashiru snapped out of her daze when she heard a loud, annoying, squeaking sound. She looked around the room for her partner, but found her to be nowhere in sight. Ice blue eyes narrowed in confusion. 'Now where did she go? The last time Kagome wandered off like this, it resulted in us acting like geishas for a week. Not a very nice experience.' Ashiru shivered at the memory of the men that dared to try and touch her with their greasy, calloused hands. She smirked. 'Too bad they don't have hands anymore. Enough reminiscing. I have more important matters to deal with. Such ask kicking a certain demon's butt back into the hole he crawled out of.' With that last thought, Ashiru returned her attention to the scowling Sesshomaru. With another smirk, she walked over to one of the four walls filled with weapons, and grabbed a sword from it. After turning back to Sesshomaru, Ashiru swung the sword over her shoulder, and let it rest there...for now. She stuck her hip out, and rested her hand on it, as if tempting the western heir. Ice blue eyes filled with mischief, at the idea of tempting the unfortunate youkai into a duel. "So, are you feeling up to a bit of a duel your lowness?" Ashiru taunted with a smirk.
Sesshomaru regarded her with a blank stare. "I refuse to duel a hanyou."
Ashiru's eyes widened, before narrowing. "How dare you say such a thing?! What? Are you too good to fight me? Is that it youkai?!" She growled, before chuckling, and swinging her sword off her shoulder. "Oh. I see how it is. You're afraid you'll lose. That's it, isn't it...Fluffy?"
"H-how dare you! You have a lot of guts to call me something so...degrading!" Sesshomaru snarled, baring his sharp, white fangs.
Ashiru smirked at the fuming youkai. "Well it does have emotions. I'm very surprised at that. So, how about it? Come on, just a little duel while the other two are away...or are you too weak to fight me?"
Like a little child, having a temper tantrum, Sesshomaru stomped over to the wall. Grabbing a sword off the wall with more force than necessary, he turned to Ashiru. "Let's duel." He growled, eyes flashing with rage.
**
Kagome continued walking down the hallways of the western castle. 'Well this was worth leaving Japan's longest glaring contest.' She thought sarcastically. 'All the doors look the same! Stupid youkai! They have so much gold and they can't even hire a decent decorator!' Chocolate eyes narrowed in annoyance. "What do they do with all that gold?" Kagome mumbled to herself. She continued walking down the long, never-ending, boring hallway. 'If I don't find something soon, I'll have to go back to watching Ashiru and the stupid dog make death eyes at each other. Since I REALLY don't want to do that I NEED to find something to "occupy" myself with.' The phoenix hanyou stopped dead in her tracks. Her eyes widened, and she let out an evil chuckle. "Well," Kagome mumbled in astonishment. "Speak of the devil, and he appears." She ran her clawed fingers against the cold, smooth gold that the door in front of her was made of. 'So this is what they do with all their gold...it's a bit of a waste if ya ask me. Then again,' Kagome thought with disgust, 'it's not like the stupid youkai have anything better to do with their gold.' Unconsciously, she moved her hand to the golden doorknob, and turned it. The door opened with a slight squeak. Kagome smirked evilly. "Now how did that open? Well, as long as it's open, I'll just go inside and look around." The hanyou stepped inside the dark room, and shut the heavy door behind her.
**
"Surrender hanyou!" Sesshomaru growled, as he slammed Ashiru into the wall.
Blue eyes changed into a blood red color. "I'll never surrender to a youkai!" Ashiru growled back. With a new sense of power she knocked Sesshomaru off her. Before he knew what was going on, he had locked swords with the dragon hanyou again. With a burst of ki, the enemies managed to knock their opponent back.
Sesshomaru panted. 'She's much stronger than I anticipated. How did she get a boost in power though, and why did her eyes change color? Forget it. I don't have time to think of such things, I need to put this filth in her place.' With that last thought, he attacked.
The dragon hanyou was barely managing to defend herself against the furious youkai. 'He's stronger then I thought. I underestimated him.' Ashiru's thoughts were cut off when she felt a sharp, burning pain. She looked to where the pain was coming from and saw a long, bloody gash across her left shoulder. With a snarl, and a burst of ki, the hanyou knocked Sesshomaru away from her.
"Are you finally giving up hanyou?" Asked Sesshomaru, smirking. His smirk changed into a frown when he heard her laughing softly. "Do you find losing funny?"
Ashiru stopped laughing and glared at Sesshomaru. "Who said I was losing? In fact youkai..." The dragon hanyou snarled. "The game has just begun!!" Before dog youkai knew what was going on, Ashiru was surrounded in a dark blue aura.
**
Kagome mumbled a quick spell to light up the room enough so she could see. "Well, well, well what do we have here?" She said quietly to herself as she took in her surroundings. The room was very nicely decorated. Blood red drapes hung beside two large, glass double doors that led out on to a small balcony. In the middle of the room, there was a king sized bed covered in black, silk sheets. "This looks like this would be that stupid Inuyasha's room. So, that must mean Tetsaiga is somewhere around here, the only question is where." Chocolate eyes did another quick scan of the bedroom. "If this is Inuyasha's room, then he certainly hides things well." The phoenix hanyou let out a frustrated groan. "I'll never find Tetsaiga! For once why can't I just have things go my way!"
"Hey! Who are you?! Why are you in here?!"
With a startled yell, Kagome "gracefully" fell to the floor.
**
Sesshomaru could only watch in amazement as Ashiru started to transform. Large, black dragon wings emerged from her back. Her claws grew longer, and her fangs became sharper. The dragon tattoo on her right arm glowed with a dim light, and became larger, wrapping itself around Ashiru's entire right arm.
"What happened to you hanyou?!" Sesshomaru snarled.
Ashiru smirked. "I'm not a hanyou anymore. I'm a full-blooded dragon youkai. So, Fluffy, I hope you can find a way to become much stronger, and fast."
"You can't hurt me hanyou!"
"Oh, but I can." The dragon youkai growled, her red eyes glowing with power. "Because in case you haven't noticed Fluffy, play times OVER!"
To Be Continued...
Author's Note: I am so sorry I haven't updated in so long! You would not believe how much homework I've been getting from my teachers! If you want to blame someone, blame them! Not only that, I've had some NASTY health problems, but I'm better now! Ok, not really...but anyway! I have a question for all of my wonderful readers and reviewers! I've been getting requests for longer chapters, but if I do write longer chapters, then it would mean less updates, and more suspense. So, in a review or email, please tell me what you think. Longer chapters? Or the same length chapters that I write now? Thanks! Plus thanks Tina! For giving me inspiration to write again! Now, the moment you've all been waiting for! Chapter seven of Stolen Hearts!
Chapter 7
Never Piss Off A Dragon
The air surrounding the western heir, and the two hanyous was filled with tension. Kagome and Ashiru could feel their weapons calling to them. Thirsting for blood. Dog demon blood, to be exact. Kagome finally blocked out her staffs calling, and looked at her partner, who was currently in a glaring contest with Sesshomaru. She waved a clawed hand in front of Ashiru's narrowed blue eyes, but the dragon hanyou didn't even move a muscle. Ashiru just kept glaring at the dog youkai, who countered with a golden glare of his own.
Kagome sighed, giving up. 'There's no way I'm going to break their little glaring contest, so why bother? Oh well, it's not like I really wanted to break them up anyway. What's taking that stupid Inuyasha so long anyway? I want to get this over with! As soon as I have my staff grasped tightly in my hand..' Kagome smirked to herself. Lost in thought. 'Those dumb youkai won't stand a chance! No one can stand up to us! Our power is far too great! I mean sure, we got caught, but that was only because we were caught off guard! It WON'T happen again!' Her smirk wavered, and her eyes that were once bright with excitement, were now clouded with worry. 'If Ashiru or myself lose control of our power..' Kagome shuddered. 'It's best not to think about the 'what ifs'. I can't wait till that stupid dog demon gets back! He's going to get the beating of his life! After all..' Kagome chuckled. 'Payback's a bitch.' With a large yawn, Kagome leaned her weary, beaten body against one of the cold, stonewalls that was placed almost conveniently behind her. 'I guess that fight too more out of me then I first thought. I'll just take a small nap...there's no harm in that..' With that last thought, the phoenix hanyou drifted into a dreamless sleep.
**1 hour later**
Sleep filled brown eyes slowly opened, and came into focus. Kagome yawned, showing
off her two small canines. She slowly slid up the wall she was resting against, and stretched her tight muscles. When she was finished, she quickly scanned the large training room. Sesshomaru and Ashiru were STILL glaring at each other. The only sound that filled the large room was Kagome's frustrated sigh.
"That's it! If that stupid youkai isn't coming back yet, then I'm just going to look around a bit!" Kagome mumbled to herself. Her fingers itched to steal something valuable, maybe something that belonged to one of the princes. One specific prince came to mind. Kagome smirked, as her eyes filled with mischief. 'Well, since Sesshomaru and Ashiru aren't going to stop their glaring contest anytime soon, I might as well have some fun!' Kagome gave one last quick glance to the youkai, and the hanyou in their glaring contest, and then started to walk across the training hall. When she reached the other side, after carefully avoiding the glaring couple, she placed her hand on the golden knob that was attached to a small, heavy, wooden door. She gently pulled open the door, and flinched, when it made squeaking sound. Quickly, she turned her eyes to feast on the two who remained oblivious to anything other then each other.
Kagome quickly covered her mouth to hide the giggle that was threatening to escape. 'Now, that I think about it Sesshomaru and Ashiru are alike in many ways..WAIT! I did NOT just think THAT! Well, even though I don't want to think it, it's true in a way. I mean, they are mostly alike, personality- wise at least. They're both stubborn, annoying at times, cold, and very scary when mad.' Kagome let out a small musical laugh, that she didn't try to hide. 'Maybe, if Sesshomaru wasn't a demon, then they could..' Her warm, brown eyes widened to the size of apples, and she sweat-dropped. Kagome slapped herself. 'Nasty thoughts! Bad, terrifying, scary, horrible thoughts! If Ashiru EVER knew I was thinking THAT..' Kagome shivered at that thought. She remembered the last time she thought about something like this, and it wasn't pretty. It involved, feathers, mud, and rope, not a pretty picture at all! Kagome sighed. ' Ok, now it's time to get down to business!' She cautiously stepped out into the silent hallway, and closed the noisy door of terror behind her.
With cat-like grace, Kagome sneaked down the elaborately decorated hallways. Her brown eyes glinted with mischief, as she took in her surroundings. Beautifully painted portraits of the royal family hung on the dark, stone walls. Kagome snorted in disgust when she saw the portrait of the current king. The evil man looked like he had to force his smile. Not only that, he looked like he wanted to kill something. Kagome shivered. Besides, it felt like the portrait was watching her. As she stealthily continued down the long, cold hallway, she came upon another portrait. This time however, it was a picture of a beautiful woman with long, ebony hair that fell past her shoulders. The woman's dark violet eyes seemed to hypnotize Kagome, while the woman's soft smile seemed to make her feel somewhat...safe. If Kagome hadn't noticed the woman's pointed ears, then she would have automatically assumed the woman was a human. 'She looks familiar...but, how would I know her? She must have been some kind of queen from the looks of it. Oh well, I shouldn't worry about something as trivial as this. I have more important things to do. Such as raiding Inu-kuro's room.' With one last questioning glance toward the youkai woman's portrait, Kagome continued down the hall, singing her favorite little song that she came up with. "I love diamonds, rubies too. I love gold, yet I hate you. Try to stop me if you dare, and you'll lose more then you're underwear."
**
Ashiru snapped out of her daze when she heard a loud, annoying, squeaking sound. She looked around the room for her partner, but found her to be nowhere in sight. Ice blue eyes narrowed in confusion. 'Now where did she go? The last time Kagome wandered off like this, it resulted in us acting like geishas for a week. Not a very nice experience.' Ashiru shivered at the memory of the men that dared to try and touch her with their greasy, calloused hands. She smirked. 'Too bad they don't have hands anymore. Enough reminiscing. I have more important matters to deal with. Such ask kicking a certain demon's butt back into the hole he crawled out of.' With that last thought, Ashiru returned her attention to the scowling Sesshomaru. With another smirk, she walked over to one of the four walls filled with weapons, and grabbed a sword from it. After turning back to Sesshomaru, Ashiru swung the sword over her shoulder, and let it rest there...for now. She stuck her hip out, and rested her hand on it, as if tempting the western heir. Ice blue eyes filled with mischief, at the idea of tempting the unfortunate youkai into a duel. "So, are you feeling up to a bit of a duel your lowness?" Ashiru taunted with a smirk.
Sesshomaru regarded her with a blank stare. "I refuse to duel a hanyou."
Ashiru's eyes widened, before narrowing. "How dare you say such a thing?! What? Are you too good to fight me? Is that it youkai?!" She growled, before chuckling, and swinging her sword off her shoulder. "Oh. I see how it is. You're afraid you'll lose. That's it, isn't it...Fluffy?"
"H-how dare you! You have a lot of guts to call me something so...degrading!" Sesshomaru snarled, baring his sharp, white fangs.
Ashiru smirked at the fuming youkai. "Well it does have emotions. I'm very surprised at that. So, how about it? Come on, just a little duel while the other two are away...or are you too weak to fight me?"
Like a little child, having a temper tantrum, Sesshomaru stomped over to the wall. Grabbing a sword off the wall with more force than necessary, he turned to Ashiru. "Let's duel." He growled, eyes flashing with rage.
**
Kagome continued walking down the hallways of the western castle. 'Well this was worth leaving Japan's longest glaring contest.' She thought sarcastically. 'All the doors look the same! Stupid youkai! They have so much gold and they can't even hire a decent decorator!' Chocolate eyes narrowed in annoyance. "What do they do with all that gold?" Kagome mumbled to herself. She continued walking down the long, never-ending, boring hallway. 'If I don't find something soon, I'll have to go back to watching Ashiru and the stupid dog make death eyes at each other. Since I REALLY don't want to do that I NEED to find something to "occupy" myself with.' The phoenix hanyou stopped dead in her tracks. Her eyes widened, and she let out an evil chuckle. "Well," Kagome mumbled in astonishment. "Speak of the devil, and he appears." She ran her clawed fingers against the cold, smooth gold that the door in front of her was made of. 'So this is what they do with all their gold...it's a bit of a waste if ya ask me. Then again,' Kagome thought with disgust, 'it's not like the stupid youkai have anything better to do with their gold.' Unconsciously, she moved her hand to the golden doorknob, and turned it. The door opened with a slight squeak. Kagome smirked evilly. "Now how did that open? Well, as long as it's open, I'll just go inside and look around." The hanyou stepped inside the dark room, and shut the heavy door behind her.
**
"Surrender hanyou!" Sesshomaru growled, as he slammed Ashiru into the wall.
Blue eyes changed into a blood red color. "I'll never surrender to a youkai!" Ashiru growled back. With a new sense of power she knocked Sesshomaru off her. Before he knew what was going on, he had locked swords with the dragon hanyou again. With a burst of ki, the enemies managed to knock their opponent back.
Sesshomaru panted. 'She's much stronger than I anticipated. How did she get a boost in power though, and why did her eyes change color? Forget it. I don't have time to think of such things, I need to put this filth in her place.' With that last thought, he attacked.
The dragon hanyou was barely managing to defend herself against the furious youkai. 'He's stronger then I thought. I underestimated him.' Ashiru's thoughts were cut off when she felt a sharp, burning pain. She looked to where the pain was coming from and saw a long, bloody gash across her left shoulder. With a snarl, and a burst of ki, the hanyou knocked Sesshomaru away from her.
"Are you finally giving up hanyou?" Asked Sesshomaru, smirking. His smirk changed into a frown when he heard her laughing softly. "Do you find losing funny?"
Ashiru stopped laughing and glared at Sesshomaru. "Who said I was losing? In fact youkai..." The dragon hanyou snarled. "The game has just begun!!" Before dog youkai knew what was going on, Ashiru was surrounded in a dark blue aura.
**
Kagome mumbled a quick spell to light up the room enough so she could see. "Well, well, well what do we have here?" She said quietly to herself as she took in her surroundings. The room was very nicely decorated. Blood red drapes hung beside two large, glass double doors that led out on to a small balcony. In the middle of the room, there was a king sized bed covered in black, silk sheets. "This looks like this would be that stupid Inuyasha's room. So, that must mean Tetsaiga is somewhere around here, the only question is where." Chocolate eyes did another quick scan of the bedroom. "If this is Inuyasha's room, then he certainly hides things well." The phoenix hanyou let out a frustrated groan. "I'll never find Tetsaiga! For once why can't I just have things go my way!"
"Hey! Who are you?! Why are you in here?!"
With a startled yell, Kagome "gracefully" fell to the floor.
**
Sesshomaru could only watch in amazement as Ashiru started to transform. Large, black dragon wings emerged from her back. Her claws grew longer, and her fangs became sharper. The dragon tattoo on her right arm glowed with a dim light, and became larger, wrapping itself around Ashiru's entire right arm.
"What happened to you hanyou?!" Sesshomaru snarled.
Ashiru smirked. "I'm not a hanyou anymore. I'm a full-blooded dragon youkai. So, Fluffy, I hope you can find a way to become much stronger, and fast."
"You can't hurt me hanyou!"
"Oh, but I can." The dragon youkai growled, her red eyes glowing with power. "Because in case you haven't noticed Fluffy, play times OVER!"
To Be Continued...