New Enemy Or New Lover?

Chapter Seven

Inu Yasha	dog demoness
Miyoko	beautiful generation's child
Kimono (m)	formal shirt
Kimono (f)	formal dress
Hakama	pants
Obi	sash
Tetsusaiga	pulverizing steel fang
Kagura	ancient Shinto music & dancing
Fuujin no Mai	Dance of the Wind Blades
Naraku	Hell/Hades
Yukio	gets what he wants
Sama	Lady; mistress; Lord; master
Inu	dog
Mika	the new moon
Youkai	demon(s)
Ningen	human
Hanyou	half-demon; half-human
Baka(1)	fool
Kugutsu	remote puppets
Sesshoumaru	killing perfection

Above are the words & translations for the Japanese terms in the chapter... Sorry if I have any wrong.

When Miyoko opened her eyes, the sky looked almost like blue dyes since the sun had begun to rise. She looked down at the arm wrapped securely around her waist, almost tensing when she realized the arm belonged to Inu Yasha. -I didn't go back to the castle last night,- she thought. -How do I leave without a struggle from him?- She reached down & wrapped her hand around his wrist, then tried to move his arm, but he wrapped his arm tighter around her, pulling her against him.

"Don't go," Inu Yasha mumbled as he buried his face into her shoulder.

Miyoko's eyes widened & her ears perked up, listening to his breathing. -He's still asleep, but he's waking up,- she thought. "Inu Yasha," she whispered. -Dammit! He'll see the scar on my middle back from Kagura's Fuujin no Mai...- She turned over in his grasp so she was now facing him. "Wake up Inu Yasha."

With a soft groan, he opened his golden eyes & looked down at her. He held her gaze for a little while as he brought his hand up, softly caressing her face. "Miyoko?"

"Yes Inu Yasha?"

"Why did you come to me last night?"

"You are the one who came to me last night. I was here first, pleasing myself," she answered as she placed her hand on his chest. "Though I would like to thank you for helping me last night."

"I didn't mind," he said before he kissed the top of her head between her ears. "Perhaps we should get dressed now. I'm sure the others are worried about me by now." He let go of her & pushed himself up to his feet.

Miyoko got up & while he had his back to her, she pulled on the many layers of her kimono & grabbed her obi, tying it around her waist. She looked at him to see him picking up his Tetsusaiga & tucking it in his obi. "Are you ready to go back to your home?"

Inu Yasha looked at her as he shifted his under kimono, then his hakama since the crotch was crooked. "Don't you want to come with me?"

"No Inu Yasha. Now that I'm free from Naraku, I have to return home to my father & let him know I'm safe."

"Yukio-sama is still living?"

"Yes."

Inu Yasha chuckled. "Leave it to an Inu-Youkai to still be living at his age. Is your mother, Mika-sama, still alive? She must be pushing eighty-something."

Miyoko's eyes darkened. "My mother died thirty years ago, trying to give birth to a hanyou. The baka(1) brat didn't even make it through the birth; so my mother died for a pointless cause."

"I'm sorry Miyoko. But it's a miracle a ningen like her made it through your birth. Not many ningen survive a hanyou birth."

Miyoko nodded. "I have to return to my father Inu Yasha. After I let him know I'm safe, I will return to you."

The hanyou male nodded. "Do you remember your way to the village?"

"Yes Inu Yasha." -Time for reassurance...- She thought as she moved to him & hugged him tightly. "Goodbye Inu Yasha. I promise to come back to you once my father's mind is at ease."

"Goodbye Miyoko."

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Naraku chuckled as he watched Miyoko with his Kugutsu that was concealed in the trees. "She puts on a good act," he mused, his eyes following her as she ran away from Inu Yasha. "Now, how well of an act can she put on for Sesshoumaru-sama?"

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Miyoko ran her fingers through her hair, getting out the dirt & twigs from the previous night. She inhaled sharply when she found a thick tangle in her hair. -I hope Naraku-sama knows what he is doing. Already it's nightfall & there is no sign of Sesshoumaru, or his servants...-

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"Miyoko, this liquid, once you have applied it to your sex & washed it away, will mask the scent of your tryst with Inu Yasha," Naraku said as he handed Miyoko a vile of red liquid.

"Are you sure it will work Naraku-sama?" Miyoko asked, looking at the vile in her hand. "It's such a strong scent."

"I am certain it will work. Now go to the bathing room & clean yourself."

"Yes Naraku-sama."

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Miyoko groaned as she tried to workout the knot in her hair that she still had trouble with.

"Trespassing again, Miyoko?" Spoke a voice a few feet away from her.

Miyoko looked up from the knot, but still worked on it as she locked eyes with Sesshoumaru. "Mark your lands better so I won't keep doing it then, Sesshoumaru-sama," she replied.

"Why are you in my lands this time?"

"I am passing through them, but I needed a rest with how large your lands are."

"That did not answer my question."

"I am headed to the East, back home."

"Is that a lie like last time?"

"It is not a lie."

"Then you will not mind if I escort you since I am going to see your father."

"Who am I to stop you?"

"In my eyes, you're no one. Just another dirty blood hanyou cursing these lands."

Miyoko frowned at him. "I did not choose to be born a hanyou. If I could have chosen what I was born as, trust me, I would have been a youkai."

"That may be what you want, Miyoko, but right now you have dirty blood," Sesshoumaru said as his nose picked up a familiar scent. "And if I'm correct, you're in heat."

"What does it matter to you?"

"It doesn't."

"What's the matter, Sesshoumaru-sama? Will it be hard for you to ignore my scent while we travel?"

"I am not a weak youkai, Miyoko. Your smell does not bother me."

"Then let's get going. I wouldn't want you to be late seeing my father." Miyoko rose to her feet & began walking in the direction of Yukio's castle. "May I ask why you're on your way to see my father?"

"Personal business; no."

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Miyoko glanced over at the youkai next to her, curious as to why his servants weren't with him. -He probably smelled my scent & left them behind to follow our tracks since I nearly killed them last time I saw them,- she thought as she looked up at the sky.

"Where did you disappear to when you left your father's lands?" Sesshoumaru asked, breaking the silence between them. Out of the corner of his eye, he watched her look at him. "Is that a hard question to answer?"

"I just don't think it's any of your business," she answered, looking ahead. "How did you know I left my father's lands?"

"I have spoken with your father two weeks before now & he mentioned your disappearance."

"I see. What did you speak to him about?"

"His wishes to see us together as mates. I informed him that he should not get his hopes up," he answered as he stopped walking. He watched her as he sat down against a tree, & she sat down across from him. "I let him know that I will not choose you as my mate because I do not carry taste for dirty blood."

"Sesshoumaru-sama, not only is it not your place to tell my father to stop his dreaming, but it is also not your place to decide what gives someone dirty blood."

"Hold your tongue with me, Miyoko."

"And it is not your place to act as if I am your servant & should listen to you. I call you Sesshoumaru-sama out of respect; not because you have earned the title."

"You have the attitude of a lowly ningen."

Miyoko narrowed her eyes at the youkai across from her. "How dare you." =Miyoko, calm yourself,= spoke a voice in her mind. =You know what you need to do for me. Do not ruin your chances.= Miyoko closed her eyes & lowered her head. -I am sorry Naraku-sama. I will be careful.- "I am sorry Sesshoumaru-sama. I let my emotions take over my mouth."

"Such is expected of hanyous."

Miyoko bit her lip, trying to keep herself calm from his words.

"There is something else that I told your father."

"What was that?"

"I told him that the only way I would ever consider you as my future mate."

"Oh? And what way is that?"

"Prove yourself stronger than the hanyou you are in my eyes."

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