A/N: This is yet another story made by me... Don't know why though, maybe cuz I got bored of always writing the same thing over and over again.. Feh, either way, I want to try to do something a bit more different... Don't know if I will do a good job or not but I still want to try this out. So here I go!
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Scorching heat and pitiful wails, cries that almost drove him nuts. It wasn't the fact that his companions kept on complaining about different things, or that the heat that radiated from both the sun above and the ground below made his skin go slick with sweat, but the fact that he could do nothing to make them stop. In fact, the land he was in right now made him as strong as any human male, something he detested with all his might. When did all this start? Lets start from the beginning, shall we?
Three days ago, when he was still a very imposing and a very powerful daiyoukai, he had been called by his so called business companions on a cruise to the Bermuda Triangle. It was a known fact that whatever was in that specific location could do nothing to powerful demons as of late, but the thrill of unraveling some mysteries was still present. Thus, he accepted without thinking everything through. He wasn't that type of guy usually but he was getting way too tired of doing the same thing over and over again. Not to mention that his business partners were all high-class demons, so he was assured at least some piece and quiet and some time to relax, letting his powers run free.
Maybe that was what had made their ship wreck on some foreign land, a small little island that, for some reason, diminished their powers almost completely. The only thing he had left was his very keen eyesight, his God blessed nose and his wonderful hearing. He had the same strength as a human, the same speed, the could no longer use his youki and his body had began to practically melt under the blistering light. What was worse was that, along side his three male friends, as they usually called themselves, there were four other female companions, all demons. They were so used with doing whatever they liked that, when they first realized that they couldn't do a thing on the island they began to cry and curse, throwing the blame from one to the other. They were wearing his patience thin as of late and Sesshomaru Taisho wasn't going to put up with it for long. If they continued to rant as they did, world be damned, he will brake some necks with his bare hands.
Growling deep in his chest, his golden eyes moving from one pair to the other as they bickered amongst themselves, the silver head male turned his attention to the lush forest behind them. The beach was nice and all, cozy and naturally beautiful but he still preferred places that had some shade. For example, the wide tree he was currently laying under. Digging his nails into the mush soil, Sesshomaru brought it back up to his nose and sniffed it slightly. If he wasn't mistaking, and he wasn't, then this island smelled too much of pure energies, the same kind his deceased father had once told him about. Soil that could rob a full fledged demon his powers and that could kill a lesser demon in no time.
Snarling as he shook his hand to get rid of the smelling substance, the tai turned to face a very beautiful and yet very angry demoness that made her way towards him. Though her attire belonged more in a stripping club than on a cruise on the wide ocean, he couldn't say that it didn't fit her slim fire and prone body. More like, it hugged her figure just the right way to make any male go nuts. Any male but the pissed off dai.
"Can you believe it, Sessh darling? That stupid wolf can't do anything for us! We are stranded here for at least a weak before the last distress call can be intercepted..." her annoying, high voice made him cringe, though nothing passed his aloof and cold exterior.
He couldn't care less about them. He just wanted his powers back. He would leave them there if he could just destroy whatever was causing him to loose every single grain of power. Looking straight to the sky and ignoring the cat demon at his side, the moon kissed lord of the west, currently CEO of the most powerful empire on Earth, inhaled deeply. There was something in the air, like a sweet fragrance that called out to his more basic needs. Contemplating on whatever it was that made him react this way, the dai barely suppressed a growl when he felt the female shift and block his vision, her full, exposed breasts dangling in front of him.
"Shouldn't we just run off somewhere? Maybe we can...hm... find 'something' out there..." her purr made him glare at her, his upper lip twisting upwards, a pearly white fang showing.
Stiffening, the violet haired female almost cried out in horror when his eyes flashed red. He was definitely ticked off by all this. Not to mention that their communication was down, their boat could not be repaired and they had little to no food. And this idiotic woman was rubbing him in all the wrong places. If this was a normal outing, then he wouldn't have been more glad to pin her down and fuck her brains out till she went mad. But this was not normal, he was feeling dirty and obscenely naked and she was making everything worse.
Pushing her body off of him, the tai stood up, his eyes fixed on her brilliant black ones, and walked away, his hand coming up to brush his sweaty bangs off his forehead. Good thing he had cut his silver locks to a minimum size. He didn't even want to think about how this would have turned out if he had his long hair now. Shaking his head, his mask back in place, the tai ignored all and any calls that came from the small group and entered the forest. It looked like an Amazonian jungle, a place he had been to a couple of times, more out of curiosity than anything else. Lush, green forest vegetation, a lot of bugs he couldn't name, birds that chirped out to him, small animals that stopped to look at him and then run away, everything was new to him. Sure, he was old, older than any of the people he had agreed on going with, but he could still be surprised from time to time. Sniffing, the smell of the unexplored jungle invading his nose, he realized that, although no one could pass the Bermuda without loosing something, they have and they were still alright. More or less, that is.
Pushing some of the stubborn lianas out of his way, his sharp claws slashing through them when needed, he went further into the jungle, not realizing that he had separated himself from his friends. Not that he cared about them, but he still wanted to get off the island.
'Maybe if this one finds the source of the power that makes everything electronic unusable, the same power that shreds this place from view, the same thing that disabled my powers, then this one can go home.' His logical mind went on with it's tirade, as he walked further and further into the forest.
Closing his eyes when the smell surrounded him completely, Sesshomaru stopped dead in his tracks and focused on the sounds around him. A flock of birds chirped happily on a branch above him, two rats of some kind ran away from him to the west, ants marched on a tree ten feet from him and... His eyes snapped open as his body pivoted, his muscular arm closing around a neck.
"C-calm down, dude!" the person that he had captured struggled to speak, clawing at his hand. "It's just...me...Koga!" he breathed, the absolute distaste from Sesshomaru's face going unnoticed by the wolf demon.
Throwing him to the side, not caring where he landed, Sesshomaru barely contained his anger when he saw the same members he wanted to get away from exploring the small clearing he had found. They looked so unimpressed by the wild nature around them that he, as a creature born from that wilderness, wanted to rip out their hearts and show them what it meant to be free. Because that was what he was feeling right now, the only good part of them being stranded on an unknown island: he was once again free. Just like the day he had been born. Shaking his head, turning on his heels, the stoic tai walked away from the squirming bunch and followed his nose to wherever it could take him.
"Wa-wait up, Sesshomaru!" one of the girls called out, not that he even slowed down.
"What a prick!" he heard the murmur of another, one named Kagura, who, as his nose told him, wasn't feeling quite alright.
'So the legend was true... Hanyo's have it though...' he thought, a snicker passing his straight line lips.
"You shouldn't talk like that, love. He is..." the male that had come with them, one vile little spider demon named Naraku, chimed in, but he was abruptly cut off by a flying arrow.
Hiding his presence ahead of time, Sesshomaru watched with interest as they fled wherever they could, agitated and screaming for their lives. He had sensed a presence not too long ago, but it was as if that creature had something that prevented him from actually locating it. Thus the flying projectile that nearly killed one of his companions. And why did the Gods not let it strike? He would have been more than happy if that would have happened.
Peeking from his position behind a large tree, the young lord eyed the vegetation around him carefully. Even with his powerful eyesight he couldn't see it move, the light that came from above reaching the ground too little. He could feel even more presences around them, surrounding him and the other seven, but he didn't dare to move. It wasn't that he was afraid, because he wasn't, but he was more likely curious to see what was that tried to capture them. He could smell poison that wouldn't affect him and other smells, but he couldn't tell the gender of said warriors.
"Wha.." the scared whisper from Shibuya, the demon cat, reached his ears, just in time for yet another arrow to strike her position, but not wounding her.
"You better shut up." He warned, his voice impassive, his eyes moving swiftly from spot to spot in search for their attackers.
This island looked too good to be uninhabited and the sweet fragrance that surrounded it from the start told him that it had been lived for quite some time. His curiosity spiked once more. Who were these people that made his heart go wild, that made his beast rattle his cage? Sensing danger before it could strike him, the trained dog demon jumped to the side, his keen eyes catching a flash of his attacker. Long dark hair, held up in a pony-tail, slim figure, only hidden by small peaces of leather around the chest and pelvic region, tattoos and a bow of arrows. His mirage had been something that resembled a woman.
Turning around, his instincts telling him that there was something that wanted to hurt him from behind, the tall inuyoukai caught, barehanded, a small wrist that held a long knife, it's glittering point aimed for his neck. Squeezing the small figure still shred in darkness, honey orbs captured azure blue and held the stare as the woman fought with him. Before he could predict it, her hand dropped the beautifully crafted dagger, her other hand catching it, her now free palm gripping his much larger wrist and using it as a leverage for her kick in his stomach. Caught by surprise, his eyes widening as he was thrown back, his shirt clothed back hitting the rough bark of a secoya tree, Sesshomaru felt the swift cut on his cheek, a pleasant blackout overpowering him.
Before he felt to the ground, motionless, he heard the last few thuds from the ones that had come with him. What on earth were these creatures?