Taming the Monster by Dorkfishe97
An Evil is Born
Taming the Monster
Chapter 1: An Evil Is Born
Sesshomaru backed further into the darkness, trying to get away from the danger he felt quickly approaching. In all of his long existence, he had never been more afraid or full of rage. The force coming towards him was more evil than any crazy half-demon mutt could ever hope to be. The rage he felt stemmed from the ridiculous thought that he, the Great Lord Sesshomaru of the Western lands was afraid of anything at all. However, no matter how much he hated himself for the fact, he couldn’t deny that he just wanted to escape the evil seeking him out.
The real kicker was that Sesshomaru easily could have stopped this evil from coming into existence if he had seen the earlier signs. Well, he had seen the signs—Sesshomaru never misses anything—he simply chose to write off any signs he noticed. If he had used those powers of observation earlier, he knew he could have saved the miko from the evil that now possessed her… and hunted him. For a moment he couldn’t help but think back to how the day started.
Sesshomaru had traveled out of the village as InuYasha practically begged him too so that he could retrieve the miko from the bone eater’s well—Sesshomaru agreed, seeing that InuYasha was too busy chasing after Kikyo to care about his other miko. Plus he liked the idea of his brother being indebted to him, no matter how small that debt actually was.
Not long ago, Sesshomaru learned the strange miko indeed came from a different time, which came as no surprise to Sesshomaru; the miko was different from all the other humans of this era. One: she bathed regularly, so she was clean. Not many farmers understood that concept. Two: her manner of dressing was neither modest, nor practical. The length of her kimonos could only come from a time with a complete lack of morals and modesty.
So he waited for the miko to appear in the bottom of the well and then hoisted the grumbling seventeen year out up and out of the wooden structure after she emerged. With quite a bit of interest, Sesshomaru watched as Kagome narrowed her eyes in the general direction of InuYasha and his lover before she turned clear blue eyes back to the demon in front of her.
“I take it that InuYasha decided to chase after Kikyo again. I kinda figured when he didn’t come and get me early. You being here just confirms that he’s off with her. He is such a stupid dog,” she grumbled and kicked the well next to her.
“Indeed, he is. And you, strange miko, are in a violate mood,” Sesshomaru stated. Kagome had the decency to look away from him and blush in shame.
“Sorry ‘bout that,” she mumbled. “I’m just overly stressed. I have tons of tests I have to study for and a pile of make-up work to do. Coming back to find that InuYasha chose Kikyo over me again really does nothing to help with my moods. I mean, it’s not like it’s my fault that I had a life before I met InuYasha and shattered the jewel—I can’t just drop everything back in the future. I know that I need to fix the jewel, this is only right, but I also have to finish high school if I ever want a semi-normal life after all of this is over.” She looked up at the stoic demon lord. “And now I am grumbling all of this into your ear, and you could care less. I bet you hate me even more now. Great, I’m just going to head over there,” she motioned with a quick jab of the finger.
A very confused Sesshomaru watched as the miko walked away from him in the small clearing and set her backpack down before plopping down onto her own butt. With a huff she pulled her backpack onto her lap before pulling out several of her books and then pulled something that smelled faintly of candy, yet was composed of ingredients he’d never smelled. Letting his curiosity get the best of him, Sesshomaru walked over to the miko and observed what she had in her hands.
“Oh!” she jumped when she noticed the demon Lord looming over her suddenly. “You just snuck up on me!” Trying to hide a smile, she noted the confusing coloring his eyes as he took in all of her candy.
“Oh, this is just candy from my time. I kinda feel down right now, and candy cheers me up while giving me a little bit of a sugar boost. Do you want a piece? I must warn though, they have tons of sugar in them as well as preservatives not found in this time.” Sesshomaru gave her a look that seemed blank to the little miko, but really was the mystery of the foreign ingredients being solved.
“Okay, then. If you don’t want any candy, feel free to leave. You don’t have to watch over mine like I’m some sort of four year old. I can take care of myself, even if InuYasha told you otherwise.”
Again his blank stare greeted the miko.
“Fine,” she huffed. “I’m going to study.”
Sesshomaru lazed under a tree a few meters in front of and to the left of the miko. He watched as she flipped pages and notes for about an hour, the whole time popping pieced of candy in her mouth. When the candy seemed to stop having the desired effect, she sighed and pulled a black and green canister out of her backpack.
Seeing his curious look in her direction, Kagome decided to explain.
“This is an energy drink from my time. It’s called Monster, and it’s really good! The best part is that I have two more when this one is gone! Please don’t tell InuYasha, though; he doesn’t like it when I brink these back from my time to drink.”
Sesshomaru just gave her a bored look. Despite what InuYasha may think, he was not going to babysit nor try to control the miko. Instead, he watched as he continued drinking and studying. Even though Sesshomaru sat away from the miko, he could hear her heartbeat increasing, even though she remained perfectly still. Looking back, Sesshomaru realized this is when he should have stepped in.
He watched her polish off her first Monster. The first one barely had time to make its way to her bloodstream before she pulled out another one, opened the top, and took a large swig of the liquid. Halfway through the second drink, she started bouncing. She pulled out even more candy and started making a dent in that.
In seemingly no time, she had eaten all of her candy and polished off the rest of her second drink. She pulled out her last Monster and practically chugged the contents from the canister. After she put the trash in her bag and swept her books from the side, Kagome turned to Sesshomaru and gave him a huge smile that sent bits of ice through his blood stream. Her pupils overtook the blue of her eyes, and she had a crazy gleam to her eyes.
“Hey, Sesshomaru!” I feel like playing fetch! Do you? You are a big, fluffy dog and all when you transform, so you have to love fetch! Hey! Let’s run around!”
Kagome abruptly stood up and started running around the clearing. After a few minutes she couldn’t breathe around the stich in her side and decided to wiggle her way in between Sesshomaru and the tree.
“Ooohh! Your hair is so pretty! Can I touch it? I want to braid it! Your hair would look so pretty with some flowers braided into it! I’ll be right back!” At this point Sesshomaru could hear the miko’s heart fluttering in her chest as she went to pick some flowers and came back only a few moments later with bunches of them. Much so his horror, she actually had the audacity to sit behind Sesshomaru and start braiding the offensive blooms into the silky perfection of his hair. He stood up.
“Do not touch me, miko!” Sesshomaru was in shock from being touched so freely. That was the only logical reason the little woman was still living. Kagome didn’t care if she faced a certain doom. She wanted to braid that pretty silver hair of his; she stood and picked up where she left off.
No matter how many times he moved or threatened—no, promised—to kill the miko, she just kept coming. She was everywhere. Somehow, she was using her miko powers to fuel the power this evil Monster substance contained.
Thirty minutes later, he had suffered through a sing-a-long, skipping through the meadow, braiding, an attempted belly-rub, and any other torture the miko could conjure up in that evil head of hers. Several times Sesshomaru felt poison rising up into his deadly claws as he thought of killing her, but for some reason he could never bring himself to do so. Kagome noticed the poison, but thought he was probably soaking up the attention in secret.
Finally, when Sesshomaru could take no more, he just turned and ran. The miko had followed him and now here he was—hiding in the woods from a lowly human girl. Granted, this substance from the future correctly named Monster had turned Kagome into this evil force, but still! She was essentially human!
He caught the miko’s scent and heard her footsteps approaching. Instead of running as Sesshomaru wanted, he sucked up his fears to face Kagome. He would rather die than run from a human!
He watched as the miko came forward. She cocked her head, just as a dog would do, and sniffed the air. She actually sniffed it! Then she turned and looked right at Sesshomaru.
“I found you, Sesshomaru! Do you mind if I call you Fluffy? You have this fluffy tail thingy and you’re just so fluffy when you transform! Hahaha! I bet InuYasha is going to be pissed when he finds out I drank so many Monsters!” The little miko skipped over to him, and he heard as her quickly beating heart suddenly faltered before slowing.
“I’m not feeling so hot. Actually, I’m getting kind of weak and dizzy.” She put a hand to her chest and then swayed gently from side to side. She was looking up as Sesshomaru quizzically, as if to ask how they got in the middle of the forest, right before her eyes fluttered and he passed out into the waiting arm of Sesshomaru.
“Now what?” he wondered.
A/N: This is basically the nonsense my brain comes up with! This story is already on Fanfiction as well (same username!). Feed the starving writer, leave a review!