Chapter 10
"Jaken, you little worm, come back here!" Inu-Yasha shouted furiously. "Let me out so I can kill you!"
"My lord wouldn't like that," Jaken called back to him. "You'll just have to stay there."
"Hey, you - " he broke off, hearing Jaken whistle as he walked away. Inu-Yasha felt sick. The loss of blood and torment from the guards he could handle. But it was the thought of Kagome in the village, lying in a pool of her own blood. Or worse, Sessho-Maru could be eating her...He closed his eyes and shook his head, trying to block out the images. Or even worse than that, what if she found Sessho-Maru....attractive? Could she, Inu-Yasha wondered, even after he tried to kill her? No, she wouldn't...would she? Stop it, he said to himself. You're worrying over over nothing. Kagome hates Sessho-Maru. But he couldn't help feeling...
"Whater ye doin'n there?" snarled the guard. "Yer too quiet. Be ye dead?"
"No such luck," Inu-Yasha shot back. He scowled.
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Sessho-Maru staggared into his chamber, and threw himself on the bed. His arms were bleeding from where the wench's fan's had cut him, and his back ached from the magic of her whip.
"That (bleep)," he muttered angrily. "I'm going to kill her once I - " There was a knock, then Jaken entered. He bowed respectfully before rushing to his master's side and falling on his knees.
"Oh, Master, are you hurt terribly? Is the pain bad? Shall I fetch the - "
"You insensible whining is irritating me," Sessho-Maru cut in curtly. I'll heal up eventually. How is the prisoner?"
"Oh, Master, he hates the dungeon and worries for the human witch. He - "
"I'll be down to see him later. Now I must rest. Leave." Jaken bowed again before exiting the room. Sessho-Maru sighed. Sometimes,he just felt like killing his loyal servant. But his thoughts turned quickly back to the woman in the village. She was brazen, and skilled in the art of weaponry, as well as sorcery. She had to be, he thought, because no one has ever beaten me that easily. She could have been a priestess, but her unusual clothing....That woman, he thought. Later I'll go back, kill her and Inu-Yasha's mortal, and then I'll get the Tetsusaiga.