“The Battle of Nori Nanba”
Chapter 2


As Nori Nanba is, being calmed down by Kagome and Sango. Inuyasha darts out the door after his brother, with Miroku fast behind him.

Sango tells Nori Nanba, “Everything will be fine do not worry.”

“Inuyasha will make sure his brother stays away from the village and does not harm you or the other villagers.” Kagome says.

Looking at Kagome, Nori asks her, “How can you be sure of that, the wound Inuyasha had purely showed that Lord Sesshomaru is very powerful.”

Kagome reassured her by telling her, “Inuyasha has sent Sesshomaru off a number of times with his tail between his legs.” They start to giggle at the thought of what Kagome just said.

Kagome stops laughing as she looks at Nori Nanba she says, "I cannot believe you got in his face and told him to stop fighting with Inuyasha."

"Yeah, he looked confused when you did that," Sango added.

"I do not know what came over me," Nori Nanba says. "With everything you have told me about him, and Inuyasha, and seeing what he had done to him; this wave of anger came over me. The only thing I can think of for doing it is that I never knew my mother, and my father is gone almost all the time, I am an only child, so I really have no family. It saddens me to think that if you have a brother or sister in your life, why would you want to hurt them or even...," Nori Nanba pauses, "Kill Them!"

As a tear runs down her cheek she adds, "What I wouldn't do for a brother or sister, be them younger or older."

With Kagome and Sango both now thinking of their younger brothers, and how they missed them; now feeling sad for Nori Nanba because she was alone, they sit in silence for a few moments.


As Kagome is thinking, she asks, “Nori Nanba do you know why men seem to be so attracted to you?”

Sango is giving Kagome a look of... ‘NOT NOW.’

"Not to change the subject or anything," Kagome says. "And I don't mean to seem jealous or rude about this, but it is a fact that Inuyasha and Miroku both have been acting very different around you, and the men in the village, they act as if they're love sick or star struck. Even Sesshomaru, I have NEVER seen him stop dead in his tracks like that before, but when his eyes meet yours it was as if he ran into a wall.” Kagome says.

“Yeah he stopped dead within his footsteps, and when you two finally, broke eye contact. He seemed stunned for a few moments." Sango says.

Nori Nanba was not sure herself why this was happening to her or the men she encounters. She looks at the girls, "I do not know why, for the last few years the men of the village have been so strange around me. Before, I was treated like any other person here in the village, but sometime ago I started to notice things about how the guys were acting with me. I asked my father about it, he told me it was because I was becoming a young woman. He had told me that when I was eighteen; you would think, five years later at the age of twenty-three I would have already been a young woman and moving on to being a women."

"What of your mother," Sango asks, "A woman in the village told us that your mother was thought to be a Goddess of great beauty..."

"I have heard many things about my mother," Nori Nanba says.

"Doesn't your father talk about her," ask Kagome.

"Not really, he used to talk about her all the time when I was younger. I thought it was because he missed her so much, but as the years went on it was as if he just... stopped."

Sango looks at Kagome and says as she turns to Nori Nanba, "Maybe it's time to sit down with your father and get him to tell you about your mother. You need to get the whole story from him, you are becoming a woman now, and things you do not understand are happening to you. It is better to get the truth from him, rather than the rumors from the people of the village. What if something was to happen, if your mother did have certain powers over men, and passing these powers on to you, if you do not know how to use the power or even control it, it might do harm to someone or even to you!"

"Your right Sango, I do need to know about this. I just wish my mother were here so she could tell me, my father may have known about my mothers' powers, if she did indeed have them, but I truly doubt he knew how she used them or controlled them." They find themselves sitting in silence once again, Nori Nanba gets up, and walks to the door, they ask her, “Are you all right?”

She replies, "Yes, I would just like a little time alone please." Thinking to herself, how much easier her life could have been, if only her mother had been there when she was growing up.

As her mind drifts in and out of thought, she finds herself thinking of Lord Sesshomaru. "How perfectly beautiful he was. His skin so pale, and his long flowing hair of white," she stops. "His eyes... his eyes of golden yellow, so deep and yet so filled with hate and anger." Nori Nanba thinks of when she had looked into his eyes. She could almost see within his soul, so much hurt.

"I could feel his power; it was so strong!" She crosses her arms holding herself and trembling, knowing this is a man that has never known love. Lost so deep in thought, Nori Nanba did not realize the sun had set and that the night was upon her. Hearing a snap, like someone stepping on a twig, she comes back to reality; looking around her for someone's presence, she sees no one.


She hears another noise, turning in the direction the noise was coming from. She sees a silhouette, tall and narrow. It is something hiding in the trees. It starts to move toward her, she backs away not letting her eyes leave the object. She still cannot see who or what is coming toward her. As her heart starts to beat faster, and she is still backing away, thinking,

"Is it him, had he come to kill me? Was Inuyasha not able to stop him, and now he is here, back to get me?!"

Still backing away her mind-running wild with thoughts and scared to death, she bumps into something behind her. Spinning around she finds Inuyasha standing there; she falls into his arms sobbing.

Inuyasha shocked by this asks, “What is wrong?” He strokes her hair to calm her. She tells him what she saw he looks seeing nothing.

He tells her, “You must have been seeing things, for there is no one or nothing there.” She turns to see if what he says is true.

She looks at Inuyasha telling him, "I know there was something there, I saw it, and I was not seeing things. It was there; you must have scared it away. You must have, because something was there. I know it was there."

Sobbing even more and feeling as if she was losing her mind from the days activities. Inuyasha turns her to face him. Looking into her eyes, he takes her into his arms and says, “You are safe now; I will never let anything happen to you.”

She feels him stroking her hair, soon his hand is on her back as he is gently creasing her and pulling her tightly into his body.

Pushing away from Inuyasha, she tells him, "NO! This is wrong; what you are feeling is not real and I will not allow you to act on false feelings."

She runs from Inuyasha into the house, going straight to her room. As she falls to her bed sobbing, thoughts wildly running through her head, "What is happening, why can't I stop it, why me, and why can't father and mother be here, why!" Crying herself to sleep.


She awoke the next morning to the sun shining in on her, warming her cold body. As she stretches, out and welcomes the new day, she rolls over on to her back. As she does this, she sees Lord Sesshomaru standing against the far wall in her room, she quickly gets up from her bed, but not quick enough. He had her in his grasps within seconds. With one hand around her throat and the other hand holding her against him, her back is to his chest.

He whispers in her ear, "What have you done to me?"

Scared and not knowing what he is asking her, she tells him, "I have done nothing to you, PLEASE let me go; I do not wish to die." His grip on her throat was getting much tighter.

"PLEASE! " She begs of him. "I do not know what you want me to say."

He whispers in her ear again. "You have done something to me… When our eyes meet yesterday I can feel it burning within me," he says to her.

His grip is releasing from around her throat and the hold on her body that he had is no longer there as well. Knowing he is still behind her, she turns to look at him afraid of what he may do, but she needs to see him.

Looking at him, but not making eye contact with him, she touches his face with her fingertips. He moves back and she reaches for him again. This time she makes full contact with him, running her fingers back toward his ear feeling his soft silky skin on her fingers. The palm of her hand now rests on his cheek. He places his hand on hers, holding her hand to his cheek. She looks at him again; she sees his eyes are closed.

“He looks so calm; it is almost as if he is enjoying my touch.” Nori says to herself.

Sesshomaru looks at her, making their eyes meet for only a second. He soon grabs her wrist, squeezing it, as he whispers, "NO! " He pushes Nori to the floor.

When she looks up, Lord Sesshomaru is gone. Still on the floor, Nori Nanba wonders what just happened, “Why did he not kill me, and why did I need to touch him so badly. Do I have an obsession over him and if I do, is this good, or even safe, why am I feeling this way about him?” She needed answers and she wanted them right then.

Sesshomaru stands just within the forest, he turns looking back into the village. He sees Nori Nanba's home, and then sees her stepping outside. He steps forward, then stops himself.

"What am I doing, why do I want this woman so badly? It is like a raging fire burning within my veins. What powers is she holding over me?!"

He was soon finding himself thinking of her, “Her eyes... her very beautiful soft blue eyes. The warmth and tenderness of her soft skin lightly touching my face. Her touch, so gentle and loving, warms my blood.”

Remembering how she made him feel, Sesshomaru finds himself moving toward the village again, he stops. Watching as Nori Nanba stands outside, the sun shinning on her hair as it glistens in the light, reflecting many shades of gold and copper. She looks as if she is looking for something or someone.

"Is she looking for me?" He says to himself finding he wants her touch, feeling as if he has no control. Confused and feeling lost for the first time in is life, he thinks, "Why!" He forces himself to turn and walk away.

Nori Nanba, still outside looking for Lord Sesshomaru, turns hearing Shippo's voice.

“What are you looking for Nori Nanba?”

She looks at Shippo, “Nothing just looking around,” she tells him.

“Oh, all right then, Kagome has sent me out to get you. She has breakfast done, and it is time to eat.” Shippo tells her.

She follows Shippo into the house. She turns just before entering the doorway. She whispers, "Where are you Sesshomaru, and why did you run away?" She sighs, "Lord Sesshomaru."

Sesshomaru well into the forest stops, feeling as if something is calling him, as her very softly whispered words had fallen upon his ears.



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