Sesshou-maru's Heart
This fanfiction is based on Rumiko Takahashi's Inu Yasha series, using my character from the Inu Yasha RPG group I am in, and the situations she and the player-controlled Sesshou-maru gets into. Yes, someone plays him. Others play the rest of the 'original' characters. It is ran by Hono.
Chapter One-A Youkai Childhood
"Sesshou-maru, I'd like you to meet someone." Came the Great Demon's soft voice with its usual razor-edge hidden inside.
"Aww...do I haffta?" Sesshou-maru, about age seven, pouted, arms crossed.
"Yes. You have to. This..." He pointed to the tall, ever-so-pale youkai noblewoman who stood before them, "Is Taikiri. She is the mate of my old friend, Yamin." He pointed to another tall youkai, this one male, and dressed as finely as the first. His skin was pale, but not quite as pale as his mate's. Or perhaps it was just Taikiri's red-as-blood hair that made her skin seem so pale. Yamin had light, blondish brown hair that was short, extending only to his earlobes. He had stripes on his cheeks, much like Sesshou-maru and the Great Demon.
"Feh, what does it matter if I meet these people?" Sesshou-maru scornfully said, much less serious than the one we know today.
Suddenly, a little girl youkai came running into the room, in a much-too-big green kimono. Her hair was wildly flowing in two pigtails, and a blood-hued crimson that made her pale skin stand out. She had a grin on her oval little face, and grassy eyes sparkled mischievously. As she ran past Taikiri, the woman reached down easily and grabbed the little girl. "Eiralya...how many times have I told you? Show some respect in the hall of the Great Demon!" The girl quieted instantly, her green eyes going big and round. "Yes, mama." She whispered, her voice oddly silky for such a small child.
"Humph. What's a girl like HER doing here?" Sesshou-maru scoffed.
"Hey! Take that back, you...you...meanie!" Yelled the girl.
"Make me." He said, sticking out his tongue.
"Perfect." Said Yamin, laughing, to the Great Demon, who started chuckling as well.
Later...
"EEEEK! Stay away from me!" came a girl's scream.
"Eh?" Sesshou-maru's pointed ears perked. Had that been Eira? He thought. Feh. A girl like her wouldn't need HIS help to handle anything...would she? He stood up, and followed the sound quietly, planning only to see what was going on. The scene that met his eyes drew a lot of rage from somewhere he hadn't realized existed. Five older-about ten or eleven, they looked to be- youkai guys had surrounded Eira, ripping the six-year old youkai's kimono.
"Aww, come ON..." One said cruelly.
"Just a kiss? We know you must be good at kissing, otherwise, why would Sesshou-maru tolerate you?" Cold laughter followed this.
This REALLY made Sesshou-maru angry. How dare these fools assume things? They shouldn't do that. He leaped out from his hiding place, clawing across one boy's face, leaving at least three long claw scratches.
"Sesshou-maru?" whispered Eira.
"AAAAAH, it's Sesshou-maru!!" The other four guys screamed and started to run away. Sesshou-maru chased them, giving them all a beating they shouldn't forget. He then returned to where Eira was still curled up on the ground. "Are you alright?" He asked, feigning total non-concern.
"I-I'm fine...thanks to YOU, Sesshou-maru!!" Eira had leaped up and was hugging Sesshou-maru quite tightly.
"Gah! S-stop that!" He gulped. Surely he was only embarrassed...wasn't he?
"Sorry." She let go, stepping back and blushing lightly.
From the nearby bushes, two forms retreated.
"You know, Yamin, I think bringing your daughter here was a perfect idea."
"I agree my friend...or should I call you the Great Demon?"
The two laughed at Yamin's teasing tone.
And so, this sort of thing continued...you know, Sesshou-maru beating up guys who try to make...erm, advances, on Eira...for 8 more years...
Sesshou-maru sighed, sitting alone in his room. Why did he feel his heart go 'ba-bump' whenever she smiled? Had it always been like this? And why, whenever she was near, did he lose all resolve to tell her that his heart did flipflops when she was around? He remembered how, when they'd been smaller, no one had cared if they bathed together. But now...well, she blushed, he father glared, and his father gave him a look that meant 'you better not even THINK about it' if he even mentioned those times. Were they so afraid he'd do something to her? And what did they think he'd do? He just didn't get it. He sighed, then jumped as he saw a pair of delicate feet in slippers in front of him. He looked up and gulped, seeing a smiling, pale oval face surrounded by long, wavy crimson hair. Bright green eyes were squinting as she smiled, a habit of hers. His heart beat faster and he stood up. "Y-yes, Eira? W-whatever brings you here?"
"I thought I'd come see if you were awake. There's supposed to be some sort of comet or something right about now, and I thought you might like to see it."
No wonder she was in his room in the middle of the night. What had he expected? He blushed slightly and grinned. "Sure."
She grabbed his hand, making his golden/amber eyes bug out. She had touched his hand! And...she was holding it! "Great! Let's go, then!" She said cheerily.
"Go?" He asked blankly, feeling rather stupid.
"To the roof! It's flat, and the perfect place to watch the comet from!"
"Oh. Right." He cursed himself inwardly for his stupidity, and then went along with her to the roof.
She was right...the comet was out that night, and it was lovely. However, the night air was quite chilly. As the view of the comet ended, Eira stood quietly up, shivering. Sesshou-maru stood up as well.
"Are you cold?" Without realizing what he was doing, he wrapped his arms around her to keep her warm.
Blushing, she replied. "Not anymore..."
Sesshou-maru realized what he was doing, and turned slightly pink. Something, however, made him not want to stop. He leaned in, until his nose touched hers. His lips were very close to her own rose-tinted, full ones, and that something just kept trying to pull him in...
"What do you think you are doing to my daughter?" Came a halfway amused voice, owned by a tall, slender youkai who was currently resting one clawed hand on Sesshou-maru's shoulder. Sesshou-maru and Eira turned a bright crimson color, and Sesshou-maru's eyes bugged out. What HAD he been doing? He looked down, saw himself from Eira's father's point of view, and gulped. It had looked as if he'd been...going to seduce her or something...Yikes. He waited to be hit across the head or something even worse as punishment. Instead, he heard his father's voice, and cringed.
"What's going on out here, Yamin?"
"Looks like your son was going to kiss my daughter. I might be wrong, it could be totally innocent, but it looked that way to me."
"Oh, I see." The Great Demon's voice was steely. "And not even telling his father. What did you plan to do, boy? You two aren't exactly engaged...yet. If you'd kissed her, and we'd found out tomorrow instead of tonight, you'd have been engaged to her. After all, we wouldn't have known you'd merely kissed...and she's the daughter of a fairly powerful nobleman...and a good friend of mine."
Sesshou-maru hung his head slightly. "I...I don't know what came over me, father..." He still had his arms around Eira, as if afraid to let go. "I..." Then he looked up, rather curiously looking at his father. "What else COULD we have done, besides kiss?"
This took his father aback. He assumed that Sesshou-maru would already have found out about...all that sort of thing. After all, the boy WAS at that curious age. Surely he would have heard some other young men talking? But, no...Sesshou-maru usually hung around with the incredibly naïve and innocent-as she should be, being female-Eira. He really DIDN'T know. The Great Demon sighed. "I think we'd better have a talk...later...alone."
Eira blushed slightly, getting an odd inkling of what they were going to discuss. "Father?" She spoke to her own father, Yamin. "Father...why is Sesshou-maru getting in trouble? He was only trying to warm me. I brought him out here to see the comet. When we finished watching it, I was cold...shivering, in fact. He asked me if I was cold, and wrapped his arms around me to keep me warm. Is something wrong with that? It didn't feel wrong."
Yamin sighed. "Well...if you had been...erm...compromised, Sesshou-maru would have had to become your mate. Perhaps against his will. I do not know, I can't read the hearts of others, after all. Can you? Your mother...she can, but she has to know the person very well. She would be no help here, she doesn't know Sesshou-maru very well."
Eira blushed. She remembered a little 'talk' from her mother that had really been quite vague. "I am not sure that I can, father." As Yamin turned away from her, she whispered. "I wish I could, though."
Almost a year later...
"Sesshou-maru! Sessh-" A little boy with dog-ears and a big grin said, tugging at his older half-brother's kimono.
Turning away from Eira with an apologetic smile, he glared down at his little half-brother, Inu Yasha. "Leave me alone, Inu Yasha. Or else..." He pointed a claw very near the young boy's face. Inu Yasha's amber/gold eyes grew big, and he turned and ran, yelling, "Mama!!! MAMMAAA!!"
Eira sighed. This sort of thing was common. "Sesshou-maru...I think he looks up to you. He thinks you are strong. I would think you'd like that." She gave a smile and a wave to Sesshou-maru, then turned to go back inside.
Heart thumping like it always did near HER, Sesshou-maru sighed and whispered. "If it was YOU thinking I was strong...then I would be the happiest youkai in the world..."
In her room, Eira sighed wistfully. "I wish you'd realize that you ARE powerful enough...and that your little half-brother really respects you...almost as much as I do."
A year later...
An ashen-faced Taikiri ran from the room she and her mate, Yamin, shared, tears streaming freely from her face. "YAMIN...YAAAAAMMMIN IIIISSS DDDEADDD!!" She screamed, and fell to the floor, wracked with sobs. Her grief seemed almost abnormal...but this was the price of being a youkai based on love/desire. Once one of them fell in love that was the end-all and be-all. They lived to fall in love with another being, and it would eventually literally kill them if the one they loved truly didn't love them. She sobbed, her heartbreak complete. Yet...she had to live...at least a little longer. She had a daughter to think of. She stood quietly, her face turning emotionless. Her mate had died, yet she had to wipe all thoughts of this from her mind for now...otherwise, she would die. She set her jaw, and made a final decision-she would leave this place, with her daughter. All concern for her daughter's feelings, and Eira's developing love for Sesshou-maru died with Yamin. She now didn't even have the capability of seeing what was plain-as-day written on someone's face, and could care less, reverting to an animalistic state.
Eira, tears streaming, hugged Sesshou-maru with a ferocity that was unlike she'd ever shown, sobbing and talking at the same time. "M-my...f-father...he's d-d-dead...I-I...m-mother wants to...to...to take me awayyy!" She burst into quiet tears again.
Her sobs were still ringing in Sesshou-maru's stunned teenage ears as Eira, the girl he'd begun to fall in love with, was led away from his father's Palace by her mother, teary-eyed and waving forlornly. He hated the sound of her tears, he only wanted her to be happy and alright again. Wanted to see her smile, to feel her hand entwined with his, to hear her angelic voice. Would he...could he never hear or see these things again? He hung his head, and swore softly never to love again...all it seemed to bring was pain.
Eira, meanwhile, was in more pain. Although she'd never admitted to loving Sesshou-maru, she knew in her heart she did, and to be torn from him was torture. She felt estranged from the cold, unemotional animal her mother had become, and feared she too would become that way, deprived of the one she loved. She didn't know what to do, or if she should even follow Taikiri anymore. Her head was full of unanswerable questions and impending depression. Which path was her life to lead to now?
End of Chapter One. To be continued in Chapter Two: Strange Word-Desire. (Yes,I know. It's corny titles all around,eh?^_^)
This fanfiction is based on Rumiko Takahashi's Inu Yasha series, using my character from the Inu Yasha RPG group I am in, and the situations she and the player-controlled Sesshou-maru gets into. Yes, someone plays him. Others play the rest of the 'original' characters. It is ran by Hono.
Chapter One-A Youkai Childhood
"Sesshou-maru, I'd like you to meet someone." Came the Great Demon's soft voice with its usual razor-edge hidden inside.
"Aww...do I haffta?" Sesshou-maru, about age seven, pouted, arms crossed.
"Yes. You have to. This..." He pointed to the tall, ever-so-pale youkai noblewoman who stood before them, "Is Taikiri. She is the mate of my old friend, Yamin." He pointed to another tall youkai, this one male, and dressed as finely as the first. His skin was pale, but not quite as pale as his mate's. Or perhaps it was just Taikiri's red-as-blood hair that made her skin seem so pale. Yamin had light, blondish brown hair that was short, extending only to his earlobes. He had stripes on his cheeks, much like Sesshou-maru and the Great Demon.
"Feh, what does it matter if I meet these people?" Sesshou-maru scornfully said, much less serious than the one we know today.
Suddenly, a little girl youkai came running into the room, in a much-too-big green kimono. Her hair was wildly flowing in two pigtails, and a blood-hued crimson that made her pale skin stand out. She had a grin on her oval little face, and grassy eyes sparkled mischievously. As she ran past Taikiri, the woman reached down easily and grabbed the little girl. "Eiralya...how many times have I told you? Show some respect in the hall of the Great Demon!" The girl quieted instantly, her green eyes going big and round. "Yes, mama." She whispered, her voice oddly silky for such a small child.
"Humph. What's a girl like HER doing here?" Sesshou-maru scoffed.
"Hey! Take that back, you...you...meanie!" Yelled the girl.
"Make me." He said, sticking out his tongue.
"Perfect." Said Yamin, laughing, to the Great Demon, who started chuckling as well.
Later...
"EEEEK! Stay away from me!" came a girl's scream.
"Eh?" Sesshou-maru's pointed ears perked. Had that been Eira? He thought. Feh. A girl like her wouldn't need HIS help to handle anything...would she? He stood up, and followed the sound quietly, planning only to see what was going on. The scene that met his eyes drew a lot of rage from somewhere he hadn't realized existed. Five older-about ten or eleven, they looked to be- youkai guys had surrounded Eira, ripping the six-year old youkai's kimono.
"Aww, come ON..." One said cruelly.
"Just a kiss? We know you must be good at kissing, otherwise, why would Sesshou-maru tolerate you?" Cold laughter followed this.
This REALLY made Sesshou-maru angry. How dare these fools assume things? They shouldn't do that. He leaped out from his hiding place, clawing across one boy's face, leaving at least three long claw scratches.
"Sesshou-maru?" whispered Eira.
"AAAAAH, it's Sesshou-maru!!" The other four guys screamed and started to run away. Sesshou-maru chased them, giving them all a beating they shouldn't forget. He then returned to where Eira was still curled up on the ground. "Are you alright?" He asked, feigning total non-concern.
"I-I'm fine...thanks to YOU, Sesshou-maru!!" Eira had leaped up and was hugging Sesshou-maru quite tightly.
"Gah! S-stop that!" He gulped. Surely he was only embarrassed...wasn't he?
"Sorry." She let go, stepping back and blushing lightly.
From the nearby bushes, two forms retreated.
"You know, Yamin, I think bringing your daughter here was a perfect idea."
"I agree my friend...or should I call you the Great Demon?"
The two laughed at Yamin's teasing tone.
And so, this sort of thing continued...you know, Sesshou-maru beating up guys who try to make...erm, advances, on Eira...for 8 more years...
Sesshou-maru sighed, sitting alone in his room. Why did he feel his heart go 'ba-bump' whenever she smiled? Had it always been like this? And why, whenever she was near, did he lose all resolve to tell her that his heart did flipflops when she was around? He remembered how, when they'd been smaller, no one had cared if they bathed together. But now...well, she blushed, he father glared, and his father gave him a look that meant 'you better not even THINK about it' if he even mentioned those times. Were they so afraid he'd do something to her? And what did they think he'd do? He just didn't get it. He sighed, then jumped as he saw a pair of delicate feet in slippers in front of him. He looked up and gulped, seeing a smiling, pale oval face surrounded by long, wavy crimson hair. Bright green eyes were squinting as she smiled, a habit of hers. His heart beat faster and he stood up. "Y-yes, Eira? W-whatever brings you here?"
"I thought I'd come see if you were awake. There's supposed to be some sort of comet or something right about now, and I thought you might like to see it."
No wonder she was in his room in the middle of the night. What had he expected? He blushed slightly and grinned. "Sure."
She grabbed his hand, making his golden/amber eyes bug out. She had touched his hand! And...she was holding it! "Great! Let's go, then!" She said cheerily.
"Go?" He asked blankly, feeling rather stupid.
"To the roof! It's flat, and the perfect place to watch the comet from!"
"Oh. Right." He cursed himself inwardly for his stupidity, and then went along with her to the roof.
She was right...the comet was out that night, and it was lovely. However, the night air was quite chilly. As the view of the comet ended, Eira stood quietly up, shivering. Sesshou-maru stood up as well.
"Are you cold?" Without realizing what he was doing, he wrapped his arms around her to keep her warm.
Blushing, she replied. "Not anymore..."
Sesshou-maru realized what he was doing, and turned slightly pink. Something, however, made him not want to stop. He leaned in, until his nose touched hers. His lips were very close to her own rose-tinted, full ones, and that something just kept trying to pull him in...
"What do you think you are doing to my daughter?" Came a halfway amused voice, owned by a tall, slender youkai who was currently resting one clawed hand on Sesshou-maru's shoulder. Sesshou-maru and Eira turned a bright crimson color, and Sesshou-maru's eyes bugged out. What HAD he been doing? He looked down, saw himself from Eira's father's point of view, and gulped. It had looked as if he'd been...going to seduce her or something...Yikes. He waited to be hit across the head or something even worse as punishment. Instead, he heard his father's voice, and cringed.
"What's going on out here, Yamin?"
"Looks like your son was going to kiss my daughter. I might be wrong, it could be totally innocent, but it looked that way to me."
"Oh, I see." The Great Demon's voice was steely. "And not even telling his father. What did you plan to do, boy? You two aren't exactly engaged...yet. If you'd kissed her, and we'd found out tomorrow instead of tonight, you'd have been engaged to her. After all, we wouldn't have known you'd merely kissed...and she's the daughter of a fairly powerful nobleman...and a good friend of mine."
Sesshou-maru hung his head slightly. "I...I don't know what came over me, father..." He still had his arms around Eira, as if afraid to let go. "I..." Then he looked up, rather curiously looking at his father. "What else COULD we have done, besides kiss?"
This took his father aback. He assumed that Sesshou-maru would already have found out about...all that sort of thing. After all, the boy WAS at that curious age. Surely he would have heard some other young men talking? But, no...Sesshou-maru usually hung around with the incredibly naïve and innocent-as she should be, being female-Eira. He really DIDN'T know. The Great Demon sighed. "I think we'd better have a talk...later...alone."
Eira blushed slightly, getting an odd inkling of what they were going to discuss. "Father?" She spoke to her own father, Yamin. "Father...why is Sesshou-maru getting in trouble? He was only trying to warm me. I brought him out here to see the comet. When we finished watching it, I was cold...shivering, in fact. He asked me if I was cold, and wrapped his arms around me to keep me warm. Is something wrong with that? It didn't feel wrong."
Yamin sighed. "Well...if you had been...erm...compromised, Sesshou-maru would have had to become your mate. Perhaps against his will. I do not know, I can't read the hearts of others, after all. Can you? Your mother...she can, but she has to know the person very well. She would be no help here, she doesn't know Sesshou-maru very well."
Eira blushed. She remembered a little 'talk' from her mother that had really been quite vague. "I am not sure that I can, father." As Yamin turned away from her, she whispered. "I wish I could, though."
Almost a year later...
"Sesshou-maru! Sessh-" A little boy with dog-ears and a big grin said, tugging at his older half-brother's kimono.
Turning away from Eira with an apologetic smile, he glared down at his little half-brother, Inu Yasha. "Leave me alone, Inu Yasha. Or else..." He pointed a claw very near the young boy's face. Inu Yasha's amber/gold eyes grew big, and he turned and ran, yelling, "Mama!!! MAMMAAA!!"
Eira sighed. This sort of thing was common. "Sesshou-maru...I think he looks up to you. He thinks you are strong. I would think you'd like that." She gave a smile and a wave to Sesshou-maru, then turned to go back inside.
Heart thumping like it always did near HER, Sesshou-maru sighed and whispered. "If it was YOU thinking I was strong...then I would be the happiest youkai in the world..."
In her room, Eira sighed wistfully. "I wish you'd realize that you ARE powerful enough...and that your little half-brother really respects you...almost as much as I do."
A year later...
An ashen-faced Taikiri ran from the room she and her mate, Yamin, shared, tears streaming freely from her face. "YAMIN...YAAAAAMMMIN IIIISSS DDDEADDD!!" She screamed, and fell to the floor, wracked with sobs. Her grief seemed almost abnormal...but this was the price of being a youkai based on love/desire. Once one of them fell in love that was the end-all and be-all. They lived to fall in love with another being, and it would eventually literally kill them if the one they loved truly didn't love them. She sobbed, her heartbreak complete. Yet...she had to live...at least a little longer. She had a daughter to think of. She stood quietly, her face turning emotionless. Her mate had died, yet she had to wipe all thoughts of this from her mind for now...otherwise, she would die. She set her jaw, and made a final decision-she would leave this place, with her daughter. All concern for her daughter's feelings, and Eira's developing love for Sesshou-maru died with Yamin. She now didn't even have the capability of seeing what was plain-as-day written on someone's face, and could care less, reverting to an animalistic state.
Eira, tears streaming, hugged Sesshou-maru with a ferocity that was unlike she'd ever shown, sobbing and talking at the same time. "M-my...f-father...he's d-d-dead...I-I...m-mother wants to...to...to take me awayyy!" She burst into quiet tears again.
Her sobs were still ringing in Sesshou-maru's stunned teenage ears as Eira, the girl he'd begun to fall in love with, was led away from his father's Palace by her mother, teary-eyed and waving forlornly. He hated the sound of her tears, he only wanted her to be happy and alright again. Wanted to see her smile, to feel her hand entwined with his, to hear her angelic voice. Would he...could he never hear or see these things again? He hung his head, and swore softly never to love again...all it seemed to bring was pain.
Eira, meanwhile, was in more pain. Although she'd never admitted to loving Sesshou-maru, she knew in her heart she did, and to be torn from him was torture. She felt estranged from the cold, unemotional animal her mother had become, and feared she too would become that way, deprived of the one she loved. She didn't know what to do, or if she should even follow Taikiri anymore. Her head was full of unanswerable questions and impending depression. Which path was her life to lead to now?
End of Chapter One. To be continued in Chapter Two: Strange Word-Desire. (Yes,I know. It's corny titles all around,eh?^_^)