Ch.1
Danger in Paradise
"Sesshomaru-sama, are you all right? You look very pale". Asked Rin, who was
standing over the great demon-lord. He didn't answer; he just looked up into her
light brown eyes. Seven years back, he had saved this very same girl from wolves
that were attacking her village when she was not but a ten-year old child. She was
so small then, and so fragile. Rin had been through some hard times in her life,
and had lost her parents at the loving age of four. When she had lost them, she was
traumatized so badly that she quite speaking for a long time. Rin wouldn't utter a
single word to any one. She never really had any friends either, not until she met
Sesshomaru that is. He was kind, and handsome, but very mysterious. He never
really smiled to her, or anyone else for that matter. He was considerably tall, about
six-ft. or so. He had the most beautiful golden-copper eyes, the likes of which she
had never seen before! Sesshomaru always wore an old-styled Japanese white
kimono with the sleeves the color of red and little sakura blossoms printed on the
shoulders and the tips of the sleeves. His pants were white as well and his shoes
were a light black color. He was a very good-hearted kanzen youkai (dog demon),
though he was very deadly with a sword in his hands. Sometimes a little harsher
than he wished to be, Sesshomaru would come off a little too strongly with others.
Now that Rin has been traveling with Sesshomaru & his loyal servant Jaken, she's
begun to speak again. She's grown a lot as well, now she is 5ft.7, and is about 17
years old. She is a very lovely girl with her dark black hair, a small comparison to
Sesshoumar's long silver hair beautiful light brown eyes, and a slim figure.
It took a few minutes before Sesshomaru gave her an answer. Rin; he said, I'm
fine. I just needed to rest a bit, that's all, nothing more. Before Rin could speak
another word of concern to him Jaken interrupted her (as always). "My lord; he
said, I hate to agree with the girl, but for once she has a point". "You do not look at
all well"! Sesshomaru sat there under the shade of the sakura tree for a while
thinking. After some thought he started to rise. He said nothing as he walked slowly
in the direction of his castle (which resided towards the west in the Musashi Plains
), and left Rin & Jaken behind him just staring after. He went a ways further before
calling to them to come, else be left behind. They walked on in silence for a while
until it became too much for Rin to bear. She stopped, trying to figure out what was
wrong with her lord. Sesshomaru & Jaken kept walking until they noticed that Rin
wasn't following. Immediately, Sesshomaru looked back too see where she was!
"Rin, he asked; why have you stopped?" If we are to get home before dark we must
keep going. Sesshomaru started walking towards her as he puzzled over her
behavior. For a while she said nothing to him, didn't even look at him…then, "Lord Sesshomaru, why have you been acting so strange lately?" She paused, then
stated, "It is as if you are not entirely all here". He looked at her for a few moments
trying to understand her meaning. "Rin; said Sesshomaru, I've just been very deep
in thought lately, that's all". For a moment she gave no response. Then Rin asked
him, "Lord Sesshomaru, what have you been thinking of that would cause you to
act so strangely?" Is it so horrible that you can not speak of it, even to me?" He
thought for a while, then said; "I do not really think that it is something for you to
worry over". "I will keep it to myself until I figure it out". "Mmm… Lord Sesshomaru;
asked Jaken, would you like for me to take the girl ahead so that you may have
some privacy to think about it?" Sesshomaru looked back to see that Jaken was in
a nearby tree looking down at him and Rin. The great lord replied to Jaken that if
he wanted to be left alone he would say so. Then he said; "Get down here so we
may leave". Jaken got down from the old cherry blossom tree just as Rin and
Sesshomaru started to go.
It had been a few hours since they left the shade of the old sakura tree, so now they
all stopped for a rest (more for Rin's sake than anyone else's). There were many
trees where they stopped, and many different varieties of flowers. That was the
main reason that Sesshomaru decided to stop there, because Rin loved trees and
flowers so much. They each found a spot to sit more comfortably(Jaken chose to
sit as far from Rin as possible.) Sesshomaru and Rin sat under a beautiful Japanese
tulip tree watching as little animals scurried through the grass, flowers, and finally up into the trees.
When the critters disappeared into the shadows of the trees Rin started
humming something. As she hummed Sesshomaru watched and listened to her in
fascination. He had never heard her hum before now, and he didn't recognize the
tune so he asked if she would sing it for him. She replied that she would be
honored to sing it…as long as Jaken didn't mind". Humph; said Jaken, whom was
sitting near a black berry bush. "I do not care what you do, for my lord
Sesshomaru wishes to hear it". In reply to that Sesshomaru told her to go ahead
he also told Jaken to be quiet or else . Rin started singing her song, and it was the
most beautiful thing he had ever heard in his life. After she finished her song she
looked up at Sesshomaru, and what she saw brought her some hope
for her lord. He was smiling, the lord of the Musashi Plains was really smiling!
In all the time she'd known him he had never once smiled, to her or anyone else.
She couldn't possibly have done that. There's no way that with her singing she had
actually made him smile! "Lord Sesshomaru; She asked"? She was going to ask
why he was smiling, but just then…yikes! Jaken was screeching at the top of his
lungs! Sesshomaru and Rin got up and looked around in alarm. "Jaken; asked
Sesshomaru while covering his ears, what is the matter with you"? "Why do you
shriek so"? After a few more painful moments Jaken replied that there was a very
atrocious looking beast headed strait for them. Sesshomaru and Rin's first sight of
the monster was through the clearing a few yards away from where they stood! It
was…'BIG', about nine-ft. tall at the very least. It had hands that looked like a bee's
stinger, colossal sized feet that could squash an elephant, a big-barreled chest,
and a face not even a mother would dare to love (any other details are to horrible
to mention --). Seshomaru took Rin & Jaken and started running with them in tow
toward the other clearing not too far from them, opposite where the monster was.
The thing spotted them and started to make chase. The three of them didn't get very
far before it caught up with them, and when it did it immediately went for the girl!
The monsters left hand/stinger opened up like a blossoming flower & started to
shoot out what looked to be giant needles. Rin was so frightened that she couldn't
move even if she had tried, she was paralyzed with fear. They had run into
monsters before but none quite like this one, it was taller than most & a lot uglier.
Just as she thought that she was done for… Lord Sesshomaru pushed her out of
the line of fire…& he got hit instead! There were countless needles in his
chest, and you know he has to be in pain but he didn't care right now. All he cared
about was getting rid of this nuisance that had just tried to kill "HIS" Rin, and get
rid of it he would! Sesshomaru got out Toukigin & got into position for a fight, just
waiting for it to come at him…and it did. The monster lunged at him with its strange
stinger-like hands to try and squish him but Sesshomaru was far faster than it was,
and with his sword he countered its attack then slashed through it, from its chest
to its stomach…it was dead! All the wile he was fighting, Rin & Jaken watched,
hoping that Sesshomaru's wounds would not interfere with the fight, Rin was more
worried than anything else when it was all over. When everything calmed down a
bit Sesshomaru staggered over to where the others were he was finely feeling the
pain of his wounds, and it was almost unbearable. As soon as Rin saw him coming
toward them she started running about getting the things she would need to clean,
and bandage his wounds. As Seshomaru was moving slowly toward the others he
started to realize the intensity of his wounds were increasing greatly. It felt like his
whole body was on fire, scorched by a raging inferno! He neared the spot where
Rin and Jaken were setting camp & preparing to doctor him up with various herbal
remedies, and sat down, for he was unable to stand any longer from the pain of the
wounds on his chest.
A few minutes later
Rin & Jaken finally finished their herb gathering, and now started to bandage lord
Sesshomaru up with the many salves that they made. The battle had been very
intense and Sesshomaru's " little " wounds were starting to get to him, although he
was being treated by the best youkai physician in the western region sad to say
that it's Jaken. As Rin watched Sesshomaru get his wounds patched up she
noticed that his chest had a kind of reddish-purple bruise on it! Jaken didn't notice
the bruise it seemed, so Rin asked him. "Jaken-sama, what is that strange bruise
on Lord Sesshomaru's chest"? "It does not seem to be normal "! The minute that he
noticed the bruise Jaken turned very pale (much the same color as Sesshomaru's
own face at the moment). Sesshomaru was oblivious to the fatality of his own
wounds, and when Jaken tried to tell him what it was…he was unconscious. It
seemed that the effects of the strange bruise had made him pass out. His head was
drooping down to where his chin touched the top of his chest, his breathing was
irregular, and when Rin touched his cheek he had a fever. Rin snatched her hand
away from Sesshomaru's face immediately, as though she had just touched fire, and
told Jaken to lay Sesshomaru down on a blanket while she went to the stream
nearby to wet a washcloth for his fever. When she came back with the washcloth
she put it over Sesshomaru's forehead, and then leaned over to very gently kiss his
left cheek (to check if his temperature had gone down or not, of course). Sadly it hadn't dropped at all, if anything all it did was go up even higher. "Sesshomaru-
sama, please be all right"; Said Rin, whom was now starting to cry.
A few days later
"Oh… how long has me-lord been like this"? "This is not good at all, not at all"!
Said Jaken, whom was pacing the ground near where they had just carried
Sesshomaru whom I might add is still unconscious. "I do not know Jaken-sama; all
I know is that we need some help". "None of these herbs are working at all and he
is getting worse by the minute"; Said Rin, who after a few minutes had stopped her
crying. She was at the moment still trying to get Sesshomaru's temperature to go
down, but to no avail. It just kept rising, and if he were a marshmallow there would
be nothing left of him by now! He was so hot that you could fry an egg on his chest.
While Rin tried to cool him off Jaken just kept pacing and ignored her statement
entirely. A few seconds later he stopped pacing almost at the same time that Rin
was going to repeat what she had said earlier. Jaken looked strait at her, then
Sesshomaru, then to the north. "Rin, he said; please take care of Lord Sesshomaru
for a few days for me". "I just thought of an herb that my mother had taught me
about when I was very little". "It was called the 'Serenity blossom', and it only
grows to the north of here where my village once stood". "It is said to be able to
cure any…Jaken was unable to finish his sentence, for Rin interrupted him before
he could. "Jaken-sama, you can not leave Lord Sesshomaru and I all alone". "There
is no way for me to defend him or myself if something should come across us".
"Sesshomaru-sama and I would be easy targets for any monster that would happen
upon us". "Is that what you want"? He replied quickly that he would make it to
where they could not be seen, heard, or smelt by anything. "Rin, said Jaken in a
much softer voice than he usually used with her. "If I do not go and find this
herb…he will…die"! That was all it took to change her attitude toward his leaving
them alone. "Jaken, she said, piteously; it will be dark soon, and the sun is already
going down". "So I was wondering if you would, at the very least, stay with us for
one more night. He accepted her request but told her that he would leave at early
sun-rise.