Sesshoumaru walked in Inuyasha's Forest. Inuyasha's scent was everywhere from being pinned to a tree for nearly 50 years there. But he managed to not think about him and block out his scent of his weakling brother. He couldn't help but walk in the forest for it was so peaceful. The beauty of it just amazed him. He stopped as he heard a distant cry of a girl. "Wonder who that could be?" He started to follow it then stopped hiding behind a tree as he came to an opening in the forest. He turned his head towards the cry.
It was a teenage girl youkai it seemed to be. She was sitting in the tall grass curled into a ball. She had long blue hair, green eyes, (though he couldn't see them but I just wanted to say that*laughs*) and wore a white kimono with her tail wrapped around her. She stopped and froze as she heard a rustle of a demon other than Sesshoumaru. She lifted her head from between her knees and growled. "Who's there?! Whoever you are, leave me ALONE!" She yelled as a whip appeared in her tear-drenched hand and she swung it around to get the thing that was spying on her; there was a death cry of the demon.
He dodged it and stood on a branch instead incase she got jumpy again like she just did.
She let the whip disappear and stared back to her crying.
"What's wrong girl?" He asked looking down to her.
The girl jumped from his voice and lifted her head to show him a red, tear-covered face. Her kimono where she was crying was covered in teardrops. She looked back down shamefully from her crying. She was a demon who wasn't suppose to show their feelings except when they have the enjoyment of killing in their presence, which they l0oved to do. "Nothing! It's none… of your… business!"
Sesshoumaru arched an eyebrow. Why would she be crying? He wondered what was wrong with her for he never seen a demon cry this hard or ever cry in his presence. It must have been bad for her to do this. He jumped down from the branch and next to her putting a hand on her shoulder. She didn't look to be one of his servants, who could she be?
The girl growled and swiped it away. "I don't trust anyone."
He blinked then crossed his arms again. "Why don't you?"
"None of your damn business!" She turned the other way so he couldn't see the front of her and instead let him see her back.
Sesshoumaru showed a slight sign of a smile but it didn't happen. She was stubborn, not like other people who cried and wanted to tell them what happened. "Nothing is always something."
"Fine then! I'll tell you! You would have probably bothered me anyways till I told you." She whipped her tears away then looked up to him sadly. "He killed him…*closes eyes* he killed my mate, my love." She lowered her head to the ground and a tear rolled down her cheek and on her kimono.
He knelt down lifting her face to him and whipped the tear away then smiled. (He's smiling! Oh my God! I bet your saying he's not suppose to smile but you'll see later in the story why.) "Who did it, and don't be ad it won't help." He asked.
The girl blinked then whipped her socking hair out of her face and took her chin out from his hand looking to the ground on the side. "Well, it was Inuyasha who killed him." She squinted and smiled as she figured something about him. She looked up to him. "You look almost like him. Aren't you his older brother Lord Sesshoumaru?"
Sesshoumaru growled standing back up. "I prefer to just count him as another demon not my brother on this pitiful island."
She smiled. "Oh." She looked back to the ground. "Will you help me destroy the bastard?" She coiled her hand into a fist, which turned white from how hard she was squeezing then started to bleed. "He doesn't have the right to kill him just because I wouldn't give him the shard!"
"He'll do anything for them so I'll help you but on one condition. Get the sword called the Tetsusaiga that he carries for me."
"I'll do anything to get my revenge on him!" She growled panting from her anger then sighed calming down. She stood slowly then turned around looking at him. "May I stay with you? I don't have any place to stay." She smiled slightly then it disappeared as she looked down.
She should have given up because he was the Lord of the Western Lands. He was one of the most powerful and ruthless youkai on the island. His face was stone like he didn't have any feelings except when it came to Rin, the little girl he found dead then brought her back to life accidentally thinking the sword that he carried wouldn't work on her. But when his face did show feelings, it was when he was mad or when Rin was around him. He would also kill anything in his path when he was angry; even his own child or mate, which is kind of pitiful since he really never showed his feelings towards others.
Sesshoumaru turned his head from her. "Fine, as you wish. Just don't piss me off." He said and walked off.
She looked up smiling to him and followed. "Thank you Lord Sesshoumaru. You know what, I've been traveling around a lot crying my ass o-"She froze as Sesshoumaru put a clawed finger under her chin.
"Don't talk, I'll kill you otherwise." His face was cold and emotionless so she couldn't tell if he was mad and should run away. She stared into his golden eyes. They were emotionless so she just stood there in fear. "I'm sorry Lord Sesshoumaru. It won't happen again." She broke from the trance and looked down. Her tail sunk going to the ground.
Sesshoumaru removed his claw from her chin and walked on. He hated people who kept on talking and he knew she was going to do just that if he hadn't of told her not to. Except Rin, the little girl who he found dead and brought her back to life thanks to him then she followed him afterwards.
As they came closer to his castle, you could tell it was a dazzling place. Flowers everywhere, trees as tall of at least 40 feet, she could tell there was a large garden in the back because the top wasn't hiding behind the building. She gawked at the beauty and size of the place. "This is beautiful! You are so lucky!" She taking a quick glance to the Lord then back to the castle. She hugged her fluffy tail still staring at it. (by the way of fluffy tail. Do you think Sessy has one? I have always been puzzled about if he did or didn't. People told me he did and some told me he didn't…. Okay back to the story, sorry bout that)
She must have been stupid. Of coarse he had a giant castle with beautiful plants around it; he was a lord afterall.
The giant pine doors opened for them or mainly him and she became even more dazzeled the moment they walked through the doors. The girl started running to every kind of flower while talking to herself and to Sesshoumaru a couple of times.
From that moment on he knew it, knew that she would be a pain in the ass. She probably was going to talk most of the time added with going crazy over small things like right now. Here comes the migraines and headaches with two crazy people around him, one was Rin. He should have been use to this because Rin was like that, she loved talking so much when he was unable to make her stop and had to have a servant take her to play with her. The inside was quite dull compared to the outside but he didn't care for he liked the outside better. The girl followed and settled down once she got inside, she couldn't find anything in particular to go crazy about thank God.
A girl looking to be the age of 7 or 8 ran up to him and hugged his leg. "Hi Sesshoumaru-sama! I missed you so much! Where have you been?!" She smiled looking up to him.
He patted her head. "I was out for a walk." He knelt down picking her up.
She smiled and did the same with him but also messed it up. She giggled then stopped as her eyes set on the girl behind him. "Hi, who are you?!" She smiled.
She blinked. "I'm Horrance. Who are you?" She smiled.
"Hi Horrance! Me Rin, want to play with me?!" She said and jumped out of his arms walking over to her.
"No, not right now, maybe later. Okay."
"Okay!" Rin yelled and ran off to ask someone else to play with her.
Horrance smiled. She was a crazy child unlike she had ever seen.
Sesshoumaru walked away like nothing happened and towards his study.
She looked at him. "Uh…Lord Sesshoumaru, where is my room going to be?"
He stopped. "I don't know, the guest room I guess. Ask one of my servants." He walked again.
Horrance sighed and started walking around till she came to a girl who was carrying an armload of clean kimonos. She smiled and ran in front of her smiling. "Hi. Uh… Can you tell me where I can sleep because Sesshoumaru didn-" She stopped as the girl covered her mouth the moment she said his name.
"Never say just Sesshoumaru. Always say Lord Sesshoumaru or else he'll punish you very badly, okay?" She sighed and lowered her hand and walked on. "Follow me."
Horrance blinked and followed. "By the way, what is your name?" She looked at the girl feeling like taking in her appearance just in case she would stay here for a while and would want to know at least one person. She had long silver hair, golden eyes, and wore a flowered kimono.
The girl stopped in front of a door and looked at her smiling. "I'm Solonque, sorry about that but I did it once around him and got this." She pulled down her sleeve and revealed a slash going down her arm. "He cut me with his claws. It wasn't that bad but with the poison added to the clash of his nails, it hurt like hell! And don't try to get away with anything you're not suppose to do, he has been acting weird like he had not been ever." She pulled it back up then opened the door for her and stepped in. "I guess this will do. Stay as long as you want." She smiled and walked out.
Horrance gawked at the glamour. She had never seen anything as beautiful as this. It had a canopy bed with gold trimming on the edge of the curtains, satin curtains blew in the cool breeze coming from the balcony window..
~ ~ ~ In Sesshoumaru's study
He got a book off the shelf and sat down on the windowsill. It was a beautiful day unlike he had ever seen. Why had he let her come to the castle? He was acting weird, letting the servants get away with things that he usually punished them for. It started ever since that girl came here. What was her name again, Solonque. She had wanted to come here. She said she wanted to stay in one place instead of traveling everywhere. She was weird, she said she knew what she had to do to not be punished but she still got in trouble from him for not saying Lord Sesshoumaru, instead she just said Sesshoumaru, and when he punished her, she acted like it was just a scratch though he could tell in her face that it hurt really bad but she didn't scream which most people did when the poison hit their skin.
~ ~ ~ That night
Sesshoumaru stood on the balcony to his room looking at the moon. It was the first time he ever noticed how wonderful it looked. He sighed.
Solonque sat by the lake that was also in front of his room looking at it also. She loved the moon; it seemed to calm her down. Making her not wanting to kill or hurt anyone. She sighed then lay back on the dewy grass seeing Sesshoumaru on his balcony. She smiled. "What are you doing Lord Sesshoumaru?" She looked back to the lake.
He looked down to her then back. "I'm looking at the moon, but I'm done now." He turned around and walked into his room.
She smiled and sighed standing. She looked at the glimmering lake and slowly walked in till it got to her knees. She sighed at the coolness of it when it hit her skin. It was wintertime so she wouldn't stay in too long. "Wonder why she's here? Did he find a mate while he was out? No, he couldn't have. He had never been around someone that long to do that." She walked out and to her room, changed, and crawled into bed. She couldn't stay up too late because she had to take a clean kimono before Sesshoumaru woke, and if she was late she would be punished once again, but it could be worse than the last time for he could do anything he wanted with her or other servants even… She shook her head getting the horrible thoughts out of her head. She had to admit though that she would be happy if that happened except she didn't want it to be a punishment. She slowly fell asleep thinking of things that she loved and would like to do; even Sesshoumaru she thought about. (Well I hope you liked it and soon there will be another one! If I figure out how to add chapters to one! If you know how please tell me! Please R&R!)