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Author's Note: Hey there all. Well, as I'm sure some of you know, I tend to write stories more in the Yu Yu Hakusho domain, but you know, I just happen to love the show Inuyasha, and I happen to adore Sesshoumaru. I was thinking that he needed a little happiness and adventure the likes of which he'd never experienced in his life. So, from that thought stemmed this fic. It's sort of experimental (this is my first Inuyasha fic). I don't know if I'll decide to keep writing on it . . . I guess it really is up to all of you. So send me some reviews and tell me what ya think. Thanks, and Happy Readings! ^_^
A New Frontier for my Heart
By: Amethyst Tiger
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Chapter: 1
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"It's a demon! Run!"
The air filled with blood curdling screams. Women and men fled their houses, frightened children cried as the ground shook beneath the small village. A massive shadow loomed above them. It was a demon, a very hungry demon. Letting out a hallowed, shrill screech, it let flames shoot from its mouth as it trampled houses, and began devouring people.
"Mommy! Mommy!" A small girl's yell was heard faintly rising above the screams. Tears brimmed her eyes and she was shaking from head to toe. "Mommy! Please Mommy!" She cried more desperately than before.
Just then, she felt familiar arms sweep her up into a warm embrace. The child hugged her Mother. "I'm scared!"
"Sh, you must be strong, I'm going to get us out of here, now be still, and dry your tears." Her Mother said.
The little one nodded, and hushed, wiping her tears away. She trusted her Mother. Everything would be okay. The child held on tighter to the woman's clothes as her Mother began to sprint across the ground. The flames had enveloped the entire village now, and bodies, dead burnt, bloody corpses littered the ground. The child recognized some of them, but her Mother did not stop or slow her pace. She merely ran. Smoke rose up around them and as her daughter began to cough, the older woman tucked her deeper into her cloak.
Her heart raced. She could feel the heat from the unbelievably hot fire on her heels, and that demon's constant screeching was louder. It filled her ears, and she was scared. But her fear was not for herself, no. It was for the small burden she carried. She had to save her child. Glancing back, her eyes widened in horror. The demon had spotted them, and it was convinced that no human would escape its wrath. She picked up her speed. The edge of a forest was just in her view. If she could only get there, then they would be safe. She and her child knew the forest well, and there were tons of places that would be ideal for hiding.
Her eyes narrowed, dead set on her destination. She glanced back. That demon was large, and thereby slow, but it was gaining on her. Shaking her head, she continued to run. She was close, just a few yards away, but suddenly, she felt something catch her foot and she tumbled forward, unable to regain her balance, she fell to the ground. Her mind screamed at her for being clumsy enough to fall over an insignificant bolder in such a serious time.
She heard the ground shaking beneath her, and that horrible screeching was so much louder. There was no time. She came to a decision. She pulled her cloak off and took her child in her arms.
"Mommy?"
She smiled tenderly and brushed a few strands of hair from her child's eyes. "My darling. You must listen to me. Take my cloak, and take this." The young woman took out dagger in a leather sheath and pressed it into her daughter's hands. She wrapped the cloak about her shoulders.
"But Mommy, won't you need these?" The child asked.
At her words, the woman's eyes brimmed with tears and she hugged her child to her chest. "Take these things and run." She said.
"But Mo--"
"Go into the forest and hide. Hide until Jauna comes for you. And promise me that you'll remember me okay?"
The child hugged her Mother. "How could I forget you Mommy, I love you."
"I know honey, I know. I love you too, and I always will. Now go. Don't stop running, and don't look back, okay?"
The child hesitated. ". . . Okay."
"Good." The Mother released her daughter and shoved her in the direction of the forest. Her child began to run and she watched her until she could feel heat upon her back. With fiery eyes she turned to the massive, snarling demon. She would distract it long enough for her little one to get to safety.
She closed her eyes. 'Jauna, it's Seronie. Please . . . take care of Cyena.' She said through the gift of telepathy.
Meanwhile, her child had made it to the forest and was running as she was told too. She ran, but she was only a child, and her Mother wasn't with her. This was unsettling to her. Curiosity and fear stopped her. She turned back and hid behind some clumped underbrush and bushes. That large beat and her Mother were facing off, but she wondered what her Mommy was doing. She couldn't stand up to a creature that size!
Everything else happened in slow motion. The beat's massive claws rose in the air, her Mother stood her ground. The child's eyes widened as those claws descended, her eyes widened, and she could barely hear herself screaming over the sound of her blood rushing, and her heart pumping seemingly in her head. Then, like a slap to her face, a stream of thick, crimson blood, slapped across her cheek. In shock, she fingered the blood, now silent. He eyes stared at it in shock, and then to the place beyond the forest. Blood stained the grass, and pieces of her Mother's body lay strewn about.
She shook her head, slowly got to her feet, and her eyes, large, and round, stared in horror at the beast with the bloody lips. And then she was running. She did not know where, and she did not care, but she was running . . . wasn't that what she was supposed to be doing. . .?
***300 Years Later***
"Lord Sesshoumaru! Lord Sesshoumaru!"
Sesshoumaru stopped walking long enough to turn and face Jaken. The little imp was somewhat out of breath.
"Lord Sesshoumaru, would you be so kind as to tell Rin to CALM DOWN!!!"
Sesshoumaru raised an elegant eyebrow, and then turned his golden eyes upward. "Rin." He called, his voice firm, and yet tentative.
A moment later the raven-haired child came dancing out from behind some bushes. She smiled widely when she saw Sesshoumaru and ran up to him. The youkai lord knelt down so that he and the child were eye to eye.
"Rin. Allow Jaken to teach you your lessons." He said, making sure to speak so the child's young mind could comprehend.
Rin sighed and she looked a little disappointed, but that expression lasted for only a fraction of a second. Suddenly, her features brightened and she reached into her little kimono. When she pulled her hand out, there were three, little, yellow flowers, which she presented to Sesshoumaru. "Rin picked these for Sesshoumaru-sama. She thinks they look very pretty . . . just like Sesshoumaru-sama!"
Sesshoumaru stared at the flowers. This wasn't necessarily the first time Rin had brought him little presents, but he still couldn't help but feel a little . . . awkward. He was never sure exactly what he should do with them.
Rin tilted her head ever so slightly to the side. Her eyes, although undeniably young, seemed to flash with certain age-old wisdom. She smiled as she stepped forward.
"Rin thinks that they will look nice . . . here!" She said.
Sesshoumaru sighed. Walking around with little yellow flowers tucked in his hair wasn't exactly what he would call intimidating, but he couldn't take them out for fear that he would harm the girl's feelings. It was still a bit of a mystery to him as to why he insisted upon keeping the little girl happy. However, he supposed that she was his responsibility, and he had at least admitted that much to himself. Once or twice the notion crossed his mind that he might actually enjoy her company, but he wasn't ready to accept that one quite yet.
"Come Rin." Jaken said, tearing the demon lord from his thoughts.
Rin looked back at the toad like imp and then back at Sesshoumaru with a pouty face. Sesshoumaru stood up and gave her slight push toward the other demon. Rin sighed, but she went over to Jaken anyway. She supposed that a while of boring old lessons wasn't worth making Sessoumaru-sama angry. And so, Jaken began to lecture and Rin pretended to listen.
A few hours passed, and Jaken finally dismissed the child. Rin was very pleased and faster than any one could blink, she was off and playing again. Jaken sighed and mumbled something under his breath, and then he dismissed himself saying that he wished to go take a nap somewhere.
Sesshoumaru seated himself at the base of a large tree and leaned back against its broad trunk. The forest canopy filtered out the sun's intensity over head, so that only little speckles of light protruded to scatter the forest floor. Sesshoumaru enjoyed the silence, he felt as though he were one with the quiet. Tranquility was a rare thing when leading the life that he had. There were few demons that didn't want him dead, but then, even fewer who were brave enough to attempt to kill him. He supposed he was fortunate for that. Unlike his annoying half brother, he did not have to worry about so many demons coming to claim his life.
He closed his eyes and relaxed his muscles, perfectly content upon letting drowsiness claim him, for Sesshoumaru never really slept. Suddenly, just upon the brink of his semi-unconscious state, an ear-shattering scream ripped through the calm air. His eyes snapped open and then narrowed.
He stood up, his senses seeking out the sound of a possible enemy. He could sense a minimal amount of ki not far north of him. "Jaken." He called, voice calm as usual, but more commanding.
The green imp appeared before him quickly, sensing the change in his lord's soft tenor. "Yes Lord Sesshoumaru?"
"Find Rin and bring her to this clearing. Stay here until I tell you otherwise."
"Yes, of coarse!" Jaken said. He set out into the surrounding forest to locate the child.
Sesshoumaru watched him go before swiftly turning and heading north. Although the ki signature he was sensing was quite insignificant, particularly in comparison to him, he felt something else . . . perhaps another power lingering just on the edge of his senses. It was this energy that bade him in the direction that he was traveling. Unfortunately, despite all his canine heritage, Sesshoumaru had the tendency to be as curious as any feline around.
As he walked, the terrain became rockier, so he wasn't surprised when he came to a small gorge. He raised a defined eyebrow. The energy was right around the place at which he stood. That screech filled his ears again and she stepped forward and looked over the edge. What he saw was not unusual, it was more what he felt.
There was a female youkai pressed up against the rocky walls, which he couldn't quite make out as she was overshadowed by a larger demon that stood on two legs and was a sickly green color. It was grossly muscular with large, imposing claws, and had a mane of gnarled white fur around a horn that protruded from its skull. That was the demon that radiated the initial ki. He could only imagine that the strange, lilting signature belonged to the female youkai.
He winced then as that huge demon screeched. It was such an unpleasant sound. His ears moved slightly as he heard the other youkai begin to speak.
"So what? You gunna eat me? 'Cause, if you aren't then I have other places I could be right now." She said.
Sesshoumaru snorted quietly. She was staring death in its face, and yet asking him to move aside. Surely that would only ensure her impending end.
The demon screeched yet again and dug one of its claws into the wall. The female youkai let out a sound that sounded suspiciously like hissing. "And that's supposed to be what? An intimidation factor? Huh, I think not. All right big guy, I was going to try and draw out our little encounter, maybe get a work out, but uh . . . this just isn't worth my time anymore."
Sesshoumaru heard those words and then felt that strange ki grow in proportion, and he was actually somewhat impressed, although the energy still held something strange about it. He watched in interest as the female shadow prepared for an attack, but he felt that something was off. He glanced again at the large demon, and noticed on his skin a certain sleekness. The seconds that followed went by in a mad sort of rush.
Sesshoumaru leapt into the gorge, and using his whip, slashed the creature into pieces before the female youkai could move another inch. He stared for a moment at the blood on the ground and the still flinching body parts of the demon. Then, briefly, he cast a glance toward the female demon that beheld him with wide eyes, and then, he leapt away. It was only a bit after he was gone that the demon was able to recover from her shock. She stared at the demon remains and then gasped as she saw the ground sizzling beneath and around the corpse. She gasped . . . that demon's skin had been covered in a sort of acid. Had she touched it, then that acid would have killed her.
'That guy, whoever he was . . . just saved my life . . .' She thought.
Author's Note: Hey there all. Well, as I'm sure some of you know, I tend to write stories more in the Yu Yu Hakusho domain, but you know, I just happen to love the show Inuyasha, and I happen to adore Sesshoumaru. I was thinking that he needed a little happiness and adventure the likes of which he'd never experienced in his life. So, from that thought stemmed this fic. It's sort of experimental (this is my first Inuyasha fic). I don't know if I'll decide to keep writing on it . . . I guess it really is up to all of you. So send me some reviews and tell me what ya think. Thanks, and Happy Readings! ^_^
A New Frontier for my Heart
By: Amethyst Tiger
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Chapter: 1
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"It's a demon! Run!"
The air filled with blood curdling screams. Women and men fled their houses, frightened children cried as the ground shook beneath the small village. A massive shadow loomed above them. It was a demon, a very hungry demon. Letting out a hallowed, shrill screech, it let flames shoot from its mouth as it trampled houses, and began devouring people.
"Mommy! Mommy!" A small girl's yell was heard faintly rising above the screams. Tears brimmed her eyes and she was shaking from head to toe. "Mommy! Please Mommy!" She cried more desperately than before.
Just then, she felt familiar arms sweep her up into a warm embrace. The child hugged her Mother. "I'm scared!"
"Sh, you must be strong, I'm going to get us out of here, now be still, and dry your tears." Her Mother said.
The little one nodded, and hushed, wiping her tears away. She trusted her Mother. Everything would be okay. The child held on tighter to the woman's clothes as her Mother began to sprint across the ground. The flames had enveloped the entire village now, and bodies, dead burnt, bloody corpses littered the ground. The child recognized some of them, but her Mother did not stop or slow her pace. She merely ran. Smoke rose up around them and as her daughter began to cough, the older woman tucked her deeper into her cloak.
Her heart raced. She could feel the heat from the unbelievably hot fire on her heels, and that demon's constant screeching was louder. It filled her ears, and she was scared. But her fear was not for herself, no. It was for the small burden she carried. She had to save her child. Glancing back, her eyes widened in horror. The demon had spotted them, and it was convinced that no human would escape its wrath. She picked up her speed. The edge of a forest was just in her view. If she could only get there, then they would be safe. She and her child knew the forest well, and there were tons of places that would be ideal for hiding.
Her eyes narrowed, dead set on her destination. She glanced back. That demon was large, and thereby slow, but it was gaining on her. Shaking her head, she continued to run. She was close, just a few yards away, but suddenly, she felt something catch her foot and she tumbled forward, unable to regain her balance, she fell to the ground. Her mind screamed at her for being clumsy enough to fall over an insignificant bolder in such a serious time.
She heard the ground shaking beneath her, and that horrible screeching was so much louder. There was no time. She came to a decision. She pulled her cloak off and took her child in her arms.
"Mommy?"
She smiled tenderly and brushed a few strands of hair from her child's eyes. "My darling. You must listen to me. Take my cloak, and take this." The young woman took out dagger in a leather sheath and pressed it into her daughter's hands. She wrapped the cloak about her shoulders.
"But Mommy, won't you need these?" The child asked.
At her words, the woman's eyes brimmed with tears and she hugged her child to her chest. "Take these things and run." She said.
"But Mo--"
"Go into the forest and hide. Hide until Jauna comes for you. And promise me that you'll remember me okay?"
The child hugged her Mother. "How could I forget you Mommy, I love you."
"I know honey, I know. I love you too, and I always will. Now go. Don't stop running, and don't look back, okay?"
The child hesitated. ". . . Okay."
"Good." The Mother released her daughter and shoved her in the direction of the forest. Her child began to run and she watched her until she could feel heat upon her back. With fiery eyes she turned to the massive, snarling demon. She would distract it long enough for her little one to get to safety.
She closed her eyes. 'Jauna, it's Seronie. Please . . . take care of Cyena.' She said through the gift of telepathy.
Meanwhile, her child had made it to the forest and was running as she was told too. She ran, but she was only a child, and her Mother wasn't with her. This was unsettling to her. Curiosity and fear stopped her. She turned back and hid behind some clumped underbrush and bushes. That large beat and her Mother were facing off, but she wondered what her Mommy was doing. She couldn't stand up to a creature that size!
Everything else happened in slow motion. The beat's massive claws rose in the air, her Mother stood her ground. The child's eyes widened as those claws descended, her eyes widened, and she could barely hear herself screaming over the sound of her blood rushing, and her heart pumping seemingly in her head. Then, like a slap to her face, a stream of thick, crimson blood, slapped across her cheek. In shock, she fingered the blood, now silent. He eyes stared at it in shock, and then to the place beyond the forest. Blood stained the grass, and pieces of her Mother's body lay strewn about.
She shook her head, slowly got to her feet, and her eyes, large, and round, stared in horror at the beast with the bloody lips. And then she was running. She did not know where, and she did not care, but she was running . . . wasn't that what she was supposed to be doing. . .?
***300 Years Later***
"Lord Sesshoumaru! Lord Sesshoumaru!"
Sesshoumaru stopped walking long enough to turn and face Jaken. The little imp was somewhat out of breath.
"Lord Sesshoumaru, would you be so kind as to tell Rin to CALM DOWN!!!"
Sesshoumaru raised an elegant eyebrow, and then turned his golden eyes upward. "Rin." He called, his voice firm, and yet tentative.
A moment later the raven-haired child came dancing out from behind some bushes. She smiled widely when she saw Sesshoumaru and ran up to him. The youkai lord knelt down so that he and the child were eye to eye.
"Rin. Allow Jaken to teach you your lessons." He said, making sure to speak so the child's young mind could comprehend.
Rin sighed and she looked a little disappointed, but that expression lasted for only a fraction of a second. Suddenly, her features brightened and she reached into her little kimono. When she pulled her hand out, there were three, little, yellow flowers, which she presented to Sesshoumaru. "Rin picked these for Sesshoumaru-sama. She thinks they look very pretty . . . just like Sesshoumaru-sama!"
Sesshoumaru stared at the flowers. This wasn't necessarily the first time Rin had brought him little presents, but he still couldn't help but feel a little . . . awkward. He was never sure exactly what he should do with them.
Rin tilted her head ever so slightly to the side. Her eyes, although undeniably young, seemed to flash with certain age-old wisdom. She smiled as she stepped forward.
"Rin thinks that they will look nice . . . here!" She said.
Sesshoumaru sighed. Walking around with little yellow flowers tucked in his hair wasn't exactly what he would call intimidating, but he couldn't take them out for fear that he would harm the girl's feelings. It was still a bit of a mystery to him as to why he insisted upon keeping the little girl happy. However, he supposed that she was his responsibility, and he had at least admitted that much to himself. Once or twice the notion crossed his mind that he might actually enjoy her company, but he wasn't ready to accept that one quite yet.
"Come Rin." Jaken said, tearing the demon lord from his thoughts.
Rin looked back at the toad like imp and then back at Sesshoumaru with a pouty face. Sesshoumaru stood up and gave her slight push toward the other demon. Rin sighed, but she went over to Jaken anyway. She supposed that a while of boring old lessons wasn't worth making Sessoumaru-sama angry. And so, Jaken began to lecture and Rin pretended to listen.
A few hours passed, and Jaken finally dismissed the child. Rin was very pleased and faster than any one could blink, she was off and playing again. Jaken sighed and mumbled something under his breath, and then he dismissed himself saying that he wished to go take a nap somewhere.
Sesshoumaru seated himself at the base of a large tree and leaned back against its broad trunk. The forest canopy filtered out the sun's intensity over head, so that only little speckles of light protruded to scatter the forest floor. Sesshoumaru enjoyed the silence, he felt as though he were one with the quiet. Tranquility was a rare thing when leading the life that he had. There were few demons that didn't want him dead, but then, even fewer who were brave enough to attempt to kill him. He supposed he was fortunate for that. Unlike his annoying half brother, he did not have to worry about so many demons coming to claim his life.
He closed his eyes and relaxed his muscles, perfectly content upon letting drowsiness claim him, for Sesshoumaru never really slept. Suddenly, just upon the brink of his semi-unconscious state, an ear-shattering scream ripped through the calm air. His eyes snapped open and then narrowed.
He stood up, his senses seeking out the sound of a possible enemy. He could sense a minimal amount of ki not far north of him. "Jaken." He called, voice calm as usual, but more commanding.
The green imp appeared before him quickly, sensing the change in his lord's soft tenor. "Yes Lord Sesshoumaru?"
"Find Rin and bring her to this clearing. Stay here until I tell you otherwise."
"Yes, of coarse!" Jaken said. He set out into the surrounding forest to locate the child.
Sesshoumaru watched him go before swiftly turning and heading north. Although the ki signature he was sensing was quite insignificant, particularly in comparison to him, he felt something else . . . perhaps another power lingering just on the edge of his senses. It was this energy that bade him in the direction that he was traveling. Unfortunately, despite all his canine heritage, Sesshoumaru had the tendency to be as curious as any feline around.
As he walked, the terrain became rockier, so he wasn't surprised when he came to a small gorge. He raised a defined eyebrow. The energy was right around the place at which he stood. That screech filled his ears again and she stepped forward and looked over the edge. What he saw was not unusual, it was more what he felt.
There was a female youkai pressed up against the rocky walls, which he couldn't quite make out as she was overshadowed by a larger demon that stood on two legs and was a sickly green color. It was grossly muscular with large, imposing claws, and had a mane of gnarled white fur around a horn that protruded from its skull. That was the demon that radiated the initial ki. He could only imagine that the strange, lilting signature belonged to the female youkai.
He winced then as that huge demon screeched. It was such an unpleasant sound. His ears moved slightly as he heard the other youkai begin to speak.
"So what? You gunna eat me? 'Cause, if you aren't then I have other places I could be right now." She said.
Sesshoumaru snorted quietly. She was staring death in its face, and yet asking him to move aside. Surely that would only ensure her impending end.
The demon screeched yet again and dug one of its claws into the wall. The female youkai let out a sound that sounded suspiciously like hissing. "And that's supposed to be what? An intimidation factor? Huh, I think not. All right big guy, I was going to try and draw out our little encounter, maybe get a work out, but uh . . . this just isn't worth my time anymore."
Sesshoumaru heard those words and then felt that strange ki grow in proportion, and he was actually somewhat impressed, although the energy still held something strange about it. He watched in interest as the female shadow prepared for an attack, but he felt that something was off. He glanced again at the large demon, and noticed on his skin a certain sleekness. The seconds that followed went by in a mad sort of rush.
Sesshoumaru leapt into the gorge, and using his whip, slashed the creature into pieces before the female youkai could move another inch. He stared for a moment at the blood on the ground and the still flinching body parts of the demon. Then, briefly, he cast a glance toward the female demon that beheld him with wide eyes, and then, he leapt away. It was only a bit after he was gone that the demon was able to recover from her shock. She stared at the demon remains and then gasped as she saw the ground sizzling beneath and around the corpse. She gasped . . . that demon's skin had been covered in a sort of acid. Had she touched it, then that acid would have killed her.
'That guy, whoever he was . . . just saved my life . . .' She thought.
