Ash: Hey guys! thank you for the reviews (: i know I haven't gotten many but I think I just need to get more of this story done. i am now working on both thi story and Shadow Hyrule, so please be patient if i don't upload as fast. Sesshoumaru may get out of character in this story once in a while, but if the story is to proceed accordingly, then he can't ALWAYS be a oldhearted prick! thats what this story is for :D to melt his iy heart (:
Sesshoumaru: Who has an Icy heart?
Ash: you do. duh. who else would I be talking about?
Jaken: you insolent wench! how dare you speak to my lord like that!
Rin: oh hush master Jaken! Lady Ashurei did not mean any harm. She just mean t that Lord Sesshoumaru acts indifferent most of the time even though he's actually kind (:
Ash: Thank you Rin. Anyways, heres Chapter 2! :D
I gulped quietly as I turned and saw a white and red haori. With spiked armor. Oh. Damn. I was in trouble now. Looking up slowly I came face to face with the most feared Demon Lord in all of feudal era Japan. Lord of the Western Lands, Sesshoumaru. Fortunately I mastered the act of schooling my face into a stoic mask long ago, as this is what I did now. Then again, I always did except when around Kaede. However, I had no time for such thoughts as I heard the challenging growl that emitted from Lord Sesshoumaru as he was waiting for an answer. Leaving an extremely powerful Inuyoukai such as himself unanswered would be a very poor decision on my part, one I was not about to make.
Bowing low to where my long hair almost swept the ground I humbly apologized, "Gomen nasai, Lord Sesshoumaru, but I had been in this cave before because I hid my friend Medari here. She is very ill at the moment and I had left to retrieve medicine for her illness. I did not know that you would be here. If you would be so...generous...as to allow me to take Medari and leave, I would be grateful." Lord Sesshoumaru stood there gazing down at me without emotion. My back started to hurt from bowing and keeping my head down for so long, but I made no sound or movement. A few more minutes went by before Sesshoumaru finally spoke, "There is no need to leave as you were here first. I and my pack will stay here for the night though with you. We will depart in the morning. I do have a question for you as well. And you may stand and raise your head, you've been in that position for far too long." Giving an inaudible sign of relief, I stood and watched as he turned on his heel to go back deeper in the cavern (I'm just going to call it cavern since I can't say open space as there is no sky showing inside the cave). I followed him slowly and was sincerely surprised to find that in the cavern was a young human girl. And a very energetic one at that.
"Oh Lord Sesshoumaru you're back! We've missed you mi'lord!" she greeted cheerfully as she ran to hug him around the leg. I stood there watching the exchange as he gently patted her head and then went and sat down against the cavern wall. His eyes wandered over to me and he inclined his head as if giving me permission to enter. I decided to go over and give Medari her medicine. As I fed Medari her herbs, the little girl decided to come over and see who I was. "Hello pretty lady! May Rin ask what your name is?" she asked politely. Hm. So her name was Rin. "My name is Akako. And my little friend here is Medari," I answered. I could see why the demon lord kept her around. She was smiling and continued to smile even in her sleep once she went to bed. I had noticed earlier that there was a toad/imp youkai and a dragon youkai in the little group. Rin had told me earlier that the toad was named Jaken and the dragon was AhUn.
As everyone settled down for the night, I sat down opposite Lord Sesshoumaru and propped my knee up much in the same fashion as he had. the difference was that I had taken the liberty to unsheathe Oriyuu and polish it as the night wore on. I was not sleepy tonight and I wasn't about to let it go to waste. Nor was I about to allow Oriyuu to become dull. Sensing that the demon lord was watching as I polished my blade, I looked up at him. No matter how much Sesshoumaru thought he could mask ALL emotions, it wasn't good enough to fool me. I could see appreciation in his eyes at how I handled my weapon with great care and took time when sharpening and cleaning it.
Eventually I set the katana aside and raised an eyebrow questioningly at Sesshoumaru. He seemed to be contemplating something. A few minutes passed before he looked up at me and minutely cocked his head to the side as if asking me what the raised eyebrow was for. I mentally sighed a barely shook my head. The fire was still going so I decided to just stare into it, watching as I made images in it as I would clouds. Silence reigned in the air until, surprisingly, Sesshoumaru broke it by asking me a question. "Youkai, why do you travel with only a two-tail shadow neko? Do you not have a pack?" he inquired. Sitting there for a few seconds thinking of an answer, I was in shock that he had actually spoken to me without having spoken to him first.
"No, actually, I do not have a pack to travel with mi'lord. I've always been on my own. I have tried many times to find a pack with which to travel with, but my quiet nature is not for only that, but once they see for the first time how much power I hold, they either flee in fear or become hostile as if I would challenge the leader for his role. So i have chosen to travel alone with Medari. She is the only being to never judge me and/or run away," I explained in a quiet whisper. Normally this was not a subject anyone broached upon. Lord Sesshoumaru examined me silently while I went back to staring into the fire, having turned to him as I told him my story.
Again he shocked me when he spoke up. "Hn. When morning comes and my pack and I take our leave, you will come with us. Allow this Sesshoumaru to see just how much power you possess. If you do indeed possess an incredible amount of power as you indirectly state, then you would be this Sesshoumaru's sparring partner. Also, you will care for Rin." Speechless, i wondered idly how long it had been since Sesshoumaru had said that many words in one sentence. Honestly, every youkai, hanyou, and human that knew of the Lord of the Western Lands knew that he was extremely quiet and only spoke as many words as he deemed necessary. Not really knowing what else to do, I nodded my head in consent.
Medari mewled in her spot and in a flash she was in her bigger form. Padding over to me, she layed down against the wall behind me and draped her two tails over my lap. "Thank you Medari," I smiled graciously. Watching the flames until sleep finally consumed me, I couldn't wait until tomorrow.
Ash: I hope Lord Sesshoumaru is not too out of character here. please forgive me if he is. anyways, R&R please! Ja ne (: