Famous Last Words
Chapter 2: Anger Management Problems
Disclaimer: (what's the point in putting this down again?) Anyway, I do not own Inuyasha...blah...blah...blah
(Sorry for the wait. I had my birthday and piano exams to prep for. So I have been very busy with Grade 7 Piano, Harmony, mock exams, recitals, and I thought I was going to have a relaxing summer this year. Just wishful thinking I guess...)
After moments have passed with no one saying anything, Fay started to head in the direction of her blue backpack. Once she slung her bag over her shoulder, she noticed her friends were still staring at her.
"Um..." Fay nervously approached them. "I won't be traveling with you after all. I don't feel comfortable...and I-I am going to travel with Lord Sesshoumaru from now on."
Kagome gasped. "Fay-chan...please don't go."
"Kagome, maybe it's best if Fay does what she thinks is right, even if that means she is traveling with Sesshoumaur-sama." Miroku reasoned. Sesshoumaru glared icily at the monk. Sango nodded her head in agreement.
"We all noticed how her and Inuyasha didn't get along."
Fay bit her lip and nodded. "Please Kagome, don't make this harder than it already is."
Fay rolled her eyes inwardly. This was harder than dealing with that lowly ogre demon. If this was hard, what would saying goodbye forever be like? She frowned. Why would she think of saying goodbye so soon?
Fay then noticed a low growling sound behind her. She turned around noticing Sesshoumaru was becoming impatient.
"This Sesshoumaru, will wait no longer. Now come." He turned around and walked out of the hanyou's camp site.
"Yes, my lord." Fay sighed giving an apologetic glance to Kagome.
"Bye for now. Hopefully, we will see each other soon." Fay retorted quickly before following her lord. After everyone knew that the two demons were out of hearing range, they began to discuss about what just happened.
"Am I hearing clearly? Did I just hear Fay say, 'yes, my lord?" Miroku whispered into Sango's ear. Sango rolled her eyes.
"Ok, one. You are hearing correctly. Two, why are you whispering?" Sango question out of curiosity.
Kagome focused her eyes in the direction Fay departed, 'why is she joining his side? I bet she was forced.'
"I lost my voice, from the demon lord's piercing glares." Miroku stated truthfully. Everyone sweat dropped.
"I guess I should start making that ramen, huh?" Kagome said glumly.
"RAMEN!" An all knowing voice perked out of the 50 foot crater.
"He wakes." Miroku informed.
"Yes, how very unfortunate." Kagome muttered.
Shippo shook his head in dismay. "What an idiot."
"Hey I heard that runt!" Inuyasha shouted. (I'm only making Inuyasha like this for a few chapters. I don't have anything against him. By all means, he's my second favourite character. I'm saving number one for Sesshy!!)
Up in the Eastern Mountains
Fay walked behind the demon lord on a dirt path up a mountain. She could feel many demonic presences in the mountain and couldn't help but wonder why they were heading in the direction of the lowly demons. Her question was silenced in her brain as the stoic demon lord stopped abruptly in front of her.
"What--" She managed to squeak before crashing into his back.
"Stay here." He commanded before walking forward again. Her curiosity got the better of her. Why did he just suddenly stop? This was becoming a little too suspicious for her taste.
"Why can I not come with you?" She demanded. Sesshoumaru did not stop or falter at her question, instead he ignored it.
Fay knowing that he would not answer her question sat on a rock waiting for Sesshoumaru to return.
Why did she agree to join his pack? What would she gain?
'Ha, you're actually asking that question. How obvious!'
'Excuse me, are you calling me obvious?' She accused.
'Well, you ask the most simple questions that obviously have a simple answer.'
'Who the hell are you?'
'Call me your conscience. I am you as you are I. If you are feeling lonely and questionable, I will be here. If you are guilty and innocent, I will be here. If you--' She fumbled for words as she read her lines off of cue cards.
'You have your speech written down on cue cards?' Fay asked mockingly.
'Well, how many times have I talked to you, oh righteous one. Since you seem to have none of these said symptoms. I mean the only reason why I showed up was because of the great and powerful, not to mention sexy, Lord Sesshoumaru.'
'Great...how about you go and bother him instead of me for a change.' Fay insisted.
'What a great idea. All you have to do is kiss him and I can tap into his mind and proclaim my love!'
'Yeah, good luck with the kissing part.'
'Oh don't worry about that. I got some tricks up my sleeve that I'm very willing to test on you.'
"Right...so when does the plane leave for insane island, I'm sure you'd like it there!" She asked sarcastically.
'In two minutes, so we better leave soon.'
"What makes you think I'm going." Fay scoffed.
'Maybe because a certain demon lord is staring at you like you are INSANE!'
Fay averted her eyes to the said demon. He looked impassive, yet curious. She noticed that she was talking out loud, which earned her a blush to stain her cheeks.
"I wasn't talking to myself. There's an invisa-demon right beside me. She's insane." Sesshoumaru quirked his eyebrow, obviously knowing she was lying through her teeth.
"This Sesshoumaru thinks the insane one is you." He walked passed her and down the mountain again.
Once he was out of ear shot. She grumbled a 'thanks a lot' to her conscience.
'You wait that was just one simple trick.'
"I wonder what Fay is doing right now." Kagome sighed as she ate her fish-on-a-stick.
"Feh." Inuyasha grumbled. "Who cares. She's probably dead if she's following my stupid half-brother. Who knows, maybe she is complaining to Sesshoumaru about how he has an icicle up his ass."
Kagome glared daggers at Inuyasha. "Inuyasha, just because you don't get along with Fay does not give you the right to trash talk her."
Inuyasha scoffed. "Who said I was trash talking her? I was just stating the truth."
Shippo rolled his eyes, "baka."
"SIT!!"
Fay sat down near the fire that Sesshoumaru made. She crawled into her sleeping bag that she rolled out from her pack. She wasn't hungry for some reason. It was like she had a full stomach even though she hasn't eaten since the day she was attacked and the full demon...
'I can't believe I harmed so many lives. Innocents. They deserved to live, but I ended their lives because they were in the wrong place at the wrong time. I bet, they have troops looking for me now. Seeking revenge. I will never be able to forgive myself.'
She looked around their small camp site and took in her surroundings. Sesshoumaru sat at the base of the tree silently gazing into the stars but caught her gaze. His eyes danced with the fire's flames. Then she noticed he had a blue aura surrounding him. She rubbed her eyes. Thinking that her eyes might be playing tricks on her. Surely, she was wrong. He looked calm and tranquil. Like nothing could ever disturb the peace in the area. Not even annoying crickets in the forest surroundings. Probably too scared to interrupt the quiet atmosphere Sesshoumaru created.
She blushed when she knew she was starring at him for a long time. She averted her eyes to the fire warmth. An orange glow surrounded it. Playful yet inviting and comforting. The trees swayed with violet. Secretive and juvenile. Why was she looking at the surroundings in different hues?
She smacked the side of her face, attempting to get her regular vision to return. She opened her eyes and then looked back at Sesshoumaru he looked like he was made from Skittles or Life Savers candy. Throughout his spinal cord were circular spectrums. At the base of his head was violet. Then on his forehead was indigo. Throat, blue. Heart, green. Stomach, yellow. Abdomen, orange, and the pelvis, red. Then she saw the most unusual thing. (Like it could get any weirder.) He had blue veins that had some weird white substance flowing through but they each connected to the colourful circles. It was in the shape of a deoxyribonucleic acid (DNA) strand.
"Woman. Why do you stare at this Sesshoumaru?" He questioned, irritably. Fay heard his question.
"I don't think you will believe me if I say this." She began. Sesshoumaru rose a delicate eyebrow. Fay took that as a 'just try me' look.
"I can kind of see your aura, but you seem to have different colours that connect to something that flows in your body, but it's not red like blood. It's white." Fay explained.
Sesshoumaru's eyes widened a small fraction, which did not go unnoticed. 'How could she see his chakra? Lord Arashi was never able to obtain that power. He was only able to control one element and his unknown phoenix powers. This demoness couldn't possibly be his heir. She had power that of a demon ninja flowing through her veins. Wouldn't that mean Lord Arashi's mate was part ninja?'
Fay seemed to be having almost the same thoughts as Sesshoumaru. 'Did he have a look of surprise on his face? It must have been a trick of the eye. Seeing that my eyes aren't working like they are supposed to, I wouldn't be surprised if I had just imagined him with a surprised expression. Speaking of which, why can I see things like this. I bet I got high off something while I was in the mountains! Oh that would really be something. Fay, current traveler with the great demon lord, Sesshoumaru, has become high just from traveling in the mountains and now she can see everything in rainbow colours.' Fay shook her head at those silly thoughts. She looked up at Sesshoumaru again and noticed he too was still deep in his thoughts.
"I understand you think I am crazy...actually I don't blame you if you do." Fay stuttered nervously. The silence created an annoying and nervous environment that she wasn't comfortable with. Why was it that whenever she explained herself to him, he always went into one of those scary silences. Like the ones in scary movies. Something surprising is going to happen right...
"Why?" Fay froze as he spoke. He stood up from the base of the tree. Fay then noticed something else flowing through his body. It looked like there was an icy blue barrier around something red-pink. 'Is that his heart beyond whatever that blue thing is?'
Sesshoumaru stood with authority. Making sure she knew who was the superior one out of the both of them.
The fire started to die down.
She could see yellow surround his aura. Like imperial. Could she sense emotion, even in the most impassive people? She could feel herself feel small and insignificant.
"I don't know why. I don't even know how I can do this. It just happened." 'Why am I acting all submissive?'
"You are untrained?" He asked skeptically. The fire started to pick up in height.
"In demon terminology, yes." Fay was becoming annoyed with his I'm an arrogant-ass-so-I-am-going-to-make-sure-you-feel-like-dirt. The fire cracked in angry excitement.
"Pathetic." Fay sharply glared at him. That was the last straw. Who was he? To call her pathetic was something, but to act like he had all the authority and grace in the world was something else. Flames blazed around Fay as she clenched her jaw and fists in anger.
"Why do you call me pathetic when you barely even know me? If I'm so pathetic, why did you order me to join you?" Fay moved forward so that she was in his face. Flames threatened to burn him. Sesshoumaru did not say a word.
Fay began to laugh softly. "Tell me Lord Sesshoumaru. What is the true meaning of pity?"
He gave no answer. He just watched her with sparks of interest in his amber eyes
"What do you know of my life?" Fay shouted so that the whole forest could hear her.
Again no answer.
"You know nothing of me, which gives you no authority whatsoever to call me pathetic." She panted from her ranting her face tinged red from anger.
"You dare speak to this Sesshoumaru in anger?"
"Just because I act submissive, does not mean I don't have the gull to stand up for myself. You expect everyone to fall on there feet in fear of you. When really, why should anyone fear you? What is to fear other than your anger and power?"
Sesshoumaru growled as he gripped her neck in his clawed hands. His eyes burned with a tint of red. "You will pay for your incompetence."
Fay was too shocked for words so her inner demon kicked in. "Go ahead kill me Sesshoumaru-sama."
Sesshoumaru looked straight into her eyes and released his grasp around her neck. Her eyes were red with gold slits. Fay started to pulse as she gave off a powerful demonic aura that slightly threw Sesshoumaru away. Her hair whipped around her as the fire that blazed behind her suddenly engulfing her into its hungry flames.
Sesshoumaru backed away from her so that he would not be injured in the intense heat of the flames. The blaze cracked fiercely as it threw Fay up fifty feet in the air, but she didn't fall, she just floated. (I know you think I'm being a little cruel because Sesshoumaru just backs away instead of helping Fay get out of the fire...but that's one of her powers if you haven't already guessed.)
Fay watched as her body absorbed the fire. She thought she was a goner when the flames suddenly engulfed her, but what it really did was calm her down. Her vision became normal again and she felt a new energy supply within her upper abdomen area.
"That was...interesting." Fay managed to mutter. She began to walk forward, but as she realized where she was, she screamed. She was floating fifty feet in the air.
"How did I get all the way up here!" She screamed.
Sesshoumaru then appeared beside her. "You flew up here once you were engulfed in flames." 'It seems my plan was successful. Her emotions excited the fire around her that it became one with her.'
Fay looked at him like he grew two heads then felt a wave of nausea hit her like a brick. She hugged her stomach. "Well, how about we both get down from here and talk about our previous disagreement."
Sesshoumaru gave her a cold look while looking down beneath them.
The whole forest was up in flames.
"Did I do that?" Fay asked innocently. Sesshoumaru just rolled his eyes inwardly still keeping his mask on.
"I need to get down from here or else I think I'm going to be sick." Fay said quickly.
"Focus your youkai energy and descend." He instructed while descending himself to a spot outside the once lush forest.
Fay watched as he descended with ease. 'Okay, focusing energy to...where?'
'Channel them to your back so you can sprout wings.'
"Who said that?" Fay asked bewildered.
'Your damn conscience, who else?'
"Oh." Fay whispered placing her right index finger to her lips as they formed an 'o' shape.
Fay began to channel her youkai energy to her back, and just like her conscience said, she grew beautiful blue wings with white outlines and blue fire.
'Oh, and you might want to put out the fire beneath us.'
"Right..." Fay trailed.
After about a few seconds later Fay focused her energy on the fiery forest. She began to deeply inhale the fire's energy and soon enough the fire came back like a lost puppy. Once the fire touched her body it immediately crawled up like vines and formed a red ball of energy around her upper abdomen where her previous energy supply was stored. The red ball quickly went through her clothing without damaging it and absorbed into her skin to sit with the rest of her fire energy. Her lips curled into a smile and then she flew back to where Sesshoumaru was.
She blinked twice before looking at the forest around her. The trees were burnt to the ground and anything that was previously alive, never stood a chance against the fire.
"This goes against everything that I believe in. So much for trying to save the earth by using less energy and reducing carbon that is released into the atmosphere."
"You are wasting my time." Sesshoumaru stated cooly.
"Well, sorry for trying to be the caring and compassionate one." Fay scoffed. She was going to say something else but, Sesshoumaru would not hear it. He then grabbed her and hung her over his shoulder beside his tail (fluffy). "It would take longer to get to our destination with you dragging us behind."
Fay struggled on his shoulder, but seeing as she wasn't going to be released anytime soon, she at least tried to get comfortable.
Sesshoumaru sighed inaudibly as she finally settled down enough so he could carry her bridal style. Sesshoumaru then flew up into the air on his purple cloud. Fay gripped onto his haori frightened that he would drop her while they were up in the air. Sesshoumaru looked down at her. Her eyes were shut tight and her hands gripped his shirt like there was no tomorrow.
He smirked inwardly. This girl was amusing him to no end. He could tell that there was more to her that meets the eye and he would find out no matter what. She confused him and sparked his interest. How did he meet such a person in the first place? No one confused the great Sesshoumaru as much as her.
But one question still remained unanswered. Would he really use this girl to get to the Tetsusaiga? She was powerful, but was she naïve to the point where she would be oblivious that she was being used?
He suddenly felt a twinge of guilt squirm in his stomach. Why did he have this feeling like he was doing something that would cost him dearly?
She seemed so fragile that he didn't want to hurt her emotionally. She looked like she has been through a hard life. What could have made her this way? To have betrayed herself and everyone around her. Not once has he seen her smile while in his presence.
This girl was indeed an enigma
Far Away in the Western Lands
Rin ran around throwing flower tiaras and bracelets at Jaken. Jaken, annoyed, started shouting at the young girl of eight, to stop throwing insignificant flowers at him. "Master Jaken, when is Lord Sesshoumaru returning?" Rin asked still beaming brightly.
Jaken huffed closing his eyes. "I don't know." He peeked his eyes open. "Besides, a human like you should not be following the great demon lord of the western lands."
Rin's smile faltered, then reappeared in a matter of seconds. "Don't be silly, Jaken. Lord Sesshoumaru doesn't mind me following around. If he didn't want me he would have said so." She then skipped off merrily through the thick, tall grass to find more exotic flowers.
Hours later, Ah Un trailed behind Jaken as they searched for Rin. The sun was already starting to set and they needed to make camp before night fell.
"Where is that stupid human? Rin!" Jaken croaked. "Rin!"
Rin skipped with her handful of flowers in hand. She was starting to fatigue and she wanted to go back to master Jaken and Ah Un, but she could not find them. She was becoming scared as the sun began to set. "M-master J-Jaken." Rin stuttered out. She wrapped her arms around herself from the cold. Her feet were cold and sore from all their traveling. She sat down on a rock, shivering and hoping that her companions will find her soon. She discarded the pretty flowers on the ground next to her when she heard a hissing sound coming from every where around her. Gradually getting closer to her. She looked around her, nothing but tall, thick grass and a sparkling object bedded behind the rock she was sitting on.
Rin cast the thoughts of what was beyond the grass away, and picked up the beautiful bracelet. It was gold with sparkling crystals scattered in the gold frame. She turned the jewelry around and around until she saw one large red gem in the middle. It was a ruby in the shape of a tear drop. It also had some sort of language engraved around the band. Rin grinned at her discovery. She would show her lord what she found while picking flowers for him. She got up forgetting about the hissing threat and went in an aimless direction to find master Jaken and the two headed dragon companion, Ah Un.
Jaken was now weeping on the ground because he couldn't find the young girl. Ah Un rolled their eyes at the toad demon's behavior. They then caught the scent of their master on the soft breeze with an unfamiliar scent with him. They jumped up happily when they saw their master descending from the sky with a female demon in his arms.
Jaken still remained where he was unaware of his master's return.
Fay stirred in Lord Sesshoumaru's arms as she awoke from her nap.
"We will be arriving shortly." Sesshoumaru stated.
Fay looked up at him and smiled softly. He carried her the whole time they were flying on his cloud. Maybe he wasn't so bad as she previously thought.
"Alright. Thank you for carrying me, Sesshoumaru-sama." Fay said before she clasped her hand to her mouth to yawn.
Sesshoumaru nodded, his eyes meeting hers for a brief second. Fay made an inaudible gasp when she saw something mysterious in his eyes. If he didn't turn away so quickly, she would have understood what it was he was saying through his eyes.
Sesshoumaru, himself, was beating himself up from the inside because he showed emotion to this new member of his pack. 'Damn. A century down the drain.' Fay squirmed in his embrace when she felt his aura shift. Her eyes adjusted, and she began to see things in rainbow colours again. Sesshoumaru's aura was red-violet. Wasn't he just calm a minute ago? Now she could sense a bit of calmness and slight anger in his aura. Did she say something wrong to make him that way?
"Lord Sesshoumaru," Fay quietly called. "Did I say something to cause you to become angry?" Sesshoumaru did not hear her due to his inner argument with his demon.
'Hmm.'
'What?'
'We struggling?'
'Why do you appear?'
'You answer question with question.'
'This Sesshoumaru asks the questions, not you demon.'
'Hmph. I appeared compliments to our mate.'
'This Sesshoumaru does not have a mate.'
'Yes, we do. She in our arms.'
'This female, is not our mate.'
'Tis time to take a mate.'
'This Sesshoumaru refuses to call this demoness a mate.'
'She is of age.'
'This demoness does not show any sign of affection.'
'She shows obedience.'
'...'
'Mate asks question.'
'She is not our MATE!'
GRRR...
Fay quickly got out of his arms when he began to growl, but as soon as she was out of his arms she began to fall to the ground.
"Ah! Sesshoumaru!" Fay screamed. She tapped into her power to form wings from her demonic energy. She opened her eyes to notice that her wings did not form. 'Crap'. She squinted her eyes as she was now dropping faster towards the ground. Faster, faster, faster, and then nothing. All she saw was a white blur.
"Am I dead? I think I see the light..." Fay muttered sadly.
"Stupid girl."
"Sesshou...maru..?" Fay blinked twice looking into his eyes. They dropped to the ground since they were already hovering just above a hill. "You saved me." Sesshoumaru held her close to him so she wouldn't fall again.
"So I did." Sesshoumaru said cooly. "Make sure it does not happen again." He quickly released her from his strong embrace and left towards his other companions.
Fay stood there appalled. "Well if you didn't start to growl at nothing, I would not have fell." She grumbled under her breath and followed him.
"M'Lord!" Jaken squawked. Fay cringed from his high pitch voice and came out from behind Sesshoumaru. Jaken eyed her suspiciously, but he felt relieved that she was demon and not human. That was the last thing they needed, another human.
"Jaken." Sesshoumaru said impassively. "Where is Rin?"
Jaken gulped. He was in for it now. "Well...er...you see..."
"Where is she?" Sesshoumaru's voice boomed.
Fay crept away slightly, knowing that his temper was on a fine line at the moment.
Sesshoumaru sniffed the air to find Rin's scent. When he found it he gave Jaken a curious glare. "She is not far, yet you could not find her?"
Jaken sobbed in his sleeve. "Forgive me m'lord, I had no idea she was close enough to sense."
Fay snorted sarcastically. "You are demon correct?"
Jaken glared at her menacingly. "Well of course I am."
Fay smirked. "Then you would have been able to sense her presence nearby. I think you are losing your senses, literally, Jaken."
Sesshoumaru smirked to himself. Jaken scrambled for a come-back but failed miserably, having the brain size of a pea. XD
Fay's smirk fell into a painful groan when she felt a burning sensation in her chest. "What is happening..." Then her breath caught in her throat when she could see a vision of a small girl wrapped in a snake's clutches. 'That must be Rin.' Fay felt the vision fade away and left her sweating from the burning sensations that still remained in her chest.
Sesshoumaru looked down at her with concern evident in his eyes. "Fay what is wrong?"
"Rin." Fay choked. "She's in trouble. I saw a vision of a snake demon attacking her."
Sesshoumaru growled low in his throat, then took off in the direction of the little girl's scent.
Rin cried as she felt the hissing noise return and gaining on her fast. She held the bracelet firm in her hand running as fast as she could in the direction her instincts told her. It was already night by the time she started running and she could barely see where she was going. A bright blue glow shone through her fingers, giving her warmth as a barrier surrounded her. She glanced at the bracelet, bewildered by its power. She gasped as she tripped on a stray rock. Grazing her leg, she cried out in pain and dropped the bracelet. The barrier instantly dissipated. She had to keep moving, but her body protested from the shock and terror she was currently experiencing.
The hissing was even louder than before and she gave a shrill scream calling for, "Lord Sesshoumaru!"
Sesshoumaru gave a mighty leap down the hill he was on and dashed after the little girl. His adrenaline pumped in his veins. He'd be damned if she had any life threatening injuries. Stupid Jaken. He will pay greatly. His adrenaline pumped faster when he heard her scream his name. Anger and freight drove him to the spot where Rin was being attacked.
The snake indeed had Rin wrapped in its scaly tail, just as Fay envisioned. He quickly used his poison whip to kill the snake and held the sobbing girl close to him. Fay came in on the scene while clutching her chest in agony. "You must be Rin." Fay said exasperated as she dropped to her knees panting. The burning sensation wasn't going away and she felt like she was going to have a stroke or something.
The bracelet on the ground vibrated violently while turning a dark blue colour. Fay picked it up, having this instinctive feeling that she would be relieved from the pain if she touched the piece of jewelry. A glow of blue surrounded her as she felt the burning in her chest disappear. Warmth surrounded her and she felt like she was in her childhood days when her father would hold her because she had a nightmare.
"This feels oddly familiar..." She said before passing out.
Nekomi99: Well that's it for now. I should have the third chapter posted next week. School's arriving soon..NOOOO!!
Sesshoumaru: Quit your whining you pathetic human.
Kagome: Hey! Give her a break will ya?
Fay: Ya Rainbow!
Nekomi99: Aw...thanks...as for Sesshoumaru...you better watch your back!
Sesshoumaru: hides in small closet.
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