Chapter 3

They're both dead, aren't they

Sesshomaru's POV

I held the blade tightly in my grasp…..this…was something I thought I'd never do…but once again this human girl made me react in ways I didn't expect…damn it all! Damn everything that lives on if she should die!...

-Flashback

"My Lord…forgive me" she uttered sadly her voice small and broken "But I cannot leave with you" she would not even look me in the eyes and I could hardly see her face.

"Is that so" I responded in my usual manner.

Her breath hitched….I saw the sparkle of a single silver tear "yes" she spoke over the lump forming in her throat "I cannot even tell you why…at least not yet….forgive me Lord Sesshomaru, but there are many things I cannot express to you…this is one of them".

"Very well" I said…I turned from her and began walking away into the sunset….I left without saying all the things that dwelled inside me.

"Lord Sesshomaru!" she yelled after me "Will I ever see you again?"

I did not respond…I did not intend to tell her that I would return the same day a month later, I would continue to come back until she begged me to take her with me….

End of Flashback

"Now Sesshomaru, we must hurry…while we have time…we only have till sunrise, before I must retrieve Yoshi from Inuyasha and this illness consumes her completely" the priestess spoke…how her voice irked me!

"Enough!" I ordered "tell me what I must do now…what purpose does this blade serve?"

"Ye must take the blade…pierce your heart with it…once your demonic aura begins to flow…pierce her heart with the same blade…lay upon her so your matching wounds are pressed together…your demonic life force should flow into her…connecting your hearts…connecting your very lifelines. If we are successful then she should be revived…both your wounds should seal. If however this fail it could go either three ways, one…you will both bleed to death…two…she will absorb all your life force, leaving you an empty life force and her completely immortal…or finally, you will survive the wound and she will either die of bleeding or this illness" she explained.

I gripped harder at the blade…I could easily stab my own heart, but the thought of pointing the knife into hers was sickening. I moved to plunge it in my chest…till the old woman shrilled at me again "Wait" she yelled, why! Foolishly irritating woman! "Please wait…I need to know ye are aware of what this means! If you do this…she is eternally bound to you! She will live for as long as you do and it's the same for you…your lives are forever entwined…if this is prosperous then one cannot live without the other and if you stray too far from each other…both will be enveloped in excruciating pain! This is life connection the runs deeper than any marriage…it even rivals that of a parental or sibling affection…the only time this was successful…was when the two who completed this were lovers…self-confessed and unconditionally in love…do not do this if you are uncertain of how deep your affection Rin goes".

With those last words I gave the old woman a final glare…before the point of the knife stabbed into my heart and the blood oozed. The old woman was shocked that I had actually gone through with it. The pain spread through my entire body, my limbs began to shake…it was almost impossible to stay conscious. "Now Sesshomaru!" The old woman screeched…"plunge the dagger into her now!"

I raised a shaky hand with the silver point gleaming in the light of the moon….but I saw her face, holding knife over her…it was more painful than the wound in my chest. "You must do it now!" Kaede panicked "now or you'll die before you get the chance! If you don't she'll die any way! This could be our only chance to save her!"

Her eyes began to flutter open…no! No not now! Don't see me like this! I growled internally…her weary eyes looked to me with confusion "Lord Sesshomaru?" she breathed….forgive me Rin! FORGIVE ME! I stuck in the blade…she screamed so loudly with sheer excruciating agony…her shrills rang in the quiet night…not one tear came to my eyes…roared an ocean…crashing against the shore within a raging storm. Her world again turned black…I laid myself upon her…our wounds touching…our blood mingling and spreading across the wooden floors. The Priestess began muttering some enchantment…a blue light shone from our bodies, I felt my life…draining from me…I only hoped some was flowing into her! Hold on Rin! Keep your heart beating girl! Don't you dare die….don't you DARE die! A wind picked up, it whirled around us faster than a hurricane, with whatever strength I had left I clung to her….I Sesshomaru…was getting weaker….the light continued to glow…the priestess yelled her chanting over the blustering wind that was beginning to rattle the hut. Stay with me Rin…Stay…with….me….

With another pang in my chest…a sensation of a thousand irksome pinches nipping at the space of my heart….the winds calmed…the light faded…and world turned dark, the last thing I heard was the scream of that Priestess! "No! Sesshomaru, Rin! NO! NO!"

Kaede's POV

"They're dead aren't they" Inuyasha spoke solemnly as I approached his home in the clear morning "I smelt their blood…lots of it too…but when you left Yoshi here you told me to remain here not matter what…it took everything I had not come…what the hell happened Kaede! How did they die? Why was there so much blood?"

I sighed, my eyes still burned from all the tears I cried after the whole ordeal of last night, "Inuyasha" I began "they are not dead…both are alive…but still have yet to wake…what is occurring is none of your concern…but thank you for watching Yoshi…may I receive him".

On that not the young priestess Kagome appeared, carrying the two year old…a guilty expression on her face as she handed him over. "Um…Kaede" she began "My son Kioshi…he made a joke about Yoshi's face…he didn't mean it horribly I swear…but he get his horrible humour from his father. Yoshi was really upset…please tell Rin we're very sorry and so is Kioshi…he will be punished, I won't allow him to treat people like this. Oh and…when my daughter Mana woke from her nap and saw him looking at her…she started screaming at him…she's still not used to him, I don't know why…I'm so sorry".

Yoshi clung to me sadly, tears still in his eyes…Kagome son most likely didn't mean any real harm and Mana was still so young and ignorant…but still if Rin was to hear of this, there's no telling what she would do. Inuyasha stepped forward "but he is still always welcome here…my children will learn not to be so ignorant!" he promised.

Right now…there were other things to be more concerned with…I carried him back to the hut. He ran in calling for his mother…he found her there, sleeping next to a snow-white demon. The couple shimmered in the light of morning…as was the effect of the demonic life force, the wounds were sealed and the demonic life force. Yoshi curled up to her, sobbing quietly "mama…mama…I need you".

To my complete delight and more so to her son's Rin stirred her arms finding him and bringing him into a comfortingly warm embrace "Mama!" he cheered so happily, his blue eyes glittering. Rin giggled as she sat up straight lifting him up onto her lap and hugging him closely, a single tear fell from her eyes, she repeatedly kissed his grotesque head with so much motherly affection "oh Yoshi…I missed you my son".

She peered up at me "I don't remember anything after I went to sleep…what happened to me Kaede? Why do I feel so….empowered…so alive….what happened Kaede? How am I still alive and feel so…vibrant?"

I gawked for a moment…there had been a slight change to her appearance "Mama…why are your eyes so gold?" Yoshi asked, Rin frowned with perplexity, she looked down at her skin to see it glowing a white light. It was true the colour of her eyes had turned gold and her skin paled and glowed, I noticed also a slight golden tint to her lips also….Rin…she was radiant. "And who is that?" he asked pointing to the sleeping demon beside her, Rin gasped from the shock and pulled her son closer.

"Lord Sesshomaru!" she gasped, looking to me for an explanation "what happened Kaede?" she pleaded "what has become of me and what does he know about Yoshi?"

"Everything" I responded "he knows everything about ye and Yoshi".

She gazed down upon him…once he awoke the bond would react and she would feel any little emotion he would ever be able to feel… and any pain physical pain he would receive in future. Lightly she reached out and brushed her fingertips across his face…I could only imagine how many times she fantasised about waking up to his face in the morning light. Then again she feared what would happen when he woke, this Lord was quite unpredictable….it was though her worst nightmare and dream come true had completely engulfed one and other…. "what happened Kaede?" she whispered, not looking away from him…

Time for an explanation "very well dear girl…I ask that ye remain calm and remember…ye are lucky to be alive" how would she take to this dramatic change in her life? Would she be happy to have destiny so intertwined with Sesshomaru? Or have I trapped her with this demon? But her eyes conveyed so much love and admiration for the demon Lord…she idolised him in every way…adored him completely, not that she ever had the courage to admit that….however…now may be a good time to do so.

For they are now eternally bound

Heya, chapter four coming soon, unless you would prefer I stop now of course :)