Benevolently Unbound - A Sesshomaru Romance
"I had stayed with the inn-keepers for a while before misshape struck them. A week of caring for me and they succumb to the poison that had seeped through the very gloves meant to starve of touching me. They died in pain and still being unable to walk when the near-by villagers came, they found only me alive; rightfully blaming me for their deaths and at their hands, I was sentenced to death."
"Demon! Murder!" Their chanting had long since unified into one as piles of wood were brought to my knees. I sat bound and gagged for an hour while the villagers vented their rage, slowly piling up wood which would be used to set me aflame in the hours before dusk.
"Forgive me…" I whispered this to deter the anger of the villagers, but it only hade them ore irate. I wished for something better after this life then; and watched as a fire was brought to start my own.
"Burn you demon from Hell." A man tossed the fiery stick and I closed eyes. For a single moment I realized I was actually weeping, and then the screaming started. With a little tug my bonds grew loose and I flung my hands over my ears and bent over, my head between my knees. Branches dug into me but I never once felt the kiss of a flame.
"Let's go." I felt the tug of little fingers and when I would not move a presences hung over me and my eyes opened their own accord. I still cannot believe my eyes or my memory when I look back at this time.
"You came back…" There was no other presence like his. No one else could impose and still leave space like he could. "Why?"
"Let's go."
I turned and looked at the little form of another demon. He stood not more than a foot or so high and his voice was quick and high pitched. Green molten skin, like a lizard covered his body and he carried a walking stick with him.
"Who are you?" I forced myself to stand though my legs ached with having been set in an uncomfortable position for so long.
"I am Jaken. I travel with My Lord; he wished to return here…" He turned to the lord of the West puzzled. "Why did you return here?" I could hear the unasked question, but the Lord of the West said nothing and turned and walked out of the small village in silence. Having nowhere to go I followed Sesshomaru and Jaken followed as well, though he grunted and sighed at my presence.
"Where are we going? Do you know Master Jaken?" The little green fellow seemed to enjoy being call such and ease set over him; if only slightly.
"My Lord said he had an errand to do here then he would return." A moment passed and I inquired further.
"Return where? Might you know?" Sesshomaru stopped and Jaken did as well. I halted in place and whispered a prayer inside my own head when my knees would not stop shaking. Why ask? Was it so important?
"I will be returning to the Western Lands and deal with things of my estate." He paused as if to say more and then continued walking and because he say whether I had to leave or no I decided to follow Sesshomaru until he would have me no longer in his sights. I would repay him, if ever a time came where I could do so. There were things I knew having been in a Lords home that could become very useful if Sesshomaru so desired. I would show my presence no more than he could stand so as to not make a nuisance.
I would do what I could to help his Lord-ship with everything I had. I would see myself be used to my full advantage; to repay the kindness he would not address and admit to. I would sell my all to the Devils in Hell and to Fate which now brought me hope should I have to. I would see this demon become all he wished at any cost I could pay. I owed him a life dept I could only hope to pay...
