A Sort of Ode

I regret... something has happened recently. I annoyed someone dear to me. I have made a huge mistake. I will never be forgiven. This person ... could not understand. She did not understand. She couldn't! It's no one's fault but mine. See, this person ... has no clue who Sesshomaru-sama (worship, worship) is. But that is no excuse! I ... annoyed her.

I SAID SESSHOMARU WAS A GORGEOUS CREATURE. (Or something to that effect.)

This poor person … whom I have known for two years … was hurt by those words. I will never forgive myself. This girl – a lower classman of mine, from my own tiny school – has watched more animes than I have. She was annoyed because I was putting a creature above other creatures.

It was wrong of me, was it not?

But then again. How could I say that? Why am I not defending the demon of my dreams? The incredible, almost undreamable LORD SESSHOMARU. Whether or not I annoyed Alexa should not matter! The words that harmed her did not scratch the surface of what should be said about the Lord and Master!

Shall I continue harming this poor, pitiful human being?

Of COURSE! My Sesshomaru demands it.

Sesshomaru is the only creature worthy of oxygen, and he tosses it aside like garbage.

He can hover to prevent himself from soiling his feet with the decrepit planet Earth, but what about the nausea-inducing ATMOSPHERE?

Why does he stay on the planet? Why does he not seek someplace better?

Because he wishes to grace us with his presence. Our worthless race! (Why did we even bother to evolve?)

What a noble man!

But do not say that to his face! Do not bitter his nostrils with the air from your mouth! He cares not for humans. Right?

Oh, Sesshomaru: the only deity worth painting. How I love him. He is perfection. He is the only perfection.

Now, back to the story...

Onigen | Mariah Bryant

Fury

Things went south with Rin. Apparently, something had gotten infected. Not a surprise in the feudal world. Kagome was equipped to take care of Rin, but Sesshomaru had long lost his senses.

"My Lord? Why are you this way? My Lord?" Jaken gasped, full-out sprinting behind Sesshomaru. "Could it be that you are guilty? Do you really think it was your fault? Of course that's what you think! My Lord, it was the girl's own fault!"

Sesshomaru wheeled around. In a flash, Jaken was seeing black. The pain wasn't going away, though. He squirmed weakly, oblivious as to what had happened. When he opened his eyes, sensing amazing fury and hate and power radiating from a source before him, he was shocked white to see that his master – his Lord Sesshomaru – was choking him, pinning him against a tree! Sesshomaru's eyes were red, his lips parted to expose terrifying fangs.

Jaken whimpered, truly fearing for his life.

Sesshomaru's eyes blinked a few times and he turned away, letting Jaken fall. Jaken fumbled around to get up, but did not leave his master. He was loyal and did not question Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru seemed as if his tantrum would end soon, anyhow.

But then, Sesshomaru exploded. Fire erupted around him, and then he was in his true form. Jaken wondered for a split second if Sesshomaru was really going to kill him, and he actually didn't mind. Sesshomaru didn't tear him up, however – he took out his fury on the trees. For fifteen minutes, Sesshomaru destroyed trees. It was loud; Jaken's ears bled with the sounds of cracking, falling trees and Sesshomaru's howls and snarls and screams.

Out of the blue there was a sound. A feminine, tiny little sound. Sesshomaru stopped dead in his tracks, recognizing the voice. It was not Kagome.

"Stop this. You are frightening the villagers. If you are going to carry on like this, get away from my village."

He turned slowly to the tiny human woman called Lola. He became his human-looking self, still growling. Unable to control himself or fathom the nerve of the woman before him, he stepped toward her. "You do not nearly kill Rin and then tell me to get away from your village," Sesshomaru snarled. He was so angry, he couldn't see. "You do not nearly kill the wife of the Great Dog Demon."

The woman smiled. Her beauty in the moonlight was like a diamond in muck. What Sesshomaru saw looked truly hideous to him. "The girl is not your wife, and you are not the Great Dog Demon. I repent anyhow for hurting her." The woman's smile fell. "I really do. I know you know that I sensed her presence right before that vassal's evil erupted within him. I'm weak. I can't … control my power. I know you are going to say that I shouldn't use power I can't control. I wouldn't have, but that man struck some cores with me. I panicked and because I'm weak, Rin was hurt. I am so sorry."

Sesshomaru looked down on the woman now. She did not meet his eyes out of respect, but did not cower or shrink away in the least. This didn't fuel Sesshomaru's peaked anger, though.

"You're lucky I don't make a habit of hitting women. Based on how you survived Jaken's killing you, though, I venture that anything I did to you would not be the same as what you did to Rin." He turned and was quickly a part of the shadows.

Lola stood very still, watching Jaken run after the tall, beautiful man. Her feelings were mixed.

In the morning, Rin smiled lovingly at Sesshomaru in such a way that melted his heart. "What is troubling you?"

"The woman that did this to you."

Rin coughed twice. Sesshomaru stroked her cheek, looking concerned. Rin frowned at him. "I know you, Sesshomaru. You are blaming yourself as much as Lola. Neither of you are at fault, so calm down. Stop being so dramatic."

Sesshomaru could hardly find a way to explain to Rin what made him conclude on whom the blame was placed. His fingers touched Rin's hair while he thought. He had never before touched her in this loving way.

"Lola apologized a long time ago, through Kagome because she was stuck in bed," Rin said softly, closing her eyes. "I have forgiven her. I never blamed her. You have to do the same."

Sesshomaru let himself smile sadly in his own way. Rin grinned.

Another Ode

Gary Stus and Mary Sues. Yeah, I know what they are! I've been flamed before. I don't give a flying monkey about which character says what and seems like what when they say it. You wanna know who's a Mary Sue? Kagome Higurashi. Sango. Sakura. Starfire. Bella Swan. And even Tenten, who shows her face in one-in-five episodes in Naruto: Shippuden. Wanna know who a Gary Stu is? Naruto. Ichigo. Togusa. I don't know a whole lot of anime characters, but I'm certain you recognize some of them? If not, then look at this one: SUPER MAN. And you know what? I LOVE SUPER MAN. (Don't anyone even consider that Batman is a Gary Stu. He's not. He's just NOT! Neither is Robin!) So you know what? I like Mary Sues and Gary Stus just as much as I love the VILLIANS such as Light Yagami and Red X and The Joker. :P