The day went by and around the late evening Sesshomaru went to every guard and commanded them that if they saw Shi Shi wondering around late at night they had to grab her and chain her back up in the dungeon. And told them "No matter what happens, make sure she stays chained up at nights." And with that last command, he went to find Shi Shi to escort her to the dungeons. Once he found her he said "It's time to go." She nodded and followed him down the long, dark staircase. Once they got there he noticed she was shaking and he sensed her fear. "It will be fine. I'll be back in the morning to un-chain you." He tried to reassure her.
"I know...but you know what happened last time I got thrown into a dungeon." Her voice faded and she dropped down her head and sat on the ground waiting for Sesshomaru to get the chains. There was a chain for each wall, and a huge metal cuff for each wrist that could only be unlocked by keys. "Hurry and tie me already!" She said starting to get impatient. Sesshomaru couldn't help but to see how she would react. He gently lifted her chin up with his fingers, when they're gazed met he whispered "If you wanted to be tied up so badly, you could of just asked." "Oh be quiet, hurry up and get this over with before I change mind." She blushed furiously and looked away. He just barely smiled and proceeded to put the cuffs on her wrists. He walked to the door and before he closed it she said "Don't forget to come back." "I'll try." He teased. 'He's having way too much fun with this.' Shi Shi thought as she sighed.
The chains were pretty loose so she slept on the ground on a blanket Sesshomaru Laid out. She laid down and tried to sleep, and tried to forget how cold she was, how scared she was, and what would happen if she ever got loose. 'The council is ruthless; they'll do whatever they can to execute me. Either I kill myself, or I do something to make others want to kill me.' And with last thought she fell asleep. Sesshomaru would be lying if he said he wasn't worried a least a little bit, hopefully it would be a quiet night, but a quiet night, it was not. The council immediately took over once she fell asleep; they looked around, a tugged on the chains restraining them from their plans.
Out of frustration they screamed and yelled "YOU CAN'T PREVENT ANYTHING SESSHOMARU. WE WILL HAVE OUR WAY." They screamed and tugged at the chains trying to pull free. The whole castle could hear the raging screams from below the castle. When the sun rose, the sounds from below stopped and Sesshomaru went down to un-chain her. He rushed to her when he saw blood all over her wrists where she tugged on the chains all night. He untied her and shook to wake her up. "Stop shaking me, it hurts. And I'm still tired."
He forcefully picked her up and carried her in his arms and brought her up the stairs to someone who knew how to heal the wounds on her wrists. The smell of blood made all guards come to nosey and they were all pretty upset that she was chained up. It wasn't easy on Sesshomaru either, the sight of her blood dripping into the floor, it made him want to choke the shit out of this so called 'council.' She was brought to the nursery where her wounds would be treated and she could rest for the day.
Most of the day everyone went about their own things but still, most were uneasy. Shi Shi left the nursery and joined them for supper, it was dreadful for everyone to see the red marks on her wrist, and even Rin was very concerned. Everyone asked her if she was okay but she would just smile and say it was perfectly fine. Evening came around again the next night and she walked down with Sesshomaru again. "How is your wrist?" He asked. "To be honest, it still really hurts, but I'll get over it!" She smiled.
He chained her up again and left, giving her one last glance. She looked very miserable, and her smile was unwavering. He simply sat in bed, he felt was too uneasy to sleep. Shi Shi once again fell asleep and the council tried once again, but this time they changed they're approach.
They used her voice and cried just loud enough for the guards outside. One of the guards went in but someone grabbed his arm "Hey! We can't go in there!" "But listen to her!? She's crying, she could be hurt or something could be wrong." He argued and the guard let him go. He went down the stairs and opened the door to where she was at and he stood a little distance away from her.
She cried and curled up on the floor, she looked at him and said "Thank god you came, I'm so scared...please help me, I'm just so scared..." She cried some more and buried her face. "It's gonna be okay, when morning comes Lord Sesshomaru will come and free you." He went closer and bent down to rub her arm to comfort her. She quickly grabbed his arm and yanked him towards her and she twisted him around using her loose chains to strangle his neck making it both hard to move, and breath. While he was holding the chains with both his hands to try to breathe she immediately began to laugh, she giggled, and then it turned out to be a very loud menacing laugh. "Hey boys! If you want your guard friend alive come down here immediately and give me the key!" She shouted loudly, the door was still open so they heard her loud and clear.
At first they were not sure whether or not to take this seriously, but they could no longer hear the guard. The remaining guards ran down and looked through the door to see they're poor friend on the floor struggling to breathe with the chains around his neck. She smirked as giggled, "Hey, pass me the keys and your friend lives. They're will be..." She closed her eyes. When her eyes opened they were now glowing bright white "No negotiations." They stared at her in horror, 'That sweet girl that's always smiling and trying to help everyone can't be Shi Shi?! Then who is this?' Confused and scared thoughts flew through they're head. "I said...pass...me...the...keys..." She said very angrily. One of them went to get the keys, then he tossed them to her "Now let our friend go. You have the keys" he stated still standing a distance away, his friend still struggling for breath.
She glared up at him for a second, then took the keys and carefully unlocking each cuff being careful not to let go of the guy. She was finally free and then stood up still holding the guy, as soon as she got the chance she said "The council, listens to NO ONE. And by the way, this is the penalty for interfering." The strange woman spoke from Shi Shi's tongue. She put her hands firmly on the guards head, and in one strong, fast twist and his neck was snapped. She let go, and let his limp body hit the floor. She laughed maniacally as flew into the air avoiding them all, and then quickly ran out of the door and up the stairs still laughing.
At the top of the stairs Jaken was walking by to check up on the guards, but when he got there, nobody was there! He stood at the top of the stairs and stairs down into the dark staircase, he heard laughter coming from below, and the longer he waited, the louder it became. Soon enough Shi Shi ran up and stepped on his head as flew into the air using poor Jaken as a boost, "Out of my way toad!" She yelled out as she took flight. Jaken was surprised at this, "How did she escape!?"
He panicked, and then he ran as fast as he could to Lord Sesshomaru's room to tell him the bad news. On his way he was crying out "Lord Sesshomaru! Lord Sesshomaru!" Sesshomaru quickly went to go meet Jaken, "What is it?" He questioned. "My Lord…its Shi Shi, she esca-"He didn't get to finish his sentence because Sesshomaru was already gone. Sesshomaru ran as fast as he could to the dungeon where she last was, but only found the guards cuddled up in shock and sadness. "What happened?" He demanded, "My Lord, it was Shi Shi, she tricked us! She snapped his neck and ran off!"
Sesshomaru had to unweild his tenseiga and used it to cut down the demons of the underworld to revive the poor guard; he didn't know any better 'It better teach him not to disobey me again.' He thought coldly as usual and then he used his super speed and caught up to Shi Shi in no time. He cut her off in the sky and would not let her pass.
Shi Shi just laughed some more, then smirked as she said "Hey bakaaa, why do you want to save this stupid failure? Just let her die! It would be best for BOTH of us! Want to hear a secret Sesshomaru?" She paused to wait for a response, she didn't get one as expected, "I'll tell you, because even if she remembers, 'She, won't, tell…YOU!" She said in a teasing tone.
"You know why we cast her off in isolation up above? In a far away building, defending the well by herself? She's the strongest being I have ever seen, and she could probably kill you EASILY if she only remembers. She may look sweet, she may look like she couldn't hurt anyone, but I'm telling you the truth when I say she probably killed a lot people, intrigued? Do you wish to know how she does it exactly?" She put her hands on her hips and tiled her head still smiling.
"Okay, you twisted my wing! I'll tell you, she is kind of like our assassin. She used to serve us very well when she didn't know about LOVE. She can easily make anyone like her, and when she wraps you around her little finger, your…DEAD. Sure she's good at that, but in battle she was good with her weapons, and to make it even better…" She started laughing again, once she calmed down she started again "She can SING. Not just any old songs or tunes, depending on what she wants to do, she can make lots of people at once do anything she wants. When we have wars or battles, we have no use for soldiers, we just need her. I witnessed an incident once, she just walked through singing her little, innocent song, and they fell asleep! Every single one of them fell asleep then she gassed them out and left, and everyone who was there died that day, no one understands why she's so powerful, but for some reason, she always did her best to obey the council."
"Lies." Sesshomaru argued, "Lies? If she remains here, you probably won't want to find out. And Sesshomaru, why do you keep such a dangerous, unstable, manipulative person in your home with your friends? You couldn't possibly know her, so why do you keep a stranger in your home? You're defending a dangerous stranger! Trust me; her memories will return soon enough, she might be too much for you to handle Sesshomaru. Well…it was fun while it lasted, but I have better things to do." And with that last sentence she flew off as fast as she could into the sky and then flew down very, very fast.
Sesshomaru had trouble catching up to her but was able to intercept her while she was flying down and they both went flying sideways hitting tree's then eventually hit the ground stumbling around, a few sharp chunks of tree where everywhere, and Sesshomaru saw her crawling to grab a piece. He quickly went over to her and laid on top of her holding her still and grabbing both of her arms. "Hmph…Lucky for you, not even the council has enough power to go past this day. We've decided to leave the fate of this world to you Sesshomaru, if you let allow her to live, so be it. But the weight of the world really is, on your shoulder and we cannot interfere with this world anymore. She's your responsibility now, so proceed how you please, not like you would listen anyway." She looked at the rising sun, and then back at him "I wonder if falling in love with that man was worth all this trouble. For her sake, I hope all goes well in the end. I wonder how she'll react when she finds out that a stubborn monster like that, can't feel love." She laughed maniacally, then the glowing eyes faded away and her head fell to the side.
She was now forever free from the control of the council and she just fell back asleep. "Shi Shi, wake up." He slightly shook her. "Eloise…" She said slowly opening her eyes. "What?" Sesshomaru asked, 'Who is Eloise?' He thought to himself feeling a little lost. "Eloise" She said again, she looked up at him and smiled, "That's my name."
She smiled and then looked around, "Lord Sesshomaru, I really got to stop waking up like this." She sighed trying to push him off. He got off and felt a little flustered; he knew his excuse wouldn't be sufficient, so he didn't say anything at all. "What the heck happened, why is my body full of scratches? And where are we? I thought I was chained up." She questioned while looking around. "You escaped." He bluntly replied, "Uhm, well yeah, I wanted to know how!" She said sounding a little frustrated. "You tricked one of the guards, held him hostage until someone gave you the keys, and then before you left you killed the hostage and took off." He plainly explained.
"Oh...so he's dead?" She questioned. "No, he was revived." "What!? How!?" She said surprised, He glanced at sword not saying a word, "It is none of your business." He coldly said, "Oh don't give me that! Is it...because of your sword?" She said and while he was looking away she snatched it away and starting skipping away. He desperately ran after her and then when he almost got it she flew into the air on a tree. "Something is weird about this sword, here keep it" she said looking at it, and then tossed it back. She jumped back on the ground and started humming a little tune.
'She's humming, does she remember?' "What are you humming?" He asked. "Hmm...I don't really know. It goes like this". She cleared her throat and sang her little tune. 'Her voice is the most beautiful thing I ever heard, surely they were wrong.' Her tune wasn't the type that had words, it was just long and short sounds put together in a beautiful melody. And before either of them knew it, Sesshomaru's body began to move.
"Eloise, enough games." He said sounding pissed off, she turned around and couldn't help but to chuckle, "Sesshomaru why are you dancing!? I just thought about dancing and here you are, dancing! I want to dance too! You don't have a partner silly!" She walked up to him and grabbed his hands and began to dance along with him. There dance was the ones you see in balls, or fancy olden parties. "You did it with your voice; maybe you can undo it with your voice." He suggested.
"My...voice? Hmm..." She looked down and bit her lip as she tried her best to think of a solution. "Uh...I don't know how!" She panicked! "I didn't sing for too long! So it should wear off sooner or later! Speaking of singing...how did you know my song could do that?" She demanded, he remained quiet "Lord Sesshomaru you will tell me right NOW or else you will spend the rest of your life dancing in the forest!" She started to shout, "The council told me. They told me much about you, but I don't know how much is true or not." He quickly spit out, he did not want to spend the rest of his life doing the most ridiculous things.
She immediately looked down, and crushed, the amusement left her eyes. "I don't want to dance anymore." She stated, as her hands let go Sesshomaru was able to move his body freely again. She sighed and walked towards the castle with Sesshomaru following close behind. They made it back and Eloise immediately went to find that poor guard that fell for the council's trickery. She found a group of them and she walked up to them "Hey guys, I wanted to apologize for the incidents that happened for the past few days. Also, I was hoping to find the guard that was killed then revived during last night's watch." They looked at her in a distrusting manner, and then someone replied "He's in the recovery room." "Okay thank you! And again, I'm sorry for any trouble I may have caused. But I'll be sure it doesn't happen again." She quickly said while walking towards the recovery room.
When she got there he was sitting there just rubbing his neck while the nurse checked up on him. "I'm really sorry about what happened, but I'm glad you're okay now." She smiled and he couldn't help but to smile too. "Shi Shi, what happened in there?" He questioned before she left. She turned around and came back and walked up to him and sat down on the bed. "Where I come from, there's a council that has a lot of power, and they wanted me dead, so they did what they could to kill me by possessing my body while I asleep. So the council did this to you, and they did this to me." She pulled out her wrists revealing the scabs as bruises, and then she lightly touched the damage done to his neck. He swallowed and nodded his head to show that he understood.
"Oh yeah, my true name is Eloise and besides, it was obvious that the council did that to you, because I wouldn't of done that and killed you if I was serious about getting out." She got up and walked out to leave. "What would you have done?" He tried to squeeze in the last question. She stopped at the doorway and turned her head only halfway, her eyes went towards him, and her face was dead serious as if she was remembering bad memories. She paused and stared at him, then said "If it was me, and I was serious about escaping? That's an easy question, you'd ALL be dead." And with that last answer she left down the hallway to her room.
She sat on her bed and looked down into the floor and chuckled, "I probably freaked him out. Ah well, I was just being honest." The room was getting dark because it was already the evening, and as she looked down towards the floor, she noticed the tips of her hair turning red. She freaked out and ran out into the hallway for better light, she held her hair and thought 'oh my god...it reminds me of blood.' She ran to the closest bathroom and dipped her hair in desperately rubbing it trying to get the red out. She gave up and sank to the floor looking up just thinking. 'Remembering things is both a curse and a blessing.' She sighed and decided to go visit Sesshomaru in his study.
She walked down the hallway and up the stairs and knocked on the door to the study. "Come in." She lightly heard, so he opened the door and walked in and closed the door. Then she just went in front of his desk and sank to the floor. Her back was against the front of the desk, so he couldn't see her, but her presence was known. "What is it?" He asked his eyes never leaving his papers. She chuckled then sighed, "The council gave me another reminder." She pulled the tips of her hair up; Sesshomaru looked up and was surprised to see her hair changed again, to a blood red.
She let her hair go then said "Now I'll never forget my past." They were quiet for a while but then Sesshomaru broke the silence and he let himself get curious. "Who's the demon worth all of this? Who could possibly be worth all the trouble?" "It's...a...secret! But I can tell you what he's like?" She went up on her knees and turned around to face him. He nodded "Perhaps I know him." Eloise giggled, "Perhaps? Okay let's see, he's a moron when it comes to his or other emotions; he's quiet; he can have quite the temper, but he is also strong, protective, determined, cool, awesome and the most important thing is…he's MINE. Even though he doesn't quite know it yet." She nervously laughed.
"I pity the poor girls that go after him." He spit out then quickly went back to his work. "Girls huh? I never really thought of competition, I hope those poor souls stay in the safety of they're homes. Because I'm competitive, and I DON'T like to share!" She said starting to sound mad. Sesshomaru looked up at her again and noticed her eyes turned red with bloodlust, 'There's no way I gave up everything…to be beaten.' Eloise thought.