[[Yo. Broken here. I should thank those of you who told me I was right in making Naraku taller. Also, I would like to point out that I figured he was anyway, but the Google machine was telling me that Naraku was shorter. So, therein lies my mistake. Anyway, I've recently suffered a terrible loss in my family, which is why this one is really, really short.. Don't worry too much, though. I still plan on updating as quickly as I can manage, writing as much as I can, being that I haven't yet run out of idea (I always have ideas), nor have I run out of inspiration (which is surprising, honestly). I look forward to your thoughts of this latest installation.]]
Those golden eyes fluttered open slowly. He'd had the oddest dream… He and Naraku battled… He lost, and was taken as the beast's mate. It was such an odd dream… The lord glanced around the room, taking a slow, steady breath. Wait. Where… Where was he? Sesshomaru didn't recognize this room. It was dark outside now, and he clearly remembered sunlight. He'd been laid here by someone. But who? And why? As he sat up, a pain shot through him, causing him to cringe and look down. This robe wasn't his. It had been a dream… Right? The dog began quickly disrobing, looking over himself. He'd been bandaged all over his stomach and chest, but… He scowled darkly at his left shoulder, "I wouldn't be so quick to move, Sesshomaru."
Red eyes drank in the figure of the demon lord, though the man's waist was still covered by the blanket he'd been laying under only moments ago. The golden eyed male didn't look to the spider, however. He stayed very still. What should he do now? Surely he could flea. But the would be a bad idea for two reasons. One being that Sesshomaru didn't run. From anything. He was, in no way, a coward. The second was merely that, if this wasn't some kind of sick and twisted nightmare, Naraku had his heart. Ah… "Where are Rin and Jaken?"
To be honest, Naraku had been expecting something different. Maybe the dog would try and attack him or something. That's… What he'd been prepared to handle, "Well…" He said, sitting up and looking out the window, "The girl is asleep in a room of her own, next to Kagura's. The imp fell asleep outside of this very room not too long ago."
Sesshomaru nodded slightly, turning to the man with a smirk on his face, "As soon as they awake. We shall be leaving. You can't keep me here." The spider opened his mouth to interject, only to be shut up quickly, "You can threaten me with my heart, Naraku. But you will not harm me with it. By marking me, you have sealed your own fate. I cannot kill you until you've given my heart back, and you cannot kill me, or you will suffer unbearably."
Unfortunately, the demon was right, to a point, "Of course. But, you see… You can't go far. You know, as well as I do, that if a mate is too far from the one which marked him… In this case… If you were to wander, it would weaken my strengths incredibly."
"You're foolish to believe this matters to me at all."
"There are many being who want my life, Sesshomaru. And, if they take mine, they take yours as well."
