oooOOOOooooOOOOOoooo we're getting close!! But not quite.
Heres numba 7! If you're the emotional type, don't cry! (although I hardly see any reason too... but I did feel a little depressed writing it out... and then 'OOOoooooOOOOOooooo SHES GONNA KICK YOUR ASS!!!) ok, not really. Just enjoy! I got nothing else.
I'M DONE WITH THE DISCLAIMERS! IT SHOULD BE PRETTY OBVIOUS I OWN NOTHING!!
I only have a dollar... YOU WANT THAT TOO?!!
"Does she know?"
"Inuyasha, do you think she'd be helping me like this if she knew the father to her murdered child finally came back? She remembers nothing."
"Are you going to tell her?"
"No, Inuyasha."
Inuyasha looked down and frowned. "And after that talk you gave me. For a second I thought you really were better than me at being a man."
"You're still an idiot."
"Not as big a one as you are." He stood up and walked outside, leaving Sesshoumaru completely alone.
The week slowly passed and Sesshoumaru finally had a new left arm. Throughout that time, the others paid little mind to him while Inuyasha shot him death glares as often as he could. Sesshoumaru could have cared less. It would take a while for him to be able to fully control the arm to his liking, but he was content knowing he now had both arms to hug Rin with. He felt he owed it to the child.
She bought three beautiful new kimonos with the coins Jaken had, along with Zyanya's guidance. One was dark blue with crescent moons scattered about, another was orange with green bubbles, similar to the one she previously owned, and the third was white with a light blue collar. She liked that one the best, as did Zyanya.
Sesshoumaru knew she had bought something else, though she wouldn't tell him. He didn't mind. It couldn't have been to big for her to sneak past him in the first place.
"Rin," he said, "gather your things together. We are going home."
Rin looked up from her corn husk dolls. Zyanya had shown her how to make them, and the child now had a growing collection.
"Why?" she asked, wide eyed.
"We are done here." was all he said.
"Is Zyanya-sama coming with us?"
"No. She belongs here."
"But… she…"
"Would you rather remain here with her?" His voice scared the child. Never had he talked to her in that tone.
Rin was silent.
"Sesshoumaru." he heard Inuyasha's growled voice come from the doorway. "You know she can't make that choice. Tell the woman now!"
Taking orders from an abomination. Wow.
Zyanya, confused, looked quizzically up at Sesshoumaru and raised an eyebrow, but her expression quickly changed. A feeling of terror swept through her body. Two seconds later, a loud crash came from the front yard, causing everyone to jump.
"What was that?" Sango asked.
Zyanya ran outside. Several trees had been pulled from their roots and were now scattered about.
"Those trees were older than me!" she screamed out loud.
The others ran out behind her.
"What kind of youkai could have done this?" Miroku gasped.
Zyanya closed her eyes and scanned the area. The village was fine. Nothing was coming from the lake. Underground-
She abruptly opened her eyes. They were now glowing red.
"Everyone inside!" she screamed.
She pulled out her staff, but as she did so, a long dirt covered vine came bursting from under the ground, aimed to strike her down. Sesshoumaru, knowing she wouldn't be able to defend herself in time, ran over and stood before the woman with Toukijin in hand. As the vine came crashing down, the sword acted as a shield and protected the two demons.
"Quickly," he said, "join the others inside."
Zyanya nodded and ran back into her home.
Sesshoumaru used his poison covered fingernails to cut the vine and ran back inside to join her.
The woman was in a state of shock.
They found me. I'm no longer safe here. . . and neither are they. . .
"You all must leave this place. Now!" she yelled.
"She's right Inuyasha." Miroku said. "That thing is sure to come back."
Inuyasha scoffed. "Keh. We can kill it."
"No. You can't." Zyanya told him. "It is an earth-youkai. No matter what happens to it, it comes back. In this case, for me."
"Earth?" Miroku cut in. "But those are normally peaceful youkai."
"Not when I am found." she said, "After sending me into exile, other members from my clan made a pact with the earth-youkai, that if they ever found me, to kill me. They convinced them the whole war was because of me… and it probably was."
"But that was for territory!" Sesshoumaru hissed. He had never gotten this angry before.
"You of all people should know how easy it is to lie." she coldly said, looking up at him.
Before Sesshoumaru could question what she said, her eyes went red again as she froze.
"Its coming back." she whispered.
Shippou and Rin began to cry.
"We are leaving. Grab what you need." Sesshoumaru ordered. "You too, Zyanya."
"You don't understand! You'll all die if I stay with you."
"Hardly."
Kirara transformed into her bigger self and held all of Inuyasha's gang on her back.
Sesshoumaru told Rin and Jaken to go with them.
"Keep out of danger."
Inuyasha nodded. Rin cried.
"Don't leave me, sama!!" She clung to him as tightly as she could.
He pulled her away and handed her to Inuyasha. "Rin, you know I will come back for you. Just stay with Inuyasha."
"Sesshoumaru. Go with them. I can handle this on my own."
The demon grabbed Zyanya by the shoulders and looked her in the eye.
"I'm not leaving you." he said.
There was a low rumble in the ground underneath them. Sesshoumaru looked behind him.
"Damnit, Inuyasha. Take them out of here!" he yelled.
Inuyasha looked at Sango and nodded.
"Lets go Kirara!" she yelled, and the cat was off.
"Why are you still here?!" Zyanya hissed. "You're going to be killed!"
Sesshoumaru grabbed her elbow. "Because I refuse to leave you again!"
She went silent for a moment. "You? You -"
"Zyanya, move!" he yelled as she shoved her out of the way.
Another vine burst out and came crashing down as he sliced it away with his sword. Zyanya jumped up out of the way, closed her eyes and whispered a binding chant. The demon froze and began twitching until it was torn into billions of little pieces.
"At least three more will be here within fifteen minutes." she said as she came back to the ground to face Sesshoumaru.
"Grab what you need. We are going."
The other three certainly had come, drawn by the scent of their fallen companion, but Zyanya was far enough where they wouldn't have been able to pick up her scent. They were ugly things. To her, they looked like deformed potatoes with ugly roots. She watched in horror as they engulfed her entire home in their giant bodies - reducing it to shattered pieced of wood and memories. Sesshoumaru placed his hands on her shoulders from behind.
"Why?" she whispered as a single tear trickled down her cheek, "After all these years…"
"Zyanya, you knew it wouldn't be easy to track you down… I know you."
She didn't seem to hear him.
"…two homes…gone…my life…"
There was something off in the distance. Zyanya narrowed her eyes.
"AIKO!"
Zyanya ran up to the kitten and immediately closed her eyes upon seeing its limp body. It was dead, no doubt crushed by one of the demons. The woman knelt down and wept before it.
"…Aiko…"
Sesshoumaru stood by the kneeling woman.
"It was a girl." he said.
"Aiko?…"
"No. Our child."
'Sesshoumaru. Go with them. I can handle this on my own.'
hahaha stupid lady. when is she going to learn stubborn lil' sesshy is never going to leave??
DID I LEAVE YOU WITH A CLIFFY?? 'CAUSE THAT'D BE AWESOME!! if not, i understand... ::cries::
Ok, since there's some new names here, I'll leave you with their translations:
Aiko - little beloved one
(yeah, I do my research! beeyotch)
SEE YA NEXT WEEK! LEMONY GOODNESS AWAITS!!!
-VG-
