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"Fuck them and do you" - Pardon Me Genderless-Crumpet
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Will You Be My Salvation or My Damnation?
Foreseen
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"I am retiring for the night. I suggest you both do the same," Sesshomaru said as he walked past the two cowering demons.
"Hold on a sec! About that offer he was talking about-"
"No, Inuyasha," Sesshomaru snapped as he left the room.
"Bastard…." Inuyasha grumbled.
Sesshomaru's eyes slowly blinked open to half mass. All he saw was darkness. 'What…?' He opened his eyes wider – at least he felt his eyes were open – but nothing in his view (or lack thereof) changed. He willed his eyes to pierce through the darkness but it seemed the darkness was impenetrable. A chuckle resounded around the empty space which made Sesshomaru's efforts to see double. "Are you that eager to see me, my lovely?" Sesshomaru's heart froze at the voice. Naraku's face melted into view through the darkness. The spider demon grinned down at Sesshomaru. "Very soon," He whispered. "You shall bare my heir and I shall rule the lands with you by my side," Naraku smirked darkly. "Doesn't that sound….lovely?" He chuckled. "Of course, the first few children I will absorb, but I'll allow you to keep one of them,"
"Never…" Sesshomaru struggled to say around the lump of dread in his throat.
"We'll see, now won't we?" Naraku chuckled darkly. His arm melted into view and reached out for Sesshomaru. "We'll see…indeed," –
Sesshomaru's eyes snapped open. He sat up and took in his surroundings. He was in his chambers. He stared down at his covered legs and wrapped his arms around himself. He shuddered as he felt cold dread wash over him. Standing up from the bed, he made his way out of his chambers.
"My lord?" Sesshomaru glanced at the redhead demon that had prepared the room for Ryuu earlier that day. "Is there something the matter?" 'He is seemly always there when I need him…I wonder how he senses when I need him…'
"You will deliver a message to the Lord and Lady of the East," Sesshomaru said. The demon nodded. "I accept," Sesshomaru said before he turned away from the demon and walked down the hall.
"It shall be done right away, My Lord," The demon said before bowing and quickly walking the opposite way his lord went.
Sesshomaru frowned as he made his way to the stables. He stood there at the mouth of the sturdy building watching the only stableman awake brushing saddles. The stableman glanced up briefly at Sesshomaru. "It is a fine night, yet frigid. The winds are picking up, and it may soon rain," The stableman said with a smile. "Tonight, Yuki is all saddled up and ready. She is perfect for this night as she is not at all affected by the cold winds," He stood up slowly and stretched. "What she lacks in speed, she makes up for in strength and endurance. She will be able to take you very far," He walked towards the horse staring at Sesshomaru. The horse was black with brown eyes smoldering with intelligence. The stableman looked at Sesshomaru.
This was routine. The stableman would saddle up a different horse everyday and every night depending on the weather and the condition of the ground. He said it was always good to prepare for a ride, even if it doesn't seem likely a ride will happen. This man had been working in the stable since even before Sesshomaru's own father was born. Sesshomaru nodded at the elder man. He walked towards the horse and placed a hand to the horse's head. The horse snorted and pushed into Sesshomaru's hand. Sesshomaru looked at the stableman who was still smiling.
"Ah-Uh," Sesshomaru spoke. The stableman nodded once. "Tomorrow morning," Sesshomaru continued before walking away.
"It will be done, Lord Sesshomaru," The man said as he continued to stroke the horse's head.
Sesshomaru stopped in the middle of the hall when he smelled the tell-tale scent of salty water – Tears. He frowned as he made his way to the balcony at the end of the hall. It was Kyun. The fox demon stiffened and quickly swiped at his face and twirled around. "L-Lord Sesshomaru, what are you doing up so late?" Sesshomaru was quiet as he regarded the sad fox demon.
"You will accompany me to the East in the morning," Sesshomaru said. Kyun's eyes widened slightly.
"Uh…Alright…" Kyun whispered. Sesshomaru turned on his heels and walked away, frowning deeply at himself. 'Why do I care? I thought this child would make me evil, not sympathetic…' "Lord Sesshomaru!" Sesshomaru turned to regard Kyun. The fox demon bowed slightly. "Thank you…" Sesshomaru nodded before turning and making his way back to his chambers.
"Tell no one," Sesshomaru threw over his shoulder. 'Why is it that the child does the opposite of what everyone…mostly me… expects,' Sesshomaru placed a hand on his flat stomach. 'Maybe Lady Seraphina can shed some light on my situation…'
The giant mahogany wooded doors opened slowly as the servants pushed them. Sesshomaru, followed closely by Kyun, entered the estate, escorted by one of the servants that had opened the door. The current room they were in was lavishly decorated with different paintings of scenery. The furniture, all wood, shined in all of its mahogany glory. Directly across from the door was the stone staircase and twined in two directions that both lead to other side of a hall on the second floor. "The lord and lady are waiting in the study for-"
"Lord Sesshomaru!" Sesshomaru's gaze was drawn to the figure at the top of stone staircase. The tell-tale white with gold trim veil instantly revealed the person to be the lady of the east – Seraphina.
"My lady!" The servant bowed. "Where is his lordship? He wouldn't approve of your roaming the halls when he has-"
"Who are you and who is he? I am me and not you or he," She spoke as she descended the stairs. "Since you are not he or I, I advise you to shut up before you are no longer you," She hissed. Kyun snickered behind Sesshomaru as the servant cowered at the venomous tone she took on. She turned her attention to Sesshomaru. "I'm glad you decided to come! I was afraid we would have to come back to the west and drag you here," She gave a small giggle. She looked around Sesshomaru and clapped. "Oh! You brought the fox with you! Kyun, wasn't it?"
"Yes, my lady," Kyun said with a bow.
"I just adore you!" She clapped again. "I can't wait to see the look on Ryuu's face when he sees you!"
"Sees who?" Ryuu grouched as he descended the stairs. "Why did you disappear like that – oh! Sesshomaru, you're here already?"
"Yes," Sesshomaru said curtly.
"Well, I've had your usual room prepared for –" Ryuu trailed off as he took notice of the silver fox standing behind Sesshomaru currently engaged in conversation with Seraphina about different poisons and their cures. Said demons turned their attention to him when they noticed he stopped talking. The foyer was quiet as Ryuu and Kyun stared at each other. "…"
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"So, I've had your usual room prepared for you," Ryuu started again, never taking his eyes off the fox demon. "Am I assuming your pet will be staying in the same room as you?" Sesshomaru had to resist the urge to smirk when he heard Kyun let out a sound of protest at being labeled a pet.
"I am no one's pet!" Kyun hissed.
"Ryuu!" Seraphina snapped. "Don't ruffle my new friend!" She huffed, crossing her arms. "Can I take this thing off? It's irritating the skin of my face," she said pulling on the veil she was wearing. Ryuu motioned with his hand to the servants.
"Lavender, mint, and green," He paused and looked at the fox demon.
"Green," The fox responded, understanding the silent question.
"Lavender, mint, and two greens," Ryuu said, walking up the stairs. "The servants will take your bags to your room, I will have someone show your – Ahem – fox friend his room," Ryuu corrected himself when his mate smacked him in the arm.
They were currently and comfortably lounging in the sitting room of the estate. Sesshomaru and Kyun sat next to each other across from Ryuu and Seraphina. Seraphina had snatched off the veil she was wearing. She currently had her legs resting across Ryuu's lap. She had a fan in her hand, leisurely fanning herself as she ran a hand through her thick red hair – which she had out of the braid she usually had it in.
They all sat in silence that was slowly beginning to tense. "You wanted to ask me something, Sesshomaru?" Seraphina spoke up. Sesshomaru's gaze snapped to Seraphina who was staring up at the ceiling. Sesshomaru silently contemplated asking the questions that have been nagging him for awhile. He knew the dragon probably knew the answers to them, but he didn't really feel comfortable asking it in front of Ryuu and Kyun. "Kyun, Ryuu, could you two give us a moment alone?" Seraphina brought her gaze down from the ceiling to look at Ryuu pointedly, for she knew the dragon would find some reason to refuse.
"Why?" Ryuu's eyes narrowed. Seraphina's eyes narrowed in response. She gave a hiss that rolled into a snarl. Ryuu sighed and closed his eyes. "Very well," He picked Seraphina's legs up and stood, gently placing them down where he was just sitting. "Come, fox,"
"It's Kyun," Kyun supplied drily.
"I do not care," Ryuu responded back just as dryly.
"Play nice!" Seraphina sighed. Ryuu glared at her before turning his glare to Kyun.
"Kyun," Ryuu growled out his name. "Follow me, I shall show you to your room…and…give you…a tour…of…the…estate," He gritted out the last of the words, shooting Seraphina another glare when the dragon snickered.
"Is being nice that painful?" she asked.
"Yes," Ryuu bit out as he stormed out of the room. Kyun stood and raised an eyebrow.
"How do you deal with that grouch?" Kyun asked. Seraphina glanced at Kyun.
"When you love someone enough, you overlook their most obvious flaws," Seraphina smiled mysteriously at him. Kyun frowned. For some reason he felt she wasn't just referring to her mate. Shaking the thought away, he walked out after the grumbling dragon daiyoukai.
Seraphina turned her attention to Sesshomaru. "Sesshomaru," Seraphina mumbled. "Children are susceptible to the events happening around them," She stood and made her way over to Sesshomaru. "This is the reason I asked you to come to the East," She kneeled down in front of Sesshomaru and looked up. "Even inside the womb, the child can hear you, can feel you and your thoughts, can smell your mood and taste it…"
"It is not developed yet," Sesshomaru said with a frown. "I do not understand why it makes me feel the way I do…."
"Embrace it! These feelings are not necessarily negative, now are they?" Seraphina tilted her head to the side slightly, her light violent eyes flashed briefly. "You feel more empathy than you want to…you sympathize more than you can control," She closed her eyes as a frown marred her face. "The perfect wall of control you spent many centuries building up is starting to crumble….you feel weak…defensively…worthless…defeated…you would like to place blame for all these feelings…" She looked up again. "It is not your fault," she whispered. At those whispered words, Sesshomaru lowered his head. His bangs covered his eyes but Seraphina saw the slight tremble in his shoulders. "It is not yours nor will it ever be your fault….it is not the child's fault neither….it is that bastard Naraku's fault and he will pay for what he has done!" Seraphina lifted up slightly and hugged Sesshomaru. "He will pay!" She snarled lowly.
With Kyun and Ryuu…
Ryuu pinched the bridge of his nose as he stood outside of the garden that happened to be in the middle of the castle's courtyard. He had made the mistake – in his mind – of showing the fox the garden early on in the tour. The fox had then gone on a ranting and scolding spree with the gardeners on the proper way to take care of the plants. "Why me…." Ryuu groaned. "Why did I open my mouth and agree to give a tour….Why can I not keep my mouth shut…"
"When it deals with mother, when can you ever?" Ryuu's gaze snapped up as he regarded the one speaking. It was his son. The boy came up to Ryuu's nose. He was wearing clothing in the same style as Ryuu except instead of the gold trim, he had a silver trim. He regarded his father with twinkling red eyes, brushing the large fringe of red hair out of his eye briefly before it bounced back into place. He had twin, deeply curved, cutlass swords: one tied to his side and the other tied on his back. The glance was only brief for the boy turned his attention back to the fox in the garden.
Ryuu stared at him for a moment longer. "Why are you here and not with your teacher?" Ryuu finally asked. He frowned when he received no response. "Tetsuyo!" he snapped.
"What is this fox's name?" Tetsuyo asked, completely ignoring his father's question.
"Why are you not attending to your studies?" Ryuu snapped. Tetsuyo glanced at his father from the corner of his eyes.
"The instructor was incompetent, so I…relieved him of his duties," Tetsuyo said after awhile. Ryuu narrowed his eyes.
"You killed him," Ryuu stated more than asked.
"Who is this fox?" Tetsuyo asked again.
"You are too much like your mother…" Ryuu grumbled. Tetsuyo smirked.
"That's funny….she also said the same about me…only she said I was too much like you," Tetsuyo looked up at his father briefly, who snorted a laugh, then turned his attention back to the garden. "But…who is this fox? He is very beautiful…" Ryuu's eyes narrowed.
"No. I refuse!" Ryuu snarled. The sudden-ness of the growl snapped Tetsuyo out of his dreamy daze. He looked up at his father with a raised eyebrow.
"Refuse what?"
"Return to your studies now!" Ryuu hissed darkly. Tetsuyo's eyes widened.
"But my teacher is-"
"Kahai will take over your lessons from now on," Ryuu snarled darkly. Tetsuyo paled.
"But-!"
"Do not start with me," Ryuu growled angrily. "GO!" He hissed. Tetsuyo turned and with quick strides, disappeared down the hall. "FOX!" Ryuu yelled, looking back towards the garden. Said fox was walking towards him anyway.
"It's Kyun,"
"I do not give a care," Ryuu hissed. "Stay away from my son,"
"What…?" Kyun asked with a frown.
"Just stay away from him!" Ryuu snarled. Kyun's eyebrow rose.
"Okay…? Now where is my room?" Kyun crossed his arms.
"Follow," Ryuu said shortly, turning on his heels and walking away.
Later that night….with Seraphina & Ryuu…
"Damned fox…." Ryuu grumbled. Seraphina glanced back at her mate, who was currently settling himself in the bed, with a raised eyebrow. The dragon had been grumbling to himself since he came back from showing Kyun around. Seraphina was sitting in front of the vanity mirror brushing out her hair. "Mating…." Seraphina glanced back at Ryuu again.
"What are you over there whining about?" Seraphina asked.
"Our son deemed his latest instructor incompetent and unworthy to live," Ryuu growled to which Seraphina snorted a laugh. "And he is in love with that damned fox,"
"Really?" Seraphina turned to look at Ryuu. She twisted her up into a bun. "My little Tetsuyo is growing up! I hope they mate! Then Kyun will stay here and – ooooh! I hope it happens!" Seraphina began to squeal.
"It will not! I forbid it!" Ryuu growled. Seraphina glared.
"You will not interfere! You will let Tetsuyo figure things out on his own. If you interfere, so goddess help you, I will make you wish for death!" She snarled. Ryuu growled at her but didn't speak against her. She suddenly gasped, her eyes blanking to milky whites. Ryuu sat up, startled.
"Seraphina?" He called out, quickly moving to her side. "Are you alright? What is wrong?" He asked, shaking her frantically. She jerked forward slightly and her eyes cleared. "What did you see?" Ryuu asked, finally figuring out what had happened. She was silent as she stared down at her lap. Her hands suddenly clenched tightly in her night gown.
"Seraphina?"
"He will need protection….protection from himself….someone to lean on…someone to cling to," She whispered, standing up. Ryuu watched her make her way to bed. "Come to bed, Ryuu," she whispered.
"Seraphina, what did you see?" Ryuu demanded. "Is it about Sesshomaru?"
"You know I cannot tell you, it is not your tale to be told," She laid down on the bed. "Come to bed, Ryuu," Ryuu frowned as he made his way to the bed. He settled down next to her. She snuggled against him and he wrapped his arms around her. "He will need someone to love him….to cherish him….to understand him…." Seraphina looked up at Ryuu. "His eyes are red," she whispered lowly before she buried her face in Ryuu's neck and promptly fell asleep.
His eyes are red?
His eyes are red….?
Whose eyes are red?
Stopped it there because I didn't want multiple time/place skips in one chapter. It would have been majorly confusing. Heh.
Anyway, it took me a long time to get this out because I was stuck after Sesshomaru talked to Kyun… x,x I didn't know how to show them on the way to the East but then I decided to just skip it. It's not like anything important was gonna happen lol. I hope this chapter makes up for the long wait….if not…I will try to make the next chapter more worthwhile!
