The village itself wasn't any different than the one we had visited before. Everything was on fire, burnt to a crisp and falling in piles of debris. People were almost unnoticeable, laying on the cold gravel with their limbs away from their sockets. Blood was spilled everywhere like a pool, so much that it even sparkled in the sunlight. It reminded me of tiny little rubies laying gently to absorb the warmth of sun. The scene was cruel, disgusting, and morbid. Suddenly, I even pondered on when exactly my conscious had become insensitive to it. Before, this sight would have been to much for me, but now it was like I saw massacre's every day. The very thought disgusted me.
Not only was the sight almost unbearable, but the stench is what would make someone fall over the edge. It was sharp, sour, and mixed with the burning ripeness of flesh. I couldn't breath out of my nose anymore because the smell was too much, too putrid to my senses. Compared the bodies laying like fallen paper over the land, the air was a thousand times worse.
I tilted my head up to the silver haired God beside me and sighed. He was motionless at my side, probably absorbing the atmosphere and trying to figure out the culprit. I saw his mouth pressed in a straight almost careless line and his eyes were strict with concentration, a hint of boredom lost within. Then, my thoughts came over my mind. I wondered whether the intoxicating smell lurking in the wind was just as putrid for him as it was for me. Or whether it didn't bother him one bit, like any other mild scent running around. His hair brushed against me, letting me feel the tiny strands teasing my skin. I wanted to reach out and let my fingers disappear inside his mane. Such concentration was overwhelming, and his cold appearance brought me back to the past when we were still nothing but strangers. It was almost impossible to realize that we were much closer, no longer strangers but mates. I hid a smile deep down, almost laughing at myself for thinking such absurd thoughts in the middle of a pool filled with bodies.
"Misuzu." He announced, shooting me from my inner thoughts and taking me back to reality. I focused my attention back at him, seeing now that he was staring right down at me. Those intense golden hues locked on my figure; it sent a chill down my spine and between my thighs. He didn't seem to notice the attraction and kept his serious attitude which made me feel stupid for thinking otherwise. I looked away briefly in slight shame, waiting for him to continue. "Stay here, do not move from this spot. Do you understand?" He ordered me in a cold tone. I almost jumped back at the hardness of it, full of strength.
"Y-yes." I stuttered, visualizing myself planting roots in the dirt below me. He stared at me a moment longer, keeping those orbs on me as if etching me in his mind. I didn't want to think of that, knowing such an act meant separation. He then turned on his heel, placing his right palm on the butt of his sword, his face turned forward in the distance. I could see a hint of confidence in his stance. "Sesshoumaru...?" I spoke up, my voice low, but loud enough for him to hear. He tilted his head back in question and I blushed in response. "Come back for me." My voice echoed through the broken village and he was gone a second later. He flew through the blackness of smoke and left me standing there, rooted to the ground.
My hands clasped together tightly just as I looked around at my surroundings. I was alone, by myself in the middle of soulless corpses. I shivered with little fear, feeling sadness mixed within. Those poor people, killed in a cruel way for no reason at all. It brought me to picture Jun in my mind, with his sweet kind face and beautiful smile. A little panic arose in my chest just as a horrible thought came to mind. I feared for him, feared for his village as well. I wondered if his home was in jeopardy just like these unlucky villages. I prayed that wasn't so, wished that his people and village were invisible to whatever was out there on the run to kill. I hoped that the legendary Luna and the moon would protect them.
I sat down a little after, making sure the ground was free from anything morbid. I waited for him as time went by. It felt like hours to me, but perhaps that was just in my mind? Either way, I was growing weary of just sitting and waiting. He was taking too long and I began to worry about him, even though I knew he was powerful and could kill a strong demon with just a strike of his palm. I sighed and looked down at my hands. They were dirty and it came to me that I really needing to bathe.
"H-help... me." A small squeaky and crackled voice echoed through the village. At first, I froze. My limbs were like ice and Goosebumps came about my skin. I didn't even breathe for what felt like minutes. Then, I listened closely for the voice. Nothing. When I began to relax a little, thinking it was just my imagination, I heard it again. "Please... h-help..." It was then that I broke the promise to Sesshoumaru and stood from my spot, breaking into a fast sprint. The voice wasn't far, seeing as how it was crippled and soft. I turned around the corner, hopping over limbs and fallen houses.
"Hey!" I called out between breaths, jumping over a blood crusted log. "Where are you?! Hello?!" The voice went up again, pleading for help, and I could hear it just to my right. My body turned directions with the speed of light and stopped suddenly when I found a fallen female on the ground, trembling against the Earth. My heart felt of lead when I saw her, so weak and helpless, and on the brink of death. Slowly, I walked over to her, knelt down and watched her.
"Please..." She breathed and I could feel the lump in my throat. When I trailed my eyes over her body, her legs were gone. She was mutilated, like all the other villagers and I hid a sob. Her eyes were glassy and her skin was pale. Finally, I reached out to her, touching her skin gently.
"Shh..." I mumbled, stopping suddenly when I felt her cold and clammy skin. The warmth wasn't there, as if I were touching some inanimate object. My eyebrows knitted at the confusion, all until I placed my hand just above her mouth. No breath left her lips and her chest never heaved.
"Help me." She spoke and I stood up, taking a step back. There was no doubt that this woman was dead and yet she was still talking to me. Panic rose in my chest, I didn't know what to do. I didn't know what was happening and for a moment, I just stood there, watching the corpse make words from her long dead voice. It was when her arm began to move a little that I saw the small petal of a flower. Not just a petal, but thousands sunken in the dirt, combining with the red splash of blood. I narrowed my eyes at them, trying to think what was so familiar about them that I had hardly even noticed that the corpse never did speak again or move. I looked below my feet and gasped when I saw that I was standing in a pile of them.
In my mind, I saw the demon female planting her lips against Sesshoumaru. I saw the petals falling everywhere around her and me and him like snow. I remembered the pile that built up on me as I sat on Ah-Un, picturing them stuck in Sesshoumaru's hair as she was close to him. I could still remember perfectly her inhuman beauty, the blood red pools of eyes and skin the color of the moon, so soft and smooth for touch. Her hair black as night gently swaying around her.
"Sesshoumaru..." I whispered, turning my back to the corpse. I broke out in another run, trying to find that spot he had told me to stay at. "Sesshoumaru!! I know..." Breathing heavily, I jumped over things I couldn't recognize in the ground, trying my quickest to find him. "I know who it is!" Then, just out of nowhere, I stopped where I was, planted once again in the ground like a tree. She stood there in front, looking just how I had pictured her in my mind. So vivid and fresh, that I thought momentarily that it was all in my mind. Her voice made the fear wash all over me again, showing how realistic she was.
"You've figured me out, my beauty." She smirked, showing her sharp snow white teeth at me. I cringed away, spotting the dried blood crusted just at the corner of her lips. She was the one, I knew, she killed these villages, devoured the poor people and ruined everything. Her eyes sparkled, swimming like a sea of crimson. I stepped back just as she stepped forward. Her kimono, which was so beautiful the last I recalled, was now stained to a dark, almost black, red.
"Why?" I asked through a quivered voice. I was trembling, wishing that Sesshoumaru was here at my side. I knew that I was defenseless, that I could die so easily. Sesshoumaru knew that as well, so why wasn't he here? Hadn't he heard my call just a moment ago? "Why did you do it?"
"Why?" She chuckled, wiping the crusted blood from her lips. She frowned at the taste when she placed her finger in her mouth and sighed. Old blood wasn't sweet to her, I guessed. "Because they hate demons. They wish death upon us, cursing that we don't fit in. What does it matter to you anyway? You're a human as well. You deserve to die, to feel the pain you have caused us demons." She spat out at me with hatred in her tone. I cringed and shook my head.
"No.." I let out, but she interrupted me with a laugh.
"Oh, I remember you. The young lass traveling with the Lord. I remember you clearly. It disgusts me to see you at his side." The girl turned her head and spat red saliva onto the ground, having it mix in with the blood below her.
Before I could say anything more, she was inches in front of me in a blink of an eye. It reminded me of how fast she had gotten to Sesshoumaru the last time we me. I could smell her body, which had the scent of this burning village. Blood, fresh and old, mixed with burning flames and rot. Her eyes bore down on mine, making me freeze in my spot. I couldn't breath, feeling intoxicated in front of her. Her smirk haunted me, making me want to rip that mouth from her face. It was mocking and cruel, as if telling me over and over that I was a weakling, only there for trouble like a nuisance to Sesshoumaru.
"Such a shame that you are human..." She mumbled, bringing her lips at my neck. Her tongue trailed lines against the skin and I tried pushing her away. I even tried to scream, but my voice was lodged in my throat. My legs shook and my body pleaded to be as far away from her as possible, but she wouldn't see of it. Her body blocked my view of the sky, forcing me to look at her red figure. Petals surrounded us, falling gently to the ground and getting stuck in my hair. I cursed her over and over in my mind, praying she would leave.
All those thoughts had disappeared the moment she bit down. I felt her teeth rip my flesh followed by the throb of sharp pain. I winced, letting out a hurtful sob. I screamed silently in my head, over and over again, knowing that it was useless. I heard her devouring me, letting the squish and suckling of feast haunt my ears. I tried pushing her away again, but my strength was receding. I couldn't move, couldn't speak, couldn't scream, couldn't get away. I was going to die here, letting her shamelessly consume me, just as she did to thousands of other humans. My blood felt warm as it rushed like a waterfall down my body. The kimono I was given was already ruined, stained with a dark color. I wanted to apologize to Jun, even apologize to Sesshoumaru for betraying him. Tears stung my eyes, trickling down softly to mix with the blood down my neck.
Her nails dug in my shoulders, threatening to rip my limbs apart. I even closed my eyes and braced for the pain, readying myself for the mutilation. After all, I was no better than a bug trapped in a spider's web. I was no better than those corpses laying all around us.
At last, when my body felt tired an empty, I was beginning to lean against her. My eyes fluttered, almost drifting away from reality. I felt drugged, tired, and heavy. I suddenly thought that dying wasn't so bad after all. Perhaps I would return to Modern day and continue the rest of my life with my friend, as if coming to this world was just a dream. I felt so heavy, like I weighed a thousand pounds, even my breath was getting raspy and slow. Closing my eyes, I gave the rest up for this beast, letting her devour my body. I didn't care anymore.
I'm sorry, I thought over and over, I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I'm sorry. I love you, Sesshoumaru. I'm sorry.
The next thing I remember was falling, drifting into endless space. I was too weak to open my eyes at the moment, but when I expected to fall hard against the ground, I was, instead, drifting downwards to a pair a warm arms. I felt cushioned and comfortable, so much that I wanted to just fall asleep forever in this warmth. My body was shivering, I could tell by movement of my saviors' clothes. They were moving in rhythm to my trembling and it took a lifetime until I finally let my eyelids flip up to reveal my tired green eyes. I saw a pair of golden hues staring down at me, combined with the flowing of silver hair.
"Sesshoumaru...?" I breathed, only I knew something was amiss. This golden eyed demon was wearing red and had little pointy ears atop his head. This confused me until I suddenly realized whose face I was gazing into. "Inuyasha...?"
"Shh... The wounds looks terrible. Damn that bitch!" He cursed, turning his gaze away from me. I tilted my head to the side, following his gaze. I saw my beloved standing not far from where I was. Only a moment did he stay near, until he looked back for a brief second before disappearing after the runaway culprit. I reached out a weak arm at his fading figure and sighed.
"Come... back..." I whispered through drifting conscious. "...for ...me." After that, I couldn't remember where I was or what happened. Only that I was surrounded by a peaceful darkness that enveloped me like a loving mother, caressing me to a beautiful sleep.
I am soo sorry about the whole name thing last chapter. Hope I didn't confuse too many people lol. I did fix it though. I've just been stuck between two stories. So I mix the characters up a lot. Sorry about that. Anyways, forgive any spelling errors (I did read over it again this time, so it should be better than my last) enjoy and stay tuned!
