Chapter 8

Loved by a Tenshi in the final showdown

Kenta's POV

-Flashback-

For a year now it' s been the same dream for a year now, ever since I drank from those enchanted waters, the legends told that with one sip it would bring you dreams of your greatest future gift and would continue to show you until you found it. I took a sip in hopes that it would reveal a weapon or a spiritual secret that would help me to maybe purify the water I wield. Instead…it brought me nightly visions of the most splendid creature to ever walk the earth.

For so long, I had this repeating dream, where I saw a soft, delicate, divine woman by a crystal lake surrounded by sweet smelling flowers, all pastel coloured. She'd be laying in the cool shade of a tree and lightly dipping her toes into the lake. The sunlight peeked through the tees and rested upon her calm face, her ocean blue tresses tumbling from her slender shoulders, she wore a blue kimono, her long legs extended out as she relaxed in the glorious heat. That was all the dream beheld for the first few nights; just me simply watching her as she rested her perfect eyes, she was the reason I was always sleeping at early hours of the night, it was my favourite part of the day, the part when my dreams brought me to her again. Eventually as the days progressed I approached her, she let me watch as she frolicked playfully within the yellow corn field with a gentle breeze that made the long grass rustle. We were laughing and smiling the entire time and she allowed me to hold her hand. That played on repeat for so many months. A more recent time, me and the mysterious woman of my dreams was sitting within the flower beds by the lake, and feeding each other with a provided picnic. I blind folded her and fed her pieces of food, she had to guess what it was….I decided to me bold and allowed her to taste my lips and shivered with pleasure when she asked for more. "What is your name? Please I have to know…I have to find you" I asked her; with a gentle smile she leaned in and whispered her name in my ear. It was the most beautiful name…in the entire world.

I woke from that scene this morning…I had to find her, she was to be the greatest gift the world could offer and was mine to claim. I rode upon a horse, following some internal pull lead me to her…eventually we came upon the oasis of my dreams….there was the lake, the flowers, the tree…and most importantly…there was her. She was there, the placid breeze and gentle sunlight played with her hair, she was wearing that blue kimono I loved so much.

She could feel my gaze and stared with her jaw ajar as though she was so utterly shocked to see me. She looked like a frightened deer, so cautiously I approached her. "Yuna" I uttered, it was the name she had whispered in my ear when I dreamed of her. I could not help it; I had to check that she was real and I wasn't asleep…so I reached out and touched her face. "Yuna" I repeated.

"Yes…that's my name" she uttered back, her eyes were shivering like radiant diamonds in an emerald light. Entwined in her long blue hair was white sakuras….Yuna, she was magnificent. "I have waited an entire year for you my Lord Kenta, I have waited for you to come and claim me". She could see my perplexity and continued on, "A year ago I swam in enchanted waters and accidentally drank some, since then I have had these dreams of me resting here….first being watched by you, then interacting with you…eventually you even kissed me in these dreams. I have come here every day since, you took so long get here".

I smiled and bent down on one knee while gazing up at her, "I will never make you wait for me again, marry me Yuna"…..

-End of Flashback-

She was my greatest gift, I had to reclaim her…Yuna must be so afraid, I'll never forget her face as she saw me die, I'll never forget that pain. She still thinks I'm dead…I need to hold her again; I need to take all her pain away.

For years I watched my parents, I could never fully understand why my father went to such great lengths for my mother…now I do; now I understand completely.

Katsu was at my side as we marched on with army, "I'm so sorry brother….I'm sorry for what happened to Sun".

Katsu slowly turned to me "I'm glad I have you back, I want you there on my wedding day. You see I may only get to be with her on my weakest day of the month, but a day with her already feels like a life time, we can still marry and have children….this is where being an immortal half demon comes in handy, Sun and I have all the time in the world".

It gave me some comfort know that my brother didn't hate me for this, Katsu was always the optimist. As we continued, the image of our castle opened up to us like the picture pages of a book. There in vanguard was Norboru's army my father was down there, facing all of them. He unsheathed his Baksaiga, they would all be dead in a matter of seconds. With one swing, thousands of them were struck down. However more came from the sky.

"To the sky men!" Morio ordered, him and his dragon soldiers took to the air, "The rest of you, go to your loved ones, we'll hold the army off while you battle inside".

We did so, father came back and commanded that Kasumi ride upon his back for her own safety, my brothers and I joined also, Takara was pulled on by Katashi. We crashed through the walls, confident that Morio and his army would be able to hold them off.

Sesshomaru's POV

Her scent…her honey scent filled my nose, the closer the stronger it became. My family were upon my back as I crashed through to the throne room and shrank back into my humanoid form. There Noboru sat on my throne surrounded by his soldiers and in front of him, upon the steps all in a line sat my wife and two daughter-in-laws. Behind each of them knelt a guard holding a knife to each of their throats, if we made a single movement….the women's' throats would be slashed. They had been dressed in clothes that would befit a harem girl, but was not suitable for the respectable royals they were. To dress them in such a way only angered us more. Rin was the only one of them awake, Noboru wanted that so I too would be conscious and we could face each other. Rin did not say a word of even flinch…afraid if she did, our daughter-in-laws and our grandchildren they carried, would be harmed.

"I have been awaiting you, I see Kenta is alive and well…what a twist, my lovely Yuna will be most pleased when she awakes" Noboru spoke, he then fixed his eyes upon my daughter, "Kasumi…I have saved a seat for you" he gestured to Rin's throne.

"How dare you treat my family this way!" Kasumi growled, "Where is Sora? Give him to now!"

Noboru rolled his eyes, "always Sora….the women adore him, men respect him…despite his blindness. If you want him alive…you will have to become mine".

I felt myself and my son's tense up, Kasumi unleashed her bow and arrow and we readied our swords. "Uh-uh" Noboru warned shaking his finger, the guards pressed the blades against the women's necks; one pressed too hard on Airi's and left a scratch.

Yoshi roared and fought the urge to charge with all his might, "I'll kill you….I'll kill you! He promised the guard that did the deed and he said it with such sincerity that the filthy crow looked momentarily afraid.

Noboru stood to his feet and strolled down the steps and stroked each of the heads of our wives, I gripped at Baksaiga as his finger traced Rin's jawline. "You all have fine taste in women, Rin…such motherly tenderness, such a pure heart, her bravery is silent but it's there, a true queen indeed. Then look at pretty Yuna, she has a certain sensuality about her, doesn't she? The Airi….she looks with her heart, not with her eyes…she is a beauty that fell for the face of a monster" Noboru then again focused on Kasumi, "then there is you, my favourite of them all…I have watched you grow, all your life my eyes have searched you in your most intimate moments".

I was sickened by his every word and wanted nothing more than to tear him apart, if I acted to quickly however, all three would be killed. I had to think of something….Noboru seemed like the type who liked to negotiate. All I had to give, was my kingdom…I would give that up for them, in exchange for Rin they could have the kingdom I had spent most of my life building, I just wanted her back.

Before I could propose this, the ice woman who was referred to as Takara came forward. Noboru's eyes widened and from his lips uttered the name "Reika?"

The woman before him smirked, Katashi reached out to grab her, but she surpassed him. "you may call me by my mother's name if it so pleases you…that is why I have come after all".

What is the female doing? Was her goal really to please this fool?

Noboru reached out and touched her face, "You are identical…I have longed to touch this lips, I have longed to touch every part of you…I will call you Reika and you will be mine".

"You do not need to steal me" Takara responded, "given my appearance, looking so much like my mother, would you not prefer I give myself to you willingly?" she paused and waited for him to nod in response, "and I will do so…I will give myself to you daily and nightly, I will let you call me by my mother's name. I will say what you tell me to say, wear what you tell me to wear and do what you tell me to do. But I have two conditions…"

"Name it" Noboru grunted almost lustfully caressing the dark strands of her hair.

Again she smiled, "First of all I request to be the first of the women you take, and before you so much as lay a single finger on any of them…you must take me. Secondly….I wants you to give Sora back his sight, so that he may look upon Kasumi…before the poison you gave him takes his life".

Noboru thought for a moment then clicked his fingers "drag him in!" moments later Sora was dragged in by two soldiers. Noboru laid his hand over his eyes and released a red light. The guards released Sora who fell forwards; Kasumi raced over with the lightning speed she had inherited from me, catching him just in time.

He looked like a broken angel being held, his black wings were down cast, Kasumi stroked his hair, "Kasumi…" he breathed, "I smell you" his eyes fluttered open and then turned wide, "am I dreaming? I swear I see you…you're just as I pictured, every detail is as I imagined…no…you exceed my imagination…you are beautiful beyond belief…what a lovely dream to die to".

Kasumi smiled tearfully, "Sora…you're awake, you see me and I cannot tell you how wonderful it is to know that you are really looking at me, that our eyes finally connect….I can truly see into your soul now." they embraced tightly.

"I will die with a smile on my face…Kasumi…oh my Kasumi"

"You are not going to die" she whispered, "I won't let that happen" with that she lightly placed her lips on his, his veins came alight and glowed through his skin…with a kiss she was healing his blood and cleansing the poison away.

Noboru was too engrossed with the Takara to even notice, "Reika…its time I completed my second condition". He leaned in to kiss her.

"Like hell you will!" Katashi snarled and leapt forward with his sword high.

However, before he reached her Takara laid her hand upon Noboru's chest…he turned still and began to fade to blue; she was freezing him on the inside. The guards attacked, it was time to battle. Yoshi, Kenta and Katsu rushed to the three guards that held the women captive and slaughtered them, Katsu keeping watch of his mother for me.

I effortlessly fought my way through the soldiers, taking them all down with perfect ease! I came to Takara who had frozen Noboru alive; with one swipe of my hand I could shatter him into a million pieces.

The tables had turned, we held the few remaining surviving crows captive…they watched as their leader was about to be pulverised…however, not by me. "Sora…come and take your revenge" I called to the new crow king who had been completely healed by my daughter.

He came and stood over his brother and raised his fist…he held it there for a few moments, his fist shook and sweat formed on his brow. "I-I can't do it!" he uttered painfully and lowered his arm, "I can't kill my brother…no matter what he has done he still my brother…and I love him" Sora moved away and was being comforted by Kasumi.

I rolled my eyes, "You are foolish…to ever think if this scum as your brother" with that I swiped with my claws….Noboru's life had ended. A deep intense silence filled the room; all that was heard was the battle raging on outside with Morio's troops. I stepped over the shards left of Noboru and went to my wife, I took her from Katsu.

She was so weak, and for this reason, so was I…but the whole time I kept going as though I were the strongest being on earth, because I was in the eyes of my kin.

"My Lord, it feels so good to hold you" she whimpered, Rin then gasped as she remembered something and looked over to where Yoshi and Kenta held their women, trying to get them to wake up. They had all been given a poison, even Rin…I felt it through my own veins. I held my wife closer both of us making an instant decision not tell our children of the poison that was killing us….it would break their hearts.

Takara again came forward, "Lay all three of them in the centre of the throne room, and I will cleanse them".

We all did so and watched as she purified and cleansed their bodies of the poison, we watched in silence, what was this woman doing? Why did she do all that she did? Was it really all for Sora's sake?

The battle outside had ceased and with our gratitude Morio returned eagerly to his wife and child, a strange peacefulness now lay on the land. Within minutes the poison was gone and I myself immediately felt stronger.

Rin rushed to me again but we would save our affections for later when we could be alone, it would be undignified of me to show such emotion, but she knew simply by the way I held her then, that I was glad to have her in my arms once again.

When Yuna awoke and saw Kenta, she really did think herself dead. She embraced him and said "I knew you would wake me in heaven, I knew you would!"

Kenta kissed her hair "Yuna we both live, we are here amongst the living".

She was crying and held his face, "I want to return to our home by the water, I want our child to be raised in peace by the crystal lakes and flowers where you and I first met".

My son Kenta agreed to do this for her; he was basically renouncing his title as prince in order for a life of peace with his family. He looked to me and my wife "mother, father….would you disown me if I did so? If I removed my title as prince to leave humbly with my wife?"

Rin gave me a look of encouragement, knowing it was my approval he sought most, my answer was simple, "You can renounce your title as prince, but you are forever my son and that can never change".

Airi woke next and had a similar reunion with Yoshi, "I want to return to our children! I need them and I need you all with me this moment!" she pleaded.

Yoshi gently soothed her, "Yes, of course just be calm now….I am here now and you are safe…I will always come for you Airi, no matter what stands in my way".

So that was to their destiny, Kenta would leave peacefully in watery realms in the south with his bride Yuna, a life that would suit him well. Yoshi would continue to age well and rule his kingdom with his family, my human son had made me proud.

Katsu looked more thoughtful than usual, "I will not wander far…I will have a fair sized home built by the tree in which Sun dwells, that way I am always with her and we do have a home together. When years pass she will emerge right beside her home and only need to walk a few steps to me and the children we will have".

So that was to be Katsu's fate, it gladdened his mother and me to know that he would still remain close to us.

Katashi and Sora approached Takara, Sora was particularly scrutinising, "you look just like her…Rieka has many children, which one are you? I do not recognise you at all".

Takara smirked, "I am the first she ever birthed".

Sora's eyes widened, "that is impossible….her first born died at birth".

Takara nodded, "that is true…my real name is Iku…I am merely a vessel for the Tenshi named Takara whose sole purpose was for Katashi". She confessed, we all were so confused and was about to be the whole truth. "Let me show you and I will explain" she took Katashi's hand and laid it on her heart, a light glowed from her, followed by a heavenly mist that took form upon the floor of a sleeping child. Her hair was long and cream coloured with a hint of peach, it gave a saintly glow, her young skin was the colour of milk and her small lips was like a small red cherry. We all stared down in amazement upon the young girl who appeared no older than eight, the same age I had met Rin. "I have carried your future wife inside me this whole time".

Katashi knelt and touched the child's face as though he was uncertain that she was real, "but she is a child…I don't understand" he breathed.

Iku giggled, "she is no mere child, this is Takara, through me she has spoken to you, she is the true seer who can see into the future and wield ice. You see Lord Katashi she is a very old and wise Tenshi, a heavenly being who watched over you from heaven and had fallen for you from her high resting place. She then saw a future where you family would be in danger and so due to my own connection in all this she chose me to be her vessel as she does not have a solid body, she is a spirit. In order for her to grow she needed to absorb the love you all felt for each other so that she could emerge a complete being. As you can see she is now a child and when she wakes her only memory will be that your name is Katashi and she must follow you everywhere. It is your duty to protect her, raise her into a woman, when she comes of age, she will remember everything. Watch over her as she has done you, for now she is no more than an immortal child".

This was unbelievable…a Tenshi, a true angel had loved my son and took it upon herself to leave heaven for him, to save him and be with him, a true sacrifice that I felt made her worthy of this family.

A blue light appeared behind Iku, whose eyes turned brown…a true indication that she truly was the angel's puppet and that her eyes before were not her own. "It is time I go back to the place I was raised in after my death, Takara was the one that raised me…so treat her well, she is like a mother to me". With that she disappeared into the light and was gone.

Slowly the young child's eyes opened and she blinked innocently when she saw Katashi, "m-my Lord?" she uttered in a small meek voice. Katashi held out his hand that held a tiny flame from his palm, with her small white hand she put out the flame with her icy power as she placed her palm on his, it was followed by a hissing noise and a stream of silver smoke. From there Katashi helped her to her feet and she stood very close to him, he was the only thing that felt familiar to her in this new and strange world she had awoken in.

The silence was broken by and irritating shrill, Jaken suddenly emerged to wherever he had been cowering from this entire time "I was in the dungeouns this whole time! They put me in there the night Kasumi was first taken! Why did no one look for me?" he whined.

"Sorry Jaken…we just had a lot to deal with, you're so small we always miss you" Rin replied with a shrug, he began weeping pathetically , complaining about how after all his years of service this is how we would treat him.

"Father," Katashi called over Jaken's cries, "your empire is magnificent, and it is so because you built it yourself…if I ever hope to be as great as you, I must build my own in the south-east…I cannot be your next in line, I will travel Japan, gain all the power and loyalty I need to create my own empire as you did".

Out of all my sons, I saw myself most in him…so I came to him and handed him my father's blade Tensaiga , despite my initial hate for the sword and how rarely I used it, it had made me the leader I was today, it would do the same for him, "then I give this to you".

He nodded gratefully, "then I take my leave…thank you mother and father, I build my legacy in honour of the both of you, I will see you again and when I do I will be as mighty as you father".

He looked down to Takara, "Takara, follow me if you so choose" he told her before walking away, she did so, her dainty little feet chasing after his swiftly.

"He's so magnificent! Just like his father!" Jaken gushed tearfully, "I will follow Lord Katshi to the ends of the world!" he cried and then raced after my son also.

"Make sure to take Ah-Un with you" Rin called after him, she then turned into me, "familiar sight isn't it?"

I had to agree for a moment Katashi and Takara morphed into me and Rin from all those years ago, before reverting back to their true appearances.

It was over and done with, all of this….one by one they all said their goodbyes and left for their futures till it was Rin and I standing alone.

All our children had found their epic romances, Yoshi married his childhood love, Kenta literally found the woman of his dreams. Katsu now loved a woman who was now one with the earth, Kasumi married her guardian and Katashi had been admired by angels.

"It seems my Lord….we are in need of another air" she uttered as she suggestively snuggled into me, wordlessly I swept her off her feet and shot to our chambers, Rin's playful giggle filled the entire castle.

We had down well, we had been the best parents…but we were not done yet, another child was to have the privilege of calling us mother and father, he would be heir to my throne….

Epilogue

Kotone was born, Rin decided upon the name as when she was born her cries sounded like that of a harp of lute. She was to rule over the western lands and was beloved by her entire family. She had her mother's black hair and father's golden eyes with a small music note imprinted on her forehead. She was musical and had the power to wield people with her voice. He father Sesshomaru gave her all the means to be a great and worthy ruler someday.

Sora took rule of the eastern lands with Kasumi at his side; the two had one child…with white wings as pure as snow, a little boy named Shinobu. The two lived long and happily, Sora taught his son to fly higher than he could.

Katsu succeeded in building his home by Sun's tree and married her the first moment she emerged, he had a ceremony already prepared and waiting for her. The two had twins, two boys named Haru and Daiki. Katsu guarded her tree with his life, as did their sons as they grew older.

Yoshi lived as he always did from the moment he married Airi, in blissful happiness, their daughter Ayano was born, she was the smartest one of her siblings.

Kenta and Yuna lived humbly by the waters, their daughter Summer was born in light and knew nothing of sorrow, they had two more children after her, one boy and one girl, Hibiki and Hana.

Finally there was Katashi…he built an empire that exceeded that of his father's, Takara swiftly came of age and her love for him was again awakened. She was a beautiful woman indeed, they two had many children after years of adventures.

All in all, everything was well for the children of Rin and Sesshomaru whose love was enough for and angel to absorb and emerge. It was their love that made all things possible, they were the base of a mountain that held everything up and gave strength.

Heya everyone thank you so much for reading and reviewing I wouldn't have finished this without all the encouragement, I get it if this was all a bit confusing and if you have any questions, I'll happily answer them.