Evolutions of the Heart
Chapter 9
A Gods Wrath
By: Aireonna (a.k.a. Candice Willman)
Disclaimer: I do not own but GOD I want to... Sesshomaru to be mine and do with him what I want.
A/N: Yes so, the last chapter was very long. This chapter won't be as long, but I still hope to please with it. I'm trying to update faster, have the ideas flowing and just need to get them out before they disappear. I'm grateful for the kind words and people actually taking a liking to this story. Please continue to enjoy and here's another chapter for you!
Recap
"You are no match for me." Her voice was powerful and strong, echoing in the now almost night sky.
Ohitsuji stared in aw, his form against the tree and a hole burned through it behind him.
"Fire?"
Dangerous red eyes bore into the creature before. A manic laugh released its way slowly from the beings mouth, his head throwing back and hitting the tree behind him. His hands found his sides, an evil smirk smearing his features.
"Cute. Fire power eh? I never saw that one coming, but then again each package is made differently." Ohitsuji replied his voice laced with a tone that sent Rin's every whim and fear over the edge.
What had just happened?
Her eyes fell to her clawed hands, her mouth dangling faintly open.
Fire?
"This could get interesting." His words were venom to the ear.
Rin allowed his words to linger far too long, questions forming one after another battling for an answer. What does he mean?
Heat. A red hot heat seared her from her thoughts forcing her to bring her attention painfully back onto the monster that threatened her every breath.
Dodging sideways, the large fire ball missing Rin dead on only by a few seconds, she rolled along the ground diverting her body away from the sudden attack.
Falling into a low stance, she stared wide eyed at Ohitsuji.
"Hmph. You think you're the only one with fire power little girl?" His red eyes appeared to be burning a hole through her, staring into her soul, reading her every thought and fear. He stared at her with hate, with resentment, and mock, knowing that she stood no chance against his raid.
Rin felt the sudden urge to run. She didn't know what she was getting herself into. She had gotten lucky moments before with a miracle of a power, but she didn't know how she had brought it on and knew no way of repeating it. She didn't dare question the meaning behind his statement, his recent strike proving against any doubt.
Clutching her arm against her chest, her lunges heaved, breaths coming hard and fast as she continued to watch her aggressor.
With a snort, Ohitsuji plunged forward once more, releasing a radiant light from his left hand, sending a flash of fire surging towards Rin for the second time.
This time, her reflexes were far to slow for the God before her.
Rolling sideways once more in attempt to save herself from the searing blaze, she yelped out in pain, the heat colliding with her right leg. It tore into her calf muscle, burning through a layer of skin and twisting her leg abnormally.
Rin found herself fighting off tears, the pain throbbing through her right leg. Her face slid against the cold ground, dragging across the dirt and grass, her form writhing in pain.
She wasn't ready for this. He was out of her league. In fact, she had no league. She was stupid for thinking she could stand any chance against her assaulters. She was nothing compared to them. Sesshomaru had been the one to protect her all of her childhood for as far as she could remember. Why did she suddenly think she could stand up for herself now?
Sesshomaru pressed on, raging through the dense forest in an untimely flash of light. Tearing through brush and branches that stood in his way, his poison claws obliterating anything and everything.
Stopping abruptly, he huffed, a fowl scent over powering his senses. His eyes closed momentarily, trying to pin point just what exactly could make such a disgusting smell.
Dashing upwards in a hurry, he paused in the air, his eyes scanning out anything out of the ordinary.
Smoke.
A cloud of smoke lingered over a portion of the forest. Dancing in the wind, it brought the stench further into his senses. Burning flesh. The distinct smell of skin impacting with fire.
Sesshomaru's stomach churned, his air heaving upwards swiftly, dry heaving from the realization.
"Rin."
He knew it was her, he could feel it. The Seer's crystal ball had revealed Rin trapped against her will, out numbered one against many. He knew the burning flesh had to be none other than his wards. That thought alone outraged him.
His eyes glowing in the night sky as his gazed angrily into the darkness before, his long silver hair swirling behind him. He took no further observations, he needn't the action. He could sense the vibrations in the air, the rustling of feet, the smell of salt and scorned flesh, a manic echo of a laugh; it all pushed him faster, his pace picking up instantly.
Disappearing once more into his orbs of light, he jetted across the night of the forest.
Rin hissed, releasing her air between clenched teeth, another impact hitting her hard in her left side.
His speed was dominating and the power he held was something to fear. Rin knew that Sesshomaru could easily beat him if he so wanted to, but for someone like her, she held no chance.
Gripping her side protectively, she dug her fingers into the tainted soil. Her eyes glistened with tears, her face grimly stained with blood and dirt once more. This was something becoming too repetitive for her liking. It wasn't that she enjoyed getting the shit beat out of her, but it was something she couldn't quit stop as of yet.
"Where's that fire and courage you shined with earlier? Your soul is so easily broken, how disappointing. I thought the God of War could find more pleasure out of such a lowly being."
Rin felt his words stab at her pride. She had been put down with degrading words such as his for way too many years now. It was hard enough dealing with her Master resenting humans and anything lower than him, now to put up with this disgusting monster. She didn't know how much more fight she could hold up.
Biting her lip, her teeth sharper than normal, as if she now had fangs, tearing into her tender lip. Blood began filling her taste as well as her smell. It was an over powering stench that lingered deep, something that would take a lot to get rid of.
Her eyes found his red orbs, her sight blurring in her rage.
"You are no God!" She screamed in her anger.
Zipping from the ground, she managed to speed her movements up vaguely, rushing behind him before he could release another rampage on her racking form.
Her muscles ached, her limbs screaming for her to give up and allow this destroyer to do just that, destroy her. However, her movements weren't fast enough, not even close. Her leg lagged behind her, moving awkwardly under her weight, twisting and tearing from the seared flesh and muscle. Pain crushed her mind, but she wasn't about to let that stop her.
Ohitsuji was surprised at her attempt to flee from his launch, but he didn't expect her to try from behind. Turning swiftly, he caught her left hook right before it impacted with his face, his eyes only staring at her slightly amused.
Her chest heaved, the pain becoming too much for her to bear. She wasn't prepared for this, not in the least. Her body could deal with some of it, sure, thanks to her new found scales. But that wasn't enough, the toll was far too much.
"A God of War. Of killing, blood, and torture. A creature created for fear. I live for one purpose now. To prevent the scum that create such beings from completing their task."
Rin found it hard to follow his speech, she knew nothing of what he was saying and her body was not in the condition in this present time to comprehend any of it. The only thing she could make out, was that his lips were moving. Her vision continued to blur and she found it harder and harder to hold her own body weight up right. The only thing preventing her fall, being his hold upon her left arm, which seemed to be getting tighter with every breath.
Her eyes winced in fear, Ohitsuji twisting the delicate limb roughly to the right, causing her knees to buckle beneath her, falling against his stance hard.
"You are weak." He snickered.
Rin fought her tears for what seemed like the hundredth time. The pain came in waves over her body, throbbing everywhere. Her arm screaming in protest, telling her to rip it from his grasp. But she knew better, if she were to do so, it would for sure be broken. The green scales held no shield against his attack at such close proximity. It was futile.
The collapsing of her legs had brought further injury to her right calf, ripping and tearing the muscle only somewhat more, but enough to cause such pain that Rin could feel her consciousness wavering. Her mind scorned her, warned her of the consequences if she gave into the pain and darkness. She knew very well the consequences, death.
Sesshomaru halted, his eyes gaping at the sight before him. His heart clenched and dared to break free from his chest at what he was welcomed with.
Finding Rin battered and beaten, clutching on for dear life as her attacker held her within his firm grip threatening her every move. The image of his ward on her knees, one leg forced clumsily beneath her kneeling body, blood dripping and pouring into the waiting soil below. He could see and smell the burnt flesh, knew very well that her leg was the cause.
Her hair waved behind her, matted and drenched with sweat, sticking to the sides of her face, being tainted with her very own blood. Her once adorned yellow kimono painted with the softest of blues, now completely covered with nothing but earth and garnet red. Rips and tears along the gentle cloth revealing green scales to shimmer in the now crescent moon.
The very display of her writhing in pain sent his youkai blood boiling.
Ohitsuji sensed the youkai Lord before he laid eyes upon him and his ward. He knew he watched intently, gazing and taking in the injured form that he still held in his tightening grip. And oddly, it only continued to bring an evil smirk to play against his lips.
"The Lord Sesshomaru once more I presume." He spoke with confidence and power.
This unnerved Sesshomaru, causing him to question the creature before him. His senses could feel a power that he didn't know, but he didn't fear him. What was he hiding?
"Finally came to join us I see. A little late as always." With another forced laugh, he threw the weakened form of Rin aside, tossing her roughly towards her Masters feet.
Rin hit the ground hard, her fragile form skidded against the hardened ground, dust rustling up around her and causing her eyes to close tightly as she cried out in pain.
She came to a stop before him, barely touching his feet. Sesshomaru's eyes never left his prey, not daring to take him out of his sight for even the slightest moment.
"What is your business with her?" His words were rash and hard, definitely Sesshomaru-like.
Rin coughed, her right arm pushing against the ground to bring her upright. Her left arm clutched protectively against her chest, obviously being injured from the recent battle. Her eyes only open lowly, her lids almost covering her brown irises completely, hazed over in pain.
Yet, Sesshomaru didn't turn his gaze to her. He knew if he did, he wouldn't be able to bear the thought of her appearance being caused by this monster before him that dared threaten him and his ward.
"Ha, how sweet. You think you can stop me?" Ohitsuji only mocked the youkai Lord, causing Sesshomaru to become further annoyed.
"She's lucky she's still breathing." Motioning his head towards Rin, he only winked at the girl which in return sent fear sprawling throughout her aura once more.
Biting her tongue, Rin decided she would not allow him to speak in such a lowly manner about her any longer.
"You speak with such confidence and yet, I remain standing." Pushing her form completely from the ground, her weight being forced completely onto her left leg, babying the right.
Ohitsuji was surprised at her actions. He didn't think this weakling held such strength within her. And then his eyes caught something even stranger. The cuts, the wounds, everything that he had previously caused, began disappearing. The blood that trailed down her lip, covered her leg. It all, vanished.
Her confidence continued to grow, not realizing that her wounds were demolishing completely, but she could feel the pain dissolving and it felt refreshing. Taking in a deep breath, she only smiled towards her assaulter.
"You think you can destroy me so easily?" Her words were uncontrollable, she didn't know why she insisted on saying them, and she knew she couldn't sit here and say nothing.
Sesshomaru turned his attention finally to his wards form and he too was surprised at what he found. No harm what so ever. His mind raced, confused and insulted at the same time.
Not even he could heal this fast, what exactly did this mean?
A/N: Ok so I believe that makes another cliff hanger! But that's ok, I know you all love them ;) I will try and get the next chapter out really soon, in the process of writing it right now. I just can't stop writing now, on a roll. So I hope you liked it! Please be kind and REVIEW!