Mizuki's head was pounding and she was cold. She remembered being in and out of consciousness, but she must have been totally out at one point. She opened her eyes to see that she was within one of the cells she spent much of her childhood in when she did things wrong.
He would probably never let her out of it this time. She must have been out for a few days. She reeked. She could probably smell herself from a mile away. She moved to get up and instantly regretted it.
Her whole body was in pain from such a slight movement and she was probably malnourished from being out so long. She couldn't heal properly in this condition. She closed her eyes before drifting back into sleep, hoping she could find a way out of the mess she was in.
Sesshomaru finally made it to the Southern castle. Ah-Un was pooped from the speed his lord had him travel at, but he made it there in record time. He walked straight up to the huge double doors and threw them open. He walked in and Mizuki's brother, and what he assumed was her father, were standing there.
"Where is she?" Her father looked over.
"Oh ho ho, the mutt comes to get the bitch eh? I don't think I have been properly introduced to you. My name is Ijiwaru, Mizuki's father. Nice to meet you, Sesshomaru."
Sesshomaru let a growl rip through his throat. "Do not make me repeat myself again, where is she?"
Her brother, Kusaru looked over this time. "Allow me to go fetch her, you two can make idle chit chat while I'm away."
She was ripped up by her hair for what seemed like the thousandth time, scaring her awake. Kusaru pulled her out of the cell, still by her hair.
"What the hell are you doing? Where are we going?!"
"Will you shut up for once, you stupid bitch. How many times have you asked me that before? How many times did I ever answer you?"
She reached her hand up to his wrist and dug her claws deep into his flesh. He released his hold on her and she dropped to the floor.
"Do you really want me to break your other wrist?" Smack. Right across the face... again. He grabbed a hold of her broken wrist, causing her to yelp in pain. He pulled her along again. This time she definitely did not fight back.
They arrived in the great hall and he threw her down to the ground. She slid a ways, before hitting something and stopping. It hurt every part of her body and she didn't even hit it hard.
She looked behind her and saw white. She looked up more and saw gold. Gold eyes, his eyes. She could feel warmth running down her cheeks, tears. She was so happy to see him. Of all the things she thought was going to happen when she was being pulled out of that cell, it definitely didn't include seeing him.
He knelt down next to her. "Are you okay?" She only nodded.
There was nothing she could say. She was beaten to a pulp. She would be okay, now that he was here. He stood back up and glared at her father.
"What did you do to her?" Sesshomaru snarled.
"Well let's see... I broke her wrist, part of her tail, I'm sure she is bruised all over, maybe has a few bald spots in her head, and probably a concussion. I think that's it though." He smiled back at him. It was all a game to him.
He was gone from beside her in a blink of an eye. Sword in hand, pointed at her father's throat.
"Do you have any last words, Lord of the South?"
"Sesshomaru, wait!" She shouted at him. She didn't know why, but she couldn't let him kill her father. If anyone was going to do it, it would be her.
"Let's just go home. Please." He looked back at her and then back to her father before lowering his sword. Her father laughed maniacally.
"You stupid girl. You should have let him kill me."
"Shut up." The sword was back at his throat. Her father was silenced quickly.
"Sesshomaru, let's go." He looked back to her father.
"I will be back for you. I suggest you be ready by then."
He turned to face her, before walking over and picking her up into his arms. She immediately snuggled into his chest. She didn't care what he thought. She was happy to see him. Happy he saved her, and they were going home.
He placed her in his lap atop of Ah-Un. It took a while to get back. Ah-Un seemed pretty wiped out. When they arrived at the castle, he carried her in. Rin was waiting.
"Mizuki!" She ran over to us.
"Rin, leave her for now. She needs rest to heal. When she is healed I will allow you to come see her." And he walked past her, straight up the stairs and into his room.
Instead of placing her in the bed he walked into the bathroom and set her on the floor, walking over to the tub and filling it up.
"You may bathe here. When you are finished, call for me and I will help you. You are too injured to walk well by yourself." He walked out and closed the door behind him.
She was so thankful for a bath. He had no idea... Well, she did stink. And she was in his lap. He probably couldn't stand the stench of her.
She bathed, enjoying the heat and getting the filthy grime off of herself. She clambered out and into a towel, before she realized, she didn't have any clothes. She couldn't put those nasty things back on.
"Umm... Seshomaru?" He opened the door.
She thankfully had the towel wrapped tightly around herself. She was blushing like crazy. He didn't even seem a little effected.
"I umm... I don't have clean clothes in here." He seemed to come to the realization of what she told him.
He took off his haori before draping it over her shoulders and turning around.
"Cover yourself."
After getting over the shock of what he just did she wrapped it around her frail frame before adjusting it so that it would stay without opening on her. It was quite long on her, so it definitely covered everything.
"I'm covered." She said.
He turned back around before picking her up and placing her in the bed. He laid down on the opposite side. The last thing she remembered before falling asleep, was thinking about how nice it would be if she could lay there every night with him.