Chapter 10
The Search
Meanwhile...
All was quiet at the large camp in the middle of the forest, as Sesshomaru approached.
Already, without looking into the camp too long, he knew something was wrong.
"Jaken." The demon lord called, and the little loyal toad servant approached him.
"Yes milord?" he asked in a wary voice.
"Where is Rin?" his voice was hard, and the little demon shook with fear, as he immediately dropped to the ground.
"Please forgive me my lord! For if it wasn't for me, Rin would not have run off!"
Sesshomaru glared at the little imp, and he turned around, and headed into the forest, to look for his lost companion.
…..
"Did you find her?" Kagome asked me nervously, as I came into the camp.
"No sign of her in the south, and you?"
"Nothing." She replied.
"Same here," InuYasha said as well.
Just then, my sensitive ears picked up the sounds of familiar heartbeats-2 to be exact, and I turned to face the woods.
"What is it?" Kagome asked, as InuYasha came to stand beside me.
"You hear that?" I asked, my eyes never leaving the trees ahead.
"Yup." He replied, and the sound came closer, followed by rustling bushes.
"Who's here?" Edward asked me, coming to stand on my left.
"Sniff the air."
"What?" he asked puzzled.
"Just do it." I replied in a hard voice.
He complied and sniffed the air, freezing where he was.
The bushes ahead rustled, and a figure came walking out of the trees.
"Lord Sesshomaru!" Jaken exclaimed, and he raced over to him, falling to the ground in a bow.
"And you brought Rin!" he exclaimed, eyeing the asleep girl, held in Sesshomaru's only arm.
Sesshomaru set Rin down on one of the mats, and headed off into the woods again.
"Get some sleep." I said, not even glancing back at the others, before heading off into the woods, after Sesshomaru.
…..
I followed Sesshomaru's scent, until I came to an opening, on a small cliff, where Sesshomaru was gazing into the moonlight.
"What do you want?" I asked, not even looking back at me.
"How did you find it?" I asked in a hard voice, my eyes cold.
"Find what?"
"You know exactly what Sesshomaru!" I yelled at him, and he turned to me, glaring.
"You care for the girl, admit it." I taunted.
Sesshomaru still glared at me, and he let out an annoying growl.
"I Sesshomaru, care for no one."
"You are deceiving yourself brother, for I care as well. But do not think of it as a weakness, I know what the words of our father meant, it's time you do the same."
He looked down, but then turned around, and continued to stare at the moonlight.
Taking my pride, I left, and began to walk back towards camp, little memories replaying over and over again in my head.
400 years ago…
I was joyfully laughing, and running around in an open field, chasing a butterfly.
"Arashi!" a familiar voice called to me, from the other end of the field.
"Coming father!" I called back, and began running towards him, my little child legs pushing faster and faster, until I launched myself into his arms.
He laughed, the sound reminding you of silver bells.
"Look what I got for you papa!" I said, full of pride, as I handed him a bouquet of flowers.
He took them from my hand, and sniffed them.
"Why thank you Arashi, I will cherish them always." He said in a gentleman fashion, making me giggle.
He then carried me in his arms, up to my mother's castle.
By time I arrived back at camp, the sun was coming up, and everyone was awake, eating breakfast.
"Lady Arashi!" Rin exclaimed, running over to me, and looking up at me with joyous eyes.
"I-I picked this for you." She said, holding up a beautiful red rose.
"Why thank you, Rin, I said taking it from her hand, and lifting it to my nose, taking in its sweet essence, smiling to myself.
Rin blushed and giggled, before running off into the grass to pick more flowers.
This girl….she's only human. And yet SHE was the one to soften Sesshomaru's heart?
My head turned to look at Edward, who was laughing and joking around with his brothers.
Perhaps, that is the answer.
Of all the battles I had fought, of all the foes I have killed, and of all that I have conquered, it was him. Edward was the one who had the power to overcome me. ME, Arashi, The Great Dog Demoness of the Northern Lands!
For centuries I have been in pursuit of power, to claim what no other possibly could, but there was one, that I over looked.
It is the power to love another so deeply, that you finally hold the world in your hands.
However, without them, you are powerless.