Chapter 11
The meaning of family; through darkness and light...
"I protect my family, even if it cost me everything and my life"
They made it back to kaede village as the sun sets. They met the cheery old lady that told them the rumors of Naruku, wondering in inuyasha's forest close to the western lands. That made inuyasha angry and sesshomaru look cold. They both got had something to return to this demon; his death sentence. As the old lady tell them about the rumors, Maya look from kagome to inuyasha to sango to Miroku to sesshomaru, she gather that they were in something with this demon and wanted him dead, that was all their face expressions were showing anger to kill at his name.
After the settle in the little hut for the night. Sesshomaru on the other hand claims he doesn't want to invade the old woman's place and that he would camp in the forest. Maya held his arm as he was walking out and gave him a look that cause him to go back and sit in the corner of the hut.
She smiles at him then kaede came back in from the kitchen and asked "ye ladies want to help with supper?" all the girls smiled brightly at her and nodded, then follow her in the kitchen.
An uncomfortable silence fell in the air in the hut, the only thing that could be heard was the women chatting and cooking. Miroku look at inuyasha and inuyasha look at his brother.
"So what made you change your mind all of a sudden? Is Maya holding something over your head?" inuyasha asked his brother and Miroku look on in interest. "it none of your concern" sesshomaru answered.
"Man you know how to kill a conversation" inuyasha huff and Miroku snickered at his face. Sesshomaru look at him and asked with an annoying look in his eyes "what amuse you so?"
"Nothing" Miroku lied.
"Don't lie Miroku" said inuyasha.
Miroku look at them both to see they have serious faces and sigh.
"it's funny that you just acted like a kid a little while ago inuyasha, and how sesshomaru is killing the conversation with his famous line "its none of your concern" but the truth is he either have no reason or just don't want to say" Miroku said mocking sesshomaru's tone of voice.
Few minutes later the ladies came in with bowls of food, each girl holding two. Inuyasha got up to help kagome and Miroku did the same to sango.
Maya sigh as her friends went and sit with their man, she look at sesshomaru who showed no interest in her or the food. She walked over to him and sits down.
"so are you gonna eat or not?" she asked moving the bowl towards him. Sesshomaru look at her annoyed then turn a way.
"look you are going to eat this because you need you strength for who ever is this Naruku guy" she said. He still ignored her.
"Maya give up, he is not going to eat" said kagome. Maya pouted them smirk "Maya what is that nut head of yours thinking?" asked kagome because she knew that smirk too well.
"oh nothing my dear cousin, if he is not gonna eat then I just leave him" she heard him sigh "but I can always feed him like a baby, embarrass him, bribe him, or something just like souta." Sesshomaru stared at her, then take the bowl from her and begun to eat afraid of what this nut case might do to him in front of them. She smile brightly at him and kagome hit her forehead in annoyance.
Kaede clears her throat and asked "so this party thing in your time was it enjoyable?" "oh my brother birthday party was nice; I brought some cake for you and some medicine use in our time" kagome answered.
Sesshomaru finished his meal and went outside with his brother and Miroku.
"and you think they might help" huff sango causing kagome to giggle, while they were cleaning.
Maya wasn't finish with her meal, for some reason her body didn't want to finish it. Her stomach turned and made noises then she felt like puking. Kagome came in the hut, and her cousin rush pasted her. Kagome notice that she didn't finish her meal, the bowl was on the ground with the spoon in the stew.
Maya rush pasted the guys who were lazily on the ground. She went as far as she could go and puked in the grass. She heard annoyed and disgust snorts from the two demons.
Her eyes were runny as she continues to puke. She looks down in her digested food on the ground to find that she had eaten black olives. She groans at the pain, and she continues puking.
Kagome came to her with pills and water. Then she went inside to make her some tea to settle her cousin's upset stomach.
After that and complains from the half demon, Maya settle down in her sleeping bag after kagome insist that she gets some rest.. Inuyasha tuck kagome and himself in the sleeping bag, putting both hands protectively around her large stomach.
Sango and Miroku were asleep on the futons; sesshomaru was outside on the roof in his own thoughts. Few minutes later he went inside to check on the rest, only to find that Maya was whispering words in her sleep and sweating like crazy.
He went over to her and saw that she was having a bad dream, he tried to wake her up but there was a spirit field around her body that burns him. He heard her whisper naruku's name then kagome, then she was breathing hard, then she keeps repeating "no, no please god no". He could feel and smell fear radiating off her in waves.
Inuyasha's ears perk up and twitch at the sound of whispering and hard breathing, his nose pick up Maya sent and fears radiating in waves.
He opens his eyes to see his brother leaning over her, inspecting her. He came out of her sleeping bag and heard kagome groan at the lost of his heat. He went over to his brother and whispered "wake her up". His brother turns to him with an angry annoyed look. So inuyasha tired to wake her up, the spirit field did not affect him and sesshomaru look at him disbelieving. Inuyasha felt eyes on him and turn to him "what?" he asked.
"how is it that her spirit field harm me but not you?" sesshomaru asked in a whisper.
"she had a spirit field?" asked inuyasha not believing what he had said.
"may be I got kagome's powers, now spirit fields don't affect me" he added.
Maya's dream.
She was running with kagome to get away from the demons that attack the group. Sango ran off to her brother to save him, she was fighting him. Miroku was attack by demons, he suck them up in his wind tunnel but he also suck up the bees from hell that held poison. He was now weak, inuyasha was trying to protect him and kagome but now kagome flee after he told her to. Sesshomaru was also fighting demons with his brother.
Maya was running holding her cousin hands as they ran. She had put a barrier over kagome's body to prevent demon powers that would affect the baby.
"come on kagome we have to keep moving" Maya told her as she begun to slow up her movement.
"Maya" shouted inuyasha from the back of them. They had finished fighting the demons and some how meet up with her. "inuyasha" kagome sigh in relief.
He held on to Miroku who was out from the poison, sango had not returned yet. "Maya can you heal him?" asked inuyasha as he laid Miroku on the ground. Maya nodded and got to work. Soon he was well "thank you my lady for saving me" he said to her. Maya nodded in replied and smiled at him, then turn to sesshomaru who didn't look too please. Then she felt it or him for a moment. She felt anger rising from her.
'mu ku ha ha ha ha" came an evil laugh that only belong to him, Naruku. Some part of her knew him and had anger to wards him.
"I see we have final met again akira" he said.
"what the fuck do you want with her" shouted inuyasha in position to fight.
"I see you haven't told them yet akira" he said dully, ignoring inuyasha.
"tell them what?" she chokes out afraid of what it might be.
"ah I see you haven't remember yet" he said playing with her mind.
Then she saw it flashes of two women asking to protect their sons and take their life in replace at different times. The sons look like inuyasha and sesshomaru. She saw sesshomaru mother died before her then inuyasha's. they both pleaded for their sons' life from the dark figure. Then another flash that showed her a white hair demon with the same marks as sesshomaru and the eyes of inuyasha. He was dieing after the result of a war, she saw a figure that look like her, it was listen to his last words, was to save his sons and to burry his body and sward he held in his hands in a tome in a dimension in his youngest sons' right eye. The figure nodded and then the flash ended.
When she came back to reality from her flashes of memory. She was separated from the rest. She could see sango fighting her brother, inuyasha and sesshomaru fighting demons, kagome was in a field form from Miroku to protect her and he was fighting demons. Sesshomaru and kagome were close to her in distance from the rest.
"I see now you have remembered" naruku said.
"now choose who to die, like you did the two other women back then, choose between your love sesshomaru to live or the miko and her pup" he demand as his fingers grow into pointy spears.
She look at him, he could smell her fears towards kagome and her pup.
"I'll choose for you as I did back then" he said and shot his hand out to kagome. The spears broke the barrier and plunge right in her heart.
"No!" Maya scream as she heard her cousin piercing scream of pain.
Maya jolt up, that dream was intense; it was so real she could still hear her cousin screaming.
She was panting heavy and sweating, it wasn't morning and she groan at the memory.
Inuyasha and sesshomaru watch as she got up, she was panting and sweating, she sigh and then tried to sleep only to get back up again, she close her eyes only to open them again, she couldn't sleep.
"what got you work up?" asked inuyasha.
She sigh as she saw them looking at her with concern, she look at inuyasha, only to see one of the sons' from her dream. She shuts her eyes to get rid of the image.
"nothing" she said quietly. "I don't want to talk about it ok" she continued.
"it's ok, it's only a bad dream" said inuyasha in a comforting voice.
Sesshomaru look on at her face expressions, they showed fear towards him and his brother
he saw her fell a sleep with a relief sigh came from her lips. He sighs and tried to sleep.
It was morning and Maya was up cooking breakfast, she didn't sleep much last night after that dream, so she decided to do something to get that image out of her mind.
The smell of a delicious aroma fills the air waking up both humans and demons. They were awaken to find plate of food at their futons and a happy cheery young lady greeting them.
"good morning my fine friends, today you be having bread with eggs and fried bacon." Said Maya smiling from ear to ear.
"what are you so happy about?" asked kagome. "thanks for breakfast" she continue as she sat up to eat.
"today we get to go home to the castle and I get to see my daughter" she said smiling.
"daughter?" sango muffled with food in her mouth.
"yes Rin." She answered.
Ok that's strange, she has a bad dreams and all of a sudden she is full of life the next day. Maya is one strange girl.
After breakfast they begun their journey, not far from the village they met Kouga and Ayame in the forest.
"hey pretty princesses how are you this fine morning?" Kouga asked kagome and Maya only to earn a warning growl from sesshomaru.
"state you business" sesshomaru demanded.
"um I was following the rumors here to find him" Kouga answered with venom in his voice in the word him.
Maya shuttered at hearing him, little fear radiate off her and all the demons turn to her in concern.
"what's the matter hun?" asked Ayame. "hi am Ayame" she continues.
"hi I'm Maya" Maya introduce her self smiling at her ignoring the first question.
They continue their journey with Kouga and Ayame added to the group.
It was night fall and the girls were at the hot spring bathing and the boys were at camp talking.
"see you were busy dog-breath" said Kouga inuyasha as he pat him on the back please at what he did.
"yeah I'm not the only one" inuyasha replied ignoring the name call.
"yeah we all were busy" said Miroku perverted.
"speak for yourselves" said sesshomaru plainly.
"come on bro, you got something, from the way you been around kags cousin, I'll say something is going on between you two" reasoned inuyasha.
"she is just my ……………" sesshomaru was interrupted by inuyasha."yeah, what ever bro" inuyasha said as the girls returned.
It was a peaceful night for everyone except for Maya who seem to be having that dream again. It was more intense than before and she was getting afraid that the inu brothers would found out that she killed their mothers in her past life.
Morning came and everyone was ready to leave again with one sleepy angel girl. Maya felt terrible even though she tries to hide it, it's been one hell of a sleepless night and what make it worst she can't face their faces. She avoids them as much as possible in the trip. Didn't work as well as she wanted because the demons notice her change, and her cousin for god sake knew her too well, had notice too.
"Maya what's wrong?" asked kagome.
"Kohaku" sango said interrupting Maya's answer.
"kohaku?" repeated Miroku as he spotted a child that look like sango's brother.
The child ran and before thinking sango ran after him. Now the whole group was after her.
The child stop in a clear field and demons from all types appeared around the group.
"Mu ku ha ah ha ha" came a laugh from no one but naruku.
"I see you have come Akira" he said.
"I am not akira" shot back Maya.
"feisty bitch you chose to be in" he said ignoring her.
"whatdo you wantin this unpleasant meeting?" asked sesshomaru.
"what he wants is to be six feet under" shot inuyasha.
"ready to get your ass beaten naruku" Kouga said with venom at his name.
"I see I'm hated here by you fools" naruku said. Inuyasha attack him but his attack did nothing to him.
"what the fuck?" inuyasha asked disbelieving what just happen.
"you fool, you think such messily thing as you can destroy me, do you know who I am?" naruku asked
"naruku" choked Maya.
"I don't give a fuck who you are, you are just some pathetic weak demon who uses others" replied.
"yes I am that but before I wasn't. isn't that right Akira?" naruku asked.
"what?" she replied.
"I see you don't remember, let me remind you, you were the reason for sesshomaru's dear beloved mother's death. Does that ring a bell?" he asked.
"it not true I couldn't do that" Maya replied holding her head trying to shake out the images.
"what nonsense are you saying she died before I was born." Said sesshomaru.
"ah but that's where you are wrong, humans lied about her death for safety reasons, she died two months after inuyasha's mother." Naruku said in a chuckle.
"it's funny how a powerful creature such as you Akira can be affected by a simple small blessed fruit known as the olives". he siad chuckling. "Also you didn't stop there; you cause the war that the great western lord fought in, causing his death, thus the death of inuyasha the half breed mother." Naruku said please with the response of the inu brothers.
"it's not true" she replied still shaking her head to get out the images that she was remembering from her past life.
"enough, let me return the lovely pain you cause me back then, not only you killed me, you send my soul to the deepest and darkest part of hell and disintegrate my body with sacred fire causing my soul to never returning to it, in the after life or future." He said.
Now the demons begun to attack the group. Maya place a barrier over her cousin to prevent any demon energy that might affect the baby.
She was separated from the group; she fought her way up to him, the one who claims he knew her in the past. She could see that every one was protecting kagome from being attack, Miroku place a barrier over her to stop any demon attack he couldn't stop. Sango was battling demons to get to her brother. Kagura and kanna were fighting inuyasha, kanna reflect his attack back to him.
Sesshomaru was battling demons with his mind going crazy at what was said earlier, he fell in love with the woman or creature that killed his family and left him with his half breed brother in the world alone.
He was angry at him self to fall for her and his demon side wanted revenge and wanted her at the same time, it wanted any possible reason for what naruku said would be false but got none.
Most of the demons were killed and everyone could see each other positions. Kagome and sesshomaru were the closest to Maya as she fought towards him.
She killed the last demon in her way and look at him, her eyes were already red but the pupils were not slit meaning she was controlling her anger.
Inuyasha was losing it; he got cuts that were bleeding at a low rate for a demon but a fast rate for a human. His brother got few cuts here and there but he was losing his battle with his demon side to take revenge just like him.
Miroku was weak from the bees from hell he had sucked in with the demons. Sango was still fighting demons and receive more wounds than inuyasha, but she wasn't giving up.
"Maya take kagome and get out of here" he shouted to her as he protected Miroku from the demon.
Maya look at naruku then to her cousin and her eyes immediately turn back normal. She ran to her and held her hands and begun to run.
They ran a few meters before she heard inuyasha shouted.
"Maya"
"inuyasha" kagome sigh in relief.
"can you heal him?" he asked as he laid Miroku down, he was badly poison. Maya nodded and got to work. Soon he was better and nodded thanks.
Sango came with sesshomaru holding her up, she was badly injured, and Maya rush to her only to be avoided by sesshomaru. In minutes sango was heal. Maya felt weak, she was using too much energy she doesn't evenhave because she didn't sleep or eat for the day because of her upset stomach.
"Maya what did he mean back there?" asked kagome.
"I … I ...I'm not sure" Maya answered.
"you are lying, answer the god damn question" demand sesshomaru coldly.
"I don't know, shit I'm not sure who I am any more, I've been see things before this, it was a dream, I think it was my past life." She said the last part softly.
"so what he said was true?" asked inuyasha softly.
She didn't say anything then, "I'm sorry, please I am".
"how could you?" asked inuyasha.
"I … I …I ..." she couldn't finish, she was in tears. "I didn't know, I just found out a few hours ago in my dream, I didn't even know I had that life, I didn't want to tell you because am afraid that….." she was interrupted.
"afraid of what? We would hate you or probably kill you as revenge for our parents" said sesshomaru cold with venom in his voice. Maya stiffens at his tone of voice then she begun to see more visions. She held her head shaking it, "no, no more please" she said.
She was shaken out of it; her friends didn't believe her or trust her anymore. Her cousin didn't even know her at the moment.
"you could kill me after I get some answers from him" she said pointing to the figure that appeared from the trees.
There naruku stood with kohaku at his side.
"kohaku" cried sango.
"I see you haven't forgotten" naruku said.
"how could I" said Maya in a dark and lifeless voice.
"you finally come out, akira" he replied.
Maya body change completely when he said that. Her hair was darker, two black wings flap and appear at her back, her body glowed black, and her making could be seen from the rips she got in her clothes. Her eyes were black all redness from her demon side was gone. She has turn into the angel of death.
"you look as lovely as before my darling" Naruku said looking at her.
"cut the fuck general, why can't I remember what I did before and then all of a sudden I remember?" she asked in the same tone of voice.
"ah I haven't been called that in years even when I was in hell, they strip me of my position after what you did to me, akira also know as the devil's angel". Naruku said ignoring her question.
"general answer the fucking question, I am no devil's angel even if am curse with the name." she shouted.
"ah that question, its simple the command chant" he replied coolly.
"you used my mother's commanding chant to control me" she said, "you used me to kill the western lord first mate in hopes that the mating bond would kill him slowly but it didn't happen because she was not his soul mate. You use me to start a war where many wolf demons died and also the powerful dog demon met his death in trying to save his people, and in doing so killed his second mate because of the mating bond. You are pathetic" she continued in disgust.
This was unbelieving for both demons and humans who listen to the conversation.
"ha ha ha , yeah, you finally found out, but too late, you have no one to love you, just as before they hate you because of what you are." He said.
"choose akira, the one who you love or the miko with her pups". He continued as his hands and fingers grew into sharp pointy spears.
He saw he glance at sesshomaru then the miko with worry eyes.
"I'll choose for you as I did back then" he said and with that his hands shot out at kagome with speed faster than inuyasha or any demon could react.
"no kagome" she shouted, then in a flash faster than his hands she was standing in front of kagome, and the spears rip through Maya's heart. "aaaaaaaaahhh" came her piercing scream at the pain.
It was too fast for any one to get or registered in their minds. "kagome" shout inuyasha as he thought it was her who screams, but it was Maya.
There stood Maya in front of her cousin in a protective manner. The spears pierce her heart and she was bleeding, her body had return normal before the spear hit.
Naruku retreat his hands and slowly he pull them out of her heart.
Maya cough up blood and spits it out.
"you ok kags" she choked as more blood came into her mouth as she turns facing her cousin.
"I... I…" kagome could not say anything, there in front of her was her cousin dieing, there was a hole in her chest and blood rush out of it at a fast rate. All could be heard was her heart beating at a slow slow rate then stops and Maya fell to the ground.
"Maya" shouted kagome with tears running down her cheeks.
"pathetic" said naruku as he attack again only for his attack to miss by a black spirit ball.
Dust settles around kagome, she wasn't hurt but she saw the angel of death.
"are you hurt Maya cousin?" the angel asked.
"no" replied kagome and stared at her. She turn towards naruku and said "you are going to pay for that general; no one messes with Maya's friends or family."
"why do you care?" naruku asked with disgust in his voice.
"I may be in her body wish means I have to protect her and who she is associate with, she has family which you tried to harm and she said she would protect her family with her life which she has proven awhile ago now its my turn to for fill my duties of the angel of death and kill you for harming her" the angel of death said then black spirit energy form in her hand.
"you can't" naruku said and started to chant the commanding chant. Soon black chains appeared on her hands and feet, and then her eyes change to colorless eyes like some one held her soul. The spirit energy disappear and she begun to walk towards him.
"see just like before" said naruku as she came to stand at his side and face her friends.
"you control her back then, it wasn't her who kill their mothers or start the war it was you" shouted kagome.
"ah yes it was" he said smirking.
"no history is going to repeat it self" whispered kagome.
"oh you are so right, now in the future there are many demons appearing in their true form and nature which means chaos for the humans." Said naruku chuckling.
"not if I can help it" she shot back and stand up and chanted the release chant, her body glowed blue as the chant begun and Maya was hesitating as her fangs and eyes change as kagome chant. Naruku tried to stop her only to be caught between the inu brothers in a battle soon the chant was over and after the battle with naruku with a combination of sesshomaru and inuyasha attacks, naruku disintegrate leaving the costume behind.
"shit" curse inuyasha.
Kagome faint after she finish the chant and inuyasha rush to catch her before she could hit the ground.
Maya was out of the chains that held her hands and feet, she saw her cousin and friends injured in the eyes of the angel of death. Her body begun to change into the angel of life, with every thing on her was pure. She had pure white wings and pure light blue eyes and hair. She walks up slowly towards them and her necklace glowed the color of her hair. She walk up to sango who had fainted over her brother when she was fighting him, Maya heal both of them and begun to heal the rest. When she came to sesshomaru he refuses to let her heal or even touch him.
"you can hate me or Maya but your wounds need to be attend to" she said and heal him. Then her necklace glowed white and a bright light covered the area, they shield their eyes from the light. When the light faded they saw that they were not in the forest any more but in the castle of the western lands.
Every one look at each other with questions in their eyes. Sango saw her brother all heal and well and smiling at her, she hug him as tears rolled down her eyes. Inuyasha look at his mate to see she was ok, and then look at everyone. Every one heard a loud 'thud' like some one fell. They look at the sound to find that Maya fainted and hit the floor pretty hard. She was covered in blood, her heart beat was irregular and her breathing was short and small.
She had heal every one but herself. She was in bad condition, her hair was mess up with blood and dirt, her skin fill with dirt and cuts and deep wounds which wasn't healing fast as a demon should.
Soon her hair turn from red to black, her claws turn into normal finger nails, she turned human.
"shit" curse inuyasha as he rush to her side along with kagome.
"damn it she use up all her energy, she is going to die if her bleeding don't stop" he said.
She needed help serious help if she is going to survive. They got her in her room and the maids brought water and herbs to stop the bleeding. The wound to her heart wasn't heal properly and it bleed the most.
An hour later they had finish cleaning her up and bandage her wounds, the bleeding had stop with a little help of sesshomaru's saliva which his brother persuade him to lick her wounds to help her heal faster.
Rin was happy that they were back but not happy that her mother was ill as inuyasha put it. They didn't want her to see Maya in her condition as yet. She was sad and shippou was also sad because he could hear her irregular heart beat and dragged breathing, she smelt like death.
How is death going to take her when she is the angel of death who take souls of the dead and send them to their right full after life in hell or heaven?
Night fell and they ate in silence afraid of bring up what happened today. Sadness filled kagome's eyes as did sango. Inuyasha was feeling her sadness because of the mating bond and this made him uncomfortable and grouchy.
"wow who would of thought she was that powerful" inuyasha said out of the blue.
"yeah she is amazing" said Ayame.
"she is gonna be ok right inuyasha?" kagome asked with tears in her eyes.
"yes baby she is" he replied comforting her.
The maids showed kouga and Ayame their room that they were staying in. kagome was a few days away from giving birth to her baby or pup as the demons called their young.
She asked for Ayame to stay to meet the new addition to the family and also for sesshomaru to take part in the baby's life.
Two weeks later.
Maya woke up to the sound of her stomach; it was telling her she was hungry and really hungry. She felt like shit. She felt like she hasn't eaten for weeks which that never happen. She tried to get up but groan in pain she felt from her chest. The only thing that was on her mind was food, she needed food.
She got up and ignore the pain and started to walk out the door to the kitchen. She walk pass people she don't even know but said morning and hi to each person she passed. They look at her like she was nuts or crazy because it was late evening and she is greeting them like it is morning.
On her way to the kitchen, she smell a delicious aroma which made her stomach growl in want. Every one turn to the noise, she smiled uneasily at them and continue. Sesshomaru spotted her and sigh, out of all days for her to wake up. This eveningthey werecelebrating the birth of his nephew and close a treaty between the northern lands. It was an important day; he made everyone dress up pleasant for the evening. Now she walk out of her room in her undergarments or what she calls them sleeping clothes with a robe on, funny right, she couldn't see that everyone is dress for something special, but maybe not, she's been sleeping for two weeks now and her brain hasn't wake up yet with her body.
Inuyasha spotted her too and saw the look on his brother's face which told him he wasn't too happy the way she was. Quickly he grab kagome hands and walk up to her. He could tell she was still in pain and could hear her heart beat, it was still irregular but it was beating more lively than before. He could also hear her noisy stomach.
"oh hey guys ….. why are you so dressy?" Maya asked as she meet them, and then heard her stomach again. "wait answer that later when I have something to put in here to shut it up ok" she said pointing to her belly. Then she walk pass them and went straight to the kitchen.
In the kitchen, the cooks and maids were busy preparing food." oh goody food" Maya squeal like a child.
The cooks look at her and smile, they haven't seen her in a while from that day and thought that she would be hungry and gave her a plate of food. Maya squealed again and clap her hands like a child and began to eat.
After four plates of food, two bowls of salad, six plates of desert, Maya was full, she thank the cooks and walk out the kitchen. Maya was walking from the kitchen to the bedrooms which was upstairs, she notice that there were a lot of people in the castle. A wave of pain hit her in the chest and she clung to her left side of her chest. After the pain was gone she started walking again only to bump into Alira.
"sorry" Maya mumble.
"oh it you again the pleasure slave, what are you doing down here in place of royalty?" Alira asked.
"I'm sorry miss whatever you are, as I said before I'm no pleasure slave, oh and for royalty I don't care, now if you will excuse me I think I be going now" Maya answered and walk past her.
"stop pleasure slave" Alira command.
Maya stop, she has no time to waste with this bitch, she needed rest to get rid of this pain she been feeling.
Maya turn to her "look woman, I got no time for your shit, get a man in your life to take your shit, and for the last time I am no pleasure slave, I live here, what? your head is hard like granite nothing can get through? Say it with me Maya is no pleasure slave, Maya lives here, you understaney". Maya said the last part in a child voice like the woman was stupid.
By now the both women had the attention of the guests. Maya felt uncomfortable with all eyes looking at her like that. "what?" she asked innocently. The women giggle at her and smiled and the men return to their partners and smile at them. Sesshomaru appear and held Alira hands and glared at Maya "apologize" he commanded her, while Alira smirk at her.
"why? she started it" said Maya pouting, for some reason she felt childish. "Maya" he said her name in a warning tone. a wave of pain hit her again and she clutch her chest, this time the pain was intense. After the pain was gone she look at him to see he was dead serious and then to the rest who stop their activities and turn their attention to her.
She sigh, this wasn't the way things suppose to be. He wasn't suppose to be holding her hands and backing her up. She had lost him for good now, there is no way he could love her now that he knows she kill his parents.
"am sorry." Then she turn to the crowd "am sorry everyone for my behavior, I'm just having mood swings. Please enjoy your night." She said blushing at the embarrassing thing she had to make up.
She turn to sesshomaru who didn't show interest in her anymore, so she left. She made her way upstairs to meet Rin all dress up in her little dress. she look so cute that it put a smile on her sad face.
"hi mommy" said Rin.
"hello sweetie you look pretty this evening" Maya said to her.
"mommy why aren't you dress for the celebration?" rin asked her. "celebration?" asked Maya.
"rin go down stairs and get something to eat" came a voice behind her only belong to sesshomaru.
Rin nodded and left. Maya turn around to face him. "May I ask what you wish form me?" she asked.
"you would go and change into a suitable out fit to attend the celebration and the closing of the treaty between the western lands and the northern lands." He command.
"no" she answered coldly and started to walk to her room. When she reach in her room she heard the door close and an angry demon growl.
"am not asking you, am telling you" he growled at her. "no" she said again. "am not going down there for that thing to insult me and embarrass me when am not feeling good" she said softly. He walk up to her and held her by the throat. Her heart begun to beat fast at an irregular rate, her breathing was short.
Sesshomaru smell her blood and look for where its coming from. His eyes gaze over her breast where there was blood seeping out of the material. He throw her on the bed in disgust then sigh after he heard her groan of pain.
The pain was intense and she couldn't handle it and began to cry. Tears flow freely down her cheeks.
"it hurts, it hurts" she choked out softly.
Sesshomaru sigh, his heart cried out to help her but at the same time wanted her to suffer. His demon side saw her as his mate and wanted to help no matter what. He sigh again when he smelt her tears, he walk over to the bed and climb on top of her, he heard her gasp for air as he tried not to put all of his body weight on her.
His hands made their way to her shirt neck to remove it.
"please no more pain, am sorry, am sorry I won't do it again, am sorry for hurting you, am sorry" she chanted.
He look at her face only to see pain, it did hurt him to see her in pain. He removed her shirt and inspect her wound, it was the same wound that naruku gave her; it had reopen and bleeding at a fast rate.
He lean in a begun to lick the wound, and drink her blood, it was a lot of blood, it was like feeding off of her but he need the bleeding to stop.
After 5 minutes of drinking her blood the bleeding stop, he heard her heart beating slowly and irregularly like the first time, her breathing was dragged and short. She was still too weak to heal her self and at this rate she could bleed to death. He sigh as he watch he face fill with less pain.
He bit his wrist and place it at her mouth and let her drink it. "Maya you need to drink my blood" he whispered in her ears. Then she begun to drink his blood, he had no right making her drink his blood but she needed it to survive. It was also apart of the mating ritual to share blood and from the looks of it they had share more than enough blood that was needed.
As she drink his blood, it was sending waves of pleasure in his body, a groan escape his lips as he fought with is demon desires for her, her tongue lap the blood and each time her tongue touch his skin, it sends waves of pleasure in him. He was getting arouse at a fast rate. His lips met her wound again as he licks and suck at it, she moans at his touch.
She stops drinking and open her eyes to see red lustful ones looking at her, she could see his needed for her, his want, his love and also a little hate towards her. She smiled at him in hope that the hate she saw would disappear but it did not, he lean in a capture her lips in a sweet but rough kiss. She could feel his need for her with the passion from his kiss, but also she felt his fight and frustration in deciding to punish her for killing his parents. He broke the kiss panting trying to control his demon desires.
"are you in pain?" he asked softly. "yes" she whispered. "where does it hurt?" he asked. "in here" she answered pointing to her heart.
He could tell that his demon blood had already heal her wound and heart by her regular breathing and heart beat. She was good as new. But why does she say her heart hurts.
"why does it hurt" he asked.
"because I can't be with the one I love" she replied.
"and why is that?" he questioned.
"am not sure he loves me anymore, he knows I was the one responsible for his parents' death because I was under the command chant." She answered. "I feel left out, like some one took my place in his heart, I feel like am not needed, I'm hurt" she added.
He look into her eyes to see that she was hurt, he wanted to tell her no one will ever take her place but for now he has to tend to the celebration and get over the fact that she killed his parents' even if she was under command chant.
He sigh and got off of her and walk to wards the door "I have no treatment for that pain, you will stay here and rest and hope the pains stop, for tomorrow you training continues" he said and left.
Maya sob as tears roll down her face; she did lose him, everything, his care, his touch, and his love. She cried her self to sleep.
A week later
Maya training went from excellent progress to bad progress, for some reason she wasn't concentrating on the fighting thus causing her to lose, even to the weakest soldier. Her powers are no different, she can't summon anything, she can't control movement of the elements of earth, and she can't even heal a small scratch.
Her sensei says her powers are weal by her emotions and at this moment she is hading and locking away her feelings and emotions. She only show her smile to the new addition to the family Hakuyaru, also know as haku for short. He was everything like inuyasha but cuter, little inu ears, little fangs, golden eyes, his mother's nose and eye brows, his mom smile. He was perfect combination of inuyasha and kagome.
She spends a lot of time with him, rin and shippou playing, that's the only time you can see joy in her eyes.
Sango was expecting her little bundle of joy and also Ayame. Maya was happy for them and even said she is going to spoil them all.
But to tell the truth she want her own bundle of joy.
At the present moment Maya was training with inuyasha as her new partner. She wasn't doing very good and inuyasha said he wasn't going easy on her.
"Maya what's wrong? Concentrate" he said as their swards clash each other. "I am" she replied.
"then concentrate harder" he demand.
"I am" she replied.
"you want to get kill out there Maya, fight like you know how to" he command.
"I am" she repeated.
"no your not" he growl as one of her swards came flying out of her hands.
"you are not fighting to stay alive, you are fighting like a weakly who bound for death" he lectured her.
"I am" she said as her sward clash hard against his. She kept clashing at his sward continuously with increasing speed.
"I am a weakling, I am bound for death," she said as their swards hit, "I lost my heart, my love, I feel nothing" she continued. Inuyasha was surprise she attack like that she was putting her emotions into the battle and her powers travel through her sward.
"maybe I wasn't suppose to be love, I deserve to treated like that after what I did" she said depressed.
"I am a monster, I am death, I am the devil's angel, and I am nothing if I don't got love" she continued.
"who would love a monster?" she asked as inuyasha sward came flying out of his hands and tears flow down her cheeks.
"Maya" he said softly at the hurting girl. She drop her sward and said "am sorry" and disappeared in thin air.
Maya needed to get out of there and go as far as she could go to control her emotions. She cried her self to sleep every night from since that day.
"god damn it" he curse. "SESSHOMARU" he shouted from the dojo. "SESSHOMARU BRING YOU FLUFF ASS DOWN HERE AND FIGHT ME" inuyasha shouted. minutes later sesshomaru walk in. "what are you making all that noise for the baby wants to sleep" he said.
"well aren't you the loving and caring one" mumbled inuyasha as he throw him a sward.
They begin; "I see no point in this" said sesshomaru as they clash swards. "yes I do, to get answers from you" inuyasha said.
"tell me brother dear, do you know why Maya is not doing well in her training?" inuyasha asked his brother as he swings his sward in an attack but missed.
"from what I have heard that her mind is some where else and her emotions controls the way she use her powers in her training are not there as well" sesshomaru answered.
"do you know where they are?" his brother asked as his sward clash against his.
"no" he answered.
"they are all on you, the person who broke her heart, who took her love away and did not return it, the person who made her feel so guilty for what she didn't do by her own will, some one she loves that never stands up for her. You sesshomaru." Inuyasha said.
" her emotions inside hurt so badly, I could feel her emotions of sadness, guilt , hurt, they were radiating off her so badly, she thinks she's a monster from guilt that you make her feel, she thinks she'd not suppose to be love because you avoid her" he continue.
"Tell me inuyasha, how do you know this?" sesshomaru asked his brother as his sward clash with inuyasha's.
"I can tell by the way she looks at you, her feelings show, sesshomaru and they are all directed to you." Inuyasha answered.
"no not that how you know, did she tell you?" sesshomaru asked as he did his attack and inuyasha dodge it with a few scratches.
"oh that, she just fight me and well just say she had a break down, she was fighting with incredible speed and agility while letting out her emotions out on her opponent which was me" inuyasha replied as he attack.
"what should I do?" sesshomaru asked as his demon side felt guilt and sadness.
"dear beloved brother simple love" inuyasha replied, "love her, like she loves you with all her heart" he continue.
The fight ended when sesshomaru sward came flying out of his hand.
"but first talk to her and learn her feelings and understand them and she would do the same to you" inuyasha advised and left the dojo room to check on his mate and pup.
Maya appeared in her room and drop in her bed and cried in her pillow.
why are you like this princess?
I am sad and depress because I lost my love.
You are not sure you lost all of him,
Yes I did
No you did not, he stills talk to you and you are his friend.
Yes you are right
So cherish his friendship and soon it won't hurt as much, at least you have his friendship.
Yes
So no more tears, and be that beautiful happy friend.
Yes you are right…………………. Hey who are you?
Well am you, part of you.
Thanks
You welcome am always here, like I can go anywhere.
Maya giggle at the comment the little voice in her head said and a big smile came on her face.
She went and look in her duffle bag and took her psp and sat on the bed with the headphones in her ears and play her games. Hour later she watch her movies she had in her duffle bagfor the psp. She laugh and giggle while she watch.
Sesshomaru as walking down the hall when he heard soft voices and giggles. He follow the sound to Maya's room, he knock but she didn't answer. He open the door slowly and walk in. Maya didn't even notice that some one came in her room, she was having fun watching south park. Sesshomaru saw her lying on the bed with her legs kick up and dangling at the end of the bed, her pillows were place upon one other to support that thing she played her music in her time. He heard her giggle again. She was watching that thing with wires running from her play thing to her ears.
"Maya" he called out to her but she didn't respond, but laugh at what a voice said.
Maya roll on her back with the psp in her hands, her eyes met gold then she realize that he was in her room. She pause her psp and take out the headphones out of her ears.
"hehehe, you said something?" she asked "I'm sorry I didn't hear you, please repeat" she continue pouting and her index finger poking her bottom lip.
He just stared at her then left her room but not before hearing her huff and pout. She return to her movie.
It was like that between them, evening when she was hurting she hide it with a smile. She smile and pouted at him when he ask her something and she wasn't paying attention. She look at him with love and cherish their friendship.
Sesshomaru wasn't sure that was Maya, she acted different from what inuyasha said. He notice she improve her training. Maybe she got back her feelings and emotions and she is over what happen between them.