A.N." I was waiting to write tis chappie! XD"
Chapter 11 : Look at me Without you for six Years!
It had been six years since InuTaisho had left and Sesshomaru was becoming quite the young man. Being eleven years of age wasn't that easy though. When you reach the age of ten in the Shoheki Village, you would have to take on many responsiblities. However, a couple years back, life became easier for Sesshomaru because Meiyomaru had been elected to serve under the Eastern Lands as general, and a good and friendly councilman was elected general for the Shoheki Village. Sesshomaru and the new general, who's name was Shuseimaru, begame great friends almost too quickly.
Everything seemed to change in the last six years since InuTaisho had left. Ah-un, if you're curious to know became a full-grown dragon, and learned the language of youkai, but kept that a secret between Sesshomaru Jaken and himself. Jaken still continued to train his pupil, but cut his moustache. Sesshomaru's mother was now one jump away from becoming the next general! Everything seemed to be working out, until one sunny afternoon.
The pup was outside with his dragon and stroking Ah-un's scaley back when a familiar voice was heard.
" Master Sesshomaru!" A little flea said as he hopped along the creek. Sesshomaru looked over his shoulder and saw an unforgetable blood-sucker, it was Myoga! Myoga bounded up and down until he reached Sesshomaru's neck.
" It feels so refreshing to be tasting something so simalar to your mother's blood." The flea said as he sucked Sesshomaru's blood. The pup almost instanly slapped Myoga off his neck, and onto his hand.
" So are you still the coward that you always were, Myoga?" Sesshomaru said looking down at the flea with coldness. Myoga almost fainted when he saw Sesshomaru's dark expression, but kept his cool.
" No! I'm not here to talk with you, I'm here to show an old friend the way to this place." The flea said leaping off of Sesshomaru's palm. The pup was confused. Who would trust Myoga that much to follow him? Ah-un hissed when a low groanong was heard behind him. Sesshomaru looked over his shoulder and stood up seeing a three-eyed cow, and an old man riding on the back of the animal.
" State your buisness." The pup said giving the old man a cold glare. The man looked amused. He jumped off of his cow and searched Sesshomaru.
" What the-" Sesshomaru stammered. The old youkai looked displeased as he eyed both the pup's hips.
" You don't have them? Tetsusaiga and Tensaiga?" The old man said glumly. Sesshomaru stopped the attack he was about to unleash. Tetsusaiga and Tensaiga. Those were InuTaisho's swords! Did this strange man know the pup's father?
" You know InuTaisho of the Western Lands?" Sesshomaru asked showing no sign of pure expression. The old youkai scratched his head. Ah-un crouched into a bounding stance as he saw the man do so, and was ready to attack any moment, until Sesshomaru signaled for the dragon to seize his anger. The two-headed beast growled and took a step back.
" You are indeed, his son, but your were nicer when you were small." The old man said looking at Sesshomaru coldly. The pup gave a step back, and returned the glare.
" What do you mean by such words? I have never seen you in my life." Sesshomaru stated with ice in his voice, slightly growling. The man gave a loud laugh when he heard those last words. The pup didn't like this old youkai.
" Well, I don't blame you for not remembering me. You were a newborn last time I saw you. You held my hand, well my fingure, do you recall of such...Sesshomaru?" The old man said smiling. As a matter of fact, the old man's scent was very familiar, and his voice was even more. But Sesshomaru showed no expression as he spoke.
" The swords. Did you come here for the swords, Tesusaiga and Tensaiga?" The pup stated changing the subject. Myoga bounded onto the old man's shoulder and began to talk.
" So, Totosai, have you come to take back the swords, Tetsusaiga and Tensaiga." The so-called Totosai nodded his head.
" Take them back?" Sesshomaru questioned with some care in his voice. Ah-un, again, shifted into his attack stance, and Sesshomaru did not hault those actions. Myoga hopped onto Sesshomaru palm and began to blabber.
" Well, Master Sesshomaru, since Lord InuTaisho hasn't retured in six years, Totosai and I figured he will never return to wield such weapons." Sesshomaru gave a bright smirk, making Ah-un run at least a mile into the forest. The dragon knew that when his Master smiled something dreadful would happen.
" You know Myoga, I would predict that myself... BESIDE THE FACT THAT YOU WILL BE CAST IN THE NETHERWORLD FOR SAYING SOMETHING OF SUCH DISGRACE!" Sesshomaru yelled squishing the flea in between his thumb and forefingure. Myoga fluttered down to the dirt when Ah-un and Sesshomaru made their leave back to the castle.
As soon as the pup entered the castle, he dashed through the silent corridor, making his way to the forbidden east wing. Sesshomaru hurried up the steps which led to InuTaisho's bedchamber. He slid the shoji open and gave a sigh of releif to find that the swords were still there. Sesshomaru grabbed the swords Tetsusaiga and Tensaiga, leaving Sounga in the corner. He ran about the halls to his quaters, and placed the swords in the sheets of his futon. He couldn't let Myoga or Totosai take them back. They were the only memory he had of his father, and he wasn't going to let them dissapear.
As Sesshomaru headed out the door he stopped and looked back. There was a rattling sound behind him, and he found that his bedsheets were shaking. The pup cautiosly walked toward his futon, and pulled back the layers of satin. Tensaiga was shaking rapidly, and was sliding out of its sheath. As soon as it found its way out it began to screech a horrid sound only dog relations could hear.
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InuTaisho twiched his ears, and as the screech became louder he moaned in pain, and gritted his teeth. Izaiyoi was on the back of the mighty dog and tugged at his furr. She climbed down from the back of InuTaisho and tried to help him calm down. The giant dog whined as he fell into a laying stance. Tensaiga had been opened!
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Sesshomaru reached for the sword and put a tight grip on the sword's handle. The cries of Tensaiga stopped as soon as the pup's hand touched it's tip. Sesshomaru let it go, and it made the horrible screech again. The pup immeadeitly grabbed hold of the sword once more, and its whines haulted. A light came from the weapon and alluminated Sesshomaru's body.
" Um... You're welcome?" Sesshomaru said thinking he was half crazy. The pup then felt something on his cheek. He reached for it and felt no scar. The scar that had been there eversince Meiyomaru had hit Sesshomaru vanished.
" Uh... Thank you." The pup said actually feeling some thanks. The sword trust itself back into the sheath and no longer whined. Satsuki came storming down the hallway and opened Sesshomaru's shoji with one quick snap. As soon as she saw the swords her temper was calmed.
" Sesshomaru," she started after many moments of silence," that sword that you are holding, it...it...it doesn't cooperate with anyone but..." Sesshomaru's mother then silenced herself and exited the room. Before she closed the door she whispered the name InuTaisho.
Sesshomaru looked down at the sword and paused. Only his father could handle this weapon, but with a single touch its cries were silenced. An icy feeling then entered Sesshomaru's heart as he tried to hold back tears. What if his father really was dead, and for this reason the sword had called apon a new Master? Sesshomaru fell to his knees and didn't cry, he couldn't anymore, but he wanted to, for his father, that could be a pile of bones by now.
As he felt his world becoming grey, he heard a beautiful voice from down below. A blue light was seeping through the sheath of Tensaiga and Sesshomaru dropped the sword onto the floor. The light became a girl with long white hair, dressed in a kimono with every shade of blue. Her body was glowing and bright, and Sesshomaru rubbed his eyes in disbalief.
" I am the sheath of Tensaiga." The glowing being said as she approached the pup. Sesshomaru backed away slightly.
" It is strange that the sword cries, but that you, a youkai child, does not. You have a body, that can cry, and is one of your first moves in life, but you of such a young soul does not even tremble." The little girl said as she looked down apon a suprised Sesshomaru. The small girl who claimed to be Tensaiga's sheath, floated towards the pup, and said many sounds as if singing.
" Ai, loo, mei, to, meio, meiyo, meiyomaru. Your fears are apon many things such as Meiyomaru, but one of your most deep fears is that of losing your father. Ai, loo, i, inu, inutaisho. InuTaisho is your father and you fear of losing him, you fear of losing him more than any of your fears. Ai, loo, s, sess, sessho, sesshomaru. Your name is Sesshomaru and I want you to be my sword's Master, for you will overcome those fears if you do." The spirit said with a smile. Sesshomaru than thrust the sword into its sheath and hid the weapon undreneath the blankets of his futon.
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The next day, Sesshomaru ran down the steps of the castle and found Master Jaken waiting for him in the courtyard. Sesshomaru approached his Master and spoke.
" Master, I have set a goal now... I will venture beyond the barrier to seek out my father." The pup said leaving Jaken with widened eyes.
" My pupil, out of all the foolish things in the world, this has to be the most bufoonish proposal in the history of youkai!...But... I will help to succeed in this mission... for I was like that myself in my younger years." Jaken said leaving a bright smile inprinted on his student's lips.
" Thank you Master." Sesshomaru said embracing his Master, still pondering the words which the sheath had spoken to him.
A.N." Well, that's the end of this chapter! ( = THANX sooooooooooooooooooooooooooo oooooooooooo...two hours later... oooooo much for reveiwing, favoriting, or following! Next chappie has lots of goodies! Till next chapter! XD