Disclaimers on everything that I don't own.
Lullaby,
By Winterwing3000
The sound of crashing waves always calmed her.
She was lucky that her lord lived nearby the opened ocean, where his vast yet nearly empty castle was situated. Actually, on the cliff of a high mountain with a sandy beach that lead to a forest.(1)
It held a beautiful sight to the horizon and sunset. The fiery reds, oranges, purple and yellows would blend together, casting an abstract art into the sky. The sea surf would crash against the bluffs and sometimes, majestic and wonderous fishes with a dorsal backbone and a thin long beak, would break through the surface of the waters and jump into the sky, shadowing the sun.
Sighing, she brushed her whipping bangs from her eyes and pulled out the large ornamented clip from her brown hair, releasing the knee-length tresses from the tight bun. The day was ending and she was tired.
Tired from everything.
Her lord, her "lady", and…
Their children.
She always hoped that one day her lord would accept her as she was, and take her as his mate. But that seemed too real to be true. Even though her lord held a prejudice against humans, she knew that she was different. She didn't mingle with those lowlifes and was… afraid of them. So… her lord allowed her to stay with him, forever if she'd like. And he ended up mating with a royal bird demon of the south, Lady Hamasaki. In their seven years of bonding, they had four brats, each a mixture of their parents… that day, her mind and soul disappeared once she reached down to her place by the sea.
The sound of waves did not help her… they were calm and silent, mourning for her loss.
Later she learnt that she was assigned to them… as a guardian and nursemaid. Even though they all dislike her due to her race, they respected her well enough, knowing that it was her lord who told them to do so.
It made her heart break every time she saw her lord and his mate together, walking side by side as she had done so with him so many years ago. Was that really the past?
She picked up a small snail –like shell from the water, which just had washed ashore. Smiling sadly, she closed her honey-brown eyes, pressing it against her cold lips then held it to her ear.
Her mother always told her that the shells could tell her the story of the sea. How it became and died, and… reborn.
Casting a look into the heavens above her, she shook her head. Maybe… it was her time to be reborn…
Heaving a heavy breath, she dropped her hair ornament and slipped off her shoes and kimono, leaving them on the sandy bay. Standing naked in the middle of the seashore, in front of the water, she took a steady step in. The water was chilled, from the lack of sunlight, but… that wouldn't stop her.
She could hear the lullaby of the sea, calling and singing to her. Lifting her hand with the chalky shell, she listened as she took another step, humming the song that she heard.
Soon, from a distance, her shadow disappeared from the golden shore and the shell floated back to land.
Her lullaby continued on with her melodic voice captured with in the seashell.
Note: Rin is 17, Sesshomaru's 700+
(1) – referring to Inuyasha Movie 3, "Sword of World Conquet" (once again!). In the beginning scenes where a younger Sesshomaru and his father, InuTaisho discussed the meanings of his tyranny and whether there was something that he would like to protect with the swords that would be given to him.
This is for the LJ Community "30kisses" without the underscore. The theme is #29 (the sound of waves).