Chapter 26:
It's evening, when a nice cool breeze is blowing through the air. The gentle breeze is blowing at Adrian, who still hasn't woken up yet. The wind is stirring Adrian's hair around a bit.
Adrian's bat ears suddenly twitch, as she starts to come to. Adrian opens her eyes, slowly, when she notices that she's on something that's furry.
It is soon realized that Adrian is on the back of a red dog demoness. "Who are you?" Adrian asks. The dog demoness lifts up her head and turns to look over her shoulder at her. Adrian soon recognizes the markings on the cheeks of the dogs face, as well as the black crescent moon and dark red flame birthmark on her forehead. "Ashuri, is that you?" Asks Adrian. Ashuri nods and then turns to look where she's going. "So, this is your true form as a dog demoness. I must say, you make a very adorable puppy. You're also very fluffy." Adrian says. "I shall take that as a compliment." Ashuri thinks to herself. "It was meant to be a compliment." Says Adrian. Ashuri's eyes suddenly widen, surprised that she heard that. "Did you just hear what I was thinking?" Ashuri thinks to herself. "Yes." Adrian says. "Wait, so you can understand me while I'm in this form?" Ashuri thinks to herself. "I can't exactly speak your dog language, if that's what you mean. I can hear your thoughts though." Says Adrian. "So, you can hear my thoughts? Since when have you been able to do that?" Ashuri thinks to herself. "I was born with this ability. At least I think I was, I don't know. I started hearing people's thoughts at a young age, before I met you and the others." Adrian says. "When did you start realizing you had this ability?" Ashuri thinks to herself. Adrian looks away. Ashuri looks back at Adrian, she looks a little worried, as if she might have said something to upset her. "Adrian, you don't have to tell me if you don't want to. If what I asked upset you, I'm sorry I said anything." Ashuri thinks to herself. "No, it's fine. I'm not upset at you. I need to start facing my past, no matter how painful it was." Says Adrian. "You don't have to move on until you are ready. I understand how painful the past can be. In fact, all of us do. I mean, you were abandoned by your parents when you were just a young pup, far too young to fend for yourself. Heiri got separated from her parents at a young age. After that, she was on her own until she was six and stumbled into my kingdom. However, my father had her locked up in our dungeon because of what my family had gone through with the half-breeds. And I treated her so horribly, all because of my upbringing and the constant bloodshed between the people of my kingdom and the half-breeds. Then after six months of being locked up, my mother found out about Heiri being locked away in our dungeon and went against my father for the first time in her life. My mother took Heiri into her care, nurtured her back to health, made she always received the treatment and care she needed from our healers, and made sure she was well educated, all against my father's protests. Then with me, my father was always hard, cold and angry with everyone, from the castle staff to his own family. And my mother, because of all the constant abuse and anger problems, she's been in an unhappy and abusive marriage with my father from the start. So, in order to cope with all the constant arguments with my father and the abuse the she received from him, she started drinking quite a bit. Of course, she never drank while she was pregnant with any of us, father wouldn't allow her to. However, even though she would drink constantly, she would always make sure Yukina and I were alright. She even made sure Heiri was okay when she took her under her care. Then, three years after Pyrochan was born, Allie's step-mother was killed. And soon after her death, Allie found out that Nikori wasn't even her birth mother and that hers left shortly after she was born, leaving her to be raised by her father. And then you left." Ashuri thinks to herself. "Listen, I thought leaving was the right thing to do at the time. Only, I was wrong in my decision. I made Allie suffer when I should have stayed with her through her step-mother's passing and finding the truth about her maternity." Adrian says. "Allie doesn't blame you for leaving, none of us do. We just didn't understand why you left. When you didn't come home for the burial, she just figured it was too painful for you to face and that you would return when it was over. Only, when she woke up the following day, you weren't there. You were no where to be found." Ashuri thinks to herself. "How long have you been searching for me?" Asks Adrian. "Ever since you left six years ago." Ashuri thinks to herself. "Such a long time." Adrian says. "However, it would seem that you have kept yourself busy in the meantime." Ashuri thinks to herself. "What are you getting at?" Asks Adrian. "I'm talking about Naraku and how you got yourself pregnant with his pup. Twice, I might add. I guess, what I'm trying to ask is, did you leave to be with him?" Ashuri thinks to herself. "No, you don't understand the whole story behind all this and I wasn't pregnant with Kanna at thirteen either. It happened shortly after the Sacred Jewel came back into existence. It's like I said before, she looks older than what she is due to Naraku performing a voodoo pregnancy. He did the same thing with our son." Adrian says. "See, you're saying 'our' again. As if you actually do carry feelings for that monster who claims you as his mate." Ashuri thinks to herself. "Ashuri, listen to me. I don't feel anything for Naraku, I never have. Naraku is only the father of my pups, nothing more. Besides, I have only been Naraku's mate for a couple years or so." Says Adrian. "How did you come across him?" Ashuri thinks to herself. "Lets just say, I had no choice in being that bastard's mate and leave it at that. I don't wish to discuss this anymore." Adrian says. "That's fine, you don't have to. But know that if you do wish to discuss anything, I'm here for you and so is Allie and Heiri. We are all here for you whenever you want to talk about it." Ashuri thinks to herself. "Ashuri, where's Sesshomaru? I thought he would be with you." Says Adrian. "Sesshomaru stayed behind to deal with Naraku. He instructed me to run away and get you out of there." Ashuri thinks to herself. "He what?" Adrian asks. "You're surprised? I thought you would have expected that from Sesshomaru." Ashuri thinks to herself. "What do you mean?" Asks Adrian. "Isn't it obvious? He cares for you and he looks out for you. I don't exactly understand it. However, I have noticed that, that is how he is around you." Ashuri thinks to herself. "I never noticed it. I have been so preoccupied with getting Naraku out of my life and keeping him from getting to you and the others, I never realized it." Adrian says.
"You never realized what, my dear?"
Adrian's eyes suddenly widen, in surprise. Ashuri's widen, in anger. Adrian turns to look over her shoulder to see none other than… "Naraku…" Says Adrian.
Naraku smirks and lands on Ashuri's back. Ashuri's growling at Naraku, her canines clenched, just like any normal dog. Ashuri's not liking the fact that Naraku's on her back. "Tell your mutt to calm herself down." Naraku says.
Ashuri just growls at him more, for being called a mutt. Adrian stands up to face Naraku. "Ashuri is not a mutt and she does not like being called as such. How did you even manage to escape Sesshomaru?" Asks Adrian.
"That dog never stood a chance. Lord Sesshomaru's gone." Naraku says.
Ashuri's eyes are now showing sadness and she's whimpering a bit. Adrian looks back at Ashuri. "Ashuri..." Adrian thinks to herself. She then brings her attention back to Naraku.
"What, are you going to fight me now? Your going to avenge the death of the mighty Lord Sesshomaru? You don't have the strength or the power to defeat me. You're nothing but a mere half-breed and you're weaker due to your wounds and the poison that's slowly entering your systems. Once that happens, you'll come crawling back to me and begging me for your very life." Says Naraku.
"You are wrong, Naraku." Adrian says.
"Hm, in what way am I wrong?" Asks Naraku.
Adrian moves the transparent fabric that covers her midriff, the wound that he inflicted her with is nearly healed, it just looks like a jagged scar now, but it will soon look as if it was never there. "The wound that you gave me is healing. Have you forgotten it takes me three days or so to heal my wounds depending on the deepness of the wound? This wound will be healed and shall be gone by tomorrow evening." Adrian says. She lets the fabric go and it slides back into place.
"But you're still being infected by my miasma, aren't you? And you made it worse by redirecting the miasma that was infecting Ashuri into yourself." Says Naraku.
"What?! Adrian, did you seriously do that to yourself?" Ashuri thinks to herself. Adrian nods. "Yes." Adrian says. "But why? You didn't have to do that." Ashuri thinks to herself. Adrian turns to look back at her. "Because I did it to save you. You risked your life countless times to try and save me. I wanted to return the favor, don't worry about it I'm fine. As long as the miasma doesn't reach my heart, I shall be alright." Says Adrian. When she looks back to face Naraku, he's suddenly right there in front of herself.
Naraku grabs Adrian with one of his tentacles and knocks her over with a lot of force, sending her nearly falling off of Ashuri, only she manages to grab a hold of her side, cutting her a bit with her claws.
Ashuri reacts to the impact, making a small growl and then turns into a little whimper.
"Sorry, Ashuri." Adrian says.
"As long as you are alright, I'm fine. Now, hurry and climb back up. Use my fur to help you out if you have to." Ashuri thinks to herself.
Adrian takes her advice and uses her fur to get herself back onto her back.
As soon as she does, Naraku smacks Adrian with the back of his hand and it was with enough strength to send her flying backwards, landing hard onto Ashuri's shoulder-blades.
Ashuri felt it, but it wasn't hard enough to hurt her or break anything.
Adrian's now being pinned down by Naraku's tentacles, while he places himself on top of her, so it keeps her from trying to fight back or push him off of her. "Naraku, get off of me!" Says Adrian. "You're tone of voice to me is really starting to upset me. Perhaps, I should place a new Jewel fragment inside those vocal cords of yours and make you a mute again." Naraku says. He lifts up a fragment of the Sacred Jewel, prepared to lodge it into Adrian vocal cords. "No, please don't." Says Adrian. "There's no use in pleading me to stop this. Say goodbye to that pretty little voice of yours." Naraku says. "Damn you to Hell, Naraku!" Says Adrian. Naraku places a hand against her face to keep her from moving her head and neck out of the way. "You should've chosen your last words better. Now relax, this won't hurt a bit and if you so much as try to move, Ashuri will get stabbed through and I believe we're right over her heart." Naraku says. "You bastard!" Says Adrian. "Shut up!" Naraku says. He comes very close to lodging it into Adrian's vocals, when she takes a breath and opens her mouth, a high-pitched, ear screeching, sound comes out. It's enough to make Naraku cover his ears.
It's worse for Ashuri's ears, considering she's a dog right now, for her it's like listening to a dog whistle, she's whimpering quite a bit.
"Stop it! I don't know what you're doing, but you need to stop doing it!" Says Naraku.
"Make it stop! My ears can't take it." Ashuri thinks to herself.
Naraku then smacks Adrian in the face, the sound ceases shortly after he does. When Naraku did that, it left three jagged scratch marks on Adrian's left cheek, blood is actually dripping down from them.
Ashuri can smell the scent of blood with her dog nose and she knows whose blood it is. Ashuri's eyes widen, in anger, and she turns her head to glare at Naraku, she's growling right at him, she's pissed.
Naraku then stands up and releases Adrian from his grip, he ended up knocking her out, slightly.
"Come now, be a good little doggy." Naraku says. Ashuri snaps at him, actually trying to bite him.
Naraku flies off of Ashuri's back and levitates in the air.
Ashuri stops running, as she's been doing this whole time, and turns to face Naraku. Ashuri's baring her canines right at Naraku, ready to tear him apart.
"Looks like you need some obedience training. Well, I'll be happy to oblige." Says Naraku. He sends his tentacles at Ashuri, she's able to bite apart most of them, only several of them encircle around her neck and muzzle, tying her mouth shut. Naraku then pierces through Ashuri's shoulder, until it reaches close to her heart and impales through the left ribcage, missing her heart. Ashuri lets out a painful whimper, as Naraku takes his tentacle out from where he impaled her. Then with the tentacles that are encircled around Ashuri's muzzle and neck, he sends her crashing into a few trees, knocking the trees over. Naraku's tentacles unwrap around Ashuri and she's down for the count, lying on her side.
Naraku then walks over to Adrian, who's still unconscious. Adrian must have fallen off of Ashuri's back when she was crashing to the ground because she's lying on the ground near her paws. Naraku's standing over Adrian's motionless body, aside from her breathing. Naraku goes down to his knees next to Adrian and leans over her, slightly. Naraku places a curled up hand against the cheek he scratched. "Look at what you've made me do to you. It's no wonder you despise me so much." Naraku says. He takes his hand away, his fingers stained and dripping Adrian's blood. "You really want to be rid of me, don't you? Well, I can't bring myself to end your life. But with everything you've been through, you probably wish to have it end. All the pain you've ever felt both physically and mentally through the years. I guess, there is only one last option." Says Naraku. He leans down closer towards Adrian, lifts her face up, slightly, and kisses her. It lasts for a few minutes and then Naraku separates his lips from Adrian's. Naraku stands back up and looks down at Adrian. Naraku readies one of his tentacles to pierce Adrian's heart. "This is what you want, isn't it? You've wanted to die for so long and now it'll finally happen. Farewell and don't worry, our pups will join you in death shortly." Naraku says. He lifts up his tentacle and aims it for Adrian's heart, only someone else gets there before he gets the chance to end her life. Naraku's tentacle gets sliced off, releasing toxic miasma. Naraku backs off.
When the miasma clears up, Sesshomaru is standing there, holding the Tokijin at his side.
"Sesshomaru, you survived?" Asks Naraku.
"As if I would have my life ended by scum like you. Dragon Strike!" Sesshomaru says. His attack aims at Naraku and he vanishes.
Sesshomaru then sheathes Tokijin and kneels down to one knee next to Adrian. Sesshomaru places his hand on Adrian's forehead. "You're still breathing and your heart is still beating. So, you're not dead." Says Sesshomaru. He pats the back of his hand on the cheek, that hasn't been scratched, a couple of times.
Adrian opens her eyes shortly after Sesshomaru does this. "Lord Sesshomaru…? You are alive…?" Adrian asks. "Did you really think Naraku had killed me?" Asks Sesshomaru. "What took you so long to find us then?" Adrian asks. "Simply put, Naraku took the cowardly way out and tried to cause a cave in on me." Says Sesshomaru. "I see." Adrian says. "You still have poison in your bloodstream, I can smell it. The scent of the poison has gotten stronger, only it's not spreading any further from the place that it was injected into. Are you in any pain at all?" Asks Sesshomaru. "Unless you count the scratches from Naraku, then no. I managed to use the most of my strength to stop the spread of the poison. Only it's like I said before, the damage from the poison has been done." Adrian says. "I'm sure you can still be helped." Says Sesshomaru. "Not likely and why are you going to so much trouble to help me anyway? You are the last one I would think to try and help someone without something in return." Adrian says. "Just trying to make Ashuri happy, that is all. Now, what damage are you speaking of?" Asks Sesshomaru. "Never mind." Adrian says.
Naraku suddenly reappears. "Sesshomaru, why are you wasting your time fancying her? Come and fight me, Sesshomaru. Unless of course, you're afraid to fight me again." Says Naraku.
Sesshomaru stands back up to his feet and stands in front of Adrian, trying to keep him from getting to her. Sesshomaru unsheathes Tokijin. "I, Sesshomaru, am afraid of no man, woman or creature." Sesshomaru looks over his shoulder at Adrian. "Get yourself out of the way and go see to Ashuri. Go now while I keep Naraku occupied. Or are you still unable to move?" Sesshomaru asks. Adrian tries to move and manages to get herself to stand to her feet, she seems strong enough to stand on her own. Adrian then runs over towards Ashuri.
"Oh, I don't think it's that easy, my dear." Says Naraku. He lifts up his hand and a small dark orb appears in it. It's as black as the poison that was inflicted into Adrian. Naraku squeezes it in his palm.
When he does, sudden pain hits Adrian in her left thigh, where his tentacle pierced through. Adrian falls over and favors at her left thigh.
Naraku then sends his tentacles straight for Adrian.
Sesshomaru runs over to Adrian and grabs her out of the way in time.
Sesshomaru lands beside Ashuri and sets Adrian down. Sesshomaru stands up and looks down at Adrian. "Stay here and see to Ashuri." Sesshomaru says. He takes off to face off against Naraku again.
Naraku and Sesshomaru then take to the skies and battle up in the air.
"Sesshomaru, you are a very confusing demon. However, you saved my life and I'm grateful for that." Adrian thinks to herself. She brings her attention towards Ashuri and brings herself closer to her giant sized dog head. Ashuri's eyes are closed, so her head must have crashed hard into a tree. Adrian kneels down beside Ashuri's head, which is pretty massive compared to her. "Ashuri…" Says Adrian. She stands herself up and leans over Ashuri's head. Adrian shakes Ashuri's head a bit, actually having enough strength to shake most of her head. "Come on, you have to wake up. Come on, open your eyes for me. You're still breathing and your heart is still beating. Come on little puppy dog, don't you give up on me yet." Adrian says.
Ashuri starts to show signs of life. Ashuri whimpers a bit and opens her doggy eyes. Ashuri blinks a couple of times and then looks up at Adrian. "Oh good, you finally woke up. You had me worried for a minute there." Says Adrian. Ashuri moves her head, slightly, snuggling her doggy face against her. Adrian just pets Ashuri on the head, near her crescent moon and flame birthmark. "You might be happy to know that Sesshomaru is still alive, Naraku lied to us." Adrian says. Ashuri's eyes widen a bit, she's glad that Sesshomaru is alive. Ashuri tries to move to get herself up, but she's in too much pain to do so. Adrian places her hands against the fur of Ashuri's chest to try and stop her. "No, Ashuri. Don't move around too much." Says Adrian. She feels something wet from Ashuri's chest fur and takes her hands away, they're now stained with blood. "Ashuri, you are hurt." Adrian says. Ashuri lies herself back down, lying on her belly just like a normal dog would, her front paws lying in front of herself, properly. Adrian sits herself beside one of Ashuri's paws and she rubs at it, brushing through the fur on her paw. "I'm sorry about this." Says Adrian. "For what? It wasn't your fault this happened." Ashuri thinks to herself. "Naraku did this to you. You keep getting hurt because of me, all of you. I didn't want any of this to happen to any of you and for that, I am sorry." Adrian says. Ashuri brings her head down close to her and lies it down beside her. Ashuri moves the paw that Adrian's sitting near and brings her closer to herself, bringing her near the side of her head. "Ashuri, what are you doing?" Asks Adrian. "I'm giving you a big, doggy hug and I'm trying to give you a sense of protection." Ashuri thinks to herself. "You don't have to do that." Adrian says. "I'm a dog demoness. I don't know how to explain it, but when I'm in this form I feel like I have a sense of loyalty and protection because I'm a dog. I don't know if that makes any sense to you, but that's how I feel." Ashuri thinks to herself. "I think I understand what you mean. Thank you, Ashuri." Says Adrian. "For what?" Ashuri thinks to herself. "For everything you have done for me. You and Sesshomaru freed me from Naraku." Adrian says. "I thought you said no one can free you from Naraku." Ashuri thinks to herself. "I doubted you and I apologize for that. Although, I may not be truly free. I guess, this is as close to being free as I can get." Says Adrian. "Adrian, mark my words. I shall do what I can to keep Naraku away from you, I'm sure the others will do the same. I will also have Sesshomaru do what he can to protect you from Naraku." Ashuri thinks to herself. "You don't have to get Sesshomaru to do that." Adrian says.
Ashuri suddenly bursts into flames and as soon as it extinguishes, she has regained her human disguise. Ashuri's now holding Adrian close to herself and caresses her fingers through the waves of her black hair, as if she was a mother protecting her child.
Sesshomaru and Naraku suddenly both land on the ground, they've been fighting this whole time.
"Hm, it would seem that you're starting to lose your hold on her. Ashuri has managed to get through to her heart. I think she's finally done being your puppet, Naraku." Says Sesshomaru.
"Oh, this isn't over. I'm not finished with her just yet." Naraku says. He brings out the black orb again and squeezes it.
Which makes the sudden pain affect Adrian's thigh again. Adrian reacts to it, wincing in pain. "Adrian, what's wrong?" Asks Ashuri. "It's my leg, it keeps throbbing and it hurts very badly." Adrian says. "Here, let me look at it." Says Ashuri. She reaches for where Adrian's holding at, when she looks through the tear in her pants over her left thigh. Black, painful looking, jagged lines are spreading throughout Adrian's thigh, it starts from where Naraku's tentacle pierced through. Ashuri gasps when she sees this, a hand going to her mouth. "Oh my God." Ashuri says.
Sesshomaru has seen it, as well. "So, this is what you meant when you said the damage has been done." Says Sesshomaru.
"Yes." Adrian says.
"Sesshomaru, I'd be more concerned with yourself." Says Naraku. He sends his tentacles at Sesshomaru, he slices at them with the Tokijin. The tentacles suddenly knock Sesshomaru's Tokijin out of his hand and it goes flying. A few tentacles then slam into Sesshomaru and knock him over to the ground.
Sesshomaru skids to the ground, landing on his back. Sesshomaru looks up at Naraku.
"This time you really will die, Lord Sesshomaru. So long." Naraku says. He sends a black colored tentacle straight for Sesshomaru.
"No, Sesshomaru!" Says Ashuri. She closes her eyes, so she doesn't have to watch.
The tentacle comes close to hitting Sesshomaru, only someone else gets in the way. The black tentacle doesn't slow down at all and pierces straight through this person, aiming very close to the heart.
When Ashuri opens her eyes, she gasps, in horror. "No…" Ashuri says.
Sesshomaru seems almost as horrified, in his own prideful way.
Naraku is smirking at this, his black tentacle ended up piercing through Adrian's chest, missing her heart by a few inches. Adrian's wincing in quite a deal of pain. Naraku's laughing. "Don't worry, I missed your precious heart. Now, I set you free to do what you want. But you're still mine, I still own you and that will never change." Says Naraku. "Damn you… Naraku…" Adrian says, pained. Naraku lifts her up, slightly, and then removes the tentacle that he impaled her with.
Sesshomaru gets up and catches Adrian before she can hit the ground.
Sesshomaru then leaps over to Ashuri and sets Adrian down, kneeling down to one knee next to her. Ashuri kneels down beside Adrian on the other side of her. "Adrian, what has Naraku done to you?" Asks Ashuri. The black lines are surrounding Adrian's chest now, as well, and her chest is becoming a bloody mess.
"She has been affected by my miasma. It'll slowly reach her heart and she'll be corrupted by my miasma. It could kill her, but it'll be joyful seeing your cousin agonize. Believing that she failed the sister she tried so hard to save from me." Naraku says. He laughs again, puts up his barrier and then takes off.
"Sesshomaru, what do we do now? We can't just let her die and have Naraku win." Says Ashuri. "I know, we will take her to that someone I keep talking about. I shall transform and carry you both on my back." Sesshomaru says. He leaps over to where the Tokijin landed and sheathes it. "Shall we go?" Asks Sesshomaru.
"Yes." Ashuri says.
Sesshomaru turns into a substance and transforms into his true demon form, a giant white dog demon.
Ashuri lifts Adrian up and flies up to Sesshomaru, landing on his back. "Lets go, Sesshomaru. Go as fast as you can." Says Ashuri. Sesshomaru starts running. Ashuri sets Adrian down on Sesshomaru's back, while she kneels down beside her and lies her head on her lap. "Why did this have to happen now? She was going to leave Naraku and this happened." Ashuri thinks to herself.
Adrian opens her eyes and looks up at her, lifting up one of her hands towards her. Ashuri notices and takes a hold of Adrian's hand, holding her hand. "Just please hold on a little longer, stay with me and listen to my voice." Ashuri says.
Adrian closes her eyes. "Ashuri... May I request something of you...?" Asks Adrian. Blood is starting to run down the sides of her mouth. Ashuri's trying really hard to keep her emotions in check, but seeing one of her friends, adopted cousin, like this is hard for her to take in. Ashuri just rubs the back of Adrian's hand with her thumb, gently. "What is your request?" Ashuri asks. "If I end up losing my life from this... or at any given time... I guess, what I'm really asking is... Would you take Kanna as your goddaughter...?" Asks Adrian. More blood is starting to run down the sides of her mouth. "You want me as Kanna's godmother?" Ashuri asks. "Yes..." Says Adrian. Ashuri gives her hand a slight squeeze. "Of course, I would be honored to be Kanna's godmother." Ashuri says. Adrian starts coughing up quite a bit of blood. Ashuri takes a piece of cloth out from behind her armor and uses it to clear away the blood from Adrian's mouth. "You have to keep fighting, don't let Naraku win this. You are so much stronger than this, you can beat this. Please, just keep your heart beating." Says Ashuri. Sesshomaru continues running as fast as he can.
It's the following morning. Ashuri had fallen asleep at some point in the night.
Ashuri opens her eyes, seeing that it's morning. Sesshomaru has slowed down a bit, but he's still moving at a fast pace. Ashuri sits up, it's a little misty. Sesshomaru soon comes to a stop. "Sesshomaru, are we here?" Ashuri asks. Sesshomaru nods. Ashuri flies Adrian and herself off of Sesshomaru's back.
Sesshomaru then transforms back into his human disguise. "Is she still alive?" Asks Sesshomaru. "Yes, I can hear her breathing, but her heartbeat is starting to slow down." Ashuri says. "Then we must hurry before we're too late to save her." Says Sesshomaru. He turns towards Ashuri and outstretches his arm towards her. "Here, I shall carry her. It is probably best if I do so instead of you carrying her." Sesshomaru says. "Alright, I'm trusting you on this." Says Ashuri. She hands Adrian over to Sesshomaru and he's now cradling her in his arm. "Lets be on our way. Stay near me for the time being." Sesshomaru says. Ashuri nods. Sesshomaru takes off into the sky, Ashuri follows close beside him.
As they go further, they reach a palace. Sesshomaru lands and Ashuri follows in pursuit.
They walk on and when they reach a certain point, they come across a dog demoness that has some resemblance to Sesshomaru.
Sesshomaru stops, Ashuri stops at his side.
The dog demoness is sitting on a throne of some sort. She's wearing a purple and white kimono, with green and yellow butterfly designs on it. She also wears a dark blue outer wrap, that has a grayish-white fur pelt, which wraps around her chest. At the end of her outer wrap there's another grayish-white fur pelt. She also wears a light blue necklace, with an amulet of the Meido Stone. "Sesshomaru, what a surprise this is. What is it that you need of me?"
"I came here because I need your help." Says Sesshomaru.
"I see and what kind of help is it that you need?"
"I require medical help. This demoness that lies asleep in my arm is in urgent need of medical attention." Sesshomaru says.
"The wound is deep and she has been infected with a miasma, I see."
"She is dying. If you don't help her, she doesn't stand a chance." Says Sesshomaru.
The dog demoness stands up. "Sesshomaru, what is your relationship towards her?"
Sesshomaru looks down at Adrian. "I feel as if I want to protect her. As if I was her older brother, nothing more." Sesshomaru says.
"I see, so you feel a sense of brotherly love towards her."
"Are you going to help her or not?" Asks Sesshomaru.
"If she means that much to you, then of course I will. Only, I must warn you now. Even if my healers can cleanse her of the miasma and repair her wounds, I can't promise that she will survive through the ordeal or if she will ever be the same way again."
"I understand, but please do everything you possibly can." Sesshomaru says.
"I shall see to it that my healers do everything in their power to save her."