Hey guys. I know it's been a while... but these things happen when you have to work 21 days in a row. Don't worry, I'm not planning on leaving this fic anytime soon. Thanks to Miss Megz, who had the huge patience to wait up for me and thank you all for your reviews.
A ball of light flew through the sky, being unnoticed by the humans that lived down below in the city. The energy sphere began to descend at top speed, landing on the roof of a tall building that was in front of the park. He walked over the edge and looked down; the place was surrounded by those humans that called themselves police officers, which were responsible of protecting peace and the accomplishment of law, if he was to go down, he would only find annoying questions. Deciding that it would be better if he stayed up there, Sesshomaru used his sense of smell to find some answers.
'So it was as I thought,' he said to himself as his nose confirmed what he had suspected. The smell of various youkai was spread around the area. The Daiyoukai narrowed his eyes as he identified the scent of that girl and her friends; they were mixed with the youkai's. The wind changed its direction, bringing the smell of the other students that were making their way towards the park. He was not going to wait for them, this wasn't their business. 'Because we're your friends,' Tsukune's voice echoed within his mind.
"Foolishness," he said as he turned around and walked over the opposite edge of the roof and leaped down into an alley. Once he was on the ground, he started to walk, following the youkai's trace; if they indeed were part of Fairy Tale, he was about to find it out. The scent of those children was caught by his nose again and the image of them being kidnapped by monsters appeared before his eyes, making him to furrow his brows unconsciously. A new smell appeared; a smell he knew very well. It was the scent of the same kind of Youkai that had kidnapped Rin once, a species of demon that used to abduct children to sell them to other ayashi.
"We're almost there," Kokoa signaled as they ran. She was leading the group, surprising everyone with her new found speed.
"She does run fast when Sesshomaru-san is implied," Kurumu whispered to Mizore and Yukari, which ran beside her.
"I bet you would run faster if it was Tsukune we were talking about," Mizore said, making the Succubus to look at her.
"Like you wouldn't," the blue haired girl defended herself and smiled, making the snow woman to smile as well. They kept running and turned around a corner, finally having the park at view. The place was surrounded by cops that searched for traces around the park and asked questions to the passers by. They stayed away, avoiding any direct contact with the police.
"I can't see him anywhere," Tsukune informed as he and his friends looked around.
"He surely passed by this park already," Kallen opined, as she looked around frantically, "I can't sense him either; he must have hidden his presence so the enemy couldn't detect him," she clicked her tongue and looked back at her friends, shaking her head.
"How are we going to find him now?" Moka asked, biting her lip.
"I'm on it, desu," Yukari informed and the others looked down at her. She was on her knees, leaning over a map of the city and holding a golden chain that had a crystal stone wrapped on one of its ends.
"Dowsing," Tsukune gasped and walked closer to the witch, "do you think this will work, Yukari-chan?" The young witch nodded and furrowed her brows, trying to focus her magic. The rest of the group surrounded her to block her from the view of the citizens that passed by them.
"Almost got him, desu," the girl informed, the chain started to shake as the crystal waved around the map. The young witch had sweat all over her face, showing that what she was doing was really hard. Suddenly, the crystal touched the map, indicating a small street various blocks away from their position, "there he is," the witch smiled, satisfied with her effort.
"He's almost out of the city," Tsukune said and helped Yukari as she stood, "let's go," and they began to run again. They had to cover various miles until the end of the city, and if they lost him again, they would have to use dowsing again, a thing that would take more time, which would leave Sesshomaru more time alone against Fairy Tale.
"You don't have to worry that much," Kokoa opined, running after the human boy, "you just saw what he did yesterday down that submarine branch," the redheaded vampire was trying to look calmed, but they all knew better; she was as preoccupied as the rest of them, "you really should have more faith in Sesshomaru-sama's power." Tsukune looked at her and then to the front again just in time to dodge a man that walked towards him.
"I know that, Kokoa-chan," the boy assured, "I'm worried about the children and what would happen if Sesshomaru-san fights against whatever kidnapped them," realization reached the girls as they imagined the possibilities.
"If it's a human," Moka said, "he would get himself arrested."
"And if it's an ayashi," Kurumu continued, "he could end killed for showing his powers in front of the human children," they speed up their pace; an act driven by their concern for their friend's future.
The silver haired Daiyoukai stopped at the bottom of a cliff and looked up. The smell of the children and youkai was coming from its top. He was far away from the city now, something that made him think about a coming fight. There were no witnesses there, no one to see them or hear them as they fight. It was better that way, though; he wouldn't have to worry about any interruptions. Cracking his fingers, he leaped up and landed on a rock before he leaped again. He did that a few more times and finally reached the top of the cliff. Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes at the ruined little house that appeared between the trees and the two youkai that stood outside, watching that no child could escape. The demon lord began his approximation, walking with secured steps towards the little house.
He could hear the children's cries coming from inside the old hut but he kept saying to himself that his business there was finding clues that would lead him to Miyabi; if the kids were lucky enough, they would be able to escape after he finished his cases with the youkai that kidnapped them. The faces of the four children he knew appeared in his mind again for an instant. 'Why does this keep happening?' Sesshomaru asked himself. Was he worried? Worried about human pups? 'Never!' He thought, convincing himself.
"Stop there!" One of the guardian ayashi yelled at him. It was in human form, just like his partner, but the Daiyoukai's sense of smell revealed their identity to him; a harlequin and a hyena youkai, which were two demon races known by their sick attachment for tormenting humans, especially children, "looks like we have our first customer, hehehe," the harlequin laughed annoyingly. They were the best options for this kind of job; the harlequin can use various tricks to attract humans and use various charms to paralyze them or put them to sleep. The hyena youkai was a brutal and fast creature that could leave a human unconscious easily, "we just started and they are already arriving, we're gonna be rich!" The silver haired man narrowed his eyes; he didn't like his words. Something was not right about them. The hyena demon laughed too as he sniffed the air.
"An Inu youkai," the beast informed, "it's not a surprise. They say they love human meat," Sesshomaru detected the smell of the kidnapper demon coming from the house, and, judging by his youki, he was surely the head of the group and the one Sesshomaru had to talk to, "you go and give him the proper reception and I'll go to tell the boss we have a client," the hyena turned around and entered the little house as the harlequin walked friendly towards the demon lord.
"Welcome, sir," the evil clown greeted, bowing respectfully, "we have the best selection of human children here, please wait here until our bo…!!!" Sesshomaru's Dokkasou ended his babbling as the poison melted the harlequin's body completely, not leaving a single remain of it. The devil didn't even have time to scream before his existence was erased from the earth. The demon lord continued to walk towards the house like nothing had happened.
"Well, sir. Our boss will be coming out soon to welcome you and show you our merchandise," the hyena stopped and the smile he was wearing disappeared when he noted that his partner was missing. He sniffed the air again and his eyes widened just as the demon lord passed by him, swinging his claws against his body. A bloody slash appeared on the hyena's chest and the green glowing poison filtered through the wound, dissolving the beast's body from the inside. Just like his friend, the hyena died almost immediately, not having time to regret the cruel actions he did in his life.
"Pathetic," Sesshomaru said and walked into the house.
"He is up there?" Tsukune asked, looking up at the cliff's top before he turned to face the girls, which nodded, making him to sigh, "how are we going to climb it up?" The human waited for the females to think about it.
"I can climb up with no problem," Kallen informed, "I could take one of you with me," the rest of the group, except for her sisters, looked at her, arching their brows in total surprise, "what? I'm a vampire, remember?" She said.
"I can do it myself too," Kokoa pointed out.
"I can use a spell to fly, desu," the witch informed and looked at Tsukune and Mizore, "and I can take Tsukune-san with me," the Succubus jumped in front of her.
"No, I'll be the one carrying Tsukune," the blue haired girl then squeezed one of the human's arms against her breasts, "he'd be a lot more comfortable if he flies with me," as the two girls fought…
"There's no way I'll let you touch my Tsukune with those dirty hands of yours," Mizore commented and joined her fists into the fight. As the three girls fought…
"You guys! Stop it!" Moka joined in. As the four girls fought, Tsukune, Kallen and Kokoa looked up as they sensed a flare of youki and then another one.
"It already started," Kallen informed and looked back at her younger sister and the human.
"Shhhh… you don't have to cry anymore," a girl comforted another one, "someone will come to rescue us, you'll see," the other girl sniffed and looked up at her.
"You really think so?" She asked with her voice filled with hope, making her to nod energetically.
"Yes. I'm sure our parents are looking for us already," the girl closed her mouth when she saw the man that had abducted her walked towards them.
"I told you to shut up!!!" The mean man yelled at them, making them to tremble, "now, one of my men just informed me that we have our first costumer waiting for me outside," he looked at the girls, "and you will be good boys and girls and do everything I say!" There were more than twenty children huddled against each other and leaning against the walls. The older ones thought about their current situation, they knew that kind of things used to happen a lot in some third world's countries, but not in their country. The black haired girl looked at the little one that hugged her, trembling furiously and crying in silence, and she decided that she had to be brave… for her and the others.
"Why are you doing this to us!?" She asked, making the evil man to look at her.
"How dare you to yell at me, you dirty piece of…!?" The kidnapper raised his punch, ready to punish that insolent human child. A big hand closed around the man's wrist, stopping him from hurting her. The girl gasped, not believing what her eyes were seeing.
"Se-Sesshomaru-sama!" She called. Her friends, three little boys her age, raised their eyes too, posing them on the silver haired man that held the kidnapper's hand. The evil demon looked up at the Daiyoukai, who was watching him with a neutral expression.
"What!? How did you get in here!?" The kidnapper asked, trying to release his hand, "what happened with my underlings!?" Sesshomaru shifted his weight and threw that low class demon through one of the frontal windows before he began to walk to the door.
"Wait here until I call you out," the demon lord ordered as he exited the house. The children were startled, that man just threw another man through a window… with one hand!
"Who was he?" A boy asked.
"He is Sesshomaru-sama," another boy answered, "he is really strong and he came to get us out of here," hope appeared in everyone's eyes. All the girls had blushed cheeks and the boys were looking at the door with glowing eyes, wishing to become like their savior one day. The girl looked at her new friend and smiled.
"See, I told you someone would save us," she said and her friend smiled timidly, nodding slowly.
Outside the house, the kidnapper was getting back on his feet when he saw the Inu youkai coming out from the hut, "he-hey, wait a minute, man," the evil demon pleaded walking back slowly, "if you wanted them all, we could have offered you a good price," Sesshomaru stopped and narrowed his eyes at the abductor youkai.
"So you were just child traffickers," the demon lord concluded, "and you have no connection with Fairy Tale," the low class demon waved his hands in front of him.
"No! I have nothing to do with them!" He assured, "I swear!" The Daiyoukai furrowed his brows.
"Sesshomaru-san!" The kidnapper turned around and found a group seven teenagers, one male and six females. Sesshomaru, however, ignored them.
"If you're not from Fairy Tale…" His deep voice made the weaker demon to turn and look at him again, "then I have no further use for you," the Daiyoukai raised his hand and thundered his fingers.
"No, wait! Please don't kill me!" The kidnapper pleaded, "you can keep them all! Keep the children! And I can get you more too! I know your race loves human meat!" The students gasped as the elder vampire narrowed her eyes at the demon lord.
"Silence," Sesshomaru ordered.
"Please! I promise I'll leave the city, you can have all the children to yourself! I can go and get them from another one and…!" A silver flash ran all the way between the house and the kidnapper in less than a blink. The low class demon widened his eyes when he realized that his life was about to end. Looking into those cold, golden eyes, he gritted his teeth and died. Sesshomaru swung his claws and tore the kidnapper's body apart, his acidic poison dissolving every cell of his being. Some members of the group looked away when the demon lord finished with his opponent before they all moved to meet him.
"Are you alright, Sesshomaru-san?" Tsukune asked, gaining a hard gaze from the Daiyoukai.
"Of course he is alright," Kokoa informed, offended, "that piece of trash was nothing for Sesshomaru-sama, you idiot!"
"So he wasn't part of Fairy Tale, huh?" Kallen asked and Sesshomaru nodded at her.
"So we made all the way to this place for nothing!?" Kurumu fumed. The demon lord looked over his shoulder at the old little house.
"You may come out now," he called, making his companions to look at the hut's door. From the inside, two little girls and three boys appeared. They looked insecure at first, but after they made sure that it was okay, they stepped out from the infrastructure.
"It's okay guys!" A boy called, "we're safe now!" More and more children began to exit the house, until they completed a group of more than twenty kids. Their eyes scanned the group of adults that was in front of them, stopping them on the tall man with long, silver hair.
"He did it!" A boy shouted.
"We told you," another boy reminded, "Sesshomaru-sama is really strong," the children kept looking at him before they exploded into screams of joy and began to run towards him, laughing happily; they were just children, after all. Tsukune and the group of girls watched, completely amused, how the kids surrounded the Daiyoukai, some of them tugging his jeans and t-shirt as the others jumped while they congratulated him and thanked him, asking him if he would teach them how to fight, how strong he was and various others things.
"That's adorable!" Kurumu shrieked, and all the women nodded, except for Kokoa, who just kept fuming against the bold children that dared to treat the great demon lord like he was some kind of toy. Tsukune couldn't help it but he smiled at the sight of the silver haired man being surrounded by humans. Suddenly, all the laughs and words stopped, and the group of students looked closely as a little girl, one of the two that came out first, walked closer towards the demon lord, looking up at him.
"Th-They are gone, right?" She asked with teary eyes. Sesshomaru had no expression on his face; he just nodded. The human girl couldn't hold her tears back anymore and she ran until she was hugging the Daiyoukai's legs. That act startled every present youkai and the human teenager. Sesshomaru widened his eyes as he looked down at the young human, "thank you! Thank you!" The girl cried against him. The Daiyoukai recovered his neutral expression and raised his hand. The teenagers gasped when they saw him moving one of his lethal hands towards the girl that had dared to touch him.
"He couldn't…" Tsukune and the girls prepared themselves to stop him but gasped again as the demon lord rested his hand on the girl's head. The young human looked up at him and he nodded again.
"It's okay now," he assured. The girl nodded and smiled brightly at him. The other students relaxed and looked at each other, smiling.
And so the changes in Sesshomaru's heart begin. Now, I was waiting for the 27 chapter of Rosario + Vampire to come out before I write again, but screw it. I think it's time for the story to return to the original course, I just have to think of a way to include Kallen in their school's adventures.
Well, leave your reviews and see you in a couple of days!!!