Chapter 36
Sesshoumaru was only barely aware as Legion attempted to gain complete control. The buzzing of voices echoed around him, enticing him to the darkness that surrounded him. He could feel them talking to him, trying to get him to relax, to give in to them. "You deserve the rest, Lord Sesshoumaru." They kept repeating. He tried to keep aware. He blocked his mind as best as possible, making the darkness burn at him. Fighting him for his thoughts, his memories, his body... it was consuming him. The pain was beyond any fire. The noise continued to gradually gain volume. He couldn't cover his ears, he couldn't move away from the burning.
He focused, not on the darkness, but the light. He was aware his body was fighting. He saw the Eastern General charge at him. He had no control as they clashed. It wasn't long before the General fell before him. A moment later he saw his bonded. She looked beautiful, powerful, unflinching as she aimed her arrow. The buzzing voices drowned out any of her words.
The burning increased as he felt Legion's anger increase. He felt his hand pull Takeshi to hang in front of him. "This will not happen." He growled to himself. He focused, trying to relax the hand that was hurting his son.
More burning anger... so much more... Sesshoumaru wanted to give into the darkness that called even more to him. The buzzing noise was deafening.
Suddenly light burst into his vision. He felt her. Her holy energy pulled at him as much as it pushed away the darkness and muffled some of the voices.
A second burst of light had him fighting more. He could feel his body, his arms and hands, his feet and legs. He wasn't in complete control, though. He force his youkai out. He was stunned as it grabbed onto her purity. The two energies danced within him, building his strength, giving him control of his body back and battling against the darkness.
He caught Legion as he attempted to Acall his whip to his fingertips in an effort to harm her. He felt Legion's anger grow towards her as Tenseiga and Bakusaiga rejected him.
Her power finally burst. It surrounded him completely. It drove away the voices, the burning, the never ending darkness. It felt like a pure, cool rain as it bathed him, comforted him and healed his very soul. His power rose and met it again. The two revealed in the power that became their temporary world.
A/N: Very short chapter, I know... sorry... it needed to stop here though.
**Dodges objects thrown in author's general direction**
More to come!