Sesshomaru and the Songstress: Passion From Within

Chapter Thirty-Four: The Story of Lord Sesshomaru and Lady Kiyoshi

"She is not in a state to see you." Rumana said, her arms crossed and her eyes narrowed. Sesshomaru stood behind her stoically as Inuyasha invited himself in.

"I need to see her dammit! I need to talk to her, I need to explain…"

"Explain what exactly? The fact that you abandoned her to run after Kikyo? Leave her be!"

Inuyasha pushed past her and headed for Kagome's room. Rumana tried to run after him, try to stop him from digging the dagger further into Kagome's heart. But Sesshomaru had other plans and he grabbed her before she could go after him. She writhed in his arms, pulled away from him but it did no good. Sesshomaru had the upper hand over her.

"Let him go Rumana."

"No!"

"It's not our affair."

"I don't care! Kagome is my friend!"

"Then you will leave her be."

"What? Are you insane? Let me go!"

"This is her decision, not yours. Now calm down."

Rumana knew that he wouldn't let her go, so reluctantly she relaxed. Finally he let her go. Like a wolf encircling its prey, Rumana repeatedly walked past the door to Kagome's room, waiting for the faithless dog to emerge. Sesshomaru stood by, just in case Rumana decided to do something stupid.

"Quit watching me. I am not a child."

"No, you are impulsive."

"Go away!"

"No."

When Inuyasha finally came out of the room, behind trailed a weak Kagome, tired from her grief and sorrow. Rumana ran to her immediately.

"What are you doing? Don't go with him? He'll only leave you again and again! Please, don't do this to yourself!"

Kagome smiled and chuckled. Running her fingertips weakly down Rumana's face she closed her eyes.

"Dear Rumana…I can do nothing. I love him…and whatever consequences that comes with that I have already accepted. Thank you for letting me stay in your lovely home, and please allow Shippo to stay longer. Inuyasha and I have talked, and we will come get him in a few weeks, that way he gets to enjoy the full length of your invitation."

"Kagome…"

Inuyasha turned to his human love and picked her up carefully off the ground. Walking away, he turned to Rumana one last time.

"I love her…I really do…"

Then they were gone.

Lady Kiyoshi sat in her chamber, gliding her fingers along the blade that she had plunged into Rumana's stomach. Running her nails down the shaft, she sniffed the scent of Rumana's blood. There was still a touch left on the blade, and she let the dried blood remain on the end of her finger. Turning to Masaru, who was playfully laying on the bed, she let him gently nibble the tip of her bloodied finger. Smiling as Masaru sucked greedily, Kiyoshi caressed his face.

"Soon you will have a river of her blood to drink my son…."

Then there was a knock at the door.

Walking in as silent as the breeze stood a familiar face to all who had heard her name…

Kikyo.

Sesshomaru sat quietly in the gardens. Everyone was asleep…even the hyper Rin. It took days to get Kiyoshi's scent from Rumana's skin. It was like a poison, a reminder of his biggest mistake. He could remember the early days, his youthful teenage desires and faults. Kiyoshi was young and beautiful, her green hair as long as the kimono she wore. Her thirst for power was as great as his, their rough personalities clashing in passionate bouts of sensual cravings.

Lady Mother had encourage the match, since Kiyoshi was considered a proper fit for the new Lord of the West. She was a pure blooded dog demon from an influential family, an only child. He could still see her face in the night…her arms entangled in his hair…her moans from the depths of the dark. Kiyoshi was his match, dark and mysterious. They married quickly and could barely make it their chambers to consummate their relationship.

Sesshomaru found their interests the same, for she despised the human race as much as he did. Kiyoshi was proud of her powerful heritage and saw humanity only good for slavery. He had once found that erotic, seductive…the views of endless power and destruction would send him into a spiral of relentless fever for her love. Kiyoshi was dominant, harsh, course and raw. Rumana was tender, thoughtful, sweet, and magnetic. He thought about his current wife and the curves of her body laying on silk sheets. Kiyoshi had only inflamed his wildness, his superiority and hate. Rumana lowered the rage in his soul, quieted the endless disgust and taught him to understand. Kiyoshi would say that he was a ruined man. Rumana would claim he had been blind, and only through tolerance could he really see what was in front of him.

Sesshomaru remembered the night he found Kiyoshi with another man. Sesshomaru had been fighting against the remainder of the intruders in the East, and been gone for some time. Loneliness had sunken in, and Kiyoshi turned to her male servants for comfort. When he walked into her chambers Kiyoshi gasped in surprise. She was lying naked on her bed, being serviced by the lowest grade of soldier known to the dog demon tribe. Sesshomaru beheaded him promptly, and then held the dirty blade against Kiyoshi's throat, anger raging through his veins.

She cried, screamed, pleaded for his forgiveness. Sesshomaru did worse than kill her. He threw her from their home and stripped her of her title as Lady of the Western Lands. She would be dubbed the Great Whore for the rest of her life, so Kiyoshi ran to the East to find solace. Sesshomaru remained icy and heartless for the next two hundred years.

But then….he met Rumana.

Walking back into their bedroom Sesshomaru leaned over his sleeping wife. Startled, Rumana promptly woke up.

"Sesshomaru…are you okay?"

He said nothing. Swiftly he grabbed Rumana in a passionate embrace and kissed the sweet tenderness of her lips. Rumana, confused by this onset of affection, pulled away.

"What's wrong? Is everything okay."

Sesshomaru ignored her question and just held her in his arms. She smelled like cherry blossoms and was soft to the touch. Removing the remainder of her evening kimono, Sesshomaru and Rumana made love silently. When it was all said and done, Sesshomaru held Rumana close, wrapping his arms around her waist as she buried her face into his chest. He never wanted this to end. This was the woman he would die loving…the lady who held his heart in a gentle tug. Kissing her down her neck, Sesshomaru vowed to finish what the law had dictated hundreds of years ago….the slaying of the Great Whore Kiyoshi. She had ruined many years of his life, and she would not ruin not another day of his existence.