Title: Betrayal of Mugoi
Author: Hairann
Prompt: Attack
Rating: T
Genre: Drama
Word count: 299
Characters: Jaken/Sesshoumaru, Lord and servant relationship, not a BL story.
Summary: Part 37 of Jaken's Ballad. This is a flashback drabble.
"We are under attack!" a voice called out from nowhere, startling the newly appointed prince, causing him to fall off of the large boulder he used as a bed. His mind still groggy, he grabbed the small dagger from his belt, which in his hands was a full sized sword, and rushed from his chambers. As he stepped out into the common area, he could see his people scrabbling about, some searching for their weapons, others leading the tadpoles to the haven.
"Pair up in groups of three, let not a single one passed you!" he instructed as he motioned for the two closest to him to join him. "Push them back from our home! We shall let none trespass on our land!" As he called out, expecting it to rally the fighters, their confused faces and whispers only served to shock him. "Why do you not fight?" he demanded as he turned toward a loud noise, realizing it meant the enemy was about to breach their home.
"Prince Jaken, have you not been told?" a soft, but sad voice inquired and as Jaken turned toward it, he realized the speaker was his mother. "Mugoi is the one that attacks. He has rallied some of our own people believing it is he that should be prince."
"That can not be," Jaken insisted as his sword hand hung limp at his side and he stared at his mother in shock. "He would betray me? Very well, but I shall not sink as low. Everyone remain here and out of the fight. I will not order you to attack our own people. I, and I, alone shall show them why I am prince and he is not. My brother shall rue this day."