Subsequent Requiem- A Sesshomaru Romance

Rage and sorrow. Pain and guilt. Emotions known and unknown to me burned and engulfed me. The emptiness inside me was... unbelievably painful thing. Across the void I called to Rem, but only silence replied.

"So she is gone again..." I could feel it when Jin left this world unto the next: after the scream which ripped the waking world asunder and surely, surely all beast and man alike must weep for such pain.

All the things that had happened... First my son, then Jin. Now my wife and her sister are missing and I had only my fears to claim any idea what might happen to them... and then the boy... The boy Naraku claimed my son... Kohaku.

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The horizon was hidden beneath deep azure clouds and a beak morning would grace the day. The only thing to do was to find Rem, find Lore and return them both home. Then... when assured that home was even safe, then I would find Naraku. Then I would hand him personally to the gates of hell and introduce him to his new master.

I listened to the sound of the world asleep. I needed peace in my mind before it tore itself apart and set me to ruin. I could not think on the daughter lost; Gods, both my children. That was when I heard a crackling in my ear... a sound I'd not heard before and as I moved above the clouds to try and find my remaining love it grew louder. The lower I drew myself to the ground and farther north the louder it got when in the distance I was the trees ablaze in fire. Did the entire planet need to up rise and throw its lot with Naraku to cause mayhem?

"Sesshomaru-san!" What on earth was going on? "Sesshomaru!"

"Lore?" The sigh that bridged an unknown distance was audible.

"Yes... thank god... The demon... I know somewhat of his plans. Your brother... it's not just him he seeks ruin upon. It's not even really him, it's the priestess. The woman that InuYasha confides in... You have to."

"I see I'll have to tame not only your mouth, but you mind... So sorry Sesshomaru. I'll let you mourn in peace." Naraku's voice broke through and Lore's grew quiet. Then, there was nothing.

"Dammit!" So what of the woman? What was I to do? Surely my half-brother warned her of me and she would shoot before hearing any word from my lips and that was if InuYasha himself was not with her hounding her every step... He should be enough to protect one human life... " It wasn't until I said it that the words tasted bitter. I couldn't protect my wife or children. That useless sword, did nothing good come of it? Was it there to mock me? Was father's advice truly so empty?

The sky burned orange as I landed in the after math of carnage that had scorched the land.

"What are you?" In the darkness something lurked with a pure killing intent. I could smell blood and ash, the smoke stung at my eyes making it harder to see.

"Wouldn't you like to known?" Than it vanished. There and then, gone.

"Are you one of Naraku's minions?" A malevolent chuckle issued from every corner of the brush.

"You smell like her... the one that died weeping... she was a delight... Might you be the same?" The words were cold and froze in my mind. The only thing my mind allowed to think that somehow... this thing... this creature of sorts had found, and over powered Rem... Would she not have called for my aid? Was she so far beyond help in her grief that she would have chosen death?

"Where is the woman?" Again the laugh.

"I wonder where she'd be when I told you how she tasted, Hmmm?"

"Fine." If everything in the world wants to be against me then I will show you why that is just a bad idea. The blood surged and rage bent my limbs to change and harden. Demon blood heated, pained, filled with sorrow ran beneath my skin and my eyes saw clearer, my sense of smell sharper. The ground under me sunk as even the shadows lost the ability to hide me.

"Come for me little demon spawn."

I saw the demon coming from a mile away and heard it well before even that. My senses heightened while in my natural form and the stink of Naraku's flesh burned. It circled me with its loud steps and lunged. In one step I slammed a massive clawed limb down on him and pressed down till the heard the crunch of bones breaking. Its howling scream just make my blood run hotter.

"Where is the woman? It would be best to tell me of my wife before I break every bone you have." The demon wheezed under me and then pain, sharp and clean seared in my leg. The demon seemed to have an interesting ability. Every bone in its body was able to reform in perhaps an infinite amount of different forms.

That did not stop me from crushing the brain which controlled the body and I slammed down on the little beast again. The scream tore the night wide open.

"Dead, all dead... The woman lies among them."

"Where!?" Again I slammed down on him, the bone which had turned into daggers piercing and sawing at my skin and flesh.

"The village I set to burn! They will all burn!"

"Wish to live?" The demon nodded hysterically and I smiled down on him. "Then live on... in the afterlife."

"No!" One more slam and the demon turned silent. His brains leaking from every part of his head that was cracked open... and that was most of it. Even still though, rage ripped through out me. I was not sedating, the need to destroy... anything... anyone was overpowering.

I turned an eye on the place which burned the most. Fed by houses and shacks, supplies and food the fire burned hot. As the demon had said a pile of bodies lay in the center, but I could not smell Rem here. This did not stop me from peeling layer after layer of bodies away to see for myself. I no longer trusted my senses after having lost her, Jina, my son and even my sword.

At the bottom of the pile clothes so familiar to me stood out like a yellow flower on a sea of red. With a massive hand I clawed Rem's body from the wreckage. For some reason even now, pain could not reach me... perhaps I was insane and such feelings could not penetrate the barrier between madness and sanity.

"If you want to save her, give her to me Sesshomaru." I cranked my head to see someone I simply had not expected to see... "Give her to me and come with me." Slowly... against even myself, which I did not trust, I handed her over to him.

"Hurry... we don't have much time if she is like this." Wings sprang from darkness almost as black as the night itself. "You'd make it faster alone, but you don't know the way and jostling her about could kill or ruin her beyond repair. Follow me on the ground and stop any kind of pursuit."

I nodded. It would be a good excuse to vent... if only someone was stupid enough at this point to actually attack me. Instead I watched as the winged half demon tore off into the night.

"You have been long gone, Davien."