The forest was calm and peaceful, but Sesshoumaru felt quite agitated. Rin
had been with the humans more then two weeks now. He couldn't stand the
thought of them tainting her. She would come back smelling of them and
having picked up many of their disgusting habits. But then again Rin, too,
was human.
Sesshoumaru kept on walking deep in thought. He didn't even notice that Jaken was gone. All at once he began to smell blood, and lots of it. He came into a clearing and the smell became incredibly strong. He staggered back in disgust. It was the blood of those cat youkai. The clearing was covered in it. He could also smell a familiar blood scent.
"Rin," he absentmindedly mumbled. There was a faint hint of her blood, it was old but it was there. 'This must have been where those humans saved her,' he thought to himself. Then he heard it. It was a low growling. It got louder and louder. It went up to a roar, and all of a sudden they all came out, hundreds of them. The cat youaki had him surrounded and all of them were roaring.
The sound vibrated threw Sesshoumaru, it was almost bone shattering. His head throbbed and he fell to his knees.
The cat youkai began to form a perfect circle around Sesshoumaru. Their bone shattering roar had gone down to a mild growl, and they all watched him with anticipation.
Sesshoumaru's head had cleared somewhat and he got back up on his feet. Once up though one of the youkai came at him, knocking him back down and leaving a large gash in his side. His head began to swim and his vision blurred. These beasts had him under some kind of sickening trance.
They began to roar again. Their eyes were now wild looking and they went into some kind of frenzy. Obviously gone wild with hunger, driven mad from the smell of Sesshoumaru's flowing blood, they began to bite and snap at each other not even letting any others attack.
Sesshoumaru slightly became aware of a low thumping off in the distance. Although his head was still swimming he realized that something giant was coming their way. He thought that it might be Jaken upon one of Sesshoumaru's slave creatures but her was wrong.
Somehow one of the youkai got through the others and came at Sesshoumaru. This threw the others into a rage and they came barreling after him all of them ready to help shred him and their pray to pieces.
The low thumping was now a thundering drum even to Sesshoumaru's distorted hearing.
Just as one of the youkai was about to reach its pray a huge one, ten times larger then Sesshoumaru himself, came onto the clearing and grabbed the smaller one in its jaws. It ripped the smaller one to shreds in a matter of seconds sending blood spewing in every direction. It let out a shriek that was like a roar and a scream at the same time. It jumped into the middle of the somewhat distorted circle, and crouched over Sesshoumaru. It roared again.
The whole clearing was now silent as the smaller ones began to step back. The larger one roared again and all of the others fled.
With the clearing ultimately quiet, Sesshoumaru's head began to clear allowing his vision to come back. He saw the massive creature towering over him and tried to get up. It pushed him back down with its nose and began sniffing him. It turned him onto his other side with its paw and sniffed at him some more. Then it grabbed Sesshoumaru in its jaws and shook its massive head. It then threw him with all of its strength up against a tree.
Sesshoumaru felt his ribs break and when he reached the floor he tried to get up. He could only get to his knees though so he lifted his head. The creature was standing above him. Its mouth open, almost grinning. Its breath stunk of rotting flesh and Sesshoumaru could see some of the entrails from the smaller one hanging from this ones serrated teeth.
It took its paw and tried to squash Sesshoumaru up against the tree. It then took him in its jaws again and threw him in the air. As he came down the beast swatted at him with its gargantuan paw, smashing Sesshoumaru to the ground.
It was now that Sesshoumaru understood what this creature was doing. It was playing with its food, just like a cat would.
It stepped on one of Sesshoumaru's legs and he felt it shatter. He felt his body go numb then. Every thing went a hazy red color, but just as he was about to lose consciousness he heard something.
"Sesshoumaru-sama," came a familiar high-pitched voice.
Something like a horse came onto the clearing and then Sesshoumaru lost consciousness.
Sesshoumaru woke up because something cold and wet was being put on his forehead. He could hear a low humming. It sounded soft and sweet and it relaxed him. He moaned and opened his eyes.
The human female that was called Satsuna was kneeling over him.
"Ah! Your up." She stated genuinely happy.
"Where am I?" Sesshoumaru asked. This place reeked of humans.
"O-Oh, your in my village. or in my house to be precise." She answered him. Her voice was like bells. Everything about her seemed pure.
"What am I doing here." He wanted to get away, but for some reason he couldn't move.
"My brothers and some other men from the village found you. Your green friend had you in a small lake and was pouring water on your face, apparently trying to get you to wake up. You've been unconscious for the last week." She dipped a washcloth that she had in her hand in water, and tried to clean Sesshoumaru's face.
He jerked his head away.
"Oh come on." She said without losing the soft tone in her voice. She softly pushed his face towards her and gently cleaned his face. Her touch was soft, much like her voice, and Sesshoumaru no longer wanted to pull away.
Sesshoumaru looked into her eyes and once again he was pulled in. They were kind and they shone with a brilliant purity.
"There is no point in trying to resist. You are to wounded to move." She pointed out, a hint of a stern tone in her voice. Then her voice went back to its normal cheery, bell-like, softness and she asked him, "do you remember what happened? Your little friend was to frantic and wouldn't tell us anything."
He thought for a moment and let it come back to him. He remembered it all. 'Why had I been so week?' he thought to himself. He never answered Satsuna and she left it as it was, not wanting to pry.
"Well," she said, "I'm done. And you need your rest so I'll leave you be. I'll be back later and I'll bring you something to eat." She got up.
"It's useless, " Sesshoumaru answered, "I do not eat human food."
"Well I'm not about to let you go hungry, and all we have in this village is human food. So it looks like you have no choice." She said in a playful tone and went to the door.
As she was about to leave the room Sesshoumaru spoke up, "how is Rin?"
"Oh yeah! She's doing great, and. oh! I almost forgot. She told me to give these to you." And she produced a small bundle of wild flowers. "Here, Rin picked them herself. She really loves you. I'll put them here." Satsuna placed them by his head. "Now get some rest. I'll be back later to check on you. Bye." And she was gone.
Sesshoumaru stared after her thinking about what she said, 'Rin picked them herself. She really loves you.' He never really thought that Rin loved him.
He sighed and felt sleep come to claim him. His last thoughts were of Satsuna's deep purple eyes.
Sesshoumaru kept on walking deep in thought. He didn't even notice that Jaken was gone. All at once he began to smell blood, and lots of it. He came into a clearing and the smell became incredibly strong. He staggered back in disgust. It was the blood of those cat youkai. The clearing was covered in it. He could also smell a familiar blood scent.
"Rin," he absentmindedly mumbled. There was a faint hint of her blood, it was old but it was there. 'This must have been where those humans saved her,' he thought to himself. Then he heard it. It was a low growling. It got louder and louder. It went up to a roar, and all of a sudden they all came out, hundreds of them. The cat youaki had him surrounded and all of them were roaring.
The sound vibrated threw Sesshoumaru, it was almost bone shattering. His head throbbed and he fell to his knees.
The cat youkai began to form a perfect circle around Sesshoumaru. Their bone shattering roar had gone down to a mild growl, and they all watched him with anticipation.
Sesshoumaru's head had cleared somewhat and he got back up on his feet. Once up though one of the youkai came at him, knocking him back down and leaving a large gash in his side. His head began to swim and his vision blurred. These beasts had him under some kind of sickening trance.
They began to roar again. Their eyes were now wild looking and they went into some kind of frenzy. Obviously gone wild with hunger, driven mad from the smell of Sesshoumaru's flowing blood, they began to bite and snap at each other not even letting any others attack.
Sesshoumaru slightly became aware of a low thumping off in the distance. Although his head was still swimming he realized that something giant was coming their way. He thought that it might be Jaken upon one of Sesshoumaru's slave creatures but her was wrong.
Somehow one of the youkai got through the others and came at Sesshoumaru. This threw the others into a rage and they came barreling after him all of them ready to help shred him and their pray to pieces.
The low thumping was now a thundering drum even to Sesshoumaru's distorted hearing.
Just as one of the youkai was about to reach its pray a huge one, ten times larger then Sesshoumaru himself, came onto the clearing and grabbed the smaller one in its jaws. It ripped the smaller one to shreds in a matter of seconds sending blood spewing in every direction. It let out a shriek that was like a roar and a scream at the same time. It jumped into the middle of the somewhat distorted circle, and crouched over Sesshoumaru. It roared again.
The whole clearing was now silent as the smaller ones began to step back. The larger one roared again and all of the others fled.
With the clearing ultimately quiet, Sesshoumaru's head began to clear allowing his vision to come back. He saw the massive creature towering over him and tried to get up. It pushed him back down with its nose and began sniffing him. It turned him onto his other side with its paw and sniffed at him some more. Then it grabbed Sesshoumaru in its jaws and shook its massive head. It then threw him with all of its strength up against a tree.
Sesshoumaru felt his ribs break and when he reached the floor he tried to get up. He could only get to his knees though so he lifted his head. The creature was standing above him. Its mouth open, almost grinning. Its breath stunk of rotting flesh and Sesshoumaru could see some of the entrails from the smaller one hanging from this ones serrated teeth.
It took its paw and tried to squash Sesshoumaru up against the tree. It then took him in its jaws again and threw him in the air. As he came down the beast swatted at him with its gargantuan paw, smashing Sesshoumaru to the ground.
It was now that Sesshoumaru understood what this creature was doing. It was playing with its food, just like a cat would.
It stepped on one of Sesshoumaru's legs and he felt it shatter. He felt his body go numb then. Every thing went a hazy red color, but just as he was about to lose consciousness he heard something.
"Sesshoumaru-sama," came a familiar high-pitched voice.
Something like a horse came onto the clearing and then Sesshoumaru lost consciousness.
Sesshoumaru woke up because something cold and wet was being put on his forehead. He could hear a low humming. It sounded soft and sweet and it relaxed him. He moaned and opened his eyes.
The human female that was called Satsuna was kneeling over him.
"Ah! Your up." She stated genuinely happy.
"Where am I?" Sesshoumaru asked. This place reeked of humans.
"O-Oh, your in my village. or in my house to be precise." She answered him. Her voice was like bells. Everything about her seemed pure.
"What am I doing here." He wanted to get away, but for some reason he couldn't move.
"My brothers and some other men from the village found you. Your green friend had you in a small lake and was pouring water on your face, apparently trying to get you to wake up. You've been unconscious for the last week." She dipped a washcloth that she had in her hand in water, and tried to clean Sesshoumaru's face.
He jerked his head away.
"Oh come on." She said without losing the soft tone in her voice. She softly pushed his face towards her and gently cleaned his face. Her touch was soft, much like her voice, and Sesshoumaru no longer wanted to pull away.
Sesshoumaru looked into her eyes and once again he was pulled in. They were kind and they shone with a brilliant purity.
"There is no point in trying to resist. You are to wounded to move." She pointed out, a hint of a stern tone in her voice. Then her voice went back to its normal cheery, bell-like, softness and she asked him, "do you remember what happened? Your little friend was to frantic and wouldn't tell us anything."
He thought for a moment and let it come back to him. He remembered it all. 'Why had I been so week?' he thought to himself. He never answered Satsuna and she left it as it was, not wanting to pry.
"Well," she said, "I'm done. And you need your rest so I'll leave you be. I'll be back later and I'll bring you something to eat." She got up.
"It's useless, " Sesshoumaru answered, "I do not eat human food."
"Well I'm not about to let you go hungry, and all we have in this village is human food. So it looks like you have no choice." She said in a playful tone and went to the door.
As she was about to leave the room Sesshoumaru spoke up, "how is Rin?"
"Oh yeah! She's doing great, and. oh! I almost forgot. She told me to give these to you." And she produced a small bundle of wild flowers. "Here, Rin picked them herself. She really loves you. I'll put them here." Satsuna placed them by his head. "Now get some rest. I'll be back later to check on you. Bye." And she was gone.
Sesshoumaru stared after her thinking about what she said, 'Rin picked them herself. She really loves you.' He never really thought that Rin loved him.
He sighed and felt sleep come to claim him. His last thoughts were of Satsuna's deep purple eyes.