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Hello! Well I'd like to thank foureyedbookworm and liz for reviewing. I know that this story has been going kinda slow but I promise some action in this chapter and some fluff in a few (chapter ten to be precise, but who knows you might get lucky and I might put some in this chapter or chapter nine). Well here is chapter eight.
(Oh and I think I forgot to thank foureyedbookworm for recommending my story so thanks a bunch.)
Sesshoumaru awoke that morning because Rin was pulling his hair. He looked down to find the young human sleeping in a tangled mess with his hair. He tried to gently untangle her but she woke up.
"S-Sesshoumaru-sama?" she asked groggily. It was then that she realized her current predicament. "oh Sesshoumaru-same Rin is stuck in you hair!" she struggled and pulled causing Sesshoumaru pain and only resulting in a bigger tangle.
"Calm down Rin. Here," Sesshoumaru stopped the fretting child and slowly pulled her away from him. It took several minuets but they finally got untangled.
"Ow!" Rin exclaimed while rubbing her little wrists. "That's never happened before"
Sesshoumaru fingered his hair. For the first time in his life it was a mass of impossible tangles.
Rin looked at him and gasped. "Oh-o, Rin will go and get Satsuna-chan. She will comb your hair and it will be pretty again. Rin is sorry Sesshoumaru- sama." And she ran off calling Satsuna.
Sesshoumaru quickly tried to comb his hair with his fingers. He did not want to see Satsuna now. But he gave up his futile attempt, and waited for her arrival.
He soon smelled her coming. Her sweet scent came to his nose and he breathed deep. She smelled of the forest and love and so many other wonderful things that Sesshoumaru couldn't name. But he then realized that she was not his and would never be, and his pain came again only worse then he had ever felt it.
"Good morning," Satsuna said walking into the room. "Rin tells me-" but she stopped dead taking a look at Sesshoumaru's tangle. "Oh my god! Your beautiful hair!" She almost screamed. She immediately took out the brush that she had brought with her and sat down behind the brooding youkai.
Sesshoumaru was trying his hardest to look calm. He couldn't speak for he might blurt something unwanted out. He couldn't move for he longed to touch her. But most of all he couldn't look into her eyes. He knew that his eyes would betray him, but at the moment she sat behind him.
"Your hair is so gorgeous. I don't think I've ever told you that. All of the women in the village talk about it. We all wish that we had hair like yours." Satsuna said blissfully.
"Really?" He asked almost looking at her but catching himself.
She laughed instead of answering. She slowly brushed through the tangles trying not to hurt him but it was hard. He had so much hair; she wondered at how he usually kept it so well groomed.
"How do you do it? Keep your hair untangled I mean. In all the time you've been here I've not seen one tangle. Until now." She asked trying to make conversation. "Oh and Rin told me to tell you that she went to go play with Motika and Kadul."
He didn't answer the question. He hadn't even really heard it. He was too busy trying to keep him mind off Satsuna. But that wasn't the only reason. He had scented something. It was off in the distance but he still didn't like it. It reminded him of something, he just couldn't place his finger on what.
"Sesshoumaru are you listening to me?"
"What?" he asked shaking his head.
She was in front of him now trying to look into his eyes, but he kept averting them.
"Your done I said" she told him. "Why won't you look at me? Sesshoumaru what's wrong? You've been ignoring me for the last few days."
He looked down at the floor in an attempt to keep away from her eyes, but she lifted his chin with her hand. He tried to pull back but he just didn't have the will power. He wanted so much for her to feel the way he did and her touch was so gentle.
She brought his face up to hers and looked into his eyes. She started and Sesshoumaru knew that he no longer held his secret.
She looked deep into his pained eyes with her own soft sympathetic ones, and Sesshoumaru felt the pain subside a bit. She almost brought her hand up to stroke his face but a scream broke out into the air.
"That was Morisat!" a startled Satsuna said. She rushed out of the room leaving a white hared youkai staring longingly after her.
Sesshoumaru set aside his pain and walked after her. He found her outside talking with Todori who sat upon a horse. She nodded a few times and said a couple of words then he was off. She turned and rushed towards Sesshoumaru. "Sesshoumaru! The cat youkai have come upon the village! We need your help!" she told him.
"What do you need my help for? Your brothers seem perfectly capable of handling them. Why should you need my help?"
She started and looked at him. "We need all of the help we can get. Why should you even ask? Do you not care that peoples' lives are at stake!?"
"They are only humans. I care not what happens to them." 'I only care what happens to you' he thought.
She slapped him. "You are such an asshole! You play with me and make me believe that you care for m-,"she caught herself, "that you care. You don't care about anything. Your selfish and don't think about anyone but yourself. You threaten my friends and insult my brothers. I can't stand you. Maybe you should leave. Your not helping the village in any way and its not like you'd be missed!" she screamed at him tears streaming down her face.
He stared back surprised. No won had ever dared to speak to him in such a way let alone slap him.
"Satsuna" he said reaching out for her but she violently pushed his hand away and ran off. He wanted to run after her but he didn't instead he ran in the opposite direction searching for Rin.
He found the young girl with her friends in the middle of a frenzy. The cat youkai had ambushed the village and were attacking any human they could get their claws upon.
One was about to bound on Rin but Sesshoumaru was upon it immediately. He slashed at it with his claws and the creature fell to the ground.
The cat was groaning in pain. Sesshoumaru had broken its leg. It tried to get up but the dog youkai was on it once more and he slashed its throat. Several more jumped at him but each one fell to the ground moaning.
Sesshoumaru went to Rin who stood in a huddle with the two other girls. She was trying to comfort them telling them that "her" Sesshoumaru-sama would protect them.
He bent down and tried to get Kadul and her cousin to stop crying, but it was like trying to stop the rain from falling. 'They're going to attract others' he thought to himself.
Just at that moment he sensed something coming at him. He turned around to see one of the youkai jumping at him. There was no time to do anything the creature was too close. But at that moment a horse rode by the rider slicing the cat in the side.
The beast landed awkwardly, howled in pain, then fell to the ground.
Sesshoumaru looked up at the man on the horse. It was Matenue. Sesshoumaru glared at the human then turned to Rin.
"That was the last of them," Matenue told them and the humans around them. "They have fled," the crowed was silent for a moment then a great cheer arose.
Todori and Fudako came ridding up taking their children in their arms and comforting them.
"Matenue are you all right?" Satsuna asked rushing up to the dismounting male.
"Yes." He said.
"Thank you" she said after quickly checking him for wounds.
"Sesshoumaru did most of it," he said, surprising the white hared youkai.
"He did!?" she said obviously astonished. She looked at Sesshoumaru with an apologetic note in her but quickly looked away. "Thank you" she said, much quieter then the first time.
"I did it for Rin" Sesshoumaru answered.
"Oh" she said, once again angry, her voice full of venom. Looking back up at him Sesshoumaru noticed her eyes were full of anger.
"Satsuna, you tend to the wounded I need to speak with our brothers and Matenue. Sesshoumaru why don't you help her?" Todori told them then rode off, with Matenue and Fudako mounting and ridding after him.
By now everyone had cleared off and when her brothers where out of sight Satsuna turned to Sesshoumaru, "I don't need your help." She told him fiercely, "why don't you just take Rin and I'll see you at the house. Maybe." With that she walked off leaving Sesshoumaru very confused. He never really did understand what he did to make Satsuna so angry.
Well there's chapter eight. I hoped you enjoyed it and don't forget to review. See you next chapter.
Hello! Well I'd like to thank foureyedbookworm and liz for reviewing. I know that this story has been going kinda slow but I promise some action in this chapter and some fluff in a few (chapter ten to be precise, but who knows you might get lucky and I might put some in this chapter or chapter nine). Well here is chapter eight.
(Oh and I think I forgot to thank foureyedbookworm for recommending my story so thanks a bunch.)
Sesshoumaru awoke that morning because Rin was pulling his hair. He looked down to find the young human sleeping in a tangled mess with his hair. He tried to gently untangle her but she woke up.
"S-Sesshoumaru-sama?" she asked groggily. It was then that she realized her current predicament. "oh Sesshoumaru-same Rin is stuck in you hair!" she struggled and pulled causing Sesshoumaru pain and only resulting in a bigger tangle.
"Calm down Rin. Here," Sesshoumaru stopped the fretting child and slowly pulled her away from him. It took several minuets but they finally got untangled.
"Ow!" Rin exclaimed while rubbing her little wrists. "That's never happened before"
Sesshoumaru fingered his hair. For the first time in his life it was a mass of impossible tangles.
Rin looked at him and gasped. "Oh-o, Rin will go and get Satsuna-chan. She will comb your hair and it will be pretty again. Rin is sorry Sesshoumaru- sama." And she ran off calling Satsuna.
Sesshoumaru quickly tried to comb his hair with his fingers. He did not want to see Satsuna now. But he gave up his futile attempt, and waited for her arrival.
He soon smelled her coming. Her sweet scent came to his nose and he breathed deep. She smelled of the forest and love and so many other wonderful things that Sesshoumaru couldn't name. But he then realized that she was not his and would never be, and his pain came again only worse then he had ever felt it.
"Good morning," Satsuna said walking into the room. "Rin tells me-" but she stopped dead taking a look at Sesshoumaru's tangle. "Oh my god! Your beautiful hair!" She almost screamed. She immediately took out the brush that she had brought with her and sat down behind the brooding youkai.
Sesshoumaru was trying his hardest to look calm. He couldn't speak for he might blurt something unwanted out. He couldn't move for he longed to touch her. But most of all he couldn't look into her eyes. He knew that his eyes would betray him, but at the moment she sat behind him.
"Your hair is so gorgeous. I don't think I've ever told you that. All of the women in the village talk about it. We all wish that we had hair like yours." Satsuna said blissfully.
"Really?" He asked almost looking at her but catching himself.
She laughed instead of answering. She slowly brushed through the tangles trying not to hurt him but it was hard. He had so much hair; she wondered at how he usually kept it so well groomed.
"How do you do it? Keep your hair untangled I mean. In all the time you've been here I've not seen one tangle. Until now." She asked trying to make conversation. "Oh and Rin told me to tell you that she went to go play with Motika and Kadul."
He didn't answer the question. He hadn't even really heard it. He was too busy trying to keep him mind off Satsuna. But that wasn't the only reason. He had scented something. It was off in the distance but he still didn't like it. It reminded him of something, he just couldn't place his finger on what.
"Sesshoumaru are you listening to me?"
"What?" he asked shaking his head.
She was in front of him now trying to look into his eyes, but he kept averting them.
"Your done I said" she told him. "Why won't you look at me? Sesshoumaru what's wrong? You've been ignoring me for the last few days."
He looked down at the floor in an attempt to keep away from her eyes, but she lifted his chin with her hand. He tried to pull back but he just didn't have the will power. He wanted so much for her to feel the way he did and her touch was so gentle.
She brought his face up to hers and looked into his eyes. She started and Sesshoumaru knew that he no longer held his secret.
She looked deep into his pained eyes with her own soft sympathetic ones, and Sesshoumaru felt the pain subside a bit. She almost brought her hand up to stroke his face but a scream broke out into the air.
"That was Morisat!" a startled Satsuna said. She rushed out of the room leaving a white hared youkai staring longingly after her.
Sesshoumaru set aside his pain and walked after her. He found her outside talking with Todori who sat upon a horse. She nodded a few times and said a couple of words then he was off. She turned and rushed towards Sesshoumaru. "Sesshoumaru! The cat youkai have come upon the village! We need your help!" she told him.
"What do you need my help for? Your brothers seem perfectly capable of handling them. Why should you need my help?"
She started and looked at him. "We need all of the help we can get. Why should you even ask? Do you not care that peoples' lives are at stake!?"
"They are only humans. I care not what happens to them." 'I only care what happens to you' he thought.
She slapped him. "You are such an asshole! You play with me and make me believe that you care for m-,"she caught herself, "that you care. You don't care about anything. Your selfish and don't think about anyone but yourself. You threaten my friends and insult my brothers. I can't stand you. Maybe you should leave. Your not helping the village in any way and its not like you'd be missed!" she screamed at him tears streaming down her face.
He stared back surprised. No won had ever dared to speak to him in such a way let alone slap him.
"Satsuna" he said reaching out for her but she violently pushed his hand away and ran off. He wanted to run after her but he didn't instead he ran in the opposite direction searching for Rin.
He found the young girl with her friends in the middle of a frenzy. The cat youkai had ambushed the village and were attacking any human they could get their claws upon.
One was about to bound on Rin but Sesshoumaru was upon it immediately. He slashed at it with his claws and the creature fell to the ground.
The cat was groaning in pain. Sesshoumaru had broken its leg. It tried to get up but the dog youkai was on it once more and he slashed its throat. Several more jumped at him but each one fell to the ground moaning.
Sesshoumaru went to Rin who stood in a huddle with the two other girls. She was trying to comfort them telling them that "her" Sesshoumaru-sama would protect them.
He bent down and tried to get Kadul and her cousin to stop crying, but it was like trying to stop the rain from falling. 'They're going to attract others' he thought to himself.
Just at that moment he sensed something coming at him. He turned around to see one of the youkai jumping at him. There was no time to do anything the creature was too close. But at that moment a horse rode by the rider slicing the cat in the side.
The beast landed awkwardly, howled in pain, then fell to the ground.
Sesshoumaru looked up at the man on the horse. It was Matenue. Sesshoumaru glared at the human then turned to Rin.
"That was the last of them," Matenue told them and the humans around them. "They have fled," the crowed was silent for a moment then a great cheer arose.
Todori and Fudako came ridding up taking their children in their arms and comforting them.
"Matenue are you all right?" Satsuna asked rushing up to the dismounting male.
"Yes." He said.
"Thank you" she said after quickly checking him for wounds.
"Sesshoumaru did most of it," he said, surprising the white hared youkai.
"He did!?" she said obviously astonished. She looked at Sesshoumaru with an apologetic note in her but quickly looked away. "Thank you" she said, much quieter then the first time.
"I did it for Rin" Sesshoumaru answered.
"Oh" she said, once again angry, her voice full of venom. Looking back up at him Sesshoumaru noticed her eyes were full of anger.
"Satsuna, you tend to the wounded I need to speak with our brothers and Matenue. Sesshoumaru why don't you help her?" Todori told them then rode off, with Matenue and Fudako mounting and ridding after him.
By now everyone had cleared off and when her brothers where out of sight Satsuna turned to Sesshoumaru, "I don't need your help." She told him fiercely, "why don't you just take Rin and I'll see you at the house. Maybe." With that she walked off leaving Sesshoumaru very confused. He never really did understand what he did to make Satsuna so angry.
Well there's chapter eight. I hoped you enjoyed it and don't forget to review. See you next chapter.