Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha. I wish I did, though.
AN: I'm sorry to say, that Jaken will not be dying. At least, I haven't planned on it yet.
Chapter One: Senna
Rin had long since fallen asleep just outside of the cavern complex Sesshoumaru, the great dog youkai lord, had chosen to investigate for rumor of a monster within that might hold a shard of the Shikon no Tama. It had proven fruitless and the great youkai soon returned empty-handed and minus one servant. He stood in the clearing Rin occupied now, determined to leave at dawn, Jaken or no.
He made a vexed sound deep in his throat and was on the verge of leaving anyway when a familiar, short, goggle-eyed form came ambling out of the cave mouth. He moved awkwardly, as if he were not used to his legs, and leaned heavily on his staff.
"Jaken, what took you long?" Lord Sesshoumaru asked in his usual monotone.
"Forgive me, my lord. I became lost within the caverns and had difficulty finding my way out again," he replied, eyes humbly downcast. His voice sounded different, without the typical quaver of fear to it.
"Perhaps you have left with more than you went in with," Sesshoumaru growled, drawing his sword. Jaken's eyes slowly lifted up to the dog youkai's, showing a strange purple-ish gleam to them. "As I thought. You have been possessed." He raised his sword and dropped it for Jaken's skull, to cleave through it like paper.
Jaken, or his body, pulled by the strings by whatever will within, brought the staff around and blocked the blow expertly. Jaken chuckled darkly.
"I think not, Lord Sesshoumaru," he snarled in a strange, deep voice.
"Who are you?" Sesshoumaru inquired guardedly, sword held ready for another strike. No ordinary being, youkai or otherwise, could just so casually negate his attack.
"You'll learn all you need in due time," he said. His eyes flashed and then a force exited the body of the diminutive servant, coalescing above his now limp body that slumped to the ground. The shape was unidentafiable except for the colors white and silver and two silver eyes. Rin sat up, woken by the excitement. "Sesshoumaru-sama?" she wondered groggily.
Then the purple, third eye popped open and the cloudy shape lurched forward, faster than even the great Sesshoumaru could react to. In the blink of an eye, the shape plunged into his body. He jerked and convulsed once, then went deathly still, eyes closed and head lowered. His sword drooped until the point touched the grass.
Rin got to her feet and ran over to him, concern on her young features. She tugged anxiously on his sleeve. "Sesshoumaru-sama! Sesshoumaru-sama!"
His golden eyes finally opened again, and regarded the girl in the same cold way the lord always did. But she could see that the youkai she knew wasn't looking through those orbs at her. Another consciousness was there instead.
She stepped back, unsure if she should be afraid and run. The consciousness tugged Sesshoumaru's lips up in a friendly smile, a most unusual expression on that emotionless face.
"Do not be afraid, Rin," he said, in Sesshoumaru's voice. She was astonished. This creature knew her name! "I know you because this youkai knows you, and I know what he knows, now. I have no intention of harming you or Jaken either one. I was once called Senna, but it's been a terribly long time since any have called me that. I must find her, my dearest Litara, and then I will leave."
"Who. Who is this Litara?" she asked shyly. Senna looked off at the starry horizon, remembering something from long ago. Long before Rin, and perhaps even Sesshoumaru himself.
"She is my one love. I failed to protect her, and died as a result. I must find her, and find some way to atone," he replied.
Rin thought this was a very sweet idea, but did he have to have Sesshoumaru- sama's body to do this? She looked back, at Jaken, who was slowly struggling back to his feet. Should they go with them? She didn't want to leave.
"Come. My home was to the west of here. I will start my search there. Jaken, come!" he called. Jaken looked confused, but hurried after the back of his lord. Rin followed, still mulling these difficult questions and feelings over in her mind.
AN: I'm sorry to say, that Jaken will not be dying. At least, I haven't planned on it yet.
Chapter One: Senna
Rin had long since fallen asleep just outside of the cavern complex Sesshoumaru, the great dog youkai lord, had chosen to investigate for rumor of a monster within that might hold a shard of the Shikon no Tama. It had proven fruitless and the great youkai soon returned empty-handed and minus one servant. He stood in the clearing Rin occupied now, determined to leave at dawn, Jaken or no.
He made a vexed sound deep in his throat and was on the verge of leaving anyway when a familiar, short, goggle-eyed form came ambling out of the cave mouth. He moved awkwardly, as if he were not used to his legs, and leaned heavily on his staff.
"Jaken, what took you long?" Lord Sesshoumaru asked in his usual monotone.
"Forgive me, my lord. I became lost within the caverns and had difficulty finding my way out again," he replied, eyes humbly downcast. His voice sounded different, without the typical quaver of fear to it.
"Perhaps you have left with more than you went in with," Sesshoumaru growled, drawing his sword. Jaken's eyes slowly lifted up to the dog youkai's, showing a strange purple-ish gleam to them. "As I thought. You have been possessed." He raised his sword and dropped it for Jaken's skull, to cleave through it like paper.
Jaken, or his body, pulled by the strings by whatever will within, brought the staff around and blocked the blow expertly. Jaken chuckled darkly.
"I think not, Lord Sesshoumaru," he snarled in a strange, deep voice.
"Who are you?" Sesshoumaru inquired guardedly, sword held ready for another strike. No ordinary being, youkai or otherwise, could just so casually negate his attack.
"You'll learn all you need in due time," he said. His eyes flashed and then a force exited the body of the diminutive servant, coalescing above his now limp body that slumped to the ground. The shape was unidentafiable except for the colors white and silver and two silver eyes. Rin sat up, woken by the excitement. "Sesshoumaru-sama?" she wondered groggily.
Then the purple, third eye popped open and the cloudy shape lurched forward, faster than even the great Sesshoumaru could react to. In the blink of an eye, the shape plunged into his body. He jerked and convulsed once, then went deathly still, eyes closed and head lowered. His sword drooped until the point touched the grass.
Rin got to her feet and ran over to him, concern on her young features. She tugged anxiously on his sleeve. "Sesshoumaru-sama! Sesshoumaru-sama!"
His golden eyes finally opened again, and regarded the girl in the same cold way the lord always did. But she could see that the youkai she knew wasn't looking through those orbs at her. Another consciousness was there instead.
She stepped back, unsure if she should be afraid and run. The consciousness tugged Sesshoumaru's lips up in a friendly smile, a most unusual expression on that emotionless face.
"Do not be afraid, Rin," he said, in Sesshoumaru's voice. She was astonished. This creature knew her name! "I know you because this youkai knows you, and I know what he knows, now. I have no intention of harming you or Jaken either one. I was once called Senna, but it's been a terribly long time since any have called me that. I must find her, my dearest Litara, and then I will leave."
"Who. Who is this Litara?" she asked shyly. Senna looked off at the starry horizon, remembering something from long ago. Long before Rin, and perhaps even Sesshoumaru himself.
"She is my one love. I failed to protect her, and died as a result. I must find her, and find some way to atone," he replied.
Rin thought this was a very sweet idea, but did he have to have Sesshoumaru- sama's body to do this? She looked back, at Jaken, who was slowly struggling back to his feet. Should they go with them? She didn't want to leave.
"Come. My home was to the west of here. I will start my search there. Jaken, come!" he called. Jaken looked confused, but hurried after the back of his lord. Rin followed, still mulling these difficult questions and feelings over in her mind.