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Disclaimer (like people read these, ne?) I do not in fact own
Inuyasha. Oh how I wish I did... there would've been more yaoi when Jakotsu
was there though ^ ~ And Inuyasha would get off his steely buttox and be
with Kagome -.-; Kikyou won't even go away after Naraku pushes her off
the cliff! Argh! *pushes Kikyou off again* XD;;;;
Sesshoumaru: --; get on with your disclaimer, Megami.
Eheh ^^; So yeah... I do own the plot for this fic, and the other characters
though! (IE Yuri, Inuyasha's mom, Crystalline...) And... um... I also own
Crystalline's dagger thing o_o but I think it got stolen... so maybe someone
else does now...
Bakura(From Yugioh): *thwack* Stop rambling! Baka --;
;-; I have such mean muses. Ah well. Here's the completed fic! ^_^
Chapter 3
Sesshoumaru looked up from the sleeping bundle in his arms. (No matter
how many times Inuyasha was passed around he always seemed to wind up snuggled
into his elder brother's arms, much to Sesshoumaru's discomfort.) He blinked
and sniffed the air. His senses were confirmed. He definitely smelled something.
He was still holding Inuyasha in his arms. 'Where's Crystalline? She
was just here a moment ago.' Yuri put his hand on his distracted friend's
shoulder.
"Hey, Sess, what's up? Is something wrong?"
As though not hearing his friend, Sesshoumaru looked over his shoulder. 'Crystalline's blood is on the air.' An image flashed through his mind; Crystalline, with her wings sending white light all around her, bleeding and pale, flying towards a swirling black orb in the sky. The orb wasn't completely black however--it had dark colors flickering throughout it and vibrant lightning bolts flashi. "Yuri... do you believe in visions?" He whispered, visibly shaken.
"Yeah Sess, I do... a little bit. Why do you ask?" Yuri's hansom features fairly defined confusion. Sesshoumaru was not a superstitious person as far as he knew, and he knew the guy pretty well, considering they had been friends for centuries.
"Just come with me." With that, Sesshoumaru gave Inuyasha back to a surprised Shinju and fairly flew down the corridor, following Crystalline's scent and nearly running over a few servants. Yuri blinked twice, then followed his friend more slowly, apologizing to the shaken underlings.
Jaken heard them coming and hid himself in a crevice of the wall; this area of the underground palace being filled with nooks and crannies large enough for a large horse to hide in. Using a quick spell he concealed his scent until he could not hear Sesshoumaru or Yuri's footsteps anymore. Jaken allowed himself a smirk at his master's idiocy, 'Now I just have to get rid of that annoying girl...' Opening the black hole he used for transport, Jaken slipped into his room. He took a large swig of sake he had taken from Sesshoumaru's private stash and hiccuped, dancing jovially. "I'm going to kill you! I'm going to kill you!" Jaken sang crazily, dancing around Crystalline's prone body. "You'll never see m' lord Sesshoumaru again! I'm going to kill you!" Laughing insanely, Jaken flipped through the many scrolls adorning his floor (most of which were probably stolen from Sesshoumaru), trying to find the perfect spell with which to kill her. He looked over at Crystalline, still cackling and shouted; "I've found it! You will die with a silent scream! And you can't see your love ever again, not even in death!" Jaken hopped onto a stool so he could get a better look at the unconscious girl. "Better yet," He continued, as though she could hear him, "I'll kill you with your own bone dagger! That would be mighty fulfilling!" No sooner had the toad demon grabbed the knife with his right hand when a white lightning bolt pierced through his grey flesh. He let out a blood curdling scream and Crystalline's lavender eyes snaped opene. Staring blankly at the writhing and screaming Jaken she mouthed some strange words--alien even if they had been heard--as white wings sprouted from her back. The horrified Jaken could only watch (and dodge) as she destroyed the room's contents with her unkept power.
Sesshoumaru stopped his hunt and looked around, sniffing. Crystalline's smell was wafting down the hall as if pushed by a great wind. It seemed to be coming from Jaken's room. Yuri grabbed his shoulder again, pulling him back a bit, "Sess, please, tell me what this is all about. Why are you so jumpy? It isn't like you at all."
Sesshoumaru looked at his friend fearfully, "I've been having visions. Crystalline always gets hurt in some way during them. I've had one where she died but then she only got really hurt. Now I had one where she's flying into a black sun... and it really freaks me out."
"Black sun...?" Yuri repeated, thinking for a moment. "The legends say something about the black sun having to do with death don't they... an ultimate death that can't be changed no matter what? Not even by an ogre's spell..."
"I know!" Sesshoumaru shouted, his words echoing around the stone hallway eerily. "That's what I'm worried about! Let's GO!" Without waiting for his friend to respond he resumed his sprint down the hall.
Jaken, meanwhile, was frozen against the far wall. Crystalline's eyes had turned a blood red and were shining in the darkness. "I will kill you Jaken." She said flatly. Despite his attempts, Jaken's groveling was useless; Crystalline was beyond reason. She had seen the future Jaken had in store for Sesshoumaru and himself and knew above all else that she did not like it. Shaking angrily she raised an outstretched palm in his direction, muttering again in the alien language as a white ball of spirit energy formed, flickering in her hand and illuminating the entire room. She was about to sent it into the cowardly wretch's body when the one thing that could stop her actions entered the room and accidently saved Jaken's life.
Sesshoumaru stepped in at that moment and saw a very interesting scene before him. His personal servant cowering before a very angry akutenshi. He stared for a moment, meeting Crystalline's eyes and gazing into them. His piercing gaze startled her and the strange force inside of her lessened as she sank back down, leaning against the table she had been tied to.
"Crystalline! What are you doing!? Stop right now!"
Jaken took the opportunity to appeal to his master, "Lord! She's gone mad! I tell you true, she plans to destroy us all!"
Sesshoumaru looked at his servant. As far as he knew Jaken had never lied to him before, (although that certainly showed how much he knew) and the room was damaged greatly. The only plausible cause for the damage was the girl in front of him. "Crystalline, why did you do this?" She didn't seem to hear his question because she stared blankly at him for a long time before he asked differently. "Why did you destroy Jaken's room?"
"She's gone mad I tell you lord! Mad! She should be driven out of your father's land!"
Sesshoumaru's eyes grew dark with thought as he concidered the evidence before him and he looked appealing at Crystalline as if asking 'what should I do?'.
Crystalline stared at Sesshoumaru in disbelief, "You... you believe him?"
Sesshoumaru didn't know what to believe. Jaken never lied to him; he knew the consequences, there was definite evidence that showed that Crystalline had indeed gone insane, and the entire room smelled like her. The only other way for it to have covered up Jaken's unmistakable stench would be if she had lived there alone without being able to bathe for three hundred years! And since that was obviously not the case the only other conclusion was that her magic was the cause.
Jaken grinned in evil triumph as Sesshoumaru bowed his head, "To be silent is to condone! It is below Lord Sesshoumaru's level to speak to traitors!"
Crystalline looked from the toad to her friend as her eyes filled with tears, "You really believe him, don't you?" Sesshoumaru looked dumbly at her. Almost begging for the girl to give him a reason not to. "I knew it!" She sobbed and turned to go, floating up to a swirling blue light in the ceiling. She turned to face Sesshoumaru before ascending and whispered. "Goodbye Sesshoumaru. I'll see you again someday." And without another word she vanished into the void.
Sesshoumaru stared blankly at the spot where she'd disappeared into for quite some time afterwards. "...Crystalline..." A lone tear trickled down his cold cheek, causing him to start a bit. He raised one hand to his face and wiped the tear away with a nail and staring at it in mild surprise. He was subconsciously very glad that his back was to Yuri and Jaken. 'I'm... crying...?' He thought, not recognizing the emotion or action. Trying to keep his voice steady he addressed Jaken and Yuri; "Could you guys leave me alone for a minute?"
Yuri nodded, "Come on Jaken." He picked the little youkai up by the back of his kimono and unceremoniously carried him out of the room.
Sesshoumaru sat, all alone for hours on the floor of the room. The few
memories he'd made over the past five days were flooding his thoughts,
causing his head to spin a bit. The fight, sitting next to her waiting
for her to regain consciousness, watching her soothe the Dragon. He felt
a wave of self-pity flood over him. The fire in the room gave his broken
heart no warmth. 'I... loved her...' He stood up. 'No need to
cry over spilt blood.' He reminded himself reluctantly. It was a bit
more like a reprimand than a reminder though. As he left the room he eyed
the dagger Crystalline had made the night she was first with them lying
on the ground near where she had disappeared. He picked it up and smiled
thinly, running his long slender fingers over the intricate carvings, marveling
at how perfect it was. He traced the face of the girl carved in its handle
and knew that she would come for it one day. He didn't know how. He just
knew.
Owari
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Sesshoumaru: Maybe then you won't mangle my character.
You were a baby! I could make you be a cutiepie if I wanted to XP