Author's note: Here we are! What will happen to my poor Anna and the sadic
Sesshoumaru? EHEH!!^_^ Let's stop with jokes, I really adore Sesshoumaru. I
must to confess that I like always more contorted characters: Raistlin in
Dragonlance, Zelgadiss in Slayers, Sesshoumaru in Inuyasha.uhm, maybe I'm
contorted, too.^_^;;; Stop the fiddlesticks! Chapter five!
CHAPTER 5
THE TEACHER AND THE STUDENT
"But it's against my own nature!" "Do it and stop with talks." "I must to repeat to you that I can't do it. How can I identify myself in a." "It's your actual figure that is a fiction, stupid wench!" "Don't call me stupid wench! You want too much from me!" The forest echoed of these two voices that squabbled one against the other in a very angry tone. All the animals and even youkais were running away very fast from that zone, feeling the tension preceding a fight. It was not very salutary be in the nearness when two inu-youkais take the decision to gave a lesson one to the other. These two inu-youkais, however, were too much involved in their quarrel to notice the effect done on the others. One, a man with silver hair, was half transformed and looked at the other, a girl with crossed arms and the eyes focused on the ground, with fired eyes. Sesshoumaru sat on a rock, sighing nervous while he took another time his human form. To teach to that hard head of girl to use her power was appearing too much for him. Two weeks was passed by, more or less, since Anna was became an inu-youkai, losing her human nature to survive at the attack of a youkai, attracted by her latent powers. Sesshoumaru had put the girl in his group with the intent of create a faithful weapon and give to Rin a company more indicated that a fool chit-chatting toad. So, they were going to the big castle, home of the Lord of the Western Lands, an inheritance from his dead father. During the trip, everyday, Sesshoumaru set himself apart with Anna to teach her how to use her new powers and the potentialities of her youkai's body. This seemed a not very easy venture. Anna was hardheaded and obstinate and had no problems in answer back when he criticized her, a thing that made him lost his patience and run away, or he'd surely slash her in two different pieces.and how explain it to Rin? No, he didn't want really kill her.he dispelled the thought with angry. The girl was a fool. She raised many objections, causing an headache to Sesshoumaru every time, and then, as if there were nothing to it, she did exactly what he had asked for three hours. She regretted that he wasn't enough patient.silliness. He hadn't had so many regards in all his life. Thinking to the time he had try to teach her how to run fast and how to jump high, for example.Nothing for more than an hour. Her body was ready to do efforts unthinkable for her, but she was obstinate in her human, goofy movements. In the end, Sesshoumaru was very tired of her and was run away, jumping from a tree to the other to underline his superiority. He had tell to her to hurry up because he didn't want to wait her. He was just thinking how fool was this stupid wench, when he gave a glance to his back and saw her imitating his movements, a little bit goofy. He had start to run faster to give her more troubles.and then she was just at his side. And she laughed!! She laughed at the sky, while run more faster and emanated so much joy of life that Sesshoumaru was astonished for one moment. Then, he became angry, VERY angry. But how in the Seven Hells.he had talked to the wall for an hour and now she run and laughed like nothing was happened? He had start to chase her and in this way, they arrived where Rin and Jaken attended them. When they arrived, they were distraught and Sesshoumaru's anger was -how odd!- vanished. She smiled at him.bah, strange girl. Since that moment, the thing were going better. Anna liked to fight and learned well, but Sesshoumaru'd transform himself in a human before telling this to her. Her latent power was now active. Anna could absorb the energy of everyone and now she was learning to dose this strength. After killing an oak with only one touch, she had more attention in this. Sesshoumaru known that she was afraid of her own power, but he was satisfied. She had some faith in him, an advantageous thing, Rin adored her and Jaken didn't dare to tell anything. Sesshoumaru had asked her about her past and had discovered that she was from a different space-time dimension. The thing didn't surprise him, he know very well their existence; instead, he was satisfied: no regrets about her human world, family and stuff like this. She'd not run away from him, wasting his precious time. But now.now she had made him really mad! In that two weeks, Anna didn't try to take her real form, the inu-youkai's, not a time. Sesshoumaru had noticed this and had decided to provide. He had ordered to her to transform herself and she had looked at him with her irritant, perplex blue eyes. "Do what I do. Your power must to increase into you." he had tell, transforming himself and taking his dog form. He was annoyed because the absence of fear in her eyes at his sight, but more because her confused face. He had attended for some minutes. She had closed her eyes, trying to concentrate her mind, but in the end.no results. "My true form is ever been this! How can I know what I'll be from now on?!- she regretted when he started to growl- I don't understand what I may do!" And in this way they had started a foolish and annoying discussion.Sesshoumaru had had enough. He noticed Anna's eyes on him. He was sit in silence from minutes. He ignored her, deciding he had enough of her stupidity. "Aren't you tired of argue, Sesshoumaru-sama?" she asked, with a more low voice. Sesshoumaru didn't look at her and Anna sighed, patient. "I need time to accept my new nature.- she said- Sooner or later I'll be able to transform myself, but I need to proceed step by step. Please, try to understand." Sesshoumaru didn't answer, neither looked at her. "Are you listening, Sesshoumaru-sama?" Anna asked, annoyed. Sesshoumaru, in reply, raised to his feet and started to walk away, giving her his back. "Sesshoumaru-sama!" screamed Anna, another time full of anger. She reached him, clutching his kimono to make him turn to her. Sesshoumaru gave her a disgusted glance and free himself from her clutch with a sharp deed. "You are a nuisance.- he said, coldly- I haven't time to waste. If you aren't able to accept your nature, you are of no utility for me." Anna stood, paling slightly and drawing back her hand. Sesshoumaru looked at her for one moment with cold eyes, then turned and walked away. Anna stood with her eyes focused on her back, biting her lips for not cry. "I'm not able to accept my nature.- she thought, bowing her eyes on her feet- I'm of no utility." She closed her eyes with violence. Sesshoumaru and Rin were the only persons with she could live. She couldn't live with humans anymore, and the youkais'd hated her for her origin. She couldn't either return at home. If only Sesshoumaru had lost his interest in her, she was been lost. She gave her best, but she could not accept so easy her new nature and Sesshoumaru didn't understand. She wasn't a fool. She had understand that Sesshoumaru was training her to have a good allied in fight, someone able to utilize his power to defend his master. Yes, it was just this: accepting to follow him, Anna was become a Sesshoumaru's property. She was useful for studying human's feelings and as a weapon, a makeshift to Tetsusaiga. And because Rin, sure. "I do my best.- she hissed, showing her fangs, looking at the point where Sesshoumaru had disappeared- He has no right to make me feel like this!" "Oh, surely! Do you want do make him pay for this? What's that, do you want to die?" asked her rational mind. She shook her head and golden hair fell onto her face. Attack him was not her intention, but.HE HAD NO RIGHT TO MAKE HER FEEL LIKE THIS!!! Killing abruptly her rational mind, Anna throw herself in pursuit of Sesshoumaru with a deep anger in her eyes. Thousands and thousands tortures and cruel phrases run through her mind while she run to him, but all this, even her anger, died inexorably when she came out in a clearing and saw Rin grasp on a Sesshoumaru's leg, laughing while she offered to him a bunch of flowers. It was not that Sesshoumaru showed any expression on that beautiful and glacial face, but the scene was sweet. Anna's anger vanished and the girl sighed, shaking her head and stopping her steps. "I'm really, really stupid." she thought. "Nee-chan!- Rin greeted, running to her- Look! Rin has pick flowers for you too!" "Thank you, dear." she answered, smiling faintly and trying to not show the hole in her soul. She took the flowers, than clutched Rin's hand. "Have you learn many things, today?" the child asked. Everybody started to walk behind Sesshoumaru, that had woke up Jaken from his afternoon sleep with a kick. "Many things, Rin.- Anna answered, looking at the fluffy tail of Sesshoumaru with absent eyes- Many. More than I've ever want to learn." she ended in her mind, before take in her arms Rin and make her steps as fast as inu-youkai's steps. Sesshoumaru landed on a tree's branch, not caring the strong wind from east. It was deep night and his companions slept under him. All but Anna, her behavior strange since that afternoon. Sesshoumaru lowered his eyes and saw her sitting on the grass, looking at the empty, for what he could know. He corrugated his forehead, From that afternoon fight, the girl was been strange. Her anger's smell wasn't passed unobserved to his nose, when she had that crisis after he had treated her in that bad way, either the fact she was in pursuit of him with aggressive intentions. Stupid wench, really stupid, he had thought, deaf at Rin's happy voice while he attended that she came out in the clearing. He was very curious to see if she had enough guts and madness to attack him, with the poor technique she managed. At that point, maybe a little lesson over how to treat and answer to the Great Sesshoumaru was really necessary. But when she came out in the clearing, the anger had vanished from the girl and his youki and her fight spirit had disappeared. When he had turned, he had saw her look at Rin with absent eyes, while the child run to her with the flowers in her hands. Sesshoumaru was perplexed and annoyed because the lost fight. He had a strong desire to relieve himself. It didn't seem that Anna had felt fear for her deed. Before the anger vanished, there were been a mixture of strange feelings without sense. Than.the oblivion. Since she had came out from the forest, from Anna's body didn't come the smell of one feeling. Sesshoumaru had thought about this for the entire day. Could it be that the girl had learned how to hide her emotions? It was a refined art and it was very difficult at a concentration level. Sesshoumaru was a master of it and he knew very well that only few peoples could arrive at his level. It needed a remarkable coldness and a rigorous control over one's own body. He didn't believe she could learn it in this few time, but.Maybe she wanted revenge over his caustic words of that afternoon. In that case, she had broken their agreement and Sesshoumaru would been constrict to kill her. The youkai landed his head to the tree, clutching an annoyed sigh. No. Even in the more bold hypothesis, it was too much soon; she couldn't have that power. Probably, his words had move her deep inside and that is the effect, temporarily for sure. Maybe he should had been less hard with her, if she was troubled it was all for his damage. Maybe his lack of tact was the only thing in common with his bastard brother Inuyasha. "Nee-chan." Rin's voice distracted him from his thoughts. Looking under him, he saw the child walk to Anna, who returned on the material world with some difficult.
"What, Rin-chan?- Anna asked, her voice tender and worried as always but not her face- It was very late. Aren't you able to sleep?" Rin shook her head and Anna made her sit over her legs. "Rin have done a nightmare." murmured Rin. "A nightmare?- Anna asked, hugging her- What have you dreamed?" "Wolves." whispered Rin. Sesshoumaru passed trough his hair, annoyed. Always the same nightmare. The image of her death was still in Rin's mind, even if not in on an aware level. "Don't be afraid, Rin-chan.- Anna said to her, starting to rock her- Here you have me, Sesshoumaru-sama, and even that ugly toad of Jaken!" Rin giggled and Jaken, disturbed, rolling in his sleep. "No one wolf will come near. You don't have to be afraid." "Yes, Rin know it." whispered Rin, before make a big yawn. Anna started to sing a song with low voice and soon the child slept in her arms. "That song." Sesshoumaru thought, recognizing the slow and melancholy sound. It was the same song he had heard her sing the night she had became an inu-youkai. In spite of the child was already sleeping, Anna went on to sing till the song finished. Sesshoumaru felt a change in her. After one moment, Anna was surrounded by a sad aura. He saw her hug Rin more tightly and bow her head, hiding her face with the hair. Sesshoumaru smiled. Every doubt was gone. Anna wasn't able to restrain her emotions. She was only locked. Satisfied, he returned to look at the sky, waiting the dawn. Another day of march and they'll been at home, finally.
CHAPTER 5
THE TEACHER AND THE STUDENT
"But it's against my own nature!" "Do it and stop with talks." "I must to repeat to you that I can't do it. How can I identify myself in a." "It's your actual figure that is a fiction, stupid wench!" "Don't call me stupid wench! You want too much from me!" The forest echoed of these two voices that squabbled one against the other in a very angry tone. All the animals and even youkais were running away very fast from that zone, feeling the tension preceding a fight. It was not very salutary be in the nearness when two inu-youkais take the decision to gave a lesson one to the other. These two inu-youkais, however, were too much involved in their quarrel to notice the effect done on the others. One, a man with silver hair, was half transformed and looked at the other, a girl with crossed arms and the eyes focused on the ground, with fired eyes. Sesshoumaru sat on a rock, sighing nervous while he took another time his human form. To teach to that hard head of girl to use her power was appearing too much for him. Two weeks was passed by, more or less, since Anna was became an inu-youkai, losing her human nature to survive at the attack of a youkai, attracted by her latent powers. Sesshoumaru had put the girl in his group with the intent of create a faithful weapon and give to Rin a company more indicated that a fool chit-chatting toad. So, they were going to the big castle, home of the Lord of the Western Lands, an inheritance from his dead father. During the trip, everyday, Sesshoumaru set himself apart with Anna to teach her how to use her new powers and the potentialities of her youkai's body. This seemed a not very easy venture. Anna was hardheaded and obstinate and had no problems in answer back when he criticized her, a thing that made him lost his patience and run away, or he'd surely slash her in two different pieces.and how explain it to Rin? No, he didn't want really kill her.he dispelled the thought with angry. The girl was a fool. She raised many objections, causing an headache to Sesshoumaru every time, and then, as if there were nothing to it, she did exactly what he had asked for three hours. She regretted that he wasn't enough patient.silliness. He hadn't had so many regards in all his life. Thinking to the time he had try to teach her how to run fast and how to jump high, for example.Nothing for more than an hour. Her body was ready to do efforts unthinkable for her, but she was obstinate in her human, goofy movements. In the end, Sesshoumaru was very tired of her and was run away, jumping from a tree to the other to underline his superiority. He had tell to her to hurry up because he didn't want to wait her. He was just thinking how fool was this stupid wench, when he gave a glance to his back and saw her imitating his movements, a little bit goofy. He had start to run faster to give her more troubles.and then she was just at his side. And she laughed!! She laughed at the sky, while run more faster and emanated so much joy of life that Sesshoumaru was astonished for one moment. Then, he became angry, VERY angry. But how in the Seven Hells.he had talked to the wall for an hour and now she run and laughed like nothing was happened? He had start to chase her and in this way, they arrived where Rin and Jaken attended them. When they arrived, they were distraught and Sesshoumaru's anger was -how odd!- vanished. She smiled at him.bah, strange girl. Since that moment, the thing were going better. Anna liked to fight and learned well, but Sesshoumaru'd transform himself in a human before telling this to her. Her latent power was now active. Anna could absorb the energy of everyone and now she was learning to dose this strength. After killing an oak with only one touch, she had more attention in this. Sesshoumaru known that she was afraid of her own power, but he was satisfied. She had some faith in him, an advantageous thing, Rin adored her and Jaken didn't dare to tell anything. Sesshoumaru had asked her about her past and had discovered that she was from a different space-time dimension. The thing didn't surprise him, he know very well their existence; instead, he was satisfied: no regrets about her human world, family and stuff like this. She'd not run away from him, wasting his precious time. But now.now she had made him really mad! In that two weeks, Anna didn't try to take her real form, the inu-youkai's, not a time. Sesshoumaru had noticed this and had decided to provide. He had ordered to her to transform herself and she had looked at him with her irritant, perplex blue eyes. "Do what I do. Your power must to increase into you." he had tell, transforming himself and taking his dog form. He was annoyed because the absence of fear in her eyes at his sight, but more because her confused face. He had attended for some minutes. She had closed her eyes, trying to concentrate her mind, but in the end.no results. "My true form is ever been this! How can I know what I'll be from now on?!- she regretted when he started to growl- I don't understand what I may do!" And in this way they had started a foolish and annoying discussion.Sesshoumaru had had enough. He noticed Anna's eyes on him. He was sit in silence from minutes. He ignored her, deciding he had enough of her stupidity. "Aren't you tired of argue, Sesshoumaru-sama?" she asked, with a more low voice. Sesshoumaru didn't look at her and Anna sighed, patient. "I need time to accept my new nature.- she said- Sooner or later I'll be able to transform myself, but I need to proceed step by step. Please, try to understand." Sesshoumaru didn't answer, neither looked at her. "Are you listening, Sesshoumaru-sama?" Anna asked, annoyed. Sesshoumaru, in reply, raised to his feet and started to walk away, giving her his back. "Sesshoumaru-sama!" screamed Anna, another time full of anger. She reached him, clutching his kimono to make him turn to her. Sesshoumaru gave her a disgusted glance and free himself from her clutch with a sharp deed. "You are a nuisance.- he said, coldly- I haven't time to waste. If you aren't able to accept your nature, you are of no utility for me." Anna stood, paling slightly and drawing back her hand. Sesshoumaru looked at her for one moment with cold eyes, then turned and walked away. Anna stood with her eyes focused on her back, biting her lips for not cry. "I'm not able to accept my nature.- she thought, bowing her eyes on her feet- I'm of no utility." She closed her eyes with violence. Sesshoumaru and Rin were the only persons with she could live. She couldn't live with humans anymore, and the youkais'd hated her for her origin. She couldn't either return at home. If only Sesshoumaru had lost his interest in her, she was been lost. She gave her best, but she could not accept so easy her new nature and Sesshoumaru didn't understand. She wasn't a fool. She had understand that Sesshoumaru was training her to have a good allied in fight, someone able to utilize his power to defend his master. Yes, it was just this: accepting to follow him, Anna was become a Sesshoumaru's property. She was useful for studying human's feelings and as a weapon, a makeshift to Tetsusaiga. And because Rin, sure. "I do my best.- she hissed, showing her fangs, looking at the point where Sesshoumaru had disappeared- He has no right to make me feel like this!" "Oh, surely! Do you want do make him pay for this? What's that, do you want to die?" asked her rational mind. She shook her head and golden hair fell onto her face. Attack him was not her intention, but.HE HAD NO RIGHT TO MAKE HER FEEL LIKE THIS!!! Killing abruptly her rational mind, Anna throw herself in pursuit of Sesshoumaru with a deep anger in her eyes. Thousands and thousands tortures and cruel phrases run through her mind while she run to him, but all this, even her anger, died inexorably when she came out in a clearing and saw Rin grasp on a Sesshoumaru's leg, laughing while she offered to him a bunch of flowers. It was not that Sesshoumaru showed any expression on that beautiful and glacial face, but the scene was sweet. Anna's anger vanished and the girl sighed, shaking her head and stopping her steps. "I'm really, really stupid." she thought. "Nee-chan!- Rin greeted, running to her- Look! Rin has pick flowers for you too!" "Thank you, dear." she answered, smiling faintly and trying to not show the hole in her soul. She took the flowers, than clutched Rin's hand. "Have you learn many things, today?" the child asked. Everybody started to walk behind Sesshoumaru, that had woke up Jaken from his afternoon sleep with a kick. "Many things, Rin.- Anna answered, looking at the fluffy tail of Sesshoumaru with absent eyes- Many. More than I've ever want to learn." she ended in her mind, before take in her arms Rin and make her steps as fast as inu-youkai's steps. Sesshoumaru landed on a tree's branch, not caring the strong wind from east. It was deep night and his companions slept under him. All but Anna, her behavior strange since that afternoon. Sesshoumaru lowered his eyes and saw her sitting on the grass, looking at the empty, for what he could know. He corrugated his forehead, From that afternoon fight, the girl was been strange. Her anger's smell wasn't passed unobserved to his nose, when she had that crisis after he had treated her in that bad way, either the fact she was in pursuit of him with aggressive intentions. Stupid wench, really stupid, he had thought, deaf at Rin's happy voice while he attended that she came out in the clearing. He was very curious to see if she had enough guts and madness to attack him, with the poor technique she managed. At that point, maybe a little lesson over how to treat and answer to the Great Sesshoumaru was really necessary. But when she came out in the clearing, the anger had vanished from the girl and his youki and her fight spirit had disappeared. When he had turned, he had saw her look at Rin with absent eyes, while the child run to her with the flowers in her hands. Sesshoumaru was perplexed and annoyed because the lost fight. He had a strong desire to relieve himself. It didn't seem that Anna had felt fear for her deed. Before the anger vanished, there were been a mixture of strange feelings without sense. Than.the oblivion. Since she had came out from the forest, from Anna's body didn't come the smell of one feeling. Sesshoumaru had thought about this for the entire day. Could it be that the girl had learned how to hide her emotions? It was a refined art and it was very difficult at a concentration level. Sesshoumaru was a master of it and he knew very well that only few peoples could arrive at his level. It needed a remarkable coldness and a rigorous control over one's own body. He didn't believe she could learn it in this few time, but.Maybe she wanted revenge over his caustic words of that afternoon. In that case, she had broken their agreement and Sesshoumaru would been constrict to kill her. The youkai landed his head to the tree, clutching an annoyed sigh. No. Even in the more bold hypothesis, it was too much soon; she couldn't have that power. Probably, his words had move her deep inside and that is the effect, temporarily for sure. Maybe he should had been less hard with her, if she was troubled it was all for his damage. Maybe his lack of tact was the only thing in common with his bastard brother Inuyasha. "Nee-chan." Rin's voice distracted him from his thoughts. Looking under him, he saw the child walk to Anna, who returned on the material world with some difficult.
"What, Rin-chan?- Anna asked, her voice tender and worried as always but not her face- It was very late. Aren't you able to sleep?" Rin shook her head and Anna made her sit over her legs. "Rin have done a nightmare." murmured Rin. "A nightmare?- Anna asked, hugging her- What have you dreamed?" "Wolves." whispered Rin. Sesshoumaru passed trough his hair, annoyed. Always the same nightmare. The image of her death was still in Rin's mind, even if not in on an aware level. "Don't be afraid, Rin-chan.- Anna said to her, starting to rock her- Here you have me, Sesshoumaru-sama, and even that ugly toad of Jaken!" Rin giggled and Jaken, disturbed, rolling in his sleep. "No one wolf will come near. You don't have to be afraid." "Yes, Rin know it." whispered Rin, before make a big yawn. Anna started to sing a song with low voice and soon the child slept in her arms. "That song." Sesshoumaru thought, recognizing the slow and melancholy sound. It was the same song he had heard her sing the night she had became an inu-youkai. In spite of the child was already sleeping, Anna went on to sing till the song finished. Sesshoumaru felt a change in her. After one moment, Anna was surrounded by a sad aura. He saw her hug Rin more tightly and bow her head, hiding her face with the hair. Sesshoumaru smiled. Every doubt was gone. Anna wasn't able to restrain her emotions. She was only locked. Satisfied, he returned to look at the sky, waiting the dawn. Another day of march and they'll been at home, finally.