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CHAPTER 6 THE PRINCESS OF THE CASTLE "Here we are." The voice of Sesshoumaru attracted the attention of the three behind him. It was the entire day that they walked, but the sight from the hill where they were stopped was worthwhile. In the valley under them there was a huge mansion, and it occupied an area as big as a small city's. The big palace, sumptuous but not flashy, was surrounded by three circles of walls, one more high than the other, separated by gorgeous gardens, crossed by artificial rivers and lakes. "It's beautiful." Anna whispered, in admiration. "Nee-chan! Look, how many flowers!- Rin cried, clapping her hands- That house is all a big garden!" "Sure, it is a beautiful palace! It is Sesshoumaru-sama's home!- said Jaken, looking at the two with superiority- What did you expect from my master, Lord of the Western Lands?" "But how could it pass unobserved to human's eyes? Don't you have problems from them?" Anna asked, perplexed, while Sesshoumaru started to walk another time. "A barrier hide the house from indiscreet eyes.- answered Jaken, rejoicing like it was all his merit- The three walls hide defenses against every kind of youkai. It was a project of my master's father, but the barrier against human was raised again only after his death, because." Jaken bit his tongue, seeing the glacial look of his lord, and went on to walk in silence. Anna looked at Sesshoumaru. It wasn't difficult to understand the sense of Jaken's words. After fall in love with a human woman, the father of Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru had took away the barrier. Sesshoumaru, at his death, had put it in its place another time. He hated humans. Rin was an exception and herself was not a human anymore. They arrived soon at the first wall, to a big black door, with signs in red enamel. The glacises were full of sentries. "Our master is back!" someone cried from the upper. Many horns played, while the big door was opened. "Nice to see you again, master!" greeted one who seemed the head of the sentinels. Sesshoumaru didn't look at him, going on in the first garden, disseminated of fruit's tree. Anna e Rin looked around in admiration. Anna's new sense of smell caught more fragrances than she could manage. That home was full of people. They were all low-power youkais and hanyous, from their smell. She couldn't sense any human presence, but this thing was expected. Soon, they were at the second wall, the door already open for them. They passed it while the sentinels greeted them, looking at each other in surprise and curiosity because the human child and that new inu-youkai. They entered in a garden where grew many species of flowers. Rin was near to escape from Anna's arm because her happiness. "Why am I not affected by the barriers?" Anna asked, curios. She had crossed half of the territory but no forces had gave her any damage. "It's destined to peoples whit aggressive intentions- explained Jaken, with a bored but confident face- You are a Sesshoumaru-sama's slave, so you can't have aggressive intentions." Anna looked at Jaken with hartred, than made him fall on the ground head first, always walking behind Sesshoumaru. She couldn't restrain herself to punish that 'I'll always lick my master shoes' toad for call her a slave. "I'm a weapon, not a slave" she thought. She sighed. It wasn't very different. "Look how many peoples, nee-chan!" Rin murmured, a little afraid, pointing in front of them. They were near to the third and last garden and at the door seemed to stand the entire population of the castle, all together to receive them. They stopped their steps at the door. "Nice to see you, Sesshoumaru-sama." an old equine youkai said. Sesshoumaru greeted with an head's deed. There were some minutes of embarrassing silence, than the youkai asked: "Can we ask, Sesshoumaru-sama, who are your companions?" Sesshoumaru gave a distract look at his retinue, like he had forget them for an instant, than nodded. "This evening, in the Big Hall, I'll explain who they are, but first you'll tell to me everything is happened in this house in my absence." he answered with a cold voice. "Naturally, Sesshoumaru-sama." the old said, bowing. The people left, so the group could reach the house. Anna, feeling their curiosity, became menacing, hugging Rin. They had only to touch her.This garden was full of bower, lakes and tiny bridges. All was orange because the sunset. Anna slow her steps, looking around her. "I'll live here from now on." she whispered. "Do you want to stand there for all the day?" The dry voice of Sesshoumaru woke her up from her thoughts. She turned with a not very polite answer on the point of her tongue, but the words died in her throat. The inu-youkai was right in front the entrance, looking at her with an annoyed face and the sunset painted of gold his silver hair. But for a moment, Anna was sure that it was night and that Sesshoumaru was a desperate person who cried out something.something she had heard but that she couldn't remember after been carried in that world. As it arrived, this feeling left her. Uncertain of her strength, she left Rin to walk with her feet. "We come." she whispered, passing an hand over her face. She wasn't very happy noticing that it was trembling. When they came in, Rin and Anna was separated from Sesshoumaru and entrusted to the cares of some female hanyous of the house. Anna was carried through many elegant corridors and on a balcony. There, she was introduced in a rich bedroom with a window on the other side of the garden. The hanyous told her that those were the female's quarters and that if she'd lost the orientation all she had to do was ask to one of them. They wash her, then made her dress and comb. While she sat on a big mirror, trying to habit herself to the new dress (really similar to the dress of Inuyasha's mother), she asked about Rin. "The child is in the second corridor to your right, Anna-sama.- answered an hanyou- Sesshoumaru-sama has ordered that she'd be positioned not very distant from you." "Don't call me Anna-sama, please." said Anna, embarrassed. The hanyous shook their head. It was their habit to treat a full-blood youkai in that way. They carried to her the dinner without news about Sesshoumaru. Anna sat near the window after the hanyous went away, thinking about the vision during the sunset. She couldn't thinking for a long time, because Jaken went to call her. After many corridors, and Anna was near to ask to herself when she'd been able to understand how to return to her room, they arrived in a big lightly room. Many persons were crowded inside, and others attended outside. Everybody murmured a greeting to Jaken and Anna. The youkai girl looked around, searching Rin and finally she found her near two low-power youkais, well dresses and combed. "Nee-chan!- the child exclaimed, running to her- See how they dress nice Rin! And you are beautiful, too, nee-chan!" Anna smiled to the child, then raised her eyes, meeting Sesshoumaru's eyes. He was in conference with the Palace's Guardian. Sesshoumaru noticed their presence and made them the deed to come near the big throne he was sit on. Anna approached with caution, with Rin very near her. She noticed that Sesshoumaru's dress was the same as ever. She hadn't even took away the armour, but as always he didn't have a single hair out of place. While they approached him, Sesshoumaru made a deed to the crowd, asking silence. His order was immediately satisfied. Anna made a face. It wasn't difficult to image that was the fear what generated all that obedience. "I'm returned from a long trip, leaving this palace without a Lord.- started Sesshoumaru, looking at the hall- There are been some disobedience, but after all I've the pleasure to notice that nothing is changed and all is in good conditions." There were whispers of relief. Surely the disobedient were already died. Anna had a realistic idea of how Sesshoumaru had spent the past few hours. The youkai bowed his eyes and made a deed to Rin. The child look at Anna, than went to Sesshoumaru, that put an hand over her head. "This human child is Rin. She is under my protection.- Sesshoumaru said, coldly- Whoever will damage her, will die, and in the same way who will make a comment about the question." His words fell on a grave's silence. Anna made an ironic smile. Sesshoumaru left Rin and clutched an hand of Anna, that look at him with surprise. Sesshoumaru didn't look at her. "This is Anna.- Sesshoumaru said- She is an inu-youkai under me. Her orders will be second only from mine." Jaken muffled in one hand. Anna had took his position in the palace in one instant. "Who will violate her orders will cause a damage to me, so he'll die." Other silence. Anna gave a glance to Sesshoumaru, who took her hand, still. With a strange feeling to her stomach, she looked away. "With this, I've finished. You can return to your occupations." Sesshoumaru said. The crowd went away and in the hall remained only in four. "Jaken, carry Rin in her room." Sesshoumaru ordered, leaving finally Anna's hand, that massaged it like it was fired. The toad, muttering, carried outside Rin, who left with a loud goodnight. Anna and Sesshoumaru remained in silence for some minutes. "Can I go, Sesshoumaru-sama?" Anna asked in the end. It seemed that Sesshoumaru hadn't anything to say. Sesshoumaru turned to her with a thoughtful expression, than he approached her. "What.what want he do?" Anna asked to herself, making a step behind. Sesshoumaru clutched her chin and forced her to look him in the eyes. Anna' s heart lose an heartbeat. She had never been near him in that way. The handsomeness of Sesshoumaru's face was in that moment untenable "Se...Sesshoumaru-sama." she said, swallowing with difficult. "I want this is clear. Your order are second from mine, but don't abuse of your power." Sesshoumaru said. It was a cold shower. "Oh.sure." Anna answered, stunned. Sesshoumaru fixed her for another moment, than let her go. "I don't want insubordination. - he said, sitting on the throne- You'll be better remembering it, or you'll be treated as the others." "I know it, Sesshoumaru-sama." Anna said. Sesshoumaru dismissed her and Anna left the hall with a trembling goodnight. She went through the corridors, with an hand over her heart. "You've ever know his beauty. -she said to herself, trying to stop the flush on her cheeks- What is different now? He is cold and cruel. Take it easy, Anna, or Sesshoumaru will be able to understand." "To understand.what?" she whispered, stopping her steps. She returned to her room only after some time, partially spent searching through that corridor she'd lived in from now on.
CHAPTER 6 THE PRINCESS OF THE CASTLE "Here we are." The voice of Sesshoumaru attracted the attention of the three behind him. It was the entire day that they walked, but the sight from the hill where they were stopped was worthwhile. In the valley under them there was a huge mansion, and it occupied an area as big as a small city's. The big palace, sumptuous but not flashy, was surrounded by three circles of walls, one more high than the other, separated by gorgeous gardens, crossed by artificial rivers and lakes. "It's beautiful." Anna whispered, in admiration. "Nee-chan! Look, how many flowers!- Rin cried, clapping her hands- That house is all a big garden!" "Sure, it is a beautiful palace! It is Sesshoumaru-sama's home!- said Jaken, looking at the two with superiority- What did you expect from my master, Lord of the Western Lands?" "But how could it pass unobserved to human's eyes? Don't you have problems from them?" Anna asked, perplexed, while Sesshoumaru started to walk another time. "A barrier hide the house from indiscreet eyes.- answered Jaken, rejoicing like it was all his merit- The three walls hide defenses against every kind of youkai. It was a project of my master's father, but the barrier against human was raised again only after his death, because." Jaken bit his tongue, seeing the glacial look of his lord, and went on to walk in silence. Anna looked at Sesshoumaru. It wasn't difficult to understand the sense of Jaken's words. After fall in love with a human woman, the father of Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru had took away the barrier. Sesshoumaru, at his death, had put it in its place another time. He hated humans. Rin was an exception and herself was not a human anymore. They arrived soon at the first wall, to a big black door, with signs in red enamel. The glacises were full of sentries. "Our master is back!" someone cried from the upper. Many horns played, while the big door was opened. "Nice to see you again, master!" greeted one who seemed the head of the sentinels. Sesshoumaru didn't look at him, going on in the first garden, disseminated of fruit's tree. Anna e Rin looked around in admiration. Anna's new sense of smell caught more fragrances than she could manage. That home was full of people. They were all low-power youkais and hanyous, from their smell. She couldn't sense any human presence, but this thing was expected. Soon, they were at the second wall, the door already open for them. They passed it while the sentinels greeted them, looking at each other in surprise and curiosity because the human child and that new inu-youkai. They entered in a garden where grew many species of flowers. Rin was near to escape from Anna's arm because her happiness. "Why am I not affected by the barriers?" Anna asked, curios. She had crossed half of the territory but no forces had gave her any damage. "It's destined to peoples whit aggressive intentions- explained Jaken, with a bored but confident face- You are a Sesshoumaru-sama's slave, so you can't have aggressive intentions." Anna looked at Jaken with hartred, than made him fall on the ground head first, always walking behind Sesshoumaru. She couldn't restrain herself to punish that 'I'll always lick my master shoes' toad for call her a slave. "I'm a weapon, not a slave" she thought. She sighed. It wasn't very different. "Look how many peoples, nee-chan!" Rin murmured, a little afraid, pointing in front of them. They were near to the third and last garden and at the door seemed to stand the entire population of the castle, all together to receive them. They stopped their steps at the door. "Nice to see you, Sesshoumaru-sama." an old equine youkai said. Sesshoumaru greeted with an head's deed. There were some minutes of embarrassing silence, than the youkai asked: "Can we ask, Sesshoumaru-sama, who are your companions?" Sesshoumaru gave a distract look at his retinue, like he had forget them for an instant, than nodded. "This evening, in the Big Hall, I'll explain who they are, but first you'll tell to me everything is happened in this house in my absence." he answered with a cold voice. "Naturally, Sesshoumaru-sama." the old said, bowing. The people left, so the group could reach the house. Anna, feeling their curiosity, became menacing, hugging Rin. They had only to touch her.This garden was full of bower, lakes and tiny bridges. All was orange because the sunset. Anna slow her steps, looking around her. "I'll live here from now on." she whispered. "Do you want to stand there for all the day?" The dry voice of Sesshoumaru woke her up from her thoughts. She turned with a not very polite answer on the point of her tongue, but the words died in her throat. The inu-youkai was right in front the entrance, looking at her with an annoyed face and the sunset painted of gold his silver hair. But for a moment, Anna was sure that it was night and that Sesshoumaru was a desperate person who cried out something.something she had heard but that she couldn't remember after been carried in that world. As it arrived, this feeling left her. Uncertain of her strength, she left Rin to walk with her feet. "We come." she whispered, passing an hand over her face. She wasn't very happy noticing that it was trembling. When they came in, Rin and Anna was separated from Sesshoumaru and entrusted to the cares of some female hanyous of the house. Anna was carried through many elegant corridors and on a balcony. There, she was introduced in a rich bedroom with a window on the other side of the garden. The hanyous told her that those were the female's quarters and that if she'd lost the orientation all she had to do was ask to one of them. They wash her, then made her dress and comb. While she sat on a big mirror, trying to habit herself to the new dress (really similar to the dress of Inuyasha's mother), she asked about Rin. "The child is in the second corridor to your right, Anna-sama.- answered an hanyou- Sesshoumaru-sama has ordered that she'd be positioned not very distant from you." "Don't call me Anna-sama, please." said Anna, embarrassed. The hanyous shook their head. It was their habit to treat a full-blood youkai in that way. They carried to her the dinner without news about Sesshoumaru. Anna sat near the window after the hanyous went away, thinking about the vision during the sunset. She couldn't thinking for a long time, because Jaken went to call her. After many corridors, and Anna was near to ask to herself when she'd been able to understand how to return to her room, they arrived in a big lightly room. Many persons were crowded inside, and others attended outside. Everybody murmured a greeting to Jaken and Anna. The youkai girl looked around, searching Rin and finally she found her near two low-power youkais, well dresses and combed. "Nee-chan!- the child exclaimed, running to her- See how they dress nice Rin! And you are beautiful, too, nee-chan!" Anna smiled to the child, then raised her eyes, meeting Sesshoumaru's eyes. He was in conference with the Palace's Guardian. Sesshoumaru noticed their presence and made them the deed to come near the big throne he was sit on. Anna approached with caution, with Rin very near her. She noticed that Sesshoumaru's dress was the same as ever. She hadn't even took away the armour, but as always he didn't have a single hair out of place. While they approached him, Sesshoumaru made a deed to the crowd, asking silence. His order was immediately satisfied. Anna made a face. It wasn't difficult to image that was the fear what generated all that obedience. "I'm returned from a long trip, leaving this palace without a Lord.- started Sesshoumaru, looking at the hall- There are been some disobedience, but after all I've the pleasure to notice that nothing is changed and all is in good conditions." There were whispers of relief. Surely the disobedient were already died. Anna had a realistic idea of how Sesshoumaru had spent the past few hours. The youkai bowed his eyes and made a deed to Rin. The child look at Anna, than went to Sesshoumaru, that put an hand over her head. "This human child is Rin. She is under my protection.- Sesshoumaru said, coldly- Whoever will damage her, will die, and in the same way who will make a comment about the question." His words fell on a grave's silence. Anna made an ironic smile. Sesshoumaru left Rin and clutched an hand of Anna, that look at him with surprise. Sesshoumaru didn't look at her. "This is Anna.- Sesshoumaru said- She is an inu-youkai under me. Her orders will be second only from mine." Jaken muffled in one hand. Anna had took his position in the palace in one instant. "Who will violate her orders will cause a damage to me, so he'll die." Other silence. Anna gave a glance to Sesshoumaru, who took her hand, still. With a strange feeling to her stomach, she looked away. "With this, I've finished. You can return to your occupations." Sesshoumaru said. The crowd went away and in the hall remained only in four. "Jaken, carry Rin in her room." Sesshoumaru ordered, leaving finally Anna's hand, that massaged it like it was fired. The toad, muttering, carried outside Rin, who left with a loud goodnight. Anna and Sesshoumaru remained in silence for some minutes. "Can I go, Sesshoumaru-sama?" Anna asked in the end. It seemed that Sesshoumaru hadn't anything to say. Sesshoumaru turned to her with a thoughtful expression, than he approached her. "What.what want he do?" Anna asked to herself, making a step behind. Sesshoumaru clutched her chin and forced her to look him in the eyes. Anna' s heart lose an heartbeat. She had never been near him in that way. The handsomeness of Sesshoumaru's face was in that moment untenable "Se...Sesshoumaru-sama." she said, swallowing with difficult. "I want this is clear. Your order are second from mine, but don't abuse of your power." Sesshoumaru said. It was a cold shower. "Oh.sure." Anna answered, stunned. Sesshoumaru fixed her for another moment, than let her go. "I don't want insubordination. - he said, sitting on the throne- You'll be better remembering it, or you'll be treated as the others." "I know it, Sesshoumaru-sama." Anna said. Sesshoumaru dismissed her and Anna left the hall with a trembling goodnight. She went through the corridors, with an hand over her heart. "You've ever know his beauty. -she said to herself, trying to stop the flush on her cheeks- What is different now? He is cold and cruel. Take it easy, Anna, or Sesshoumaru will be able to understand." "To understand.what?" she whispered, stopping her steps. She returned to her room only after some time, partially spent searching through that corridor she'd lived in from now on.