Chapter Three is up!!! YAY!!! Remember to read and review, thx, bye!!!
Me: *cries*
Fluffy: What's wrong? Are you crying because nobody likes your story and you're and you're a complete failure?
Ryoko: *growls*
Me: *growls and smacks Fluffy over to the head* I'm crying because I don't know what to write next! How could you be so HURTFUL!? *cries again*
Fluffy: x_x
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"Let's go," InuYasha said as he heard the drawbridge rise after Ryoko walked out. They had moved closer to the palace and were hiding in the bushes. The hanyou was determined to convince the nine tailed Demoness to leave with him and the others.
Kagome frowned and said, "InuYasha, why are we doing this? I mean, why do you care if she is being brain washed or not? She fused the Tetsaiga and her own sword together!" "No she didn't Kagome and by the tone of your voice I would say you're jealous," InuYasha said smirking. Kagome gaped at him and said, "Sit boy."
The hanyou growled as he lifted his face out of the dirt. He laughed and said, "It's true. You are jealous!" "NO I AM NOT!" Kagome shouted.
Inuyasha glanced back at Sesshoumaru and Ryoko who had stopped in their tracks at the sound of the shout. "Shit. Kagome now look at what you've done," InuYasha cursed. He slowly stood and walked out of the bushes. It was no use in hiding, Sesshoumaru already knew he was there.
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"What was that?" Ryoko asked as she heard the shouting. "In the bushes.Inuyasha is hiding from us," Sesshoumaru replied with an arched brow. "Why is he even here?" Ryoko said confused.
"That's what we're going to find out," Sesshoumaru said as Inuyasha emerged from the bushes. Ryoko stood there and out of habit, one of her nine tails brushed Rin behind her. Jaken, out of habit, had already hidden in back of Sesshoumaru. Ryoko glared at the small green toad and thought, 'Coward.'
"So, little brother, what brings you here?" The Great Lord asked the hanyou. "I'm here to retrieve Ryoko from you. I know that you brain washed her into coming with you and I won't have it. I'm bringing her back with me." Ryoko eyed the group of Miroku, Kirara, Sango, Shippo, and Kagome still in the bush.
She looked around nervously, not wanting to be the center of attention between the two feuding brothers. "A touching speech, really Inuyasha, but I'm afraid we've had a misunderstanding. Ryoko came with me out of her own free will," the full Dog Demon said as he glanced at Ryoko. InuYasha gazed at her and asked, "Is this true? You really went with my black hearted brother, who has no soul and gives no mercy?"
The Dog Demoness replied, "InuYasha, Sesshoumaru has a heart, it might not be that big, but he has one. It isn't black either; you haven't seen the way he has treated me. He has been kind to me. I don't know why you hate one another, but it doesn't get you anywhere."
InuYasha took a step back; he could feel color rising to his cheeks as he felt all eyes on him. He was wrong and had made a fool of himself in front of everyone. Why had he done this? He had no clue. The hanyou nodded and said simply, "I see." He then turned and walked back into the forest.
***
'Why do I feel so horrible? I hope I didn't hurt Inuyasha's feelings.' Ryoko thought as she sat at the campsite they had been at the night before. A fire was blazing and a deer turned on a spit over it. Sesshoumaru sat next to her, Rin was asleep, and Jaken was off getting more firewood.
Sesshoumaru was staring into the fire as Ryoko turned to him. She wanted to ask him something she knew InuYasha would never tell her. The Lord sighed and said, "You want to know about my past and why Inuyasha and I hate each other, don't you?" Ryoko was stunned; it was as if Sesshoumaru had read her mind. "Yes," Ryoko replied and stared at him, hoping he wouldn't change his mind.
The Great Lord sighed once more and took a deep breath and started, "InuYasha and I had different mothers. His was a Human and mine was a Dog Demon like our Father was. I loved my mother very much. You know the Dagger we retrieved from Arika? The name engraved on the hilt was my mother's name, Naoma. She was beautiful; she had long silver hair and golden eyes. I got my face markings from her, though all full bred Dog Demons have these markings. Though one day something happened that changed my life forever."
***Flashback***
A tall, beautiful, silver-haired Dog Demoness with a long, snow white tail stood next to a window sill gazing across at the lands she ruled over with her mate, the Lord of the Western Lands. One of her elf-like ears flicked back as she heard voices from the hall. She walked gracefully towards the sound and as she neared she caught sight of her mate and a Human woman with long, black hair and green eyes.
The Demoness lurked next to the door and ears dropped on the two. She knew that Human woman as a servant around the Palace, but what was she doing talking secretly with the Lord? "M'lord, is this really a good idea? What about m'lady Naoma? Won't she care?" the Human whispered as her emerald eyes darted about nervously.
"Naoma means nothing to me anymore. I love you, Shinju, and I won't let her stand in the way," replied the Great Lord. Shinju gasped and was suddenly silenced. Naoma stood stock still with a hand covering her mouth and tears streaming down her cheeks. She shook her head and emerged from the door and gazed at the Human and Lord embracing one another in a passionate kiss. Shinju suddenly pulled away as she saw the Demoness. The Lord gazed at Naoma and started, "I can explain..." "No, I need no explanation. It is all clear to me now, m'lord," Naoma said and walked away.
"Mother?" said the small voice of Sesshoumaru as he emerged from the shadows. As Lady Naoma saw the boy, she stopped and knelt besides him and whispered, "My son, Sesshoumaru. I'm leaving and won't be coming back. Remember I love you, enjoy your new mother."
Sesshoumaru stared off after his mother until he could no longer see her outline. The boy then faced Shinju and his father a few paces away, they were staring at him. His bottom lip quivered as his golden eyes brimmed with tears of hate and misery at losing his mother.
"Sesshoumaru, I forbid you to go after her," said the stern voice of the Great Demon Lord. Sesshoumaru growled and ran towards the exit of the huge Palace to find his mother. "SESSHOUMARU!" his father yelled, but the young Demon kept running.
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Sesshoumaru kept sprinting until his mother's scent became clearer. He finally came to a fork in the road. Naoma's scent was equally strong on either side; the young Dog Demon took the right side, but what he didn't know was that road would lead him to the lair of the mighty Dragon of the West.
***
Naoma stopped running when she reached her secret tree she used to come to when she was little; no tears left to cry. "I hope Sesshoumaru didn't follow me," Naoma whispered out loud. She lifted her nose to the air and sniffed about.
The brisk scent of her young child filled her nose as did the scent of ash and death. "The Dragon of the West.Sesshoumaru must have followed me and went to the Dragon's lair!" Naoma said horrified at the thought losing her only son. She leapt into a tree and went to rescue her child.
***
Naomi arrived in the gory lair to find the Dragon holding Sesshoumaru up in one of its huge claws. Naomi quickly drew her sword and with one gracefully flick of her wrist, the Dragon's claw was gushing red blood on the cave floor.
Little Sesshoumaru fell into his mother's arms and was put down to hide behind a big rock. The Dog Demoness stepped forward and made a leap for the Dragon's throat, but was caught off guard when it lifted its other claw and thrashed her in the stomach. Naomi staggered and leaned on the Lair's wall to support herself.
Naomi turned to her son and whispered, "Run, Sesshoumaru, and don't look back. Go now and tell your father." Sesshoumaru nodded and reluctantly ran out of the cave. He faced the lair once more, disobeying his mother's order, and saw the Dragon take the last strike; his mother fell to the stone floor.
A single tear ran down Sesshoumaru's cheek as he sprinted back to the Palace.
***End Flashback***
The Great Lord sighed; sweat dripping down his face, though he felt a chill run down his spine as the wind jostled his long, silver hair about. He gazed up at the sky; the crescent moon shined a bluish color. The Lord looked back at the fire, but turned to Ryoko when he heard a sob.
She had tears spilling down her cheeks and her eyes were red and puffy. Sesshoumaru must have been so into telling his Flashback to the nine tailed Demoness that he hadn't heard her start to cry.
Ryoko wiped at her eyes and muttered, "I'm so sorry. I never knew. There is one thing I don't understand though, why do you and InuYasha hate one another?"
Sesshoumaru sighed heavily and began, "After my mother died, Shinju moved in with my father permanently. I had always hated the way she tried to comfort me, tried to be my mother, but a Human could never replace my mother. But the night after my mother was killed, my father slept with that Human wench in my mother's bedchambers; in her sheets where she had been just the night before. I loathed my father from that day on; and that was when I started despising Humans for screwing up my life. Then after I thought nothing worst could possibly happen, InuYasha was born and he would follow me everywhere and I hated him too. But one day my bastard father decided to take revenge and kill the Dragon that murdered my mother so long ago. He succeeded in killing the Beast, but died in the process. After that, Shinju fled from the castle thinking I would kill her and Inuyasha in my rage. I followed them and hid in the bushes. Another Demon killed Shinju after she had told that half breed to run away. I stepped in and slashed through her body in order to kill the Demon, but of course, with my luck, the stupid hanyou turned around just when I cut through his mother. He now thinks I killed his mother."
Ryoko gasped and shuttered, perhaps her childhood wasn't as horrifying as Sesshoumaru's had been. 'No wonder he hides his emotions from everyone.' the nine tailed Demoness thought. She knew Sesshoumaru was done for the night, so she cuddled up in the shaded area with Rin next to her and fell asleep.
***
"InuYasha, hasn't eaten, moved, or said anything for the past three days! Is he still embarrassed from making a fool of himself in front of Sesshoumaru?" Kagome asked Sango as they sat around a campfire talking. Sango rolled her eyes and said, "Kagome, InuYasha isn't embarrassed, he's depressed. I think he liked Ryoko and she basically turned him down." Kagome gasped as she glanced at InuYasha; he was sitting in a nearby tree, staring up at the sky with a distant look.
"I wouldn't blame him, that Ryoko had an ass." Miroku said but was cut off when Sango hit him over the head with her boomerang. She glared at him and muttered, "You aren't helping, Houshi-sama." Miroku rubbed the back of his skull and sat down besides the Demon Exterminator. "InuYasha." Kagome mumbled and sighed heavily.
The hanyou took a deep breath and stared at the blue sky and white clouds. 'I never should have done that. I made a complete and utter fool of myself.all for her. But I still have feelings for her. I should have told her. I wonder if she likes me at all. No, she's with Sesshoumaru.' InuYasha thought sighing, 'I hope I'll see her again someday.'
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Me: *cries*
Fluffy: What's wrong? Are you crying because nobody likes your story and you're and you're a complete failure?
Ryoko: *growls*
Me: *growls and smacks Fluffy over to the head* I'm crying because I don't know what to write next! How could you be so HURTFUL!? *cries again*
Fluffy: x_x
***
"Let's go," InuYasha said as he heard the drawbridge rise after Ryoko walked out. They had moved closer to the palace and were hiding in the bushes. The hanyou was determined to convince the nine tailed Demoness to leave with him and the others.
Kagome frowned and said, "InuYasha, why are we doing this? I mean, why do you care if she is being brain washed or not? She fused the Tetsaiga and her own sword together!" "No she didn't Kagome and by the tone of your voice I would say you're jealous," InuYasha said smirking. Kagome gaped at him and said, "Sit boy."
The hanyou growled as he lifted his face out of the dirt. He laughed and said, "It's true. You are jealous!" "NO I AM NOT!" Kagome shouted.
Inuyasha glanced back at Sesshoumaru and Ryoko who had stopped in their tracks at the sound of the shout. "Shit. Kagome now look at what you've done," InuYasha cursed. He slowly stood and walked out of the bushes. It was no use in hiding, Sesshoumaru already knew he was there.
***
"What was that?" Ryoko asked as she heard the shouting. "In the bushes.Inuyasha is hiding from us," Sesshoumaru replied with an arched brow. "Why is he even here?" Ryoko said confused.
"That's what we're going to find out," Sesshoumaru said as Inuyasha emerged from the bushes. Ryoko stood there and out of habit, one of her nine tails brushed Rin behind her. Jaken, out of habit, had already hidden in back of Sesshoumaru. Ryoko glared at the small green toad and thought, 'Coward.'
"So, little brother, what brings you here?" The Great Lord asked the hanyou. "I'm here to retrieve Ryoko from you. I know that you brain washed her into coming with you and I won't have it. I'm bringing her back with me." Ryoko eyed the group of Miroku, Kirara, Sango, Shippo, and Kagome still in the bush.
She looked around nervously, not wanting to be the center of attention between the two feuding brothers. "A touching speech, really Inuyasha, but I'm afraid we've had a misunderstanding. Ryoko came with me out of her own free will," the full Dog Demon said as he glanced at Ryoko. InuYasha gazed at her and asked, "Is this true? You really went with my black hearted brother, who has no soul and gives no mercy?"
The Dog Demoness replied, "InuYasha, Sesshoumaru has a heart, it might not be that big, but he has one. It isn't black either; you haven't seen the way he has treated me. He has been kind to me. I don't know why you hate one another, but it doesn't get you anywhere."
InuYasha took a step back; he could feel color rising to his cheeks as he felt all eyes on him. He was wrong and had made a fool of himself in front of everyone. Why had he done this? He had no clue. The hanyou nodded and said simply, "I see." He then turned and walked back into the forest.
***
'Why do I feel so horrible? I hope I didn't hurt Inuyasha's feelings.' Ryoko thought as she sat at the campsite they had been at the night before. A fire was blazing and a deer turned on a spit over it. Sesshoumaru sat next to her, Rin was asleep, and Jaken was off getting more firewood.
Sesshoumaru was staring into the fire as Ryoko turned to him. She wanted to ask him something she knew InuYasha would never tell her. The Lord sighed and said, "You want to know about my past and why Inuyasha and I hate each other, don't you?" Ryoko was stunned; it was as if Sesshoumaru had read her mind. "Yes," Ryoko replied and stared at him, hoping he wouldn't change his mind.
The Great Lord sighed once more and took a deep breath and started, "InuYasha and I had different mothers. His was a Human and mine was a Dog Demon like our Father was. I loved my mother very much. You know the Dagger we retrieved from Arika? The name engraved on the hilt was my mother's name, Naoma. She was beautiful; she had long silver hair and golden eyes. I got my face markings from her, though all full bred Dog Demons have these markings. Though one day something happened that changed my life forever."
***Flashback***
A tall, beautiful, silver-haired Dog Demoness with a long, snow white tail stood next to a window sill gazing across at the lands she ruled over with her mate, the Lord of the Western Lands. One of her elf-like ears flicked back as she heard voices from the hall. She walked gracefully towards the sound and as she neared she caught sight of her mate and a Human woman with long, black hair and green eyes.
The Demoness lurked next to the door and ears dropped on the two. She knew that Human woman as a servant around the Palace, but what was she doing talking secretly with the Lord? "M'lord, is this really a good idea? What about m'lady Naoma? Won't she care?" the Human whispered as her emerald eyes darted about nervously.
"Naoma means nothing to me anymore. I love you, Shinju, and I won't let her stand in the way," replied the Great Lord. Shinju gasped and was suddenly silenced. Naoma stood stock still with a hand covering her mouth and tears streaming down her cheeks. She shook her head and emerged from the door and gazed at the Human and Lord embracing one another in a passionate kiss. Shinju suddenly pulled away as she saw the Demoness. The Lord gazed at Naoma and started, "I can explain..." "No, I need no explanation. It is all clear to me now, m'lord," Naoma said and walked away.
"Mother?" said the small voice of Sesshoumaru as he emerged from the shadows. As Lady Naoma saw the boy, she stopped and knelt besides him and whispered, "My son, Sesshoumaru. I'm leaving and won't be coming back. Remember I love you, enjoy your new mother."
Sesshoumaru stared off after his mother until he could no longer see her outline. The boy then faced Shinju and his father a few paces away, they were staring at him. His bottom lip quivered as his golden eyes brimmed with tears of hate and misery at losing his mother.
"Sesshoumaru, I forbid you to go after her," said the stern voice of the Great Demon Lord. Sesshoumaru growled and ran towards the exit of the huge Palace to find his mother. "SESSHOUMARU!" his father yelled, but the young Demon kept running.
***
Sesshoumaru kept sprinting until his mother's scent became clearer. He finally came to a fork in the road. Naoma's scent was equally strong on either side; the young Dog Demon took the right side, but what he didn't know was that road would lead him to the lair of the mighty Dragon of the West.
***
Naoma stopped running when she reached her secret tree she used to come to when she was little; no tears left to cry. "I hope Sesshoumaru didn't follow me," Naoma whispered out loud. She lifted her nose to the air and sniffed about.
The brisk scent of her young child filled her nose as did the scent of ash and death. "The Dragon of the West.Sesshoumaru must have followed me and went to the Dragon's lair!" Naoma said horrified at the thought losing her only son. She leapt into a tree and went to rescue her child.
***
Naomi arrived in the gory lair to find the Dragon holding Sesshoumaru up in one of its huge claws. Naomi quickly drew her sword and with one gracefully flick of her wrist, the Dragon's claw was gushing red blood on the cave floor.
Little Sesshoumaru fell into his mother's arms and was put down to hide behind a big rock. The Dog Demoness stepped forward and made a leap for the Dragon's throat, but was caught off guard when it lifted its other claw and thrashed her in the stomach. Naomi staggered and leaned on the Lair's wall to support herself.
Naomi turned to her son and whispered, "Run, Sesshoumaru, and don't look back. Go now and tell your father." Sesshoumaru nodded and reluctantly ran out of the cave. He faced the lair once more, disobeying his mother's order, and saw the Dragon take the last strike; his mother fell to the stone floor.
A single tear ran down Sesshoumaru's cheek as he sprinted back to the Palace.
***End Flashback***
The Great Lord sighed; sweat dripping down his face, though he felt a chill run down his spine as the wind jostled his long, silver hair about. He gazed up at the sky; the crescent moon shined a bluish color. The Lord looked back at the fire, but turned to Ryoko when he heard a sob.
She had tears spilling down her cheeks and her eyes were red and puffy. Sesshoumaru must have been so into telling his Flashback to the nine tailed Demoness that he hadn't heard her start to cry.
Ryoko wiped at her eyes and muttered, "I'm so sorry. I never knew. There is one thing I don't understand though, why do you and InuYasha hate one another?"
Sesshoumaru sighed heavily and began, "After my mother died, Shinju moved in with my father permanently. I had always hated the way she tried to comfort me, tried to be my mother, but a Human could never replace my mother. But the night after my mother was killed, my father slept with that Human wench in my mother's bedchambers; in her sheets where she had been just the night before. I loathed my father from that day on; and that was when I started despising Humans for screwing up my life. Then after I thought nothing worst could possibly happen, InuYasha was born and he would follow me everywhere and I hated him too. But one day my bastard father decided to take revenge and kill the Dragon that murdered my mother so long ago. He succeeded in killing the Beast, but died in the process. After that, Shinju fled from the castle thinking I would kill her and Inuyasha in my rage. I followed them and hid in the bushes. Another Demon killed Shinju after she had told that half breed to run away. I stepped in and slashed through her body in order to kill the Demon, but of course, with my luck, the stupid hanyou turned around just when I cut through his mother. He now thinks I killed his mother."
Ryoko gasped and shuttered, perhaps her childhood wasn't as horrifying as Sesshoumaru's had been. 'No wonder he hides his emotions from everyone.' the nine tailed Demoness thought. She knew Sesshoumaru was done for the night, so she cuddled up in the shaded area with Rin next to her and fell asleep.
***
"InuYasha, hasn't eaten, moved, or said anything for the past three days! Is he still embarrassed from making a fool of himself in front of Sesshoumaru?" Kagome asked Sango as they sat around a campfire talking. Sango rolled her eyes and said, "Kagome, InuYasha isn't embarrassed, he's depressed. I think he liked Ryoko and she basically turned him down." Kagome gasped as she glanced at InuYasha; he was sitting in a nearby tree, staring up at the sky with a distant look.
"I wouldn't blame him, that Ryoko had an ass." Miroku said but was cut off when Sango hit him over the head with her boomerang. She glared at him and muttered, "You aren't helping, Houshi-sama." Miroku rubbed the back of his skull and sat down besides the Demon Exterminator. "InuYasha." Kagome mumbled and sighed heavily.
The hanyou took a deep breath and stared at the blue sky and white clouds. 'I never should have done that. I made a complete and utter fool of myself.all for her. But I still have feelings for her. I should have told her. I wonder if she likes me at all. No, she's with Sesshoumaru.' InuYasha thought sighing, 'I hope I'll see her again someday.'
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