Chapter 2 'Love Lost, Love Found'
~ ~ ~ Next morning
Sesshoumaru woke and sat up covering his eyes. The morning sun was brighter than usual. He sighed and looked around for his new kimono, which wasn't there. He growled and stood getting dressed and slipping on his armor with the help of one of his servants. He walked outside and sat down on a rock.
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Horrance woke also and yawned. She had such a good sleep, she felt like she was in heaven, falling to sleep so quickly in a bed of silk like she never felt before. Sesshoumaru should be happy having all this glorious things in his possession, but he didn't seen to care. She got dressed and walked outside to look around, and while she was doing that she saw Sesshoumaru. Why would he be here? She walked over looking down to him. "Good morning Lord Sesshoumaru, how was your sleep and why do you look so mad?"
He looked at her and growled. "None of your business. It's nothing." He looked back to the flowers that were blowing gently in the wind.
She smiled. "Like you said, nothing is always something." She said sitting in front of him so she could look straight into his face.
He turned his head from her. "She has forgotten to bring me a new kimono so now she needs to be punished." (Ya that is kinda dull but that is the only thing I could think of so you will have to deal with it. I'm not that good at making something that a lord says sound like he would say it like right here…oh well!)
"Really? Has she done it before, and if she hadn't than you don't need to punish her because it's not like you can't live without a new pair of clothes." She sighed staring at his emotionless face. "Are you listening to me?"
No answer.
"Hello anyone there?!" She yelled into his ear.
He jumped and stared at her covering his ear. "Why in the hell did you do that?!" He said rubbing it now.
Horrance smiled and laughed. "You didn't answer me. Don't punish her just because she forgot to bring you a new kimono. It's not like you can't live without a clean one." She stood and walked away.
Sesshoumaru looked at her. "I can do whatever I want. She wanted to be my servant so now she has to take the responsibility like everyone else." He said and sat back down. Why didn't he slap her for yelling in his ear? "I'm getting soft, probably because of Rin and that new youkai called Solonque. I'll deal with her later."
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Solonque sat up rubbing her eyes and yawning. She had a pretty good sleep. She opened her eyes and froze at the horror of what she was thinking right now. "Oh my God I forgot!" She shivered and stood clutching her head. "I don't want to deal with it again. Why didn't I wake up like I usually do?" She closed her eyes shut and started panting hard also starting to cry. "Oh please don't let this happen! Let this be a dream!" She laid back down and took her pillow crying into it. She didn't want to know what would happen this time. She had never had missed to bring him a clean kimono before he got up, never.
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Sesshoumaru made his choice; she didn't do it so she had to be punished like everyone else. He stood and soon was encountered by Horrance. He pushed her aside and walked past.
She growled. "Don't do it. Has she ever done it before, probably not; and if so, you don't need to punish her just because she forgot to do it for the first time. Why do you think she would do everything you told her to do? She's loyal and that is why she has lasted this long." She grabbed his arm and turned him around to face her. She looked into his eyes seeing determination. "Please don't."
He whipped his arm back and walked on. "This is none of your business girl so stay out of it!" He barked.
She followed to stop him if he did plan to punish her.
Why was she doing this? This never happened to him when he was going to punish someone and then someone stood up for them. Never, they were always afraid that he would punish them if they tried to tell him to not do it. He was growing soft like he had never felt before, he could tell. As he came closer to the room Solonque stayed in, he could hear crying. He opened the door and there she was lying on her bed crying. Horrance, was she right, no she couldn't be. They always cried when he was going to punish them or so he thought. He has been thinking a lot about these things ever since she came here. She had somehow unveiled his emotions that never came out in front of people before, and every time he was around her or saw her he would get dizzy and feel weird like he was floating in the clouds. He liked being around her; she calmed him down like he was a small child.
Solonque heard the door open and looked to see who it was. She froze as she saw Sesshoumaru and jumped off the bed going to her knees. "I'm sorry Lord Sesshoumaru. I didn't wake up in time to do it." She swallowed squinting, ready for him to hit her.
"See, I told you so. This is how loyal she is to you. Now do you want to hurt someone who is that loyal to you?" She said and stepped in front of him to look into his eyes.
He just stared at her and sighed. "Fine, I won't." He pushed her to the side and looked down to Solonque. "Get up. I won't strike you, and dry your face while you're at it." He stated and turned walking out of the room.
Solonque looked up and blinked then sighed smiling. "Thank you Lord Sesshoumaru." She whispered.
Horrance turned to her and held out her hand offering help.
She took it and smiled. "Did you do that?"
Horrance sighed. "Yes, but I thought it wouldn't work. I was quite surprised." She laughed and walked out.
Solonque followed. "Are you his mate? I've never seen him do that."
Horrance laughed once again and looked at her. "No. I'm just here because he and I made a deal that if he helps me get revenge on Inuyasha that I'll have to get the Tetsusaiga for him." She sighed. "I'm quite glad I met him because Inuyasha probably would of found me if I hadn't gone with him here. That bastard, he will pay for what he did to me." She growled.
Solonque blinked. "Oh, I'm glad I came here then because I have a shard too. It's the only thing that keeps me alive so I have to watch out for myself. What did he do to you anyways?"
She looked at her. "He kill my mate, the first youkai I had ever loved."
"Oh… I'm sorry." She looked down then back up smiling. "Get over it, it's going to haunt you forever if you don't forget it."
She said and ran off to find something to do.
Horrance blinked and smiled following.
Sesshoumaru sighed and sat down on a rock. He couldn't understand. Why did he stop when he had her right where he wanted her? How could she get into his head and convince him that he shouldn't do it? He was so confused, how could he change in such a short amount of time? It must be Solonque; she has made him like this. Now it was time he should destroy her before she got deeper into him and dug out his emotions that he never used around youkai. He growled. "Tonight I shall get rid of her before any other youkai outside my castle should find out about this weakness and take advantage of it." He looked up into the sky and sighed. "But I kinda like this feeling of showing my emotions. I get tired of hiding them all the time just to seem strong." He panted; all these questions were confusing him. "What am I going to do? Am I going to go crazy?"
~ ~ ~ That night
Horrance sighed laying on the grass by the lake. She had heard Sesshoumaru talking to himself and worried about him. He had said something about Solonque and killing her. She jumped up. "Oh please say he's not going to kill her!" She looked around then ran towards Solonque's room. She banged open the door and looked around. She saw her sitting on her bed sewing a new kimono she was doing for Sesshoumaru. It was looking pretty good so far and she ran over to her. "Uh… Solonque? I need to tell you something."
She looked up to her wondering what she had to say. "What is it?" She set the kimono down beside her and focused her attention on Horrance.
"Uh… I heard Sesshoumaru talking to himself today and he said that he was getting soft so he thinks he has to kill you before it gets worse and before any other youkai find out about this little weakness that has come to him." She took a deep breath and sighed. "So, do you believe it?"
Solonque laughed. "Oh my God! I can't believe you would believe such a thing! He always says things like that but he never does it!" She smiled and picked up the kimono that he asked her do to for him.
"Okay, then I guess I'll see you tomorrow." She smiled and walked out of the room.
Solonque sighed and stopped sewing. Did he really say that, and if he did would he do it? She was afraid now, afraid that he would come while she was asleep and kill her. She was also afraid that if he did that no one would be able to stop him because he would otherwise kill them too for trying to stop him, they didn't want to die because of that; they wanted to live without worrying about things like that. She stood walking to the window and looked at the moon. It was full and it was the perfect time when she could transform and get out of there. She sighed walked back to her bed laying down the kimono. She didn't want to leave for she knew that if she did that Inuyasha would come after her because she had a jewel shard. She sighed and jumped out of the window and onto the grass. She looked around then walked into the forest, but made sure not into Inuyasha Forest though.
Sesshoumaru sat in a chair, thinking. He wasn't sure if he should or shouldn't kill her. He groaned from the frustration. "What am I going to do? She did release my feelings like no one has ever done, but she has made me vulnerable to youkai who want to kill me. What do you think I should do Horrance?" He looked to his window and she appeared.
"Awww… That sucks. I thought you wouldn't know. Oh well. I think you shouldn't because I just told her and I saw her a little while later leave out of the castle." She smiled. "Guess you chased her off saying that." She walked in and sat down beside him but on the ground. "What are you going to do now?" She looked at him smirking.
He looked at her and blinked. "Don't give me that look. I know it and I know that I don't love her so don't even think I do." He turned his head from her. "I'm just going to let her go. She wanted to work for me so I let her and I'll let her leave if she wants to." He stated.
"Admit it. She is kind of pretty." She was enjoying this, toying with him and his feelings for her or just thinking about it. She punched his knee and stood walking back to the window. "I also know that she has a jewel shard and Inuyasha could be going after her soon." She stated jumping off the balcony.
Sesshoumaru growled. "Don't ever mention his name to me!" It was too late, she had already gone out of hearing range from him. "She has made me soft, so has Rin. I never have let a servant or anyone walk out of here without my permission. Wait, why did I never sense the shard before? I am growing tired of this shit. What am I going to do now?" He rubbed his temples. He was starting to get a headache from all this thinking.
Solonque was walking through the forest. She was nervous, she hadn't been out in the forest since she worked for Sesshoumaru and that was like 3 years, and hadn't fought anything or anyone since then so she had grown weak. She was also afraid that Inuyasha was near and Kagome would sense the shard she had. It has been a while. Thank God, that they hadn't seen each other. She was glad that she hadn't sensed the shard yet or else she would be in a lot of trouble, Inuyasha was a lot stronger than her now that she hadn't trained or fought in a few years. She would also be in trouble if Naraku came by; she had met him quite a few times. The first time they met was when he was getting the shards, but the rest had just been for pleasure because she had been so stubborn that he had grown fond of her, so from that moment on she had to run away as fast as she could so he couldn't get her, which he did a few times but she got away very quickly thanks to her claws, teeth, and tail. Though her tail wasn't that useful but it did help sometimes by it whacking him in the face. It was kind of funny, her tail has a mind of its own sometimes, but most of the time when she was in danger like with Naraku. She stopped looking around for a cave and sighed as she saw one. She walked in and sat down laying her head on her tail that was pretty much a pillow because it was so fluffy. (Okay, enough of her. That is the longest thing I ever typed of a paragraph! I wish I had a fluffy tail or doggy ears… *sighs* Back to story…no wait, that is the end of the story or chapter. Well I hope you like it and soon there will be another chapter if I ever figure out how to add chapters. Please R&R!)
