MWAHAHAHA. Evilness. Well well well, we are finally at a juicy part. Okay, I am warning you that this chappie might be kinda hard to follow, so keep in mind that is was written by a insane person. Also, I am going to update soon after this, hopefully.
Disclaimer: For the 100th time, I don't own this! Me no likey sueing!
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The evening air was crisp and warm, as the guests at the Western Manor made themselves comfortable. One could smell the delicous scent of food that was wafting thourghout the palace, as the servants prepared the candles and incense to be lit and burned along with entertainment provided for the night. The castle was cleaned and polished like a jewel, and the wary vassals organized everything with divine perfection.
Each of Lord Nishi's children had been caught to be clean and look presentible. Sesshomaru, who studiously was waiting for the banquet to began, took no protest to tiding up. But both Inuyasha and Tsunami had to be captured with force, each putting up a good fight, with kicking, whining and biting at peoples' hands.
After they were dressed and clean, the siblings walked down the hall of the West Wing together, discussing the night ahead of them.
"I heard Lady Umeko talking to one of the servants about the food. There is going to be dumplings, fried squid, roasted boar..." said Inuyasha happily.
"Can you be any more gluttonous when it comes to food, Inuyasha?" said Sesshomaru, who was clearly digusted by his brother's talk, which was always on the topic of eating.
"Yeah, Inuyasha, that's not polite," said Tsunami, always ready to retaliate on Sesshomaru's behalf.
"Well, I heard that there is going to be alot of gifts given, you know, offerings? I hope I get the good stuff before everyone else does..." added Tsunami. Sesshomaru thought Tsunami was being gluttonous about the gifts as well.
"I believe that there will be plenty to go around, Tsunami," said Sesshomaru, wanting his sister to be better behaved.
"Ah, we're here," Inuyasha cut in before Tsunami could protest.
The hall was filled with demon lords of all sorts, each seeming to have great importance placed upon them. They were all lavishly dressed, and was eagerly anticipating the feast. Almost all of them appeared to have gifts as well, something that made Tsunami squeel with delight, while very soon after Sesshomaru told her to be silent and not offend. They themselves were dressed nicely, Tsunami in a pale blue kimono with a mint green colored obi and jeweled chopsticks placed in her elegant bun. Inuyasha was dressed in a dark shade of crimson, the robes made out of fine silk. Sesshomaru was dressed in similar attire, with a black robe instead of red.
They darted thourgh the crowd to make way for the High Table, were Lord Nishi and Lady Umeko were seated, vassals on either side. Eagerly they all were placed beside Lady Umeko, in the order in which they came; Tsunami, Inuyasha, Sesshomaru. After the banquet hall quieted down, Lord Nishi arose from his guiled chair, stifling all of the remaining noise. Lord Nishi than began to speak.
"Greetings, visitors to the Western Lands. I here have prepared for you, a banquet and..."
While Lord Nishi familiarized his guests, the siblings talked quietly to one another. Both Inuyasha and Sesshomaru noticed cases and swords, and were talking about which ones they would claim for themselves, and when Yozu was going to give them more lessons. Neither of them noticed Tsunami slip away from her seat.
After the long speech, the servants brought in the food, each of the dazzling seven courses more brillant each time. Both brothers happily, especially Inuyasha, who stuffed his pouty cheeks full of noodles, meat, and foreign dishes. Only after the food was taken away did everyone start talking. Both Inuyasha groaned when Ginsite started talking avidly about her 'perfect little army' to a Jiro, neither of them wanting to hear them flirt more than they already did. They listened intently about news in the other lands, and only after it was almost finished did Sesshomaru realize Tsunami was missing.
"Inuyasha," muttered Sesshomaru, "did you see where Tsunami went?"
But Inuyasha either ignored him or didn't hear it, because he kept on with conversation with a Northern demon about the Western Lands.
"Don't tell him too much, Inuyasha," Sesshomaru warned him, who knew too well that Inuyasha would let something slip that wasn't supposed to be mentioned.
Inuyasha gave no heed, and continued on with his babbling, while Sesshomaru looked around the hall for even a glimpse of his little sister.
After a few minutes, Sesshomaru concluded Tsunami was not in the hall, and snuck away from the table to find her. He swiftly darted in the Southeast Wing to avoid being spotted.
Sesshomaru walked down the hall quietly, pricking his ears up for the sound of Tsunami's little feet pattering along the corridor, or the soft sound of her brushing up against a wall. After a few minutes of hearing nothing, he shank down against the slick marble floor. The hall seemed to go on and on forever in one direction, then turning sharply left for a passage that lead to East Wing, and eventually back into the banquet hall. After giving up on her being in this corridor, there was a quiet whimper coming from the two doors down on the left side from Sesshomaru. He silently pulled himself back and his feet, and crept down the hall with the grace of a crane, the ball of his foot noisely touching the floor with each step. His breathing seemed to stop, his heart pounded in unison with his steady pace. The was a thin film of light coming from behind the door, and Sesshomaru, taking a deep breath, took a look inside.
The room itself didn't have much content, as it only contained a simple mable chest and a few cushions. But there was more inside the room than just a maple chest and floor mats. There was a huddled figure pinned to the wall, whilst another larger figure was hunched over it. The larger figure spoke in short, deep speech, and all the sound the shorter figure made was ragged breaths. And with a better view, Sesshomaru was able to make out the faces, and was horrified to find it was Lord Monoru, and his own sister, Tsunami.
Tsunami was backed up against the wall, with Lord Monoru standing over her, his clawed hand clasped tightly about her pale neck. Her face showed great signs of distress and agony, among with the obvious scare of her life being threatened. Sesshomaru had to clasp his hand over his mouth to keep himself for gasping.
"Come on, now, don't toy with me, girl," said Monoru curtly, a annoyed look expression upon his face. "I know you know... why don't you tell me? It will stop the pain, and surely you don't want more?" Monoru grip tightened, and Tsunami gave out a slight whimper of pain, but no other noise came from her. Monoru narrowed his eyes.
"Don't play dumb with me. Come on. Just tell me. Tell me what the secret is. I won't hurt you anymore... it'll all be over..." said Monoru, malice glittering in his eyes. But still, Tsunami keep quiet.
"Fine? Won't talk? We shall see."
And with that Monoru sunk his claws into Tsunami soft flesh. She cried out loudly, and struggled to free herself, but Monoru was too powerful. He merely laughed at her feudal attempts.
Finally, Sesshomaru could take it no more. He rushed into the room, and pulled out his practice sword from his waist, it fully drawn at Monoru. Lord Monoru was not expecting Sesshomaru to be there, so he stepped back quickly, but he still didn't let go of Tsunami. Tsunami saw her brother, and cast out a urgent cry for help, as Monoru digged his nails even harder in her neck to silence her. Blood was trickling freely from the cuts in Tsunami's flesh, and stained the collar of her kimono.
Sesshomaru knew normally his practice sword would not help him much, but it he had, and Monoru held no weapons at all. However, Lord Monoru was confident enough that he would win, so he grinned menacingly at Sesshomaru.
"A brave one, aren't we?" Monoru sneered.
"Sess... sho.. ma... ru..." said Tsunami weakly.
"Its going to be all right, Tsunami" said Sesshomaru reassuringly, though he himself wasn't all too confident he would be alright.
Monoru ran at Sesshomaru, he fist ready to club Sesshomaru at any moment. Sesshomaru managed to avoid most of the full attack, though he did managed to get a large slice in his arm. But while Sesshomaru escaped with a minor injury, Monoru got a full hit with the practice sword which was stabbed in the girth of his underbelly. Monoru lurched forward, but managed to still stand. Tsunami lay montionless on the floor. Sesshomaru panted heavly, and took another stab at Monoru. But Monoru was too quick, and scatched Sesshomaru again. But Sesshomaru had somehow managed to counterattack it, but still recieved a large blow to his left shoulder. Monoru was tirless, and now even more evident on killing Sesshomaru.
A million thoughts rushed thourgh Sesshomaru's head, some trying to recall his lessons with Yozu, while others where signals of wincing pain coming from his damaged shoulder. By now he was only dodging Monoru attacks more brutally after the next. Finally, he body seemed to tire down, and it was only then did Sesshomaru realized that he was staggering around in pools of his own blood.
After knowing the battle was long over, he decided to pull the sacrafice attempt. He threw himself onto Monoru, his sword the only thing between him and death. Most would have thought this was a very stupid thing to do. However, the odds were in Sesshomaru's favor, for he managed to gut Lord Monoru in the socket of his right eye. The impact of the force caused to Sesshomaru to flip over Monoru's head, falling to the ground.
Lord Monoru gave a mighty lean, and fell over, blinded. Sesshomaru then took his pratice sword and shoved the dull sword thourgh Monoru's ribs. Monoru raged endlessly blood gushing from his mouth, probably from a puntured lung. Sesshomaru that rammed his claws with all of his might into Monoru's neck.
Before Sesshomaru, the mighty demon Lord Monoru lay dead before him. Sesshomaru tugged the pratice sword out of Monoru's dead corpse wearily. He felt his a great amount of stress had been placed upon him. Sesshomaru picked up his sister, staining her with his blood, with he was coated in. Though Tsunami was scared of Sesshomaru at this moment, she still clung to him tightly, as though she was afarid to even walk.
They walked down the hallway back to the banquet hall, were the doors lay open infront of them, all gasping at Lord Nishi's blood-stained son and daughter, completely in shock.
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Alright. That, (in my opinion), was an awesome chapter. Really. This was also the first fight scene of the story. Oodles. Anyway, the fight scene could have been better, but I wanted to finish this chapter, as it was defintely longer than the other chappies. But this chapter is extremely important. It is slowly building up the tension, as the rest of the emotions that will be experienced later. Yay. BTW, have any of you guessed teh "secret" yet? There was only one hint, but maybe you truly perceptible ones will have caught it. Anyways, see you all next chapter! ^.~
Disclaimer: For the 100th time, I don't own this! Me no likey sueing!
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The evening air was crisp and warm, as the guests at the Western Manor made themselves comfortable. One could smell the delicous scent of food that was wafting thourghout the palace, as the servants prepared the candles and incense to be lit and burned along with entertainment provided for the night. The castle was cleaned and polished like a jewel, and the wary vassals organized everything with divine perfection.
Each of Lord Nishi's children had been caught to be clean and look presentible. Sesshomaru, who studiously was waiting for the banquet to began, took no protest to tiding up. But both Inuyasha and Tsunami had to be captured with force, each putting up a good fight, with kicking, whining and biting at peoples' hands.
After they were dressed and clean, the siblings walked down the hall of the West Wing together, discussing the night ahead of them.
"I heard Lady Umeko talking to one of the servants about the food. There is going to be dumplings, fried squid, roasted boar..." said Inuyasha happily.
"Can you be any more gluttonous when it comes to food, Inuyasha?" said Sesshomaru, who was clearly digusted by his brother's talk, which was always on the topic of eating.
"Yeah, Inuyasha, that's not polite," said Tsunami, always ready to retaliate on Sesshomaru's behalf.
"Well, I heard that there is going to be alot of gifts given, you know, offerings? I hope I get the good stuff before everyone else does..." added Tsunami. Sesshomaru thought Tsunami was being gluttonous about the gifts as well.
"I believe that there will be plenty to go around, Tsunami," said Sesshomaru, wanting his sister to be better behaved.
"Ah, we're here," Inuyasha cut in before Tsunami could protest.
The hall was filled with demon lords of all sorts, each seeming to have great importance placed upon them. They were all lavishly dressed, and was eagerly anticipating the feast. Almost all of them appeared to have gifts as well, something that made Tsunami squeel with delight, while very soon after Sesshomaru told her to be silent and not offend. They themselves were dressed nicely, Tsunami in a pale blue kimono with a mint green colored obi and jeweled chopsticks placed in her elegant bun. Inuyasha was dressed in a dark shade of crimson, the robes made out of fine silk. Sesshomaru was dressed in similar attire, with a black robe instead of red.
They darted thourgh the crowd to make way for the High Table, were Lord Nishi and Lady Umeko were seated, vassals on either side. Eagerly they all were placed beside Lady Umeko, in the order in which they came; Tsunami, Inuyasha, Sesshomaru. After the banquet hall quieted down, Lord Nishi arose from his guiled chair, stifling all of the remaining noise. Lord Nishi than began to speak.
"Greetings, visitors to the Western Lands. I here have prepared for you, a banquet and..."
While Lord Nishi familiarized his guests, the siblings talked quietly to one another. Both Inuyasha and Sesshomaru noticed cases and swords, and were talking about which ones they would claim for themselves, and when Yozu was going to give them more lessons. Neither of them noticed Tsunami slip away from her seat.
After the long speech, the servants brought in the food, each of the dazzling seven courses more brillant each time. Both brothers happily, especially Inuyasha, who stuffed his pouty cheeks full of noodles, meat, and foreign dishes. Only after the food was taken away did everyone start talking. Both Inuyasha groaned when Ginsite started talking avidly about her 'perfect little army' to a Jiro, neither of them wanting to hear them flirt more than they already did. They listened intently about news in the other lands, and only after it was almost finished did Sesshomaru realize Tsunami was missing.
"Inuyasha," muttered Sesshomaru, "did you see where Tsunami went?"
But Inuyasha either ignored him or didn't hear it, because he kept on with conversation with a Northern demon about the Western Lands.
"Don't tell him too much, Inuyasha," Sesshomaru warned him, who knew too well that Inuyasha would let something slip that wasn't supposed to be mentioned.
Inuyasha gave no heed, and continued on with his babbling, while Sesshomaru looked around the hall for even a glimpse of his little sister.
After a few minutes, Sesshomaru concluded Tsunami was not in the hall, and snuck away from the table to find her. He swiftly darted in the Southeast Wing to avoid being spotted.
Sesshomaru walked down the hall quietly, pricking his ears up for the sound of Tsunami's little feet pattering along the corridor, or the soft sound of her brushing up against a wall. After a few minutes of hearing nothing, he shank down against the slick marble floor. The hall seemed to go on and on forever in one direction, then turning sharply left for a passage that lead to East Wing, and eventually back into the banquet hall. After giving up on her being in this corridor, there was a quiet whimper coming from the two doors down on the left side from Sesshomaru. He silently pulled himself back and his feet, and crept down the hall with the grace of a crane, the ball of his foot noisely touching the floor with each step. His breathing seemed to stop, his heart pounded in unison with his steady pace. The was a thin film of light coming from behind the door, and Sesshomaru, taking a deep breath, took a look inside.
The room itself didn't have much content, as it only contained a simple mable chest and a few cushions. But there was more inside the room than just a maple chest and floor mats. There was a huddled figure pinned to the wall, whilst another larger figure was hunched over it. The larger figure spoke in short, deep speech, and all the sound the shorter figure made was ragged breaths. And with a better view, Sesshomaru was able to make out the faces, and was horrified to find it was Lord Monoru, and his own sister, Tsunami.
Tsunami was backed up against the wall, with Lord Monoru standing over her, his clawed hand clasped tightly about her pale neck. Her face showed great signs of distress and agony, among with the obvious scare of her life being threatened. Sesshomaru had to clasp his hand over his mouth to keep himself for gasping.
"Come on, now, don't toy with me, girl," said Monoru curtly, a annoyed look expression upon his face. "I know you know... why don't you tell me? It will stop the pain, and surely you don't want more?" Monoru grip tightened, and Tsunami gave out a slight whimper of pain, but no other noise came from her. Monoru narrowed his eyes.
"Don't play dumb with me. Come on. Just tell me. Tell me what the secret is. I won't hurt you anymore... it'll all be over..." said Monoru, malice glittering in his eyes. But still, Tsunami keep quiet.
"Fine? Won't talk? We shall see."
And with that Monoru sunk his claws into Tsunami soft flesh. She cried out loudly, and struggled to free herself, but Monoru was too powerful. He merely laughed at her feudal attempts.
Finally, Sesshomaru could take it no more. He rushed into the room, and pulled out his practice sword from his waist, it fully drawn at Monoru. Lord Monoru was not expecting Sesshomaru to be there, so he stepped back quickly, but he still didn't let go of Tsunami. Tsunami saw her brother, and cast out a urgent cry for help, as Monoru digged his nails even harder in her neck to silence her. Blood was trickling freely from the cuts in Tsunami's flesh, and stained the collar of her kimono.
Sesshomaru knew normally his practice sword would not help him much, but it he had, and Monoru held no weapons at all. However, Lord Monoru was confident enough that he would win, so he grinned menacingly at Sesshomaru.
"A brave one, aren't we?" Monoru sneered.
"Sess... sho.. ma... ru..." said Tsunami weakly.
"Its going to be all right, Tsunami" said Sesshomaru reassuringly, though he himself wasn't all too confident he would be alright.
Monoru ran at Sesshomaru, he fist ready to club Sesshomaru at any moment. Sesshomaru managed to avoid most of the full attack, though he did managed to get a large slice in his arm. But while Sesshomaru escaped with a minor injury, Monoru got a full hit with the practice sword which was stabbed in the girth of his underbelly. Monoru lurched forward, but managed to still stand. Tsunami lay montionless on the floor. Sesshomaru panted heavly, and took another stab at Monoru. But Monoru was too quick, and scatched Sesshomaru again. But Sesshomaru had somehow managed to counterattack it, but still recieved a large blow to his left shoulder. Monoru was tirless, and now even more evident on killing Sesshomaru.
A million thoughts rushed thourgh Sesshomaru's head, some trying to recall his lessons with Yozu, while others where signals of wincing pain coming from his damaged shoulder. By now he was only dodging Monoru attacks more brutally after the next. Finally, he body seemed to tire down, and it was only then did Sesshomaru realized that he was staggering around in pools of his own blood.
After knowing the battle was long over, he decided to pull the sacrafice attempt. He threw himself onto Monoru, his sword the only thing between him and death. Most would have thought this was a very stupid thing to do. However, the odds were in Sesshomaru's favor, for he managed to gut Lord Monoru in the socket of his right eye. The impact of the force caused to Sesshomaru to flip over Monoru's head, falling to the ground.
Lord Monoru gave a mighty lean, and fell over, blinded. Sesshomaru then took his pratice sword and shoved the dull sword thourgh Monoru's ribs. Monoru raged endlessly blood gushing from his mouth, probably from a puntured lung. Sesshomaru that rammed his claws with all of his might into Monoru's neck.
Before Sesshomaru, the mighty demon Lord Monoru lay dead before him. Sesshomaru tugged the pratice sword out of Monoru's dead corpse wearily. He felt his a great amount of stress had been placed upon him. Sesshomaru picked up his sister, staining her with his blood, with he was coated in. Though Tsunami was scared of Sesshomaru at this moment, she still clung to him tightly, as though she was afarid to even walk.
They walked down the hallway back to the banquet hall, were the doors lay open infront of them, all gasping at Lord Nishi's blood-stained son and daughter, completely in shock.
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Alright. That, (in my opinion), was an awesome chapter. Really. This was also the first fight scene of the story. Oodles. Anyway, the fight scene could have been better, but I wanted to finish this chapter, as it was defintely longer than the other chappies. But this chapter is extremely important. It is slowly building up the tension, as the rest of the emotions that will be experienced later. Yay. BTW, have any of you guessed teh "secret" yet? There was only one hint, but maybe you truly perceptible ones will have caught it. Anyways, see you all next chapter! ^.~