A/N: Hey guys , The full chapter 12 is finally here! I think I
got over my writers block for the most part. Chapter 13 should
be out in a couple of days.
Anyway enjoy this chapter and please review! (pretty please) :)
Peace&Love,
Kara
Chapter 12 : Don't Let Death Keep You From Living
Dinner was interesting at the castle . Rin and Kyame chatted mostly about Rin's beloved Sesshoumaru-sama. Rin insisted on telling stories about things Sesshoumaru would never admit to doing , even under the worst possible tourture. The small growls of annoyance they heard comming from Sesshoumaru's direction only seemed to fuel their laughter. As it got late Rin was forced to go to bed by a stern Sesshoumaru.
"I shall be back in a moment." said Sesshoumaru as he lifted the protesting girl into his arms and began to walk towards the stairs.
"But Sesshoumaru-sama. I have to say goodnight to Kya-chan." whined the little girl. Sesshoumaru sighed and set the girl down. Rin sprinted towards Kya almost tripping on her kimono. The girl launched herself into the arms of the the older .
"Goodnight Kya-chan." said the little girl
"Goodnight Rin. Have sweet dreams ." Kya responded giving the girl an extra squeeze.
Rin leaned in close to whisper something into Kya's ear . " Sesshoumaru-sama whimpers in his sleep a lot, so if he does just pet behind his ear to make him stop."
Kya giggled. She could never imagine Sesshoumaru , Lord of the Western Lands, whimpering....ever. Kya knew that Sesshoumaru had heard the child's piece of advice. She looked towards the lord who did not appear amused.
" Come Rin ." he stated , trying to get over his embarrassment. 'I don't whimper!' he thought to himself. 'Gods Im trying to get this woman to fall for me not pity me.' he silently fumed . This wasn't going as he expected. In the way he had imagined it she should be dying to get him alone by now. But, instead she was giggling with a child over his sleeping habits. Hadn't he suffered enough through dinner?! He was on his last straw when Rin told the story about the time he ungracefully slipped out of a tree and landed in that disgusting swamp water. He remembered how he couldnt get the smell out for a week.. Plus getting all that green sludge out of his hair took about two.
He sighed watching them from the stairs. They did kind of look like mother and daughter. They looked at him , smiling , and he forgot for a few moments that they were laughing at his expense . He watched as the woman he wanted as his mate , landed a kiss on the cheek of the girl he considered as his own pup . Rin turned hand ran back to her 'father' who was waiting on the stairs with a rather bored expression on his face.
He lifted her up once more and headed up the stairs.Before turning the corner he looked back at Kya . "I will be back in a moment" he said disappearing behind a corner. From that moment on, Kya looked at the demon lord in a whole new light. He didn't seem so intimidating or cold when one saw him holding a half asleep girl in his arms.
Kya sighed as she slumped down in her chair. Running her fingers through the strands of hair framing her face she thought on what had occurred that night. ' He said that he had only heard of my kingdom, never been there. Was it just a slip of the tongue? Or was he telling the absolute truth." that thought really scared her.' Has my hate been misplaced this whole time?'
She sighed again in exasperation "Get yourself together Kya. He's evil thats all there is to it." Kya slumped down further. "But the way he handles that little girl make me have doubts about all I've heard." She growled in frustration and shook her head as if trying to clear it. "Ugh why am I having second thoughts?!?......Its not like ...... I have feelings for him." she said hesitantly.
"You don't sound too sure about that." said a voice from behind her.
With a gasp, Kya bolted up and turned to see Sesshoumaru standing behind her. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Close to the palace
For dark figures moved with inhuman speed and grace towards the home of the western lord.
" Ogita please try to concentrate on the task at hand." said Kuma , the oldest and wisest of the four demons.
Ogita growled low in his chest , his long black hair fanning in the wind as he sprinted at top speed. His purple eyes tinted red as he thought of her. It had been a full week.... no, over a week ....... maybe. He had lost track. 'God damn it' he thought angrily. 'How could I let her escape. After she fails hae tests and we've killed this human wench Sesshoumaru has found, I'll get back to finding you Kyame. I swear it.'
The four demons kept running. Before them, way in the distance lay the castle of their fellow lord.
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At the Palace
Kyame was still frozen in shock. Her eyes were wide , taking in the sight of the demon lord. He was smirking at her , in a way that made her blood boil in annoyance.
'Maybe if I act as if I didn't care he heard that he'll stop smirking at me.'
Rolling her eyes at him, she turned around again slumping in her chair. Sesshoumaru still stood there smirking at her. Inside he was very glad he was making some progress.
' So in a week the girl moves from hating me to not being sure if she has feelings for me.' a small chuckle escaped him.
Kya stiffened. If her ears didn't deceive her, she thought she heard a chuckle escape from the demon behind her. ' Damn him ! He's being so infuriating!' she thought angrily. She could feel his golden gaze boring into her. It was freaking her out. Kya spun around to meet his gaze.
"What is it? Why are you staring at me like that !?" she half way yelled. He looked at her for a moment more.
"Come." he said simply turning towards a door leading to the gardens.
She turned around again. 'I will not go anywhere with that jerk .' she thought defiantly. Crossing her arms over her chest, she stayed planted in her seat.
Sesshoumaru knew she was not moving like he had told her to. He sighed. She was very stubborn. But oddly enough he though 'I wouldn't have her any other way'. He moved gracefully behind the defiant girl and scooped her up in his arms and started to walk towards the gardens. He was always surprised by how light she felt in his arms. She started yelling and squirming in his arms.
"Put me down! Right now!" she demanded.
"Must you be so loud woman?!" Sesshoumaru growled
" Put me down ." she said harshly in a low and dangerous tone.
" Fine." he said as he dropped her like a sack of potatoes.
She was stunned. "You could have put me down gently you know!" she groaned as she rubbed her behind. Sesshomaru said nothing and moved to sit next to her. She glared at the demon lord who seemed to take no notice of her anger. She stopped glaring at him to look at her surroundings. She gasped in wonder as she looked at the garden they were in. They were surrounded by cherry blossoms , azaleas , mauve and yellow irises , purple wisteria, pink and blue hydrangea , dahlia, and lavender. A large pond was in the center of this garden of Eden. The moon danced on the surface of the still water , creating a romantic scene. "This is so beautiful." Kya whispered in awe.
Sesshoumaru looked at the girl as she stared out at the garden. "I'm pleased you like it." he said " For it is yours."
Kya looked at him in disbelief. "You're giving this garden to me?!?..But.. it's so beautiful."
"As are you." he stated simply.
"Uh.. Thank you." She said quietly looking down playing with a blade of grass.
Sesshoumaru looked at her. ' It's funny how a minute it felt like she wanted to kill me , but now she is so shy.'. He saw the furious blush that graced her cheeks and absentmindedly wondered what else he could say, or even better, do , to make her blush like that again. He thought she looked really cute like that.
His thoughts were interrupted by her question. "Why have you brought me to this place."
"So that we may talk." he stated " I wish to know more about you."
" What do you wish to know." she asked, somewhat dreading his questions.
"Well for starters, how old are you?" He turned towards her waiting for her answer.
"I'm 16 " she said mentally adding ' I'm more like 516'
"How old are you Sesshoumaru?" she asked. In truth she was quite curious about this. She wasn't exactly sure how long demons lived for.
He cleared his throat to reply. "In human years I am roughly twenty years old. But in demon years I am almost one thousand."
"One thousand what?" she asked "years?"
"Yes I will be one thousand years old in one week's time."
" Wow....so...you're 984 years older than I."
" Yes that is quite an age difference for you humans."
"Yes it is. Um I have another question." she said.
"What is it?" he asked
She looked at the lord. " Well, why did to bring me here?"
He considered her question for a moment and moved his face closer to hers.Their noses were almost touching. Once again her cheeks turned the lovely shade of pink that was quickly becoming Sesshoumaru's favorite color."I needed to find a mate and when I saw you, I knew you I had to have you" he said in a hushed tone He placed a clawed hand on her cheek and moved closer so that his lips barely touched hers. Her small hand was placed on his chest as if to stop him from coming any closer.
"Kya " her whispered against her lips. "Please marry me and become my mate for life." His thumb moved , stroking her cheek.
She leaned into his touch and looked him in the eyes. " I cannot love you. My heart does not stir for any man." she said. She knew that was a lie . If your heart almost shooting out of your chest didn't qualify as stirring , she didn't know what was. She wanted him at that moment. She didn't know if it was just the romantic setting or if these were real feelings coursing through her but nonetheless, she liked it.
"You lie. I can smell it and hear it." his hot breath grazed her lips. He wondered how soft her lips were. He could almost feel them. "Why can you not love me?"
" My heart mourns my parents death. There is no room for love ." she whispered
He pulled back a little to stare into her eyes. "If you constantly mourn death you may as well be dead. Do not forget them but don't let their death keep you from living. " She said nothing so he moved closer and continued. "Open yourself to be and I as your mate would do the same. Please Kyame. I'm asking you not as a lord or even a demon but just as a male asking a female to be my mate."
She looked into his eyes. Searching the golden depths to see if he was feeding her lies but all she found was truth. The hand that was placed firmly on his chest moved upward to trace the magenta stripes on his cheek.She didn't know what she was doing but it felt right. She could always regret this tomorrow or whenever. She had time, for she was an immortal after all.
Leaning forward she closed the distance between them as her lips pressed against his. That was just the answer Sesshoumaru was hoping for. She didn't resist him as he pushed her gently onto her back and deepened the kiss.
It was this position in which the four demons found them.
.
Peace&Love,
Kara
Chapter 12 : Don't Let Death Keep You From Living
Dinner was interesting at the castle . Rin and Kyame chatted mostly about Rin's beloved Sesshoumaru-sama. Rin insisted on telling stories about things Sesshoumaru would never admit to doing , even under the worst possible tourture. The small growls of annoyance they heard comming from Sesshoumaru's direction only seemed to fuel their laughter. As it got late Rin was forced to go to bed by a stern Sesshoumaru.
"I shall be back in a moment." said Sesshoumaru as he lifted the protesting girl into his arms and began to walk towards the stairs.
"But Sesshoumaru-sama. I have to say goodnight to Kya-chan." whined the little girl. Sesshoumaru sighed and set the girl down. Rin sprinted towards Kya almost tripping on her kimono. The girl launched herself into the arms of the the older .
"Goodnight Kya-chan." said the little girl
"Goodnight Rin. Have sweet dreams ." Kya responded giving the girl an extra squeeze.
Rin leaned in close to whisper something into Kya's ear . " Sesshoumaru-sama whimpers in his sleep a lot, so if he does just pet behind his ear to make him stop."
Kya giggled. She could never imagine Sesshoumaru , Lord of the Western Lands, whimpering....ever. Kya knew that Sesshoumaru had heard the child's piece of advice. She looked towards the lord who did not appear amused.
" Come Rin ." he stated , trying to get over his embarrassment. 'I don't whimper!' he thought to himself. 'Gods Im trying to get this woman to fall for me not pity me.' he silently fumed . This wasn't going as he expected. In the way he had imagined it she should be dying to get him alone by now. But, instead she was giggling with a child over his sleeping habits. Hadn't he suffered enough through dinner?! He was on his last straw when Rin told the story about the time he ungracefully slipped out of a tree and landed in that disgusting swamp water. He remembered how he couldnt get the smell out for a week.. Plus getting all that green sludge out of his hair took about two.
He sighed watching them from the stairs. They did kind of look like mother and daughter. They looked at him , smiling , and he forgot for a few moments that they were laughing at his expense . He watched as the woman he wanted as his mate , landed a kiss on the cheek of the girl he considered as his own pup . Rin turned hand ran back to her 'father' who was waiting on the stairs with a rather bored expression on his face.
He lifted her up once more and headed up the stairs.Before turning the corner he looked back at Kya . "I will be back in a moment" he said disappearing behind a corner. From that moment on, Kya looked at the demon lord in a whole new light. He didn't seem so intimidating or cold when one saw him holding a half asleep girl in his arms.
Kya sighed as she slumped down in her chair. Running her fingers through the strands of hair framing her face she thought on what had occurred that night. ' He said that he had only heard of my kingdom, never been there. Was it just a slip of the tongue? Or was he telling the absolute truth." that thought really scared her.' Has my hate been misplaced this whole time?'
She sighed again in exasperation "Get yourself together Kya. He's evil thats all there is to it." Kya slumped down further. "But the way he handles that little girl make me have doubts about all I've heard." She growled in frustration and shook her head as if trying to clear it. "Ugh why am I having second thoughts?!?......Its not like ...... I have feelings for him." she said hesitantly.
"You don't sound too sure about that." said a voice from behind her.
With a gasp, Kya bolted up and turned to see Sesshoumaru standing behind her. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Close to the palace
For dark figures moved with inhuman speed and grace towards the home of the western lord.
" Ogita please try to concentrate on the task at hand." said Kuma , the oldest and wisest of the four demons.
Ogita growled low in his chest , his long black hair fanning in the wind as he sprinted at top speed. His purple eyes tinted red as he thought of her. It had been a full week.... no, over a week ....... maybe. He had lost track. 'God damn it' he thought angrily. 'How could I let her escape. After she fails hae tests and we've killed this human wench Sesshoumaru has found, I'll get back to finding you Kyame. I swear it.'
The four demons kept running. Before them, way in the distance lay the castle of their fellow lord.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
At the Palace
Kyame was still frozen in shock. Her eyes were wide , taking in the sight of the demon lord. He was smirking at her , in a way that made her blood boil in annoyance.
'Maybe if I act as if I didn't care he heard that he'll stop smirking at me.'
Rolling her eyes at him, she turned around again slumping in her chair. Sesshoumaru still stood there smirking at her. Inside he was very glad he was making some progress.
' So in a week the girl moves from hating me to not being sure if she has feelings for me.' a small chuckle escaped him.
Kya stiffened. If her ears didn't deceive her, she thought she heard a chuckle escape from the demon behind her. ' Damn him ! He's being so infuriating!' she thought angrily. She could feel his golden gaze boring into her. It was freaking her out. Kya spun around to meet his gaze.
"What is it? Why are you staring at me like that !?" she half way yelled. He looked at her for a moment more.
"Come." he said simply turning towards a door leading to the gardens.
She turned around again. 'I will not go anywhere with that jerk .' she thought defiantly. Crossing her arms over her chest, she stayed planted in her seat.
Sesshoumaru knew she was not moving like he had told her to. He sighed. She was very stubborn. But oddly enough he though 'I wouldn't have her any other way'. He moved gracefully behind the defiant girl and scooped her up in his arms and started to walk towards the gardens. He was always surprised by how light she felt in his arms. She started yelling and squirming in his arms.
"Put me down! Right now!" she demanded.
"Must you be so loud woman?!" Sesshoumaru growled
" Put me down ." she said harshly in a low and dangerous tone.
" Fine." he said as he dropped her like a sack of potatoes.
She was stunned. "You could have put me down gently you know!" she groaned as she rubbed her behind. Sesshomaru said nothing and moved to sit next to her. She glared at the demon lord who seemed to take no notice of her anger. She stopped glaring at him to look at her surroundings. She gasped in wonder as she looked at the garden they were in. They were surrounded by cherry blossoms , azaleas , mauve and yellow irises , purple wisteria, pink and blue hydrangea , dahlia, and lavender. A large pond was in the center of this garden of Eden. The moon danced on the surface of the still water , creating a romantic scene. "This is so beautiful." Kya whispered in awe.
Sesshoumaru looked at the girl as she stared out at the garden. "I'm pleased you like it." he said " For it is yours."
Kya looked at him in disbelief. "You're giving this garden to me?!?..But.. it's so beautiful."
"As are you." he stated simply.
"Uh.. Thank you." She said quietly looking down playing with a blade of grass.
Sesshoumaru looked at her. ' It's funny how a minute it felt like she wanted to kill me , but now she is so shy.'. He saw the furious blush that graced her cheeks and absentmindedly wondered what else he could say, or even better, do , to make her blush like that again. He thought she looked really cute like that.
His thoughts were interrupted by her question. "Why have you brought me to this place."
"So that we may talk." he stated " I wish to know more about you."
" What do you wish to know." she asked, somewhat dreading his questions.
"Well for starters, how old are you?" He turned towards her waiting for her answer.
"I'm 16 " she said mentally adding ' I'm more like 516'
"How old are you Sesshoumaru?" she asked. In truth she was quite curious about this. She wasn't exactly sure how long demons lived for.
He cleared his throat to reply. "In human years I am roughly twenty years old. But in demon years I am almost one thousand."
"One thousand what?" she asked "years?"
"Yes I will be one thousand years old in one week's time."
" Wow....so...you're 984 years older than I."
" Yes that is quite an age difference for you humans."
"Yes it is. Um I have another question." she said.
"What is it?" he asked
She looked at the lord. " Well, why did to bring me here?"
He considered her question for a moment and moved his face closer to hers.Their noses were almost touching. Once again her cheeks turned the lovely shade of pink that was quickly becoming Sesshoumaru's favorite color."I needed to find a mate and when I saw you, I knew you I had to have you" he said in a hushed tone He placed a clawed hand on her cheek and moved closer so that his lips barely touched hers. Her small hand was placed on his chest as if to stop him from coming any closer.
"Kya " her whispered against her lips. "Please marry me and become my mate for life." His thumb moved , stroking her cheek.
She leaned into his touch and looked him in the eyes. " I cannot love you. My heart does not stir for any man." she said. She knew that was a lie . If your heart almost shooting out of your chest didn't qualify as stirring , she didn't know what was. She wanted him at that moment. She didn't know if it was just the romantic setting or if these were real feelings coursing through her but nonetheless, she liked it.
"You lie. I can smell it and hear it." his hot breath grazed her lips. He wondered how soft her lips were. He could almost feel them. "Why can you not love me?"
" My heart mourns my parents death. There is no room for love ." she whispered
He pulled back a little to stare into her eyes. "If you constantly mourn death you may as well be dead. Do not forget them but don't let their death keep you from living. " She said nothing so he moved closer and continued. "Open yourself to be and I as your mate would do the same. Please Kyame. I'm asking you not as a lord or even a demon but just as a male asking a female to be my mate."
She looked into his eyes. Searching the golden depths to see if he was feeding her lies but all she found was truth. The hand that was placed firmly on his chest moved upward to trace the magenta stripes on his cheek.She didn't know what she was doing but it felt right. She could always regret this tomorrow or whenever. She had time, for she was an immortal after all.
Leaning forward she closed the distance between them as her lips pressed against his. That was just the answer Sesshoumaru was hoping for. She didn't resist him as he pushed her gently onto her back and deepened the kiss.
It was this position in which the four demons found them.
.