Jaken entered Sesshomaru's chambers quietly.
"Lord Sesshomaru, I have return-" He stopped. Looking around, the small toad only noticed that the old servant, Ojai was there. He was looking out on the balcony, a worried expression on his face.
"Back to work, slave!" Jaken yelled, jumping up and down. "My Lord will have your head when he finds you slacking off!"
Ojai gave Jaken a skeptical look, and turned back to the outside scenery. "My Lord will not return if he does what I think he will do," he said calmly, "So cease your noise."
Jaken, still yelling, stopped and eyed Ojai suspiciously. "What do you mean by 'not return'?" he asked.
Ojai sighed. "He's gone mad. I would have myself if I hadn't protected myself at the last moment."
"What are you talking about, old fool?" Jaken asked, impatiently. The man was delirious. He deserved to be executed for such lies.
"Shut your mouth," Ojai said sternly. He suddenly looked stronger and stricter than he had in decades. " Were you not here when my Lord's castle was covered in a spell only to be shattered hours later by the horrible scream that carried pain and sorrow through the lands?" he asked.
Jaken shook his head, no. Sesshomaru had sent him out on errands.
"Then look closely. Besides Lord Sesshomaru and I, every other servant in the castle has nearly died due to insanity."
Ojai trembled. "That spell. That horrible pink glow of light was the most terrible thing I have ever seen."
Jaken opened his mouth to ask what he was talking about but Ojai continued.
"Time froze," he explained. "Our hearts, slowed down. Our minds refused to think. We were trapped. Then, as sudden as it had happened, it ended when that painful scream reached my ears. I couldn't stand it. It was as if my brain had exploded and a thousand people were talking at once. I lost myself. I became everyone else in the entire world and completely lost myself." He shivered at the memory. "If I had not the power, I would be like the others inside. Tearing myself up to gain silence."
Jaken gripped his staff tightly. "And my Lord? What happened to him?" he asked. What was this all about?
Ojai sat, suddenly weary. "The voices are horrible. They command you. They take over your soul and drive you into death. The girl caused it. Kagome, her name was. As weak as she seems, she has the power the world has never known."
Jaken stamped his foot. "Then I hope my Lord disposes of the wench!"
"No!" Ojai cried. "You do not understand. HE does not understand. To kill her would mean sure disaster. She is the only one who can undo what she as done. With out her...." He trailed off.
"What is it, old man? What will happen without her!?" Jaken yelled.
Ojai looked worn and beaten. "My Lord shall remain in madness until the end of his days."
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Kagome winced as Sesshomaru's fist drove into the forest floor with such a force that the ground around her seemed to shake. He had missed her head only by inches. She laid there, stiff and frightened.
Sesshomaru wobbled. His head was killing him. Those voices. So many voices screaming in his head! All of them seemed to want his attention and shouted over each other, trying to be heard first. He was so tired. He felt as if his energy was being drained.
"Silence." He ordered and fell to the side, off of Kagome and lost consciousness. The idea of sleep sounded good to him.....
*
He awoke hours later to find that it was dark. Somehow he was outside and his body was aching all over. He sat up with a groan to find that there was a small campfire burning.
"Oh! Don't move yet!" Kagome yelled and ran over, a damp cloth in her hand. She gently pressed it to his forehead, helping him sit up.
Sesshomaru stared at her for a few moments before twisting away. He leaned himself against the bark of a tree, and avoided looking at her.
Kagome frowned and shrugged, going over to the fire and beginning to cook something. They sat there for a few minutes in uncomfortable silence, until Sesshomaru had to say something.
"Why are you here?" he asked. He still refused to look at her.
Kagome looked at him. When she saw that he would not look back she sighed. "What do you mean?" she asked softly.
Sesshomaru closed his eyes. Those voices were still there but faintly. They were mere whispers now. " Didn't you mention that you want your daughter? Yet you have not left me here to go in search of her."
As Kagome stirred the pot she dug through her bag. (I forgot to say she brought it with her -_-;) "Well, yeah that's true," she replied. "But I couldn't just leave you alone like that. You looked so sick."
Sesshomaru finally rested his eyes on her. "I tried to kill you. Twice," he said, "How do you not abandon me after that?" She was confusing. Given the chance, he would have killed her long ago if he were in his right state of mind.
Kagome smiled in spite of herself. That should have made her wake up and realize that he hated her. " I think I want to make it up to you," she confessed. "Even if I'm not exactly sure what I did. Besides no one deserves to be abandoned."
He stared at her for a long moment until she looked back. He tried to stand up, but his back ached in disagreement. Kagome rushed over and steadied him, whispering comforting words as she would if he was Anomie.
In rage, Sesshomaru slapped her hand away. Never had he felt so weak, and if it was one thing he absolutely despised, it was the weak and useless.
"I can do it myself!" he snapped. "Don't pity me." As he shifted into a comfortable position, he noticed that the girl was staring at her hand, where he had slapped it away. Without another word, she got up and tended to the fire.
"I wasn't giving you pity, I was helping," she said in a slightly angry voice.
The voices in Sesshomaru's head got a little bit louder. He closed his eyes again, trying to drown out the voices.
Kagome took her pot away from the fire. " I don't know why you have to be so mean," she mumbled. "You can't expect to ever have true respect with an attitude like that, My Lord," she said, mocking him with her last two words. As he anger increased so did the sounds of the voices.
'Kill her, kiss her, love her, hurt her,' was a chant in his head. He clenched his eyes. "All of you, be silent," he whispered. What was happening to him? He had always been the calm and collected one. The one who had his emotions and thoughts in check. Never had he cried, or felt pity and pain. Until she came along.Kagome.
'Kiss her, take her, hurt her, love her,' they chanted again. He watched as she poured some type of broth into a bowl and brought it over to him. His hands twitched.
'Hold her,' a voice hissed. Sesshomaru grabbed her wrist, making her spill the broth onto the ground. 'Hurt her,' another said and he tightened his grip, making her cry out in pain.
'KISS HER!' the last voice rang out, clear as a bell. So loud that it caused another vibration down his spine. He pulled her closed, closing all distance between them and gave her a hungry and passionate kiss.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Don't ya just hate me? Leaving all these cliffys behind and all? Well as long as you review, I can write and update faster than before! -_-; you don't have to (cuz sometimes I don't either) but it would be nice if you did. JA! ^.^V
"Lord Sesshomaru, I have return-" He stopped. Looking around, the small toad only noticed that the old servant, Ojai was there. He was looking out on the balcony, a worried expression on his face.
"Back to work, slave!" Jaken yelled, jumping up and down. "My Lord will have your head when he finds you slacking off!"
Ojai gave Jaken a skeptical look, and turned back to the outside scenery. "My Lord will not return if he does what I think he will do," he said calmly, "So cease your noise."
Jaken, still yelling, stopped and eyed Ojai suspiciously. "What do you mean by 'not return'?" he asked.
Ojai sighed. "He's gone mad. I would have myself if I hadn't protected myself at the last moment."
"What are you talking about, old fool?" Jaken asked, impatiently. The man was delirious. He deserved to be executed for such lies.
"Shut your mouth," Ojai said sternly. He suddenly looked stronger and stricter than he had in decades. " Were you not here when my Lord's castle was covered in a spell only to be shattered hours later by the horrible scream that carried pain and sorrow through the lands?" he asked.
Jaken shook his head, no. Sesshomaru had sent him out on errands.
"Then look closely. Besides Lord Sesshomaru and I, every other servant in the castle has nearly died due to insanity."
Ojai trembled. "That spell. That horrible pink glow of light was the most terrible thing I have ever seen."
Jaken opened his mouth to ask what he was talking about but Ojai continued.
"Time froze," he explained. "Our hearts, slowed down. Our minds refused to think. We were trapped. Then, as sudden as it had happened, it ended when that painful scream reached my ears. I couldn't stand it. It was as if my brain had exploded and a thousand people were talking at once. I lost myself. I became everyone else in the entire world and completely lost myself." He shivered at the memory. "If I had not the power, I would be like the others inside. Tearing myself up to gain silence."
Jaken gripped his staff tightly. "And my Lord? What happened to him?" he asked. What was this all about?
Ojai sat, suddenly weary. "The voices are horrible. They command you. They take over your soul and drive you into death. The girl caused it. Kagome, her name was. As weak as she seems, she has the power the world has never known."
Jaken stamped his foot. "Then I hope my Lord disposes of the wench!"
"No!" Ojai cried. "You do not understand. HE does not understand. To kill her would mean sure disaster. She is the only one who can undo what she as done. With out her...." He trailed off.
"What is it, old man? What will happen without her!?" Jaken yelled.
Ojai looked worn and beaten. "My Lord shall remain in madness until the end of his days."
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Kagome winced as Sesshomaru's fist drove into the forest floor with such a force that the ground around her seemed to shake. He had missed her head only by inches. She laid there, stiff and frightened.
Sesshomaru wobbled. His head was killing him. Those voices. So many voices screaming in his head! All of them seemed to want his attention and shouted over each other, trying to be heard first. He was so tired. He felt as if his energy was being drained.
"Silence." He ordered and fell to the side, off of Kagome and lost consciousness. The idea of sleep sounded good to him.....
*
He awoke hours later to find that it was dark. Somehow he was outside and his body was aching all over. He sat up with a groan to find that there was a small campfire burning.
"Oh! Don't move yet!" Kagome yelled and ran over, a damp cloth in her hand. She gently pressed it to his forehead, helping him sit up.
Sesshomaru stared at her for a few moments before twisting away. He leaned himself against the bark of a tree, and avoided looking at her.
Kagome frowned and shrugged, going over to the fire and beginning to cook something. They sat there for a few minutes in uncomfortable silence, until Sesshomaru had to say something.
"Why are you here?" he asked. He still refused to look at her.
Kagome looked at him. When she saw that he would not look back she sighed. "What do you mean?" she asked softly.
Sesshomaru closed his eyes. Those voices were still there but faintly. They were mere whispers now. " Didn't you mention that you want your daughter? Yet you have not left me here to go in search of her."
As Kagome stirred the pot she dug through her bag. (I forgot to say she brought it with her -_-;) "Well, yeah that's true," she replied. "But I couldn't just leave you alone like that. You looked so sick."
Sesshomaru finally rested his eyes on her. "I tried to kill you. Twice," he said, "How do you not abandon me after that?" She was confusing. Given the chance, he would have killed her long ago if he were in his right state of mind.
Kagome smiled in spite of herself. That should have made her wake up and realize that he hated her. " I think I want to make it up to you," she confessed. "Even if I'm not exactly sure what I did. Besides no one deserves to be abandoned."
He stared at her for a long moment until she looked back. He tried to stand up, but his back ached in disagreement. Kagome rushed over and steadied him, whispering comforting words as she would if he was Anomie.
In rage, Sesshomaru slapped her hand away. Never had he felt so weak, and if it was one thing he absolutely despised, it was the weak and useless.
"I can do it myself!" he snapped. "Don't pity me." As he shifted into a comfortable position, he noticed that the girl was staring at her hand, where he had slapped it away. Without another word, she got up and tended to the fire.
"I wasn't giving you pity, I was helping," she said in a slightly angry voice.
The voices in Sesshomaru's head got a little bit louder. He closed his eyes again, trying to drown out the voices.
Kagome took her pot away from the fire. " I don't know why you have to be so mean," she mumbled. "You can't expect to ever have true respect with an attitude like that, My Lord," she said, mocking him with her last two words. As he anger increased so did the sounds of the voices.
'Kill her, kiss her, love her, hurt her,' was a chant in his head. He clenched his eyes. "All of you, be silent," he whispered. What was happening to him? He had always been the calm and collected one. The one who had his emotions and thoughts in check. Never had he cried, or felt pity and pain. Until she came along.Kagome.
'Kiss her, take her, hurt her, love her,' they chanted again. He watched as she poured some type of broth into a bowl and brought it over to him. His hands twitched.
'Hold her,' a voice hissed. Sesshomaru grabbed her wrist, making her spill the broth onto the ground. 'Hurt her,' another said and he tightened his grip, making her cry out in pain.
'KISS HER!' the last voice rang out, clear as a bell. So loud that it caused another vibration down his spine. He pulled her closed, closing all distance between them and gave her a hungry and passionate kiss.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Don't ya just hate me? Leaving all these cliffys behind and all? Well as long as you review, I can write and update faster than before! -_-; you don't have to (cuz sometimes I don't either) but it would be nice if you did. JA! ^.^V