Disclaimer: I am a poor college student who owns nothing but the clothes on her back. Needless to say, I am not cool enough to own any of the Inuyasha characters; they belong to Rumiko Takahashi (lucky punk!)
Chapter 5: Unforgettable part I
Sesshomaru had been walking for two days and two nights, deep in thought. He hadn't eaten, he hadn't slept, he hadn't even bathed. He was still wearing the same bloodstained kimono that he had been wearing in the pit. Not that he noticed, or even cared. His mind was preoccupied with thoughts of that girl.
Damn her, he thought. Thoughts of such a woman are unfitting for a demon lord to have. She is a human, and it is therefore beneath me to have any thoughts about her whatsoever. But a little voice in the back of his mind told him differently. She is unlike any human I have ever met…
He paused in his walking and sat down under a tree to decide what his next course of action should be. He leaned back against the tree trunk and closed his eyes, forcing all thoughts of the miko out if his head. It was not long before he dozed off…
He had only been asleep for a few minutes before he was awakened by a husky voice speaking and a sharp object nudging him in the chest. He lazily opened his eyes to find himself partially surrounded by a silent group of ragged, unkempt men. The wind changed, and the stench of sweat and unwashed bodies filled the air. Sesshomaru wrinkled his sensitive nose in disgust.
Bandits, he thought. Pathetic.
The man in front of him poked him harder with the tip of his rusted sword.
"Give us your valuables, or die," he rasped.
Spurred on by their leader's courageous threats, the formerly-quiet bandits began jeering loudly at the strange man before them:
"Just kill the pansy!"
"Make him dance, boss!"
"Hahahaha!"
"What a wimp!"
Sesshomaru made no move to obey; he appeared not to hear the man. Pansy? he though, raising an eyebrow.. Who do they think they are? Impatient, the bandit leader pressed the tip of his sword deeper into Sesshomaru's chest, breaking the skin. Sesshomaru looked down and saw a few drops of blood soak through the white silk of his kimono. Still he seemed not to care.
The bandits were confused; why wasn't this man intimidated by them? Frustrated and angry, the bandit leader tried once again.
"Come on, you stupid son of a bitch! Hand over the valuables or I'll run you through," he shouted.
Sesshomaru's steely amber gaze locked with the leader's watery black eyes. This was the last straw.
"You dare to insult the Lord of the West?" he hissed.
Lightning quick, Sesshomaru leapt up and grabbed the bandit leader by the throat. He squeezed hard, feeling his claws sink deeply into the man's flesh. He could hear the other men drawing their weapons, preparing to rush at him. He turned swiftly, still holding the leader by the throat, and raised his left hand; four of the bandits were caught in the stream of the vicious green poison he released.
The three remaining bandits turned, preparing to flee. He could smell their fear, and reveled in it. He had no intention of allowing them to escape, though. Sesshomaru pulled out his green energy whip and whirled it over his head. He struck first one, then another of the fleeing men; their bodies stiffened as the energy whip cut through their bodies as if they were water. The third man turned just in time to see his two companions fall, and he let out a terrified scream. Sesshomaru struck again, and the whip curled around the man's waist. Sesshomaru yanked on the whip, and it neatly sliced the man in two. Realizing that the bandit leader was dead, Sesshomaru released his choke hold, letting the corpse fall.
He stood back, surveying the havoc he had wrought on the bandit troop. For a brief moment he gave a self-satisfied smirk, but it quickly faded. At that moment an image of the miko appeared unbidden in his mind: she was sitting across from him in the pit, her knees drawn up to her chest in a childlike position. A strand of her long black hair fell forward over her face; his fingers itched to brush it back. Moonlight illuminated the tears slowly coursing down her cheeks. For a moment he was back there with her, but he forced the image away. Strange thought to have while faced with carnage such as this, he thought wryly.
"Even torturing useless humans is not a sufficient distraction. The girl remains in my mind," he said softly to himself. "What curse has she laid upon me?"
Sesshomaru frowned, and suddenly he had a thought. If I never see that woman again I will never know why I cannot forget her. I must discover what intrigues me about this human; then perhaps I can return to behaving like a proper demon.
He stalked away, determined to find the girl once more.
A/N: I am advising all of you out there that this chap and the next are going to be short and not too terribly exciting. Hey, I'm in a transitional phase, people. I know I say this a lot, but please bear with me.
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