Hello everyone, I'm back. I hope you enjoyed reading chapter one.
This chapter will continue with the flashback. I know I left out what my
main characters name was, but I did it on purpose, to create suspense and
some mystery I guess you could say. Anyways in this chapter her name will
be revealed (Dun dun dun) and you'll find out who the male youkai is, but
I'm sure you already know who he is right? Alrighty, well on with the
story!
Disclaimer: Sadly, I still don't own InuYasha or any other characters that are in this story, (except the character I made up). They belong to Rumiko Takahashi. If I did own one fine lookin demon lord named Sesshoumaru though *drools*...I would make a show only about him!
A/N: " " means talking
' ' means thinking
Chapter 2: Healing
The sounds of feet heavily falling on the ground and the crunching of leaves were the only sounds echoing in the forest as the female demon carried the injured demon to her hut. As she was making her way through the forest her mind was flooded with questions, 'Who is he? Why is he so badly injured? How did he get here?' Turning out of the forest and onto the path that leads to her hut, she breathed in heavily. 'Even with the smell of blood clinging to him he still smells good. Wait, what the hell am I thinking, I don't even know who this demon is and I'm already finding myself captivated by him. Pull yourself together.' After a few more minutes of walking she finally caught sight of her hut. Walking into the hut she gently placed the wounded youkai down onto her fouton.
With him laying down, she began to carefully remove his shirt. With his shirt out of the way she was able to get a good look at how deep the wound really was. 'I'm amazed that anyone could still be alive with an injury this bad.' She then stood and went over to some shelves on the far wall. Grabbing a pot and piece of cloth she quickly made her way to the river and gathered some water in the pot, then headed back. She soaked the cloth in the water and then began to clean off the dried blood from his chest, hands, and hair. With that done she made some more of the paste with the medicinal herbs and water and evenly spread it across the gash. Scanning his body, and nodding her head in approval that she had done everything she could, she noticed that his pants were also soaked in blood. Laying a blanket on top of him, she slid her hands under it and removed his pants. Then grabbing his shirt also, she went outside and sat down next to the river and washed his clothes.
For the following two days she would clean his wound then place the healing paste over the injury. The wound was healing faster and his heartbeat steadily grew stronger, but she was concerned as to why he was not waking. On the third day, she was applying the paste to the wound when suddenly the male youkai's hand grabbed her wrist in a death grip. She watched as he opened his eyes and gasped at the beautiful amber color they were. After a what seemed like forever stretch of uncomfortable silence, he spoke and his voice sent shivers down her spine. "Who are you and what am I doing here?" Recovering from the trance she was put in by the silky smoothness of his voice she responded, "I'm Ayame and you are at my house because I found you unconcsious and bleeding in the forest. I have been tending to your wound for three days now." (A/N Yay, you know her name now. Yes I realize that there is already an Ayame in InuYasha, but this is not her. I just happen to like the name so I named her it, so nyah *sticks tongue out*).
Ayame watched as the now concsious youkai scanned her hut. "Ahem. You think you could let go of my wrist so I can finish with tendning to your wound?" He drew his attention back onto the demoness in front of him and narrowed his eyes, but reluctantly let go of her wrist. "Thanks." She finished slathering on the healing paste then washed her hands. Looking down at her wrist she noticed that there was already a bruise forming. She scowled at it then decided to ask some of the questions that she had wanted answered since she had found this demon. "So I told you my name, what's yours?" The male youkai grunted then replied "I believe I don't need to tell you anything wench." "WENCH!!" At her yelling the male youkai winced. "Excuse me but I believe I saved your life. If I hadn't found you then you would probably be in that forest dead." She glared at him angrily and almost didn't hear what he said next. "So why did you help me?" Caught off guard by the question she began thinking, 'Why did I help him?'
Growing impatient with her silence he once again asked but more forcefully this time, "Well why did you help me?" Meeting his eyes she answered, "I...I don't know, I guess maybe because I know what it's like to be alone and injured and not have anyone be there to take care of you." He noticed her face grow sad and her eyes downcast. "You must be hungry. I'll go get you something to eat." She started walking to the exit of her hut but was stopped by his voice. "Sesshoumaru." She didn't know what he was talking about so all she could do was say, "Huh?" "You wanted to know my name. It is Sesshoumaru." She nodded her head then smiled. "Thank you Sesshoumaru. I'll be right back with some food." With that she exited the hut and went to go catch a fish at the river.
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*Sesshoumaru's POV*
He was awakened by the soft touch of hand on his chest. Not knowing where he was or who he was with, he began to grow angry. He grabbed the wrist tightly then opened his eyes. He was looking at the ceiling of a hut, 'Where am I? The last place I recall being was in a forest.' At the sound of a gasp, Sesshoumaru's attention turned to the one whose wrist he was holding. 'A youkai. Not just any youkai, but an inu youkai.' Deciding to get his previous questions answered he asked her, "Who are you and what am I doing here?" "I'm Ayame and you are at my house because I found you unconcsious and bleeding in the forest. I have been tending to your wound for three days now." 'Ayame? Why does that name seem familiar?' He scanned the ordinary hut and had his attention brought back by her asking that he release her wrist. Not exactly trusting her he narowed his eyes, but decided that if she was going to do something to him she most likely would have done it to him when she found him in the forest.
She finished her task and he was surprised that she was brave enough to even touch him. Seeing as how he was incredibly powerful and could kill her at any moment (sure sounds like mister high and mighty huh?). When she was done he watched her wash up and then listened to her ask her next question, "So I told you my name, what's yours?" "I believe I don't need to tell you anything wench." He winced when she yelled. Then half-mindedly listened to her ramble on in her fury. "Excuse me but I believe I saved your life. If I hadn't found you then you would probably be in that forest dead." "So why did you help me?" After asking her this question he noticed that she got a confused look on her face which then turned to sad and gloomy. Getting impatient he asked again, "Well why did you help me?" "I...I don't know, I guess maybe because I know what it's like to be alone and injured and not have anyone be there to take care of you."
He stared at her for a few moments then was brought back to reality when she spoke, "You must be hungry. I'll go get you something to eat." He watched her walk towards the exit of the hut but spoke before she could leave, "Sesshoumaru." "Huh?" "You wanted to know my name. It is Sesshoumaru." He saw her nod her head and smile. A smile he realized, that made her look quite beautiful. "Thank you Sesshoumaru. I'll be right back with some food." He had decided to tell her his name because he felt that he could at least pay her back for her healing him, by answering her question.
With the female youkai gone he once again scanned his surroundings and became more aware of where he was. For some reason he felt comfortable here. It was warm and he found that it ad a pleasant smell to it. It smelt of wild lavender and strongest of the smell, he noticed, came off the demoness named Ayame. There was a slight breeze and he felt a chill. Looking under the blanket laying on top of him, Sesshoumaru realized that he was in the nude. He made a low growl at this and would confront her about the matter when she returned. For now he just relaxed and enjoyed the feeling of the cool breeze on his face and the pungant smell of lavender in the air.
Hurray done with chappie two! Chapter three will most likely be the last chapter of Ayame's flashback. I know I know it's a long flashback, but hey I have to set up the story. Don't worry I'll eventually get to InuYasha and the gang, maybe in chapter four or five. I just have to get some main points out. Also in later chapters you'll learn some more about Ayame and what happened in her dark and gloomy past, oopsies I've already said too much ^-^u. Well as usual I wanna know what you thought of this chapter and how you think the story is coming along. So in order to do that you know what you gotta do.....read and review! Thanks again everyone, see ya!
~Aries
Disclaimer: Sadly, I still don't own InuYasha or any other characters that are in this story, (except the character I made up). They belong to Rumiko Takahashi. If I did own one fine lookin demon lord named Sesshoumaru though *drools*...I would make a show only about him!
A/N: " " means talking
' ' means thinking
Chapter 2: Healing
The sounds of feet heavily falling on the ground and the crunching of leaves were the only sounds echoing in the forest as the female demon carried the injured demon to her hut. As she was making her way through the forest her mind was flooded with questions, 'Who is he? Why is he so badly injured? How did he get here?' Turning out of the forest and onto the path that leads to her hut, she breathed in heavily. 'Even with the smell of blood clinging to him he still smells good. Wait, what the hell am I thinking, I don't even know who this demon is and I'm already finding myself captivated by him. Pull yourself together.' After a few more minutes of walking she finally caught sight of her hut. Walking into the hut she gently placed the wounded youkai down onto her fouton.
With him laying down, she began to carefully remove his shirt. With his shirt out of the way she was able to get a good look at how deep the wound really was. 'I'm amazed that anyone could still be alive with an injury this bad.' She then stood and went over to some shelves on the far wall. Grabbing a pot and piece of cloth she quickly made her way to the river and gathered some water in the pot, then headed back. She soaked the cloth in the water and then began to clean off the dried blood from his chest, hands, and hair. With that done she made some more of the paste with the medicinal herbs and water and evenly spread it across the gash. Scanning his body, and nodding her head in approval that she had done everything she could, she noticed that his pants were also soaked in blood. Laying a blanket on top of him, she slid her hands under it and removed his pants. Then grabbing his shirt also, she went outside and sat down next to the river and washed his clothes.
For the following two days she would clean his wound then place the healing paste over the injury. The wound was healing faster and his heartbeat steadily grew stronger, but she was concerned as to why he was not waking. On the third day, she was applying the paste to the wound when suddenly the male youkai's hand grabbed her wrist in a death grip. She watched as he opened his eyes and gasped at the beautiful amber color they were. After a what seemed like forever stretch of uncomfortable silence, he spoke and his voice sent shivers down her spine. "Who are you and what am I doing here?" Recovering from the trance she was put in by the silky smoothness of his voice she responded, "I'm Ayame and you are at my house because I found you unconcsious and bleeding in the forest. I have been tending to your wound for three days now." (A/N Yay, you know her name now. Yes I realize that there is already an Ayame in InuYasha, but this is not her. I just happen to like the name so I named her it, so nyah *sticks tongue out*).
Ayame watched as the now concsious youkai scanned her hut. "Ahem. You think you could let go of my wrist so I can finish with tendning to your wound?" He drew his attention back onto the demoness in front of him and narrowed his eyes, but reluctantly let go of her wrist. "Thanks." She finished slathering on the healing paste then washed her hands. Looking down at her wrist she noticed that there was already a bruise forming. She scowled at it then decided to ask some of the questions that she had wanted answered since she had found this demon. "So I told you my name, what's yours?" The male youkai grunted then replied "I believe I don't need to tell you anything wench." "WENCH!!" At her yelling the male youkai winced. "Excuse me but I believe I saved your life. If I hadn't found you then you would probably be in that forest dead." She glared at him angrily and almost didn't hear what he said next. "So why did you help me?" Caught off guard by the question she began thinking, 'Why did I help him?'
Growing impatient with her silence he once again asked but more forcefully this time, "Well why did you help me?" Meeting his eyes she answered, "I...I don't know, I guess maybe because I know what it's like to be alone and injured and not have anyone be there to take care of you." He noticed her face grow sad and her eyes downcast. "You must be hungry. I'll go get you something to eat." She started walking to the exit of her hut but was stopped by his voice. "Sesshoumaru." She didn't know what he was talking about so all she could do was say, "Huh?" "You wanted to know my name. It is Sesshoumaru." She nodded her head then smiled. "Thank you Sesshoumaru. I'll be right back with some food." With that she exited the hut and went to go catch a fish at the river.
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*Sesshoumaru's POV*
He was awakened by the soft touch of hand on his chest. Not knowing where he was or who he was with, he began to grow angry. He grabbed the wrist tightly then opened his eyes. He was looking at the ceiling of a hut, 'Where am I? The last place I recall being was in a forest.' At the sound of a gasp, Sesshoumaru's attention turned to the one whose wrist he was holding. 'A youkai. Not just any youkai, but an inu youkai.' Deciding to get his previous questions answered he asked her, "Who are you and what am I doing here?" "I'm Ayame and you are at my house because I found you unconcsious and bleeding in the forest. I have been tending to your wound for three days now." 'Ayame? Why does that name seem familiar?' He scanned the ordinary hut and had his attention brought back by her asking that he release her wrist. Not exactly trusting her he narowed his eyes, but decided that if she was going to do something to him she most likely would have done it to him when she found him in the forest.
She finished her task and he was surprised that she was brave enough to even touch him. Seeing as how he was incredibly powerful and could kill her at any moment (sure sounds like mister high and mighty huh?). When she was done he watched her wash up and then listened to her ask her next question, "So I told you my name, what's yours?" "I believe I don't need to tell you anything wench." He winced when she yelled. Then half-mindedly listened to her ramble on in her fury. "Excuse me but I believe I saved your life. If I hadn't found you then you would probably be in that forest dead." "So why did you help me?" After asking her this question he noticed that she got a confused look on her face which then turned to sad and gloomy. Getting impatient he asked again, "Well why did you help me?" "I...I don't know, I guess maybe because I know what it's like to be alone and injured and not have anyone be there to take care of you."
He stared at her for a few moments then was brought back to reality when she spoke, "You must be hungry. I'll go get you something to eat." He watched her walk towards the exit of the hut but spoke before she could leave, "Sesshoumaru." "Huh?" "You wanted to know my name. It is Sesshoumaru." He saw her nod her head and smile. A smile he realized, that made her look quite beautiful. "Thank you Sesshoumaru. I'll be right back with some food." He had decided to tell her his name because he felt that he could at least pay her back for her healing him, by answering her question.
With the female youkai gone he once again scanned his surroundings and became more aware of where he was. For some reason he felt comfortable here. It was warm and he found that it ad a pleasant smell to it. It smelt of wild lavender and strongest of the smell, he noticed, came off the demoness named Ayame. There was a slight breeze and he felt a chill. Looking under the blanket laying on top of him, Sesshoumaru realized that he was in the nude. He made a low growl at this and would confront her about the matter when she returned. For now he just relaxed and enjoyed the feeling of the cool breeze on his face and the pungant smell of lavender in the air.
Hurray done with chappie two! Chapter three will most likely be the last chapter of Ayame's flashback. I know I know it's a long flashback, but hey I have to set up the story. Don't worry I'll eventually get to InuYasha and the gang, maybe in chapter four or five. I just have to get some main points out. Also in later chapters you'll learn some more about Ayame and what happened in her dark and gloomy past, oopsies I've already said too much ^-^u. Well as usual I wanna know what you thought of this chapter and how you think the story is coming along. So in order to do that you know what you gotta do.....read and review! Thanks again everyone, see ya!
~Aries