Disclaimer: I heard Sesshomarou would do anything to get rid of his half-brother... I might just
take him up on his offer, and take him off his hands... *smiles* But for now (until that can be
arranged) I don't own him okay...
Notes: You know the shmeil... I finished "Gone With the Wind" and this is the extra chappy...
hope ya like it! n_n
~* Over the Edge - Chapter 19: Seiko's Secret*~
Everyone had gotten back late that night. And everyone, except Fera, was tired and board to
death. The ceremony had been completely in the language of the gypsies. So, aside from the
dancing portion, they had been oblivious to what was going on. Plus, Miroku kept getting groped
when no-one was looking by Fera-baba, and couldn't do anything about it without disturbing the
whole affair.
By morning, the group woke to the dark loom of the bellowing clouds from outside. The storm
was nearing.
***
InuYasha entered the main room where everyone was eating breakfast, only to notice that Seiko
wasn't there.
"Miroku, where is that wench of yours?" He sat down by Kagome and wrapped an arm around
her.
"I sent her out for some more firewood. Why?"
"Oh shit." 'If she didn't want anything to do with a bowl of water, I can only imagine her
reaction to a torrential rain storm...'
Kagome looked up at him, hearing his light words. "What is it?"
"I think I'm gonna go help her bring it in. It could start to pour any minute now, and the clearing
a little far from the hut..." With that, there was a blur of white and red, and InuYasha was off into
the woods, leaving everyone confused behind him...
***
When he reached the clearing, Seiko was chopping firewood on the stump of the tree they had
cut down. She was very casual about it all, but was a little startled upon his entrance.
"What do you want?" She continued chopping, a little harder than before. 'Must he always watch
me?!'
"Miroku asked me to come and help." He knew that was the only way she would let him do
anything. "I'm sure your really looking forward to the rain... I know you just love water..." He
drew out the word 'love' in an arrogant fashion, mocking her reaction from the time before.
She swung the ax with accelerated strength to the wood, but before it came in contact with the
stump it was sure to split, InuYasha caught the handle. She looked up at him with wide eyes,
flashing with fear and anger. At that moment there was a role of thunder, and the storm had
begun. Rain poured, drenching every part of them. With that, the huntress bounded off further
into the woods, her bare feet digging into the muddy earth.
'Not this time bitch. You WONT get away...'
***
InuYasha followed her scent all the way to a clearing with a bank and a river bed, which was
now filled with flooding waters. He went toward the edge of the river bed, only to see Seiko's
haori strewn absently to the mud, torn roughly.
A large serpent like yokai emerged from the flowing waters of the river bed before him, and let
out a screech, glaring down upon him and flashing its fangs. InuYasha looked up at the towering
beast... it smelled of Seiko.
"What did you do to her damn it?!"
He reached for the tetsusigia, but the creature lunged at him, knocking him to the ground. He
quickly recovered from the blow into the mud, and slashed at it with vengeance. It let out an ere
cry as its massive body took blow after blow, soaking its leathery skin with crimson blood of the
gouges.
InuYasha no longer attempted to reach for the sward, for if there was any possibility of
recovering the huntress, he would take that chance. The serpent swung its massive tail, grazing
InuYasha with a sharp fin, in a painful cut across his back. After this, he couldn't take it any
more. He brought a fist to the back of the yokai's neck, knocking it out, sinking into the mud of
the flooding bank.
He stood off to the side, as more blood drained from the beast, then approached it cautiously. He
watched its heavy breathing, as the leathery scales turned into silky skin... and in minutes, the
form of the yokai was no longer there, in stead it was a battered form of Seiko, covered in marks
that remained from his blows.
"What have I done?"
He pulled her form over to him, and held her in his arms as he bounded into a nearby tree, away
from all the rain and waters below. He looked at the still body before him as it lay lip, but not
dead. Her eyes opened to mere slits, up into his amber ones, and in a weak voice she spoke only
two little words before passing out. "Thank you."
***
When she awoke from the black of unconsciousness, Seiko slumped into the hanyou's hold,
knowing she couldn't avoid his questions this time. "What do you want to know?" Her voice was
low, still weak from the impact of the fight.
"How did this happen?"
She took a deep breath and then began her tale. "It was twenty years ago. I was seven, and my
father had died almost three years before. My mother had taken a noble medicine man as her
second husband. When he was alive, I was very close to my father, and could never feel
Mr.Yashizuma as a replacement. When she became pregnant with Oki, my mother was filled
with the guilt that I was very close to Heshmeil... so she took extra care to let me become more
active in the band.
That was when it happened... there was an even bigger ceremony, one that would summon the
power of Donte, to be harnessed in a chosen capsule, and released with the element of water... for
that is what Donte is the god of... My mother and I were out of the way of those to preform the
spell, with Fera-baba to watch over us, because of her 'condition'... About half way through, a
fierce yokai interrupted the ceremony, killing thousands from the gypsy band, as they fled the
scene, leaving the ceremony unfinished, and the power open to anyone who could seize it...
Because we were out of the way, the yokai did not see us. Fera-baba knew the terror of the scene,
and that had it not been complete, the power could not be summoned for another five-hundred
years, when the stars aligned again... So instead of the power being placed into the chosen
capsule, she finished the incantation alone... and entrapped the power in me..." She looked away
from his eyes, disdain filling her. "For twenty years, I've been plagued with this fate... knowing
no-one would ever accept it."
There was silence as she closed her eyes, wincing from a broken rib with her sharp breaths. But
despite the hate in what she said, for InuYasha knew what it was like to be an outcast, there were
still some questions unanswered by this...
"But that still doesn't explain why that yokai was trying to kill you..."
"Ah..." A slight smirk spread across her face. "You notice that... guess you're not such a dunce
after all... Well, part of the complications in that the power was put into a human, is that it
intertwines with the structure of my sole... if a yokai, or anything for that matter, were to kill me,
the power that is trapped would be released, and the one to do the deed could easily seize it..."
InuYasha sat for a moment, all the pieces were fitting together, and his head was spinning. All
the events laced together, and it was intense taking it in with one blow.
"Why... er... um... how is it that you... What the hell are you anyway?..."
Seiko nodded, taking another breath to speak. "I am a Donte Water-walker... not yokai, not
human, not even hanyou... I suppose it would be easy to explain in layers...
When I was first... um... empowered, with Donte, it was a thin layer of power. When ever I get
angry or frustrated... layers add on. But when I release that energy... it has the intensity of all the
layers built up, but only one depletes... Over time, it's thickened to extremes, and is very difficult
to rid of the energy that wants to break free...
When I lived with Oki, I could disappear for days... Battling yokai was one of the easiest ways to
release everything that had built up, without hurting those around me... Upon joining you, I
haven't been able to get rid of anything until now... and..." Seiko paused at a loss of words. "I
would hate to hurt any of you... Miroku especially, no matter how much I hate him. Oki is all I
have left of my mother, and she asked me to watch over him... I don't know how long I can stand
it all any more."
After this, Seiko drifted back to sleep in InuYasha's embrace, slowly healing from the battle.
Rain poured down upon them, and InuYasha remembered the others back at Fera-baba's hut.
'Damn!'
*Smiles* See, I told you it would all make sense! She's not the living dead, and definitely didn't
sell her sole... Of corse there's still that matter with her and Sesshomarou, but I'll get to that
another time... If anyone is still confused, just put it in your review or e-mail me. I'm thinking of
putting up a 'reflections' chapter of Seiko's youth, but unless the majority of you are confused, I
don't think I will... That DAMN book is FINISHED!!! *hurrah* Well R&R, see you next chappy
()()
(n_n) ~Bunny
take him up on his offer, and take him off his hands... *smiles* But for now (until that can be
arranged) I don't own him okay...
Notes: You know the shmeil... I finished "Gone With the Wind" and this is the extra chappy...
hope ya like it! n_n
~* Over the Edge - Chapter 19: Seiko's Secret*~
Everyone had gotten back late that night. And everyone, except Fera, was tired and board to
death. The ceremony had been completely in the language of the gypsies. So, aside from the
dancing portion, they had been oblivious to what was going on. Plus, Miroku kept getting groped
when no-one was looking by Fera-baba, and couldn't do anything about it without disturbing the
whole affair.
By morning, the group woke to the dark loom of the bellowing clouds from outside. The storm
was nearing.
***
InuYasha entered the main room where everyone was eating breakfast, only to notice that Seiko
wasn't there.
"Miroku, where is that wench of yours?" He sat down by Kagome and wrapped an arm around
her.
"I sent her out for some more firewood. Why?"
"Oh shit." 'If she didn't want anything to do with a bowl of water, I can only imagine her
reaction to a torrential rain storm...'
Kagome looked up at him, hearing his light words. "What is it?"
"I think I'm gonna go help her bring it in. It could start to pour any minute now, and the clearing
a little far from the hut..." With that, there was a blur of white and red, and InuYasha was off into
the woods, leaving everyone confused behind him...
***
When he reached the clearing, Seiko was chopping firewood on the stump of the tree they had
cut down. She was very casual about it all, but was a little startled upon his entrance.
"What do you want?" She continued chopping, a little harder than before. 'Must he always watch
me?!'
"Miroku asked me to come and help." He knew that was the only way she would let him do
anything. "I'm sure your really looking forward to the rain... I know you just love water..." He
drew out the word 'love' in an arrogant fashion, mocking her reaction from the time before.
She swung the ax with accelerated strength to the wood, but before it came in contact with the
stump it was sure to split, InuYasha caught the handle. She looked up at him with wide eyes,
flashing with fear and anger. At that moment there was a role of thunder, and the storm had
begun. Rain poured, drenching every part of them. With that, the huntress bounded off further
into the woods, her bare feet digging into the muddy earth.
'Not this time bitch. You WONT get away...'
***
InuYasha followed her scent all the way to a clearing with a bank and a river bed, which was
now filled with flooding waters. He went toward the edge of the river bed, only to see Seiko's
haori strewn absently to the mud, torn roughly.
A large serpent like yokai emerged from the flowing waters of the river bed before him, and let
out a screech, glaring down upon him and flashing its fangs. InuYasha looked up at the towering
beast... it smelled of Seiko.
"What did you do to her damn it?!"
He reached for the tetsusigia, but the creature lunged at him, knocking him to the ground. He
quickly recovered from the blow into the mud, and slashed at it with vengeance. It let out an ere
cry as its massive body took blow after blow, soaking its leathery skin with crimson blood of the
gouges.
InuYasha no longer attempted to reach for the sward, for if there was any possibility of
recovering the huntress, he would take that chance. The serpent swung its massive tail, grazing
InuYasha with a sharp fin, in a painful cut across his back. After this, he couldn't take it any
more. He brought a fist to the back of the yokai's neck, knocking it out, sinking into the mud of
the flooding bank.
He stood off to the side, as more blood drained from the beast, then approached it cautiously. He
watched its heavy breathing, as the leathery scales turned into silky skin... and in minutes, the
form of the yokai was no longer there, in stead it was a battered form of Seiko, covered in marks
that remained from his blows.
"What have I done?"
He pulled her form over to him, and held her in his arms as he bounded into a nearby tree, away
from all the rain and waters below. He looked at the still body before him as it lay lip, but not
dead. Her eyes opened to mere slits, up into his amber ones, and in a weak voice she spoke only
two little words before passing out. "Thank you."
***
When she awoke from the black of unconsciousness, Seiko slumped into the hanyou's hold,
knowing she couldn't avoid his questions this time. "What do you want to know?" Her voice was
low, still weak from the impact of the fight.
"How did this happen?"
She took a deep breath and then began her tale. "It was twenty years ago. I was seven, and my
father had died almost three years before. My mother had taken a noble medicine man as her
second husband. When he was alive, I was very close to my father, and could never feel
Mr.Yashizuma as a replacement. When she became pregnant with Oki, my mother was filled
with the guilt that I was very close to Heshmeil... so she took extra care to let me become more
active in the band.
That was when it happened... there was an even bigger ceremony, one that would summon the
power of Donte, to be harnessed in a chosen capsule, and released with the element of water... for
that is what Donte is the god of... My mother and I were out of the way of those to preform the
spell, with Fera-baba to watch over us, because of her 'condition'... About half way through, a
fierce yokai interrupted the ceremony, killing thousands from the gypsy band, as they fled the
scene, leaving the ceremony unfinished, and the power open to anyone who could seize it...
Because we were out of the way, the yokai did not see us. Fera-baba knew the terror of the scene,
and that had it not been complete, the power could not be summoned for another five-hundred
years, when the stars aligned again... So instead of the power being placed into the chosen
capsule, she finished the incantation alone... and entrapped the power in me..." She looked away
from his eyes, disdain filling her. "For twenty years, I've been plagued with this fate... knowing
no-one would ever accept it."
There was silence as she closed her eyes, wincing from a broken rib with her sharp breaths. But
despite the hate in what she said, for InuYasha knew what it was like to be an outcast, there were
still some questions unanswered by this...
"But that still doesn't explain why that yokai was trying to kill you..."
"Ah..." A slight smirk spread across her face. "You notice that... guess you're not such a dunce
after all... Well, part of the complications in that the power was put into a human, is that it
intertwines with the structure of my sole... if a yokai, or anything for that matter, were to kill me,
the power that is trapped would be released, and the one to do the deed could easily seize it..."
InuYasha sat for a moment, all the pieces were fitting together, and his head was spinning. All
the events laced together, and it was intense taking it in with one blow.
"Why... er... um... how is it that you... What the hell are you anyway?..."
Seiko nodded, taking another breath to speak. "I am a Donte Water-walker... not yokai, not
human, not even hanyou... I suppose it would be easy to explain in layers...
When I was first... um... empowered, with Donte, it was a thin layer of power. When ever I get
angry or frustrated... layers add on. But when I release that energy... it has the intensity of all the
layers built up, but only one depletes... Over time, it's thickened to extremes, and is very difficult
to rid of the energy that wants to break free...
When I lived with Oki, I could disappear for days... Battling yokai was one of the easiest ways to
release everything that had built up, without hurting those around me... Upon joining you, I
haven't been able to get rid of anything until now... and..." Seiko paused at a loss of words. "I
would hate to hurt any of you... Miroku especially, no matter how much I hate him. Oki is all I
have left of my mother, and she asked me to watch over him... I don't know how long I can stand
it all any more."
After this, Seiko drifted back to sleep in InuYasha's embrace, slowly healing from the battle.
Rain poured down upon them, and InuYasha remembered the others back at Fera-baba's hut.
'Damn!'
*Smiles* See, I told you it would all make sense! She's not the living dead, and definitely didn't
sell her sole... Of corse there's still that matter with her and Sesshomarou, but I'll get to that
another time... If anyone is still confused, just put it in your review or e-mail me. I'm thinking of
putting up a 'reflections' chapter of Seiko's youth, but unless the majority of you are confused, I
don't think I will... That DAMN book is FINISHED!!! *hurrah* Well R&R, see you next chappy
()()
(n_n) ~Bunny