A Demon's Heart
By YoukaiJilly
Summary:
A young Sesshomaru is in the plot to bring his father's new wife to their home. However when she goes missing two of her servants follow. The elder girl protests she is ever loyal to her lady and the younger also agrees. But Sesshomaru knows something is wrong but doesn't find out exactly what is the problem until too late. Can he save his family from falling apart and why can't he get the younger girl to fear him?
Chapter Three: In the Rain Echoes a Sound of Horror
Last Chapter:
"Oh, I'm pitiful? You'll take anyone to your bed human or not. You're disgusting." Snapped Sesshomaru in retort.
"Sorry you feel that way." Said Jiro in a bored manner. "Well, I see you're in no mood to talk. I suppose you want to sleep. Well, good-bye then. I'm going off to amuse myself."
Then Jiro left with a smug look on his face. Sesshomaru grumbled at the door when he left:
"Going to amuse yourself with one of your families little servant girls you damn pervert."
'Damn, I need to get some sleep. Normally I don't snap at Jiro so much. And that stupid little Ayaka, she'll get what's hers someday. I'll make sure of it."
The Story Continues...
The morning after Umae arrived, Sesshomaru wasn't sure what to do with him self. His father had halted all work for the time, wanting to be with his new mate. Sesshomaru avoided them at all costs, preferring to spend his time in the library or prowling the woods restlessly. Once in a while, he let Jiro hang about with him, but the other young demon soon got bored and went in search of whatever little servant girl he was bedding at the time.
Sesshomaru let Jaken wander off to do whatever servants did when not serving while he went outside the palace one afternoon, wanting to run. His legs felt cramped from just being the palace if only it was for a mere week.
Sighing, Sesshomaru let his white hair fly out behind him as he ran through the wooded paths, jumping from tree to tree, working his legs. Being a demon, he did not tire as soon as humans, no where near, but after a few hours he felt a bit short of breath and stopped to rest in a very high tree overlooking a small and very crystal clear pond. The birds chirped happily and Sesshomaru sat in a bored manner, using his poisonous claws to cut the boulders around the pond in half.
Then a very soft sound that caught his ears; so soft in fact, Sesshomaru had to listen very carefully to hear it. Then he realized it sounded like Ayaka and a mere minute later she did appear with a soft towel in her arms. Sesshomaru blushed, realizing what she was here to do, but instead of running off again, he stayed put, hiding himself from view.
(A/N: Oooo! Never though Mr. Fluffy would be a peeping tom would you? ^_-)
Her humming was louder now, and he thought, disgusting him self:
'Could a human have such a NICE voice? Perhaps she's some sort of magic to make her voice sound so beautiful?'
Sesshomaru watched, face growing hot as he watched as Ayaka shed her very short kimono -Sesshomaru then wondered why she hadn't gotten a new one- and slipped into the water, rubbing her shoulders. Sesshomaru heard as she took a deep breath and plunged under the water. She resurfaced a moment later, shaking her wet hair.
Sesshomaru watched as she bathed but a while later, as she was about to climb out, she looked around in the spot where Sesshomaru was hiding. He was up in the tree and her eyes were on the ground, but he thought he'd been caught. Instead, he saw Ayaka take up a little whistle from her kimono and brought it to her lips.
When she blew it, Sesshomaru clamped his hands over his ears, trying to block out the horrid sound that sounded through the air. He had to hold onto the tree branch with his legs, begging to the Gods for the sound to stop. Instead, Jiro burst from the bushes, hands also clamped over his ears.
Ayaka looked very smug and took the whistle away from her lips. Jiro went to his knees, and looked quite guilty.
"H-hello Miss Ayaka. H-how pleasant to see you here." Said Jiro, getting up. He was looking away as she got dressed. Once she was, she picked up a nice sized chunk of rock that Sesshomaru hacked into pieces earlier and slammed it over Jiro's head.
"Pleasant, isn't the word I would have used you tronking pervert." Snapped Ayaka, placing the cord the whistle hung on around her neck. "Get away from me before I tell your little venture to Lady Umae."
Jiro scuttled off and Sesshomaru let out an exasperated sigh, getting ready to go back to the palace to beat the crap out of Jiro for no reason. As he was about to go in that direction, a very light rain began to fall and Sesshomaru heard Ayaka curse something about the stupid weather. Then she laughed and smiled, and twirled in a circle holding her arms out. Then she went back towards the path, humming another song to herself.
Sesshomaru himself was drenched and so was Ayaka but he followed her in the trees and she walked into the palace dripping water in the main hall. Sesshomaru heard the two servants there grumble about stupid humans making the palace a mess. A few minutes later Sesshomaru went in and the servants went on and on how that the rainwater would help them clean the hall.
Sesshomaru grumbled and went to his room and changed into a dryer set of clothes then headed off to find his father. Locating him in the glass housed garden, he found that Lady Umae and he were talking to Ayaka and Mai. It was Lady Umae who was speaking.
"Ayaka, are you very sure that you don't want another kimono? That one is so ratty and now it's all wet! You'll catch a cold if you walk around in that!"
"No Lady. I'm fine, I assure you." Said Ayaka. Sesshomaru couldn't see what was going on because he was pressed against the slim beam of stone that was part of the framing near the door, wanting to hear more.
"Well, if you're fine, I suppose I shouldn't worry." Said Umae.
"I can though. I find it very puzzling that you won't accept any of the kimonos that were made for Lady Umae's personal servants. Mai did." Said Lord Mikado.
"I...I do not care for them." Said Ayaka softly.
"Why? Does that one hold any personal meaning?" questioned Mai. "I can't see how. It is but a simple night kimono. These are very soft."
"No thank you. It holds no personal meaning...I...I just prefer it is all."
"Would you like me to have a simpler one made?" asked Lord Mikado. "A few if you like in different colors. Would that suit you?"
"Lord, I really must protest-..." Started Ayaka, but Lady Umae stopped her.
"Ayaka, I've been nice about it but I must draw the line. I want you to wear the kimonos made for you and this one put away. Understood?"
"Yes Lady." Said Ayaka.
"Now, go upstairs and take a warm bath so you won't catch any ill winds. The last thing I want is you getting sick. I shall explain your role in the mating ceremony when I come up to the room."
'Ah, so that's what they were speaking of.' Thought Sesshomaru. 'No doubt the human had asked the wench to be her attendant.'
He heard the three women leave and once he was sure they were gone, Sesshomaru entered the glass house and looked at his father.
"Hello Sesshomaru. Enjoy the conversation?" asked Lord Mikado.
"Must I really answer? So, the girl is going to be the hu- your lady's attendant?"
"Yes. And you are to be mine."
"F-father! Do you realize what your asking!?" said Sesshomaru in a shocked voice.
"Yes, and it's because of that, I'm asking YOU." Said Lord Mikado.
"I think I should be able to decided whether I want to be part of this or not!" protested Sesshomaru. "I'm the heir to the Western Lands!"
"And I am the father and lord. So, you are going to be my attendant, and make the promise and that's all there is to it." Said Lord Mikado, leaving the same way his soon-to-be-mate and her handmaidens had left.
Sesshomaru stormed back to his room, and smashed poor Jaken behind the door as he opened it. Paying no attention to the wailing toad demon, he sat on his futon and growled angrily.
'Damn wench! Damn humans! Damn, damn, damn! I hate them all!' he thought. Feeling restless, Sesshomaru wasn't able to stay put in his spacious room.
"JAKEN!" he barked at the poor imp who was rubbing his obese nose.
"Y-yes Me Lord?" asked the meek Jaken.
"I'm going for a run. Go amuse yourself and you best be here when I return." Said Sesshomaru, slamming the door as he left. He ran through the halls, avoiding servants and furniture and made his way outside. The rain had stopped now, and the grounds and forests were blanketed with the fresh smell of rain.
Taking in a large breath, Sesshomaru ran. He ran through the woods, over streams and jumped from tree to tree. He ran on the outskirts of the villages, killing a few livestock here and there as he went.
'I'll make the humans worry; I'll make them scared! They deserve to be! Plaguing a world that aught to be inhabited only by demons!' thought Sesshomaru as his poison cut into a calf.
He ran some more, cutting away trees, destroying part of paths lain down by humans and finally stopped in the tallest tree near the palace. Sighing heavily and feeling a tad better, he heard Jiro speaking to some servant girl, trying to woe her.
'The cretin must have gotten tired of the last girl already.' Thought Sesshomaru, jumping lower in the tree to see Jiro. His eyes widened as he saw it Ayaka that Jiro was trying to sweet talk.
"I told you no you filthy pig!" shouted Ayaka.
Jiro was smiling widely, and said, "Oh why not sweet goddess? Must I pine after you until my heart breaks? Why do you refuse me?"
Sesshomaru just about gagged, always disgusted his friend would even THINK of taking the human wench to bed.
'And you didn't think it obvious? He was peeping on her...' Thought Sesshomaru.
'So were you...' Added a nasty little voice in the back of his mind.
Ignoring it, he went back to listening to Ayaka's reply.
"Stop it! I am NOT, repeat, am NOT going to bed with a DEMON!" shouted Ayaka, sending a few birds squawking and flying into the air.
"Why o temptress?" retorted Jiro, not looking fazed in the least.
"BECAUSE!" yelled Ayaka. "They are disgusting, immoral and the only thing that occupies their minds are lust and killing humans!"
"What of Lord Mikado?"
"Wha-I..." Stuttered Ayaka.
'Jiro, one, Ayaka, zero.' Thought Sesshomaru.
"M-most are that way..." Said Ayaka, turning her back to Jiro. "Now leave me alone. I don't want anything to do with you, you ass of a demon."
Then she started to walk back up the path, pulling her new gray kimono up at the end so she could walk better. But she barely made two steps when Sesshomaru saw Jiro flash across the large distance between them and pin Ayaka to the path, sending mud onto both of them.
"No one has refused me, and you are not about to break my record little flower." Spat Jiro, sitting on Ayaka's legs. He had her arms pinned stretched out and held them by her wrists.
"Like I said, the only thing on your minds are lust and killing." Spat Ayaka.
"Now is not the time for talking, sweet thing. Now, hush." Said Jiro, kissing her. Sesshomaru saw Ayaka stiffen and rolled his eyes. There was no way she was going to escape Jiro. No one had before, and they had been female demons in the palace. Ayaka was a mere human.
Jiro sat up, still sitting on her legs. He began to remove his kimono top, and Ayaka grabbed at a leather cord around her neck and put the whistle to her lips. Before Jiro could stop her, she blew. The same horrid sound that had filled the air before now rippled through both Jiro and Sesshomaru.
Not able to hold on this time, Sesshomaru fell straight from his place on the tree and onto Jiro.
"Stop you damn girl!" he growled.
"And let the pervert rape me! In your dreams demon!" shouted Ayaka, blowing the whistle again.
Sesshomaru's head reeled as he threw Ayaka over his shoulder and sped off towards the palace. Sesshomaru smelt Jiro following them and Ayaka blew her little whistle over and over. Sesshomaru's sharp sight began to blur and he dug his fingers into Ayaka's skin.
"Where do you think your hands are digging into!" shouted Ayaka, smacking him over the head.
Sesshomaru glanced over at Ayaka and noticed the...PLACES where his hands were. Yelping, he dropped Ayaka and shook his hands as though trying to shake off germs.
"EUGH! I touched a human girl in the worst places possible!" he yelled, rubbing his hands on a leaf he plucked from a tree.
"Would you stop that damn it! I am NOT plagued!" shouted Ayaka.
"Sesshomaru!"
"Go away Jiro! You've caused enough problems!"
"Oh, didn't know you liked little human girls." Taunted Jiro, scooting closer to Ayaka who went in the opposite direction.
"I DON'T!" snapped Sesshomaru, kicking Jiro in the face. "I just find it repulsing you would even think of raping a human girl!"
"Hey!"
"Shut up!"
"Make me!"
"Insufferable human!"
"Stupid mutt!"
"Lazy wench!"
"Disgusting slime!"
"I just HATE to interrupt this intelligent conversation, but are you three quite finished?" asked Lord Atsushi.
"Father. Hello!" said Jiro nervously.
'NOW he gets scared.' Thought Sesshomaru.
"What do you want Lord Atsushi?" asked Sesshomaru with a flare of annoyance.
"Watch your tone Sesshomaru. I do want to know why Miss Ayaka is screaming and why all the dog demons up at the palace are suffering from mild headaches that all came at the same time?"
"That," said Ayaka softly. "Is my fault. Lady Umae gave it to me so I could protect myself from...from..."
"From whom?'
"Lord Jiro and Lord Sesshomaru. Or any other dog demon that might harm Mai or me. She has one as well."
"I see." Said Lord Atsushi, staring at the tiny whistle Ayaka held in her fingers. "Lady Umae and Lord Mikado want you all back at the palace. Jiro, I shall deal with you after the mating ceremony."
"Yes Father." Said Jiro in shame.
"Let's go then." Retorted Lord Atsushi, taking Ayaka into his strong arms. She stuck her tongue out at Sesshomaru as she clung to the lord, and Sesshomaru -on a childish impulse- wanted to do the same. The group of four went quickly back to the palace.
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Author's Note:
I am so very, very, very sorry it took me so long to update! I have had tests and projects this past few weeks and I had a midterm or two this week. I know, as a freshman it's not as bad as what upper classmen have to do, but let's just say I haven't been good at homework. ^_^
And, in reply to an anonymous review, I am not revealing any extra information about the story such as pairings! This version is a bit different from my original, so I have a bit of thinking to do, but I promise that things aren't always what they seem.
If you guys noticed at all, in this chapter, Sesshomaru called Ayaka by her first name. If you can't remember where it was, go reread the chapter and find it. I'll give you a hint if you can't, he's thinking and not really speaking.
I decided that I will try to update every Friday or so. If I'm late, it might be every other week. Sorry for ranting for so long! I hope you take the time to read this!
And if you guys want to make me really happy, review lots and lots! And, if you guys are really nice and tell me who your favorite characters are, I'll throw in bonus information at the end of some chapters! But that's only if you REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW!
Bye all! ^_^
PS. Please look out for new stories coming soon! First chapters anyway...
By YoukaiJilly
Summary:
A young Sesshomaru is in the plot to bring his father's new wife to their home. However when she goes missing two of her servants follow. The elder girl protests she is ever loyal to her lady and the younger also agrees. But Sesshomaru knows something is wrong but doesn't find out exactly what is the problem until too late. Can he save his family from falling apart and why can't he get the younger girl to fear him?
Chapter Three: In the Rain Echoes a Sound of Horror
Last Chapter:
"Oh, I'm pitiful? You'll take anyone to your bed human or not. You're disgusting." Snapped Sesshomaru in retort.
"Sorry you feel that way." Said Jiro in a bored manner. "Well, I see you're in no mood to talk. I suppose you want to sleep. Well, good-bye then. I'm going off to amuse myself."
Then Jiro left with a smug look on his face. Sesshomaru grumbled at the door when he left:
"Going to amuse yourself with one of your families little servant girls you damn pervert."
'Damn, I need to get some sleep. Normally I don't snap at Jiro so much. And that stupid little Ayaka, she'll get what's hers someday. I'll make sure of it."
The Story Continues...
The morning after Umae arrived, Sesshomaru wasn't sure what to do with him self. His father had halted all work for the time, wanting to be with his new mate. Sesshomaru avoided them at all costs, preferring to spend his time in the library or prowling the woods restlessly. Once in a while, he let Jiro hang about with him, but the other young demon soon got bored and went in search of whatever little servant girl he was bedding at the time.
Sesshomaru let Jaken wander off to do whatever servants did when not serving while he went outside the palace one afternoon, wanting to run. His legs felt cramped from just being the palace if only it was for a mere week.
Sighing, Sesshomaru let his white hair fly out behind him as he ran through the wooded paths, jumping from tree to tree, working his legs. Being a demon, he did not tire as soon as humans, no where near, but after a few hours he felt a bit short of breath and stopped to rest in a very high tree overlooking a small and very crystal clear pond. The birds chirped happily and Sesshomaru sat in a bored manner, using his poisonous claws to cut the boulders around the pond in half.
Then a very soft sound that caught his ears; so soft in fact, Sesshomaru had to listen very carefully to hear it. Then he realized it sounded like Ayaka and a mere minute later she did appear with a soft towel in her arms. Sesshomaru blushed, realizing what she was here to do, but instead of running off again, he stayed put, hiding himself from view.
(A/N: Oooo! Never though Mr. Fluffy would be a peeping tom would you? ^_-)
Her humming was louder now, and he thought, disgusting him self:
'Could a human have such a NICE voice? Perhaps she's some sort of magic to make her voice sound so beautiful?'
Sesshomaru watched, face growing hot as he watched as Ayaka shed her very short kimono -Sesshomaru then wondered why she hadn't gotten a new one- and slipped into the water, rubbing her shoulders. Sesshomaru heard as she took a deep breath and plunged under the water. She resurfaced a moment later, shaking her wet hair.
Sesshomaru watched as she bathed but a while later, as she was about to climb out, she looked around in the spot where Sesshomaru was hiding. He was up in the tree and her eyes were on the ground, but he thought he'd been caught. Instead, he saw Ayaka take up a little whistle from her kimono and brought it to her lips.
When she blew it, Sesshomaru clamped his hands over his ears, trying to block out the horrid sound that sounded through the air. He had to hold onto the tree branch with his legs, begging to the Gods for the sound to stop. Instead, Jiro burst from the bushes, hands also clamped over his ears.
Ayaka looked very smug and took the whistle away from her lips. Jiro went to his knees, and looked quite guilty.
"H-hello Miss Ayaka. H-how pleasant to see you here." Said Jiro, getting up. He was looking away as she got dressed. Once she was, she picked up a nice sized chunk of rock that Sesshomaru hacked into pieces earlier and slammed it over Jiro's head.
"Pleasant, isn't the word I would have used you tronking pervert." Snapped Ayaka, placing the cord the whistle hung on around her neck. "Get away from me before I tell your little venture to Lady Umae."
Jiro scuttled off and Sesshomaru let out an exasperated sigh, getting ready to go back to the palace to beat the crap out of Jiro for no reason. As he was about to go in that direction, a very light rain began to fall and Sesshomaru heard Ayaka curse something about the stupid weather. Then she laughed and smiled, and twirled in a circle holding her arms out. Then she went back towards the path, humming another song to herself.
Sesshomaru himself was drenched and so was Ayaka but he followed her in the trees and she walked into the palace dripping water in the main hall. Sesshomaru heard the two servants there grumble about stupid humans making the palace a mess. A few minutes later Sesshomaru went in and the servants went on and on how that the rainwater would help them clean the hall.
Sesshomaru grumbled and went to his room and changed into a dryer set of clothes then headed off to find his father. Locating him in the glass housed garden, he found that Lady Umae and he were talking to Ayaka and Mai. It was Lady Umae who was speaking.
"Ayaka, are you very sure that you don't want another kimono? That one is so ratty and now it's all wet! You'll catch a cold if you walk around in that!"
"No Lady. I'm fine, I assure you." Said Ayaka. Sesshomaru couldn't see what was going on because he was pressed against the slim beam of stone that was part of the framing near the door, wanting to hear more.
"Well, if you're fine, I suppose I shouldn't worry." Said Umae.
"I can though. I find it very puzzling that you won't accept any of the kimonos that were made for Lady Umae's personal servants. Mai did." Said Lord Mikado.
"I...I do not care for them." Said Ayaka softly.
"Why? Does that one hold any personal meaning?" questioned Mai. "I can't see how. It is but a simple night kimono. These are very soft."
"No thank you. It holds no personal meaning...I...I just prefer it is all."
"Would you like me to have a simpler one made?" asked Lord Mikado. "A few if you like in different colors. Would that suit you?"
"Lord, I really must protest-..." Started Ayaka, but Lady Umae stopped her.
"Ayaka, I've been nice about it but I must draw the line. I want you to wear the kimonos made for you and this one put away. Understood?"
"Yes Lady." Said Ayaka.
"Now, go upstairs and take a warm bath so you won't catch any ill winds. The last thing I want is you getting sick. I shall explain your role in the mating ceremony when I come up to the room."
'Ah, so that's what they were speaking of.' Thought Sesshomaru. 'No doubt the human had asked the wench to be her attendant.'
He heard the three women leave and once he was sure they were gone, Sesshomaru entered the glass house and looked at his father.
"Hello Sesshomaru. Enjoy the conversation?" asked Lord Mikado.
"Must I really answer? So, the girl is going to be the hu- your lady's attendant?"
"Yes. And you are to be mine."
"F-father! Do you realize what your asking!?" said Sesshomaru in a shocked voice.
"Yes, and it's because of that, I'm asking YOU." Said Lord Mikado.
"I think I should be able to decided whether I want to be part of this or not!" protested Sesshomaru. "I'm the heir to the Western Lands!"
"And I am the father and lord. So, you are going to be my attendant, and make the promise and that's all there is to it." Said Lord Mikado, leaving the same way his soon-to-be-mate and her handmaidens had left.
Sesshomaru stormed back to his room, and smashed poor Jaken behind the door as he opened it. Paying no attention to the wailing toad demon, he sat on his futon and growled angrily.
'Damn wench! Damn humans! Damn, damn, damn! I hate them all!' he thought. Feeling restless, Sesshomaru wasn't able to stay put in his spacious room.
"JAKEN!" he barked at the poor imp who was rubbing his obese nose.
"Y-yes Me Lord?" asked the meek Jaken.
"I'm going for a run. Go amuse yourself and you best be here when I return." Said Sesshomaru, slamming the door as he left. He ran through the halls, avoiding servants and furniture and made his way outside. The rain had stopped now, and the grounds and forests were blanketed with the fresh smell of rain.
Taking in a large breath, Sesshomaru ran. He ran through the woods, over streams and jumped from tree to tree. He ran on the outskirts of the villages, killing a few livestock here and there as he went.
'I'll make the humans worry; I'll make them scared! They deserve to be! Plaguing a world that aught to be inhabited only by demons!' thought Sesshomaru as his poison cut into a calf.
He ran some more, cutting away trees, destroying part of paths lain down by humans and finally stopped in the tallest tree near the palace. Sighing heavily and feeling a tad better, he heard Jiro speaking to some servant girl, trying to woe her.
'The cretin must have gotten tired of the last girl already.' Thought Sesshomaru, jumping lower in the tree to see Jiro. His eyes widened as he saw it Ayaka that Jiro was trying to sweet talk.
"I told you no you filthy pig!" shouted Ayaka.
Jiro was smiling widely, and said, "Oh why not sweet goddess? Must I pine after you until my heart breaks? Why do you refuse me?"
Sesshomaru just about gagged, always disgusted his friend would even THINK of taking the human wench to bed.
'And you didn't think it obvious? He was peeping on her...' Thought Sesshomaru.
'So were you...' Added a nasty little voice in the back of his mind.
Ignoring it, he went back to listening to Ayaka's reply.
"Stop it! I am NOT, repeat, am NOT going to bed with a DEMON!" shouted Ayaka, sending a few birds squawking and flying into the air.
"Why o temptress?" retorted Jiro, not looking fazed in the least.
"BECAUSE!" yelled Ayaka. "They are disgusting, immoral and the only thing that occupies their minds are lust and killing humans!"
"What of Lord Mikado?"
"Wha-I..." Stuttered Ayaka.
'Jiro, one, Ayaka, zero.' Thought Sesshomaru.
"M-most are that way..." Said Ayaka, turning her back to Jiro. "Now leave me alone. I don't want anything to do with you, you ass of a demon."
Then she started to walk back up the path, pulling her new gray kimono up at the end so she could walk better. But she barely made two steps when Sesshomaru saw Jiro flash across the large distance between them and pin Ayaka to the path, sending mud onto both of them.
"No one has refused me, and you are not about to break my record little flower." Spat Jiro, sitting on Ayaka's legs. He had her arms pinned stretched out and held them by her wrists.
"Like I said, the only thing on your minds are lust and killing." Spat Ayaka.
"Now is not the time for talking, sweet thing. Now, hush." Said Jiro, kissing her. Sesshomaru saw Ayaka stiffen and rolled his eyes. There was no way she was going to escape Jiro. No one had before, and they had been female demons in the palace. Ayaka was a mere human.
Jiro sat up, still sitting on her legs. He began to remove his kimono top, and Ayaka grabbed at a leather cord around her neck and put the whistle to her lips. Before Jiro could stop her, she blew. The same horrid sound that had filled the air before now rippled through both Jiro and Sesshomaru.
Not able to hold on this time, Sesshomaru fell straight from his place on the tree and onto Jiro.
"Stop you damn girl!" he growled.
"And let the pervert rape me! In your dreams demon!" shouted Ayaka, blowing the whistle again.
Sesshomaru's head reeled as he threw Ayaka over his shoulder and sped off towards the palace. Sesshomaru smelt Jiro following them and Ayaka blew her little whistle over and over. Sesshomaru's sharp sight began to blur and he dug his fingers into Ayaka's skin.
"Where do you think your hands are digging into!" shouted Ayaka, smacking him over the head.
Sesshomaru glanced over at Ayaka and noticed the...PLACES where his hands were. Yelping, he dropped Ayaka and shook his hands as though trying to shake off germs.
"EUGH! I touched a human girl in the worst places possible!" he yelled, rubbing his hands on a leaf he plucked from a tree.
"Would you stop that damn it! I am NOT plagued!" shouted Ayaka.
"Sesshomaru!"
"Go away Jiro! You've caused enough problems!"
"Oh, didn't know you liked little human girls." Taunted Jiro, scooting closer to Ayaka who went in the opposite direction.
"I DON'T!" snapped Sesshomaru, kicking Jiro in the face. "I just find it repulsing you would even think of raping a human girl!"
"Hey!"
"Shut up!"
"Make me!"
"Insufferable human!"
"Stupid mutt!"
"Lazy wench!"
"Disgusting slime!"
"I just HATE to interrupt this intelligent conversation, but are you three quite finished?" asked Lord Atsushi.
"Father. Hello!" said Jiro nervously.
'NOW he gets scared.' Thought Sesshomaru.
"What do you want Lord Atsushi?" asked Sesshomaru with a flare of annoyance.
"Watch your tone Sesshomaru. I do want to know why Miss Ayaka is screaming and why all the dog demons up at the palace are suffering from mild headaches that all came at the same time?"
"That," said Ayaka softly. "Is my fault. Lady Umae gave it to me so I could protect myself from...from..."
"From whom?'
"Lord Jiro and Lord Sesshomaru. Or any other dog demon that might harm Mai or me. She has one as well."
"I see." Said Lord Atsushi, staring at the tiny whistle Ayaka held in her fingers. "Lady Umae and Lord Mikado want you all back at the palace. Jiro, I shall deal with you after the mating ceremony."
"Yes Father." Said Jiro in shame.
"Let's go then." Retorted Lord Atsushi, taking Ayaka into his strong arms. She stuck her tongue out at Sesshomaru as she clung to the lord, and Sesshomaru -on a childish impulse- wanted to do the same. The group of four went quickly back to the palace.
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Author's Note:
I am so very, very, very sorry it took me so long to update! I have had tests and projects this past few weeks and I had a midterm or two this week. I know, as a freshman it's not as bad as what upper classmen have to do, but let's just say I haven't been good at homework. ^_^
And, in reply to an anonymous review, I am not revealing any extra information about the story such as pairings! This version is a bit different from my original, so I have a bit of thinking to do, but I promise that things aren't always what they seem.
If you guys noticed at all, in this chapter, Sesshomaru called Ayaka by her first name. If you can't remember where it was, go reread the chapter and find it. I'll give you a hint if you can't, he's thinking and not really speaking.
I decided that I will try to update every Friday or so. If I'm late, it might be every other week. Sorry for ranting for so long! I hope you take the time to read this!
And if you guys want to make me really happy, review lots and lots! And, if you guys are really nice and tell me who your favorite characters are, I'll throw in bonus information at the end of some chapters! But that's only if you REVIEW, REVIEW, REVIEW!
Bye all! ^_^
PS. Please look out for new stories coming soon! First chapters anyway...