Without hesitation, Sesshomaru leaped through the thicket of bushes,
leaving the guards and Arkwyn alone.
"Wait!" Arkwyn cried after him, suddenly darting away into the thicket too.
"I'm coming with you!"
"What shall we do now?" One guard asked.
"Follow them, duh!" another replied, smacking him upside the head.
"Don't follow me little girl. You will only get in the way." Sesshomaru scolded, those cold eyes scanning her for a few seconds before looking ahead of him again.
"I'm NOT a little girl!" Arkwyn cried, trying desperately to keep up with him. "And even if I wanted to, I CAN'T leave you alone! I have to protect you!"
Sesshomaru let out a sharp, and small laugh. "Protect me." He muttered under his breath.
Then, without warning a huge furry brown paw, drenched in long sharp claws
reached out to snag him, but Sesshomaru was suddenly thrown to the ground.
"I could of gotten him." Sesshomaru said angrily while lifting himself up off the ground.
"Oh and when was this? What? When you were busy LAUGHING AT ME?!" Arkwyn yelled to him.
"She heard me!" Sesshomaru thought sharply.
Suddenly, the huge mass of roaring flesh appeared in front of them.
Red eyes bulging, huge furry paws swinging, and it's giant mouth open and screaming.
"This is it. I HAVE to do something now to prove myself not worthless. Prove to myself that I am worth something." Arkwyn thought in a affirming way in her mind.
She pulled out her two long daggers from their sheathes, breathing in slowly for a minute, then jumping with all her willpower at the beast, screaming in agony as she felt it's giant claws scrape at her side as her daggers dug deep into it's heart.
As gravity overtook her and she met the soft dirt of earth, Arkwyn quickly clasped a hand over her side, trying to hide the three large and bloody scratch marks.
Knowing the beast was at the bottom of it's strength, Sesshomaru jumped at it, using his twine like string to cut the beast demon to pieces.
He stood there for a second, cracking his fingers as demon parts rained about him.
Not having a dog nose quite like his annoying half brother, he could still faintly smell the scent of blood coming from where Arkwyn was laying.
Arkwyn rolled to her side in pain, slowly making her way up on two feet with the help of a tree.
"Are you hurt?" Sesshomaru asked plainly, a strained tease of worry dangling in his golden eyes.
She didn't know what to do, she had never gotten this badly injured before.
"I'm fine." She replied quickly, thinking that once she was in the safe ness of her room that she would take care of her wounds.
"You're hurt. I smell blood."
"No...Look around you. Blood everywhere. Some probably just got on me."
Arkwyn walked around, a bit hazily like, finding both her daggers and with much dismay, finally got them into their sheathes once more.
Sesshomaru, still a bit un trusting her words, watched her carefully as they headed back towards the guards.
After the guards caught up with them and where asking their young master questions, Arkwyn decided to take this chance to duck behind some trees and examine the wound.
She let out a slight cry in pain, wincing as she removed her blood stained hand.
"Didn't know they were this deep." She cringed, running a finger along the markings.
"Those will surly leave somewhat of a scar." Sesshomaru said, stepping in front of her.
Arkwyn quickly placed her hand over her wounds again, wincing as she did so.
"You lied to me you pathetic human. You are hurt." Sesshomaru said, taking another step up to her.
The guards came up behind him.
"What's going on?"
"Quick! Help me carry her back to the castle!" a guard shouted to the others, reaching forward for Arkwyn.
"No," Sesshomaru said sternly as he stepped in front of her.
"She needs deep medical attention. Surly you weak humans will not be able to get her there on time. She is loosing blood as we speak."
"But mast,"
"And surly my father, your lord will be displeased to find this girl dead by your frail causes."
The guards stood silent and nodded in agreement.
"In the next village there is an old wise woman who will know what to do. Take her there for gods sake." One of the guards protested, stepping a bit closer to the pained girl.
Sesshomaru nodded, picked Arkwyn up bridal style, and took off running.
"There is just something I can't place going about between those two." One guard stated.
"Well it's spring." A guard nudged the other one.
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"Ever hear that saying?"
"What?" "Love is in the air."
"Nah...our young master and her?"
"Yep."
"No.....could it?"
"With love, you never know." The guard finished with a proud smile.
Meanwhile with Sesshomaru and Arkwyn.
"Don't die," he thought softly in his head while briefly over looking the young woman faintly resting in his arms. He had only carried her that way so her wounds wouldn't open up more. "You were just starting to get interesting." He finished as he felt her grip around his neck tighten a bit.
"We're almost there...."
"Wait!" Arkwyn cried after him, suddenly darting away into the thicket too.
"I'm coming with you!"
"What shall we do now?" One guard asked.
"Follow them, duh!" another replied, smacking him upside the head.
"Don't follow me little girl. You will only get in the way." Sesshomaru scolded, those cold eyes scanning her for a few seconds before looking ahead of him again.
"I'm NOT a little girl!" Arkwyn cried, trying desperately to keep up with him. "And even if I wanted to, I CAN'T leave you alone! I have to protect you!"
Sesshomaru let out a sharp, and small laugh. "Protect me." He muttered under his breath.
Then, without warning a huge furry brown paw, drenched in long sharp claws
reached out to snag him, but Sesshomaru was suddenly thrown to the ground.
"I could of gotten him." Sesshomaru said angrily while lifting himself up off the ground.
"Oh and when was this? What? When you were busy LAUGHING AT ME?!" Arkwyn yelled to him.
"She heard me!" Sesshomaru thought sharply.
Suddenly, the huge mass of roaring flesh appeared in front of them.
Red eyes bulging, huge furry paws swinging, and it's giant mouth open and screaming.
"This is it. I HAVE to do something now to prove myself not worthless. Prove to myself that I am worth something." Arkwyn thought in a affirming way in her mind.
She pulled out her two long daggers from their sheathes, breathing in slowly for a minute, then jumping with all her willpower at the beast, screaming in agony as she felt it's giant claws scrape at her side as her daggers dug deep into it's heart.
As gravity overtook her and she met the soft dirt of earth, Arkwyn quickly clasped a hand over her side, trying to hide the three large and bloody scratch marks.
Knowing the beast was at the bottom of it's strength, Sesshomaru jumped at it, using his twine like string to cut the beast demon to pieces.
He stood there for a second, cracking his fingers as demon parts rained about him.
Not having a dog nose quite like his annoying half brother, he could still faintly smell the scent of blood coming from where Arkwyn was laying.
Arkwyn rolled to her side in pain, slowly making her way up on two feet with the help of a tree.
"Are you hurt?" Sesshomaru asked plainly, a strained tease of worry dangling in his golden eyes.
She didn't know what to do, she had never gotten this badly injured before.
"I'm fine." She replied quickly, thinking that once she was in the safe ness of her room that she would take care of her wounds.
"You're hurt. I smell blood."
"No...Look around you. Blood everywhere. Some probably just got on me."
Arkwyn walked around, a bit hazily like, finding both her daggers and with much dismay, finally got them into their sheathes once more.
Sesshomaru, still a bit un trusting her words, watched her carefully as they headed back towards the guards.
After the guards caught up with them and where asking their young master questions, Arkwyn decided to take this chance to duck behind some trees and examine the wound.
She let out a slight cry in pain, wincing as she removed her blood stained hand.
"Didn't know they were this deep." She cringed, running a finger along the markings.
"Those will surly leave somewhat of a scar." Sesshomaru said, stepping in front of her.
Arkwyn quickly placed her hand over her wounds again, wincing as she did so.
"You lied to me you pathetic human. You are hurt." Sesshomaru said, taking another step up to her.
The guards came up behind him.
"What's going on?"
"Quick! Help me carry her back to the castle!" a guard shouted to the others, reaching forward for Arkwyn.
"No," Sesshomaru said sternly as he stepped in front of her.
"She needs deep medical attention. Surly you weak humans will not be able to get her there on time. She is loosing blood as we speak."
"But mast,"
"And surly my father, your lord will be displeased to find this girl dead by your frail causes."
The guards stood silent and nodded in agreement.
"In the next village there is an old wise woman who will know what to do. Take her there for gods sake." One of the guards protested, stepping a bit closer to the pained girl.
Sesshomaru nodded, picked Arkwyn up bridal style, and took off running.
"There is just something I can't place going about between those two." One guard stated.
"Well it's spring." A guard nudged the other one.
"What is that supposed to mean?"
"Ever hear that saying?"
"What?" "Love is in the air."
"Nah...our young master and her?"
"Yep."
"No.....could it?"
"With love, you never know." The guard finished with a proud smile.
Meanwhile with Sesshomaru and Arkwyn.
"Don't die," he thought softly in his head while briefly over looking the young woman faintly resting in his arms. He had only carried her that way so her wounds wouldn't open up more. "You were just starting to get interesting." He finished as he felt her grip around his neck tighten a bit.
"We're almost there...."