Old Lust Dies Hard

By, Luminaria

Chapter 2: Menatsu's Possession

Menatsu sat in his room in the dark by his heavily curtained window with his arms folded on top of one another, his legs crossed, and his eyes closed. He was thinking, but it wasn't his own mind anymore that was doing the thinking. It was the spirit possessing him. It had for as long as he could remember.

What right does Sesshomaru have to get engaged to someone other than me? I was the one that took careful, perfect steps, I was the one that caught him, and I was the one that fell at his hand, but I'm back now, my darling. That won't happen again. The same mistake won't happen twice. Once I can take over full possession of this weak mortal body, I shall call upon the demons that gave me my power in the first place and become even stronger than I was all those years past. I'll murder the one that you're infatuated with and make you mine…and this time I will not fail. I will not again have a flaw in my plans.

Menatsu opened his eyes and looked over his shoulder. They were glowing a brilliant eerie blue, looking over the dead bodies of Menatsu's dead parents in the hall, covered in blood and both tortured. The mother's throat had been slit and the father's stomach had been torn open with his insides strewn all over the house. He had been quite pleased with his handiwork.

He stood up to his full height, all 6' 1" of it, and walked out of the bedroom with his bloody whip still in his hands. "Now, to punish Sesshomaru for his betrayal to me…" he said, his voice mixed with Naraku's.

Sesshomaru laid in bed next to Senayalayasha, asleep. In fact, they both were. It was about 4 am, and Sesshomaru would be waking up in two hours. The two of them hadn't fallen asleep until sometime after 3:15.

He was dead asleep, but was in the midst of a vivid nightmare. It was in bright colors and the laughter was so loud that it seemed that he was actually there. He could feel the icy cold stone floors and the cool air, and see the stars through a high, barred window. He could feel the tears falling down his cheeks, and feel the screams erupting from his chest, but they weren't his, they were too shrill. He could see the tall dark figure above him; feel the long silky strands against his skin. It wasn't his memory; it was Rin's.

He tried to wake up, but he couldn't. Instead, he fell deeper into Rin's memory, unable to surface to the world. He barely even heard the alarm for him to wake up; the dark laughter and the screams were blocking it out.

Senayalayasha woke up and looked at the clock. 6:30 am. Sesshomaru was usually up by then packing up his things for his students and getting dressed. But instead, he was still asleep, his breathing shallow, his face uneasy, his body sweating, and his skin pale.

"Sesshomaru…Sesshomaru, wake up. Wake up, its 6:30," Senayalayasha said, shaking his fiancée's shoulders. He wouldn't move. Starting to panic slightly, Senayalayasha reached for Sesshomaru's glass of water and poured it on him. He shot up like a bullet, drenched in water and sweat, his eyes wide.

"Sesshie, are you alright? What happened?"

"I…I…I heard Rin…she…she was screaming…and…I saw…I saw someone with long black hair…" he looked at the wall a moment, then shook his head. "No…no…it was too vivid…it…it was just a dream…" he got up and went to go get dressed.

He placed his hands on the bathroom sink and stared down at the floor a moment as his light-headedness passed and he was sure he wasn't going to fall over. Sesshomaru looked up into the mirror and saw why Senayalayasha had been so worried.

His face was drawn, his eyes filled with something he had never seen in them before, most likely fear. His skin was as white as paper and he was still shaking.

Forcing himself to calm down a bit and take control, he started to apply his make-up when he remembered that it was the weekend. He groaned and washed it off then collapsed back into bed next to Senayalayasha, who was still sitting up.

"Why are you---"

"It's Saturday."

"…Oh. That's right. But…don't you have a teacher meeting this morning?"

Sesshomaru groaned again and dragged his ass out of bed to go and get ready when he remembered that the meeting was on Sunday, and so he dragged his ass back into bed and laid there, screaming into a pillow.

"Now what's wrong, Sesshie?"

"It's tomorrow morning."

Senayalayasha stayed silent.

Unknown to them, standing outside their bedroom window looking up and causing Sesshomaru's bad dreams/mood, was Menatsu, eyes glowing and face neutral.

"You will remember, and you will be mine again, Sesshomaru…"

It's Luminaria again, and I've got more gifties!! I'm updating right now because the next chapter is going to have yaoi! Yay!! The reason why I didn't put any warnings is…because there are none yet! Hee hee hee. I'd also like to say that if you enjoy my fics this much, you may also enjoy my originals on I've currently got about…4 up I think, and one of 'em is a superhero story. My pen name there is Ryou Bakuraru, so look me up and read Demonic Presence: The Yaoi Cases if you're interested, or just read any of the other ones, it doesn't matter. But I'm telling you now that Demonic Presence is going to have the most yaoi; like one yaoi case in just about every chapter! Hee hee hee.

Sesshomaru: Would you stop with the cliffs? And why are you being so mean to me?

Luminaria: …

Senayalayasha: What's up with the possessed kid? What's he got to do with the story? And what's the got to do with Sesshie-kun? ---thinks that Sessh is cheating on him---

Sesshomaru: …I'm not cheating on you, if that's what you mean. I don't even remember the bastard.

Luminaria: Okay, calm down. I swear, next chapter --if I'm in a terribly good mood-- I'll have a yaoi chapter, and I'll try and make it as Unedited as possible. I know how much you guys like that. So, I'll see you next chapter!!!