To Fulfill One's Destiny
Chapter 28- Fight Back
The cool night breeze caressed her, failing to cool her raging blood.
Barefoot, in the grass of the garden, she tried her best to keep from crying.
That bastard.
"Maria."
She turned halfway, the moon and her hair acting to shadow her face from his eyes, though he could smell the saltwater brimming if he were miles away.
"Speak of the devil."
"Maria..."
"Do you think, you can tell me what to do, how to act, who to pretend to be?"
"It's not ...it was improper the way you talked to me back in the room."
"I can only be who I am and no one else Sesshomaru."
I will tell her now.
I can't do this anymore, I will confront him and this and finally, maybe, move on.
"Maria."
"Sesshomaru."
Silence followed. Maria turned and fully faced him. Then, she fell into her fighting stance, a shining katana in her right hand, surprising Sesshomaru.
"I will fight back this time . . . to reclaim what I unconsciously gave to you."
He watched her as the petals from the sakura tree behind her fell like rain behind her in the blustering wind.
"Sesshomaru, I want my heart back."