Chapter 10-Worlds Apart

Sesshoumaru let go of sango's arm and took off down the hallway. Sango gaped at him not moving yet following him as he made his way down the hall. A part of her wanted to run after him and kill him, yet another wanted to kiss him. She turned her head away and cursed away her thoughts. She briefly remembered miroku's voice and laugh. She thought her love life was over, but why did she have these thoughts? "There is no way Sesshoumaru could love me. He does not have the feelings that are required to love." She cried inside and slowly walked towards her room. She brought out her skinning knife and removed her wrist guards, revealing several scars. Anyone who looked upon them would think of them as battle scars, but she knew better. She thought back to the final moments of miroku's life and what had happened when she awoke. She brought the skinning knife down to her wrist and pressed down slightly. Blood ran down her arm and she ran the knife across the skin letting the blood run. She jumped as a knock came at the door. She quickly grabbed her wrist guards and hissed as she put them on, ignoring the stinging pain. She grabbed a towel and cleaned up the blood that showed beyond the guards.

"Yes….who is it?"

"It's me Sesshoumaru. I need to talk to you" she stood up not noticing the drops of blood on the bed. She opened the door and let him in. He entered and looked at her, her heart jumped but she kept a solemn look on her face. "Yes what is it?"

"Let me see your stitch"

"What? Why do you want to see it?"

"I smell blood; if your stitches have opened I need to redo them." Sango sighed and gasped. "You saw me naked didn't you?" Sesshoumaru quickly went on the defensive "Well if I didn't you would have bled to death. The whole purpose of coming here was to live. You dying would kind of delude the purpose." She sighed and dropped her kimono down to her waist and covered her breasts with her hands. Sesshoumaru leaned in and examined the stitch with his hand. He stood up and looked around, allowing her to bring her kimono back on. "I don't see any new blood, you are fine for now. Where are you bleeding though?" Sango bit her lip and tried to come up with some an excuse. Sesshoumaru walked over and sat on the bed, still looking at her waiting for her answer. She looked over to him and saw the blood drops,

"Damn I can not let him see those or I will be found out" she walked over and tried to sit on the drops but Sesshoumaru saw them and ran his hands across them. Sango quickly grabbed him and threw him out of the room, closing the door and locking it. Sesshoumaru banged on the door and demanded to be let in but Sango ignored him. After a while he stopped banging on the door and left, Sango felt cold and alone. She sat against the door letting her wrists bleed and not having a care in the world, not even wanting to be alive when she awoke.

Sesshoumaru stood pacing in front of the fireplace in constant thought. "why would she do that?" he said to Kirarra who was on the table watching him pace. "Why would she purposely injure herself like that? It doesn't make any sense." he stopped pacing and stared into the fire. "Its been 2 days since I broke down her door and saved her. What would she had done if I didn't? What was she thinking?" he punched the wall and dust fell on his face mixing with the tears that were glistening on his face. He sighed and walked out of the room. He walked down the halls and stopped outside her room. He opened he door and entered getting a stir from the bed. He walked over to the bed and knelt down. "Let me see your wrist." she turned to look at him with fire in her eyes. "Why wont you just let me die? There is nothing left for me in this world. Everyone else is dead and I want to join them. Now leave me be." she wrenched her arm out of his and rolled over.

Sesshoumaru entered the living room not noticing the front doors were wide open, and the blood spots that traveled to the room. All he did see was the figure sitting in his chair dripping wet and holding its side. He went to grasp his sword but his hand came up empty, how could he have forgotten it now? The figure stood up and limped towards him apparently not caring for the wounds on his side. The figure walked into the light and did a slight bow.

"Hello lord Sesshoumaru, I have recently heard of your battle at the central palace and my clan has sent me to help you in any future battles you might incur. My name is Taya and I am from the…" Just then Taya collapsed and Sesshoumaru ran to catch her. He lifted her up and took her to the nearest room, laying her down on the bed he tended to her wound. He took off her shirt not thinking and started to stitch up the wound, taking some of the debris that was in it he noticed a few marks he remembered.

"You met my guard….you should have sent a message instead of fighting him. He would have sent it and I wouldn't have to see you half naked like this." he got done patching her up and stood back to see his handy work, getting curious he bent down to check out her features. She had long black hair with silver streaks running through it. She had a mark that meant she was royalty, but to which clan did she belong? He searched her tops for any sign as to which one she belonged to but her sign wasn't anywhere to be found. "hmm some clans mark below the waist. Maybe she belongs to one of them." he took one last look at her face to make sure she was still asleep and untied her pants. He slowly took off her pants making sure that she was still asleep as he went. He was about halfway done when he noticed the muscles tighten and the leg swing back. He barely had time to think as the leg connected with his jaw sending him into the wall. She jumped up and stood over him and looked him in the eye. "You weren't getting any ideas were you lord?" Sesshoumaru was at a loss for words as he looked up at her. He stood up and looked at the wall, there was a dent from where his body had connected with it. He turned his head towards her just to have it slapped away. "Don't look at me when I don't have a shirt on." Sesshoumaru grumbled and turned around.

"You didn't have to hit me, all you had to do was ask."

"I cant trust you after u woke up and saw you taking off my pants."

"But you trust me enough to stay in here when u are getting dressed?" Taya suddenly stood up and walked over to him.

"Yah know, your right…I don't trust you." she shoved him outside the room and shut the door.