UnSpoken Love By: OtakuSailorV
Chapter 4: Yuwakusha; Seducer
Ever running. That's all he felt that he was doing lately; ever running.
His whole body knew the routine by now. Chase, stop to find out something new about the human girl, and chase again. The light always eluding him, something dark and foul seeming to crawl along behind him, waiting for him to give in.
And those dreams, those haunting, weary dreams that left him crying when the light he was chasing diminished; died. They came back every night, almost foreboding, warning him to keep away from the light that called to his heart. But he ignored the dreams, even when they started to change. . .
Now the dreams started when the light flickered into extinction, and he would cry for what seemed an eternity. Then, slowly, out of the darkness around him came figures that laughed and sneered at him. There were a few that looked like they were shouting, others came toward the place where the light had died, reaching for it, several looked as if they were crying as well, but all of them closed in on him. He felt his hair bristle, a snarl escaping his lips as he barred his fangs at them all. The figures would get closer and closer, and behind them all stood one solitary figure that looked on with a smirk and a laugh. Sesshoumaru's mind would snap toward him, and he could feel his entire body moving toward the figure. But the figure would laugh as several of the shouting robed ones would grab onto him and inflict pain on him as he lunged at the laughing figure before him. He would feel immense anger, hatred, blind rage, and started to transform in his dream when suddenly he heard a voice cry out in the empty, quiet air around him.
"You cannot have her."
This simple message would send him jolting back into reality, beads of cold sweat running down his face.
He had pondered the dreams over and over again, but could find no real meaning. He supposed the robed and shouting figures to be the Council of the Wise. The ones that were crying were unfamiliar except for one, the girl from the office building that had answered the door numbered 302. And the figures grasping for the spot where the light had died had looked like soul imps, beings that took the souls of the dead to the after life. And the solitary menacing figure behind all the others was robed as well, like he too were part of the Council of Wise. If this figure were part of the Council, then why did he receive such a foreboding feeling when he saw him?
If the Council of Wise were attacking him though, did that mean he was responsible for the lights' death? What was going on?!
He groaned internally and tilted his head forward and peered intently at the ground as he thought.
Suddenly though, his senses snapped to attention and he turned, bristling, toward the oncoming youkai power.
He couldn't see another youkai anywhere in the crowd, and his mind was too muddled to sniff out the perpetrator.
Calming himself, he walked toward the first empty spot he could ind on the sidewalk and scanned the area, his nose twitching slightly as he searched.
"Hey, big guy, who ya lookin' for?" A soft voice cooed behind him.
He picked up her scent about the same time that she landed behind him. He didn't even need to turn to learn who she was.
"Yuwakusha, what do you want?" He asked half-angrily, a sigh of annoyance escaping him.
He could tell the demoness behind him was pouting, crossing her arms and slouching as she stood, giving him puppy-dog eyes that were meant to mellow him out.
"Oh, come on, Sesshoumaru, I spend all this time looking for you, and you act like I'm getting in the way?"
She came near him and peered over his shoulder into his face and saw that he was paying next to no attention to her.
She pouted again, sticking out her bottom lip and crossing her arms in a huff.
There was a long pause before she spotted the papers in his hands as they bristled in the wind.
"Oh, what are these?"
She snatched them away from him before he had time to react to her.
She scanned the sheets with curious malice. Her eyes widened and a poisonous look entered her eyes as she roamed farther and farther down the page.
"Oh, dear. . ." She said silkily, her eyes narrowing dangerously.
She smiled like a snake as she held the papers and looked over them at him.
"Is dear, darling, Sesshoumaru hunting for a human?"
Sesshoumaru felt his anger start to mount, but wouldn't allow it to show on his face.
"Oh, dear. . ." Yuwakusha said again, looking the papers back over.
"So you abandoned your 'quest' thing to elope with a human girl? You know that's forbidden." It was more of a statement than a question, and her eyes looked him over, sizing him up.
"What will your mother think?" She asked coyly. "Turning out just like your father. Tsk, tsk."
"I am still on my journey, Yuwakusha. And I would kindly ask you to not make assumptions of me, or to point out my father's weak obsession." Sesshoumaru snapped, having had enough of Yuwakusha's tricks.
He snatched the papers away and headed back toward the crowd, which didn't seem to notice the two of them at all.
"Oh, wait, Sesshoumaru, baby!" Yuwakusha cried, jumping toward him and latching onto his arm.
"I was just angry. Your mother sent me out here to get you. She wants to see you. You know it's been over 21 years since she's seen you last? I've been searching almost 7 years for you, and you're cold as ice to me!!" Yuwakusha stuck out her bottom lip, her eyes shimmering with fake tears.
Sesshoumaru sighed, he had never been able to say 'no' to her when she got this way, but his mother was all the way in the west. . .
"Yuwakusha, my journey is almost over, I'll come see mother AFTER I'm done."
Yuwakusha got the venomous look in her eyes again and she latched on hard to his arm, her claws growing out and digging into his arm. Her eyes turned blood red, and the marks on her shoulders and knees snaked out and raggedly formed on her legs and arms.
"Sesshoumaru, you are coming back to your mother's castle." She said forcefully.
Sesshoumaru noticed her demon form starting to come out, and he glared daggers at her.
"I told you 'no', Yuwakusha. I'm not going back. And if you transform, the humans will see you, and the Council will come after you."
Yuwakusha calmed, and she walked along beside him, barefoot and clutching to his arm, her eyes downcast. Her long black hair fell over one shoulder, all of her jade colored jewelry shimmering in the sun as she strode along beside him.
Finally, after a mile or so had passed behind them, she clutched his arm tightly for a brief second, signifying that she was ready to talk.
"Your mother wants you to come back. She misses you."
"She doesn't miss me." Sesshoumaru said, shaking his head slightly.
"No, no! She DOES Sesshoumaru!! You HAVE to go back!!"
"I'm busy right now."
"Busy with what?! Some human brat?!"
Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes.
"She has something I have been searching for."
"And how do you plan on getting it? Hm? If you attack her, or kill her, the Council will kill you! If you fall in love with her, you'll spend the rest of your life on the run!"
"I'm not going to fall in love with a dirty human, Yuwakusha, and you can tell my mother that!!!" Sesshoumaru roared, finally turning his face toward her.
Yuwakusha let go of his arm and glared at him, knowing that he had seen through he deception.
"You can tell my mother that I have no intention of marrying or mating with a human!! Now go back to her and stop spying on me!"
He half-growled at her as she jumped up into the air, her eyes narrowed in complete rage.
She left without a word, but Sesshoumaru could tell that she'd be back to retrieve him for his mother. Either that, or his mother would come herself.
Growling again, he turned abruptly and headed for the nearest hotel. Even if it was a filthy, human house, it would be nice to sleep on an actual bed for at least one night.
The clerk readily gave him the keys to the room and directed him to what floor his room would be on.
He nodded to the clerk and walked toward the elevator, and, pushing the button, waited for it to come down.
His ears picked up the clanking of the elevator not far above him, on it's descent, and he shifted his weight, fingering his swords and thinking about his conversation with Yuwakusha.
So, his mother suspected that he was eloping with a human, and that was the reason he had left so suddenly and had never come back.
He rubbed his eyes wearily with his thumb and forefinger, sighing for about the six thousandth time that day.
There was the soft ringing of a bell and the door opened to reveal someone he had not expected to meet in the city.
"L-Lord Sesshoumaru?!"
Jaken asked, completely astounded.
Sesshoumaru nodded toward him, inwardly hitting himself for not keeping his mind clear enough so that he could at least smell out when another youkai was near him. Maybe today was not his day.
He stepped into the metal box, his companion looking up at him in wonder, obviously forgetting what his business had been on the 1st floor.
Jaken looked the same as ever. As if not a day had passed since they had last seen each other. He wore the same clothes as he had years ago, and still carried the staff of Heads with him.
"Lord Sesshoumaru, I-I never expected in my wildest dreams to see you again! Word in the youkai court was that you had illegally eloped with a female human!" Jaken sounded overjoyed, but Sesshoumaru only kicked at his old servant.
"You have forgotten your place I see, in these 21 years?"
Jaken sidestepped his master's foot and bowed humbly. "N-no M'Lord, forgive me for my quick tongue."
Sesshoumaru nodded and stared straight ahead at the bronze doors.
"I didn't expect to see you out in the open with humans around, Jaken."
Jaken smiled slyly. "That is because I found a way for myself to appear as a human to humans, but as my demon self to other youkai."
Jaken laughed softly, thinking himself quite clever.
"I'm sure the experimentation's of such a spell were something to laugh at too. Was the Council after you?"
Jaken stopped laughing, seeing that his Master didn't find anything funny about the matter.
"No M'Lord. It was, actually, The Council itself that bestowed the spell on me. At the same time that I got my papers."
All legitimate youkai and hanyou's had to carry papers so that the Council guardians did not kill a youkai that was counted as part of the remaining tribes.
"And what are you doing here, Jaken?"
The elevator stopped at the 10th floor, and Sesshoumaru stepped off, Jaken at his heels.
"Why, did M'Lord not know? M'Lords' mother is here, holding a party on the 12th floor."
Sesshoumaru turned and stared down at his old servant. "You are certain of this?"
"Y-yes M'Lord. Your mother sent me down to fetch you to the party as soon as you walked in the doors."
Sesshoumaru snarled, his anger mounting again.
"You can tell my mother that I do not wish to attend her silly party. And that she may very well leave me alone until I am finished with my business."
Jaken's eyes grew wide and he ran after his Master hastily.
"N-no M'Lord! You HAVE to come!"
Sesshoumaru turned on him.
"HAVE to come?! Is THAT what she told you to tell me?!"
Jaken shook his head.
"No, no M'Lord. But M'Lords' mother will kill me if you do not come. She said so herself."
"She can't. The Council would be after her for illegitimate killing of a youkai under the care of the Council."
Jaken gulped. "No, M'Lord. She would still do it. There is a representative for the Council at the party."
Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow as he unlocked his room door.
"I do not see what you are getting at, Jaken. She still could not kill you, especially with an Officer from the Council of Wise."
"B-But M'Lord, it's not an Officer. Nor an underling, he's an actual Council member!"
Sesshoumaru sighed and turned toward Jaken. "You want me to go because this Member is present?" He asked, his voice icy and annoyed.
Jaken nodded rapidly. "I would forever be in M'Lords' debt."
Sesshoumaru sighed and closed the door to the room again.
"Fine. I shall go. But only to see what you are so afraid of. I do not plan to stay the entire time."
Jaken nodded and seemed quite relieved.
As they headed back toward the elevator, Sesshoumaru could not help thinking: 'It will be interesting to see what scheme mother has cooking now.'
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Hey! Me again! I'm really getting' into this story!! Can't wait until I show you all what I've got in store!! It'll be fun.
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Chapter 4: Yuwakusha; Seducer
Ever running. That's all he felt that he was doing lately; ever running.
His whole body knew the routine by now. Chase, stop to find out something new about the human girl, and chase again. The light always eluding him, something dark and foul seeming to crawl along behind him, waiting for him to give in.
And those dreams, those haunting, weary dreams that left him crying when the light he was chasing diminished; died. They came back every night, almost foreboding, warning him to keep away from the light that called to his heart. But he ignored the dreams, even when they started to change. . .
Now the dreams started when the light flickered into extinction, and he would cry for what seemed an eternity. Then, slowly, out of the darkness around him came figures that laughed and sneered at him. There were a few that looked like they were shouting, others came toward the place where the light had died, reaching for it, several looked as if they were crying as well, but all of them closed in on him. He felt his hair bristle, a snarl escaping his lips as he barred his fangs at them all. The figures would get closer and closer, and behind them all stood one solitary figure that looked on with a smirk and a laugh. Sesshoumaru's mind would snap toward him, and he could feel his entire body moving toward the figure. But the figure would laugh as several of the shouting robed ones would grab onto him and inflict pain on him as he lunged at the laughing figure before him. He would feel immense anger, hatred, blind rage, and started to transform in his dream when suddenly he heard a voice cry out in the empty, quiet air around him.
"You cannot have her."
This simple message would send him jolting back into reality, beads of cold sweat running down his face.
He had pondered the dreams over and over again, but could find no real meaning. He supposed the robed and shouting figures to be the Council of the Wise. The ones that were crying were unfamiliar except for one, the girl from the office building that had answered the door numbered 302. And the figures grasping for the spot where the light had died had looked like soul imps, beings that took the souls of the dead to the after life. And the solitary menacing figure behind all the others was robed as well, like he too were part of the Council of Wise. If this figure were part of the Council, then why did he receive such a foreboding feeling when he saw him?
If the Council of Wise were attacking him though, did that mean he was responsible for the lights' death? What was going on?!
He groaned internally and tilted his head forward and peered intently at the ground as he thought.
Suddenly though, his senses snapped to attention and he turned, bristling, toward the oncoming youkai power.
He couldn't see another youkai anywhere in the crowd, and his mind was too muddled to sniff out the perpetrator.
Calming himself, he walked toward the first empty spot he could ind on the sidewalk and scanned the area, his nose twitching slightly as he searched.
"Hey, big guy, who ya lookin' for?" A soft voice cooed behind him.
He picked up her scent about the same time that she landed behind him. He didn't even need to turn to learn who she was.
"Yuwakusha, what do you want?" He asked half-angrily, a sigh of annoyance escaping him.
He could tell the demoness behind him was pouting, crossing her arms and slouching as she stood, giving him puppy-dog eyes that were meant to mellow him out.
"Oh, come on, Sesshoumaru, I spend all this time looking for you, and you act like I'm getting in the way?"
She came near him and peered over his shoulder into his face and saw that he was paying next to no attention to her.
She pouted again, sticking out her bottom lip and crossing her arms in a huff.
There was a long pause before she spotted the papers in his hands as they bristled in the wind.
"Oh, what are these?"
She snatched them away from him before he had time to react to her.
She scanned the sheets with curious malice. Her eyes widened and a poisonous look entered her eyes as she roamed farther and farther down the page.
"Oh, dear. . ." She said silkily, her eyes narrowing dangerously.
She smiled like a snake as she held the papers and looked over them at him.
"Is dear, darling, Sesshoumaru hunting for a human?"
Sesshoumaru felt his anger start to mount, but wouldn't allow it to show on his face.
"Oh, dear. . ." Yuwakusha said again, looking the papers back over.
"So you abandoned your 'quest' thing to elope with a human girl? You know that's forbidden." It was more of a statement than a question, and her eyes looked him over, sizing him up.
"What will your mother think?" She asked coyly. "Turning out just like your father. Tsk, tsk."
"I am still on my journey, Yuwakusha. And I would kindly ask you to not make assumptions of me, or to point out my father's weak obsession." Sesshoumaru snapped, having had enough of Yuwakusha's tricks.
He snatched the papers away and headed back toward the crowd, which didn't seem to notice the two of them at all.
"Oh, wait, Sesshoumaru, baby!" Yuwakusha cried, jumping toward him and latching onto his arm.
"I was just angry. Your mother sent me out here to get you. She wants to see you. You know it's been over 21 years since she's seen you last? I've been searching almost 7 years for you, and you're cold as ice to me!!" Yuwakusha stuck out her bottom lip, her eyes shimmering with fake tears.
Sesshoumaru sighed, he had never been able to say 'no' to her when she got this way, but his mother was all the way in the west. . .
"Yuwakusha, my journey is almost over, I'll come see mother AFTER I'm done."
Yuwakusha got the venomous look in her eyes again and she latched on hard to his arm, her claws growing out and digging into his arm. Her eyes turned blood red, and the marks on her shoulders and knees snaked out and raggedly formed on her legs and arms.
"Sesshoumaru, you are coming back to your mother's castle." She said forcefully.
Sesshoumaru noticed her demon form starting to come out, and he glared daggers at her.
"I told you 'no', Yuwakusha. I'm not going back. And if you transform, the humans will see you, and the Council will come after you."
Yuwakusha calmed, and she walked along beside him, barefoot and clutching to his arm, her eyes downcast. Her long black hair fell over one shoulder, all of her jade colored jewelry shimmering in the sun as she strode along beside him.
Finally, after a mile or so had passed behind them, she clutched his arm tightly for a brief second, signifying that she was ready to talk.
"Your mother wants you to come back. She misses you."
"She doesn't miss me." Sesshoumaru said, shaking his head slightly.
"No, no! She DOES Sesshoumaru!! You HAVE to go back!!"
"I'm busy right now."
"Busy with what?! Some human brat?!"
Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes.
"She has something I have been searching for."
"And how do you plan on getting it? Hm? If you attack her, or kill her, the Council will kill you! If you fall in love with her, you'll spend the rest of your life on the run!"
"I'm not going to fall in love with a dirty human, Yuwakusha, and you can tell my mother that!!!" Sesshoumaru roared, finally turning his face toward her.
Yuwakusha let go of his arm and glared at him, knowing that he had seen through he deception.
"You can tell my mother that I have no intention of marrying or mating with a human!! Now go back to her and stop spying on me!"
He half-growled at her as she jumped up into the air, her eyes narrowed in complete rage.
She left without a word, but Sesshoumaru could tell that she'd be back to retrieve him for his mother. Either that, or his mother would come herself.
Growling again, he turned abruptly and headed for the nearest hotel. Even if it was a filthy, human house, it would be nice to sleep on an actual bed for at least one night.
The clerk readily gave him the keys to the room and directed him to what floor his room would be on.
He nodded to the clerk and walked toward the elevator, and, pushing the button, waited for it to come down.
His ears picked up the clanking of the elevator not far above him, on it's descent, and he shifted his weight, fingering his swords and thinking about his conversation with Yuwakusha.
So, his mother suspected that he was eloping with a human, and that was the reason he had left so suddenly and had never come back.
He rubbed his eyes wearily with his thumb and forefinger, sighing for about the six thousandth time that day.
There was the soft ringing of a bell and the door opened to reveal someone he had not expected to meet in the city.
"L-Lord Sesshoumaru?!"
Jaken asked, completely astounded.
Sesshoumaru nodded toward him, inwardly hitting himself for not keeping his mind clear enough so that he could at least smell out when another youkai was near him. Maybe today was not his day.
He stepped into the metal box, his companion looking up at him in wonder, obviously forgetting what his business had been on the 1st floor.
Jaken looked the same as ever. As if not a day had passed since they had last seen each other. He wore the same clothes as he had years ago, and still carried the staff of Heads with him.
"Lord Sesshoumaru, I-I never expected in my wildest dreams to see you again! Word in the youkai court was that you had illegally eloped with a female human!" Jaken sounded overjoyed, but Sesshoumaru only kicked at his old servant.
"You have forgotten your place I see, in these 21 years?"
Jaken sidestepped his master's foot and bowed humbly. "N-no M'Lord, forgive me for my quick tongue."
Sesshoumaru nodded and stared straight ahead at the bronze doors.
"I didn't expect to see you out in the open with humans around, Jaken."
Jaken smiled slyly. "That is because I found a way for myself to appear as a human to humans, but as my demon self to other youkai."
Jaken laughed softly, thinking himself quite clever.
"I'm sure the experimentation's of such a spell were something to laugh at too. Was the Council after you?"
Jaken stopped laughing, seeing that his Master didn't find anything funny about the matter.
"No M'Lord. It was, actually, The Council itself that bestowed the spell on me. At the same time that I got my papers."
All legitimate youkai and hanyou's had to carry papers so that the Council guardians did not kill a youkai that was counted as part of the remaining tribes.
"And what are you doing here, Jaken?"
The elevator stopped at the 10th floor, and Sesshoumaru stepped off, Jaken at his heels.
"Why, did M'Lord not know? M'Lords' mother is here, holding a party on the 12th floor."
Sesshoumaru turned and stared down at his old servant. "You are certain of this?"
"Y-yes M'Lord. Your mother sent me down to fetch you to the party as soon as you walked in the doors."
Sesshoumaru snarled, his anger mounting again.
"You can tell my mother that I do not wish to attend her silly party. And that she may very well leave me alone until I am finished with my business."
Jaken's eyes grew wide and he ran after his Master hastily.
"N-no M'Lord! You HAVE to come!"
Sesshoumaru turned on him.
"HAVE to come?! Is THAT what she told you to tell me?!"
Jaken shook his head.
"No, no M'Lord. But M'Lords' mother will kill me if you do not come. She said so herself."
"She can't. The Council would be after her for illegitimate killing of a youkai under the care of the Council."
Jaken gulped. "No, M'Lord. She would still do it. There is a representative for the Council at the party."
Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow as he unlocked his room door.
"I do not see what you are getting at, Jaken. She still could not kill you, especially with an Officer from the Council of Wise."
"B-But M'Lord, it's not an Officer. Nor an underling, he's an actual Council member!"
Sesshoumaru sighed and turned toward Jaken. "You want me to go because this Member is present?" He asked, his voice icy and annoyed.
Jaken nodded rapidly. "I would forever be in M'Lords' debt."
Sesshoumaru sighed and closed the door to the room again.
"Fine. I shall go. But only to see what you are so afraid of. I do not plan to stay the entire time."
Jaken nodded and seemed quite relieved.
As they headed back toward the elevator, Sesshoumaru could not help thinking: 'It will be interesting to see what scheme mother has cooking now.'
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Hey! Me again! I'm really getting' into this story!! Can't wait until I show you all what I've got in store!! It'll be fun.
Please stay tuned, and thanks heaps for the awesome reviews!!
Ja.