Tainted Souls

Chapter IV

Moonlight Confessions

I don't own Inuyasha or Final Fantasy

The sunlight broke through the curtains and covered the room in a blanket of light. Aries opened her eyes and saw Sesshomaru still laying next to her, he stared at her.

"How did you sleep?" he asked her.

"Good." She looked into his eyes.

"Why are you doing this?" he asked looking at the hands placed on his chest and face.

"Oh…well…I." she blushed, turned and got out of the bed, "Well, I'm a girl…and you're a guy…and, uh…well the bed's just small."

Aries walked over to the cabinet and began to change into a pink dress.

"Are you ready to leave?" Sesshomaru asked walking into the bedroom.

"Get out!" Aries screamed covering herself, throwing her boot at the door.

I'll never understand females. Sesshomaru thought to himself as he slid his swords through his belt. Sesshomaru looked out the window and stared at the old, burned mansion that they passed in their way to the inn. It seemed that they were meant to go into the mansion and find what ever was hidden inside there.

"Okay, we can leave now," Aries said hopping out of the room trying to get her last boot on, "Hey, could you tie my hair back for me?" she asked handing him a ribbon.

Sesshomaru took the ribbon and tied it in a knot, holding back her hair. Aries turned to face him, smiling.

"Hey, Sesshomaru, have you ever, well, been searching for that certain person, who you want to spend your life with?" she asked looking into his eyes.

"No, why would I do that?"

"Well, I think I…" , she stopped abruptly, "Come on, let's breakfast."

Aries walked down the stairs and sat down at a table. As she waited for Sesshomaru, she noticed two men staring at her. They walked towards her, one of them reached to his side and placed his hand on a knife, that was attached to his belt.

Aries got up and ran from the room and into an alley outside the inn. The alley was blocked by a pile of rubble. The two men followed her into the darkness.

"Hey there, babe." one of them said, brandishing his knife.

"Get back, I'm warning you, help me Sesshomaru ." she screamed.

"Hey, quiet," the other man said pulling a gun from his belt, "Just sit still, be quiet, and do what we say or there's gonna be trouble." He said walking towards her, removing her jacket.

One of the goons approached Aeris and Kissed her neck. The other undid the buttons of her shirt, taking his dear, sweet time. Aeris groaned in protest as a tongue ran along her neck down to her chest. Aeris started crying as the goon with the knife cut her bra off. The white undergarment fell to the floor.

Aeris tried to scream but the hand over her mouths stopped her.

"Shush, baby, you don't want everybody knowing about you and us, is they do, you'll become the village plaything, and that won't be nice now will it?"

At that moment, Sesshomaru leaped from the top of the building and grabbed the arm of the man with the gun and broke it as he snatched the gun from the man's hand. He turned to the other and threw the gun at the man breaking his nose.

"Are you alright?" Sesshomaru asked as the two men departed.

"Yes." she said crying, she fell into his arms, crying, holding him for comfort.

It seemed that Aries was only going to get in his way if she couldn't hold off two men. He had to teach her how to fight.

"Why didn't you fight back? I taught you how to defend yourself." he stared down at the crying girl.

"I was afraid? They had weapons, if you could just teach me how to take down guys with weapons I wouldn't be afraid." she stopped crying.

"I'll try my hardest. First we have to get you a weapon."

The two of them walked into a shop near the inn and looked at the large selection of weapon on the wall. Sword, halberds, staves, gunblades, and other things Aeris had never seen before were placed on racks.

"How about this?" Sesshomaru asked holding up a large sword similar to the Tokijn.

"Too heavy."

"Here, try this." he handed her a gunblade. She swung it around and tried to get used to the heavy, one handed weapon. It just didn't fit her.

They went through piles of weapons trying to find the right armament for her. A tall old man with a long bard and large eyes walked up to the two.

"May I help you?" his voice seemed rather tires, he smelled of smoke, more then likely from his hearth.

"We need a weapon for this girl." Sesshomaru pointed to Aeris who was trying, desperately to lift a katana similar to Sesshomaru's Tensaiga.

"Got just the thing, just finished it two seconds ago. No lie. He handed her a rather strong looking metallic staff. It had slots along the staff where Materia could be inserted. She swung the weapon around a bit. She was a natural with the weapon. It seemed that she was born to wield a staff.

"I like it." she proclaimed.

"That weapon suits you, it calls out your name," The blacksmith said in a rather happy voice. "After all it's the weapon that chooses the warrior, I like to think that we're all born and are accustomed to one weapon over any other, that it's written in your genes." the man seemed very happy about the staff being given to Aeris.

They paid for the weapon and walked out to the beach were they sparred earlier. There the two of them practiced until the sun set.

They sat down on the cliff near the edge of town and looked over the ocean.

"Hey, Sesshomaru, have you ever been in love?" she asked him leaning on his shoulder as they sat together on a log near the edge of a cliff.

"No."

Aries reached up and placed her hands around the demons neck, she stared into his eyes for what seemed like an eternity. Finally she moved closer and kissed his lips. They sat there for an unknown amount of time, Aries in Sesshomaru's arms, staring into his piercing yellow eyes. She wanted to stay lost in this moment, for all of her life. But as they kissed Aeris realized a horrible truth.

He doesn't love me!

Poor Aeris, sorry this chapter was so short, I know the dialogue was a little cheesy, I was rushing this one, sorry! -KKO-