What was lost
Disclaimer: Is this not placed in "fan" fiction?
A/N: Sorry for the delayed update but I had to be with a dieing family member. Just wished she could've hold on a little more longer than what she did…
Chapter 13: A Father's Desolation
You could be my someone
you could be my scene
you know that i'll protect you
from all of the obscene
I wonder what your doing
imagine where you are
there's oceans in between us
but that's not very far
"Blurry" by Puddle of Mud
Lucisherkon gazed at all of them with cruelty. He then began to smile.
"I do suppose that you women need new garments no?" he then snapped for one of the servants to come.
"Get me the thinnest clothing we have…make it sheer in the back though so they can bake…" he told the servant with a sneer on his lips. He then called for Jufang telling him "Take them to the proper dressing rooms…after all they must look good for daddy." Kagura caught only the last part. If he said 'daddy' then…Sesshomaru must be on his way! New hope filled within her hotly, making her wanting to hurry up and do whatever Lucisherkon asked of them so that he would come….she almost sighed. Her love was coming.
Rin looked around, a little uneasy. Nirania turned to her and asked
"What troubles you Rin?"
"Something is going on….but I cant explain it…I have a feeling that someone is going to be hurt…not physically but emotionally and well…mentally." She looked down as she was being led through the dark hallways of the Eastern Palace that was being illuminated by the sun.
"Don't worry Rin…nothing will happen." Nir tried to comfort her sister.
"I hope your right Nir…I really do."
"If something does happen…don't worry Rin…Sesshomaru will fix it." Kagura told her.
"Yeah!" she said having hope.
They were led to an alluring room that had dark red velvet interior. On the wall was a striking woman who was surrounded by a beautiful silver frame. She had luscious long locks of whitish bluish hair (you know how Sesshomaru's hair sometimes looks so white that is it almost blue?) Dazzling deep wine eyes, they looked heavenly. Rin, Nir, and Kagura all looked at the portrait in awe. Nir then smiled.
"That's my grandmamma!"
"That's her alright…the woman who helped me get through." Kagura said
"She is the one who told me that there was still hope…" Rin said.
Jufang then re-entered the marvelous room. Handing them beautiful black kimono's, yet they were still mainly for working. The fabric was indeed rather light but from the waist up, the back was completely sheer…so that when bent down too long the sun could burn them. Kagura knew of his antics and wasn't too pleased with them. Since hers was the only one with an outer kimono made her even more angrier. Rin crinkled her nose.
"I don't like the color black…" she trailed off.
"Neither do I Rin…my mother wore it too much." Nir told her little sister.
"Naraku always had a room that was completely black and he used to lock me in there when I did something wrong." Kagura offered to the conversation.
"I'm not very found of it either." Jufang told them as he looked at all of them with a look of grief in his eyes.
"Well we better change quickly before Lucisherkon gets angry at us and we have to pay with his wrath." Kagura said a little sarcastically toward the ending.
"We will be waiting for you in the fields…don't even try to escape…I am scarred for life for even attempting it a while back and that was before he was strong…" Jufang told them. Kagura tried not to show her disliking, of course if she were not with two children she would've ignored the soft warning and tried to escape either way.
Sesshomaru ducked another blade and thrusted his bladeinto the next youkai that was trying to overtake him. They were breaking in throughthe front gate…much to his and Inuyasha's delight. Kagome had some of Sarihona's powers invested in her still making her a deadly warrior. Inuyasha noticed this and noted that he was extremely glade that Sarihona was on their side. Even Jaken was putting up a decent fight and before you knew it as soon as the small battle to the "Black Castle" as Kagome liked to call it was over just as quick as it had started.
Lucisherkon sensed his nephew's approach long before. He knew that his nephew had developed the powers that should have been gifted to him. He snapped his finger and out came this bird youkai from the ground, its wings a deadly blood red and his eyes golden brown. A phoenix it had once been but once your called back from the dead more than a dozen times….you tend to become evil too.
"Mappi I want you to stall them as much as you can…go mainly for the priestess since the hanyou is watching over her, Sesshomaru over him, and Sarihona over her dear son. Go quickly my trusted servant." The life giving bird, now evil nodded and took off toward the castle screeching only once as it saw the three figures approach its master. It thought solemnly to itself why he wanted the woman and two children to suffer however. Remembering what his master told him he focused his energy on finding the ones that were supposed to be his new prey. Secretly he wished that he could be back in his peaceful rest for isn't it ironic that a life giving bird is now going to take the life of the man known as "Destruction of the circle of life"?
Inuyasha grunted as he and Sesshomaru opened up the huge wooden doors that led to the basement. He never knew that something that huge could be called a 'door'. The party made there way down the paths of the castle's basement and came upon a room that led to many…many others. Everyone looked at Sesshomaru with a wondering gaze. He closed his eyes and uttered a few words, holding the two sacred jewel shards that were hanging off of the chain that Kagome gave he for the time being. The bluish looking one resonated making him glow for a few seconds in time. He looked around the rooms and went to the one on the far left. Running full speed ahead of the group as they trailed after him not caring to hear there calls and cries. Something was calling him over to this spot…it must be his mother's swords that she was speaking of. He wondered mildly to himself, how he was going to manage to carry six swords around but he knew that he would just have to take turns with using them…or walk around with three on each side.
Taking the key that was safely in his kimono out he quickly unlocked the simple looking doors that were keeping him from what was his. He opened them up only to be hit on the head with a child's bow and set of arrows that were hanging on the door… 'They must've fell due to the force of the door being opened.' He thought to himself. He looked deeper into the little cubbyhole that was suppose to go unnoticed touching his sacred jewels they lightly resonated with each other filling the dark and tiny room with a warm soft glow. He then found the four swords tucked neatly in the back. Crawling to the spot where they were quickly picking them up and then crawling back out in enough time to see the others just catching up. Before he could do anything the fabric began to unravel, itself flew off the swords. The swords made a small hissing sound as if they were hot or catching breath… 'Well this ought to be wonderful, Tensuiga quivers when wanting to be used, Tokijin begins to bang itself against my leg if not touched in a cretin amount of time period and now I have four new swords that obviously don't like being neglected either…oh joy.' His thoughts were cut short when all of the sudden the ground began to rumble and things began to shake not knowing which blade he took up, he quickly grabbed it and unsheathed Tokijin so he had one sword in each hand.
Mappi swooped down in front of them. They were all shocked to see a phoenix still lived yet. They were supposed to be extinct a long time ago…was this a survivor? It stood a good seven feet tall, a massive bird it was. Looking each in the eye and then to Sesshomaru…it then let out a powerful yet mournful cry.
"I have been sent hear by his majesty to kill you all…he told me to go after the priestess…yet I do not wish to fight either of you…" everyone was shocked. The phoenix spread its wings as far as they could go…showing Kagome that he had a shard of the sacred jewel embedded into his heart. She could tell that it was tainted and the poor bird, the last of its kind was under a spell. They were a free spirited type, willing to help but commanded once and they turned the other way, so she knew it must be killing to poor thing. She searched within her for the new power that she was gifted since she gave Sarihona all of her utmost trust, for that she was rewarded with a powerful connection to the woman…she felt another connection….though she couldn't figure out what it was.
'Sarihona…I need your help! I want to help him…yet I want him to still live.' She told the late priestess/demon. 'Dear child it is not the sacred jewel that is making him live…he was lucky since he was a survivor. Once the sacred jewel shard is removed he should be free. My son is too protective right now to see that. So I am going to help you with this…after all it is the least I can do……but do know that if you do this that you are going to forever have a phoenix on you side.' She said playfully. Kagome nodded her understanding. Closing her eyes she pictured the lady herself and then let her body take over. She walked over to the creature and put her hand over his heart. She knew that when a sacred jewel shard enters the heart that whence token out…it will surely die. She didn't know what Sarihona was planning…only afterwards will she know what she is doing and know how to master it. Her body glowed a light blue, the sacred jewel shard came flying out and landed suspended in front of Sesshomaru expecting him to take care of it. Kagome then let out a burst of energy and then you heard her say strong and sturdy and as if there was another voice with her.
"Healing Rain." All of the sudden there were rain droplets falling onto the phoenix. The mystical creature opened its eyes and then found that it was not only free…it was alive!
"You…helped me?"
"Sarihona was the one who did it…I just wanted to help too…"
"I want to come with you…I want to see if you can defeat the youkai that enslaved me. Not only that…I want to help that little girl…"
"What little girl!" Sesshomaru snapped as he was strapping his sixth sword on the side that only had two…it was kind of funny if they all weren't so deadly/powerful.
"She seemed only the age of seven…maybe eight."
"White hair?" he asked a little scared. His cold façade coming back up once more. Inuyasha frowned…he thought he grew out of that.
"No milord, she had black hair and such kind chocolate brown eyes…" he trailed off.
"How do you know this?" he seethed. Angry mainly at himself.
"When I was still under his control he would tell me everything. I pledge my life to you guys…you can trust me." 'We can my son…I used to be friends with his mother…' Sarihona assured her son 'Wow you ARE old mother…' but stopped as he felt a pang of pain that meant that she would cause him a headache.
"What does he plan on doing to them?" Naraku asked. Sango and Kagome both agreed that they thought that at that moment he looked noble and trusting and everything that the Naraku they knew wasn't.
"He means to kill the little girl since she is a huge threat to him…make the other little one suffer….and to…to…forever keep the woman for his needs."
Sesshomaru growled a deep growl that made the phoenix back up. Inuyasha was skeptical…sure he has seen him mad before…but this mad? HELL NO!
Rin looked up at the sun, it had been noon for a while now. She had 45 lashing marks on her since she stopped three times. She began to quiver and quake. She couldn't handle it anymore! She collapsed in the middle of the field that they were tending to. Lucisherkon came over to her and realized that the sun already poisoned her. Instead of whipping her like he would usually, he went away to go mixed salt in with the water to pour on her and a hint of acid…not much but enough to make her skin burn. Kagura came running over to the small girl once she saw that he had gone away.
"Rin!" she screamed. The tiny thing was unconscious. Getting a good stick nearby she quickly put it into the ground and draped her outer kimono on top of it so that it could shade Rin in the 100 degrees and up desert. She looked over to Nir who wasn't effected by the heat in the slightest…at least that's what it had appeared to be. She had her fathers blood running in her veins so she should have some resistance.
Lucisherkon was coming back and he grabbed Rin and tied her to the pole that was smack in the middle of the field…right under the sun.
"She's too sick! Her human body cant handle this! If she stays out there for another fifteen minutes she'll surely die!" Kagura yelled at him while she ran after him. He stopped and then back handed her. Seeing that she was securely tied to the pole he quickly grabbed Kagura who was desperate to go after Rin. He lashed and kicked at her immensely Rin awoke to Kagura's sobs afterward. He did not hold back with her at all. Every inch of her was covered in bruises, and they haven't even fully formed yet. Before she fell unconscious she uttered the words "Rin, my daughter…"
"UNCLE!" came a voice all too well known to Lucisherkon.
"Ah dear Sesshomaru…your just in time to see her suffer!"
"I'll kill you first!" Sesshomaru lunged forward but was stopped but a abrupt force.
"What's this!" he asked fully irritated. 'Oh no! No! Not this barrier! Oh what bad timing he has!' Sarihona sounded in Kagome's and Sesshomaru's head. She seemed disturbed and infuriated at the same time.
'Why what type of a barrier is it?' Kagome asked wondering why she was so angry. She could feel Sarihona sigh when she asked this 'One that took all of my strength to break once but since he has so much time to regain his strength its probably even more powerful. It was one of the things that mother gifted him with. I am the guardian of power and Kindness, where he my little brother the guardian of Protection and Malice. However the only reason I was able to get through this cursed barrier was because I am his blood relation…his older sister. Sesshomaru, you cant get through this barrier even if you used all of your strength. I am so sorry my son but all we can do is wait. It should go down in a matter of time…given about dawn tomorrow it should weaken…' 'KUSO!' Kagome and Sesshomaru thought at the same time.
He could tell Rin was distressed. Lucisherkon walked up to her and laughed a laughed that gave everyone chills…even Sarihona who was with them mentally. He then poured the water over her. She began to cry out. The salt and acid was eating at her skin. Sesshomaru winced and paced back and forth like a caged tiger. Each time he poured more on she cried longer and louder. It was a very disturbing sight. Miroku began to pray for her safety through the night. The group looked worriedly at Sesshomaru who was currently worried…they knew this because the skies were gray and it was extremely chilly out side. Remembering that he was guardian of the 1 out of 2 main life forces on earth, Ice, they accepted the coldness.
"Ha! Stupid fool. Because your making her cold I think I ought to warm her up."
Rin's condition right now was not good. She had sun poisoning, 45 lashings on her back that weren't healing so well, she was wet and out in weather that was so cold that it could snow any minute. Now Lucisherkon was begging to whip her again. She cried out left and right and Sesshomaru was pacing now more than ever. With defeat all he could do was watch his little Rin be beaten to a bloody corpse, as was the intention of Lucisherkon. All they could do now was wait.
A/N: If your wondering why I put up that bit of a song at the beginning of the chapter, its because it's a new thing that want to start doing to every chapter. I think it might be nice then writing a WHOLE songfic. Well the next chapter will be up in given time…I am not saying an exact time since each timeI do it is EXTREAMLY longer than what I ever intended. Well I hoped that you liked this chapter! Please Review! (gives big puppydog eyes)