Chapter 11 – Please
Chikara called for her mate. In a small amount of time, he came, happy to see her, but he noticed his brother lying limply in her arms.
"Is he…" he carefully asked, seeing Chikara's worried look.
She shook her head: "No, he's not dead… yet. I'll bring him to a room and take care of his wounds myself" she answered to his obvious question as well as walking very fast toward the castle, with Inuyasha in her arms and passing by her husband, who seemed very upset.
"But we have healers that can take care of him, dear" Sesshoumaru tried to convince her as she was walking in search of a spare room, while looking from time to time at the unconscious hanyou. "Be reasonable, you just came from a wounded state and you've been flying almost all night. Let the healers help him" he added.
She stopped in her tracks and turned to face Sesshoumaru with an angry face: "No. I don't want him to be laughing stock when they see that the Lord's brother is a 'weakling'. Anyways, I'm sure I can do it myself" Chikara said, not changing her mind and got back to her search.
As they arrived to a spare room, Sesshoumaru slid the door-panel to let Chikara enter with Inuyasha in her arms. "Please," he said, with a colder tone, "don't be so persistent; you know where your stubbornness got you last time!" the Lord stated. "He's been poisoned, you can't heal that. Don't you remember when we met, you were poisoned too and I was the one that helped you. You can only heal physical wounds, not poison. What do you need to understand that!" Hadn't he been a respectful lord, he would have demolished something to show his anger building inside of him. Instead, he simply tried to keep his cold exterior intact and show nothing that could be connected to emotions; he knew that Chikara didn't like it when he hid his emotions like that, yet he continued that little game.
Chikara, unpleased with what he had said, gave him an angrier look, if it was actually possible. She huffed and entered the room. She kneeled down to set down her brother-in-law on the futon that was on the floor, in the middle of the room. The hanyou groaned a bit, but then calmed when he adjusted to his new sleeping position.
Chikara got up again, hands on her hips, and turned to face her husband that was behind her. "I suggest that you get out of this room, now. I need my full concentration to do this" she said, before closing her eyes, ignoring his reaction and showing him her determination.
Sesshoumaru looked at her, in his opinion, she wouldn't be able to do it; but it would surely affect her emotionally in some way, if she didn't try. However, he also knew that she would never change her mind; Chikara was extremely determined so she will try anything. He sighed and then said: "If you say so. But please, if you see that he can't be saved… let go; if he dies, it's simply his destiny."
Closing her eyes harder, to keep her tears from falling, she tried to control her breath because she didn't like the trembling in her voice, and replied with strength: "Don't say this! He… I'll find a solution, and you're not the one who going to tell me what to do!" She stood there, ready to burst in anger.
Sesshoumaru frowned deeply, more because of deception than irritation. "Chikara, I am your mate and the Lord of this castle. I do what I want here." He paused to try to believe what he was going to say next: "Listen, I'm trying to make this relationship work; so that's why I'm going to pass over that unacceptable behaviour from an important Lady." He sighed and turned to leave the room, "Do what you want. But don't come crying to me that you can't do anything for the boy… I'll simply answer you 'I told you so'." He took in a long breath: "Sometimes, you can be so… hopeless."
The goddess huffed: "Well, then if it's like this, I forbid you to enter this room until I say so!"
As soon as she finished her sentence, he left.
Chikara, who was waiting for him to leave, finally opened her eyes that had been closed during the whole conversation. She let go of her tears, but she held back the scream that threatened to escape her throat.
Falling on her knees, she punched the floor with her fists and exhaled loudly, letting go of a frustrated growl. She looked at Inuyasha; the poor boy was in a silent agony. His breath was unsettled and from time to time he would make strange faces. She could feel his distress and finally decided to act. She then clapped her hands and rubbed them together to warm the energy that was remaining dormant in her body. Light came from her hands and she took her sceptre, making it float in the air. She elevated her hands to her eye level, palms toward the ceiling; she looked like she was demanding something.
While energy was submerging the whole room, Chikara chanted some strange phrases, trying to find the right words to heal Inuyasha.
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Meanwhile, Sesshoumaru was trying to work in the library for a few hours, but he couldn't concentrate on anything; his mind was always occupied with thoughts of Chikara and what he had said to her earlier. He knew that she would come back after a while, and that she'll cry to him that she can't do anything right, and so on.
Unconsciously, he got up; determined to convince Chikara to get away from Inuyasha. In fact, his plan was to let his brother die. Afterward, he will be able to use Tenseiga to revive the hanyou from the other world.
Actually, his plan was easy to understand… but the difficult part was to dissuade his mate to continue her healing. 'Maybe if I bring Takato into all this, he'll make her change her mind…'
He went to the baby's room to get Takato and bring him to his mother.
The lord entered the room and approached the new servant that was taking care of Takato. He was about to take the baby in his arm, but froze in mid-air when he heard a scream pierced through the walls of the castle. Immediately, he recognized the voice; it was Chikara's and that yell made his heart skip a beat. He left in a hurry the servant and his son to follow the sound.
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A moment before, while Sesshoumaru was somewhere else in the castle, Chikara was still trying to heal Inuyasha. She had been doing this for a few hours; the moon was going back to sleep and the sun was going to rise in a few minutes… and the half-demon was still in a critical state.
Her tears were slowly falling from her cheeks to the wooden floor, wet spots enlarging with minutes. She couldn't wipe her tears because her hands were still busy with the healing.
The pure energy was starting to fade away as the goddess was slowly letting go of her powers.
As the sun rose, she felt herself changing from Night to Day form. But on thing wasn't normal; Inuyasha was still human.
Her eyes widened in comprehension of the situation and she lightly leaned over the hanyou. "No. It can't be… He can't be!" she murmured. She knew Inuyasha had left the world, she could feel it.
Frustration took over and she started hitting the young human with rage. Unconsciously, she was passing her guilt on him.
Water was vigorously escaping her now blue eyes and she yelled: "No! No! No!" She shook her head trying to deny the undeniable reality. What would she tell the others? 'Oh hi guys, did you know that I killed our friend?' She cried because in desperation; she cried in fear; she cried in lack of sleep. Finally, she cried because she knew she hadn't been able to save Inuyasha.
Another of her punch on his chest: "Damn it! Kagome! I'm sorry!" She stopped beating up the dead body, realizing that it wouldn't bring her friend back.
In exasperation, she dropped her head on his chest and continued to cry as Sesshoumaru observed the scene from the doorframe. He didn't move to enter, waiting for Chikara's permission.
She looked up in the lord's eyes, her teary ones telling him to enter. He nodded in acknowledgement.
He walked slowly through the room, which for Chikara, felt for hours, but only lasted a few seconds. She sat up from Inuyasha's chest to launch herself in Sesshoumaru's arms.
With his only one arm, he stroked her hair soothingly to calm her down. She cried in his clothes for a few minutes and finally looked up and said to him: "Inuyasha is dead. Please don't say 'I told you so'… I'm not in the mood."
The lord placed his hand under her chin, letting go of her hair. With an emotionless face, he said: "I won't say it, but believe me, I'm thinking it." He paused, and then continued on another subject: "You should get some rest; you have been using your energy all night. I want you to go get Takato from his servant's care and bring him to take a nap with you. I'll stay here…" he paused again, thinking carefully about what he was going to say, "… to keep an eye on Inuyasha, in case something happens."
She looked at Inuyasha, then at her mate with puffy eyes: "I…"
"Please go. You will feel better when you'll wake up," he said to convince her to go.
He helped her to stand up, as she said with a small smile: "Fine. But wake me up if anything happens, okay?"
"Sure… darling." The demon lord slid the door open and called: "Jaken."
The small toad demon appeared as soon as he heard his name. "What's wrong milord?"
"I want you to accompany my wife through the castle. When you get to the master bedroom, I want you to guard the door."
Jaken didn't look very happy with Sesshoumaru's instruction, but he had to please his master, so he answered: "Yes Lord Sesshoumaru" he bowed and waited for the Lady to lead, but the goddess didn't move right away from her husband. She looked at Jaken, who was tapping his foot impatiently, and then eyed back at her mate.
Sesshoumaru stared a bit at her and showed his surprise when Chikara grabbed his royal collar to bring him to her level. But what caused a bit of disgust from Jaken was the short kiss she gave to the lord.
After a few seconds, she let go and said with a sad smile: "I love you Lord Sesshoumaru…I don't know what I'd do without you."
And she left.
He wanted to answer, but she was already gone to hear it: "I… love you too… my lady."
Chikara walked through the castle, Jaken following, to finally get to her son's bedroom.
The servant greeted her Lady and the demon, and gave the goddess her son. Chikara thanked her; the servant bowed before leaving them alone.
As soon as Chikara had her child in her arms, she felt how much the baby was happy to see her. "I'll go to my bedroom now" she informed Jaken, who followed her again until they got to the master bedroom. There, Jaken stood by the door and waited until new orders would be released.
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Sesshoumaru stared at Inuyasha for a while. It was strange to see his half-brother human. For him, having Inuyasha dead only meant that it was his destiny; but for Chikara, it was like it was her fault the hanyou died.
The lord knew that if he didn't do anything, his mate would never heal from that death; so that's why he decided to bring back Inuyasha. His heart wouldn't be able to survive his wife's sorrow.
Gracefully, he unsheathed Tenseiga. He concentrated to see the small demons of death. In a second, he sliced them in half, releasing Inuyasha from Death's grip, literally.
The half-demon immediately started to change; his black hair fading to silver, nails becoming claws, etc.
It took about a minute before Inuyasha started to move. First, his golden eyes snapped open, like he had heard something strange; he sat up, but instead of looking around, he leaned toward the floor and started to throw up some blood. With the healing from Tenseiga, his body had rejected the poison that had killed him.
Inuyasha was now leaning on his two hands and panting from the vomiting, realizing what was happening. "What the hell!" was what all he found to say.
Sesshoumaru smirked to see that the young demon was okay. "You've been resurrected, Inuyasha."
Inuyasha looked up at his brother and finally sat on his heels, his breath returning to a normal rhythm. "What do you mean? And why am I back to the castle... And where's Chikara?"
Before Inuyasha could ask anything else, Sesshoumaru answered: "First of all, you were dead for a few minutes, so that's why I revived you with Tenseiga. Now you are here because Chikara went to get you and brought you back to heal you. Are you satisfied with these answers…?"
Inuyasha scowled at that comment, but didn't make a big deal of it: "Yeah, but why did she came to get me? She was just recovering from her battle wounds."
The demon lord turned around to get ready to leave and answered: "I you wish to learn more, you will have to ask my mate. But if you want to, you must wait until she wakes up; I sent her to take a nap."
Inuyasha shrugged: "Yeah whatever."
"If ever there's an emergency, and only if there's one, I will be at the castle library." The lord walked out of the room, leaving Inuyasha alone.
Instead of doing nothing, the half-demon decided to go search for Rin.
Okay, it's been a while since I posted, but hey, school work is my first priority. Anyways, after chap 12, all of my other chapters are already written. I have 18 chaps in total. I can't wait to post the 13th one... you'll see why.
