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Cold Truth
Kagome came running through the trees where Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha stood.
"How did you… get through the well Sesshoumaru?" she asked as she gasped for breath.
He glared coldly at the woman and then turned his attention back to Inuyasha.
Sesshoumaru didn't want to tell the girl nor his younger brother. There was no point in explaining since they would not understand.
"Tell us Sesshoumaru! That girl has a family at home and doesn't belong here!" Kagome said again, raising her voice.
"Don't waste your breath Kagome. He doesn't plan on handing that girl over without a fight. She's not even around anymore, right Sesshoumaru?" Inuyasha growled with a smirk that showed his fangs.
"I will keep you from her. That girl is injured and I will care for her here."
"Then I'm just going to have to cut you to pieces."
Inuyasha ran at Sesshoumaru with a drawn sword. Sesshoumaru didn't move. He punched the sword out of the way with his left hand.
"Where the hell did that arm come from?" Inuyasha growled as he was thrown toward the right.
"It seems that going through the well gave it back to me, though I could have gone to get it on my own," Sesshoumaru growled, not really caring about how he had received it back.
Kagome started to wonder about why Sesshoumaru wouldn't allow Inuyasha to pass. She knew that he had taken a girl from her time… but why was he keeping them from getting that girl back?
"It couldn't be…" Kagome whispered to herself.
Inuyasha ran at Sesshoumaru again, only without his sword. He was infuriated and decided to use his claws instead. Sesshoumaru didn't move; not afraid of his younger brother. He merely watched his younger brother with his golden orbs.
Inuyasha laughed at him. His claws slashed at Sesshoumaru, but Sesshoumaru raised his right claw. Even though Inuyasha's stomach had his brother's claw in it, his own claws still reached Sesshoumaru. One claw was in his chest and the other sliced across his face.
Blood splattered across the ground as the two of them drew away from one another.
"Inuyasha, let him go!" Kagome shouted with a frustrated tone.
"What?! Kagome are you nuts?!"
"Inuyasha… SIT!"
Inuyasha face planted into the ground and Kagome took the time to run in front of Sesshoumaru.
"You love that girl, don't you Sesshoumaru?" she asked quietly.
"I see that you have figured it out," Sesshoumaru growled again before turning and walking towards the west, "Keep that whelp away from the castle, or I will be forced to kill him."
"Hey… Sesshoumaru… Get back here…" Inuyasha started.
"SIT!" the girl commanded again.
Sesshoumaru reached Jaken and looked up toward the sky.
"Lord Sesshoumaru, you're wounded!" the imp cried with worry.
"Come Jaken, we need to go to the castle."
"Yes, but my lord, what of Inuyasha?"
Sesshoumaru stopped walking and glared coldly at his vassal. A strike of fear was sent through Jaken and he ran straight to his lord.
"My apologies lord Sesshoumaru! Please get angry with me, you're always harder on me when you're being passive aggressive!"
Sesshoumaru smirked and then both he and the imp took off towards the castle of the western plains.
Rin had flown into the castle through a balcony that led to her room. She had some trouble getting the two headed dragon inside, since he wasn't supposed to be in there at all.
"Ah-Un, why do you have to be so big? You're too big for the doorway! How am I going to get you out of here?"
The dragon merely lay down on the floor without a care and then rolled to knock the unconscious body from his back.
"Rin, are you alright? I didn't realize that you and the lord had returned," a female voice came from the hallway.
"Uh… he didn't, but I did! I came back because he told me to. Can you come in here and do me a favor?" Rin asked as she tried to drag the unconscious girl to the door.
There was a creek and the door to Rin's chamber opened.
"What would you like Rin?" the woman asked kindly.
The small girl laughed nervously as the woman saw what she was doing.
"Why did you bring a human girl here Rin?" the woman asked with some anger.
"Lord Sesshoumaru brought her to me. He said to take her to the castle," she explained with a toothy grin.
The woman sighed and walked over, picking up the girl's sleeping form.
"I see. If this was his wish, then I shall take her to his chamber."
Rin laughed to herself as she looked at the sleeping Ah-Un.
"How am I going to get you out of here Ah-Un?"
It was morning when Sesshoumaru reached the castle. He had run the whole way, but had stopped when Jaken had asked him to.
"Rin, where did you take that girl?" Sesshoumaru asked when he went into the girl's chamber.
Rin woke up with a start and yawned tiredly.
"The mistress took her to your chamber my lord. That girl doesn't look too well, did she get in a fight?" she asked as she rolled onto her side with closed eyes.
"Yes Rin. Do not fight with someone you know you cannot beat," he told her rather sternly.
"Aye, aye lord Sesshoumaru," the girl mumbled before falling back asleep.
Sesshoumaru smiled slightly and left Rin's chamber. He had found the small child amusing. She was always happy, always smiling at everything even though things had happened at the worst of times.
Sesshoumaru walked down the hallway toward his chamber. He was hoping to have an awakened smile waiting for him, but what he had received was rather unexpected.
"She is still unconscious," he whispered to himself, seeing the sleeping form on his bed.
He sat down against the wall and closed his eyes. His chest was covered with blood and his cheek had blood down to his neck.
"Let her wake soon," Sesshoumaru whispered before falling asleep.
It wasn't long after Sesshoumaru fell asleep that I had woken up from my unconsciousness. '…Where am I? This isn't my bed. Wait… wait… wait…' I thought about it for a moment, trying to figure out what had happened to me.
"You're going with Sesshoumaru…" Seth's voice said in my mind.
'Oh right, I went with Sesshoumaru. Am I at his house or… where am I?' I opened my eyes slowly and saw a blurry bright sight of the sun. There was a window near the top of the wall that allowed the light through. It was a large room that looked much older than my own. The walls seemed to be a dark polished stone and the floors were like a dark marble with hints of gold. 'I have to be dreaming… Nothing like this still exists.' I thought as I dared to try and sit.
My whole body pounded with pain and I realized that sitting up wouldn't be smart.
"Damn," I muttered to myself as I winced.
There was a small rustle of clothes from the wall and my eyes were drawn to Sesshoumaru. 'He's wounded! How the hell did that happen? Now I know that this has to be a dream…' I saw his hand slowly move to his forehead, as if to stop the throb of something. It was then that I saw two claw-like markings on his arm.
Once the hand moved out of the way of his face, Sesshoumaru looked at me.
"I must have fallen asleep," he whispered as he got to his feet and walked over to me.
'Those markings are on his face again… and he looks older than he did before… like a man kind of…' I was slightly surprised as I watched him sit beside me.
"You are awake," Sesshoumaru said softly.
'Yeah, this has to be a dream… It has to be. Come on Jay, wake up! This isn't funny anymore! Wake up damn it!'
"Yeah, awake," I laughed nervously.
"Jayden, do not be afraid… but I am a demon. This is my castle; my home which is so much different from yours," he explained with a gentle tone.
'A demon?' I looked at Sesshoumaru with confusion.
"You're wounded, doesn't that hurt you?"
Sesshoumaru shook his head no before taking hold of my hand in a gentle hold.
"I will tell you all you wish to know when you have healed. Now is the time you need to rest and I will stay by you until you do not wish for me to be here," he said with a caring tone.
"I'm not going back to sleep. I've been asleep all night. I'm getting up to make sure this isn't a dream," I argued with slightly furrowed brows.
"Trust me Jayden, this is far from a dream."
'So this is all real? This place… this Sesshoumaru… it's all real? If this is a castle, and just the inside of it is this cool, I wonder what outside is like.'
"If you will not rest then I shall send Jaken in to watch over you," Sesshoumaru said, releasing my hand.
He was calm but still did not smile. It wasn't very often that he would and it bothered me.
"Sesshoumaru… why don't you smile?" I asked with some confusion.
At my question, Sesshoumaru kissed me gently on the forehead and then got to his feet.
"It is something I have no reason to do," he explained rather emotionlessly, "Jaken will be in with you soon. For now, rest your strength."
Sesshoumaru left the room and I made myself sit up.
'Who's Jaken? Is he another demon like Sesshoumaru?' I let my eyes wander around the room and saw the size of everything. There were a few other windows in the wall and the door was fairly large.
"Yes lord Sesshoumaru! I'll make sure that she is well taken care of!" an annoying voice called down the hallway.
'If that's Jaken… I hate them already.'
The door opened slightly and the first thing I saw was a two headed staff. Then my eyes went lower toward the ground and I saw a green imp-like creature standing there with huge eyes. 'This guy looks like a gay idiot… or a frigging gnome. What's with the stupid hat? Who the hell would ever wear a hat like that? I would never wear a hat like that. I like my hat…'
"What are you doing? You should be resting like lord Sesshoumaru told you!" Jaken said, freaking out.
"It's called free will you little imp! Get used to it!" I growled with annoyance.
"Why you arrogant little human! You should do as the lord tells you."
"Yeah, I should do a lot of things, but you don't see me doing them," I scoffed at the imp's words.
Jaken walked over to me and then threatened me with his two headed staff. 'Does he really want to do that?' I smirked slightly and then took hold of the staff with my right arm.
"Why would he choose a worthless human like you? You're all so weak! But you, a young mortal girl with disrespect, should not have been chosen!"
"What did you just say?" I asked with anger as I took the staff from him.
I watched as the imp quickly moved away from me and then I threw the staff at him. 'Here I thought Taka was bad. This little green toad is beyond annoying!'
"What do you mean by chosen?" I asked, letting curiosity getting the better of me as I lied back down again.
"Lord Sesshoumaru only went to your world to find a mate. He would have no other reason to pick such a violent child such as you," Jaken explained with mockery.
'…Only to find a mate? Sesshoumaru asked me out. He did all that stuff just so he could bring me back here and use me? There's no way that that's true… I don't care if I think I have feelings for him… I'll ask him later and find out the truth!'
"Humans are useless. The only thing that is useful to a demon from them is their body. After all, that's what women were created for."
By this point Jaken really pissed me off. I didn't notice the pain of my wounds anymore and sat back up.
"I've had enough of your damn annoying voice!" I growled as I got to my feet.
Jaken tried to run away but I grabbed him by his hat and lifted him to be face to face with me. A few moments passed and I had beaten the imp into unconsciousness.
'That's what women are made for my ass! Taught that little bastard to know when to shut up.' I thought as I went back into the bed.
"I hate that stupid little gay toad. He has problems even worse than Taka does and she's a whore," I grumbled with annoyance.
Closing my eyes, I fell asleep without a care that when Jaken woke up he would try to get his own revenge.
The door opened with a small creek and Rin came into the chamber with a smile.
"Master Jaken, lord Sesshoumaru said to stop making so much noise. He also said that you have to get Ah-Un out of my chamber," Rin said with a wide smile on her face.
The unconscious imp unsteadily got to his feet and looked at the young girl.
"Why is Ah-Un in you chamber anyway? That blasted dragon wouldn't be able to fit through your balcony doors!" he cried with annoyance.
Rin raised a hand as if to silence him.
"Be quiet master Jaken. It is rude to wake someone when they do not wish to be," Rin stated, trying to be stern.
With that Jaken merely grumbled some curses under his breath and went to leave the chamber.
"Are you not coming Rin?"
"I was told to stay here and watch Jayden. That's what I plan to do."
Jaken started grumbling again and then left while closing the door. Rin sat down against the wall in the light of the warm sun. She was smiling even though there wasn't anything to smile about.
"This girl is strange looking. She has clothes much like Kagome does. Ah! Maybe she does know Kagome! I'll have to ask her when she wakes up," she said chided happily as she closed her eyes.
There was a small knock on the door which caused Rin to open her eyes again.
"Hello?"
The door opened slowly and the mistress' head came inside.
"How is she doing Rin?" the woman asked.
"I don't know. I just got here, but by the goose eggs on master Jaken's head, I'd say that she was awake."
"Very well. If she wakes before the lord comes for her, tell her that he will arrive soon."
"Yes mistress!"
The door closed and Rin was left to her own thoughts once again.
'Alright… I can't sleep with all these doors opening and closing and that annoying toad talking.' I took hold of the pillow with my right hand and pushed myself to my knees. There was a girl against the wall with her eyes closed. 'She must be the one who got rid of Jaken… What did he call her? …Rin?'
Rin opened her eyes and then smiled slightly when she saw me.
"You're awake! The lord would be happy to hear so!" she said with happiness.
"The lord?" I whispered.
"Lord Sesshoumaru is the lord of the western plains. He went through a lot to bring you here," she explained with a toothy grin on her face.
'Oh… right. I forgot about that. But what did Sesshoumaru mean by him being a demon? If he's a lord as well, does that mean he's much stronger than a human?'
"Where is Sesshoumaru?" I asked absently, looking up at the girl.
Rin laughed at my words.
"Lord Sesshoumaru is coming soon. The mistress said that if you woke up before he got here, I should tell you he's on his way."
I winced slightly at how sore my body was and sat down on my knees. 'He's on his way here already? Whatever… I need to talk to Sesshoumaru anyway. I need to know if what that stupid imp said was true.' At that moment, the door opened and Sesshoumaru walked in with an emotionless face.
"Rin, you can go now. I am sure that this will be something you will not want to hear," he said calmly, looking straight at me.
Rin nodded her head with a smile and she got to her feet.
"As you wish lord Sesshoumaru! I'll go to my chamber and help master Jaken with Ah-Un!"
I watched as the girl left and then turned my attention to Sesshoumaru when the door was shut. 'Something she will not want to hear? What does that mean?'
"Jayden, you are still awake," Sesshoumaru said calmly.
"No, I'm sleeping but staring straight at you," I stated sarcastically.
I forced myself to stand. Everything was unsteady for a second until I regained my balance.
"Tell me why I'm here Sesshoumaru. You said before that you'd tell me everything I wanted to know, right? So explain to me why I'm here!" I demanded with some agitation.
Sesshoumaru dared to take a step closer to me as I looked at him with anger.
"I heard from Jaken that the only reason you came to my city was to find a mate. Is that why you did all those things to me? Is that why you kissed me that Friday? Asked me out yesterday?" I asked as I accused him with a finger.
"Jaken does not know the nonsense he speaks," he told me with cold orbs, "I went to your world to find a mate, but spent three years finding one who I would feel for."
'…Three years? That's a long time to be searching.'
"So when you did those things, you meant them? You didn't just hope you could get away with it and then get lucky, did you?" I interrogated suspiciously.
I blinked once and Sesshoumaru had moved out of my sight. 'Where the hell did he go?' I thought as I almost turned around.
I felt two arms pull me against a chest and then wrap themselves around me.
"It is hard for a demon to feel such human emotion. That is why I searched for a scent that I could follow," Sesshoumaru said softly into my ear, "Your scent is truly intoxicating."
I couldn't help but blush at Sesshoumaru's action. He was older than myself… probably much older. This was the first time I had really felt like a girl.
"Then you have feelings for me?" I wondered, actually worried about the answer.
Sesshoumaru's embrace tightened slightly to my words and then he nodded his head slowly against mine.
"I am intent on mating with you Jayden, though it is your choice to make. I will not force you to become my mate."
"M-mating with me? You mean…" I blurted, surprised by his choice of words.
'He wants to… But I don't know him that well! I can't do that! I'm too young! Screw that!' I started to struggle slightly in his hold only to have his right hand move to take hold of mine. I was surprised that he was holding me up with just one arm without faltering in the action.
"Jayden, this is not a decision you need to make now. Just know that as long as you plan to stay with me, I will hold you this close," Sesshoumaru whispered.
I could feel his warm breath against my neck and then I calmed down slightly, though my heart continued to pound with embarrassment. My face was pure red and I could feel it burning with the feeling. 'He really does like me, doesn't he? But, does he really love me?' It was then that my face became beat red. Sesshoumaru had started to gently suck on the flesh of my neck.
"Sesshoumaru, what are you doing? Why are you-"
Sesshoumaru's left arm tightened it's hold around my waist and slightly knocked the air out of me.
"Sesshoumaru… don't," I gasped as I tried to jerk my head away from him.
He stopped and then lifted his head. 'Did Sesshoumaru just give me a hickey? What the hell is going on here?' I lunged forward to get out of Sesshoumaru's hold and stumbled forward.
"Did Seth put you up to this?" I asked with confusion and frustration, "He did, didn't he?"
Sesshoumaru was surprise by my words and looked at me with his golden eyes. He took a step forward and I took a step away from him. 'Seth had to have put Sesshoumaru up to this. Ever since I had seen Sesshoumaru for the first time, things have changed. Seth said he met Sesshoumaru at the beginning of the school year, but how true is that?'
"Seth asked me to take care of you. I had fallen for you the day I saved you, but searched around nonetheless. He told me that I was probably the only one who would be able to make you smile like you used to."
Sesshoumaru kept walking forward and I kept walking backward until my back collided with the wall.
"Did you really meet Seth when school started this year? Or did you just talk to him sometime when he walked by you?"
"Jayden, I met your brother at that school. It was only when I caught his scent that I wanted to gain his trust. It was he who drew me to you," he explained calmly.
He stopped only a step away from me, not daring to come any closer at the moment. His golden amber eyes were filled with care and some kind of sadness.
"If you would allow it…" Sesshoumaru whispered so I could barely hear.
"What?"
"I love you," he said as he took hold of my left wrist and pulled me against him.
I felt like my heart had stopped for a moment, even though Sesshoumaru had pulled me into an embrace once again. My face was half buried in his chest with his one hand around my back and the other on the back of my head. 'Sesshoumaru said that he… that he loved me. He even told me with a serious face…' My heart started to pound more than it already was as I looked up at him with only my eyes.
Sesshoumaru was looking straight down at me with caring eyes. He had meant the words he had spoken only moments ago; hoping that I could say the same thing back. Sesshoumaru had his hand through my hair and pulled my head back slightly so he could look down at my flushed face. Slowly his face moved forward and Sesshoumaru captured my lips in a passionate kiss.
End of Chapter 5
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