I do not own IY, I do own Yume and her mother…scary
Sweet Dreams
Ch. 6
About an hour after Yume stopped crying, her mother was brought to Sesshoumaru's home. Yume rushed out of the mansion towards her, "Momma!" she cried and wrapped her arms around her mom's neck.
Her mom was so confused at being taken from work that she barely even clung back but she did. "Yume, what is going on?" she asked.
"Momma!" Yume looked at her and swallowed, "I'll tell you inside."
That's when her mom looked around and her jaw dropped, "This…this…my dear…"
Yume smiled and took her mother's hand, "Momma, there's someone I'd like you to meet." she smiled more as Sesshoumaru stood by the door and waited.
"Who is it, dear?" she asked a bit scared at the hugeness of the mansion.
"Don't worry, momma. The house won't eat you alive." Yume smiled as they started to walk up the steps.
"I'm afraid it will eat our souls…" her mother murmured and Yume rolled her eyes.
"Momma, this is Sesshoumaru, a friend of mine." she nodded to Sesshoumaru who bowed some.
"Mrs. Yamazaki." he said calmly.
"Ah yes, that's me." she replied and smiled some at Sesshoumaru.
"Please, won't you come in?" Sesshoumaru stood aside and motioned them in.
Mrs. Yamazaki was a little hesitant so Yume pushed her in the house, "Come on, momma, he's not going to bite." she lifted a brow to Sesshoumaru who had shown his fangs at the comment behind her mother's back. He smirked to her and walked behind her. "At least, not hard." she grinned at her mother.
When they had sat down, Sesshoumaru brought them some tea. He sat down in a chair and looked at Yume's mother. She was so busy looking around the living room that she didn't notice he sat down again.
Yume looked over to Sesshoumaru and smiled some.
"Now I know where you get your curiosity, dream." he jested and motioned a glass to Mrs. Yamazaki, who just noticed him.
"Forgive me, Mr. Sesshoumaru." she said and looked around more. "My…what a big house."
Sesshoumaru shook his head and drank some tea, "Mrs. Yamazaki, please, just Sesshoumaru."
"Oh…alright." she smiled, "Then you may call me Koto."
"As you wish, Koto." Sesshoumaru sighed some and looked to Yume.
"I…didn't…haven't…" Yume looked down in shame and Sesshoumaru understood. She didn't ever tell her mother because she was ashamed.
"Didn't or haven't what, dear?" Koto asked.
"She didn't tell you that you will be staying here for a short vacation, full payed by yours truly." Sesshoumaru said before Yume said anything.
Yume looked at him quickly and wide eyed. "But--"
"We already made accommodations, no arguments." Sesshoumaru shook his head at another word about to be said and Yume shut her mouth.
Koto blinked some, "What about my husband?"
Yume tensed and fiddled with the rim of her glass. "This is a girl's vacation, Koto, no guys allowed." Sesshoumaru said sympathetically.
"But…you're a male…" Koto said.
"Ah yes, but this is my home. It cannot be a vacation if I still am working."
"We can't. It isn't right." Koto said sadly, "I'm sorry, but we can't live off you for a while. We are just fine and--"
"Mrs. Yamazaki," Sesshoumaru stood up and sighed, "You must stay here and if I tell you the reason why, you will be heartbroken."
"I'd rather be heartbroken and know what's going on than to be having been lied to." she crossed her arms after putting the glass down.
Yume couldn't stand it anymore so she set her glass down, got up and walked out to the garden.
"What did I say?" Koto asked and stared to Sesshoumaru for an answer.
Sesshoumaru was biting the inside of his cheek and sighed, "Mrs. Yamazaki…"
"Koto."
"Koto…" Sesshoumaru sighed and told her.
~*~ In the Garden ~*~
Sesshoumaru walked out and looked for Yume but she was no where to be found. He sniffed the air and followed her scent stealthily. He turned around a tree and looked down. She was picking a few weeds from a small garden. He leaned against a tree and watched her.
Her cheeks were stained with tears that had dried and others hadn't even began to fall.
As if she sensed him, she turned and gasped, "Sesshoumaru?!" she fell over and started to wipe away her tears. Her hands were dirty from the weed picking and she was smearing it all over her cheeks.
He smirked and walked over, knelt down and took her hands away from her face. He then took out a handkerchief and started to wipe the mud away.
"I um…was uh…thinking!" she sputtered as he shook his head.
"You don't need to explain yourself, dream." he muttered.
"Why do you call me that and not my real name?" she sighed.
He grinned some, "Because it is your name…that's what Yume means." he stood up and held out his hand for her.
She took it and he pulled her up with such force that she couldn't stop herself so she slammed into him. "Oh, um, sorry!" she blushed and backed away.
"It's quite alright." Sesshoumaru nodded and looked towards the river that was right by one of the gardens. He smirked, "A lake on one side, a river on the other. Which do you like more?" he looked down at her.
"I like the river." she said honestly.
"Why?" he asked, bewildered, "Mostly girls like lakes since they are so calm and gentle and barely have any hard times."
"I'm not most girls, now am I?" she asked, "I'm Yume and that's all. No more no less and I like the way I am."
"As do I…but why do you like the river more?"
Yume smiled, "Because the river holds excitement, something that the lake doesn't…the lake is too calm and the river always has a current that takes you in a direction you wouldn't go with in a lake." she grinned more, "And the river leads to the ocean, not just a piece of land."
Sesshoumaru smirked, "Well, that's a reason. You seem to love adventure as much as you love your mother."
Yume looked at him in a confused manner, "Sesshoumaru…"
"No, it was not meant to be sad. It was meant to be good." he looked at the river and shook his head, "I don't want any more adventure in my life. When you are as old as me, adventure is trying to keep up with the humans way of life and their technology. The technology that will kill them."
"Yea…I guess." she shrugged and bit her lower lip, 'What do I say? Oh hi, I'm not from this world, I've been dead for a long time and was reborn to protect some dude I haven't met yet and show them the way, oh yea, that's wonderful, Yume…' she sighed and looked down.
"What is it?" he looked at her, concerned.
"Oh...nothing." she smiled some, "I was just thinking."
"Ah…those who think are often thinking too much." he muttered and looked at her glare and smirked, "Come on, your mother wanted to see you."
"Did you…"
"Yes."
"What--"
"Did she say?" he finished.
"Well…" she looked away.
He tilted her face towards him and looked in her eyes, "Yume, she isn't ashamed of you. She's ashamed of herself since she didn't see it and she couldn't protect her young. It must be hard on a mother."
"Must be…" she murmured but was totally lost in his eyes.
He didn't need to get close, he didn't want to. He would try his damndest not to so he let go and turned away, "Come on, you should talk to her."
Yume was confused but then thought, 'It's better this way. I can't…it's not right.' She then followed him into the house.
Her mother was sitting on the couch and it was obvious that she was thinking hard. "Momma?" she said hesitantly and her mother's had shot up and her eyes searched Yume's.
"My Yume…" Koto's voice broke in mid sentence and she covered her mouth as tears fell down her cheeks.
"Yes momma…your dream." she swallowed hard and tried to back up some but Sesshoumaru stilled her and pushed her forward some.
Koto got up and ran to her daughter. She enveloped her into her arms and cried. Yume stood perfectly straight, trying not to show the pain. Sesshoumaru knew it was a place not for him so he left the room.
~*~
Yume looked around her guestroom and couldn't stop gawking. It was huge, bigger than her house and that was bad. She looked towards the bathroom and inside the closet.
Sesshoumaru stood in the doorway, watching her. They had seen Koto to sleep a few hours ago and Yume wanted to retire but first…LOOK!
Sesshoumaru cleared his throat and she turned to look at him, "Sesshoumaru…would you please stop popping up in places and not telling me?"
"My apologies." he said quietly and held out an oversized shirt for her. She took it and looked at it, unfolded. She tilted her head, "When the going gets tough, the tough gets weird?" she asked and grinned at him.
"Eh, it was a present last birthday. I haven't worn it…it's a bit odd."
She rolled her eyes, "And that's why I get it? Am I 'odd?'" she said in a hurt tone.
"Yes." he nodded and she pouted, "An odd dream." he bowed slightly and walked out and shut the door.
She blinked some and shrugged, "An odd dream…that's a new one." she shedded her clothes and slipped the oversized shirt on her. It hung off one shoulder and she pulled her hair out of the hair tie and got into the king sized bed.
She closed her eyes and snuggled into the covers and drifted to sleep.
~*~ In Yume's Dream ~*~
"Yume…Yume…" a voice said softly and caught her attention.
She opened her eyes and looked at the shadowed figure with light shining towards her.
"You must help the one who does not know they need help…"
"I know…but who could that be?" she asked, confused.
"The one is a dog but not and is proud but you can penetrate their shield. They are uncaring but yet they care. Once you figure this riddle you will know."
~*~ End of Dream ~*~
Yume sat up in the bed and was lost in thought. "A dog but not…a shield that is breakable…uncaring but cares…who could this be?"
She heard footsteps passing by her door and towards Sesshoumaru's room. She was sure he fell asleep and got out of bed. She peeked her head out of the door into the dark hallway.
She tiptoed towards Sesshoumaru's room to see the door open, "Sesshoumaru's door…open?" she murmured quietly and stepped in.
She looked around and in the window, there was a small figure with a stick. Her eyes widened as she watched it move towards Sesshoumaru, who seemed to be tossing in his sleep.
"Lord Sesshoumaru, you need rest…" the shadow said quietly, "It is not wise for you to be in such turmoil…your late parents would not have wanted this."
Sesshoumaru bolted upright and the shadow fell over, "Jaken…" Sesshoumaru panted and looked down at the little imp. "Don't come in here while I sleep again." he growled and then caught a glimpse of Yume's shadow and shook his head some.
"My apologies, Lord Sesshoumaru!" Jaken got up quickly, picked up his staff and scurried out the door, closing it behind him.
"Yume…I know you're there." Sesshoumaru said and looked over to her. She saw his glowing orbs pointed straight at her and it seemed the slits as pupils never left her. "Come on, I'm not going to eat you." he grumbled.
Yume stepped forward some and stopped about five feet away from his bed. He sighed, threw the covers off him and stood up. She edged back some as he walked towards her.
She was backed into a wall because of him and swallowed hard. He placed his hands on both sides of her face, palms on the wall, "Why are you in my room, Yume?" he asked stoically.
"I heard footsteps and noticed your door was open and I didn't think you were one to keep your door open so I came to check on you." she said quickly.
"You were worried that I would be harmed?" he asked as though she was the only one who would worry about such a thing.
"Well, yes. You've done all this and if I didn't come and look to make sure you were ok, I wouldn't feel to good about myself…" she said, the last part drifting off.
Sesshoumaru shook his head and closed his eyes. Yume realized how much light his eyes actually gave off when they closed. You couldn't even see where he was when his eyes were closed even though she could feel his breath on her forehead.
Sesshoumaru's eyes opened again, "Why were you even awake at this hour?" he asked.
"Well, I had a dream and I woke up afterwards and thought about it. And that's when I heard the footsteps."
"Ah…a dream. At least you're not having nightmares." he smirked and stood up, freeing her from the cage he had made and turned and walked to the door and opened it, "I will escort you back to your room." he held out his hand as the hall illuminated his room some.
It was then that she saw that he was wearing some pj pants and no shirt. She blinked and walked closer, 'Damn…a sin to even think of him.' she thought and edged past him as he walked behind her to her room.
He pushed her door open and let her go into her room. "I will see you later this morning." he said in a whisper and walked back to his room and closed his door.
'She…cared?' he shook his head and climbed back into bed. Covering himself up halfway, he laid on his back and closed his eyes. 'Odd dream…'
She climbed into bed and closed her eyes. Her thoughts drifted to him again and again. Why does a demon have to steal her heart? Of all beings, a demon…she drifted to sleep on that thought.
~*~
A TAT TAT TAT at the window woke Yume up. She looked around and it was almost dawn. She stared at the window and screamed as she saw a male being outside her window.
Thank peanuts her mother was a sound sleeper and Sesshoumaru wasn't. He was in her room in .000001 seconds and at her side. "What? What's the matter, Yume?"
She was so shaken up, she couldn't hear him and just clung to his arm, "Win…window…" she muttered and was trembling.
Sesshoumaru looked at the window and there was nothing there but a tree about twenty feet away. 'What about the window…?' he shook his head and rubbed his hands up and down her arms, "Hey, calm down, dreamer." he said and she looked at him with wide eyes. "You're shaking like a rattlesnake's tail." he said calmly and she swallowed back a sob.
"Win…win…window…" she said and he pulled her close, brushing her hair some.
"There's nothing at the window, Yume…look." he said and tilted her head towards the window.
There he was again and she clung to Sesshoumaru, "WHAT THE HELL ARE YOU TALKING ABOUT?! HE'S RIGHT THERE!"
Sesshoumaru looked to the window again and there was nothing there. Without taking his eyes off the window he whispered, "There is nothing there."
She was still seeing it though. "HE'S RIGHT THERE!" she cried and edged away from the window.
Sesshoumaru didn't know what was going on but if she stayed in this room anymore, she'd be in a loony bin. He picked her up and carried her to his room and shut the door.
"Is he anywhere in here or out my windows?" he asked and she looked around, shaking her head. "Alright, you'll stay here."
"But, where will you stay?" she asked.
"In here." he said calmly.
"What?!" she panicked and backed away as he approached.
"Yume, calm down. I'm not leaving you alone so some male or whatever thing can scare the hell out of you and I can't do anything." he pulled her over by her arm and dragged her to the bed.
Pushing her down and covering her up, he walked around to the other side and laid down, facing away from her and closed his eyes.
~*~Waking Up ~*~
Yume woke up and blinked some, trying to stretch but something was refraining that. She looked at her stomach where there was some tension and arms were wrapped around her as if they were afraid to let go.
The sheets and blankets were tangled but she felt a leg extended straight down as hers bent back some around it. She blushed furiously when she realized who it was…
Sesshoumaru.
Yume shook her head and tried to get out of the grip when she saw the little imp from the night before. "Jaken, yes?" she asked.
"Yes, Miss Yume" Jaken nodded, "Thank you."
Yume's expression said it all. She was stumped in confusion. "For…?"
"For helping Lord Sesshoumaru sleep straight through the night, of course." he said, "He hasn't slept that soundly since before his parents passed on."
"Oh…well, I didn't do anything…" she smiled some.
"You must have or perhaps it was just the mere thought of someone close to turn to." Jaken shrugged as she blushed.
"Where is Rin?" Yume said finally.
"Rin is sleeping. Miroku brought her over with his brother, Shippou and dropped her off last night. They had gone to see a movie with Sango, Kagome, and Inuyasha."
"Oh, at least she's ok." she smiled, relieved.
"Yes. Lord Sesshoumaru would not to be too pleased if she had been harmed."
"I could imagine." Yume sighed and tried to struggle free some more.
"You might as well get comfortable. When Lord Sesshoumaru finds something to hold on to, it's hard for him to let go." and with that, Jaken left the room.
Yume muttered, "Great, I have a demon with a great grip on me and a freaky little green imp that is telling me I can't get away. What a day this will be." she said dryly and closed her eyes, not wanting to waste any more energy and fell asleep again.
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Kage1586
Well…Sesshy likes what he holds, hmm? Strange…
