I do not own IY, I do own Yume and her mother…scary
Sweet Dreams
Ch. 7
Yume laid there and thought about the dream, "A dog but not…needs help but doesn't realize it…uncaring but cares…" is all she kept saying.
She didn't realize Sesshoumaru had woken up in about the 50th she said it. He heard the whole thing and tensed some. 'A dog but not…well that explains me but the rest, I'm not really sure…I guess I care for some…' he sighed and then froze.
She had tensed. He felt her tiny abdomen in his arms and she was way too close to just be a bunker. He tried to think of something to say but that was just not the case.
"Um…good morning?" Yume whispered.
"Hmm…" he said quietly and then very carefully unwrapped his arms from around her and edged away. "Sorry…"
"Yea…you restricted me this morning…" Yume said and sat up, pulling the shirt some to fit her better.
"How?" he asked, dumbfounded.
She frowned and looked at him. He was ready for the worst. Something was wrong. Something happened to her and he didn't let her go… "I have to pee." was all she said before she ran to the bathroom.
Sesshoumaru: O.o;; and he chuckled.
At Breakfast
Yume sat beside Sesshoumaru and ate her food. Her mother was picking at the eggs and placed her fork down. "Mrs. Yamazaki, perhaps you--" Sesshoumaru started.
"Please. Mr. Sesshoumaru, if you will, my name is Koto. And don't call me that name again. If you must, Ms. Ittooshi." she frowned, excused herself and walked outside.
Sesshoumaru looked to Yume for an explanation, "Her husband's name is Yamazaki." she frowned.
"Ah." he nodded and ate some of his bacon, "That would explain some."
"Yes. Ittooshi is her maiden name." she looked down and ate her eggs.
"But…what about your dad…? I'm confused." he said.
"My mom and dad were never married." she said and smiled, "I'm illegitimate."
"Oh." he nodded and wiped his mouth and stood up, grabbed his dishes and started to walk to the kitchen.
"What are you doing?" she asked.
"Doing dishes…" he nodded to the items.
"Oh no you're not." she said and stood up, now finished with her food.
"Yume, this is not going to be a battle. I made the mess, I clean it up."
"Not uh." she crossed her arms, "It's only right that you let me do the dishes. You did cook."
"Yume--"
"NO!" she yelled, grabbed her dishes and walked in front of him into the kitchen and put them in the sink. "Put them in there." she pointed and he hesitated, "Sesshoumaru…"
"Alright." he sighed and placed them in there, "I just don't think that you should--"
"Oh shut up, already." she muttered and turned the water on and started to wash the dishes.
"…" Sesshoumaru sighed and walked out onto the front porch and looked out to the dogwood trees that grew out across the land.
"SESSHOUMARU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" he turned to see his pesky half brother.
"What?" he asked, slightly irritated.
"HOW COULD YOU DO THAT?!"
"Do what?" Sesshoumaru blinked and looked at Inuyasha like he'd lost his marbles…again.
""HOW CAN YOU LET THE NEW GIRL CLEAN?!"
"She's only doing the dishes because she insisted, brother." he said and looked away.
"THEN WHY THE HELL IS SHE IN THE LIVING ROOM DUSTING?!" Inuyasha yelled.
"Brother, you are such a nuisance. She---what did you just say?" Sesshoumaru couldn't believe his ears.
"SHE'S CLEANING THE DEN!" Inuyasha growled.
Sesshoumaru just had to see this. He walked in and stopped as he saw Yume singing to herself. It was an unfamiliar song but he seemed to be moved by it. It was something he couldn't quite place but seemed to know it from a long time ago.
"And forever is a long time ago…but now eternity haunts me so…" she sang softly and fluffed up a pillow.
Inuyasha walked in beside Sesshoumaru and was about to say something but Sesshoumaru put his hand up.
"And when you said you cared forever…you told me a promise that would never come true, never…" she sang a bit more.
Sesshoumaru couldn't help but stand there as Inuyasha tiptoed out of the room, unnoticed by either.
"…but even though you lied to me, yours is what I'll always be…I'll hold you in my heart and protect you, and help you make your dreams come true---AH! SESSHOUMARU?!" she cried and fell onto a nearby couch in shock.
Sesshoumaru was out of the daze and looked at her in awe. "Where did you learn that?" he asked, finally realizing where he'd heard it.
"I…I don't know." she lied through her teeth. It was a song the torn angels sang when they tried to think of something to keep them busy.
"I've heard that before." he said quietly and stunned her, "Many years ago. Before you were born so it wasn't of you however I do not know why your voice as you sing sounds so familiar."
"Um…de ja vu?" Yume shrugged and got up. "I'm sorry about cleaning, I couldn't help myself."
"That's an odd phrase, dream. 'I'm sorry about cleaning?'" he grinned some at her.
"Oh well, I'm odd, right? You said so yourself."
"Yes." he gazed into her eyes with a raw look, "A very odd dream."
"Ah…um, thanks. I think." she blinked and went back to cleaning.
"Don't do that." Sesshoumaru said coolly.
"Do what?" she asked, a bit confused and wiped the bar down.
"Clean." he bit.
"Oh…do you have a maid to do that? I don't mind cleaning for them." she said and set the cloth down to look at him.
"Let me tell you something." he said stoically, "We do not have maids or butlers, we don't have servants. We are able to clean ourselves without help from others."
"But, how about Jakken?" she asked.
"Jakken is an advisor, not a servant."
"I know he isn't a servant but I was just confused." she said and folded her hands on the bar. "Forgive me, I judged wrongly."
"Forgiven." Sesshoumaru said and stepped closer, "Name any restaurant that is your favorite, dream."
"Oh…um, why?" she asked, tilting her head some.
"Just name one." he shrugged.
"I'd have to say…Tokyo Tavern." she smiled.
Tokyo Tavern was a steakhouse that served more than steaks. It served many things from regular Japanese cuisine to other countries as well at a good price.
"Done." Sesshoumaru said and started to walk towards the door.
"What's done?" she asked, following.
"Dinner." he said calmly.
"But…I can cook if you don't mind. I am--"
"No." Sesshoumaru turned just in time for her to stop in her place. "You are a guest. You should not be washing dishes as I said and you should not be cleaning the house. It is not dirty or dusty so do not worry about it. You relax and don't worry about such things." he said and walked into the hall.
"Sesshoumaru, wait!" Yume ran after him and he stopped and looked at her over his shoulder.
"Why won't you at least let me do something for you?" she asked, searching his emotionless eyes, "You did all this and I don't know why and I can't repay you because you won't let me!" she cried.
He turned and placed his hands on her shoulders and looked at her, "Yume, I do this because I have seen many things in my lifetime. I have seen young girls like you be victims of all kinds of fowl play. I do not wish it upon anyone."
"Have you kept the girls here for protection as you did me?" she asked.
He hesitated, "No." he let go of her shoulders and stood up again.
"Then why me?" she pried.
"Because you were in a dream of mine before I met you." he said and sat down, almost as though he was in a deep thought.
"A dream? Of me?" she asked.
"Yes. It was an odd drea--" he started.
"Is that why you call me an 'odd dream?'" she said and sat down on an opposite couch.
"Yes. You were in danger of something…I'm not sure what but when I saw the images, it filled rage in me." he admitted.
"Why? What did you see?" Yume asked, a bit bewildered.
"…nothing." Sesshoumaru said and sighed, "That's the thing. The images were so blurred that I didn't know what you were running from. The only thing that stood out perfectly was you so I took it as a sign when I saw you at school."
"But…why were you filled with rage then? I mean, you didn't know what I was running from so--"
"The images were black and blood red. That's all they were and they were disfigured." Sesshoumaru looked at Yume.
"Disfiguration in a dream means nothing. It just means you can't remember what they looked like."
"No, I never saw you and I saw you like you were actually there in the dream." he said.
"But…that doesn't make sense. Why me?" she asked.
"I'm not sure." Sesshoumaru turned away. "There's billions and billions needing help but you were the one in the dream. Yes, you are a very odd dream but I do not know why." he stood up and started to pace the room.
She thought a moment. 'Could our dreams be linked somehow?' she wondered.
"Yume." Sesshoumaru looked at her stoically as she looked up. "You were thinking something this morning."
"Um…yes I was. I was trying to figure out a riddle, that's all." she said and gave a tiny shrug.
"I believe it may be me." he said and ran a hand through his hair.
"How do you figure that?" she asked, "You are not a dog, you care, and you don't need help." she said.
"Wrong on all counts." he said and counted off his fingers as he explained, "One, I am a dog demon…" he received a gasp at that, "Two, I care for a few select but the rest of the world I could care less. If they don't mean anything to us, we don't really take it to heart if they die, do we?" she shook her head sadly.
"No not really."
"And three, I need help." he said and she busted out laughing, "What is so humorous about that?" he said, slightly annoyed.
"Sesshoumaru, you don't need help and the way you said it, it sounded like you were on drugs and whatnot," she giggled and he smirked.
"No, that's not the type of help I need, I assure you." he said and continued, "I need help figuring out that dream."
"Why?!" Yume asked a bit too loudly and covered her mouth, "Sorry."
"It's quite alright." he said and shook his hand as if it were forgotten. "I need to figure it out for some reason. I don't really know why but I know it must be done. It is just a feeling and I always go by them."
"As you should." Yume nodded and sighed, "I'm not sure what I'm running from either. Especially how you described it."
"How do you mean?" he asked.
"The reds and blacks symbolize evils however I don't understand what those evils are." she sighed.
"Perhaps your past?" he asked.
'Does he know?' she wondered and shook her head, "No, it cannot be. My past isn't as bad as those colors, at least I don't think so." she said sadly. The past before this was even worse and could be those colors but why would Sesshoumaru know of it or have any idea?
"Hmm…but that is just your opinion." he said, "Perhaps not life's."
"True…" she said and sighed.
"It's alright. We will go to Tokyo Tavern and ponder there."
"Is anyone else coming?" she asked.
"No." she looked a little confused so he elaborated, "Your mother and I discussed this yesterday and she said that she would be imposing. I told her that it was no trouble at all but you take after her no doubt." he smirked at her confused expression, "She wouldn't let me do everything so she said that she would stay and keep Jakken and Rin company."
"What about your brother?" she asked.
"Half" he spat, "The halfling can fend for himself."
"Now that's not very nice." she scolded.
"I do not care what happens to him, he's worthless to the estate anyway." he crossed his arms.
"You solved the riddle." she murmured.
"I beg your pardon?" he blinked some.
"You solved the riddle." she said louder and looked at him, "You care about a select few but even the ones that you should care about, you do not." she said sadly.
"What do you mean?"
"Inuyasha may be your half brother, but he is still your brother." she glared.
"That may be true however--"
"There is no 'however.' He is your brother, your flesh and blood and you don't care what happens to him, that is sad, Sesshoumaru, truly sad." she shook her head.
Just then, Inuyasha came into the room and lifted a brow, "What's up?" he asked.
"Speak of the demon." Sesshoumaru muttered.
"What?!" Inuyasha threw up his hands and went on, "I walk in and try to be on my best behavior and I get scorned!"
Yume smiled at Inuyasha, "Yes well, I didn't realize Sesshoumaru was being an ass." she stood up and walked to her room.
Inuyasha blinked and then crossed his arms, "What did you do this time?!"
"Shut up half!" Sesshoumaru growled and followed Yume.
Inuyasha stood there, "That talk…it didn't do much for how he sees me." he muttered and went outside and sat on the porch.
Sesshoumaru was banging on her door for about ten minutes before he lost it, "YUME! OPEN THIS DOOR! OPEN THIS DOOR, RIGHT NOW!" he yelled.
Silence
"YUME!!!!!!" he hit the door a few more times and then punched it off it's hinges. (My dad has done that…he's scary when he's mad---O.O)
He looked around and there was no one there. He looked in the bathroom and every tiny place she could fit, nothing. Then he caught it. A whiff of a familiar scent. Where had he smelt it?…SCHOOL!
He followed the trail, sniffing away. (Go Spot Go!)
It led to the window. 'Yume said something about a male at the window…a male…hmmm…' and then it struck him, "Naraku!" he growled and looked out the window and saw a car speeding off. How Naraku had been invisible to him before but now he could tell was beyond him. But Yume was looking out the car rear window up towards Sesshoumaru as if she was pleading for his help. She got it.
Sesshoumaru jumped out the window and ran, cursing Naraku each step of the way. He then had an idea. He kept running as his eyes turned red. It would cost him dearly but he would not lose to Naraku and his petty games.
His marks on his face grew darker and larger and in an instant, he was a gigantic dog and chased the car. (What would YOU do if you saw a huge ass dog chasing your car?! That is something to think about! And just for the record, he's got both arms in this story if I did not already clarify that)
Yume's hands were twined, her mouth gagged, and her legs wrapped. She had tears welling in her eyes as she turned back towards the house. 'HOLY SHIT!' her eyes went wide. 'When he said he was a dog, he wasn't kidding!'
Sesshoumaru jumped over the car and landed right in front of it, growling. The car skid to a halt and to the side, hitting one of Sesshoumaru's front leg. He growled even more. It hurt but he wasn't going to let that keep him from getting Yume back to safety.
The driver got out and ran for the hills…literally. --''
Naraku stepped out of the passenger side and glared at Sesshoumaru's massive beastly body. (swoons)
"Sesshoumaru, this is not wise." he said and took out a gun, backed away and opened the back door and pulled Yume out. He held the gun to her temple and for a second, she could have sworn worry was in Sesshoumaru's eyes but then in a blink, it was gone.
Sesshoumaru growled, limping to face them better and showed his teeth, furious that Naraku would hit so low.
Just when Sesshoumaru was out of ideas, something of a bright pink aura hit Naraku's gun and it went flying. Naraku and Sesshoumaru turned to see Kagome.
"Wench!" Naraku said, throwing Yume to the side. Yume tried to brace herself from hitting the car but she ended up hitting her leg. She screamed out in pain and fell over.
"Next will end your life if you don't behave." Kagome yelled. Some more figures were standing by her. Inuyasha with his sword since he was on the fencing team, it made perfect sense but he had a REAL sword! (wOOt!)
Sango, to everyone's surprise, had a huge ass boomerang. "How do you lift that, Sango?" Miroku asked.
"Very stealthy." she grinned and hit him over the head as he groped her. "LECH! CAN'T YOU BE SERIOUS FOR ONE MOMENT?!" she yelled.
Miroku's staff dropped to the ground as he fell. The rings on the staff jingled. "My great great grandfather's staff!" he panicked and picked it up.
"I don't understand. If you can't use it, why have it?" Inuyasha lifted a brow.
"On the contrary, Inu, I can use it. The techniques have been passed down through generations."
"What techniques? Groping?" Inuyasha asked, smirking.
"No, religious." Miroku smirked back, "Groping comes natural."
Sango rolled her eyes and Kagome aimed her arrow. "Get away from Yume and don't you ever come back around her!"
Naraku knew there was no way he could take on everyone at one time, especially with Sesshoumaru's teeth. They would hurt. ;;
Naraku didn't want to be a meal and he didn't want to be shot by a puny arrow of a girl that had lived in a shrine all her life. He figured she was a miko or at least a descendant of one but wasn't quite sure so he had kept close eye on her but she didn't seem to be.
Naraku walked into the driver's seat and turned the car on and drove off as Sesshoumaru moved his paws. When he was out of sight, Sesshoumaru looked down to see the gang by Yume. She was biting her lip and in obvious pain and she looked up to Sesshoumaru and tried to say something since everyone had taken the binds off her.
Sesshoumaru knew there would be time for everything so he laid down and Sango and Kagome lifted her up and helped her onto his back. Inuyasha was too busy showing off his muscles and Miroku, they just didn't trust.
Sesshoumaru looked at the girls and they shook their heads, "We're fine," they said in unison and he nodded and stood up. He started to walk so Yume didn't have to hold on and the rest followed him to his house.
Once at the door, he stopped and transformed back into his human form, turning fast enough to catch her, wincing some, as she slid from his back. Inuyasha opened the door and stood aside as he carried her in and laid her on the couch. "It seems you have a broken leg."
"It seems something is wrong…with your arm." she said sadly, "I'm so sorry." she had tears rolling down her eyes.
"It's quite alright. It will heal." he said and started to examine her leg with the others standing by for anything they could help with.
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Kage1586
Hmmm, Sesshoumaru transforms, ne? That would shock the heck outta me ;;
