Inuyasha; A Feudal Fairy Tale – The Sesshoumaru Blues

Chapter Eleven – Nocturne

Sesshoumaru and Zayane had ventured away from Rin and Jaken to talk to each other alone. Strange it was at a hot spring. Like always Zayane was washing Sesshoumaru's hair. She was grossed out.

"You left this just for me." She mumbled, combing out the fleas/lice. Sesshoumaru was comfortable in the soothing water. Zayane had a towel wrapped around her body as she circled around Sesshoumaru, combing his hair. "How is my son?"

"He was in pretty bad shape last time I saw." Sesshoumaru said to make Zayane alarmed on purpose.

"What's wrong with my boy?" Zayane asked. Sesshoumaru grabbed Zayane's hand and pulled her down into the water close to him.

"Inuyasha kicked his ass." Sesshoumaru said.

"What, why?" Zayane was confused. "Wait, Inuyasha is off the tree?"

"Yes. He hasn't been off for long, maybe inching close to a year." Sesshoumaru said. "Rikkimaru thinks Inuyasha had everything to do with your death. Which was true, but it really couldn't be helped."

"So, you know who killed me?" Zayane slowly started to move away from Sesshoumaru. He held onto her hand. Sesshoumaru was playful, because he was getting clean hair.

"It was a half demon named Naraku." Sesshoumaru said, he moved his hand up to Zayane's shoulders. He moved his index and his middle finger like a little person, running on her shoulder. Zayane narrowed her eyes.

"What happened to your other arm?"

"Why? You can't love a disfigured monster like me?" Sesshoumaru pulled at her hand again. Zayane shrugged.

"It's not how I left you."

"Inuyasha cut it off." Sesshoumaru said. Zayane stood up in the hot spring, the force of her standing up suddenly was enough to pull her towel down.

"That son of a bitch cut off his brother's arm!" Zayane balled her fist unaware she was stark naked. "It's gotten rather chilly."

"Oh no, you've just gotten rather—naked." Sesshoumaru smirked. Zayane grabbed her towel and sank back into the water like that didn't just happen. "It's not like I haven't seen it before." Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes. Zayane went to hit him, but he caught her hand. Zayane waved her other arm around.

"Look what I have two off and you don't." She mocked. Sesshoumaru took a cheap shot and slapped her with her own hand.

"Stop hitting yourself." Sesshoumaru laughed.

"You see if I ever wash your hair again, you little! I don't know! But when I do know, it'll be quite bad!" Zayane said crossing her arms. "Man, I'm so tired in this new body." Zayane yawned. "Why does this thing, hurt so much?" Zayane murmured, resting her head on Sesshoumaru's shoulder. "We'll go see my son after a little nap."

"Our son." Sesshoumaru reminded. Zayane nodded him off.

"Yes, of course. I forgot that you denied him, that's so fatherly." Zayane started drifting to sleep. Zayane had a point. Sesshoumaru could see why Zayane would refer to Rikkimaru as just her son. Zayane's head was sliding of Sesshoumaru's shoulders, as she let more and more of herself go to sleep.

"I love you." Sesshoumaru said, but Zayane wasn't around to hear it. "Zayane?" Sesshoumaru looked around. He felt her face hovering over his crotch, the air bubbles rising to the surface. "Oh great." Sesshoumaru said, pulling Zayane's head out of the water by her hair. "Could you not do that? People might be watching."

"But—I thought you didn't care, Sesshoumaru." Zayane said dazed. "I wasn't trying to do that anyhow. I kind of slid off your shoulder. I'm just so tired." Zayane said. The new body was causing her mental and physically fatigue.

"You can just prune in the water while I get dressed. Then I'll help you out, get you dressed, and take you to some where you can sleep in peace." Sesshoumaru had become such the gentlemen. "Zayane…?" She had sunk under again. "Goddamn it!"

BLUES

Inuyasha sat away from the group. He was thinking about Kikyou and Kagome could always tell. He had that drunken look on his face with a hint of serious. They were still at the inn. They hadn't moved locations since Miroku got them the room there. All the girls, Kagome, Sango, and Shuku sipped on green tea while eating rice crackers around another new table. Miroku, Rikkimaru, and Shippou just watched them. They didn't have much of an appetite. Kagome had a depressed look in her eyes because Inuyasha wasn't paying attention to her.

Shuku really didn't like Kagome for being so modest with Inuyasha, but Shuku decided to be nice. "Inuyasha, why don't you come sit with us?" Shuku suggested.

He was distant. "No thanks." Shuku had a red blood vein over her head.

"You whaaat?" She started to rise her voice. Kagome set her tea down.

"Don't worry about it, he gets like this when he sees Kikyou." Kagome said looking right at Inuyasha. He looked back at her, he didn't know she knew, but then again Inuyasha acted distant when he saw Kikyou.

"Whatever you wanna think." He said turning his head away. Inuyasha said that to give Kagome a curveball. Shuku stomped over to Inuyasha and grabbed his ear.

"Boy, you had better get yer ass into gear!" Shuku pulled him by his ear towards the table.

"Let me go, woman!" Inuyasha cried. Kagome wished she could be as playful as Shuku, instead of sitting Inuyasha.

"You're such a womanizer, Inuyasha." Inuyasha's eyes widened. Everyone's head turned as Zayane was sliding the shoji open to say that.

"Mother!" Rikkimaru screamed.

"Zay-Ane!" Inuyasha screamed as well. "What the hell?" Sesshoumaru followed close behind, holding Zayane's hand. Rikkimaru and Inuyasha ignored Sesshoumaru and tackled Zayane. Zayane went flying out the door and landing on her back.

"Mama, are you real?" Rikkimaru said with his eyes hazing. Zayane put her hand on top of Rikkimaru's head. She looked at him with her warm eye. "I must be dreaming. You smell just like her…"

"That's because I am her." She pulled Rikkimaru and Inuyasha close for an embrace. "I've missed you, both."

"Zayane how'd did you…?" Inuyasha tried to ask, but the question was a bit awkward. Zayane looked at Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru shared a sweet glance with her, but gave Inuyasha a dirty one.

"Sesshoumaru and the Tenseiga." Zayane said looking at him. Sesshoumaru walked over, picking up Rikkimaru by one of his arms. He kicked Inuyasha off Zayane, and then he proceeded to help her up. She dusted herself off. Zayane look at the group of girls standing at the door, stunned. Zayane slowly slanted her head. "I didn't know you had a harem, Rikkimaru."

He turned red. "No, the girl with the auburn hair is my woman."

"Your woman?" Shuku rebelled. "I'm my own damn woman you sow!" Rikkimaru buttoned his lip. Zayane smiled, turning to Sesshoumaru.

"I think she is fit, I don't see what your problem is." She muttered to him. Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes.

"Our son could do better…" He said quietly. Rikkimaru narrowed his eyes because he could hear them. Rikkimaru turned; putting his arms around his mother in a long hug. Sesshoumaru stepped away.

"I'm truly shocked." Rikkimaru said closing his eyes. "Father of all people…"

"You know naught, Rikkimaru." Sesshoumaru was starting to blush about how he felt about Zayane. Everyone 'awwww'ed at Sesshoumaru. "S-shut up!" He turned his back. Inuyasha place his hand on top of Zayane's head; he was still taller than her. Zayane pulled her son away from her. Rikkimaru was sad he wasn't able to hug her any longer.

Zayane gave a mean look to Inuyasha. "You cut off Sesshoumaru's ARM!" She screamed at him. Inuyasha put his hand behind his head, with a nervous smile.

"He had it coming! He only had himself to blame! If you had been there, if you had seen it—I betcha you would have done the same (1)!" Inuyasha said in his defense.

"Did you ever think it would effect me?" Zayane sneered.

"What do you need both of his arms for? OH GAWD!" Rikkimaru shut his eyes. "Gross, gross gross gross. You can't make another baby." Everyone cringed. Zayane was offended.

"I was thinking about who was going wash my hair! Oh my god, ya'll are a bunch of nastys" Zayane commented. Inuyasha stuck his hands into Zayane's hair. Long hair for Zayane was a change. Sesshoumaru smacked Inuyasha's hand out of Zayane's hair. Sesshoumaru didn't want that filthy half breed touching Zayane's hair. Inuyasha glared. Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha started having a cat fight behind Zayane. It went unnoticed as Kagome approached Zayane.

So she was the one that infatuated Inuyasha's heart just as much as Kikyou. "Are you going to help us fight Naraku?" Kagome asked. She watched Inuyasha throw a boulder at Sesshoumaru, they both darted out of eye sight.

"There isn't much I can do with out some proper training first. This body is still new and I need to work on using my eye. With it, I'll be able to fight Naraku if he doesn't do what he did last time…" Zayane was angry at herself.

"Mama, what did happen?"

"He poisoned me with his miasma, and in my state of weakness, he kept me from lifting up the eye patch. The poison was what killed me, slitting my throat was an extreme." Zayane was chilled thinking about her second death. "That reminded me, Rikkimaru. Have I ever told you the story of when your father and I first met?"

"No, actually. The day you died I found out about Sesshoumaru." Rikkimaru said, taking his mother's hand in his. They walked back into the inn.

"You know he killed me soon after we met. But your grandfather was a powerful demon and used the Tenseiga to bring me back to life…" Zayane's voice faded as Rikkimaru was nodding.

Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha kept darting back and forth in front of the door. "Poison Claw!" Sesshoumaru shouted.

"Iron Reaver, Soul Stealer!"

BLUES

The sun had gone down, and the room was lit brightly, as the group played all sorts of card games, and drinking games. Kagome even joined in for once. To tell the truth, Shuku forced her and she was too drunk by now to tell if she didn't want to play or if she had.

"Hold on you guys!" Rikkimaru said with a line of red across his nose. Rikkimaru opened the shoji and closed it, but they continued laughing with out him. Rikkimaru couldn't hold his liquor and tossed his cookies over the wooden deck. Sesshoumaru was out there, sitting by himself. He didn't want to participate in those kinds of things, but he had to admit he was lonely with Zayane to pet him.

"You're such a weakling. You can't even drink liquor." Sesshoumaru sighed. Rikkimaru looked at him with dazed eyes. He hiccupped. Rikkimaru walked over to Sesshoumaru swinging his arm around his neck. Sesshoumaru was alarmed.

"Why don't you come on in, and have some fun with us?" Rikkimaru blew his stank breath in Sesshoumaru's face. His strong nose caused the smell to burn the upper area of his nostrils. Sesshoumaru tried to put his hand over Rikkimaru's face to push him away. He was a persistent little bastard. "Come on dad, you know I love you." Rikkimaru said in his tumble of drunkenness. Sesshoumaru's heart nearly stopped. How gullible he was to believe what his drunken son was saying.

"You do?" Sesshoumaru questioned.

"Yeh, of course. If it weren't for you, my sexy ass wouldn't have been born. You saved the world from never knowing what the word sexy truly means." He hiccupped. Sesshoumaru narrowed his eyes for hoping that Rikkimaru would forgive him for his sins. "Now are you going to come party with us or what?" Rikkimaru wobbled. Sesshoumaru sighed.

"Very well." Sesshoumaru had a feeling this wasn't going to end well

Rikkimaru slid the shoji open really fast. "Look who I brought to the party!" He shouted as Sesshoumaru looked away. Everyone cheered.

"Woo! Sesshoumaru! The party is here!" Sango said, drunkenly. "Kagome brought yen coins! We're playing yen toss (2)!"

"A whaa…" Sesshoumaru scratched his head. Zayane stumbled over to Sesshoumaru, tripping over Shuku's foot Zayane nearly fell into Sesshoumaru's arms.

"Mom!" Rikkimaru yelled.

"Son!" Zayane giggled.

"What chu doooooooooing?"

"I dunno…..What chuuuuuuuuuuuu doing?" Zayane asked back.

"I'm playing with my balls." Rikkimaru said. It didn't kill the mood, everyone laughed. Zayane offered Sesshoumaru a flask.

"Let's drink together, this flask has my cooties." Zayane giggled some more. Zayane was a giggle-drunk. Sesshoumaru took a swig to please her. Damn, the concoction was strong. Sesshoumaru snatched it from Zayane, drinking more and more. Zayane smiled putting her arms around Sesshoumaru. "I love you."

"I love these, too." Sesshoumaru said, putting his hand on her boob. Zayane slapped him. "Ooo baby." Zayane rushed away from Sesshoumaru, and he chased her. Sesshoumaru nose had turned beet red. Zayane tripped over Shuku again, knocking Shuku over, as well as falling on her face. Sesshoumaru tripped landing on top of Zayane.

"Get yer fat ass off me!" Zayane shouted.

"Mmmm, soft." Sesshoumaru said trying to work his arm under Zayane's body.

"O-SUWARI!" Kagome cried. Inuyasha hit the floor.

"What the hell was that fer?" Inuyasha glared, his eyes red. Kagome looked down slowly.

"Oh, I'm sorry, I thought that was you over there trying to grope me." Kagome said. Inuyasha narrowed his eyes. "I can't help that you two look alike."

"Miroku why don't you ever grope me?" Sango said. "Oh wait…"

"I dun feel like it…" Miroku said falling head first onto the table. "Hey look Shippou is sleeping! Let's do something incriminating to him!"

"Hasn't he gone through enough?" Inuyasha mumbled. Miroku didn't care; he was drunk off his ass. Miroku picked up Shippou and started humping him on the table. Everyone laughed and clapped as Shippou woke up with the heavy Miroku leaning over him.

"Oh Sango!" Miroku cried out in his drunken passion. Sango waved.

"I'm over here." Sango said. Shippou cried.

"Get off me you perverted monk! I'm just a kid!" Shippou struggled to get free.

"But isn't this what priest and monks do (3)?" Miroku let Shippou go. Shippou went flying out of the room to sleep outside with Kirara.

"O-SUWARI!"

Inuyasha hit the floor again. "What the hell, woman?"

Kagome looked down, tipsy. "I dunno what that was fer… I just felt like it." Inuyasha popped up and kissed Kagome. "Ew you got yer tongue in my mouth!"

"You like it!" Inuyasha said, kissing her some more. Everyone laughed as they were drunk, and only getting drunker through out the night…

BLUES

Sesshoumaru opened his eyes slowly. He was in a separate room given to Zayane to stay in since there were so many people already. Sesshoumaru felt a body next to him. His kind, and precious Zayane. Sesshoumaru turned over, putting his arm around it, his naked body pressing close.

"Good morning, my love."

"Good morning, Inuyasha." Sesshoumaru turned pale. Kagome turned over looking at Sesshoumaru. She had turned pale as well. They both sat up under the futon blanket. Kagome pulled the blanket up over her chest. They looked at each other, the tears welling up in Kagome's eyes.

"OH FUC…"

つづく(Tsuzuku)

Author's notes/Translation notes:

(1)It's a line from the musical movie, "Chicago", It is a verse from the song, "The Cell Block Tango."

(2)A variation of the drinking game quarters.

(3)A cheap shot at the catholic church, sorry Catholics.

Man, Zayane and Sesshoumaru just got back together. I swear this is turning into a stupid day time soap opera. Kinda short chapter but xX. Please endure!