Hello everyone. I decided to update this story because I felt like it today. : ) : ) I think that this is my all time favorite chapter of this story. I don't know though because I haven't really taken the time to read the beginning over again. : ) : ) Well it as late and I'm going camping tomorrow so I said why not I'll update this story because the chapter's already written up. : ) : ) So yeah I won't be able to update all weekend until possibly Sunday night because that's when I'm getting home. : ) : ) Hopefully by that time I will have a chapter for another story written up. : ) : ) Thank you all to who reviewed and read this story so far. I really appreciate it. If I didn't then why would I continue writing right? Lol. Please enjoy this chapter and sorry for any spelling mistakes. : ) : )
Forgotten Love
Sesshoumaru looked at me with his golden eyes with some interest in what I was going to do. For all he could see, I was pinned to a tree with no means of escape even though he wasn't near me. 'I'm screwed for a while now. That is until I can think of another way to get out of here.' My eyes looked into his for some reason and I didn't see anything other than coldness in them. When I went to take a step to get away, Sesshoumaru appeared right in front of me and took hold of both my elbows.
"All it takes is to capture you like this, and you can't get away from me," he whispered.
A small growl could be heard from the small rabbit and then it was muffled by something. Looking down, I saw it biting Sesshoumaru's leg. 'It's trying to protect me from Sesshoumaru. It's trying to, but why?' A small sigh came from me and I looked at Sesshoumaru in the eye.
"Leave it alone. Just don't hurt it," I whispered almost pleadingly.
"This rodent means something to you?" he asked me.
"I don't need to give you a reason not to hurt it!"
Sesshoumaru's eyes seemed to be looking me over, seeing what damage had been dealt to me when I had fallen into the rice fields. Mud had covered the hoari that I was wearing and where the skin was supposed to be on my wrists was all red from the poison that was in the wound. When he was done checking, he released my left arm and bent down to pull the small creature off him. 'If he hurts it, I don't know what I'll do to him.'
"Please, just let it go Sesshoumaru!" I begged, feeling sorry for both the creature and myself.
When he didn't release the animal, I did the unthinkable and kissed him of my own free will.
'If this will make him leave it alone, then fine. I'll kiss him for as long as it takes for him to do it.' At that moment, I didn't care about what could happen to me. The only thing that mattered was to get that small bunny thing away from Sesshoumaru. There was a small thump on the ground and then his hand went on the back of my head. I couldn't pull away but it didn't last long before he released me. 'He stopped.'
"For what I have done, I do not deserve your company. You did not deserve what I had done to you," Sesshoumaru whispered to me.
'I just want to go home. He's finally figured out that and maybe now he'll let me go.'
"For what happened, you have become wounded and now hate me. Maybe, for you to love me, you must forget my being," he continued.
Sesshoumaru released the back of my head and placed his hand though my bangs. 'What is he doing? Why is he holding my head like this?' Slowly, I started to become tired and before I passed out, I heard something which made me think differently than before.
"Rika, know that I loved you. Without knowing who you were, I would have remained as I was," Sesshoumaru said softly to me.
'Sesshoumaru…' With that, everything went blank and silent.
Sesshoumaru had caught my unconscious body and then walked towards the village that had been attacked by the dragon. When he had arrived there, he had found that the small rabbit creature had been following him.
"You are protective of her, even though you do not know her. Can such a creature sense her spirit?"
"Kyu," the small animal growled.
The villagers were staring at Sesshoumaru as he walked through the village and then the priestess came out of her hut at the silence.
"Why do you come back here? A demon like your self has no place here," she asked as she saw him walking down the roadway.
"I shall not stay. Though I do ask that you will take her in," Sesshoumaru wondered as he gestured towards his arms.
The priestess looked at who the demon was holding.
"That was the girl from earlier in the night. Why would you wish to bring her here?" she wondered with curiosity.
"That is none of your concern," Sesshoumaru replied rather coldly.
"What do you wish for me to tell her when she wakes? I'm sure she will want to know why you have left her alone," the priestess once again wondered.
"Rika is not to know about me. She shall not remember anything that has happened to her. Then without me in her life, maybe then she can be as happy as she wishes," Sesshoumaru said as he placed the body in the priestess' arms.
He turned to leave and then the priestess asked another question.
"What is the name of this small creature?"
"Haven," he replied before walking away.
Two days had passed before I had woken up from my unconsciousness. 'What happened? Who am I? Wait… where am I?' Opening my eyes, I saw that everything was blurry and then the sight of silver filled my eyes.
"So you have finally awakened. Your little Haven here was so worried about you!" a woman said rather happily.
'Haven? Why does that name ring a bell?' I sat up and saw a rather young woman sitting on her knees. On my lap was this small creature that looked like bunny only it had a long tail. 'Wow that thing is small.'
"Where am I?" I asked with confusion.
"We had found you in the forest with that little animal. You look like you had gotten in a fight with something by the looks of your wrists."
'My wrists?' Looking down, I saw my wrists. They were partially healed over but they were extremely red. 'What happened to me? Who did this?' I tried so hard to think of something that could have happened but nothing came to mind.
"Why can't I remember?" I asked myself, frustrated because of it.
Haven jumped onto my head and mewed happily. The woman looked at me with an apologetic smile.
"Maybe those things are better left forgotten," she said softly as she got to her feet.
"Kyu!" Haven cried happily.
'But I don't remember anything. Not even where I was before I got attacked.' I too got to my feet and walked towards the doorway. Outside was warm and a few people were building roofs of their huts because of something.
"What happened here?" I wondered,
"A dragon attacked the village, but it was slain by another demon. No one was killed but the dragon did destroy a lot of homes," the priestess explained.
She turned to me with a smile on her face.
"You look like you could use a bath. The river is not too far from here. It could make you feel better.'
"Alright," I agreed before walking towards the smell of water.
When I was walking through the trees, Haven had fallen asleep on top of my head and surprisingly stayed there.
"You look like you could use a bath Rika. Your father let you play outside in the rain again didn't he?" a woman's voice said with a laugh.
I knew it wasn't anyone from around me. I could see the scene playing through my mind as I walked towards the river.
"Mom, I don't know where dad went. I went outside to look for him but I didn't see anything."
"Don't worry sweetheart, I'm sure he'll come back from the store soon."
"Dad?" I whispered to myself, trying to think of him.
I walked into something that was warm and took a step back. A silver haired man stood there, looking at me with his golden eyes.
"Sorry. I guess I wasn't watching where I was going," I apologized with a small blush on my face for being stupid.
"You don't need to apologize. After all, why would you need to if I was the one who didn't move?" he asked as he stared at my face solemnly.
'Wait… I feel like I've known this guy before. Does he know something about me?' the guy turned to leave and then I grabbed his sleeve to stop him. 'All those markings on his face, that blue crescent moon. I feel like I already know it all.'
"Tell me, why do you seem so familiar? Why do I feel like I know you?" I asked, heart pounding because of panic coming to my senses.
The guy turned to me and seemed to wince at something.
"My being means nothing to you, as yours means nothing to me. We have never seen on another beforehand," he replied coldly, about to pull his sleeve back.
"Then um, can you lead me to the river?" I laughed nervously.
The man pointed towards the river and I smiled.
"Thank you," I said happily before running towards where he had pointed.
When I was gone, the man's golden eyes followed where I walked.
"There her smile that she would not give me."
"Lord Sesshoumaru! Lord Sesshoumaru, why are we near a human village? I thought you hated humans!" an annoying voice said from the trees.
"I do Jaken," he replied, turning towards his vassal.
"Then why are we here?" the toad asked again.
"I do not wish to be near those mortals. There is one among them that is not mortal. Leave the subject and leave this place. I will return to the castle on my own time," Sesshoumaru said with a small growl towards Jaken.
"Aye, aye my lord!" Jaken cried before running away towards the west.
When Sesshoumaru was alone, he looked back towards the way he was before his vassal had come.
"Should I follow you? Or should I allow you to stay alone?"
I looked up at the sky and then to the river. The sun wasn't out and the sky was covered by dark rain clouds. 'I wonder who that silver haired man was. He seemed familiar, too familiar from the feeling. Why can't I remember anything?'
"Haven you're lucky. I bet you don't need to worry about whom or what you've known. You've got it easy little buddy," I sighed as I let the small creature fall forward onto my lap.
'Maybe I should just go for a swim with my clothes on. They're muddy and all but do I even know how to swim?'
"Kyu," the small animal talked to me.
"Unfortunately Haven, I don't know what you're saying. It'd be really cool though," I laughed with a small smile.
"If you used your ears you probably could," a voice came from behind me.
I turned around and saw the man with silver hair again. 'It's him again.'
"Rika, know that I loved you. Without knowing who you were, I would have remained as I was."
I placed my hands over my ears and shook my head a few times to not hear anything.
"Kyu?" Haven mewed with confusion.
'That sounded like that guy, but I've never seen him before, have I?'
"You won't be able to hear that way."
I gave the stranger a small glare with my ice blue eyes. They may not have been void of emotion like his were, but they were cold.
"You were lying before when you said we had nothing to do with each other. I know you were," I grunted, turning back towards Haven.
"That's because you're a demon, just like me," he said coolly.
'A demon?' The word had stricken me with surprise. I didn't know what a demon was, but I remembered what a dragon was.
"What is a demon?" I asked him, looking down at Haven.
It was looking back at me, growling slightly at the silver haired man's presence. 'What's wrong with Haven?'
"Haven is a demon, I am a demon, and you only have demon blood as well as demon strength," he replied coldly.
"How do you know about Haven?" I asked, jumping to my feet with Haven in my arms.
"That is something I am unable to tell you."
"Then tell me your name! If you know so much about me, then tell me why I don't remember anything!" I demanded.
"I erased those memories from you. It's better that you do not know," the stranger said before walking away.
'Stupid jerk. How can he just do that without a care? I don't like him!' Tears slowly started to fall down my cheeks and it started to rain. Haven looked at me with some worry and then jumped onto my shoulder.
"You should go back to the village Haven. I'm gunna stay here and if that jerk comes back, I'm gunna give him a piece of my mind."
Haven didn't leave until nightfall, and it was still raining. I was too deep in thought to care that I was soaking wet, or the fact that things were around in the trees staring at me. 'I don't remember anything. Nothing, except those things that happen randomly at any time.'
"Iss that a human?" a hissing voice said from behind me.
"No, it'ss nothing more than a half breed. Thosse thingss are worthlesss anyway," hissed another.
"Let'ss devour her!" another stated.
'They want to eat me?' I got to my feet and turned around. There were a pack of large lizards and snakes on each side of me and three in front.
"If you want to eat me, then go ahead and try. I'm afraid that I'll have to fight you for my life though. It is something that I long to keep," I said calmly, getting to my feet.
"Haha. A puny half breed female," the biggest of the three laughed.
"I ssay we screw her on time each. Knowing a half breed, sshe would sstill be virgin!"
The whole pack started to laugh with agreement. 'This can't be good. I don't remember anything, so I'm not even sure I know how to fight.' At that moment, a familiar scent filled my nose.
"It's that jerk again. Even the rain doesn't drown his scent," I whispered, looking towards the direction he was in.
"You should be more worried about your well being!" a snake shouted, running towards me.
"Let me do this. We both may not remember but I can handle these pushovers," a voice came within my mind.
'I don't need help. I can handle these guys on my own.'
I quickly cracked my claws and dove at the snake. Digging my claws into his stomach, I ripped it and blood covered my claws as it spewed to the ground. Even more snakes and lizards attacked me and I jumped into the air above their heads. Something flowed into my claws and then I swiped both of them down towards the demons. Red energy came from them and were in the shape of four claw marks. The attack slaughtered at least ten of them and then there were only the three left. 'Looks like these guys are nothing but cowards.' Landing on the ground, the mud splashed onto my feet, but it was the colour of blood. The largest lizard pointed towards me with its left hand and the smaller snake demon on the left ran at me.
"It looks like someone doesn't like to sully his own hands," I whispered, looking at the snake coming towards me.
I ran at him and then jumped over his head. He stopped dead in his tracks and looked around him. Before he could notice me behind him, my claws sliced him apart from his back. Blood splattered all over my face and I turned towards the two remaining reptiles. My breathing was heavy because I had used a lot of my energy and then the demon on the right was sent after me. 'Damn, I don't know how much more of this I can take. I know that there's two left, but my body is extremely tired.' I forced myself to jump once more and then the snake turned back at me.
"Did you think I would fall for it as well?" he hissed.
I flung mud into his face and then kicked him into the flowing river that was flowing rapidly because of the weather. When only the one lizard was left, my knees buckled underneath me and I fell to the ground.
The rain continued to pour and seemed to become even heavier than it already was. The lizard looked at me with a small grin on his face. He was truly huge, bigger than an ogre. He looked exactly like a lizard only he was huge with spikes and had an ax.
"I shall be the one to devour you!"
I tried to get to my feet but my legs wouldn't move. 'This isn't good. I'm really gunna die now aren't I?' I closed my eyes with doubt and then something heavy fell to the ground, shaking it slightly. Opening my eyes a crack, I saw the strange demon wearing all white in front of me.
"You are foolish to fight like that. A half breed could never have taken them all on," his cold voice said without remorse.
"Then why don't you just let the world be rid of me if I'm so stupid? It seems like the only one who would notice the lack of presence would be Haven," I whispered, looking away from him.
"Silence!" he demanded harshly, turning towards me.
What he saw made his face change slightly. I had tears in my eyes, threatening to fall without a reason why. 'I am stupid, so why didn't he just let me die? I bet he would enjoy one less half breed around this damn place!' My heart was pounding as well as my brain. Nothing was quiet.
"Everyone deserves to die where they lived."
"Stupid," I whispered, blinking and making the tears fall from my eyes.
The guy bent down to me and pulled me to my feet into an embrace. His golden amber eyes looking down towards my head since I was smaller than him. 'Why? Why is he hugging me? Why do I seem to want his embrace?'
"You have no reason to die. Do not speak such foolishness," he said calmly.
'Am I not just like those reptiles? Am I not a monster? Look at me, I'm covered in blood, even my feet have blood on them.' I cried into the stranger's hoari and armor.
"No crying!" he almost growled.
"I killed them! I killed all of them, like some kind of animal! Is that what I'm supposed to do? Kill people without a reason?" I cried into his chest.
A hand was placed on the back of my head through my hair and seemed to pull my head back.
"They were the ones who tried to kill you. They wanted to use your body like you were their whore. You had a right to fight for what's yours, just as I do," he said with a small growl.
'Just like he does? What does he mean?' I looked away from the demon as I dared to ask the question.
"What do you mean like you do?" I asked quietly.
Suddenly I felt his lips pressed against mine and then they were gone.
"You are my woman, and I plan to keep you," he whispered before pressing his lips to mine once again.
I was shocked. The person I hated, the one who I had just met, was kissing me. I jerked my head to the side and broke the kiss.
"Please, just leave me alone. If you want to, come back tomorrow. I'm not moving until I have to," I whispered, looking away from the man.
'I don't know him, don't feel anything towards him. Why does he feel so familiar to me?'
"Very well Rika. I will come to you tomorrow. Though, you may wish to have a bath beforehand. That scent does not suit you," he said before walking away from me.
"Shut up. Do you think I planned for this to happen? Do you sit there and spy on my to make sure that you can see me do something stupid? I bet you want me dead. That priestess back there doesn't give a crap about what happens to me. I can see it! And neither do you!" I screamed at him as if feeling my heart break.
I had been lying to myself, the whole time I was with this stranger I had wanted him but did not know why. I figured that if I was stubborn enough, the feeling would go away and I would remember everything.
'Why do I always have to be so stupid? Was I always like this? Was I always a stupid little girl who would cry because I couldn't stand something?' The man stopped walking for a moment and didn't turn around.
"Maybe if you put meaning behind those words, you wouldn't despise your life like you do. Think about being true to yourself and maybe I will consider your offer of returning here," he replied before disappearing through the trees.
'I bet he knows everything about me, all of it! Like what I used to be like, how everyone thought of me, or if I was some whore that belonged to him and him alone. I don't even know the bastard's name. Yet still, why do I keep kidding myself? Why does my heart hurt every time I see him? Damn it, I want to know!' Tears started to slowly fall from my eyes and they were hardly noticeable by the amount of blood and rain on my face. The water that dripped down my face was red and I could see the red seeping into the hoari I was wearing. 'This hoari, it has his scent on it. It's barely there, but I can still smell it. Even through all this blood.'
"You shouldn't be out in a rain storm like this. You never know if you may catch a cold," a woman's voice said from the tree line.
'It's that priestess…'
"For slaughtering these demons, I do not deserve your hospitality," I shouted to her, clenching my fists with hate towards myself.
"They were here to attack you, so you have no reason for remorse towards your actions. Come with me Rika, I'll take you back to the village and clean you up there.'
'Why does she pretend to give me such kindness? Is it because she is a priestess and needs to be pure of heart?' I got to my feet and walked towards her. Together we went back to her hut where she gave me clean clothing to wear for the night and allowed me to get the blood off my body.
That night, I had a dream about a woman that looked exactly like me and another demon. The demon had black hair that wasn't very long, blood red eyes, and pointed ears. He was wearing a red hoari with black pants. 'Who is that? Who are they?'
"Come back to my Clouse, you know you can't run from me," the demon said with a smile, "You've already tried, remember?"
"Screw you! Get away from me!" the girl screamed back.
"You know what happens when you run from me. Once I get you back to the hut, I'll make you scream my name just like before," the demon laughed with an evil smirk on his face.
Clouse backed into a tree with her fear clearly shown in her eyes and on her face. 'Why is she just standing there?' The demon lunged at her and took hold of her wrists.
"Good to know that you know tour place, my little whore," he whispered seductively to her.
"Just shut up," Clouse replied as tears started to fall from her eyes.
"Why the tears? Clouse, you know you always enjoy it!"
"Liar! I do not enjoy being used for your own pleasure. I hate you and everything about you! Rot in hell you piece of shit bastard!" she growled back with such rage that her claws started to glow red and tried to slice apart the demon touching her.
I could feel my heart throb just by being forced to watch this, for seeing any of this happen. There was a thump in my ears and then I was able to open my eyes. 'Was it all just a dream? Or did it really happen? Even my heart hurts because of it.' I placed a hand to my chest and felt my heart racing.
"So you've finally decided to awaken. Well that's good because you have a visitor. Why he would decide to come to the village is beyond me," the priestess laughed.
'A visitor? What does she mean by a visitor?' Haven had been fast asleep until the "visitor" had come in, then the creature was growling.
End of Chapter 7
Hello again. : ) : ) Okay so it was really late when I finished this chapter, well not really late but late enough since I still have to pack my clothes for tomorrow. sweat drops Alright, with that said, I do believe that it is time that I go pack my things. Lol. : ) : ) Thank you for reading once again and sorry for the spelling mistakes again. : ) : ) Please R&R and I will try to update as soon as I can, this goes for my other stories too. : ) : )
