It had been a long night, and Sesshou-Maru had only went back to his room when the woman had asked if he'd still like a song before he slept. He had of course agreed, and was soon immersed in the melody, of a much calmer, more pleasing tone of music.
The end is nearMy summer days
All the great things go away
Feel the cold coming round the bend
Everything's gonna change again
Down another day
Down another day
Oh the winter I adore
Summers gone forever more
Someday he'll come back to me
Season's change to set me free
Down another day
Down another day
Don't have to bore you with details
I'll never let you down
And in the morning the sunrise
Will never let you down
If I could hold you tomorrow
I'd never let you down
And when she's golden the ocean
Will never let you down
The end is near, my winter fling
Change is melting everything
Now it's time to sink below
Season come, season go
Down another day
Down another day
Don't have to bore you with details
I'll never let you down
And in the morning the sunrise
Will never let you down
If I could hold you tomorrow
I'd never let you down
And when she's golden the ocean
Will never let you down
I keep saying goodbye
Saying good bye
Keep saying goodbye
He's always coming back
He keeps coming back
He keeps coming back
I keep saying goodbye
Saying good bye
Keep saying goodbye
He's always coming back
He keeps coming back
You keep coming back
Don't have to bore you with details
I'll never let you down
And in the morning the sunrise
Will never let you down
If I could hold you tomorrow
I'd never let you down
And when she's golden the ocean
Will never let you down
Down another day
Down another day
Will never let you downDown another day
Down another day
He had fallen asleep shortly after it had ended.
The next morning was rather, 'interesting', to say the least.
Lord Sesshou-maru woke up to the soft voice of a woman, and quite frankly he could of swore it was a dream, and responded how he would in one. However, he was badly mistaken when he opened his eyes and saw the woman from next-door staring at him with a death glare, and a big, bright red tick mark pulsing just above her left eye. He could also see that her cheeks were bright red from embarrassment. As he continued to stare, her eye began to twitch, and then her nose began to as well. Finally her ears became red, and he couldn't help himself. He let out a hearty laugh, and clutched his stomach, falling back onto his bed and rolling back and forth. He was about to go into true hysterics if he hadn't felt someone rap their knuckles across his skull, hard.
He immediately grabbed at his head and pulled it away from the offence, reminding him of being reprimanded as a pup. He so sorely hated it when his mother would do that. He would rather have his father hit him, than to feel his mother's cold glare on his back while he stood in the corner whenever he happened to anger her, or break a rule. That was much worse than his father's fist, for, unlike his father, his mother wasn't afraid to loose a firstborn son, if it meant she got rid of a "useless pup", as she used to oh so lovingly put it.
After a few moments, he looked up and saw the woman still there, with her arms crossed and slight smirk on her face. At first he was simply angry with her, then he began to feel rather flustered, since woman didn't often look men in the face, not considering the fact that she had been for a good while.
After a few more, uneasy moments, at least for him it was, Sesshou-Maru stood up and walked over to her, and held his hand out to her. She just looked at it and then looked him in the face again. So he decided to elaborate.
"Would you care to join me for breakfast?" he asked, rather pleasantly, but still with his tone of authority.
She responded with a similar tone, but with a little less authority than his, out of respect.
"Yes, … I would," she told him, and he saw her lips move and heard her voice stumble over the words, making him smile. So she was trying to learn his language?
"If you would like, I could teach you how to speak my language, if you will teach me more of your own," he told her, giving her a light smile, and began to lead her towards the dining hall.
She too smiled, but instead faced forward, letting all see it.
"Yes, …thank, you… I would… like, that," she said, a little better than last time. Her smile brightened when he nodded his head in approvement.
Breakfast went well, and afterwards Sesshou-Maru led her out to the Dojo. He had been curious about her abilities for a while now, and thought it was a good time to have her show him.
When they got inside, she became engrossed in the sheer size of it, and simply walked about with her head straight up, looking at the carvings on the ceiling.
She stopped in the middle, and stared, loving how it looked, just like everything else in the castle.
However, she was pulled from her thoughts when she felt a hand on her shoulder. At first it felt funny, having someone touch her, but that feeling soon left her and was replaced a sort of calm. It was odd to her, for so often when she was younger, if someone touched her, it felt like they sent an electricity though her. But when he touched her just now, all she felt was warmth. It made her smile, and then blush from the way he looked at her.
"Your doing it again," she told him, but her lips didn't move, and he knew what she was doing.
"I'm sorry, but you should tell me what makes you uncomfortable, so that I may know what not to do around you," Sesshou-Maru told her, and then walked over to the West wall. There he picked up his Tokijin, and walked towards her.
Kinmostu-Jemu backed away in fright, not understanding why he would suddenly raise a sword to her. But when a smile formed on his face, she stopped, and surprised him by returning it.
So he wanted to battle her, did he? Well, that was fine by her. Lifting her arms to the sides, she snapped her hands out straight, so that she formed a line from fingertip to fingertip. (In other words, she straightened her hands out so that she made a straight line across her shoulders) His smile turned into a smirk and he charged, hoping to see some real power.
As quick as a flash, she had bent her arms at the elbows, so that her arms were still at shoulder height and her palms faced outward, toward her opponent, her fingertips just barely not touching. As he jumped, she closed her eyes, and focused on the sound of his clothing as it rustled in the wind. When he was naught but an inch from her, she allowed her fingertips to touch, and he was sent backward. He did a flip and landed in a crouch. When he looked at her, he couldn't believe his eyes.
A pure white barrier was flickering about her, making her burgundy kimono glow like cherry wood in firelight. It made his eyes wander, and she took immediately notice.
While his eyes took a minute to look, she quickly formed a few hand signs, ending with she flat against each other in front of her, with only her ring fingers folded across her hands. Sesshou-Maru only looked up when he heard a crackling sound. At this, his eyes widened.
Her barrier was shrinking, and it was reforming as a ball of pure energy at the tips of her index fingers. He knew not what to expect, and could think of only one way to defeat her, with a full frontal attack, cutting though hers and attacking her when she's vulnerable. However, he was expecting what happened next.
Right before his eyes, he saw her hands move in the slightest motion, making the white ball of energy turn pitch-black. Then her opened, showing him their blackness and the red ring, just as she pointed her index fingers at him, sending the attack right at him. The red rings burned into his eyes, keeping him still, and made the attack only feel as if he was being splashed with cold water. As it drenched him in its blackness, he felt his consciousness fading, and the last thing he saw, were her feet as they moved towards him, to kneel next to him and place a cold, clawed hand across his face.
She watched as he faded from consciousness. It saddened her that he would fall so easily, but it also made her sad that she was the reason he fell. As morbid thoughts filled her head, her darker side found a hole and slipped into her consciousness, feeding her thoughts that were even more morbid.
Why do you feel such things for things boy? He will leave you, and you must kill him before he does.'No, I will not listen to you,' she thought, closing her eyes, and tried to push it out of her mind. But it would not work, for her darker side was latched, clinging to her thoughts, and wouldn't let go.
You must kill this boy, for he is weak, and is not suited for life.
'No, you are wrong, he is not a boy. He may be younger than I, but he is no boy.'
How poor of comprehension that shiroi-tsubasa is. Why do not kill it off, and let me lead you?
'Because, you are dark, and it is light. You must be equal to each other, or you both will die.'
Very well, but do not think I will leave you be. I only wish for some time away from such lightheaded, mortal-minded fools.
With that it retreated back into the deeper depths of her mind, where it had little influence. As it left, she began to feel lightheaded, and fell atop them Lord of the West.
Well? I hope you liked this one. It took me a bit to write out the last little conversation. Do you have any idea how hard it is to write using old English, and using royal terminology, and including how people used to speak in Latin? Believe me, I did my best, and I really hope it gets easier as it goes. If not, then y'al might have to help me out a bit. Anywho, R&R, thank you, and JA!