Death of a Heart
Whose Behind it All?
Aylin and Temptest arrived back at the castle the next day at dawn. Aylin was practiclly asleep on her feet and Temptest WAS asleep on her feet.
"Uh...wish I could say good morning, but it looks like you're still sleeping!" Gikyoku said. Aylin waved and then leaned up against the wall to fall asleep.
"I wouldn't fall asleep there if I were you, Lord Sesshomaru is coming." Byron warned. Aylin muttered something and then flipped Byron off. "Hey!" Byron yelled, Aylin put her hand back down and closed her eyes to fall asleep.
"Jeez, Temptest, I missed not having my drinking buddy!" Leela said as she hugged her 'drinking buddy' everyone else had this feeling they were more than 'drinking buddies' "I know what'll get you up!" Leela said, she grabbed a vial from her belt and held it up to Temptest's nose. She sniffed it.
"Is that what I think it is?" Temptest asked as she opened her eyes and looked at it greedily.
"Hai, now give me a kiss and I'll give it to you." Leela said.
"Why can't I just have it?" Temptest whined.
"I said that I wanted a kiss, now give me a kiss or else you're not going to get it." Leela said.
"Oh, fine!" Temptest kissed Leela right in front of everyone. Gikyoku giggled happily (being an idiot), Byon's jaw dropped, Aylin's eye twitched, and Sesshomaru had his emotionless mask on. Byron noticed that something was swelling, quickly, before everyone looked away from Leela and Temptest moved the bag that he had on to hide it. Gikyoku walked over.
"Might wanna go take care of that before any one else notices." Gikyoku walked back and acted like he had seen nothing.
"Oh! C'mon! I'm awake!" Aylin growled at them. Temptest and Leela parted and smiled, then Leela handed Temptest and sake that she had in the vial.
"Damn! I forgot! I need to take care of something, I'll be back soon." Byron ran off and everyone looked at him funny.
"Night. I'm going to sleep." Aylin said as she walked to her room and flopped down on her bed. She was dead tired. In an instant she was asleep, and hugging Simba to her chest.
Two hours before the party Sesshomaru walked to Aylin's room to wake her. He knocked on the dooe and when he heard nothing he opened the door and walked into her room, she was still sleeping, like the dead.
"Aylin, wake up." Sesshomaru said as he slightly nugded her. "Aylin. Wake up." Sesshomaru said again, Aylin opened her eyes and her blue eyes met his amber ones. "Time to get ready."
"Aw, do I hafta?" Aylin asked.
"Yes, now get ready. You are to be ready in an hour." Sesshomaru added.
"Wait, the castle is more than 1 hour away, how are we going to get there in time?" Aylin asked.
"We're going to fly now get ready." Sesshomaru explained.
"I'm goin'! I'm goin'!" Aylin muttered as she went to her closet and started to pull things out, tossing them on her bed and the tossing some back into her cloest. Aylin sighed. "I don't wanna wear a dress." Aylin sat down on her bed and pouted, there was a knock on her door. "What?" Aylin growled.
"Lord Sesshomaru has sent a kimono for you." they said. They showed it to her, there were lillies sewn into the kimono with sakura petals blowling on the wind, the kimono was midnight blue on the bottom and on the top it was a lighter blue.
"Wow...it's just wow. Where's Sesshomaru now?" Aylin asked.
"He's in his room getting ready." they said.
"Thanks!" Aylin said as she ran out of the room and to Sesshomarus'. When she got there she didn't even bother knocking, she just threw the door open and tackled him into a hug. "Thank you for the kimono!" Aylin said with a smile, then she noticed that he didn't have a shirt on, everything else was on though. She noticed where her fingers hand landed and quickly pulled them away, blushing crimson. Sesshomaru's breath caught in his throat, he wasn't expecting that! "Maybe I should have knocked..." Aylin muttered as she turned a darker red. Sesshomaru blinked, Aylin, had said 'thank you', something had to be wrong. Sesshomaru put his hand to her forehead to feel her tempature. "What're you doing?" Aylin asked.
"You said 'thank you' something had to be wrong with you." Sesshomaru answered. Aylin rolled her eyes.
"Nothing is wrong with me. I'm prefectly fine, minus the major embarassment..." she added. "At least you weren't naked..." she muttered.
"You should really get ready, we leave in 20 minutes." Sesshomaru said changing the subject.
"Ack!" Aylin ran off to get ready. She got into her kimono quickly and then had someone do her hair and make up. "Do I really have to wear the make-up?"
"Hai. Now hurry up, Lord Sesshomaru is waiting." they said, Aylin muttered and left her room. Sesshomaru was waiting for her in the enterance hall. She walked down the hall, almost tripping a couple of times.
"I hate...this...it's making...me trip!" Aylin yelped in surprise and Sesshomaru caught her, halping her stand up right. "As much as I like it...actually being in it is a whole different story..." Aylin muttered.
"You'll get used to it." Sesshomaru said. She had the same color eyeshadow on as the kimono and her lips were painted black. Aylin's hair was done up in a simple bun but it matched perfectly.
"Yeah...in a million years." Aylin muttered. Sesshomaru smirked but hid it, the could formed at his feet and he wraped his arm around Aylin's waist, then they soared into the sky, the chilly evening air was cold but it was nothing compared to a winter in the mountains. "Do we have to go to the party?" Aylin asked.
"Hai." Sesshomaru said.
"But why..? I hate parties and I already visited Desire and Kouga."
"You're my guest and if you don't come who knows what'll happen, besides you're the only person that I want to dance with." Aylin smiled and leaned her head on Sesshomaru's shoulder, enjoying the warmth he radiated. The flight from West to East was over all too soon for her. They got off and walked into the castle. Kouga and Desire greeted them, each was dressed up in the royal dress. "Oh yeah, I've been meaning to ask, where did you get this kimono?"
"It was my mothers, my father gave it to her on the day they were mated." Sesshomaru answered.
"Wait! I don't want to ruin something of your mothers!" Aylin said. Sesshomaru looked at her, a kind look in his eyes.
"She'd want the person that I love you have it." Sesshomaru said, a sever walked past with wine, Sesshomaru grabbed two and handed one to Aylin. She sipped it and looked around, the only people she knew were Desire, Kouga, and Sesshomaru.
"I don't know anyone here." Aylin muttered.
"You have to." Sesshomaru said as a mated pair of demons walked up to them.
"Lord Sesshomaru, it has been a while." the female said. Once again Sesshomaru's emotionless mask was on.
"Hai it has." Sesshomaru said.
"My, who is this pretty little thing?" she asked. The man was looking Aylin up and down, she didn't like it, but said nothing.
"I'm Aylin." Aylin said with a fake smile.
"Duke and Dutchess Ellisoto." the male said as he took Aylin's hand and kissed it, his eyes had a lusty look in them. Aylin knew she was free game, she was unmated. Aylin and Sesshomaru left the Duke and Dutchess.
"You ok?" Sesshomaru asked, he had seen the way the Duke was looking at her, but hadn't done anything, they hald great sway in the North and he didn't want war with them, even though he knew he would win.
"Yeah, just extermely creeped out." Aylin answered.
"You're going to get more looks like that, even if you are with me. Aylin sighed and nodded. "Maybe I shouldn't have have you come." Sesshomaru muttered.
"It's ok, I just might have to growl at a people." Aylin said with a smile. "Now, whose up for food?" Aylin asked changing the subject.
"Kouga and Desire should be coming out soon, that'll get the attention away from us. Might as well stay here." Sesshomaru added.
"Kay." Aylin said as she scanned the crowd, looking for people that would like to have her, so that she could stay away from them. Then two more people came over to them, they were girls.
"Lord Sesshomaru, Miss Aylin." they said as they bowed. "Lord Kouga and Lady Desire have requested you two be brought to them, they have something they wish to discuss." Aylin found it unnerving how they spoke at the same time. To her it wasn't normal. "Please, follow us." they added. Aylin and Sesshomaru followed the 'freak twins' as Aylin had decided to call them to Kouga and Desire.
"You wanted to see us?" Sesshomaru asked.
"Hai. We have a problem." Kouga said.
"There is an army on it's way here, it's not from the North, South, East, or West. We don't know whose army it is, but it has a great blood lust and if we don't so something they're going to over run us easily." Desire explained.
"How many soldiers?" Aylin asked, all the happyness gone from her eyes, she was in her serious mode, just like how she was on the day she saw her parents murder.
"100,000." Kouga answered. Aylin blinked and Sesshomaru was passive.
"That's impossible!" Aylin said. "Not even Sesshomaru has that many soldiers, who the hell are they?!" Aylin asked as she thought about it.
"We don't know." Kouga and Desire said, they looked at their sleeping children. Aylin could tell that they were scared for them, and who wouldn't be?
Aylin walked over to her friend and put a hand on her shoulder. Desire looked at her.
"I wont let anything happen to you or your children." Aylin said. "You know...I'm glad that I hate dresses, and that I put an outfit on underneath this." Aylin added, she took of Sesshomarus' mothers' kimono and then washed the make-up off her face. She looked just like the old Aylin, but more womanly and dangerous.
"I knew there was another reason why you couldn't walk other than the kimono." Sesshomaru muttered. Suddenly breaking glass filled their ears. "Desire stay here." Sesshomaru ordered.
"Wait! Why?!" Desire asked.
"Someone has to protect the kids! I'll stay here as well." Aylin added. Kouga and Sesshomaru dashed from the room and Aylin and Desire were left in scilence. Desire was pacing about and Aylin was looking her dagger over, checking to make sure that they were cleaned and in perfect killing condition. "Will you stop pacing?!" Aylin asked, Desire stopped and looked at her friend.
"Aylin, would you stop me from fighting?" she asked.
"No, as long as you're in no danger I will allow you to fight. Although, if I see that they are going for you and your kids I will make you stop and flee." Aylin said. "I'm not going to let another little pair of children grow up without parents, or family."
"Thank you." Desire said. Aylin smiled.
"This is going to be one fun day." Aylin said as she heard people break into the hall lading to Desire and Kouga's castle bedroom. Aylin opened the door and walked out into the hall, her daggers already in her hands.
Aylin was armed and dangerous, as usual. Before Desire could stop her Aylin closed the door and looked at the surruouding soldiers.
"It's one of the women that our Lord wants alive." A soldier said.
"What?" Aylin asked, her eyebrow twitching dangerously.
"Please come with us Milady." the general of the troop said. Aylin looked at him like he was crazy.
"Why the hell would I do that!? You break into this castle just as my friend and her mate are celebration the birth of their second child and then expect me to willing come with you!?" Aylin growled. "I think not!" Aylin said. Suddenly her daggers flashed and the general was dead in the blink of an eye. "Ok you lowly sons of bitches, who is next?" Aylin asked.
"Remember! Don't kill her!" the colonel said, he was now in charge because the general was dead.
"There is only one way that I'm going to leave here, that's dead!" Aylin growled, she charged into the troops and started slash her way through. Nothing stood against her daggers, they cut metel, flesh, and bone.
"HALT!" a loud voice said. The soldiers imeditatly stopped, Aylin had been about to kill a soldier when the order was sounded.
She looked at the soldier in which one of her daggers was embedded in, he was still living but seriously wounded. Blood was coming from his mouth but still he didn't cough or anything. Aylin took her second dagger and stabbed it into his head, then took both from his dead body.
"Who the fuck are you?" Aylin asked.
"I'm the person who has just saved your life." he answered. He pointed to some archers, their bows were strung and had been aimed at her.
"Hell, I would have been better off dead." Aylin growled.
"Then you'd be with him, wouldn't you?" he asked as he held up Sesshomaru's head. Aylin's eyes grew wide. Then they turned red.
"You. Will. PAYYYYYYYYYY!!!!!!!!!" Aylin screamed, she transformed into her true form, she was a big dark blue dog, just like Sesshomaru had been. Aylin killed everyone who was too stupid to move, then she launched herself onto the unknown man. He was pinned under one of her massive paws. She was growling and baring her fangs at him.
"My my, you do have a temper don't you?" he asked, Aylin just growled, then she felt a stabbing pain in her side, there was another person that had stabbed a sword into her rib cage, the sword was huge. Aylin yelped in pain as the sword was slowly pulled from her.
"Brother, must you always go for the hot headed girls?" the man asked.
"It's a curse." Aylin transformed back, she kneeing on the ground, holding a hand over the wound and glaring at the two men. So noted that one was a dog demon and the other was a wolf demon. The dog demon held up Sesshomaru's head and realazation slowly sunk into her head, he was gone and there was nothing bringing him back. "He's dead and there's nothing that'll bring him back. Might as well deal with it."
Aylin said nothing and stared at the ground. Then she stood and had a dagger in her hand.
"Going to kill me?" he asked, Aylin looked at him and smiled sadly.
"No, there's nothing left for me in this world, I'm going to kill myself." Aylin answered. Before she could even move her hand it was grabbed and held so that she didn't kill herself.
She looked down to the persons hand, it was striped, with purple stripes. Her eyes widened and she looked up to the face, it was Sesshomaru.
"Damn. It looks as if he got here before we could take her." the wolf demon said. "Doesn't matter, we have the other." Desire was held between two men on a stretcher, there were cuts all over her from where the swords had nicked her. She was knocked out because of a blow to the right presure point. "We're leaving! Pull out!" he yelled, the two demons disappeared.
"H-how?" Aylin asked.
"They tried to trick you." Sesshomaru answered. "When I felt your aura flare with anger I came. Just in time too."
"Mommy?" Espada asked. "Daddy?" Aylin and Sesshomaru turned to the little girl. "Where's Mommy and Daddy?"
"You mom had to leave, but your dad is around here some where." Aylin answered. As if on cue Kouga ran into sight.
"Where's Desire?" Kouga asked.
"They took her." Sesshomaru answered.
"Espada and Escudo are still here though." Aylin added, then she collasped to the floor, the world spinning at her feet. "Damn the wound." Aylin muttered. She looked at her hand, it was covered in blood and was dripping onto the ground, they knew right where to hit her so that she'd be severly wounded but still take a while to die from blood loss. The last thing Aylin knew was being lifted from the ground and carried away.
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Notes: There are two demons. The Wolf one and the Dog one, I have yet to tell you their names, I'll do that in the next chapter. The wolf demon is after Desire, and the dog demon is after Aylin. If you're wondering why that'll be explained in the next chapter.
Aki- I've given up on reviews. So I'll just update when ever. But I do like the reviews and would be greatly pelased if you could leave me some! Anyway, onto the chapter summary.
Next Chapter- Negotiations
The two unknown demons are calling upon Sesshomaru for Aylin, he has nothing in his mind about giving Aylin over to them though, it wouldn't matter if she were mated, they took Desire and she was mated. Aylin is still unconscious from the wound they had inflicted, and InuYasha and Miroku come to help, leaving Sango with Kagome, since both are now pregnent. The two demons are threatening to give them a war if they don't hand over Aylin, but Sesshomaru is prepared for it, even if Aylin protests it.
Aki- Another chapter done, damn, I must be on a roll or something! Anyways I hope you liked it!