Demonic Melody (sesshomaru love story)
Chapter One – Somewhere (inspired by Within Temptation)
Author's notes: Whoo! I'm back with a new title! I'm sorry I've been really slow updating! I hope this long ass chapter will make it up for the wait! I originally decided to put this up 4th of July weekend. But, you know what, I made you all wait for a month. Not gonna torture no more.
For those that just got here, I had a vote go on with four titles to vote from. I had a summary and everything planned on this story, but for a while, I was without a title. Now, here we have finally got a title. It is ready to go up for all of you readers! I thank the ones that voted to help the title. But, I would like reader's participation. Read more to understand. Now that this is up, I think I'll be working on Lullay Black Butler next! But, who knows. We will see now!
Now, titles will be based on the songs that help me inspire the chapter. For example, Somewhere by Within Temptation helped me inspire for this chapter. If you have a favorite song that could work, let me know! PM me the song and by who or even a link and if I like it, I will name my chapters as that pick. Now, keep in mind, I will still be writing the chapters without a chapter name in my notebook. So that's a challenging part. But, send me songs anyways I might be able to create something I didn't think of before.
Let's see….I think that's it. ONWARD!
The sky was covered in colors, like a fire. Black clouds over them. A burst of energy surround both of them. A demon in white and a young, human woman, like a goddess in white. Long, flowing, crimson red hair, angel wings; was given a magical gift, holding a long, golden sword, engraved on the blade was God's prayer of hope and justice to demise all evil. The holder, Utako, with name, child of song. The demon in white, holding a sword only meant for saving lives, only just seeing his father one last time the previous night. The Dog Demon ruler of the Western Lands, Sesshomaru. Utako's bright green eyes fill with tears, anger. They run to each other, sword to sword, collide with each other.
"You traitor! How could you deceive me like this!?" Sesshomaru says, sternly to Utako. She breaks themselves apart and she jumps away.
"Deceived you!? Demon of the Western Lands, a thief in disguise! It's gone!"
"What is?"
"The pendant! And you have it! I need it to keep this sword alive, or else it will be enshrouded in darkness. The light will be gone."
"Do you think that will make me forget that you betrayed the Western Lands by sending demons here!?"
"WHAT! I have no part of that!" They both charge at each other. Sesshomaru, not realizing 'til now, someone watching from behind the burnt down village, smiling so wickedly. "AAHHH!" He turns, his sword, slices underneath her eye, leaving a huge gash. "Sessho…ma…" She grips the area around her eye. Her other eye is wide open, her teeth is bearing. Trying to not scream, blood spilling. Sesshomaru only stares; unsure of what is he needs to do. Then, a light suddenly shines from her sword. "My sword…Why do you shine? Is the pendant near?" It surrounds Utako.
"Utako!" Sesshomaru yells.
"I'm going. Back to where I belong. A place you'll never know. AAHH!" Utako's on her knees, chest is out and seems like a small ball of light is leaving.
'Her soul.' Her body starts to transparent away. She closes her eyes as she is vanishing in front of Sesshomaru. Her soul, shooting to the sky. Maybe heaven. Maybe a new world. But, now, it doesn't matter to the Demon Lord anyway. She's gone, was all he thought. He continues on his long, lonely path.
~500 years later~
"AND IT'S OUT OF HERE!" The baseball flew out of the park. "Once again, player number 15, Aria Reign reigns her team to victory!"
"Whoo! Aria!" The crowd cheers.
My name is Aria! And yes, I helped my team win this year's Girls' Softball Tournament.
As I run to home plate, my team picks me up, hollering and screaming for joy.
A flock of us in blue jerseys, grey pants and black shoes head for the WacDonalds.
After we ordered our food, we sat down,
"CHEERS! TO ANOTHER AWESOME YEAR!" My team says.
"And it's all thanks to you, Aria!" says Katie, blonde hair, blue eyes and a bit shorter than me. And add, that she is my best friend.
"I honestly couldn't have done it without all of you." I smiled.
The celebration was done. I'm walking with Katie to the shopping mall when,
"Hey, Aria!" We turn and coming at us, with black hair, blue eyes and in a basketball uniform, riding a bike,
"Ooh, look! It's Jason Tempermen, the captain of the Sophomore Basketball Team." Katie pokes at me. To be honest, I'm not interested in him. He pulls by us and stops,
"I heard you guys won the softball tournament. Congrats!" says Jason. Blushing,
"It's all thanks to Aria! She's the star!" says Katie. She's red as my hair now.
"It's no big deal, really. I guess I don't know my own strength is all."
"I was wondering since our school year is done for the summer, Aria."
"Yes, Jason?" He holds up tickets,
"How about the theme park? I know you like all of the thrills that give other's chill." As he shoves the ticket in my face. I take it and hand it to Katie.
"Thanks, but I'm gonna pass on this – AGAIN." I walk away, leaving those two behind.
"Aria!" I turn, seeing Katie run to me. "Why do you keep turning him down!? Can't you see he likes you!?"
"I do. And I like him too, but not that way."
"Don't tell me you're still obsessed with that guy in your dreams. The Demon in White, you call him. Let it go."
"Sorry, Katie. But, not him." She shakes her head in disapprovement.
I've had dreams of this Demon in White, but I don't know much of him. Just that he's handsome. I haven't heard him ever. If he talks, I don't know what he sounds like. This guy is full of mystery.
3rd POV
An older man, mostly around 70s, short, hunched over, wrinkle face in white t-shirt and blue jean overalls and dirty brown work shoes, is cleaning the shed. An elderly lady, with a bun tied in her grey hair, wears an old pink kimono with a yellow obi (her mother and father were Japanese and they adopted her, Aria's grandma when she was a baby). Old and fragile they were. They couldn't move much no more. Aria's grandpapa wasn't ready to give up yet. Not at least until he knows his baby granddaughter is safe and will be loved by another.
Dorothy, Aria's grandmother says,
"It seems Aria has her team win once again." Charles, Aria's grandpapa says,
"Did you record it? I would like to see it when she returns and have her tell me all of the strategies she used!" As long as the student gives the okay, any family can watch that particular student in any extracurricular he/she is involved in at her school.
Example, Aria's grandparents have been raising her since she was an infant. The years progressed and Dorothy and Charles got older and unable to move and see Aria perform. So, Aria went to her school and gave her grandparents permission to use a livestream to the television to watch Aria perform/compete.
Dorothy goes inside the shed,
"Still cleaning, dear?"
"Yeah, it's gotten very dirty." Charles sees a thin brown sheathe, covered with dirt and cobwebs. "What's this?" He holds it, "It looks like, sword."
Aria's POV
I arrive home,
"Grandmama? Grandpapa? I'm home!" I take my shoes off and walk in the entrance hallway. I smell a roast cooking in the kitchen. I see grandmamma cooking some vegetables in the pot. She looks at me and smiles,
"Welcome home, dear. Congratulations on winning your game." As I give her a peck on the cheek.
"Thank you. Do you, need any help?" Being concerned for her hands shaking recently.
"Your grandpa needs you to look at something he found earlier today while he was cleaning the shed."
"Huh? What did he find?"
I walk to the shed,
"Grandpapa?"
"Oh, Aria! Come on in. Look what I found." I observe the shelf,
"Is that, a sword's sheathe?"
"It is." I pick it up with my left hand,
"Feels like a sword is with it." I use my right hand to pull it out,
"Be careful, Aria. I don't want you to cut yourself." I pull it out all the way. It's about as tall as my waist, so I assume 5'5"? I'm 5'9". The sword, it could be centuries old. Poor thing. I'm sure it was full of shine back in it's glory day.
"Uh, grandpapa? Since when did you have a sword?"
"I didn't. I think it just magically showed up."
'Oh, grandpapa.'
After supper and rewatching the baseball game with grandpapa, I went back to the shed and grab the sword and some cleaning supplies. It's 9:30pm and grandmama and grandpapa are asleep already. I'm in my room and I sit on the floor, trying to see if I can make it spiffy again.
I'm also in thought about earlier. I mean, Jason is nice and cool and handsome and all, but I don't like him like that. As long as I remember, I've always been interested in the Demon in White. To me, he is my love.
My grandparents raised me since I was an infant. My mother was murdered by my father and he committed suicide. I was left alone for a few days, no one couldn't believe I was still alive. Ever since my grandparents took me in, I've been forever grateful and am in their debt. And falling in love with someone who is real will make me break my promise to them. And the man from my dreams allows me to have both.
Finally, I notice something with the sword, it has a dark gold color on the blade. It looks like a very sickly gold color. I see the handle and has like a silver chain at the end. Looks like a necklace, heart with angel wings. It for sure looked like its silver look had a glory shine too, but not, eaten away by years of rusting. I just stare at it.
Time is 11:30pm.
'Crap. I need to sleep.' I change to my PJs and crawl to bed. I'll just clean the sword tomorrow. I cover myself with the blankets and rest my head on the pillow. Drifting to sleep in the darkness from in my room.
"Do not shine the sword." My eyes flash open. I'm in open area. Looks like we are in Hell. The ground is covered in dirt and ashes from certain huts are on fire. The sky is on fire, at least looks like it. I look to my right and I see HIM! The Demon in White. My love. He's in a fighting stance with his sword in his right hand. But, what? I don't see a left hand. Does he not have one? "This is what you will see. If you shine that sword." The voice. It just spoke to me. Bu, there's no one next to me. It's a woman's voice. "History will repeat itself if you shine that sword."
"Sword? What sword?"
"The golden sword that protected humanity from darkness, Mamoru, meaning protector. I see a lady going towards him. Red hair, all but her split bands, is in a like a loose braid. She wears a white top, sheer, transparent sleeves and it's like a kimono top. Around her stomach, it's tight wrapped. And her bottoms are also white and like priestess pants. And her obi, it's almost similar to the Demon in White, but it's pink and yellow instead of blue and yellow. The girl, who I see clearer now, almost looks like me. She has green eyes with blue tint instead of yellow tint like mine. She withdraws a sword, the sword that I was cleaning earlier, it has such a gold shine to it. And the same chain, which I believe now is a charm necklace, the girl is wearing. She has tears streaming down. Her face, like she is ashamed to blame the main in front of her. She points the word to him.
"You loved me." My eyes went wide.
"He…loved her?" I said aloud.
"Yes, each other." Says the voice. "In the village where she stayed before she went missing, it was forbidden for a human to be love with a demon. That girl, Utako, is the daughter of the Village Head Leader. If founded out that you are in love with a demon, you are to be exiled or death is carried out. Of course, Utako had every reason to be afraid if she was caught with Sesshomaru."
"Sesshomaru?"
"The man before you." I look at Demon in White. After all these years, I finally know his name. Sesshomaru. I ask,
"Wait, how do you know all of this? Who are you?" I see Utako and Sesshomaru fight. Their mouths move, but no sound. Everything fades to white.
I wake up slowly. I'm back in my room.
"Sesshomaru. You love her? Utako?" I become sad at this fact. A knock comes at my door,
"Aria, dear?" It's grandmama. "Come downstairs for breakfast, dear." I hear her leave the hallway. A tear runs down my face. I wipe it away.
The day passes on. I change to my black skirt that passes my thighs and light long sleeve black shirt and grey flat knee high boots. I sit in my room, trying to still clean the sword that is now, I believe is Mamoru. The voice in my head. She said don't shine it. She never said don't clean it. The sword's easier to clean today. After the dust and everything is wiped off, it's finally clean, but it's not a perfect shine. It's still that gross gold color.
Of course, being young and stupid, I did my hair, straighten it and put black mascara and eye liner on and head outside with the sword and sheathe.
"Do not shine the sword? How can I possibly shine the sword?" I raise the sword to the sun, then I hear like a shining sound come from the sword and the pendant lights. "Oh, that's how." A white light engulfs me and I feel like I'm floating in mid-air. My eyes are wide, I have my mouth open. I can feel wind towards me. "What's happening!?" It becomes dark, blue sparkles were flying around me now.
"You deceived me!" I hear a man yell.
"Deceived you!? Demon of the Western Lands!" A woman now. I then hear what sounds like blades colliding with each other.
Finally, it ends, and I'm…in a forest? It's misty, but it feels warm.
"Uh…where am I?" I still have the sword and it's glowing. "The sword! Mamoru. Your shine." Mamoru is now a beautiful gold color. I smile. I put Mamoru back in it's sheathe and walk, hope to find answers.
Finally, I'm out of the forest, but on a cliff now. I peek down and see a river with a fast flow. It's not far down, but not jumping distance. "I guess it's time to climb down."
"Yum, what smells yummy?"
"Huh?" I turn slow…and see a giant cobra snake. I fall on my bum. "WHAT, WHAT!?"
"Hmm, that face…" It speaks, in like a medium tone. All black, shiny scales and red eyes and it was HUGE! "I remember now! You're the angel priestess that went missing 200 years ago!"
"Uh? An angel priestess? What are you going on about?"
"Don't be stupid, Utako!"
'Utako!' Remembering that girl from my dream. It's that girl from my dream, or rather, a vison.' "You have it wrong! I'm not Utako!" 'Why am I not running away?'
"You can't fool my nose. You smell like her." I notice a small rock by me. I grab it,
"You better stay the hell away from me!" 'I should be afraid. How come I'm not?'
"And let a good meal like you pass by? I think not, deary." It comes at me, I immediately throw the rock and it aims at his eye. He shuts is, "GRAWW! DAMN YOU, UTAKO!" He comes at me and his mouth is shut, he uses his head to fly me in the air.
"AHH!"
"NOO!" I look and the snake is glowing. "That cursed sword, Mamoru! Its power is purifying me!" Then, he explodes.
"AHHH!" I fall in the water. I use my strength to bring myself to the surface. Water is splashing in my face. It's hard to swim to land in this flow speed.
After about a minute or two, I finally come up to some rocks I can hold on to.
'Grandmama! Grandpapa! Someone! Anyone!' I feel tired trying to hold myself up. I close my eyes. "Hmm?" I think water got in my ears, but it sounds like voices.
"She's be swept away!" Turning my head slowly and opening my eyes slowly, I see a little girl. She has black hair, with one part up in a ponytail, brown eyes, with an orange and yellow checkered kimono with a green obi. I hold my arm out slowly to her, she's obviously not alone. She grabs my wrist with both of her hands, but, my body is heavy she ends up falling over, but I can still feel her hands. She resurfaces,
"Foolish girl!" I hear.
"Master Jaken!"
"Grab on to this, stupid!" That guy shouldn't talk to her like that. Wait 'til I get my hands…on…him? It's an imp! He's helping the little girl and I. He's green with yellow bug eyes and brown kimono top and tan kimono bottoms and wears a hat. And looks like he has a staff with two heads on it.
"I got it! Pull us to land, Master Jaken!" says the little girl with one on me and other on the staff. I hold her with both of my arms around her, trying not to make sure I don't add extra weight.
"What a bother!" She and I make it to the land. She crawls up first and I can only get half-way, I see black shoes in front of me. I look up and I see a white kimono similar to HIS. I keep looking up. My eyes went wide. I can't believe it. It's him.
"Sesshomaru."
Sesshomaru's POV
I silently gasp. This girl. She faints and falls back in the water. Rin gasps and Jaken comments,
"What a fool! She'll be going over the cliffs soon with that speed!" I run, trying to catch up with her, she goes over the falls, but in time, I catch her with my only right arm. I leap up and land back by the others. I look down at her. All these years. 200 years. You've returned, Utako. No. She has all of the qualities and Utako's scent. But, there's one thing that's not right. The woman opens her eyes and looks at me. Her eyes aren't right.
"Who are you?" I ask. She seems frightened of me.
"Ar…Aria." As she passes out once again.
STAY TUNED!