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Story -- Forbidden Love
Chapter – The Love of Sesshoumaru

Summary -- Every first son born in the Takahashi family is to fall in love with a human girl. In the kingdom of the demons, there are consequences of falling in love with a human. Inuyasha and Kagome meet as kids, but then are separated by Inuyasha's father. Now, nine years later, Inuyasha and Kagome meet again, and their love for each other is greater than ever. Will they be able to escape the horrible consequences of the demon kingdom?

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Sesshoumaru walked alone through the forest, contemplating. He remembered his conversation with Kagome the other morning and how he said why he came back, but didn't show himself. Memories flowed through his mind; images flashed whenever he closed his eyes. He was remembering the memories he shared with the woman he loved.

Flashback

"Tonight is the night that you will be leaving us, Sesshoumaru. Tonight is when you leave to find a mate," His father said, placing his hand on his son's shoulder. They were standing on the hilltop by their house, saying their goodbyes. Little Inuyasha clutched onto his father's white clothing.

Sesshoumaru finally began his journey down the hill, walking farther and farther away from the home he loved and known all his life. Now it was time to search for a new life, a new life with someone special. As he walked away, but failed to notice that a small body was running after him, tripping over his own legs. It was Inuyasha. He was crying for his brother to come back. Sesshoumaru glanced behind him unnoticeably towards the crying chibi.

'Why is he following me?' he asked himself silently. 'Why doesn't he stay with father? Go back to father!' Sesshoumaru closed his eyes tightly for a moment trying to concentrate on leaving and not turning back to run to his crying brother. Inside, he loved his brother, but he never wanted to show anyone, especially his father, his soft side. 'Go back to father!' he screamed in his head. 'I can't stand this! Stop crying!' Sesshoumaru continued walking, but his walk gradually became faster.

Suddenly, Inuyasha tripped and fell flat on his face. The dirt covered his wet face, creating mud.

"Big Brother!" He screamed sadly, wishing Sesshoumaru would turn around and come back to him.

Sesshoumaru fought with himself to continue walking, but really all he really wanted to do was to go back to his brother and hold him, at least say goodbye to him. He couldn't. Not with his father watching. He finally reached the border of the forest and entered. As soon as he knew he was out of sight from Inuyasha and his father, he stopped and turned around. He stood there, watching his father pick up the crying Inuyasha and hold him in his two large arms, rubbing the tears away from his face.

'Why did it have to be this way?' Sesshoumaru thought. 'Why couldn't he have stayed with father? It would have been easier to leave!' and with that, we turned away quickly, leaving his family behind him.

Two months have past since that night and Sesshoumaru has just been wondering around, still thinking of the crying Inuyasha. He walked through the forest, until he came to a river. The rays from the setting sun made the water shimmer with a combination of different colors, but it wasn't the sparkled water that caught Sesshoumaru's attention. It was the fair maiden bathing in the waters. He backed off and was about to leave, so that she could still have her privacy, but he caught a glimpse of her beautiful face. It was more beautiful than the river itself. Who was this girl and why was she here?

Sesshoumaru was distracted by the girl, he forgot that he was going to leave so he wouldn't be caught as a pervert. He was not a perverted demon; he respected women, but for some reason this one caught his eye and wouldn't let him look away.

All of a sudden, she began to cry. She placed her hands over her face and sobbed. This creature was crying, but why? Then something happened to Sesshoumaru, walked forward. It was like something was pulling him towards her, but no, it was he. He was the one who was walking towards the sad woman. His mind was telling him no, but his heart was telling him yes. He had to go and comfort her, even if he gets categorized as a pervert.

"Is there something wrong?" His deep voice let out. The fair woman gasped, and turned around, covering herself with her arms and the water. Her eyes grew wide and wasn't sure what to say. "Don't worry; I won't hurt you…why are you crying?"

"None of your business!" she rudely said and turned away.

"I'm making it my business, now tell me…"

There was a long moment of silence, until she broke down and began to cry once more in the waters. It was clear to Sesshoumaru that she did not want to talk about whatever she was crying about, so he decided to wait until she was ready. He removed one of his layers of clothing from around his body and began to walk through the river towards her. She did not notice him coming until she felt a cloth wrap around her shoulders. She looked up and there he was, standing right beside her in the water with her, with his head slightly turned away.

"Come," Sesshoumaru smiled softly, making a movement to tell her to come with him out of the water.

It was getting late and she could catch cold if she stayed in there any longer. As soon as they reached the riverside she began to crawl out from the river, but slipped and fell backwards. Luckily, Sesshoumaru was behind her and caught her in his arms. Suddenly, something happened to Sesshoumaru that he did not expect. He was feeling emotions he had never felt before. As the woman's body stiffened and began to shiver within his arms, he picked her up gently and carried her out of the water to set her down by a nearby tree. He gathered wood and made a pile, preparing a fire. The silver moon raised high in the sky and covered the land with darkness and shadows.

"You don't speak much do you," Sesshoumaru stated, placing the pieces of wood in a tipi shape, then taking two stones and snapping them together to create a spark. She still sat there silent with her dry clothes on and another layer of Sesshoumaru's dry clothing around her body. "Who are you?" she finally spoke. Sesshoumaru said nothing. He continued to feed the fire with the logs he had gathered. "Hello? Well, if you're not going to introduce yourself then I will. My name is Yuna. I live in a village not too far from here. Wait…I've seen you before. Aren't you the great Lord Sesshoumaru? I've heard a lot about you from my family. Well, not about you, but about your father And—"

"I was wrong," Sesshoumaru interrupted her.

"You were wrong about what?"

"You do talk. You talk too much."

Yuna suddenly had a confused look and then pouted. "I do not talk too much. You just talk too little." Sesshoumaru turned towards the fire and away from Yuna and smirked to himself. She was different, nothing like the demon girls he knew back at his home in the village. She was gentle, kind and opened minded to everything around her.

At that moment on Yuna and Sesshoumaru grew to love each. Everyday that they would spend time together, Sesshoumaru opened up to her more and more. He wasn't so serious anymore. He was fun and loving and never had a frown on his face. It was like Yuna had brought happiness and life into Sesshoumaru. He wasn't an emotionless robot anymore. He was somebody and he felt like somebody when he was with her.

Finally, the day was drawing near to when Sesshoumaru had to bring back home his mate. They had been running through the woods together that day and now they were exhausted and sitting under a great big oak tree. She sat between his legs with her back against his firm chest. She felt safe with his strong arms wrapped around her body. They gazed up at the stars, twinkling up in that mysterious black sky. Crickets played their song in the nearby fields, the sound of water trickled down rocks, it was paradise.

"Yuna, will you become my mate?" He whispered into her ear, while smelling the sweet flower scent of her hair. She turned around to meet his eyes. Her chest pressed up against his and she kissed him gently on his lips.

"Yes, of course I will," She whispered back in mid kiss and then went back into a passionate kiss that seemed to last forever.

The next few days past quickly, and it was time to return to his village. He didn't care about what the other demons back home would say about him bringing back a human. He loved her and that's all that mattered. He would never leave her for anything or anyone else in the world.

At dusk, as they were walking towards the border of the village, a big gust of cold wind blew by, rustling the trees. All the birds in a nearby tree cawed and flew away, frightened. Sesshoumaru's senses began to work. He stopped dead in his tracks, putting an arm out in front of Yuna to stop her from moving. She looked up at him. She had not seen this side of Sesshoumaru for a very long time. His face was emotionless as the day she first met him. Something was up and she wanted to know what.

"Sesshoumaru? What's wrong?" she asked

"Shh."

The gust of wind disappeared suddenly and all was quiet. There was not one sound that was made in the dark forest. Something was wrong and Sesshoumaru knew it. He looked around the area cautiously, sniffing the air for danger. Nothing. Suddenly, the gust of wind came back; smothering their bodies once again and a loud scream filled the forest. Sesshoumaru jolted his head to his side, only to see his beloved falling to the ground. Blood gushed out her body like a river. Screaming out her name, he caught her in midair. The shock of her bloody body falling into his arms caused his knees to buckle to the cold ground.

"Yuna?" He shook her body, pressing on the deep wound in her chest. "What happened?"

Unexpectedly, a deep laughter rose from the darkness.

"Who's there!" Sesshoumaru yelled, "Show yourself!" A dark figure walked towards them, and into the light of the moon, his long claws still out from his attack on Yuna.

"Ah, young love. Oh how I despise it, especially when it involves a human and a demon!"

"Who are you! Sesshoumaru demanded, glaring at him with raging eyes.

"I am a demon, Naraku. The most powerful demon you will ever meet!" he laughed and then disappeared from sight, like the wind and went on to his next destination. Sesshoumaru's breathing became deeper, still glaring at the stop where he stood, wanting to shred that demon into a million pieces, but then suddenly stopped when a hand reached up and touched his face. He looked down to see a still conscious Yuna.

"Are you okay?" He asked stunned, still pressing on the wound that Naraku made. Her breathing was like deep gasps of air. She looked deep into his eyes, trying to make her voice reach him.

"I-I'll always be with you," her words faltered once or twice.

"No, don't speak that way. You're not going anywhere. You're going to be alright," he said, tears forming in his eyes and falling one by one down his cheeks.

"I-I love you," she struggled to say and went lifeless.

"no…" he whispered, but the whisper turned into a yell, "NO!"

Holding her body close to his, wishing that she would return to him, He raised his head to see her beautiful face and kissed her lips one last time. Sprinkles of rain began to fall upon them. Lightening and Thunder roared in the night sky as if knowing Sesshoumaru's pain.

End of Flashback

Sesshoumaru's eyes were closed as he remembered the last moment had spent with his love. He was going to come home. He just never got there and never wanted to return. He knew if he did, his father would have made him marry a demon girl who lives in the village, and Sesshoumaru didn't want to marry anyone. He wanted to marry Yuna. He felt bad for leaving his brother, Inuyasha, but he had his reasons for never returning. They were just very hard to explain to people who knew him as a very serious, unemotional demon.

From that day when Yuna had died, Sesshoumaru vowed to avenge her by killing Naraku, even if it takes him his entire life.

Flashback

While the rain poured down on him, he lifted the lifeless body of his loved one and carried her as far away from his village as possible. He traveled for hours with her body in his arms. Finally, when the rain had stopped and everything had dried up, Sesshoumaru found a clearing where he began to dig. When finished the hole, he lifted her body one last time, climbed down the hole and stood in it. He looked down at her face, emotionlessly and then set her down in her grave to rest.

End of Flashback

Still walking, Sesshoumaru came to a familiar clearing. It was the grave site of his beloved. On her grave sat a large stone that had been carved. The carving read 'Yuna'. Sesshoumaru walked up to her grave and knelt down beside it, placing a flower that was Yuna's favourite. He looked gently at the grave, still remembering all those times he spent with her. He knelt there remembering her smell, her smile, and everything about her. Nothing could replace her. She was his, forever.

"I'm home," he said placing his hand on her grave and smiled for the first time in awhile.

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Sorry this chapter didn't have any Kagome or Inuyasha, but I promise that the next chapter will have them! And I'll write it ASAP!! Sorry again if you were hoping to read about them --bows bows--

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