Symphony of Dreams
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WARNING - LEMON

Forbidden
Chapter Twelve

He flexed his claws and flicked the remaining blood off of them. He glared at the sizzling corpse of the youkai before him. He looked south of himself, searching for the ningen woman he had left to kill the youkai. He growled when he realized she was no longer where he had left her.

Wretched woman, doesn't even know how to remain in one spot...she will pay when I take her back to the castle...how dare she not stay in the spot that this Sesshomaru put her in.
Sesshomaru thought. He shook his head and sniffed the air for any remaining scent of hers. He narrowed his eyes when he found not even a slip of it. He growled and took off into the air, searching for her from the sky.

Curse you...Rin...

She panicked as she ran through the forest. The branches scraped against her soft skin, causing her to seeth as blood trickled down her body. Numerous wounds opened up as she ran furiously. She didn't understand what was going on. That creature...it was terrifying. It had numerous spikes poking out of its skin. Some on his knees, his elbows and his wrists. It also had them spining out of his back and his head. He was a bronze shading as well.

She screamed as she was suddenly pulled to the forest floor. Something wrapped around her ankles. She whimpered as she dug her nails into the ground, attempting to stop herself from being dragged. Her eyes widened as something came up to her neck and began choking her.

She quickly turned, her eyes widening.

It was Sesshomaru's demon henchmen!

She squirmed away as she looked into their cold, dead eyes. She looked to one corpse and saw it walking towards her without a head. She felt tears come into her eyes as the fear of death rose within her. She felt them continue choking her, when suddenly, the pressure was immediately cut off.

She gasped for air and looked around, wondering who or what had saved her. She didn't think long though, as the once fallen corpse's began to walk again.

She continued running.

Inuyasha growled. Blood flowed from his mouth as he glared at Tsubaki. He tried to run to her again, but once again he was blown back by a purified barrier. His ears twitched.

"Let me outta here, you damn lady!" He yelled at her. Tsubaki scowled. How dare he...!

"You foolish mutt! How dare you insult me!" She screamed as she shot a purified energy blast at Inuyasha, who simply jumped to the side and managed to dodge the attempted attack. He smirked.

"Looks like you need some aiming, huh?" He taunted. Tsubaki was enraged. This pup just continued to insult her!

"Why you little...!" Tsubaki screamed, only to be stopped in mid-attack. Her eyes trailed to the one who dared to interupt her fight. Inuyasha's eyes widened.

No way...!

Kagome scowled as she once again turned around and smacked the "monk" that decided to pay her a visit - or rather, her bossom. Miroku chuckled a little, a red hand print indented into his cheek. He winced as he began to feel it throb.

"Stupid hentai! Why won't you get out already?" Kagome screeched. The incident with the servant was still in her head. She was too embarrassed to be seen by anyone, especially this little person...

"Ah, but milady...it is so soft. My hand has a mind of its own..." He said mischeiviously. Kagome's brow twitched as she turned in a huff, stomping away from him.

"You follow me and you'll die!" Kagome screamed behind herself. Miroku chuckled again.

Maybe I should wait until she cools down a little before I attempt another grab...
Miroku thought. He sighed and turned around, walking out of the castle. He breathed in deeply and looked into the forest. His violet eyes became serious and narrowed. He glared out into the dark forest.

Something lurks in there...it's not a youkai, nor a hanyou...it's aura doesn't even seem of this world. But how can that be? Is it a spirit of Hell? I am unsure as to what type of enemy this is...but I am afraid that anyone within this castle is at a great risk of death...I must evacuate the castle. And find the true owner that lives here. I believe it was that Sesshomaru person...
Miroku thought. He figured that the demon was the owner when he was threatened as soon as he walked in. No servant was willing to do such a thing in the presence of their master. It would mean immediate punishment.

He blinked as he heard a small ruckus coming north from the castle. He looked over to see a small army of men, surrounded by demon slayers. There was a cart in the middle of the crowd, purple with red linings. His violet eyes narrowed.

Who are they? Why do they come to a youkai castle? Do they know that this place is dangerous?
Miroku thought. He looked to the two young ones in the front. By their outfits, he could tell they were demon slayers. One had a pink and black uniform on, weilding a large boomerang, which he figured was her special weapon. She also held brown locks in a high ponytail. He looked over to the other one beside her. His hair too, was in a ponytail. Except his outfit was brown and black with green ribbons.

Miroku turned to the castle. He then looked to the cart. He sighed. Might as well greet them and warn them of the youkai castle. He walked toward the cart.

He growled. That wretch...she once again immobilized him with her sacred arrows. The woman glared at him. She readied another arrow, aiming it at the monster before her.

"Khan, you will pay for all the crimes you have made against the living. How can one hold such an empty, shadowed soul?" Midoriko asked him. The spiked monster smirked with a fanged smile at her.

"Look around yourself, Midoriko. We are trapped. There is nothing you can do to harm me. The more we fight, the more powerful the Tama becomes. But I will take it no longer...I will get out of this accursed contraption!" Khan yelled. Midoriko narrowed her eyes.

"You fool! You cannot escape the Shikon no Tama's power!" Midoriko shouted. Khan merely smirked at her.

Can he? The Shikon no Tama...I made sure it would entrap the both of us, to make sure I would be able to finish him off...so that he could not escape into the human and demon world...but then again...Khan is the most unpredictable oponent I have ever faced...there's no telling if he is speaking the truth...
Midoriko thought. She scowled. She didn't know whether to believe his words and heed them, or to simply define them as a scam to distract her. She released her arrow, hitting him right in the hip. Khan scowled.

"Wretch! How dare you...!" He screeched before charging furiously at Midoriko. Midoriko glowed with such power, she dropped her bow and held out her hands.

"Khan! I will die before I allow you to escape!" Midoriko screamed.

Blood splurted into the air.

She held her side as it continued to flow blood. She had another close encounter with a corpse. But that one wasn't a youkai. It was an army man by what she could tell. She had stumbled upon a slain army...and they all had risen from the dead as if they weren't.

She winced as she heard another groan and looked down to see the zombie men still searching for her. She looked back up, through the leaves as some sunlight glittered down upon her nude body. Sweat rolled off of her from the exhaustion for running away from the undead and fighting off the dead bodies.

"S-someone...please...help me..." She whispered. She closed her eyes and drifted off to a much needed rest.

Someone...please...
She thought before going into a deep sleep...

Dream

Their bodies ground together, sweat rolling off their worn bodies. They moaned as one, calling out to each other. Silver mashed with raven. He pushed himself in and out of her. Every touch he made on her lit her on fire. Her mind had drifted off to cloud nine. She was no longer able to identify the real world.

His fierce claws, which were once used to kill and slaughter her own kind, were gentle on her skin, the tips gently sliding down her stomach, to her curly pubic area. She breathed in sharply as she leaned upward, taking his lips within her own.

Their tongue's intertwined, dancing together to a forbidden melody. She once again breathed in sharply as his claws went from her pubic area, trailing back up her back. Her skin lit on fire as he lightly nipped at her lips and his claws bumped on their way up.

"Rin..."She heard his husky voice speak as his mouth made its way to her earlobe. He licked at it with the tip of his hot tongue and slipped it into hismouth, sucking on it lightly.

"Rin..." She heard him say again. She breathed in sharply.

"Rin." Her brows drew in. This voice...it was different...who was it?

"Rin!"

End Dream

"Rin, wake up!" Her eyes snapped open at the urgeant sound. She looked up to see soft, worried sea-green eyes staring down at her. She screamed and twisted over, falling out of the tree. She screamed again, closing her eyes and waited for the contact onto the ground. When she felt none, she opened her eyes in confusion. She looked up to see a young man with messy red hair, put up in a ponytail might she add, holding her leg and preventing her fall.

"Kyaaaaa! Let go of me, you pervert!" Rin screamed as she started thrashing about in the young man's hold. Seeing as she had her new found voice, she was going to use it to its maximum. She watched as the young man winced from her loud shriek, then she saw his pointed ears.

So he's a youkai? He looks so familiar...but how? The only demon I've ever met was Sesshomaru and Inuyasha...
Rin thought. She scowled and struggled some more. How dare he...!

"Rin, please! It's me, Shippo!" The young man cried out. Rin's eyes widened and began to mist over.

Shippo...? That...that name...from a long time ago...

Flashback

A little girl giggled as she played with a beige and white pony. It whinnied and jumped whenever she came close to it. She picked up a rather large stick and twirled around in a circle as the foal followed it wherever she twirled it. The foal stopped suddenly though, as its ears flickered this way and that. Its nostrils flared as its eyes grew wide. The little girl stood confused at the panicked actions of the foal.

She screamed as something red flashed in front of her. Her pony cried out in fear and took off down the forest trail.

"Uhn!" She cried out, being the only thing similar to a word. Her eyes trailed after the imprints of hooves and whimpered. She was alone...and someone was there...she didn't know what though.

"Hiya!" She screamed again and turned around quickly, shocked to see a young boy there around her age, just a little shorter. He had bushy red hair that was tied up in a blue ponytail. He had large sea-green eyes that stared at her in curiosity. He also had a bushy tail behind him. He wore a blue outfit with green leaves imprinted as the design. He also wore a fur vest. He had pointy ears and little fox-like feet.

"Uhn..." The little girl whimpered before backing up a little. The little boy squinted his eyes.

"What's wrong with you?" He asked. The little girl merely shook her head and tried to get up, but stumbled and fell back to the floor. She heard a chuckle and looked up.

"Hi! My name's Shippo...what's yours?" He asked. The little girl glared and got up, standing at least a foot taller than him.

"Ehh!" She screamed at him before kicking up some dirt and running away.

"Hey! What was that for, you meanie?" Shippo screamed. He glared and ran after her unknowing to her.

She ran through the forest and grinned when she came upon the small hut like place on the hill, and saw her older sister and pony.

"Rin! Where were you? I was worried sick..." The older girl asked. The little girl grinned and ran to the foal, who happily met her half-way. She ran with it to the stables, turned around quickly and once again saw a flash of red. She narrowed her eyes...

End Flashback

So then that was how he knew her name from that day on...he had come to visit her every time she was in the forest to play with her foal, or when she was in the stables. She looked at him and calmed herself down, allowing him to pull her up back into the tree. Just in time as well, as one of the zombie soldiers had turned a corner, just as she disappeared into the tree.

"S-Shippo?" She called out. The young man looked at her and smiled.

"Yup, that's me. Hey. It's been a while Rin." He said grinning. Rin smiled as well before remembering something.

"I just...didn't expect to see you like this." Shippo declared, looked at her. Rin blushed furiously, covered herself quickly and glared at him with a pure fury.

"So, you're his mate, huh?" Shippo asked. Rin blinked.

"Huh? Mate?" Rin asked confused. Mate? To who? What was he talking about? "I don't know what you're talking about, Shippo..." Rin said. Shippo blinked. She didn't know? Oh dear...

"You don't...? Oh! I see...well then, you mated with him?" Shippo asked. Rin blinked. Did he mean Sesshomaru?

"You mean Sesshomaru? Well..." Rin began. Shippo shook his head, understanding. Rin smiled and sighed in relief at not having to explain herself. Shippo then looked at her again. Rin blushed and backed away as he leaned in and sniffed her.

What is he doing? Is he crazy? The little pervert! What the heck is he looking at!
Rin thought, as she instinctively smacked him on the cheek.

"What is wrong with you, you pervert!" Rin screamed. Shippo sat there shocked. He then looked at her hurt.

"Sheesh, I was just shocked that you were talking is all...you didn't have to go and smack me..." He mumbled. Rin blushed again and apologized quickly. Shippo merely smiled and shrugged it off.

"It's okay, but why are you here in the Fukai Mori? This place is forbidden. Only youkai are able to come through, although most don't make it out. Only Sesshomaru, Inuyasha and myself have been able to make it through so far." Shippo said. Rin blinked.

The Fukai Mori...? I remember something I read about that...it was long ago...back with Mother and Father...
At the thought of their Father, Rin felt her stomach turn.

Hmm...what do I remember? The Fukai Mori, or Deep Forest, is a very dangerous place. Many of those who walk through it die, or go insane. But...that's all I can remember...if only I could go back to the castle, maybe then I could find out more...
At that, Rin got an idea.

"Shippo, can you take me back to the castle?"

He scowled as he hacked down another annoying zombie. He glared as the deformed body particles began to squirm and seek him out. He rolled his eyes and merely kicked them away from him. He looked up at the rest of the shredded army of zombie's. He scowled. Rin's scent was intertwined with the Forest.

It is trying to take hold of her...fuse with her mind...if she doesn't get out of here soon, she may die. Or worse...
He thought. He took off at a full sprint, stopping only when he lost track of her scent for the moment. The Forest was hiding her...it didn't want her to be found.

I have never known the Fukai Mori to hide something so desperately...is there something that it wants from Rin? If so, then what? What is it Rin? Or better yet...what are you...?
He thought. He stopped dead in his tracks as branches from the Forest began to reach out at him. He scowled and quickly moved to the side, hissing as one of the branches grazed his left shoulder, puncturing through the bone. He felt his arm begin to burn and throb. He looked to it and saw violet like ooze dripping from him. He scowled.

Damn...
He thought. His ears twitched and he turned around swiftly. His eyes immediately began to bleed crimson, but were slowly slipping into a blackish color. His lip began to turn into a snarl. How dare she...

What is Rin doing with that...that...servant!
He thought. He watched as they began to walk away, Rin nude with another male. He launched forward, intent to kill the male she walked with, but the branches blocked his path. He looked around. He was trapped. Branches closed in everywhere, and when he slashed them to peices, more and stronger ones took their place.

"Damn..." He whispered. A cold shiver slowly made its way up his spine. He twisted around, but saw nothing. His eyes narrowed. Something was wrong...the Forest was fighting him...how could he defeat the Fukai Mori?

"Oh doggy..." He heard someone whisper. His eyes widened as he twisted around quickly. His breath caught. No...it was impossible...

"Khan...but how...?"

He looked to the sword he weilded.

"Souunga..."

"Ah. You're a smart puppy, aren't you?" The beast mocked. He raised the Souunga and swung. The last thing Sesshomaru felt was a wild fire on his skin, a lake of ice landing on him. His mind twisted and turned. His eyes rolled into the back of his head and he could literally feel his head splitting in half as an axe repeatedly struck him, over and over again. Images began to swirl in his head...

A young woman smiled as she picked up a little silver-haired boy.

A strong demon man looking down as his son fought a warrior.

A fire burning with a woman trapped inside.

A snake like dragon demon attacking the castle.

A young man looking at a new born hanyou.

The strong youkai man lying dead beside his ningen mate.

He cried out in pain as images of his life passed through his head. He collapsed to the floor.

"N-no...mother...father...NO!" He cried out. Another wave of pain flashed over him, and that was it...

... ... ... (side-glance) You guys are mad at me, aren't you? (grins) Yeah. I figured so. Anyway, after Man's Best Friend and Forbidden are finished, I will no longer be typing on this account.

Wolf of Moonlight

This is my new name. As you know, it is one of my friend's, but she doesn't want to write anymore because no one is reviewing and reading her stories, so she wants me to take it up for her. All of the stories she did, I typed up, so I feel slightly insulted from my loyal reviewers. -.-

Anyway, please read those stories, so you have a taste of what's going on.

Symphony of Dreams signing off