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Secret Serenity
Chapter 5: Her Tears, His Promise
Sesshomaru looked around the cave again. He heard the growl perfectly but somehow couldn't see where or who it was coming from. He could also feel the girl behind him shaking violently.
"Miko, stop shaking."
Kagome looked at him. Sesshomaru turned his head slightly to stare at her.
"But…" Kagome started. Then the growling sound emitted again, but this time it sounded like it was a bit closer to them. Kagome 'eeped' and dove herself into Sesshomaru shirt again. Sesshomaru didn't hold back the urge to roll his eyes at the scared miko before him. He just couldn't believe how she was scared about this when she acts brave with him. He almost, almost mentally slapped himself for the girl's stupidity. He was brought back out of his thoughts when the ground shook violently. Sesshomaru kept his balance, but the miko wasn't so lucky. Just then, someone, or something spoke up, but the voice was had a mixture of a low growl and a woman's voice. Somehow, Kagome had heard that voice…somewhere.
"Who dares enter the cave of The Great Touga?"
'The Great Touga? She can't mean…' Kagome looked towards Sesshomaru, who was just as shocked as she was. '…could it?'
Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes. "How do you know my Father's name? Show yourself!" Sesshomaru hissed as his eyes flashed from red to their regular gold color. Kagome noted that he was not happy at all…obviously.
There was another growl, but Kagome noted that it was lower than the other one, so it must be a…male? Then the ground shook with violence again as the four pair of eyes looked at them. 'Damn my thinking…' Kagome thought. '…I swear there was only three…' Just then a black and blue set of claws stepped put of the shadows…and then the other one came after. Then, two sets of head appeared out from the darkest part of the cave and then afterwards, the whole body of the beast. The beast, from Kagome's point of view, was just as big as Sesshomaru's true form! The dragon grinned, showing it's white, sharp, fangs.
"So…you are the Lord Touga's elder son, Sesshomaru. Truly is a pleasure surprise…even to me. I heard all about you from your Father before he died. Such pity really. I really like the old man, but he never introduced me to you in person. Now I get to do it myself." the dragon stated.
Sesshomaru growled viciously. He didn't like the fact that this lowly dragon, from his point of view, knew a lot about him…especially when she mentioned his Father telling a bit about him too. Sesshomaru's eyes flashed from gold to red and then back again to gold.
"Don't you speak to me like you know who I am, dragon…I'm the strongest demon and demon lord here! My Father died to protect a mere human and a newborn hanyou! I despise what he did…I despise him! He is no Father to me anymore. So I would watch what you say to me unless you want to die painfully…" Sesshomaru hissed.
Kagome had taken a step back once his declaring speech started. She gasped. Tears had threatened to fall down when he was done. 'I will not cry…I will not cry…I'm not weak…I'm not…'
Kagome couldn't hold them any longer. The tears now fell from her eyes, down her cheek and onto the ground. How could anyone be so cruel and not care about their own father? Kagome knew that Sesshomaru was a cold and non-social and heartless…but to not care about his own father? Her knees buckled underneath her and she collapsed to the ground. The tears now dropped numerously towards the ground as Kagome let out a painful sob. The dragon, however noticed this before Sesshomaru had a chance to smell the salt.
"Your little miko is crying, Sesshomaru…"
Sesshomaru turned around and indeed the miko was crying. He let out and exaggerated and walked towards her. Then he knelt down in front of her.
"Why do you cry now, miko?" Sesshomaru said in an uncaring voice.
Kagome looked up from the ground and into Sesshomaru's golden eyes. Sesshomaru's eyes widened a fraction of a second but then returned to normal. The miko's eyes were red and still streaming with tears. By Kami did Sesshomaru hate tears! Especially ones that belong to a female. Sesshomaru growled.
"Girl—"
"Why?" Kagome interrupted. Sesshomaru just stared at her. This girl keeps surprising him over and over again. Sesshomaru sighed. He just knows something is not going to go right.
"Why what, miko?" he said irritated by the girls actions.
"Why? Why can you say that? How can you say that about your father?" she choked.
Sesshomaru growled lowly. Now, he was beyond irritated.
"Girl…don't you dare start talking about that. My father was protecting a worthless human, which made him weak and lead him to his death! Why should I care? He's not the father I once used to know." Sesshomaru hissed.
Kagome gave him an angry glance. "How could you! He was you father for Kami's sakes! You can't say something like that to your father!"
Sesshomaru grabbed the collar of her shirt and lifted her up into the air.
"Watch your tongue, miko! Do you forget who I am?!" he hissed at her.
"Oh yeah!! Like I totally forgot that you were the lord of all jackasses!!!" she bit out sarcastically.
He tightened his hands grip around her collar. He growled. "Miko—"
"SILENCE!" roared the first head of the dragon. Both Sesshomaru and Kagome looked at the dragon. "Enough with the arguments!! You two have better be on the best of terms for this quest you are both on! This is important! If one of you two killed each other, then the prophecy won't be fulfilled!!!"
Sesshomaru growled as he dropped Kagome to the ground and looked up at the dragon.
"Do not order this Sesshomaru around dragon or I will be forced to kill you…"
The dragon looked down at the Taiyoukai. "Sesshomaru…you wouldn't even be able to lay a scratch on us…"
Sesshomaru's eyes were blood red. "Is that a challenge?"
"I believe so, young pup."
Sesshomaru's ego must have popped because before you know it, his pinkish cloud had surrounded him and then disappeared to show a white dog. Sesshomaru howled and lunged at the dragon. Easily, the dragon dodged the attack and landed behind Kagome. Kagome lets out an 'eep' as the second head of the dragon lifted her up by the collar of her shirt and placed her on the head of the first dragon.
"You better hold on unless you want to fall off." the dragon warned her. Kagome nodded vigorously and took hold of the two horns on the top of the dragon's head. The dragons' wings opened up and then jumped from the ground again just as Sesshomaru lunged at them again. The dragon darted out of the cave as quickly as it could and stopped outside of the cave. Soon, Sesshomaru came limping out towards them. Kagome felt a pang of sorrow hit her heart as she watched the mighty demon lord limp. Then she paused. Images of what Sesshomaru's next move came rushing through her head as she stared at the dragon in disbelief. Then more images came to her mind of what the dragon would do to Sesshomaru. Kagome gasped.
'Did…did I just receive a future image of what would happen next?'
Suddenly, Sesshomaru roared and lunged himself into the air towards the dragon, but what Sesshomaru didn't know was that the dragon was faster in the air than on ground. So once again the dragon dodged his attack. Sesshomaru hissed at the dragon and lunged at it once more. The first head looked at the second head and nodded. They both looked at the Taiyoukai once more before letting out an attack of their own. Kagome's eyes widened. What just happened? One time Sesshomaru was about seconds away from killing her and the dragon and the next thing she knew Sesshomaru is lying on the ground with electricity sparking around him. Wait, electricity? Sparks? That's when it hit her.
'Here I am sitting on a dragon with two heads, who just so happened to bring the MIGHTY SESSHOMARU DOWN WITH ELECTRICITY!!!!'
She couldn't believe it! A dragon defeated Sesshomaru, the undefeatable Lord of the Western Lands! This would surely not do Sesshomaru any good…
Just then, the pink cloud surrounded the white dog and then it disappeared to show Sesshomaru in his humanoid form. He pushed himself off the ground and then hissed in pain as the sparks paralyzed his body. He then fell back towards the ground. Then he pushed himself of the ground again, sitting in an up right position.
The dragon then landed next to him as the dragon sets its first head down. Kagome slid off the head and then ran towards Sesshomaru's body. She then knelt down besides him and reached out her hand, but was swatted away by Sesshomaru's clawed hand.
"Don't touch me, miko!" he hissed. Kagome glared at him before reaching her hand out towards him again, only to be swatted away again by Sesshomaru.
"I said don't touch me!" Sesshomaru hissed again.
Kagome didn't listen to him and so placed her left hand on his right shoulder.
"And I say let me help you! Stop being such a baby about it! I mean really, Sesshomaru! You're supposed to be the strong, courageous demon around here!" she snapped at him. Sesshomaru growled at her. In a blink of an eye, Sesshomaru had his hand around her throat. He squeezed it tightly. Kagome gagged.
"Do not attempt to help me in anyway, girl. I can take care of myself." he hissed.
Kagome clawed at his hand. The dragon hissed at the Taiyoukai.
"Let the miko go, Sesshomaru!"
Sesshomaru glanced towards the dragon.
"No. This girl has caused me enough trouble. I will kill her right now."
Suddenly, Kagome's fear turned into anger and without knowing it, she punched Sesshomaru in the face…hard. Sesshomaru releases his grip on her and stumbles backwards. Blood trickled down his mouth as he hissed at her. His eyes had turned red.
"Miko, you dare hit me?"
"Well I HAD to defend myself from a DEMON that was about to KILL ME!!!!" she shouted. Sesshomaru hissed at her and started walking towards her slowly as his claws glowed green, dripping with poison. Kagome gasped, as he got closer to her.
"You are a filthy, weak little human." Kagome fear suddenly turned into rage. 'Filthy? FILTHY?!!!! I'LL SHOW HIM FILTHY, THAT BASTARD!!!!'
"FILTHY?!!! WEAK?!!! YOU THINK I'M FILTHY AND WEAK?!!! FIRST OFF, I AM NOT FILTHY!!! I PRACTICALLY BATHE EVERY DAY SINCE I AM THE ONE THAT KILLS THOSE DEMONS THAT ATTACK US!!! THAT'S NUMBER TWO!!! I AM NOT WEAK!!! I DESTROY THE DEMONS, I SENSE THE JEWEL SHARDS, AND I PURIFY THEM!!! ME, ME, ME, ME!!!!!!" Kagome shouted.
Sesshomaru's ears were ringing from her yelling. He hissed at her again before continuing.
"Filthy…" he took one-step closer to her.
Kagome grounded her teeth.
"Weak…" then another.
She clenched and unclenched her hands.
"Disgraceful…" then another.
She brought one hand up to her face, shaking it.
"…and immature." he said, as he took one more step towards her before stopping in front of her.
A slapping sound echoed through out the lands. Sesshomaru's eyes returned to gold before he widened his eyes, the poison that had flowed from his hand long gone. Slowly, he raised his hand up towards the red handprint that was on his right cheek and tenderly rubbed it. The pain he was immune to, but what shocked him was that the miko had slapped him. Him! The Lord of the Western Lands! To both his and the miko's surprise, he smirked. Never in his lifetime had he been hit by a girl, a human girl at that, twice!
He turned around so that his back was facing towards Kagome. Kagome's eyes widened as she gasped.
"OMG, Sesshomaru! Oh Sesshomaru I'm sooo sorry! I didn't mean to! Really I didn't!"
Sesshomaru snorted, which made Kagome jump.
"You are one troublesome miko."
Kagome huffed and crossed her arms. "So I've heard before…" she mumbled. Sesshomaru's smirk widened a bit.
"So the rumors were true about you. You're kind to others, even if they are your enemy, yet you act as though you were still a child. You even get angry at the simplest things. Amusing indeed."
Kagome swiftly turned her head towards Sesshomaru and stared at him with her mouth agape. Did…did Sesshomaru just compliment her? Nicely even? Tears formed in her eyes and without thinking again, she lunged at the Taiyoukai and rapped her arms around his waist again as she cried into his shirt. Sesshomaru's whole body tensed up again. Why does the miko insist on hugging him all the time? His mind told him to move her off of him, but his body refused to listen. Instead, he relaxed in her touch, her warmth, her…comfort. For a long time he had never felt this relaxed. Ever since his mother had passed away. His thoughts disappeared as the miko lets go of him, making the cool air hit is body again.
Kagome then turned around to face towards the dragon. "So what about this prophecy you were talking about.?"
The dragon's two heads looked down at her.
"One Miko, one Demon, one Dragon,
Travel together in search of evil,
For they are the chosen ones who can stop it in its quake,
One of purity,
One of Strength,
One of Elements.
With these powers combined,
Evil shall fear,
For they are no match for them.
But as they travel on to defeat evil,
Only two shall learn,
To love one another,
A deep affection that can never break.
But evil has their ways to stop their love,
And slowly they succeeded,
To kill the one of purity,
And to watch the other suffer.
But even when evil succeeded,
Purity wasn't dying alone,
So she used the last of her powers,
And destroyed evil from the world.
With her last dying breath,
She looked up towards her lover,
And smiled up at him,
Before her soul departed from her.
For the first time in his life,
He knelt on the ground,
Before lifting her body towards him,
And started to cry.
The dragon saw this action,
And so made a deal with Fate,
To give her life back to Purity,
And to take Elements instead.
The Fates agree with Elements proposition,
And so made the trade,
But before Elements died,
They gave their power,
To the one of Purity.
As Element dies,
Purity awakens,
And his heart was overjoyed once again,
For they were able to live together after all.
And so they did,
In the castle of his lands,
And never again will evil reign,
For there power was stronger,
And so they lived peacefully,
Together and Forever."
Everything was quiet for a while until a loud sob was heard from the miko. All eyes turn towards her as they stared into the brown watery eyes of the miko. Her face was red from crying as the tears were falling down her cheeks.
"That's…so sad…" she choked out. The dragon nodded.
"Yes…it is…"
"Who…who was the girl? I mean…I saw a picture of her in my book but…it never said who." She said, trying to wipe away the tears.
"I cannot tell you that, but I can tell you that the demon is in fact Sesshomaru."
"…and the dragon?"
"That would be us…"
Kagome made an 'o' shape with her mouth when another question came to mind.
"I never got to ask for your names." The dragon gave a slight chuckle.
"My name is San and this here is my brother Maru."
Kagome stared at the dragon with her puffy eyes. "San-Maru?" They nodded.
"Miko." Kagome turned her head around to face Sesshomaru.
"Sesshomaru?"
He could not believe that he was about to say this but…
"Since the half-breed is not here to protect you…" he massaged his head, "…you're going to be under my care until you are ready to return to him." he stated.
Kagome's eyes widened as her eyes started to water more until a never ending stream of tears fell down her cheeks and onto the ground. To Sesshomaru's surprise, Kagome ran towards him before rapping her arms around his waist and pulled him into another embrace, but what the miko said next made his eyes widen.
"That was the nicest thing you have ever said to me, Sesshomaru. Thank you." she said, burying her head into his armor. Without thinking it through, he slowly raised his clawed hand and gently placed it on the top of her head.
Kagome's hand tightened its grip on Sesshomaru's left sleeve and started to sob.
"D…do you…pr…promise?" Sesshomaru looked down at the miko.
"You have my word, miko."
A small smile formed on Kagome's lips. "Ok…"
For some reason, Sesshomaru's eyes softened as he stared at the miko. He closed his eyes as a small smile of his own formed on his lips.
"Hn, you have my word indeed, miko." he repeated.
'You have my word as an ally, Kagome…'
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Ok so this one might be a tad bit confusing only because I was having a hard time trying to figure out what to type…but I hope you enjoy it! REVIEW PLEASE!!!