Chapter 2: The Great Animal
Sesshomaru and Yukiko pulled away from the kiss. "Arrange the marriage" Sesshomaru shouted as the crowd started to cheer. Yukiko looked around the room confused as the music started playing again. "Wait..." When Yukiko spoke the music stopped and so did everything else. Sesshomaru turned to her astonished. "What? You're all I've ever wanted! You're beautiful" "Thank you...but what else?" Yukiko asked. "What else?" Sesshomaru answered confused by her question. "Is beauty all that matters to you?" Taiyou cleared his throat but Yukiko gave him a glare. Sesshomaru didn't know what to say. "Sesshomaru? What else?" Meido said trying to get him to answer. "I...uh...what else is there?" he responded. "Ehhhhh!" Totosai said putting his thumb down. Yukiko was disappointed by Sesshomaru's answer.
Lord Taiyou and Yukiko were on their horses ready to go back to their castle. Yukiko was just coming out. "We tried Meido. No one can say we didn't try." Meido whimpered out a little, disappointed. "Say goodbye Yukiko" Taiyou said as he looked at his daughter. "Goodbye" she said looking away. "Goodbye..." Taiyou urged on. "Lord Sesshomaru" Yukiko finished. Sesshomaru was looking in the other direction when Meido elbowed his arm. "Mother" "Sesshomaru" Meido said wanting him to say goodbye. 'Good-bye Princess" Yukiko and her father rode on their horses and out of the palace gates. Sesshomaru watched as Yukiko's horse walked away and turned as soon as she looked back at him. "All these years of planning, WASTERD!"" Meido yelled as she made her way back into the castle, with Sesshomaru standing outside looking on into the horizon.
"What else is there? She says is beauty all that matter, and you say what else is there?" Totosai yelled for the five time that night. Sesshomaru and Inuyasha were inside of the castle thinking the same thing. "It was dumb, I know?" Sesshomaru stated" You should write a book. How to offend woman in five syllables or less." "I didn't know what else to say!" "Think Lord Sesshomaru! You must see something other than Yukiko's beauty" "Of course, I do, Totosai. She like...you know...how about...and then...I mean right...?" "..." Totosai said nothing with his eyebrows raised. "I don't know how to say it. I'll prove it to her...I'll prove my love"
A figure stood on top of the hill looking down upon Lord Taiyou's carriage "Today's the day Taiyou. Everything you own, everything you love will be mine" (You could probably guess who it is) Yukiko and her father rode in a horse drawn carriage going back to their castle. "I...I just don't understand. What else did you want him to say?" Taiyou asked Yukiko breaking the annoying silence. "I need to know that he loves me. For just being me," Yukiko replied just before the carriage stopped. Taiyou got out of the carriage and saw a figure standing on top of the hill. Yukiko started to come out but Taiyou stopped her. "Stay inside, Yukiko!" He demanded. The stranger transformed into a monster. It looked like thousands of demons fused together. The demon rushed towards the carriage and…
A lone guard staggering towards the palace, burst through the doors and fell to the ground. Sesshomaru, Inuyasha and Totosai rushed towards him. "It's Lord Taiyou's captain" Sesshomaru commented recognizing him. "We…uh…we were attacked…The Great Animal" Attacked. Sesshomaru whispered out Yukiko's name and ran to the stables to get Ah Un. "Sesshomaru…wait" Totosai yelled for him, but it was too late.
Sesshomaru sped Ah Un up, desperate to get to Yukiko to see if she was alright. "Please Yukiko. Don't disappear on me now. Please be okay. I need you." Sesshomaru neared the carriage. The carriage had been turned over and ripped to shreds. Sesshomaru jumped off of Ah Un and ran to the carriage and almost ripped the door off of its hinges. "Yukiko" Seeing that Yukiko was not inside he yelled her name. Without an answer Sesshomaru found the necklace that he had given to her as a present when she was a baby, lying on the ground. Sesshomaru picked it up and looked to the right and gasped slightly. Lying on the ground was Lord Taiyou.
Sesshomaru ran over to him and bended down. "Lord Taiyou" "Sesshomaru" Taiyou said in a hoarse voice. "Who did this?" "It came so quickly…The G-Great animal" he said stuttering. "Where's Yukiko?" he asked. Taiyou grabbed onto Sesshomaru's shirt and pulled him forward. "Listen to me Sesshomaru. It's not what it seems. It's not what it seems" Taiyou said desperately. "What's not? Where is Yukiko?" Sesshomaru said desperately. "Yukiko is…Yukiko is…g-gone!" And with that the Great Lord Taiyou died, not knowing whether his daughter was going to be alright. Sesshomaru gently placed Taiyou's body on the ground and stood up. Looking up at the sky, Sesshomaru screamed Yukiko's name and fell to his knees.