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Notes: This story takes place a little while before Sesshomaru gets marked by Kyora in the fourth movie. In later chapters, there with stuff about the movie, except Saisyo will be in it and I will tweak it a little. Also, pretend that Sesshomaru still has two arms.
Saisyo walked back to camp with Sesshomaru's arm still around her shoulder and his finger still twirling her hair. He let go and said good-night as she walked over to Rin's small, sleeping figure. She laid down beside Rin and put her hands behind her head, in full view of the moon and stars that were out that night.
A short while later, she looked over at Sesshomaru. He was sitting against a tree with his eyes closed and arms resting on his legs, one of which was slightly bent, the other laid out straight in front of him. Saisyo smiled to see him look so peaceful, and then she looked down at Rin's angelic little face and her gaze softened to see the little human's mouth curled into a small smile.
'I wonder what she dreams about... Oh, well. It's none of my business, a person's dreams are all different; you arrive in a world all your own, where anything can happen. Whatever she's dreaming, it's very special to her. Rin, please always hold on to your dreams, if you let them go, they might not come back.' Saisyo thought to herself, remembering her own dreams as a child, which she still believes in and has full intent to fulfill.
She looked back over at Sesshomaru, then laid down and closed her eyes, falling into her own dream world. Over by the tree, an inu youkai opened one eye and smiled at the one he'd begun to fall for, then he, too, closed his eyes and fell asleep for the first time in a long time.
Sesshomaru's Dream
'That scent... It's familiar, I have smelled it before, as a child. Why do I not remember what happened?' thought Sesshomaru as he looked at the woman playing the flute before him.
She was not aware that he was there, and was standing on top of a small hill, letting the wind caress her body and blow her hair gently in the wind. She turned around a was suddenly a child, teary-eyed and looking mournfully at him. "Why? Why did he have Naraku kill them? Why is it such a bad thing to be a demon?"
All Sesshomaru could do was stare at her in wonder, then another little boy came into the picture, from behind him. "Inuyasha," he muttered in surprise.
Inuyasha walked up to the crying girl. "I understand how you feel. I am a half demon, and everybody hates me because my mother was human. I don't understand why that's so bad."
Then there was no young Inuyasha, but instead a younger version of himself. The crying girl was startled by his sudden appearance and gasped. "It's alright, I won't harm you. Why are you crying, girl?" young Sesshomaru asked, "What's your name?"
"M-my name i-is Saisyo," she replied, trying to conceal her tears, "Someone had my parents killed, all because they were human and I was a full demon. What's wrong with being a demon? Why am I so strange to them?"
Young Sesshomaru thought for a moment before answering. "Humans are strange creatures to me, they do not adjust well to change and hate it when their normal activities are corrupted. In other words, they hate all things that are different."
"But surely not all humans are like that! My parents loved me! No matter how different I was!"
Sesshomaru shrugged. "Perhaps I am wrong, but to me, you not different at all. You seem completely normal in my eyes."
The real Sesshomaru watched as the figure s disappeared before his eyes and two more arrived. One was in a white baboon costume, and the other was an elderly man with a sinister look on his face. Sesshomaru's eyes widened when he heard what they were saying.
Then there was a swirling of purplish gases that obscured his vision. He heard the screams of both a man and a woman. "Mommy!! Daddy!!" a little girl's voice called through the miasma. "Naraku, let them go!" she said bravely.
Sesshomaru got really mad when he heard a slap and a cry from Saisyo. "I'm going to make you watch as I torture them," Naraku said sinisterly.
Sesshomaru could do nothing as he watched her parents being tortured and killed slowly by Naraku. In a way, she was also being tortured, having to watch her parents die like this. He closed his eyes and tried to wake up.
He was successful, but as he opened his eyes, he looked over at Saisyo to see her sleeping peacefully, her chest rising up and down slowly; a sign of deep sleep. He sighed and rested his head against the tree, trying to calm his rapid heartbeat. 'What I've gone through is nothing compared to what happened to her... Saisyo, I'm so sorry that I couldn't help, But I'll make it up to you. We'll kill Naraku together.'