Disclaimer: The characters of InuYasha are not nor will they ever be mine. They are property Rumiko Takhashi and of Viz.
You Call Me Enemy, I Call You Love
Rika was the kind and caring daughter of the lord and lady of the Northern, Southern, and Eastern lands. Sesshoumaru was the cold and stoic son of the lord of the Western lands. The two were complete opposites, so what happened when they fell in love?
Chapter 2: Say What?!
It had been over a month since Rika's arrival at the palace and everyone, it seemed, loved everything about her from her sweet, gentle personality to her warm smile. Sesshoumaru appeared to hate the girl as much as everyone else adored her. She was more elegant than him, everyone loved being near her, and she seemed to be fearless. He was always emotionless so he simply regarded the way he felt around the girl as some strange type of hate.
It was late in the day when he walked into the central bath area in the center of the castle. It was a huge hot spring which provided the bathing area for the entire castle. He had not expected to find anyone there but he heard an odd gurgling noise and went to investigate. Rika had somehow sunk down into the water and was now unconscious. Not think of the consequences Sesshoumaru pulled naked body out of the water and started trying to get her breathing. After several minutes she gasped and coughed, her eyes fluttering open gently.
"What the hell?!" Was the first thing that came out of her mouth, besides water. Rika's entire face was red and she was very upset with the fact that she was entirely naked.
"I saved your life…" Sesshoumaru said in his stoic, aloof way. Inside, his beast was rattling its chains and screaming for the girl but he forced it back down and won back his hard earned control. He stood and started to leave.
Rika sat, face still red and watched him leave. No matter how much she tried to deny it, he was perfect. He never acted strangely or tried anything funny. She hated him for it too. No one could be that perfect. She shook her head and went to bed.
Later that night Rika was standing by her window when she heard a noise in the hall. She opened the door and there stood Sesshoumaru trying to sneak out. She watched him for a minute to see what he was doing. After a fifteen minute stare down between the two she finally spoke.
"Where are you going this late?" She asked, trying not to seem as tired as she really was, "It can't be to important…so why not wait until morning?"
"I'm…well…I'm going out of the palace to sleep." Sesshoumaru said, his expression the same as ever. "I never sleep in this palace unless there is someone else in the room."
"Well, rather than sleeping outside in the freezing cold, if you want you can sleep in here…just no funny stuff is all…" Rika said with a yawn.
"What did you just say?" Sesshoumaru asked, the slightest traces of confusion and surprise plain on his porcelain mask of a face.
"I said you can stay in my room if you want…it's late, cold, and full of demons out there." Rika said, "And they're more violent with me in the area…plus I don't want it on my conscience if something happens to you. She walked back in her room and motioned for him to come in and shut the door.
Inside of Sesshoumaru his chained beast cheered and jumped for joy at her selfless act of kindness. It had plans for the sexy little demon princess beckoning them into her so very inviting room.
'She will be ours Sesshoumaru…She will be ours.' His beast whispered softly.
'Are you insane?! That would cause more problems than this Sesshoumaru needs right now...and my father, and hers, would kill me if I they knew...' Sesshoumaru argued with his beast.
"Are you sleeping in here on not?" Rika asked, gesturing at the spare futon in the room, "Or did I take this thing out for nothing?"
"Yes..." Sesshoumaru said, blushing nearly invisibly. "Thank you..." He said almost a whisper as he crossed the room and layed down on the extra bed as she crossed the room to her own.
'It is only a matter of time before you see things my way...' The beast growled as Sesshoumaru drifted off to sleep.
In her own bed, Rika was watching Sesshoumaru fall asleep, 'I wish you could see how much you just being here tortures me...and that you would feel the way I do...' She layed her head down sadly and went to sleep, oblivious to how much Sesshoumaru really did mirror her emotions.
A/N: This is the second chapter with a nice evil cliffy for you. Please review and I'll update when I can. Please review and let me know what you think!