The next chapter! I want to thank all those who reviewed, liked or follow this story! I feel happy :)
Ah, well the next chapter reveals the truth behind Kagome and Sesshomaru marriage. I was planning to include other characters like Sango and Inuyasha or Miroku, Shippo but it will have to be in the latter chapters. Sorry to burst your bubble but there is no romance in this one, only angst. If you all want maybe i could include a third person to ease Kagome's pain like Koga? I'm only saying maybe. Enjoy this chapter!
Chapter 3
Yourself
(Sazuki's P.O.V)
"Kirei..."
Up until now, Sazuki had not been able to forget about her master; the god-like face he possesses. If the head servant knew she saw his face then she would be punished terribly. Thus, it was a wise choice to keep silent. After all, it was in human nature to save the best for themselves. It would be hers to keep.
"Ne-Sazuki-chan! What do you think happened to Yuka-chan? She seems off lately," Kayla said as she stared at the indigo-eyed girl who was sweeping the floor along the corridor. The soulless look in her eyes gave shivers to Sazuki. Worry ceased on her fore-head as she continued staring at Yuka without answering Kayla's question. Something was really wrong with Yuka, what happened during the period of time when Yuka went to the mistress's chamber to inform her about the presence of her sister?It must have been the mistress's fault, everything went wrong in the household once she married off to her beloved master! Beloved master? Ah! What's wrong with you! The master does not belong to anyone! A mere servant like you cannot fall in love with the master!
"Sazuki..." Huh?
(Kagome's P.O.V)
"Sazuki...Why are you looking so flustered? Are you perhaps...being lazy and not doing your duty?" Kagome said in a sweet voice with a hint of warning. Sazuki stared at me in surprise before quickly bowing in polite.
"I did not see the mistress walking down the corridor, well i was not being lazy but a little worried about my friend Yuka..." she trailed off.
"Yeah we were talking about Yuka while doing our duty," replied Kayla defensively.
Yuka? Ah, i see now.
"You mean Maria-chan?" i asked mt head tilted to the left side, eyes boring into hers. I could feel her fear, anger, hatred. No matter how much she thought of herself as a better servant, a servant was still a servant. She may think that she could handle situations and control her emotions but she thought wrong. I was not worried about Kayla but rather Sazuki. She might seem the most civilized and mannered lass among the others, but i know what cunning little trickery she is capable of.
"Well, she's fine so you don't have to worry much about her," i said in an indifferent tone. She seemed surprised by my cold tone of voice.
"But-" she protested followed by Kayla.
"Do you continue this conversation?" i said, with my index nail sliding across my lower lips. She must have noticed the malice and warning in my tone as she apologized and scurried off with her friend. Sometimes i forget that humans are amusing because of their desire to cling on something so tightly yet know that it is surreal. They want what they can't have, such a simple wish yet can have devastating results. Aren't i the same?
"Have you got her?" i asked, my hands intertwined behind my back and head turned sideways to face the darkened corridor. It was empty but i knew there was something behind the shadows and sure enough i got the answer i wanted. A girl with hazel brown hair laid unconscious on the ground, her face pale and translucent as if something was sucking out her life force.
"Excellent! Now, it's time i talk to the host of this body, don't you think so?" i asked the corridor. There was no answer but the shadows darkened and loomed over me as if they agreed. Good! It's time she knows the truth.
I stared at my reflection in the mirror, my eyes had black rings tattooed under my eyes and hair messed up and flying wildly because of the wind that entered through the open-windows. It was pouring, claps of thunders shook the mansion and lightning flashed across. It was as if the sky was angry with something.
"What's happening to me?" i cried out as i smashed the mirror with my hands. I remembered the incident this morning but it seemed more like i was watching and not acting. Was i possessed? What is wrong with me?!
"Nothing is wrong, you are merely but a human who attracts to ghosts. We see you as a delicious food source or a potential host..." my reflection said. This time i was not staring at my reflection but someone else's. Could it be true? Was i losing my sanity?
"I only need your body for a period of time, after that i will reward you give you what every human desire," the woman soothe as she placed her ghostly hands on my shoulders.
"W-What humans want?"
"I can grant your wish. What is it that your desire little miko? Beauty? To be the richest? Or to have many gorgeous men swoon over you?...Perhaps, to have your sister disappear away from your life? After all you have to admit that she is the root source of all your problems," she chuckled darkly.
Kill my sister for my own benefits?! "No! That's utterly inhumane!" i cried out; but the emotions conflicting in my heart that affected my tone, betrayed me. I could not do something so evil devoid of conscience and utterly loveless. No matter how much i hated her i could not bear to kill her. We after all had the same flesh and blood!
"Tsk! It's not called killing, it's more of making her disappear as if she never existed in your life before. Think about it, you'll have the love and affection of your parents, the best position, the money, the status. Getting rid of her makes you first and not second choice anymore, moreover you'll have your husband's love. Do you really want to give up this golden opportunity that will kill two birds with one stone?" she asked in a harsh tone. She was right-no! What are you thinking?!
"Get away, GET AWAY FROM ME YOU DEMON!" i screeched, hands shot out wildly as if chasing off some evil spirit. Growling like a predator she pushed me straight to the mirror and i could feel the taste of blood as shards of glass pierced through me. My lips parched and swollen, eyes bulging with tears. No words could express the madness and fright i was feeling now.
"Don't forget you're husband is having an affair. You're abandoned, no one wants you. It's only a matter of time before you beg me," she laughed horridly, eyes crimson red and in slits. I knew since young i had attracted many spirits and ghosts but none showed malice and hatred like this one here.
Oh...you don't know what i can do, miko. You cannot escape me for...Her ghostly hands cupped my cheeks tightly, nails clawing at the flesh of my cheeks until it bled. Those hazel brown eyes that reflected the earth and black raven hair cascading down her shoulders were too familiar. My breathe hitched and time seemed to stop, the whole world became aruptly silent and deadly. I had always despised my face but not to the extent that i wanted to maim and scar it.
We are one! How could it be possible that the ghost and i had the same face?!
(Sess P.O.V)
How did she knew? I was calculative, cautious when handling things. I was sure that my room had no bug installed, so how did she managed to record it? Unless-
"Sesshomaru! I'm concered about the welfare of my sister! I know she hated me though i never knew why but this! Today she seemed like a whole new different person!" Kikiyo sobbed as she placed her right hand on her forehead. I knew she love her sister a lot and i knew why Kagome hated her.
"Why did you marry her?!" she suddenly shouted in rage. I was baffled by her sudden actions, she never lost control of herself.
"Why? When you knew you couldn't love her!" It sounded more like a desperate plea than a confrontation. I sighed, i wanted to ignore her outburst and question but this Sesshomaru felt like cheating her feelings if he did not answer. An irony...when we were actually cheating Kagome's feelings.
"I never wanted to marry her. The first blind date when my father put me with her i instantly knew that if i were to continue to be in a relationship with her, i would be torturing myself and hurting her. I told my father exactly what i thought about the impossibility of being with her but-"
flashback
"NO! YOU CANNOT EXTERMINATE THIS ENGAGEMENT WITH THE HIGURASHI FAMILY!" Inu-no-Taisho shouted at his son, face red with anger as steam was emitted from his head. The mansion was shaking due to the cold wrath of the two sons. They had been going on for hours now and no one dared to disrupt their battle afraid of the consequences; everyone knew better when the Taisho family were arguing.
"WHY?! I DON'T FRICKIN LOVE THAT GIRL! IF IT IS A HIGURASHI WOMAN THEN MAKE IT KIKIYO! AT LEAST I LOVE HER!" Sesshomaru argued in the same heated tone and volume. It was infurating and pissing him off. Why can't he just marry the love of his life? He had already gave up his childhood and freedom for his grandfather and father. Can't they even spare him with the choice of marrying the woman whom he loved?
"Your grandfather wants her, Kagome Higurashi. The decision is final," he said firmly.
"And what? I'm supposed to listen his orders and sacrifice my entire happiness and love for a woman whom i cannot bring myself to love at all?!" he said incredulously. Seriously! Was he asking him to just become like a dog on a leash and follow whatever they asked him to do? No! He had to have a say, marriage was for life and he would be bounded to a woman whom he wouldn't feel passionate about. For the first time in his life, having sex might be the most disgusting thing ever.
"I'm sorry son, but you know you cannot defy your grandfather's orders," his father said sadly as he placed his hands on his son's shoulders. His anger had dissipated and replaced by hatred' hatred for being born into the Taisho family having to bear the burden of being heir. His annoying brother had it easy alright.
"Why?" he murmured through clenched teeth. He felt like crying but since watching his mother being killed, there were just no more tears for him to shed.
"She look like her..."
"Who?"
"Your grandfather's first wife, Akimei kira," his father said.
"Akimei kira...Impossible! She is the first wife of Sesshomaru's gradfather and s-she looks exactly like me!" Kagome cried out as the picture frame slipped out of her hands. She sneaked into the storeroom and found the picture of Akimei and her grandfather-in-law with their names signed, followed by a wedding certificate. She knew that her grandfather-in-law married twice and knew whtat the second wife looked like s it was only natural that the woman in the picture was the first one.
"Oh my God!" she whispered as she covered her mouth with her hands. What the hell was going on?!
So the truth is being revealed. Well, it's not very pretty though. Like i say, slow romance but don't worry somehow i'll fit the pieces of them being together somehow and Sesshomaru will then have a period of time where he will regret of the way he treated kagome. But until then you'll have to endure the grueling battle between Kagome ond Akimei. Until then folks! I feel so tired especially this chapter, what you can do to make me happy and continue on is your reviews!