Chapter notes:
"Revenge is a confession of pain"
The Lily of the Valley signifies "The Return of Happiness"
Disclaimer: The depictions of the characters in this story are completely fictitious. In no way does this represent the views or the story arcs as envisaged by the original copyright owners of this franchise and its characters. The ownership if the characters and the original concept are sole properties of Rumiko Takahashi.
Chapter 12 – The revenge
The laughter from Arashi turns into a blood curdling scream of his own. His face looks as though he has just seen a ghost. His head is grabbed by something from behind and is twisted into an awkward shape. The next thing Rin sees is a sword's tip erupting from the abdomen of the vile bastard. Rin gasps at the sight of her assailant being destroyed before her very eyes.
Blood splatters on the walls not her own but that of Arashi. The sword then lifts the wiggling body of Arshi and tosses it to the corner of the house like a rag doll. Rin is momentarily blinded by the brilliant shine coming off the sword in the moonlight as its owner places it back into the holster in one swift motion.
Rin can see the silhouette of a tall figure who owns the sword that just saved her dignity and probably her life. The person steps forward and Rin's hazelnut eyes widen with unshed tears as the full frame of the person comes into clear view. She knew it! It is Lord Sesshoumaru.
The worried taiyoukai moves quickly to the side of the bed and checks on the girl. Terrible is the only word that can describe the sight of his wounded Rin. He pulls the kimono all the way down to her knees and slowly helps her to rise to a sitting position. Rin's widened hazelnut eyes are fixed on Sesshoumaru's concerned face. She then sniffs a little as tears start falling down her bruised cheeks and her body is shivering in the cold of night.
"I am here now Rin, no harm will come in your way." The taiyoukai uses his claw finger to shed her tears away before genuinely smiling to the girl. Rin pushes herself to the demon lord and buries her face on his right shoulder on top of the fluffy. She wishes to wrap her arms around his neck, but find its too painful to move her injured limbs. The girl believes she may be suffering from several minor bone fractures after being beaten heavily by the now slain bastard.
Sesshoumaru strokes her back gently to soothe the girl and constantly is whispering 'it's alright now' into her ears. He manages to calm the girl down as her weeping has reduced. The demon lord then slowly pushes her body a bit to look at her wounded face. Rin shadows her eyes behind her bangs, hiding any possible trace of pain. The demon lord pulls a few strands of hair to the side of her head as he places a light kiss on her bruised temple.
"Ho-ow did you..." Sesshoumaru places his finger on her lips before she is able to continue on.
"It doesn't matter, you are safe now and it's all that matters." His finger lightly presses on her bruised lip as Rin relaxes under her lord's touch. Suddenly the girl jerks up with the thought of her son.
"Oh! No Aito, he had fled into the forest, there was another man chasing after him, my lord you need to be quick and save him now!" Rin struggles to find a comfortable position as she tries to get out of the bed. The taiyoukai's arms locks around her waist, gently pulling her back to the bed.
"He is fine, I found him in the forest and I saw no one around at that time. I guess the guy escaped for some reason." The demon lord's replies have relieved the girl a lot. She is now resting her back at the corner of the bed with the help from her lord.
Out of his peripheral vision Sesshoumaru catches Arahshi crawling his way back towards where Rin is resting on the bed. Arashi is trying to get to the girl in one last ditch attempt to cause any harm before meeting his inevitable doom. It is at this moment Aito shows up at the entrance of the hut and spots the man's attempts. He comes over observing the struggling vile human as if he was the hunter observing his prey Arashi. Arashi's blood blinded eyes are unable to focus where Rin is laying. His only barely mobile hand sways in the air reaching for something to grab on to. Aito runs to bastard's side and slowly steps on that palm. Arashi cries out in agony. The kid then jumps merrily a few times more on the crumpled hand. Arashi's body wiggles a bit more and then stays still, lifeless
"You stupid ugly man, don't ever hurt my mother again!" Rin jerks up at the sound of her precious son. She turns slightly to her right hand side and looks over from the demon lord's shoulder.
"Aito!" Rin exclaims in happiness and relief to see her son uninjured.
"Mother!" The boy cries out as he runs to the duo and Sesshoumaru instantly lifts the kid up and places him on the bed. Aito weeps heavily at the sight of his mother's injured form. His small hands clenches into a fist and he hits on the bed several times.
"I failed to protect mother, I let them beat you badly. Aito is such a useless person." The kid continues punching his fist on the bed. Rin's heart is despondent at her son's reaction, she tries to reach out for her son but her painful limbs do not want to co operate. Sesshoumaru places his right hand on Aito's fists and gently pats on the boy's head with his left hand. The boy looks up with his watery sunset eyes.
"You have done a great job to remain unharmed and this is the greatest thing your mother could have asked for. Aito is never useless, in fact you are the smartest kid I had ever met in my life." The kid watches the demon lord in awe. No one has ever praised him before and this is by far the best compliment he has ever received. Aito straightens his back with pride as he smiles and nods happily while wiping his tears away with his sleeves. He then moves closer to Rin and stretches out his right hand to touch her bruised cheek.
"Mother, is it painful?" The boy concerned over his mother's condition. Rin manages a light smile as she slightly shakes her head to mean 'no'. Her smile doesn't convince the kid but he remains silent and turns to look at Arashi's lifeless body on the floor with hatred.
"I wish to have the power to revive this evil ugly man and slowly torment him to death." Aito sighs with frustration. Rin is astonished by her son's comments but the taiyoukai seems to be pleased with the brilliant idea. He then pulls the blanket up to the girl's waistline to cover her trembling body before lowering his body and moving his face closer to her right ear.
"I will be back shortly" Sesshoumaru whispers softly. He then moves to Arashi's side and drags the lifeless corpse out into the forests. Aito frowns as he observes the demon lord's actions curiously. Unable to figure out the taiyoukai's motives, he jumps onto the floor and follows Sesshoumaru closely behind.
In the forest:
Placing the corpse before him Sesshoumaru wields his sword the Tenseiga and revives Arashi back to life.
Arashi doesn't realize where he is at first and then sees the frame of the tall white demon and flees. The western lord allows the coward a head start. Arashi runs as fast he can deep into the forests and then hides behind a large girth tree trunk. He pants as he tries to catch his breath. He smugly smiles Hehe I have outrun the foolish demon He breathes in heavily still trying to catch his breath He should have killed me when he had the chance, I will come back for the little bitch when the time is right. He jinks to look behind to check if he was followed and smiles again sensing victory in his escape.
Just as he steps forward to disappear into the obscurity of the forests, he hears the same terrifying but calm voice from behind "You weren't even close to getting away puny human" Sesshoumaru wields his sword Bakusaiga and in one swift stroke he slices towards Arashi's neck.
Arashi facial expression is one of a sudden stroke, his eyes popping wide, temples trembling and his knees quivering. At first look, quiet where the blow landed from the sword is not apparent. He falls to his knees but still no sign of where he received the blindingly fast blow from the sword.
A moment later Arsashi's left eye and part of the nose and left cheek slides off of the main head still attached to the neck. He got the blow straight to the head. Blood jets out of the exposed cranium and part of Arashi's tongue still spasms. Aito catches up with Sesshaoumaru and the obliterated body of Arashi. Seeing the last bit of life in the wiggling tongue, Aito coolly stamps on it and crushes it against the earth.
The arrogant and evilly heartless Arashi is butchered by the Father and son demons. So much for all the pride and gloating before when he was with a helpless Rin.
Sesshoumaru growls and declares "Anyone who tries to harm my Rin and Aito will suffer a fate far worse than this one, I think I have been a bit too conservative here" The demon lord turns to head back to the hut.
"Let us go Aito let the animals feast on the remains" The kid nods as he follows the taiyoukai closely.
Not far away Koaru watches the whole scene from behind a tree trunk, shivering in fear and his eyes are wide open in disbelief. He flees the scene with whatever energy he has left.
As soon the due leave, menacing growls are heard from within the depths or the forests. The wild animals are closing in, to feast on the fresh kill.
Chapter end notes:
Hey guys, I end up writing chapter 12 way toooo long that I have to split it into 2 chapters. So the first part will become 'The revenge' and the next one will be chapter 13 – 'The bond between them'
Hope you guys enjoy this little revenge from Sesshouaru + Aito LOL ... tells me what you think about the scene.
Anyway, I am reviewing the chapter 13 now. I really love to write chapter 13 and I am so can't wait to publish it.
Until then see you guys real soon and oh remember about the Christmas tale I mentioned before? ~ Home Bound ~ is the title of the story. If you guys interested, search under my profile and read it. Tell me what you think about it ok? ^_^
Until then,
Take care and cheer!
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