NOTE: I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA!
Chapter One
'Drums...I hear drums,' thought Sesshomaru. His clawed hands twitched as his pulled his wet and weakened body onto all fours. The drums sound distant, but not that far. It was probably two miles at least. 'I can make it..' he thought viciously as he began his journey towards the drums and upcoming village.
After a whole lot of stumbling and fainting spells, Sesshomaru made it into the boarders of the village. There seems to be a festival going on. People were every where with candles and paper lantarns being held by everyone in attendence. The roads in the center of the village were the brightest and liveliest. There were some stray light on the outside but not much. The noises coming from the center was loudest as well as the smell of food. Sesshomaru was usually not the one for human food but this can be a exception. Since he had no idea as to where he is, and had no strength left to hunt for himself. Therefore, it was to the village.
He walked slowly, but before he can go far a loud and abrupt cheering came forth from the active village. Pulling his golden gaze back to the gathering, he noticed a mini-stage near the north part of the village. There seem to be someone in the middle of it...in front of the drum players. In a instant he found out why the cheering was given... There was a girl, in the middle, dressed lavishly. With at least six layers of kimono as her juni-hito, bleeding from red to pink fancied by the flower patterns on it, she was a sight to see. Her ebony hair pulled up with grand ornaments for the rich. Flowers adorned her eccentric bun, gold combs pulled her thick and silky hair back from her heart shape face. While a gold chain looped lowly upon her forehead.
Indeed, she was a sight with porcelain white skin to red lush lips and rosy cheeks. Her eyes were given a slanted look with the dark outlining around her eyes. She parted her lips for a breath, and then with the combination of a flute's fleeting notes and drums she sang...
"Sora wo umeru hana no iru
Utsuri ni terina wa ga koi"
(The sky is buried by the colors of the flowers.
Reflecting the luster of our love.)
Sesshomaru was enthralled, although her voice was that on the deep side, it still held a enchantment he never experience before. It was probably the drums, but then again it might not be, but for some reason he was enchanted by the song and the woman itself. There was no way to explain it...
"Yagate subete ga sugisaru atono
Anata wo dake omou"
(Everything will eventually come to pass.
Even after that happens, I still think only of you.)
Without noticing it, he was advanced closer to the stage with every step. He didn't notice the horrified looks on people faces as he came towards the stage to hear the song. There wasn't anyone there who could have wakened him from his daze-like state that he was in.
"Itsu ka haru no youmagure
Hajimete kuchizu keshita...
(During one of the evening twilight of spring...
was when I first lost myself)
Maboroshi no youna kaori no naka de
Anata wo dake omou..."
(Within this fragrance that is like illusion.
I still think only of you.)
A gasp was given when the girl's brown gaze fell upon twin golden ones. Disturbed that such intriguing music was disrupted, his ebony brows fell downwards as he commanded with his usual passive tone, "Continue."
The poor girl looked at him confusedly at first, but then nodded with understanding after a while. She smiled a little and signaled the band behind her to continue as she sang.
"Anata no mune ni
Kono mi wo makase
Watashi wa shinde ikou..."
(Against your chest
I'll rest my body
That is how I wish to die...)
The final drum note sounded the crowd grew quiet; Sesshomaru merely stared at the girl in front of him. From far away she seemed older and worldlier but up-close she was younger than she looked. It was the make-up that gave her that illusion in the first place. He guessed she was about sixteen summers. Drawing his orbs around him once, he quickly made his move. Grabbing the girl in front of him, and after receiving a loud gasp from the audience, he made his way into the forest with the girl in his arms.
Author's Note: Sorry for the long delay. I've been living hectically for the last months and haven't had the time to do something for my stories until now. Since I can finally breathe that is. I wanted to thank a few people who had supported this story before I go on.
DrowningOphelia
Restria
Hope you will continue to do so. I will try to update this story more often. I hope to get Seeking for Love not Physically soon. I've made the next chapter lets see how that progresses okay?
Mind out.