Chapter 8
"Good morning Lord Sesshomaru" I said with a yawn sitting up on my bed
"What no yelling?"
"Huh" I looked at him with a blank face blinking
"Yesterday morning"
I thought back to yesterday morning as I started to blush a deep red.
"I'm really sorry about that… if there is anything I can do to make up for that….unspeakable behaviour…"
"Actually there is something you can do" he said moving away from my bench
"I wonder if he stood there all night… wait did he just say what I thought he said!"
I looked at him with wide eyes not knowing what to expect, after all what good the demon lord want from me?
"Tell me what you were doing in my room"
"I umm must have gotten the rooms mixed up"
"Tell me the truth" he said now standing at the end of my bed
"That is the truth; I'm just used to no one being in that room… in any of the rooms actually"
"so you sleep in there often?"
"no not really" I said pulling back the covers "its just when I'm really tired I just go to sleep where I can find an empty bed"
"Why were you tired, I thought you went to bed hours before you entered my room"
"What's with all the questions?"
"Yeah I did but then I got back up"
"Why
"Because" I said standing making sure not to look at him
"I know you were in the forest, the smell was all over you"
"So what? I went to the forest I do that all the time"
"Why don't you want to tell me what you were doing?"
"Why do you care what I was doing" I mumbled trying to stay calm
Sesshomaru didn't say anything after that he just watched me as I moved to my mirror; I picked up the torn white dress that was hanging off the end of my bench.
"Ill never be able to fix this" I sighed to myself
I placed the dress back down and washed my face then walked over to my cupboard to find my white and blue dress; I pulled it out and looked over at Sesshomaru.
"Do you think you could turn around of something?" I asked him
Sesshomaru turned around to face my mirror while I got changed; once I was changed I moved back over to my mirror and straightened out my bed hair. Sesshomaru was still looking outside staring at something in the distance that couldn't be seen, he looked annoyed.. No it was more frustrated with something and I had a pretty good feeling that it was what I said.
"Do you remember yesterday morning when we went to Sora's… the little girl's house?" I asked looking at him
"Yes"
"Well she came to me the other night… she was worried for her mother because she hadn't come home, I went into the forest to find her. It took me a while to find her, from what I could tell she fell into the river and got washed down stream… anyway I carried her back home and that's why I was so tired" I explained walking closer to him
"Why would that human child go to you if they are afraid of you?"
"Not all of them are afraid of me" it took me a few seconds to sink in to what he had just said "wait… what makes you think they are afraid of me?"
"Humans are afraid of demons, and you say you are a demon"
"Not all humans are afraid" I said in barely a whisper
"After all I wasn't afraid of you when I was a human"
"Every human I have met has trembled in fear before me"
"I didn't"
"That's only because they don't know you" I walked over to my doors and rested my hands on the handles "come on, let's go"
I followed Takara down the hall and to the servant area.
"Why are we going here?"
"Well there is someone I want you to meet" she chirped back
"You can not force me to put up with these humans" I growled
"I'm not forcing you to do anything"
I continued to follow her until we came to one of the houses.
"This is the house of that child"
Takara knocked on the door and waited patiently for someone to answer, after a few minutes a women opened the door. I saw the fear when she saw me standing there, Takara saw it to but she just ignored it.
"She must of gotten this all the time when she was younger"
"How are you feeling today?"
"Oh I am much better thanks to you Takara"
"I'm glad I could help" she smiled "is Sora here?"
"She was heading towards the east side to play"
"The east side…"
She looked deep in thought for a while when suddenly a smile spread across her face.
"I know where she is going" she laughed
She said goodbye to the lady then started back the way we came.
"Are we not going after her?" I asked confused
"Yeah but it's faster to cut through the main house"
"Then why do they not do that"
She stoped and turned to face me "so you just let people run through your house do you?"
I kept my mouth shut after that, for some reason when I was around this girl I always managed to say something…. Stupid. We walked through the house and came to a wooden door; she opened the door and allowed me to walk through first. I walked out into the sun and looked around me; I was in a garden that had many cherry blossom trees and flowers all in full bloom.
"This is my private garden"
"Why would the human child come here if it was her garden?"
I caught the sound of footsteps running closer towards the door, I couldn't tell who it was with all the different flowers around but Takara seemed to be happy suddenly.
"Quick follow me" she whispered with a mischievous smile on her face
She grabbed my hand and dragged me to the side away from the door; she told me to stay quiet and stood beside me keeping close to the wall so whoever it was would not see us. The door opened slightly then closed quickly, I saw the young human child walk out into the garden not knowing we were there. I looked down at the hand Takara was still holding and couldn't help but calm and forget all my troubles for a moment but that moment didn't last long, Takara had let go of my hand and was now creeping towards the girl.
"Takara never came down for breakfast… I hope she is ok" I thought walking down the halls
"Hana, Lady Rikana is looking for you"
"Oh thankyou Kyo"
"Enter" Lady Rikana called out as I neared the door
I entered the room expecting to see only Lady Rikana there but much to my surprise there I found 5 other demons standing the room with her.
"You were looking for me" I questioned with a shaky voice
"Go find my son and bring him here"
"As you wish milady"
I left the room and walked quickly down the hall, it wasn't until I was nearing Lord Sesshomaru's room did I finally slow down to take a breath.
"So many demons" I shuddered
After taking a few seconds to regain a normal breathing pattern I continued my way to Sesshomaru's room "he should be in here if Takara is still resting" I thought standing in front of his door. I knocked on the door and waited for a response when I heard none I reached out to open the door slightly, Once again I tried calling out to Sesshomaru but once again there was no response I was going to close the door and look else where when I noticed something strange on his table. Looking around to make sure no one was watching I entered the room with caution, it was very dark in the room so I went to the curtains and opened it slightly to let in enough light to see what the object was. I was surprised to find Takara's chest sitting on the table, as I walked closer towards the table I was even more certain that it was my friend's chest.
"Why would Lord Sesshomaru have this… she never lets anyone touch it"
I left the room confused as to why the chest would be there but still I continued my search for Lord Sesshomaru.
"I'm sure Takara wouldn't allow him to see inside"
I wondered the halls for a while longer searching for Lord Sesshomaru with no such luck.
"Where could he be? Maybe... I should ask Takara for help" I thought walking towards her room