Chapter 12
"What"
"Don't tell me you still don't remember, even after you went threw my things"
"You know" he said a little panicked
"Yes but its ok, I'm not mad anymore, but tell me do you remember her?"
"Yes I do"
"Youse were the best of friends"
"How do you know all this?"
"Because I… she told me"
"She told you?"
"I don't understand Sesshomaru, how could you go from being friends with a human to hating them? What happened to you?"
"What are you talking about?" Sesshomaru snapped
"How much do you remember about her?"
"She was a priestess"
"Is that all you remember? What about her favourite food, colours the things she liked to do…"
"Why would I remember such useless things?"
"What about her name… do you remember that?"
"I… don… why would I remember a human's name!"
"I was right… I wasn't important to him at all"
"She remembered yours, in fact she remembers everything that happened since the day she met you"
"She is dead"
"… Your right… she died a long time ago"
"How"
"I will make you a deal.."
"I don't do deals!"
"If you can remember her name I will tell you anything you wish to know"
"This could be my chance to find out about the human child and her"
"Very well"
"How does she expect me to remember something from so long ago"
Sesshomaru walked around the deserted town thinking hard to try to remember her name, he wasn't paying much attention to where he was or where he was going. He walked up a great deal of steps and came face to face with a shrine that was falling to pieces; it seemed to be the only thing that wasn't burnt to the ground. Ignoring the shrine he walked back down the stairs and towards the forest where he remembered playing with the girl, Sesshomaru had only been walking for a few minutes when he found himself looking behind him.
"see that shrine there, up on the mountain?"
"Yeah what about it?"
"When I get older I will have to live there"
"Why?"
"So I can continue my training and get stronger"
"But that's a good thing isn't it?"
"It means I will never see you again…."
"Sure you will, they can't keep you there forever"
"But what if they do! I don't want to never see you again"
"Well then ill have to come and save you"
"You.. You would do that for me"
"What a foolish idea, me saving a human"
Sesshomaru continued to walk further into the forest towards the place he once played, once he got there he was overwhelmed by the memories he had long forgotten, the memories of his childhood and more importantly memories of the human child. He closed his eyes and saw the young girl standing with her back facing him, Sesshomaru tried to call out to her but he couldn't, no sound came from his lips.
"Sesshomaru, I knew you would come" she said turning to face him
Sesshomaru tried once more to say something but all he could do was watch as tears formed in the young girls eyes.
"I am being moved to the shrine.. Tomorrow"
She moved closer towards Sesshomaru with her eyes filled with hope with her hands intertwined in front of her.
"You mean it? I can go with you?
"What is all this"
"I promise, ill be here once the sun has fallen, I promise"
"That right she was meant to come with me… I was going to take her away from this place, but she never showed, she lied to me"
He opened his eyes and looked back towards the village.
"I remember now, I remember everything…the answer was in front of me the whole time and I never saw it"
Sesshomaru went back towards the village to find Takara, he found her at the top of the shrine stairs looking at the building.
"Do you remember now?" Takara asked as Sesshomaru stood behind her
"Yes"
"Well… are you going to tell me" she said after a long silence
"Her name was Takara, just like you"
"Like me… so he still doesn't understand, how would he though, I'm a different person… and humans don't live this long"
"Now tell me what happened to her" Sesshomaru demanded
"…"
"We had a deal"
"Yes your right… when she was 10 years old a demon kidnapped her from this very shrine, a place that was meant to be safe"
"A demon killed her!"
"I never said that, I said she was kidnapped not killed"
"A demon would not take a child and not kill them"
"Well this one did! Do you want to know or not?" Takara shouted
"Why would a demon take her and not kill her…"
"As I was trying to say, the demon came into the shrine and kidnapped Takara without anyone knowing, he took her far away from her home to a cave of some sort…"
Takara stopped explaining as the bad memories she had long pushed aside rose to the surface, it was hard for her to openly tell someone what happened but telling Sesshomaru it felt like she was talking about someone else, she took a deep breath and continued to explain to him.
"the demon placed her on a some kind of stone table then forced her to drink something that tasted awful, once she drank it her body could no longer move and that's when the demon laid her down then left her alone for what felt like days…"
*Flashback*
"You're a strong one… it just might work this time"
"wha… ar…"
"Shhh, save your strength, you're going to need it"
I laid there in fear of what would happen to me, I have expected him to just kill me but I got the feeling there was more to this then that, since I was brought here I have been able to sense the energy of other priestess, monks, and priest that had died here. I had tried many times to get my barrier up around me but it didn't work, the only thing I could do was concentrate on fixing what ever he did to my body so that I might escape.
"You wo… nt get… way with…."
"I won't get away with this? HAH no one is coming to save you, no one even knows you're here"
I tried to say something back to him but I was starting to feel very sleepy and my eyes were starting to close, everything was getting fuzzy as my eyes started to slowly close.
"Finally, about time"
Everything felt like a dream afterwards but I knew better then to think that, I held on to what ever strength I had left to keep myself from sleeping, a part of me wanted to give up but there was a bigger part that refused to believe this was the end not after Sesshomaru promised to take me away with him. I heard the sound of the demon moving around me, every now and then I would hear the sound of metal hitting rock and the sound of him groaning in what sounded like pain.
"it had better work this time"
"It will, this one is stronger then the others, she is different" said a different voice, one I had not heard before
"She is just a child"
"I can sense the power inside of her, trust me it will work"
"What's going on!"
"Just make sure everything is ready for when she wakes up"
"It will all be ready"
I didn't hear anything more for a long long time; I didn't know how many hours or days passed until I was able to move once more. Even though I could move now I remained perfectly still pretending to be rest but really gathering power and strength to escape from this place.
"It's now or never" the demon mumbled next to me
I heard the sound of metal once more then I felt the coldness against my skin, I opened my eyes in fear and looked at the metal object that was placed on my arm.
"Oh so you are awake" he said looking up at me
"What are you doing?" I asked unable to hide my panic
"This"
The knife pierced my skin and blood started to flow as he pulled it down towards my hand, I screamed with the pain and tried to escape but there was nothing I could do, he was much bigger then me and held me down with no troubles. After he was finished he picked up a bowl and started to pour something into my open wound, I called out for Sesshomaru to save me but the demon merely laugh at my screams. After a few more seconds I passed out from all the pain, even though I was passed out I could still feel what ever it was flowing through my body, spreading and I didn't like it. More time passed when I started to notice changes in my body, I could hear and smell things I could before and my body seemed stronger, more capable of dealing with the pain.
"The transformation is in place, she is nearly ready for the next stage"
"Transformation? Next phase? I don't understand"
I heard him move closer towards me and dreaded ever sound his feet made, I heard him pick up the knife once more but before he had a chance to place it anywhere on me I felt a power inside me build up. I let out a scream as this new power left my body, I heard him scream in pain then it was completely silent, I carefully opened my eyes and saw a pale blue barrier around my entire body.
"What is… it's like my barrier but it's different somehow… stronger"
I jumped down from the stone table and looked around me, last time I remember being able to see very little in the dark cave but now it looked close to day time and everything was much clearer. I walked towards the exit with the barrier still around me, I had never been able to keep a barrier around me fore more then a few seconds but this one seemed to never fade. Once I was outside the cave I noticed little things had changed, I could smell, hear and see things that were normally to far away, I didn't understand what had happened all I did understand was that I was free, free to go home, free to see Sesshomaru once more.
*End Flashback*
A/N - sorry about the horrible spelling i will get around to fixing it one day