STRANGE EVENTS.
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Chapter Three: Meeting with Hachiko
"Release her now," Sesshomaru said with excessive venom streaming through his words, creating a deathly aura around him.
"Why should I?" the figure said slowly coming out of the shadows, bit by bit revealing his appearance in the clearing.
As the figure slowly came into view, Sesshomaru knew that demon anywhere due to his magnificent eye sight.
'Hachiko,' Sesshomaru paused a mid thought. 'No wonder I could not sense his demonic aura,' Sesshomaru finished. Then he started to think about what happened to Hachiko and his history.
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Hachiko, the Eastern Lord's son, began fiddling in Black Magic with a Witch whom he learnt how to do magic from; who later became his lover. While Hachiko was the only Eastern Lord's son, the Lord disowned him.
Hachiko's Father did not appreciate that he learnt Black Magic especially when he brought the witch into his palace but family was family. Then a certain incident took place and due to the Eastern Lord's overly sensitive nose, he sensed poison in his Sake. Once the Lord tested it on his servant he kicked both his Son and witch out of his palace. The witch tried to poison him so that she and Hachiko could reign over the Eastern Lord's lands. His son would never be same after that witch tainted his mind with black magic.
When Hachiko was kicked out and disowned, he was furious to say the least; he raised an army comprised of dead soldiers. The Witch's black magic he learnt really came in handy that night. When he raised the dead army against his Father, the Eastern Lord turned to the Western Lord, Inutashio, for assistance.
The General Inutashio agreed to help and dispatched his army to the Eastern Lord's land, and had Sesshomaru, his son, lead the army in place of himself.
As Sesshomaru reached the border of the Eastern Lord's land with his army, Hachiko had his army ambush them. Hachiko thought a surprise attack would have been a success but it only ended in a blood bath that Sesshomaru won. Hachiko's lover was killed by Sesshomaru's poison whip and he was so severely beaten that all he could do was retreat. From since then Sesshomaru had yet to ever come across him again.
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Sesshomaru was finished recollecting his last encounters with Hachiko when he finally emerged fully from the shadows; his new features were highlighted in the daylight given off from the canopy in the clearing.
Hachiko was wearing a black and white youkai slaying attire, though the hakama had slightly puffier leggings than the usual norm. His body was very toned and chiselled as if he had been training for centuries. Hachiko also had bright orange hair with bangs that covered the left side of his scared face made by Sesshomaru's poisonous claws. The scar that was hidden behind his bangs left a huge gash from the left side of his forehead all the way down to his jaw line. The eye that got scratched by Sesshomaru's poisonous claws left his eye a glassy emerald colour and his right eye had a deep mahogany colour.
Hachiko was the first to speak between the two which broke the thick air between Lord Sesshomaru and himself.
"You have a very pretty human on your hands," Hachiko stated smugly, leering at his female captive.
Sesshomaru started to growl threateningly, unsheathing his sword Bakusaiga.
Hachiko chuckled, "One move and I'll snap her neck in half."
"Release her now. You have no business with her," Sesshomaru said menacingly.
"Oh, but I do!" Hachiko stated as a matter of fact. "Have you forgotten that night you killed my only Love along with my army many centuries ago?"
"As I recall, that army was not yours to begin with", Sesshomaru stated.
Hachiko then took this opportunity to pull Rin's head back by tugging her long tresses ruthlessly so that he could run his nose along her neck all the way down to her collar bone at a deathly slow pace, trying to taunt Sesshomaru. Rin started to whimper from the pain she was feeling and the uncomfortable position she was in at the moment.
It worked, Sesshomaru growled loudly and his eyes bled red from anger. His hand tightened its hold on Bakusaiga as his knuckles turned even paler.
"Her scent smells so delicious! Your scent on her is strong though. Possessive much?" Hachiko said with a smirk while he ran his tongue up her neck again.
From that Rin started to cry and Sesshomaru grew tired of his banter and constant touching of his ward. He could smell Hachiko's filthy scent on his Rin and he was beyond furious; Sesshomaru sheathed Bakusaiga and released his poison whip on him.
Lord Sesshomaru's whip that missed Rin completely had stung Hachiko's ear. When Sesshomaru's whip returned, a piece of Hachiko's orange hair fell to the ground.
"Release her now or else an appendage will be next and this time I will not be sparing with the amount that comes off," stated Sesshomaru coldly.
"You son of a bitch!" yelled Hachiko. "This ward of yours will be the key to my sweet revenge. I'm not releasing her."
Sesshomaru was tired of Hachiko so he sprinted in the direction of his ward. It was time to finish this once and for all.
As Sesshomaru came towards Hachiko, he dodged Sesshomaru's attack stealthily. Sesshomaru stopped in his tracks when his fist made contact with the air and turned to face the direction where Hachiko presently stood at.
"I said one move and I'll break your ward's neck, but here's a little warning" Hachiko threatened.
He turned Rin's body toward him and gave her a hard slap across her cheek. Rin cried out in agony.
Sesshomaru's eyes widen at the sound of impact on Rin's cheek; his youkai was begging to be released since his ward was in danger.
"Lord Sesshomaru! Help me!" Rin cried out loudly.
There was a large bruise on Rin's cheek. It was slightly swollen as well though it was not bleeding.
Sesshomaru's demonic aura changed drastically and Hachiko faltered a bit at Sesshomaru's changed aura. Fear started to seep into Hachiko's scent as Sesshomaru's youkai was screaming to hurt him. A deep violet air surrounded his body as he charged again towards Hachiko.
'I really did it this time,' trembled Hachiko. Hachiko's façade cracked under Sesshomaru's attack. He shoved Rin roughly towards the ground and barely dodged Sesshomaru's attack. As Rin was shoved on the ground, she bruised her head against a tree root which caused her to whimper from pain. She desperately tried to crawl away from this clearing to safety. Safety was behind Lord Sesshomaru in her mind.
Sesshomaru's claws made brief contact on Hachiko's left forearm which shattered his bone. Sesshomaru smirked at the contact. Hachiko stumbled from the attack and held his forearm against his body for protection as he tried to move away from Sesshomaru's oncoming brutal attacks.
As Rin crawled towards Lord Sesshomaru, Hachiko noticed her subtle movements. He knew he wasn't going to win this one but he at least could cause Sesshomaru a lot of trouble by giving his ward a potion of his doing.
So Hachiko changed the direction of his dodging and Sesshomaru realised he was targeting his Rin which only fuelled his anger more. As Sesshomaru came in for the final blow, Hachiko did a somersault forward propelling him in front of Rin's crawling form. Sesshomaru's fist ended up shredding a tree in half. Sesshomaru growled in frustration which only made him angrier.
Rin froze when Hachiko landed in front of her; she quickly tried to retrace her steps backward but he was quicker and grabbed her wrist, pulling her upwards.
He quickly took his small potion bottle from between the folds of his upper garments and pulled the cork open. He pinched the bridge of Rin's nose making her mouth open due to the lack of oxygen. Seeing this, Sesshomaru dashed towards Hachiko at a deathly speed.
Hachiko shoved the rim of the bottle on her lips and forcefully titled the liquid down her throat. Rin tried not to swallow but choked on the excess that he was forcing down her throat.
"Swallow all of it!" Hachiko said bobbing her head up and down getting the fluid down her throat.
By the time Sesshomaru got there, Rin started choking and changing colour. His fist connected to Hachiko's jaw, breaking it in the process. The force of the punch shoved Hachiko about 5 feet away from Sesshomaru. His back made contact with a tree causing it to break in half. Sesshomaru also released his poison whip and repeatedly whipped Hachiko. Hachiko was going to die a slow and painful death, until he heard Rin's voice.
"Wha—what's happening to me, Lord Sesshomaru?" asked a frightened Rin as she looked at her hands and body examining it.
As soon as Sesshomaru turned his head to see what Rin was talking about, all he saw was Rin's kimono on the ground in a heap. No Rin in sight. Sesshomaru growled threateningly.
"What did you do to her?" Sesshomaru asked menacingly.
Hachiko was hunched over in pain; his body brutally battered by Sesshomaru's poison whip, chuckled evilly.
"Turn around and you'll see," Hachiko said before he whispered a few incantations and disappeared into thin air.
Sesshomaru was furious that Hachiko got away but Rin was more important at the moment. He needed to know if she was okay after Hachiko put his hands on her. He turned around only to find that there was a small bundle moving in the discarded kimono.
Sesshomaru's eyes widened at the sight of a white and black muzzle that poked its nose out from the folds of the kimono. 'Rin's scent changed slightly,' he thought as he came closer to the white and black muzzle.
As Sesshomaru got nearer to the moving muzzle he bent over the kimono and moved the folds only to find an Inu-pup. This pup resembled somewhat of Rin's hair colour and Sesshomaru's white fur.
The pup's ear stood upright on her head as she looked up at Lord Sesshomaru. Her tail began wagging rapidly and ran up to Lord Sesshomaru and she barked happily to him. The pup started to nuzzle him on his palm.
"Rin, is that you?" Sesshomaru asked calmly.
The pup yipped a 'yes' in Inu that only Sesshomaru understood.
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