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Joker… Chapter 6
"Wander into the woods at night, and he will steal your heart." That had been told to wanderers to keep them from the surrounding wooded area, but, when a lone girl finds herself lost and in the midst of a storm, she stumbles upon an empty castle, staying for just the night, she soon learns the legend had been real…for the acceptation of his utter laziness.
…Follow me, and end MY suffering...
"Give to me the women whose heart you refuse to take, and in return, I will lift from you the curse of the 'Night Walker'."
"Remove the curse..?" I repeated the words aloud. Was Sesshomaru's father really telling the truth? Or was this another lie to go with his equally deceiving personality? I looked to Inuyasha who seemed to be deep in thought about what was just said, he mumbled something under his breath, and in that instant did his golden eyes go wide – he opened his mouth to speak –
"I assure you that I do not lie, Sesshomaru, Inuyasha," Their father spoke before his youngest son could make his comment, "I will remove the curse from you, my eldest son, give to me the girl whom you cannot kill…and I will kill her myself." All eyes shot to the father in that one instant. If Sesshomaru wouldn't kill me, he would do it himself and remove the curse. He would kill me...but if he did, Sesshomaru would be free from his horrid role as the 'Night Walker'…but then with me dead, wouldn't he be alone once again..?
"I hada' feelin' you'd say that Ol' Man," Inuyasha pierced the tense silence, taking a step closer to his father who starred him down coldly, "You're a sick freak, ya know that? You actually think somethin' like that would be a good answer?!" He pointed to the suddenly quiet Sesshomaru, "He doesn't want her dead once so ever! Not by his hand and definably not by yours! What docha' get about that?!" A loud snarl tore through the air – From Sesshomaru. Turning to face him, I was shocked to find his eyes as they were the same as I'd seen them the night before, bleeding red with rage unknown to me, I felt the same fear I had the first time seeing him with those eyes creep into me once again – quickly, I pushed the fear away, remembering that the first time I saw those eyes was when we…
"I see," The father started, "Clearly, my eldest, you do not wish for your human dead, not even your younger brother agrees with me…I wish to propose a 'deal' with you then, take upon my offer, or live on forever stalking the dark as the Night Walker." Another deal? Taking the silence from Sesshomaru as a 'yes', the father continued, "Give me the girl – do not fret, I will not kill her, but I will give you two days to think about keeping this girl alive and staying as you are with the curse I've placed on you – for those two days, and those two days alone will I remove the curse from you…but she will be staying with me."
"And give me a reason why I should trust you…" Sesshomaru spoke in a dark, rumbling tone, red eyes darting to his father's form.
"I never did say you had to trust me…" His father replied, "Take on my offer, and at least have a break from being the 'Night Walker', ignore my offer, and live how you would li-"
"I'll go!" Breaking into the conversation without any second thoughts on the matter, I spoke, giving no cares as to the danger I could have placed myself into, I knew that Sesshomaru would say something to oppose – but before he could, his father, as if reading his mind spoke before him.
"She has made her mind, my son," A flash of a smirk appeared on his father's features, than faded, "This human obviously cares for you more than you care for yourself; she has made her mind to allow you time to think, and since she has…" The father's claws graced my face. I stood still, trying hard not to show fear. He scarred it lightly and drew blood which pooled onto the tip of his finger, "…I will remove the curse, for just the two days…" The finger with my blood was slowly cleaned by his tongue, "Two days, my eldest…" the father spoke as he grabbed my hand, making us two disappear…
"Sesshomaru…" I whispered faintly…
"Kagome…" I heard him whisper back…
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…Joker…
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I now found myself here, in the same room as before alone with the father of Sesshomaru and Inuyasha. The same room he tried to poison me in. That memory sent a silent shiver up my spine, it was crazy enough that I agreed to go with the guy without giving it any second thoughts on what might happen, but the silence in the room was starting to drive me insane. Sitting across from me for over fifteen minutes was Sesshomaru and Inuyasha's father who; upon our arrival here, told me to call him Inutaisho. I was guessing that it was a title or sorts.
"I cannot kill you sadly enough," I looked up upon hearing him speak, "I promised that I wouldn't until after the two days when he finally makes his decision, if he were smart, he would get rid of you," Standing from his seat, he disappeared, I jumped when I realized he re-appeared behind me, "Just what affect have you had on him? Why did he find you – his love so quickly, and then have the audacity to ask me to remove the curse from him?" Taking my chin with deathly clawed fingers, he examined my face, "For a human, you are somewhat 'attractive'-" Without warning was a peck on my cheek given-
"What the hell?!" I stood up abruptly, knocking down the chair I sat in. What was going on?
"Ever since the love of my life died by my sons laziness, I've found myself…" I slowly took steps backing away, as Touga advanced, "…Craving something to fill the empty void that her death has left me," My back hit the wall…crap, "A human like you should be good enough…" I saw his eyes flicker from sane, to insane, golden to deep red-just like Sesshomaru, "…to satisfy me…" I felt his clawed hand drag under my oversized shirt…bringing up the small amount of bravery I had left in me, I kicked him hard , but he didn't budge, instead, his nose met with the skin on my neck -…he was sniffing me? "Hn…" I stood frozen as ice as he continued finding my scent, "You and my son…" he took another wiff, sighing a long, frustrated breath, "He's bedded you just recently? Last night I assume?"
"How…?" How in the heck was he able to tell all of that just by 'sniffing' me? And why'd he want to know anyway? "W-Why do you ask?"
"Because I feel envy towards him," Envy? "Envy that he has the luxury of gaining – no, actually finding a women who loves him, while I stay my days loathing the fact that I've lost my precious love…because of him…" Before I could try and speak, Touga's hands clenched my shoulders, "Why do you live, human? You have brought that despicable, horrid, hateful, disgusting existence in which I've fathered joy and happiness…while I suffer…alone and bitter…" The grip of his hands on my shoulders had loosened, his arms dropped to his sides. He turned away to walk to the other side of the room, reaching the large picture of the women which hung on the wall. Silently, did he trace a sharpened claw on the bottoms of the golden frame that held that large picture, stopping suddenly – he placed a hand on the picture….not once did he spare it a glance.
He turned slightly to face me.
Red eyes, jagged marks and the poking of a demons fangs from his bottom lip. His stern look could make any being's blood run cold – by my eyes, though…it was ignored. Out from his fierce eyes came a rivers of tears flowing down his cheek, dripping from his chin, to tap the floor. I breathed out a breath I never knew I was holding. Touga was…crying.
"It hurts…" Touga's voice did not waver, "When I lost her, it hurt…every time I come across this picture of her…it hurts and every time I see my eldest son Sesshomaru so happy with you, I think of my own sickly story, how I can no longer be happy with the one I love because she is dead…because of his utter laziness as a child…it hurts…" A look of confusion crossed his face as a pang hit his heart – he faced me completely now, "Human…tell me, how do I get rid of this pain that I feel..?"
"Well," How was I supposed to help comfort the same demon who tried to kill me just the other day? "Maybe…maybe if you tried to forget the hate that you hold against Sesshomaru-"
At the mention of forgiving his eldest did an enraged snarl come from Touga, "Forgiving him is not an option, and will never happen…" Turning to the door, he summoned someone by a name in which I had yet to know, "Kouga!" After a moment did the door slowly come open, reveling a brown haired boy who reminded me very much of Inuyasha in the terms of 'looks'. Most of the difference being in the eye color, in which his own were a striking blue, and the hair and skin, were Kouga's was more tan, his hair brown.
"Hm?" Was Kouga's less than excited response.
"Take her upstairs, find an open guest room, Kagome will be staying overnight" Touga took a less-than-graceful seat in one of the soft seats, sighing as if he was stressed, taking in an exaggerated breath, he waved us two away, "I am in need of some time alone…"
"Aw seriously?!" Kouga started to whine like a child, "That's just work Ol' Man!" Seeing as how Touga was now giving him a deathly look, Kouga scowled, and opened the door, "Che! Whatever! Makin' me do so much work!"
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It wasn't long until I found myself heading down unfamiliar hallways with this Kouga…whoever he was. Faintly, I could tell he was a demon, but other than that, I really had no idea what he was to Sesshomaru's father. How he spoke to Touga showed that he had little fear of the man and judging by the communication between the two, there had to be some type of relationship…but that only bought back the question…what was there relationship? "Uh, Kouga?" I spoke to him nervously.
"Eh?" He stopped walking only to look over him shoulder back at me – good. Got his attention.
"Can I ask a quick question?" He shook his head to go on, all while continuing to walk down the unknown corridors, I followed not too closely behind, "So…what's your relationship with Touga?"
He answered immediately, "I'm a servant."
"Oh…" But weren't servants supposed to be 'quiet and submissive' with the ones they serve? "I was just wondering was all, with the way you and Touga communicate with each other-"
Kouga cut me off, "We have something's in common, it's nothing you need to know about."
"Oh…," I spoke lowly, "okay…" Looks like he wouldn't tell me much. That's when Kouga spoke up once again.
"But, if you do want to know," He said, all while looking forwards for the vacant guest room, "I could tell you, if ya want." With my approval did he start, "Well, when I was a little younger, about 200 years ago, I met a human girl named Ayame…well actually, I saved her from some wild boars out in the East of the Old Country, to thank me, she gave me an amulet that belonged to her family. She had an identical one, promising that she wouldn't ever forget about me as long as we both wore the amulet. A year passed, and we two had started ta' meet up and stuff…I had a little bit of a crush on her by then, I wanted to tell her how I felt, but I was too scared for her reaction…The next day I built up the strength to tell her, we were supposed to meet that night, while the moon was still out in the woods – but when I got there…I saw a man carrying her bridal style in his arms, the moonlight shining from the night sky painted out the scene. Her eyes were open, starring into nothing, a small trail of red leaving her mouth…her chest was covered in blood, it trailed down her arm and dripped from her fingers to touch the dirt. The man turned to look at me…I didn't move from the edge of the clearing. He walked slowly to me, dropping Ayames lifeless body in my hands. There was a hole in her chest where her heart once was – her heart though, was gone, he disappeared in a wisp of wind," I started to suspect things…I didn't want it to be true…but…denying the facts would only mean lying to myself. Kouga turned to face me, "You've heard of the 'Night Walker' ne?"
"Yea…I've heard of him…" Did Kouga not know about Sesshomaru and I?
"You know about him allowing his mother – Touga's wife to die of some 'heart-eating illness?" I answered 'yes' once again, "Well it was him, Sesshomaru if I do recall correctly, was the one who killed Ayame," Kouga clenched his fist, "He ripped her heart out and ate it greedily…he even had the nerve to take her amulet…so, I've vowed to kill him…and not just because of what he did to Ayame…"
Kouga opened an empty guest room, waiting for me to walk inside before starting once again, "Because of his eyes…blood thirsty, merciless, unfeeling, and evil…no one else should be forced to see those horrible red eyes before they die, no one should be kept in fear to see those eyes once so ever."
Kouga shut the door.
Joker… Chapter 6
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T.B.C
Itachi – I know a lot of you are super mad at me for always taking forever with my updates, for that my fellow readers, I apologize! I do hope this chapter summed some stuff up for you all! REMEMBER, Reviews get me hyped up! Which means updates will be faster with more motivation!
