A/N: I didn't mean to write another chapter, but it basically wrote itself Halloween Night. Hehe. Have fun!
Words to Know (same as last time):
Youkai- Demon
Onna- Woman
Ningen- Human
Baka- Fool
Inuyoukai- Dog Demon
Another Sesshomaru Story
Chapter 5: Youkai
~Ayami~
As soon as I stepped out of the cave, I realized that maybe, just maybe, I'd made a tiny error of judgment. It might've been still daylight out, but I had no idea where I was or where I'd sleep that night. The cave was the only safe haven around from what I could tell. Unfortunately, I was stubborn to the point of vice. This was not good. That idiot kabuki actor was on his own and so was I.
I passed the cave and came to the stream to get a drink of water when I realized my true error. I wasn't in trouble because of having nowhere to sleep. No. That was the least of my worries. I was in trouble because of the thing that was drinking out of the water right now. It was a tall, no long, snake. It just stood talk and drank water bit by bit with its long slivering tongue. It would've been an understatement to say that I was mortified or even terrified for that matter. Terror didn't even begin to describe the feeling at that moment. The moment when you realize the creaks and cracks coming from your closet weren't happy, smiling, or furry monsters, but real life terrors that were meant to kill you and the rest of the human race. Yeah, maybe that was the way to describe the feeling. And the other unfortunate mistake I didn't even know I was making at that point in time was that youkai could sense fear in other creatures. And although I was a solid statue at this point, the fear that radiated off of me in invisible waves was not so frozen. That fear, unfortunately now made me target number one for this particular demon. I was going to die.
~Sesshomaru~
Foolish, foolish onna. That girl was beyond logic and deserved to die.
'But she is our foolish ningen.'
'That female is unworthy of this Sesshomaru and this Sesshomaru will let her die for her mistake.' Her rejection would not be taken lightly.
'So she rejected your protection. You will let her die for her ignorance?'
'Silence beast. She is unworthy.'
Blood, the scent of blood from that foolish onna, flooded the cave. I felt my beast fight to take over at her scent. It was beyond foolish that I would feel this way over a simple human female and I would not succumb to the whims of my lesser self. Why my beast was so taken with a human woman, I could not tell, but I'd be damned if I let it mate a human like my father.
'Save the girl baka. She is ours and will die if we do not save her!'
'Your incessant obsession with her will cease and you will be silent!'
'If you save the girl, only then will I be locked away,' the beast grinned, knowing his master would concede.
Sesshomaru said nothing, thought nothing, only walked out of the cave.
~Ayami~
I screamed again, hoping that someone, somewhere would help, but my misfortune seemed to be piling up today because no one was coming to help me. I whimpered in the snake youkais' grip and winced at the just inflicted bite as my body trembled with pain. His scale covered body coiled tightly around mine, apparently getting off from my suffering.
I can't believe I'm going to die at the young age of nineteen. I hadn't even had my first kiss! Yep. I was going to die and my greatest regret was that I've never been kissed. This sucks.
The demonic snake peered down with its golden beady eyes and licked its lips. I'm going to die from an ugly slithering snake. Well… I had to give him hell at least.
I wiggled my arms loose and tried pushing his scaly body away- in vain. He was just too strong. Ugh. I focused my attention on my hands and tried again.
'BOOM!'
The snake uncoiled and blasted away from me. What was that? I felt the sizzling and tingling of my hands. A pinkish glow encased them. That was useful. I guess… I didn't know what I did, but it worked.
The snakes' body was denigrating from where I'd touched him.
"How could a human have defeated me?" It hissed as a bone-chilling grin spread across its face. "At least I'll die knowing you will follow me to the grave."
I was about to wonder of its words until I remembered its first strike before it preoccupied itself with strangling me. I felt queasy all of a sudden and sat down, trying to steady myself. The world was shaking and the black spots plagued my vision as the snake faded into nothing. My temperature shot up and I briefly realized it was me who was shaking before I fell into nothingness.
I woke with a start. It was a nightmare. It had to be a nightmare. Although it did not explain my current predicament, but nothing did, really. I was in a strange bed in, a strange room, with a strange headache. I mean the room was gorgeous with European furnishings and flowered wallpaper, but I was in Japan or I was in a cave or possibly both. It was just strange.
The door opened and in walked… a toad? I screamed. It was one of those demons! It stood only to my knees with a brown cloak, a staff, and huge bug yellow eyes.
"Be quiet you stupid human!" It yelled.
"Go away toad! I don't want to be eaten!" I screamed back.
"I don't want to eat you, fool!" It waved its little green arms around.
I stopped screaming. "You don't?"
He cringed in disgust. "No. You stupid human."
"Oh. Well where am I? And what did you do to the silver haired kabuki actor?"
The toad cried in laughter. "You think… Lord… Sesshomaru… Is… a KABUKI ACTOR?" He rolled around on the floor in a fit.
"Ses-sho-maru… Who's that?" I asked. It was a strange name. It meant 'killing perfection' or 'destruction of the circle of life'.
The toad coughed, finally done laughing. "That is Sesshomaru-SAMA to you wench. He is the ruler of the Western Lands, mind you. You're in his mansion right now."
"Does this 'Sesshomaru-sama' have silver hair?" Was he the stranger? Mansion? That strange man is wealthy? Heh. It honestly didn't surprise me all that much. He did think quite highly of himself or lowly of me.
The toad chastised, "Foolish human. Who did you think I was talking about?"
I need to remember to tell people my name I was sick of being called woman or human. "I don't know. He never told me his name. My name is Ayami by the way."
"Jaken. I am mi Lords' royal retainer."
Royal? "He's royalty too?" I stuttered.
"Yep. He's a royal inuyoukai and he'd just conquered the Southern Lands, so now he explicitly owns the Western and Southern lands."
I blinked. He was a dog… demon. "Was that why he was injured?"
"Yes. Wait! He was injured! Mi lord!" Jaken opened the door and ran into the hallway screeching.
I lay back down. This trip was getting too eventful for my liking. I fell down a well, helped an injured Demon Lord, and almost died from a snake demon. What did I get myself into? Why me?
~Sesshomaru~
The paperwork from conquering the Southern Lands was more bothersome than the injury I sustained from battle. I heard a scream from that foolish onna and ignored it.
'Woman screamed,' my beast howled.
From my beasts' pestering, I saved the foolish onna only to find that my beast refused to lock back down into my subconscious. My beast fretted for her safety and its constant whining was quite bothersome. I should've let the onna die from the poison, but the beast was relentless. I needed to do something about that ningen. I shuttered at my beasts next thought or rather erotic images. Relentless, indeed. It wasn't yet mating season and already it had untoward messages for the young onna. Human she was. I was certain and her spiritual energy made her all the more repulsing. Something had to be done about that woman and my next thought pleased me. My beast, however, was not amused.
A/N: Woot! Another chapter! That doesn't happen very often! Very Happy Halloween!
Shout-outs!
Amyrosealice: My first reviewer on this story. Thank you!
Amaterasu1969: Thank you for all the reviews! They make me so happy! :D I hoped I was able to answer all of your concerns here. lol Sometimes I forget to mention something as simple as the age. I tried to make Ayami funny and a bit headstrong to combat Sesshomarus' domineering personality. Personality conflicts are always amusing and they're not allowed to fall for each other too soon. I can't wait until Ayami realizes that Sesshomaru is not gay. *snickers evily*
Guest: She's definitely human. I promise! I sometimes wish I could filter out nonhuman OC's. She does have powers, but they are EXTREMELY limited. I'm a weak human, so she's a weak human. She's strong in her own way. :D
