Forever Mine | By : Sessysama Category: InuYasha > General Views: 3853 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0 |
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Shiori clung tightly to Shinryo’s back as they hastened across the endless white abyss. It had taken her three days before she finally found InuYasha’s village, and only by sheer luck she had accidentally strayed west far enough to reach it. InuYasha and the others didn’t even question her story once she mentioned Saraku and Seto.
InuYasha immediately hurried to find their father, saying he didn’t think it was wise for anyone but him to be the one to tell him. The rest of them that were there (Shinryo, Makoto, Tanshin, Kagome, and Kenji) all went with Shiori to search for the hanyou siblings. They had been running for over half a day and made far better time than she had, but that still meant more than three days had passed since she left them at the village and there was no way to be sure either would be hanyous anymore.
Suddenly Shinryo stopped and signaled the others to follow his lead. His head was lifted to the wind as his brown eyes darted back and forth.
"Do you smell something, Shinryo?" Kagome asked from her place on Makoto’s back. Makoto and Kirara (whom Tanshin and Kenji rode) took a moment to test the scents floating in the wind as well.
"Is that a demon?" Makoto asked trying to place the confusing scent. "What’s wrong with it?"
"It is a demon scent being overpowered by, it smells like poison. But I can smell human scents in there too." Shinryo took another deep breath. "The snow is confusing the scents."
"That is Obasama’s scent!" Makoto blurted. "Not completely, but it smells very much like her."
"There mother was the human, correct?" Shiori asked, leaning forward to see Makoto. "When a hanyou becomes human their scent strongly resembles that of the human parent."
"But we shouldn’t be near the village you said yet, and there is definitely a demon I have never smelled before with that scent, and some kind of poison."
Makoto shook her head. "I know that is almost Obasama’s scent."
"We need to at least check it out," Kagome stated. "Perhaps they were able to escape somehow. And if there is a demon they could be in danger."
The others nodded and changed course to intercept the unusual scents. Shinryo’s nose began twitching again the further they ran.
"Is something wrong?" Shiori asked.
"The demon scent. Just from the scent I can tell it is powerful, but I don’t smell any hostile energy. I don’t believe it is attacking them if it is there, but still. It could be finishing a kill."
"Don’t say anything like that!" Kagome scolded.
"I see something!" Makoto cried. "A person and . . . wait, I think people are laying on the ground."
Shinryo squinted his eyes slightly against the blazing white horizon. "I see it too. And the scent, the demon scent is getting weaker."
"The person standing is leaving. It must be the demon."
"But why –"
His question was cut short as Shiori gripped his shoulders. "It doesn’t matter if that is Saraku and Seto, and they are alive."
He nodded and increased his pace, but the closer they got the more the truth couldn’t be denied. It was them, but at least one of them was not a hanyou. Shiori and Kagome both jumped onto the snow covered ground as the others stopped but froze along with the rest as they finally saw who it was laying there.
Seto, known only because he was male, was rigid and black with frostbite. His arms and fingers were contorted at unnatural angles behind him. His hands and feet, both swollen and lost to the frigid temperature, would be irreparable to anything but Tenseiga. His neck showed signs of melted skin, though it was paled from cold. His nose, cheeks, and human ears showed only the frozen, puffed blackness. A shirt of some kind had been wrapped over his head, but it was obvious little hair remained beneath it.
Saraku, if the thing before them could be called any kind of living creature, was completely unrecognizable. Only because of the scent could they tell she was related to Rin. It’s entire body was covered by layers of clothing, except for a the mouth so it could breathe. When Kagome finally managed to remove a piece of the cloth from its face she had to replace it immediately. Its skin had begun peeling off the body along with the cloth.
No one spoke, and the only sounds were consoling murmurs from Tanshin as he held his wife. Makoto so overwhelmed by the scene and smell of decay on Saraku’s body had dropped to her knees and vomited uncontrollably.
They worked quickly and carefully to place Saraku’s mutilated form between Tanshin and Kenji on Kirara’s back, while Shinryo carried Seto’s unconscious body in front and Shiori on his back.
The only thing any of them could think was: At least they are alive.
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Rin let her fingers slide beneath the silk blanket to reach for her mate but found only empty space. Reluctantly she opened her annoyed eyes to see Sesshoumaru standing on the balcony overlooking the garden. His long hair danced around his body in an ethereal performance of grace and dignity. He wore only his white hakama, a rarity in itself even for Rin. Normally he was either completely dressed or completely exposed, not halfway.
Moving with ghostly silence Rin slipped from the bed, not even caring to put on her robe as she crossed the floor to her mate. Without a word she pressed her body to his back, caressing down his arm with one hand and wrapping the other around the shoulder of his lost arm. His silky hair tickled her bare skin causing her to smirk as she rested her head against his back. She waited and moved her hand from his shoulder to his chest till she could feel his heartbeat. There was nothing she enjoyed more than the feel of his heart.
"Why did you not wake me?" she asked, closing her eyes to revel in the feeling of his body.
Sesshoumaru made no move to stop any of her actions, nor did he turn to look at her. "There was no need. My attention was required elsewhere. There was no reason to disturb you."
Rin tightened her hold on him, her fingers teasing the top of his hand before slipping between his own. "But I prefer waking to you near me, even if I have no other reason to be up."
"I was not far."
"You were not near."
Sesshoumaru pulled his hand from her and slowly turned to face her. Each movement was precise and carefully made to ensure should anyone be daring to look towards their balcony Rin’s exposed body would never be seen. His golden eyes shimmered in the light of the rising sun that surrounded him.
"I would not leave without waking you," he stated simply, giving the truth and ending the conversation.
She smiled warmly and lifted her fingers to caress the two stripes along his cheeks. "I know."
He looked at her for a moment before gently pushing her back into the room. She moved enough for him to close the balcony door. "There are some matters I must attend to."
She moved to block his path. Her arms wrapped around his chest to hold them together. She smirked playfully as she spoke, "I would rather you forget about them. It would make up for not waking me."
He cocked an eyebrow as his demonic gaze fell to her naked body pressed to him. "I cannot do that, Rin. Let go."
"Would you force me away from you?" she asked with mock hurt in her voice. Rin couldn’t help but wonder how far he would let her play this little game.
Sesshoumaru leaned down slightly as his strong arm moved to grasp her waist. "I would not." In one careful move he lifted her off the floor and held her tightly against him as he walked towards the door.
"What are you doing?" Rin cried out as her arms wrapped around his neck for better support.
"You did not wish to let go, and I have matters to attend to. Therefore I will simply take you with me," he stated matter-of-factly.
"You will not take me from this room till I am properly dressed," Rin cried with genuine anger as her eyes flickered to the door fast approaching.
"When did I say I was leaving this room?"
Rin’s mouth dropped open as she turned to look him in the eyes. He had just teased her. She couldn’t believe Sesshoumaru had actually teased her, and very well in fact. After all the years they had been together that was perhaps one of only a handful of times he had been less than serious in anything he did.
"If you do not close your mouth, Rin, my priorities may soon change."
The edges of his mark on her itched with just a hint of arousal, though she knew he would easily control such emotions. She licked her lips slowly as her mouthed closed. If he thought he could tease her and get away with it he was sorely mistaken.
He changed course and carried her to a large desk at the side of the room, pulling her sideways into his lap as he sat down. "I trust you are satisfied now."
"For now." Rin swung her legs over his and positioned herself so that she was balanced along his armless side and not be in the way of anything he wished to do. "But what is so important you must ignore your mate?"
"I have not ignored you," he replied evenly. "As to what needs my attention. Neji returned early this morning."
"Neji?" That explained a lot. Rin knew Neji was often out collecting information of Seinan, the Lord of the South. "What did he say?" she asked with all seriousness.
Sesshoumaru reached forward to a small parchment on his desk and lifted it just high enough to see the words. "Much is what we already know. His demons are still being trained, though the number has increased from the last report."
Rin’s back stiffened involuntarily as a surge of contempt and anger consumed her body. "That is not what concerns you though."
She could see his gaze fixed on something written, though from her position she couldn’t readily read the paper. "Ichiro, Seinan’s eldest son, has been making unusual advances into our affairs."
"Our affairs?"
"Saraku’s affairs to be more precise. He has taken an interest in her."
"What kind of interest?" Rin asked though she could see where this was leading.
He put down the paper, though his unreadable eyes did not leave it. "He has been attempting to find her strengths and weakness. He has also, Neji says, been asking if it appeared I would be naming her heir or not."
"An easier way into our lands would be through mating the ruler or heir of it." Rin absentmindedly rubbed her upper arms as the seriousness of their conversation seemed to increase the cold of the room.
"I will not allow that to happen," he said firmly.
"Would you deny Saraku as your heir to stop it?"
"I will choose the one that deserves to be heir, no matter which one that is. I will not allow her to mate him though, whether she is my heir or not."
Rin smiled and shook her head causing her long hair to fall over her shoulders and chest. "She would not allow it, I believe."
Sesshoumaru’s gaze still remained on the paper before him. "Ichiro is nearly as old as I am, and has the strength expected of those years."
Now Rin understood the true concern that kept Sesshoumaru distracted. Saraku was strong, but young and inexperienced compared to many of the other demons they were likely to come up against.
Carefully Rin pulled herself up and moved her legs so she straddled his waist and he was forced to look at her. She smiled down at him before lightly pressing her lips to his. As she pulled away she gazed into his eyes, now completely focused on her.
"Saraku is strong and capable. And time will only serve to make her stronger. She will not allow herself to be abused in any way." Rin moved her hands to gently massage his back while her mouth came close to his ear. "She is your daughter, after all. She cannot lose."
Rin felt his arm pull her against his chest as his head moved back enough to take her mouth to his. Passion flushed through her body from the mark as his hand came from grasp her neck.
When he finally broke the kiss Rin couldn’t help but smirk. "I believe I have changed your priorities."
"I have merely finished with one matter and moved to another."
The chill of the room was gone from her as he stood still holding her. Rin kept her legs wrapped around his waist and pulled herself to kiss and caress his neck, but stopped when Sesshoumaru’s head turned towards the door to their side.
Without warning he turned and pushed her down so she was forced to stand in front of him, his back to the door shielding her completely.
"Sesshoumaru –" Rin began but was stopped when the door to their room burst open and InuYasha walked in without even a word of explanation. She quickly curled into Sesshoumaru’s body, her head lowered in embarrassment.
"If someone is not dead you will be," Sesshoumaru growled over his shoulder so as not to move from his place in front of Rin.
InuYasha ignored his brother’s threat but none the less he did not approach any further. "Well we aren’t sure if anyone is dead, but your pups might be human."
"What are you talking about?" Sesshoumaru asked coolly, though Rin could feel the spike of worry and anger that he didn’t show.
"A woman came to us and said Saraku and Seto were captured by some freak of a miko who intended on purifying them till they were human. I got here as fast as I could. Everyone else has already left to try and get to the village they were taken too."
Sesshoumaru’s grip on Rin tightened as a pure fury of hatred and bloodlust filled her. His eyes locked with InuYasha’s. "Leave. I will be down in a moment."
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Who else here is in complete shock I have updated. Raise your hands! ::Raises both hands:: Ok, here is the thing, this is kinda a short chp for a reason, it is part one of a chp I intend to write, but as it is nearly 6 am and I have been horrid about updating id decided to post this in two parts. So guess what, I PROMISE that within the next few days another post will be made to finish off this chp.
This is also, some may note, the first time I have even given a little hint of sexual content between my characters….blame role playing, they released the corruption in me. So you may receive more sexual tension/playing later on, though I am still not sure if I will write a full sex scene.
Thanks to everyone who has patiently, and none to patiently, waited for this update. I love you all.
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