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Want To Be Your Slave	By : LordYouko Category: InuYasha > Yaoi - Male/Male > InuYasha/Sessh?maru > InuYasha/Sessh?maru Views: 70996 -:- Recommendations : 6 -:- Currently Reading : 10
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A/N:
I
apologize for leaving you all hanging for such a long time. My preliminary
practical exam got over yesterday, so here is the update. Enjoy! ^.^
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Chapter
24 � The Other Side of Compliance
�I
tried running away from me
Convince
me that I've grown,
But
I can't change so unnaturally,
Demons
they follow me
I
quit running away from me�
-�Demons�
lyrics by Avenged Sevenfold
Jaken was trembling with anticipation by the time
the royal family was out of the castle. Finally, at long last, his dream of
getting rid of the hanyou was about to come true.
Gaeten�s plan had worked perfectly so far. Inuyasha
was left alone with Raia; the head of the servants was given instructions to
keep an eye on him. The strong demoness was the only
one Sesshoumaru trusted to diligently care for the hanyou child. Gaeten, who
had known the loyal servant for years, knew there was nothing that could
corrupt her against her lord. But the castle was huge and emergencies could
come up at any time; it was the leader�s duty to ensure that everything went
smoothly in the absence of the Lord.
It took little ingenuity to stage a disaster at the
other end of the castle to have Raia rushing there as fast as possible, leaving
the hanyou alone in a now desolate wing of the castle.
The room where they had been waiting was situated in
Lord Sesshoumaru�s wing of the castle, a little ways from his chambers. It was
a semi-casual room meant for both formal and informal guests to be entertained
according to station. It was decorated beautifully with exquisite, unparalled works of artistic beauty; the casually placed
items were meant to inspire awe and respect for the owner � a testament to the
wealth and dignity to the prince of the Western Lands. Any guests lucky enough
to have a glimpse of the place invariably left with a sense of wonder and a
slight consternation � if these were the items that the prince deemed fit to
have simply lying about, his true wealth must indeed be inconceivable.
But the items were as expensive as they were
beautiful and as such, precious few servants had the permission to enter the
room, Raia being one of them. And that was another reason why Sesshoumaru had
chosen that room for Inuyasha to wait in; he knew no one would be foolish
enough to loiter near his chambers when he was not around. Servants were clumsy
and if anything broke � a vase, a rare piece of china - Sesshoumaru had been
known to break something of the unfortunate servant in return. The demon Lord
did not appreciate other people laying hands on his things without his
permission. Therefore, there was less of a chance that the hanyou would get
into any kind of trouble from any malicious staff.
The wise demoness had
understood the honour being bestowed upon the hanyou by being allowed to be
here without his master, and she knew the boy was no danger to anything there �
she had never met a child, demon or human as subdued as this hanyou, and yet,
at the same time, so full of life � Inuyasha, for all his submissiveness, did
not have the broken, empty eyes of a slave. The sweet boy was the last person
to be the cause of any mishap.
However, Jaken and his partner in crime had far too
much at stake to worry about some artefacts in a room. If something broke, it
could always be replaced and a minor punishment would be a small price to pay
to be rid of the irritating hanyou.�
Besides, if luck was with them, they might even be able to do the kid in
without damaging anything. After all, thought Gaeten smugly, the idiot was a
puppet � Sesshoumaru-sama had turned him into nothing
more than a toy. He would probably even die silently so as not to cause trouble
to his killers.
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So, when the time came to put their plan in motion,
Gaeten was prepared with a poison-tipped tanto. The
poison was the deadliest he could find; Inuyasha would be dead before he even
opened his mouth to cry out and they would be gone before Raia returned. The
head of the servants would be held responsible for her ineptitude in keeping
the boy safe, Sesshoumaru-sama would banish her from
the castle, if not end her life then and there, and Gaeten could then slowly
worm his way into the demon Lord�s good graces after disposing of the idiotic
toad.
It stung his pride to think the demon Lord still
ruled his mind and his thoughts. Since the day Sesshoumaru had awakened his
true nature, he had yearned for the touch that had made him feel more complete
than he ever had in his life. For the first time since he could remember, he
had given up control and it had felt divine. Now it was like an addiction; he
had to experience that feeling one more time, no matter what.
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Inuyasha stood alone in the balcony of the gorgeous
room.
When Raia had led him into the room, she had gently
warned him not to touch anything lest it broke or got damaged. Inuyasha had
complied easily, more than content to simply look at the beautiful, most likely
priceless items in the room. But the sun setting behind the trees surrounding
the vast, beautiful gardens coloured them enticingly with the last sunlight of
the day and Inuyasha found it more beautiful than any of the objects in the
room.
The sunlight diluting gently in the early evening
made a stark contrast to the violence about to be unleashed on the room. A
slight, cold breeze was the only herald to the powerful tiger demon entering
the room. Inuyasha, who had been looking out the small balcony with his back
turned to the entrance of the room, spun around as a small shiver passed
through him.
Gaeten stood, poised and calm in the doorway, his
long thick plait of light brown hair reaching up to his knees, giving him a dignified,
noble look. There was nothing in the suave demon�s expression that would
indicate anything out of the ordinary but the killing ki
surrounding the man had Inuyasha gasping with its intensity.
The tiger demon had decided that Jaken would better
play his part by being the silent partner, keeping an eye out for trouble
because the blustering toad was about as subtle as a squawking duck. Jaken,
therefore, was positioned seemingly casually at the entrance of the wing, from
where people were most likely to enter and he was alone with the brat, the only
one to enjoy Inuyasha�s final moments of terror. He did not plan to make it
easy for him, after the humiliation he had endured by having the brat witness
Sesshoumaru-sama touching him.
Gaeten relished the look of shock and fear on the
hanyou�s face as he smiled quietly, long, graceful almost feminine fingers
caressing the hilt of the tanto gently. Inuyasha�s
wide eyes stared at him, then the blade. Gaeten stared back, holding his gaze
like a snake hypnotizing its prey.� That
innocent, hateful face would soon still forever.
�Inuyasha,� Gaeten spoke quietly, voice fluid and
dark, �I have an�unpleasant duty I must perform.�
The smile on his lips did not match his words.
�But before that,� he continued. �I must thank you.�
Inuyasha was took a step back, a move that only
served to excite the predetor. Gaeten licked his lips
unconsciously as he stepped into the room. The soft evening breeze fluttered
the silk drapes decorating the room and Gaeten voice seemed to be swallowed up
till it was like a quiet drop of water in a still lake at midnight.
�It is thanks to you that I know who I am today.�
The smile on his faced widened.
�Sesshoumaru-sama taught
me.�
He slid the tanto out of
sheath with an unmistakable, chilling sound.
�And once you are gone, Sesshoumaru-sama will have someone more�worthy of his touch.�
The words were swallowed up by the silence of the
room but they echoed in Inuyasha�s mind.
Not
worthy, not good enough, good for nothing, worthless, worthless, worthless�..
For the first time, Inuyasha had a funny feeling
inside him; a boiling, churning feeling as if there was something trapped inside,
clawing to come out. The words seemed to light the fuse on a stack of dynamite
and suddenly, there was rage welling inside him like a hot, unstoppable tide. He
bowed his head, body shaking with the need to tear, to rend, to destroy
something.
His breathing quickened; he didn�t like this feeling
� this strange, uncomfortable feeling that something�something was wrong, he
had to do something but he didn�t know what it was that he needed to do.� The feeling of wanting to destroy, wanting to
harm, was so foreign to the hanyou who�d seen a lifetime of slavery, that he
didn�t recognize it at once. Inuyasha could feel his heart thundering in his
chest and the room looked surreal � the quiet, peaceful evening, the gently
silk, the demon in front of him, about to kill him�
�You�re not.�
Gaeten stopped short, frozen by the unexpected too
loud words rasped by the boy in front of him.
�What did you say?� he asked softly.
�You�re not more worthy of him,� Inuyasha repeated,
startled by his own voice. He felt like a spectator, hearing the words coming
from his own mouth.
And suddenly, the poised, handsome face was twisted
in a terrible scowl. The tiger demon�s hand tightened on the tanto.
�How dare you, you fucking brat?� Gaeten hissed. �You
dare fucking back-answer me? Didn�t your mother ever tell you not to open your
mouth in front of your betters?�
The harsh laugh that escaped from Inuyasha�s throat
almost had Gaeten stepping back in alarm.
�What�s so funny?� Gaeten demanded, peering closely
at him, trying to see past his lowered bangs. He suddenly began to feel uneasy
in the room, as though everything was closing in on him; the air seemed to be
getting thicker.
But as Inuyasha stood stock still, Gaeten gathered
his nerve and advanced. There was nothing to fear from this broken slave. He
was a high level demon, a trained fighter. He could take this small slip of a
boy with his hands tied behind his back. He was just letting his nerves get to
him.
The killing ki in the air
became sharper, more intense, as Gaeten raised the blade above his head and
prepared to put it through Inuyasha�s lowered neck.
The tiger demon was too shocked to even cry out as
five razor sharp claws slashed through his raised arm and the tanto thudded softly onto the carpeted floor.
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Jaken was getting impatient.
It had been over an hour now. The pompous tiger had
said he would be out in a flash.� What
the hell was he doing in there? He�d been a supercilious ass in telling him to
stay out of the way and these were the lethal skills he had been boasting so
proudly about? How long did it take to kill a hanyou, anyway?
Jaken looked around the corridor he was supposed to
be guarding. No one had passed by here throughout the time he had been here.
Perhaps it wouldn�t hurt to go in and check on what was taking the idiot so
long�
�JAKEN!!�
The toad demon almost jumped out of his skin at the
cry that split the silence of the evening. It was a highpitched,
terrified cry, coming from the room where Gaeten had gone.
Jaken turned towards the room and frowned. Was that
really the self-assured, confident tiger demon who had
gone in a while ago? It sounded like a female�s voice.
�JAKEN HELP ME!!�
Nope, definitely Gaeten.
What had the idiot gotten into his time? Had he run into guards unexpectedly?
How weak was he to not be able to take care of a few soldiers?
��What�s the
matter?� he called out irritably, attempting to keep his voice down, unlike the
idiot who was screaming at the top of his lungs. �Why are you making such a
racket?�
There was a garbled scream from the room and the
sounds of something crashing and falling. Jaken�s heart missed a beat. The
stupid tiger was going to get them both killed along with the hanyou. It was a
miracle no servants or guards had come here to check on what was going on.
He began walking as quickly as you could towards the
room. He knew he would be no match for anyone who had Gaeten screaming in
terror. The tiger demon may have been pompous and daft but he was strong. The
only weapon he was carrying was a wooden staff that he had managed to lay his
hands on in the servant�s quarters. It was a plain, bamboo staff � strong
enough to hit someone with but no match for demon strength. He wasn�t stupid
enough to think he could win a fight with it but maybe it would be enough to
get the idiot demon out of there and make a run for it.
The moment he entered the room, his eyes were
immediately drawn to the crumpled, horrified countenance of Gaeten sitting
slumped against a wooden chest, shaking and backpeddiing
fruitlessly, as if attempting to burrow into the wood at his back and disappear.
Gaeten�s eyes were wide with terror. �Jaken! That-the hanyou � he- demon �I..�
�Get yourself together,�
Jaken ordered disgusted, eyes roving over his injured and bloody form. There
were gashed on his hand and face and blood was trickling down from his forehead
from a nasty wound on his head. �What happened to you?� he wondered.
Gaeten gulped, still breathing hard. �It
was�Inuyasha. I was just - and he�� Gaeten trailed off, eyes searching the room
nervously.
He had always thought he was a strong fighter,
unflappable in the face of calamity but he had never met anyone with such an
unrestrained youki. Inuyasha�s aura frightened him
and fear was the thing that had turned the tides in many a battles; when it
came to a match among two strong opponents, ultimately, the one who lost was
the one who was afraid. Gaeten had tried to swallow his fear and fight for the
sake of his pride but to his shame, he could not land a single blow. Sometime
during their struggle, the tanto had been kicked to
the far corner of the room and in his arrogance, he
had not thought to bring another weapon. He had fought valiantly in the
beginning with his claws and teeth but he could land no more than scratches on
the hanyou. All he had to do was look into those cruel red eyes and his limbs
turned to water.
Jaken�s eyebrows shot up in his head, staring
bemusedly at the defeated tiger demon.. �Inuyasha did
that?� he asked incredulously. He wondered if the tiger had hit his head a
little too hard.
Gaeten nodded weakly. �Destroyed�everything��
For the first time, Jaken looked around the room and
froze at the sight. The room was� completely ransacked. The curtains
were shredded, the sofa was overturned and broken, the carpet was pulled off, the table had crashed against the wall and was lying in
pieces.
�Where is he?� Jaken asked, fingers tightening
around the staff in his hand. It was a rare break for them if the hanyou had
indeed caused the destruction. They could then tell Sesshoumaru-sama that the boy had gone crazy and the two of them had
only been trying to stop him�although he doubted Sesshoumaru-sama would buy the idiot�s story of the quiet slave being
capable of doing all that.
Gaeten pointed a shaking finger at the top of a high
wooden cupboard at the other end of the room. Jaken followed his gaze to alight
upon a small red form crouching on it quietly. Inuyasha�s bangs were covering
his eyes so Jaken could not tell what he was up to but something about him made
the toad uneasy. He wondered uncomfortably if the tense, suffocating energy in
the room was really coming from the tiger demon as he had originally� assumed.
�Inuyasha,� he said authoritatively, stepping
towards the boy. �Just what do you think you�re doing? I assume you realize you
are going to be punished for this-�
He stopped midsentence when Inuyasha�s head snapped
up, turning crazed red eyes at him. There were strange purple markings across
his face and his claws were coated with blood.
�I-Inuyasha?�
Jaken asked rather unsurely.
The hanyou remained stock still. It was a demon�s
most base instincts to hide from a threat before it knew more about the new
demon. Getting out of reach and remaining motionless attracted less attention
and kept one alive in the wild. This toad�his gut told him he was an enemy
although the hanyou Inuyasha had been too soft-hearted to ever think of him as
such, even in his own mind. But the demon, let loose after such a long, long
time, could feel all the hurt sadness caused to the hanyou�s tender heart and
he knew this demon had to be destroyed. A lifetime of slavery had beaten any
hint of aggression out of the hanyou; the demon had never thought he would be
let free, never thought he would finally have control of this body which was as
much his as it was the human and the hanyou�s. They were one; all three were a
part of him but the enslaved hanyou had been forced to repress this side of
him, to forget all about what it felt like to be angry and vengeful and alive�today, all those who had done that
to the hanyou were going to die�a slow and painful death, feeling ten times the
pain they had inflicted on a helpless child.
Jaken�s thoughts were whirling. He knew the rumours
about hanyou having a dangerous demon side but looking at that quiet little
slave, he would never have imagined in a million years that the boy was capable
of so much as lifting a finger against anyone else. In fact, it had been one of
the things that had annoyed him about Inuyasha so. He was the perfect slave �
docile and submissive and innocent. No matter how much he wished to serve, no
matter his dedication to Sesshoumaru-sama, he would
never be able to match that child-like innocence.
On the positive side, once the demon Lord saw what
the hanyou had done, it would be the end of the slave. The imperious prince would
not want anything to do with a wild, untamed slave who, at the moment, seemed
no more than an animal. Inuyasha would either be dead or out of the castle.
His attention switched back to he crouched figure on
top of the cupboard as a low growl came from Inuyasha�s throat. The energy in
the air tightened.
Jaken swallowed nervously. On the negative side, the
hanyou might just kill him before Sesshoumaru-sama
got here.
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On
the top of a tower, at the far side of the castle - �
�My Lord, don�t you think it�s been long enough-�
Raia shut her mouth when Sesshoumaru gave her a cool
glance. The demoness was getting more and more
fidgety with every passing moment. When the demon Lord had ordered her to
pretend to leave Inuyasha alone with those monsters, she had almost protested.
The prince was underestimating how dangerous the two of them were. There was no
possible way Inuyasha would survive against them.
�She had had
her doubts about the toad since he had come here, though she was obligated as a
servant of the house, to keep baseless opinions to herself. The toad demon�s
oily, smooth talking ways didn�t fool her for a second; she�d had far too much
experience with dealing with people of his type. But Jaken had done nothing she
could fault him for. He carried out all his duties without once complaining and
to the best of his ability. She had discreetly asked the others if he had
caused any mischief and had found nothing.
And Gaeten.
Raia didn�t know what had happened to him but the tiger demon had changed
almost overnight one day. There were whispered rumours that he�d gotten on
Sesshoumaru�s bad side but Raia did not have the nerve to ask him. He�d become
taciturn and rude instead of the once poised and aloof person he�d been. The
past few days, he�d been quiet and brooding but Raia had not thought anything
of it. That he would try to harm Inuyasha had never even crossed her mind; so
far as she knew, the tiger demon had never even spoken to the boy.
Therefore, when Sesshoumaru-sama
had told her he and Jaken planned to kill the hanyou slave, she had been
surprised, to say the least. She had thought the demon Lord was unaware of the toad�s
resentment against the hanyou. But using the child as bait to catch the two in
the act seemed to her like going a bit too far. He had even given orders to all
the servants and guards to stay clear of his wing of the castle, regardless of
what they heard.
�Inuyasha,� Sesshoumaru spoke suddenly and she
snapped out of her musings, �Is stronger than he looks.�
Raia hoped that the disbelieving look she was giving
him was enough to get him to explain. But the demon prince didn�t even bother
to tell her what he could see happening in the room below. It was too far for
Raia to be able to see � which meant Jaken and Gaeten would not be able to see
them either � but the taiyoukai was able to see
everything clearly. For once, she cursed the demon Lord�s ability to keep his
face unreadable. She was reasonably sure he wouldn�t just stand there and watch
Inuyasha be hurt but she did not trust his definition of hurt. She did not want
to see the hanyou beaten half to death because of any strange ideas the warrior
prince might have of pain making him stronger; the hanyou had seen far too much
pain in his young life; any more would break him instead of making him
stronger.
So, she watched the Sesshoumaru�s face for any
indication of what was going on down there, but to no avail. It was as
pointless as trying to look into the balcony so far below that was nothing more
than a black dot to her.
When Sesshoumaru had learned of the two demons�
idiotic plan, his first thought had been to snap both their necks. Did they
really think the Lord and Lady of the castle were stupid enough to leave the
castle unprotected by going away together, leaving the protection of the castle
to a mere servant? And they would never have ruled for so long if they remained
unaware of crude assassination attempts being planned in the castle. His mother
had found it particularly amusing and had been gracious enough to suggest
several interesting ways of punishing the two. He had almost taken her up on a
couple of them but then he had felt the change in Inuyasha�s aura when Jaken
had taunted him after he thought they were alone. It was a pure, demonic aura
laced with the kind of fury he had not thought Inuyasha capable of. As fast as
it had appeared, it was gone but it got the demon Lord curious as to just what
the puppy was capable of.
So he had allowed the attack to go as planned. The
boy�s demon would appear only if he felt threatened, and if there was no other
way for him to save himself. If Inuyasha was unable to handle them, it would
take him less than a heartbeat to step in and slaughter the two.
But it didn�t look like it would be required. It
seemed the demon half of the hanyou was as ferocious as the human half was
meek; Gaeten had been reduced to screams and whimpers under the hanyou�s sharp
little claws�and it seemed Jaken was about to meet the same fate. He wanted to
be there when the annoying toad got what was coming to him.
Next to him, Raia took an involuntary step back as a
small smile graced Lord Sesshoumaru�s face. Half intrigued and half frightened,
she had to place a steadying hand on the ledge nearby to prevent falling down
the precarious slope. If she slipped, it would be a steep fall down several
stories that would doubtlessly be the end of her.
She gave a small gasp and had to bring the other
hand to grip the ledge as well, as, in a flurry of white silk, Sesshoumaru gracefully
leapt down the tower and disappeared.
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�AAAAAAAAAAAAAAARRGH!!�
Jaken and Gaeten both fell back with a cry, four
violent red slashes across Gaeten�s chest. Jaken only barely managed to hold up
his staff in time to avoid taking the blow which would have sliced him in half,
like it had the staff.
When Jaken finally saw what had had Gaeten screaming
in terror all this time, he had attempted to turn tail and escape as fast as he
could. He had almost made it to the door but then the hanyou had landed right
in front of him, claws raised, and Jaken had scurried back inside. He had
quickly realized that Gaeten and he needed to work together if they had any
hope of surviving. The prideful tiger demon had not been any more thrilled at
the idea than he had been but they both preferred it to being sliced into
ribbons by the hanyou. They thanked their stars that Inuyasha was still young
and had not yet developed all his powers or they might not have survived the
attacks.
Gaeten began to curse softly although he had long
since lost the spirit and pride needed to cuss out an opponent during a fight.
They had decided one of them needed to distract the hanyou while the other took
him down, and since Jaken was the only one with a weapon, though now a weapon
half the length it used to be, Gaeten was stuck with the role of the bait.
With Inuyasha�s attention focused on the demon in
front of him, Jaken slowly moved back, behind Inuyasha and raised the bamboo
above the hanyou�s head and brought it back down, ready to knock him out in one
strike.
But the staff never met its mark. Inuyasha had
launched himself forward onto Gaeten and Jaken�s swing crashed into the floor,
instead of Inuyasha�s head. Jaken looked up, frustrated at the blood dripping
from Gaeten�s face.
�Why you little piece of crap-� he
muttered under his breath, advancing on Inuyasha.
Then the hanyou�s head snapped back and ruby red
eyes glared straight at him. Even as the terrified servant stared, Inuyasha
bared his fangs and snarled.
Jaken clutched the staff in his hand and whimpered,
reading his death in Inuyasha�s blood-hungry eyes.
�Sesshoumaru-sama!�
Gaeten�s desperate cry made him turn his eyes to the
fallen tiger demon who now had a look of desperate joy
on his face, like a drowning man that had spied a life raft. Jaken followed his
gaze and turned terrified eyes on the demon Lord standing motionless in the
doorway.
�Sesshoumaru-sama!� he
gasped, �Sesshoumaru-sama, help me please, please��
But the demon Lord may as well have been made out of
stone. Cold golden eyes watched with detached amusement as the little hanyou,
who had so far been afraid to even raise his eyes to Jaken lashed out
violently, fangs bared in a dreadful snarl.
�Sesshoumaru-sama!�
Jaken gasped, �H-he�s � he�s gone crazy, my Lord. He was- we were�he began to
destroy�the room � and Raia fled and we tried to stop him but he�he ��
�Jaken.�
The toad shut his momentarily forgetting his
injuries and the hanyou he was barely managing to keep at arms� length. It
didn�t help that Inuyasha�s arms were longer than Jaken�s.
Hearing the single word spoken in the deep, quiet
voice, Inuyasha also stopped, taking stock of the newcomer. He tried to judge
how powerful he was by his youki but it was
pointless. His youki told him he was even weaker than
the tiger demon but at the same time, there was not a hint of fear on anxiety
in him. A demon�s youki would react immediately to
any threat; the only way this demon would be unafraid of him was if he was sure
of being superior in strength.
And he had memories of this one, memories of safety
and comfort and awe � this demon had not done anything bad to hanyou Inuyasha.
Inuyasha had been taken care of; he had no hurt associated with him, only
acceptance and surrender. He could feel it, feel how completely the hanyou had
submitted to this demon, from the depths of his soul. Such submission could not
be forced; it had to be given, and it rankled the
demon that the hanyou had given up his pride, his life, his everything for this
man. So, even as he knew his vengeance would not have to involve the
destruction of this youkai, he felt the resentment
building within him towards the person Inuyasha had given his body and soul to.
But he would wait; wait and see just what this strange, fearless, self-assured
demon was all about.
As Inuyasha stilled, so did Jaken, turning
hope-filled eyes at his master. The blood flowing from his fresh wounds almost
did not register as Jaken waited for Sesshoumaru-sama
to pass judgement.
�I believe,� Sesshoumaru said at last, staring Jaken
down with piercing, lowlidded eyes. �It is not the
hanyou that needs to learn his lesson.�
Jaken felt his heart stutter in his chest. �Wh-what�but we�that is-�
Sesshoumaru glanced once to the far end of the room
where the poisoned knife had been knocked during the scuffle. �If that tanto had met its mark, did you imagine you would be
allowed to hold on to your worthless lives?�
With a sinking feeling, Jaken and Gaeten both
realized that they had made a terrible, terrible mistake. The demon Lord
knew�about their attempt to kill Inuyasha, about everything.
�M-my L-lord,� Gaeten stammered, �W-we didn�t � didn�t realize you��
Sesshoumaru raised one elegant eyebrow. �You did not
realize that you were not as discreet as you thought you were?�
Gaeten shut his mouth and looked away. The contempt
in Sesshoumaru�s eyes struck him like a physical blow.
�The House of the Moon would have fallen years ago
if vermin like you could get away with murder.�
�Please, please d-don�t do this, my Lord,� Jaken
rasped, staring at his last hope in despair. The cold look in Sesshoumaru-sama�s eyes told him that the demon Lord didn�t have any
intention at all of saving either of them and that he and Gaeten were very,
very screwed. �My Lord, I am loyal�please, I beg of you. One chance�I beg of
you to give me one chance�please��
�A loyal servant would respect his master�s wishes,�
Sesshoumaru reminded him lightly.� �In
your envy, you sought to harm an innocent child who has done you no harm.�
Jaken felt sweat break out on his brow. The slashes
on his body hurt less than the realization that his Master, his Sesshoumaru-sama was here, and he did nothing. So far, he had been
fighting tooth and nail to stay alive till the demon prince got here because he
had been sure Sesshoumaru-sama would stop the hanyou
from hurting the two of them further, even if later, they were punished.
��W-we made a
mistake�we shouldn�t have � I deeply regret what we ��
�It is not the act you regret,� Sesshoumaru cut in,
�You merely regret that you were caught.�
Golden eyes that seemed lighter, crueller
than usual, shifted from the toad demon to the tiger.
�You.�
Gaeten froze, flinching at Sesshoumaru-sama�s severe tone. He tried to look away but the molten
golden gaze made it impossible. Gaeten stared helplessly into the demon Lord�s
pitiless eyes.
�Did you forget what happened the last time you
tried to lay a hand on what was mine?� A cold smile touched Sesshoumaru�s lips.
�Or was the humiliation not enough for a whore like you?�
Gaeten�s face burned at the reminder, and at the
stinging truth in his words. A whore�was that what he was? Maybe he was right;
a true warrior would have been appalled and would have craved nothing more than
revenge but all he had wished for since that day was Sesshoumaru-sama�s hands on him again. A whore�Yes, yes he must be�
�You were given a second chance,� Sesshoumaru told
him quietly. �You were given a chance to change your ways.�
Gaeten was not aware that he was whinging. Somewhere
in his mind, he knew he should have been begging for forgiveness, begging for
his life but the words just would not form. All that he could think of was that
he had blown his chance. It did not look like he would ever be touched by the
prince again.
�Gaeten.�
The tiger demon opened his eyes to look up at him,
unaware that he had closed them. Humiliated, piteous tears gathered in his eyes
even as he looked up into Sesshoumaru�s disinterested ones.
�A pet that has disobeyed its master is punished-�
Was he....did the demon Lord just address him as a
pet? Gaeten�s heart sped up as he searched the demon Lord�s eyes for any hint
of compassion.
Then Sesshoumaru�s gaze swept over him derisively,
the look one would give to a pile of dirt.
�-but a rabid dog needs to be put down.�
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By the time Raia managed to get to the room, running
the length of the castle, the room in which she had left Inuyasha was
unrecognizable. The furniture was smashed and upturned, drapes, pillows,
cushions were slashed to bits and the carpet and walls were stained with blood.
The two dishevelled figures, that could only be
Jaken and Gaeten, were huddled in one corner of the room, cowering from, it
seemed, Inuyasha. The hanyou stood stock still, his back turned to her and
Sesshoumaru, making no move- only the low, warning growl coming from his throat
was a sign that this was not the sweet hanyou they knew.
Even Riai felt a shiver of
fear in her heart at the fierce youki crackling from
the hanyou. She was secretly thankful that its ire was not directed towards
her; she was not certain she would survive it. It was the kind of raw, unrestrained
energy one rarely came in contact with. In all her years, there were only
perhaps a couple of occasions when Raia had witnessed a demon gone wild and
even then, none as strong as this one � the deeper a demon was buried, the
stronger it would come out. That was why demons preferred slaves that were
broken; if a slave�s true nature was only suppressed instead of broken, it
would come out sooner or later and destroy everything in its wake.
Gaeten and Jaken seemed to have received a very
painful taste of it, if the fear in their youki was
anything to go by. The blood on Inuyasha�s claws was testament to the fact that
it was he that had wreaked havoc on the room, and on the two demons trembling
in fear.
Raia looked anxiously from the child to the demon
Lord.
�My Lord,� she began urgently, still panting from
her wild dash from the top of the tower to this room. �He needs to be reined
in�should I bring in guards with a sedative�� It would be the sensible thing to
do to have it shot while it was still wary of the presence of the new demon.
It was common practice to control unruly demons with
a sedative dart. It usually required a trained team of demons to do the job
because controlling a demon gone wild required effort, skill and perfect
co-ordination between the team members. If the demon in question could not or
did not wish to be killed, it took a strong sedative, usually made from some
sort of poison, �to
bring it out of its trance. It was in a wild demon�s nature to fight and keep
on fighting till it died, so it was not possible to do what a demon would
normally do to subdue another� fight and defeat. Defeat implied having the sense to surrender when one knew the
battle was lost; but a demon like this one would disregard pain, bloodloss and injuries and would not stop till it got
itself killed.
�No,� Sesshoumaru said softly, not turning his eyes
away from the small demon and its prey. �Let him be. The demon has been subdued
for far too long�this time, let him be.�
It took a great deal of his willpower to mask his
own aura and watch the scene play out. If he didn�t demon Inuyasha would
promptly turn his attention to the most powerful source of youki
in the room and attack, viewing him as a threat to its dominance. He wanted to
watch the end of this little drama before he and demon Inuyasha faced off. But
his own youki was very tempted to assert its
dominance, to teach this puppy he had claimed that demon or not, he was still
owned. It was not often that any of his pets provided any sort of challenge to
his authority; he was curious to see how his little hanyou would react to
knowing what he had done.
Raia was startled. The first thought she had had
when she entered the room was that whoever had done all this was going to be in
very, very deep trouble. When she had seen it was Inuyasha, she had prayed the
demon Lord would not be too hard on him. Now, however, it seemed as though the
demon Lord was, if anything, pleased by the state of things.
�But the room � aren�t you�?�
When Sesshoumaru glanced at her, his eyes held
nothing other than amusement. �I believe it is a fitting price for the
entertainment.�
Raia turned towards him in despair. �B-but�Gaeten
and Jaken�they will-�
The demon prince smiled coldly and it suddenly
occurred to Raia that Sesshoumaru-sama was really enjoying this.� He would coolly stand there and watch the two
get killed.
�S-Sesshoumaru-sama,�
Gaeten whimpered, attempting to straighten up but he could no longer feel his
limbs and he slumped down awkwardly. �P-please, please take- take��
he swallowed nervously and tried again. �Save me, p-please, please?�
For a moment, Raia forgot about the gravity of the
situation and stared at him. If she hadn�t seen it herself, she would not have
believed in a million years that Gaeten could beg, sounding like a small child.
It wasn�t that he was a wimp; everyone knew he had gone into and faced down
formidable foes on the battle field, never giving up his pride in the face of
death. But here he was, looking at the prince with tears beginning to gather in
his eyes, and Raia wondered what exactly had transpired between the two.
�M-my Lord,� Raia stammered, very
aware that it was not her place to speak, but unable to help herself.
�A-are you really going to- to�let them die this way?�
It was one thing to execute traitors or wrongdoers
as punishment but this was different. Inuyasha�s attacks were not strong enough
to kill them; the demons would die by inches, most likely from bloodloss. It seemed barbaric to watch it happen.
Sesshoumaru turned slowly towards her,
�What have they done to deserve better?�
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