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At Death's Door
By : Vyper
Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female
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The body of Lord Hakimura was unceremoniously dropped in front of the elders by Sesshoumaru’s Uncle Benjirou. Uncle Daichi and Uncle Lin stood on each side of Sesshoumaru and what was left of the head of Hakimura was also placed in front by Sesshoumaru’s Uncle Choukichi.

“This body cannot be regenerated?”

One of the elders asked in frustration.

“No, he will not stand trial here. His crime to this family is closed.”

Uncle Benjirou stated who was also a part of the council of elders. He was Louna’s eldest brother and his authority was very rarely questioned.

“We will need to appoint a new Lord of the South. Until that point the Lady of the South will be in control which is most unfortunate.”

An elder woman spoke making her point clear that she did not care for Lady Lily in the slightest.

“Lord Sesshoumaru, I am aware you are also at war now with the East. I am assuming you are aware of this situation.”

Elder Akio said in concern with the upcoming trial.

“Captain Ramos is currently in charge of my army and thus I have utmost faith in him. Also my Uncle Ken remained behind. My troops will be fine; however my concern has been for my allies the Northern wolf tribe. I have a feeling that the South has been planning an attack upon them for some time and have waited for just the right moment. We had been at war for a single day and their dens are not fortified well enough for a future attack. I have taken some of the wolves into the west under my custody, but I am afraid we will lose the majority of them to the Southern advance.”

Sesshoumaru said and Kouga rolled his eyes. He was allied with the South; he had no fear of them.

“What do you say to this Lord Kouga?”

Elder Akio asked.

“I say Lord Sesshoumaru should mind his own business. We are allied with the South; there is no reason to start a battle with someone who I have been in peace with for years.”

Kouga said and the elder looked at the boy like he was a fool.

“You are aware that the South had declared war on the North just this afternoon by Lord Hakimura’s command.”

Elder Daisuke stated.

“What? But why would they do that?”

Kouga asked confused.

“I do not know, Lord Hakimura is now deceased so we cannot ask him. However his troops have already advanced and I fear Lord Sesshoumaru is right. It is not as though Lady Lily will defy her Father’s orders and she is also a skilled tactician since Lord Hakimura only had one child.”

Elder Eiko said as she watched the wolf turn white and run from the room only to be stopped by the guards.

“You cannot leave Lord Kouga. Your presence is required at this trial.”

Elder Daisuke stated and Kouga growled as he tried to fight the guards to get to his people.

“Restrain him.”

Elder Eiko said and the guards proceeded to restrain Kouga and Sesshoumaru looked at the wolf not feeling one ounce of pity for the man.

“My people will die without my help! Let me go! Damnit!”

Kouga growled as Elder Eiko chanted and a binding spell held the wolf in place.

“You have information concerning the Inu hanyou Lord Inuyasha for this trial. Since we will not be able to get the information from Inuyasha himself you will remain to state what you know since you accused this man of beating his brother and whipping the Inu hanyou female Lady Pearl. Unless you wish to claim what you had stated is false then you are required to stay here. If you also state this information is false Lord Sesshoumaru has every right to punish you for your accusation of him. What you did at that mating ceremony is serious and is not taken lightly Lord Kouga.”

Uncle Benjirou stated as Kouga panicked. He was in deep shit and he had put himself there by opening his big mouth. Now he was paying for it and Sesshoumaru was looking at him to see what he would do. If Kouga stated he lied he would be stuck here even longer and he would be labeled as a liar, which was worse than death to the wolf. If Kouga did not defend his friend then he was even more of a bastard, but he couldn’t let his people simply die.

”I don’t understand why Lord Hakimura would attack my people. We have always been at peace with the South. I really don’t understand any of this.”

Kouga said in defeat. His people were probably dying right this second and he could do nothing to stop it. It was like Kagura’s attack on his brothers except he knew the South and they would slaughter everyone. Children would die, women, and men. Hakimura was not one to show mercy.

“He wanted to expand and he is waiting for the East to finish their attack on the West before attacking the Western lands. Then he will destroy what is left of the Eastern army taking over all four territories. It is simple really.”

Sesshoumaru said without blinking an eye.

“This is all your fault! If it wasn’t for you none of this would be happening!”

Kouga yelled pointing to Sesshoumaru as his eyes bled red.

“How is it my fault Kouga? All of these events were bound to occur. If you were much more intelligent you would have fortified your dens and moved forward with the rest of the world. We have gone beyond using steel weapons and swords. Your people are behind the times.”

Sesshoumaru said simply.

“Why did you not send men to protect us? You are our ally! You are supposed to help protect my people from attack!”

Kouga accused and Sesshoumaru sighed.

“Kouga I am at war with the East. My men are fighting a war as it is and we sent troops to take your people from the North to the west. Your people would not follow. We took as many as would come, but we cannot force your people to follow us. You also brought both of us here and thus this is your fault. If you are to point blame at someone blame yourself.”

Sesshoumaru said trying to get the wolf to see his part in all of this.

Kouga had tears in his eyes. He didn’t want to hear this. Kouga didn’t want to place the blame on himself, but it was true. He was at fault for much of this.

“My people……forgive me…”

Kouga cried.

Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes. He was really becoming soft as it were. It was pathetic really.

“Kouga you forget I have tensaiga. I can bring many of your people back.”

Sesshoumaru said in irritation.

“You would do that? For me?”

Kouga said in surprise.

“I would do it for our treaty and for Inuyasha not for you. For some reason my brother cares about you so I do it mainly for him.”

Sesshoumaru said annoyed that this was taking so long. He wanted to get to his mates.

“Are we ready then?”

Elder Daisuke asked.

Everyone nodded and the trial began. Sesshoumaru was forced to admit to the deeds that Kouga stated had occurred. In the end he was to be whipped, beaten, have the arm of his Uncle go through his chest, and practically starved. He was to be given only one small ration of food per day and he was to remain in the dungeons during this ordeal for a full three months. When that time was done he could see his mates for a day and then he would be seen by the elders again.

Sesshoumaru was put in restraints which were demon proofed and led down to the whipping post where his restraints were attached to a ring and his haori ripped from his body as well as his nagajûban and his hadajuban by the claws of his Uncles until they were nothing but rags. He was currently stripped of his rank and title.

Mother was there to witness. She tried to stay strong for her son, but a tear fell as the whip snapped and long bloody red lines filled her precious boy’s back as Uncle Benjirou used the whip expertly cutting deep into the flesh so that Sesshoumaru would indeed feel this pain.

While he was being whipped Sesshoumaru thought of how frightened Pearl had been and how he had not even considered her to be female really. He had only seen her as his little brother and as the whip came down he did his best not to cry out when Uncle Benjirou hit a particularly tender spot. This time Sesshoumaru wanted to feel the pain so he would know how his beloved mates felt when he had hurt them.

The whipping went on for hours with his other Uncles taking turns with the whip as eventually Sesshoumaru did cry out. He had suffered more lashes then any man before him. This would not be the only time he would be whipped either. It was just today and since he had made his little brother suffer almost every day of his young life, the Elders felt it best that Sesshoumaru also suffer every day for these three months.

The ramming of the arm through his chest was scheduled for another day, but he was to be beaten as he had beaten his brother.

Sesshoumaru was pulled free of the whipping post and his back was a complete mess. Blood spilled down his back and shoulders. He was not allowed to heal the wounds until after the beating.

He was taken to a room where his Uncles beat him until he couldn’t stand. They were to show no mercy or pity although all four of them hated doing this to their nephew. None of them truly could understand how Sesshoumaru could beat his little brother like this on a daily basis and still have the boy love him.

When his Uncles were done Sesshoumaru was allowed to use his powers to heal his body which he did. However his hair was a mess and his clothes were ruined.

As Sesshoumaru was taken to a special cell where only royalty was kept Sesshoumaru had to admit that this dungeon wasn’t too bad. There were windows he could see out of and futons in the cells to rest upon.

When they got to his cell the door was opened and Sesshoumaru was shocked to find it was quite nice with a writing table with quills, ink, and scrolls so he could write to his beloveds. There were two windows in the room for him to look out of and the walls were all demon proofed so he could not escape as was the spell on the door.

The torch light illuminated the cell and although he was in shackles he noticed the room had murals painted on it.

“The prisoners here had permission to paint the walls. If you wish to paint over anything or add your own work you may do so after your punishments tomorrow.”

The jailer said as he undid the shackles on both Sesshoumaru’s wrists and ankles surprising Sesshoumaru at this.

“I will have the servants bring you a bath and clean clothes. Your Mother will also be seeing you after your bath.”

The jailer said and then he locked the door and departed.

Sesshoumaru hoped that he would be allowed a brush since his hair was in shambles. He really hated being a mess. Still this gave him ideas for his dungeon since straw was not the most comfortable thing to rest upon although it was not bad for sitting upon.

Going over to the table he sat on the stool and started a letter to his beloveds telling them how sorry he was for hurting them. He wrote words of love and devotion to them both as he spent a good hour writing everything he felt in his heart. He especially wanted Pearl to know that he loved her dearly and she should not feel afraid to talk to him and Inuyasha. What happened to her was not her fault and he wanted her to know he would always love her no matter what.

Sesshoumaru wondered if he would get the chance to see his beloveds during this whole trial, but was grateful to have at least these scrolls to write with.

Soon the bath came and servants with it. They undressed Sesshoumaru and proceeded to bathe him. The servants were mainly males, but one female came and had to admit Sesshoumaru was a gorgeous creature. She was there mainly to groom his hair and to pick out his attire for the day.

The males roughly scrubbed Sesshoumaru getting all the blood off of him and washed his hair with some sweet smelling soap. The girl had a bottle of oil for that long silver hair and hoped she would have some time alone with the handsome male, but by the look of the other servants that was not to be.

“Ok Nina, you may groom his Lordship.”

The servant chuckled.

Sesshoumaru did not find that humorous, but simply stood as the males dried him off and then he was placed into a plain white silk kimono with a plain black obi. His boots were also taken away to be given to his Uncles to do with as they saw fit. Inuyasha was barefoot for years so thus he was to be barefoot for three months. Why Kouga had brought that up when the wolf went mostly barefoot as it was had been beyond Sesshoumaru.

The female combed his long silvery hair and ended up playing with it more than combing it. His hair rarely tangled so he did not know what was taking so long.

“My Lord, you have such lovely hair. Do you wish for it to be up?”

The girl cooed and Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes. Another female was in love with him.

“No. I prefer it down.”

Sesshoumaru said flatly hoping she would just get on with this otherwise he would comb it himself.

Getting out the bottle of oil the girl poured some into her hands rubbing it into his hair until it sparkled.

“Nina we haven’t got all day.”

One of the male servants said as he poured the bath water into the drain with the help of a couple of other males.

“Tomorrow I will bring you some ribbons to put into your hair and maybe offer you a massage.”

Nina said.

Sesshoumaru sighed and chose to ignore the girl.

“Come on Nina we are leaving.”

The servant male said as Nina quickly kissed the top of Sesshoumaru’s head and rushed out the door.

“Goodnight my Lord.”

Nina said through the grate and Sesshoumaru decided he hated his life.
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At Death's Door	By : Vyper Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female Views: 6412 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 2
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha nor make money on my writings.

At Death's Door