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Soulless Knight	By : DragonSorceress42 Category: InuYasha AU/AR > Het - Male/Female Views: 1607 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
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Chapter List
- 6
- 7
- 8
A/N: Yay, time for the next chapter, we're
going to skip to Fluffy, cause you can never have too much fluffy time, lol.

Again, all Irish Gaelic will be underlined
and translated at the end, thank you.
Disclaimer: Don't own, never will,
that should be enough for y'all.
Soulless Knight
Chapter 6:
Confessions
It had been a couple days since the episode at the hot
spring.� Sesshoumaru had managed to
convince the young female drakon to wear a traveling kimono and to get her to
accompany them to his castle.� As for the
why, he was still not sure of his reasoning.�
He had not felt the strange aura since that day either, which was
perfectly all right with him.� Anyone who
could catch him off guard like that did not sit right with him. He would not
let it happen again.�� He would find this
creature, be she human or demon, and prove to her who was superior.
Sesshoumaru's attention then wandered to
Mizu, who was paler than normal.� She was
now staring off into the foliage with a distant look in her eyes as she leaned
against Aun.� He mentally cursed himself,
thinking that if he had just paid more attention to his father's dealings with
her parents�.� Or had he paid more
attention when his father tried to school him in their culture.� He might know what was wrong with her now and
be able to help.
His musings were interrupted by a low grumble from across the
campsite.� He snapped his attention
towards Rin and she giggled nervously and blushed.� �Sorry my lord, I forgot to eat again.�
She then promptly jumped up, none to gracefully, and skipped
over to Aun.� She rummaged through one of
his saddle bags before pulling out a small melon.� Then, using the small knife Sesshoumaru had
given her for her eleventh summer, she cut the melon into small pieces.� She then held one of the pieces out to Mizu
�Would you like some?�
Mizu's eyes shifted to the fruit Rin offered her then to
Rin's face, �No thank you, fruit doesn't agree with us.�� She then went back to staring off into the
foliage, the same distant look returning to her eyes.
Rin looked a bit crest fallen but soon shook it off and
started eating.� Sesshoumaru stared at Mizu.
�There was something definitely wrong
with her.� He'd be damned if he was going
to be left in the dark about what it was.�
�Mizu?�
She shifted her unblinking gaze again, this time to the demon
lord�s stoic face.� She still had a
glazed over look to her eyes, as if she wasn't really seeing him, even though
she was looking straight into his golden eyes.�
She stared at him for a few moments, waiting, before giving up and
turning her gaze back to the foliage for a third time.
Suddenly Sesshoumaru felt three aura's to his left, from what
seemed like the air, coming closer.�
After a few moments, they had landed and stood a respectable distance
away, almost as if they had been looking for him.� Sesshoumaru mentally sighed and stood,
�Jaken!�
Jaken eeped and bowed as Sesshoumaru left their camp
site.� He too had sensed the auras but he
was not expecting this from his lord.� He
stayed behind to watch the camp, as he knew his lord wanted him too.
Sesshoumaru walked out a ways to meet the intruders, although
his face never showed it, he was shocked to see two male demons and a female
child... was she glowing?� Her aura
seemed to radiate off of her and was strong for a child of her obvious
age.� Although she looked entirely human,
he could smell the stench of a hanyou.�
He mentally shook himself and turned his attention to the strongest
aura, the obvious leader of the group whose surface power almost seemed to
match his own.� Both males seemed to be
wearing what looked like leather cloaks but it didn't take him long to
recognize them as wings.� They were
wrapped delicately around their shoulders, leaving little of their bodies to
view.
�Speak!�� The single
word dripped from Sesshoumaru's mouth in an elegant manner but it was laced
with his obvious distrust for the beings in front of him.
�Greetings my lord,� one said while the other two bowed low,
the leader made a smaller bow of his head, showing his regal breading.� �I am Glacialis; Prince of the Celtic Drakon
tribe in Northern Ireland.� This here is
my niece, Rei-an,� he motioned to the young child who simply smiled at the Inu
lord.� �And this is Talamh, her body
guard,� he motioned to the drakon stranding behind them, who bowed again to the
Inu lord.
Sesshoumaru studied all three with close scrutiny.� His majestic features never wavering as he
patiently waited for the winged drakon to continue.� Something about the girl set him on edge as
his eyes lingered on her. �She was not
normal but he couldn't put his finger on how.
Glacialis broke the silence, �We have come to make a small
but important request of you, my lord.�
It is concerning the young female drakon you have in your care.� She must be returned before it's too late.�
Sesshoumaru's gaze snapped back to Glacialis, a delicate eye
brow lifting in a quizzically silent inquiry.
Glad that he now had the lord�s attention, he continued.� �She's not well, is she?� I can feel her aura fluxing from here.� She's already entered the change.�
Sesshoumaru's eyes narrowed.�
He was not sure where this was going but he was pretty sure he wasn't
going to like it.� �Explain!�
Glacialis did not let the tone in his voice escape his
notice, �She is suffering from what our people call...�� He paused, seeming to be searching for the
right word, �fola d�sachtach!� It comes to all our kind when they reach a
certain age.� She has managed to
forestall it longer than any I've known, though I'm not sure how.�
Sesshoumaru pondered over this new information.� Although he was not sure what fola d�sachtach meant, he was sure it did not
bode well for Mizu.� He needed
clarification though and he was determined to get some before letting these
three anywhere near his newest charge, �And this means what, exactly?�
Glacialis sighed. �He
hated having to betray clan secrets but it was evident that this was a
necessity in this case.� �It means she
needs to come with us, to perform the ritual, or she will become wild and
savage.�� He hated also having to be so
blunt but he was sure Sesshoumaru would accept nothing less.
Sesshoumaru's eyes narrowed dangerously, he was getting tired
of this game, and he hated to repeat himself.�
�Explain!�� His voice dripped with
his obvious irritation and was laced with a patient annoyance.
Rei-an flinched slightly but Glacialis did not waver, he only
looked at the Inu lord with an impassive expression.� �It is a bonding ritual, meant to insure the
survival of our race and the dragons from which we descended.� During this ritual, she must choose a
hatchling as a dragon companion and they must bond by drinking each other�s
blood.� It can sometimes be postponed for
a lunar cycle, if she was to go on a steady diet of blood, but without knowing
exactly when her symptoms started, I would rather not take that chance.�
Sesshoumaru's face retained his normal stoic features once
again as he pondered over these new and dangerous facts.� �How long?��
He finally asked as he met the drakon's gaze once again.
�Until the next new moon,� Glacialis stated without
hesitation.
He searched the faces of all three, the little girl still
having that sickly sweet smile plastered on hers, before finally speaking
again.� �Very well,� he decided.� �But the final choice will be hers. I will
not...�� Before he could finish speaking
though, an ear piercing scream echoed through the forest coming from
the direction of his camp.� �Rin.�
He sped off for the camp site at top speed, noticing that Glacialis
was right behind him and matching his speed with no effort.� They both reached camp in a matter of seconds
and the site that met them almost made Sesshoumaru's eyes bleed red.
Standing in an offensive stance with the whites of her eyes
glowing a deep blue, Mizu was staring down Jaken whose staff was at the
ready.� Aun was standing behind him
guarding Rin, who was curled on the ground in the fetal position, cradling her
badly bleeding arm and crying.� Blood was
dripping from Mizu's extended claws, the same glazed over look from before still
clouding her eyes.
�B-back you foul b-beast, I'm w-warning you.�� Jaken stammered, pointing his staff at the
girl.� Mizu simply let out a menacing
lizard like hiss through clenched fangs. Taking a step forward as she did so,
causing Jaken to take a step back.
Glacialis then stepped forward, �Enough young one, stand
down!�� The command in his voice was
bluntly obvious but did no more than cause Mizu to turn and hiss at him
instead, taking a threatening step towards him.
At that moment the other drakon arrived carrying the little
girl.� Sesshoumaru heard her whisper
something to her bodyguard in their strange language as he set her down.� Talamh looked to Glacialis, who grunted his
agreement, then turned to face Mizu.�
Talamh's green wings unfurled from around his shoulders and began to
shimmer slightly, his aura spiked and he slammed his hand into the ground,
clawed fingers first, as if it was nothing more than water.
Mizu hissed at him but was too late to do anything more as
four rock solid walls sprang up around her in a tipi formation, leaving a small
hole at the top for air.� Mizu let off a
furious roar, which echoed off the trees, trying in vain to break through the
walls.
Rei-an turned to face Glacialis, �I will have to bring
Okaasan here. �She will listen to no one
else at this point.�
Glacialis nodded, �Fine. �I need to be getting back to my charges. Leave
Talamh here.�� He then turned to
Sesshoumaru, �Do you have any issues with this?�
Sesshoumaru glanced between the three again then on his
companions, his eyes lingering on Rin's bloody arm.� �None.�
Glacialis turned to Rei-an, �Then be quick about it,� He then
shot up into the sky, almost faster than Sesshoumaru could follow with his
eyes, before flying off to the east.
Sesshoumaru turned his attention back to the little girl when
he heard his name.� She was speaking in
her language to Talamh who then nodded and sat near the rock cage he had
created.
She looked back to Sesshoumaru with a smile, �Talamh does not
speak or understand much Japanese. but he should still cause no issues.� I shall be back just as soon as I can. �Please do not release her.�� Rei-an pleaded.
Sesshoumaru nodded, �Very well.�
He then watched as she clasped her hands together. Then
closing her eyes she began chanting in an odd language that sent chills down
his spine. There was suddenly a bright flash of light that caused him to close
his eyes. When the light disappeared, he opened his eyes again and the little
girl was nowhere in sight.� He grunted
and turned towards Rin to inspect her wound.�
Crouched down in front of her, Sesshoumaru held out his hand palm up,
waiting patiently.
Rin whimpered slightly and stretched her still bleeding arm
out to her lord, wincing immensely as his nimble fingers wrapped around her
slender wrist.� She successfully managing
to hold back the sob that seemed lodged in her throat but not the tears that
streamed freely down her face.
As Sesshoumaru examined her arm, he noticed that the wound
was not as deep as it had seemed by first glance and the bleeding had slowed
appreciably.� Jaken had brought him a
damp cloth by this point and he started to wipe it clean.
Rin tried not to move as he cleaned the wound but it hurt so badly.� She could not help but flinch whenever he
touched it and started crying quietly again, closing her eyes tightly to block
out the sight.
From across the camp site, Talamh spoke something in his odd
language, �T� m� rud �igin a �asca�ocht a pian, m�s mian leat �, a Thiarna
Sesshoumaru?�
Sesshoumaru stopped what he was doing and looked at the
drakon, eyebrow raised.
Talamh sighed slightly and stood. Reaching into a pouch on
his belt, he pulled out a small blue glass vial.� He held it out to Sesshoumaru and spoke
again, this time in broken Japanese, �Here, no pain, fast.�
Sesshoumaru looked between him and the glass vial skeptically,
then back at Rin's face.� He could see
and smell the tears still leaking from her eyes as she looked at the drakon. �He mentally sighed and looked back to
Talamh.� �Very well,� he nodded.
Talamh nodded, walked over, and knelt next to Rin.� He removed the cap from the blue vial. �Immediately even Rin's weak human nose was
assaulted by a very pungent odor.
Sesshoumaru quickly jumped up and away from the smell,
resisting the urge to cover his sensitive nose.�
�What is in that?�� He demanded,
eying the drakon wearily.
Talamh furrowed his brow in thought. �Plant no growing here,
it...�� He sighed in frustration; he was
not used to being unable to communicate.�
His brow furrowed further as he thought his words out carefully, �Smell
bad, Hai.� Work fast, Hai.� No pain, make go away.�� He looked between Sesshoumaru and Rin,
waiting to see if they understood.
Sesshoumaru looked down at Rin and nodded, �It is your
choice, do as you will.�� He moved
slightly as he said this, making sure he was upwind from the offending odor.
Rin looked at the blue vial, worrying her lip slightly.� As if in response to her dilemma, her arm
throbbed slightly and she whimpered.�
�Okay,� she nodded and held her arm out to Talamh.
Talamh smiled sweetly at her and gently grasped her wrist,
making sure not to cause and further pain.�
He placed the vial on the ground between them and scooped out a small
amount of yellowish gel, �No move, might itch...�� He paused, realizing he had said the wrong
word. He sighed again and looked apologetically at Rin.
Rin, forgetting her pain for a moment, clasp her other hand
over her mouth and tried to stifle her laughter.� She managed to hold it back enough to remove
her hand. �Grinning at the drakon she
offered, �You mean sting?� It might
sting?�
Talamh looked rather elated at this as he smiled back at her,
�Hai, it... might... sting.�� He repeated
each word carefully, sounding out the syllables, seemingly committing them to
memory.
Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow, he was rather impressed. The
drakon seemed to be a fast learner.
Talamh proceeded to gently apply the gel to Rin's wound,
noticing that she only flinched once or twice.�
When he had finished, he pulled a small cloth from his pouch and wiped
the remaining gel from his fingers, then wrapped the same cloth around her arm
to cover the wound.� �Ansi�d,� He stated as
he finished.� He recapped the blue vial
and placed it back in his pouch, and then he smiled and stood.
Sesshoumaru crouched down next to
Rin again to inspect her arm, noting also that the smell of the strange gel had
somewhat dissipated.� He nodded his
approval, �You should get some rest now Rin.�
It was more of a command then a
suggestion but Rin nodded anyway.� She
turned to thank Talamh, only to find he had returned to his previous place and
looked to be asleep.� Still she
whispered, �Arigato, Talamh-sama.�� She
thought she saw the hint of a smile but dismissed it.� She then curled up between Aun's front legs,
hugging close to him as he wrapped one head around her like a blanket, both sets
of eyes never leaving the rock cage that held the now silent Mizu.
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Glacialis flew back towards where
he had left Kagome and the others as fast as his wings would carry him. �He had an ominous feeling that just would not
go away.� So, he flew at top speed for
about an hour, like a rocket across the sky, before coming to a cold stop only
about a mile from their camp.
He sensed about a dozen strange
demonic auras coming from camp but nowhere could he sense Kagome�s aura, only
that of her friends.� Kouga, Ginta,
Hakkaku and Kirara�s auras were weaker than normal, probably unconscious.� The two human�s and the kitsune were in such
a state of fear he could smell it from where he was.
His eyes began to glow a bright ice
blue as he realized what happened, �That Bitch!�� He suddenly shot off towards camp again,
faster than before now that he was fueled by his rage.� As he took off, he let out a tremendous roar
that seemed to reverberate and echo in the air around him, his aura creating
instant icicles on the nearby tree branches.
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A/N: OK, as
promised, here are the translations.
fola d�sachtach =
blood insane
Ansi�d = there
T� m� rud �igin a �asca�ocht a pian, m�s mian
leat �, a Thiarna Sesshoumaru? = I have something to ease her pain, if you want
it, Lord Sesshoumaru?
Sorry this took
so long, I had issues keeping Sesshoumaru in character again, hehe.� I hope you enjoy it anyway, I will try and
get chapter 7 out sooner, R&R.
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