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Todoku's Love Story	By : Sesshoumaru0086 Category: InuYasha > Het - Male/Female Views: 2216 -:- Recommendations : 0 -:- Currently Reading : 0
Disclaimer: I DO NOT MAKE MONEY FROM THIS FANFIC NOR DO I OWN INUYASHA

Chapter List
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Chapter Six: Dreadful Promise
A small puff of cold air hit Todoku’s cheek. The fire had gone out in the furnace, but she was still so very warm and cozy. It was then that she remembered that Sesshoumaru had wrapped both of them in his mokomoko like a cocoon.
Her head was against his chest; listening to the gentle sounds of his breathing and heartbeat as he slept. “He’s definitely recovered. His blood is ten times as strong as before. And his demonic aura swarms around me. I’m so glad!” she smiled.   It always pleased Todoku when a patient recovered and well again; it told her she did a good job. Not just that, but it also told her that person was no longer in pain and ready to live life again.
Her large cat ears picked up the distant sounds of the hospital. People were moving about. “The storm seems to be over,” she then gasped audibly actually stirring Sesshoumaru awake. “My vassals could be on their way here to check on me!!! I better get up before they see me like this!!!” she exclaimed.
Inga, Alanna, and Jaken made their way back to the hut after taking down the barricades on the building. As cold as it was, there really wasn’t much snow on the ground at all; it was more a freezing wind storm. Todoku had just finished taking down the barrier to her hut as they reached the entrance.
“Hey guys! Did you make it through okay?” She greeted them.
“Yes we did!” Inga answered. “Everyone was bundled up and cozy in the hospital,”
“That’s great! Glad everyone was greatly cared for. Good Job you two!” Todoku praised her vassals. “And Jaken, I have some wonderful news!”
“Eh?” he answered. He was so cozy in the fur pelt he was wrapped in that he didn’t really wake up properly.
“Your Lord Sesshoumaru has made a full recovery through the night!”
The imp gave a look of pleasant shock; he then spotted Sesshoumaru in the doorway in his freshly washed and tended kimono and armor. “Lord Sesshoumaru!!” he called as he ran to him and bowed low. “I’m so glad you’re well again, milord!!”
Inga and Alanna were utterly amazed to see the dog demon standing there as if he was never injured in the first place. “That’s incredible!” Inga exclaimed. “When we last saw you, your heart was still struggling to produce blood. But now your heart and aura are very, very strong!”
“Gotta hand it to Lord Sesshoumaru!” Jaken began to gloat. “My lord NEVER stays down for long!”
Alanna got a little annoyed at that remark, “Todoku had a lot to do with his healing too, mind you! I do wonder how he recovered so quickly, though. Did you try out a new medicine?”
Todoku blushed immediately, “Ah! Um…no, I didn’t,” she sputtered. “I guess I just hit the right button...I mean! Uhm…”
Sesshoumaru cleared his throat, “Ahem. I need to go now. I have some unfinished business to take care of. Come, Jaken.”
“Yes, Milord!” Jaken happily answered.
“Ah! Wait Sesshoumaru!” she ran past her vassals to get to him. Inga and Alanna both caught her altered scent.
“Inga! Do you smell that?” Alanna who was perched on Inga’s shoulder whispered to her.
“Yes….I do…” Inga answered.
Sesshoumaru stopped in his tracks, but didn’t turn to face her. “Here’s some ointment. I made it in case you experience some pain with your left arm. The bone still likes to be painful after being severed,” she handed him a small satchel with a blue gel residing in it. “Just rub it on if it starts to twinge a bit,”
“Todoku……what happened between us. Was nothing….” He said to her quickly.
“Y-yes, I know,” Todoku then turned to go back into the hut. “Well, if you need any help again, please don’t hesitate to come visit me. Safe Journey to you, Lord Sesshoumaru,” she started to walk away.
His heart actually skipped. She called him “Lord”. Sesshoumaru then scolded himself for allowing such a petty thing to have such meaning. “It doesn’t matter! I AM a lord and that’s how she should address me,” he scowled to himself; he took a deep breath as he and Jaken made their way out of the forest. It actually felt good to be independent again. But despite that, he was still struggling a bit on actually wanting to leave. Sesshoumaru quickly shoved those thoughts from his mind, he does have important business to attend to and if he’s so caught up in petty things, he might just make a fatal error.
Todoku felt a detachment like no other in a patient. She liked to treat patients as getting a new beginning and would genuinely be very happy that they left the hospital. But this time….it actually pained her to see him go. It’s not that she loved caring for him; eventhough she would if need be, it was really just…nice to have him around. Eventhough he treated her like utter crap at times. “I need to stop feeling this way. NOTHING happened between us. It……was just a way to keep warm is all…”
It felt so utterly wrong to say that, but she had to accept it as truth. No love was transferred. They didn’t even have actual intercourse. It was just something…to pass the time.
---3 hours later---
Everyone was indoors all day. Keeping warm was the main objective.   Eventhough there was hardly any wind anymore; the air still had a crisp bite to it. Todoku didn’t bother tending her herbs because the frost would send them into dormancy; though she’d still take steps to shield them. She was glad that all the hard work her and her vassals put in during the summer made lots of medicine to last the entire season.
“Mmmm, stew seems perfect for this weather!” Inga said while she stirred the cauldron of boiling water, veggies, and spices. “I even added some mouse tails for our little Todoku! She did a wonderful job on her biggest heal yet!”
‘Heal’ referring to her single accomplishments as a doctor. “Uh yeah, well…” Todoku blushed a bit. It was all actually very bittersweet to her.
“Yeah! I’m anxious to hear how she did it!” Alanna said. Her request was more of a ploy to get Todoku to tell how Sesshoumaru was healed so fast. Especially after catching a whiff of sexual exchange in Todoku’s scent.
“I thought I told you…” Todoku hoped she could avoid Alanna’s questioning. She knew a confrontation was eminent, but she wasn’t ready to defend herself yet.
Even Inga didn’t want to pester her now, but questions were still weighing very heavily on her mind as well.   “Alanna, why don’t we wait until after dinner?” she smiled. She felt more comfortable making sure Todoku didn’t go without eating. Should a fight start, Todoku may not eat for the night.
So Alanna allowed them to have dinner without any unneeded pessimism. Though the tension was very thick. Because of this, Todoku felt the need to eat a little slower.   Unfortunately she couldn’t pull it off because she’d been hungry all morning.
“Well now,” Alanna began. Inga didn’t like when Alanna did this to Todoku, but sometimes it just needed to be done. Usually Inga would just sit quietly during these little spats that Alanna and Todoku seem to have. “Care to tell us how Sesshoumaru was healed so quickly?”
“I told you what I did,” here it comes…
“You tried. You actually DIDN’T really tell us because you were stuttering after you said ‘hit the right button’. Just what button was pushed anyway?” Alanna said bluntly.
Todoku took a deep breath. She hated these confrontations. She wasn’t a child and she hated being treated that way. Did her coming of age ceremony mean nothing? “Alright, wanna know what I did? I sucked his dick…” she said just as blunt as Alanna asked. Her eyes and demeanor told the both of them that she wasn’t lying. There was no way she could’ve been. “The sexual pleasure seemed to kick start his blood,”
Both her vassals literally had their jaws on the floor. Alanna was angered while Inga was more in shock with the language she used. “H-how….” Alanna was finding it hard to continue interrogating her.
“You honestly don’t know how that’s done, Alanna?” Todoku was being sarcastic, but it really seemed more than a sarcastic stab. “Wars of words seem to be the main game these days…”
Alanna huffed. She couldn’t believe Todoku would behave in this way; this is NOT how she, her father, and Inga had raised her. “No you ungrateful brat!! I’m talking about the promise you made to your father! Never fall in love with a demon!” Alanna was actually on the verge of tears. She was extremely loyal to Michodou, so to hear this change in Todoku upset her.
“How could I forget it?!” Todoku shouted back. “What makes you think that what I did for him involved love?” Tears threatened her voice, but she was determined not to let any fall. She breathed in deeply. “I know what you think. I know what I was taught. I also know the action I did was meant only for AFTER one is married. But, we…were just trying to keep warm; then one thing led to another. And no…I did not have sex with him…” she got up and went to her bed. “So don’t get excited over all that. Drop it, okay?”
The hut fell silent. Nothing more was said that night. Todoku had never been more thankful.
---The Next Day---
Todoku got up early that morning so she could prepare her hot bath at the hot spring that resided in her forest. Of course since it was so cold, people hardly bathed in this kind of weather. But being half a cat, she was ultra-hygienic. So Todoku went to great lengths to have her baths.
Todoku rested herself in the hot water and let herself escape the world for just a moment. Alanna had reminded her of the promise the previous night. As she said, she never really forgot.
---Flashback---
Michodou and his daughter Todoku had just finished slaying a very difficult demon to subdue. Their trial took about three days before they had finally slain him. Long story short, Todoku was taken prisoner by the demon as a ransom for the land Lord Touga obtained. Lord Touga had obviously conquered this demon to win his land. And the demon seemed bent on wanting it back. But since Lord Touga was nowhere to be found by the demon, he went after Michodou and his brood instead.
“Todoku, do you see how this demon was? He deceived you in thinking he needed healing at your hospital, and then captured you…” He told her as they were walking home. He was a little injured, but Inga and Alanna were there at his side, should he need anything.
“Yes Father,” she’d never been so deceived and manipulated like that. Todoku was just as angry as her father was.
“That is why,” he stopped her in his tracks and turned her to face him. “I want you to promise me you’ll NEVER give your heart to a demon,”
“What?” Todoku didn’t really understand at the moment.
“All demons are like this, my daughter. You’re half-demon, you know they hate you,” Michodou said. He hated to remind Todoku of the bullying she went through all her life. “They would never accept you, they would only manipulate, deceive, and kill you if they got the chance. So I want you to promise me…you’ll NEVER fall in love with a demon…”
---End Flashback---
After all they had been through those last three days, Todoku made that promise to her father. However, after awakening from her 200 year seal in which another demon was responsible for, she ran a hospital…with caring demon nurses and most demons that went through her hospital were very grateful for her help. Despite a few ungratefuls, but it still didn’t phase her.
“And Sesshoumaru…”she said aloud in her thoughts. No, Sesshoumaru never gave her a proper ‘thank you’, but…
“What about Milord?” a familiar voice said.
“Eeek! Jaken! What the hell!!??” Todoku tried to cover herself underneath the waterline. “I’m bathing here!!”
“Psh, as if I care! Here,” He laid a small bundle on one of the rocks lining the hot spring. “Milord told me to give you this,”
Just like that he went away. Todoku dried her hands with her towel first before attending to the little package. “Oh…my,”
In it was a very fine piece of jewelry. Those words did no justice for it. A choker with a brilliant ruby rose pendant. The pendant was absolutely stunning on a fine piece of black leather with a silver clasp. “It’s….so beautiful…”
Todoku wished Jaken had stayed around to give her thanks to his lord. She really couldn’t wait to put it on and see herself in the mirror. The rose was made of finely carved ruby gemstone…she really couldn’t picture its worth. “I knew patients were really thankful sometimes…but…”
The neko-hanyou immediately leapt out of the bath and headed for the hut to dress. It was only a small trek. Her vassals were thankfully not in the hut and most likely helping out at the hospital. She went to the armoire standing in the corner of their hut. Todoku’s as well as Inga and Alanna’s clothing resided here; it was a foreign piece of furniture used for storing clothing. She dressed herself in the red kimono she usually wears during the rest of the year when it isn’t so cold.
Todoku reached for her handheld mirror and put the choker around her neck. She almost fell back when she saw herself.
Despite her having a thin black rope for an obi, the choker did wonders to cover it up in total appearance. “I wanna wear this…but I know they’ll be questions…”
Todoku did her best to ponder how she could wear it without confrontation. Though she won that last battle of words…she hated confrontation. “I know… I’ll wear it only when I feel his presence in my forest. His youki isn’t hard to detect, especially being the son of Lord Touga. When he’s here…I’ll put it on for him…”
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