InuYasha Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Breathless ❯ To apologize ( Chapter 19 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

 

 

“Kikyo…”

 

 

“The last shard, Kagome… Kohaku…You must protect his light”

 

 

“What are you saying?! You must resist, Kikyo; do not say things like that! I did what you told me to do; it should have purified your wounds! …Wasn't what I just did supposed to save you… has everything I've done been for nothing?!”

 

 

“You have lost, Kikyo”

 

 

“Naraku, you bastard!”

 

 

“Inuyasha, come quick! Kikyo is--!!”

 

 

Somewhere else, meanwhile…“Wow. Look! Sunset's a red, brilliant color! Isn't it beautiful, Kaede-sama?”

 

 

“Yes”

 

 

`However… it's like, the color of blood'

 

 

--`Something awful must have happened… I have a bad feeling about this'-

 

 

“Kikyo…” the girl from the future whispered, trying to wipe away her growing tears of guilt.

 

 

“I'm sorry… that I couldn't save you…”

 

 

“…I am so sorry!”

 

 

“Miss Kikyo… That light that I saw in the sky last night, it was Miss Kikyo…”

 

 

“I'm sorry, Kohaku, that he couldn't arrive in time to where the priestess was”

 

 

“If only I was stronger” said the boy, bowing his head.

 

 

What they didn't know was that the Taiyoukai was listening into those words.

 

 

“Sesshoumaru-sama?!” Rin exclaimed when she saw him step out from the shadows, but the Demon Lord's gaze was only fixed on her companion.

 

 

“Boy, come with me for a moment”

 

 

 

“Stop! You shouldn't move yet. You still have poison in those wounds, haven't you?” a little girl had yelled as she followed behind the taijiya boy.

 

 

“I must go back. Kikyo-sama… she's gotten weaker. I don't know how bad she might be right now”

 

 

“But it's dangerous! Those people who are after you might get you…don't you think, Kohaku?” the girl had asked.

 

 

“I'm warning you, human! Don't expect Sesshoumaru-sama to take you there himself!”

 

 

“Master Jaken…”

 

 

“Be silent, Rin! And you, boy… you should thank Lord Sesshoumaru just for saving your life! If he hadn't, that detachment that Naraku sent after you would have killed you. Ungrateful brat… I will not allow you to cause Lord Sesshoumaru any more problems!”

 

 

It'd been two days since their new member had been admitted in Sesshoumaru's group, and the Taiyoukai still hadn't said what he'd wanted, waiting as he was for a more proper occasion.

 

 

Which, he had decided, was to be now.

 

 

That was the reason he'd asked the young taijiya to follow him to a more private place where his ward wouldn't hear their conversation. Once he reasoned they'd already entered such place, he stopped, turning around in a slow motion to look silently at the human boy, who was visibly apprehensive, for a long time.

 

 

“Boy”

 

 

The human gasped, startled, as if he hadn't been expecting for the Demon Lord to speak at all.

 

 

“S- Sir?” he asked hesitantly.

 

 

“Your name is Kohaku… Is that right?” unperturbed, the Taiyoukai asked.

 

 

“Yes”

 

 

“Then that is what I shall call you” he continued impassively “Boy, this Sesshoumaru wants to make some matters clear; your presence in his group is only temporary; you shall remain with my pack as long as the Sacred Jewel shard that you carry continues to need protection from the vile hanyou, Naraku, and no longer than that. Is that understood?”

 

 

The boy lowered his eyes. “Yes, Sir”

 

 

“That priestess who took care of you is deceased as well. It is time you acknowledge that. This Sesshoumaru will not tolerate any more outward expressions of mourning while you're in his company, especially not around his ward… Is that clear?”

 

 

The boy's fists tightened, but he remained calm. “Yes, Sir”

 

 

The Demon Lord nodded in appreciation.

 

 

“Good. Now let us go back”

 

 

 

“Ungrateful Usagi-sama…” an irritated detachment grumbled “and damn me for giving in so easely… Usagi-sama, you remember that if there's trouble you have to come to me immediately, don't you?” he said as he fixed his expensive pink kimono up, careful not to crease the bright flowers in the design.

 

 

“Hai, hai… I do. Don't you worry yourself, Aku”

 

 

“Ha! And she tells me not to worry… Miss `I've-got-a-knack-for-trouble' herself…” the half-youkai mumbled “How's my eyeliner? My hair… my rouge?”

 

 

“They're alright”

 

 

“And my lipstick?”

 

 

She gave his mouth an appraising look. “A bit smudged, but looks fine”

 

 

“Good. One thing less to worry about” he said as he took her hand, leading her forward to the place where he knew Sesshoumaru's group was camping.

 

 

“I just have to ask, Aku; did you really need to dress up like a girl for this?” she asked with dubious eyes “After all, you're only showing me the way… not coming with me to their camp”

 

 

“No… but if that Taiyoukai happens to see me while you're there, I wanna be prepared”

 

 

Usagi looked at him rather scandalized “You gonna ask him out?”

 

 

“NO! I JUST DON'T WANT HIM TO RECOGNIZE ME! THAT'S ALL!”

 

 

“Um. Okay” the dumbfounded blonde mumbled “What I don't get is why you wouldn't want this person to recognize you… From what you've told me, you've never spoken to each other before”

 

 

The flustered detachment sweat dropped.

 

 

“L- Look… It's really nothing, Usagi-sama. Just that this guy doesn't like Na-, erm, half-breeds… Understand?” He was hopeful when he saw her give him a saddened look…

 

 

…“Not really…”

 

 

`Argh!'

 

 

Sigh. “I need a vacation… Just forget it, Usa. I can already smell them: his group is in that direction. Just go there, and come back as soon as you can. I'll be waiting for you right here. Go to him, thank him, apologize, then turn back around and come back… and remember not to mention my name when you're with him!”

 

 

“Okay…”

 

 

“La-la-la-la-la! Lalalalala…Sesshoumaru-sama, where could you be? Jaken-sama; he fell asleep again…” a little girl sang while sitting on the back of a two-headed dragon.

 

 

“Oh… Hi! Can I help you?”

 

 

 

“…and Jaken-sama doesn't like Rin putting flowers around his head when he's asleep… But Ah-Un likes it. Will you help me put this crown on Ah's, the second head, so that he doesn't get jealous of Un… Usagi-san? That's what you told me your name was, right? I think it's a pretty name…”

 

 

Sesshoumaru could hear his ward's voice as he and the solemn taijiya walked back through the forest to return to his followers.

 

 

…When he saw something far ahead that made him snap to attention…

 

 

A blonde head crouched beside Rin's black haired one.

 

 

`That girl…' the Taiyoukai thought.

 

 

To Be Continued.

 

 

A/N: Chapters are getting longer, aren't they? (grin)