InuYasha Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Breathless ❯ Reckoning ( Chapter 21 )

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

Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon or Inuyasha.

Chapter Twenty.

`Reckoning'

“Rin! What are you doing?” the running child looked behind her as she heard her name being called by the green youkai, who had noticed her running off to go in search of something “Leave that thing behind! For all that we know, it could be cursed or something!” Jaken admonished rudely before twirling around to continue to follow his retreating master along with the young taijiya.

The little girl watched after them with uncertain brown eyes for a moment, before turning around and bending down to pick up a shiny object from the ground, where it'd been placed no more than seconds ago by its original owner.

Inspecting the front face of the star shaped locket, she gave it a decided look.

“I'll take care of it for you, Usagi-san” she whispered before stocking it under her obi and turning around to run after the others.

“Kikyo I…I couldn't save you!”

“You came for me… and that is enough”

“That light is… the soul of Kikyo? It's as if it was saying good bye to us… so warm…”

“She won't suffer anymore”

“Inuyasha?”

“Kagome…”

“Are you alright?”

Silence.

“I'm sorry… what a stupid question”

“Wait…! Kagome?”

“Um, yes? What is it?” the girl of the future asked, turning back around.

“Would you mind to stay with me tonight?”

“Huh?”

“Iâ€•!! I don't mean anything lecherous by it” the hanyou told her anxiously, blushing, before he bowed his head to the side and finished in a whisper “I just… I just don't want to be alone tonight. Could you-could you stay with me for a while?”

Looking at his saddened expression, Kagome sighed, then smiled comfortingly.

“Of course…, Inuyasha”

Back in the fortress...

“Baka..! I'm such a BAKA!” the blonde girl berated herself angrily as her pillow absorbed another punch along with her tears “I'm so stupid!”

“Usagi-sama” the male detachment watched her with a sorrowful look before frowning in anger.

That damned Taiyoukai! He shouldn't have taken her to see him… he knew nothing good was going to come out of it, yet he still did. What an idiot.

“This is all my fault” he sighed with regret.

“No, don't say that, Aku… It's my fault, not yours. You didn't want to do it, but I insisted…I just- I just wanted to talk to him…” came the youth's muffled voice.

“Sometimes, some people are simply not open to listen, Usagi-sama” the detachment muttered with unexpected wisdom.

The girl's teary face turned to look at him with a pained expression.

“But I just wanted to be his friend… What did I do, Aku? Is there something bad with me, that someone would shut me off like that?”

“…No…” the compassionate detachment smiled at her reassuringly. Hr was going to say more, when they were interrupted.

“Of course there's nothing wrong with you Butterfly… and anyone that thinks there is so is a fool” Naraku said as he entered the chamber.

“L- Lord Niraya?!” the detachment stammered surprised and with a bit of fear.

“Leave us, Aku” the Hanyou Lord ordered. “I want to speak with Usagi in private”

Gathering his wits, the detachment bowed respectfully. “Yes, milord”

Then he left the room, leaving the youth alone with his Master, who focused his red eyes on her troubled form.

“Niraya-sama” the girl whispered sadly, and something inside Naraku churned.

“Damn you, Sesshoumaru… to the deepest pits of Hell for this” he muttered in anger.

The blonde's eyes widened, startled “You know?!”

“Of course I know, Usagi. Everything that hurts you… hurts me as well” he answered, taking her hand to put it above his own heart “You and I… we are one... angel. That is why I always know what you're feeling”

“Niraya-sama…” Usagi repeated.

`Oh God… he knows I sneaked out! He knows, and he's… not angry?'

“I should have listened, Niraya-sama. I'm sorry I disobeyed! I know I shouldn't go outside and talk to youkai strangers… that you said it could be dangerous but, I just wanted to meet more people… I want to make new friends! And this Sesshoumaru-sama… he'd already helped me once, so…”

Putting a hand over her mouth when she realized all her guilty deeds, she started to blurt out all the truth to him, in an attempt to make amends, desperately wanting to make everything right again.

“Oh, I lied to you, Niraya-sama… I am so sorry! He was the one who saved me from the thieves, not Aku… I didn't tell you at first because I didn't want you to get mad at Aku or Tsumi because of me… But it was my own fault I was outside at that time, not theirs!” she bowed her head in shame “I'm sorry… I only give you but trouble”

“Usagi, Usagi… look at me, calm down… I'm not mad at you” Naraku took her gently by the shoulders, forcing her to look up at him “You already give so much, Butterfly, so much more than you can even imagine…” he caressed her right cheek with the back of his hand, fondly. “Only you, only you'll be able to see this side of me… ever. I'm not going to lie to you, Usagi; I am not as harmless as I look…Warm…caring…things I usually am only around you. This is not…the way I act with everyone else”

“Huh?! Niraya-sama?”

Touching their foreheads together and bowing his head slightly, blood red met with blue for an instant before he closed his eyes and sighed, giving a bitter, resigned smile.

“I haven't been entirely honest with you, either; Butterfly…”

To Be Continued.

A/N: So it's back to the brief chapters… Just when you thought you knew where this story's going, I threw you off again, hehe.

I'm sorry guys, but this fic's been labeled as a love triangle for a reason… Lots of things are going to happen before Usa makes up her mind. To do that, first, I have to make up my own mind… and I don't know yet which one of the two bishies I want her to be! IF she's going to end with one, mind you… I could always bring Mamoru back into the picture; have her die, or something. Oh well, pairings or lack-there-of aside, I hope most of you still get to enjoy the story.