InuYasha Fan Fiction / Sailor Moon Fan Fiction ❯ Breathless ❯ Separated ( Chapter 43 )

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Chapter Forty Two.

 

 

`Separated'

 

 

“Sesshoumaru…” the blonde girl repeated in another whisper “you are really here…” It had been no dream.

 

 

The Demon Lord noticed that she'd said it not in fear, but in wonder. The two only continued looking at each other.

 

 

“Uh…” Aku looked from one to the other and back again, uncomfortable with the silence “Usagi-sama?” As if just remembering his presence, the Taiyoukai approached the hanging male and with a flick of his wrist, released him from his binding, dropping him to the floor, never taking his assessing stare from the girl. “Ouch!” the detachment stood rubbing his sore butt and glaring once more at the Inu Lord “You could have done it less harshly, you know?” but he was once again ignored.

 

 

“Well look who's back from the dead” Jaken sneered, peering at them from the door.

 

 

“Jaken”

 

 

“My Lord?”

 

 

“Quiet”

 

 

“Yes… My Lord” the little youkai bowed ashamed, scurrying into the room with no more words.

 

 

Sesshoumaru's eyes returned to her then. “So, you are finally awake”

 

 

“…Finally?” she echoed questioningly.

 

 

“Usagi-sama, you've been out for more than a week and a half” Aku explained gazing down at her worried as he went to kneel beside her “are you sure you're alright?”

 

 

“You” the Demon Lord gave him a sideway glance.

 

 

“My name is Aku” he supplied, only to be dismissed.

 

 

“Be silent”

 

 

“Um” `who does he think he is, anyway' Aku thought, scowling, whereas Usagi stared on, not quite understanding what was going on. Why was Sesshoumaru-sama treating her companion this way?

 

 

“You girl……what is your name?”

 

 

“Huh?” she blinked. As natural as that question was, there were now thousands of possible answers. She took a deep breath.

 

 

“My name… is Usagi” she responded at last, settling for the one that would bring the less misunderstanding.

 

 

Taking notice of her reaction, Sesshoumaru was certainly frowning.

 

 

“Usagi, heh? …What about `Serenity'?” He heard the girl gasp with widened eyes.

 

 

“Eh! How do you know about that?!”

 

 

“It's what the masked youkai called you”

 

 

“…Usagi-sama?” an intrigued Aku asked, for he had also heard him call her that. `Masked youkai?' the girl repeated in her mind; it suddenly looked as if she'd become lost in her own little world `is he talking about… that man…I'd forgotten all about him' she thought dejectedly.

 

 

He was another threat she would have to watch out for.

 

 

Closing her eyes, she sighed. “Yes, he did call me that” Feeling she was delaying the answer to his question, the Demon Lord's face darkened.

 

 

“I want to know why”

 

 

She stared at him back. “Why? …Why would you want to know about that? The last time we met, Sesshoumaru-sama, you didn't want to have anything to do with me” she asked, not in reprimand but still in a dazed state of genuine confusion.

 

 

The Western Lord scowled at that, no longer calm since he'd already been waiting for a week and a half.

 

 

“Woman, your power bursts affected the Fang of Heaven so much, they ended breaking my Tenseiga” he hissed with impatience “one of my enemies and another, a potential one, have both come after you in a short span of time; this makes it quite apparent that the two events are connected in a plan to leave this Sesshoumaru powerless… You will tell me who you are…!” the threats in his tone made Usagi flinch and jump back.

 

 

“Fang of Heaven? …T-Tenseiga???” she uttered in fear that he might strangle her, like the first time they'd seen each other.

 

 

“My sword” he threw the broken weapon at floor in front of her, seething in rage “Tenseiga”

 

 

`Oh' for some reason, the sight of the two separate pieces of the Sword of Heaven was what finally made her hit with realization. She suddenly had an idea of all that her power could have done when gone wild.

 

 

“I'm… sorry…” she apologized

 

 

“Sorry doesn't cut it, wench!” Jaken complained then.

 

 

“Hey! How dare you call her that!” Aku growled murderously. “Enough!” they all looked at Sesshoumaru, who was positively livid.

 

 

He turned back to Usagi after a while “Why does that masked youkai want to kill you, girl, and why does Naraku seek you out?” None of them noticed Aku's sharp intake of breath.

 

 

“Naraku?” the blonde echoed startled, but composed herself fast.

 

 

“You and your partner will remain captured until I find the reason” he informed in a no-nonsense warning tone.

 

 

Usagi's gloved hands fisted.

 

 

…Would all her encounters with this creature always, always be like that?

 

 

“I've…already told you. I do not know who he is” she told him very seriously, forming a frown of her own as she got up slowly to look him in the eye, wanting him to see that she was being sincere. She never heard Aku's small gasp.

 

 

She wasn't going to back down.

 

 

“I've never met anyone with that name” she said once more, confronting him with newfound solemnity, wanting him to see that she was no longer going to allow herself be intimidated.

 

 

She'd already seen so much

 

 

“Those two people that you say; if they are indeed in seek of me, then their motives are a mystery to me as well”

 

 

“…Then, you might not leave this place alive” he ground out, testing her to see if she was being truthful.

 

 

That was when, despite her attempts to retrain herself, her aura surged out burning all around her, flaring to life in a burst of pink and silver.

 

 

She could not help it. With her powers no longer sealed inside, it was bound to be like this from now on when someone went and managed to her mad.

 

 

“Whoa!?!” Aku exclaimed, managing to leap away from her in time. Usagi-sama had holy powers?! However, they were not attempting to purify him.

 

 

“I will not concede that you hurt him!” he heard the blonde haired female shout. However, when he glanced at her and the Taiyoukai, he noticed they were looking weirdly and intently at each other. Sesshoumaru's own demonic red aura had inherently risen to hers, yet the two auras were not clashing, they were… mingling?

 

 

`Are they …tasting each other's powers?!' Though the two of them did seem astonished by their auras' reaction as he and Jaken watched them amazed.

 

 

“Lord Sesshoumaru!”

 

 

“Usagi-sama?!!”

 

 

`Her aura is… …soothing' Sesshoumaru thought privately, truly aghast as the two powers embraced one another, trying to look for the right way to describe what was happening `even though she's angry, there's no…real hatred; her powers are somewhat holy, but they're not acting quite like a miko's… they're… warmer and non-threatening… They don't seem to want to get in battle with mine', he gave an involuntary shiver when another wave of her power touched him `It's actually making me feel… stronger…? …Does she even know that her aura gives off like that?'

 

 

Looking at her forehead, he saw the crescent moon mark glowing.

 

 

That symbol…

 

 

Could their powers have come; been born of the same origin?

 

 

Outrageous! He did not have anything in common with a human! Yet despite his best attempts to summon his old inner fury, he found that he couldn't.

 

 

All he found that he could feel right now was an appeasing…serenity…

 

 

Hn.

 

 

It seemed her name truly suited her well, after all.

 

 

Summoning his power back, he saw that hers had retreated as well, and that she almost looked disconcerted at what she'd just done.

 

 

That made the two of them

 

 

“I do not like to repeat myself; I will not allow you to go free” he told her smiling cruelly and with a finite tone, intrigued at what she might do now, if she'd dare to try and defy him, and a certain message was passed between their gazes.

 

 

He would take his compensation if it meant their lives. Whatever it was that he wanted with her, the young woman reasoned, it was probably best to keep her half-breed friend out of this mess while she attempted to fix it.

 

 

“I know” she sighed breathlessly, sapphire orbs once again closing “But if you're looking for the one responsible for what happened to your sword, I think I am the only one…so I only ask for you to let Aku go”

 

 

“U-Usagi-sama?!” the lavender haired detachment began to stare at her in shock.

 

 

She noted that she'd caught his interest. “Let him go” she said again “let him go… and I will stay out my own free will” her big blue eyes met with his as she attempted to make a bargain “Please”

 

 

“NO! What are you saying, Usagi-sama?! I'm not leaving without you!” However, her newly resolute gaze never wavered from the royal Inu demon's face, and neither did his, from hers.

 

 

That was the first time he truly looked into her eyes, and he felt they somehow managed to touch something unknown inside him. He immediately felt as if he couldn't not give into those pools of sparkling blue…

 

 

Humph, ridiculous.

 

 

“Humph, very well; but you girl, are going to come with this Sesshoumaru's pack for a while” he turned around to leave the house. “My Lord?!” Jaken cried out appalled as he moved to the side to let him pass. Seconds later, with a bit of hesitant resolve, the blonde picked up the broken sword before the detachment's bewildered face and went to follow.

 

 

Both the toad and incarnation saw them walk out the door.

 

 

“Rin, Kohaku, mount on Ah-Un, we're leaving”

 

 

“Wha-wha- what?! Usagi-sama!?” Aku chorused, running after they'd exited the hut. “You can not leave with him!” he directed his next question to the Dog Youkai “Where are you taking her?!”

 

 

“That is not of your concern”

 

 

“It's okay, Aku” she paused trying to give him a reassuring smile, despite the fact that she was a bit shaken.

 

 

“No! I will not let you go with him alone!” he didn't pay any heed to the way Sesshoumaru's profile turned to glare at him from the corner of his eye. “Even if he kills me right here, you're not going! …I don't trust him!!”

 

 

“I do not think he really intends to hurt me”

 

 

He pouted at her sadly. “You're too trusting for your own good, Usagi-sama”

 

 

`He is right' the Inu Lord mused.

 

 

The blonde put a hand on the detachment's shoulder. “I'll be alright…I promise”

 

 

“But-but- BUT! What am I- what am I going to tell Niraya-sama??!!”

 

 

She let out a breath sadly at the mention of her former `guardian'. She'd had no chance to say goodbye “That I can protect myself, and not to worry”

 

 

`…Can she now?' doubted the Taiyoukai.

 

 

“Demo…I can't accept this!” the boy immediately snapped shut when she put a finger over his mouth. Sesshoumaru didn't know why this bothered him so much. “Will I-- will I see you again?”

 

 

Instead of responding, Aku felt her kiss one of his cheeks and blushed lightly.

 

 

“Till next time” she breathed out as if she were making some kind of an oath, vowing that they would see each other another time.

 

 

`Hmph. Humans' the Dog Youkai mentally drawled, going to them to interrupt the sentimental conversation. “Girl, can you fly?”

 

 

“Wha--?! I -a-I…I don't know” she shifted to him with flustered perplexity, probably not having thought about that at all. Truth was, she didn't know which of her powers were active now and which were not.

 

 

The Demon Lord would have rolled his eyes.

 

 

Acting in a flash, he suddenly made a grab for her, picking her up under his arm as if he were carrying a dirty, flea-bitten animal.

 

 

“Eep!” the embarrassed blonde cried out.

 

 

What had she gotten herself into?!

 

 

`The utter indignity of the situation' both carrier and carried ironically thought at once.

 

 

“Put her down!” her scandalized blue-clad friend immediately tried to go to girl's rescue. Looking away, the Taiyoukai began to walk off, apparently ignoring him. “My Lord! Wait for me my Lord!” the green skinned servant yelled as he ran to catch up, getting a hold of the end of his master's pelt before he left without him.

 

 

“Why don't you just carry the slayer kid around and let her ride on the dragon with the child?!” the incarnation didn't want to give up.

 

 

“Because” the Demon Lord stated in irritation but did not pause “I don't intend to chase after her in case she happens to be able to fly and she's being dishonest about it”

 

 

“She's not!” Aku argued, only to be ignored once more.

 

 

He could only watch as the Demon Lord took off, followed by his ward and the taijiya on the two-headed dragon…taking his blonde friend away, without him; knowing he couldn't do anything about it.

 

 

His heart sank.

 

 

“Till the next time… … … …Usa…”

 

 

To Be Continued.

 

A/N: Longer chapter how's that?

 

 

IMPORTANT: Beginning from one of the next posts to come, the following chapters might be posted as a different entry/story, titled “Breath (PART II)” while this is labeled “Breath (PART I)”… It might start with the next chapter, or the next, or the one to follow… so don't take the alerts out (in case you have one) and check my profile for news about this story. I'll still be the same story, what do you think of it? Should I keep posting all the future chapters in this story, or start another one as the “second part”? I warn you… this story's got A LOT to go before it runs out…

 

 

I would really like to hear your advice.