InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Demon's Angel ❯ Naming Tenshi ( Chapter 5 )

=Demon's Angel=

By: Youkai Yume

Yume: I'm finally back with the next chapter to "Demon's Angel!"

CF: S'bout time! CF thinks some of Yume's readers have already given up on Yume while waiting.

Yume: (sobs) I know! (blows nose) But (sniffles) I guess I don't blame them. . .

CF: Show some backbone! (softens) Don't cry, Yume, here (hands chocolate) feel better?

Yume: (ignoring her) I think I lost my assertive nature somewhere in the darkest recesses of whatever's left of my sanity.

CF: (throws paws in the air) CF gives up!

Yume: I apologize, but this will be an extremely short chapter due to the writer's block that I seem to be plagued with.

Disclaimer: So not mine.

Chapter 5: Naming Tenshi

The seemingly endless night finally came to an end, as the golden hint of light that peeked over the horizon of the Western Lands signified the coming of dawn. When she had finally awoken she had found herself to be alone once more. Blinking, she pulled the covers over herself. The demon lord named Sesshomaru was not with her any longer, and she felt a sense of relief and at the same time disappointment come over her.

Shaking the last haze of sleep from her eyes, she glanced around the room. It was a lot more beautiful in the morning light, she observed, than the dark shadows of night that she had first laid eyes upon it. Sighing, she gingerly stepped out of the warm comforts of the futon, and walked over to the window.

Sliding it open, she took a deep breath of the fresh air. Yes, the room, this place, definitely seemed more beautiful in a different light. `I wonder if he is like that too. . .' The young girl's thoughts wandered briefly to the demon lord from yesterday.

She had always thought him to be beautiful. . .if that was even an appropriate term to use for a man-or was it demon? Ever since she had first laid eyes on him in that clearing. In the darkness of the night and malevolent aura of that other demon, Naraku. . .he was like a light that remained untouched and unfazed by the shadows. Combing her fingers through her ebony locks, she focused her attention to the pinkish blue sky.

And yet. . .at the same time, he was cold and intimidating in his own way. She almost shuddered remembering his piercing gold stare. Like ice---yes, just like ice. Cold, unfeeling, unbreakable, unforgiving. She swallowed. `How can someone so beautiful be so numb inside?' She wondered.

"I wonder. . ." She muttered, stepping out to the balcony. Gazing over at the lush, green scenery, she couldn't help but feel peace come over her tormented and confused soul. Which reminded her about her own predicament.

`He asked me for my name,' she recalled, `But I couldn't answer him.' The wind blew her tresses in a dance, and her she closed her eyes, digging her mind to find the answer once more. A growing frustration welled inside her, and she blinked back the tears that stung her eyes.

"Why can't I remember?" Her voice filled with sorrow, and the feeling of emptiness and loss filled her once more. What was she like before this amnesia? Who was she, and did anyone even remember her? Does anyone even miss her? What if in fact, she didn't even have a place, or a home to go back to? Perhaps she was all alone to begin with. . .

"Kami-sama, where do I belong?" She whispered, the first tears of the morning slipping from her orbs.

Her misery was shortly forgotten however, when her attention was averted to the sound of a child's laughter. Wiping away her tears, sapphire eyes wandered over to a breathtakingly beautiful garden below. Amidst the abundant fields of flowers, she spotted a little girl of about six or seven playing happily and dancing around a disgruntled green toad.

At the sight, she couldn't help but let a smile curve her lips. She giggled when she saw the child put a wreath of flowers over the unsuspecting toad's head; which led to several shrill protests. The girl, deciding that the toad was far too noisy, took the strange staff from his grimy, green fingers and hit him over the head with it. A rather primitive, but effective way of silencing it.

It was then that the little girl raised her adorable cinnamon brown eyes up to where she stood on her balcony. At one look, she sent her a wide, toothy grin, and waved enthusiastically. Giggling, she waved back.

"Come play with Rin!" She called out, gesturing excitedly at all the flowers, and already formulating fun games to play once the girl came down from her room.

Biting her lower lip in consideration, she decided what the heck? It would give her something to do, and also take her mind off of her condition. Now how to get there. . .Looking down over the wooden railing of the balcony, she estimated how far off of the ground she was. It was a good distance if she were to jump, and she didn't really want to.

She very well couldn't leave her room to look for the garden. Afterall, she didn't know her way around this castle, and she didn't want to spend hours wandering around the castle. Not to mention, she sort of wasn't ready to face the demon lord yet, and even if she did run into him, something told her that it was very unlikely that he would give her directions---or a tour. Probably just send her back to this very room, and it was the last place she wanted to be in.

Glancing around, she spotted a winding vines that managed to creep its' way up the castle walls. Probably took it years to grow this high, but that wasn't the point. Her eyes lit up at the sudden realization that she could use it as a ladder to get down.

"Perfect!" She smiled, and turned her eyes back to the waiting little girl. "I'll be down there in a sec!" She called out, and left the balcony to find her shoes. After a short moment, she returned, swinging her legs over the wooden railing, and reaching for the vines.

Rin's eyes widened in worry, and she ran a couple of paces when she saw the girl slip a bit as she hung on tightly to the vines.

"Be careful, pretty lady!" She called out. She could only wave back reassuringly, and pretty soon carefully climbed down the weaving green ropes.

Brushing a few strands of hair from her face, she panted slightly, looking once in a while to see her footing on her makeshift ladder. `Halfway there!' She cheered, and she could hear the little child of a girl cheering her on too.

Perhaps she shouldn't have been cheering quite yet, for with the next step that she took, the vine broke from beneath her feet, sending her tumbling down toward the earth. Her eyes widened in fear, and she let out a shriek of surprise, the wind hurtling past her, and she closed her eyes tightly for impact.

= ^_^ =

Sesshomaru couldn't gain a wink of sleep the other night. Not that he needed it. . .but his weary mind ached for rest from the swirling events of the day. Here he was with his brother's wench whom he had saved all for the purpose of that wretched vision of an angel. He would've groaned if not for the fact that he, Sesshomaru, did not groan, or show any signs of frustration no matter what the cause.

Still, the question of `What to do,' came into mind again. The miko---whose name he still failed to find out---had indeed lost her memory. There was no doubt about that. But what could he do about it? It wasn't like he cared at all.

He sighed. But when he looked at those eyes, those swirling sapphire eyes, it was filled with such honesty and truth. Such innocence and at the same time strength. And beauty. . .an unexplainable essence of beauty. It almost gave him the impression of staring straight into heaven. Through the eyes of an angel. . .

The taiyoukai mentally shook himself. There he went again, letting his thoughts wander to that dream and comparing her to the troublesome girl. Yet, as much as he knew it probably would be best to just get rid of her, his instincts still told him she still needed his help. And a part of him. . .wanted to help her.

What was compelling him to do so still remained to be a mystery. But his soul had already seemed resolved with the decision. . .the decision to help her. Whether she really had a connection to the angel or not.

Walking along the halls, he found himself going in the direction of the gardens to check up on Rin. Yes, he needed some fresh air, and to get his mind off of the plaguing sapphire depths of the girl. Upon opening the doors leading to the garden, his eyes were met with a rather surprising scene.

There his ward was standing with an unconscious Jaken by her side, crying out to the miko as she fell halfway from her balcony. Something rose within his chest when he heard her scream out in fright, and quicker than lightning, he had bolted past the fields, and arm outstretched, awaiting the falling girl.

She slowly opened her eyes when she realized she didn't impact with the cold, hard ground, but instead something firm, warm, and yet soft. She blinked, recognizing the perfect, flawless face of Sesshomaru. He stared down at her with expressionless golden eyes.

"Uh. . ." was all she managed to get out.

"Tell me, human. How is it that you always manage to stay alive on your own?" He asked her stoically. He watched as she opened and closed her mouth like a fish gasping for air, but no words came out. Finally she drew in a deep breath, and looked him square in the eye.

"I wouldn't know if I survived on my own before," She threw back in a somewhat bitterly sarcastic tone. Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow at her, finding the helplessness also laced in her voice, and nearly growled when he felt a tiny prick of guilt. However. . . "But, thank you anyway, Sesshomaru-sama. I just want you to know that I'm not TRYING to cause you more trouble." He sighed.

"What were you doing?" She began twiddle with her thumbs nervously, blushing.

"Um, I was trying to get into the gardens. . ." Sesshomaru still bore his eyes into her own, and nearly scoffed.

"It would've been easier to use the door," He answered almost sarcastically, though his voice remained void. The fiery girl in his hold, glared at him, though not in an angry way. Instead it held a bit of. . .playfulness?

"Sesshomaru-sama!" The demon lord turned around to meet the little girl running towards them. "Sesshomaru-sama saved pretty lady!" She squealed. Carefully placing her to her feet, Sesshomaru allowed the miko to go to Rin.

"I was trying to get to the gardens to play with her," She turned to tell him. "She um, invited me," She said softly. He averted his gaze to the bouncing child, who gave him a sparkling hopeful look.

"Can pretty lady play with Rin? Please?" She asked. Sesshomaru remained silent for several moments, and after a while, just turned to sit on a nearby bench.

"Yay!" Rin giggled, dragging the older girl into the fields.

"Wait, he didn't say---"

"That's Sesshomaru-sama's way of saying `Yes!'" She explained. Glancing back at the enigmatic demon lord, she gave a small smile before giving her full attention to the adorable little girl.

"Rin is called Rin!" She introduced herself as she plopped down into the patch of wild orchids. "What's pretty lady's name?" She asked. She saw the older girl stiffen. There was that question again. And still, she could not answer it. Rin tilted her head to the side as the silence dragged on.

"Doesn't pretty lady have a name?" The child asked innocently. She looked up from her musings, and smiled kindly at her.

"Oh, it's not that, Rin. It's just that. . .I can't remember my name. . ."

"Pretty lady forgot?" She nodded sadly. Deciding to drop it, Rin proceeded to make a wreath of flowers, showing it off to her. Pretty soon, they were both laughing and making an abundance of floral jewelry.

She opened her eyes in surprise when the little girl placed one of the flower wreathes upon her head, and stepping back to admire her work on her. She laughed good-naturedly, even did a pose for the little girl.

Rin nodded and smiled approvingly and danced circles around her until she was too tired to go on. She sat next to the older girl, and tugged on her sleeve.

"Tenshi," She giggled. The miko blinked at the child. "Pretty lady looks like a tenshi!" She repeated again. The older girl smiled then, taking the wreath off of her head and fingered the flowers absently.

"Tenshi. . ." She tested the word on her lips, and after saying so, the little girl laughed again.

"That's gonna be pretty lady's name! Rin will call Tenshi, `Tenshi' from now on!" Rin exclaimed. At hearing this, she giggled. `At least I'll have a name. . .'

"Alright then, let's start over, Rin." She held out her hand for the little girl to place her own small one on. "Hello, my name's Tenshi."

= ^_^ =

Sesshomaru watched the conversing females from a distance, his acute ears catching every single word that passed their lips. He had frozen when he heard what Rin had called the miko. "Tenshi," she had said, when translated meant "angel." `No, the coincidences are just too great,' he mused, but what could he do? It seems that the name was already catching on for the two girls, and the more that he thought of it, the more he could see.

Perhaps it was the way the morning light shone upon her smiling face, or the way she looked with that wreath in her hair, surrounded by flowers. But she really, almost maybe, looked like an angel, and "Tenshi" was really, almost maybe fitting for now.

`At least Rin did not call her Kagome.' He thought, and could've laughed if only he wasn't so unsure of himself.

=End Chapter=

Yume: That sucked.

CF: No time to muse on our suckiness! We must type review responses and start on "ForgetMeNot!"

Yume: Oh! You're right! Post haste! Oh, The next update for this story probably won't be for a while. Maybe by next month. . .not sure. I'm uber sorry!

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END NOTE!

Yume: (groan) Now, I need to take a break before I start typing up the next chapter to my other story.

CF: Yume needs a vacation. CF needs a vacation!

Yume: I think you're taking yours early! Seeing as you left me with writer's block!

CF: CF can't be brilliant all the time!

Yume: Excuses. . .

Ja Ne! ^_~