InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Forges of Love ❯ Refuge ( Chapter 7 )

“Sessh-kun!!” Tensei cried as she glimpsed the young demon ascending the hill to her father's forge. She ran to meet him, but he didn't look up.

"...Is it true?...Is Inutaisho really..." she began in hushed tones.

"Dead..." Sessho-maru replied.

"...Sessh-kun...I'm so sorry..."

"...It's fine...My father was foolish...giving his life for a mortal woman..." he growled in contempt.

"How can you say that? He was your father..." Tensei began.

"And he was a fool!" Sessho-maru nearly roared. She flinched back, Sessho-maru sighed closing his eyes.

"...I am lord now, there are certain duties I must up hold. I won't have anymore time to be dallying with subjects...I will not be as foolish as my father"

His words cut into her heart like a knife, Tensei lowered her gaze.

"...Is...that all I am to you...just a subject?...What about...that night we spent together in the cave?! Did that mean nothing to you!?" she yelled.

"Feh! Why should I care for something as trivial as that. I found it laughable how easily you spread your legs for me!" Sessho-maru said coldly.

Tensei felt as if she had just been shot through the heart, she pulled back her hand, slapping him across the face. Sessho-maru clutched his swelling cheek, staring at her in shock. Tears ran down her face as she glared at him angrily.

"...Is...that all it was to you? All I was to you? A convenient fuck?!"

It was then, Sessho-maru realized the depth of what he had said.

"...Ten-chan...I..."

"...I hate you, Sessh-kun...I HATE YOU WITH ALL MY HEART!!!"

With that, she turned on her heal, dashing back to her father's forge, leaving Sessho-maru standing alone in the field.

"Damn...I lost his scent..." Inu-yasha growled.

"Then I think we should call it a day" Miroku sighed, cracking his neck.

"Me too, it'll be dark soon..." Kagome added.

"...We could all use the rest" Sango added.

"You're right, let's camp here for the night..." Inu-yasha nodded.

Kagome began to unroll her sleeping bag, she paused, " I sense a shard of the jewel..."

"...And a demonic aura..." Miroku began.

"Is it Naraku?" Shippo asked.

"...I don't smell Naraku..." Inu-yasha growled, his hand going to the Tetsusaiga. Just then, Kohaku and a cloaked woman stumbled into camp.

"Kohaku!" Sango gasped.

"Sister..." he began.

"...Kohaku said sister..." Kagome whispered.

"Please...we need your help! This is Lady Tensei, we both ran away from Naraku!" Kohaku begged.

"You're safe now, we'll kill Naraku if he comes back here for ya" Inu-yasha replied.

"Thank you, you are most kind Inu-yasha..." Tensei bowed, removing her hood.

"Hey! How do you know my name?!"

She smiled warmly, "Because I know Tetsusaiga of course"

"You're Totosai's daughter?!"

"Correct, I helped to create both Tetsusaiga and Tenseiga when I was not but a child. Your father, being the kind soul that he was, named the Tenseiga after me..." she smiled.

"Naraku wanted you to make evil swords?" Kagome asked.

"No...thankfully, he did not know of my connection to Totosai...he wanted me for something...far worse..." she trembled before speaking. Kohaku placed a hand on her shoulder.

"...H...he wanted me to...bare his children..."

The whole group was agasped, Tensei hugged herself, tears in her eyes.

"...Naraku...forcing himself on me...nearly every night..."

"...That's horrible..." Kagome whispered.

"After Sessho-maru tried to fight for me, he became jealous..."

"...Wha? Why Sessho-maru?" Inu-yasha asked. Tensei blushed, a far off look in her eye.

"Your elder brother and I...were lovers once..."

"What?"

She then sighed, "...But that was a very long time ago...even before you were born..."

Tensei then turned to Sango, "Also, I would like to thank you, your brother has been a great help to me and is very kind..."

Kohaku blushed, scratching the back of his head.

"Your very welcome, and thank you for returning him to me..." Sango returned her smile. Inu-yasha's hand flew to the Tetsusaiga, Tensei froze up.

"What is it?" Kagome began.

"It's..." Tensei whispered.

"Naraku..." Inu-yasha growled.