InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Love after Death ❯ Ressurection ( Chapter 9 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

“Sessho-maru! Sessh-kun, please…say something…open your eyes!!”

`…My…mate…my mate…is crying…why does she cry? …Is it… for me?'

Sessho-maru opened his eyes gazing up at the ceiling. “So you're finally awake…”

He turned his head, Kazoku sat smiling at his side. “…Ka…zo…ku…” Sessho-maru gasped, air filling his lungs, he coughed. “LORD SESSHO-MARU!!!!!!!!! I AM SO GLAD YOU'RE ALIVE!!!!!” Jaken sobbed.

“…Where…is Fawks…?” he rasped. Kazoku gazed at him seriously, “It has been five long years, my lord. Do you remember your death?”

Sessho-maru gazed up at him in astonishment. “…Then…how…?!”

“Don't you remember, dragon blood has special healing properties?” Kazoku smiled, showing his friend the scar of a cut beginning to disappear into his wrist. “But let's get down to business, your mate and pup are in danger my lord…”

Sessho-maru sprang out of bed donning a robe, “Where?”

“At a village, just north of here, the headman is trying to force her into marriage”

Sessho-maru snarled, “He will pay”

“Jaken fetch my armor and swords”

“Of course!!” the toad demon bowed scurrying away. Sessho-maru turned to his friend. “Tell me exactly how this works…”

“Simple, my lord just a few drops of blood mixed in with your ashes. As you can see, it even restored your missing arm…”

Jaken returned with his lord's garments then left him to change. “Why didn't Fawks stay here?” Sessho-maru asked. “She said she couldn't, everything reminded her of you…” Kazoku said absently.

“I would have thought you would put up more of a fight…I know how you care for her…” Sessho-maru said softly. Kazoku smiled ruefully, “I may love your mate but…you eternally hold her heart”

Sessho-maru looked back at him, then nodded. “I have done my best to protect them, but it seems this problem can only be solved by you my lord” Kazoku said.

Sessho-maru smiled at him, “Thank you, old friend”

Fawks stared out the window of her prison, the slowly began to rise on what was to be her wedding day. She gently wiped the tears from her face.

“Mama…”

Fawks looked over to the door to see Mimirou standing there in her sleeping kimono. “Mimi-chan…you should still be in bed, the wedding isn't for another hour…” Fawks managed a smile.

“Mama…please don't marry him…” the little girl sniffled. “I have no choice, my dear…” Fawks sighed. Mimirou bowed her head, Fawks smiled holding out her arms to her. The child cuddled into her mother's embrace.

“Don't worry…you'll get used to him…”

“…Will you?” Mimirou asked. Fawks didn't reply.

“…I wish papa was still alive…”

“…So do I…” Fawks sighed.

“Good day, my future wife!” The headman cried bursting into the room. The two females glared at him. “Why such glum faces? You should be happy, Mimirou. Tonight you get a new father!”

Mimirou snarled, Fawks had to hold her back. The headman merely smiled cruelly, suddenly he lifted his head, gazing out of the window.

“What is it?” Fawks asked. “…Something's…coming”

Mimirou closed her eyes, they shot open again and she jumped out of her mother's arms dashing out of the room. “Mimirou!” Fawks called. “Stay here…” The headman whispered following after the child.

Mimirou stood in front of the main gate, gazing at it purposefully. Closing her eyes, she breathed in the scent. A smile came to her lips, “He's here”

“There you are, you little brat!” The headman shouted grabbing onto her arm. But as he did so there was a loud howling roar. A gigantic dog demon burst through the main gate, barking and snarling at the headman. “…What…what in…hell?”

“PAPA!!!!!!!” Mimirou cheered. “…N…no…y…you're supposed to be…dead…!” The headman stuttered. Mimirou growled grabbing hold of his wrist and squeezing. The headman cried out as several bones in his arm snapped. “Don't touch me!” Mimirou hissed, her eyes glowing red.

“Nor my mother…don't bother us ever again!!!!” She roared. “…Y…y…yes…I…I swear it…I…I will never bother you again…” He pleaded. “See that you don't…” said the tall man dressed in armor and fur where the dog demon had been standing. The girl released the headman and he fled, she then turned to her father and smiled. “Did I do good, papa?”

“Yes, pup, very good” Sessho-maru smiled patting her head affectionately. He turned when he heard a gasp. There stood Fawks, her green eyes wide and filling with tears. “…No…it can't be…” She whispered. Sessho-maru smiled at her, “…Mate…”

“Look, mama, papa came back to save us! I knew he would come back!” Mimirou cheered. Fawks stepped up to him staring into his intense amber eyes, she drew back her hand, slapping him across the face with full force. Sessho-maru stared at her in shocked confusion, his hand coming up to his swelling cheek. “Sessho-maru you bastard! How dare you! How dare you die and leave me alone to raise our child” Fawks cried.

Mimirou looked to her mother, then her father. Sessho-maru then smirked, “Are you saying, you're not happy to see me back from the dead, Koi?”

“Shut the hell up! Of course I'm happy to see you, you idiot! The only reason I have to be sad is because you and your stupid brother are so damn selfish! You don't think for one minute what your so called `sacrifices' will do to your loved ones!” She yelled. Sessho-maru closed his eyes nodding, he pulled Fawks into his embrace. “Forgive me, my love, I will be more careful from now on…”

“You better…” Fawks mumbled into his kimono. “Cause now you have a child to worry about…”

Sessho-maru smiled patting, Mimirou's head, she giggled sweetly. “I will never leave you again…either of you…”

THE END