InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Power ❯ Let The Truth Be Known ( Chapter 11 )

Chapter 11: Let the Truth Be Known

The wind whistled through the trees from the storm outside. Kagome stood out on the balcony of a huge mansion, Sesshoumaru's. She turned away from the horrid beauty of the lightening flashing in the sky and started into the room attached to the large balcony. She stopped when the silhouette of a tall figure appeared there and shrank back. The tall man hadn't seemed to see her and when the lightening flashed, Sesshoumaru's face was thrown into sharp relief. She almost walked to him, but remembered how mad she had been at him and stopped. She was about to start to tell him to go away when the sky brightened again, illuminating his unearthly features. She recognized the glaze in his eyes as a sign of being totally smashed and watched as he swayed back and forth to an unheard rhythm. She smelled the alcohol on his breath from her vantage only eight feet away. He never even saw her as he advanced onto the balcony to the edge and rested his lean fingers against the railing. She barely heard his whispered words as he looked down at the ocean hitting strong walls below.

"Where are you, Kagome? Why aren't you here yet? Why can't I find you?" He dropped his head low so his eyes were hidden beneath silver tresses. She wanted to rush over and tell him she was right there but something within her stopped her from doing this. She watched as he dragged his gaze from his toes to the churning waters and then back to the inside of the mansion. He dragged himself to his bed and without undressing fell into it, falling into a drunken sleep immediately. Kagome sat where she was for a long time, her mind completely blank. The moon descended slowly and was just about to disappear behind the water when she heard movement again. She turned to look and saw someone slip into the room through a partionally opened door. She wanted to shout a warning but stopped when she saw it was Riasha. She watched as the woman closed the door and closed the distance to the bed where Sesshou lay.

"Sesshoumaru?" She whispered. He rolled over, but being drunk, did not wake. Kagome saw she had on just a thin black slip-like nightie that only came to the middle of her thigh. She watched as the woman laid down beside him, propped up on one elbow, then leaned down to kiss him. He moved a little and wrapped his arm around her. Kagome couldn't make herself look away.

"You're here?" He seemed to be so happy, and almost disbelieving. The woman's lips curled into a smile.

"Yes, I'm here." She whispered back to him. She kissed him deeply and he didn't object. Tears glazed Kagome's eyes. They stopped suddenly when she heard Sesshou's next comment.

"I can't believe you're here. I've missed you so much, Kagome." She watched as Riasha frowned but then smiled again.

"Yes, it's me. I'm here." She leaned down to kiss him again. They rode passion and Kagome finally looked away. She had used him! She had used him…

The scene blackened and when light filtered through again she was in the same spot, only the sun was up above the horizon. She heard fighting and turned to see Riasha still on the bed on her knees and hands with a pleading look upon her face.

"Please, Sesshou-chan. I just love you so much. You're never going to find her." By `her' kagome realized Riasha was referring to herself. "She could be so far in the future you may be dead by the time she is alive." Sesshoumaru was giving her a disgusted look and was dressing quickly.

"Do not call me by so familiar a title. It is not your place. You have caused me to be disloyal, and yet you still have no regrets. You are disgusting. I love Kagome and no one else. If I die with out finding her, fine. But if I do find her and have taken a new mate…" He trailed off.

"You don't care about me at all, do you? I am not good enough for the Great Lord!" She turned away with tears in her eyes. Sesshoumaru came up behind her and placed a hand on her shoulder.

"You are a great hanyou, and can outfight most demons. Worth has nothing to do with it. I do care about you, Ayko, but I love Kagome and promised her my heart. She still has it, wherever or whenever she is." Sesshoumaru gave her a smile, but not quite the same as the ones he had always given Kagome. `Ayko' turned around and hugged him. He allowed it but would not return the gesture.

"I will always love you Sesshoumaru! She whispered before running out of the room, Sesshoumaru watching her flee. Kagome couldn't believe it! She did it because she loved him? Was that why she disliked her so much, because Sesshou loved her, not Riasha? Wait! Hadn't he called her Ayko…?

The darkness enveloped her again to send her off into other dreams, these ones which she would forget.

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Riasha went and opened the doors out to the balcony to let the smell of the fresh ocean breeze in to help wake the girl. She opened all the large windows that were designed to make it seem like the whole side of the room was open to the outside with no wall. To shut out the sunlight and ocean breeze one would simply have to shut all the windows and draw the curtains. It was an effective way to prevent the claustrophobia that seized many demons in a crowded place. They could be there for a very long time and control the fear, but for a resting place they needed something that was more comfortable to them. If even then the phobia gripped them, they could reside on the balcony if need arose. Riasha sat down in the chair facing the bed and watched the girl slowly gain consciousness. Her eyes flickered open and she blinked trying to clear them. An onslaught of noises and smells hit her hard and she winced.

"Why is everything so loud?" She questioned to no one in particular, unknowing of Riasha's presence.

"Oh, I had forgotten about that." A voice slid into her ears. She squinted and her vision cleared as she beheld one of the people she did not want to see that moment.

"What the hell are you doing here? Where's Sesshoumaru?" She said in a voice that bespoke her anger. She remembered her dream quite well. In fact, she was absolutely certain that it wasn't a dream at all.

"Sesshou is sparring with a friend of his who stays at the castle. I told him I wanted to talk to you right off this morning." She waited for what would come next and was surprised when nothing was forthcoming. So instead she continued. "You fell faint last night because with all the emotions flying Sesshoumaru accidentally transferred his to you, and he had some of yours. Demon emotions are too strong for humans to deal with, which is what caused you to faint. You would have died." She paused now; knowing there was no way the girl didn't have a question. And sure enough, it came, even if it was delivered Sesshou-style.

"How do I still live, then?" She asked emotionlessly. She didn't want this woman to see any emotion in her, none at all.

"I made incisions on yours and Sesshoumaru's wrists and pressed them together, causing an exchange of blood. You now possess some demon blood within you and Sesshou some human blood. He will be weaker than usual for a while but it will fade as his demon blood takes it over. You are now partly demon. You will have better senses and more physical ability. And you are bonded to Sesshoumaru for life." Kagome was examining her wrists closely and could barely see a slight scar that was just about healed.

"It would have to have been a very small cut, Ayko." She said, looking at the perplexed hanyou.

"You also will heal faster now because of the blood but," She gave her a piercing look, "How did you know that name?"

"I dreamed of a time ago when you came into this very room and had a talk with Sesshoumaru." She looked meaningfully at Ayko. To her surprise, the half-demon hung her head.

"You had a dream about it? Well, since you are bonded to Sesshoumaru, I suppose you might also have his memories. Then you know what I did?" She looked up at Kagome who raised her brows and nodded. She looked back down and whispered, "I'm sorry." Kagome looked at her, decidedly undecided. "I should never have done what I did. But I was with Sesshoumaru for 200 years and watched how lonely and sad he was. I loved him and didn't think he would ever find you. I just wanted to make him happy." She looked up at her. "I am so sorry." The sincerity in her voice astounded Kagome, but then she remembered how deeply the hanyou must have felt for Sesshoumaru. Even though what she did was wrong, she had not regretted it at the time, and now it seemed she did. Kagome's heart went out to her. What if she had fallen in love with Sesshoumaru but he had never loved her?

"It's okay, Riasha. I think I understand why you did what you did." She smiled at the woman who had on such a beseeching expression. Riasha turned to look at Kagome in surprise. The girl was forgiving her? Outrageous! She was strong, beautiful, sweet, and now she was forgiving her!

"I think I now know why Sesshoumaru picked you for his mate. I will never be as worthy as you are. You are in every way worthy of Sesshoumaru. In fact, I am beginning to believe he is the one who is not up to standards. He has never totally forgiven me to this day." She smiled sadly at the woman in the bed. Kagome gave her a mischievous look.

"Perhaps it is I that should be thanking you."

"What the hell are you talking about?" She was wide eyed now. Perhaps the girl was crazy and that was the problem. Kagome continued.

"Number one, it seems you saved me from an untimely death." She stated.

"Yes, one that would have been caused by me!" She said in a regretful voice.

"Number two, if you hadn't done that, I would never had forgiven Sesshoumaru, not knowing what really happened." She pointed out.

"I was up here to tell you that it was my fault." Riasha retorted. Kagome smiled.

"Thirdly, you connected Sesshou to me now. We are bonded for life and you did that. That must have been a hard choice for you to make. I don't know if I could have done it." She finished. Riasha sat with a frown upon her face for a few moments that slowly smoothed out to a smile.

"You know, your right. I did form the bond between the two of you. I am the reason that things were concluded between the two of you." She smiled thankfully. "I owe you though. I would never have realized that if it weren't for you." Kagome pretended a dark look.

"Yes, well it's still your fault that I have to be connected to that tenacious, cold, overbearing, pain in the ass now." She frowned but couldn't hold it as they erupted in laughter.

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Sesshoumaru watched as the demon across the dome rose to his feet from where he had just thrown him, using the power of toukijin. His face was set into a mask that he had worn whenever fighting. Totally uncaring, unheedful, absolutely no emotion played across his handsome features to keep his enemies, or sparing partners always guessing.

"What's wrong, Jax?" He said in his icily toneless voice. Jax gave him a look, and then took on a sarcastically thoughtful poise.

"I dunno." He said, sounding sincere. "Maybe it has something to do with the fact that I just got thrown 250 feet and crashed into a wall." He shrugged his shoulders. "Could be something like that." His eyes were alight with an internal light that refused to be put out. Sesshou was usually annoyed with demons who could not be serious, as he was, but Jax was an exception. He'd known the man for 250 years now, and had actually met him at a sparring match. Jax had been his only real opponent, causing him to almost give up his title. But Sesshou had won because the Tetsusaiga had decided to show him the power of the Baryuuha. Ever since Riasha had appeared on his doorstep one evening. Jax had been trying to catch her eye for a while now, and Sesshoumaru knew she was onto him. Perhaps now that Kagome was here and she knew there was absolutely no chance she would ever be able to have him, she would be more receptive to Jax's advances. He sure hoped so, because the idiot had completely fallen for her. Head over heels.

"Hey, kouzo, wake up, cuz here I come!" Sesshou shook his head at the man's silly way of doing things and looked to see he was right there in front of him. He easily sidestepped him but found Jax had expected that and was there, making a swing with his sword. Sesshou barely blocked it with Toukijin and managed to twist it around out of Jax's grasp.

He was astonished and found himself thrown hard to the ground, Tetsusaiga at his throat. What the hell! He had never even seen Sesshou draw the fang! He smiled engagingly at him and shook his head.

"I see that someone is slightly out of shape. Do you surrender?" Sesshoumaru said mockingly.

"Yeah, what else am I going to do? Damn, I never even saw you draw that sword. I was right about to slice you open and somehow you managed to draw two swords at once. That miko you never stop thinking about must have energized you a little." He said waggling his brows.

"Don't make me forget you are a friend and kill you." Sesshoumaru said in a totally serious voice. Only Jax would have guessed that he was joking, anyone else would have thought he was serious. Sesshou withdrew the sword and sheathed it. He looked up knowing he would see Kagome and Riasha looking down on him. He motioned for them to come down. He watched Riasha whisper something in Kagome's ear and saw his mate giggle. They were, apparently enough, getting along okay. When they reached him he raised a brow in question.

"Seems the two of you are getting quite chummy." They exchanged looks and Kagome spoke.

"We decided to come to a truce, I guess you could say." She smiled at him before walking to him and wrapping her arms around him to give him a big kiss. She couldn't stop herself; she had waited so long and had still not got laid now that she had finally found him.

"Wow. Man, now I know why you waited for her. She is a hottie, Sesshoumaru." Jax got off the ground and brushed his clothing straight. He slipped an arm around Riasha's waist and gave her a flirtatious look. "Though nothing compares to the Lady Riasha's splendor." He stared into her deep purple eyes. She had an annoyed look on her face that would have stated, `Get away' except for the smile that graced her features. She rolled her eyes.

"Please, now. I will most certainly turn every shade of red known if you keep on." It was very apparent that she liked the attention, denying the genuineness of her words.

Kagome finally unlocked her gaze from Sesshou's chest when she was sure she wouldn't start laughing. Riasha had told her that the man Sesshou had been fighting was a comedian and a flirt. She turned to look at him and caught a breath. He smiled at her with such intensity in his violet blue eyes she was sure he could see right through her clothes or something. He was dressed somewhat similar to Sesshoumaru, who had on his regular clothes now that he was at his own home. The main difference was the color, which was a light blue. It was patterned slightly different too, with little leaves down the arms and across the front. His hair was ebony with streaks of light blue in it that matched the color of the haori. He let go of Riasha and she reached out her hand, pulling away from Sesshoumaru's side. He took her hand and knelt on one knee to kiss it. He stood still holding her hand.

"My lady, I am Lord Jax. You are the missed and searched for Lady Kagome, eh?"She blushed and stammered her answer.

"Y, yes. That would be me. I am… very pleased to meet you Lord Jax." She tried to sound formal. He smiled warmly at her.

"I prefer to be called Jax. Lord is just too stuffy for me." He wrinkled his nose. She smiled back at him.

"Then I would like to have you call me Kagome." She wanted to be as friendly as possible. He looked horrified.

"And be subject to his wrath?" He pointed at Sesshoumaru who did his best to look bored, no matter how badly he wanted to smile. "Of course that is what I will call you, if you prefer."

"I do."

"Jax, you will be a dead demon if I ever hear such disrespect coming from your mouth to the Lady of my house." Even with the sincereness of his voice, he could not get the twinkle out of his eye.

Kagome was about to go off on him. How dare he say what someone whom she had decided to make friends with call her? She opened her mouth to retort at him but closed it abruptly when she heard Riasha's peels of laughter. She turned to look at the woman who was giving her a silly look and guffawing, trying to stop the chuckles from escaping.

"My lady, is there a problem?" Jax tried to look worried but couldn't get the silly grin off his face to complete it. Suddenly it occurred to Kagome that he was kidding around and she started to giggle. She looked Riasha in the eye and couldn't help it. They both burst into new laughter until they couldn't breathe. Jax looked on flabbergasted because he didn't know the source of their laughter but Sesshoumaru was covering his face with his hand. He couldn't wipe the grin off his face. He knew through kagome what they were laughing at and when Jax turned to look at him, only to throw up his hands.

"I don't know what is so funny here, but I know you are all in on it and I swear I will find out. Until then, I will retaliate in the best way possible." With that, he rushed forward toward the two girls who squealed and ran off. Jax caught Kagome first and tickled her a little before he got his hand fried for doing so. So then he went after Riasha, who managed to elude him for a while before allowing herself to be caught. By then Sesshoumaru had gotten he hint and had taken Kagome to his rooms. She gasped and wiggled on the ground where she was pinned by the handsome lord. He smiled evilly down on her. Riasha tried to get enough breath to talk.

"Please stop. Jax, please, I'll do anything, just stop…" She immediately regretted saying that. Though not really.

"Anything, huh? Are you ready to keep that promise?" The look in his eyes drew her in and she decided that moment she would try it.

"Jax, look, I…" She tried to explain.

"Don't." He attempted to stop her.

"No. You need to hear this. I love Sesshoumaru. I don't know if I could ever love anyone the way I love him." He stopped her with a finger across her lips.

"Would you try?" He asked.

"What?"

"Would you try to love me?" He asked hopefully.

"Yeah, Yes, I will." He smiled at her, glad, so glad she would. Then, he picked her up, swinging her legs up and holding behind her knee. She wrapped her arms around his neck.

"What in the world are you doing, Jax?" She said smiling.

"I'm taking you to my room, to, should I say, celebrate?" The look in his eyes told her the celebration would be sweet.

"Well, let's go."

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Well, I only have one or two more chaps then, if people show an interest, I might have a sequel, with Kagura and Kanna in it. (Did you notice I left Kanna out? It wasn't on accident.) Hmmm… Ideas coming. Hope you would like a sequel, cuz there are ideas running through this dragon demon's brain.

Hey! I thought you might also like to know that in reality, Riasha/Ayko is not a hanyou, but a full-blooded youkai. But to put her in this story I decided she would fit better as a hanyou. Write me reviews to tell me what you might be thinking! I want feedback on this chap and what you think of a sequel!

RyuuAngel

Aka: Riasha