InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Journey of the Half-Immortal ❯ Chapter 13 ( Chapter 13 )
[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]
Chapter Thirteen
Aniu.
Aniu looked around in the darkness for the voice calling her name.
Aniu come back.
Where are you? She asked to the darkness.
I am here.
Where?
Here.
She turned around and saw nothing. She turned around again; surely there was something behind her. There was nothing but darkness. Panic started to seep in and she began to run through the darkness. Suddenly it wasn't dark anymore. She was in a clearing surround by an untamed forest. The full moon shining onto the clearing. She looked up to the moon.
Aniu.
She brought her gaze down to look across the clearing. There stood a figure cloaked in white. She smiled.
Sesshoumaru.
She ran to him and it was an easy gait like she wasn't hurt at all. All of a sudden a purple beam was cast through her stomach. She choked and fell to her knees.
He pulled the beam out of her body and she fell on her side.
Why?
The cloaked figure walked up to Aniu until he was standing over her. The cloak had a bluish baboon mask.
Not Sesshoumaru.
No not Sesshoumaru.
He pulled back the mask to reveal a black haired man with a wicked grin on his face.
Naraku.
Correct. Now die Aniu.
Another beam slashed across her body and she coughed, coughed up blood, her blood.
No.
Aniu woke up with a start. She was so warm, so warm it was like her body was on fire. Something cold pressed onto her forehead and she shivered at the feel of it. Her eyes opened slowly to peer onto the face of a concerned Sesshoumaru.
“Aniu, you're awake.”
Relief flooded his eyes and he rubbed his hand through her hair.
She smiled glad that it was only a dream. She felt a tickle in her throat and began to cough. Sesshoumaru turned her as her cough turned to gagging. Soon she was puking. When she finally had hold of herself she looked down to see blood soaking the grass and not left over food. She didn't have time to take it in because she started shaking, badly. She was shaking so hard it looked like she was having spasms.
“Sessh-oo-ma-rruu,” she said through chattering teeth.
Sesshoumaru hugged her closer to his bare chest. She wasn't hot anymore she was ice cold. He pulled her legs into his lap until she was like a little kid being held by their parent. “I'm here.”
The shaking turned violent and it tore a scream from her throat. She raked her claws down Sesshoumaru's arm as she screamed. He put a hand on the back of her head and pressed her face into his chest as she screamed. He winced when her claws drew blood but ignored it and looked over her head at the sunrise, hoping to the gods that she would get better.
Aniu screamed and screamed and screamed until her throat was raw. Then she turned to whimpering, painful whimpers.
Her body had started warming slightly and the spasms were decreasing in magnitude. Soon she was just shivering but whimpering like it still hurt.
“Aniu, are you still hurting?”
She nodded against his chest and shuddered at the movement. Her head felt like it had exploded into a million pieces. Just nodding made her want to puke so much that she pushed away from Sesshoumaru to retch on the grass. Sesshoumaru held her steady until she finished then he wiped her mouth with a white cloth.
Aniu had a moment to look at what had appeared on the grass. It was blood. Why was she puking blood?
“Sesshoumaru?” she asked panic seeping into every part of her body.
“I know.”
“What's…going…on?”
“Am…Am I going…to die?”
Sesshoumaru looked away from her and said so softly she thought she'd miss it if she wasn't looking for it. “I don't know.”
I can't save your life, though nothing I bleed for is more tormenting. I'm losing my mind and you just stand there and stare as my world divides…
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The cave was damp but warm because of the fire. Rin and Jaken were sleeping at the back of the small cave. Aniu and Sesshoumaru were closer to the opening but still very close to the fire.
Aniu was cradled in Sesshoumaru's lap, crying as her face was buried in his bare chest. Sesshoumaru held her tightly, stroking her hair lightly. He murmured softly in her hair and every once in a while left light kisses.
Sesshoumaru felt every hot tear that streaked down her face. They landed on his chest and trailed down his stomach. Aniu was still so cold in his arms but she was warmer than she had been.
He had taken her home, clinging to his body. He had thrown away her bloody clothes and dressed her wounds. As soon as he was finished he wrapped as many furs around her freezing body as he could. Ever since then he had been trying to comfort her.
Damn that half-breed.
Aniu was suddenly very still in his arms and he looked down at her. She was very pale and she wasn't breathing. It was still hours away from when she would change but if she died before then, she would never awake.
He picked her up and put her down on the stone floor, the furs cradling around her. Sesshoumaru placed his ear between her breasts and listened. Her heart beat slow and faint but she wasn't breathing.
He lifted his head off her chest and put both hands on the side of her face. He looked down at the deathly pale face and noticed blood falling from her nose.
“Aniu, breathe. Please stay with me.”
She didn't respond.
He sighed then pinched her nose and opened her mouth a little. He leaned down and breathed for her. Her chest rose and fell with every breath that wasn't her own.
“Come on Aniu. Breathe,” he said tears shining in his eyes.
He breathed for her a few more times until she woke up coughing. Blood spilled from her mouth and he turned her so it wouldn't go back down and drown her lungs. The blood looked black on the stone floor and in the light of the fire.
Aniu kept coughing and blood kept pouring onto the floor. Blood was still dripping from her nose mixing with the salty tears falling from her eyes. She coughed until something came up her throat and out of her mouth. Only then did she stop and Sesshoumaru laid her on her back.
He wiped the blood from her mouth and nose like a parent wiping a kid's runny nose, as she drifted in and out of consciousness. She closed her eyes and the last thing she heard was, “What is that,” then the world went black.
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A warm, naked body was pressed tightly against her bare back. Hands clutched tightly around her waist and one leg clutched both hers together. A warm breath was blowing against the back of her head and stirring her hair.
She moved slightly and felt furs covering their naked bodies. Unfortunately the furs didn't cover her face because there was a burning light on the other side of her eyelids.
Gingerly she moved her hand to cover her eyes but was stopped by the arms tightening around her waist. Fear surged through her and she struggled more only to be held fast by the man behind her. She was whimpering by the time she settled down.
“What's going on?”
The man behind her stirred, “Aniu are you awake?”
“Yes.”
The man behind her loosened her grip and she turned over to see it was Sesshoumaru. Looking into his face made a smile come across hers. Sesshoumaru smiled back at her then let his hand trail up from her hip to her face. It was slow and sensual and made Aniu close her eyes.
Aniu leaned into him and placed her head on his chest. She breathed in the scent of him and sighed. Rolling her eyes up to his face she could see him staring down at her while playing with her now golden hair. She kept her eyes rolled up as she leaned in and kissed his chest. Feeling his breath catch made her smile and he smiled down at her. Her hands caressed his chest feeling the muscles ripple underneath as she kissed his chest.
Flicking her tongue across one nipple made him close his eyes and let out a soft moan. She licked and nipped at his nipple then moved to the other one and did the same thing. By the time she stopped he was breathing heavy, his eyes closed and his sex was large and heavy against her stomach. She squirmed up towards his face and kissed him. She kissed him long, deep and passionately. His hands roaming over her body as they shared the effects of the sensual kiss. He placed both his hands on her ass and pulled her close to him. She felt his erection again, hard against her and moaned into his mouth.
Shoving her hands into his hair she pulled him deeper into her mouth. She released his hair and moved it down his arms feeling the muscles that lay quiet there. He broke from the kiss and dove straight for her neck. He nipped and kissed along her neck and came to the junction between her shoulder and neck. He kissed and licked the crease and she threw back her head. Sesshoumaru turned her onto her back and pushed himself on top of her. He kissed her hard bruising her mouth but she didn't give a damn in the least.
He released her swollen, red lips and began a slow travel down her body with his mouth and tongue. He came to her breasts and licked around one nipple, teasing her. He placed his mouth over the nipple and sucked hard and fast. One of his fangs punctured the delicate skin and the rose-water smell of her blood flowed into his mouth. Aniu moaned as he licked away the blood before the small wound healed. Sesshoumaru rolled his eyes up at her to see her head back in ecstasy. Nipping his way down her stomach caused her to arch her spine off the furs and into his hungry mouth. He came to her sex and her rose-water scent spilled over him. He lowered his mouth to her and licked softly at her sex. She gave a short yip and then moaned. He pressed harder with his tongue, sliding two fingers into her. She moaned loud and thrust her hips into his face. The two fingers moved faster and his mouth sucked harder on her little nub. Her breathing quickened and a pressure built itself low in her belly.
Her world was swallowed into a place of white hot pleasure. Her eyes swam and she cried out. When her eyes cleared she saw Sesshoumaru above her. His mouth lowered to hers and she kissed him hard, interested in the taste of her on his lips.
He pressed himself, hard and ready, against where it was warm and wet. She whimpered softly and whispered across his lips. “Yes, gods yes.”
He inched into her slowly still holding the kiss. He was a few inches in when he felt a barrier. Aniu winced but nodded to him. He kissed her gentler this time as he pulled back out and dove right back in. She screamed into his mouth and he whimpered as her body clamped around his shaft.
Soon her body relaxed and he was able to move easily. She whimpered every time he went past where her hymen had been but soon started to enjoy it and that pressure started to build again.
Aniu went with the rhythm that he had started, thrusting her hips up to meet his. Pleasure built low in her stomach, growing and growing as he thrust and thrust. Her body let go and she screamed as she drowned in the intensity of her first intercourse orgasm.
Sesshoumaru thrust harder and harder until he let go. He thrust one last time, hard and deep, his seed spilling into her womb. When he was done he collapsed on top of her; his head falling between her breasts. She put her legs around him keeping him inside her for a little while longer. She put one arm around his back and the other stroking his face. They lay there covered in sweat, breathing heavy with their eyes closed as they regained their strength.
When Aniu could move again she let her legs fall to either side of Sesshoumaru then started caressing his back. He moved his arms to either side of her and lifted himself up enough to see her face. She smiled at him and he kissed her gently.
“Thank you Sesshoumaru.”
He smiled at her and pulled out of her. “I love you Aniu.”
“And I, you,” she said.
He got to his feet and swayed a little bit then looked down at her and laughed.
“I guess we should get cleaned up before Rin and Jaken get back.”
She laughed with him. “Yeah I don't want to give that toad another excuse for mocking me.”
Sesshoumaru held out his hand to her and she took it. He hulled her up and into his arms. He hugged her and she just leaned into the hug, burying her face into his chest.
“Don't ever scare me like that again.”
“I'm sorry.”
“Come on we should get cleaned up.” He let her go and turned around to get their clothes. Then he grabbed her around the waist and ran for the trees in a blur of speed people would have thought they were imagining it. Aniu hung to his neck as he dragged her through the forest. When they came to a hot spring she just sighed in anticipation of the hot water and soaking in it for a good long time.
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Aniu leaned against Sesshoumaru while letting the hot water take away all her problems. She was sitting in front of him his legs on either side of her body and the back of her head resting against his chest. He rubbed her arms and shoulders while she stroked his legs. They had been sitting like this for fifteen minutes before either one was willing to talk.
“Aniu?”
“Yes.”
“Do you know what happened last night?”
Aniu frowned. “I remember you saying, `What is that?' then nothing.”
Sesshoumaru was quiet for so long Aniu started getting nervous.
“Sesshoumaru did something happen after I passed out?”
He shook his head sending part of his hair over his shoulder. Aniu grabbed part of it and stroked it. She knew he liked the attention to his hair whenever he needed a little comfort.
He sighed. “Yes.”
“Tell me what happened,” Aniu said calmly.
Sesshoumaru tilted his head back a little. “Well there was a type of youkai that was in your stomach that was trying to eat you from the inside out.” Aniu's stomach clenched at the thought of being eaten.
“How do you know?” She asked softly.
“When we killed it, it was full of your blood. Did you eat anything earlier in the day?”
Aniu thought about that for a minute. “No. I was too worried about the transformation that I didn't eat anything.”
“What happened after you left the camp?”
“I walked to the river and sat by the edge as the sun set behind the mountains and my power left.” She shivered.
He hugged her close but still urging her to go on.
“I was getting up to go back to you when I was attacked by Hakudoshi.”
Sesshoumaru frowned. “When I found you, you were cut up by Inuyasha, your blood dripping from his claws. There was no Hakudoshi there.”
“Hakudoshi must have taken me to Inuyasha to force you and Inuyasha to kill each other. But what I want to know is how did that thing get in my stomach?”
Sesshoumaru was quiet as he thought about the trap set up between Inuyasha and himself. “Are you sure Inuyasha wouldn't harm you?”
Aniu rubbed her shoulder where Inuyasha had clawed her. It had already healed but still hurt because it was a youkai's cut so it would heal fast on the outside and slow on the inside. “Yes. I think we need to talk to Inuyasha about why I was cut up by his claws, though. But I think that flesh eating youkai may have been jammed into the cut on my back that Hakudoshi made.”
Sesshoumaru nodded. “I don't want to go to Inuyasha. If you trust him that much then I'll let it go this time.”
“But…”
“No. We are not going to him unless he is our last option. Alright?”
She nodded and Sesshoumaru sighed digging his face into her hair. He took a deep breath filling his senses with her scent. How could he face that bastard half-breed after finding out he was wrong?
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