InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Way Ice Can Turn Into Sun ❯ Sesshoumaru, Lord of The Western Lands ( Chapter 1 )

Chapter 1: Sesshoumaru, Lord of the Western Lands

 

 

 

Her watch had stopped, but she assumed that she was walking for at least two hours and the damn forest still didn't end. As she was walking further, she noticed an injured man in front of her, lying with his back against a tree. He looked strange. He had long silver hair and purple markings on his face. He looked badly injured and covered in blood.

She approached him, but stood frozen when he turned to look at her. His eyes were red, like a demon's. She took two steps back, her dark eyes filled with fear. As he looked at her, his eyes turned from red to golden.

“Whatever he is he seems really hurt, I have to help” She thought, pulling a bandage out of her pocket. She walked towards him, kneeling on his side.

“You're badly injured, allow me to help you” She said softly. He looked at her and his gaze was ice cold.

“I do not need help from you, human”.

“The name's Kumiko” She said in a bit of an irritated voice. “Let me help you, your wounds will close much faster if I use medicine from my world”

“Your world?” He asked, raising an elegant eyebrow.

“I'm not from here...I...well it doesn't matter, please let me help you”.

“This Lord Sesshoumaru is not in need of any assistance, be gone.” He said coldly.

“So your name is Sesshoumaru, nice to meet you to.”

“What is it with this human.” The demon lord thought, “Why would she want to help someone she does not know...and she is stubborn to. Killing her would not require great effort.” However, the girl reminded him of Rin, the foolish little creature had approached him in the same way ignoring the danger to herself...Humans were really odd. His thoughts were distracted by a familiar scent. Another Youkai, no, three of them, were headed fast in their direction. They got there in a split second. They were huge and looked happy at the sight of a defenseless prey, a human girl and a badly wounded Youkai. Or so they thought. Much to Sesshoumaru's surprise, the girl didn't run away. She placed herself in front of him as if she wanted to protect him. The thought almost brought a smile on his face. A human protecting him...what was that girl thinking.

“Move.” He ordered.

“No way! You can't fight like this!” She said firmly.

One of the Youkai reached over to grab her. She could now feel the power as she extended her hand in front of her. The purifying energy burst out and the Youkai dissolved with a roar.

“A Miko?” The demon lord was surprised but his face showed no emotion.

Suddenly the girl fell on the ground in front of him. The sudden burst of power seemed to have worn her out. She had fainted. The two remaining Youkai smirked, thinking they had nothing to fear now. One of them grabbed the unconscious girl and the other extended his arm to reach Sesshoumaru.

“You scum.” he said with despise.

He jumped and reached the height of the Youkai's head. He extended two of his fingers and an energy whip appeared. It cut through the youkai's neck and its enormous head hit the ground making a loud sound.

Sesshoumaru realized the wounds on his body disturbed him no longer, they weren't completely healed yet, but for some reason he felt no pain. The other youkai, seeing what an opponent he had, started to run away still holding the girl in it's huge hand. The demon lord reached him immediately, his speed over passing the youkai's. His whip slashed the arm that had trapped the girl and in a split second the head came off too. Sesshoumaru's feet touched the ground gracefully as he retracted his whip. He took the girl out of the dead hand and laid her on the ground. She was still unconscious. Something about her intrigued him, maybe it was her weird clothing or the strange color of her hair. He had never seen humans with golden hair before. He shook his head to chase the thoughts away. Her weakness was indeed disgusting. What Miko faints after one attack? True she didn't use an arrow and he wondered how she managed to channel such energy...

The girl opened her dark eyes and looked around confused, trying to get up. She noticed the youkai lord next to her, his beautiful face bearing an unreadable expression.

“Thanks...” She said slowly.

“For what?” His voice sounded harsh.

“For saving me of course” She mumbled.

“Saving you? Human, you truly flatter yourself thinking that I would save a creature such as yourself. The demons got in my way. That is all”.

“Oh...” Her voice sounded disappointed.

“You are the most arrogant person I have ever met” She added, trying to get up again but failing.

This little human really did not know her place...normally he would have killed anyone for that kind of an insult but there was something about this girl...His thoughts were interrupted by her voice:

“Well, it seems you are a busy person, I won't delay you any longer. I see you do not need help with your wounds. I have only one thing to ask you, since you are from around here. Do you know where I might find someone by the name of Naraku?”

“Naraku?” His eyes quickly turned to her, “What link is there between you and Naraku?” “That's none of your business. Do you know or not?” She asked, irritated by his arrogance.

This human was really crossing the line. He approached her and extended his clawed hand.

“Human, you should know your place. When I ask, you answer!”

His hand grabbed her neck, pushing his claws into her skin until a drop of blood came out. He could now smell her fear. Very good. Let her fear him, that's how it should be. He released her and she fell to the ground, coughing.

“You could have just asked nicely...Don't make me purify you!” She managed to say, trying to hide her fear.

The smell of her fear was not gone, yet this human girl stood up to him. Purify him, huh? The best priests and mikos gathered all at once couldn't purify him. He would show that girl just who she was dealing with. He extended his poison claws and she closed her eyes with a yelp. His claws sunk into the tree's bark, millimeters away from her neck. It started to melt slowly.

“Now, human, do you wish to share its fate?”

She froze with fear as she realized she was no match for him.

“I have to purify him!” She decided, although she didn't feel up to the task yet as her previous outburst had consumed her a great deal. Still she extended her right arm and released the purifying energy within her. It hit the demon lord in the chest, pushing him back a few steps. Faster than the human eye could see, he flew towards her and caught her wrist, sinking his claws into her flesh. The purifying energy stopped as blood started to pore from her arm.

“Your purifying energy is not nearly strong enough to hurt me.” Sesshoumaru stated in an icy tone. That was actually a lie; the strange girl had managed to injure him even through his armor. She must have been a very strong Miko indeed.

“Now...expose to me the reason why you seek Naraku or I will release my poison directly into your veins.” He added.

She finally gave in:

“I'm looking for Naraku because he brought me here against my will and for reasons I do not know. He said he needed a Miko, but I am no Miko...” Her voice was slow and her eyes filled up with tears.

“So he needs this girl...his plot is yet to be discovered but I now have a means to lure him out.” Sesshoumaru thought.

He released the girl that crumbled on the ground exhausted from the burst of energy and injured. She tried to get up, but failed, and instead crawled away from him and lied against a tree. Hot tears started to pore down her cheeks before she could stop them, but she didn't make a sound.

The demon lord found himself sorry he had hurt her, though she had definitely asked for it. He came close to her and put one knee down in front of her. He felt a burning urge to comfort her:

“I am seeking Naraku too. He is my enemy.”

She didn't answer, her eyes looking away from him. Yet why should he explain himself to this creature.

“You will come with me.” He ordered.

She was still acting as though he wasn't there. Instead of the anger he would usually feel when disobeyed, he was feeling some sort of regret about the way he treated her.

His clawed hand tilted her chin up and gently turned it towards him.

“If you come with me we will undoubtedly find Naraku and...” He paused as his golden eyes captured hers, “you will be safe with me.” She finally looked at him with angry eyes. The girl studied the demon lord's face and had to admit to herself that he was extremely handsome.

“But he's still a jerk...if I don't come with him he'll probably kill me and if I do come with him he might still kill me sooner or later even though he said I'd be safe...Well at least by coming I'll have a chance.” She thought as she nodded her head, agreeing with him.

Suddenly, her vision darkened and she started to cough again, her nails sinking into the ground.

Sesshoumaru knit his brows and his hand touched the girl's neck. He didn't release any poison, what was happening to her?

He noticed claw cuts below her neck that glowed yellow-green.

“Poison.” He thought. The low life youkai that had grabbed her earlier must have had poisoned claws. He inspected the wound as the girl had no power left in her to react in any way.

Such level of poison was incomparable to his own, yet it must have been enough to paralyze the human girl. His own attack must have weakened her more, thus making the poison spread quicker.

He looked up to the girl that watched him with dark eyes full of astonishment and fear. She probably had no clue about what was going on.

Without any warning, Sesshoumaru leaned over her and his lips touched her cut. She tensed suddenly, feeling the taiyoukai drink the blood out of her open wound.

He sucked out the blood along with the poison, as his own body could endure much stronger ones. Her blood tasted, at the lack of an appropriate word, good, not like any other. It tingled and sent shivers up the demon lord's whole body. The miko could barely keep her eyes open and with the last drink of blood Sesshoumaru took she closed them, falling against him like a rag doll.

Her skin was so soft, his lips almost yearned to touch it again. If this level of poison had affected her so he didn't even want to think what his own poison would have done to her. He knew humans were weak, but she was so fragile he started to be afraid that he had bled her too much.

The demon lord listened to her heartbeat, it was so slow he could barely hear it.

His own wounds weren't healed either, but he couldn't feel them anymore. He wrapped his one arm around the girl's waist and took to the air.

He didn't want so spend another moment in this place, the ground was filled with her blood.

The cold air brushed against the girl's pale face and she slowly opened her eyes. He could smell fear in her scent as she realized her altitude.

“You can fly!” He heard a surprised voice, so surprised she seemed to have forgotten about her injuries. A faint smile appeared on the flawless face of the demon lord. It disappeared to fast for Kumiko to notice it. He felt her hands grabbing his garments tightly and he looked down on her to see that she had closed her eyes with an expression of discomfort on her face.

“What is it?” She heard his low voice.

“Nothing, it's just...well...I'm scared of heights.”

Saying that, the girl closed her eyes again and her fingers fell limp on his haori as she fainted again.

He held her tighter and a trace of a smile brightened his noble features.

She was willing to fight him and yet she was scared of such a thing as heights? Humans were truly weird and feared such stupid things.