InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Torn ❯ Revelation ( Chapter 6 )

A.N. I am so sorry that I haven't updated in so long it's just that I had to finish this other story and whatever but you understand right? I said that this chapter would have a lemon… but it won't, once again I apologize! It has come to my attention that writing a lemon from first person narrative is not easy when done through Sesshou-kun, I will definitely attempt it in the next chapter. I will promise that this is a very good chapter though… one of my favorites actually ~_^.

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha & Co. All I own is the key to the dark closet they're locked in.

~*~ Warning this fic is not intended for children. ~*~

* 6 Revelations*

~Sesshoumaru~

Such power.

Why didn't I sense it before?

What could have been the source of her suddenly accumulated energy?

Was this miko leading me on to think she was weak all along?

No. She is either very foolish or she doesn't know much about her own power.

Why else would she waste all of her energy in just one blow?

Either way I must remain cautious. I nearly lost both arms while handling that wench.

The nerve. She actually used wit to accompany her trickery, such a filthy tongue that could be put to such good use.

Inwardly I smirk.

I was close to putting that wench in check but tomorrow I will get closer…

After my self-proclamation, I allow my slightly impaired limbs to soak in my personal healing springs.

This will most likely be the last time that I find it necessary to come here.

Little by little I feel my body regain the strength that it lost only a short time ago.

Curse that wench, to think that she gained pleasure from causing me temporary pain.

I want her to pay for her mutiny. I want her to suffer for her insolence. I will make it so she will never feel pleasure again unless I authorize it…

I turn around in the water and eye the twin female servants as they stand by the exit, awaiting my commands.

While turning back around I give them one.

"Kinoku, Kunoki bathe and dress me now. I am almost ready to return to my bedchambers."

Without vacillation they make their way to mea and do as ordered.

I watch as they undress, step in the water and begin to soothingly cleanse my body.

They finish bathing me, I remove myself from the spring and wait as they begin to dry and dress me in my sleeping robes.

When the final layer of sleeping garments is placed on me I grab one of Kinoku's arms.

"Bring more food to the miko and see if she has to use the lavatory, if she does escort her. If any problems occur come straight to me."

My young servant slips her robes on and gracefully walks away.

I need the miko to eat and not starve her self to death. If she dies then she would have wasted this Sesshoumaru's time. And I would not be pleased with that.

A sudden revelation pierces my thoughts.

The miko…in order for her to break the demon seal on Tetsusiaga she must use pure energy and for her to use pure energy she must remain…pure.

If I soil the miko's purity she will become no use to me. Therefore sinful ideas of punishment for, appears to be out of the question.

Such a pity, though this will not stop me from punishing her at all…

Since I am unable and was unable to quench my hunger for flesh with the miko, it seems that a concubine shall be my entertainment for tonight.

I was looking forward to breaking the miko, I would have enjoyed the smell of her fear as I make her submit…but I'm sure a fresh concubine can emit the same responses.

"Kunoki, have my most recently attained scarlet woman wait for me in my bed chambers, be sure that she is unclad and…unexplored." I order.

"Right away, milord." She bows, redress and leaves.

I leave the room of my healing spring, taking my time purposely.

Passing by my study I hear my annoying retainer still probing he room for the scrolls but I don't smell Rin with him.

I pause, ready to go in and question Jaken about my wards whereabouts, but I continue on my way as I realize it is late so she would be in bed.

I turn a corner and walk down the empty hallway. When I reach my destination I almost grin in gratification.

I can smell the terror of the whore from the other side of my door.

This will surely be exciting…

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~Kagome~

I wake slowly, shivering from being uncovered in the night that blew in harshly through the windows that have no barriers.

Inuyasha never entered my dreams this night. Why?

This is when I feel I needed to see his face the most. After what that bastard just tried to do to me I expected Inuyasha to be my in `World of Dreams'.

I expected him to be there and reassure me that everything will still be all right.

But he wasn't there at all.

The thing that haunted me was a void of darkness, promising nothing only threatening to close in on me and swallow my whole being.

Could that have been a sign of what is fated to come?

Or is it possible that Inuyasha never came because I failed at my once chance of escape?

Is he disappointed in me?

I sit up; staring at the blank wall I hug my knees.

"Why weren't you their Inuyasha?" I ask out loud expecting to receive some kind of answer but I only hear an echoing silence.

Hot tears pour down my cheeks and I quickly wipe them away.

No more tears. Crying will not change anything, so I need to just stop…I can get through this. I can and will.

I always do …right?

Who am I kidding? All those times I got out of near death situations were only because of Inuyasha. But now that I am alone what guarantee is there that I can get out of this?

…Inuyasha promised me that things would get better; all I have to do is stay strong…

I do have a chance! Yes, if I was able to hurt that bastard once then I can do it again…I just need to focus and maintain my miko energy.

A weary smile spreads over my lips as hope is revived and I once again don't feel helpless.

I glance at the door when I hear the locks being undone.

Despite my recent declaration of hope, I tremble, unsure if He has returned to finish what was undone earlier.

Finding the bed to be the worst place to be found by Him, I quickly get off of the futon and stand as far away from it as possible.

The door opens and a young woman walks in, my mind relaxes but my stay on guard. Her simple robe along with the tray of food she carries makes it clear it hat she is a servant.

She replaces the tray that He brought in with the one she has, and then looks at me with dull gray eyes.

She almost looks kinder than the servants who bathed me.

"Do you need to use the lavatory?" her voice is soft and I can see a flicker of sympathy in her eyes.

Does she feel sorry for me? Her features give away that she is a demon so why would she feel that way? She should be no different from those other servants that detested me because I am a mortal.

I'm jumping to conclusions. I can't even be sure if that was sympathy. But I can try and find out…

"Yes I do." I lie.

"Very well, I must escort you though."

I figured that she would have to but I don't really care because being stuck in this room is doing things to my mind. Seeing a change of scenery might help me think well.

She opens the door wider and beckons me to follow her. I do so and notice the trail of wet footprints she leaves behind.

It makes me wonder but not for long.

The silence in the hallways eats away at me. Even though I had been surrounded by it in the room it seems worse out here. I want to scream to assure myself that I'm not deaf but there's a better way.

"Do you know how many days have passed since I was first brought to this place?"

She turns her head to look at me over her shoulder causing her silvery gray locks to tumble over her shoulder almost spilling onto the floor.

I slowly fall into a trance as I watch each strand drift from side to side and a sudden deep dark sadness lulls over me. Why is this happening?

Her voice pulls me back to reality and it feels like I was never sad, ever.

"Five days have passed since my Lord brought you to his western Land domain."

I nod and she turns away continuing to lead me to the bathroom.

I once again stare at her hair and it's as if I am pulled back into a lullaby of sorrow. Silent tears fall down my cheeks and images of everything I've lost pour into my mind.

What is going on?

I don't understand that cause of this sudden overwhelming feeling of pain and sorrow. The images disappear and it looks like I'm no longer in the hallway but in an abyss of darkness.

I scream but theirs no sound, I look down at my hands but they're blowing away like particles of sand along with rest of my body.

What is this? What is happening to me?

I feel pressure on my face, like someone is caressing my cheeks, trying to soothe me.

I hear someone hum a soft tune and I can feel it vibrate with in me. I no longer feel confused, scared or sad…just safe.

"Open your eyes," a serene voice commands.

Not even knowing they were closed in the first place, I slowly open them and stare into dull gray orbs.

"What happened?" I quiver out, when I realize it's the servant that spoke to me.

"You were drawn in my `Mane of Despair', your vast amount of distress triggered my spell to have an effect on you when I had no intention of inflicting you with it," she answered.

Her voice was calm and soothing it made me want to ask her to hold me like a mother does it's child, but I kept myself from doing so.

"Come you must have some water or you may have uncertain side effects from my spell."

She moves with a quicker pace and I follow realizing that her hair is now hidden under the shabby hood of her robes.

She stops at the end of the hallway in front of a blood red curtain and lifts it up revealing a large washroom.

I follow her inside and glimpse around the room.

In the center there's a water pump, in a far corner there seems to be a wash area with a shoji screen for privacy and in another corner there's a second shoji screen that somewhat covers the area where, I can only guess, you use the bathroom.

I look back at the servant and find her pumping water into a large bowl, then she steps towards me and hands me the bowl.

"Drink it."

I look into the bowl of water, unsure if it's truly safe.

Why is she helping me anyway? Not once has she made a gesture or comment that she can't stand me, could she be different? If anything she has made me feel almost safe in her presence.

I sip the water, never taking my eyes off of her. She looks sad and tired but I see no signs of distaste or impatience.

I finish the water and decide to speak out, "What is your name?"

Her expression doesn't waver when she answers, "Kinoku."

"Why are you being so kind to me?" I continue to quiz.

She takes away the empty bowl and places it on the floor beside the pump.

"I have been neither kind nor rude to you, only piteous because it is in my nature to feel so."

"You have no to pity me so why bother?" I interrogate.

So far all of her actions and replies haven't made the slightest sense to me.

First she `unintentionally' puts me under some spell, and then tries to help me out of it and now she has pity on me? Yet, for some reason I feel like I can trust her, but why?

"As I said, it is in my nature to feel pity for others." She said this in a low tone with a slow woeful blink of her eyes; her somber movement causes my heart to twinge in sudden grief.

Why is she causing me to feel so emotional?

"I already know that you had no intentions of using this facility, so I will bring you back to you room now." She turns towards the red curtain and waits for m to follow but I only stare at her with wide eyes.

"If you knew then why waste your time bringing me here?"

"Come, before my Lord finds us lingering."

The mention of her master makes me shudder and follow her back to my stonewalled prison.

When we re-enter my room I look at her, ready to repeat my last question but she stops me with a ready answer.

I watch as her eyes sparkle a vibrant blue then dim back down to a dull gray.

"Your spirit is too rare to be kept locked away and he still watches." She still had a calm soothing tone that makes me want her to mother me.

But before I can comprehend her statement, she had already turned, left and locked the door behind her.

She left me feeling both enlightened and confused.

Why would she care about my spirit? And who is `he' that still watches?

My stomach growls, as I smell my recently brought meal.

I will probably think well if I end this hunger strike. I wont eat much just enough to keep me from passing out again.

I reluctantly take the tray of food from the short table, carry it to the futon and take a seat.

It's a simple beef stew so I begin to pick at it, then despite my protest of `not eating much', I nearly inhale it, damning every bit for being so good.

When I finished I laid the tray on the floor and curled back up on the bed, being mindful to cover myself up with the thick silk bedding.

I find my thoughts drifting back to the Kinoku girls' statement.

`Your spirit is too rare to be kept locked away and he still watches.'

I still don't understand what triggers her sympathy for me, sure she says it's natural for her to but she must have a reason.

And who is still watching me?

My eyes dart around the room half expecting to see some kind of hooded figure in a dark corner but I thankfully find nothing.

I try and vacate my mind of any more thoughts and get some rest but a vivid memory cause me to sit up in sudden revelation.

Inuyasha told me in my dream that a girl will help me…is Kinoku that girl?

Could she mean Inuyasha still watches me by `he still watches'?

But how would she know about Inuyasha and how would she be able to help me if she is the girl?

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A.N. o_o wow I think we may have some plot here! LoL! Big thanks to all of my reviewers! Please keep them comin'. Like I said I will try and write an effective lemon next chapter BUT it won't be with Kagome…who could Sesshoumaru's virgin scarlet woman be? I'm not even sure yet >.<;

Just so you know…

The name Kinoku means- the pain of yesterday and one full of pity. I think it goes well with this character and her abilities.

Her twin Kunoki name means- the tree of sorrow or anguish. She will soon come into effect so just you wait.

I will update soon! X3