InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Turn Around ❯ Chpt 2: Love And Death ( Chapter 2 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

IMPORTANT NOTICE!
PLEASE READ THIS BEFORE STARTING THE STORY:

I do not own any of these characters in this FanFic. -Sigh- Although I wish I could, especially Sesshomaru...-giggle-

All lettering in ITALICS means the person is having these thoughts in their head. They are not spoken out loud.

Word Key:
Arigato - Thank You
Kami - God
Gomen - Sorry
Baka - Idiot
Doshite - Why
Iie - No
Hai - Yes
Honto ne - Really
Onegai - Please
Doragon - Dragon
Gami - Toad

OKAY, let the reading commence! Enjoy!

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SPECIAL AUTHOR'S NOTE

I REALIZE THERE HAVE BEEN CHANGES MADE.I've made it specially so that Rin was NOT with Sesshomaru when he got Tokijin, (he got it a few hundred years ago inTHIS story) and he did NOT have Tenseiga 100 years ago, he got it later on, but before meeting Rin.

THANK YOU for bearing with me, and all my changes made.

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Chapter 2: Love and Death

When Sayuri lived, 100 years ago...

Sayuri was a lot like Sesshomaru although he wouldn't admit it. She was cold, ruthless, and didn't express her emotions very often.

Sesshomaru had liked her the minute he met her.

While he was brawling with his brother, he smelled another scent, a female scent, lingering nearby. He told his weak half-brother something about he had to go, and that Inu Yasha was losing anyway. He then with lightning speed went into the forest to see where the scent was coming from. Normally, he would ignore the scent of other female youkais, but this one was special; it smelt powerfull. He wanted to see how strong she really was. He found her, standing by the hot spring, and as if she expected to see him, she stated rather than asked,

"Fight me, Sesshamoru. I want to test your strength."

Without thinking, he agreed.

Quickly, he withdrew his Tokijin from its sheath and prepared himself. She slowly turned around, carrying her sword, and made a motion for him to attack her first. He moved with great agility, and made smooth movements. She easily dodged each motion of the sword, and soon she lept up into the air. He could smell her, but couldn't see her, which made him slightly nervous. He couldn't lose to this woman. She was no match for him, or so he thought.

Out of no where, she came charging, but he was prepared. The sharp sound of metal against metal rang through the forest, disturbing any animals nearby that were resting peacefully. Then, she quickly used her sword to block his skillfull attacks.

"Not bad, (she said with her voice slightly out of breath.)
But I'm still not finished!"

At that moment, her eyes glowed a dark purple, rather than her natural green eyes, which was an akward colour to begin with for a youkai. Her strength, it seemed, increased by at least 2 times. It was as though she had transformed into another demon. She was faster, and more agile on her feet.

He was having a little more trouble keeping up, and both of them were sweaty. After about half an hour of a constant heated battle, they were cut up fairly well, many wounds bleeding, and she was weakening. Her wounds were increasing in number, and he halted the battle.

"Interesting (breathes heavily) battle, Sesshomaru! But why did you stop the battle? To say the least, I am impressed with your skills."

Sesshomaru merely looked at her and said,

"You are fairly strong, for a woman. I didn't want to critically harm you."

He couldn't believe he had just said that. Before she asked any questions or made comments, he changed the subject and asked,

"How have you come to know my name and my status? What is your name, and where do you come from?"

Vaguely she explained that he was often mentioned in many youkai battles, by the youkai that were defeated, and she wished to see his strength, to see if he was as good as she was told. She told him her name is Sayuri, and that she had a few siblings in the Northern Lands. He merely nodded his head, and turned to walk away when he saw her speed up and stop right in front of him.

In return Sesshomaru vaguely told her his name, and that he was the Lord of the Western Lands, which she nodded to, as a sign that she already knew about him. Before his attempt once again to leave, she asked,

"Do you not wish to bathe, first? Blood is pouring from your minor wounds, and you probably smell like the battle."

And with that, she quickly began to slip off the individual pieces of her beautiful kimono, which had been ruined by blood and dirt in the battle. He was shocked to see that she had no embarassment, and watched as she dove into the cool, inviting water.

When she surfaced, her long, black hair streaked with silver was plastered to her body, covering her from her hed to her low waist. He had to admit, she looked lovley, and her long legs seemed to never end.

Sesshomaru gave into temptation, and slipped off his garments before joining her in the water. This was when he gave into temptation.

It was sweet, and sensous. Sesshomaru took his hands, and slid them down her slippery body from her face to her stomach. She gasped in pleasure, and couldn't help raising her head to the sky and closing her eyes.

"Sesshomaru!" she groaned.

He didn't smile, but knew she was enjoying everything he was doing to her, and took full advantage. He kissed her on her lips, slowly at first, then gradually growing in speed until their tongues fought playfully to try and give each other pleasure. Sesshomaru ran his hands many times over her breasts and watched her facial expressions change slowly.

Both were by now panting a bit, and wanting each other badly. He pulled her hand in a motion to swim over to a large, slanted rock. He put her back against it, so when it was time she would be more easily supported. Sayuri ran her hands down his chest, and dared to touch him. He groaned harshly against her mouth as they kept kissing, and by this point couldnt control themselves for one another anymore. Both of them were climaxing before they even started making love, but before they could continue...

Sesshomaru heard his idiot half-brother calling after him, trying to find where he had run off to, and that their battle wasn't done yet.

Quickly, he swam to the shore and put on his white clothing, which wasn't so white anymore because of blood and dirt stains. Sayuri stayed in the water, still leaning against the rock with her face toward the sky and her eyes closed.

"Sayuri, come out of the water." Sesshomaru commanded with his regular, cold tone, as if nothing had ever happened between them.

"Very well, but keep in mind I do this because I wish to, and not because you order me to."

She sauntered out of the water, and shook her hair a little before she put on her clothing. If he was going to act as if nothing happened, so would she.

"I must go. My idiot half-brother is looking for a beating from me. I shall give him what he wishes so badly, a beating. You are to be at my castle for dinner when the sun sets in the sky. I shall await your presence. Do not be late."

And that was all he said before he ran off into the brush, doubtlessly, to find Inu Yasha.

Sayuri smiled yet again, the second time that day. What was wrong with her? She couldn't let a stupid youkai like him get to her emotions.

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Sesshomaru met his weak half-brother, still healing and bleeding from the battle they'd had a few mere hours ago. He was out of breath, and looked like he was some-what angry. Sesshomaru acted like he didn't notice his anger and simply took out his Tokijin for a third time today. He prepared to battle, when in surprise, Inu Yasha shook his head.

"You're pathetic!" he sneered, and laughed at him.

"You're one to talk, weak half-brother. What do you attempt to speak of?"

"You leave the battle we were having only to go and mess around with a woman?"

Sesshomaru froze after he said this, but didn't let it show through his cold mask. So perhaps Inu Yasha's scent-ability had increased a little. He merely rasied an eyebrow at his brother, and began to turn away.

"Who was it, Sesshomaru? Was she pretty? Was she any good at it?"

Sesshomaru knew his brother was trying to taunt him into a battle. He was being stupid, as usual, so he continued on his way. He laughed mentally when he heard Kagome yell "Sit Boy!" after she had heard him say these dredfull things. Rather quickly after that incident, he could feel his half-brother's and Kagome's presences fade away in the opposite direction. Sesshomaru then sped up, and made his way back to the palace.

At the Lord's Palace...

When he first got there, he was greeted by an egear Jaken. Sesshomaru merely nodded his head to aknowledge the toad's presence, and went to his quarters.

He rummaged through his clothes, and found a white haori (his normal clothing) and carelessly put it on. It was obvious he'd put on this type of clothing many times; he could put it on with his eyes closed if he wanted to!

Afterwards, he allowed his temptation to take him to the balcony that adjoined his room, and quietly watched the sunset in the sky. The beautiful mixture of golden oranges and pinks took him by surprise. He hadn't seen the sky in that colour for a long time. Without noticing her presence, he heard the knock on the door. He wondered how he hadn't seen her or smelt her coming before hand, but just shrugged it off, and made his way to the dining room.

Sayuri, he admitted, looked wonderful in her pink and blue flowered kimono; it made her curves more noticable, and at this time he remembered how he had held all her curves a few short hours ago. When she looked up at him, her eyes shined, and he could tell she was thinking about what happened earlier.

"Jaken" Sesshomaru ordered calmy.

"Yes mi'lord?"

"Tell the servents to serve the dinner now. It should have already been put out 10 minutes ago."

"Yes mi'lord, right away mi'lord!" and Jaken scurried off to the kitchen, hidden near the back of the palace.

"Seems as though you must always have someone to order around. Funny how no one ever questions your commands," Sayuri said with a smirk on her face.

"They know the consequences if they were to talk against me," and to demonstrate, he let a few drops of poison drip from his long claws and leave the stone floor sizzleing.

"Shall we eat now?" He stated rather than asked, and sat himself at the one of the head-sides of the table. She sat herself opposite him, and decided to break the silence.

"What am I to do, after eating at your lovley home? I wouldn't mind a tour of your headquarters," she hinted, smiling as her eyes showed a vague wanting of some sort.

He shruged his elegant shoulders, and before he could answer, dinner was quietly set out before them. The only noises that was audible were the pitter-patter of the servants feet running off to their quarters and the silent breathing of each of the youkais at the table.

Once in a while, Sesshomaru looked up to catch Sayuri looking at him. She was paying more attention to him rather than her food, or so it seemed. Perhaps he should make dinner drag on longer, just to see how she would react. They continued talking about simple things, such as her history, previous battles, and the same went for him. He left out a few things about himself, but not too much because he didn't barely knew her, and didn't quite trust her yet. Afterall, he had only just met her, and didn't want to push things further than he already had.

Abruptly, she pushed her chair back and rose.

"I have taken too much of your time. I shall take my leave. Thank you for allowing me to enjoy myself at your palace."

Sesshomaru immediately, without words, got up out of his chair and took her arm as she was walking away.

"I thought you wished to see more of the palace before you left?"

And she smiled.

Sayuri simply followed him through the rooms, as he vaguely described what they were.

Finally, after what seemed like hours to Sayuri they went to his room. It was simple, but elegant, just as she had expected it to be. White walls, white dressers, white sheets on his gigantic bed...it was all heavenly. She tried to imagine what it would look like, in the early morning, while the sun streamed through the balcony into his room. Sayuri smiled at the thought, and looked to see Sesshomaru staring at her.

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Boldly, he walked to her and kissed her. It was expected, and yet, it wasn't. She didn't know what to say. He licked her lips, and nibbeled around slowly, begging for access into the recesses of her mouth.

She tastes so...

Sesshomaru didn't know how to explain it; but he craved her. He wanted her, and not just for tonight or a few days, but decided not to do anything about it yet. Finally, she allowed him to trace his tongue into her mouth, and take a good amout of time to explore. Sayuri's mind and body was exploding with pleasurable emotions. She arched her body towards him, and he pulled her close with his arm. With her hand in Sesshomaru's hair, she pulled them to the bed.

He gently lay her down, to make sure she didnt hurt herself, and with care, lay down beside her. She managed to undo his haori, and put her hands on his muscular and rock hard chest. Sesshomaru made a noise as she allowed her hands to roam over his body, and finally completely pull open Sesshomaru's haori and pull it off him.

Sesshomaru was surprised how badly he wanted her, and just allowed himself to enjoy what she was giving him. Not being able to wait much longer, Sesshomaru lay over top of her, and began to roughly take off her clothing, and as he did so, he kissed each part of her that was slowly exposed with tantalizing intensity.

Sayuri was drowning in her emotions, and couldn't stop herself from letting out short moans and small intakes of breath. When he roamed his hands over her stomach, she let her eyes roll closed for a minute, and enjoyed herself.

Sesshomaru had to have her. He slowly thrust himself into her, watching her reaction as he did so. She moaned out loud, urging him to continue harder and faster.

Out of no where, Sesshomaru's hearing kicked in, and although it was far away, he could hear the stupid gami approaching his room.

"Go away, Jaken!" he yelled to Jaken in a harsh voice.

When he heard the footsteps receeding, he continued what he was doing for another hour until both of them were exhausted and sated.

Eventually, they fell asleep in each other's arms.

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(Future Lemons will be better, I promise!!!)

A few months later, Sayuri alone in the forest...

Sayuri had decided she needed time away from the castle. She had been feeling sick for the past week, but didn't tell Sesshomaru about it. She hadn't wanted to appear weak, and kept her thoughts and feelings well hidden, even from her parents that she once had.

They had gotten closer and closer as time went by. Now she always slept with him in his chambers, and ate at the castle. She smiled when she thought of him, and then shook herself.

What's wrong with me? Why am I smiling? I never smile! I never had any emotions before I met him...he's made me come alive...and I hate to admit it...! I cry one minute, and laugh the next! Why is this happening to me?

It was in that instant that she knew...her sudden weight gain, her mood swings, her sickness, her crazy emotions...she was pregnant! With his child! This thought made her smile more.

In a mere month and a half, I will have his child!

Sayuri froze.

How will he react? What will he think, or even say? I'm so nervous! I need to sit down and sort my thoughts...

Sesshomaru watched from far away in the woods the myriad of expressions that crossed her face. Startled, sadness, worried, happiness, and exhaustion. He wondered if she was thinking about her pregnancy? He had noticed a difference in her aura bout a week ago, but had only figured out yesterday she was pregnant.

He internally smiled.

So, I'm going to have a little demon running around driving everyone at the palace wild.

That thought would have made anyone smile, except for the fact that smiling was a rarity for him. He knew that since she would be bearing his child, he should make her his mate; but the odd thing was he that he didn't oppose the idea. He'd liked her the moment he met her, but liked her slowly more and more as the days went by.

Although she wasn't as serious as she tried to be, she was indeed a lot like him. He tried to imagine a serious, non-smiling child as their own and almost laughed out loud.

That would be proposterous...children were supposed to laugh and cry all the time; their goals in life from 5 and under were to drive all parents crazy!

It disturbed him to know he was looking merely into the nearby future, but had to admit, at least to himself, he was excited about this child he was going to have.

Sesshomaru's hearing picked up, and he heard her begin to trail back to the castle. She was nearing him, so he quickly and quietly got out of there before she noticed smelt his scent.

In the shadows, he watched the whole love-display.

Sickening. You will pay for what you have done to ruin my plans...If you and Sesshomaru were to fight me I'd probably lose...a strong girl you are, and with a baby coming, there's no chance for me to survive if all 3 of you were to fight me one day...

In his fury, he quickly disapeared in his dark cloud, swearing to take care of these problems.

Back At The Castle, A Few Hours Later...

As Sayuri walked into his chambers, she watched the moonlight pour in from the balcony all over the walls and objects of the room. The shimmering made everything light up and look pretty; no matter how old it was.

How can I be thinking about this right now? I'm about to tell him I'm pregnant with his child, and I'm thinking about pretty rooms and shimmering walls...oh kami I must be going insane!

As if to notice her internal struggle, he came up behind her and put his arms on her waist, draping his long silvery hair all over her head, shoulders, and chest. She smiled at the calming gesture, but broke away to walk toward the balcony, only to shout out slowly,

"Sesshomaru, its probably best that you sit down before I tell you what I have to say."

He knew what she was thinking, and decided to comply with no complaints, and sat down on his soft, huge bed.

"I...I'm umm...uhh...Well...I don't know how to say this, so I'm just going to say it! I'm pregnant with your child! Yes, of course I know pregnancy only lasts 2 months and that..." and before she could finish, he walked over to her and kissed her gently.

"Well this sure as hell isn't what I was expecting, because if I knew you were going to act like this, I wouldn't have such a hard time telling you!"

"I already knew," he stated matter-of-factly and before she could hit him, he said,

"But I wanted you to say it to me...I wanted to hear it from your lips, to confirm it. It means a lot to me."

She muttered something along the lines of "I can't believe you made me say that" but before she could mumble more he lay her down beside him, and began to kiss her and cuddle. Soon afterwards, she sat on top of him, and they were so wrapped up in each other that no one noticed his presence.

Out of no where, Sayuri's eyes glazed over and she looked down at herself at the arrow that had gone straight through her chest, through her heart.

Sesshomaru could see the arrow from in front and behind her. Her wound bled like no tomorrow, and then she fell over on top of his chest, motionless.

Sesshomaru could now smell him, he was ready to kill himself for not noticing before! How could he not?

He lay her precious body down on the bed, and ran out to the balcony after him. (afterall, what else could he do? he couldn't heal her...he didn't have the tenseiga yet)

"Naraku! Stop running and fight me!" he roared out, and his eyes blazed red in pure anger.
All he could hear was Naraku's laugh.

Sesshomaru charged with his Tokijin at ready, and was about to slash him into pieces when a huge demon appeared in front of him at the last second that slashed his paw at him, sending him colliding backwards into the wall of his palace.

Where did that come from? He summoned it..and I didn't even notice? What's wrong with me? I need to pay attention!

The demon itself wasn't the actual problem...it was the fact that while he batteled it, Naraku would get away, and he would never find him, because of his "secret palace" that no one could find the loaction of.

Sesshomaru battled the stupid demon until there was nothing left of it except some dust. He couldn't see Naraku anymore, so he ran back to Sayuri to see if he could try to do something, anything, to save her.

"Sayuri, Sayuri, please listen to me. Don't die...even if you don't want to live, live for the baby's sake...please, don't leave me...!" he pleaded, although he knew it wasn't going to help.

Blood slowly trickled out of her mouth, and whispered,

"Please...don't worry...just try to live a happy life. Forget... (she instantly coughs up a lot of blood) about me, and find someone else, just promise me..."

And before she could finish, the last remains of life on her face faded away. Her eyes looked so empty, and cold, not the way they normally were.

Before any idiot like Jaken or someone else came by, he knew he would have to bury her. Tears welled up in his eyes, but he fought his hardest to keep them at bay.

Without much thought, he picked up her lifless body and jumped off the balcony over to the hidden garden behind the castle walls. As quickly as he could, he dug a deep hole that would keep her body well hidden.

When he finished, he looked up at the sky. It looked so beautiful...perhaps she was up there, somewhere, smiling down at him and holding their baby. He would never know.

Just as he finished adding the last bit of earth, he left a few tears stream down his pale cheeks, but before he could completely let go, he heard someone approach. He knew it was Jaken before he was even in eyesight because he knew the gami's scent.

Sesshomaru wiped away his tears with the sleeve of his white kimono, and became his cold self again.

"Mi'lord, are you alright? I heard some yelling a while ago, and when I went to inspect your room, I smelt the girl's blood and saw you were not there." Jaken could smell the salt water that came from eyes, but decided not to ask his Lord about it.

"Her name is not to be mentioned by anyone anymore at my palace or in my presence. Sayuri is gone now, and will never be coming back."

During this time, Sesshomaru turned around and faced Jaken.

Deciding not to say a word (for a change), the gami nodded, and walked away.

Sesshomaru hadn't lied when he said she was gone and wasn't coming back, because she wasn't going to; Sayuri had left this world, and entered the sky.

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Author's Note:

Yeah, sad ending I know. I'm sorry, but I had to "get rid" of Sayuri some how. It wouldn't make sense for her to still be alive later on in the story...Argh, you'll find out why later. Anyway, PLEASE review!
Thanks!