*Important* being discontinued after chapter 7
Disclamer I don't own any of the characters herein, they are the wonderful creations of Rumiko Takahashi, all rights belong to her. The story is my own.
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The shaking had stopped. Sesshomaru blinked his eyes and sat up. The first thing he noticed as his awareness came flowing back to him is that he was in a puddle of water, the 다음 that he was freezing cold. His armor was gone and his Heritage 모피 had shrunk back into its original form and was nothing 더 많이 than a plain strip of flesh that clung t his shoulder. His hair hung wildly over his shoulders and down the sides of his face dripping wet and his flesh bore a slight sting to it.
The good thing was it seemed his sense of feeling returned to him, and the ringing in his ears stopped. He could hear clearly now, though his sight was burry, but not that bad. Through the haze he began to look around. Something in the air didn’t seem right, there was a scent and it was close, a familiar scent, he knew it but it took a moment to put a fact to it.
이누야사 stared down at Sesshomaru for a little longer before speaking; he waited till their eyes met before he grinned then laughed. “Heh, 당신 know you’re completely 믿을 수 없는 Sesshomaru. Looks like 당신 really got your 나귀, 엉덩이 beat, so who was it some old friend come back for revenge 또는 something? 당신 know 당신 make me laugh!”
Inuyasha, what is he doing here?
At a loss, Sesshomaru said nothing, he just stared, his eyes slowly moving back and forth from 이누야사 to Rin and Jaken who were both clung to his side, crying and smiling with tears in their eyes exclaiming how glad they were he was awake and that he was alright.
Alright…. No far from that.
Rin and Jaken were all over him. Rin’s eyes were swollen with tears, as were Jaken’s, and her hands were on him gripping onto the soaking wet fabric of his sleeve. Crying out passionately over her concerns and observing this 이누야사 couldn’t help from reflecting on his earlier thoughts, Sesshomaru a man eater and Rin a human crying over him, she had her hands on him, hugging him… if only she knew, and Jaken, an imp a species of demon of the lowest rank literally comparable to gnats in living world was there doing the same, and he allowed this? Even Myoga, a flea had 더 많이 substance to him than this creature, yet Sesshomaru kept the imp around like a trusted vassal. Creatures like this were like the things he scraped from his heal, yet Sesshomaru valued him, simply amazing.
Sesshomaru didn’t move, and he didn’t bother to wonder how they were there, because he already knew. It was Rin and Jaken after all they were his shadow not surprising they would find him no matter where he was. Heartwarming though it was, he wanted none of it. The reality of his situation had yet to fully sink in now that he was awake. Everything was cloudy, but despite it he stood up. Head spinning, and dizzy. His legs felt like unstable logs on loose hinges that could buckle in at any moment, and his arms felt like they were dead weights and hanging from their sockets. He had never known such weakness, and in the past he had always welcomed new experiences, but this… this was different. To put it out of his mind he went to walk away, when he is distracted 의해 a vision—an image of the angel’s face flashed in his mind. That familiar mirror-like reflection of his own likeness, but on another being staring back kindly at him, and he stumbled.
The angel. All of a sudden in a whirl of recollection came flooding back to him and filled his mind. The battle, the angel’s sword burning like a brand, Tokijin melting, Tenseiga bursting with power, yet it wasn’t enough, The angel’s white wings sprawling in the air before him, the power of his attacks, being thrown down to the ground like a stone, and the final blast that left him damaged and in a pit. Then the end…. The end…
My heart… stolen…
My aura… sealed… no aura…
My power… no power…
No heart...
Sealed.
He staggered back as if to fall, but caught himself just in time. No he won’t fall—there was no way he would allow himself the vulnerability of his state, and accept it—he was Sesshomaru lord of the West after all! Even with all that has been done to him, at least he still had his identity. And believing he could still muster up some trace of his dignity without a word he began to walk. After taking his first few steps, as uncertain as they were, his eye caught on the crater. Right away he recalled being at the bottom of it. He recalled how he was staring at the sky as storm clouds gathered above and had begun to rain on him and into his open eyes, filling them like tiny pools before it filled everything else around him. He realized he must have 로스트 consciousness just before the rain covered him, for the crater was still nearly half way full and it’s depths was easily over his head if he were standing strait up at the bottom. How he got out was his to guess, but most likely his current company had something to do with it. But, that sparked no feeling in him, just 더 많이 to be embarrassed about so, and again without a word he turned away and started walking.
To where—there be no thought, he just walked. Perhaps he’ll find a place in the woods were he came nestle down and think this through, assess his circumstances and decide his 다음 move, also he needed to recall everything that 앤젤 said to him, that traitorous angel… Something about a mission, about something he was supposed to do… discover something, something about himself 또는 whatnot, and Saharah… what this Saharah thing was. He just needed some time, and to address it he needed to be alone. To forget everything so he just kept walking headed straight for the forest.
His movement was slow, every step felt uncertain and the unlevel ground didn’t help. To the most part he waded through ankle deep water till he came to spot that was unsuspectingly deep. His foot plunged down in a pool of water that was turned out was deeper than he expected and he stumbled forward. It was here that he realized the truth of his situation that he had to throw his arms out to catch himself as he tripped and fell to his knees over a rabbit’s hole, the mere fact that he had to throw out his arms to catch himself splashing muddy rain water up into his own face left this impression on him—PATHETIC!
Humiliation swept quickly over him, as did apprehension of his condition---it was worse than he thought, followed immediately 의해 Rin and Jaken who both cried out “Lord Sesshomaru!” the scent of wet earth and drowned worms came rushing onto his nostril redoubling the impression on him—How Pathetic! “My lord are 당신 okay… 당신 just fell?” Jaken uttered, but before he could finish this, Sesshomaru was back on his feet. Eye wide and shocked at himself, his throat let loose a sound like a half cough accompanied 의해 unusual wheezing and his breath became irregular. Ignoring it he returned his sight to the forest and carried on, proceeding to walk…. just walk!
“Wait Sesshomaru,” said Inuyasha, who had held his silence and thought it was for the best not to but in, but this was going too far, something was definitely wrong here and he wasn’t the type just to stand 의해 and leave it be. “Hey Sesshomaru!” he called out as he came running up beside him leaned over to get in front of him. Once he was he got a good long look at his face.
What he saw before him wasn’t Sesshomaru, but someone else, someone completely different, though the face was the same, it was pretty, Sesshomaru’s face was always pretty like a woman’s face was pretty, but the expression was not his. Sesshomaru always had that I don’t care about anything look in his eye and I don’t want to see 당신 또는 talk to you expression on his mouth. His mouth wasn’t too different just paler than it should be, but his eyes…. Those eyes, those are not Sesshomaru’s eyes.
They were wide and bloodshot and almost completely round, but retained their 아몬드 shape. They stood out on him, not bulging just incredibly tense, the eyes of a being who was stricken like his world had been stripped away from him, 또는 like something he loved had just been crushed and he was still struggling to come to terms with it before going out for revenge, eyes 이누야사 knew too well, but to see this same look on Sesshomaru… 이누야사 was stunned.
Whatever could he have been through?
이누야사 didn’t know if this was a look that came over his face anytime he was defeated in a battle, if he had ever been before aside from his own personal experiences with him. It was true he knew very little about his brother. “So what 당신 just going to take off? Thinking 당신 can just go after the bastard who did this?”
No response.
“You know Sesshomaru, that’s just what I would expect from you, but I suggest 당신 forget about it right now. Your aura is about as good as your servant’s right now and 당신 look like shit.” Before 이누야사 knew it Sesshomaru’s arm swung up and struck him in the face.
Normally a strike like that would send him flying, but Inuyasha’s face barely moved. It just turned to the side a little and there was no sting… damn, what the hell Kagome’s 펀치 had 더 많이 kick in it than that. Out of instinct he returned the gesture, Sesshomaru went flying backwards, landing several feet away on his back in the water. The splash shot up all around him and 이누야사 was in shock.
Sesshomaru’s body felt lighter than a human’s to him, knocking him down took minimal effort, it was the first time he had landed a direct blow in his brother’s face, and he knew he should have been happy about that but something felt wrong about it, and realizing he put a bit of effort into it assuming it would be necessary he startled. Even though it was just what he could call just a casual retort it made him curious, and needing to know what damage had been done he ran up and stopped. Once again he found himself standing over and staring down on Sesshomaru the Lord of the West.
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Sesshomaru was on the ground, he knew what happened, 이누야사 struck him and he flew back. He could still feel the sting from where his fist made contact… so, I’ve become this weak have I? His thoughts began to rationalize. Am I to spend the rest of my life like this? Or…
I’m a god’s prisoner.
He realized.
I’ve 로스트 my freedom.
I am no longer a lord. I am not even a demon. I am nobody… nothing, I’ve lost. This can’t go on. With this as his thought he sat up. Eyes frozen, he looked at Inuyasha, who was speaking, saying something out loud though it failed to register, all he could do in response to anything was, “Inuyasha.” He said a loud, his voice dry and coarse.
“Inuyasha, I don’t care what 당신 do with me from here on. It doesn’t matter anymore.”
Inuyasha’s only response: “what?” these words came out of him while he was in mid speech and it cut him off.
Sesshomaru said no more, with awkwardness left in the air that he removed his 옷, 가운 from his left shoulder and let it drop down exposing himself. At first 이누야사 was confused over this action, the thought why is he removing his shirt came to mind, when his eye caught onto the scar on Sesshomaru’s chest. The dark pinkish colored scar and noticed something about it that struck him with perplexing interest, Sesshomaru himself just noticed it to and began to rub his fingers over it. The mark resembled a brand, and what he thought was an ordinary scare left on him from a severe wound was in fact an angel’s seal, 또는 no it wasn’t the angel’s seal, it was God’s seal, the sign of the name of God in which neither Sesshomaru 또는 이누야사 could read.
“What the hell?” was Inuyasha’s response, and as Sesshomaru continued to feel the pattern of it with his fingertips, he thought to himself, ‘so this is the mark that seals my fate. I wonder what it says. And can it ever be removed?’ … can it be removed?
Removed.
What happened 다음 shocked everybody, as Sesshomaru with his claws began to tear at it, and before 이누야사 could stop him he had successes in tearing the majority of flesh from the left side of his chest clean off.
“What are 당신 doing 당신 idiot! 당신 로스트 your head!”
“Do not stop me 당신 fool!”
“What?”
이누야사 was about to hit him again as his way of thinking it would knock some sense into him, but Sesshomaru’s actions were too quick that he hadn’t time to react, when Sesshomaru took his claw and plunged it deep inside his chest.
He toppled forwards and blood shot up from his throat and trickled from his nose. Just when 이누야사 shot forth to grab him, “Damn it Sesshomaru, what the hell did 당신 do that for!” and did but before he could do any 더 많이 Sesshomaru spat these words, “Now 당신 hear me! I won’t be a part of this! I don’t care what 당신 want from me! I won’t be your slave I won’t be your anything!” his voice trailed off then, as he tried to get up, “you won’t have y’r way… w’th me,” but failed, “curse you.” Stumbling back down he drifted off once again into unconsciousness.
To whom the words addressed was a mystery, even despite what he said just before, it was clear his words wasn’t aimed at any of them. Dumbfounded 이누야사 pulled the claw from his chest as Sesshomaru’s unconscious body that slowly fell to the side with a slight splash into the water.
Disclamer I don't own any of the characters herein, they are the wonderful creations of Rumiko Takahashi, all rights belong to her. The story is my own.
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The shaking had stopped. Sesshomaru blinked his eyes and sat up. The first thing he noticed as his awareness came flowing back to him is that he was in a puddle of water, the 다음 that he was freezing cold. His armor was gone and his Heritage 모피 had shrunk back into its original form and was nothing 더 많이 than a plain strip of flesh that clung t his shoulder. His hair hung wildly over his shoulders and down the sides of his face dripping wet and his flesh bore a slight sting to it.
The good thing was it seemed his sense of feeling returned to him, and the ringing in his ears stopped. He could hear clearly now, though his sight was burry, but not that bad. Through the haze he began to look around. Something in the air didn’t seem right, there was a scent and it was close, a familiar scent, he knew it but it took a moment to put a fact to it.
이누야사 stared down at Sesshomaru for a little longer before speaking; he waited till their eyes met before he grinned then laughed. “Heh, 당신 know you’re completely 믿을 수 없는 Sesshomaru. Looks like 당신 really got your 나귀, 엉덩이 beat, so who was it some old friend come back for revenge 또는 something? 당신 know 당신 make me laugh!”
Inuyasha, what is he doing here?
At a loss, Sesshomaru said nothing, he just stared, his eyes slowly moving back and forth from 이누야사 to Rin and Jaken who were both clung to his side, crying and smiling with tears in their eyes exclaiming how glad they were he was awake and that he was alright.
Alright…. No far from that.
Rin and Jaken were all over him. Rin’s eyes were swollen with tears, as were Jaken’s, and her hands were on him gripping onto the soaking wet fabric of his sleeve. Crying out passionately over her concerns and observing this 이누야사 couldn’t help from reflecting on his earlier thoughts, Sesshomaru a man eater and Rin a human crying over him, she had her hands on him, hugging him… if only she knew, and Jaken, an imp a species of demon of the lowest rank literally comparable to gnats in living world was there doing the same, and he allowed this? Even Myoga, a flea had 더 많이 substance to him than this creature, yet Sesshomaru kept the imp around like a trusted vassal. Creatures like this were like the things he scraped from his heal, yet Sesshomaru valued him, simply amazing.
Sesshomaru didn’t move, and he didn’t bother to wonder how they were there, because he already knew. It was Rin and Jaken after all they were his shadow not surprising they would find him no matter where he was. Heartwarming though it was, he wanted none of it. The reality of his situation had yet to fully sink in now that he was awake. Everything was cloudy, but despite it he stood up. Head spinning, and dizzy. His legs felt like unstable logs on loose hinges that could buckle in at any moment, and his arms felt like they were dead weights and hanging from their sockets. He had never known such weakness, and in the past he had always welcomed new experiences, but this… this was different. To put it out of his mind he went to walk away, when he is distracted 의해 a vision—an image of the angel’s face flashed in his mind. That familiar mirror-like reflection of his own likeness, but on another being staring back kindly at him, and he stumbled.
The angel. All of a sudden in a whirl of recollection came flooding back to him and filled his mind. The battle, the angel’s sword burning like a brand, Tokijin melting, Tenseiga bursting with power, yet it wasn’t enough, The angel’s white wings sprawling in the air before him, the power of his attacks, being thrown down to the ground like a stone, and the final blast that left him damaged and in a pit. Then the end…. The end…
My heart… stolen…
My aura… sealed… no aura…
My power… no power…
No heart...
Sealed.
He staggered back as if to fall, but caught himself just in time. No he won’t fall—there was no way he would allow himself the vulnerability of his state, and accept it—he was Sesshomaru lord of the West after all! Even with all that has been done to him, at least he still had his identity. And believing he could still muster up some trace of his dignity without a word he began to walk. After taking his first few steps, as uncertain as they were, his eye caught on the crater. Right away he recalled being at the bottom of it. He recalled how he was staring at the sky as storm clouds gathered above and had begun to rain on him and into his open eyes, filling them like tiny pools before it filled everything else around him. He realized he must have 로스트 consciousness just before the rain covered him, for the crater was still nearly half way full and it’s depths was easily over his head if he were standing strait up at the bottom. How he got out was his to guess, but most likely his current company had something to do with it. But, that sparked no feeling in him, just 더 많이 to be embarrassed about so, and again without a word he turned away and started walking.
To where—there be no thought, he just walked. Perhaps he’ll find a place in the woods were he came nestle down and think this through, assess his circumstances and decide his 다음 move, also he needed to recall everything that 앤젤 said to him, that traitorous angel… Something about a mission, about something he was supposed to do… discover something, something about himself 또는 whatnot, and Saharah… what this Saharah thing was. He just needed some time, and to address it he needed to be alone. To forget everything so he just kept walking headed straight for the forest.
His movement was slow, every step felt uncertain and the unlevel ground didn’t help. To the most part he waded through ankle deep water till he came to spot that was unsuspectingly deep. His foot plunged down in a pool of water that was turned out was deeper than he expected and he stumbled forward. It was here that he realized the truth of his situation that he had to throw his arms out to catch himself as he tripped and fell to his knees over a rabbit’s hole, the mere fact that he had to throw out his arms to catch himself splashing muddy rain water up into his own face left this impression on him—PATHETIC!
Humiliation swept quickly over him, as did apprehension of his condition---it was worse than he thought, followed immediately 의해 Rin and Jaken who both cried out “Lord Sesshomaru!” the scent of wet earth and drowned worms came rushing onto his nostril redoubling the impression on him—How Pathetic! “My lord are 당신 okay… 당신 just fell?” Jaken uttered, but before he could finish this, Sesshomaru was back on his feet. Eye wide and shocked at himself, his throat let loose a sound like a half cough accompanied 의해 unusual wheezing and his breath became irregular. Ignoring it he returned his sight to the forest and carried on, proceeding to walk…. just walk!
“Wait Sesshomaru,” said Inuyasha, who had held his silence and thought it was for the best not to but in, but this was going too far, something was definitely wrong here and he wasn’t the type just to stand 의해 and leave it be. “Hey Sesshomaru!” he called out as he came running up beside him leaned over to get in front of him. Once he was he got a good long look at his face.
What he saw before him wasn’t Sesshomaru, but someone else, someone completely different, though the face was the same, it was pretty, Sesshomaru’s face was always pretty like a woman’s face was pretty, but the expression was not his. Sesshomaru always had that I don’t care about anything look in his eye and I don’t want to see 당신 또는 talk to you expression on his mouth. His mouth wasn’t too different just paler than it should be, but his eyes…. Those eyes, those are not Sesshomaru’s eyes.
They were wide and bloodshot and almost completely round, but retained their 아몬드 shape. They stood out on him, not bulging just incredibly tense, the eyes of a being who was stricken like his world had been stripped away from him, 또는 like something he loved had just been crushed and he was still struggling to come to terms with it before going out for revenge, eyes 이누야사 knew too well, but to see this same look on Sesshomaru… 이누야사 was stunned.
Whatever could he have been through?
이누야사 didn’t know if this was a look that came over his face anytime he was defeated in a battle, if he had ever been before aside from his own personal experiences with him. It was true he knew very little about his brother. “So what 당신 just going to take off? Thinking 당신 can just go after the bastard who did this?”
No response.
“You know Sesshomaru, that’s just what I would expect from you, but I suggest 당신 forget about it right now. Your aura is about as good as your servant’s right now and 당신 look like shit.” Before 이누야사 knew it Sesshomaru’s arm swung up and struck him in the face.
Normally a strike like that would send him flying, but Inuyasha’s face barely moved. It just turned to the side a little and there was no sting… damn, what the hell Kagome’s 펀치 had 더 많이 kick in it than that. Out of instinct he returned the gesture, Sesshomaru went flying backwards, landing several feet away on his back in the water. The splash shot up all around him and 이누야사 was in shock.
Sesshomaru’s body felt lighter than a human’s to him, knocking him down took minimal effort, it was the first time he had landed a direct blow in his brother’s face, and he knew he should have been happy about that but something felt wrong about it, and realizing he put a bit of effort into it assuming it would be necessary he startled. Even though it was just what he could call just a casual retort it made him curious, and needing to know what damage had been done he ran up and stopped. Once again he found himself standing over and staring down on Sesshomaru the Lord of the West.
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Sesshomaru was on the ground, he knew what happened, 이누야사 struck him and he flew back. He could still feel the sting from where his fist made contact… so, I’ve become this weak have I? His thoughts began to rationalize. Am I to spend the rest of my life like this? Or…
I’m a god’s prisoner.
He realized.
I’ve 로스트 my freedom.
I am no longer a lord. I am not even a demon. I am nobody… nothing, I’ve lost. This can’t go on. With this as his thought he sat up. Eyes frozen, he looked at Inuyasha, who was speaking, saying something out loud though it failed to register, all he could do in response to anything was, “Inuyasha.” He said a loud, his voice dry and coarse.
“Inuyasha, I don’t care what 당신 do with me from here on. It doesn’t matter anymore.”
Inuyasha’s only response: “what?” these words came out of him while he was in mid speech and it cut him off.
Sesshomaru said no more, with awkwardness left in the air that he removed his 옷, 가운 from his left shoulder and let it drop down exposing himself. At first 이누야사 was confused over this action, the thought why is he removing his shirt came to mind, when his eye caught onto the scar on Sesshomaru’s chest. The dark pinkish colored scar and noticed something about it that struck him with perplexing interest, Sesshomaru himself just noticed it to and began to rub his fingers over it. The mark resembled a brand, and what he thought was an ordinary scare left on him from a severe wound was in fact an angel’s seal, 또는 no it wasn’t the angel’s seal, it was God’s seal, the sign of the name of God in which neither Sesshomaru 또는 이누야사 could read.
“What the hell?” was Inuyasha’s response, and as Sesshomaru continued to feel the pattern of it with his fingertips, he thought to himself, ‘so this is the mark that seals my fate. I wonder what it says. And can it ever be removed?’ … can it be removed?
Removed.
What happened 다음 shocked everybody, as Sesshomaru with his claws began to tear at it, and before 이누야사 could stop him he had successes in tearing the majority of flesh from the left side of his chest clean off.
“What are 당신 doing 당신 idiot! 당신 로스트 your head!”
“Do not stop me 당신 fool!”
“What?”
이누야사 was about to hit him again as his way of thinking it would knock some sense into him, but Sesshomaru’s actions were too quick that he hadn’t time to react, when Sesshomaru took his claw and plunged it deep inside his chest.
He toppled forwards and blood shot up from his throat and trickled from his nose. Just when 이누야사 shot forth to grab him, “Damn it Sesshomaru, what the hell did 당신 do that for!” and did but before he could do any 더 많이 Sesshomaru spat these words, “Now 당신 hear me! I won’t be a part of this! I don’t care what 당신 want from me! I won’t be your slave I won’t be your anything!” his voice trailed off then, as he tried to get up, “you won’t have y’r way… w’th me,” but failed, “curse you.” Stumbling back down he drifted off once again into unconsciousness.
To whom the words addressed was a mystery, even despite what he said just before, it was clear his words wasn’t aimed at any of them. Dumbfounded 이누야사 pulled the claw from his chest as Sesshomaru’s unconscious body that slowly fell to the side with a slight splash into the water.