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Chapter Two
The next day, Takara awoke in a strange room & her mind raced to figure out where she was & how she got there. Then she thought back to the night before.
The cold night had slowly taken its toll on Takara & she was having trouble staying awake as she walked behind Sesshomaru & Rin. Jaken was behind her to make sure she didn't try to leave with his master's back to her. Her eyes drifted half-closed & her step faltered, but before she could fall, she regained her full consciousness & righted herself, fighting to keep her eyes open.
Jaken took notice of this since she'd almost fallen forward onto Sesshomaru & decided even though he'd rather her fall on his master, he knew he'd be bashed into the next era if he should let her fall into his master. "Lord Sesshomaru?"
The toad's voice made Sesshomaru stop in his tracks, which made Takara walk into him since she was so tired she hadn't seen him stop. Sesshomaru jerked forward slightly when she bumped into him & he turned around, coming face to face with the tired girl. He pushed her to the side some & looked at the shaking toad who knew something bad was coming to him. Rin herself had even stopped to see what would happen, but found herself on her knees by Takara who had lost her balance when Sesshomaru lightly shoved her.
"What is it that you want Jaken?" Sesshomaru questioned, his eyes narrowing slightly.
"M'lord, the young lady is extremely tired. She's been fighting the urge to fall forward many times," Jaken answered, fidgeting with the bottom of his staff. "Perhaps, since we're not close to the castle, perhaps, you should carry her like you've carried Lady Rin?"
Sesshomaru's eyes narrowed & he grabbed Jaken's staff from him, promptly using it to knock him a few yards away. How dare he use "Lady" to talk of Rin around him as if she was his daughter, or otherwise? What gave him this right? Sesshomaru glared at the sniveling toad demon as it made his way back to his master. "Jaken, since you seem to care about the human so much, you shall tend to her at the castle, no matter what the task unless I should disapprove of the task."
Jaken looked at his master & nodded quickly, a bruise already forming on his head where the staff contacted. "Y-Yes m'lord. Does this mean you'll carry the woman?"
Sesshomaru glared at the toad before he looked at Rin who was by the woman who was now sitting up, her gaze cast downward. The wind picked up slightly, tossing his long hair around as he moved to her & picked her up in his arms.
That was the last thing she remembered & now here she was, in some castle in some bed, god knows where. All she could think of were those eyes of Sesshomaru, staring at her with a mixture of emotions she couldn't tell apart. It looked like he was mostly shocked at one point, but that soon turned to a somewhat pleased look. "You my dear will serve a great purpose to me." His voice rung through her head. He'd said this to her after he'd put her in this bed.
She sat up in the bed & looked around the room, seeing that aside from herself, it was empty of people. Not even a demon was in her room. A knock at the door to what she was guessing was now her room, made her jump. "Come in..."
The door opened to reveal the toad from last night who was slightly beaten worse. "Sleep well?" he asked, walking to her.
She nodded. "What happened to you?"
"Lord Sesshomaru did not approve of some accusations I made this morning & I was punished. I deserved it."
"Oh... I see." She looked at the bruises on the toad demon's face & something inside of her made her feel bad for him.
"Is there anything you'd like?"
"Where's this... what's his name?"
"Lord Sesshomaru."
"Where's Sesshomaru?"
"Lord Sesshomaru is in his study going over a letter he's received from one of his servants who have been sent to watch an enemy of his. I doubt he would want to talk to the likes of you."
"And what's that supposed to mean?"
"He detests humans & you're a human. He would not dare waste his time on-" Jaken was cut off by Sesshomaru's voice.
"Now you're speaking for me, Jaken?" Anger laced his voice as he approached the toad that had now turned to face his master. "What you have just told this woman, did I say it to you myself?"
"N-No master."
"Then why are you saying it as if I had?"
"But I thought-"
"Seems to me like you didn't think at all Jaken. Leave us to ourselves. I wish to have a word with her."
"Alone my lord?"
"Did I stutter Jaken?" Sesshomaru watched the submissive demon leave the room, shutting the large door behind himself, before he turned his attention to the girl infront of him."Your name... it's Takara, am I correct?" When she nodded, he continued. "What happened at your village last night?" Takara lowered her head & closed her eyes tightly, wishing he hadn't brought it up. It hurt too much to remember what had happened at her village. "Was it a youkai?"
"I'm not sure," she answered, her head still hung as tears filled her eyes, remembering the figure that started the fire & went on a killing spree. "It had the gifts of one, but looked more like a hanyou then a youkai."
Sesshomaru raised a curious brow, his face showing some emotion since the first time she saw him the night before. "What did it look like?"
"It had red eyes, but when it first came to the village, it had brown eyes..."
"Brown?"
"Yes, then gold. He was there with three other people & 2 small creatures... I...I don?t know what the two creatures were though. And even though he was killing everyone that got in his way, the others kept trying to stop him."
"Did he have white hair?" When Takara nodded, he put the pieces together. Inu Yasha, you bad mutt... Sounds like you need a little punishment.