Chapter 22 - Sesshomaru Revisited
About a month later, a very unexpected visitor appeared at the gate. A huge two-headed beast came out of the sky, and on its back rode Sesshomaru, the Lord of the Western Lands and half-brother to InuYasha. The Princess had not seen him since that time 25 years ago when she refused to bind him to her, and bound InuYasha instead. Wondering why he was here at her gate, she went out to greet him. InuYasha followed behind her, not trusting his full demon brother. There was no love lost between these two. InuYasha had spent the first six years of his life with his mother and then when she died, he lived alone. InuYasha barely knew his brother. Sesshomaru thought the half-breed inferior and wanted nothing to do with him. Their only interaction had been their bitter fight over Tetsusaiga, the sword that their father had left for InuYasha.
Sesshomaru dismounted and walked toward the Princess. At his side was the little green demon, Jaken, who had been his servant for hundreds of years. And in his arms was a child of about six. A human child!
"She is ill," he said, his voice cold and formal as she remembered it, but his eyes were different. They were troubled -- he was worried about this child! "I cannot heal her, and I heard that Kaiba, your healer mage, is the best there is. Could he look at her?"
The Princess sent for Kaiba. The child was little girl about eight or nine, with dark hair and a small sweet face. Kaiba immediately came from his tower. He took the child from Sesshomaru and carried her to a guest bedroom.
"Let him work," the Princess said, her hand stopping Sesshomaru from following the mage, "He will take care of her." He looked tired, but she knew he would not rest until the child was healed. She took him into her study, and shooed InuYasha away as she closed the door. "Please tell me her story."
Sesshomaru was surprised at her request. Then he remembered how forward she was, always saying whatever was on her mind. He never confided in anyone, but somehow he wanted to tell her everything. She must be using her power on him. After a slight hesitation he began his story, his voice never above a whisper, meant only for her ears.
Demon World, Six Months Ago
Naraku had somehow managed to remove the sealing claw from Ryuukoysusei, the dragon that had killed his father and the dragon was now terrorizing his lands. Leaving Jaken behind, Sesshomaru went to the high mountains that border his lands and Otherworld intent on killing it once and for all. It had been a terrible battle and he was forced to change into his Dog Demon form and after hours of battle and many terrible wounds, he killed the dragon.
But he was badly hurt and barely managed to drag himself down the mountain to a small clearing in the foothills. He spread the fur boa that he always wore on the ground and lay down on it. He could move no farther. He was bleeding, broken and exhausted. It looked like the dragon might claim another Dog Demon as a victim. He fell into a deep sleep, his body trying to heal itself. Although he hadn't realize it, he had crossed the border and was now in Otherworld.
It was two nights later when he woke, and the first thing that he saw was a small container of water next to him. He drank it thirstily and then fell back to sleep. He woke the next night and the container had been refilled. Next to it was a small fish on a leaf. Who was his benefactor? On the fourth night he saw her for the first time. Just a little girl. She was quietly walking toward him, carrying the water container and some raw green beans and mushrooms on another leaf. He watched as she approach him. She saw that he was awake, but showed no fear of him, just placed the food and water within his reach. She didn't speak to him, just turned and ran toward the tiny village where she lived.
For a week the child brought him water and food. She was in rags and the food was not always very nutritious, and he came to realize that it was all she had. She was giving him her own food. He stopped eating it, thinking that she might eat it instead, but she never did. So he resumed eating the food. The food and water along with the sleep was helping him heal.
One night she came later than usual and her face was badly bruised. This time she had another fish. She had stolen it and had gotten caught. He looked at her face and spoke to her for the first time, asking what had happened. She said nothing, but she burst into a radiant smile. He had could not understand why she had smiled like that.
The next day, Janken found his master and by that time Sesshomaru was almost fully healed. He walked slowly in the direction that the girl always took and found her small body on the road. She had been killed by some insignificant demon.
He turned to walk away without another glance when suddenly Tenseiga started throbbing at his side. Tenseiga, the so-called sword of healing. He had tried it a few times in the past, experimenting with its power. He tried to heal a demon and it did nothing. Then he tried it on several humans and again it did not heal their wounds. The sword of healing could not even heal! It was truly useless! He still wore it only because it was his father's last gift. He drew the sword out and it throbbed violently in his hand. He touched the child with it and in a few moments she was alive and completely healed. He knelt and took her in his arms, checking to make sure she was all right. Tenseiga did not heal -- it resurrected! The girl woke and smiled up at him.
She had been with him ever since, following him along with Jaken. He rarely spoke to her, but she didn't seem to mind. She was happy for the first time. He had Jaken go to a village and buy her new clothes to replace her rags. She began to talk a few weeks after and he learned that her family had been killed by bandits and there was no one to look after her in the village. It was a very poor village and no one could afford an extra mouth to feed. So she barely scraped by until she met him. He became her new family and although he was distant, he was also kind to her, she had food and clothing, and she was never afraid when he was with her.
Sesshomaru
Sesshomaru is the older full-blooded Yoakia half-brother of Inuyasha, he has a true hatred for inuyasha, because while his father let him the Tensuiga,the sword with the power to heal, he left Inuyasha the Tetsuiga the sword with the power to harm.Sesshomaru makes many attempts to steal the tetsuiga but Inuyasha ends up sending him home with his tail between his legs. With allthe insults passed between the two, Sesshomaru finds out that Inuyasha needs the Tetsuiga to keep his demon blood at bay. Sesshomaru now knows that Inuyasha is not that different from him and helps one of Inuyasha's transformations go back to normal. This is in the episode (the demons true nature).
Sesshomaru has a dark hatred for humans as well, which ironic because he ends up keeping company with a little human girl named Rin. Rin's family was killed by bandits and she herself was killed by wolves from the demon wolf tribe led by koga.This is in the episode (Kagome kidnapped by koga the wolf demon).Sesshomaru after just fight ing inuyasha and experiancing the wind scare is hurt and sits under a tree waitind to revive or die. Rin finds him and offers him food and water. Rin is attacked by the wolves and runs to Sesshomatu for help but does not reach him in time. She is killed. Sesshomaru later gets his strengh back and heads on his way to pick up Joken, Oh and Un. He reconizes the scent of Rin's blood and finds her on the trail dead. He takes out the tensuiga and revives her, Rin is now in depth of Sesshomaru and acompanies him everywhere. There is a slight speculation that Sesshomaruis in love with Rin but she is so young so nothing is thought of it. Oh yeah Sesshomaru is just over 900 years old.
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