Drabble Prompt 05 - Dread
Title: And then?
Author: Hairann
Prompt: Dread
Rating: T
Genre: Drama
Word count: 218
Characters: Jaken/Sesshoumaru, Lord and servant relationship, not a BL story.
Link: http://www.fanfiction.net/s/6305970/1/Jakens_Ballad
Summary: Part 28 of Jaken's Ballad.
Jaken quickly nodded his head enthusiastically, feeling the dread release the grip it had taken on his pounding heart. Deciding the conversation was over, Sesshoumaru turned and began walking away, Jaken instantly following after. “If I may ask, my lord,” Jaken began after over an hour had passed between them in silence and he could not longer hold back his question, “what is our next move?”
For a long while more, Sesshoumaru held his tongue, perhaps thinking of the answer himself, and as Jaken was about to give up on receiving a reply, he finally began to speak. “This Sesshoumaru will cleanse his lands. There are those that believe me unworthy of my title and I will show them the error of their ways. Once my land is free of my enemies, then I will seek out my rightful sword.”
“And then, my lord? Once you have the fang?” Jaken inquired, finding himself wondering why he even desired the sword as he did, being strong enough without it.
“And then?” Sesshoumaru repeated, more to himself than to his ward. “And then I will conquer all of Japan.” Unable to prevent it, Jaken felt a shiver run down his spine at the cold, icy tone his lord's voice took with his last words.