Rewritten Mind of a Shikon Miko
warnings - character death, implied sexual relations
this is a first draft...it could change greatly...tell me what you all think though...can always use some critisism. ^_^ just try to make it productive and not too vindictive
Sesshoumaru slips into the crystalline pool barely causing even the tiniest ripple. His muscles relax and bones crack as he lets himself slip into a near-sleep state of relaxation. He smiles as Rin’s soft footfalls reach his ears and the aroma of the flowers she walks through reaches his nose. He allows himself to drift deeper toward sleep and memory. His eyes close and his smile widens, revealing fangs, as memory takes him back to many previous nights where he had taken Rin to bed and the mourning after where he was barely able to stand and she still had a hop in her step.
“How can you be so strong, my sweet Rin…how can you have such strength when I, the demon lord of the west, can barely stand?”
He just shrugs and slips deeper into past memories…taking Rin to bed that first time when she was seventeen. He remembers how she had taken the initiative and kissed him and even with his iron will he couldn’t say no to that sweet face…that face that hid a demon’s prerogative.
Suddenly though he notices that Rin’s scent has disappeared…he jumps out of the water quickly and runs to the field to find Jaken staring at him menacingly.
“Jaken?”
Jaken suddenly pulls out his staff of heads and shoots fire toward Sesshoumaru who easily dodges the attack. He rolls along the ground and grabs Toukijin before landing back on his feet in a series of fluid movements.
“Fire again and you will die before you have a chance to move.”
Jaken still says nothing and fires again with a hypnotized look in his eyes. Suddenly he is aware just before Toukijin cuts through his flesh easily. Sesshoumaru looks down at the fallen demon with a blank look on his face. His eyebrow raises slightly as he notices purple smoke raise from his fallen servant…suddenly he realizes the gas is poisonous miasma and he jumps out of the way before the poison reaches his nose.
“Naraku…” he spits as he slips into his pants. He smells blood as he reaches for his shirt and runs to it’s source finding Ah-Un dead behind a bush…he forgoes his shirt and runs back to the field in hope of catching Naraku’s scent.
“If Rin is dead you will wish you were dead long before I finish it you sick animal.”
Sesshoumaru rushes past the few remaining bones of Jaken after easily catching Naraku’s scent. He follows the scent to an abandoned village with the stench of blood and death hanging heavy in the air. He nearly reaches the center of town when a series of wind blades fly by him.
“Naraku can’t come out and play…but I’m game.”
“Be gone wind witch…I only want Naraku.”
“Oh, come now, don’t be like that. I can play a good game…either way, I’m the one who took your little toy and used your other.”
“The imp is nothing and you may have taken the girl but Naraku ordered it, now leave or I will make you.”
“So, the ball is in your court…play hard dog.”
Sesshoumaru rushes toward Kagura easily dodging her wind blades. Her eyes open wide as he seemingly disappears and reappears behind her.
“I told you to leave.”
“Wai…”
Sesshoumaru shoves Toukijin through Kagura and, as her body dissipates into the wind she once controlled, heads toward the building Kagura had protected. As he reaches the door he notices a bright light and jumps out of the ways as an arrow wizzes by destroying everything in it’s path.
“Where did that come from? Has Naraku brought back another miko?”
He stares toward the remnants of the destroyed building and notices Naraku trying to inch away with the last remaining bits of his life. Rin stares at the pathetic Naraku with pure hate in her eyes and fires another arrow toward Naraku destroying the last of his body. She stares at Sesshoumaru with the same look but with a twinge of love in it.
“Another demon.”
“RIN?! Come to my side!”
“I do not who you speak of demon, but prepare to die!”
“Wha…”
Sesshoumaru quickly dodges a holy arrow and stares at Rin strangely.
“She is not a miko…how is this possible?”
“I…I missed, how did I miss?”
“Who are you miko?!”
“I am Midoriko, demon, and I will not miss again.”
“Midoriko?”
“I have defeated many demons in my day and you will just be another to had to my belt.”
Sesshoumaru rushes to “Midoriko’s” side and throws a clawed hand toward her but she easily dodges.
“Your fast demon, but your speed will do no good here.”
She throws her bow down and pulls out a sword which cuts toward Sesshoumaru’s stomach. He growls and dodges the hit. Midoriko curses herself for missing such an attack but quickly attacks again throwing a wave of slashes toward Sesshoumaru who only dodges and blocks the attacks with Toukijin.
“Fight demon, or you will take the fun out of it…I want you to think you have a chance.”
“Don’t test me Rin, I could defeat you easily.”
“I told you before, I am Midoriko, not this Rin…whether or not this shell is hers.”
“If Rin is gone you will pay direly for it.”
“Then fight demon, for your pet here is gone.”
A tear falls down Sesshoumaru’s face as he cuts a line along Rin’s stomach.
“Now we have a game, dog.”
“Midoriko” and Sesshoumaru enter into a deadly dance, each dropping blood of the other but neither taking a kill wound, even when offered.
~Why do I not end this demon’s life…does this shell still hold spirit.~
~She may not be Rin but I still can’t take her life.~
Their dance continues as the sky darkens and rain falls over both fighters…thunder strikes and Toukijin collides with Midoriko’s sword. They break from each other and rush toward each other one last time, Midoriko jams her sword into Sesshoumaru’s stomach but the demon lord smiles strangely rather than crying out in pain.
“You wished to die dog, then why fight?”
“Because though I die this day…” blood drips from Toukijin as it hangs from Rin’s body, “…I take you with me.”
“It seems you do, demon.”
Midoriko smiles and her eyes glaze over and the loving ones of Rin replace them…Sesshoumaru falls to his knees followed by Rin…both embrace and kiss the other with everlasting love…thunder strikes again before all in doused in darkness…then, again, lightning strikes, now showing a statue of two lovers, demon and human together in death as they were in life.
this is a first draft...it could change greatly...tell me what you all think though...can always use some critisism. ^_^ just try to make it productive and not too vindictive
Sesshoumaru slips into the crystalline pool barely causing even the tiniest ripple. His muscles relax and bones crack as he lets himself slip into a near-sleep state of relaxation. He smiles as Rin’s soft footfalls reach his ears and the aroma of the flowers she walks through reaches his nose. He allows himself to drift deeper toward sleep and memory. His eyes close and his smile widens, revealing fangs, as memory takes him back to many previous nights where he had taken Rin to bed and the mourning after where he was barely able to stand and she still had a hop in her step.
“How can you be so strong, my sweet Rin…how can you have such strength when I, the demon lord of the west, can barely stand?”
He just shrugs and slips deeper into past memories…taking Rin to bed that first time when she was seventeen. He remembers how she had taken the initiative and kissed him and even with his iron will he couldn’t say no to that sweet face…that face that hid a demon’s prerogative.
Suddenly though he notices that Rin’s scent has disappeared…he jumps out of the water quickly and runs to the field to find Jaken staring at him menacingly.
“Jaken?”
Jaken suddenly pulls out his staff of heads and shoots fire toward Sesshoumaru who easily dodges the attack. He rolls along the ground and grabs Toukijin before landing back on his feet in a series of fluid movements.
“Fire again and you will die before you have a chance to move.”
Jaken still says nothing and fires again with a hypnotized look in his eyes. Suddenly he is aware just before Toukijin cuts through his flesh easily. Sesshoumaru looks down at the fallen demon with a blank look on his face. His eyebrow raises slightly as he notices purple smoke raise from his fallen servant…suddenly he realizes the gas is poisonous miasma and he jumps out of the way before the poison reaches his nose.
“Naraku…” he spits as he slips into his pants. He smells blood as he reaches for his shirt and runs to it’s source finding Ah-Un dead behind a bush…he forgoes his shirt and runs back to the field in hope of catching Naraku’s scent.
“If Rin is dead you will wish you were dead long before I finish it you sick animal.”
Sesshoumaru rushes past the few remaining bones of Jaken after easily catching Naraku’s scent. He follows the scent to an abandoned village with the stench of blood and death hanging heavy in the air. He nearly reaches the center of town when a series of wind blades fly by him.
“Naraku can’t come out and play…but I’m game.”
“Be gone wind witch…I only want Naraku.”
“Oh, come now, don’t be like that. I can play a good game…either way, I’m the one who took your little toy and used your other.”
“The imp is nothing and you may have taken the girl but Naraku ordered it, now leave or I will make you.”
“So, the ball is in your court…play hard dog.”
Sesshoumaru rushes toward Kagura easily dodging her wind blades. Her eyes open wide as he seemingly disappears and reappears behind her.
“I told you to leave.”
“Wai…”
Sesshoumaru shoves Toukijin through Kagura and, as her body dissipates into the wind she once controlled, heads toward the building Kagura had protected. As he reaches the door he notices a bright light and jumps out of the ways as an arrow wizzes by destroying everything in it’s path.
“Where did that come from? Has Naraku brought back another miko?”
He stares toward the remnants of the destroyed building and notices Naraku trying to inch away with the last remaining bits of his life. Rin stares at the pathetic Naraku with pure hate in her eyes and fires another arrow toward Naraku destroying the last of his body. She stares at Sesshoumaru with the same look but with a twinge of love in it.
“Another demon.”
“RIN?! Come to my side!”
“I do not who you speak of demon, but prepare to die!”
“Wha…”
Sesshoumaru quickly dodges a holy arrow and stares at Rin strangely.
“She is not a miko…how is this possible?”
“I…I missed, how did I miss?”
“Who are you miko?!”
“I am Midoriko, demon, and I will not miss again.”
“Midoriko?”
“I have defeated many demons in my day and you will just be another to had to my belt.”
Sesshoumaru rushes to “Midoriko’s” side and throws a clawed hand toward her but she easily dodges.
“Your fast demon, but your speed will do no good here.”
She throws her bow down and pulls out a sword which cuts toward Sesshoumaru’s stomach. He growls and dodges the hit. Midoriko curses herself for missing such an attack but quickly attacks again throwing a wave of slashes toward Sesshoumaru who only dodges and blocks the attacks with Toukijin.
“Fight demon, or you will take the fun out of it…I want you to think you have a chance.”
“Don’t test me Rin, I could defeat you easily.”
“I told you before, I am Midoriko, not this Rin…whether or not this shell is hers.”
“If Rin is gone you will pay direly for it.”
“Then fight demon, for your pet here is gone.”
A tear falls down Sesshoumaru’s face as he cuts a line along Rin’s stomach.
“Now we have a game, dog.”
“Midoriko” and Sesshoumaru enter into a deadly dance, each dropping blood of the other but neither taking a kill wound, even when offered.
~Why do I not end this demon’s life…does this shell still hold spirit.~
~She may not be Rin but I still can’t take her life.~
Their dance continues as the sky darkens and rain falls over both fighters…thunder strikes and Toukijin collides with Midoriko’s sword. They break from each other and rush toward each other one last time, Midoriko jams her sword into Sesshoumaru’s stomach but the demon lord smiles strangely rather than crying out in pain.
“You wished to die dog, then why fight?”
“Because though I die this day…” blood drips from Toukijin as it hangs from Rin’s body, “…I take you with me.”
“It seems you do, demon.”
Midoriko smiles and her eyes glaze over and the loving ones of Rin replace them…Sesshoumaru falls to his knees followed by Rin…both embrace and kiss the other with everlasting love…thunder strikes again before all in doused in darkness…then, again, lightning strikes, now showing a statue of two lovers, demon and human together in death as they were in life.