An Endless Journey Of Love ~ Sesshomaru X Reader

Collision of Amber and Aquamarine

I slowly gain consciousness, I open my eyes to a burning fire on the other side. My vision is fuzzy, and my arms are immobilized. I shake my head and look around, I'm still in the dark cave. Everything from last night flashes back to me, my arms are tied to my sides with strong vines in ropes of 2. I'm sitting on the cold rocky floor tied to a large rock. I remember the burn on my hand. I look down at my left hand, the back of it is red with burned skin and it's wrinkled and peeling. I thought he scorched my hand into black flesh, but I'm surprised he didn't. It will scar and I won't be able to feel any sensation on the part of my hand afterwards... well, who knows if I'll be able to live that long. I move my hand, my sore hand feels sluggish, also the scar that Sesshomaru gave me that day is barely visible anymore. I sigh and look at the stream in the middle of the cave that wells up in the center, unfortunately, I can't reach it. Since it's so "dark" in the cave I have no idea what time it is. I close my eyes and try to clear my mind and gain my composure back, I have to stay strong till the end. I hear heavy thumps coming closer from the dark long walkway of the cave, I open my eyes and see the bird demon come into view. I hold my breath and press myself back against the big rock behind me hoping to gain some distance. He crouches down in front of me and grab onto my chin with his clawed hands and turns my head to face him, he observes my face and grins.

"For a human, you are quite stunning. I didn't get the chance to look at you properly last night." He says in a low tone.

My heart begins to thump faster, I have no idea what is going to happen after hearing those words.

"Let me go." I say to him.

"Tsk tsk, that's no way to talk to your master. It would be shameful to burn and scar that face of yours, not that it matters since no one else will see it except for me from now on." He says with a laugh.

"Someone will come to save me, just you watch." I tell him.

"Quite fiesty and strong willed aren't you? Guess a few more burns will tame you soon enough. How about a scratch on the rosy cheek of yours to start things off?" He says.

"No..." I let out.

His clawed tipped fingers comes up to my face and he glides it on my skin with a fair amount of pressure and I feel a stinging sensation, it feels like trailing fire. He has cut my cheek, luckily it's not too deep. I have scars all over my body, what's another few. I take a deep breath and pull my face out of his grasp.

"How about washing that tear stained face of yours? Wouldn't want to see that when I get back at night." He says.

He unties me and with his strong hands holds the strong vines that binds my two arms, he drags me to the edge of the pond at the center of the cave and pushes me down onto my knees.

"You better take a deep breath." He tells me.

Knowing what he's about to do I quickly take in a deep breath, and not a second after he pushes my head under the water. The cool water submerges my head completely, my long hair floats around me like smoke. The cut on my cheek stings a little bit at first but it eventually subsides. The water is cool and soothing, so different from fire. Of course, it can drown you if you're not careful. Earth's elements can be frightening. He holds my head for about 15 seconds or so and pulls me back up, my smoke like hair now becomes a veil and conceals my face. I let my breath go and gasp heavily.

"All cleaned up. I'm going to tie you back up, I'll be out till night fall looking for food. I'll feed you tomorrow, tonight you'll starve." He says.

He then ties me back to the large rock and walks out of the cave. I'm alone once again. Is this going to be my life from now on? I'm in the middle of nowhere, Sesshomaru won't be able to find me here, Kagome, Inuyasha, Miroku, Sango, Shippo, and Lady Kaede are absolutely clueless about my whereabouts as well. Kagome and Sango probably just thinks I got lost... I didn't tell them exactly where I was going either... but I know they're out searching somewhere for me. Inuyasha, Miroku, and Suikyu will be back by tomorrow, if I can only hold out till then. I know I can do it, I've been in a similar situation before, although I got injured, I escaped, and Sesshomaru saved me. The new scar on my back reminds me perfectly of that day, and how Sesshomaru stayed by me all night. I smile at the memory, how I long to see him again. I will see him again, he'll be returning soon, and for him, I'll hold on. For the others, I'll hold on. I'm a strong person, even if I die, I'll die fighting. I start to wiggle myself hoping to loosen the vines, I can try slipping out from underneath it, but it will take a while. I don't know if my bare back can handle getting new scrapes and cuts from the rock that I'm tied to. Regardless, I try, I wiggle myself against the vines, I try pulling myself away from the rock, hoping to loosen the strength of the vines. I'm at it for who knows how long, hours most likely with little breaks in between. Time passes and I finally lean myself against the rock, I managed to loosen it up a little bit, but not enough to free myself. I'm exhausted, I lay my head back onto the rock, and stare up at the rocky ceiling. The burning fire crackling away in the distance. I close my eyes and let fatique take over me. What's the point of making the vines loose? If I don't manage to break free before he returns at night, I'll be back to where I started. I pray that someone will come and save me. I fall into a stressful sleep, because it's the only thing I can do now till I regain my strength again. The sun-less and moonless cave completely blinds my sense of time, it's suffocating. I probably fell asleep for about an hour or two, if I started at morning, it's most likely late afternoon or evening now. He'll be back soon. I wake up to distant sounds, I open my eyes and adjust my vision. The fire is still burning away, that must be some mystical fire to be burning all day without diminishing. I shake myself awake and look towards the darkness that the fire couldn't reach. It sounds like gentle ripples, ripples in the water. It's weird, why is he walking in water? Isn't he afraid of water? I can't see anything, no figure no presence. Just the sound of gentle water ripples slowly coming closer to the middle of the cave. I begin to panic, what if it's some kind of sea monster or big fish that found its way in. As the ripple sound finally enters the large cave, I can finally see the water ripples in the stream and coming to the pond in the center of the cave. I hold my breath, hoping to hide my presence from whatever is about to come upon me. The water ripple suddenly stops, it becomes quiet. It's unsettling to be honest. I stare at the pond without movement. Then the surface of the water gently moves and a pale hand with webbings between the fingers comes out and grabs onto the rocky ledge. My eyes widen at the sight and I feel like I'm about to lose my mind. It's not a sea monster or fish, but a fish human hybrid? Oh my I'm in trouble if it's like the fire bird demon, who knows what it's like and what it will do. The figure then pulls itself out of the water and onto the rocky ground, my eyes once again widen a little as I see the figure. In the lit fire, It looks like a man, he has webbed hands that's for sure, but he looks very human. He has back length long hair in a shade of pale blue, it's half tied up and he has bangs that frames his face and covers his forehead. He is barefoot, and he's wearing an armour made from huge fish scales it looks like, it is reflecting the light of the fire, it's decorated with shells, pearls, and barnacles lining perfectly and beautifully. On his arm and thighs are huge fish fins, and on his hip is a large long coral spear with a huge sea snail spiral shell tipped into a sharp point. His skin is pale and fair. Two long blue strands protrudes out from the top of his head, I can see gills on the side of his neck and pointed ears, he's for sure a demon, a fish demon perhaps from the looks of him. I just can't see his face yet. He doesn't seem hostile or dangerous at the moment, he lifts his head up and I can see his face now although it's heavily shadowed in the dark cave. He slowly walks towards me, and the feeling of hostility rises in me. I push myself against the rock. He kneels down in front of me, just a few centimeters away. He looks at my face, and now that he's closer I can see his face better. His pale skin is flawless(as expected from a demon) and he has fish scale markings on the edge of his eyes. He looks familiar in a way, very familiar. But just because he looks familiar doesn't mean I can let my guard down.