An Endless Journey Of Love ~ Sesshomaru X Reader

The Touches Of A Demon

The day comes to an end and along the way my mind has become clear and free of all thoughts. It was relaxing to say, my heart felt lighter as I passed mesmerizing sceneries telling me of a beautiful spring that is about to come. When night falls, I take Hidzume to a nearby tree and we camp for the night.

"We still have another 6 days to go Hidzume, then we'll arrive at the next village. Just hang in there for a little bit ok?" I say patting his mane.

We ate the food that Kagome and the others packed for us. I place a blanket over Hidzume and myself, Hidzume lay besides me and I pull the koto onto my lap. I play a slow and mellow tune to fill the night, a slow lullaby that will help lull Hidzume to sleep and hopefully me eventually. After a while I stop and place the koto beside me and lay down onto the blanket that is laid onto the ground. I pull the blanket covering me up to my chin and I look up at the stars. The stars twinkle in the clear sky and without knowing I start to count them. Eventually I lost count of the never ending stars that are sprinkled above the earth, I close my eyes and fall asleep. The flames of the fire that I made sways in the air as the night draws out. Morning follows hours later, I wake up and stretch out my arms and back. I take a deep breath of the cool morning air.

"Guess it's time to carry on, good morning Hidzume." I say patting him.

I continue on the road with Hidzume till we came upon a small stream, I get off of Hidzume and wash my face with the cool clear water. We stay there for a while enjoying the sun, it looks like it's about to rain soon though.

"What a weather, guess I better find some shelter soon before I get drenched." I said quietly.

I then take Hidzume by the reigns and begin to leave the beautiful area, when suddenly I hear a bunch of horse hooves from within the trees. Not knowing what it is, I quickly guide Hidzume into the trees on the other side of the bank and hid. I kept Hidzume quiet as much as I can as we waited. Not long after hiding, a group of men comes out of the trees and then into the clearing. There were about 5 of them, they have knives and swords, riding on horsebacks and there is one of them that stands out than the rest. He is bald with a tuff of feathers around his neck, his neck itself is thin and a bit long than a normal human's. He has a pointy nose and his ears are pointed as well, and that tells me that he's a demon, but just what I'm not sure. The others seem to be human, I'm not sure if they know that he's a demon or not but it seems like they do.

"Well done men, we are on our next village. We will start the raid tomorrow!" The demon leader says to his subordinates.

They all give a cheer, and get off their horses and walk to the stream. I felt a chill go down my spine as I heard them.

"Thieves and bandits.... They're heading towards Lady Kaede's village, I have to go warn them." I thought to myself.

I slowly back away with Hidzume but I accidently step on a branch as I backed up. I let out a gasp, I then look up to see the demon looking in my direction.

"Oh no.... I have to run." I said to myself, I turn  and hop onto Hidzume.

"Go after the sound now! Bring it back alive, I want to see what it is." He screeches.

The men all hop onto their horses and gallops through the stream towards me. I gasp and give Hidzume a kick and he bolts through the trees. The clouds in the sky has slowly turned grey, raindrops are slowly coming down on me. I rode through the grassy field in the cold and dreary weather, my body soon became drenched. The cold wind mixed with rain hits my face as I try to escape with Hidzume, my heart pounds heavily as fear arises in me. Who knows what will happen if the thieves and bandits captures me, my life could end. Who knows what they will do to me with a demon as a leader, but I remember that I told my mother before I left, I won't go down without a fight. I found my composure and rode as fast I can away from them, but they are close behind me. I realized that I still have quite a lot of items on me, I have to get rid of them to reduce the weight. Hopefully I can use them to distract them somehow, I start to throw leftover fruits and food at them. Luckily Hidzume and I rested up well last night, the bandits start to slow down a bit. So I turn back to focus on escaping, suddenly something hits me in the back and I get knocked off balance. I fall to the ground hard and it knocks the wind out of me, Hidzume comes to a halt and turns to me not knowing what to do.