𝘭𝘪𝘵𝘵𝘭𝘦 𝘮𝘰𝘰𝘯 𝘣𝘭𝘰𝘴𝘴𝘰𝘮 犬夜叉 ♡ ; 𝚜𝚎𝚜𝚜𝚑𝚘𝚖𝚊𝚛𝚞 𝚡 𝚘𝚌

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Chiho, still in a daze or more so a stupor, became a dead weight to the maidens as she was carried away and instead was handed off by the guards.

"Oy!" one soldier grunted. "This wench is a heavy one. Even heavier than a sack of rice!" he snorted, hoisting Chiho up bridal style.

"Yeah." the other accompanying solder agreed. "But she'll be treated less than a bride once the prince is done with her." as the accompanying soldier leaned closer to Chiho, he cupped her chin playfully and shook it left and right. "Hear me, lass? The prince isn't so princely as you might expect him to be. From the rumors around this castle, he's actually a demon. And a mean one at that. So you better do what he says."

"Or it's to the whore-house with you!"

"Or back to the chamber with me." the soldier saw the trance leave Chiho's eyes and soon she flailed about in a struggle. "Let me go!" vivid memories came back to her that day. That dreadful day. And for all the days of her fate to be decided, it had to be the anniversary of when she was sold to this castle.

"Hold her tight! We don't need the Lord coming down on us because his goods were damaged."

"No!" Chiho screamed, but the hallways vacant echoes only made her feel all the more lonely in her terror.

"No!"

- - - -

"My Lord!" Jaken, gripping his staff for dear life, leaned over huffing and puffing as Sesshomaru. "As graceful as Lord Sesshomaru can be," he huffed "some of us lowly demons just don't have it in them to keep up, my Lord!"

Sesshomaru, his vision peeked on the distant castle with gates standing high and its castle even kissing the heavens, squinted down at Jaken before clearing his throat--causing Jaken to yelp in incoherent fear. "This must be the Castle that rumor has it, intertwines with the heavens itself." he tried to turn his head up to the clouds where it seemed one large structure barely was visible and then back down at the main structure. He could see the citizens bustling about and even some guards standing outside bored out of their minds no doubt.

Some were even sleeping under the large willow trees alongside the bank.

"Hmph." Sesshomaru grunted under his breath, but Jaken was all ears.

Already looking down atop the hill, he shielded the sun with his eyes as he squinted down at the specks of soldiers littered about. "And to think, that this 'prince' runs a castle this way. Just look at those buffling soldiers, leaving the castle so vulnerable! I can only wonder why such a second-rate demon would summon the mighty Sessh-" as Jaken went on one of his many unneeded appraisals of Sesshomaru, he was already descending down the hill towards the castle gates, unabashed by the numerous guards patrolling and, equally so, napping.

One guard, who was chipping away at a piece of wood to turn into a weapon, saw Sesshomaru from a distance, instantly nudging his ally awake. "Take a look over there, aye. Seems to be some odd fellow carrying a woman's fur."

The other guard snorted then spat into the dirt, rubbing the crust out of his eyes. "Just another merchant trying to make his way into the castle, I reckon. Just-" he yawned "shoo him on his merry way and let me finish my damn nap. The Lord has us stationed out here to watch for some demon, not a fur-coat salesman."

The other guard side-eyed his ally, saying nothing but continuing to carve out his wooden weapon, his eyes never leaving Sesshomaru's steps. "Something just feels off." his eyes narrowed at his blades.

"Whats off is yer head! Now shut it up so I can sleep before the lunch bell!"

"You're a useless bastard, ye are."

"And you the son of a whore but you don't hear me proclaiming it to the monks." the sleeping soldier tilted his helmet back down, mumbling incoherent curses.

- - -

"Oof! No! Wait!" before Chiho could preach her requests of freedom, the guards already bolt-locked her inside of the vast chamber and stood guard. "Now, lass, if ye decide to make this harder for yourself then it'll only be worse for us and even worse for the prince to punish us. Now if you want to stay quiet and be a good little whore-"

The same guard pierced the tatami with his blade, only centimeters away from Chiho.

"We won't have to use this." he growled "Now," the blade slowly retracted away from the hole, a wide-eyed Chiho struck with fear. The guards looming grey eyes filled the whole as he peered inside the room "Make yourself useful and run a bath. Make sure to be in our sight. Safety precautions, lass." the eye of the lewd soldier angled upwards in a perverse joy. Chiho, quivering in fear, only obliged by disappearing from sight, her footsteps silent as the night air.

"Hm?" the guard planted his hands on the door and tried to move around to find her but was soon met with a splash of soapy water. The guard howled in agony as the essential oils crept inside of his eye-socket, causing temporary blindness. "You bitch!" in a growl, he wildly unhinged the door and swung the door open, his shoulders rising and falling and eyes dancing across the room to find the hiding Chiho.

"Come out you little bitch. I promise I'll be nice on you before the prince comes. He won't even notice I've sampled his prize a few good times."

Chiho, shaking behind a room divider, found the air grow thick and heavy. Unable to breathe.

There was a stillness in the air, and Chiho thought it to be safe.

"Found you."

The guard pushed the divider out of the way, his long face gleaming with a narcissistic pride.

"I'm going to enjoy this." he reached out to grab Chiho by the air but was soon jolted to the other side of the room by an invisible force.

"What the hell?!"

The guard was bound by gravity, his body unable to leave the wall. In only a few moments, his body began to contort in opposite directions, leaving a piercing shrill of a scream to fill the room.

In the midst of his wails, the prince walked from what seemed to be from the shadows, his auburn eyes glowering in disgust at the guard.

"Now, Ji-Yeong." his arm cracked in two places. "I've stated to merely be a guard to the girl and nothing more." his legs bent backward, sending his foot to dislocate in three more places. "Don't you think it is a bit aloof to be such a brute?" his complacent face sulked out of pity at the weary guard. Chiho backed away from the sight, her stomach turning in knots.

"Let it be a lesson to heed my orders, and heed them with- great- importance." the force lifted itself, causing the guard to fall face down to the floor in agony. A yellowish puddle filled around him as he lay there whimpering softly.

"Feh. Get him out of here." without even taking a second glance, the prince smirked down at Chiho. Placing a hand on her lower back, he gently nudged her forward to walk with him "no need to worry, just follow me."

Chiho, her mind a mist and her limbs heavy, began to walk, but her eyes never left the tortured stare of the guard's as another guard lifted him up to carry him out of the room.