The Lord of the Moon and the Lady of the Night

The Bad Day

"How much longer can I continue on like this?" She asked herself as she returned to the bath she had just exited washing away his filth. This overwhelming shame washed over her as she , for the second time today, washed a man's mark from between her thighs. She sat in the luke warm water dry sobbing. Her body had no more tears to shed, she closed her swollen eyes, hoping to alleviate the burning. She jumped up at the sound of Sandles approached, her heart hammered in her chest, her uneven breath caught in her throat. She grabbed the closest garb she could find and desperately wrapped it around herself fleeing from the bath. Leaving a trail of wet foot prints behind her. She ran to her room out of habit but Takimaru knew she would be here... She felt the panic rise in her throat, where could she hide? Where would she go? Leaving on her own seemed to daunting. If she was honest she had always been spoiled by her father and thus she had never done things like shop or cook or... or, or, or her mind raced. She felt her knees going weak as the weight of her situation overwhelmed her. As a child Izayoi was scared of thunder and barking dogs and anytime she got scared she would hide in her bureau until her father would fish her out.

She looked at the closet filled with finest satin and silk and made the childish decision she would hide in there. It was the only idea she could come up with that would give her any comfort. She had been away from the court for so long that she had no idea if they had guests or what rooms were taken. There were to many unknowns. She climbed in amongst the silks, pressing her thin frame into the corner of the beauru and closed her eyes. If only the Lord was here, she thought to herself as exhaustion swept over her. How would she tell him what happened? How would he react, what would he think of her? Her heart dropped to her stomach at the idea of confronting him.

Inu no Tashio sat in his office blankley staring at the documents before him as he scrolled a letter to Izaiyoi. Soon he would have to face off and end Ryukotse's reign, who knew how long it would be before he returned to her. God he missed her, her smile, her gentle laugh.

"We must go see her before we leave." The beast grumbled in his mind.

"We will not have time. Sesshomaru is coming home soon and he and I must go over some things before he is to ascend as my right hand. The beast grunted in both unstatisfaction and content. He loved his son, he was so very proud of him. He could not have asked for a better heir, his only fault was that he was to uninterested and cold, much like his mother.

Sesshomaru had been the product of an agreed breeding. The female had been chosen by Inu no Tashio's father and her father had approved of the breeding. She would bear him a child that would combined the clans into one and when the child was mature he would, ideally, go and live with his father. Which was all happening now, Sesshomaru was of breeding age and would become the heir to his father's land when his father stepped down. In that time Sesshomaru would learn to rule and learn of the land he was ruling.

"Father." Sesshomaru's stoic voice interrupted his thoughts.

"How fair thee, Sesshomaru?"

"I fair well father. How have things been?" The lord grinned to his son. He knew his son would disapprove of his new found affection for a human, a trait he was unsure of where it had acquired from. Much like his stoic behavior. His mother had always held a quiet passion she was also charming and playful. In another life perhaps they would have settled down and raised a family.

"A story for another time. I need to finish this letter and I will join you in the study." Seashomaru gave him a narrowed look but nodded and headed towards the study. The kappa appeared with a letter in hand.

"My lord from the Easter castle." He nodded and took the letter, thinking it was nothing more than a basic update.

" My Lord,

This may not be my place but the lord of the castle has forced himself upon Izayoi again. I believe he plans to return her to his bed. She did not fare well, please my lord save her. We are not strong enough to do anything for her."

Silence filled the room and then a momsterous yokai filled that space. His large red eyes narrowed in rage, his lips pulled back from his fangs. His desk smashes under his large paws, papers flying about the beast. He roars again and the beams rattle in his furry. His chest quivers as he tries to reign in himself.
"Kill him, destroy the castle." The beast growls out between his jaws. The hair on the back of the big white male rises as his aggression becomes directed. His lip curls up as his tail flags.
"Kill," Inu Tashio snarls as he bursts through the door and with a powerful leap he takes to the sky headed towards the east.