Inuyasha, "The Unquiet Winds" ch. 10
Fandom: Inuyasha
Title: The Unquiet Winds
Chapter Title: Contemplation in Moonlight
Author: Paynesgrey
Characters: Sesshoumaru, Kagura's reincarnation (inevitable Kagura/Sesshoumaru)
Genre: Fantasy/Supernatural/Suspense
Rating: PG-13 (overall)
Universe: Canon divergence, Modern
Notes: This new serial was started to follow the themes for contests at Livejournal. This is the eleventh installment, written for the "moonstruck" theme at i_b_4_y.
Story Summary: Natsumi dreams of another woman's past, a woman who desperately wants to reunite with the man she loves, even if Natsumi has to suffer in the end.
Sesshoumaru wiped the sweat off his brow and noticed the bright white moonlight coming through Totosai’s shop. He had come that morning inquiring for advice from the old man, only to remain all day helping him clean his shop - and himself.
Sesshoumaru shuddered from the memories. Of course, there was a time that Totosai had used his elderly condition to persuade either him or his brother to do anything for him, like helping him take a bath, but lately Sesshoumaru wasn’t so sure anymore.
Totosai was vague whenever he was ask if he had the disease that all modern youkai were getting, which angered Sesshoumaru of course, but it also worried him that Totosai was hiding the gravity of his condition, if he had the disease at all.
Intrigued by the moonlight, Sesshoumaru couldn’t help think of his late mother, and if her youkai bones were taken to Hell, she could come back in another life, if her soul deserved it.
Reincarnation. It was possible, of course. Natsumi was proof enough that youkai spirits that passed on could reincarnate into humans someday. Now, if only Totosai would offer him more evidence that others had come back as well, Sesshoumaru could understand Natsumi’s condition a little better, and if her strong reactions to his presence were because of Kagura’s unrest.
“It could happen,” Totosai said, as if he heard Sesshoumaru’s thoughts. “Kagura could have come back.”
Sesshoumaru grunted, turning away and going back to his final chores. He tried to focus, but he could not tear his thoughts away from Kagura and Natsumi.
“So you know of other youkai that were reincarnated?”
Totosai met his eyes with amusement. Sesshoumaru could read him well this time, and the old master’s tongue obviously held more stories that he was very interested in hearing.
Title: The Unquiet Winds
Chapter Title: Contemplation in Moonlight
Author: Paynesgrey
Characters: Sesshoumaru, Kagura's reincarnation (inevitable Kagura/Sesshoumaru)
Genre: Fantasy/Supernatural/Suspense
Rating: PG-13 (overall)
Universe: Canon divergence, Modern
Notes: This new serial was started to follow the themes for contests at Livejournal. This is the eleventh installment, written for the "moonstruck" theme at i_b_4_y.
Story Summary: Natsumi dreams of another woman's past, a woman who desperately wants to reunite with the man she loves, even if Natsumi has to suffer in the end.
Sesshoumaru wiped the sweat off his brow and noticed the bright white moonlight coming through Totosai’s shop. He had come that morning inquiring for advice from the old man, only to remain all day helping him clean his shop - and himself.
Sesshoumaru shuddered from the memories. Of course, there was a time that Totosai had used his elderly condition to persuade either him or his brother to do anything for him, like helping him take a bath, but lately Sesshoumaru wasn’t so sure anymore.
Totosai was vague whenever he was ask if he had the disease that all modern youkai were getting, which angered Sesshoumaru of course, but it also worried him that Totosai was hiding the gravity of his condition, if he had the disease at all.
Intrigued by the moonlight, Sesshoumaru couldn’t help think of his late mother, and if her youkai bones were taken to Hell, she could come back in another life, if her soul deserved it.
Reincarnation. It was possible, of course. Natsumi was proof enough that youkai spirits that passed on could reincarnate into humans someday. Now, if only Totosai would offer him more evidence that others had come back as well, Sesshoumaru could understand Natsumi’s condition a little better, and if her strong reactions to his presence were because of Kagura’s unrest.
“It could happen,” Totosai said, as if he heard Sesshoumaru’s thoughts. “Kagura could have come back.”
Sesshoumaru grunted, turning away and going back to his final chores. He tried to focus, but he could not tear his thoughts away from Kagura and Natsumi.
“So you know of other youkai that were reincarnated?”
Totosai met his eyes with amusement. Sesshoumaru could read him well this time, and the old master’s tongue obviously held more stories that he was very interested in hearing.