In my Father's footsteps
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Lady Nefertiti.
Last time: "It wasn't anything important really. He's kind of different, no?" she said.
"Keh." Inuyasha said as he stared into the darkness where Sesshomaru had just left.
Chapter 3: In contemplation
-Sesshomaru-
He walked back to the western lands as he thought about father's fang, the Tetseiga. Where was it? His father had given him the Tenseiga and it was useless. It killed nothing only brought back to life beings that had or were about to die. Rin, his human ward was proof that the sword did live up to its reputation and saved people. Of course he just kept it in honor that his father had given it to him. But why he had saved a human child from death by wolves even he didn't know, but of course that was a thought for another day. He had assigned Rin teachers so they could teach her to speak, dress and learn all there was about being a human female. It wouldn't do for him to have a ward who traveled with him and she didn't look presentable.
And that girl…that human girl who was she to talk to him, touch him like she had every right to? He was stunned to say the least, taken aback at her audacity. Her angry blue, no they were more like sparkling angry sapphires unlike any human he had ever seen… and her scent still lingered on his shirt. Did she even know who he was? No perhaps not. Her couldn't hold it to her since she seemed other-worldly. Still he had to go back to Inuyasha's forest and of course it was to beat his half-breed brother for information about the sword, curiosity and trying to figure out that girl was not important.
The castle gates opened as he walked through them, his subjects, guards, court nobles and ladies bowed as a loud gong was sounded that the 'LORD HAS RETURNED' but of course he really didn't pay them any mind. It was expected. "Sesshomaru-sama! Sesshomaru-sama!" a feminine voice called and an orange blur attached to his leg.
"Rin." He said. Perhaps she would be the only female he'd let close to him. She let go and she looked up to him in adoration.
"Rin has discovered a new type of hana!" she exclaimed as she held it up to show him the iris like flower in a rainbow of colors/bi-colors. He had seen it before in his personal gardens but he thought he'd just amuse her so it didn't hurt her feelings.
"Yes Rin. It is very nice. Now don't you have a class to attend?" He said. She smiled and happily skipped away as Jaken finally found her and raced after her completely missing Sesshomaru standing there. Well it didn't matter anyhow and he continued his trek to his study. He had paperwork to do, lots of paperwork and it would help if he had a mate to help him, not paperwork but with matters of the castle, making sure everyone was happy and taking care of the castle. He had to do everything.
He entered his study as one of the captains in his army stood waiting for him by his desk. What could it be now? war? Dispute among his subjects? Famine? Demons trespassing his lands? He sat at his desk and nodded for the demon to speak. "Milord…I have just received a letter from an anonymous source that came to the castle's gates and was told to give this letter to you." He handed the letter to Sesshomaru, bowed and left quickly. He didn't want to be there if it upset Sesshomaru and he decided to take it out on him. Sesshomaru's eyes narrowed as he opened the scroll and read what it said:
Sesshomaru,
Your father's fang is already in possession of your half-breed brother, Inuyasha. He refuses to tell you that he has it and all with the help of that human female with blue eyes he is with. The human female goes by the name of Kagome, is a priestess of the powerful jewel the Shikon-no-tama and not as worthless as you may believe. Perhaps another visit and a 'chat' with her might prove useful.
Regards,
Anonymous.
What and who would know all this information that he himself had been searching for? It had to have been someone who knew where the sword was hidden and he had to have known or been allies with his father, Inu-taisho, someone who hated half-breeds and this person kept stressing about the Miko named Kagome. What was so special about her? He looked up the painting of his father. It was of him and his human mate, Izayoi.
Someone came barging in his study and before he could tell them off for interrupting him he saw it was only Rin. "Sesshomaru-sama! Sesshomaru-sama! Rin has finished with her studies and wants to go on an adventure, on a journey with you like we used to do and with Ah-Un as well! Does Jaken-sama have to come though? Although he is great fun when Rin covers him with pretty flowers!" She said in an excited voice.
'Hn.' Sesshomaru thought looking at Rin then. He might just do that. "Of course Rin. We leave early tomorrow morning." He said as he watched Rin squeal happily and run out to tell Jaken. Yes tomorrow they would go back to Inuyasha's forest and he'd get that sword. Of course that female Kagome wouldn't mind Inuyasha dying or getting killed slowly by his hands. It wasn't as if the both were mates or even intended mates.
'You wouldn't dare insult this Kagome. I should kick your arse to hell and back for even insinuating that. You pervert.'
Human females…he just didn't get them…and he walked out of his study. It was getting late and he had to make sure that Rin was tucked in and in bed. The demonesses didn't care very much for Rin. Now if he had a human mate…she would…. No. He shook his head as he entered the royal wing. He would never even think of that. He vowed he would never follow in his father's footsteps. Then he shut the royal wing's doors behind him.
-Inuyasha's forest-
The both were sitting in Kaede's hut as Inuyasha was giving Kagome a 'I don't want to talk to you look.' It wasn't her fault she touched Sesshomaru like that! It just happened! Kind of like a spur-of-the-moment type of thing but what Inuyasha was more irritated about was that she now carried a bit of Sesshomaru's scent on her clothes.
"Go take a bath." Inuyasha said in an irritable voice.
"Why? I just took one yesterday!" Kagome said standing up from where she was sitting across Inuyasha and Kaede decided to remain silent. Kagome then understood what was wrong with Inuyasha. She smelled of his brother and if she knew anything about inu-dog demons, if a female smelled of that particular male she was his. Kagome tried not to laugh aloud at Inuyasha's jealousy. And to think that Inuyasha said he only used her for a 'shard-detecting.'
"No." Kagome said and sat back down. Inuyasha stood up and yelled that he was going to drag Kagome there himself and dump her in the hot-spring if he had to.
"Sit down Inuyasha." Kagome said calmly.
(BOOM!)
Kagome sighed. The feudal era…where was all the action at?
"Thee all right Inuyasha?" Kaede asked Inuyasha's fallen form.
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Hana: Flower.
