A/n: I'm surprised the few reviews I did get on the last chapter were actually praising it… personally I thought it was sucky… but you know what they say, "You are your worse critic."
Disclaimer: …I don't own InuYasha
Rin
I groaned and smacked my head against the rock I had been using as a perch in the hot springs that were connected to my private suite. My dad was back, and with that insufferable woman. Any minute now she would come screeching down the hall like a banshee, telling me to start acting more like her. Why would I want to act more like her? She is a whore. She has more lovers than I can count on one hand. What makes me wonder is, what do men find so attractive about her? Maybe it isn't her they find attractive, maybe it's what's between her legs?
Hahaha, oh boy, that was a good laugh, but I hurt my head in the process… damn slippery rocks! If she is screwing so many men, whatever is between her legs wouldn't be attractive. Maybe it's because she doesn't charge a fee, and maybe it's because she makes them feel like men. Whatever it is, I don't actually care.
I frowned; the banshee didn't come screeching down the hall. Maybe dad killed her before she could? Nah, he wouldn't soil his hands with her tainted whoreish blood.
I sighed and got out of the hot springs and grabbed my yukata and slipped it on before I exited into my bed chambers.
Miomi
I gaped; my husband had actually left me here. Not only that, but he left with that whore! What the fuck! I'm not mad that he left me here; no I'm very happy and excited! I'm mad of the fact that he actually left me, the idea that had I not wanted to be here, he would've just left me!
I grinned wickedly and headed towards the hut I had just came from. It was time to get my screw on!
Kagome
Sesshoumaru set me down next to him. I just stared at him. Without knowing it, he grabbed my hand gently and led me into what I presumed to be his personal audience chamber. Hesitantly I sat down on one of the mats; which happened to be surrounding a large wooden table. Slowly he took the spot opposite of me, and just stared, again.
I hated the tension, the hidden tension, but finally he spoke, softly.
"Kagome," he whispered.
"Sesshoumaru," I mocked back.
He raised the infamous eyebrow at me, "Humorous, as always, I see."
I just shrugged, and waited for him to continue.
"Where have you been? No one has heard from you, Kagome."
"Home," was my prompt reply.
"Hn. You came back, after 10 years."
"Thanks for pointing that out, Captain Obvious."
"What I mean to say is what prompted that."
"If I told you, I would have to kill you," I joked.
"I could take that several ways," I watched as his eyes flashed with carnal hunger.
"Take it however you want. I'm curious, after I talked to the villagers. What made you want to marry Miomi, and not mate her?" I leaned in closer, to make sure I heard.
He seemed to ponder that question for a few minutes, "First and foremost, I have convinced myself I did it just to do it, it seemed to help with my pride."
"Men and their pride…" I mumbled
"Now, back, oh say maybe 7 years ago the Lords from each direction met up in the center of all our territories. Now, I was the newest to this council meeting, this was the first one I have ever attended. Apparently after 200 yrs of a new unmated ruler, they must either marry a human, or mate a demoness."
"So I see, you were stuck between a rock and a hard place."
"What?"
"Nothing… it's just a saying…"
"I was given a moon cycle to find someone. I found no one. I didn't even look. I just randomly chose her from a village. I didn't care about looks or status. Luckily she was human, so all I had to do was marry her. I can't divorce her, unless I have met my intended mate," he sighed after his speech and looked in another direction, seemingly interested with something on the wall.
"I see," I looked down, disappointed, rejected.
My head shot up so fast I thought I got whiplash, I had heard a small feminine gasp from outside the chambers. I looked, as I had expected Rin was peeking through the slit in the shoji doors. I smiled at her gently, that's when she slammed the door open and burst into the room.
"I was wondering when you would make your grand entrance, Rin," Sesshoumaru drawled, not taking his eyes off the wall.
"Dad! Divorce Miomi and mate Kagome!" Rin almost shouted out.
"Rin, things are much more complicated than you think."
"But dad, what is so complicated with divorcing that bitch, Miomi," I could practically see Rin spit out the name, "and what is complicated about mating a woman, demoness that you love?!! Explain that to me!"
My eyes widened and a gasp escaped my lips before I could stop it. I shook my head, it was nonsense, there was no way Sesshoumaru could love me; he only liked to toy with me.
Sesshoumaru slammed his hands so hard on the table that it literally broke in half, his honey amber eyes were set on Rin, "Damnit Rin! What have I said about using that kind of language?! Yes, I love Kagome, but it's more complicated than just divorcing Miomi and then mating Kagome!"
I almost fainted, but I took a few deep breaths and continued to listen, it seemed that they forgot I was there.
"How is it complicated, dad?!"
He sighed, almost in defeat, "The council of Lords must approve that Kagome is indeed my intended mate, and then approve the divorce…" I watched as his face landed in his hands and then his shoulders sagged in anguish.
Now, he looked like an old man, every bit of his 3000+ yrs. I wanted to comfort him, but I didn't know how. Comforting a demon lord was so much different than comforting say a seven yr old or a human female.
"Dad," I heard Rin utter softly, "That can be easily handled. Just watch, things will turn out right in the end, until then, keep your head up," silently Rin exited the room.
I waited a few minutes, sighed softly and stood up then walked to the open shoji doors. I took one last glance at Sesshoumaru and stepped out of the audience chambers and shut the door closed. I came back and ruined everything he had going for him. It may not have been all candy canes and lollipops, but it was something. I had to just have that gut feeling, and I just had to follow it. Look where it left me, longing and loving a demon lord who loves me just as much, but having to walk away from him when he needed comforting, just because I was too afraid and just because I didn't want to see such a powerful demon down, looking older than his years.
Succumbing to female and baser instincts I slid down the wall, curled into a ball and started crying. Not crying for myself, but crying for Sesshoumaru, his heartache, his longing, his anguish, and the torturous agony he put himself through for ten years, and probably more years to come. I felt ashamed for the agony I put him through for those ten years. I was such a coward!
A/n: So, leave me some reviews, if you want! I wanna know what ya'll thought of this chapter. I mean it, literally, tell me if it sucked, or if it rocked! Ja ne
