A/N: umm, hey! Long time no see…*scratching the back of my head* *sweat drops* uh ok…here's a new chapter fr u to um, R & R…
Nd…m really really sooowwwiiieeeeee fr this loooong break. The thingy is, 1st I had this biiig baka monstrous semester in college, then, 2 days after exam when I finally connected my lappy with internet to post the chappies I wrote in those 2 days (3 chappies of SFH, 2 of LM/HM and 1.5 of OMG). My lappy thought it had enough of me and crashed on meee! Then after 10 days I got it back yesterday to find none of my chappies, my pics, animes, mangas, my notes, softwares, projects…nothing, absolutely nothing survived the crash. I guess m lucky my eggjams had already ended…I mourned for 12 hours and sat down to write the chappies…then I totally frgt what I wrote…so I had to think again and…Gah! A totally different from original version of the story…
Well I guess u gt bored by myyy ramblings…off u go…shoo shoooo!
CHAPTER 4:
Kagome blinked, sleepily, eyes half-laden. The sunlight pouring through the hut's door-curtain made her jump with a start. Their hut is west-faced, that means it's quite late in the afternoon if sunlight coming in.
She sat up hurriedly, thinking she had overslept. She left the hut and ran towards the meadow, where she could fell the youki of an unknown demon. It didn't feel threatening, and also Inuyasha was there with her kid, it made her relax a bit too. But she still hurried, thinking that the demon was here to ask for her help.
Kagome never supported any prejudices, like; she's a miko, so she should never help any yokai. She helped any and all yokai who asked for her help or whom she met that needed help. So it was not an uncommon thing for a yokai to come to their village and ask for help.
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Kagome gasped when she reached the meadow. There in the late afternoon sunlight, the twins of Sango, Misaki and Sakura was playing tag with Shippo. And the one chasing them is Rin. 'Rin? What is she doing here?' Kagome thought. Then suddenly all things from the morning came bombing on her. Rin…Sesshoumaru…hurt…pain…startling her hands went up to her neck, yes, it was bandaged.
Inuyasha knew she was coming towards the meadow. He turned towards the woman that came running. He watched her gasp and tear her bandages. He was by her side in an instant. But before he can stop her he looked at the wound and gasped himself.
There was no wound, no blood, no discolored skin, no scar…no sign indicating that, that fragile neck was ever under any kind of attack or poison.
He stood there dumbfounded, Sesshoumaru's poison was the most potent poison of the world, for the wound to be gone like that in only a day and half, is like watching a miracle happen.
He shook his head when the children's squeal reached his ears. His ears flicked to their happy cries twice, then he folded his arms in his chest and Keh'ed before resuming his position at the tree, all the thinking was making his head hurt.
…
Shippo 1st felt his momma's approach, he turned towards the running miko and jumped in happiness, resulting Rin to catch him.
-"You're it now, Shipp-kun." Rin laughed.
-"Rin, look, mommy!" He squealed, resulting everyone look towards the village. And true to his words, Kagome was running towards them with a wide grin adoring her face.
Rin ran towards her and tackled her, making her fall on her butt with a small "Oomph!" the girls laughed when Shippo jumped on them, making it a three-way hug.
Misaki and Sakura looked at each other before grinning, running towards the fallen mass and jumping on them, shouting, "DOG PILE".
Sango and Miroku was sitting on a log with Goku in her lap and Omiya beside them. They laughed and Miroku came forward to pick his daughters from the 'Dog-pile', he snickered mentally, it was Kagome's idea to jump on Inuyasha and calling Dog-pile.
Rin looked at the miko with smile, got up from her lap and bowed, "I apologize okaa-san, for it was m-" but she was stopped by Kagome.
-"Rin, what did you call me?" she wondered.
Rin realized her mistake and clamped her mouth with her palms in horror, eyes wide. She bowed again, "R-Rin is sorry for calling you such Kagome-san."
-"Oh shush Rin, what are you apologizing for?" Kagome wondered, eyed burrowed.
-"For calling you with un-appropriate names." Rin whispered, tears threatening to fall.
-"And what's that?" Kagome asked.
-"Momma?" Shippo asked, wondering what his mother was thinking. She must have heard her earlier, then why was she being such cruel.
-"Okaa-san." Rin murmured, so low that even the yokais had to strain their ears to listen.
-"Couldn't hear you." Kagome stated nonchalantly.
-"Okaa-san." Rin repeated, louder.
-"And, why are you apologizing for calling me mom? Shippo does it all the time." Kagome said biting her lips from erupting in laughter.
-"Huh?" Rin asked dubiously, "Y-you don't mind if Rin calls you mother?" her face lit up watching Kagome's wide grin. She grinned maniacally and caught Kagome in a bone-crushing hug.
That was when Kagome noticed the yokai woman beside Sango. "Um, hi. May I help you?" Kagome stood up, dusting her bum.
-"My name is Omiya, miko-sama; I'm Rin-sama's personal maid, here to help her." The yokai bowed.
-"Sesshoumaru-sama sent her for Rin, momma. Omiya came last night." Rin babbled wistfully.
-"Last night? How long was I out?" she asked Sango, who was coming towards her.
-"You were unconscious for a day and half. Oh, we were so worried for you." Sango hugged her soul-sister. "Hey what happened to your neck?"
-"Huh?" Kagome touched her neck. "What? Nothings there."
-"Exactly." Sango said.
Omiya gasped and came closer. "But it's Sesshoumaru-sama's poison. It shouldn't get better so soon. It's nothing but concentrated youki."
-"Maybe Kagome-san has purified it." Miroku was thinking hard.
-"Ya she's a miko, it must be the case." Inuyasha nodded, coming towards them.
-"But if that was the case, then some scar should have been there, indicating the burnt flesh." Omiya said, in great thought. "Hn, there could only be two explanations." She nodded, lost in her own thought.
-"What are they?" she came back to reality from Kagome's questions.
-"One, the poison never touched the flesh, and two, the poison may have recognized it's a special person's blood, and rectified its own damage."
-"Special person?" Inuyasha asked skeptically.
-"Soul mate." Omiya whispered.
Everyone gasped in shock. Then Sango shook her head and said, "It must be the first case, Kagome-chan uses special kinds of herbs to make her skin pretty, the poison must have touched over it, not really touching her skin."
-"Yeah, and then Kagome-san's purifying power has purified it." Miroku nodded.
-"Ya, that must be it." Kagome nodded.
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All those grown up people's discussions were making the twins bore. So they started playing on their own. No one realized the yokai that crept towards them stealthily, as they were emerged in thoughts and all, until the girls screamed.
They turned towards the field to see a big snake yokai was mere inches apart from Sakura's body, who laid on the field eyes wide in horror and Misaki screaming from a couple of feet away.
There was no time for anyone to react as it'd be too late if Inuyasha took any actions or others could reach for any weapons, they all watched in horror as the snake tried to devour the little girl.
No one saw a pink ball fly past them as it was that fast. But all watched, wide eyed, as the snake got purified, mere millimeters away from the child, leaving a little amount of burnt ash in its wake. Miroku and Inuyasha ran towards them and scooped them up in their arms. Miroku cooing to his traumatized daughter. Sango gave Goku to Kagome to hold when she ran up to her daughters and clutched them to her chest.
-"There there now, everything's alright now, let's get inside and cook a good meal for auntie Kagome, okay honey? Now who are the big girls and can help this poor mother to cook for so many people now?" Sango said pouting.
Everyone saw with tender smiles that the girls wiped their tears and raise their arms, "Us mommy." They chorused, straightening out. And all started walking towards the hut.
-"They are such strong children." Omiya awed. She was still in shock with the power display of the miko. The yokai was in no means a weak one, Omiya recognized the cape that was on that yokai. The only snake or reptile yokais to wear capes are the Northern troops. And from the color of the cape…he was quite a high ranked one. And for Kagome to kill it…just like that, made her heart lurch in fear and respect for this small, petite woman.
She shook her head as she saw her laughing, chatting and walking with the others.
-"Keh woman, get going." Inuyasha stormed past her, and with a huff, she followed.
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Sesshoumaru felt restless. It's been more than 4 days Rin had been gone, and it'll be at least 3 more days before she comes back. The longer she's away, the more a disturbed feeling is grasping him. It's like, a cold blanket had grasped the whole castle, and it's so calmer, so serene, and so soundless like a haunted place. Dare he say…or, think? It's lonely.
Rin maybe only a little human girl barely out of childhood, but seemingly a mountain-full of energy was stored inside that such little shell. His such a big castle, full of hundreds of vicious, deadly, strong demons was filled by her presence. Her laughter, nonstop babbling, her footsteps, her singing voice, her smiles, her 'pretty' flowers…they made his cold stone castle a lively place, a place he felt like…home.
Now that she was gone…it was all gone. Some of her flowers resided here and there, some at this corner, some at that corner, some on the windowsill, and some at his desk. He picked one of her favorite flower from his desk, a rose. He remembered…
#flashback#
-"Sesshoumaru-sama, Sesshoumaru-sama…look Rin's newest plant stated flowering." Rin came to him running, a pink rose in her hand. She screeched to a halt before his desk, face flushed and gleaming from exertion and happiness.
-"How many time do I need to teach you to knock before entering? Rin?" Sesshoumaru looked up from his paperwork.
-"Gom-gomennasai Sesshoumaru-sama, but Rin was so excited…it was just a bud last night when Rin went to sleep. And when I went to check on it first thing in the morning, it's a beautiful flower. Oh Sesshoumaru-sama, it's so pretty." Rin continued her babbling. A serene calmness, overloaded with happiness gripped his heart.
He put a hand on top of her head and patted the raven haired girl. Rin's smile, if possible widened to twice of its size at that gesture. She thrusted the flower to his face, "Here Sesshoumaru-sama, it's for you."
Sesshoumaru was taken aback by that. Yes Rin usually give him flowers, whenever she feels like it, but this flower seemed to be special to her, and to give it to him just like that…
-"Rin isn't this flower special to you? Why are you giving it to this Sesshoumaru?" Sesshoumaru looked at her, face showing a little curiosity. Its only with her, Sesshoumaru let his face show emotions, whatever he did, he just couldn't help lowering his always indifference mask in front of her.
-"But Sesshoumaru-sama is more special to Rin. Rin gives only the special and the prettiest ones to her Sesshoumaru-sama, like this one." Rin's never-ending smile seemed to shine brighter with that.
Sesshoumaru flushed a little, but didn't dare show it on his face. He gave a little nod, accepted the flower and kept it on his desk. Rin jumped up on her feet, did a little happy dance in her wake and ran out the study to she only knows where.
#End of flashback#
That little incident happened just the day before he took her to the village. The flower was now wrinkled and old, and constantly withering away more and more. 'So short life, so fickle…nothing can be as great as a daiyokai of this Sesshoumaru's caliber' Sesshoumaru mused with a smirk, 'not even…Rin'
That was it; the thought of Rin to die was enough to shoot him out of his seat. He stood up abruptly and ran to the village to see how Rin was…faring.
-'Finally, we are going to see our miko.' Beast mused happily.
-'No we are going to check up on Rin and Rin only.' Sesshoumaru growled and sped up.
-'Whatever! She's still be around though. That's enough for me.' The beast smirked.
-'Hn.' Was Sesshoumaru's only reply before he forcefully shut him out of his mind.
In the span of the next few moments, Sesshoumaru reached the village.
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-"Rin, honey…do you want another bowl?" Kagome offered while stirring the boiling pot of the breakfast.
-"Hai mamma…" Rin's smile widened.
-"Meeeeeeee tooooooo!" Shippo shrieked with mouthful of food.
-"Oi runt! Stop eating like an elephant." Inuyasha poked his from behind his head only to say that and went back instantly.
-"I don't eat like an elephant…" Shippo whined, "Momma."
-"Inu, stop picking on my baby, and by-the-way, growing children do need to eat a lot." Kagome scolded Inuyasha, then, said sadly, "He's getting so thin, and to think my little baby is now one of the higher class at his school." She sighed wistfully.
-"He and kid?" Inuyasha snorted, "And to think of his trainings as your petty schools…you still are delirious wench."
-"Sit boy!" and Inuyasha went down with a bam!
-"Gah! What the fu..." Inuyasha poked his head from the Inuyasha shaped crater only to go deeper with another vicious "Sit Boy".
-"Do not make me repeat again…No bad words in front of children." Kagome narrowed her eyes.
-"And to think his thick skull still can't comprehend it after like thousands of sit boys." Shippo snorted and joined others to ROFL.
-"Oh yes, I heard about a miko that can tame the younger and harshest Taisho son with just one word. And today I just witnessed it." Omiya laughed with everyone else while watching the still muttering hanyo lying on the hole.
-"Oh yeah it's your first time to see it." Kagome giggled.
-"Yes, and I must admit, its way funnier to watch than gossip 'bout." Omiya chuckled.
-"Yup! And it's one of the reason we love her so much." Shippo said proudly, then shrieked and ran out the hut with a pissed Inuyasha on tow.
Kagome smiled…
-"Aww! I love you too, Hon!"
A/N: plz review and gimme ideas…pwwweeeeezzzzeeeeee…m so low on those nd muses too :'(…
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