Chapter VII: Delicate

"What did the prince said to the princess?" Rin asked.

"The prince said, your eyes alone made me fell in love with you"

"Her eyes?" Rin blurted out. "Describe me the princess' eyes Miyu-sama"

"hmmm…let see, the princess' eyes were kind. The prince said that he liked to stare at it because it looked like a precious stones gleaming more than ever in the dark." Miyu smiled as she continues. "The prince also said that the princess' eyes show all her emotions that is why he loved it very much." She felt a faint sting in her heart as she ended describing the princess' eyes.

"Miyu-sama"

"Yes Rin?"

"Do you know that prince and princess you're telling me about?"

"Why do you ask?"

"Because it sounds to me that you know them personally"

Miyu looked at Rin's curios face before she smiled.

"Let's just say they were acquaintances of mine from a long time ago."

"Really?" she asked so excitedly "where are they right now Miyu-sama? What happened to them? Can we meet them?"

Miyu starts to giggle. This is what she liked about children. They are so energetic, so innocent and so full of curiosity.

"I think its impossible Rin."

Rin smile slowly fade away.

Miyu sighed then stroked Rin's hair. She feels bad for ending Rin's enthusiasm.

"You see, Rin, the prince is…not here anymore"

"What do you mean Miyu-sama?"

"He's ahhh…" She struggled to find the right words to explain it to the child. She could not say that the prince has simply died because someone killed him because of the princess stupidity and naiveness. "The prince…he went somewhere far far away. He went to a place where no can harm him, where everyone is at peace, beautiful and happy." she finally explained doing her very best not make Rin more upset. But all her efforts were all crushed under Rin's foot.

"The prince is dead?"

She had gone mute for a moment.

"When the wolves attacked our village, my family was killed. The villager said the very same thing to consoled me back then" Rin explained. The child was smiling to conceal her sadness.

Miyu pulled Rin and held her closer.

"Im sorry Rin"

"It's alright Miyu-sama. There's nothing to apologize." Rin hugged her back "Besides I got to meet lord Sesshomaru after that and now I've got to meet you. There's also master Jaken and Ah-Un"

Miyu smiled. How she admired the child's bravery.

"Miyu-sama" Rin called again then lift her head to look at her face "How about the princess? Was she also dead?"

She smiled again. There was no need to lie to the child. "No Rin, but the princess is slowly making her way to meet the prince as we speak"

"I see" she said then buried her face again against her kimono.

With that reply, Miyu knew that the child already understands. She stroke her hair once again as she started to hum.

As far as he knows, he was the only ward who ever served his lord beside Rin. The brat does not even count being a ward on his opinion. He had traveled with lord Sesshomaru almost anywhere. He had spent more time with him more than anyone else, yet lord Sesshomaru was anything but the Lord of the West, the most powerful taiyoukai, the half-brother of the half-demon Inuyasha and a big mystery.

Jaken sighed.

Thinking how little he knows about his lord made him sad. They were together for how many years now but he still doesn't know how to read his lord. With that stoic face and cold personality who would know what he was thinking. No one right?

Jaken sighed again.

Since they met, they were always in the middle of a forest camping and always wandering. Though he never doubted that lord Sesshomaru has a castle somewhere in the west, it was always a mystery to him why he never heard from his lord having one, until the day he announced that they were going back after his short visit to his mother.

He thought that their journey ended after that and they will permanently settle down to his home. His conclusion even got stronger when his lord got married.

Jaken sighed for the third time.

He remembered when the ceremony took place.

Jaken shook his head.

He was thrilled that he busied himself picking what clothes to wear. He had already imagined himself sitting near the new couple on the reception as his master's long-time-not-to-mention-loyal ward but all was torn into thousand pieces just like a thin paper when he was ordered to guard Rin until everything ended.

He took a long breathe to sigh again but even before he could fill his lungs with air a stone hits him hard on his head.

"Ack!" he squealed as he nurse his huge lump.

"Quit sighing Jaken. You are disturbing the silence." Sesshomaru said while still walking.

"My apologies my lord" he said trying to catch up with him "But my lord. If you don't mind me asking a question, where are we heading towards to?"

"Anywhere" Sesshomaru answered coldly.

Jaken sighed again which caused him another and much bigger lump on his head.

When are they going back to his castle?

It has been four days and five nights since Sesshomaru left with his toad ward. She wondered if it was because of her and her selfish request the other night. She pouted her lips and recalled how she delivered her request to her husband.

On her opinion there was nothing wrong with what she asked. Sesshomaru would simply kill her after she gave birth. For her it was an easy task. He had killed thousands of demons and humans alike; what would be the difference if he kills another one? Though she didn't remember of his approval on that matter, she still doesn't have any idea if he already considered her request or not. But then again, wasn't that very uncomfortable silence between them back then can be considered that Sesshomaru was against it? Then what would be his reason? Did he felt somehow rejected?

Miyu closed her eyes and clicked her tongue. She realized how dumb she was. Rejected was not the right word but damage was. She might have damage his pride. His very high pride

Now she knows why her vision before the wedding ceremony shows Sesshomaru rejecting her request. She thought she could alter it if she was to ask him correctly. How scary her visions were. They were so accurate.

So, now that her plan failed. All was remained was the deal she made with her mistress.