**WARNING** Adult Language
Chapter 7: Goodbyes/Secrets Spilled
The day after they discovered Shimaru's secret Misoka decided that she should get back to the village to help with the injured.
"Are you sure you have to leave, Momma?" Sakirame asked, willing herself not to cry. Sakirame was tough until it came down to the ones she loved.
"Yes, baby, I have to go and help what remains of our village." She said wiping away a tear that had escaped Sakirame's efforts, "I will return to see you girls in a couple of weeks." She hugged Sakirame and Shimaru and turned to walk away. On her way out of the gates she called back to Shimaru.
"Good luck with Sesshoumaru!" Shimaru blushed, and her and Sakirame once again shouted their goodbyes.
Later in the afternoon, the girls were in their room laughing and wrestling around. Sakirame rolled onto Shimaru while she was tickling her and straddled her. Shimaru started screaming through her laughter trying to get away from Sakirame and her tickling. Sesshoumaru suddenly ran into their room and opened the door. The girls stopped what they were doing when Sesshoumaru pushed Sakirame off of Shimaru.
"Are you alright?" He asked while checking her over for wounds. Touched that he would come to her rescue, even if she didn't need it, she said.
"Yes, we were just playing." He then realized that she had not been in any danger, and that she was just having fun. He started to get angry and he said,
"Do not scream unless you need assistance, bitch." Shimaru, with tears in her eyes, got up off the floor. She felt a rise of anger in herself that the man she was in love with could just talk to her like that. She slapped him across the face and ran out of the room crying.
Sesshoumaru stood like a statue, shocked that he had just been struck by the woman he had feelings for. He failed to notice that Sakirame had gotten up and had witnessed the exchange. She moved her arms across her chest and said,
"Yep, you really deserved that." Faster than the blink of an eye he lifted her off of the ground with his hand around her neck.
"I, Sesshoumaru, deserved to be hit in the face?!" He growled at her.
"You stupid asshole! She loves you, and you hurt her feelings!" She growled right back at him. Shock, once again, spread throughout his mind and body.
~She…she loves me?~ He put Sakirame back on the ground and started to walk out of the door when he heard Sakirame call after him. He turned slightly to let her know he was listening.
"Check under the willow tree…by the pond… she likes to go there to think." He then went in search of Shimaru.
