Chapter 8
Rin woke up to find that Namie and Natsuo were already gone. "Hmm…they must've gone with Sesshomaru already." She thought as she walked over to her balcony and rested on the stone railing. She sighed as the wind blew pass her, blowing her hair into her face, only showing her eyes. The wind had also blown a familiar scent towards her; that of Sesshomaru's and their children. She looked down below to see Sesshomaru leaning up against a tree with his arms tucked into his sleeves and his eyes closed. Namie and Natsuo were playing in the field of yellow and blue flowers, jumping up and down and rolling around in them. Rin smiled at the site of them playing together; they were just so cute.
"Rin…" thought Sesshomaru as he looked up towards the castle. His eyes widened when he met Rin's eyes. She was staring down at him and her eyes were full of sadness. She must've realized that he was staring back at her because she spun around rather quickly and walked back into their room. Sesshomaru began walking off towards the castle and said "Namie, Natsuo, we're going." "Hai Otou-Sama!!" replied Namie and Natsuo as they ran behind him to catch up to him. They then grabbed onto the long sleeves of his kimono and hung on to it as their father held them up with no effort at all.
"Kagome!! Kagome!!" shouted Sango as she burst into Kagome and Inuyasha's room to find them playing with Sachi. "What is it Sango? What happened?" asked Kagome as she waddled over to hug her sister. "Yeah Sango. What's all the fuss about?" asked Inuyasha as he bounced Sachi up and down. "I heard that Tsurai wench talking to her mother last night when I came back from taking Sokushi to Deroresu. She was talking about how she's already destroyed Rin's spirit because of that vision she showed her." replied Sango as she leaned against a wall and folded her arms; her hair flowing down her shoulders. "They really seem determined to destroy Rin's and Sesshomaru's marriage don't they?" stated Kagome as she hugged Sachi in her arms. "Well you think they'd stop after what Rin did to Tsurai." Stated Inuyasha as he stood up "Where's Miroku?" "He's in the library with Shinkou, Kachi and Yūdoko." Replied Sango as she sat on the bed next to Kagome and Sachi.
"How's Rin doing?" asked Kagome as she looked over at Sango.
"I don't know…I haven't seen her since last night." Replied Sango as she pulled a piece of hair behind her ear.
"I hope she's ok. Should we tell her what really happened?"
"I hope so too. No. Sesshomaru needs to tell her."
"But she doesn't want to talk to him. We should tell her."
"You know how stubborn Rin is. If we try to tell her she'll think we're taking his side."
"Hai that's true."
"She will talk to him eventually. They share a room."
"Hai hai! They are gonna have to talk eventually."
"They are both so stubborn though…I wonder what it's like when two people as stubborn as they are get married."
"I feel sad for Namie and Natsuo…"
"Kagome!!"
"What? Those two will have a hard time getting what they want. That's for sure!"
"You forget how much Rin loves children."
"Oh yes!" said Kagome as she looked out the door. She saw the end of someone's kimono go pass the room. "RIN!" said Kagome and Sango at the same time. Sango and Kagome ran out into the hallway to see Rin running away from them shouting "I don't want to talk about it!!" They ran after her, forgetting completely how fast she could run due to her youkai powers, but still ran after her anyways. Sango stopped to see Kagome lying on the ground, she was exhausted due to her pregnancy. "Go on without me Sango. I'll just rest here for a while." Said Kagome as she watched Sango nod her head and then run off.
"Rin-Sama!! Watch out!!" shouted one of the servants as a large silver statue was about to fall on top of her. Rin tried to run but tripped over some gravel on the floor. She had run into the part of the castle that they were rebuilding; she had no idea when she had gotten so far. She looked up and put her hands over her eyes waiting to be crushed. She then looked up to see herself perfectly fine and that Sesshomaru was holding her in his arms. He was staring down at her with a look of concern on his usually cold face. Tears worked their ways towards her eyes as she looked up at him. She then wriggled her way from his grasp and ran out of that area, leaving him standing there just staring at her. He then turned around and said in an extremely cold angry "Which one of you let that happen?" A blue skinned youkai with black eyes and red hair looked down from a ladder and said "I-I-I d-d-did M-m-m-my L-l-lord! It was an a-a-ac-c-c-c-ident!" "If it happens again, you will die." said Sesshomaru as he walked out of that area. The blue demon gulped as it started working again.
"Ma-meido, when are you going to have that baby?" asked Kagome as she lay back on her bed. "Sometime soon I hope. Carrying this baby has been so horrible." replied Ma-meido as she lay down next to Kagome; both of their tummies sticking up in the air. "Are you going to have another child Deroresu?" asked Sango as she walked into the room and sat down on a chair. "Well…we are thinking about it. Sokushi seems to be a bit lonely sometimes." replied Deroresu as she sat down on a couch and put her feet up. "I don't think I'll have anymore. Two is enough for me." stated Ukiyo as she floated in the air in a laying down position with her head rested on her folded arms.
"Oh yes! Did you catch up to Rin?" asked Kagome as she sat up a bit.
"I did. She almost got crushed by a giant silver statue but Sesshomaru appeared and saved her." replied Sango as she put her chin in her hands.
"So did they talk?"
"Seemed like Sesshomaru wanted to but Rin seemed like she was about to cry and ran off."
"Rin. Stubborn as usual."
"So Rin's still mad huh?" asked Deroresu as she looked over at them. "Does she know what really happened?" asked Ma-meido. "No. She's avoiding Sesshomaru." replied Sango. "Poor Rin…" said Deroresu as she put her hand over her face. "Oh yes! That reminds me! I need to go apologize to Sesshomaru!" said Kagome as she struggled to get out of the bed and waddled out of the room.
Miroku, Inuyasha, Kachi, Shinkou and Yūdoko were all sitting in the library reading upon the history of the Eagle youkai clan. They had been in there for hours now looking through hundreds of dusty books. "Keh! This is taking too long!" snapped Inuyasha as he jumped down from the top of a bookshelf. "We need to know about them somewhat Inuyasha." Said Shinkou as he skimmed through the contents of a brown leather book and then put it down to look through another one. "Yes. In case we need to go to war with them when they leave after being rejected." added Miroku as he read the index of a book. "Keh! If they know what's good for them then they'll keep their damn mouths shut unless they want Rin to kill them!" said Inuyasha as he walked over to the table and dumped a load of books on it; causing lots of dust to rise around them. "Be careful with these books Inuyasha. They are very old." Replied Kachi as he picked up one of the books from the pile Inuyasha brought. "We wouldn't want a certain Inu youkai killing you now would we?" stated Yūdoko laughing slightly. "HAHAHA! Very funny!" snapped Inuyasha as he sat down and tucked his arms into his sleeves.
Kiki looked around the corner to see Kagome talking to a servant asking him if he had seen Sesshomaru. The servant shook their head and Kagome sighed and continued walking. Kiki hid behind a plant as she watched Kagome walk pass her down the hallway to talk to another servant. Kagome turned around to see Sesshomaru walking up to her.
"The servant said you asked for me." said Sesshomaru as he looked down at Kagome.
"Ah, hai! I just wanted to thank you for letting me take out my anger on you yesterday."
"Hnn."
"I also want to apologize for thinking that you'd betray Rin for that wrench."
"Oh. Well…that's perfectly fine. Apology accepted."
"Apology accepted? That's perfectly fine? You sure are talking weird today Sesshomaru. Maybe you're more depressed than I thought." said Kagome as she walked off down the hall. Kiki changed back from Sesshomaru to herself when she was sure Kagome was gone. She began walking down the hall in the opposite direction and sighed to herself "That was close."
"What was close?" asked Sesshomaru as he suddenly appeared in front of her, glaring down at her.
"Ah…Hehehe! Betsuni! Nothing at all Sesshomaru-Sama."
"Hnn. So ca."
"I apologize for my daughters behavior last night."
"Hnn." Said Sesshomaru as he walked pass her and she followed after him.
"Demo, I still think you should get to know her better."
"I will do nothing of the sort." replied Sesshomaru as he walked into the library slamming the door behind him.
