Author's Notes: I now have 51 reviews! Thank you all so much! I don't own anything no matter how much I rant and carry on about it. Don't own the songs below either. I sadly spent an hour staring at the computer screen waiting for reviews when I posted the last chapter. Think I went temporarily crazy. Woke up at 5am and nearly was bouncing with happiness when I saw how many reviews I had!
Songs I Listen to While Writing This:
- Diamond (From The Final Act, Inuyasha)
- Every Heart (Also from Inuyasha)
- My Will (Yet again from Inuyasha)
- Tooi Michi no Saki de ( Guess again…Inuyasha)
- Change the World (Astonishingly from Inuyasha)
- Futari No Kimochi (So astounding that it is also from Inuyasha)
- Dearest (Think Kikyo)
- And some sad music from Naruto that I can't recall the name of.
Taraah36- Renshi's confession is quite sweet isn't it? J
SerenePanic- Quite ironic is it not my friend? :D Renshi shalt know the truth soon enough!
Icegirljenni- I pondered over your review for the last five days and finally came up with this chapter! Thank you! Emera is quite cunning when it comes to deceiving others J
Nellyy- Your wish shall be granted!
Guest (Anonymous): If you hate Renshi so much you might as well not read any more of my story. He is part of it, you know. Sorry if I came off too harsh…
The first emotion that came into Renshi's head was confusion. Why couldn't he move? What was going on? Where were his Mother and Lord Sesshomaru? It was so dark here and he could barely see, his demon senses stretched to the limit.
"My, my, you are a handsome young demon aren't you?"
The pup's head snapped towards the sultry purr and as he spotted the figure his ears flattened and he bared his fangs at the intruder. What was happening? He remembered falling asleep next to Rin after his revelation to Sesshomaru. Had this snake demon kidnapped him?
"Oh you need not worry young pup." The female snake demon purred. "We are merely inside your head so to speak. Quite a bleak place if I say so myself."
Renshi growled. She must have invaded his dreams. He glared viciously at the demoness. Her emerald eyes shone with dark mirth and her hair was as dark as a moonless night and spilled out of a loose bun that was held up by an intricate, jewelled decoration. Her kimono flaunted her physical charms almost disgustingly and was a fiery red with golden strands woven into it. Renshi found himself most sickened with her appearance all over.
"You are a bizarre one, Renshi." Emera said softly as she approached the pup in a few graceful strides. "A soul child. A youngster created not of flesh but of magic and a bonded soul. The bonded soul created of course created by past memories."
Renshi bent his head as the old feeling of humiliation engulfed him. To anyone else who should chance upon the truth he would appear nothing more than an abomination or a disgrace. Something to remind someone of another they loved, nothing more.
"You know nothing!" He hissed venomously. "My Mother isn't like that!"
A cold and scornful laugh emitted from the snake demoness.
"Is that what you think?" She taunted. "That Rin loves you as if you were own? You truly are a fool. Perhaps you have become her pet but you could never be recognised as her own son! What will you do when she is reunited with her beloved? Watch as she forgets that you ever existed?"
The inuyoukai felt each word penetrate him like the blow from a blade and his head sagged. But something in him would not accept what Emera told him. Why would his Mother hold him so close to her heart when they slept if she did not care for him? She never once called him Sesshomaru or anyone else. He was Renshi. Her Renshi. She called him her child. She always protected him. She wouldn't lie to him. Ever.
"You're wrong ." He whispered quietly. " I may not have appeared from her womb but my Mother has never once hesitated to call me her son! Never once has she called me any other name than my own!"
Emera's pale face twisted in hatred as she suddenly pressed a dagger to his throat. The snake demoness applied only the smallest of pressure to the pup's throat and a small line of blood appeared and slid down the column of his throat.
"And what would happen if I were to slit your throat, Renshi?" she asked coolly. " That soul is nothing more than a tool to animate your body. The moment you are cut down the soul shall escape from your body and forever wander the heavens. You may have your own personality but at the end of the day you are nothing more than memories."
A determined smile appeared on the pup's face despite the situation.
"Then I want to add memories of the present plus the future and not just be a thing of the past. I am proof of my parents' bond and I would have it no other way!" He said and Emera's eyes flared.
"Curse you, son of Sesshomaru and Rin!" she snarled and Renshi's golden eyes widened in shock.
The pup awoke with a start and glanced frantically around him. He was met with the passive face of his sleeping mother whose arms were wound around in a loving embrace. She held him close to her heart. He stared at her. Was what the snake demoness true? Rin would not have lied to him for she had never told him who his Soul Father was but the feeling of hurt still welled up within Renshi's chest. He then turned his eyes to the figure of Sesshomaru who was sitting against a nearby tree, his eyes closed but Renshi could tell he was alert.
Was that demon really his Father? Something in the pup's chest warmed at the idea. Now that he thought about, the notion made sense. They were alike in many ways and he did see the Lord as someone more powerful than he and respected him for it. As he turned back to Rin he found her down brown eyes gazing at him bleary from sleep but curious.
"Renshi?"
He had to know. He had to ask.
"Is Lord Sesshomaru my Father, Mother?"
Author's Notes: Already figured out what I'm going to write for next chap so stay tuned for next update (sometime…)