Finding My Father
Chapter Ten: That's Harsh!
A man taller than Inuyasha stepped past Rin. He was a sight to behold, something rare and beautiful was in him. After all this time my father stood right before me, and I couldn't think of anything to say.
"So you've returned, Kagome, with your filthy female partner, my filthy half-breed brother, the monk, and my son."
My son? How could he already know?
"H-how could you know?" She stammered.
"We will talk in private. Bring that filthy woman friend of yours."
He looked at me, and my own eyes contacted his cold ones. I felt my heart in my throat, trying to explode. "I will deal with you afterwards."
Kagome and Sango followed my father into the room he had come out of.
I winced as the door slammed. My hearing is better than a human's so I could hear without having to eavesdrop. I heard my father's voice. It was filled with bitter anger, and it was painful to listen to, but somehow, I could not tear myself away.
"So you promised to be my mate for as long as you lived. You have a great way of keeping promises. We were both contented, and then you got pregnant with my son and you felt you had the right to steal him away from me. ME! Lord Sesshomaru! His father! Not only to deprive me of my mate and my child but you commit adultery in the most disgusting and unnatural way possible with THIS creature! How do you justify your actions?"
"How dare you!?" I could hear Sango seething with anger. Mother sounded timid, afraid.
"When I found out I was pregnant, I got scared and..."
He interrupted her again. "What? You were scared of being pregnant? Or afraid of me? Running away made you no less pregnant! Either excuse is foolish!"
"I wasn't afraid for me! I was afraid for him!"
"You dare think I would harm my own son?!" He demanded, his temper flaring over.
"YES! Okay? YES! He's a half-breed! I've seen how you treat half-breeds." Her voice was trembling while his was booming.
"You're wrong AGAIN!" You've seen how I treat Inu-yasha! That is the only half-breed that you have encountered me with! I doubt that you would disagree that he is a mongrel!"
I looked over at Inuyasha. He seemed pained by what was being said.
Miroku, on the other hand, was blissfully unaware of the contents of the private conversation. He was looking back and forth betwen the two of us wondering what was going on.
He put his ear up against the door. His face showed how appauled he was by the conversation.
"Alright! I'm sorry! I was wrong! I AM wrong!" weeped Kagome.
His voice was lower, and calm, but he still seemed ice cold. "Tell me, Kagome, what will you do now?, Now that you have come here. I will not live with this repulsive wench. You will select one mate from this room! Will you deny your son a father or an additional mother? Will you free the bitch to go after her precious monk? Or will you forever burden her with your dirty, sinful touch?"
"Miroku, get away from the door. This is clearly not a conversation meant for us to hear." Inuyasha dragged us over to the other side of the courtyard where we could no longer hear. We sat under a barren cherry tree, and I began to weep. I could think of nothing other than the fact that I was going to lose a parent for good. This was terrible, I would have preferred to have died in the claws of that demon than to be here, in this position.
Miroku set his staff down and put his hand on my shoulder in an attempt to comfort me. "Keep your chin up, kid, no matter who loves who, or mates with who, we all, unconditionally love you. And above all: Mirokus don't cry... and hanyou's don't either. Right Inuyasha?"
"Feh." Inuyasha remarked, but as I looked at him closely, I could see a smile curling his lips. He loved me too?
Chapter Ten: That's Harsh!
A man taller than Inuyasha stepped past Rin. He was a sight to behold, something rare and beautiful was in him. After all this time my father stood right before me, and I couldn't think of anything to say.
"So you've returned, Kagome, with your filthy female partner, my filthy half-breed brother, the monk, and my son."
My son? How could he already know?
"H-how could you know?" She stammered.
"We will talk in private. Bring that filthy woman friend of yours."
He looked at me, and my own eyes contacted his cold ones. I felt my heart in my throat, trying to explode. "I will deal with you afterwards."
Kagome and Sango followed my father into the room he had come out of.
I winced as the door slammed. My hearing is better than a human's so I could hear without having to eavesdrop. I heard my father's voice. It was filled with bitter anger, and it was painful to listen to, but somehow, I could not tear myself away.
"So you promised to be my mate for as long as you lived. You have a great way of keeping promises. We were both contented, and then you got pregnant with my son and you felt you had the right to steal him away from me. ME! Lord Sesshomaru! His father! Not only to deprive me of my mate and my child but you commit adultery in the most disgusting and unnatural way possible with THIS creature! How do you justify your actions?"
"How dare you!?" I could hear Sango seething with anger. Mother sounded timid, afraid.
"When I found out I was pregnant, I got scared and..."
He interrupted her again. "What? You were scared of being pregnant? Or afraid of me? Running away made you no less pregnant! Either excuse is foolish!"
"I wasn't afraid for me! I was afraid for him!"
"You dare think I would harm my own son?!" He demanded, his temper flaring over.
"YES! Okay? YES! He's a half-breed! I've seen how you treat half-breeds." Her voice was trembling while his was booming.
"You're wrong AGAIN!" You've seen how I treat Inu-yasha! That is the only half-breed that you have encountered me with! I doubt that you would disagree that he is a mongrel!"
I looked over at Inuyasha. He seemed pained by what was being said.
Miroku, on the other hand, was blissfully unaware of the contents of the private conversation. He was looking back and forth betwen the two of us wondering what was going on.
He put his ear up against the door. His face showed how appauled he was by the conversation.
"Alright! I'm sorry! I was wrong! I AM wrong!" weeped Kagome.
His voice was lower, and calm, but he still seemed ice cold. "Tell me, Kagome, what will you do now?, Now that you have come here. I will not live with this repulsive wench. You will select one mate from this room! Will you deny your son a father or an additional mother? Will you free the bitch to go after her precious monk? Or will you forever burden her with your dirty, sinful touch?"
"Miroku, get away from the door. This is clearly not a conversation meant for us to hear." Inuyasha dragged us over to the other side of the courtyard where we could no longer hear. We sat under a barren cherry tree, and I began to weep. I could think of nothing other than the fact that I was going to lose a parent for good. This was terrible, I would have preferred to have died in the claws of that demon than to be here, in this position.
Miroku set his staff down and put his hand on my shoulder in an attempt to comfort me. "Keep your chin up, kid, no matter who loves who, or mates with who, we all, unconditionally love you. And above all: Mirokus don't cry... and hanyou's don't either. Right Inuyasha?"
"Feh." Inuyasha remarked, but as I looked at him closely, I could see a smile curling his lips. He loved me too?