I get the feeling this story will be drawing to a close soon. Please, enjoy the chapter!
"What do you want?" I asked.
They looked at each other, then at me.
"We're very sorry you had to find us the way you did." the man who abandoned my sibblings and me said.
"I'm sorry, too." I said. "I already knew, in the back of my mind. But, to have my suspicions confirmed...My only problem is keeping this to myself."
They stared at me.
"Onee-chan and Onii-chan would be over-joyed to hear that I saw you." I said. "However, if they were to hear that you abandoned them, along with me, everything would simply fall apart."
"No! Please! It's not like that!" the woman who abandoned us said.
"How so?" I asked. "You left the day after I was born, when you discovered I was a hanyou, and you didn't take them with you. You promised you would come back so that they wouldn't go with you. You came here. You started a business. You brought four more kids into this world. You've never once tried to contact us in the fifteen years you've been gone. If it's not like you abandoned us, what is it like?"
She shook her head, tears were streaming down her face.
"It's not like we wanted to leave you." the woman said. "It hurt to leave all of you while you were still so young. But, we wanted to find a way to make you human before you became an adult. After the first five years, we did think for a moment that we might not be able to accomplish such a task, but, we planned on coming home if we gave up."
My mood was...different. I couldn't be sure what I was feeling now.
"The reason we haven't written is because we didn't know if you had moved or not." the man said. "The reason we had other children was because we missed you, and Hasume and Kazeji. The reason I wasn't there when you found your mother was because I had found a chance to turn you human."
I looked back and forth between them.
"Why can't I bring myself to believe you?" I asked. "Why is it that, even though you're my parents, and you gave me life, and I should trust you more than anyone else, I don't trust you?"
They looked hurt.
All of a sudden, I heard something coming, and turned.
Sesshoumaru came through the trees.
"Sesshoumaru-sama?" I said.
How had I missed his scent? I never missed him if he was nearby.
"Were you looking for me?" I asked.
He looked over at the man and the woman.
"So, they are relatives of yours?" Sesshoumaru asked.
I frowned. "Never mind!" I said. "They have nothing to do with me! Shall we get going?"
Sesshoumaru slowly turned, and started away.
I followed him, casting one more glare to the people I would've called 'my parents', before they vanished with the distance. We returned to Rin, Ah-Un, and Jaken.
I was not feeling well. I wasn't feeling bad, but, for certain, I was not well.
My heart and mind were in a mess, and my body was aching because of it.
I thought so, anyway. I was aching all day, and into the night.
By nightfall, I noticed something was different about Rin.
I couldn't quite put my finger on it, but, when she stood up...she looked different.
The next morning, I rolled over to sleep on my stomach.
As soon as I tried to settle, my chest ached, and I turned back over.
Irritated, I pounded the ground.
To my shock, the ground hurt my fist.
I opened my eyes, and looked at the ground, holding my hand in pain.
There was nothing wrong with the ground I was sleeping on.
I looked at my hand. My fingers! They were so...long...and skinny...and feminine.
"What the hell happened to my hand?" I said, desperately fighting to whisper.
Looking past my hands, I noticed my feet. They were farther away from me than before.
My legs were longer! Looking further, my hips were wider, and my chest...I was older!
I didn't know how to react.
Looking around, everyone else was normal. I was the only one changing.
I pinched myself. I barely managed to fight the urge to yelp in pain, as I realized that this was no dream.
"Oh, Kami-sama...what has happened to me?" I asked.
I got up, and saw that my clothes were barely stretching around my body.
They were very uncomfortable, as big as I had gotten.
I needed some new clothes, and fast.
"There is a village down the road." came a voice.
I jumped, and turned. Sesshoumaru had returned from where ever he had chosen to sleep.
"Your time of humanity has arrived, has it not?" Sesshoumaru asked. "You need suitable clothing, do you not?"
My time...of humanity?
I felt...confused. My time of humanity was in the morning? No. I had been up this early so many times. I hadn't even aged in those early hours.
I looked up. No particular cosmic sonditions, as far as I could see.
So, I was just a random 'once every fifteen and a half years' weirdo?
This was really exciting, and really depressing at the same time.
"Yes, I will need suitable clothes." I said. "I'll be back later, okay?"
I started away, knowing he wouldn't answer me.
I felt funny, walking into that village...and having lots of people look at me.
I still had my dog features, so, I blamed it on them.
That was, until men, young and old, started offering things to me.
Was I pretty? I hadn't found a mirror, or something refflective that I could use to check.
"My, my...ummm...I-I need a new kimono." I said. "Anything that'll fit me will be just fine. I don't really care what it looks like."
Before I knew it, I was buried in kimonos.
They were just a little too eager to give me stuff.
"I get the feeling that humanity's gonna suck until I can get out of here!" I said.
Okay, I have to drag this out a bit longer! I have a lot more to get to! Please review!