Chapter 21: Myoga!
I looked at the clock. Its bright red letters read 11:50. Myoga had been gone for hours. He had left so abruptly. Giving me some poor excuse about the extra work he had needed to get done. He was lying. I knew he was. Myoga was always on top of things with the company. In all my years of knowing him. Being married to him. There was never work that had been left undone. He wasn't the type to leave things to the last minute. I had been tossing and turning in bed, for the last few hours. Trying to figure out where it is that he went, and why was it so important. Was there... another woman? No, Myoga wouldn't do something like that. I pulled the comforter up to my chin. Staring out the window, looking at the twinkling lights of the city. As they shone brightly in the night. I exhaled slipping out of bed, heading to the kitchen. Perhaps if I drank some tea, it would help me sleep. I walked into the kitchen, hearing the front door open and close only moments later. I looked into the hallway, seeing Myoga walking in, sitting on the couch. As if he hadn't been gone for almost six hours. I turned around, staring straight at the back of his head.
"Where have you been Myoga?"
"Aoi I need you to-"
"Where, have you been?"
"Aoi please-"
"I will not ask you again Myoga. I don't know if you assumed I hadn't noticed, but since Kagome has woken up. You've been secretive. You told me you would explain everything to me, but you haven't. I want to know what is going on. Where is Kagome, and what have you been hiding from me?"
He patted the seat beside him. "Come, sit down. I will tell you everything you want to know."
I walked into the living room, sitting beside him.
"That day that I had run into you. It wasn't by accident. I had made it my business to track your family down. Since the day Kagome was born, I'd been watching over her. Watching over all of you. Making sure that you were safe. I knew what she had gone through back then. How he had hurt her. Forced her to leave her family behind. I had failed her when she needed me the most, and I was desperately trying to make up for it. I'd told you that I wanted to protect her from the world. I wasn't completely lying when I'd said that. When I'd said the world, I'd meant Sesshomaru. Her head had been filled with lies that he has changed, but I just refuse to believe that. After all that he has done. One does not simply decide to stop being a monster. I tried to keep her safe, I really did, but no matter how hard I tried, tried to keep her away from her past. I thought that I could do it, and for a while I had. But her past just continued to follow her. Until it finally caught up to her, and now ...he finally has her."
I sat there, taking in all of what he had said. So many emotions were running through me. Anger, sadness. Anger because he had lied to me. Sadness because my child had been taken from me.
"You kept all of this from me," I whispered. "How could you?"
He grabbed my hand. "I didn't want you to worry. I didn't want to cause you any more stress than you had already endured. I... I thought that I could do this all on my own while sparing you. I am so sorry, please forgive me Aoi. I will do whatever it takes to get her back."
I snatched my hand away from him. "You better, and I will be with you every step of the way. There will be no more leaving me in the dark."
"No, I do not want you to get involved in this. I do not know how dangerous this can get, and I am sure Kagome wouldn't want you anywhere near this either."
"She is my daughter Myoga!"
"She is my daughter too! I love her just as much as you do Aoi. Her being gone hurts me just as much as it hurts you. If not more. I know you are angry at me, but I promise you. No one is more angry at me than I am. So please, just let me clean up this mess."
I stood up, looking at him. He reached out for me, but I walked by him shoving his hand away. I went into my bedroom, slamming the door behind me. Making sure to lock it. I slipped into bed, staring up into the dark. I felt so useless. I laid there, silently hating myself for not speaking up sooner. Knowing I would feel the same in the morning.
**N**
I sat up in bed, squinting at the bright sunlight that seeped in through the windows. It was very early. It was only 9:30. My mind going straight to Kagome. I put my hand over my heart as it ached. I could feel my eyes starting to sting as they filled with tears. I wondered where she was. Was she okay? Had he hurt her? I had so many questions. Questions that no one but her could answer. I had gone and made myself sad all over again. I wiped my tears away, trying to get a hold of myself. I sighed slipping out of bed. I walked over to the door unlocking it. I could hear the shower running. I headed to the bathroom, but a knock at the front door stopped me. I went over to it, unlocking it and swinging it open. My eyes grew wide at what I had seen.
"Myoga!"