Subsequent Requiem- A Sesshomaru Romance
I could not look on her face. The life had vanished from her body and she walked with little more intent other than revenge. I was sure somehow that she would have it all well. Jin had been a constant in her waking moments after the week it took for forced healing on Lore's part and while the house was rendered to its knees, Jaken and I lived minute by minute in the study on the third floor.
"Will you attend to the lady today?" He knew the answer before asking the question. The fact my eyes could not hold back emotions better left unsaid welled uncontrollably. My child, my first son had been taken straight from her able hands. No proper birth… no celebration. Just an empty void where a growing child should be.
"That will not be necessary. I will leave and you will be attending as well. Matters have taken a turn which must and will be rectified." Jaken bristled at my harsh tone but it was all that kept me from joining my wife in morning. The thing which pulled most on my mind from sleep at night was what a human turned demon might have use for a child yet unborn… Some foul magic for sure.
"Does Rem know of this?" My eyes looked out the window which offered no solace today. The sky was gray and half my house lay in ruin… along with my family. It was slowly being torn apart and I had not seen it coming. Rem had… and I had ignored her. The weight of such thoughts bore down on me like I held up the estate itself.
"She does not need to know." Jaken nodded his head and left it low. Avoiding Rem had become his resolve to stay his lips against telling my intent to her.
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A knock came to the door. Jin was on the other side, but I had not heard her coming. My senses had upended and I felt sick not even being able to tell the coming of my own daughter.
"Tosan… I have… ill news." I doubted highly that much worse could enter my ears.
"Come in Jina." She opened the door and a wave of silver brushed past her face. The fact her face was red and she did not speak right away drew my most intent attention. "What is it?"
I had never seen Jin burst into the tears she had then. It left me hollow and sore that I could not console my child as Rem could. Such was the difference of a mother and father and between Rem's gifts and my own.
"She's gone!" The words didn't compute.
"I'm sorry. Again Jina." She ran forward and whipped around the desk almost tripping along the way. Only my steady hand kept her up as she buried her head in my lap. My hand instinctively rested on her head.
"She is gone! Both left and I cannot find them." I assumed only that she was unable to locate them. Not that they had 'left', but when I ran my mind over the entire grounds the more ground I covered without finding them the more my heart pounded.
"Dammit. Jina… go to your room. Jaken and I will find her." Her head shot up and for the first time in her life I saw fear. I cursed Naraku and his ill choice in an enemy.
"Don't leave me here alone! Don't let me be here for him to come and take me!" Her screams grew louder and hysterical. It was so odd to hear the same cries from other, but to hear your own, weep and cry such words… no way to explain the pain.
"I will not leave you alone. Jaken will stay and will take you somewhere safe." I nodded to Jaken and after unclasping Jin's hands from mine, I looked at her. Her face was blotched with tears and her hands were clammy in mine. "I will come for you and I promise. No one will lay a hand on you. No one will harm you. Ever." Her hands only tightened as I spoke.
"And mother?" An odd question from Jina. One I was not answering. It was none of her concern and yet… it deserved an answer… child rearing was difficult.
"Yes. I will find your mother and she will be with you as soon as I do. As will Lore." I stood and gave Jin's hand to Jaken and they left. There was no preparation needed. I had long since dawned my armour and in resentment latched Tenseiga to my side. Within the time it took me to ensure Jaken had left with Jin I had also left behind the estate.
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Finding Rem would be simple and easier if something happened. Blood called to blood. Lore on the other hand would be harder if she left Rem's side, but I could not see that happening. The weather was clearing from the grey it had started and although still hidden behind clouds I could feel the stars and their light shining down.
After waiting among the clouds it became clear Rem had no intention of being found out so easy. No smell, no sounds… not even the blood echo called to me from any which way. Lore was meddling which made this much harder than it should be. All I knew was that in her rage that smoldered under the surface of her pleasant smile and fair skin was intended to enslave Naraku if she found him. The other reason other than Rem's expression to not see her was the empathetic link we shared. Through that link I saw the woman who bore my children… a child that was without care. She had forsaken Jin and me to find and destroy Naraku and Lore was helping to achieve that goal. What would become of my sun goddess if Naraku's death held no appeasement for her? If her rage did not subside or even more her love could not return… Would she remain empty?
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For the uncountable time today I cursed and then at ground level my eye caught something and anger rose. Below me upwind was a red clothed half demon that I would make feel as pained as I was. InuYasha would reap for my son's loss. For mine. For Rem's.
A smile both sadistic and void gripped me and I effortlessly fell to earth, but as the clearing came more visible a figure stood in the shadows. I gasped at the image of my wife in priestess clothes and almost drew energy enough to obliterate the whole clearing. But the woman was not my wife… only part of her face and body were close and it was not Lore either... I almost wondered if a third child had been born.
"Why is it you are after Naraku…?" InuYasha sat down next to the girl, obviously human where Lore and Rem were not. "This is the woman Naraku spoke of… she is priestess born and… wields great power… purifying gifts that she does not use on him… And…" Everything unrolled as if a mile of papyrus blanketed the world.
"Shikon jewel… is this what you are after?" But the connection other than appearance I could not make. What this human child, my wife and Lore had as a bond was unclear, but I knew the answer was here. All of it. I just needed to find the right question in order to have the answer make sense.
"Sesshomaru!" With a mental shake I glared down at my brother whom caught me eavesdropping. As he always was, he screamed at me from below, but I had no time to battle out with such a weak boy. Even my wife could handle him, if not tame him…
"No time pathetic brother." Rem's words rang in my head. "Protect family or else it will fall asunder."
"No time at all." The shouts of InuYasha lessened greatly with distance thankfully and yet again I was stuck with a growing problem.
I could not feel my wife's presence and had no way to know which way I should go in order to look.And why was InuYasha looking for the Demon named Naraku?
