Somber Twilight
Princess of Ikana
Disclaimer: I do not own any of the works of InuYasha. It belongs to Rumiko Takahashi.
Prompt: Lecture
Rin brushed herself off lightly while pausing for time. She wasn't expecting to get caught.
"Follow" commanded Sesshoumaru heading towards his office.
Rin reached towards Keisuke for one last kiss when Sesshomaru paused.
"Now!" he said coldly.
Rin smiled instead and promptly followed their lord to his destination.
Sesshomaru sat behind his desk while Rin took her place remaining standing in front of him.
"I'm sorry milord" she stated quietly.
"Is he your choice?" he asked
"Possibly…. But you've put effort into the festival, I cannot ask you to cancel now, and although I've known Keisuke for so long now, doesn't mean there isn't someone else to meet as well…"
Sesshoumaru stared long and hard at her.
"Till this is over I will ask you to please keep to yourself and no more closet meetings… there is no point to all this is you fool around and lose your innocence." Sesshoumaru said seriously, thinking that he didn't have to explain something so important but she apparently needed the reminder.
"I was being foolish and I apologize it won't happen again, I will take looking for a husband seriously this coming month"
"I certainly hope so" he replied while dismissing her.
Sesshomaru was in need of more servants for the upcoming festival and Kagome was surprised that his mother was trying to recruit her into helping him.
"Hmm, when a bear youkai told me of an upcoming festival for a daughter I should have known it was Rin… I am travelling West after all" Kagome commented laughing slightly.
She wasn't amused….
Kagome sighed.
"I'm sorry I have to decline, Sesshoumaru may turn me away once we arrive and I am on a journey." she laminated uneasily.
"A self-imposed journey after you lost all that was precious to you, understandably but I do offer you shelter, purpose and protection if you agree to my offer" she reminded her.
Kagome wilted a bit with that and it was true that maybe she was just looking for a distraction from her grief and survivor guilt.
"Alright, I will accept your proposal, please lead away," she told her.
Lady Narumi smiled before allowing the human to cling to her fluff and hovering away towards the top of the mountain where the fortress lay.
Preparations were going slower than Sesshomaru anticipated. He had Jaken personally overseeing operations but it was plainly obvious that there weren't enough hands to do all the tasks he had set out…
A soldier interrupted his inner muses.
"Milord? Sorry to interrupt but the Lady Narumi is here, requesting an audience immediately" he announced.
His mother? Had come down for the festivities, how strange.
He allowed the Solider to led him to her.
At the fortress entrance, there was Lady Narumi and an unexpected guest in that of Lady Kagome, his brother's Miko/wife.
"Sesshoumaru, I have found you some much-needed help," Narumi said pleasantly.
He looked confused and had to ask.
"Miko, where is my brother and the others in your pack?" he asked bluntly.
Kagome collapsed into tears, it was real, InuYasha was no longer here, or anyone else in her pack.
A/N: A lecture and a meeting at last… this was hard to write with unreliable power which kept going out but I got it done :)