*no one belongs to me except Émigré.
=^.^= okies?
Keep On Dancing
"I-It's you! Fluffy!" Rin ran to Sesshomaru
and hugged his legs together as Kagome,
Shippou, and Kaede looked up. Sesshomaru
patted
the tiny girl affectionately, purposely
avoiding the gazes of Kagome and Kaede.
"Where have ya been? Y'know Émi is looking for
you?"
Kagome stood, brushing the dirt from
her skirt. Sesshomaru sensed the anger pouring
from her skin, noticed the fine trembling
in which her entire body moved. "Rin-chan, go
play with Shippou and Lady Kaede, I wish to
speak to Kagome." Rin nodded and released him,
skipping happily to Shippou. Kagome waited until
Rin was out of hearing range, then glared at
Sesshomaru. With all her strength, she slapped
him. He turned his head and stared at the ground
as she fumed.
"Who do you think you are, you bastard? You think
after all this time, you can just waltz back into
their lives?!? Where were you when Émigré cried
for days- where were you when Mars was born?
You made sure we heard you in your drunken stupor,
the way you bad mouthed each one of us before leaving
Émigré..." Sesshomaru could hear the slight
quiver in her voice and the restraint she employed
was steadily draining away. His cheeks flushed as he
recanted the memories of his pointless anger... He had left
the village and heard Émigré not to far behind, trying to catch up.
He also tried to shove his retrospection back to the deep recesses
in which they had retired. Shards of recollection in which he
surrended to the hunger that overcame him when Émigré kissed
him. He faced Kagome slowly, watching Kagome's anger replace
itself with grief.
"Émigré left us and there was no way I could let
go without assurance of her safety, s-so I asked
Inu Yasha to watch over her..." She was crying
silently, her shoulders shaking uncontrollably.
Sesshomaru pulled the weeping girl to him,
hugging her tightly as she studdered. "I tried to
stop her, but she said she had to search for you...
Inu Yasha is gone... It's your fault! Inu Yasha
is gone and it's your fault!" He held her as she cried.
He wondered- was this the way Émigré felt when he left?
This girl, Kagome, she usually kept a smile on her face
and a temper that flared like the fires of Hell whenever
Inu Yasha unintentionally angered her. Poor girl, did he
force her to mature so suddenly?
Kagome pushed him away and sniffled. "It's been about four months
since they both disappeared... I know Inu Yasha won't let anything
happen to Émigré, that he's still alive... I can feel it..." She turned,
motioning to him before walking. "Would you like to
see Mars?" Sesshomaru nodded, following her to the
house. They wandered past Kaede and Sesshomaru
briefly paused and kneeled.
"Arigatou Kaede-san... Thank you for taking care of
my family in my absense." She nodded in acceptance
as her vision returned to the youngsters playing in
the grass and Sesshomaru stood, following Kagome
into the house.
Miroko acknowledged Kagome and Sesshomaru with a
slight nod as Sango sang a soft lullaby to the
cooing bundle in her arms. She paused and met
Sesshomaru's inquiring eyes. "May I-?" he asked
meekly. He knelt beside her and she carefully
handed him Mars. He shifted his body until he was
sitting cross-legged with the baby nestled in his
lap. His hand touched the silky softness of Mars's
cheek and he listened as the baby cooed in wonder.
Mars grabbed his hand with tiny fists and tugged on
Sesshomaru's hand with a strong grip.
"Has he been much trou-" Sesshomaru realized that
he was alone with Mars, that they slipped out as
soon as he held his son for the first time.
'My son...'
Mars... In mythology, Mars was the God of War, strong
and powerful... He watched Mars in fascination,
watched as he looked up to him with golden eyes so
much like his own, but with the wisdom of his
mother's. Mars had his mother's features, but
were colored in his favour. Thick silver locks and
golden eyes... his ears, however,
were much like his
half-brother's, Mars
was half youkai, like Inu Yasha.
'Did my father feel this way about Inu Yasha?
Did he love Inu Yasha's human mother as much
as I love Émigré? He must have if he created the
Tetsaiga... probably even more...'
"Ye know that evil known as Naraku still wanders, "
Kaede's voice murmured in the quiet calm of the room.
Sesshomaru nodded, his eyes never looking up. "Ye believe that
'Maru' should search there first..." Sesshomaru's ears perked.
That was Émigré's pet name for him, Maru...
"What do you know-" he looked up and sighed. Again, the room
was empty. "Hn, everyone's a magician..." He looked at Mars again, his
chest bursting with pride for this beautiful child was his... This is what
Émigré wanted to share... but the feeling was nothing if she could not share
it with him... Damn it...
Is she alright???
