Chapter 14 A Little Maturity Was All She Asked
Sonnet stomped into the mansion, still ticked at Haru. 'I can't believe him! He's such a jerk!' She huffed, as she slammed the gigantic doors behind her.
She didn't know what his problem was. He seemed to go out of his way to make her angry, and she was getting sick of it. Stubborn dog demons were something she didn't think she would have to worry about while she searched for her mother. Speaking of her mother.
A very familiar voice could not be as Sonnet made her way down the hall. And it was coming from the kitchen.
Sonnet didn't waste any time. She ran as fast as she could toward the sound of the melodious voice, one that she hadn't heard in what seemed like forever.
She burst open the kitchen door, to see room practically full of dog demons. Little ones all over, climbing on and over everything. But standing there in the middle was her mother, talking to another human, someone Sonnet had never seen before.
"Mom!" She cried running over to her, jumping over the many children standing in the way. She leaped into her mother's comforting arms, burying her head into her kimono. She breathed in her scent, making sure that if she ever lost her mother again, she would remember every part of her. She was too important to forget.
"I missed you so much, mom." Sonnet said, coming close to tears. She had almost lost her mother so many times, not to mention not even being able to find her either. You wouldn't believe the thoughts that go through your mind when you have no idea where your mother is. It had been a traumatizing four days.
"Oh, Sonnet. I missed you too." Sango hugged her only daughter close. It had been so long since she'd held Sonnet, and she had been so close to never seeing her again. She could feel pinpricks of tears starting in her eyes as well. "Remind me to never leave you again."
"Like I would ever let you go again without a fight. Come on, mom. You know me better than that." Sonnet said, smiling through the tears.
Sango laughed. "I know, Sonnet. I know."
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Miroku was stumped
He was dumbfolded
And for once, he had absolutely no idea what to do.
On one hand, the one woman he loved was back after ten years, and everything was straightened out between them. They were in love. Everything was perfect.
Except for the dreaded other hand, which had the daughter he never knew he had with a strong mind and body of her own. Which wouldn't be so bad, if she didn't hate him and wanted to crush him into oblivion. All was not perfect.
Miroku sighed. He walked slowly through the woods, not caring which direction he was going. He was too wrapped up in his thoughts to care about anything else.
'She hates me more than anything.' Thought Miroku, defeated. 'And why shouldn't she? Everything she said was true. I wasn't there for her or Sango, and because of that they've had a terrible time. Face it; you failed at being a father before you even knew you were one. You're a disgrace.'
He continued to walk through the woods, totally unaware of the outside world. He didn't even sense the demon that was coming on him very fast, until he was right on top of him.
He looked up suddenly to find him face to face with the worst comforting person on the planet.
"Hey, bouzo. Everything alright?" Inuyasha asked, the Tetsusaiga swung over his shoulder.
One look at Miroku's face told him his answer.
"That screwed up, huh?"
"What do you think?!" Miroku snapped. He fell on to the log, his shoulders shagging.
Inuyasha blinked in surprise. Usually it was him doing the loud sarcastic remarks, not Miroku. Things must be really bad for him to resort to that.
He sat down next to him. He had never been good at this comforting thing, but he was going to give it a try. Miroku was always the one who had all good advice, who told him what to do. But since he seemed to be in deep with his family problems, he guessed he had to do something. Doing nothing wouldn't be right, although Inuyasha had planned on doing just that. The look on Miroku's face made him change his mind. It was just too pathetic.
He gave him a sympathetic look. Well, as sympathetic as Inuyasha could get.
"What happened?" He asked.
Miroku shook his head. "Sonnet just told me the truth. That I'm a horrible person. And she's right. I am. I am the worst person on earth."
"I can think of a least one other person worst than you." Inuyasha said, thinking of Sesshomaru.
Miroku just sagged his shoulders even further. "I... just should have done more. I should have looked harder for her. I shouldn't have given up so easily." He buried his face in his hands. "I shouldn't have given up."
Inuyasha was tired of listening to Miroku continue in his self-pity. "Miroku. Listen to me."
He looked up. Inuyasha's tone told him to pay attention.
"Are you here?" Inuyasha asked
"What?"
"I said, Are you here?"
"Um, yeah." Okay, what the heck was Inuyasha talking about?
"Then you didn't give up." Inuyasha said simply.
Miroku's eyes widened as he thought of Inuyasha's words.
He continued. "And you shouldn't give up yet. So your daughter hates you over something she doesn't understand. You'red not a bad person, and you love Sango, right? Then don't lose her again." Inuyasha shot him a grin "I doubt you'll look that good after another ten years."
Miroku shook his head in disbelief. Since when did he get so smart? "Okay, who are you and what have you done to the real Inuyasha? The Inuyasha I knew wasn't nearly as rational as you."
Inuyasha smirked. "I suppose a little of Kagome did rub off on me."
"That has to be it."
They were interrupted as two kids came shooting form the forest. "Hah! I found him first!" The twins both shouted at the same time. They wrapped their arms around his legs, trying to kick the other off.
Inuyasha smiled at his kids. "What took you so long? I was beginning to get worried you two got lost."
"We would have been here sooner if Kato hadn't lost your scent." Yuffy quickly said first, sticking her tongue out at Kato.
"It's not like you did anything to help!" Kato screamed back.
"You're the one with the sense of smell!"
"You should have heard him! You have stronger hearing than me!"
The two continued bickering, and would have probably tried to kill each other if Inuyasha hadn't pulled them apart.
"Do you two ever stop fighting?" Inuyasha didn't sound angry as he said that, though. More like he was used to it. He gave an apologetic look at Miroku as he held onto the cuff of the twin's kimono.
"Sorry about this, Miroku. Haru bailed on me this morning, and I had to take the immature kids." The twins were outraged at hearing this and began arguing how they weren't immature at all. Inuyasha just shook his head. "I got to get these kids back before they get to out of hand." He jerked his kids to the side. "Just remember what I said, okay?"
Miroku nodded in response. He watched as Inuyasha scowled at his kids, ignoring their cries of protest. He took a last look at Miroku before racing off with them back to the castle.
He smiled at the love Inuyasha showed his kids, no matter how bizarre that love seemed to be to someone who didn't know him. He really had grown up in the past ten years.
And that was exactly what he wanted. Lots of kids of his own. Lots and LOTS of kids, to watch them grow up and teach things to. To be a real father. And he preferably wanted Sango to be the mother of those children.
And no matter what Inuyasha said, no matter what anybody said, he would never forgive himself for missing most of Sonnet's childhood. How long had he dreamed of having a child with the woman he loved? More times then he could count, that's for sure. And he had already screwed it up. Good job, Miroku.
He slowly started walking back to the castle, trying to think of what he was going to say when he got back. Would Sonnet even speak to him? Would Sango leave him again because of the trauma he's caused their family? Dread filled his heart as he thought of life without her again. He didn't think he would be able to handle it.
And life without his daughter. Even if she hated him, he still loved her. Heck, he loved her before he found out he was her father. She had so much spirit, and so much enthusiasm in her. She reminded him so much of Sango. But she also had her stubbornness, and he didn't know how to make her listen.
Cherry blossoms were all around him, and he couldn't help but think how at this exact same time ten years ago he was ready to completely give up on life. How he used to hate this time of year. It would always bring so many unhappy memories especially whenever he would see a cherry blossom. It always reminded him of there last time together.
But no need to think about that anymore. He had Sango. All he needed now was his daughther...
Suddenly something very hard and very fast slammed into his side, and he was thrown onto his back. To late did he realize he was completely surrounded by demons, whose faces told him they weren't here to chat about his good fortune, which was just about to end.
"Look at what we have here, boys. A slave without a master." One of the demons said, an evil smirk on his face as he stood over the helpless monk.
All color drained from Miroku's face as he looked up at the large demon. This was not good.
"Actually, I do have a master." He said, trying to remain as calm as possible as he got up and dusted himself off. "And he told me to follow behind him. I'll just being going back there right now, so if you excuse me." He took a step towards the demons, hoping to get past them.
Yeah, like that would happen. The many demons stood in front of him as the large one took a step to meet him. "Slaves don't talk unless spoken to, you filthy human. I guess we're going to have to teach you a lesson."
Miroku didn't even have time to protect himself as a sharp blow came across his head, knocking him out cold.
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"Come on, Sonnet. Let's go outside." Sango said to her daughter, grabbing her hand and almost hurrying towards the door.
They had finished their very emotional reunion (Kagome had taken the kids out of the kitchen, many thanks to Sonnet who couldn't stand all the noise) and now Sango was practically dragging her outside. It was a little suspicious, since she hadn't seen her mother this excited in a long time.
"Um, sure." Sonnet said, looking at her mother out of the corner of her eye. "Why?"
"Hmm?" Sango turned her attention back to her daughter. Sonnet couldn't even believe it! Her own mother had already stopped paying attention to her! This is just like being at home again.
Sonnet followed her into the garden, as she studied her mother carefully. Yep, she defiantly was looking for something else.
"Mom!" Sonnet yelled, right in Sango's ear. "What are you looking for?"
Sango jumped up, and looked skeptically at Sonnet, like debating whether or not to tell her. She nodded her head, but responded with a blush. "Well actually, I'm looking for Miroku."
Sonnet's heart seemed to stop in her chest. "Um, why would you want to see him?" She asked, sweating bullets. She dreaded her mother's answer.
Sango's expression didn't look much better than Sonnet's. "Well, maybe I should tell you now."
She brought her daughter over to a wooden bench and motioned for Sonnet to sit next to her. "Okay, now, what I'm going to say isn't easy. In fact, it's something that I should have told you a long time ago, but I was too scared. Imagine, me scared of my own daughter. Ha!" She said this all in a short period of time.
She went on and on. "Mom! Just tell me what's going on!" Sonnet said, getting impatient. What was going on here? Her mom never got nervous, especially not when talking to her.
Sango threw in a deep breath. "I want to talk to you about your father."
'Uh oh.' "You mean Miroku?"
Sango looked surprised. "You already know?"
Sonnet nodded. "Yep. How could I not when I was traveling with him and all."
"How did you find out?" Sango asked, biting her lower lip.
"I saw his birthmark on his hand. Which is really strange, you know. How come he has that circle in his hand too?" Sonnet was hopefully trying to avoid the real subject. Her mother didn't seem to angry when she spoke of her father, like she thought she would.
"This is terrific! I'm so glad!" Sango laughed, totally ignoring her question. She gave Sonnet a big hug.
"Wait a minute." Sonnet said, untangling herself from her mother's embrace. "Are you saying that you don't hate Miroku anymore?"
Sango got a thoughtful expression on her face, thinking back. "I never really hated Miroku, Sonnet. It's just we finally got things straightened out. Now we can all go live as a family!" Sonnet looked at the shine in her mother's eyes as she started telling her of what really happened all those years ago, laughing every once in a while. But she couldn't pay attention to what she was saying; all she could hear was the sound of her stomach dropping a few more notches, as her heart filled with dread. 'I am going to be in so much trouble...'
Sango shook her head, laughing to herself as she finished her story. "And here I spent so long dreading this moment." She looked at her daughter with a new sense respect. "I thought you were going to blow up and do something crazy when you heard this, but you proved me wrong. You really have matured through all this Sonnet, you know?"
Silence.
"Funny you should mention maturity, mom. Hehe." 'I am so dead.' "Because there really is a funny story to all of that..."
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I'm going on vacation on Friday, so no writing for a few days. Sorry!
I got a few ideas for the sequel, which I think will be pretty good! I can't wait to start it.
I got a lot of reviews for the last chapter! Thank you! They mean so much to me. Please don't forget to review for this one!
Next Chapter: Um, I don't know. I can't think of anything! Writers block is a terrible thing, but it'll have something to do with Miroku. Maybe Sonnet will forgive him or something. I dunno. But I promise to have it out as soon as possible! Thank-you!
~Zephor~
Sonnet stomped into the mansion, still ticked at Haru. 'I can't believe him! He's such a jerk!' She huffed, as she slammed the gigantic doors behind her.
She didn't know what his problem was. He seemed to go out of his way to make her angry, and she was getting sick of it. Stubborn dog demons were something she didn't think she would have to worry about while she searched for her mother. Speaking of her mother.
A very familiar voice could not be as Sonnet made her way down the hall. And it was coming from the kitchen.
Sonnet didn't waste any time. She ran as fast as she could toward the sound of the melodious voice, one that she hadn't heard in what seemed like forever.
She burst open the kitchen door, to see room practically full of dog demons. Little ones all over, climbing on and over everything. But standing there in the middle was her mother, talking to another human, someone Sonnet had never seen before.
"Mom!" She cried running over to her, jumping over the many children standing in the way. She leaped into her mother's comforting arms, burying her head into her kimono. She breathed in her scent, making sure that if she ever lost her mother again, she would remember every part of her. She was too important to forget.
"I missed you so much, mom." Sonnet said, coming close to tears. She had almost lost her mother so many times, not to mention not even being able to find her either. You wouldn't believe the thoughts that go through your mind when you have no idea where your mother is. It had been a traumatizing four days.
"Oh, Sonnet. I missed you too." Sango hugged her only daughter close. It had been so long since she'd held Sonnet, and she had been so close to never seeing her again. She could feel pinpricks of tears starting in her eyes as well. "Remind me to never leave you again."
"Like I would ever let you go again without a fight. Come on, mom. You know me better than that." Sonnet said, smiling through the tears.
Sango laughed. "I know, Sonnet. I know."
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Miroku was stumped
He was dumbfolded
And for once, he had absolutely no idea what to do.
On one hand, the one woman he loved was back after ten years, and everything was straightened out between them. They were in love. Everything was perfect.
Except for the dreaded other hand, which had the daughter he never knew he had with a strong mind and body of her own. Which wouldn't be so bad, if she didn't hate him and wanted to crush him into oblivion. All was not perfect.
Miroku sighed. He walked slowly through the woods, not caring which direction he was going. He was too wrapped up in his thoughts to care about anything else.
'She hates me more than anything.' Thought Miroku, defeated. 'And why shouldn't she? Everything she said was true. I wasn't there for her or Sango, and because of that they've had a terrible time. Face it; you failed at being a father before you even knew you were one. You're a disgrace.'
He continued to walk through the woods, totally unaware of the outside world. He didn't even sense the demon that was coming on him very fast, until he was right on top of him.
He looked up suddenly to find him face to face with the worst comforting person on the planet.
"Hey, bouzo. Everything alright?" Inuyasha asked, the Tetsusaiga swung over his shoulder.
One look at Miroku's face told him his answer.
"That screwed up, huh?"
"What do you think?!" Miroku snapped. He fell on to the log, his shoulders shagging.
Inuyasha blinked in surprise. Usually it was him doing the loud sarcastic remarks, not Miroku. Things must be really bad for him to resort to that.
He sat down next to him. He had never been good at this comforting thing, but he was going to give it a try. Miroku was always the one who had all good advice, who told him what to do. But since he seemed to be in deep with his family problems, he guessed he had to do something. Doing nothing wouldn't be right, although Inuyasha had planned on doing just that. The look on Miroku's face made him change his mind. It was just too pathetic.
He gave him a sympathetic look. Well, as sympathetic as Inuyasha could get.
"What happened?" He asked.
Miroku shook his head. "Sonnet just told me the truth. That I'm a horrible person. And she's right. I am. I am the worst person on earth."
"I can think of a least one other person worst than you." Inuyasha said, thinking of Sesshomaru.
Miroku just sagged his shoulders even further. "I... just should have done more. I should have looked harder for her. I shouldn't have given up so easily." He buried his face in his hands. "I shouldn't have given up."
Inuyasha was tired of listening to Miroku continue in his self-pity. "Miroku. Listen to me."
He looked up. Inuyasha's tone told him to pay attention.
"Are you here?" Inuyasha asked
"What?"
"I said, Are you here?"
"Um, yeah." Okay, what the heck was Inuyasha talking about?
"Then you didn't give up." Inuyasha said simply.
Miroku's eyes widened as he thought of Inuyasha's words.
He continued. "And you shouldn't give up yet. So your daughter hates you over something she doesn't understand. You'red not a bad person, and you love Sango, right? Then don't lose her again." Inuyasha shot him a grin "I doubt you'll look that good after another ten years."
Miroku shook his head in disbelief. Since when did he get so smart? "Okay, who are you and what have you done to the real Inuyasha? The Inuyasha I knew wasn't nearly as rational as you."
Inuyasha smirked. "I suppose a little of Kagome did rub off on me."
"That has to be it."
They were interrupted as two kids came shooting form the forest. "Hah! I found him first!" The twins both shouted at the same time. They wrapped their arms around his legs, trying to kick the other off.
Inuyasha smiled at his kids. "What took you so long? I was beginning to get worried you two got lost."
"We would have been here sooner if Kato hadn't lost your scent." Yuffy quickly said first, sticking her tongue out at Kato.
"It's not like you did anything to help!" Kato screamed back.
"You're the one with the sense of smell!"
"You should have heard him! You have stronger hearing than me!"
The two continued bickering, and would have probably tried to kill each other if Inuyasha hadn't pulled them apart.
"Do you two ever stop fighting?" Inuyasha didn't sound angry as he said that, though. More like he was used to it. He gave an apologetic look at Miroku as he held onto the cuff of the twin's kimono.
"Sorry about this, Miroku. Haru bailed on me this morning, and I had to take the immature kids." The twins were outraged at hearing this and began arguing how they weren't immature at all. Inuyasha just shook his head. "I got to get these kids back before they get to out of hand." He jerked his kids to the side. "Just remember what I said, okay?"
Miroku nodded in response. He watched as Inuyasha scowled at his kids, ignoring their cries of protest. He took a last look at Miroku before racing off with them back to the castle.
He smiled at the love Inuyasha showed his kids, no matter how bizarre that love seemed to be to someone who didn't know him. He really had grown up in the past ten years.
And that was exactly what he wanted. Lots of kids of his own. Lots and LOTS of kids, to watch them grow up and teach things to. To be a real father. And he preferably wanted Sango to be the mother of those children.
And no matter what Inuyasha said, no matter what anybody said, he would never forgive himself for missing most of Sonnet's childhood. How long had he dreamed of having a child with the woman he loved? More times then he could count, that's for sure. And he had already screwed it up. Good job, Miroku.
He slowly started walking back to the castle, trying to think of what he was going to say when he got back. Would Sonnet even speak to him? Would Sango leave him again because of the trauma he's caused their family? Dread filled his heart as he thought of life without her again. He didn't think he would be able to handle it.
And life without his daughter. Even if she hated him, he still loved her. Heck, he loved her before he found out he was her father. She had so much spirit, and so much enthusiasm in her. She reminded him so much of Sango. But she also had her stubbornness, and he didn't know how to make her listen.
Cherry blossoms were all around him, and he couldn't help but think how at this exact same time ten years ago he was ready to completely give up on life. How he used to hate this time of year. It would always bring so many unhappy memories especially whenever he would see a cherry blossom. It always reminded him of there last time together.
But no need to think about that anymore. He had Sango. All he needed now was his daughther...
Suddenly something very hard and very fast slammed into his side, and he was thrown onto his back. To late did he realize he was completely surrounded by demons, whose faces told him they weren't here to chat about his good fortune, which was just about to end.
"Look at what we have here, boys. A slave without a master." One of the demons said, an evil smirk on his face as he stood over the helpless monk.
All color drained from Miroku's face as he looked up at the large demon. This was not good.
"Actually, I do have a master." He said, trying to remain as calm as possible as he got up and dusted himself off. "And he told me to follow behind him. I'll just being going back there right now, so if you excuse me." He took a step towards the demons, hoping to get past them.
Yeah, like that would happen. The many demons stood in front of him as the large one took a step to meet him. "Slaves don't talk unless spoken to, you filthy human. I guess we're going to have to teach you a lesson."
Miroku didn't even have time to protect himself as a sharp blow came across his head, knocking him out cold.
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"Come on, Sonnet. Let's go outside." Sango said to her daughter, grabbing her hand and almost hurrying towards the door.
They had finished their very emotional reunion (Kagome had taken the kids out of the kitchen, many thanks to Sonnet who couldn't stand all the noise) and now Sango was practically dragging her outside. It was a little suspicious, since she hadn't seen her mother this excited in a long time.
"Um, sure." Sonnet said, looking at her mother out of the corner of her eye. "Why?"
"Hmm?" Sango turned her attention back to her daughter. Sonnet couldn't even believe it! Her own mother had already stopped paying attention to her! This is just like being at home again.
Sonnet followed her into the garden, as she studied her mother carefully. Yep, she defiantly was looking for something else.
"Mom!" Sonnet yelled, right in Sango's ear. "What are you looking for?"
Sango jumped up, and looked skeptically at Sonnet, like debating whether or not to tell her. She nodded her head, but responded with a blush. "Well actually, I'm looking for Miroku."
Sonnet's heart seemed to stop in her chest. "Um, why would you want to see him?" She asked, sweating bullets. She dreaded her mother's answer.
Sango's expression didn't look much better than Sonnet's. "Well, maybe I should tell you now."
She brought her daughter over to a wooden bench and motioned for Sonnet to sit next to her. "Okay, now, what I'm going to say isn't easy. In fact, it's something that I should have told you a long time ago, but I was too scared. Imagine, me scared of my own daughter. Ha!" She said this all in a short period of time.
She went on and on. "Mom! Just tell me what's going on!" Sonnet said, getting impatient. What was going on here? Her mom never got nervous, especially not when talking to her.
Sango threw in a deep breath. "I want to talk to you about your father."
'Uh oh.' "You mean Miroku?"
Sango looked surprised. "You already know?"
Sonnet nodded. "Yep. How could I not when I was traveling with him and all."
"How did you find out?" Sango asked, biting her lower lip.
"I saw his birthmark on his hand. Which is really strange, you know. How come he has that circle in his hand too?" Sonnet was hopefully trying to avoid the real subject. Her mother didn't seem to angry when she spoke of her father, like she thought she would.
"This is terrific! I'm so glad!" Sango laughed, totally ignoring her question. She gave Sonnet a big hug.
"Wait a minute." Sonnet said, untangling herself from her mother's embrace. "Are you saying that you don't hate Miroku anymore?"
Sango got a thoughtful expression on her face, thinking back. "I never really hated Miroku, Sonnet. It's just we finally got things straightened out. Now we can all go live as a family!" Sonnet looked at the shine in her mother's eyes as she started telling her of what really happened all those years ago, laughing every once in a while. But she couldn't pay attention to what she was saying; all she could hear was the sound of her stomach dropping a few more notches, as her heart filled with dread. 'I am going to be in so much trouble...'
Sango shook her head, laughing to herself as she finished her story. "And here I spent so long dreading this moment." She looked at her daughter with a new sense respect. "I thought you were going to blow up and do something crazy when you heard this, but you proved me wrong. You really have matured through all this Sonnet, you know?"
Silence.
"Funny you should mention maturity, mom. Hehe." 'I am so dead.' "Because there really is a funny story to all of that..."
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I'm going on vacation on Friday, so no writing for a few days. Sorry!
I got a few ideas for the sequel, which I think will be pretty good! I can't wait to start it.
I got a lot of reviews for the last chapter! Thank you! They mean so much to me. Please don't forget to review for this one!
Next Chapter: Um, I don't know. I can't think of anything! Writers block is a terrible thing, but it'll have something to do with Miroku. Maybe Sonnet will forgive him or something. I dunno. But I promise to have it out as soon as possible! Thank-you!
~Zephor~
