TO ALL THE PEOPLE WHO ARE KIND ENOUGH TO READ MY FANFIC:
*Thank you for taking time out to read this story of mine (which is my first by the way, so please be kind).
*I have only seen five episodes of Inu Yasha (and the episodes I saw were out of order) and I barely know anything about the show except for the information that I gather from websites and stories that I've read so there might be slight OOC.
*Inu Yasha does not belong to me nor does the characters that are mention in the story.
*Ajika (a name that I heard on Tenchi something) is my own little character.
*Ajika sounds like Ah-ji-ka.
Words in italics are thoughts by the character(s).
Words that are in bold are flashbacks by the character(s).
Words that are in parenthesis ( ) are my thoughts.
Have fun reading my fanfic!
!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! Warning! I've noticed that when I put my fic in italics, some of them do not show. I'm sorry if the story gets confusing due to the problem, however, if you read carefully you can tell who is saying/thinking the statement!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!
Thank you for the reviews!
Sorry for the late update. I was busy due to personal family issues. I hope you like the fic! Remember, the only time that the chapter is mentioning Sesshoumaru's point of view is when I put Sess P.O.V. in the title. The rest will be Ajika's point of view. Oh, I notice that I never mention how Ajika looked. Well, she has long black hair that reaches her knees. She has one blue eye and one green eye and she also has the same color skin as Sesshoumaru. She is thin and she reaches to Sesshoumaru's shoulder. Anyway, have a nice time reading my fic.
CAN IT EVER BE? – Chapter Six ~
The sun is beginning to set. Rin and I have been out here in the garden for a few hours now. She seems to not understand that putting peas in you nose is unacceptable in society. It took me one hour to convince her that Sesshoumaru would not be pleased with her if she kept on doing it. Of course, she was hesitant because so far Sesshoumaru did not say he was displeased when she ate with him that way…I have to remember to kill that youkai once I see him again.
I feel that she must have taught herself this trick, since Jaken does not seem to have nostrils to put peas in. The funny thing about this issue is that she would not stop doing it unless I tried it myself.
As I look at her now, sitting in the field of flowers inside the garden, I cannot help but feel pride flow in my veins. She actually convinced me to put peas in my nose and shot it back out at her! We tried hitting each other by doing this "technique". Although I had fun, I probably wont do this again unless Rin and I are alone. I just hope that Sesshoumaru did not see us doing this. He would probably be disgusted with the both of us.
After the last hours, Rin finally learned how to be a complete lady when it comes to eating, however, I told her to only do this when we had company. I do not want her to feel that she has to be someone else in her own home. In my eyes, she is already perfect, but I know that other people will deem her unfit in society. At least she can be herself when it is only Jaken, Sesshoumaru and I around her.
I get up from where I leaned on the tree to go to my little honey pie (the girl, not the food). She glances up at me and gives me her trademark smile. I pick her up in my arms and hold her tight against me. She rubs her cheek against mine and giggles at me.
As we walk back towards the castle, I can't help but notice how Rin reminded me of someone that I know, someone who I took care of long ago.
I can still remember her.
It was long ago that we both met. She was truly beautiful. She had so much grace and beauty that I envied her the first time I saw her, however that soon disappeared when I looked in the eyes that so resembled my own. She did not have the same eye color as me, but the same inner look. Many people say that you can see a person's soul just by looking in their eyes and I know for sure that her eyes is exactly like mine. I didn't notice my surroundings at the time; all I did notice was her. She was dying. Dying from the pain in her heart.
When I smelled her, I could detect a disease in her body. It was because of this disease that she was dying, but I knew that that was not all. From her smell, I could detect the smell of sadness also. The pain that was hurting her the most was betrayal. Her heart could not take the knowledge of the betrayal. That was why I sat next to her. That is why I held her hand while she was dying. We both had an understanding, a bond with each other. In those few seconds, we couldn't let each other go.
When her breathing stopped, her spirit came to me. She is the definition of true innocence. As I let go of her hand, I looked in back of me to see her ghostly form. I notice now that we are in the forest near a lake surrounded by moonlight.
I get up from the body and go to her. Her youkai eyes just look at me with no emotion. When I reached her, she moves her arm and points to the body.
"As you can see, my body is now lifeless, however, the pain will not leave me. Although your presence before my death helped me forget, now I can only remember."
She puts her arm back down beside her and walks toward her body. Her eyes look towards the mountains a few miles away from where we stand. Even though it was dark, I could see how her eyes soften with both sadness and love.
"I live over there in the mountains. I knew that the end was coming for me. I couldn't bear for my family to see me suffer so I left an hour ago to die out here. You saw how I was. The pain in my heart could clearly be seen in my eyes. I didn't want my child to see it. To see me in such a weaken state. So I left. Now I don't think that I did the right thing. Being abandon is no better then seeing your mother die (she is talking about what her child would feel when he wakes up and see her gone)."
She stares at me with a pleading look in her eyes.
"I must ask you to do me one big favor. Would you bring my body back home? They would only think that I died in my sleep with no pain or suffering. That is the only gift that I can give to my child. Please. So he would know that I was always there for him. So he would know that I did not abandon him. That is the only gift left to give."
I nodded. This is truly a woman who adored her child, even in death. We both left, her leading the way. We went in the castle and I laid her body on the bed. When we left, we could hear a few servants outside of the bedroom door. It will only be a matter of minutes before they found the body.
Once we were back to where I found her, she asked me if I would erase my own memory of where the castle was. I agreed. I did not need another painful burden on my soul.
She looked at me. I knew that she was to come with me from now on. This woman who is much older than me. I needed to ask her her name. "What is your name?" I said.
"Hitomi."
Rin was staring at me now. She must have saw how loss in thought I was.
"Sweet pea, did I tell you that you look like my obasan (aunt)?"
"Okasan has an obasan? Is she pretty like okasan?"
"She is not really my obasan. It's like how you are my daughter. Anyway, she is very beautiful. Much more beautiful than your okasan."
"Wow! She must be the great holy angel lady of the world!"
I smile at this. She has such a lively imagination.
"Maybe one day you will meet her."
We both finally reach the castle and went up to our rooms. Rin wanted me to stay in her room, but I knew that she needed to learn how to sleep by herself. After a bedtime story and a goodnight kiss, I went to my room.I didn't smell Sesshoumaru when we came back. He must be out hunting or training. Speaking of training, I have done that in a while. I must remember to train tomorrow or my skills in fighting will lack.
As I laid on my futon, I can only think of my obasan.
After meeting her, I asked her to stay with me in heaven so that I can help her heal inside. Once she was happy again, which took years, we got so close to one another. She still remembered her little child, but she knew that she could do nothing to go back to earth.
When I left to go to earth, she was sad, yet understanding to my needs. She knew how much I loved Rin, probably as much as she loved her own child. Being that she is only a youkai, she could not see the images that I saw about the world and I did not tell her of who I was looking after and what I saw because it was against heavenly rules to do that.
So when I left, I could not help but feel sad. I was leaving behind the first person that cared for me. There was nothing that I could do.
Being of such innocence, she would probably get her wish to come back one day. Only those who are pure of heart get another chance and I know that my obasan would.
I'm very tired now. I should just sleep. Morning will come soon.
"Okasan. Okasan! OKASAN!"
That child sure has a voice on her.
"Rin, dear, okasan is awake."
I open my eyes to see my daughter leaning over me. By the look of her, I can tell that when she woke up, she went straight to me instead of to the bathroom.
"Pumpkin, why don't you go and brush you hair and teeth, while I get our clothes to take a bath."
"Okay, okasan! You brush you teeth too! Just because you're bigger don't mean you don't have too!"
"Ha ha ha. I know honey. Now go now before Jaken comes in and yell again."
She leaves and I begin to get our clothes. A nice bath will do my body good. I can smell Sesshoumaru inside the castle so I guess that means that he is finish with his business. As I leave the room to head for the hot spring, a very dirty but sexy Sesshoumaru stands in my way.
"And where are you going, Ajika?"
He gives me a long stare that makes me want to just giggle and grope him, but all ll I could do was blush and stand there.
"Rin and I are going to go bathe in the hot spring. If you do not mind, I'll be going now."
When I tried to step around him, he blocked my exit once again. When I tried it a second time, he stood in the way. I look up at him and see him giving me an amusing glare.
"This Sesshoumaru needs a bath more then you two do."
"This place has a lot of hot springs Sesshoumaru sama. Why don't you go to the one outside of the castle, while Rin and I go to the one in the hut beside the garden?"
He stares at me and shakes his head.
"This Sesshoumaru is going to the one near the garden so you will have to wait your turn."
"Why should I wait? Rin and I will just go to the one outs-"
"You both will do no such thing. It is dangerous out there. You will either wait your turn or not bathe at all."
I stand there shocked. He acts as though I'm a weakling who needs to be taken care of. I decided that once he is in the hut, Rin and I would leave to the other springs. I know that I can protect us from anything.
As I begin to turn around, Sesshoumaru grabs me and pushes me against the wall. He grabs my hands and holds them above my head, while he pushes his body against mine. He leans his forehead against mine and looks at me intensely.
"You would be wise to listen to what I say. I will not allow you to go outside to bathe when I'm in the hot springs. Don't look so shocked my lovely Ajika. I always know what you are going to do before you even do them. Since we all want to bathe, then there is only one option."
We both hear the door to the bathroom open. We turn and see that Rin is about to emerge from it. Sesshoumaru eases my hands down and walks towards Rin. When she sees him, she lightly kisses his cheek. He picks her up and carries her in one of his arms. He then heads toward me and grabs me to him. Before I can yell at him, he throws me over his shoulder and walks outside towards the spring. I was speechless. All I could do was hold my bundle of clothes against me.
Once we were there, Sesshoumaru put Rin down on her feet. He then grabs the clothes that I held and put them near a few towels that were on a chair. When he was finish, he grabbed my waist, took me off his shoulder and dropped me in the spring, clothes and all.
I finally emerge from the water to find both Rin and Sesshoumaru naked and in the spring with me. Rin was still young so bathing with your otousan is still acceptable, but I was not going to strip and bathe with HIM there!
"Take off your clothes. People usually bathe without them on," he stated.
"People usually walk into a spring instead of being thrown in."
He laughs at me and begins to walk towards me. Before I could get out of the spring, he had me in his arms. He began to take off my clothes, while staring at me. When I was about to yell at him, he grins and whispers to me.
"I'm not going to take advantage of you when Rin is here. I just want to take a bath without your clothes dirtying my spring."
I nodded and stopped him from stripping me. He gave me an odd stare but I mouth to him that I could take my own clothes off. I knew that Sesshoumaru has seen women naked before and I wasn't ashamed of my body so I just took off my clothes. As I looked up at Sesshoumaru, I see him staring at me with no hint of emotion on his face. We stared at each other for a few minutes but then Rin broke our gaze.
"Look okasan, otousan. Rin is swimming."
It is such a kawaii sight. She is so adorable every time I see her. The spring wasn't that big but she still manages to swim in it. When she was finish swimming, she splashes me with water. That was the beginning of a water fight. First it was only Rin and I who played, but then we both accidentally splashed Sesshoumaru. Once he got in the game, it ended up with me being the target. When Rin was beginning to prune, we all left the hot spring and got dress. Well, actually, everyone else got dress besides me. Sesshoumaru was in a mood to tease me today. He kept on taking my clothes and putting them above his head where I couldn't reach them. After a few minutes, I began to get cold so I vanish from his sight and reappeared behind his back. Sesshoumaru did not know that I had those types of powers so it was quite easy for me to kick him before he detected me. Once he got up, I was already dress and running away from him with Rin.
We went inside to let Rin eat. I went to my bedroom to get my fighting attire ready for training later this afternoon. As I walked back downstairs, I hear someone knocking on the door. When I opened it, I found someone in whom I thought I would never see again. A smile reaches my face as I ran and hugged the person at the doorway.
"Hitomi! What are you doing here?"
She stares at me with a questioning look. It seems like she didn't expect me to be there when she came to this castle.
"Ajika? What are you doing here?"
We both are happy to see each other, but we both had a lot of questions between us.
We hear the door to the dining room open. Rin runs to me and hugs me tight.
"Okasan, who is this pretty lady?"
With the mention of the word okasan, Hitomi gives me a surprise stare. The doorway opened again and Sesshoumaru comes out to get Rin.
"Rin, you did not wash your hands. You will get sick if you do not take care of your hygiene. Why don't you-"
He stops his sentence once he got a clear look at the person in the doorway. His face was one of surprise and longing.
"…Okasan."