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.
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CAN IT EVER BE? – Chapter Seven ~ Impossible!
Okasan? Did Sesshoumaru just say okasan?
I see them both looking at each other intensely. I'm speechless, truly speechless. In all of my life I would never have thought that I would be in a situation like this. This woman whom I saved is like a mother to me. I know more about her than I know about myself, but to find out that her son is Sesshoumaru is surprising. Looking back now, I come to realize that she never once said her child's name to me. I should have been suspicious about that. I wonder why I haven't thought about it till now.
They are both still staring at each other. It is as though they are both in their own little world, both fearing that the other will disappear. The silence in the room is deafening. All anyone could hear is the heavy breathing that each and every one of us is creating. I can also see how uncomfortable Rin is when she stares at the two. I stroke her hair to calm her down. She looks up at me and holds up her arms in a silent plea to lift her up, so I did. She wraps her arms around my neck and continues to stare at the other two adults.
I could take the silence anymore. Someone needs to say something. Anything.
"Okasan," whispered Sesshoumaru.
There is once again silence.
I understand now, why they both cannot say anything. The pain that both Sesshoumaru and Hitomi carried is emerging while they stare at one another. The pain of being separated is making them both emotional, but of course Sesshoumaru did not show it.
I feel out of place when I stare at the two. Maybe that is why Rin is uncomfortable. Not knowing why things turn out the way they do tends to make a person uncomfortable and uneasy.
This silence is making me daft!
Knowing that noise would not be appreciated in this situation, I kept my mouth shut, but of course I did walk away from the scene. There is only a limited amount of time before I get bored of staring at them. Any way, I believe that they will tell me everything once they snap out of their staring contest. I'll let Sesshoumaru stay with his mother to talk things out.
Sometimes people need to be alone to solve their problems. Hitomi and Sesshoumaru need to catch up on things. It's funny. I know of everything about Hitomi that revolved around the time that I met her till now, and yet I know nothing of her before that. With Sesshoumaru, well that man is hard to talk to. Even though he is saying more words than his usual "hai" and "iie", he is still a private person. He told me nothing about his family, and now I've come to realize that his own mother is the one that I took care of all these years. This is truly astounding.
Hitomi. It's Hitomi. His mother is Hitomi. HIS MOTHER IS HITOMI!
No matter how many times I say it, it doesn't seem to sound right. Well, it is kind of hard imagining Sesshoumaru as a kid. He probably was a very serious little child when he was younger. I just can't see Sesshoumaru as a child. Was he different then? Was he running into tables, catching butterflies with his hands, running after other kids in a game of tag, or eating with his little pudgy fingers? Oh, how I would have love to see Sesshoumaru that way.
Now I'm looking down at my daughter, while I walk towards her room. Today has been a very tiring day. Knowing Rin, she is probably tired. She would never tell you this though. That is the type of person Rin is. Loving, sweet and perky, however, she never wants to tell anyone about her limitations. I guess she fears that Sesshoumaru will leave her when he finds out. That big DOG needs to learn how to be more involve in his daughter's life, even if I must smack it into his thick head!
I don't know how long I've been walking. It seems like Rin's room is father away then it was this morning.
"Okasan."
I look down at her and see a smile on her face. Her smile doesn't seem like her usual one. This smile looks like she was laughing at me.
"Hai, Rin?"
"Okasan, Rin's room was back there. Don't okasan remember?" She points behind me.
I finally notice my surroundings once I stopped walking. I'm in an area where I've never been before. It was darker and eerie. I could feel wind brushing pass me, but that can't be possible since there are no windows at all in the hallway.
I look back down at my daughter and see that the smile has left her face. She was shaking and frantically looking everywhere.
I'm so confuse. This hallway is like another dimension. It is so different from the rest of the mansion. True, the mansion isn't at all cheery looking, but that part of the mansion looked like a picnic compared to the area that I'm in right now.
I can feel Rin tense on my chest. I guess she can feel the difference in the atmosphere also.
I know that I shouldn't stay, but I did anyway. A part of me knows that there is no threat inside the mansion. No one is dumb enough to break into The Lord of the Western Lands home, but the fear inside me would not go away.
My body seems to move on it's own. I can see myself drawn to a room at the end of the hallway. It just seemed to get darker and darker with each step that I took. I wanted to stop, but my body wouldn't let me. My heart just seems to pound harder and harder.
Thump, thump. Thump, thump.
That sound is all I can hear. Why won't my heart stop beating so loudly?
Thump, thump. Thump, thump.
Is that even my heart that I'm hearing?
Thump, thump. Thump, thump.
I hear the sound so clearly.
Thump, thump. Thump, thump.
Rin looks frighten as well.
Thump, thump. Thump, thump.
Maybe her heart is beating with mine.
Thump, thump. Thump, thump.
I'm almost at the door.
Thump, thump. Thump, thump.
I reach for the doorknob.
Thump, thump. Thump……….
I stop. The sound is gone. My body freezes. I can feel my heart pound, but I couldn't hear it. That must mean that Rin and I didn't make the thumping sound.
I just stood there looking at the door. If it were a threat to me, it would have attacked me by now. I still could not stoop the fear inside of me.
I want to know. I want to know what is inside. Why would this part of the mansion be so deserted?
So I prepared myself to open the door, only to realize that the door would not budge. I see now that the door is sealed not from the outside, but from the inside. Someone, something is behind there sealing itself from the outside world. At least I know that Sesshoumaru did not imprison a person in that room. That would make him inhumane. Whatever it is, it did a good job sealing itself in.
I knew that nothing would attack me, so I guess that is why I wanted to go inside.
Thump, thump. Thump, thump.
I hear the sound again as I prepare to break the seal.
Thump, thump. Thump, thump.
I put Rin down and told her to hide behind my back. I held my hands up as if I was praying. I close my eyes and my forehead begins to shine with a symbol being shown. As the symbol turns blue, so do my hands. Once I open my eyes, I push my hands out from my chest and a chi beam can be seen heading towards the door. The beam is not an attack, but a shield destroyer.
Thump, thump. Thump, thump.
The chi that I threw begins to spread all over the door.
Thump, thump, thump. Thump, thump, thump.
The sound is getting louder and quicker. The barrier on the door is beginning to break.
THUMP, THUMP, THUMP, THUMP, THUMP.
The door then blast with a very bright, white light and the shield is finally broken.
THUMP…
The sound stopped again. What is that sound?
I can feel Rin grabbing my kimono from behind. I told her to not let go of me once we are inside.
As I open the door, I was greeted with darkness. The only thing visible is the drapes flapping near the window. It was odd that that was all I could see since I have great vision in the dark, but this darkness is not any regular darkness. This darkness seems to be magically made.
I turn my head to the right when I heard slight footsteps. Once I caught a glimpse of what made that sound, Rin and I gasped.
All I could do was stare. What I saw before me was impossible, completely impossible.
"Sesshoumaru?"