(A/N) Sorry, this chapter's not as long as most of them are, but it's a pretty good one. As many of have notice, I um, well; the titles are sort of the opposite of the order of occurrence but w/e it doesn't matter. The site has been experiencing overload, so that I wasn't able to post this chapter sooner, don't worry, other one's coming soon, hopefully, very soon, I don't want to leave this book unfinished, over the summer vacation 0_0 okay... well, okay ^.^
Disclaimer: T.T I own them, them meaning, um, my friends (j/k eyeing friends), I don't own them, them meaning the cool characters
Chapter 6: Shippo Meets Rin and The Youkai Lord's Hidden Secret
"Mommy, when do I get to meet Rin?" the little kitsune asked his surrogate mother.
"Rin has the cold, Shippo, she'll be in bed for five more days and since the cold is contagious, you'll have to wait at least four more days."
"What's contagious?"
"It means that you'll probably get sick too, and I don't want that to happen."
"Oh. When do I get to meet Rin?"
Kagome sighed, 'this will be a long four days'. "In four days, Shippo."
"Why can't I meet her now?"
"Because Shippo, you'll get sick and I'll worry." 'Why are all children so stubborn?'
"But, mommy, I'm a youkai…"
"No Shippo, that's final, NO." At that, Shippo started grumbling and used one of is kitsune tricks to fake disappearing. Kagome, using her new found demon speed, caught up to him and beat him to the breakfast table (a/n thought he was going to Rin's room, ne?)
"I would appreciate it if you two would get accustomed to NOT running in the hallways"
"Sorry Sesshoumaru-sama we didn't realize that we didn't knock anything down." That is when Kagome remembered something that she saw a few days before. 'That picture, wasn't it in the hallway I just ran by?' Kagome slowly backed up.
"Sit down, wen-Kagome." Sesshoumaru said eyeing the little kit.
"One sec, Sesshy-chan- oops, sorry, Sesshoumaru-sama I, that, just came out."
"Quite alright" he said, shocking Kagome and the kitsune, "I've encountered another occasion in which a human turning unto a youkai, according from that experience, the newly formed youkai may utter words that seem right at the moment, sort of, mood swings, if you would like to call them that."
'Is Sesshoumaru actually trying to help me with this change thingy? Aw well, back to the painting, it was of someone, wasn't it' "Sesshoumaru-sama, if you would be so kind as to excuse me for a moment, I have something on my mind and will refuse to eat until I relieve myself of it." 'I didn't know I can be sop imperial sounding, like Sui, um, hope it works'
"You are excused," Sesshoumaru's consent mingled with Kagome's relief for a mere second. The picture. It was there, near the winding staircase that leads straight to the second floor. The picture that servants had ignored, as well as Sesshoumaru since cobwebs hung from its edges, covering the corners of the paining. Kagome gasped.
The background showed a flawless summer sky with dainty white clouds gracing the tops of apple and cherry trees. Even though she heard this expression before, this was the first time in Kagome's life that she could say they look like cotton candy. The clouds showed no particular shape at all, but encouraged the thought of peace. And the trees, they were beautiful, with ripe little fruit, dangling from their branches, just ready to fall off. But it was the sight below the fruit trees that made Kagome gasp.
There were four people, four youkai. There were two equally beautiful and majestic women, each laughing at the children that were clinging to their legs. One yasha (she demon) was wearing a kimono of white with light blue stitches that were portraying little birds. She was reaching out to a little boy of silver hair, in fact, the same color of silver that was in her hair. Kagome noticed that hers was bound up in an elegant bun with the rest of it flowing behind her. She was amazed at the detail. The little child, no, boy, was apparently laughing at his mother for some reason, unmistakable joy was written all over his face. Kagome directed her attention over to the other couple.
There was a laughing golden haired yasha with a little girl just beyond her grasp. They were reaching out to one another. The woman also had a white kimono on, but this one had little pink birds, rather than blue one. Her hands were reaching for the little girl, who, from the pose, was aiming for her knees. The little girl had silver hair, but if you would look closer, they had specks of gold. Little shimmering specks. The little girl youkai looked like her. Like her, Kagome. 'A mere coincidence' her thoughts voiced the worry.
"That picture. I've seen it before" Sesshoumaru said.
That made Kagome jump, why was he there? Out of curiosity? "Well, it's in your castle, so-"
"No, not the painting, the picture, the fact of it all. It had occurred." The Demon Lord's gaze was no longer focused.
"C'mon Sesshy-chan you can run faster than that!"
"You're right."
"No, don't touch it!"
"Sesshoumaru! What's wrong with you?"
"Why didn't I think of it before?"
"Think of what? Sesshoumaru?" The words didn't stop him, he was headed up the stairs (A/N I have no idea if they had stairs… well, they should, shouldn't they? Even if you didn't really think about it) and towards Rin's room, no, towards the West Wing.
"Kagome" he paused, "Hurry up, this has to do with you, so follow with a better pace, one I'm sure you have."
'Better pace?' Kagome followed the Taiyoukai, until he stopped in front of a room that she never went into. He faced her.
"This is the library, it may hold the answer to your change."
"But, Sesshoumaru um, sama, I already know why I changed."
"You do?" Confusion flashed in his eyes.
"Yes, my mother," a pause filled with pain, "My mother left me a letter. She told me, that even though she bore me, from her, um womb, that my spirit was of a demon's a little demon girl that could survive, I am her, in a sense, I am her after she had amnesia. That's how to describe it." She looked up to see the Taiyoukai's face.
"Well, that erases all my doubt, but you don't know who you are, or who the demon girl was, do you?"
"No, she said she didn't know…" her voice trailed off as Sesshoumaru offered her an arm and at the same opening the library door.
"Your answers may lie within." He said calmly as he strode to a nearby shelf, looking for something he knew lay there. 'Since when did the almighty Sesshoumaru want to help me?' Kagome thought. She turned her awareness to the Demon Lord. He was looking at a certain book; he nodded to himself and quickly drew that book. He opened it to a page and a flicker of triumph elucidated his features.
"Here, read this part, it is written in the Taikotoba
of the demons, and I suppose you should be able to read it."
"How?"
"Instinct."
"Um, Okay." She glanced at the book. The foreign symbols were starting to make sense. "Tamishinoeien, um, and Sesshoumaru?"
He nodded. "That is your name, Life of Eternity and my name, Destroyer of Life. We are one, meant for one another. And if my memory is correct, we are betrothed."
The last word that escaped her lips was "Betrothed?" and the last thought was 'to him? You got to be kidding me'. Then, she fainted. Sesshoumaru sighed with his betrothed in his hands (a/n Kagome um, found out about the hands… um, yes, I just didn't write about that, um, yes…). He looked about the library and noticed another painting in the back of the room. (A/n paintings, paintings, a wonder he didn't notice them before, that's why they are so special) He sighed, carrying Kagome out of the room bridal style. 'No time for curiosity any more'. He carried her to her room, laid her on the bed and didn't let his gaze drift from the beautiful Tamishinoeien (VERY long name, right?) or his mate, Kagome.
~Meanwhile in Rin's Room~
::cough cough:: Shippo followed the two adults up the stairs. He stopped at a door and heard little coughs coming from it. ::cough cough::. 'Rin, that must be her, aster all, she's sick'. Shippo looked around and saw that Kagome and Sesshoumaru had entered a nearby room. And evil grin played on Shippo's usually calm features.
Using a paw, he grabbed the door handle and standing on tippy-toes, he managed to turn it. With a grunt, he pushed the door so he could have a peek into the room.
There, lying on a white-sheeted bed with a feather quilt (a/n did they have these back then?) was a little girl, about the age of 10 (urf, I don't know, it sounds alright) with wild black raven hair and a little pink nose. Her cheeks were tinged with a crimson color as she blew into a dirty handkerchief. Her brown eyes held no light, showing an exhausted emotion and her mouth was emitting loud coughs.
Shippo pulled the door a little bit, large enough for his head to peek through. He got a better look at the rather cheerful room. There were about one hundred pictures stuck to the walls. Well, maybe not a hundred, but quite a sum, Shippo can tell you. They were mostly of Sesshoumaru, Rin, Jaken, flowers and any combination of these four. They were all hand drawn by the little girl, Rin, Shippo thought. 'By the looks of it, Rin must have followed Sesshoumaru for at least two years, or so it seems based on the quality of the pictures'.
"Who is that? ::cough cough:: Sesshoumaru-sama? That you ::cough cough::?"
'She must be such a jamakusai to Sesshoumaru if everyone that disturbs her, she thinks is him' "No, Rin-chan, watashi wa Shippo."
"Shippo's Rin's friend?"
"Ano, watashi mayoi…yes, I'm Rin's friends."
"Shippo's a girl like Rin and Kagome! I think boys are weird, like Jaken-sama…"
"No, Rin! I'm a boy"
"You don't have to trick me Shippo, what kind of boy would be called 'tail'? Shippo-chan also looks like a girl"
"Um, Rin, your name means companion, ne, what kind of girl would be called companion?" 'She's an ahondara, that's all she is. Maybe it's the cold that's affecting her brain'
"I don't know, but Rin is Sesshoumaru-sama's companion, and Rin knows whether a boy is a boy and a girl is a girl. Now Shippo-chan, admit it, you're a girl!"
"This is oushikuso! (A/N sorry, I like these Japanese words meanings are below) Rin, you've been breathing in the poison from Sesshoumaru's-"
"Sesshoumaru-sama's" She corrected automatically.
"Sesshoumaru's"
"Sesshoumaru-sama's"
"Sesshoumaru"
"Sesshoumaru"
"Sesshoumaru-sama's hands!" Shippo said with an air of victory.
"Good. Sesshoumaru-sama's hands"
"What! I didn't say that!"
"You did so, Shippo! You said that and you are a girl! Because Rin said so.
"Ahondara"
"Humph! Shippo, you're a stubborn, ano, toad youkai!"
Shippo glowered at the girl. 'How dare she?' He didn't like her one bit. She sounded like a selfish brat. The little girl started giggling. 'The nerve-'
"Rin tricked Shippo!"
"What?"
"Rin tricked Shippo! Shippo should have seen the look on his face!"
'His? So, she was just kidding, was she' Shippo scowled and left the room. Bested by a little girl! A smile flashed across the kitsune's face, for a moment. 'Such stupidity covered up by stubbornness' He might enjoy this little vacation yet, once Rin's out of bed, how would she like his kitsune tricks. Shippo left towards his little room. 'Time to start preparing!'
Youkai- Demon
Kitsune- Fox (demon)
Ne- huh
Yasha- she-demon, probably an insult to Inu-Yasha
Taiyoukai- Demon Lord
Tai- Supreme
Kotoba- language
Tamishi- life
No- of
Eien- eternity
Sessho- Destroyer Maru- Circle of Life, a simpler and most used meaning of Sesshoumaru is 'Destruction Man'
Jamakusai- Pain in the ass
Watashi wa- male version of I am, female version is atashi wa.
Shippo does mean tail and Rin means companion, though, if you say Shippou, you are actually talking about the seven treasures, gold, silver, pearls, agate, crystal, coral, lapis lazuli You can find all these um, 'definitions' in a website, I don't want to put it on here, but if you don't know it, email me and I'll email you back, it's not confidential, I just don't want the Document Manager to act up. 0_0
Watashi- I Mayoi- Doubt
Ahondara- Air head, fool
Oushikuso- Bullshit
ACK BLAH so many meanings this time, ne, well… not that many, I just enjoy romanji stuff, when I can understand it ^.^
-Spoken
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