Finding My Father
Chapter Nine: Arrival
It was official. I was very bored. No-one was even talking anymore, they were all talked out. So now it was boring. Even when someone would trip and bump into another person, they would say nothing and go about their way. Trees are pretty and all, but after two full days of walking a kid can bet very sick of them.
"Are we there yet?" I asked, trying to vent my boredom. I waited... and waited... and waited for a response... I got none. Now I was annoyed, so I raised my voice, "ARE.. WE ... THERE ... YET?!" Everyone ignored me again except for Uncle Inuyasha who gave me a scary, angry, and surprisingly intimidating stare. I gulped and was quiet.
Just as I was on wits end from all of the quiet, I noticed something large in the distance. I squinted my eyes. A house? No, it was much bigger than a house; it was a castle.
I was amazed not only by the castle's size, but by its beauty as well. There was a high wall surrounding the castle, but it proved to be no problem for us because Inuyasha had us all climb on his back as he jumped over it.
Inside the castle there was a beautiful courtyard with a bond and a stone bridge for crossing over it. There were cherry trees, but it was late fall so they were in a dormant state.
Inuyasha led us to a door, it was closed. Inuyasha knocked abruptly and tapped his foot with impatience.
Within moment a horribly shriveled green thing opened the dor, he picked up his ugly staff with two heads on it, he was about to shout whatever rude sentiment he had at us when he was kicked out of the way by a young woman.
She was tall and thin, she wore a fine kimono. She was not dressed unlike the wife of a feudal lord. She smiled pleasantly at us. She spoke at a low volume, but quickly and clearly. She had a gentleness in her voice that could only be rivaled by that of my own mothers'.
"Who are you? Do you have business with Master Sesshomaru?"
Mom scanned her carefully as she got more excited. "Rin? Is that you?"
The young woman looked surprised, "...Kagome?"
Mom nodded.
"Kagome!" She shouted with glee. They hugged each other excitedly.
"Oh Rin! You've grown up so much! I'm sorry I missed that!" said my mom.
"Oh, it's okay! I forgive you, Kagome! Why did you ever leave us?"
"Oh, I'll tell you that later. It's not very important right now... before I forget, let me introduce you to my son, Miroku."
"Um, hi." I said.
"Wait! Don't tell me he's the reason you left, and it's that whelp half-breed's son as well!" Said Rin in an accusatory tone.
Man alive! People sure do talk about me like I'm not here a lot.
"No," Said Kagome, "He's the son of Sesshomaru."
Rin's expression brightened again. "Oh! Well he does look like Sesshomaru." She bent down and pinched my cheek. She shook it as she spoke in an irritatingly babyish voice. "You are a cute lil' demon! Yes you are!"
'I am NOT cute!' I thought with anger and dismay.
"Rin?" A voice came from within the castle. "With whom are you speaking?"
"Oh Sesshomaru! There's an old friend here to see you."
Chapter Nine: Arrival
It was official. I was very bored. No-one was even talking anymore, they were all talked out. So now it was boring. Even when someone would trip and bump into another person, they would say nothing and go about their way. Trees are pretty and all, but after two full days of walking a kid can bet very sick of them.
"Are we there yet?" I asked, trying to vent my boredom. I waited... and waited... and waited for a response... I got none. Now I was annoyed, so I raised my voice, "ARE.. WE ... THERE ... YET?!" Everyone ignored me again except for Uncle Inuyasha who gave me a scary, angry, and surprisingly intimidating stare. I gulped and was quiet.
Just as I was on wits end from all of the quiet, I noticed something large in the distance. I squinted my eyes. A house? No, it was much bigger than a house; it was a castle.
I was amazed not only by the castle's size, but by its beauty as well. There was a high wall surrounding the castle, but it proved to be no problem for us because Inuyasha had us all climb on his back as he jumped over it.
Inside the castle there was a beautiful courtyard with a bond and a stone bridge for crossing over it. There were cherry trees, but it was late fall so they were in a dormant state.
Inuyasha led us to a door, it was closed. Inuyasha knocked abruptly and tapped his foot with impatience.
Within moment a horribly shriveled green thing opened the dor, he picked up his ugly staff with two heads on it, he was about to shout whatever rude sentiment he had at us when he was kicked out of the way by a young woman.
She was tall and thin, she wore a fine kimono. She was not dressed unlike the wife of a feudal lord. She smiled pleasantly at us. She spoke at a low volume, but quickly and clearly. She had a gentleness in her voice that could only be rivaled by that of my own mothers'.
"Who are you? Do you have business with Master Sesshomaru?"
Mom scanned her carefully as she got more excited. "Rin? Is that you?"
The young woman looked surprised, "...Kagome?"
Mom nodded.
"Kagome!" She shouted with glee. They hugged each other excitedly.
"Oh Rin! You've grown up so much! I'm sorry I missed that!" said my mom.
"Oh, it's okay! I forgive you, Kagome! Why did you ever leave us?"
"Oh, I'll tell you that later. It's not very important right now... before I forget, let me introduce you to my son, Miroku."
"Um, hi." I said.
"Wait! Don't tell me he's the reason you left, and it's that whelp half-breed's son as well!" Said Rin in an accusatory tone.
Man alive! People sure do talk about me like I'm not here a lot.
"No," Said Kagome, "He's the son of Sesshomaru."
Rin's expression brightened again. "Oh! Well he does look like Sesshomaru." She bent down and pinched my cheek. She shook it as she spoke in an irritatingly babyish voice. "You are a cute lil' demon! Yes you are!"
'I am NOT cute!' I thought with anger and dismay.
"Rin?" A voice came from within the castle. "With whom are you speaking?"
"Oh Sesshomaru! There's an old friend here to see you."