Finding My Father
Chapter Eleven: A Mate's Departure
Sango stepped lightly out into the courtyard. She closed the door slowly and wiped her eyes with her free hand while sniffling. She looked around the courtyard and eyed us under one of the many, barren, Sakura trees. She walked up to us, her eyes were blood-shot from crying and her body was shaking uncontrollably.
"Mommy! What's wrong?"
She place a hand on my shoulder and kneeled down to my eye-level. "Mommy's gotta go away for a long time but it doesn't mean she loves you any less."
"I understand." I said as I chanted in my head, 'I'm not gonna cry! not gonna cry! not gonna cry! not gonna cry! not gonna cry...'
There was a moment of tense silence.
She threw her arms around me and squeezed me as tightly as she could as she wept over me.
My soul ached. I felt my heart being crushed in my father's poison-laced claws.
She let go. She departed and Miroku followed after her. 'Don't cry! Don't cry! Don't cry!' pulsed in my head.
They were gone now, probably forever.
"Are you gonna be OK?" asked Inuyasha with uncharacteristic concern. I had completely forgotten that he was even there.
I nodded my head. I was unable to speak without bursting into tears.
"Okay, because when your dad comes out to meet you I'll have to leave." I felt a sob rising from deep within me. I swallowed, trying to supress it. I took a moment to steady myself.
"Why?"
"I hate your father." He stated cooly, adding extra emphasis to the word "hate".
Another young lady came out into the courtyard to meet us. It was not my mommy, it was Rin.
"Sir, things will run much more smoothly if you leave. Now, without a fuss, please."
Inuyasha gave her a sour look and took off without another word.
Chapter Eleven: A Mate's Departure
Sango stepped lightly out into the courtyard. She closed the door slowly and wiped her eyes with her free hand while sniffling. She looked around the courtyard and eyed us under one of the many, barren, Sakura trees. She walked up to us, her eyes were blood-shot from crying and her body was shaking uncontrollably.
"Mommy! What's wrong?"
She place a hand on my shoulder and kneeled down to my eye-level. "Mommy's gotta go away for a long time but it doesn't mean she loves you any less."
"I understand." I said as I chanted in my head, 'I'm not gonna cry! not gonna cry! not gonna cry! not gonna cry! not gonna cry...'
There was a moment of tense silence.
She threw her arms around me and squeezed me as tightly as she could as she wept over me.
My soul ached. I felt my heart being crushed in my father's poison-laced claws.
She let go. She departed and Miroku followed after her. 'Don't cry! Don't cry! Don't cry!' pulsed in my head.
They were gone now, probably forever.
"Are you gonna be OK?" asked Inuyasha with uncharacteristic concern. I had completely forgotten that he was even there.
I nodded my head. I was unable to speak without bursting into tears.
"Okay, because when your dad comes out to meet you I'll have to leave." I felt a sob rising from deep within me. I swallowed, trying to supress it. I took a moment to steady myself.
"Why?"
"I hate your father." He stated cooly, adding extra emphasis to the word "hate".
Another young lady came out into the courtyard to meet us. It was not my mommy, it was Rin.
"Sir, things will run much more smoothly if you leave. Now, without a fuss, please."
Inuyasha gave her a sour look and took off without another word.