Sakura sat just inside the doors that lead to the back garden. The large
French doors had heavy panes of glass in them, but didn't obscure her
vision of the garden. She could faintly hear her father, brother and
cousin in the study upstairs talking about their new guests. Her mother
and aunt where in the kitchen talking about the new herbs they had just
planted. She was glad that her aunt was able to put a protective barrier
around the small herbs or else they might have drowned in the down pour
that had continued throughout the morning. Her mind strayed back to the
fight with the youkai. They had had the five point star of the southern
lord's mark on their foreheads. They must have snuck across the boarder in
the confusion of the village raids that last week.
She pulled her knees up and rested her chin on them. She hated, HATED to be locked up like this. Her mother always said that she was the wilder child. That she could see. Her brother was so refined and she was just wild and unladylike. Closing her eyes she tried to hide the sadness she felt. She couldn't even find a strong mate. All the men presented to her in one form or another were all either weak or wanted to tie her down. She wanted to be free to garden, to run wild through the woods under the full moon. No male had ever presented that to her. All they ever wanted was to gain rank in her father's eyes.
Rin peeked out the door to check on her daughter. She knew that if it continued to rain like it did then Sakura would become more depressed. She was able to feel the sadness already starting to radiate from her child. Rin remembered how she had pressed Sesshoumaru to do something for their child. He had finally relented and had the servants clear a room to set up as her training room. Even though the floors were wood and there was every weapon Sakura had ever wanted available to her, Rin could tell that the true call of nature was stronger in her youngest child. She was also very proud to know that Sakura could lean, although not as strongly as Rin.
Rin suddenly caught movement out of the corner of her eye, spotting Zane walking down the stairs, rubbing sleep from his eyes. She noted that it was well pass mid day. She pressed slightly against him mind as if to say ohiyo. He glanced over at her watching as she disappeared back into the kitchen. His eyes then fell on Sakura where she sat. The hall was lit, but not bright. The dim light outside, with the occasional flashes of lightening, lit her slim figure. He had to admit that both of Sesshoumaru- sama's children could pass for youkai if they just had the crescent moon on their foreheads and golden eyes instead of the warm browns that shone from the orbs. Inutaisho just had one set of strips on his cheeks, and across his neck and wrist. Sakura, however, or from what he could tell, had just two on her left cheek, across the right side of her neck, and two on each wrist. Where as her brother's followed their father's purple, hers where the blue of night. Subconsciously he reached up to touch the interwoven red and black markings on his cheek.
Zane finally came to stand behind her, now taking her in her delicate scent and blue white hair. He knew both siblings had the chocolate brown eyes of their mother, another sign that they were not full youkai.
"How did you sleep?" She asked politely without even turning to look at him. It was evident that she wanted nothing than to be outside or at least back in her bed. She must not of had a good night, Zane thought looking thoughtful out the window.
"I slept as well as I could." He exhaled out of his nose adding, "I was up ever hour to check on my captain." Neither one talked. Neither one moved. Suddenly Sakura stood bowing deeply first at the window then turned and bowed to him.
"Please forgive me for not being a proper hostess. I forgot that you might like something to eat." She stayed bowed until he heard his soft voice tell her that she wasn't at fault.
"If you would my lady, point me toward the kitchen."
"Please, don't call me that." She bit out, but not in anger. He could tell that she didn't really like being referred to like that. "Please," she began again, softer this time, "just call me Sakura." Her eyes met his steadily and was rewarded with a grin.
"Very well, Sakura." She led the way to the kitchen with him right behind her. "Just call me Zane." He said, just able to see her nodded.
Inutaisho quickly exited his father's study as soon as their meeting was over. Kioshi would return to his father and tell him the resent news and bring Inuyasha back if he could. His father continued to make preparations for when Mizuko awoke. Both his parents were acting odd about the woman since she had arrived. It was like they knew something that they were not telling either him or his sister. He stopped to look out the window. Rain. He sighed, knowing that his sister would most likely grow depressed at not being able to go out. It wasn't so much the rain that stopped her, that he knew all to well, but the lightening. She had learned the hard way just how dangerous it could be when she was younger. She had almost died that day, and the scar left across her right arm and shoulder blade was a content reminder.
He continued to Mizuko's room to check on her, knowing full well that Zane had done so during the night. Quietly he pushed open the door only to find her still asleep. Sitting next to the bed he inhaled deeply, closing his eyes to her scent. He wish he could remember where he had smelt her scent before, but he was sure that he had never been to the southern lands, seeing as how his father had always seemed to be at war with the southern lord, who no one even uttered his name anymore. He unconsciously reached over and moved her bangs from her face. He let his fingers slide through her hair some before realizing what he was doing and pulling away.
He sure hoped that she woke soon. He had hoped that his skill was enough to save her there at the village, but the poison was already too deep into her system for his simple knowledge to be of any good. He then remembered the blank mask his sister wore when she had returned with their aunt. He had later heard from his father that they had been attacked by scouts from the southern lands. This could not be a good sign. It could only mean that the southern lord was getting braver. That prospect alone frighten him. Seeing as how the only person able to destroy him was this woman, who had half his blood in her. It was obvious that the other half was tiger, which was evident from the strips that lined her pallid skin. However, unlike him, she was full youkai even if her blood was of two different kinds. In a strange way she was like him. Not really one or the other.
After showing Zane to the kitchen Sakura took up her place in front of the window. Zane was stuck in the kitchen with both Rin and Kagome, who were watching him as he made himself something to eat. He then sat down next to the counter to eat his self made meal. He watched the two women from under half laden eyes. He had left his bow in the room he was staying in, but opted to carry his wakazashi. He noticed Rin keep glancing toward the door. She must be worried about her daughter, he thought watching as the other woman, who Sakura had identified as her aunt Kagome tried to distract the other woman.
"Look," He overheard Kagome mutter, "she has to grow out of this some time." She looked almost as mournful about the suggestion as Rin did. However, before she could say anything else, Jaken entered the kitchen heading straight for Rin a look of anger and discuss on his face.
"Rin, you ungrateful woman. You need to teach your daughter some manners! She'll be a lord's wife someday!" The squat toad youkai continued to lecture the lady of the house to the surprise of Zane she let him, only muttering a simple hai every now and again. He let himself look at the scene fully as Kagome pulled her foot back and kicked the little demon out of the kitchen. She grunted a vain popping on her forehead.
"I seriously hate that toad." She then turned to Rin. "You really shouldn't let him talk to you like that, especially about your own daughter."
"No, it's okay. At least he complains to me and not her." Rin gave a small sad smile, knowing what he said was true. "She can't help her current state. She has never liked to be locked up like this." She sighed. "That's why her room is like it is." She stopped short just noticing the staring Zane. She blushed and turned away. "Please forgive Jaken, he really doesn't have any manners."
"He should not talk to his lady like that." Zane said firmly. "And if his manners are so bad then he should not talk about your daughter's in that way."
Both women saw the fire behind his different coloured eyes. Rin stepped forward.
"Don't bother with him. He is always like that ever since if was small." She heaved a sigh. "My daughter cannot stand to be inside for too long. She is a free spirit."
"Do you have a training room?" He asked suddenly surprising both women. Rin nodded.
"Yes, we do. Sakura sometimes uses it when its like this, but lately she hasn't."
"Where is it Rin-sama?"
"West wing of the third floor." With that said he was out the door. Both Rin and Kagome peeked out the kitchen door to see what he would do. He marched up to Sakura standing in front of her blocking her view of the outside.
His sister had been like her and their father had forced her into a mating she didn't want and she ended up dying a few years later from depression. Come to find out her new mate never let her outside, in fact he keep her locked in a room most of the day. He was trying to break her wild spirit, but she would have rather died then submit to him. It was why he was banished like he was from his home. He had gone out and killed the bastard the moment he had heard of his sister's death. It was also why he was marked as banished along with the markings of royalty. However, he was the last of his line and the moment his father died, he would be able to return and claim the throne. Strange how one minute he could be banished and hated and the next the ruler of his island home.
"Come with me." He stated reaching out his hand to help her up from the chair. She looked up at him and seeing the want and pleading in his eyes slowly reached out her hand. He took her hand and pulled her from the chair, looking her up and down. Blushing slightly Sakura tried to pull her hand free from his, but he only tightened his hold. "I sure hope you don't practice in that?" He reached his other hand out and tugged on the edge of the kimono sleeve. He watched as her face lifted so that her eyes met his, hope shinning in them.
"Of course not. What do you think I am?" She said amusement and joy in her voice. Rin smiled seeing the change in her daughter.
"Then you go change and meet me in the training room. Then well see if this little girl can really defend herself." He joked seeing the answering challenge in her eyes. She ran for her room excited to be able to exercise her legs. She paused briefly, her hand on her door to push it open, wondering if this was the right thing for her to do, after all she was a lady. But he had wanted to practice with her. So could that mean that he doesn't mind that I am unladylike? Sakura's mind raced.
"Better hurry." Zane shot at her as he ran by for the third floor. That proved to her that he didn't care and that he wanted to cheer her up.
It wasn't much later that Sakura entered the training hall wearing hakama and her dark blue practice top. Zane couldn't help but check her out, this of course lead to some very dirty thoughts on his part. Shaking his head he gestured for her to pick a weapon seeing as how he had already picked his. Sakura walked over to the weapons rack and chose two of the cheery wood bokkens. Grinning he could only take noticed that they were cheep imitations of her real katanas. He, however, had picked just one of the shorter bokkens.
She lunged forward without warning attacking him with first one bokken then the other. He just blocked her each time then used his fist to punch her in the shoulder hard enough to knock her back. Surprise flooded her face, but it quickly turned to a grin as she used the spinning motion caused by his hit to strike him in the side with her sword.
Neither noticed that they were attracting a crowd. Kioshi, who had finally gotten up after spending all that night with one of the maids, had been walking by the room when he noticed his cousin fighting that man Zane. At first he thought that he was attacking her and was about to jump in to help when he noticed that they were using wooden swords. So instead he opted to stand there and watch them. Soon his mother and aunt joined them. He knew very well that his other cousin was still with that woman. Somehow he thought that maybe Inutaisho would remember what had happen when he was only three, but knowing his cousin it will take a while.
"I never knew how good your daughter was, Rin-chan, until she fought off those three youkai by herself." Kagome commented as Sakura blocked another hit and struck out at her opponent but he easily jumped out of the way.
"But why did they attack you?" Rin asked, she still had been told all of what had happen on the return to the mansion.
"I'm not sure, at first I thought it was because of my miko powers but then Sakura seemed to know them."
"Almost like she knew them or something." Kioshi commented absently. Both women turned to look at him for a moment before movement brought their eyes back to the fight at hand. As it turned out Sakura had knocked the short wood sword from Zane's hands and had him laying on his back on the ground. Suddenly Sakura pitched forward falling onto Zane. Everyone looked on with wide eyes.
Zane stilled as her soft body landed upon his. She lay heavily across him, but he couldn't help but notice that with every breath she took, her breast would press into him. He could hear her light groan. Her head rested on his shoulder.
"Sakura?" He whispered worriedly to her. She didn't move or answer.
"What the hell is going on here?" Sesshoumaru's deep voice boomed from the opposite side of the hall. He had just stepped into the hall, trying to find Kagome or Zane to tell them that Mizuko was awake and instead he walked in to find his daughter laying on top of Zane.
It was almost like his voice knocked Sakura from whatever trance held her and she jerked up. The first thing he noticed was that she now looked just like her mother. She no longer had long any of her demon markings, no claws, no fangs, and her body looked like it was about to give out. Sesshoumaru looked over his daughter. She was now human. It was her change night. How could I have forgotten all about that? He asked himself angrily. He saw his mate walking out from the other doorway toward their daughter. Always on her change night she did unpredictable things. Not like that's much different from how she acted when she was hanyou, but they usually were worse. The last time she had changed she had went out and tried to kill some wild demon. Of course she was no match for him and had almost been killed.
Sakura stood. Everyone froze unsure of what she would do. Turning she bolted for the closest exit, which happened to be the window. Crashing through it she gave an inhuman cry and disappeared into the pouring rain, straight for the forest. Surprised Zane stood and looked after her. What had just happened? Sesshoumaru fully entered the room then.
"What day is it?" Rin asked breaking the silence. Zane just gave her a funny look. He had no idea why she was so worried about what day it was when her offspring was outside in the rain. But what he couldn't figure out was why Sakura had suddenly looked like Rin.
"Night of the new moon." Kagome said looking over at her. Sakura turned human the same night as Inuyasha and it was Inuyasha that had helped her deal with it when she was younger. In fact most new moons, Yukana would escort Sakura to Inuyasha and Kgome's so that she could spend the night with him. Things had been so busy lately that everyone, including Sakura it seemed, had forgotten what day it was. Apparently she the combination of being stuck inside, fighting and showing Zane had snapped something inside her.
"She's bleeding." Kioshi said making his way for the window to follow his cousin.
"Don't. I will go retrieve her." Sesshoumaru said stopping his nephew's progress. This was after all his only daughter, and although no one outside the family knew, he valued both his children so much. He was more fearful for his daughter when she changed because she had a tendency to get into more trouble when she was fully human, that was unless she spent it with his half brother. He passed Kioshi and leapt out the window. Rin sighed worriedly and she and Kagome made their way to check up Mizuko. Kioshi and a worried Zane followed.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Wow! That was long. My longest chapter I think. However, now that I have put off homework so much I think I should now do it..oh yah please R+R!
She pulled her knees up and rested her chin on them. She hated, HATED to be locked up like this. Her mother always said that she was the wilder child. That she could see. Her brother was so refined and she was just wild and unladylike. Closing her eyes she tried to hide the sadness she felt. She couldn't even find a strong mate. All the men presented to her in one form or another were all either weak or wanted to tie her down. She wanted to be free to garden, to run wild through the woods under the full moon. No male had ever presented that to her. All they ever wanted was to gain rank in her father's eyes.
Rin peeked out the door to check on her daughter. She knew that if it continued to rain like it did then Sakura would become more depressed. She was able to feel the sadness already starting to radiate from her child. Rin remembered how she had pressed Sesshoumaru to do something for their child. He had finally relented and had the servants clear a room to set up as her training room. Even though the floors were wood and there was every weapon Sakura had ever wanted available to her, Rin could tell that the true call of nature was stronger in her youngest child. She was also very proud to know that Sakura could lean, although not as strongly as Rin.
Rin suddenly caught movement out of the corner of her eye, spotting Zane walking down the stairs, rubbing sleep from his eyes. She noted that it was well pass mid day. She pressed slightly against him mind as if to say ohiyo. He glanced over at her watching as she disappeared back into the kitchen. His eyes then fell on Sakura where she sat. The hall was lit, but not bright. The dim light outside, with the occasional flashes of lightening, lit her slim figure. He had to admit that both of Sesshoumaru- sama's children could pass for youkai if they just had the crescent moon on their foreheads and golden eyes instead of the warm browns that shone from the orbs. Inutaisho just had one set of strips on his cheeks, and across his neck and wrist. Sakura, however, or from what he could tell, had just two on her left cheek, across the right side of her neck, and two on each wrist. Where as her brother's followed their father's purple, hers where the blue of night. Subconsciously he reached up to touch the interwoven red and black markings on his cheek.
Zane finally came to stand behind her, now taking her in her delicate scent and blue white hair. He knew both siblings had the chocolate brown eyes of their mother, another sign that they were not full youkai.
"How did you sleep?" She asked politely without even turning to look at him. It was evident that she wanted nothing than to be outside or at least back in her bed. She must not of had a good night, Zane thought looking thoughtful out the window.
"I slept as well as I could." He exhaled out of his nose adding, "I was up ever hour to check on my captain." Neither one talked. Neither one moved. Suddenly Sakura stood bowing deeply first at the window then turned and bowed to him.
"Please forgive me for not being a proper hostess. I forgot that you might like something to eat." She stayed bowed until he heard his soft voice tell her that she wasn't at fault.
"If you would my lady, point me toward the kitchen."
"Please, don't call me that." She bit out, but not in anger. He could tell that she didn't really like being referred to like that. "Please," she began again, softer this time, "just call me Sakura." Her eyes met his steadily and was rewarded with a grin.
"Very well, Sakura." She led the way to the kitchen with him right behind her. "Just call me Zane." He said, just able to see her nodded.
Inutaisho quickly exited his father's study as soon as their meeting was over. Kioshi would return to his father and tell him the resent news and bring Inuyasha back if he could. His father continued to make preparations for when Mizuko awoke. Both his parents were acting odd about the woman since she had arrived. It was like they knew something that they were not telling either him or his sister. He stopped to look out the window. Rain. He sighed, knowing that his sister would most likely grow depressed at not being able to go out. It wasn't so much the rain that stopped her, that he knew all to well, but the lightening. She had learned the hard way just how dangerous it could be when she was younger. She had almost died that day, and the scar left across her right arm and shoulder blade was a content reminder.
He continued to Mizuko's room to check on her, knowing full well that Zane had done so during the night. Quietly he pushed open the door only to find her still asleep. Sitting next to the bed he inhaled deeply, closing his eyes to her scent. He wish he could remember where he had smelt her scent before, but he was sure that he had never been to the southern lands, seeing as how his father had always seemed to be at war with the southern lord, who no one even uttered his name anymore. He unconsciously reached over and moved her bangs from her face. He let his fingers slide through her hair some before realizing what he was doing and pulling away.
He sure hoped that she woke soon. He had hoped that his skill was enough to save her there at the village, but the poison was already too deep into her system for his simple knowledge to be of any good. He then remembered the blank mask his sister wore when she had returned with their aunt. He had later heard from his father that they had been attacked by scouts from the southern lands. This could not be a good sign. It could only mean that the southern lord was getting braver. That prospect alone frighten him. Seeing as how the only person able to destroy him was this woman, who had half his blood in her. It was obvious that the other half was tiger, which was evident from the strips that lined her pallid skin. However, unlike him, she was full youkai even if her blood was of two different kinds. In a strange way she was like him. Not really one or the other.
After showing Zane to the kitchen Sakura took up her place in front of the window. Zane was stuck in the kitchen with both Rin and Kagome, who were watching him as he made himself something to eat. He then sat down next to the counter to eat his self made meal. He watched the two women from under half laden eyes. He had left his bow in the room he was staying in, but opted to carry his wakazashi. He noticed Rin keep glancing toward the door. She must be worried about her daughter, he thought watching as the other woman, who Sakura had identified as her aunt Kagome tried to distract the other woman.
"Look," He overheard Kagome mutter, "she has to grow out of this some time." She looked almost as mournful about the suggestion as Rin did. However, before she could say anything else, Jaken entered the kitchen heading straight for Rin a look of anger and discuss on his face.
"Rin, you ungrateful woman. You need to teach your daughter some manners! She'll be a lord's wife someday!" The squat toad youkai continued to lecture the lady of the house to the surprise of Zane she let him, only muttering a simple hai every now and again. He let himself look at the scene fully as Kagome pulled her foot back and kicked the little demon out of the kitchen. She grunted a vain popping on her forehead.
"I seriously hate that toad." She then turned to Rin. "You really shouldn't let him talk to you like that, especially about your own daughter."
"No, it's okay. At least he complains to me and not her." Rin gave a small sad smile, knowing what he said was true. "She can't help her current state. She has never liked to be locked up like this." She sighed. "That's why her room is like it is." She stopped short just noticing the staring Zane. She blushed and turned away. "Please forgive Jaken, he really doesn't have any manners."
"He should not talk to his lady like that." Zane said firmly. "And if his manners are so bad then he should not talk about your daughter's in that way."
Both women saw the fire behind his different coloured eyes. Rin stepped forward.
"Don't bother with him. He is always like that ever since if was small." She heaved a sigh. "My daughter cannot stand to be inside for too long. She is a free spirit."
"Do you have a training room?" He asked suddenly surprising both women. Rin nodded.
"Yes, we do. Sakura sometimes uses it when its like this, but lately she hasn't."
"Where is it Rin-sama?"
"West wing of the third floor." With that said he was out the door. Both Rin and Kagome peeked out the kitchen door to see what he would do. He marched up to Sakura standing in front of her blocking her view of the outside.
His sister had been like her and their father had forced her into a mating she didn't want and she ended up dying a few years later from depression. Come to find out her new mate never let her outside, in fact he keep her locked in a room most of the day. He was trying to break her wild spirit, but she would have rather died then submit to him. It was why he was banished like he was from his home. He had gone out and killed the bastard the moment he had heard of his sister's death. It was also why he was marked as banished along with the markings of royalty. However, he was the last of his line and the moment his father died, he would be able to return and claim the throne. Strange how one minute he could be banished and hated and the next the ruler of his island home.
"Come with me." He stated reaching out his hand to help her up from the chair. She looked up at him and seeing the want and pleading in his eyes slowly reached out her hand. He took her hand and pulled her from the chair, looking her up and down. Blushing slightly Sakura tried to pull her hand free from his, but he only tightened his hold. "I sure hope you don't practice in that?" He reached his other hand out and tugged on the edge of the kimono sleeve. He watched as her face lifted so that her eyes met his, hope shinning in them.
"Of course not. What do you think I am?" She said amusement and joy in her voice. Rin smiled seeing the change in her daughter.
"Then you go change and meet me in the training room. Then well see if this little girl can really defend herself." He joked seeing the answering challenge in her eyes. She ran for her room excited to be able to exercise her legs. She paused briefly, her hand on her door to push it open, wondering if this was the right thing for her to do, after all she was a lady. But he had wanted to practice with her. So could that mean that he doesn't mind that I am unladylike? Sakura's mind raced.
"Better hurry." Zane shot at her as he ran by for the third floor. That proved to her that he didn't care and that he wanted to cheer her up.
It wasn't much later that Sakura entered the training hall wearing hakama and her dark blue practice top. Zane couldn't help but check her out, this of course lead to some very dirty thoughts on his part. Shaking his head he gestured for her to pick a weapon seeing as how he had already picked his. Sakura walked over to the weapons rack and chose two of the cheery wood bokkens. Grinning he could only take noticed that they were cheep imitations of her real katanas. He, however, had picked just one of the shorter bokkens.
She lunged forward without warning attacking him with first one bokken then the other. He just blocked her each time then used his fist to punch her in the shoulder hard enough to knock her back. Surprise flooded her face, but it quickly turned to a grin as she used the spinning motion caused by his hit to strike him in the side with her sword.
Neither noticed that they were attracting a crowd. Kioshi, who had finally gotten up after spending all that night with one of the maids, had been walking by the room when he noticed his cousin fighting that man Zane. At first he thought that he was attacking her and was about to jump in to help when he noticed that they were using wooden swords. So instead he opted to stand there and watch them. Soon his mother and aunt joined them. He knew very well that his other cousin was still with that woman. Somehow he thought that maybe Inutaisho would remember what had happen when he was only three, but knowing his cousin it will take a while.
"I never knew how good your daughter was, Rin-chan, until she fought off those three youkai by herself." Kagome commented as Sakura blocked another hit and struck out at her opponent but he easily jumped out of the way.
"But why did they attack you?" Rin asked, she still had been told all of what had happen on the return to the mansion.
"I'm not sure, at first I thought it was because of my miko powers but then Sakura seemed to know them."
"Almost like she knew them or something." Kioshi commented absently. Both women turned to look at him for a moment before movement brought their eyes back to the fight at hand. As it turned out Sakura had knocked the short wood sword from Zane's hands and had him laying on his back on the ground. Suddenly Sakura pitched forward falling onto Zane. Everyone looked on with wide eyes.
Zane stilled as her soft body landed upon his. She lay heavily across him, but he couldn't help but notice that with every breath she took, her breast would press into him. He could hear her light groan. Her head rested on his shoulder.
"Sakura?" He whispered worriedly to her. She didn't move or answer.
"What the hell is going on here?" Sesshoumaru's deep voice boomed from the opposite side of the hall. He had just stepped into the hall, trying to find Kagome or Zane to tell them that Mizuko was awake and instead he walked in to find his daughter laying on top of Zane.
It was almost like his voice knocked Sakura from whatever trance held her and she jerked up. The first thing he noticed was that she now looked just like her mother. She no longer had long any of her demon markings, no claws, no fangs, and her body looked like it was about to give out. Sesshoumaru looked over his daughter. She was now human. It was her change night. How could I have forgotten all about that? He asked himself angrily. He saw his mate walking out from the other doorway toward their daughter. Always on her change night she did unpredictable things. Not like that's much different from how she acted when she was hanyou, but they usually were worse. The last time she had changed she had went out and tried to kill some wild demon. Of course she was no match for him and had almost been killed.
Sakura stood. Everyone froze unsure of what she would do. Turning she bolted for the closest exit, which happened to be the window. Crashing through it she gave an inhuman cry and disappeared into the pouring rain, straight for the forest. Surprised Zane stood and looked after her. What had just happened? Sesshoumaru fully entered the room then.
"What day is it?" Rin asked breaking the silence. Zane just gave her a funny look. He had no idea why she was so worried about what day it was when her offspring was outside in the rain. But what he couldn't figure out was why Sakura had suddenly looked like Rin.
"Night of the new moon." Kagome said looking over at her. Sakura turned human the same night as Inuyasha and it was Inuyasha that had helped her deal with it when she was younger. In fact most new moons, Yukana would escort Sakura to Inuyasha and Kgome's so that she could spend the night with him. Things had been so busy lately that everyone, including Sakura it seemed, had forgotten what day it was. Apparently she the combination of being stuck inside, fighting and showing Zane had snapped something inside her.
"She's bleeding." Kioshi said making his way for the window to follow his cousin.
"Don't. I will go retrieve her." Sesshoumaru said stopping his nephew's progress. This was after all his only daughter, and although no one outside the family knew, he valued both his children so much. He was more fearful for his daughter when she changed because she had a tendency to get into more trouble when she was fully human, that was unless she spent it with his half brother. He passed Kioshi and leapt out the window. Rin sighed worriedly and she and Kagome made their way to check up Mizuko. Kioshi and a worried Zane followed.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~ Wow! That was long. My longest chapter I think. However, now that I have put off homework so much I think I should now do it..oh yah please R+R!