Author's notes: Please, please...if you know what Bushichirou means...don't
spoil it for everybody else and tell.
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They sat around a campfire. Sesshomaru had walked off someplace to think.
"What was Sesshomaru's mate like?" Kagome asked.
"Ahh," said Myoga. "She was a beauty beyond compare, a true---"
Myoga was interrupted by a snort from Chiko. "Who cares?"
"I do," InuYasha and Kagome said together.
"He starts every story the same way. He probably said the same telling about InuYasha's mother. And he'll start out telling about Kagome by say, 'Ahh, she was a beauty beyond compare."
"Shut up, I want to hear the story," Shippo said.
Myoga cleared his throat, and started again. "She was a beauty beyond compare. A true princess. She was kind and caring."
"Wow. Sesshomaru isn't like that at all..."Kagome trailed off.
"She lived in the east. They met when Lord Sesshomaru was travelling through her father's lands. They both had taken on the forms of humans, she hiding from her mother, him stopping for some food and a bath. They fell in love, but as it turns out, they weren't allowed to marry."
"Why not?" asked Kagome.
"Sesshomaru-sama was by then around fifty years old. It had been arranged by his mother that he would already marry a certain young lady when he reached a certain age," Myoga said, sighing.
"But I thought youkai married many times," Sango said.
"That's true. But the problem was that the arranged marriage was to her mother," Myoga sighed again.
"Her -mother-," InuYasha said incredulously.
"Well, what happened?" Kagome was extremely interested by then.
"They ran off together and got married anyway," Myoga told them, shrugging.
"That's sooo romantic," Kagome sighed, swooning.
InuYasha gave a snort. "So what happened to her? Why'd she die?"
"I'm getting there. They were married but a year when she bore his child. And..."
"I'm an -uncle-?" InuYasha asked, stunned.
"She died giving birth. The child is all he has left to remind him of her. And still, it hurts for him to see his son, so he avoids seeing him," Chiko said, blowing on a hot potato he had been cooking on a stick over the flames. "It's pathetic."
"What's his name?" InuYasha asked. He was much more interested in Sesshomaru's son than wife.
"Bushichirou." Chisato, Chiko, and Myoga answered in unison.
"Bushichirou? I've never heard that manner of a name," said Sango.
"It was going to be Sakusaburou, but even Sesshomaru had trouble swallowing that," Chiko said, shrugging. "Anyway, I suppose I understand why he doesn't like the idea of marrying more than one person at a time, but I think he's being a little over sensitive. He refuses to marry period, and Bushichirou needs a mother."
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They traveled for some time the next day. Around noon Chisato and Chiko headed off in a different direction. It was decided that Rin should be taken to Sesshomaru's castle. They would stay there for a while before sending Kagome back to her own home for school.
Kagome didn't even realize it when they entered Sesshomaru's domain. It just seemed like endless land. There was a village dotted here and there, but other than that there was not sign.
"Well, where exactly is this castle?" InuYasha asked, rather rudely.
"About a league from here," Sesshomaru answered, looking at his surroundings.
"A whole league?" Sango said, incredulously.
"Yes."
There was not mistaking the place for anything else. A little ways away there was a small village, which seemed to be there for servants to live in. It was made up of various buildings, all with nice tile roofs and canvas sliding doors. There were corridors going all around the outside every building and connected them, but they were open with gates and roofs covering them, to keep the person walking along them dry. The railings of each of the fences on the corridors had dragons and demons twisting along and up them. Each door had gorgeous paintings all over them, and there were gardens and courtyards unlike anything Kagome had ever seen. She thought that if it just looked like this on the outside, she almost hated to see the splendor of the inside and what Sesshomaru lived with.
From a building came yelling. A man (or was he a demon) stood just in the door screaming to something unknown.
"YOU INSUFFERABLE CHILD!" He yelled. "I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY! I FART ON YOUR MOTHER'S GRAVE EVERY NIGHT! I SPIT IN YOUR GENERAL DIRECTION! I---" He was cut off abruptly at the site of Sesshomaru.
"What were you saying, Master Koji?" Sesshomaru asked.
Just then, a door behind them slammed. They spun around, but all they could see was a retreating shadow in one of the doors.
"I am sorry my lord, but I cannot help venting my frustrations in such a way..." Master Koji said.
"Oh really?" Sesshomaru said, raising an eyebrow.
"Lord Sesshomaru you must understand. Bushichirou does not show any talent with a sword, he can't ride a horse, and he has yet to show any demonic powers beyond the fact that he has claws and a sensitive nose," Master Koji said, sounding apologetic.
Sesshomaru closed his eyes and put a hand on his face, "I was afraid you were going to tell me that."
He turned around and walked in the direction of one of the buildings. A lady that looked like she was getting slightly on in the years come out of the door he was heading at.
"Sesshomaru," she said, smiling slightly, "I'm glad you returned. Tell me, what was Koji yelling at now?"
"He's frustrated at Bushichirou's lack of skill with a sword," Sesshomaru sighed. "Madam Yu, will you get some rooms ready for our guests."
"Yes." She went back into the room she had just entered from, and returned momentarily. "Will you please follow Kira here."
What looked like a child (or an extremely short person) came out and led Kagome, Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and InuYasha away.
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Author's notes: I'm sorry it took so long to post this. I was very particular about this chapter, and I will probably be more so about the next one.
I was mad for a while that InuYasha was cancelled, but now I'm happy again because it's back on March 10th. I was also having fun watch InuYasha, Weiss Kruez, and Vampire Princess Miyu in Japanese...their voices are soooo different, but not disappointingly different. The guys in Weiss have better voices. On the other hand, InuYasha sounds hilarious.
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They sat around a campfire. Sesshomaru had walked off someplace to think.
"What was Sesshomaru's mate like?" Kagome asked.
"Ahh," said Myoga. "She was a beauty beyond compare, a true---"
Myoga was interrupted by a snort from Chiko. "Who cares?"
"I do," InuYasha and Kagome said together.
"He starts every story the same way. He probably said the same telling about InuYasha's mother. And he'll start out telling about Kagome by say, 'Ahh, she was a beauty beyond compare."
"Shut up, I want to hear the story," Shippo said.
Myoga cleared his throat, and started again. "She was a beauty beyond compare. A true princess. She was kind and caring."
"Wow. Sesshomaru isn't like that at all..."Kagome trailed off.
"She lived in the east. They met when Lord Sesshomaru was travelling through her father's lands. They both had taken on the forms of humans, she hiding from her mother, him stopping for some food and a bath. They fell in love, but as it turns out, they weren't allowed to marry."
"Why not?" asked Kagome.
"Sesshomaru-sama was by then around fifty years old. It had been arranged by his mother that he would already marry a certain young lady when he reached a certain age," Myoga said, sighing.
"But I thought youkai married many times," Sango said.
"That's true. But the problem was that the arranged marriage was to her mother," Myoga sighed again.
"Her -mother-," InuYasha said incredulously.
"Well, what happened?" Kagome was extremely interested by then.
"They ran off together and got married anyway," Myoga told them, shrugging.
"That's sooo romantic," Kagome sighed, swooning.
InuYasha gave a snort. "So what happened to her? Why'd she die?"
"I'm getting there. They were married but a year when she bore his child. And..."
"I'm an -uncle-?" InuYasha asked, stunned.
"She died giving birth. The child is all he has left to remind him of her. And still, it hurts for him to see his son, so he avoids seeing him," Chiko said, blowing on a hot potato he had been cooking on a stick over the flames. "It's pathetic."
"What's his name?" InuYasha asked. He was much more interested in Sesshomaru's son than wife.
"Bushichirou." Chisato, Chiko, and Myoga answered in unison.
"Bushichirou? I've never heard that manner of a name," said Sango.
"It was going to be Sakusaburou, but even Sesshomaru had trouble swallowing that," Chiko said, shrugging. "Anyway, I suppose I understand why he doesn't like the idea of marrying more than one person at a time, but I think he's being a little over sensitive. He refuses to marry period, and Bushichirou needs a mother."
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They traveled for some time the next day. Around noon Chisato and Chiko headed off in a different direction. It was decided that Rin should be taken to Sesshomaru's castle. They would stay there for a while before sending Kagome back to her own home for school.
Kagome didn't even realize it when they entered Sesshomaru's domain. It just seemed like endless land. There was a village dotted here and there, but other than that there was not sign.
"Well, where exactly is this castle?" InuYasha asked, rather rudely.
"About a league from here," Sesshomaru answered, looking at his surroundings.
"A whole league?" Sango said, incredulously.
"Yes."
There was not mistaking the place for anything else. A little ways away there was a small village, which seemed to be there for servants to live in. It was made up of various buildings, all with nice tile roofs and canvas sliding doors. There were corridors going all around the outside every building and connected them, but they were open with gates and roofs covering them, to keep the person walking along them dry. The railings of each of the fences on the corridors had dragons and demons twisting along and up them. Each door had gorgeous paintings all over them, and there were gardens and courtyards unlike anything Kagome had ever seen. She thought that if it just looked like this on the outside, she almost hated to see the splendor of the inside and what Sesshomaru lived with.
From a building came yelling. A man (or was he a demon) stood just in the door screaming to something unknown.
"YOU INSUFFERABLE CHILD!" He yelled. "I DON'T CARE WHAT YOU SAY! I FART ON YOUR MOTHER'S GRAVE EVERY NIGHT! I SPIT IN YOUR GENERAL DIRECTION! I---" He was cut off abruptly at the site of Sesshomaru.
"What were you saying, Master Koji?" Sesshomaru asked.
Just then, a door behind them slammed. They spun around, but all they could see was a retreating shadow in one of the doors.
"I am sorry my lord, but I cannot help venting my frustrations in such a way..." Master Koji said.
"Oh really?" Sesshomaru said, raising an eyebrow.
"Lord Sesshomaru you must understand. Bushichirou does not show any talent with a sword, he can't ride a horse, and he has yet to show any demonic powers beyond the fact that he has claws and a sensitive nose," Master Koji said, sounding apologetic.
Sesshomaru closed his eyes and put a hand on his face, "I was afraid you were going to tell me that."
He turned around and walked in the direction of one of the buildings. A lady that looked like she was getting slightly on in the years come out of the door he was heading at.
"Sesshomaru," she said, smiling slightly, "I'm glad you returned. Tell me, what was Koji yelling at now?"
"He's frustrated at Bushichirou's lack of skill with a sword," Sesshomaru sighed. "Madam Yu, will you get some rooms ready for our guests."
"Yes." She went back into the room she had just entered from, and returned momentarily. "Will you please follow Kira here."
What looked like a child (or an extremely short person) came out and led Kagome, Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and InuYasha away.
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Author's notes: I'm sorry it took so long to post this. I was very particular about this chapter, and I will probably be more so about the next one.
I was mad for a while that InuYasha was cancelled, but now I'm happy again because it's back on March 10th. I was also having fun watch InuYasha, Weiss Kruez, and Vampire Princess Miyu in Japanese...their voices are soooo different, but not disappointingly different. The guys in Weiss have better voices. On the other hand, InuYasha sounds hilarious.