Author's notes: Misao still has a pain in her back. Please, the painkillers aren't working… Just shot me and put me out of my misery!
Disclaimer: Nope, not mine… yet.
Scroll #11:
"Looking for the gardens."
I wake with a jump. Whatever happened last night, I'm still in terror!. Relax, Mikami, relax! Is nothing. It was just a dream, only a dream… was it?. I rub my hands together. I'm cold. Breathe, Mikami!. Get a grip!.
Where I am?. Last thing I remember from last night is… :sweat drop:. I'm really tempting my luck here!. What I did last night wasn't a dream… I did felt his face in my hands.
I, Mikami, must be the first person in this earth that touches his face, for the way he stood, I can bet that… and I can bet that I put him nervous :grin:. What did possessed me?. What's wrong with me?. I had never touched a stranger's face this soon before!.
Interesting face, indeed. Nice and sharp features… a deep sorrow within. And proud too. His cheeks are marked, and his forehead too. I don't know exactly the form of his marks, but they are thin. His eyes must've precious, judging by the form of the orbits!. At least I was traveling with a handsome taiyoukai, not a freak as I first thought. :shakes head:. What a crazy thought:blushes:
Brrr! I'm cold. It looks like that I spend the whole night lying in the floor… Some asshole I know must've left me here after I fainted. I hate that ability of mine. I faint for stupidest things in the stupidest moments!.
"Mikami-neesan? You Are Awake!."
"Rin? Where are we?."
"In my bedroom. You silly, you fell :sneeze: asleep in the hall without your blankets! You are going to catch a cold like that. Look… ups, sorry. Here. Rin wanna :cough, cough, cough: show you a lot of things before breakfast!."
Little Beast's room! How did I get here?. That's a really good questions. Maybe little beast knows… no, she HAS to know something…
"Rin-chan? How did I get here? I don't remember falling asleep here…"
"Sesshomaru-sama brought here last night. He was a little bit upset and he told Rin not to tell you about that. How come you fell asleep in the halls?."
":surprise eyes: I don't know, Rin-chan… By the way, did you said breakfast? Are you dressed already?."
"No. Rin just woke up and found you sleeping here. Do you want to go to the gardens first?."
"Gardens? Chibi-Rin? Where do you take your breakfast?."
"In the dinning room, near the gardens, with Sesshomaru-sama. But don't worry…"
"And the dinning room is near…?."
"… Near the gardens!. Want to know them?. The gardens are beautiful! They are full of flowers and they are big:cough, cough: They have no limits… Rin can play there, as long as Rin don't get close to the river."
"River? You can't get close to the river? Why?."
"Because Jaken gets mad. And if Rin crosses the river, Rin will be out of the castle grounds and Rin will get lost… the river is the only limit of the garden Rin knows: Rin thinks that is the way out."
SLAM!
The door burst open and an angry voice shouts at us.
"Breakfast will be ready in five minutes." Says Jaken 'smelly toad'. "Be there and don't get late, you stupid brat." He says to Rin. "And you, take her there SOON!."
Rin hides behind me and hugs my waist as Jaken leave the room. Maybe he threatens her, the mean!.
"Rin will get ready. Do that you too. Rin don't wanna be late!."
So. The dinning room is near the gardens, and in the gardens, there is a river. Little beast can't cross the river or else she will get lost. That means that Mikami have to cross the river if she wants to get out of here. I need to get to the garden today if I want to run away as soon as I can. Maybe I can get help from little beast…
Maybe not. She is a child and she practically adores youkai-san. Besides, if I tell her to keep a secret, something tells me that Youkai-san will discover that in a matter of minutes.
The gardens… look like they are the perfect place to hide and run away from here later. It worth a try.
"Rin is ready:cough, cough: let's go, Mikami-neesan!."
Rin grabs my hands and pulls me through the halls. Is a little bit difficult to walk with a happy toddler pulling of your hand all the time. Well, this way, if I remember well, leads to the entrance… then right… hall… go straight ahead… pass 2, no 3 doors… right… I can smell and hear the morning fresh air, the gardens must've close, and… right. The dinning room.
Cough, Cough, Cough, cough
The taiyoukai is here. I can feel him staring at us. I think that little beast bows, but I stay still, I, Mikami, don't feel like bowing. There is a chilly sensation in the air. The girl runs from my side.
"Sesshomaru-sama!. Rin is :cough, cough: happy to see you!."
"Good morning, Rin." Answer the beast. "Please, no hugs!."
Moment of silence. I hate them. It seems like he is staring at me. I hear him growl, I start to leave the room. I got other things to do, instead of hearing them eat.
"Rin. Go get some flowers before breakfast." He says trying to be nice.
"For you:cough, cough: Ok!." Little beast leaves the room.
Another moment of silence. I leave too.
"Why aren't you wearing something clean?."
"Sorry, I left my wardrobe at my home." I say quickly and take another step.
"…"
"…"
"Aren't you hungry? I, Sesshomaru, thought that you were hungry…"
"…"
What? Now I can eat in his presence?. This taiyoukai acts weird toward something inferior to him. Maybe he doesn't know how to treat a servant (that's what I, Mikami, am to him, right?). I haven't feel any servant in the manor since I get… but… I smell food. Jaken prepared the breakfast?… NAH! That's improbable. Maybe the servants are in another area or they are forbid to come into the taiyoukai's presence… most likely.
I shake my head and try to get out of the dinning room. The gardens seems to call for me with desperate yells!.
"So. Did you enjoyed your little walk last night?." He asks, coldly.
"I've had better."
WHACK!
THUD
That DAMN TOAD!. He hits me in my legs with his ridiculous staff!. Damn! This time really hurts!
"Face Your Master When He Talks To You!."
"Jaken. Did I gave you permission to do that?."
"No. Sorry master." He says in surprise and shock. Serves him right!.
"Leave us."
"Hai, master."
"…"
"I leave now."
"You are confine to Rin's room until I change my mind."
"What? Why I'm confine there? I didn't do anything… maybe yes, but I don't think that is a proper reason to…"
"I don't want you to wander through the castle like last night." He says coldly (Damn, I love that tone! He sounds SOOO… :shakes head:). "And I, Sesshomaru, had to take a few decision that concerns to you."
"What are them? if those decisions concerns me, I want to… to… Damn! That's no reason to confine me in some place!."
"…"
"I leave. See if I obey you at all!"
"…Your insolence is only getting you problems and you life span is getting reduce…"
"I prefer to live little and make my life worthy, then live forever full with… sorrow… I leave now."
"Stop."
That 'Stop' didn't sound like last night. Last night, his command sound more sharp and frighten… and… well, I couldn't disobeyed it. This 'Stop' isn't like that, this 'stop' is hesitant. I ignore him and keep my way. This attitude of mine isn't going to get me anything if I want to get out of here.
"… Grrrrr!"
I leave the taiyoukai behind, growl and all. I walk through the halls, looking for an exit to the gardens. Poor tailed guy! Now that I think it, the sorrow on his face was sort of shocking. Of course, he is handsome to my hands also, but… that sorrow, thick in his skin, makes me feel… compassion for him. Deep inside, he got to be a good person. I bet my hands that he is too proud to admit it.
Or scare… but that, I don't and I can't know it. If I, Mikami, want to know that, I'll have to wait and I have no time for it…
He got to be a good person deep inside. Just a little insecure to show any feeling. He adopted a child: that's something important!… if only… I…
This is great! I find the gardens. I step outside and take a deep breath. The air is clean and fresh… and I, Mikami, was right about the proximity of a storm. I wander a little more. The garden is big, but it doesn't seems pretentious. And once again, I was right: we have to be high in a mountain.
Wait a minute! No way that there is a river this high! Unless…
I stand still to hear my surroundings. Trees, wind, a few birds, someone coming to me… a fountain. There is a fountain in that direction. That's the river!. Well, for little beast eyes, that fountain must be a river. Kids!. I walk in the direction of the fountain, and…
"This place is dangerous for a blind." Says a calmly voice. "And forbidden for you. Go inside, its getting cold…"
"Since when I, Mikami, obey you?." I shout.
And since when is he so fast!. Before I could notice, he was standing in front of me… he raises his arm. Shut your eyes, Mikami, and you don't dare to show anything! Don't give him that pleasure!.
Nothing happens. Now I got scare! He did nothing. But he is still standing here, as a statue. Like last night. When I thought that he wasn't there… when my hands touched his face.
"Why do you touch everything?. Why do you touched my face that way last night?."
What! I didn't expect a question. I, Mikami, back off. I try to get into the manor. I don't want to answer that!. An iron grip grabs my arm.
But… there is something about this touch…
"Answer me."
To be continued…
By
Misao-CG
