Deep Forest
Chapter 4: Kindness is so hard to find
Sesshomaru stared at the young teenager in shock. Inuyasha had a daughter...that was something Sesshomaru thought (and kind of hoped) would never happen. But here she was, looking just like her father, for the exception of the ears. The Tetsusaiga was at her side as well.
"Stop...staring..." Hikana said, a little embarassed at being inspected so closely. Sesshomaru blinked at looked away hurriedly, realizing how closely he HAD been looking at her.
"Well, why are you here?" Sesshomaru asked, a little brutally.
"I came to live here..." Hikana smiled sweetly and Sesshomaru frowned.
"What?"
"I came to live here."
"I heard you, I mean, why?"
"Because my dad told me that if anything happened to him and mom, then this is where I should go."
"Something...happened to them?"
"They were....brutally slaughtered by Naraku..." There was a tint of sadness in Hikana's eyes that was small, yet unmistakable. Rin gasped.
"I'm so sorry..." The young mother said. Hikana smiled.
"It's okay...sooooo, where do I sleep??" Hikana grabbed her stuff and ran to the nearest room, which happened to be Sesshomaru and Rin's room. She plopped her stuff on the bed and looked around.
"Hey...this is nice...I could deal with this...." Sesshomaru ran in, grabbed her stuff and casually tossed it out of the room. Hikana hopped off the bed and ran to her stuff.
"Hey...."
"You're staying in the servants' rooms" Sesshomaru said, looking down at her.
"Awwww, you kind of...uhmmmm.....suck, Uncle Sessh." Hikana said, standing up. Sesshomaru's eye twitched as he realized that Hikana not only LOOKED like Inuyasha, she acted like him too. Rin saw the involuntary eye twitch and decided to lead Hikana away from her husband.
"So, Hikana, I'll show you to your room!" Rin said, and, taking the girl by her wrist, lead her down the hallway.
Hours later, Hikana's few possesions had been put away and the girl rested contently in her bed. She decided things were getting kind of...boring, so she went in search of Scyllan, HE would want to do something fun.
Meanwhile, Sesshomaru sat, pondering the latest developments. Many youkai in the area still abhored Inuyasha, his daughter's scent, which very much resembled Inuyasha's, would surely bring threatening youkai to his estate. Not that he couldn't defeat them....but what if Rin were caught up a brawl? Sesshomaru's scent was very weak on Rin, even if she DID wear his clothes. It was all because Sesshomaru hadn't bitten her.
"Dammit...I need to....bite her...." The desire to bite Rin was driving him insane, it was almost overpowering. That was also why Sesshomaru had started to refrain from sexual contact with her. He wanted her to keep her independence so badly...but....he would break that rule the next time they mated, he was sure of it.
"I will then..." He mumbled to himself.
"Will what?" Hikana's voice asked. Sesshomaru glanced around quickly, angry that someone had watched him while he was deep in thought. Long white hair tumbled down in front of him, attached to a young woman.
"What the Hell are you doing here?" Sesshomaru asked savagely.
"Whoa, watch the language, children prsent." Hikana replyed, gestering toward three pairs og glowing eyes, two green, one yellow. Hikana continued, "Scyllan and his little friends were showing me around my new home." Hikana said.
"This is NOT your new home, it is temporary until you find somewhere else." Sesshomaru shot back quickly.
"But Rin-sama said-"
"It doesn't MATTER what Rin said, this is MY home and there are some things I can't stand." Sesshomaru interjected. Hikana looked down. She had no idea she bothered him so much.
"Fine, I'm leaving now, I don't need to be pampered anyway, I'll take the jewel and go." Hikana shouted, hopping down from the ceiling and angrily running off. Sesshomaru's eyes suddenly widened. The jewel? Was she talking about the Shikon jewel that dissapeared so long ago? Sesshomaru wasn't going to get his answer soon, for Hikana has already gathered her few belongings and climbed out of her window, wanting to get away as fast as possible.
"Geez dad, you're so mean." Scyllan remarked as he sauntered out of the room, followed by the ever faithful Kinza and Tinza. Sesshomaru sighed and rubbed his temples. Having a family was hard, not only that, there were other things too. There was a youkai woman that wanted to kill Rin, the overwhelming urge to bite Rin, a niece that had nowhere to go, and now, the Shikon jewel was back. Things could not get any more confusing.
Poor Sesshomaru, he was so wrong.
Hikana, meanwhile, was walking a blank dirt road that she was hoping would lead to a town. She started thinking, and Hikana ususally HATED thinking, considering whenever she thought, her thoughts always streamed back to Naraku. She could clearly see everything. Her mother's death, her father's rage that killed him AND Naraku. Hikana remembered the scent of blood, most of all. She cringed at the memory. She could almost heare her mother's cries even now...they cries that semmed unaturally loud for a dying woman....didn't sound much like her mother, either...
"HELP, DAMMIT!!!!" A voice very close to Hikana screeched. She blushed as she realized it was an actual girl in the field to her right. The girl had a long black braid and looked to be training to be a monk, of all things. Her thin form was clasped tightly in the hands of an enormous youkai. Hikana sighed and jumped up, using the Tetsusaiga to make quick work of the monster.
The female monk thudded to the ground, breathless.
"Th....thank you..." She barely managed to squeeze out.
"Welcome uhhh....monkess..." Hikana said confusigly. She could see the girl's clothes clearly now, it WAS a monk's outfit, but it was cut shorter and the sleeves were white. The girl looked like a prisetess/monk mix. Plus, the skirt was kind of short too...which made her look wonton as well. A staff with rings on it lay to her side. Hikana picked it up and handed it to the girl, who was now sitting up.
"Monkess...?" The girl finally mumbled when her breath was back.
"Uhhh...well...yea...heheh." Hikana stuttered. The girl took the staff that was handed back to her and whacked Hikana at the side of the head with it.
"What the hell- what was that for?!" Hikana shouted, rubbing the sore spot.
"I HAVE a name...and I'm not a monk." The girl said quietly yet defensively. Her brown eye stared back blankly. Hikana gritted her teeth,
"Okay...WHAT is your name?" She asked, sounding very pissed off...and she was.
"Hana." The girl stated plainly.
"Okay, HANA, now, why are you dressed like a monk?"
"Because of my father, he insisted I wear his old clothes, since my brother won't"
"So you're a...."
"Priestess."
"A priestess huh? then why can I see past your thigh?"
"I had to make my father's ouytfit look more...feminine, by accident I cut it a little short, but that's okay."
"Whatever...should I help you home or somethin'?"
"If you wish." Hana said, standing up and brushing her clothes off. Hikana stood up as well, and took Hana's wrist to steady her, in case she was dizzy at all. Hana took her wrist away and led the way to her village.
The way to the town was relatively quiet. Hikana and Hana had nothing else to say to eachother, and the quiet piestess made her nervous. Her eyes were kind of dull too, and that wasn't good either.
As they arrived in the town, some villagers mumbled a hello to the young woman, but nothing more. Until they arrived at her house that is. The moment Hana opened the door...
"HANA!!!" A hysteric mothers trampled to her daughter and mowede her small form down with a giant hug.
"Mother..." Came the muffled reply. The woman, noticing Hikana, stood up, emabarrassed, and brushed her robes off. The woman was very small to have had two kids, Hikana mused to herself. Hana decided now was the time to introduce the two.
"Mother, this is Hikana, she...saved me..." hana didn't seem to like the last two words, but Hikana disregarded it. The mother held out her hand and clapsed Hikana's.
"thank you for saving my daughter." She stated simply.
"You're welcome, it was nothing, actually, especially with THIS sword!" Hikana brandished the Tetsusaiga admiringly, but heard the mother gasp. Uh oh...maybe Hikana shouldn't have brought out a giant sword in front of a frantic mother...
"Is that...the Tetsusaiga?" She asked, breathless. Hikana gave her a look, but carefully replyed in the positive.
"Oh my gosh! Miroku!" She screamed. A middle aged man with black hair to his chin immediately rushed in with a boy looking about the same trailing behind.
"What is it, San?" 'San' pointed at the giant sword, tears brimming her eyes. Miroku gasped and looked at the girl. He smiled.
"You must be Inuyasha's daughter." He stated simply. It was Hikana's turn to be surprised. She sheathed the Tetsusaiga and carefully regarded the man.
"Who...are you?" She asked.
"I'm Miroku....this is my wife, Sango, and our twins...."
Chapter 4: Kindness is so hard to find
Sesshomaru stared at the young teenager in shock. Inuyasha had a daughter...that was something Sesshomaru thought (and kind of hoped) would never happen. But here she was, looking just like her father, for the exception of the ears. The Tetsusaiga was at her side as well.
"Stop...staring..." Hikana said, a little embarassed at being inspected so closely. Sesshomaru blinked at looked away hurriedly, realizing how closely he HAD been looking at her.
"Well, why are you here?" Sesshomaru asked, a little brutally.
"I came to live here..." Hikana smiled sweetly and Sesshomaru frowned.
"What?"
"I came to live here."
"I heard you, I mean, why?"
"Because my dad told me that if anything happened to him and mom, then this is where I should go."
"Something...happened to them?"
"They were....brutally slaughtered by Naraku..." There was a tint of sadness in Hikana's eyes that was small, yet unmistakable. Rin gasped.
"I'm so sorry..." The young mother said. Hikana smiled.
"It's okay...sooooo, where do I sleep??" Hikana grabbed her stuff and ran to the nearest room, which happened to be Sesshomaru and Rin's room. She plopped her stuff on the bed and looked around.
"Hey...this is nice...I could deal with this...." Sesshomaru ran in, grabbed her stuff and casually tossed it out of the room. Hikana hopped off the bed and ran to her stuff.
"Hey...."
"You're staying in the servants' rooms" Sesshomaru said, looking down at her.
"Awwww, you kind of...uhmmmm.....suck, Uncle Sessh." Hikana said, standing up. Sesshomaru's eye twitched as he realized that Hikana not only LOOKED like Inuyasha, she acted like him too. Rin saw the involuntary eye twitch and decided to lead Hikana away from her husband.
"So, Hikana, I'll show you to your room!" Rin said, and, taking the girl by her wrist, lead her down the hallway.
Hours later, Hikana's few possesions had been put away and the girl rested contently in her bed. She decided things were getting kind of...boring, so she went in search of Scyllan, HE would want to do something fun.
Meanwhile, Sesshomaru sat, pondering the latest developments. Many youkai in the area still abhored Inuyasha, his daughter's scent, which very much resembled Inuyasha's, would surely bring threatening youkai to his estate. Not that he couldn't defeat them....but what if Rin were caught up a brawl? Sesshomaru's scent was very weak on Rin, even if she DID wear his clothes. It was all because Sesshomaru hadn't bitten her.
"Dammit...I need to....bite her...." The desire to bite Rin was driving him insane, it was almost overpowering. That was also why Sesshomaru had started to refrain from sexual contact with her. He wanted her to keep her independence so badly...but....he would break that rule the next time they mated, he was sure of it.
"I will then..." He mumbled to himself.
"Will what?" Hikana's voice asked. Sesshomaru glanced around quickly, angry that someone had watched him while he was deep in thought. Long white hair tumbled down in front of him, attached to a young woman.
"What the Hell are you doing here?" Sesshomaru asked savagely.
"Whoa, watch the language, children prsent." Hikana replyed, gestering toward three pairs og glowing eyes, two green, one yellow. Hikana continued, "Scyllan and his little friends were showing me around my new home." Hikana said.
"This is NOT your new home, it is temporary until you find somewhere else." Sesshomaru shot back quickly.
"But Rin-sama said-"
"It doesn't MATTER what Rin said, this is MY home and there are some things I can't stand." Sesshomaru interjected. Hikana looked down. She had no idea she bothered him so much.
"Fine, I'm leaving now, I don't need to be pampered anyway, I'll take the jewel and go." Hikana shouted, hopping down from the ceiling and angrily running off. Sesshomaru's eyes suddenly widened. The jewel? Was she talking about the Shikon jewel that dissapeared so long ago? Sesshomaru wasn't going to get his answer soon, for Hikana has already gathered her few belongings and climbed out of her window, wanting to get away as fast as possible.
"Geez dad, you're so mean." Scyllan remarked as he sauntered out of the room, followed by the ever faithful Kinza and Tinza. Sesshomaru sighed and rubbed his temples. Having a family was hard, not only that, there were other things too. There was a youkai woman that wanted to kill Rin, the overwhelming urge to bite Rin, a niece that had nowhere to go, and now, the Shikon jewel was back. Things could not get any more confusing.
Poor Sesshomaru, he was so wrong.
Hikana, meanwhile, was walking a blank dirt road that she was hoping would lead to a town. She started thinking, and Hikana ususally HATED thinking, considering whenever she thought, her thoughts always streamed back to Naraku. She could clearly see everything. Her mother's death, her father's rage that killed him AND Naraku. Hikana remembered the scent of blood, most of all. She cringed at the memory. She could almost heare her mother's cries even now...they cries that semmed unaturally loud for a dying woman....didn't sound much like her mother, either...
"HELP, DAMMIT!!!!" A voice very close to Hikana screeched. She blushed as she realized it was an actual girl in the field to her right. The girl had a long black braid and looked to be training to be a monk, of all things. Her thin form was clasped tightly in the hands of an enormous youkai. Hikana sighed and jumped up, using the Tetsusaiga to make quick work of the monster.
The female monk thudded to the ground, breathless.
"Th....thank you..." She barely managed to squeeze out.
"Welcome uhhh....monkess..." Hikana said confusigly. She could see the girl's clothes clearly now, it WAS a monk's outfit, but it was cut shorter and the sleeves were white. The girl looked like a prisetess/monk mix. Plus, the skirt was kind of short too...which made her look wonton as well. A staff with rings on it lay to her side. Hikana picked it up and handed it to the girl, who was now sitting up.
"Monkess...?" The girl finally mumbled when her breath was back.
"Uhhh...well...yea...heheh." Hikana stuttered. The girl took the staff that was handed back to her and whacked Hikana at the side of the head with it.
"What the hell- what was that for?!" Hikana shouted, rubbing the sore spot.
"I HAVE a name...and I'm not a monk." The girl said quietly yet defensively. Her brown eye stared back blankly. Hikana gritted her teeth,
"Okay...WHAT is your name?" She asked, sounding very pissed off...and she was.
"Hana." The girl stated plainly.
"Okay, HANA, now, why are you dressed like a monk?"
"Because of my father, he insisted I wear his old clothes, since my brother won't"
"So you're a...."
"Priestess."
"A priestess huh? then why can I see past your thigh?"
"I had to make my father's ouytfit look more...feminine, by accident I cut it a little short, but that's okay."
"Whatever...should I help you home or somethin'?"
"If you wish." Hana said, standing up and brushing her clothes off. Hikana stood up as well, and took Hana's wrist to steady her, in case she was dizzy at all. Hana took her wrist away and led the way to her village.
The way to the town was relatively quiet. Hikana and Hana had nothing else to say to eachother, and the quiet piestess made her nervous. Her eyes were kind of dull too, and that wasn't good either.
As they arrived in the town, some villagers mumbled a hello to the young woman, but nothing more. Until they arrived at her house that is. The moment Hana opened the door...
"HANA!!!" A hysteric mothers trampled to her daughter and mowede her small form down with a giant hug.
"Mother..." Came the muffled reply. The woman, noticing Hikana, stood up, emabarrassed, and brushed her robes off. The woman was very small to have had two kids, Hikana mused to herself. Hana decided now was the time to introduce the two.
"Mother, this is Hikana, she...saved me..." hana didn't seem to like the last two words, but Hikana disregarded it. The mother held out her hand and clapsed Hikana's.
"thank you for saving my daughter." She stated simply.
"You're welcome, it was nothing, actually, especially with THIS sword!" Hikana brandished the Tetsusaiga admiringly, but heard the mother gasp. Uh oh...maybe Hikana shouldn't have brought out a giant sword in front of a frantic mother...
"Is that...the Tetsusaiga?" She asked, breathless. Hikana gave her a look, but carefully replyed in the positive.
"Oh my gosh! Miroku!" She screamed. A middle aged man with black hair to his chin immediately rushed in with a boy looking about the same trailing behind.
"What is it, San?" 'San' pointed at the giant sword, tears brimming her eyes. Miroku gasped and looked at the girl. He smiled.
"You must be Inuyasha's daughter." He stated simply. It was Hikana's turn to be surprised. She sheathed the Tetsusaiga and carefully regarded the man.
"Who...are you?" She asked.
"I'm Miroku....this is my wife, Sango, and our twins...."