Miroku's Amorous Past Returns
Chapter #7
"Oh, I seem to be getting no where!"
Madam Ayumi soon felt herself growing hungry.
"Ye must stop and eat,"
She continued strolling along the path.
Madam Ayumi peered ahead.
"A river!" she cried happily.
Upon arriving at the river, Madam Ayumi heard a strangely familiar voice.
"I got all the things I need!"
She quickly took shelter behind some bushes.
She peered through the open spaces in the bushes.
"I can't believe you managed to pull it off,"
"Oh, so you had your doubts huh?"
"No, I never had my doubts,"
"It was so easy; I murdered him like it was nothing!"
"Ah, I see you did as we planned,"
"Was there ever any doubt?"
"Ah, it was nothing I tell you, that bastard Kenji was so pathetic, sitting there begging for his sorry life, I have to admit I was almost disappoint to see him die, so quickly!" he laughed nastily.
("It's that bloody murderer Konryu, but who is the other man with thee?")
"And what about his wife?"
"I took care of that whore too!"
"I burned the bitch alive along with her ill child!" laughed Konryu.
Madam Ayumi gasped at Konryu's sober words.
"Well, done Konryu you have served me well,"
The two men shook hands.
The other man reached inside of his kimono and handed Konryu about ten small triangularly pouches.
("Oh, that's poppies!")
"Do you have it?"
"Oh, yes I managed to snag it from Kenji!"
Konryu dug into the sleeve of his kimono.
("What is that?")
Konryu handed the other man a parchment.
"You have done well!" the other man called.
"I don't see what's so special about that dumb map anyway!" gripped Konryu.
"Oh, if you only knew!"
The other man unrolled the parchment.
("It appears to be a map!")
The other man soon started to walk away.
"Hey, uh you don't want any of this silk or money I looted from that castle?"
"I have no need for those!"
The man continued to walk away.
"Can't say I did not ask,"
"Hey, well can't I at least know who I made a pact with?"
The other man seized his walking.
"My apologizes call me Naraku!"
The two men soon went on about their separate ways.
Madam Ayumi quickly sat back against the Sakura tree.
("I wonder could possibility be on that map,")...
The after noon sunlight beat upon Madam Ayumi. She crawled over to the river. The quiet combers flowed over the calm river. Madam Ayumi scoped her delicate hands inside of the river and took a sip full of water.
("This water was very refreshing,")
She took about three more sips.
"Oh what was that?" Madam Ayumi looked down at her belly. "Oh, my child I see ye are hungry," "I don't have much," She made her way back over to the Sakura tree.
She opened her small bag.
"I believe I have some spring rolls left," Madam Ayumi began to eat some of her spring rolls.
A few days later…
"When will this horrid storm pass?!"
Madam Ayumi was slowly walking down that narrow path once again.
Shots of lightening flickered throughout the night sky.
The torrent rain continued to beat upon Madam Ayumi's ailing body.
"I must hurry and find shelter!"
The murky droplets rain soon clouded her vision.
"I- I- think see something up ahead!"
Madam Ayumi mustered up some strength and trudged ahead...
"I am for certain that I heard someone!"
"I did too!"
"Are ye sure?"
"Yes!"
The trio was walking down the shrine stairs of their village.
"Look!" cried one of the men.
"I see someone too," the other man called.
"Hai, I see something as well," cried the priestess.
They quickly headed down the stairs. Madam Ayumi collapsed at the base of the stairs. "I see someone coming!" The trio soon arrived at the base of the stairs.
"Oh, it's a young maiden," called one of the men.
Madam Ayumi reached out to them. "Please, help me!" she feebly cried. Madam Ayumi cried as she soon collapsed upon the foot of the stairs.
"We must hurry and get ye out of this terrible storm!" called the priestess.
"Hai!" replied the two men in unison.
The men quickly rescued Madam Ayumi; they lifted her off the ground. "This young girl is sure heavy!" called one of the men. They turned her over on her back. "Look can't ye two see that thee young girl is with child!" called the priestess. "Thee sees!" cried the other men. "Hurry we must get ye out of this!" They soon headed quickly up the stairs.
The horrid rains seem to grow stronger as they headed up the stairs. "Ah, thee storms seems to have grow stronger!" said the priestess...
"Oh!"
"I see ye have finally awakened,"
Madam Ayumi was lying down underneath a soft sheet in a small bedroll, she peered down at her clothes.
She seen that her soaked silk kimono was gone, but instead she was in a white work yukata.
"I changed ye out of her wet clothes, ye could catch something and hurt ye and thee unborn child,"
"I thank you so kindly,"
Madam Ayumi glanced around the small hut.
"I see ye is wondering where ye is?"
"No, I was just . . ."
"Ye, is inside of my home,"
Madam Ayumi moved from underneath her covers.
She moved closer to the burning fire, for she was still extremely shaken from the violent storm.
"Is ye hungry?"
"No, I am not," she lied.
The priestess handed Madam Ayumi a small bowl of miso soup.
"I said I'm not hungry!" Madam Ayumi insisted.
The priestess took back the bowl.
"Do ye not care for the health of her unborn child?"
"How could you ask such a thing, of course I care for my child!"
"Please ye do not have to be so modest then,"
"Fine since you insist," Madam Ayumi took the bowl from the priestess.
She soon began devouring the miso soup.
Madam Ayumi soon finished her soup.
"Ah, that was great, thank you,"
The two women soon began to stare at one another.
"Please tell me why young maiden was in the forest all alone?" asks the priestess.
"I was escaping a treacherous fire that consumed my entire home,"
"Where are ye husband?"
"My husband?"
"How do you know I have a husband?"
The priestess fetched Madam Ayumi silk kimono.
"Only, royalty wears such fine clothing, we are merely poor peasants,"
"I am no such thing!"
"Tell thee why one has silk kimono and over 500 yen?"
Madam Ayumi stared down at the dank floor.
"My husband was murdered by one of his vassals, and he tried to kill me too, but I escaped barely with my life,"
Madam Ayumi peered at the priestess.
"That bastard sat my home into a blaze and burned it to the ground, he robbed my husband and myself of everything, and he managed to kill all of our best warriors!" Madam Ayumi revealed.
"Ah thee see,"
Tears pierced the eyes of Madam Ayumi.
"Oh, I'm sorry!"
"I don't mean to cry,"
"It is fine ye have lost everything ye had loved,"
"May one ask what is ye name?"
"It's Ayumi,"
"Ayumi!"
"May, one asks the name of her savior?"
"Kaeda!"
"Lady Kaeda,"
"Is the Lady Kaeda a priestess?"
"Hai,"
"Oh, I wonder when I fell asleep," Madam Ayumi called as she yawned and stretched.
"Where's Lady Kaeda?" she removed herself from her bedroll, and walked out of the small hut.
Madam Ayumi noticed that the small village was bustling with activity.
("I can't believe everyone is all so alive this early in the morning,")
Madam Ayumi looked around for Lady Kaeda.
"Oh, there she is!"
She ran over to Lady Kaeda.
Lady Kaeda was pulling some weeds out of a small garden over at right corner of the village.
"Lady Kaeda!"
"What is ye doing up so early?"
"I just got up," she answered.
"Oh, may I help?"
"Oh, I got it!" Lady Kaeda cried as she pulled out the tough weeds.
"No!"
"Why not?"
"Ye, needs to get rest, besides what can ye do in thee delicate condition?"
"Oh, so you think just because I'm pregnant that I can't do anything!"
"Thee did not say that!"
"No, but that's what you meant right?"
"No, if ye feel like ye can work but go ahead!"
"What do I need to do?"
"Just go through the garden and pull out weeds,"
"Okay sound harmless,"
Lady Kaeda handed Madam Ayumi a small bucket to place the weeds in.
"After, ye pulls out the weeds, place them inside of here,"
"Okay," Lady Kaeda moved and Madam Ayumi took her place on the ground.
She began to pull out the weeds.
("Oh, this is indeed difficult!")
"Ahh, I almost got it!"
"UHHH!" cried Madam Ayumi.
"Huh?"
There was no weed in her hands.
"But, I- I thought I had it I used all my strength," she cried.
"See, things are not always as thee seem!"
"Mmmph, I'll show her!"
Madam Ayumi continued to struggle with the harsh weeds.
"Please, come back to my hut when ye finished, I'll have lunch waiting," called Lady Kaeda as she walked out of the small garden.
"FINE!" Madam Ayumi yelled in frustration…
"Ah, I finally finished!"
Soon a few hours pass...
Madam Ayumi had just finished pulling all the weeds from the garden.
"Oh, my!" she cried.
She peered down at her hands.
Her hands were all red and peeling.
("I guess this what real work feels like!")
Madam Ayumi stood up.
"Ah, I see ye has finally finished,"
"Huh!"
"Hey, how long have you been watching me!"
Lady Kaeda was standing behind her watching her actions.
"Long enough to see that ye does not belong out here doing hard labor,"
"Of course I do I have to do my fair share too!" she cried.
Lady Kaeda walked over to where Madam Ayumi was.
She kneeled next to Madam Ayumi.
Lady Kaeda picked up her swollen hands.
"This is proof that ye have not used these hands for hard labor before,"
She snatched her hands away.
"I'm capable of doing anything you can do!"
Lady Kaeda stood up.
"Please, if may ye take thee weeds over to that lake and discard them,"
"FINE!"
Madam Ayumi proceeded to pick up the small wicker basket.
"Oh!" she cried as she dropped the basket.
"What is it?"
"It's nothing!"
("Oh, my swollen hands hurt so much!")
"Do ye need any assistants?"
"I SAID NO!"
Madam Ayumi picked up the basket once again.
"Ooooh!" she cried.
She began making her way over to the lake.
"Can't say that thee did not ask," Lady Kaeda called as she watches her struggle with the small basket…
"Soon the labor grew easier as I did it more,"
"How long did you stay with Lady Kaeda?" asks Kagome.
"I lived there until I gave birth to my son,"
"Please young Ayumi take it easy," cried Lady Kaeda.
Madam Ayumi and Lady Kaeda were inside of her home.
She walked Madam Ayumi over to her bedroll. Lady Kaeda forced her under the covers.
"No, please let me help!" she cried feebly.
"No, ye is close to giving birth, ye needs much rest,"
"No, I don't!"
"Please, rest my child," Madam Ayumi laid her head back against the headrest.
"Okay," she sighed…
"Where is she I demand ye to let me see!"
"Ye, is resting now!" cried Lady Kaeda.
Madam Ayumi soon awoke from her rest.
"What's, all-that racket!"
"Please come back!" cried Lady Kaeda.
"Is she in here?"
The lady rushed inside of Lady Kaeda's hut.
"Oh!" cried Madam Ayumi.
"Madam Ayumi is that thee?"
"Yes," Madam Ayumi answered.
The woman walked over to her.
"Stand to your feet!" the woman ordered.
Madam Ayumi leered at the older woman.
The woman was adorned in a fine crimsoned color silk kimono.
The lady also was wearing the scent of White Plums.
"Are you not Master Kenji's mother?"
"Hai!" cries the woman.
"But, Madam Tatsuya, how did you manage to find me?"
"Ye need not to be concerned how thee found you!"
"But, but!" stammered Madam Ayumi.
"Now, girl ye come with me!"
Madam Tatsuya grabbed Madam Ayumi by her wrist.
"No, let me go!" she cried.
"What is the problem?"
"I don't want to go with you!"
Madam Tatsuya dropped her grip around Madam Ayumi's wrist.
Madam Tatsuya peered viciously at her.
"I am sorry but I would like to stay here for a while,"
"Why, would ye want to stay in a shabby run down hell hole like this when ye can be in an elegant home?"
"Please don't speak this way of Lady Kaeda's home, Madam Tatsuya,"
"I will speak of her home however I please!"
"I still don't understand why ye want to stay here in this wretched old village anyway!"
Please you have to understand that, these people have been nothing but kind to me, they came to my aid, they saved me and your unborn grandson,"
"That still doesn't justify why I should let you stay here!"
"Besides I don't wish that my grand-son be born in a place like thee!"
"Look, he's my son first before his your grandson!"
"Well, if that's how it is!"
"I shall let you stay,"
"Thank you Madam Tatsuya!" Madam Ayumi said while bowing to her.
Madam Tatsuya walked back over to Madam Ayumi.
"Its' to bad my dear son is dead,"
"Yes, it is," Madam Ayumi, said quietly.
"I loved him very dearly!"
"Oh, ye did?"
"I have always questioned my son's judgment, when it came to women,"
"Huh?"
"I questioned him many times, especially when he came and told me he was marrying ye!"
"I asked him out of the women you could have married, why you would pick this infectious whore!"
Madam Ayumi gasped at her horrid words. She soon felt tears well up in the back of her eyes.
Madam Tatsuya walked back over to the straw door.
"You are lucky that you are baring my kin, because otherwise I could careless what happens to you!"
"If ye insist on staying here, please do and when you have given birth to my grandson please come to my home!"
Madam Tatsuya walked out of Lady Kaeda's hut.
Madam Ayumi dropped to the ground, she began shedding many sad tears.
Lady Kaeda keeled beside her.
"How, could she say such terrible things about me!"
Lady Kaeda placed her arm around Madam Ayumi.
"Ay, child that what happens to people who have lots of wealth thee becomes bitter, cold and selfish,"…
"Those were very cold words for his mother to say," says Sango.
"Indeed, they were but I tried not to let them get to me,"
"Oh, Lady Ayumi please continue," says Kagome.
"It was not to long after that incident that I was about to give birth to my son!"