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(counts) My birthday is in6 days! (dances around with joy) And I got this writing test thing that'll allow me to enroll in Long Ridge Writing Group! I'm happy! LOL.
By the way, any of you know how to put in the parentheses other than these: (…) ? Or those arrow things that look like 'v'? Or the straight and diagonal slashes? I've seen it on other fanfics so I know it can be done… I'm just going to keep posting this with my chapters until someone answers.
Anyways, here's the next chapter!
Chapter 4 - Mother
Kikyo and Kagome exchanged a look. Something wasn't right. There was tension in the air. Kagome thought she would suffocate due to the tenseness. What was the matter? So this was their mother.
Kagome glanced at Sesshoumaru. He didn't look too happy about the delicate woman at the doorway. She wondered why.
Kikyo was just as confused. This was their mother, right? So why was Inuyasha looking so apprehensively at Sesshoumaru? He'd just called the woman hahaue. So that meant she must be Sesshoumaru's mother too, right? But Sesshoumaru was just standing there, face icily cold, his golden gaze and pale face devoid of all emotion.
Inuyasha didn't know what to do. One of the biggest reasons he and Sesshoumaru had left was because of the frayed feelings between his birth mother, his father, and Sesshoumaru.
0o0o0o0 Flashback 0o0o0o0
"You will apologize to your mother! Now!" Inutaisho's hand was still outstretched even after slapping Sesshoumaru to the ground. His face held only rage.
Sesshoumaru bared his teeth in a growl. Hatred radiated off the silver-haired 13 year old in waves. Hatred… directed at two people. Inutaisho and … Izayoi.
Inuyasha cowered in the corner. He was only 3 months younger than Sesshoumaru, yet he had the same father and a different mother. Inuyasha raised eyes to look up at the woman holding him. She had brown eyes and black hair. Her face, normally bestowed with a smile, now filled with fear.
"Inutaisho," she whispered, pleading. "Stop it. Please. It's all right. He doesn't have to apologize if he doesn't want to. Please, Inutaisho. Please stop!"
Inutaisho ignored her, his hot anger-filled gaze locked onto Sesshoumaru, who was slowly climbing to his feet.
Sesshoumaru looked almost nothing like his father except in a few aspects. Both their hair was silvery white and their strong build was the same. Both were the kind of people who you listened to without question. Both of their tempers were tempers that the receiving end rarely survived. But that was where the similarity ended. Whereas Sesshoumaru had gold eyes, Inutaisho had ruby eyes. Inuyasha's gold eyes were just some sort of fluke, not a family trait. Sesshoumaru's face was as beautiful as Inutaisho's first wife. His voice sounded nothing like his father's. He was truly his mother's child.
Sesshoumaru glared at his so-called 'father' with unbridled fury and a deep hatred. "Mother?" he spat. "My mother died giving birth to me while you were with that whore!"
Inutaisho flinched. His eyes filled with pain. Sesshoumaru blamed him for his mother's death. He knew that. He'd accepted it. He blamed himself too. And he'd made it worse by bringing Izayoi into the family with Inuyasha. But it was past time that Sesshoumaru got over it. His eyes hardened once more.
"Sesshoumaru, you are acting like a spoiled brat! Now apologize!"
Sesshoumaru growled. His eyes narrowed. Though his teeth showed, his lips never moved. He dared Inutaisho to hit him.
Inutaisho felt his anger rise. He raised his arm once more and swung.
Sesshoumaru's head hit the wall with a sickening thud. Blood stained the plaster as Sesshoumaru slid down to the floor, unconscious, silver hair fast becoming red.
Inutaisho swept from the room. "Leave him there," he snarled before leaving. Izayoi followed swiftly.
Inuyasha didn't know what to do. He didn't want to risk angering his father, but if he didn't do anything Sesshoumaru would die from blood loss before Inutaisho realized the consequences of his actions. The 13-year-old stared gulped and rummaged around the room. Finally he found the First Aid kit. Inutaisho would never allow him to call a doctor so he was the only one to treat Sesshoumaru's wound.
Dismayed at the amount of blood, Inuyasha hurriedly wrapped Sesshoumaru's wound with bandages. Grunting, he managed to lift the other boy onto the bed. Wiping the sweat from his forehead Inuyasha retrieved a bucket of water. Inuyasha scrubbed the bloodstains from the wall and floor. Sesshoumaru and his cloths were a lost cause.
Exhausted, he sat down on a chair that he'd pulled up to the bed. He closed his eyes dozed off in a light sleep. But not before he caught Sesshoumaru's fist clenching and tears roll down the elder's face.
0o0o0o0 End Flashback 0o0o0o0
After that, Sesshoumaru had accepted Inuyasha into his heart, but Inutaisho had forever lost his eldest son's love and respect. Sesshoumaru called Inutaisho chichiue out of simple obligation, nothing more. As for Izayoi, she also lost any chance she had at replacing Sesshoumaru's birth mother.
Sesshoumaru spun on his heel. Grabbing his backpack he swept out of the room. Kagome, concerned, took her bag as well and followed, leaving the other four with Izayoi.
The woman watched Sesshoumaru leave with sad eyes and Kagome with curiosity. She turned back to the others.
"Miroku! I haven't see you for ages. My, how you've grown!" she smiled. "Who are these girl?"
"Hahaue," Inuyasha said, drawing Izayoi's attention to him. "This is Sango…"
"Manorashi."
"Sango Manorashi and this is Kikyo Miko. The girl that just went after Sesshoumaru is Kikyo's twin, Kagome."
"I see. Your father will be quite pleased." Kikyo was starting to become rather uncomfortable under the intense scrutiny. "Why don't you girls tell me about yourself?" Izayoi sat down on a couch. She gestured for the teens to sit as well.
"Actually," Miroku started. "I was getting a little hungry. I hope you don't mind if I er…"
"Raid the refrigerator?" Izayoi's voice held much amusement.
"Well…"
"Of course, Miroku. Go ahead."
Sango stood as well. "Ano… I was hoping to get something to drink…"
"Of course," Izayoi smiled. "Miroku, you know the way. You two may go together."
Kikyo and Inuyasha watched as Sango and Miroku left. Kikyo sighed and turned back to face Inuyasha's mother.
"Now, Kikyo is it? Why don't you tell me about yourself?" Izayoi invited.
Kikyo licked her lips. "Well…"
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"Sesshoumaru!" Kagome called. "Slow down!" Between that DDR match and running around the house for 15 minutes with a rather heavy backpack, she was gasping for breath. She came to a split in the corridor. Sesshoumaru was nowhere in sight.
"Damn!" Kagome swore under her breath. "Where the fuck did he go!" She was becoming rather frustrated, causing her language to become a little coarser. "Rrrgh!" she stomped her foot like a child.
"Looking for someone?"
Kagome spun saying, "Yeah I am! You! What's the problem between you and that woman Inuyasha called hahaue?"
Sesshoumaru just looked at her. He turned and opened the door to his room. He entered, beckoning for Kagome to follow him. If she tried to find her way back to the others she'd likely get lost. Kagome trailed Sesshoumaru into the room.
"Nice room," she commented as she sat down on the bed in the corner of the room. There was a desk right next to it with a laptop, light, pencil holder, and the like. There was also a bookshelf across from her holding a variety of books. A closet door was placed right next it.
"Hn." Sesshoumaru sat at the desk and flipped on the laptop. It whirred to life. His bag was left on the bed, next to Kagome's.
"So spill already," Kagome said.
Sesshoumaru blinked owlishly at her. "Nani?"
Kagome resisted the urge to roll her eyes. "Spill. What happened between you and your mother?"
A knife appeared at her neck. "Never call that slut my mother."
Kagome nodded imperceptivity. "Gomen nasai," she whispered.
Sesshoumaru sheathed the dagger and hid it back in his uniform. Kagome was barely fazed. That sort of thing happened often between powerful political families.
"Then," she rephrased her question. "What happened between you and that woman?"
Sesshoumaru didn't look at her. A few moments passed. Kagome had resigned herself to the fact that Sesshoumaru probably wouldn't confide in her when his smooth voice broke the silence.
"My mother was two months into pregnancy when my father started not coming home for the night. My mother didn't do anything about it. She died giving birth to me, ignorant of my father's betrayal," his quiet voice was laced with pain and anger.
Kagome's mouth shaped into an 'o'.
Sesshoumaru continued. "When I was 9, my father brought Izayoi here along with Inuyasha. It turned out that my father had been seeing her when he didn't return at night during my mother's pregnancy. When my mother was three months into pregnancy, Izayoi had also conceived. When my mother gave birth, she did it alone. My father had gone to Izayoi for the night. Inuyasha had been born three months after me. I accepted Inuyasha because I knew that he didn't exactly have a choice at being born when he did or a choice at being born to Izayoi and my father. When we were 13… something… happened… and I broke apart from my father."
"I'm so sorry," Kagome whispered. She really was. How must've it felt like to live with the guilt that you mother died to bring you to life and to live with your father's betrayal? And his mother had been pregnant too… She felt a surge of anger at Inutaisho. How could that man do that!
"I know," Sesshoumaru's lips curved into a small smile.
Kagome smiled back.
There you go! No cliffie this time. Though I was sorely tempted to do so. That flashback will probably reappear in the later chapters somewhere… After all, Sesshoumaru will still have to explain what happened when he was 13. Right now all 6 teens are about 18-19. They are in collage after all. Ja ne!
Translation Time
Hahaue - honored mother
Chichiue - honored father
Ano - um, er, uh, etc
Nani - what
Gomen nasai - sorry
Review Replies
bluesilverfox - Here's the answer to your first question! As for the others, Kouga and Naraku will start to have a bigger part once they get back to school, lol. As for the thoughts there will be more when there is more to think about. lol
Jazze Pha - Arigato, arigato, arigato! Thank you thank you thank you!
catherine-the-elf - Thank you for the advice!
ranchan23 - No video games yet, but have you noticed how Kagome and Sesshoumaru are competing so much?
To all the others, THANK YOU FOR YOUR TIME! I'm verygrateful.
