Rin sat in the corner of the twins' bedroom in her favorite chair. It was a wooden chair painted in the deepest midnight blue shade ever. The soft and pillow-y padding was made from her father's enormous fur piece. The two best things about the chair is the fact that it always grew with her—so she would never outgrow it, and that it rocked. Her mama brought it back from her time and had one of her father's staff members to change its appearance a little. Her mama called it a 'rocking chair'. Well, whatever it was called, it was her favorite chair in the whole house. She liked to sit in it while her father told the twins their favorite bedtime story.
Although the twins, Shika and Kaori, were six years old, and they knew that the story wasn't made up—in fact it happened about six-and-a-half years ago—they still wanted to hear it at least once a week. Their father told the story to kids since they were born, and six years later they weren't tired of it.
"Don't you two want to hear a different story tonight?" Sesshoumaru asked as he stroked his daughter's raven hair.
"Nope, not tonight papa!" His daughter Shika said, staring up at her father with her deep violet-almost black eyes. Sesshoumaru still marveled at how much she resembled his mate, Kagome, and yet, she acted just like him.
"We'll hear a different story tomorrow night. Ok papa?" His son Kaori said sleepily. It made him smile to see his son trying to keep his amber eyes open. Kaori had long silvery hair just like dad, but with him being so quiet and the way he acted, he favored his mother more.
"I agree! We can hear a different story any other night, Fluffy," said a smooth and deep voice behind Sesshoumaru.
"Uncle Inuyasha!" The twins exclaimed.
"Hey pups." Inuyasha bent over and gave his nephew and niece a quick goodnight kiss on the forehead. He and his wife Kikyou had came by his brother's castle for a few days to visit. Having no pups of their own, they were content to visit the ones of his brother. Kikyou loved them so much; she showered them with little trinkets and gifts every time she came to visit; in addition to helping them with their miko training. Although it made her laugh to see that Shika would most likely follow in her father's footsteps while Kaori would follow in his mother's.
"I haven't forgotten about you," Inuyasha said to Rin. After giving Rin a huge bear hug, he settled on the floor and got comfortable while he waited for his brother to start the story. He knew the pups loved to hear about the adventure there parents had. It made him happy that he and his brother were friends once more.
Sesshoumaru looked at his brother and smiled. He took a deep breath and Rin knew he was getting ready to begin the story. "Once upon a time; far, far away—well, not that far away," he laughed, "but once upon a time...