(A/N): Kisses for the reviewers: MonsterUnderTheSink (thank you kindly! Working on it.), Kitsune2477 (Short but sweet, yeah?), and Alexi tutsi (Muchas gracias! Para ti, por supesto yo voy a continuarla.)! As always, thank you for following and favoriting! Damn keyboard wont do the accents, bleh. Also, a giant spider just skitter across my floor... *SCREAMS*
~Yasha's Sis
Circumstance
Book 1: Land of Iron
Chapter 40:
Truth
"What the fuck do you mean she claimed me?"
Oromori sighed and covered the young swordsman's mouth with his hand.
Begging apologies to the group, he quickly ushered the struggling boy from the tournament hall towards one of the reception areas for small but important gatherings. The moment the wooden frame shut behind him Oromori released his ward to spew an impressive litany of curses.
"You have no claim to give me away you bastard!" The boy roared.
"I urge calm, InuYasha-sama." Oromori murmured in the pause between one string of curses and the next.
InuYasha whirled on him immediately. "Fuck you, Oromori. You brought me to that lying bastard and never gave a damn about what you were selling me to. Did he give you a nice reward for finding his precious protégé?"
Despite himself, the accusation stung.
But Oromori was never one to delude himself.
He would not say he was thinking of the boy's safety when the Samurai pulled the boy to Sanrō. It would be easy to point out probability of InuYasha dying without his intervention, but the shameful truth of the matter was:
Were the child normal, Oromori would never had thought to aid him at all.
The Second in Command of Sanro looked away from the furious near amber gaze, silently baring the snarl of disgust that accompanied his silence.
InuYasha growled ans spun away, easily shoving his foot through the wooden paneling along the wall in a surprising display of strength. The boy's chakra roiled violently enough to draw a flinch from the elder male. It pained him to see the brief flash of betrayal directed at him, even if he deserved it.
InuYasha wouldn't accept grovelling and Oromori did not regret his decision. The boy had gained more than he ever would have lost to the wilds. Still, InuYasha needed to know that while Oromori would never change his choice to take the boy, it doesn't mean he continued this interaction out of duty.
Truth then.
"I have grown fond of you as many here in the Land of Iron, InuYasha-sama, and I hope you can believe me when I say I wish you only the best." He pressed his forehead to the tatami mats in supplication, startling the boy from his next rant. "Please understand what I have done since then has been for your sake."
Silence answered him but Oromori did not lift from his bow.
The boy was loyal, ferociously protective and fair.
He deserved truth.
(A/N): Thoughts? Comments? Concerns?
Sorry about the wait. My Pop visited and I swore I posted Monday. *Slaps forehead*
~Yasha's Sis