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The tape was silent. Rin leaned in closer.
"She's reaching into a tissue box."
"How do you know that's what that faint sound is for certain?"
"I recognize the sounds. From my transcripts and recordings."
She leaned in even closer. "That sigh. It's an after cry sigh."
"Yes...It is."
"If he knows all of this...if he finds out too late...his life will change."
"What is she talking about?"
"I have no idea."
"Sesshomaru. Listen to me carefully. I'm going to tell you everything and then give you time to remember what each fact is connected to. I know for a fact, if you found this tape, your mind has been broken. So try your best. I know you can heal your mind."
Rin looked at the tape in anticipation.
"I love your father. I am still in love with that man. He's here. Listen closely. You can hear him on the phone with Jaken...talking about you."
Sesshomaru tuned in further. He could hear faint conversation in the background.
"He's changing, Jaken. I'm afraid they've activated him slowly and once awakened, he will act fast. We don't have much time..."
"See? He comes here all the time. He married the daughter of the doctor that started Kanma. In exchange for the kickback my company was going to get. He did all of this for me."
"She's...lighting a cigarette?"
"Probably a cigar. Sounds more like it."
Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow at Rin. "Personal experience?"
Rin nodded.
"Remember when..." InuKimi continued. "You started Kanma for their fighting program?"
Inukimi continued. "Once you got there, you had second thoughts. But I signed a contract for you to complete the program. They weren't supposed to turn you into a killing machine. That was what caused the division between myself and Izen, the director of the university, and warden of the prison nearby."
She continued to take puffs of the cigar as Sesshomaru pieced together the facts.
Rin observed as his brows furrowed and he touched his face. This was not the Sesshomaru she knew. She could sense how frantic his thoughts were making him as they flowed through his mind. Now she knows every side of him...right?
"I remember everything. I was very young. I saw many things." He said in a calm voice.
"I see."
Inukimi sighed on the tape. "I hope your brother is well. I feel sorry for that child. He was only born to tarnish your father's reputation. Your father never laid down with a human."
Rin gasped, as did Sesshomaru. Had he really committed a taboo after all?
"Not because it was wrong. But because it was pointless. We only wanted each other. I was the reason she died. I did it because of what he did to you. I took his only child from him...because he took my only child from me."
Sesshomaru stopped responding with any emotions. He was complete darkness inside. Rin couldn't figure him out at all.
"Do you...remember the night you saw me crying?"
He began to glare at the tape recorder.
"I was watching the whole thing from the doorway. You were talking to no one."
Rin nearly fainted. How could she not see this sort of behavior in someone?! "Wha..."
"Oh...it seems you have been activated, my poor son."
The pair heard a clicking sound in the background and a faint voice getting louder.
"...have been found dismembered and possibly chewed by some sort of dog. The police are avidly searching for this Hound."
"Your aunt and your father can coroborate my story. If you listened to the first tape, you should be fine. Tell your aunt what I told you. Ask her about the exon file."
She took another puff of the cigar. "I am so sorry this has destroyed you, my dear boy. I will put more information about my work on the other side of this tape, if it interests you. I love you."
The tape player turned off.
Rin let out a shaky sigh as she studied Sesshomaru's expressions. Was he going to change who he was? Did this hurt him? Would he talk to her?
"I don't believe I need to elaborate on my feelings. You should know already."
"Um...you're shocked, but relieved to have a better understanding. You believe your mother. You feel guilt because you felt so burdened by Inuyasha but-"
"Enough, Rin. Please." He turned to her. "Are you hungry?"
"Yes, but-"
"Do you have Jaken's number saved in your phone still?"
"Yes."
"Dial. He can deliver us food. He has a secret method to get here."
"But...do still trust him? He might have known all of this as well, meaning he was witholding information from you."
Sesshomaru paused.
"There are some steaks in the freezer that don't look frostbitten."
"I will prepare them."
"W-what about the tape?"
"We will listen, but I must take care of my children, and you, of course."
"Y-you don't feel like you committed a disgusting sin by having children with me? Your father never laid down with a human, but you did."
"My father is very attracted to human women. I don't believe he was not sleeping with that woman as well. He always told my mother things to appease her."
"O-oh...I see."
"The taste for a human, the sexual desire, is hereditary in my family." He said, gently rubbing his hands down Rin's spine.
Rin shuddered. "I-it's painful now, at this stage."
"I have no intention of doing that to you now, but soon."
"I wish this would be over already. You know we aren't safe here."
"The police would have come for us by now if they were certain we were here. Either they are following another lead or someone is calling them off. Have you checked your phone?"
"I'm going to now." Rin pulled out her phone and read all her texts. Inumira was able to confirm their safety, with Shippo's help. He sent a drone to the house and gave Miroku a photoshopped video of the couple spotted on the other side of the city. Miroku was able to throw off the investigation and keep heat off them for awhile.
"Izen is still our problem. He's waiting for something to happen." Sesshomaru noted.
"Y-yeah..." Rin sighed. "I-it was a girl. They won't name her until they know you're safe."
"Why put off something so important for my sake?"
"Inuyasha loves you. We all do. We just want to help you. We want to make sure you are exonerated."
For the first time in years, Sesshomaru felt certain he was loved. At that moment, he thought of Kagura. She was trying to help, the best way she could. The only way she knew how.
"Hnn." He glanced up at Rin and touched her stomach. "You are the reason for the changes. You have made all of this possible. I am eternally grateful. When this is over, I will marry you. I owe you that much."
Rin's eyes widened with tears. For that moment, her mind was lost in happiness. "Really?"
"The wedding you have always wanted."
Rin sighed. She thought about her wedding plans with Kohaku. Ninjas. She giggled. He was still so young minded, and so was she. She never believed she could grow this quickly from being with one person.
"I want a traditional wedding. Your family's traditions."
"A wedding in the sky, huh."
Rin's face turned a furious shade of red. "I-in the sky?! O-okay! A-after the children are born?"
Sesshomaru shook his head. "The castle in the sky defies all gravity. It feels like earth there."
"Why does your family own a castle in the sky?!"
"We are a long line of demons. Demonic royalty, even."
"Royalty..." Rin gasped. "Sesshomaru! Do you remember the lion's head insignia?!"
Sesshomaru nodded.
"The lion was also a king! He wants to destroy the bloodline. He wants to create a new breed of demons and take over the entire world! He wants things to go back to the era of war!"
"This man is absolutely mad."
"His necklace works like a brooch! He absorbed Kohaku's demon."
"Ab...sorbed?!"
"Kohaku said he plans to do the same to you! Sesshomaru! Play the other side of the tape! There are still things we need to know!"
Sesshomaru played the other side without any hesitation.
"I have the original books, written by the first Tono, about the brooch. I knew how to make copies and prototypes. I even used the base of the stone in the fertilizer for the plants. It gave them supernatural abilities and immortality. I was unlocking the secrets to immortality. I used the cosmetics line as a tactic to find guinea pigs. I put the ingredients in the cosmetics, but no one has developed any powers. I thought my research was only going to be limited to plant life, until I realized how mind control worked, how certain scents and sounds can affect the mind and soul. I was getting ready to release the perfume and sell bouquets, even incense...when the line went under. All my partners pulled, stocks went down, and I was a failure within months. I knew Izen double crossed me. I planned to start from the ground up, but Izen came to the garden and told me to my face what he had done to you."
'I don't like where this is going.'
"He programmed you to kill, and to be triggered by the fall of the cosmetics line. He intends to have you placed in a mental facility, to get you out of the way. He programmed you using the Beta dog protocols. Meaning: You can be programmed to take orders from whoever your instincts tell you to trust. That's why you may not be able to attack some people so easily. I do hope I can get this tape to you before anything happens. If you wind up in that facility, no one will help you...no one that I know of."
Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow. 'So father chose to remain neutral this entire time?'
"I have asked your father to keep the door open on his friendship with Izen and to have the happiest marriage he possibly could. Everything he's doing, he is doing it for you. Please recognize that at some point. Decide what you will do next."
The tape stopped playing.
Rin placed her hand on Sesshomaru's back, noticing how stiff and tense he was. There was a dreadful silence between them before Sesshomaru finally spoke up.
"Shall we call Jaken now?"
"Y-yes."
Jaken brought them food, supplements for Rin, and change of clothes.
"So, are you going to tell me how Jaken got here?"
"There is an underground tunnel that connects this house to his. He is too frightened by our family to double cross us. He had many chances."
Rin sighed. "Maybe we should get everyone to meet us here."
"What for, Milady?" Jaken asked.
"We need some of the details corroborated."
Jaken arranged for Inumira and InuNo, along with Shippo to meet at the house.
They sat awkwardly at the table, while Shippo kept surveiling the area with his drone.
"So...she told you everything, did she?"
Inumira hung her head down. "My sister was hurting so much. I wish you didn't talk her into that absurd situation!" She said, glaring at InuNo.
"Still blaming me for everything, I see." He responded in a monotone voice.
"You useless heap of trash. You knew what this deal entailed. You knew you two would be too powerful to gain such wealth together. But to know this was what you would be doing?! This is outrageous! Children were harmed in this, including your own! I will never forgive you!"
"Aunt Mira, let this go."
"Wh-what?"
"My father has gone through great lengths, many uncomfortable ones, I'm certain." He glared up at his father. "But...You did not want Inuyasha? You placed him in my lap to raise, because you couldn't deal with the shame? A child is not shameful. It was your actions that were shameful. You cannot pin that on a child. Inuyasha was an innocent, clueless child."
"Sesshomaru..." Rin stared in shock.
"I grew to love Inuyasha."
"In my absence, I assume. He was just 'the other son' wasn't he?"
"He had no idea."
"Don't you think I could tell? Inuyasha was unnecessarily spoiled, but all he wanted was love. Inuyasha found everything he needed in everyone except you."
InuNo let out a low growl and turned his head away.
"U-um...what is our next plan?" Inumira asked in a soft voice.
"This man intends to absorb me into his necklace."
"I knew something was off about that man, the moment I met him." Inumira huffed. "You just had to be friends with him, didn't you?" She glared at InuNo once more.
Rin cleared her throat. "I-I've been wondering what part I play in all of this."
"I believe you were brought here to help uncover all of Inukimi's remaining secrets." InuNo responded, rubbing his chin.
"Or Izen wants to absorb your babies."
"Shippo!" Inumira scolded furiously.
"What did I say wrong, mama?!" Shippo retorted. "Haven't you read The Color Of The Gate? The purest form of demonic energy is inside an unborn child."
Rin shrieked and Sesshomaru put a reassuring arm around her. "I will not let that happen."
"So...what's our next plan of action?" Inumira asked.
"My mother told me to ask you for the Exon file."
"Oh, Inukimi emailed that file to me years ago. She told me to give it to Inuyasha."
"That doesn't sound very promising."
"Quite the contrary. Have you ever noticed the necklace Inuyasha wears? It's a flashdrive with that exact file. Your father always boasted that Inuyasha was good at holding onto things."
"Well I can agree. He holds a grudge like no other."
Rin snickered. "I'm sorry. It is true, after all."
Sesshomaru went into deep thought as the others chatted.
"Father. I need you to retrieve the file from Inuyasha. Jaken, I need you to remain here."
"What about us? Are we part of your plans?" Inumira asked.
"I need you to go home."
"But-"
"You've adopted this squirrel child, yes?"
"I'm a fox!" Shippo shouted angrily.
"He will need you." Sesshomaru continued, ignoring Shippo's comment. "Take him home."
She sighed loudly. "I suppose you're right." She picked up her purse. "Pack your equipment, Shippo."
"I would like to borrow the drone and tablet."
"Sure. I customized this one, just for this situation. Use it to your advantage!"
Everyone stuck to the plan and parted ways, with Jaken staying behind.
"Jaken. You will continue surveilling with the drone."
"Yes, sir!"
"Rin, please come with me. There is something I need to talk to you about."