Hello all Yes It's Crescendo yet again! How are you all enjoying the story so far? It's been a great pleasure writing for you all I just want you guy's to know that! Oh and if anyone has any questions about the last chapter I am going to try and summarize it up. Okay so basically we all know demons have excellent hearing Sesshomaru wanted to get Inuyasha out of the house he didn't want his heritage revealed to him that way. Though he has yet to realize that in my opinion. So anyways they left and Inuyasha took him to his favorite cafe because he didn't know what else to do. I don't want them all over each other just yet I want it to be a slow build, or i'm going to try to make it slow build. HAHAHA….*Hangs my head* My apologies .. OH YEAH BEFORE I FORGET I DON'T OWN ANYTHING IT ALL BELONGS TO RUMIKO TAKAHASHI. So has anyone checked out PheonixDiamond yet? If not you really should I'm begging you to her work deserves homage! Homage I say! okay so another story I really like by her is A Very UnBrotherly Conversation. I very much enjoyed the one shots in it! I'm sure you will to so please go check it out and give that lovely writer your support! She works very hard to give you all what you want! I swear I don't know what I would do if I couldn't read her stories. *completely hooked* Okay let's get on with it then shall we?
*Mikadzuki Pov*
Hmph. I really was tired of trying to be nice to the human woman whom had taken my baby boy away from me. I can honestly say that by this point after enduring all the heartache and frustration thrust upon me, I am ready to snap. She has yet to explain everything to her husband and I can't understand why she hesitates...Maybe I should have let my mate take her life after the stunt she had pulled.
"Izayoi, I have been more than patient with you! My wife, has pleaded for you in your defense, feeling that she owed you when in truth we owed you nothing to begin with. If you don't tell him the truth we will!"
"Izayoi…." That poor man, he seemed worn out and drained of fight, how could she keep something like this hidden from him? The woman in question could do nothing but continue to bleat out her distress.
"Toga, I think it would be best if we explain the situation ourselves."
"Yes, I have had more than enough of her trickery...It's time for the truth to be told."
"Allow me my love."
"The honor is all yours." I can't help the smile that worms its way onto my face as Toga takes my hand into his kissing my knuckles.
"Please don't." I can't help but to sneer at the cretin before me, yes that is what she is! She brought this all on herself, and admittedly so did I. I was a simpleton to allow myself to defend this woman.
"It's too late for that, you had your chance to speak the truth...to choose a different path." I look her mate in the eyes and feel overwhelming guilt, the veracity of the story about to be told would undoubtedly cause him much pain and rage.
"Sixteen and a half years ago…."
*Flashback Normal pov*
"Toga! I can't get into contact with her!" Mikadzuki cried out to her mate wringing her hands as she paced back and forth practically frothing at the mouth.
"Mika….Calm yourself love, we will find her! I have our very best working on this, she will not escape punishment." Toga soothed using only the most gentle of tones not wanting to stress his wife out any further; She was still in a fragile state of mind after being unable to carry their child to full term.
"HOW CAN I?! MY BABY!" Mikadzuki fell to her knees as sobs tore through her small feminine form making her body shake with the force of her pain.
Toga hurried to her side, the need to protect coursing through his veins, turning his blood into boiling lava. He wanted to scream to destroy everything in his path, this was what he got for placing his faith in that woman! Betrayal, it stung every ounce of pride and self being; it coated his mouth in acidic fluids.
"MY LORD WE FOUND HER! SHE IS AT MITSIHERU SHRINE!" A servant burst through the door, the words they had longed to hear for over nine agonizing hours not registering for several seconds. Everything happened as once as both Lord and Lady turned into a ball of blinding white and raced towards their destination.
It took them only minutes to locate the woman inside of the decaying building. Toga snorted the wench had thought herself smart by running to Japan. They had in truth been searching for her for almost a month in a half. They had finally tracked her down to Japan the day before yesterday, they had honestly thought her to foolishly to run here. However that was not important! Time was of the essence! They needed to find their child and give him his first feeding or it was unlikely he would survive, no one else would do for the child was not a common youkai, he was a royal shiro inu youkai the first feeding was imperative!
Growling he stepped forward towards the body laid out on a makeshift pallet, the scent of blood and new life filled the room, however Toga could not locate the babe, his eyes searched the surrounding area franticly.
"Toga!" His head snapped to the side to locate the source of that beautiful distraught voice, only to howl with rage...his baby boy was encased inside a barrier of purifying energy. He turned wild eyes onto the exhausted woman who laid at his feet.
"Harm me and you write his death warrant." Her voice was weak, yet filled with steel as she stared him down.
"Wh-Why?" His beloved's voice was broken as she wrung her hands, reaching out only to yank them back.
"He is mine! I won't allow you to take him, I gave birth to that baby boy." At this her voice was filled with awe, "My one and only child. All for you Goura, your precious heir the reason for marrying me. How could I let him go, when he made that man love me?" A brittle laugh left cracked lips.
"Please he will die! We paid you well, please tell him you miscarried, you can al-"
"ALWAYS WHAT HAVE ANOTHER BABY?!" Izayoi started to choke as she began to laugh quite psychotically. "He has destroyed my womb, never will I be able to carry another child, no I think I will keep him, child of my soul and flesh."
Toga didn't know what to say or do, how could he get his son and mate away from this mad woman? A plan quickly began to form, Toga cleared his throat and turned from the woman he was standing in front of.
"What will you tell your husband when the child dies?" He asked as cool as you please.
"He won't Goura will feed him the youkai he needs." She was resolute.
"He will die, he is of royal blood without our youkai flowing in his veins he will not last the day and your husband will know you carry the blood of an innocent babe on your hands." Toga's voice tremble his heart was shattering as his wife sobbed uncontrollably.
"W-what, w-w-what do I-I-I DO?!" He had the miko right where he wanted her.
"A...contract. I- No we will allow you to keep the child for sixteen years, but then he must go with us...do you understand? You will have until then to tell your husband the truth."
"YES!" The woman sobbed latching onto her saving grace.
*End Flash back/ Goura pov*
"It was when we reached the hospital, that Toga had decided to take the child and break the contract...However i couldn't allow him to do that after she had allowed us to save our child."
I was honestly stunned as warm fat tears rolled down my cheeks leaving a path of fire in it's wake, I can't even look at Izayoi...how could after learning the truth? She had told me the reason for going to japan was to be closer to my family as her birthing drew near, in hopes that father would grow to accept her. Never had I expected such treachery, the child of my heart was not mine!
It was as if a black void was swallowing me whole leaving nothing but an empty abyss, The words Inuyasha isn't mine kept running through my mind over and over again. How could Izayoi ever think that I only loved her for the child she carried?
More important what could I say to th- that's when it struck me, These are royal shiro inu youkai...said to be blessed by Tsukuyomi to immortality to show his favoritism, blessed by Amaterasu to be the burning fire of righteousness.
How could I not see it before? Father had warned me that a false god would lead me astray and I the imbecile had happily been lead astray, caught up in my rebellious fantasy. Yet I had been gifted by being allowed to know the child that was no longer my own.
"Goura I am sorry, you should have never been forced into this position...To learn Inuyasha is not your son in such a way..." What?! Touga is apologizing to me?! He has no need to apologize, it was his pack that was grievously slighted. To have his son stolen away from him…
"We would still like you to be apart of our son's life, I am sure it would devastate him to lose such a father as yourself." His mate is merely try- wait they will still allow me to be apart of the child's life?
I open my mouth to speak but nothing comes out, I can only numbly nod my head, I'm devoid of emotion...So much to take in, I turn and without a word make my way upstairs. Izayoi tries to grab me with those deceitful hands of her's but no longer will I allow her to move me like a marionette, will no longer dance to her finely constructed tunes.
God gaveth me my family and he haveth taken them away.
*Inuyasha pov*
I take steady inhales it's the only thing I know to do. I AM NOT CHEATING ON KOUGA! I AM NOT CHEATING ON KOUGA! I scream over and over again in the recess of my mind. Standing I look at the temptation before me, he is still on the phone...I can't do this! I have to go, need to go! This isn't right.
"Inuyasha?" He questions me with a hand over the mouthpiece of his phone.
I shake my head and point to the restroom, he gives a small nod before returning his attention back to the phone. He never even notices me slip out of the small cafe, and I don't feel guilty not one bit- or that's what I tell myself at least…
As I walk down the street I take my own phone out and check the time. It reads 10:57 and I have a text message from Kouga. He always did have impeccable timing...Rolling my eyes I debate texting him back, but if I don't I know he will have a bitch fit.
{Hey babe.}
I can't help the snort that leaves the confines of my throat, Hey babe. Seriously? I quickly text back a reply of Hi and I don't even have time to put my phone back in my pocket before it is vibrating with his reply.
{Watcha dooooooiiiiiiiinnnnnnnggggggg?}
{Walking.}
{Something wrong?}
{Nah, just don't know...I mi-
{Inuyasha?! C'mon babe what's up with u? Someone fucking with you?! Tell me who it is and I'll beat that ass so hard they'll be speaking in tongue!}
I can't help but to laugh at this, Kouga just automatically assumes things like this all the time, I swear I could tell him I was sick and he would go off the deep edge! It's one of the things that made him a good Alpha though.
Lifting my head I stare at the sky above me. God what a gorgeous creation you have made, it's pitch black now and the moon is shining so big and bright illuminating the streets in it's ethereal glow. Smiling at the thought I text Kouga back before he can go bat shit crazy like I KNOW he will, he's probably halfway to his car right now.
{I miss you.}
And it's the truth I do miss him. He's my alpha, my best friend...he know's me better than anyone else...the urge to see him his strong, I can just imagine what he is wearing right now. He probably has that long brown hair undone,dressed in a white t-shirt and black basketball shorts and the way those chocolate brown eyes dance…
{I miss you too, I need to see you. To feel you, To taste those heavenly lips. Wanna skype, since you know- your dad won't let me come get you.}
{Hey don't be mad at dad, he just worries and you know damned well if dad let you come over you wouldn't leave, you'd use the excuse it's too late and mom would all be too willing.}
{Yes or No. WANNA. SKYPE.}
Rolling my eyes I chuckle that's his way of saying if I don't get on skype he will throw a major bitch fit and kick my ass.
{Yea aight. Just let me get home!}
{*0*}
{What the fuck is that sposed to be?}
{It's a kiss dumbass, i blew you a kiss blow me one back that way ill have a kiss from you to keep me warm till you get home.}
{Sicko. *0* There, almost home, be ready}
I hastily put my phone in my pocket as if it might burn me, the guilt is coming back Koua is so good to me and I go and go out to eat with some stranger! Kouga don't deserve that shit, thats for damned sure.
I walk another five minutes in silence to the house and get to the door I'm about to open when I hear something that makes me freeze.
"Goura I am sorry, you should have never been forced into this position...To learn Inuyasha is not your son in such a way..."
What?
NO! That can't be right what a god awful joke! I'm about to enter and tell them just that when another voice interrupts me.
"We would still like you to be apart of our son's life, I am sure it would devastate him to lose such a father as yourself."
Oh god, they're serious….I have to get out of here! I- NO! THIS IS ALL WRONG! THIS CAN'T BE RIGHT! Tears blind me as I run from the house, I have to go- to get away! KOUGA! I have to go to Kouga!
TBC….
OH MY! TWO UPDATES IN TWO DAYS! FUCK YEAH! ON A ROLL! PLEASE REVIEW, HEHE SORRY TO LEAVE IT AT A CLIFFY! I know it's not that long but i thought you guy's deserved alittle extra.