Hey Guys!! I'm sorry it took so long to post this chapter. I got caught up in this exam week and picking up sewing!!! Its pretty fun, I've sewed a couple of pillows. I hope you guys enjoy :)
Mouse or SillY
A Simple Request
Chapter 4- Released
"Rin, we must leave Ms. Higurashi to rest-,"
"I'm not leaving 'til she wakes up and tells me herself that she's okay." Rin snapped irritably, glaring at her father. Sesshomaru was speechless. He didn't know how to respond to Rin's sudden attitude and quick tongue.
"Rin…" Sesshomaru said with a firm tone causing Rin to growl in response. He grabbed her small hand gently and the two left the sleeping Kagome with a worried Shippo at her side. Sesshomaru had just finished buckling Rin into her booster seat when he scented her tears. "What is the matter Rin?" He questioned as he fastened his seatbelt. Sesshomaru glanced at her through his rearview mirror and felt guilty as her tears fell.
"I hate you." Rin muttered. Sesshomaru's eyes widened impossibly. Surely the Higurashi woman had not turned his blood against him in the matter of a few hours. His mind traveled back to when he had told Rin it was time to leave.
"Rin…Did you growl at me a few minutes ago?" he questioned as they pulled away from the hospital. Sesshomaru hated hospitals. The smell of sickness and death made him want to retch. Not to mention the constant beeping of those blasted machines.
"I don't know why you're speaking to me Daddy," Came Rin's response, "because I'm not going to speak to you until you promise me that we'll see Ms. Higurashi tomorrow morning first thing." Sesshomaru gripped his steering wheel tightly and sighed. His little devil had him wrapped around her tiny little pitchfork.
"Fine," He breathed under his breath, "We shall see her tomorrow." Rin was just about to clap with excitement but Sesshomaru interrupted her, "But you'll have to wake me up." Rin cheered and he was forced to smile.
"Thanks Daddy, I love you!"
"C'mon Kagome, please wake up!" Shippo exclaimed in a whisper, his tiny hand clutching hers.
"Hey kiddo," a female greeted him from the doorway of Kagome's hospital room. Shippo didn't have to turn around to realize who was speaking. She was here to take him away from his sister. "I brought Kohaku, Miroku, and the whole rest of us." Shippo turned, meeting dark brown eyes, hardened by a bad life and numerous other things with magenta make up on its eye lids.
"That's cool Sango, but you're here to take me away are you not?" Shippo replied returning his emerald gaze to his maternal sister. Sango faltered in approaching him directly, her dark brown hair swaying in its ponytail.
"Well, you… you have to leave Shippo, you're too underage to stay, or I would let you-,"
"She can't leave me, I don't wanna be selfish, but she can't leave me. She promised to take me grocery shopping tomorrow and then a lot of things for Christmas. She can't leave." Shippo pleaded more than told. Sango lowered her eyes and gathered Shippo in her arms.
"We all need her Shippo. She's important to us all. You haven't cried yet have you? It's okay to cry Shippo, its okay to be worried." She felt Shippo's body shaking and clutched him tight to her chest.
"I have to be the better man since Souta is not." Shippo protested as hot tears fell from his eyes as he refrained from sobbing.
"It's okay to cry." Sango repeated as tears fell from her eyes as well. She felt her shirt dampen and within fifteen minutes, his body limped and Sango began walking to her van where everyone was waiting.
"How was she??" Miroku asked violet eyes filled with worry.
"Still unconscious, her doctor said that she should be better tomorrow morning hopefully, possibly awake. He didn't give me details though because he said I was listed as family."
"And Shippo?" Miroku asked as she placed the sleeping kitsune into his arms.
"Deeply traumatized, and I'm worried about him. It must have been horrible for him to witness that." Miroku nodded in agreement and she closed the van door. Sango was fastening her seatbelt when she heard Miroku sniffle.
"Goodness, how could Souta do that to his own blood?"
"I don't know but, we're out of his stupid gang. We promised that to Kagome and ourselves last time." Miroku smiled and nodded in agreement once more. Kouga and Ayame were snuggled in each others arms asleep in the very back of the van. Sango's little brother, Kohaku, was beside them, sleep as well. Sango pulled out of the hospital and onto the highway. The car trip was virtually silent except for Kouga's abusively loud snoring overruling the almost silent radio. Sango parked on the curb in front of her house and shifted the car into neutral. She turned the ignition off and struck her steering wheel with slight anger. "This is just some bullshit" Sango seethed with a roll of her eyes, "Do you know his whereabouts?"
"No Miss Sango, I do not." Miroku replied sliding the van door open. Sango unfastened her seatbelt and got out, slamming her door shut and jarring awake Kouga and Ayame.
"Get up you two lovebirds I need to carry that heavy sleeper into the house." Kouga groaned and gently nudged Ayame. They both clambered out of the van and towards the house. Sango rolled her eyes in annoyance and unfastened her brother from his seatbelt then picked him up roughly. She grunted as she carefully stepped backwards out of her van. Her brother was getting heavier and she really needed to tell him to lay off the fried foods. With one last grunt, Sango closed the sliding door and made her way into the two story house. She ventured into the living room and threw the sleeping seven year old on the long couch.
"Geez Sango," Miroku voiced from the loveseat on the right of the plasma TV, "You shouldn't be so rough with him." Sango rolled her eyes and stretched her aching arms.
"Yes, well, you try carrying that ton of bricks. Where'd you put Shippo?"
"In Kohaku's upper bunk, why do you ask?" Sango shrugged.
"I just want him to be comfortable."
Sesshomaru paced the grey marble floor of his entryway. He wanted to see her and he could not rest without knowing she was alright. Growling, he stormed from his house and into his light blue Lincoln. He drove around for an hour before stopping in a middle class neighborhood. Sesshomaru stopped in front of the nicest house, unaware of the sky blue PT Cruiser in its driveway. He found his hand on the doorknob before he realized what he was doing. Shaking his head, Sesshomaru withdrew his hand from the knob as if it had burned him.
"What am I doing? This is clearly against the law." His thoughts trailed off as he realized that he had ducked under yellow police tape stretched across the mailbox and silver fence of the driveway. Rolling his eyes, he patted his pocket to ensure his wallet with his badge was still there before entering the nice looking house. His beast purred with pleasure as the scent of sweet, pure blood assaulted his nostrils, causing him to flare them in response before glancing down to see a burgundy puddle of blood. He crouched to his knees and placed two fingers in the thick, wet blood and brought it to his nose, inhaling deeply. Sesshomaru scented it was fairly recent, approximately lying out for two hours at most, and before he could stop himself, his tongue darted out. Sesshomaru groaned, his taste buds relishing in the sweet, tangy, metallic taste. He felt his eye bleeding red and shook his head, licking the remaining 'juice' from his fingers.
It held a familiar power to it but he could not put his finger on it. He had lived for nearly three millennia, and never before had he tasted blood so…delicious. His mind traveled to the taste of the now rare phoenix blood and he frowned. This blood was sweeter, and laced with ninety times more power than a phoenix. Sesshomaru had to find out who occupied this house. He walked into what appeared to be the kitchen and grabbed a sponge mop and then a blue bucket that it hung above. He growled, realizing he was lowering himself to clean up some yet to evolve creature's blood so no other could have it. Sesshomaru set the bucket in the sink and filled it a quarter full before carrying it and the mop into the entryway then set to work.
He dusted off his hands, smiling at the renewed floor then decided to explore the house for evidence of who lived here. He was drawn to living room and was reaching for the light when his cell phone rang. Sesshomaru let his arm fall, answering his phone without looking at who it was. "Tashio speaking…"
"Yes, this is Rin Tashio. Don't tell me you're abandoning our promise for your job." She didn't give him time to answer as she continued. "You have approximately thirty minutes to get home and wash up so you can take me to the hospital to see Ms. Higurashi. Ms. Yuri already made me breakfast and I'm going to was up and brush my teeth after this conversation. It is now 5:12 am. TTFN Daddy." The phone clicked and a dial tone echoed Sesshomaru's ear before he hung it up with a slight chuckle. He ventured back to the entry way and took the bucket with the sponge mobs then set it in the sink before departing the house with rapid speed. He wasn't about to let his daughter down, and he need to beat the going-to-work traffic.
Sesshomaru found himself home within fifteen minutes and shrugged. He hadn't realized the neighborhood was that close to his large home. "You have fifteen minutes Daddy." Rin sang as he walked in. Sesshomaru rolled his eyes but did as she commanded. She was waiting by the door when he came downstairs in nicely fitting blue jeans and a crisp, collared white shirt. He tied his shoes quickly and grabbed Rin's jacket out the hall closet. "Thirty seconds Daddy." Rin reminded as he helped her into the pink jacket. Sesshomaru opened the door and Rin raced outside and stood next to his blue Lincoln. Sesshomaru fumbled in his pocket for his keys and pressed the button to unlock the car, watching with a small smile as Rin opened the door and jumped in, slamming the door afterwards.
He jogged to the front seat and entered the car as well, shutting the door soundly before fastening his seatbelt. "Are you fastened Rin?" He questioned starting the car. He watched her nod rapidly in the rearview mirror and backed out of his driveway.
"We should get there in twelve minutes."
"Why twelve?" Sesshomaru questioned.
"Because, you haven't eaten yet, and I'm still hungry so we're stopping at WacDonald's for breakfast!!" Sesshomaru smiled, taking his shades from his dashboard and putting them on.
"I am not hungry Rin, but we shall stop there for you."
-Flashback
A young girl with unique cyan eyes raced around a fenced yard, her feet kicking a black and white soccer ball every-so-often. Something moved in the corner of her eye and she paused, the ball finding its way into the sharp hedge. Her eyes searched the sky, ground, and everything in between for what had moved but when she saw nothing she shrugged and went to retrieve her ball from its hedge. The young girl hissed with slight pain as the hedge leaves poked her arm, drawing a tiny dot of blood, but she was successful in retrieving her ball, so she smiled in triumph as she withdrew from the hedge. The beeping of a car reached her ears in she smiled widely as she raced inside. "Momma?" She called, her eyes darting around for her mother's figure. "Is Papa home?"
"Yes Kagome, he just pulled up. Go wash your hands and lunch will be ready. Get Souta and his girlfriend from his room." The young girl raced off with uncanny speed and excitement, her short legs making quick work of the stairs as she raced into her older brother's room.
"Souta! Papa's home and Momma said to get ready for lunch."
"I heard her twerp, now scat." Her teenage older brother said before she could fully open his door. Kagome stuck her tongue out at him and raced to the bathroom. She washed her hands and raced downstairs just as she heard the front door opening.
"Papa!" She exclaimed jumping from the stairs and onto his form.
"Akina get this demon child off me." His gruff voice commanded, spewing the stinky smell of liquor into Kagome nostrils. Kagome unwrapped her arms from his neck and fell to the ground with a hurt expression.
"But Papa, we haven't seen you in two years…"
"I aint your pappy, so don't call me that. I'm that horrible excuse for a man's dad, but that's just what the DNA tests say. Knowing your demon-lovin mother over there, it coulda been someone else." Kagome's head cocked to the side in obvious confusion and the man she had once called papa smiled.
"Hidoku don't lie to that girl like that…" Was the only thing her mother said.
"It's 1766 woman, its time for this so called little girl to stop being a little girl. She was born a thousand years and a century ago. Now where's my food at?"
"Behind that preposition," Kagome's mother muttered setting a steaming plate of baked potatoes on the table beside a large ham and macaroni. Hidoku pushed Kagome from his walkway and entered the kitchen. He sat at the head of the table and then Kagome sat at the far corner, her head bowed in disappointment. His large hand smacked a bowl of yams off the table and it hit the linoleum floor then shattered. Kagome and her mother jumped in surprise.
"Don't go gettin' smart with me just because that damn demon child is a witness. We had this talk two months ago. Now fix my plate."
"What was that crashing noise?" Souta questioned appearing into the kitchen with a blonde haired, green eyed girl behind him. Akina's eyes traveled to the girl's neck where a darkening hickey greeted them.
"You're clumsy ass mother dropped somethin is all." Hidoku said gruffly as he looked the teenage girl up and down. "Maybe you aint sorry after all boy. You probably did get my package." The girl and Souta blushed heavily and Akina cleared her throat.
"I think your grandmother wants you home now Susan, I'll talk to you both later." Susan left without a hurry and Souta sat down in front of Kagome.
"What package did Pap- I mean Mr. Hidoku send you?" Kagome questioned curiously. Hidoku laughed as Akina set a plate in front of him then started cleaning up the yams on the floor.
"You aint old enough just yet girlie, but you are funny." He told her before beginning to eat. Souta stood to help his mother fix his sister and his plate but was interrupted by his father slamming his fist on the table. "Sit down boy it's a woman's job to serve us." He cut his eyes to the human looking four year old. "She needs to start teachin that little demon child a woman's place." Souta rolled his eyes but sat down as his father commanded. "You need to cut that long, sissy hair of yours." Souta touched the hair at his shoulders and shook his head.
"It'll get cut Monday when I go get the rest of my transplant." Hidoku stared gently at his son then his gaze hardened when he realized his wife had yet to bring his son food.
"Hurry that ass up woman, my son's starving over here-,"
"It's alright Dad, I'm not all that hungry-,"
"Don't interrupt me boy." Souta's lips pursed together in a thin line and Kagome watched them interact with a silent stare.
"How was two years worth of battle?" Souta questioned trying to make conversation as his mother sat his plate in front of him.
"I aint go to war. They took my name off the list." The room became eerily silent before Kagome asked the question everyone was wondering.
"Then where were you for two years."
"I was with my ex-wife, soon to be wife again, and sons. I invited them over to show Akina what a real woman was like, and how she was supposed to produce sons. My ex-wife has four of them, and there's another one on the way. The best thing about them is they're all mine." Hidoku laughed and the doorbell rang just as Akina silently placed Kagome's plate in front of her. "Go get that will ya demon child. Souta, move beside Kagome, put her plate in the middle and you sit on my left. Your mother will sit on the end next to her demon spawn." Kagome left silently wondering how her mother felt about the situation. It didn't seem too wrong to demons, but her instructor had told her about the humans' way of marriage as well. She opened the door to see an athletically fit woman with a slight bulge for her stomach. She looked strikingly like her mother and was holding an eight month old baby boy in her arms with three neatly dressed boys at her sides. The oldest was around Souta's age, the middle son was around twelve, and there was a four year old holding his mother's free hand.
They all gave her a disgusted look as they brushed by her and Kagome's head fell in shame then closed the door. When she returned to the table, plates were set on the right side of Hidoku and her mother was sitting at the end, where she had previously sat. Souta showed her with his eyes to the middle seat and she quickly sat beside her mother and brother. "Souta, these are your half-brothers. The one your age is Gerald, the twelve year old is Michael, the four year old is Jerome, and the one your stepmother is holding is Hidoku Jr. We haven't decided the name for your incoming brother yet." Souta's eyes darted to all his half siblings before his eyes landed on his aunt.
"Aunt Anika?" He questioned shocked, and she merely gave him a slight smile. His aunt was only ten years younger than his mother, who was now the human age of forty.
"Yes my nephew, how are you fairing?"
"I'm good-,"
"It's time to eat wench, be silent." The table silenced and everyone began to eat. Kagome cut her eyes at her mother whom was forcing food into her mouth so she wouldn't say anything. It was then that the demonically young Kagome sensed deep hatred. She said nothing as she slid a piece of ham into her mouth as her senses jumped awake. She concentrated on Souta's aunt and realized that she scented of not only different men, but of a female child. She smiled lightly and glanced at the four year old boy who was stuffing his face in a proper way.
"Mr. Hidoku, how would you feel if your soon-to-be new wife was pregnant with a female child instead of a male?" Kagome felt all eyes on her and she felt sweat trickle under her arm in nervousness.
"That is not likely. She probably cheated on me in that case."
"Well, she smells of different men, but this child is yours." Akina and Anika gasped in shock before Anika opened her mouth.
"Hidoku-baby, please don't listen to that foolish demon spawn. She probably doesn't even know what she's talking about. My sister was a fool to agree to adopt her from after her ex-husband died and left her with a child that wasn't even hers."
"Why are you so defensive if she is not telling the truth?" Souta questioned with narrowed eyes. It was then Kagome sensed his anger and hatred as well and she nearly beamed with happiness as Anika began to sputter.
"Tell me Gerald, has your mother had any male friends over or have you overheard anything-,"
"That's absurd Hidoku, how dare you imply-," Anika was cut off by Hidoku's empty china plate hitting the top of her skull and continuing its course to shatter into the wall.
"Don't interrupt me bitch. Now, demon spawn…Are all four of her present children mine?" Kagome scented the air once and waited as the scents registered.
"Yeah, all of her children are yours, but she smells of children that had not been born."
"You have until your pregnancy is over Anika, and if the demon spawn is right…Your children will be stripped from you." The four year old cried out and clutched onto his mother's hand and Kagome instantly felt as if she had just killed the poor child's mother.
"C'mon boys, its time for us to leave." Anika spoke as she stood. They followed her in a single file line and the door slammed as they left. It had been four long months of Hidoku and her mother arguing before he finally beat her and left. Kagome had come home from her scent training to find her mother bleeding on the ground and she immediately got her neighbors. When they arrived at the hospital, the doctors told Souta she had miscarried and then Kagome knew nothing about what he meant, but Souta explained it to her later on. They both grieved for their loss of a sibling, and deep hatred rose for the both of them towards Hidoku. That same day, Anika gave birth to a girl, as Kagome had pointed out, and Hidoku had named her Kikyo.
Three weeks later, when Akina was released from the hospital, Hidoku and his sons disappeared, leaving Anika alone with only her daughter, whom she taught to hate the demon spawn known as Kagome.
-End Flashback
Kagome awoke with a start, glancing around the pale white hospital walls before the memory of what previously happened shook her. She turned her head to see gentle brown eyes eyeing her with worry. "Hey there Rin, what are you doing here?" she questioned with a creaking voice.
"I forced Daddy to bring me because I wanted to make sure you were okay. Well, are you okay?" Kagome smiled and nodded.
"I could use some water though."
"Rin go get Ms. Higurashi some water." Sesshomaru's baritone voice rumbled from the chair near the open window. Rin bounded up to her dad and he handed her a dollar and she raced off.
"What are you doing here?" Kagome questioned clearing her throat.
"It is…was…not my choice to be here." He replied as if he was clearly disgusted, "But since I am here, I have been put in charge of the case for your shooting. The police have already questioned your younger brother and got your older brother's name as the cause of it, so that's just one more case to add to his incoming life sentence." Sesshomaru felt uneasy as she stared him down with a heated glare.
"I, nor does Shippo, know his whereabouts. Even if I did-,"
"You wouldn't tell me." Sesshomaru finished for her with an annoyed tone. "Woman, your so called brother almost killed you and endangered my child-,"
"Well maybe if you weren't shirking your responsibility to pick her up then she would have never been in danger." Sesshomaru growled deeply with warning at the even tone of Kagome and she growled back in return.
"I was not shirking my responsibility for my child. Unlike you, I work hard while my daughter is in school and is not lying around all day letting my sibling shoot me up." Kagome took the turn to growl warningly at him, letting him know he crossed the line.
"Touché you cock sucking bastard," Kagome responded pulling the IV out of her arm, "The only reason I am at home all the time is because I graduated at an early age and am not capable of working just yet. At least I have the decency to let someone know that I won't be able to pick up Shippo if I am not able to get to him in time. She would have been waiting in the rain all alone if it wasn't for me!"
"The only reason you would not be able to pick up your brother is because you were shooting someone up in that pathetic little gang of yours. You expect to raise your little brother on that bull-," The heart monitor that was once connected to Kagome's right arm flung past his head and out the open window. Sesshomaru inwardly sighed in relief that one of the machines insistent beeping had ceased. The scent of watery salt filled his nostrils and he realized that he had upset the Higurashi woman.
"Your elder brother shot you nine times in the back Higurashi. Give him up. I am certain you have some clue where he is hiding."
"It was my fault he shot me. Don't go pinning shit on him."
"Your fault; Woman how was it your fault? Your younger brother did not report a struggle-,"
"I angered him. I said things that I knew weren't true that made him angry. I deserved-,"
"Out of all the things you deserve, getting shot in the back nine times isn't one of them. Perhaps getting your tongue cut off-," Sesshomaru was interrupted by a tray with uneaten food being thrown at him.
"You are an ass Sesshomaru Tashio. Tell Rin I said hi." Kagome replied pushing pass him and leaping out the window. Sesshomaru stared blankly at his food stained shirt and growled deeply. There was no way that woman would get the last of him.
"Daddy, why are you eating food off your shirt? You told me you weren't hungry earlier. Where did Ms. Higurashi go? A nurse lady had to escort me to the water machine and she said I shouldn't be wandering the halls on my own."
"Rin, I am not permitting you to speak to Ms. Higurashi or Shippo again." Rin dropped the water bottle in her hand and tears formed her eyes instantly.
"What, but why Daddy?"
"They are…dangerous."
"No they aren't Daddy you're just not very brave."
"Rin…"
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