Chapter 5-12/22/11

A/N: I don't really have anything to say, so...

Disclaimer: The characters mentioned in the below story belong to Rumiko Takahashi, not to me. WAH! Oh well.

I have been sorta busy all week, so that's why it's taken me so long to release a chapter. Really, I only had to do something that took maybe an hour or two each day, and then I was too lazy to write. But here you go!

Oh, I do have something to say, actually, that's relevant to the story. I have below the summarized last line of the last chapter. So, now you'll know what question Lady Mother answered.

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Last time on Please Stay:

Sesshomaru looked to his mother and asked, "How is Rin going to gain demonic abilities?"

Now:

"Oh, that is none of your concern, at least for now." Inukimi gave him a devilish smile before standing. "Well, I must be off."

Sesshomaru turned to give her a slightly startled look. "You just got here. Why are you leaving?" he demanded in an only slightly questioning tone.

With a twinkle in her amber eyes, she asked him teasingly, "Are you going to miss me, my son?"

Letting out a quiet snort, Fluffy replied in his usual monotous voice. "Of course not. I simply cannot afford to lose the knowledge of how to help Rin. But we have already been through a form this conversation. Tell me why you are leaving."

Serious now, Lady Mother responded, "I have...some things to do before we can begin the ritual. I will be out for a while. Expect me by," turning, she looked out the window and saw that the sun had risen a short while ago, "sundown tomorrow. At the latest, dawn of two days from now." Inukimi walked over to the door and threw it open, finding Jaken with his ear against where the wooden door had been a moment before.

The toad youkai looked up to her with a guilty expression. But before Lady Mother could walk out, Sesshomaru forefully commanded, "Wait Mother. Why do you seem so stubborn to not tell me how to revive Rin?"

Inukimi turned slightly to face her son. "The knowledge was a show of trust to me centuries ago, and to tell it would betray that trust. I plan on telling you in time, though. But, obviously," she gave Jaken a pointed look, "it would be heard by unwanted ears in this castle. Remember, my son, that patience is a virtue. Goodbye." Sweeping through the door, she had to sidestep Jaken and another demon servant who was balancing a rather large piece of furniture in his arms.

As she rapidly descended the medieval stairs, Jaken wailed, "But-but m'lady! We just got the futon upstairs for you!"

With a smile curling her lips, she calmly yelled in response, "I do not care, toad!"

It seemed the castle was now awake-at least, more than it had been an hour ago, when Inukimi and Sesshomaru had arrived. Reaching the main room at the bottom of the stairs, Lady Mother only had to clear her throat for the servants to move out of her way, which was what she expected. But even she did not expect them to line up along the walls, forming a processional path. Hmm, maybe I should fire my staff of servants and hire these, Inukimi idly thought to herself.

Lady Mother paused at the entrance/exit doors, waiting for someone to open them. A rat demon broke from the line and ran over to the doors. Turning to bow at Inukimi first, the inu youkai recognized the servant to be...Eran, yes, that's it! Good job, Inukimi, she mentally complimented herself. Eran heaved against the heavy doors for several moments, trying to open the doors to no avail. Lady Mother tapped her foot impatiently, ready to call for the rat youkai to be punished, when the doors opened.

Walking through the exit, Inukimi looked out of the corner of her eye at Eran as she passed. Too bad Sesshy doesn't want the human to be a rat demon. I suppose I shall have to find another way for the ugly youkai to be...taken care of.

Inukimi found herself squinting her eyes at the brightness of the sun. I long for sunglasses. Wait, what are sunglasses? she asked herself. Note to self: invent something to shade the eyes and name them-blast it, what did I call them?.

Lady Mother continued walking, content to stay in her human-like form and travel slowly. She knew she had a deadline to return, and that her son would track her down and drag her back, but she found she felt lethargic. Inukimi glanced over her shoulder and saw that she had traveled possibly a mile from her son's manor. This is far enough away that he won't be able to see you, she assured herself as she found a comfortable-looking tree a bit off the beaten walking path. Lady Mother sat down on the cool grass and leaned her head against a the tree trunk. Closing her eyes, her last thought was, I can rest for a moment or two.

A/N: Ha, not a lot happened. I don't know how Inukimi would know about sunglasses. Premonition?

And she went to sleep because she had been up the whole previous night.

Should I do the next chapter in Sesshomaru's POV or his mother's?

I'm leaning towards his mother, 'cause Fluffy's going to just really be sitting around the bedchamber, all emo, waiting for 'mommy' to come back. But, if you can think of something for him to do while she's gone, I'd love to hear it, either as a PM or as part of your review.

P.S. Does anybody know a good website to go to see an InuYasha episode(not part of the Final Act)? I missed an episode and I want to see it. I've seen 'em all a couple of times (at least twice; I honestly can't remember though; well, I know I've been watching them on the loop since they came to America). ANYWAY, back to what I was saying.

They come on Sundays at 4:30 A.M. and again three hours later (7:30 A.M.). Obviously, that's too early for me to wake up, so I DVR them. My meany dad canceled the series by 'mistake' and I didn't know that until Sunday afternoon. So will someone tell me what website I can watch 'em? And please don't suggest YouTube. I've yet to find a complete episode of anything on there. Everything is just fragments of shows.

My new nickname should be The Rambler.

-BMB

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