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Chapter 8: Assumptions?
"Rin…" he repeated slowly as his mother looked at him. She smiled when she realized her son's features softened and he was no longer angry.
"Sesshomaru… do you know this lady?" Isana enquired.
"Yes…" he replied rather coldly.
"From where..."
"Nowhere…"
"What is she to you then and how does she know you"
Turning slowly he replied "She's…my ward"
There was a heavy silence in the room of the great Taiyoukai. This couldn't be happening, first the disappearance of his great grandmother, then the elders leaving and now Rin! Is this the troubles and trials his father faced when he was ruler?. No of course not! Times were easier for him back then. The question is how to handle a ward you haven't seen for the past decade and investigate the mysterious leaving of the elders of your kingdom at the same time?…..
"This was definitely going to be a long day" Sesshomaru thought.
"Jaken" Sesshomaru finally spoke breaking the silence among the three.
"Yes mi lord" he replied.
"Start your search in the conference room, then go to Maki's room any thing that is found bring it to my study…" Sesshomaru replied as he walked to the door "… as for you mother I want you to search the eastern section of the castle where the elders' belongings are…that is if they are still there" and with that said he was heading down the corridor to meet Rin.
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"Pegasus I am getting really nervous about this" Rin said as a sweat roll down her cheeks.
"What are you nervous about? there is absolutely nothing to be nervous about…." Pegasus enquired before Rin interjected with a never-ending list of nonsense.
"Well one.., I am a lady of twenty-one years not some eight year old running to pick wild flowers…"
"Not too sure about that one…." he replied as rubbed a hoof in the grass beneath him.
"Two, I am a priestess for crying out loud…."
"He left you with Kaede, what else would he expect to happen…"
"Three, look at me!!!"
"I am looking!!" Pegasus shouted as he turned his head to face his mistress.
"I am an unknown species!!"
"Practically, you're a human who have been gifted with powers from the Gods and look very much like a half-demon…"
"But lord Sesshomaru hates half-demons!!!"
"I said you look like one I didn't say you are one, and I think he hates humans more…"
"How am I suppose to behave Pegasus, do you think my demeanour is suitable for a lord like him…."
"Trust me, I think its more than suitable compare to the eight year old he took care of years ago" Pegasus replied looking at the hallway to see if the lord was coming, and indeed he was. This majestic silvered hair dog demon was indeed a lord. His appearance gave off everything.
"But Pegasus what if he doesn't like me anymore…." Rin replied as she turned to faced him.
"Mistress Rin I think you shouldn't look at me and talk aloud, people might…well he might think you're crazy….""But…but…""Rin…" Pegasus pleaded.
"Pegasus you think this is so easy for me, you don't even know what my lord is like and yet still you want me to relax!, how can I possibly relax with a situation like this!"
"Rin?" a baritone voice said or rather enquired.
"WHAT!!!"
"Mistress Rin I did not answer you the last time…."
"Then if it's not you then who did I…." and then it hit her. She turned slowly to face the direction the voice had come from and said two words.
"Lord Sesshomaru…"
The stunned demon lord looked at the girl… no, woman to be exact before him. This couldn't be the girl he left with the dead priestess' sister. She looked like a… half demon, her features had changed completely black tresses now had silver streaks, light blue facial marking, golden star on her temple, a huge bow on her back… he had never seen one as big as that!, and to make it worst she shouted at him! Where was the girl he left with Kaede, where was his ward…
"Pegasus, why didn't you tell me he was here"
"I was trying to, but of course with your stupid statements you wouldn't listen to me" he replied with a snort.
"Sorry Pegasus" Rin replied while rubbing the white horse's back.
"Now it's time for important matters" she whispered while drawing the bow and aiming a spiritual arrow at the Taiyoukai.
"Rin, what are you doing!!" Pegasus shouted.
"What does it look like I am doing"
"But your wounds…"
"I don't care Pegasus, I said I would speak but I didn't say I wouldn't fight"
Using demonic speed, Rin step back three feet from the Taiyoukai and with that she said some frightening words that stun both Pegasus and Sesshomaru.
"Lord Sesshomaru, taiyoukai of the Western Lands….I challenge you"
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"Did you find anything?…" Jaken enquired.
"No…not yet" the fox demoness replied.
"This is definitely going to be quite difficult" Jaken said while looking at his surroundings. The conference room was huge, searching it was going to take a long time and he was sure that his lord wanted the information by the end of his speech with…Rin.
It definitely had been a long time since he had seen the girl…
"Sir…, I think I found something!!" a male fox demon suddenly shouted.
"What is it?" both Jaken and the female fox enquired.
Taking out the scrap of paper the fox demon read the information,
"Please Head Council, I wish not to be bothered this week with your nonsense…I know that the elders are very lackadaisical and only wish to do something so as to impress me…but why not learn to write proper English your grammar is very poor for demons of your class and age.
Yours truly,
Sesshomaru.
P. S You wrote: "I want to no when we are going to have a meeting"
Correction: "I want to know when we are going to have a meeting"
Answer to that is: "When I feel like"
Finishing the letter that his lord wrote, the fox demon said,
"So how was that…, Lord Sesshomaru surely took care of them" the fox demon said.
Walking slowly to her soon to be mate the fox demoness replied,
"Ah…darling, he took care of them really well but…if we don't find what he wants I am positive he going to take good care of us as well!!"
"But..but.."
"No buts Renji, let's get cracking" she continued while yanking him across the room.
"Ohh.. This is definitely going to be a long day" Jaken said while shaking his head.
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"What are these elders trying to do…" Isana thought as she searched through the assistant head council's room.
"Its obvious that they want power, but…" she continued as she walked over to a chest with two drawers. She opened the first one only to find two scrolls marked 'finances'.
"I know I am suppose to be searching for things that would help us come up with a plan to stop the madness at hand, but… I can't resist looking at the money we spend!" Isana said with enthusiasm while pulling the strings that held the scroll together, but to her dismay there was nothing written on it. She gasped when she realized what was at hand…
"The elders did not have a meeting when they called one…instead they used the time to plan their current plot…"
"Wait a minute… his things are still here…" as she look around the room realizing that there was still stuff left behind.
"That means they left without bringing anything because they knew Sesshomaru would find out soon…"
"But…if I am planning something I would have made sure to also set the time I wanted the person oblivious to the plot to find out.."
Looking at the mahogany chest, Isana decided it was time to search the bottom one, but…that drawer was empty"
"Humph…this isn't surprising.." she said as she stared at the empty drawer before her.
Moving from the drawer she began the searched the rest of the room…
"Nothing in the closet…"
"Nor the futon…"
"Nothing here…"
"Ahh!!! I can't take this anymore" Isana finally shouted out "I am leaving this room right now" as she marched off to the shoji door.
"But…" she said while turning to face the chest.
"I know something is in there… and I am going to find out"
Going towards the chest, Isana pulled out the bottom drawer until it landed on the ground. Pushing her hand inside space she search the inside..
"No secret place here.."
She then began to feel the bottom of the top drawer, lightly tapping it until she found what she was looking for. Using her claws she ripped the bottom of the drawer and soon a few scrolls and a scrap of paper fell out.
"Gotcha.." she said while taking out the scrolls and the scrap of paper.
Setting the scrolls aside, she read the contents of the paper,
"Push gently against the door, tap twice in the middle and finish this it by kicking the right bottom corner of the door.
N.B. Remember the door is in the conference room behind the pup's chair"
Taking the scrolls up, Isana left the room. There was only one thing she needed to do before carrying the information to her son.
Find that door, but then she suddenly stopped in her tracks. How could she forget…
"Where is Saya Ichimaru?"
BOOM!!
"What on earth is that!?" Isana said after hearing the sound…
"Whatever it is Sesshomaru will be able to handle it" as she continued down the corridor.
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"I have found it this time!" Renji shouted.
"You said that twelve times since we started the search and we ended up with nothing" Kira said.
"But I am positive this time" he continued.
"What other rubbish have you found" Jaken said.
Rolling his eyes, Renji stood behind Sesshomaru's chair and face the wall.
"Renji!, its just the wall!" Kira shouted out in frustrated. The lord was going to be angry with them, it had been a long time since they started the conference room and they still haven't found anything and to make matters worse they still had to search Maki's room!
'No Kira, listen.." Renji said as he knocked the wall,
"Sounds as if it is hollow…" Kira said.
"Not sound as if.., it is hollow but the problem is that I have been pushing it with all my might and it won't budge" he said as he pushed as hard as he could.
"Well let me try.." Kira replied as they continued to push the wall but to their dismay it still wouldn't budge.
"How about we all try.." Jaken said while running to help.
Looking at each other both Renji and Kira rolled their eyes.
BOOM!
Losing their balance all three fell to the ground, Renji landed in the most comfortable spot of his girlfriend…her breasts while Jaken landed near the chairs.
Realizing the spot he was in, Renji quickly got up face as red as a ripe tomato.
"What's wrong…, your acting as if they're not yours" Kira said while giggling.
"I know, but…" he said before a soft hand caress his face.
"It's okay…" Kira said while rubbing his jaw affectionately.
"You will learn in time…." she continued.
"Excuse me but this is not the time for romance!, we have work to do, so get up and get cracking" Jaken shouted interrupting the couples' time.
"Will you shut up!, you long beak green slimy toad, you claim we have work to do yet still its only Renji and I doing the search while you complain" Kira said.
"I am your supervisor" Jaken said puffing out his chest.
"Ohh… I see, I will make sure the lord hears this…" she continued, standing with the help of her mate.
"Wait please don't tell mi lord!" Jaken squealed but Kira just hummed him out.
BOOM!!
"What earth is that…" Renji said as he struggle to maintain his balance.
"Its like a bomb near the northern grounds…."
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They were moving so fast it was hard to tell one from the other. Where on earth did his mistress learn to move like that. I know Artemis said that the journey is there to strengthen her, but... She hadn't even fully start the journey and yet still she looked she could take down a fully grown troll!
However, her wounds from the last battle was very deep and would open up soon…if she didn't stop she would bleed to death!
"Mistress Rin, you need to stop this madness!" Pegasus said.
"I just need more time…" She replied before doing a back flip that send her six feet away from her lord. She felt as if she had been stabbed at least fifty times in her heart…her lord had really killed those humans judging from the fact he is standing a couple feet from her with Tokijin in hand.
"Rin you can't assume that he did those things…you have to ask him…""Ask him!!, I have to make assumptions.., look at how he is fighting me…he definitely fighting to kill me.."
"Mistress Rin, Lord Sesshomaru is currently the strongest demon walking Feudal Japan, if he was going to kill you, you would have been a lifeless heap ten minutes ago when the battle begun!"
Rin growled at what Pegasus said, but because of her preoccupation with him, she lost focus of the battle at hand and before she knew it, she was pinned down on the ground by two strong hands.
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"Its no use, we can't pull it" Renji sighed as he moved from the wall.
"Well we can't blame them, who on earth would want anyone to access a secret door without going through some shit" Kira said as she sat on the floor.
"It makes sense to start Maki's room.."
Suddenly, Isana came running in…
"Lady Isana!!" all said in unison.
Looking at where Renji stood, she knew they had found the door.
"I will make sure to tell my son that you fox demons are very useful and should be honoured..""What did they do to get that treatment!!" Jaken said with obvious jealous.
Smiling Isana moved to where Renji stood and gently push against the wall, she tap twice in the middle with her hand and then kicked the bottom right corner of the wall, like a combination safe that had been given the right code, there was a click and soon the wall moved back.
Leaning against the wall beside the now opened door she raise one of claw hands and pointed to the passage leading down the discovered hallway,
"They found the door"
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Struggling to get up, Rin pushed with all her might against Sesshomaru's chest but he grabbed her wrists and placed her hands above her head. Soft brown eyes looked into warm gold ones, searching for anything in their depts, but the brown ones gave in and began to water. It started off like a balloon that was being filled with air, but because of excess air it burst and the air leaked out. They started out like tiny water droplets but soon was like the rain that fell from the heavens.
"Rin…" he said softly.
"Why did you do it?.." she choked out.
'What are you talking about Rin, and please don't cry.."
"Don't cry my lord!.." she said as she sobbed.
"You killed them without mercy, brutally slaughtered them, if I didn't go to that village at the time I did, all the humans would have perished"
"Perished.., this Sesshomaru knows nothing of what you speak…""How could you not know, you sent that bear demon to kill them!"
"I did nothing of the sort Rin, this Sesshomaru need not waste precious time on humans, they were quite a few living in the villages when we did a census, about five hundred humans….why would I want to slaughter them, humans do disgust me, my father died because of a one but I know that if there isn't a balance in the Lands, we will all fall"
"But you rule here my lord, who else could have given out the order…"Rin said as she looked in his eyes.
He growled slightly when he realized what was at hand. The elders did carry out the order that he told them to not do, realizing that he would have figure out soon because of Rin they left this morning, but how did they even know about her?
Hearing the arrival of feet he looked towards the huge door and saw his mother standing there along with Jaken and two fox demons.
"Oh my Sesshomaru, are you sure that this girl is not your mate, you two are in a rather compromising position…."
Immediately after hearing 'position' Sesshomaru got up from off Rin. Getting up Rin brushed off her kimono, blushing furiously.
"She sure is pretty…." Renji said looking at Rin body.
"And you're telling me that because…" Kira said obviously angry at the fact Renji was looking at Rin.
"Aumm…" Renji began before he was interrupted.
"I will deal with you after, regardless of what you say…"
Kira said.
Rin shaking her head after the incident she clapped twice. Everyone attention was on her after she clapped, soon they heard the sound of hoofs hitting the ground. They looked to the left just in time to see a white horse coming, after reaching near Rin it stopped.
"Aumm…this is my horse…." she began but was immediately stopped when Isana finish the sentence.
"Pegasus…." she said as she walked over to where the horse stood and rubbed his white mane.
"Where on earth did you get this horse?" Isana enquired.
"More like heaven Lady.." Rin started.
"Isana...Lady Isana to you Lady Rin" Isana replied with a broad smile.
"Hnn.." was heard from Sesshomaru's side.
"Mother, you have something for me…"Sesshomaru said obviously wanting to change the subject.
"Oh yes Sesshomaru…Renji, Kira"
"Yes Lady Isana" they both said in unison.
"Bring my son to the conference room, I will be with you shortly…"
"Where are you going mother?" Sesshomaru enquired.
"I am going to show the soon to be Lady Rin…the stables" she replied as she lightly wrap her hand around Rin's wrist and pulled her along with her to the eastern section of the castle. Watching his mother and Rin until they were out of sight Sesshomaru said aloud while growling.
"My mother is really starting to piss me off…"
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This was suppose to be about seven thousand words, but I had to cut it short since it would taken forever to put up. Instead it will be two parts.
Special thanks to my anonymous reviewer sweet7angel for encouraging me to update and my lovely reviewer Dragon Angel21.
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