Anika

Chapter 29

"Anika you may have dinner with us tonight." Touga told Anika when he went to visit her.

"I thought I was never going to get out of here. Thank you papa." Anika smiled brightly at her father. Helping his pup out of the bed Touga chuckled at Anika's smile.

"Hello Anika it is nice to have you join us for dinner tonight." Izayoi looked up as Touga and Anika walked in and took their seats. Just then Izayoi spotted something silver on Anika's injured shoulder as was about to touch it when Anika chirped loudly causing the two adults to look at her.

"It needs to heal on its own please do not touch it." Anika spoke to Izayoi.

"I am terribly sorry I was not thinking please forgive me." Izayoi bowed her head at Anika.

"It is okay papa also did the same thing on my first day here so it is common for me." Anika smirked at her father's startled expression.

"How did you remember that you were only days old?" Touga asked in bewilderment.

"I do not know I just remember reprimanding you for the same thing." Anika answered as she turned to see Sesshomaru finally take his seat.

"Nice of you to join us Anika." Sesshomaru ruffled Anika's hair.

After dinner Anika was granted permission to stay a little while longer before she was to go back to the healers. Enjoying her freedom Anika chatted a lot and had a smile on her face the entire time though Touga could see that something was bothering her.

"Are you well? Is something bothering you?" Touga asked Anika.

"Do you feel it?" Anika asked as she had a concentrated expression on her face.

"Feel what?" Sesshomaru asked now intrigued.

"His aura. It is still maturing yet I can faintly feel it." Anika was now staring at Izayoi's plump belly.

"You can feel the pup already?" Touga asked in astonishment.

"It is a boy?" Izayoi rubbed her belly gently.

"He likes your voice papa." Anika stated after a moments of silence.

"How come I haven't felt his aura yet?" Touga asked in puzzlement as he too stared at his mate's belly.

"I do not know maybe because I am still very young and so I am a bit more sensitive than you." Anika gave the only explanation she could think of.

"That is very interesting." Sesshomaru spoke now.

"Alright I am tired so I think I will head off back to bed now good night everyone and thank you for dinner it was great." Anika bowed to everyone in the room in turn before she headed out of the room with Saber faithfully at her side.

"Did you feel it Saber?" Anika asked Saber as she continued to walk.

"Yes little one the pup is going to be quite strong." Saber purred back as she nudged into Anika's touch.

The next day Touga finally deemed Anika healed enough to be out of bed yet she wasn't allowed to fly yet so that she didn't reopen her wounds.

"Papa I am bored." Anika complained to her father while sitting in his study while he worked on paper work.

"You can do agility practice with your brother in the dojo." Touga offered Anika an activity that she could do.

"Sure I think I will do that, see you later papa." Anika waved at her father before exiting out to the dojo.

"Hey Sessh papa said that I can practice with you." Anika announced as she walked into the dojo.

"Sure do you know what to do?" Sesshomaru asked his sister.

"Um, no I do not know what to do. Can you tell me?" Anika looked up at her brother.

"The objective of this training is to get your agility better as well as your speed so that when you are older and running as fast as you can through the woods you do not impale yourself on a branch or knock into a tree." Sesshomaru began his explanation and Anika picked up the skill fairly well and so they spent most of the day in the dojo testing each other.

"Do you think you will be okay for a couple of days? Father and I are going border patrolling tomorrow and it will take a couple of days to finish it." Sesshomaru was laying on his back looking up at the darkening night sky as him and his sister were laying outside after dinner resting.

"I think I can handle myself. Are you going to be fine doing border patrolling I don't know it sounds kind of too hard for you brother." Anika smirked at her brother as she teased him.

"I can handle myself you little booger." Sesshomaru snarled playfully before he pounced on his sister tickling her. Anika squirmed under his touch and soon broke free before she took off into the castle with Sesshomaru hot at her heels. Giggling and snarling playfully the two siblings refortified their bond through their rough housing.

"Have fun Sessh. See you later papa don't worry I will keep Izayoi company." Anika waved at her brother and father as they exited the castle gates. Flying in the direction of the gardens Anika was glad that her father had given her permission to be able to fly a little. As Anika neared the garden she over heard a guard talking to another guard and couldn't help but listen.

"That idiot Touga should be chased out of the West for mating that pathetic human. She's due to have a half breed mongrel soon. We should kill her now, and no one would be the wiser." The first guard sneered. The second guard did not partake in the conversation for he knew better than to speak in front of Anika.

"Kaino, take this fool to the dungeons. The Lord will deal with him when he comes home from his patrol." Anika snarled at the guard.

"Who are you to order us around… little half breed" The guard sneered back at Anika.

"The daughter of Lord Touga and sister of Prince Sesshomaru." Anika answered sternly. Anika smirked inwardly as she saw the guards face pale considerably.

"Please my princess, forgive him for he is you and does not know what he speaks of." Kaino begged as he bowed deeply at Anika.

"He should have know better if he is to protect this castle he should know what inhabitants reside in it." Anika snapped back before she strode into the gardens leaving now room for further protest.

"Anika is everything okay I heard some commotion?" Izayoi asked as she spotted Anika striding into the garden.

"Everything is fine Izayoi I just had to deal with a guard." Anika confidently told Izayoi.

Just then Anika's head snapped up as she heard Saber growling loudly as well as another demon growling back at her. Sniffing the air for clues Anika automatically bristled up at the scent of the other demon. Ritza was back and she wanted blood.