For the next couple of days it seemed as though everyone was camping out in Anika's room. Izayoi didn't feel comfortable being alone in her room and remembered that Anika gave her permission to go in her room so she took up her offer and Sesshomaru was making sure that Anika didn't beat herself over Saber's injury. Currently Anika was asleep next to Saber and Sesshomaru and Izayoi were watching her sleep.
"Has she been eating or is she off of her diet?" Izayoi suddenly asked Sesshomaru trying to break the awkward silence in the room.
"She ate a little in the last day but for the most part she has not been eating." Sesshomaru responded deciding that it would be easier to answer than ignore Izayoi.
"She truly is special. To be able to take on a fully grown demon and be able to defeat them not many five-year-olds are able to say that." Izayoi kept up the conversation.
"Yeah, she is special." Sesshomaru agreed with her.
"Do you truly hate me and my pup Sesshomaru?" Izayoi asked a bold question that has been on her mind for a while.
"No I don not hate either one of you. I did at one point but not any longer for it is unhealthy to hold onto such anger." Sesshomaru looked Izayoi in the eyes when he answered her question.
"Thank you that puts my heart at ease to hear you say those words. I hope that one day you may learn to love the pup even if you do not truly like me and I can understand that but the pup is innocent in all of this." Izayoi spoke gently as she saw Sesshomaru nod his head in confirmation to her words.
"I will try my best." Sesshomaru said before he left the room to get some food for Anika for when she woke up. Izayoi felt a smile tugging at her lips as she heard the words spoken and knew that the two brothers would get along well later on in life and if not Anika would kick Sesshomaru's butt into gear.
"Imba wimbo wa upepo
Wakati una jiwa na
Imba wimbo wa upepo
Wakati ndoto tamu
Una endelea
Milele
Imba wimbo wa upepo
Wakati ndoto tamu
Lala mpaka usiku uisheni
Upepo wa usiku
Wimbo wako na
Wimbo wangu una endelea milele." Anika had brought her song to a stop as she kept stroking Saber's blood matted fur.
Anika
Chapter 31
"That was a beautiful song Anika where did you learn it?" Izayoi asked in a quiet voice a little startled by the sudden sound.
"I don't remember I think my mother used to sing it a lot and when it was still in her belly I had somehow memorized the song. Would you like to hear the translated version?" Anika asked brightly.
"Sure I would love to hear it." Izayoi responded with enthusiasm.
"Sing a song
And for a moment
You will be visited by the wind
Sing a song
And for a moment
Dream sweetly of the wind
Sleep now until the night is dawn
The wind and the night song, they are there
However the song, my child, will go on forever." Anika finished singing and Sesshomaru walked into the room holding a plate of food and was mesmerized by Anika's voice.
"Are you hungry Anika?" Sesshomaru offered the plate to his sister.
"I am a little hungry thank you brother." Anika took the plate from her brother and began to nibble on a small piece of meat.
"How are your wounds feeling?" Sesshomaru asked as it pained him to look upon her scraped up face.
"My pain is nothing to Saber's." Anika felt tears prickling at the corners of her eyes.
"I should have taken that blow not her." Anika felt a tear trickle down her face.
"Anika there was nothing you could do and I'm sure that Saber would not like you to be crying for her sake because she is alive but just needs to rest. You did better than I could have at that age." Sesshomaru tried to offer words of comfort.
"For a minute there I couldn't feel her and I thought that I had truly lost her and it was the most painful thing I have ever experienced. I never want that to happen again so I am going to get stronger to protect Saber better." Anika wiped her face. Without saying anything Sesshomaru picked up his sister and gave her a hug as Anika finally broke down in his arms and she soaked his shirt with her tears but he didn't care. Seeing Anika in pain brought Sesshomaru pain and he just wanted to ease it for her and that was the only way he knew how. Izayoi had exited the room giving the siblings some privacy and she knew that her mate would be arriving back soon so she waited for him near the front entrance.
"Is everything fine mate?" Touga asked his mate as he entered his castle.
"Nothing Sesshomaru is comforting Anika. She is really distraught over Saber's near death. Did you know that Anika has a lovely singing voice and that she cans sing in a different language?" Izayoi hugged her mate.
"I never heard her singing let alone in a different language." Touga raised his eyebrows in surprise.
"I should check up on them and see how everyone is fairing." Touga gave his mate a quick kiss before he left for Anika's room.
"How is she doing?" Touga asked in a quiet voice as he entered Anika's room to find Sesshomaru cradling a fast asleep Anika. Anika's face was red and puffy evidence that she had been crying.
"She tries so hard to be strong but she is just five and is such a young pup at that." Sesshomaru responded in a whisper as he stroked his sister's face lightly.
"She is a strong soul. I will have to have a talk with your mother Sesshomaru. Would you like to come with me?" Touga was expecting for Sesshomaru to refuse and defend his mother but to his surprise Sesshomaru nodded in agreement to come. Touga could tell by his son's tense aura that he had some choice words he would like to say to his mother and knew that it was not going to be a pretty encounter.