Chapter 09 - Curiosity

"Father?" Sesshoumaru came to his father with curiosity in his eyes.

"What is it?" He asked and knelt down to him.

"Who is that priestess you were talking with all day and why did she come here?" He knew it was her, the priestess he met during the storm. She was watching him from the window when he was playing outside with his friends. Did she recognize him? Was she talking with his father about what happened? He didn't want anyone to know.

"Why are you asking?" Inu no Taisho looked into his eyes. Sesshoumaru knew that this way he couldn't hide anything from him and most of the time he didn't mind so much about it, but this time it was different, so he looked away.

"I am just curious." He stated. If his father didn't want to tell him, he wouldn't insist, but he really wished to know something about her.

The demon lord watched his son cautiously. He even noticed a slight blush on his cheeks when he looked away from him. He smiled but didn't let him to notice it.

"She is very powerful priestess and I needed to discuss something important with her. She is from far away land and has a certain knowledge which I wanted her to share with me." The little boy thought about it for a second. So she isn't here because of me.

"What is her name?" He asked again. He watched his father as he was thinking about it.

"That's nothing you should be concerned about. She will leave soon anyway." He answered finally.

"Ok." Sesshoumaru nodded hesitantly and then ran off. There was no point in arguing with his father about that. He wouldn't tell him anyway if he didn't want to, and any sign of disobedience from him towards his father would just end up bad for him.

Inu no Taisho was thinking on his way through the castle. His son was right, what was the name of that priestess? He was so focused about his questions, that he didn't even ask for her name. He found himself in front of her room and it didn't take him long to decide what to do. He knocked on the door and she invited him in.

"I'm sorry for disturbing you, but I realized that I forgot to ask you one important question." He started. She couldn't think of anything else he could ask. Especially when he said that it was something important.

"What question?" She watched him curiously. He looked at her and with slight smile on his lips he asked.

"What's your name?"