SAVING ME
CHAPTER 43 – Our Family
Sesshomaru strode into the hospital late that evening with a teddy bear and roses in his arms. His first stop was to the children's ward to visit his son. My son…he thought, he still couldn't comprehend that he had a son. He had visited Daisuke every day since his admittance, dividing his time between Rin, Daisuke and Kiyoko. The hospital had in fact been his home for the last few days. His father had assured him that his house had been rebuilt to Sesshomaru's specifications; after all it had been over a month since the first one was destroyed. He was happy that he had constructed a more modern home with more bedrooms; the new home was now a two storey structure with five bedrooms and an equal number of bathrooms.
He entered the boy's private room, halting as he realized his son was awake. He was wide-eyed and playing with toy truck Ai had given him, the Hospital's female Psychiatrist had said Daisuke suffered from Androphobia, an abnormal fear of men and figured, with counseling, love and proper care he could be resocialized in such a way that he could function properly in the society.
"Hello Daisuke…" he whispered, slowly walking to the chair beside the bed and sitting down. Daisuke had come to understand that Sesshomaru was his real father, he had even met his grandfather and Uncle but he had only responded to Kagome, Inuyasha's teenage girlfriend, Sango and Ai. Sesshomaru had contracted the Hospital's Psychiatrist to work full time with Daisuke, offering her an obscene amount of money with which she would undoubtedly retire on, in order to be Daisuke's live in Counselor after he was released.
"I brought you another toy…" said Sesshomaru softly, gently placing the brown bear on the bed. But the boy remained silent, lowering his head.
"I know you do not trust me. And I am willing to earn it, no matter how long it takes me. I'm sorry…I'm sorry I wasn't there…to protect you…" Sesshomaru whispered and Daisuke looked up at the man confused by the roughness he heard in his voice. He watched his father unclench and clench his fist and jaw, lowering his face so Daisuke would not see his eyes.
After a few moments of silence, Sesshomaru raised his head and both sets of gold eyes locked.
"You're safe now." said Sesshomaru, and then he rose.
"Come Daisuke…let's see if Rin has awoken today." said Sesshomaru and turned to leave, the silent boy jumping onto the floor with his bare feet and followed Sesshomaru. Daisuke bit his lip, contemplating as he walked behind the tall man, then he sighed and ran beside him, slipping small hands into the much bigger ones of his father. Sesshomaru's eyes widened and he smiled, feeling tears fill his eyes; he blinked them away, not wanting to do anything that would scare Daisuke.
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When Sesshomaru and Daisuke got to Rin's room, her mother and Kiyoko were with her. When the woman saw him, she smiled and left the room, Rin was too caught up the baby to even notice Sesshomaru.
"Go to Rin, Daisuke…I'm sure she missed you." He said to the boy and he ran into the room, to Rin's cry of delight as Sesshomaru and Ai stepped away from the door.
"She's been asking for you…" said Ai and Sesshomaru smiled softly.
"Rin and Kiyoko…will not be coming to live with you…" he stated softly and watched as the woman's eyes widened, looking taken aback.
"Rin is still a child!" Ai whispered fiercely and Sesshomaru sighed.
"Rin became a woman the day she was betrayed by her father." stated Sesshomaru, feeling slightly guilty at the wounded look that crossed the woman's face.
"How are you so sure she will come with you?" Ai asked after a few moments.
"I know..." He answered, "…but while she is still healing and a new mother, you are more than welcome to live with us." He stated and walked towards the opened room, to face the woman his heart craved.
His heart warmed at the sight of what greeted him, Rin was sitting up in bed with one arm wrapped around Daisuke and the other around Kiyoko, who was full of tubes, with her Incubator inside. She flashed him a warm smile, one he could not help but to return. He took a seat beside her on the bed, on the side which had Kiyoko.
"Sesshomaru…" she whispered, her voice sounding wistful and happy.
He smiled, their eyes communicating a thousand messages, until Rin looked away, blushing.
"I had to rebuild the house; it was destroyed by Koga's men." Sesshomaru admitted and Rin nodded, she bit her lip before looking up at the Sesshomaru with eyes that spoke of love.
"Thank you, for such a beautiful name…" Rin whispered and he surprised himself by flushing.
"I want to protect all of you. You are my family." He admitted and Rin's eyes filled with tears, Daisuke let out a soft cry and she reassured him she was fine by dropping a quick kiss to his forehead.
When Rin looked up to Sesshomaru again, she was smiling.
"When do we get to go home?" she asked with a sweet smile.
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Author's Note: ^_^ the next chapter is titled, Marry Me…need I say more? Lol. Thanks everyone for the reviews ^_^ I love 'em. Much hugs. Seven chapters to go, 3 of which are epilogues! And for all the reviews I've received, I will put up chapter 44 soon after this.
REVIEWS:
Y-icey: trust me, lol, I know how that feels, especially when the update the finally comes has lemons lol, anyways, back to the story. I'm glad you liked the chapter, and yes, Kagura got hers indeed, thanks for being a great reviewer, much appreciated ^_^.
Ladyrouge214: I'm glad you liked it, even though it was vague. ^_^ thanks for the review.
Valevilandra: Thanks for reviewing ^_^ lol, I find it hard to 'keep malice' as we like to call it in Jamaica lol. Yes, a few persons forgot her but…had to tie up those loose ends lol.
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Alice: ^_^ thanks for correcting me dear, I appreciate it. Lol. And thanks so much for reviewing as well.
Abby: Thanks for reviewing and yes, he would have been exactly like Koga and I like the sweet Sesshomaru in this story lol.
Rorschach in Blue Jeans: lol you may have a point there…I hope all your questions will be answered by this and the upcoming chapters' lol. And if not, I guess I could always write a side-story ^_^.
Rinomaru: That mean *sad face*, I happen to only have declined one offer for a beta and that was from my best friend, who is EXTREMELY HARSH and CRITICAL of my work, she also asks me to justify a lot of things such as "why she ask so much question," and "why all your stories got babies", lol. I love her to death but I feel like that would let me feel a little insecure in my writing, hence why I said no. lol. But if this is not my friend, ooops I have no idea who you are. Are you sure it was me? 0.o
Icecreamapparition: lol yes it's probably exactly as you are thinking about ^_-. Thanks for reviewing dear; I'm glad you like it.
Angel: Thanks for your review and I'm really glad you liking the story, its coming to a close now but, I hope you like the ending.
ChouRan: I'm glad you liked Koga's death and what happened with Kagura, lol. As for Daisuke, its understandable being what he endured and if he endured all he did at Koga's hands who he knew all his life he would be very wary of someone he just met you know. Thanks for reviewing, I'm sure you will love the upcoming epilogues.
Jolie Luv: lol now that is dedication right there! Enjoy your luxury Sunday dear, you deserve it with all the stress of the upcoming week. Friday is the big day! Lol I'm glad you didn't cheat lol, I wonder if anyone else did, I got a lot of reviews anonymous lol. And there are days when I update saving twice in one day lol, like today. I hope you like our family and I hope you have a wonderful day today. Thanks for reviewing dear, *big hug*.
Thanks for all the review people and i need a beta for my other stories, they would be updated so much sooner. Until next time guys, much love.