At Yohime's announcement, Rin turned to the ayakashi who was calmly standing next to her Father. With a critical gaze, she took in his amber eyes, two-toned hair, and tall stature. She smiled and bowed in greeting, ignoring as the Elders were dragged away to the dungeons.
"Hello, I'm Rin."
"Nurarihyon," he said in a smooth baritone voice.
Her smiled widened.
"Lord of Pandemonium?"
His lip curled up, much like her father's when he was amused.
"Yes."
"Father never did like that fox. She had the nerve to claim to be the Master of all Spirits."
He chuckled.
"I take it he paid her a visit?"
Rin nodded seriously.
"Oh yes. A purely social visit to go welcome his 'master'."
They both laughed.
"Ah, this is my husband Kohaku," she introduced them, giggling to herself at the serious looks that were exchanged.
Rin laid a hand on his shoulder.
"I'm going to go rescue Masaru from Mamma," she said eyes landing on Yohime talking furiously with the slowly retreating general, the wound on her cheek already gone.
"Nurarihyon, thank you. Mamma is much happier than I've seen her in a long while."
With that, she quickly made her way to her mother, leaving ayakashi and human to themselves.
"I assume she's told you?"
Glancing at the man with an unreadable look swirling in his eyes, he inclined his head.
"She skimmed over the war and the search for Naraku, but yes. She's told me."
"And?"
Nura didn't speak for a moment, his eyes going to Yohime who was being restrained by Rin, as the kitsune began his escape.
"I can easily guess what she did. She shouldered everything, buried her pain and suffering to look after her children. Throwing herself into one thing after another to avoided facing up to it."
"There was one who she would talk to."
His gaze returned to Kohaku as he spoke softly.
"Sango was my sister, who died about 40 years ago. She and Kagome would talk about everything, and Sango could relate to most of it even more so than her."
He sighed heavily.
"And then, when Miroku married her, Kagome decided she didn't need to burden them with her problems any longer. As you said, she threw herself into training to be a good miko. Then Sesshomaru came for her, a couple years after that the war began."
"Nura!"
Both men turned towards the name, as Yohime motioned them to come as she stood on the steps leading to the front door.
"My Lady Mother is summoning us, Nurarihyon."
"So it would seem."
And with that, both men came to take their places at the side of their wives, Sesshomaru opening the great stone doors, and leading them into his palace.
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