Chapter 22
That night, while everyone is just minding their own business, Rin made sure she made tonight's dinner to twins' favor. Even though Sesshomaru wouldn't say anything to make the dining room more intense. Throughout the event, no one said a word because it's better off to be quiet while eating dinner with the family.
The quiet is something that Sesshomaru would always prefer, but ironically, he doesn't for this one. He knows that whenever Rin is in a bad mood, it's best that he leaves her alone until she calms down. The twins follow the quiet rule seriously. Even though if they were to bring something up, it would not end well for the family.
Soon enough, the dishes has been cleared of the meals presented to them. Towa is on cleaning duty tonight. "I'll get the…" She stands up to collect the dishes.
"There's no need for that, Towa." Rin interrupts her daughter and takes over the task. Towa would want to prefer that she do it, but with the tone of Rin's voice says otherwise. "Towa, Setsuna, why don't you do something you like to do together?" Rin said to them.
Setsuna and Towa look at each other. "Like what, mother?" Setsuna asks her carefully.
"Maybe do something like a game that you two like to do." Rin answers to them cheerfully.
The twins can see that their mother isn't herself so they decide to take her advice and go somewhere else. "Jaken." Rin calls out to the imp demon.
"Yes, My lady Rin?" Jaken bows to her. "Make sure that the girls are to be in a barrier to prevent them from what I'm going to say to their father." Rin orders the imp with a smile.
Jaken can tell if Rin is like this, it's hell. "Yes, ma'am." He positions his webbed hands and muttered a chant to case an invisible barrier that blocks out any sense of sound, and smell.
Once the barrier is up, Rin starts collecting the dishes from the table.
"That was an exquisite dinner Rin." Sesshomaru tries his best to show the so call compassionate. Rin doesn't say anything back. All she does is cleaning the kitchen and dining room.
"Rin, you know what I mean…"
"You mean what, Sesshomaru? The fact that not once have you ever felt such a thing. It's true that you're a full-fledge demon, but it doesn't mean that you should be emotionless throughout your life. Childhood is meant to be full of such emotions because it's the way to communicate without saying a word. You saw how the twins had to communicate with each other as well as us. But you didn't show much of being a father to them." Rin said in so much anger that she just basically yells from the top of her lungs.
'Ok, I so might've been too occupied.' He said to himself in fright, though not showing it.
"I'm going to say this once, Sesshomaru. Either you let the girls do their activities or have me take over the mission." Rin glares at him.
Sesshomaru is usually the one who bosses Rin around, but due to what happened, he can now see that this is too much for him to control.
"I'll think about it." He said to her as he leaves.
"There you go. Just like that. All you do is to remove yourself from the picture because you don't have what it takes to take matters into your own hands." Rin screams at him.
Sesshomaru knows for sure that Rin's right. He has been doing that since day one. And now he has to take this task at a much more serious and higher level.
'Looks like I'm sleeping on the couch tonight.' He mentally groans as he goes into the office.
Rin takes a deep breath after her outburst. "Are you alright, Milady?" Jaken asks her in worry. Rin turns to him. "Let's just say that I had to speak my mind to Sesshomaru about the positions are daughters are in. You can put the barrier." She said to the imp. Jaken does the same gesture and removes the barrier.
"Oh, and Jaken, I'm going to let him know that I want to sleep alone tonight." Rin walks upstairs. Jaken just nods to confirm that he understands.
Towa and Setsuna are in their secret room playing scrabble. "Any idea what got into mother?" Towa asks as she tries to put her new word onto the board. Setsuna shakes her head. "I'm not sure. But I was able to sense that she was upset about something."
Towa puts her word; angry. She picks out three letters from the bag.
"Yeah, I was able to sense it too until something blocked it. I get the feeling the mother wanted Jaken to put the barrier to make sure we don't eavesdrop on them."
Setsuna holds her chin. "Do you think it had to do with what we told her earlier? About the possibilities that we can do something without holding back?"
Setsuna puts her word; vary. The Y intersecting the two words. She picks out two letters.
"About you playing the violin at that place the music teacher told you and me joining the team. I think mom has probably blown a fuse." Towa agrees as she comes up with her next word.
"I think father might've eavesdropped on our conversation in the gazebo." Setsuna said to Towa. Towa couldn't believe it. "I should've known. I bet he has been listening to us while we're in our secret locations around the house."
As such Towa looks around their secret room. She focuses on her sense of hearing until an unfamiliar sound gets her immediate attention. "There." She presses the books aside from the shelf to see a lone mini camera mounted. "Dad, you better back off if you know what's good for you." She shouts to the camera as well as taking out the battery that made it stay one for a long time. She even takes out the chip that keeps the recordings.
"If father were to be the real deal, he should know better about privacy." Setsuna said to her twin with a tweak of annoyance.
Towa sits back down on the floor and puts in her new word; dad with the A intersecting vary.
"I'm telling you, Setsuna. There are times that I think that father doesn't want us to do the things that we love the most. It'd be as if we're leashed to him."
Setsuna giggles, "Well, we're dog demons, so it's to be expected for the dog to follow his master and obey the rules." She puts in her new word; mind. The D intersecting dad.
"We should check on Gin. Maybe we could make him blend in with the school." Towa decides to change the topic.
"And have the school see him alive after being killed. It'd be chaotic if you ask me." Setsuna said in hesitation. Towa can tell for sure that they need to get some things straightened out with the Bull Demon. "We should put the game on pause until next time." She stands up from the floor and walks out of the secret room with Setsuna behind her.
Rin enters the guest bedroom and turns on the switch. What she didn't expect was a bull demon was sleeping in the bed. That's when Gin opens his eyes and feels threatened. "Get out." He shouts at her. Rin didn't see this coming, but luckily Towa managed to get into the room and pin Gin down. "Relax, that's my mother you were trying to hurt."
Gin calms down. "Oh, I'm so sorry." He bows to her. Rin calms down as well. "It's ok. I just never expect anyone to be in here. Who are you?"
"I'm Gin Fugimoto. I was killed at the school your daughters go to." Gin properly introduces himself with a bow. Rin bow in return. "Hello. I'm Rin Takahashi. So how was it that you got here?" She asks him curiously.
"Like he said, he was killed by someone at the school. But then Towa was able to revive me with a sword and it somehow brought me here." Gin answers her truthfully. Rin looks at Towa with a shocked look. "Mother, I know. But I was unconscious and then it was father who let Setsuna to make me hold the sword." Towa explains to her frantically.
"I was told about that, Towa. I'm just surprised that the Tenseiga brought him here. I thought that when someone is revived by the sword, the person is to be where they were killed." Rin said as she was holding her chin. "But why bring him here of all places?"
"I'm not sure myself, Mrs. Takahashi. But I want to help your daughters find out who killed me. So far they believed it was my sister." Gin said to her. Rin nods. "Oh, I'm being rude, I'll go make some tea for you." She leaves the room.
Rin enters the kitchen to do the task at hand. "Rin, why are you making tea at this hour?" Sesshomaru asks her quietly. "If you want to know, there's a bull demon in our guest bedroom." Rin said to him, still upset about what happened earlier.
"Hn. I'm fully aware about his presence. Just answer my question."
Rin closes her brown eyes. "If we have a guest here, it's polite to provide them tea?" She tells him like it's the most obvious thing to realize.
"More or less. Towa was able to connect to him with the Tenseiga." Sesshomaru said back to her.
"I know. I believe that Gin is trying to help them with the case, even though you put the mission on hold. Do you have any idea how much they want to get this over with so they can do the things they love?" Rin smacks her hand onto the counter top.
Despite his stoic demeanor, Sesshomaru is absolutely terrified from Rin's wrath.
"I'm fully aware, Rin. I'm merely testing them to see if this so-called mission on hold would do to them."
Just saying that, made Rin pissed off.
"More like making them anxious, stressed, and possibly doubtful. Do you want our girls to be on that path? Such things are the silent killers, Sesshomaru. If you haven't realized it, I was able to sense it the moment Towa was unconscious!"
She picks up the tray with the teacup and the kettle. "Now, it you excuse me, I have a guest to treat." She walks pass him and goes upstairs to the occupied guest room.
