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Chapter Fifteen
It had been almost a year since Takara ran off & Inu Yasha had been sent to follow her trail of blood, which stopped when he found a puddle of it. Leading away from the blood, he found the scent of his brother & returned to the village to tell Miroku, who had sent him off. After he told the monk, the monk lowered his head & disappeared into the hut they'd shared before she left. Ever since Miroku hadn't been the same & everyone was getting worried, especially since he no longer made passes at Sango, Kagome, or any other village woman he came across.
I've had enough of it, Inu Yasha thought to himself as he sat in his tree on a high branch. I can't take his moping anymore than I can stand smelling Kagome when she's in heat! As if he'd called to her, he smelled Kagome beneath him & he looked down, seeing her there. "What do you want?" he asked.
"Come down here Inu Yasha!" she said so he could hear her.
"Not a chance."
"SIT!" She smiled when he came crashing down to the ground, making a deep impression around him. "Thank you," she giggled only to be answered with a few unkind words & a grumble. "Should've come down the easy way," she giggled.
"What do you want?" he huffed as he pulled his head up from the ground.
"I wanted to ask you something about Sesshomaru."
"What about him?"
"Well..." Kagome blushed as she cleared her throat. "Do you think he'll be coming around anytime soon?"
"Why are you blushing if you're asking that?" When he got no answer, Inu Yasha's ears went back & his eyes narrowed slightly in a mix of 'you're kidding, right?' & 'unbelievable'. "Kagome?"
"I'm only curious Inu Yasha!"
"Then why are ya blushing? You have a crush on him, don't you?!"
Kagome blushed deeper. "I DO NOT!"
"Yeah su-Agh!" Inu Yasha found his face buried in the ground once more as Kagome yelled 'SIT!'. By the time he'd taken his face from the ground, Kagome was gone.
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Miroku lay on his mat on the floor by a small fire he'd started only to watch the flames dance. He had a small bucket of water incase the fire spread, but then again for him, he felt it would be nice to be engulfed in flames. "I love you Miroku, my dear monk..." Takara's words played constantly in his mind these days. Tears came to his eyes & he blinked them away, staring at the dancing flames. A small knock on the door of his hut took his attention from the flames as he got up & opened the door. "What are you doing here?" he questioned, his cold eyes darkened as he stared at the little girl on his steps.
"Rin was sent to fetch the monk," the little girl smiled.
"Why?"
"Papa wants to meet with you so he can give you information about Lady Takara!"
'Papa'...? "Lady Takara? Why do you call her 'Lady'?"
"Because she's papa?s mate!" Rin giggled. "Will you come with me?"
Hearing that Takara was Sesshomaru's mate cut through him worse than he could have imagined it would. "No. I do not wish to see either of them."
"But why?"
"Go away or I'll suck you into my air rip."
"Please come with...me?" Rin looked down when she realized she didn't feel the ground under her feet anymore & she was face-to-face with Miroku. She looked behind her to see Inu Yasha holding her up by her sash. "Uncle Yasha!" The girl beamed as she squirmed, trying to hug her uncle, who looked at her with slight shock.
"Why are you here Rin?"
"I won't answer until Uncle Puppy hugs Rin!" she giggled & opened her arms to him. Kagome, who had been beside him, giggling, covering her mouth.
Miroku disappeared into the hut & shut the door. Rin watched after him & looked at Inu Yasha. "Well?"
"I ain't huggin' no human kid," Inu Yasha huffed & set the girl down, putting his back to her only to have her hug his knees.
"Uncle Yasha!" she giggled.
"Would you quit calling me that?!"
Rin let go of his legs & looked up at his back, giggling when his ears twitched to each other. "Why? Papa says you're my uncle & I get to call you whatever I want.'
"P-p-papa?" Inu Yasha snickered before laughing. "He has you calling him 'papa' now?" Inu Yasha fell to his knees laughing at the thought of the little girl calling Sesshomaru 'Papa' to his face. His laughter stopped when Rin ran infront of him & tackled him in a hug that knocked him onto his back with a small groan. Human kids... It was then that he noticed Kagome giggling at the sight of the two. "Why don't you hug Kagome?!"
"Cause I love my Uncle Yasha & I wanna hug him til his face is blue."
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"So why are you here Rin?"? Kagome asked, looking at the little girl who was standing behind the sitting Inu Yasha, playing with his ears.
"Papa sent me here to get the monk because he wants to speak with him about Lady Takara, but the monk won't come with Rin to the castle," Rin replied, kissing the top of Inu Yasha's head, making him blush & growl.
"What's wrong with her?"
"Nothing's wrong, he just wants to talk with him about her."
"Do you know what it's about?"
Rin nodded. "It's about the child of Miroku that Lady Takara gave birth to."
"What makes him so certain it's Miroku's? I know he's mated her plenty of times..." Inu Yasha scoffed, pushing Rin's hand away from his ears, getting annoyed.
"The baby has Miroku's wind tunnel forming on his right hand." Rin paused a moment to giggle.
"What's so funny?" Inu Yasha snapped.
"Little Makoto sucked up mean Jaken with his wind tunnel," she giggled again.
"Is Sesshomaru angry that the child isn't his?"
Rin shook her head. "No. He's been treating it like his own, but he still wishes to speak with the monk. What's his name?"
"Miroku," Kagome replied as the monk walked into the hut she & Inu Yasha shared.
"What about me?"
"We were telling Rin your name."
"Oh." Miroku sat down by Kagome & sighed. "Why is she still here?"
"She can't leave without you Miroku. I think you should go with her to see Sesshomaru."
"Why?" Miroku asked, looking at Kagome with red eyes. "Why should I go see the demon who holds the heart of the woman I'm in love with?"
"Because it's important Miroku," Kagome answered. Poor guy... He's been crying...
"Unless he's letting her go to me, then I'm not going."
"You stubborn jerk!" Inu Yasha snapped, shocking Rin & Kagome, only slightly Miroku. "Takara had a child by you & that's why Sesshomaru wants you there! It's probably to talk about the baby!"
Miroku's eyes widened as Inu Yasha's words sunk in. A child? I have a child? Takara had a child from our night together... "What's the sex & name of the child?"
"It's a boy & his name is Makoto," Rin answered, nibbling on a cookie Kagome had given her from her backpack that was restocked since she had returned from her time the other day. After she had swallowed the bit of the cookie she'd been chewing, she added on, "And he looks a lot like you too... He even has your wind tunnel."
Miroku looked down at his right hand. "I see... When does Sesshomaru want me to be at his castle?"
"He wants you there as soon as you can be there," Rin smiled, wiping a few crumbs from around her mouth now that she was done with the cookie. "But he said if I'm not back by the end of the night, he'll come looking for me & he said he'd destroy anyone or anything that tried to stop him."
Miroku sighed. "I should be going then. Would Kagome & Inu Yasha be permitted to join me?" Rin nodded & he looked at the two who simply nodded. "Let's go then..."