InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Birth Marks ❯ scrolls of a hidden past ( Chapter 14 )

Disclaimer: do I really have to say it after 14 chapters? Because you can't MAKE ME!!! (lawyers appear from garage door behind me, tapping their feet expectantly) Hehehe… I do not own Inuyasha and crew.

 

Chapter 14: scrolls of a hidden past

 

Last time: The rest of the trip was uneventful. Kagome ordered a chicken salad and Inuyasha ordered a Big Wac (Big Mac (a.k.a. big whack. Yeah, from Kagome later)). They left without anything major and then Kagome turned the corner straight into a familiar boy's chest.

 

“Hey Higurashi! are you feeling any better from your aids episode? Are you sure you should be out of bed?” came an all too familiar voice from Hojo.

 

Kagome started hearing a subtle growling from her date. “oh… ah… hi Hojo!” Kagome said, wincing slightly at the pressure that Inuyasha's claws were putting on her shoulder. “this is my boyfriend Inuyasha,” she put her hand on Inuyasha's, discreetly relieving the blood flow to her right arm.

 

 

“Oh.” If possible, Hojo was just dumped. Not just dumped, but put into the food processor and got stuck in the diaper section of the city dump. He only let the emotion show for a second before putting his original facade back on. “I didn't know you were taken. Where did you say you met him again?” he took an interest white hair and golden eyes.

 

“Umm… I met him in the hospital. Inuyasha was volunteering and we got to talk while he was cleaning my room. We've been seeing each other for about a year now. In fact, next week will be our first anniversary,” Kagome put on a cheesy smile and made a show of clinging to Inuyasha's arm. #smooth Higurashi, real smooth # Kagome had been practicing that lie ever since they had learned that Inuyasha could come through the well also.

 

“Well, it would have been nice to know sooner that you were taken and I wouldn't have tried so hard. And isn't it your birthday next week also?” Hojo cocked his head slightly in a manner that girls couldn't resist, at least most girls.

 

“Yeah, we met on my birth day, so I'll be spending it with him since it's so special to both of us.” Inuyasha grinned smugly mentally # yes, Yes, YES! #

 

Hojo nodded, pretending to understand and turned to leave, “nice to meet ya, Inuyasha! And Kagome, I'll drop off your present before your birthday!”

 

“Wait!” Kagome called, running up to the heartbroken boy that she had known since fourth grade.

 

Hojo turned, “yes?” he asked, flashing one of his million-dollar smiles.

 

Kagome went slack for a millisecond before remembering what she had wanted to say, “to tell you the truth, I never wanted to be your girlfriend. It was just Eri's crush that she acted out through me. Just as a last request,” Kagome smirked, “ask her out on a date, she'd melt all over you!”

 

Hojo smiled and pulled her into a friendly hug, giving him access to her hidden hanyou ears. “I know you are Lady Kagome and just ask me and I'll give you and Lord Inuyasha some concealing rings. And Inuyasha is getting possessive and is about to rip my throat out. Oh, and tell my dad hi for me!” Hojo let Kagome go as Inuyasha yanked the back of his brown shirt. He gave a wolfish grin and quietly slipped out of Inuyasha's grasp. Letting his demonic aura flash for a second, Hojo waved goodbye, “goodbye Kagome, and as my dad used to say: see ya later mutt-face!”

 

Inuyasha went red-faced as Kagome started to laugh, “that explains a lot!” if she didn't get the clues before hand, the Inuyasha reference sealed the proof. “lets go look at those scrolls now.” That sobered Inuyasha up as Kagome started to walk the opposite direction of Hojo, towards the shrine. Inuyasha groaned following the girl hanyou, learning to read and write was never his strong suit.

 

“here it is! `journals to my Higurashi by… uh, I was never able to figure out that Hiragana (characters using syllables instead of letters like English),” Kagome pointed to the characters and Inuyasha recognized them immediately.

 

“I actually know that one. It says `western lord Sesshomaru' I can read names and that's about it. And when I was learning, that's the second one that I learned aside my name,” Kagome nodded and opened the scroll further. What could Sesshomaru be doing, writing a journal to a person he called Higurashi. `Sunset' didn't really make any sense at the time and Kagome highly doubted that it would anytime soon. “are you going to read anytime soon, or are we not going to find out what my brother had to do with your ancestor?” Inuyasha went back to his stubborn ways and pulled the scroll out of Kagome's hands.

 

“hey! I was going to read it, but I wanted to think about the connection first. Remember that little girl that follows Sesshomaru around? I think she called herself Rin at one point. What if I am related to her at all?” they shuddered at the thought, Rin and Sesshomaru. That was just a little too close for comfort. Kagome took a deep breath, “here it goes:

 

spring time, the humans have started their planting, the crescent moon is tonight and I am most spiritually powerful. By tonight, I will do the ceremony and you will have the choice to join me forever or not. You, my Higurashi, found the first flowers of spring this morning and also the first bees of spring also. Your reaction to the sting has me worried. Humans are so vulnerable to many trivial things and I do not want you to die at such a young age. This ceremony will enable you to have my abilities, but you can still disguise and blend in with other humans if you wish so.

 

Your reaction to my question during your noon meal was quite promising for a human of your age. The question was if you could be like me, would you? You said yes and that you feel better because you would not leave me alone. My Higurashi, you keep surprising me every day. Things that I do not expect form you or other humans you do. Not every human- or demon- cares for an injured demon. At first when I found you dead by wolves, I felt it a duty to revive you to pay you back. But now I find that I have grown, should I say, a connection with you. And it would be a deep loss to lose you to the human life span.

 

This ceremony is called the sharing of blood and what will happen is that I will let you mix your blood with mine and would have to drink it mixed with sake. Though I fear you are too young for the sake, it must be done that way or you would have more of a chance to not accept the spell. Your age is to the point where if I waited any longer, your body would stand the chance to reject the changes. I am writing this down so you, and I, will have a better time to accept my reasoning.

 

I look down and see you sleeping, tomorrow being another day. The bee sting truly worried me even if I did not show it. I know from experiences from being a pup, sleep can cure most illnesses. Once you wake up, I will do the ceremony and, hopefully, we will not be bothered in the moonlight. So I am letting you sleep during the day so you will not be tired tonight. You wake up now…

 

“Sesshomaru-sama? What are you doing up in that tree?” a ten year old Rin asks, rubbing her eye with her slightly swollen hand. The bee from earlier had stung her on the wrist and thus swelled up her forearm and hand.

 

He looked down and smiled one of his rare, hidden smiles for a mere second. “I am looking out so you do not get injured while you are resting. We will have to travel fast of we are to reach my castle by nightfall,” he said in his usual monotone voice before jumping down to wrap Rin flush against his back with his tail ({raspberries} in this fic, the fluffy thing that Sesshy lugs around is his tail!).

 

Rin snuggled into her living blanket before smiling. It was rare that Sesshomaru carried her this way, and she liked the treat. They had not taken Jaken or Ah-Un with them for a form of, what she felt like, father-daughter bonding in the middle of the Western Lands.

 

In truth, Sesshomaru didn't trust his servants with Rin's life and he needed some semi-alone time to think and write in the journal that he had started soon after he had revived Rin. No one knew of the journal besides Rin and himself, and he preferred it that way. One day, he knew, Rin would die and he wanted a way to remember her short life with him.

 

“Rin,” he waited until he heard a response from the woman-child on his back, “try to rest for tonight. I have a bit of a… surprise for you after dark and I don't want you falling asleep in the middle.” He felt Rin's head nod and heard a great yawn from her. She had fallen asleep again and the demon lord tried to keep his running steps as smooth as possible. # my Higurashi, my sunset, you are as beautiful and innocent as one and I do not want to lose you to time. I hope you will forgive me eventually #

 

“well, that's a different side of Sesshomaru than I thought he had,” Kagome commented, looking Inuyasha in the eye to see his reaction. He looked rather bored, successfully covering the interest of his brother's plans.

 

“keep reading wench, lets see if my brother's plan worked,” Kagome nodded, letting the name-calling slip just this once with just a killing look.

 

The dish that I had made was not used for anything else and will never be used again except for your health. My best craftsman made this dish and the sake that I will use is special because it was made the day I brought you back to my life and I personally packed it away. Your kimono is the most special silk in the lands and you will be able to wear it always.

 

“Rin, come here,” Sesshomaru waited for the drowsy girl by her linen closet and as she turned her head to her lord, he pulled out a kimono of white and silver that would rival his own hair. The sight of the kimono woke the girl up as she squealed in delight and hugged his waist.

 

“thank you, thank you, thank you!” Rin held the robe up to herself and examined how it would flow off her front not quite showing womanhood.

 

Sesshomaru kneeled down to be face-to-face with Rin. The dusk's light illuminated his stern face, “Rin, be very careful with this kimono and wear it to the garden when you are done getting dressed. Tonight is very special and I do not want you to be dirty when the ceremony begins,” with that Rin nodded and Sesshomaru turned to leave, having one of the servants help the girl get dressed.

 

“there you go Rin, now don't ruin it when you go outside. I believe that Sesshomaru-sama is waiting for you,” the servant girl said as she pulled the last loop tight on Rin's pale purple obi. The servant was the only one that treated Rin as a friend and not as the lord's charge or ningen scum. She looked about Rin's age, so Rin was comfortable with the demoness.

 

Rin bowed to the servant and sped out the door, careful not to rip the hems or drag the back into the dirt. “Sesshomaru-sama!” Rin yelled to announce her presence. He was in Rin's favorite flower garden and she grinned up with her eyes sparkling.

 

Sesshomaru led Rin to a bench with his usual confident body posture, but Rin caught the flicker of intense worry in his eyes. “are you…” Sesshomaru put a finger on her lips to silence her and looked up to the moon. Rin followed his gaze and saw Sesshomaru's crescent glow slightly. Her eyes went wide in amazement as he initiated a stare-down against Rin. After what seemed like an eternity, he nodded and grabbed a kunai ((throwing knife) I wanted to go with one of those curved blades that the name starts with an `a' but I couldn't remember how to spell it and its European, not Japanese) and Rin's hand.

 

“this is going to hurt a little and you have to do the same thing to me next. I promise that we will not regret this later,” Rin could hear the pain in his voice as he positioned the blade over her palm and made a crescent-shaped cut while she was distracted. It was shallow enough to heal quickly, but enough to let her blood drip into the purple-tinged sake bowl. He held her hand until there was about a teaspoon in the dish, then pressed his finger on the wound to let the blood clot to close it.

 

During this time, Rin barely felt anything but interest at what the demon was doing with her blood. after Sesshomaru wrapped her hand in a clean bandage, he asked himself why she didn't scream or do anything to show pain. Either she was a very stupid ningen… or a very trusting girl. “are you feeling any pain?” he asked, keeping his thumb over the wound to keep it from opening. Rin shook her head and he continued, “now, you have to do the same thing to me. Don't worry because you will not hurt me,” he said, pushing the small weapon into her uninjured hand.

 

Rin took a deep breath and pressed the tip to Sesshomaru's outstretched hand. She didn't have the courage or strength to injure her lord, so after a minute, he gripped her hand and pressed the blade into his palm. The blood pooled and Rin directed it to the sake dish to mix with hers.

 

After the amount of blood in the dish had doubled, Rin pressed her finger on the wound to close and it did instantly. Sesshomaru grabbed the sake bottle that was resting beside his leg and poured some in with the blood. using the kunai, he stirred the three ingredients until it looked roughly like cranberry juice. The crescent moon reflected in the potion as he lifted it up to his lips to take a small taste. Satisfied that the potion was done correctly, he held it up for Rin to drink.

 

“Drink it, trust me,” Rin looked at the dish uncertainly as Sesshomaru pressed it to her lips. She took a small sip and made a face. It was sour tasting and was making her drowsy. “drink it all before you fall asleep Rin, or the spell won't work for you,” he pushed the saucer up to her lips again. She finished the potion off with half-lidded eyes and fell forward, asleep, onto Sesshomaru's chest.

 

I could feel the changes almost immediately as I carried you up to your futon to sleep. So far, your body was not rejecting the potion, but the next day will be the real test. The physical changes were almost as immediate as your new scent. Visible streaks of a silver showed in your hair as well as your ears pointing. The point is not enough to notice, but is there. Gladly, you still look human if you were to leave me.

 

I could feel changes also, but not as much as you were undoubtedly feeling in your sleep. Understanding for one. For the first time, I felt what has only been described as a human emotion by other demons. I think you call it being happy and content. Yes, we demons have this emotion, but only after battle and only for a short time. Not enough to notice…

 

“well, that explains a lot. I think that makes enough sense to be satisfied for now. I remember when my grandma was still alive, she only had to dye streaks of her hair black whenever she went out. And even if it was a permanent dye, it would be gone by the time she got back home!” Kagome watched as Inuyasha resisted the urge to bolt down the well and yell at his brother.

 

“don't worry, Inuyasha, my grandmother was not Rin. Just a descendent that inherited the whole hair streak fiasco, it pops up every once in a while when our health is threatened. Mom's hair was especially bad during the last month of carrying Souta, he was a pain since before he was even born!” Kagome smirked and Inuyasha couldn't help but to smirk back.

 

Inuyasha caught an evil glint in Kagome's eye and really bolted this time, “sit!” he landed face first in the stone a mere twenty feet from freedom. “don't think I didn't remember your calligraphy lesson Inuyasha!” Kagome said as she straddled his back and sat down. Her sensitive ears could hear the boy-hanyou whimpering at the thought of school work. “yeah, yeah, that's what I think about school also. And neither of us can get away from it whether we want to or not.

 

Inuyasha stopped whimpering at the line `get away from it' he grinned wickedly. “stay” was all he said and the extra weight was lifted off his back. He took off running to the well and made it to jump into the well when a sit beat him to the chase and plummeted him down to the dirt below in the feudal era.

 

The thud was felt down in the village and startled Shippou out of his daydream of what was in Inuyasha's package to look the direction of the well. “I think lady Kagome and Inuyasha are back and she already sat him,” Miroku said with as straight of a face as he could muster. The others in the room didn't have as much control and broke out laughing, a moment later Miroku joined them.

 

“I'm free!” a male voice came from the direction of the well, coming closer. A moment later, the inhabitants with demon hearing heard the same voice, only quieter, “uh-oh.”

 

“Inuyasha come back here! I don't care if you don't want to, you will learn sometime whether you like it or not!” Kagome's voice came from the same direction as Inuyasha skidded into the hut, grabbing Sango's shoulders to stop himself from crashing into the far wall. The scenario couldn't help but to crack the group up again.

 

Once they sobered up, Miroku started talking in a parental way, “now, now Inuyasha, how dignified is it to hide behind ladies skirts?”

 

Inuyasha puffed his chest up and stepped out from behind Sango, “feh, I…”

 

“Inuyasha I know you're in there and your going to learn your calligraphy now!” Kagome stepped in holding one of those pen-things and a stack of paper. Inuyasha deflated and crouched behind Sango, somehow believing that he would turn invisible behind the taiji-ya's skirt. Kagome assessed the position of her friends before her eyes landed on Inuyasha and Shippou. “real mature Inuyasha. Ok, I'm going to teach both of you most likely, won't I?”

 

Shippou puffed up and stood his full two feet, “daddy taught me already! I don't need teaching!”

 

Kagome kneeled down to the kit's eye level and handed him a pen and a piece of paper. “ok, show me what you know. That's a pen and it works just like your colored pencils that I gave you. Start with your name.” Kagome watched the young boy screw up his face and put the pen to paper. He put down a couple of scribbles before holding it up to Kagome to inspect. “nice try Shippou,” Kagome looked up at Inuyasha, “I guess you'll have a classmate after all.” The look on Inuyasha and Shippou's face's were identical: mortified.

 

Okay, a little Sesshomaru/Rin in this chapter and a little humor in the end to make up for it. I think this is a new record for me: updating twice in the same week! Yay. Update because I want 200 reviews for chapter 15! See y'all next time. dark