InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Double Vision ❯ Chapter 24 ( Chapter 23 )

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“My baby is having a baby…” Jaken sobbed. Rin couldn’t tell if he was happy or heartbroken. A little of both, she guessed. Then he snapped, “Couldn’t you have found a better father for it than that half-breed mutt?” He continued to ramble on, and on, and on.

“Cheer up, Master Jaken! You can come and live in Edo with Inuyasha and me, and you can help raise the baby!”

“Oh, joy!” He moaned sarcastically. Rin tackled him, laughing, tickling his little ribs and shoving snow down the front of his shirt. They were rolling around on the wet, snowy ground when the little hairs on Rin’s arms stood up on end. The air was filled with the smell of ozone, and there was a loud, sudden crack of thunder. A blazing white lightning ball appeared, morphing into the shape of her father.

“Sesshomaru Sama!” screamed Master Jaken. Traditionally, Rin would have screamed “Sesshomaru Sama!!!” a half beat later, but today, she didn’t make a sound. She sat there on the ground, scowling at the pristine dog demon.

Sesshomaru looked down his nose at his followers, giving his hair an elegant side flip for extra drama. Jaken was soaked and muddy, with a large bubble of green snot emerging from one nostril. Rin looked very much as she had as a young child, with streaks of dirt on her face. Her miko outfit had seen better days, and she even had her hair bunched in a little side pony-tail, a style Sesshomaru thought she had abandoned long ago.

“Rin.” He stated. Then his eyes grew wide. He sniffed the air, did a double-take, and sniffed again. “Do you know that you are pregnant?”

“Yes, Sesshomaru Sama, Rin knows.” she chanted. He looked at her sharply, and she returned his look, her normally wide eyes seeming for a moment to grow just as narrow and slanted as his own.

“And who, pray tell, is the father of this child, little girl?” he sneered. He knew that she knew that he knew, but it sounded good.

“Your half-breed, half-brother, my Lord.” She replied just as snottily.

“You realize that Inuyasha is married to Lady Kagome, do you not, Rin?”

“What IS your point, my Lord?”

“What of Lady Kagome’s feelings, Rin? How could you treat her so poorly?”

“I could care less about Lady Kagome’s feelings, FATHER. I love Inuyasha, and he loves me. That is ALL I care about.”

Sesshomaru could not believe that this was his sweet Rin. If he didn’t know better, he would think the little minx had been raised by his bitch of a mother. Which gave him an idea. “This Sesshomaru will put you under the care of my mother!”

Jaken wailed in horror! “No, my lord, not your mother!” He scrambled to his knees in supplication. “You mustn’t! She will EAT the baby! She will throw our Little Rin in the dungeon!”

“Stop being so dramatic, Jaken. It is the only solution. My brother is already married to the Lady Kagome.” Now was not the time to share the happy news of his mating.

“There is no need to concern yourself, Lord Sesshomaru. Your brother will take care of me and our baby just fine. We are no longer your concern. You have made that abundantly clear.”

“Rin. Inuyasha is not the most reliable male for you to pick as the father of your child. He has betrayed and abandoned two other priestesses before you, Lady Kikyo, and Lady Kagome. How do you know he will not push you aside when the next priestess comes along?”

“Inuyasha never loved them as much as he loves me. He never made babies with them. And besides, I’m the last one, and the best one. Lady Kagome gained Lady Kikyo’s power when she passed on, did she not? I will surely gain the power of both of them, in due time.” She smiled, slyly.

“Rin, you will remain here with Jaken and Ah-Uhn until I send for you. If you are plotting against the Lady Kagome in any way, I expect you to cease in your actions immediately. Jaken, gather food and fire wood. There is a human town nearby. Make sure she is well cared for, or I will send you to my mother as well.” He tossed the toad a small bag of coins.

Sesshomaru now had a much better understanding of why Kagome thought it possible that Rin was the one trying to steal her soul. The sweet little girl who had once loved and admired the older priestess now seemed to hate her and wish for her demise. Though he didn’t think she was accomplished enough to be the one responsible, there was obviously much he didn’t know about his Little Rin.