InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Forges of Love ❯ Faith In Flowers ( Chapter 14 )

“Yoru-kun, don't stray too far!” Tensei called as the three-year-old ran from the house.

“I'm going to play with Shiori-chan!” He called over his shoulder.

Tensei sighed softly as she watched him go.

"Do you want I should go after him, My lady?" Rin asked.

"If you like, you know, you three hardly play together anymore..."

Rin looked down at her toes, fidgeting a little. Tensei smiled knowingly, placing a hand on her shoulder.

"I'll come to get you if Kohaku comes by..."

Rin looked up at her blushing, then nodded, chasing after Yoru.

"...Kohaku came by the other day with flowers for Rin-chan..." Yoru said absently gazing up at the rolling clouds.

Rin turned a bright scarlet.

"Rin-chan is that true?!" Shiori began as the two girls waded in the water.

"..Na...Nah-uh! Th...Those flowers...were for your mother..."

"Oh yeah? Then why did he give them to you when mama was already home?" Yoru sat up, smiling mischeviously.

Rin blushed again.

"It must be wonderful to have someone to give you flowers..." Shiori sighed dreamily.

"Feh, women..." Yoru sighed, lying on his back in the sand.

"...When my papa was alive...he would always bring mama and me flowers..." Shiori sighed softly. "Say, Yoru-kun, what ever happened to your pa?"

Rin became deathly silent.

"...dunno...mama says he's off battling a fierce enemy to keep us safe..." the boy shrugged closing his eyes.

Shiori came over to sit beside him, "So what was he like, tell me"

"...'m not sure, he left before I was born, but mama says that I look just like him, even more so when my markings come in..."

"...Oh...I'm sorry..." Shiori began.

" 's okay, any way, I don't know what he was like, so I don't miss him any...I think it's harder for mama, she knew him, she loves him...she's waiting for him to come home..."

"Ya think he's comin' back for ya?" Shiori asked.

"...well...not really, the way, mama described him, he's a real loner..."

"...don't say that..."

The two looked up, Rin was standing in front of them.

"DON'T YOU EVER SAY THAT AGAIN!! LORD SESSHO-MARU WILL COME FOR US!!" she cried, tears streaming down her face.

"...Rin-chan..." Yoru began, reaching out to her, the girl turned, dashing back to the house.

Rin lay on her bed, sobbing into the bedding, '...He's wrong! He's wrong!!...Lord Sessho-maru IS coming back...he would NEVER EVER abandon Lady Tensei!!!'

A brightly colored seashell was thrown down in front of her, she looked up at Yoru, who was looking incredibly guilty.

"...Gomen ne...Rin-chan...I didn't mean to make you cry..." he mumbled.

"...I guess...that's just what I tell myself...'cause I'm nervous about what will happen if father comes for us...What if he...doesn't like me..."

Rin sat up rubbing her eyes and smiling, "Arigato, Yoru-kun, and don't worry, your father will be proud..."

She reached out to cup his cheek, Yoru smiled back.

As Tensei came closer to the house, she noticed something hanging over the door. She pulled it down.

"...Jasmine? But this doesn't bloom any where around her...it only blooms..."

"Aren't they beautiful?" Tensei beamed. Sessho-maru gazed down at the flowers.

"But how can they grow in this heat and polluted air?"

"Dunno, they're native to these parts, they can't grow anywhere else..."

Sessho-maru reached out, plucking them and placing them in her hair, Tensei blushed.

"Now they are truly beautiful..." he smiled.

Tensei then smiled, tears welling within her eyes.

'...Come see us soon...Sessh-kun...'