InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Love after Death ❯ The Headman's Plan ( Chapter 7 )

[ T - Teen: Not suitable for readers under 13 ]

“Thank you for the medicine, Lady Fawks…”

“Please there's no need…” Fawks smiled sweetly as she left the elderly couple's hut with Rin by her side. Mimirou was outside playing clapping games with the other children.

“Mimirou! It's time to go!” Fawks called. “Coming!” the small child sprang up. “Bye guys see ya later!” As she ran towards her mother, Mimirou accidentally bumped into the headman. She looked up into his handsome face, his warm blue eyes sparkled in the sunlight.

“Careful there…” he smiled warmly. Mimirou's face took on a cold look. “Oh my goodness! I am so sorry!” Fawks cried rushing over. “No need my good woman” He smiled.

“Please call me Shoji”

“Fawks” She bowed. “And this is my ward, Rin-chan”

Mimirou continued to glare at him with a piercing stare that would rival her father's. “And what's your name? Come now don't be shy…” The headman smiled.

“I am not shy, I just see no need to acknowledge your stupidity with a reply” she replied. The headman sweat dropped, “Quite a vocabulary”

“Mimirou! I am so sorry! I don't know what has gotten into her today!” Fawks began, pulling the girl along as the three of them departed. The head man smirked.

“Is Mimirou-sama asleep already?” Rin asked as Fawks came to join her outside. “Mmhm, she was behaving so strangely, she's usually a very warm and open child…” Fawks began.

“Yeah…but didn't she remind you of anyone?” Rin began with a soft smile. Fawks returned the smile nodding. “…Just like her Father…”

“Mama, where are you going?”

Fawks turned to see Mimirou still dressed in her sleeping kimono, rubbing her eyes. “Did I wake you? I'm sorry, but the headman has sent for me…”

Mimirou's expression darkened. “…I don't want you to go”

“But I must, Mimi-chan…” Fawks replied softly. “…If you go something bad will happen…”

Fawks turned to Mimirou in shock, the little girl stared at her with the scrutinizing golden eyes of her father. Fawks sighed, “If I don't go, something worse will happen…”

She left the hut, followed by the frantic cries of her daughter. “No, Mama!!!! Please don't go!!!!!!!!!!”

“I can't apologize enough for how rude Mimirou was to you yesterday…” Fawks began. “No need” the headman smiled pouring her tea. “There are a few things I wanted to discuss with you, Fawks-san. Your husband, for instance, what happened to him?”

Fawks lowered her gaze to the cup on the table. “He…was killed in battle…trying to protect my daughter and I…”

“I see…forgive me…” The headman sighed. “It must be hard raising a child all by yourself”

“Rin-chan is a big help…” Fawks smiled. “Fawks-san…the reason I called you here…is to make you a proposal…” The headman began. “I would very much like it, if you became my wife”

Fawks looked at him in shock, she cleared her throat, trying to regain her composure. “…Forgive me…m…my lord, but…it is…far too soon for me to remarry…”

The headman didn't seem a bit disturbed by her rejection, he merely smiled at her. “Before you refuse, there's something about me I'd like you to know, Fawks-san”

He crossed the room gazing out of a small window. “My father was a demon slayer and my mother was a ninja…” He began. “They were the best of the best and from them I have inherited some…unusual properties”

Fawks gazed at him curiously, a little voice in the back of her head was screaming something was wrong. “For example, my eyes are the keenest around. I can see an enemy coming from miles away. Meaning…”

The headman then knelt beside her, to whisper in her ear. “Meaning I can also see the lovely demonic markings that mark your child's cheeks…”

Fawks gasped, covering her mouth. “I really didn't want it to have to come to this. I've kept your secret for so long…but if you refuse to marry me…my lips just might loosen…” he whispered. “You…you wouldn't…” she said barely above a whisper. “Do you really want to risk it? My keen eyes tell me you are not human either, you could always just kill me, but that would make you a murderer and you would be executed. You could try to leave the village, but I promise you I will hunt you down no matter what…” he said in a murderous tone.

Fawks clenched her hands in her lap. “I'll give you a day or two to think it over…”

With that he left the room, Fawks growled, her hand clenched so tight, her claws had pierced her palms. Red blood stained her kimono.