InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Unexpected - Rain on Sakura Blossoms ❯ Chapter 24 ( Chapter 24 )
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Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Supernatural / Romance / Hentai / Drama | Type: Fanfiction Sequel | Uploaded On: 03.22.2008 | Pages: 4 | Words: 2.6K | Visits: 115 | Status: Work In Progress
Chapter Twenty-four
For a little over a week now, Thor and Raine had been exchanging letters to each other and once again they were both happy. About two days ago Raine had written to tell Thor that her baby had started kicking and this news brought great joy to Thor and at the same time sadness; he wished he could rest his palm on her belly and feel his child kick his hand. At least he hoped it was his.
Along with the news of the child’s first movement, Raine also wrote of her uncertainty concerning the child’s biological father. She explained to Thor that before Yosuke left for war she had slept with him and soon after that she slept with Thor. Upon hearing this news, Thor became deeply hurt. Considering the circumstances he would have been more hurt if the child was born human without his knowledge of the possibility that the child may not be his, but either way he was still distraught.
He had been pondering for sometime whether or not he should ask his parents about hanyou pregnancies. He needed to know if the child was his and he didn’t want to wait until its birth. He feared that if he did, it would hurt too much to even consider that possibility and eventually he would leave Raine. So he decided that the best person to ask was his father since he witnessed first hand a hanyou pregnancy. He was scared to ask his father and though he was the best choice, he decided to ask his mother.
So now, there he stood, in front of his parents’ bedroom door; hand raised and ready to knock. Before his knuckles could hit bamboo the door slid open and his father stood tall in front of him wearing a towel around his waist.
“May I speak to Okaasan?” Thor asked.
“Your mother is…resting. I need not tell you why.” Sesshomaru said.
“Worry not, I won’t ask. When she is…not resting, could you tell her I would like to speak with her onegai.” Thor said.
Sesshomaru nodded and Thor turned to return to his room.
“You seem troubled. What bothers you my son?” Sesshomaru asked.
Thor stood there and considered whether he should answer his father’s question or not. After all, Sesshomaru was more than qualified to answer his. But he was afraid. Afraid that his father would try everything in his power to stop him from seeing Raine and that was something he didn’t want. He took a deep breath. It only made sense to ask his father, plus he was there already so it didn’t make sense wasting a trip. He took a deep breath.
“How…um. How do you know if a…uh….human is um…carrying a hanyou child?” Thor asked
For the first time since he was born, Thor saw a hint of emotion on his father’s face and it scared him. It wasn’t anger, rage or fury, nothing along those lines, but it was worry. For a split second his father’s stoic mask left its place.
Sesshomaru grabbed his son’s shoulders and looked him in the eye, never blinking once and Thor could see the worry in his father’s eyes. For the first time Thor could read his father’s emotions through his eyes and this time he wasn’t scared but entranced.
“My son, what have you gotten yourself into?” Sesshomaru asked.
Thor moved his father’s hands off his shoulders and stood tall. He was finally brave enough to show his father that he was no longer a boy, but a man.
“Chichiue, I will handle my business and I will not fail you as a son.” Thor said.
Sesshomaru sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose.
“Onegai, Thor, onegai. Do not tell me you bred a human.” Sesshomaru said.
Thor sighed. “Well then if you won’t help me I shall leave.” He said and turned on his heel.
Sesshomaru watched his son walk away from him, head high, shoulders back and he realized that Thor was no longer the ten year old boy that fought with Rin or the baby he held in his arms for the first time. His son had indeed grown up and it happened so fast he didn’t see it coming or didn’t have time to prepare. It seemed that his son had grown up overnight and he had never been prouder of him
“Her scent.” Sesshomaru said.
Thor heard his father’s words and stopped. His lips curved into a smile and he turned to face his father. Using his he demon speed he ran into his father and hugged him for the first time in years.
“Arigato chichiue.” He said.
Sesshomaru nodded.
*oOo*
Raine was having a little lower back pain, her baby seemed unusually restless tonight. She figured it would be a while before it would settle down so she decided to go for a walk in the gardens. She didn’t want to go too far in case Yosuke woke up and found her missing and panicked.
She groaned as she tried to massage the pain away, but that didn’t seem to work so she found a bench and held onto its back as she bent over as far as her stomach allowed and continued to rub her lower back. She took even, deep breaths as she tried to concentrate on something else. She hissed in pain as her baby kicked again.
“You know you’re really hurting me.” She said.
“You smell as good as the first day I smelt you.” A familiar voice said.
Raine turned around to find Thor standing right behind her. Before she could even tell him anything he cupped her cheek and leaned in to kiss her. She finally started to relax and her pain lessened. She missed his kisses and his skin on hers. He was so warm and so gentle. She had missed him so much.
“Only Kami knows how much I’ve missed the tasted of your lips,” Thor said “And how much I’ve missed you.”
Raine reached out to him with a bit of hesitance. Could this be a dream? An illusion? Could she have missed him so much that he mind was playing tricks on her? Her “dream” became a reality when Thor took her hand in his own and placed it on his cheek. Assuring her that he was real.
Without warning, Raine broke into tears and threw herself into Thor’s arms, not mindful of her belly.
“Oh how I’ve missed you so.” She sobbed.
Thor took a deep breath, taking in her scent.
“I’ve missed you too.” He said.
Raine groaned in pain as her baby kicked much harder than before.
“The baby’s quite restless tonight.” She said.
Thor placed his palm on her belly and the moment he did, he felt the chid kick and he couldn’t have been happier. He got down on his knees and started to rub her stomach and purred at the same time. He felt Raine relax as well as the child she was carrying and soon enough, her baby remained quiet. He returned to his full height and rubbed his nose against Raine’s cheek and began to purr.
Raine slowly started to get sleepy. She could feel herself slowly slipping into the land of dreams. She sighed as a feeling of serenity ran through her body. Her eyelids became heavy and she could barely hear Thor purring in her ear anymore.
Thor stopped purring and raised his nose to the air. There was no doubt about it, he was coming; Raine’s husband. Way to spoil a moment. Thor didn’t want to leave Raine, not so soon. He just got there. Not even a good ten minutes and already he had to leave. It wasn’t fair! He looked down at Raine, into those beautiful grey eyes. Such joy shone in those grey orbs that he wished he didn’t have to leave her and in his place leave sadness. But he had to, as much as it would hurt her and him.
“I must go my love, but you shall hear from me again. I promise.” Thor said.
He held her face in his hands and kissed her long and hard, like it was the last kiss he’d giver her, the last time he’d see her, smell her, touch her, taster her, feel her. He kissed her like the world was going to end tomorrow.
“I am so sorry.” He said.
Before she could even say goodbye he was gone. The taste of him still lingered on her tongue and she slowly raised her hand to her mouth. She would hear from him again, he promised. She looked down at the ground as her hand fell from her mouth. He would return. He would. He would.
“Raine what are you doing out her alone?” Yosuke asked as he walked up to her. He placed his hand on her shoulder and turned her around.
“I couldn’t sleep.” She said in a low, saddened voice. Her head still down.
Yosuke tilted her face up so that she was staring him in the face.
“Are you okay?” He asked.
She sighed and walked away from him, heading inside.
*oOo*
Thor landed on the balcony outside his bedroom, happy that he was able to confirm that the child Raine carried was his, but still sad that he had to leave her so soon. If only he could have stayed longer, if only he had a little more time with her.
Those two words appeared in their relationship quite often. “If only.”
Too often.
He walked into his bedroom and took off his haori. He threw himself into his bed and closed his eyes, thinking of his Raine. That long ebony hair that was smoother than silk, her beautiful grey eyes that reminded him of the storm clouds his sister and brother could conjure at will, full pink lips that were sweeter than strawberries and skin more radiant than the sun itself. Thor loved and admired everything about his Raine. There was nothing about her he didn’t like. Her smile, her laugh, her personality. She was the epitome of perfection.
He sat up and pulled his legs to his chest, wrapping his arms around them and rested his chin on his knees. He sighed. If only.
His bedroom door slid open and his mother walked in. She closed the door and sat on his bed.
“Your father told me.” She said moving his hair from his face.
Thor turned away from her and clenched his eyes shut trying hard to hold them back.
Mika smelled the salt in her son’s tears and placed her hand on his back reassuringly.
“I’m not here to lecture, punish, or chastise you Thor. I sensed your despair the second you walked into your room. I don’t like to see my babies depressed, it depressed me. So please Thor, talk to me. Not as your mother but as your friend.” She said.
Thor looked down at his bed sheets and sighed. He could no longer hold back his tears, a droplet of salty liquid fell from his eye.
“I love her and miss her,” another tear “she’s married…and she’s with me. She’s married and she’s carrying my child.” Thor stopped, more tears falling from his eyes as he looked for the words to express how he felt. “I just wish she would leave her husband.”
Mika started rubbing his back in circles.
“You can’t expect a married woman to leave her husband for someone else.” She said.
Thor turned to his mother and raised his chin off of his knees and stretched out his legs. He shook his head.
“We’ve been together since her marriage began. She doesn’t love him mother, she doesn’t love him. She loves me.” He said.
Mika reached out to stroke his cheek.
“I understand.” She said.
Thor hit her hand away from his face and jumped of his bed.
“No you don’t understand! Raine loves me. She’s supposed to be with me.” He sobbed.
“Sweetie calm down.” Mika pleaded rising from the bed and walking over to her son.
“No!” He shouted. By this time he was so overcome with emotion that he just couldn’t take it anymore. He felt Mika wrap her arms around him and rub his back.
“Let it out sweetie. Let it all out.” She said.
Thor dropped to his knees, taking Mika down with him. He was still sobbing.
“It’s not fair.” He sobbed into his mother’s shoulder.
“I know,” Mika sniffled “I know.” She said as she started rocking back and forth.
*oOo*
After an hour or so of comforting Thor, he finally fell a sleep and Mika tucked him in. She sighed as she looked down at her son, face red and eyes puffy and swollen. Seeing him like this reminded her of how depressed she was when she was pregnant with him. She really hoped none of her children would have to go through the same things she did.
She left his side and went to the door. Before she opened it she looked back at Thor and her eyes fell to the floor. She turned around and opened the door only to see a half naked Sesshomaru standing outside. She sighed and closed the door behind her.
“I worry about him.” She said.
“He will get over it in time.” Sesshomaru said.
“I fear that he won’t” Mika said.
For a little over a week now, Thor and Raine had been exchanging letters to each other and once again they were both happy. About two days ago Raine had written to tell Thor that her baby had started kicking and this news brought great joy to Thor and at the same time sadness; he wished he could rest his palm on her belly and feel his child kick his hand. At least he hoped it was his.
Along with the news of the child’s first movement, Raine also wrote of her uncertainty concerning the child’s biological father. She explained to Thor that before Yosuke left for war she had slept with him and soon after that she slept with Thor. Upon hearing this news, Thor became deeply hurt. Considering the circumstances he would have been more hurt if the child was born human without his knowledge of the possibility that the child may not be his, but either way he was still distraught.
He had been pondering for sometime whether or not he should ask his parents about hanyou pregnancies. He needed to know if the child was his and he didn’t want to wait until its birth. He feared that if he did, it would hurt too much to even consider that possibility and eventually he would leave Raine. So he decided that the best person to ask was his father since he witnessed first hand a hanyou pregnancy. He was scared to ask his father and though he was the best choice, he decided to ask his mother.
So now, there he stood, in front of his parents’ bedroom door; hand raised and ready to knock. Before his knuckles could hit bamboo the door slid open and his father stood tall in front of him wearing a towel around his waist.
“May I speak to Okaasan?” Thor asked.
“Your mother is…resting. I need not tell you why.” Sesshomaru said.
“Worry not, I won’t ask. When she is…not resting, could you tell her I would like to speak with her onegai.” Thor said.
Sesshomaru nodded and Thor turned to return to his room.
“You seem troubled. What bothers you my son?” Sesshomaru asked.
Thor stood there and considered whether he should answer his father’s question or not. After all, Sesshomaru was more than qualified to answer his. But he was afraid. Afraid that his father would try everything in his power to stop him from seeing Raine and that was something he didn’t want. He took a deep breath. It only made sense to ask his father, plus he was there already so it didn’t make sense wasting a trip. He took a deep breath.
“How…um. How do you know if a…uh….human is um…carrying a hanyou child?” Thor asked
For the first time since he was born, Thor saw a hint of emotion on his father’s face and it scared him. It wasn’t anger, rage or fury, nothing along those lines, but it was worry. For a split second his father’s stoic mask left its place.
Sesshomaru grabbed his son’s shoulders and looked him in the eye, never blinking once and Thor could see the worry in his father’s eyes. For the first time Thor could read his father’s emotions through his eyes and this time he wasn’t scared but entranced.
“My son, what have you gotten yourself into?” Sesshomaru asked.
Thor moved his father’s hands off his shoulders and stood tall. He was finally brave enough to show his father that he was no longer a boy, but a man.
“Chichiue, I will handle my business and I will not fail you as a son.” Thor said.
Sesshomaru sighed and pinched the bridge of his nose.
“Onegai, Thor, onegai. Do not tell me you bred a human.” Sesshomaru said.
Thor sighed. “Well then if you won’t help me I shall leave.” He said and turned on his heel.
Sesshomaru watched his son walk away from him, head high, shoulders back and he realized that Thor was no longer the ten year old boy that fought with Rin or the baby he held in his arms for the first time. His son had indeed grown up and it happened so fast he didn’t see it coming or didn’t have time to prepare. It seemed that his son had grown up overnight and he had never been prouder of him
“Her scent.” Sesshomaru said.
Thor heard his father’s words and stopped. His lips curved into a smile and he turned to face his father. Using his he demon speed he ran into his father and hugged him for the first time in years.
“Arigato chichiue.” He said.
Sesshomaru nodded.
*oOo*
Raine was having a little lower back pain, her baby seemed unusually restless tonight. She figured it would be a while before it would settle down so she decided to go for a walk in the gardens. She didn’t want to go too far in case Yosuke woke up and found her missing and panicked.
She groaned as she tried to massage the pain away, but that didn’t seem to work so she found a bench and held onto its back as she bent over as far as her stomach allowed and continued to rub her lower back. She took even, deep breaths as she tried to concentrate on something else. She hissed in pain as her baby kicked again.
“You know you’re really hurting me.” She said.
“You smell as good as the first day I smelt you.” A familiar voice said.
Raine turned around to find Thor standing right behind her. Before she could even tell him anything he cupped her cheek and leaned in to kiss her. She finally started to relax and her pain lessened. She missed his kisses and his skin on hers. He was so warm and so gentle. She had missed him so much.
“Only Kami knows how much I’ve missed the tasted of your lips,” Thor said “And how much I’ve missed you.”
Raine reached out to him with a bit of hesitance. Could this be a dream? An illusion? Could she have missed him so much that he mind was playing tricks on her? Her “dream” became a reality when Thor took her hand in his own and placed it on his cheek. Assuring her that he was real.
Without warning, Raine broke into tears and threw herself into Thor’s arms, not mindful of her belly.
“Oh how I’ve missed you so.” She sobbed.
Thor took a deep breath, taking in her scent.
“I’ve missed you too.” He said.
Raine groaned in pain as her baby kicked much harder than before.
“The baby’s quite restless tonight.” She said.
Thor placed his palm on her belly and the moment he did, he felt the chid kick and he couldn’t have been happier. He got down on his knees and started to rub her stomach and purred at the same time. He felt Raine relax as well as the child she was carrying and soon enough, her baby remained quiet. He returned to his full height and rubbed his nose against Raine’s cheek and began to purr.
Raine slowly started to get sleepy. She could feel herself slowly slipping into the land of dreams. She sighed as a feeling of serenity ran through her body. Her eyelids became heavy and she could barely hear Thor purring in her ear anymore.
Thor stopped purring and raised his nose to the air. There was no doubt about it, he was coming; Raine’s husband. Way to spoil a moment. Thor didn’t want to leave Raine, not so soon. He just got there. Not even a good ten minutes and already he had to leave. It wasn’t fair! He looked down at Raine, into those beautiful grey eyes. Such joy shone in those grey orbs that he wished he didn’t have to leave her and in his place leave sadness. But he had to, as much as it would hurt her and him.
“I must go my love, but you shall hear from me again. I promise.” Thor said.
He held her face in his hands and kissed her long and hard, like it was the last kiss he’d giver her, the last time he’d see her, smell her, touch her, taster her, feel her. He kissed her like the world was going to end tomorrow.
“I am so sorry.” He said.
Before she could even say goodbye he was gone. The taste of him still lingered on her tongue and she slowly raised her hand to her mouth. She would hear from him again, he promised. She looked down at the ground as her hand fell from her mouth. He would return. He would. He would.
“Raine what are you doing out her alone?” Yosuke asked as he walked up to her. He placed his hand on her shoulder and turned her around.
“I couldn’t sleep.” She said in a low, saddened voice. Her head still down.
Yosuke tilted her face up so that she was staring him in the face.
“Are you okay?” He asked.
She sighed and walked away from him, heading inside.
*oOo*
Thor landed on the balcony outside his bedroom, happy that he was able to confirm that the child Raine carried was his, but still sad that he had to leave her so soon. If only he could have stayed longer, if only he had a little more time with her.
Those two words appeared in their relationship quite often. “If only.”
Too often.
He walked into his bedroom and took off his haori. He threw himself into his bed and closed his eyes, thinking of his Raine. That long ebony hair that was smoother than silk, her beautiful grey eyes that reminded him of the storm clouds his sister and brother could conjure at will, full pink lips that were sweeter than strawberries and skin more radiant than the sun itself. Thor loved and admired everything about his Raine. There was nothing about her he didn’t like. Her smile, her laugh, her personality. She was the epitome of perfection.
He sat up and pulled his legs to his chest, wrapping his arms around them and rested his chin on his knees. He sighed. If only.
His bedroom door slid open and his mother walked in. She closed the door and sat on his bed.
“Your father told me.” She said moving his hair from his face.
Thor turned away from her and clenched his eyes shut trying hard to hold them back.
Mika smelled the salt in her son’s tears and placed her hand on his back reassuringly.
“I’m not here to lecture, punish, or chastise you Thor. I sensed your despair the second you walked into your room. I don’t like to see my babies depressed, it depressed me. So please Thor, talk to me. Not as your mother but as your friend.” She said.
Thor looked down at his bed sheets and sighed. He could no longer hold back his tears, a droplet of salty liquid fell from his eye.
“I love her and miss her,” another tear “she’s married…and she’s with me. She’s married and she’s carrying my child.” Thor stopped, more tears falling from his eyes as he looked for the words to express how he felt. “I just wish she would leave her husband.”
Mika started rubbing his back in circles.
“You can’t expect a married woman to leave her husband for someone else.” She said.
Thor turned to his mother and raised his chin off of his knees and stretched out his legs. He shook his head.
“We’ve been together since her marriage began. She doesn’t love him mother, she doesn’t love him. She loves me.” He said.
Mika reached out to stroke his cheek.
“I understand.” She said.
Thor hit her hand away from his face and jumped of his bed.
“No you don’t understand! Raine loves me. She’s supposed to be with me.” He sobbed.
“Sweetie calm down.” Mika pleaded rising from the bed and walking over to her son.
“No!” He shouted. By this time he was so overcome with emotion that he just couldn’t take it anymore. He felt Mika wrap her arms around him and rub his back.
“Let it out sweetie. Let it all out.” She said.
Thor dropped to his knees, taking Mika down with him. He was still sobbing.
“It’s not fair.” He sobbed into his mother’s shoulder.
“I know,” Mika sniffled “I know.” She said as she started rocking back and forth.
*oOo*
After an hour or so of comforting Thor, he finally fell a sleep and Mika tucked him in. She sighed as she looked down at her son, face red and eyes puffy and swollen. Seeing him like this reminded her of how depressed she was when she was pregnant with him. She really hoped none of her children would have to go through the same things she did.
She left his side and went to the door. Before she opened it she looked back at Thor and her eyes fell to the floor. She turned around and opened the door only to see a half naked Sesshomaru standing outside. She sighed and closed the door behind her.
“I worry about him.” She said.
“He will get over it in time.” Sesshomaru said.
“I fear that he won’t” Mika said.