InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ To Wish Upon A Star ❯ Chapter 4 ( Chapter 4 )

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FL: sitting on Sesshomaru “So tell me, dog-breath, what exactly did you mean by ‘moments of insanity’? Do you think I’m insane?” starts crying heavily
Sess: moves her off his back and into his lap. “No! No! You’re not insane! You’re perfect just the way you are! Don’t cry please don’t cry!” starts kissing her. “Just perfect. Fluffy’s Lady doesn’t own anything having to do with Inuyasha or the books in mentioned in the chapter but she does own this story line and all the original characters. Now go and read!” said as Lady hauls him off to their room.
Sesshomaru ducked as a poorly aimed book nearly hit his head. “Enough!” he growled, “we leave now!”
“Wait a minute!” Dilynn whined as she threw her stuff into a big bag, “I need to check and make sure I have everything. Contacts, case and solution–check, clothes for a month–wow we’ll be gone a long time, check. Books: The Will of the Empress–check, Emperor Mage–check, Daja’s book–check, Redeeming Love–not check! Oh no! Where is it? I’m not going anywhere without it! It’s my favorite!” she wailed frantically searching her room for it.
Sesshomaru looked at the book that had nearly hit him in the head. He didn’t see anything special about it really. He picked it up. “Is this it?” he asked tiredly.
Dilynn looked up from ransacking her already half-demolished closet to see Sesshomaru holding her book. “Yes! That’s it! Thank you so much!” she cried taking it from his hand.
“Now can we leave? I’m sure your cousins are already waiting,” Sesshomaru stated.
After much careful explaining–and even more careful sidestepping of any talk of truly dangerous demons–Kari, Casey, and Dilynn’s parents had finally relented and allowed the girls to travel to Feudal Japan. The only condition was that they had to return at least once a month.
The girls had eagerly accepted. Kari and Casey had gone home to pack while Dilynn headed up-stairs to get her stuff.
“I doubt it, they’re even more meticulous than me when it comes to packing,” Dilynn provided.
Sesshomaru resisted the urge to sigh. What had he gotten himself into?
“Hey, Sesshomaru,” Dilynn asked, “this may sound kind of stupid but how are we traveling? I mean will we always walk or is there going to be a wagon or something?”
“You will walk, unless you can think of something else to carry you and your things. You can expect no help from me in that,” Sesshomaru sniffed.
“Well duh, Frosty, I kind of figured out already not to expect much from you in the way of help,” Dilynn rejoined. “Hmmm, oh I know! I’ll bring some of my horses! That way we can ride or walk and still have something to share our burdens with. Oh, but what about grain and dog food?” Dilynn pondered out loud.
Sesshomaru raised and eyebrow at this.
Dilynn flapped her hand at him dismissively. “Not for you, Annie and Valentine are coming with us. I wouldn’t leave them behind. It would break their hearts and young Rin’s too. Still how am I going to transport all that?” Suddenly a thought occurred to her, “I got it!” she yelled making Sesshomaru flinch. Dilynn ignored him as she ran out her bedroom door.
Sesshomaru hadn’t followed anything she said past breaking Rin’s heart because she had unconsciously started talking in English. He supposed he had better follow her.
He found her in her garage, struggling to move stuff out of her way to get at something rather large and long.
“Help me here!” she called as she cleared away the last of the junk to reveal what looked like a completely enclosed wagon.
When she started to pull the wagon out of the garage, he grabbed hold of it and pulled, hard. Dilynn yelped and stumbled out of the way as Sesshomaru pulled it out of the garage.
“Thank you,” she said once he got it out.
“Hmph. What is this?” he asked.
“It’s called a trailer. You hook it up to a truck–one of the things my dad drives–and you can take it almost anywhere you want,” Dilynn explained.
Sesshomaru thought of this, “Do you mean to take your father’s truck back with you as well?”
“No way!” she exclaimed. “If it ran out of fuel somewhere we would have to abandon it because I wouldn’t be able to get more.”
“Then how do you plain on brining this back to Feudal Japan?” he asked, genuinely curious but not letting his face show it.
“You see this bar that extends from the trailer and ends in what’s called a hitch?”
Sesshomaru nodded.
“Well I have a harness that I can put on my horses and hook up to the trailer so they can pull it. I’m sure they won’t mind doing so,” the young woman thought aloud.
Sesshomaru said nothing but stared blankly at her.
Dilynn grinned and explained about her horses.
“Hmm,” he thought aloud, “I thought I smelled demon horses in the area.”
“Demon horses? You mean my horses? Wow, I guess that makes sense. Cool!” Dilynn exclaimed. “That explains why they can be so huffy at times. Well then, this will be all the more reason for them to go with us. I’m sure they’ll want to see their ancestral home. Kari and Casey have to believe me now! If you say they’re youkai then they must be! Yes, I can’t wait to rub Kari’s nose in it!” she crowed with delight. She had a hint of an evil smile on her face.
Just then Kari and Casey arrived in Kari’s corvette. As they started to unload their thinks Dilynn noticed just how much stuff they had brought.
Quickly walking up to the other two, she asked “What is with all this stuff? We’re only going to be gone about a month. Yet you looked packed for several!”
“Hey don’t look at me!” Kari cried. “I only have two bags, all the rest belong to Casey. I asked what all she was packing and she told me make-up, a lot of hair accessories, enough outfits for two months,…”
As Kari rambled on about what Casey had packed, Sesshomaru thought back to when he first arrived two days ago.
As the girls were celebrating their successful return, Sesshomaru studied his surroundings. He was in some sort of room that was completely closed except for the door to his time.
Outside he could hear some voices–three male and one female–calling out the girls’ names.
He cleared his throat, getting the girls’ attention. “I believe you were missed. There are people looking for you.”
The girls stopped and listened–sure enough, Dilynn's family was calling their names.
Dilynn glanced at the digital clock on the wall and realized they’d been gone for nearly three hours!
“We should go and let them know we’re back!” Dilynn said, running out the door with the dogs and other two girls close behind her.
Sesshomaru sighed inwardly as he followed them out the door. It wasn’t hard to find them–they we’re making so much noise a deaf person could hear them.
As he approached the small group, Dilynn’s father noticed him first and placed himself between Sesshomaru and his family. Dilynn’s two brothers stepped up beside him as well.
“Who are you and what do you want?” Mr. Michaels asked in English.
Sesshomaru said nothing; he simply waited for Dilynn to explain.
“Dad, please! Calm down, he’s not going to hurt anyone. So please just calm down!” Dilynn begged.
“How do you know?” he asked eyeing her suspiciously.
Dilynn blushed under his close scrutiny–to be honest she did look a little roughed up–but didn’t back down. “I know he won’t hurt anyone because he owes me,” she said in Japanese–her family had gone on the trip without her.
Sesshomaru’s eyebrows shot up in surprise. Owe her? I owe her nothing! Suddenly Rin’s bright and smiling face appeared in his head. He relaxed a little. Ok, so he did owe her some. But that’s why he was here; to pay off that debt by convincing her parents to let her come.
“Why does he owe you?” Dilynn’s father asked, still not entirely convinced of his family’s safety.
“I know this may sound weird but…” Dilynn quickly summed up the story. Kari and Casey helped out here and there. “That’s why I know he won’t hurt anyone,” Dilynn concluded.
It wasn’t easy for here family to swallow her words but it was made easier because of the horses. When her family finally accepted here story, Sesshomaru was given an extra room across the hall from Dilynn’s and told by her mom that he could stay as long as he liked.
Sesshomaru nodded and went into his room, sitting down on the edge of the bed wondering what he was supposed to do. A few minutes later he heard a short knock on the door and Dilynn’s voice asking if she could come in.
“Hai,” Sesshomaru replied.
Dilynn entered but left the door open. When Sesshomaru’s eyes darted from her to the door and back, she replied “It’s my parents’ rules. They don’t trust me in that area. I don’t know why, though. I haven’t done anything to lose their trust. Anyway, I came to show you the room. This is the bed–obviously,” she giggled lightly almost–almost–making him smile, “When you’re ready to sleep just pull back the covers and crawl in! Over there is the closet with some hangers. If you want to hang up you haori or hakama just use one of these,” she showed him a hanger. “Any questions? Oh, if you want a shower or bath, I’ll get one of my brothers to show you the ropes. So do you have any questions?”
He shook his head no.
“All right then. My room is right across the hall if you need anything! Good night!” she said cheerfully closing the door behind her and going to her own bed.
Sometime during the night she heard someone come into her room. She sat up. “Sesshomaru?” she asked half-asleep.
“Sshhh,” he said from her bedside. “Go back to sleep.”
“What are you doing in here?” she asked.
“I don’t like not being able to see my charges. That is all, now go back to sleep,” he said as he sat down on the thickly carpeted floor.
“Ok,” she said smiling to herself. Somehow it just felt right for him to be there. So he does have emotions, she thought. He must be a little nervous here. I don’t blame him though, I was kind of nervous when I first went to his time.
Sesshomaru was brought out of his thoughts by an indignant yell.
“You want me to do what?” Casey yelled.
“You heard me,” Dilynn replied evenly. “Cut your stuff down two reasonably sized bags. No more than that. We won’t be staying in hotels or traveling in cars. Only on foot or horseback.”
“Then why did you bring the trailer out? Tell me! If we’re only going by foot or horseback why do we need it?” Casey thought she had the upper hand. If Dilynn was bringing her trailer, she could bring her stuff.
“Because,” Dilynn pointed out. “I need something to haul the horse equipment and dog food in. It’s also for bad weather nights. And this one because it’s the only one that four horses can pull–that’s all I’m bringing–and still fly. I made special lifters to help it fly.”
Casey couldn’t think of anything to say so she said nothing–which was a relief for Sesshomaru’s ears. She turned around and began to pick out what she really needed for the trip.
“Dilynn,” Kari asked, “are we going to be able to put some of our stuff in the trailer?”
“We can put the larger of our two bags in their. The other one needs to be something you can carry on your back,” she said the last part loud enough for Casey to hear.
“Ok. By the way, what all is inside the trailer?”
“There’s a stove, an oven, a sink, a small fridge and freezer, a small pantry, a king size bed, two small closets, and enough floor space for two more with sleeping bags,” Dilynn listed. (A/N: told you it was big!)
“How are we going to run the appliances?” Kari asked.
“Solar power, that’s the only way. The panels on top constantly absorb energy and can store enough for a week,” Dilynn explained.
“Finished!” Casey shouted, much to Sesshomaru’s dismay. He was really going to have to break them of that habit. “I finally worked my way down to two bags. Hey, what am I going to do with all my stuff?”
“Just put it in my room. When you do, will you bring down my two bags? There on my bed. Thanks,” Dilynn said. “Casey, while I go get the horses, will you help my mom pack the food? She’s in the kitchen and has a list of what we need. Thanks so much!” the young woman said as she ran to fetch the horses.
Thirty minutes later–after they had hitched up the horses and loaded the trailer–Dilynn said goodbye to her family as Sesshomaru, Annie, Valentine, and her cousins waited for her. Finally, when the last hug was given and the last goodbye said, Dilynn took the reigns from Kari and walked side-by-side with Sesshomaru as they led the group back to Japan.
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