Make You Well

Chapter 6

Laws & Duty

'Thoughts'

Flashbacks

"Speaking"

"Speaking English" / "Speaking Japanese" / "Hablando Español"

Original Publish Date: 3/9/2018

"Why do I have to do this?" The youkai complained as Sango adjusted the red tie around his neck.

The woman huffed, "Because if you don't, we might have an international incident on our hands."

The two argued in front of the Claude & Pepper Federal Building, which was right across the street of the taller tower that housed US Customs and Border Protection offices. It, unfortunately, also secretly housed the main office for US Demon & Supernatural Arms Control for the state of Florida. They hoped green lady wasn't currently at office. Sango smoothed out the black hair on top of his head, while grumbling "I can't believe it's gone."

"How long is this going to take?" He asked, golden gaze eyeing the tall building with dread.

"As long as it needs to take." Sango replied, "Don't worry, I'll be with you the whole time." She patted down the front of his blazer, smoothing out any last wrinkles, before she stood up straight and promptly set the youkai's lips to a straight line. "No frowns. No smirks. No smiles. Nothing at all. Ready?" He reluctantly nodded and both inside, found the proper place to be on the 6th floor, and turned into the hall with the elevator to find-

"Mrs. Ikeda… Then you must be Mr. Taisho. It's good to see you here." The tall woman approached them. This time her appearance was more human, likely in disguise due to her workplace; her forest green hair was blonde and her orange eyes were a common brown. She extended her hand in greeting, "I'm Agent Esmeralda Castillo."

The man glanced at the hand, but pressed the elevator button instead. "We are in a hurry, Ms. Castillo." Sango nearly winced, because not shaking her hand was very Sesshomaru but it was also rude and the woman seemed like the strong type to hate that kind of-

Esmeralda crossed her arms, "Then please, follow me to my office. It will be much quicker. We wouldn't want to take too much of your time, Emperor." Her voice was just dripping in sarcasm and Sango immediately assumed this woman must have never had a single interaction with Sesshomaru in the past.

"I appreciate the quick accomodation, Ms. Castillo." The youkai smoothly replied, completely ignoring the lady's biting tone-very Sesshomaru, but again, very infuriating. 'Maybe I should I tell him to cool it a bit…' Sango thought as they trailed behind the lady, 'This is exactly what I didn't want to happen!'

The three sat in the windowed office that surprisingly decorated rather lively with colorful artwork and a couple of vases of exotic flowers. The interview started off fine despite the rockness of before, basic questions and paperwork to be given to register his visit. No big deal. Sango zoned out a bit from the dull conversation, the photos and awards on the wall taking away her focus.

"There is a concern, Mr. Taisho, your youki has been going wild as of late. Enough to draw attention from humans." Esmeralda typed away on her computer as she spoke, "Is there any reason for this…?"

They were kind of alike-both agents working in hidden branches of government meant to enforce laws and keep peace between two very different, and not so different, species. She could tell the youkai was young considering, maybe even just a century old. Sango was also very young when she first started working in Sesshomaru's small, but highly skilled, private army. Being part of a long line of demon slayers sets your destiny for life...

"I have been chasing a magnificent, charming woman as of late and she is enough to drive me mad. Surely you understand how primal our mating trials can be." Sango's eyes widened as heat began to rise in her cheeks, that wasn't the answer they discussed at all! The human also noticed a small flush on the parrot youkai, who cleared her throat and scratched the side of her cheek but gave a slight nod, and mumbled an 'I guess' rather quickly. "In any case, it has come to my attention my pursuit has been hindering your investigation. I will be leaving the city for a couple of weeks with my prospect. When I return, I assure you, it will no longer be an issue."

"R-right…" Esmeralda replied, turning redder at the implication. If it can even be called an implication. She fully turned in her chair to face them both with her hands on her lap. "Well, that'd, uhm, that would be all for now. If we have any other inquiries, I will relay them to Mrs. Ikeda. Thank you again for coming so quickly. Mr. Taisho. Mrs. Ikeda." The two left the building together and walked to the nearby MetroMover station in silence. Until they boarded the mostly empty car, and Sango promptly slapped the taller man upside the head.

"WHAT WAS THAT?!"

"Owww." The man rubbed the back of his head, "That hurt!"

"Why did you say that?!"

"What was I supposed to do? She was just getting mad!"

"You were suppose to be Sesshomaru-"

"But she's like you and you always argue with Sesshomaru-sama. I figured if I acted a bit more like Miroku-sama, she'd drop her problem with me and get too flustered to continue, which is exactly what happened! She was just being a pain. It's not like she seriously thought we have anything to do with-"

Sango blinked at the youkai's explanation, before narrowing her eyes, "What do you mean?"

The youkai shrugged, "You know… You get mad at Miroku for, maybe, I don't know, spending too much time at a bar during an investigation and you start drilling him-but then he starts talking about how much he loves you or desires you"-The mention of it already got her red-"and you just shut the whole conversation down in embarrassment and never touch it again." He tapped the side of his mouth with a thoughtful expression, "Now that I think about, everyone does that with you. Kagome and Shizu-san start talking about their husbands or Satoshi-sama teases you-you just get embarrassed really easily. Sesshomaru-sama isn't one to do that though, that's probably why you guys just end up arguing and arguing forever and ever…"

"Shippou."

"Huh?"

"Shut up."

The disguised fox youkai grinned from cheek to cheek, but Sango quickly pulled it down, "You are still Taisho-sama."

"You've hit him over the head before?"

"No, of course not. I like my hands attached to my wrists." Sango replied with a roll of her eyes as if it was the most obvious thing in the world, "But that smile looks weird on his face. Once we get back to the hotel, you can drop the disguise."

"I don't know… I think I kind of like being Sesshomaru-sama." Shippou stated as he caught the eyes of a pair of two beautiful cuban women on the other side of the car that had been admiring him since they boarded.

"Shippou…" Sango warned, her arms crossed over her chest.

The fox youkai gave a dramatic sigh and rested his back against the window beside them, "You're no fun."

:~;

When the clock hit noon, Rin let out a breath she felt she held all morning. Sesshomaru starts his volunteer shift at this time, so no doubt he was around and it made her feel infinitely better. She sensed as if she was being watched since she arrived-the morning meeting didn't help that-but she could deal knowing he was somewhere nearby.

Paperwork didn't help the running thoughts in her mind, and she kept finding herself in the past. Her time with Kohaku seemed so complicated and overwhelming, she honestly was surprising herself with how calm she has been so far with her handsome, superhuman, amnesia-ridded friend. Her younger self would have bailed after the metro rail incident, which seemed so far away now.

Paperwork didn't help the other thoughts either, the ones that kept reminding her of the sensation of his lips on hers, or his-

And that's when Rin knew she had to get up and leave the office, get some fresh air to clean her thoughts. Lunch was now! She grabbed her wallet and made her way to the outdoor cafe-only to stopped by Dr. Lopez halfway there. His grim expression worried her, "Dr. Yukimura, I hate to interrupt your break, but we must speak for a moment."

"Its alright, your office?" Rin replied, unable to help how quickly her heart began to beat. 'It could be nothing!' She tried to reason as she followed her superior back into their hospital wing and into his private office, where an unexpected familiar face awaited her. 'Sango?!'

"This is Sango Ikeda… she will be assisting us in the matter of our miracle child." The older man sat in his chair with Sango leaning on the cabinet behind him, "Though I have been told you two know each other. Had I realized you were personally assisting such a prominent man…" Rin furrowed her brows but said nothing. 'Prominent man? Who? Sesshomaru?' He stayed quiet for a few moments as if thinking something over. "Rin." He started-which didn't help her nervousness, he was a very proper man and despite how long she had been working under him, calling her by her first name was absolutely alien to her-, "I-We believe it would be in your best interest to take your vacation now. At this very moment."

"W-why?" She blurted out. That would be impossible. "What about all the surgeries scheduled-"

"We can take care of them, you know that."

"But why?" Rin tried again, her eyes darting between both of them. "What's going on?"

"It is in your best interest to go." Dr. Lopez repeated, "Take your friend, leave the city for a bit."

"But I have-"

"Rin. Please." He interrupted again, "When you return, everything should be back to normal."

Rin studied her boss's pleading dark eyes and taunt mouth-he was concerned about her and he didn't want her here. Or he was concerned about the hospital and didn't want her here… Either way… "I guess I don't have a choice…" She mumbled, "... A week?"

"Two." He corrected with a polite smile, "Extra time for the inconvenience. Two weeks and then you can return."

'That's generous…' Rin thought, when was the last time she had that much time off? She couldn't remember, easily years ago. She could actually go somewhere… but… She watched silent Sango who also seemed to be giving her a please-take-this-offer look. "... Okay." She cleared her throat a bit, "Okay. I'll go."

"Thank you." The relief on Dr. Lopez's face made the older man practically glow, "Please, take your time gathering your things. I don't want you to feel like I'm kicking you out. Just know all your surgeries have been taken care of."

Sango began walking towards her and both of them left the office, "There are a couple of things I need to take care of… Here, my number." Rin took the smooth black card from her, "I'll try finish quickly. Maybe we can meet up at the Irish Pub by your place in a couple of hours?"

"How do you know…?"

But Sango just gave her a odd smile, "I'll see you then."

:~;

Rin was sitting at a table on the second floor outdoor patio at the Irish Pub with Estephanie as she waited for Sango and her chips!… And the currently-on-break bartender made whatever comment about Sesshomaru and her. She always knew how to time them too, like just as she was taking a sip of her drink, "Soooo… Have you hit it yet?"

She should have seen it coming, but she coughed up the water anyway in shock, glaring at her smiling friend, "He's not-we're not. Ugh."

"Have you done anything with him? At all? Not even… a little kiss or something? Come on. You were swooning la-" Rin's felt the heat in her cheeks flare at kiss, and quickly drank water in an attempt to hide her face behind the glass. "--Oh my god. YOU DID!" Total failure. The burnette jumped in her spot, clapping quickly in excitement before she hunkered down right in front of Rin's face. "How was it?"

She fiddled with the straw in her glass, twirling the ice around, before admitting to her friend and herself in a whisper, "It was… nice…"

"Nice…" The younger woman began to laugh, "You're so cute." She grabbed both of Rin's hands in hers, setting them on smooth tabletop and looked straight into her eyes, "But god, you need to get laid."

"H-hey!"

"I mean, look at you. Getting so worked up and flustered over a kiss." The batender tsk'ed, "I know the last time was with your ex a million years ago. I know you think Yuki is super hot because you have working eyes. And I knowww he likes you because look at you! So what's the problem? You're not in Japan anymore, ya know?"

"Of course, I know. I would have been called all sorts of things if I took a man in my home unmarried…" Rin looked at their entwined hands for a moment before meeting her friend's eyes again, "I just… I would feel bad about it."

Estephanie frowned, "Why?"

"He lives with me, he is entirely dependant on me. I'll feel like I'm taking advantage of that..." Rin explained, voicing the concerns she went through the night before. Though she couldn't bring up the more supernatural concerns to her friend.

The bartender smiled, "Did you ask him?"

"What?"

"Did you ask him how he felt?"

"I can't just-No." How would she ask him without simultaneously combusting from embarrassment on the spot?

The burnette raised an eyebrow, "You want me to ask him?"

"What?!"

"I can be that friend. You know, the one that's like a liaison between you two. I haven't done that since middle school. I thought we were all a little too old for that but…"

"I can do it." Rin pouted at her friend's teasing, "I have to spend my next two weeks off with him any way, I can't just stay quiet about it the whole time-"

"Whhaaattt? Girl…" She began to giggle, "That is more than enough to time to get to know each much more intimately." A hoot brought their attention to a tree across the street from the patio, a familiar snowy white owl looking rather agreeable.

"That's…" Rin stared at the animal. It was the same owl Sesshomaru was with on the balcony before.

"Oh, him. Or her. We don't know. But let's just say him. His name is Snowball-yeah, yeah we aren't very creative-We called wildlife control to try to catch him and take him back to somewhere snowy, I guess, but no one can get him, so… He lives around here now." Estephanie shrugged, "He doesn't bother anyone, but everyone loves watching him." She leaned forward and whispered, "I think he likes the attention."

"I think so too…" Rin mumbled in agreement, thinking that the yellow eyes that curiously stared back at her seemed to hold more understanding than a typical animal. Her thoughts were soon interrupted,

"I'm here! Sorry I took so long!"

Rin introduced Estephanie to Sango, and the bartender excused herself from the table with a mention that her loaded nacho chips should be about ready. Once Sango sat down across from her, she couldn't help but be hit with old memories. A younger version of herself at a centuries-old restaurant, asking the sister of her husband if he was alright… If he would would ever turn back into the man she married. She had a brief moment of irrational panic that Sango would be angry at her for how she left the country and never tried to contact any of them again, despite her help in the morning, but the older woman gave her a big smile.

"I'm so happy to see you and how well you are doing. A surgeon? Here?! That's amazing!"

Rin chuckled shyly, "Thanks. It's good to see you too… You haven't changed. How…" She swallowed a sudden lump in her throat, finding the next question difficult in spite of Sango's friendly and happy demeanor. "How is everything? Everyone?"

"Let's see… Miroku and I got married-"

"No way!" Rin exclaimed, "Seriously?"

"Yeah." Sango laughed, "And Kagome-chan got married several months ago to a rude, loud-mouth guy from Kyoto."

"Oh no…" Rin started but Sango quickly corrected her,

"He's a good guy, I promise, it's just fun to bother him. And… uhm, Kohaku is better. A lot better now." Sango briefly paused as food and drink was set on the table before continuing, "Not as many nightmares or hallucinations. He has it under control with the help of his new doctor. He actually started working again part-time 2 years ago, and moved to a full-time position about a year after that."

"That's great. I'm so glad to hear that." Rin quickly wiped a rogue tear from the corner of eyes, the news unexpectedly relieving her of a heavy guilt that festered for years in the back of her mind. "I'm sorry that I-"

"No." Sango snapped harshly, making her jump a bit in her seat at the older woman's tone. "Rin. You don't have to apologize for anything. You have no idea how much…" The older woman pursed her lips, sinking her back into the wicker chair. Rin waited until she spoke again, her voice hardly a whisper, "I can't tell you anything."

"Some things don't change, I suppose…" Rin countered, knowing exactly what she meant.

"Listen to me." The command brought her gaze back up to the older woman's eyes, "It's one of those… 'the less you know, the better' things, especially because you are being investigated…"

"I haven't done anything-"

"I know. And that's why it's best that you continue to know as little as possible. There is no way in hell I would ever let anything happen to you, and, believe me, my employer feels the same way."

"I'm not worried about myself, I'm worried about Sesshomaru." Rin noticed the shock on Sango's face before she pulled it back. "You know who he is. You have to know who he is. Those men were there because of what he did. We wouldn't be talking if you didn't. I just don't want them or that guy on the train-"

"What guy on the train?"

"It was months ago. This guy just appeared on the train with a bunch of other men and beat him. He threatened to come back with more people when Sesshomaru threw them off, but I haven't seen him again."

"I didn't know about-"

"And whatever Sesshomaru is, isn't human. He lifted every weight at the gym at the same time. He eats the equivalent of my body weight every week, sometimes in a day. Do you know fast he is? It's crazy. And uh, he talks about how I smell, Sango." Rin laughed at bit at her last comment, also earning a chuckle from the other woman. "Just last night, this-this fur appeared out of thin air and, at this point, it barely surprised me. I just took it with me to bed because-"

"He let you?" Sango asked, her eyebrows so high, they were nearly hitting her hairline. What was so shocking about that?

"Yes. Why wouldn't he?"

"Uhm, uh…" Sango stammered, "No reason." And hurriedly shoved a chip in her mouth.

Rin ignored the strangeness, "I'm only trying to say that I think I know a lot already. I'm just missing some pieces and he is missing his entire life. You have to give me something, Sango. Tell me what he is. And if he's your friend, why haven't you taken him back?"

The older woman seemed to be mulling over her questions as she chewed, glancing across the way before looking back at Rin. "I can't tell you what he is... But we are chasing the man who did this to him. It's better if he stays with you, an ocean away, until we bring him down. You don't have to worry about him. Worry only about yourself. That's it. I absolutely cannot say anything else."

"What? Why?"

"I can't elaborate." Sango said with finality, taking a sip of soda and looking to the double doors that lead inside, "Speak of the devil."

Rin blinked in surprise when Sesshomaru walked over to their table-more so when he shot a weird look to Sango, and then nearly died when he sat beside her and promptly pecked her cheek, nearly catching her lips instead. "Your friend insisted it would make you feel better." Her wide eyes trailed from his much-too-close face to Estephanie behind bar, giving her a thumbs up. "Was it wrong?"

"N-no." Her peripheral vision caught Sango's disappearing eyebrows and nacho-mouth-shoving, "I-I mean, I thought we were meeting at home?"

"You were upset, so I came to you instead to see what was bothering you…" The sentence ended with a damning glare to Sango.

"I'm fine." Rin assured him, clasping her hand over his that sat on his lap. "This is Sango… Ikeda now?" The older woman nodded, unable to speak through the food still in her mouth. "She was my sister-in-law a long time ago. We were just catching up a bit."

"Hn." The daiyoukai seemed satisfied with the answer, his eyes now more friendlier towards the other woman. The three focused a bit on the food and drinks as the sun continued to lower and color the sky orange and purple. There were now conveniently getting served hard alcohol from the bar-no doubt in Rin's mind it was Estephanie's doing. The topic of her vacation came up and Sango had a couple of itineraries ready to go, saying her employer would take care of any expenses despite Rin's protest.

Rin didn't notice how Sango watched them pick through cities and hotels within the east coast or she would caught the pity on her face before she shook her head and threw in a suggestion of seeing Blue Spring State Park if they planned to drive up the panhandle instead of flying. After another hour and too many drinks, Sango and Estephanie got invited to parts of the now expanding vacation and the whole plan drastically changed again. Then Sesshomaru and Rin left the pub, with her arm around his like the other night.

Once they got to the front of their building, she was determined to not trip over the front steps this time without incident but didn't get the chance to tackle them as she was easily swept off her feet. She instantaneously grabbed onto his shoulders, "H-hey, what?!" But Sesshomaru was mute as he carried her up the short steps, and through the doorway… and to the elevator… and still held her as he pushed the button and waited-"I can walk now, you don't have to-"

"And if I want to?"

Confused, Rin hid her face in the crook of his neck, wondering why in the world he would want to. A ding signaled the opening of the stainless steel doors, and he walked inside. The smaller space meant he had no choice but to put her down. She couldn't help but notice his arm didn't leave her waist, keeping her pressed against him. Conversation would be a good distraction! "Are you excited? About the vacation. It's technically your first one…"

"I'm looking forward to it..." His grip tightened, "And the time I will spend with you."

Again, she hid her face, her voice muffled against the cloth of his shirt, "You can't just say that!"

"Why not?" 'Uh…' She had nothing. Rin thanked the quick lift as it dinged again signalling their floor, ending that conversation. He certainly liked to ask why a lot and frankly, it unsettled her to realize her reasons were always weak or senseless. She glanced at the clock on her phone and realized they would have to start packing now since Sango insisted they not only leave tomorrow morning but leave from an airport that wasn't Miami International. She wasn't sure which one but the address was sitting in a text message.

And the whole rush made her a bit uneasy, like they must go now or something would happen. Rin sighed when she entered the apartment. There wasn't any time to worry and she didn't want Sesshomaru to catch whiff of her unease-he was already sending a confused look her way-so she smiled at him and began grabbing the couple of travel cases she had stashed in the closet, "Let's start packing!"

:-;

Inuyasha groaned as his butt hit the leather sofa, one of Sesshomaru's most expensive Gins in one hand. He didn't even like gin but damn it, Sesshomaru needed to started paying him back for all this. He fiddled with opening the wooden box as he thought on his last meeting of the day-with the worst youkai he had to deal with since he started.

Shishinki.

See, Shishinki was still being a sore loser about whatever his father did hundreds of years ago and he takes it out on Sesshomaru and, now, him. Inukimi warned him that the daiyoukai never respected Sesshomaru or herself and would surely treat him worse… and that was all true. Even Ryūkotsusei showed a bit more respect for the hanyou's efforts, but he had a sneaking suspicion the dragon had a thing for Sesshomaru's mom-which was a different story entirely, one that he never wanted to know anymore about.

He felt Inukimi come in before he heard her. Like Sesshomaru, she was able to sneak around in a freakishly quiet manner. The hanyou ignored her though-too angry from Shishinki's biting words to deal with her cryptic banter-and pulled the white round bottle from its wooden box, and the two matching glasses in it.

"They only made six of those that year, you know." Inukimi commented, standing right beside him, dressed in her usual traditional grab. He didn't say anything, Sesshomaru could probably bride them to make more if it was such a big deal. She kept talking as he opened the bottle and poured himself a glass, "You did well." 'What?' A compliment? The daiyoukai continued, "For a rude, loud, and vulgar hanyou… you did very well."

Inuyasha snickered at her scrunched face, "Did you hurt something saying that?"

"You didn't allow that bitch-" Inuyasha nearly choked on his drink "-of a daiyoukai see how his words affect you and put him in his place promptly. The humans and the younger youkai we work with enjoy your presence more, even if they have reservations of your ability as a business executive. Your honest and... informal nature seems to have charmed them. The older group of daiyoukai you never stood a chance against but, aside from Shishinki, none have outright condemned you. All have accepted you as temporary leader… So, no, Inuyasha, it doesn't hurt to give credit when its due."

His heart jumped when she said his name. The hanyou stared at the woman in front of him, nose twitching to find anything that might say she was lying, but there was nothing. Her scent was clean, though a bit.. Had she been drinking? Anyway, it felt… weird. He never gotten a compliment from Sesshomaru or his mother-he barely knew her. They only spoke a handful of times in his lifetime… And all those times, the woman seemed like she was forcing herself to be polite. He didn't want to remember those times. The hanyou poured some gin into the second glass as he replied, "Well, I couldn't do it without your crazy ass. So, just take some of this and let's talk about something else, because you're freaking me out."

The daiyoukai scoffed but accepted the glass, sitting across from him and letting her boa fall off her shoulders and onto the sofa. He drank a sip of the liquor and blinked in surprise, it definitely didn't taste like the stuff Miroku bought. "Have you heard from my son?"

Of course, that's the next subject. "No." He heard from Sango, Satoshi, Shippou, Shizu… all the 'S's except Sesshomaru himself.

"You would not lie to me, would you? He has not gone the way of his father?"

He knew exactly what she meant, and it hurt that she would ask him that of all people. It didn't help that on surface, if one didn't know Sesshomaru had lost his memory, it would look exactly like that. "He hasn't." And that was true. Did she honestly think Sesshomaru was just abandon everything without a word on purpose? How much did she drink? Is that why she was drinking?

"He never opened that letter, you know…" He really, really wanted to avoid this kind of conversation. "The words of a dead man don't mean anything to him. Or so he says… He still has it, his father's seal not yet broken. Did I ever tell you what mine said? Your's must have been similar."

"Maybe we should stop-"

"Lines of poor excuses and hollow apologies." She downed the glass in one go, not a care about its expense. "And then I realized the real reason. He hasn't opened it because even beyond the grave, Touga had the power hurt us one last time." She served herself another glass and Inuyasha couldn't find his voice to protest, "If my son has not abandoned the last of his family and his duty-his people-like his father before him… then why is he living with a human woman in Miami?"

"It's not what it looks like." The hanyou immediately blurted out over the thick lump in his throat. He hated the way she was looking at him, because it reminded him of the way his own mother looked when she found out father had hid his previous family from her. And it was nothing like that now. She didn't need to feel that way. "He doesn't know who he is, alright? Naraku fucked with his head, he doesn't remember anything, and we can trust her. That's it."

"And why have you kept this a secret from me all this time…?"

"Because…" Inuyasha sighed, rubbing his face in frustration that Inukimi successfully made him feel like a total piece of shit, "I didn't know I could trust you, alright? Sesshomaru-"

"Doesn't." She took a slow drink, a bitter smile on her lips. "He shouldn't. I'm a terrible mother." Inukimi set the glass down and rose from her seat, "If what you say is true and you aren't covering for him in some way-"

"I am NOT-"

"He won't bring that woman here. He has had a taste of that bright, free life without strenuous duty after centuries-his whole life-of fighting and leading. He will stay with her and leave everyone else to pick up the pieces of a fractured empire."

"Sesshomaru wouldn't do that. Are you insane!?" Inuyasha exclaimed, "This is all he does and has ever cared about! He isn't just going to walk away from all of it! If anything, he's gonna end up dumping Rin the moment he remembers who he is."

"I said the same of your father…" Inukimi gave him a strange, empty smile and a condensing pat on the cheek, "...and along came you." She smoothly grabbed the white bottle, and began heading out of the office. "Do get some rest. You have an early meeting tomorrow. Good night, little hanyou."

End of Chapter 6

Author's Note: When your story was supposed to 100% all shits and giggles and then it's not. Oops. Sorry. DD:

Next chapters will be though (for the most part) because VACAY! I'm planning it super carefully as a lot of important things are gonna be happening~ But that also means it will take longer to write. ): I'll try to be good and get it out soon.

I thought it was a funny coincidence that some reviews for the last chapter were starting to think about how he will deal with Rin when his memories return since it is something that now everyone else in the story is starting to consider as well! But I can't comment on that. :3

And I totally have 'INSIDE OUT' in my mind when I think about these little memory orb things, if that helps anyone else envision it, lol. We totally will be going a bit more into that and maybe our 'fav' spider hanyou will make an appearance soooonnn~ We'll see

Oh, and yes, Miroku will be totally showing up at one point soon-ish! :D

Hope you all liked this chapter and, again, thanks for the reviews, the favs, and the follows! :D