High in the blue sky, the Silver-Haired, Green-Eyed Girl rested in the dog demon's embrace, his arm around her waist. The seemingly casual gesture was the safest, most cherishing way he could protect her. Sesshomaru was flying Han back to Kai to meet Inuyasha, who had stayed there to gather information. Though both Sesshomaru and Han had serious doubts about how reliable Inuyasha would be at that... Fighting was one thing, but something that required brains-could Inuyasha really handle it...? Both secretly wondered. = =
"Sesshomaru..." The girl leaning against his chest softly called his name.
"Mm..." Sesshomaru lowered his head and saw her subdued profile as she struggled to rally her spirits. Ever since returning from her visit to the human Emperor, she had unconsciously radiated this rare air of dejection. Had her encounter with humans been unpleasant? Yet that female human Emperor seemed to be an old friend of hers. Surely there should have been joy in their reunion after so long. Although Sesshomaru did not understand such feelings, he did not deny them. He had a vague suspicion about what troubled her, but did not ask her to confirm it. He was waiting-waiting for her to tell him.
"How does it feel when someone you thought was dead turns out to be alive...?" Han murmured. Master, why did you pretend to die? Even at the end, her master had never answered that question directly.
"..." Sesshomaru did not know. If-if he discovered that his father was still alive, how would he feel...? Indifferent, perhaps... He no longer wished to chase his father's shadow. Even if his father returned, it would no longer have the slightest effect on the life he now lived. He had already set out on his own path.
"Happy, but sad, too..." Han buried