The Servant of the Demon Lord

~Chapter 12~

"Hmm, ok. I'll go get A-Un!~" Rin chirped before skipping off. Sesshomaru watched with a blank look. Mayu frowned.

"It's alright Sesshomaru-sama, she understands." She whispered in a soft tone making him glance down at her for a moment. Rin soon came back with A-Un while Jaken quickly snagged the reins from her.

"Come on girl, if we don't leave now we won't get there until dawn!" Mayu glared at Jaken before walking over picking up Rin and carefully putting her on A-Un.

"Sesshomaru-sama and I spoke last night, we are flying home, not walking." She spoke in a rather harsh tone looking down at Jaken. Sesshomaru then turned and started walking out of the village. Mayu jumped on A-Un taking the reins from Jaken, she flicked them making A-Un follow Sesshomaru, stepping on Jaken in the process.

"Why you." Jaken growled under his breath before getting back up and quickly running after Sesshomaru.

"Safe travels!~" Kagome called as she waved, Rin and Mayu quickly waving back.

"Bye-bye!~" Rin called back. With that, they left.

"Eri!!!~" Rin called as the group landed. Eri and Chikara looked, Eri smiling and quickly running over making Chikara look at his now empty hand for a moment, then he looked annoyed for a moment. Once they landed, Rin carefully jumped down and ran over hugging Eri.

"Welcome back.~" Eri said sweetly kneeling down and returning the hug. Sesshomaru stepped up as Jaken let his Mokomoko-san go.

"Eri, there is something I need to ask of you." Eri looked up before standing and bowing.

"Of course, what is it?" She asked standing straight once more. Sesshomaru glanced up at Chikara for a moment, then closed his eyes.

"I, you, and Mayu will discuss it in my workspace." He said as he began to walk.

"Can I come?" Rin asked making Sesshomaru stop and glance back. He thought for a moment, then nodded as he walked once more.

"Yay! Let's go!" Rin said taking Mayu's hand nearly dragging her along. Eri giggled at this and walked beside them. Once they got to the room, Eri closed the door behind the small group as Sesshomaru placed a hand on his desk, many papers laying on it messily.

"Eri, tell me more on Haha no hōyō." He simply said making Eri wear a confused look.

"What of Haha no hōyō?" She asked. He looked back at the others.

"Haha tsuki." He clarified making Mayu wear a confused look.

"Mother moon?" Rin asked softly looking up at Mayu who fell silent. She didn't realize there was an actual term for the moon in their culture. They really did see the moon as their mother, huh?

"Haha tsuki? Hmm, well that's a touchy subject." Eri muttered.

"How so?" Sesshomaru asked.

"W-Well, the celebration for Haha tsuki has gone on for so long that the true origins and explanations are foggy." She explained.