Junkyard

16/11/2020

...Continues from previous entry

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无悔的选择

The Unregretted Choice

by 我想去旅游

Original: https://tieba.baidu.com/p/5873703006?pn=1

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Rin's pregnancy was not easy. Due to the father's overwhelming power, the child was quick to possess an extremely pure demonic energy through her first trimester. Rin relied heavily on the herbal medicines Lady Kaede brewed to be able to withstand the strain. Kagome and Sango were also there to help take care of any needs.

Throughout it all, Inuyasha-nii would sometimes inform her on news of Sesshomaru. He did not inherit the West, rather, had brought Jaken to go on and forge his own empire.

Rin was well aware it was for her peace of mind that Inuyasha-nii went out to find out about Sesshomaru. She was incredibly touched that everyone pampered her like she was their own family.

The young woman also felt pleased that her beloved was on his way to achieve what he deeply wanted. 'Sesshomaru-sama, Rin wishes that you will quickly establish your own empire. And that you will find your other half to grow old with.' She would pray every day.

Ten months later, the child was born after a narrow escape from death. When she saw how alike the child was to the father, the distress and pain from the birthing process immediately flew to the back of her mind. All that was left was pure love.

No one knew what to say. The child was almost an exact copy of his father, down to the youkai markings, golden eyes, and silvery hair. Even the crescent moon on the top of his face was inherited.

Everyone present could not help but feel that if Sesshomaru had been witness to this, they would all be dead.

Rin's name for the child was Ritsuki[1].

Once her body recovered enough, she was out of bed and taking care of the baby, unwilling to burden anyone. After all, Inuyasha and Miroku were out exorcising youkai; Kagome and Sango had their own children to take care of.

However, Kagome-nee repeatedly told her that it was no trouble. The woman would always say, "Women must take good care of themselves during afterbirth confinement[2], or she will get seriously sick afterwards. If there's any issue, you can come to me for help! You got that?"

Rin smiled and nodded. "Thank you, Kagome-nee!"

"Baka." Though saying this, Kagome gave her a very warm hug.

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On the other side of it all, Sesshomaru once again stepped on the path towards for power and dominion. Even if he was injured, he does not feel pain, only a sense that he was missing something.

His loyal follower and servant, Jaken, no longer talked as much as he used to as the days go by.

Sometimes, the daiyoukai could not restrain himself from thinking about her, wanting to have a glimpse of her, just a small glance from afar would be good. However, he only turned these yearnings into remains of youkai.

There was just no reason for him to go see her......

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The life of humans was a hard and sad life, but also a happy and sweet life.

Near the age of forty, Rin's body could no longer cooperate. Everybody was there to see her off. At this time, Kagome was quite old, yet Inuyasha still lovingly held on to her. Behind them stood their three children.

Miroku and Sango had also aged a great deal, with all their children fully grown and out of the village.

They were all sad, but Rin reassured with a smile, "Don't be sad. From now on, be happy everyday for me, alright?"

They also knew that mother and son had a lot of things to say. Ritsuki came over and hugged his mother, uncrying. Only the crescent indentations left on his palms revealed his inner sorrow.

Rin sighed. This child was too much like his father...... "Ritsuki, do you hate mother? I'm sorry I deprived you of the love you could have shared with your father."

Ritsuki shook his head. "I don't need him!"

In human age, he was but only five or six years old. However, his heart was like a hundred-year old.

"Ritsuki, please don't hate him." That was Rin's only wish.

"Uhn."

Mother had never hidden anything about his father. As long as he could remember, she always spoke about father, about how powerful yet kind he was, about their first meeting and father's devotion to her that resulted in Ritsuki's birth. The only thing that was kept from his ears was why they could not stay together.

As such, Ritsuki did not hate his father, nor did he love him. Since he never had a father, he had no need for one in the future.

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The young hanyou personally buried his mother. He spent a whole month by her side before he was able to get up and leave.

He was working hard to grow up, to become stronger.

T.B.C.

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Notes:                                                                                   

[1] In the original, the name is '玄月', meaning black or mysterious moon. However, these words translating to Japanese wouldn't be suitable for a name so I changed it to 'Ritsuki' (Kanji: 凌月) which is a combination of eclipse and moon. I wanted it to be as close to the original as possible.

[2] In the past, women are given a month of confinement after giving birth to a child.