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"Spoken words"

'Thoughts'

"Talking though links"

A Christmas Family Vacation

by Nikkie23534

Marshall cabin...

InuYasha stretches his arms over his head. Rotating his shoulders to loosen them, while flexing his mildly cramping fingers. Putting down his charcoal pencil he was using to draw what will be his newest portrait, he decides it's time for a short break. He folds the cover over his large sketch book, walking in the backdoor leading to the kitchen. Tossing the book on the table, he hums as he walks over to the sink. Washing the charcoal smudges off his hands, he opens the cabinet to his right were he stored the hot beverages. Running a clawed finger over the containers, he decides the Chamomile tea. Turning to get the kettle off the stove, he jumps a little seeing his mother in- law standing in the doorway. "Oh, Okaa Sama, I'm sorry I didn't hear you come in!"

"Gomen, giri no musuko* dear." Chihoshi smiles as she glides herself into a seat at the table. "It was not my intention to disturb you. I was reading, and suddenly became quite parched. So, I came in to help myself to some tea," she says as she gracefully takes her seat. "I see I was just in time. It would appear that great minds really do think alike!"

InuYasha grinned as he retrieved the kettle from the stove. "It's fine, Okaa Sama. I was still thinking of my drawing and didn't sense you." He told her while going to the sink to fill the pot. "Chamomile okay with you?"

"Hmm... Excellent choice, my dear musuko." She smiles, as her eyes spy his art book on the table. "InuYasha dear, may I?" She asks, running a finger lightly along the edge of the well used book.

InuYasha glanced over his shoulder, as he measures out the right amount of tea into the infuser. "Knock yourself out." He said, not seeing her finely etched brow lift in amusement at his words.

Chihoshi picked up the book and opened it. The first drawing she saw was a park scene. She gasped while looking at how life-like the simple black and white sketch was. Many figures dressed in shorts, T shirts, and summer dresses, as they went about their day. There was a young couple sitting on a blanket with a picnic blanket between them. A group of people on bikes riding on a path. An older couple walking along the side of the water in the center of the park. Turning the page, her eyes lit on a drawing of children in a school yard. "Yasha dear, I know this place, do I not?" She asked as she looked at the drawing, wondering why it seemed so familiar. 'Ah...I see now!' She beams, as her eyes catch sight of 3 happily smiling faces mixed in the group.

After turning on the water, Inu turns to look at her. "Yeah, I did that a couple of weeks before we came to the states." He said going to the cabinets to retrieve 2 mugs. "I went to the kids school, and had them gather their friends around for it. I wanted them to have a reminder of their friends, so they wouldn't feel so homesick." He told her, as he walked to the pantry. "Okaa, you want some honey or sugar with your tea? Cookies, biscuits, or scones?" He called back to her, as he looked over the fully stocked shelves.

"Yes, honey, dear. Are any of them low or sugar free?" She asked still flipping through the book. Stopping every once in awhile to study the more eye catching ones. "I can't abide by all the extra sugar, and all the preservatives that humans put in food."

InuYasha smiled, snagging butter cookies off the highest shelf, where Sumi can't reach. "Well, we have both sugar free and regular. So, which would you like?"

"Hmm...I'll just have whatever you're having, dear. I'm not picky." InuYasha rolled his eyes, as he picked up the sugar free Butter ones. 'Not picky my ass. If that were the case, you wouldn't have asked what kind we had in the first place!' He thought to himself, as he walked back into the kitchen. Placing the items on the table, just as the kettle began to whistle. InuYasha turned off the pot, and filled the ceramic tea pot with the scolding hot water. Carefully placing the infuser inside, he sat the white pot on the table. He poured a the hot soothing liquid into the mugs before them. Chihoshi reached for the honey, pouring a generous amount into InuYasha's mug before pour a couple of drops in her own. InuYasha opened both packs of cookies placing them between them.

"The move was going to be tough for everybody. So, I thought the pups should have some familiar faces to look at whenever they got lonely." He said, taking a careful sip of his tea. He sighs in pleasure as the warmth of the liquid sooths him. "I've already transferred it to canvas. It's hanging in our family room in our new place."

Chihoshi nodded. She took a sip of her tea, sighing herself as the effect of the tea worked on her. Taking a cookie from her pack, she nibbles on it as she turns another page. Smiling as she looks at the next drawing. It was a beautiful black and white of Sesshomaru and the pups. They where laying on a plush carpet before a roaring fireplace. Shoichi and Shoji were 11, and they were laying on either side of their sire. Sesshomaru was laying on his back. Laying over his chest, over his heart in all her pink and silver glory, little Masumi. All sleeping peacefully. "Oh, InuYasha. This is beautiful!" She gushed her eyes bright with unshed tears of awe. "When did you draw this?"

Inu looked at the drawing and smiled, "ah, yes that one. I did that one when Sumi was just 4 months." He explained, taking the book from her smiling at it. "Sesshomaru and the boys thought that I should have a day off. So, they said that they would watch over Sumi. I had been sketching for hours, and decided to take a break. When I left my studio, I noticed how quiet it was. So, I went to investigate. I found them our bedroom on the floor in front of our fireplace. So, I quickly grabbed my camera and snapped that shot." He smiling at the memory, while sipping on his tea. "Sesshomaru said this was his favorite. The oil work is hanging in his private office in our penthouse. Not bad, huh?"

Chihoshi stared in awe at the serene vision before her. "Not bad? It's perfect. I... It..." She paused taking a lacy handkerchief from her sleeve. InuYasha watched with concern, as she wiped a tear from her eye.

"What's wrong Okaa Sama? Is there something about the drawing, that's upsetting you?" He asked, placing a comforting hand on hers.

Chihoshi dabbed the last tear away, tucking the delicate piece of lace back into her sleeve. "Oh no! No, no, no my dear boy. It's nothing like that! The drawing is wonderful, it's just." She paused, sighing longingly. "In this, Sesshomaru reminds me of your Chichi- ue." She smiled sadly, "I remember Taisho holding Sesshomaru to his heart in just that same way. MitsuoNami, loved Sesshomaru so very much, and was so very proud of him. I was always a little jealous of how freely he was able to express his feelings so easily, where I could not." Looking up from the drawing, she could see InuYasha's head slightly bowed. A haunting sadness deep within his usually shining amber gaze. Quickly, she realized her mistake. Damning herself silently for her un-thoughtful ramblings.

Reaching out, she caressed the slightly rounded smooth curve of his cheek. Using her thumb to wipe away the tear that was caught in his lashes. "Forgive me, Musuko. It not my intention for my musings to bring you unhappiness. I wasn't thinking."

Grabbing her hand, Inu squeezed it gently while shaking his head. "Oh, I know you didn't. I'm just being silly. After all these centuries, It's silly to think of how different things would have been. You know, if he had lived." He gave her a melancholy little half smile. "But, then again, It must have been really hard on you all those years ago."

At his statement, a curious frown marred her brow as her head tilted to the side. "Hard on me? Why whatever do you mean, InuYasha dear?"

"Well... I mean... " he started, not feeling very comfortable at this point. He was, after all the son of this woman's mate's mistress! It would be a difficult subject for anyone to talk about. "I am the son from the 'other' woman. That would have to have been a sore spot for any woman, no matter the status. How did you deal with the old man's... unfaithfulness?"

Chihoshi was taken a back for a moment, then smiled shaking her head. "Unfaithfulness?" She chuckled lightly, "Well. I guess to the unwitting outsider, MitsuoNami's actions could be deemed as unfaithful. However, I never thought of it as so."

Now it was InuYasha's turn to be stunned. He sat there for a moment staring into his mother in laws flawless face, in complete disbelief. 'Maybe Sessho was right about her being senile.' "How could you say that? I know, speaking for myself, if Sessho had even entertained the idea of mating with another. Much less siring a pup out of another... " Closing his eyes for a moment, he took a calming breath before continuing. "I would have taken Tessaiga, and Wind Scarred his balls!" Seeing her brows disappear into her hairline, Inu quickly added, "Oh, please excuse my choice of words, Okaa Sama."

Chihoshi covered her mouth with one dainty hand, as she laughed whole- heartedly. "Oh, and I would have taken great delight in restraining him. Just for that purpose, my dear boy! My son cheating on you, would NEVER be allowed!" She agreed, wiping tears of mirth from her eyes. "No, my dear. What your father and I had together, was completely different from what you and my son have." She said, reaching for the tea pot. After refreshing their cups, she went on with her explanation. "First. My mating to your father was more of a partnership, than a real mating. Make no mistake, I respected him greatly! I was so very honored when our mating was approved by our families. But, it wasn't a love-love match," she paused for a moment before going on. "Well, not in the beginning anyway. But no matter what, Mitsuo was the ideal mate for years. Even after he met Lady Izayoi, he remained as steadfast a mate to me as he'd always been. Others could say what they want about him, but know this." She looked deep into InuYasha's eyes, piercing the depths of his soul. "Your father was always, ALWAYS, honest with me. He never hid anything from me."

It took a moment for the true meaning of her words to sink in. When they did, InuYasha's large eyes widened even more! "Whoa! Hold on a minute! Just one damn second!" Narrowing his eyes at smiling face, "you mean to tell me that you knew! You knew all about the old man and my mother! And, you were... okay with it?!"

"Yes, I knew! Of course I knew, dear. Why wouldn't I have known?" She asked with a sly grin. "And, I will tell you this," she said, leaning closer to him. "Had things not gone the way they did. You and Sesshomaru would have been raised together. That was the plan all along. Izayoi was to be the Secondary Lady of the West. Referred to as my younger sister. And, you would have been raised as second prince of the west."

"What happened? What went wrong?" He asked, then immediately knew the answer. "Takemaru!"

At the sound of that hated name, her face twisted into an rage filled sneer! "Yes," she hissed! "That...that vile thing! I will never forgive him! EVER! I cursed him, and his line for the sins he committed that night!"

Taking a calming breath, she sipped on her tea to soothe her nerves. Taking another cookie from the pack, she nibbled on it thoughtfully. "You don't know this. But, I had your mother brought to my cloud fortress after MitsuoNami left this world."

InuYasha nearly dropped his mug when she told him that. "You what?!"

Chihoshi sat back in her chair, amused at the look on her second son's face. "Oh yes. I had my soldiers search for you and your mother, until they finally found you both. You're mother had taken refuge in an old abandoned hut deep in the forest. My men guided her to my home. Where she was allowed to rest and regain her strength. I offered for her to stay. At that time, I had no idea that Sesshomaru harbored such harsh feelings for you then. I just wanted Izayoi and you safe."

"Why didn't she stay?" InuYasha asked. Still dazed by all that he'd heard so far. His mind was buzzing with so many questions. "I mean, if you felt that way about everything. Why didn't you convince her to stay with you?"

Chihoshi's golden eyes dulled a bit, a sad smile on her lips. "I tried, my dear. A full month had passed, and she was finally coming to terms with MitsuoNami's death. Then, my spies reported to us that Sesshomaru was 'hunting' you both. He'd heard of Mitsuo's death, and was blinded by rage. It was only a matter of time, before he would have found you at my castle. I tried to reassure Izayoi that no harm would come to you both. But, she just smiled and said that she didn't want to cause a rift between mother and son. That she would return to her mother's people, just outside the Western Territories. So," she sighs standing with her mug. She walks over and places it in the sink before turning to her beloved son in-law. "Now, you know, InuYasha. Sesshomaru isn't the only one that has so much to make up for, when it comes to you. I had heard of your mother's death. Alas, the news came too late. Izayoi had passed, and you had been long chased out." A wicked smile lit her face as she gazed at him. "So, I had my soldiers burn down your disrespectful relations to the ground! As punishment for turning the son of the great and powerful, Inu No Taisho, out to fend for himself! Oh, no my dear. They had to go." She said with an evil grin.

InuYasha shook his head, smiling in dismay. "I had often wondered what the hell happened to them. After I was driven out, I never heard any news about them." He said scratching one downy ear as he thought back. "I had heard rumors that they fell destitute. Ravaged by poverty and wars... huh," he sighed to himself. "I guess those stories weren't complete rumors after all, huh," he smiled.

Suddenly a howl sounded. Judging from the range, he could tell it was a 9 or 10 miles away and closing in. Glancing at his watch, he saw that it was 12:40 pm. "Oh damn! I didn't realize how late it really was!" He said, jumping up and making a mad dash to the fridge. He threw open the doors, his eyes racing over the items on the shelves. It was bad enough to deal with 3 hungry pups... but 3 hungry pups AND Sesshomaru? InuYasha wouldn't have wished that on Naraku! "They'll be here soon, and I haven't even thought about what to serve for lunch!" Quickly pulling out a large pack of chicken breasts, he puts it on the counter. Going to the pantry, he rummages through it. Pulling out several fresh herbs and spices, he placed them on the counter. Grabbing a large knife, he washes the meat in the sink before cutting it into strips for quick stir fry.

Watching him work from her seat, Chihoshi was once again in awe of her son in laws prowess. "InuYasha you are truly a marvel!" She praises as he rushes to the fridge again. Pulling out peppers, onions, mushrooms, and other favorite veggies. He takes them to the counter. "You're a wonderful artist. A fine barer to my grandpups. A good and loyal mate to my sometimes 'undeserving' son." Standing, she walks over to him. Reaching out, she scratches lightly behind his ear then strokes his soft cheek. Smiling when he leans into her soft touch. A mother's caress, one of the perks he'd found since he'd mated with Sesshomaru. "Mitsuo and Izayoi would have been so very proud of you, dear!"

"Thank you, giri no haha- ue*." He whispered, eyes shining with happiness. "For everything!"

She whispered in his ear. "It was my pleasure, musuko. My pleasure indeed." Placing a kiss on his forehead, she took a deep breath. "Now, what can I do to help with lunch?" She smiled, walking to the counter to see what she could do.

'Oh god no!' He thought as she grabbed the rice cooker, and started pouring in rice. Turning it on, completely forgetting about adding the water first! InuYasha smiled shaking his head, 'at least she tries.' Rushing to save the rice and the cabin from burning down!

TBC...

Giri no musuko means Son in law

Giri no haha (ue) means Mother in law.

I wanted to so a deep affection between the two, even though it sounds formal.

I hope you like this chapter. I tried to put my own spin on the relationships between Inu No Taisho, Sesshomaru's mother, and Lady Izayoi. I tried to get it to make as much sense as possible. I hope you all like it. Thanks to Princess Sin and Cresendo-noise-is-dead for proof reading this for me. And, thanks to everyone that has reviewed and favored all my stories.
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