“Now look what you’ve done!” Kagome and Jakken blurted at one another.
Kagome froze. Then, she punted Jakken as far away as she could in the opposite direction, and she went off the road into the woods, on the trail of her sulking son.
As she drew closer, she saw something blue and shimmery on the ground. She bent to pick up the garment of watery silk which was many times stronger than steel. Then, a short distance later, she collected the other flung-off piece. These were Shin’s youkai haori and hakama, a birthday gift from Sesshoumaru which he’d always worn, as the magical garments grew right along with him.
Drawing up under a big oak tree, Kagome peered toward Shin, who was sitting hunched in the upper branches in nothing but his Batman underwear. “Come down, baby—Shin. Come down, and we can talk through everything.”
Shin ignored her.
Kagome tried again, “Okay, then…I’m coming up there.”
Shin shifted, but he remained stubbornly silent as Kagome started to scale the old oak tree. She was a fair climber, and was doing a fair job of it until, about midway up, a rotten branch broke under her foot, and she slipped with a screech—
Only for a small, clawed hand to catch her wrist from above.
Shin huffed, hauling her up to a safe perch with ease. “Kaa-san, what were you thinking?”
Kagome smiled. “Just that I had to reach you, that’s all.”
Shin glanced away, abashed. Gathering his own mother up into his short arms, he glided back down with her to the forest floor. As he set her on her feet, Kagome hugged him to her.
“Don’t be angry with him, Shin. If you’re angry, be angry with me, because I’m the one who drove him away, remember? I’m the one who drove him to this, I’m certain.”
Kagome had never sugarcoated the truth from her son. Living in a purgatory of dishonesty for so long had made even white lies seem abhorrent to her.
Because she was honest with Shin, he was honest with her. Brutally so. For better or worse.
“I hate him,” Shin said, locking eyes with her in his human form. For a moment, his blue eyes seemed to flicker redly. “I hate him, Kaa-san. That’s the truth.”
“You can’t mean that,” Kagome said sternly. “How can you hate someone you’ve never even met, as you yourself pointed out?”
“I can still hate him,” Shin muttered. “I can still hate him for hurting you. I know you cry sometimes when I’m not around. I can smell it.”
Kagome blanched.
“I hate when you cry,” Shin said glumly. “I hate it more than anything.”
“Listen to me,” Kagome said, taking him firmly by his small shoulders so that he looked to her. “If you trust me, you have to trust that what I’m saying to you is true: your father would never abandon you. Something is wrong here, Shin. Something is very wrong, and so that’s why you can’t hate him, because I know him and you don’t, and I’m afraid…”
Kagome broke off, swallowing.
“Don’t be afraid, Kaa-san,” Shin said, hugging her tightly. “I’ll protect you. We’re a team, aren’t we, just the two of us?”
Kagome hugged him back. “You bet we’re a team.”
Inuyasha © Rumiko Takahashi
Oh my god, my heart 🥺🥹🥺🥹 it aches for them both.
I freaking love Shin 🥹🥹🥹 also totally iconic how he wears Batman boxers under his haori and hakama 😂
“Just that I had to reach you, that’s all” 🥹 they’re so cute ugh my heart
Nooo I’ve been trying not to think about it
Please don’t say Sess is dead 😭😭😭😭
Where is heeeee
No no not DEAD I’m sure cuz her mating mark would’ve disappeared if so
WHICH EVIL GOD IS KEEPING SESS CAPTIVE 😡
Sesshomaru BETTER be in some deep shit right now, it’ll be his only excuse for his absence that will mollify Shin lol
Oh! Ho, ho! Interesting development, so Sesshoumaru might get a pass for being absent. I’ll save my thoughts on sesshoumaru missing for later, but poor Shin,😭 I just love how you balance Kagome and Sesshoumaru’s personality in this little bundle with a dash of Inuyasha of course. Inuyasha has been like a father to him I presume
I agree with you.
Awww Shin 🥺 It almost feels like he hates his father more so for Kagome’s sake than his own. I think he resents his father because of how much attention he’s getting and how much time Kagome is investing in trying to find him.
Oh Shin is such a good son! 😭😭😭
I was so upset when the 7years later came up, but I’m actually happy with how the story is progressing. I hope Kagome finds Sesshomaru soon!
Kagome and Shin are both DC fans I see 🤭 At Shin’s age I was obsessed with Ultraman, Kamen Rider, and Sailor Moon. I didn’t realize it until now but my little self was eating so good in that time. So many awesome cartoons from western and japanese tv!
Shin is lucky. In several more centuries he’ll be able to experience the millenial era twice 🥰
Maybe Kagome and Shin have to do a Search & RESCUE mission. I mean it is pretty weird. Sess doesn’t lose to Inuyasha in terms of persistence. After their fight I was fully confident he’d come prowling back and try to make it work again, even if he’s snappier than ever.
I, too, have a clumsy mom, and I can fairly predict when she’ll likely fumble depending on the terrain and her excitement level so I can catch her 😅
Haha it seems Shin is also wise to Kagome’s two left feet
So cute hrmmmmggghhh 😖😫 Shin you’re such a wonderful princeling!!! You’re gonna grow up to be a superhero, alright 🥹💕
Also Kagome’s trying really hard to reunite them with papa through heartache and growing despair. It’s a relief that they still have a big support system around them.
Hang in there, babies 🥺
😭😭😭
Just this hopeful little family against the world. Just this pair of blue-eyed vagabonds trying to make the best out of their situation. I reaaalllyyy want them to find Sess soon!
Uuuuggh I’m in pain. My eyes are STINGING HNGRRFFFF 😭🌧
These two are so beautiful.
With their father-son telepathy thing I’m sure Shin would be able to know immediately how Sesshoumaru feels about him the moment they meet. Don’t give up 🥹
was sess sealed i wonder? did he get caught up with something after he quite literally stormed off? 🧐
So glad she’s been honest with him. I wonder if she ever told him about the magical place the three of them went together, where he seemed free and at peace? He may not remember but maybe hearing that would speak to his inner beast.
Where is Sess? Where is his mom? Ugh so many questions.
I wanna adopt 10 Shins and create a hellhound unit (ФωФ)
Except inuyoukai come from the skies so they’re like… heavenhounds
Lord, my heart can’t take it lol. I need to know sesshomaru didn’t abandon them and still loves kagome.
Please don’t let him move on from her.
Oh wow, so papa’s been MIA completely. Is anyone else besides Jakken looking for him too? His vassals or his mom? Who’s been manning the fort all this time? 👀
Though I guess to youkai 7 years is like a smoke break. No cause for concern to them yet.
But with a young child involved it’s just so different for his little family. He’s missed some really crucial milestones in Shin’s lifetime that he’ll never get back, and that’s so sad 🥺 Shin also lost the tentative imprint he had with Sesshoumaru (probably even months before Kagome decided to leave Edo to find him, babies are like that) so now his elusive sire is a complete stranger to him. Awww.