The Voice {Rin, Aiko}

[Rin]

Koneko blinked. "Blessed?" She asked, alittle curious as to what he ment.

[Lord Sesshomaru]

Soothsayer nodded, finding that he had an arm around Merodi's shoulder. "It is my gift that she can sing, my blessing. Only a few shika can sing so well as Merodi can, actually, none can sing as well as her even if I do bless them."

Merodi blushed under the compliment as Soothsayer continued, "Mostly any talent can be thought of as a blessing. Koru's courage and strength was a blessing right from Namanie."

"Then...my mother's beauty came from Reia?" The deer female questioned, looking down wistfully as she remembered her parents. Soothsayer nodded and grinned. "Indeed, mother was very proud of her work."

[Rin]

Koneko sighed at the affection Soothsayer was giving Merodi... "When you two are done cuddling, call me. I'll be upstairs." She commented, and within moments, was climbing up the tree, and sitting on one of the tree branches, her pout hidden under the safety of the shadows of the tree.

[Lord Sesshomaru]

They both frowned then. Cuddling? When Merodi realized what that implied she took a few steps away from the deer god who seemed to have an arm around an invisible person. He dropped his arm then. "Come now, Koneko." he began, moving toward the tree and looking up into its branches.

"Poor Merodi has been starved for contact from others like herself--"

"No I wasn't..."

Soothsayer ignored. "To think, she has been stuck with wolves and without her own kind for years and years, after the massacre, things were so hard for her." The deer female grapped the sleeve of the demon god, looking down sadly.

"I'd rather not think of that..."

[Rin]

"Oh boo hoo. She's not the ONLY one with life problems ya know. How would you like to live in a world where you have to hide yourself from the world.
Because if the world found out about you, they'd think you were a freak! And some people may even try to drag you away to do horrid experiments to you.
THAT'S my life. But it isn't hard for me, I just lock myself up most of the time from ANYONE. That's why I'm always jelaous of you. Because you know how to express yourself, well I don''t, because back home, that was the danger zone in my life." Koneko sighed, almost in a sad tone, and began playing with a lock of her hair. "Forget it, I'm not important right now. You go and have fun with your deer friend, Merodi..."

[Lord Sesshomaru]

Soothsayer sighed, finding that his mouth got him into more trouble then he knew what to do with. Mostly he didn't understand what he did wrong. Was it really necessary to bring up her life story? Could she really think her's was sadder then Merodi's, including when it was his fault?

Soothsayer moved to stand beside Koneko. "You're expressing yourself now, aren't you?" he moved to sit beside the hanyou. "This is a place you can." he said with a smile. Merodi tried to smile too. She had yet to learn to completely express herself after being silenced for so long.

[Rin]

Koneko blinked and looked over at Soothsayer, confused. "Yeah, it is strange for me to express myself like that...." At hearing the last words, she blinked awya moister. "I... I can? but I thoguht people hated Hanyous even in the Feudal Era?" She asked softly.

[Lord Sesshomaru]

"Hanyou's are popping out in this place all the time, most people are getting used to them. You're always welcomed here." Soothsayer smiled at her. "At least with me you are."

((sorry, short))

[Rin]

(It's okay)
Koneko chuckled softly at this and looked down at Merodi. "Um, I think if you wanna spend mroe time with Merodi, we might wanna get down from this tree?' She asked, jumping down from the bough they had been sitting on.

[Lord Sesshomaru]

Soothsayer shook his head. "No, she can come up here, right Merodi?" he asked, leaning forward from his seat in the tree. Merodi stared up at him worried slightly. She took a step back as he reached out his hand to her.

"Ah, no, that's okay, I don't like heights..." Soothsayer frowned, eyes narrowing and it only made the female deer more nervous. He waved with his hand and it seemed Merodi was forced forward with an uknown force.

"You liar, you used to climb trees all the time when you were just a fawn, now get up here." He reached down, practically upside down as he kept his balance by holding onto another branch. He grabbed her arm before being able to take her hand and with a grunt he hoisted her up into the tree. She yelped in fright and soon he had her sitting comfortably on the branch beside him. She was stiff, eyes wide as she gripped onto the trunk of the tree.

Laughing in his success, Soothsayer patted Merodi's back before looking down at Koneko. "Come back up here beloved, we need to keep this one out of her comfort zone." Soon enough Merodi began to relax as she let go of the trunk to sit straight, swaying her feet slowly.

[Rin]

Koneko shrugged and climbed onto the branch. She hung upside down for a few minute,s but as the blood begna to rush to her head, she quickly went upright to avoid a headache.

"So, Merodi. Do you have kids?" She asked.

[Lord Sesshomaru]

Merodi stared out into the distance, finding it much different from the new height. Distracted, she nodded. "Ah...yes, a little girl named Tempa. She's taking a nap right now." she smiled, thinking on how long it had taken to get her daughter to take that nap.

Soothsayer sighed. "Tempa...why didn't you name her Eva? Then you could sing about her." he said, stretching his arms and almost falling out of the tree in the process. He regained himself.

"Eva is a sad song."

[Rin]

Koneko sihged and reajusdted her position so her bakc was leanign againt the trunk of the tree, and her legs hugn down from boths sides of the branch. "I don't like sad songs, they remind me to much of my mother..." Koneko glared at the ground. "They remind me too much of what my father has ot go through everyday."

[Lord Sesshomaru]

Merodi frowned, looking down sadly. Soothsayer hummed, seemingly unaffected by both the changes in the females. He wasn't the one to sympathize. One with a father, one with no parents, and then he, with both his parents alive and well and immortal.

"Why don't you find your father someone else?" Soothsayer asked simply, looking toward Koneko before taking a branch and picking up the best of the leaves into his hand. He folded them in this hands. Merodi continued to stay quiet, accepting a few folded leaves from the demon male before nibbling on them. She was too busy thinking of her own parents to add to the conversation. Not that she would before.

[Rin]

Koneko sihged. "I tried, once. But dad told me it was okay, and thta he was happy and grateful to atleast have me.... but I never beliv ehim, he always looks so sad, espically on saturday evenings. Yous ee, mom and dad used to go out every saturday and do soemthing. Didn't matter hwta it was, form wlaking int he park, to painting fences and helping neighbors." Koneko shrugge.d 'Besides, I'm nto good at playing match maker."