#sesshomaru just punching his opponents brings me much joy every time. ...sorry Inuyasha

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There have been discussions, and it has been decided that Miroku will actually be the mediator against Irene running away, while Inuyasha encourages it. So Irene doesn't run away from the village at first, but with each passing month and Sesshomaru not showing only makes her anxiety worse, so she ultimately leaves for the wolf demon tribe.

It's a very angsty arc.

Inuyasha is convinced Sesshomaru abandoned Irene, Miroku and Sango think otherwise, and Irene is anxious. Said anxiety spirals into depression. All the while Sesshomaru is out dealing with rioting demons after being away from his (originally his father's) lands for so long.

Sesshomaru and Irene have a very long and very painful conversation afterwards about how he needs to communicate more, because yes while she can read him better than most that doesn't mean she knows everything, and if he had just told he'd be gone for half a year quelling issues in his lands, after having been traveling for so long, none of this would have happened. Things would not have gotten so messy. She knows he's a lord, yes, but he's never given any indication that he actually has any lordly duties. So she could not have known.

She's clever, yes, but still needs things pointed out to her. She didn't even know they were married, because she was never informed of it.

Sesshomaru tries to apologize without actually apologizing, but it doesn't work, so he actually has to swallow his pride and properly say he's sorry. So Irene forgives him, but she will not forget. He ends up staying with her for a while to help with her depression and their newborn, because as she's a human things will not work like they worked between Sesshomaru's parents. She actually needs him here with her.

Anyways. Baby Sora is spoiled by her uncle because of his guilt over everything and because he was just worried for her during the whole thing and saw how hard it was on Irene without Sesshomaru around. (Irene and Inuyasha both live on the edge of the village. They're neighbors.) When Kagome comes back, one-year-old Sora practically waddles/runs over to Uncle Inu to greet them. It's so cute.

Uncle Inu is her favorite to hold her, but Papa Sess is the most comfortable to sleep on. Very safe and warm. Sometimes Irene and Sora will fall asleep and wake up to see that Sesshomaru is watching over them, having arrived while they were sleeping.