Author’s note: To write this story, I borrowed several ideas from Reenigrl, like the fact that Sazume has a boa just like her father’s, which she gained at her 13th birthday. To others, I had to give my personal touch. For example, she described Ichimaru and Sazume as very good brother and sister to each other, as they get along very well. However, I couldn’t help but add a touch of friendly rivalry between them. That’s just the way I see brothers and sisters. Also, at the point of this story, Ichimaru didn’t gain his own sword from his father yet.
I don’t have much patience to describe scenery and clothing, and I wouldn’t dare to try to describe in words the clothes that Reenigrl designed for her characters. Whoever reads this story should already be familiar with her work. If not, go check on it! Now, about Kumari’s clothes, I didn’t even thought about it too much. Only after I finished writing, I went back to the beginning, gave him a white kimono, green pants and called it a night… XD Don’t know, I think green and white match his personality.
Sorry if I made Ichimaru look like a brat, be I could only imagine him as a very out-going teenager – for Sesshomaru’s despair. Maybe, by assigning him the duty of hunting the lizard-demons, he hoped he would develop some sense of responsibility. Sazume, on the other hand, look much more easy to deal with, as she understands the behavior that is expected from a noble. She only hopes her father wouldn’t over-protect her so much! Yume is there too, of course, and I like the way she influences her husband.
I forgot about Rin… XD But I imagine that, at this point, she would already be a grown-up, and have her own life. Jaken, at his turn, appears only to make a sarcastic commentary. Maybe I shouldn’t have added him at all, but he’s already there, so I let him stay.
Kumari came to me naturally. I wanted a flexible character, who could interact with all the others. It’s interesting that, at least on the beginning of the story, Sazume is the protagonist, but Kumari grows in importance by her side. I don’t know how this story turned up like this, but I like it! His name has nothing of original… I wanted something with “Kuma” (“bear” in Japanese), and “Kumari” just popped in. Simple, and easy to renember.
WHEW! OK, now that I got this idea out of my system, I can go back to work on my original ideas. Don’t know if I will publish any other story here, since it takes time to translate them into English, but who knows?
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