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Tsuki had no clue what it was, but something about this particular mountainside smelt ominous, and dangerous. And maybe a little minty. Though more ominous than anything.
She took another strong whiff. This was the wreek of a very strong aura, of that she was indefinitely certain. She now had to cover her mouth to block the incredable stench, although, she quickly found, it gave no help.
Tales of a powerful demon named Naraku floated to mind.
'What a coward, ' she thought to herself. 'He uses hordes of demons as shields. If not a coward, a wimp. '
"If anyone's there, show yourself! "
Silence was her only answer.
One thing you should never do is ignore a half demon named Tsuki. "HEY! DID YOU HEAR ME!? "
Still, there was no response.
"Like I thought, " Tsuki sighed in irritation. "A wimp. "
"I smell it! It's somewhere over here! "
A new voice? On full alert, Tsuki whirled around, cracking her knuckles. Whoever it was was about to get creamed. She was still infuriated about being ignored.
"Are you sure your nose is even working right, Inuyasha? " Who was THAT? And what was that name again?
Out of the forest emerged her answer, a white-haired young man in a red kimono, both aspects like hers. A difference was the color of their dog ears, and another was their heights, but there was no mistaking the large resemblence between the two.
Inuyasha stopped dead, pupils dialating.
"Inuyasha? Why did you stop?" Tsuki's sharp yellow eyes flicked towards the forest as another figure emerged, this one a young woman in a peculiar white and green suit. The new-comer stared at Tsuki in surprise. "Eh? Two Inuyashas? "
Tsuki was in action at once. "Me? Inuyasha!? What an insult! Who do you think you are? "
"The question is, who are YOU? " Miroku asked.
Tsuki glanced at him, more than ticked, hardly caring where he and the second woman had come from. She roared at him, "Hey, you, I asked first! You got a problem with that, sleeze-ball? "
A fist planted itself on top of Tsuki's head suddenly. "Tsuki..! Why do I have to meet YOU here!? "
"JUST TRY THAT AGAIN, NII-SAN!! " Tsuki was suddenly in a terrifying frenzy as she beat Inuyasha across the head.
"YEOW! Watch it, Tsuki, you're really pushing it! "
"YOU'RE the one pushing it, retard! Don't hit your sister! "
"I'll do whatever I freakin' please, damn it! " A/N: I don't encourage swearing. That's Inuyasha's thing.
"I'll rip your stupid ears off! "
"Right back at you, runt of the litter! "
"WHAT did you just call me!? "
"You heard me! Runt! "
As Tsuki shot back a remark and Inuyasha one back and so on, in a faraway universe (which was actually only a few meters away from the quarelling duo) there sweat-dropped 3 (and a half) figures with inquiries of their own.
Miroku leaned over towards Kagome. "Inuyasha has a sister, Lady Kagome? "
She shrugged. "First time I'VE heard of anything. "
"Weren't we here for Naraku? " sighed Shippo. "This is getting tiresome. "
A pair of rocks flew from nowhere at Shippo's head, hitting him squarely.
"Don't call me troublesome, " both Inuyasha and Tsuki chorused. They met eye-contact, and resumed their argument.
