Rejoice!! For the first time in my time of being a fan fiction writer... I have completed a second Chapter!! Fireworks Anywho... I'll bring Sesshoumaru into the story and start off on Mikashi's personaltiy a little more. But I will make no indication towards the pairings quite yet, maybe next chapter, maybe not, time will tell. Any way here you go R&R and before you idiots ask no I do not own inuyasha, only Mikashi.
Mikashi's head was reeling. "So let me get this straight... Naraku forced a betrayal between you and your ex," He pointed at Inuyahsa. "Cursed your family with a weapon that will eventually kill you," He pointed at Miroku. "And the fucker just plain slaughtered your village and kidnaped your brother and forcing him to do things against his will." He ended pointing at Sango. He was about to ask Kagome why she was there, but noticed how intently she was staring at Inuyasha and the answer seemed to stare him in the face. The answer in question spoke up. "Keh, what's it to you anyway, all he did was send you here, big deal." Mikashi was suddenly curious why Kagome wanted to be with this prick in the first place. "He's the only one that can get me home, so I might as well travel with you until I can throttle the answer from him..." The thought seemed to make him smile a little. "Okay, enough story swapping, we should get some sleep, we don't have any leads on Naraku and we need to spend a lot of time searching for leads." Everyone agreed and curled up around the fire, with the exception of Inuyasha, who leaned against a tree and rested his Tetsuiga between his legs, and Mikashi who imitated Inuyasha on the other side of the clearing.
Soon the group fell asleep, except for Mikashi who was watching the stars above him. "They're a lot easier to see then the city." He was still trying to grasp what to do about Naraku when a slap brought his attention to the group. Apparently Miroku had done something wrong, Mikashi failed to see what, that made a blushing Sango move to lay on the other side of the dying fire. Mikashi smiled lightly, at least he managed to find some friends quickly. He managed to find a comfortable place against the tree and rested quietly, but not quite asleep yet.
Mikashi woke not long after the fire died out, not aware he fell asleep in the first place. He took a quick look around, checking on each of them, and jump slightly when Inuyasha opened an eye to watch him. "You need something?" Mikashi shook his head. "Just checking on everybody." He stepped back to his spot before when he noticed one of the three by the fire shaking slightly. It was Sango. He checked the other two and the answer why was pretty obvious. Shippo was curled up close to Kagome, and Miroku seemed to be completely covered by multiple layers of robes. Mikashi took his trench coat off and covered Sango's shaking body with it. She seemed to warm up enough to stop shaking as Mikashi went back to his seat, resting quietly.
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Sango woke with a start as the sun started to rise, another nightmare about her brother. She shook the image out of her head and looked around the camp, the fire long dead and the monk still on the other side of the fire, at least he didn't try anything... again. She stretched lightly before getting to her feet, a bundle of brown cloth fell at her feet. She blinked a couple times before picking it up. It was Mikashi's coat. She stared at it before turning her eyes to him, he wasn't shaking, or even seemed to be cold. She returned his coat to his lap gently, careful not to wake him. She stared at him for a moment before waking the group one at a time.
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The group had eaten quickly and started their journey again. Inuyasha in front as he tried to sniff out Naraku's scent. The group was quiet though, despite having a new member. The group had moved quickly, but no clues had come up. They reached a small village not long after noon, which threw Mikashi off by a mile. He walked close to Kagome, thinking it would be smarter to stand by someone from his own time. At least he was carrying a sword instead of a gun. The group had split up to ask around town. Mikashi was left standing on his own, trying to find out what to do. He wasn't sure what to ask for so he just decided to sight see for a while until the group had to meet up.
He was simply amazed at the look of the buildings, it was like living in one of his history books from school. He plucked up an apple from a stand nearby and reached into his pocket to pay for it. He hadn't thought ahead that far though, there was no way that people from this time would accept money from his time, so he put the apple back and apologized to the shopkeeper. He started on his way again, looking around at the houses again. A sudden sound caught his attention though. It was Kagome's voice, he was sure of it. It was down an alleyway though.
Mikashi moved quickly, peeking around the corner to see her with a small group of older men. What is she doing? It looked like she trying to act tough in front of these guys, but they only seemed amused by the whole thing. A flash of yellow cloth caught his eye. It was another girl, about Kagome's age. The modern girl seemed to notice too and realized the trouble she was in. She tried to scream out but one of the thugs and placed his hand over her mouth. "Oh, hell no." He dashed out from around the corner, moving quietly and hiding behind some crates to get a better look. They tugged at Kagome, who was fighting hopelessly at her attackers.
Mikashi recognized the look in who he guessed was the leader's eyes, and it pissed him off. Mikashi leapt out over the crates with a shout charging the leader. The group of three seemed shocked at the sight of the strange man, and couldn't react fast enough to the foot that slammed into the man's mouth. He released Kagome, who was just a suprised as the other men and ran behind Mikashi. "Get out of here, find Inuyasha." A rather wicked smirk found his mouth. "I'll handle these pricks." The men growled lightly and drew swords from their belts. Mikashi didn't lose focus though, there was still that other girl. He felt a hand on his shoulder, a small one. "Are you sure?" Kagome hadn't left yet apparently. "I'll be fine jsut go find Inuyasha." She nodded and dashed out of the alleyway. Mikashi didn't bother drawing his own sword and stepped into a fighting stance.
The leader charged, hoping to catch the girl that escaped him. The puny kid in front of him only caught him off guard, he could handle him without a problem. "You basterd! How dare you atta-." Mikashi had rushed forward and drove his fist into the man's ribs, forcing him to double over. Mikashi drew the man's hands behind his back and slapped a pair of metal cuffs on him. The other two charged the moment Mikashi turned his back. Mikashi heard them and flipped over the leaderbefore kicking him in the shoulder to fall back into the others. He smiled as they fell like dominos, one over the other. He turned his attention back to the girl in yellow, she was defidantly scared and cowered away form Mikashi. "You alright?" He recovered his cuffs form the leader, who was apparently knocked out.
The girl nodded slightly before getting to her feet. "Th- Thank you sir." She dashed past him as he sat down to rest for a minute, shaking his sore arm. "Damned fatass." He heard a pair of feet land in front of him and looked up at an amazed Inuyasha. "Hey, Inuyasha. Sorry you missed the party." The demon looked over at Mikashi, setting Kagome down, apparently she was riding on his back. "You didn't kill them did you?" Kagome piped out. Mikashi shook his head. "Didn't even draw my sword." Kagome seemed to sigh in relief as Mikashi cocked an eyebrow. That innocence will get her in trouble, deeper than this. "What did you do to them?" Inuyasha seemed overly impressed by the whole thing. "Punch to the ribs, restrained him, then pushed one guy into the other two." Mikashi spoke as though he was talking about something completly boring.
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The event with the thugs had long passed and the group at left the village but Kagome was still eyeing Mikashi, as was Sango. He could tell and it was starting to annoy every guy in the group, except Shippo who was just curious. Sango noticed as well and started whispering with Kagome. "What did he to do you?" Kagome blushed a little at the question. "Saved me and some girl from a bunch of thugs. You?" Sango blushed as well. "Covered me with his coat last night, I guess I was cold or something. He's got to be planning something." Apparently she was a little used to Miroku's antics, as was Kagome, who nodded.
Inuyasha knew all of this already and was curious as to what Mikashi was doing to Sango last night, and why he was there when Kagome was attacked. But the fact he could hear their whispering wasn't helping. All three men snapped and turned at once. "Will you give it a rest?" Inuyasha, Mikashi, and Miroku all spoke at the same time. Mikashi was surprised that Miroku had snapped, but kept his mouth shut, but Miroku and Inuyasha were surprised that Mikashi was annoyed. In fact all of them were. "You do know both me and Inuyasha can hear you right? Don't ask, I'll tell you later." He pointed at Inuyasha without turning. "I help people for a living, but I thought that ancient times would still appreciate chivalry, but I guess I was wrong." He turned quickly and started back on the path, the others staring back at him. Each of them left with their own questions. Apparently they were all dumbstruck enough that Mikashi left their line of sight, disappearing behind some trees. Inuyasha snapped out of it first. "I smell trouble."
Mikashi was resting next to a river, washing his face in the river water. He had lost his temper, and though it didn't happen often, it was very dangerous for him to do so. He sighed as he laid back on the bank, resting for a while before he heard some rustling on the other side of the river. He tried to ignore it though it seemed a small band was traveling on the other side. He stretched lightly and waited for them to pass, but it didn't seem to happen. They seemed to watch him. "What are you doing here human?" Mikashi brought his head up to see a man, no a demon with silver hair and a single piece of armor on his chest, he wore a flowing red and white kimono and appeared to only have one arm. "Resting." Mikahsi spoke simply and laid his head back down, he didn't feel like fighting right now.
The demon's eyes narrowed slightly. "Do you mock me, human?" Mikashi sighed. "No, I just don't want to fight right now, and honestly I'd like to keep it that way." The demon stepped onto the opposite bank and watched carefully as two others came from the bushes, an odd looking frog-like demon and a small human girl, that caused Mikashi to sit up. The girl spoke first. "Lord Sesshoumaru, who is that?" The demon didn't answer as Mikashi got to his feet. "Lord? My apologies, I am new to this... area and had no idea that there were demon lords. My name is Mikashi Bartonsier." He bowed humbly which seemed to calm the demon down quite a bit, though he did not speak. The odd toad thing did instead. "That's right you foolish human, pay your respects to Sesshoumaru, lord of the western lands OOF!" The 'Great Lord' had just kicked the toad over.
Mikashi looked over him once, he was a demon lord, so had to possess great strength, even if he was missing an arm. He had two swords at his hip, which unnerved Mikashi a little. The girl seemed to be clutching his leg slightly, as though she were clinging to a parent, or a boyfriend. Mikashi pushed that absurd thought from his mind rather quickly. The demon did the same thing, watching over his strange clothes and the well decorated sword at his hip. "Your sword." The demon spoke quickly, leaving no expression to show his intent. Mikashi hesitated slightly before drawing his sword and tossing it across the river for the demon to catch. Which he did with ease. Sesshoumaru inspected the weapon, looking at the fine inscription on the blade and deciphering it. The blade had obviously seen much combat but was well cared for, he was impressed, but it did not show. He tossed the blade back which Mikashi caught just as easily and sheathed it.
The two stared at each other for a moment before Sesshoumaru turned away and started walking. "Come along Rin." The small girl smiled and skipped after him, the toad got back to his feet struggling to keep up. Mikashi stood there for a moment longer, expecting an attack before resting back on the bank. He cursed himself, he should of asked if the demon knew Naraku, but figured it would of been better not to. "Lord... Sesshoumaru..." He let the name roll around in his head, as though he recognized it from somewhere. He didn't have time to consider it as Inuyasha burst out from the trees, weapon drawn. Mikashi cocked a brow. "Lookin' for something?" Inuyasha sniffed the area a couple times before sheathing his sword. "Come on." Mikashi noticed Inuyasha's disappointment and followed without question.
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Mikashi had met up with the rest quickly, but kept his encounter with the lord of the western lands to himself, he didn't want to alarm them. If the travel before was quiet, then this one was completly dead. It seemed Kagome and Sango felt bad about how they behaved, but Mikashi felt bad about losing his temper. Miroku was still trying to figure Mikashi out, and Inuyasha was just plain annoyed by everybody, and the fox jumping on his shoulders wasn't helping. Everyone was acting a little too... sheepish. Before too long the sun started to set and they started setting up camp for the night, in silence. Miroku had managed to catch a few fish and the group ate them, in silence.
Mikashi was really annoyed now, it was way too quiet for a group like thiers and smiled slightly. He reached into one of his pockets, pulling out a small flute he liked to carry with him for boring stakeouts. He started a slow tune on it, just enough to catch everyone's attention. His notes got louder and more rapid as his fingers started to dance over the metal rod. Kagome seemed to cheer up quite a bit, but the others were curious about the strange rod. Thier curiosity passed the more Mikashi played, his tune traveling from a quick and hyper beat to a slow melody.
After a few minutes of play, he lowered the flute, out of breath. He smiled at the others, a little embaressed all of a sudden, but the otehrs seemed pleased. "Your pretty good on that thing." Mikashi turned to Kagome. "Thanks, I usually take this thing with me on stakeouts that take forever." Inuyasha got in Mikashi's face, but was staring at the odd instrument. "What is it?" He sniffed a few times before Mikahsi laughed at him. "It makes music, what do you think? Kagome could probably tell you more about it, but we call it a flute, kinda like the wooden ones in this time." He smiled as he put the flute away. "Well I suppose I owe you all an apology. I lost my temper earlier, something I don't exactly enjoy doing outside of a fight. Sorry." Kagome flashed her usual smile, "Hey don't worry about it, let's just say that me and Sango are more used to these two than a gentleman." Sango couldn't help but giggle at both Kagome's comment as well as the expression on Inuyasha and Miroku's faces. Mikashi knew what she was talking about when it came to Inuyasha, but Miroku never seemed anything short of a gentleman at first glance. "Keh, forget that, how could you hear them so well?" Inuyasha tried to veer the subject away from his short comings.
"Oh, that. I've been in the service for a long time now, and I've trained my ears to pick up a pindrop half a mile away if its quiet enough." He chuckled a bit. Relaxing back against the tree, he started thinking again. "We should get to sleep, the longer we wait, the more Naraku is planning..." The group reluctantly agreed, tucking away to thier own places on the ground... and Inuyasha climbing a tree, which Mikashi found a bit comical.
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Alright, people, next chappie I'll be introducing another Charracter from our favorite series... Who everybody hates... Heh heh heh, can't wait. R&R.