"Shippou...Shippou can you hear me?" I breathed the words so as to only alert my kitsune son.
A soft rustle on the wind caught my attention. Our of reflexes forged from three years of hell, I stiffened and drew on my powers. The air stilled and I felt no demonic aura that pressed agaisnt my 'danger zone'. In fact it almost seemed like-
"Miko. This Sesshomaru has a problem."
I spun to face the demon who was most likely my murderer. I let out a gasp and then the world went black.
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Splitting agony ensued from my head, neck and shoulders as I slowly drifted into consciousness. The sheer pressure of it ripped a groan from my throat as I tried to peel my eyelids away from my eyes. It was hard, strenuous labor but I finally got it after a moment or two. The next step was as hard, if not exponentially more difficult...I had to focus on what was going on around me.
It wasn't as difficult as I first thought though, because not even two seconds later fighting filled my focus. The fight wasn't sounding bad but somehow I just knew that-
"Oh shit! Sesshomaru is human!" That remembrance had me both panicky and thankful. I looked to the sky that was still dark before standing and bolting towards where I heard the noise. I nearly stumbled over where tree root but I made it in time to see Inuyasha and Sesshomaru land a stellar punch on opposite sides of their faces. It was made even funnier when Sesshomaru fell flat on his back.
This, however, was counter-acted in funniness when Inuyasha came down to try to beat Fluff's face in. The attempt, most likely a grand prize winner on AFV, was futile seeing as Sesshomaru caught his brother square in the chest with both feet. The stunning look of of befuzzlement on Inuyasha's face was priceless as he hit the dirt about ten feet from his brother.
I couldn't help it. Laughter bubbled over from my lips which unfortunately for me caught the attention of the two now-human brothers. The glare I received from both of them chilled me slightly with how alike they looked even when human. Sesshomaru's hair was an ebony mass of curls-I know, how shocking-that framed blue eyes. Other than that though, every single feature of his face and body screamed of his kinship with Inuyasha, right down to the deadly glare that made me want to hide and laugh at the same time.
"Miko, if you value your life then I would silence myself." Blood trailed slowly from the corner of his lower lip. A part of me wanted to run to him screaming 'Oh my god are you okay?' but the more prominent part of me at the moment won over with little contest.
"Okay Fluffster, I do value my life so...Silence yourself." I started to laugh but stopped nearly immediately when Sesshomaru started towards me. I began a silent prayer of repentance for provoking my own death, hoping that the Kamis would smile on me and not punish me too hard for my bad karma.
Just as he reached me, the first rays of sunlight illuminated Inuyasha and saved me from a painful death. Inuyasha leaped on Sesshomaru. Well, it was teenage Fluffy at the time but now a tiny, muffled growl emitted from underneath Inuyasha. I lunged forward and pulled the baby out by his hakama-which thankfully transformed in size as well along with his swords...don't ask.
"That sorry sap-sucking sonafa-"
"Sit boy." The child now held on my hip stopped growling at his 'opponent' and sniffed the air instead. He smiled revealing pointed fangs but that was the extent of anything even worrying. His pouty baby lips were moving in gibberish as he bounced and clapped. This changed when Inuyasha stood.
The clapping turned to a desperate reaching while the gibberish turned in to a cutesy 'Ya-Ya'. This drained all color from Inuyasha's face. His brother that hated his guts and had beat him into a bloody pulp multiple times, wanted him to hold him.
I handed Fluff over to him with a sadistic smile. My worries were gone for the moment and I was happy for it. I was scared enough without having to worry about the man I loved trying to kill a helpless child.