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Chapter 3

Mistakes Made

Black hair swayed elegantly in the light breeze and sharp brown eyes surveyed the scrolls that were laid before him on the low table. The sunlight, which was flowing through the small large window, made a chequered pattern across the floor. Small specks of dust floated about in the warm air on the gentle breeze.

The scene would have been appealing and maybe even poetic had it not been from the dark aura which sprang up from the figure behind the table and spread solely across the room; seeping in its thick blackness into the very pores and crevices of the of the walls of the small room.

The figure hissed in annoyance. This all could have been avoided. This was an unnecessary burden and extra task all because of a insolent servant.

Said servant entered the room, his slim frame trembling. He was tall and comprised mainly of bones with a thin, almost yellow membrane of skin stretching thinly across them. His eyes were sunken deep into his head and they danced about madly back and forth across the small room. His tongue slithered out to moisten his parched lips.

"You… You sent for me master?" He asked his words sounding scratchy and half dead. He avoided the gaze of the lovely crystalline brown eyes that seemed to show more depth than they actually had across the table.

"Sit"

The servant rested uncomfortably on the lush cushion which he deemed far enough away from his lord to prevent bodily damage to himself.

"How is it…." the smooth voice o his master began, "that you lose sight of a demoness and a hanyou boy. A boy you were instructed to never let leave your sight…."

His words danced dangerously across the room, the walls recoiled and the words ell, plunging the room in an uncomfortable silence.

The servant fidgeted and a tongue snaked out again to bring moisture to the withering lips and once again it failed. "M…Master, I did… I watched them, just as my kind master commanded and then one day when I returned from my bath," His eyes darted around in search of the nearest exit, "They were sleeping when I left," he added in his defence, "I did not see them on my return," He seemed to have become more nervous and his voice more pleading and higher, "I looked for them master! I did not see them, I tracked her as far as the village next to Endo….I know I can find her there… that is where she should be master…. I know I can," He spat the words out quickly as if the speed of them would save him; "I just could not see them anywhere else."

There was silence again. The silence spread out and engulfed the room, covering the cowering servant in its heavy cloak. His master on the other hand was undisturbed by its vice like grip and seemed to enjoy the silent suffering it was inducing upon his servant.

After what seemed like an eternity he lifted his brown eyes to look at the skinny man in front of him.

"Do you know how much that boy meant? Do you know what he is?" His voice never wavering in pitch or volume despite his obvious displeasure.

"Yes master please-"

The servant stopped when a hand was held up to silence him. Again the servant was left to squirm under the torture his master delighted in although there was no outward show of his enjoyment.

"Jah-han…" he said his smooth voice springing up and piercing the silence, shattering it, "tell me, what good are eyes I you can not see with them?"

Jah-han opened his mouth to retort but the retort quickly turned into a torturous scream. His master's aura /ki seemed to take the form of spears and had ripped his eyes from the sockets. And so it was that the two balls hovered in front of the wailing servant.

His master stood and went to the screen doors.

"Then again what good is a incompetent servant?"

The black aura that belonged to his master seeped into every pore of the servant and slowly began to force them wider until he was ripped to shreds his screams bouncing helplessly around the small room until they too died.

Kagome walked with the boys to find Inuyasha, she was still a bit confused about why Kaede had so many questions about Satoshi. She shook her head, she supposed it was just because he was new.

"There he is!" Shippo pointed out the tree on which Inuyasha rested, "Hey can we sneak up on him?" he asked hopefully.

Satoshi smiled brilliant the excitement of his older brother taking over. The two pups turned hopeful eyes to Kagome who nodded. Getting down on all fours the group approached the snoozing Hanyou from down wind.

Inuyasha cracked a eye half open when he saw the group 'sneaking' up on him and quickly closed. It was no surprise to him when there were two loud 'BOO-es' from under

The tree. Inuyasha yelped as if genuinely surprised and allowed himself to fall back and out the tree.

Shippo and Satoshi squealed with laughter. Then the seemingly fuming hanyou jumped up and made a mad dash for the two boys.

Shippo gave a happy peel of laughter and darted off laughing about stupid hayous.

Satoshi on the other hand had a very different reaction. His eyes widened unbelievable so at the charge as the hanyou seemed to transform in his eyes to some other evil, He made a mad dash towards the forest instead of the obvious circle he was supposed to run in.

Inuyasha stopped mid grab of Shippo when the heavy scent of fare hit him and he sae Satoshi running bird speed towards the forest.

Kagome on the other hand seemed to have aster reflexes; she darted after the boy calling his name while Inuyasha stood in his stupor. Shaking his head the hanyou sprang into action, he ran ahead passing kagome on the way and yelling at her to get shippo back to the hut and he'd find Satoshi.

Inuyasha jumped through the trees marvelling at the speed of the small boy. He spotted him lying down by a high root covered in mud as I he had just fallen. He jumped down in front of the boy who was weeping and trebling uncontrollably.

He thought for a moment he should have let Kagome come, he wasn't good on the emotions thing.

"Um… kid?" he called touching his head lightly as if afraid Satoshi would start running again, "you ok?"

Satoshi raised a tear stained face to the hanyou and sniffed, he then hugged Inuyasha's leg tightly.

Inuyasha looked down at him and placed a hand on his head, having no clue as to what to do next. He didn't have to worry though, Satoshi seemed to take comfort in the small touch and soon stopped crying though he didn't let go of Inuyash's leg.

"um.. why.." Inuyasha began but stopped when he felt the boy stiffen, "Why don't you take a bath? You smell stink," He said instead of asking why Satoshi had ran.

The boy loosened up and smiled at him then nodded, "ok… together?" he asked shyly but hopefully, "I cant do it properly myself."

Inuyasha nodded unsurely he really didn't know how to bathe a kid but how hard could it be.

He picked up Satoshi and swung him onto his back and ran off towards the spring.

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