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I own nothing.
Sesshomaru, Kagome, Kain, Keiko, and Yoshiro all sat around a fire in a clearing as night started to fall.
Yoshiro looked at Kain.
"I have come to seek your help." Yoshiro said as he took a sip of sake from a large bottle and sat it back down on the forest floor.
Yoshiro hated to bring up his problem. He was ashamed by it.
All eyes were on Kain now.
"Is it the souls again?" He asked.
Yoshiro nodded shamefully as he looked to the side at the ground.
Kain looked at Kagome. She was the only one who didn't know of Yoshiro.
"Yoshiro is a soul storing demon. It was a task he excepted from Kami. The most evil souls go into his body once they are freed from their own bodies. It's the Kami's way of protecting this world." Kain said.
"I gave your father the power to hold souls in his body nearly a decade ago. But one year ago, when one came into me, it tried to take control. It still continues to fight me. Your father has some of my power along with his own. It is quite shameful for me. The Kami made it to where I can never die of old age but I can only in battle. I am much older than your father and Lord Inutashio." Yoshuro said.
Sesshomaru looked at the drunken demon.
"So you keep them locked away with the help of sake? pathetic."He said.
Kagome ignored Sesshomaru's comment and looked at Yoshiro.
"Why don't you come with us to Bokuseno. He can probably give you Answers on how to control the soul. Maybe you can just seal that one soul deeper away." she said.
Yoshiro looked at her and then nodded.
"Thank you miko." he said.
The next morning..
The group was walking towards Bokuseno.
Keiko was walking beside Yoshiro who still had his "bunny" by the reins. Kagome was walking beside Sesshomaru. Kain walked in between the groups. Sesshomaru and Kagome were in the lead.
Keiko looked at Yoshiro with a smirk.
"What happen to 'l'll be right back Kain?' that was like a month ago." Keiko said.
Yoshiro did leave, but he fought when it was needed.
"There were beautiful women around. I couldn't help it." Yoshiro said with a smirk.
"You lying son of a bitch." Keiko said with a laugh as she lightly smacked Yoshiro in the back of his head.
He clumsily fell on his face in his drunken state.
"Oops." She may not be able to see him, but due to where the sound of his voice was coming from, she knew where that back of his head was.
He jumped back up with his fist in front of his face looking at Keiko.
"Woman!" Yoshiro yelled.
Keiko giggled.
With that, he walked faster to catch up to Kagome. He was on the opposite side of Sesshomaru.
"Do I sound like a dishonest demon miko? Keiko seems to think I am, it has been an ongoing debate." He asked.
Kagome giggled as she looked at him.
"Slightly." She said. 'You also are starting to remind me of the demon version of Miroku.' She thought with a laugh.
Yoshiro gasped playfully.
Yoshiro stopped for a moment to talk to Kagome everyone stopped while they spoke to watch the converstaion.
"Me? Alright I'll admit I'm dishonest and a dishonest demon you can always trust be dishonest." He paused with a smirk as he looked at Sesshomaru and back to Kagome.
She laughed.
"Honestly, it's the honest ones you have to watch out for. Because you can never predict when they are going to do something incredibly...stupid." He said.
Yoshiro looked at Kagome.
Kagome shook her head with a smirk.
"You know, your quiet beautiful for a human. Maybe we can have some me and you time later." He said.
Kagome's smirk quickly faded. She sweatdropped.
"Yoshiro, enough." Sesshomaru growled out.
"Okay okay." He said as he held his hands up defensively and walked away.
Kagome started walking forward again. Sesshomaru glared at the soul demon and walked forward with the miko.
Kagome looked at Sesshomaru.
"He wasn't by chance talking about you was he? You know, about being too honest?" Kagome asked Sesshomaru.
He rolled his eyes.
"Like Jaken, I have been tempted to kill the coward for a long time as well." He said looking towards Yoshiro.
Kagome smiled up at Sesshomaru. He looked at her.
"You have to admit though, he seems funny." She said.
"Hn, he is occasionally."
Kain and Keiko shook there heads at the trio.
Yoshiro hadn't changed a bit.
The gang walked up to a small clearing. There a large tree rested in the center.
The tree had a face formed out of it's trunk. It looked straight at Kagome.
"Miko Kagome, I am Bokuseno. I see all that goes on in this continent. I am glad you have came to speak with me." The tree said.
The whole pack stopped when the tree greeted Kagome.
