Ryter: Yes, I'm back sorta.

Harpie: We're in safe mode, which means pretty soon we'll be giving up the computer to a higher power, and getting a better anti-spyware program.

Ryter: Yea?

Harpie: Not Yea. Anyway, We're glad to bring you a new chapter, while we still can, and...

Ryter: (Bowing) I apologize for the cliff hanger song.

Harpie: please enjoy.

Disclaimer: You know the drill by now.

Inuyasha simply watched the display before him with a mixture of comtempt, a longing to go and retrieve Kagome, and from somewhere deep down a bit of sick satisfaction. For the first time in his life Inuyasha could tell that Sesshomaru was trying to stay controlled. His older cold hearted brother wanted to make this bird die a thousand times over.

'Feh, and he probably could.'

Inuyasha smirked as he saw Maxi visably squirm under Sesshomaru's cool gaze. Maxi cleared his throat before speaking to the obviously ticked dog demon.

"I'm sorry, did I say something that displeased you Lord Sesshomaru. If I have please forgive my rudeness as nothing but premarital jitters."

Sesshomaru turned towards Inuyasha, and even the strong Hanyou had to flinch a little at his brothers golden eyes.

"Inuyasha, go and find the priestess. I would like to speak to her myself."

"Um...No, I shall send for her. I would never wish to put anyone in your service through any trouble. Sie, go and fetch our guest's human. Also if you can locate our lady, I'm sure that Sesshomaru would enjoy meeting her."

It was very low, but Inuyasha's ears had picked it up, Sesshomaru had growled inside his throat. Inuyasha smirked, He knew that anything he could think of, would never be as bad as what Sesshomaru would do when he's angry.

"You, servant girl, Lead us to the young preistess. We have much to discuss with her alone."

It was great to see Maxi's cocky (bad pun. Bird people cocky, ha ha. Oh, I'm such a loser)attitude fall to the ground.

"Of course."

After that, there was no more talking, something that pleased Inuyasha. Instead they simply followed the servant girl with the missing wing.


Harpie sat on the bed they had provided for her, and listened to the music that the strange device Kagome had given her. Kagome sat on the one beside her with the other, did she call it an earpiece?, in her ear. Harpie turned over and looked at the girl beside her. They had become closer seemingly over night, but that tended to happen when you're both kidnapped by the same person.

"Kagome, what is this thing again?"

"Oh, it's an I-pod."

"Hmm. It's nice."

"I tend to think so."

They just lay idly on the bed listening to the music that played from the "I-pod" that had been brought to them, along with some of the other girls belongings only hours ago. That was until the room was taken over with a sudden flurry of motion. In roves, hundreds of serving girls entered the room. They poked and prodded Harpie and Kagome, stuffing them into Kimono's and making up the two luscious beds. Just when Harpie was sure she had had enough and was about to claw out someone's eyes, they all retreated through the doors they had entered. Kagome fell back onto on of the beds.

"That...That was intense."

Harpie stood claws extended ready for anything.

"Yeah, something's happening. I wouldn't be surprised if Maxi decided to come in today."

As soon as the words left her mouth once again the doors opened and before she could fully tell who it was, Harpie attacked brining her claws down in a swift clean motion.


Sesshomaru had barely had time to catch her hand before it tore into his flesh. He held her wrist and lifted her off of her feet so that they were face to face. She gasped a little in horror, and her eyes widened to the size of dinner plates.

"Ses...Sesshomaru."

His eyes started to tinge red as he thought of simply throwing her to the ground, and making her his here and now. With an inner control that only he could possess he forced his hand to relax and put her down on the floor.

"I take it you are the one known as Lady Harpie of the Northern Lands."

Harpie easily picked up the look in Sesshomaru's eyes. He had a plan, and it depended on her not knowing him. She bowed to the ground, catching the smile that her sister gave.

"I am sorry Lord Sesshomaru. I was displeased earlier today, and had asked that visitors be discouraged. Apperantly that was not reported. Please forgive me."

With a gesture of his hand, he made all of the servants leave the room. As soon as the last bird was out of sight Inuyasha ran and took Kagome into his arms, inhaling her scent with a passion. Kagome grabbed hold of him and jumped up and down in his arms screaming with joy. Sesshomaru looked on at this display with disgust.

'Humans and their emotions.'

Beside him Harpie smiled and wrapped her arms around one of Sesshomaru's.

"What took you two so long? I was sure that something had happened, or that my lord had tired of me."

Sesshomaru growled before he gently kissed the top of her head.

"We have buisness to attend to. So we will move fast."


A deafening boom came from the left wing of the castle. Maxi jumped from his bed cursing, as he and Sie quickly tried to dress themselves. He should hav known that something like this would happen. He ran through the halls in only his pants. He was half flying by the time he arrived at the room he had provided for Sesshomaru.

"WHAT THE HELL HAPPENED?"

'Sesshomaru made his move, that's what happened. It seems that I will have the western lands as well as the northern.'

The smoke finally cleared, and he stared in shocked silence. Thousands of his men lay slaughtered, but that was not what shocked him the most. He wasn't even shocked by the bodies of Kagome and Inuyasha at Sesshomaru's feet, or the unconcious bleeding body of Harpie that hung from his claws. No, what shocked Maxi the most was the look of utter rage that was upon Sesshomaru's face. For a moment that he would never forget in the course of his short life, Maxi feared for not only his life, but his eternal soul.

'Is this the monster that lies beneath his stoic expression. Gods have mercy, if he chooses he could...'

"Bird!"

Sesshomaru's snarl snapped Maxi out of his fear long enough for him to answer.

"Ye...Yes my lord."

"I wish this one to die. To die slowly."

Ryter: Say it ain't so Sesshy! Say it ain't so!

Harpie: You are a bad person.

Ryter: (Whining) WHAAATTTTT! I didn't do anything!

Harpie: After months of waiting, you end it with a cliff hanger and evil Sesshomaru.

Maxi: Even I gotta say that was sorta bad.

Ryter: (Beating him with a mallet) Who asked you!

Harpie: Um...Ryter.

Ryter: What! (Looks over her shoulder at angry fans.) Uh...Hi.

Fan: Because we like your story, we'll give you two a five second head start. 1..

Ryter & Harpie: (running) AHHHH. We'll start typing. We'll start TYPING!