A/N: YAY! It's the EIGTH CHAPTER! Actually I'm slightly pouting because this story hasn't gotten nearly as many reviews as Heart Hacking did. ;; does it suck guys? Tell me what's wrong! I'll fix it! (sobs)
And so without any more crying I give you……..
My Pet
Of Fights and Fury
In the Western Lands of Japan approximately 500 years ago, stood a gigantic, proud castle made with alabaster stone and the most regal trees. It was set on beautiful grounds filled with lush forests, gorgeous gardens, wide open fields, and a cool, crisp river. In this castle, on the farthest western wing in the highest tower in the darkest room, a young snow leopard demon paced the room, padding back and forth. Her bronzen eyes were narrowed in concentration as her black, silk kimono swished around her while she paced. She flippantly ran a hand through her white hair, rubbing her thumb over a black spot in her mane. She dipped her hand into her pocket and unearthed a fan and opened and closed it with almost nervous clicks.
"It's starting." She confirmed. "I didn't think it would happen so quickly. That attack came as a surprise, and it took some time before the actual realization of what's going on hit me. It's only because of that dratted, pompous leopard that it actually occurred to me." The snow leopard stated. She paused to gaze out a window, her bronze eyes blinking. "I just hope my message will reach the lords in time." She whispered.
"Lady Amarante, where would you like me to place these paintings?" Asked a carefully polite and studious voice, which broke the feline out of her reverie.
Amarante gave a fiendish smirk as she whirled around and let out a deep laugher while surveying her newest work. Seriousness aside, the painting was quite beautiful. It was one of the five designs of Sesshoumaru and Kagome that Amarante had come up with. She had kidnapped the local artisans and bullied them into making as many prints as possible.
As Amarante surveyed the picture of Sesshoumaru and Kagome splayed over silken pillows, Amarante had to agree that she was horrible, that even though the possibly most dangerous adventure was about to begin it still was such fun to embarrass her cousin, and that a red background would make the painting even more scandalous.
"Please hand them out at the training grounds would you? Sesshoumaru banned me from that area many years ago." Amarante said while sashaying up, carelessly picking up a painting while the wide-eyed bird demon nodded.
"I shall personally deliver several paintings to my dear, precious cousin this afternoon." Amarante said before allowing a throaty, diabolical laughter to bubble out of her mouth.
In that same castle, some distance away, in a forsaken garden, a young miko stopped struggling in the arms of her guards and frowned. "Amarante sure is having fun this afternoon." She noted as the evil laughter rippled through the grounds.
Hiroshi took this moment to snatch her bow out of her hands and toss it away, effectively throwing it out of the castle grounds with his careless toss.
"Hey!" Kagome yelped, remembering her current predicament. "I am not going!" She stated before kicking Hiroshi's stomach.
The poor, unfortunate cheetah demon bent over with a heave while his brother easily sailed in and grabbed Kagome from behind, pinning her against his chest.
"Lord Sesshoumaru has ordered that you come in for dinner with his honored guest, Lady Kagome. We must do as he says," He firmly said as he heaved the girl over his shoulder and followed the dubious looking fire demon maid who had come to summon Kagome to her room to prepare for the luncheon.
"Never!" Kagome announced.
Hiroshi let out a broken, mewling sound as he slowly followed his charge and his brother.
"He didn't even say who his guest was!" Kagome scoffed, finally giving in as she watched the green looking Hiroshi stumble after them.
"Probably because you wouldn't know the guest anyway, Lady Kagome." Haruko calmly said.
"Whatever. Hiroshi, you owe me a bow!" She called.
The cheetah looked up for a moment with a puzzled expression.
"You had better get me a new one before I come out for dinner." Kagome warned as Haruko strode up a staircase and down a hallway.
"Yes, Lady Kagome." Hiroshi nervously said while Haruko planted Kagome in front of her door. The younger twin ignored the disapproving look his older brother was giving him. Haruko had never been on the receiving side of Kagome's attacks!
Kagome nodded in satisfaction as the younger demon trailed off, seeking a new bow. She sailed into her room and shed her clothes before pulling on a sakura pink kimono. She quickly tied her obi, brushed her hair and washed her face. She scowled at her reflection and crept toward her hidden stash of her old school clothes. She quickly donned them, cringing as she pictured the horrible look Sesshoumaru was sure to give her.
She allowed her hair to hang free and cautiously opened the door. The twins were talking some ways down the hallway, they usually did this to give her the illusion of privacy.
Kagome broke off in a run in the opposite direction, and was rather surprised that she didn't hear any shouts or following thuds after several moments. She craned her head around to see what was holding up the twins and ran with a splat into something rather solid. Kagome nearly crashed to the floor when she was suddenly hauled upright. She stumbled and let out a breath of relief when she was back on her feet.
She smiled and bounced up to look into the rather stony faced Western Lord.
"Oh, you." Kagome said, letting the smile slide off her lips before replacing it with a scowl. "Look here bucko. You can't summon me whenever you feel like it." She started, launching into what was sure to be a good five minute lecture.
Sesshoumaru reached out and covered her mouth with a single finger. His eyes were narrowed and he looked deep in concentration.
Inwardly Kagome rejoiced, he hadn't appeared to have noticed her clothes yet. "What's wrong?" Kagome whispered, his claw gently scraping her upper lip.
"Amarante." He said.
"What about her? I haven't seen her since she ran off with Rin." Kagome continued in her hushed voice.
"Exactly. That is never a good sign." He said his eyes shifting upwards while his ears twitched and he allowed his finger to slide off Kagome's face. His hand slowly slid down her arm before securing itself around her wrist. "Whatever you do, don't encourage her." He said. "I'm sure by now she's probably made a book, if she's found out about last night like I think she has." He grumbled.
"That reminds me!" Kagome scowled as her twin guards trailed up the hallway. "What's this I hear about being your 'cherished pet'?"
Sesshoumaru brushed it off. "Ignore it. Simply steer clear of Amarante. I will meet you in the dining hall in several minutes." He said, allowing his hand to enclose hers, gently and unconsciously squeezing it before he walked off, his silver hair streaming in a nonexistent breeze.
Kagome huffed at his back before striking off down the hallway. At least he hadn't told her to go change.
"Um, Lady Kagome?" Hiroshi meekly said, brandishing a bow.
"What?" Kagome asked, plucking the object from his hands. "Thanks by the way."
"No problem. Um. The dining hall is in the opposite direction." He uneasily said.
Kagome stopped rolled her eyes, spun around and stomped off. "I guess this will work." She decided. "This way I can pick up my quiver too."
"Are you properly prepared, Lord Agu?" Namir asked, her glittering golden eyes trained on the floor.
The leopard demon stood before her in an elegant kimono, armor donned beneath the soft material. A giant spear was held in his clawed hand, and various hidden daggers were strapped to his body. "I am." He responded, turning to his eight servants, ten body guards, and five court members.
"Do you recall what our mission is?" Agu asked.
"To forge an alliance with Lord Sesshoumaru." Namir and the four other lords and ladies recited.
Agu scowled. "Yes, that is our masquerade, although it wouldn't hurt to accomplish that goal too. We are here to uphold the laws of our culture and to test and perhaps kill the traitorous cubs and their charge. Their parents fled Africa in the midst of a great war. As penance, if the twin sons of Neyra and Ebony cannot fend off my or Nakita's attacks and injure or kill us, we will kill them." Agu announced, glancing over at the proud leopard demon standing next to him in similar attire.
Namir bowed her head and murmured agreement with the other lords and ladies, knowing that the death of her nephews would surely be signed. Agu had never lost a fight, ever. Nakita was Agu's son, and would not lose easily. Actually, Namir couldn't recall him ever being injured in the past hundred years. They were the clan's fiercest and most powerful warriors.
Namir concluded and meditated on the death of her nephews without much remorse. She had always thought that the stupid prophecy of the Snow Leopard Clan had ruined her sister. After hearing it she had gotten rather uppity. It would be good to see the line die.
Kagome happily fed herself and aimed a sly glance at Hiroshi who was rubbing his abused tail. The idiotic twins had tried tying her down in order to feed her again. Foolish mortals.
Kagome took a sip of her water and surveyed all the finery on the table while she faintly wondered where Sesshoumaru and his supposed lunch appointment had run off to.
Kagme itched the back of her neck and shuddered. There was something tickling her mind. Something strange. She glanced over at the twins who were looking tense as they exchanged glances.
Moments later the doors open to reveal to tall, lean, male demons. Both had golden hair with deep tans and glittering yellow green eyes. They had gold and black spotted tails and dark looks pasted on their handsome faces.
"Leopards." Kagome conversationally said, breaking the tense moment as cat faced cat.
"Hiroshi, Haruko. You know why we are here?" The taller, older looking one asked.
The twins slowly nodded. "Please remain seated at all times, Lady Kagome." Hiroshi calmly said, gently pushing her back down into her seat.
"Please make no movements either, no matter what happens. Lord Sesshoumaru surely will not allow any harm to come to you." Haruko added as he unsheathed his swords, his twin doing the same.
The leopard demons let out loud snarls and they flew towards them, leaping over the table to attack Haruko and Hiroshi who parried their blows.
Kagome let out a scream and cringed as the younger leopard demon jumped at her. Hiroshi slickly slid between the two and knocked the leopard backwards.
Kagome took a giant breath and worked on calming her nerves while she schooled her features and watched her guards parry the blows of the snarling leopards. Her heart in her throat, Kagome shakily raised a hand to run her fingers over her silken collar. Her miko powers were hammering inside her body, rushing through her at the adrenaline pumping feeling of demon youkai (a/n: is that spelled right?) pouring through the room.
Her battle trained eyes observed the fight, cringing only whenever the leopards would try to launch an attack at her. The twins were easily defending, taking every blow that was aimed at them. But for some odd reason the leopards seemed to have an upper hand. It was as though Haruko and Hiroshi had a weak spot, but they didn't! Didn't they? If they did, what could it possibly be?
Kagome was broken out of her trance when the older leopard suddenly appeared at her side and whisked out a hidden dagger before plunging it in Kagome's direction. A scream erupted in Kagome's throat, and Kagome clenched her eyes shut, prepared for the blow. It never came. Instead there was a grunt and Kagome opened her eyes to see Haruko pull the bloodied dagger out of his arm.
Horror suddenly attacked Kagome's mind. She was their weak spot. They weren't fighting back because of her.
"Stupid cubs. Why don't you attack?" The younger demon shouted, leaping at her back. Hiroshi flashed in between them, cringing as the leopard's spear grazed his side.
"Lord Sesshoumaru, why hasn't he come yet?" Haruko growled, ignoring the accusation.
"Who, knows." Hiroshi panted, clutching his side. The younger leopard leapt at Kagome with a loud cry and swiped out with his spear. Kagome leaned backwards so the spear tip just grazed her cheek, opening a shallow cut that slowly dribbled a small amount of blood. Hiroshi roared before darting forward, intercepting a second blow and sending the leopard flying.
The leopard crashed into the wall where Haruko mercilessly slammed him into the floor with a martial artist kick, making a large crater in the marble floor.
Kagome's mouth formed a large 'O' as she stared at the giant hole in the ground. Apparently when angered, the twins' level tripled, so to speak.
Their golden eyes were now plainly shooting sparks and their powers, taking the shape of golden waves of sand like material, was shooting out of their skin and wrapping around their swords.
They reversed the direction of their blades and switched swords, the black markings on their eyes standing out more and more. Haruko bent over the leopard crater and leaned down, his sword outstretched. There was a sickening thud, and when the cheetah straightened his sword was covered in crimson blood.
The older leopard was now shaking in anger, and he let out a low growl before releasing a terrifying roar. Instantly a side door burst open and uniformed body guards, all African demons, filed into the room.
Elegant, but powerful looking lords and ladies trailed into the room after them, their eyes glinting in the sunlight.
The twins tightened the grip on their double swords and released their youkai, allowing it to pummel the room like a sandstorm. Several seconds later it passed and the twins had strategically placed themselves in front of Kagome, who had fallen out of her chair, blocking her from any harm.
The older leopard started the onslaught, leaping at the twins in a furious frenzy. The twins blocked his blows and pushed him aside, quickly attacking the ten body guards that replaced him. Although they did their best, releasing waves of youkai while carefully holding their position, they were injured. A giant elephant demon nearly crushed Hiroshi's wrist, a gazelle stabbed Haruko in the shoulder, and each cheetah was slashed and cut numerous times until their uniforms streamed with blood.
The twins remained silent during all the pain, ignoring Kagome who watched with a horrified expression while she clutched her heart, almost in physical pain from her miko powers that pounded inside of her, demanding to be released. Why hadn't help arrived yet?
"Hiroshi, Haruko!" She screamed as the older leopard knocked their battered forms aside with his spear. She let out a piercing shout as he kicked her, sending her sprawling against a wall. She fell to the floor in a heap and held her head, and the bump that was swiftly forming on it.
"Don't worry, I'll take care of you first." The leopard purred, standing in front of her bodyguards' stiff forms. Kagome carefully pushed herself off the ground, her blue eyes darting around the room to land on her bow and quiver resting near her spot at the table. She leaped to her feet but was roughly shoved back down by a laughing hyena demon.
"I don't think so!" It giggled as the leopard slowly approached her.
"And the first law of our culture will be appeased with her death, follow shortly by that of the cubs." The leopard announced, raising his hand over the cringing, now blatantly screaming Kagome.
Kagome wondered why Amarante, why her panda guard, why Sesshoumaru, why no one had come to help yet! Tears leaked out of the corner of her eyes as the leopard raised his spear.
Kagome clenched her eyes shut and muffled a scream, tensing for the blow. There was the whistling of air, and the sickening crunch of metal crushing bone.
Kagome cautiously opened her eyes to see the stiff forms of her guardians crunched before her. To stop the spear they had both taken the blow, and they now lay flat on the ground, blood pouring out of their wounds while the light slowly faded from their eyes.
"NO! Haruko, Hiroshi!" Kagome cried, scuttling forward to pull the heads of her bodyguards to her side, cradling their heads.
"S-sorry w-we couldn't p-p-protect you, Lady Kagome." Haruko gasped.
"W-we are g-glad to have k-k-known you." Hiroshi released between struggling breathes. Their eyes simultaneously glazed over as their heaving chests paused.
"The dark traitor's cubs are dead. Now all that is left is to kill off their ward." The leopard announced.
Kagome clutched the prone bodies of her guardians, allowing tears to glide down her cheeks as she rocked herself, her hands digging into the collars of their kimonos. If only it hadn't been for the dratted collar, perhaps her guards would be alive now. No…
"With this we will close the page on the Chatel line, and the famous prophesy that they were supposedly meant to conquer." The leopard announced.
Kagome shook in anger, in coldness, and in sadness. She continued rocking and crying, her tears splashing on her guard's heads. Perhaps, if she hadn't been here… they would have lived. If she hadn't been captured, and if she hadn't befriended them, demanded their company, and had done all sorts of ridiculous things, maybe they would still be alive.
"It was just as my father thought." The leopard continued to ramble as his entourage nodded encouragingly. "The White Maiden will never exist. Nor will the Raising Power, or the Timeless Enchantress."
Kagome looked up, glowering. It wasn't all her fault. It was the leopard's fault. He had killed them.
"And so, I shall end it all." The leopard announced, taking a step towards Kagome.
"You killed Haruko and Hiroshi." Kagome growled. The leopard ignored her and continued towards her. "You are responsible for their deaths." She muttered, clutching her guards closer. "You, beast! You killed my friends" She screamed, finally raising her gaze to the advancing leopard to look at him with fiery blue eyes that danced with wild miko power.
There was a crackling noise and the charm on Kagome's collar began to glow and levitate before shattering into thousands of tiny pieces. With a roar her miko powers leaped through her skin, pouring out of her body in with fierce purity.
The purification powers knocked the leopard off his feet and crushed him as well as his minions to the floor, their bones crunching as the purification tendrils hungrily licked at their clothes, painfully dancing across their bodies. Kagome was now silent but was still glaring at the intruders with such a fierce, infuriated gaze that the demons trembled in their spots.
Their very clothes began to disintegrate as the powers rubbed up against them like static electricity, bringing pain but causing no permanent harm. She was playing with them.
Instantly two giant doors on the opposite side of the room were flung off their hinges and sailed through the dinning hall. A frigid burst of cold air came out of one door, freezing half of the room over with a thick coat of ice while snow whirled through the air. The other half of the room was filled with dancing bolts of blue electricity that melted whatever they touched and fell painfully close to the attackers.
The leopard let out a howl of pain as acid and purification scratched at his back. His scream harkened the entrance of two tense forms. The first smaller, and more delicate. Feminine in form but with ice literately flowing out from underneath her feet. The other was tall, deadly, and far more elegant. He was holding in his powers, which even though controlled were easily a match for the frosty magic that radiated from the opposite form.
They drew together around the silent, eerie Kagome, who was still letting off large waves of purification powers.
"Who dares to cause bloodshed in my castle?" The male form, Sesshoumaru, growled.
The female feline tipped her head. "As well as disturb the prophetess from her work and cause fright to her close friends?"
The three swirling powers in the room crackled and switched positions. Amarante's formed a thick, brilliant beam that shot up out of the roof and into the heavens, breaking open the roof. Kagome's purification waves ebbed in and swept across the floor, bathing the room in pink light. Sesshoumaru's blue bolts of power shot around, giving the room a hazy look before combining and flowing with the purification powers.
The intruders screamed. Never before had they felt such burning, icy pain before. When the large leopard demon screamed and passed out Kagome slowly reigned in her powers. Sesshoumaru politely followed her example, and glanced over at Amarante whose eyes had glazed over with a frosty blue white. Her powers still burst out of the room in a pillar of light, and she completely ignored both of them.
Sesshoumaru took a single step toward the leopard who was slowly recovering consciousness. His followers had dragged their bodies to him, and they let out frightened gasps as the dog demon drew near.
"The twins, Haruko and Hiroshi Chatel are my generals who are currently under probation. They fought a fair battle, and it was only because they did not wish for my pet to see great bloodshed that they did not murder you all. Next time, I'll warn you, they will not be on such a short leash. Nor will my pet have the tolerance that she displayed today. Are you listening? Really listening? I am not a patient man. I'm giving you an hour to remove yourselves from my castle. If you wish to hold talks of an alliance again, however unlikely it will be that I am willing to lower myself to ally myself with you, they will be held in a place where you will not be as welcomed, nor as free." Sesshoumaru turned his back and stalked back toward Kagome and the still dazed Amarante.
Sesshoumaru glanced at his cousin, a faint trace of worry entering his eyes as he watched the feline remain motionless as her power continued to pour out, her eyes still rolled back.
"Sesshoumaru, Haruko and Hiroshi…they're….they're dead." Kagome choked out, running a hand over each of the cheetah's heads.
"You're joking, correct? Either that or you're blind and stupid." Sesshoumaru scoffed snapping his fingers. Saku hastily appeared out of the shadows. "Attend to the twins, and then see that our guests are properly disposed of." Sesshoumaru snarled.
"Yes milord." Saku said with a deep bow. He motioned to the open door and four guards slowly trailed in, followed by several hesitant female demons dressed in white kimonos. The guards carefully lifted the twins while the nurses bustled around, using their youkai to try and suppress the bleeding.
Kagome's heart soared when she saw Hiroshi's chest faintly move. She burst out in a loud wail, tears of joy pouring out of her eyes. She grabbed the closest thing to her, which happened to be Sesshoumaru, and sobbed into the collar of his kimono. Sesshoumaru tolerated the act, resting his arm on Kagome's lower back while he continued to observe Amarante with the slightest hint of growing alarm.
Amarante never stayed in a trance longer than a few moments, no matter how angry she was.
The twins were carried barely halfway across the room when Amarante suddenly moved.
"Harken!" She yelled, her voice deep, eerie, and dripping with mystery instead of her normal cheeky tone. "Harken!" She repeated, stomping her foot. The castle trembled underneath her. "The Miko has shed her first tears, soon the White Maiden will appear with the help of the Mirrors. With this transformation, the Rising Power shall be fully awakened, infuriated by the Shadows of the Nights. The Rider, the Lilac Tree, and the Spirit Guide will be revealed by the four winds. The Timeless Enchantress has arrived, her part both known and acknowledged. The future and destiny only she can tell. Harken, and hear my words." Amarante continued in her errie voice. At last her beam of power faded, and Amarante released a deafening roar before disappearing in a whirl of snowflakes."
The invaders clutched their throats and shuddered. They had bitten off far more than they had bargained for. They looked stupid and unseeing as a team of guards came in and escorted the leopard, the four nobles, the ten body guards, and the numerous servants out. A check by the white clothed demons assured Kagome that Haruko and Hiroshi hadn't killed the younger leopard, and he too was carried out of the room.
"Are you injured?" Sesshoumaru quietly asked Kagome, visually looking for wounds while she continued to cry.
Kagome miserably shook her head.
"Did they do anything to you?" Sesshoumaru questioned, slightly confused why the girl was crying if she was not in physical pain.
"No." Kagome quietly mewed. "But, but Haruko and Hiroshi nearly died because of me!" She said, opening the floodgate of sobs again.
Sesshoumaru let out a disgruntled sigh before switching his grip. "I assure you if the buffoons had wanted to win, they would have. They could have easily thrown off the probation metals and taken up their full strength."
"Probation metals?" Kagome managed to stutter out between hiccups.
"Probation metals. Similar to your charm on your collar. They are small, moon shaped disks of metal that are sewn into the armor of a watched demon. They suppress a fair amount of power and are used for training techniques, as well as punishment." Sesshoumaru recited.
"So, it wasn't because of me?" Kagome quietly asked. Sesshoumaru shook his head.
Slowly her sniffles died out and Kagome sneezed, comfortably supported by Sesshoumaru. "So…why are the twins on 'probation'?" Kagome questioned.
"Now that you're done using me as a living handkerchief, would you please support your own weight?" Sesshoumaru caustically asked, perfectly changing the subject.
Kagome pinched him and danced away, pausing to rub her swollen eyes. "What happened there?" She asked, pointing to the icy spot where Amarante had been standing mere moments ago, content with allowing him to switch topics.
"She was on a sugar high. It happens when she eats too much cake." Sesshoumaru brushed it off, walking toward the door.
"WHAT?" Kagome yelped, scurrying after him. "Those demons looked like they were about to wet themselves! You can't say that they would possibly be that frightened by a hyper Amarante! That reminds me, why didn't you come earlier? The twins were nearly killed! Not to mention I have the biggest headache in the universe. That stupid charm!" Kagome cursed, rubbing her head.
Sesshoumaru paused and Kagome ran into his back. "That is right. I'll have to get that replaced. Can't have it setting the palace on fire with its wild powers." Sesshoumaru mused to himself.
"Did you just call me an it?" Kagome peevishly demanded.
Sesshoumaru set out down the hallway once again. "Saku, see to the pet." He instructed.
Saku emerged from the shadows, his clever obsidian eyes shining in the light. "Yes milord, come this way please Lady Kagome." He gently said.
"But I want to bother Sesshoumaru!" Kagome complained.
"Don't you wish to see Haruko and Hiroshi? They are in critical condition after all. Perhaps a visit from a friendly face would help them. Mind you, they haven't woken up quite yet. Yachiru is afraid they may die yet." Saku rambled. Seeing Kagome's white face he quickly added. "But fear not, that is why Sesshoumaru has his sword of life!" He said, herding the discontent girl away.
"Shall I go find something to cheer them up?" Kagome asked as they disappeared down the hallway.
"Perhaps that would be a good idea." Saku affirmed.
Sesshoumaru sighed. What he had to look into now he couldn't afford the prying miko poking her nose into. Sesshoumaru swept into the giant library and sailed down multiple isles of scrolls, searching for the wanted few. He wanted to growl, Amarante would be better at this since she had the entire layout memorized. But it didn't matter, she was probably comatose in her room right now. Prophesizing was extremely hard on the body. It was probably just as well. Sesshoumaru had seen one of his sentries carrying some sort of coveted painting that had been a gift from Amarante. He wasn't able to get a close look at it, but from the bright red background something seemed to tell Sesshoumaru he wouldn't be pleased when he finally did see it.
Sesshoumaru found two of the several dozen scrolls that might be of some use to him. He snatched them up and carried them to his study, which was connected to the library. He carelessly opened the door and tossed them on a table, about to turn around to go back and search for more material. He froze and looked around his room with unbelieving golden eyes. "AMARANTE!" He shouted, his fury shaking the castle as he stared with disbelief at his roguish cousin's newest brain child.
His entire study was wallpapered with paintings of himself and Kagome in various poses, but all seated on silken pillows with the scandalous red background. Most of the paintings involved Sesshoumaru holding Kagome, although a rather embarrassing one pictured Kagome rubbing his tail. It was just as well that Amarante was unconscious. If she hadn't been he surely would have killed her.
Kouga (a/n: did I get that right?) sniffed the wind. Dogboy was just over the next mountain, around a hill, across a river, through a forest, and stuck in a pit. What was he doing in the neighborhood? Kouga cautiously sniffed again, searching for Kagome's scent. His nose furiously twitched but he could smell no pleasing scent of vanilla and rain. Kouga sneezed, frowning. Heck, Dogboy was just a light five minute jog away. He might as well go check on her and make sure the mutt hadn't bitten her or anything equally as stupid.
As Kouga ran his youkai in him twitched. Kouga ignored it, making a small mistake. Perhaps if he had listened to it and stopped he would have felt the blooming power in the North, South, and East. Maybe he would have seen the gigantic silver pillar that shot into the heavens out of the West. Perhaps he would have looked up and seen the white eyes of a female snow leopard etched into the sky across the land of Japan.
But instead he trotted on and was knocked flat off his feet by a gigantic wave of purification powers. The biggest he had seen, ever. What was worse, it felt exactly like Kagome's
"What the!" Kouga shouted, releasing many inappropriate words that would move up the rating of this fanfic. He rubbed his smarting rear and hopped back onto his feet, trying to brush off the leftover feeling of the purification powers like one brushes at invisible spider webs.
"Dogboy!" Kouga growled. "You had better have some sort of explanation for this!" He vowed before taking off.
(A/N: Oh wait! I have one last small scene!)
In the Western Lands of Japan approximately 500 years ago, stood a gigantic, proud castle made with alabaster stone and the most regal trees. The roof now needed to be repaired, the dining room scrubbed and aired out, and a study redecorated. But in that castle in the farthest north tower (for she had already destroyed her western tower) in the highest room, in the largest bed, lay a female snow leopard who hiccupped in her sleep.
She smiled deviously as she dozed, almost aware of the highly infuriated shouts of her very distant cousin. In floors below her an otter demon wondered what on earth chocolate and an apparently infamous 'Brittany Spears' was, a young miko dug through her bag looking for presents for two battered cats, and little girl happily watered a daisy in the ear of a toadman.
Even deeper below her the injured band of African demons exited the Castle. Unknown to the sleeping snow leopard, the perplexed otter, the fuming dog demon, the meddling miko, and the carefree child, a single female cheetah remained behind, hidden within the depths of the castle.
None of the characters could predict what was going to happen, although Amarante may have had a fair guess. But all they knew was that Sesshoumaru wouldn't be any happier when he saw his bedroom.
A/N: THERE! One of the longest chapters yet! OH YEAH! Okay guys! Thanks for reading another installment of My Pet! This chapter wasn't very funny, but that's cuz we're getting to some plot stuff. The next chapter is mostly fun as well as some interesting little tidbits of info.
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