Chapter 9

Inuyasha and Sota make their way back to Totosai's office. "Are you sure I'm ready for this? I've never done anything like this before." Sota begins to doubt himself again. Inuyasha takes a deep breath so he would snap at the boy, but then something crossed his mind. "Hey, is it just me or a you a prin.." Sota quickly covers his mouth. "Don't you dare say anything about my position of my family." He whispers angrily as he takes the hanyou down by surprise. 'Not bad to take me down.' Inuyasha smiles at this. "Inuyasha. Sota." The two look up to see Miroku carrying Kohaku over his shoulder. "What happened to him?" Inuyasha stands back. Miroku took a look at the boy. "Oh him. He was taken down by the students who were after him a few hours ago." Miroku adjusts his hold. Sota walks up to the older boy. "Poor guy." He comments as he can see that Kohaku had been knocked out. "For a demon slayer, they're supposed to be on their guard and not be outwitted by their enemies." Sota explains on tip of the demon slayer groups.

Miroku looks down to the boy, "Impressive, Have you ever spar with another of them?" He asks Sota. Sota frown, "Sadly no. Only Kohaku was the top student after his sister. Ever since he left, no one in this entire school were as good at them. So I thought I could use this method as self-defense." He explains why he took the subject. Inuyasha smiles down to him. "Quite resourceful." He compliments to youngster. "Ok, let's go see Totosai." Sota runs on ahead. Miroku hands over Kohaku's body to Inuyasha. "What the…" Inuyasha begins to complains. "…My shoulder is worn out. Your turn." Miroku runs after Sota. All Inuyasha is twitch his eyes. "For the love of god, I'm left with the heavy lifting." He states as he can easily carry the unconscious boy on his shoulder.

Totosai is reading a few scrolls on the table. The door opening alerts him immediately. "Oh, it just you guys." He simply states the obvious scene. He then notice Kohaku on Inuyasha's shoulder. "What happened to him?" The old man was handed over the boy from Inuyasha's hold. "He got caught by the mob and got pummeled." Miroku answers as Totosai sets the boy onto the floor. "At least he's unconscious because this is something I can tell you guys before you head back to the kingdom." Totosai spoke seriously. Inuyasha immediately looks at him. "What's the problem?" He asks as the guys sit down. "It's just a hunch, nothing more." Totosai begins to speak. "When Kohaku first came here, Sango made sure he had a weapon handcrafted by me." He goes into one part of the room and opens up a chest. He pulls out the item. What he pulls out was something that made the others widen their eyes in awe. "It looks like Kohaku's own weapon." Miroku points out. "True, but this was meant to be secret. I've been hanging onto it until the time is right." Totosai retorts to them. "So what's its significant?" Sota asks him this time. Totosai looks to the boy. "This is going to be your weapon, youngster." He answers the question.

Sota looks up to him in confusion. "I'm sorry. I'm not a person who carries a weapon as if I'm a threat to anyone." He protests the offer. That made Totosai chuckle, "Nonsense, I never said that you had to use it. In fact, you're just going to hang onto it for a while. Currently, Kohaku's weapon is so worn out that it might break in his next battle." Sota now understands so far. "But why tell us while Kohaku's unconscious?" Totosai turns to the boy, "The weapon he has was his first and he cannot get rid of it that easily. If I were to take it away from him, believe me, I'd never hear the end of it." He frowns in the end. "So in other words, you want this to a surprised gift for him when the time is right." Inuyasha tells him. "Precisely. So I'm counting on you guys to keep this from Kohaku until that time comes." Totosai nods for his final word. "But first Inuyasha, mind that I fix up Tetsusaiga?" He turns to him. Inuyasha feels the sword rattling. "It needs its creator to boost its power." Totosai explains the rattling. Seeing that this is no threat, he simply hands it to him. "So far, it respects you for what you managed to accomplish. No bad so far." Totosai smiles at him. "But there's something missing from it." He looks at the blade after unsheathing it. Miroku tilts his head, "From the looks of it, it's been through a lot than you saying." He comments the sword's features. Totosai shakes his head, "No that's where you're wrong. You see this sword is one of a kind." He tells him so far. "It was forged by Inuyasha's father. With his own fang." Miroku looks at Inuyasha opening his mouth. "Ready as I'll ever be." Inuyasha speaks up with his mouth still open. Totosai grabs a pair of plyers, and yanks one of Inuyasha's fang out as well. Once yanked, Inuyasha screams at the top of his lungs.

Throughout that one second, the entire school are at a stand-still. With each person just curious what that scream was about. "Alright class, let's just forget that scream resume our session." One of the teachers calm down the room. Miroku turns to see Kohaku still out cold. "Oh god, even after that scream, Kohaku didn't wake up." He speaks in such surprise. Totosai and Inuyasha turn to his direction but doesn't seem so surprised themselves. "Anyway. Inuyasha's fang is what I need to fix the Tetsusaiga." Totosai said as he walks into the room. Once inside, it's very hot in there. "Whoo, master Totosai, I never thought that you'd have such a hot place in this school." Miroku wipes the sweat off his forehead. "Don't come in here." Totosai glares at him. Miroku looks confused at this. "Why?" He asks him. That is until Inuyasha goes in with him. "Humans are strictly forbidden in here for obvious reasons." Totosai tells the monk. "You'll melt. Stay out here and keep an eye on them." Inuyasha simply tells him before he and Totosai close the door so that the heat won't spread throughout the room.

Back at the castle, Kagome is in the kitchen eating way more than usually. "Geez, Kagome, I never thought that you'd have that much of an appetite." Sango comments Kagome. Kagome gulps her food down her throat. "I bet your appetite was worse than mine." She counters as she goes to her next bowl. Sango giggles, "No not really, even though my pregnancy, I made sure I had a right amount of what to eat." She assures her. Kagome was about to take her first bite, but then her appetite vanished. Looking down at what she is about to eat, she lost interest. "hey it's nothing to be ashamed about. Every woman who've been pregnant had a different dish that they cannot stop eat, so you should eat what your heart's desire. Or more specifically, your baby's heart." Sango informs her gently as she rocks Kimiko while feeding her. Kagome smiles as she accepts her friend's words and continues on her eating.

Ayame walks carefully around the castle grounds, looking at the structure. 'Not bad of a place.' She smiles as she goes back into the castle and head back into her room. That was until she is about to enter the kitchen, and heard what Sango told Kagome about being pregnant and the cravings throughout the time. 'Her hunger is unbelievable.' She comments. "Hey, Ayame. Come on in and have some food." Kagome pops her head out of the kitchen door. Ayame gasps in surprise. "I was able to smell your scent and was wondering what you're doing." Kagome tilts her head. Ayame shrug her shoulders as she walks in with Kagome to see what she wants to eat. 'I don't know what I gotten myself into.' She begins to doubt herself as well as her own plan.