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The Yōkai Child

Thunder, Lighting and a Bag of Tricks part two

Manten growled out angrily as he got free of the spinning top. He and the pelt had gotten all muddy. But that didn't drive him into an angry spiral. That resulted in him shooting blue orbs of energy out of his mouth. They rained down on the clones Shippo made, each on made a pop before it vanished. Scared Shippo found a place to hide as the blade demon continued to attack everything. Shippo had managed to find a place to concealed himself before the other brother arrived. The better looking of the two drooped the item he carried to go and calm his brother.

Hiten punched his brother on the top of his nose causing Manten to cry. He rubbed the spot his brother hit. He looked up at him with puppy dog eyes.

"That was mean big brother." he said woefully.

Hiten smirked. "Well it calmed you down before you got your self killed didn't it." he said with light laughter. Manten looked up at him doubtful.

"You didn't have to hit me so hard though." Manten whined soulful at the bruised pride his old brother inflicted upon him.

"So why where you in such a rage Manten?" he asked in a consoling way.

"I will tell you about it later brother. What I am more interested in is that women over there you dropped. Hiten laughed out right with pleasure.

"I found her blacked out in the middle of the battle field we clear only yesterday brother." he said with a gloating aura. Manten had a matching expression on his face at the thought of it.

Shippo looked at Kagome in despair as he could do nothing to save her. She was to heave for him to carry off. And even if he did manage it he would never make it away fast enough. Than they would both be killed without mercy, and that would mean he couldn't avenge his father.

Somewhere far off in the west the Sesshomaru felt something stir on the winds. Jaken kept his head down as Lord Sesshomaru decided to walk off once more leaving him behind.

'unless absolutely useless. Ugh why can I find some way be useful to my lord!' he thought as he fell to his knees. He fell to his hands unable to shake the suddenly dark thoughts of being abandoned by his lord.

This is when he got the sudden idea to go looking for the Inu pup that had nerve to go against his lord. He knew that she was here once more. Because something change in his manner when ever she arrived in his lord territory. This brightened his mood on another miserable day of rain. It had lessened considerably the toad like yokai thought as he set out on his quest to please his master. Which he wanted to abandon several times along the way talking himself in and out of it.

This stopped the moment an arrow struck his hat off his head. The green yokai balked in surprise as he hit the wet ground. He had his hand atop his head as he squeezed his eyes shut.

'That was too close! That thing could have purified me.' he thought as he slowly opened his eyes. The one who shot the arrow was none other than then Kikyo.

This time Kikyo didn't wast her breath telling him to leave the forest. Like she did with Kagome whom she had let go almost a day and a half ago. Jaken was not about to surrender to a mere woman even if she was a miko of considerable power. There was no way out of this mess which made him shake slightly at the fact that he might not have to worry about disappointing his lord anymore.