The Mystery of the Half Moon and the Human Kaede

The soft humming of the upbeat song she had created herself flowed on the wind as her steps echoed through the crisp night air. With every light-hearted step she took, it seemed to have a sharp twist that seemed almost rhythmic with her created song. Her fiery, pin-straight hair seemed to sway as she continued forth through the field of long blades of grass. Her sword knocked against her side as a cool wind blew by. She stopped in her tracks as she noticed the dog demon standing a couple of feet away from her. She cocked a brow as she looked him over suspiciously.

"Sesshoumaru? Is that you?" She asked cautiously.

He smirked and nodded. With this, she rushed into his grasp and they embraced lovingly under the pale moonlight. Suddenly a child's laughter shook her mind.

TK shot up from her futon and began to rub her head while smacking her lips together. She glanced over to her side to see a small child standing there with a large grin. She smirked and asked the child who they were.

"I'm Kaiya!"

TK forced another smile, trying not to show any sign of anger towards such a small human. Bottled inside, though, she was having an enormous temper-tantrum with herself, thinking,

'Oh come on! Right when I was dreaming so pleasantly, this kid has to come and wake me up!'

She heaved a regretting sigh, then stood up before the child. Her red locks of hair tumbled out from the ribbon she had kept it in that night, and she quickly straightened out her choppy bangs. Normally she would wake happily, greeting the morning light gleefully. But this one time, right in the middle of her romantic dream with the taiyoukai, she couldn't escape the frustration she felt. Once she had signaled for the child to leave, she began to get dressed; pulling on her snug black boots and puffy matching-colored pants, then pulling on her soft, sky-blue jacket type kimono top. As she leave the hut, her long, red tail with ebony stripes following behind, her red cat-like ears twitched as she heard a shriek coming from down the village. She immediately rushed towards the scream to a huge cloud of dust. She watched as four individuals stepped out from the dust with a large demon, slain, behind them, smirks curving their lips. TK looked each one over cautiously as she began to pull out her sword.

"Alright," she started, "Who are you?"

"I'm Kaede," Kaede introduced, stepping forward. She looked back at the rest of the group, seemingly waiting for another one to step up and introduce, but they left the weight on Kaede's shoulders. She sighed a great 'huff' then finished,

"And this is Yukio, Yumi, and Shippou. We just killed this demon...sorry if we bothered you,"

TK quickly glanced over to the dead demon who lie still and glared back to the group. As she stare behind them, Kaede acknowledged the markings on her face which were similar to Sesshoumaru's– a crescent blue moon facing the opposite way of his on her forehead, and two blue stripes on each cheek. Kaede thought she had beautiful green eyes and fair skin and was a tad bit envious in the heat of the moment. She was drawn back to TK's words as she asked impertinently,

"Why are you here?"

Kaede almost felt possessive over her answer,

"Who wants to know?"

TK smirked, with a hint of annoyance to the small grunt she let out. Oppositely than what she should have felt, she began to take a liking to Kaede. She didn't know why, though. Maybe it was because no one ever talked to her like that without cowering in fear for who knew what reasons. Sesshoumaru was like that, also.

"My name is TK and I live in this village. Why are you passing through here?"

"We're on a hunt for a demon named Naraku and for my family and their comrades,"

"Such as?"

"InuYasha, Kago-,"

"InuYasha?"

"Yes,"

"You wouldn't happen to know of Sesshoumaru, would you?"

"Yes, I do. I helped him last night, in fact,"

She paused and watched as TK began to blush deeply and began to lightly bounce up and down while letting tiny girlish squeals out. Kaede only twisted her facial features into a confused disposition that she rarely used. She slipped her red sword that had flames dancing around it's blade back under her sash and announced,

"I must go find him! I'm coming with you until I find Sesshoumaru-sama and that's final,"

This time, it was the rest of the groups turn to join in looking baffled.

'Did she just demand to come with us?' Kaede asked herself in shock and assumed the rest of the group was thinking the same thing as well. Clapping her hands together in delight, she spun on her heel and continued towards the forest outside the village. She glanced over her shoulder and cocked her head forward as a signal for them to follow. Kaede took in a large heap of breath, then followed closely behind the cat demon with the trio beside her.

"So, where do you think he went?" TK asked as she hopped over a small puddle. Yumi snickered inwardly as Kaede let out a loud groan.

"For the tenth time, I don't know," the half demon replied calmly but with much annoyance. They'd been walking for quite a while and were starting to get tired.

"Maybe we should rest for a bit," Shippou suggested as the rest of the group slowed to a stop. TK nodded and leaned against a tree and the others collapsed either on the ground, or against a tree also.

"So," Yumi began to say as she rubbed her weak ankle, "How do you know this 'Sesshoumaru' guy anyway?"

TK let her shoulders sag as she peered upwards where wispy clouds seemed painted on the faint, blue canvas of the skies. She sniffed lightly and returned with her response,

"I grew up with him when we were very, very young. Then, when his mother had died, I hadn't really seen him again since my mother had discovered that his father had an affair while she was still alive and wanted nothing to do with Sesshoumaru or his father. Only because she was very, very close with Sesshoumaru's mother she felt it as a betrayal if we continued to visit after her death. Then, when my mother passed on, and I came across Sesshoumaru many years after we had last seen one another. We became close allies but it was all too good to be true,"

"Why? What happened?" Yukio asked boldly with his arms crossed across his body.

"Well, you see, I had fallen in love with him. But one day we had gotten into a huge argument which lead to a fight between us two. Well, of course, he had beaten me. Unexpectedly to him, though, I left his side after that and diminished our alliance and, to me, diminished my love for him. Stubborn as he is, he sent Jaken, his little servant toad, to come and find me and try to get me to apologize and return to him but I refused to. Especially since he should have apologized as well and I was so upset that he wouldn't come himself to see me. So, of course he didn't come after I told Jaken to tell him so for me. Sometimes it makes me think if he even cared for me at all,"

"So, why do you want to see him now?" Kaede decided to ask.

"I figure, it's been too long and I don't want to hold this grudge forever. So I think now is a great time to make peace with him,"

They all stared at her in bland disbelief. Her eyes knocked back and forth as she stare innocently at their urging glares.

"What?" She asked innocently. When they kept their steady glares on her, she heaved a sigh and continued,

"Ok, ok. It's also because I've been thinking a lot about him and I think I'm still in love with him so I need to get my feelings out,"

Kaede was about to object since she knew Sesshoumaru was traveling already with the woman, Rin, but there was a loud, high-pitched scream that drew their attention to a field. Quickly, they made their way towards the field.

"It's...so cold," Yumi shivered as she rubbed her arms for warmth. They were surrounded by ice. They stood on ice, the trees were icy and the demon before them was, well, made of ice. The demon had long white hair and sharp, icy eyes that seemed to narrow Kaede's courage just be glancing at her. Frowning, she unsheathed her sword and used the wind-scar. The whipping winds collided with the ice, making it shatter everywhere.

"That's not going to work," TK added smoothly. Kaede stared up to see the demon whole again.

"That won't work you foolish girl," The demon snickered as it sent ice-like spears towards the group. They dodged to the sides, and TK pulled out her own sword.

"Let's do this, shall we?" She smirked and her sword aimed towards the demon, "Try my flame arrows on for size,"

As she said this, large fire shaped arrows shot from her sword and headed for the demon. The demon smirked back and created a shield of ice in front of itself. The arrows hit the cover and it began to melt but didn't reach the actual demon. She held a finger tip to her lips and laughed uneasily. Kaede frowned and asked her if she had any other ideas.

"Uh huh!" She exclaimed as she placed two hands firmly on her sword's handle.

"Fire Katana!" She screamed with a roughness to the end of her cry, then brought her sword forward like Kaede had done with her sword when she had used wind-scar, and fire paths trailed towards the demon. Surprisingly, though, there wasn't enough fire. The demon spread a sheet of ice over top of the flames coming towards it, putting them out in a mere moment. TK gasped and stepped back cautiously when her attack had failed.

"I've had enough!" The demon shrieked and sent spear-ended icicles towards TK, surrounding her. She dodged as many as she could but the ice skimmed her skin most of the time, tearing it open, spilling her blood. She collapsed to her knees and growled to herself. She tried to move but screamed in pain as she was badly injured. Yukio, Yumi, and Shippou tried attacking while Kaede rushed to TK's side and exclaimed,

"TK! Don't move, you'll make your injuries worse!"

TK couldn't help but smile at how kind Kaede was being towards her. She nodded to herself then grasped the blade of Tetshiega and swiftly scratched the blade diagonally, leaving three large scratch marks, and two smaller ones all aligned. As the scratches had been made, small flames had followed each mark.

"What did you do to my sword?!" Kaede asked more angry than intrigued. TK smiled and replied,

"I can't use my fire attacks so I gave you some help with your sword. Since you have the wind already as an attack, it will spread the flames when you use this new attack I've given you,"

Kaede nodded and asked,

"But how do I use it?"

"Uh," TK started shakily, "I really don't know...you're going to have to find a way to use it,"

"What!" Kaede shouted in shock, "You mean you gave me an attack that even you don't know how to use?"

"Well, technically, it's your own attack, now,"

Kaede exhaled hopelessly then lowered her head in aggravation and stood. Here goes nothing, she thought to herself uselessly. She gazed up to the scratch marks as she held her sword erectly and watched the scratch marks glow red. She grunted as she let the sword down roughly, but the wind-scar only came out.

"Come on!" She screamed impatiently and tried to focus as the demon regenerated once again.

"Foolish girl!" The demon screeched and sent the same attack towards her as it did at TK. Defensively, she used her sword as a block but a couple had shot passed the protection of her weapon and penetrated her chest. She screamed out in pain and dropped on her back with her sword over top of her. As the blood seeped through her clothing, it also settled underneath her sword that lay against her chest. As the blood reach the scratch marks, she felt heat began to radiate from the sword.

"This will kill you for sure!" The demon sneered as it created an icy cocoon around Kaede's injured body. As the ice gathered quickly around her body, she could hear her friends' desperate shouts for her. As the freezing temperatures enveloped her body, she felt a strong heat in her chest. Her eyelids began to droop, and eventually closed.

"Kaede!" Yukio shouted as he failingly scratched at the ice, but found it useless. He doubted himself as the ice began to melt under his finger-tips but realized a small burning light coming from inside near Kaede's chest. His gaze widened as he could hear the ice beginning to crack so he flew back cautiously and watched as Kaede broke out from the coffin of ice. TK was stunned as she gaze upon the half demon's eyes which had tiny flames dancing just below her pupils.

"It's time to die," Kaede threatened as she tightened her grip on her sword's handle. She grunted as she bring down her sword and shouting,

"Burning Wind-scar!" As her sword met the ground, the paths of the wind-scar traveled towards the ice demon but this time, with huge flames. The blazing element surrounded the ice demon and began to crush it with it's powerful heat and hurling force. Everyone watched as the demon broke into thousands of ice shards, then melted into tiny puddles of water.

Kaede's eyes returned to their normal brown and she collapsed to the ground.

"Kaede! Are you alright?" Yumi asked with care as she placed a hand on her friend's shoulder. Kaede heaved a sigh and nodded. She glared up to Tetshiega and looked over the scratch marks which were previously glowing passionately, and were now just dull marks on the blade.

"Well that's interesting..." She whispered to herself as the rest came staggering to her side.

"That was great! I never knew you'd be able to master it so quickly!" TK complimented, seeming not to take heed of her wounds. Kaede just stared at her with a weak grin until she heard a distant scream. All of them turned to their right, to see a massive group of villagers come ambling from the forest and over to the comrades. They all began to praise them, especially Kaede and TK, and invited them to their village to stay for the night in thanks of ridding them of the ice demon.

"Say," TK started curiously, "You wouldn't happen to have seen a tall demon with long silver hair and carrying a pelt, would ya? He might have been with a little annoying toad demon too,"

"I have!" One little girl spoke up, "I was picking some flowers this morning and I saw him walking by. I hid, but he said he knew I was there but moved on. He went that way,"

She pointed in the direction of the forest beyond where they were looking. TK giggled to herself as blush crept across her cheeks. She grinned from ear-to-ear and elevated herself onto her tip-toes and said her good-byes to the group she had been traveling with and to the villagers. Kaede then thanked her for the attack but smirked when she found she was already gone.

"Oh! I forgot to tell her about the pretty, nice woman he was with! She was very nice when she found me and decided to pick flowers with me," The little girl remembered as she gazed at the flower bracelet she and Rin had made. Kaede frowned and hoped to herself as they followed the people back to their village,

'TK...I hope you'll be alright when you find out about Rin,'

Kaede seemed to be in another world as everyone else's conversing surrounded her as they continued towards the village. She was starting to get edgy which lead to fidgeting. She had hoped no one would notice, but of course, Yukio had to.

"Kaede, are you ok?" he asked cautiously as she flexed her claws and stared off into nothingness. She could hear his voice, it even echoed in her head, but she just couldn't drag herself from her empty thoughts to answer him. Finally, she knew he would continue to press annoying questions into her skull, so she tormented her inner self to answer,

"Hmm? Oh, I'm fine,"

I gotta get away from him, she thought as she picked up her pace as they reached the village, trying to avoid him. He growled inwardly when he noticed she was avoiding him and flew up in front of her, stopping her in her tracks.

"What's wrong? You've been acting pretty weird in and out," He pressured her for an answer.

She inadvertently glared into his eyes with her own but desperately tore her's away. He wouldn't understand. As she blinked, her eyes turned golden with built fury. Pushing by him peevishly, she barked back,

"I told you, I'm fine!"

She marched up to the head villager and began to speak with him, leaving the rest of her comrades with puzzled expressions.

Kaede peeled open her left eyelid as soon as she sensed everyone had fallen asleep then her right eyelid opened as well. It had been a long few days for everyone, so they had all collapsed and drifted into slumber when they were given a room to stay in their mansion (which wasn't all too great since they were not the wealthiest village but it was fine)even though the sun was just setting.

Kaede quietly stood and crept out of the room, careful not to wake any of the others who slept soundly. As she took a step onto the ground, outside the mansion, she could feel a burst of cool air brush against her face, which pulled back her thick ivory strands of hair. She started off slowly, then picked up a fast paced run towards the forest just near the village. Her legs finally grew weary, considering that she was tuckered out from the battle earlier, and she came to a stop.

Kneeling down beside a small pond, she carefully placed a finger tip on top of the water then peered up to the sky. The trees around her were dark but their high tips were glazed over with a honey-type color from the setting sun. The sky reflected the color painting the tips, with only a bit of darkness near falling over the skies as the remaining light slowly disappeared. She gazed down to her reflection and gasped when her own reflection was that of her mother's. She smiled as her mother grinned that smile that only a mother could form. The one that makes you feel like a small child again. Her eyes watered over and soon tears spilled down her cheeks.

"Mom...I miss you so much. I'm coming for you, though, I promise," As her last word slipped past her lips, a single tear fell onto the water, creating a ripple effect which brought her own reflection back. Kaede took in a small sigh as she could hear her mother's faint cries for her in her mind.

"Kaede! Ka..Kaede?" Kagome shot up from her sleeping back with sweat soaking her forehead. She dragged a sweaty hand through her bangs as InuYasha jumped down from the tree he slept in, and crouched to her side. He lightly gathered her in his arms as Sango stirred in her sleep and leapt away so that they wouldn't wake. He placed her down and gently took her face into his hands, asking her calmly,

"What's wrong, Kagome?"

She rose her clammy hands to his that were gently curved around her face and her thumb gently stroked his soft skin. She glanced back up to his gaze and confessed,

"Kaede is here in the feudal era...I can sense it,"

InuYasha seemed astonished at first that Kagome could sense something like this, but shrugged it off as he took her into his warm embrace. Her voice cracked as she weakly uttered,

"I'm so worried. And what about you...you seem very uneasy tonight. Is something the matter?"

He brushed off her question and took her out from the bathing moonlight to the light of the warm fire where they set camp and helped her into her sleeping bag while whispering,

"We'll go find her tomorrow,"

She smiled weakly and gently patted the cushioning of the space left beside her in the sleeping bag. He smirked and snuggled into the sleeping bag with her and with his arm thrown delicately over her small waist protectively. He gently kissed the top of her head as she fell asleep and stared back and up to the half moon with a worried frown. He was surprised Kagome hadn't noticed of the half moon. That was the reason why he was so nervous because that night, was the night Kaede became human.

TK scurried through the forest and finally found who she was looking for. She came to a blunt stop as she gaze upon the dog demon standing in the open with the pale moonlight bringing out his features. Waiting for nothing in particular with prestige. Inhaling deeply, she began to take a step towards the demon she had been waiting for so long to see but shuddered with shock as a woman's voice called his name,

"Sesshoumaru-sama!"

She took her step back and darted behind a tree, gazing onto the woman who was perched by his side. A...human, she thought still startled. No. It couldn't be. He was her Sesshoumaru...not her's. As she watched him gaze upon the younger woman basically clinging to his side, she felt something deep inside her begin to wither up like a rose and die. Crumbling to the depths of her stomach. Funny, the way he looked at this woman, it was the same way he used to gaze at her-- longingly. Her eyes focused back on Sesshoumaru as his masculine voice that always made her quiver with adoration addressed,

"Rin," the young woman peered up to him with a smile. As much as TK hated to admit, this 'Rin's' eyes were very stunning in beauty for a human.

"Go take Ah-Un, and find Jaken,"

She nodded and stood, then gracefully climbed on the two headed dragon beside her and they disappeared into the other direction of the forest. TK swallowed hard then turned around to leave but stopped suddenly as she heard,

"TK,"

She gaze over her shoulder with nervous eyes to the demon lord who was now facing her from where he stood. Her nerves were wrecked as he continued,

"Where are you going? You did come here to see me, yes?"

She smiled, though, as she could see a smirk caress his thin lips. She strutted over to him where he stood in the open with her hands glued to her hips, her tail swaying behind her. He cocked a brow as she taunted,

"Well, if it isn't the big bad taiyoukai of the west: Sesshoumaru," She could feel the tension begin to wash away as the reunion took place.

"Big mouthed as always, I see," He taunted back, struggling to keep his same solid expression. She laughed then there was a brief moment of dry silence which was thick with sadness. She cast her gaze to the ground then stated slowly,

"So, I see you have a mate,"

He exhaled softly as he kept his steady glare fixed on her.

"What you say is true,"

"What's her name?" She asked. It only dawned on her a few moments after her question to how foolish it was considering that he knew she was there the whole time before. She waited for him to throw that in her face, but surprisingly, he didn't,

"Rin,"

Her eyes rose to his, then fell back to the ground as she managed to let out a small, 'I see,'. The awkwardness that had disappeared had now returned in full force. She cursed herself for bringing up the topic, so changed it. Of course, with an even worse discussion,

"Sesshoumaru," She started while closing her eyes in an effort to brace herself quickly for her continuation,

"Did you ever miss me, when I was gone?"

Even he was caught off guard. He wasn't used to her spontaneous acts since the huge gap of time that they were apart. That guiltiness that stuck to his heart when he hadn't gone after her once she had left so long ago. His original plan was to answer with something witty or dull like, 'Who would miss an annoying demon like you?' but he knew that he would hurt her by acting like, well, himself at a time like this.

"Of course I did," he was even shocked as these words tumbled out from his mouth. That pesky heart of his had done the talking for him. TK blushed lightly and smiled.

She couldn't tell whether it was the time nor the place to confess her feelings towards him, but she doubted ever getting a second chance quite like this. Gently, she found herself raising her hand to his face and gently stroking his cheek with her fingers. He shuddered inside to her soft touch. Her hand slunk down to his shoulder as she felt her eyes weigh down with puddles of tears. She couldn't take it. She loved him. And even if he didn't love her back, even if he couldn't love her back, she wouldn't keep this bottled up inside,

"Sesshoumaru...I've missed you so much. I regret ever leaving. Maybe..." She drifted off then reclaimed her words,

"Maybe things would have been different if I hadn't left. Maybe I would have been able to fall into your arms whenever I wanted to, maybe I would have been able to kiss you whenever I wanted to. But, I can't go back in time and change the past, and I know it might be too late to be saying this, but I want you to know...I need you to know that I'll still love you, forever,"

His bottom lip fell into a gasping look as the crystal tears shimmered in the moonlight as they sunk down her cheeks. She felt herself shake as she was drenched mentally in a heap of memories between her and the taiyoukai. She sniffled, still trying to fight back tears. Her gasp took to the air as her body met his. Her eyes wandered to the side as she felt his arm hold her close to him. She finally relaxed and slunk her arms to his back and cried silently onto his chest.

"I'm sorry," He uttered. She was shocked that he was as choked up as she was. A weak smile curved her lips as she felt his chest expand and contract against her own. She could stay there forever in his arms. But she knew it wasn't possible. She knew she would have to give him up all because of Rin. She didn't mind, though. She couldn't hate her just because she had fallen in love with Sesshoumaru. She silently slipped out from his grasp and smiled warmly as he held her hand once she backed away. Seemingly trying to cling onto her as a last bit of hope for their love. But he knew he had to let her go, as well. He loved Rin.

She swallowed hard then backed away to leave. With her back turned to him, she continued to shed tears as silently as she could.

"I will always love you, too," He whispered softly as she disappeared from his sight. He sighed as she was gone.

"Sesshoumaru-sama!" Rin's sing-song voice sweetly called as she joined beside him on the two headed demon resembling a dragon. Jaken was out like a light on the back of the demon. Sesshoumaru nodded and they bounded towards the skies.

TK covered her mouth as tears continuously fell from her eyes as she lay on a tree's branch, hidden from sight and scent from the dog demon. She had heard his last words, and knew they would stay in her heart forever.

Yumi stared hopelessly into the glow of the fire, her eyes dancing with the flames. She gently rested her head on her folded hands as she lay beside the heat of the fire. The other two were also awake with her to wait out the return of Kaede.

"Where do you think she could of gone?" Yumi asked with deep concern. Over the past few months, her and Kaede had become very close friends. Kaede even thought of Yumi as her own sister, and vice-a-versa. Yukio stared off to the wall with his eyelids slowly falling. He was jolted back to reality, though, when he heard a rustling from outside. Yumi cautiously reached for her weapon as a figure ran by the sliding door.

"Kaede?" Shippou called. Silence. Then suddenly a sigh could be heard and the slider was pulled open. Kaede stepped in and kept to the shadows as she went to sit in the corner. Yukio and Yumi gasped in shock as they gaze upon Kaede's form. Her dog ears had gone, and a pair of human ears rested at the sides of her head, her nails had shortened, and her canine teeth had squared off.

"Kaede, is that you?" Yumi inquired as she leaned forward, trying to get a better look at the girl. Yukio told her to come out into the light so they could see her better, but she refused.

Shippou, who was radiating from the fire's glow, quickly transformed into Kaede's human form, announcing in agitation,

"This is how she looks,"

Kaede frowned and approached the light with a sigh following. Her brown orbs shimmered slightly as she apologized to Shippou,

"I'm sorry I didn't remind you,"

Shippou's eyes knocked from Kaede to the pair in front of him as he begun to explain,

"You see, Kaede's father was a demon, and his mother was a human, which made him a half-demon. Kaede is also a half-demon, though, because, supposedly, when her parents, um, 'did it' InuYasha was said to have gone full-demon. Anyways-,"

"EW!" Kaede cried in disgust. She really had no desire to be reminisced of how she was conceived since many people seemed to know. Her antics went on as Shippou continued,

"Uh, so anyways, on the night of the new moon, he turned human. But since Kaede's situation is unique, her transformation is on the night of the first half-moon of every month,"

Kaede just rolled her eyes and changed the subject quickly so that no questions had to be asked. She was very personal when it came to her life, obviously.

"So, you guys wanna go swimming tomorrow?" Her blunt question triggered off new thinking to the rest of the group which was exactly what Kaede had intended. They all looked at her, ready to question her motives.

"You mean bathe?" Yukio asked with an astonished look. His gaze darted over to Yumi with a sly smirk twisting his lips. Yumi just snarled briefly in his direction while Kaede explained,

"No! Like just, well, swim! I've got an extra swim suit for you, Yumi,"

Yumi, still a bit confused, smiled and nodded. The boys were still quite out of it all.

"What will we wear?" Yukio and Shippou chimed in as the girls giggled to themselves about nothing in particular. Yumi glanced over to Kaede and both smirked as Yumi messed around with their heads seductively leading them on,

"Be creative,"

Shippou stifled back the urge to break out into laughter as he watch the bird demon scoot over to Yumi's side. Yumi and Kaede continued to chat about, until Yumi came to a sudden halt between words with her eyes opened wide.

"Get your hands off me you damn hentai!" She screamed and socked a fist to his face. As the fist made contact with his face, he fell over with delusional Yumi's dancing around his throbbing head. Shippou fell to the floor in laughter as Kaede asked what Yukio had done.

"He groped me!" Yumi screeched again and once again socked a fist to his other cheek as he sat up slowly then hit the floor again. Kaede then fell over in laughter and giggled,

"You and Miroku will get along very nicely, Yukio,"

Shippou nodded in agreement with her and carried on with their laughter, as Yumi clenched her fists while muttering cuss words and Yukio lay, out cold for the night.