That night, Sesshomaru was ready to continue the journey to Lord's Takemisho event. Rin's face was wet with tears, not letting go Sesshomaru's for even a second until he truly left. Kuda made sure to stay out and away from the village the whole day, which she did, and now she was waiting for Sesshomaru at the top of the hill. She sighed and looked up at the stars, wondering why she was even staying with Lord Sesshomaru at all. At any moment she can leave, and he would care at all. Just another problem fleeing is life, making it much easier. No, she was staying to make his life a living hell, but found herself not doing anything to him lately. She frowned, very disappointed in herself. Finally Sesshomaru was coming up the hill with Rin walking sluggishly beside him. Kagome came, too, to accompany Rin back to the village after Sesshomaru and Kuda left. Then, Rin reached up and grabbed Sesshomaru's hand in hers, making that jealously of not having a father bubble up again in Kuda. As they neared closer to Kuda, Kuda turned around, giving her back to them. She didn't want to see Rin, and she didn't want Sesshomaru to see her jealous and pained face. Kuda heard Sesshomaru talk quietly to Rin, while Rin bobbed her head up and down, tears streaming down her face. Finally Sesshomaru finished his conversation with a kiss to Rin's cheek, and then Rin walked towards Kuda. Kuda tried her best to hide her annoyed expression.
Rin held out a bracelet towards her. "Here, for you Kuda." She said quietly.
It was a very nice and beautiful bracelet, cunningly woven into a circle pattern. This absolutely made Kuda bitter. The bracelet's band was made of a soft, dark, leather, with a small silver latch to close the bracelet around the wrist. In between the multiple leather straps that were woven like braids, were small blue flowers embedded into it, also made of leather. Kuda thought of denying the 'hideous' bracelet, and that's what she just did.
"Sorry, I don't wear those things." Kuda said.
Rin was again hurt, and Kuda saw it in her face. But Rin was determined to give it to Kuda, to she picked of Kuda's hand and thrust the bracelet in. "I took the whole day making it for you. At least take it, you don't have to wear it." Rin said, smiling softly at her, the tears on her face drying.
Kuda sighed defeated and annoyed, and mumbled, "Alright...", and shoved the bracelet into her pocket pants as if it were just another worthless thing she was saving.
Satisfied, Rin ran back to Sesshomaru and gave him last final hug, and took Kagome's outstretched hand and both walked back down to the village, neither of them looking back. When they were far away, Sesshomaru twisted his head towards Kuda and angrily glared at her. Kuda glared back with the same anger.
"What?" Kuda asked impolitely.
"If you ever hurt Rin's feelings again, I will kill you. If we are also outside my castle and away from population, you will still have manners and call or answer me with formality."
"Sorry, Lord Of Constant Pain In My Ass." Kuda spat at him.
Sesshomaru growled, baring his fangs at her. His hands twitched, itching throw poison at the rude human girl. "If you weren't a use to me to scope out information that I dearly need, your body and bones would be in the stomach of a wretched demon!" He growled.
"For your information, Lord Sesshomaru, I already am! I can't possibly do nothing without you having to accuse me of false things!" Kuda practically yelled at him.
"Keep your mouth shut! You are like a child, not knowing what you are saying! Do you think I did not smell and see your jealously and hatred towards Rin when she did nothing? Do not take me for a fool you pathetic human!"
"See, right there, Sesshomaru! You accuse me of being pathetic, and I am not pathetic! Do I look pathetic to you, do I even act pathetic in any way? I am not pathetic, it is you Lord Sesshomaru who is pathetic! I AM NOT PATHETIC!" Kuda yelled, taking deep breaths then to bring more oxygen into her body.
Sesshomaru smirked, and crossed his arms over his chest. "You are still a child, Kudaranai. Now come, I do not want to be late for the event." He turned, and began walking quickly into the woods towards some hills in the horizon.
"Yeah, turn your back on the problem you ignorant demon! You false making, annoying, old, pathetic, piece of-",
"Kudaranai!" Sesshomaru yelled at from ahead of her.
Kuda grumbled and mumbled more curses under her breath. She just about had it with the demon, with his false accusations of calling her pathetic and a child. I am not a child, she thought angrily as she walked quickly to catch up to him, and I am most certainly not pathetic!
All the time until midnight, she walked a good distance back away from him. She was still fuming, arms crossed on her chest, red-faced, and kicking a good old rock when one appeared in her way. Earlier, she kicked a good sized rock that looked nice enough to kick, only to find out it was the tip of a boulder that was pointing out from the ground from being buried. Kuda hollered as her foot bounced back towards her, jumping up and down on one leg while holding her other foot up with her sprained toe. After that, she walked with a small limp and walked around big rocks that poked or simply laid on the dirt rode innocently, quietly mocking me, she thought paranoid. Finally, both begin to climb the tall hill, slowly, taking their time. When the sun began to rise, Kuda was a bit tired, and both at the top of the hill. Just down and littler father away from the hill they were on, through the soft mist Kuda saw Lord Takemisho's castle, small and depressing. It was in colors od black, grey, and white, while Sesshomaru's castles held colors such as green, red, blue, white, organs and yellows. Now Kuda knew why Sesshomaru called Lord Takemisho's events worthless, because they must have been as boring as watching a fly walk around on dung, Kuda thought dryly. After a short break, they walked down the hill and into the village the Castle was in charge of protecting. Kuda knew that this village, or rather a city to her, was the second largest Main Market of Trade in Japan. The first Main Market of Trade was located in the North, and was even bigger than this one. Yet still, to Kuda, just being there felt like the first Main Market of Trade of Japan for it was so big. People and demons were bustling around yelling and making bargains. Kids and children ran in the busy streets chasing dogs and carts and wagons almost running the kids and dogs over. Then, Sesshomaru took a turn into a Restaurant, letting the blanket-door hit Kuda's face while entering behind him. She growled and had a small fist fight with the blanket, threw it open to the side, and angrily sat in front of Sesshomaru in the table he was sitting at. Sesshomaru ordered Sake for himself, and nothing for Kuda witch made her angry because she was thirsty, too. She complained, and Sesshomaru answered with if she had money herself to pay her drinks with, and she ignored him, turning her head to the side. The restaurant was full, packed with mostly demons and little humans, yet the humans who were there eating looked like demons themselves with that hatred and lust in their eyes. Self-consciously she brushed her long bangs over her eyes, covering them.
"Lord Sesshomaru." A young woman who looked like a geisha came and bowed with a tray of Sake in a jar with cups cups, and sat to the side of the table. Not once did Sesshomaru lift a hand, for the young geisha did everything. Kuda scoffed, and turned her head again back to inspecting the restaurant. Then, Kuda saw something in the corner of her eye. That geisha was purposely spreading her legs open, her kimono having a cut split so it can show to her woman-hood. Surely he wouldn't look, Kuda thought disgusted, and yet she did catch him taking a small peek while drinking Sake.
"Would you like some?" That disgusting geisha asked Kuda rudely if she wanted Sake.
"Some of you, no thanks; I like men." Kuda replied with a smirk.
The geisha went red instantly and shut her legs like a bolt of lightening. Sesshomaru chuckled, and the geisha bent her head embarrassed and angry. "I meant Sake." The geisha said angrily, not looking at her.
"No." Kuda replied flatly, and went back to looking around the restaurant. She always these restaurants with prostitute women, and the only reason she knew that was because she entered these kind of restaurants to steal money from rich demons and humans. Then, this geisha, somehow looked familiar to Kuda, but ignored it, not wanting anything from people who only looked for cheap lust. She took a coin from where Sesshomaru set out some coins, and rolled it over her knuckles. A trick she learned when her adoptive father was too drunk to hate her and taught her the trick. And yet somehow and for some reason, it eased her nerves and anger. The geisha smirked at Kuda who wasn't looking but rather focused on the running coin on her knuckles.
"No one can do that trick except for you, Nights." The geisha spoke like a snake.
The coin stopped and fell from her knuckles onto a table, her body frozen her previous nickname. Now she knew this geisha, she was her best friend when Kuda's adoptive parents dies. But Kuda left her, for even she involved and greater crimes than Kuda ever did. Kuda glared at Pumpkin, the geisha.
"It's Kudaranai." Kuda said proudly for the first time.
Pumpkin laughed quietly while filling Sesshomaru's cup of Sake again, slowly opening her legs again. "That's even a more worthless name for you! Did Lord Sesshomaru name you that, because it fits you well."
"Yes, he did, and it does fit me well because I am worth-less. I am too valuable to even have a price, right Lord Sesshomaru?" Kuda replied smirking, and Sesshomaru stopped midway in drinking. He mentally kicked himself, never seeing the little trick to the name. Pumpkin frowned too, never seeing the little trick also.
"Nice retort, typical good old Nights with words. Would you like some juice at least, on the house?" The geisha asked Kuda, still angry.
"No, because you're going to spit in." Kuda replied angrily.
The geisha smirked. "Nice of you to still remember all my tricks- except maybe this one!" The geisha quickly stood, and ripped her bottom kimono which was actually made to come off. She gave a twirl, and soon the band that was in the restaurant began to play 'prostitute' music, and she danced, showing off her breasts and woman-hood. Kuda remembered dancing with her like that when she was little, just to get food in her stomach, but soon found it degrading to herself and was the whole reason why she left Pumpkin.
"Come now, Nights, and let's see who is the most prettiest and has the best move like before!" Pumpkin challenged her.
The men cheered, and cheered mostly for the challenge. Sesshomaru was entertained by the geisha's dancing, but the moment she challenged his Kuda, he wanted to leave, not believing she actually going to do it. And yet, when the music lowed to a beat of a challenge, and Pumpkin stopped dancing, smirking at Kuda, Kuda stood. Sesshomaru was going to pull her down, but she walked to quickly away from him.
Kuda walked and stood in front of Pumpkin. "Come, Nights, challenge me like you did when you were little, and this time I will win for sure!" Pumpkin said.
"No, I will still win for sure, Pumpkin. I will still be the prettiest and have the best move." Kuda replied.
"Then show us!" Pumpkin yelled, and the music blared back to "prostitute' music. Kuda turned on her side, stuck out her hip, and swung her balled hand fast into Pumpkin's face. Pumpkin stumbled backwards holding her face and landed on a customer's table. The music stopped and everyone gasped. Pumpkin uncovered her face, only to show everyone a bloody and broken nose with her two front teeth in her bloody hand.
"See, I won. I am still the prettiest and I most certainly still have the best move." Kuda said, flexing her hand that she used to pound Pumpkin's face in.
Then everyone burst out laughing, men cheering for Kuda and some men falling onto the floor out of laughing so hard. Even Sesshomaru turned his head back to the table, closed his eyes and held his head in his hand, laughing too. Kuda is truly something amazing, Sesshomaru thought while laughing quietly.
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