Chapter Twenty-Eight

In this chapter...

I've written a few mini-scenes that wouldn't suffice as a chapter alone. Here you are!

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"MIROKU YOU HENTAI!"

All the men turned their heads to see all the girls beating Miroku up. Sesshomaru turned around lazily. He didn't mind it. Miroku would get killed by Yasu without his help.

"The hands are posessed..." Miroku excused himself.

"Really? Well, we know how to handle demons," Yasu said, pulling out her sword. "Think of it this way, Miroku. You won't have a wind tunnel to worry about anymore!"

"GAAAAAAH!" Miroku ran and hid behind Inuyasha.

"If you weren't my friend, I would have moved away," Inuyasha told the monk.

"Ooh, that monk makes me mad!" Yasu snarled. Yuki nodded while rubbing her backside where Miroku pinched her. It was the first time he made an advance on her, and she wasn't expecting it. Of course, she gave him a lump on the head for it, so none of her brothers made a move to help her.

"I thought he stopped doing that," Kagome groaned, sitting down.

"What do you mean? He does it to me all the time!" Sango yelled.

"I mean with me. And he even pinched Yuki!" Kagome said.

"Yeah, remind me to beat him myself for that," Inuyasha said, turning to glare at his 'friend'.

"Ulp," Miroku inched away.

...

Sesshomaru and Yasu were gone. It wasn't surprising to find them missing. Kagome supposed they liked peace, and Yasu liked to stay out of large groups whenever she could. The Inutachi was probably the biggest group she has ever been introduced to. Miroku was sitting alone while Sango played with Kirara, the kits, and Rin. Every once in a while she'd sent warning glares at the monk. Inuyasha was sparring with Yuki with Kouga watching and cheering.

The miko thought it would be nice to cook a nice, hot meal for everyone when they returned. She turned around to look at Miroku. She wanted help, but she didn't want to risk being groped again. She decided help was a luxury and went to gather ingredients herself.

"You really should leave me be," Yasu said, opening one eye to look at Sesshomaru. He stood there watching her as she was meditating. She didn't mind it so much, but didn't he have something else to do? Surely her meditating wasn't the most interesting thing to watch.

"Rin and Jaken are being kept busy," Sesshomaru told her.

Yasu opened her eyes and got up from her position. What was with Sesshomaru? A quick aura check told her it was really Sesshomaru and not a mere disguise.

"What's with you?" she asked, frowning. She still wouldn't forgive him for more or less saying she was merely a carrier for offspring. "You don't care for me much, but you won't leave me alone!"

"Would you rather this Sesshomaru leave?" the demon challenged.

"No, no... Stay. But... Keep yourself busy. I'm sure you're bored just standing there."

Sesshomaru gave her a little smirk before approaching and sitting next to her. Yasu sat as well.

"Meditate, bird. I shall do so as well," he said.

He's getting less formal and more personal with me as time flies, Yasu thought to herself. She closed her eyes and paid more attention to emptying her mind.

...

"Dinner is ready!" Kagome's voice called out. Yasu opened her eyes. It seemed like seconds ago she and Sesshomaru sat down to meditate together. Sesshomaru stood and helped her up.

"Thanks," she said. She felt more powerful and in control of her spiritual energy. She also felt a calmer aura around Sesshomaru. They walked to the campgrounds together.

"What is it that you two were doing that took so long?" Miroku questioned. "I know you two are mates now, but-"

"You better make sure what's in your head doesn't leave your mouth," Yasu said, booting him in the head.

"Good, food, I'm starving," Inuyasha said when he arrived. Kouga passed by the group with a snoozing Yuki on his back and placed her in a sleeping bag. He came back and sat next to Inuyasha

"I see you drained all her energy, Inuyasha," Kagome noted, looking at Yuki.

"She drained it herself using her powers most of the time," Inuyasha grumbled, stuffing his mouth with rice and vegetables. Kouga smirked as he bit into a bit of raw rabbit, which Kagome reserved especially for him and Sesshomaru. Of course, the dog demon didn't touch his food.

"I wonder... How is it that she was born with the ability to control ice when you are just a normal hanyou?" Yasu said randomly.

"I wondered that, too," Miroku said, putting down his food. "You would think there would be some reason for why she was born like that."

"Maybe she was just born like that, I don't know," Inuyasha grumbled. Truthfully, he was thinking about the same thing.

Everyone looked at Yuki. She was sleeping so peacefully.

"Ice is calm," Kagome blurted out. Everyone turned to give her a strange look. "I mean, when I look at ice it seems to neutral and calm, doesn't it? Yuki is more rational than Inuyasha, perhaps that has something to do with it?"

"Now that I think about it, if Yuki is anywhere near Inuyasha, he starts to think clearly, too," Sango said.

"And Yuki has more aggressiveness," Kouga realized.

"We'll think about it later, okay?" Inuyasha was turning red from all the attention he was getting. He envied his sister, who was too deep in sleep to know they were talking about her, too.

Kagome smiled and bit into a vegetable. She wasn't about to let this go.

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"Sesshomaru-sama and Yasu-sama are going to have a wedding?" Rin asked one day. Yasu froze. Who told her that?

"What was that, Rin?" Sesshomaru asked.

"When Sesshomaru-sama and Yasu-sama wed, you will bear children?"

"MONK!"

Miroku ran off with Yasu and Sesshomaru at his heels.

"Um, Rin, I don't think that will be until a long time," Kagome said, sweat-dropping as Yasu beat Miroku to a pulp. Inuyasha groaned and ran to help the monk.

"But the houshi said-"

"That monk is a no-good, dirty rotten pervert!" Sango said. She was clearly upset that Miroku told Rin something like that. The little girl looked down. She secretly hoped for a little brother or sister.

"Inuyasha, don't!" Yuki yelled, running over. She froze her brother's arm while it was still raised. She pulled the Tetsusaiga from his grasp.

"Yuki! Give it back!" Inuyasha yelled. The ice was starting to melt.

"Promise you're not going to hurt anyone," Yuki said. She saw the ice melting and grit her teeth. She wasn't the one doing it.

"Fine!" Inuyasha broke his arms free. Yuki handed Tetsusaiga back to him.

"You can't swing it around like that," she said. "You might lose control."

"Lose control of what? My demon side? Feh, it's because of Tetsusaiga I'm my normal self," her twin scoffed.

His demon blood wasn't what she was talking about.

AN: What was that? Does Yuki know something, once again, that nobody else knows? Dun dun duuuun!

I finished The Final Act this morning. Why did it have to end? *Sobs in corner*