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*Hey guys Hakuorofan7 here and welcome back to another chapter of Hanyo of Snow.*

*This chapter should have been out a week ago on March 6th, but well life hot in the way. Still here it is and I hope you enjoy this chapter.*

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Izayoi


(Touma POV)

Oh my head, what hit me.

Oh right, Sesshōmaru knocked me out.

"This happens way to often." I said as I studied my surrondings and found myself in a tree and bound by a chain.

Smart move, bound to keep any normal humans from trying anything. Sadly I have to keep this cherade up for a bit, if Sesshōmaru hasn't already figured it out that is.

"Not struggling to get out human?" Sesshōmaru asked from around me. I looked to my right to find her perched on an oni the size of a hill.

You don't see those very often in my day and age. They are found more often then not in the country and even then according to dad's note these kind of oni weren't the most dangerous.

That honor belonged to a type of pink haired oni found around Kamakura. He also mentioned to stay far away from that place. Never explained it though.

Then I noticed something on the oni's left arm.

Is that an imp and is he carrying the Nintōjō?

"No, besides I know that I'd be getting out of this soon enough. You would have killed me if I didn't serve a purpose to you?" I said, getting the imp to glare at me.

"How dare you talk to Lady Sesshōmaru like that you lowly human!" The imp shouted, only to be silenced with a glare by Sesshōmaru.

"Jaken, don't argue with the human. I wish to discuss something with him. Once I am done with him I could care less what you do to him. Until then leave the human be and there will be consequences." Sesshōmaru said coldly, getting Jaken to back off.

"Of-f course Lady Sesshōmaru!" He stammered out.

So I take it this Jaken must be her retainer then. Then why didn't Inuko said anything about him? Either he has been with her since after Inuko was sealed onto the tree, or Inuko didn't believe him a threat. Most likely the later.

"Jaken was it." I said getting his attention.

"What is it human?" He snapped at me.

"Your an imp from the Musashi Plains, aren't you?" I questioned, surprising Jaken and causing Sesshōmaru to raise an eyebrow in interest.

"Yes, but how did you know that?" Jaken questioned.

"You match the descriptions of one from my father's notes. They also said that the imps from there was a hearty trip that we're capable of weathering out attacks from all different kinds of yokai over the centuries." I said, getting the imp to puff his chest out in pride.

"That is exactly true! I was once such an imp before I decided to follow Lady Sesshōmaru and becoming her retainer for these last hundred years." Jaken said with pride.

So he was harmless then, at least to the likes of me, Yura, and Inuko. Possibly Kagome as well. We still had to deal with a daiyokai though.

"Your father must be quite the scholar to know that." Jaken said.

"He was, it's where I got all of my knowledge of yokai from after all." I said before looking at the Nintōjō. "Including a few things about Lord Tōga like how he won that staff from a tribe of oni. So I guess that Sesshōmaru give you it."

"Indeed I did." Sesshōmaru said. "I inherited the Nintōjō from my father and gave it to Jaken, he has a better use of it for me. My father had it enchanted to keep track of his treasures incase someone is foolish enough to steal of them. This includes the Tessaiga, but he had it enchanted so I couldn't use it for that purpose. So when Jaken pledged his loyalty I gave it to him."

I see then. Looks like Tōga was smart enough to disable that feature on the Nintōjō so she wouldn't find the Tessaiga. But it seemed like she found a loophole with Jaken.

"Jaken, I need the Nintōjō." Sesshōmaru ordered, snapping me out of my thoughts. She then lept into the air.

"Of course Lady Sesshōmaru!" He said and threw it at her.

She effortlessly caught it midair before landing gracefully onto the tree branch.

"Your going to us the Nintōjō on the sword?" I asked.

It was the only explanation as the only other thing the staff can do is either soak me or roast me if she pleased.

"Indeed this sword was considered a treasure even if he gave it back to humanity. I have seen plenty of fakes so it is better to be thorough with this." Sesshōmaru said as she held the staff over the sword. After a few moments the staff twitched and the old man head began to laugh.

"I see, so this is the real one." Sesshōmaru said before facing me. "Tell me human, have you ever heard of a ronin known by the title of Samayō Kōtei?"

I took me a bit to think about it, but I remembered something in my father's notes.

"You mean Ryuma?" I asked, getting her to nod. "Not much except he was a wandering ronin who saved many villages on his travels around Nippon. For his kindness, strength, and him never staying in one place he was nicknamed the Samayō Kōtei or the wondering emperor. Other then him beheading a dragon with one strike and dying of old age 300 years ago, nothing else." I finished before looking at the sword. "So this sword belonged to him?"

"Indeed human, but there is a few things missing with your knowledge. Ryuma possed two swords, Fuyuame which was buried with him and Shūsui his favorite sword and the one you possess right now?" She said, getting me to nod. "The other is that he didn't die of old age. He became a friend of my father shortly after killing that dragon, something that confuses me to this day. Years after their meeting however Ryuma caught a plague and wished to go down fighting father. Not before asking Shūsei to find a worthy owner after his death. He agreed and the two fought. Father won, but gained a large scar on his arm from their encounter. He declared that Ryuma was the only human that he could declare as his equal in battle." Sesshōmaru said, her tone a bit respectful at the end.

I suppose if her father can rightfully declare a human as his equal in something, then she would hold a begrudging respect for someone like a lowly human.

I knew he must've been pretty strong to have decapitated a dragon, but capable of permanently injuring Tōga way past his prime and being sick. There was hardly any words to describe such strength and from an ordinary human no less.

Still to be carrying a weapon like Shūsui is nothing short of amazing. I guess Tōga must've had it enchanted in order for somebody worthy enough to wield it to be able to draw it from it's sheath.

"While I'd like to know how you are worthy of that sword, I shall find out later. Once I possess Tessaiga, I'll kill you and claim that sword back as it is one of my father's treasures. Don't worry too much, I'll give you a fair chance and give you a quick death in the end. Unlike Inuko that is." Sesshōmaru said about as emotionlessly as ever.

Well I should have seen that coming.

"But before then I have one question to ask." She said.

"Well I'll answer it if I get to ask one of my own." I said, getting Jaken to look cross.

"Now see here human! You might be more valuable then the rest of your kin, but you can't be making demands of Lady Sesshōmaru!" He shouted, only for the Nintōjō to be thrown back at him and hit him straight in the head.

"I will agree to your terms human, it is only fair." Sesshōmaru said, getting me to nod. "Now then, tell me what kind of hanyo are you? You smell of a type of yokai I've never encountered before. Although it is strangely soothing" She asked, whispering the last part out.

Maybe she wasn't entirely stone hearted after all if even just a little bit.

"My mother was a Yuki-onna, never really meet her before as she died of heat stroke when I was young." I said, getting her to nod.

"I've never meet a Yuki-onna before, they tend to keep to themselves after all. But they are known not to be trifled with. Father fought a psychotic Yuki-onna that was encroaching on his territory when I was very little and she nearly killed him. But she was put down in the end." She said before facing me. "I've also heard that there is a rare percentage of human male children that sometimes inherit their mother's power, but if you were such a case then you would have escaped by now."

So she suspects that I have it, but isn't entirely sure. Makes sense given how rare my situation is.

"Even if I did have it, I trust that Inuko and the others will get me out of these chains. Or that you will let me go." I said, getting her to nod.

"You are correct. I am many things, but going back on my word is not one of them. I promised my sister that I would release you once she and that priestess showed up and I shall do so." She said. "Now what was you question?"

So she didn't smell Yura then, looks like our plan is working then. Minus being captured of course.

"I was going to ask about the Tenseiga. I heard that you had it and I just wished to see it." I asked her, causing Sesshömaru to raise an eyebrow.

"And why would you want to see it?" She questioned.

"My father nearly killed me by accident while looking all over Nippon for it just to bring my mother back to life. I have no desire to bring them back to the land of the living. They have long since passed and I just wanted to see if his search was worth it." I said honestly, getting her to nod.

"I see then, you are an interesting hanyo. Most would grab at the chance to possess such a weapon. You are just mearly interested in seeing if your father's quest for it was worth it. In a way I can respect that." Sesshōmaru said before pointing to the sword sheathed on her hip. "This sword is the Tenseiga that you father seeked. Many a yokai and human have come seeking the blade, all perished by my hand. Your father must've been one of the more reasonable seekers if I have never crossed paths with him."

"As for its power, then you only have to look up to see what it can do." She said whist pointing up to the sky.

Looking up I saw a moble's palanquin flying high above us, surrounded by a group of imps. Inside was a beautiful woman in a kimono befitting someone of noble stature wrapped up in chains. He appearence seemed a little familiar to me...

Wait, it can't be...

"That's Inuko's mother?" I said shocked, as she was human she should have died years ago.

The power of the Tenseiga was real after all...

"You are correct, that is Izayoi. The accursed human that sired Inuko." Sesshōmaru said with a small snarl. "I have brought her back to life for one purpose alone. To find the secret of our father's tomb."

This can not end well, I just pray that the others will be alright.


(Kagome POV)

"I'm going to kill that bitch!" Inuko snarled from right next to me, and I couldn't help but agree.

Reviving one's family for such a purpose is among the lowest things anyone can do.

"Looks like Sesshōmaru is really more desperate then I thought." Yura said from above us.

After Sesshōmaru kidnapped Touma, which I'm going to put a bell on him as this is happening way to much for him, we found Yura hiding among the tree line. She filled us in on what was going on and the plan that she and Touma made earlier. While he got kidnapped even Inuko agreed that this could be pulled off without him.

So we were ironing out the details when Sesshōmaru figured out that Touma was a hanyo and revealed that she brought Inuko's mother back to life as leverage against her.

For something like that and taking Touma, I just want that flat chested bitch to pay.

"What do you mean by that?" I asked.

"Simple, Sesshōmaru's main preference is to be straight forward with what she wants and works alone minus her retainer Jaken. Why she made that imp her retainer I'll never know. So she must be resorting to such tactics and help in order to get the Tessaiga." Myōga said from Yura's shoulder, only to be flicked off by the yokai in question.

"Stay off of me you old flea!" Yura said before facing me. "But he is right, Sesshōmaru abhors help from others including her own retainer unless she actually wants it."

"Add into fact that she maybe a cold hearted bitch, she has a code of honor to her. She wouldn't usually stoop to such a dishonorable method as reviving mom unless Jaken suggested it to her. Sesshōmaru must've really been out of options if she were to have actually listened to that imp." Inuko said bitterly.

So Sesshōmaru is pulling out all of the stops to claim Tessaiga even if she has to betray her own code of honor.

The thought of confronting someone that determined is honestly frightening, especially since she is a daiyokai.

But we have Inuko who is half daiyokai, Y/N with his cryokinesis, and Yura has her wire like hairs.

So I felt a little more confident about facing her.

Even if we only have Myōga as back up for now. Yura has her own role to play for now.

And I almost forgot something.

"How come you never mentioned this Jaken before?" I asked Inuko.

"Simple he is weak enough that even you can beat him. Only thing he has going for is that staff of his is capable of spitting out torrents of fire. Dodge that and take that staff from him and you are in the clear." Inuko said, getting me to sigh.

Of course he is harmless to you, your basically fireproof. Still it doesn't sound that difficult to get to him. The real problem is his master though.

"So are you ready to teach that bitch a lesson?" Inuko said.

"Ready as I'll ever be." I said while I notched an arrow.

"Good." Inuko said with a smirk before facing Yura. "Looks like Myōga took off as per usual. So as much as I loath to say it, I'll be counting on you when the time comes. Mess it up and I'll kill you."

"If we mess it up we all die, so just worry about protecting master for now." Yura said before taking off into the trees.

It's show time.

On Inuko's back we rushed into the clearing and let the arrow fly right into Sesshōmaru.

She effortlessly caught it and snapped it in half.

"You took your time Inuko, but that is to be expected with you. Along with bringing that lackluster archer with you." Sesshōmaru said coldly, andering me.

Oh that bitch did not just go there! How about if I gave her a taste of her own medicine!

"Like you should be calling me lackluster! You are flatter then any other human I've ever seen in my entire life! They say that you have inhuman beauty which admittedly you do, but you lack everything else at the cost of that! No wonder your father left the Tessaiga to Inuko. Basically besides your power and beauty, you are practically nothing!" I shouted, surprising Touma and Jaken, causing Inuko to burst out laughing, and causing Sesshōmaru's eye to twitch in what I assumed was nothing but anger.

How's that for payback you pompous bitch.

...Dear Amaterasu, I'm starting to sound like Inuko.

I'll just let that slip this one time, because Sesshōmaru deserved it.

"Why you insolent human-" Jaken snapped, but a glare from his master silenced him.

"Jaken leave the human be, she will be the first one I test the Tessaiga on once we retrieve it." Sesshōmaru said coldly as she sent a scathing glare at me, causing me to gulp.

I'm dead once she gets her claws on that sword, if she doesn't kill me herself without it first.

"While I would love nothing more then the girl to insult you some more Sesshōmaru, but let my mother and Touma go!" Inuko demanded before shaking me off of her back.

"Now Inuko remember what I said, I would release the hanyo when you arrived." Sesshōmaru said before forming her energy whip and breaking the chains binding Touma to the tree. "As for your mother she is staying with me."

With a crack of her whip, the imps scattered and the giant oni reached for the palanquin. It smashed it and carried Izayoi in it's fist, the chains wrapped around it's fingernails.

"Mom!" Inuko cried out as she jumped up into the air to free her mother, but the imps appeared in her way. They didn't last long as Inuko sliced through them effortlessly. She had almost reached her mother when a torrent of flames shot out in front of her from Jaken's staff. Inuko dodged it, but Sesshōmaru's whip sent her plummeting to the ground.

In response I notched another arrow and shot it at her.

"Really." Sesshōmaru said as she caught it effortlessly again and snapped it. "You are becoming predictable human."

"I don't think so." I said with a smirk, confusing her.

She barely dodged a slash from Touma's sword.

He tried again only for her to catch it.

But she wasn't expecting him to sweep her legs from underneath her, causing them both to fall from the tree branch.

Inuko lept up and caught him while Sesshōmaru lept onto the shoulder of the oni.

Well at least Touma was alright.

"Not bad Touma." Inuko said while putting him down. "But why didn't you us your powers?"

"She doesn't know I can use them." He said, getting her to nod.

Ah, element of surprise then.

"Inuko..." Izayoi called out weakly.

"Hang on mom, I will get you!" Inuko called up before facing Sesshōmaru. "Let her go you pompous bitch! You want me, so leave my mother out of this!"

"While that is true, but I do have just as much reason to hate her as much as I do you. You two are the reason that father isn't alive anymore and you two will atone for your sin once I possess Tessaiga. However I shall spare her if you answer one question I have." She said coldly as the oni started to put pressure on Izayoi, causing her to scream out in pain.

"Fine whatever it is say it now, just leave her alone!" Inuko cried out, desperation edging her voice. I've never heard hear like this before and it honestly stung my heart to see Inuko in such a condition.

That cold hearted bitch just crossed a line, she needed to pay.

Sesshōmaru used her whip against the oni's neck, causing it's grip on Izayoi to slacken.

"What I want to know Inuko is the location of our father's tomb, a location he entrusted to you. The only clue I can gather about what you are hiding is a simple saying. 'Visiable but invisible, the true protector of the grave can not see it.' That is what I seek, so do you know what it means or not?" Sesshōmaru said coldly.

Visible but invisible, the true protector of the grave can not see it.

It had to have been inside Inuko like Kaede said, but where.

Wait a minute.

"Tojma, do you know of any black spheres from anything mention in your father's notes." I whispered to him, getting him to nod.

"One and it is what Sesshōmaru is probably looking for." He whispered back.

So the entryway into Lord Tōga's tomb is inside one of Inuko's eyes. Judging by the way Inuko was clutching her fists she must've figured it out herself as well.

"I have no clue what you are talking about and I don't give a damn about our father's tomb! So let my mother go and fuck off or I will kill you!" Inuko growled out, causing her sister to sigh.

"Once again you are nothing but a disappointment Inuko." Sesshōmaru said with a frown. "If that is all you have to say, then your mother is worthless to me."

She used her whip on the oni and the grip intensified twofold on Izayoi.

"Mom!" Inuko cried out.

"Inuko..." Izayoi said in pain, reaching out for her daughter as the pain of being crushed was getting to her. "You've grown up to be such a beautiful woman. My only regret is not being able to be with you for all of those years alone..." She said before going limp and falling unconscious due to the pain.

Sesshōmaru need to pay.

"Touma?" I said with a frown, while notching an arrow.

"On it." He said with mist generating from his hands.

"Damn it Sesshōmaru!" Inuko cried out before jumping up and slicing the oni's hand clean off with her claws. It fell to the ground along with Izayoi and Inuko went to check on her mother.

The oni roared out in pain and thrashed around, nearly shaking Jaken off of it. Sesshōmaru looked about ready to use her whip again, but I was ready.

"It's ready Kagome." Touma said as he moved away from the ice encased arrow. I nodded as shoot it. It was heavier then what I was used to and didn't hit where I was aiming for. But it did leave quite the nasty cut on Sesshōmaru's whipping hand.

"Kagome, Touma look after my mother I'm going to go gut that bitch!" She growled as she layed her mother down gently in front of us.

"Think again Inuko." Sesshōmaru said as the cut on her hand closed up.

You have got to be kidding me!

I knew that hanyo could heal much faster then humans if Touma and Inuko was of any indication, but Sesshōmaru basically has regeneration levels of healing if her cut can close that fast. It is going to take a lot more then we thought to defeat her.

She used her whip on the oni once again, but her demeanor has seemed to changed to be more aggressive as she was cutting open the oni's skin. As it roared out in pain it's fist came rocketing towards us.

Before we could react however Inuko blocked the fist with her own body. She grunted as it impacted her and sent her flying right towards us.

"Inuko!" Izayoi screamed out as she woke up and reached out for her daughter. A bright light emerged from her and soon all I could see was white.


(Touma POV)

When the light died down Kagome, Inuko, and Izayoi had vanished.

We had been tricked, it was the only explanation.

"Where are they?" I said to Sesshōmaru.

She looked at me for a second before turning to Jaken.

"Continue with the plan, I'll handle the hanyo." She said, getting him to bow.

"Just leave it to Jaken." He said.

"Jaken." She said emotionless, getting him to freeze. "I went along with this scheme of yours, because you promised me that it would lead me to my father's tomb. So should it fail." She said, before here lips twitched upwards into a small grin. "I will kill you." She finished, terrifying Jaken and me a little to be honest.

"Of corse, leave it to me!" He squeaked out before running like his life depended on it.

"Leave." She coldly told the oni before she jumped down right across from me with the oni fleeing for it's life.

I would've been more worried if I didn't see a few strands of hair attached to my clothes. I just needed to buy a little more time.

"I'll ask again, where are they?" I said.

"Inuko and the others are not far from here. Not that you will join them unless you beat me. We are going to have our bout for Shūsui now instead of later." She said. "This time don't hold back your power."

It looks like I have no choice in the manner.

"Alright, but what brought this on?" I asked as I started to generate mist around me.

"Simple, you intrigue me hanyo. Especially since you revealed to me your true power. You are one of the extremely few male Yuki-onna hanyo capable of using it. My father said that his fight against that Yuki-onna was one of the greatest of his life. I wish to see if it is true." Sesshōmaru said.

If the tightening of the hair was of any indication, that just seemed to have pissed of Yura a bit. Hopefully she keeps herself composed for a bit longer.

"Alright but how did you describe this match as fair?" I asked.

"Simple, we both use everything we have in our power against the other. You win if you can incapacitate me for a minute. You lose if I kill you. That is all." Sesshōmaru said.

Well this is going to be fun, but I still needed a bit more time.

"Fine but I'll ask one thing, is the power of the Tenseiga really real? The Izayoi with Kagome and Inuko is nothing but an imposture, is the power of it really real?" I asked.

"It is, but I can't use it. Father put a condition on it that I have to meet in order to use it and after 200 years I have not fulfilled it yet. Besides that, it only works on those who are recently deceased. It couldn't bring Izayoi back even if I had wished to. The only way Inuko will see her again will be when I send her to Yomi myself." Sesshōmaru said.

So the Tenseiga does work, just not as well as my father or I thought.

Still I can guess the condition Tōga must've put on the sword. If Sesshōmaru does overcome it, I will be impressed.

The clearing is now ready and I see Yura's ready as well. It was time to begin.

"Thank you for answering my question, but I believe it is time to start." I said while drawing Shūsui.

"Agreed." Sesshōmaru said as she extended her claws.

Neither of us made the first move as Yura came from behind and stabbed Benigasumi into the fur coming from Sesshōmaru's shoulder. She howled in pain as blood started to come from it as Yura removed the sword and came next to me.

"Master for your sake I advise that from now on that you shouldn't be alone outside of your land. You get kidnapped to easily and I'm speaking from experience." Yura said while standing by me.

"I'll take it into consideration and thank you Yura." I said getting her to nod.

"What is it with you and surrounding yourself with women I wish to kill." Sesshōmaru said with a twitching eye as the bleeding stopped from her fur.

"I don't know honestly." I said with a shrug.

"Well then, do you mind telling me who you are yokai?" Sesshōmaru inquired while glaring at Yura out of either hatred for her injury, breast envy, or a mixture of both.

"It is Yura of the Hair and I'll make you pay for kidnapping my master, you overgrown bitch." Yura said, her voice a mixture of fear and bravado. She knew who she was facing off against, but she was still here to protect me.

I couldn't help but be impressed.

"Yura." I said getting her attention. "I'll be honest, but what you are doing for me now is perhapes one of the bravest things I've seen in my life. If you wish to run now, I wouldn't mind." I finish as I reach for her comb.

While she was bond to me, I was definitely certain that either one or both of us would die. So I'm giving her the chance to leave and survive or stay and fight.

"If it is all the same, I would rather leave. But I'm not going to let you die fighting this flat chested bitch." Yura said with a shaky confidence.

"I see." I said while smiling and leaving the comb be. "Just incase we don't make it, thank you for sticking with me Yura."

"No problem master, but let's just focus on getting out of this alive." She said, getting me to nod.

"I've heard of you Yura, Jaken mentioned your name as one of the yokai who live around here that might be nuisance in his plan. I was keen on leaving you alone, but since you are serving this hanyo I will kill you. But why are you serving him, it doesn't benefit a yokai of your stature?" Sesshōmaru inquired.

"Master spared my life after all the trouble he caused him including trying to rape him. He mainly spared me since he needs my knowledge for his journey and because he is still working on the nerves to kill anyone. He bound me to him, because he needs to make sure I don't harm his friends including your bitch of a sister. In the end he could have turned me into his slave, but he instead chose me as his vassal as he sees me as an equal. So I shall serve him proudly even if it goes against my better nature and he encourages me to flee. I will not leave him to die by your hands." Yura said with a glare.

I was at a loss of words, because of what Yura said.

Even more so when Sesshōmaru smiled a little and that immediately terrified both Yura and myself.

"I must commend you on your loyalty Yura. It is rare that anyone can speak of such loyalty, Jaken is such an individual." Sesshōmaru said before facing me.

"As for you hanyo, my interest in you just increased even more. To able to commend such loyalty of a yokai despite your status is truly intriguing. So this might be the first time I have gotten a good fight in a while." Sesshōmaru said as her smile faded.

"So do not disappoint me by dying too soon hanyo." She said as she summoned her yoki whip and the fight begun.


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*Hey guys Hakuorofan7 here and I hoped that you all enjoyed this chapter.*

*Once again I will keept his short as their is not much say that and I have to be at an appointment soon, so next chapter will be on the 29th if things don't go crazy once again.*

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