He was snarling under his breath, obviously fuming at how his call went. It didn't help when the miko's mother turned her hopeful eyes towards him.
"And, how's my woman doing?" Kouga spoke up, his words somewhat easing the heavy tension.
White ears snapped back against a head full of equally white hair as the owner growled out his automatic response. "She ain't your woman!"
"Well, she ain't yours either, dog breath." Kouga muttered, crossing his arms over his chest and examined his claws.
Sighing, Sesshoumaru pinched the bridge of his nose as the wolf and his brother began to squabble against each other like they once had done often enough in the past. Why was he putting up with them again? Ah yes, the miko.
"How is she doing?" a quiet voice spoke over the annoying background noise.
He turned towards the youngest Higurashi. A quick glance towards the boy's mother showed that she was trying to mediate the argument between Inuyasha and Kouga. Good, that would keep her distracted.
"Your sister is fine, but, as we can see, is once again in the middle of everything." Catching the eye of her kit, he asked the boy to make more tea; the news he had to share would not sit well with the humans.
As soon as Souta was in the kitchen making more tea, the kit approached him. "And?"
"As I said, she is once again in the middle. According to her, she was just fed to an... alien whale."
Both the wolf and his brother stopped arguing almost immediately, approaching him and the kit. It was more than obvious they'd heard his words, if their tense postures and expressions were anything to go by.
As for the miko's mother, she also hesitantly approached, twisting the tissue between her hands in worry. "What's wrong?"
"As reported, your daughter... Kagome, has once again involved herself in a battle for our world."
The others seemed to know better than to mention the bit where Kagome got fed to an alien whale. There was no need to cause unnecessary panic in the woman. Besides, Sesshoumaru already had a headache, there was no need to turn it into a migraine.
AN: So... I bought myself some chocolate chai tea today. Read, enjoy, and review!