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Chapter 88

"How do you even know she'll listen to you?"

"I don't but in the pecking order, I'm like a beta and she's an omega so…"

"Oh please, she's human. She doesn't follow that. Your dad doesn't even follow that."

"How about you shut the hell up and just help me find her?"

"I'm just saying I don't think she's going to listen to you. You guys fight all the time."

"How about you be helpful instead of running your mouth?"

"How about you stop running your mouth?"

"Asshole."

"Bitch."

"Whatever. Okay, here we are. She's gotta be here."

"And if she isn't?"

"Then….then we'll keep looking."

"It's gunna be dark soon. We should head back."

"Half-demon, remember? And besides, I'll protect you."

"Um, I can protect myself thank you very much. I'm just saying our parents are going to be pissed off."

"Let them be pissed off. I don't care."

"Um, I care. Anyway, why do you think she'd be here? I don't sense any barriers and this would be the first place your parents would look."

"Exactly. I think she wants to….wait, do you see that shimmer?"

"No."

"No, look. Over there. I swear I saw something."

"So, what do you want me to do? Throw a sutra at it?"

"I mean if she's there, logically there should be some type of reaction, right?"

"In theory."

"Okay, then throw the sutra at it and we'll find out."

"Shouldn't we get your Dad?"

"My dad can suck it. And if he comes and gets her, he'll have to go through me first."

"You don't even know what he's done to make her run."

"Oh, I heard him alright. He called her a weak human."

"But she is human and weaker than you guys."

"If you're not going to be helpful, just go."

"I'm just pointing out the obvious. Okay, you said right there?"

"Yeah."

Well isn't that just fucking fantastic. I know Izayoi must know I'm watching them. If I'm close enough to hear them, I know she's picked up on my scent. Which means not only is Kagome mad at me, apparently my other spawn are mad at me too. Great, just fucking great. Oh, look. There's Moriko's scent and the scent of her tears to top it off. God dammit. Untrained children found her when I couldn't. If that isn't a blow to the ego, I don't know what is. Everybody is pissed and I wasn't even the one to find her because I'm the fucking worst. You know what? Screw this. I'm going home. The kids can find their own fucking way back. I don't even give a shit anymore. Hate me if you want little shits. See where that gets ya.