DISCLAIMER: I don't own Inuyasha. Rumiko Takahashi does (lucky her! *pout*)
A.N. - Hey, I'm bak. Sorry 4 the wait, I was hoping to get sum more reviews, but there's always another day ^_~. K, I know how long you've bin wantin' the next chappie, so here it is.
"Speaking"
'Thinking'
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"Sweet Mother of Mine" Ch.8
Within the next few weeks, Sesshomaru was greatly improving in combat and hunting. His father and he had made up about the training incident and with the help of both his parents, he was becoming a true demon. Every day he and his father would go leave at dawn to train and would return a little after noon to Crynda. And every day, Sesshomaru was getting better and better. They were all a happy family.
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Before Crynda and Inutaisho new it, Sesshomaru had grown into a powerful, and attractive (^_^) adult demon. He now had very long white hair like his father, wore a white and red kimono with pretty designs on the shoulder area. He also wore a yellow and blue sash around his waist and armor made from the bones of slain demons. In addition, he had red make-up on his eyelids and his claws had grown longer.
One day, he was walking through the woods enjoying the fresh air and the warm sun, when he heard loud cries with his sharp hearing. With nothing else to do, he headed in the direction from which they were coming from.
It took him less than a minute to reach his destination with his super fast demon speed. The noises were coming from a village of toad demons that were being attacked by a cat demon. They were all running about screaming and trying to get away from the vicious cat demon.
Sesshomaru chuckled lightly. 'What pathetic little toads. They can never take care of themselves.' He transformed into his true form and stood before the other demon. It just stood there at first in fright but when Sesshomaru started to growl and bark at it, the cat demon ran off. However, Sesshomaru wasn't going to let it go that easily. He ran after it and soon had caught up to it. He jumped on the demon and started to attack it, the demon fighting as well. Sesshomaru bit into its flesh, causing the demon to bleed. The cat demon tried to hit him with its paw, but he was too fast and dodged it. Sesshomaru then noticed that they were near a cliff and got an idea. He backed a great distance away from the demon and then charged with all his strength into it, sending it falling to its death.
After waiting a few moments to make sure the cat demon was dead, Sesshomaru reverted back to his human form and walked up to the toad demons. Some just stared at him, others were whispering things like "Oh no, a dog demon. He might eat us!", "Should we trust this demon?", and "He just saved our lives!" Sesshomaru could hear every word.
"Pardon me, excuse me, I must get through", said one of the toad demons. He made his way through the crowd and up to Sesshomaru. The demon wore a brown kimono, a small black hat, and held a large staff with an old mans head and a young woman's head on it (A.N. - hmmm, I wonder who that could be ^_~). "Umm, e-ex-excuse m-m-me, I wanted to th-th-thank you for s-s-saving my village" said the toad demon obviously frightened to be talking to such a strong dog demon.
"Yes. Well, farewell", said Sesshomaru turning around and leaving.
"Wait!" yelled the same demon.
He turned around and saw the demon running after him. When it finally caught up to him, it asked "Umm, in return for what you've done for my people, may…may I…become your humble servant?", it asked, its fingers fumbling.
Sesshomaru took a few seconds to think. 'Why would I need a servant, I've got plenty more at home. But this toad seems to want to be my servant. Well…I suppose that he could be of some use.' "Very well."
"Why thank you! What should I call you Master?"
"Lord Sesshomaru."
"Lord Sesshomaru, I declare myself as your servant for life", it said bowing to him. "Well, we best be going. Farewell my people" it called waving to them.
"Farewell! We'll miss you!" they called back.
While walking through the woods back to the castle, Sesshomaru said "I suppose if you're going to be my servant that I should know your name."
"Yes Lord Sesshomaru, I believe so. My name is Jaken."
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