By Arissia
I don't own IY but Hotaru, Miko and the Nightmare Hunters belong to me.
Last time….
"What's up now Firefly?" Asked the cool voice of the girl. She had long black hair that went below her waist. Her keen hawk like brown eyes fell on Sessho-Maru. She hit Jaken over the head again with the staff. "You should tell your servants to have more manners little lord." She told him smirking. A slow moan was coming from to the right. "Inu-Yasha!" Came an exclamation from Kagome. The half-demon male rose and looked about. "I don't know why you take so long to get the job done Miko…" Came Firefly's reply to her friend. "Is it just habit?" She asked. "Your cruel Lady Hotaru. Cruel." Miko smirked as the group watched them. This brought about a giggle from the girl demon. "Well…least I'm not half as bad as your physic attacks…" More laughter spilled from the girl. "Just who the heck do you think you are?!" Sessho-Maru questioned loudly.
***NOW***
Hotaru smirked as the lord glared at her and her companion. "Just who the heck do you think you are?" He hissed. Miko sneered out. "None of your concern lord. Now please leave your half-brother alone, before we get serious." Hotaru grinned as she spoke. The girl next to the half-demon gasped. "I have no quarrel with you, just the same, we want you gone." Miko stated defiantly.
Sessho-Maru watched his younger brother rise up with the help of the fawn near him. "Humph. It seems as though there is no longer a weakness for one to clench to milord." The half-demon female smirked and crossed her arms slightly. He growled. "I take my leave of you only when I know whom I must bestow the favor of removing the opportunity to steal what is rightfully mine from me." He glared at the girl. She grinned. "My name's Hotaru. That's the Miko no Ti." She watched his reddish eyes signify acceptance of this knowledge. "Now remove yourself." The monk who traveled with his brother spoke, standing next to the priestess. He growled. "We shall meet again, Lady Hotaru. Lady Miko." He said elegantly and disappeared into the woods.
Kagome let out a sigh of relief as the demon disappeared from view. She turned to face the new comers that had saved her friends and her secret beloved. She smiled. "I recognize you…" Inu-Yasha spoke in a raspy voice. "You would, Little lord." The half-demon girl huffed. "You're the girl that stopped that thing." Kagome pointed at the young human girl. This was the time she got a real good look at 'Miko'. Her black hair was in two twin braids that reached her lower knees. The braids were pulled back in a ponytail giving her hair an extravagant style look. Her piercing brown eyes stared at Kagome with a look of apology and pity. "You are correct in your assumption, Lady Kagome." She grinned and turned to her companion who was hitting Miroku over the head occasionally. "Hentai." Her friend told her. Kagome and Inu-Yasha looked at the demon-girl more clearly now. Pure violet blue eyes met Kagome's gray blue ones. Her hair was silvery, more a silvery white that even Sessho-Maru would be jealous of. Her ear peaked out form her white head and in her tail was a little kitsune, relaxed and totally knocked out. Her tail swung this way and that as she rocked the tiny creature.
"Who are you?" Inu-Yasha spoke, eyeing the girls. Both gave dramatic bows at the same time. "My name is Hotaru Hoshin." The demon girl spoke. Her eyes glint with life. "And I am the Miko no Ti." The other grinned. Both rose. "We are two of the Nightmare hunters still around." Hotaru lifted her staff from the ground and made it shrink into a tiny toothpick sized item. "Nightmare Hunters?" Miroku's voice sounded very interested.
TBC….
