Inu- Yasha and the Spell of Youth
Chapter 3: A Shard, In Kagome's Time and Lady Widow
Inu- Yasha caused quiet an extensive amount of damage to the house when it came time to take a bath. "I thought he was part dog- demon!", Kagome yelled over Inu's protests to being told he was taking a bath.
"Not all dogs like water, you know.", came Sessho- Maru's reply.
"Sit!", Kagome yelled.
Inu found himself on the floor in no time, and he whimpered at the thought of a bath. "You'll be taking one, and that's that.", Kagome stated, firmly, "While Sessho takes care of the mess you made.",
"But I'm no house mai-", Sessho started to argue.
"DO IT!!!!!!!! Or ELSE!", she shrieked.
Sessho complied, having heard extensive amounts of news about women and a once a month cycle they had. Almost like Inu's becoming fully human on new moons, only the women's process was a lot more dangerous to others, he'd heard. "What have I gotten myself into?", Sessho moaned, getting to work, starting with the shredded pillows, and such....
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The next morning, Sessho woke, to find that Inu- Yasha was already outside, he was dragging something inside the house. "Sessho, can I keep him, please?", Inu- Yasha asked.
"I don't think Kagome would like him, Inu.", Sessho replied.
"But it followed me here.", Inu argued.
"Highly improbable.", Sessho retorted, "Cobras just don't follow little demons home, put him back where you got him from.",
"Yes, Sessho.", Inu pouted, going back outside.
(You may all laugh now.)
"What was that he had with him?", Kagome asked, coming out brushing her hair.
"Nothing but some wild animal.", Sessho stated, skipping that it was a deadly snake.
"Oh. Okay.", Kagome stated, calmly.
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Inside the bone- eaters well, something stirred, and crawled up from the darkness...
...(Spooky)...
Meanwhile, on his way back from disposing of the snake, Inu Yasha saw something pretty glittering in the grass, and little kids, having an interest in shiny objects, he snatched it up. Just as something came creeping up behind him...
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Sessho had been sent out to search for his little half brother to be called to dinner. The air smelled oddly of something fowl, but Sessho took that to be some modern human thing. Hence, he was about halfway into the forest when Inu came running to Sessho- Maru, crying, and screaming. That's when it crept from the shadows, it smelled of death, and it was hurrying to catch little Inu. Sessho- Maru let out a growl as it gained on the almost helpless child. Before it snatched up Inu- Yasha though, Sessho- Maru struck it hard.
"Who are you and what is your business being here?", Sessho demanded to know.
"I am Lady Widow, and I have come for the shard that he has, and if he doesn't hand it over, then I'll have to kill him.", She stated.
That was when Sessho- Maru got a good look at what he was up against. It was large, and had the body of a spider, but also, the torso, and head of a woman, eight legs, and two arms. Sessho- Maru decided it best to kill her, before she got to Inu- Yasha. "Inu, run!", Sessho managed to say, just before she got him.
Inu- Yasha ran as fast as he could to Sessho, managing to jump into his arms. Sessho- Maru quickly jumped out of harms way, and slowly started back into the forest, trying to lure her to him. "What do you have Inu?", Sessho stated.
"This shiny thing I found in the forest.", Inu held it for Sessho to see.
Sessho- Maru groaned inwardly as he darted back, and forth between trees. "Give me that shard!", Lady Widow screamed.
Inu looked over Sessho's shoulder and yelled back at her, "It's my shiny thing, and you can't have it, you mean old wretch!",
Sessho- Maru hoped that Inu- Yasha hadn't provoked the demon to come after them any faster, his hopes, however, didn't come true.
Sessho quickened pace to get out of her sight, and quietly hid Inu safely, he hoped, in a hollow tree. "Stay put, and don't make a sound, Inu- Yasha.", he whispered in a hushed tone.
Then, quickly taking up a rock to make it seem as though he were still carrying Inu- Yasha, Sessho- Maru ran deeper into the forest. Luckily, Inu obeyed, and Lady Widow was led away from Inu. Sessho looked back, watching as she scurried to catch him. But, before she caught up, Sessho- Maru made a turn around, and quickly shoved the rock in her face, before temporarily blinding her. She tried using her web to catch him in, but because she was blind at the moment, only succeeded in getting tangled in her own web. Sessho made quick work of her, before returning to the hollowed tree, and retrieving Inu- Yasha. "Your going to have to give that to Kagome.", Sessho stated.
"I won't! It's mine, I found it fair, and square!", Inu- Yasha protested.
"Found what?", Kagome asked, by the door to the house.
"A shard.", Sessho- Maru stated.
"Oh, well, you have to give it to me then.", Kagome stated.
"NO! It's shiny, and it's MINE!", Inu- Yasha held it tightly to his chest, protectively.
"I'll trade this for it!", Kagome stated, producing an earring which had lost it's match a long time ago.
"Okay!", Inu agreed.
So they traded, and Inu still got a shiny thing for him to keep.
End Chapter: Next Chapter, Half- demons, and school does not mix!