"I am the son of the demon Lord Sesshoumaru, Deladgahu. I'm in a hurry but
it would look bad if I let you live. So I'll kill you quickly I think." He
raised his claw and it swept down towards Kagosha.
In a flash of white hair Kagosha was out from under the claw.
"ummm. Kagosha, why do you have white hair and gold eyes?" Asha asked.
"I could ask you the same but it can wait." Kagosha kept her eyes on Deladgahu who was advancing yet again.
"Are you Inu-Yasha's pups?" he asked.
"Yes." Kagosha replied defiantly, no longer afraid but angry.
"Then I have to kill you, dear cousin!" he raised his claws a second time. Quickly he kicked out and threw her to the ground, then prepared to slash.
"No! Delad… they saved… me." A whisper came from behind them. Everyone spun to see a little girl collapsed where the kitten should have been.
"Keta-Lara!" he ran to her side. "Honey, this is my fault. I am so sorry! If they saved you then they will live." He promised the little girl. She had already fallen into an un-restful slumber though.
Kagosha kneeled beside the cat-demoness and examined her wounds. "She is hurt badly. If you've kindly decided not to kill us then I suggest you take us somewhere where we can take care of her." Kagosha pursed her lips. "Next to a source of fresh water."
"Follow me." Deladgahu rose and picked up Keta-Lara.
"Will this work?" he asked.
"Yes," Kagosha replied this is just fine. She examined the girl again finding a number of deep and infected cuts. Thinking hard she remembered her mother taking care of her father. Kagosha was good with herbs anyway… what would help the infection?
"What do you need?" Delad asked.
"A fire and large quantities of certain herbs."
"Tell me."
"Let's see. I think, dragon's breath, demon bane, and baby's leaf, as well as mint, basil and some fresh red berries. I'm also going to need a pot and a bowl."
"Send your brother for the herbs. I'll get the pot and bowl."
"Fine."
Asha went one way and Deladgahu went the other. Meanwhile Kagosha cleaned out the girl's cuts with fresh water. She looked to be about six years old. 'I wonder how she knows Delad and why he was looking for her?' Kagosha wondered. Just then her brother got back.
"Asha I need you to clean those berries and leaves for me."
"Right!" he replied. "Is she going to be ok?"
Meanwhile Delad was flying over the forest, and then he spotted a lone cottage. 'Perfect!' he flew down and marched in. "I need a pot and a bowl. Quickly."
The man and woman in the cottage turned. "Who are you to demand… Never mind you are obviously the son of Sesshoumaru." The man looked at him. "You have a minute to get out before we kill you."
"… I'll bring them back…" He thought for a second. "Please?…my friend needs help."
"Miroku…" the woman began.
"Take us with you, if you mean no harm. I want to ensure we get our pot back!"
"Why should I?"
"Because Sango, my wife is an experienced demon hunter, I am a monk, and if you want to get back to your friend quickly you don't want to fight us assuming you'd win."
"Fine. Hurry." Delad snapped.
"How can I start a fire with out matches?" Asha asked Kagosha who had told him it build a fire. He had done just fine until it was time to actually set it.
Kagosha fumbled in her pocket then smirked pulling out a box of matches. "A true pyro is never without them!" she declared. A few seconds Delad appeared with the two strangers in tow.
"What are we doing?" Sango asked her husband quietly.
"I don't know exactly, I just have a… feeling that we need to be here." Miroku replied.
Kagosha turned to face the strangers. For the second Keta-Lara was resting peacefully. Sango and Miroku stared at the girl and boy who had their dear Kagome's face, but Inu-Yasha's hair and eyes. Asha recognized these people; they were his mom's friends.
"I am Kagosha and this is Asha." She bowed. Her next sentence was stopped by a moan from her patient though. She spun saying, "Asha get back to crushing those herbs, and Delad get some water on the fire." Thought's tumbled through Kagosha's mind, Sango and Miroku, they had aged but she recognized them. Keta-Lara however needed her attention.
"Kagosha they're done." Asha approached her with the herbs.
"Good, thank you, Asha." She smiled at him. Taking a good dose of them she dumped them in the water. The others she mixed in with the berries in the bowl. "Stir those." Kagosha didn't turn knowing someone would.
Slowly the berries and herbs were coaxed down Keta-Lara's throat. That done She turned for the water. Slowly she used grass to make compacts. Soaking it in the water she placed grass on Keta's scratches.
"There. That should help keep infection out."
"I think we need to talk." Sango said firmly. They all sat down and she continued. "Considering Shippo told us just a couple hours ago Kagome was determined to keep her children from finding out about this maybe you to should tell us how you got here, assuming you are Kagome's and Inu- Yasha's children."
"We fell through the well." Asha said simply. Looking at the grown up as if she should know that. Miroku quickly bit back his smirk and laugh. This youngling was a match for their daughter Garrie. Thank god Shippo took her for a couple hours, Miroku prayed.
"Well, since that's out of the way maybe someone should explain why Inu- Yasha's children and Sesshoumaru's son are working together to save a cat- girl/demoness? And who she is to warrant that attention?"
"Keta-Lara is the daughter of my father's seeress and a cat demon." Deladgahu began. The seeress died in childbirth but she promised my father that Keta-Lara's talent would surpass her own. That's the only reason my father would tolerate a half-breed child cat demoness in his castle." He could still remember when a young Keta-Lara had captured his soul the minute she had toddled into his room. She had just learned how to walk and tripped suddenly. Falling on her butt she had looked up at him with watery eyes. Delad had been in a bad mood and did not want to deal with child hysterics. So he picked her up and murmured to her it would be all right. Keta had looked up at him with big eyes and then broke into a big smile and a hysterical laugh. He had been her 'big brother' ever since. "Lately though she has become to come into her powers, but she can't control them. When father learned that she had finally started Seeing things he immediately ordered her to tell him something about the future. I was out and Keta's power is not under control yet. When she tried, she couldn't. Father was furious. I was out of the castle for the day and he had her thrown out. I followed her as soon as I'd learned of her fate."
"But we had all ready found her under a bush in the form of a kitten. When we pulled her out she showed us her past. Or more accurate our parents past. That's how we know what this place is and how we got here." Kagosha finished for him. "Delad was going to kill us when Keta managed to wake up and pleaded for our lives. Learning we had saved her Delad spared us. Keta saved us so we will save her."
"What bush did you find her under?" Delad asked suspiciously.
"I don't know, it had red flowers and sharp thorns." Asha answered this time.
"That's nick named 'Cat's Sacrifice' it's poisonous to cat-demons." Delad responded.
Sango and Miroku looked at each other and shook their heads. This was too complicated.
"DELAD!!!!" Keta was awake. She launched herself at Deald and began to sob hysterically. "It was horrible… he threw me out… a flood… caught in… bush… then…" Only some of Keta's words were intelligible as she cried.
"It's ok Keta-Lara. Honey don't cry." Delad looked up with an embarrassed expression on his face.
"What are you planning on doing now?" Miroku asked. "And how old is Keta- Lara. In human terms."
"About six years old, and I will take her and live on our own."
Miroku and Sango looked at each other. With a small shake of her head she gave Miroku the answer he needed. "You will live with us." He stated shortly.
"I will not!" Delad responded indignantly.
"Yes you will." Miroku said with force. "You are very young in demon terms, about sixteen to us, I'd say. Your father can find you to easily, and so can another demon that wants an impressionable young seeress or a hostage against Sesshoumaru. And you can be used as such."
"Keta needs a mother and a stable FAMILY environment which you can not give her alone, she needs a mother and a father as much as a brother and our own daughter Garrie is six also." Sango finished for him.
"And you two are in BIG trouble as soon as we find your father. You should of turned back into the well the moment you came through and asked Kagome for an explanation." They finished together. Both adults were glaring for all they were worth. Asha was the first to look at them and burst out laughing, and then Kagosha and Deal exchanged a glance and also burst out laughing. Keta-Lara looked at them all then reverted to her normal happy mood and joined in.
"Nobody takes us seriously." Miroku began plaintively. Sango gave him a disgusted look and Miroku also burst out laughing. He just couldn't help it. She stalked off.
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In a flash of white hair Kagosha was out from under the claw.
"ummm. Kagosha, why do you have white hair and gold eyes?" Asha asked.
"I could ask you the same but it can wait." Kagosha kept her eyes on Deladgahu who was advancing yet again.
"Are you Inu-Yasha's pups?" he asked.
"Yes." Kagosha replied defiantly, no longer afraid but angry.
"Then I have to kill you, dear cousin!" he raised his claws a second time. Quickly he kicked out and threw her to the ground, then prepared to slash.
"No! Delad… they saved… me." A whisper came from behind them. Everyone spun to see a little girl collapsed where the kitten should have been.
"Keta-Lara!" he ran to her side. "Honey, this is my fault. I am so sorry! If they saved you then they will live." He promised the little girl. She had already fallen into an un-restful slumber though.
Kagosha kneeled beside the cat-demoness and examined her wounds. "She is hurt badly. If you've kindly decided not to kill us then I suggest you take us somewhere where we can take care of her." Kagosha pursed her lips. "Next to a source of fresh water."
"Follow me." Deladgahu rose and picked up Keta-Lara.
"Will this work?" he asked.
"Yes," Kagosha replied this is just fine. She examined the girl again finding a number of deep and infected cuts. Thinking hard she remembered her mother taking care of her father. Kagosha was good with herbs anyway… what would help the infection?
"What do you need?" Delad asked.
"A fire and large quantities of certain herbs."
"Tell me."
"Let's see. I think, dragon's breath, demon bane, and baby's leaf, as well as mint, basil and some fresh red berries. I'm also going to need a pot and a bowl."
"Send your brother for the herbs. I'll get the pot and bowl."
"Fine."
Asha went one way and Deladgahu went the other. Meanwhile Kagosha cleaned out the girl's cuts with fresh water. She looked to be about six years old. 'I wonder how she knows Delad and why he was looking for her?' Kagosha wondered. Just then her brother got back.
"Asha I need you to clean those berries and leaves for me."
"Right!" he replied. "Is she going to be ok?"
Meanwhile Delad was flying over the forest, and then he spotted a lone cottage. 'Perfect!' he flew down and marched in. "I need a pot and a bowl. Quickly."
The man and woman in the cottage turned. "Who are you to demand… Never mind you are obviously the son of Sesshoumaru." The man looked at him. "You have a minute to get out before we kill you."
"… I'll bring them back…" He thought for a second. "Please?…my friend needs help."
"Miroku…" the woman began.
"Take us with you, if you mean no harm. I want to ensure we get our pot back!"
"Why should I?"
"Because Sango, my wife is an experienced demon hunter, I am a monk, and if you want to get back to your friend quickly you don't want to fight us assuming you'd win."
"Fine. Hurry." Delad snapped.
"How can I start a fire with out matches?" Asha asked Kagosha who had told him it build a fire. He had done just fine until it was time to actually set it.
Kagosha fumbled in her pocket then smirked pulling out a box of matches. "A true pyro is never without them!" she declared. A few seconds Delad appeared with the two strangers in tow.
"What are we doing?" Sango asked her husband quietly.
"I don't know exactly, I just have a… feeling that we need to be here." Miroku replied.
Kagosha turned to face the strangers. For the second Keta-Lara was resting peacefully. Sango and Miroku stared at the girl and boy who had their dear Kagome's face, but Inu-Yasha's hair and eyes. Asha recognized these people; they were his mom's friends.
"I am Kagosha and this is Asha." She bowed. Her next sentence was stopped by a moan from her patient though. She spun saying, "Asha get back to crushing those herbs, and Delad get some water on the fire." Thought's tumbled through Kagosha's mind, Sango and Miroku, they had aged but she recognized them. Keta-Lara however needed her attention.
"Kagosha they're done." Asha approached her with the herbs.
"Good, thank you, Asha." She smiled at him. Taking a good dose of them she dumped them in the water. The others she mixed in with the berries in the bowl. "Stir those." Kagosha didn't turn knowing someone would.
Slowly the berries and herbs were coaxed down Keta-Lara's throat. That done She turned for the water. Slowly she used grass to make compacts. Soaking it in the water she placed grass on Keta's scratches.
"There. That should help keep infection out."
"I think we need to talk." Sango said firmly. They all sat down and she continued. "Considering Shippo told us just a couple hours ago Kagome was determined to keep her children from finding out about this maybe you to should tell us how you got here, assuming you are Kagome's and Inu- Yasha's children."
"We fell through the well." Asha said simply. Looking at the grown up as if she should know that. Miroku quickly bit back his smirk and laugh. This youngling was a match for their daughter Garrie. Thank god Shippo took her for a couple hours, Miroku prayed.
"Well, since that's out of the way maybe someone should explain why Inu- Yasha's children and Sesshoumaru's son are working together to save a cat- girl/demoness? And who she is to warrant that attention?"
"Keta-Lara is the daughter of my father's seeress and a cat demon." Deladgahu began. The seeress died in childbirth but she promised my father that Keta-Lara's talent would surpass her own. That's the only reason my father would tolerate a half-breed child cat demoness in his castle." He could still remember when a young Keta-Lara had captured his soul the minute she had toddled into his room. She had just learned how to walk and tripped suddenly. Falling on her butt she had looked up at him with watery eyes. Delad had been in a bad mood and did not want to deal with child hysterics. So he picked her up and murmured to her it would be all right. Keta had looked up at him with big eyes and then broke into a big smile and a hysterical laugh. He had been her 'big brother' ever since. "Lately though she has become to come into her powers, but she can't control them. When father learned that she had finally started Seeing things he immediately ordered her to tell him something about the future. I was out and Keta's power is not under control yet. When she tried, she couldn't. Father was furious. I was out of the castle for the day and he had her thrown out. I followed her as soon as I'd learned of her fate."
"But we had all ready found her under a bush in the form of a kitten. When we pulled her out she showed us her past. Or more accurate our parents past. That's how we know what this place is and how we got here." Kagosha finished for him. "Delad was going to kill us when Keta managed to wake up and pleaded for our lives. Learning we had saved her Delad spared us. Keta saved us so we will save her."
"What bush did you find her under?" Delad asked suspiciously.
"I don't know, it had red flowers and sharp thorns." Asha answered this time.
"That's nick named 'Cat's Sacrifice' it's poisonous to cat-demons." Delad responded.
Sango and Miroku looked at each other and shook their heads. This was too complicated.
"DELAD!!!!" Keta was awake. She launched herself at Deald and began to sob hysterically. "It was horrible… he threw me out… a flood… caught in… bush… then…" Only some of Keta's words were intelligible as she cried.
"It's ok Keta-Lara. Honey don't cry." Delad looked up with an embarrassed expression on his face.
"What are you planning on doing now?" Miroku asked. "And how old is Keta- Lara. In human terms."
"About six years old, and I will take her and live on our own."
Miroku and Sango looked at each other. With a small shake of her head she gave Miroku the answer he needed. "You will live with us." He stated shortly.
"I will not!" Delad responded indignantly.
"Yes you will." Miroku said with force. "You are very young in demon terms, about sixteen to us, I'd say. Your father can find you to easily, and so can another demon that wants an impressionable young seeress or a hostage against Sesshoumaru. And you can be used as such."
"Keta needs a mother and a stable FAMILY environment which you can not give her alone, she needs a mother and a father as much as a brother and our own daughter Garrie is six also." Sango finished for him.
"And you two are in BIG trouble as soon as we find your father. You should of turned back into the well the moment you came through and asked Kagome for an explanation." They finished together. Both adults were glaring for all they were worth. Asha was the first to look at them and burst out laughing, and then Kagosha and Deal exchanged a glance and also burst out laughing. Keta-Lara looked at them all then reverted to her normal happy mood and joined in.
"Nobody takes us seriously." Miroku began plaintively. Sango gave him a disgusted look and Miroku also burst out laughing. He just couldn't help it. She stalked off.
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