Dogs, Wolves, and Dragons
Chapter Three: Four Souls
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means English
(A/n: Hibiki-san, Hibiki-san…Wither thy [where art thou] son, Ryoga-kun?)
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Sango had pushed Kagome into the alleyway next to the restaurant. The light from the streets did not even make it into the alleyway. The only light source emitted from the restaurant itself. Trashcans and dumpsters filled the alley and the smell of garbage was prominent.
"WHY'D YOU DO THAT?! I WAS IN THE MIDDLE OF ARGUING WITH THAT IDIOT!" Kagome screamed.
"Oh, just shut up Kagome! You are getting mean you know. What happened to sweet ol' little Kagome-chan?"
Kagome was about retort when they heard the door from the restaurant close and a bunch of people talking. They leaned closer towards the building so they could hear the conversation.
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"What do you mean?" a feminine voice asked.
A deeper more masculine voice answered. "Like I said, what I'm going to tell you will change your whole perspective about them."
"Tell us then," another male voice spoke with a tint of annoyance in his voice.
"Fine, fine, you really are a boorish lot."
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"It's the dragons…shit…" Sango mumbled as she sunk back into the wall
Kagome bit her lip; she did not feel like arguing with the idiot (Inuyasha) so she followed Sango's lead and slumped back and crouched next to the wall.
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Sesshomaru stepped back out of the light and sat down on the ground to lean against the wall. The other four walked over towards him to hear his story better. Sachi plopped right next to Sesshomaru much to his annoyance. Shino sat on the sidewalk across from his sister and Miroku followed in suit. Inuyasha being his grumpy self decided to stand.
"Let me ask you all a question…" Sesshomaru began.
The others didn't respond.
"Why do you all hate the Higurashi's in the first place?"
The others glanced at each other nervously and ignored the question.
"That's what I thought. You don't even know why you are supposed to hate them. Well I know why."
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Sango looked at Kagome quizzically; she just shrugged and looked on. It made Sango nervous at Kagome's lack of concern.
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Sesshomaru ignored the others reactions and continued. "Well it all began long ago, even back to the warring age of Japan…"
The others looked on in interest.
"There was said to be a powerful warrior, a women in fact."
Sachi gave an annoyed sideways glance at Sesshomaru but he continued.
"She held so much purity and power that the demons feared her prowess. She could turn a demon pure with a touch single touch. Than one day, the demons finally banned together; they attacked full force. She conquered many and never ceded, but some of the stronger demons had found a way to corner her. She fought valiantly but was soon overpowered. With her last ounce of energy, she found a way to pull herself and the demons into a void. The black hole turned into a small jewel where they continue their ongoing fight, which has ceased to stop 'til this day."
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Sango was listening intensely while Kagome just sat there against the wall not paying much attention.
"…ceased to stop 'til this day."
"…What the hell does that have to do with anything?!"
"Yeah, I agree with her, 'brother'…WHAT THE HELL DOES THAT HAVE TO DO WITH ANYTHING?!"
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Miroku wanted to hit Sesshomaru on the head for wasting his time with fairy tales and the others looked the same, though they each had given harsher glares.
"…Sesshomaru, you're wasting our time with…with fairy tales…What is your point?" Miroku fumed.
"YOU FOOLS, I'M NOT DONE!!" the older dragon snapped. "HAVN'T YOUR PARENTS EVER TOUGHT YOU MANNERS?!"
"Uh oh…"
*WHAP*SMASH*GROAN*
"Oohhhhh I'm so, so sorry Sesshy. My hand just slipped!" she said with every ounce of sarcasm in her body.
O.O O.O @.@ ^.^ u.u
Inuyasha and Miroku actually flinched as they saw Sesshomaru get his head smashed into the pavement by Sachi. Shino yawned; he knew it would have happened eventually. He extended his arm, hand open, to the two other young men, and laughed. Inuyasha and Miroku glared at Shino and each shoved ¥12,000 (A/n: about $100) into his happy hand.
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Sango and even Kagome cringed when they heard the noise. It really wasn't a pleasant sound.
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Inuyasha grabbed the now unconscious Sesshomaru by the collar of his shirt, shook him violently, and began yelling at his unconscious brother.
"YOU STUPID IDIOTIC SON OF A BITCH!!! YOU JUST COST ME TWELVE THOUSAND YEN!!!...I CAN'T BEILIEVE YOU AND YOUR STUPID FRIKIN' STORIES…"
Sachi just rolled her eyes while her brother shook his head. Miroku actually eventually gave up on trying to stop Inuyasha…he could never be stopped, but it was worth, for most of the time, trying.
"Sai, ya know I wanted to know what happened next…course you just hadta knock 'em out…"
"…Shut up, Shin."
He only shrugged and looked back Inuyasha still yelling at his brother.
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Sango and Kagome, who each still hidden in the alleyway, stood up and stretched their stiff muscles.
"Well, that was a fruitless venture, eh Kagome?" Sango asked in a hushed voice. The dragons, or so they thought, were still unaware of their presence.
She nodded while still stretching her arms.
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Back in the restaurant…
Higurashi-san and Hibiki-taijin bowed slightly to each other then gave their proper farewells. Higurashi-san, with Kouga, Kohaku, and Souta, walked out of the restaurant. Hibiki-taijin waited a few moments after Higurashi had left before summoning Shippo.
"Shippo," Hibiki-taijin said in a low tone of voice, "you know what to do."
The young dragon nodded and disappeared, literally.
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Outside…
Higurashi stood on the sidewalk surrounded by the three and waited for the limo to pull up. The four ignored the five dragons, one unconscious, another trying to wake him up and three others sitting against the building. The female of the group periodically hit one of the other young men over the head.
"Souta, Kohaku, go find your sisters. Kouga, go."
The three nodded and set off; Souta and Kohaku, oblivious to the fact that their sisters were in the alleyway, went in the opposite direction. Kouga had disappeared in a much similar manner as Shippo had. A stretch limo parked in front of the restaurant while a chauffer jumped out and opened the door for Higurashi-san.
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Shino watched as the chauffer shut the door for the head Higurashi and pulled away.
"I don't like that guy, Sachi," he said as the limo headed down the busy road.
Sachi was busy strangling Miroku, who was turning blue. (A/n: get used to it) She put Miroku in a headlock and turned towards her brother.
"LEMMIE GOOOO!" Miroku pleaded.
"Not much we can do about it now," she said while flipping Miroku onto his stomach and sitting on his back, that earned and 'oof' out of him.
"Damn women! You weigh a ton!"
*WHACK*
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"Idiot…" Sachi mumbled under her breath. She looked over at Inuyasha…
"WAKE UUUUUUUUUUPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPPP YOU STUPID BASTARD!!!!"
"Truly, truly stupid people," Shino stated still staring at the street.
"Yeah, like you should be talking. You wanna end up like him?" Sachi threatened.
He coughed. "Umm, I'll pass."
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Kouga leapt atop the restaurant landing silently on the roof. He looked over the edge of the roof and saw Sachi sit on Miroku's back; Kouga smirked.
'Good, that idiot deserves what he gets…stupid hentai. I saw how he looked at Sango and Kagome,' Kouga thought.
He heard a muffled voice from the alleyway. He slid quietly across the roof, looked over, and saw the two girls.
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"Kagome, we have to go…"
Kagome only shrugged.
"…but the dragons are right there, damn. Though two of them are knocked out…er, maybe one…"
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'So that's where they went…hmm,' Kouga thought as he peered over the side.
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"We'll have to get out of this stupid alley sooner or later…why don't we just leave?" Kagome asked.
"How dense are you? They'll know that we've been listening." Sango said harsher than she would have thought it. Kagome just shrugged.
"Well, well…What do we have here?" A voice from behind them said.
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"AAAAAAAIIIIIIIIIIIIIYYYYYYAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!"
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Sachi and Shino jumped up when they heard the scream; Inuyasha 'accidentally' dropped his, semi-conscious, brother. The trio ran towards the alley, Miroku followed behind after picking himself up of the ground and made sure nothing was broken. When he got there he stood behind the other three and looked around at the now abandoned alley. The only thing in the alley was a small cat.
"WHO THE FUCK SCREAMED?!" Inuyasha screamed.
Sachi held her ears. "Does he always have to yell?!"
"Nope…He's just loud…and brash…Sachi, my sweet," Miroku said as he looked down at the small cat, which was rubbing his leg and purring. "You just become immune after a while." He bent down to pet the cat while Sachi silently fumed about the 'my sweet' comment.
Inuyasha snorted in contempt. He knew they were talking about him, just he did not know what they had said; he let this one slide.
"You speak English?" Shino asked while examining the barely visible footprints amidst the debris of the alleyway. "Why didn't you tell us the first time we met?"
He shrugged. "Didn't think it mattered."
Shino looked up towards the roof of the next building. "Hm, there were three…"
"Nooooo, really?" Sachi replied sarcastically.
"Well, where did they go then?" Inuyasha asked.
The twins pointed straight up the building that Shino was looking at.
"It's at least six stories…How did they get up there? FLY?" Miroku exclaimed.
"No, you idiot…they jumped…well at least two of them did…" Shino mumbled.
Inuyasha looked skeptical. "Jumped? As in…er--jumped?!"
Sachi grinned. "What, you've never roof-hopped? And you say you're a martial artist, che…"
"What does me being a martial artist have to do with anything?"
"Everything."
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Kouga, Sango and a very pissed of Kagome were sitting on top of an apartment complex's roof. It was the building right next door the restaurant and had a decent view.
"KOUGA! NEXT TIME DON'T SCARE ME HALF TO DEATH!" Kagome growled. For some reason Sango and Kouga thought it to be incredibly funny.
"Oh man. HAHA, KAGOME YOU SHOULDA SEEN YOUR FACE!!" Sango said while holding her side from laughing to hard. Kagome calmed down while the others were still laughing. She hugged her knees and looked up at the sky.
"Sango, did you believe the story?" Kagome asked.
Kouga was a tad confused. "What story?"
Sango was the always the practical one. "I don't believe in fairy tales, Kagome. That guy probably just made it up to piss off his friends."
"No."
Sango quirked an eyebrow, "No?"
"That's what I said. No. It wasn't a lie…"
"Have you lost your marbles?"
"I'm not crazy…The fool didn't even finish the story…I'll give you the short version of the aftermath. Well, the jewel was dubbed the Shikon no tama-or Jewel of Four Souls. The jewel was found by a poor traveler, who kept it as a family heirloom being as it was to beautiful and to priceless to sell. Through the course of many, many years the Shikon jewel passed from heir to heir."
Kouga stayed silent through the whole thing.
"So?"
"…Jeeze, let me finish. Soon the family grew richer and more powerful; unbeknownst to them there were hated by many. The unsuspecting 'leader' of the family took out the jewel to show a new business associate. The fool was murdered in cold blood and the jewel was stolen…and do you know who had done the deed?"
"Uh, the Dragons?" Kouga guessed still unaware of what they were talking about.
"Correct, Kouga! Moreover, do you know who was murdered?
Sango and Kouga shrugged.
"My imprudent great-great grandfather."
"Oohhhhhhhhh!" Kouga said finally understanding.
"How do you know that?" Sango asked.
"Hey, you're not the only ones who have sources. Plus, there's a lot more to tell you but I just don't feel like it."
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"What a bunch of bull shit…"
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[A/n: Hmmm. Sorry it took so long to upload this but I've only been writing small pieces at a time and I don't even know if I'm to happy about it. Formatting keeps getting f$#%# up. Oh, and also there is a reason that Hibiki-taijin, is well 'Hibiki'. Well, I am in the process of writing another fic, a Ranma ½ based one. Sachi and Shino are both based in it and so is Hibiki-taijin…I don't really want to spoil it but if you really wanna know nethin' just e-mail me at b3atr3d@yahoo.com and I'm very sorry if any characters are OOC. Well it is an A/U so different environments; different personalities-just deal…I do the best I can..for the most part. Oh, almost forgot, PLEASE REVIEW!! Thank you.]
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