Chapter 7

Sesshomaru-ga Takuramu-masu (Japanese for: "Sesshomaru Plots") (Now isn't that cool? LOL)

Disclaimer: Must I keep repeating myself? I own nothing but Aiko and the plot.

Mojobubbles: 11 REPONSES!!!!!!! COOLNESS!!!!!!!!!!!!! I don't think I've ever gotten more than 11 reviews on any chapter.

Kamilah: So now we gotta reveal what we're gonna do.

Mojobubbles: Yeah. And let me say, I appreciated all your comments, and hopefully we've got it worked out so that this will pleased everyone. And the majority of you said........*drum roll* And everyone gave excellent feedback, and you are all very intelligent-

All: JUST SAY IT ALREADY!

Mojobubbles: The majority of you wanted:

A.) Kikyo is not in the story at all and there is Sesshomaru/Rin.

Kamilah: But for Yurika, who wanted no Kikyo and no romance, it'll mostly be fluffy Sesshomaru/Rin.

Mojobubbles: And night rain, thank you for not rejecting my idea of a Sesshomaru/Kikyo! I might experiment with that after this story is done. And angelamisaki: Where the heck did you get that idea?! Yes, that would be weird because 1.) he's about 9 years older than her, and 2.) they're kind of related!!!

Kamilah: But in a way, your idea did fit in with the original plot.

Mojobubbles: Yeah. He will kidnap her, and they will get fond of each other, just not romantically. Plus, he can't use the Tetsusaiga because......oh wait a minute......Rin.......OH COOLNESS!!!!!! HE /CAN/ TRY AND GET THE TETSUSAIGA AND THEN WHEN SHE DIES INU CAN GO.......ok giving away too much plot now........^///^ Just ignore my ramblings........

Kamilah: Now that that's out of the way.....you wanna tell them about Friday, and your new manga?

Mojobubbles: Sure! ^_^ Ok, on Friday: WE HAD THE BEST TIME AT MELISSA'S!!!!!!!!!! We played this cool Inu-Yasha type game outside in her backyard. Me, Marissa, and Kirstie were all half-dog demons. So basically we were hyperactive girl versions of Inuyasha. Melissa was half-dragon, and I dun remember what Abby was. ^_^U

Kamilah: Yeah.......and Sesshomaru was in some demon organization thing that wanted to kidnap you, right?

Mojobubbles: Hai. Here were some funny parts:

Me: But shouldn't we find Inuyasha? We could take the Tetsusaiga!

Kirstie: And his clothes.

Another part:

Melissa: We'll let them kidnap us, we'll have fun at Fluffy's home base, and /then/ we'll escape. ^_^

Another part:

Me: *petting this dog* Where is Fluffy!?

Apache (the dog): *sniff sniff*

Me: Where is Sesshomaru!?!?!

Apache: *sniff sniff*

Me: *running off* Thank you friend!!!!!

Last part:

Me: Ok, pretend to be hurt!

Kirstie: *flapping her arm around, pretending to be the faggot-y female bird in "Rikki-Tikki Tavi" or however the hell you spell it* *screaming in a high-pitched voice* MY WING'S BROKEN!!! OOOOH MY WING'S BROKEN!!!!!!

Kamilah: Oh yeah, quick question: why do people call Sesshomaru Fluffy? Did Rin call him that? Or did someone here on ff.net make that up?

Mojobubbles: And then on Sunday, we all went to the mall for Kathy's b-day party. And we went into Hot Topic, and I got this cool bumper sticker that says, "YOU all laugh because I'm different, I laugh because YOU'RE all the same!"

Inuyasha: And what was that one store you got all hyper in?

Mojobubbles: SUNCOAST MOVIES!!!!!!! YAH GO SUNCOAST!!!!!!!!! THEY HAVE A HUGE WALL OF ANIME DVDS AND MANGA!!!!!!!!!!! THEY HAD SHONEN JUMP!!!!!!!!! I ACTUALLY SAW YU-GI-OH! MANGA!!!!!! AND THEY HAD A WHOLE BUNCH OF IY MANGA AND I GOT VOLUME 2 W/ SESSHOMARU IN IT!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

All: *blink*

Mojobubbles: Yeah. I really don't know what's going to happen, because 1.) I'm getting high off Pop Rocks and 2.) we're taking Terra Nova tests this week, meaning NO HOMEWORK!!!!!

Review responses:

Higurashi Kagome: GO YOU AND YOUR FRIENDS!!!!!!! SESS/KAG IS A YUCKY POO- POO PAIRING!!!!!!! Although I don't think you had to threaten to digitally kick my ass....... ;_; By the way, was your friend there when you reviewed the note thing? HI HIGURASHI KAGOME'S FRIEND!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

eddieknives: THANK YOU!

d.g. and crew: Well, um, D.g., there will be some fight scenes (which I'm not too good at writing yet.....gomen) but not too much blood, and more fluff. *shakes Brat* WHICH EPISODE WAS IT!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?!?! Erica, glad you like it. ^_^

BMMW: Oh, so that's what you meant when we were in the car.......gotcha. WTF?!?!? /MEHT-URT/ LIKES MY STORY?!?!?!

And all the other reviews I already replied to, and thank you to everyone who's reviewed and complimented me! It makes my self-esteem go up a few notches. ^_^ Come on people, let's get up to 50 reviews!!!!!!

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Symbol thingies:

(me popping to either annoy you or explain something)

'thoughts'

"dialogue"

*~*Flashback*~* or *~*End flashback*~* Kinda self-explanatory, right?

~~song lyrics~~ (No these are not set to songs like the other chapters, but at random times I may stick random song lyrics where I think they fit.)

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(Whoops, forgot to mention _why_ Aiko was staying at Miroku and Sango's......it was to let Inuyasha and Kagome have some time alone. NO KIRSTIE THEY DID NOT DO _THAT_!!!!!!!!!!!!)

The next day, the demons came, along with Shippo.

Aiko woke up, Kirara curled up next to her. Her delicate nose picked up a strange scent, and it was definitely bad. She sat up immediately, sticking her nose in the air and sniffing.

Sango heard her stirring and sat up too. "Aiko?" she asked sleepily.

"I smell something," Aiko said, her whole body tense. "It might be demons."

At these words, Sango jumped out of bed and woke up Miroku. The three went to the doorway and looked out. They all jumped backward when a face popped out of nowhere.

"Inuyasha, what are you doing!?" Miroku demanded, clutching his chest and glaring at the hanyou hanging from his roof.

"Did you smell them too?" he asked Aiko, ignoring Miroku. When she nodded, he jumped off the roof. "I've been keeping watch," he said simply.

Then, he and Aiko heard it. "That rumbling noise......" Aiko murmured. "Is that a demon?"

Inuyasha nodded gravely.

"Where's mom?" Aiko asked.

"Right here!" Kagome said brightly, but stopped when she saw the severe expressions on their faces. "What's-"

Inuyasha cut her off. "Demons," he answered. And as soon as he said it, they were there. Not to mention a boy about 13 or 14 years old, trying to keep the huge snake demons from attacking.

"SHIPPO!?" Inuyasha yelled. "WHAT ARE YOU DOING!?"

"What does it look like I'm doing, I'm trying to keep these things from flattening us all!!!"

"Well you're doing a spectacular job of it!!!!" Inuyasha sneered, as one of the demons used its tail to fell a nearby tree, causing the small group to have to jump out of the way.

"SHIPPO?!" Kagome screamed suddenly. The boy turned to her.

"Kagome?!" he gasped, flabbergasted. The demons used his distraction to their advantage, and the next thing Shippo knew, he was being smashed into a tree by one of their tails.

"Shippo!" Kagome shouted, trying to race into the forest after him, but Sango held her back.

"Kagome, he's a big youkai now. He can take care of himself," Sango assured her.

Inuyasha raced up to the first demon, unsheathing Tetsusaiga. Aiko gasped as it transformed. (Which I hav yet to see it do.....ugh.) Inuyasha effortlessly slashed through the first demon. "No problem!" he said, turning back to the group and grinning confidently.

"Inuyasha, you idiot, turn around!" Miroku shouted as the second demon smashed Inuyasha with its tail.

"Owwwww......" muttered the disoriented hanyou as he crashed into a tree, like Shippo.

"Hey, that's my dad you're messing with!" Aiko shouted indignantly, and the remaining youkai turned on her.

"Aiko, NO!" Kagome shouted as her daughter charged toward the youkai, claws extended.

Aiko didn't notice the green aura surrounding her hand as she slammed her claws into the snake demon. It hissed madly in pain, and, writhing, fell to the ground, dead. Inuyasha stared at her, his eyes wide. Then he went off to find Shippo.

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"Didja see that!? Wasn't that so cool?!" Aiko asked, bobbing around excitedly. The others didn't seem so excited.

"You really shouldn't have done that, Aiko," Shippo said, after he had had his reunion with Kagome. "You could have been killed."

"So?" Aiko asked, her shoulders slumping dejectedly. "I mean, I defeated it, right?"

"Yeah. But it's not that. It's how you defeated it," Inuyasha said, staring into the fire.

"What do you mean?" Aiko asked, eyeing him curiously.

Inuyasha didn't reply, but looked at his friends. "She's got poison claws," he sighed.

The others gasped. "I thought it looked familiar," Miroku remarked.

"How?!" Aiko said.

"It's a demon quality," Sango explained. "And there's only one place where you could have got it......"

"But why would I have a demonic power?!" Aiko spluttered.

"Um, Aiko, honey, I don't really know how to say this........but you're 25% demon!" Kagome said, smiling brightly.

"WHAAAAAAT?!"

"You're demon part comes from me," Inuyasha said. "I'm a hanyou, half human, half demon," he said, a trace of bitterness in his voice.

"And what are you, Mom?" Aiko asked, obviously a little peeved that her mother had never told her this.

"Full human," Kagome replied quietly. Aiko sat there, her mind processing the information.

"Hey Sango, what did you mean by 'there's only one place where you could have got it'?" she asked suddenly.

"She meant there's only one way you could've inherited poisonous claws," Inuyasha said, a slight tone of impatience in his voice.

".....and?" Aiko said, also getting impatient.

"My half-brother, Sesshomaru," Inuyasha replied snappishly, but deep down he felt a twinge of pride. 'She has my personality.......'

"Who is an evil full youkai," Shippo added.

"So.........I have an evil demon uncle with poisonous claws?"

"Exactly," Sango replied.

"And he's tried to kill us a whole bunch, too," Kagome said, shaking her head. Aiko slowly got to her feet and left the hut, ignoring her mother's calling after her.

"Eh, she'll be fine," Shippo said, waving his hand. "She's just gotta get used to it."

Kagome nodded, then glomped Shippo really hard. "You've gotten so big!!!" she squealed, and the others sweatdropped.

They didn't know that someone was watching them, listening in on their conversation.

"Sesshomaru-sama will not like this....not at all......" the person (or was it a person?) said in a high, panicked voice.

(Mojobubbles: *in a mysterious voice* Who could the person beeeeeeeeeeee????????

Kamilah: *rolls eyes* Aibou, it's pretty obvious it's Jaken. Um, aibou?

Mojobubbles: O_O OW OW OW!!!! TOO MANY POP ROCKS!!!!!!!!!)

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"Milord!!!!"

Sesshomaru of the western lands looked up, irritated at being interrupted.

(Mojobubbles: Oh CRAP!

Inuyasha: What now?

Mojobubbles: I dropped a Pop Rock in the keyboard!)

Rin smiled at the hyperventilating toad demon. She caught Sesshomaru's eye and they gave each other a "/honestly/........"-type look.

"What is it, Jaken?" Sesshomaru asked, his annoyance evident. Jaken took notice and tried to calm himself down. Then he recounted what he had seen to Sesshomaru.

"Interesting......it seems my little brother's daughter, my niece, is stronger than I thought....."

"You are not angry, milord?" Jaken asked anxiously.

"Why would I be angry?" Sesshomaru replied, an amused tone in his voice. "I find it interesting that this girl, this Aiko, has my strength.......and poisonous claws," he added, flexing his fingers. "Jaken, get me my lunar chart for this month," he said suddenly. Jaken did, a puzzled expression on his face. Sesshomaru smiled.

"Excellent."

Rin peeked over his shoulder and knew at once what he was planning, and she almost wished he wasn't.

To attack them, when they were both in their weakened human form........she didn't know why, but it made her uncomfortable.

She was 17, nearly 18 now, and Sesshomaru, being a demon, didn't look a day older than when she first met him. That was 10 years ago. She had watched him kill many youkai and humans, too, so why would watching the defeat of Inuyasha and his family be any different?

Just then, she felt Sesshomaru touch her arm. "Something wrong?" he asked.

Then, for some inexplicable reason, Rin felt completely terrified. This man was a demon, a murderer.......but when she looked up and her eyes met his brilliant amber ones, her fear disappeared, leaving her with confusion.

"No," she mumbled, before excusing herself and hightailing it back to her chamber, ignoring Sesshomaru's questioning stares.

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That night, Shippo went out to find Aiko.

She was sitting in a tree, staring up at the sky.

"I know it's weird," he began, "but we're all here for you. Especially Inuyasha, even if he doesn't show it."

Aiko nodded. "I think I'm ready to go back now," she said quietly, and she and Shippo jumped down from the tree.

If only Inuyasha had come to get her, or if he didn't have so much on his mind, he would've seen that the next night would be the new moon.

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Preview of chapter 8: Shingetsu (Japanese for "new moon")

"What's happening?!" Aiko screamed, as her claws shortened and her eyes changed color.

She felt someone's arms wrap around her, and she realized it was Inuyasha.

"Daddy," she whimpered. "I'm scared......what's happening to me?"

If Inuyasha was startled by the familiarity, he didn't show it. "It's ok," he said soothingly. "It happens every month. I thought it didn't happen to you, but apparently it does when you're on my side of the well. You and me, we're full humans for the night."

"Just one night?"

"Just one night," Inuyasha assured. They turned back to Kaede's hut, unaware of the demon hurtling toward them in the darkness.

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Mojobubbles: WooooooOOOOOooooo, suspenseful!!!!!!

All: *roll eyes*

Mojobubbles: Hey, I might even have another chapter out this week, cuz Terra Nova testing means NO HOMEWORK!!!!!!!