Chapter VI: Kikyo Returns
The next morning, Sango, Miroku, Kagome, Shippou, and InuYasha were clothed and well-rested up. They said good-bye to Sehashi and thanked him. They were about to leave the main building when something unexpected happened.
"Master, I have a favor to ask..." Sesshami said to Sehashi.
"What is it, my dear?" he replied.
"I-I wish to go with Lady Sango and her friends. I feel that at this time they need me and my sorcery. May I please go? My sister, Cehoshi, will take my place. She's always wanted my job. And-"
"Slow down, little one. If you wish, you may go."
Sesshami's eyes lit up with tears.
"Oh, thank you, Master Sehashi!" she sobbed as she flung her arms around Sehashi.
"Now go," he said firmly, "and gather your things and catch up quickly. I will inform your family of your leaving and your sister of her new job."
At this Sesshami nodded and ran to her small room in the back of the building. She had books, herbs, berries, bandages, medicine, and some other things in her bag including mixed soaps. Just as the gang was heading out of the village she caught them.
"Wait!" Sesshami called after them.
They all spun around and looked at her. Sesshami ran forward and bowed.
"Um...if you don't mind, Lady Sango and friends...I'd like to come with you. I've mastered many things like mixing herbs, and I've also learned some useful-"
"Buzz off! We already have enough people!" InuYasha said loudly.
Sesshami's eyes filled with tears, but this time, they were tears of sadness, not of joy.
"Okay...if you don't want me..."
"No! You can come along, Sesshami." Kagome said, shooting a nasty look at InuYasha.
Sesshami wiped the tears from her freckled face and said "Okay. What I was going to say was I've learned some useful sorcery and witchcraft."
"That's great, Sesshami." said Sango in a caring voice.
So Sango, Sesshami, Kagome, Shippou, Miroku, and InuYasha set off. Kagome was in front and Sesshami jogged up front to her.
"I thought this might help you. I didn't want to give it to that dog 'cause I was afraid he was gonna bite me or something."
"Huh?"
Sesshami dug into her pockets and took out the chunk of the Shikon Jewel. Kagome gasped.
"Sesshami, how did you get this?" she asked in awe.
"Well, I was in the woods and some kind of demon attacked me. He had long silver hair and two swords. He thought I might know the whereabouts of you guys and I told him no. He didn't believe me. And since I'm a pick pocket, when he charged at me to attack, I snatched that out of his robes. He had a girl with him, Rin I think it was. And a toad with a weird staff."
InuYasha overheard this. "Sesshomaru..." he said under his breath.
In the village ahead, they heard screams of bloody murder. Then something that took on a human form was drawing nearer. As it stepped into the light, InuYasha recognized it at once. It was Kikyo.
The next morning, Sango, Miroku, Kagome, Shippou, and InuYasha were clothed and well-rested up. They said good-bye to Sehashi and thanked him. They were about to leave the main building when something unexpected happened.
"Master, I have a favor to ask..." Sesshami said to Sehashi.
"What is it, my dear?" he replied.
"I-I wish to go with Lady Sango and her friends. I feel that at this time they need me and my sorcery. May I please go? My sister, Cehoshi, will take my place. She's always wanted my job. And-"
"Slow down, little one. If you wish, you may go."
Sesshami's eyes lit up with tears.
"Oh, thank you, Master Sehashi!" she sobbed as she flung her arms around Sehashi.
"Now go," he said firmly, "and gather your things and catch up quickly. I will inform your family of your leaving and your sister of her new job."
At this Sesshami nodded and ran to her small room in the back of the building. She had books, herbs, berries, bandages, medicine, and some other things in her bag including mixed soaps. Just as the gang was heading out of the village she caught them.
"Wait!" Sesshami called after them.
They all spun around and looked at her. Sesshami ran forward and bowed.
"Um...if you don't mind, Lady Sango and friends...I'd like to come with you. I've mastered many things like mixing herbs, and I've also learned some useful-"
"Buzz off! We already have enough people!" InuYasha said loudly.
Sesshami's eyes filled with tears, but this time, they were tears of sadness, not of joy.
"Okay...if you don't want me..."
"No! You can come along, Sesshami." Kagome said, shooting a nasty look at InuYasha.
Sesshami wiped the tears from her freckled face and said "Okay. What I was going to say was I've learned some useful sorcery and witchcraft."
"That's great, Sesshami." said Sango in a caring voice.
So Sango, Sesshami, Kagome, Shippou, Miroku, and InuYasha set off. Kagome was in front and Sesshami jogged up front to her.
"I thought this might help you. I didn't want to give it to that dog 'cause I was afraid he was gonna bite me or something."
"Huh?"
Sesshami dug into her pockets and took out the chunk of the Shikon Jewel. Kagome gasped.
"Sesshami, how did you get this?" she asked in awe.
"Well, I was in the woods and some kind of demon attacked me. He had long silver hair and two swords. He thought I might know the whereabouts of you guys and I told him no. He didn't believe me. And since I'm a pick pocket, when he charged at me to attack, I snatched that out of his robes. He had a girl with him, Rin I think it was. And a toad with a weird staff."
InuYasha overheard this. "Sesshomaru..." he said under his breath.
In the village ahead, they heard screams of bloody murder. Then something that took on a human form was drawing nearer. As it stepped into the light, InuYasha recognized it at once. It was Kikyo.