Sukari blinked down from her perch on an upper branch as Kagome
finished talking. "So the sacred jewel was shattered." She looked at
Inuyasha. "It sounds like it was more your fault."
Inuyasha shot to his feet standing on the rock he had been sitting on. "My fault!? What do you mean my fault?"
Sukari crossed her arms and flashed a smile at Kagome "If you hadn't left her on the ground she could have targeted her arrow better."
"SHE COULDN'T HAVE HIT THE BROAD SIDE OF A-" He fell over as a large branch was dropped on his head by Sukari.
"Don't back sass your little sister." She jumped down next to Inuyasha's twitching form and looked at Kagome. "If that's the case you can have the shard." She took a shimmering piece of pink-violet crystal out of the pocket of her Kimono.
Kagome blinked in surprise. "What? You're just going to let us have it like that?"
Inuyasha looked up at her suspiciously "What's the catch?"
Sukari smiled innocently and a tiny halo appeared around her head. "I want a kiss."
Kagome and Inuyasha "WHAT!?!"
Kagome sweat dropped and flashed a look at Inuyasha "You wanna kiss him? I didn't know your race did that."
Sukari blanched and laughed. "GROSS! Not him! I want a kiss from Kagome."
Kagome sweat dropped even more "Me!?"
Inuyasha poked Sukari in the ribs "You do realize that Kagome is a girl, even if she isn't that good looking I mean. Heh"
"SIT BOY!" She glared as Inuyasha hit the ground the straightened and turned her attention back to Sukari. "Why do you want a kiss from me?"
She shrugged a shoulder. "Simple. Because you're a miko." She smirked "Besides you're not really that bad looking at all."
Kagome blushed and Inuyasha stood "But what does Kagome being a miko have to do with anything?"
She tilted her head at Inuyasha for a moment. "You really don't know? Blessings. I am another priestess after all. So by Kagome kissing me I'm blessed which will add to my authority as a priestess."
Kagome blushed deeper "Well, I guess I understand. Alright." She sweat dropped "Do I have to kiss you....in a...ah... particular spot?"
Sukari laughed. "My cheek would be acceptable. I wouldn't have you touch my lips. Something might happen." Inuyasha and Kagome sweat dropped and Sukari blinked at them then sweat dropped to. "NOT LIKE THAT!"
Kagome stepped forward and pressed her lips to Sukari's cheek and a deep violet light shot up around them then faded and she pulled away. Kagome blinked in shock. "Did I do that?"
"We both did." She held the jewel shard out to Kagome "Here." Kagome reached out and took the jewel shard and Inuyasha watched them with a contemplative expression. "Well! Now that that's done. Where are we going?"
"What do you mean where are we going? Kagome and I are going to look for more jewel shards. You're staying here."
Sukari glared although the edges of her expression looked hurt. "Staying here? I've been staying here for all my life! Since I was 18. Wanna know how long ago that was." She stormed over and yelled in Inuyasha's ear "32 YEARS!!! And I was alone, thinking I had no family. No one who cared. And now I find out I have not one but two brothers! Sesshomaru's gone. I'd know if he was in my forest still and he's not. All I want is to be with the last bit of family I have but you won't let me." She turned away and placed her palm on the tree again. "Very well then."
Kagome turned to look at Inuyasha her eyes a bit teary "Inuyasha."
Inuyasha crossed his arm the arrogant look creeping back onto his face. "You'd better be able move fast enough." Sukari looked up at him. "I'm not gonna be slowed down." He yelped and fell over as Sukari tackled him.
"I could out run you any day brother of mine." She stood up then winked at Kagome.
Inuyasha stood and crouched down "Get on Kago..me?" He sweat dropped as Sukari lifted Kagome up into her arms.
Sukari smirked. "Your ways not at all respectable for a lady." She jumped up into a tree and laughed. "Besides, it's a girls against guys race. Ready. Get set. Go!" Kagome let out a little yelp as Sukari started speeding through the trees, the branches seeming to leap out of her way as she moved.
'Maybe they are.' Kagome mused silently. She glanced over at Inuyasha beside them. 'I wonder what will happen when she finds out about the enmity between her brothers.' She glanced up at Sukari who had her full attention on the branches ahead 'Or maybe she can end it.' She snorted then "Yea right. Sesshomaru being nice, can't see that.'
Sukari looked down at her and arched an eyebrow "What?"
Kagome jumped a little. "I was just wondering. Why couldn't our friends get into the forest?"
"Oh. That's easy enough to explain. The forest only allows dog demon priestess in, since I'm supposed to be the only one here. You're a priestess and my brother there's a dog demon so the forest specifics must have blended you together as one being."
Kagome shifted. The thought of being blended with Inuyasha made her a bit uncomfortable and she felt a light blush. She turned to look at him and felt something poke her in the side. "Ow."
Inuyasha looked over and noticed the scabbard for the first time. His eyes narrowed. "What's that?"
Sukari smiled but didn't look at either of them. "My sword from father. Tutsuga."
Kagome and Inuyasha's eyes widened. "Tutsuga!"
Sukari nodded and laughed, "Could you two stop chorusing. It's getting a bit scary. Yes, Tutsuga. It really is the strangest sword. I can heal with it, but I can also use it to fight." She frowned "I'm starting to believe father was daft."
Kagome looked down thoughtfully 'Maybe he was. Why would he give Inuyasha a sword that could kill, Sesshomaru a sword that heals, and Sukari a sword that does both?' Inuyasha seemed to be wondering the same thing and they moved in silence till finally the trees shifted back to their original deep brown and green color.
"Inuyasha look! It's Sango." Kagome pointed towards a small figure scanning the skies among the trees.
Sango smiled and waved as the set down before her. "Kagome, Inuyasha. I was beginning to worry. You were gone long." She looked at Sukari as she set Kagome down. "Whose...this?"
"Sango. This is Sukari. Inuyasha's sister."
Sango looked at Inuyasha. "You never told us..you had a sister."
Inuyasha huffed. "No one ever told me either."
Sukari rolled her eyes "Oh suck it up and take it like a man." She noticed movement in the corner of her eye and in a flash she moved scooping up a creature by a tree and walked back over.
"Hey, lemme go! I ...wha?" Shippo blinked in surprise up at Sukari.
"Oh how cute!" Sukari laughed. "He is just so adorable." She bent down and kissed Shippo on the cheek and he fell out of her arms in a fait. "Ah..oops I forgot about that."
Sango, Kagome, and Inuyasha blinked down at the unconscious Shippo. Sango looked up first. "What..what did you do to him?"
Sukari blushed. "He'll wake up in a couple of hours. My kiss does that. My mother was a Valkyry after all." Kagome bent and picked up Shippo.
"We'd better go find Miroku before he gets into too much trouble." Kagome sighed.
Sango nodded. "We set up camp after you left. Follow me."
Inuyasha shot to his feet standing on the rock he had been sitting on. "My fault!? What do you mean my fault?"
Sukari crossed her arms and flashed a smile at Kagome "If you hadn't left her on the ground she could have targeted her arrow better."
"SHE COULDN'T HAVE HIT THE BROAD SIDE OF A-" He fell over as a large branch was dropped on his head by Sukari.
"Don't back sass your little sister." She jumped down next to Inuyasha's twitching form and looked at Kagome. "If that's the case you can have the shard." She took a shimmering piece of pink-violet crystal out of the pocket of her Kimono.
Kagome blinked in surprise. "What? You're just going to let us have it like that?"
Inuyasha looked up at her suspiciously "What's the catch?"
Sukari smiled innocently and a tiny halo appeared around her head. "I want a kiss."
Kagome and Inuyasha "WHAT!?!"
Kagome sweat dropped and flashed a look at Inuyasha "You wanna kiss him? I didn't know your race did that."
Sukari blanched and laughed. "GROSS! Not him! I want a kiss from Kagome."
Kagome sweat dropped even more "Me!?"
Inuyasha poked Sukari in the ribs "You do realize that Kagome is a girl, even if she isn't that good looking I mean. Heh"
"SIT BOY!" She glared as Inuyasha hit the ground the straightened and turned her attention back to Sukari. "Why do you want a kiss from me?"
She shrugged a shoulder. "Simple. Because you're a miko." She smirked "Besides you're not really that bad looking at all."
Kagome blushed and Inuyasha stood "But what does Kagome being a miko have to do with anything?"
She tilted her head at Inuyasha for a moment. "You really don't know? Blessings. I am another priestess after all. So by Kagome kissing me I'm blessed which will add to my authority as a priestess."
Kagome blushed deeper "Well, I guess I understand. Alright." She sweat dropped "Do I have to kiss you....in a...ah... particular spot?"
Sukari laughed. "My cheek would be acceptable. I wouldn't have you touch my lips. Something might happen." Inuyasha and Kagome sweat dropped and Sukari blinked at them then sweat dropped to. "NOT LIKE THAT!"
Kagome stepped forward and pressed her lips to Sukari's cheek and a deep violet light shot up around them then faded and she pulled away. Kagome blinked in shock. "Did I do that?"
"We both did." She held the jewel shard out to Kagome "Here." Kagome reached out and took the jewel shard and Inuyasha watched them with a contemplative expression. "Well! Now that that's done. Where are we going?"
"What do you mean where are we going? Kagome and I are going to look for more jewel shards. You're staying here."
Sukari glared although the edges of her expression looked hurt. "Staying here? I've been staying here for all my life! Since I was 18. Wanna know how long ago that was." She stormed over and yelled in Inuyasha's ear "32 YEARS!!! And I was alone, thinking I had no family. No one who cared. And now I find out I have not one but two brothers! Sesshomaru's gone. I'd know if he was in my forest still and he's not. All I want is to be with the last bit of family I have but you won't let me." She turned away and placed her palm on the tree again. "Very well then."
Kagome turned to look at Inuyasha her eyes a bit teary "Inuyasha."
Inuyasha crossed his arm the arrogant look creeping back onto his face. "You'd better be able move fast enough." Sukari looked up at him. "I'm not gonna be slowed down." He yelped and fell over as Sukari tackled him.
"I could out run you any day brother of mine." She stood up then winked at Kagome.
Inuyasha stood and crouched down "Get on Kago..me?" He sweat dropped as Sukari lifted Kagome up into her arms.
Sukari smirked. "Your ways not at all respectable for a lady." She jumped up into a tree and laughed. "Besides, it's a girls against guys race. Ready. Get set. Go!" Kagome let out a little yelp as Sukari started speeding through the trees, the branches seeming to leap out of her way as she moved.
'Maybe they are.' Kagome mused silently. She glanced over at Inuyasha beside them. 'I wonder what will happen when she finds out about the enmity between her brothers.' She glanced up at Sukari who had her full attention on the branches ahead 'Or maybe she can end it.' She snorted then "Yea right. Sesshomaru being nice, can't see that.'
Sukari looked down at her and arched an eyebrow "What?"
Kagome jumped a little. "I was just wondering. Why couldn't our friends get into the forest?"
"Oh. That's easy enough to explain. The forest only allows dog demon priestess in, since I'm supposed to be the only one here. You're a priestess and my brother there's a dog demon so the forest specifics must have blended you together as one being."
Kagome shifted. The thought of being blended with Inuyasha made her a bit uncomfortable and she felt a light blush. She turned to look at him and felt something poke her in the side. "Ow."
Inuyasha looked over and noticed the scabbard for the first time. His eyes narrowed. "What's that?"
Sukari smiled but didn't look at either of them. "My sword from father. Tutsuga."
Kagome and Inuyasha's eyes widened. "Tutsuga!"
Sukari nodded and laughed, "Could you two stop chorusing. It's getting a bit scary. Yes, Tutsuga. It really is the strangest sword. I can heal with it, but I can also use it to fight." She frowned "I'm starting to believe father was daft."
Kagome looked down thoughtfully 'Maybe he was. Why would he give Inuyasha a sword that could kill, Sesshomaru a sword that heals, and Sukari a sword that does both?' Inuyasha seemed to be wondering the same thing and they moved in silence till finally the trees shifted back to their original deep brown and green color.
"Inuyasha look! It's Sango." Kagome pointed towards a small figure scanning the skies among the trees.
Sango smiled and waved as the set down before her. "Kagome, Inuyasha. I was beginning to worry. You were gone long." She looked at Sukari as she set Kagome down. "Whose...this?"
"Sango. This is Sukari. Inuyasha's sister."
Sango looked at Inuyasha. "You never told us..you had a sister."
Inuyasha huffed. "No one ever told me either."
Sukari rolled her eyes "Oh suck it up and take it like a man." She noticed movement in the corner of her eye and in a flash she moved scooping up a creature by a tree and walked back over.
"Hey, lemme go! I ...wha?" Shippo blinked in surprise up at Sukari.
"Oh how cute!" Sukari laughed. "He is just so adorable." She bent down and kissed Shippo on the cheek and he fell out of her arms in a fait. "Ah..oops I forgot about that."
Sango, Kagome, and Inuyasha blinked down at the unconscious Shippo. Sango looked up first. "What..what did you do to him?"
Sukari blushed. "He'll wake up in a couple of hours. My kiss does that. My mother was a Valkyry after all." Kagome bent and picked up Shippo.
"We'd better go find Miroku before he gets into too much trouble." Kagome sighed.
Sango nodded. "We set up camp after you left. Follow me."