Disclaimer~ Inuyasha belongs to Rumiko Takahashi, Shonen Sunday, etc.
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Seeing Can Be Deceiving
Chapter 17
by sunny1388
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"Ugh..."
The wolf-youkai groaned, lifting an arm to rub his aching head when he felt a shooting pain rush up it. Blinking his clouded blue eyes, he managed to see that his arm was swarthed in makeshift bandages.
"Kouga!"
A female voice stated, obviously surprised.
Deciding not to turn his pounding head, Kouga sniffed to try and figure out the identity of the girl
...
Kagome?!
"Kagome? Wha...what happened?"
Kagome's head moved into his field of vision, looking down at him, her expression worried.
"I found you, practically dead in the forest!"
With that, Kagome used a sleeve of her blouse to wipe at her moist eyes,
Kouga tried a confident smirk to comfort her,
"You were worried?"
He startled Kagome into staring down at him again and noticed a bit of fire in her eyes,
"Of course I was worried, Kouga-kun! You're my friend!"
Kouga blinked, hoping for more than 'friend' but Kagome didn't notice and ranted on,
"I mean, you were covered in blood and I didn't know what to do! I finally found a friend and I thought you were dead! And-"
But Kouga cut her off with a short laugh,
"Well, I'm fine now."
But then his thoughts turned to how he was injured and his memories rushed back in a flash. The demon-exterminating boy and his fight, tracking Inuyasha and that fox kit, that battle with Sesshomaru...!
"Kagome, how'd you escape from dogturd's brother?"
~*~
Inuyasha cocked his head in midleap high in the air above the treetops with the sleeves of his haori fluttering out behind him. An interesting scent had just reached his sensitive nose...
When he landed, he turned his head upwards and took a few delicate sniffs, testing the air and trying to catch that scent again. It was very faint, so faint that he wasn't even sure if he had just imagined it. But...no, he caught it again. He wasn't mistaken.
With a growl, he leapt up again, not even hearing Shippo's quiet inquiry.
Kagura.
~*~
Sesshomaru walked silently through the darkening forest searching for Rin. Even though he was mostly over his bout of sickness, his nose was still not as good as usual and Rin's scent trail was a few hours old.
Following it, he eventually arrived at a large meadow. Looking around, he spotted a dot of color under a tree at the opposite side and quickly strode over.
Sitting under the tree was Rin, asleep.
Looking around to check that no one was watching, Sesshomaru leaned down and carefully picked her up, cradling her in his arms with her head resting against his fluffy tail that was wrapped around one his shoulders.
Rin unconsciously snuggled against the familiar tail and smiled.
Sesshomaru sighed in relief as he began to walk back to the cave.
But as he began walking, Rin's smile faded and a little frown appeared on her face. She whispered something so softly that Sesshomaru had to turn his head so his ear faced her to make out what she was saying,
"Kohaku?"
Kohaku?
Who...? But Sesshomaru didn't care.
Rin was safe.
But a thought troubled him. Rin was a vulnerable girl in the middle of this youkai infested forest. She should've been dead by now. No youkai, no matter how weak, would've, could've resisted eating this little weak human girl.
Or at least killing her.
Maybe it was his scent on her?
No, they were far from his domains in the western lands. The youkai around here, with the exception of his half-blood brother, had never smelled him before. They could not link him with this mortal.
So why was Rin still alive?
As Sesshomaru pondered this confusing question, a pair of brown eyes watched him from behind Rin's tree.
They had been peacefully resting against the tree. Rin had fallen asleep leaning against Kohaku's shoulder, making the poor boy's face color bright red until he relaxed and admitted to himself how peaceful he was.
A peace that he hadn't felt since before...
As the moon slowly climbed through the star dotted sky, the two kids had dozed off together, until Kohaku sensed the youkai.
He had alerted Rin, but the girl only mumbled,
"Sesshomaru-sama...it's only Sesshomaru-sama."
Kohaku had taken her word and trusted her that it was a safe youkai, a friendly youkai, but when he stepped into the clearing, the strong energy of the youkai, presumably 'Sesshomaru-sama' had washed over Kohaku and startled the boy. This was a strong demon.
But Rin was still relaxed, she seemed to trust this demon, so Kohaku took a big gamble and silently moved behind the tree. He would be there in case the demon attacked, but if this 'Sesshomaru' was a kind demon, he would also know and be able to stay out of sight.
But he didn't have to worry.
Kohaku saw he was an Inu youkai immediately.
The constant sniffing gave him away.
But he seemed to be okay and he was gentle with Rin as he picked her up and walked away.
When Sesshomaru was gone, Kohaku came out from behind his tree. For some reason, he felt...lonely.
Plopping down on the soft grass, Kohaku sighed and began to pick at the grass.
He missed Rin.
~*~
Back at the cave, Sango leaned forward to stir the pot a bit and at the same time reached to the side to slap Miroku's hand without interrupting her stirring.
"Lady Sango, that was uncalled for!"
Miroku protested, rubbing his slapped hand. Sango only raised an eyebrow without even looking at him.
Silence.
Finally, Miroku sighed, and scootched away to a more acceptable distance. He was bored.
Hmm.
"Close your eyes or I'll close them for you, houshi-sama."
Sango said, still focused on the Ramen cooking over the fire.
Miroku sighed again and averted his gaze.
He saw Jaken, who was sitting away from the fire and shooting glares at it.
Miroku decided not to ask.
~*~
As Sango ladled out bowls of Ramen, Sesshomaru arrived back at the cave.
"Hmm, never late for food. Yes, they are truly brothers." Miroku whispered to Sango as he took his bowl.
Sesshomaru decided to ignore this comment as he set Rin down.
Rin yawned cutely, stretching her arms up over her head.
Sango 'aww'-ed softly at this as she leaned back against the wall with her own bowl. Unfortunetely, she sat next to Miroku who was always ready with a hentai comment,
"Cute. Wanna make our own, Lady Sango?"
Sango elbowed him, and smiled at Rin who blinked at the weird adults' antics.
She spotted the Ramen and her eyes glittered as she gasped happily. She was hungry.
Sango smiled again, obviously charmed by the cute chibiness of Rin and motioned for her to take a bowl too.
"Sesshomaru, there's also some for you if you'd like some."
Sango said politely as Rin happily dug in.
Sesshomaru sniffed arrogantly,
"Youkai do not-mphrf"
Rin grinned at Sesshomaru, who now had a mouthful of Ramen.
His eye twitched. Obviously a youkai of his class did not spit food out rudely. No, that would be something his hanyou brother would do. So Sesshomaru bravely swallowed the Ramen and was about to comment on how nasty human food was when...
"Ahem, I believe we agreed to being civilized company so I shall accept your human food."
With that, Sesshomaru took the last bowl of Ramen and tore into fast enough to make Inuyasha embarrased.
Sango and Miroku stifled their laughter, but Rin, still possessing a child's way of geting away with anything, burst out laughing.
Laughter's contagious and soon Sango and Miroku were also laughing, but Sesshomaru was too engrossed in his Ramen to care.
All Sesshomaru was thinking was about stupid humans who laughed when they should be eating. Hmm, maybe he would take their Ramen! That would teach them a lesson...plus, he would get more Ramen...
Who cares about Tetsusaiga when there's Ramen?
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A/N~
It's alive! Er, he's alive. Kouga, I mean. Honestly, did ya really think I would kill off Kouga? I mean, he is so cool!
^_^
Anyway, I figured, Sesshomaru and Inuyasha are brothers and sometimes siblings have the same taste. (Okay, please don't bombard me with e-mails that say siblings are usually out for each others' blood until they grow up, because I know, I have a sister. But me and my sister still share some of the same interests, like anime. Then again, who wouldn't like anime? ^_~)
Good news, after a sort of midlife crises for Seeing Can Be Deceiving, it's back onto its original plot line. That means it has a plot again! Yay! Phew, you can make a perfect plan for a story (how SCBD started out) but it never really works out as you want it to.
~~~~~Reviewer Replies~~~~~
Fey Wind~ Did this chapter answer your questions? ^_^
Kawaii Kokkei Tsuita no Neko~ Heh, yep, I figured I should get some more cute moments in since in the next few chappies Inu's gonna go back to his gruff, killing, and sorta angsty character again.
Vegetazgrl~ *cringes* Soon, hopefully, but there's a Kikyou scene coming up...
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Seeing Can Be Deceiving
Chapter 17
by sunny1388
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
"Ugh..."
The wolf-youkai groaned, lifting an arm to rub his aching head when he felt a shooting pain rush up it. Blinking his clouded blue eyes, he managed to see that his arm was swarthed in makeshift bandages.
"Kouga!"
A female voice stated, obviously surprised.
Deciding not to turn his pounding head, Kouga sniffed to try and figure out the identity of the girl
...
Kagome?!
"Kagome? Wha...what happened?"
Kagome's head moved into his field of vision, looking down at him, her expression worried.
"I found you, practically dead in the forest!"
With that, Kagome used a sleeve of her blouse to wipe at her moist eyes,
Kouga tried a confident smirk to comfort her,
"You were worried?"
He startled Kagome into staring down at him again and noticed a bit of fire in her eyes,
"Of course I was worried, Kouga-kun! You're my friend!"
Kouga blinked, hoping for more than 'friend' but Kagome didn't notice and ranted on,
"I mean, you were covered in blood and I didn't know what to do! I finally found a friend and I thought you were dead! And-"
But Kouga cut her off with a short laugh,
"Well, I'm fine now."
But then his thoughts turned to how he was injured and his memories rushed back in a flash. The demon-exterminating boy and his fight, tracking Inuyasha and that fox kit, that battle with Sesshomaru...!
"Kagome, how'd you escape from dogturd's brother?"
~*~
Inuyasha cocked his head in midleap high in the air above the treetops with the sleeves of his haori fluttering out behind him. An interesting scent had just reached his sensitive nose...
When he landed, he turned his head upwards and took a few delicate sniffs, testing the air and trying to catch that scent again. It was very faint, so faint that he wasn't even sure if he had just imagined it. But...no, he caught it again. He wasn't mistaken.
With a growl, he leapt up again, not even hearing Shippo's quiet inquiry.
Kagura.
~*~
Sesshomaru walked silently through the darkening forest searching for Rin. Even though he was mostly over his bout of sickness, his nose was still not as good as usual and Rin's scent trail was a few hours old.
Following it, he eventually arrived at a large meadow. Looking around, he spotted a dot of color under a tree at the opposite side and quickly strode over.
Sitting under the tree was Rin, asleep.
Looking around to check that no one was watching, Sesshomaru leaned down and carefully picked her up, cradling her in his arms with her head resting against his fluffy tail that was wrapped around one his shoulders.
Rin unconsciously snuggled against the familiar tail and smiled.
Sesshomaru sighed in relief as he began to walk back to the cave.
But as he began walking, Rin's smile faded and a little frown appeared on her face. She whispered something so softly that Sesshomaru had to turn his head so his ear faced her to make out what she was saying,
"Kohaku?"
Kohaku?
Who...? But Sesshomaru didn't care.
Rin was safe.
But a thought troubled him. Rin was a vulnerable girl in the middle of this youkai infested forest. She should've been dead by now. No youkai, no matter how weak, would've, could've resisted eating this little weak human girl.
Or at least killing her.
Maybe it was his scent on her?
No, they were far from his domains in the western lands. The youkai around here, with the exception of his half-blood brother, had never smelled him before. They could not link him with this mortal.
So why was Rin still alive?
As Sesshomaru pondered this confusing question, a pair of brown eyes watched him from behind Rin's tree.
They had been peacefully resting against the tree. Rin had fallen asleep leaning against Kohaku's shoulder, making the poor boy's face color bright red until he relaxed and admitted to himself how peaceful he was.
A peace that he hadn't felt since before...
As the moon slowly climbed through the star dotted sky, the two kids had dozed off together, until Kohaku sensed the youkai.
He had alerted Rin, but the girl only mumbled,
"Sesshomaru-sama...it's only Sesshomaru-sama."
Kohaku had taken her word and trusted her that it was a safe youkai, a friendly youkai, but when he stepped into the clearing, the strong energy of the youkai, presumably 'Sesshomaru-sama' had washed over Kohaku and startled the boy. This was a strong demon.
But Rin was still relaxed, she seemed to trust this demon, so Kohaku took a big gamble and silently moved behind the tree. He would be there in case the demon attacked, but if this 'Sesshomaru' was a kind demon, he would also know and be able to stay out of sight.
But he didn't have to worry.
Kohaku saw he was an Inu youkai immediately.
The constant sniffing gave him away.
But he seemed to be okay and he was gentle with Rin as he picked her up and walked away.
When Sesshomaru was gone, Kohaku came out from behind his tree. For some reason, he felt...lonely.
Plopping down on the soft grass, Kohaku sighed and began to pick at the grass.
He missed Rin.
~*~
Back at the cave, Sango leaned forward to stir the pot a bit and at the same time reached to the side to slap Miroku's hand without interrupting her stirring.
"Lady Sango, that was uncalled for!"
Miroku protested, rubbing his slapped hand. Sango only raised an eyebrow without even looking at him.
Silence.
Finally, Miroku sighed, and scootched away to a more acceptable distance. He was bored.
Hmm.
"Close your eyes or I'll close them for you, houshi-sama."
Sango said, still focused on the Ramen cooking over the fire.
Miroku sighed again and averted his gaze.
He saw Jaken, who was sitting away from the fire and shooting glares at it.
Miroku decided not to ask.
~*~
As Sango ladled out bowls of Ramen, Sesshomaru arrived back at the cave.
"Hmm, never late for food. Yes, they are truly brothers." Miroku whispered to Sango as he took his bowl.
Sesshomaru decided to ignore this comment as he set Rin down.
Rin yawned cutely, stretching her arms up over her head.
Sango 'aww'-ed softly at this as she leaned back against the wall with her own bowl. Unfortunetely, she sat next to Miroku who was always ready with a hentai comment,
"Cute. Wanna make our own, Lady Sango?"
Sango elbowed him, and smiled at Rin who blinked at the weird adults' antics.
She spotted the Ramen and her eyes glittered as she gasped happily. She was hungry.
Sango smiled again, obviously charmed by the cute chibiness of Rin and motioned for her to take a bowl too.
"Sesshomaru, there's also some for you if you'd like some."
Sango said politely as Rin happily dug in.
Sesshomaru sniffed arrogantly,
"Youkai do not-mphrf"
Rin grinned at Sesshomaru, who now had a mouthful of Ramen.
His eye twitched. Obviously a youkai of his class did not spit food out rudely. No, that would be something his hanyou brother would do. So Sesshomaru bravely swallowed the Ramen and was about to comment on how nasty human food was when...
"Ahem, I believe we agreed to being civilized company so I shall accept your human food."
With that, Sesshomaru took the last bowl of Ramen and tore into fast enough to make Inuyasha embarrased.
Sango and Miroku stifled their laughter, but Rin, still possessing a child's way of geting away with anything, burst out laughing.
Laughter's contagious and soon Sango and Miroku were also laughing, but Sesshomaru was too engrossed in his Ramen to care.
All Sesshomaru was thinking was about stupid humans who laughed when they should be eating. Hmm, maybe he would take their Ramen! That would teach them a lesson...plus, he would get more Ramen...
Who cares about Tetsusaiga when there's Ramen?
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A/N~
It's alive! Er, he's alive. Kouga, I mean. Honestly, did ya really think I would kill off Kouga? I mean, he is so cool!
^_^
Anyway, I figured, Sesshomaru and Inuyasha are brothers and sometimes siblings have the same taste. (Okay, please don't bombard me with e-mails that say siblings are usually out for each others' blood until they grow up, because I know, I have a sister. But me and my sister still share some of the same interests, like anime. Then again, who wouldn't like anime? ^_~)
Good news, after a sort of midlife crises for Seeing Can Be Deceiving, it's back onto its original plot line. That means it has a plot again! Yay! Phew, you can make a perfect plan for a story (how SCBD started out) but it never really works out as you want it to.
~~~~~Reviewer Replies~~~~~
Fey Wind~ Did this chapter answer your questions? ^_^
Kawaii Kokkei Tsuita no Neko~ Heh, yep, I figured I should get some more cute moments in since in the next few chappies Inu's gonna go back to his gruff, killing, and sorta angsty character again.
Vegetazgrl~ *cringes* Soon, hopefully, but there's a Kikyou scene coming up...
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