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Yeah, if you read this chapter, not only will it help when you read later chapters, but it will totally ruin the ending of "Inu Sensai!" Though it's not like I'm ever going to get that story done anyway, so just read on! TT;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
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"Families are like brownies; sweet with a few nuts."
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Chapter 8: Silver Light
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Nineteen year old Sesshomaru was walking down a path on a hill, carrying a bucket, when a thirteen year old Shio came skipping toward him. He accidentally bumped into Sesshomaru as he passed him.
"Whoops!" Shio said. "Sorry, ma'am!"
POW!
Sesshomaru boxed Shio's left ear. Shio stumbled backwards a little then looked up at him, "GEEZE, LADY! WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM?!?" he shouted.
"I'm not a woman." Sesshomaru said. "I am the Lord Sesshomaru!"
Shio squinted for a few seconds at him before realizing he was telling the truth. "Dude! You're a dude! That's just wrong, man!"
POW!
He got it on his right ear.
"Insolent child." Sesshomaru said, walking away. "Call me a woman again, and I shall slay you."
Shio stood glaring after him while holding his throbbing ears. Then he started to walk up the hill again grumbling to himself. "Fine. When people tell me to stop, I stop. You don't have to tell me more then once. I am in control." Suddenly, he stopped, turned back around and screamed at the top of his lungs, "DUDE LOOKS LIKE A LA-DY!!!!"
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Inu Yasha blinked at Sumiko, not exactly sure what she was asking him. Shippou looked up at her while he was eating.
Sumiko continued to smile at him admiringly. "Where did father meet mother?" she asked.
Inu Yasha raised an eyebrow at her. "What are you talking about?"
"How did Father meet Mother?" she asked again.
Kagome, Sango, and Miroku watched to figure out what they where talking about.
Shio grinned and ate his ramen. ^_^
Sumiko reached out and put her hands over the hands he had on his bowl.
"Wha??" Inu Yasha sweat dropped as she looked up at him with large happy eyes.
"Father!" she smiled. ^_^
"FATHER??! Did you just call me your father??" Inu Yasha grew several more sweat drops.
"Ooh! Now it's gettn' good!" Shippou said turning completely around to watch.
Sumiko continued to smile at Inu Yasha and hold his hands. "How did Father meet Mother?"
"N-Now wait a second!" Inu Yasha stood up and looked down at her in an almost hysteric anger. You think I would mate with her?!" he pointed at Kagome. "NO WAY!"
Sumiko looked up at him wide eyed with a ponderous look in her eyes. Then Inu Yasha realized what he had just set himself up for. 'Oh, crap!' he thought. 'Don't ask! Please, don't ask what-'
"Father, what is mating?" Sumiko asked.
Inu Yasha face faulted.
Shio held up his hand in front of his mouth and snickered lightly. ^^
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Sixteen year old Sashimi cleared a little place for a fire. Thirteen year old Inu Yasha came over and set a pile of wood in the stone pit she made.
"SASHIMI!!" They heard Shio scream. He came running up over the hill being chased by Sesshomaru.
"Shio-kun!" Sashimi held out her arms and her jumped up and clung to her. Sashimi held out her hand and Sesshomaru halted in front of it.
Shio looked up at Sesshomaru a little mad and a little afraid. Sashimi let Shio go and looked at him like he was the one who tried to kill someone. "Little Brother Shio, what did you do?" she asked.
"Nothin'!" he said.
"And why were you running from him? You've already received the Top Dog training!" she asked.
Shio got all defensive. "I can't help it, sis! A man who looks like a woman is scary!" Shio said.
Sesshomaru's hand went up to slap him and Shio hugged her again. Sashimi raised her hand again and looked at Sesshomaru sharply. "You hurt him and I expel you!" she said in a stern voice. Sesshomaru looked at her in surprise. Shio saw the shock in his eyes then he looked down at Shio. Shio stuck his tongue out at him and grinned at the glare Sesshomaru gave him.
Shio looked at his sister, "Who are these guys, Sashimi? They look like weirdoes!"
"Shh!" Sashimi shushed him then whispered, "Look, these are the sons of one of Father's old pupils. I don't really see a lot of talent in them right now, but I think they will improve with further training! That one over there, Inu Yasha," she pointed at the hanyo. "He's about your age, I believe!" ^_^ she pushed him over toward Inu.
Shio looked up at Inu Yasha. They were the same age, but Shio was a foot shorter then Inu Yasha.
Inu Yasha looked down at Shio, "Why are you so short?"
Shio looked kind of offended, "Shut up! I may be short, but I'm a lot faster then you!"
The comment didn't seem to bother Inu. "How old are you?"
"Thirteen." Shio said. Inu Yasha must have smelled Shio's scent and thought he was a really short dog demon. Sashimi had told Shio a couple of times that he smelled more like Shicho then Shin'yo.
"Do you really have the same parents as her?" Inu Yasha pointed to Sashimi.
"Well," Shio folded his arms, "No, she's a purebred dog demon, my ma was a kitsune."
"Oh, Inu Yasha said. "I'm sorta like that, I'm a hanyo."
Shio looked at him surprised. He had never met anyone who could be compared to him before. "A hanyo? No kidding!" he said with a smile. He held out his hand. "Wanna be friends?"
Inu took his hand and said, "Sure, I guess."
The little kitsune shook his hand, but for some reason, felt unsatisfied about the way they shook hands." We're going to have to work on that."
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"Okay, repeat after me." Inu Yasha said in a clear voice.
Sumiko nodded staring him straight in the eye as he spoke.
"I-nu-Ya-sha-is-not-my-fa-ther." Inu Yasha said.
Sumiko looked at him confused. "Who's Inu Yasha?"
Everyone face faulted.
"I'M INU YASHA, YOU TWIT!!" Inu Yasha said.
Sumiko nodded, "Okay, Father."
"No, no. I'm NOT your father!" Inu Yasha said.
"Okay, Father." Sumiko said.
"Are you listening to me?" Inu Yasha asked. "I am not your father!"
"If you say so, Father." Sumiko innocently watched him growl and look at her like he wanted to wring her neck. She turned to look at Kagome, "Mother, is Father going to be alright?"
Kagome sweat dropped and smiled at her, "I'm sure he'll get over it." ^^;;;;
Sumiko smiled and said, "Groove is in the heart!"
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So many years had passed at the Top Dog homestead. Inside, a beautiful young woman with long white hair, sat on the floor sipping green tea. Down the hall, the screen door flew open noisily, and her long elf- like ears twitched as a sixteen year old Shio threw the door to the room she was in wide open. He came into the room and leaned on his knees panting hard.
Nineteen year old Sashimi turned around to look at him, "Shio, what's wrong?" she asked.
He coughed and tried to speak through his exhaustion, "Inu Yasha!" he panted. "Sesshomaru's gonna kill him!"
"What??" Sashimi jumped to her feet. "Lead me to them!"
So Shio again started to run back over to the battle ground. Three years earlier, Sashimi had taken both Inu Yasha and Sesshomaru on as students of the Top Dog special training. She thought they could work together and learn the simple lesson that love was the greatest sword, but as one could see, they were already at black belt/Doberman belt level and they were still at war with each other.
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(AN: Just to clear things up, I think that how old Inu Yasha is in the show, is seventeen. And I make Shio the same age as him.)
Sesshomaru stood across from Inu Yasha in a wide open, rocky terrain. Sesshomaru looked serious and hard core. "You are begging to be killed." Sesshomaru said. "You can never have a fine demon like Sashimi, little brother. She is out of your league."
Inu Yasha glared back at him with the same seriousness. "And you'd be robbing the cradle!"
"Silence! To think that a hanyo like you could ever mate with a demon is wrong on all accounts!" Sesshomaru charged Inu with his claws raised.
Sashimi and Shio burst in on the battle ground. Sashimi gasped and shouted, "Stop it right now!"
They continued to fight like they didn't hear her. Sashimi tried to shout at them again, "Boys stop! STOP IT!!"
As she tried to separate the dog brothers, Shio felt a strange presence nearby. He turned around and a shadow loomed up and over him. He gaped and took a few steps back, "Sa-Sa-Sa-shi-mi?!" he whispered.
She was trying to push Sesshomaru off of Inu when the three of them stopped shouting and looked over at what Shio found. A giant, hairy, brown, daddy-long-leg demon bigger then the spider demon that their mother killed, stood over the tree tops looking down at them. "The light, I seek the light." It hissed.
Sashimi screamed and curled up into a little ball, for there was nothing she feared more then spiders. When the spider attacked, Sesshomaru and Inu Yasha jumped at it trying to stop it with all of the techniques Sashimi had taught them from the Top Dog Training.
But the spider was too much for them. The two dogboys both fell. The spider stood up and came down to eat them all. Sashimi collected all of the power she could and created a barrier around herself, Inu Yasha, Sesshomaru, and Shio. The spider put it's weight and power on the barrier trying to break it. And Sashimi struggled to hold him back, standing with her arms up and holding the shield of the barrier. Her face drenched in sweat and looking up at the spider terrified. If she dropped the barrier, then all of them would be eaten by the giant spider.
Sesshomaru looked up at the spider with a trail of blood coming from the side of his lip. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Inu Yasha crawl over to Sashimi with his broken leg and look up at her.
Sashimi looked upwards, her starry blue eyes wide and starring at the nashing razor sharp teeth of the spider. Then all of a sudden, shock was added to her fear and her eyes became brighter. She looked down and saw Inu Yasha hugging her from behind, hugging her waist with the side of his head on her back and his eyes tightly shut. She smiled a little and looked back up at the spider in happiness and disbelief. The barrier grew as the lights in her eyes brightened.
Sesshomaru understood Inu Yasha's sudden theory. Sashimi had told them many times before, that hugs were the best medicine. The way her power increased was through love. Sesshomaru came over and hugged her too from the right. Sashimi smiled and tears of joy lined her eyes. The lights in her eyes increased. Then Shio came over and hugged her too. Her eyes were like simarilian stars of silver light. Then she realized, that even though the barrier had reached amazing proportions, the spider was still trying to break it, and if it had enough time, it probably would have. Sashimi looked down at her "family" hugging her. She couldn't let that happen to them. She wouldn't let the spider take them and the light. She glared back up at the giant spider and then with the power she was already using, thrust her life energy into the barrier as well. Her eyes pooled with light and the powerful aura of the barrier engulfed the spider and disappeared.
Sashimi smiled when it was over and fell backwards onto the grass with her eyes closed.
"Sashimi!" Shio propped up her head and looked down at her worriedly. Inu Yasha sat next to Shio, and Sesshomaru stood next to him looking down at her.
She opened her eyes weakly and looked at Shio with a tired, yet relieved smile, "This is it!" she said.
"No it isn't!" Shio said. Tears lined his eyes and he pushed her silvery hair out of her face. "Don't leave me, Sashimi! I don't want to be alone!" he cried looking down at her.
She smiled at him. "You're not alone, Shio. You'll never be alone." So she said, but she didn't explain more. She looked at Inu Yasha who looked like he was near tears but didn't dare shed them. He held her hand, looking down at it sadly. She tightened her fingers around his and said, "Inu Yasha, don't be sad."
He looked up at her face, his big golden eyes glazed. "I don't want you to die!" he put her hand against his face. "I love you!"
She smiled back at him and said, "I love you too Inu-kun. But I'm not the one for you. You're soul mate is still out there waiting for you."
"You're my soul mate!" he argued.
"No," she said calmly. "You're soul mate, is the girl you have yet to meet with the shikon jewel."
Sashimi looked off to the side and said to all of them, "One more thing.....Shio, could you prop me up a little." Shio set her sitting straight up. She kissed Shio on the forehead and some of the light went into him. She kissed Inu Yasha on the forehead and some of the light went into him. Then Sesshomaru came and kneeled briefly on the other side of her and she kissed the moon symbol on his forehead and the last of the light went into him. "Go to my mansion and look in my closet. There is something that belongs to you in there." Sashimi said, then she smiled and just as the stars in her eyes went out, she died.
"No!" Shio hugged her head and sobbed into her hair. "NO! SASHIMI!! COME BACK!"
Sesshomaru bowed his head in silence and Inu Yasha did the same. "Sashimi!" Shio cried. He looked down at her face, she looked like she was in a peaceful sleep. He wanted to wake her up, but he knew he couldn't.
"Why?" Shio suddenly asked out loud, causing Inu Yasha to look over at him. Tear stains went down his cheeks as the Inu/kit asked an unseen person out loud, "Why, do they all die?"
There was a moment of silence in the clearing before Shio stood up holding Sashimi's body. "I'm going to bury her alone." He stated.
Sesshomaru stood in front of him and Shio looked up at him. "Sess, I know you want to kill me. Could you wait I bury my sister at least?"
Sesshomaru looked down at Sashimi's pale face and said, "I'll spare your life today, fox boy. But if I ever see your face again, I will kill you."
Shio looked up at him silently, then went past him and saw Inu Yasha. Shio smiled and held out his hand, and did a quick version of the cool little hand shake they created. "I'll seeya on the flipside, man." Shio said and walked away. "Maybe we could continue having party nights whenever I visit you, ya know?" he asked.
Inu Yasha watched him leave and said, "Yeah."
The pain hit Shio pretty hard. He looked down at his sister and thought that he never wanted to love again. No more getting close to people. Inu Yasha was his only friend. Prostitutes and acquaintances where as far as he would go.
Sesshomaru continued to wear the red and white training uniform Sashimi gave him under his armor. He went back to her mansion and looked in the closet. There he found Tensaiga.
Inu Yasha went off on his own, now and then seeing Shio. But otherwise, he was alone. But he had the strength of Sashimi inside of him, and her words, that he had to find the girl in the future with the shikon jewel. Maybe she'd be like Sashimi; always carrying around a giant bag of useless stuff, a bright and sunny disposition on life, optimistic and caring, with a love for everyone, even those who were different then her.
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T_T *Sigh* It's good to finally get that out. But there is much more to come, to be ready and waiting.
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Yeah, if you read this chapter, not only will it help when you read later chapters, but it will totally ruin the ending of "Inu Sensai!" Though it's not like I'm ever going to get that story done anyway, so just read on! TT;;;;;;;;;;;;;;
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"Families are like brownies; sweet with a few nuts."
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Chapter 8: Silver Light
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Nineteen year old Sesshomaru was walking down a path on a hill, carrying a bucket, when a thirteen year old Shio came skipping toward him. He accidentally bumped into Sesshomaru as he passed him.
"Whoops!" Shio said. "Sorry, ma'am!"
POW!
Sesshomaru boxed Shio's left ear. Shio stumbled backwards a little then looked up at him, "GEEZE, LADY! WHAT'S YOUR PROBLEM?!?" he shouted.
"I'm not a woman." Sesshomaru said. "I am the Lord Sesshomaru!"
Shio squinted for a few seconds at him before realizing he was telling the truth. "Dude! You're a dude! That's just wrong, man!"
POW!
He got it on his right ear.
"Insolent child." Sesshomaru said, walking away. "Call me a woman again, and I shall slay you."
Shio stood glaring after him while holding his throbbing ears. Then he started to walk up the hill again grumbling to himself. "Fine. When people tell me to stop, I stop. You don't have to tell me more then once. I am in control." Suddenly, he stopped, turned back around and screamed at the top of his lungs, "DUDE LOOKS LIKE A LA-DY!!!!"
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Inu Yasha blinked at Sumiko, not exactly sure what she was asking him. Shippou looked up at her while he was eating.
Sumiko continued to smile at him admiringly. "Where did father meet mother?" she asked.
Inu Yasha raised an eyebrow at her. "What are you talking about?"
"How did Father meet Mother?" she asked again.
Kagome, Sango, and Miroku watched to figure out what they where talking about.
Shio grinned and ate his ramen. ^_^
Sumiko reached out and put her hands over the hands he had on his bowl.
"Wha??" Inu Yasha sweat dropped as she looked up at him with large happy eyes.
"Father!" she smiled. ^_^
"FATHER??! Did you just call me your father??" Inu Yasha grew several more sweat drops.
"Ooh! Now it's gettn' good!" Shippou said turning completely around to watch.
Sumiko continued to smile at Inu Yasha and hold his hands. "How did Father meet Mother?"
"N-Now wait a second!" Inu Yasha stood up and looked down at her in an almost hysteric anger. You think I would mate with her?!" he pointed at Kagome. "NO WAY!"
Sumiko looked up at him wide eyed with a ponderous look in her eyes. Then Inu Yasha realized what he had just set himself up for. 'Oh, crap!' he thought. 'Don't ask! Please, don't ask what-'
"Father, what is mating?" Sumiko asked.
Inu Yasha face faulted.
Shio held up his hand in front of his mouth and snickered lightly. ^^
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Sixteen year old Sashimi cleared a little place for a fire. Thirteen year old Inu Yasha came over and set a pile of wood in the stone pit she made.
"SASHIMI!!" They heard Shio scream. He came running up over the hill being chased by Sesshomaru.
"Shio-kun!" Sashimi held out her arms and her jumped up and clung to her. Sashimi held out her hand and Sesshomaru halted in front of it.
Shio looked up at Sesshomaru a little mad and a little afraid. Sashimi let Shio go and looked at him like he was the one who tried to kill someone. "Little Brother Shio, what did you do?" she asked.
"Nothin'!" he said.
"And why were you running from him? You've already received the Top Dog training!" she asked.
Shio got all defensive. "I can't help it, sis! A man who looks like a woman is scary!" Shio said.
Sesshomaru's hand went up to slap him and Shio hugged her again. Sashimi raised her hand again and looked at Sesshomaru sharply. "You hurt him and I expel you!" she said in a stern voice. Sesshomaru looked at her in surprise. Shio saw the shock in his eyes then he looked down at Shio. Shio stuck his tongue out at him and grinned at the glare Sesshomaru gave him.
Shio looked at his sister, "Who are these guys, Sashimi? They look like weirdoes!"
"Shh!" Sashimi shushed him then whispered, "Look, these are the sons of one of Father's old pupils. I don't really see a lot of talent in them right now, but I think they will improve with further training! That one over there, Inu Yasha," she pointed at the hanyo. "He's about your age, I believe!" ^_^ she pushed him over toward Inu.
Shio looked up at Inu Yasha. They were the same age, but Shio was a foot shorter then Inu Yasha.
Inu Yasha looked down at Shio, "Why are you so short?"
Shio looked kind of offended, "Shut up! I may be short, but I'm a lot faster then you!"
The comment didn't seem to bother Inu. "How old are you?"
"Thirteen." Shio said. Inu Yasha must have smelled Shio's scent and thought he was a really short dog demon. Sashimi had told Shio a couple of times that he smelled more like Shicho then Shin'yo.
"Do you really have the same parents as her?" Inu Yasha pointed to Sashimi.
"Well," Shio folded his arms, "No, she's a purebred dog demon, my ma was a kitsune."
"Oh, Inu Yasha said. "I'm sorta like that, I'm a hanyo."
Shio looked at him surprised. He had never met anyone who could be compared to him before. "A hanyo? No kidding!" he said with a smile. He held out his hand. "Wanna be friends?"
Inu took his hand and said, "Sure, I guess."
The little kitsune shook his hand, but for some reason, felt unsatisfied about the way they shook hands." We're going to have to work on that."
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"Okay, repeat after me." Inu Yasha said in a clear voice.
Sumiko nodded staring him straight in the eye as he spoke.
"I-nu-Ya-sha-is-not-my-fa-ther." Inu Yasha said.
Sumiko looked at him confused. "Who's Inu Yasha?"
Everyone face faulted.
"I'M INU YASHA, YOU TWIT!!" Inu Yasha said.
Sumiko nodded, "Okay, Father."
"No, no. I'm NOT your father!" Inu Yasha said.
"Okay, Father." Sumiko said.
"Are you listening to me?" Inu Yasha asked. "I am not your father!"
"If you say so, Father." Sumiko innocently watched him growl and look at her like he wanted to wring her neck. She turned to look at Kagome, "Mother, is Father going to be alright?"
Kagome sweat dropped and smiled at her, "I'm sure he'll get over it." ^^;;;;
Sumiko smiled and said, "Groove is in the heart!"
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So many years had passed at the Top Dog homestead. Inside, a beautiful young woman with long white hair, sat on the floor sipping green tea. Down the hall, the screen door flew open noisily, and her long elf- like ears twitched as a sixteen year old Shio threw the door to the room she was in wide open. He came into the room and leaned on his knees panting hard.
Nineteen year old Sashimi turned around to look at him, "Shio, what's wrong?" she asked.
He coughed and tried to speak through his exhaustion, "Inu Yasha!" he panted. "Sesshomaru's gonna kill him!"
"What??" Sashimi jumped to her feet. "Lead me to them!"
So Shio again started to run back over to the battle ground. Three years earlier, Sashimi had taken both Inu Yasha and Sesshomaru on as students of the Top Dog special training. She thought they could work together and learn the simple lesson that love was the greatest sword, but as one could see, they were already at black belt/Doberman belt level and they were still at war with each other.
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(AN: Just to clear things up, I think that how old Inu Yasha is in the show, is seventeen. And I make Shio the same age as him.)
Sesshomaru stood across from Inu Yasha in a wide open, rocky terrain. Sesshomaru looked serious and hard core. "You are begging to be killed." Sesshomaru said. "You can never have a fine demon like Sashimi, little brother. She is out of your league."
Inu Yasha glared back at him with the same seriousness. "And you'd be robbing the cradle!"
"Silence! To think that a hanyo like you could ever mate with a demon is wrong on all accounts!" Sesshomaru charged Inu with his claws raised.
Sashimi and Shio burst in on the battle ground. Sashimi gasped and shouted, "Stop it right now!"
They continued to fight like they didn't hear her. Sashimi tried to shout at them again, "Boys stop! STOP IT!!"
As she tried to separate the dog brothers, Shio felt a strange presence nearby. He turned around and a shadow loomed up and over him. He gaped and took a few steps back, "Sa-Sa-Sa-shi-mi?!" he whispered.
She was trying to push Sesshomaru off of Inu when the three of them stopped shouting and looked over at what Shio found. A giant, hairy, brown, daddy-long-leg demon bigger then the spider demon that their mother killed, stood over the tree tops looking down at them. "The light, I seek the light." It hissed.
Sashimi screamed and curled up into a little ball, for there was nothing she feared more then spiders. When the spider attacked, Sesshomaru and Inu Yasha jumped at it trying to stop it with all of the techniques Sashimi had taught them from the Top Dog Training.
But the spider was too much for them. The two dogboys both fell. The spider stood up and came down to eat them all. Sashimi collected all of the power she could and created a barrier around herself, Inu Yasha, Sesshomaru, and Shio. The spider put it's weight and power on the barrier trying to break it. And Sashimi struggled to hold him back, standing with her arms up and holding the shield of the barrier. Her face drenched in sweat and looking up at the spider terrified. If she dropped the barrier, then all of them would be eaten by the giant spider.
Sesshomaru looked up at the spider with a trail of blood coming from the side of his lip. Out of the corner of his eye, he saw Inu Yasha crawl over to Sashimi with his broken leg and look up at her.
Sashimi looked upwards, her starry blue eyes wide and starring at the nashing razor sharp teeth of the spider. Then all of a sudden, shock was added to her fear and her eyes became brighter. She looked down and saw Inu Yasha hugging her from behind, hugging her waist with the side of his head on her back and his eyes tightly shut. She smiled a little and looked back up at the spider in happiness and disbelief. The barrier grew as the lights in her eyes brightened.
Sesshomaru understood Inu Yasha's sudden theory. Sashimi had told them many times before, that hugs were the best medicine. The way her power increased was through love. Sesshomaru came over and hugged her too from the right. Sashimi smiled and tears of joy lined her eyes. The lights in her eyes increased. Then Shio came over and hugged her too. Her eyes were like simarilian stars of silver light. Then she realized, that even though the barrier had reached amazing proportions, the spider was still trying to break it, and if it had enough time, it probably would have. Sashimi looked down at her "family" hugging her. She couldn't let that happen to them. She wouldn't let the spider take them and the light. She glared back up at the giant spider and then with the power she was already using, thrust her life energy into the barrier as well. Her eyes pooled with light and the powerful aura of the barrier engulfed the spider and disappeared.
Sashimi smiled when it was over and fell backwards onto the grass with her eyes closed.
"Sashimi!" Shio propped up her head and looked down at her worriedly. Inu Yasha sat next to Shio, and Sesshomaru stood next to him looking down at her.
She opened her eyes weakly and looked at Shio with a tired, yet relieved smile, "This is it!" she said.
"No it isn't!" Shio said. Tears lined his eyes and he pushed her silvery hair out of her face. "Don't leave me, Sashimi! I don't want to be alone!" he cried looking down at her.
She smiled at him. "You're not alone, Shio. You'll never be alone." So she said, but she didn't explain more. She looked at Inu Yasha who looked like he was near tears but didn't dare shed them. He held her hand, looking down at it sadly. She tightened her fingers around his and said, "Inu Yasha, don't be sad."
He looked up at her face, his big golden eyes glazed. "I don't want you to die!" he put her hand against his face. "I love you!"
She smiled back at him and said, "I love you too Inu-kun. But I'm not the one for you. You're soul mate is still out there waiting for you."
"You're my soul mate!" he argued.
"No," she said calmly. "You're soul mate, is the girl you have yet to meet with the shikon jewel."
Sashimi looked off to the side and said to all of them, "One more thing.....Shio, could you prop me up a little." Shio set her sitting straight up. She kissed Shio on the forehead and some of the light went into him. She kissed Inu Yasha on the forehead and some of the light went into him. Then Sesshomaru came and kneeled briefly on the other side of her and she kissed the moon symbol on his forehead and the last of the light went into him. "Go to my mansion and look in my closet. There is something that belongs to you in there." Sashimi said, then she smiled and just as the stars in her eyes went out, she died.
"No!" Shio hugged her head and sobbed into her hair. "NO! SASHIMI!! COME BACK!"
Sesshomaru bowed his head in silence and Inu Yasha did the same. "Sashimi!" Shio cried. He looked down at her face, she looked like she was in a peaceful sleep. He wanted to wake her up, but he knew he couldn't.
"Why?" Shio suddenly asked out loud, causing Inu Yasha to look over at him. Tear stains went down his cheeks as the Inu/kit asked an unseen person out loud, "Why, do they all die?"
There was a moment of silence in the clearing before Shio stood up holding Sashimi's body. "I'm going to bury her alone." He stated.
Sesshomaru stood in front of him and Shio looked up at him. "Sess, I know you want to kill me. Could you wait I bury my sister at least?"
Sesshomaru looked down at Sashimi's pale face and said, "I'll spare your life today, fox boy. But if I ever see your face again, I will kill you."
Shio looked up at him silently, then went past him and saw Inu Yasha. Shio smiled and held out his hand, and did a quick version of the cool little hand shake they created. "I'll seeya on the flipside, man." Shio said and walked away. "Maybe we could continue having party nights whenever I visit you, ya know?" he asked.
Inu Yasha watched him leave and said, "Yeah."
The pain hit Shio pretty hard. He looked down at his sister and thought that he never wanted to love again. No more getting close to people. Inu Yasha was his only friend. Prostitutes and acquaintances where as far as he would go.
Sesshomaru continued to wear the red and white training uniform Sashimi gave him under his armor. He went back to her mansion and looked in the closet. There he found Tensaiga.
Inu Yasha went off on his own, now and then seeing Shio. But otherwise, he was alone. But he had the strength of Sashimi inside of him, and her words, that he had to find the girl in the future with the shikon jewel. Maybe she'd be like Sashimi; always carrying around a giant bag of useless stuff, a bright and sunny disposition on life, optimistic and caring, with a love for everyone, even those who were different then her.
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T_T *Sigh* It's good to finally get that out. But there is much more to come, to be ready and waiting.