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Chapter 6; Friend or Foe?
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"Arai, Arai!"
His mistress turned, so he did to, Arai must be his new mistresses name.
There was a monk running up to them.
"Oh, hey, Lintou," his mistress replied.
"Hey, Arai, I was thinking, maybe you'd like to go out with me," said the
monk in a slightly apprehensive voice.
"Lintou, I've already told you no and no means no," his mistress's voice
had a little bit of anger in it when she said these words.
"Come on, Arai, we'd make a cute couple."
"I said NO!!!" she barred her fangs after this bit, her voice had a lot of
anger in it this time, he shuddered, was she always going to be this mean?
"Pleasee,"
"You, being my sisters minion and all, I'd think you'd have a blittle/b
respect for me."
The monk bowed his head, "I'm sorry," he backed away.
But some words in that sentence got Sesshoumaru's attention, -Sisters
minion, hold on, so she has a sister that has a monk hanyou as a minion. I
remember when I had a minion, it was a toad. I wonder if my minion is still
alive.-
"Yipe! Yipe!" Sesshoumaru looked down, it was the little inu pup.
"Ohh, and who's this?" asked the monk.
"This is Sasshoubou, he's only five months old," his mistress replied.
"That's young," said the monk reaching down to pet the puppy.
"I know, that's exactly what your brother said when I told him how old
Sasshoubou is."
"Oh, so you've seen Miroku lately?" asked the young monk.
-Miroku? That sounds familiar, wait a sec, wasn't that one the people
hanging out with my half-brother?- and without knowing what he was doing he
started to growl.
"Yes, I have, just this morning-" but she cut off, she obviously noticed
him growling, as the young monk was looking at him, "Sesshoumaru, Stop
that."
"Yes, Mistress," It was a direct command so he had to follow it.
"Sesshoumaru? When'd you get him?" he obviously knew he was a slave,
otherwise he would have asked who he was, not when she got him.
"About five minutes ago, why?"
"Don know, just that you don't seem like the type of person to get a slave,
that's all."
"Well, we best be on our way," Arai replied with an air of uncomfortable
ness in her voice, "Come, Sesshoumaru."
"Yes, Mistress," he followed her.
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She fumbled in her purse for her key when she heard the sound of a car. She
turned, a black S.U.V. pulling into the driveway.
-Kouga? What's he doing here? - Arai thought to herself as she opened the
door.
"Sesshoumaru, take these and go inside," she handed him the boxes of food
she had bought from the market place.
"Yes, Mistress," he took the boxes and went inside.
The S.U.V. pulled to a stop, but it was not Kouga who stepped out.
"Oh, hey Kamet, I thought you were Kouga," Arai said gesturing to the black
S.U.V.
"Oh," Kamet said pointing to it, "yeah, I had to borrow his S.U.V., my
truck is in the shop."
"So, what brings you here?" asked Arai.
"Can't your twin sister drop in for a little chat?"
"Of course, come on in," Arai said opening the door to let her sister in.
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"Sesshoumaru, take these and go inside," his mistress said handing him a
bunch of boxes.
"Yes, Mistress," said Sesshoumaru taking the boxes and heading inside.
-It's a pretty big house- thought Sesshoumaru. He stayed where he was
standing but looked around at the same time.
The door opened behind him, he turned to look, a youkai walked in, but what
confused him the most was that she looked exactly like his new mistress.
Then his mistress came in, he knew this was his mistress because of the inu
bouncing around by her feet, and the fact that she even smelled like his
mistress.
They both paused when seeing him, "And, who's this?" asked the youkai that
looked like his mistress.
"Oh, that's Sesshoumaru," his mistress said while hanging up her jacket.
The youkai's eyes darted to the collar on his neck then back to his
mistress, "He's a slave?"
"Yeah," said his mistress taking the leash off of th little inu.
"I see you've finally taken my advice in getting one, and when you get it?"
-it? She had called me an 'it'- thought Sesshoumaru. "I got him this morning," his mistress said staring at the youkai. "Yeah, yeah, whatever. So what does he do?" She asked circling Sesshoumaru.
"Stop that already, would ya?" asked his mistress stightly angrily, "Sesshoumaru," "Yes, Mistress," he said looking at her. "This is my sister, Kamet," "Twin sister," said the youkai still circling him. "Yeah, I think he figured that much. Well, anyway, I say your minion today." said his mistress apparently trying to distract Kamet from him. "Oh, you did? And what did he have to say?" she stopped circling Sesshoumaru now. "He asked me out again." "Again?" "Yeah, that makes a total of what fifty times now?" "About." -Are they ever going to stop talking?- thought Sesshoumaru, -wait- he thought shaking his head, - I shouldn't think that. Just then the doorbell rang. "Just a minute!" shouted his mistress hurrying to the door, "Oh, hello Sango." -Sango? Wasn't that another of the people that used to hang out with my brother?- thought Sesshoumaru trying to remember back to before he had been captured. "Hello, Arai," said a young madden, stepping inside, "Oh, hi, Kamet, didn't know you were here." "Hello, Sango, so what's going on between you and Miroku?" asked the youkai. "Oh, it's going great." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The doorbell rang. -hmm, I don't think Master is here, so I must answer the door.- thought Sarah. She opened the door, "Master is not come right now-" she cut off when she noticed who it was, -Hey, look, Inuyasha, my twin has finally found me. I was wondering when he'd find me, and of course it's taken him four-hundred years for him to find me. "What's going on here?" it was her master. He most have just got home. "Mi-Miroku?" Inuyasha asked. -Ohh, don't try talking to him about the past, dear brother, he can't remember anything, that was the spell put on him,- Thought Sarah. "How do you know my name?" -Ohh, maybe cause he knew you before you died and was brought back to life and had your memory erased.- "It's me, Inuyasha." -I wonder if Miroku is going to expand my cage tonight- "Inuyasha... Inuyasha, nope doesn't ring a bell, sorry." -Well, duh, it doesn't 'ring a bell' because you've forgotten all about him.- "We hunted for jewel shards together remember?" -Don't waste your breathe baka brother, he's never going to remember anything.- "Jewel shards? What are you talking about?" -I wonder if Miroku is going to feed me tonight, or if I'm gonna have to scavenge for food.- "Four-hundred years ago-" Inuyasha began. -I hope Miroku doesn't try to make me do anything... um, embarrassing tonight.- "Wait, wait, wait, hold on, four-hundred years ago?" -hmmm, that's odd, I never knew Inuyasha had a red kimono with black stripes. I knew of his red kimono, but none of his previous kimonos had black stripes on the side.- "Yes, four-hundred years ago we, as in you, Sango, Kirara, Shippou, Kagome, and I were searching for the shikan-no-tama, to find it before Naraku, so that we would be able to kill him." -I remember when I was trying to find the shikon-no-tama.- "What's this about Shippou and Kagome, who are they, and what is the shikan- no-tama, and why would I want to kill Naraku?" -I wonder what's for breakfast tomorrow.- "Shippou was a kitsune, and Kagome was the reincarnation of Kikyo. The shikan-no-tama is the jewel of four souls in which can give human and demon alike new powers. The reason you wanted to kill Naraku is because of the wind-tunnel he cursed you with." said Inuyasha, obviously getting annoyed. -Oh, dear brother why are you getting so annoyed?- "Wind-tunnel? What is a wind-tunnel?" -It's a vacuum that used to be in your right hand, and it was trying to eat you, well, basically.- "This!" Said Inuyasha, staring to get irritated, and grabbed Miroku's hand to show him what was under the cloth, to reveal... nothing? "Where'd it go?!" said Inuyasha flipping Miroku's hand over. -What are you looking for Inuyasha? The wind-tunnel is gone.- "I think you should leave now," said Miroku pulling his hand away from Inuyasha. "Sarah, show out guest to the exit." Sarah, who had been watching Inuyasha and Miroku, pretending to listen to what they were talking about, said, "Yes, Master." She grabbed Inuyasha's hand and started to pull him to the exit. Half-way to the exit she heard Miroku go inside. "Would you let go of me already?!" "No, Master said to escort you to the exit, so escort you I shall." "Why do you look like me!?" Inuyasha demanded. "Dear brother, have you forgotten all ready?" "Brother?!" "Don't you remember, I'm your twin." "Twin?!" "Yes, but of course, you wouldn't remember me. When father died I went with Sesshoumaru." "You went with Sesshoumaru?!" "Yes." "Then how come I never saw you with Sesshoumaru?!" "Cause shortly after we left together, before mother died, I was taken away from Sesshoumaru." "Why? How?" "A miko wished to have me as a slave so she took me from Sesshoumaru while he was sleeping." "If he cared about you so much why didn't he come looking for you?" "Because, like everyone else he believed I had run away, after all I'd ran away once, why wouldn't it be the same for him? But he didn't understand, I loved him more than anything and I'd never run away from him." "I'm starting to understand, but there are just a few things that aren't clear." "Didn't you ever wonder why he hated humans and hanyou's?" "I always figured it was because he thought they were weak." "No, it was because all the humans and youkai's he'd let into his life had betrayed him." "I don't understand that." "Don't you see, the reason he didn't like you was not because he thought you were weak, but because you reminded him of me. Plus didn't you know you were always mothers favorite?" "I was?" "Yes. After you were born she just ignored Sesshoumaru, plus she pushed me aside, so he took care of me. After that he decided he didn't like humans."
"But why did she like me the most?" "Cause you reminded her of Father, and she really wanted him back." "But that doesn't explain why he doesn't like hanyou's." "Your more baka then I thought, ok, remember how I told you I was captured?" "Yeah." "Well after I disappeared he thought I had run away from him, so he didn't want anything to do with hanyou's anymore either, so now he only likes youkai's, full youkai's" "I never knew..." "I know you didn't, he never told anyone besides me, because he thought he could trust me, so he told me all his secrets, that's what made it even harder for him to trust hanyou's, he trusted one and, in his opinion, it turned around and stabbed him in the back. Don't tell Sesshoumaru I told you, because he trusted me to keep it between us.... But you need to leave now." she said pushing Inuyasha out the door. "But, I still have-" he started to say, but she slammed the door in his face.
-it? She had called me an 'it'- thought Sesshoumaru. "I got him this morning," his mistress said staring at the youkai. "Yeah, yeah, whatever. So what does he do?" She asked circling Sesshoumaru.
"Stop that already, would ya?" asked his mistress stightly angrily, "Sesshoumaru," "Yes, Mistress," he said looking at her. "This is my sister, Kamet," "Twin sister," said the youkai still circling him. "Yeah, I think he figured that much. Well, anyway, I say your minion today." said his mistress apparently trying to distract Kamet from him. "Oh, you did? And what did he have to say?" she stopped circling Sesshoumaru now. "He asked me out again." "Again?" "Yeah, that makes a total of what fifty times now?" "About." -Are they ever going to stop talking?- thought Sesshoumaru, -wait- he thought shaking his head, - I shouldn't think that. Just then the doorbell rang. "Just a minute!" shouted his mistress hurrying to the door, "Oh, hello Sango." -Sango? Wasn't that another of the people that used to hang out with my brother?- thought Sesshoumaru trying to remember back to before he had been captured. "Hello, Arai," said a young madden, stepping inside, "Oh, hi, Kamet, didn't know you were here." "Hello, Sango, so what's going on between you and Miroku?" asked the youkai. "Oh, it's going great." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ The doorbell rang. -hmm, I don't think Master is here, so I must answer the door.- thought Sarah. She opened the door, "Master is not come right now-" she cut off when she noticed who it was, -Hey, look, Inuyasha, my twin has finally found me. I was wondering when he'd find me, and of course it's taken him four-hundred years for him to find me. "What's going on here?" it was her master. He most have just got home. "Mi-Miroku?" Inuyasha asked. -Ohh, don't try talking to him about the past, dear brother, he can't remember anything, that was the spell put on him,- Thought Sarah. "How do you know my name?" -Ohh, maybe cause he knew you before you died and was brought back to life and had your memory erased.- "It's me, Inuyasha." -I wonder if Miroku is going to expand my cage tonight- "Inuyasha... Inuyasha, nope doesn't ring a bell, sorry." -Well, duh, it doesn't 'ring a bell' because you've forgotten all about him.- "We hunted for jewel shards together remember?" -Don't waste your breathe baka brother, he's never going to remember anything.- "Jewel shards? What are you talking about?" -I wonder if Miroku is going to feed me tonight, or if I'm gonna have to scavenge for food.- "Four-hundred years ago-" Inuyasha began. -I hope Miroku doesn't try to make me do anything... um, embarrassing tonight.- "Wait, wait, wait, hold on, four-hundred years ago?" -hmmm, that's odd, I never knew Inuyasha had a red kimono with black stripes. I knew of his red kimono, but none of his previous kimonos had black stripes on the side.- "Yes, four-hundred years ago we, as in you, Sango, Kirara, Shippou, Kagome, and I were searching for the shikan-no-tama, to find it before Naraku, so that we would be able to kill him." -I remember when I was trying to find the shikon-no-tama.- "What's this about Shippou and Kagome, who are they, and what is the shikan- no-tama, and why would I want to kill Naraku?" -I wonder what's for breakfast tomorrow.- "Shippou was a kitsune, and Kagome was the reincarnation of Kikyo. The shikan-no-tama is the jewel of four souls in which can give human and demon alike new powers. The reason you wanted to kill Naraku is because of the wind-tunnel he cursed you with." said Inuyasha, obviously getting annoyed. -Oh, dear brother why are you getting so annoyed?- "Wind-tunnel? What is a wind-tunnel?" -It's a vacuum that used to be in your right hand, and it was trying to eat you, well, basically.- "This!" Said Inuyasha, staring to get irritated, and grabbed Miroku's hand to show him what was under the cloth, to reveal... nothing? "Where'd it go?!" said Inuyasha flipping Miroku's hand over. -What are you looking for Inuyasha? The wind-tunnel is gone.- "I think you should leave now," said Miroku pulling his hand away from Inuyasha. "Sarah, show out guest to the exit." Sarah, who had been watching Inuyasha and Miroku, pretending to listen to what they were talking about, said, "Yes, Master." She grabbed Inuyasha's hand and started to pull him to the exit. Half-way to the exit she heard Miroku go inside. "Would you let go of me already?!" "No, Master said to escort you to the exit, so escort you I shall." "Why do you look like me!?" Inuyasha demanded. "Dear brother, have you forgotten all ready?" "Brother?!" "Don't you remember, I'm your twin." "Twin?!" "Yes, but of course, you wouldn't remember me. When father died I went with Sesshoumaru." "You went with Sesshoumaru?!" "Yes." "Then how come I never saw you with Sesshoumaru?!" "Cause shortly after we left together, before mother died, I was taken away from Sesshoumaru." "Why? How?" "A miko wished to have me as a slave so she took me from Sesshoumaru while he was sleeping." "If he cared about you so much why didn't he come looking for you?" "Because, like everyone else he believed I had run away, after all I'd ran away once, why wouldn't it be the same for him? But he didn't understand, I loved him more than anything and I'd never run away from him." "I'm starting to understand, but there are just a few things that aren't clear." "Didn't you ever wonder why he hated humans and hanyou's?" "I always figured it was because he thought they were weak." "No, it was because all the humans and youkai's he'd let into his life had betrayed him." "I don't understand that." "Don't you see, the reason he didn't like you was not because he thought you were weak, but because you reminded him of me. Plus didn't you know you were always mothers favorite?" "I was?" "Yes. After you were born she just ignored Sesshoumaru, plus she pushed me aside, so he took care of me. After that he decided he didn't like humans."
"But why did she like me the most?" "Cause you reminded her of Father, and she really wanted him back." "But that doesn't explain why he doesn't like hanyou's." "Your more baka then I thought, ok, remember how I told you I was captured?" "Yeah." "Well after I disappeared he thought I had run away from him, so he didn't want anything to do with hanyou's anymore either, so now he only likes youkai's, full youkai's" "I never knew..." "I know you didn't, he never told anyone besides me, because he thought he could trust me, so he told me all his secrets, that's what made it even harder for him to trust hanyou's, he trusted one and, in his opinion, it turned around and stabbed him in the back. Don't tell Sesshoumaru I told you, because he trusted me to keep it between us.... But you need to leave now." she said pushing Inuyasha out the door. "But, I still have-" he started to say, but she slammed the door in his face.