____________________________________________________________________________ _________ Chapter 7; Tadle Tale ____________________________________________________________________________ _______________ "Hello Sango, so what's going on between you and Miroku?" asked Kamet. "Oh, it's going great." Sango replied -I sense concealment, she's not telling the truth.- thought Kamet. "It's going 'great'?" said Kamet suspiciously. "Ok, fine. I should have known you would be able to sense that I wasn't telling the truth, for real Miroku has been paying more attention to that slave of his than me." admitted Sango. "He has?" "Yeah." "Well, I can take care of that," said Kamet. "How?" asked Sango with an air of suspicion. "I'll buy it from him." "He won't sell it to you." "Ohh, yes he will." Sango eyed her suspiciously. "Um, not to be rude or anything, but I think you should leave Kamet," and seeing the expression on her sisters face added, "so that Sango and I can talk, after all she is here on an appointment." "Ok, we'll talk later then, it is kind of getting a little late. Do you think you can drop by my cave tomorrow around 12:00 noon to continue talking?" "Sure, see you then." "See you, bye!" Kamet walked out the door, -I think I'll try to buy Miroku's slave tonight, while I'm still thinking about it.- she thought as she turned the key and the S.U.V. roared into life. She drove down the street and pulled into Miroku's driveway about five minutes later. She walked up to the door and rang the doorbell, Sarah, Miroku's slave that Kamet wanted to buy, came up to the door. "Hey is Miroku around?" asked Kamet. "No, Master is sleeping right now," she said with a slight shake of her head. "Ok, I'll just come back tomorrow then," she said turning around and getting gracefully back into the S.U.V. -geese, I can't believe how much she looks like Inuyasha.- she thought driving home. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Sesshoumaru..." his ears pricked, it sounded like his new mistresses voice, "Sesshoumaru, are you awake?" her sweet voice carried through the house to him. "Yes, Mistress," he replied. "Come downstairs." "Yes, Mistress," he got up and started walking down the stairs. He could smell fresh apples and soup. "Are you hungry, Sesshoumaru?" she asked kindly. -Is she going to sell me already? All my previous masters and mistresses only ask me that question right before they sell me.- "Yes, Mistress," he replied truthfully. "Would you like some soup?" "Yes, Mistress," it was only just now that it was dawning on him how hungry he truly was, they hadn't had any food last night, after that demon exterminator left they just went straight to bed. "Well, sit down," she said placing a bowl of soup on the table. He sat in front of the soup. "Well, eat up," she said placing a bowl of soup on the other side of the table and siting down to eat. "Yes, Mistress," he said starting to eat his soup. "So, do you have any family?" asked his mistress about half-way through their soup. "Yes, Mistress." he said "Well, tell me about them." "Well," said Sesshoumaru looking longingly at his soup, "I have a brother and a sister, their twins." "What are their names?" "Inuyasha and Sarah." "Inuyasha?! Your brother is Inuyasha?" "Yes, Mistress," he said wondering why she was so startled about hearing this. "No wonder you look like him," she said, then she noticed him looking at her, "You see, Inuyasha and Kouga, my sisters mate, are mortal enemies, and Kouga has told Kamet all about him, and she told me about him. Ohh, and you can continue eating your soup." she said noticing his longing look at his soup. "Yes, Mistress." "Mistress, Mistress, Mistress, call me Arai." "Yes, Mistress Arai." "Just Arai." "Yes, Arai." "Ok, now that the appetizer is over," said Arai noticing that both Sesshoumaru and her had finished eating their soup. She got up and started bustling around the kitchen and came back out five minutes later with a big plate of meat and an overflowing bowl of strawberries. She placed the plate of meat on the table in front of him and the strawberries in front of herself. "Eat up, we've got a long day ahead of us." she said starting to eat her strawberries. Then noticing the odd look on Sesshoumaru's face said, "I'm not that big a fan of meat, so you can have all of that meat and I'll just eat this," she said pointing at the strawberries. "Yes, Mistre- I mean Arai." he said starting to eat his meat. "So, when was the last time you saw Inuyasha?" "About four-hundred years ago." "That long?" "Yes, Arai" "Why were you two separated?" "A powerful miko wished to have me as a slave and captured me." "I see." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ She realized she must have touched a sensitive spot so she looked about for something to change the subject to. Then she noticed that he was not eating his food. "You can finish eating your food." "Yes, Arai." When they had finished eating Arai rose from the table and motioned for Sesshoumaru to do the same. He followed her to the sink where she washed the dishes. "Come, we are going to go meet with my sister now." "Yes, Arai." They walked outside to the car where she said, "Get in." "Yes, Arai." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "Get in," he looked up, his mistress was pointing at a car and telling him to get in. "Yes, Arai," he did as commanded and got into the vehicle. While they were traveling he keep his attention directed to outside the vehicle. He merely saw flashes of senery then he saw a flash of silver, -was that, no it couldn't have been- he thought, he looked back -it was him, it was my brother, so he is alive. I thought he'd be dead by now, but apparently hanyou's can live longer than I thought- "We're here Sesshoumaru." He looked up, the car had stopped and his mistress was getting out of the car, he followed her. He had been too busy thinking about his brother to notice the car had stopped, -ok, Sess- he thought to himself, -pay attention to what is happening now, not to your brother, or Arai may get angry.- "Oh, hello Arai, Kamet is out doing something for the moment, but she should be back in a couple minutes, so go ahead and take a seat," he looked up and saw an ookami youkai, she looked a lot like his mistresses sister. "Ok, Yangu-wan." -Yangu-wan? How old is she if she is called young one?- thought Sesshoumaru, -wait a minute, that scent- he thought as a new scent started to draw nearer, -it is that of my sister.- "Oh, Arai, you're here already," it was his mistress's sister, she must have just walked in the door, and following behind her...