Did you guys miss me? *dodges randomly thrown sharp objects thrown at her* ^^;;;; I'll take that as a no. Anyways, there IS a reason why I haven't updated in oh-say, what was it? Three weeks? Reason #1, D.g. broke the computer. Can you believe that she actually took it apart?! And reason #2, is because Brat was hogging the computer all weekend. So, do you forgive me? *dodges more items thrown at her* Er----I'll get back to you on that....
Oh, and AoiTsuki, to answer your question, most reviewers just like to see Sesshy 1) show emotion, 2) have a romantic interest that makes him think and act funny, and 3) suffer.
Disclaimer: I dun own Inuyasha. Yet. *evil laugh* BUT, I DO own Mitsukai! He's so cute!! *glomps the poor guy* I've got him developed and everything! He looks like a cross between Vash and Cloud! KAWAII!!
Also, I present a CHALLENGE to all you reviewers! IF you can answer ALL my questions right, I'll include you in the story! So how 'bout it? Okay, the rules of the game are SIMPLE! I shall present a riddle to you, called Guess the Common Phrase, and you get ONE chance each time to answer them correctly! For example, I'll give you the answer to the first one, so that one's a freebie. 'Kay? Okay, let's start!
How do you say these the more common way?
Riddle #1!
Retire at 9, up at 5, results in one guy being robust, affluent, and clever.
Hint: Robust means-strong and vigorously healthy.
Free Answer: Early to bed, and early to rise, makes a man healthy, wealthy, and wise.
Get it? Good! Next one!
Riddle #2!
A single fine deed should be rewarded with a reciprocal gesture.
Hint: Reciprocal means-interchanged, given, or owed to each other.
Riddle #3!
The previously arriving feathered vertebrate procures the invertebrate crawler.
Hint: Procure means- obtain.
Riddle #4!
When the terrain becomes arduous, the resolute become vigorous.
Hint: Arduous means- difficult.
Riddle #5!
It is vastly preferable to remain unscathed than to be forced into repentance.
Hint: Unscathed means- not injured or harmed.
Riddle #6!
Members of an avian species of identical plumage congregate.
Hint: Avian means- of, relating to, or characteristic of birds.
Riddle #7!
Surveillance should precede saltation.
Hint: Saltation means- the act of leaping, jumping, or dancing.
Riddle #8!
Refrain from lamenting over precipitately scattered lacteal fluid.
Hint: Lament means- to mourn aloud; wail; to show sorrow for.
Riddle #9!
It is fruitless to attempt to indoctrinate a superannuated canine with innovative maneuvers.
Hint: Superannuated means- retired or ineffective because of advanced age.
Riddle #10! I'll go easy on this one....
Precisely one coin equal to one cent in American funds put away for later use is then returned in full, thus allowing the bearer of the coin to gain exactly one coin.
Hint: None of these words is even remotely difficult to understand. You dun need a hint.
Okay peoples, whip out those dictionaries and try and answer them! I'll give you all a couple chappies to figure them out! XP I'm not as idiotic as you thought, am I? *grins* I'm the smart one in the family! I may talk like an idiot, but I can speak eloquently when I want to. BWAHAHAHAHAHA!! I choose not to though!
Review Responses:
mkitty-chan: OF COURSE FLUFFY WON'T DIE!! What did you think this was? An angst fic?! NEVER!! Oh, and as for me, I really don't know what Tsuki is. Heh heh. I'll figure it out soon though. Oh, and I LOVE hearing from you! You're one of my 'special' reviewers! *loud yell from backstage, "'SPECIAL' ED!!!"* Er--ignore that guy. That's just Cloud, Brat's boyfriend. He came over here to hang with Ashitaka. *looks around* Where'd they go?! Uh-oh........*races off to find them* They better not be doing anything bad! *rolls eyes* What am I saying? OF COURSE they're gonna get in trouble!
lindy*girl: Yes. Fluffy's situation is pretty funny! Hope you liked the pics! *sweatdrop* Considering that those were the first two I've ever drawn, I'm pretty darn proud of myself!
Happy Youkai: No, Sesshy won't die. *gets really evil look* Do you REALLY believe that Kikyo is dead? *laughs maniacally* I'm not gonna say anything now though!
Fluff Writer: You know, I had a feeling that you would like the fluffy parts....I wonder why? *cough*
Sailor Saturn: *looks very nervous* Er-yeah, right.....Kikyo's dead. *cough* It's not like she's gonna come back or anything, just because of my sick twisted sadistic mind!
Jack: ^____^ Randomness is good. *snaps out of weird daze* Urk. I just said something that sounded like something D.G. would say!! AHHHHHHHHHHHH!!! *runs around screaming hysterically* SHE'S RUBBING OFF ON ME!! NOOOOOOOO!!
Tiger of the Wind: Parents are evil too. T_T And cousins. D.G. BROKE MY COMPUTER!! WHAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!!!!!!!!!!
Litwolf689: Forgive me for not updating please?
SenshiofSilence: *coughs nervously* Rrriiiiggghhhhhhtttt....Kikyo is dead. *coughs again* Er......I should apologize now for what will happen in future chappies, so SORRY!!
Yumigirl: *sweatdrop* I guess that I'm not in my right mind.....*Yumigirl looks at her threateningly* *cough* ANYWAYS, Mitsukai is even CUTER than Cloud!! I mean, c'mon, he's like a cross between Vash and Cloud!! That is like the cutest combo possible!! Oh and Kagome WILL meet the Smurfs!! *cackles* I already had plans for her to! And also, I have NO idea what Tsuki is! And THANK YOU for the compliment!
Lil'Lyn713: *sweatdrop* Er---don't get your hopes up too high about Kikyo yet....I really hate to burst other peoples' bubbles....
AoiTsuki: *glares* I DID TOO WRITE MORE THAN FIFTEEN PAGES!! *cough* I just handwrote it is all! It amounted to thirty-four on paper!! And I have plans for Hojo, but about Kikyo......*coughs very nervously*
Sakura-chan88: I'm glad that Sesshy didn't respond that way either! *cough* AoiTsuki would kill me if he did! Also, I got your message from D.g....*sweatdrop* Dude, she was grinning from ear to ear that she actually GOT reviews...Frankly, I am VERY surprised that she got as much as she did for ONLY two chappies!! -_-* She got more that I did....
shadowspinner: Wha? *speaks very slowly and clearly* I can't understand you. The only thing that I could get out of your review were the words 'trouble', 'pits', and 'I love your story'. *stops to think* Those words don't go together, do they? *cough* Anyways, can't wait to hear from you again! I even brought my translator this time!! *whips out the translator* NOW I CAN UNDERSTAND YOU!! YAY!!!
Cat Silver: o_O! *backs away slowly* You----scare me. RUN INY!!! SHE'S POSESSED!! GET AWAY WHILE YOU CAN!! SHE'LL KILL US ALL!! *thinks for a minute* Fly paper...not a bad idea....
brat2princess: *snicker* You stole Brat's name! Oo! She's gonna be SO mad!! *more snickering* Anyways, always glad to get another reviewer! ^_^ Hope you like dis chappy!
Merea: We'd all be happy to help you out! The problem is, we dun know how to block somebody...Could you tell us how? Please? I REALLY wanna block this annoying person who thinks that they can block you! You had a great idea that a couple other people have done, but THEY didn't get blocked!! IT'S NOT FAIR!! *I* WAS A CHARACTER!! NOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO!!
I sure do seem to be coughing a lot in this chappy...*coughcough* Must be that flu that's been going round....I think that it's called the Uh-Oh My Reviewers Are Gonna Kill Me When They Read The Next Chappy flu.
Duh, duh, duh! Time for quotes! Let's all have a HURRAH! *crickets chirp* *Erica gets ticked off anime look* I SAID 'HURRAH'! *all the people 'hurrah' nervously* Very good! You guys CAN be trained! ^-^
Okay, this was a quote I heard from Brat who said she had read it in a story called something like 'Quote Time!' You guys should check it out! It's got some good ones! It's by Princess Kat, but, sadly, we could not review her because by the time we had finished reading it, the librarian threw us out of the library. And, as I said, our computer was broken....AND NOW I CAN'T FIND IT!! WHAAAAAAAAA!! *sniff* So, Princess Kat, if you're reading this, which you are probably not, I would just like to say that I LOVE your story!! *cough* Now on to the quote!
"Earth is full. Go home." As said by Sango to, you guessed it, Miroku.
And also,
"Chaos, destruction, total annihilation......My work here is done."-as said by Naraku. *mutters* Stupid monkey. *kills him ten times over*
AND YES!! I JUST NOW CAME UP WITH AN IDEA ABOUT WHY TSUKI IS ACTING LIKE THIS!! AND WHAT HE IS!! WHOHOO!! W00t! GO ME!!
Kitten Caboodle
Chappy 10: Captured! By the.....Smurf Demons?
OKAY!! RECAP TIME!! SO, Sesshy has been gravely injured, Rin is OK, Utsushineko and Sesshy are liking each other, Jaken is dead WHOHOO!!, Kikyo is dead *coughcough* I think, Kagome is stranded in the middle of nowhere, and Naraku is planning another Diabolical Plot™. *sweatdrop* Rrrrriiigghhhhhhhtttttt.....we'll just let him think that for now!
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Kagome looked about her surroundings with idle curiosity. She was currently sitting in the shade of a large willow tree that grew near the small lake, whose clear blue waters reflected the sun's bright rays and brought sparkles to the waves the flowed unendingly to the shore. Plant life of all kinds grew abundantly in this small valley, ranging from evergreens to sakura trees. Several sorts of bushes grew too; some with blueberries, some with raspberries, and there was even a bush that had some sort of weird fruit growing on its thick, dark green branches. She stood up, and strolled contentedly along the shore, sometimes pausing here or there to pick a flower, or even eat a berry. She sighed, this place was wonderful, and to think that it was located right near the village too. Maybe, just maybe, when she and Inuyasha get married, they could settle down here. It would be perfect.
She soon grew tired of just walking around, and sat back down under the willow tree. She pulled her backpack over to her, and dug through its contents. There was ramen, a deck of cards, ramen, a change of clothes, more ramen, some hair ties, ramen, her c.d. player with c.d.s, chicken ramen, her bow and arrows, beef ramen, her hair brush, shrimp ramen, her sleeping bag and all her other utensils, her homework for the last three weeks, oh, and did she happen to mention ramen? Her brow furrowed in bewilderment when she pulled out a humongous bag, filled with fly paper, fishing nets, a flamethrower, super glue, and even a bottle of acid. WHERE DID THIS COME FROM?!
"It must've been Mom again," she muttered, still looking at all the things in disbelief, "But why would she pack these things? I certainly don't need them." She stuffed the contents back into the backpack, with the exception of her c.d. player and c.d.s. She randomly put in one of the disks, and pressed the play button. She hummed along with the song, an American one by called "Love Is a Beautiful Thing" by Krystal, and the words started flow out of her.
Weird, she thought, this song kinda describes me and Inuyasha.....
She lay down, staring up at the branches and leaves waving above her, the wind swirling around, causing a soft whisper to resonate from the tree. She sighed again and hoped that Inuyasha would come find her soon, before falling asleep, still listening to the music that floated out from the c.d. player.
As she slipped into deep slumber, she thought that she felt a jewel shard nearby, but shrugged the feeling off.
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Gazing at the sleeping girl through the bushes, many little black eyes gleamed in sudden mischievousness, and many little blue-skinned faces broke into evil smiles, and many little white hats bobbed to and fro in excitement, and many little---ah, you get the point. THE SMURFS ARE PLANNING SOMETHING!!!
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A loud yell resounded throughout Naraku's dark, evil castle. Surprisingly, the yell belonged to Naraku himself. Two more yells followed, both belonging to Kagura and Kanna.
"HEY!! WHO SAID YOU COULD TAKE THAT BACK?!" shouted Naraku as he, Kagura, and Kanna all pursued one golden-haired boy of about sixteen as he leapt down the slopes of the castle and hurriedly dashed away. Grinning in triumph, he turned back to apologize to the trio.
"I am very sorry, but I do believe that this artifact belongs to me," he held up the treasure as he ran, waving it tauntingly above his head. It appeared to be some sort of crystal, hung on a golden chain, that was engraved with symbols and glowed many different colors, as if it had a life of its own. "You'll just have to get your own!!"
"GET BACK HERE YOU SPIKE-HEAD!! YOU'RE *SUPPOSED* TO BE MY PUPPET, AND I WAS *SUPPOSED* TO BLACKMAIL YOU WITH THAT!! THIS ISN'T HOW IT SHOULD HAPPEN!!!!!!!!!! GET BACK HERE SO I CAN STEAL YOUR SOUL!!!"
The boy just smirked and ran faster, "Oh, but SURELY you can find someone else!!"
"I'M GONNA KILL YOU!!" shouted Kagura as she shot many sharp feathers at the boy.
"IIIIIIIIIIITTTTTTTTEEEEEEEEEE!!!!" he shouted in surprise when a few grazed across his back. "PEACE!! NOT WAR!!!"
"I'LL SHOW YOU PEACE!! I'LL CUT YOU INTO PIECES!!" she shouted again, shooting more feathers at him.
"Kagura! Don't kill him! We still need him for our Diabolical Plot ™." scolded Naraku.
"I don't care! I wanna kill him!! NOW!!" she retorted.
"Would you two just shut up?!" screamed Kanna, "That golden haired idiot is getting away!" She pointed to where the boy had run off, leaving the fighting trio behind.
"Damn...." muttered Naraku, "He got away..."
"AND IT'S YOUR FAULT FOR NOT LETTING ME KILL HIM!!"
"Shut up."
"Make me."
"Bitch."
"Jerk."
"Slut."
"A$$HOLE!!"
"WHORE!!"
"SHUT THE FREAK UP YOU TWO!!" yelled Kanna, once again interrupting their shouting match, "We have to go after him!!"
And so they left after the mysterious boy, muttering obscene things about each other as they ran.
The young boy watched from behind a bush as they passed his hiding place.
"Jeez, it was even easier to get rid of them than I thought." He turned around to be faced with many little pairs of eyes, with many little blue faces grinning evilly, with many little white hats bobbing up and down, and-oh, forget it! He was faced with the Smurfs!
"Uh-oh..." Were his last words before he was knocked out by many little-oh not this again- weapons.
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Inuyasha searched around desperately for any trace of Kagome, his keen, dog-like sense of smell sorting through all the different scents to pick up the one of his love. He followed it until he came to a secluded valley. There, under the tree, was one of Kagome's hair ties, and all around was the scent of the Smurf demons.
"Oh my Kami.....she's been kidnapped."
He quickly dashed off to find the others, and tell them what had happened.
"She better not be hurt..." he growled under his breath as he practically flew across the countryside, "Or else I swear that I'll kill every single last one of those little bastards..."
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"SHE'S BEEN WHAT?!" shouted Sango once Inuyasha had told her what happened, "But I thought that Kouga was with her...."
"KOUGA?!" yelled Inuyasha, "If he had ANYTHING to do with her kidnapping, I'll--"
"Inuyasha," Miroku reassured, "Kouga would NEVER hurt Lady Kagome."
"Grrrr..."
"I mean it, most likely he was gone before the Smurfs even attacked."
"Grrrr...."
"Can't you even say something remotely intelligent?"
"Grrrr...."
"We gotta go find Kagome!" inserted Shippo in near hysterics, "We just gotta!"
"Of course we will Shippo! We'll find her, and make those demons pay for taking her!" Sango said in half-worry and half-anger, "We'll get her back!"
"Well, then let's quit the small talk and go rescue her!" shouted Inuyasha.
"So you CAN speak," Miroku taunted, "Even though you do not think."
"I'll kill you Houshi."
"You wouldn't," Miroku smirked, "You need me."
"Why?"
"Because I have a plan, and you don't."
"Grrrr...."
"I thought so."
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Sesshoumaru woke up to a warm fuzzy----thing----at his side, and briefly enjoyed the relaxing effect it had on him. Not yet opening his eyes, he tried to recall what had happened. He was attacked by that neko-youkai, Tsuki was its name, wasn't it? And then.....darkness. But not before he saw an odd flash of light. What could create such a beautiful light as that? For only angels could match the pureness of that light. Speaking of light.....he opened his eyes after seeing a warm glow on his chest, and realized that some sort of light was acting as a bandage for his wounds. Looking to his right, he saw Rin cuddled up in his robes next to him, and saw that his blood had seeped into her kimono. He frowned; he'd have to get that cleaned. He felt a stirring over to his left, and was shocked to see Utsushineko sleeping against him. An unfamiliar flush rose up in his cheeks, and he blinked several times in embarrassment. He stared at her sleeping face for a few moments, before realizing that two blue orbs were staring back at him. His blush deepened into a rose color from the light pink tinge it had been. The eyes blinked slowly in confusion before shining in happiness.
"SESSHY-CHAN!!" she squealed in glee and hugged his neck. "YOU'RE OKAY!! YOU'RE NOT DEAD!!"
Wait a minute, did she just call him SESSHY-CHAN?! His normally calm and stoic mask broke into one of confusion and outrage.
"Sesshy-chan?!"
"Oops...hehe...sorry," she mumbled, now blushing too. Both of them just stared at each other, blushing.
"No one has EVER called me that before," murmured Sesshoumaru, "Ever."
"Should I call you Fluffy-sama instead?"
"WHAT?!"
"I'll take that as a no."
"You're darn right!!"
"How about Sess?"
"No."
"Sesshy?"
"No."
"Fluff master?"
"HELL no."
"Sessy?"
"Would you quit trying to change my name?!"
"Uh-uh."
He sighed at this.
"Can I PLEASE call you Sesshy-chan? PLEASE???" she begged him with puppy dog eyes.
"Fine."
"WHOHOO!! I WIN!!"
He stared at her blankly for a moment, before noticing that she was back in her neko-form. A sudden thought occurred to him.
"Utsushineko--"
"You can call me Neko-chan!"
"Fine. Neko-chan, how exactly did you get that curse?"
"Which one?"
"You mean that there's more than one?!"
"Yep."
` "....."
"So...which one?"
"The one that causes you to change forms like that."
"OH!! THAT curse! Of course I'll tell you!"
"Please, no flashbacks."
"Awwwwwww....but I like flashbacks!"
"..."
"FINE!! Anyways, how this curse started.....Well, one day---"
"Please make it short."
"SHEESH!! Fine! JUST STOP INTERRUPTING ME!! ANYWAYS, one day I was traveling in China, trying to find a Mystical Item™, when a boy with black hair ran past me, followed by an old man. Well, in their haste, they accidentally knocked me off a cliff, and I grabbed onto them and pulled them down with me. We fell into the water of several different springs, and when I surfaced, I had found that I had been turned into a DOG-HANYOU!! The boy was turned into a girl, and the old man was turned into a panda. I also believe that there was another boy there who got in the same predicament as us and was turned into a small black pig. Well, the boy introduced himself and his father, and we wondered what to do. Ranma, that's the boy's name, decided that we should go search for a cure. So we all traveled back Japan, and the last that I heard from him was that he had ALMOST gotten his hands on a Mystical Item™ that could permanently turn him into a guy. But I guess it didn't work out."
"And when was this?"
"You wouldn't believe me if I told you."
"Try me."
"About five hundred years from now."
"...And HOW is this possible?!"
"Er....I was accidentally pulled into a time portal made by this one REALLY stupid wizard named Voldemort or something, who was from the future, and that was why I was searching for a Mystical Item™ to return me back to the past, and well, I found one!" She grinned as she finished the story with him looking on in awe of her.
"...."
"So......are you feeling okay?"
"Wait a minute, where is Jaken?"
"Um....hehe....he went out for lunch?"
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He awoke to the annoying sound of singing from somewhere a little ways away, and realized that he was in the Smurf's colony. Not good, he thought, I might not be able to get out of here. He shuffled around, and found that his arms and legs were bound.
"Darn!" he muttered, before crawling along in the dark, hoping to find something sharp with which to cut the ropes, "Of all the days to not wear my daggers, I choose THIS one!" Crawling forward, his nose suddenly banged into a board-like object. He stood stock-still for a moment, waiting for his eyes to adjust, before he could finally make out the object in front of him.
"Bingo..." he muttered in glee as he looked upon his sword in its sheathe, "Now to get it out!" He quickly turned around and let his hands do the work, limited as it was, and he had soon freed the sword, letting it fall to the ground with a clang. He stopped for a moment and listened intently for any sign that they had heard him, but heard nothing except their incessant singing. He rubbed the ropes that bound him against the blade, and had soon freed his hands from their bondage. He rubbed his wrists to restore the circulation in them, and then untied his legs. That done, he carefully stood up, letting his blood flow freely throughout his body. He groaned in pain as long-bound muscles were soon pumping again.
"Ite....I must've been unconscious for quite a while..." He picked up his sword and strapped it to his back, checking that he had everything he had originally set out with.
"Oh no....not again..." The crystal was nowhere to be found, even when he searched the floor. "Those Smurfs must've taken it!"
He strode over to the door, and found that it was locked.
"Dang it! And I don't have my lock-picking tools either! This just isn't my day!" He slumped down in defeat and tried to assess the situation. He was trapped in the stronghold of the Smurfs, had only his sword and a few provisions, and he had no idea how to get out. He sighed, then decided to explore the large room he was in. It was almost like a cavern! This must be where the Smurfs congregate for meetings....If they even had those. That was the only reason they would've carved such a large room as this! He inspected the walls more closely, or maybe this is a natural cave....The latter was most likely the answer. His sharp hearing picked up the steady drip of water, and he wandered over to its source.
He gasped as his eyes spotted a small lake, surrounded by glowing crystals, and patterned with stalagmites and stalactites. (An easy way to remember which is which is to know that the 'g' in stalagmite stands for 'ground', so they're the ones on the floor, while the 'c' in stalactite stands for 'ceiling', so they're the ones that hang down from the top of the cave! Get it? There's some free info for ya!) A large yellow bag lay on one of the rocks in the middle of the dark lake. He decided to go check it out later.
He looked around, and to his surprise, spotted a young girl of about fifteen lying near the shore, bound as he had been. He loped over to her and checked her pulse in worry. Finding that it was good and strong, and that she was breathing normally, he cut her loose, his worry lessening. He poured some water from the lake onto her face, hoping to bring her back into consciousness. His efforts were rewarded when she coughed and tried to sit up, gasping in pain. He gently pushed her back down, smiling to show that she needn't fear him.
"You really shouldn't get up. Your blood needs to circulate again before you should try standing," he scolded her softly.
"Who-who are you? Where am I?" she demanded, tensing up.
He chuckled heartily, "Why, you're in the Smurfs' stronghold, and we are both prisoners here, though I do not know why."
"THEIR STRONGHOLD?!" she cried.
"Yep."
"You still didn't tell me your name," she accused.
"Only because you haven't said yours," he returned the accusation lightly, to show he was joking.
"I'm Kagome Higurashi," She held out her hand for him to shake.
He shook her hand and said, "I'm Mitsukai Tsubasa."
"Angel Wings?"
"Hey! It's not my fault that I had quirky parents!"
She giggled at the comical expression of outrage that he had on his face, but she still couldn't really tell what he looked like in the semi-darkness the filled the cave.
"So....do you have any idea how to get us out of here?" she asked hopefully.
He smiled and said, "Not a clue." He laughed at the crestfallen look on her face, "But I'm sure I'll get one soon!"
And so they sat together, and thought, and thought, and thought, and thought.......
"How about we storm through the door and chop down every one of those little buggers in our path with my sword?" he suggested.
"No. Won't work." They thought some more, until a sudden thought dawned on Kagome.
"Mitsukai, did you by any chance see a large yellow backpack anywhere around here?"
He blinked at her in surprise, "Actually, I did." He pointed out to the middle of the lake where the bag lay on a rock that rose from its depths. "Right there."
Kagome laughed with delight and jumped up, running over to the edge. "That bag has some items that we could use to get out of here! Let's go get it!" She jumped into the water.
As she swam on oblivious, Mitsukai thought that he saw a ripple from the middle of the lake make its way toward her. He blinked again, rubbing at his eyes, before realizing that something was heading toward Kagome, and she didn't know of it.
"Kagome! Get out of there!" he shouted, dashing toward her. She turned back to look at him in confusion.
"Why? What's wrong?" A sudden hot breath on her neck, the feel of something scaly on her legs, and the shout of shock from Mitsukai signaled that she was in a lot of danger right now. Daringly, she looked behind her, and screamed at the sight.
She was staring a sharp tooth as large as her whole body.
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CLIFFIES!! WHOHOO!! Not much Sesshy/Neko action there, but I did center more on the others. Review please!! If I get TWENTY reviews, *smirk*, I'll update this Wednesday! OR Thursday! *cackles* Depends....