Ever since that fateful night , a wedge had been placed between Shinta &
Sesshomaru. As the years progressed the wedge grew larger, to finally it
got to the point that in Shinta's eyes Sesshomaru was no loner his father,
but a acquaintance that happened to look like him. Rin's sons had grown and
were spoiled rotten. Shinta was nearly of age by tenshi standards,
InuYoukia standards he was still a pup.
Shinta scowled as the sound of Sesshomaru and Rin's love making reached his sensitive ears. This had to be the millionth time they had tried to conceive a pup, all the other attempts had failed. Shinta hoped this one would too. It was not that he despised hanyou's, it's he despise what the hanyou would become. He did not wish the on any child. As Rin's moans became louder Shinta covered his ears.
" Jaken"
The imp youkai looked up from his work.
" Yes me lord."
Jaken was one of the many servants that called him a lord still.
" I'm going, I can't stand the sounds. If Sesshomaru wants me I'll be back later.. Thought I dought he will."
At that Shinta leapt off the balcony ledge. He spread his large feathery wings and easily floated down the cliff to the beach bellow.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A full moon lit a cloudless sky, it's white light reflected off the sea, it's water lapping in gently against the sandy shores. Here the only sound was the water and the wind, this is where Shinta always went when he wanted to be alone, only tonight he was not alone.
A lone figure sat atop a rock along the waters edge. By sight and smell the figure was identified instantly as Draco, the hanyou son or Inuyasha and Kagome.
Draco was similar to Shinta in many ways, but he was also a lot like his father. It was in his looks and some of his attitude that he was similar to Shinta.
Shinta looked over the boy that he considered his younger brother. Draco sat atop the rock his silver eyes staring straight out over the horizon at nothing in particular. The moonlight caught the silver strands in Draco's brilliant white hair turning it a brilliant metallic silver. He didn't have any marking on his face except for a single silver crescent moon in the center of his forehead. His long hair was pulled into a high ponytail at the top of his head that showed off his dog ears. Draco preferred to wear what was called a Robin Hood type outfit; thought Shinta didn't know what Robin Hood was that was just what Kagome had said it looked like.
Draco seemed to sense that someone was approaching, for he drew his sword and turned towards Shinta.
" Oh Shinta it's you."
Draco resheathed his sword.
" Are they at it again?"
Shinta nodded his head and took a seat next to the boy he considered a brother. Sighing Shinta stared out into the slowly lighting sky.
" What did I do to deserve this."
Draco raised a questioning eyebrow.
" Deserve what?" Draco asked though he knew he had a pretty good idea of what it was.
Shinta turned to him, silent tears could be seen in his eyes.
"What my life has turned out to be, you weren't here when my mother was still alive.things were different..a lot different, Sesshomaru was actually a father to me, he would play with me and kid with me..he was the only one who could teach me, he wouldn't allow any of the servants to teach me. Hell no one was allowed to touch me, if they did they would be ripped to shreds by Sesshomaru. When I was around him he always smiled and laughed. He would drop what ever he was doing to play with me and comfort me when I got hurt or was scared."
Shinta took a shuddering breath. His eyes narrowing in hatred.
" Then she came along..that human bitch that my father took as a mate no long after my mothers death... everything changed. Sesshomaru no longer paid as much attention to me, he spent nearly every waking moment with the bitch, he stopped smiling around me.hell he started to ignore me. I had to fight tooth and nail to keep my room since he was planning on letting the two half-breeds have it. No offense."
Draco simply shrugged.
" Feh.. you know I should hit you for that." Draco would have been serious had it not been for the big huge smirk on his face. Shinta smiled despite his bad mood.
" I wish that there was some way for Sesshomaru to notice me. I want my father back."
Draco placed a comforting arm around Shinta's shoulders.
" There might be a way to get your father to notice you and appreciate you more."
Shinta was looking at Draco very intently now.
" How?"
" I have joined a group, it's run by a Youko kitsune named Yoko Kurama."
Shinta's eyes grew to the size of dinner plates as his mouth fell open.
" you mean the thief Yoko Kurama."
Draco nodded his head. " Yep what do you think I've been doing these last few months. Hey it would be a way for Sesshomaru to notice you."
Shinta bowed his head, his mind whirling with thoughts.
" Hey, I'll talk to you tomorrow, I have to get home before my mother and father find out I left the house."
Draco stood and started to walk down the beach.
" HEY DRACO!" Draco stopped and turned around.
" Can I stay at your place, I really don't want to have to listen to them all night."
Draco nodded understanding completely, he had been over there once when they had started and he could understand why Shinta didn't want to stay there. Shinta easily caught up with Draco and silently they walked towards draco's home.
Inuyasha and Kagome's home was a simple hut set close to the well that allowed them both to travel through time. They still used it but not as much as they did when they were still looking for jewel shards. Draco despite how he complained about how small the hut was was actually very proud of it.
A light coming from one of the windows alerted them of the presence that one or both of draco's parents were awake and waiting for him. Draco gulped nervously,
" You didn't tell them you were going out." He shook his head
" Well it's best not to stall." Draco nodded putting on a brave face. Though his scent gave away that he was nervous.
Cautiously Draco entered the hut fallowed closely by Shinta. The area was surprisingly clear.
Draco released the breath he had been holding. " That was close I thought one of the was awake."
" One of us was awake, where have you been?"
Draco went ridged as Inuyasha stepped out from the shadows. A angry frown graced his still boyish features.
" hi daddy."
Inuyasha simply scowled.
" that didn't answer my question, where were you?"
Draco bowed his head.
" I'm sorry daddy, I couldn't sleep so I went out for a walk. I would have told you, but both you and mother were sound asleep, I didn't wish to disturb you."
Shinta could see where this was going and decided to intervene.
" Hello uncle Inuyasha."
Inuyasha's attention switched from his son to Shinta. He smiled
" Hello Shinta, what are you doing here."
Shinta bowed respectfully.
" I have come to stay the night if that is alright with you."
Inuyasha placed a comforting hand on Shinta's shoulder.
" You know you are always welcome here."
Shinta smiled and hugged his uncle.
" Thanks you Inuyasha, I really appreciate this."
Inuyasha released the young boy.
" Well you two off to bed, you know where the extra bedding is."
The two boys bowed and raced for Draco's room. Inuyasha shook his head.
" Don't think you're off the hook yet." " Damn" Inuyasha laughed and left for his own room, hoping to all gods that Kagome was still asleep. Lucky for both him and Draco she still was. Silently Inuyasha crawled into bed and snuggled up against up against Kagome.
" So what was his lame excuse this time." Inuyasha stiffened
How come I didn't realize she was awake?
Kagome sighed and turned away from Inuyasha.
" Inuyasha.. SIT DOWN"
she felt Inuyasha plunge off the bed and a thud from the other side of the house fallowed by laughter that sounded like music. She sat up and looked over the edge of the bed where her husband was plastered to the floor.
" Shinta's here?"
Inuyasha nodded as much as he could.
" it's been a while since I've seen him, how's he doing?"
" ine fro wha I can ell." Came the muffled reply.
Slowly the spell wore off and Inuyasha crawled back into bed. Laughter could still be heard along with shouts and yelps.
" Go to bed you two!" instantly the house was silent.
Draco and Shinta listened for any more sounds. Hearing none they sat sown on their beds.
" We'll leave tomorrow morning to go talk to Yoko, I'm sure he'll take you on, this way you can get back at Sesshomaru."
Shinta bowed his head.
" I'm not sure I want to take on a line of thieving just to get Sesshomaru's attention."
Draco nodded in understanding.
" the best you can do is at least talk to him." Shinta nodded
The first rays of light began to poor in through Draco's window.
" It's dawn, there's no point in going to sleep now." Draco nodded in agreement. Shinta leapt out the small window.
" HEY! Where you going."
Shinta turned around.
" I'm going home to get changed I'm filthy."
Draco shook his head a knowing smile on his face.
" Can't stand to be dirty, huh"
Shinta stuck his tongue out and unfolded his wings, which had magically appeared.
" Man how can stand with those huge things."
Shinta flexed his powerful wings and spread them out to their fullest which was over 40 feet from wing tip to tip.
"Easily, I'll see you in half an hour."
With that he gave a flap of his wings and hovered a few feet off the ground. He seemed to freeze in midair before he vanished in a whirl or wind and debris. Draco ducked down under his window as debris sped into this room.
" I WISH YOU WOULD DO THAT HIGHER UP!" he shouted into the empty air.
" Where did Shinta go?" Draco turned to his mother.
" He went to get changed." Kagome nodded
" Well go help you father catch breakfast."
" Yes mother."
~~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~
Shinta landed gracefully on his balcony just seconds later after he had taken off from Inuyasha's forest. He entered his room to find Jaken asleep on the floor.
" Jaken?" the imp stirred
" me lord, when did you get back?"
Shinta picked up the staff of skulls from where it had fallen. " about two seconds ago. Tell me did Sesshomaru want me at all." Jaken shook his head. Shinta nodded.
" Jaken I'm leaving for a couple days. Prepare some clothes for me. I'll retrieve my weapons, if Sesshomaru asks I'm going out for a couple days."
Jaken raised a questioning eyebrow but didn't ask any questions of Shinta, for he knew that if he did not tell him the first time around that he would get no answers from him that time.
" shall I put the clothes in a traveling bag."
Shinta nodded and left. Almost instantly he turned back into the room.
" I was going to change."
Jaken sweat dropped as Shinta quickly changed his clothes (think kurama's clothes) he pulled his hair into a high pony tail and pulled his tail through both his pants and the cover he wore over the other clothes. He quickly stepped into this knee high white leather boots and raced from the room. Jaken began to pack the clothes shaking his head the whole way.
All went well until Shinta arrived in the dojo where all the weapons were stored. From inside came the sounds of metal hitting metal and grunts. Telling Shinta that Atoka and Uramteshi were inside practicing.
hn.how pathetic, can barley hold a sword let alone use it in battle they should be the ones not allowed to hold a sword
Early on Sesshomaru had forbidden Shinta from ever picking up a sword. He insisted that Shinta being half Tenshi was weak and shouldn't fight, that tenshi were docile creatures.
Weak creatures my ass, tenshi are warriors, more so then most youkai. Swan youkai are the weak ones, they don't have a mean bone in their bodies, they're the peacemakers of the youkai
You think that stopped him form learning to use a sword. Hell no.
" Well this puts a slight damper on my plans, oh well they were going to find out sooner or later." Shinta shrugged.
" Sesshomaru can kiss my ass if he doesn't like it"
Calmly walked into the dojo. Atoka and Uramteshi were practicing with katanas, but stopped when Shinta entered.
" Hey dog butt, you know your not supposed to be here." The twins laughed at the stupid nickname they had branded on him. Shinta simply remained silent and ignored the stupid hanyou's.
" it's not affecting him." Uramteshi said setting down his sword.
" dog butt, what are you doing here, your not allowed in here. Don't make me get father."
They were met with stony silence. Shinta walked over to a bare wall.
" what are you imaging that you have a wall of weapons there."
" go get Sesshomaru Uramteshi" the twin nodded and rushed off to find Sesshomaru.
Shinta placed a hand on the wall, which began to glow a blue color. Weapons of all different verities and size appeared suddenly. Shinta picked off the wall a ivory sheathed Katana, a set of scythes and a couple daggers that he placed inside his boots. He turned and stared to leave.
" hold it dog butt." Shinta simply walked up behind Atoka and hit him in the back of the head sending face first unconscious into the ground
" weakling"
Fearing that Sesshomaru would show up any second Shinta ran for the door and down the hallway. No sooner had he rounded the coroner did Sesshomaru and Uramteshi appear. Shinta didn't quit running until he was in the air. He had said good bye to Jaken and grabbed his clothes on the way.
It didn't take long to find Draco. With out stopping he scooped down and grabbed him.
" WHOLEY SHIT, gods Shinta don't do that."
Shinta just grinned.
" so where we going."
" a cave in the eastern lands."
Shinta nodded and steered off towards the eastern lands.
~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~
The cave was dirty and crammed full of all different youkai. Many of which were human eaters. Shinta had a hard time not running out of the cave and saying screw it. Many of the youkai were giving him and Draco funny looks. Many were whispering and pointing to the crescent moon on Shinta's forehead, which was the mark of the lord of the western lands.
" Draco where is this Yoko Kurama guy." Draco pointed down the hall where a tall what looked to be a bat youkai stood guarding a room. Apon reaching to door they were stopped by the guard. Shinta looked up and felt his jaw hit the floor.
" Kurono?"
The youkai that looked exactly like Kurono and wore the same clothes looked over at Shinta.
" no that names Kuronue. Who are you and what do you want."
Draco was the one that piped up.
" this is Shinta, the son of lord Sesshomaru of the western lands, my cousin, he wishes to join the group."
There was dead silence as this was proclaimed. Shinta shifted nervously from foot to foot his hand read on the hilt of his sword.
" what is this I hear about the son of the western lands wanting to join my band."
Shinta turned to see none other then the legendary Youko Kitsune, Yoko Kurama. He was a very pretty fox with long silver hair and a tail similar to Shinta's and Draco's only silver like his hair.
Shinta bowed to the great thief.
" Yoko, I wish to join your band in order to get my fathers attention. He had since ignored me since he took on that human mate and her hanyou pups."
Yoko closed his eyes.
" it is a sad day when a great a lord and the lord of the west ignores his full blooded child to pay more attention to a human and her half blooded kits. Shinta I will allow you to join my group., but you must prove your self worthy of my band."
Shinta bowed again.
" Thank you Yoko, I will prove my self for I am a Shido tenshi, we are bound by honor."
Shinta scowled as the sound of Sesshomaru and Rin's love making reached his sensitive ears. This had to be the millionth time they had tried to conceive a pup, all the other attempts had failed. Shinta hoped this one would too. It was not that he despised hanyou's, it's he despise what the hanyou would become. He did not wish the on any child. As Rin's moans became louder Shinta covered his ears.
" Jaken"
The imp youkai looked up from his work.
" Yes me lord."
Jaken was one of the many servants that called him a lord still.
" I'm going, I can't stand the sounds. If Sesshomaru wants me I'll be back later.. Thought I dought he will."
At that Shinta leapt off the balcony ledge. He spread his large feathery wings and easily floated down the cliff to the beach bellow.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
A full moon lit a cloudless sky, it's white light reflected off the sea, it's water lapping in gently against the sandy shores. Here the only sound was the water and the wind, this is where Shinta always went when he wanted to be alone, only tonight he was not alone.
A lone figure sat atop a rock along the waters edge. By sight and smell the figure was identified instantly as Draco, the hanyou son or Inuyasha and Kagome.
Draco was similar to Shinta in many ways, but he was also a lot like his father. It was in his looks and some of his attitude that he was similar to Shinta.
Shinta looked over the boy that he considered his younger brother. Draco sat atop the rock his silver eyes staring straight out over the horizon at nothing in particular. The moonlight caught the silver strands in Draco's brilliant white hair turning it a brilliant metallic silver. He didn't have any marking on his face except for a single silver crescent moon in the center of his forehead. His long hair was pulled into a high ponytail at the top of his head that showed off his dog ears. Draco preferred to wear what was called a Robin Hood type outfit; thought Shinta didn't know what Robin Hood was that was just what Kagome had said it looked like.
Draco seemed to sense that someone was approaching, for he drew his sword and turned towards Shinta.
" Oh Shinta it's you."
Draco resheathed his sword.
" Are they at it again?"
Shinta nodded his head and took a seat next to the boy he considered a brother. Sighing Shinta stared out into the slowly lighting sky.
" What did I do to deserve this."
Draco raised a questioning eyebrow.
" Deserve what?" Draco asked though he knew he had a pretty good idea of what it was.
Shinta turned to him, silent tears could be seen in his eyes.
"What my life has turned out to be, you weren't here when my mother was still alive.things were different..a lot different, Sesshomaru was actually a father to me, he would play with me and kid with me..he was the only one who could teach me, he wouldn't allow any of the servants to teach me. Hell no one was allowed to touch me, if they did they would be ripped to shreds by Sesshomaru. When I was around him he always smiled and laughed. He would drop what ever he was doing to play with me and comfort me when I got hurt or was scared."
Shinta took a shuddering breath. His eyes narrowing in hatred.
" Then she came along..that human bitch that my father took as a mate no long after my mothers death... everything changed. Sesshomaru no longer paid as much attention to me, he spent nearly every waking moment with the bitch, he stopped smiling around me.hell he started to ignore me. I had to fight tooth and nail to keep my room since he was planning on letting the two half-breeds have it. No offense."
Draco simply shrugged.
" Feh.. you know I should hit you for that." Draco would have been serious had it not been for the big huge smirk on his face. Shinta smiled despite his bad mood.
" I wish that there was some way for Sesshomaru to notice me. I want my father back."
Draco placed a comforting arm around Shinta's shoulders.
" There might be a way to get your father to notice you and appreciate you more."
Shinta was looking at Draco very intently now.
" How?"
" I have joined a group, it's run by a Youko kitsune named Yoko Kurama."
Shinta's eyes grew to the size of dinner plates as his mouth fell open.
" you mean the thief Yoko Kurama."
Draco nodded his head. " Yep what do you think I've been doing these last few months. Hey it would be a way for Sesshomaru to notice you."
Shinta bowed his head, his mind whirling with thoughts.
" Hey, I'll talk to you tomorrow, I have to get home before my mother and father find out I left the house."
Draco stood and started to walk down the beach.
" HEY DRACO!" Draco stopped and turned around.
" Can I stay at your place, I really don't want to have to listen to them all night."
Draco nodded understanding completely, he had been over there once when they had started and he could understand why Shinta didn't want to stay there. Shinta easily caught up with Draco and silently they walked towards draco's home.
Inuyasha and Kagome's home was a simple hut set close to the well that allowed them both to travel through time. They still used it but not as much as they did when they were still looking for jewel shards. Draco despite how he complained about how small the hut was was actually very proud of it.
A light coming from one of the windows alerted them of the presence that one or both of draco's parents were awake and waiting for him. Draco gulped nervously,
" You didn't tell them you were going out." He shook his head
" Well it's best not to stall." Draco nodded putting on a brave face. Though his scent gave away that he was nervous.
Cautiously Draco entered the hut fallowed closely by Shinta. The area was surprisingly clear.
Draco released the breath he had been holding. " That was close I thought one of the was awake."
" One of us was awake, where have you been?"
Draco went ridged as Inuyasha stepped out from the shadows. A angry frown graced his still boyish features.
" hi daddy."
Inuyasha simply scowled.
" that didn't answer my question, where were you?"
Draco bowed his head.
" I'm sorry daddy, I couldn't sleep so I went out for a walk. I would have told you, but both you and mother were sound asleep, I didn't wish to disturb you."
Shinta could see where this was going and decided to intervene.
" Hello uncle Inuyasha."
Inuyasha's attention switched from his son to Shinta. He smiled
" Hello Shinta, what are you doing here."
Shinta bowed respectfully.
" I have come to stay the night if that is alright with you."
Inuyasha placed a comforting hand on Shinta's shoulder.
" You know you are always welcome here."
Shinta smiled and hugged his uncle.
" Thanks you Inuyasha, I really appreciate this."
Inuyasha released the young boy.
" Well you two off to bed, you know where the extra bedding is."
The two boys bowed and raced for Draco's room. Inuyasha shook his head.
" Don't think you're off the hook yet." " Damn" Inuyasha laughed and left for his own room, hoping to all gods that Kagome was still asleep. Lucky for both him and Draco she still was. Silently Inuyasha crawled into bed and snuggled up against up against Kagome.
" So what was his lame excuse this time." Inuyasha stiffened
How come I didn't realize she was awake?
Kagome sighed and turned away from Inuyasha.
" Inuyasha.. SIT DOWN"
she felt Inuyasha plunge off the bed and a thud from the other side of the house fallowed by laughter that sounded like music. She sat up and looked over the edge of the bed where her husband was plastered to the floor.
" Shinta's here?"
Inuyasha nodded as much as he could.
" it's been a while since I've seen him, how's he doing?"
" ine fro wha I can ell." Came the muffled reply.
Slowly the spell wore off and Inuyasha crawled back into bed. Laughter could still be heard along with shouts and yelps.
" Go to bed you two!" instantly the house was silent.
Draco and Shinta listened for any more sounds. Hearing none they sat sown on their beds.
" We'll leave tomorrow morning to go talk to Yoko, I'm sure he'll take you on, this way you can get back at Sesshomaru."
Shinta bowed his head.
" I'm not sure I want to take on a line of thieving just to get Sesshomaru's attention."
Draco nodded in understanding.
" the best you can do is at least talk to him." Shinta nodded
The first rays of light began to poor in through Draco's window.
" It's dawn, there's no point in going to sleep now." Draco nodded in agreement. Shinta leapt out the small window.
" HEY! Where you going."
Shinta turned around.
" I'm going home to get changed I'm filthy."
Draco shook his head a knowing smile on his face.
" Can't stand to be dirty, huh"
Shinta stuck his tongue out and unfolded his wings, which had magically appeared.
" Man how can stand with those huge things."
Shinta flexed his powerful wings and spread them out to their fullest which was over 40 feet from wing tip to tip.
"Easily, I'll see you in half an hour."
With that he gave a flap of his wings and hovered a few feet off the ground. He seemed to freeze in midair before he vanished in a whirl or wind and debris. Draco ducked down under his window as debris sped into this room.
" I WISH YOU WOULD DO THAT HIGHER UP!" he shouted into the empty air.
" Where did Shinta go?" Draco turned to his mother.
" He went to get changed." Kagome nodded
" Well go help you father catch breakfast."
" Yes mother."
~~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~~
Shinta landed gracefully on his balcony just seconds later after he had taken off from Inuyasha's forest. He entered his room to find Jaken asleep on the floor.
" Jaken?" the imp stirred
" me lord, when did you get back?"
Shinta picked up the staff of skulls from where it had fallen. " about two seconds ago. Tell me did Sesshomaru want me at all." Jaken shook his head. Shinta nodded.
" Jaken I'm leaving for a couple days. Prepare some clothes for me. I'll retrieve my weapons, if Sesshomaru asks I'm going out for a couple days."
Jaken raised a questioning eyebrow but didn't ask any questions of Shinta, for he knew that if he did not tell him the first time around that he would get no answers from him that time.
" shall I put the clothes in a traveling bag."
Shinta nodded and left. Almost instantly he turned back into the room.
" I was going to change."
Jaken sweat dropped as Shinta quickly changed his clothes (think kurama's clothes) he pulled his hair into a high pony tail and pulled his tail through both his pants and the cover he wore over the other clothes. He quickly stepped into this knee high white leather boots and raced from the room. Jaken began to pack the clothes shaking his head the whole way.
All went well until Shinta arrived in the dojo where all the weapons were stored. From inside came the sounds of metal hitting metal and grunts. Telling Shinta that Atoka and Uramteshi were inside practicing.
hn.how pathetic, can barley hold a sword let alone use it in battle they should be the ones not allowed to hold a sword
Early on Sesshomaru had forbidden Shinta from ever picking up a sword. He insisted that Shinta being half Tenshi was weak and shouldn't fight, that tenshi were docile creatures.
Weak creatures my ass, tenshi are warriors, more so then most youkai. Swan youkai are the weak ones, they don't have a mean bone in their bodies, they're the peacemakers of the youkai
You think that stopped him form learning to use a sword. Hell no.
" Well this puts a slight damper on my plans, oh well they were going to find out sooner or later." Shinta shrugged.
" Sesshomaru can kiss my ass if he doesn't like it"
Calmly walked into the dojo. Atoka and Uramteshi were practicing with katanas, but stopped when Shinta entered.
" Hey dog butt, you know your not supposed to be here." The twins laughed at the stupid nickname they had branded on him. Shinta simply remained silent and ignored the stupid hanyou's.
" it's not affecting him." Uramteshi said setting down his sword.
" dog butt, what are you doing here, your not allowed in here. Don't make me get father."
They were met with stony silence. Shinta walked over to a bare wall.
" what are you imaging that you have a wall of weapons there."
" go get Sesshomaru Uramteshi" the twin nodded and rushed off to find Sesshomaru.
Shinta placed a hand on the wall, which began to glow a blue color. Weapons of all different verities and size appeared suddenly. Shinta picked off the wall a ivory sheathed Katana, a set of scythes and a couple daggers that he placed inside his boots. He turned and stared to leave.
" hold it dog butt." Shinta simply walked up behind Atoka and hit him in the back of the head sending face first unconscious into the ground
" weakling"
Fearing that Sesshomaru would show up any second Shinta ran for the door and down the hallway. No sooner had he rounded the coroner did Sesshomaru and Uramteshi appear. Shinta didn't quit running until he was in the air. He had said good bye to Jaken and grabbed his clothes on the way.
It didn't take long to find Draco. With out stopping he scooped down and grabbed him.
" WHOLEY SHIT, gods Shinta don't do that."
Shinta just grinned.
" so where we going."
" a cave in the eastern lands."
Shinta nodded and steered off towards the eastern lands.
~~~~~~~~*~~~~~~~~
The cave was dirty and crammed full of all different youkai. Many of which were human eaters. Shinta had a hard time not running out of the cave and saying screw it. Many of the youkai were giving him and Draco funny looks. Many were whispering and pointing to the crescent moon on Shinta's forehead, which was the mark of the lord of the western lands.
" Draco where is this Yoko Kurama guy." Draco pointed down the hall where a tall what looked to be a bat youkai stood guarding a room. Apon reaching to door they were stopped by the guard. Shinta looked up and felt his jaw hit the floor.
" Kurono?"
The youkai that looked exactly like Kurono and wore the same clothes looked over at Shinta.
" no that names Kuronue. Who are you and what do you want."
Draco was the one that piped up.
" this is Shinta, the son of lord Sesshomaru of the western lands, my cousin, he wishes to join the group."
There was dead silence as this was proclaimed. Shinta shifted nervously from foot to foot his hand read on the hilt of his sword.
" what is this I hear about the son of the western lands wanting to join my band."
Shinta turned to see none other then the legendary Youko Kitsune, Yoko Kurama. He was a very pretty fox with long silver hair and a tail similar to Shinta's and Draco's only silver like his hair.
Shinta bowed to the great thief.
" Yoko, I wish to join your band in order to get my fathers attention. He had since ignored me since he took on that human mate and her hanyou pups."
Yoko closed his eyes.
" it is a sad day when a great a lord and the lord of the west ignores his full blooded child to pay more attention to a human and her half blooded kits. Shinta I will allow you to join my group., but you must prove your self worthy of my band."
Shinta bowed again.
" Thank you Yoko, I will prove my self for I am a Shido tenshi, we are bound by honor."