A/N: Thank you all for being so patient with me, you guys! Your reviews were lovely and encouraging! You guys make me so happy to be a fanfic writer where my reviewers care! I mean it! I love you all! Thank you SOOO much. What you've all been waiting for! I spent a REALLY long time writing this chapter so that it's perfect to a T XD.

And now I present chapter 6!! *haaaah haaaaaah* The crowd goes wild!




Water and Blood

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Chapter Six: Truths

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Kagome climbed out of the well and looked in it quickly to see if Inuyasha was alright. She made sure to pack a lot of things with her this time…She could hear him cursing foully as he tried climbing up the well while carrying her bright yellow backpack. "You okay down there?" she asked.

"Kami-sama, Kagome, do you put rocks in this blasted bag?" he asked, staring up at her whilst he climbed upward.

She rolled her eyes at the question. "I might as well, it's so heavy," she muttered under her breath. She laughed weakly as Inuyasha threw a glare over at her from her statement. Peeling her eyes away from him, she looked around for a few seconds to see if anything had changed. Of course nothing had changed, though! It'd only been three days (they left for the next morning).

But everything felt so different now. Now she knew what circumstances had been thrown at her. She knew what happened to Sesshoumaru, or at least she had some inkling of what happened to him. That was only half of the solution though. The other two aspects of the situation: She had no clue of where he was located at the moment. And if—no, when they find him, how will they help him successfully escape without being caught again?

She gave a deep sigh, looking down at the yellow summer dress and blue sweater she was wearing, despite the timing of the year. She twiddled her finger with a lose string, then gave a sigh of annoyance. She let out a sound of frustration as she sat down by the well. Just thinking about this situation was far too much for her mind to take! She had school to worry about! Entrance exams! Other tests! Her family! The shards to find! Naraku to find!

She couldn't worry about Sesshoumaru right now! It was too stressful. "Rah!" she screamed desperately as she put her head in her hands.

Inuyasha stared at her with a cocked eyebrow. "Oi, Kagome, let's go," he stated, putting her backpack over his shoulders.

"What?" she asked as she looked at him with a lost look in her eyes. It was rather amusing, seeing her confused as this.

"Let's go to the village, Kagome!" he screamed.

She stood up instantly, wiping the dirt from her dress. "Right," she muttered. She followed after him, staring at him deeply. 'I really can't help but wonder…how Inuyasha feels about this. I mean…if he's worried even the smallest bit, he can sure feign a good mask…' Kagome knew how much Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha absolutely loathed each other with the deepest bowels of Hell's passion.

But it just always seemed as if the two of them—yes, even Sesshoumaru—only wore a mask of lies. They really don't hate each other as much as they made it seem. They hate each other, yes, but she doubted that it is detestation to the point of wanting to kill each other. After all, Sesshoumaru wouldn't have knocked Inuyasha out that one time when he'd turned full youkai if he didn't have a small ounce of love for him, right? Or at least protection? Ugh…confusion abound. [youkai=demon]

'They wouldn't have helped each other out when the neko clan tried to make dust out of the two of them. It must mean something…' Kagome thought. 'I mean…maybe if I hit home…or at least somewhere close to home…I can get more cooperation out of Inuyasha. He seems as if he doesn't want to do this at all…but when I really think about it…he almost seems…vexed or upset minutely by the situation.' [neko=cat]

Inuyasha interrupted her soliloquy of thoughts. "Oi, Kagome," he started with a snarl in his voice, "quit dragging your feet and start walking!" [Oi=Hey!]

Kagome rolled her eyes at the statement and picked up the pace. "Never mind," she muttered.

"What?" He asked threateningly.

"Nothing," she answered back. She smiled with the village in view now. It was instant that her smile turned to a frown. She was thinking about the little girl, Rin. 'What do I tell her…?' she thought. "Inuyasha…?" Kagome started. She took a quick jog to catch up to him.

"Hm?" he asked. He seemed deeply thrown into his own thoughts as well!

"…How do you think she'll react?" she asked, looking straight at him.

"She who?" he returned.

"The girl that follows Sesshoumaru…, Rin."

"I don't know. Let's just hope that she doesn't cry or anything of the sort. I can't deal with that right now. Besides, what are you going to tell her, anyway?" His voice wasn't in that harsh, sarcastic tone that he usually spoke with at all. And his eyes even seemed to have mellowed a bit. He spoke almost…empathetically…as if he felt sorry for the girl. It was actually endearing.

Kagome could tell: Inuyasha liked the little girl. The thought put a small smile on her face.

"Anyway, I've been meaning to ask you, Kagome," Inuyasha started. "Why is it that you wanted to come back here? What did that box thing tell you?"

Kagome opened her mouth to answer, but then the wind was knocked out of her as she was thrown onto the ground. "Kagome! Kagome! Kagome!" the high pitched assailant screamed.

Ah. Shippou.

"Shippou…" Inuyasha muttered angrily as he grabbed the kitsune by his tail. "You little…"

"Kagome-chan!" a faraway voice screamed amiably, one hand waving and the other hand with hiraikotsu in it's grip. Sango.

Kagome stood up and dusted herself off once again, then waved back at her friend. "Sango-chan!" she called back. She was about to run over to her friend when she heard a very loud pap and then a chortled scream erupt from the distance. Where…did the weapon go…? She sweat dropped. Miroku.

"Come on, Inuyasha," Kagome said as she grabbed onto the sleeve of his haori and dragged him to the village, Shippou perched on her shoulder already.

"I'm comin', I'm comin'," he drawled, hauling the backpack once again and rolling his eyes.


When everyone finally met up, Kagome looked around for a couple of seconds before cocking her eyebrow. "Sango…Miroku…" she started, "where's Rin?"

There was quiet for a couple of seconds. "Sort of strange that you ask, Kagome-sama," Miroku said with a frown on his face.

Kagome looked at their expressions and instantly became worried. "What did you guys do to her?!" she asked.

"Relax, Kagome-chan," Sango said as she put her hand on Kagome arm. "There's no need to be worried about Rin-chan's safety. She's smug where she is."

"As for where she is located at the time being," Miroku started, "she's inside of the hut. She won't come out at all."

"What'd ya' guys do to the brat?" Inuyasha asked as he walked toward Kaede's hut and dropped the backpack at the entrance.

"It's not exactly what we did," Shippou said as he stuck his tongue out at Inuyasha. The hanyou gave him a rude gesture with his hand. "Waai~! Kagome! Inuyasha just cursed at me!" he wailed. [hanyou=half demon]

"Inuyasha," Kagome started. The hanyou instantly wilted from her voice. "Don't make me say it!" she threatened.

"Hm." He simply rolled his eyes. Shippou blew him a raspberry. "You little brat! I should shave off your tail right now!"

"Osuwari!"

"Nyah!"


Rin pulled herself away from the entrance of the hut after she'd stolen a glance outside. Sesshoumaru wasn't there. Nothing was fine if Sesshoumaru wasn't here; no one could be happy. They couldn't possibly understand her! She was young and naïve, yes, but she actually knew what she was talking about when she spoke of her lord.

They don't love him like she does. It was as simple as that. Sure, she had seen Sesshoumaru kill youkai, she'd seen him picking the remains of someone dead, she'd even once seen him licking his blood-drenched fingers! But that didn't mean anything. It meant nothing. She had never seen him take the life of a human yet. Especially because she knows that he hates humans so much. Jaken can attest to that.

He had a hard exterior that a thousand words couldn't chafe away. His emotions were a dark, black abyss that bore no light. He was like the base of a dojo, continuing to put up with the pressure put on his shoulders without ever coming to the point where everything was enough. He was a tacit man who, if spoken to, would make any person feel like they were the darkest dirt on the ground, like an unworthy person. [dojo=a living quarter]

He never talked to her like that. His mood even lightened when she was around, she knew! His stoic expressions would give her something, just the smallest movement. She was granted that favor everyday that she set her young, lovely eyes upon him.

When a cold night came by (it was actually very rare), she and she alone was given the grandeur to sit by him and wrap his pelt around her to keep herself warm. She alone was given the privilege to have actual conversation with him, though it only happened once. He was hers. She was his. She loved him. Words didn't have to tell her that he had the same inkling toward her. He protects her out of love, so it needn't be spoken.

While Rin's mind took in all the thoughts, she didn't realize that she started to cry. Her cheeks felt boiled in the warm salt water. But this was the worst feeling she had ever experienced, save the fact that her family died before her eyes. It was distressing.

"Sesshoumaru-sama…" she muttered softly, her voice fleeing quickly as a soft mewl followed. She covered her eyes with her fisted hands after she'd dropped to the floor. She shook herself lightly in order to comfort herself. What she would do right now if Jaken were here at this moment! She coughed out another sob as she muttered his name again.

She wanted him back with her so desperately. She missed him. She choked up another mewl, her crying now loud.

She let out a soft scream when she felt a hand on her shoulder. Lifting her head up and drying her eyes, she saw the future girl standing there. Kagome. "Ka—Kagome-sama…" Rin muttered. Her frown suddenly turned into a smile; that cute, bright smile of hers. If Kagome was in here with such a smile, that meant Sesshoumaru-sama was, too! Maybe she just didn't see him before. She stood up instantly. "Kagome-sama! Sesshoumaru-sama is here??" she asked anxiously. She ran to the opening.

"Rin," Kagome started, stopping the girl from her movements. "…Rin…Sesshoumaru isn't…here right now."

"Then…why are you here, Kagome-sama? Did you find Sesshoumaru-sama?" Rin asked fervently.

Kagome hated seeing Rin like that. She liked it when the girl smiled, not when she had tears in her eyes. "…Gomen ne, honto ni, Rin…" Kagome said. "…We haven't found Sesshoumaru yet." [I'm truly sorry…]

"No…" she muttered softly. She looked at Kagome, her eyes tearing up again. "Miroku-sama!" she suddenly yelled. It sent Kagome through confusion. Why did she need Miroku? "Miroku-sama!" she screamed again, crying his name.

Kagome looked at Miroku in confusion as he stepped inside of the hut. "Ee, ee, Rin-chan," he said as he stood there. He gave a smile to Kagome, as if saying 'watch this'. [ee=yes]

Her eyes widened as the girl locked herself to Miroku's leg harshly, nearly knocking him over. 'What's going on here?!' she wondered in bewilderment. "…Should I leave?" she asked without thinking about the question.

Miroku shrugged, sitting down and allowing the girl to stick onto him. Kagome got up instantly, walking out the hut.

Sango was standing outside of the hut with her hand over her mouth as she giggled. "Sango-chan…what's so funny?" she asked. Sango gave a short laugh. "What's going on?"

As soon as Sango had calmed herself, she spoke. "It's rather charming and cute, actually," she stated.

"What's going on?!" Inuyasha finally asked. This situation was just…ugh…weird.

"The girl, Rin, seems to have some sort of liking to Houshi-sama. She either doesn't leave the hut, doesn't talk to anyone, or sticks very, very close to Houshi-sama," Sango said.

They heard Rin's young laughter from inside of the hut, and Miroku's small snickers.

"…Oh…I see…" Kagome muttered. Inuyasha just had his eyebrow cocked.

"Keh, cute she says…" he muttered to himself. "That's disturbing if you ask me!"

A loud pap came from inside of the hut. No he did not…To a little girl?!

Miroku stepped out with a small hand mark on cheek. Rin ran toward the entrance after him, a look of horror on her face. "Gomen ne, Miroku-sama!" she screamed. "Sango-sama told Rin that if you said anything weird to Rin about bearing children that Rin should slap you! Rin didn't mean to hurt you!"

"It's fine, it's fine," Miroku said with a few waves of his hand. "Just go back inside if you please." He turned back to the group to see everyone glaring deeply at him after she sadly went back into the hut. "…What?" he asked.

"She's a little girl, Miroku!" Kagome screamed as she latched onto his neck.

"I didn't ask her anything!" he yelled in defense.

"I'm so very sure!" Kagome said, still strangling him. No one pulled her away. He deserved it!

"I only said something that mentioned bearing children, but I wasn't talking about her!" he cried.

"…Really?" Kagome said as she took her hands from around his neck.

Miroku put his hands around his neck to survey the damage done to him. He cursed at Kagome. "I only told her that she gave me a good reason to have children. Sango warped her mind into thinking that everything I say is something dangerous!"

He really said that to Rin? That was…disgustingly cute.

"Miroku!" Kagome said, latching onto him again.

"Gah! What, woman?!" he asked, trying to wrench her away. This time both Sango and Inuyasha pulled Kagome away from him. His hand was starting to trail down her back side.

"That's the cutest thing I've ever heard you say!" Kagome said.

Miroku glared at her. After a while of everyone settling down, Miroku spoke up. "Kagome-sama…what is it that brings you back here, anyway?" he asked.

"Chh! I asked her the same question, the wench," Inyasha said.

"Ano…" Kagome started, suddenly finding the rocks at her feet very intriguing. "Well…I at least have a feeling of what happened to Sesshoumaru…" she said. "…As for where he is, he could really be anywhere in Japan. I just wanted you to know…that it might take a while to find him. I don't like the idea of what I heard happened to him after he killed so many people—"

"He killed some people?!" Sango asked.

"Well, yes," Kagome answered. "But…knowing Sesshoumaru as minutely as I do, I doubt he would just kill humans unless provoked."

"That was the point of you coming here?" Inuyasha asked dully.

"…Yes…pretty much," she answered. She then looked over at the bright yellow back pack by Kaede's hut. "Also, I figured that since it might be a while…I got some things for you guys, you know, snacks and what not—"

"And candy??" Shippou asked, tugging at the collar of her sweater.

"Yes, candy, too," she answered with a smile. "I also brought some toys for you to entertain Rin with. You know…just so that she feels more…prone to speak to you. Just so that she's more comfortable…"

"I see. A very wise idea, Kagome-sama," Miroku said with a slight nod. "Are you going to be going back now?" he asked.

"Not now, but soon; maybe in an hour or two. I just want to relax for now." She started kicking around a few rocks. "By the way, where's Jerken?" she asked.

"Oh, he fled early yesterday and hasn't come back, thank kami-sama," Miroku answered.

"Why?"

"Some sort of dispute between Rin and him."

"Oh…I see. Well, anyway, I feel like going to a hot spring to relax for a while. Sango, would you like to accompany me? Alone? Kirara, too? And Shippou, if you would so like?"

"Sure, Kagome-chan," Sango answered with a smile.

"Yay! Hot spring!" Shippou yelled.

Inuyasha held Miroku back from following the two girls.

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He was awake this time. He'd been awake for some time, though. He didn't know how long. All this time, there was only one thought so deeply ebbed in his mind that he couldn't sleep even if he wanted to: escape. He needed to escape this place. None of these experiments they performed on him bode him well.

He didn't even know what they were coming at. But he knew that it couldn't be anything good.

His eyes switched from his chained wrist to the door as it opened and a small amount of light flooded in the room. If not seconds later, the light turned on to full blast, making him nearly hiss as he covered his eyes. His ears gave a light twitch as he heard the foot steps coming toward him.

What had they in store fore him now? Slightly lifting his arm from his eyes, he blinked a few times to adjust to the light. The footsteps stopped in front of him and he removed his arm, sitting as astutely as possible.

"You're such a fine specimen…Sesshoumaru..." the old bastard said. Sesshoumaru remained quiet. "Tell me, where are you from?"

Silence ensued after the question was asked. Sesshoumaru glared at him deeply, biting back the growl that softly came from his lips. He was giving the old man a warning…

"Be cooperative with me, Sesshoumaru," Mukai said as he shuffled himself so that he could sit comfortably in front of Sesshoumaru, but just out of reach of danger. "Doing what you are told will result in the least pain possible." He let off a smile after the comment to seem innocent. "Once again…where are you from?"

Sesshoumaru would not debase himself to comply to an order given to him. He was now the heir of his father's throne. He answers to no one. He remained silent, a noble look taking over him.

"Do as you wish," Mukai said with a sigh, as if he felt bad about what he was about to do. He took out a small black box from his pocket and pressed the red button on the electric device. Sesshoumaru simply glared at the man as nothing happened at first. Something metallic clanked at his side against the wall. He didn't avert his eyes from the old man.

Mukai then stood up from where he was seated and walked right in front of Sesshoumaru. Save, he had nothing to fear. Nothing could happen to him. He then grabbed the metal device, and then tightened it around Sesshoumaru's neck. The inu-youkai was unable to make a single move. It was as if he was momentarily paralyzed again.

Mukai then sat infront of him again, another sigh leaving his lips. "Concequence one for not being cooperative with me, Sesshoumaru," he said. Sesshoumaru deepened his glare, finding himself able to move again. The old man rubbed the black electric device for a few seconds before looking at the youkai again. He fingered the blue button for a few seconds, playing with the time he had. It was sudden that he pressed the button.

Sesshoumaru really didn't feel anything at first. He only felt a prickling sensation where the device was placed. His eyes widened suddenly and he clenched at the device fervently. A few spikes stuck into his neck and blood poured instantly from the thick wounds. If not to make the situation worse, each spike had jagged edges on it, meant to tear flesh if the spikes were retracted. The device even so tightened around his neck, driving the spikes in deeper.

He arched his back forward in a weak attempt to quell the torture. Proving to actually make the situation worse, he remained still for a few seconds to see if that position would dimmer the pain. It did well. He clenched his eyes tightly as he took in a few breaths with much difficulty, sticking his fingers between his skin and the device to give his neck more access to space. The sharp spikes tore at the skin on his fingers, making them bleed. As the spikes retracted, more flesh tore.

Finally relieved from the torture, he breathed deeply.

"Now," Mukai started, "answer my question. Where are you from?"

Sesshoumaru straightened and threw the old man a glare again. He'd gone through worse. He remained quiet.

"Still won't answer?" he asked. There was no response. "…No. I see." He pressed the button again.

Spikes came from different places this time. Sesshoumaru only flinched from the pain, but kept his glare stuck on the old man. His eyebrows furrowed a bit, but that was as far as his movements went.

"You're so defiant, Sesshoumaru…" the man muttered. "This arrogance of yours—it will eventually lead to your downfall." 'New question…' he thought. "Tell me, then, if you were sent from anyone. How old you are." The man suddenly let out a curse from the quiet. "Anything would suffice!" he yelled angrily.

Sesshoumaru enjoyed the man's frustration. It, in fact, put a smirk on his lips.

The old man then pressed a green button, sending the spikes twisting as they surged with electricity. Sesshoumaru's mouth hung slightly open as his eyes widened (similar to the way he looked when Rin had come to life). He once again grabbed at the collar, the smallest sound of pain eliciting from his mouth. He clenched his eyes tightly, spitting out blood at the same time.

It seemed as if the voltage had turned several notches higher, making his body spasm with every few jolts of electricity. In order to hold in his scream, he clenched his teeth tightly, then opening his mouth as a large amount of blood poured from it.

The pain ceased instantly, leaving Sesshoumaru breathing deeply with a small sound erupting from his mouth occasionally. His body gave involuntary convulsions intermittingly.

The old scientist waited for Sesshoumaru to settle down a bit. When time felt right, he started again. "What have you to tell me?" he asked.

A sound came from Sesshoumaru's mouth as if he was about to speak. It elicited excitement from the old man.

"Speak," he muttered.

Sesshoumaru then looked at him and glared. "This youkai…, Sesshoumaru will not succumb to your…questioning."

Set back.

Wait…did he just hear correctly? He could have sworn that Sesshoumaru called himself a youkai. "You…kai?" he asked with wide eyes.

And he couldn't really deny it, either. Sesshoumaru was tall, he had the strange markings, his DNA was different, the natural eye colour, the hair.

"Ka—kami-sama!!" Mukai stood up as he screamed. He seemed frustrated with himself. All this time he had this youkai and he didn't know?! What a great find! This could be the best thing that has happened to man! He walked off, muttering some things to himself. The door opened, he walked out, and it closed again.

It dawned on Sesshoumaru that telling the bastard what he'd just said wouldn't improve his situation any. He'd just dug himself deeper into the abyss of the future.

The human was unintentionally wise. The wounds at his neck were harsh; if touched he could feel the charred edges of skin, sending him to shiver lightly. Where the wounds were, he wouldn't be able to lick them to heal as quickly as they could. They would leave a mark until his skin was totally recuperated.

The lights dimmed, as did his hopes of escaping.


"It's impossible!" screamed Asako. "He can't be! They don't exist. You said so yourself!"

"Given the circumstances, Asako, I can easily believe him. Look at him! Look at what he is able to withstand!"

The room was filled with silence as interested glances were exchanged.

This situation had just turned more interesting for them.

"Change the tests," Mukai finally said. "Change everything. I want to do something later on this afternoon with our youkai. Some different…more intense tests…Project 'Fluffy' will commence…" (A/N: Don't…laugh…>_>)

"Ah…I see," Takana said as he wrote down everything that had just transpired. He had a wild smile on his face, as if he knew exactly what the older scientist was talking about.

A/N: And boy do they have something in store for our lovely Sesshoumaru. A few things, actually >:O. Enjoying so far? I hope so >_> *muttering* Evil masochists… Anyway :D, I tried making this as long as possible without ruining everything for the next chappiture. I just love Rin and Miroku's relationship. Tis very cute, that 't is. Oh, oh! Here's a way to get me to update faster: Help me with more ideas. Just only a few more. Because there are about 6 more chapters, and hopefully no more!! Thinking up ideas for torture for you masochists and good plot developments for you plot people isn't all that easy as it seems. So join this story and help me out >:D. Be a part of the evil! >:D Kay, review responses.

shina-schatten: Aren't you really? I'm glad too. Her finding out later would result in me making this story longer >_>. Anyway, that's a very good idea you have there, and I was really going on the lines of that. You'll see how the next chapter relates to this suggestion, actually. >:D

Vorsith: Yes! I was back >:D. Note: Was. Not am. ~_~ Hehe~ A commando team XD. Vassshhh~~ Gah! I like Legato better :P. And actually, I have nothing against Jaken. As for the Shichinin-tai…Um…I saw the episodes with them in it. I love the Shichinin-tai >_>. Especially Jakotsu, Suikotsu, and Bankotsu. I mean…I cried when those three died. I really did T_T. And as for Kikyou. I'm not a Kikyou hater. I'm actually a Kikyou luver. I like her more than I like Kagome. Kikyou is awesome, and I felt like crying when she died…again. But for real this time. *sighs*. And finally, Naraku. Hmm…He's a bastard. A sexy bastard >:D. I can't resist liking him. He's just awesome. HE'S SO UNDERHANDED AND SMART AND HE'S LOVERLY!

turbo: Well I'm glad you like my story :D. I'll email you, dun worry :D.

DragonmageShizuka: Hmm… I'm a giant Sesshoumaru fan, too. He's my pimp husband >:X. But actually, you can't say that his 'fluff' is his tail. I actually just call it a pelt. Takahashi-sama hasn't revealed exactly what it is, though. I'm actually leaning toward it being a tail, though, because in the manga…it just gets longer and longer. I checked it out from GoldenUsagi's website, and it's really true o_O. Go there if you wanna check it out. She's a fanfict writer, so just check it out. And don't worry…I wouldn't let humans kill Sesshoumaru. Youkai, maybe, but humans…that's just too low. Actually…hm…not that bad of an idea >:D. Don't worry, he won't die, though. And Rin, as you can tell from this chapter, is being treated better. :D. Anyway, thanks for reviewin'~!

Yun Fei: Ah, you got that Miroku and Rin part right on the dot :D. That's exactly how he sees her ^-^. And it's true, he's not that much of a pervert as fanfiction makes him ):(

porifra: Hey…doesn't your name mean, like…something from one of the phylums? A bacteria? I dun' remember -_-;; Anyway…just to answer you questions: 1) Not telling >:D, 2) Nope, 3) Hm…, 4) Not telling, 5) Not telling >:D. I'm sho mean. Yah. But if I told you, then that'd just ruin all the fun! Anway…I wrote in the first chapter, hun, that there is no pairing. It still stands.

marnika: Myesh, as you see, I've incorporated the electric shocks to the chapter >:D Very good suggestion. Now…as for this Rin/Sess pairing…that be rather, you know, disgusting. I doubt that Sesshoumaru's a pedophile. Unless, of course, you mean Rin/Sess as in…father-ish and daughter-ish like happenings. You dun need to worry about that. That's being handled. As for her bringing him the swords…that would sort of mess up the whole plot line if she was able to go through the well. So, sorry, as much as that is a good suggestion, it won't be used ):(.

Crimson Youkai Angel: Heehee~~I think you're sick CYA…):D I shtill luv you, though :D. Um…no, Sesshoumaru's life will not cease to exist…:D

Crystal Jewel: Hm…making him go insane is a good one >:D. But no, Sesshoumaru won't be killed, so don't worry about any dissections *sickened* >:O And see! They call him Fluffy! Project Fluffy, to be exact. Pwease don't laugh. It's not meant to be funny, though T_T.

Kitsune Bi 123: Hi in Japanese depends. Good morning=ohayou, good afternoon=konnichi wa, and good evening=komban wa. There isn't really a "Hi!" So yah ~_~. And yes, if you want me to do that, I will :D. I think I did in this chapter, though :D. The shtuff put in Sesshoumaru was partial radioactivity…the rest will be revealed later (because I still need to figure that out >_______>). And sorry for spelling stomach with an e all the time. The thing is, I'm originally french and learned english when I was about 4 or 5. That's how stomach is spelled in french. It just sort of sticks onto me ):D. Like how I spell colour instead of color and other things of the sort. Sorry, though, hehe~ I'll try to control myself from now one ):D.

Lord Fluffy: You're welcome. Hmm…Jaken bashing? Not really…I don't hate him, so I won't bash him. Simple as that. Besides, that would make the story more humourous than it is serious. I don't want to be serious ONLY, but I just want to stick more with the theme of seriousness. That and…as you read from this chapter, he's gone…for now.

Lord Fluffy: *repeats review response ^o^;;*

Spiffeh Sesshomaru: Thank you…*writes your name in the list with the other masochists* Anyway, this story just hitting one aspect of youkai in the future.

Tears of an Impassive Nymph: Yay! Thanks for reading my story! I'm sho happy now! And you're ANOTHER masochist! Ugh! (join the club >:D) Was chapter two really that realistic? Hmm…o_O And thank you for LOVing my story so much ~_~.

anhimals: Thank you ^-^. And yesh, there is no pairing >:D. Yah, junior year IS a (bad word ~_~), and the teachers decieve you and make you think that you're doing SO WELL in their class, and…then you get the progress reports. *cries* Thank you for being patient with me, though.

yamitamashii: Don't you really? I do too. He's evil >_> Hmm…you may not want me to torture Shichurisu-chan (that's what I call Sesshoumaru!), but I want to torture him…that's all the counts >:D You know you like it, don't deny >:D>:D>:D And don't worry. Shichurisu-sama won't die. He'll probably come so very close to it, though >:D.

That's that, you guys. Thanks for your reviews and your words of encouragement. I love you all so much T_T. Until next time, which is kami-sama knows when o_O, ja matta! And THANKS FOR ALL THE REVIEWS!! XD