by Rhapsody Moonschild and Tat Claire Kokoro
|~*Inu-yasha belongs to someone who's not us. Love Hina is also not ours.*~|
CHAPTER FIVE (by Rhapsody)
/These people were weird,/ Keitaro had long ago decided-in fact, the moment he had
fallen into their presence. But making them mimic their missing companion… That
was just strange.
"Tama-chan?" he called hopefully into the treetops. If he found the turtle he could go
back home. If he returned without her… Well, he could picture the hurts the girls
would give him. Wincing, he felt his skull in anticipation. Nope, not returning to
present time anytime soon…
"Inuyasha, give me the Tetsusaiga!" a strange voice commanded and another demon
dropped from the trees. He was… well, cool-looking. Keitaro found himself wishing
Inuyasha dressed like that--his yukata made Keitaro look fat.
"Sesshomaru!" Miroku said with a sharp breath. He fingered the beads on his gloved
hand and Sango pulled her boomerang off her back.
"Um… ah…" Keitaro stuttered as the demon approached. He tried to draw the sword
from the sheath at his side, but Sango hadn't been able to find a suitable replacement
for the Tetsusaiga and had simply stuck a stick in the improvised sheath.
"A stick?!" Keitaro said in disgust. He threw it down and wished that Motoko was
here. She would slay the demon with no trouble, despite his awesome villainy… After
all, she could always kick Keitaro's butt.
The demon stopped in his approach and studied him with a critical eye.
"You're not Inuyasha!" he said with powerful surprise, breaking his usual calm.
"Um… no," Keitaro answered, relieved. "Hope I haven't caused you any trouble…"
The demon actually considered it as he stood there. "Actually, you have," he said
finally. "I'll just have to kill you."
"WHAT?!" Keitaro protested. Before he finished the word Sesshomaru's claws were at
his jugular. But before he could end Keitaro's life, an annoying voice floated through
the trees…
"Sesshomaru! Master Sesshomaru!"
"Dammit," Sesshomaru cursed almost under his breath. "Why doesn't he die…?"
He let go of Keitaro as a small, green, annoying creature wandered into their presence.
"Jaken, didn't I tell you to go be a bomb target?"
The creature nodded enthusiastically and said, "I was, I was!!! Except the bomb
malfunctioned and it didn't explode on me. I just got hit with a bit of debris."
Proudly he displayed a very small cut on his very long nose.
Sesshomaru sighed in disappointment and started fading back into the trees. "Come,
Jaken," he called over his shoulder. "We need to find Inuyasha…
"And come up with another scheme to rid myself of you," he said under his breath, and
began considering sending the creature to an 80%-off sale on the day after
Thanksgiving… No way could he survive that…
*
Inuyasha grinned as he observed Sesshomaru threatening Keitaro, but was rather
disappointed when his brother walked off.
"Are you looking for me, brother?" he said quietly, as to not be heard. "Come and get
me…"
He drew the Tetsusaiga and was pleased by its beautiful sheen. To test it he chopped
straight through a branch and met with no resistance…
But it was his branch.
*
"Did you hear that?" Shippo asked as he heard another crash in the forest. But no one
had--they were all arguing with Keitaro about the use of a wooden stick in demon-
slaying.
