"I'm here.." Shippo said, panting slightly. He had rushed through the alleys to get there on time.
"Good, brat." Naraku snarled. "You were almost late!"
"Almost is the key word."
Naraku glared at the boy. "And, if it happens again. I'll kill you. Got it?"
Shippo gulped. "Y-yes sir."
"Good. You need to get it from that safe punk. I'm not one to give too many second chances. So get it this time or I won't be doing business with you anymore punk."
"R-right. Anything else?" Shippo questioned
"Stay away from that...girl." He warned walking away.
Shippo was too busy thinking to hear that last sentence. 'But…I can't steal from Souten...it wouldn't be right...after everything she did for me..' He then looked over his consequences. 'But if I don't.' He gulped again. 'Naraku would probably kill me...but if I do...Souten'll get mad at me..' Shippo pounded his head. "What am I supposed to do?!" He cried out.
"What are you yelling about kid?" A rough voice snapped. Shippo jumped. Without turning around, Shippo took off. The other boy chased him and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt. Yanking him down eye-level Shippo noted a few interesting features, sharp golden eyes, long silver hair, maybe 16 or 17, and two...fuzzy...little dog-ears. "Listen kid. Don't run when there's nothin' to run from!" He snapped.
"Y-yes sir."
"Don't give me that 'sir' crap my names Inuyasha Taiyoukai." He snapped. "Who're you?"
"S-Shippo." He muttered.
"Well Shippo- Aw crap! Sesshomaru!" He said as a new figure swept into the alley grabbing Inuyasha [still holding Shippo by the collar] by the collar. He struggled to get free from his big brothers grasp but couldn't. Shippo noted in the dim light, longer, shinier silver hair, and sharper golden eyes for the elder brother, and…Elf-ears. "Lego o me Sess! I only ran away cause you only care about Rin and NOT ME!" He whined.
"Shut up Inuyasha I'm only dragging you back because Father would roll in his grave seeing this. And your quite wrong, I care about Rin and her mother, still, not you ya little dog-eared brat." He said dragging him along.
"If you don't like me, then you shouldn't care about where I go!" Inuyasha cried out
"Well...seeing as I'm your legal guardian I have to care. I'm sorry if your disappointed Inuyasha Michael Taiyoukai. Let go of the kid and come home." Inuyasha growled, and dropped Shippo. Once Shippo's feet touched ground, he ran off.
Souten tossed in her sleep. IWhat from that vault did Shippo want? Why did he want it anyway?/I She thought to herself. She thought this until she fell asleep. But still couldn't get the boy out of her head. Was he safe? Was he warm? What if he was hurt dying on the street? IDon't think that Souten! He's prolly just wandering around!/I She berated. Then she heard something downstairs. So she decided to check. She walked downstairs to see the redhead, Shippo, sitting by the open vault crying silently. "Sh-sh-Shippo?" She whispered.
The boy didn't hear her. "I-I can't do it...I won't do it...he can't make me.." he whispered
"Shippo?" She repeated a little louder.
He looked up. "I..I won't do it. It wouldn't be right.."
"What are you talking about?" She said kneeling beside him.
"He...He wants me to...but I won't...not after everything you've done to help me.."
"What do you mean, who is 'he' and what are you talking about?" She asked.
"He...wants me to take it." he finally said. [She should know what 'it' is]
"Who?"
"My...employer..."
"Oh...do you wanna stay in my room tonight? You can sneak out and hang around across the street in the morning and we can go get some food before I leave for school...." She offered putting a hand on his shoulder.
".." He started crying again. "He's going to hurt me now!" he sobbed.
"I won't let him...I know some good fighter-for-hire guys...." She said smirking, thinking about the seven-man squad her brother hung with.
"O-ok.." he cracked a small smile, but knowing that fighters wouldn't stop Naraku.
"And if all else fails. We'll leave the country." She joked, pulling him to his feet and sneaking up the stairs. He grinned. He'd be safe tonight. They got to her room and she flopped down on the bed.
"Where should I sleep?" he asked.
She blushed a little. "You can sleep in my bed with me. I sleep like a rock mostly." She offered scooting to one said.
"Umm...ok." He said, knowing darn well that he'd be on the floor by the end of the night. He climbed into the bed.
She looked at him in the dim light. "Shippo...." She muttered.
"Yes?"
"How old are you?"
"13." He said simply.
"Really? Me too!"
"Who'd have guessed?" he said smiling.
"I dunno. What's your last name?" She asked.
"...Kistunebi," he said softly.
"...Raiden...and if I know my Japanese correctly, that's Thunder and FoxFire...kinda strange." She said with a tiny laugh. He laughed, but the laugh turned into a yawn. Within a minute of Shippo's yawn Souten had fallen asleep against Shippo's side. Snoring lightly. Shippo smiled and fell asleep also.
"Shippo, my brothers are coming in to wake me up in a second. Hide under my bed!" She snapped that morning. He quickly got up and scooted under the bed and up against the wall.
A few minutes later, voices were heard. "Souten, time to get up!" Hiten called as he opened the door.
"Okay bro! I'm just gonna get ready and head to school, I'll pick up breakfast on the way there!"
"Ok." Hiten then left, with Manten following close behind complaining about hunger. Soon, their arguing voices could be heard fading.
"Okay Shippo you can come out." She said sighing in relief. He stuck his head back out, looking up at her face. "What're you lookin at dude?" She asked raising an eyebrow.
"Nothing." he said quickly and got up the rest of the way. "So you're going to school today?"
"Got ta my friend, meet me at 4:30 at the park downtown so we can hang out!" She said grabbing a pair of pants, a shirt, and some 'unmentionables'. "Go out my window, wait for me at the McDonald's near my school, k?"
"Ok." He did his little salute and went out the window. She quickly got dressed and ran downstairs, grabbed her CD player and her books and ran to catch up with the boy.
"I'm here...." She said finally catching up to him, panting heavily.
"What took you?" he asked grinning.
"Had to get dressed!" She said pointing to the neon green pants and black shirt.
"Okay."
They ate breakfast and he walked with her to her school. "Member dude, park at 4:30, seeya then!" She said with a parting wave.
"See ya!" He called back doing the two-fingered salute.
"Good, brat." Naraku snarled. "You were almost late!"
"Almost is the key word."
Naraku glared at the boy. "And, if it happens again. I'll kill you. Got it?"
Shippo gulped. "Y-yes sir."
"Good. You need to get it from that safe punk. I'm not one to give too many second chances. So get it this time or I won't be doing business with you anymore punk."
"R-right. Anything else?" Shippo questioned
"Stay away from that...girl." He warned walking away.
Shippo was too busy thinking to hear that last sentence. 'But…I can't steal from Souten...it wouldn't be right...after everything she did for me..' He then looked over his consequences. 'But if I don't.' He gulped again. 'Naraku would probably kill me...but if I do...Souten'll get mad at me..' Shippo pounded his head. "What am I supposed to do?!" He cried out.
"What are you yelling about kid?" A rough voice snapped. Shippo jumped. Without turning around, Shippo took off. The other boy chased him and grabbed him by the collar of his shirt. Yanking him down eye-level Shippo noted a few interesting features, sharp golden eyes, long silver hair, maybe 16 or 17, and two...fuzzy...little dog-ears. "Listen kid. Don't run when there's nothin' to run from!" He snapped.
"Y-yes sir."
"Don't give me that 'sir' crap my names Inuyasha Taiyoukai." He snapped. "Who're you?"
"S-Shippo." He muttered.
"Well Shippo- Aw crap! Sesshomaru!" He said as a new figure swept into the alley grabbing Inuyasha [still holding Shippo by the collar] by the collar. He struggled to get free from his big brothers grasp but couldn't. Shippo noted in the dim light, longer, shinier silver hair, and sharper golden eyes for the elder brother, and…Elf-ears. "Lego o me Sess! I only ran away cause you only care about Rin and NOT ME!" He whined.
"Shut up Inuyasha I'm only dragging you back because Father would roll in his grave seeing this. And your quite wrong, I care about Rin and her mother, still, not you ya little dog-eared brat." He said dragging him along.
"If you don't like me, then you shouldn't care about where I go!" Inuyasha cried out
"Well...seeing as I'm your legal guardian I have to care. I'm sorry if your disappointed Inuyasha Michael Taiyoukai. Let go of the kid and come home." Inuyasha growled, and dropped Shippo. Once Shippo's feet touched ground, he ran off.
Souten tossed in her sleep. IWhat from that vault did Shippo want? Why did he want it anyway?/I She thought to herself. She thought this until she fell asleep. But still couldn't get the boy out of her head. Was he safe? Was he warm? What if he was hurt dying on the street? IDon't think that Souten! He's prolly just wandering around!/I She berated. Then she heard something downstairs. So she decided to check. She walked downstairs to see the redhead, Shippo, sitting by the open vault crying silently. "Sh-sh-Shippo?" She whispered.
The boy didn't hear her. "I-I can't do it...I won't do it...he can't make me.." he whispered
"Shippo?" She repeated a little louder.
He looked up. "I..I won't do it. It wouldn't be right.."
"What are you talking about?" She said kneeling beside him.
"He...He wants me to...but I won't...not after everything you've done to help me.."
"What do you mean, who is 'he' and what are you talking about?" She asked.
"He...wants me to take it." he finally said. [She should know what 'it' is]
"Who?"
"My...employer..."
"Oh...do you wanna stay in my room tonight? You can sneak out and hang around across the street in the morning and we can go get some food before I leave for school...." She offered putting a hand on his shoulder.
".." He started crying again. "He's going to hurt me now!" he sobbed.
"I won't let him...I know some good fighter-for-hire guys...." She said smirking, thinking about the seven-man squad her brother hung with.
"O-ok.." he cracked a small smile, but knowing that fighters wouldn't stop Naraku.
"And if all else fails. We'll leave the country." She joked, pulling him to his feet and sneaking up the stairs. He grinned. He'd be safe tonight. They got to her room and she flopped down on the bed.
"Where should I sleep?" he asked.
She blushed a little. "You can sleep in my bed with me. I sleep like a rock mostly." She offered scooting to one said.
"Umm...ok." He said, knowing darn well that he'd be on the floor by the end of the night. He climbed into the bed.
She looked at him in the dim light. "Shippo...." She muttered.
"Yes?"
"How old are you?"
"13." He said simply.
"Really? Me too!"
"Who'd have guessed?" he said smiling.
"I dunno. What's your last name?" She asked.
"...Kistunebi," he said softly.
"...Raiden...and if I know my Japanese correctly, that's Thunder and FoxFire...kinda strange." She said with a tiny laugh. He laughed, but the laugh turned into a yawn. Within a minute of Shippo's yawn Souten had fallen asleep against Shippo's side. Snoring lightly. Shippo smiled and fell asleep also.
"Shippo, my brothers are coming in to wake me up in a second. Hide under my bed!" She snapped that morning. He quickly got up and scooted under the bed and up against the wall.
A few minutes later, voices were heard. "Souten, time to get up!" Hiten called as he opened the door.
"Okay bro! I'm just gonna get ready and head to school, I'll pick up breakfast on the way there!"
"Ok." Hiten then left, with Manten following close behind complaining about hunger. Soon, their arguing voices could be heard fading.
"Okay Shippo you can come out." She said sighing in relief. He stuck his head back out, looking up at her face. "What're you lookin at dude?" She asked raising an eyebrow.
"Nothing." he said quickly and got up the rest of the way. "So you're going to school today?"
"Got ta my friend, meet me at 4:30 at the park downtown so we can hang out!" She said grabbing a pair of pants, a shirt, and some 'unmentionables'. "Go out my window, wait for me at the McDonald's near my school, k?"
"Ok." He did his little salute and went out the window. She quickly got dressed and ran downstairs, grabbed her CD player and her books and ran to catch up with the boy.
"I'm here...." She said finally catching up to him, panting heavily.
"What took you?" he asked grinning.
"Had to get dressed!" She said pointing to the neon green pants and black shirt.
"Okay."
They ate breakfast and he walked with her to her school. "Member dude, park at 4:30, seeya then!" She said with a parting wave.
"See ya!" He called back doing the two-fingered salute.