"So Kohaku, I see that you have a jewel shard." said Kouga after he had
walked Kohaku to a field just outside of the forest. Kohaku nodded, he
didn't know Kouga's need for them, or the fact that Kouga would do almost
anything for them. Kouga eyed the shard. Kohaku stopped he could feel Kouga
watching him. "What is it?" He asked. Kouga couldn't think of an answer at
first. "Uhhh........there is a village near by, why don't I bring you there."
"That way I may be able to get the shard from him" He thought. As they
headed to the village, a faint familiar smell caught Kouga's attention.
"Kagome". Kohaku looked up when he heard the name, it sounded somewhat
familiar, but he couldn't exactly remember where he had heard it. "Hmm I
will get to see Kagome, but then again Mutt-face will be there." He thought
to himself. He quickened his pace; he didn't care if a certain Hanyou was
there. Kohaku tried to keep up. "Kouga, slow down." Kouga had forgotten
that he had Kohaku tagging along, he slowed down.
The boy caught up to him and they both proceeded to the village.
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"Sesshoumaru? Where did they go?" Kagome half asked herself. Sango looked around suspiciously. She went over to the tree that Sesshoumaru had been sitting at when they left. She went up to the tree and inspected it. She saw some claw marks in the bark, they weren't that noticeable, only ones who were trained to hunt a demon could find them, and regular people couldn't. "Interesting" she half said to herself. Kagome came up behind her. "Huh.....what is interesting?" Sango pointed at the claw marks. "See? These were created by Sesshoumaru; they don't seem to have been made long ago either." "Ok..."Kagome replied. "But where has everyone gone?" "That is what I am trying to figure out" Sango looked at the sky. There was something dark coming towards them. "What the heck" They both squinted their eyes to try and figure out what was flying towards them. It soon became clear. It was Ah-Uhn. He gracefully landed and stood there staring at them with his two heads. One of the heads leaned forward to try and sniff Kagome. He quickly pulled his head back and snorted loudly. Sango hopped onto his back. "Come on Kagome." She said, Au-Uhn was nodding his heads, wanting to get moving. She helped Kagome on and Au-Uhn quickly took off to the skies. "Wow this is a lot different then Kirara." Sango thought. "His pace seems smoother and he is easier to control. Not that Kirara isn't hard to control." They flew over a field and then finally above some trees to a little clearing. Au-Uhn landed and the two of them got off, then with out warning he took off again. "Well that's just great." said Kagome. "He brought us here and left us. Now what do we do?" Sango looked around. "Hey there's Sesshouamru." she said pointing to Sesshoumaru who was walking out of the trees. That same emotionless look. "There you two are. Good Au-Uhn brought you too me like I sent him to." He walked up to Kagome. "So how was that test thing, or what ever you call it?" "Umm I think I failed." Kagome looked at the ground. Sesshoumaru just shook his head. "Well have you gotten all the stuff you need?" "Yup" Kagome answered cheerfully. "Then let's get moving. I have planned how we are going to travel. Kagome and I will ride on Au-Uhn, and Sango and Shippo and Miroku will ride Kirara." Sesshoumaru whistled and Au-Uhn returned. "I told you to stay here with them, what has gotten you like this." He asked as he patted his steed on the back. "You guys get him ready. Take him to water to drink and let him gaze for a bit. While I continue to look for Jaken." Sesshoumaru turned and walked off. The rest just stood wide eyed. "Did he just leave us to take care of Au-Uhn? Who is one of his best modes of travel?" Miroku half asked himself surprised. "Umm......maybe we should start by taking all that stuff off him" Suggested Shippo. The group proceeded to take Au-Uhn's tack off. When they finished Au-Uhn started to graze. Kagome looked at all the tack with interest. "Does he have to use all this stuff on Au-Uhn I mean how unruly can he be?" Kagome looked at Sango who looked at Au-Uhn. "Come on it is time for you to have your water" Kagome said as she and Sango walked towards Au-Uhn to bring him to water. Au-Uhn just raised his heads for a quick moment, and then proceeded to gaze again. Kagome grabbed his mane since there was nothing else to hold him with and tried to lead him. Au-Uhn reached over with his other head and grabbed onto her collar and knocked her over.
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Kouga and Kohaku made it to a clearing. That shard was getting overly tempting. He couldn't stand it much longer he had to get that shard from the boy. He reached over and was about to grab it.
"Kouga, fancy meeting you here, with the exterminators little brother." Kouga whirled around and saw Sesshoumaru. "Sesshoumaru, what are you doing here." "My business is my own." Replied Sesshoumaru. "What where you planning on doing with the boy?" "I am just merely ridding him of the responsibilities of this jewel shard. Now if you don't mind." Kouga reached for the shard. Kohaku jumped out of the way. "Why does he always have to move?" Kouga was getting frustrated. He caught Kohaku and managed to pin him down on his stomach and was about to remove the shard. Sesshoumaru pulled Kouga off Kohaku and pulled Kohaku up. "I have been looking for you." Sesshoumaru said. "Naraku wants you back, and he would not be happy if this wolf youkai here pulled out your shard." Sesshoumaru looked at Kouga and gave him a challenging look. Kouga backed down. "Ok Sesshoumaru you win this time, but the next one is mine" Kouga ran off leaving them both in the dust. "Sesshoumaru? Why did you do that?" Asked Kohaku. "You saved me once, even if you didn't intend to, so now I am saving you." Kohaku smiled. "Now time to bring you to your sister." "Why am I being so nice?" Sesshoumaru thought.
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"COME ON AU-UHN!" Kagome yelled as she grabbed Au-Uhn's mane for the 10th time and tried to bring him to water. The same thing happened again, she got knocked over. Au-Uhn lay down and started to sleep. "Ugh, I don't see why Sesshoumaru likes him so much." "Maybe Sesshoumaru is the only one he listens to" Miroku Suggested. Shippo hopped on Au-Uhn's back to try to wake him up. Au-Uhn raised his tail and swatted Shippo off like he was a fly. "Ok we are putting the tack back on." Said Sango. She picked up the saddle. "First we have to get him standing." Kagome and Miroku started to push Au- Uhn's side to get him up. Au-Uhn finally got annoyed and gave in and stood. Sango hauled the saddle onto his back. She proceeded to do up the girth. Au- Uhn breathed in and made it so she had a lot of troubles getting it done up. She finally succeeded. "Now for the hard part." she said as she brushed her forehead with her hand. "Wha...what?!?" That was the easy part?!" Replied Kagome obviously fairly frustrated. "She's right, now we have to try and get the bridle on both of his heads." Said Miroku.
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"Keep your head still!! OWW!!" Sesshoumaru could hear Kagome yelling. He smiled. "They must have taken the tack off before they led him to the water. I guess I should have expected it." He said to himself. He decided to stay back for a bit to watch the show. Kagome and Sango were trying to keep one of the heads still while Miroku and Shippo tried to get the bridle on. "Well at least they got the saddle back on." Sesshoumaru found this all very amusing. He decided they had suffered enough and went out to help. "Thank you for that amazing and entertaining interlude." They all looked at him. "Well you're quite welcome!" Kagome said flustered. "Kohaku!!" Yelled Sango as she ran up to her brother and hugged him tightly. Miroku Kagome and Shippo dropped what they were doing and ran to Kohaku. "Nice, they left you nice bridle lying on the ground" Sesshoumaru sighed as he picked it up. "Why are you giving them trouble?" He said as he stroked Au-Uhn's forelock. Au-Uhn just snorted and shook his heads. Au-Uhn stood still and calm as Sesshoumaru put the bridle on. "Guess I'll have to look for Jaken later."
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"Sesshoumaru? Where did they go?" Kagome half asked herself. Sango looked around suspiciously. She went over to the tree that Sesshoumaru had been sitting at when they left. She went up to the tree and inspected it. She saw some claw marks in the bark, they weren't that noticeable, only ones who were trained to hunt a demon could find them, and regular people couldn't. "Interesting" she half said to herself. Kagome came up behind her. "Huh.....what is interesting?" Sango pointed at the claw marks. "See? These were created by Sesshoumaru; they don't seem to have been made long ago either." "Ok..."Kagome replied. "But where has everyone gone?" "That is what I am trying to figure out" Sango looked at the sky. There was something dark coming towards them. "What the heck" They both squinted their eyes to try and figure out what was flying towards them. It soon became clear. It was Ah-Uhn. He gracefully landed and stood there staring at them with his two heads. One of the heads leaned forward to try and sniff Kagome. He quickly pulled his head back and snorted loudly. Sango hopped onto his back. "Come on Kagome." She said, Au-Uhn was nodding his heads, wanting to get moving. She helped Kagome on and Au-Uhn quickly took off to the skies. "Wow this is a lot different then Kirara." Sango thought. "His pace seems smoother and he is easier to control. Not that Kirara isn't hard to control." They flew over a field and then finally above some trees to a little clearing. Au-Uhn landed and the two of them got off, then with out warning he took off again. "Well that's just great." said Kagome. "He brought us here and left us. Now what do we do?" Sango looked around. "Hey there's Sesshouamru." she said pointing to Sesshoumaru who was walking out of the trees. That same emotionless look. "There you two are. Good Au-Uhn brought you too me like I sent him to." He walked up to Kagome. "So how was that test thing, or what ever you call it?" "Umm I think I failed." Kagome looked at the ground. Sesshoumaru just shook his head. "Well have you gotten all the stuff you need?" "Yup" Kagome answered cheerfully. "Then let's get moving. I have planned how we are going to travel. Kagome and I will ride on Au-Uhn, and Sango and Shippo and Miroku will ride Kirara." Sesshoumaru whistled and Au-Uhn returned. "I told you to stay here with them, what has gotten you like this." He asked as he patted his steed on the back. "You guys get him ready. Take him to water to drink and let him gaze for a bit. While I continue to look for Jaken." Sesshoumaru turned and walked off. The rest just stood wide eyed. "Did he just leave us to take care of Au-Uhn? Who is one of his best modes of travel?" Miroku half asked himself surprised. "Umm......maybe we should start by taking all that stuff off him" Suggested Shippo. The group proceeded to take Au-Uhn's tack off. When they finished Au-Uhn started to graze. Kagome looked at all the tack with interest. "Does he have to use all this stuff on Au-Uhn I mean how unruly can he be?" Kagome looked at Sango who looked at Au-Uhn. "Come on it is time for you to have your water" Kagome said as she and Sango walked towards Au-Uhn to bring him to water. Au-Uhn just raised his heads for a quick moment, and then proceeded to gaze again. Kagome grabbed his mane since there was nothing else to hold him with and tried to lead him. Au-Uhn reached over with his other head and grabbed onto her collar and knocked her over.
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Kouga and Kohaku made it to a clearing. That shard was getting overly tempting. He couldn't stand it much longer he had to get that shard from the boy. He reached over and was about to grab it.
"Kouga, fancy meeting you here, with the exterminators little brother." Kouga whirled around and saw Sesshoumaru. "Sesshoumaru, what are you doing here." "My business is my own." Replied Sesshoumaru. "What where you planning on doing with the boy?" "I am just merely ridding him of the responsibilities of this jewel shard. Now if you don't mind." Kouga reached for the shard. Kohaku jumped out of the way. "Why does he always have to move?" Kouga was getting frustrated. He caught Kohaku and managed to pin him down on his stomach and was about to remove the shard. Sesshoumaru pulled Kouga off Kohaku and pulled Kohaku up. "I have been looking for you." Sesshoumaru said. "Naraku wants you back, and he would not be happy if this wolf youkai here pulled out your shard." Sesshoumaru looked at Kouga and gave him a challenging look. Kouga backed down. "Ok Sesshoumaru you win this time, but the next one is mine" Kouga ran off leaving them both in the dust. "Sesshoumaru? Why did you do that?" Asked Kohaku. "You saved me once, even if you didn't intend to, so now I am saving you." Kohaku smiled. "Now time to bring you to your sister." "Why am I being so nice?" Sesshoumaru thought.
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"COME ON AU-UHN!" Kagome yelled as she grabbed Au-Uhn's mane for the 10th time and tried to bring him to water. The same thing happened again, she got knocked over. Au-Uhn lay down and started to sleep. "Ugh, I don't see why Sesshoumaru likes him so much." "Maybe Sesshoumaru is the only one he listens to" Miroku Suggested. Shippo hopped on Au-Uhn's back to try to wake him up. Au-Uhn raised his tail and swatted Shippo off like he was a fly. "Ok we are putting the tack back on." Said Sango. She picked up the saddle. "First we have to get him standing." Kagome and Miroku started to push Au- Uhn's side to get him up. Au-Uhn finally got annoyed and gave in and stood. Sango hauled the saddle onto his back. She proceeded to do up the girth. Au- Uhn breathed in and made it so she had a lot of troubles getting it done up. She finally succeeded. "Now for the hard part." she said as she brushed her forehead with her hand. "Wha...what?!?" That was the easy part?!" Replied Kagome obviously fairly frustrated. "She's right, now we have to try and get the bridle on both of his heads." Said Miroku.
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"Keep your head still!! OWW!!" Sesshoumaru could hear Kagome yelling. He smiled. "They must have taken the tack off before they led him to the water. I guess I should have expected it." He said to himself. He decided to stay back for a bit to watch the show. Kagome and Sango were trying to keep one of the heads still while Miroku and Shippo tried to get the bridle on. "Well at least they got the saddle back on." Sesshoumaru found this all very amusing. He decided they had suffered enough and went out to help. "Thank you for that amazing and entertaining interlude." They all looked at him. "Well you're quite welcome!" Kagome said flustered. "Kohaku!!" Yelled Sango as she ran up to her brother and hugged him tightly. Miroku Kagome and Shippo dropped what they were doing and ran to Kohaku. "Nice, they left you nice bridle lying on the ground" Sesshoumaru sighed as he picked it up. "Why are you giving them trouble?" He said as he stroked Au-Uhn's forelock. Au-Uhn just snorted and shook his heads. Au-Uhn stood still and calm as Sesshoumaru put the bridle on. "Guess I'll have to look for Jaken later."
