At Least We Have Each Other

By: Escachick357

Ch.6- Meeting Uncle Sesshie

Disclaimer- I don't own Inu-yasha, and if I did....I don't know what I'd change.

A/N: Yes, it's been a while since I updated, but I had writers block...that and school got out not too long ago. Uhhh...hope ya like it. R/R please, but no flaming.

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Hitomi, Hiroshi, Sakura, Satoshi, Akira, and Coal traveled for two days into the forest, fighting off any evil youkai that got in their way. The forest was full of tons of edible food and the streams were full of fresh, clean water that tasted delicious. The trees were tall, but very easy to climb. Hitomi and Hiroshi always climbed up the trees to find out where the next town was.

After two days, Hitomi and Hiroshi led their group to a large castle. "Do you think someone's living there?" Satoshi asked. "We can see." Hiroshi answered. Both Hitomi and Hiroshi led Sakura, Satoshi, Akira, and Coal to the large wooden doors of the castle. Both Hitomi and Hiroshi took a deep breath and knocked loudly on the door. It took a while before the door opened and a short toad youkai appeared. "Yes?" The toad asked. "Ummm...we're traveling and would like to know where the next village is." Hitomi answered.

The toad stared at the twins in shock. "Daijoubu desu ka?" Hiroshi asked. "Come with me. All of you!" The toad quickly said. Hitomi, Hiroshi, Sakura, Satoshi, Akira, and Coal shrugged and followed the toad. "My name is Jaken. You are at Lord Sesshoumaru's castle." The toad answered leading them down the hallway. "Lord Sesshoumaru?" Hitomi asked. Jaken said nothing and led the children and Coal to the front of a door. "Stay here!" Jaken ordered. Jaken walked into the room and closed the door. Jaken began talking to a figure inside. Normally, children wouldn't even bother to listen to someone else's conversation, but Hitomi and Hiroshi couldn't resist doing it.

"My lord. Your brother's children have come." Jaken yelled. "Are they alone?" A deeper voice asked. "No. They have 2 humans and 2 youkai with them." Jaken answered. "Send my brother's children here but put the others in the gardens. Stay with them until the others come back or if I call you." The deep voice demanded. "Hai, my lord." Jaken answered. Then the door slowly opened and closed and Jaken walked out.

"Who was that?" Hitomi asked. Without answering, Jaken reopened the door, shoved Hitomi and Hiroshi in the room, and closed the door. "Hey! What the hell was that for?!?" Satoshi yelled. "Lord Sesshoumaru wishes for you to go to the gardens while he talks to his niece and nephew." Jaken answered. "No way!" Akira screamed and began running at the door. Jaken sighed and used his staff to transport Sakura, Satoshi, Coal, Akira, and himself to the gardens, far away from Sesshoumaru's room.

The room that Hitomi and Hiroshi were brought to was filled with books and a desk. Behind the desk was a youkai. The youkai stood up and walked over to Hitomi and Hiroshi. After a minute of staring, the silence was broken. "Are you my brother's children?" The youkai asked. "Who's your brother?" asked Hiroshi. "Inu-yasha." The youkai answered. "He's our otou-sama." Hitomi told the youkai.

The youkai stared at Hitomi and Hiroshi, not smiling. Hitomi and Hiroshi just stared back at he youkai that stood in front of them. Finally, the silence was once again broken. "You look pretty weak for half-demons." The youkai said to the two of them. "I'm not weak!" Hiroshi yelled. "What do you expect? We're 10 years old!" Hitomi yelled. A smile crept across the youkai's face. "You're definitely my brother's children. I'm your uncle, Sesshoumaru." The youkai introduced.

Hitomi and Hiroshi got confused looks on their faces. Hitomi turned to her twin and whispered, "We have an uncle Sesshoumaru?" "I guess so." Hiroshi whispered back to his sister. Quickly, Sesshoumaru sent a small attack at the two of them. Hiroshi, who was faster than Hitomi, pulled out the Tetsuaiga and protected both of them from the attack. "Very clever." Sesshoumaru muttered. Hitomi took out her bow and aimed one of her arrows at her uncle. "Where are our friends?!?" Hitomi demanded. "In the gardens. Do you want them here?" Sesshoumaru calmly asked. Hitomi's eyes narrowed as she said, "I do." "Fine." Sesshoumaru answered then called, "Jaken! Bring the others here!"

The call must have been really loud because Jaken quickly ran into the room with Sakura, Satoshi, Akira, and Coal. A young woman, about Shippo's age followed them. Jaken stared at the woman and angrily yelled, "Go away, Rin!" The woman ignored him and stared at Hitomi and Hiroshi. "So you two are Inu-yasha-sama's children, Hitomi and Hiroshi?" She asked. The twins nodded.

Rin smiled at the children and Coal and said, "You must stay here for the night." Sakura bowed and said, "I'm sorry, but we can't." "You will stay the night!" Sesshoumaru demanded. "No, we won't!" Hitomi and Hiroshi answered snottily. Sesshoumaru sighed, clenched both of his fist, and hit both Hitomi and Hiroshi unconscious at the same time.

Sakura, Satoshi, Akira, and Coal ran to their friend's bodies that laid on the floor. Satoshi put his hands on the wrists of Hitomi and Hiroshi and to his relief, felt a pulse. Sakura and Satoshi tried unsuccessfully to wake the twins up. After 10 minutes of crying, Sesshoumaru got annoyed.

Sesshoumaru walked to the unconscious bodies of his niece and nephew and picked them up by the collars of their robes. Their heads, arms, and legs looked at the floor and didn't move. Sesshoumaru, although both his hands were holding the twins, carried the two of them to a bedroom and laid them both on futons. He left their unconscious bodies lying inside the little beds.

Once he got back to "his room", he said to Sakura, Satoshi, Akira, and Coal, "Now you will stay here for the night." Since both Hitomi and Hiroshi were still unconscious, the others had no choice but to agree. Rin had showed them to their room. They weren't allowed to share the same room as the twins because they had no relation to Sesshoumaru, but their room was just as nice. "Supper is in 2 hours. Sesshoumaru-sama expects you to be on time." Rin told them then left the room.

Not long afterwards, both the twins began to regain consciousness. Hiroshi opened his eyes and looked at his sister, "Hitomi? Where are we?" Hitomi shrugged, "I don't know. But I think we're still in Uncle Sesshoumaru's castle." The two of them got up and opened the only door in their room. All they saw was a hallway with many different doors. "Which room are Sakura, Satoshi, Akira, and Coal in?" Hitomi asked her brother. Hiroshi shrugged and answered, "I don't know. But let's try some of these rooms." Hitomi nodded.

The hallway was very long and held nearly 100 rooms, so Hitomi and Hiroshi knew they had to find their friends quickly. 2 hours passed and the twins both searched only 43 rooms and did not find their friends. They were going for their 44th room when a voice in the hallway stopped them, "So, you finally woke up." The twins jumped, turned around, and saw Sesshoumaru standing in front of them with no expression on his face.

"What did you do with our friends?!?" Hiroshi yelled at Sesshoumaru. "Calm down. Your friends are in the dining room eating supper. Follow me." Sesshoumaru said. Hitomi and Hiroshi nodded and followed their uncle to the dining room and found Sakura, Satoshi, Akira, Rin, and Jaken sitting at the table, bowls of stew in front of them. Coal was sitting on the lap of Sakura.

Hitomi, Hiroshi, and Sesshoumaru sat at the table while Rin put bowls of stew in front of them. As everyone ate, Sesshoumaru turned to Hitomi and Hiroshi and asked, "Why are you and your friends traveling alone?" Hitomi gulped as she answered, "We were playing in a cave outside of our village when we saw a youkai trapped behind a blood-red wall crying for help." "We thought it was a kind youkai that Naraku trapped years before, so we broke the wall and found that it was an evil youkai named Bardo that our parents trapped 15 years ago." Hiroshi finished.

Sesshoumaru jumped up and stared at the twins, "What?!? Bardo is free?!?" The twins nodded. "Hai. Our parents and the entire village were crystallized. And we have until the next full moon to find Bardo." Hitomi started. "So, we grabbed the weapons out parents used to defeat Bardo. If we can defeat Bardo by the end of the next new moon, we can save out parents." Hiroshi finished. Sesshoumaru frowned and said, "Hitomi, Hiroshi, Sakura, Satoshi, Akira, and Coal. Come with me." The group nodded and followed Sesshoumaru down the long hallway.

Sesshoumaru led the 5 children and Coal to a room that held lots of armor and weapons. Sesshoumaru opened a closet that held a blue and a green robe. He gave the blue robe to Hiroshi and the green robe to Hitomi. "Put these on. These robes were made by your grandfather. They were very similar to the one your father wears. It protects you better than any regular armor. And take these," He gave them a pair of shoes, "You may need them on your journey."

Sesshoumaru went to another closet and grabbed a robe that looked like Miroku's and a suit that looked like Sango's fighting suit. Miroku's robe was given to Satoshi, Sango's suit was given to Sakura, Sesshoumaru even gave a stone collar to Coal. "Sakura and Satoshi. This robe and suit is slightly better than regular armor. The robe can absorb most evil magic and the suit gives you extra strength. And Coal's collar can boost up her magic." He told them.

Lastly, Sesshoumaru grabbed a suit that looked like Kouga's and a pair of gloves. Those went to Akira. "Akira, this suit is stronger than normal armor and gives you a boost of speed. The gloves boost up your strength. It can sometimes break through huge boulders." He told Akira. The children and Coal stared in amazement at their gifts and then gave Sesshoumaru a gift he's only had once...a bunch of hugs and some kisses from Coal.

The children hugged Sesshoumaru so hard he fell backwards, but nobody let go. Finally, the youkai couldn't take it anymore, "All right! Let go of me and go to bed! You leave tomorrow morning!" The children let go. "Hai. Oyasumi Nasai, Sesshoumaru!" They called before leaving for their own rooms.

Hitomi and Hiroshi laid in their beds, not knowing of the surprise them and their friends would have.

End Chapter 6

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Well, that was it. I hope ya liked it. I know I made Sesshoumaru sound really nice, but don't worry next time he won't be so nice. In my next chapter, the group gets an unexpected surprise at the castle. Here are some translations for those Japanese words I used:

Daijoubu desu ka? = Are you okay?

Youkai = demon

Hai = yes

Otou-sama = Father

-sama = some polite ending...I guess

Oyasumi Nasai = Good night

R/R please, but no flames.