Ok, so yea, I'm skipping a couple of years ahead and so I'll also keep the Disclaimer the same… * cough * I DON'T OWN ANYTHING INU – YASHA RELATED! I love my job! Enjoy… ^-^
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"IMP! WHERE ARE YOU!?" Shinoka called out. "I KNOW YOU'RE HERE SOMEWHERE!"
Hearing a silent rustle in the grass blades behind her, her fox ear twitched at the sound. Turning to her left, she quickly pounced towards the patch. Seeing his staff rise about the plant and fire coming from the grandpa's head, Shinoka swiftly changed her course and landed to her target's left. Using her speed, she rushed behind hem, ran up to his back and disarmed the imp's staff. Seizing the moment, she lifted him off the ground and threw him into the air. Just as he was about to fall onto her poisonous nails, she saw her target freeze in mid – air while squirming about five inches away from them.
Wondering what had stopped her killing, she saw and arm standing above her head, holding Jaken in the air. Following the elbow to the main body, she saw it was her mother. "How many times do I have to tell you? No using Jaken as a practice dummy!" Ninoka told her daughter.
Shinoka's ears fell and she slumped her head. "Oh no, it won't work this time missy!" Ninoka told her while placing Jaken back on the ground and allowed him to run off to reclaim his special staff.
"But mother, Jaken wanted to help me practice." Sensing her mother's questionable glare, she changed her statement. "It's not like I forced him or anthing… OK! FINE! I made him defend himself! Happy now? I wanted to teach the little guy something other than carrying that staff and starting fires."
With an eyebrow raised, she smile and hugged her daughter. "That's my girl, now go terrorize someone else." With a sigh, Ninoka watched her daughter run off into the forest, the last time she saw being Shinoka's tail. Staring off into the distance, she soon felt a hand on her shoulder. "There goes our lil' girl. She's getting so big." She told Sesshomaru.
"Who knew we'd have a child? Even one that is as beautiful as she is."
Turning around, Ninoka looked into Sesshomaru's eyes and smiled, "And despite her beauty, she is a strong fighter and a great strategist. Just like her mother."
Hearing her lover break out laughing, she sweat – dropped and slapped him across the face as hard as she could. Turning around and crossing her arms across her chest, she walked away with an apologizing Sesshomaru behind her.
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While jumping from tree branch to tree branch, Shinoka scanned the area below her, looking for anything that moved so she could challenge it to a race. After a few minutes, she got bored and stopped to rest on a branch. Leaning on the trunk of the tree she sat and looked at reach individual leaf until she sensed some one coming her ways the a comparable speed. /Ready… Get set…/ she waited on her branch. /GO!/ she raced off as the person she was racing gained speed.
Realizing she might actually have some competition, she sped up and jumped down onto the ground next to the person. Looking to her right, she caught a glimpse of him before returning to the race. Giggling, she thought to herself, /He's kind of cute… the red outfit and the ears are a nice touch./
Stretching out her hand and reading her poisonous nails, she sped up, changed direction so she was facing him and attacked. To her surprise, he dodged her attack and she missed him by only an inch. /DAMN IT!/ she cursed to herself, /Why are they always getting away today?/ Landing with her back to him, she quickly jumped, turned in the air, and fell on one knee facing her opponent.
"Not bad…" she whispered to herself, "But I'm better…"
Charging up again, she ran for him, hand extended. Seeing him pull out a sword with a great blade, her attack didn't slow down. She smiled and as he swung the overly – sized knife at her, she jumped up and over his head and landed behind him. Just to toy with him, she slashed his back and as he turned around, swinging the sword again, she jumped and dodged that blow as well.
Smirking, her ear twitched at the slight sound of a footstep behind her and she sensed something fast coming her way. Using her legs as springs, she jumped up and into the trees. Once up there, she looked down and saw and arrow flying by where she once was and into the trunk of a tree, just barely missing the guy in red. Having herself out of her opponent's view, she watched as a woman came running towards the demon in the red.
Finally having a chance to fully examine him, her eyes went wide with shock. /Wait! He's not full demon! Only half… / she finally realized, /Interesting…/ she thought and continued to watch the scene below her.
"Inu – Yasha! Are you okay?" asked the human girl.
"Yea… Jeez woman! What were you trying to do? Kill me?"
"No, if I wanted that, I would've done that ages ago. I was just trying to keep you from getting slashed to pieces. Looks like your back is okay, but I wouldn't say the same for your clothes."
Jee thanks for noticing… but who was that girl? I could sense she was a demon, but I haven't seen her around before…" the half – breed called Inu – Yasha said.
Not being able to stand having people not know who she is, Shinoka called out, "I AM SHINOKA!"
"Who said that?" asked Inu – Yasha.
Jumping down once again and landing with an in – humanely grace on the ground, Shinoka crossed her arms over her chest.
"There's something familiar about you…" Inu – Yasha pointed out while sniffing the air around her and having the Tetsusaiga at hand in case she tried to attack again.
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I didn't plan on continuing from the first, let alone the second chapter, but please, still work with me. And review too while you're at it! Peace! ^_^