Their Sister…

By Sammie-Chan

CHAPTER NINE

Sammie-Chan: Sorry for the delay.

Thankies to:

Natsuko152: Interesting choice! ^^'' I'm not sure if I QUITE agree with you there. I don't really have a preference though =P Thanks for reading my story!!
Flamer:
Agent Ookami: Thank you for the flame. It makes me think about this story. It would have also helped if you actually told me what was bad about this story…
Sakuya: Someone FLAMED YOU?
Sammie-Chan: Yah. *shrug* no biggie. I don't own this anime btw.

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"Character speakin' "

Character Thinkin'

[Sammie-Chan's Interruptions!! ^^]

~~Party Changes e.g. Inuyasha = Sesshoumaru~~

##Flashbacks##

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:::Last Time:::

"Let the battle commence eh?" Sakuya grinned, her eyes narrowing as she anticipated the hunt ahead.

'Gosh, I love being back home!' Sakuya thought.

:::Continue:::

"Aaa…" Sesshoumaru replied, he was getting excited as well. A good hunt always kept his fighting skills up [not that he needs it! =P] and he was in the mood for blood. It had been ages since he tasted cat's blood on his tongue.

"WE COME IN PEACE! LET US BE FRIENDS!" A black neko stood forth from the rest of the army. "YOU ARE OUT NUMBERED! THERE IS NO POINT IN FIGHTING THIS BATTLE!"

"I WOULD STAIN THIS GRASSLAND WITH YOUR BLOOD, CAT," Sesshoumaru spat back. How DARE that… ANIMAL say they came in peace. Wouldn't peace include cats that weren't armored for battle!? Saiga and Ah-Uhn quickly flew to join their masters. Yami perched on, Sakuya's arm.

"Hold your tongue you insolent dog," The neko replied again. Sure, they knew the dogs were an annoying breed, but there wasn't any necessity in fighting a battle that would result in both parties losing numbers … well lucky for them the opposition consisted of only two dogs, a flying horse, a two-headed dragon, a falcon and a toad. The odds the cat liked.

"Do you think it was such a good idea to say that Capt'n?" A neko with a brown patch over one eye asked. It was obvious that this battle would result in a great decrease in the cat's side. Sure they had the numbers, but they only had a handful of skilled and trained warriors whereas the dogs had a fully trained squad of 4 minus the toad. The neko was sporting a nice scar from their last battle between the dogs.

"How DARE you insult my brother!" Sakuya yelled out in rage, startling her falcon. If it was insulting anything why did it have to be her brother? The bond between the sister and brother had indeed deepened instead of totally disappearing. She had been apart from him for nearly 60 or so years whilst she was an apprentice of the great Tenshi. Yami ruffled his feathers and went to perch on Saiga.

"Ho ho, twitchy aren't we?" The brown one replied. With a scar down one face, you'd thought that the cat would be retired or something! But it seemed to have kept its inner youth and obviously inner cool.

"Well DUH. If it's conversing with snails I hate …"

"You converse with snails?" Sesshoumaru asked amazed and surprised at what his little sister can achieve. Sakuya glared at him and shook her head in despair. Brothers could believe anything.

"… It is conversing with low-life scum like you!" Sakuya finished her sentence, sending a death glare at the cat for the added effect. The cat cringed a little, but recomposed himself. No pup was going to make the great Saisuke loose his cool.

"The name's Saisuke. I'm not called 'low-life scum' – pup – so use it," the brown cat smirked. Sakuya flicked her tail impatiently. She, for one, was not going to call that... CAT anything but whatever came to mind. Surely Saisuke was at the bottom of her list.

"The name's Sakuya. I'm not called 'pup'. So use the name, pest," Sakuya shot back. Sesshoumaru laid a hand on his little sister's shoulders. He had forgotten her sharp tongue would've have indeed become sharper over the last few 60 years or so.

"Lay off for awhile. I intend to have this battle so don't use that quick wit and tongue of yours on this battle. It's wasted on them. Get ready for the final act Imoutou of mine," He quietly warned her. Sakuya pouted and gave him a look that clearly said – "You-always-spoil-the-fun-in-everything." Sesshoumaru chuckled [~^ OOC again!] and patted her head.

"I will hear your offer Cat. But it had better be a good one," His eyes narrowed and his tone conveyed none of his emotions. Sakuya admired him. Sure she never saw this side of her brother, but it had been rumoured during her training that the great western lord's son had turned into an iceberg when the lord's daughter had disappeared.

Soon after that another rumour reached her ears and this time it was that the great western lord was to marry a human! Sakuya was sure that the already cold Sesshoumaru was soon to turn into a sub-zero walking youkai!

"You choose your words wisely, Sesshoumaru-sama," the black cat whom was called Captain by Saisuke, bowed. "The great Neko-sama [sorries, if anyone wishes to make a name for the great neko-sama feel free to review and drop me a name! ^^;; thanks] has said that you are living in his lands and wishes you to leave right now. There will be no bloodshed and you and your *ahem* family and household will leave unharmed. Agreed?"

That was, without a doubt, the most outrageous thing Sakuya had heard! Even the household agreed and a group of 10 kitsunes that worked for the great western lord threw pebbles at the cats. They ascended the roof and stood next to the master of the house.

"Are you sure that Neko-sama of yours isn't demented?" Ulysses, the kitsune that was an old vassal of Inutaisho, snorted. You could say Ulysses was an old veteran – but not too old mind you. His mate, Atlanta – another veteran – nodded and voiced her opinion. "I am quite sure that your Neko-sama would have enough brains to think that we won't give OUR lands up because he said so. We've been here since the beginning of this era. The Western lands belong to the Inu family, and we intend to keep this line GOING!" The rest of the kitsune's nodded and held their weapons at the ready.

"So I take it you won't leave hand these lands over without a fight eh? Very well. But we do not intend on fighting here," Captain replied. Ulysses sharp eyes noted that the cats only came in numbers.

"Milord, all they have there are numbers and a handful of skilled fighters. They couldn't take these lands. Most of those cats will flee at the sight of bloodshed! I estimate their numbers are about … 1 billion?" Ulysses nodded. Everyone, on the good side of course, sweatdropped. Ulysses was known to have REALLY bad mathematical skills.

"Sess-chan number 2 [referring to Ulysses], you can't FIT a billion kittens here, let alone a billion of fully grown cats!" Sakuya patted the veteran on the back. She slowly regained her composure and stood beside her brother once more.

"Well SORREH!" Sess-chan number 2 replied huffily. Atlanta smiled. "We know. *hehe* But there is about 20 scores or more cats here, perhaps a score or 2 that are fully skilled combatants?" Atlanta quickly glanced at their opposition. Atlanta made up for her mates bad mathematical skills.

"Ok. So we have about 360 cats that are sissies, and about 20-40 cats that are ready for combat," Ulysses brother, Poseidon translated. He was lucky enough not to carry the trait of bad mathematics that ran through the family. [A score is 20 btw =D]

"That's basically the jest it," Atlanta's sister, Persephone agreed.

"The question still stands. If they intend of getting my lands, why did they send incapable warriors, with a handful of capable ones to fight? Do they have an ulterior motive?" Sesshoumaru asked, waiting for the 'council's' opinions. The foxes didn't have a clue and said so. But they DID try to theorize WHY they DID come here in such means.

"Perhaps this IS their whole army?"

"Silly, then this would be a pushover to win!"

"But, possibly they can have a second band to ambush us!"

"Then we'd have double trouble. But what if they DON'T, what if…"

"Stupid, stop with all the 'what ifs'! I'm shaking in my boots as we speak."

"Sarcasm, Ahaha! Very tricky of you, my dear."

"Oh cut it out, guys!" Sakuya snapped. She had forgotten how the foxes could rattle on and on. "Maybe they have a second band of capable warriors massacring the village I was protecting!!… OH CRAP!!"

"That MUST be their ulterior motive!" Ulysses said. They sent a number of cats to keep them busy, whilst they were really attacking the village! It was a diversion that the cats had set up all along. They were trying to wittle all chances of reinforcements and as an added bonus, affect Sakuya emotionally.

"Kuya, you better go to that village of yours. Poseidon and Persephone, stay here. Atlanta and I will accompany Kuya to her village, with your ok of course Sesshoumaru-sama," Ulysses bowed down to the western lord, one knee touching the ground and one hand touching the ground also. Atlanta mirroring her mate's movements also knelt down to Sesshoumaru.

"You may go. Please keep Kuya from doing anything stupid. I don't want you to come back, being the bearer of bad news," Sesshoumaru nodded. "If they aren't going to launch the attack, I guess we will!"

"Very good, milord," Atlanta stood up and poked Sakuya. "Let's go Kuya. The more we waste time here, the more time the second band of warriors at your village could kill more of your friends." Sakuya nodded and shape-shifted into a golden dragon, its piercing gaze paralyzing many cats. Sakuya bowed down to her brother, who patted her scaly nose in return. Sesshoumaru whispered something to her and the dragon gave him a lop-sided grin. Ulysses and Atlanta swiftly got onto her back and the dragon quickly flew towards the mass of cats. Sakuya's clawed forearms lashing out and her spiked tail swiping from side to side, leaving a trail of blood and bodies in her wake, Ulysses and Atlanta hanging on for dear life. It must be true that Kuya, their old friend, was angry.

"Remind me never to get Kuya angry," Ulysses whispered to Atlanta, who nodded dumbly in return. The two foxes looked back and saw the wide trail that the dragon had left. Sakuya proceeded to quickly fly to the village.

"Well, let's see what we have here," Sesshoumaru said, quickly doing a take of warriors that were available. He had watched his sister finish her own massacre.

"We have 1 western lord, 8 foxes, 1 red-eyed black winged horse, 1 two headed dragon and a puny toad. That would total to a force of 11 and a half," Persephone quipped. Sesshoumaru nodded and stroked his tail. What to do… what to do!!

"INU-NO-TAISHO!! THAT WAS UNCALLED FOR!!" Saisuke yelled out from the mass of fleeing cats. As Poseidon had clearly foretold, they were indeed a bunch of sissies.

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Sammie-Chan: Phew, sorry about the wait!! ^^''

Sakuya: T-T You meanie bum!!

Sammie-Chan: what did I DO?
Sesshoumaru: *ahem* you are going to…
Sammie-Chan: Shuddup. You're going to tell the whole story away!!

Sesshoumaru: *sulks*

Sakuya: ^^;; Ehehehe… *pat pat* there there onii-chan. Please review!! ^^ AND HAVE A MERRY CHRISTMAS AND A HAPPY NEW YEAR!!