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He went bounding up to Kagome, "Kagome? You're alive! I've missed you so much, mommy!"
She caught him in a swift hug, "Shippo, I've missed you too…"
Sesshoumaru frowned, 'She has a pup, a mate…'
"Mommy! I thought I would never ever see you again! You went away, why did you go away? Was it because of Dog Turd?"
"Have you been hanging around Kouga?" Shippo nodded.
"I went away because I've changed, Shippo, I'm a youkai now…" 'I didn't think the village would accept me…' she paused, then taking on a more positive note, "The villagers would've had a heart attack if I came walking into the village! Hmm… How have they treated you with me gone?"
"Horrible! They threw rocks at me and hit me and wouldn't feed me and and only Keade would take care of me!" He sobbed. "I missed you mommy!" Kagome inwardly sighed. She had feared this.
"Did they?" Another nod
"What about Kouga? Did he treat you right?"
Shippo nodded once again through his tears and brightened up, "Yeah! Kouga was real nice to me!"
Sesshoumaru frowned even more, 'Kouga, that annoying wolf-youkai prince, was- correction- is her mate? But that does not explain her son being a Kitsune, since she and Kouga are wolf youkai…'
"How is Keade?"
"That old bat, she's fine, but worried… the village thinks you're dead, but she doesn't. She's sent out many search parties out for you, she even sent Kouga to look for you. Bad youkai have been attacking villages, just beyond the border of the western lands. Keade needs you to come back to the village."
'Was it just me or did my son's voice sound older… and more serious?'
Sesshoumaru's eyes narrowed, 'Is that true?'
"I was planning on leaving in the morning, but I'm going to turn into a wolf, so we'll go to Keade's hut in the morning and wait for night, when I'm youkai."
"Yay!" Shippo's stomach growled, "Mommy, can we eat first? I'm really, really, really hungry!"
Sesshoumaru decided now was as good as ever to reveal himself, first moving to stand in front of Kagome's door. He opened the door, "I will have one of the servants bring you and the child some food."
Kagome jumped at least three feet into the air and yelped. Sesshoumaru smirked, and Shippo bursted out laughing, "Ha Ha Ha! Mommy you should've seen your face! Ha Ha Ha! You jumped," he paused and sized it with his hands, "this far!"
Beyond pissed, Kagome turned around, her face was very red, "How long have you been listening?!?"
Sesshoumaru replied evenly, "Long enough"
"Mommy who's that?"
"Sesshoumaru-chan."
Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow, "Last time I checked it was Sesshoumaru-sama."
Kagome started a staring match between herself and the arrogant youkai prince in front of her. Her stomach growled; she lost.
She blushed ever so slightly, "Uhh, you mentioned food?"
Nodding slightly he called to a servant. A raven hanyou appeared bowing lowly.
"Tatakaihana, bring me two bowls of rice and three cups of tea." Kagome was surprised, to say the least. 'I thought he hated hanyous!'
Tatakaihana asked in a soft voice, "Will that be all, Sesshoumaru-sama?"
"That is all." She bowed low and left.
Sesshoumaru answered the question on Kagome's mind, "I don't hate all hanyous, just Inuyasha."
Kagome nodded in silence, and then asked, "Do you know about the attacks upon other villages, beyond the border?"
"Not as of now. If Jaken knows…" He left off, thinking of many ways torture Jaken.
"Um… Sesshoumaru, are you there?" Kagome felt a little frightened, he was staring at her with a malicious smirk.
Coming back to reality, Sesshoumaru snapped, "Of course, stupid wench!"
Nothing could piss Sesshoumaru off more than someone interrupting his thoughts, especially if it contained a green toad, a couple of torture devises, and blood. Lots of blood. Infact, most people couldn't get away alive if they did.
His eyes reveled in an angry red color, "Bitch, don't interrupt my thoughts!"
Kagome fought the urge to punch his royal ass, "No profanity! Shippo is too young to hear it!"
Kagome and Sesshoumaru engaged in another glaring contest. Shippo, meanwhile, played, oblivious to the tense atmosphere.
Yaten: Horrible chapter! Absolutely hate it!nooo! Any ways, I think I should of put the whole 'Kill Jaken' scene. Oh well, I just wanted to get the next chapter out. I LOVE EVERYONE'S REVIEWS!
Dilanda: yeah, well, lazy is back (myself, I mean) and after the wait for Yaten's work, it has to wait a week in beta…ahahaha…. scratches back of head well, what can I say, other than it's a great chapter (as usual) and that we all can't wait for more, ne?
beta-ed: 5/15/04; dilanda