Kagome and Sango smiled and stood as they saw Masumi and Aiko enter the center of the maze laughing.
"What's so funny?" Sango asked. Masumi shook her head and replied,
"Nothing. So why aren't you guys at the party?"
"I felt like I was going to pass out with all that smoke. Sango and I decided to get some air so Rin said to come out here. It's really peaceful." Kagome said and sniffed the air. "It's a wonder how I can smell the roses from here when they are over there." She said. Aiko looked at her.
"Really? I can't smell them." Aiko replied, trying to smell the sweet roses from her spot.
"Maybe if you stand here in my spot." Kagome said, moving. Aiko shook her head as a no to it after she tried to sniff the air.
"Well of course not. I can smell them from here and I'm farther than her." Sango replied. Masumi looked at her.
"You guys have powerful noses for humans." She told them both. Aiko nodded in agreement. The both shrugged at the same time.
"Why are they here, InuYasha? I thought Rin told you there was no one out here." They heard a voice. It was Kikyou. Masumi and Aiko turned at the same time and saw them there. Masumi walked close up to Kikyou that the smell of fear from her was so strong.
"I believe I never to got pay you for what you've done to me earlier." She whispered in Kikyou's ear. Kikyou backed up and InuYasha stepped in front of her.
"Wench, don't touch Kikyou or you'll die a painful death." He snarled. Masumi backed up a little and laughed. She turned to her sister and winked at her with a very evil, evil grin upon her lips.
"Hey InuYasha, what background heritage does a dog demon have?" Masumi asked. His look of anger turned into a look of confusion.
"What are you talking about wench?" He asked. His blood was beginning to boil by every second she waited to reply.
"Oh...never mind." She said, keeping the same grin on her face.
"Wipe that fucking smirk off your face!" He yelled. She looked at him and took the smile off.
"Or what?" She asked, looking him straight in the eyes.
"Or I'll smack it off." He simply replied. He was getting ready to strike her but stopped.
"InuYasha stop! Violence isn't the right answer." He heard a very familiar voice.
"What do you know priest?" InuYasha asked, snapping his back to his friend.
"A lot more than you do. You should treat women more kinder." Miroku said. He walked over to Masumi.
"Now here is a gentlemen." She replied softly though they all heard. Just than, she felt something grope her butt. "HENTAI!!" She yelled and there was a loud *bonk* on the head.
"Nice, Tora." Sango giggled sarcastically, while walking passed the priest boy. He clung onto the bottom of InuYasha's daily red kimono(with swirls in his eyes). InuYasha felt a cool breeze flowing upon him but paid no attention for the fact the five girls(including Kikyou), were laughing loud enough to awake the whole world if the music from the house already hasn't. Kagome, out of all the girls, was the one laughing the hardest that she had to sit on the floor to help herself breath and keep her tears under control.
"Oh... InuYasha ...I'm...sorry....but...it's...funny...I never thought of you being a 'tighty whitey' person!!" She exclaimed, laughing even harder. InuYasha looked down and saw Miroku laying there, his hands on InuYasha's pants, moaning in pain from the head bump he had before and the loss of support. InuYasha kicked Miroku away and pulled up his pants.
"Stop laughing, wench!" InuYasha growled, taking out a sword of some kind from his side. Aiko looked at it wide eyed. * Could it be the...Tetsusaiga? * There were legends told where Aiko and Masumi lived before meeting Kagome and Sango about a Lord dog demon who married a human girl. Was InuYasha the heir hanyou ? He could not be though, for he would have died. The tale was over 100 years old.
~*~~*~Flashback~*~~*~
Aiko and Masumi sat quietly around the burning fire as their grandfather promised them a story before bedtime. "My beautiful granddaughters, let me tell you a tale I was told my father at the same age of you, six. This world of ours was born and raised where humans ruled the earth. But that did not last, my children. Strange creatures appeared the earth and has taken the human race out. They were strong creatures and looked like humans. But there was something about these creatures that humans could not do. They were demons."
"Like us, Jiji?" Masumi asked, bright eyed. He nodded and smiled.
"Just like us, Masumi. We ruled the country with such great strength and peace, there was no need for war nor fights such as humans have." He grunted as he was interrupted yet once again, this time by little Aiko.
"But not all humans are bad, are they, Jiji?" She asked. He smiled a little and shook his head no.
"There are some kind humans out there, where this leaves me to the story. The ruler of the lands, a powerful dog demon, was found mating with a human girl he loved dearly. This human girl was the sweetest of all kind. She had a good heart, a good soul, she was a beautiful woman. He had a son, who was a hanyou."
"Hanyou, jiji?" Masumi questioned. Aiko giggled. It was a wonder how she knew more about the demons than her sister.
"Hanyou is a half-demon, sister." Aiko said Masumi just nodded and let her grandfather continue.
"Right, Aiko. Now, a war broke out between humans and demons after the mother of the hanyou died. Eventually...the father of the Hanyou did not survive, leaving the Hanyou alone, by himself. He was accompanied by Myoga, the flea, who fled when trouble was about. The buried grave of where the ruler's grave was buried, would be unknown. But people say that inside the tomb, lays a sword called 'The Tetsusaiga'. It was made up of the rulers fang and made for only the true owner to pick up. Though, it does not transform unless thy true person is protecting a beauty of a human."
~*~~*~End of Flashback~*~~*~
* Only transforms when protecting a beauty of a human...why had it transformed when there was no human in danger? * Aiko asked herself. Just then, there was a loud screech and blood was about. Kagome sat there breathless, full of shock.
"I...didn't...see...that...coming..." She said. She looked up into InuYasha's golden eyes. "Thanks...you saved my life." There was no longer anything there but InuYasha had said it was a poisonous snake demon.
***
"Do you believe Jiji's tale, Aiko?" Masumi asked, concerned.
"I do not believe InuYasha is the true owner, Masumi. Now, go to bed." Masumi sighed. Her sister has been acting strange since she has witnessed the Tetsusaiga in sight.
"Aiko, gomen, but you have been acting strange since the witness of the Tetsusaiga."
"Thy Tetsusaiga, sister, is nothing more than a ruined legend Jiji has told us long ago. There would be no possible way for InuYasha to be the true owner and the heir of the ruler of the lands. Goodnight." Masumi sighed and switched the light off. * It's weird though...how come we did not smell the filthy Youki ? *
***
That next mourning Kagome awoke to the smell of fried bacon and sausage. She jumped up out of bed and ran down the hall and then down the stairs. Just as Aiko set the plate down upon the table, she sat down and started to dig in. "Hungry, much?" she asked, laughing. Kagome did not reply. If she did, food would be everywhere. After finishing her plate within two minutes, she stood up to put it in the sink.
"Where's Sango and Masumi?" She asked. Aiko sat down to eat. After finishing the bit that was in her mouth, she replied,
"At the park for a run. Shippo went with for the ride." Aiko explained. Kagome began to wash her dish before going up to wash herself up when the door opened and closed. Sango came in, out of breath, with Shippo upon her shoulder. She smelled the food and sat down, beginning to eat.
A few minutes later Masumi came in, out of breath. "I...told...you...to...wait up." She said, out of breath. Sango shrugged.
"I was hungry, ok?" Sango took a bite in her Bacon.
"Thanks for leaving me, Shippo." Masumi began to fake cry as she sat in her chair and set her head upon the table, her hair surrounding her face. Shippo jumped upon her back.
"Aw, Masumi, please don't cry. I wont leave you next time. I promise." He said patting her head. She shot straight up with a grin on her face. Shippo fell to the floor. She started laughing as he rubbed his head.
"Aw Shippo, I'm sorry. Come on, let's get ice cream to go with you're pancakes Aiko will be making." Masumi said. Aiko dropped her fork on her plate after she was finished and stood up.
"That I will be making? I made all of this already. If you want them, you make them. I'm going out for a run now." Aiko said and finished washing her plate than went outside.
"Aw, that's ok Masumi, I'll just have the Ice Cream." Shippo smiled. Masumi nodded and grabbed the Ice Cream out of the freezer. Kagome ran upstairs to go get changed. Masumi and Shippo grabbed spoons and walked into the living room to watch a cartoon. Leaving Sango by herself, chowing down some food before the phone rang. Masumi and Shippo were so into the cartoon, laughing like crazy, that Sang had to get disrupted from her food and to the phone.
"Mmm, hello?" She asked.
"Hi, Sango?" A girls voice chipped in happily.
"Yes. Who are you?" Sango asked, quite confused.
"It's Rin! Would you guys like to meet up with me at the mall later on today?" she asked. Since the other were busy and Sango wanted to get some new clothes, she nodded over the phone then said,
"Yeah sure. See you then."
"Bye!" Rin hung up the phone after Sango had.
***
Aiko's eyes lightened up with joy and focused on a store. "Pocky..." she said in aw. Masumi sighed.
"Here we go...Aiko just go there and get back." Masumi said. Aiko turned around her eyes big and all teary eyed.
"Really?" She asked quietly. Everyone nodded, just not wanting to mess with her. With that, she ran there within a second.
"She's obsessed with Pocky. Though I don't blame her, it's quite good." They heard a voice. Rin's ears perked up with a huge grin upon her face. Her heart though, was pounding. Sango and Kagome noticed the nervous Rin and giggled. "Hello, Rin. Doing early Christmas shopping?" He asked, trying to make an effort at a joke. Rin laughed.
"Well, no not yet. Just browsing along with my friends here." She said, pointing to the group behind her.
"Ah, yes. I heard about you all. The double martial artists and the two human girls. I'm Sesshoumaru." He said. He was tall, very tall, and handsome. He had a dark blue crescent moon on his forehead and maroon colored strips at his cheeks. His hair was silver like InuYasha's and he had a long white, fury tail.
"Ohh, pretty!" Kagome ran to it and started to rub the warm fur. Rin put her hand behind her head, laughing, and sweat dropped.
"K-Kagome...that's enough." She said as she started to hear Sesshoumaru purr. Kagome let go.
"S-sorry. I had to...you look like InuYasha, you know." She said. He turned his head slowly at her and started to look at his claws.
"That's because the half breed and I are half brothers." He said stiffly. "My, my...I must sharpen these down a bit." He said, changing the subject.
"Half breed?" Kagome asked, nervously.
"Did you not know by the way his pathetic ears are? He's a hanyou. A half dog demon and a half human. He doesn't know though." He replied. Kagome looked surprised.
"He doesn't? Did you two know about it?" Kagome asked, pointing at the two girls. They just bowed their heads yes.
"Why didn't you tell us? And, how does he not know?" She asked again.
"We did not tell because we thought we'd have fun with him first. We do not know why he doesn't know."
"Fun...I would like to see that happen. He does not know for the request of his mother before she passed on. She didn't people to think different from him. But to me, he'll always be human, no matter what he looks like."
"You surly don't hate him though, do you?" Rin asked. He just smiled.
"No Rin, in fact, I don't. The only thing I'm after is the Tetsusaiga." Masumi accidently dropped Shippo from her arms and since Aiko was back, she dropped all the Pocky boxes that were in her hands. Most of them, contained Strawberry.
"So it is true...Jiji wasn't telling an old made up tale..." Aiko said, now interested in Sesshoumaru and what he knew then her Pocky that was scattered upon the floor.
"Jiji? You're grandfather told you about it, huh? What was his name?"
"Hayato."
"Sir Hayato...a great man indeed. Did you girls know he served at the rulers castle?" They both shook their heads no.
"Ah, let's go get something to eat and I'll tell you about what he did..."
***
"I can't believe Sesshoumaru knew more about our family heritage than us..." Masumi said, still stunned at all the information they had learned. Aiko was whimpering at all the crushed Pocky she had.
"I can't believe it either. Not one single person cared about stepping on my Pocky!" She said. "I mean, come on! You don't just go and step on a demon's Pocky! It's such a precious thing to them..." She began to stroke her Pocky boxes and kissing everyone of them.
"Grandfather was their wise man and here we thought he was a fool. Everything he has told us was true..."
"Whoever invented Pocky was a very wise person. POCKY!! MY POOR POCKY!!" Aiko said, crying. She ran upstairs. Masumi sighed. * And here I thought I was the physco one between us both *
***
That night, the phone rang once again. Masumi went to go answer it.
"Hello?" She asked, a little out of it.
"Is Kagome there?" Asked a dark voice.
"Whose asking?" Masumi asked, concerned for her friend. The voice said nothing and hung up. "Ok...that was weird..." She hung up the phone and turned around, seeing her sister going through the fridge for something. She pulled out a carton of Orange Juice and poured it into a glass.
"What was weird?" She asked, putting the carton back into the fridge. When she didn't hear an answer she just shrugged and started talking. "Kagome called up InuYasha, how she got his number, I have no idea, but she invited everyone to come on by." Masumi forgot all about the phone call and her ears perked up.
"Hai! A party, Aiko? I better go and get a lot of orange juice." Aiko laughed at her sister as she saw her run out the door. She took a necklace off her neck that had a key attached to it. She walked over to a cabinet in the dinning area and unlocked it, revealing various types of wine and alcohol. She grabbed two bottles of a certain kind. She locked it back up and put the key around her neck. She had it there for a reason...
***
"Hai! Royal Flush! Boys, the pants come off!" Kagome yelled, slamming her pile of cards on the floor. The guys glanced at each other. Miroku had no hesitation taking them off, revealing yellow boxers and a smiley face on the front with it's tongue sticking out. InuYasha, Sesshoumaru, and Kouga all were debating weather or not they should. The girls felt bad after they got him in trouble about yelling in class when it was their fault so they invited him to join them. Anyways, the group was playing Strip Poker and the guys already had to take their shoes, socks, and shirts off while the girls still had their clothes on. Kagome sighed and finished her 'Orange Juice' and wasn't going to be patient. She went up to InuYasha and ripped his pants off. He wasn't wearing tighty whiteys this time. She pouted but smiled at his white boxers with little brown teddy bears all over them holding balloons. He blushed as a drunken Kagome looked at them.
"Aw...how cute!" She exclaimed. InuYasha backed away from her as she tried to grab them.
"Oi, wench! Don't touch me around there!" He yelled. Miroku looked over at Kagome.
"Lady Kagome, you may touch mine if you'd like." Kagome shot him a dangerous look and reached over to the bookshelf his back was against. She pulled a shelf down, having all these books tumble upon Miroku's head. Sango giggled furiously at the site of the Hentai rubbing his head, groaning. He looked up at her and smiled. He grabbed a book and chucked it at her. She ducked and gave him you-are-such-a-dead-priest look. He got up and ran out of the room with a very angry Sango not far behind him. Aiko smiled slyly at Kouga and said to him in a very sexy tone of a voice,
"I would really like to see what kind of boxers you have, wolf." she purred at him. He sighed and took his shorts off, revealing a pair of plain ordinary red boxers. She stood up and pouted. "Now that's not fun! You have nothing on them!" She said, crossing her arms against her chest. Kouga stood up and turned around. Upon them was a picture of...HIMSELF! His face upon his boxers was winking. She fell the floor laughing so hard.
"How much I would like to joke about that Kouga," InuYasha stated, "But I need someone to get her away from me!" He said, jumping over the couch. That, of course, did not stop Kagome. Sesshoumaru was enjoying every bit of this. There was a loud crash and everyone stopped what they were doing and looked up. They ran into the back of the house to the kitchen where they saw Miroku on top of Masumi, cartons of Orange Juice everywhere(she had to go to the store again to get more), and Sango on top of Miroku beating him up on the head.
"Does anyone mind helping me here, please?!" Masumi asked, annoyed at the fact everyone was just watching her get crushed. Finally, Sango stood up and Miroku didn't move. Masumi sighed and pushed him off, Knocking him out cold with one really hard hit upon the head.
"The damn Hentai tried to grab my chest!" she exclaimed and started to pick up all the cartons of Orange Juice on the floor. Sesshoumaru bent down and helped her. When they were finished and Masumi got a chance to glance at everyone, she noticed all the guys but Sesshoumaru were in their boxers. "I'm not going to even ask." she said and stepped out of the kitchen and into the living room. Just then, there was a loud growl and the girls ran into the living room, sitting next to Masumi. The boys were to busy howling with laughter at Sesshoumaru. He tripped into the living room and stood up. Masumi looked stunned with shock at the sight in front of her. The girls giggled. Masumi stood up when she caught her words. "WHAT THE HELL SESSHOUMARU!! PUT SOME DAMN PANTS ON!!" She yelled. She was so grateful that Shippo wasn't there to see the naked dog demon with his pants around his ankles. He quickly pulled them up.
"That sure does explain why he didn't want to take them off earlier." Aiko grinned with a raised eyebrow. Sesshoumaru heard that and ran after her. She jumped up off the couch and ran upstairs, him not far behind.
***
"Uhh...I have such a migraine..." Kagome complained and put her hand on her head. She tried to get up but something heavy was on her. A silver haired boy had his arm tightly around her waist and his leg over hers. "Ugh, InuYasha, get off!" She tried to pull him off of her but he wouldn't wake nor budge. She sighed and fell back to sleep.
"Kagome..."
"InuYasha..."
"Hold on guys..." Masumi ran out of Kagome's room and came back within a minute. She was holding the hose in half to keep it from dripping on Kagome's carpet. She put it over Kagome and InuYasha and let go. They both awoke screaming with the coldness of the water. Masumi dropped it on Kagome's bed, the water still running all over her bed. Kagome looked as pissed as ever.
"MASUMI!!!" She screamed out loud. Masumi ran down the stairs and to Kouga, Miroku, and Sesshoumaru.
"Which one of you have a car I can drive?" She asked. They all blinked at her. "Come on before Kagome kills me!" Kouga chuckled and threw his keys at her.
"It's the yellow bug." He said. She looked at him with an eyebrow raised. He shrugged. "What? I like yellow..." She could hear Kagome run down the stairs so she ran out of the house, not caring what kind of car she would be driving. Kagome looked at the boys sitting at the table, eating. She jumped up onto the counter.
"HEY! WHERE DID SHE GO?!" She yelled. They did not look up, they did not stop eating. "Am I talking to myself here?!" She asked. No reply. She sighed and heard a car pulling out of a driveway. She smirked and ran all over the house, locking all the doors and windows.
***
"Yeah ok, thanks Rin." Aiko hung up the phone. "Rin said she saw Masumi just a few minutes ago and she's on her way home." She said.
"I don't know why she didn't come home..." Kagome said, flipping through the channels.
"Maybe it's because someone locked her out." Sango said.
"No Sango, it's not Kagome's fault. Masumi can easily break it if she wanted to." Aiko said, referring to her sisters strength. Just then the front door slowly opened and shut quietly. Masumi walked was in sight and her hands were closed. She had a few scratch marks on her along with her demon marking showing.
"Masumi, what happened?" Aiko asked, running to her sister. Kagome stiffened and sniffed the air. Masumi shook her head and told them she was fine and ran upstairs to take a hot shower. * Why is it I still smell blood? * Kagome thought.
***
"I'm a...a what?" Kagome asked, shocked. Her eyes were widen with fear but joy. But they soon sadden. "Who are you?" She asked. The man in front of her stood there and then showed his form of a male wolf demon.
"I, my dear, am you're father..."
Kagome turned and tossed in her bed. She shot straight up at the sound of him telling her he was her father. "No...there's no way I can be a demon. I mean...look at me...but that sure would make some things more clear." She mumbled. She heard Sango mumble in her sleep and decided to wake her up. "Sango? Sango?" she asked, trying to wake Sango up. But she wouldn't move.
"No...don't leave! Don't leave..." She mumbled. "FATHER! DON'T DIE ON ME NOW!" She yelled. Kagome was scared and worried for her friend and shook her awake. Sango hung onto Kagome tightly.
"Kagome..." She whispered. Kagome took Sango into her arms and rocked her back and fourth, trying to calm her friend down. Shippo stirred in his sleep.
***
"You guys are up early." Aiko smiled at the two girls who were dressed and ready for school. Shippo was sitting at the table, eating cereal. Kagome and Sango just nodded.
"Are you guys hungry?" She asked. They both shook their heads no. Aiko frowned.
"Did something happen last night? You guys are really quiet."
"No. Everything is fine." Sango said sweetly.
"Shippo, can you go wake up Masumi for me?" Aiko asked. Shippo nodded and hopped off to their room. "Are you guys sure nothing is wrong?"
"We just had the same nightmare, that's all." Kagome replied. Aiko sighed and smiled.
"Masumi and I always have those every once in awhile. Was it your first one together?" They just nodded together. "It's not very common with two friends. It's common with relatives, though. I'm worried about Masumi though." Aiko said, changing the subject.
"Why's that, Aiko?" Sango asked. She lowered her head and sat down. She didn't feel like eating.
"Last night, don't you remember how she was scratched up? Something must have happened and she's not telling us what. She usually tells me what's wrong."
"Just because you are three minutes older than I, Aiko, doesn't mean I have to run to you all the time. I can take care of myself." Masumi said, walking in. She looked upset, angered, and tensed.
* Something did happen last night... * Aiko thought. "Sorry, neesan. Did you want anything to eat? I can..."
"No! Nothing. I'm fine. Look, sorry but I'm going to school early to get more use of my schedule. I'll see you guys in class." With that, she grabbed the keys to her car and ran out of the back door. Everyone looked at her. Aiko sighed.
* I never meant you couldn't take care of yourself, I'm just worried... *
***
Masumi got strange looks from people around her as she walked down the halls. * Gr...what the hell is everyone staring at?! * She wanted to go up to someone ask them. And that next someone just happened to be Miroku.
"Why is everyone staring at me, Miroku?" She asked. He just started at her.
"Is it true...?" He asked. She wrinkled her forehead.
"Is what true?" She asked.
"Last night, Hojo had said that he saw you and Kikyou fighting and you killed her..." He said. Masumi's expression did not change. She had no emotion showing.
"No. I did not kill her. I just injured her with a broken nose. If anyone was nearly killed, it was me." He looked a little relieved but was still tense.
"But why did you attack her?" He asked. Masumi sighed and opened her hand. What was clenched in her fits since she got home last night, was the Shikon no Tama Jewel.
"Do not tell anyone of this, Miroku. Or it will be you're head." She whispered in his ear and started to walk off but he grabbed her arm.
"How did you know about Kikyou being a Miko? The last Miko, in fact?" Masumi just shook off his arm and left without saying a word.
Later that day after school, Masumi asked Aiko to let Kagome and Sango drive home. She nodded and went with Masumi in her car. "Aiko, what were you to do if I told you I had the Shikon no Tama?" She asked. She didn't leave the school parking lot yet and just looked at her sister seriously. Aiko, on the other hand, though this was a joke.
"I'd say my dear neesan doesn't know that the Shikon no Tama looks like. It only lays in the power of the last living Miko, who can not ever be defeated. You are strong, but not strong enough."
"Aiko, the Shikon no Tama is only to be destined with one person who is strong enough to hold it. When that person comes about, demon or not, they can sense and see it for it should belong to them truthfully. After I ran Kouga's car into a light pole by accident, I was walking down an alley to get to Rin's house to ask her for a ride. But the alley wasn't alone, Aiko. Kikyou was there. And as you know, that's who I got into a fight with. I sensed the power of jewel and I grew strong as I walked closer to her. She had hidden the jewel safely upon a place no one would think of the jewel to be, the tip of her nose. It was minimized but as I grabbed a hold of it, it was normal size." Aiko placed her hand on her sisters forehead.
"Masumi, you sure that's what happened? Are you feeling ok?" Masumi grabbed her sisters hand off of her forehead.
"Aiko! Please, look here for proof..." She opened her hand to show the jewel. Aiko, stared at it in awe.
"Masumi...I do not believe it..."
"Nor do I, Aiko. I do not know what to do with it. Shall I save it for something important, or do I destroy it to make peace?"
"You know, as well as I do sister, that you should keep it and guard it as told." Masumi just nodded and started to car, driving through the empty parking lot and out onto the street. Naraku chuckled. He had saw the whole thing.
"What's so funny?" Sango asked. Masumi shook her head and replied,
"Nothing. So why aren't you guys at the party?"
"I felt like I was going to pass out with all that smoke. Sango and I decided to get some air so Rin said to come out here. It's really peaceful." Kagome said and sniffed the air. "It's a wonder how I can smell the roses from here when they are over there." She said. Aiko looked at her.
"Really? I can't smell them." Aiko replied, trying to smell the sweet roses from her spot.
"Maybe if you stand here in my spot." Kagome said, moving. Aiko shook her head as a no to it after she tried to sniff the air.
"Well of course not. I can smell them from here and I'm farther than her." Sango replied. Masumi looked at her.
"You guys have powerful noses for humans." She told them both. Aiko nodded in agreement. The both shrugged at the same time.
"Why are they here, InuYasha? I thought Rin told you there was no one out here." They heard a voice. It was Kikyou. Masumi and Aiko turned at the same time and saw them there. Masumi walked close up to Kikyou that the smell of fear from her was so strong.
"I believe I never to got pay you for what you've done to me earlier." She whispered in Kikyou's ear. Kikyou backed up and InuYasha stepped in front of her.
"Wench, don't touch Kikyou or you'll die a painful death." He snarled. Masumi backed up a little and laughed. She turned to her sister and winked at her with a very evil, evil grin upon her lips.
"Hey InuYasha, what background heritage does a dog demon have?" Masumi asked. His look of anger turned into a look of confusion.
"What are you talking about wench?" He asked. His blood was beginning to boil by every second she waited to reply.
"Oh...never mind." She said, keeping the same grin on her face.
"Wipe that fucking smirk off your face!" He yelled. She looked at him and took the smile off.
"Or what?" She asked, looking him straight in the eyes.
"Or I'll smack it off." He simply replied. He was getting ready to strike her but stopped.
"InuYasha stop! Violence isn't the right answer." He heard a very familiar voice.
"What do you know priest?" InuYasha asked, snapping his back to his friend.
"A lot more than you do. You should treat women more kinder." Miroku said. He walked over to Masumi.
"Now here is a gentlemen." She replied softly though they all heard. Just than, she felt something grope her butt. "HENTAI!!" She yelled and there was a loud *bonk* on the head.
"Nice, Tora." Sango giggled sarcastically, while walking passed the priest boy. He clung onto the bottom of InuYasha's daily red kimono(with swirls in his eyes). InuYasha felt a cool breeze flowing upon him but paid no attention for the fact the five girls(including Kikyou), were laughing loud enough to awake the whole world if the music from the house already hasn't. Kagome, out of all the girls, was the one laughing the hardest that she had to sit on the floor to help herself breath and keep her tears under control.
"Oh... InuYasha ...I'm...sorry....but...it's...funny...I never thought of you being a 'tighty whitey' person!!" She exclaimed, laughing even harder. InuYasha looked down and saw Miroku laying there, his hands on InuYasha's pants, moaning in pain from the head bump he had before and the loss of support. InuYasha kicked Miroku away and pulled up his pants.
"Stop laughing, wench!" InuYasha growled, taking out a sword of some kind from his side. Aiko looked at it wide eyed. * Could it be the...Tetsusaiga? * There were legends told where Aiko and Masumi lived before meeting Kagome and Sango about a Lord dog demon who married a human girl. Was InuYasha the heir hanyou ? He could not be though, for he would have died. The tale was over 100 years old.
~*~~*~Flashback~*~~*~
Aiko and Masumi sat quietly around the burning fire as their grandfather promised them a story before bedtime. "My beautiful granddaughters, let me tell you a tale I was told my father at the same age of you, six. This world of ours was born and raised where humans ruled the earth. But that did not last, my children. Strange creatures appeared the earth and has taken the human race out. They were strong creatures and looked like humans. But there was something about these creatures that humans could not do. They were demons."
"Like us, Jiji?" Masumi asked, bright eyed. He nodded and smiled.
"Just like us, Masumi. We ruled the country with such great strength and peace, there was no need for war nor fights such as humans have." He grunted as he was interrupted yet once again, this time by little Aiko.
"But not all humans are bad, are they, Jiji?" She asked. He smiled a little and shook his head no.
"There are some kind humans out there, where this leaves me to the story. The ruler of the lands, a powerful dog demon, was found mating with a human girl he loved dearly. This human girl was the sweetest of all kind. She had a good heart, a good soul, she was a beautiful woman. He had a son, who was a hanyou."
"Hanyou, jiji?" Masumi questioned. Aiko giggled. It was a wonder how she knew more about the demons than her sister.
"Hanyou is a half-demon, sister." Aiko said Masumi just nodded and let her grandfather continue.
"Right, Aiko. Now, a war broke out between humans and demons after the mother of the hanyou died. Eventually...the father of the Hanyou did not survive, leaving the Hanyou alone, by himself. He was accompanied by Myoga, the flea, who fled when trouble was about. The buried grave of where the ruler's grave was buried, would be unknown. But people say that inside the tomb, lays a sword called 'The Tetsusaiga'. It was made up of the rulers fang and made for only the true owner to pick up. Though, it does not transform unless thy true person is protecting a beauty of a human."
~*~~*~End of Flashback~*~~*~
* Only transforms when protecting a beauty of a human...why had it transformed when there was no human in danger? * Aiko asked herself. Just then, there was a loud screech and blood was about. Kagome sat there breathless, full of shock.
"I...didn't...see...that...coming..." She said. She looked up into InuYasha's golden eyes. "Thanks...you saved my life." There was no longer anything there but InuYasha had said it was a poisonous snake demon.
***
"Do you believe Jiji's tale, Aiko?" Masumi asked, concerned.
"I do not believe InuYasha is the true owner, Masumi. Now, go to bed." Masumi sighed. Her sister has been acting strange since she has witnessed the Tetsusaiga in sight.
"Aiko, gomen, but you have been acting strange since the witness of the Tetsusaiga."
"Thy Tetsusaiga, sister, is nothing more than a ruined legend Jiji has told us long ago. There would be no possible way for InuYasha to be the true owner and the heir of the ruler of the lands. Goodnight." Masumi sighed and switched the light off. * It's weird though...how come we did not smell the filthy Youki ? *
***
That next mourning Kagome awoke to the smell of fried bacon and sausage. She jumped up out of bed and ran down the hall and then down the stairs. Just as Aiko set the plate down upon the table, she sat down and started to dig in. "Hungry, much?" she asked, laughing. Kagome did not reply. If she did, food would be everywhere. After finishing her plate within two minutes, she stood up to put it in the sink.
"Where's Sango and Masumi?" She asked. Aiko sat down to eat. After finishing the bit that was in her mouth, she replied,
"At the park for a run. Shippo went with for the ride." Aiko explained. Kagome began to wash her dish before going up to wash herself up when the door opened and closed. Sango came in, out of breath, with Shippo upon her shoulder. She smelled the food and sat down, beginning to eat.
A few minutes later Masumi came in, out of breath. "I...told...you...to...wait up." She said, out of breath. Sango shrugged.
"I was hungry, ok?" Sango took a bite in her Bacon.
"Thanks for leaving me, Shippo." Masumi began to fake cry as she sat in her chair and set her head upon the table, her hair surrounding her face. Shippo jumped upon her back.
"Aw, Masumi, please don't cry. I wont leave you next time. I promise." He said patting her head. She shot straight up with a grin on her face. Shippo fell to the floor. She started laughing as he rubbed his head.
"Aw Shippo, I'm sorry. Come on, let's get ice cream to go with you're pancakes Aiko will be making." Masumi said. Aiko dropped her fork on her plate after she was finished and stood up.
"That I will be making? I made all of this already. If you want them, you make them. I'm going out for a run now." Aiko said and finished washing her plate than went outside.
"Aw, that's ok Masumi, I'll just have the Ice Cream." Shippo smiled. Masumi nodded and grabbed the Ice Cream out of the freezer. Kagome ran upstairs to go get changed. Masumi and Shippo grabbed spoons and walked into the living room to watch a cartoon. Leaving Sango by herself, chowing down some food before the phone rang. Masumi and Shippo were so into the cartoon, laughing like crazy, that Sang had to get disrupted from her food and to the phone.
"Mmm, hello?" She asked.
"Hi, Sango?" A girls voice chipped in happily.
"Yes. Who are you?" Sango asked, quite confused.
"It's Rin! Would you guys like to meet up with me at the mall later on today?" she asked. Since the other were busy and Sango wanted to get some new clothes, she nodded over the phone then said,
"Yeah sure. See you then."
"Bye!" Rin hung up the phone after Sango had.
***
Aiko's eyes lightened up with joy and focused on a store. "Pocky..." she said in aw. Masumi sighed.
"Here we go...Aiko just go there and get back." Masumi said. Aiko turned around her eyes big and all teary eyed.
"Really?" She asked quietly. Everyone nodded, just not wanting to mess with her. With that, she ran there within a second.
"She's obsessed with Pocky. Though I don't blame her, it's quite good." They heard a voice. Rin's ears perked up with a huge grin upon her face. Her heart though, was pounding. Sango and Kagome noticed the nervous Rin and giggled. "Hello, Rin. Doing early Christmas shopping?" He asked, trying to make an effort at a joke. Rin laughed.
"Well, no not yet. Just browsing along with my friends here." She said, pointing to the group behind her.
"Ah, yes. I heard about you all. The double martial artists and the two human girls. I'm Sesshoumaru." He said. He was tall, very tall, and handsome. He had a dark blue crescent moon on his forehead and maroon colored strips at his cheeks. His hair was silver like InuYasha's and he had a long white, fury tail.
"Ohh, pretty!" Kagome ran to it and started to rub the warm fur. Rin put her hand behind her head, laughing, and sweat dropped.
"K-Kagome...that's enough." She said as she started to hear Sesshoumaru purr. Kagome let go.
"S-sorry. I had to...you look like InuYasha, you know." She said. He turned his head slowly at her and started to look at his claws.
"That's because the half breed and I are half brothers." He said stiffly. "My, my...I must sharpen these down a bit." He said, changing the subject.
"Half breed?" Kagome asked, nervously.
"Did you not know by the way his pathetic ears are? He's a hanyou. A half dog demon and a half human. He doesn't know though." He replied. Kagome looked surprised.
"He doesn't? Did you two know about it?" Kagome asked, pointing at the two girls. They just bowed their heads yes.
"Why didn't you tell us? And, how does he not know?" She asked again.
"We did not tell because we thought we'd have fun with him first. We do not know why he doesn't know."
"Fun...I would like to see that happen. He does not know for the request of his mother before she passed on. She didn't people to think different from him. But to me, he'll always be human, no matter what he looks like."
"You surly don't hate him though, do you?" Rin asked. He just smiled.
"No Rin, in fact, I don't. The only thing I'm after is the Tetsusaiga." Masumi accidently dropped Shippo from her arms and since Aiko was back, she dropped all the Pocky boxes that were in her hands. Most of them, contained Strawberry.
"So it is true...Jiji wasn't telling an old made up tale..." Aiko said, now interested in Sesshoumaru and what he knew then her Pocky that was scattered upon the floor.
"Jiji? You're grandfather told you about it, huh? What was his name?"
"Hayato."
"Sir Hayato...a great man indeed. Did you girls know he served at the rulers castle?" They both shook their heads no.
"Ah, let's go get something to eat and I'll tell you about what he did..."
***
"I can't believe Sesshoumaru knew more about our family heritage than us..." Masumi said, still stunned at all the information they had learned. Aiko was whimpering at all the crushed Pocky she had.
"I can't believe it either. Not one single person cared about stepping on my Pocky!" She said. "I mean, come on! You don't just go and step on a demon's Pocky! It's such a precious thing to them..." She began to stroke her Pocky boxes and kissing everyone of them.
"Grandfather was their wise man and here we thought he was a fool. Everything he has told us was true..."
"Whoever invented Pocky was a very wise person. POCKY!! MY POOR POCKY!!" Aiko said, crying. She ran upstairs. Masumi sighed. * And here I thought I was the physco one between us both *
***
That night, the phone rang once again. Masumi went to go answer it.
"Hello?" She asked, a little out of it.
"Is Kagome there?" Asked a dark voice.
"Whose asking?" Masumi asked, concerned for her friend. The voice said nothing and hung up. "Ok...that was weird..." She hung up the phone and turned around, seeing her sister going through the fridge for something. She pulled out a carton of Orange Juice and poured it into a glass.
"What was weird?" She asked, putting the carton back into the fridge. When she didn't hear an answer she just shrugged and started talking. "Kagome called up InuYasha, how she got his number, I have no idea, but she invited everyone to come on by." Masumi forgot all about the phone call and her ears perked up.
"Hai! A party, Aiko? I better go and get a lot of orange juice." Aiko laughed at her sister as she saw her run out the door. She took a necklace off her neck that had a key attached to it. She walked over to a cabinet in the dinning area and unlocked it, revealing various types of wine and alcohol. She grabbed two bottles of a certain kind. She locked it back up and put the key around her neck. She had it there for a reason...
***
"Hai! Royal Flush! Boys, the pants come off!" Kagome yelled, slamming her pile of cards on the floor. The guys glanced at each other. Miroku had no hesitation taking them off, revealing yellow boxers and a smiley face on the front with it's tongue sticking out. InuYasha, Sesshoumaru, and Kouga all were debating weather or not they should. The girls felt bad after they got him in trouble about yelling in class when it was their fault so they invited him to join them. Anyways, the group was playing Strip Poker and the guys already had to take their shoes, socks, and shirts off while the girls still had their clothes on. Kagome sighed and finished her 'Orange Juice' and wasn't going to be patient. She went up to InuYasha and ripped his pants off. He wasn't wearing tighty whiteys this time. She pouted but smiled at his white boxers with little brown teddy bears all over them holding balloons. He blushed as a drunken Kagome looked at them.
"Aw...how cute!" She exclaimed. InuYasha backed away from her as she tried to grab them.
"Oi, wench! Don't touch me around there!" He yelled. Miroku looked over at Kagome.
"Lady Kagome, you may touch mine if you'd like." Kagome shot him a dangerous look and reached over to the bookshelf his back was against. She pulled a shelf down, having all these books tumble upon Miroku's head. Sango giggled furiously at the site of the Hentai rubbing his head, groaning. He looked up at her and smiled. He grabbed a book and chucked it at her. She ducked and gave him you-are-such-a-dead-priest look. He got up and ran out of the room with a very angry Sango not far behind him. Aiko smiled slyly at Kouga and said to him in a very sexy tone of a voice,
"I would really like to see what kind of boxers you have, wolf." she purred at him. He sighed and took his shorts off, revealing a pair of plain ordinary red boxers. She stood up and pouted. "Now that's not fun! You have nothing on them!" She said, crossing her arms against her chest. Kouga stood up and turned around. Upon them was a picture of...HIMSELF! His face upon his boxers was winking. She fell the floor laughing so hard.
"How much I would like to joke about that Kouga," InuYasha stated, "But I need someone to get her away from me!" He said, jumping over the couch. That, of course, did not stop Kagome. Sesshoumaru was enjoying every bit of this. There was a loud crash and everyone stopped what they were doing and looked up. They ran into the back of the house to the kitchen where they saw Miroku on top of Masumi, cartons of Orange Juice everywhere(she had to go to the store again to get more), and Sango on top of Miroku beating him up on the head.
"Does anyone mind helping me here, please?!" Masumi asked, annoyed at the fact everyone was just watching her get crushed. Finally, Sango stood up and Miroku didn't move. Masumi sighed and pushed him off, Knocking him out cold with one really hard hit upon the head.
"The damn Hentai tried to grab my chest!" she exclaimed and started to pick up all the cartons of Orange Juice on the floor. Sesshoumaru bent down and helped her. When they were finished and Masumi got a chance to glance at everyone, she noticed all the guys but Sesshoumaru were in their boxers. "I'm not going to even ask." she said and stepped out of the kitchen and into the living room. Just then, there was a loud growl and the girls ran into the living room, sitting next to Masumi. The boys were to busy howling with laughter at Sesshoumaru. He tripped into the living room and stood up. Masumi looked stunned with shock at the sight in front of her. The girls giggled. Masumi stood up when she caught her words. "WHAT THE HELL SESSHOUMARU!! PUT SOME DAMN PANTS ON!!" She yelled. She was so grateful that Shippo wasn't there to see the naked dog demon with his pants around his ankles. He quickly pulled them up.
"That sure does explain why he didn't want to take them off earlier." Aiko grinned with a raised eyebrow. Sesshoumaru heard that and ran after her. She jumped up off the couch and ran upstairs, him not far behind.
***
"Uhh...I have such a migraine..." Kagome complained and put her hand on her head. She tried to get up but something heavy was on her. A silver haired boy had his arm tightly around her waist and his leg over hers. "Ugh, InuYasha, get off!" She tried to pull him off of her but he wouldn't wake nor budge. She sighed and fell back to sleep.
"Kagome..."
"InuYasha..."
"Hold on guys..." Masumi ran out of Kagome's room and came back within a minute. She was holding the hose in half to keep it from dripping on Kagome's carpet. She put it over Kagome and InuYasha and let go. They both awoke screaming with the coldness of the water. Masumi dropped it on Kagome's bed, the water still running all over her bed. Kagome looked as pissed as ever.
"MASUMI!!!" She screamed out loud. Masumi ran down the stairs and to Kouga, Miroku, and Sesshoumaru.
"Which one of you have a car I can drive?" She asked. They all blinked at her. "Come on before Kagome kills me!" Kouga chuckled and threw his keys at her.
"It's the yellow bug." He said. She looked at him with an eyebrow raised. He shrugged. "What? I like yellow..." She could hear Kagome run down the stairs so she ran out of the house, not caring what kind of car she would be driving. Kagome looked at the boys sitting at the table, eating. She jumped up onto the counter.
"HEY! WHERE DID SHE GO?!" She yelled. They did not look up, they did not stop eating. "Am I talking to myself here?!" She asked. No reply. She sighed and heard a car pulling out of a driveway. She smirked and ran all over the house, locking all the doors and windows.
***
"Yeah ok, thanks Rin." Aiko hung up the phone. "Rin said she saw Masumi just a few minutes ago and she's on her way home." She said.
"I don't know why she didn't come home..." Kagome said, flipping through the channels.
"Maybe it's because someone locked her out." Sango said.
"No Sango, it's not Kagome's fault. Masumi can easily break it if she wanted to." Aiko said, referring to her sisters strength. Just then the front door slowly opened and shut quietly. Masumi walked was in sight and her hands were closed. She had a few scratch marks on her along with her demon marking showing.
"Masumi, what happened?" Aiko asked, running to her sister. Kagome stiffened and sniffed the air. Masumi shook her head and told them she was fine and ran upstairs to take a hot shower. * Why is it I still smell blood? * Kagome thought.
***
"I'm a...a what?" Kagome asked, shocked. Her eyes were widen with fear but joy. But they soon sadden. "Who are you?" She asked. The man in front of her stood there and then showed his form of a male wolf demon.
"I, my dear, am you're father..."
Kagome turned and tossed in her bed. She shot straight up at the sound of him telling her he was her father. "No...there's no way I can be a demon. I mean...look at me...but that sure would make some things more clear." She mumbled. She heard Sango mumble in her sleep and decided to wake her up. "Sango? Sango?" she asked, trying to wake Sango up. But she wouldn't move.
"No...don't leave! Don't leave..." She mumbled. "FATHER! DON'T DIE ON ME NOW!" She yelled. Kagome was scared and worried for her friend and shook her awake. Sango hung onto Kagome tightly.
"Kagome..." She whispered. Kagome took Sango into her arms and rocked her back and fourth, trying to calm her friend down. Shippo stirred in his sleep.
***
"You guys are up early." Aiko smiled at the two girls who were dressed and ready for school. Shippo was sitting at the table, eating cereal. Kagome and Sango just nodded.
"Are you guys hungry?" She asked. They both shook their heads no. Aiko frowned.
"Did something happen last night? You guys are really quiet."
"No. Everything is fine." Sango said sweetly.
"Shippo, can you go wake up Masumi for me?" Aiko asked. Shippo nodded and hopped off to their room. "Are you guys sure nothing is wrong?"
"We just had the same nightmare, that's all." Kagome replied. Aiko sighed and smiled.
"Masumi and I always have those every once in awhile. Was it your first one together?" They just nodded together. "It's not very common with two friends. It's common with relatives, though. I'm worried about Masumi though." Aiko said, changing the subject.
"Why's that, Aiko?" Sango asked. She lowered her head and sat down. She didn't feel like eating.
"Last night, don't you remember how she was scratched up? Something must have happened and she's not telling us what. She usually tells me what's wrong."
"Just because you are three minutes older than I, Aiko, doesn't mean I have to run to you all the time. I can take care of myself." Masumi said, walking in. She looked upset, angered, and tensed.
* Something did happen last night... * Aiko thought. "Sorry, neesan. Did you want anything to eat? I can..."
"No! Nothing. I'm fine. Look, sorry but I'm going to school early to get more use of my schedule. I'll see you guys in class." With that, she grabbed the keys to her car and ran out of the back door. Everyone looked at her. Aiko sighed.
* I never meant you couldn't take care of yourself, I'm just worried... *
***
Masumi got strange looks from people around her as she walked down the halls. * Gr...what the hell is everyone staring at?! * She wanted to go up to someone ask them. And that next someone just happened to be Miroku.
"Why is everyone staring at me, Miroku?" She asked. He just started at her.
"Is it true...?" He asked. She wrinkled her forehead.
"Is what true?" She asked.
"Last night, Hojo had said that he saw you and Kikyou fighting and you killed her..." He said. Masumi's expression did not change. She had no emotion showing.
"No. I did not kill her. I just injured her with a broken nose. If anyone was nearly killed, it was me." He looked a little relieved but was still tense.
"But why did you attack her?" He asked. Masumi sighed and opened her hand. What was clenched in her fits since she got home last night, was the Shikon no Tama Jewel.
"Do not tell anyone of this, Miroku. Or it will be you're head." She whispered in his ear and started to walk off but he grabbed her arm.
"How did you know about Kikyou being a Miko? The last Miko, in fact?" Masumi just shook off his arm and left without saying a word.
Later that day after school, Masumi asked Aiko to let Kagome and Sango drive home. She nodded and went with Masumi in her car. "Aiko, what were you to do if I told you I had the Shikon no Tama?" She asked. She didn't leave the school parking lot yet and just looked at her sister seriously. Aiko, on the other hand, though this was a joke.
"I'd say my dear neesan doesn't know that the Shikon no Tama looks like. It only lays in the power of the last living Miko, who can not ever be defeated. You are strong, but not strong enough."
"Aiko, the Shikon no Tama is only to be destined with one person who is strong enough to hold it. When that person comes about, demon or not, they can sense and see it for it should belong to them truthfully. After I ran Kouga's car into a light pole by accident, I was walking down an alley to get to Rin's house to ask her for a ride. But the alley wasn't alone, Aiko. Kikyou was there. And as you know, that's who I got into a fight with. I sensed the power of jewel and I grew strong as I walked closer to her. She had hidden the jewel safely upon a place no one would think of the jewel to be, the tip of her nose. It was minimized but as I grabbed a hold of it, it was normal size." Aiko placed her hand on her sisters forehead.
"Masumi, you sure that's what happened? Are you feeling ok?" Masumi grabbed her sisters hand off of her forehead.
"Aiko! Please, look here for proof..." She opened her hand to show the jewel. Aiko, stared at it in awe.
"Masumi...I do not believe it..."
"Nor do I, Aiko. I do not know what to do with it. Shall I save it for something important, or do I destroy it to make peace?"
"You know, as well as I do sister, that you should keep it and guard it as told." Masumi just nodded and started to car, driving through the empty parking lot and out onto the street. Naraku chuckled. He had saw the whole thing.