A/N All right you guys, I think you know the drill by now. More reviews means happy Anime, happy Anime means more chappies. Got it? I was kind of hoping for more reviews than TWELVE before I posted this chapter... . Oh well I guess... Anywho, my Fushigi Yuugi: Mysterious Play fanfic is now up, at least the first chapter anyway... 'grumble' Warning: Spoilers in the FY fanfic! But please read it and review! You will also have to forgive how all the spacing is messed up and funky looking... stupid html program . grrrr..... Oh! And the disclaimer in the previous chapters applies to ALL chapters! Thankies! And a special thanks to Black-Rouge-Dapura for being such a faithful R&R'r! Keep'em comin' girly!



Points of View

Chapter 7

A Demon Hunter's Work Is Never Done



"HIRAIKOTSU!"

"Sango, why are you practicing?" Miroku looks up at her from his seat on the steps of Kaede's hut.

She turns her head to look at him, her legs braced as she reaches up, catching her favorite weapon with practiced ease. "What do you mean?"

Miroku rises from his seat, moving to stand next to her. "I mean to say that your form is already perfection at its peak."

Sango shifts her eyes away, a slight stain of pink upon her cheeks. She almost wondered if there was a double meaning in his words. Or at least, that's what she was thinking until she felt a familiar but unwelcome hand on her backside. Growling in anger, she slaps him as she screams out, "HENTAI!" Apparently satisfied with her handiwork, she starts to stalk back to Kaede's hut when she notices Kirara growling loudly while looking towards the forest where the well would be. "Kirara? What's wrong? Kirara!"

Kirara shifts into her larger form before taking off, Sango just barely managing to climb on in time.

"SANGO!" Miroku takes off running, attempting to follow as best he can on the ground, Shippo clinging valiantly to his shoulder. "Shippo! Tell me! Do you smell anything amiss?"

Happy to have the opportunity to help, he does as instructed. "Yep! Kagome's back! So is Inu Yasha!"

"What else, Shippo? Is there anything else that could cause Kirara to act like that?"

"Well, there are three others with them that I don't recognize. One of them smells kind of like a demon though."

"A Demon?! Are you sure?!" Miroku skids to a stop in the small clearing, nearly causing Shippo to go flying off of his shoulder.

"Whoa! Hey! Miroku! Why the sudden-" he looks ahead of them "-KAGOME!" He takes a flying leap off of Miroku's shoulder, running to launch himself into her open arms. "You're back! YAY! It was getting kind of boring watching Sango hurt Miroku because he was touching her improperly all the time."

"Shippo, please. I am an honorable monk!"

Inu Yasha leans back against a nearby tree, his arms crossed over his chest. with his eyes closed. "Yeah right, Miroku! And Kagome's not really from the future! Give me a break..."

Shippo peers over Kagome's shoulder to look at the other three visitors. "Kagome? Who are they?" He points to Elizabeth and Melissa.

Melissa was clinging to Elly as Seras and Kirara growled loudly at each other despite their difference in size. The Wolfhound and Fire Cat seemed ready to tear each other's throats out. Sango was all but desperately trying to calm the Demon Cat without too much success.

"Oh! Kirara! It's okay! They're my friends!" Kagome runs over to help Sango as best as she possibly can. They finally manage to get her calmed down enough so that she decides to revert to her smaller form before jumping into Sango's arms, growling softly.

"Uh, Shippo?"

"What is it, Miroku?"

"Didn't you say on the way here that you thought you smelled something like a demon?"

Shippo looks around for a moment before pointing at Seras who was doing her best to comfort her mistress, licking her facing and whining softly. "Yeah. Right there."

Kagome starts laughing. "You're kidding, right? I'm sure I would've sensed it or Inu Yasha would've already smelled it if she was." She ruffles his hair. "Maybe it just seems like it because you're not familiar with her just yet. After all, I doubt the type of dog that Seras is isn't very common at this point in time."

Shippo looks at her doubtfully. "Um, okay. If you say so Kagome. So, who are your friends?"

"Oh I'm sorry! Shippo, this is Elizabeth, better known as Elly, Melissa and Melissa's seeing eye dog, Seras. Guys, this is Shippo that I was telling you about."

Elly smiles brightly. "Hello! You're so cute! Just look at that tail! Can I hold him Kagome, please?"

Melissa smiles softly, inclining her head slightly. "Hello Shippo."

"Hello Elly! Hi Melissa! Can I Kagome?" Shippo looks up at Kagome almost hopefully, he loved attention after all, especially from girls since they almost always played with his tail.

Kagome sighs before smiling softly. "It's your choice, Shippo. I can't tell you what you can and can't do all the time after all."

Shippo gives a small squeal of joy as he leaps down to the ground and over to Elly, launching himself into her waiting arms so forcefully that she has to spin around with him to keep from falling over.

"Well aren't you just the cutest thing!" Elly hugs him to her as she starts to walk back to Melissa.

"Elly?"

"Yes Shippo?"

He puts on hand on her hair, frowning slightly. "Why is your hair so short? Were you sick or something?"

Elly can't help but laugh at him, the sound catching Miroku's attention. "No, I wasn't sick. I wanted it cut this short. I found it helps keep a lot of guys from hitting on me."

Shippo looks at her with wide eyes filled with surprise and disbelief. "You mean men were hitting you? That's not very nice! A man, whether human or demon, should never raise his hand to strike a lady!"

Kagome and Elly exchange a look before they burst out laughing even as Miroku walks over to her. "That's not what being hit on means in my time, Shippo."

"Lady Elly, might I ask you something?"

Elly looks Miroku over for a moment before turning to Melissa. "Lissa, hold out your hands for a moment, I'm going to give Shippo to you for a second."

"Okay. That's fine, I was waiting to get to meet him anyway." She smiles brightly as he's placed into her hands, he certainly weighed less than she had been expecting! "Hey there Shippo! How are you?"

Shippo returns her smile as if unable to help himself. "Hi! I'm great! You seem really nice!"

Elly turns back to Miroku after whispering to Shippo to watch. "What is it that you want to ask me?"

Miroku gets down on one knee before asking his infamous question. "Will you do me the honor of bearing my child?"

Elly stares down at him for a moment before speaking to Shippo. "That's called hitting on someone." She then turns a bright smile on to Miroku. "As for you..." she forces him to stand back up, as a result of which, standing so close to him that their bodies were nearly touching. "You're cute, so I'll leave you a warning..."

Miroku suddenly finds that there's a knife pointed at his privates. "Ask me that again and you'll find that the main thing that makes you a man cut off faster than you can say pervert. Do I make myself perfectly clear? And I had better not catch you anywhere near my sister or asking her that same question either, got it?"

Miroku, now visibly paled and scared out of his wits, nods jerkily before running over to hide behind Inu Yasha and receiving a look of disgust from the Hanyou as a result.

Elly flashes Shippo a smile as the knife gets put away as quickly as it was pulled out. "And that's how you get them to back off, permanently!"

Now perched on Melissa's shoulder, he bends down slightly to whisper into her ear. "Your sister can be awfully scary! She's the first one I've seen frighten Miroku that badly!"

Melissa giggles as she removes her sunglasses, her eyes closed. "Yeah, she can be pretty scary at times. I used to be too."

"What do you mean by you used to? I'm sure you still could be if you wanted!"

Melissa smiles sadly at his optimism, turning her head slightly to look in his direction as best she can. "It's kind of hard to be intimidating when you can't see what you're trying to scare off."

Shippo looks at her dull blue eyes for a moment before wrapping his small arms around her neck. "It's ok that you're blind, Melissa. I like you anyway!"

Melissa wipes a tear away as she hugs him back as best she can with one hand. "Thanks, Shippo. I really needed that. You wanna do me a big favor?"

Shippo brightens up. "Sure! What is it, Melissa? Just tell me and I'll do the best that I can!"

"You wanna be my helper while I'm here? Seras can only keep me from running into things and getting myself scraped up, but you can help me by describing what's going on should something really important happen. Like Elly blushing..." she mumbles out the last part, but Shippo hears her anyway with his excellent hearing.

"Okay! I can do that!"

"Thank you Shippo. Thank you very much."

"HENTAI!"

CRACK!!

"Sango just hit Miroku in the head with Hiraikotsu." He pipes.

"Hiraikotsu?"

"That's he favorite weapon. It's a giant boomerang that's at least as tall as you are."

"Oh. Sounds awfully heavy."

"Nah, not for her. She's been using it for a long time."

"I thought I told you to stay away from my sister! Get back here!"

"Now your sister is chasing Miroku with a knife of some sort since he apparently got too close to you, although it was completely by accident."

Melissa groans as she places a hand on her forehead, this was going to be a very long day!

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