Chisato trailed behind them, put out at the fact that she could no longer
reach her beloved Miroku. Kirara had taken pity on the monk and allowed him
to ride on her back with Sango. Miroku was pleased about the fact that not
only would he escape from Chisato (Kirara would only allow two at a time),
but he could be near Sango all at the same time. Of course, Sango was not
too happy about the arrangements and kept a wary eye on Miroku so that he
couldn't grope.
Sesshomaru looked down at Rin as she stumbled for about the tenth time. He gave a sigh and picked Rin up, letting her rest against his fur.
"Sesshy?" Chisato said timidly.
"Don't call me that," Sesshomaru snapped.
"Um, Sesshomaru, is that little girl one of your sisters? D-d-d-d-did you f- find a new f-favorite sibling?" she asked on the verge of tears.
"You were never my favorite sibling. And no, Rin is not my sister," Sesshomaru said expressionlessly.
"OH YEAH, YOU JERK?!" she shrieked, causing both InuYasha and Sesshomaru to wince at the pain in their ears. "Then who is your favorite?"
"InuYasha."
"What?" Kagome asked, "After all those times you tried to kill him, he's your favorite?"
Needless to say, everybody was extremely confused. Except Rin, who had nodded to sleep in his arms.
"Yes. He is the one that is least annoying and most powerful. He does the most credit to my family," Sesshomaru answered simply.
"But what about your mother's side?" Shippo asked.
"I don't find their company in the least bit pleasing. All they do is brag about their adventures and argue about who killed who," Sesshomaru said. "InuYasha has things to say that are ALMOST interesting. He ALMOST has some intelligence." They all noted how he exaggerated the word 'almost'.
"We're stopping for the night," InuYasha said sharply. His ears were perked straight forward, and one of them twitched ever so slightly.
Sesshomaru shushed them, and listened carefully, hoping to pick up what InuYasha had. He hadn't been paying much attention to the sounds beyond the group. He hadn't been paying attention to anything, and just now noticed that it was already dark. Not that it mattered, he could see in the dark.
The fields were silent. Then, ever so slightly he heard it.
"How far do you think it is?" he asked InuYasha.
******Kagome looked between InuYasha and Sesshomaru. She saw Sesshomaru's mouth move, but couldn't hear him. InuYasha did the same. It seemed the two of them understood each other, but Chisato didn't. This seemingly voiceless conversation went on for some time.
******Sesshomaru watched InuYasha listen again, his eyes showing that he was calculating.
"I don't know. Maybe two, three leagues," InuYasha replied.
Sesshomaru listened again. No it was farther than that. "I'd say about five. It's too faint to be any closer than that. But it's approaching fast."
"Not that fast. I've seen faster, and so have you. It's only going about...four steps a second," InuYasha said.
InuYasha sniffed. He had smelled something like it before, but he couldn't think of where. It wasn't what he had smelled in that other place, but it was almost like it. He looked at Sesshomaru, a look of confusion on his face.
Then, ever so slightly, he heard Sesshomaru whisper one word: "Chiko."
InuYasha looked confused for a moment. Then he understood. The smell was similar to that of Sesshomaru, because it was Sesshomaru's brother. But it was only a little like Sesshomaru, because Chiko was only half his brother.
InuYasha glanced at Sesshomaru, waiting to see his brother's reaction. Sesshomaru shook Rin gently awake, and set the child on her feet. She was unbalanced for a second, but didn't fall. She stood up and looked at her Sesshomaru-sama.
******Kagome watched as Sesshomaru set Rin on her feet. Both Sesshomaru and InuYasha looked tense about something.
"InuYasha?" she said hesitantly.
"Sesshomaru's brother is headed this way," InuYasha said.
"How do you know?" Kagome asked.
"I think Sesshomaru can tell his own brother's scent," InuYasha said, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. Actually, it was.
"But then, how can YOU tell?" Kagome asked.
"He told me," InuYasha said, snorting.
"No he didn't. I didn't hear him," Kagome said. She refused to give in to InuYasha's side without a fight.
"Feh. That's because you're human. We have dog hearing," InuYasha told her, and snorted again.
"Oh," Kagome said in a small voice. Well, she had tried. "But shouldn't Chisato have heard it?" she asked.
"I did," Chisato said smugly. She obviously thought she could impress Miroku with her demonic powers, but unluckily for her, Miroku had seen it before. And it was all shown to him by a more powerful hanyou than she was.
All during this time, Sesshomaru remained silent, waiting for the arrival of his 'beloved' brother. Then, up he came, blowing dust behind him.
"My dear baby brother," Chiko sneered at Sesshomaru.
Somehow, Chiko came as a surprise to Kagome. His hair was only just below his shoulders, and tied back, all except for his long bangs that fell in his eyes. He bore little resemblance to Sesshomaru, beyond the stripes on his face and height.
"What do you want?" Sesshomaru asked. His voice no longer showed all the emotions that they had seen in him those past days. They had heard amusement, annoyance, a small amount of happiness, and InuYasha had ALMOST even heard care. But now it was back to the blank expressions and even more blank voice.
"Only to meet those that my brother has picked up," Chiko said, looking past him. "Let's see; I know Chisato. A kitsune---they are such weak, foolish creatures. Humans---I won't even ask about THEM. And---no!"
He walked up to InuYasha and slowly circled him. "It can't be. The famous InuYasha. The little human girl's pet. The boy that great Lord Sesshomaru couldn't defeat..." sarcasm dripped from his mouth like honey when he said Sesshomaru's name. "And the famous sword, Tetsusaiga." He reached out and grabbed the sword's hilt, only to get giant rake marks down his arm as punishment.
"I would watch out if I were you, Chiko," Sesshomaru said idly. "InuYasha has a vicious streak that you don't always see. He goes on killing sprees. Almost killed his own mate once."
"My mate...?" InuYasha drifted off confused for a moment. Then he seemed to realized what Sesshomaru meant, and growled. "I would never mate a weak, pathetic human," he snarled.
"Then why do you keep her around?" Chiko asked. "Maybe I should take her...she's a nice prize, I say," he said, looking over at Kagome.
"That's disgusting," Sesshomaru spat. "Your whole manner disgusts me."
"That's what you've said ever since your mate died," Chiko said, not taking his eyes off of Kagome.
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Author's notes: Sorry, but that seemed like a good chapter end. My friend Shelaum would kill me for ending a chapter like that. My other friend, Sanaa, will kill me for saying anything like that about Sesshomaru. *Cries* I don't feel loved anymore. *Sniff, sniff*, they hate my ideas that go along that line.
Choose one:
Red button---NOOOOO!! That's not good, Sesshomaru just isn't that kind of person!
Yellow button---Hmmm, I don't care what you do, it's your story.
Green button---Yes! That's a good plot twist!
Sesshomaru looked down at Rin as she stumbled for about the tenth time. He gave a sigh and picked Rin up, letting her rest against his fur.
"Sesshy?" Chisato said timidly.
"Don't call me that," Sesshomaru snapped.
"Um, Sesshomaru, is that little girl one of your sisters? D-d-d-d-did you f- find a new f-favorite sibling?" she asked on the verge of tears.
"You were never my favorite sibling. And no, Rin is not my sister," Sesshomaru said expressionlessly.
"OH YEAH, YOU JERK?!" she shrieked, causing both InuYasha and Sesshomaru to wince at the pain in their ears. "Then who is your favorite?"
"InuYasha."
"What?" Kagome asked, "After all those times you tried to kill him, he's your favorite?"
Needless to say, everybody was extremely confused. Except Rin, who had nodded to sleep in his arms.
"Yes. He is the one that is least annoying and most powerful. He does the most credit to my family," Sesshomaru answered simply.
"But what about your mother's side?" Shippo asked.
"I don't find their company in the least bit pleasing. All they do is brag about their adventures and argue about who killed who," Sesshomaru said. "InuYasha has things to say that are ALMOST interesting. He ALMOST has some intelligence." They all noted how he exaggerated the word 'almost'.
"We're stopping for the night," InuYasha said sharply. His ears were perked straight forward, and one of them twitched ever so slightly.
Sesshomaru shushed them, and listened carefully, hoping to pick up what InuYasha had. He hadn't been paying much attention to the sounds beyond the group. He hadn't been paying attention to anything, and just now noticed that it was already dark. Not that it mattered, he could see in the dark.
The fields were silent. Then, ever so slightly he heard it.
"How far do you think it is?" he asked InuYasha.
******Kagome looked between InuYasha and Sesshomaru. She saw Sesshomaru's mouth move, but couldn't hear him. InuYasha did the same. It seemed the two of them understood each other, but Chisato didn't. This seemingly voiceless conversation went on for some time.
******Sesshomaru watched InuYasha listen again, his eyes showing that he was calculating.
"I don't know. Maybe two, three leagues," InuYasha replied.
Sesshomaru listened again. No it was farther than that. "I'd say about five. It's too faint to be any closer than that. But it's approaching fast."
"Not that fast. I've seen faster, and so have you. It's only going about...four steps a second," InuYasha said.
InuYasha sniffed. He had smelled something like it before, but he couldn't think of where. It wasn't what he had smelled in that other place, but it was almost like it. He looked at Sesshomaru, a look of confusion on his face.
Then, ever so slightly, he heard Sesshomaru whisper one word: "Chiko."
InuYasha looked confused for a moment. Then he understood. The smell was similar to that of Sesshomaru, because it was Sesshomaru's brother. But it was only a little like Sesshomaru, because Chiko was only half his brother.
InuYasha glanced at Sesshomaru, waiting to see his brother's reaction. Sesshomaru shook Rin gently awake, and set the child on her feet. She was unbalanced for a second, but didn't fall. She stood up and looked at her Sesshomaru-sama.
******Kagome watched as Sesshomaru set Rin on her feet. Both Sesshomaru and InuYasha looked tense about something.
"InuYasha?" she said hesitantly.
"Sesshomaru's brother is headed this way," InuYasha said.
"How do you know?" Kagome asked.
"I think Sesshomaru can tell his own brother's scent," InuYasha said, as if it was the most obvious thing in the world. Actually, it was.
"But then, how can YOU tell?" Kagome asked.
"He told me," InuYasha said, snorting.
"No he didn't. I didn't hear him," Kagome said. She refused to give in to InuYasha's side without a fight.
"Feh. That's because you're human. We have dog hearing," InuYasha told her, and snorted again.
"Oh," Kagome said in a small voice. Well, she had tried. "But shouldn't Chisato have heard it?" she asked.
"I did," Chisato said smugly. She obviously thought she could impress Miroku with her demonic powers, but unluckily for her, Miroku had seen it before. And it was all shown to him by a more powerful hanyou than she was.
All during this time, Sesshomaru remained silent, waiting for the arrival of his 'beloved' brother. Then, up he came, blowing dust behind him.
"My dear baby brother," Chiko sneered at Sesshomaru.
Somehow, Chiko came as a surprise to Kagome. His hair was only just below his shoulders, and tied back, all except for his long bangs that fell in his eyes. He bore little resemblance to Sesshomaru, beyond the stripes on his face and height.
"What do you want?" Sesshomaru asked. His voice no longer showed all the emotions that they had seen in him those past days. They had heard amusement, annoyance, a small amount of happiness, and InuYasha had ALMOST even heard care. But now it was back to the blank expressions and even more blank voice.
"Only to meet those that my brother has picked up," Chiko said, looking past him. "Let's see; I know Chisato. A kitsune---they are such weak, foolish creatures. Humans---I won't even ask about THEM. And---no!"
He walked up to InuYasha and slowly circled him. "It can't be. The famous InuYasha. The little human girl's pet. The boy that great Lord Sesshomaru couldn't defeat..." sarcasm dripped from his mouth like honey when he said Sesshomaru's name. "And the famous sword, Tetsusaiga." He reached out and grabbed the sword's hilt, only to get giant rake marks down his arm as punishment.
"I would watch out if I were you, Chiko," Sesshomaru said idly. "InuYasha has a vicious streak that you don't always see. He goes on killing sprees. Almost killed his own mate once."
"My mate...?" InuYasha drifted off confused for a moment. Then he seemed to realized what Sesshomaru meant, and growled. "I would never mate a weak, pathetic human," he snarled.
"Then why do you keep her around?" Chiko asked. "Maybe I should take her...she's a nice prize, I say," he said, looking over at Kagome.
"That's disgusting," Sesshomaru spat. "Your whole manner disgusts me."
"That's what you've said ever since your mate died," Chiko said, not taking his eyes off of Kagome.
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Author's notes: Sorry, but that seemed like a good chapter end. My friend Shelaum would kill me for ending a chapter like that. My other friend, Sanaa, will kill me for saying anything like that about Sesshomaru. *Cries* I don't feel loved anymore. *Sniff, sniff*, they hate my ideas that go along that line.
Choose one:
Red button---NOOOOO!! That's not good, Sesshomaru just isn't that kind of person!
Yellow button---Hmmm, I don't care what you do, it's your story.
Green button---Yes! That's a good plot twist!