For breakfast they ate out on a veranda by a courtyard. Sesshomaru soon
joined them.
"I trust you slept well," he said.
"Oh, yes. It was great," Sango said. She was extremely cheery this morning. Of course, Kagome could beg to differ.
Somebody plopped down between Sesshomaru and Kagome. Her jaw dropped.
"Well look who finally decided to grace us with his presence," Sesshomaru said icily.
"Well good morning to you too," the stranger said even more coldly.
He couldn't be anybody else besides Bushichirou. He looked like a strange cross between InuYasha and Sesshomaru. He was hardly fourteen with hair that went beyond his butt. He was definitely less feminine than Sesshomaru, but also less refined. His clothes weren't much different from InuYasha's, beyond that they were a dark blue, he wore shoes, and of course didn't have prayer beads around his neck. He did have the stripes on his face, the same as his father.
They were hardly halfway through breakfast when there was screaming coming from nearby. Over the courtyard walls came flames and smoke. A demon leapt over the roofs, and landed in the middle of the courtyard. He appeared to be some sort of tiger demon with claws and a tail, and stripes flowed over his arms and neck. He pointed his katana at Sesshomaru. Strangely, Sesshomaru and Bushichirou acted as if nothing had happened, while the rest of them had jumped up.
"This is it, Sesshomaru. The final standoff. Mono a mono. Demon to demon. Just you and me," he said viciously.
"Good morning, Tetsu," Sesshomaru said, not turning round.
"You're not fighting me? Because you've given up," Tetsu said, although he seemed unsure of his words.
"Because you're a waste of time," Bushichirou said, making it obvious what he thought of the tiger demon.
InuYasha plopped down, and was soon followed by the rest of them. Tetsu's arm went limp and the tiger youkai trudged over to the table dragging the sword on the ground, and sat down.
"I'm a failure, aren't I?" he asked.
"Yeah," Bushichirou said simply and rudely.
Sesshomaru gave his son a scolding look and turned to the tiger demon. "Just because you've tried to take over my estate unsuccessfully for the past forty years, doesn't mean you're a failure. Tea?"
"But I've failed at every attempt," he said, accepting the tea and looking downtrodden.
"Well, there are other places to take over," Kagome said. "I think you've taken on a hard opponent."
"But where else is there to take over?" Tetsu asked.
"Go take over Edo," Bushichirou said.
"NO!" Kagome said, "I need that place to get home."
"I'd leave the place for your home," Tetsu said.
"But I need the well. It might get ruined. I get home through there," Kagome said.
"Yes, ruin it!" InuYasha said brightly. "That way Kagome won't go take those stupid tests."
"She needs tests!" Sesshomaru scolded. "People need to be educated."
"I'll leave the well for you. I'd build you a temple if you like, Lady Kagome is it?"
"Yeah, I'm Kagome."
"You're that beautiful priestess that people talk about. The stories do you no justice, I see," Tetsu said, kissing Kagome's hand, causing her to grin and blush.
"HEY!" InuYasha exclaimed.
"Jealous InuYasha?" Miroku asked.
"Why would I be jealous, she's not even pretty," InuYasha said, his eyes bugging out.
"You should be," said Shippo. "If you hate Kagome so much, then why not get rid of her and be done with it?"
"Yeah, why not?" Kagome asked, annoyed.
"I need you to find those jewel shards for me. Besides, you're the one with these stupid beads around my neck."
"I'd cut them off," Kagome said, crossing her arms, and closing her eyes, an airy look on her face.
"That doesn't do anything about the jewel!" InuYasha yelled.
"What a lunk-head," Bushichirou muttered. "I can't believe I'm related to him."
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING A LUNKHEAD, RUNT?!" InuYasha screamed.
"Your obnoxious voice is hurting my ears," Bushichirou snapped.
"Oh yeah?" InuYasha sneered.
Bushichirou stuck out his tongue. This made InuYasha even more angry, but as he couldn't come up with anything to say, followed suit. They all had sweat-dropped. Sesshomaru put his face in a hand and heaved a sigh.
"Just you wait. Father's gonna fry your ears in butter," Bushichirou said.
"What?" InuYasha asked.
Everybody could see Sesshomaru behind InuYasha's back, waving his hands frantically and shaking his head. He drew a line across his throat, telling Bushichirou to stop, but it was taken the wrong way.
"And cut off your head?"
Sesshomaru slapped his hand to his head, and sucked in his breath, showing a set of beautiful, sharp white fangs.
"He's gonna take out your teeth and make them into a necklace! And make a wonderful meal out of you! And feed it to his friends! And tell them it's a delicacy! He told me so..." Bushichirou said, as if he knew everything about how Sesshomaru's mind worked.
"That's enough of your little made up stories," Sesshomaru snapped.
As soon as the other's walked off, Sesshomaru was after him. Bushichirou gave out a strangled yell and ran down the hallway. Unfortunately, they were both abnormally fast. Doors swung open from the wind they created, and geishas' clutched their hair to keep it from falling down. Bushichirou continued yelling.
A little ways down the corridor, a door opened and Madam Yu stepped out. She heard the two of them, and stepped out into the hall. Bushichirou hid behind her, as she looked at Sesshomaru like a cat eyeing her prey.
"Why are the two of you acting in this -ungodly- manner?" she snapped.
"He wants to kill me," Bushichirou said indignantly.
"He told my brother a lie."
"I told him what you told me...that you were going to cut off his head and fry his ears and feed him to your friends, and make his teeth into a necklace!"
"Sesshomaru, did you say that?" Madam Yu asked.
"No....well, a little of it....I did say I was going to cut off his ears and fry them in butter....and that I would feed those ears to certain youkai," Sesshomaru said, somewhat sheepishly.
"Well, I hope you learned that talking behind people's back will only lead to them finding out," Madam Yu said.
Sesshomaru opened his mouth indignantly. However, Madam Yu held up a finger, and said, "However, it was wrong for Bushichirou to exaggerate things in that manner. He shall write up my manuscripts. They are in horrible condition and need to be replaced."
She seemed satisfied. Bushichirou looked indignant and disbelieving at the fact that he had to write hundreds of manuscripts. Sesshomaru let out a silent fit of laughter behind the tutor's back. Bushichirou stuck his tongue out at his father, but this only got him a hard look from Madam Yu.
Sesshomaru was satisfied for now.
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I hope you like this chapter. I realize that my last few haven't been the best I've written.
"I trust you slept well," he said.
"Oh, yes. It was great," Sango said. She was extremely cheery this morning. Of course, Kagome could beg to differ.
Somebody plopped down between Sesshomaru and Kagome. Her jaw dropped.
"Well look who finally decided to grace us with his presence," Sesshomaru said icily.
"Well good morning to you too," the stranger said even more coldly.
He couldn't be anybody else besides Bushichirou. He looked like a strange cross between InuYasha and Sesshomaru. He was hardly fourteen with hair that went beyond his butt. He was definitely less feminine than Sesshomaru, but also less refined. His clothes weren't much different from InuYasha's, beyond that they were a dark blue, he wore shoes, and of course didn't have prayer beads around his neck. He did have the stripes on his face, the same as his father.
They were hardly halfway through breakfast when there was screaming coming from nearby. Over the courtyard walls came flames and smoke. A demon leapt over the roofs, and landed in the middle of the courtyard. He appeared to be some sort of tiger demon with claws and a tail, and stripes flowed over his arms and neck. He pointed his katana at Sesshomaru. Strangely, Sesshomaru and Bushichirou acted as if nothing had happened, while the rest of them had jumped up.
"This is it, Sesshomaru. The final standoff. Mono a mono. Demon to demon. Just you and me," he said viciously.
"Good morning, Tetsu," Sesshomaru said, not turning round.
"You're not fighting me? Because you've given up," Tetsu said, although he seemed unsure of his words.
"Because you're a waste of time," Bushichirou said, making it obvious what he thought of the tiger demon.
InuYasha plopped down, and was soon followed by the rest of them. Tetsu's arm went limp and the tiger youkai trudged over to the table dragging the sword on the ground, and sat down.
"I'm a failure, aren't I?" he asked.
"Yeah," Bushichirou said simply and rudely.
Sesshomaru gave his son a scolding look and turned to the tiger demon. "Just because you've tried to take over my estate unsuccessfully for the past forty years, doesn't mean you're a failure. Tea?"
"But I've failed at every attempt," he said, accepting the tea and looking downtrodden.
"Well, there are other places to take over," Kagome said. "I think you've taken on a hard opponent."
"But where else is there to take over?" Tetsu asked.
"Go take over Edo," Bushichirou said.
"NO!" Kagome said, "I need that place to get home."
"I'd leave the place for your home," Tetsu said.
"But I need the well. It might get ruined. I get home through there," Kagome said.
"Yes, ruin it!" InuYasha said brightly. "That way Kagome won't go take those stupid tests."
"She needs tests!" Sesshomaru scolded. "People need to be educated."
"I'll leave the well for you. I'd build you a temple if you like, Lady Kagome is it?"
"Yeah, I'm Kagome."
"You're that beautiful priestess that people talk about. The stories do you no justice, I see," Tetsu said, kissing Kagome's hand, causing her to grin and blush.
"HEY!" InuYasha exclaimed.
"Jealous InuYasha?" Miroku asked.
"Why would I be jealous, she's not even pretty," InuYasha said, his eyes bugging out.
"You should be," said Shippo. "If you hate Kagome so much, then why not get rid of her and be done with it?"
"Yeah, why not?" Kagome asked, annoyed.
"I need you to find those jewel shards for me. Besides, you're the one with these stupid beads around my neck."
"I'd cut them off," Kagome said, crossing her arms, and closing her eyes, an airy look on her face.
"That doesn't do anything about the jewel!" InuYasha yelled.
"What a lunk-head," Bushichirou muttered. "I can't believe I'm related to him."
"WHO ARE YOU CALLING A LUNKHEAD, RUNT?!" InuYasha screamed.
"Your obnoxious voice is hurting my ears," Bushichirou snapped.
"Oh yeah?" InuYasha sneered.
Bushichirou stuck out his tongue. This made InuYasha even more angry, but as he couldn't come up with anything to say, followed suit. They all had sweat-dropped. Sesshomaru put his face in a hand and heaved a sigh.
"Just you wait. Father's gonna fry your ears in butter," Bushichirou said.
"What?" InuYasha asked.
Everybody could see Sesshomaru behind InuYasha's back, waving his hands frantically and shaking his head. He drew a line across his throat, telling Bushichirou to stop, but it was taken the wrong way.
"And cut off your head?"
Sesshomaru slapped his hand to his head, and sucked in his breath, showing a set of beautiful, sharp white fangs.
"He's gonna take out your teeth and make them into a necklace! And make a wonderful meal out of you! And feed it to his friends! And tell them it's a delicacy! He told me so..." Bushichirou said, as if he knew everything about how Sesshomaru's mind worked.
"That's enough of your little made up stories," Sesshomaru snapped.
As soon as the other's walked off, Sesshomaru was after him. Bushichirou gave out a strangled yell and ran down the hallway. Unfortunately, they were both abnormally fast. Doors swung open from the wind they created, and geishas' clutched their hair to keep it from falling down. Bushichirou continued yelling.
A little ways down the corridor, a door opened and Madam Yu stepped out. She heard the two of them, and stepped out into the hall. Bushichirou hid behind her, as she looked at Sesshomaru like a cat eyeing her prey.
"Why are the two of you acting in this -ungodly- manner?" she snapped.
"He wants to kill me," Bushichirou said indignantly.
"He told my brother a lie."
"I told him what you told me...that you were going to cut off his head and fry his ears and feed him to your friends, and make his teeth into a necklace!"
"Sesshomaru, did you say that?" Madam Yu asked.
"No....well, a little of it....I did say I was going to cut off his ears and fry them in butter....and that I would feed those ears to certain youkai," Sesshomaru said, somewhat sheepishly.
"Well, I hope you learned that talking behind people's back will only lead to them finding out," Madam Yu said.
Sesshomaru opened his mouth indignantly. However, Madam Yu held up a finger, and said, "However, it was wrong for Bushichirou to exaggerate things in that manner. He shall write up my manuscripts. They are in horrible condition and need to be replaced."
She seemed satisfied. Bushichirou looked indignant and disbelieving at the fact that he had to write hundreds of manuscripts. Sesshomaru let out a silent fit of laughter behind the tutor's back. Bushichirou stuck his tongue out at his father, but this only got him a hard look from Madam Yu.
Sesshomaru was satisfied for now.
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I hope you like this chapter. I realize that my last few haven't been the best I've written.