Disclaimer: If I didn't own InuYasha in the beginning, and I didn't own him in the last author's notes, what would make you think I own him now? I mean, just because I stalk Rumiko Takahashi…whoops, I've said too much.

The Proposition

"So, what are we going to do about this?" Inu said, swinging his Tetsusaiga around in a figure eight motion.

"Hey, where'd you get that anyway?" Kagome asked curiously.

"I dunno, it was next to me when I woke up."

"In any case, we have to take care of this, I mean, we have two of me, one of which is an Idiot…"

"But which one?" Miroku chimed in.

"And…" InuYasha continued, growling threateningly at the monk, "we have the snake demon to worry about, plus…" his face grew even more serious than before, "Kagome didn't even bring me any ramen!" he whined, causing the entire group to burst out laughing.

"Seriously though…"

"Who wasn't serious?"

"We have to find that demon! She's after something, but what?"

"It's the shards, of course!" InuYasha answered the question without a second thought.

"But it couldn't be the shards, because she had many chances to take them, especially against an unarmed Inu, and Kagome with a bow, we already know she was more than fast enough to steal them, with that information, we know she couldn't have been out to kill anyone, because we know that without Kagome's help, InuYasha was easy pickings for her. So what the hell is she after!" Miroku said, slamming his fist on the tree that InuYasha was laying on.

"Maybe she's employed by Naraku. You know he likes to play those mind games. Or maybe my brother is doing it for some other reason maybe to distract us for some reason.

"I had nothing to do with her," a regal voice said from behind them.

"What the hell are you doing here, Sesshomaru?"

"Why is he cursing, Fluffy?"

"I don't know, why don't we ask him?" he jumped over to InuYasha and grabbed him by the neck, "You will never, ever, curse in front of Rin again, do you hear me?" he said in his most threatening voice, which was answered in laughter.

"Heheheheh, Fluffy! No matter how many times snigger I hear it, I never get tired of it, Fluffy!" InuYasha laughed, making Sesshomaru blush.

"I said, do you hear me?" he repeated, now nearly choking him.

"Yeah, gulp I hear you."

"Good." he said, dropping him, "Now this 'Aski' as she told me her name was, is irritating me also, and she seems to think that she is our sister."

"That's what she said when we first met, too." InuYasha, still rubbing his neck, added.

"Might I suggest we join forces to defeat a common enemy?" 'Fluffy' offered.

"And why should I? Like I said before, she might be on your side, distracting us, so you can do something like this to get something you want."

"Look, I don't want to fight, I don't want for Rin to hear or see us fighting. And besides, if we fight, Kagome will most likely try to shoot me with an arrow, which will, most likely, ruin Rin's impression of her." he said, waving his arm in their direction, where Kagome was giving Rin a piece of candy.

"Do you have any more, Aunt Kagome?" Rin asked.

"Maybe…" Kagome replied, pulling a few more pieces out of her backpack, causing Rin to squeal in delight.

"Hey, wait a minute, 'Aunt?' just what did you tell her, brother?"

"Um, anyways, if you need to talk to me, about this or something else, just come here." he handed him a piece of cloth with directions on it. He then walked over to Kagome and picked Rin up off of her back. "Thank you Miss Kagome, for watching Rin as I spoke with my brother," he said, bowing to her.

"No problem, I like doing it, now remember, Rin, don't grow up to be like InuYasha or Sesshomaru, try to like your siblings, or at least, not outright fight with them."

"Okay Aunt Kagome!" She said, unwrapping the hard candy Kagome gave her.

"Now remember, if you need to see me, come to that address."

A/N: Really long time for update this time, sorry, I really have no excuse (except for just being plain lazy, or maybe busy playing final fantasy on my new PS2), I will have to give myself thirty lashes for this one, review, and I might raise or drop that number, according to your thoughts. Also, try to guess what Aski's after, please.