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A/N: Thank you all! I made it pass the 600-reviews mark! :D
Ok, I strongly recommend that you read the chapters before the little 'side trip'. But if you don't want to, here's a recap:
- God Tree guy showed up and ranted about some prophecy concerning a certain bond. He expected a jewel similar to the Shikon to appear, but a sword appeared instead. Reason being, the karmic part of the bond was never fulfilled.
- Now that they have 'fulfilled' it, no, the sword isn't turning into a jewel. It's staying a sword, because I say so, and that Goshinboku can go screw himself in the ass.
- Inuyasha lost the Tetsusaiga. Remember? No you don't. When the new sword was born Sesshoumaru gained possession of the Tetsusaiga.
Any other questions, feel free to ask.
I was wondering. If I made a parallel story, about Kagome showing Sesshoumaru all the modern sexual material of today... I don't know.
And sorry about the delay. It was a combination of Halloween, homework, a crappy life, writer's block and period cramps.
Oh, and Happy Halloween!
P.S. My stupid camping trip that lasts two months? They changed it from April to July. Screw them. But it means I've got longer to post n.n.
And sorry about being a bitch. -.-o Warning: Because of my bad mood, the language of the characters will get pretty foul.
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Chapter 23: Seiji and the Inheritance
"I would've thought you would be happy for you friend," Sesshoumaru said.
"Yes! But I don't see why I should accept you. I was born to kill your kind," Sango said, gripping her boomerang tighter.
"If you're asking for an explanation, you're not getting one."
"Oh, but I am. Before, I could understand Kagome's reasoning for even coming close to you. But now? She's made it clear she's in love with you! And that's just... not possible."
"She fell in love with a hanyou, who are hated by both youkai and human."
"Inuyasha has a heart!"
"After sneaking off so many times to visit a dead priestess? Even if the stench didn't kill him first, she would've dragged him to hell. And, contrary to your point, all living creatures have hearts; there is no possible way for us to survive without them."
She glared at him, her mistrust evident. "I don't want to see Kagome hurt."
"Do I give you reason to believe she will be?"
"Not yet. But if I ever, ever hear of you mistreating her..." Sango's hiraikotsu quivered menacingly...
Stupid wench. Like he could even mistreat Kagome if he'd wanted to. She'd only make sure he went to hell with missing balls and a purified ass.
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"This plan is terrible, and it will never work," Miroku said.
"Of course it will," Kagome shrugged. "You just play your part."
"Innocent, dumb, unsuspecting houshi."
"Actually, it might be a bit far-fetched, now that you mention it. I mean, you? Innocent?"
"That hurt my feelings," Miroku sulked.
"Ok, sorry. Here, test me again."
He sighed; "Alright. Try again." Sitting on a patch of grass, he watched Kagome conjure a small man up.
"Seiji?" Miroku asked in a Sango-like voice. Seiji was a man from her village.
Kagome waved her right hand, and 'Seiji' sank to the ground, sitting nicely. "Sango! After all these years!"
"I thought you were killed with the entire village!" exclaimed Miroku in his falsetto.
"No. And now I hear you're getting married!"
"To that completely handsome and charming priest on your right. Yes, the clever-looking one, the one with -"
"Ahem!" hissed Kagome.
"Right, sorry," apologized Miroku. He regained his Sango air. "What brings you here, Seiji?"
"Apparently, your father left you quite a large amount of wealth," Seiji said. "He had sold, over the years, many youkai bones and things for lots of money. No one knew, except for me; now, I think its time to -"
"Kagome?" called Sango from a distance. "Miroku?"
"Shit, shit," Kagome cursed, trying to make Seiji disappear.
"No time!" muttered Miroku, and he pushed her into a large bush, rolling in after her. Seiji stood there, motionless.
Branches rustled as footsteps approached; the light steps of two experienced fighters. "Seiji?" they could hear Sango ask.
Kagome moved her lips soundlessly; instead, the words came from Seiji. "Sango! I didn't know you were around this area! I was looking for you."
"I thought you died with the rest of the village!"
"I thought you did, too!"
"You were looking for me?"
"Yes, to give you your father's will."
Miroku would've slapped his forehead, except he was wary of crackling the bush they were hiding in. Stupid move. They hadn't prepared a will.
"Hey, Sango! Where's Kag – Who's this?"
Kagome groaned silently. Inuyasha. Of all the people...
Sesshoumaru tried not to look amused. He could, as he hoped Inuyasha could, smell the miko and the houshi in the bush. They weren't doing anything, but with the added appearance of Seiji (who, by the way, smelled exactly like Kagome)...
It wouldn't take a fool to guess what was going on. Except, of course; Inuyasha was a fool. Inuyasha didn't think Seiji smelling like Kagome was out of the ordinary. Which was why he proceeded towards the bush immediately.
Kagome heard the hanyou's approach, and quickly, had Seiji thrust Sango a piece of paper. She barely had time to make Seiji mutter a hurried excuse before running away when –
"You damned houshi! What the hell are you doing?" yelled Inuyasha.
"Uhh... nothing..." Miroku said, sweat-dropping. He could feel the heat coming from the hanyou and the exterminator...
"Get off Kagome!"
"It's not what it looks like!" Kagome said, crawling out of the bush. "He's helping me with my powers."
"In a bush," snorted Inuyasha. "I'd say he was trying to take advantage!"
"If," Sesshoumaru began, pausing. "If he was any real threat, I wouldn't have allowed him to wander off with Kagome in the first place."
"Bah! You don't know the monk! He's a travelling monk, and he's the most well-travelled monk in the bedroom too!"
"Bah?" asked Kagome in surprise. "I thought it was 'Feh'!"
"Keh!" scoffed Inuyasha.
"Houshi, you have thirty seconds to explain yourself," Sango said.
"I'm innocent!" wailed Miroku.
"You know, given the perverted nature of monk, if they'd been doing anything, we would probably have caught them actually in the act," Sesshoumaru said.
"What? You sick, perverted... pedophile!" Kagome yelled.
"Pedophile?" Sesshoumaru arched an eyebrow.
"Of all the nerve! You are an old, thousand-year-old man, who sleeps with innocent sixteen-year-olds, then you have the nerve to call Miroku a pervert?" Kagome got to her feet, dusted herself off, and glared at Sesshoumaru.
"This is where I make my exit," Sesshoumaru said, before speeding off gracefully.
"Oh, no you don't," Kagome said, dashing after him.
He smirked and went slower, though not slow enough so she could catch up to him. There was a steaming hot spring not too far, and if he could lead Kagome to it...
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"Umm... Sango... Kohaku..." began Sango, trying to read her father's will.
"Let me," Miroku said, and with a flourish, took the paper from her. "Sango, Kohaku." He read the rest silently, and quickly. "Ok, you're rich," he said at the end.
"I'm rich?" Sango asked, grabbing the paper from him. She stared at the characters. Ok, so what if she hadn't always paid attention when her father tried teaching her to read and write...
"The money is in..." Miroku paused. The rest of the characters cut off from there – apparently, Kagome had only made characters go so far.
No. In fact, they were one by one, slowly, disappearing.
"It's in a protected area. We'll need a miko's help to get there. And, also, this paper is, by your father's instruction, to be burned." Miroku dropped it into the fire, where no one noticed that it disintegrated instead of turning to ash.
"Money?" asked Shippou innocently. "Sango, can't you get Kaede to do it?"
Rin conked his head. "Money isn't everything, you know."
"Why not, actually?" asked Inuyasha. "Maybe there'll be monsters trying to get the treasure I can promptly slay. That'll show that egotistical son of a bitch who's better."
"Who, me?" Sesshoumaru said casually. Rin squealed and ran up to him, hugging onto his pant leg.
"Yes, you!" Inuyasha growled.
"Uncle Inuyasha's in a bad, bad mood," Rin said, eyes wide.
"Uncle Inuyasha needs a hug," Kagome said, grinned wickedly.
"Of course! I'm so forgetful!" Rin said, rushing up to Inuyasha, knocking the wind out of the hanyou.
"Kagome, we were just talking about Sango's inheritance," Miroku said. Hint hint, nudge nudge.
"Is it guarded by a barrier of sorts?"
"Yes. We need a miko to break it."
"Right. Where is the place?" Kagome realized her mistake. "I mean, I'll just sense for any barriers or things," she rectified.
"Need company?" asked Inuyasha.
"And me!" Shippou said.
"Kagome-chan..." Rin began.
Kaede shook her head slightly at Kagome and Miroku, guessing what they were up to. "You'll all go," she said, "except for Sango and I. Sango, we have to do a few last-minute fittings."
The girl could've wept with annoyance. Her father's testament had been found, and no, she had to try on stupid dresses instead of looking for her inheritance.
"Life is unfair," mused Kagome.
Sango swore under her breath.
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"What the hell is wrong with you two?" demanded Shippou.
"Shippou! Hell is such a bad word," Rin said.
"Kagome's always travelled on my back! Why change anything?" growled Inuyasha.
"Because I don't trust you are able to run properly," Sesshoumaru snapped.
"What, I get no say in the matter?" yelled Kagome, trying to make herself heard over the two loud brothers.
"Can we be going?" Miroku asked impatiently.
They didn't seem to have heard him. "Kagome travels with me, and that's final," spat Inuyasha.
"Final? You don't get the final say. I do, and I say you're not touching her."
"Just because you're the almighty Lord of the Western Lands doesn't mean you can boss me around!"
"Well, I am your older brother; and even if you have no respect for my title you'd better respect my seniority!"
"YOU TWO!" shouted Kagome. "You two are worse than little children fighting over snacks! And you're not little children, and I'm NOT a snack, so stop arguing this instant!"
No one listened. "You never acted like the older brother! Why now descend upon me just to use your place in the family to make me do what you want?" Inuyasha yelled.
"Because before this, I couldn't be bothered," Sesshoumaru said.
"Fine! I'll walk! Happy?" Kagome said, striding off, followed closely by Miroku, Shippou and Rin.
"Look what you did," growled Sesshoumaru, rushing off after them.
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"Your turn's up, smartass, it's mine," Inuyasha said rudely.
"You two really are idiots. It must run in the family," sighed Kagome, as Sesshoumaru grudgingly flew lower. She climbed off Sesshoumaru's cloud onto Inuyasha's back.
"The way you all keep changing positions, we'll never get there," Miroku called from below.
"Keh!" snorted Inuyasha, running even faster. He could damned well keep up with Sesshoumaru, magic cloud be damned.
A couple minutes later...
"Honestly, aren't you all sick of this already?" Kagome grumbled as Inuyasha dropped her onto said magic cloud.
"YES!" yelled Shippou, Miroku and Rin.
"We're nearly there," Sesshoumaru said.
"Where? Since when do you have the powers to sense barriers?" demanded Inuyasha.
"Ever since I gained the Tetsusaiga because of that idiotic God Tree's bonding exercise."
Kagome rolled her eyes. "Inuyasha, there is no barrier."
"Huh?" he asked.
"Miroku, you explain," Kagome said.
"Ok. You see..." Quickly, Miroku explained the entire plan.
Inuyasha's reply could be heard echoing off the treetops and valleys.
"Shhhh!!!" shouted Shippou, covering his ears.
"SHE SLEPT WITH HIM FOR A FUCKING DOWRY???"
"It's not like that!" Kagome yelled.
"SESSHOUMARU YOU GODDAMNED MOTHER-FU-"
"Sit!" Kagome hopped off next to Inuyasha. "Calm down!"
Muffled shouting could be heard from Inuyasha.
"Never overestimate the amount of Inuyasha's self-control, and never, ever, underestimate the power of the almighty 'Sit'," Miroku said philosophically.
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"We secured the money in a shrine at a town," Miroku said. "You just charge whatever you need to buy from now on to that shrine."
"So how much was there?" Kaede asked.
"Lots," Shippou said very convincingly.
Kaede nodded. "Well then, a proper wedding is in order, don't you think? For one thing," she began pushing Miroku out the door, "etiquette doesn't allow you to glimpse the bride yet. Go stay with one of the villagers."
"No problem," called Miroku as the door slammed shut behind him. "Now, which house should I pay a visit to? The Asano family... Well, that one has three beautiful daughters but that jealous father. No, too dangerous. The Sato family? No, she's pretty, but too clingy. No, definitely not Sakura."
"Houshi..." Sango yelled from inside the house. "I give you three seconds to get your ass back inside!"
"... But Makoto! Makoto, that old chum. He had the most exquisite sister! Oh, you could say her body -"
"MIROKU! You -"
"- almost rivals that of the great and beautiful Kagome -"
"Excuse me?" Kagome asked dangerously, appearing besides him.
"- or that of the fiery and strong youkai exterminator Sango. You guys never let me finish!" complained Miroku.
"Next time, we won't," Kagome said, her knee finding a convenient spot to dig into – right between his legs.
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"Bored, are you?"
"No," Sesshoumaru lied calmly.
"Of course you're bored. Here, read this." Kagome thrust a book into his arms.
"What is this about?"
"My time. Festivals, transportation, and food, stuff like that. And you never know – you may pick up some English too."
"English?" repeated Sesshoumaru.
"It's my English book, and there's English and Japanese both in it. English is a language spoken by other countries."
"Ridiculous," he scoffed.
"Fine, do what you will," Kagome said, walking away.
She smiled as she heard the rustle of leaves in the trees, and the brushing noise of a page being opened.
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Shippou and Rin strained to read a long list. "Imported Chinese tea?"
Kaede went over the items. "Check."
"Silk and satin brocade?"
"Check."
"Money?"
"Check."
"Red knot of love and long life?"
"Yes."
"Tapestry of a thousand children to encourage many sons?"
"Definitely."
"Dinner's up," Kagome said.
"Keh! Damned things," Inuyasha said, kicking a red and gold satin ball. "All have their ridiculous, useless meaning."
"Aww, don't be so pessimistic. Here, try this." Kagome passed him a steaming bowl of ramen.
"Not bad," he said reluctantly after a bite. Considering that he thought Kagome's most carefully prepared sushi were crap, a 'not bad' was a 'very good' coming from him. "What flavour?"
"Still beef. I just added stuff."
"Like?"
"Umm..." Inuyasha spotted an open packet on the ground and picked it up.
He blinked.
"Ok, it was a bad idea," Kagome said, starting to sweat.
"Keh," Inuyasha snorted after a long bout of breath-holding for Kagome. "Feed them to my brother. He'll take the joke nicely."
He threw the packet back to her; well, not until he'd dumped the rest of the dog biscuits into his noodles.
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"You'll strain your eyesight reading in the dark," Kagome said. "Come down and eat."
"I require no food. And surely you know I can see in the dark?"
"Of course. But eat something."
Kagome's English book fell open onto the ground from the tree. She felt someone leap down behind her.
Hot lips caressed her collarbone, with the occasionally pointed fang brushing against her skin.
The bowl of noodles fell uneaten to the ground.