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Scroll #5:

"Your life belongs to me now!"

This mortal is intriguing! Her constant changes of mood, her blindness and her babbling are getting to my nerves.

THUD

But the most intriguing thing here is her blindness: Last night she knew that I was a taiyoukai, she was walking alone, she punched right in the middle of my face (My Dear Nose!), and she hit Jaken twice, the last time, with a rock and perfect aiming… without seeing.

THUD

She laughs at my tail. What's wrong with my tail? Every Inu-youkai got an Inu characteristic, even my worthless brother: I got a tail, Inu-Yasha got dog ears, chichihue got tail and dog ears, hahahue got tail too, and the list goes forever… What's wrong with my tail?

THUD

Finally. The river. I look at Rin-chan and place her in the ground. Then I turn over my heels to face the insolent and Jaken.

Sweat drop

She is kissing the ground again, and mumbling curses under breath. I wonder how she managed to walk through that path without falling or stumbling. During this short trip, she did fell a lot of times. I walk to her, grab her by her collar and put her on her feet.

"We're here." I tell her. She struggle: she seems to love struggling!.

"I know that already."

"Good. Now, do your job."

"Why, You are little beast's otousan."

"No, I'm not. And You are the Babysitter."

"Don't argue Sesshomaru-sama's orders!."

"Take the fever Down!."

"Do it yourself, you got two hands :giggles: and a tail for that!."

Enough. This insolent is going to be kill at dusk… But not before she teach me how to deal with this fever. I shove her to the ground for her insolence, then I grab her and put her on her feet again.

"Don't tempt me, woman!."

"Don't Call Me Woman! I Got A Name!."

"I don't care about your name."

"Me Neither! Where is the child?." She asks upset, pushing me with all of her worthless might.

I sign Jaken to lead her to my girl. The insolent kneel beside her and touch her head. She sighs in concern as she touches her forehead, hair, neck and hands frantically. She grabs the blanket and shoves it away, then, she put her own ear in my girl's chest, mumbling something about an idiot and an incompetent asshole…

"This little beast got an extra kimono?." She asks after a minute.

I look to Jaken. He denies it with his head.

"Not here. Her wardrobe is in the castle…"

"And What Are You Waiting For? Go Get It!. Or Get Her A New Kimono Soon!."

"Go get a kimono for Rin, Jaken."

"Hai, master."

This woman is bossy. She gathers my girl in her arms and walk toward the river. She kneels on the shore and place Rin inside the water, kimono and all. I walk to them. My girl is whining: she doesn't like the cold water contact.

"She got the Flu I think. Bad omen." She says. "Give me the blanket."

"You have both hands. You get it."

"I don't know where I threw it! Give the damn blanket!."

SLAP

"Hey! That Hurts!." She complains.

"Stop whining and do your job."

I sit in the vines of a tree. I slapped the insolent, because she deserved that slap. Works like a charm I must say. I have an amusing interlude watching her look for the blanket. Her lip is bleeding. Feh, like I care: she caused me a nosebleed and she didn't got worried about that. Serves her right.

THUD

For a blind, she moves very well. Her blindness explains her weird maneuvers through the surroundings.

THUD

Jaken is getting late.

THUD

She is back with Rin-chan. My girl is all wet and out of the water right now. She is shivering. Can I, Sesshomaru, trust Rin to this woman? She is pretty mad at me, maybe she'll try to kill her somehow…

"Don't worry, I will not kill your little beast: that's a youkais behavior, not a human."

Is she a mind reader also?.

"Feh. Humans can be worst then youkais if you don't know."

"But not all of them. Just a few."

"…"

"My village was attacked by a tribe of wolves during the last winter. They were youkais: many people died defending their properties."

"… Rin's village too. She was killed then."

"…"

"…"

"And that makes you a hero?. Right!. She was killed!." The insolent says in annoyance. "Sure, I forgot that every single death guy can be arise from the ground after their deaths!." She mocks.

"…"

I, Sesshomaru, will ignore her. She doesn't know about tenseiga. A pathetic and lame mortal like her, doesn't need to know about the beauty of this fang. She is an ignorant, like any other human wench.

"And Where Is The Short Guy?. Getting a girl's kimono can be THAT hard!."

"…!"

"…"

"How do you know that Jaken is short?."

"He sounds like a short guy, you kick him on the head with your foot without much effort, and he grips that awful wooden staff by the lower part."

"How do you know all that?."

"Feh. I, Mikami, don't need to tell my secrets to the likes of you!."

She reminds me of someone. I, Sesshomaru, wonder who might be. I stand and walk to my girl. She is on the insolent's lap, wet and shivering… but the fever seems to be backing off.

"What kind of taiyoukai are you?."

"…"

"I ask you a question."

"…"

"You know what kind of taiyoukai are you or not?."

"…"

Is this me or every single female I met got this thing with talking? They all seems to love talking, Rin is no excuse, This wench is no excuse, my brother's wench is no excuse, that Kagura woman isn't either… maybe that Kanna brat, but I'm not sure.

Jaken is really late.

"What's your name, woman?."

"I thought you didn't care about my name."

"…"

"Answer me first: what kind of taiyoukai are you?."

"…"

"Feh, talking to you is the same when talking to a wall: My name is Mikami, what's yours?."

"… Master."

"In your dreams. What's your name?"

She is gaining another slap. Another insolence from her and I'll rip her throat.

"Do you care?."

"I don't want to call you 'monster', 'beast', 'master' or 'taiyoukai' all the time. Beside, I'll leave after I, Mikami, slow down this little beast's fever."

She is still planning to go home. Fool. She will not go anywhere: she belongs to me now. How come she didn't realize that?

"This 'little beast's' name is Rin. My name doesn't concerns you and you'll not go anywhere. You belong to me."

"Knock it off! I belong to myself, not to you. And if that were the case, if I really belonged to you, I'll be dead by now, raped and ate it by you."

Raped and ate it by ME?. Who do this girl thinks I, Sesshomaru, am?. A lesser youkai? I'M a Taiyoukai, I despise humans (but my girl) and… and… Raped And Ate It?… :shudders: what a disgusting thought!.

"You got a high opinion of yourself. To think that, I mean."

"Look who is talking!."

Jaken is sure late.

"Sesshomaru-sama. I'm back with a kimono for the br… Rin."

At last.

"Sesshomaru? Quite fitting. If you were a human, I would say: 'what kind of name is that?', but, since you aren't, I, Mikami, say that the name is fitting." Mocks the insolent.

I bomp Jaken on his bald head as I take the kimono. Then, I, Sesshomaru, put it on the woman's hands, giving her one of my perfects and famous death glares…

Mental note: she is blind, she can't see my glares… Grrrrr!.

"Anyway, you'll call me master."

"Hmpf."

I, Sesshomaru, watch as my girl is getting strip and dress with her new kimono. Then, the insolent wrap Rin-chan with the blanket…

snif, snif, snif

What is this? What is this strange scent coming from the earth?.

snif, snif, snif

I don't like that scent. I, Sesshomaru, stare to the ground and glare it.

(Well, well, the insolent note this too.)

The trees are whispering 'danger'. I walk to the insolent and take Rin-chan in my arms. Jaken looks at me in concern.

"… do you feel that too?." The insolent whispers this question in fear.

I stay still, without talking. I growl and hug my girl tightly. Rin-chan hugs me back in response.

And suddenly, it starts.

To be continued…

By

Misao-CG.