A/N: Too bad that Shi is dead. But he still had his uses, at least to Sesshomaru. The usual: bad grammar (English isn't my mother language), swearing and OOC characters… I only own Mikami, Aoshi, and Sasami. I don't own the rest.

And remember: in this crazy AU of mine, Inu-Yasha and Kagome ARE dating.

Reviews are my daily bread. Don't let me starve, please.

Episode 4:

Family Reunion

"Kanna…"

"Sir? I had the pearl."

"I changed my mind. Get inside the grave and bring me the bones."

"…"

"The inu brothers must be on sight range to open the seal. Good luck."

"Yes, sir."

Bites Kagura's hand, and… draws blood

"ARGH, YOU LITTLE TICK!" Kagura says and drops Shippo!

":running: WAAAAAA! Inu-Yasha! Kagome!"

Feh! Shippo does enough scandal to wake the dead!... Honestly, Who Cares? C'mon pup, run your tail off:runs to cover him:

"STOP, YOU BRAT! FUU…"

PUNCH!

"That's… for picking on a pup!"

I punch Kagura RIGHT on the nose! Hehehe! I bet you, BITCH, that you didn't see THAT ONE coming:blocks punch: Fighting back, huh?... Grrr! Oh, no, You'll NOT USE That Stupid Fan Of Yours!

"How Rude! Did you mommy never taught you to…"

"HIRAIKOTSU!"

WHACK

SWISSSSSSSSSSH!

WHACK!

"CLAWS OF STEEL!"

Sometimes, I believe that this little pack of mine can read my thoughts. Kagura dodged Kagome's arrow, but found the bouzu's Shajaku instead. Hahaha! And she barely dodged Sango's weapon and my claws! Kagura retreats and checks on her surroundings.

:sniffs, sniffs: That scent… is… :shakes head: Nah! I'm imagining things!

Where is Shippo?... Feh! At Kagome's arms! Poor pup! I had no objections this time.

"I'll NOT BE DEFEATED this Time, I SWEAR!" Yelled Kagura in despair as she suddenly remembered Shi, the tiger-bear beast, who was somewhere in the proximity.

Inu-Yasha, and the rest of his merry little band, assumed fight stances. The fight was lost… to Kagura, and they knew that, but in the matters concerning Naraku… :sighs: you never know.

"Ne, Kagura! What are you going to do about it?" Mocked Inu-Yasha, moving Tetsusaiga back and forth in swift movements.

Kagura pouted and several veins popped in her forehead, at the same time that her face turned new shades of red. She growled and pointed a finger at them in absolute anger.

"SHI! WHACK THEM!" Screamed Kagura almost hysterical.

Coming from a Naraku's offspring, that kind of threat ISN'T a joke. Kagome hugged Shippo and they both were shoved behind Miroku and Inu-Yasha. Sango licked her lips and tightened her grip on Hiraikotsu, Kirara, the neko youkai, hissed. Inu-Yasha growled deep and tightened his grip on his blade.

Silence.

A heartbeat later.

Another heartbeat.

Nope, nothing happened. Kagura, always in the same stance (pointing a finger at them, with the same grouchy face), growled and took a deep breath.

"SHI! COME HERE AT WHACK THEM AT ONCE!"

Can you hear those lovely crickets in the background?… Something similar could be heard then. Inu-Yasha-gumi stared at each other in curiosity and then all gazes fell on the hanyou, who shrugged before he directed a stare at Kagura. The demoness was sweatdropping and you could say that she was a really PISSED woman.

":deep, deep breath: SHIIIIIIIIIIIII! YOU &#€¥ĦǼ! DO AS I SAY!"

SUDDEN THUD!

"KYAAAAAAA!" Yep, that was Kagome.

Everybody, (Kagura included) jumped about a mile when a LARGE BEAST was dropped beside Kagura. Shi, the beast, had his eyes crossed and his tongue was stuck out of his mouth.

A heartbeat passed.

And the beast stayed dead still. Kagura stared at this with blank eyes: she couldn't believe her luck: Shi was dead. And she was counting with him to win.

"That's so lame." Pointed Miroku. "Even for you."

"That's your help?" Mocked Inu-Yasha, sniggering. "HAHA! Pathetic…" At this point, Kagura's face was similar to a boiling kettle.

sniff, sniff

After that remark, Inu-Yasha smelled something Really Familiar and he tensed quickly, his whole body yelling danger and his instinct on full alert. The others, seeing the hanyou's distress and sudden attack stance, prepared to fight again.

Sesshomaru's tall silhouette appeared in the left side of the beast. Nope, they weren't prepared to see him. The inu taiyoukai was MAD and that was so clear that even the trees shook a bit, but he maintained his regal composure.

BUT if they weren't prepared to see him, definitely, they weren't prepared for what happened next. From Sesshomaru's left, a little girl, carrying a baby, appeared and hid behind the lord's robes when he finally stopped. Inu-Yasha-gumi face-faulted at this (and just between us, Sesshomaru blushed a little, but none noticed… at least the humans).

Putting that aside, the presence of the lord (and the children) caused different side effects on the witnesses of his arrival. Kagura paled, Kagome and Sango gasped, Miroku rubbed his face with his hands, Inu-Yasha gawked like a fish and blinked in disbelief and poor Shippo was utterly confused.

Long time ago had passed since the last time I caused such reaction. Feh! This Sesshomaru would be pleased if I… :vein pop: I… :more veins pop: I… Grrr! This Sesshomaru must remain calm, a lord mustn't show emotion when he's about to kill someone. This Sesshomaru glares daggers at that soon-to-be-tortured demon female! Grrrrrrrr!… GRRRRRR! GRRRRRRRRR!

She's so dead.

":gulp: You lost something? Or I have something on my face?" Kagura asks nervously.

":poker face: You know what this Sesshomaru is looking for."

"I know?"

"Grrr! What the hell are you doing here, Sesshomaru? GRRRRR!"

Hmpf. Oh brother. My brother never changes. I, Sesshomaru, don't have time to answer his childish question. I have a kill to do and isn't he! I glare at that… That… THAT… GRRRRRR!

"What do you think I'm doing, little brother?"

sniff, sniff

That scent… seems familiar. The wind brings me known scents. :sniff, sniff: Hmm, my brother notices this too. I turn my head in the winds direction… this scent… is too watery for being only the wind… or rain… :eye twitch:…

"Oh! You say that because of the kids behind you? Too bad I didn't kill them when I got the chance!" Is Kagura the one who's talking? Hmpf, she doesn't deserves my full attention. "But I can do something about it!"

"You!… Oh My! YOU…" Hmpf. My brother's wench stares back and fort to my pups and Kagura. She, and the other human filly are red in the face :sniff: and smell upset. "YOU! YOU… TRIED TO… OH MY GOD!" That Voice! I wonder if my brother suffers from headaches. Hearing that voice MUST HAVE a side effect! Feh.

"Bah! I still got some job to do!" Says Kagura, regaining what's left of her dignity (if she had some to begin with). GRRR! The more she babbles :crack knuckles, the more she'll suffer. "FUUJIN NO…"

"Oh, no YOU NOT!"

WHACK!... SMASH!

Er?

WHACK!... SMASH!

Ouch. Poor Kagura. I bet you didn't saw that coming. Well, none of the present saw that one coming neither. And before you ask, Kagura never finished her sentence: a rock hit her plainly on the face and she stumbled backwards; but before she could fell (butt first) a long muscled tail hit her and sent her against some trees.

Isn't Ah-Un a good prospect for a baseball team's mascot or what?

Without wasting time, all those who could fight :ahem: I mean, all of those who had a weapon in their hands, launched at Kagura. But being the desperate demoness she was, that attack, directed at her, didn't meant that she wasn't going to fight back… thanks to the help of a few saimyoushou (A/N: is this correct, right?) that happened to pass by.

"FUUJIN NO MAI!" Kagura yelled for the last time and… ran away. She was a really desperate woman, as you can see.

The group, for some strange reason, didn't gave her chase. A strange reason? Yeah, right! Sesshomaru, no matter how he wished to skin Kagura alive, stayed behind, looking at Ah-Un's direction: it seemed that the two-headed beast was protecting something and he HAD smelled that something. Inu-Yasha, still in full alert, gripping his blade and growling unconsciously, wanted to know what the hell his brother wanted and WHY he was so STILL at the time… a vague idea popped into his mind when he caught this unknown scent coming from the other side of the beast. The rest assumed that Kagura had fled to Kami knows where and stayed back to pick up whatever mess the Inu brothers could cause.

At least that's the elegant way to say it (they were curious too, mostly about the children).

For several seconds, everyone was pinned to the ground, without even breathing. Sesshomaru, all of sudden, sniffed and rubbed his face for a few seconds and growled in disapproval when he finished, startling the rest.

"Ah-Un! Move aside!" He ordered as he walked in the direction of the beast.

x-x-x-x-x-x

GRRRRRR! What does he wants here? GRRRR! I want him OUT OF MY FOREST! NOW! He got the whole western lands ALL for himself; he even has a Wife as far as I know! What The Hell He Wants Here? WHY Coming Here In The First Place! Now he's going to attack us, I know it, I feel it in my bones. I can't allow… I can't allow him to hurt my friends, to hurt Kagome or Shippo! I just Can't… :turns suddenly: Kagome?

"Take it easy, Inu-chan! You're pacing like a caged animal…"

"GRRR!"

"Inu-Yasha: take a look at that." Points Miroku.

Nani?

I be Kami dammed. :O.O: That… can't be happening. :O.O and blinks: Oh Hell! The world is coming to its end! Sesshomaru is… My brother is…

"Aaw! Isn't that CUTE and SWEET?" I think that Kagome and Sango said that… but I can't tell for sure…

"No, Is scary!" Whines Shippo. "I'm scared!" Feh, at least someone agrees with me.

That woman… That Human Female is…? Sesshomaru is… staring at her, She's hugging those pups! Could it be…:Gasp of Pure Terror: Now HE hugs that HUMAN female!... Oh, Geez! Not a Kiss, please, not a kiss: Coming from my brother that could be… GROSS! :shudders:… Now I have seen it all!

"Kagura kidnapped those kids from Sesshomaru." Reasons Miroku. "And then she was meant to kidnap Shippo here… that's the only explanation I could think of, at least." The monk sounds… surprise too.

"Makes you wonder." States Sango. "Just. Like. Your. Hands, Houshi-sama :death glare:…"

"Hehe, sorry."

"Hentai."

"Inu-Yasha, maybe they need some help." Says Kagome. What? She must be kidding me! Help MY ASS.

"Yo, Sesshomaru! You got what you wanted. Now: Grab your stuff and Get The Hell Out Of My Forest!" He growls at me… is he challenging me? GRRR! he'll have a…

"OSUWARI! Inu-Yasha! How Could you?"

WHACKS!

CURSES! Ouch. Oh, Hell My back! As if I hadn't take enough blows today! And here it comes, Kagome's lecture… Sesshomaru is coming in my direction. Grrr! Must. Stand. Up! Must. Protect. My. Girl!... :hears: Hey! Is that a buzzing?

BAM, BAM!

What in seven hells?... a swarm of saimyoushou is coming!

To be continue…

By

Misao-CG.