A/N: The usual… see previous chapters for this. Too lazy to write it down again. BTW, It's been 3 years since Kagome broke the Shikon no Tama.

Nope, I still can't convince daddy, so, I still don't own Inu-Yasha's copyrights. But I do Own Mikami, Aoshi and Sasami.

Episode 9:

Naraku's 'no' plan.

My new creation! My new improved saimyoushou! Hehehehe, How I love this bugs, they do exactly as I ask them and they comply. Always and unconditionally.

:yawns: I stare at my daughters. Like always, Kagura glares daggers of pure hatred at me and Kanna only stares. Enough punishment… for Kanna. Nah, they look pretty in those chains, hanging over there, covered in blood. Besides, I'm still mad at the mistake they both made.

Inutaisho… he's a hell of a powerful warrior (He only sealed Ryuukossei, but… Fear the mind, not the beast). I think that one of the youkai that forms my body met him once. And he got his ass kicked pathetically. The problem is that the youkai I'm talking about is one of the most powerful of those who forms my body. Youkai used to say that they preferred to be in the middle of a merciless bloodshed than in Inutaisho's black list.

The guy held grudges forever.

He's still weak. But I must test his strength first. With inu youkais you never know; and with inu taiyoukais… Better to be sure. :eyes saimyoushou: A warm up never hurts anyone.

"C'mere. :picks bug: Take your kind with you and a few of the lesser youkais that are crawling outside. Attack Inu-Yasha's village at once :bug flies away:."

See what I mean? My saimyoushou are the best! I should mate with the queen or something…

":angered: BZZZZZ, BZZZZZZZZ, and BZZZZZZZ!"

"Calm down the three of you. It's not the time yet: this is only the beginning."

x-x-x-x-x-x

Where in the world is that DOG when I need him the most? Argh! I can't believe that he's acting this way; he doesn't know how lucky he is! I would pay PURE GOLD to have the chance he has and LOOK AT HIM! He's hiding like the world is coming to its end:sighs: I can understand him to a point, he never met his dad when he was a kid, but… now he has the chance to meet him: he has his father back and he's hiding from him!

It's been 4 days!

The Go-Shimboku… :sigh: Funny, this tree seems to have a patented 'Kagome-magnet'. It always appears out of the blue when I less expect. :smiles: This tree always gives me what I ask and never disappoints me!

"Feh!"

See? Looks like I found the doggy I was looking for!

"Inu-chan, what are you doing up there? You got me worry!"

"What do you think: I'm hiding!"

"From what?…, No, no, forget that: the question is, from whom?"

"From My Crazy Sister-In-Law! That Blind Wench insists on place that little devil of hers in my arms:jumps down and faces Kagome: From whom else?"

"Your dad, maybe."

":turns around: Feh!"

":faces him: C'mon Inu-chan! It's Your Father, Aren't you going to say 'Hello' at least?"

"Feh:turns around again:"

I must try a different tactic.

"You look cute."

":face Kagome: Huh?"

"With Aoshi-kun in your arms: Your nephew adores you!"

"NAH! The only thing that little devil likes is my hair and made my life miserable: Every time he sees me (And He Has A Sixth Sense For Detecting ME), he wails until he got in my arms! Once he gets into my arms, he chews the necklace, he pulls at my hair and I got to remove all the slobber by myself. Last time I got to cover myself with a blanket to pass unnoticed, A Blanket:blinks:… Do I look cute?"

"Hai. I think you'll be a wonderful…"

"Don't say it!"

":blinks cutely: Say what?"

"That!"

"I don't know what you are talking about, Inu-chan :blinks more cutely:"

"Kagome-chan:mumbles: It's not easy, ok?" He says and I only look at him, nodding a little (this is the best way of get him to speak his mind!) "You know… my old man is inside Kaede-baba's place, he's alive, not dead, I barely remember him, C'mon! I don't remember a goddamn thing about him!"

"Better late than never."

"FEH! Sango says that he thinks that I'm still four, FOUR!"

"So? He died when you were four!"

"He died when I was three, almost four, BUT That's NOT the point!"

"Then What IS IT!"

"…"

"Ne, Inu-chan?"

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an explanation later

"So, that happened in the last 66 years…"

":raise eyebrow: I got the feeling that you told me the highly edited version of this, whelp?"

":gulp: Well… it's a long story."

":crosses arms: I'm all ears right now. :raise eyebrow: Tell me about your otouto. If my calculations are right, he must be 70."

":sweats: That's correct… at some point at least."

":stares: Whelp…"

":sighs: Here I go again (damn it!). 53 years ago, from what I know…"

x-x-x-x-x-x-x

"My dad… :blushes: he's a lord taiyoukai." Inu-Yasha says. I blink. So? Inutaisho is a lord taiyoukai, but that's not enough reason to… Is this me or Inu-Yasha sounds kinda ashamed?

"That bothers you?"

"I'm no lord or whatever: I'm just a wild mutt… kinda." I glare daggers at him and he glares me back. "HEY! I grew up alone, I was being hunted down, my manners sucks and I don't know how to behave in front of a TRUE lord: the only chance I got to be near of a taiyoukai lord, that was the pitiful excuse of a brother that I Have and YOU must figure that that wasn't a pleasant experience!" He shouts. "All of our finales were BLOODY!"

He shouts at me and I shut up. I must to think my answer carefully to strike back that remark… :thinks: and I believe that I just find the right words.

"That's not true."

"WHAT? WHA…:touches forehead: Did something knocked LOOSE in there or what?"

"I grant that you had your fights with your niichan, but… your father is your dad. No matter if he's a lord… I don't think he would care about your manners, you're his son: most important, he died for you." I analyze the skeptical stare that Inu-chan is giving me. "He must be eager to see you, and he'll be proud of you!"

"Grrr! I Grew Up alone in the WOODS! I'm damn…"

"OSUWARI. :THUD: Let me finish! The fact that your father is a taiyoukai lord isn't the thing that bothers you. What really bothers you is that you don't know how…"

":peeling himself from the ground: TO BEHAVE in front of him! Happy NOW? :buries face in the ground:… hmmm… Please, Kagome-chan… 'osuwari' me again."

Ouw, The poor thing! How come I didn't think of it. :lips tremble: He grew up without any paternal figure and now… Ouch! That hits me like a ton of bricks!

"I'm not goin to 'osuwari' you."

"…"

":kneels beside Inu-Yasha: You know? My father is dead. You father was dead (as strange as that sounds!). You're lucky, All of us had lost our dads in terrible ways, and that includes yours: Your dad died after a battle with a huge dragon, Miroku's dad was sucked up by Kaze Ana, Sango's dad was killed, and mine… died too. Yours is alive. Take that chance!"

":stares cutely at Kagome:"

"C'mon, HE'S YOUR DAD! He'll be happy to see you! Isn't like he's going to grab your head and rub his knuckles against your forehead or something!" Inu-chan smiles, sits up and hugs me.

":hugs: You worth all the stabs I get in battle to save your neck, girl!" I hug him back. "Ai shiteru!"

x-x-x-x-x-x-x

another explanation later

":rubs temples: Let me see if I understood: When Inu-Yasha turned 17, and after that AWFUL puphood, he fell in love with this crazy miko, whom shot an arrow straight at his heart, sealing him to a tree and spent 50 years in a dreamless sleep (aka death). He's '70', but in the practice he's only 20."

":nod: Sort of."

"The question is… if you were in charge of your otouto :scowls: Why did he grew up so wild? WHY he wasn't at the castle? And WHERE were you by the time he was shot with that arrow?"

"Er…:gulp: Well… :sweats:"

":deepens his scowl: Why I get the sensation that you aren't telling me the whole story and WHY I have the feeling that I'm not going to like this?"

"…"

"Sesshomaru. I'm waiting here."

":sighs: Argh. What the hell:deep breath: You're going to find out anyways :sighs in resignation:."

"Find out? What will I 'found out'?"

":stares at Inutaisho… and gulps: Remember the part when Inu-Yasha was hunted down by youkais of all kind and escaped death several times?"

":stares: Sometimes barely if my memory doesn't fails me."

":sweats:"

":death glare:"

":sighs: Well… I was one of the youkai who hunted him down. :gulp: I tried to…"

"…"

"Chichihue… are you listening?"

":shock: kill your brother. :raises eyebrows: You tried to kill your BABY brother :twitch:."

":bows: This Sesshomaru…"

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"Ai Shiteru, Inu-chan!" I say to my cute boyfriend. "Let's go back to the village: Promise me that you'll speak to your dad." Inu-chan looks at me quizzically. "Sesshomaru is with him right now, I think that he woke up."

"Feh :disdain: I BET that he'll try to save his tail by telling father that he took good care of me all of my…"

":very distant howling: What? Whaaat! You Were Supposed To Take Care Of Your Otouto Not Kill Him! I Told You Specifically That: Take Care Of Your Otouto! Is That Your Idea Of Taking Care Of Pups? What Part Of The 'Take Care Of Your Otouto' You Got Wrong, You Ass wipe? Huh! Huh! Answer Me! Shame On You!"

Geez, Those Lungs! What a HOWL! That was a hell of a HOWL! I look at Inu-Yasha: he's staring in disbelief at the village's direction and he's covering his ears. Damn it! I could hear those howls from here! And We're FAR!

"… Guess not" he says after a while. He uncovers his ears. "Looks like oyaji is fine."

":shock: You're right. Let's go back, Er… I would like to prevent a tragedy…"

":picks Kagome up: Me too… :runs:"

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The village daily routine was unaltered with the howls that Inutaisho, literally, put in the sky. Kagome and Inu-Yasha heard them in the distance, but hearing it was completely a different matter. Curiously, the villagers, used to this kind of events, just kept up with their normal chores, and barely paid attention to the howls coming from Kaede's hut.

But not all of them.

buzzing

When the howling began, Sasami gathered Rin and Shippo in her arms and curled into a tight ball, shaking in fear. Sango came out running from the blacksmith shop, ready to defend the village at all means necessary… of course, she noticed danger, but something else caught the huntress attention and it wasn't coming from the old miko's hut, but from somewhere instead… jut behind Sasami. Something was coming in the distance… Kirara meowed nervously beside her mistress.

bee sound

"Bees… :glances at Sasami: Get those kids here and follow me, Sasami-chan!"

But on the other side of the village, Miroku, left his favorite pastime behind and rushed to Kaede's hut direction as fast as he could (he was only a few houses away). He got just in time to caught Mikami. The blind girl, after hearing the deafening howls, stood quickly and placed Aoshi (who obviously 'exploded' in tears) in Kaede's arms and tried to rush inside the hut; such action was prevented by Miroku, who received a lot of smacking for his actions.

"BUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

"Let Me Go, Houshi, Let Me GO!"

"My fair lady, desist please! Is… Is… a father and son thing!"

"A Father And Son MY ASS! Let Me Go! They Woke Aoshi Up! The Must Pay!"

"BUAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAA!"

"Please, Mikami-san, You're upsetting Aoshi-kun!" Lady Kaede said in an effort to appease her.

"I'M NOT UPSETTING HIM! THOSE HOWLS ARE!"

strong and clear bee sound

The sudden noise shut them all. Even Aoshi stopped his tears (but sniffled). Noticing a weird cloud in the distance, Miroku frowned and readied his Shajaku. Sensing danger Mikami grabbed his sleeve with one hand and with the other sought for Aoshi. She had recognized the sound, she knew what it meant and got worried.

Sango appeared in a corner, dragging the shaking Sasami and the children along with her.

"It's a swarm of youkai. They're coming in this direction. :pant: I spotted saimyoushou among them." She explained as she pushed Sasami inside the porch. "Give the alarm, Houshi-sama."

"Naraku." Hissed Miroku.

"What's going on?" Sasami asked.

"Rin don't like that sound :hugs Sasami's leg:"

To be Continue.

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Misao-CG