Musume no Shorai – Chapter 9

Inuyasha's jaw dropped.

"Wh-what?" Inuyasha looked at Kagome. "Is he serious?"

Kagome nodded.

"But why do you need help defeating her?" Inuyasha asked. "Hell, why my help?"

"Believe me, if I didn't need you're help I wouldn't be asking for it." Sesshomaru assured him.

"She is very powerful." Rin said in Sesshomaru's defense. "She attacked Lord Sesshomaru and almost killed him."

"Does she have a name?" Natsuko asked.

"Keeko." Sesshomaru said.

"Gee, I wonder why." Kagome glared at Inuyasha.

"Sit." Sesshomaru had an amused look on his face when he saw Inuyasha fell to the ground.

"Not to be getting off track." Rin said, walking over to Sachi and looking at her closely. "But, did you say Sachi was Lord Sesshomaru's niece?"

"Yes." Kagome said slowly.

"And she keep's calling you mom." Rin turned. "So does that mean that Inuyasha and you are mates?"

Wow, Rin sure has no problem asking questions of a personal nature... A while later back at the village, Sango, Miroku and Shippo, who at first site had attacked Sesshomaru, had just been told the current situation.

"She must be powerful if a full demon as powerful as Sesshomaru would as for Inuyasha's help." Shippo said, Inuyasha glared at him but did not act with the threat of another 'sit.'

"Actually, I would like to have all of you're help." Sesshomaru corrected. "There's no telling how powerful Keeko really is, and until that time, it would be best if we all worked together."

Sango, Miroku and Shippo stared at Sesshomaru. He hated working with humans!

"Well?" Sesshomaru asked. "What do you say?"

The group exchanged looks of question and curiosity. Outside the hut, Rin, Sachi, Natsuko, Minaru, and now, Kohaku sat... talking, I guess you could say...

"Would you stop looking at me like that?!" Sachi asked angrily. Rin had been looking at Sachi very strangely.

"I'm sorry, it's just hard to believe." Rin said, then poked Sachi. Sachi growled, looking ready to attack Rin.

"Um, Rin, what do you think?" Natsuko asked, averting Rin's attention from Sachi. She had been playing with her younger brother Kohaku's shoulder length hair, which with Natsuko's hand holding it there, was now parted into two ponytails.

"Aw, she look's very cute!" Rin smiled.

"He!" Minaru said. "See Natsuko, you need to stop playing with Kohaku's hair like that, people will think he's a girl!"

Sachi couldn't help but giggle.

"Calm down Minaru." Natsuko said. "I'm just playing with his hair after all, and Kohaku doesn't seem to mind."

"He's a baby, he doesn't know any better!" Minaru told her.

"Bwut, I fweel pwetty!" Kohaku giggled, waving his arms around.

"Shut up Kohaku, you're not helping." Minaru hissed.

"Just drop it Minaru." Natsuko said. "Unless, you want me to mess with you're hair instead."

Minaru went white.

"No!" The girls giggled at Minaru's response. "No, that's alright."

"Keeko's at Naraku's old castle?" Sango asked.

"The same castle, but in a different location." Sesshomaru responded.

"That wench has the ability to move the castle with her magick." Jaken nodded.

"So she is never in the same place..." Shippo thought aloud.

"So it would seem." Miroku agreed.

"Perhaps it would be best if we were to wait for her to come to us?" Kagome suggested.

"If she's out for revenge we won't have to wait to long." Inuyasha stated.

"Kagome, take Sachi home." Miroku said, causing Kagome and Inuyasha to give him a questioning look.

"Miroku's right." Sango said. "She hasn't had any training to defend herself, Sachi will only be in danger while she's here."

"And besides, did you come back just to get Sachi in the first place?" Shippo asked, Kagome laugh a little.

"I guess you're right." Kagome admitted. "And she will be safer."

"Since we are all in agreement, I'll take my leave." Sesshomaru said, heading for the door. "The stench of so many human's is making me sick."

The three humans in the hut sent Sesshomaru odd looks, but nodded none the less. Sesshomaru pulled back the grass matt of a door, to reveal the scene of bored children and Rin who had become bored over the minutes of being left alone. Kohaku was laughing his childish laugh, while the rest were taking turn's bopping Jaken over the head.

"Oh, hi." The older member's of the group sweat dropped while the younger party tried to hide their little stunt, with no real success. But they tried, no the less.

End Chapter 9

Eevee-And thus, my little updating spree is done for the day.. Tada (skips off)

Special Thanks:

Peggi - Well, he's done it a lot. Come on, even Kagome has her boiling point. Rin, she's Rin as you read in the last chapter. I see, random cheese biscuts... I didn't mean that, I meant I will update on Saturday, for the day I missed. But, I missed yesterday as well, so I updated twice today, I shall still try and update tommorrow though!

aznxoxo - She be little Rin, all grown up (snicker snicker)

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