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Chapter 4: A fight between brothers
"It was…it was them!" Keade moaned, then fell back into Inuyasha's lap and turned her head, sleeping.
Kagome then glanced as she heard a sound coming from the village. She looked over and saw the worst person she could see at that time.
"Sesshomaru…" she breathed, watching as the cold demon walked toward them, sword in one hand and his eyes fixed on Inuyasha's form, who's back was to the inu-youkai.
"Inuyasha…it's Sesshomaru…" Kagome hissed, her eyes watching Sesshomaru's pace toward them. Inuyasha turned and looked at his half-brother who was walking quicker to where they were all crouched.
He brought his hand back across his left arm and was almost ready to swing when Inuyasha shoved Keade to Kagome and leapt upwards, landing a few feet away from Sesshomaru.
"Sesshomaru, what do you want this time?" Inuyasha asked, sort of exasperated. He unsheathed the Tetsusaiga, charging toward his half-brother. They were about to begin a fight that might reveal a lot about the two brothers.
Inuyasha understood that he had to get Sesshomaru away from the village, so with one glance at Kagome, telling her everything without saying a word, he continued to leap backwards, to the clearing of the well. Kagome and Sango put Keade on Kirara with a little help from Miroku, then brought her to the village.
"Okay, you lay her down and help her," Kagome told Sango, "I've got to get to Inuyasha!"
Sango stopped her friend before she could leave. "Don't," she said, "you know more of medicine, while I know more of fighting. I'll go aide Inuyasha, and you help Keade. When you're done you can come down and help me."
Kagome knew she was right and so she nodded, then quickly rushed to her bag and dug inside it. Getting her first aid kit she opened the box and ran her hands and fingers through everything that was in it.
Starling and Destiny (you thought I forgot about them, didn't you haha I didn't) went to Keade and levitated her head, making sure she would be conformable when she woke.
With Inuyasha and Sesshomaru
"Sesshomaru, tell me, why are you here and what do you want?" Inuyasha yalled, making Sesshomaru look at him with disdain.
"Do you actually care about these pathetic humans?" Sesshomaru asked his half-brother with a cold smirk.
Inuyasha had to think for a minute. They were standing in the field, Inuyasha next to the well and Sesshomaru was facing him. Inuyasha didn't want to risk anything, but in the next moment decided that this if nothing else would help him catch Sesshomaru off guard.
"Yes. I do care about them." Inuyasha said, and as his half-brother was looking in the direction of the village, Inuyasha leapt forward and swiped, cutting a long steak across Sesshomaru's chest.
Sango, Miroku and Shippou arrived on Kirara and they got into fighting position. Sango and Miroku were in front while Shippou and Kirara were behind them.
Sesshomaru chuckled and shook his head, causing Inuyasha to start, as he never had before heard Sesshomaru chuckle. Then he attacked, attempting to stab Inuyasha, but before he could hit anything Inuyasha ducked and rolled.
"You're pathetic." Sesshomaru told his half-brother coldly, and took another strike at him, but Inuyasha placed the Tetsusaiga in front of him, causing Sesshomaru's sword to clang against it.
Sango threw Hiraikotso, aiming for Sesshomaru, but he jumped fowards and avoided being hit. However, he misjudged the large boomerang and it came back toward him while he was facing Inuyasha.
Inuyasha smirked and Sesshomaru became confused as Inuyasha began to laugh. Then when hiraikotso got close enough for Sesshomaru to be unable to move, Inuyasha pointed behind Sesshomaru and the inu-youkai turned.
As hiraikotso hit him, Sesshomaru fell to the ground and Inuyasha laughed. Then he rushed over and pointed tetsusaiga at Sesshomaru's throat, almost begging him to move so he could kill him.
Sesshomaru knew it would be useless to try and move, so he stayed where he was, staring at Inuyasha with cold eyes. It was almost as if he was daring his half-brother to do something.
Then he saw something that made him stop what he was doing. Out of the corner of his eye he saw three girls running toward the humans Inuyasha just had to be around.
He recognized Kagome but didn't know the other two. The looked alike, and Sesshomaru knew they must be twins. One had her long red hair left down and was wearing a short black pleated skirt with a red collar shirt. She was carrying two Katana's and was watching the two brothers, Inuyasha who watching his half-brother, and Sesshomaru who was watching them.
The other girl, her twin, had her hair in a ponytail and was also carrying katana's. She had on black shorts that were slightly lower than the skirt her twin was wearing with a dark blue tank top. She was watching the little kitsune and seemed to be worried about him.
"Why…" Sesshomaru whispered, watching the girl move toward the kitsune and pick him up, holding him close. Inuyasha had glanced at Kagome, but his head snapped back to Sesshomaru's form when he whispered.
"What did you say?" Inuyasha snarled, pressing the tip to Sesshomaru's neck slightly.
Sesshomaru's eye went down to his neck where the sword was and his lip twitched. Then the cold eyes went back upwards to meet with Inuyasha's and he smiled.
"I'm not interested in the wench," he said coldly, earning a growl from Inuyasha, "I'm interested in her friend."
Inuyasha glanced over to where they were now all standing. He smirked and went back to Sesshomaru. "You like Starling?"
Inuyasha nodded his head to where Starling was, talking to Sango sideways, eyes still on the two forms in the distance. Inuyasha looked back down at his half-brother, who slightly shook his head.
"No, the other one, her twin." Sesshomaru said, "I want to kill her to get back at you!"
As he said his sentence, he rolled over to quickly for Inuyasha to react and grabbed his own sword from where it was a few feet away from him. Then he jumped to his feet and placed the sword in front of him, challenging Inuyasha to fight more.
"Leave them out of this now?" Sesshomaru growled, but as they began fighting he realized he would have no chance. There was only two choices.
Kagome, Starling, Destiny, Sango, Miroku, Shippou, and Kiara
"What's going on out there?" Starling asked Sango.
Sango turned her head slightly and answered, "They're fighting against each other verbally. Inuyasha knew he would've won if only he had struck when he had chance. But now he lost that chance. Sesshomaru took Inuyasha's surprise as a chance to get out from under the tetsusaiga."
Suddenly a light came from the clearing that caused everyone to stare.
"What's going on! Should we help!" Starling and Destiny cried, clutching their katana's tighter. Kagome shook her head and they all continued watching with rapt fascination until the smoke cleared to show a large dog. A large, white dog that looked around before focusing on Inuyasha.
"Sesshomaru…" Kagome said, her eyes wide. She notched an arrow, getting ready to shoot any minute. Sango prepared Hiraikotso behind her back and was also ready to throw it. Miroku and Shippou were also ready, Miroku's uncursed hand rested on the prayer beads around the hole, Shippou looking determined to help in any way.
Starling and Destiny knew they might also have to fight, and both got into fighting stances, clutching the katana's tighter. Their knuckles were white, but they were determined not to fail and to help their friends in any way possible.
"Should we help now?" Destiny asked, and Kagome knew Inuyasha would need and want help, even if he wouldn't say it aloud.
She nodded once, then took control giving commands. "Sango-now!" She whispered, eyes not leaving the large dog trying to bite Inuyasha, "Starling, Destiny, while he's looking away, throw your Katana's…now!"
They all followed her instructions, Sango throwing hiraikotso near Sesshomaru, but making as if she aimed wrong. While he was watching the large boomerang, Starling and Destiny rushed forward and flung the katana's at the large inu-youkai.
The katana's hit him right in the side, making him cry out in pain. The girls then flung themselves upward and grabbed the handles of their katana's, flipping to the other side of Sesshomaru and stabbing him there also before touching the ground and running underneath him, racing to their friends.
Kagome, Sango, Miroku, Shippou, Kiara, and Inuyasha had watched them do this in a matter of minutes, all amazed at the girls' actions. Kagome had meant for them just to stun him enough so that Inuyasha could get a good swipe in, but they managed to wound him enough for him to fall to the ground and change back into a regular form.
Inuyasha walked over to where his half-brother was lying, bleeding, and he said, "I didn't know they could do that. But Sesshomaru, you deserved it. Come back another time."
With that he walked over to the group, who was staring at the twins, and said, "Let's go back to Keade and the villagers."
Everyone nodded dumbly, still surprised at their friends' performance. Inuyasha was the most surprised, and he intended to ask them about that later. He never would.
Instead he turned to Kagome and asked, "How is the old hag?"
Kagome scolded him about calling Keade an old hag, but then told him that she was fine and would be up in no time.
"So, what's next on our agenda?" Starling asked, and the rest were slightly amazed. They were surprised that after what they had just done, in a matter of seconds, they would be tired or something.
They were wrong. Starling and Destiny were in actuality, bored at only doing that. They wanted something more challenging.
Soon Keade's hut was in front of them and they were walking inside, placing weapons into the right places: Inuyasha's back into his shealth, Kagomes on the floor, Sango's leaning against a wall, Starling and Destiny's katana's through their belt loops.
Starling, Destiny, and Kagome went into their bags, taking out a large bag each, Kagome two. "Guys," Destiny said, "We're taking a bath. If you come anywhere NEAR the stream, Starling will hurt you."
Inuyasha and Miroku gulped visibly, nodding. Normally Inuyasha wouldn't be so scared, especially of a woman, but he had seen what she had done to a full demon, even just by herself. The same went for Miroku, he knew that whatever he usually did see was almost nothing, and almost nothing, even a little something, wasn't worth getting hurt by some girl who practically took Sesshomaru down herself.
They grabbed Sango's arm and pulled her out the door, Kagome handing her some clothes and a towel. All four knew no one would bother them, but Starling took her katana's along while the rest left their weapons at Keade's hut.
When they arrived at the stream, they all stripped and kept their bags by the stream, within grabbing distance. Starling got out her shampoo, scrubbing it into her scalp and hoping to get some of the blood out from when she had flipped over the horrible dog demon.
Destiny got out her shampoo, lathering her hair until it was so white you couldn't see anything else. She washed it out, laughing when she slipped on a rock and fell beneath the water.
Kagome helped Sango wash her hair, because it was so long. Then she washed her own hair, rinsing it until her head hurt. Then she got out her conditioner, working it into her hair and hoping, as she always did, that it would work. She was always on Inuyasha's back, the wind going through her hair, and it always became brittle.
"Okay, I think we're done." Kagome said, and they dried everything off before wrapping themselves in the towels. Starling heard something and quickly grabbed her katana's from their place next to her bag, remembering that none of the other's had any weapons on them.
"Quiet." Starling said, staying complete still. Everyone stopped what they had been doing at that moment, eyes watching the woods carefully. Sango, however, thought she knew exactly who it was and stepped forward.
After glancing at the other girls, all shaking their heads and motioning for her to come back, she said, "Okay Miroku, you can come out now."
"I am not Miroku…but if you want we can go get him and dog-boy." A creepy low voice said, and they could now make out a form. It was bulky and Kagome knew who it was.
"Naroku…" She said under her breath, and the form became clearer to everyone, especially to Sango, who jumped backwards and nearly fell into the stream. Destiny reached out an arm and steadied her, not taking her eyes off of Naroku.
Starling smirked, "Who do you think you are, coming to a stream where ladies are bathing?"
Naroku gave her a creepy smile, but Starling didn't even flinch, just jept her eyes on the man in the baboon suit. Remembering something, Starling gave the man a creepy smile of her own.
"Why are you in the stupid baboon suit?" She said coldly, a laugh somehow in her voice.
She took a step forward and Naroku tossed off the suit, revealing his body to them. He must have been a handsome man, but became horribly disfigured somewhere in his life.
Naroku smiled, he thought he was going to win.
"Women can't fight." He told her, and her eyes became an icy blue, showing those who knew her she was angry.
"Women can't fight, huh? Lemme teach you something then asswhole!" She exclaimed, rushing toward him and slicing part of his arm before he could react. She also cut across his back before she went to her original spot in front of him.
Naroku was grimacing, but went at her with a sword, aiming for the young girls throat.
"Eat bath water, slimeball." She said, right before stepping to her right and sticking out a foot, instantly tripping the man and causing him to fall into the water.
They all laughed, and again Kagome and Sango were surprised at what their friend could do, especially if she became angry. Keeping their eyes on Naroku, they quickly gathered their things and left, sticking their tongues out at him before disappearing.
"Damn you…I will capture you all one day." Naroku said, but found himself thinking of the girl who had just cut him in two different places within the blink of an eye in a piece of cloth.
Keade's hut
The girls got back to the hut, fully dressed, soon after dark, quickly sitting at the fire and eating from the warm cowls of ramen Miroku passed to them.
"I didn't know you could cook, Houshi-sama." Sango said, after eating one mouthful of the yummy noodles.
Miroku shrugged, a blush creeping into his cheeks. He nodded, "I can cook…I learned when I was a kid."
Sango smiled at him and Miroku felt warm, despite the fact he was next to the fire. Miroku had thought about Sango is many different ways, but now he had an idea of only kissing her and her actually enjoying it.
Kagome shook him out of his thoughts when she said, "Well, I for one am proud of you. You didn't come to the stream and spy on us for once."
Miroku blushed again, this time shaking his head. "I was tempted," he said, "but Inuyasha reminded me of Destiny's...uh…promise."
They all laughed and Kagome looked around the small hut. It was then she noticed Inuyasha wasn't there.
"Where is Inuyasha?" She asked Miroku, who looked up and apeared to be startled at her question. He glanced around, then said, "After he warned me again, he left and said he was going out. Why?"
Kagome put her bowl down and stood up. "I'm going to find him." She said, walking out of the hut in her pajama's and heading for Inuyasha's forest.
She knew where to go, he always went here when he wanted to be alone.
Kagome walked until she reached the large God tree and then tilted her head back, staring into the branches. Then her eyes focused on a figure and she called, "Inuyasha!"
The figure moved, then it became bigger as it came down from it's original perch. Exactly as she thought the figure was Inuyasha, and he looked like he had been crying.
"What do you want?" He asked roughly, then closed his eyes and Kagome could see more tears fall from his eyes and stream down his cheeks. She reached up and used her thumb to wipe them away.
"I want to talk. And you want to talk, I know." She said gently, looking into his eyes.
Ohhh! Cliffie! I promise to start writing the next chapter right away so I will try to get it out soon!
