Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha! I do however own Sano and Hegiowu. And Sam own Akida.

Tricksters of Undying Loyalty

Vensuega and an Unwekcomed Meeting

"Akida, I'm so glad you're safe." Soun Yee rasped as the priestess finished administrating an herbal cooling solution on her forehead. The woman wanted to get up and hold her surrogate daughter but her illness restrained her to the floor.

The little redheaded wolf/dog nuzzled close to her neck smiling happily. Hegiowu was sitting protectively outside on the porch, listening for any threatening sound. Sano on the hand was curled up on Inuyasha's lap.

"Aww. I just love happy reunions!" Kagome squealed.

Miroku looked around the room and the occupants inside, "Something tells me at this rate we're going to need a bigger hut."

"The munchkin population has defiantly increased." Inuyasha grunted, trying not to look down at the chibbi snuggling closer to him.

Suddenly a growl was heard from the front door. "What is it Hegiowu?" Inuyasha asked peeking through the door.

"Something's coming."

Sango drew out her katana and rushed outside

"Mooo."

Keade: "A cow? Now where in the world can that be coming from?"

Everyone gathered outside and gazed up at the sky. A dark brown spec zigzagged through the air. Growing quickly in size as it drifted closer to earth.

"Hey it's Totosi!" Shippo shouted running toward the three eyed bull as it landed. An old man in tattered green cloths was riding atop of the bull with a huge hammer and a sword in his hands.

"What are you doing here?" Inuyasha asked welcoming their senile old friend.

Totosi twisted his wrinkled head in every direction to see who was calling for him, "Oh! Inuyasha. What convenience."

The hanyou quickly noticed that the sword smith was carrying a katana in a slick black ebony sheath. The hilt was inlayed with bright brass tied with a fine but strong silken belt. Immediately he snatched the sword from the old man and examined it eagerly, "Nice gift old man, but I've already got a sword."

BANG!

"Ooow! What was that for!" Inuyasha yelled. A large lump that had grown on his head after his skull met with Totosi's mallet.

"You nincompoop! That sword wasn't for you! I've come here looking for a customer who ordered it last week!"

Inuyasha: "Oh really? So what ugly loathsome demon has got you to make them a sword?"

"Totosi!" Hegiowu yelled as he ran from the hut to the two and the bull.

Totosi: "Well young man, can you tell me where your mother is?"

Hegiowu: "She's inside the house but she's sick right now."

A sense of surprise hit the older hanyou like a lightning bolt. "Wait a minute! That sword is for Soun Yee?"

Totosi: "Ah huh."

Miroku: "Then how do you know her?"

Totosi turned his head up to the sky thoughtfully, "She came to my cave not a week ago with a fang of snake demon she killed with her poison and commissioned me to forge a sword for her. Naturally I refused at first, but after she told me who her husband was I decided to make an exception."

"Wait a gosh darn minute here! You know who her husband is?"

"Yes."

"Than who is he!"
"Ummm….. hmmm….. I forgot."

(A few Minutes Later)

"Vensuega?" Kagome asked as she finished passing lunch around a small campfire outside the village. Inuyasha, Kagome, Sango, Miroku, Sano, Hegiowu, Akida, and Totosi had gathered in a circle and left the priestess and the sickly woman back in the hut.

Totosi: "Indeed. It was made of the hollow serpent fang the young woman killed and requested me to use for her sword. It's truly my latest masterpiece."

Kagome: "What does it do?"

Totosi: "That's actually quite interesting. Unlike most swords which can cut who and whatever it's swung at this sword only targets enemies."

Sango: "Targets only enemies?"

Totosi: "That's right. If an innocent got in the way the attack from this sword can simply go around him and proceed with its usual course."

Miroku: "I can see why Soun Yee would want a sword like that. With three small half-demons with her she can't afford to make mishaps in battle."

Kagome sighed and gazed to the cabin, "This Soun Yee girl seems more and more unbelievable. She has nearly everything against her because of those kids and yet she's doing everything possible to protect them."

Shippo plopped in a whole rice bal into his mouth, "If a sword can do that it just might be more powerful than Inuyasha's Tetsiaga."

"Yeah right." Inuyasha said as he grabbed the sword from Totosi's hand. "I'll see how powerful this rally is. Nothing can compare to my Tetsiaga."

"Hey give that back!" the old man shouted.

"Inuyasha now's not the time to make everyone think you're tough. Don't make a fool out of yourself!" Kagome yelled at him, prepared to say her incantation on him again.

"I'm Going to see what this thing can do." The hanyou exclaimed before racing off into the surrounding woods.

"Inuyasha! Inuyasha! Shoot. What is he going to do now?" Kagome asked placing her hands on her hips.

The old sword smith scratched his head and neck in curiosity, "Knowing him he's going to find some unfortunate demon and see how fast he can kill it with the Vensuega."

The frail branches of the trees split or folded away as the half demon sprinted through the thickest part of the forest. Following his nose to pick up even the faintest scent of a demon or yoki. "Darn it. Where's a worthwhile demon when you need one? If I want to really teat this sword i have to find something like one of Naraku's incarnations or something."

Suddenly a shift in the winds caused the hanyou to increase his speed and eagerness, "Oh yeah! Now this os goinf to be interesting." With one swipe of his claws the last od the blinding leaves seporated away to a clearing. There, standing alone by a cliffside was a tall young man in fine white robes and armor, with long silver/white flowing hair, golden eyes and two red marks on his cheeks.

Inuyasha stopped in his tracks and flexed his claws. The man turned around and narrowed his eyes at the hanyou, "Inuyasha. So you finally decided to come out and face me."

"I was in the neighborhood and caught your sent so i decided to drop by."

"You will drop next into your grave Inuyasha." Sesshomaru said as he drew his sword Tokijin from its sheath.

Inuyasha first reached for his Tetaiga, but decided to use the new sword instead. he drew it out for its protective sheath and raised it ready for battle.

The older brother starred curiously, "So, you decided to use a useless blade against me instead of the Tetaiga? YOu're more of a fool than i thought."

Inuyasha: "I just wantt to see how Totosi's lastest creation can do agsinst a real demon.

but i guess i'll have to settle with you."

Sesshomaru: "So, the old man has finally created another sword. I'm anxious to see what it can do."

Inuyasha: "So am I."

Inuyasha focused his energy into the blade the same way he did with the tesiaga. He slashed the blade at his older brother. A gigantic serpent of pure energy sprung from the blade and charged toward the yoki

"No my lord!" Rin cried. She ran as she raced in front of Sesshomaru to block the attack.

Sesshomaru: "Rin!"

Inuyasha starred in fear for the little girl. But the energy serpent immediately split into two and swerved around the girl. Keeping a good ten feet radius between the deadly energy and the human child.

The demon lord resumed his normal composure and gazed in amazement, "Interesting"

He slashed Tokijin at the bright serpants, obliterating them and nothing else. "Now let's continue."

The fight lingered on for nearly and hour. In the mists of the battle Inuyasha noticed that Sesshomaru appeared to be distracted by something in the air.

Finaly Sesshomaru spoke up after exchanging several more bladed blows, "What is that intoxicating scent on you?"

The two of them parted to a safe distance and Inuyasha took a quick sniff of his cloths.

He was playing with the demon twins and the wolf/dog cub earlier that morning and their combind scent was still on him. (in thought) "Wait a minute.. Can it be that...? No. Not likely. But it is worth a shot to ask anyway." Before the battle could begin again Inuyasha held the Vensueaga in a defensive angle meaning 'timeout'. "Hey Sesshomaru, I've got something to ask you."

The demon lord starred at him with his usual indifference glare, "Just whay prey tell do you believe is worth interupting a battle for?"

Inuyasha stood up straight and calm. he took a deep breath and tried to think of a proper way to ask such a trying question. "A couple of days ago my friends and i found a woman with two small half demons, Judging by their appearance they're canines like us."

Sesshomaru waited to see what else his brother was going to say next.

"Are you by any chance at all the father?"

When he heard that Sesshomaru charged toward him and slashed his poison demon claws at him. "I have no sons or a mate!" he shouted slashing at him again, separating nearly half of the hanyou's hair from his head.

The half breed decided not to stay any longer and sprinted partway down the cliff and shot to the forest.

Jaken jumped out from his hiding place and folded his tiny arms, "Humph, serves him right! Of all the nerve. Asking you such an insulting question!"

Sesshomaru just starred down the path where his brother used to escape. He was taking the long way back into the village to confuse his scent. "A woman traveling with two half dog demons? I wonder…" With a quick turn of the heels Sesshomaru turned the opposite way down the trail, with Rin immediately by his side.

"Wait my lord!" the imp screamed waddling to catch up, "Where are you going!"

"To investigate."

(That Evening)

"Thank you kindly Sword Smith. We'll never forget the effort you put into this." Soun Yee said between labored breaths with the sword tightly clinched in her hands.

Totosi pulled the weapon away and set it next to the wall, "I'll stay until I see how well you can handle it. I can't leave a weapon as powerful as this to just anyone you know."

"Yes. I understand." The young woman reached her hand to the three half demons that gathered around her head. "Take care of yourselves."

Sano rubbed cheek against he hand and under his ears, "Sano promise."

Soun smiled weakly and closed her eyes and slipped into slumber.

"Oh darn it. I was going to ask who their real father is so I can get all these villagers to stop tormenting me." Inuyasha grunted.

Kaede looked down at the half breed pups and asked gently, "Tell me yee child, how did your mother met with your father?"

The boys remained silent by the old woman's question. For some reason talking of their father brought much uncertainty to the young demons. Sano tried to squeak but Hegiowu eventually took over. "All we know is what mama told us. That our father was a powerful demon lord. Envied for his strength and loathed for his power."

"Sounds charming." Inuyasha said in his usual bored way.

Kagome: "Inuyasha shut up."

Hegiowu: "One day our father battle a huge spider demon controlled by a witch. He killed her but not before she cursed him and turned him into a human."

(Note: if you have read "Forbidden Bonds" this story may sound familiar.)

The monk rubbed his chin with interest, "Very interesting."

Hegiowu: "Anyway our mother was basically an outcast in her own village. She found our father badly wound and healed him without revealing her secret to the bandits that ruled her home. That night her plan to free the village backfired and the bandit leader tried to rape her as punishment."

Sango leaned further toward them to listen better, "That's awful!"

The canine pup nodded in agreement, "Luckily father slew the bandit and rescued her. As repayment she agreed to help him find the witch's home ground to break the curse. They fought countless demons and traveled across the torturous land together. Eventually they fell in love."

Kagome folded her hands together dreamily, "That so sweet. A classic love tale."

The hanyou rolled his eyes, "Feh. Can we get on with this!"

Hegiowu: "Well…they found the witch's place, but only to find that another spider had taken over. They fought bravely but our father was badly wounded."

The little human-like hanyou rubbed his eyes to see better in the firelight, "Papa….died….nearly." he barley whimpered.

Hegiowu: "That's right. Dieing of poison, our father asked mama if she would be his mate, but before she could answer the demon found them and nearly killed her."

"This is getting suspenseful." Miroku stated.

Hegiowu: "When our father thought mother was dead his anger erupted so much that the curse was broken. He massacred the demon till there was nothing left.'

Kagome: "But what about your mother?"

Hegiowu: "She was only unconscious, but father feared that his old demon instincts would put her in more danger. So he gave her a choice. She would either go to a village far away from his lands, or stay with him where she might be in constant danger. She chose to be with the man she loved, and a few years later we were born."

Everyone breathed a sigh of relief. Sano had already fallen asleep.

"That was a good story Hegiowu." Kagome said cheerfully.

"Thanks." He replied with a nod.

Miroku: "It sounds like your father was a very devoted demon, to wish his own love away to save her from himself."

"What bothers me yee child is why do these demon fathers always seems to abandon their wives and young when they need him most?" Said Kaede as she was rinsing out the cloth and placed it back on the young woman's forehead.

"Father is not like that!" Hegiowu shouted startling everyone, "Our father didn't abandon us. He loves us with all his heart and would never leave Mama on purpose!"

Inuyasha and the others shook their hands innocently in front of themselves, "We don't mean it like that. It's just that many fathers just aren't always around at the right time."

Kagome: "Yeah, most of the time the demon parent is usually dead and…."

Sango immediately muffled Kagome's mouth as soon as she mentioned the word 'dead', "Don't tell him that!"

Hegiowu: "I don't know how or why it happened, but when we were younger a huge powerful demon attacked the village where we lived. Father barley managed to drive it away but it threatened to return and destroy us. Father decided to go out and hunt the demon down before it had that chance but mom was too sick to go with him. We begged him not to go because he was already wounded, but he insisted. He entrusted his personal guardian to protect us until his return.

"But he never made it back. Not long after father left the demon returned and killed the guardian and rampaged through the village. The villagers blamed us and our mother for their trouble a tried to kill us. We barely escaped. We've been running ever since. That demon is probably still chasing us. We left to save ours lives, HE DIDN'T FORGET ABOUT US! He's probably looking for us right now."

Kagome quickly noticed that Inuyasha was starring wide-eyed at the fire, "Inuyasha, are you alright?"

The hanyou leaned close to her till his face was close to touching her ear, "We may have a few more problems."

"How so?"

"Well, I kind of ran into my brother this afternoon, and….i sort of…told him about the kids."

"WWWWHAAAAAT!" Kagome screamed, nearly waking everyone in the village. Desperate to avoid the strange gazes of everyone in the hut she raced outside with Inuyasha by an ear. Once well away from the hut Kagome released her prisoner and continued her interrogation, "You idiot! Did you actually think that Sesshomaru was the father! You of all people know that he hates half demons more than anything!"

"Hey I took a wild guess! Can you imagine how many people asked me about them? I got desperate for an answer myself!"
"But Sesshomaru! Once he finds the twins he'll turn them into furry seat cushions! And I don't want to think of what he'll do to poor Akida."

What is Sesshomaru investigating? And how will he act if and when he sees the 3 pups? Stay tuned for answers. And of corse R and R.