Chapter 4

"Shasta, come down here." Guddorakku yelled down at me. I came out of my depressed stupor and looked down to see Guddorakku and a girl, who looked remarkably like Sango, standing under the tree branch.

"I'm not giving back the shard!" I yelled down at them.

"We don't want it. We're here to give you a chance to keep it." The girl yelled back up at me, Guddorakku nodded. My ears perked up at the sound of her voice.

"Are you Sango's daughter Akikusa?" I asked.

"Yep, nice to meet you, Shasta." She said very cheerfully. I jumped out of the tree.

"Nice to meet you too." I said in a cheerful tone. We both smiled; we were becoming fast friends.

"So what is this "chance"?" I asked back to normal.

"So if I fare well in a fight against your uncle Sesshoumaru, I get to keep the shard?" I asked Guddorakku back at his house. Guddorakku, Akikusa, and I were sitting on the roof of his house talking.

"Exactly. I imagine father will have some conditions when he gets back but that's pretty must the sum of it." He said crossing his arms over his chest: I couldn't help but notice how much he looked like Inuyasha.

"Crap I'm dead." I almost yelled. I couldn't believe it, could they have chosen anyone harder to fight. I yawned like I did when I was nervous.

"I take it you know who Sesshoumaru is?" asked Akikusa.

"Of course I do. You guys don't really understand that Haria wrote down all of your parent's accomplishments until the marriages because he died then. Those stories have been passed down through every single generation. Our family has always treasured your parents story and so will my kids, if I have any." I told them. Akikusa let out a soft wow and Guddorakku just blinked several times.

The next day we were sitting on the roof again when Sesshoumaru arrived. I moved behind Guddorakku so he perhaps wouldn't see me. It worked for a second too because he was distracted by Akisame pulling on his kimono saying hello uncle Sesshoumaru in a cute little kid voice. She was so cute even Sesshoumaru slightly softened, picking her up and placing her in her mother's arms.

"So where is this demon I'm supposed to fight?" asked Sesshoumaru when he didn't see me.

"Right here." Answered Guddorakku pushing me out into view.

"You don't look like a demon." He commented. Suddenly I realized I was in human form and quickly changed back. I jumped off the roof and stepped forward. Kagome and Sango sent Akisame and Inoru off to play so they wouldn't get in the way. Everyone stepped out off the way except for Akikusa and Guddorakku who were on the roof. So the fight began.

Sesshoumaru hand started to glow green with poison. My claws started to glow blue with poison. He made the first move; I was slow so he succeeded in grabbing me by the throat with his poison hand. In retaliation I swung my claws at his head, making painful contact. He let go of me and I went for his throat this time but I missed. His fist hit me in the side of my head and I went flying the opposite direction colliding with Inuyasha's house. That last blow had made me very mad and I came back instantly only to have to dodge his whip,

Quickly I pulled out mine and aimed to slap him upside the head. I was so close to hitting him too but he dodged just in time. In two seconds he had grabbed my whip and tossed it aside.

"Crap!" I yelled but came up with a very good plan.

"Come and get me!" I yelled back at him starting to run in circles around the clearing. He took the bait and followed me. After five minutes we were still running and he was just catching up to me.

"Can't keep running it this speed much longer." he said when he reached my side.

"Actually I could but I would rather show you the transfer of momentum." I told him smirking. And at the moment leaped to the side and collided with his shoulder. I had a lot of momentum behind me so it was transferred to him. He unlike I hadn't been expecting the impact so he went flying into a tree while I jumped up into the tree. Within seconds I was back out of the tree and had his throat in my hands. He went to punch me again put I dodged. He grabbed my arm and struggled with me as he tried to pull my hand from his throat and I struggled to keep hold. He won that in the end and I was flung back into the middle of the clearing. Both of our tempers flying he reached out to strangle me when I out of nowhere swung my claws when he was still five feet away from me. From my claws came rays of light that sliced out at whatever was in front of me. Sesshoumaru just was able to dodge. I yelped and jumped off to the side taking a look at my hand.

"How did I do that?" I asked no one in particular.

"Ok fight's over!" yelled Inuyasha and Sesshoumaru stopped midstroke to hitting me with a killing blow right to my head.

"Good job." Sesshoumaru said though I could tell it was painful for him.

"Thank you." I said panting. I knew that if I had to fight him much longer I would have lost.

"I'll be leaving now Inuyasha, Rin's waiting. " He said as he looked at his little brother then left." Be sure to make the right choice."

All of us stared waiting for his decision. He nodded his approval. Guddorakku and Akikusa jumped and I found myself hugging him tightly telling him how thankful I was. He stumbled backwards but didn't push me off him. When I felt I had said thank you enough I jumped onto the roof with Guddorakku and Akikusa.

"Hey!" he yelled. I looked at him.

"But you must agree to stay with us just in case." He finished.

"Works for me." I yelled back.

Once again thanks to those who reviewed and yes InuAndMirokuGirlSango I will fix KOGA'S name

And I have more chapters to put on so I guess nobody can kill me yet

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