Disclaimer: I own my imagination… nothin else (is that really mine? O.O...)
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Chapter 3
Sitting Spree
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Inuyasha watched the miko carefully as she pulled out her sleeping bag, he watched each time she put her hands back in the pack, half expecting her to pull out the other rosary, but she never did. Kagome just pulled out her usual supplies and night clothes. Shippo had perched himself on her shoulder as she unrolled the sleeping bag and pulled out her pillow, then jumped off when she headed off into the woods to change.
Just as she disappeared into the woods the hanyou felt the winds change, blowing a familiar scent to his nose. He looked down to Shippo who had stood up and gave him a worried look. They both knew that scent and that it was located near where Kagome had just gone off to…
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If there was one thing the miko had learned, it was how to change without showing hardly any skin. Too many times she had been interrupted by her friends or passerbyers, so she pulled up her pj pants before removing her skirt. Suddenly she felt a familiar aura, looking up she saw a silver haired, prestigiously dressed demon lord in the clearing, looking at her with those cold, emotionless eyes.
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The taijya and monk exchanged a look as they felt a familiar aura, and they heard the kit and hanyou go sprinting off to where Kagome was. Kirara growled and transformed and the two stood, quickly gathering the weapons, Sango quickly grabbed the miko's bow and some arrows. She ran over to the monk, handed him the bow and arrows and prepared to get on the neko's back when she looked again at Kagome's pack. The taijya quickly ran over and grabbed the brown bag out of the miko's pack before running to Kirara. She climbed on and the monk was not far behind, holding the weapons.
Kirara took off and ascended over the trees, rushing towards the others. Sango urged her on and the trees below went whizzing by. As they approached the clearing sango saw Kagome confronted by the youkai taijya, just as she was about to call to the miko she felt a familiar hand on her butt. Yelling the incantation at the top of her lungs the monk went plummeting. The momentum caused him to come to a skidding stop a couple of feet short of the miko.
Luckily he had released the bow and arrows, causing them to fall at the miko's feet.
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Kagome's stomach tightened slightly as the youkai addressed her, "Miko, where is the location of my pathetic hanyou brother?"
She sensed the auras of her friends and smiled confidently at the great lord, "He is on his way."
The next thing they knew the hanyou had jumped from a tree and was between the miko and his brother in battle mode, ready to defend her at a moment's notice. He growled fiercely, his hand on the hilt of tetsuiga. He spat out, "What do you want Sesshomaru?"
They suddenly looked up to hear "HENTAI!" and a screaming monk come slamming into the ground. Kagome picked up the bow and knocked an arrow as Kirara landed next to her, and Shippo finally caught up, landing on her shoulder and hugging her neck. "Your ok!"
They all stood in defensive stances, except the monk, who was knocked out on the ground. Kagome saw a familiar brown bag laying forgotten on the ground next to Kirara. She realized that she could sense three more auras in the bushes, and she recognized the servant, little girl, and dragon thing. An idea came to her, she lowered her bow and picked up the brown bag.
Her friends watched curiously as she walked towards the great youkai, Inuyasha put a hand out to stop her, but she put a hand on his shoulder and gave him a smile. He looked into her eyes and suddenly realized what she had in mind, he nodded and whispered, "I got your back."
She stepped forward confidently and looked up into the orbs of ice, "I have something for the young girl who travels with you."
The demon lord eyed her carefully, "What do you wish to give to Rin?"
"A gift."
As Kagome expected, the young girl burst out of the bushes and ran to he lord, jumping up and down in anticipation. "Can I have it Sesshomaru-sama? Pleeeeeeeeeeeeeeeaaaaase?"
The miko knelt, offering the paper bag to the girl, she took it and her eyes lit up when she saw the contents, "Ooooo Pretty!"
Rin looked from the bag, to Sesshomaru, and back to the beads inside again and a big grin came across her face, "Make Sesshomaru-sama pretty"
Kagome covered her mouth, holding back the giggles, she did her best just to nodd and smile. Rin pulled a string of silver and metallic red beads, which glinted in the fading light. The young girl smiled and skipped over to the taiyoukai, the beads clicking lightly in her hand. To everyone's shock he knelt down and allowed her to place the enchanted beads around his neck.
He stood back up and the miko's eyes lit mischeviously, "Rin, say a word, any word."
"Um-"
'WHAM!' The beads glowed brightly in the dimming light and to everyone's shock, and the gang's amusement the all powerful, greatly feared, Lord of the Western Lands was dragged to the ground! Inuyasha had longed for this moment for so long!
The youkai lord had not expected anything like that! He groaned slightly and opened his eyes to see the tear filled ones of the young girl, "GOMENASAI SESSHOMARU-SAMA! GOMENASAI!"
As the pain faded and the spell released him he stood and turned on the miko, his voice was menacing as he demanded, "What have you done priestess?"
The miko giggled, "Its about time you had the taste of defeat."
Inuyasha was absolutely rolling in laughter, "Has the Great Sesshomaru been beat by a little human girl! Oh this is rich!"
Sango, Miroku, and Shippo were laughing too, but they weren't about to say anything to the dirt encrusted dog demon. Kagome was quelled her giggles and turned to Rin, "Now everytime you say that word the necklace will activate. Trust me, I know."
"This Sesshomaru will not be held by a string of beads.' He started pulling on it, trying to lift it over his head. He extended his claws and swiped at the string, cutting his neck and shouolders instead. All of his efforts were to no avail, and his brother came up and put a hand on the youkai's shoulder, with a big grin on his face, "At least you are not the only one."
The taiyoukai froze at this, he saw, for the first time, the beads around the half brother's neck, "This Sesshomaru is NOT weak and pathetic as his half brother."
Kagome laughed, "And 'this Sesshomaru' needs to stop talking about himself in third person."
Poor Rin had tears welling up in her eyes at the sight of her lord, she just wanted to make him look pretty! She had never meant for this to happen. She decided she should remove the beads so he wouldn't be sad anymore. But before she made a move she felt a hand on her shoulder, it was the miko. Rin debated whether or not she should be angry at the lady, but before she made a sound Kagome explained in a low voice, "Sometimes people like your masterNEED to be humbled once in a while. It isi a good thing for him to learn, so just leave it on."
"But-"
"He is just like his brother, it can help him change for the better."
"But I like-"
"Please just leave it, ok?"
Rin was getting frustrated that she couldn't get out her thought! Unlike this miko, Sesshomaru-sama would always hear out what she had to say. He was a man of few words, and she liked that. She liked Sesshomaru-sama just the way he was, and she didn't want to change or control him in any way! Rin had never really learned to trust humans, and even though the miko lady seemed nice, Rin's trust in her was shaken. Especially after she didn't tell her about the necklace.
The young girl looked over to see that the taiyoukai had given up on his efforts to remove the rosary and was now looking at his half brother. The hanyou was endlessly taunting him. Kagome rolled her eyes and gave a warning, "Inuyasha." He kept right on taunting, so she gave a calm, "Osuwari."
'WHAM!' down he went, right at Sesshomaru's feet. Kagome walked over to him and tapped her foot impatiently, "You shouldn't insult your brother like that. Especially when your rosary still works perfectly."
The hanyou spat out the dirt and stood to his feet, dusting off the dirt in clouds. He looked up at his brother, who's face was emotionless as ever, but his golden orbs had lost their icy luster and were alit with entertainment.
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Where to go from here? I may torture them for a little while, but I see this one wrapping up fairly soon. Cause I have enough other fanfics to get to work on that will be much longer. R&R!