Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha, but he does stray to my home every once in a while!
"I think she's somewhere up there!" Lexie shouted as she began to run towards the now stronger scent of Ceres.
"No, Akuzmi, don't go any farther! That's Sesshomaru!" Kagome shouted.
"I have to find Ceres, she may know this area more than I do, but that doesn't mean that she's not freaked out," Lexie said, and she began to run uphill, she pulled out her sword, and ran right up to Sesshomaru and looked him in the eyes, have you seen a human, about… her size, with brown hair, and hazel eyes?"
"What do you want with a girl like that?" Ceres asked.
"She's my friend, she's missing," Akuzmi answered.
"Many demons say their friends with humans, but truthfully the only one that would be would be Inu-Yasha. What do you really want with a human?" Ceres asked.
"She just told you," Kagome shouted jumping off of Kilala and walking towards Ceres.
"Akuzmi, it doesn't look like there's anyone other than these two here. Ceres's not here," Koga shouted walking out of the cave.
"Ceres do you know these people?" Sesshomaru asked looking at Ceres.
"I might, but that's only if this wolf-demon is Akuzmi Suboshi Amiboshi Inu-Yasha Shizuka Nashikado Sanoske."
"Miaka Aelita Tamahome Kagome Kenshin Ceres Hiei Sesshomaru Tsukasa Hotohori Chichiri Rei?" asked Lexie.
"LEX!" Ceres shouted dropping her sword and hugging the demon.
"Skippy dance?" Akuzmi asked.
"Skippy Dance?" Ceres replied.
"Skippy Dance! Skippy Dance, Skippy Dance, Skippy Dance!" The two cried, interlacing arms and skipping in circles.
"What are you doing with Sesshomaru?" Akuzmi asked.
"I ran into him today, what are you doing with Kagome and Koga?"
"Elle and I ran into them," Akuzmi answered.
"Where is Ellie anyways?" Ceres asked.
"She's at the village with Inu-Yasha, Sango, and Mirogu, I came to get you, you should come with me."
"I can't, I promised Rin just a few minutes ago that I wouldn't leave her," Ceres said.
"Oh," Akuzmi said, hurt rising in her voice, tears stinging her eyes, she fought them back knowing that if anyone of the demons saw her tears they would think of her weak, and if how she felt about the things she once loved is the same for Ceres she would think Akuzmi was weak.
"You can go if you want, you were looking for your friends long before we met you," Sesshomaru said resting his hand on Ceres's shoulder.
"Thank you, I shall find a way to repay you for your kindness," Ceres said picking up her sword, putting it in its scaffold and hugging Sesshomaru. "You're like an elder brother to me."
"I'll see you along the way; give my greetings to my brother."
Ceres nodded.
"Milady, where are you going?" Rin said running down a hill.
"I'm going to meet my friend, this isn't goodbye though, Rin. We shall meet again and when we meet we will embrace in joyful reunion. I will know you and you me, we'll act as if we never parted ways, not as if we never met. You grow up to be a good girl, and listen to what Lord Sesshomaru tells you, he is a very wise man. Okay?" Ceres told her kneeling down and holding onto both of Rin's shoulders.
"Okay, Lady Ceres I'll await our reunion," Rin said wiping a tear that was making it's slow descent down Ceres's face.
"Farwell Rin, Sesshomaru," Ceres said, standing and letting go of Rin.
"Goodbye, Milady," Rin said.
"Farewell Ceres, God Speed," Sesshomaru said kissing Ceres on the forehead. He turned away leading Rin to an area where they could watch their new friend leave.
"Where are they? Kagome and Akuzmi should be back by now," said Inu-Yasha, worried by the disappearance of Kagome. He had awoken that morning and noticed something was wrong when he didn't see her anywhere.
"Akuzmi said that if she wasn't back by now to go ahead without her," Ellie said.
"But that was before Kagome joined her," Sango brought into the light.
"We shouldn't sit here worrying then, let's get something to eat," Miroku said, grabbing Kagome's pack and pulling out the Samurai Food.
"Who can eat when my best friend is out there with a priestess, searching for a friend that might not even be here," Ellie asked.
"I certainly couldn't," Lexie said, walking through the door.
"Did you find her?" Inu-Yasha asked.
"Yeah, but she's a lot different than I remember," Akuzmi answered pulling a leaf out of her hair and looking out the window at the dog-demon yelling at Koga for making such a ruckus.
"Who's that?" Ellie asked, looking at the dog-demon.
"Ceres," Akuzmi said, "Miaka, shut up, you're the one disturbing the peace now."
"Well, if this idiot learned how to stop properly we wouldn't be yelling right now!"
"I stop just fine, you just need to get out of my way," Koga replied.
"Oh, your just jealous because dogs are considered man's best friend and wolves are considered beasts!"
"I didn't resort to which type of demon we are, but if we're going to play that way then your ears are too pointy."
"I like my ears, and what's that your wearing? A… a man SKIRT?"
"It's a skort, not a skirt, skorts are manly! And what's with the pelt, did you kill your brother for that?"
"NO! I don't have siblings! If your going to pick on my pelt, look at all the pelts you wearing on your man skirt."
"It's a skort! What about your hair, were they out of purple hair in the demon department?"
"Oh, you've gone too far now," Ceres shouted pulling out her sword.
"Whoa, stop it!" Akuzmi said grabbing Ceres's arms and attempting to pull her away from the wolf-demon. "Inu-Yasha can I have some help?"
"Fine, I was having fun watching that though," Inu-Yasha said walking over and dragging Ceres away from Koga with much difficulty.
"This is our little family then," Sango said tisking as she watched Ceres break free from Inu-Yasha's grasp and run at Koga, hitting him in the leg, where his jewel shards were.
"Don't make me intervene, I'm going to intervene now, Wind Tunnel!" Miroku said as he began to pull the beads from his hand and everything began to fly toward it.
"Cover that up, Miroku," shouted Sango.
"Okay," said Miroku.
"This is when you wish you could tell Ceres to sit instead of Inu-Yasha," said Ellie looking upon the brawl worriedly.
"There could be a chance that. Ceres, sit, sit, sit, sit, sit!" Kagome shouted, but the only thing that happened was Inu-Yasha was driven deeper into the ground.
Sango, feeling as if she needed to do something, began to throw her boomerang attempting to hit Ceres to distract her from Koga. But the only thing that achieved was causing Ceres to pull out her sword once more. Shippo used his fox magic to distract Ceres by making a giant chibi version of her which only infuriated her. She lifted her sword to chest level and began to charge at Koga.
"Stop!" screamed Akuzmi.
Koga got frightened and ran behind Akuzmi, shouting her name.
"Akuzmi, duck. I'm going to whack his head off!" yells Ceres, advancing on her friend and pointing her sword at Koga.
"No. This is wrong," says Akuzmi, she pauses for a second to reconsider her answer, "Wait, did I just say that? Of course I'm ducking!"
"No Akuzmi, help me!" Koga plead.
Akuzmi then had a strike of brilliance, she grabbed Ceres's sword's blade with her right hand, which began to bleed. She then took her other hand and pulled the sword out of Ceres's grip and threw it up a tree. Ceres jumped at Koga wrapping her hands around his throat she was able to wrestle him to the ground and choke him.
Gasping for air, Koga attempted to kick Ceres off of him but it achieved nothing. Akuzmi tan over to Ceres and slapped her on the top of her head like Tasuki had always done to Chiriko in Fushigi Yuugi.
More violence next chapter, and another entrance of Sesshomaru! This is like the 'Sesshomaru and Koga Show!'