Notes: Eeh, sounds like the college search will be taking more of my time
in the next weeks than I'd like. I'll probably spend all my class time
writing this so I can spend all my home time on music and college. lol.
Well, I'm going to try to make this chapter longer and more eventful than
the last one, so bear with me. ^^; Thanks!
Warnings: May contain some fluff and a little Eclipse/Raenef in later chapters. Also will probably confuse and cause laughter (at least. I hope.). Oh! Also some potty-mouth. Got youkai to worry about, ne?
Disclaimer: I do not own Inu Yasha or Demon Diary. I'm not making any money from this story. If I am sued, prepare to be attacked by my plush toy collection before I hand over any money. That is all.
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Kagome stood between Kouga and Raenef. The glares that Kouga was giving the kid were scary enough for even Inu Yasha to keep his distance. The only person who didn't seem to notice Kouga's bad mood was Raenef.
"Eclipse... What does 'bearing my child' mean?" Raenef tugged at his mentor's sleeve, finally thinking to ask. It was his duty to wonder when everyone laughed at him. Eclipse paled, if it were possible for him. He had never thought his master's lessons would turn in this direction.
Miroku came forward. "Ah, so it is time for the lad to become a man! Follow me and we'll find you someone that you can find out wi-." A large bump found his head as Sango put her weapon back down.
"Hentai. you won't be teaching this kid anything!"
"But, Sango, the lad is curious. Is it not part of nature that he learn. OW!" Three-way attack. Sango with her Hiraikotsu, Kagome with a schoolbook she had out, and Eclipse with his fist. Miroku feel to the ground, unconscious.
Eclipse sighed. "That is a lesson for another day, Master Raenef. Let us leave, before you learn something else here." Kagome laughed nervously and tried to apologize for the monk. In the end, mostly due to the glare she received when she tried to protest their departure, she only offered that if they couldn't find their way back that they could always travel with the Inu-tachi.
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That night, Eclipse was finally starting to find his nerves again. Raenef had insisted on saying his farewell to everyone, and even to sink as low as to apologize, of all things, to the wolf youkai that he had groped.
Now, Raenef was poking a stick at the fire Eclipse had put up for the night. Their search had been uneventful once they left their company, for no other reason than that they kept getting lost in the trees. He had eventually given up on finding a demon of any sorts that night, and he dared not think the villagers would know anything useful. Thus, the demon lord and his mentor were to spend the night as if commoners, camping in the forest.
"Eclipse... Is it dinnertime yet?"
Uh-oh. He had completely forgotten to look for food. Too many thoughts about that day had crowded his mind, and he had not thought of hunger. Thinking back, he was surprised that his ward had not asked earlier. They had walked for hours upon hours, without even passing a piece of fruit. Eclipse sighed, without realizing that he had done so. Now he would have to find food in this strange land. What a nuisance.
"Yes, Lord Raenef. Please wait here while I go find something suitable for a demon lord." He stood and left, knowing that Raenef would not be able to sit still for long. He had very little time to find a meal, and finding something suitable for his young master would be near impossible. Perhaps a nearby village would have bread for the taking, and fruit. All he need find, then, would be a village and some poor animal to be cooked. Yes, that would be suiting.
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Not far away, one little toad-like youkai whacked at the bushes with his two-headed staff. It was just his luck to get himself lost. He mumbled curses to himself as he went, clutching to the scroll he held in his hands. One little mission to find a spell, and Jaken had gotten himself cursed. He could feel it. Somebody was wishing him ill tonight, and it was working.
He smelled the smoke to a small fire, and rejoiced. At last! He had found them. A flame was often lit for the sake of the child Rin, so long as it was dark while they were resting. He headed in the direction of the fire, only getting close enough to see a bit of light behind the trees.
He had run into a tall figure. Correction: a tall, dark figure. Add an extra dark to that.
"A toad? No, but you would do for a meal, I suppose." The figure barely held back a sigh as he pulled his hand back in the motion of an attack.
"SESSHOUMARUSAMAAAAAAAAAAA!"
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Raenef heard the scream just outside. He knew it wasn't Eclipse for two reasons. One, the voice was just wrong. Two, he could not imagine Eclipse screaming for any reason. So he went to investigate.
It wasn't far to find what was happening. He arrived on the scene of a green frog-like creature that was swinging a stick of some sort at Eclipse. The frog-creature looked ready to cry, and Eclipse looked bored. At least, until he saw Raenef.
"Lord Raenef, were you not to wait in the camp?" Eclipse wondered why he bothered to keep the proper act up. They were nowhere near anyone who would find out of the breech.
"Who is this?" Raenef avoided the question by pointing to Jaken. Jaken had been too shaken to realize his opportunity to run, and was now the center of attention again.
"This was going to be dinner, Lord Raenef..." Eclipse watched as Raenef ignored him and bowed to the meal. Well, so much for that idea. Can't kill a creature around Raenef yet, and he knew better than to expect Raenef to eat any meat tonight at dinner. Cursed lucky toad.
"Hello. I am the Demon Lord Raenef the... the... Eclipse, what number Raenef am I?" Eclipse sighed.
"Demon Lord? You are no more than a human child! You cannot be a demon ACK! Don't kill meeee!" Jaken cowered behind his staff when Eclipse stepped forward. Raenef may not look like a demon lord, but Eclipse looked the part. Jaken was smart enough to shut up when someone like Eclipse gave him that glare. Sesshoumaru had a glare very similar to it.
"I work for the taiyoukai Sesshoumaru-sama! My name is Jaken. If you are a lord, then you had better be on good terms with Sesshoumaru-sama to be walking this land." Jaken tried to remain clam, as his life seemed on the line.
"Taiyoukai?" Eclipse caught the honorific to this Sesshoumaru's name. "Perhaps we have found the person to aid us then..." He mused for a moment, pleased to think that perhaps they would be closer to returning than he had thought. "Fine, imp. Take us to this taiyoukai of yours." He watched as Jaken gulped. Obviously the imp was frightened, but this last comment had made him even more so.
"There are formalities... um... Well, I can't do that..." Jaken stuttered.
Eclipse stepped forward again, ready to "persuade" Jaken, but some figure riding a two-headed dragon creature landed. The figure dismounted gracefully, leaving a child on the creature's back.
"Jaken, you are late."
"I-I am sorry, Sesshoumaru-sama! Please forgive me! I..." Jaken rambled on and on with his apologies, until Eclipse cut the imp short.
"You are the taiyoukai, then?" When Sesshoumaru gave a curt, if questioning, nod, Eclipse bowed. If this was a demon lord, then his place was humble. "I am Eclipse. I serve under the Demon Lord Raenef." He motioned towards the child... but the child was no longer there.
"I'm Raenef! Nice to meet you, Rin." Both children bowed to each other. Eclipse stood rigid. Yet another humble bow, and this time before another Demon Lord! Not again...
"That child is the lord that you would present to this Sesshoumaru? Do you intend to mock me?" Eclipse bowed once more to Sesshoumaru. Yes, this one acted the part of a true Demon Lord, and Eclipse would not be pressed to believe that he was one.
"My apologies for my master. He is new to his position, and we have found ourselves in a position that, perhaps, you could aid us with. May I explain further?" Sesshoumaru turned to Jaken, ignoring the fools for now. Eclipse waited, steaming. Raenef had probably caused them both to look foolish, and what demon lord would help a fool? They would be lucky to leave without some punishments.
"Eeeeek!" All heads turned to the children again, to see Raenef with his hand located behind Rin, and to hear him ask The Question. Sesshoumaru growled, Jaken gasped, and Eclipse sighed. "Not again..."
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Note: May I apologize, right here, for something? I want to apologize for my constant switch between Japanese endings like "sama" and English equivalents like "lord". Sometimes, the English doesn't feel right, you know? So I use Japanese in those cases. My apologies anyways, though. Also, it didn't get to be as long as I wanted. Dumb school nights and their curfews... grrr. Someday...
Does this count as a cliffy? Oh! And votes are being taken over whom they meet next. I plan for more Seshhie humor, don't worry! But they can't stay there forever. ^_~ So who do we want to meet next? I think I've succeeded into making this pointless, at least for now. I shall fix that, but they are making contacts for now. Friends and foes! Bwuahahaaa.
Read, review, and vote please! ^_^
Warnings: May contain some fluff and a little Eclipse/Raenef in later chapters. Also will probably confuse and cause laughter (at least. I hope.). Oh! Also some potty-mouth. Got youkai to worry about, ne?
Disclaimer: I do not own Inu Yasha or Demon Diary. I'm not making any money from this story. If I am sued, prepare to be attacked by my plush toy collection before I hand over any money. That is all.
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Kagome stood between Kouga and Raenef. The glares that Kouga was giving the kid were scary enough for even Inu Yasha to keep his distance. The only person who didn't seem to notice Kouga's bad mood was Raenef.
"Eclipse... What does 'bearing my child' mean?" Raenef tugged at his mentor's sleeve, finally thinking to ask. It was his duty to wonder when everyone laughed at him. Eclipse paled, if it were possible for him. He had never thought his master's lessons would turn in this direction.
Miroku came forward. "Ah, so it is time for the lad to become a man! Follow me and we'll find you someone that you can find out wi-." A large bump found his head as Sango put her weapon back down.
"Hentai. you won't be teaching this kid anything!"
"But, Sango, the lad is curious. Is it not part of nature that he learn. OW!" Three-way attack. Sango with her Hiraikotsu, Kagome with a schoolbook she had out, and Eclipse with his fist. Miroku feel to the ground, unconscious.
Eclipse sighed. "That is a lesson for another day, Master Raenef. Let us leave, before you learn something else here." Kagome laughed nervously and tried to apologize for the monk. In the end, mostly due to the glare she received when she tried to protest their departure, she only offered that if they couldn't find their way back that they could always travel with the Inu-tachi.
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That night, Eclipse was finally starting to find his nerves again. Raenef had insisted on saying his farewell to everyone, and even to sink as low as to apologize, of all things, to the wolf youkai that he had groped.
Now, Raenef was poking a stick at the fire Eclipse had put up for the night. Their search had been uneventful once they left their company, for no other reason than that they kept getting lost in the trees. He had eventually given up on finding a demon of any sorts that night, and he dared not think the villagers would know anything useful. Thus, the demon lord and his mentor were to spend the night as if commoners, camping in the forest.
"Eclipse... Is it dinnertime yet?"
Uh-oh. He had completely forgotten to look for food. Too many thoughts about that day had crowded his mind, and he had not thought of hunger. Thinking back, he was surprised that his ward had not asked earlier. They had walked for hours upon hours, without even passing a piece of fruit. Eclipse sighed, without realizing that he had done so. Now he would have to find food in this strange land. What a nuisance.
"Yes, Lord Raenef. Please wait here while I go find something suitable for a demon lord." He stood and left, knowing that Raenef would not be able to sit still for long. He had very little time to find a meal, and finding something suitable for his young master would be near impossible. Perhaps a nearby village would have bread for the taking, and fruit. All he need find, then, would be a village and some poor animal to be cooked. Yes, that would be suiting.
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Not far away, one little toad-like youkai whacked at the bushes with his two-headed staff. It was just his luck to get himself lost. He mumbled curses to himself as he went, clutching to the scroll he held in his hands. One little mission to find a spell, and Jaken had gotten himself cursed. He could feel it. Somebody was wishing him ill tonight, and it was working.
He smelled the smoke to a small fire, and rejoiced. At last! He had found them. A flame was often lit for the sake of the child Rin, so long as it was dark while they were resting. He headed in the direction of the fire, only getting close enough to see a bit of light behind the trees.
He had run into a tall figure. Correction: a tall, dark figure. Add an extra dark to that.
"A toad? No, but you would do for a meal, I suppose." The figure barely held back a sigh as he pulled his hand back in the motion of an attack.
"SESSHOUMARUSAMAAAAAAAAAAA!"
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Raenef heard the scream just outside. He knew it wasn't Eclipse for two reasons. One, the voice was just wrong. Two, he could not imagine Eclipse screaming for any reason. So he went to investigate.
It wasn't far to find what was happening. He arrived on the scene of a green frog-like creature that was swinging a stick of some sort at Eclipse. The frog-creature looked ready to cry, and Eclipse looked bored. At least, until he saw Raenef.
"Lord Raenef, were you not to wait in the camp?" Eclipse wondered why he bothered to keep the proper act up. They were nowhere near anyone who would find out of the breech.
"Who is this?" Raenef avoided the question by pointing to Jaken. Jaken had been too shaken to realize his opportunity to run, and was now the center of attention again.
"This was going to be dinner, Lord Raenef..." Eclipse watched as Raenef ignored him and bowed to the meal. Well, so much for that idea. Can't kill a creature around Raenef yet, and he knew better than to expect Raenef to eat any meat tonight at dinner. Cursed lucky toad.
"Hello. I am the Demon Lord Raenef the... the... Eclipse, what number Raenef am I?" Eclipse sighed.
"Demon Lord? You are no more than a human child! You cannot be a demon ACK! Don't kill meeee!" Jaken cowered behind his staff when Eclipse stepped forward. Raenef may not look like a demon lord, but Eclipse looked the part. Jaken was smart enough to shut up when someone like Eclipse gave him that glare. Sesshoumaru had a glare very similar to it.
"I work for the taiyoukai Sesshoumaru-sama! My name is Jaken. If you are a lord, then you had better be on good terms with Sesshoumaru-sama to be walking this land." Jaken tried to remain clam, as his life seemed on the line.
"Taiyoukai?" Eclipse caught the honorific to this Sesshoumaru's name. "Perhaps we have found the person to aid us then..." He mused for a moment, pleased to think that perhaps they would be closer to returning than he had thought. "Fine, imp. Take us to this taiyoukai of yours." He watched as Jaken gulped. Obviously the imp was frightened, but this last comment had made him even more so.
"There are formalities... um... Well, I can't do that..." Jaken stuttered.
Eclipse stepped forward again, ready to "persuade" Jaken, but some figure riding a two-headed dragon creature landed. The figure dismounted gracefully, leaving a child on the creature's back.
"Jaken, you are late."
"I-I am sorry, Sesshoumaru-sama! Please forgive me! I..." Jaken rambled on and on with his apologies, until Eclipse cut the imp short.
"You are the taiyoukai, then?" When Sesshoumaru gave a curt, if questioning, nod, Eclipse bowed. If this was a demon lord, then his place was humble. "I am Eclipse. I serve under the Demon Lord Raenef." He motioned towards the child... but the child was no longer there.
"I'm Raenef! Nice to meet you, Rin." Both children bowed to each other. Eclipse stood rigid. Yet another humble bow, and this time before another Demon Lord! Not again...
"That child is the lord that you would present to this Sesshoumaru? Do you intend to mock me?" Eclipse bowed once more to Sesshoumaru. Yes, this one acted the part of a true Demon Lord, and Eclipse would not be pressed to believe that he was one.
"My apologies for my master. He is new to his position, and we have found ourselves in a position that, perhaps, you could aid us with. May I explain further?" Sesshoumaru turned to Jaken, ignoring the fools for now. Eclipse waited, steaming. Raenef had probably caused them both to look foolish, and what demon lord would help a fool? They would be lucky to leave without some punishments.
"Eeeeek!" All heads turned to the children again, to see Raenef with his hand located behind Rin, and to hear him ask The Question. Sesshoumaru growled, Jaken gasped, and Eclipse sighed. "Not again..."
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Note: May I apologize, right here, for something? I want to apologize for my constant switch between Japanese endings like "sama" and English equivalents like "lord". Sometimes, the English doesn't feel right, you know? So I use Japanese in those cases. My apologies anyways, though. Also, it didn't get to be as long as I wanted. Dumb school nights and their curfews... grrr. Someday...
Does this count as a cliffy? Oh! And votes are being taken over whom they meet next. I plan for more Seshhie humor, don't worry! But they can't stay there forever. ^_~ So who do we want to meet next? I think I've succeeded into making this pointless, at least for now. I shall fix that, but they are making contacts for now. Friends and foes! Bwuahahaaa.
Read, review, and vote please! ^_^