. : Muichi Motsu : .
: . By Akikazu . :
. : Chapter Eight : .
"Okaa-san!"
Shippo darted straight to Sesshomaru and Kagome as soon as he cleared the trap door. Inches away from impact Sesshomaru's fluffy tail grabbed him. So now poor, defenseless Shippo was dangling midair in the tail of a feared Taiyoukai, he did the only thing that came to his mind in this situation.
"Whaaa! Kagome save me, he's gonna eat me!"
Sesshomaru glared down at the small kitsune child in annoyance. Then he noticed the changes in his appearance and looked to the elder fox.
"What happened to the kit?"
The fox gave him a cold look before answering.
"I will share my report when everyone, including the girl, is here. I'd rather not explain it more than once."
"Hn, just like you fox to wait for some girl," Hiei said as he emerged from the staircase with Kuwabara and Yusuke at his heel, the latter cursing under his breath.
Sesshomaru observed them all cool as he ripped a portal into the air with one hand letting Shippo fall to the ground, even as he twisted to land on his feet. He went through wordlessly, expecting them to follow, and they did.
"Wow the tall demon dude could have save us lots of time if he had done that earlier," Kuwabara muttered as he followed through last.
They emerged in the familiar office of Koenma the toddler prince lounging in his tall backed chair as Botan waited by the door and Ogre scrambled around.
"Sesshomaru-sama, we had no expected you back on such short notice," Botan greeted formally with a cheery smile and low bow. "If you had just had Yusuke call me I would have picked you all up."
"There was no need."
Botan bowed lowly again before shuffling over to Yusuke, her kimono rustling at her motions.
"Yusuke did anyone obtain any injuries?" She questioned.
"We're fine Botan."
"The demons were all too afraid of the Great Kuwabara to hurt anyone!"
"Actually the girl we rescued is grievously wounded," Kurama said quietly.
He could almost feel the eyes burning into him, but thankfully they soon turned to look at the demon lord.
"Do you want me to call for a healer, Sesshomaru-sama?" Botan asked hesitantly.
"No. Koenma, you summon the best healer available, my own healer is on a pilgrimage."
The small prince scrambled around trying to complete the order and soon as physically possible.
"Yes, my lord," he squeaked as he finally slammed his tiny fist over a big red button. A hidden door behind him opened and an aging man stepped through, he bowed to everyone in the room before facing Koenma.
"You rang? Yes rang you did."
"Yes please see to this young lady's injuries immediately."
He turned to Sesshomaru and looked at Kagome with a gasp of dismay he motioned for her to set her down on the couch.
"Put her down on the couch. Lay her on the couch. The girl is very injured. So many hurts for such a small girl," the man babbled.
Sesshomaru glared fiercely at Koenma but did as the healer ordered anyway. Two pairs of eyes watched the aging male examine the unconscious miko. He took careful note of the severity of each wound before rushing back out the door to presumably get some supplies.
Koenma shifted nervously in his chair and Sesshomaru's cold gaze once again turned to him. The child ruler froze and then cleared his throat nervously.
"Will you be taking Kagome-sama back to the Makai, my lord, or will she remain in the Ningenkai on your estates?" He asked in a quiet, squeaky voice.
The Youkai Lord's gaze never wavered as he thought of his options, quickly listing the positives and negatives of each before coming to a reasonable compromise within his own mind.
"Kagome and Shippo will return with me to my palace in the Makai and if she is prepared she will return to the Ningenkai at the start of the new school year. If she does return I will put you in charge of her security if I am needed in the Makai. I do not need to go over what the consequences will be if she is injured in anyway."
Koenma trembled in fear, his teeth chattering loudly together even with the pacifier between them.
"N-no, my lord."
"Good."
The healer returned through the door and once again made his way to Kagome's side immediately tending to the large wound in her shoulder.
Shippo crawled away from Kurama's side and inched towards the healer, sniffing Kagome worriedly before turning his wide eyes to the healer.
"My Okaa-san is going to be okay right?" His voice came out as a pitiful whine as he searched the room for reassurance.
"Don't worry young one, I have yet to lose a patient and I won't start with one as pretty as this! Such a pretty girl will not be the first patient I lose!" The old healer laughed slightly as he continued with his work.
Shippo sniffed back more tear and was slightly more sure that Kagome would be okay but the fear was still there, a dark looming presence in his mind that was eating away at any rational thought in its path as it tried to take charge in his mind.
"Shippo, come here," Sesshomaru's voice was firm, leaving no room for questions.
Kurama watched the kit go to the tall Inu Youkai out of the corner of his mind knowing that it was not his place to interfere, though he would if he got the slightest signal that the kit was going to be physically injured.
The kit made his way to Sesshomaru slowly till he came to a stop directly in front of him, waiting for the elder demon to speak. Sesshomaru kneeled in front of the boy, lifting the kit's chin so they were staring each other straight in the eye.
"Do you know which swords I carry with me?" Sesshomaru asked.
Shippo shook his head and Sesshomaru released his chin giving the kit the chance to look at his waist to see which weapons he was carrying. The first thing Shippo noticed was that he was still wearing two swords, one of them had to be new for the Tokijin had been destroyed in the final battle as Naraku had fallen. His eyes rested on the lower sword, still ancient looking but in much better condition than when the traitorous hanyou carried it.
"Tetsusaiga… How? Kagome brought it with her when we left," Shippo whispered in awe.
"When I went to visit Kagome and found all the weapons a the well I informed her family of Inu Yasha's betrayal and her mother handed it to me before we left to my home in the Makai. But that was not the sword I was speaking of kit."
Shippo looked again, this time looking at the higher sword and his breath left him in a relieved gasp.
"The Tenseiga…" The breathy whisper was hard to make out even to all the youkai in the room.
"If anything does happen to her Shippo, I will take care of it. I will not allow Kagome to leave us, you have my word."
Botan turned to see what was causing the enormous relief she sensed in the young fox kit when she caught sight of Sesshomaru's sword. She gasped and stumbled back, trying to move as far away as possible from the live giving sword.
"Botan?" Kuwabara asked as he saw her stumble back.
Yusuke turned to look at the usually not-so-grim reaper. Her face was pale and her hand was trembling as she clutched it to her heart.
"T-that sword!" She whimpered.
Shippo glanced at her before returning to the side of the healer to ask him questions about what he was doing. Hiei and Kurama stood back against the wall monitoring all the happenings in the room even as they mentally discussed all the goings on of the previous incident. Koenma's eyes flickered everywhere as he attempted to watch Sesshomaru but as his nerves failed him he glanced away.
Sesshomaru never turned his gaze to the fearful death spirit.
"Yes, what about this sword, wench?" His voice was frosty as an ice cube in the middle of winter on the south pole of Pluto.
"Koenma what's wrong with Botan?" Yusuke demanded, worried about the ferry girl.
Koenma briefly glanced at her before his eyes twitched to Sesshomaru's waist taking the sword before he looked swiftly away.
"It the sword Yusuke. The Tenseiga is not able to kill but and bring the dead back to life. In essence it kills death," Koenma answered, as his gaze once again fell onto the petrified Botan he added, "Kuwabara could you please get her out of here."
Kuwabara nodded before taking a gentle hold on Botan's shoulder and leading her out. All the while talking to her and trying to calm her down.
The room was quite for a few seconds more and before long the healer straightened and started to leave with a satisfied look on his face.
"She'll be fine in a while, none of the wounds are infected or poisoned and should all close cleanly without any major scarring in the end. She'll be fine in time, with almost no scars to show," the healer gathered his things and after bow to everyone once again he left.
"That guy was weird…" Shippo commented.
No one had anything to say to such a comment as that and the room was enveloped in an awkward silence.
As the seconds ticked by no one said a word and Shippo took a good look at all of the adults faces, it seemed that this was not just an awkward silence by the QUIET GAME. And they were all playing because they want to win the ULTIMATE PRIZE!
Kagome's groan broke through his thoughts and he bounce over to her. Sesshomaru also joined him at her side lifting her quickly into his arms before straightening.
"Koenma, we are taking our left, learn to do your job better less I have to interfere again."
With his threat hanging in the air he strolled out of the office through a self made portal with Shippo bounce around him, the portal closed behind them seconds after Shippo tail was pulled through.
. : End Chapter : .
: . Author's Note . :
I'm disappointed by my own chapter…
But I have done it! The beginning is over it's time to get to the middle of the story and the real part. Don't worry Epsilon is going to e returning soon and so will Hijikata and Li Shen!
We're going to get to the point now instead of wandering off aimlessly!
Or are we?
Ja ne
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LKLTB - Yes I appear to be setting this story up to make it as painful as possible.
Ice-neko-girl - I intend on this story being longer than any of my other ones but it'll probably be a one story deal.
Shabopo - I would never make Shippo all weird and mutated but I just want different demons and Hiei already has fire (plus being way to set in his ways to change), Kurama has plants, Sess has his weird acid thingy, so Shippo got water. I love IYYYH xovers so much, but I'll go for pretty much any IY xover that has crossover pairings.
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