The Mutt

Chapter 18

"Anna, come looky over here." Rin called to Anna. She was in kitty form again lerking about the front yard with Rin. Anna transformed back to join her. Rin was looking at some sort of brown leaf with fushia veins. It was stuck in the concrete wall.

"Whhhat?" Anna got annoyed.

"Oh look Anna. Have you ever seen a plant such as this one?" Rin asked innocently. She probably doesn't even know that Anna is being snotty to her.

"Yeah, it's...okay,I guess. What's with the coloring?" Anna asked. She was about to puck it when Rin warned her.

"Iie, don't do that Anna. It'll die." Rin stood infront of the plant defending it.

"What's with you and plants?" Anna asked furrowing her eyes in anger.

Rin put her hands on her hips. "Well if you were a plant, would you want ta die?"

"Every one doesn't want to die but someday their gonna. That's just how life is. Accept it." Anna said turning her back on Rin, arms folded and scolding.

Tears began to build up in Rin's eyes. She was hurt by these words of the neko. 'Would Lord Sesshomaru really die one day?' was all she statred thinking about.

Smelling the tears, Anna felt some sympathy for the girl. Kinda.

"Oh, don't start cryin' now. You have to be strong, like Kagome. Those words wouldn't of hurt her feelins." Anna tryed to comfort Rin best she could.

"Why do you say such things, Anna?"

"Because it's true. I mean, Every one dies."

"Who died?" Rin asked knowing Anna must have had a tragedy.

"My parents and my brother if it weren't for Kagome."

"My brothers and parents died. Even I died once."

"Howd you die?" Anna cocked her head.

"Wolves. The wolves got to me. I was so scared." Rin burried her face in her hands and sat down on the ground.

For some reason, Anna felt sorry for her. She sat down next to Rin and wrapped her arm around Rin's neck.

"Hey, your still here right." Anna asked with a more kind voice.

Rin looked up at her. "Uh huh." She nodded.

"Good. Hey what do you mean by your parents? I thought Sesshomaru was your otou."

"Lord Sesshomaru? Iie. He just took me in and saved me from the wolves."

"I thought you said you died. Howd can that be if your still here?" Anna removed her arm from Rin.

"Well, he..."

"Rin, Anna. Lord Sesshomaru requests your arrival for lunch." A yokai servant called.

"Come on, lets eat." Rin ran off. Anna shrugged her shoulders and ran off behind her.

Kagome sat in her room once again staraing from the balcony when Sesshomaru walked in.

"You don't knock?" Kagome said when sensing his presence.

"It is my caslte wench." He replied

"Back to using the name "wench" I see." she turned to face him. "Since when?"

"Since your performance in the dining chamber." he said.

"I had my reasons." she retorted smartly.

Sesshomaru came closer to her, giving Kagome an evil look.

"You will not cause havoc while in my home." He said

"Remember, you were the on who brought me here." She stood up to emphasize her point.

"Hai, or I could have well killed you." Now he made his point. Ugh.

She sat down on the chair that overviewed the sea in a huff. She hated him. He was too smart, intelligant, clever.

"He should not be here. Eyoto means trouble, for all of us." Kagome crossed her arms.

"I will be the one to chose who is worthy for this opperation, if you please." Sesshomaru said through his teeth. He was truly losing patience with this mutt.

"Fine" she ended the subject.

Sesshomaru walked to the exit of her room. "I suspect that the next meal will be better, Kagome."

"Hai" she said plopping her upper limbs on the rim of the balcony.

He finnaly left. 'Well, might as well get some shut eye.' she thought. Kagome has training in the morn.

Next Morning (Before Sunrise)

"Up, up, up, Kagome. It's time to wake up. And this time you can't get on my back about it being sunrise." Casemi ordered the snozzing mutt to rise.

Kagome scrunched up in the sheets of the futon.

"Common girl. Its training day. Lord Sesshomaru's orders were for you to get up before sunpeak." She ripped the covers off of Kagome.

"Uhh, Casemi. Must you." Kagome eyed Casemi.

"Come on Kagome. Training day. Get up you lazy bum." She began folding the sheets to wash.

"Alright, I'm up." She stood and went striaght to the hot springs with towel at hand.

Kagome took a very relaxing but quick bath. It was nearly day break. She didn't want to be late, of all things, hear Sesshomaru's mouth.

She used just enough bath oils to sooth herself but not too much because she may need it after her training. Kami knows how she'll smell.

"Here is your battle garments." Casemi handed Kagome her fighting gear once she re-entered the room.

Kagome seemed pleased that she didn't need to cut the outfit because it was already mad for fighting, with pants. It was black with red flowering designs along the neck.

"Arigatou." She answered taking the battle attire and disappearing behing a paper shade in the corner. On the outside of the shade Casemi, who was taking up the futon, could see her towel being thrown over the top and the outfit was taken. Then Kagome stepped out.

"I can't get this part to tie." she complained. The outfit was made for battle but it was also made for a woman none the less. Her obi tied in the back insead of the front. This was a problem.

"Are you up this time?" Tengi came bursting through the walls.

"Uhh, must you be so loud." Kagome said while Casemi helped her tie the obi.

"Ano...yeah." He said looking around. "Everyone's already up anyway."

"Ohayo, Tengi." Casemi greeted.

"Uhhh...Ohayo, Casemi." Tengi began blushing as soon as he saw her bright and lovable smile.

She spoke to Kagome. "Your waist is to small." Kagome was holding up her arms.

"Nani?" She asked confused.

"This obi is too big for your waist. I'll have to get a smaller one. Be back." Casemi dashed out of the room.

All of a sudden,"What the heck is going on in here?" Anna came in acting all grown.

"None of your bussiness pipsqueak." Tengi retorted.

"Tengi be nice." Kagome said looking in her mirror drawer for something to tie her hair up.

"Yah, be nice Tengiii." Anna said with a wicked smile, cocking her head back and forth.

"Uhhg, little sisters." he rolled his eyes."Always acting prepy"

Anna got pissed and twisted her wrist.

. "So whatcha going to do today Kago..."Anna began when...

"Ahhhhhhhhhhhhhg. Get em off. Get emm off me" Tengi screeched. Kagome turned to see a shocking sight. Trees were growing out of his shoulders and wrapping aroud his arms and neck up to his ears.

"ANNA!" Kagome yelled as she also twisted her wrist and the branches twined back down from where ever they came from.

Tengi began to feel himself to really see if they were gone and sighed of satasfaction.

"Anna, honestly." Kagome turned back to what she was doing in the mirror.

"He had it coming." She said looking away, she was secretly smiling. Tengi gave her an evil look.

"Why don't you both leave?" Kagome asked sticking a pin in her bun.

"You never answered my question" Anna stated walking to Kagome's mirror dresser.

"You never finished it." She said.

"Whatcha doin' today?" Anna repeated

"What's it look like I'm doing." Kagome replied

"I no know? You look the same."

"She looks dreadful to me." came the squaky voice of an annoying toad yokai.

"Can it toad boy, or I'll set a wolverine on ya this time." Anna said to Jaken shoving a fist in his face.

"Hmp, I'm not afraid of some baka neko child. Now move aside weakling." Jaken walked past Anna and to Kagome.

"What is it Jaken?" Kagome was still fixing her hair with another pin.

"Listen human, Sesshomaru-sama requests your arrival at once." He said.

"Well, thank you for the announcement, but you can tell him that I am not quite done yet." She finnaly finished her hair.

"It is sunrise onna. How dare you." He said as Anna sat down near Tengi who was leaning against the wall.

"I don't understand why Lord Sesshomaru insists on bringing these ningens to the palace." Jaken starting for the door.
"What's wrong with humans?" Kagome asked checking for her appearance in the mirror, still.

"They are filthy and ingnorant. May they all be damned to hell." He said pointing to her.

"Kagome's mom was human Jaken." Anna stated.

"Then may she be damned as well." Jaken said proudly, eyes closed, setting the staff of two heads on the floor hard.

You could see Kagome stop what she was doing which was a baaaaad sign.

Anna gasped and Tengi grabbed her so fast and sped to the corner waaay over on the other side.

Jaken heard Kagome growling and opened his proud eyes,only to slow. Next he was thrown over to the wall and fell on the floor. He was tossed so hard that it left a print. Kagome pounced anfter him. She chased Jaken all around the room.
"WOW, I've never seen Kagome actually act like a dog before" Tengi said.

"Yeah." Anna agreed. "AWESOME" They both exclaimed smilling wildly.

"I am going to tear you apart." Kagome growled taking a swipe at the running for his soon to be short life imp.

"Awwwwwwwwwwk" Jaken just dodged Kagome but she flipped over him and grabbed the toad by his collar. He was wailing with all his might, but was failing to be released from her grip.

Then...

"Casemi, did you tell Kagome how to get to the dojo?" Sesshomaru asked coming throught the door.

"Oh, iie Lord Sessshomaru. Gomen. Kagome needed a new obi for her training outfit." Casemi explained with the obi in her hand to prove it.

"I see. Take me to her." He demanded.

"Hai". She led him toward Kagome's chambers. As they reached the door, both yokai could hear all the racket.

Sesshomaru moved Caemi aside and opened the door himself to find Kagome about to sock the little imp in his face.

"Kagome." He said with is motone voice.

She halted the punch and her angry expression changed to dissappointed almost instanlty.

"You ruin my fun." She dropped Jaken and he scuttled away in pain making a gurgly sound.

Casemi excused herself past Sesshomaru andquickly began to wrap the obi around Kagome.

"Bye." Anna and Tengi transported out.

"It would do you some good not to mangle my servants." He said not moving even the slightess.

"Well, it would do him some good not to provoke people he knows nothing about." Kagome reasoned.

Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes and then nodded. She did make sense. Even he heard what Jaken said to her and Sesshomaru can't blame her for trying to brutalize Jaken.

"The dojo is across from the gardens." he said walking to the door.

"And you are late." He said and left.

"Damn." Kagome said under her breath.

"All done." Casemi smiled up at her friend.

"I have to fix that." Kagome stated looking up at the Jaken wall imprint she left and exited the room.