"There is no efficiency in this."
Shippou pouted. "I just want to make sure I do it right."
"There is a difference between doing it right and needlessly drawing it out. You are more likely to lose your prey this way." He'd been circling the clearing, and though he had yet to give himself away, the buck in the centre was almost done with its evening meal.
Shippou had been dragging out the attack, trying to decide which angle to start from, but after the third round, Sesshoumaru had had enough.
"You have no one to impress here, kit."
The boy's response was muffled, his cheeks brimming with colour akin to the hair on his head. "Don't I?"