Circumstance

Book 1: Land of Iron

Chapter 24:

Concession

"Why do you even want me here?" Asked the suspicious boy, eying Mifune's blade as the samurai general made a slow orbit around him.

"Because your spirit sings of battle."

The boy flinched.

"You don't know what the hell you're talking about." Was the angry retort. It did not deter the general.

"How many times must you spit on our hospitality before listening to my terms?"

InuYasha grumbled something uncouth before he seemed to brace himself. There was little alternative. "Whaddya want, old man?"

His attendants gasped at the disrespect but Mifune saw it for the concession that it was.

(A/N): Thoughts? Comments? Concerns?

~Yasha's Sis