Circumstance
Book 1: Land of Iron
Chapter 29:
Tournament
Mifune glowered as he entered the reception area for the tournament's guests.
InuYasha had grown increasingly difficult to temper these past few months and the general was growing tiresome of his stubbornness. If he could wrangle a blood oath from the little bastard, Mifune would not need to cater to the boy's desire to return home. The boy was a treasure and Mifune would mold him into the warrior he believed him to be or InuYasha would perish in the process.
It was rare for one of his status to take an apprentice, let alone one with so little diffidence for authority, but the boy would be worth it. Mifune was sure.
However, weathering through the sass that boy had-
The general's chakra spiked dangerously and the visiting delegates all snapped their gaze to his presence.
"Excuse me. There was a… matter that called for my attention." He smoothed his sleeve before tucking his hands at his lower back. "Welcome to the twenty first tournament of Heaven. Here we display our grit as warriors, thru not sleight of hand, but by the blade."
Gazing about the varying shinobi for this cycle's gathering, Mifune felt it would be quite the showing.
(A/N): Hey! 200+ words! Woah there girl, don't over do it.
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~Yasha's Sis