{Nine}
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Jaken ignored her, pretending to look placidly around.
"Where is the half-breed, miko?"
"He left this morning with Miroku." She answered instinctively, before her mind registered the insult. "Hey! Don't call him that, it's rude."
The imp raised an eyebrow in a very Sesshoumaru-like manner. "I will refer to my half-brother in any way I please."
She stared at him wide-eyed. "Uhm, Jaken-sama, I don't think your lord would appreciate your impersonation…"
"This one answers to no lord." He noticed that she was about to retort something and quickly prevented her, patience growing thin. "Be reasonable, miko. I am Sesshoumaru."
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(100 words.)