A Dreadful Development

by Niglia

[Sesshoumaru/Kagome] Post-canon. Sesshoumaru needs to learn the virtue of humility – and who is more humble than Jaken? His predicament only gets more complicated when he seeks a miko's help. A story told in 100 words snippets.

65. Sixty-Five

Sixty-Five.

Sesshoumaru stopped in the middle of the pathway towards the cave, trying to attune his new senses to their surroundings. He clenched his fists, annoyed, when that proved to be useless.

He couldn't feel anything. Not an aura, not a noise, not even the brimming amount of his own youki – which ought to be cloaking the whole forest, scaring away lesser predators; the unnerved miko seemed to be feeling something, but that did not help him weigh the situation.

"Ah-Uh is probably waiting my return, hidden somewhere safe", he eventually decided to answer. "Follow me."

They resumed walking, fully alert.

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(100 words.)