The Other Side
Chapter 7
Growls
The next day found Sesshomaru at the village that housed his half-brother. He was not pleased to find Jaken sitting on the skirts of the village. In fact, he knocked the imp out for simply letting Rin out of his sights, again. He resisted the urge to sigh and walked closer to the village. He did not want to go into the place if he could help it.
He smirked when his brother came out of a hut, probably sensing him near and edged towards him with a glare on his face. "Oh now what do ya want?" he asked, annoyed. He noticed that he didn't have his hand on his sword; interesting. "Better not have come to hurt anyone."
He had to be patient with the idiot. "Worry not; that is not the reason I am here."
Inuyasha snorted at that. "Sure it's not."
"Where is Rin?"
His half-brother blinked. "Oh right, her." Sesshomaru narrowed his eyes on him. Something better not have happened to the child; there'd be hell to pay if that happened. "She and the girls went to the hot springs this morning. They have yet to return. Although, I don't know why I have to explained myself to you."
Sesshomaru raised an eyebrow to that phrase. It seemed that Inuyasha had picked it up from none other than himself. "I see; when are they to be back?"
"Keh, like I know or care." One of Inuyasha's ears betrayed him though when it flicked to the left. Sesshomaru turned in that direction, seeing the three females walking towards them. "Finally!"
"Sit."
Inuyasha met the ground; spluttering dirt out of his mouth. "Why?!"
Kagome didn't seem to answer back as she noticed Sesshomaru. She made a face at him in disgust then walked away and back into the hut. That face put off Sesshomaru; he did not like that a female held that kind of emotion towards him. He wondered why.
"Lord Sesshomaru!" cried Rin, running to him and hugging his legs. "I missed you!" Inuyasha did a double take; he could not get used to that. "We talked about you last night! It was fun; can I do it again sometime later?"
"Rin, quiet." Rin shut up quickly, only now taking note that he didn't seem to be in the mood for anything. "Little brother; I am here under the orders of InuKimi."
Inuyasha's eyes widened. "Well, shit." Rin squealed as he looked at the kid. "Um, what does she want?"
Sango froze when Kagome suddenly left her side and Rin flew to her lord. She felt slightly out of place for a while. She was happy though when Miroku came over to her and started whispering, asking what was going on.
Kagome had come back out of the hut, eyes narrowing at the sight of the male. Inuyasha waved his hands at her, clearly telling her to not open her mouth. Kagome went to say the word that Inuyasha hated but then heard, "She wants to meet your wench." Kagome growled at the name.
Inuyasha, having just stood up, sharply turned to Kagome. She let out a string of growls. He whistled. "Whoa! Damn Kagome!" He was secretly impressed she knew those kind of growls. "Okay, less growling, more talking. Relax!"
She glared at him, then pointed to his highness, then made a rude gesture to him. Inuyasha had to hold in his laughter. Shippo let out a howl of laughter, which caused Inuyasha to burst.
Sesshomaru was not pleased. She knows inu. Interesting, he thought to himself, not happy about what she called him, let alone saying he was a disgrace. She would pay when he got back to his castle or on the way to it whichever came first... "Cease this at once," he commanded which only seemed to fuel the young dog and fox. He unsheathed Bakusaiga. At least it shut Inuyasha up.
Inuyasha raised his hands in surrender; Sesshomaru paused. "Ha, okay, ha... No need to get violent, ha. Why does InuKimi want to meet Kagome?" Kagome lost her anger and stared at her friend. Who was InuKimi?
"Even I do not know that," he answered back coolly. He was getting more and more angered just by standing in front of them. "I have been ordered by her to bring the lot of you to the West."
"Since when does he listen to others orders," Kagome muttered, taking pleasure in knowing that the demons around heard her. Taking even more pleasure when Sesshomaru turned his head at her and glared. She smirked at him and incline her head to him in challenge.
"Kagome, please, shut up," Inuyasha said as she gaped at him. This was a serious matter, wasn't it? "Doesn't your kingdom hate all things human? Sango and Miroku would be in danger if that was the case."
Sesshomaru noted that Inuyasha didn't say anything about his female. Wasn't she human as well? Surely, she would be in just as much danger as her friend.
Kagome cleared her throat as Inuyasha looked at her. His mouth made a circle shape and added, "And Kagome too..." Inuyasha looked anywhere but at Kagome, knowing that his brother picked up on what he left out. He felt like he just dug his own grave.
"You will find out when you get there," he said, looking down at Rin, who seemed to be the happiest. "Pack up; I'll give you all a few moments to yourself." With that, he walked as far as possible away from the village with Rin following him with an unconscious Jaken in her arms.
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