The Other Side

Chapter 9

Enter Kenichi

They had been walking for hours. Shippo and Rin were both sitting on Kagome's back, enjoying each other's company as well as Kagome's fur. It was so soft! Sango and Miroku were riding Kilala; they were tired having walked miles with no means of having any breaks. Inuyasha had been grumbling for the last hour, thoroughly getting on Sesshomaru's nerves, not that he noticed he was doing so or cared.

Apparently, Sesshomaru was a harder leader then Inuyasha when they were traveling. He wanted absolutely no breaks and no one dared to say anything for fear of being hurt.

Shippo was whispering to Rin, who was giggling. Shippo would hear Kagome's growls and yelps and then explain them to Rin. It was quite cute. "Kagome says that if Inuyasha hadn't been a dog, he would've been a bull; always ramming his horns into battle without a second guess," Shippo said aloud, causing Sango to stifle a laugh.

Sesshomaru was thankful to being in front of the group or they would have seen his smile. He turned his head to the right sharply before leaping out of the way of a huge wing. He noticed that both dog and cat demons jumped out of the way as well. Inuyasha may or may not have been flattened against the large feathers. There was a sudden laughter that reached Sesshomaru's ears.

"Ha! Finally, Sesshomaru you owe me one of your infamous dishes!" Sesshomaru twitched; he did not want to deal with this idiot today, especially so early in the morning.

"What the hell are you doing here?" Sesshomaru asked, losing part of his patience as his friend walked out of the forest.

A male as tall as Sesshomaru, walked up to him casually and without a care in the world. He had short unruly black hair with beads hanging off his left side of his head in different shades of blues and greens. His eyes with a brillant green filled with playfulness On his cheeks, he had two white stripes; thin and long. He wore a plain black haori, giving them all a view of his chest with black hakamas and sandals. He had twin swords on his left hip. He smirked, knowing that his friend was riled.

He paused to look at Sesshomaru's companions, noting that there were more than just Rin and the imp. He then noticed the unconscious figure on the ground. "Oh, wrong brother! Damnit! Never mind, you don't owe me anything. Shit; I was so looking forward to those dishes..."

"Kenichi," he growled out as Kenichi blinked, finally looking at his angered friend.

He waved his fingers at him with a smile on his face. "Aw, you're so cute when you're angry!"

"Did that guy just called Lord Sesshomaru cute?" Miroku asked in awe as Sango nodded lightly to his left, in awe herself. Clearly he has a death wish...

Kenichi smirked at the human. "My, my, I never thought you of all people would allow more humans into your group. This is an odd sight to witness," he said before settling his gaze on the black dog; the one with the crescent moon on its forehead. "Whoa, it's a female!" He gasped and looked to Sesshomaru. "I've never seen a small black, female dog with your symbol on it before!"

Kagome was not happy; this male was making fun of her-she just knew it. She opened her jaws, gently grabbing the children and setting them on the ground; they squeaked. With a flip of her tail, there was a barrier around them. They stared at her in amazement as she stalked over to Kenichi.

Before Kenichi realized what was happening, said female had pounced on him, causing him to be pinned down to the ground with her over him. She was growling; clearly not pleased to what he had said. Sesshomaru smirked at this. It seemed like this woman had the ability to put Kenichi in his place. Interesting.

Everyone watched as Kagome bit down on Kenichi's shoulder, making him cry out in pain. "Kenichi, do you submit?" Sesshomaru had the nerve to ask, a wicked smirk on his lips.

Kenichi tried to glare at him but couldn't with this dog on him. "Yes! Yes! I submit, damn it! Get off me!" Kagome was satisfied with that and let him go. He glared at her, rubbing his shoulder. "Shouldn't I be bleeding?" he asked himself as he took in the damage that the she-demon caused. There was nothing there to indicate that he had been hurt.

He sat up into a sitting position. He opened his mouth to say something but Sesshomaru stopped him. "Kenichi, explain yourself. Why are you here?"

He pouted and faked a sniff before saying, "I caught your scent, thought I'd stopped by and say hi but damn, that was not how I saw that going!" Both demons heard the black dog snort. One smirked; the other made a face. "Plus, InuKimi sent me to ask why you were taking forever. You know she's not patient."

Inuyasha mumbled, finally coming to. "What in seven hells hit me?" he asked softly as Kenichi smiled widely, forgetting everything that just happened.

"InuChibi! So good to see you!"

"Can't say the same about you," Inuyasha answered, dusting himself off and glaring at the guy. He hopped on Kilala with a huff.

"So cruel!"

"Did mother say anything else?" Sesshomaru questioned as Kenichi pretended to think on that a moment, thus making his eye twitch.

"Yeah, why didn't you just teleport over to the West?"

"Sesshomaru can teleport? Wish I had that ability!" Inuyasha whined, crossing his arms over this chest. He huffed loudly.

"Hn, well you can be on your way; I'll get there when I want," he stated then turned and walked off. Kilala immediately started after him, not that Sango complained.

Kagome sent a glare to the male before laying down to allow Rin and Shippo on. Kenichi watched her take care of the children before taking off after his friend. He wondered briefly if she was the one InuKimi wanted to meet because he could see that happening. He shook his head as he headed back to the West with a smile.

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