"InuYasha, I thought I smelled a hanyou." Twitching his white dog ears in recognition, InuYasha turned to face the calm voice.
"Sesshomaru?" he asked in confusion, putting his hand on his sword.
"Has he come to you?"
"Who?" What the hell is he talking about?
"Interesting; I thought he would have come to you first. Why has he shown himself to me and not the favorite son?" Sesshomaru, still unconvinced, seemed to finally decide on something. He unsheathed his sword and pointed it at InuYasha's neck. "What do you know about a youkai that goes by the name of Saburo?"
"What the hell are you going on about? Who the fuck is Saburo?" InuYasha asked in both confusion and rage, smirking at the threat. He hadn't had a good fight since Naraku.
"Come off it you guys. He's being sincere, Sesshomaru. We don't know who this 'Saburo' is, nor have we come across a youkai recently." Kagome said, obviously annoyed with the bickering brothers. Before he could turn to face the Miko, InuYasha felt a slight pinch on his face. Instinctively swatting at it, he found a flea in his hand.
"Sesshomaru, they speak the truth, sheath you sword. Why do you seek your uncle?" the insect asked jumping onto Sesshomaru's fluff. He was answered by being blown off his shoulder.
"I don't know Myoga, you tell me," the InuYasha replied, his eyes going cold. And I thought he couldn't get any colder. InuYasha thought while turning his attention to the flea now on his right shoulder.
"What?"
"You know why he approached me don't you?"
"What the fuck is he talking about?" InuYasha joined the conversation in curiosity.
"Well, I, I just remembered, I must be on my way," the nervous youkai said ready to hop away to avoid any conflict. But before he could, InuYasha caught him between two of his fingers.
"You want to tell me what the fuck is going on?" the hanyou asked in suspicion.
"Where are Rin and Jaken? Kaede told me she would be with you for the day," Kagome responded, taking the attention off the old flea.
Ignoring the human, Sesshomaru turned around and walked in the direction he came from. Where the fuck is he going now?
"Don't just walk away. You challenged me didn't you?" InuYasha asked, enraged that he didn't respond to Kogame and that he walked away from a duel. Growling, InuYasha drew the Tessaiga and pointed it at Sesshomaru. Noticing his brother was paying no attention, InuYasha added, "Coward." Watching Sesshomaru stop dead in his tracks, the hanyou smirked.
"You think I care what you think?" the full youkai asked, not even bothering to face his challenger. If you really want to lose again, we can battle later." Turning his head, the youkai glared at Myoga and added, "I have what I need."
Noticing the change in his objective, Kogame questioned him. "You didn't leave them behind did you?"
Ignoring her comment again, Sesshomaru leapt into the sky and flew away.
"Well now that that's over, I'll just be on my way," the small flea said.
"Oh, no you don't Old Myoga," InuYasha rebutted, catching him once again, "I want answers. What was Sesshomaru talking about?"
"Master InuYasha, I'm afraid I can't help you, for I myself do not know." Squeezing the flea, InuYasha gave him a death glare. "Okay, his uncle had visited him to invite him to a family reunion."
"Uncle? Since when did he have an uncle?" InuYasha mumbled.
"Well, to be precise, he is yours as well."
"What are you saying?" he mumbled in annoyance.
"Uh… you see… he is actually your father's brother…"
"Anything else I should know?"
"No, that's it." Unconvinced, InuYasha tightened his grip on the cowardice bug.
"Okay, okay. Your father had a dysfunctional family including a traitorous brother who was… well, is really… possessed by the thought of power. He wants to get rid of the competition so he can take everything your father owned by gathering everyone in the same area, even Sesshomaru's mother's family. That's all I know I swear!"
"That's all?" InuYasha questioned sarcastically.
"Please, I beg of you, don't go! It's suicide!" the flea pleaded, breaking down in tears.
"I never said I was going. Besides I wasn't even invited so why should I care?" the hanyou asked with apathy.
"What? Of course you were invited. In fact I was sent to tell you days ago-" he was cut by the dark look on the dog's face.
"You were told to do what?"
"Oh InuYasha, I beg of you not to go!"
"Just because I was invited, doesn't mean I'll go. I don't even know anyone there. Besides, why should I care about some competition about my father?" InuYasha asked letting go of his grip on the bug.
"So, you're not going?" the demon questioned with hope.
"Yes, we are," Kogame answered, causing both of the men to turn in disbelief to the priestess.
"Huh?"
"Well, I for one think it would be nice to meet your family. I mean how bad can they really be?"
"Did you not hear what I said? Dysfunctional… Hungry for power… evil," the demon stated in fear.
"Oh, I doubt they're that bad. Besides, if we defeated Naraku, I'm sure another demon will be no issue."
"Yes, but you only defeated him because of Kikyou-" he was stopped again by a deathly glare, but it was held by Kogame. Realizing his mistake, Myoga stared up at InuYasha's cold face. Kikyou. InuYasha turned white in remembrance.
"Well, look at the time. I'm just going to… go," he added, dashing off into the horizon.
"Hey, come on," Kogame said to InuYasha, grabbing his shoulder while he stared blankly at the ground. "I've decided we're going, for you."