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Child Of The Demon Sword

Ch. 4

Shessomaru looked down at the group from his perch on the tree. Now he remembered whom the girl was. She was Kagome. Inuyasha's wench, that's what she was. He sighed, and looked at the girl with long white tresses. She smelled awfully familiar, but he couldn't place her either. He knew he had seen her before.

She looked awfully nervous and out of place. She kept staring at Inuyasha's Tetsusaiga… Shessomaru's eyes widened when he saw Inuyasha's empty sheath. 'Where's Tetsusaiga?' he wondered allowing himself to get angry.

He heard their quiet mumbles, but didn't bother to try and figure out what they were saying. He jumped down from his perch landing right in front of Inuyasha instantly reaching out and grabbing his throat. "You worthless piece of trash!" He bellowed into Inuyasha's face.

"What the hell did I do!?" Inuyasha yelled back. Miroku and Songo could only watch, and Kagome smiled lightly to herself.

"Where is Tetsusaiga!?" Shessomaru yelled back..

Inuyasha's eyes widened, but before either of them could react there was a little girl with long white hair in a red kimono between them. She glared up at Shessomaru placing both of her hands around his arm (the one that's reaching out and grabbing Inuyasha's throat). She squeezed gently and Shessomaru jerked back seeing that his arm was in danger. A yellow light came from her hands, and he escaped with only minor cuts.

"The hell!?" He backed of slightly watching the girl firmly place her feet in front of Inuyasha.

Her eyes stared deep into his soul, and he could only gaze back. "Who are you?" he whispered almost to himself.

Inuyasha opened his mouth to answer, but was cut off. "I have no name…" Her skin sparkled a bit, but only for an instant, she looked almost silver.

"You disrespectful child, do you have any idea whom you are talking too!?" Jaken ran out of the woods to appear beside his master.

"Why, of course, I do! I know him better than you'd believe… Lord Shessomaru," she spat out his name like it was poison in her mouth. Kagome walked slowly toward her placing her hand on the child's head.

Shessomaru watched just as Miroku and Songo did. Kagome knelt beside the girl and looked her in the eyes, the child immediately softened. "I think I've finally found you a name…" Kagome let the words sink in to the child's soft ears. The child smiled as Kagome leaned closer to whisper the name in her ears. "For now on you are Ryoko," Kagome said softly and then kissed her forehead.

Ryoko smiled and turned back toward Shessomaru, "you hear that Shessomaru? I'm Ryoko!" Inuyasha walked closer to Ryoko and Kagome and smiled at his brother. It was a snooty smile.

"I hear better than you, you impertinent brat!" He snarled.

Kagome rose to her feet and cocked her head to the side to lock eyes with Shessomaru, "don't use big words you don't understand." She was making fun of him!

Shessomaru glared, but didn't sink so low as to respond to such an insult. Kagome just smiled at her little joke. Ryoko, on the other hand, didn't appear to get it. "That sword was an heirloom from your father… you should have taken better care of it. Who knows what kind of filthy demon has their hands on it now."

Kagome took a few steps toward him, her hair swaying back and forth. "I know exactly where it is, and it's perfectly safe. In fact, we have it with us right now." Shessomaru glanced around quickly and then looked back down at her.

"Then where is it?" He reached out to grab her throat, but suddenly there was a burst of yellow light coming strait at him. It bended flawlessly around Kagome, and he had only a millisecond to dodge, or it would burn him. He jumped, but his sash gut ripped to shreds by the light in the process.

Ryoko's eyes followed him through the air, and she had determined look in her eyes. She swung her arm in front of her again and another burst of light shot out. It looked awfully familiar to that of the Wind Scar. Shessomaru's eyes widened at a sudden realization.

(A/N: I know what you're all thinking, I know Shessomaru isn't dense, but I had to keep him stupid for the first part of the story, but you all know I'm a fluffy lover!)