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Chapter 4 redone 8/6/09
Chapter 4 lodu dziewczyna
Inuyasha ran until he reached a small lake. Sitting there was Sashiko, Koichi stood beside her, obviously afraid to sit next to her. He stood there for a few minutes debating what to do. He finally decided to approach them, but as he approached they didn't even bother to look up at him. Koichi actually looked away from his father, and Sashiko didn't even bother to move. Inuyasha knelt down next to her and gently held her chin with his hand. He turned her head to look at her wounded cheek. He grimaced when he saw the four deep jagged gashes slide down from her eye to her chin, yet he did not feel guilty. Blood gushed out of the wound yet she did nothing to stop it.
"Why do you have to be so stubborn?" Inuyasha asked Sashiko quietly as he began to use his sleeve to wipe away some of the blood. Sashiko does not heal like most demons, her miko and demon healing powers block each other out, making her heal about half the speed of a demon. Because of this serious wounds that a demon could live through but a human couldn't would be more deadly to her.
"Do not bloody your clothes, Father. I knew I was being disrespectful and I expected to be punished for it. I just couldn't control myself and lashed out. My lack of control was shameful." Inuyasha paid no attention to Sashiko's comment. He continued to wipe away the blood until Sashiko knocked his hand away. He let out a sigh.
"I am very angry with you, Sashiko, you caused me great disrespect back there, in front of my friends."
"Why are you calling them your friends, you haven't seen them in years." Sashiko began but quickly changed topics when she saw Inuyasha's dark expression, "Fine, I will apologize for listening into the beginning of your conversation, but I will not apologize for listening to the parts that included me and Koichi."
Inuyasha took a deep breathe then let it out, it was the best apology he would get out of her and he knew that her apology was acceptable, "Your apology is accepted. Do you want me to heal your scratches?"
"No Father, I deserved them therefore they stay as a reminder."
Inuyasha nodded. Koichi moved and sat down on his fathers lap, "So what happens now?"
"What do you mean, Koichi?"
"What happens now with you and…Sesshomaru."
"What do you want to happen?"
Sashiko and Koichi stared at each other as if discussing something through their minds. After a few seconds Koichi spoke, "You deserve to be happy, but we don't want to lose you."
"Is that what you two were always afraid of? That I would no longer love you if Sesshomaru came back." Inuyasha was shocked.
"That's what I feared, Sashiko doesn't fear anything." Koichi stated. 'she doesn't feel anything either' Koichi thought silently.
Inuyasha let out a small smile, "Come here Sashiko." He held out his hand to her, so she could sit on him lap too.
"I am ten years old father, too old to be sitting on your lap." Disappointed Inuyasha dropped his hand.
"You guys must understand. I will never stop loving you, no matter what. Nobody can stop that, not even Sesshomaru." Inuyasha tried to explain.
"We understand," Sashiko said quietly. Something flashed through her eyes, it disappeared before Inuyasha could figure out what it was.
"How long are they staying with us anyways?" Koichi wondered out loud.
"Since they found me, I don't know."
"I still don't like him." Sashiko stated.
"Why? What did I ever do to make you hate him?"
"Yoy did nothing, he left Father, I know about demon law and such. I know he knew you were pregnant when he left you, and he still left. What kind of demon is that? Its disgraceful, I want nothing to do with him. He can stay, I'll allow that, but you cannot make me love him."
Inuyasha smiled, Sashiko basically accepted him into her home, she was not blessing him there but she was not going to resent his presents there either, "Thank you Sashiko… Koichi?"
"Hey now I have two parents, right?"
"For now, lets see how long he wants to stay." Inuyasha announced, "Now we were being very rude by leaving our guests alone. Lets show them how….polite we can be." He was looking at Sashiko pointedly.
"Fine I'll apologize. I don't want Lord Sesshomaru to think you are a horrible father."
"Good, now lets go." Koichi got off his father's lap and Sashiko stood up. All three of them walked briskly back to the house. Sesshomaru and the others looked up as they walked back into the house. Inuyasha looked at them and remembered his manners, they were, after all, his guests.
"I'm sorry about leaving like that." Inuyasha said bowing slightly, "Sashiko has something to say as well." Sashiko stepped forward. They could see the gashes in her cheek and realized how angry Inuyasha had actually gotten. At least it had stopped bleeding though it wouldn't heal until tomorrow evening.
"I apologize for being rude earlier. I meant no disrespect." Sashiko bowed as well, lower than her father did.
"Now I would like to properly introduce these two." Inuyasha announced, " I would like you to meet my two children, Koichi and Sashiko. They're ten year old twins and a pain in the ass." He laughed at the last part. Koichi rolled his eyes and Sashiko shook her head.
"Koichi, Sashiko, I would like you to meet Kagome, Shippo, Sango, Miroku, Kirara, and…your father, Sesshomaru."
Koichi and Sashiko bowed in greeting and the others stood up to bow as well. Kagome smiled, "It's a pleasure to meet you."
"Thank you." Koichi replied.
"So what are you doing in Magia anyways?" Sashiko asked before looking at her father, "Is that an appropriate question?" Inuyasha looked at Sashiko. She shrugged, in an almost innocent way.
"Well we were actually looking for Inuyasha first and then Naraku as well. We, luckily, happened to find Inuyasha first." Sango asked.
Inuyasha frowned, "Naraku is still alive?"
"We cant beat him without you. And he kind of disappeared we haven't seen or caught a whiff of him in nine years." Shippo said.
"Nine years!" Inuyasha yelled then looked at his children, "So he's still around then." Inuyasha sat down at the table, Koichi sat next to him and Sashiko continued to stand by the wall. Inuyasha looked out at the dark sky.
"Sashiko, Koichi, time for bed, the sun has been down for hours."
"Do we have to?" Koichi asked pouting. Sashiko walked over and grabbed Koichi by the shirt and started to drag him up the stairs.
"Come on," She muttered, "You act like a three year old."
"It was nice meeting you." Koichi hollered as his sister released him to walk on his own, "Did you have pull so hard?"
"Don't whine." Their voices disappeared as they went upstairs.
Inuyasha turned and looked at his guests, shaking his head. They lapsed into a silence. Kagome looked at Inuyasha for a few minutes. There was something different about him. She knew he was different but there was something missing…
"Inuyasha, where is the Tetsusaiga?" The others looked surprised as well, noting it was no longer on his hip.
"Huh? Oh, Koichi has it now. I learned to control my demon blood and I no longer need it. Koichi is now learning how to control and use Tetsusaiga power. He's doing better than I could ever expect him to do. He's learning quicker than I did, that's for sure." Inuyasha smirked at the memory.
"If Koichi has Tetsusaiga, then what does Sashiko have?" Sango asked.
"Oh, she has her own sword called Trucizna. It goes along with her powers."
"Powers?" Sesshomaru asked curiously.
"Yes, I found out my mother had some un-tame Miko powers and they were passed down to Sashiko. She's learning how to control her miko powers and not burn her Youki. She's quite good at it. Trucizna maximizes her Miko powers as well as the poison powers she inherited from you."
Sesshomaru looked up when Inuyasha said something about the poison powers. He wanted to know if Koichi could also use that power, but before he could ask, Inuyasha stood up.
"Its getting late, I better be getting to bed as well. If you wish we will speak more tomorrow. Come, I'll show you to your rooms." The others followed up the stairs without protesting. He showed them their rooms before retiring to his own.
--The next morning--
Sesshomaru was the first to wake up out of the group. He looked outside and was surprised to see that the sun was already risen. As he moved to stand up Shippo, who was not to far from him, woke up as well. He yawned and stretched, which woke up Kagome who was sleeping next to him. Before long everyone was awake and getting ready. They headed down the stairs, walked into the kitchen to see that no one was there. There was food on the table along with a note from Inuyasha that said he went out early and they could eat the food. The children probably weren't home either so don't worry.
"Probably?" Kagome questioned, "Doesn't he watch his children closer?"
"They're demons, Kagome, they don't need to be under constant surveillance." Sango explained. Kagome just shook her head. They sat down and ate their breakfast in relative peace and quiet. When they finished they just sat there…
"What should we do now?" Shippo asked breaking the silence.
"We could walk around in the village and look for Inuyasha or the kids I guess," Kagome answered. Everyone else nodded their heads in agreement. They walked quickly out of the house. They looked around them in awe. It had been dark when they arrived last night but now they could see the whole village and it was rather beautiful. The houses were quite large yet simple. The village looked like it stretched for miles. There were people setting up shops, children playing in the streams nearby, a few watched the children by standing near the forest surrounding the territory, women were tending the fields that surrounded the village on the north side, everyone looked busy contributing to the village someway or another.
"Everyone needs to contribute if they wish to live here," Kagome and the others, besides Sesshomaru, were startled when a voice spoke from the shadows. Koichi stepped out into their view. Sesshomaru fought the urge to smirk, the kid approached them without being noticed, he was definitely a sneaky one.
"You scared us, Koichi." Kagome muttered holding her hand to her heart.
"Sorry," He didn't sound like he completely meant it. They turned back to the villagers who were working hard.
"Everyone? Including you?" Sango asked, noticing he wasn't doing anything that looked remotely helpful right now.
"Yeah, by the age of three you're able to take some light work, like putting crops into buckets when they're handed to you, stuff like that. To live here in harmony we must all do our share. Yes I do work, I'm one of the hunters but we have enough food to suffice for today so I was sent to be your personal guide by Dad. He told me I have to answer your questions."
"What does Inuyasha and Sashiko do?"
"Dad is one of the fighters, makes sure we stay out of the way of harm. Occasionally he does babysitting work, which basically is just making sure the children don't go into the forest alone. Sashiko….she's a spy, if you will. She does things for Lady Kura and Lady Kori. I don't know too much about it."
"Oh," Miroku said when Koichi went quiet. The stayed quiet for a few minutes. Koichi was looking at Sesshomaru, as if he was trying to read him, find out what he wanted from them.
"I am not a threat, Koichi," Sesshomaru announced, noticing Koichi's look. Koichi just smiled, innocently.
"Are you sure?"
They looked confused by his answer. Koichi just shrugged and pulled away from the tree he was leaning against, "If you don't have any more questions, I have things I need to do."
"One more question." Sango said. Koichi stopped and looked at her, "Are you a threat, Koichi?"
Koichi smiled again, "Lets put it this way, you fuck with my father, you'll be in more trouble then you can handle. That's not my threat, that Sashiko's, but I agree with it full heartily." Koichi turned back around and walked back into the shadows and seemed to disappear.
They all looked at each other, they just got threatened by a 10 year old child, but they took it to the heart.
"So, where should we go now?" Shippo asked. Nobody said anything they just began to walk. They ended finding Kori, who stood in the middle of a open field, statue still. The tall grass wisped around her.
"Lady Kori, what are you do here?" Kagome asked.
"Shhhh…" Kori answered, before looking around her "Come on Sashiko, stop prolonging the inevitable."
Sesshomaru looked surprised to hear the Ice master say that. He looked and smelt the air, no sign of Sashiko anywhere. He was just as confused as everyone else, though he didn't show it like everyone else. There was a swift shift in the grass not far from them then a sound of clashing metal. There stood Sashiko with blood running down her arm. The cuts on her cheek stood out, an ugly red, though obviously healing. She was holding a beautiful sword that could only be Trucizna and Kori was holding a odd looking jagged sword as well. Sashiko back flipped a couple of feet and sheathed Trucizna. Hold her hands together as if praying she yelled, "Lodowe szpady."
About 20 frozen shards shot down at Kori. Seeing this Kori did a back flip as well avoiding most of the shards and launched an attack of her own, "Huragan lodu." A gust of icy wind came out of nowhere and shot towards Sashiko. Sashiko drew Trucizna and stabbing it into the ground to help her. She put up a small Miko shield to keep the wind from freezing her. After the wind passed, Kori and Sashiko stared at each other.
"You're getting better, lodu dziewczyna" Kori commented. Sashiko just pulled Trucizna out of the ground and sheathed it once again.
"What is lodu dziewczyna mean?" Kagome asked hoping she pronounced it right.
"Its Magia's language. It means ice girl. She's trying to insult me." Sashiko explained quietly, glaring at Kori.
"Take it how you want. Sashiko, you might want to fix your wounds. I'd help but I must go now and help tend in the field." Kori walked away from them.
"Do you need help with those wounds?" Miroku asked.
"I do not need help from you human." Sashiko spat. She fell onto her knees as if whacked in the back with a big stick or something.
"Sashiko, what did you tell me last night. Did we not say we would be more polite?" Inuyasha appeared behind her, he had just finished sheathing his sword. He had hit her with the flat end in the head.
"I'm sorry Father," Sashiko whispered. She touched the back of her head, it was only tender.
"Do not apologize to me, child, apologize to Miroku."
"I will not apologize to a human!"
"Sashiko, do you want both sides of your face to match?" Sashiko shook her head no, "Then apologize."
Sashiko stood up and walked over to Miroku, "I apologize for my words, human…I mean Miroku." She turned to her father, "Are you pleased?"
"I am never pleased with you, Sashiko." Inuyasha replied. Her eyes narrowed but she, wisely, chose not to reply.
"Why are you here, Father? Are you not still on duty?"
"I'm finished for today. I need to speak with Sesshomaru…alone." He turned his gaze to Sesshomaru, "Would you please take a walk with me?"
Sesshomaru nodded and stepped forward. He walked over to Inuyasha, ignoring Sashiko's icy glare.
"Sashiko entertain our guests until we get back." With that last order Inuyasha and Sesshomaru walked silently into the woods. Sashiko growled.
Definitions:
trucizna: Poison
Lodowe szpady: Ice swords
Huragan lodu: Ice storm
lodu dziewczyna: Ice girl