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Karas smiled and said, "If you come back up, then see you soon."
Keski smiled and said, "Same to you, little brother. Watch over this boy, and Sesshoumaru's baby, okay?" Karas nodded. "Bye, furball," Keski said, smirking at Sesshoumaru.
"F..furball?" Sesshoumaru growled.
Caren took the paper from Kohaku's hands as he waited to see Kohaku come back.
Keski closed his eyes and a few minutes later they opened.
"Why am I in here and what's this on my hands?" Kohaku asked them.
"Your lessons were over you did good Kohaku." Karas tells him
Kohaku smiled and said, "Thanks. But why do my hands smell funny?"
"Because you scraped your palms when you tripped on accident. It's just a salve to help heal it," Caren lied. Kohaku smiled again and said, "Okay."
Kohaku looked over at Sesshoumaru and hopped out his seat and walked over to him. "What's wrong you look upset." Kohaku says to him.
"Nothing just thing about things why don't you go see your mommy so you can tell her how good you were." Sesshoumaru says to him.
"Okay!" Kohaku says and walks out the study to find Kikyo.
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"Dance of Blades!" Kagura yelled as she used her fan to knock Suikotsu.
Suikotsu jumped out of the way and rolled before quickly getting to his feet and starting to run again. He could feel the toll on his body already, his breath coming out in heave and going in with gasps. "Damn human, hold still!" Kagura yelled.
Suikotsu kept running and leaned against a tree. "Are you done running?" Naraku asked him as he walked out from the shadows.
"I am not going to be your slave!" Suikotsu yelled at him.
"I wasn't asking you if you wanted to be I was telling you." Naraku tells him as Kagura flies down and stands beside him.
"Take the bag from him Kagura and deliver it to The Lord Of the West." Naraku says to her
Kagura said nothing, just walked up to Suikotsu and yanked the bag from his hands before taking off on her feather again. Suikotsu glared at Naraku and said, "He won't let you get my son."
Naraku smirked and said, "No, but I'll get him anyway."
"I can wait till Kohaku is older." Naraku tells him as he walks over to him and grabs him and pulls him to his chest. "Let's get you out of these clothes and into servant ones after your beating of course." Naraku tells him as he forms a cloud of misama and takes off back to his own castle.
Suikotsu glared at him the whole way and said, "I am not your slave! Don't think you can beat me into submission, you bastard." Naraku chuckled darkly and said, "You have quite a mouth on you. I'll get that spark out of you in no time at all."
When they arrived at the dark castle The misama was thick Naraku walked onto the grounds and dropped Suikotsu to the ground. "If you try to escape my demons will kill you." Naraku tells him showing him the barrier that was keeping the snake and dragon demons out.
Suikotsu looked at them he stood up and looked around him there were at least over a thousand demons.
"You're only going to make Kohaku hate you." Suikotsu tells him.
"You think so, Keski hung on my every word I had him wrapped around my finger, Kohaku will be no different." Naraku says
"My son is not stupid. He is in training to become the very beings that can hunt you down and kill you," Suikotsu said.
Naraku ignored his comment and said, "You know, you don't look very much like your son. It's a wonder he's even yours." He looked at the human from the corner of his eye, a smirk on his lips.
Suikotsu glared at him. "He is my son!, you bastard and even if you kill me he will be protected by Lord Sesshoumaru I heard you failed twice in trying to kidnap him." Suikotsu tell him.
Naraku smiled. "I didn't fail I have a plan always do and when I get a hold of that bitch of mate of his she will pay with her life." Naraku tells him as he runs a hand through his dark locks
Suikotsu laughed and said, "She'd kick your ass, first. I watched her and Sesshoumaru fight. She beat him hands-down. What makes you think you have a chance?" He gasped when he found himself against a wall, Naraku's hand around his throat. "Because, like I said, I have a plan, unlike her. And my plans always work," he hissed.
Suikotsu paled as he looked into Naraku's red eyes he still held Suikotsu by the neck and went inside the castle and down to the dungeons and threw him onto the floor. "Pity I didn't have this castle when Keski was alive the fun I could have had with him." Naraku tells him
Suikotsu glared at him and said, "You're a sick man. Not even a man. You're a sick DEMON. And you will be killed."
"You will call me Master Naraku anything else and you will be punished now take your clothes off, and I will not be killed Sesshoumaru tried that already." Naraku tells him
Suikotsu smirked and said, "I'm not going to. No matter how much you punish me, I won't bend to your will. And I KNOW Sesshoumaru will kill you. If not he, than my son will."
Naraku tapped his foot before bending down and ripping Suikotsu's clothes off and clawing him in the chest in process. "You don't know what type of demon I am, not that it matters." Naraku tells him as he stands up and licks the blood off his claws. "Not sweet like Keski's." Naraku tells him as he walks over to the wall and grabs a whip.
Suikotsu hissed at the pain, even though they were small cuts, they still hurt. He glared at Naraku and said, "Go ahead. Do it."
"You have a lot of mouth for a human." Naraku says to him as he walks over to him wrapping the end of the whip around his wrist before bringing his hand up, coming down on Suikotsu's bare back. Suikotsu held back the scream as Naraku whipped him. "You're strong like Kagura when I beat her." Naraku tells him
Suikotsu breathed through his nose, clenching his hands into fists as the whip cracked against his back. He could feel the blood run down his skin.
Naraku frowned as he couldn't get Suikotsu to scream or beg. Naraku kept beating him on his back watching as the blood flowed to the floor now. He stopped beating him looking at his handiwork. He walked around to Suikotsu and bent down and used the handle of the whip to tilt Suikotsu's face up to look at him. "Have something to say?" he asks.
Suikotsu didn't say anything, he just spat in Naraku's face, glaring at him, his breath heavy.
Naraku wiped the spit from his face and stood up and brought the whip down again on Suikotsu's back beating him till the man fell down in a puddle of his own blood. Naraku walked out the room and sent a servant to wipe the wounds and dress him.
Kagura growled as she made it to the castle. "What do you want wench?!" Bankotsu asked her.
Kagura stayed out of reach on her feather. "Just deliver this to Sesshoumaru!" She said, dropping the bag down to the guard.
Bankotsu caught it and watched as she flew away. "No one leaves their post," he said to the guards as he walked into the castle.
Bankotsu walked into the castle and heard Sesshoumaru yelling at someone probably Karas.
"Give it to me daddy gave it to me!" Inuyasha yelled as he tried to get the cake that was in Sesshomaru's hand.
"Wow so this is what our Lord does while I die out in the sun." Bankotsu says
Sesshoumaru glared at the guard, still holding the cake out of Inuyasha's reach. "What's that?" Sesshoumaru asked, indicating the bag.
"That wench from before wanted me to deliver it to you, my lord," Bankotsu said, handing the demon the bag.
Sesshoumaru smelled the bag it has Suikotsu's scent on it as well as Naraku's he dropped the bag and there were toys and bottles of perfume. "Damn, was she alone?!" Sesshoumaru asked him as he gave Inuyasha the cake now that something important was happening.
"She was alone, she just said to give this to you and left." Bankotsu tells him.
"How long has Suikotsu been gone?" Sesshoumaru asks Bankotsu.
"About an hour, give or take," Bankotsu said.
"Dammit!" Sesshoumaru yelled, starting to pace. Kikyo and Kagome heard him and went to the kitchen. "What's wrong?" Kagome asked, walking up to her mate
"Nothing , just getting a report from Bankotsu." Sesshoumaru tells her and picks up the bag and snatches a toy away from Inuyasha.
"Hey I was playing with that!" Inuyasha growled. "I am telling daddy!" Inuyasha tells him and runs to find his father.
"Sesshoumaru what are you doing with a bag of toys and perfume bottles?" Kagome asks him Kikyo's eyes widened. "Suikotsu told me he wanted to get a few things. Where is he?" she looked up at Sesshoumaru, fear in her eyes.
"He's still out," Sesshoumaru replied.
"Then why do you have a bag of toys and perfume?" Kagome asked him with her hands on her hips.
" I was thinking of giving these to the children in the village." Sesshoumaru tells Kagome. "Kagome go eat or something." Sesshoumaru says trying to get her to leave him alone.
Kikyo glared at him and said, "Don't even THINK about lying. Kagome, smell that bag for me?" Kagome leaned in and took a smell.
"It smells like that bastard Naraku and Suikotsu. Sesshoumaru spare me the annoyance and just tell me what the hell is going on?"
Sesshoumaru looked at Kagome and gave her that look like I am not afraid of you. "It appears that Naraku has kidnap Suikotsu, I don't know why, I'll get him back and Kagome you're not going!" Sesshoumaru tells her.
"Kidnap, how do we know he's even still alive?!" Kikyo asked.
"There is no blood on the bag." Sesshoumaru tells her. "I just want to know how Naraku knows what he even looks like, I know he saw Kohaku and maybe a glimpse of you ." Sesshoumaru says
"I don't know. We haven't even met him," Kikyo said, looking at him.
"Look don't say anything to Kohaku he thinks that Naraku wanting to harm Kagome is his fault so if he asks, make something up." Sesshoumaru tells Kikyo.
Kagome looked at Kikyo. "We'll find him." Kagome tells Kikyo and hugs her.
Kikyo took a deep breath and said, "I know we will. I'm just worried. Who knows what he's going to do to him?"
"Make him a sex slave, a meal." Bankotsu said Sesshoumaru growled at the idiot and smacked him up side the head. Kikyo started crying before running out the kitchen.
Kagome glared at Bankotsu and said, "What is the matter with you!?" She looked at Sesshoumaru and said, "You deal with it. I have to find Kikyo." She then walked out of the kitchen in a huff.
"But it's true, demons do that." Bankotsu says to him.
"Bankotsu get outside now before I show you what demons do to idiot guards!" Sesshoumaru growled at him.
Bankotsu gulped and quickly walked out the kitchen. Sesshoumaru saw Shippo. "Hey Shippo how good are you powers?" he asks him.
"Exceptional for a demon my age. Why?" Shippo asked, looking at him.
"Can you look like Kohaku?" Sesshoumaru asks him.
"I can if I have too, I can look like Karas as well as Kira." Shippo says proudly until he sees the smile on Sesshoumaru's face. "Great you're coming with me." Sesshoumaru tells him
"Wait what do you mean coming with you?' Shippo asked him as he began to back away from the demon Lord. Sesshoumaru looked at Shippo and grabbed him by his furry tail and brought him to his face. "I am not going to let Naraku have you." Sesshoumaru tells him
"No! I won't go!" Shippo said, starting to struggle. Sesshoumaru sighed and said, "You do know I'm stronger than you, correct?" Shippo stopped moving and glared at him.
"Look all you have to do is look like Kohaku long enough for me to get Naraku to free Suikotsu and then you transform back and you Suikotsu get away and I'll deal with Naraku." Sesshoumaru tells him as he walks out the palace with Shippo."Bankotsu, ready the guards we're going." Sesshoumaru tells him
Shippo growled and transformed to look like Kohaku which made Sesshoumaru now holding the back of his shirt. Bankotsu looked at him "Alright men head out!" he orders them. Inutashio looks from the window seeing Sesshoumaru with Shippo.
He sighed and said, "That boy is reckless. He always tries to do things on his own."
Izayoi walked up to Inutashio with Inuyasha in her arms, "Well you better go follow him I hate for you and his mother to get in a big fight." She tells him.
Inutashio stiffened at the mere mention of Sesshomaru's mother. "I'll give him 10 minutes to get on his way." he tells Izayoi
Izayoi sighed and said, "He's your son. Follow him." Inutashio sighed as well and turned around to look at her. "He'll just try to send me back," he said.
"Yes. Try being the key word to that sentence. He's just like you, very stubborn and very independent in most areas," Izayoi said, adjusting the boy in her arms.
Inutashio kissed Izayoi on the lips and kissed Inuyasha atop his head, "Take care of mommy till I come back with your brother." he tells Inuyasha and leaves the palace and begins following Sesshoumaru.
Meanwhile Naraku was relaxing in his study with Suikotsu as said servant poured his a cup of tea, Naraku picked the cup up and took a sip. "Can't you just take the jewel and leave my son alone?" Suikotsu asks Naraku
"Not while it resides in your son's body. If it had emerged already, then I might have. but your son has now caught my interest, and I have no intention of letting him slip through my fingers." Suikotsu looked at the demon and said, "He's all that my wife and I have. We would both be devastated if you took him away."
"You can have others once I release you, it's the one thing you humans are good at."Naraku says to him.
"That is besides the point he is our son you can't have him no one told you to kill Keski that is your fault my son will not pay for your mistakes!" Suikotsu tells him and slams the tea pot down and watches as it shatters
Naraku narrowed his eyes at Suikotsu his red eyes turned dark he was getting ready to kill him when Kagura and Kanna came into the study. "Master , Sesshoumaru has been spotted." she says bowing as Kanna walks over to Naraku showing him on the mirror
Naraku smirked when he saw Sesshoumaru. "Seems like he's come for you," he said, looking at Suikotsu. Suikotsu said nothing, just stared at the shattered teapot on the floor.
Bankotsu and the others guards hid , Sesshoumaru placed Shippo on the ground. "Now just follow my lead." Sesshoumaru says to him.
"Easy for you to say my body is on the line here." Shippo says glaring at him.
"Naraku I know you can hear me I want to make a deal with you." Sesshoumaru says knowing the Spider was watching him.
Suikotsu looked in the mirror seeing Kohaku or what he thought was his son." Kohaku!" he called out.
Naraku chuckled when he saw the boy was with him. He stood and grabbed Suikotsu's arm, pulling him up and behind him as he walked. He made it out front and stopped a few feet in front of Sesshoumaru. "What do you want, mutt?" he asked.
"Hand over Suikotsu and you can have Kohaku." Sesshoumaru says to him.
"What?!" Suikotsu yelled. "You traitor why the hell are you giving my son to him, his life is more important than mine!" he says to Sesshoumaru.
Inutashio walked up behind Bankotsu. "And what are you waiting for?" he asks the captain.
"Lord Sesshoumaru has to give the signal before we can attack," Bankotsu said, keeping an eye on the two demons. Inutashio sighed and said, "That's just like my son. He's an idiot."
Naraku looked at Kohaku,"Fine you have a deal, but that doesn't mean I am not still coming for your mate." Naraku says to him as he pushes Suikotsu toward Sesshoumaru. Sesshoumaru looked at Shippo and pushed him forward."Get going brat!" Sesshoumaru says to him. and watches as Suikotsu comes closer to him. "He's not Keski." Sesshoumaru says to Naraku as he hand goes up and he pushes his hair behind his hair giving the signal.
"Change back now!" Sesshoumaru tells Shippo, Shippo didn't need to be told twice he changed back. "That was close." Shippo says and smiles at Sesshoumaru and Suikotsu. "Shippo, I am sorry Sesshoumaru." Suikotsu says to him.
"Just go with Shippo." Sesshoumaru tells them and pushes the fox in the direction of the palace. "Father what a re you doing here?!" Sesshoumaru asked him as he took his sword out.
"You'll pay for this Sesshoumaru!" Naraku growled as his poison leaked out his body.
"I came to make sure you didn't get into trouble! But it's too late for that, isn't it?" Inutashio said, also drawing his sword.
"Ah please Naraku couldn't injure me on a bad day." Sesshoumaru tells him."Get back!" Sesshoumaru tells his guards as the misama kills the grass around them.
Naraku growled when he saw Inutashio. "Need daddy's help?" Naraku teases
Sesshoumaru. "The hell I do!" Sesshoumaru growled and charged as his golden eyes turned red
"Sesshoumaru, don't be a fool!" Inutashio yelled as he watched his son charge at the demon. Naraku chuckled and reached out with one of his tentacles, wrapping it around Sesshoumaru's arms and trapping them.
Sesshoumaru growled at Naraku. "You let your emotions get the best of you." Naraku said as he walked over to Sesshoumaru his face changing as he did Sesshoumaru growled more seeing Keski's face.
Sesshoumaru tried to free his arms his eyes going back to golden. "I'll kill you for this Naraku." Sesshoumaru tells him.
Inutashio took his sword out and cut the tentacles holding his son. Sesshoumaru fell to the ground. "I didn't ask for your help!" Sesshoumaru growled at his father
"No, but you needed it anyway. Now get up and get your head out of your ass! I didn't train you for nothing!" Inutashio hissed. Sesshoumaru stood and took his stance again, watching Naraku, who still had Keski's face, soon having his body as well.
Sesshoumaru looked at Naraku and stepped back which he normally didn't do. Inutashio looked at Sesshoumaru. "I can't fight him." Sesshoumaru says to his father.
"What that isn't him!" Inutashio yelled at him.
"I said I can't!" Sesshoumaru growled.
Naraku smirked knowing he had the tool to Sesshomaru's weakness. "Of course you can't I am your friend." Naraku says to him.
Inutashio growled and went to stabbed Naraku when Sesshoumaru blocked him with his sword.
Inutashio looked at his son in disbelief. "Sesshoumaru, he is not Keski! Keski is dead! He killed him!" He said to him. Sesshoumaru looked at his father and said, "I won't let you hurt him."
"Bankotsu take the guards back now!" Inutashio tells him as he looks at Sesshoumaru. "Alright I won't hurt Keski, calm down, come on you need to get back to your mate." Inutashio says to him as he glares at Naraku.
"Sesshoumaru you're going to leave me?" Naraku asked in Keski's voice.
Sesshoumaru stood up straight. "I have to, Kagome." Sesshoumaru says to him
"But I'm your best friend. She has people with her. I'm alone," Naraku said, loving the look on Sesshoumaru's face. "I'm sorry, Keski. I need to get home," Sesshoumaru whispered, his eyes glazed over.
Inutashio growled as the guards began going back. "You know what will happen if you leave me right?" Naraku asked him.
"Enough!" Inutashio growled and grabbed Sesshoumaru by his collar and pinched the nerve in his neck knocking him out he picked Sesshoumaru up like he weighed nothing and put him over his shoulder. "You come near Kohaku or any of them again and you will deal with me." Inutashio tells him.
Naraku smirks as he changes back to his true form. " You can't babysit Sesshoumaru, you have your own castle." Naraku reminds him
"I have people to run it while I am away. I will stay with my son as long as needed. I will make sure you do not harm him or his family," Inutashio hissed, starting away from the spider demon. Naraku chuckled and said, "I'll be watching. The moment you leave an opening, I will strike."
"I know you will watch all you like today was the closes you will ever get to Kohaku." Inutashio tells him and calls forth his cloud and takes to the air with Sesshoumaru.
"Wow you let them go." Kagura said as she came from behind the trees with her fan covering her face. "Of course I know Sesshoumaru's weakness now." Naraku tells Kagura
"That human you killed those years ago? Why would he be a weakness?" Kagura asked, shutting her fan. "Because he was the closest thing to Sesshoumaru, other than his own mate," Naraku said, smirking.
"So doesn't that mean he w ill fight you to the death to protect Kohaku?" Kagura asks him. "Of course until I show him Keski's face." Naraku tells her and walks back to his palace.
Inutashio walked into Sesshoumaru's study and dropped him not to gently on the sofa. "What is wrong with you Sesshoumaru?" he growled as he looked down at him waiting for the young demon lord to wake up
Sesshoumaru groaned, opening his eyes to see his father. "What happened?" He said, sitting up and rubbing where his father pinched him. "You being an idiot is what happened! You need to realize that Keski is dead so that what happened back there doesn't happen again," Inutaisho said, crossing his arms over his chest
"I know the brat is dead I saw his body, I just seeing that face, I can't harm him when he looks like that." Sesshoumaru says to his father. "I couldn't save him, it's been five years and I still have regret I knew Naraku was a problem and I left Keski there. are Shippo and the others back?" Sesshoumaru asks him.
"I assume so , I wouldn't know seeing as you went crazy on me." Inutashio says to him.
Sesshoumaru sighed, running his fingers through his hair. "Now he knows what gets to me," he said.
Sesshoumaru stood up and walked over to the door and opened it and Kohaku crashed into him. Sesshoumaru caught the young boy. "Sesshoumaru, where have you been?" Kohaku asked him. Sesshoumaru placed his hand atop Kohaku's head.
"Visiting a friend but I am back now." he says to him
A maid soon ran into the room, bowing quickly. "Pardon me, my lord, but it is Lady Kagome! She has gone into labor!" the young girl said.