A/N: Chapter 13, another new character. R/R!
Disclaimer: I own nothing of Rumiko Takahashi's.
Old Totosai lived in a volcano, he was a sword smith that had been Inutaisho's friend for centuries. Inutaisho stood at the entrance of the cave. Totosai was hammering away at his latest weapon. He turned to see his old friend.
"Master! How are you today! It seems like centuries." Inutaisho entered the cave.
"It is good to see your face old friend. I have an order."
"Oh? Is Sounga not doing well?"
"Sounga is fine. I need you to create two new swords, one that can kill one thousand demons with one swipe, and another that can raise the dead." Totosai looked surprised.
"That is a tall order, but I will do my best. I will however need a filler." He turned away from Inutaisho and searched for something.
"I understand." Inutaisho sat down next to the old man. Totosai turned to him with large plyers. Inutaisho opened his mouth to show his large fangs. Totosai placed the plyers around one of the fangs and pulled. Inutaisho grunted loudly as the fang was pulled out of him. Totosai examined the fang.
"These will be great swords master." Totosai looked up as Inutaisho stood up and began walking out.
"I will be back in time to retrieve them."
"Master, why are you in need of such things?"
"I have someone to protect." Inutaisho was gone, but Totosai pondered his words.
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"Come sew with me Kameko-sama!" Izayoi practically pulled the old woman to her sewing room. Izayoi laid out her work and Kameko settled beside her also examining her latest work. Izayoi happily worked at undoing a knot on her blanket. Her thoughts were filled with her work, no painful thoughts of her cruel husband.
"Izayoi, I know you were out last night. Did you talk to him?" Izayoi looked up, here eyes went wide.
"I was out in the garden, I-" Should she tell Kameko-sama that she had met the great dog demon? Should she risk them being found out?
"I did Kameko-sama." Izayoi smiled, but Kameko sighed.
"Izayoi, what have I warned you about? You should never get involved with a demon. I know you would never—you know—but even being friends with one is a big mistake. I should know." What was Kameko talking about?
"What do you mean you should know?" Izayoi's curiousity was peaked.
"Izayoi, in my youth I was rebellious, like you. I fell in love with—"
"With who?"
"With a fox demon." Izayoi did not say a word, her mind simply emptied, she was stunned. How could Kameko not have told her?
"But you are always warning me about these things, and you have done this yourself? How could you do that to me?"
"I am not a hippocrite Izayoi, I am merely warning you about it. I waited for him for months after he last left me, and he never came back. They are only out there to use you and then break your heart." Not Inutaisho, Izayoi thought. He would never do that to her, she knew it in her heart.
"Kameko, I am being careful, I promise. Our friendship, it is the only thing that keeps me happy, besides when you come to visit."
"What do you mean Izayoi?" Izayoi started to sob.
"Takemaru, I don't love him, and he takes me almost every night. I can't stand it when he touches me. It's so humiliating. I am not happy here, this is not my home. I belong at home with you Kameko-sama." Kameko was silent, she watched as Izayoi cried in front of her. Kameko touched Izayoi on the arm, the one with the wound, and Izayoi hid her pain as she winced.
"Izayoi, I understand what it is like to be given to someone without your consent. After my lover left me, I was given to your uncle. I was miserable too, like you, but soon I came to accept it. It is just what we women have to go through."
Izayoi would not accept that, she just wouldn't, but she nodded anyway. They continued their work on their blankets, in silence. What was right for Izayoi? What choices should she make? She loved Inutaisho dearly and he loved her. Maybe that was all that they needed, not to be married, but to just love each other. Soon the sun set and Izayoi said goodnight to her dear aunt, then retired to another night with Takemaru.
A/N: This one was short, tell me if you didn't like it. Please R/R!