Chapter 8
Koinu's adjustments
Koinu woke up the next day as he had been doing for the last three days now. First he mentally hit himself for staying up so late, then he thought about how wonderful it would be to paint his bright blue room a different color, and then eventually he rolled out of his comfortable bed and somehow threw on a black male kimono. Black was all he had chosen considering his father made him ditch all of his old clothes, well not all of them. He still kept the ones his mother got him for his birthday.
"Damn feudal era," he groaned as he stretched and tried to get motivated.
He didn't know what he was getting motivated for though. The only thing he had been doing for days to occupy himself was showing off his stuff to Tsuin, which he couldn't do because his younger brother was busy thanks to some kind of battle. Then if he couldn't do that he would usually spend some time with his room, which he couldn't do that because he had no idea to where she was right now. He made a mental list on what he could do to pass the time. He would first go right into the dining room and grab something to eat. He would avid Miyori at all cost because clearly she was a bitch. He would probably talk to Rin or Inuyasha if he saw them even though they appeared to just be two annoying kids. After listening to his stomach growl some more he finally made his way out, but ended crashing into someone.
"Damn hanyou," responded his mother's voice.
Koinu picked himself up and found out that he had ran into Miyori, "oh great I ran into the number one person I wanted to avoid."
"I often try to stay away from all lower beings," snapped Miyori as she brushed off her kimono sleeve as though she had dust on it.
"I don't see many beings lower then us around so I don't know who you could be talking about," he brother said as he crossed his arms.
"Are you implying that we are equal or that maybe you are more superior then me?" Miyori asked with a deadly glare.
"We are equal," answered her brother, "we are both hanyou after all."
"Okay that's it. I don't know who you and that mother of yours think you are, but both of you are not just going to come into my father's castle and give me an insult like that."
"You are my sister and you are hanyou. I know, I can smell it."
"You can smell that with your inferior half breed nose so how can I trust your judgment?"
"Well then tell me Miyori what do you smell?"
Miyori spent a few seconds glaring at him coldly with her golden eyes before she answered, "I can only smell one hanyou and you are to call me Miyori-sama."
"Your not what you think you are Miyori-jitsumai."
(jitsumai means younger sister, I originally said Miyori neesan, but I recently found out that meant older sister)
Miyori just started to walk away from him with only giving him one reply, "I am not your sister because that human is not my mother. Do don't you ever call me that again."
"Well Miyori-jitsumai is what I should call you," Koinu said to her back, "but I think the word bitch suites you well."
Using her youkai speed Miyori pinned her hand into his shoulder and slammed him against the wall. Koinu just stared at his sister unphased or surprised. He forced his face into a state of being emotionless. He would be damned if he appeared otherwise to his younger bitchy sister. It was sort of hard though, especially when she used her free hand to pull that strange sickle towards his throat.
"I gave you a warning hanyou," Miyori growled, "now you can die by my blade."
"Miyori-sama stop!" cried a voice.
Miyori let out another growl as she turned her head slightly seeing a young human girl run towards them. Koinu recognized her as the girl that was claimed to be his adoptive sister. It was Rin.
"Why don't you leave us and go play with your make up Rin," taunted Miyori as she moved her gaze back to Koinu.
"You can't hurt our brother," stated Rin, "he didn't do anything to you."
"As though I am afraid of her little sickle," mocked Koinu.
Miyori chuckled as she brought it closer to his neck, "this little sickle as you call it is called the Aisusagia. Not only could I remove your head at any second, but its true power is it can freeze two hundred youkai with just one stroke.
"Two hundred youkai huh?" questioned Koinu, "good thing you didn't mention hanyou's."
Acting quickly Koinu's leg went towards the bottom of the long rod, which held the Aisusagia. Miyori's reaction wasn't fast enough and the sickle was kicked out of her grip. Her hold loosened on him as she moved to pick up her weapon. Koinu took the moment to his advantage and used his speed to push her away as he ran towards Rin and stood by her.
"Your lucky hanyou," responded Miyori as she tucked the Aisusagia back into her obi, "you act as though your half breed blood is a gift rather then a curse."
"Well you see the glass half empty while I see it half full," Koinu told her.
"Was I talking about drinks?"
"It's a saying. You people don't know anything. I know it sounds gay, but my mom is pretty cool and if being human means she is related to me then that's just fine and thanks to being half youkai I have power. Besides you believe you're a full demon and you're a bitch along with my dad. So hanyou is better I guess."
"Don't ever insult my father again hanyou."
"My name is Koinu not hanyou."
"I will call you whatever I want."
"Miyori-sama please just leave my little brother alone."
"I am not calling her Miyori-sama so either should you," Koinu told Rin.
"She knows she has too or she can sleep with the maggots which is where she would be if it wasn't for my father's soft heart and that useless sword."
"Well its nice to know that he at least has a heart unlike someone."
"Oh I have a heart just not a weak human one."
"Please can't you two just stop it?" pleaded Rin, "I will get father."
"I will stop once she does," he stated.
"Fine human why don't you go and get him? Does he even know that there is another half breed besides Inuyasha in this castle?"
"Of course he knows Miyori-sama, Koinu is his son," Rin answered, "and yes he has to be your brother. I held you both when you two were babies."
"So there," Koinu taunted.
"Fine whatever," Miyori said in defeat, "he has the hair so he would have to be my father's child, but he will only ever be a half brother. That human woman is not my mother."
"Yes she is. She told me my full brother and sister were Miyori and Tsuin."
"Well she lied and is just one of my father's former whores. Now I am off unless there is something else in this castle that needs to be taken care of."
"We have guest," Rin noted, "my friend Corlee is coming."
"And let me guess that means her brother is going to make a visit also."
"Well their parents are coming over to trade a few things so of course he will be here."
"I am going to spend the day training then. Don't allow anyone to disturb me, especially Uindo."
"Very well Miyori-sama."
"And you," she snapped at Koinu, "stay out of my way. Next time that human won't be able to save you."
Miyori turned around and rushed down the fights of stairs unable to see the middle finger that Koinu rose up on the account that all that faced him was her back.
"Sorry about Miyori," Rin apologized to Koinu, "she takes after father a little too much."
:"I can see that," Koinu spoke revealing a little anger towards his sister who was now gone.
"She at least recognizes you as a half sibling. That's better then nothing. Your probably her favorite hanyou. She has killed all the others she has ran across."
"I don't think so. I bet if it weren't for you mentioning some guest coming over she would have tired to kill me. Not that she could."
"I wouldn't put it past her."
"So what are you? Miyori's personal secretary? You kept calling her Miyori-sama and telling her you would make sure no one disturbed her."
"Oh that? I call her Miyori-sama just because I am not in the mood to watch her good bezerk by mentioning her name as though me a human was her equal or sister. And when it comes to everything else I just do things for her to occupy myself. I am not like the rest of you who trains for fights in this war, but I try to make myself as useful as I can."
"How?"
"I make sure messages are sent and picked up, I mingle with visitors, I am in the middle of learning how to deal with trade, and then I do things for father, Tsuin, and even Miyori. Now that mother is back she will probably have help me."
Koinu recalled the moment when him, his mother, and father were walking towards the castle. His mother had mentioned something about practicing her miko powers, but his father turned her down and said she needed to learn her place. Clearly miko powers had something to do with fighting since she was talking about using it in defense, but also clearly his father didn't want her to do any of it. He told her she would have to her she would have to take certain classes and it appeared that was what Rin was doing. Was his mother suppose to turn out exactly like the little human girl who was his adopted sister? Koinu didn't know everything about his mother, after all he had no clue that she was able to time travel, but he knew she wouldn't be able to go long with being told what she was going to do and when she was going to do it. She would eventually snap if she hadn't already. He wouldn't have ever believed that the dog youkai he met earlier was his father if it wasn't for him finding out the truth.
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Sesshoumaru opened one eye after he felt wall rested. He discovered Kagome asleep in his arms. She looked too peaceful to disturb so he just stood up with Kagome wrapped up in his pelt. She had done exactly as he told her to too last night so she had earned her first jewel shard. He still had to think of a way for her to earn the second one and then after that she would need to get the shards that he planned on collecting later. Just finding a task for the first one was hard. The purpose behind her being rewarded for these tasks were so he could somehow make her comfortable before they would eventually have to mate. So he didn't want to start her off with something difficult. The first thing he wanted to do was have her remember what they once had together, that was the purpose behind her telling him the story.
He went through the basement and left the pathway into the old castle as it was. Maybe he would have more use for it in the future when it came to Kagome. For right know though Kagome would need to take some classes while he had to start training Koinu. He believed the little hanyou of his had enough time off.
Eventually Kagome was tucked back into the bed of their new room while Sesshoumaru headed into the hallway. He had heard screaming and yelling earlier, but now it seemed to die down. It was silent which seemed to be a rare affect considering it was Rin and Koinu standing in the hallway.
"Father!" Rin cheered as though she was still an eight year old when she turned around and saw the taiyoukai.
That caused Koinu to turn around also, but Koinu seemed to keep the emotionless face again. He kept thinking about how his younger sister was a bitch and how well is mother would fair her before she eventually snapped. His mind then wandered on how it would happen. It was kind of funny.
"Koinu," his father's voice rang out, "time for your training."
Koinu just simply nodded as he followed Sesshoumaru down the hallways.
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Kagome woke up sometime around noon. She almost felt like she had received Koinu's sleeping habits, but that's what she got for staying up way past midnight waiting for Sesshoumaru to return and then spending more time telling him his story. She looked to the side of her bed and Sesshoumaru's bed and noticed a jewel shard laying on a pillow. It seemed that she had earned it, but who knew what Sesshoumaru was planning to make her do for the other shards.
She picked it up and searched the room for a container to place the shard in. Good thing Sesshoumaru wasn't the heartless he use to be or the jewel would have been impure. Usually it didn't matter, but for some reason she had lost her ability to purify the shards. She didn't understand why she couldn't and Miyori could. Maybe once her child gained a miko ability she was to loose hers. It was a nice theory but there wasn't any more evidence backing it. She still had the ability to sense shards, but she didn't know if Miyori could or not.
Speaking of Miyori there was another thing that really bugged Kagome. Clearly there was something strange about that letter. It was true that it was not written yet in this exact date and it probably wouldn't be written until a year or so, but there was no way it could be real. At the bottom it said 'love Miyori'. Miyori didn't even know she was her mother let alone love her. Could the letter have been a trap or maybe something would happen in the near future to make Miyori see differently and find out whom her mother really is. She couldn't have been as cold as she appeared. After all before Jaken interrupted Sesshoumaru yesterday he said Miyori didn't always use to be this way. What could change someone to go from getting a long with humans totally hating them, especially when you're a hanyou?
Kagome had finally found a little pretty jar meant for decoration and placed her shard in it. Knowing Sesshoumaru the spell, which allowed people to only enter when they were invited in, was probably on the door so the shard was more then safe. That was when Kagome sensed it. Three shards. Someone with two jewel shards had just entered the castle. That meant there were four shards in the castle right now not counting Katsu's since she wasn't currently here. This bugged Kagome too. She felt pretty close to the servants so how was she to relieve them of their shards let alone find a way to free Miyori of hers.
"Corlee!" Kagome could hear an excited Rin yell from outside the hallway.
Wanting to see what the commotion was and maybe find the holder of the three shards Kagome stepped out of Sesshoumaru's room. There Rin was talking happily with what Kagome sensed was a youkai. A wolf youkai. The Wolf appeared to be fifteen in human years, but was very beautiful for that age. Her black hair was kept in long pigtails, she had bright green eyes, and she was dressed in fur pelts that were dyed blue. She had somehow even dyed her tail blue, but it was cool because it brought out the deep black in her hair. The wolf noticed Kagome right away and smiled.
"Hey mom," Rin said looking at Kagome, "this is my good friend Corlee. Most people just call her the blue wolf. Her and her brother Uindo always visit when one of their parents do."
"Hello Corlee," Kagome said with a light bow to the youkai, "if you don't mind me asking how old are you in demon years."
"I don't mind a question from you at all Lady Kagome of the Western Lands," Corlee replied in the most polite manner Kagome had ever heard, "I am barely two. When my mom was pregnant she ate a magical youkai herb that made her give birth within two days of finding out she had a child. She tested it out on my older brother first. He will be three in four months."
Kagome was about to ask another question when she heard a wailing sound echo through the hallway that whined, "mom!"
Kagome looked at Koinu as he came up to her all sweaty wearing no shirt with Sesshoumaru silently training behind him, "haven't seen you in awhile Koinu what have you been up too?"
"That guy is a lunatic!" Koinu continued as he pointed at his father, "he made me lift things, run on coals, and he beat me up."
"What have you been doing to my son?" Kagome quickly asked Sesshoumaru.
"The same thing I did to your other son and your daughter," Sesshoumaru answered, "he was being trained."
"More like being killed," Koinu snapped.
"Come on Koinu I thought you were a punk," stated his mother, "are you just going to chicken out of your training and live here like a little princess for the rest of your life?"
Koinu's attention was no longer on his mother or father. He was no looking at the strange new visitor. He had never seen anything like her before.
"What is that thing growing out of your ass?" was Koinu's first question for Corlee.
"Koinu quit being rude and apologize this instant," Kagome told her son.
"Its my tail," Corlee answered trying to keep her polite tone even though everyone could see she was struggling with that.
"I assume your parents are here," Sesshoumaru said in a bored tone to the wolf youkai.
"My mother couldn't make it but my father and brother are here," Corlee informed him.
Kagome took a few steps back seeing as how the sweat from Koinu's body was beginning to irritate her nose. Even though Koinu had better access to a bath in the future he had always hated taking them so it would probably be worse here since he would hardly ever have time. She was about to ask who Corlee's parents were when she backed up into someone. She could sense that the two jewel shards weren't even a step away now. She turned around to apologize to the one she backed into when she found out who it was.
"Kouga-kun," she gasped.
"Lady Kagome," he responded, "I thought you had left us all for good. I had no idea that you were from another century."
"I had no idea you visited this castle," Kagome said, "last time I saw you it was after you beat up Sesshoumaru's guards and visited me in the garden."
"Last time I saw you was when you made me a promise."
"Yeah I see its too late for that promise to be fulfilled. You have children and I am-
"I am sorry Kagome that I broke the promise."
"He broke the promise?"
"Excuse me?"
"Well as you can see I got a little carried away with your absence. Ayame started to stalk me all of a sudden and then the next thing I knew she eventually got pregnant."
"Not that I would allow Kagome to leave with you even if this didn't happen," Sesshoumaru announced calmly.
"I am okay with that Kouga," Kagome said, "after all you made a promise to Ayame before you ever even met me.
Kouga and Kagome then began a long conversation about their memories on fighting that Naraku dude again. Koinu found it boring seeing as how he still didn't know who Naraku was, but being in this hallway was better then going back to training. He looked at the girl known as Corlee. If it weren't for the blue pelts, the tail, and the polite attitude she would have appeared to be what was known as a Goth girl on the TV. Especially if she dressed in black clothes.
"Is something wrong prince Koinu?" Corlee asked the dazed out hanyou.
"What is up with the blue?" Koinu answered with a question.
"My brother," she replied, "he is the opposite of me. He has red hair and he dies all of his stuff red, he is also a strong fighter so I decided to show that I am the opposite by using the opposite color. I think blue is neat."
"It brings out the black in your hair."
"Yeah I get that a lot."
"The only problem is the brightness of your eyes. Its makes everything not blend in. You would need more black to bring out the blue. Both colors would work together and bring each other out and nobody would notice your eyes."
"I didn't know you were into fashion."
"I am now. Since my father is distracted we should-
"Father!" wailed another voice in the hallway.
All heads turned to Miyori who came up to her father in an angry rage; she was pointing at a tornado that came up behind her, "he won't leave me alone!"
The Tornado cleared and a wolf demon matching Corlee's description appeared. He had hair similar to Agama's but it was in a ponytail just like Kouga's was, Agama's green eyes, red pelts, and a red tail. The only thing that was similar between the brother and sister were the green eyes. They knew that looks didn't mean anything though. After all Koinu and Tsuin looked nothing like each other and they were almost the same while Koinu and Miyori were nothing a like.
"Uindo," Corlee sighed as she shook her head.
"Miyori please I am begging you to become my bride," the red wolf youkai pleaded as he got on his knees and looked at Miyori who turned away.
"I have already told you no," Miyori told him harshly as she gripped the Aisusagia.
"So what's up with this guy?" Kagome whispered to Sesshoumaru.
"He wants to marry Miyori," the taiyoukai answered, "I have no problem with it seeing as how Kouga and Ayame pure wolf youkai blood have created powerful offspring and wolf is as close to dog demon blood as we can get, but she refuses. She will only marry a male youkai who is strong enough to defeat her which he hasn't accomplished yet."
"And let me guess he keeps to trying to convince her," Kagome pretty much said to herself.
"I am still trying Miyori," Uindo continued, "don't worry you will soon by my woman."
"Now he really reminds me of someone," Kagome muttered while looking at Kouga.
Kouga just sighed as Koinu turned back to Corlee, "well anyways going back to what I was saying earlier. I can take care of your problem. I have all the stuff we need to make your outfit styling in no time. We just need to go to my room."
"Sure father says we are going to be visiting for awhile," responded Corlee as she followed Koinu and the others went into conversation.
(End Chapter)
AN: Okay sorry that chapter took so long. School is a killer, I haven't been getting enough access, and I am working on a Nar/Kag/Sess fic which I will put on soon. I hope you all liked this chapter. Also I would like to announce to the world that I went into Hot Topic and I purchased my very own Sesshoumaru plushy.
Jackie: Don't worry it will happen. What kind of Kag/Sess fan would I be if I made it so Kagome was forced out of the castle because she felt as though she didn't belong to the family.
BLack-hole-dOWn: Sesshoumaru is trying to be more open to Kagome and the conversation involved her child so that's why he admitted his mistake, but then again he didn't say it was mistake he just said there wasn't enough time to tell them because of the war and training.
yoyo person: Happy birthday even though its been awhile, but I gave you your present anyways.
corlee1289: Sorry I had no room for any other mikos, but I needed names for my wolf youkai. If you don't like it then there is a bright side, your alone in a room with Koinu. And
I am in grade 9…stupid freshman, but I should be in 10th. I will make a confession right now…I flunked Kindergarten. And on the chapters I am not sure. I was thinking about having sixteen just like before but I might have to add two. Depends what direction I am going in.
Crispy: The keyword in Christmas break is break. Meaning I deserve a break don't I? But I am sure that just involves school. You know I will be writing cause everyone who steals the computer away from me will be too busy with their new video games and I am getting Inuyasha movies which will put me in the writing mood, and knowing me I will probably put one up right on Christmas day and New Years. After all if I can remember right I put one up on Thanksgiving.
Midnight: No the rating won't go up, but in my newest fic that I am writing it will be rated R…I want that one to be my first ever attempt at a lemon, and plus when it comes to this one looks at everyone with shifty eyes I know your all under eighteen you can't fool me! I am a concerned writer…so there….
Stoictimer: Sesshoumaru is going to try and have a task for every shard unless she stops disobeying him then maybe she would receive more then when she completes one. Or he might try taking some away meaning more task.
Sliver: 00 My only excuse is I am a freshman…and I used the spell checker
Sesshomaru's mate lady Yuzuki: See everybody this reviewer is cool, because she liked what I named the mountain…unlike someone coughs angelmiaski coughs
kagome of the western lands: The summary doesn't say that and I don't think they are going to try, because really I don't think Koinu likes them together, you know Miyori doesn't, Tsuin I am not so sure about.