x_x This one took forever to post. Hereby I disclaim any rights to InuYasha characters. All of them belongs to Rumiko Takahashi (except my Otoko serpent o.o)
The shadow soon stepped out into the clearing, the setting sun coloring him in warm gold and red. The pointy ears were relieved that this man was a demon, but with a black robe and headwear on it was hard to tell which race he belonged to. If it was a male or female made the confirmation even harder.
"Sesshomaru, lord of the Western Lands?" the voice sounded muffled through the thick cloth around his mouth, his eyes glinting through the eyehole.
"Who is asking?" the lord asked coldly.
The unexpected trespasser bowed mockingly. "I'm the almighty lord Otoko's messenger. He wishes to ally himself with you, seeing that you are the first to survive my lord. My lord has gotten interest in you, and also, he wants to see for himself just how strong you really are."
Sesshomaru didn't even blink as he took hold of the messenger's throat and lifted him a good two inches from the ground. "Tell your 'lord' that his offer is declined."
The demon, who was now proved to be a she, chuckled restrained. "My lord said… that you were a… cocky bastard. Seems like… he was right. But then again," she said as she suddenly stared down at him over her nose," so am I."
Within the blink of an eye she swung her legs upward and over her head before she pushed herself away, with his shoulders as stepping stones. With an elegant backflip she landed a few meters away before glancing over her shoulder.
"I shall inform my master that you are not very cooperative, and that you are a threat to my highness. I will see you again."
Before Sesshomaru could hunt her down, and he sure was pretty damn fast, the demoness jumped off into the forest, only leaving a hint of where she had been a second ago.
Kagome stared without seeing at her three friends.
"He's… gone?"
She barely felt how a warm hand sneaked into her own.
"Yes… I'm sorry, Kagome", she heard Sango carefully say.
Sango sounded sad. That wasn't very like her. Well, alright, usually she was really depressed over her brother, but why would she be sad about InuYasha? She had, after all, been at his throat a few times already.
Kagome's brain registered how something dripped at their clasped hands. Numbly she raised her free hand and wiped it over her cheek. It came back, wet.
"He just… left us?" Her voice was a stranger's, absentminded and dull. "He – just like that?"
"Kagome…" Sango squished her friend's hand comforting, before standing up abruptly. When Kagome slowly averted her gaze from the nothing she had stared at, looking up in Sango's face, what she saw should have made the Grim Reaper proud.
Clenching her fists she shot a deadly glare at her demon-cat. "Kirara, we're moving out. We have a stray dog to catch."
Before any of the remaining could stop her she had stomped out of the hut, with a rage-fluffed* kitten falling in her steps.
"Well," Miroku started after a minute, "that was kind of confusing, to say the least."
Shippo glanced at the older man. "Why's that?"
Grinning, Miroku clasped a hand on Shippo's shoulder. "I'm glad you asked: you see, firstly it should be a certain someone that gorgeous demon slayer should be hunting, and secondly that little cute Kirara seems to be fully gifted to warm a household of seven, with that thick fur of hers. And thirdly," Miroku leaned down to Shippo's ear," this certain someone she should be out hunting would be very joyful if she did so."
"Miroku," Kagome said softly before the young boy could ask anything more.
"Yes, dear Kagome?"
Staring into the dark deep of purple, she smiled. A smile that somehow would make Naraku jealous. "Could you please go and help Sango? I don't see why you have to fill a kid with perverted thoughts such as yours."
Sesshomaru walked tense a good twelve feet before his little pack. He still couldn't shake off the anger of someone threatening his pack, which – in turn, threatened him. Though, on the surface he held a complete Sesshomaru-face – no feelings displaying whatsoever, turning him into the perfect pokerplayer.
Rin were biting her under lip cautiously. Had she done anything wrong to displease him? All the way through and out of InuYasha's ghostly forrest, her lord hadn't said a word, not even to her.
Master Jaken however didn't read the atmosphere; he where still chirping about something about how unbelievably stupid some demons could be for opposing his lord Sesshomaru.
"I just can't believe how someone so small mattered as a lowly demon, a serpent by all means, would even dare to touch lord Sesshomaru-sama. Of course, since our lord is such an amazing lord who do not tremble in battle, it shouldn't come as a surprise now, should it?" he were muttering to no one in particular.
The girl glanced at him, her eyes narrowing confused. "Master Jaken?"
Irritated the imp drew a deep breath before answering. "What is it, child?"
"Umm…" Rin started, biting on her under lip as she searched for the right words. "I have been wondering for a long time now; who exactly are you talking to? It seems kind of weird, you know."
Dark red spots exploded on the imp's cheeks as he started to stutter, "W-weird? Child, how dare you say that my way of thinking aloud is weird? It's not only a good way of ventilating your thoughts; it's also a way to say what you're thinking deep inside!"
As the imp barked at the little girl, who slowly sunk more and more on the dragon's back, he suddenly crashed into something. Rubbing his bruised cheek he glanced up, only to find himself staring into the very eyes he were talking so proudly about.
"Please, forgive me, lord Sesshomaru-sama!" he gasped before throwing himself on his knees, bowing repeatedly. "I'm so sorry for touching my lord's leg without his permission, please forgive me!"
"Stop you japing, Jaken." The lord coldly replied to his servant's pleas. Without giving a second glance at the imp, he turned to Rin. "You are bleeding."
Rin's eyes grew twice their already huge size. "Huh? I didn't notice. I haven't cut myself on Ah-Un's scales at least," she said, carefully examining her hands.
Sesshomaru sighed softly. "Your lip is bleeding. It disturbs my nose."
"Oh." The girl touched her lips and looked down at a small puddle of blood in her hand. "I didn't even notice. Thank you, lord Sesshomaru." Rin grinned at him.
"Yeesh, girl, you're such a klutz!" Jaken, feeling left out, grunted. "Making problems for our lord is not very wise. I will see so that you can use your amazing scent in a short while, Lord Sesshomaru-sama."
The imp hurried over to the girl, reaching out to take a look at her mouth. But before he could touch the girl his lord had caught him by his collar.
"That will not be necessary. As long as Rin do not continue with her bad habit, there will be no further complications."
With that, the dog lord tossed Jaken aside and strode forward, leaving a giggling Rin and a depressed Jaken behind.
x_x Hello folks. In a month or so I have had a huuuge writer's block. I couldn't even write in my own language, Swedish, and that is kind of bad. Especially when we're supposed to write a debate-article in Swedish class. Well, either way, I'm kind of confused on how I'm supposed to continue with this story... it feels to me like I don't bind them all together, so if I don't get it together with the next chapter I think I will end this .
Either way, thanks for the kind comment last time ^^
Always fun to hear someone likes what I writes *blush*