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To Market They Go
They had only been walking for ten minutes before they heard the sounds of people coming up from behind them and turning saw Inu yasha bounding forward with Shippou and Rin in his arms to be followed by Sesshoumaru with a very unhappy Sango on his back. The look on her face was nearly as pissed off looking as Sesshomaru's who was looking none to pleased at all with the situation. Why ever could that be Andrea thought to herself with a large smirk on her face that went as quickly as it had come. Seeing her relatives at this age was proving to be quite entertaining, especially since she knew what was to come which they did not, otherwise both Sango and Sesshoumaru would likely have preferred death at this particular point in time.
"What are you guys doing here?" Kagome asked as Inu yasha came to a stop in front of them, setting the children down on the ground. As soon as Sesshoumaru came to a stop Sango was off his back like it was on fire and stood at the demon's side, glaring at him with eyes that flashed flames. "I thought you guys were going to stay and wait for us."
"We were, unfortunately that wasn't possible." Sesshoumaru said with a dark look aimed at his brother.
"While we were waiting we ran into some villagers on their way to the market. Apparently the village belongs to a fox demon by the name of Yuki who has a reputation of killing demons that aren't pure blooded. Luckily he's afraid of Sesshoumaru so we figured that we better come along and make sure he doesn't cause you any problems." Inu yasha explained. "He apparently avoids the village on marketing day but we figured that since they were use to demons anyway there was no harm in coming along to make sure nothing happens to you."
"I remember old Yuki, he tried to cut Hotaru in half once." Kyou said with a considering look, remembering the fox demon before he'd met his maker in several pieces. "Then you cut him in half, Dad. It was pretty cool."
"He tried to cut my little girl in half." Inu yasha roared with a murderous look in his eye that was so much like his brother's that it was even more chilling. Never mind that he didn't know his daughter, she was his and anyone who thought they could harm a hair on her head was as good as dead. "Well then I guess while we're at the village I'll pay the son of a bitch a little visit and cut him open a few years earlier then scheduled."
"But you can't do that, Uncle Inu yasha." Sora piped up before he blew a fuse. "We need him alive to help out with the weasel demons later on. He doesn't hurt her, she saw the blade coming and hit him a good one with her fist. She's not a violent person but when it comes down to it she can take care of herself."
"Well that's something." Inu yasha muttered, still slow to let go of his need to send the fox demon's head rolling, literally.
"Well shouldn't we be heading to the market before it's over." Shippou mentioned as he tapped his foot, pointing down the road to the village.
"Good point, lets head out then." Andrea said and without waiting for the others began walking back down the road, the others following behind as they all made their way to the village.
Kagome had to grin, it was just too funny not to a few minutes later. Kyou was skipping down the dirt road and he looked so much like Inu yasha it took all her control not to burst out laughing at the sight. He wasn't exactly skipping but there was a bounce to his step and he reminded Kagome of a child on a trip to the candy store, which was close enough. What a son she'd ended up with Kagome thought as she shook her head, unable to picture Inu yasha as the father of such a kid. Looking over at her mate she smiled when she saw that he was looking everywhere but at his son.
"Hard to believe that he's Inu yasha's huh?" Sango said with a smile, the first since they'd begun the walk towards the village. Thoughts of her brother had occupied her mind and even though her thoughts were still on it she'd been unable to ignore Kyou who'd seemed determined to get everyone in as happy a mood as he was and no threatening or pleading from Sora or Andrea had shut him up. The kid was quite the character all right. Looking to her other side Sango looked at Rin who was merrily skipping as well between her and Sesshoumaru. Apparently the girl was smart enough to know that they could use the buffer between them.
"Yeah." Kagome agreed with a smile of her own, glad that Sango was smiling again, even if there were still shadows in the slayer's brown eyes. "I've got to admit that he sure makes me curious about my other children and what they're personalities are like. What do you suppose your children are like, Sango? We could ask one of the kids."
"Who knows, maybe I don't even have any." Sango said with a careless shrug though she'd given the matter some thought. "I'm a demon slayer, the job doesn't exactly allow for a relationship, the closest I've had to a suitor is that prince who wanted to marry me and well we both know that that isn't a regular occurrence. Plus we demon slayers don't tend to have long life spans though it would appear I'm alive in Sora's world at the moment. I won't ask her about my children though, I'll find out in due time."
"How you could still be alive when I am is beyond me." Sesshoumaru muttered with a dark look in her direction before he turned back to ignoring her.
"Any man would be honored beyond words to call you the mother of his children, myself included." Miroku said as he moved to Sango's free side, grabbing her hand in his tightly as he glared at Sesshoumaru. "Only say the word and I would gladly make you with child." Miroku added as he let go of her hand to slide it across her back before yelping with pain as his other hand was suddenly grabbed and before he knew it he was flying through the air and into the ground, sliding along as he came to an eventual stop with a long, long trench behind him.
"That'll teach you to feel her up you lecherous monk, Baka." Sora said as she sent Miroku a dark look as she glared at the monk who she'd just sent flying. Mentally applauding her Sesshoumaru was pleased by her actions, he would have done the same. "I hope I snapped his neck the good for nothing perverted wolf in sheep's clothing."
"Well ouch." Andrea said with a smirk as she crossed her arms over her chest as Kyou went over to see if his cousin had in fact snapped their uncle's neck with his father at his heels, use to picking Miroku up after being beaten by his females. "I bet that one hurt like hell."
"Thanks for the help." Sango said in surprise, not really sure why Sora had so brutally taken Miroku down. Not that she didn't appreciate it of course but the girl's reaction had been a little strong given the mildness of Miroku's actions. Perhaps she just had a thing about guys who constantly gave women they're unwanted attention. "How bad is he broke?" Sango called out as she watched Kyou sling the monk over his shoulders like a sack of grain. "Is he going to live?"
"Well I think we should probably drop him off at the healer in the town before we go to market." Kyou said with a grin as he waited for them to catch up with him before beginning to walk again with Miroku still unconscious. "But I think he'll live, he's always been pretty resilient to painful encounters in the past. Never seen him make a pass for you before though, Aunt Sango. He obviously doesn't mentally mature for a few more years yet."
"But he's always making passes at Sango, it's a daily thing with him to ask her to bare his children. What on earth finally made him see the stupidity of it?" Kagome asked with her mouth hanging open in shock, her eyes as big as saucers. The thought that Miroku would stop playing up to Sango was unimaginable given how often he did it. What on earth had happened to break him of the habit and why did she have a feeling that it had been literally broken out of him.
"Probably would have something to do with her husband's possessiveness and the fact that he threatened to disembowel Uncle Miroku alive if he laid his hands on his wife again in a matter other then friendship. I think he also threatened to open Miroku up one vein at a time too, pretty sure anyway and if someone threatened me with that I'd leave even someone as beautiful as you alone, Aunt Sango. Can you imagine how painful it would be to be alive and have your veins opened while you're still alive and conscious?" Kyou said in a cheerful tone as he smiled at them. "He probably threatened some other stuff but I can't remember off the top of my head."
"Well that would do it." Sango said with eyes that were as wide as Kagome's. Well that answered her question as to whether or not she was getting married in the future. Obviously her future husband was quite dangerous and powerful if Miroku actually thought he'd carry through with his threats. "Exactly what kind of guy did I marry?"
"Interesting." Sesshoumaru said with a small smile, thinking that if it weren't for the fact that the man was likely human and married to the she devil slayer he might actually like the man who'd been so unfortunate as to be mated to her.
"One that you love and loves you in return." Sora said quickly before Kyou could open his mouth and potentially say something harmful. "He's really not that bad."
"If you say so." Kyou said with a mischievous wink as he tried not to laugh at the ridiculous position they'd been put in. Oh to be able to tell them the full truth about the future, their reactions would almost be worth risking not being born so long as he had a camera to capture the moments. Then again the pictures wouldn't do him a lot of good if he was dead so the choice was obvious. "And we're almost at the village, I can smell the bread baking and hear the traders trading already. Ready to haggle, Andrea?"
"Whatever." Andrea said with a sigh, land demons constantly a puzzle to her. Water demons had no need to play such games in order to gain a mate. "Well were almost there, let's hope that we don't have any trouble."
"Do you really think that we can avoid it?" Kyou said with a smirk as he grinned widely. "Think of all the trouble we've gotten into in the past without even looking for it. Especially when we're all together as a group."
"There's a first time for everything and we don't always end up in bad situations, not all the time." Sora said with a small smile.
"Well we have a fair amount of money saved up, at least we can outfit you guys with proper weapons since you'll definitely be needing it." Kagome said as they moved through the crowd after they'd dropped Miroku off at the healer's. "Now we just have to figure out which way to go."
"Well I'm heading over there and slowly breaking each of that man's bones individually while I squeeze the air from his lungs." Andrea said as she motioned her head towards some guys whose thoughts were sending her blood pressure through the roof. They wouldn't be thinking about her body when she was done with them, they'd be too bust thinking about their own body's condition.
"Down girl." Kyou said as he put a hand on her shoulder. "You can't destroy every guy that looks at you wrong, if you did you'd have to kill half the male population, all the teenagers especially. All of them have the female form on the mind, we can't help it. We're guys."
"Men." Andrea said with a dark look as she shot Kyou a killer glare. "Its no wonder you land demons have taken so long to evolve on such a small scale, your males possess only hormones up until they're bodies have matured."
"And even then it's not a guarantee." Sora piped in with a smirk as she shared a knowing looking with Andrea. "And the fact that they're so malleable at that age is one of the few good things about them. Helps even things up considerably."
"Why do you say that?" Rin asked curiously as she looked from Andrea to Sora with interest.
"Because they're so easy to lead around when they're not thinking with their heads." Sango said with a smile that wasn't forced at all. "You'll understand it when you're older and the guys start tripping over themselves to get your attention."
"Then there will be a lot of bodies piling up." Sesshoumaru commented dryly, not about to allow any man to try to win Rin's favor with pretty words to cover his true intentions. He'd take the slayer as his mate first.
After purchasing their weapons, swords for Kyou and Andrea as well as bows and arrows they headed into the market and stocked up on some supplies for the walk and to check out the gossip to see if there was any mention of Ferio attacking or residing anywhere close by with no luck. They'd gotten a lot of stares and fearful looks from onlookers but no one had cause them any problems which they were grateful for. Sesshoumaru figured that it would quickly reach Yuki's ears that there were demons at his market and so was not really surprised when Kyou caught sight of him. Luckily Kagome and Inu yasha had taken the children to buy candy, the last thing he needed was for Yuki to catch sight of him with his half-breed bastard of a brother.
"Hey look, here comes trouble." Kyou said with a sigh as he pointed to the right of them where the crowds were parting to make way for several demons that surrounded their lord, the infamous fox demon Yuki. He was dressed much like Sesshoumaru with black robes and two large swords at his sides, with several strands of golden chain around his neck. His hair was a brownish red that reached his knees, unbound and slightly tinged with silver with a bushy tail to match. He was slightly shorter then Sesshoumaru and his face was as finely shaped with prominent cheekbones and brown eyes that flashed coolly with questions and well hidden curiosity.
"Lord Sesshoumaru-sama, do what do we owe the pleasure of your unexpected visit?" Yuki asked when they'd come to a stop, his men circling the group so that no one entered or moved out of it. He didn't expect any trouble from the Lord of the West but it was better to be safe then sorry. "And who is this creature, her resemblance to you is strong?" Yuki asked as his eyes landed on Sora and held. He preferred his females to be of his own species but this one was tempting. "And why are you chained to that human filth?" He demanded as it suddenly hit him that Sesshoumaru appeared to be chained to a human female. How could this be?
"She's family." Sesshoumaru said simply but with enough coldness in his voice to send a clear signal that she was not available for the asking and that said asking would result in bloodshed. "A sorceress has chained us together and killing her would mean death for me as well. She's still alive for that reason and that reason only."
"One would think you'd suffered enough, Sesshoumaru-sama." Yuki said in sympathy, not even wanting to imagine the torture Sesshoumaru must be going through to be in such a situation. Death was almost preferable. "I wish that I could help you but I wouldn't know where to begin."
"Well if I had my way you'd both be dead on the ground with your life's blood draining from you." Sango said with a dark look in Yuki's direction. How dare he call her filth and look at her as though she were nothing more then slime beneath his feet.
"Yeah, I demand that you apologize to her this instant." Kyou said as he marched forward before someone could stop him. "My aunt is a true and honorable person and I'm not going to let you stand here and insult her."
"He's mine." Sora growled and looked so much like Sesshoumaru that for a moment there was no difference from the neck up except for the scar. "I don't care if we need him or not."
"You would fight for her honor?" Yuki asked as he raised an eyebrow at the very thought of a demon doing such a thing. Why the very thought was enough to make himself ill. "What kind of disease is running through your family that they continue to show tolerance towards humans?"
"You would be wise to be careful with your words." Sesshoumaru said simply though he agreed with Yuki which wasn't the point. It was a matter of family honor.
"I still say I'm going to rearrange his face." Kyou said as he drew his sword from its sheath despite the fact that they were fully surrounded by full-blooded fox demons who were armed to the teeth. The way he figured if it got bad Sora and Andrea would back him up even if his uncle was likely to just stand there and watch him be torn to pieces. Sango would likely try to help but Sesshoumaru wouldn't make that an easy thing to do at all and wouldn't it just be ironic if he died because of his uncle before he was even born. Taking offence to the obviously not full blooded demon one of the guards moved forward intending to teach the mongrel a lesson when suddenly he was flying backward as Kyou simply lifted a hand and sent him flying. "Or I could just do it mentally as oppose to physically."
To Market They Go
They had only been walking for ten minutes before they heard the sounds of people coming up from behind them and turning saw Inu yasha bounding forward with Shippou and Rin in his arms to be followed by Sesshoumaru with a very unhappy Sango on his back. The look on her face was nearly as pissed off looking as Sesshomaru's who was looking none to pleased at all with the situation. Why ever could that be Andrea thought to herself with a large smirk on her face that went as quickly as it had come. Seeing her relatives at this age was proving to be quite entertaining, especially since she knew what was to come which they did not, otherwise both Sango and Sesshoumaru would likely have preferred death at this particular point in time.
"What are you guys doing here?" Kagome asked as Inu yasha came to a stop in front of them, setting the children down on the ground. As soon as Sesshoumaru came to a stop Sango was off his back like it was on fire and stood at the demon's side, glaring at him with eyes that flashed flames. "I thought you guys were going to stay and wait for us."
"We were, unfortunately that wasn't possible." Sesshoumaru said with a dark look aimed at his brother.
"While we were waiting we ran into some villagers on their way to the market. Apparently the village belongs to a fox demon by the name of Yuki who has a reputation of killing demons that aren't pure blooded. Luckily he's afraid of Sesshoumaru so we figured that we better come along and make sure he doesn't cause you any problems." Inu yasha explained. "He apparently avoids the village on marketing day but we figured that since they were use to demons anyway there was no harm in coming along to make sure nothing happens to you."
"I remember old Yuki, he tried to cut Hotaru in half once." Kyou said with a considering look, remembering the fox demon before he'd met his maker in several pieces. "Then you cut him in half, Dad. It was pretty cool."
"He tried to cut my little girl in half." Inu yasha roared with a murderous look in his eye that was so much like his brother's that it was even more chilling. Never mind that he didn't know his daughter, she was his and anyone who thought they could harm a hair on her head was as good as dead. "Well then I guess while we're at the village I'll pay the son of a bitch a little visit and cut him open a few years earlier then scheduled."
"But you can't do that, Uncle Inu yasha." Sora piped up before he blew a fuse. "We need him alive to help out with the weasel demons later on. He doesn't hurt her, she saw the blade coming and hit him a good one with her fist. She's not a violent person but when it comes down to it she can take care of herself."
"Well that's something." Inu yasha muttered, still slow to let go of his need to send the fox demon's head rolling, literally.
"Well shouldn't we be heading to the market before it's over." Shippou mentioned as he tapped his foot, pointing down the road to the village.
"Good point, lets head out then." Andrea said and without waiting for the others began walking back down the road, the others following behind as they all made their way to the village.
Kagome had to grin, it was just too funny not to a few minutes later. Kyou was skipping down the dirt road and he looked so much like Inu yasha it took all her control not to burst out laughing at the sight. He wasn't exactly skipping but there was a bounce to his step and he reminded Kagome of a child on a trip to the candy store, which was close enough. What a son she'd ended up with Kagome thought as she shook her head, unable to picture Inu yasha as the father of such a kid. Looking over at her mate she smiled when she saw that he was looking everywhere but at his son.
"Hard to believe that he's Inu yasha's huh?" Sango said with a smile, the first since they'd begun the walk towards the village. Thoughts of her brother had occupied her mind and even though her thoughts were still on it she'd been unable to ignore Kyou who'd seemed determined to get everyone in as happy a mood as he was and no threatening or pleading from Sora or Andrea had shut him up. The kid was quite the character all right. Looking to her other side Sango looked at Rin who was merrily skipping as well between her and Sesshoumaru. Apparently the girl was smart enough to know that they could use the buffer between them.
"Yeah." Kagome agreed with a smile of her own, glad that Sango was smiling again, even if there were still shadows in the slayer's brown eyes. "I've got to admit that he sure makes me curious about my other children and what they're personalities are like. What do you suppose your children are like, Sango? We could ask one of the kids."
"Who knows, maybe I don't even have any." Sango said with a careless shrug though she'd given the matter some thought. "I'm a demon slayer, the job doesn't exactly allow for a relationship, the closest I've had to a suitor is that prince who wanted to marry me and well we both know that that isn't a regular occurrence. Plus we demon slayers don't tend to have long life spans though it would appear I'm alive in Sora's world at the moment. I won't ask her about my children though, I'll find out in due time."
"How you could still be alive when I am is beyond me." Sesshoumaru muttered with a dark look in her direction before he turned back to ignoring her.
"Any man would be honored beyond words to call you the mother of his children, myself included." Miroku said as he moved to Sango's free side, grabbing her hand in his tightly as he glared at Sesshoumaru. "Only say the word and I would gladly make you with child." Miroku added as he let go of her hand to slide it across her back before yelping with pain as his other hand was suddenly grabbed and before he knew it he was flying through the air and into the ground, sliding along as he came to an eventual stop with a long, long trench behind him.
"That'll teach you to feel her up you lecherous monk, Baka." Sora said as she sent Miroku a dark look as she glared at the monk who she'd just sent flying. Mentally applauding her Sesshoumaru was pleased by her actions, he would have done the same. "I hope I snapped his neck the good for nothing perverted wolf in sheep's clothing."
"Well ouch." Andrea said with a smirk as she crossed her arms over her chest as Kyou went over to see if his cousin had in fact snapped their uncle's neck with his father at his heels, use to picking Miroku up after being beaten by his females. "I bet that one hurt like hell."
"Thanks for the help." Sango said in surprise, not really sure why Sora had so brutally taken Miroku down. Not that she didn't appreciate it of course but the girl's reaction had been a little strong given the mildness of Miroku's actions. Perhaps she just had a thing about guys who constantly gave women they're unwanted attention. "How bad is he broke?" Sango called out as she watched Kyou sling the monk over his shoulders like a sack of grain. "Is he going to live?"
"Well I think we should probably drop him off at the healer in the town before we go to market." Kyou said with a grin as he waited for them to catch up with him before beginning to walk again with Miroku still unconscious. "But I think he'll live, he's always been pretty resilient to painful encounters in the past. Never seen him make a pass for you before though, Aunt Sango. He obviously doesn't mentally mature for a few more years yet."
"But he's always making passes at Sango, it's a daily thing with him to ask her to bare his children. What on earth finally made him see the stupidity of it?" Kagome asked with her mouth hanging open in shock, her eyes as big as saucers. The thought that Miroku would stop playing up to Sango was unimaginable given how often he did it. What on earth had happened to break him of the habit and why did she have a feeling that it had been literally broken out of him.
"Probably would have something to do with her husband's possessiveness and the fact that he threatened to disembowel Uncle Miroku alive if he laid his hands on his wife again in a matter other then friendship. I think he also threatened to open Miroku up one vein at a time too, pretty sure anyway and if someone threatened me with that I'd leave even someone as beautiful as you alone, Aunt Sango. Can you imagine how painful it would be to be alive and have your veins opened while you're still alive and conscious?" Kyou said in a cheerful tone as he smiled at them. "He probably threatened some other stuff but I can't remember off the top of my head."
"Well that would do it." Sango said with eyes that were as wide as Kagome's. Well that answered her question as to whether or not she was getting married in the future. Obviously her future husband was quite dangerous and powerful if Miroku actually thought he'd carry through with his threats. "Exactly what kind of guy did I marry?"
"Interesting." Sesshoumaru said with a small smile, thinking that if it weren't for the fact that the man was likely human and married to the she devil slayer he might actually like the man who'd been so unfortunate as to be mated to her.
"One that you love and loves you in return." Sora said quickly before Kyou could open his mouth and potentially say something harmful. "He's really not that bad."
"If you say so." Kyou said with a mischievous wink as he tried not to laugh at the ridiculous position they'd been put in. Oh to be able to tell them the full truth about the future, their reactions would almost be worth risking not being born so long as he had a camera to capture the moments. Then again the pictures wouldn't do him a lot of good if he was dead so the choice was obvious. "And we're almost at the village, I can smell the bread baking and hear the traders trading already. Ready to haggle, Andrea?"
"Whatever." Andrea said with a sigh, land demons constantly a puzzle to her. Water demons had no need to play such games in order to gain a mate. "Well were almost there, let's hope that we don't have any trouble."
"Do you really think that we can avoid it?" Kyou said with a smirk as he grinned widely. "Think of all the trouble we've gotten into in the past without even looking for it. Especially when we're all together as a group."
"There's a first time for everything and we don't always end up in bad situations, not all the time." Sora said with a small smile.
"Well we have a fair amount of money saved up, at least we can outfit you guys with proper weapons since you'll definitely be needing it." Kagome said as they moved through the crowd after they'd dropped Miroku off at the healer's. "Now we just have to figure out which way to go."
"Well I'm heading over there and slowly breaking each of that man's bones individually while I squeeze the air from his lungs." Andrea said as she motioned her head towards some guys whose thoughts were sending her blood pressure through the roof. They wouldn't be thinking about her body when she was done with them, they'd be too bust thinking about their own body's condition.
"Down girl." Kyou said as he put a hand on her shoulder. "You can't destroy every guy that looks at you wrong, if you did you'd have to kill half the male population, all the teenagers especially. All of them have the female form on the mind, we can't help it. We're guys."
"Men." Andrea said with a dark look as she shot Kyou a killer glare. "Its no wonder you land demons have taken so long to evolve on such a small scale, your males possess only hormones up until they're bodies have matured."
"And even then it's not a guarantee." Sora piped in with a smirk as she shared a knowing looking with Andrea. "And the fact that they're so malleable at that age is one of the few good things about them. Helps even things up considerably."
"Why do you say that?" Rin asked curiously as she looked from Andrea to Sora with interest.
"Because they're so easy to lead around when they're not thinking with their heads." Sango said with a smile that wasn't forced at all. "You'll understand it when you're older and the guys start tripping over themselves to get your attention."
"Then there will be a lot of bodies piling up." Sesshoumaru commented dryly, not about to allow any man to try to win Rin's favor with pretty words to cover his true intentions. He'd take the slayer as his mate first.
After purchasing their weapons, swords for Kyou and Andrea as well as bows and arrows they headed into the market and stocked up on some supplies for the walk and to check out the gossip to see if there was any mention of Ferio attacking or residing anywhere close by with no luck. They'd gotten a lot of stares and fearful looks from onlookers but no one had cause them any problems which they were grateful for. Sesshoumaru figured that it would quickly reach Yuki's ears that there were demons at his market and so was not really surprised when Kyou caught sight of him. Luckily Kagome and Inu yasha had taken the children to buy candy, the last thing he needed was for Yuki to catch sight of him with his half-breed bastard of a brother.
"Hey look, here comes trouble." Kyou said with a sigh as he pointed to the right of them where the crowds were parting to make way for several demons that surrounded their lord, the infamous fox demon Yuki. He was dressed much like Sesshoumaru with black robes and two large swords at his sides, with several strands of golden chain around his neck. His hair was a brownish red that reached his knees, unbound and slightly tinged with silver with a bushy tail to match. He was slightly shorter then Sesshoumaru and his face was as finely shaped with prominent cheekbones and brown eyes that flashed coolly with questions and well hidden curiosity.
"Lord Sesshoumaru-sama, do what do we owe the pleasure of your unexpected visit?" Yuki asked when they'd come to a stop, his men circling the group so that no one entered or moved out of it. He didn't expect any trouble from the Lord of the West but it was better to be safe then sorry. "And who is this creature, her resemblance to you is strong?" Yuki asked as his eyes landed on Sora and held. He preferred his females to be of his own species but this one was tempting. "And why are you chained to that human filth?" He demanded as it suddenly hit him that Sesshoumaru appeared to be chained to a human female. How could this be?
"She's family." Sesshoumaru said simply but with enough coldness in his voice to send a clear signal that she was not available for the asking and that said asking would result in bloodshed. "A sorceress has chained us together and killing her would mean death for me as well. She's still alive for that reason and that reason only."
"One would think you'd suffered enough, Sesshoumaru-sama." Yuki said in sympathy, not even wanting to imagine the torture Sesshoumaru must be going through to be in such a situation. Death was almost preferable. "I wish that I could help you but I wouldn't know where to begin."
"Well if I had my way you'd both be dead on the ground with your life's blood draining from you." Sango said with a dark look in Yuki's direction. How dare he call her filth and look at her as though she were nothing more then slime beneath his feet.
"Yeah, I demand that you apologize to her this instant." Kyou said as he marched forward before someone could stop him. "My aunt is a true and honorable person and I'm not going to let you stand here and insult her."
"He's mine." Sora growled and looked so much like Sesshoumaru that for a moment there was no difference from the neck up except for the scar. "I don't care if we need him or not."
"You would fight for her honor?" Yuki asked as he raised an eyebrow at the very thought of a demon doing such a thing. Why the very thought was enough to make himself ill. "What kind of disease is running through your family that they continue to show tolerance towards humans?"
"You would be wise to be careful with your words." Sesshoumaru said simply though he agreed with Yuki which wasn't the point. It was a matter of family honor.
"I still say I'm going to rearrange his face." Kyou said as he drew his sword from its sheath despite the fact that they were fully surrounded by full-blooded fox demons who were armed to the teeth. The way he figured if it got bad Sora and Andrea would back him up even if his uncle was likely to just stand there and watch him be torn to pieces. Sango would likely try to help but Sesshoumaru wouldn't make that an easy thing to do at all and wouldn't it just be ironic if he died because of his uncle before he was even born. Taking offence to the obviously not full blooded demon one of the guards moved forward intending to teach the mongrel a lesson when suddenly he was flying backward as Kyou simply lifted a hand and sent him flying. "Or I could just do it mentally as oppose to physically."