"Ya know, back in my day," Shippo drawls, head tilting towards Nanami. "There were a lot more orgies on Halloween. It's a damn shame that people today just want to spend their time digging up dead bodies when they could be getting their thrills fucking a demon or three." Shippo shrugs, shakes his head, and mutters about how backwards society is these days.

Nanami curls his lips back in disgust.

Satoru pinches the bridge of his nose and bites his tongue. What he is not going to do is laugh at Shippo's antics.

There is a time and place for everything, he reminds himself.

If his old man could see him now… Eh, on second thought, he probably would've hated his old man if he knew him. Probably a good thing he is dead. Satoru crosses his fingers behind his back. He hopes his little ankle biter does not think the same about him.

"Who are you?" Nanami asks, crossing his arms over his chest. He has bags under his eyes that are darker than normal. The recent events must be taking a toll on the poor ex salary man turned sorcerer. For now, the station is relatively quiet. The medical team made quick work of retrieving Mechamaru and Miwa's bodies. Only a few civilians were traumatized. Not too bad, in Satoru's opinion.

"Shippo, Gome-chan's adopted son." Satoru pats Shippo's head and rustles with his hair. Shippo bares his teeth up at him, which just makes Satoru smile even more. Nothing like pissing Shippo off to start off his work day. "And I guess now my son by default. Heh, that means you have to listen to what I say, Shippo-chan." Satoru pokes Shippo's cheek with his other hand, laughing at Shippo's half-hearted attempts to swipe at him.

Sue him, the fox is growing on him. Though Yakeru still pisses him off. That fox only gives Kagome straight answers.

"I'm so sick of your bullshit." Nanami turns on his heel and walks out of the station. Satoru frowns. Why does Nanami never believe him? Sure, he's played a couple of pranks here and there, but he's actually serious this time.

Ugh, whatever. Nanami will be back telling him how wrong he was for not believing in him. Err, maybe not. Nanami would probably cut off his own tongue before admitting such a thing.

Honestly, at this point, it is just rude.

"I think you pissed him off," Shippo quips.

"Nah, that's just how Nanami shows how much he cares for me." Satoru drops his hand and presses his lips into a firm line. "Now what the hell is going on?" Shippo was supposed to be working his actual job today, and yet here he is. Speaking of actual jobs, what the hell does Shippo do? It seems like every day he's there with him at work, making commentary, picking up a couple missions here and there, but never pressed for time.

"Sesshomaru is on his way over. Said the air didn't feel right today." Shippo shrugs. "There's been some unrest lately on our side of the tracks." Shippo pulls out a sucker from his pocket, all casual, as though he isn't dropping a bombshell on him. Shippo hums and starts walking, following the path Nanami took. His red hair is stark against the green jacket and denim jeans.

Seriously, what the hell does Shippo do for him to be dressed so casually all the time? Even he wears a uniform for work.

"Kagome is not to come here. He should know not to bring her here if there is trouble brewing." So, help him if Sesshomaru brings Kagome to the battlefield. A battle with Sesshomaru may cause some casualties, but that's a risk he'll take.

"Relax, he's not gonna bring her here. InuYasha gets to spend the day taking her around Tokyo or wherever." Shippo waves as if blowing off his concerns. Like they are nothing more than trivial. "At least it's not Koga showing her around. Then you'd have to rescue her from some cave. The wolves love her."

His heart plummets to his feet. Letting InuYasha into his home to have a conversation is one thing. Letting InuYasha take Kagome around town is a whole other thing. Who the hell is supervising this outing?

"Why would anyone need to supervise them? Jealous?" Shippo's green eyes glint with mischief, tail swishing faster. "Scared InuYasha is going to remind of all the good times they had?" Shippo chortles.

Shit. He didn't mean to say that out loud.

"Come on," he says, taking the lead. Mentally, he berates himself for allowing his guard to drop. Shippo is still a demon, a fox one at that, and showing any kind of emotion must be like an aphrodisiac to them. It's a wonder that Kagome is still so nice when she's surrounded by such blood thirsty creatures.

Not that he's any better. You have to have some screws loose to do this kind of job, but he would like to believe that he is slightly less blood thirsty than them.

"You smell that?" Shippo crunches his sucker and sticks the rest into his pocket. At least he isn't littering. A woman giggles as she passes by Shippo, who winks at her as she walks by.

"Smell what?" Satoru sniffs, though all he can smell is the distinct smell of too many people bunched together and the various smells of coffee shops and food places alike. The day is, for what it's worth, nice out. Sunny, but not the humid that makes him want to go back home.

Scratch that, everything makes him want to go back and home and spend time with Kagome. With so much horrible shit he sees daily, going home to some as bright as her is like coming across a buffet after a long fast.

"Blood." Shippo sighs, his shoulders sagging with the motion as though the scent of blood is such a bother to him. "A lot of it. Want to do a countdown until all hell breaks loose?"

"… No?" Satoru ranks a hand through his hair and discreetly tries to smell the air. Nope. Still can't smell this blood Shippo is going on about.

"One." Shippo holds up a finger, a maniacal grin on his face. Shippo's tail swishes back and forth. Another woman walks by and giggles.

Satoru reaches for his phone and dials Yaga's number. Better to be cautious. If it turns out to be nothing, then he could just make up a joke.

"Two." Shippo points two fingers towards the west.

People start running. Yaga picks up on the second ring. The screams mingle together to create a harmony of chaos. His ears are hurting from the screams.

"Three." Shippo presses three fingers to his lips and pretends to be shocked.

A demon the size of a small building bursts from the west, flames licking at his body as he bellows. A handful of humans in both hands, blood dripping down his arms. Parts of a building hang limply from its curved horns, and he is as green as the small patches of grass by Satoru's feet.

"Gojo? Gojo? The hell did you call me for?" Yaga's voice rings out, but another explosion draws his attention to the north.

"Aw, man, I didn't sense that one."

Satoru shoots Shippo a look, though with his eyes covered, the look is wasted. "We got bigger problems at Shibuya." He hangs up. "Sesshomaru say when he was coming by?"

There are too many civilians around. It would be easier if they were in a more secluded area like out in the country where he could just use his domain expansion or not worry about civilians getting in the way. Shippo could get hurt, but he's sure Kagome would understand.

"Nah, just said he be by." Shippo shrugs and fiddles with his pocket.

"Alright, so what you going to hit them with a rose whip?" Satoru aims a red reversal at the large demon. Not that he has to aim too hard with how big of a target that thing is.

"Rose whip?" Shippo sounds scandalized. "I'll have you know I am a sophisticated fighter. That is a silver fox move." Shippo sniffs and pulls out a spinner.

This fox cannot be serious. That's how he's been taking down special grades? With a child's toy?

A person runs towards them, screaming from the flames burning away at their clothes, and collapses at their feet. The smell of burned flesh is one that he will never get over.

"It's never too late to go back to having orgies for Halloween," Shippo sing songs, tossing his spinner at a disfigured human. The spinner gets bigger until it spins out of control and goes after the next disfigured human. Satoru slides his blindfold off. One demon is one thing, two is an annoyance, but curses mixed in to the mix are just pissing him off now.

"Gojo! What the hell?" Nanami comes running towards them, knocking back any poor cursed human that gets in his way. Well, poor might not be the right word to describe the cursed humans. Putting them out of their misery is the humane thing to do.

"Ooh, I'm so happy you are still alive Nanami!" Shippo chirps, recalling his spinner that is now back to normal size. For his part, Nanami doesn't even twitch at Shippo's comment. "I bet Kagome could help those humans if she was here, but maybe not. It is an annoying amount of them."

"I don't know. I called Yaga for backup." Satoru bites back a groan. "Tell me those are not giant insects and the answer is no, Shippo, Kagome is not coming here to maybe purify some cursed humans."

Cool, he's got disfigured humans that look exactly like the sorcerers from the Exchange event, so one of the disaster curses is probably here. He's got more demons popping up, fucking up the building structures, and now there are giant insects swarming everywhere.

It feels like a free for all. Now all he needs is a bunch of wannabes soldiers joining in.

"Is this your doing?" Nanami turns on Shippo and points at the chaos. Not even a single strand of hair is out of place. Satoru can't help but wonder what kind of gel Nanami uses to keep his hair in place like that. There's not even a speck of blood on Nanami's coat. If he didn't have his infinity, Satoru might be a just tad bit jealous.

"Please, I'm a fox." Shippo dusts off his jacket and pulls out another sucker, unconcerned about all the innocent people running around them. "As if I would work with some curses," Shippo mutters under his breath.

"That means—"

"He's Kagome's son. He wouldn't do this." Satoru takes a step forward, needing to do more action and less talking. They do not have time to wait for reinforcements. He cannot go all out because of all the civilians in the way, but the lives he can save, he will. "I have trust in Gome-chan. Shippo wouldn't do something to like this."

"Stop it, I might tear up," Shippo yells out after him. "Wait, can you stop and pose? I want to take a picture of this moment."

Satoru sticks his middle finger up in response.

"There are people dying," Nanami scolds.

"There are always people dying. You humans need to get your shit together," Shippo retorts.

Just once, he would like a holiday where shit does not go down. An insect casually picks up a small child, yanking the boy from his mother, who screams hysterically and tries to hold on, but loses her grip.

Sigh. He must be asking for too much.


A/N: Yo! It has been a while. Thank you everyone for your reviews and continued support! Goals this year is to finish this part of How To Tame. After much thought, it is going to need a two-parter. In the meantime, I will work on The Christmas Wish and I might start that enemies to loves story with GojoxKagomexGeto. We'll see. Anyway, stay safe everyone and remember how awesome you are!