The attack command awoke Nashori from the sleep she had fallen into after her small talk with Sesshoumaru. She looked around to see that she was still surrounded by wraps, but her head had been covered. She growled at the heat that surrounded her since no cold could get into the wraps now, & went to work, getting herself unwrapped. When she was unwrapped, she ducked as a whip of light came in her direction. She looked at Sesshoumaru to see him looking behind her. She turned to see a figure behind her that looked like Sesshoumaru only he didn't carry the markings that Sesshoumaru did. And unlike Sesshoumaru, this figure that dog ears on the top of his head.
"Get out of the way wench," he growled at her, baring his fangs at her. "This is between my brother & I." A piece of paper with a sutra written on it hit & stuck to the figure, making it fall to the ground, growling loudly. "Miroku, you idiot!"
"Inu Yasha, you are acting like a child!" The man Inu Yasha called Miroku, yelled. "Your brother did not show you any threat & you attacked him when he was carrying someone."
"Are you okay?" A woman asked, walking up to her. "You weren't hurt were you?"
"No, I�m fine," Nashori, answered as she made her way over to Sesshoumaru until she stood before him. "Why was my head covered?"
"To protect you once the fight got started by my ignorant brother," Sesshoumaru answered.
"Sesshoumaru, why did you bring her here? And who is she?" Sango asked as she walked over them while Miroku went to Inu Yasha, who was still on the ground.
"Her name is Nashori, & I have brought her here in hopes that the old one, Kaede, was still among the living," Sesshoumaru answered, looking at Sango. "Was I correct in believing that she is still among the living?"
Sango nodded. "Yes. Kaede is still among the living, but she has gotten along in her age & we do not believe she has much longer with us."
Sesshoumaru nodded & looked at his brother that was now walking up to him with Miroku holding onto him to keep him from trying anything. "Are you quite done yet little brother?" He asked, quirking an eyebrow.
"Shut up Sesshoumaru. Why don't you take your whore & get the hell away from here? You're not wanted here anymore than you ever have been," Inu Yasha said as he pulled away from Miroku & walked back to the village the group had come to rest in. With the Jewel of Four Souls completed, the group no longer had to travel to look for the shards.
Miroku sighed & watched the hanyou walk away, before he looked at Sesshoumaru & the girl he had with him, whom he had heard called Nashori. "I am sorry for Inu Yasha's rude behavior towards you. He had no right to be like that to you when he hasn't even met you yet," he said as he took her hand in his own.
"Don't even start to try, monk," Sesshoumaru warned as he grabbed the monk's wrist, releasing enough of his poison to burn his wrist, but not scar it. "I did not bring her here for you to ask her to bare your child. I brought her here, hoping that Kaede might be able to..." He paused, unwilling to admit that he needed help from human woman. "Maybe she might be able to...help...me with Nashori."
"Why do you need help with her?" Sango asked, looking at Miroku was now rubbing the wrist that Sesshoumaru burned. "We might be able to take her in if that is what you need."
"I do not need to drop her with the likes of you. I need the old woman to let me know if something is right or incorrect."
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Inu Yasha sat across the fire from Nashori, who couldn't seem to take her eyes off him, since she had been staring at him since he sat down in his spot. "What the hell are you staring at?" He growled, putting his hand on the hilt of Tetsusaiga.
"Oh chill out," Nashori said, looking at his face. "I was looking at your ears, so back off."
"Nashori, don't bother waiting your anger on my pathetic brother," Sesshoumaru said as he looked to his side at her. He looked up at Kaede as she walked into the hut that the group was in. "Are you finally ready, old one?" He asked.
"Aye. But I wish to see the girl alone before I involve yeh," Kaede said as she looked at him while Nashori rose to her feet & walked out of the hut. The old woman turned & left the hut, the screen door falling back in place, as Nashori & Kaede walked down the road that split the village into two sections. "When Sesshoumaru left yeh in the hut to come speak to me, he mentioned to me that yeh are from another era. Is this correct?" Kaede asked.
"Yea, that's right," Nashori answered.
"He is confused about this, because he seems to believe that he can sense & smell yeh as a hanyou. I can see why he would be confused because yeh do not look the part f a hanyou & yeh are from Kagome's era where the youkai & hanyous of this time no longer exist, having died out later on in our future, but long ago in yer present."
Nashori cocked an eyebrow at her. "Kagome explained all of this to you before she died?"
"Aye. That child made sure I understood everything before she would start another explanation," Kaede answered. "Kagome taught all of us at least one lesson or another. Unfortunately for Inu Yasha, she taught him the lesson of loving then losing when yeh can not join them because yeh are still needed with the living."
"Has he always been that rude & uncaring?"
"Nay. He has been like this since he lost Kagome & was left to raise his child with Kagome alone. He hardly even shows kindness to his own son & it's making the boy bitter."
Nashori shook her head as they walked into a different hut. "How could he treat his own son like that?"
"I do not know... Have a seat," Kaede said as she went over to a shelf built into the wall. "It has been a while since he has shown a slight bit of kindness or respect to anyone."
Nashori sat on the floor, watching Kaede as she gathered some things, setting them down, one by one, on the cloth that was spread out in front of her. "What is all of this stuff?" She asked.
"They are items that I will use to find out if yeh are indeed a hanyou like Sesshoumaru suspects," Kaede answered as she set the last item down & sat on the floor herself. "Not all of this will hurt yeh Nashori, but if it does hurt, it will only be a little & for a short while."