Deal With Danger
Ages: Sesshomaru-(very old, but we'll say) 26 Rin-20 Shippo-5
Inuyasha- 24
Kagome22 Miroku-24 Sango-23
Chapter 1
Sango Toma strode purposely through the Inu Forest. Reaching the edge of the forest she found her house and entered.
"Kagome!" Sango shouted as she entered the house she shared with her sisters Kagome and Rin. Kagome came out of the kitchen wiping her hands off on her apron.
"Shh," she said gesturing towards the couch where Shippo and Kilala lay sleeping. She lead Sango into the kitchen where Rin was stirring a pot of stew over the fire powered stove. "What?" she asked when they stopped walking.
"We've got a job today. It's in the village down by the river. There's a rat demon that's been attacking the livestock. Who's staying?" Sango asked looking warily between Rin and Kagome.
"Rin," Kagome said quickly.
"Kagome," Rin contradicted just as quickly eyeing her oldest sister, Sango, warily.
"Okay," Sango said scratching her head and sighing. "Tie-breaker. I vote Rin."
"So not fair," Rin complained abandoning the stove to stand in front of her sisters.
"You'll live," Kagome quipped happily. She stopped smiling momentarily to tell Rin, "No pun intended."
"Okay, I know I'm the youngest, but I'm good. You and Sango have trained me ever since mom and dad died when I was five. I'm hell with a sword and a demon with a chakram," Rin winked at Kagome. "No pun intended." Kagome scrunched up her face to show how the comment settled with her.
"I'm fair with a bow and arrow and Sango trained me on the boomerang!" Rin continued passionately. "Come on! Let me go! Please?"
Kagome looked to Sango. It was an unspoken agreement between the three of them that because Sango was the oldest and most experienced in slaying, that she would go to all the demon exterminations.
"Someone's got to watch the squirt," Kagome said as Sango nodded. "You two go. Sango has the most experience and she'll be able to bail you out if you get into trouble. I'll stay with Kilala and Shippo."
Rin screamed in excitement and jumped on Kagome.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" she shrieked. She hugged Kagome tightly. Kagome smiled and pried her baby sister off of her.
"Go get into your uniform. You two should get going. The sun's going to set in a few hours." Rin nodded excited and left the room in a skip.
Sango followed Kagome over to the stove. Watching her middle sister stir the pot of stew and check the oven to see if the bread was done baking, she noticed that Kagome was crying.
"Kagome," Sango said worriedly. "What's wrong."
"I'm worried about her," Kagome said wiping her eyes ashamed to be caught with the weakness. She couldn't afford it. "It's her first fight and even though it's just a rat demon it's still a demon. I'm worried that something's going to happen."
"Don't be. I'll take care of her. You forget who the leading exterminating family is," Sango teased.
"I know," Kagome said. "But you forget that we're dying out. All of our fellow exterminators are scattered throughout the mountains. We're the only exterminating family left in this region."
Sango stopped smiling and nodded resolutely. She'd been there when the demons attacked their village destroying practically everything and everyone in sight. Their parents had barely managed to escape with their children and their lives into the woods to build a new home.
They spent years many years relaxed and not worrying about demons. They began tutoring Sango in the ways of exterminating using scrolls they'd saved from the village.
Two years after they'd started teaching Sango, a few demons decided on a house call. Their parents hid their children inside the closet making them promise not to look outside.
Sango, who'd been eight, Kagome, who'd been seven, and Rin, who'd been five, sat inside of the closet listening hard for sounds of victory from their parents. Sango snuck out of the closet after ordering her sisters to stay inside. She crawled to the window and looked out just in time to see her parents being ripped apart and devoured by the same demons who'd attacked their village.
Kagome bit her lip at her older sister's look knowing what she was remembering. She'd seen the whole thing. She'd snuck out after Sango and had been just in time to share the sight of their parents' death with her. Terrified, she'd snuck back into the closet and tried not to alarm her smaller sister while waiting for Sango to come back.
Rin returned grinning happily. She wore the uniformed slayers outfit with red where there was pink on Sango's uniform. On her waist, where her sword would usually be, hung her chakram (a circular piece of steel sharpened on the outside) and on her back hung her sword.
"I'm ready," she grinned.
"Don't be too chipper," Sango reprimanded her youngest sister. Rin immediately stopped grinning. "Demon slaying is a serious business and you should never be too full of yourself. Just believe that you'll make it out alive or that if you don't, neither will the demon."
Rin nodded and Kagome went to take the bread out of the oven. She sliced two large pieces of bread, wrapped them up with four slices of meat and cheese, and handed it to Sango for their dinner.
"See you two later," Kagome said. She followed them to the front door and sent them off with a tentative smile. She shut the door she went to the couch to wake Shippo and Kilala for dinner.
"Huh," Shippo said sleepily when Kagome shook him. "What's going on?"
"Dinner time," Kagome told him. She went into the kitchen with Shippo and Kilala on her tail. She put a bowl of soup on the table with a thick slice of bread on the table for Shippo and a bowl of soup on the floor for Kilala. After she put a bowl of soup on the table for herself she sat and began to eat.
"Done," Shippo said happily. He sat back rubbing his small tummy and giggled at Kagome's amazed stare. "I was hungry," was all he'd say in response before returning to his giggling fit.
Kagome shook her head and continued to eat when she felt something coming closer. Apparently she wasn't the only one who felt it as Kilala had transformed from her kitty form into her sabertooth counterpart with her hair standing on end to show her discomfort.
"Demon," Kagome said quietly. Shippo looked to Kagome fearfully.
"We're all alone," he said. His bottom lip was trembling and Kagome knew that he couldn't stay with her, incase the same thing that happened to her parents, happened to her.
"We're fine," Kagome assured him. "But they're getting closer. I want you and Kilala to go and get Sango and Rin. They might've not reached the village yet, depending on which road they traveled. Bring them back here as fast as you can." She looked to Kilala who was watching the front door apprehensively. "I want you to protect Shippo with your life." Kilala nodded and Shippo hopped on her back as Kagome lead them to the back door.
"When you go through the forest travel in the air as much as you can," she urged. "It should keep you from running into demons on the way there. I'll stay here and defend the home." Kilala nodded and ran out of the house.
Kagome watched them until they disappeared before preparing herself for battle. She walked into the living room and removed her kimono, revealing her exterminator uniform. She pulled her hair back and braided it to keep it out of her way. She went to the living room closet and pulled out her sword and bow and arrows. Strapping on her mask she locked all the doors and windows and waited.
Ages: Sesshomaru-(very old, but we'll say) 26 Rin-20 Shippo-5
Inuyasha- 24
Kagome22 Miroku-24 Sango-23
Chapter 1
Sango Toma strode purposely through the Inu Forest. Reaching the edge of the forest she found her house and entered.
"Kagome!" Sango shouted as she entered the house she shared with her sisters Kagome and Rin. Kagome came out of the kitchen wiping her hands off on her apron.
"Shh," she said gesturing towards the couch where Shippo and Kilala lay sleeping. She lead Sango into the kitchen where Rin was stirring a pot of stew over the fire powered stove. "What?" she asked when they stopped walking.
"We've got a job today. It's in the village down by the river. There's a rat demon that's been attacking the livestock. Who's staying?" Sango asked looking warily between Rin and Kagome.
"Rin," Kagome said quickly.
"Kagome," Rin contradicted just as quickly eyeing her oldest sister, Sango, warily.
"Okay," Sango said scratching her head and sighing. "Tie-breaker. I vote Rin."
"So not fair," Rin complained abandoning the stove to stand in front of her sisters.
"You'll live," Kagome quipped happily. She stopped smiling momentarily to tell Rin, "No pun intended."
"Okay, I know I'm the youngest, but I'm good. You and Sango have trained me ever since mom and dad died when I was five. I'm hell with a sword and a demon with a chakram," Rin winked at Kagome. "No pun intended." Kagome scrunched up her face to show how the comment settled with her.
"I'm fair with a bow and arrow and Sango trained me on the boomerang!" Rin continued passionately. "Come on! Let me go! Please?"
Kagome looked to Sango. It was an unspoken agreement between the three of them that because Sango was the oldest and most experienced in slaying, that she would go to all the demon exterminations.
"Someone's got to watch the squirt," Kagome said as Sango nodded. "You two go. Sango has the most experience and she'll be able to bail you out if you get into trouble. I'll stay with Kilala and Shippo."
Rin screamed in excitement and jumped on Kagome.
"Thank you, thank you, thank you!" she shrieked. She hugged Kagome tightly. Kagome smiled and pried her baby sister off of her.
"Go get into your uniform. You two should get going. The sun's going to set in a few hours." Rin nodded excited and left the room in a skip.
Sango followed Kagome over to the stove. Watching her middle sister stir the pot of stew and check the oven to see if the bread was done baking, she noticed that Kagome was crying.
"Kagome," Sango said worriedly. "What's wrong."
"I'm worried about her," Kagome said wiping her eyes ashamed to be caught with the weakness. She couldn't afford it. "It's her first fight and even though it's just a rat demon it's still a demon. I'm worried that something's going to happen."
"Don't be. I'll take care of her. You forget who the leading exterminating family is," Sango teased.
"I know," Kagome said. "But you forget that we're dying out. All of our fellow exterminators are scattered throughout the mountains. We're the only exterminating family left in this region."
Sango stopped smiling and nodded resolutely. She'd been there when the demons attacked their village destroying practically everything and everyone in sight. Their parents had barely managed to escape with their children and their lives into the woods to build a new home.
They spent years many years relaxed and not worrying about demons. They began tutoring Sango in the ways of exterminating using scrolls they'd saved from the village.
Two years after they'd started teaching Sango, a few demons decided on a house call. Their parents hid their children inside the closet making them promise not to look outside.
Sango, who'd been eight, Kagome, who'd been seven, and Rin, who'd been five, sat inside of the closet listening hard for sounds of victory from their parents. Sango snuck out of the closet after ordering her sisters to stay inside. She crawled to the window and looked out just in time to see her parents being ripped apart and devoured by the same demons who'd attacked their village.
Kagome bit her lip at her older sister's look knowing what she was remembering. She'd seen the whole thing. She'd snuck out after Sango and had been just in time to share the sight of their parents' death with her. Terrified, she'd snuck back into the closet and tried not to alarm her smaller sister while waiting for Sango to come back.
Rin returned grinning happily. She wore the uniformed slayers outfit with red where there was pink on Sango's uniform. On her waist, where her sword would usually be, hung her chakram (a circular piece of steel sharpened on the outside) and on her back hung her sword.
"I'm ready," she grinned.
"Don't be too chipper," Sango reprimanded her youngest sister. Rin immediately stopped grinning. "Demon slaying is a serious business and you should never be too full of yourself. Just believe that you'll make it out alive or that if you don't, neither will the demon."
Rin nodded and Kagome went to take the bread out of the oven. She sliced two large pieces of bread, wrapped them up with four slices of meat and cheese, and handed it to Sango for their dinner.
"See you two later," Kagome said. She followed them to the front door and sent them off with a tentative smile. She shut the door she went to the couch to wake Shippo and Kilala for dinner.
"Huh," Shippo said sleepily when Kagome shook him. "What's going on?"
"Dinner time," Kagome told him. She went into the kitchen with Shippo and Kilala on her tail. She put a bowl of soup on the table with a thick slice of bread on the table for Shippo and a bowl of soup on the floor for Kilala. After she put a bowl of soup on the table for herself she sat and began to eat.
"Done," Shippo said happily. He sat back rubbing his small tummy and giggled at Kagome's amazed stare. "I was hungry," was all he'd say in response before returning to his giggling fit.
Kagome shook her head and continued to eat when she felt something coming closer. Apparently she wasn't the only one who felt it as Kilala had transformed from her kitty form into her sabertooth counterpart with her hair standing on end to show her discomfort.
"Demon," Kagome said quietly. Shippo looked to Kagome fearfully.
"We're all alone," he said. His bottom lip was trembling and Kagome knew that he couldn't stay with her, incase the same thing that happened to her parents, happened to her.
"We're fine," Kagome assured him. "But they're getting closer. I want you and Kilala to go and get Sango and Rin. They might've not reached the village yet, depending on which road they traveled. Bring them back here as fast as you can." She looked to Kilala who was watching the front door apprehensively. "I want you to protect Shippo with your life." Kilala nodded and Shippo hopped on her back as Kagome lead them to the back door.
"When you go through the forest travel in the air as much as you can," she urged. "It should keep you from running into demons on the way there. I'll stay here and defend the home." Kilala nodded and ran out of the house.
Kagome watched them until they disappeared before preparing herself for battle. She walked into the living room and removed her kimono, revealing her exterminator uniform. She pulled her hair back and braided it to keep it out of her way. She went to the living room closet and pulled out her sword and bow and arrows. Strapping on her mask she locked all the doors and windows and waited.