Stopping in her steps, Inuyami turned on her heels and looked at Furihana.
"Is there some sort of a problem?" She asked casually with a suffisticated tone to her voice. The air was littered with the scent of the small three person group. Something about at least two of them seemed familiar to Inuyami. It sparked something from her past but she didn't hint toward it or act any different then she normally would.


(Hey Ladies, if you could make a small profile for your chars that'd be boss! Check the first post for the lay out and plz pm them to me so I can put them all on one post. Thanks. You don't have to but it'd be helpful.)

Furihana felt a small shiver, but made herself relax. She thought she felt a rush of pride for her Father, "Not really. I was merely noticing the resemblance in your features." She smiled and held a lock of her hair, eyes glittering with mischief. "Your white hair and smell seem related to the Inu demons. That is all. I made a mental error and stated my observations aloud." She said in a challenging superficial voice mocking the other girls tone.

Gotta Just watch as the two talked.

Inuyami's face remained in a mostly emotionless, stone cold expression. Her orange-yellow eyes looked the girl over for a moment.
"You'd be right in you observations, kitsune (fox)." Her tone was still the same as before though she wasn't trying to intimidate any one or engage in battle. She was mearly traveling threw. "The last one for now it would seem..." She turned her back to Furihana and began her stide away. Inside her heart, however, she felt as though she must stay. Something about the two who reminded her of her past told her that these where people she aught to call friends or at least allys but she'd been left alone for so long, and being as she was an outcast, she really didn't know how to be pleasant to people any more.


(Thanks you Noura Black and Lady Xanthe, your profiles are up on the first page. Also, the story has been modified a bit. Not much, just added some information.)

Furihana relaxed all her muscles and broke into a reassuring smile. "I'm sure there are others out there. I mean even Papa Shippo found another Fox Demon to love." She smiled, proud for her father. "And you should smile more. If you find others, you want to make them happy too.~" She did the childish hand motion for making a smile out of a straight face. "See?~" Holding her fingers at the corner of her mouth. "It's easy.~"

{I'm pretending Shippo hadn't known about other Kitsune demons until he found a small village worth almost}

Gotta laughed so hard at the motion she fell backwards. It had been a while laughed like that and so her sides hurt after she was done "That just to much."

Furihana turned to Gotta looking puzzled. "What is funny?" She looked almost serious she really didn't know why Gotta thought this was funny. "It is all about presentation. If you look like you can't be bothered, you don't make many allies. When you smile and still demand respect you can be admired and followed.~" She said quoting a piece of her training.

"Yes Yes I know...sorry." Gotta Wiped a tear from her eye.

Furihana shook her head. "Anyway." She looked meaningfully at Inuyami. "I know you wouldn't seem so cold if you smiled more." She smiled cheerfully.

{I think we should wait for Inuyami}

(( im baack~ sorry i be gone peeps! ^^" had some other stuff... ))
rima watched them all warrily and kept her eyes especially on the white haired girl who had yet to speak of her name. she smiled at furihana and gotta when they did and returned to her straight face a moment later, holding onto her sword tighter, trying to decide if attack would be best. she soon decided against it seeing she had done nothing wrong so far, but promised that the moment something went for the worse, she would be prepared. she looked over the demoness and frowned. "just wondering around, demoness?" she asked raising an eyebrow.

With a slight bow of her head, Inuyami looked into the eyes of the fox demon and forced a small smile. She wasn't really a cold person, dispite her father's attitude, but she was never really sure when the people she spoke to where being kind or just being smart assed bastards.
"Do accept my appology," she said with a smoth voice, "I do not wish to be rude." Inuyami turned to look at Rima and she only nodded at the question. Wondering was the only thing that kept Inuyami out of trouble, as it seemed to fallow her everywhere.

Furihana smiled wider. "Yeah!~ Much better.~" She did a mini spin. "Oh, thank you, accepted.~" She thought about the question Rima asked. "Oh....If you're an Inu Demon......." She murmered to Inuyami.

{She is trying to put together why she feels a weird familiar vibe from her.}

(( yeah, i am getting it. nice job of thinking the same as me Lady! ))
rima looked at furihana and calmed down a bit when inuyami replied. "i think i know why. it is because she is an inu demon and i am a slayer. AND she is a decendant of one of the enemies from one of my ancestors. we are destined to be enemies." she said simply, gripping her sword and not moving her eyes from her.

Furihana immediately looked shocked and scared. She clung to Inuyami suddenly. "No!~" She shook her head. "No. It doesn't matter who your ancestors' enemies were, you as their decendants have the ability to solve the problems!~" She waved her hand from one side to the other. "She hasn't even done anything wrong.~" She pointed now to Rima. "Things like this are probably why she didn't smile to begin with....And just as she was opening to us!~ Dispicable..I though Slayers had more honor than that! Papa Shippo was wrong. Sango's Decendant wouldn't be as honorable as she was. She would be perverse and irrational like Miroku!~" She spat.(her words not saliva.)

rima was started at furihana's words. "wh-what do you mean?" she asked dumbfoundedly, even though she heard it perfectly clear. she had never been spoken to like that and was naturally furious. she pulled out her sword from its sheath and pointed it at both of them. "you are right furihana. i am not sango. nor am i miroku. i am rima and i will do as i please." she huffed now feeling tired and regretful that she had weilded a sword onto them. she slunk the sword back to her side and shook her head. "nevermind. just forget it." she glanced at the inu demon once more and scrunched her nose up. "i still dont like her much." she mumbled and sat down where she stand, beginning to munch on the berries she picked earlier.

Gotta looked at the rabbit "o~kay." she sighed "rabbit's done." She told all of them as she pulled off one it legs and started to eat it "Who wants a peace?" she asked holding it up in the air.

(i forgot gotta killed that rabbit till a read the post she did it in XP)

Furihana let go of Inuyami. "Oooh.~ Rabbit~" She took some off, "Thank you Gotta." She sat down next to Rima across from Gotta. She finished chewing the small bite of rabbit in her mouth then said to Inuyami. "Join us?~"

The list of names that spewed from Furihana's mouth left Inuyami temporarilly speachless.
"M...Miroku? Sango... Sh... Shippo?" Her jaw dropped slightly as a wave of memory struck her. "I... I know them..." Wide eyes looked from Furihana and Rima as she tried to piece everything together. "My uncles and aunt..." She finally said, falling to her silk clad knees.
She couldn't move or speak; her memories of before she'd been set into a 81 year sleep began to return to her. Sesshomaru had cast Inuyami into a deep sleep on her fourth bithday, until she'd be old enough to take care of and protect herself.
"Back when I was a child.... they cared for me..." Tears began to well up in her eyes as the painful memories from her last happy day with her family flooded back.

Furihana looked shocked with a peice of the rabbit now hanging out of her mouth. "hmmm" is all you could understand. She chewed and swallowed. "You Knew Papa Shippo?!~" Her dark honey eyes wide from shock.

Inuyami nodded slowly, her eyes shut and her hands gripping at the back of her head as she tried to organize everything in her mind.
"Hai (yes), he was in his teenage years back then, prolly long before your birth." She thought about everything he'd taught her and all the games they'd played together. "Your father.... was a great man." Inuyami said finally opening her eyes and looking at the kitsune.

Furihana slowly understood that the Demoness wasn't as young as she appeared. Realizing her compliment, she said reverently. "Yes, He is." She looked at the woman she had imagined her own age and was instantly curious. "Well...if you knew him then, then how do you retain the image of one about my age?"

"It was my fourth birthday as a child..." Inuyami began to explain, "my mother was determined to destroy me and feast on my blood to regain her powers and youth. When she and my brother attacked us that night in Kaede's village..." She paused trying to remember the details better. "Uncle Inuyasha faught with all her could to keep her back, but he didn't know about my older brother, Inokumaru. When it seemed like I was done for, my father came to my rescue and put me in the cave three miles from the Bone Eatter's Well. Something about the cave must have kept my body young while I slept. That was five years ago and when I woke up, I began to grow quickly but have stopped at this form."


(Yes I need to edit the story haha sry.)

"Wow." was all Gotta could say.she walked over to Inuyami and put a hand out "Why don't you come set by the fire." She watch the Demanass with careful eyes "You look kinda cold to me." she smiled.

rima listened in closely to the story. it all was very believable. she knew the kind of demon that seshomaru was only by stories and this one seemed the most realistic. she scooted over more to furihana and made room for her. "yes, you do seem cold, why not sit?" she said uninterested, and continued chewing contently on her berries.

"Arigato (Thank you)." Inuyami said with a bow, striding over to the fire to warm up. She stood staring into the fire, shaking with shock. The warmth was pleasant and well apriciated.