Searching.

[Abbi Volarus]

Abikato wandered through one of the various human villages that was settled quite close in the north. Her eyes scanned the market, small huts where inside lay smiths and farmers tending to their items of trade. Abikato was searching for small things, like cloth and leather. Looking around, her eyes scanned a small stall. The humans there shrinked back, for the female did look quite intimidating with the bones on her back and the way she walked. Clawed fingers raking over different cloth carefully, Abikato glanced through them and moved a few. A foggy white cloth caught her eye. Picking it up, as well as some black and a small amount of orange, Abikato left a good deal of money on one of the cloth piles before leaving the small stand. Of course the humans wouldn't accept money straight from her hand, she was quite intimidating, dangerous, scary even, to the likes of most humans who just lived in a village.

Abikato also wasn't from this region, so they had no idea whether she was a human killer or just one of those rare demons who mixed amongst them. Shrugging, the female's eyes settled on a bench. Crossing to it, she settled down and instantly went to work, using her claws to cut and make holes in the cloth, shredding it easily, her web (which was stronger than some small spiders) to sew the cloth. The cloth turned to a robe of sorts, the foggy gray the base. The female made long sleeves with the black cloth, and pants made from the same. The white cloth only went to her knees, thus the need for the pants. The orange cloth she cut and simplified, leaving the extra cloth on the bench, Abikato stood and shrugged the robe on, tying the orange cloth around her waist and holding it in place. She then slid into the pants. The clothing she'd worn before had amounted to only spider web, it hid what was necessary and fell away once Abikato was dressed in more sensible clothing.

Shrugging and getting used to the feel of the scratchy cloth against her skin, Abikato glanced around the village before wandering it once again, somewhat intent on waiting for a demonic presence that was strong, but showed signs of whether or not the said demon was strong or not. The strong demons lived forever, unless someone killed them, they just didn't die of natural causes. It was upsetting to Abikato, or Juka at least, and she grumbled under her breath, throwing insults at the ones who didn't just up and die when they were supposed to.

Though it was Juka at work, of course. Taunting her daughter had been fun, until recently. Recently was when Abikato had started going against her will, doing things that Juka didn't want her to do, disobeying. The demon sat back and relaxed, her spirit strong inside her daughter, peeking through Abikato's eyes and watching the world. When this was all over, Juka would return once more and be able to raise a new child, train it, and do the same thing over once more.

A dark laugh echoed in Abikato's head, making the female pause for a moment. Shrugging the voice off as nothing, Abikato's eyes scanned the humans walking along and tending to their things. Their houses, homes, crops, families. They were lucky.

[sesshoumaru]

-As if by magic sesshoumaru had followed the scent here to this human village. It mixed in with the scent of the many humans living here and thought maybe he was hiding amongst them. Stopping at the gate entrance he saw two patrol men standing gaurd. He knew that once they had seen him the would of been terrifyed and began alerting the towns people just as he contridicted the men's pupils dialted as he came into view down the road. In a sense of panic the men began to yell at each other first before heading into the village to warn the others-

" The lord of the west has been seen heading this way! All of you run Sesshoumaru is going to demolish us all! "

-They began yelling. The streets of the human village began to bustle with screams and yells. Men, woman , children alike began to run in every direction seeking cover or hiding somewhere where they wouldn't be seen because if they knew that got in sesshoumaru's way they knew there life would end right then and there-

-As of shaking his head mentally sesshoumaru let out a breath dispising these wreteched humans for assuming the worst, but no matter he ketp walking hopefully catching the scent of naraku in the vicinity yet to no avail it was a false alarm. The scent had travel through this area but went far beyound the village limits-

" ...curse him ..always hiding! "

-He thought to himself just standing there in the middle of the desolate road. Whimpers where heard and whispers also as the men nearby hidden in a stall began to talk to each other-

" ..what is sesshoumaru doing here?! ...has he come to kill us all ? "

-One man said to the other-

" no you fool just don't do anything to interfere then you'll be safe!'

[Abbi Volarus]

As the humans fled in panic, only succeeding in making more chaos around them and causing others to panic more, Abikato cocked a brow and tilted her chin upwards slightly, fingers tapping her hip slightly, out of a craving desire to reach back and draw a bone from her back. Turning in the direction that most of the humans were fleeing from, deciding that was the direction to head towards, Abikato started walking into the lions den, as it was called. Catching snitches and snatches of some shouts and yells that Sesshomaru - Lord of the Western Lands, respectively, was in their midsts, Abikato was intrigued.

Was the lord really there to massacre the village? If he was, that would be such a shameful and disgraceful thing to do. Upon reaching watching distance to the Lord (but standing a respectful and watchful distance away), Abikato realized that it really was Sesshomaru-sama, Abikato's breath hitched in her throat and she narrowed her eyes, scrutinizing the lord momentarily. He was strong, always had been too. Like his father, Sesshomaru was a legend - although he didn't quite live up to take InuTashio's name. Abikato let out a breath, realizing that he was as strong as ever and not near a point of death. Though somewhat saddening, at least he could care for the ward humans and demons alike had reported traveled with him, as well as his lands.

Speaking of the demon's territory, Abikato's brow furrowed in thought. Why was he here, and not scouting the lands like a normal Lord should be doing? Not that the lord would have to worry. Face relaxing, though thoughts still running, she watched the male walk and humans flee until the Lord was the only one - not including Abikato - still in the vicinity.

Juka on the other hand was laughing happily inside her daughters head, amazed at the power that crackled around Sesshomaru, in awe of the aura that surrounded the demon's swords. Wanting desperately to hack the male into pieces- but knowing her daughter and her body would only perish if she commanded Abikato to attempt killing Sesshomaru-sama, Juka sat at bay, watching the male intently through her daughters eyes.

Then Sesshomaru paused in his trek. Abikato eyed the lord, eyes narrowing as snatches of conversation between humans assaulted her ear drums. At least they were decently smart.

Though tempted to approach the male and greet him, Abikato was struck so hard with intimidation and the inability to commune with the other and ask what his business was here in the Northern lands just didn't reach her. Though there was nothing amazingly special about the feminine male - save for his power, then again, everyone had that, the Taiyokai just knew how to use it - Abikato still couldn't utter a word (even if her mother could do it in her sleep).

[sesshoumaru]

-The village emptied quickly till no human was left. Some where hiding the others just left completly. Sesshoumaru begin quite angry with his failure to find naraku pounded a nearby vending stall which led to it being complete shattered into a thousand pieces-

" Grrr...i will not rest till you die naraku "

-He said to himself in a deep tone of voice. Yet he wasn't fooled by the errie silents that surronded him he could sense an aura nearby, someone idly waiting in the shadows as if watching him , rather observing him from afar. Stopping in his tracks his pupil would move to the corner of his eyes as if looking over his shoulder.

Not hesitating to do so he turned on a heel towards the aura moving debree out of the way with his only arm. There he stood looking down at the crouching abikato that intense look in his eyes searing through the others. To make matters worst he gripped her by the neck pinning her to the wall with a small thud-

" Where is naraku! ..."

-Following just a distants away jaken and the other two flew in on ah-un just in time to see sesshoumaru pin the femeal demoness to the wall. Jaken hopped off going into a frenzy cheer litterly spazing out-

" Go sesshoumaru! kill her! muahahahahah! "


-Rin on the other hand hopped off as well looking a bit worried that sesshoumaru would kill an innocent by standered again. Something about her had caused her to run up to the both of them and force herself between him and her-

"Lord sesshoumaru no ...she hasn't done anything to harm us"

-Sesshoumaru looked down at the girl a bit irratated that she had some girp over him, yet he only loosened his grip waiting for the demoness to answer before he would let go-

[Abbi Volarus]

Watching the male pound his clawed fists into a stall, she cocked a brow. This was not your normal and average Sesshomaru. The lord was normally reported to be a stoic person who just didn't respond to anything but attacks upon himself, or the endangerment of his ward. Something must of been wrong, and her question over what it was was shortly answered. After being grabbed forcefully by the Western Lord and slammed into the wall of a shack, her hand instinctively snatched up, her own clawed fingers wiggling between Sesshomaru-sama's fingers and the skin of her neck.

As the demon spewed his questions, the toad demon continued worshiping it's lord and encouraging her death - when she didn't do anything but watch the male. Sending a death glare at the toad, which was quite chilling in itself, she could very easily create spiders to haunt the worthless thing. Abikato winced and angrily snapped back at Sesshomaru, "You think I would know where that baka hanyou resides, when even you do not? The half breed is barely a spider demon, I see not why I would know where a disgrace to my kind stations himself." Her voice came out in a hoarse whisper, unable to talk properly as her vocal cords were being crushed. Abikato's eyes narrowed as Rin stepped between them and the Lord's grip slackened. "Maybe you should look under a rock? It's where he belongs."

Abikato didn't struggle against the Lord's grip, though did brace herself. Usually a sentence such as that would get you killed, mostly for showing disrespect, but all the same. If he were going to drop her, she wouldn't want to make a fool of herself and land on her ass. Thoughts wandering as she waited to b e released, killed, or something to the affect, she pondered for a moment or two. "Most likely he's hiding and attempting to make himself stronger. Watch for Kagura, that is her name, is not, and she was created by him, ja?" Cocking a slender brow at Sesshomaru, she looked away from the demon's face (too creped by the anger in the other's golden orbs) and off into the trees. "Or maybe he found a way to the other side of the world? I hear that there's more land out that way, perhaps he wants to attempt domination on the world, and not just Japan?"

These were just her thoughts, however. Really, the male could have jumped over the water - not literally - and planned domination over there, as well as Japan. The spider demon had to face it, in Japan his biggest and almost only problem was Sesshomaru - the InuTaiyokai could be his downfall, but other than Inubaka, there was nothing that could stand to defeat Naraku and live. Abikato turned her gaze back on Sesshomaru, watching him intently.

"What's your business with the half breed, Lord Sesshomaru?" It was a question anyone would ponder, and thinking about the answers wasn't enough, she had to have the answers, right from the feminine male's mouth.

[sesshoumaru]

-Sesshoumaru stood unmoved by the demoness words yet for the sake of his human comapanion he let her down to her feet gently. Resuming his stoic pose he turned his back towards her looking out into the vast empty village-

" Hm ...you are of his kind are you not? "

-He questioned calming down a bit to recollect his thoughts. She would infact have a point that he could have travled across water to other lands but something told him that that wasn't the case. He was hiding once more like he did in the past it was only a matter of time before he caught up with him-

-Rin sighed at the realse of the demoness politly bowing to her and apoligzing for her lords actions-

" I'm sorry lord sesshoumaru lost his temper back there, but you must understand his reason for finding naraku ..."


-On the other hand jaken was already stunned and hidden behind ah-un when he was given the death glare by the demoness. HIs true colors formed and he began the ulitmate in sucking up by apoligzing as well. Hoping out from ah-un he got to his knees bowing till his nose touched the ground-

" Please forgive me.."