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Chapter Thirteen: Meeting

The second time he killed someone had been an accident, really and truly. She had wandered down the road in the middle of the night. Drunk and stumbling down the small back road that leads to his childhood home. Drunk and stumbling around with a bottle firmly sealed to her mouth, and when she came barreling into the home he reacted on instinct to protect his younger siblings. While not the oldest brother he was in charge while they were out with their father hunting for the season.

He pumped the shotgun and took aim in the dark. It fired with a loud bang as her body jerked from the close range of the shells exploding against her chest. You see the great thing about a shotgun the shells hold little balls inside of them. Little balls that rip through the flesh of the target. Birdshot's hold smaller balls that when they hit they only leave small welts all over the body, the balls don't normally travel far into the flesh of a human. But a buckshot, that's a different story entirely.

Poor girl didn't stand a chance when he shot right in the chest, a soft curse leaving his mouth as he watched the life drain from her eyes. This kill brought him no satisfaction, to quick, to easy and no pleasure. Besides the red hair did nothing for him.

But that night he did the right thing and called the local sheriff's office up and told them what had happened. They arrived at his home and took the gun as evidence but considering it was the middle of the night and the smell of alcohol coming off the still warm body it wasn't a hard point to put together.

He got away with shooting an intruder whom he thought was a bear breaking in. He got another kill on his belt and it did nothing for him but piss him off.

Sesshomaru turned his attention back to his friend and his wife, talking among them before excusing himself after a while to go and mingle with the others. He was dressed like one of his ancestors or so the outfit looked like from a picture in the history books. The only thing missing would be the armor that would wrap around one of his shoulders. The fur that wrapped around his shoulder had been mandatory by his father considering he had two of them on his own. Izayoi had dressed as a princess while Inuyasha was bouncing around in red robes and a sword attached to his hip. But, he had to wear a pair of dog ears on his head, so Sesshomaru decided he had gotten the better deal with the fur.

He moved around nodding to a few people he recognized before a smaller body bumped into his own. His eyes already set into a glare landed on those expressive blue ones of a certain doctor. Heart thundered in his chest as she blushed in an embarrassed manner before apologizing to him.

"I'm sorry Dr. Tashi I wasn't paying attention to where I was going!" she squeaked out.

"Sesshomaru" he managed to get out.

A small smile replaced the embarrassment she must have felt.

"Kagome, again I am sorry" she tried but his hand stopped her.

"No need to apologize, these parties my father throws tend to be over packed and bumping into people is normal."

For a while the two conversed on the floor surrounded by people, talking about the outfits chosen for them and the girl even got the slight standoff doctor to laugh and shake his head.

The night continued on as the pair stuck to one another, he introduced her to a few other people that came to give him their best. She met a few powerful people and enjoyed her time with the Tashio family as Inuyasha came to bug his brother. Miroku managed not to get hit every time he groped Sango in her cat outfit, she liked it in secret. Soon the night grew into early morning when the group was approached by two people.

"Sesshomaru, how are you?" a deep calm voice called to his friend.

"Suikotsu" He turned to greet the man before his eyes fell down to the woman on his arm. "Kikyo" he nodded before turning back to the group with him.

"This is Dr. Suikotsu Shiniti and his wife Kikyo, this is Dr. Kagome Higurashi, Detective Miroku Monk, Dr. Sango Tai and you know the dimwit"

"Hey" Inuyasha barked

They all exchanged a hello before two high pitched squeals made everyone jump as Kagome and Kikyo embraced and jumped up and down, mindful of their outfits and how short they were.

"Oh, my goodness" They both shouted in happiness causing all sets of eyes to look at them in an odd fashion.

"How have you been?" they both asked at the same time before breaking out into giggles.

"I have been good" Again they answered together.

"So I take it you to know each other, Doc?" Miroku asked with his arm around Sango

Kagome being the first one to recover nodded her head in eagerness.

"Sorry" she managed to get out as happy ears pricked the corner of her eyes. "Guys this is my older sister!" she stated while hugging the girl closer to her.

By the look, everyone was giving them Kagome and Kikyo both knew they had a lot of explaining to do. So the group agreed to go to the local diner and grab a bite of food while the girls told them their story.

Sesshomaru sat drinking his coffee looking at Kagome and something inside of him shook, the more time he spent with this woman the more he wanted to get to know her. The more he noticed the difference between Kagura and the real Kagome. He wanted to explore this woman in more ways than one.

Suikotsu sat next to his wife with a gentle smile on his face as he rummaged through his pockets for his pack of smokes. The costume he wore held inner pockets that were a bit of a bitch. Once he found them he pulled one out of the pack, stopping by the icy glare he was getting from his wife. He sighed softly in defeat and shoved it back in before tossing them onto the table.

"You know as a Doctor I can tell you those things will kill you my friend" Sesshomaru stated

"I didn't know you switched from being a surgeon back to a know it all!" Suikotsu started with a grin.

"Not all of us can be a talented Plastic surgeon like you!" He countered with a small grin before the other man laughed and shook his head.

The night was full of laughter and great food and new friends.

Suikotsu enjoyed the happiness his wife was showing at finding her sister but something deep within him chuckled darkly.