InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Dear brother ❯ Figuring things out ( Chapter 8 )

Dear brother

Chapter 9

 

Disclaimer: I don't own InuYasha.

 

An: I think I'm back in gear! ^_^ Sorry for all the cliffs, but you know, I love making endings just like that. Can't you tell? Lol.

 

Chapter 9: Figuring things out

 

Rin bounced excitedly up and down on the bed around the green toad demon, Jaken, as she wrapped him up in blue yellow and red obis. Her intent was to wrap the green toad demon up as a present to Sesshomaru, for a game. Jaken only complied with such childish behavior because if he didn't he would definitely hear from Lord Sesshomaru. And Jaken of course didn't ever want to displease his master and lord.

 

“Oh, Lord Sesshomaru is going to love this!” she squealed as she finished wrapping Jaken up.

 

“I doubt it…” Jaken muttered as he started to climb out of the wrappings.

 

“No! You need to stay wrapped up.” Rin placed more obis on Jaken as he scooted away. “Master Jaken! You must come and play with me!”

 

Jaken sighed. “Rin, can we just play something else. Maybe that game `House'?” Jaken reasoned as he continued to un-bundle himself from the silk obis. He was a fool if he would allow his master see him in such a ridiculous state. It would be a total embarrassment. Jaken knew if his Lord had emotions he would laugh, but that was not in his master's emotional vocabulary.

 

“Master Jaken, you would do such with me!?” she squealed, jumping up and down on the bed happily causing both Jaken and her side ponytail to bounce.

 

“Yes, as long as you don't dress me up in obis again!”

 

“Okay! It's a deal!” Rin chimed as she leapt off the bed and went to the closet where she scrounged around for a large box of old raggedy clothes that Sesshomaru had let her have. Where they had come from was a mystery to her. Rin could care less though.

 

Pushing the wooden box out of the closet and back into the room she opened the box in the middle of the room and pulled out some small children's clothes. “Okay, Jaken, I'll be the mommy and you'll be the baby! How does that sound?”

 

Jaken gave himself a mental sigh. It always seemed that he was the child when they agreed to doing such silly games. He was older; he really should be the `mommy' or `daddy'. Not the other way around. “Sounds great,” he replied derisively.

 

“Now put this on,” Rin said as she handed him a frilly champagne-pink colored child's dress. It earned Rin a gaping Jaken.

 

Jaken was reluctantly putting on the clothes that were given to him, but just as he finished placing them on himself he heard a loud moan outside the door. Turning to look at the door he looked back to Rin who must have also heard it and was now glancing towards the door as well. “Did you hear that, girl?” he said quickly.

 

“I did,” she replied softly as she started towards the door when she was cut short by Jaken who grabbed her wrist.

 

“I should do this! If there is any danger and you were to get hurt, Lord Sesshomaru will kill me!”

 

“What if it is Lord Sesshomaru?” Rin said, panicked.

 

Both Rin and Jaken were aware of their Lord's `condition' and what had happened in the battle with Naraku. They were well aware that Sesshomaru could fall ill again one day. Though it had been quite a while since he had any problems what so ever, they had even thought he was better now. After all, Sesshomaru was a strong demon, bred to be the killing perfection and with a strong blood line that made him nearly impossible to kill.

 

Knowing that no one else was visiting and that no one was at battle at the moment, which would bring anyone else back if they had a severe injury; since Sesshomaru often did his own battles. It came to them that it just had to be Lord Sesshomaru. How though? Both thought he was totally healed? However, that was not entirely true. Sesshomaru could have been hiding the pain as he usually did.

 

Cautiously, Jaken approached the door and listened as he put his ear to the wood. All he could hear is a heavily breathing entity on the other side. “Sesshomaru, is that you?” he called as he reached for the doorknob. He expected to find Sesshomaru, but who he found was totally unexpected.

 

 

Outside the door, a few minutes earlier:

 

InuYasha cracked his eyes open after taking a short break and glancing down at his feet. They had doubled in size than it had been when he had left the bed. It was beginning to trouble him further. His body was never going to heal if he kept on working at this rate. “Fuck you, Sesshomaru!” he cursed his brother on the floor above as he flattened his ears to his skull and glanced over to the doorknob. `Why do they have to be so fucking complicated? And why do they need to have doors anyway?' InuYasha asked himself.

 

Again InuYasha asked himself why in seven hells was he doing this. `Is it really worth it? A chance to be with your older brother without fighting and without dirty words being exchanged, is his love really worth it?' his conscience asked. `It's not too late to turn around and just leave, pretend it never happened.'

 

“Shut up, head!” he growled to himself as he hit head against the hard door earning him a dizzy wave.

 

`Just run, he'll never know you left. He may not even care.'

 

InuYasha ignored the rest of his negative mind and concentrated on the new task at hand.

 

Not thinking correctly he didn't realize that he could just probably call for them since they were so close. But even so, his voice was raw and sore as it was from calling. Now he demonstrated doing it the hard way by slumping to his side where he rolled with a loud painful moan, laid on his back and brought his feet up so he could turn the doorknob with his feet and hope it wasn't locked. But before that he could he could hear murmurs on the other side of the door.

 

Had they heard him?

 

“Sesshomaru, is that you?” called a voice from within. InuYasha recognized as one of Sesshomaru's servants/companions. And it was not Rin, which meant it was Jaken. And of course, Jaken had always despised InuYasha as Sesshomaru had- at least, supposedly so. This could be trouble now. If Jaken knew that he was there, he'd freak!

 

Now it was too late to do anything but brace himself for the squawk of surprise and the freak out. And the freak out would cost them precious time to save his brother. InuYasha could only hope that Rin, the child he guessed was in the room also, would be cheerful and possibly control Jaken to a point.

 

Watching the door open in slow motion he was met by a tennis ball eyed, green skinned toad demon who gave a gasp. InuYasha knew he needed to cut straight to the point before the little toad got onto a ramble on how he had gotten there amongst other sputters.

 

Taking advantage of the stunned for words Jaken, he spoke quickly. “Sesshomaru, he's in trouble! In his room. Collapsed! Help!?” he gasped out quickly as he struggled to sit up.

 

Jaken obviously cared more for his lord thankfully and instantly switched gears from hating the sight of InuYasha to wanting to run to his master's aid. “Whaa- wha- what?” he sputtered.

 

Finally rocking his body to a more comfortable position and getting a better view at Jaken, he found him dressed in a champagne-pink dress. Had InuYasha not been in pain he could have laughed his ass off. However, now was not a time to laugh, he could do that later at the memory of Sesshomaru's servant in a pink champagne-colored frilly dress. Instead InuYasha looked past Jaken to see Rin come to see who was there and confirm what she had thought she had heard.

 

“What? My lord's hurt!? Master Jaken, go fetch the nurse! I'll meet you up in his room. I need to help InuYasha and Sesshomaru.”

 

“Girl, I'm not a human!”

 

Rin glared at him. “You want to help him; you'll go find the nurse, now go! You damn toad!”

 

InuYasha raised his eye brows in surprise. It surprised him of how spunky she really was to actually stand up against the toad. But then again, anyone could if it was to be Jaken. And to think, the toad actually did what he was told. But not without muttering under his breath of how he hated humans and Rin.

 

“Are you alright, Master InuYasha?” Rin asked looking at his helpless/pitiful condition.

 

“No not really… we should really go help Sesshomaru. He just collapsed on me as he had been practicing his moves with the sword.”

 

Wait, had he just heard Rin call him `Master InuYasha'? That was just weird to him. He never had been called that, other than in his younger years, before being banned from Saigoku. It was about time he was shown respect.

 

“Well, Master InuYasha, I can't really carry you, so I'm going to go find someone who can. I'll be right back; stay put!” she ordered as she dashed past him and down the hall and down the stairs.

 

“Hmph… She reminds me of Kagome…”

 

 

Miles away-

 

Kouga took a whiff of the air. He knew that InuYasha had come that way. Sure his scent was old, very old. However it was traceable.

 

The wolf demon had never really been to Saigoku and had actually gone to Lord Sesshomaru's castle. He knew how to get to the border, but he would need InuYasha's scent to direct him fully how to get there.

 

It really hadn't taken him long to get to the border after he had left his pack after being assured that they were going to be alright by the other pack members and leaving for Saigoku for a few days. Though it was a reluctant leave, he did leave.

 

Now Kouga followed his nose to find InuYasha. With speed on his side, Kouga would reach Saigoku's castle in less then a few hours if he took his time and walked. Or within an hour's time if he ran and was not delayed.

It really hadn't taken him long to get to the border after he had left his pack after having been assured that they were going to be alright by the other pack members and leaving for Saigoku for a few days. Though it was a reluctant leave, he did leave.

 

Now Kouga followed his nose to find InuYasha. With speed on his side, Kouga would reach Saigoku's castle in less then a few hours if he took his time and walked. Or within an hour's time if he ran and was not delayed.

 

Feeling the need to stretch his legs further, Kouga took to a light lope before going into a full-out run across the surrounding grassy fields. It gave him time to think if the lord of Saigoku would permit him to enter the castle grounds. They were not enemies nor were they allies. Sesshomaru and Kouga had run into each other off and on. Sesshomaru showed no sign of liking him or hating him so it would be hard to tell if he would be allowed in. However, InuYasha and him were considered to be `friends'.

 

To a point at least.

 

If InuYasha and Sesshomaru were a mated pair- or getting there- Sesshomaru would want to please his mate and what Sesshomaru's mate wanted, he would have. Therefore, if InuYasha wanted Kouga in, he would get in. Problem solved.

 

Already spotting the large gray castle just off in the distance, Kouga hastened. He'd arrive soon. Then he could see how things were. And see if his intuition of something not being right was correct. If it were, he was certain InuYasha and his hot temper could handle things.

 

Right?

 

 

 

Few miles away just outside the castle:

 

“Are you sure there is something wrong with him?” asked one of the guards at the front entrance to the castle grounds looking down at the 6 year old girl with long hair that was layered with a side pigtail. He knew that this was lord Sesshomaru's `adoptive' child and that the child adored him to no small extent.

 

“Yes sir! Master InuYasha came to me and said it himself,” Rin added quickly.

 

Rin hadn't been able to find any of the few posted guards, or any of the other servants in the castle, to her disbelief. There was usually always someone about that could help her. But it must have been just her luck to find everyone was gone or on break or something. Rin however knew that there were always guards posted at the entrance of the castle grounds and left immediately.

 

“Lord Sesshomaru's brother? Why did he not go to the healer himself?” the guard asked quickly.

 

“He didn't know where to go. That and he's already injured. I sent Master Jaken to go find the nurse. I just need help moving Master InuYasha back to Lord Sesshomaru's chambers. I think he's not doing so great either,” Rin spoke in her usual quick pace. “So can you help me?!”

 

The guard looked over to his fellow guard off to the side and nodded as he looked back down at her. “I'll be back,” he said as he followed the young girl towards the front doors of the castle at rather quick pace.

 

The youkai guard wasn't aware of his Lords `condition' as most of them were not informed in case something went wrong or there was a traitor lurking about. All the guard knew was that it was the canine mating season and things could turn for the worse or the better. However, the guard did know about InuYasha as he had seen his Lord carry his brother into the castle in a disturbing state.

 

The guard was loyal to the family of inus' and knew that no matter if it they were a half breed or full demon of the family, he would help them. Then again it mattered very little to the demon whether or not it was hanyou or not, period. That sort of thing always got demons into heated rages, resulting in nothing but death.

 

Following the child up the stairs to the floor where Rin's room was located, they exited the stair way and spotted the pitiful looking hanyou brother of Lord Sesshomaru, prompted up against the wall resting. And from the looks of it, he was still severely distressed; even more so than before. If that were possible, that was.

 

“Are you alright, kid?” the guard asked as he came shortly to InuYasha's battered- looking feet.

 

“I'm not a kid…” he bit out. “And does it look like I am alright?”

 

The guard scoffed. “Hardly. Now let me get you up and I can take you up to your brother's room.”

 

 

 

InuYasha hated being so helpless. He really would like to tear the limbs off of the guard as he picked him up bridle style causing InuYasha to groan in more pain as his own limbs felt the pull of gravity again. He still couldn't believe that he was lowering himself to this level.

 

But now that he knew that Sesshomaru would receive the help that he needed so badly, InuYasha could relax a few degrees. But it didn't stop his mind from wondering and worrying. He knew he shouldn't be caring, but he could not help it.

“Rin, do you know what is wrong with Sesshomaru?” InuYasha asked as he winced from the quick pace up the winding stair way that was causing his legs to bounce.

 

“Well, Lord Sesshomaru came back with a wound a while ago after fighting with Naraku. He was injured in the chest. It had healed but since then he's been having problems every now and again. No one really can figure it out why he's having troubles, but Sesshomaru thinks it's from Naraku's miasma. However no one can be sure,” she explained, still following at the guard's heels.

 

“It could be that…” InuYasha replied skeptically.

 

“You were there, right, Master InuYasha?”

 

“Yes, but I didn't have my eyes on him every second. Though he did take a hit for me, which caused him to get a giant hole in his chest, but I would think that his youkai could handle such wounds. Then again what would I know; I'm not a full demon,” he snorted to himself.

 

“Even full youkai's have their limits, Lord InuYasha,” said the guard as he joined into the conversation.

 

“True…” InuYasha replied slowly as he shifted his weight in the guard's arms causing his ankle to make contact against the wall as they made the last steps up the stairs to the next floor. InuYasha couldn't help but let out a cry of alarm and pain as fire shot up his leg. “Sonofabitch!”

 

“Sorry,” the guard replied apologetically.

 

“It's fine; it's not your fault.”

 

Reaching the next floor they quickly made their way to where Sesshomaru's room was located. The door was already open with the toad demon and the nurse in the room. She was kneeling next to Sesshomaru as she checked his breathing. Hearing them come into the room she looked up and over in their direction before rising to her feet.

 

“Set him down on the bed,” the nurse said as she moved to see how InuYasha was bearing up. “You should have just come down the hall, InuYasha; I was just down there, instead of going all the way down stairs and injuring yourself further. I am surprised that you even made it that far with your condition.”

 

“Keh! Well, like I knew where you were!” InuYasha growled lightly. “Otherwise I would have! But never mind me, how is Sesshomaru doing?”

 

The nurse looked back down at the still unconscious Sesshomaru. “Not too well… I'll have to run down to my room and get some stimulants and herbs to help him but we really have no idea of what is actually causing this. But if I would have any guess it would be that Naraku's poison is eating at the tissue that wants to heal around Sesshomaru's heart, resulting in his heart reacting in this way.”

 

“When I was seeing what happened to him I had leaned down to see what was wrong and I could hear his heart sounding weird. Is that what has been happening?” InuYasha asked, his golden orbs fixed on his brother.

 

“That's what his heart has been like off and on. Every time it does this sort of thing I give him some strong herbs and medicines. However I don't think they're helping much, I'm afraid.” The nurse gave a small sigh. “Maybe, if you two were to mate everything would get better? But in truth, I have no real idea of how to fix this one.”

 

“Shouldn't his body be immune to other toxins?” InuYasha asked skeptically, his right ear twitching several times as he thought of what else could be causing his brother to fall ill. “Perhaps it's the heat or not being mated, as you have said that we should mate. Though I don't see how that should really matter.”

 

“Neither do I, but I need to run to my room. I should not be too long,” she said as she started towards the door. Before exiting she turned back to InuYasha, “And InuYasha, elevate your damn feet and arms!”

 

InuYasha gave a protesting groan because that would require moving even more. “That's what I was plan on doing you, old hag!” he called out before turning to the guard. “Do you mind helping me?”

 

The youkai guard shook his head. “No, I don't mind at all, Lord InuYasha.” He reached for some fluffed pillows and stacked them before he again picked up InuYasha and propped him against the backboard that was padded with more pillows, and then lifting his feet on the stacked pillows in a nice elevation. “Can I get you anything? Or do anything more?”

 

InuYasha looked up in thought and shook his head. “If the miko Kagome was here I could use her magical patch that was super cold that she put on burses and swollen parts. I think it was called a cold pack compress? But I think this will do.”

 

“Maybe I could send out a search group to hunt for her and have her brought here with that thing you're talking about?”

 

If InuYasha's swollen eyes could widen further they would be wide in horror. “No! No! No! That's fine!” He really didn't want that wench coming over to find him with Sesshomaru. She so would have sat him straight into the hard concrete floor for sure. It was something that he really did not want to have happen.

 

“Are you sure?”

 

“Positively sure.”

 

“Well if you have anything further I'll be just down the hall. I'll have to go get another guard to watch my post though.”

 

“Thanks.”

 

“You're welcome, Lord InuYasha.”

 

InuYasha felt drowsy as he stared down at this brother on the floor. He was watched by Rin and Jaken who had kept their silence up till now while InuYasha conversed with the nurse and then with the guard who had just left. InuYasha was just about too tired to think as Jaken opened his mouth.

 

“So what exactly are you doing here you filthy hanyou!”

 

InuYasha glared. “I was saving your Master's life! That and I was planning to baby sit your green slimy ass while he was gone!”

 

“Well you're not obviously needed to babysit us now so why don't you get going!” he squawked.

 

InuYasha growled. “Well, if I could I would. And you all obviously need me.”

 

Rin pushed Jaken to the ground and stomped on his face. “If you don't knock it off Jaken, Lord Sesshomaru will not be happy with you! Lord Sesshomaru asked InuYasha to come here, don't you remember or do you not remember because your brain is too small and you can't hold such information?”

 

Jaken sputtered beneath Rin's foot. She was right; if Sesshomaru woke suddenly and found that he was fighting with InuYasha he'd kill him. Why did his master want to have InuYasha there anyways? It did not make any sense to him.

 

`Wait a minute! Didn't that old hag say something to InuYasha about them two becoming mates?' Jaken thought to himself suddenly. `No, there has to be some kind of mistake! My lord would take such lowly half demon for a mate. Why would he subordinate himself to such levels?'

 

“Don't make me pound your head!” Rin said, knowing that Jaken would be thinking bad thoughts about InuYasha or questioning their lord. “If you were not so stupid you'd realize that he cares for InuYasha!”

 

InuYasha watched Rin remove her foot from Jaken's head, `hmphed' and went to climb up on the bed. He really had no idea what to make of the child. She truly was acting very much like Kagome did, but in a good way… if that were possible.

 

“Sorry for the way Master Jaken has been acting, Lord InuYasha, he's just not used to being nice to you. Lord Sesshomaru told him to be nice to you when he came to watch us earlier. Lord Sesshomaru didn't really need to tell me. Anyways, I don't mind you. I find you would be best suited for my lord,” Rin said while she swung her feet up and down on the bed's edge.

 

“Why do you say that, Rin?”

 

The child shrugged without looking at him. “Just seems so. Behind the `hatred' Sesshomaru and you have with one another, there is something there that just seems so right, you know?”

 

“Well, in a way, I guess,” InuYasha replied.

 

Rin sighed and fell back onto the bed. “Well I think Sesshomaru really cares for you. More than you think.”

 

“Do you really think so?”

 

Rin shrugged and turned her head so she was looking at Sesshomaru's baby brother. “Of course, he just has to.” She paused to think for a moment then continued, “One time we were resting in a cave, waiting out a blizzard. I asked him about you.”

 

InuYasha narrowed his puffy bruised eyes further, “What did he say?”

 

“Well I had asked him if he really liked you, and why he fought with you all the time… and stuff like that…”

 

Flashback:

 

“Lord Sesshomaru?” Rin asked softly.

 

“What is it, Rin?” Sesshomaru stopped looking over into the fire lost in thought as he had been stroking his boa (--er, the fluffy mabobber) and looked off to his left where Rin sat hugging her knees.

 

“InuYasha and you are brothers, why do you fight? Brothers are supposed to love one another. I know when my family was alive my brothers always got along with each other, and myself.”

 

“Not every family is the same. Your family was human. Neither the less, Rin, I do…” he paused as if his tongue were in a knot. “Never mind…”

 

“C'mon Lord Sesshomaru can't you tell me?” Rin asked sweetly as she got up to come over to sit close to him. “I won't tell anyone. I promise.”

 

Sesshomaru gave a mental sigh looking over at Jaken who was already fast asleep. “InuYasha is usually the one that will start the fights. I figure if he wants a fight I will give him one. But,” Sesshomaru leaned down and motioned with one of his fingers in a gesture for the child to come closer. “Never speak of this again, but I do care for him… A lot,” he whispered in a voice so low Rin barely caught it.

 

The child squealed in delight. “I won't tell anyone that, my lord!”

 

“Good, now sleep Rin, the blizzard should be over in the morning.”

 

“Hai,” she said as she curled up in his furred boa.

 

The Daiyoukai hummed to himself. `Rin sure does have a way of making me cough up things…' he thought silently to himself as he closed his eyes to rest until morning. Then he would wake and continue his hunt for Naraku.

 

End of flashback:

 

“I can't really say much, Lord InuYasha. I said I wouldn't tell anyone.”

 

“I'm not anyone,” snorted InuYasha.

 

Rin thought for a moment debating if she really wanted to tell him. She replayed the memory in her head and the words that Sesshomaru had told her. “Well… I suppose I can say that he does care for you.”

 

“Oh… That's what he told me before. Guess I need to open my ears further. It is just so unreal after all the hate-filled words we've exchanged--” InuYasha broke off just as the nurse came in carrying a few jars and bucket of more odd items. “What are they for? Those metal knives in the bucket?” InuYasha gave her an inquisitive look before it turned to suspicion.

 

“In case I need to cut him open.”

 

“Why?!” InuYasha barked, alarmed. He quickly found himself rubbing his throat sorely as it was still raw and bruised.

 

“To see if I can fix him if the medicine does not work. Sesshomaru didn't wish for me to do this before so the idea was blown off. Now it may be necessary,” the nurse said as she set the items down on the floor. “Now let's get started.”

 

 

Meanwhile:

 

 

Sesshomaru could hear the conversations in the room ever so faintly. The voices he couldn't make out but he was slightly satisfied that he knew that he wouldn't die alone.

 

The DaiYoukai could feel his heart pound harder in the struggle to flow blood throughout his body before the heart came to a very painful stop for some long moments. He needed to keep it going. He needed it to start! Concentrating on the rhythm it was supposed to beat, he struggled for a few precious seconds before it beat a few more times.

 

He really couldn't die now! He still had to mate with his brother. To win his trust first of course, than hopefully he would accept him as a mate then bond them together and live happily ever after. Dying now was not part of the plan. His ending wasn't supposed to be this way.

 

A sudden iniquity of laughter rang in his ears. It seemed so familiar, however it couldn't be placed. It felt like he had heard it before.

 

But where?

 

Suddenly he could feel his youki pull him further into his body and he could feel his blood flow slowly. He could see it in his mind. To his horrification he could see tints of black among the crimson.

 

This wasn't right! His blood wasn't supposed to be this way!

 

Tracing the black among the crimson and the many veins that might be clotting because he was dying and moving so, he found the trail leading to his heart where his mind's vision suddenly blurred slightly. It was a clear signal of his death being on the way, as he struggled to find the source of whatever that was killing him.

 

Closer he got to his heart he was found starring at many black worms that wrapped around his heart and were coming out with mini needles on them that seemed to be hooked onto his heart. Tinted purple-black gasses escaped from the hooks that were implanted into his heart.

 

What the hell was this? An infestation's feeding grounds?

 

He wondered how long this had been going on. Was it going on for years now and in his weeks of his heat when his body was weakened slightly by lust and a need of a mate, the poisonous creatures and poison took it as an advantage and struck?

 

But how?! His body was quite immune to sicknesses and such parasitic diseases, wasn't it? It was making no sense as to why this was happening.

 

Wait!

 

Unless…

 

His heart suddenly gave a shudder before a shock of pain came in a wave, consuming him. It took him away from what he had been thinking. Instead it forced his mind to pull out of it and his eyes snapped open and his mouth opened in a scream of anguish…

 

 

 

A/N: Oh you know it! It's another cliff! Muwahaha! I really would continue now to some more pages, but meh! Laziness! Time to get this up and out!

 

I'm so glad to have my computer back! Rawwr!

 

Anyways.

 

I'm going to try to through a Lemon or two soon. I know it really sucks when it's a Yaoi story and no action… >.> but as you can see they're pretty incapable of doing anything with each other amongst their heats and troubles of immobility and pains. ^_^. I'll think of something, like the dirty li'l yaoi whore I am. *coughs*…

 

And I've just realized I misspelled Jakken, it's really Jaken, but who cares about the little green thing anyways?

 

Oh, some of the reviewers asked if Sesshy was going to have pups or something in this one because I had asked names for some pups. I was really just asking for some name suggestions for the pups in the other fiction I am writing: The sun and the moon. Sorry for any confusion.

 

However, I may have Sesshy be urke (thinks that's right, the submissive partner) and be preggy in this one if I do choose to have MPREG in this one. It could be either though.

 

Thanks for the votes so far in the Yahoo group. It's good to see some action in there every once in a while.