InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Vying for Dominance ❯ On the Edge ( Chapter 28 )

On the Edge

 

 

“Well aren't you just the sweetest little thing?”

 

Shaeda held the blushing little Kitsune up to her cooing praise. Having finally convinced the little one to come out from his concealment within the large pack of the miko's belongings that had been carried by the firecat, Shaeda had taken to coddling the little fox, singing to him her sweet praises.

 

“Now, if any of those mean old dogs give you any trouble,” she told him, only the slightest hint of seriousness steadying her lilting voice as she fluffed his flaming stark of hair, “Then you just come to auntie Shaeda, and she'll put them back in their place.”

 

Blushing an even deeper shade of red, one which began to rival the brightness of his fur, Shippo once again tried to squirm out of the shadow youkai's grip. But Shaeda was having none of it, and she tucked the little fox neatly in her arms to cradle him like a babe.

 

“There now, little one,” she told him sweetly. “We can't have you sneaking around and causing a ruckus just yet. That,” she sighed as she looked up to the impatiently pacing Inuyasha, “shall be left to others.”

 

Inuyasha growled irritably when he saw the shade's attention turned to him. He stilled his pacing, though his claws still flexed impatiently at his sides. “What the hell are we waiting for, bitch?” he snapped in hardly concealed irritation. The damn chameleon had made them stop at the peak of a large bluff overlooking a vast lake. Not only was their position completely exposed in the building light of the morning, but there was nothing there! He wanted to get to Kagome already! He had had more than enough of all this chasing around, and his claws were just itching to get some action.

 

“Brother dear,” Shaeda sighed again, “Causing a scene will not help you now. Perhaps you would consult with you houshi friend, as I believe he understands the reasoning behind our waiting.”

 

“Then it is as I thought,” Miroku mused distantly, his gaze distant as he looked beyond the bluff.

 

“What the hell, Miroku?!” Inuyasha demanded angrily as he spun to face the monk. “If you know something, then fucking spit it out already!”

 

Facing down the hanyou's angry insistence with placid look, Miroku explained himself calmly. “I had noticed a rather powerful presence for some time now. However, it is not the presence of a living being. Rather, I believe that what I have been sensing is a barrier, though unlike any I have ever encountered. If I am correct, then what we are seeing,” he motioned towards the drop-off over the bluff, “Is not actually there, but rather a deception created by the presence of this barrier.”

 

“A barrier, huh?” Inuyasha asked speculatively. “Well, there's only one way to find out for sure.” Reaching to his side, the hanyou made to pull Tetsusaiga, only to be stopped by the fact that it was no longer there. He snarled angrily and spun around to face Shaeda. “Alright, bitch,” he bit out aggressively. “You've had your fun. I played along like you wanted. But now it's time you gave me back my sword. I've got a barrier that's gotta learn that there ain't nothing that can keep me back from what is mine!”

 

Completely ignoring the hanyou's outburst, her attention focused on her light scratching of the little fox in her arms, Shaeda cooed to the little kit in demon tongue before asking, “Is he always so boorish?”

 

And Shippo giggled even as he squirmed slightly against the soft tickling of the chameleon's claws. “Naw, he's usually worse. That's why Kagome has to `sit' him so often.”

 

Inuyasha's angry growl in response finally made Shaeda look up at him. Her dark eyes lost all the shimmering joy they had maintained as she coddled the little kit, and had grown hard and commanding. “Inuyasha,” she told him firmly, “We are waiting for our escort. It is not proper that we enter a place not our own without proper invitation.” Gesturing vaguely at her form, no longer maintaining the Inu traits bestowed upon her by Sesshomaru's power, she continued, “Even I can not breach the barriers without use of the power signatures of a true Inu. It is simply the way things are.”

 

“Why the hell should I give a crap about all that?!” The hanyou roared in fury. “So what if I ain't a `real' Inu! Just give me back my sword and there ain't one of them that'll be able to take me!”

 

Releasing a heavy breath at the pup's foolishness, Shaeda willed her blood to calm from its rising state before she gave her reply. “I have already told you, brother dear, you have no need of it. Lord Sesshomaru has things well in hand.”

 

“Fuck Sesshomaru! That bastard ain't nothing but…”

 

Inuyasha was cut off from his tirade by a sudden rush of movement. Having moved from the tress behind them, an Inu guard that would hear no more insult against their most esteemed Lord had taken to his mark. He lunged at the hanyou, his claws extended, his intent to kill.

 

But Inuyasha was resilient, and so long fighting battles had left him well prepared for any kind of attack. He turned the instant he caught the other's scent, giving him ample time to set his stance and deflect the other's blow. Claws clashed against claws, but even as he deflected, Inuyasha brought his other arm up to impact heavily in the other's gut, throwing him with the force of the blow to carry through with his momentum over and beyond his mark.

 

As the other worked to right himself before he felt the heavy impact of the ground, Inuyasha was already crouching low in preparation for another strike. He may not have had his sword, but he'd be damned before some lowly patrol guard could catch him off his game.

 

“Enough!”

 

Borrowing a little Fox Fire from the youkai kit she held, Shaeda sent out a blast that could part the Inu guard and the hanyou set to attack. She stood gracefully, moving to set herself between the pair. She gestured sharply to Inuyasha's human companions, having already given them her warning that should they wish to accompany the hanyou into the gathering grounds to find their lost friend, that there could be no resistance or retaliation offered by them, especially given their status as demon slayers by rank and sacred duty.

 

Miroku was quick to comply, keeping his cursed hand down at his side and his left clutching loosely to his staff in a supportive gesture not meant to be defensive. He understood that now, more than ever, he would have to maintain his cool head and use his words of diplomacy if they were to convince the Inu council to free their lost friend. And Sango, though slightly more hesitant to break away from her guarded stance after a lifetime of fighting, finally complied as well, knowing that violence would not help Kagome. She lowered her hand from where it was looped firmly through the straps of Hiraikotsu and forced herself to abandon her mark against the attacking Inu.

 

Inuyasha, of course, was a different story, as he snarled angrily at the intrusion to his battle; but Shaeda ignored the hanyou's moodiness, instead setting her attention on the Inu guard.

 

“You there,” she addressed him with the authority of her station. “What is the meaning of this? You dare attack a member of my party?”

 

“Many apologies, Lady Shaeda,” the guard replied with a hasty bow that wouldn't divert his eyes from his hanyou opponent. “But this lowly scum dares insult Lord Sesshomaru. Such a deplorable act should cost him his life.”

 

“Keh,” Inuyasha was quick to bit out his rebuttal. “Just try me, shit-head. And once I'm finished teaching you a lesson, I'm gonna march right in there and tell that bastard exactly what I think of him.”

 

“You will do no such thing, Inuyasha,” Shaeda admonished sternly. She hadn't spent all that time teaching the hanyou how he was to address the Lords to have him ruin it all with his crudity. Turning her attention back to the guard, she continued questioning him. “Scout, where is the rest of your party? We have been waiting for our escort, and are met by only one? This is unacceptable. Am I to inform the Lords that our hunters have grown lax in their duties?”

 

“No, my Lady,” The guard quickly shook his head, bowing again to the shade. “I was on a messenger errand when I caught the scent of your…” he hesitated a moment as his eyes swept over the strange company the Lady was keeping; but, not willing to offend, he settled on a inclusive term. “…party.” He brought his focus back to the Lady to continue his debriefing. “A wolf has been causing problems at our southern boarders. He demands to speak with Lord Jomon, something in regards to his claim on a woman…”

 

“Well that's just fucking perfect!” Inuyasha's loud curse interrupted the guard. He didn't need any more information to know exactly who it was that was causing even more problems for Kagome “That's all we need is that flea-bitten wolf dragging his stench into this mess!”

 

With a low growl of complete and utter annoyance, Inuyasha turned away from his confrontation with the guard, pushing off strongly from the ground and taking to the trees. He headed south, following the guard's direction. And from the treetops, where the winds were free to carry as they would, he began to pick up on his mark: the foul stench of wolf.

 

Shaeda watched the hanyou's hasty departure in confusion, not understanding why he would so readily leave his group or herself being that it was her word that would keep the boy protected until he could meet with the Inu Lords; but a small groan from the kit in her arms had her looking down to him. “What is this all about?” she asked him curiously.

 

“The wolf prince,” Shippo replied with an elaborate roll of his emerald eyes. His nose scrunched up slightly in displeasure before he continued. “Inuyasha and Kouga have issues with each other. Mostly revolving around Kagome.”

 

“I see,” Shaeda answered slowly, though she was none pleased. It seemed to her that Inuyasha had thought it necessary to give the wolf assistance, which, not only unnecessary if this wolf was a Prince as the little kit claimed; but also, given his apparent connection to the young miko, was sure to bring up a whole new level of problems.

 

Breathing in deeply, preparing herself for yet another impossible task, Shaeda brought her attention to the young guard one last time. “Be on your way then, guard,” she dismissed him. “Have Jomon brought with the utmost expediency. And perhaps Lord Haiiro as well. Then inform Lord Sesshomaru that the Lady Miko's hanyou has been found, and that the assembly should be prepared to welcome their guests.”

 

“Hai, my Lady.” The guard made a quick bow in difference before he turned and quickly took his leave.

 

“Well then,” Shaeda turned and looked to the remainder of Inuyasha's group. “Shall we?”

 

Sango and Miroku exchanged glances. They were both uncertain of what lay ahead, but they also knew that they would do whatever was necessary to get Kagome back. And though they understood that the presence of the wolf wouldn't make Inuyasha's mood improve any, or make better their chances when being presented to the assembly of Inu, they were also not about to overlook the possibility of another set of arms should their situation take a turn for the worst.

 

So, giving the chameleon short nods of approval, they all turned and began following the hanyou to the southern boarders where the wolf prince had already made his entrance.

 

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Dogs. It just had to be dogs. Couldn't that girl ever find herself in the company of some non-predatory species of youkai? Maybe a nice deer, or a horse, or even some rabid bunny? Why dogs? And why here, at their fucking gathering ground? Damn woman. But then again, life with Kagome would never be dull, and that was yet another reason why he wanted her as his.

 

So, hackles raised, teeth bared, and claws stretching; Kouga stood surrounded by a hunting party of Inu, telling them with every low growl and angry snarl that they not dare attack a Wolf Prince that has come in the stand of his pack, not even here own their own land. He did, after all, come on a mission to retrieve his sister. And even for a wolf, no dog would stand in the way of that.

 

A sudden shift of the winds caused the Inu guards to turn their attention away from him for a moment. It would have been the perfect distraction, if, of course, Kouga had been thinking to engage the stationed guard. He didn't however, so that meant that catching Inuyasha's scent on the winds only served to aggravate him more than he already was. This was all that mutt's fault anyways!

 

Kouga stood his ground, even as the figure in blazing red dropped down from the trees above them to land at his back.

 

“Looks like you really stepped in it this time wolf-turd,” Inuyasha growled out at the wolf, his eyes sweeping over the ranks of guards that had kept him surrounded.

 

Without looking back at the hanyou, Kouga barked out a dry laugh. “You talk like this is my fault, baka-yasha. What the fuck were you thinking letting my woman get held up in this fucking place?”

 

“She ain't you woman!” Inuyasha bit out in annoyance. “Besides, I'd like to see you try to put that bitch on a leash. She'd have you eating dirt before you even knew what hit ya!” Pausing a moment, his sharp golden eyes trained on the movement of one of the stationed guards to judge his intention, Inuyasha continued only when he was certain that the guards were holding their distance, waiting either for an order to advance or for one of them to make the first move. He stood his ground, back to back with Kouga. “Who invited you anyways?” he asked the wolf suspiciously. “Outsiders ain't welcome here.”

 

“Like you would know, hanyou.” The wolf returned with a smug sniff. And he smirked when he heard the angry growl as the only response from Inuyasha. “Besides, I ain't here to play games with those mutts. I came to get my woman.”

 

“She ain't your woman!” Inuyasha snapped again, fighting down the urge to just spin around and teach that damned wolf a lesson he'd never forget. “How'd you know she was here anyways?” he asked once managing to push back his hostility towards the wolf, knowing that, however gratifying it might have been, fighting with Kouga now was not in his best interest. “I didn't think your pack was the begging for scraps type to be hounding around this den of dogs.”

 

“You better shut your mouth dog-boy,” Kouga growled out lowly in warning. “The only reason those dogs ain't attacking you now is `cause you're standing with a wolf leader. They may not welcome outsiders, but the wolf dens have had a truce with the Inu since your father's time.”

 

“You don't know shit about my father, mangy wolf!” Inuyasha snapped in response. “Just answer the damn question!”

 

Before giving his answer, Kouga snarled in warning to one of the Inu guards who was moving slowly for a better flanking position. Fucking dogs. They wouldn't know a pack formation if it bit them in the asses. So what they had them surrounded. With his speed and the stupid hanyou's blade, the two of them could clear a path through this group in a second, leaving them chasing their tails, or…well… “Baka-yasha!” Kouga had come to a conclusion. “This is all your fault! If you weren't just a lowly hanyou, then Kagome wouldn't be in there about to be handed over to one of those dogs!”

 

“My fault??!!” Inuyasha had heard enough. Forgetting the Inu guards surrounding them, he spun to face the wolf, grabbing his arm roughly to put them nose to nose. “How the fuck is being a hanyou my fault, you goddamned wolf??!! And what do you mean Kagome's going to be handed over to one of them??!!”

 

Ripping his arm away from the hanyou's claws, Kouga snarled angrily, his indigo eyes flashing sharply in the morning sun as his sleeping powers began to stir. “I get word from my cousin first thing this morning, telling me that he's giving permission for Kagome to be mated! MATED!! And if that ain't bad enough, he says it's to an Inu!”

 

“Mated…?” Inuyasha was at a loss. He knew Kagome would never agree to something like that. No. Fuck no! Kagome would purify the dick off any fucker stupid enough to try and force her into anything, let alone a mating. Just what the fuck was going on? And why had Sesshomaru allowed this to happen? Had it…Had it been him all along? He had been there, in the place where Kagome had been taken. He was the one that had sent Shaeda. And the shade…she had taken Tetsusaiga from him. She had…

 

Was this it? He wondered distantly, his eyes traveling slowly away from the wolf to see the ranks of Inu guard. Was this where Sesshomaru would take his life? Did he plan to do it in front of all of them? Would he really be so cold?

 

But it didn't matter. That bastard had used Kagome to draw them in. And she, she was what mattered. He would get her out of that place. He would get her away from Him. And the cost, there was no cost too great.

 

Kouga, seeing, but not understanding the hanyou's distance, drew him back to their surroundings by telling him firmly, “Like hell I'm about to sit back and let some fucking dog get his hands on my woman!!”

 

“I do believe, cousin, that my words were: Sister Kagome has my blessing and consent to choose her mate.”

 

His eyes narrowing and his lip lifting over his fangs in an open display of his displeasure, Kouga turned to his cousin. “Jomon,” his greeting was far from pleasant. His eyes flashing briefly to the burly grey that had accompanied his cousin to appraise his position, Kouga turned back to Jomon when he realized the other Inu was, as the others, holding back from an aggressive stance. Yeah, he knew the fucking dogs would never risk the wrath of the packs. They might not have agreed to be a part of the General's great clan, but the wolf packs were many, and the dogs wouldn't risk another war. “I see you're looking as much a bitch as ever all decked out in their pretty dresses,” he told Jomon smugly.

 

“And I see you still refuse to bathe regularly, Kouga,” Jomon returned, his eyes sweeping over the matted furs and worn leather of his cousin's armor.

 

Brushing off the insult, Kouga turned to more important matters. “Where's Kagome?”

 

“Sister Kagome is well.” Jomon replied easily. “However, as I have informed you already, she is to be given my blessing for her choice of mate.”

 

“Like hell! Kagome's my woman!”

 

“That remains to be seen.” But, waving off the edge that had carried in his voice, Jomon continued. “If her choice is you, Kouga, then obviously you have nothing to worry about. But know this: If it is not, and you wish to contest her choice, you must first face me, cousin, before you shall ever be given a chance to contend for her favor.”

 

“Well I'll be damned!” Inuyasha's laughter was tight and bitter. It was just too much. “That fucking bastard calls me a half-breed! And what's this? A goddamned mongrel right in the middle of all his fucking games!” As painful as it was to know that while this mongrel had been accepted when he had not, Inuyasha played on his relief that at least he knew Kagome was safe.

 

A swift elbow to the gut from Kouga abruptly silenced Inuyasha's mirthless laughter. “Would you shut up, hanyou,” he bit out lowly. “Let me handle this.” Because he had seen his cousin stiffen in outrage at the insult against his position. Coming from him, the mongrel would have no choice but to take it; but from a hanyou, the insult just became too much - especially considering Kouga would have bet his Shards that these Inu didn't realize Inuyasha was actually Sesshomaru's brother. Hell, he wouldn't have known if it wasn't for Kagome. Though he usually didn't give a rat's ass about the Inu clan, that didn't mean that he didn't know the who's who of their numbers. And he knew that Jomon, mongrel that he was, was still a ruling Lord among the dogs.

 

But Inu Lord or not, Jomon was still part wolf, a brother. His claws would never turn against his own without a damn good reason. So it was with confidence that Kouga stepped forward towards his kin, even adding an arrogant tossing of his hair over his shoulder as he brushed off Inuyasha and any of the others gathered around.

 

“I don't know what game you're playing at this time, cousin. But Kagome's my woman, and she ain't getting fed to one of your dogs.”

 

“She ain't your woman, you mangy wolf!” Inuyasha just didn't care anymore. That fucking wolf was going too far! Stepping up to confront the wolf again, Inuyasha got right in his face. “Now you listen here, Kouga. I don't care if that mongrel is your cousin. That bastard brought my Kagome here, and he's gonna face me whether he likes it or not! And all his dogs can just go to hell, because I WILL be taking Kagome back safe with me!” Turning stiffly to face the two Inu Lords, Inuyasha threw all caution to the wind by telling them outright, “You take you assess back in there and tell Sesshomaru that he best bring Kagome to me now unless he wants his dirty laundry aired out for all you fuckers to sniff at!”

 

“Inuyasha! That is enough!”

 

Shaeda had arrived just in time to hear the hanyou's outrageously stupid declaration to the two young Lords, and she was beyond angry. She had told the hanyou repeatedly and explicitly that he was not, not, and NOT to reveal his blood ties to Sesshomaru under any circumstances. The boy was pushing his limits and his boundaries, and if he continued as he was the situation was guaranteed not to end well, for him, for the little miko, and even for Sesshomaru. Such was something that Shaeda was not willing to allow.

 

She stepped in front of the hanyou, facing down his angry glare and threatening snarl with easy confidence. “You WILL recall what I told you, hanyou. And you WILL cease and deist from this horrid display. As for Lord Sesshomaru, you WILL remember that to address him as anything but is an insult against all Inu gathered here.”

 

“Fuck that!” Inuyasha could play along with the games, walk into the den and pretend that he wasn't his father's son or that he had no brother; but he'd be on a one-way trip to hell before he EVER declared Sesshomaru Lord over him. “He's made it abundantly clear that I don't mean a flying fuck to him, so ain't nothing you say, bitch, gonna make me call him my Lord!”

 

“Inuyasha…”

 

Shaeda's warning was cut off prematurely when a ripping snarl tore from the wolf prince. He had set his sights on an advancing group of Inu guards. But they had not been advancing on him. It was the human companions of Kagome's group that they had taken notice of, and he could see the Taijiya and Monk preparing themselves for a battle, which, if started, would end horridly for them all.

 

“Best keep your dogs back, Jomon,” he informed his cousin without taking his eyes from the group of hunters. “That's Kagome's pack. And what's hers is guarded by mine as well. Wouldn't want them starting something they're gonna regret when I finish it.”

 

“You should not be so quick to call for your death, wolf.” It was Haiiro that had spoken, and his guards trained by none other than himself that he knew would be more than capable of showing one measly wolf his place. Of course, he had not overlooked the fact that of the miko's companions, not only was present the hanyou she had spoken of, but a Taijiya and a Monk as well. A battle started here would not end well for either side, but he was confident on which side would find victory.

 

“Who are you to threaten me?” Kouga returned with fury as he swung his fierce gaze to lock onto the grey. “I am Prince of the wolf dens, dog!”

 

“And yet you lower yourself to stand by this hanyou!” Cousin or no, Kouga's actions and defense of this creature was appalling.

 

“This hanyou,” Inuyasha returned with an aggressive flexing of his claws, “Would be more than happy to show you that even half-blooded youkai can take out a mongrel like you!”

 

“ENOUGH!!”

 

The booming voice was carried on a powerful surge of dark energy. Rising up above them, Shaeda had taken to a form more true to her being, stretching out her scales as her youkai blood surged through her powerful frame. Armored in a heavy plating of hard-edged scales like jagged rocks broken from slated cliffs, her claws stretching out, curving deeply as they sharpened into black talons, and her jaw stretching and contorting as it filled with row upon row of razor fangs; she became one of the ancients, of the great lizards, the dragons.

 

Her sleek body, made long by the transformation, coiled like a serpent before lashing out, unleashing the deadly whip of her tail to hammer into the ground. Debris exploded from the impact, showering dirt and grass and splintered section of wood high into the air before raining it down on the Inu guard she knew had been advancing on the mortals under her care.

 

After stretching up on her hind legs in a clear display of her dangerous size and height, a full fifty feet above the ground, she brought her upper body down, her forelegs slamming unforgivingly into the ground between the young Inu Lords and her hanyou brother standing with his wolf ally. Eyes slited fiercely, burning with dangerous flickering of iridescent green, she hissed angrily at the men that were acting far too much like boys, her forked tongue lashing out at the air in sharp flicks that would prove deadly to any caught by its razor edge.

 

“I HAVE HAD ENTIRELY ENOUGH OF ALL OF THIS!” Her voice was a hissing roar that pounded against the sensitive ears of those gathered around her. “GUARDS, YOU ARE DISMISSED. THE HUMANS, HANYOU, AND WOLF SHALL BE ESCORTED BY THE LORDS JOMON AND HAIIRO, AS WELL AS MYSELF.” She turned her furious gaze to burn through the hanyou. “WE WILL BE CIVIL.” And then to the wolf. “WE WILL BE RESPECTFUL” And finally to the young Inu Lords. “AND WE WILL TREAT OUR GUESTS WITH NO LESS HOSPITALITY THAN WE WOULD EXPECT FOR ONE OF OUR OWN.”

 

Jomon shifted uneasily to be caught within the chameleon's furious gaze, not to mention in range of her talon-like claws. And Haiiro, though not about to give away his unease, was just as reluctant to go against Shaeda's order. She might have been female, but the shade was not to be taken lightly. She could take your greatest strength and use it against you in a heartbeat, and that was what had made her the General's prized pupil; not to mention the fact that even still she carried Sesshomaru's respect and was granted station as a Lady even amongst those not of her kind. Though she very rarely used her command, when she did, it was in everyone's best interest to obey.

 

Satisfied when she got curt nods of approval from the two young Lords and the movement in the peripheral of her vision that signaled the Inu guards beginning to make their reluctant withdrawal, Shaeda turned her attention to Inuyasha.

 

“Keh.” The hanyou huffed, making sure to sneer his displeasure at Shaeda. But, since he had come all this way, and it was for Kagome, he found himself murmuring his acceptance. “Whatever. Let's just get this over with.”

 

And for Kouga, though he wasn't quite sure what to make of the massive lizard that was towering over them all in a form even in all his years he had never come across, he wasn't stupid enough to miss the fact that his cousin looked as though he was damn near ready to tuck his tail between his legs and make a break for the hills, or that Inuyasha, who backed down from no one, had hardly even offered one of his loud and foul retorts to the strange youkai's insistence.

 

So the wolf Prince too agreed to Shaeda's terms, though keeping his pride by the admission that it was only, “For Kagome.”

 

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Hmmmm…What to say, what to say?

 

Well, I suppose that I should start with saying that this chapter wasn't really in the Master Plan. Actually, I never had any intention of bringing Kouga into the mix, but, after a few comments from readers who thought I had been suggesting it with Sesshomaru's request of Jomon in the last chapter, and thinking through scenarios that could be possible by his presence, I thought that maybe it wouldn't be such a bad idea after all.

 

For one: It strengthens the position of Inuyasha's group to have a full-blooded youkai, and a wolf prince at that, fighting with them. Two: I realized it was the best way to actually explain what I did mean by Sesshomaru's request of Jomon, since I know I left it as a little cryptic in the last chapter. (Lol, though, I think even still I might have to explain a little further…just…not yet.). And Three: Hmmm…well, because of number three ;P But I can't tell you that either.

 

And so…Kouga! Lol, why not?

 

Besides, it got me to actually write something to lead into the next few chapters. Things are going to get shaky for a bit, and I need some time to get the scenes out properly. But that's all part of the fun ;P

 

So, till next time then.

 

Shadow