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Chap 31
DAY 61-64
Inuyasha’s pregnancy was moving along well.   The heartburn had decreased as he modified his diet. He was careful to not over eat and even managed to get over the extreme sleepiness. He was still very horny but that wasn’t a problem for either dog. Even his inability to smell didn’t seem as handicapping as before. All in all he was a very happy pregnant male.
His appointments with Nana were to be monthly now. He hadn’t seen her since his early two month checkup but his pregnancy was going well. He had no reason to see her. Jinenji was capable of daily aches and pains. Jinenji was proving to be a great addition to their castle staff.
Inuyasha smiled to himself. The castle horses adored Jinenji. He gave them a way to communicate.   Kenichi was pleased with the increased bonding he noted too. Jinenji thought it was no big deal but Jinenji just didn’t see how valuable he was.   Inuyasha was going to make sure he knew.
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Akio and Ryota had had a great time during his visit. The fields were planted and work was caught up even before Jaken found some apprentice farmers.   When the trainees arrived at the farm, they followed the men around like ducklings copying every move they made.   Akio’s wife found the situation entertaining and invited her sister Chika to visit her. One glance at Ryota and Chika was in love. However, Ryota had left that day and had not had the chance to meet Chika.
Akio overheard his sister-in-law talking to her sister about the sexy muscular demon that been visiting.   Aiko smirked. Later he spoke with his wife. They agreed they would be a good match but both said they would stand back and let the fates run their course.
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Ryota mentioned to Akio that on his way to Castletown the land the bugs destroyed looked ready for planting.   Akio mentioned it in passing at the advisors’ meeting not putting too much thought in his comments. However, it corresponded with what Sesshomaru had noted on their patrols, so the council asked the birds to spread some seed in exchange for food and safe homes since theirs had been destroyed by the bugs.
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At the weekly council meeting Kenichi spoke about the current security status.   He was pleased that nothing had happened since the chief had been injured 30 days ago so he suggested they ease up on security. He pointed out that they had no invaders reported using the 2¢ test so he suggested they keep that test in their plans.
Second he reviewed Yori’s failure on the test. Over the past weeks he had been reviewing the challenges. He had begun to question his own test after all Yori was strong for a human. Akio reminded him that if he couldn’t hold up against demons it wouldn’t protect the castle. Akio’s ability to see the larger picture impressed even the oldest of the advisors and secured their positive opinions of him.
Finally he introduced Hiroshi to the advisors. The tanuki demon from the sumo contest was still as charismatic as ever.    Lord Sesshomaru took the opportunity to remind everyone how much Hiroshi had donated to the castle town rebuilding fund. The tanuki appreciated the kind words and returned the compliment.
“Thank you for inviting me to the castle town, my Lord. It’s an honor to be here.”
“As you have been briefed we need your expertise,” Lord Sesshomaru guided the conversation.
“And I would like a chance to challenge the winner, Akio,” Hiroshi bartered.
“Akio was the winner.   If he chooses to battle again that is up to him,” Sesshomaru replied.
“Ryota wants to battle again too,” Akio commented. “Perhaps we can do that after we work through our current situation. But first, we need you to hear our Lords’ concerns.”
The older advisors nodded in approval.
Hiroshi looked over all their faces and realized they were very serious.   “What expertise can I offer?”
Captain Kenichi reviewed the situation from the bug infestation, the comment about “she lied?”, the river issues of 50 years ago and recently, the false story of Naraku the beavers heard, and the mysterious woman of 50 years ago. He finished with the recent story from the Lynx demons of a porcupine that had learned shape shifting from a tanuki.
Hiroshi lifted his bushy eyebrows at the beginning of the tale. By the end of the brief, his eyebrows had disappeared in his hairline.
“Really?!” was all he could say for the longest time.   “I’ll start with the last comment.    You want to know if a porcupine demon could learn transformation magic.   That’s your question for me, right?”
Lord Sesshomaru nodded.
“Yes.”
Everyone leaned in to hear the rest of the answer, but the tanuki was deep in thought.
“We are waiting,” Lord Sesshomaru growled and lifted his upper left lip showing a fang.
The tanuki sighed. “Yes, anyone determined enough theoretically could learn transformation magic.   Usually you have to have a reservoir of power or be an older demon with a lot of skill.   However, there have been records of other species learning our skills.” He sighed again. “Gentlemen, I hate talking poorly about my tribe but I think this situation may be different.” He bowed. Under his breath he muttered, “Forgive me papa.”
There was silence in the throne room as the tanuki demon gathered his thoughts. Then he started his tale.
“Centuries ago the tanuki elders declared that tanuki would only teach tanuki. Some 60 years back there was a group of young independent minded tanuki that mouthed off to the elders. They felt transformation magic should be open to everyone.   The debate raged on. Both sides had their points but they could not come to common ground. The elders were concerned the power would be abused. If they kept transformation magic in the tanuki tribe only then the elders felt they could control how it was used. Keeping the information secret kept others from being able to attack tanuki as well. The younger ones thought all demons should have the ability to hide and protect themselves and their families. They felt they could determine who would use the skill correctly and not for evil. They were very naïve. None had traveled or experienced the evil in the world like the elders had. The debate went on. The younger ones didn’t like the elders dictating and limiting their actions.   Unfortunately there were some younger tanuki that left the tribe to teach whom ever asked.”
“Sometime later my papa learned that a porcupine demon had mastered transformation magic. Papa was the elder in charge of training. He was worried about the story and searched for the tanuki who taught the porcupine. The search was fruitless. Papa was very concerned though. On his death bed he made me the tribe educator and he asked me to keep an eye open for the student or teacher and find out the motivation behind the case. He also wanted to keep the information private. I think it worried him to an early grave.   It is part of the reason I hit the sumo circuit. It gets me around the country. I haven’t shared it with anyone before now.” He paused as he reflected. Sighing heavily he continued.
“It’s challenging to discover when a tanuki is using transformation magic but not impossible. Can I talk to the tanuki elders and tell them of the situation? If others know how to tell if transformation magic is in use the entire tribe could be in danger. They need to know so they can protect the innocents in our tribe. I’ll teach you what I can but I’d prefer to have their blessing.” Hiroshi looked positively sick as he realized the danger his tribe would be in.
“Hiroshi, when the meeting is over, fly with me to see them and we’ll explain the situation together. I believe we can come to an amicable arrangement.   We understand your concern.   All of us want to protect our families and friends.”
The tanuki appeared relieved.   Any anxiety that he had up until that point, disappeared when Lord Sesshomaru spoke.

The council meeting continued onto construction issues.
With the relaxing of security Kenichi was content to allow the construction workers to break ground on the healer’s building near the castle.   European influences were seen in Japan especially in the medical field. There were now hospital buildings in Edo. The brothers did not envision the healers building to be a hospital but more of a full service clinic. Their building would be one of a kind. It would serve demons, half demons, and humans, all equally.   As they talked about it, Sesshomaru envisioned Inuyasha working side by side with him, battling pathology, fighting disease and saving lives.
When his attention returned to the meeting Inuyasha was telling the advisors about the merchant’s complaint about contaminated fresh water and the guard’s findings.   There was a group of individuals that had set up a cloth dying process just upstream of the castle town.   The dye rolled right through the town’s water supply.   The color was disconcerting and the water tasted like rotten eggs. The guard had found out that many women’s laundry loads had taken on the color. Only since it was diluted by the time it got to them, the dye just made the white laundry look dirty.
When the dyers were confronted with the situation they were reluctant to move. Their business was booming. Beings liked the colorful cloth. The water was not as still downstream of castle town and it would be challenging to keep the cloth from floating away.   The guard had conferred with the merchant and the dyers and offered another option to Inuyasha which he told the advisors about.
Sand, rocks and charcoal can filter water.   A system can be set up but they will need someone to watch over filtration process.               The dyed fabric is used all over the castle town as a change from white clothes. It would be worth it to move the dying process to a nearby rock quarry to allow rocks to filter the pollutants.
“We could offer them an incentive to move to somewhere else.”
“We could close them as a health hazard.”
“Not without disappointing a large number of customers.”
“What about…?”
And the discussion went on.
And on.
And on.
Inuyasha started rocking back and forth gently, his breath slow and steady. Sesshomaru looked over and noticed he was asleep.
“Gentlemen, this debate will have to continue without Hiroshi, Inuyasha or me.   We are flying to see the elders of the tanuki tribe.”
“Oh and by the way, review this.   I’m going to post it when we return.” Sesshomaru threw the town advisor job description out for the advisors.
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Inuyasha continued his nap cradled careful by Sesshomaru’s dog form. Hiroshi flew in his blimp-like form near Sesshomaru. He was only a fraction of Sesshomaru’s size though. He was very intimidated.
The large dog form achieved the “shock and awe” Sesshomaru had anticipated and the conversation with the elders was easy.   They gave Sesshomaru and Inuyasha all the information they had to give and they gave Hiroshi permission to share everything with the Demon Lord including how to detect tanuki magic.   They were frightened as they gave up all control over their species but Inuyasha realized this issue and after a quick conversation with Sesshomaru promised them the dog demon’s protection from that point on. Sesshomaru was pleased his brother had picked up on the security issue.
Sesshomaru told Hiroshi to rest and then return to castle town and report in to Kenichi. He then held Inuyasha close and switched to dog form.   He took off to patrol the lands.

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