A/N: This is a new idea I came up with out of no where. Enjoy my randomness. Lol
DISCLAIMER: I do not own Inuyasha or any of the characters therein. I only own my Kaito-kun. ^-^
"speaking" 'thinking' flashback/dream
The Nanny
Inuyasha and Kagome were at it again. "Inuyasha, I have to go home! I have a test tomorrow and I need to study tonight!"
"You can't go home now! We're too close to finding Naraku for you to leave!"
"I don't think he will be going anywhere in the span of two days!"
"You don't know that!"
She ignored him and began walking toward the well.
"Oi! Wench! Where do you think you're going?!" He said stepping in front of her, successfully blocking her path.
"Like I said, I'm going home!"
"No you're not!"
"Yes I am and you can't stop me!"
"Yes I can!"
Kagome slowly had a vein pop up on her forehead. Clenching her fists at her sides she sucked in a huge breath. "SIT BOY! Sit, sit, sit, SIT!" After Inuyasha made a pretty sizable dent in the earth, Kagome walked past him. She turned and waved cheerfully to the rest of her friends then walked into the trees.
She reached the well and casually jumped in. Instead of the usual blue light engulfing her, she was engulfed in a strange purple light. Confused, Kagome just went with it. Nothing strange happened. She landed on the bottom of the well like normal. But when she looked up, she saw blue sky instead of the ceiling of the well house of her time. 'The well didn't work?' She thought. 'Guess I ought to climb up and try again.'
She climbed up and out of the well. She began to walk around it and inspect it. "It looks the same as always. I don't even know what to look for if it's broken, or even how to fix it if it is." She thought out loud. She leaned over and looked into the depths of the well. She was concentrating so hard on the well that she didn't even notice the demon that sneaked up behind her.
"That well is dry. Has been for centuries." A deep voice said.
Kagome whipped around to see a wolf demon. He looked almost exactly like Kouga except his furs were black, his hair was short and his eyes were deep, dark, ocean blue. Taking hold of her bow and aiming an arrow at him, she narrowed her eyes. "Who are you?" Her arrowhead began to glow a light pink.
The strange wolf held his hands up in front of him defensively. "Please miko, I mean you no harm. I am Kaito, Lord of the South."
She lowered her weapon. "I see. My name is Kagome. What brings you here, Kaito-sama?"
"I am merely seeking for a nanny for my firstborn son."
"A nanny? What for? Can't his mother care for him?"
A look of sadness crossed his eyes but he quickly masked it. "Well, you see, his mother, my mate, was killed by a very powerful demon. Now he has no one to care for him."
"That's horrible. I'm sorry, I didn't know."
"It's perfectly alright. Just as you said, you didn't know."
"Well, good luck finding that nanny." She turned away to face the well again.
"If you don't mind my asking, would you mind taking the job? A miko might be the only thing that can keep my manic son in line."
"I'm sorry but I need to get home. Maybe you can find someone in the village through the woods over there?" She pointed towards Kaede's village.
"Village? What village? There hasn't been a village around here since that well dried up."
Kagome turned to face him, her eyes wide. "What?!"
"I thought it was odd that a human girl was all the way out here by herself- these woods are dangerous you know. That's why I approached you. I didn't want you getting hurt."
Kagome hardly heard him. "What do you mean there's no village? I just left it a moment ago! What happened to Kaede's village?!"
"Calm down! I don't know who this Kaede is that you speak of, but you must believe me that there is no village within a day's journey of here."
Kagome collapsed onto her knees. 'What happened? What's going on?' Her eyes widened as she realized something. "The well!"
Kaito looked at her confused. "What about the well?"
She scrambled to her feet and looked back down into the dark well. "This well is magic. It transports me through time. It must have sent me to another time! Maybe if I jump back in…" She swung a leg over the side.
The demon's eyes widened as he grabbed her arm. "What are you doing?!"
"Don't worry. I do this all the time." She smiled reassuringly at him.
"What, try and kill yourself?"
She giggled. "No. Just watch." Pulling her arm out of his grasp, she jumped into the well. "Oomph!" She landed hard on the bottom of the well.
"Are you okay?" Kaito called from above her.
"Yeah, but I don't understand why the well didn't work." She attempted to stand but when she put weight on her left ankle she fell back down. "OW!"
"What's wrong?" He jumped down to her and knelt beside her.
"Ugh, I think I sprained my ankle." She said rubbing it.
"I knew that you jumping down here was a bad idea. Now I can't just leave you like this. You can't survive in these woods with an injury like that. Come on I'll take you home with me. While your ankle heals, you can watch my Kouga. But when you're well, I'll find a new nanny."
"Wait, did you say 'Kouga'?"
"Yes, Kouga is my son."
Kagome smiled. "How old is he?"
"He's eight years old. He'll be nine by the end of autumn."
Kagome suppressed a laugh. "He sounds nice."
"Nice? Just wait until you meet him. You won't think he's so nice anymore."
Giggling, Kagome answered, "I'm sure everything will be fine."
"Okay, shall we go then?"
She nodded. He held out a hand and helped her to stand. She put her arm across his shoulders as he wrapped his around her waist. He leaped up and out of the well dragging the injured girl with him. When he landed in the grass he sat her down on the well's edge. Turning to the trees, he let out a high-pitched whistle. A bunch of wolves emerged and ran to their master. He grabbed the biggest one gently by the scruff of his neck and guided him to Kagome's side. "Here you can ride on his back."
She nodded and sat on his back. The wolf was only slightly smaller than Kirara when she transforms so it was very similar to riding on her back. After she was comfortable, they were off.
It got dark but Kaito continued to run. He wanted to get home tonight. Kagome grew tired and the gentle rocking motion of the wolf's running put her to sleep easily.
At around midnight, Kaito was shaking her awake. "Wake up, Kagome. We're here."
Kagome opened her eyes and looked around. The almost full moon was high in the sky and in front of her was a beautiful mountain and a pristine lake. In the side the mountain was a large cave. "This is where you live?" He nodded. "It's very pretty."
"Wait until you get inside." He said with a wink.
She slid off the wolf's back and, limping, followed the lord into the cave. Once inside, Kagome's jaw dropped. The whole cave was glittering in the light of the bonfire that burned in the center of the den. It was like they walked into a giant geode. "It's beautiful!" She exclaimed.
"This whole mountain is filled with all kinds of precious stones so the walls and ceilings of the caves are lined with them. A fitting palace for the Lord of the Southern Lands, don't you think?" She could only nod. He chuckled. "Come on, I'll take you to the infirmary to take care of that ankle."
She followed him to a small cavern where a kind, old wolf demoness wrapped up her foot. When she was finished, Kaito led her to another section of the cave. "This is where Kouga sleeps. Next to it is where his nanny is to sleep. You can stay there until your ankle is better and you're ready to leave."
She nodded and yawned into her hand. "Goodnight, Kaito-sama."
"Goodnight, Kagome." With that, he walked away.
Kagome walked into her room. It was a small modest bedroom and in the center, was a fire in a fire pit. Even though the fire was small, it lit the entire room because the jewels in the walls and ceiling reflected the light. Too tired to really check out her new room, she limped over to the bed, crawled in and fell asleep.
Kagome was awoken to a terrible fright. A small child was jumping up and down on top of her.
"Oi! Komori-san! Wake up!" (A/N: Komori-san means babysitter or nursemaid.)
Kagome's eyes flew open to find the boy inches from her face staring at her. His bright blue eyes sparkling with excitement.
"Oh good, you're up! Come play with me, Komori-san!"
Still dazed and confused from sleep, Kagome only muttered, "Okay…" Little Kouga smiled widely and dragged her out of the bed. He continued to pull her out into a sun-drenched field. Kagome squinted into the brightness.
The field was filled with young wolf demon pups. Kouga finally let go of the poor girl's hand and ran off to a couple of other boys. Heaving a sigh of relief, Kagome plopped down on a log. But before she even had time to relax, Kouga was in front of her again. "Komori-san! These are my best friends, Ginta and Hakkaku."
She smiled, as she looked at the three eight year old demons before her. They looked like miniature versions of the older versions she knew. "Nice to meet you."
"Play with us!" Kouga said jumping up and down.
"Okay, what do you want to play?"
He turned to his friends and then all three of them turned, touched her and yelled, "TAG! You're it!" Then they turned and fled. Giggling, Kagome stood and ran after them.
After playing for a while, Kagome got tired and hungry. "Okay, boys. It's time to go in and get some lunch."
"Aw, come on Komori-san! Let's play more! I'm not hungry!"
Kagome gave him a stern look. "No, Kouga. I said it's lunch time so we're going in to eat lunch."
"But meals are so boring!"
Walking over to where he stood and kneeling down to look him in the eyes, she said, "I'll tell you what. How about we make it into a game?"
He looked at her confused. "A game? How?"
"You and your two friends can race to see who can get me the ingredients fastest and when its finished cooking, we'll see who can eat it the fastest."
"That sounds great!" Kouga's eyes were shining again.
"But that's unfair!" Kagome turned to the other voice to see Hakkaku pouting, his arms crossed in front of his chest.
"What's unfair, Hakkaku?"
"Kouga is faster than us. He always wins races with us. And, he inhales his food faster than anyone I've ever seen. We'll loose for sure!" Ginta answered for him.
Kagome winked at him as she said, "Then you'll just have to be smarter than him." They still didn't seem happy. She sighed. "Then how about I give you a five second head start?"
They smiled and shouted, "Sounds good, Komori-san!"
Kagome walked into the den and nearly collided with Kaito. "Oh! Kaito-sama! Excuse me!"
"I was just coming to tell you to bring the boys in for lunch but it seems that you have everything under control."
"Yes, I figured out how to deal with him. Appeal to his interests."
"I see. That's good."
Kouga came bounding up to his father. "Father! I like Komori-san! Can I keep her?" Kagome blushed slightly at that comment. It made her think of the Kouga she knew.
Kaito looked down at his son and frowned slightly. "I already told you this morning, Kouga, she is only staying until her foot has healed."
Kouga stuck out his bottom lip and clasped his hands together in the classic "puppy-dog" look. "Please, Daddy?" Kagome suppressed a laugh behind her hand.
"No, Kouga. She isn't a pet you can keep. If you really want Kagome to stay you'll have to ask her yourself."
Kouga quickly spun around and ran up to her. He grabbed both of her hands in his and looked into her eyes with a pleading look. "Would you stay with me, Kagome?"
She mentally gasped. Even though he wasn't even half as tall as she usually sees him and his voice was still that of a child's, his question was still the same as always. Stay with me. She smiled. "Well, as long as the well is closed, I might as well stay. However, if it opens again, I'm gone, okay?"
He nodded, not understanding what she meant, and raced off towards the kitchen with his friends. He was just happy she wasn't leaving.
Kagome watched him disappear into the darkness of the caves and when she could no longer see him, she turned back to the wolf lord. "That was very kind of you." He said.
"Well, it makes sense. I can't go home if the well isn't working."
"I guess…" He still didn't believe her that she traveled through time.
Kagome put her hands on her hips. "You don't believe me do you?"
"Not really,"
"How can I prove it to you, then?"
Kaito thought for a moment. "Perhaps you can tell me the name of the Western Lord's newly born hanyou son. Only a few in the whole world even know he exists let alone his name."
"You mean, Inuyasha?"
He stared wide-eyed at her. "How did you know that?"
She giggled at his expression. "I know Inuyasha, in the future. He's my friend. We travel the countryside together in search of an evil demon named Naraku."
"You know him?" She nodded. He was dumbfounded. She seemed to be telling the truth. "Okay, I think I may believe you now."
"You think you may?" She raised one eyebrow at him. He responded with a nod of his head. "I suppose that's better than you not believing me at all."
"Komori-san! We're hungry!" Kouga's voice echoed down the stone corridor.
"I guess that's my cue. We'll talk later?" Kagome smiled at him.
"Sure. Later." With that, he turned and walked away.
She turned and walked down the hall towards the kitchen to make the boys their lunches.
A/N: I hope you liked it. Please review. I'd like to know what you think. Should I continue?
Until next time,
kaerfemina