I do not own Howl's Moving Castle by Hayao Miyazaki (this is based on the movie not the book) nor does it look like I own InuYasha sigh, I have student loans I could use the money. If I was Rumiko, I marry Hayao so that I can make these crossovers legal and make money off of them.
As part of Kurama's Foxy Miko challenge, a Howl-Kagome pairing.
Kagome stepped into the room and sighed softly, thanks to the jewel's desire of not wanting a new protector had turned the miko into a miko-youkai of the kitsune variety. She turned to her younger brother who was lying in bed his fifty year old eyes closed as he rested in the hospital bed recovering from a myocardial infarction. The door opened and her eyes welled up with tears as she took in the disheveled appearance of her son who was heaving from his run to the medical center, "Are you okay, 'kaa-chan?"
Kagome merely shook her head and Shippo pulled her into his arms. "Shippo he's my younger brother, I…it hurts to see him like this…"
Shippo sighed, he knew it hurt to see her friends and family age and die while she couldn't. Shippo laid his hand on her head, "'kaa-chan, perhaps you should take a break, Souta-oji-kun, isn't going to get better if you're hovering with that cloud of negativity that's around you."
She was about to protest when she heard Souta say, "Go, besides your disguise wavering due to your stressing out and you're stressing me out."
Kagome checked the mirror and sure enough her ears had traveled to the top of her head and were in all of their triangular furry glory. She took a quick glance around to make sure no one saw and quickly reinforced the disguise. Though much has progressed in youkai civil rights, fox fur is a valuable commodity their youkai counterparts worth more because of their larger forms. She growled, even though she loved humans she would kill anyone who would threaten her family.
Shippo sighed, he wanted his ofukuro to be happy; she was at the age that she wanted to have kits and start a family of her own. Shippo had already left the house and mated Souten and started a family of their own; most of his time was spent with his kits. He had hoped that she would find someone on this trip. He and Souten could tell that she was lonely, even though she hid it well they could see the longing in her eyes when she visited the kits and believed that no one was watching.
Kagome pressed a feathery kiss onto her brother's forehead and left followed by Shippo.
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Souten turned to her mate and whispered, "You believe this will work?"
Shippo nodded watching his mother turnover and continue her uncomfortable slumber in the plane seat, "A demon is too cold for her as a mate and a human would die long before her so a wizard would be the perfect choice they have the compassion and sentimentalities of a human but with their magical auras granting them the lifespan of a demon. Besides the plan has been working thus far, Souta-oji-kun played his role perfectly and we got her out of the country."
Souten snuggled into Shippo's side and soon fell to sleep. Kagome awoke when the plane landed noting that Shippo was sprawled, his back against hers while Souten was in his arms. Shaking them awake she stood up and stepped out of the private jet her hair fluttering in the wind.
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Markl backed away as Howl called upon the spirits of darkness. "Howl-sensei, there will be other girls, besides don't you think Sophie-chan should be happy? You know if she had stayed she would have aged and died long before us and Turnip-head makes her happy. Howl spared his apprentice a glance when knocking made the two realize that they had turned the former moving castle into an inn, while still running the potions shop in the rear. Shippo crinkled his nose at the mess, "You guys aren't allowed to call me messy anymore."
Kagome and Souten both silently nod. Shippo then turned towards the wizard, "Oi, Howl, get your scrawny ass up and greet me properly."
His mother smacked him upside his head, "Can you be anymore callous; can't you see that something's bothering the man. Why don't you help him by running a hot bath; Soutan-chan can you help by getting a pot of tea ready."
She pulled her hair back into a high messy bun; turning to Markl she asked that the boy show her the bathroom. He complied silently watching the woman push up her sleeves and carry his master up the stairs on her back.
Soutan shook her head as she washed a dirty teapot and began to boil some water. Markl having returned from leading Kagome stood by unsure of what to do when the thunder demon caught him milling around and sent him away. The apprentice quickly complied he had only had contact with the fire youkai, Calcifer, and all the three demons who had arrived scared him slightly though the one that helped his master up the stairs seemed to be the kindest.
Kagome carried the man to the bathroom and lowered him into the tub fully clothed. The water plastered the clothes to the man's body as well as snap the wizard out of his depressed state.
Shippo quickly took over; though his mother had been a kitsune for most of her life she still retained that ningen sense of modesty. He chuckled at the blush that blossomed over face when she caught sight of Howl's plastered chest. Shippo turned to Howl once his mother was out of hearing range, "So why are you calling the spirits of darkness if I remember correctly that the last time you did this you accidentally dyed your hair the black it is now. Didn't you have that human, Sophie, around? What happened, I thought you two were getting along nicely?"
Howl merely looked at him before sliding under the water and Shippo began laughing, "You've been dumped, well it happens to the best of us. Now get over it, clean yourself up and greet my mother and mate." Howl came up to the surface only to have Shippo chuck a towel at his face, "Hurry up and I mean it."
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Kagome turned to Markl and asked if he knew where the mop and bucket were so that she could clean up the mess then she added that afterwards he could sit at the table and relax until they could make some supper for the group. He complied, taken in by the motherly tone and the pure aura she seemed to radiate.
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Howl came down dressed to see Kagome cooking on Calcifer while Markl and Souten were both sipping on tea watching the brunette work. Kagome looked up from stirring her curry to smile, "I see you are feeling better, Howl-san."
Howl nodded and was about to speak when Shippo came barreling past him, "Yes! You made your famous curry. You really need to try her cooking; she's going to make some man a happy mate one of these days."
Kagome shook her head slightly, "Hush, you. You two take a seat."
She moved the pot and spoke to Calcifer, "Would you like some too, Calcifer-san?"
He gapped her, "You're the first to invite me to eat, but I can't eat the food, it's too wet."
Kagome nodded, "Well what would you like to eat?"
Howl interrupted the interchange, "He's fine for now; I'll feed him later."
Kagome carried the pot to the table where a rice cooker had already been set and she began to serve everyone starting with Howl and Markl then going to Shippo and Souten then finally serving herself. Shippo turned to Souten and they both smiled at one another, they might not need to look far to find a mate for Kagome.
myocardial infarction-heart attack, it's the medical term and sounded a lot cooler then a heart attack.
A short first chapter to this new story, Kagome's a kitsune but what kind I'm mulling over, water/ice, shadows/dark, weather and the last is plant but that one has been overdone. I'm finally returned from PR and I have internet faster then dial-up…(I won't update this till I finish Revelations and Discoveries)