The Yōkai Baby
Hello again! Here's the 2nd chapter of The Yōkai Baby. Hope you all enjoy, and if you have any suggestions regarding to this fanfic or my others, please let me know! Let's begin!
"Whaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaaat!" everyone screamed. Just now, Inuyasha and the gang were battling with the ferocious and powerful Sesshōmaru, up until he put the jewel shard into his arm and transformed into a baby.
"Oh no!" cried Kagome. "What just happened?"
The group peered into the pile of discarded clothes, watching it as a small baby popped up from under. He looked at them, his eyes moving in many different directions. Then, he started to cry.
"What is he doing?" Inuyasha worriedly asked as Kagome bent down to the small demon infant. She bundled him into her arms and cradled him. The baby kept on crying, tears streaming down his face, though you could hardly see them due to his abnormal fair skin. His watery, golden eyes were swimming in a pool of salt, and his stripes on his cheeks were shiny with the water painting them. He rubbed his eyes and continued to let out whimpers.
"So, is this Sesshōmaru?" Sango asked everyone. No one could answer, simply because they themselves didn't know.
"He sure is odd looking" Inuyasha added. He scratched the back of his head, wrinkling his face in confusion over the situation. "Well, what should we do?" He asked.
"I think it's best if we take him to Kaede. She is a priestess after all, so maybe her spiritual remedies could help." Miroku suggested. Everyone nodded their heads in agreement and took off towards Kaede's village. The travel, though was difficult. With the now infant Sesshōmaru crying constantly, he attracted many demons along the way, making it nearly impossible to get to the village!
" Ugh. Kagome, can you get him to shut up?" Inuyasha annoyling asked. Kagome looked down onto Sesshōmaru, who still was in a fit of rage. He wouldn't' stop crying, no matter how many times Kagome rocked him.
"Inuyasha, please be patient. I think Sesshōmaru's scared in this form, so crying is what's helping him cope with his new transformation." Kagome stated, even though she found herself getting irritated as well.
" Ugh.. Shippo, give him something to play with. You have all those weird toys, don't ya?" Inuyasha stated. This seemed to irritate the fox demon.
" Hey! They're not toys! They're weapons!" Shippo stated angrily. Inuyasha, irritated hit Shippo on the head.
WHACK!
" Why do you have to be so cruel?" Shippo silently whimpered as he stroked the swollen bump on his forehead.
"Inuyasha, Sit Boy." Kagome angrily said. Not long after, Inuyasha fell to the ground, groaning in pain. This interaction gained Sesshōmaru's interest. He stopped crying, but instead started giggling.
" Look at that. Sesshōmaru stopped crying." Sango said. She went over to him, examining the giggling tot. She smiled and petted his head, gaining a smile from the demon baby.
"HEY! Don't do that! We're not going to give that cold-hearted bastard any sympathy or love, alright!" Inuyasha yelled out to his colleagues. They all glared at him, fear rushing through his veins.
"INUYASHA SIT BOY!" Kagome yelled. Inuyasha, once again fell face first to the ground. His anger, by that point had already exceeded its limits, but he kept quiet out of fear of Kagome telling him to sit again. He slowely got back up, and silently followed the others behind.
By the time they arrived at Kaede's village, it was well past evening. Kaede, old as ever but friendly as well, greeted her guests as they went to the hut. Kaede eyed Sesshōmaru warily in Kagome's arms, but soften soon after. She gathered him in her arms, and rocked him back and forth. Sesshōmaru fell asleep, silently snoring too.
"My, what a tired child we have here. He bares the marks of a demon, and resembles Inuyasha quite profoundly. Tell me where thee found this infant." Kaede asked.
"We didn't find him Kaede. That's Sesshōmaru, Inuyasha's older half brother. Inuyasha was fighting him up until Sesshōmaru put a jewel shard into his arm, which lead him to become a baby for some reason." Kagome explained.
"Kaede, do you suppose this is a trick up Naraku's sleeves? To make Sesshōmaru weak and vulnerable so that he couldn't fight him?" Miroku asked.
"I don't know. Naraku is evil, but I hardly doubt that this was his intentions. To make such a powerful demon, like Sesshōmaru himself weak, this would have to be up someone else's sleeves, my dear monk." Kaede explained. Miroku nodded in agreement.
"So, what should we do with him? It's obvious we can't take him with us. He'll get hurt" Sango said. Kagome turned to Kaede.
"Kaede. Is it alright if Sesshōmaru can stay here, until he's back to normal?" Kagome asked. Kaede sighed.
"I would accept thee into the village; however, ye say that this demon holds a hatred towards humans. It would not be wise to have him here, where his hatred would grow stronger each day." Kaede said. Inuyasha, fed up with the conversation butted in.
"Well, what are we supposed to do with him?" Inuyasha angrily asked. Just then, Kagome got an idea.
"Say, how about I take Sesshōmaru back to my era for a while. He would be safe there." Kagome offered. Everyone looked at eachother with curiosity, but it was Sango who broke the silence.
"Would he be able to travel to your time, Kagome? I thought it was only you and Inuyasha who could?" Sango asked.
"Well, let's see!" Kagome happily commented. She grabbed her stuff, took Sesshōmaru into her arms, and lead the way to the Bone Eaters Well.
"C'mon Inuyasha. Why don't you go with me too!" Kagome said to the dog demon. Inuyasha groaned, but reluctantly jumped inside the well! Kagome following pursuit. The rest watched as the three disappeared into the well.
"Well, I guess that worked" Miroku said.
"Then why doesn't it work for us!" Shippo asked. That was the remaining question each had in their heads for the rest of the night.
Alright, hoped everyone enjoyed the 2nd chapter!