Parenthood?
Summary: During a fight Inuyasha turns Full Youkai and goes on a rampage. Kagome tried to catch him in time, but the damage was done. What will they do with a toddler that just lost his parents?
Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha, but Kyoushi is mine….
Chapter four: Rainy Day Fun
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Last Time:
Inuyasha looked down so that they couldn't make eye contact, "Whatever, we've wasted enough time here." Inuyasha stood up as he brushed himself off, "Get your lazy ass's in gear and let's get moving! We have a lot of land to cover and if we go now we might be able to stay in a village tonight!" Inuyasha yelled back to the others knowing they were spying on them.
Once Kagome got Kyoushi back to sleep they all started back on their journey to look for Kyoushi's father and sister and the occasional jewel shard.
This Time:
Kagome stretched and smiled, "Ahh a real bed!" she laughed glad that they were finally able to find a village to stay it. Kagome glared over at Inuyasha, "It only took a week to reach one. Even though somebody promised that we'd get to sleep inside a week ago!"
"I said 'might'! I didn't promise anything!" Inuyasha growled out crossing his arms and turning his back to her, "It's not my fault that you misunderstood me. Besides, we would have gotten here faster if you guys didn't want a break every few minutes."
Kagome rolled her eyes, "Right, blame everyone else. You ate and slept with us Inuyasha. You needed the break too!" She said coldly as she picked up Kyoushi taking care of him before she moved onto breakfast.
Inuyasha scoffed, "Well you could thank me for finding a place that has a hot spring at least." Inuyasha said smirking knowing that the girls would love the hot spring and he would need it to make up for making them sleep outside for the last week. There wasn't anything worse than two girls in heat angry at you. He'd rather it be Miroku on the end of their wrath, not him.
Kagome smiled brightly, "There's a hot spring here!" she squealed as she went to her backpack. She dug out all her bathing supplies and stood up, "I'm going to take a bath then. I'm so sore, I really need it." She laughed as she walked to the door. She looked down as Kyoushi grabbed onto her leg before she was able to leave, "You want to go with?" she asked smiling down at him. After he nodded Kagome picked him up.
Sango stood up, "I'll go with you guys too. A bath in the hot spring would be nice." She said smiling and grabbing everything that she needed before joining them at the door.
"We'll be gone for a while." She waved as she walked out the door. She walked towards the front door and opened the door.
"Uhhh Kagome-chan…."
Kagome walked out the door only to get hit in the face with cold pouring rain. Kagome quickly walked back in already completely soaked.
"It's storming outside right now. I don't suggest you go out there." Said the front door man smiling innocently at the three of them.
Kagome growled as she walked towards the room with Sango quickly behind, "You coulda said something sooner." Kagome muttered under her breath at the front door man. After Sango was in she slammed their room door shut.
"But you could always use the indoor hot spring at the back of the inn." Finished the front door man not even noticing that they were already gone, "Have a nice day."
Kagome set Kyoushi down and went back to her backpack. She pulled out an alternative pair of clothes for herself before sighing and looking over at Kyoushi, "As soon as the weather gets better we're going to buy you more clothes." She said since she didn't have anything dry to change him into.
Inuyasha smirked seeing that they were soaked. He heard that it was raining, but apparently Kagome had to see for herself. Inuyasha intelligently stayed quiet about it knowing better than to say something. He didn't want to be sat more times than he could count.
Kagome went behind the screen and changed quickly. She grabbed a small blanket and grabbed Kyoushi, "Until your clothes dry you're just going to have to wear this, all right?" She quickly undressed him and put the blanket around him, which managed to wrap around him a few times. She smiled and picked him up. She kissed his head before going to sit with the others. She sighed, "Well, we can't go anywhere since it's storming. I guess this will be a day off." She said glad to have a break from all the walking though she needed to go home as soon as she could. She was running low on supplies since Inuyasha wouldn't let her go back the last time they were there.
Miroku nodded, "Well, it'll be nice to relax." Miroku looked at Kyoushi, "You know, we've been traveling for a week now, but we still don't know much abut you Kyoushi." He said as he leaned back slightly.
Kyoushi smiled shyly and hid his face in Kagome. He shrugged, "I ok." He said looking down and playing with the edge of the blanket. He glanced up at Kagome seeing that she wanted him to say something. Kyoushi shrugged, "What you know?" he asked
"How old are you?" asked Shippou sitting closest to Kagome.
Kyoushi frowned thinking for a few moments before holding up two fingers, "two, I think." He said trying to think back, but they didn't celebrate his birthday or anything and he didn't know how to count that well.
Shippou laughed slightly, "Yay, finally I'm not the youngest!" He cheered, "But still, you look too small to be two. Are you sure that you're that old?"
Inuyasha hit Shippou over the head, "You're smaller than he is dummy." Inuyasha muttered rolling his eyes, "Besides, hanyou and youkai grow slower than humans, you should know that stupid."
Kyoushi smiled and laughed when Inuyasha stood up for him. Kagome frowned though, "Inuyasha… don't push it." She scolded before looking down at Kyoushi, "All right, well, is there anything else anyone was curious about?" she asked brushing Kyoushi's hair out of his face.
Sango nodded to Kagome's question, "Yeah, you look like Inuyasha, besides the hair color and your size. Are you guys related or something?" she asked a little unsure.
Kyoushi looked at Inuyasha before he shook his head, "I not know. I inu-hanyou." He said, as he looked from Sango to Inuyasha unsure how to explain it since he didn't really know anyone else besides his mother.
Inuyasha shook his head to them, "We may be related because we both have inu-youkai blood, but there isn't anything that says we're brothers or anything if that's what you're thinking. Maybe far relatives." Inuyasha said to help clear it up since he knew Kyoushi couldn't say much about it being only two.
"Anything else?" Kagome asked subconsciously stroking Kyoushi's hair.
"I not know much about you." Kyoushi said looking at everyone. Since everyone was trying to find out about him he thought that maybe he could find out about all of them.
Kagome nodded, "I guess you're right. I guess we'll just go around and say something about ourselves." Kagome suggested looking at the others.
Shippou jumped up, "I'll start!" He yelled before sitting down, "Well… I'm a full kitsune youkai. I also lost Haha and Chichi a while ago from the Thunder Brothers, but it wasn't long after that Kagome and Inuyasha came around. They helped me defeat the Thunder Brothers and get revenge. Ever since then I decided to come along with them. A lot of weird things happened and Inuyasha's a jerk. He's rude to elders and doesn't care if you're small 'cause he'll hit you anyways."
Inuyasha growled and punched Shippou in the head, "She said talk about yourself not me!" He yelled crossing his arms, "Stupid runt." He muttered moving back to against the wall away from everyone else.
Sango rolled her eyes, "Well I guess I'm next huh?" Sango took in a deep breath, "Well, I had a good life, before Naraku came around. Naraku controlled my brother to kill our village demon slayers and even our father. Then Naraku killed my brother and used a jewel shard to make him forget his past. After we defeated Naraku, all we found was Kohaku's jewel shard. But, I'm all right with it." Sango grabbed Miroku's hand, "I know it's better that way. It's better where he is now than being controlled or not being able to remember your past." She said smiling slightly, "Naraku hasn't all been horrible. That's what brought us all together. It's how I met Miroku since he had a kazaana in his hand from Naraku. It's gone now and I'm getting married to this perv-womanizer here in a month." She said laughing slightly squeezing his hands gently.
Miroku shook his head, "Now now, I am no pervert or womanizer." He said holding up his hands, "It's all just a misunderstanding is all that it is." He said smiling 'innocently'.
Kyoushi shook his head, "I here a week and know you are. You alway do thing Haha-ue and Chichi-ue do but with everyone." He said nodding slightly.
Inuyasha laughed, "Even the pup knows you are." Inuyasha shook his head, "And everyone's worried that I'd be the bad influence. Keh!"
Miroku glared, "Oh and no one doubts that you would be. Have we forgotten that you're the one that can't decide between two girls? And not to mention that one of them is dead and you still can't decide. It's been two years and frankly I'm amazed that Kagome-sama has put up with you for so long."
Inuyasha growled and stood up, "I'll kill you monk!" Inuyasha yelled as he cracked his knuckles. Inuyasha launched himself at Miroku, but Miroku jumped up and ran to the other side of the room.
"Inuyasha, Osuwari!" Kagome yelled sending Inuyasha to the ground, "I don't even know who I'm more mad at!"
Sango stood up and grabbed Miroku, "Uhh Kagome-chan, I think I'll take Miroku and we'll see you in the morning." She said before quickly finding another room to stay in since she knew that Inuyasha probably wouldn't hesitate to kill Miroku in his sleep. Shippou went with them figuring that being around Inuyasha right now would mean a few more bumps on his head and he didn't want that.
Kyoushi walked over to where Kagome was, "Kaa-san, are you all right?" He asked a little hesitantly.
Kagome nodded and picked Kyoushi up, "Yeah honey, I'm all right." She said smiling and kissing his forehead. She sighed and shook her head, "It was nothing don't worry about it all right." She said pushing back her tears.
Inuyasha stood up after the spell wore off, "I'm going to go take a look around the village."
"But Tou-san, it's raining out." Kyoushi said looking away from Kagome and over to Inuyasha.
Inuyasha shrugged, "I don't mind a little rain. Besides, I need to do something to cool down before I kill him. Rain wouldn't be that bad." Inuyasha said before glancing at Kagome then quickly leaving the inn, 'Do I really hurt her that much?' he thought as he started to walk out.
Kyoushi looked over at Kagome, "Kaa-san, why he act like that? What was Miroku-kun talk about? I not understand." He said holding onto her wondering what was going on.
Kagome sighed, "I guess I should explain about us." Kagome paused thinking about what to say, "Well, about me, I'm from a different time. I travel through a well, which is why I have 'weird looking' clothes." She said motioning to her school uniform. Kagome smiled seeing Kyoushi's amazed look, "I am Kikyou's reincarnation. I have to protect the Shikon no Tama and make sure that it stays pure, but I accidentally shattered the jewel. We've almost finished the jewel since Naraku had most of the shards. Inuyasha is obsessed with getting the jewel shards back to the original jewel so that he could wish on it to become a full youkai-"
"What? Why?! Why he want to do that?! Why he want to be bad? He want to kill?" He asked remembering that Inuyasha was full youkai when he killed his mother. Kyoushi shook his head feeling tears come to his eyes remembering his mother being killed.
Kagome frowned and rocked Kyoushi, "Shh shh. It's ok. Calm down. Shh." She cooed as she rubbed his back and tried to get him to relax again. After a few minutes she finally got him calmed down, "Inuyasha is hanyou and he has had a bad past because he was a hanyou. So Inuyasha thinks that if he uses the jewel to become full youkai it'll make everything better. Then he'll be like Sesshoumaru, his brother, and his father and wouldn't be looked down on anymore." Kagome smiled seeing the look on Kyoushi's face, "I don't know why he wants to change either. There's nothing wrong with being a hanyou. I like you and Inuyasha just the way you are! Because you both are just so cute!" She said kissing Kyoushi's forehead and hugging him.
Kyoushi laughed and pushed Kagome away slightly, "But what Miroku-kun say about?" he asked since Kagome hadn't explained that part yet.
Kagome sighed slightly, "I told you I was Kikyou's reincarnation. Well, Kikyou was Inuyasha's lover. Back then, Inuyasha was going to use the jewel to become human for Kikyou. They were planning on living their lives together, but then Naraku came around and tore them apart. Naraku tricked them to betray the other. He tricked Kikyou into sealing Inuyasha to the Goshinboku. Kikyou died following Inuyasha into death, but that's where I come along. I fell through the well into this time and freed Inuyasha from the tree. Then Kikyou was brought back using black magic." Kagome paused looking at Kyoushi.
"Inuyasha still loves Kikyou. That's all there is too it really. Kikyou can't live here on earth forever so she wants to bring Inuyasha to hell with her. That way they can spend eternity with each other." Kagome said smiling sadly.
Kyoushi watched Kagome and frowned. He leaned against her, "If Inuyasha not stay then I will! I not let Kaa-san be alone." He said hugging her.
Kagome laughed and shook her head, "You can't Kyoushi-chan. That's why we're doing this. We're trying to find your real Otou-san so that you can stay with family. Besides, after the jewel is finished, I'm going to go back to my era to live the rest of my life with my friends and family. After the jewel is finished I wont have any reason to stay here." She said as she brushed his hair back.
Kagome set Kyoushi down and stood up, "It's been a while, let's see if your clothes are dry yet." She said smiling again as she walked over to his clothes by the fire. She smiled, "Looks like they are! I'm sure they'll be more comfortable than that blanket, huh?" She said as she quickly changed him.
Inuyasha walked in and sat down. He sat away from them and kept his back towards them, "The storm is clearing up so we'll head out as soon as we can." He said coldly to them. 'So she plans on leaving after all this? After the jewel is finished she's just going to go and leave? How could she just leave me like that?' Inuyasha thought having over heard the last bit of their conversation before coming into the room.
Kagome frowned, "No we're not. Miroku probably won't come out of the room until he is sure that you've calmed down enough to not kill him on the spot. I'm not going anywhere until I get my time in the hot spring! I'm barely able to move everything hurts and I have a headache from everything." She said lying back exhausted.
Inuyasha rolled his eyes, "Well why don't you go take a bath now? They have a small spring inside at the back of the inn. I found it while walking around the place." Inuyasha stated as he moved back towards them trying to play off that he hadn't heard them talking no matter how much it upset him.
Kagome smiled, "They do?! Really?!" Kagome jumped up and ran over to her backpack grabbing everything that she had took out before. She looked over at Kyoushi, "Do you still want to join me?" she asked smiling more brightly at him.
Kyoushi looked back at Inuyasha then over at Kagome. He looked in between the two, "Can Inuyasha come with us?" He asked looking over at Kagome.
Kagome smiled still and fought back the blush that threatened to overcome her face. She shook her head, "No, you remember what we were talking about. It wouldn't be right for Inuyasha to come. I'm sure he wouldn't want to either." She said avoiding looking at Inuyasha.
Kyoushi nodded, "All right, just us then. Let's go." He said as he walked forwards and grabbed her hand walking out with her to find the hot spring.
Inuyasha watched them leave and sighed as he sat down. He looked at the ground thinking about what else they were talking about before he came, 'I wonder what else they were talking about. What happened? Why is Kyoushi calling me Inuyasha now? Maybe they were talking about how she wouldn't want someone like me thought of being with her. If Kyoushi called us both Kaa-san and Tou-san it'd mean that we were together. I know she wouldn't want anyone to think that. Maybe it'd be better if I stayed away from her for a while.' He shook his head as he laid down sulking.
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Kyoushi looked up at Kagome after they got into the hot spring, "So, if Inuyasha hurt you, then why you here?" he asked holding onto her since he didn't know how to swim yet.
Kagome shook her head, "I may really like Inuyasha, but he'll only love Kikyou. I know that's true and that it'll only be that way. I've past that already. For now it's enough to just be at his side." She said kissing his head.
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AN: Hey well, kinda a filler chapter, but I wanted to try and get things cleared up with Kyoushi. Yeah, he looks like Kagome and Inuyasha's son, which causes the confusion (which is oh so fun), but he isn't. He's and inu hanyou so that's why they look similar. Nothing that much deeper than that. Anything else you don't understand don't be afraid to ask.
Also about the translations, I used the differences to help keep things separate. Haha-ue means the same as Kaa-san, but Haha-ue is used when referring to your own while Kaa-san is commonly used for mother. So it's just recognizing that Kyoushi hasn't forgotten his real parents compared to his adoptive ones. Chichi-ue is the same as Tou-san. ((Though Tou-san and Kaa-san are actually mommy and daddy since the formal is Okaa-san and Otou-san.))
And on one last note, I might not be able to post in a while (of who knows how long). I've got a stupid headache that's apparently built up an immunity to pain reliever so I'm taking a little break to help get it to leave me alone. I've also got a few things to deal with along with school started in a few weeks. Gah, that'd be horrible. Having the same teacher that failed me back in freshman year. I wonder if he still hates me. I guess I'll find out.
I lied, also I'm sorry about misspellings and whatnot. My laptop is getting old so the 'o' key only works when you push it from the top left corner. If there are some missing o's then that's probably why. I have a weird eye thing where if things are wrong, it'll fix it so that I don't see the wrong word or spelling. It's sometimes good, but my eyes don't like me so most time it's a pain. So I'm sorry and if it gets so bad you can't understand.
