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A/N: I have to thank XsangoX, FieryDemonFox, inu-youkai 911, Maki-chan, ShamanicDestiny, Shirobi-chan, and Pinayazngrl for reviewing. You guys are the best! blows many kisses V On with Chappie 7.
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Chapter 7
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It was 11 o'clock at night, a rather quiet and peaceful night. Crickets can be heard miles away chirping their songs.
Sango, Miroku, and Inuyasha waited in the healing room for Sesshoumaru and Rin to return.
"What the hell is taking Sesshoumaru so long," hissed a very annoyed hanyou while pacing around the room.
"Be quiet, Inuyasha. You are annoying me with your stupid pacing!" replied Miroku.
Sango glared at Inuyasha, impatiently waiting for some answers. But Inuyasha just averted his eyes and glared at Miroku instead.
"Don't you dare turn your head away from me, mister! I want some answers and I want them now!" demanded Sango with her arms crossed across her chest.
"Don't look at me for answers," Inuyasha snorted, "if you want some answers, go ask our little friend here," directing his eyes towards the sleeping form of Kasuki.
"WHAT?!" groaned Sango, now pulling her hair. "How can I get answers out of an unconscious person!"
"Did I ask you to ask the unconscious person right now?" smirked Inuyasha with a triumph face. He finally got Sango to shut her trap.
"No"
"Enought blabbing!" Sesshoumaru has entered the room now with Rin. "I have something really important to tell Sango and Miroku—
"Ohh...the almighty Sesshoumaru has something he would like to share with us," taunted Inuyasha who was nearly in tears when he saw his brother's face.
"Shut up, half-breed. I didn't ask you, did I?" replied Sesshoumaru, nonchalantly.
"Why you—
"Ow!" yelled Inuyasha. He glared at Sango for jabbing him in the stomach with her elbow.
"So Sesshoumaru-sama, what is it that you wanted to inform us about?" asked Miroku, ignoring Inuyasha and Sango.
"Alright, do try not to scream," responded Sesshoumaru, coldly.
"Father, I think it's time you show yourself," said Sesshoumaru as he moved away from the door to allow his father to walk in.
'Eh?' thought Sango and Miroku, wondering what was the issue.
Out of the shadows appeared Inutaishou!
Sango, who has turned ghastly white tried her best to stifle a scream, just stared at the inu-youkai.
Miroku, was fazed for he, too, also blanched, all the colors drained from his face.
"Uh...uh..." Sango could not longer hold the scream any longer, screamed.
"Aiiiiiiiiieeeeeeeeeeeee!" Just her luck. The minute Sango screamed Miroku also screamed, "AHHHHHHHHHH!!!!!" The two screames pierced the ears of everyone who was present in the room. Birds flew out of the trees, crickets jumped from their singing bushes due to the two screaming.
Both screamed at the sight fo the once dead inu-youkai, now alive and living, standing in front of their faces.
Both Miroku and Sango lounged at each other, holding each other dearly and screaming, "ZOMBIE!!!"
Then Sango, who saw herself holding the hentai, backed off screaming, "don't touch me!" She pushed Miroku to the floor.
"Must you humans scream so loud?" muttered Inutaishou, wincing. For someone with dog ears, it hurt. "Even Rin didn't scream at the sight of me," reprimanded the inu-youkai.
Inuyasha had to slap Miroku silly to retrieve his consciousness. "Oi, Miroku, get UP! Don't be so shocked to see Father! He's not a zombie, you hear?" Miroku was speechless but he nodded his head.
Rin, who had ran over to the cowering Sango, tried her best to calm the poor soul. "Shh...Sango, it's ok. It is really Inutaishou. He isn' t a zombie, alright?" soothed Rin. Sango responded by nodding.
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After a few minutes of silence, Sango and Miroku finally composed their posture and relaxed a bit.
"That was a bit of a scare," breathed Sango.
"It sure was," nodded Miroku sheepishly.
"Now that you humans have gotten hold of yourselves," Sesshoumaru interrupted, "Father has some explaining to do."
"Alright," Inutaishou cleared his throat, "I'll start with how I'm still alive."
"As you can see, I didn't die those past three years. Sure, everyone thought that Naraku had annihilated me, but he didn't. I was so severely injured that I almost died if it wasn't for an old priestess by the name of Kaede-baachan who tended my wounds."
"But Father, didn't Naraku knew whether he killed you or not?" questioned Inuyasha.
"No, he stupidly didn't . He had thought he killed me because I had stopped breathing. I feigned the breathing so he thought I died, that stupid bastard!" growled Inutaishou. "Right at the brink of my deathbed, Naraku departed, thinking that I had died. Unfortunately for him, Kaede-baachan who was passing by at that time say my lifeless form and decided to tend to my wounds. She carried me to a village and helped me recover—
"Father, but—
"Quiet, insolent bastard," yelled Sesshoumaru, who was tired of his brother's rude interruptions.
"Watch your mouth, Sesshoumaru1" chided the older inu-youkai.
"Sorry...please continue, Father," apologized Sesshoumaru, glaring at the hanyou.
"Well as I was saying, Kaede-baachan saved me and I was forever in her debt. I owe her a great debt of gratituded."
Miroku interrupted, "sorry for the interruption, Inutaishou, but what have you been doing the past three years?"
"Well, I have been protecting Kaede-baachan's village from demons and thinking of ways to destroy Naraku."
"WHAT!?" gapped a shocked Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha.
"Father, what were you thinking! Doing a human's work?"
"Sesshoumaru," continued Inutaishou, "the old priestess saved me and I owe her, so the least thing I could do was to protect her village from harm."
"Inutaishou-sama," directly Sango politely, "why did you decide to all of a sudden to reveal yourself after three years?"
"While I was walking through the towns of Kyoto, I smelt something fishy going on," replied the inu-youkai, " I decided to check on the Inuyoukai Kendo Club for any suspicions and I found one."
"It was the new member of this club," directed Inutaishou towards the sleeping Kagome.
"This little one when I first saw her, she didn't look like someone who wanted to join the club just to become a member—
"What did you say?" asked Sango. "She? But Kasuki's a guy!"
"What do you mean by 'her'?" Sango was alarmed.
Inutaishou sighed, "Sango, Miroku, I'm sorry to break it to you guys, but Kasuki is a female, not a male."
Tears almost sprung in Sango's eyes. All this time, she thought Kasuki was a man! "Kasuki's a guy? It's a he? I can't believe I kissed a woman!" muttered Sango furiously to herself.
"Did ya say something?" asked Inuyasha wearily.
Rin, who couldn't help it, but added, "Oh, Sango's just shocked that she kissed a woman, that's all."
"RIN!"
"You did what!?" asked Inuyasha, wide-eyed.
"Hmm....I knew there was something wrong with Kasuki. I knew he was woman the minute I saw her," grinned Miroku.
"You kissed her? cracked Inuyasha.
Now both Inutaishou and Miroku turned their attention towards the shocked Sango. Sesshoumaru, who was unfazed by the incident, sat quietly in his seat.
Inuyasha was now laughing to the floor. He was grabbing his stomach, "oh, that's the most stupidest and hilarious thing I ever heard!"
Sango was red in the face. She looked like she was going to explode soon. "ALRIGHT, STOP IT, INUYASHA! I DIDN' T KNOW THAT KASUKI WAS A GUY, OK!"
Sesshoumaru, who was a little annoyed of his brother and his friends' funny business interrupted once again, "can we PLEASE continue?"
The attention was focused on Inutaishou once again. "Enough about me. I'll tell you what I know about 'Kasuki.' Kasuki's real name is Kagome Higurashi."
"Higurashi?" the name lighted a bulb in Miroku's head. "Isn't her father the famous Tasuke Higurashi?"
"Yes, he was. Tasuke Higurashi was also a good friend of mine. He had a daughter, whom I've never met named Kagome."
"Why did Kasuki–I mean Kagome come all the way here to Kyoto?" wondered Inuyasha. "I know she said that she came here to kill you, but since she found out that you were already died, she decided take her revenge on us, instead,"
Rin and Sango gasped. They never knew that this young lad had other intentions.
"What Kagome said were all true," Inutaishou looked down at his feet sadly.
"Father, you don't mean—
Inuyasha stared at his father, disbelievingly. His father would never do such a thing. He was an honest man and a man of integrity and values.
"Yes. It was I who killed Kagome's father," said Inutaishou, bluntly.
Silence bestowed upon the small room. Everyone stared at Inutaishou in disbelief.
"Father, you didn't—
"Yes, I did, but it was unintentionally done so. At the time Tasuke and I were in a battle with Naraku. Naraku threatened to kill Tasuke himself if I didn't do it myself. I had no choice. I couldn't stand the thought of my dear friend being killed by that the evil bastard. So I complied. I thought that if I killed Tasuke, then somehow I can return soon enough to revive him with Tensaiga. But Naraku had to wage a long battle with me. When we were through, I was too late. Even with my Tensaiga, I couldn't save Kagome's father because his soul had long left his body," sighed Inutaishou.
"What a horrible ending," sobbed Rin in Sesshoumaru's chest.
"So what happened to Kagome when she ran out of the dojou in her injured form?" asked Miroku, curiously.
"She tried to commit suicide." That earned a gasp from everyone.
"Kagome tried to jump off a cliff when she failed to avenge her father, but I saved her just in time."
Everyone breathed a sign of relief.
"My poor friend, Tasuke died thinking that I betrayed him. His wife thought I betrayed him also, hence, sending Kagome to destroy me," said Inutaishou dolefully, almost on the verge of tears.
Everyone was so focused that they failed to notice that Kagome was awake. She had heard it all. It wasn't Inutaishou's intentions of killing her father. It was Naraku. That bastard!
Rivulets of tears rolled down Kagome's face for she bit the insides of her cheeks to prevent herself from sobbing out loud.
Inutaishou, who stared up at Kagome was the first to notice her awakening. He quickly rushed to her bedside and asked, "Kagome?"
Before Inutaishou could ask anymore, Kagome swung her arms around Inutaishou's neck, crying, "I'm sorry, I'm sorry. I heard everything. I realized that it was my mistake, I shouldn't have been so impulsive!"
Kagome was now apologizing and sobbing nonstop in Inutaishou's shoulders.
"It's alright, Kagome. I forgive you," said Inutaishou in a pacifying voice, embracing the poor girl.
"I forgive you, my daughter."
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Inuyasha: I can't believe it. I just can't believe it! Father taking in Kagome as a daughter? No way!
Sesshoumaru: You got a problem with that? I think Kagome is rather good. She can't beat a hanyou like you to pulp.
Inuyasha: I'll like to see Kagome beat you to pulp!
Me: Aww...what a nice ending for this chapter. Inutaishou is such a good father. He is going to accept Kagome as his own daughter. How sweet!
Sango: I was hell shocked to find out that I kissed a girl!
Miroku: Hey! Wasn't it you who said that 'the name Kasuki qualifies him and that I think I'm falling for him!'
Sango: . . .
Rin: Why aren't you saying anything, Sango?
Sango: Shut up, Rin! Thanks for ruining my cover!
Rin: You're very welcome. Anytime.
Sango: ARGH!
Me: Calm down, or I'll have to delete you two all from the story!
Rin & Sango: I'M SORRY!
Me: Now, that's better.
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A/N: Well, how was it? Was this a little fast-paced? Please REVIEW. All who want
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