A/N: Please see the Author's Note at the bottom when your finished for explanations and a chapter 11 preview. Thanks!!
Valadium
Chapter X
"It is great to have ye back. I hope ye travels were well?" Keade asked as she deftly put together something for the young group to eat. They looked tired and hungry. At least that was something she could give them: food and a place to come home to. She was an old lady, never having children herself, so she supposed that they were her children in a way. It had been going on four moon cycles since the last time she had seen them. After they had rounded up her now living sister and the silver-white hanyou, they had come back to her, and she had accepted them. So what if her futuristic daughter and the girl's adopted father were demon? Speaking of which…
"Where is Kagome?" Her good eye scanned the many faces before landing on the golden eyes of the elder inu youkai.
"Last we saw, she went to the well with Inuyasha." Ryoto answered the elderly human woman.
"She made the decision to not go back through, did she not?"
"Hai, Keade-sama, but I don't think my pup is actually accompanying him. She is merely impatient to receive the letter from her ningen mother and to have some homemade future cooking, probably oden." He chuckled.
"That would be our Kagome-sama." Miroku smiled, sitting beside his favored taijiya. "She has been sending Inuyasha back here any time we come within a couple of days demon travel. I know she is conversing with her little brother through letters, too. She said that they are currently in a game."
Kikyou turned to look at her pack brother, "What sort of game, houshi?"
"Every time I ask, she just starts glaring and mumbling under her breath before flopping onto a tree branch." The navy and violet robed man smoothed his fingers over his chin, "I do wonder, though, what would get our alpha into a mood like that."
"Over a stupid game?" The gruff voice came before the red hakama clad hanyou stepped into the hut. Inuyasha felt his carved exposed skin prickle at the cool air of the night, missing the warmth of his alpha's closeness. But she was five miles away, back with the well, eating her bowl of oden and busy with the three envelopes he had brought. The hanyou dropped the replenished bag next to Sango. "That's everything Kagome's mom gave us. Now what's this thing about a game you guys are talking about?"
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"Urgh! Gahf fhammit!" She swore through her last mouthful of oden. Kagome paused. Replaying what she had said and giggled. She really needed to curb her foul language, even if unintelligible. 'It's not like it's my fault. All cursing is courtesy of Inuyasha…the bone head.' The inu glared at the lined paper in her clawed hand. What she really wanted to do was bang her head on the wood of the well. Or perhaps give Souta a good noogie. Yeah, that sounded better. Besides, she really shouldn't take her anger out on Inuyasha when it was her little brother who was pissing her off.
Kagome re-read the letter and sighed. The little imp had won.
Back when the group had come back after all of the latest incidents—Kagome turning demon, Ryoto becoming her father, and Inuyasha submitting to her—in order to keep Souta from depression of not seeing his big sister again they had struck a bargain. Well, more like began a game, if you will. If Souta could gain his black belt in karate before Kagome could get ten jewel shards, Kagome would have to pay for his first car and…the damned little devil…pierce her own tongue. The Amazon didn't mind getting her brother, who was only four years younger than her, a car. She had enough gold from her travels and in modern times the things she sent to her family ended up being worth lots of money without sending the gold.
It was the piercing that made her uncomfortable. Why would she want to do such a thing? Why put a needle through your flesh? She didn't even have her ears pierced for Kami sake. Kagome shuddered, fingertips feeling the warm velvet of her dog ears. But Souta had insisted that she do it because it was one thing she really didn't want to do short of walking up to Naraku and having a pleasant conversation with the dark hanyou.
So naturally, Kagome had tried her best to gather the required amount of shards. She looked down at the jar around her neck. Too bad she had only gained nine since the bet had started, which was good for only four months of fighting and traveling. But still…
The petite inu glared down at the contents of a package envelope. She knew from what her brother had said in the letter— gloating about his victory—that inside the tan package was a camera, and the sterilized things she would need to complete her side of the bargain along with instructions. In all actuality, she wasn't too worried about hitting a vein and bleeding out, she was demon after all. Her beloved jaki would cauterize the wound quickly before too much blood escaped. The problem was thinking about a needle going through her tongue. That should hurt, right? Right? Her brain said of course it should, its going through a muscle! In her little brother's letter, he reassured her that the piercing studio he had asked had said tongue piercing was one of the least painful.
Kagome snorted.
'Well,' She thought, 'Might as well get it over with and send him the picture. I'm sure he's waiting by the well prancing with glee at my pain.'
(Author's Note: ATTENTION: I AM NOT A PROFESSIONAL PIERCER!! DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!! I got mine done by a professional Studio!! And if you want one, so should you!!)
The Amazon opened the package. Setting the camera on the lip of the well, she pulled out her devices of self torture. Taking her time in reading the printed instructions, Kagome ignored the gloves Souta had provided for her and picked up a small black marker, a five by seven mirror and a body clamp that he had provided. She wasn't worried about germs or infections, being inuyoukai gave her healing properties in her saliva itself. Propping the mirror up, she stuck her tongue out and aligned the mark with her nose and the indent of her lips. She made a dot that was barely an inch from the tip of her tongue. Slipping the appendage back into her mouth and resting it against the back of her teeth in a natural position, she opened her jaws and looked at the black dot in the mirror. It didn't look off.
Kagome picked up the clamp and stuck out her tongue again. Using the mirror she aligned the instrument with the dot, making sure it was okay on the bottom as well. Plucking open the package for the needle, she rolled the tip delicately in some of her spit to make sure it was clean. Using the mirror yet again, she set the point on the marker spot…and paused.
She blinked. Was she really getting ready to pierce her tongue?
The fearless part of her thrust the needle down quickly before she could convince herself not to do it. Kagome blinked again and looked down at her tongue as best she could. Hold on…was there really a needle in there? Checking her reflection, she acquiesce that, yes, there was. 'Strange…that didn't hurt at all.' Acting on autopilot, she picked up the piece of cork and stuck it on the end of the needle so as not to hurt herself as she reached for the sterilized package of the barbell.
She examined the little piece of metal. Carefully twisting the ball off, she felt her eyebrows lift. The threading was inside the little bar…Souta wasn't kidding when he said he thoroughly researched this. Apparently, she remembered from his letter, the internal threading was to help keep swelling down. Making a noise in appreciation, Kagome carefully put the ball-less end to the top of the needle and pushed down. The corked metal fell into her lap and the barbell slid through. She quickly flipped her tongue up and screwed the ball on.
The inu sat there.
'Oh my god I just pierced my tongue!' Winter eyes widened and she looked off into the forest, as if checking to make sure no one had been there to watch her. Glancing back at the mirror she slipped her tongue out and stared at the bar of metal through her tongue. 'Hey…that was kinda fun…Doesn't look too bad either…'
: You do know that body modifications like this are common in your race? : The beast in her mind snickered.
"Oh no, I'm not doing this again." Kagome hissed aloud. Balling up all the evidence of what she had done, she called her reiki into her hand and waited for the metal to finally melt through her fingers and splatter onto the wood of the well. It hissed slightly. Letting the holy power turned fire seep back into her skin, Kagome picked up the camera, held out her tongue and a middle finger and took the Kami forsaken picture Souta had required. With a growl, she carelessly tossed the digital soul stealer into the dept of the well, the familiar blue light flashed for a moment sending a wave of magic over Kagome before it settled down.
Not five minutes later the magic came back.
Curious, the petite demoness looked down into the portal. Seeing a scrap piece of paper, she carefully climbed down the shaft about half way. Feeling the time magic tingle at her heels, she used Nibaikiba to flick the paper up enough for her hand to catch it in mid-air. Leaping up to retake her previous seat, Kagome read the words written in her brother's scribble.
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Young dark blue eyes stared at the beams of the roof that housed the well. It was amazing that almost six years ago, this place used to scare the crap out of him. It was a freaky place to be, the well house was. But he wasn't worried about it, even with it being dark outside, and with the little lantern Souta had brought with him, sitting innocently on the edge of the well, casting its light around him and into the darkness of the time portal. No Souta wasn't worried at all. Because even though she was five hundred years in the past, Kagome was with him. He was confident that if something were to happen, she'd know, and she'd come despite her reservations of coming back into the modern era.
The well house wasn't scary any more. How could it be when this was the one place that led to his sister? Besides, why be scared of demons coming out of it? Kagome was a demon now…surely she could beat anyone's ass. Even Inuyasha told him about his newfound cowardice to face down Kagome.
Souta smiled.
Kagome was scary as a human. No doubt his sister was even scarier as a demon. And because of her new status, she could do things she was scared to do as a human. He was happy to see that she still disapproved of piercings though. It was something he could taunt her with.
The flash of blue light from the depths of the well brought the teenaged boy's attention to it. Seeing the silver flash of the camera's body, Souta used the roped ladder to climb down and get it before resuming his seat. Turning it on, he switched to playback mode and flipped through the few pictures he had taken before sending it to his sister. There it was, the twelfth picture. It was the first time he had seen an image of Kagome since she had left four months ago human. Souta had never seen her as a youkai, and he couldn't help but see the marked features of his sister and be in complete awe.
She was beautiful.
He wondered why in all of the letters he had asked about her face she had simply called it horrible, when it was artistically amazing. Now he saw where the designs on his idol hanyou came from. But he was pleased to see that it looked way better on Kagome. Souta couldn't help but notice how fierce but feminine they made her. Finally, he noticed the picture itself.
"Oh my god, Kagome!" He laughed. "I hope Mom never sees this! She'd write out a lecture and make Inuyasha give it to you!" Souta allowed a calmness come to his face and tried to mimic his mother's voice, "'There are things ladies should and should not do, Kagome Lieya Higurashi, and giving your little brother the bird is a No-no!'"
Busting up again, he pulled a piece of paper from his back pocket along with a pen. With an evil cackle, he wrote the one thing that would probably piss off his big sister the most.
LMFAO WANNA BET AGAIN?
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Author's Note: I AM NOT A PROFESSIONAL PIERCER!! DO NOT TRY THIS AT HOME!! I only know(ish) how to do this because I got mine done not too long ago, about two months now. Not to mention that Kagome didn't sanitize her hands or the tools (except in her own neutralizing dog demon saliva) like a human should. Anyway, aside from trying to convince people not to pierce their own tongue by themselves (seriously if you want to get it done, have a professional do it), I thought this would be a little fun, though a few people might believe this to be a little retarded. Hell, I can't believe I wrote this. But she needed to get it done, and it would be stupid to see Kagome break her vow not to go back to the future, not to mention having puppy earred, fangy, clawed, tailed, and marked Kagome in Tokyo. Now doesn't that sound worse than what I wrote here? God, I hope so.
So, anyway, sorry its so late, but my computer was being a douche-wazi and I'm still suffering from a double inner ear infection. I'm still working on chapter eleven though, and Sesshomaru, our smexy demon, hits it off well. So, don't forget this chapter because Kagome having her tongue pierced will have a purpose later. And no, its not just for sucking Sesshomaru's COCK either...hehehe...but, it has a role all on its own, that adorable little piece of metal.
Chapter XI Preview:
Another discovery he had made was that a certain Amazon inu demoness had sparked his curiosity. She was strange, that Kagome girl. Certainly, she held the power to be of equal status as he, but she did not hold the knowledge or the wisdom to use it correctly. 'It seems my former sire was correct.' The inu Demon lord mused, golden eyes staring unseeingly at his desk littered with important documents. 'She has full grown powers, but she is just a fledging. No experience. But her drive is what keeps her going.'
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Something out of the corner of her eye caught her attention. "No fuckin' way…"
"What is it, Kagome-sama?"
"That rat bastard!" She screeched watching the figure that had entered the clearing of her battle slay the slowly dieing creature. When the ground was within twenty feet, Kagome flipped and fell gracefully to her feet. Putting Miroku down, she growled and pointed a black clawed finger in the direction of the familiar white figure. "You douche bag! That was my kill! How dare you?!"
"Kagome-alpha…" the navy robed monk tugged at the thick braided hair, eyes wide at the being standing before them. It seemed he had faced death not just once today, but twice! 'This is way over my daily quota.' He grimaced.
"I see your humans know their place in your pack." The baritone voice remarked as he flicked blood and gore from his sword blade before tucking it back into his sash.
"Watch your mouth, Sesshomaru, before I wash it out with soap!"
"You go too far, bitch." The inu Daiyoukai warned.