lostmoonchild: Okay, chapter eleven is here! Thanks for the reviews, you all seriously don't know how much they've helped since today hasn't been a good day. My bitch (not dog terms) grandmother complained enough to my parents so now I can't go to Europe next summer because I'm my stupid brat cousin's parole officer and apparently I don't have anything better to do than watch a snot nosed brat who thinks that the world revolves around him! I don't own Inuyasha, YYH, or any of the songs unless I say otherwise. Everybody else is mine.
CHAPTER ELEVEN
Shippo watched with interest as Kagome carefully fed Hana, making sure to clean the broth off of the skinny girl's face. "There we go." Kagome said after fifteen minutes.
"You didn't feed her much, mama. How come?" Shippo asked looking confused. He thought that she'd at least try to get the child to eat more.
Kagome carefully moved Hana and let the small child lie down. "I don't want her to get sick so I'm going to slowly increase the amount of food she eats." Kagome answered. "Right now the trick is to get her to even eat the food and attempt to keep it down."
Shippo nodded and watched as Hana made a face and began making whimpering noises until Kagome sat her up. "Hi!" Shippo said excitedly.
Hana cried out in fear and attempted to cling to a laughing Kagome. "I should have said something before.." Kagome said starting to calm down. "Hana's blind so she can't see if anybody's in front of her."
"Why's she blind?" Shippo asked.
"Because she accidentally purified her own eyes." Kagome answered calmly. "Shippo, hold out one of your hands."
"Why?" Shippo asked extending one of his hands.
Kagome smiled faintly and grabbed her cousin's hand. Hana looked confused when her and Shippo's hands touched and tried reaching her other hand towards Shippo. "Its alright, she wants to see who you are." Kagome said.
Shippo sat near Hana and laughed a little when Hana started touching his face. "That tickles!" Shippo said laughing as Hana lightly traced her fingers over his face.
"She's seeing what your face looks like." Kagome explained. "She has to depend on her fingers when she wants to see what somebody looks like."
"So basically, Shippo, since her eyes aren't working her fingers and her other senses have to see for her." Miroku explained watching as Hana almost fell over.
"Okay, princess." Kagome said lying Hana down again. "Don't over exert yourself."
Hana smiled and grabbed Kagome's hands. "How can she survive?" Sango asked looking confused. "She's dependant on you now because she's weakened but I don't think she depends on you all the time. How do you keep her from getting killed?"
"In my era we have special ways that a blind person can survive." Kagome said with a small smile. "There's special schools for blind people that they can go to, a special writing system, guide dogs.."
"Guide dogs!" Inuyasha asked looking shocked.
Kagome nodded and said, "Yeah. They help blind people get around. Actually, I think somebody's working on getting other animals to act as guide animals."
Hana smelt the air and sneezed when she smelt all the fresh air. She looked around confused when she felt different energies that she didn't recognize but she felt one energy she recognized and that was Kagome's. She didn't recognize any of the voices but she guessed from the tone of Kagome's voice she knew who the people were and trusted them.
"Shouldn't her real mother be taking care of her instead of you?" A male voice asked. Hana listened quietly and figured that the owner of this voice was a strong fighter.
"I told you, Inuyasha." Kagome said.
Inuyasha. Was that the man's name? Why was he named after a character in the Legend of Inuyasha? Did his parents hear the story and love it just like she did and decide to name their kid after the hero?
Kagome laughed a little when she saw the thoughtful look on Hana's face. "We're in the story." Kagome whispered.
From the look on Hana's face, she didn't expect that. "Nyah!" Hana protested looking up at Kagome with a stubborn look.
"Bedtime, kids." Kagome said with a laugh.
Shippo and Hana both pouted but stopped when Kagome offered to tell them a story. "I want to hear whatever Hana wants to hear!" Shippo said eagerly.
Kagome smiled a little and watched Hana's hands before a minute before saying, "She wants to hear the Legend of Inuyasha."
"THE LEGEND OF WHO!" Inuyasha shouted with a shocked look.
Kagome laughed and said, "Should have seen that reaction coming."
"That isn't funny, bitch!"
"Listen, in my era the Shikon no Tama is just a legend. Parents tell it to shut their kids up when its time for bed." Kagome said with a shrug. "My mom told it to me and grandpa told it to her and its been going on like that for generations."
"What's the legend?" Miroku questioned.
"Well, it starts off with Inutaisho then goes on to how he had two sons. Doesn't really go into much detail on Sesshomaru but it tells how Inuyasha lived with his mother until she died then was on his own. Then how he met Kikyo and how she nearly talked him into giving up his demon blood for her. Soon after that Naraku comes into the picture which results in Kikyo's death and Inuyasha being pinned against the tree." Kagome said with a shrug. "then how Inuyasha was freed by a strange miko who could pass through worlds, the Shikon no Tama shattering, the two looking for the shards which resulted in coming across an orphaned kitsune… basically about the adventures we've already had."
"Does it tell about the ending?" Sango asked, her eyes showing interest.
"The ending is always different each time it gets told. Some people like to say that the villain gets defeated, others say that the villain wins and the heroes die but then about two hundred or so years later the villain gets killed in a battle, or the heroes and the villain die in the battle." Kagome answered with a shrug. "But I like going with the first ending."
"So nobody knows how the battle actually ends." Inuyasha said glaring silently at the young miko.
"Pretty much, yeah. But I could always ask Sesshomaru since I see him quite a few times."
"Why do you see that bastard?"
Kagome shrugged and said, "I dunno. He shows up when I'm supposed to be working and he's killed a few guys who have gone after me."
"Why?"
"Apparently, Inuyasha, I'm YOUR bitch. Not exactly how that works out seeing as I'm "always" telling you to S-I-T whenever you irritate me."
Inuyasha smirked and said, "Sounds to me like you won't be able to resist me."
"Don't push it, dog-boy."
Hana's face scrunched up and she started crying loudly. Sighing, Kagome started humming a little before singing gently:
Tell me what the rain knows
Oh are these the Tears of Ages
That washed away the Wolf's Way
And leaves not a trace of the day?
Tell me what the rain knows
is this the flood of fortune
That pours itself upon me?
Oh see how I drown in this sea.
Hark, hear the howl that eats the moon alive
Your fur is on fire
The smoke turns the whole sky raven black
And the world upon your back will crack…
Where will you go
Now you've no home?
Let the rain wash away your last days…
Hana quieted down and closed her eyes, almost immediately falling asleep. "How'd you do that?" Miroku asked.
"She takes pride in her wolf demon blood." Kagome answered with a shrug. "Not sure why though."
They stared quietly at the small girl and watched as she gripped the sleeping bag in her sleep. Kagome smiled and quietly kissed her foster children on the forehead before closing her eyes and allowing sleep to overcome her.
A few hours later everybody was awakened by the sounds of Hana screaming. Kagome woke up with a start and tried to quiet down the small girl, amazing everybody by how awake she seemed to be. When Hana didn't quiet down after a ten minutes, Kagome moved Hana so the young girl was resting against her before whispering, "Thunder rolled across the heavens and the rain began to fall, foretelling the events that would soon occur. Ahead, the castle stood proudly against the bleak land. Nobody dared say a word as the barrier around the castle was broken. With the loudest crack of thunder anybody had ever heard, the battle had begun.
"Everybody knew that the battle would determine the future. Would the evil hanyou win and the world be thrown into an eternal darkness? Or would the strange army of hanyous, youkai, and ningens win the battle and the future hold promises of a new world that had not yet existed? Nobody, not even the strange miko, knew what would happen. All that was certain was that this was going to be a battle nobody would forget, even after thousands of years."
Hana quieted down a little and listened quietly as Kagome told her version of the ending of the Legend of Inuyasha. "The armies fought against each other until all that was left of the evil hanyou's army was the evil hanyou and his incarnations. The wind sorceress grabbed her sister and fled, knowing that they had a future without the evil hanyou. With a great battle cry that even the Gods heard, the inu-hanyou attacked the evil hanyou. Nobody dared to help for this was a battle where there could be only one victor…"
How the story ended, nobody knew since they had fallen asleep. Kagome smiled faintly and closed her eyes, allowing sleep to once again overcome her until morning came with many promises.
lostmoonchild: There we go. Read and review, flames are accepted.