Konnichiwa! I am back with chappie 11! Usually I don't update until at night time but since I checked out of school early today due to sickness (don't worry I'm fine now) I editied the chapter and I'm ready to go! Thank you!
Don't worry guys the chapters will get more intense very soon and then the suspension starts to flow. I just wanted to finish some sayings and other fun things I wanted to add to the story before the intense parts. So just hang in there...
I DO NOT OWN INUYASHA
Chapter 11: Accept and Remind
After the whole white lie of Kagome moving to her Aunt's up north to the gossip girls and Hojo the teens share their farewells, praying to Kami that they would see each other again. With WacDonalds gone and old friends the pack all took the subway and got off at a station that would lead them home. Instead of following the path to the shrine though they decided to head to a main street that had tons of stores and eateries.
"Keh, what are we doing here? I thought that we were going back to the shrine," believes Inuyasha in sightseeing his surroundings as people were stepping past him on the side walk.
"You weren't listening to us on the subway, we were all talking about coming here," wonders Kagome as she stood right next to him and gazes up to him as he hovers over her, "well excuse me for having sensitive ears that I could hear everyone else's conversations!"
"That's why I told you to stay close to us," she remembers.
"I WAS CLOSE!" he hollers into her face making her back fire, "WELL I'M SORRY!"
"YOU'RE JUST SAYING THAT!"
"I AM NOT!"
"YOU ARE TOO!"
"AM NOT!"
"ARE TOO!" at the same time they both were moving closer to each other with him showing his fangs as she made an pout on her non-pleasant face, "AM NOT, SIT BOY!"
Everyone sighs.
Will this ever stop?
And down he went as the subjection beads heave on his neck; eager to meet the concrete floor. It wasn't soft like grass either. Laying there pathetically the spell wore off as the hanyou presses himself upward. His now sore muscles trembling, "w-why you..."
"Boy that has got to hurt," Souta scrunches his tiny shoulders in squinting his eyes seeming like he felt the sting too, "that must be torture and embarrassing since he's the guy."
"It is," complains Inuyasha wobbling a few steps back and forth in trying to maintain his balance. His cranium still drumming so harshly from the impact. Hearing wasn't his best friend at the very moment as when he heard Souta's voice it sounded like it was echoing in a cave and his sight brought him to see everyone in doubles.
"Inuyasha…," jolts his girl in seeing him still quiver on his steps and falling on his back side in needing to steady himself as she kneels to his side, "Are you alright?"
"What do you think?," he rudely says grunting. Still feeling weak from not controlling his stability, "Are you sure cause your never like this after I do 'that'," avoiding the 'S' word that tames him.
"Well you did do 'it' while he was standing on concrete dear," Mayu was being accurate in telling her why. The mistaken girl gasps, "I'm sorry I'm so use to you hitting the grass that I didn't realize that we were on concrete."
His mug was still drowned with rage while glimpsing at her hurt face. In being stubborn and not forgiving her he finally got up. Even thought the over-two-hundred-year-old boy didn't care to give a glare at her he remains by her side as they went to Shippo's prize possession, the candy store. Coming through the glass doors the entire area was swarming with bright and dim colors that fix their awareness.
"It's so…so…," astonishes Miroku until Sango finishes his sentence like she could read his mind, "…colorful."
"Too colorful," rejects Yuri from her accent along with Sesshomaru and Inuyasha. Both brothers agreeing with her as they both held disgusted facial expressions. The shop had rows of unique sweets. All conquering the side walls and tables in the heart of the room. The cash register hid in the background as they all went in different paths. Trailing in pairs Shippo jerks on Kagome's jeans in forcing her to glare down, "Come on Kagome lets go try the candy over there."
Yuri wonders around in her godforsaken crutches and as always she feels the lords presence behind her.
Why is he hanging around with a lot? Well from time to time that I've seen him I always liked to hang out and take care of Rin. Rin had always looked forward to my surprising visits with the gang. Maybe he's repaying my kindness in watching out for me…who knows…
From living in her own universe of thoughts she, at the time, was not paying attention as a jawbreaker is rolling on the tile floor. And she was about to land one of her crutches on it. Unnatural strength hastily grips on her right shoulder in preventing from her to go any further as she flings her straight hair in turning her head eastward in distinguishing Sesshomaru starring down to the surface, "Hey what was that for?"
Next, her eardrums detect a small green ball rolling the opposite way from the force of the dog demons shoe kicking it until it halts from the blockage of the wall. Seeing it she figures out the problem, "Oh."
"You seem to be very lacking in paying attention to your surroundings. Next time you will be dealing with the consequences."
Sometimes that man can be too honest…how rude…
"Ok mister smarty pants, but at least I'll say thank-," before finishing he was already two yards in front of her as she opens her eyes. Making her experience embarrassment from letting her guard down, again, she easily blushes. As promised his saying came reality as this time she dealt with the consequence. Recognizing that Yuri swiftly tries to catch up, "Hey, hold on."
"What's this stuff Kagome?" Shippo tips his finger to a specific candy out of many of the plastic boxes. The sugary substance looks like red twisted straws, "Those are Twizzlers, it's a strawberry flavored candy."
"Then what type of candy are the ones that you always bring me?" requests the little boy hopping on her bear shoulder from her wearing a sleeveless shirt.
"Those were lollypops, gums, Starbursts, and Laffy Taffies," counting with her fingers she forgot one more candy to mention while Inuyasha steps in, "What in the name are these?" Kagome swings her heels around to see him holding out a little, sour, and gummy Warhead.
"There called Warheads but wait it's…," at the border of notifying him of its strong tangy taste to it he shoves it in his mouth. Not knowing what is coming to him. Only a fraction of a second flies by as the Warhead took its toll as it was being absorbed by his tongue. This made the strong taste worsen as the dog boy sucks and chews it at the same time. After that his nerves immediately act up as he makes an unanticipated face with his lips squishing together and vaguely vacuuming his cheeks inward. He tenses his twin clawed hands like he would in a duel and begins to faintly whine. His eyes snap shut real tight to endure it.
"Idiot," Shippo narrows his emerald eyes with a firm line at the bottom of his face in watching Inuyasha's feedback to the tart object. Kagome felt hopeless in not knowing what to do but at the same time she didn't want him to suffer. What could she do though?
Why can't you be patient?
Inuyasha finally swallows the candy and the first thing that came to his mind is sticking his tongue out and scratching it nonstop. When ever he was done with his panic sensation he had his tongue unexposed and returns back to Kagome, "Why didn't you tell me sooner?"
"She was but you didn't let her finish, your such an baka at times that it's unbelievable," flashbacks Shippo leaving Kagome shy and silent in the cold room.
"Shut up," Inuyasha whacks Shippo in the head with a tight fist and the fox youkai cries in pain. That flicks on a furious Kagome to deal with, "Inuyasha, you don't have to be so harsh to him!" She held the poor fox demon and messages his bruised head.
"He started it," mutters Inuyasha childishly and it brought some audience as people were staring awkwardly at them from walking by or standing a distance away.
"I don't care who started it you don't have to hit him in the head!"
Even from the beginning of the conversation Inuyasha could tell people around them were snooping at them and he couldn't stand it anymore as he gave the strangers all an I'll-kill-you glare. Having a growl deep in the back of his throat, "What are you looking at!"
Japanese people came hauling and running away with their tails between their legs from his ferocious syllables.
"Mom, why do Inuyasha and Kagome argue a lot?" Souta asks having peeping over at Inuyasha's rage.
Not only could the mother know what her son was saying but could also hear the couple while finding some sweets for herself and in fully experiencing it with her soul partner in the past she had no pause in telling the eleven year old, "because that's what couples do."
"What do you mean…are you saying that Kagome and Inuyasha are a couple now?" he was flabbergasted by his mother's choice of words as he twists to her in wanting
"Just like your father and I were a few years back."
"You mean you guys argued a lot before…he died," an aura of sorrow weighs the boy down. His head down with his hair layering over his cloudy wood eyes, "I did even know him that well I…was so little."
"Yes you were and it still breaks my heart to know that but you at least got some memories of him."
"Yeah but…I never remembered you arguing with dad," his head rose up to her again.
"Because we never did it in front of you or Kagome…we knew it would be unhealthy for you two to see us argue at the ages you guys were in at that time," she gave him a smirk after finding her candy on the shelf.
"Oh, were your argues as bad as theirs?" glaring back at the late teens.
"Sometimes, but your father wasn't as stubborn as Inuyasha, don't worry it's completely normal for a couple to disagree with each other," in seeing concern taped on his face.
"How is it normal though? If you argued with someone your relationship normally fades. It means that it isn't going to work out."
"At times yes, but from what I seeing from your sister and Inuyasha's relationship, it's different. For them, most of the time, it's good for them to fight."
"You're starting to get me a headache Mom…"
"So they can know how to deal with each other better."
Still confused Souta was.
"It'll make more sense when you're older but if you really want to know I'll try to describe it to where you can understand," he prepared himself and nods.
"For a couple, like them, it's good for them to argue. Because like I said they can know more about each other and what I mean by that is that the more they argue the more they know how to work it out with one another," she stops in need of his reply.
"So what your saying is that they can work out their problems together more easily if they argued a lot so they can learn each others reactions more and more. They would get better at it and know how to work it out so it won't get so serious the next time it happens."
"You can put it that way," happy to comprehend that her son was starting to understand and realize things that he would have to someday go through. The sooner the better to know.
"I think I'm getting it now but it's still kinda confusing for me," he though with a frustrated frame.
"It's difficult to describe it at times but you'll get it when you get older and have a girlfriend of your own."
"So Inuyasha and Kagome are a couple now?"
"Hai."
"There girlfriend and boyfriend too?"
"Yes, but it's more than that."
"Don't tell me there getting married!" he freaks; eyes popping out.
"No, I don't think they're quite ready for that yet," she talks to herself.
"Then what do you mean it's more than that cause after girlfriend and boyfriend it comes to them being like Miroku and Sango."
"Come on Souta, you know that the man and woman have to fall in love before the purposal."
"I-I know it's just this is my sister and Inuyasha were talking about here. I just want to make sure…I'm just so use to them being close friends that never told their feelings."
"Well now it's official," the mother confirms gladly.
"So they know that they both love each other," he questions making sure again, "yes Souta, they know. And I think everyone else knows that they love each other as well."
"How do you know all this mom?" he wonders.
"Because I know what it's like to fall in love and your sister told me," in fulfilling his crave of child-like questions he hums from her respond, "What type of candy do you want dear?"
"Um, get me the Airheads please," he says as he sees his mother in wearing a knee length, light orange skirt and a white, buttoned shirt.
"Was it that time when you guys talked at WacDonalds?"
"What?"
"When Kagome told you that she loved him was it that time when ya'll talked at WacDonalds?"
"Yes it was…and…there's something else you should know too Souta. Kagome told me this also while we were talking. Don't get mad; this was a choice she had to make for herself and she is happy in making this choice," she waits for him to accept her offer as he thumbs her up in wanting her to go on, "remember when Kagome told Hojo and her friends that she was moving?"
"Yeah, I was wondering why she said that and why did she make the whole thing up about her going to our Aunt's and then going to some college. You don't even have a sister mom and neither did Dad. Both of you guys didn't have any siblings," Souta mentions on why his sister made all those lies, she never lies. Mayu had a blissful expression on her fragile face. Yes, the time had come to tell him.
"Your sister has decided that after her friends go back to their time, after their visit here is over…she has decided…to live on the other side of the well with Inuyasha."
"What, you mean she's never going to see us again," trying to keep his temper down from his promise he made.
"No, she says she'll come to visit as much as she can and promises to come on the holidays," she tells him eagerly to get his blood pressure down from him getting livid.
"But…still…why can't Inuyasha stay here with Kagome in the present? Kagome told me that his parents died when he was young so he doesn't have any family there like Kagome does here," he was acting selfish in his own way and Mayu could tell, "I don't think it would be a wise choice though Souta."
"Why not," he began to ach in his gorge.
"Because he would have to adapt in this world," she crouches down to his level.
"But Kagome would have to adapt in his world as well so what's the difference?"
"It would be a lot tougher on Inuyasha though…there are a lot of things that he doesn't know about in this world and from Kagome being in his world for the past two years she knows just about everything in his world. More than Inuyasha would know here and he would have to hide who he really is in being a half-demon cause demons don't exist here."
Souta couldn't argue with that, "I didn't really think of that…gomenosai."
"It's okay; it'll be like it always has. She'll be on the other side of the well, every few weeks she comes back, stays for a few days, and goes back to do whatever she has to do."
Mayu brings back a trustful grin, "she'll still love you no matter what."
"Yeah…oh hey Miroku," glimpsing the monk comes over with a bag of candy for both him and Sango, "lady Mayu we have picked out our candy and hope you wouldn't mind buying it for us please."
"Not at all Miroku," Mayu stood up and Sesshomaru came passing by with Yuri right by him when Sango ropes Yuri's attention, "did you guys find anything you like."
"No not really…I've tried to show Sesshomaru some of the sweets but he doesn't seem interested in them so were empty for n- could you slow down…uhhh men!" Yuri follows the lord as they head towards the other three on one of the isles.
The pack got together after Sesshomaru called Inuyasha a wimp in a different variety of vocabulary from seeing Inuyasha squirm like a little kid from the sour candy. In which, as usual, pissed Inuyasha off while spitting out some cuss words and starting a fight with Yuri and Kagome ending it. Everyone went up to the cash register as Kagome was going to buy Shippo's and her portion with Mayu cashing Miroku's and Sango's. The stranger who works up at the cash register happens to be fine young female with dim brown hair that has highlights on it. A ribbon hung off the crown of her head.
"Well hello," applauds Miroku.
The lady gives him an attractive smile, "hello yourself."
At this very moment Sango wishes she had her enormous boomerang to settle things with her fiancée but instead she pulls his ear in aggressiveness. She had steam coming out of her forehead and she had huge bug eyes glower at him, "what are you doing monk!"
Miroku had his arms folding in front of him in closing his eye lids and appearing with a bright smirk. He always loves it when Sango gets jealous, "I was just saying hi."
"Is that so," sarcastically goes on the jealous demon slayer.
"Once a pervert always a pervert," Shippo utters with Yuri, Kagome, and Inuyasha having exhausted faces.
Dinner had already made and they all sat Indian style on the living room floor since everyone couldn't sit together on the table.
"You know what Souta," Kagome breaks the silence.
"What?"
"You'll get to see something really cool in a few days," a bright grin on the sister's face.
"Like what…tell me?" he was enlightened with pride.
"It a few days it'll be the night of the new moon," she advises in placing an index finger up and Souta now seemed uninterested, "Huh."
"Did you have to remind me Kagome?" Inuyasha had an annoyed tone on him as his eyes plug up in twitching one of his eyebrows.
"Well he has never seen you in that form before…what you'd rather him see your other form?" she mouths in wanting to know what he was thinking as Inuyasha had a angry frown, "I'd rather not let him see any of those forms."
"What form?" they totally got Souta probing in having Mayu and Jii-chan attached to the discussion. Yuri came in with an ear to ear smile, "I absolutely forgot you turn human in a few nights…he is not so rude on those nights but I'd rather prefer him in his half-demon form because I get to annoy him to the point were he gets pissed off. He is just a bit too gentle on the human side and-"
"You're talking too much," warns Sesshomaru and she speedily replies, "my bad, sorry."
"Inuyasha can turn into a human? But what do you mean by him being too gentle?," gasps Souta in amazement in landing his half eaten plate on the carpet and focuses on what the Monk has to say, "Yes, Inuyasha as you already know is a half-demon meaning he is both half human and demon so in return he turns into a human on every night of the new moon. The reason Yuri says that he is too gentle is because when he is a half-demon the demon side of him blocks him from showing his feelings for others so it's not that easy to get him all emotional as he is when he is human."
"Why does his demon side block his feelings?" wonders the boy. Instead Sango, in knowing more about demons than her beloved, talks, "because naturally demons aren't really the emotional type. The animalistic side of them doesn't really care for some things that humans care for."
"Oh."
"Yeah he's definitely a lot nicer when he's human," facts Shippo remembering if ever got hit or teased by the bully when he was human. Inuyasha gave him an unpleasant sound in his throat as Shippo scrams and shivers behind Kagome for protection.
"His appearance changes as well so he looks like a totally different person," it circles back to Kagome on info and that gave Souta a real stun, "really what does he look like and what changes his appearance sis?"
"He looks like what any human would look like just…him. The side effects that make him a human is that his eyes and hair darken, his claws dull to human fingernails, his dog ears are replaced with human ears, and the other part, in which Inuyasha hates the most, is that any demon ability that he has in making him strong and powerful makes him as he would say…" without looking at the intense inuhayou Kagome halts in acquainting him to say the final word. He goes with it, "…weak."
"Awesome I can't….I've at times though of what you would look like if you were human," brings up Souta.
"Keh, don't get use to it, can we change the subject now," snaps Inuyasha in chopping down some mandarin chicken. Kagome sighs in his request and she asks her mother if she looked over the mail yet.
"Actually I haven't dear could you please bring it here," she graciously states as Kagome vanishes to the dining room. Coming back she moves around the circumference of the circle that everyone formed, hands the newspaper to her grandpa, and sits down between Inuyasha and Shippo with the rest of the mail. Both the demons next to the miko extend their necks to what she was reading while Kagome flips over the envelopes one by one.
"Here's some mail for you," she reaches out to her mother with a hand fill of paper that has all of them spelled ' on it and her mother grabs it. Soon enough all that is left is a small piece of blue paper in Kagome's possession, "I wander what this is…what the."
"What is it Kagome," Yuri makes sure.
"Mom come and look at this," rushes Kagome in waving a hand for her to come over and the parent stands above her daughter gazing down at the paper, "Wow…good savings…I think we might use this."
"Use what," voices Shippo.
"This coupon," Mayu faces Shippo.
"What's a coupon?"
"It's a piece of paper with a printed price discount on it."
"What's it used for?"
"To lower prices down so you don't have to pay that much."
"What's the coupon for," eagerly announces Yuri.
"It's a very nice and very expensive hotel suite," explains Mayu.
"How expensive?" Yuri had her eye brows screwed together in having a inquiring out look.
"Like over three hundred dollars per night."
"It says that this coupon can only work if you bring three more people to spend the night, you get to have a free spa and hot tub, and half off price off of your rooms," Kagome scrolls her eyes back and worth reading the rows of Japanese symbols
"That's a good deal," topics Sango.
"Can't argue with you on that…let's see…" the teen had her finger rubbing all over the paper in rummaging for something, "found it…it says that it will expire on June 20th on a Tuesday which is exactly 3 weeks from now."
"Well, if we are going to use this then what night would you think would be a wise choice to spend it?" Miroku brings every soul to brainstorm.
"When are we leaving to the Feudal Era?" reminds the slayer cleaning her face with a napkin in whipping a portion of rice off.
"I'm guessing a week maybe? And it depends when you guys get tired and want to go back home," predicts Kagome.
"Mayu, do you work?" asks Shippo in helping out as best as he could, "I do, I work with a business on the computer every few hours but it'll be fine I have free time. If we go, Dad, are you going to be going with us?"
"Nope," he grudged.
"Why not Jii-chan you always like to go to places like these," Souta plants his hands on the floor.
"I've heard of that place before and it's very far away from here. I'm too old to be doing that stuff."
"How far is the hotel then?" the eleven year old continues.
"About 250 miles away in the city of Osaka."
"That's going to take weeks to get there," qualms Sango.
"No it won't it'll just take a few hours," says Kagome.
"WHAT!" all Miroku, Sango, Inuyasha, and Shippo shriek.
"Yeah, we can take trains, airplanes, or buses there since we don't have a car."
"Trains?" Miroku mouths first.
"Airplanes?" with Sango second and last Inuyasha looking very oblivious as always, "Buses?"
"Let's just say that they're advanced machinery that get to places really fast compared to walking. Like the subway," they all catch her point of understanding what she meant. Deep in though Mayu makes her move, "I think in my perspective we should go there on the night of the new moon since in hearing that Inuyasha turns human on that night every month he won't have to hide himself and we all have a good time.
Kagome flings her face up to her mother, "but what about Yuri? With the position she's in now I don't know if she can go."
"You're quite right and would be disrespectful to leave her here," speaks the monk.
"You're right we can't just leave her behind," Sango talks taking Miroku's side in judgment.
"It's alright," Yuri sang willingly.
"No it is not alright we can't just abandon you while we have a good time," snaps Sango.
"Seriously it doesn't bother me…trust me Sango before I met ya'll my family had money to where I've been out of Japan and we went to a lot of fancy places like that."
"You've been out of Japan," strikes Shippo rustling his puffy tail.
"Your family," pours out the monk when Yuri's teal glaze catches him with care, "Yeah…"
"You never told us about you're family before," Sango corrects, "Do you ever visit them?"
Yep this was one of my loooooong chapters so I hope you liked it and hope for next week! C ya!
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