Shikon no Go
The Language of the Shikon
A Fanfic in 100 Chapters
By DQBunny
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DISCLAIMER: This story is based off of "Kendo no Go: A Fanfic in 100 Chapters" by Akai Kitsune. Her story in turn is a parody of "In the Language of Love," a story by Diane Schoemperlen. My thanks and appreciation goes out to Akai Kitsune for letting me borrow her fic idea! "Inuyasha" is the property of Takahashi Rumiko.
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Chapter 36: Akai
Kagome marveled at the regenerative properties of the fire rat's armor that Inuyasha wore. It seemed to heal as fast as his youkai blood knit together the broken bones he constantly received in battle.
She fingered his haori as he shrugged back into his yukata following the latest in a string of such battles. The pattern was always the same: He got injured, she patched him up. Even though they both knew that it didn't take him long to heal, just the act of rendering him first aid helped her feel better.
After the first few times he was injured during their search for the Shikon, Inuyasha stopped struggling and accepted the comfort that Kagome offered. After their first battle with Kagura, when he broke his right arm, she applied a splint to the wound and tightly wrapped it. The binding only lasted a few hours. But when Kagome finished and started to rise, his hand suddenly gripping her arm stopped her. She fought back tears as Inuyasha lifted his eyes to her own and sincerely thanked her for helping him.
He shattered whatever myths she heard about him being a tough-talking, unfeeling hanyou long before that. He'd done so when they fought Yura of the Demon Hair and he removed his haori and plopped it on her head. Time after time again, he kept putting her safety ahead of his own by leaving his armor behind with her.
After Renkotsu nearly plunged the two of them to a fiery death, leaving Kagome behind with Kouga on the shores of the river that flowed from Hakureizan, she begged with Inuyasha not to put himself at such risk again.
"You could have died in there!"
"But I didn't. Renkotsu wasn't that stupid. He didn't want to die then and there."
"That doesn't matter!"
"Look! Even if I'd died, it'd be okay." Inuyasha gave her an odd smile. "I said I'd protect you, didn't I?"
That effectively shut Kagome up.
So now all she could do was wait for him and do her best to heal him in her own way.
And pray that the brilliant red fur of the fire rat would protect him and always mend itself so it would save his life.
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AUTHOR'S NOTES: This is the first of three chapters that I wrote today. Yes, three. I got caught for an hour in the annual company review of the sexual harassment and chemical handling videos, so I brought a legal pad with me and sketched out these chapters. They're pretty short, but sometimes, short is needed. This chapter centers around the color red, which was the original name for the chapter. "Akai" is the Japanese term for "red." In this case, the red is in Inuyasha's fire's rat armor.
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REVIEWER'S COMMENTS:
Tomecko: Yes, he is a mysterious character! I also just noticed that you've written a pretty long fic. I need to clear time to go read it.
Equinox: I liked how the dynamic between the characters played off. I tried to make sure there was a little bit of both Inuyasha and Sesshomaru in Inutaisho. From what little glimpses we've gotten about him in the series, he seemed to be a pretty good-natured and fair youkai.
Wandering Dragon: That's the exact reasoning behind the fic. Thank you very much!
Silentmiko242: This fast enough? ::grin:: Thank you!
Singer of Time: If you take movie 3 into account, there's suppose to be three swords. But I still haven't seen that movie and if need be, I can write it in later. One of the things I've always wondered is what exactly led Inuyasha's father to obtain two swords. He seems to have had them before he met Iyazoi (Inuyasha's mother) if you look at the aging in the third movie (in what little glimpses I've gotten of it.)
Stefanie2: I think I know how Inutaisho chose which sword went to which son, but it's definitely fodder for a future chapter.
Para: It's an excellent time, and an excellent reason, for him to get the swords commissioned.
Sashlea: He's not really a prophet. If I come back to visit it, I'd like to show who was the prophet in this case.
Seaouryou: He's had the swords long enough to know how they were both used. Tetsusaiga was definitely the more famous of the two swords, but Tenseiga had to have been used in order for Sesshomaru to know what it does. I don't think he was there when Iyazoi was revived. Again, I think seeing the entire third movie might make things clearer.
Nitte iz: Neither did I until now. Thank you!
The Language of the Shikon
A Fanfic in 100 Chapters
By DQBunny
*****
DISCLAIMER: This story is based off of "Kendo no Go: A Fanfic in 100 Chapters" by Akai Kitsune. Her story in turn is a parody of "In the Language of Love," a story by Diane Schoemperlen. My thanks and appreciation goes out to Akai Kitsune for letting me borrow her fic idea! "Inuyasha" is the property of Takahashi Rumiko.
*****
Chapter 36: Akai
Kagome marveled at the regenerative properties of the fire rat's armor that Inuyasha wore. It seemed to heal as fast as his youkai blood knit together the broken bones he constantly received in battle.
She fingered his haori as he shrugged back into his yukata following the latest in a string of such battles. The pattern was always the same: He got injured, she patched him up. Even though they both knew that it didn't take him long to heal, just the act of rendering him first aid helped her feel better.
After the first few times he was injured during their search for the Shikon, Inuyasha stopped struggling and accepted the comfort that Kagome offered. After their first battle with Kagura, when he broke his right arm, she applied a splint to the wound and tightly wrapped it. The binding only lasted a few hours. But when Kagome finished and started to rise, his hand suddenly gripping her arm stopped her. She fought back tears as Inuyasha lifted his eyes to her own and sincerely thanked her for helping him.
He shattered whatever myths she heard about him being a tough-talking, unfeeling hanyou long before that. He'd done so when they fought Yura of the Demon Hair and he removed his haori and plopped it on her head. Time after time again, he kept putting her safety ahead of his own by leaving his armor behind with her.
After Renkotsu nearly plunged the two of them to a fiery death, leaving Kagome behind with Kouga on the shores of the river that flowed from Hakureizan, she begged with Inuyasha not to put himself at such risk again.
"You could have died in there!"
"But I didn't. Renkotsu wasn't that stupid. He didn't want to die then and there."
"That doesn't matter!"
"Look! Even if I'd died, it'd be okay." Inuyasha gave her an odd smile. "I said I'd protect you, didn't I?"
That effectively shut Kagome up.
So now all she could do was wait for him and do her best to heal him in her own way.
And pray that the brilliant red fur of the fire rat would protect him and always mend itself so it would save his life.
*****
AUTHOR'S NOTES: This is the first of three chapters that I wrote today. Yes, three. I got caught for an hour in the annual company review of the sexual harassment and chemical handling videos, so I brought a legal pad with me and sketched out these chapters. They're pretty short, but sometimes, short is needed. This chapter centers around the color red, which was the original name for the chapter. "Akai" is the Japanese term for "red." In this case, the red is in Inuyasha's fire's rat armor.
*****
REVIEWER'S COMMENTS:
Tomecko: Yes, he is a mysterious character! I also just noticed that you've written a pretty long fic. I need to clear time to go read it.
Equinox: I liked how the dynamic between the characters played off. I tried to make sure there was a little bit of both Inuyasha and Sesshomaru in Inutaisho. From what little glimpses we've gotten about him in the series, he seemed to be a pretty good-natured and fair youkai.
Wandering Dragon: That's the exact reasoning behind the fic. Thank you very much!
Silentmiko242: This fast enough? ::grin:: Thank you!
Singer of Time: If you take movie 3 into account, there's suppose to be three swords. But I still haven't seen that movie and if need be, I can write it in later. One of the things I've always wondered is what exactly led Inuyasha's father to obtain two swords. He seems to have had them before he met Iyazoi (Inuyasha's mother) if you look at the aging in the third movie (in what little glimpses I've gotten of it.)
Stefanie2: I think I know how Inutaisho chose which sword went to which son, but it's definitely fodder for a future chapter.
Para: It's an excellent time, and an excellent reason, for him to get the swords commissioned.
Sashlea: He's not really a prophet. If I come back to visit it, I'd like to show who was the prophet in this case.
Seaouryou: He's had the swords long enough to know how they were both used. Tetsusaiga was definitely the more famous of the two swords, but Tenseiga had to have been used in order for Sesshomaru to know what it does. I don't think he was there when Iyazoi was revived. Again, I think seeing the entire third movie might make things clearer.
Nitte iz: Neither did I until now. Thank you!