Title: A Bowl of Stew
Author: landofthekwt
Genre: General
Rating: G
Pairing: Kaede/Inuyasha (friends) Sesshoumaru/Rin (friends)
Universe: Canon
Word Count:544
Warning: None. Inuyasha FanFic Week 151-Favorite Food.
Summary: Kaede tells the story of how she and Inuyasha became friends.
Kaede handed a bowl of stew to Rin to give to Sesshomaru. Sesshoumaru waived his hand at the stew.
" I do not eat human food."
Kaede paused at this comment and then spoke " I had always thought Inuyasha did not eat human food until the night that he awoke from his fifty year slumber. Would you like to hear the story,Rin?"
"Yes, please, Kaede-ba-sama."
"Kagome had just succeeded in subduing Inuyasha . We headed back to the village. Inuyasha continued to follow us. When we reached my hut., I started a fire in the pit and prepared the stew for the evening meal. Kagome was assisting me, Inuyasha walked into the hut and sprawled on the floor, scowling at the two of us. I tried to ignore him and went about the business of preparing our dinner. In the course of my conversation with Kagome, he learned that fifty years had passed since he had been sealed to the tree, who I was, and that Kikyou had died and beenreincarnated as Kagome. All of this gave him pause."
"I had always heard that if you gave a dog food that he would be your friend forever. I offered him a bowl of the stew. He seemed quite taken aback by the offer. He had just announced that he was one of the evil monsters that was trying to take jewel from Kagome. Yet I was feeding him. . He ate it in silence. That night he stood guard over the jewel. Of course at that point he still wanted to steal the jewel."
" After the jewel was broken. I was able to convince him to help Kagome recover the jewel. When I was injured by Yura of the Hair he saved me and made sure that I was safe until he brought Kagome back and killed Yura"
"During the times that Kagome would go back to her world, Inuyasha would come and stay with me. He always brought wood for the fire and fresh meat for the stew. We would talk about everything. His life, the quest, my life. Our most private talks were about Kikyou. A person we both loved. We used to call her " Our Kikyou" These talks would take place by her grave on the hill because it felt like she was there with us. We even talked about you, Lord Sesshoumaru. You know he admires you a great deal. He has always wanted to be . That is why he wanted to steal the jewel to become a full youkai like you."
"Hn"
"Since the well closed and Rin came to live here, he has not stayed here since he did not think it was proper. He still brings me wood and meat. I still bring him stew and talk with him on the hillside where he waits for Kagome to return."
Kaede finished her story. They all sat in silence watching Sesshoumaru digest all that he had been told.
Finally, he spoke. " You mean to tell me that my little brother became your friend merely because you offered him food. Ridiculous."
Kaede and Rin looked at each other and broke out laughing.
Sesshoumaru stared at them. He would never understand humans.