Welcome back, to a second chapter of what was once simply a one-shot fanfic. It's still not really a full-length story, so I'm not sure what that makes this. A two-shot? lol, I think I just created a whole new genre. I was toying around with the idea of a second part to this, and then I started getting a couple reviews asking for a bit more. So I went ahead with it. The rating of the fic has been upped, mainly due to Inuyasha's...ah, 'vocabulary.'
Not Quite Shining Armor
(the return of the textbook!)
Shit.
You know, a minute ago, I thought she was pissed at me, and now she's all smiley while she sleeps. Feh. Hell, she'd probably be pissed if she knew I was watching her. Can't understand her half the time. Feh, half the time? Try none of the time. Nothing about her makes any sense. Wish she'd get it through her thick full-human skull that finding the Shikon no Tama is more important than her damn 'tests' or whatever. And 'school.' Feh. If Naraku gets ahold of the thing, who knows what he'll do with it? And won't that change her world, too, if stuff gets messed up here? Last thing I need to worry about is her going to someplace full of Naraku-minions. She'd get herself killed in a minute without me.
Still sleeping. Good. Feh, she's no use if she's reeling around exhausted in the morning.
Damn, this would be so much easier if she didn't look like Kikyou.
Don't know how I mistook Kagome for her the first time. Feh. I must have had a cold or something. Stuffing up my nose. And I was still pinned to that damn tree. Kagome's eyes are bigger. Wider. And her scent's different. Cold. Yeah, I must have been sick or something.
Anyway.
Huh?
Oh, she's turning over. Feh.
I wonder what that was all about earlier, about the samurai.
Feh...hn.
Shit.
Okay, what the hell is this thing she's reading?
Careful, don't wake her up. Yeah, sit over here...
Flip flip flip.
If she gets pissed that I'm looking at it, it's her fault for leaving it out. It better not be some sort of spellbook thing. I bet she wonders if I can read her fancy books or not. Feh. Smirk. Show her who's a stupid hanyou. Let's see here...
"While blocking the slash, the Knight of the Surcoat took the blow on his shield, unsheathed his sword, cut off the head of the beast as it was raging at him, and left it rolling around in its own blood..."
Huh. What's that word Kagome uses sometimes?
Oh yeah.
Cool.
Feh. I could take him. Don't care how nice his sword is, the Tetsusaiga's better. Course, this bastard would have to be trying to hurt Kagome for me to use it, but then I'd have to kick his ass regardless. Feh, human samurai are weak. And European ones? Feh. Wonder what the incubus guy could do...
Flip flip flip...
Ugh, what happened to her book? Parts are all some nasty yellow color. Makes them stick out...oh. Maybe that's the point. If she's got to remember it or something. Feh. For her precious 'tests.' Maybe I should ask why those things are so damn important. Of course, then she'd really think I was stupid, not knowing.
Flip flip...
Blink.
Is that a frickin' picture of me? Kagome drew a little guy with dog ears next to the nasty yellow shit? She needs to learn how to draw. Feh. What the hell is she drawing a picture of me for...?
"We have found it written that between the moon and the earth there is a certain kind of peculiar spirit. If you want to know what they're like- they're partly human and partly celestial. These spirits are known as incubi...
They are not capable of great evil, and they can't hurt us, except to tease and annoy us...
This is the way that Merlin was fathered and probably born..."
Oh. The incubus guy. Hanyou. Squint squint. What's she got written here...
'not quite IY-funny though. Why I find so many 1/2's?'
IY? Oh. Me. Duh.
Well, at least she doesn't forget about me when she goes back to her world. I didn't see her doodling earlier. Feh, comparing some mortal's powers to mine? What the hell did this guy do?
"King," said Merlin, "don't you realize that brains are better than brawn? Strength is fine, but cunning is much better, since it often succeeds where muscles fail...
"Move away," shouted Merlin, "for your strength won't do a thing. Now see what craft and cunning can accomplish that bodily strength cannot. "Then he walked forward and stood gazing around. He moved his lips like a man uttering a prayer... Then he shouted to the Britons: "Come over here! Come on! Now you can pick up these rocks and carry them down to the ships..."
The Britons call this the Giant's Carol in their tongue; in English the name of the place is Stonehenge; in French it is "Hanging Rocks."
Oh. Uh, I guess he did some big shit after all. Well, can't expect less from another half demon. He definitely talks big enough. Too bad he doesn't sound like he can kick ass, too. Just use his powers. I wonder why. Maybe those incubus things are like kitsune or something. Feh. Flip flip...
More doodles...huh?
"...occupied the entrance to the cave and overcame the hag with his knife Carnwennan and cut her in half, so that she became two tubs of blood..."
Ow. That had to hurt.
More written in the margin...uh...'Ow- had to hurt- sounds like something Fluffy'd do'?
Who the hell is Fluffy?
Blink.
Holy shit! Ha! Sesshomaru'd piss his pants if he heard that! Heh, have to remember that one...heh heh heh...
Feh. Well. Grail Quest thing...flip flip flip...more of the nasty yellow colored stuff on the page...feh. She got a really funky expression when I asked about it. Maybe a lot of them died trying to find it or something. Shit, if she's worried about dying, she's nuts.
I won't let you die.
Feh.
Maybe...are you worried about me dying?
Idiot.
Damn.
I hate this. I really, really hate this. I suck at this stuff. What stuff? Hell. Twitch twitch. Scratch. I'd better get out of here. Well, back to my tree, anyway. I can keep an eye on her from there. And if she wakes up or something, I'd probably get a 'sit' for getting so close.
Hn. Well, she left the book out. But she usually packs everything up. Uh...shit. Do I put it away for her, or do I just leave it out? Um...hell. Her pack thing is open. I'll just stick it inside.
Rummaging...
Holy shit, it's alive!
Shit! She woke up. Dammit, I thought you slept hard!
"Ano...Inuyasha?"
"What the hell is that thing?"
"Thing? What..."
Rubbing eyes...damn, I didn't want to wake you up. Great. Just great. You left the damn book out in the first place! "What the hell is with all the noise?"
"It's just my cd player..."
What's a cd player? Is that where the music's coming from? ...sleepless night expresses my thoughts of you. "That's what love is" it whispers...? What the hell is she listening to? Sappy court music?
"Don't suddenly look so indifferent!
Because we can overcome whatever may get in our way..."
She's smiling...what, she likes the sappy song? Well, at least it's not a slow sappy court song. Feh. Huh, press the button on the round thing. Good. Song was weird anyway. Yeah. Put it away.
"Inuyasha..." rubbing eyes... "why were you going through my stuff?"
She doesn't look pissed yet. Yet. Uh... "You left your book out. I was just putting it back!" Yeah, way to sound defensive.
"Oh..."
She's still half asleep. Damn, she's getting out of her blanket thing. She's sitting next to me? Uh...why?
"Thanks. Hey, Inuyasha?"
What? Shut up, Inuyasha, shut up, just shut up. Sit down. Yeah. She'll stop looking like that if I just ignore her. Damn she smells nice. Shit. Sit still. Don't look at her. Yeah.
"Were you watching me..." yawns... "sleep?"
"Feh."
Look at how nice and interesting the moon is. Ignore the girl. Ignore...feh. She's smiling. Heh. Good.
"Thanks...Inu...mmm..."
Huh? Kagome, what are you...
Oh.
Uh...
Is she asleep? Oh shit. She is asleep. Kagome? Uh...Kagome? Shit...uh...damn it! She's not supposed to sleep against me! Shit! Uh...heh. Hn. Hey, she can't get pissed if she's the one who fell asleep against me. Feh. Yeah. Um...look at how nice and interesting the moon...shit. I can't leave her like this. Idiot! Um...uh...well...yeah, just sit here for a few minutes, Inuyasha. She looks so peaceful. She must be tired. Feh. Humans...well. I wonder how hard these test things are anyway. She worries about them more than the Shikon no Tama. Maybe she has to work as hard for them as for the tama.
Um...no, I can't wake her up. Um...heh. Maybe I should...? Yeah, she's pretty light.
There.
Blanket thing back over her. Now what's this metal tab thing on the side? Makes some weird noise when she moves it...zip? Zip. Yeah. There. Oh yeah. 'Zipper.' Idiot. She said that word once. Well.
Feh.
Now what?
Great. She puts away the music thing, and still leaves the book out. Well, this time I'm not touching her bag. The thing's alive. Seriously weird shit in there. Good food though.
Flip flip flip...
I wonder what she sees in these samurai guys, anyway. I could take one of these wimpy samurai in a second. Except maybe the Surcoat guy. He sounded like he could kick some ass. For a human, anyway. Might actually fight him. Huh? A smiley face and more notes next to the yellow stuff...
'I wish- so sweet- knight in shining armor...'
Knight in shining armor?
What's that?
Whatever it is, I bet I can do the same thing.
Feh.
I wanted to say thank you to everyone who's reviewed! Especially since this is my first experimentation in the realm of Inuyasha fanfiction. I've been doing Sailor Moon for awhile now, but I guess you can say I'm 'branching out' a bit. ^_~ What's really weird is that I realized that my first Sailor Moon fanfic was also Arthurian-based. o.O;;; How's that for inspiration?
Anyway, let's see. The song that starts playing on Kagome's cd player is '1/3' by Siam Shade. It's from the Rurouni Kenshin soundtrack. (Another series I got into at the same time as Inuyasha...) I thought the words fit in well, so I threw them in too.
The texts Inuyasha read are, in order of appearance:
1. 'The Rise of Gawain, Nephew of Arthur' by Mildred Leake Day
2. 'Roman de Brut' by Wace
3. Another selection from 'Roman de Brut'
4. 'Culhwch and Olwen' trans. by Richard M. Loomis
Til next storytime.
-Queen