Prepare yourself, for deep secrets are about to unfold.
Chapter 9: The Duffle Bag
Musuko yawned and looked up at the cracks in the ceiling of the shed where morning's sunlight filtered through. He sat up and looked over at Inu Otoko's sleepingbag. It had been folded up with his blue duffle bag sitting on top.
Musuko walked outside of the shed. Kagome sat there cooking breakfast with Honey.
"Where's Inu Otoko?" he asked. "Me and him were going to work on our new rap song today."
"Dunno, woke up before everyone else." Honey said.
"Maybe he's hunting or something." Kagome said.
"No, he's wearing the human scroll remember?" Musuko said.
Noontime came and he was still gone. April looked up from her math homerwork, she had been on problem #1 for an hour. She noticed how calm and relaxed everyone was. She growled loudly and threw her math book against a tree. (An: I've always wanted to do that!)
Kagome looked up from her homework.
April turned on her, "You're his mother, aren't you worried or concerned where he is?"
"Well, sorta," Kaogme said. "But he's like Inu Yasha, he leaves for a little while then comes back when he's hungry or tired."
"Your way too passive, Kagome!" April shouted. Spending time in the feudal era was having it's affect on her. She stood up and started to walk away.
"Where are you going?" Kagome asked.
"I'm going to look for him even though no one else will!" she said. She didn't make fifteen steps before Kagome said, "Wait!"
April turned around. Kagome smiled and said, "Why don't we ask the others to come with us?"
April smiled back and said, "Okay!"
Shippou and Inu Onna were cleaning camp. It wouldn't be respectful to leave the village untidy. Shippou looked over at Inu Otoko's bag. "What do you think is in it?"
Inu Onna glanced at it. "Who knows, like mom, he probably carries a bunch of crap."
Shippou went over and shook it. "Wanna look?"
"He told us not to touch it." Inu Onna said. Then she looked upward and laid a finger on the side of her cheek. "Although he DID leave it out in the open, so it can't be that important." They looked over at the bag. It was as tempting as Pandora's box.
She smiled at Shippou, "They say curiosity killed the cat!"
"Good thing we're not cats!" Shippou smiled back.
"Yeah!" Inu Onna rubbed her hands together and they sat on opposite sides of the bag. She upzipped it in a quick motion and pushed the sides apart.
"Huh?" they both said.
Inside the bag was a variety of strange objects, most of them from the future. Inu Onna pulled out a pair of Nike tennis shoes with balled up socks inside of them. She handed them to Shippou and he set them aside. She reached inside and pulled out a red glasses case, she plucked out of it a thick pair of glasses with a large crack in one of the lenses. She handed them to Shippou. He looked through the lenses making his eyes look bigger then they already were.
Then she pulled out his green uniform. 'Freak!' she thought. 'What's he wearing if he isn't wearing this?'
The next thing she pulled out, surprised her. Inu Yasha's red kimono only it looked older and worn in. She pulled it all the way out and the rosary beads fell to the floor.
"This is getting weird!" she said. One by one, she pulled out six boxes of ramen. Then a CD player. After that was an Eminem CD and a Beach Boys CD.
The last thing in the bag was a book. She lifted it into her lap and opened the cover. Shippou jumped onto her shoulder.
It was a photo album. The first picture was a picture of a Japanese baby with a full head of black hair. She gripped the sides of the book. She couldn't believe the pictures! Pictures of the future flashed on the pages in front of them. Then she hit one picture and trembled. Inu Yasha, maybe 26, and Kagome, 24, and they were holding the black haired baby in front of them.
"Oh-oh, shit!" she dropped the book and ran. Her mind screamed, "He's not a clone, but the real thing! Not a lone, the real thing! The real thing! The real thing!"
Inu Otoko lay at the bottom of a ditch looking up at the sky. He was still a human and the demons knew it. He was jumped of course. About three humans and two demons. They were stronger then him. He left everything he had in his duffle bag and since he had nothing to give, they beat him and threw him in that ditch. Ah, to be human and all of the little joys it came with. Why did he leave? Ao Cho's words from the night before haunted him and kept him from sleeping. She he laid awake and thought. He thought of his past, and realized that even as a human,he was dangerous and couldn't protect his family and friends.....even from himself.
So here he lay in his olive kimono, waiting for his worthless human sole to leace him.
"It ends here, does it?" the voice of Ao Cho came from above him. She sat on the rise of the ditch looking down at him. He had his arms and legs spead and he started blankly upward with no expression whatsoever. She shook her head. "And I suppose you've learned nothing from being a demon. He stared straight up at the clouds as if he didn't hear her.
"Pity," Ao Cho said. "Inu Otoko, prince of the second king of the western lands, ran away in cowardice, dieing in depression. Inu Otoko gave her a weak frown but other then that, didn't move or speak.
"Fairytails are a funny thing." Ao Cho said. "Some have bad endings, and some are good. It depends on the choice of path the writer takes." She got up and stood above him. She looked down at him and asked, "So, young writer, will your fairytail have a happily ever after?"
Chapter 9: The Duffle Bag
Musuko yawned and looked up at the cracks in the ceiling of the shed where morning's sunlight filtered through. He sat up and looked over at Inu Otoko's sleepingbag. It had been folded up with his blue duffle bag sitting on top.
Musuko walked outside of the shed. Kagome sat there cooking breakfast with Honey.
"Where's Inu Otoko?" he asked. "Me and him were going to work on our new rap song today."
"Dunno, woke up before everyone else." Honey said.
"Maybe he's hunting or something." Kagome said.
"No, he's wearing the human scroll remember?" Musuko said.
Noontime came and he was still gone. April looked up from her math homerwork, she had been on problem #1 for an hour. She noticed how calm and relaxed everyone was. She growled loudly and threw her math book against a tree. (An: I've always wanted to do that!)
Kagome looked up from her homework.
April turned on her, "You're his mother, aren't you worried or concerned where he is?"
"Well, sorta," Kaogme said. "But he's like Inu Yasha, he leaves for a little while then comes back when he's hungry or tired."
"Your way too passive, Kagome!" April shouted. Spending time in the feudal era was having it's affect on her. She stood up and started to walk away.
"Where are you going?" Kagome asked.
"I'm going to look for him even though no one else will!" she said. She didn't make fifteen steps before Kagome said, "Wait!"
April turned around. Kagome smiled and said, "Why don't we ask the others to come with us?"
April smiled back and said, "Okay!"
Shippou and Inu Onna were cleaning camp. It wouldn't be respectful to leave the village untidy. Shippou looked over at Inu Otoko's bag. "What do you think is in it?"
Inu Onna glanced at it. "Who knows, like mom, he probably carries a bunch of crap."
Shippou went over and shook it. "Wanna look?"
"He told us not to touch it." Inu Onna said. Then she looked upward and laid a finger on the side of her cheek. "Although he DID leave it out in the open, so it can't be that important." They looked over at the bag. It was as tempting as Pandora's box.
She smiled at Shippou, "They say curiosity killed the cat!"
"Good thing we're not cats!" Shippou smiled back.
"Yeah!" Inu Onna rubbed her hands together and they sat on opposite sides of the bag. She upzipped it in a quick motion and pushed the sides apart.
"Huh?" they both said.
Inside the bag was a variety of strange objects, most of them from the future. Inu Onna pulled out a pair of Nike tennis shoes with balled up socks inside of them. She handed them to Shippou and he set them aside. She reached inside and pulled out a red glasses case, she plucked out of it a thick pair of glasses with a large crack in one of the lenses. She handed them to Shippou. He looked through the lenses making his eyes look bigger then they already were.
Then she pulled out his green uniform. 'Freak!' she thought. 'What's he wearing if he isn't wearing this?'
The next thing she pulled out, surprised her. Inu Yasha's red kimono only it looked older and worn in. She pulled it all the way out and the rosary beads fell to the floor.
"This is getting weird!" she said. One by one, she pulled out six boxes of ramen. Then a CD player. After that was an Eminem CD and a Beach Boys CD.
The last thing in the bag was a book. She lifted it into her lap and opened the cover. Shippou jumped onto her shoulder.
It was a photo album. The first picture was a picture of a Japanese baby with a full head of black hair. She gripped the sides of the book. She couldn't believe the pictures! Pictures of the future flashed on the pages in front of them. Then she hit one picture and trembled. Inu Yasha, maybe 26, and Kagome, 24, and they were holding the black haired baby in front of them.
"Oh-oh, shit!" she dropped the book and ran. Her mind screamed, "He's not a clone, but the real thing! Not a lone, the real thing! The real thing! The real thing!"
Inu Otoko lay at the bottom of a ditch looking up at the sky. He was still a human and the demons knew it. He was jumped of course. About three humans and two demons. They were stronger then him. He left everything he had in his duffle bag and since he had nothing to give, they beat him and threw him in that ditch. Ah, to be human and all of the little joys it came with. Why did he leave? Ao Cho's words from the night before haunted him and kept him from sleeping. She he laid awake and thought. He thought of his past, and realized that even as a human,he was dangerous and couldn't protect his family and friends.....even from himself.
So here he lay in his olive kimono, waiting for his worthless human sole to leace him.
"It ends here, does it?" the voice of Ao Cho came from above him. She sat on the rise of the ditch looking down at him. He had his arms and legs spead and he started blankly upward with no expression whatsoever. She shook her head. "And I suppose you've learned nothing from being a demon. He stared straight up at the clouds as if he didn't hear her.
"Pity," Ao Cho said. "Inu Otoko, prince of the second king of the western lands, ran away in cowardice, dieing in depression. Inu Otoko gave her a weak frown but other then that, didn't move or speak.
"Fairytails are a funny thing." Ao Cho said. "Some have bad endings, and some are good. It depends on the choice of path the writer takes." She got up and stood above him. She looked down at him and asked, "So, young writer, will your fairytail have a happily ever after?"