Ao Cho: "It will be different there, things will never be the same as they
used to be."
Chapter 12: Family Portrait
Kagome sat next to Ao Cho by a tree. The air around te group was sad and depressing. April sat a few feet away from them, hugging her knees. Kagome went over to her. "Are you okay?"
April sniffed and put her eyes on her arm. "He didn't even say goodbye to me." She whispered.
Kagome hugged her friend. This is how it had been ever since Inu Otoko went back to his time. "Well, it's not like we won't ever see him again."
April sniffed again and her whisper shook. "By then, I'll be an adult."
Kagome felt her start to cry silently. "Maybe it would've been better if he hadn't of come here."
Ao Cho sighed. "Things will be different." She said.
Honey and Inu Onna sat in the tree branches. "Of course things'll be different." Honey said. "Now I know that I will have to try twice as hard to keep Musuko if that Pathetic Puppy is gonna try and take him."
Inu Onna narrowed her eyes at her, "You just don't know when to give up, do you?"
Miroku sat next to Sango. "It's just so sad." Sango said. "So many questions left unanswered." That's when she noticed Miroku looking at her. "What?"
"Well, I was just thinking," he said. "Inu Yasha and Kagome kissed, You've kissed Musuko, how come I haven't kissed YOU yet?!"
Sango sighed and said, "Fine, come here." She meant for it to be a small kiss. But once they started they didn't stop and it turned into a passionate kiss.
April couldn't look at them. She looked up angrily and said, "For all I care, that idiot can fry in hell!" she stood up and shouted. "DO YOU HEAR ME!? FRY-IN-HELL!!"
Inu Otoko looked over his shoulder. He thought he heard something. He shrugged and kept walking back to the castle. So things would be different, his cousin had said. He wondered what she meant. Then he saw something. The twins Kaede and Kirara were sitting under a tree. He looked up and saw two people whom he never saw before. One was a girl with two black ponytails. She wore priestess armor with a lot of fur on it. She was asleep on one branch and on the branch next to her was a boy with long white hair, orange pants, and a white shirt. He had dog ears that folded inward. Inu Otoko was about to go over to great them when he saw something coming that made his heart stop. The white haired boy opened his eyes and looked up at the thing that was coming. He nudged the girl next to him and said, "Yo Ginger, wake up, Inu Otoko's back!"
The two of them jumped out of the tree and ran over to a short haired Inu Otoko with unbroken glasses. "Hi guys!" he said.
The twins ran over too. They started to talk when Ao Cho came out from the trees.
"Ao Cho!" Kaede said. "Where did you come from? We haven't seen you in a month!"
"I went to the East." Ao Cho said. I was teaching the villagers how to use certain healing herbs. I was thinking of staying an extra week, but I figured my cousin and his nieces and nephews would need me." She smiled at them. The six of them started to walk in the direction of the castle. Ao Cho turned to the dogboy. "Kinniku, do you know where Inu Onna and Musuko are?"
"Well Mom's out sparring with aunt Hachimitsu, and Dad's working at Miroku's temple." Kinniku said.
Then Ao Cho looked at the girl with ponytails, "And Ginger, where is Hachimitsu?"
Ginger said, "Mama's on a romantic date with daddy."
"Well, I've brought presents for everyone." Ao Cho said.
Inu Otoko stayed where he was and watched them walk out of sight. He didn't understand. How could he be in two places at once? He remembered the things Ao Cho said before he left. ""Things will never be the same. No, I can never go back, my place is here now.""
Damn her! Why did she always have to be so secretive and mysterious! But he now knew that he wasn't supposed to be there either. He actually was a clone. He was a clone of the real thing. He looked down at a puddle of water and saw the reflection of himself in the torn up olive kimono and his hair longer then his back. He knew where he belonged. He started off walking, but ended up running. He jumped into the air and landed in the well.
Inu Onna dropped the firewood she was carrying. She stared out in disbelief. Did her nose deceive her?? Inu Otoko climbed out of the well.
"HE'S BACK!!" Inu Onna screamed. "INU OTOKO'S BACK!!" Honey jumped out of the tree she was sitting in. Shippou and Musuko came running over with Miroku and Sango. Inu Yasha bounded over as well. Inu Otoko dropped his duffle bag on the ground and hugged his sisters. He was home!
The sister were freaking out. Inu Onna got so excited, she grabbed Musuko and kissed him. He looked freaked out and she thought it was the coolest thing she had ever done.
After all of the hugs and hand shakes, he got to sit down with all of them.
"So was anything different in the future?" Shippou asked.
"I'm not telling." Inu Otoko smiled at them. "I don't want to screw up the future any more then it already is."
"So then you're staying?" Sango asked.
"Yeah!" Inu Otoko said. He pulled his family album out and turned the page. There was a picture of him as a baby.
"Ah! You were so cute!" Honey said.
"Thanks!" Inu Otoko turned the page.
There was a strip of pictures like in a photo booth of Inu Onna and Hony making a bunch of different faces and poses.
"What's up with that?" Inu Onna asked.
"Believe it or not but you two become best friends in the future." Inu Otoko said. Inu Onna and Honey looked at each other like they were going to be sick. Sango sighed and said, "Come on you two, you've worked together before and you have so much in common. Why don't you give it a try?"
They just looked at each other and made mental notes to consider the possibility-later. The next picture was of Inu Otoko about seven years old. With Inu Onna, Kagome, and Rin around him. He had long hair then.
"THERE'S something I don't understand." Inu Yasha said. "When you came here you had short hair. Everyone in my family grows their hair out, so why would-?"
"Oh yeah!" ^^ Inu Otoko laughed to himself.
Flashback:
"WHAT THE HELL!?" The adult Inu Yasha stared in shock as Kagome came over with the eight year old Inu Otoko.
Inu Yasha stomped over and looked at the clean cut hairstyle from the future. "WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!" he said.
"I took him to my time for a hair cut." Kagome said like it was no big deal. "Inu Yasha looked at his son remembering the long black hair that used to be there. "You butchered it!" he shouted.
"Please Inu Yasha! It's summer! You should see him running around outside panting in the hot sun because of the extra heat his hair puts on his back."
"I can't believe this!" Inu Yasha said.
"If you want we could get you a haircut too!" Kagome offered.
"NO! I will not get a haircut! Don't you realize it's a family thing!" he said. He sighed and said, "Fine, we'll just have to grow it out again." Inu Otoko went up to him and tugged at his kimono sleeve. Inu Yasha looked down at him and Inu Otoko said, "Actually dad, I like it like this! My neck feels cool!"
Inu Yasha sweatdropped and Kagome smiled. "Told you so!"
A familiar scent crossed Inu Otoko's nose. He looked up and Ao Cho, Kagome, and April came up over the hill. Stood up and ran over to her. As he was three feet away from her, she shouted, "DOWN BOY!"
WHAM!
Inu Otoko pulled his face out of the dirt and looked up at her wondering what he did.
"So you just leave me like that, huh?!" she shouted. "No 'Goodbye, April! I have to leave, and I might never see you again!'"
"I thought-!"
"Yeah, well you thought wrong!" she shouted.
He got up and shouted. "I apologize alright?! If you want to know the truth, I didn't think I could've gone back if I had to say goodbye!" he blushed and couldn't believe he said that. She had her back turned to him. He watched her for a few seconds and she started to shiver. Then she turned around with her eyes filled with tears and emotion. She threw her arms around him and cried into his chest.
Then Toutosi came walking over with something long. It was a sword. He handed the scabbard to Inu Otoko. He drew the sword and felt it pulsing. He closed his eyes. His hair turned silver and his claws grew long. He felt the feeling in his gums where his fangs would grow. He opened his eyes again and they were gold.
Everyone just stared. Kagome smiled then got an idea. "Hey!" she said. "Everyone stand over there!" she went over to her backpack and pulled out a camera tripod. (AN: Don't ask me how she got it into there!)
Miroku and Sango stood with an arm around each other on the far right corner. Musuko kneeled on the ground with Inu Onna on his right and Honey on his left. Inu Yasha stood in the middle with Shippou at his feet making a victory sign. When Kagome got the camera set up she went over and stood next to Inu Yasha. In the left corner was April and Inu Otoko with Kirara at their feet.
SNAP!
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It's over! FINALLY! (Unless I make a spin off of their future) I loved this little mini series! ^_^ If you haven't read the first two stories, again they are 1) Inu Onna: A Feudal Fairytale, 2) Namida of the Misma. Thank you to those who read each story! Your reviews have made me happy. Guess what? I have plenty more ideas to be spread! ^_~
Chapter 12: Family Portrait
Kagome sat next to Ao Cho by a tree. The air around te group was sad and depressing. April sat a few feet away from them, hugging her knees. Kagome went over to her. "Are you okay?"
April sniffed and put her eyes on her arm. "He didn't even say goodbye to me." She whispered.
Kagome hugged her friend. This is how it had been ever since Inu Otoko went back to his time. "Well, it's not like we won't ever see him again."
April sniffed again and her whisper shook. "By then, I'll be an adult."
Kagome felt her start to cry silently. "Maybe it would've been better if he hadn't of come here."
Ao Cho sighed. "Things will be different." She said.
Honey and Inu Onna sat in the tree branches. "Of course things'll be different." Honey said. "Now I know that I will have to try twice as hard to keep Musuko if that Pathetic Puppy is gonna try and take him."
Inu Onna narrowed her eyes at her, "You just don't know when to give up, do you?"
Miroku sat next to Sango. "It's just so sad." Sango said. "So many questions left unanswered." That's when she noticed Miroku looking at her. "What?"
"Well, I was just thinking," he said. "Inu Yasha and Kagome kissed, You've kissed Musuko, how come I haven't kissed YOU yet?!"
Sango sighed and said, "Fine, come here." She meant for it to be a small kiss. But once they started they didn't stop and it turned into a passionate kiss.
April couldn't look at them. She looked up angrily and said, "For all I care, that idiot can fry in hell!" she stood up and shouted. "DO YOU HEAR ME!? FRY-IN-HELL!!"
Inu Otoko looked over his shoulder. He thought he heard something. He shrugged and kept walking back to the castle. So things would be different, his cousin had said. He wondered what she meant. Then he saw something. The twins Kaede and Kirara were sitting under a tree. He looked up and saw two people whom he never saw before. One was a girl with two black ponytails. She wore priestess armor with a lot of fur on it. She was asleep on one branch and on the branch next to her was a boy with long white hair, orange pants, and a white shirt. He had dog ears that folded inward. Inu Otoko was about to go over to great them when he saw something coming that made his heart stop. The white haired boy opened his eyes and looked up at the thing that was coming. He nudged the girl next to him and said, "Yo Ginger, wake up, Inu Otoko's back!"
The two of them jumped out of the tree and ran over to a short haired Inu Otoko with unbroken glasses. "Hi guys!" he said.
The twins ran over too. They started to talk when Ao Cho came out from the trees.
"Ao Cho!" Kaede said. "Where did you come from? We haven't seen you in a month!"
"I went to the East." Ao Cho said. I was teaching the villagers how to use certain healing herbs. I was thinking of staying an extra week, but I figured my cousin and his nieces and nephews would need me." She smiled at them. The six of them started to walk in the direction of the castle. Ao Cho turned to the dogboy. "Kinniku, do you know where Inu Onna and Musuko are?"
"Well Mom's out sparring with aunt Hachimitsu, and Dad's working at Miroku's temple." Kinniku said.
Then Ao Cho looked at the girl with ponytails, "And Ginger, where is Hachimitsu?"
Ginger said, "Mama's on a romantic date with daddy."
"Well, I've brought presents for everyone." Ao Cho said.
Inu Otoko stayed where he was and watched them walk out of sight. He didn't understand. How could he be in two places at once? He remembered the things Ao Cho said before he left. ""Things will never be the same. No, I can never go back, my place is here now.""
Damn her! Why did she always have to be so secretive and mysterious! But he now knew that he wasn't supposed to be there either. He actually was a clone. He was a clone of the real thing. He looked down at a puddle of water and saw the reflection of himself in the torn up olive kimono and his hair longer then his back. He knew where he belonged. He started off walking, but ended up running. He jumped into the air and landed in the well.
Inu Onna dropped the firewood she was carrying. She stared out in disbelief. Did her nose deceive her?? Inu Otoko climbed out of the well.
"HE'S BACK!!" Inu Onna screamed. "INU OTOKO'S BACK!!" Honey jumped out of the tree she was sitting in. Shippou and Musuko came running over with Miroku and Sango. Inu Yasha bounded over as well. Inu Otoko dropped his duffle bag on the ground and hugged his sisters. He was home!
The sister were freaking out. Inu Onna got so excited, she grabbed Musuko and kissed him. He looked freaked out and she thought it was the coolest thing she had ever done.
After all of the hugs and hand shakes, he got to sit down with all of them.
"So was anything different in the future?" Shippou asked.
"I'm not telling." Inu Otoko smiled at them. "I don't want to screw up the future any more then it already is."
"So then you're staying?" Sango asked.
"Yeah!" Inu Otoko said. He pulled his family album out and turned the page. There was a picture of him as a baby.
"Ah! You were so cute!" Honey said.
"Thanks!" Inu Otoko turned the page.
There was a strip of pictures like in a photo booth of Inu Onna and Hony making a bunch of different faces and poses.
"What's up with that?" Inu Onna asked.
"Believe it or not but you two become best friends in the future." Inu Otoko said. Inu Onna and Honey looked at each other like they were going to be sick. Sango sighed and said, "Come on you two, you've worked together before and you have so much in common. Why don't you give it a try?"
They just looked at each other and made mental notes to consider the possibility-later. The next picture was of Inu Otoko about seven years old. With Inu Onna, Kagome, and Rin around him. He had long hair then.
"THERE'S something I don't understand." Inu Yasha said. "When you came here you had short hair. Everyone in my family grows their hair out, so why would-?"
"Oh yeah!" ^^ Inu Otoko laughed to himself.
Flashback:
"WHAT THE HELL!?" The adult Inu Yasha stared in shock as Kagome came over with the eight year old Inu Otoko.
Inu Yasha stomped over and looked at the clean cut hairstyle from the future. "WHAT THE HELL IS THIS?!" he said.
"I took him to my time for a hair cut." Kagome said like it was no big deal. "Inu Yasha looked at his son remembering the long black hair that used to be there. "You butchered it!" he shouted.
"Please Inu Yasha! It's summer! You should see him running around outside panting in the hot sun because of the extra heat his hair puts on his back."
"I can't believe this!" Inu Yasha said.
"If you want we could get you a haircut too!" Kagome offered.
"NO! I will not get a haircut! Don't you realize it's a family thing!" he said. He sighed and said, "Fine, we'll just have to grow it out again." Inu Otoko went up to him and tugged at his kimono sleeve. Inu Yasha looked down at him and Inu Otoko said, "Actually dad, I like it like this! My neck feels cool!"
Inu Yasha sweatdropped and Kagome smiled. "Told you so!"
A familiar scent crossed Inu Otoko's nose. He looked up and Ao Cho, Kagome, and April came up over the hill. Stood up and ran over to her. As he was three feet away from her, she shouted, "DOWN BOY!"
WHAM!
Inu Otoko pulled his face out of the dirt and looked up at her wondering what he did.
"So you just leave me like that, huh?!" she shouted. "No 'Goodbye, April! I have to leave, and I might never see you again!'"
"I thought-!"
"Yeah, well you thought wrong!" she shouted.
He got up and shouted. "I apologize alright?! If you want to know the truth, I didn't think I could've gone back if I had to say goodbye!" he blushed and couldn't believe he said that. She had her back turned to him. He watched her for a few seconds and she started to shiver. Then she turned around with her eyes filled with tears and emotion. She threw her arms around him and cried into his chest.
Then Toutosi came walking over with something long. It was a sword. He handed the scabbard to Inu Otoko. He drew the sword and felt it pulsing. He closed his eyes. His hair turned silver and his claws grew long. He felt the feeling in his gums where his fangs would grow. He opened his eyes again and they were gold.
Everyone just stared. Kagome smiled then got an idea. "Hey!" she said. "Everyone stand over there!" she went over to her backpack and pulled out a camera tripod. (AN: Don't ask me how she got it into there!)
Miroku and Sango stood with an arm around each other on the far right corner. Musuko kneeled on the ground with Inu Onna on his right and Honey on his left. Inu Yasha stood in the middle with Shippou at his feet making a victory sign. When Kagome got the camera set up she went over and stood next to Inu Yasha. In the left corner was April and Inu Otoko with Kirara at their feet.
SNAP!
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It's over! FINALLY! (Unless I make a spin off of their future) I loved this little mini series! ^_^ If you haven't read the first two stories, again they are 1) Inu Onna: A Feudal Fairytale, 2) Namida of the Misma. Thank you to those who read each story! Your reviews have made me happy. Guess what? I have plenty more ideas to be spread! ^_~