Naka de Taiga
Chapter 4
A Cub??
Once she arrived at her cave, there was another
taiga-youkai sniffing around the entrance.
Flattening her ears, Kagome let out a warning growl
and readied herself for a battle. The larger orange tiger
turned in her direction sending her a smug look, causing
Kagome to roll her eyes.
'Get away from here now before I am forced to
make you.' Kagome growled in her well mastered taiga
language.
'Oh, you think you can make me?' The other tiger
laughs walking towards her.
Once he was close enough, Kagome roared and
lashed out with her claws causing four read streaks to
form on the male tigers cheek.
His eyes widened slightly and he growled, flattening
his ears as well. 'How dare you strike me.'
Kagome started to feel her weakness from the
wounds and backed up slightly, closing her eyes as the
other demon raised clawed paw to striker her.
"Shenkongetesusou!!"
When Kagome opened her eyes she sees Inuyasha
protectively standing over her, growling and snarling in
the fleeing tiger's direction.
"Daijobu?" He asks when he turns around and look
down at her.
She nods back at him with a thankful look.
A soft 'mewing' at the entrance of the cave,
brought them to look in that direction.
A little white tiger cub ran out of the cave's mouth
and up to Kagome, rubbing against her front leg.
Kagome smiled down at the cub and nuzzled it with her
muzzle motherly.
Inuyasha's eyes widened and his jaw dropped to
the ground. 'S-s-she h-has a-a c-c-c-cub???' His ears
droop at the thought. Without Kagome noticing, he
took off into the woods towards his favorite spot,
Go-shinboku.
Kagome looks up noticing he left. 'Where did he
go? Oh well, we should head back to Kaede's. Its
almost lunch time.' She thinks as she picks the cub up by
the scruff of its neck and carries it back to Kaede's.
~*~*~*~
Walking into Kaede's hut, she sets the cub down
next to Sheppo. The two immediacy become friends
and begin to play. The others gave her a questioning
gaze but they were interrupted by Kaede walking into
the main room.
"I found a incantation that will grant you human
speech, Kagome. Have a seat by the fire."
Kagome does what she is told and Kaede gathers
some incense and powder, walking over to her.
Lighting the incense, she starts to chant in front of
Kagome. In the middle of the incantation, she throws
the powder on her, causing her to sneeze.
When Kaede finished she put out the incense and
walked back over to Kagome. "Can you speak now
Kagome? Try it out." She asked.
Kagome licked her lips and tried to speak.
"K-k-konnichiwa m-mina-s-san." It was a little scratchy at
first, but after speaking a little it softened out to her
normal sweet voice.
"Kagome! you can talk!" Sango cried out happily
and hugged her friend around her neck.
Once everyone settled down she told them what
happened to her. When she was finished, She stood up.
"Its getting pretty late, I'm going to go find Inuyasha
ok? Ja." She said and ran out at full speed, causing the
doorflap to almost fly off its 'hinges.'
~*~*~*~
Reaching the Go-shinboku, she looked up into the
branches, her sharp vision catching bits of red on a thick
branch towards the top. Stretching out her now healed
side, she lept into the tree and onto the branch above
Inuyasha.
"Nante" Inuyasha says looking strait ahead.
"Where did you go earlier?" She asked curiously.
"None of your business wench." He mumbled his
usual remark.
"Was it because of Yosei?" She asked peering down
at him.
"Keh."
Kagome couldn't help but laugh at this. He thought
that Yosei was her cub and was jelous of it.
"Shut up wench!" He shouts siting up from where he
was leaning against the tree.
"Inuyasha, Yosei is not my cub." She stated smiling
down at him.
"N-nani?" He blinks in confusion.
"I rescued her from another demon months ago. I
still have all of my memory since i was turned into a
demon."
"How did you get changed into a demon anyway?"
He asks recovering.
"He called himself Mouko, he looked to be a
taiga-youkai. He was at the well when i got there with a
gang of tiger demons in tiger form. He said he wanted
revenge for something and turned me into what I am
now." She explained.
"Mouko, I've heard of him before. He is a
Taiga-Youkai who studied the magick of transformation
and mastered it. But I dont know what his 'revenge'
would be. Maybe he's after the Shikon no tama or
something."
"Possibly." Kagome looks thoughtful.
They sat there in silence as darkness took hold of the
land. After a while Kagome fell asleep on he perch
above Inuyasha.
Once her breathing evened out, Inuyasha looks up
at her. 'Gomen ne kagome... I wasnt there to protect
you. We will find a way to change you back to your old
self...' He thought to himself as he to drifted into his
dreams.
~*~*~*~
The next morning Kagome rose with the sun. Looking
down, she saw Inuyasha was still asleep. Smirking she
carefully jumps down to his branch. Slowly stalking up to
his sleeping figure she stops a mere inch from his nose,
causing it to twitch.
When he opened his eyes groggily, she growled
ferouiously. Inuyasha, still half asleep, falls off his branch
wide eyed.
Regaining his sences at the feeling of falling,
Inuyasha grabs onto the nearest branch, stopping his
desent.
"BITCH!" He yells back up the tree. Kagome just
stared down at him giggling madly, this made Inuyasha
growl louder. "Shut up wench!" He swings himself up
onto the branch and lept up the tree towards the
laughing demon.
Kagome smirks at him. "Think you can catch me,
dog-boy?" She teases and took off through the trees.
Inuyashas growls louder and chases after her. When
Kagome reached the last tree next to a field she jumped
from it and into the tall grass in the field, hiding from
view.
Inuyasha jumps in after her, losing sight of her in the
long grass. "Where did you go wench! Get out her
now!" He barked looking around through the grass.
Silently circling around the steaming hanyou,
Kagome crept up from behind him. As Inuyasha turned
around she lept up causing him to tumble to the ground,
pinned.
Inuyasha glowerd up at the giggling demon still
pinning him to the ground.
"I win." She states getting off of him smirking.
"Keh." He snorts at he stands back up facing away
from her. Turning his head slightly, he looks back over his
shoulder at Kagome who is now catching her breath
from laughing so hard. "We all really missed you,
Kagome." He said softly.
Kagome stopped and looked up at him. 'I didnt
know he could speak in such a voice.' She thought.
Shaking her head clear she gave him one of her warm
smiles.
Realizing he said something right, he smiled back one of
his rare smiles. "Lets head back, I can smell them cooking
breakfast." He stated. Kagome nodded and they walked
back to Kaede's hut.
Chapter 4
A Cub??
Once she arrived at her cave, there was another
taiga-youkai sniffing around the entrance.
Flattening her ears, Kagome let out a warning growl
and readied herself for a battle. The larger orange tiger
turned in her direction sending her a smug look, causing
Kagome to roll her eyes.
'Get away from here now before I am forced to
make you.' Kagome growled in her well mastered taiga
language.
'Oh, you think you can make me?' The other tiger
laughs walking towards her.
Once he was close enough, Kagome roared and
lashed out with her claws causing four read streaks to
form on the male tigers cheek.
His eyes widened slightly and he growled, flattening
his ears as well. 'How dare you strike me.'
Kagome started to feel her weakness from the
wounds and backed up slightly, closing her eyes as the
other demon raised clawed paw to striker her.
"Shenkongetesusou!!"
When Kagome opened her eyes she sees Inuyasha
protectively standing over her, growling and snarling in
the fleeing tiger's direction.
"Daijobu?" He asks when he turns around and look
down at her.
She nods back at him with a thankful look.
A soft 'mewing' at the entrance of the cave,
brought them to look in that direction.
A little white tiger cub ran out of the cave's mouth
and up to Kagome, rubbing against her front leg.
Kagome smiled down at the cub and nuzzled it with her
muzzle motherly.
Inuyasha's eyes widened and his jaw dropped to
the ground. 'S-s-she h-has a-a c-c-c-cub???' His ears
droop at the thought. Without Kagome noticing, he
took off into the woods towards his favorite spot,
Go-shinboku.
Kagome looks up noticing he left. 'Where did he
go? Oh well, we should head back to Kaede's. Its
almost lunch time.' She thinks as she picks the cub up by
the scruff of its neck and carries it back to Kaede's.
~*~*~*~
Walking into Kaede's hut, she sets the cub down
next to Sheppo. The two immediacy become friends
and begin to play. The others gave her a questioning
gaze but they were interrupted by Kaede walking into
the main room.
"I found a incantation that will grant you human
speech, Kagome. Have a seat by the fire."
Kagome does what she is told and Kaede gathers
some incense and powder, walking over to her.
Lighting the incense, she starts to chant in front of
Kagome. In the middle of the incantation, she throws
the powder on her, causing her to sneeze.
When Kaede finished she put out the incense and
walked back over to Kagome. "Can you speak now
Kagome? Try it out." She asked.
Kagome licked her lips and tried to speak.
"K-k-konnichiwa m-mina-s-san." It was a little scratchy at
first, but after speaking a little it softened out to her
normal sweet voice.
"Kagome! you can talk!" Sango cried out happily
and hugged her friend around her neck.
Once everyone settled down she told them what
happened to her. When she was finished, She stood up.
"Its getting pretty late, I'm going to go find Inuyasha
ok? Ja." She said and ran out at full speed, causing the
doorflap to almost fly off its 'hinges.'
~*~*~*~
Reaching the Go-shinboku, she looked up into the
branches, her sharp vision catching bits of red on a thick
branch towards the top. Stretching out her now healed
side, she lept into the tree and onto the branch above
Inuyasha.
"Nante" Inuyasha says looking strait ahead.
"Where did you go earlier?" She asked curiously.
"None of your business wench." He mumbled his
usual remark.
"Was it because of Yosei?" She asked peering down
at him.
"Keh."
Kagome couldn't help but laugh at this. He thought
that Yosei was her cub and was jelous of it.
"Shut up wench!" He shouts siting up from where he
was leaning against the tree.
"Inuyasha, Yosei is not my cub." She stated smiling
down at him.
"N-nani?" He blinks in confusion.
"I rescued her from another demon months ago. I
still have all of my memory since i was turned into a
demon."
"How did you get changed into a demon anyway?"
He asks recovering.
"He called himself Mouko, he looked to be a
taiga-youkai. He was at the well when i got there with a
gang of tiger demons in tiger form. He said he wanted
revenge for something and turned me into what I am
now." She explained.
"Mouko, I've heard of him before. He is a
Taiga-Youkai who studied the magick of transformation
and mastered it. But I dont know what his 'revenge'
would be. Maybe he's after the Shikon no tama or
something."
"Possibly." Kagome looks thoughtful.
They sat there in silence as darkness took hold of the
land. After a while Kagome fell asleep on he perch
above Inuyasha.
Once her breathing evened out, Inuyasha looks up
at her. 'Gomen ne kagome... I wasnt there to protect
you. We will find a way to change you back to your old
self...' He thought to himself as he to drifted into his
dreams.
~*~*~*~
The next morning Kagome rose with the sun. Looking
down, she saw Inuyasha was still asleep. Smirking she
carefully jumps down to his branch. Slowly stalking up to
his sleeping figure she stops a mere inch from his nose,
causing it to twitch.
When he opened his eyes groggily, she growled
ferouiously. Inuyasha, still half asleep, falls off his branch
wide eyed.
Regaining his sences at the feeling of falling,
Inuyasha grabs onto the nearest branch, stopping his
desent.
"BITCH!" He yells back up the tree. Kagome just
stared down at him giggling madly, this made Inuyasha
growl louder. "Shut up wench!" He swings himself up
onto the branch and lept up the tree towards the
laughing demon.
Kagome smirks at him. "Think you can catch me,
dog-boy?" She teases and took off through the trees.
Inuyashas growls louder and chases after her. When
Kagome reached the last tree next to a field she jumped
from it and into the tall grass in the field, hiding from
view.
Inuyasha jumps in after her, losing sight of her in the
long grass. "Where did you go wench! Get out her
now!" He barked looking around through the grass.
Silently circling around the steaming hanyou,
Kagome crept up from behind him. As Inuyasha turned
around she lept up causing him to tumble to the ground,
pinned.
Inuyasha glowerd up at the giggling demon still
pinning him to the ground.
"I win." She states getting off of him smirking.
"Keh." He snorts at he stands back up facing away
from her. Turning his head slightly, he looks back over his
shoulder at Kagome who is now catching her breath
from laughing so hard. "We all really missed you,
Kagome." He said softly.
Kagome stopped and looked up at him. 'I didnt
know he could speak in such a voice.' She thought.
Shaking her head clear she gave him one of her warm
smiles.
Realizing he said something right, he smiled back one of
his rare smiles. "Lets head back, I can smell them cooking
breakfast." He stated. Kagome nodded and they walked
back to Kaede's hut.