Chapter 9: Reunion
Disclaimer: Don't own it, so don't even bother asking to buy it! ^^
Author: Guess what happens in this chapter! I've had major writers block lately, and I totally apologize for the delay. I will try to resume my weekly updates, now that summer is finally here! Junior year here I come! Yahoo! Or actually, Oh CRAP! I am taking a ton of AP classes and it is going to totally suck. Oh well, might as well relax now! ^^
Sasuke bowed and entered the house, eying the wide-eyed children warily. They backed away and avoided being near her.
It was a nice house, clean, orderly as one can be with children. Inuyasha led Sasuke to a room, followed closely by the curious twins.
"You must tell me why you came here." He called back to her, "But first I would like to get to know you." Inuyasha was treating her very kindly for a complete stranger, in fact, back in the day he might have slammed the door in her face. But he was older now, wiser. 'Tamed' as Kagome liked to call it.
They all sat down at a table in the kitchen and the kids hurried to bid their father's orders for tea and snacks. Inuyasha settled down and surveyed the girl. She seemed restless and bit wary, hardened and unemotional. It was strictly assumption, but he could tell that things weren't all fine and dandy, and that she wasn't going to tell him the entire truth no matter what. Better be on his guard.
"I am Sasuke, the daughter of Sesshomaru and a human slave, the oldest and only girl. I have many brothers, all younger, of demon and human blood. My father has a castle in a northern province, and he rules his land well. The people treat him like a king."
"But what about you? How do they treat you?" Inuyasha prodded. Sasuke stiffened.
"I am an abomination, a half breed child of a slave. The people hate me." Inuyasha narrowed his golden eyes sharply.
"Is that so? I'm surprised to put up with that." He was trying to get her to admit something.
"I am a trained warrior. Weak minded people like that do not bother me." Her fists clenched in her lap, but she refrained from any further sign of aggravation.
"I see." Inuyasha said vaguely. "Who trained you?"
"My father." Her teeth grinded, remembering the grueling exercises while her father grew fat and lazy. "He was once very skilled." Inuyasha nodded and sipped the tea. He had been skilled once also, and he still was. There were too many people who would like to hurt his family. He had to protect them.
"And did you come here alone?" his eyes glinted. Sasuke resigned to tell the truth.
"No. I came with a grown demon and a human child." She said. Inuyasha motioned for Makoto to come to him, then pulled the child onto his lap. Mako's eyes were wide in amazement at this strange new person, who had mysteriously abducted him.
"What do you make of her?" Inuyasha asked the boy. Makiko hid behind her father and watched shyly.
"I think she's mean, but she's stronger than me." Makoto said. Inuyasha laughed. Sasuke just watched quietly. Sasuke revealed nothing.
"You are welcome in my home." Inuyasha informed his newfound kinsman. Sasuke jumped in surprise.
"But.you don't even know me!?"
"Oh, you'd be surprised."
*****
Kagome raced up the steps of her old home, panting for breath and knocking wildly on the door. Her ponytail was coming undone and her dress was wrinkled. Souta opened the door.
"Kagome!" he said, relieved. The boy ushered his sister into the house and into the kitchen where Miroku sat across from grandpa, in some sort of a glaring contest. Kagome stopped short in the doorway, hand covering her open mouth, eyes wide.
"Souta! That boy!" she whispered, staring. Miroku glanced up at her for a moment, then went back to glaring at grandpa. "He is.." Souta shooed the old man out of the kitchen, to his and Miroku's dismay, and turned the little monk's attention to Kagome.
"This is the lady you were looking for," Souta told him. "Go on and introduce yourself."
Miroku stood up and watched Kagome with a newfound awe. This was the person that Shippo had told them about! She was right here! He took a deep breath, blue eyes wide.
"I am Miroku II, son of a noble monk, and I have come here with my friends Shippo and Sasuke to give you something."
"Miroku..II?" Kagome said. How was this possible? Miroku looked indignant at her lack of enthusiasm of what he had come to give her. He fumbled through his robes, looking for the Shikon jewel, but to his surprise, it was nowhere to be found.
"I had it." he said meekly, still searching. Shippo would kill him! Unless.Shippo had taken the jewel for safekeeping? Yes, that must be it.
"Lady, Shippo has it now, but I assure you that it will get to you, one way or another." Kagome laughed.
"Shippo!? He's here too?" She took Miroku into a huge hug, baffling both Souta and the monk.
"Get offa me." Miroku muttered. Ladies weren't supposed to act like that!
"Sorry." Kagome said. "But I was a friend of your dads I guess you could say. Provided that your father was Miroku the noble monk.?"
Miroku puffed up his chest and smiled proudly. "Yes he was!" Kagome laughed.
"Then let's find your friends, Its been so long since I've talked to Shippo.How is he?" She took Miroku's hand and walked with him to the door.
"Oh, he's really nice. But he sometimes punches me when he's mad. And he stays at hotels for free usually too, but no one minds."
Kagome motioned for Souta to come with them back to her house. Souta shrugged and followed his big sister obediently.
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Shippo was more lost than a flea at the circus. He cursed and damned Miroku silently for wandering off, sniffing the air but not recognizing anything at all. People were beginning to stare too, as if demons were an uncommon site among them. That was always a sign of trouble, those funny looks. Sooner or later he would be questioned and probably thrown out. And a kid like Miroku, well, he had no experience with people. Shippo was worried about him more desperately than himself.
"Excuse me sir," he ventured to ask a pedestrian, "Have you seen a young monk around here? He's short, brown hair, brown eyes, violet robe?"
The man looked at Shippo in surprise and adjusted his glasses.
"Ah, sorry. Haven't seen anyone like that." Shippo growled.
"How about a girl named Kagome Higurashi?" he asked.
"Oh! The Higurashis live over yonder, but the girl moved out, she doesn't live there it's just the boy and the grandfather now."
Shippo turned rudely and stalked back towards the shrine the way he had come. Maybe, just maybe Miroku would wander back to the well. With the strange new smells around this world it would be impossible to track him.
Just as he was rounding the corner to the shrine, a group of people descended the steps and headed in the opposite direction as him.
"Miroku!" He shouted angrily. A little monk turned and waved.
"Shippo! So that's where you wandered off to! Hello, I found the priestess!" He smiled and ran over to the fox demon, pointing behind him wildly.
"Where have you been?! I was out here looking for you!"
"You were?"
"Yes! I thought you were lost or kidnapped or something. Stupid twerp!" Miroku rubbed his head and sighed.
"Sorry." He muttered. Then he brightened and grabbed the demon's hand. "But look! It's the priestess!"
Shippo glanced at the people behind the monk for the first time. The young man from before, and.
"Kagome!" A young woman with dark hair and eyes, but still recognizable as the schoolgirl from his childhood stared at him curiously. She had changed some, gathering more curves with age, but it was her! Shippo was in a kind of trance. He shoved Miroku out of the way and faced her.
She had shrunk too, the top of her head only reaching his chin.
"You.grew!" Kagome said. Maybe that was it, and not her shrinking, he thought, and smiled, flashing fangs.
"I never thought I'd see you again." He said.
Kagome hugged him, laughing at seeing her little friend all grown up. He was so much.bigger! The Shippo that she remembered was doll sized and squeaky. This one was.a real demon. And so tall!
Kagome let him go and smiled with tears in her eyes. "Oh wow! This is the best thing ever! You have to come to my house and see Inuyasha, and my kids.! Oh wow.I want to know everything about you!" She hooked arms with him.
"Kids???" Was all Shippo could manage.
*****
Author: Wow that really sucked. I just got back from camp today, and I am sooo tired. But I thought I'd post for all of you patient people. Thanks for bearing with me. ^^
Disclaimer: Don't own it, so don't even bother asking to buy it! ^^
Author: Guess what happens in this chapter! I've had major writers block lately, and I totally apologize for the delay. I will try to resume my weekly updates, now that summer is finally here! Junior year here I come! Yahoo! Or actually, Oh CRAP! I am taking a ton of AP classes and it is going to totally suck. Oh well, might as well relax now! ^^
Sasuke bowed and entered the house, eying the wide-eyed children warily. They backed away and avoided being near her.
It was a nice house, clean, orderly as one can be with children. Inuyasha led Sasuke to a room, followed closely by the curious twins.
"You must tell me why you came here." He called back to her, "But first I would like to get to know you." Inuyasha was treating her very kindly for a complete stranger, in fact, back in the day he might have slammed the door in her face. But he was older now, wiser. 'Tamed' as Kagome liked to call it.
They all sat down at a table in the kitchen and the kids hurried to bid their father's orders for tea and snacks. Inuyasha settled down and surveyed the girl. She seemed restless and bit wary, hardened and unemotional. It was strictly assumption, but he could tell that things weren't all fine and dandy, and that she wasn't going to tell him the entire truth no matter what. Better be on his guard.
"I am Sasuke, the daughter of Sesshomaru and a human slave, the oldest and only girl. I have many brothers, all younger, of demon and human blood. My father has a castle in a northern province, and he rules his land well. The people treat him like a king."
"But what about you? How do they treat you?" Inuyasha prodded. Sasuke stiffened.
"I am an abomination, a half breed child of a slave. The people hate me." Inuyasha narrowed his golden eyes sharply.
"Is that so? I'm surprised to put up with that." He was trying to get her to admit something.
"I am a trained warrior. Weak minded people like that do not bother me." Her fists clenched in her lap, but she refrained from any further sign of aggravation.
"I see." Inuyasha said vaguely. "Who trained you?"
"My father." Her teeth grinded, remembering the grueling exercises while her father grew fat and lazy. "He was once very skilled." Inuyasha nodded and sipped the tea. He had been skilled once also, and he still was. There were too many people who would like to hurt his family. He had to protect them.
"And did you come here alone?" his eyes glinted. Sasuke resigned to tell the truth.
"No. I came with a grown demon and a human child." She said. Inuyasha motioned for Makoto to come to him, then pulled the child onto his lap. Mako's eyes were wide in amazement at this strange new person, who had mysteriously abducted him.
"What do you make of her?" Inuyasha asked the boy. Makiko hid behind her father and watched shyly.
"I think she's mean, but she's stronger than me." Makoto said. Inuyasha laughed. Sasuke just watched quietly. Sasuke revealed nothing.
"You are welcome in my home." Inuyasha informed his newfound kinsman. Sasuke jumped in surprise.
"But.you don't even know me!?"
"Oh, you'd be surprised."
*****
Kagome raced up the steps of her old home, panting for breath and knocking wildly on the door. Her ponytail was coming undone and her dress was wrinkled. Souta opened the door.
"Kagome!" he said, relieved. The boy ushered his sister into the house and into the kitchen where Miroku sat across from grandpa, in some sort of a glaring contest. Kagome stopped short in the doorway, hand covering her open mouth, eyes wide.
"Souta! That boy!" she whispered, staring. Miroku glanced up at her for a moment, then went back to glaring at grandpa. "He is.." Souta shooed the old man out of the kitchen, to his and Miroku's dismay, and turned the little monk's attention to Kagome.
"This is the lady you were looking for," Souta told him. "Go on and introduce yourself."
Miroku stood up and watched Kagome with a newfound awe. This was the person that Shippo had told them about! She was right here! He took a deep breath, blue eyes wide.
"I am Miroku II, son of a noble monk, and I have come here with my friends Shippo and Sasuke to give you something."
"Miroku..II?" Kagome said. How was this possible? Miroku looked indignant at her lack of enthusiasm of what he had come to give her. He fumbled through his robes, looking for the Shikon jewel, but to his surprise, it was nowhere to be found.
"I had it." he said meekly, still searching. Shippo would kill him! Unless.Shippo had taken the jewel for safekeeping? Yes, that must be it.
"Lady, Shippo has it now, but I assure you that it will get to you, one way or another." Kagome laughed.
"Shippo!? He's here too?" She took Miroku into a huge hug, baffling both Souta and the monk.
"Get offa me." Miroku muttered. Ladies weren't supposed to act like that!
"Sorry." Kagome said. "But I was a friend of your dads I guess you could say. Provided that your father was Miroku the noble monk.?"
Miroku puffed up his chest and smiled proudly. "Yes he was!" Kagome laughed.
"Then let's find your friends, Its been so long since I've talked to Shippo.How is he?" She took Miroku's hand and walked with him to the door.
"Oh, he's really nice. But he sometimes punches me when he's mad. And he stays at hotels for free usually too, but no one minds."
Kagome motioned for Souta to come with them back to her house. Souta shrugged and followed his big sister obediently.
****
Shippo was more lost than a flea at the circus. He cursed and damned Miroku silently for wandering off, sniffing the air but not recognizing anything at all. People were beginning to stare too, as if demons were an uncommon site among them. That was always a sign of trouble, those funny looks. Sooner or later he would be questioned and probably thrown out. And a kid like Miroku, well, he had no experience with people. Shippo was worried about him more desperately than himself.
"Excuse me sir," he ventured to ask a pedestrian, "Have you seen a young monk around here? He's short, brown hair, brown eyes, violet robe?"
The man looked at Shippo in surprise and adjusted his glasses.
"Ah, sorry. Haven't seen anyone like that." Shippo growled.
"How about a girl named Kagome Higurashi?" he asked.
"Oh! The Higurashis live over yonder, but the girl moved out, she doesn't live there it's just the boy and the grandfather now."
Shippo turned rudely and stalked back towards the shrine the way he had come. Maybe, just maybe Miroku would wander back to the well. With the strange new smells around this world it would be impossible to track him.
Just as he was rounding the corner to the shrine, a group of people descended the steps and headed in the opposite direction as him.
"Miroku!" He shouted angrily. A little monk turned and waved.
"Shippo! So that's where you wandered off to! Hello, I found the priestess!" He smiled and ran over to the fox demon, pointing behind him wildly.
"Where have you been?! I was out here looking for you!"
"You were?"
"Yes! I thought you were lost or kidnapped or something. Stupid twerp!" Miroku rubbed his head and sighed.
"Sorry." He muttered. Then he brightened and grabbed the demon's hand. "But look! It's the priestess!"
Shippo glanced at the people behind the monk for the first time. The young man from before, and.
"Kagome!" A young woman with dark hair and eyes, but still recognizable as the schoolgirl from his childhood stared at him curiously. She had changed some, gathering more curves with age, but it was her! Shippo was in a kind of trance. He shoved Miroku out of the way and faced her.
She had shrunk too, the top of her head only reaching his chin.
"You.grew!" Kagome said. Maybe that was it, and not her shrinking, he thought, and smiled, flashing fangs.
"I never thought I'd see you again." He said.
Kagome hugged him, laughing at seeing her little friend all grown up. He was so much.bigger! The Shippo that she remembered was doll sized and squeaky. This one was.a real demon. And so tall!
Kagome let him go and smiled with tears in her eyes. "Oh wow! This is the best thing ever! You have to come to my house and see Inuyasha, and my kids.! Oh wow.I want to know everything about you!" She hooked arms with him.
"Kids???" Was all Shippo could manage.
*****
Author: Wow that really sucked. I just got back from camp today, and I am sooo tired. But I thought I'd post for all of you patient people. Thanks for bearing with me. ^^
