Author's incoherent babbling: I STILL don't own the Inuyasha cast.
Apparently, bribing Rumiko Takahashi to give me them isn't the smartest
thing to do. *Shrugs* Oh well. I DO own Shina... Is that a good thing?
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Someone Lost, Someone Found
Chapter 3: Confessions
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"A-ano... Houshi-sama... What did you just say?" Sango asked shakily. Her heart was pounding and she felt her feet slip out from under her. She waited to feel the fresh snow creeping into her kimono, but that never happened.
Miroku caught Sango easily, but they both ended up tumbling into the snow, Sango on top of Miroku.
"Ouch." Sango moaned, rubbing her head absentmindedly.
"You okay, Sango-sama?" Miroku asked.
"Yea, fine. My head hurts a bit, but nothing serious."
"Looks like she's forgotten about... that." Miroku thought to himself. Of course, he was wrong.
"Houshi-sama. You said... You said that you loved me." Sango said slowly.
Miroku paused, sure he would regret whatever came out of his mouth. Finally, he thought of something, "Yes... I did say that, Sango-sama. And I told the truth."
"Um, please, Houshi-sama, could you just call me Sango?" Sango felt her cheeks heat up, here she was, alone with the man she had loved for so long, and she was making a silly request like that?
"Whatever you want, Sango." Miroku smiled, "I shall do that, provided you drop the "Houshi-sama". I'm Miroku. Houshi-sama makes me feel old." Miroku joked.
Sango laughed. Seeing Miroku smiling like that made her feel unbelievably happy. "Okay, Houshi, um, Miroku." She smiled.
"Well... How do YOU feel, Sango?"
Sango hesitated. She knew very well how she felt, but didn't want to say it aloud. "I... I don't know how I feel."
Miroku kept a smile pasted on his face, but his heart dropped. "I see."
"Can I take a rain check?" Sango half joked, smiling slightly.
"Eh?" Miroku was about to ask what in Buddha's name a rain check was when an explosion came from the village.
Shina came running out of her home, a panicked look across her usually- smiling-and-happy face. "What was that?" She asked.
"I have no clue, but I say we go check it out." Miroku replied.
"Agreed." Sango and Shina said at the same time.
"But who's goin' t' stay with the kids?" Shina asked.
"SANGO!!! MIROKU!!!" A voice from the bushes came out.
"Shippo?" Sango called.
"SANGO!!!" Shippo jumped into Sango's open arms. "I missed you so much!"
"I missed you too, Shippo." Sango said numbly. Suddenly, she got an idea. "Shippo? Would you like to play with some children?" She asked sweetly.
"Um, I guess so." Shippo stared at Sango for suggesting something so unusual.
"Okay then. Say... Are the others around?"
"Yea, they're right..."
A crash in the bushes followed by Kagome's voice yelling, "DON'T BE SO INSENSITIVE!"
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Everyone approached the youkai: a fierce looking, giant mountain cat.
Shina paled. "What do you want with us?" She asked.
"My dear Shinako. Staying in this human village? How pathetic you have grown to be." The cat growled.
"Shut up. You don't know anything." Shina glared at the cat, a brave and possibly stupid thing to do, as this cat was easily ten times her height. "I've grown to be better than you will ever be, you heartless..." Shina trailed off.
"Shina, who's this?" Sango asked, walking up to Shina.
"No one. Y'all stay back, k?" Shina muttered.
"But..." Sango objected.
"Stay back. This is MY fight." Shina said harshly.
"Okay..." Sango backed away.
"Trying to protect your puny human friends? You are such a disgrace. I should kill you."
"SHUT UP!" Shina screamed.
"Temper, my dear, temper."
Shina calmed down, but her eyes, as always, showed her true emotions. "What business do you have with this village?" She asked.
"Well, you ARE my heir, and I AM rather old, as much as I hate to say it." The cat started.
"Make your point and do so quickly." Shina snapped. "Shippo and Kirara may not be strong enough to hold off whatever or whomever she's sent." She thought.
In the background, the group was whispering to each other.
"Heir?" Kagome asked.
"But that's a youkai, and Shina's a human." Miroku had a confused look upon his face.
"Human? What kind of moron ARE you, Miroku?" Inuyasha snorted. "That Shina girl is a cat demon."
Kagome, Sango, and Miroku all had identical shocked looks set upon their faces.
"You sure, Inuyasha?" Sango asked, being the first to snap out of her state of shock.
"Of course. I know the difference between the scent of a human and the scent of a youkai." Inuyasha replied.
"If you say so..." Kagome said.
Miroku and Sango stared at each other, both thinking the same thing: Shina had deceived them. And the children as well.
"Shinako... You will come back to the mountains with me. It will be a disgrace to have you take over the clan, but you are my only heir." The youkai growled.
"Like Hell! I ain't goin' nowhere with ya!" Shina shouted.
"Shinako. You will come, or you will die here."
"My name's SHINA. I don' wanna be yer daughter anymore, and I ain't, so LEAVE ME BE!"
The youkai made a swipe at Shina.
Shina tried to dodge, but the youkai's paw was too large, and it made a big cut in the beautiful kimono she was wearing.
"You will ALWAYS be my daughter, Shinako. You may resist it all you want, but you ARE my heir, and you WILL be coming back with me. Dead or alive."
"I AM NOT YOUR DAUGHTER, I AM NOT YOUR HEIR, AND I AM NOT COMING BACK WITH YOU!" Shina screamed.
"Shinako, do not speak to me like that."
"I'll speak t' ya however I please." Shina retorted.
Another swipe. This one made a cut on Shina's leg.
Shina almost fell over, but caught herself at the last moment and glared at the cat.
"You come back with me or I destroy this pathetic human village you care so much about."
Shina's eyes flashed with anger, but she knew that her mother wasn't lying. "I'll come. Provided ya leave this village be." She muttered.
The cat smirked. "I knew you would see it my way, Shinako."
"I don' see it yer way. I just want ya t' leave my friends alone."
"Just come."
"Whatever."
The group watched as Shina and her mother left.
"Wonder what that was about." Inuyasha muttered.
"Quite obvious, isn't it?" Miroku replied.
Shina's voice rang through the village, no longer in its normal happy, carefree tone, but instead in a sullen, sad, and angry tone, "Sango! Miroku! Kagome! Inuyasha! Please... Take care of Aiko and the others while I'm gone!"
Sango wanted to call back, but knew that Shina was probably halfway up the mountain and wouldn't hear her.
The three humans and the hanyou walked dejectedly back to Shina's home. Kagome and Inuyasha were just sorry that Shina had been taken, but Sango and Miroku both had the same thoughts in their heads: they were dreading telling Mika, Aiko and the others what had happened.
Sure enough, all hell broke loose when the news of Shina's disappearance came out. The part about her being a cat demon, they conveniently left out, though.
Mika, Aiko, and Tomie burst into tears, Kiyoshi demanded that they go and get his "big sister" back, Zen glared at the four members of the group as if this were their fault (which, Sango and Miroku thought, it probably was), and Jiro just stood there, shocked.
Sango and Kagome rushed over to the girls and comforted them, while Inuyasha and Miroku just stood there, feeling quite out of place. Shippo and Kirara bounded up to them.
"What happened to Shina?" Shippo asked.
"We've already explained that." Inuyasha muttered.
"Yea right, and you smell like a cat because?" Shippo rolled his eyes impatiently.
Inuyasha looked slightly surprised, but Miroku was just relieved that Shippo had said that quietly enough for none of the children to hear.
"That's none of your business, squirt," the hanyou growled.
"Right, none of my business when Shina's been kidnapped, er, catnapped." Shippo snapped, keeping his voice as low as possible.
"That's right, none of your business, now shoo." Inuyasha muttered.
Shippo pouted, "fine! I'll get Kagome and Sango to tell me!" He started to walk off, but Miroku grabbed his little shoulder.
"Shippo, you had best leave Sango alone for a while. She's, um, not feeling well." Miroku whispered.
"You grope her again?" Shippo stared at Miroku expectantly.
"No, Shippo. Just, do as I say."
Shippo shrugged and ran off to Kagome.
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Ending notes: Whew! This chapter took me a while! Please review, I only got one on my last chapter. Made me feel quite unloved...
Forever, for never,
Hime Hoshi, Star Princess
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Someone Lost, Someone Found
Chapter 3: Confessions
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"A-ano... Houshi-sama... What did you just say?" Sango asked shakily. Her heart was pounding and she felt her feet slip out from under her. She waited to feel the fresh snow creeping into her kimono, but that never happened.
Miroku caught Sango easily, but they both ended up tumbling into the snow, Sango on top of Miroku.
"Ouch." Sango moaned, rubbing her head absentmindedly.
"You okay, Sango-sama?" Miroku asked.
"Yea, fine. My head hurts a bit, but nothing serious."
"Looks like she's forgotten about... that." Miroku thought to himself. Of course, he was wrong.
"Houshi-sama. You said... You said that you loved me." Sango said slowly.
Miroku paused, sure he would regret whatever came out of his mouth. Finally, he thought of something, "Yes... I did say that, Sango-sama. And I told the truth."
"Um, please, Houshi-sama, could you just call me Sango?" Sango felt her cheeks heat up, here she was, alone with the man she had loved for so long, and she was making a silly request like that?
"Whatever you want, Sango." Miroku smiled, "I shall do that, provided you drop the "Houshi-sama". I'm Miroku. Houshi-sama makes me feel old." Miroku joked.
Sango laughed. Seeing Miroku smiling like that made her feel unbelievably happy. "Okay, Houshi, um, Miroku." She smiled.
"Well... How do YOU feel, Sango?"
Sango hesitated. She knew very well how she felt, but didn't want to say it aloud. "I... I don't know how I feel."
Miroku kept a smile pasted on his face, but his heart dropped. "I see."
"Can I take a rain check?" Sango half joked, smiling slightly.
"Eh?" Miroku was about to ask what in Buddha's name a rain check was when an explosion came from the village.
Shina came running out of her home, a panicked look across her usually- smiling-and-happy face. "What was that?" She asked.
"I have no clue, but I say we go check it out." Miroku replied.
"Agreed." Sango and Shina said at the same time.
"But who's goin' t' stay with the kids?" Shina asked.
"SANGO!!! MIROKU!!!" A voice from the bushes came out.
"Shippo?" Sango called.
"SANGO!!!" Shippo jumped into Sango's open arms. "I missed you so much!"
"I missed you too, Shippo." Sango said numbly. Suddenly, she got an idea. "Shippo? Would you like to play with some children?" She asked sweetly.
"Um, I guess so." Shippo stared at Sango for suggesting something so unusual.
"Okay then. Say... Are the others around?"
"Yea, they're right..."
A crash in the bushes followed by Kagome's voice yelling, "DON'T BE SO INSENSITIVE!"
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Everyone approached the youkai: a fierce looking, giant mountain cat.
Shina paled. "What do you want with us?" She asked.
"My dear Shinako. Staying in this human village? How pathetic you have grown to be." The cat growled.
"Shut up. You don't know anything." Shina glared at the cat, a brave and possibly stupid thing to do, as this cat was easily ten times her height. "I've grown to be better than you will ever be, you heartless..." Shina trailed off.
"Shina, who's this?" Sango asked, walking up to Shina.
"No one. Y'all stay back, k?" Shina muttered.
"But..." Sango objected.
"Stay back. This is MY fight." Shina said harshly.
"Okay..." Sango backed away.
"Trying to protect your puny human friends? You are such a disgrace. I should kill you."
"SHUT UP!" Shina screamed.
"Temper, my dear, temper."
Shina calmed down, but her eyes, as always, showed her true emotions. "What business do you have with this village?" She asked.
"Well, you ARE my heir, and I AM rather old, as much as I hate to say it." The cat started.
"Make your point and do so quickly." Shina snapped. "Shippo and Kirara may not be strong enough to hold off whatever or whomever she's sent." She thought.
In the background, the group was whispering to each other.
"Heir?" Kagome asked.
"But that's a youkai, and Shina's a human." Miroku had a confused look upon his face.
"Human? What kind of moron ARE you, Miroku?" Inuyasha snorted. "That Shina girl is a cat demon."
Kagome, Sango, and Miroku all had identical shocked looks set upon their faces.
"You sure, Inuyasha?" Sango asked, being the first to snap out of her state of shock.
"Of course. I know the difference between the scent of a human and the scent of a youkai." Inuyasha replied.
"If you say so..." Kagome said.
Miroku and Sango stared at each other, both thinking the same thing: Shina had deceived them. And the children as well.
"Shinako... You will come back to the mountains with me. It will be a disgrace to have you take over the clan, but you are my only heir." The youkai growled.
"Like Hell! I ain't goin' nowhere with ya!" Shina shouted.
"Shinako. You will come, or you will die here."
"My name's SHINA. I don' wanna be yer daughter anymore, and I ain't, so LEAVE ME BE!"
The youkai made a swipe at Shina.
Shina tried to dodge, but the youkai's paw was too large, and it made a big cut in the beautiful kimono she was wearing.
"You will ALWAYS be my daughter, Shinako. You may resist it all you want, but you ARE my heir, and you WILL be coming back with me. Dead or alive."
"I AM NOT YOUR DAUGHTER, I AM NOT YOUR HEIR, AND I AM NOT COMING BACK WITH YOU!" Shina screamed.
"Shinako, do not speak to me like that."
"I'll speak t' ya however I please." Shina retorted.
Another swipe. This one made a cut on Shina's leg.
Shina almost fell over, but caught herself at the last moment and glared at the cat.
"You come back with me or I destroy this pathetic human village you care so much about."
Shina's eyes flashed with anger, but she knew that her mother wasn't lying. "I'll come. Provided ya leave this village be." She muttered.
The cat smirked. "I knew you would see it my way, Shinako."
"I don' see it yer way. I just want ya t' leave my friends alone."
"Just come."
"Whatever."
The group watched as Shina and her mother left.
"Wonder what that was about." Inuyasha muttered.
"Quite obvious, isn't it?" Miroku replied.
Shina's voice rang through the village, no longer in its normal happy, carefree tone, but instead in a sullen, sad, and angry tone, "Sango! Miroku! Kagome! Inuyasha! Please... Take care of Aiko and the others while I'm gone!"
Sango wanted to call back, but knew that Shina was probably halfway up the mountain and wouldn't hear her.
The three humans and the hanyou walked dejectedly back to Shina's home. Kagome and Inuyasha were just sorry that Shina had been taken, but Sango and Miroku both had the same thoughts in their heads: they were dreading telling Mika, Aiko and the others what had happened.
Sure enough, all hell broke loose when the news of Shina's disappearance came out. The part about her being a cat demon, they conveniently left out, though.
Mika, Aiko, and Tomie burst into tears, Kiyoshi demanded that they go and get his "big sister" back, Zen glared at the four members of the group as if this were their fault (which, Sango and Miroku thought, it probably was), and Jiro just stood there, shocked.
Sango and Kagome rushed over to the girls and comforted them, while Inuyasha and Miroku just stood there, feeling quite out of place. Shippo and Kirara bounded up to them.
"What happened to Shina?" Shippo asked.
"We've already explained that." Inuyasha muttered.
"Yea right, and you smell like a cat because?" Shippo rolled his eyes impatiently.
Inuyasha looked slightly surprised, but Miroku was just relieved that Shippo had said that quietly enough for none of the children to hear.
"That's none of your business, squirt," the hanyou growled.
"Right, none of my business when Shina's been kidnapped, er, catnapped." Shippo snapped, keeping his voice as low as possible.
"That's right, none of your business, now shoo." Inuyasha muttered.
Shippo pouted, "fine! I'll get Kagome and Sango to tell me!" He started to walk off, but Miroku grabbed his little shoulder.
"Shippo, you had best leave Sango alone for a while. She's, um, not feeling well." Miroku whispered.
"You grope her again?" Shippo stared at Miroku expectantly.
"No, Shippo. Just, do as I say."
Shippo shrugged and ran off to Kagome.
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Ending notes: Whew! This chapter took me a while! Please review, I only got one on my last chapter. Made me feel quite unloved...
Forever, for never,
Hime Hoshi, Star Princess