Hmmm… Well, I found this lying around. ^-^ Actually, I had one page done,
so I decided the type up the rest. As for the story, I don' think it'll
continue. I actually forgot what I was writing. 0.o I had to reread it from
the site, trying to figure out what it was about. Anyways… Yah… I suck at
this.
Disclaimer: Yah, yah, like I'd actually own Inuyasha. If I even get of strand of his hair, /then/ you can sue me. But I don' even have that. *sob*
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Maemi-chan had released her father's hold, running straight towards a hut at the edge of the village, where an older boy was carefully carrying two buckets of water.
"Nii-chan! Nii-chan! We have visitors!" The little girl cried, swinging her arms to get his attention.
The boy looked up, blinking towards his oncoming sister as well as the group arriving behind her, which included his father and the kitsune friend of the family; better known as their Uncle Shippo. "Visitors?" He echoed, noticing the two strangers… Yet somehow they were rather familiar.
"Is that Maemi-chan? Did you find your father?" A soft voice called from the hut. Swinging aside the curtain covering the entrance, a woman in her early forties stepped out, her brown eyes taking in the sight before her… and widening in clear surprise. "Miroku… is that?" She slowly approached the ex-monk, her eyes never parting from the young girl speaking with their friend kitsune and the grumbling hanyou in the background.
"Hai, Sango," he replied calmly, his lips curved into a gentle smile as he watched his wife.
Kagome paused in speaking with Shippo, still rather amazed at how much the little fox had grown in the month she was away. She felt a sudden pang of guilt at having left him alone when he was so young. Of course, he did have Miroku and Sango, but it was always her that took care of him. She finally turned her attention to where they had arrived, catching sigh of the woman who didn't appear to have changed at all. Perhaps she wasn't as thin as she remembered and her face had been smoother with younger years. Her eyes still shone with excitement of a youkai exterminator and her hair was still black and long, tied back only at the end; unlike Miroku who already had signs of gray hairs.
The young miko's voice rose out of her throat, almost a whisper that could have been missed if everyone wasn't kind enough to be silent. "S- Sango-chan?"
There was a moment of shocked silence between the two, until both shrieked in joy and Kagome quickly covered the distance and gave her old friend one of her bear hugs.
"Kagome! It is you! You-You look exactly the same!" Cried Sango, holding the younger woman out in arms-length. Her eyes appeared to be a bit glossy from unshed tears, and she was unable to wipe the wide smile off her face.
Kagome chuckled lightly. "And you look… well, twenty-five years older." She pulled Sango's arms away, sighing. "It's a bit strange, but it's only been a month in my time."
Inuyasha took this moment to trudge forward and plant himself in front of Sango. "Oi. It's nice to see you guys again, but we've got business. Seen the jewel?" He shot a glare over the miko, who had been taking her time in getting to the point.
Masahiro-san, who had slowly gotten out of the hut behind the old youki exterminator, gasped, "Jewel? I-I saw a jewel." He admitted. Before he knew it, he had an incredibly pissed off hanyou holding him up by the front of his haori.
"Where is it?" Inuyasha growled out through clenched teeth.
"Inuyasha! Put him down!" Kagome shouted, going to his side immediately. "What do you think you're doing!?"
The old man was trying to suck in a good deep breath, his eyes wide. "I-I saw it, o-only! I-It was rolling e-east! P-Please!" He stuttered out.
Inuyasha quickly dropped him and ran off without another word. The little reunion had been ruined. Miroku now was checking Masahiro-san for injuries, Sango was trying to reassure her frightened daughter, and Kagome was gaping in the direction that Inuyasha went. She finally snapped her mouth shut and turned towards the old man, bowing deeply in an apology. "Gomen nasai! Inuyasha over-reacts sometimes, and that jewel was really important and… I'm so sorry!"
The man was panting as the old monk helped him to his feet. "It's alright. I wasn't hurt or anything. The boy should learn some manners, though." The last was huffed out softly.
"Kenji!" Sango called out to the boy that still had the two buckets of water. "Please, take Masahiro-san down to Iwamura-sama's hut." The boy quickly nodded, gently put down his burden, and rushed to take the old man from his father's care. He led him away, muttering a few things to the man as they disappeared around the hut.
Kagome sagged her shoulders, watching the boy go off. "I was away for so long… I'm disappointed that I wasn't around when you had your first child, Sango-chan." She smiled warmly back at her friend. She noticed that Shippo was still where she left him, looking off in the direction Inuyasha went off to. "He'll be back, Shippo-chan. If he isn't back with that jewel, I'll tear down the forest looking for him."
Sango and Miroku stared at the young woman before the ex-monk cleared his throat. "Would you two like to come in? We can have dinner, instead of waiting around for that Inuyasha to return."
Shippo gave his tail a few lazy swings before turning around and bobbing his head towards his friends. "Sure."
"Ojisan! Do you have 'ny story to tell? Did'ya bring me 'nything?" Maemi, the little girl, questioned with large innocent eyes that were too bright, even in the darkening afternoon.
Kagome resisted the urge to snatch the girl up and hug her, and instead giggled and followed her old friends into their home. However, in her mind, she was terrified. Something called back the Shikon no Tama, and it had disappeared. Again. In the Feudal era, where plenty of blood-thirsty youkai lingered. She didn't like this one bit.
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Inuyasha was running through the forest as fast as possible, heading east like he was told. A part of him screamed with joy at the familiar surroundings. He was home. The fresh air, the trees, the darkness that and clear skies. It all felt so familiar. The past month he had been living in a time too advanced from what he grew up in. Even if a hanyou like him was never accepted around here, it was still his home… Yet, inside his heart, he knew that he left it all, and would still leave it all, behind for Kagome. He hasn't mentioned anything about his feelings so far, but he suddenly believed that he should. And soon.
He slowed down as darkness began to settle in. He sniffed the air, looked at the shadows, and narrowed his eyes. "Where are all the youkai?" He questioned aloud. He let out a frustrating scream to the woods. Nothing. A few crows flew off in the distance, but no youkai.
"What am I doing?" He questioned him, turning around and slowly heading back the way he came from. He knew that he couldn't sense the jewel. He had left without Kagome, and had very little chance of simply finding the Shikon to tama. "Strange how there's not one youkai around, though." He would have thought there would be more, especially with the return of the jewel. He gave his surroundings another look and quick sniff, before running full-out back the way he came.
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Kagome realized that the hut was quiet, and a bit crowded. She kneeled near the fire, sipping at her soup. Next to her was Shippo, no longer the little kit but the size of a full-grown man. Across from her sat Sango and Miroku, side-by-side. Clinging to Shippo's side was the little girl known as Maemi, and then on Kagome's other side was Kenji. She guessed that he was Sango's son.
Kagome placed the empty bowl down, staring into the fire. "So…" She began, trying to break the silence. "Where's Kirara? Oh, and how is Kohaku doing?"
Sango smiled brightly at the mention of her brother. "Oh, Kirara is with our oldest son, Keitaro. He's over at the taiji-ya village, visiting Kohaku and his wife, Akiko."
At that, Kagome squealed and slapped her hands together. "Kohaku's married too? I've got to visit him while I'm here!" She noticed that Shippo had cringed at her sharp sound. "Sorry, Shippo, did that bother you? I know you have good hearing…"
Shippo shook his head, quickly replacing his frown with a smile. "No, you didn't. It's alright, I was just thinking of something." He looked out the window, hoping that no further questions would be asked.
Kagome raised an eyebrow at him, and was about to say something when a hanyou walked into the hut. She snapped her mouth shut before opening it again. "Osuwari," she called out calmly. The familiar yelp and crash left everyone in silence again… Save for Inuyasha's muffled curses.
Once the spell wore off, Inuyasha pulled himself up and glared at Kagome. "What the fuck was that for?!"
"For running off without me. I thought you would be smart enough and return sooner… Guess I was wrong." She didn't look at him. Instead, she took a clean bowl and served him some soup. "Eat. We're going to sleep early an' leave before dawn in search for the jewel."
The others were still quiet in the hut, finding the whole scene unreal. It was just too nostalgic. It might have been the other day for Kagome and Inuyasha, but it was years for the others.
Maemi, finally moving away from Shippo, curiously studied the inu- youkai from a safe distance. She turned over to her parents, and asked, "Mama? Papa? Is this that hanyou that was struggling with the two lady mikos an' was too dumb to survive without you?" She questioned, loud and clear.
Inuyasha's ears gave a twitch, before flattening against his head. Kagome even stared at the little girl, her eyes a little too wide.
"What kind of stuff have you been telling your kids?" Inuyasha hissed at the two of them.
Miroku chuckled and rubbed at the back of his neck. "Maemi-chan, this is that hanyou... But, don't refer to him like that. He's the one who saved us, too." He looked towards Sango for help.
The woman merely shrugged a shoulder. "You're the one that tells the children demented stories of our past," she says calmly, crossing her arms and looking away.
Before any of them could protest, there was a loud shout across the village. The word 'youkai' could clearly be heard being shrieked by several of the village women. Everyone immediately got up from their seats and ran to head outside.
"Kenji! Watch your sister! Don't leave the hut!" Sango cried behind her, taking a polished and well-kept Hiraikotsu. After all, it was still their duty to protect the village from youkai.
As the old gang, consisting of Inuyasha, Kagome, Shippo, Sango, and Miroku ran around the small hut towards the loud screams and shouts, all of them feared for the worse. Inuyasha was in a panic, since he had sensed no youkai nearby. Kagome feared that the youkai had the jewel and came to kill them. Miroku and Sango feared for their children and village. And Shippo? He feared for the worse. He feared that the gut-feeling he was having would go away, and that his instincts for once would be wrong when they faced their opponent.
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Anyways.. I found this at around 4am. It's nearly 7am now, and I'm considering some sleep. Here's a new chapter. Don't expect anymore. ^-^ I jus' felt like finishing a chapter that I started. I'm horrible at the whole fanfiction thing, I realized. I might as well quit before I'm ahead. Read and review, if you wish. Sayonara, minna-san.
Disclaimer: Yah, yah, like I'd actually own Inuyasha. If I even get of strand of his hair, /then/ you can sue me. But I don' even have that. *sob*
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Maemi-chan had released her father's hold, running straight towards a hut at the edge of the village, where an older boy was carefully carrying two buckets of water.
"Nii-chan! Nii-chan! We have visitors!" The little girl cried, swinging her arms to get his attention.
The boy looked up, blinking towards his oncoming sister as well as the group arriving behind her, which included his father and the kitsune friend of the family; better known as their Uncle Shippo. "Visitors?" He echoed, noticing the two strangers… Yet somehow they were rather familiar.
"Is that Maemi-chan? Did you find your father?" A soft voice called from the hut. Swinging aside the curtain covering the entrance, a woman in her early forties stepped out, her brown eyes taking in the sight before her… and widening in clear surprise. "Miroku… is that?" She slowly approached the ex-monk, her eyes never parting from the young girl speaking with their friend kitsune and the grumbling hanyou in the background.
"Hai, Sango," he replied calmly, his lips curved into a gentle smile as he watched his wife.
Kagome paused in speaking with Shippo, still rather amazed at how much the little fox had grown in the month she was away. She felt a sudden pang of guilt at having left him alone when he was so young. Of course, he did have Miroku and Sango, but it was always her that took care of him. She finally turned her attention to where they had arrived, catching sigh of the woman who didn't appear to have changed at all. Perhaps she wasn't as thin as she remembered and her face had been smoother with younger years. Her eyes still shone with excitement of a youkai exterminator and her hair was still black and long, tied back only at the end; unlike Miroku who already had signs of gray hairs.
The young miko's voice rose out of her throat, almost a whisper that could have been missed if everyone wasn't kind enough to be silent. "S- Sango-chan?"
There was a moment of shocked silence between the two, until both shrieked in joy and Kagome quickly covered the distance and gave her old friend one of her bear hugs.
"Kagome! It is you! You-You look exactly the same!" Cried Sango, holding the younger woman out in arms-length. Her eyes appeared to be a bit glossy from unshed tears, and she was unable to wipe the wide smile off her face.
Kagome chuckled lightly. "And you look… well, twenty-five years older." She pulled Sango's arms away, sighing. "It's a bit strange, but it's only been a month in my time."
Inuyasha took this moment to trudge forward and plant himself in front of Sango. "Oi. It's nice to see you guys again, but we've got business. Seen the jewel?" He shot a glare over the miko, who had been taking her time in getting to the point.
Masahiro-san, who had slowly gotten out of the hut behind the old youki exterminator, gasped, "Jewel? I-I saw a jewel." He admitted. Before he knew it, he had an incredibly pissed off hanyou holding him up by the front of his haori.
"Where is it?" Inuyasha growled out through clenched teeth.
"Inuyasha! Put him down!" Kagome shouted, going to his side immediately. "What do you think you're doing!?"
The old man was trying to suck in a good deep breath, his eyes wide. "I-I saw it, o-only! I-It was rolling e-east! P-Please!" He stuttered out.
Inuyasha quickly dropped him and ran off without another word. The little reunion had been ruined. Miroku now was checking Masahiro-san for injuries, Sango was trying to reassure her frightened daughter, and Kagome was gaping in the direction that Inuyasha went. She finally snapped her mouth shut and turned towards the old man, bowing deeply in an apology. "Gomen nasai! Inuyasha over-reacts sometimes, and that jewel was really important and… I'm so sorry!"
The man was panting as the old monk helped him to his feet. "It's alright. I wasn't hurt or anything. The boy should learn some manners, though." The last was huffed out softly.
"Kenji!" Sango called out to the boy that still had the two buckets of water. "Please, take Masahiro-san down to Iwamura-sama's hut." The boy quickly nodded, gently put down his burden, and rushed to take the old man from his father's care. He led him away, muttering a few things to the man as they disappeared around the hut.
Kagome sagged her shoulders, watching the boy go off. "I was away for so long… I'm disappointed that I wasn't around when you had your first child, Sango-chan." She smiled warmly back at her friend. She noticed that Shippo was still where she left him, looking off in the direction Inuyasha went off to. "He'll be back, Shippo-chan. If he isn't back with that jewel, I'll tear down the forest looking for him."
Sango and Miroku stared at the young woman before the ex-monk cleared his throat. "Would you two like to come in? We can have dinner, instead of waiting around for that Inuyasha to return."
Shippo gave his tail a few lazy swings before turning around and bobbing his head towards his friends. "Sure."
"Ojisan! Do you have 'ny story to tell? Did'ya bring me 'nything?" Maemi, the little girl, questioned with large innocent eyes that were too bright, even in the darkening afternoon.
Kagome resisted the urge to snatch the girl up and hug her, and instead giggled and followed her old friends into their home. However, in her mind, she was terrified. Something called back the Shikon no Tama, and it had disappeared. Again. In the Feudal era, where plenty of blood-thirsty youkai lingered. She didn't like this one bit.
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Inuyasha was running through the forest as fast as possible, heading east like he was told. A part of him screamed with joy at the familiar surroundings. He was home. The fresh air, the trees, the darkness that and clear skies. It all felt so familiar. The past month he had been living in a time too advanced from what he grew up in. Even if a hanyou like him was never accepted around here, it was still his home… Yet, inside his heart, he knew that he left it all, and would still leave it all, behind for Kagome. He hasn't mentioned anything about his feelings so far, but he suddenly believed that he should. And soon.
He slowed down as darkness began to settle in. He sniffed the air, looked at the shadows, and narrowed his eyes. "Where are all the youkai?" He questioned aloud. He let out a frustrating scream to the woods. Nothing. A few crows flew off in the distance, but no youkai.
"What am I doing?" He questioned him, turning around and slowly heading back the way he came from. He knew that he couldn't sense the jewel. He had left without Kagome, and had very little chance of simply finding the Shikon to tama. "Strange how there's not one youkai around, though." He would have thought there would be more, especially with the return of the jewel. He gave his surroundings another look and quick sniff, before running full-out back the way he came.
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Kagome realized that the hut was quiet, and a bit crowded. She kneeled near the fire, sipping at her soup. Next to her was Shippo, no longer the little kit but the size of a full-grown man. Across from her sat Sango and Miroku, side-by-side. Clinging to Shippo's side was the little girl known as Maemi, and then on Kagome's other side was Kenji. She guessed that he was Sango's son.
Kagome placed the empty bowl down, staring into the fire. "So…" She began, trying to break the silence. "Where's Kirara? Oh, and how is Kohaku doing?"
Sango smiled brightly at the mention of her brother. "Oh, Kirara is with our oldest son, Keitaro. He's over at the taiji-ya village, visiting Kohaku and his wife, Akiko."
At that, Kagome squealed and slapped her hands together. "Kohaku's married too? I've got to visit him while I'm here!" She noticed that Shippo had cringed at her sharp sound. "Sorry, Shippo, did that bother you? I know you have good hearing…"
Shippo shook his head, quickly replacing his frown with a smile. "No, you didn't. It's alright, I was just thinking of something." He looked out the window, hoping that no further questions would be asked.
Kagome raised an eyebrow at him, and was about to say something when a hanyou walked into the hut. She snapped her mouth shut before opening it again. "Osuwari," she called out calmly. The familiar yelp and crash left everyone in silence again… Save for Inuyasha's muffled curses.
Once the spell wore off, Inuyasha pulled himself up and glared at Kagome. "What the fuck was that for?!"
"For running off without me. I thought you would be smart enough and return sooner… Guess I was wrong." She didn't look at him. Instead, she took a clean bowl and served him some soup. "Eat. We're going to sleep early an' leave before dawn in search for the jewel."
The others were still quiet in the hut, finding the whole scene unreal. It was just too nostalgic. It might have been the other day for Kagome and Inuyasha, but it was years for the others.
Maemi, finally moving away from Shippo, curiously studied the inu- youkai from a safe distance. She turned over to her parents, and asked, "Mama? Papa? Is this that hanyou that was struggling with the two lady mikos an' was too dumb to survive without you?" She questioned, loud and clear.
Inuyasha's ears gave a twitch, before flattening against his head. Kagome even stared at the little girl, her eyes a little too wide.
"What kind of stuff have you been telling your kids?" Inuyasha hissed at the two of them.
Miroku chuckled and rubbed at the back of his neck. "Maemi-chan, this is that hanyou... But, don't refer to him like that. He's the one who saved us, too." He looked towards Sango for help.
The woman merely shrugged a shoulder. "You're the one that tells the children demented stories of our past," she says calmly, crossing her arms and looking away.
Before any of them could protest, there was a loud shout across the village. The word 'youkai' could clearly be heard being shrieked by several of the village women. Everyone immediately got up from their seats and ran to head outside.
"Kenji! Watch your sister! Don't leave the hut!" Sango cried behind her, taking a polished and well-kept Hiraikotsu. After all, it was still their duty to protect the village from youkai.
As the old gang, consisting of Inuyasha, Kagome, Shippo, Sango, and Miroku ran around the small hut towards the loud screams and shouts, all of them feared for the worse. Inuyasha was in a panic, since he had sensed no youkai nearby. Kagome feared that the youkai had the jewel and came to kill them. Miroku and Sango feared for their children and village. And Shippo? He feared for the worse. He feared that the gut-feeling he was having would go away, and that his instincts for once would be wrong when they faced their opponent.
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Anyways.. I found this at around 4am. It's nearly 7am now, and I'm considering some sleep. Here's a new chapter. Don't expect anymore. ^-^ I jus' felt like finishing a chapter that I started. I'm horrible at the whole fanfiction thing, I realized. I might as well quit before I'm ahead. Read and review, if you wish. Sayonara, minna-san.