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The Feudal Fairy Tale Begins Again...

By: Msmelanie

Chapter Twenty Three: Miroku's Observation

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Inside Kaede's small hut...

Kagome kept frowning at Inuyasha, while Inuyasha kept smiling smugly back at her. Kawayou didn't know what to make of the strange situation.

"Inuyasha?" Miroku finally asked. "Why do you keep smiling at Lady Kagome?"

Inuyasha just giggled.

Kagome humphed and looked down at her son. 'Can't he let that stupid comment go already?'

Kawayou just shrugged his shoulders. 'I don't get it? What's so wrong with you asking him if the cold water affected him in so-"

Kagome quickly covered up her son's mouth.

Inuyasha couldn't hold back anymore. He started to burst at the seams with laughter.

Even Miroku was starting to chuckle.

Sango looked at Kagome. "Wha...Kagome, did you really say that?"

"Y-Yeah!" Inuyasha laughed. "Our little Kagome grew up, huh?! Hell, five years ago, THAT would never have even crossed her-"

"SIT!" Kagome squeeled out as she grew red.

Unfortunately, her sit didn't have as much effect as she wanted because her hanyou doggie had already been on the ground laughing.

"Shut up Inuyasha! I didn't mean it that way! It was-" Kagome grew red with anger, making her look crimson, since she had already been red with embarrasment. 'Dammit, I was just joking around! Oh, why did I have to go and say that!' "Inuyasha, shut the ****ing hell up already!"

Whoah.

Inuyasha started to regain his composure as he looked at Kagome. "Damn Kagome. THAT word from you? You okay?"

Miroku rubbed his chin thoughtfully and looked accusingly at Inuyasha.

Inuyasha looked back at him baffled. "Why are you looking at me like that?"

"Inuyasha, really." Miroku started as he looked at Kagome. "Lady Kagome, I am very sorry. No one feels your pain greater than I."

Kagome looked at Miroku, and then at Inuyasha. Inuyasha looked back at her. They both looked at Miroku.

"What the hell are you talking about priest?!" Inuyasha demanded.

Kagome looked back at Miroku. 'Yeah, what IS he talking about?'

Miroku turned his head toward Inuyasha. "You could've at least gone through the human tradition of marriage for her first."

"M-marriage?!" Kagome squeeled out. "Why? Wha-huh?!"

Miroku looked back at her with gentleness in his eyes. "The strange behavior you displayed at the spring, and the cussing you just used in front of us. There's only one reason that would happen, you are having another pup, aren't you?"

Kagome's mouth fell open. "No! Of course not! How cou I-No! Never!"

Inuyasha jumped up toward Miroku. "Hey, how dare you accuse me of getting her to bear my pup right now! She's still dealing with getting used to her new time, ya stupid PRIEST!"

Miroku scratched his head. "You mean you didn't-"

"NO!" they both yelled.

"She's probably just-" Inuyasha thought. Why had she acted so strange? "She's just...I don't know, she just misses her old time right now!"

"OLD!" Kawayou barked as he stood up in front of Inuyasha. "Our time isn't OLD, it's REAL! And we're going back there when the well opens back up!" Kawayou looked over at Kagome. "Right momma?"

"..." Kagome didn't know how to respond. She could never say no, because she wouldn't allow herself to believe that. But she couldn't really tell him yes either. "I..."

Inuyasha huffed and sat down cross legged on the floor. "Sit down Kagome, we need to talk about a few things.

Kagome gently sat down next to him. "Yeah?"

Kawayou also sat down next to his mother.

Inuyasha wanted to lean towards Kagome's ear and whisper to her, but he knew his pup would probably pick up on it anyway. "Kagome, the pup-"

Inuyasha stopped as Kaede, Miroku, Shippou, and Sango also made themselves comfortable on the floor next to them.

"What do you want?" Inuyasha asked annoyed.

Kaede started to sit up and take some food that was in the pot in front of them. "We would like to eat of course, Inuyasha."

Inuyasha just grumbled as everyone started to dig in. He looked at Kagome, and kept her from getting a bowl. "Kagome, does the pup transform?"

"No." Kagome replied.

"Told ya." Kawayou grumbled as he started to eat out of his bowl.

Inuyasha sighed. He had one less thing to worry about. "Good. Now you need to call the pup something else."

Kawayou stopped eating as he started to eye Inuyasha.

Kagome sighed as she looked at the pot. Her tummy was starting to growl. "Inuyasha, he doesn't want to change his name. You know that."

"Kagome, this isn't open for discussion." Inuyasha growled. "Tomorrow we are leaving this tiny hut, so we can't continue calling our pup Kawayou. Youkai will come from miles around to pick a fight with him just because that name is disgracing their pride!"

"Inuyasha." Kagome said calmly. "I call him Kawayou. Who's going to know it's really Kawaii Youkai?"

"They'll know." Inuyasha growled. "One slip up from you and youkai within a hundred miles will be talking about picking a fight with the half-youkai's cute demon son."

Inuyasha started to get some food for himself. "I get enough trouble simple being a half youkai Kagome." He turned to look at her. "He'll bring twice the trouble once news spreads he's a 1/4. You'll triple that if you keep his name the same."

Kagome closed her eyes. Okay, her big dog demon was making sense. But would she ever be able to convince Kawayou? Would he be willing to change his name? And could she- "Hey!" she shouted, as the first thing Inuyasha said hit her. "What do you mean we're leaving tomorrow?!"

Inuyasha brought his bowl away from his mouth to look at her. "I mean we're leaving tomorrow at first light."

"That sounds good." Miroku yawned as he stretched. "I am quite ready to get out of this little hut."

"But we can't!" Kawayou barked as he dropped his bowl on the floor. "We gotta stay near the well! We gotta be near when it opens!"

Kagome wanted to agree with Kawayou until she looked in the hanyou's eyes. Then she looked at her friends' looks. They all seemed to say the same thing.

"Kagome." Sango said softly but firmly. "Perhaps the well will open up, but we both know that it is very slim."

Kagome didn't want to admit it, but she knew that. She had known why the moment it wouldn't let them back into her world the first time. Kawayou's shikon jewel had been the trigger, and when he lost it, the magic had slowly faded away.

Could it ever revive again?

"Lady Kagome." Miroku added. "I'm sure Kaede would be more than happy to check on your well now and then."

Kagome still looked lost as she looked back at Kawayou.

Everyone stared at Inuyasha.

Inuyasha huffed. "Fine, okay! We won't stray too far from that stupid well. Maybe just a few days away."

Kagome frowned, along with everyone else.

"Inuyasha, we shouldn't stray past a day." Miroku ordered.

"Wha-Who made you-!

"And I also believe we should come back next week to check on it." Miroku finished.

Inuyasha was about to give the monk a piece of his mind, when he saw the look on Kagome's face. "...fine monk. One week." 'At first, then I'll get her farther away as time goes on.'

Kagome sighed. "...o...o-okay."

"NO!" Kawayou barked. "I'm not leaving! I'm not leaving my well behind! And I'm not changing my name! My name's MINE! YOU CAN'T HAVE IT AND YOU CAN'T HAVE MY WELL!!"

Later that night...

Kagome rested her head nicely on Inuyasha's shoulders and gently snored along with him. Earlier Miroku was sleeping next to Sango, but with a persuasive beating, he had settled for sleeping along the wall with Kaede and Shippou. And Kawayou was...

"MLFNG!MNLFG!MNLFG!MLFNG!" Kawayou muttered through the piece of cloth that was holding his mouth closed as everyone got their sleep. And he continued to struggle, but his dad had fixed his little Kimomo into more of a straight jacket.

He hated the fact that he couldn't struggle, but what he hated the most was that they had changed his name. 'Only temporarily. Just until we go back home.' he mocked his mothers earlier words. Dammit, he wanted to keep his OWN NAME! But that dumn Hanyou had made his mom change her mind.

He tried to look on the bright side, like his mom had taught him, but he didn't see one. Okay, his new name was alright, and he might even get used to it. Although he'd never tell anyone since his dad had come up with it. 'At least I wasn't called Melvin or anything.' He smiled as he thought of how funny his pop's face looked when Kagome jokingly said Sesshoumaru would fit him nicely.

'Should've took that name.' he grinned. 'Oh well, too late now. At least my new name's got a nice ring to it.' He smiled smugly. 'Sly the Youkai.'

His dad had said it fit him to a 'T'.

'Well if that's the case...' Kawayou grinned. 'Better make extra sure I fit my new name tomorrow.' then his grin suddenly started to turn wicked. 'And since I got a new name, I think 'dad' should get a taste of his own medicine.'

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Next time on The Feudal Fairy Tale Begins Again...

Kagome started giving him a pleading look. You could see that her eyes were all round, and maybe even a little watery...

Miroku stepped over towards Inuyasha. "Impressive."

"What." Inuyasha growled as he got up.

"I never knew youkai families were so different." Miroku replied. "In human families, the mother and children aren't the ones in charge."