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own anything else quirky that may show up. (Including the movie Little
Nicky.) I only do this for entertainment purposes, (and an excuse to avoid
my homework:). So don't sue and enjoy the fic!
To read more of my fanfictions (sorry, not Inuyasha^^') then check out my site. http://takeoff.to/teardrop
BTW, if any of you have an internet site that would like this story, please feel free to take it. I tried one major site, and two minor sites. One said it was...yeah, and the others never got back to me. It was over about a month ago too, so it would be REALLY sweet if any of you could tell me you want this for your site. Otherwise, it'll just hang out at my little Gundam Wing site (When I put it up anyhow.)
Author's Note: In this story, there will be brief flashbacks ///like this/// Then, whenever you see the quotation marks inbetween, it's Kagome talking about it.
The Feudal Fairy Tale Begins Again...
By: Msmelanie
Chapter Twenty Six: Seeing it from a Different Perspective
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Miroku looked at Sango with a certain look in his eyes that made her turn away. Then, he sighed and looked away...and Sango took a quick glance at Miroku.
Sly would've scratched his head at the situation if he wasn't stuck in his straight jacket kimono.
Shippou seemed to be ignoring the situation as if it happened all the time.
'Why's that tough chick...' Sly thought as he fumbled more with his robes. He smiled. In a matter of a few more minutes he would be completely free to find his mom and that....guy.
Miroku looked back at Sango with a hopeful grin. Sango just looked away and stared at Sly.
Miroku sighed once again and looked away toward the night sky.
Sango glanced back at the monk, then quickly looked back.
'Oh.' Sly thought as the knots began to unravel. In his kimono and in his head. He was finally starting to understand the 'ungoing' relationship the two had. Sly smiled at his success, and waited until Sango and the monk wasn't looking. He slowly started to walk in the direction Inuyasha came when...he felt himself being lifted back to the campsite by his dad.
Inuyasha looked over at Miroku and Sango as he let Kagome off his back. "Hey!"
Miroku and Sango looked back at him.
Sly continued to struggle as Inuyasha held him up for everyone to see. "You're not very good babysitters."
Sly stopped struggling and stuck his tongue out at Inuyasha as he put him down.
Kagome smiled. "I don't blame them. You need to really keep tabs on him." she said as she and the rest of the group started to walk again.
Sly ran over to his mom. "You okay Momma?!"
Kagome just smiled as she ran her hands through his hair. "I'm fine, but look at your hair. It's starting to become long already."
"*Keh* of course!" Inuyasha huffed matter of factly. "He is a dog demon, ya know. Our hair grows to a certain length, then it stops." he said as he held the ends of his own hair.
Kagome sighed. 'I should've guessed. I had to trim it up at least once every two days...oh geez, and I don't even have my scissors with me.'
Miroku examined the hair. "You know, he will be a complete replica of Inuyasha if he does grow his hair out."
'Only in looks.' Inuyasha thought as he started to examine the trees. 'No, too skinny. That one's too fat. That one would probably break...'
Sly watched as Miroku slid down against a tree and Sango pulled out a small blanket and layed it on the ground. 'What's going on?' He watched as Inuyasha kept staring up at the trees.
Sly looked at his mom for the explanation.
"It's bed time hon'." Kagome replied as she started to get out her own little blanket.
Sly raised an eyebrow at her. "We're going to sleep in the middle of the wilderness?"
Kagome laid out the bedding and motioned for Sly to get in. "Don't worry, we'll be fine. You are surrounded by some of the best fighters." she smiled.
Sly pointed at Inuyasha. "Then what's that idiot doing?"
Kagome yawned as she pulled Sly next to her. "He doesn't sleep on the ground. He sleeps in trees."
"We sleep in trees."
Kagome and Sly looked at Inuyasha as he walked over to them.
"What?" Kagome asked.
Inuyasha grabbed Kagome out of the bedding.
"Hey, what are you-?!" Sly yelled as he pounced toward Inuyasha.
Inuyasha just caught him in his other arm.
"Hey, let go!" Sly whined as Inuyasha ran away.
Sly couldn't say what happened. At first he was on the ground fighting over his mom with Inuyasha, and now...
He looked down. He was high in a tree. VERY high in a tree. But for some reason, he wasn't really scared.
Kagome was also looking down and couldn't help a small squeal.
Inuyasha just smiled smugly as he set them down on a sturdy branch.
"Inuyasha, why did you bring us up in a tree?!" Kagome demanded as she tried not to look down.
"'Cause I always sleep up here." He said as he removed his kimono and held it in his mouth.
Kagome groaned. "That's not what I-"
She was cut off short as Inuyasha grabbed her and sat her down on his lap. Then, despite Sly's barking, he grabbed his son and put him in Kagome's lap. Then he took his Kimono out of his mouth and covered them all up with it like a blanket.
"'Cause I always sleep up here, so you will too." Inuyasha finished as he wrapped his arms securely around Kagome and Sly.
Kagome sighed. There wouldn't be any winning against him tonight. She looked down at her son in her lap. He was already closing his eyes.
'Mmmm...nice air up here...' Sly smiled as he nuzzled against his mom. 'This feels good...and safe...'
Before he realized it, he fell asleep.
Kagome looked down and smiled at her son. 'Well, at least one of us likes being in this tree.'
Inuyasha lied his head down on Kagome's shoulder. "Hey."
Kagome sighed. 'Come on, he already brought us high up into this tree. What more could he want?' Then, she tried to forget how high they really were again. "What."
"You remember that thing Miroku was talking about last night." Inuyasha asked.
"Inuyasha!" She whispered harshly not wanting to wake Sly up.
"Huh? No not that bizarre pregnant thing. The other thing." Inuyasha replied.
"...ummm...what other thing?" Kagome asked confused. 'What else did Miroku say?'
"That 'human tradition of marriage' deal. What is that?"
Kagome felt her cheeks starting to flush. "Umm...it's sort of like..."
Inuyasha nudged against her shoulder when she wasn't continuing. "Come on Kagome, what is it?"
"It's like...a promise."
"A promise?" Inuyasha asked.
"Well, yeah. To stay together kind of." She replied.
"Stay together?" Inuyasha asked still not getting it.
"Yeah, like... only being with the one person you love and never anyone else." Kagome explained.
Inuyasha fell silent for a moment. "Sounds like being a mate."
"Well, sort of like that I guess." Kagome yawned. She was starting to feel tired. And even if she didn't like being so high, she didn't really mind sleeping in Inuyasha's kimono. It was comfy.
She started to close her eyes and leaned back into Inuyasha.
"I wanna do that then."
She immediately sat back up at full attention. 'What did he say?!' "Inuyasha, what did you just say?" she squeaked.
"If I go through this human tradition of marriage, then you're mine. Permanently."
"..." Kagome's mind went completely blank. 'Ooh, this dog demon doesn't get it!' "Inuyasha, marriage isn't about possession. It's about wanting to be with each other, and having children and-"
"Children?!" Inuyasha shouted happily. "Pups?!"
Kagome squinted her eyes shut. She realized her mistake too late. She looked down at Sly. Too bad he could sleep through just about anything. She could really use a distraction right now or-
"We have a pup though!" Inuyasha said excitedly. "So let's do this thing already! How's it work?"
Kagome sighed. Did he really understand what she was saying? 'He doesn't even know the truth about me yet...' she sighed. 'He just wants to make sure I don't take Kawayou away again, I know it.' "Inuyasha, I'm getting really tired. Can we discuss this later?" 'Like never?'
Inuyasha looked at the tired expression on her face. 'Is it the me and Kikyou thing that she's worried about?' "But-"
"I'm not taking our son anywhere." She said patting Sly's head. "So don't worry."
Inuyasha huffed. He wanted to do that marriage thing and make her HIS dammit! After all, what if that well did open back up again..."Hey Kagome."
Kagome yawned. "What?"
"What about our pup. Do you think he'll ever like me?"
Kagome yawned again, then smiled. "Yes Inuyasha, he'll like you."
Inuyasha's ears sagged. "You sure?" He looked down at Sly.
Kagome turned her head around to look at Inuyasha. "A lot of things have been happening to him lately. He fell in a well and met you, he almost died trying to find you, he found half of a mysterious jewel he knew nothing about inside of him, he almost died again, and now he's stuck in a time that he doesn't understand, and like me he doesn't even know if the people he loves are still alive."
She turned back around and ran her fingers through her sleeping son's hair. "He's just four years old, and doesn't know what to do with all his strange feelings. So instead, he turns it outward as anger. And unfortunately, you're the target."
Inuyasha looked down gently at Sly. '****, I never realized how much my pups gone through before.'
"You wouldn't believe how sweet he could be at times when he wasn't bogged down with everything." Kagome said as she started to remember the past...
////Kawayou jumped off his mothers' lap, and looked like he would spring to his Uncle./////
"He always pounced up to people." she smiled.
///Kawayou pounced up into his mother's arms.////
"He always pounced up to me." she added sadly. 'When was the last time he did that?'
////"Mom, you're pretty."
Kawayou jogged her out of her memories with his comment. "What?" she asked again, not quite believing her ears.
"Your smile. It makes you pretty." her son stated.////
"And every once in awhile he would say something sweet..."
///Kawayou looked up at his mom. She put her plastered smile back on. "I'm sorry I almost made you cry."////
"And he cared about how people would feel." she added softly...
Kagome smiled back up at Inuyasha as she heard the words "PERVERT!" being screamed below. "Give him time." She yawned. "Soon, our boy will be back to himself. I know it." She smiled. "THEN you'll be complaining about him jumping up at you all the time."
Inuyasha just watched Kagome as she started to fall asleep. 'Is she right? Is that why the pup doesn't like me?'
He watched as Kawayou scratched his ear in his sleep.
Inuyasha just smirked at his pup, then gently laid his head on Kagome's shoulder. He patted his pup's head gently, then wrapped his arms securely around his family before he himself started to drift off asleep...
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To read more of my fanfictions (sorry, not Inuyasha^^') then check out my site. http://takeoff.to/teardrop
BTW, if any of you have an internet site that would like this story, please feel free to take it. I tried one major site, and two minor sites. One said it was...yeah, and the others never got back to me. It was over about a month ago too, so it would be REALLY sweet if any of you could tell me you want this for your site. Otherwise, it'll just hang out at my little Gundam Wing site (When I put it up anyhow.)
Author's Note: In this story, there will be brief flashbacks ///like this/// Then, whenever you see the quotation marks inbetween, it's Kagome talking about it.
The Feudal Fairy Tale Begins Again...
By: Msmelanie
Chapter Twenty Six: Seeing it from a Different Perspective
****************************************************
Miroku looked at Sango with a certain look in his eyes that made her turn away. Then, he sighed and looked away...and Sango took a quick glance at Miroku.
Sly would've scratched his head at the situation if he wasn't stuck in his straight jacket kimono.
Shippou seemed to be ignoring the situation as if it happened all the time.
'Why's that tough chick...' Sly thought as he fumbled more with his robes. He smiled. In a matter of a few more minutes he would be completely free to find his mom and that....guy.
Miroku looked back at Sango with a hopeful grin. Sango just looked away and stared at Sly.
Miroku sighed once again and looked away toward the night sky.
Sango glanced back at the monk, then quickly looked back.
'Oh.' Sly thought as the knots began to unravel. In his kimono and in his head. He was finally starting to understand the 'ungoing' relationship the two had. Sly smiled at his success, and waited until Sango and the monk wasn't looking. He slowly started to walk in the direction Inuyasha came when...he felt himself being lifted back to the campsite by his dad.
Inuyasha looked over at Miroku and Sango as he let Kagome off his back. "Hey!"
Miroku and Sango looked back at him.
Sly continued to struggle as Inuyasha held him up for everyone to see. "You're not very good babysitters."
Sly stopped struggling and stuck his tongue out at Inuyasha as he put him down.
Kagome smiled. "I don't blame them. You need to really keep tabs on him." she said as she and the rest of the group started to walk again.
Sly ran over to his mom. "You okay Momma?!"
Kagome just smiled as she ran her hands through his hair. "I'm fine, but look at your hair. It's starting to become long already."
"*Keh* of course!" Inuyasha huffed matter of factly. "He is a dog demon, ya know. Our hair grows to a certain length, then it stops." he said as he held the ends of his own hair.
Kagome sighed. 'I should've guessed. I had to trim it up at least once every two days...oh geez, and I don't even have my scissors with me.'
Miroku examined the hair. "You know, he will be a complete replica of Inuyasha if he does grow his hair out."
'Only in looks.' Inuyasha thought as he started to examine the trees. 'No, too skinny. That one's too fat. That one would probably break...'
Sly watched as Miroku slid down against a tree and Sango pulled out a small blanket and layed it on the ground. 'What's going on?' He watched as Inuyasha kept staring up at the trees.
Sly looked at his mom for the explanation.
"It's bed time hon'." Kagome replied as she started to get out her own little blanket.
Sly raised an eyebrow at her. "We're going to sleep in the middle of the wilderness?"
Kagome laid out the bedding and motioned for Sly to get in. "Don't worry, we'll be fine. You are surrounded by some of the best fighters." she smiled.
Sly pointed at Inuyasha. "Then what's that idiot doing?"
Kagome yawned as she pulled Sly next to her. "He doesn't sleep on the ground. He sleeps in trees."
"We sleep in trees."
Kagome and Sly looked at Inuyasha as he walked over to them.
"What?" Kagome asked.
Inuyasha grabbed Kagome out of the bedding.
"Hey, what are you-?!" Sly yelled as he pounced toward Inuyasha.
Inuyasha just caught him in his other arm.
"Hey, let go!" Sly whined as Inuyasha ran away.
Sly couldn't say what happened. At first he was on the ground fighting over his mom with Inuyasha, and now...
He looked down. He was high in a tree. VERY high in a tree. But for some reason, he wasn't really scared.
Kagome was also looking down and couldn't help a small squeal.
Inuyasha just smiled smugly as he set them down on a sturdy branch.
"Inuyasha, why did you bring us up in a tree?!" Kagome demanded as she tried not to look down.
"'Cause I always sleep up here." He said as he removed his kimono and held it in his mouth.
Kagome groaned. "That's not what I-"
She was cut off short as Inuyasha grabbed her and sat her down on his lap. Then, despite Sly's barking, he grabbed his son and put him in Kagome's lap. Then he took his Kimono out of his mouth and covered them all up with it like a blanket.
"'Cause I always sleep up here, so you will too." Inuyasha finished as he wrapped his arms securely around Kagome and Sly.
Kagome sighed. There wouldn't be any winning against him tonight. She looked down at her son in her lap. He was already closing his eyes.
'Mmmm...nice air up here...' Sly smiled as he nuzzled against his mom. 'This feels good...and safe...'
Before he realized it, he fell asleep.
Kagome looked down and smiled at her son. 'Well, at least one of us likes being in this tree.'
Inuyasha lied his head down on Kagome's shoulder. "Hey."
Kagome sighed. 'Come on, he already brought us high up into this tree. What more could he want?' Then, she tried to forget how high they really were again. "What."
"You remember that thing Miroku was talking about last night." Inuyasha asked.
"Inuyasha!" She whispered harshly not wanting to wake Sly up.
"Huh? No not that bizarre pregnant thing. The other thing." Inuyasha replied.
"...ummm...what other thing?" Kagome asked confused. 'What else did Miroku say?'
"That 'human tradition of marriage' deal. What is that?"
Kagome felt her cheeks starting to flush. "Umm...it's sort of like..."
Inuyasha nudged against her shoulder when she wasn't continuing. "Come on Kagome, what is it?"
"It's like...a promise."
"A promise?" Inuyasha asked.
"Well, yeah. To stay together kind of." She replied.
"Stay together?" Inuyasha asked still not getting it.
"Yeah, like... only being with the one person you love and never anyone else." Kagome explained.
Inuyasha fell silent for a moment. "Sounds like being a mate."
"Well, sort of like that I guess." Kagome yawned. She was starting to feel tired. And even if she didn't like being so high, she didn't really mind sleeping in Inuyasha's kimono. It was comfy.
She started to close her eyes and leaned back into Inuyasha.
"I wanna do that then."
She immediately sat back up at full attention. 'What did he say?!' "Inuyasha, what did you just say?" she squeaked.
"If I go through this human tradition of marriage, then you're mine. Permanently."
"..." Kagome's mind went completely blank. 'Ooh, this dog demon doesn't get it!' "Inuyasha, marriage isn't about possession. It's about wanting to be with each other, and having children and-"
"Children?!" Inuyasha shouted happily. "Pups?!"
Kagome squinted her eyes shut. She realized her mistake too late. She looked down at Sly. Too bad he could sleep through just about anything. She could really use a distraction right now or-
"We have a pup though!" Inuyasha said excitedly. "So let's do this thing already! How's it work?"
Kagome sighed. Did he really understand what she was saying? 'He doesn't even know the truth about me yet...' she sighed. 'He just wants to make sure I don't take Kawayou away again, I know it.' "Inuyasha, I'm getting really tired. Can we discuss this later?" 'Like never?'
Inuyasha looked at the tired expression on her face. 'Is it the me and Kikyou thing that she's worried about?' "But-"
"I'm not taking our son anywhere." She said patting Sly's head. "So don't worry."
Inuyasha huffed. He wanted to do that marriage thing and make her HIS dammit! After all, what if that well did open back up again..."Hey Kagome."
Kagome yawned. "What?"
"What about our pup. Do you think he'll ever like me?"
Kagome yawned again, then smiled. "Yes Inuyasha, he'll like you."
Inuyasha's ears sagged. "You sure?" He looked down at Sly.
Kagome turned her head around to look at Inuyasha. "A lot of things have been happening to him lately. He fell in a well and met you, he almost died trying to find you, he found half of a mysterious jewel he knew nothing about inside of him, he almost died again, and now he's stuck in a time that he doesn't understand, and like me he doesn't even know if the people he loves are still alive."
She turned back around and ran her fingers through her sleeping son's hair. "He's just four years old, and doesn't know what to do with all his strange feelings. So instead, he turns it outward as anger. And unfortunately, you're the target."
Inuyasha looked down gently at Sly. '****, I never realized how much my pups gone through before.'
"You wouldn't believe how sweet he could be at times when he wasn't bogged down with everything." Kagome said as she started to remember the past...
////Kawayou jumped off his mothers' lap, and looked like he would spring to his Uncle./////
"He always pounced up to people." she smiled.
///Kawayou pounced up into his mother's arms.////
"He always pounced up to me." she added sadly. 'When was the last time he did that?'
////"Mom, you're pretty."
Kawayou jogged her out of her memories with his comment. "What?" she asked again, not quite believing her ears.
"Your smile. It makes you pretty." her son stated.////
"And every once in awhile he would say something sweet..."
///Kawayou looked up at his mom. She put her plastered smile back on. "I'm sorry I almost made you cry."////
"And he cared about how people would feel." she added softly...
Kagome smiled back up at Inuyasha as she heard the words "PERVERT!" being screamed below. "Give him time." She yawned. "Soon, our boy will be back to himself. I know it." She smiled. "THEN you'll be complaining about him jumping up at you all the time."
Inuyasha just watched Kagome as she started to fall asleep. 'Is she right? Is that why the pup doesn't like me?'
He watched as Kawayou scratched his ear in his sleep.
Inuyasha just smirked at his pup, then gently laid his head on Kagome's shoulder. He patted his pup's head gently, then wrapped his arms securely around his family before he himself started to drift off asleep...
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