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The Feudal Fairy Tale Begins Again...

By: Msmelanie

Chapter Thirty Three: Fate's Not Always Cruel.

******************************************************* Shippou looked sadly down at Inuyasha from the tree he had hidden himself in through the whole ordeal. 'Kagome!' he cried out silently in his mind. 'Come back...come back...' He looked up at the moonless sky along with everyone else.

The cursed moon.

If it hadn't been the new moon, Inuyasha could've had a decent chance of catching Kouga. After all, without the extra power of the shards in his legs, that wolf's speed would've been reduced.

But it was the night of the new moon. The first rays of sun would have no chance of coming any time soon.

He looked down at Sango, who for once didn't think or care about what treachery the monk might try as she accepted his embrace.

And Miroku had no tricks planned. He held her close, but continued to stare at Inuyasha. The dog demon who had just lost everything...again.

The only person who didn't look hurt, but tried to stay out of the way, was the little female dog demon that was still there. The only expression on her face seemed to come from the fact that the hanyou-turned-human might not want to take her home for a long time.

Shippou couldn't stand it. He started to sniffle and looked up at the wickedness of the moonless sky again. He had had his family stolen from him before by the Thunder brothers. Then, he had his sister/mother taken away by the well five years ago. Now, he had his sister/mother and his friend/brother tooken away by the cruelness of the moon. "Kagome!! Come back!!"

It wasn't fair!

It wasn't fair!!

Couldn't fate be helpful at least once?!

At the well...

Kirara was curled up on the side of the hole, but her ears were still on alert, just in case someone tried to sneak by again. Something had never seemed right since her and her owner had passed through the strange hole the last time. It had suddenly stopped mysteriously and had trapped the nice one with the long black hair, and it's strange puppy. She really didn't like that puppy. It had always seemed like it wanted to chase her. She wanted to transform and show the puppy what a big kitty demon she could become, but then her owner might be upset. And she never wanted to upset her owner.

Oh, how she wished she could be with her owner. She could be curled up on her lap right now. But her instincts kept saying no. Something was wrong with the hole, and she needed to stay by it.

At first, she simply left now and then, to check on the big hole. But her instincts started getting stronger, and she just couldn't leave the hole. She decided to stay in a big tree nearby the big hole.

But some time later, she had seen a wolf man pass through it. Something wasn't right about the wolf man...but something wasn't right with the big hole. She decided to stop hiding in a nearby tree and went to stand on the big hole. Her instincts had told her the wolf man would be back, but she needed to guard the big hole.

The big hole had always been strange, but now it was stranger. Something wasn't right about the hole...

Kirara had started to finally close her eyes when she sensed the wolf man again. But the wolf man wasn't alone. She also sensed that the black haired nice one was with him, and something else too. It didn't have any demon scent, it was all human but it resembled the nice one's puppy. Their scent had also had some fear mixed in. Which meant they must have been afraid of something. Were they afraid of the wolf man? Or the big hole? She didn't know, but watched as they came into the clearing...

"Let me go, Kouga!" Kagome yelled with all her might.

"No! If your son hadn't shown up, you would've picked me, I know it!" Kouga yelled back.

Sly just wriggled in the wolf's arms. He had caught the wolf by the tail after he grabbed his mom, but in his human condition he couldn't hold on, so Kouga now held him under his other arm. "Let us go! We don't wanna ****ing go with you! We wanna stay with pops!"

Yes. It was definitely the small strange puppy of the black haired one. Kirara backed away to the side of the well as the wolf man came and sat everyone he was carrying down next to the big hole.

The wolf man didn't seem to notice Kirara hiding beside the well on the other side. The well itself gave off a strange scent and a strange aura that had covered hers almost entirely.

Kouga smiled as he looked at his prizes. His Kagome, and his soon-to-be cub. No one could stop him. Everyone was too far away. "Don't think about running. I'll be back in thirty seconds flat, so it won't do you any good."

With that, Kouga ran off.

Kagome grabbed her son and brought him close to her.

Sly held onto his mom. He knew what was gonna happen now. They would be brought back to their side, and his momma would be forced to be the wolf's wife. "This isn't right, mommy. Not yet, we can't leave like this. Not with that wimpy wolf!"

Kagome stroked her son's long black hair. "I know. This shouldn't be happening. I'm so sorry, Kawayou....mommy's so sorry..." She just held on to her son and counted the seconds she would be there. The precious last seconds she had left in Inuyasha's world... '15...14...'

Kirara looked at her as she started to come from her hiding place. She didn't want to leave the big hole, but the nice one with the long black hair and it's strange puppy that was not a puppy anymore, seemed to need her help more.

'13...I wonder where he left to that he didn't risk bringing us too?...oh well.It doesn't really matter anymore...11...'

Kirara suddenly jumped up into the air and transformed.

'10...'

Kirara suddenly appeared in front of Kagome and Sly.

"Oh! Kirara!" Kagome shouted happily as she saw Sango's missing pet. She held fast onto her son and climbed on.

Suddenly, Kouga started to come back...and Kagome knew now partly why he had left them by the well...

...She could suddenly sense a very, very small sliver of a shard from the shikon jewel.

Kirara immediately took off into the air before Kouga could grab her.

"Kagomeee!" Kouga yelled out at her as Kirara started to fly away. "Come back!"

'No. No way.' Kagome thought. She was curious as to how in the world he had found a sliver of the shikon jewel, but there was no way she was gonna get close enough to find out.

She sighed relief for the first time as she reached out to touch Kirara's head. "Thanks, Kirara. You don't know how much you've saved us."

Back to the others...

Shippou sighed as he looked at the sky. Fate was so cruel. It had ruined everyone's lives countless times...why couldn't it be nice once in a while? "Kagome. Kawayou. It's not fair. They were becoming my family again..."

Inuyasha ignored the small whimpers of Shippou. He didn't care. He didn't care. Nothing mattered anymore. He had had a pack. He had had his family with him...his real family.

Sesshoumaru never was his brother, he had always hated him. Despised him because he was different. He had never even known his father, the mighty Lord of the Western Lands. He had remembered his mother. She was his family, but she had been taken away so long ago...

so long ago...

All he ever wanted was family. That's the reason he agreed to be with Kikyou. He never wanted to become some weak human, but she was kind to him, and she wanted to be with him. Being with him meant mating. And mating meant pups. And pups meant family.

Of course, he'd never admit that to anyone, and he never shared how he felt about children. The way he called them runts and bopped them on the head usually gave the people some kind of idea. Yeah, he hated children. Yeah, he hated most pups. But he would love HIS pups.

After he had been killed on the Goshinboku, he thought he had lost that. The chance for a real family. But Kagome...

She was more than he had ever dreamed. She liked him for who he was, and didn't dislike him for what he was not. She never pushed him into being a full weak human. She never really even pushed him into a relationship. Hell, she definitely wasn't perfect, what with her strange clothes and her strange customs and such. But that really didn't matter to him. Although, he knew his puppy love feelings for Kikyou hurt her, she never left him for good.

She was the only one for him.

She wasn't puppy love. She was real love. And somehow, their real love had even given them a puppy.

A puppy! He had been so happy when he heard it. She wasn't ever anyone else's, she was HIS and she had HIS pup. Suddenly, he was completely happy he had been pinned to the tree for 50 years. Fate wasn't completely cruel to him, it had been a blessing in disguise.

But now...she was gone. Again.

But he not only felt the loss of her this time. He also felt the loss of his pup. HIS pup.

They were gone. His pack was gone. His new family was gone.

He had previously thought that losing Kikyou to death was the hardest thing he had ever had to face...

But now, he realized...

Losing Kikyou was like a scratch on a tree. But losing Kagome and his pup to Kouga...

was like using the Wind Scar on it.

He looked up to the cruelness of the night again and shouted as loud as his human voice would allow him. "KAGOME! KAGOME!! KAGOOOMMMEEEEEE!!!!"

Miroku and Sango looked at their friend. They had a feeling they knew what he was about to do. But what could they do about it? When someone sets their heart on something, they don't give up. They watched as their friend turned and glanced at them. A silent goodbye.

Inuyasha would retreat back into the heart of his forest, and never come out again. He would isolate himself away from everyone. Losing Kagome once was hard enough...but losing Kagome a second time...and his pup...to Kouga was Hell itself.

Miroku and Sango continued to look at him. This would probably be the last time they would see him again...

"INUYASHA!"

???!. Everyone suddenly stopped and looked up at the sky They had heard her?!

Shippou jumped up and down excitedly on his branch. "Look! Look! It's Kirara! And she's got Kagome and Sly!"

Inuyasha suddenly stopped his idea of isolation, and immediately looked up at them. "Kagome?! Kagome!!"

She was back! With HIS pup! HIS Kagome was back with HIS pup!!

As Kirara landed, Inuyasha jumped on her behind Kagome.

"Inuyasha? What are you doing?" Sango asked as she suddenly felt well enough to leave the Monk's embrace.

Apparently, the monk and his hand had also started to feel better.

"I'm leaving! What's it look like?! Up, Kirara!" Inuyasha yelled out.

"Why?!" Shippou suddenly cried out from the tree. "Kagome and Sly has just come back! Why do have to take them away again?!"

Inuyasha didn't reply as Kirara had tooken off again...

"Inuyasha, where are we going?" Kagome asked as she looked behind her.

Inuyasha grinned from ear to ear. "You'll see..."

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We'll see, huh?^^ Wonder where they are going...oh well. I hope you've enjoyed the story so far, and thanks to the great people who have been visiting my site! And also a special thanks to people who have started to read my other stories. I'm really happy you seem to enjoy me as an authoress.

Now, my reviews are starting to get trickier to answer...so how about this? If you review on my site, in either the forum or my guestbook...or directly to my e-mail address, I'll respond to your review on my site. If you review through fanfiction.net, I'll answer through fanfiction.net. Sound good?

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So, some Reviews for Chapter 30 and 31: (I'll respond to more of yours later. Promise!) To Ahsayuni: Thanks for reviewing, and see I updated pretty quick for you.^^ To Kagome-Chan: Inuyasha is on your instant messenger? LOL! And yes, of course. I'm glad you enjoyed the e-mail. To Silverkonekotsukari: I hope I got that right.^^'. I'm glad you think this fic is Kawaii. I hope you continue to enjoy it, and yes I will provide you with more soon. Maybe even today. To Mitsuko Maxwell: Okay, I have to ask: Is Maxwell from Duo Maxwell's last name, or is that your last name? Sorry, I'm just too curious! Gundam Wing Fanfiction was my first love after all.*^^* Yeah!*dances happily* I made another favorite list! Thank you so much. I hope I can keep my place there. I'm glad you love Kawayou too. He just has a...certain jens sais quoi, doesn't he?^^ And no, I don't have CN.:( My sister records it for me though! So, I get to watch Inuyasha and Lupin.*^^*. Yeah, I liked the name Lupin because of the 'Pops' each of them like to annoy.:)

Thanks everyone for reading the story! I hope to get Chapter 34 up on my site soon! Maybe tonight even...