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only for entertainment purposes, (and an excuse to avoid my homework:). So
don't sue and enjoy the fic!
The Feudal Fairy Tale Begins Again...
By: Msmelanie
Chapter Forty Three: The Old Man: Fake or Not?
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Kagome looked at what Inuyasha had just captured. "...no."
Inuyasha just blinked. "What? What do you mean no? It's food."
"No." she said again more firmly, her eyes still not leaving Inuyasha's catch.
"It's better than it looks." Inuyasha replied.
"No." Kagome replied again, still not losing any firmness in her voice.
Inuyasha just looked at his catch. Okay, so it reaked, but it tasted just fine to him and Mutsuki. "You can cook it."
Kagome stood up and put Sly down. Then she pointed toward the 'food'. "It's foul! It's stinky, and it looks WAY too yucky for us!"
"Yeah, but it tastes good." Inuyasha replied, thinking that would change her mind. He handed the carcass to her. "Cook it and you'll see."
Kagome looked disgustedly at the carcass as she grabbed it by it's horn. "We can't eat this."
"Yeah, you can." Inuyasha said huffily. "I eat it all the time."
Kagome's left eye twitched. "I don't mean we CAN'T eat it, I mean we CAN'T EAT IT! We aren't eating that stuff. It reaks!"
Inuyasha just waved it off. "Give it a try. If you don't like it, then I'll never make you eat it again."
"...Never again?" she answered wearily.
"Nope...we'll eat something else, alright?" Inuyasha said as he glanced back at her.
Kagome looked down at the food. There was no way she was going to like it...
A few minutes later...
Inuyasha held up a fire breathing rabbit. "Here's supper if you don't like it."
Kagome looked down at her section of the strange food.
Sly didn't seem to care a bit about what it was, and immediately started eating.
So did Inuyasha. "Yeah, so ya gonna eat or what *****?" he asked as he watched Kagome look strangely at her food.
"...what is this?" Kagome asked.
Inuyasha looked at what he was eating. "It's a cross between a jack rabbit, some stupid toad, a hog, and...I don't know. Whatever has antlers like that." he said as he took another bite. "So eat already!"
Kagome closed her eyes. "You don't even know what we're eating."
"It's good." Inuyasha growled as he pointed to Sly. "Look, Mutsuki thinks it's good."
Kagome's stomach felt awful as she turned her head away. "I just can't-"
She didn't get any farther, as Mutsuki stuck a piece of his share in her mouth. "It's good mom, try it!"
Kagome's eyes grew wide. The taste was strange, almost like chicken surprisingly. "..."
"See?" Inuyasha said with his mouthful. "You eat the hide, and I'll take care of the antennaes and ****."
Kagome just nodded, making a mental note to find out what in the world she had just ate. "I'm not hungry anymore."
"Me neither!" Sly said as he patted his belly.
When Inuyasha finished the rest of the 'food', they took off on their walk again.
"Ummm...Lord Inuyasha?" Myouga asked from Inuyasha's necklace.
Inuyasha looked down at the flea. "What do you want?" He growled.
Myouga climbed up to Inuyasha's ear. "My lord, have you noticed that your young pup has been acting rather odd?"
"Yeah, so?" he growled.
"You've noticed?" Myouga said surprised. "Then why haven't you-?"
"Kagome is worrying too much about the old man, all right?" Inuyasha replied. "After this thing is over and done with, I'll handle Mutsuki." he eyed the flea who had hopped down onto his necklace. "Go to Mutsuki."
Myouga didn't reply but darted over from Kagome's shoulder to Sly's shoulder.
Inuyasha grinned. The rest of the way would be easy sailing, but having Myouga near Mutsuki instead of him somehow made him feel easier.night...
"Hey, hey!" Inuyasha barked. "Easy with those claws, pup!"
Inuyasha was currently running up the side of a mountain with Kagome hanging onto his back, and his son 'hanging' onto his back to.
"Inuyasha, just hurry up and get us on the mountain already!" Kagome yelled back.
"Fine!" Inuyasha barked. "Yeah sure, just 'cause I currently have a pup clawing into my back and BITING me with his damn teeth shouldn't bug me, right?!"
Sly continued to 'hang' on just as tightly, despite his father's complaining. He really felt like whimpering. He liked running, and flying was pretty cool.....
but jumping from rock to rock miles above solid ground was more than a little scary!
Finally, Inuyasha reached his destination and put Kagome down.
Kagome smiled as she looked up at Sly. "You can open up your eyes now."
Sly slowly opened his eyes, but was still slightly shaking.
"Hey." Inuyasha added. "You could let 'go' of me now too, you know."
Sly realized what he meant and removed his teeth and claws from his dad's back.
Inuyasha stretched as Kagome took Sly off his back. "So...this is it?" Kagome asked as she looked at the small cave that was in front of them.
"Yep." Inuyasha answered as he continued stretching. "Let's go in and see if the old man is still there."
Kagome and the others softly walked into the cave. "Anybody home?" she called out.
Out of another hole in the cave, an old man entered into the room with his arms behind his back. "Who is it?" he called out.
Kagome examined the old man thoughtfully. "Do you think you can help us?"
The old man walked closer towards Kagome. "What is it an old man like me could possible do for a young thing like you?"
"Not her." Inuyasha replied as he pointed towards Sly. "Mutsuki."
The old man moved away from Kagome and looked down at Sly. "...you have no name."
Sly just blinked.
"Yes, he does." Kagome interrupted.
The old man held a hand up to her, indicating silence. "This small creature has many names, meaning he has no name."
"???"
The old man ignored the questioning looks. "You aren't human, but you are not demon either." he wrinkled his brows. "You are but a myth. So, what may I do for you?"
Sly didn't know how to reply.
Inuyasha just grumbled. "Can we get passed your weird thinking? Just tell us how long he's going to live!"
Myouga whined from Sly's shoulder. "Lord Inuyasha! I implore you, treat him with more respect! He is not your average mortal."
Inuyasha just ignored Myouga and looked back at the old man.
The old man just huffed. "He is a quarter demon. Almost human, but he has powers keeping most of that side hidden. He is less human, but he should be more. He is more demon, but he should be less. In essence, he should not exist."
Inuyasha grumbled but decided to keep his anger in control when he saw the worried look in Kagome's eyes. "Fine." he crossed his arms. "So what's the lifespan of 'the boy who doesn't exist'?"
The old man frowned at the hanyou. "You are mocking me. I have already told you." he said as he pointed back to Sly. "He does not exist. How can I tell you how long something will exist, if it doesn't?"
'****!" Inuyasha looked back at Kagome, and decided he didn't care what she thought of his behavior. He rushed over to the old man and grabbed him by the throat.
"Lord Inuyasha!" Myouga cried out.
"Listen ya ol' *******!" Inuyasha barked. "My pup DOES exist, and if you don't stop your weird talking and tell me what I want to know, I'll let him show you how real he and his CLAWS are!"
The old man glanced at Kagome, whom also looked very anxious for an answer.
"You see, he used to have a powerful jewel inside of him." Kagome offered as an explanation. "So please...I just...I really need to know."
The old man sighed as Inuyasha put him back down. He walked over to the boy and looked down at him. "I'm going to ask you one question."
"Okay." Sly agreed.
"Are you powerful?" the old man asked.
Sly twitched his ears and tilted his head. "Powerful? What do you mean by powerful?"
The old man shook his head and looked back at Inuyasha. "Not long."
Inuyasha blinked. "Wha...what do you mean by not long?!"
Kagome looked back at the old man for an explanation.
He didn't reply to her look though.
"You just asked him one ****ing question!" Inuyasha barked.
"I knew before I asked the question." the old man replied.
Sly just looked at the old man totally confused. "I don't get it. Not long what?"
The old man walked over to Kagome. "Take him outside and cover his ears. I want to speak to the nameless creatures father alone."
Kagome agreed as she picked up Kawayou. 'It sounded like he'll live a regular life span.' she smiled.
When Kagome was safely outside, Inuyasha looked at the ground. "That's it then. He'll have a regular human life span." he said as the top of his ears began to droop. He knew Kagome couldn't stay with him for too long, but the thought of his pup not....
The old man shook his head. "No, he won't."
Inuyasha looked back at the old man in confusion. "What do you mean?"
"When I said not long, I meant not long." the old man sighed sadly.
Inuyasha reached out for the old man and held him nose to nose. "What?!"
The old man was unmoved by the hanyou's reaction. "He doesn't understand. The longer he doesn't understand, the lesser his chances become."
"Understand what?!" Inuyasha barked angrily.
"I cannot explain it." the old man frowned. "The knowledge must 'click' in for itself."
Inuyasha didn't loosen his grip, and his patience was growing thinner. "How long gramps?!"
"Not long." the man repeated again. "He does not only not know what to understand, but the fact that he has so much to understand about everything."
"YOU AREN'T MAKING SENSE!!" Inuyasha barked angrily.
"He has more to understand than you know...although, most of it, you do. He knows nothing of your past or of your friends'...in fact, you are BOTH in the dark about the young woman's past."
Inuyasha loosened his grip.
"Ignorance will be his destroyer in the end." the old man finally confessed. "Take away his questions and give him some answers. The longer you make him wonder about trivial things like his name or about some Kitsune's past, the less time he has to figure out what really matters."
Inuyasha let go of the old man and turned away from him."Bah! I don't believe anything you say! You don't know anything! I was wrong to come here!"
"Oh?" the old man inquired. "I recall your mother feeling that way too after I told her...but tell me Inuyasha...had I really been wrong?"
Inuyasha closed his eyes...
///"I...I-I..." Inuyasha watched his mom stutter from where he was holding her hand. "I just can't believe that."
She looked back at the old man who was known for making accurate predictions. She had wanted to know if her son would live as long as his father or her. Instead, he told her that and much more.
"I'm sorry, but no. That can't be right." she looked down at her boy who was holding her hand and smiled. "My little Inuyasha is going to be pinned to a tree for 50 years and rescued by a girl from the future?" She looked back at the old man. "I'm sorry, but I do not believe you. Please excuse us for wasting your time."///
Inuyasha growled at the old man.
"There is something you can do though, to improve his chances." the old man replied to the hanyou in denial. "Have you heard of the forgotten castle? It's said to hold a mysterious jewel that has the power to give unseen knowledge. The only problem is it's been missing for over two hundred years."
"...know anything else?" Inuyasha growled.
"No." the old man replied, but Inuyasha wasn't buying it. "What?"
"How do YOU stay alive old man?" Inuyasha questioned suspiciously. "You look the same now as you did when my mother came to you."
The old man smiled. "That isn't an option for you anymore. That path has long since been blocked. Follow this new path I have given you. If you don't and stray from it, you'll find yourself only in deeper trouble." He started to slowly walk away. "Bit of advice: watch out for more than the new moon."
"What do you mean by that?!" Inuyasha barked.
The old man turned back around. "You'll understand soon. Don't dawdle. 'Not long' is closer than you may want to believe."
Inuyasha just frowned at the man and angrily started to march out of the cave.
The old man watched as Inuyasha left. 'Hanyou. Don't give up hope just yet. After all, if that mysterious creature figures out its powers...
it may be able to save more than just itself.'
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Authoresses Note: Well, I hope you enjoyed these newest chapters. Remember that since I'm typing it all out now, updates will be slower on my site...I don't think it will make much difference here though. In fact, it might actually come out a little faster out here.:) But I do plan to put 44 up soon, and hopefully 45 and 46. Time will tell.:)
Thank you everyone for your reviews!;-) I really appreciate all of them.
The Feudal Fairy Tale Begins Again...
By: Msmelanie
Chapter Forty Three: The Old Man: Fake or Not?
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Kagome looked at what Inuyasha had just captured. "...no."
Inuyasha just blinked. "What? What do you mean no? It's food."
"No." she said again more firmly, her eyes still not leaving Inuyasha's catch.
"It's better than it looks." Inuyasha replied.
"No." Kagome replied again, still not losing any firmness in her voice.
Inuyasha just looked at his catch. Okay, so it reaked, but it tasted just fine to him and Mutsuki. "You can cook it."
Kagome stood up and put Sly down. Then she pointed toward the 'food'. "It's foul! It's stinky, and it looks WAY too yucky for us!"
"Yeah, but it tastes good." Inuyasha replied, thinking that would change her mind. He handed the carcass to her. "Cook it and you'll see."
Kagome looked disgustedly at the carcass as she grabbed it by it's horn. "We can't eat this."
"Yeah, you can." Inuyasha said huffily. "I eat it all the time."
Kagome's left eye twitched. "I don't mean we CAN'T eat it, I mean we CAN'T EAT IT! We aren't eating that stuff. It reaks!"
Inuyasha just waved it off. "Give it a try. If you don't like it, then I'll never make you eat it again."
"...Never again?" she answered wearily.
"Nope...we'll eat something else, alright?" Inuyasha said as he glanced back at her.
Kagome looked down at the food. There was no way she was going to like it...
A few minutes later...
Inuyasha held up a fire breathing rabbit. "Here's supper if you don't like it."
Kagome looked down at her section of the strange food.
Sly didn't seem to care a bit about what it was, and immediately started eating.
So did Inuyasha. "Yeah, so ya gonna eat or what *****?" he asked as he watched Kagome look strangely at her food.
"...what is this?" Kagome asked.
Inuyasha looked at what he was eating. "It's a cross between a jack rabbit, some stupid toad, a hog, and...I don't know. Whatever has antlers like that." he said as he took another bite. "So eat already!"
Kagome closed her eyes. "You don't even know what we're eating."
"It's good." Inuyasha growled as he pointed to Sly. "Look, Mutsuki thinks it's good."
Kagome's stomach felt awful as she turned her head away. "I just can't-"
She didn't get any farther, as Mutsuki stuck a piece of his share in her mouth. "It's good mom, try it!"
Kagome's eyes grew wide. The taste was strange, almost like chicken surprisingly. "..."
"See?" Inuyasha said with his mouthful. "You eat the hide, and I'll take care of the antennaes and ****."
Kagome just nodded, making a mental note to find out what in the world she had just ate. "I'm not hungry anymore."
"Me neither!" Sly said as he patted his belly.
When Inuyasha finished the rest of the 'food', they took off on their walk again.
"Ummm...Lord Inuyasha?" Myouga asked from Inuyasha's necklace.
Inuyasha looked down at the flea. "What do you want?" He growled.
Myouga climbed up to Inuyasha's ear. "My lord, have you noticed that your young pup has been acting rather odd?"
"Yeah, so?" he growled.
"You've noticed?" Myouga said surprised. "Then why haven't you-?"
"Kagome is worrying too much about the old man, all right?" Inuyasha replied. "After this thing is over and done with, I'll handle Mutsuki." he eyed the flea who had hopped down onto his necklace. "Go to Mutsuki."
Myouga didn't reply but darted over from Kagome's shoulder to Sly's shoulder.
Inuyasha grinned. The rest of the way would be easy sailing, but having Myouga near Mutsuki instead of him somehow made him feel easier.night...
"Hey, hey!" Inuyasha barked. "Easy with those claws, pup!"
Inuyasha was currently running up the side of a mountain with Kagome hanging onto his back, and his son 'hanging' onto his back to.
"Inuyasha, just hurry up and get us on the mountain already!" Kagome yelled back.
"Fine!" Inuyasha barked. "Yeah sure, just 'cause I currently have a pup clawing into my back and BITING me with his damn teeth shouldn't bug me, right?!"
Sly continued to 'hang' on just as tightly, despite his father's complaining. He really felt like whimpering. He liked running, and flying was pretty cool.....
but jumping from rock to rock miles above solid ground was more than a little scary!
Finally, Inuyasha reached his destination and put Kagome down.
Kagome smiled as she looked up at Sly. "You can open up your eyes now."
Sly slowly opened his eyes, but was still slightly shaking.
"Hey." Inuyasha added. "You could let 'go' of me now too, you know."
Sly realized what he meant and removed his teeth and claws from his dad's back.
Inuyasha stretched as Kagome took Sly off his back. "So...this is it?" Kagome asked as she looked at the small cave that was in front of them.
"Yep." Inuyasha answered as he continued stretching. "Let's go in and see if the old man is still there."
Kagome and the others softly walked into the cave. "Anybody home?" she called out.
Out of another hole in the cave, an old man entered into the room with his arms behind his back. "Who is it?" he called out.
Kagome examined the old man thoughtfully. "Do you think you can help us?"
The old man walked closer towards Kagome. "What is it an old man like me could possible do for a young thing like you?"
"Not her." Inuyasha replied as he pointed towards Sly. "Mutsuki."
The old man moved away from Kagome and looked down at Sly. "...you have no name."
Sly just blinked.
"Yes, he does." Kagome interrupted.
The old man held a hand up to her, indicating silence. "This small creature has many names, meaning he has no name."
"???"
The old man ignored the questioning looks. "You aren't human, but you are not demon either." he wrinkled his brows. "You are but a myth. So, what may I do for you?"
Sly didn't know how to reply.
Inuyasha just grumbled. "Can we get passed your weird thinking? Just tell us how long he's going to live!"
Myouga whined from Sly's shoulder. "Lord Inuyasha! I implore you, treat him with more respect! He is not your average mortal."
Inuyasha just ignored Myouga and looked back at the old man.
The old man just huffed. "He is a quarter demon. Almost human, but he has powers keeping most of that side hidden. He is less human, but he should be more. He is more demon, but he should be less. In essence, he should not exist."
Inuyasha grumbled but decided to keep his anger in control when he saw the worried look in Kagome's eyes. "Fine." he crossed his arms. "So what's the lifespan of 'the boy who doesn't exist'?"
The old man frowned at the hanyou. "You are mocking me. I have already told you." he said as he pointed back to Sly. "He does not exist. How can I tell you how long something will exist, if it doesn't?"
'****!" Inuyasha looked back at Kagome, and decided he didn't care what she thought of his behavior. He rushed over to the old man and grabbed him by the throat.
"Lord Inuyasha!" Myouga cried out.
"Listen ya ol' *******!" Inuyasha barked. "My pup DOES exist, and if you don't stop your weird talking and tell me what I want to know, I'll let him show you how real he and his CLAWS are!"
The old man glanced at Kagome, whom also looked very anxious for an answer.
"You see, he used to have a powerful jewel inside of him." Kagome offered as an explanation. "So please...I just...I really need to know."
The old man sighed as Inuyasha put him back down. He walked over to the boy and looked down at him. "I'm going to ask you one question."
"Okay." Sly agreed.
"Are you powerful?" the old man asked.
Sly twitched his ears and tilted his head. "Powerful? What do you mean by powerful?"
The old man shook his head and looked back at Inuyasha. "Not long."
Inuyasha blinked. "Wha...what do you mean by not long?!"
Kagome looked back at the old man for an explanation.
He didn't reply to her look though.
"You just asked him one ****ing question!" Inuyasha barked.
"I knew before I asked the question." the old man replied.
Sly just looked at the old man totally confused. "I don't get it. Not long what?"
The old man walked over to Kagome. "Take him outside and cover his ears. I want to speak to the nameless creatures father alone."
Kagome agreed as she picked up Kawayou. 'It sounded like he'll live a regular life span.' she smiled.
When Kagome was safely outside, Inuyasha looked at the ground. "That's it then. He'll have a regular human life span." he said as the top of his ears began to droop. He knew Kagome couldn't stay with him for too long, but the thought of his pup not....
The old man shook his head. "No, he won't."
Inuyasha looked back at the old man in confusion. "What do you mean?"
"When I said not long, I meant not long." the old man sighed sadly.
Inuyasha reached out for the old man and held him nose to nose. "What?!"
The old man was unmoved by the hanyou's reaction. "He doesn't understand. The longer he doesn't understand, the lesser his chances become."
"Understand what?!" Inuyasha barked angrily.
"I cannot explain it." the old man frowned. "The knowledge must 'click' in for itself."
Inuyasha didn't loosen his grip, and his patience was growing thinner. "How long gramps?!"
"Not long." the man repeated again. "He does not only not know what to understand, but the fact that he has so much to understand about everything."
"YOU AREN'T MAKING SENSE!!" Inuyasha barked angrily.
"He has more to understand than you know...although, most of it, you do. He knows nothing of your past or of your friends'...in fact, you are BOTH in the dark about the young woman's past."
Inuyasha loosened his grip.
"Ignorance will be his destroyer in the end." the old man finally confessed. "Take away his questions and give him some answers. The longer you make him wonder about trivial things like his name or about some Kitsune's past, the less time he has to figure out what really matters."
Inuyasha let go of the old man and turned away from him."Bah! I don't believe anything you say! You don't know anything! I was wrong to come here!"
"Oh?" the old man inquired. "I recall your mother feeling that way too after I told her...but tell me Inuyasha...had I really been wrong?"
Inuyasha closed his eyes...
///"I...I-I..." Inuyasha watched his mom stutter from where he was holding her hand. "I just can't believe that."
She looked back at the old man who was known for making accurate predictions. She had wanted to know if her son would live as long as his father or her. Instead, he told her that and much more.
"I'm sorry, but no. That can't be right." she looked down at her boy who was holding her hand and smiled. "My little Inuyasha is going to be pinned to a tree for 50 years and rescued by a girl from the future?" She looked back at the old man. "I'm sorry, but I do not believe you. Please excuse us for wasting your time."///
Inuyasha growled at the old man.
"There is something you can do though, to improve his chances." the old man replied to the hanyou in denial. "Have you heard of the forgotten castle? It's said to hold a mysterious jewel that has the power to give unseen knowledge. The only problem is it's been missing for over two hundred years."
"...know anything else?" Inuyasha growled.
"No." the old man replied, but Inuyasha wasn't buying it. "What?"
"How do YOU stay alive old man?" Inuyasha questioned suspiciously. "You look the same now as you did when my mother came to you."
The old man smiled. "That isn't an option for you anymore. That path has long since been blocked. Follow this new path I have given you. If you don't and stray from it, you'll find yourself only in deeper trouble." He started to slowly walk away. "Bit of advice: watch out for more than the new moon."
"What do you mean by that?!" Inuyasha barked.
The old man turned back around. "You'll understand soon. Don't dawdle. 'Not long' is closer than you may want to believe."
Inuyasha just frowned at the man and angrily started to march out of the cave.
The old man watched as Inuyasha left. 'Hanyou. Don't give up hope just yet. After all, if that mysterious creature figures out its powers...
it may be able to save more than just itself.'
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Authoresses Note: Well, I hope you enjoyed these newest chapters. Remember that since I'm typing it all out now, updates will be slower on my site...I don't think it will make much difference here though. In fact, it might actually come out a little faster out here.:) But I do plan to put 44 up soon, and hopefully 45 and 46. Time will tell.:)
Thank you everyone for your reviews!;-) I really appreciate all of them.
