Time Trip: A talk with Daddy
"You're in deep shit with that one, from the sound of it. It's your turn to babble
about things you'd rather not. What did she do?"
"She called my honor into question. I went to Lady Futomi's home a few years
ago to study a far off culture. It was a passing interest I had in the strange lands past the
mountains west of China."
"You mean high tables, loud voices, and handshakes."
"Precisely... How do you know about the far west?"
"Kagome's country has very efficient trade lines. She can get stuff from all over
the world and meet people from distant lands. I saw a boy there with flaming red hair and
green eyes, but he didn't have a drop of demon blood in him. He and his family came to
Japan on a holiday, and I watched them for a while."
"You saw... Did you talk to them?"
"Nah, they were speaking something Kagome said was Angle-ash or something
like that. The father spoke our language but not well so I didn't bother."
"You actually saw them though? What did they do? How did they act?" Lord
Nishi didn't notice Shinju and Sesshoumaru approaching. "Forgive my eagerness. I
studied them from text at Lady Futomi's home, but I never saw one. Lady Shinju thought
I'd been having dishonorable relations with her, but this is all it was. You see, she's seen
them as well."
"It's no big deal. They ate lunch in their apartment, went to a park, then..."
"What is a 'park'?"
"It's like a public garden. It has a wall, but no gate, and the government pays for
its care. There are quite a few in Kagome's country. This one had a lake and a baseball
field and..."
"Nani?"
"It's a game played with a wooden sword. The object is to get home safely."
"It sounds like an interesting game, obviously the creation of a people who love
their sons. Do you know where it came from?"
"I know it's western, I'm not sure which land it came out of. Watching them eat
was the most interesting."
"Did they drop their chopsticks like children? That's what I read you see."
"They didn't use them at all. They had these metal things, I recognized the knife,
but there was this pronged thing about this long that they stabbed things with. The soup
was really strange though."
"How so?"
"They didn't pick up the bowl. They scooped it up in tiny ladles that they put in
their mouths. They scolded the boy when he slurped, and they sat in these high chairs at a
tall table. It was a round table, and they were facing each other like equals. The boy's
legs didn't even touch the ground; his father had to help him up onto a cushion so he
could reach the food."
"They are a strange people. It's good to talk to someone else who finds them
fascinating. Seshoumaru isn't interested in the barbarian cultures."
"Don't call them that. They are just different, not barbaric. They pay tribute to
their Lord and serve him or the Lady if the Lord is absent. The father rules the house the
same as here in Japan, and he still must pass judgment on young men who are interested
in his daughters. Though, they aren't aloud to have more then one wife."
"Keh!" Lord Nishi exclaimed. "How outrageous, that a man with enough money
to support more then one woman would be barred from doing so."
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ONE MORE! Just one more review and I'll start writing about Kagome. I've known what
I wanted to happen to her from the start but I just don't think it's as good a plot line as
what's going on during the reign of the great Inu-taiyouriki Nishi-sama (What a title!) As
for the "What's Wrong With Inu" game:
No, the bump on the head is just another symptom, and not the root of the problem. As
you can see, and will continue to see, his physical wounds are healing but his mental
ailment is not. Lady Futomi will be back, but not for a while. She will find out "What's
Wrong With Inu" after she returns. I have written way ahead of my posting. The Chapters
I have completed to date are as follows:
Brotherly Love - A continuation of the current conversation, with an additional member.
Welcome to my World - Inuyasha is feeling better, but his babbling problem makes
things worse.
Kasan Smells Good - I'll let you guess about this one.
Misplaced Hanyou - Some conflict is resolved. I think this is best left to your
imagination.
It's Best Not to Know, Not to Compare - The Climax, and it's a twisted plot indeed!
"You're in deep shit with that one, from the sound of it. It's your turn to babble
about things you'd rather not. What did she do?"
"She called my honor into question. I went to Lady Futomi's home a few years
ago to study a far off culture. It was a passing interest I had in the strange lands past the
mountains west of China."
"You mean high tables, loud voices, and handshakes."
"Precisely... How do you know about the far west?"
"Kagome's country has very efficient trade lines. She can get stuff from all over
the world and meet people from distant lands. I saw a boy there with flaming red hair and
green eyes, but he didn't have a drop of demon blood in him. He and his family came to
Japan on a holiday, and I watched them for a while."
"You saw... Did you talk to them?"
"Nah, they were speaking something Kagome said was Angle-ash or something
like that. The father spoke our language but not well so I didn't bother."
"You actually saw them though? What did they do? How did they act?" Lord
Nishi didn't notice Shinju and Sesshoumaru approaching. "Forgive my eagerness. I
studied them from text at Lady Futomi's home, but I never saw one. Lady Shinju thought
I'd been having dishonorable relations with her, but this is all it was. You see, she's seen
them as well."
"It's no big deal. They ate lunch in their apartment, went to a park, then..."
"What is a 'park'?"
"It's like a public garden. It has a wall, but no gate, and the government pays for
its care. There are quite a few in Kagome's country. This one had a lake and a baseball
field and..."
"Nani?"
"It's a game played with a wooden sword. The object is to get home safely."
"It sounds like an interesting game, obviously the creation of a people who love
their sons. Do you know where it came from?"
"I know it's western, I'm not sure which land it came out of. Watching them eat
was the most interesting."
"Did they drop their chopsticks like children? That's what I read you see."
"They didn't use them at all. They had these metal things, I recognized the knife,
but there was this pronged thing about this long that they stabbed things with. The soup
was really strange though."
"How so?"
"They didn't pick up the bowl. They scooped it up in tiny ladles that they put in
their mouths. They scolded the boy when he slurped, and they sat in these high chairs at a
tall table. It was a round table, and they were facing each other like equals. The boy's
legs didn't even touch the ground; his father had to help him up onto a cushion so he
could reach the food."
"They are a strange people. It's good to talk to someone else who finds them
fascinating. Seshoumaru isn't interested in the barbarian cultures."
"Don't call them that. They are just different, not barbaric. They pay tribute to
their Lord and serve him or the Lady if the Lord is absent. The father rules the house the
same as here in Japan, and he still must pass judgment on young men who are interested
in his daughters. Though, they aren't aloud to have more then one wife."
"Keh!" Lord Nishi exclaimed. "How outrageous, that a man with enough money
to support more then one woman would be barred from doing so."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
ONE MORE! Just one more review and I'll start writing about Kagome. I've known what
I wanted to happen to her from the start but I just don't think it's as good a plot line as
what's going on during the reign of the great Inu-taiyouriki Nishi-sama (What a title!) As
for the "What's Wrong With Inu" game:
No, the bump on the head is just another symptom, and not the root of the problem. As
you can see, and will continue to see, his physical wounds are healing but his mental
ailment is not. Lady Futomi will be back, but not for a while. She will find out "What's
Wrong With Inu" after she returns. I have written way ahead of my posting. The Chapters
I have completed to date are as follows:
Brotherly Love - A continuation of the current conversation, with an additional member.
Welcome to my World - Inuyasha is feeling better, but his babbling problem makes
things worse.
Kasan Smells Good - I'll let you guess about this one.
Misplaced Hanyou - Some conflict is resolved. I think this is best left to your
imagination.
It's Best Not to Know, Not to Compare - The Climax, and it's a twisted plot indeed!
