RATED FOR INUYASHA'S EXTREMELY BAD LANGUAGE (& some insinuations...)
Well, what d'ya know, I actually finished a non-one-shot...
In this fic, Kagome cries, Inuyasha comforts her by telling her that he is desperately in love with her (and that Kikyo is a horrid bitch), makes wild doggy-style love to her and turns her into a hanyou with cat ears and slitted green eyes. She then runs off with Sesshomaru, adopting both Rin and Shippo as her children. Miroku, Sango, Kikyo and Naraku come over daily for 16-hour orgies, and my name is Elvis Pressley. Questions and comments may be sent to the Bermuda Triangle.[i]
In the unlikely situation that I'm not Elvis, what follows is a combination of romance and character study focused eventually on the Kagome-Inuyasha-Kikyo love triangle, but from my own angle. I'm annoyed that parts of it are clichéd, but...well...isn't Love already a cliché?
IF YOU ARE COMPLETELY UNFAMILIAR WITH JAPANESE, PLEASE CLICK HERE:[ii] The format's pretty simple – thoughts, memories, a letter & a movie are in italics. If it doesn't make sense at any point, write me & I'll fix it.
I don't own any of the characters, but I hope I've done them justice and that you'll like it. I also don't own the title – it comes off a decorative plate of my dad's.
Thahnkyou, thahnkyouverramuch.
~♥~
Love Me, Love My Dog
~♥~
He stares at the well, the wind slinging his hair carelessly across his face. His concentration begs for a familiar light, a comforting scent, a cheerful smile...and his wish is granted. He doesn't move, though his mind whirrs as he waits for her to climb up. It's been exactly one year...will she remember?
Of course not.
"Inuyasha!"
She's glowing today – really glowing, with her miko aura a happy shimmer of gold faintly accenting her hair. Is it because she has remembered?
"Is everyone else back at the village? Has anything happened while I was gone?" He turns away.
Did his ears droop? "Inuyasha? Is something wrong?"
"You're just full of questions today, aren't you? Come on, we're wasting time!" Stupid bitch. How exactly like her to forget; her heart's just too damn small.
She sighs, her aura dimming slightly, and follows him to her second home. I would have thought he'd be different today; I wonder if he realizes that it's been exactly one year since we met. Probably not – he'd consider such sentimentality a weakness.
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"Kagome! It's Kagome! Kagome's back!"
She laughs, gently trying to shake off the excited kit. "Don't worry, Shippo, I remembered to bring you a treat. Just let me look through my bag, ok?"
"Really, Shippo, at least wait until Kagome-chan sits down!" The reprimand loses its strength when Sango laughs at the sight of the energetic fur ball perching on her friend's head. She is somewhat less forgiving with the hand that fondles her on its way to Kagome. "Houshi-sama!"
"What on earth?" All turn to Kagome as she pulls a sleek metal box out of her backpack. "What's my laptop doing in here?"
"Is this a device from your time? What does it do?" Kaede-sama asks as she runs her hand over the strange object.
"Hmm? Oh, yes, it helps me store information and stuff..." she murmurs as she pulls a note off the cover.
Dear Kagome,
I hope that you are enjoying your birthday! I understand that your friends need you, and that you are eager to celebrate with them, but I'd also like to wish you a very happy 16th! I had a feeling that this would happen, as both your friends here and your friends in Feudal Japan can be...demanding ^_^, so I went ahead and sneaked your laptop into your backpack. DO NOT LET IT BREAK!!!!! Or it comes out of your allowance!!!!! For the next 5 years, if necessary!!!!!
You need your laptop because your gift is a home movie which I recently had transferred to DVD. I don't know if you'll remember it...I certainly do. Watching it yesterday, when you were through the well, brought back emotions I'd kept buried for quite a few years. I hope you enjoy it.
Have a wonderful birthday, sweetheart, and know that I will always be here for you. Love you to bits and pieces!
Love,
Mama
"It's your birthday, Kagome?" Shippo has apparently forgotten his candy – this is much more fun.
"Kagome-sama, you never told us! We would have planned something!"
"Oh, I didn't want anything planned. I was just hoping to spend the rest of the day with my friends. The best birthday present of all will be if the demons stay away, at least until tomorrow!"
So that's it. That's why she was so happy. It's her birthday. I never knew.
"I wonder what's on the DVD. Do you guys mind if I play it?" Kirara tilts her head and blinks. "Mew?"
"Umm...Kagome-chan...what is a 'DVD?' And what's a 'movie?'"
"You'll see, Sango-chan. If it's too embarrassing, though, I may turn it off. I don't have any idea what it is."
Even Inuyasha twists to watch her fiddle with the device. The others pull back as the screen flickers to life. "Hey, have you seen this before?" Shippo asks the others as he leans cautiously towards the screen.
"Shut up, brat. It's just another moving picture thing. They have them everywhere in Kagome's time. It isn't important."
Hmm...Maybe it isn't important to him, but it's my birthday present, and I want to see what it is!
"There, that should do it. Lights! Camera! Action!" They all stare, and she blushes for an instant before the screen demands everyone's attention.
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[i] For those of you whom I've just offended – sorry, couldn't resist. I'm actually making fun of myself, too. I still love you ~_^
[ii] My apologies to those of you who are used to the dubbed version, but I've only watched "Inuyasha" with subtitles, and I use the honorifics in my writing. (If you know rudimentary Japanese, just skip this part). Quick guide:
Kagome-chan: affectionate form, used commonly by women with friends – in "Inuyasha," only Sango and Kagome use this form, and only with each other or with Shippo
Kagome-sama: formal form – "Lady Kagome" – used in "Inuyasha" only by Miroku (who calls Sango "Sango"...hmm...)
Other words used:
Bouzu (or buzu or busu, I can't really tell): derogatory term for a Buddhist monk – Inuyasha doesn't mince words
Baba: derogatory term for an elderly woman ("old hag," although I think it's a shortened form of Oba-chan, "Grandmother"...or am I making that up?) – Inuyasha almost never calls Kaede by her name
Houshi-sama: "Lord Priest" – what Sango calls Miroku
Osuwari: "Sit" – I just can't make her say, "Sit boy!" It doesn't seem right.
Miko: a priestess like Kikyo or Kaede
Shikon no Tama: "Jewel of Four Souls"