Disclaimer: Firstly I don't own Inu Yasha or related characters yada yada
yada.. then secondlythe teaser from the first chapter is this chapters
teaser okay?
Last time: "We will explain when I come back. I need to talk to my mother
and how my life is going to be for the rest of... well my life!" Kagome
said as she walked to the door. With that, Inu Yasha and Kagome left the
Onigindensetsu pack's territory and headed back to Kaede's village.
Chapter 9
Kagome and Inu Yasha had been traveling for at least five hours before they took a rest by the stream. They hadn't talked nearly the whole way. They sniffed here and there to see if they had been there before and would jump up onto the canopy to see the view from there. Finally the sun was beginning to set and they were looking for an appropriate spot for camp.
"Hey Inu Yasha... lets camp up there!" Kagome said as she pointed up to a large branch that looked like an abandoned plateform.
"You? Sleep in...trees?!" Inu Yasha said with holding back a small smirk.
"Yeah why not? You do all the time! Why can't I?" She said as jumped up onto the branch. 'Yeah this is definatly some old plateform... maybe a look out plateform or maybe a hunters plateform...' Kagome thought as she put her backpack down. Ryoko had packed them each a pelt blanket and some jerky that she had made. The platform looked just wide enough for two beds... about 8' x 8' and it seemed steady enough too. She layed out her blanket and began to sit down when she noticed Inu Yasha wasn't coming up.
"Inu Yasha! Come on! It's great up here!"
"Oh fine... but I'm warning you... if you 'accidentally' kick me off that thing in the middle of the night I will kill you!" He said and with that he hoped up the tree and onto the branch. He grabbed the napsack and undid the button and took out his pelt. Then he took out the jerky and began to rip at it with his fangs.
"This stuff ain't half bad!"
"Yeah just don't break your teeth trying to chew it up." Kagome said while grabbing the bag and taking out some jerky for herself. She munched on it and instantly she was hooked. The addiction was like pretzals or salty potato chips. They both gobbled the food down like they hadn't eatten in months. Then there was the last strip. Kagome and Inu Yasha eyed the food ready to pounce on the first person who went after it. They looked at eachother menacingly, warning the other that if they tried anything that they would be in for it.
"You know... if I come back an it's gone you're dead!" Kagome said and she hopped down out of the tree with the kimono that Ryoko had given to her. She disappeared into he bushes.
When Inu Yasha was sure she was gone, he looked over at the strip of meat. '...come on just eat it! she won't do anything... YEAH SHE WILL! SHE'LL SIT YOU AND FROM THIS HEIGHT YOU WOULD BE LUCKY IF YOU DON'T BREAK YOUR NECK! nah... she wouldn't do that... you're so hungry... it's so tasty eat it! NO DON'T! ...yes you should and you know it!' Inu Yasha thought he was going crazy but the little Inu Yasha's wouldn't stop arguing. Without thinking, he grabbed the piece of meat and shoved it into his mouth.
"Inu Yasha... I better not have just heard you eat the jerky..." Kagome said from the ground. She hopped up silently wearing the beautiful yellow and green kimono. She placed the fire rat haori next to Inu Yasha's head and looked at him. She began to growl when she saw no jerky and a petrified Inu Yasha. She kneeled down next to him and put her face only but an inch from his face. His looked calmed a little but he still looked like she was gonna whoop him a new ass hole. Then she stopped and sniffed slightly. Then she moved her face from his mouth to his ear and affectionatly began to whisper.
"...sit boy..."
"Shit...*thud* well... I thought you wanted the jerky more than that... I barely got a lump on my head..."
"If you know what's good for you... you will shut up before I give it MORE FEELING!" she shouted as she grabbed his bangs and shoved his face into the hard wooden platform. Then with his face still on the floor she kissed his forehead.
"...good ni~ight..." Kagome said childishly as she covered him with his blanket and patted his head. Then she layed down and covered herself snuggly into her pelt. She found the perfect position and fell into a light sleep. Inu Yasha looked up from the imprint on the floor and gazed over at Kagome. '...She's so cute when she sleeps...' he thought as he flicked her bangs away from her closed eyes. She scrunched up her face a little reajusting the blanket between her legs and she pulled it up to her shoulders. She turned over and shivered a little searching in her sleep for the blanket to cover her back. Inu Yasha gently placed the blankets over her shoulder and rubbed her back. She began to purr slightly and turned over with wide awake eyes. Inu Yasha saw her awake and blushed beat red.
"Sorry...I...I didn't mean to wake you...I..."
"Just go to sleep jerky stealer." Kagome said with a yawn and scootched over to him. She snuggled close to him, burying her face into his chest. Inu Yasha was shocked but went along with it and put his arm around her. She gave a faint sigh and her breathing softer and more drawn out. '...she falls asleep fast...' Inu Yasha thought as he tucked the blanket around her body and fell asleep.
***Morning***
Kagome woke up before Inu Yasha again. She was nestled tightly in his arms and their legs were entangled together with the pelts. She looked up at Inu Yasha's slumbering face and smiled. '...he's so adorable when he sleeps...' she thought as she struggled to get out of his grasp. He growled slightly and clinged tighter to her body. She gasped and then giggled at his actions and blinked her eyes closed. "...I guess there's no point in arousting sleeping beauty, I'm in no hurry to see my family like this anyways..." she thought as she began to fall back into a silent slumber.
Inu Yasha slowly blinked his big amber eyes open and gazed down at his Kagome. '...yeah MY Kagome...' Inu Yasha thought as he flicked her hair away from her face. Her eyes opened slowly to see two amber ones upon her. They both continued to stare at eachother without moving a muscle. After a while, they began to come to reality from the sleepy state they were in and looked at what postion they were in. Inu Yasha blushed and Kagome giggled as they untangled themselves from eachother.
Soon they both were finished folding the blankets and putting them in the pack. Kagome began to brush her hair out with her claws and Inu Yasha was putting on his haori. Kagome beagin to think about what her mother would say and what her gramps would do to Inu Yasha. '...he'll probably tape spell scrolls all over his body for this....' Kagome thought with a sigh. Inu Yasha looked at her unpleasant face. He was puzzled by her expression and crawled over to her. He began to groom her hair gently too, trying to calm the situation. She turned around and looked at Inu Yasha with mournful eyes. When they met gazes she turned her head down in shame, still thinking about her mother's impression on her new look. Inu Yasha put a finger under her chin and lifted her head up to meet his gaze again.
"They won't be disappointed. Don't worry." He said and embraced her in a tight hug. She let a single small tear cascade down her face and onto the hanyou's shoulder. He let go and held her shoulders by his hands as he looked at her sad expression.
"You are beautiful Kagome. Hanyou or human. They'd better not be angry. It wasn't your fault anyway." He said as he stood and jumped out of the tree. Kagome followed him and they both headed in the direction of Kaede's village.
***6 hours later***
Inu Yasha and Kagome were submerging from the edge of the woods when a ball of orange fur shot out of nowhere and tackled Kagome.
"KAGOME! YOU'RE BACK! YOU'RE BACK! I'm so happy! Wait... why are ya still a hanyou? And why do you smell like him?" Shippou questioned as he pointed to Inu Yasha who blushed to the color of his haori. Kagome blushed too and sat up with the kitsune still wrapped tightly in her arms.
"It's along story but could you tell the others that I won't be around for another few days? Tell them that I'm okay and all... but I'm going home for one or two days. Oh... and Inu Yasha's coming too." Kagome said in a motherly tone of voice. Then she got up to walk to the well but a little fox clung tightly to her leg.
"But Kagome! You just got here! You can't leave now!" he shouted nearly in tears from missing his adoptive mother so much. She looked down at him and grabbed him by the tail. She lifted him up and put his face into hers. She touched his nose with her finger and glared at him, not to intimidating but enough to say, 'Do as I say or else.' When Shippou seemed to understand, Kagome set hi on the ground and ruffled his hair with her soft tail. "Now go Shippou." she said in a sincere tone and with that he scurried away.
***The Well***
Kagome peered down into the dark abyss with Inu Yasha by her side. She didn't want to go at all. She seemed to show that expression on her face and Inu Yasha picked it up. He smirked and without warning pushed her butt and she fell into the well with him close behind. A bubbly, dizzy feeling hit Kagome as the well reacted to the Shikon shards with the pair of hanyous. She looked over at Inu Yasha and she knew he felt the same way. Then purple and blue flashing lights surrounded the couple and the sensation of floating in the air hit them.
"You jerk..." Kagome muttered playfully as they landed on the other side of the well. He hopped out of the well and onto the edge where he stared down at Kagome.
"Come on Kagome, it'll be fine don't worry." he said in a caring voice. He reached his hand down and she grasped it and jumped up. She was quivering from the anticipation of her families welcome.
"Wait hold on Inu Yasha..." she said and she stopped in her tracks. She took the napsack off of her back and looked inside it. She took out a hair wrap and put her head back, pulling her hair back into a silvery ponytail. '...have to conseal the ears as much as possible...' she thought to herself. She continued looking up into the rafters of the ancient shrine, trying to buy her time. Inu Yasha snapped her back into reality by tickling her throat with his claws. She shrugged and itched at her throat giggling at the same time. She picked up the backpack and opened up the shrine's sliding doors. It was pouring rain outside and it was nearly evening. Kagome and Inu Yasha's ears went flat automatically so that the pelting water droplets wouldn't go into them as they walked briskly outside and up to the front porch. They both shook off like dogs would and Kagome got down on her knees to get the keys from under the bush on the side of the porch. She slide the key into the lock and opened the door quietly. The smell of rice cakes and ramen filled their lungs as they entered the house. Inu Yasha gave Kagome a little shove signalling her to tell the family of their presence.
"..I...I'm home Mom, Souta, Gramps..." she said rather weakly but loud enough that everyone could hear. Everyone ran into the living room to greet Kagome but then stopped dead in their tracks. Were their two Inu Yashas? No it couldn't be... one was wearing a girls kimono... then who is this? They all wondered.
"Ka...Kagome?" Souta studdered breaking the awkward silence that had fallen over the five.
"Yes Souta?" The hanyou in the yellow kimono replied quietly. Eveyone but Inu Yasha and Kagome's hearts skipped a beat. This woman couldn't be Kagome!
"Is that really you Kagome?" her mother asked cautiously. Kagome made a loud sniffle and began to cry.
"...*sniff*...yes...!" She began and started to cry loudly. Her mother ran over to her and hugged her daughter tightly giving her the usual 'There theres' and 'It's okay Mommy's heres' to her crying child. As soon as the crying subsided for the most part, she let go of Kagome and glared daggers at Inu Yasha along with Gramps and Souta.
"What happened to her?!" she yelled demanding an explination immediatly. Inu Yasha stepped back as if to escape her death glare but to no avail. Then the now calm Kagome stepped in front of Inu Yasha as if to protect him from the fire that burned in her mothers furious eyes.
"I did it Mom! Leave Inu Yasha alone! You shouldn't just asume things before getting your facts straight!" She shouted defending her hanyou. She calmed down a little and continued to tell her mother and the two shocked family members about what had happened in the past few days. "...so you see... I have to stay like this...even if it means dropping out of school. I WILL NOT kill someone who I now consider my friend for my own personal gain." Kagome choked out. A long and disturbing silence fell over the room once more. This was so fast, too fast, for her family.
"I...I need some time to...to think. Dad, tuck Souta into bed it's late." Mrs. Higarashi muttered as she stormed to her room. They were all surprised at the amount of patience she had. Gramps took Souta to his room without a word but with nearly every step he glanced back at the hanyou couple who were still in the doorway.
Teaser: Her tail began to twitch rapidly and she couldn't control it...
Chapter 9
Kagome and Inu Yasha had been traveling for at least five hours before they took a rest by the stream. They hadn't talked nearly the whole way. They sniffed here and there to see if they had been there before and would jump up onto the canopy to see the view from there. Finally the sun was beginning to set and they were looking for an appropriate spot for camp.
"Hey Inu Yasha... lets camp up there!" Kagome said as she pointed up to a large branch that looked like an abandoned plateform.
"You? Sleep in...trees?!" Inu Yasha said with holding back a small smirk.
"Yeah why not? You do all the time! Why can't I?" She said as jumped up onto the branch. 'Yeah this is definatly some old plateform... maybe a look out plateform or maybe a hunters plateform...' Kagome thought as she put her backpack down. Ryoko had packed them each a pelt blanket and some jerky that she had made. The platform looked just wide enough for two beds... about 8' x 8' and it seemed steady enough too. She layed out her blanket and began to sit down when she noticed Inu Yasha wasn't coming up.
"Inu Yasha! Come on! It's great up here!"
"Oh fine... but I'm warning you... if you 'accidentally' kick me off that thing in the middle of the night I will kill you!" He said and with that he hoped up the tree and onto the branch. He grabbed the napsack and undid the button and took out his pelt. Then he took out the jerky and began to rip at it with his fangs.
"This stuff ain't half bad!"
"Yeah just don't break your teeth trying to chew it up." Kagome said while grabbing the bag and taking out some jerky for herself. She munched on it and instantly she was hooked. The addiction was like pretzals or salty potato chips. They both gobbled the food down like they hadn't eatten in months. Then there was the last strip. Kagome and Inu Yasha eyed the food ready to pounce on the first person who went after it. They looked at eachother menacingly, warning the other that if they tried anything that they would be in for it.
"You know... if I come back an it's gone you're dead!" Kagome said and she hopped down out of the tree with the kimono that Ryoko had given to her. She disappeared into he bushes.
When Inu Yasha was sure she was gone, he looked over at the strip of meat. '...come on just eat it! she won't do anything... YEAH SHE WILL! SHE'LL SIT YOU AND FROM THIS HEIGHT YOU WOULD BE LUCKY IF YOU DON'T BREAK YOUR NECK! nah... she wouldn't do that... you're so hungry... it's so tasty eat it! NO DON'T! ...yes you should and you know it!' Inu Yasha thought he was going crazy but the little Inu Yasha's wouldn't stop arguing. Without thinking, he grabbed the piece of meat and shoved it into his mouth.
"Inu Yasha... I better not have just heard you eat the jerky..." Kagome said from the ground. She hopped up silently wearing the beautiful yellow and green kimono. She placed the fire rat haori next to Inu Yasha's head and looked at him. She began to growl when she saw no jerky and a petrified Inu Yasha. She kneeled down next to him and put her face only but an inch from his face. His looked calmed a little but he still looked like she was gonna whoop him a new ass hole. Then she stopped and sniffed slightly. Then she moved her face from his mouth to his ear and affectionatly began to whisper.
"...sit boy..."
"Shit...*thud* well... I thought you wanted the jerky more than that... I barely got a lump on my head..."
"If you know what's good for you... you will shut up before I give it MORE FEELING!" she shouted as she grabbed his bangs and shoved his face into the hard wooden platform. Then with his face still on the floor she kissed his forehead.
"...good ni~ight..." Kagome said childishly as she covered him with his blanket and patted his head. Then she layed down and covered herself snuggly into her pelt. She found the perfect position and fell into a light sleep. Inu Yasha looked up from the imprint on the floor and gazed over at Kagome. '...She's so cute when she sleeps...' he thought as he flicked her bangs away from her closed eyes. She scrunched up her face a little reajusting the blanket between her legs and she pulled it up to her shoulders. She turned over and shivered a little searching in her sleep for the blanket to cover her back. Inu Yasha gently placed the blankets over her shoulder and rubbed her back. She began to purr slightly and turned over with wide awake eyes. Inu Yasha saw her awake and blushed beat red.
"Sorry...I...I didn't mean to wake you...I..."
"Just go to sleep jerky stealer." Kagome said with a yawn and scootched over to him. She snuggled close to him, burying her face into his chest. Inu Yasha was shocked but went along with it and put his arm around her. She gave a faint sigh and her breathing softer and more drawn out. '...she falls asleep fast...' Inu Yasha thought as he tucked the blanket around her body and fell asleep.
***Morning***
Kagome woke up before Inu Yasha again. She was nestled tightly in his arms and their legs were entangled together with the pelts. She looked up at Inu Yasha's slumbering face and smiled. '...he's so adorable when he sleeps...' she thought as she struggled to get out of his grasp. He growled slightly and clinged tighter to her body. She gasped and then giggled at his actions and blinked her eyes closed. "...I guess there's no point in arousting sleeping beauty, I'm in no hurry to see my family like this anyways..." she thought as she began to fall back into a silent slumber.
Inu Yasha slowly blinked his big amber eyes open and gazed down at his Kagome. '...yeah MY Kagome...' Inu Yasha thought as he flicked her hair away from her face. Her eyes opened slowly to see two amber ones upon her. They both continued to stare at eachother without moving a muscle. After a while, they began to come to reality from the sleepy state they were in and looked at what postion they were in. Inu Yasha blushed and Kagome giggled as they untangled themselves from eachother.
Soon they both were finished folding the blankets and putting them in the pack. Kagome began to brush her hair out with her claws and Inu Yasha was putting on his haori. Kagome beagin to think about what her mother would say and what her gramps would do to Inu Yasha. '...he'll probably tape spell scrolls all over his body for this....' Kagome thought with a sigh. Inu Yasha looked at her unpleasant face. He was puzzled by her expression and crawled over to her. He began to groom her hair gently too, trying to calm the situation. She turned around and looked at Inu Yasha with mournful eyes. When they met gazes she turned her head down in shame, still thinking about her mother's impression on her new look. Inu Yasha put a finger under her chin and lifted her head up to meet his gaze again.
"They won't be disappointed. Don't worry." He said and embraced her in a tight hug. She let a single small tear cascade down her face and onto the hanyou's shoulder. He let go and held her shoulders by his hands as he looked at her sad expression.
"You are beautiful Kagome. Hanyou or human. They'd better not be angry. It wasn't your fault anyway." He said as he stood and jumped out of the tree. Kagome followed him and they both headed in the direction of Kaede's village.
***6 hours later***
Inu Yasha and Kagome were submerging from the edge of the woods when a ball of orange fur shot out of nowhere and tackled Kagome.
"KAGOME! YOU'RE BACK! YOU'RE BACK! I'm so happy! Wait... why are ya still a hanyou? And why do you smell like him?" Shippou questioned as he pointed to Inu Yasha who blushed to the color of his haori. Kagome blushed too and sat up with the kitsune still wrapped tightly in her arms.
"It's along story but could you tell the others that I won't be around for another few days? Tell them that I'm okay and all... but I'm going home for one or two days. Oh... and Inu Yasha's coming too." Kagome said in a motherly tone of voice. Then she got up to walk to the well but a little fox clung tightly to her leg.
"But Kagome! You just got here! You can't leave now!" he shouted nearly in tears from missing his adoptive mother so much. She looked down at him and grabbed him by the tail. She lifted him up and put his face into hers. She touched his nose with her finger and glared at him, not to intimidating but enough to say, 'Do as I say or else.' When Shippou seemed to understand, Kagome set hi on the ground and ruffled his hair with her soft tail. "Now go Shippou." she said in a sincere tone and with that he scurried away.
***The Well***
Kagome peered down into the dark abyss with Inu Yasha by her side. She didn't want to go at all. She seemed to show that expression on her face and Inu Yasha picked it up. He smirked and without warning pushed her butt and she fell into the well with him close behind. A bubbly, dizzy feeling hit Kagome as the well reacted to the Shikon shards with the pair of hanyous. She looked over at Inu Yasha and she knew he felt the same way. Then purple and blue flashing lights surrounded the couple and the sensation of floating in the air hit them.
"You jerk..." Kagome muttered playfully as they landed on the other side of the well. He hopped out of the well and onto the edge where he stared down at Kagome.
"Come on Kagome, it'll be fine don't worry." he said in a caring voice. He reached his hand down and she grasped it and jumped up. She was quivering from the anticipation of her families welcome.
"Wait hold on Inu Yasha..." she said and she stopped in her tracks. She took the napsack off of her back and looked inside it. She took out a hair wrap and put her head back, pulling her hair back into a silvery ponytail. '...have to conseal the ears as much as possible...' she thought to herself. She continued looking up into the rafters of the ancient shrine, trying to buy her time. Inu Yasha snapped her back into reality by tickling her throat with his claws. She shrugged and itched at her throat giggling at the same time. She picked up the backpack and opened up the shrine's sliding doors. It was pouring rain outside and it was nearly evening. Kagome and Inu Yasha's ears went flat automatically so that the pelting water droplets wouldn't go into them as they walked briskly outside and up to the front porch. They both shook off like dogs would and Kagome got down on her knees to get the keys from under the bush on the side of the porch. She slide the key into the lock and opened the door quietly. The smell of rice cakes and ramen filled their lungs as they entered the house. Inu Yasha gave Kagome a little shove signalling her to tell the family of their presence.
"..I...I'm home Mom, Souta, Gramps..." she said rather weakly but loud enough that everyone could hear. Everyone ran into the living room to greet Kagome but then stopped dead in their tracks. Were their two Inu Yashas? No it couldn't be... one was wearing a girls kimono... then who is this? They all wondered.
"Ka...Kagome?" Souta studdered breaking the awkward silence that had fallen over the five.
"Yes Souta?" The hanyou in the yellow kimono replied quietly. Eveyone but Inu Yasha and Kagome's hearts skipped a beat. This woman couldn't be Kagome!
"Is that really you Kagome?" her mother asked cautiously. Kagome made a loud sniffle and began to cry.
"...*sniff*...yes...!" She began and started to cry loudly. Her mother ran over to her and hugged her daughter tightly giving her the usual 'There theres' and 'It's okay Mommy's heres' to her crying child. As soon as the crying subsided for the most part, she let go of Kagome and glared daggers at Inu Yasha along with Gramps and Souta.
"What happened to her?!" she yelled demanding an explination immediatly. Inu Yasha stepped back as if to escape her death glare but to no avail. Then the now calm Kagome stepped in front of Inu Yasha as if to protect him from the fire that burned in her mothers furious eyes.
"I did it Mom! Leave Inu Yasha alone! You shouldn't just asume things before getting your facts straight!" She shouted defending her hanyou. She calmed down a little and continued to tell her mother and the two shocked family members about what had happened in the past few days. "...so you see... I have to stay like this...even if it means dropping out of school. I WILL NOT kill someone who I now consider my friend for my own personal gain." Kagome choked out. A long and disturbing silence fell over the room once more. This was so fast, too fast, for her family.
"I...I need some time to...to think. Dad, tuck Souta into bed it's late." Mrs. Higarashi muttered as she stormed to her room. They were all surprised at the amount of patience she had. Gramps took Souta to his room without a word but with nearly every step he glanced back at the hanyou couple who were still in the doorway.
Teaser: Her tail began to twitch rapidly and she couldn't control it...