Time for a change part 50 (and you're still reading?)
Well, as promised its time for some faster updates. Unfortunately, TFAC is finally winding down. (Bout time,
a certain pushy friend named Arwen of Imladris are about to bite off my ears if I don't write another fic I
told her about ;) ) I'm not sure home many chapters are left exactly, it just depends how long winded I am.
I'm going to try and finish before the beginning of school in a month. Ooh! less than 50 reviews tell 2000!
Who will hit that number this time? (I was joking when I said all that time about lets reach 2000 too :P )
Thanks to everyone who has ever reviewed! Also check out the new banner for TFAC on my page if you haven't
already.
Important plot point!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (or not ;) )
vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
A lot of people have wanted to know what the green stuff is. Well the card (in the story) didn't say what it
was, it was simply labeled simple breakfast for 5. If you want I guess you could consider it oatmeal *shrugs*
I just couldn't find any good Japanese breakfast recipes. Also its not that it taste better for the men, its
just that Inuyasha and Shippo are, well, Inuyasha and Shippo. And as for Miroku Kagome could have fed him
rocks at the moment and he would have loved it.
Asatsuyu- You'll never know until you try will you? I certainly didn't expect to receive as much of a response
as I did.
cute kitten luver- Sorry but I've decided that its better than putting them in a seperate chapter (readers
didn't like that). :(
fuma-the-dragon-of-earth- I make the kisses in my chapter very undescriptive just for this reason. You can
imagine it for yourself becuase its hard for me to put it into words. I'm not going to write anything sexual
into this story (though I did considered them bathing together for real once). Its just not the style of this
story. After this story I have some other ones planned and I'll keep your comments in consideration.
Hennyo Ryunata- My log ons to Msn are very infrequent and random. I have another messenger name I use more
but its for friends and stuff.
DevilWench- S&M???? Could you please tell me WHERE in the fic you saw that? 0_0
Tamababymiko-chan- read authors note.
leenie: a.k.a.Hikari- read authors note.
Molly- Atleast weekly, hopefully faster.
Celtic*Lady*Knight- What reviewers? Oh you guys ;). And no I don't think they will be going back. Or atleast
not in the way you want them to. However I'm going to probably write Deleted scenes 3 which does have another
scene of them in their time.
LadyWyrsa- Miroku is just having a really good day, so far. *ominous laughter*
*****- Happy late birthday.
EvilBunnies- It was fun, if you liked 14 hour days of nothing but music class. Which I do :P.
Kirara- Well I am a bit odd, but I like being odd. :D If you want to MSN chat with me there is a email you can
add to your buddies list in my bio page.
Acacia Jules- You forget, Shippo LOOKS like a 3 year old, but he has got to be atleast 50 years old. Also Kagome
knows that Miroku and Sango will take care of him. I mean they take care of him when Inuyasha is there so it'll
be a brease without him. Besides, Shippo gets his fair share of attention. Atleast I don't completely ignore him
like buyo Kirara and Myouga.
psychotic water sprite- You weren't one of them. ;)
Arpeggio-evilgenius- Scooping me up might be a bit hard, I'm a very big guy =).
SurgeDarkness- Theres two ways you could picture it. One the bowl fit in between his ears, or two the bowl fit
ontop of his ears with the chopsticks hanging out. Unless Kagome pushed them in really hard and the bowl was
supported by the chopsticks. Hope this helped.
foxy4ever duhh- I have an ending ;)
I don't own Inuyasha, just in case you wanted to know.
Sango finished drying herself off and began the tedious process of dressing herself. She gave a little
sigh as she started fastening her armour into place. Sometimes she envied Kagome with her quick to remove and
put on clothing. Though kimonos and her armor did have their advantages. She didn't have to worry about Miroku
looking up her skirt for one. Sango flinched a little. She had been trying to keep her mind off of the monk but
hadn't been succeeding very well. She tied the last not and picked her kimono off of the nearby tree that was
right next to the waters edge. She was mindful of the slippery rocks, not wanted to slip and get a second bath
today. She contined her futile struggle against thinking about Miroku and last night as she slipped it over her
armour. She had just finished tieing the ribbon when the said monk walked into the clearing. "Good morning-"
Was all Miroku managed to say when Sango, in surprise, turned rather quickly, slipping on a rock in the process
and falling into the river. 'And today was turning out to be such a good day.' Miroku thought slightly amused as
he rushed to retrieve Sango from the water.
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A few minutes later Sango was sitting looking soggy and unhappy next to the fire with a towel around
her shoulders with Miroku next to her. Kagome had gone out saying she wanted to make sure Shippo wasn't
bothering Inuyasha with Kirara on her heels leaving the two of them alone. Neither spoke as they stared into
the fire each in their own thoughts. Meanwhile a half full pot of tea sat besides Miroku while Sango held a
teacup in her hands. Sango gave a sigh which was cut short by a sneeze. Miroku picked up the teapot and looked
over at the wet Youkai exterminator. "Would you like some more tea?" he asked. Sango gave him a little smile.
"Oh yes please." she replied holding the cup out for him. Miroku poured her the tea and then set the teapot
back down and looked back at the fire. Sango looked back as well. Taking a sip she made her decision.
"I'm sorry about what I did last night." Sango said feeling her face redden as she continued to stare
at the fire. Miroku turned his head to look at her. "It was improper of me." she continued and her face only
got redder. Miroku smirked. "There's no need to apologize to me 'Sango'" he replied emphasizing the fact that
he didn't use the usual 'Lady' in front of her name. Sango risked a glance at him and he winked. "In fact, I
quite enjoyed it." Sango's eyes shot foreward and compared to her face the fire looked dim. "Oi Miroku! Get
out here and help me!" Inuyasha called from outside stomping on the roof. Miroku sighed and stood up. "Would
you care to join me for lunch today Sango? I did promise to cook for you the entire month." Miroku asked
picking up his staff. "Ah.. yes, I'd like that." Sango said. Miroku smiled and nodded before walking outside.
Sango watched him go, the blush starting to fade from her face, and realized something that hadn't crossed her
mind before. Miroku was a letcher, no matter how good his behaivor had been recently. If anything she should
be worried he would try to take advantage of the situation. Sango sighed and sipped her cup of tea.
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The work with Miroku's help went swiftly, though for some strange reason mysterious holes kept on
appearing in the roof, that is until Kagome called that lunch seemed to be taking longer than expected, sending
Inuyasha the message to knock it off or starve. When the work was finished on the roof Inuyasha continued on to
add a few other things, including making covers to hang on the doorways for privacy and to keep bad weather
out. But try as he might, Inuyasaha finally ran out of excuses to not teach Shippo and lunch miraculously was
ready moments after he finished. Miroku and Sango had gone off a while ago for lunch leaving the three of them
and Kirara to have the meal by themselves. Inuyasha took his bowl and wolfed it down as usual. "Since you are
done why don't you give Shippo a lesson after lunch?" Kagome said in a tone that clearly said it wasn't a
suggestion as she alternated between trying to eat her cooking and giving Kirara pieces of it to eat. Inuyasha
grunted but didn't stop eating to argue. Shippo, however, began to eat at an even faster pace, actually beating
Inuyasha for once.
The young kitsune sat there fidgiting as he stared at Inuyasha as he finished his meal. "I set the
things outside over there." Kagome informed Inuyasha indicating a spot under a nearby tree in the direction of
the river as he grumpily set down his bowl. "Keh" was all he said as he got up and headed towards the supplies.
Kagome intercepted him on the way there and gave him a kiss on the cheek as she wrapped her arms around him.
"Don't act like that, it could be fun to teach Shippo." Kagome said cheerily. Inuyasha gave her a grumpy look
and Kagome sighed, reached up, and rubbed one of his ears. "Or you could be a big baby about it and ruin everyone
elses fun." Inuyasha smirked telling her which choice he liked better. Kagome let her hand slide down Inuyasha's
head and grabbed one of his bangs. She pulled him close until there noses were touching. She gave him an annoyed
look. "Well you had better not ruin Shippo's fun or else." Kagome whispered giving a painful tug on his bang.
With that she let go of his hair and gave him another quick kiss before heading off towards the house.
Inuyasha gave out a mixture of a groan and a growl as he turned back towards towards the tree, where Shippo
was already pawing the various goodies. Walking over, he plopped himself down next to the eisel and grabbed the
little boy, who was in the middle of trying to chew through a sealed container of paint, and set him roughly
down in front of the eisel. Inuyasha grabbed one the paint brushes and then Shippo's hand. He manuevered the
kits fingers into the proper position. "You hold the brush like this." he grumbled.
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Kagome smiled as she carried her towel, bathing supplies, and a new set of clothes outside. Inuyasha
had been teaching Shippo for about thirty minutes not, minus the interuptions that occured. Shippo was
obviously enjoying himself, and Kagome suspected that despite the bad attitude, Inuyasha was as well. Or
atleast he was during the little paint fights that kept on breaking out between them, the end result being
there was more paint on the two of them than on the practice sheets. "I'm going to go take a bath now, you
two should too when you're done." Kagome informed them as she walked over towards where the paint covered
duo was sitting. Kagome leaned over Inuyasha's shoulder (careful not to brush against the yellow paint that
covered it) to watch Shippo practice one of the brush strokes Inuyasha was teaching him. "You're doing great
Shippo." Kagome commented giving the boy a pat on the head (avoiding the green paint while doing it). Shippo
turned around and grinned before turning back to what he was doing. "You might want to wash off those clothes
too." Kagome suggested giving Inuyasha's ear that wasn't covered in red paint a tweak before heading off
towards the river. "I'll be back soon!"
Inuyasha watched her go from the corner of his eye. A few seconds after she had disapeared from
sight he snatched Shippo, who cried out in surprise, up by the scruff of his kneck and turned the boy
to face him. "Listen brat, if you want me to keep on teaching you, you'd better help me get back at Miroku."
Inuyasha growled poking a finger into Shippo's chest. "B-But Kagome will get angry if you do!" Shippo
stammered, not wanting to get Kagome angry, but not wanting to lose his teacher either. "Don't worry about
that." Inuyasha replied. "So are you going to help?" Shippo gave a nervous nod. "Here's what you're going
to do then."
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The next morning
Miroku looked up from his morning meditation as Sango started to awaken. "Good morning Sango." he
said watching her sit up. "Good mo-" Sango stopped in mid-greating as she turned to face him. Her eyes
opened wide for a moment before she burst out in laughter. As pleased as he was to see her laughing, Miroku
was a bit concerned just WHAT she was laughing at. "Is there something the matter Sango?" he asked. Sango
stifled her laughter with a hand. "Kagome, come in here!" she called before bursting out in giggles. Miroku
was feeling more than a bit concerned now. 'Have I been cursed?' he wondered as he put a hand to his face.
When he pulled it away there was something moist and blue covering it. Miroku rubbed it in between his
fingers. 'Is this, paint?' he wondered cocking an eyebrow. Just then Kagome entered the room. "What did you
want Sango?" She asked cheerfully. Her cheerful expression turned into one of shock when she saw his face.
Quickly it turned to anger. "Inuyasha!" she called storming out of the room. Miroku was fairly sure he heard
a "What did I do?" and then the sound of a body slamming into the floor curtousy of a magic necklace.
Meanwhile Sango continued to laugh.
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A week passed with no signs of Myouga or any shard rumors. Miroku had concluded the reason was that
Naraku had most of the rest. During the week Sango and Miroku continued to go on picnics and walks together,
though neither brought up the kiss. Sango was pleased that she only had to slap Miroku twice over the entire
week. Miroku's face had returned to its normal color after a few days and Kagome had forgiven Inuyasha by then,
though she did admit it had been pretty funny. Inuyasha had continued to teach Shippo daily and it seemed that
this day was turning out to be as peaceful as the last week...
"Get back here you little runt!" Inuyasha roared carrying a small tree with the clear intent of
smashing Shippo with it. Shippo scampered ahead of him laughing his head off and carrying fistful of fur
that had come off of one of Inuyasha's ears. Meanwhile Sango, Miroku, and Kagome watched the antics as they
all sipped tea near an outdoor fire. "Do you think they'll ever grow up?" Kagome asked watching as Inuyasha
smashed the tree he was holding inches behind the kitsune. Miroku smirked. "I think Shippo will." he replied
as he picked up a nearby firewood log. He chucked it at Inuyasha and it hit him square on the head. The tree
came crashing to the ground as Inuyash grabbed the lump that was now forming on his head. Shippo bounded off
still laughing with Kirara right behind him. "What was that for you rotten monk!" Inuyasha yelled as he
stomped over rubbing his head.
Miroku sighed but slapped his wrist instead of replying. Myouga the now flat flea fluttered down to
the ground where Inuyasha snatched him up. "Myouga! Its about time you got back! Did you find any shards?
You had better of!" Inuyasha brought the little flea closer holding him between his thumb and index finger.
"They're forcing me to teach the brat how to paint! I need to kill something." he whispered waving his other
hand. Myouga shook his head to clear it. "That is wonderful Lord Inuyasha! Your mother would be very proud of
you and-" Inuyasha shut him up by applying pressure. He had a very scary look on his face. "Myouga, shards!"
he said warningly. "You aren't going to like where it is my lord." The flea gasped. "Its near the mountains
where Kouga's pack resides." Inuyasha released the flea from his hold. "Finally!" he exclaimed as poor Myouga
fell to the ground. "Come on lets get going!" Inuyasha called heading towards the house to retrive Kagome's
bag. He paused and turned around after a few steps to see everyone still sitting there drinking tea, clearly
not having any intention of moving. "What the hell are you doing!? Lets go!" Inuyasha called angrily. Kagome
sighed and looked at him. "Inuyasha, the sun is setting."
Well thats that. The beginning of a plot, can you actually believe it!? I can't believe tfac is now 50
chapters long, I seriously have too much time on my hands. Thank you all of my readers for supporting me,
but I'm afraid to announce that the last part of TFAC is finally at hand. Its also going to get a bit darker,
but not too much. Well I hope you'll still enjoy!
Behind the Scenes
The reason Buyo is rarely in the fic is becuase I completely forgot about him.
Yuna
I don't know if Yuna is an actual name or not. I needed a ditzy villan so I crossed Yura the hair and Yuka
to get Yuna ;).
Yuna was originaly going to be Toshio's girlfriend, not his sister.
Orignaly Yuna DID answer the phone when Inuyasha declared his love for Kagome, but I decided it would be
better to have her not.
Well, as promised its time for some faster updates. Unfortunately, TFAC is finally winding down. (Bout time,
a certain pushy friend named Arwen of Imladris are about to bite off my ears if I don't write another fic I
told her about ;) ) I'm not sure home many chapters are left exactly, it just depends how long winded I am.
I'm going to try and finish before the beginning of school in a month. Ooh! less than 50 reviews tell 2000!
Who will hit that number this time? (I was joking when I said all that time about lets reach 2000 too :P )
Thanks to everyone who has ever reviewed! Also check out the new banner for TFAC on my page if you haven't
already.
Important plot point!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! (or not ;) )
vvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvvv
A lot of people have wanted to know what the green stuff is. Well the card (in the story) didn't say what it
was, it was simply labeled simple breakfast for 5. If you want I guess you could consider it oatmeal *shrugs*
I just couldn't find any good Japanese breakfast recipes. Also its not that it taste better for the men, its
just that Inuyasha and Shippo are, well, Inuyasha and Shippo. And as for Miroku Kagome could have fed him
rocks at the moment and he would have loved it.
Asatsuyu- You'll never know until you try will you? I certainly didn't expect to receive as much of a response
as I did.
cute kitten luver- Sorry but I've decided that its better than putting them in a seperate chapter (readers
didn't like that). :(
fuma-the-dragon-of-earth- I make the kisses in my chapter very undescriptive just for this reason. You can
imagine it for yourself becuase its hard for me to put it into words. I'm not going to write anything sexual
into this story (though I did considered them bathing together for real once). Its just not the style of this
story. After this story I have some other ones planned and I'll keep your comments in consideration.
Hennyo Ryunata- My log ons to Msn are very infrequent and random. I have another messenger name I use more
but its for friends and stuff.
DevilWench- S&M???? Could you please tell me WHERE in the fic you saw that? 0_0
Tamababymiko-chan- read authors note.
leenie: a.k.a.Hikari- read authors note.
Molly- Atleast weekly, hopefully faster.
Celtic*Lady*Knight- What reviewers? Oh you guys ;). And no I don't think they will be going back. Or atleast
not in the way you want them to. However I'm going to probably write Deleted scenes 3 which does have another
scene of them in their time.
LadyWyrsa- Miroku is just having a really good day, so far. *ominous laughter*
*****- Happy late birthday.
EvilBunnies- It was fun, if you liked 14 hour days of nothing but music class. Which I do :P.
Kirara- Well I am a bit odd, but I like being odd. :D If you want to MSN chat with me there is a email you can
add to your buddies list in my bio page.
Acacia Jules- You forget, Shippo LOOKS like a 3 year old, but he has got to be atleast 50 years old. Also Kagome
knows that Miroku and Sango will take care of him. I mean they take care of him when Inuyasha is there so it'll
be a brease without him. Besides, Shippo gets his fair share of attention. Atleast I don't completely ignore him
like buyo Kirara and Myouga.
psychotic water sprite- You weren't one of them. ;)
Arpeggio-evilgenius- Scooping me up might be a bit hard, I'm a very big guy =).
SurgeDarkness- Theres two ways you could picture it. One the bowl fit in between his ears, or two the bowl fit
ontop of his ears with the chopsticks hanging out. Unless Kagome pushed them in really hard and the bowl was
supported by the chopsticks. Hope this helped.
foxy4ever duhh- I have an ending ;)
I don't own Inuyasha, just in case you wanted to know.
Sango finished drying herself off and began the tedious process of dressing herself. She gave a little
sigh as she started fastening her armour into place. Sometimes she envied Kagome with her quick to remove and
put on clothing. Though kimonos and her armor did have their advantages. She didn't have to worry about Miroku
looking up her skirt for one. Sango flinched a little. She had been trying to keep her mind off of the monk but
hadn't been succeeding very well. She tied the last not and picked her kimono off of the nearby tree that was
right next to the waters edge. She was mindful of the slippery rocks, not wanted to slip and get a second bath
today. She contined her futile struggle against thinking about Miroku and last night as she slipped it over her
armour. She had just finished tieing the ribbon when the said monk walked into the clearing. "Good morning-"
Was all Miroku managed to say when Sango, in surprise, turned rather quickly, slipping on a rock in the process
and falling into the river. 'And today was turning out to be such a good day.' Miroku thought slightly amused as
he rushed to retrieve Sango from the water.
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A few minutes later Sango was sitting looking soggy and unhappy next to the fire with a towel around
her shoulders with Miroku next to her. Kagome had gone out saying she wanted to make sure Shippo wasn't
bothering Inuyasha with Kirara on her heels leaving the two of them alone. Neither spoke as they stared into
the fire each in their own thoughts. Meanwhile a half full pot of tea sat besides Miroku while Sango held a
teacup in her hands. Sango gave a sigh which was cut short by a sneeze. Miroku picked up the teapot and looked
over at the wet Youkai exterminator. "Would you like some more tea?" he asked. Sango gave him a little smile.
"Oh yes please." she replied holding the cup out for him. Miroku poured her the tea and then set the teapot
back down and looked back at the fire. Sango looked back as well. Taking a sip she made her decision.
"I'm sorry about what I did last night." Sango said feeling her face redden as she continued to stare
at the fire. Miroku turned his head to look at her. "It was improper of me." she continued and her face only
got redder. Miroku smirked. "There's no need to apologize to me 'Sango'" he replied emphasizing the fact that
he didn't use the usual 'Lady' in front of her name. Sango risked a glance at him and he winked. "In fact, I
quite enjoyed it." Sango's eyes shot foreward and compared to her face the fire looked dim. "Oi Miroku! Get
out here and help me!" Inuyasha called from outside stomping on the roof. Miroku sighed and stood up. "Would
you care to join me for lunch today Sango? I did promise to cook for you the entire month." Miroku asked
picking up his staff. "Ah.. yes, I'd like that." Sango said. Miroku smiled and nodded before walking outside.
Sango watched him go, the blush starting to fade from her face, and realized something that hadn't crossed her
mind before. Miroku was a letcher, no matter how good his behaivor had been recently. If anything she should
be worried he would try to take advantage of the situation. Sango sighed and sipped her cup of tea.
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The work with Miroku's help went swiftly, though for some strange reason mysterious holes kept on
appearing in the roof, that is until Kagome called that lunch seemed to be taking longer than expected, sending
Inuyasha the message to knock it off or starve. When the work was finished on the roof Inuyasha continued on to
add a few other things, including making covers to hang on the doorways for privacy and to keep bad weather
out. But try as he might, Inuyasaha finally ran out of excuses to not teach Shippo and lunch miraculously was
ready moments after he finished. Miroku and Sango had gone off a while ago for lunch leaving the three of them
and Kirara to have the meal by themselves. Inuyasha took his bowl and wolfed it down as usual. "Since you are
done why don't you give Shippo a lesson after lunch?" Kagome said in a tone that clearly said it wasn't a
suggestion as she alternated between trying to eat her cooking and giving Kirara pieces of it to eat. Inuyasha
grunted but didn't stop eating to argue. Shippo, however, began to eat at an even faster pace, actually beating
Inuyasha for once.
The young kitsune sat there fidgiting as he stared at Inuyasha as he finished his meal. "I set the
things outside over there." Kagome informed Inuyasha indicating a spot under a nearby tree in the direction of
the river as he grumpily set down his bowl. "Keh" was all he said as he got up and headed towards the supplies.
Kagome intercepted him on the way there and gave him a kiss on the cheek as she wrapped her arms around him.
"Don't act like that, it could be fun to teach Shippo." Kagome said cheerily. Inuyasha gave her a grumpy look
and Kagome sighed, reached up, and rubbed one of his ears. "Or you could be a big baby about it and ruin everyone
elses fun." Inuyasha smirked telling her which choice he liked better. Kagome let her hand slide down Inuyasha's
head and grabbed one of his bangs. She pulled him close until there noses were touching. She gave him an annoyed
look. "Well you had better not ruin Shippo's fun or else." Kagome whispered giving a painful tug on his bang.
With that she let go of his hair and gave him another quick kiss before heading off towards the house.
Inuyasha gave out a mixture of a groan and a growl as he turned back towards towards the tree, where Shippo
was already pawing the various goodies. Walking over, he plopped himself down next to the eisel and grabbed the
little boy, who was in the middle of trying to chew through a sealed container of paint, and set him roughly
down in front of the eisel. Inuyasha grabbed one the paint brushes and then Shippo's hand. He manuevered the
kits fingers into the proper position. "You hold the brush like this." he grumbled.
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Kagome smiled as she carried her towel, bathing supplies, and a new set of clothes outside. Inuyasha
had been teaching Shippo for about thirty minutes not, minus the interuptions that occured. Shippo was
obviously enjoying himself, and Kagome suspected that despite the bad attitude, Inuyasha was as well. Or
atleast he was during the little paint fights that kept on breaking out between them, the end result being
there was more paint on the two of them than on the practice sheets. "I'm going to go take a bath now, you
two should too when you're done." Kagome informed them as she walked over towards where the paint covered
duo was sitting. Kagome leaned over Inuyasha's shoulder (careful not to brush against the yellow paint that
covered it) to watch Shippo practice one of the brush strokes Inuyasha was teaching him. "You're doing great
Shippo." Kagome commented giving the boy a pat on the head (avoiding the green paint while doing it). Shippo
turned around and grinned before turning back to what he was doing. "You might want to wash off those clothes
too." Kagome suggested giving Inuyasha's ear that wasn't covered in red paint a tweak before heading off
towards the river. "I'll be back soon!"
Inuyasha watched her go from the corner of his eye. A few seconds after she had disapeared from
sight he snatched Shippo, who cried out in surprise, up by the scruff of his kneck and turned the boy
to face him. "Listen brat, if you want me to keep on teaching you, you'd better help me get back at Miroku."
Inuyasha growled poking a finger into Shippo's chest. "B-But Kagome will get angry if you do!" Shippo
stammered, not wanting to get Kagome angry, but not wanting to lose his teacher either. "Don't worry about
that." Inuyasha replied. "So are you going to help?" Shippo gave a nervous nod. "Here's what you're going
to do then."
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The next morning
Miroku looked up from his morning meditation as Sango started to awaken. "Good morning Sango." he
said watching her sit up. "Good mo-" Sango stopped in mid-greating as she turned to face him. Her eyes
opened wide for a moment before she burst out in laughter. As pleased as he was to see her laughing, Miroku
was a bit concerned just WHAT she was laughing at. "Is there something the matter Sango?" he asked. Sango
stifled her laughter with a hand. "Kagome, come in here!" she called before bursting out in giggles. Miroku
was feeling more than a bit concerned now. 'Have I been cursed?' he wondered as he put a hand to his face.
When he pulled it away there was something moist and blue covering it. Miroku rubbed it in between his
fingers. 'Is this, paint?' he wondered cocking an eyebrow. Just then Kagome entered the room. "What did you
want Sango?" She asked cheerfully. Her cheerful expression turned into one of shock when she saw his face.
Quickly it turned to anger. "Inuyasha!" she called storming out of the room. Miroku was fairly sure he heard
a "What did I do?" and then the sound of a body slamming into the floor curtousy of a magic necklace.
Meanwhile Sango continued to laugh.
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A week passed with no signs of Myouga or any shard rumors. Miroku had concluded the reason was that
Naraku had most of the rest. During the week Sango and Miroku continued to go on picnics and walks together,
though neither brought up the kiss. Sango was pleased that she only had to slap Miroku twice over the entire
week. Miroku's face had returned to its normal color after a few days and Kagome had forgiven Inuyasha by then,
though she did admit it had been pretty funny. Inuyasha had continued to teach Shippo daily and it seemed that
this day was turning out to be as peaceful as the last week...
"Get back here you little runt!" Inuyasha roared carrying a small tree with the clear intent of
smashing Shippo with it. Shippo scampered ahead of him laughing his head off and carrying fistful of fur
that had come off of one of Inuyasha's ears. Meanwhile Sango, Miroku, and Kagome watched the antics as they
all sipped tea near an outdoor fire. "Do you think they'll ever grow up?" Kagome asked watching as Inuyasha
smashed the tree he was holding inches behind the kitsune. Miroku smirked. "I think Shippo will." he replied
as he picked up a nearby firewood log. He chucked it at Inuyasha and it hit him square on the head. The tree
came crashing to the ground as Inuyash grabbed the lump that was now forming on his head. Shippo bounded off
still laughing with Kirara right behind him. "What was that for you rotten monk!" Inuyasha yelled as he
stomped over rubbing his head.
Miroku sighed but slapped his wrist instead of replying. Myouga the now flat flea fluttered down to
the ground where Inuyasha snatched him up. "Myouga! Its about time you got back! Did you find any shards?
You had better of!" Inuyasha brought the little flea closer holding him between his thumb and index finger.
"They're forcing me to teach the brat how to paint! I need to kill something." he whispered waving his other
hand. Myouga shook his head to clear it. "That is wonderful Lord Inuyasha! Your mother would be very proud of
you and-" Inuyasha shut him up by applying pressure. He had a very scary look on his face. "Myouga, shards!"
he said warningly. "You aren't going to like where it is my lord." The flea gasped. "Its near the mountains
where Kouga's pack resides." Inuyasha released the flea from his hold. "Finally!" he exclaimed as poor Myouga
fell to the ground. "Come on lets get going!" Inuyasha called heading towards the house to retrive Kagome's
bag. He paused and turned around after a few steps to see everyone still sitting there drinking tea, clearly
not having any intention of moving. "What the hell are you doing!? Lets go!" Inuyasha called angrily. Kagome
sighed and looked at him. "Inuyasha, the sun is setting."
Well thats that. The beginning of a plot, can you actually believe it!? I can't believe tfac is now 50
chapters long, I seriously have too much time on my hands. Thank you all of my readers for supporting me,
but I'm afraid to announce that the last part of TFAC is finally at hand. Its also going to get a bit darker,
but not too much. Well I hope you'll still enjoy!
Behind the Scenes
The reason Buyo is rarely in the fic is becuase I completely forgot about him.
Yuna
I don't know if Yuna is an actual name or not. I needed a ditzy villan so I crossed Yura the hair and Yuka
to get Yuna ;).
Yuna was originaly going to be Toshio's girlfriend, not his sister.
Orignaly Yuna DID answer the phone when Inuyasha declared his love for Kagome, but I decided it would be
better to have her not.