Whew... Guess its been a while since I have last written, and I apologize for it! I guess I just got a little side-tracked with that monstrosity called "school"... I cringe at the thought of it! Anyways... I am going to try really really hard to update more often, but then, you know what they say, quality is better then what I can get done in a rush. Ok, so "They" don't say that... But I do!
Disclaimer: Don't own Inuyasha, enough said... I think.
Ok Lets get it on with Chapter 9!!!
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Title: A Time for Change
Chapter 9: Takato and the Happy Ending
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Kaede looked at the little fox demon that now stood by her side, his eyes were wide, she guessed because of what he had just witnessed. Its not everyday you see something like *that* happen, now is it?
"Don't you worry yourself, young one," Kaede said in a comforting tone. "Everything'll be just fine, you'll soon see."She kneeled down beside him and placed a wrinkly old hand on his back.
The little boy looked up at her, then back to the horizon where Inuyasha and Kagome had just left in search of Miroku and Sango. He said nothing.
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Inuyasha and Kagome approached the couple as they still held eachother, Sango still crying hysterically and Miroku comforting her to the best of his ability, even though, she was truely happy, Kohaku was alive and, most likely, no longer under Naraku's spell. She hoped.
A smile crepts on to Kagome's lips as she came across the site. Inuyasha crossed his arms and smirked. There eyes scanned the scene, they saw Kirara sitting, in her kitten form, next to the two of them, purring... Then they both layed their eyes on the unconscious boy they layed in front of Sango, it was Kohaku. Kagome's smile disappeared as she thought the worst. Kohaku was dead. But Inuyasha retained his smirk, being a hanyou, he could here his faint breathing, his scent was no longer tainted by that of Naraku. Meaning, simply, that he was free.
"Poor Sango," Kagome said in a low whisper as she started to walk forward. Inuyasha put his hand on her shoulder and turned her around, he looked her in the eye and said,"Kohaku is alive! Naraku's death must have set him free!"
Kagome's eyes lit up. Everything was perfect. Naraku was gone, Kohaku was alive, things seemed to be going well between Miroku and Sango, but who could ever tell about those two? And then there was Inuyasha. Kagome looked at him, it was as if all her troubles had gone away. Pure bliss.
Kagome walked over to Sango and Miroku and placed a hand on Sango's shoulder, Sango looked up and Kagome, teary eyed and said,"He's alive, Kagome! Alive!"
"I know! Naraku was killed!" She told her in excitement.
"So then... Its true, Kagome? Naraku is gone!?!" Miroku asked hopefully.
"Thats what she said," Inuyasha informed him as he approached.
Miroku looked at his hand, his ordinary, not-so-special hand. His heart filled with joy. He wouldn't have to worry about an untimely death due to the stupid curse that had befallen his family, however, having two good hands did increase his chance of an untimely death at the hands of an angry Sango... Supposing he did *something* he shouldn't, which, he supposed he would. He may have changed physically, but inside, he was still everybodie's favorite lech.
Eventually, they all got up, Sango and Miroku got on Kirara so they could hold on to Kohaku, and walked back to where the battle had taken place. Shippo, slowly excepting everything, ran to Kagome at the site of her, he burried himself in her arms as she held him in a hug. Everyone was happy, all the worries excaped them. Miroku took Kohaku to Kaede's hut, Kaede followed with the intent of making sure that Kohaku was of good health, which, she doubted he was. Naraku couldn't possibly have taken very good care of him, his body had suffered a lot of trama. Though, there was a decent chance he would make it out ok.
Darkness fell and after a hard day they wanted nothing more than to sit around the fire in celebration, though, it wasn't a very active one. Everyone was rather drained from the battle. Kaede remained in her hut as she tended to Kohaku, of whom she told Sango would be ok after a few days of sleep. Shippo was sitting, curled up against Kirara. Kagome had found a comfortable seat in the welcoming lap of Inuyasha, acctually, she didn't *find* exactly, she sort of was placed there. Inuyasha was a rather preswasive guy. Sango had made a point of sitting near Miroku, in thanks for him being so kind to her that day and, of course, the fact that he had been willing to risk his life for her own. That soon ended, however, as his lecherous ways soon resurfaced. This resulting in Sango moving a considerable distance away from Miroku, not but for bestowing upon him the gift of pain.
Everyone got a rather good laugh out of this. Kagome rested her head on Inuyasha's shoulder, she let out a sigh of content relief as she closed her eyes, only to have them shoot open... She had forgotten something... Something rather big. Something she wished she *didn't* remember. Takato.
Kagome sat up, a look of terror etched on to her face. 'God oh God!!! I forgot! Damn, damn, damn!!! I have to go home and face them sometimes! Damn, Damn, Damn!' she thought, tears formed in the corner of her eyes.
"Kagome?" Inuyasha asked frantically,"Kagome! What is it? Whats wrong???"
"Takato," Kagome whispered as she burst into tears,'Just when I thought everything was perfect...' she didn't want to cry. But he had ruined a perfect day. Inuyasha cradled her in his arms, 'I should have taken care of that asshole when I had the chance!' He thought to himself angrily.'That ass has no business making Kagome so upset!'
~~~ Back At Kagome's house...(Skipping to the next day... Its early afternoon...)~~~
"Do you realize how long your daughter has been gone?" A slightly agitated Takato said while looking at his news paper.
"She has been gone longer than this before," Kagome's mother... Now Mrs. Shionky. She was buisy with the dishes... Not happy because it seemed that the arguments with Takato were becoming more and more frequent... She was having a hard time acting happy all the time. The marrige was purely economical, her children needed a father, Takato was a long lost family friend whom had become a widower... At the time, it seemed like such a good idea. But marrying too soon was a mistake. A big mistake. Suddenly, Takato turned into an incredibly needy soul, she was merely trying to help him through a bad time, so, she often took his side in fights, his wife had just died recintly, he was just depressed, she had always thought he would eventually grow out of it. And, when Kagome had left to go to the Fuedal Era, she thought it would be good for Takato, whom had been getting into quite a few arguments with her at the time. But, he just seemed to get more and more agitated, he even started yelling at Sota for things that he had no business being angry about! He was a monster in disguise.
"I can't believe you just let your daughter miss school like that! She has no business just taking off like that when ever she wants!!!" Takato said slightly raising his voice.
"Well, I thought you two needed some space! So sue me! I *thought* I was doing you both a favor by getting you two seperated! But no! All you do is complain! Don't you have *anything* you could possibly be happy about? Anything???" Mrs. Shionky had never blown up at him before... Takato got mad.
"What the HELL!" Takato screamed,"I just want her to get the God Damn education we pay for!!! And you blow up at *me*? If anything you should be scoulding your daughter for having such horrid mannors to those she should respect, like me!"
"Why, Takato, should my daughter respect a man who takes pleasure in making small children cry? Do you think I didn't hear you yelling at Sota this morning? Did you think I wouldn't find out?" She was steamed. She had married an asshole.
"Why the hell do you always have to take you children's side? Do *I* not matter to you or something? I thought you *cared* about me!" He yelled in his own pitiful defence.
"Tell me, Takato, do *you* care about me? Or my children? They are my *life*! Or were, until you came! What happened to you? I thought that you were such a good hearted person! Why is it that toward my children you always have such venom? You act like you are fighting with them for attention from me! Do you realize how childish that is? A grown man fighting with his step children over who gets the affection of their mother! Its horrible! You're horrible!"
Sota watched in horror as his mother was smacked arcoss the face by Takato, all because she was standing up to him, for her children, 'If only Inuyasha were here!' He thought to himself...'Then he would kick that jerks butt!'
~~~ The Fuedal Era... Same time as the arguement between Kagome's mom, and Takato~~~
Kagome had it all settled in her mind, she was going to face them, no one was going to stand in her way. But, for safe measure, Inuyasha was coming with her. She had to face Takato, but didn't want to do it alone, that guy had the potencial to be really scarry. She and Inuyasha were soon off to Kagome's time.
When they got to the house, what they saw was not pretty, Kagome's mother lay unconsicous in the corner of the kitchen, and Takato has Sota cornerd. They watched in horror as he punched the little boy in the face as he yelled,"That will teach you for spying on me and your mom!"
With out a second thought, Inuyasha slamed Takato into the wall, while Kagome ran to her brother's side and pulled him into a hug.
"Don't you ever, ever, ever touch anyone in this family like that agian! You hear me?" Inuyasha yelled as he threw the horrid man out the kitchen door.
Kagome comforted Sota until he pushed her away and pointed to their poor mother, who was lying in the corner. Kagome and Sota ran to her and carried her to the couch in the living room, where they made sure she was still breathing and everything, then washed the blood from her and got an ice pack for her head.
Inuyasha punched Takato a few times in the stomache, until he let him fall to the ground, "Stupid human," he growled as he looked at the huddled mass cowering on the floor. Takato looked too pathetic, Inuyasha didn't want to hurt him anymore because he knew that Kagome wouldn't be happy if he killed him. Even though he deserved it.
"Why don't you kill me already?" He asked meakly as he lay in a ball on the ground.
"Because, I wouldn't waste my time killing a pathetic peice of crap like you, besides, Kagome has this thing about killing humans, reguardless of how much they deserve it. I won't betray her for the likes of you!" With that he hit Takato on the head, with just enough force to knock him out, and, as they would later find... Make him forget some of the details as to what happened. With that, he turned at went back to the house to see if everyone was ok.
Kagome and Sota were crouching by the couch in front of their mother. She was awake now and smiled weakly at them. Inuyasha came and joined them and said,"Don't worry, I don't think they asshole will have the guts to try and hurt any of you ever again."
"Did ya kill him, Inuyasha?" Sota asked hopefully, while Kagome and her mother exchanged nervous glances.
"Course not!" Inuyahsa said sounding insulted.
Sota let out a disappointed sigh.
"Kids, I am sorry, I didn't realize what I was bringing into our home! I just thought I was doing what was best for all of us!" Their mother said with a painful look in her eyes, though, it could have been from the beating she got from Takato.
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They came up with a plan, Inuyasha would go back to the Fuedal Era, while Kagome, Sota, and their mother, told an auterny what had happened. That a strange man came and saved them while Takato was in an angry rage, seeing as he didn't quite remember everything, he couldn't aruge.
Takato and Sakatashi (Kagome's mom... sorry, don't know her real name) got an anulment, in the process, she also sued him for the attack, he was put in jail for a period of 2 years, and the "mysterious stranger" that helped them out was never found.
Kagome returned to the Fuedal Era with a happy heart, except for, of course, the constant worry of school... And the shards that she, her friends, and her love, Inuyasha, had yet to find.
Kohaku woke up, but his memory was a little shaken... He bearly recognized Sango and didn't even know she was his sister until she told him, there were a lot of tears, but the more they talked, the more that seemed to come back to him. Miroku and Sango's relationship grew... But well, somethings never change... Lets just say that more offten than not, you could find them with red faces, Miroku's in the shape of a hand print, and Sango's a full out blush.
Though things seemed perfect, they still had the constant worry of Sesshomaru, and Kikyo... Even though they had that little Heart-to-heart, Kagome never really believe that it would be the last of Kikyo, she had said something about making sure the Jewl was taken care of, and that had yet to happen.
Kagome's family returned back to normal, and Sakatashi began to date again... With no intension of getting married so soon ever again.
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Kagome was sitting happily with Inuyasha in a tree in the safety of his lap. They watched the sun set together, then Inuyasha turned to her and said,"Kagome, do you ever worry about, well, you know, the future?"
Kagome smiled and said,"Yeah, but you know, with all that we have been through, I have no doubt in my mind that what ever we do face, we will get through, so long as we are together." With that she settled comfortably back against his chest.
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Yeah, the ending, who saw it coming? Not me! At least not when I started writing it, but really, if I kept it going it would just sort of be a run on plot with no ending in site, kind of like sitcoms. I know the ending had that way too happy, perfect sort of feeling to it, and I am sorry. You see, I couldn't think of what else to do, sort of dug a pit for myself! Heh... So, well, this is the end. Yup... So all that leaves is my responce to your reviews... But that wont be for a while because I want to get some of the reviews for this chapter before I put it up. Well, I just want to appologize for the not so great ending!
Tootles!!!
Disclaimer: Don't own Inuyasha, enough said... I think.
Ok Lets get it on with Chapter 9!!!
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Title: A Time for Change
Chapter 9: Takato and the Happy Ending
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Kaede looked at the little fox demon that now stood by her side, his eyes were wide, she guessed because of what he had just witnessed. Its not everyday you see something like *that* happen, now is it?
"Don't you worry yourself, young one," Kaede said in a comforting tone. "Everything'll be just fine, you'll soon see."She kneeled down beside him and placed a wrinkly old hand on his back.
The little boy looked up at her, then back to the horizon where Inuyasha and Kagome had just left in search of Miroku and Sango. He said nothing.
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Inuyasha and Kagome approached the couple as they still held eachother, Sango still crying hysterically and Miroku comforting her to the best of his ability, even though, she was truely happy, Kohaku was alive and, most likely, no longer under Naraku's spell. She hoped.
A smile crepts on to Kagome's lips as she came across the site. Inuyasha crossed his arms and smirked. There eyes scanned the scene, they saw Kirara sitting, in her kitten form, next to the two of them, purring... Then they both layed their eyes on the unconscious boy they layed in front of Sango, it was Kohaku. Kagome's smile disappeared as she thought the worst. Kohaku was dead. But Inuyasha retained his smirk, being a hanyou, he could here his faint breathing, his scent was no longer tainted by that of Naraku. Meaning, simply, that he was free.
"Poor Sango," Kagome said in a low whisper as she started to walk forward. Inuyasha put his hand on her shoulder and turned her around, he looked her in the eye and said,"Kohaku is alive! Naraku's death must have set him free!"
Kagome's eyes lit up. Everything was perfect. Naraku was gone, Kohaku was alive, things seemed to be going well between Miroku and Sango, but who could ever tell about those two? And then there was Inuyasha. Kagome looked at him, it was as if all her troubles had gone away. Pure bliss.
Kagome walked over to Sango and Miroku and placed a hand on Sango's shoulder, Sango looked up and Kagome, teary eyed and said,"He's alive, Kagome! Alive!"
"I know! Naraku was killed!" She told her in excitement.
"So then... Its true, Kagome? Naraku is gone!?!" Miroku asked hopefully.
"Thats what she said," Inuyasha informed him as he approached.
Miroku looked at his hand, his ordinary, not-so-special hand. His heart filled with joy. He wouldn't have to worry about an untimely death due to the stupid curse that had befallen his family, however, having two good hands did increase his chance of an untimely death at the hands of an angry Sango... Supposing he did *something* he shouldn't, which, he supposed he would. He may have changed physically, but inside, he was still everybodie's favorite lech.
Eventually, they all got up, Sango and Miroku got on Kirara so they could hold on to Kohaku, and walked back to where the battle had taken place. Shippo, slowly excepting everything, ran to Kagome at the site of her, he burried himself in her arms as she held him in a hug. Everyone was happy, all the worries excaped them. Miroku took Kohaku to Kaede's hut, Kaede followed with the intent of making sure that Kohaku was of good health, which, she doubted he was. Naraku couldn't possibly have taken very good care of him, his body had suffered a lot of trama. Though, there was a decent chance he would make it out ok.
Darkness fell and after a hard day they wanted nothing more than to sit around the fire in celebration, though, it wasn't a very active one. Everyone was rather drained from the battle. Kaede remained in her hut as she tended to Kohaku, of whom she told Sango would be ok after a few days of sleep. Shippo was sitting, curled up against Kirara. Kagome had found a comfortable seat in the welcoming lap of Inuyasha, acctually, she didn't *find* exactly, she sort of was placed there. Inuyasha was a rather preswasive guy. Sango had made a point of sitting near Miroku, in thanks for him being so kind to her that day and, of course, the fact that he had been willing to risk his life for her own. That soon ended, however, as his lecherous ways soon resurfaced. This resulting in Sango moving a considerable distance away from Miroku, not but for bestowing upon him the gift of pain.
Everyone got a rather good laugh out of this. Kagome rested her head on Inuyasha's shoulder, she let out a sigh of content relief as she closed her eyes, only to have them shoot open... She had forgotten something... Something rather big. Something she wished she *didn't* remember. Takato.
Kagome sat up, a look of terror etched on to her face. 'God oh God!!! I forgot! Damn, damn, damn!!! I have to go home and face them sometimes! Damn, Damn, Damn!' she thought, tears formed in the corner of her eyes.
"Kagome?" Inuyasha asked frantically,"Kagome! What is it? Whats wrong???"
"Takato," Kagome whispered as she burst into tears,'Just when I thought everything was perfect...' she didn't want to cry. But he had ruined a perfect day. Inuyasha cradled her in his arms, 'I should have taken care of that asshole when I had the chance!' He thought to himself angrily.'That ass has no business making Kagome so upset!'
~~~ Back At Kagome's house...(Skipping to the next day... Its early afternoon...)~~~
"Do you realize how long your daughter has been gone?" A slightly agitated Takato said while looking at his news paper.
"She has been gone longer than this before," Kagome's mother... Now Mrs. Shionky. She was buisy with the dishes... Not happy because it seemed that the arguments with Takato were becoming more and more frequent... She was having a hard time acting happy all the time. The marrige was purely economical, her children needed a father, Takato was a long lost family friend whom had become a widower... At the time, it seemed like such a good idea. But marrying too soon was a mistake. A big mistake. Suddenly, Takato turned into an incredibly needy soul, she was merely trying to help him through a bad time, so, she often took his side in fights, his wife had just died recintly, he was just depressed, she had always thought he would eventually grow out of it. And, when Kagome had left to go to the Fuedal Era, she thought it would be good for Takato, whom had been getting into quite a few arguments with her at the time. But, he just seemed to get more and more agitated, he even started yelling at Sota for things that he had no business being angry about! He was a monster in disguise.
"I can't believe you just let your daughter miss school like that! She has no business just taking off like that when ever she wants!!!" Takato said slightly raising his voice.
"Well, I thought you two needed some space! So sue me! I *thought* I was doing you both a favor by getting you two seperated! But no! All you do is complain! Don't you have *anything* you could possibly be happy about? Anything???" Mrs. Shionky had never blown up at him before... Takato got mad.
"What the HELL!" Takato screamed,"I just want her to get the God Damn education we pay for!!! And you blow up at *me*? If anything you should be scoulding your daughter for having such horrid mannors to those she should respect, like me!"
"Why, Takato, should my daughter respect a man who takes pleasure in making small children cry? Do you think I didn't hear you yelling at Sota this morning? Did you think I wouldn't find out?" She was steamed. She had married an asshole.
"Why the hell do you always have to take you children's side? Do *I* not matter to you or something? I thought you *cared* about me!" He yelled in his own pitiful defence.
"Tell me, Takato, do *you* care about me? Or my children? They are my *life*! Or were, until you came! What happened to you? I thought that you were such a good hearted person! Why is it that toward my children you always have such venom? You act like you are fighting with them for attention from me! Do you realize how childish that is? A grown man fighting with his step children over who gets the affection of their mother! Its horrible! You're horrible!"
Sota watched in horror as his mother was smacked arcoss the face by Takato, all because she was standing up to him, for her children, 'If only Inuyasha were here!' He thought to himself...'Then he would kick that jerks butt!'
~~~ The Fuedal Era... Same time as the arguement between Kagome's mom, and Takato~~~
Kagome had it all settled in her mind, she was going to face them, no one was going to stand in her way. But, for safe measure, Inuyasha was coming with her. She had to face Takato, but didn't want to do it alone, that guy had the potencial to be really scarry. She and Inuyasha were soon off to Kagome's time.
When they got to the house, what they saw was not pretty, Kagome's mother lay unconsicous in the corner of the kitchen, and Takato has Sota cornerd. They watched in horror as he punched the little boy in the face as he yelled,"That will teach you for spying on me and your mom!"
With out a second thought, Inuyasha slamed Takato into the wall, while Kagome ran to her brother's side and pulled him into a hug.
"Don't you ever, ever, ever touch anyone in this family like that agian! You hear me?" Inuyasha yelled as he threw the horrid man out the kitchen door.
Kagome comforted Sota until he pushed her away and pointed to their poor mother, who was lying in the corner. Kagome and Sota ran to her and carried her to the couch in the living room, where they made sure she was still breathing and everything, then washed the blood from her and got an ice pack for her head.
Inuyasha punched Takato a few times in the stomache, until he let him fall to the ground, "Stupid human," he growled as he looked at the huddled mass cowering on the floor. Takato looked too pathetic, Inuyasha didn't want to hurt him anymore because he knew that Kagome wouldn't be happy if he killed him. Even though he deserved it.
"Why don't you kill me already?" He asked meakly as he lay in a ball on the ground.
"Because, I wouldn't waste my time killing a pathetic peice of crap like you, besides, Kagome has this thing about killing humans, reguardless of how much they deserve it. I won't betray her for the likes of you!" With that he hit Takato on the head, with just enough force to knock him out, and, as they would later find... Make him forget some of the details as to what happened. With that, he turned at went back to the house to see if everyone was ok.
Kagome and Sota were crouching by the couch in front of their mother. She was awake now and smiled weakly at them. Inuyasha came and joined them and said,"Don't worry, I don't think they asshole will have the guts to try and hurt any of you ever again."
"Did ya kill him, Inuyasha?" Sota asked hopefully, while Kagome and her mother exchanged nervous glances.
"Course not!" Inuyahsa said sounding insulted.
Sota let out a disappointed sigh.
"Kids, I am sorry, I didn't realize what I was bringing into our home! I just thought I was doing what was best for all of us!" Their mother said with a painful look in her eyes, though, it could have been from the beating she got from Takato.
~~~
They came up with a plan, Inuyasha would go back to the Fuedal Era, while Kagome, Sota, and their mother, told an auterny what had happened. That a strange man came and saved them while Takato was in an angry rage, seeing as he didn't quite remember everything, he couldn't aruge.
Takato and Sakatashi (Kagome's mom... sorry, don't know her real name) got an anulment, in the process, she also sued him for the attack, he was put in jail for a period of 2 years, and the "mysterious stranger" that helped them out was never found.
Kagome returned to the Fuedal Era with a happy heart, except for, of course, the constant worry of school... And the shards that she, her friends, and her love, Inuyasha, had yet to find.
Kohaku woke up, but his memory was a little shaken... He bearly recognized Sango and didn't even know she was his sister until she told him, there were a lot of tears, but the more they talked, the more that seemed to come back to him. Miroku and Sango's relationship grew... But well, somethings never change... Lets just say that more offten than not, you could find them with red faces, Miroku's in the shape of a hand print, and Sango's a full out blush.
Though things seemed perfect, they still had the constant worry of Sesshomaru, and Kikyo... Even though they had that little Heart-to-heart, Kagome never really believe that it would be the last of Kikyo, she had said something about making sure the Jewl was taken care of, and that had yet to happen.
Kagome's family returned back to normal, and Sakatashi began to date again... With no intension of getting married so soon ever again.
~~~
Kagome was sitting happily with Inuyasha in a tree in the safety of his lap. They watched the sun set together, then Inuyasha turned to her and said,"Kagome, do you ever worry about, well, you know, the future?"
Kagome smiled and said,"Yeah, but you know, with all that we have been through, I have no doubt in my mind that what ever we do face, we will get through, so long as we are together." With that she settled comfortably back against his chest.
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Yeah, the ending, who saw it coming? Not me! At least not when I started writing it, but really, if I kept it going it would just sort of be a run on plot with no ending in site, kind of like sitcoms. I know the ending had that way too happy, perfect sort of feeling to it, and I am sorry. You see, I couldn't think of what else to do, sort of dug a pit for myself! Heh... So, well, this is the end. Yup... So all that leaves is my responce to your reviews... But that wont be for a while because I want to get some of the reviews for this chapter before I put it up. Well, I just want to appologize for the not so great ending!
Tootles!!!