Tousan!
Chapter 3
HAHA you people are probably really pissed at me 4 not updating GOMEN NASAI!!! I had relatives and such I had to deal with. And finals *cringes inwardly* I just wanted to thank
bran.chan
And
shigromia
And
Strange Child of Fire
And
Gaurdian-Gundam
for reviewing my story, I feel loved! I was sure that I was going to put my fic on here and it was not going to get reviewed! Thank u much!!!
*cough*..yeah I'm going to stop rambling now..
Disclaimer: I own nothing...WAIT! (reaches into pockets and watches lint fall to the ground) ...D#%@!
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Rei darted, bounding form branch to branch in the forest.
"How could I have been so stupid! I knew that there was a familiar scent about them but I ignored it." A whinny (A/N: spelling n e one?!?!) of distress caught her pointed ear and she leapt down onto Niesyrie's back.
"Father will follow without a doubt, how will I go about explaining this?"
"Yes..How indeed?" a voice growled from the path ahead. Niesyrie reared, throwing a very disgruntled Rei to the ground. Inuyasha hesitated a moment to analyze his opponent before killing her. She was.. A DEMON?!?.. Well.. partially.
She had long auburn hair flowing down her back and she wore a black t- shirt, khaki cargo pants that were much too long for her and two pointed ears sat upon her head. Inuyasha held the point of the Tetsuiga level with Rei's throat,
"Who the hell are you?!"
"Erm, me? Hehe well.. I.." Rei stuttered attempting, unsuccessfully, to explain to Inuyasha what and who she was.
"Well..? Out with it!"
"If I tell you, will you promise not to hurt me?" Rei asked plaintively, "At least not until I have had a fair chance of telling my half of the story." She stood up and walked over to Inuyasha and held our her hand, "My name is Rei." Her ears pricked up and she dropped her hand to her side, "Oh I almost forgot!" Rei drew out the drawstring bag and tossed it at Inuyasha who deftly caught it.
"For you."
"What is this?"
"Open it." Inuyasha used a claw to slice along the seams of the bag and the 7 shards of the Shikon no Tama tumbled out, landing at his feet.
"You have my full attention.." he said, his voice barely audible.
"INUYASHA!!!" came the voice of an infuriated Kagome, Inuyasha winced noticeably, Rei giggled. "INUYASHA!" Kagome burst through the line of trees, Inuyasha's ears twitched but he still did not turn around to face her.
"You left me! You just, got up and left! What is wrong with you!" Kagome yelled and Rei hid her face in her shirt, near bursting with laughter. Inuyasha stalked over to her, "Kagome look!" Inuyasha held out his hand and showed her the seven shards.
"She had seven shards Kagome." She stared ahead blankly,
"Come again?"
"Seven." Kagome peered around Inuyasha to stare at Rei who was busily trying to clean off her naginata. Rei looked up at Kagome and waved cheerfully before returning to her task. Kagome's eyes widened,
"She WHAT?!?" Kagome paused to look once more at Rei, "Why is she still here? How did you get them from her?"
"She just gave 'em to me," Inuyasha lowered his voice considerably, "I think Kaede would like to see this," he nodded in Rei's direction.
Rei bounded onto Inuyasha's shoulder and hid herself in his thick silver hair,
"Where are you going? May I come?" She said eagerly.
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Kagome and Rei lay on the floor of Kaede's hut sleeping. Inuyasha was busy talking to Kaede outside the door,
"I have no idea where she came from, she calls herself Rei." He paused for a moment recounting the events of the day, "She called me father." Inuyasha leaned against the outer walls of the hut Kaede, on the other hand, hobbled in with the aid of her bow and bent down to take a closer look at Rei.
"She is a demon, though she does not seem to be full blooded," Inuyasha's ears twitched, "I must take some more time to examine her, preferably when she is awake so I shall rest myself for the time being. Goodnight Inuyasha." She called from the inner walls of the house. He grunted and left the house to find a suitable place to rest for the night.
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Rei awoke later in the night, her head hurt and she realized that she had been resting her head on the hard wooden floor,
"What I wouldn't give for a descent pillow." She said while holding her throbbing head. Rei rummaged around the small house for a pillow or at least a soft blanket she could wad up and substitute for one. Upon her discovery of one she shuffled back to her spot on the floor hoarding her treasure, she folded it into thirds and curled up on the floor. In a matter of seconds she was out like a light.
Another was also stirring in their sleep that night. Inuyasha tossed and turned in his treetop before he sat up abruptly. He stretched and jumped down from his perch and walked silently into the house. Inuyasha sat for what seemed like an hour leaning against the sturdy wall of Kaede's home listening to the even breaths coming from Kagome's small form. Suddenly her even breathing became more labored and she began whimpering. She rolled over, a grimace was splayed across her face, Inuyasha stood and walked over to Kagome kneeling beside her.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome called out softly from her dream. He sat by her side and combed his fingers through her hair until her breathing became less stressed and she relaxed once again falling back into a deep sleep. The hanyou smiled and brushed the back of his hand along her cheek before standing abruptly and making for the door just as quietly as he came.
Inuyasha sighed as he left the hut, he would have rather slept in the hut to make sure Kagome didn't have any more night terrors but he couldn't stand sleeping on the hard wood floor, he always woke up with a pounding headache the morning after. Inuyasha found "his" tree once more and scaled it in one leap landing neatly amongst the leafy branches, just in time to see the sunrise. As he watched the sun peeking over the horizon he wondered about the strange girl, was she really who she claimed to be? Was she really his daughter? He spoke aloud to no one in particular,
"Feh, I'm not her father! Why did she call me that?!"
"Oh, but you are!" Rei said as she pounced onto the branch Inuyasha sat upon. The limb shook violently and Inuyasha moved to grab something, anything, to keep him from toppling out of the tree. His clawed hand caught a smaller limb that snapped under his weight. Rei watched him plummet and heard the breaking and snapping of every single branch he hit on the way down. She sat her mouth agape, her eyes dancing with amusement. By the time Inuyasha had righted himself and scaled the tree, Rei's obnoxious laughter had died down to repressed giggles.
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Ta Da! I feel terrible for not updating sooner and I am expecting nothing less than to be yelled at in the next reviews that I get.. I am going to get reviews right? ^-^ *grin*
Chapter 3
HAHA you people are probably really pissed at me 4 not updating GOMEN NASAI!!! I had relatives and such I had to deal with. And finals *cringes inwardly* I just wanted to thank
bran.chan
And
shigromia
And
Strange Child of Fire
And
Gaurdian-Gundam
for reviewing my story, I feel loved! I was sure that I was going to put my fic on here and it was not going to get reviewed! Thank u much!!!
*cough*..yeah I'm going to stop rambling now..
Disclaimer: I own nothing...WAIT! (reaches into pockets and watches lint fall to the ground) ...D#%@!
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*
Rei darted, bounding form branch to branch in the forest.
"How could I have been so stupid! I knew that there was a familiar scent about them but I ignored it." A whinny (A/N: spelling n e one?!?!) of distress caught her pointed ear and she leapt down onto Niesyrie's back.
"Father will follow without a doubt, how will I go about explaining this?"
"Yes..How indeed?" a voice growled from the path ahead. Niesyrie reared, throwing a very disgruntled Rei to the ground. Inuyasha hesitated a moment to analyze his opponent before killing her. She was.. A DEMON?!?.. Well.. partially.
She had long auburn hair flowing down her back and she wore a black t- shirt, khaki cargo pants that were much too long for her and two pointed ears sat upon her head. Inuyasha held the point of the Tetsuiga level with Rei's throat,
"Who the hell are you?!"
"Erm, me? Hehe well.. I.." Rei stuttered attempting, unsuccessfully, to explain to Inuyasha what and who she was.
"Well..? Out with it!"
"If I tell you, will you promise not to hurt me?" Rei asked plaintively, "At least not until I have had a fair chance of telling my half of the story." She stood up and walked over to Inuyasha and held our her hand, "My name is Rei." Her ears pricked up and she dropped her hand to her side, "Oh I almost forgot!" Rei drew out the drawstring bag and tossed it at Inuyasha who deftly caught it.
"For you."
"What is this?"
"Open it." Inuyasha used a claw to slice along the seams of the bag and the 7 shards of the Shikon no Tama tumbled out, landing at his feet.
"You have my full attention.." he said, his voice barely audible.
"INUYASHA!!!" came the voice of an infuriated Kagome, Inuyasha winced noticeably, Rei giggled. "INUYASHA!" Kagome burst through the line of trees, Inuyasha's ears twitched but he still did not turn around to face her.
"You left me! You just, got up and left! What is wrong with you!" Kagome yelled and Rei hid her face in her shirt, near bursting with laughter. Inuyasha stalked over to her, "Kagome look!" Inuyasha held out his hand and showed her the seven shards.
"She had seven shards Kagome." She stared ahead blankly,
"Come again?"
"Seven." Kagome peered around Inuyasha to stare at Rei who was busily trying to clean off her naginata. Rei looked up at Kagome and waved cheerfully before returning to her task. Kagome's eyes widened,
"She WHAT?!?" Kagome paused to look once more at Rei, "Why is she still here? How did you get them from her?"
"She just gave 'em to me," Inuyasha lowered his voice considerably, "I think Kaede would like to see this," he nodded in Rei's direction.
Rei bounded onto Inuyasha's shoulder and hid herself in his thick silver hair,
"Where are you going? May I come?" She said eagerly.
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Kagome and Rei lay on the floor of Kaede's hut sleeping. Inuyasha was busy talking to Kaede outside the door,
"I have no idea where she came from, she calls herself Rei." He paused for a moment recounting the events of the day, "She called me father." Inuyasha leaned against the outer walls of the hut Kaede, on the other hand, hobbled in with the aid of her bow and bent down to take a closer look at Rei.
"She is a demon, though she does not seem to be full blooded," Inuyasha's ears twitched, "I must take some more time to examine her, preferably when she is awake so I shall rest myself for the time being. Goodnight Inuyasha." She called from the inner walls of the house. He grunted and left the house to find a suitable place to rest for the night.
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Rei awoke later in the night, her head hurt and she realized that she had been resting her head on the hard wooden floor,
"What I wouldn't give for a descent pillow." She said while holding her throbbing head. Rei rummaged around the small house for a pillow or at least a soft blanket she could wad up and substitute for one. Upon her discovery of one she shuffled back to her spot on the floor hoarding her treasure, she folded it into thirds and curled up on the floor. In a matter of seconds she was out like a light.
Another was also stirring in their sleep that night. Inuyasha tossed and turned in his treetop before he sat up abruptly. He stretched and jumped down from his perch and walked silently into the house. Inuyasha sat for what seemed like an hour leaning against the sturdy wall of Kaede's home listening to the even breaths coming from Kagome's small form. Suddenly her even breathing became more labored and she began whimpering. She rolled over, a grimace was splayed across her face, Inuyasha stood and walked over to Kagome kneeling beside her.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome called out softly from her dream. He sat by her side and combed his fingers through her hair until her breathing became less stressed and she relaxed once again falling back into a deep sleep. The hanyou smiled and brushed the back of his hand along her cheek before standing abruptly and making for the door just as quietly as he came.
Inuyasha sighed as he left the hut, he would have rather slept in the hut to make sure Kagome didn't have any more night terrors but he couldn't stand sleeping on the hard wood floor, he always woke up with a pounding headache the morning after. Inuyasha found "his" tree once more and scaled it in one leap landing neatly amongst the leafy branches, just in time to see the sunrise. As he watched the sun peeking over the horizon he wondered about the strange girl, was she really who she claimed to be? Was she really his daughter? He spoke aloud to no one in particular,
"Feh, I'm not her father! Why did she call me that?!"
"Oh, but you are!" Rei said as she pounced onto the branch Inuyasha sat upon. The limb shook violently and Inuyasha moved to grab something, anything, to keep him from toppling out of the tree. His clawed hand caught a smaller limb that snapped under his weight. Rei watched him plummet and heard the breaking and snapping of every single branch he hit on the way down. She sat her mouth agape, her eyes dancing with amusement. By the time Inuyasha had righted himself and scaled the tree, Rei's obnoxious laughter had died down to repressed giggles.
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Ta Da! I feel terrible for not updating sooner and I am expecting nothing less than to be yelled at in the next reviews that I get.. I am going to get reviews right? ^-^ *grin*