Chapter 9-Sweet lil' kitsune.
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It only took Kagome a few seconds to register where she was and what had happened. Thoughts of the previous day came flooding back to her. Yasuna, her family and Inuyasha's brother, Sesshoumaru. Groaning, Kagome pulled the covers over her head. Why was this happening? What had she done? After a few more minutes of trying to sleep, she eventually gave up and went downstairs where she was greeted by the smell of breakfast.
Inuyasha was up bright and early frying up some bacon and eggs. He had stayed up half the night making sure Sesshoumaru or other youkais didn't come. He smiled as Kagome drifted into the kitchen on autopilot.
"Ohayou Kagome chan!" He said brightly, tipping some bacon onto a plate and placing it on the table. "You're just in time for breakfast! I've made bacon and eggs and some good ol' fashion tea!"
Kagome gave the hearty breakfast a quick glance, then turned away and stared into space.
"I'm not hungry thanks." She said. Inuyasha frowned; he strode up to Kagome, put his hands on her shoulders and directed her to the table.
"You need your strength." He said a-matter-of-factly. "We're gonna have to leave soon, the youkai might be back and there could be others coming."
Kagome ate without much enthusiasm. She was really grateful for Inuyasha going to all this trouble but how could she eat when there was so much going on inside her head? She replayed it all in her head.
("Mama? Grandpa? Sooota?!")
Inuyasha watched her eat ever scrap of food with a frown on his face. He was worried about Kagome, she wasn't experienced in war or death or anything like that. She was too young to be handling all these new depressing emotions and he was worried about how much it would affect her now as well as in the long run.
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He sniffed the air. Bacon! Eggs! And some good old fashion tea! Hurriedly, he crept up to the window of the house but he was too small to see over the top. Cursing, he tried to balance himself on the bush under the window; luckily, he lightness was an advantage at times. His tail wagged in excitement as he peered over the ledge. There were two people sitting around a table in what looked like a kitchen. Rubble was everywhere and cupboards were slanted with their doors hanging open or half off.
'There must have been some sort of fight.' He thought to himself, licking his lips and his big, doe eyes fell upon the food. Bacon, his favourite. Just as he was about to climb through the window, he stopped. A hanyou! So there's a girl and a hanyou, if it was two people, he'd get in and out in a flash but demons had good senses of smell, even half demons. Sighing, he sat under the window in thought. There was no way he'd be able to get in undetected but he was SO hungry! His tummy rumbled in anticipation, expecting the meal that the little kitsune had smelt. After his tummy rumbled for the third time, he made up his mind. He would go in, whether he got caught or not, he was just too hungry to let this meal go without a fight. Standing up, his will doubled, he climb up onto the window.
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'More demons will be coming for the Shikon no Tama.' Inuyasha thought, 'they'll be way more powerful than Sesshoumaru and they'll be more determined than him as well. What am I gonna do? Run? But how long before they catch up? And Kagome's in a state of depression, I don't think she realizes the seriousness of the situation..'
"Hey!" Inuyasha yelled, coming out of his deep thought and realizing that someone had just swiped his breakfast from under his nose.
Kagome looked up from where she was prodding at her egg. "What's wrong?" She asked, not really caring.
"Someone's just stolen my food!" He whined, looking about him.
Kagome shrugged and was just about to carry on with her prodding when a sudden wind swept her hair and in a second, her breakfast was gone.
Inuyasha raised his eyebrow and started sniffing the air, suddenly; he stood up and ran to the window. Kagome watched in wonder as Inuyasha stuck his hand out the window and appeared to have grabbed something. Dragging his hand back in, Kagome noticed a little child, squirming and whining as Inuyasha took him into the kitchen and put him on the table, his hand holding the child's trousers.
"So we have a thief eh?" Inuyasha said, triumph in his voice. The child continued to squirm and wiggle but to no avail, Inuyasha's grip was strong.
"There's no point trying to escape, my strength easily out matches yours." Inuyasha was smirking, obviously pleased in his catch.
The child finally gave up struggling and sat there, its eyes were watery and it was sniffing. Kagome suddenly noticed the tail it had. Growing bored of the silence, Inuyasha started to poke the child.
"Speak Kitsune!" He demanded. Kagome gave Inuyasha a look of confusion.
"Kitsune?"
"Yeah, this little thief is a kitsune demon." He said, turning his face to meet Kagome but continuing to poke the kitsune.
The little child stopped whimpering and, seeing its chance, bit Inuyasha's finger.
"OOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUCCCCCCCHHHHH!!!!!!" Inuyasha screamed, accidentally letting go of the demon.
The kitsune made a run for it. Inuyasha stopped howling and started chasing it around the kitchen, knocking over everything that was still standing. The chase ended when the kitsune hid behind Kagome and started whimpering again. Inuyasha looked at the fox demon, then at Kagome, his expression was angry and she could almost see the steam coming out of Inuyasha's doggy ears.
"Give-me-the-fox-" He said, trying to contain his anger. The demon peered round Kagome's back and stuck its tongue out at the fuming hanyou. This was more than Inuyasha could take and he leapt at the little fox demon, but the fox was small and fast and easily avoided Inuyasha's leap of fury.
Unlike the fox, Kagome didn't even know it was happening until she was on the floor, Inuyasha on top of her, swearing and waving his arms. The child was on the table, laughing.
Inuyasha scrambled off of Kagome, blushing furiously. Then he turned his icy stare to the table. Kagome stood up and stopped him from leaping at the table. After calming Inuyasha down, she turned to the kitsune.
"What's your name?" She asked. The fox demon eyed her suspiciously before answering.
"Shippou." He said.
"And why are you here?"
Shippou looked down, his hands behind his back, playing the innocent little child.
"I was hungry." He mumbled, his eyes becoming blurry again. "But HE tried to kill me!" He pointed an accusing finger at Inuyasha.
"Me?" Inuyasha asked innocently, his eyes becoming wide. "I was merely trying to protect Kagome from evil Kitsune thieves!"
Kagome rolled her eyes and sat down on a chair, which, surprisingly, hadn't been knocked over.
"Where's your parents Shippou?"
At this, Shippou's eyes became watery and he burst out crying. To poor Inuyasha's ears, this was too much and he clamped his hands over them, a look of shear annoyance on his face.
"Can't you shut that thing up?!" He yelled to Kagome over the howling. Kagome nervously picked up Shippou and began to gently rock him. After a while, Shippou's crying died down to a few sobs and then a whimper.
"They -sniff- they were killed by and evil -sniff- youkai!" He said, the tears threatening to come back. Inuyasha still had his hands over his ears.
"Aw, there there, it's alright now." Kagome said, cuddling Shippou. "You're safe now, we'll take care of you."
At this, Inuyasha unclamped his hands from his ears and stared at Kagome like she was some kind of traitor.
"We'll WHAT?" He yelled, the veins on his neck popping out. "There is no 'WE' in this! He is NOT staying!"
Unabashed, Kagome walked to the wonky cupboard, Shippou still in her arms, and looked at the assortment of wonky food.
"You must starving, what would you like to eat?"
"YOU ARE NOT KEEPING HIM!" Inuyasha screamed.
"Well.. That funny yellow thing looks nice."
"KAGOME!!!"
But Kagome made some food for Shippou, ignoring all of Inuyasha's protests. Tired and annoyed, Inuyasha slumped down against a wall; crossed his arms and stared at the floor.
Shippou ate with delight, savouring every mouthful, while Kagome watched, smiling pleasantly.
By the time Shippou had related his whole childhood in great detail, it was getting dark. The sleepy little Kitsune gave a cute little yawn before nestling down on Kagome's lap. She smiled and took Shippou up into her bedroom where she laid him on her bed and pulled the covers over.
When she went downstairs, Inuyasha was still slumped against the wall; he hadn't moved an inch and half his face was covered in shadow, giving him a sinister look.
"Inuyasha?" Kagome asked nervously. He didn't move.
Kagome shook her head. "Inuyasha stop being a baby! Shippou has no-where to go! How would you feel if you're parents were killed? Leaving you all alone?"
Inuyasha flinched a little, but still sat there in silence, his eyes on the floor.
Sighing, Kagome knelt down beside him. He turned his head in the other direction.
"Inuyasha!" She said. "Stop being silly! You're behaving like a five-year- old!"
"Really?" Inuyasha said so quietly that Kagome had to strain to hear. "Well, you seem to have a thing for five-year-olds."
"Oh God Inuyasha! I'm not having this conversation!"
"But obviously you won't listen to me because I'm not a cute lil' kitsune."
Kagome bowed her head and took a few deep breaths. Then, she sat next to Inuyasha so she was almost on top of him and crossed her arms.
"Fine, if you wanna behave like a baby, I am too. I'm not moving until you grow up! And if you move, I'll follow you." She stuck her legs out and started pouting. Inuyasha stayed in his position.
Minutes turned into hours and by one o'clock in the morning, Inuyasha was still awake and still in the same position but he was flushing like mad. Around 12 o'clock, Kagome had fallen asleep, that was ok, but by half 12, she had made herself comfortable by leaning on Inuyasha's arm and snuggling into him. So he sat there, staring at the floor, his arms crossed, blushing like an overgrown tomato.
And so that is how Inuyasha first partially discovered that he might be in love.
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Ahahahahahaha! I did it! It's taken me soooo long just to write this damn chapter! I was starting it last Saturday, but my brother and sister were having a party so I had to help set it all up (mum and dad went to Scotland for four days!). Then I managed to do some more, but the phone rang for me so I had to takeyz--,-./úõðëæáÜ×ÒÍÈþ¹´¯ª¥ -'?='}xsnid_Z ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c! |
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It only took Kagome a few seconds to register where she was and what had happened. Thoughts of the previous day came flooding back to her. Yasuna, her family and Inuyasha's brother, Sesshoumaru. Groaning, Kagome pulled the covers over her head. Why was this happening? What had she done? After a few more minutes of trying to sleep, she eventually gave up and went downstairs where she was greeted by the smell of breakfast.
Inuyasha was up bright and early frying up some bacon and eggs. He had stayed up half the night making sure Sesshoumaru or other youkais didn't come. He smiled as Kagome drifted into the kitchen on autopilot.
"Ohayou Kagome chan!" He said brightly, tipping some bacon onto a plate and placing it on the table. "You're just in time for breakfast! I've made bacon and eggs and some good ol' fashion tea!"
Kagome gave the hearty breakfast a quick glance, then turned away and stared into space.
"I'm not hungry thanks." She said. Inuyasha frowned; he strode up to Kagome, put his hands on her shoulders and directed her to the table.
"You need your strength." He said a-matter-of-factly. "We're gonna have to leave soon, the youkai might be back and there could be others coming."
Kagome ate without much enthusiasm. She was really grateful for Inuyasha going to all this trouble but how could she eat when there was so much going on inside her head? She replayed it all in her head.
("Mama? Grandpa? Sooota?!")
Inuyasha watched her eat ever scrap of food with a frown on his face. He was worried about Kagome, she wasn't experienced in war or death or anything like that. She was too young to be handling all these new depressing emotions and he was worried about how much it would affect her now as well as in the long run.
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He sniffed the air. Bacon! Eggs! And some good old fashion tea! Hurriedly, he crept up to the window of the house but he was too small to see over the top. Cursing, he tried to balance himself on the bush under the window; luckily, he lightness was an advantage at times. His tail wagged in excitement as he peered over the ledge. There were two people sitting around a table in what looked like a kitchen. Rubble was everywhere and cupboards were slanted with their doors hanging open or half off.
'There must have been some sort of fight.' He thought to himself, licking his lips and his big, doe eyes fell upon the food. Bacon, his favourite. Just as he was about to climb through the window, he stopped. A hanyou! So there's a girl and a hanyou, if it was two people, he'd get in and out in a flash but demons had good senses of smell, even half demons. Sighing, he sat under the window in thought. There was no way he'd be able to get in undetected but he was SO hungry! His tummy rumbled in anticipation, expecting the meal that the little kitsune had smelt. After his tummy rumbled for the third time, he made up his mind. He would go in, whether he got caught or not, he was just too hungry to let this meal go without a fight. Standing up, his will doubled, he climb up onto the window.
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'More demons will be coming for the Shikon no Tama.' Inuyasha thought, 'they'll be way more powerful than Sesshoumaru and they'll be more determined than him as well. What am I gonna do? Run? But how long before they catch up? And Kagome's in a state of depression, I don't think she realizes the seriousness of the situation..'
"Hey!" Inuyasha yelled, coming out of his deep thought and realizing that someone had just swiped his breakfast from under his nose.
Kagome looked up from where she was prodding at her egg. "What's wrong?" She asked, not really caring.
"Someone's just stolen my food!" He whined, looking about him.
Kagome shrugged and was just about to carry on with her prodding when a sudden wind swept her hair and in a second, her breakfast was gone.
Inuyasha raised his eyebrow and started sniffing the air, suddenly; he stood up and ran to the window. Kagome watched in wonder as Inuyasha stuck his hand out the window and appeared to have grabbed something. Dragging his hand back in, Kagome noticed a little child, squirming and whining as Inuyasha took him into the kitchen and put him on the table, his hand holding the child's trousers.
"So we have a thief eh?" Inuyasha said, triumph in his voice. The child continued to squirm and wiggle but to no avail, Inuyasha's grip was strong.
"There's no point trying to escape, my strength easily out matches yours." Inuyasha was smirking, obviously pleased in his catch.
The child finally gave up struggling and sat there, its eyes were watery and it was sniffing. Kagome suddenly noticed the tail it had. Growing bored of the silence, Inuyasha started to poke the child.
"Speak Kitsune!" He demanded. Kagome gave Inuyasha a look of confusion.
"Kitsune?"
"Yeah, this little thief is a kitsune demon." He said, turning his face to meet Kagome but continuing to poke the kitsune.
The little child stopped whimpering and, seeing its chance, bit Inuyasha's finger.
"OOOOOOOOOOUUUUUUUCCCCCCCHHHHH!!!!!!" Inuyasha screamed, accidentally letting go of the demon.
The kitsune made a run for it. Inuyasha stopped howling and started chasing it around the kitchen, knocking over everything that was still standing. The chase ended when the kitsune hid behind Kagome and started whimpering again. Inuyasha looked at the fox demon, then at Kagome, his expression was angry and she could almost see the steam coming out of Inuyasha's doggy ears.
"Give-me-the-fox-" He said, trying to contain his anger. The demon peered round Kagome's back and stuck its tongue out at the fuming hanyou. This was more than Inuyasha could take and he leapt at the little fox demon, but the fox was small and fast and easily avoided Inuyasha's leap of fury.
Unlike the fox, Kagome didn't even know it was happening until she was on the floor, Inuyasha on top of her, swearing and waving his arms. The child was on the table, laughing.
Inuyasha scrambled off of Kagome, blushing furiously. Then he turned his icy stare to the table. Kagome stood up and stopped him from leaping at the table. After calming Inuyasha down, she turned to the kitsune.
"What's your name?" She asked. The fox demon eyed her suspiciously before answering.
"Shippou." He said.
"And why are you here?"
Shippou looked down, his hands behind his back, playing the innocent little child.
"I was hungry." He mumbled, his eyes becoming blurry again. "But HE tried to kill me!" He pointed an accusing finger at Inuyasha.
"Me?" Inuyasha asked innocently, his eyes becoming wide. "I was merely trying to protect Kagome from evil Kitsune thieves!"
Kagome rolled her eyes and sat down on a chair, which, surprisingly, hadn't been knocked over.
"Where's your parents Shippou?"
At this, Shippou's eyes became watery and he burst out crying. To poor Inuyasha's ears, this was too much and he clamped his hands over them, a look of shear annoyance on his face.
"Can't you shut that thing up?!" He yelled to Kagome over the howling. Kagome nervously picked up Shippou and began to gently rock him. After a while, Shippou's crying died down to a few sobs and then a whimper.
"They -sniff- they were killed by and evil -sniff- youkai!" He said, the tears threatening to come back. Inuyasha still had his hands over his ears.
"Aw, there there, it's alright now." Kagome said, cuddling Shippou. "You're safe now, we'll take care of you."
At this, Inuyasha unclamped his hands from his ears and stared at Kagome like she was some kind of traitor.
"We'll WHAT?" He yelled, the veins on his neck popping out. "There is no 'WE' in this! He is NOT staying!"
Unabashed, Kagome walked to the wonky cupboard, Shippou still in her arms, and looked at the assortment of wonky food.
"You must starving, what would you like to eat?"
"YOU ARE NOT KEEPING HIM!" Inuyasha screamed.
"Well.. That funny yellow thing looks nice."
"KAGOME!!!"
But Kagome made some food for Shippou, ignoring all of Inuyasha's protests. Tired and annoyed, Inuyasha slumped down against a wall; crossed his arms and stared at the floor.
Shippou ate with delight, savouring every mouthful, while Kagome watched, smiling pleasantly.
By the time Shippou had related his whole childhood in great detail, it was getting dark. The sleepy little Kitsune gave a cute little yawn before nestling down on Kagome's lap. She smiled and took Shippou up into her bedroom where she laid him on her bed and pulled the covers over.
When she went downstairs, Inuyasha was still slumped against the wall; he hadn't moved an inch and half his face was covered in shadow, giving him a sinister look.
"Inuyasha?" Kagome asked nervously. He didn't move.
Kagome shook her head. "Inuyasha stop being a baby! Shippou has no-where to go! How would you feel if you're parents were killed? Leaving you all alone?"
Inuyasha flinched a little, but still sat there in silence, his eyes on the floor.
Sighing, Kagome knelt down beside him. He turned his head in the other direction.
"Inuyasha!" She said. "Stop being silly! You're behaving like a five-year- old!"
"Really?" Inuyasha said so quietly that Kagome had to strain to hear. "Well, you seem to have a thing for five-year-olds."
"Oh God Inuyasha! I'm not having this conversation!"
"But obviously you won't listen to me because I'm not a cute lil' kitsune."
Kagome bowed her head and took a few deep breaths. Then, she sat next to Inuyasha so she was almost on top of him and crossed her arms.
"Fine, if you wanna behave like a baby, I am too. I'm not moving until you grow up! And if you move, I'll follow you." She stuck her legs out and started pouting. Inuyasha stayed in his position.
Minutes turned into hours and by one o'clock in the morning, Inuyasha was still awake and still in the same position but he was flushing like mad. Around 12 o'clock, Kagome had fallen asleep, that was ok, but by half 12, she had made herself comfortable by leaning on Inuyasha's arm and snuggling into him. So he sat there, staring at the floor, his arms crossed, blushing like an overgrown tomato.
And so that is how Inuyasha first partially discovered that he might be in love.
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Ahahahahahaha! I did it! It's taken me soooo long just to write this damn chapter! I was starting it last Saturday, but my brother and sister were having a party so I had to help set it all up (mum and dad went to Scotland for four days!). Then I managed to do some more, but the phone rang for me so I had to takeyz--,-./úõðëæáÜ×ÒÍÈþ¹´¯ª¥ -'?='}xsnid_Z ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c ]a c! |
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