Chapter?: Possessive Nouns and Pronouns
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The group had not gone too far before Inuyasha halted in his steps.
"What's wrong Inuyasha?" Kagome looked at him curiously.
"Something isn't right.." Inuyasha sniffed the air, to no avail of course, "Damn human senses.."
"How can you tell something's wrong if you can't smell anything?" Sango turned to Inuyasha carefully, wandering how he could sense anything if she couldn't.
"Feh, I'm not HUMAN, well..I am right now, but I'm not completely senseless!"
"Inuyasha, perhaps that is why you felt something was wrong?" Miroku suggested, pointing into the darkness.
They all tried to contain themselves, really, they tried, but it was impossible not to burst into laughter.
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Seshoumaru walked slowly through the trees, careful not to let Rin fall from his shoulders.
'I bet I could find her a lot quicker if I had that damn feather she does...I wish *I* had a giant feather I could ride around on...' His thoughts drifted to what that experience would be like, flying through the air, on a big graceful feather, looking regal, almost majestic...
Without even thinking about it, he began to voice his thoughts aloud. "Rin, wouldn't you love to ride around on a big feather?"
The girl on his shoulders sighed dreamily, almost at the same time as Seshoumaru..
"Rin thinks Seshoumaru needs to kill Feather lady and steal hers.." the young girl suggested, not loosing the wistful quality to her voice.
'This girl gets smarter everyday...she's right..I could kill Kagura..' and once again his thoughts wandered to an image of himself looking majestic on a giant feather. And that is precisely why he didn't notice until it was too late.
"Oh shit, Rin, be very quiet, and don't move." Seshoumaru tried his best to duck into the shadows, maybe they wouldn't notice, the half breed was on his time of the month..his senses barely rivaling those of a human's. Then, the half-breed just had to stop and look around. 'Stupid hanyou, why did you have to notice my presence...maybe he wont see me.'
But then that blasted monk had to go and find him. 'Damn monk.he could at least wipe that stupid grin off his face, before I do it FOR him.'
And then they all had to laugh at him. Just laugh at him for what seemed like forever.
"Hey, how are you Seshy? Did I remember to thank you for CARING SOO much for us HUMANS, and bringing us back to LIFE, because your such a CONSIDERATE, CARING, ALL AROUND GOOD GUY?" The Monks voice tempted him to grab the tree that he was trying to refrain from hitting his head against, as he might hurt Rin, and instead, hurl it at the monk.
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"Watcha doing Seshy?" Inuyasha sounded way too full himself, for someone who was in their human form.
Seshoumaru walked up to the group. "Half breed, Understand that I can kill you, very easily with you in this form."
"But Seshy, what about the little child on your shoulders? you wouldn't do that in front of her virgin eyes, now would you?", The monk was grinning innocently, which was really infuriating Seshoumaru.
Instead of killing them all, Seshoumaru was side tracked by something else. He sniffed the air suspiciously, almost confused. When the air seemed to only farther confuse him, he walked cautiously up to Kagome, getting so close that it was obvious he was invading her personal space.
"What the fucks are you doing SESSHY!" Inuyasha was between the two in a second.
Seshoumaru's face stayed of one of utter and complete perplex ion. Finally, he looked at his half brother.
"She's yours!" Astonishment was the only word that could even begin to describe the sound of Seshoumaru's voice.
Inuyasha got a rather pleased look on his face, he grabbed hold of Kagome and tucked her under his arm protectively.
"Damn Right she's mine." he stated proudly.
Kagome giggled nervously, didn't they realize she was standing right THERE.
"Um you guys..I'm right here. Hey, why are you so surprised, you're the one who's been calling me 'Inuyasha's mate'?"
Everyone stared at Seshoumaru expectantly.
"Yes..Why ARE you so surprised?" Sango's voice was full of genuine curiosity.
"Humph, its not every day you find out your only living relative has chosen a mate!" he defended.
"Why do you care?" Kagome didn't even think Seshoumaru would ADMIT to being related to Inuyasha.
The only answer Seshoumaru gave to that, was a small but audible 'humph'.
"Hey, why is she being so quiet?" Inuyasha's gaze was on the silent girl perched on Seshoumaru's shoulders." Last time we saw her we couldn't get her to shut up!"
Now Seshoumaru's _expression changed to one of someone who has forgotten something of dire importance. "You may talk again Rin, but you still CAN'T move." His voice was back to being expressionless, barely stressing the word 'can't'.
"OH! RIN IS SOOOOOOOOO HAPPY FOR KAGOME-CHAN!! You and half breed finally got together!" The squeal of delight in her voice was almost painful.
Kagome giggled, hearing a little girl call Inuyasha a half-breed..it was amusing.
"Arigoto Rin-Chan, wait..'Finaly?'How would you know."
Rin only grinned at the confused girl. Sango and Miroku smiled knowingly at Rin, 'finally' was the only word for it.
"Hey Seshy, I bet there's something else that's changed about Kagome that you didn't notice, take another smell of her, and see if you can figure it out."
Slowly, Seshoumaru brought his nose near Kagome.
"THATS CLOSE ENOUGH!" Inuyasha growled, which sounded kind of strange in his human form.
He tightened his hold on her.
Seshoumaru sniffed at her again, inhaling her scent and analyzing it. 'What's different about it...he wasn't lieing..something ELSE has changed..She smells like...she smells like...a...a..HANYOU!' He immediately drew back, almost toppling Rin off his shoulders.
"What the fuck did you do to her!" Seshoumaru had NO idea how you could turn a human into a hanyou..It was..Impossible..Wasn't it? 'Well..it SHOULD be impossible..'
Inuyasha laughed a little at Seshoumaru's lack of understanding. "The Shikon jewel, it turned her hanyou, that's what she wished for."
"Oh." Seshoumaru looked as if he were trying to process this information.
"Oh," he repeated again, regaining his stoic _expression. "At least your not AS bad as our father, choosing a human, at LEAST she's a hanyou.... I will be leaving now."
Inuyasha looked at his brother, was that supposed to be some kind of compliment? Before he could read anything from that expressionless face, Seshoumaru turned his back on them and made his way, slowly, back to his previous whereabouts.
"BYE BYE!", Rin yelled joyously.
"...Congratulations.." It was said awkwardly, and muttered so quietly that Inuyasha had to strain to hear it..but, it was said, nonetheless, and by the time anyone had even realized that the voice had been Seshoumaru's, he was gone.
Miroku looked to Sango, rather confused.
"Choosing a mate is very important to youkai, it means a lot more than it does to us humans, when they choose, it is for eternity, and they can never back out of the decision unless one of them dies."
Miroku nodded to show he understood, and was thankful that Sango's profession provided her with such an extensive knowledge of youkia.
"Lets go." muttered Inuyasha, still a little confused from what Seshoumaru had said..Sure, Youkia valued choosing a mate very much, but this particular youkia had tried to kill him on multiple occasions.
Kagome sensed Inuyasha's confusion. "Inuyasha, don't look a gift horse in the mouth."
"What?"
And so, the rest of the trip to Kaede's, was spent explaining that, no, no one had a horse, no, no one was getting a horse, and no, no one had saw any horses nor were they looking them in the mouths.
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Shippo was out the door as soon as he smelt the familiar scent of Kagome, of course, it was mixed in with something else he didn't recognize.something that smelt foriegn.
He saw her walking up the trail with a big smile, and she was leaning on some guy with black hair! INUYASHA! Miroku and Sango were holding hands. WHAT all had happened while he was gone?
Half way to Kagome, he immediately stopped in his tracks. He had smelt something..No..this couldn't be..they hadn't been away THAT long..He sniffed the air a few more times just to make sure his senses were not horribly messed up. He noticed Kagome and the others staring at him, probably wandering why he hadn't bounced into Kagome's arms. He knew what he must look like, standing there as he was, his face more than likely betraying his shocked and surprised emotions.
"KAGOME! YOUR INUYASHA'S!" That was all he could choke out, he could smell the mark Inuyasha had made, he could sense it, he may be young, but all youkia knew how to sense THAT, a complete IDIOT could sense that, even some humans. Kagome was marked as Inuyasha's, she didn't smell OF him though, which meant they hadn't done 'the adult thing'...yet.
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Kagome watched as Shippo's face switched from downright giddiness at her return, to all out confusion as he stopped in his tracks. She thought she heard Inuyasha snort out a chuckle.
Any misconceptions as to what was bothering Shippo, were soon cleared up with the sound of his voice.
"KAGOME, YOUR INUYASHA'S!"
'What am I? A piece of meat? Youkia sure are possessive...'
she watched as Shippo's eyes went from big round saucers, to somewhat normal. He finally looked like he came to some sort of acceptance.
"Oh well, its not MY problem that you've got bad taste, Kagome..at least your not with the hentia." The young kitsune reasoned as he finished his run to Kagome, and eyed Sango distastefully.
"Shut up you little brat!" Inuyasha was about to pick him up by his tail and, more than likely throw him at Something, but his attempt was stopped as Kagome looked at him, she didn't say anything, she just gave him as simple glance, as if to say 'don't'.
Kagome was surprised to see Inuyasha forget his previous attempt and put his gaze on something else. She hugged Shippo against her.
Miroku once again looked to Sango for an explanation. It wasn't everyday the sometimes-annoying kitsune could get away with something like that.
Sango smiled and leaned over to whisper in Miroku's ear, "He is as much hers as she is his, they belong to each other, they have to listen to each other..." she placed a quick kiss on Miroku's cheek before she moved away from his face, blushing.
Miroku draped his arm around her waste, for once, his hand being within inches of her butt, and still not groping it.
'MUST NOT TOUCH IT! MUST Not! But I want to.' His thoughts developed an almost whining tone as he tried his best to keep his hand off her ass..thankfully, before he could give in, the more logical side of his brain reasoned with him..'If I don't touch her now..I can touch her later!'..That perked him up somewhat and he managed to keep his hands from moving astray.
'Wow, he has finally learned some self control...I guess the other night seems to have held him over..I guess if I want him to stop groping me in public..we'll just have to do that more often.'..She blushed slightly for thinking that, and giggled girlishly.
"I missed you so so MUCH KAGOME!! Please don't EVER leave me like that again!" whined Shippo.
"I wont ever leave you that long again Shippo, I promise..Now lets get in and see Kaede, I'm sure Sango would like to see Kirara and change clothes...Kirara did come here didn't she?" Kagome was just beginning to notice her absence.
"Yes yes, Kirara is here! But she's inside, she hurt her leg on the way here, tripped on some rocks, Kaede fixed her up though, she'll be fine, it's just sore."
Kagome was almost afraid to ask just how Shippo knew all that..Kirara couldn't talk..so, if Shippo could understand her, was it just youkia that did? Full youkia, or could hanyou too? 'HEY! I'm a hanyou!' she remembered, 'I guess I can find out tomorrow, when I'm back out of this human form.'
"KIRARA! She was hurt? Are you sure she's okay!" without waiting for an answer, Sango ran towards the hut dragging Miroku with her.
"Lets go Inuyasha..Make sure Sango doesn't kill anyone.."
So the three of them walked into the hut, Shippo in Kagome's arms, Kagome leaning into Inuyasha, who, despite the little kitsune, had a small smile on his face.
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"Hello Kaede-sama!", greeted Kagome, perkily.
"Baba." Inuyasha muttered in acknowledgement.
"They're back!" explained Shippo from his nest in Kagome's arms, as if that weren't the obvious.
"I can see that," she murmured to Shippo dryly, and then her eyes lit up in surprise.
"Kagome! Your aura, IT HAS CHANGED!"
"Oh yeah, we defeated Naroku, and I used the Shikon jewel to turn into a hanyou..It disappeared, so I guess it was purified." She waved her hand in the air dismissively, as if it happened everyday.
Shippo immediately jumped out of her arms.."H-h-hanyou? You're a half demon? Like Inuyasha?! Your not going to kill me are you?..You don't look hanyou?"
"Of course I'm not going to kill you Shippo-chan!" she smiled down at him with reassurance, "Its the new moon, so of course I'm human!"
"Where's Sango and the letch?"
"Right here." Sango said as she reentered the room carrying the bandaged Kirara, Miroku at her side.
"Kaede-Sama, where is my Kimono?"
"I think it is in that room there." she said, pointing to a room behind a closed door.
"Great, now I can change out of these clothes."
"I'll go with you!" Miroku added, Sango glared at him, Kirara hissed, "To help you find it of course.."
Miroku was somewhat surprised to here her nod her head, giving him permission, before muttering an almost silent, "Fine."
'Oh well..As Kagome said, don't look a gift horse in the mouth.'
And the two of them left the room, leaving Sango behind on a small pillow, and shutting the door behind them. The group waited patiently for them to return, but, after about ten minutes, they assumed they were not looking for her Kimono anymore.Kaede raised an eyebrow.
"So, Sango and Miroku are together now I assume? As well as the two of you, your marked as Inuyasha's, what all happened while you were gone?"
Inuyasha sat down cross-legged, and pulled Kagome down into his lap. This of course surprised Kagome, but Kaede seemed to have no reaction at all to it, apparently this was normal for mates, so, with nothing better to do, Kagome relaxed in his hold, leaning her back into his chest and her head up under his chin. If she could have seen his face, she would have saw a large grin appear on it, as he wrapped his arms around her waste.
Shippo seated himself in Kagome's lap.
"So, I guess you want me to tell you the whole story?" asked Kagome, already knowing the answer and hating it.
Kaede nodded.
As much as she hated to retell the tale for what seemed like the millionth time, she did it anyway. Only interrupted by a few occasional 'unexplained' noises coming from behind the locked door.
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By the time she had finished telling Kaede the story, she was fighting back sleep. Sango and Miroku had still not retuned, and, by now, she assumed they were asleep as well.
"So..YOU killed Naraku..you..Decapitated him?" Kaede was staring at Kagome, if she could have seen herself, she wouldn't have been happy to know that her jaw was practicaly touching the ground.
"I always knew Kagome was the strong one!" Shippo grinned up at Kagome with admiration. Inuyasha glared at him, but did nothing.
"Yep..it was me...I hacked off his head..If you don't mind, I'd like to get some sleep, Kaede-Sama.
"Yes, of course, I will be in that room there," she pointed to another door," If you need anything, don't hesitate to ask."
Quietly, she left the room.
Kagome rose from her spot in Inuyasha's lap, almost regretting doing so, she had felt so comfortable. Sitting down Shippo, she went to her backpack and took out her sleeping bag, unrolling it, she lay down on it and beckoned Inuyasha to join her.
Inuyasha did just that, laying down behind her with one arm draped around her waste possessively. Soon, Shippo walked over to them and curled up next to Kagome's stomach as he was used to. Inuyasha looked displeased, but he still did nothing, only tightened his grip on Kagome, until she was as close to him as she could get. Burying his face in her neck, he snuggled even closer to her, if that was possible. Shippo, having already fallen asleep, yipped in protest as Kagome was drug away from him, but he soon was just as close to her as he had been.
'Great.we haven't even fucked yet and we've already gotten a fucking pup.'
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I don't have much to say today, except thank you to Robgirl for proofreading the last chapter, and this one as well.Also, in response to her question..I think it was hers..'is M/S gonna turn hanyou..'..well..thats a surprise as to what happens with their mortalitly..but, nothing will be said about it for about 10 more chapters..so don't worry your pretty little heads.
Also, thank you to Kaylana, for helping me with ideas.
and to Sakura Angel for also proofreading, i used her proofread version for this chap because she left in all the *...*'s.
Favorite reviewers:Kaylana, Bubbles, Robgirl, Bunny, Sorensen. *sends them all an imaginary group of Kagomes friend..you know..those girls who almost all look alike and follow Kagome around trying to get her to date hojo..*..here..have a hojo to *sends them all an imaginary hojo* Enjoy. NExt chapter-soon.
*and, to `confuzzled`, since you asked nicely, you can have an imaginary Inuyasha *sends confuzzled an imaginary inuyasha*
This is the new and improved proofread version.
Oh, and, too Robgirl, and Sakura Angel, here is your full set of Inuyasha caste members, *sends Robgirl an imaginary Inuyasha, Kagome, Shippo, Myouga, Sango, Miroku, Seshoumaru, Kaede, Kikyou, Kouga, Mrs.Higurash, and Souta, Kirara, and Grandfather.* there, thats for the proofreading.
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The group had not gone too far before Inuyasha halted in his steps.
"What's wrong Inuyasha?" Kagome looked at him curiously.
"Something isn't right.." Inuyasha sniffed the air, to no avail of course, "Damn human senses.."
"How can you tell something's wrong if you can't smell anything?" Sango turned to Inuyasha carefully, wandering how he could sense anything if she couldn't.
"Feh, I'm not HUMAN, well..I am right now, but I'm not completely senseless!"
"Inuyasha, perhaps that is why you felt something was wrong?" Miroku suggested, pointing into the darkness.
They all tried to contain themselves, really, they tried, but it was impossible not to burst into laughter.
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Seshoumaru walked slowly through the trees, careful not to let Rin fall from his shoulders.
'I bet I could find her a lot quicker if I had that damn feather she does...I wish *I* had a giant feather I could ride around on...' His thoughts drifted to what that experience would be like, flying through the air, on a big graceful feather, looking regal, almost majestic...
Without even thinking about it, he began to voice his thoughts aloud. "Rin, wouldn't you love to ride around on a big feather?"
The girl on his shoulders sighed dreamily, almost at the same time as Seshoumaru..
"Rin thinks Seshoumaru needs to kill Feather lady and steal hers.." the young girl suggested, not loosing the wistful quality to her voice.
'This girl gets smarter everyday...she's right..I could kill Kagura..' and once again his thoughts wandered to an image of himself looking majestic on a giant feather. And that is precisely why he didn't notice until it was too late.
"Oh shit, Rin, be very quiet, and don't move." Seshoumaru tried his best to duck into the shadows, maybe they wouldn't notice, the half breed was on his time of the month..his senses barely rivaling those of a human's. Then, the half-breed just had to stop and look around. 'Stupid hanyou, why did you have to notice my presence...maybe he wont see me.'
But then that blasted monk had to go and find him. 'Damn monk.he could at least wipe that stupid grin off his face, before I do it FOR him.'
And then they all had to laugh at him. Just laugh at him for what seemed like forever.
"Hey, how are you Seshy? Did I remember to thank you for CARING SOO much for us HUMANS, and bringing us back to LIFE, because your such a CONSIDERATE, CARING, ALL AROUND GOOD GUY?" The Monks voice tempted him to grab the tree that he was trying to refrain from hitting his head against, as he might hurt Rin, and instead, hurl it at the monk.
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"Watcha doing Seshy?" Inuyasha sounded way too full himself, for someone who was in their human form.
Seshoumaru walked up to the group. "Half breed, Understand that I can kill you, very easily with you in this form."
"But Seshy, what about the little child on your shoulders? you wouldn't do that in front of her virgin eyes, now would you?", The monk was grinning innocently, which was really infuriating Seshoumaru.
Instead of killing them all, Seshoumaru was side tracked by something else. He sniffed the air suspiciously, almost confused. When the air seemed to only farther confuse him, he walked cautiously up to Kagome, getting so close that it was obvious he was invading her personal space.
"What the fucks are you doing SESSHY!" Inuyasha was between the two in a second.
Seshoumaru's face stayed of one of utter and complete perplex ion. Finally, he looked at his half brother.
"She's yours!" Astonishment was the only word that could even begin to describe the sound of Seshoumaru's voice.
Inuyasha got a rather pleased look on his face, he grabbed hold of Kagome and tucked her under his arm protectively.
"Damn Right she's mine." he stated proudly.
Kagome giggled nervously, didn't they realize she was standing right THERE.
"Um you guys..I'm right here. Hey, why are you so surprised, you're the one who's been calling me 'Inuyasha's mate'?"
Everyone stared at Seshoumaru expectantly.
"Yes..Why ARE you so surprised?" Sango's voice was full of genuine curiosity.
"Humph, its not every day you find out your only living relative has chosen a mate!" he defended.
"Why do you care?" Kagome didn't even think Seshoumaru would ADMIT to being related to Inuyasha.
The only answer Seshoumaru gave to that, was a small but audible 'humph'.
"Hey, why is she being so quiet?" Inuyasha's gaze was on the silent girl perched on Seshoumaru's shoulders." Last time we saw her we couldn't get her to shut up!"
Now Seshoumaru's _expression changed to one of someone who has forgotten something of dire importance. "You may talk again Rin, but you still CAN'T move." His voice was back to being expressionless, barely stressing the word 'can't'.
"OH! RIN IS SOOOOOOOOO HAPPY FOR KAGOME-CHAN!! You and half breed finally got together!" The squeal of delight in her voice was almost painful.
Kagome giggled, hearing a little girl call Inuyasha a half-breed..it was amusing.
"Arigoto Rin-Chan, wait..'Finaly?'How would you know."
Rin only grinned at the confused girl. Sango and Miroku smiled knowingly at Rin, 'finally' was the only word for it.
"Hey Seshy, I bet there's something else that's changed about Kagome that you didn't notice, take another smell of her, and see if you can figure it out."
Slowly, Seshoumaru brought his nose near Kagome.
"THATS CLOSE ENOUGH!" Inuyasha growled, which sounded kind of strange in his human form.
He tightened his hold on her.
Seshoumaru sniffed at her again, inhaling her scent and analyzing it. 'What's different about it...he wasn't lieing..something ELSE has changed..She smells like...she smells like...a...a..HANYOU!' He immediately drew back, almost toppling Rin off his shoulders.
"What the fuck did you do to her!" Seshoumaru had NO idea how you could turn a human into a hanyou..It was..Impossible..Wasn't it? 'Well..it SHOULD be impossible..'
Inuyasha laughed a little at Seshoumaru's lack of understanding. "The Shikon jewel, it turned her hanyou, that's what she wished for."
"Oh." Seshoumaru looked as if he were trying to process this information.
"Oh," he repeated again, regaining his stoic _expression. "At least your not AS bad as our father, choosing a human, at LEAST she's a hanyou.... I will be leaving now."
Inuyasha looked at his brother, was that supposed to be some kind of compliment? Before he could read anything from that expressionless face, Seshoumaru turned his back on them and made his way, slowly, back to his previous whereabouts.
"BYE BYE!", Rin yelled joyously.
"...Congratulations.." It was said awkwardly, and muttered so quietly that Inuyasha had to strain to hear it..but, it was said, nonetheless, and by the time anyone had even realized that the voice had been Seshoumaru's, he was gone.
Miroku looked to Sango, rather confused.
"Choosing a mate is very important to youkai, it means a lot more than it does to us humans, when they choose, it is for eternity, and they can never back out of the decision unless one of them dies."
Miroku nodded to show he understood, and was thankful that Sango's profession provided her with such an extensive knowledge of youkia.
"Lets go." muttered Inuyasha, still a little confused from what Seshoumaru had said..Sure, Youkia valued choosing a mate very much, but this particular youkia had tried to kill him on multiple occasions.
Kagome sensed Inuyasha's confusion. "Inuyasha, don't look a gift horse in the mouth."
"What?"
And so, the rest of the trip to Kaede's, was spent explaining that, no, no one had a horse, no, no one was getting a horse, and no, no one had saw any horses nor were they looking them in the mouths.
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Shippo was out the door as soon as he smelt the familiar scent of Kagome, of course, it was mixed in with something else he didn't recognize.something that smelt foriegn.
He saw her walking up the trail with a big smile, and she was leaning on some guy with black hair! INUYASHA! Miroku and Sango were holding hands. WHAT all had happened while he was gone?
Half way to Kagome, he immediately stopped in his tracks. He had smelt something..No..this couldn't be..they hadn't been away THAT long..He sniffed the air a few more times just to make sure his senses were not horribly messed up. He noticed Kagome and the others staring at him, probably wandering why he hadn't bounced into Kagome's arms. He knew what he must look like, standing there as he was, his face more than likely betraying his shocked and surprised emotions.
"KAGOME! YOUR INUYASHA'S!" That was all he could choke out, he could smell the mark Inuyasha had made, he could sense it, he may be young, but all youkia knew how to sense THAT, a complete IDIOT could sense that, even some humans. Kagome was marked as Inuyasha's, she didn't smell OF him though, which meant they hadn't done 'the adult thing'...yet.
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Kagome watched as Shippo's face switched from downright giddiness at her return, to all out confusion as he stopped in his tracks. She thought she heard Inuyasha snort out a chuckle.
Any misconceptions as to what was bothering Shippo, were soon cleared up with the sound of his voice.
"KAGOME, YOUR INUYASHA'S!"
'What am I? A piece of meat? Youkia sure are possessive...'
she watched as Shippo's eyes went from big round saucers, to somewhat normal. He finally looked like he came to some sort of acceptance.
"Oh well, its not MY problem that you've got bad taste, Kagome..at least your not with the hentia." The young kitsune reasoned as he finished his run to Kagome, and eyed Sango distastefully.
"Shut up you little brat!" Inuyasha was about to pick him up by his tail and, more than likely throw him at Something, but his attempt was stopped as Kagome looked at him, she didn't say anything, she just gave him as simple glance, as if to say 'don't'.
Kagome was surprised to see Inuyasha forget his previous attempt and put his gaze on something else. She hugged Shippo against her.
Miroku once again looked to Sango for an explanation. It wasn't everyday the sometimes-annoying kitsune could get away with something like that.
Sango smiled and leaned over to whisper in Miroku's ear, "He is as much hers as she is his, they belong to each other, they have to listen to each other..." she placed a quick kiss on Miroku's cheek before she moved away from his face, blushing.
Miroku draped his arm around her waste, for once, his hand being within inches of her butt, and still not groping it.
'MUST NOT TOUCH IT! MUST Not! But I want to.' His thoughts developed an almost whining tone as he tried his best to keep his hand off her ass..thankfully, before he could give in, the more logical side of his brain reasoned with him..'If I don't touch her now..I can touch her later!'..That perked him up somewhat and he managed to keep his hands from moving astray.
'Wow, he has finally learned some self control...I guess the other night seems to have held him over..I guess if I want him to stop groping me in public..we'll just have to do that more often.'..She blushed slightly for thinking that, and giggled girlishly.
"I missed you so so MUCH KAGOME!! Please don't EVER leave me like that again!" whined Shippo.
"I wont ever leave you that long again Shippo, I promise..Now lets get in and see Kaede, I'm sure Sango would like to see Kirara and change clothes...Kirara did come here didn't she?" Kagome was just beginning to notice her absence.
"Yes yes, Kirara is here! But she's inside, she hurt her leg on the way here, tripped on some rocks, Kaede fixed her up though, she'll be fine, it's just sore."
Kagome was almost afraid to ask just how Shippo knew all that..Kirara couldn't talk..so, if Shippo could understand her, was it just youkia that did? Full youkia, or could hanyou too? 'HEY! I'm a hanyou!' she remembered, 'I guess I can find out tomorrow, when I'm back out of this human form.'
"KIRARA! She was hurt? Are you sure she's okay!" without waiting for an answer, Sango ran towards the hut dragging Miroku with her.
"Lets go Inuyasha..Make sure Sango doesn't kill anyone.."
So the three of them walked into the hut, Shippo in Kagome's arms, Kagome leaning into Inuyasha, who, despite the little kitsune, had a small smile on his face.
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"Hello Kaede-sama!", greeted Kagome, perkily.
"Baba." Inuyasha muttered in acknowledgement.
"They're back!" explained Shippo from his nest in Kagome's arms, as if that weren't the obvious.
"I can see that," she murmured to Shippo dryly, and then her eyes lit up in surprise.
"Kagome! Your aura, IT HAS CHANGED!"
"Oh yeah, we defeated Naroku, and I used the Shikon jewel to turn into a hanyou..It disappeared, so I guess it was purified." She waved her hand in the air dismissively, as if it happened everyday.
Shippo immediately jumped out of her arms.."H-h-hanyou? You're a half demon? Like Inuyasha?! Your not going to kill me are you?..You don't look hanyou?"
"Of course I'm not going to kill you Shippo-chan!" she smiled down at him with reassurance, "Its the new moon, so of course I'm human!"
"Where's Sango and the letch?"
"Right here." Sango said as she reentered the room carrying the bandaged Kirara, Miroku at her side.
"Kaede-Sama, where is my Kimono?"
"I think it is in that room there." she said, pointing to a room behind a closed door.
"Great, now I can change out of these clothes."
"I'll go with you!" Miroku added, Sango glared at him, Kirara hissed, "To help you find it of course.."
Miroku was somewhat surprised to here her nod her head, giving him permission, before muttering an almost silent, "Fine."
'Oh well..As Kagome said, don't look a gift horse in the mouth.'
And the two of them left the room, leaving Sango behind on a small pillow, and shutting the door behind them. The group waited patiently for them to return, but, after about ten minutes, they assumed they were not looking for her Kimono anymore.Kaede raised an eyebrow.
"So, Sango and Miroku are together now I assume? As well as the two of you, your marked as Inuyasha's, what all happened while you were gone?"
Inuyasha sat down cross-legged, and pulled Kagome down into his lap. This of course surprised Kagome, but Kaede seemed to have no reaction at all to it, apparently this was normal for mates, so, with nothing better to do, Kagome relaxed in his hold, leaning her back into his chest and her head up under his chin. If she could have seen his face, she would have saw a large grin appear on it, as he wrapped his arms around her waste.
Shippo seated himself in Kagome's lap.
"So, I guess you want me to tell you the whole story?" asked Kagome, already knowing the answer and hating it.
Kaede nodded.
As much as she hated to retell the tale for what seemed like the millionth time, she did it anyway. Only interrupted by a few occasional 'unexplained' noises coming from behind the locked door.
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By the time she had finished telling Kaede the story, she was fighting back sleep. Sango and Miroku had still not retuned, and, by now, she assumed they were asleep as well.
"So..YOU killed Naraku..you..Decapitated him?" Kaede was staring at Kagome, if she could have seen herself, she wouldn't have been happy to know that her jaw was practicaly touching the ground.
"I always knew Kagome was the strong one!" Shippo grinned up at Kagome with admiration. Inuyasha glared at him, but did nothing.
"Yep..it was me...I hacked off his head..If you don't mind, I'd like to get some sleep, Kaede-Sama.
"Yes, of course, I will be in that room there," she pointed to another door," If you need anything, don't hesitate to ask."
Quietly, she left the room.
Kagome rose from her spot in Inuyasha's lap, almost regretting doing so, she had felt so comfortable. Sitting down Shippo, she went to her backpack and took out her sleeping bag, unrolling it, she lay down on it and beckoned Inuyasha to join her.
Inuyasha did just that, laying down behind her with one arm draped around her waste possessively. Soon, Shippo walked over to them and curled up next to Kagome's stomach as he was used to. Inuyasha looked displeased, but he still did nothing, only tightened his grip on Kagome, until she was as close to him as she could get. Burying his face in her neck, he snuggled even closer to her, if that was possible. Shippo, having already fallen asleep, yipped in protest as Kagome was drug away from him, but he soon was just as close to her as he had been.
'Great.we haven't even fucked yet and we've already gotten a fucking pup.'
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I don't have much to say today, except thank you to Robgirl for proofreading the last chapter, and this one as well.Also, in response to her question..I think it was hers..'is M/S gonna turn hanyou..'..well..thats a surprise as to what happens with their mortalitly..but, nothing will be said about it for about 10 more chapters..so don't worry your pretty little heads.
Also, thank you to Kaylana, for helping me with ideas.
and to Sakura Angel for also proofreading, i used her proofread version for this chap because she left in all the *...*'s.
Favorite reviewers:Kaylana, Bubbles, Robgirl, Bunny, Sorensen. *sends them all an imaginary group of Kagomes friend..you know..those girls who almost all look alike and follow Kagome around trying to get her to date hojo..*..here..have a hojo to *sends them all an imaginary hojo* Enjoy. NExt chapter-soon.
*and, to `confuzzled`, since you asked nicely, you can have an imaginary Inuyasha *sends confuzzled an imaginary inuyasha*
This is the new and improved proofread version.
Oh, and, too Robgirl, and Sakura Angel, here is your full set of Inuyasha caste members, *sends Robgirl an imaginary Inuyasha, Kagome, Shippo, Myouga, Sango, Miroku, Seshoumaru, Kaede, Kikyou, Kouga, Mrs.Higurash, and Souta, Kirara, and Grandfather.* there, thats for the proofreading.
