Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. I just have this attempt at fanfiction
and the charaters of Nekoyasha, Lotus, Shinta.
Chapter 7: Cats and Dogs
"So how are you two related? You keep calling each other cousins, but how can a dog and a cat be related?" Sango asked the question that was on everyone's mind.
Inuyasha and Nekoyasha looked at each other for a minute as if studying the other. At the same time they exclaim:
"When did you become a dog?" "When did you become a cat?"
Nekoyasha turned back to the group. "Well, except for the fact that his hair is white and he is male, I think he looks just like me."
"You mean that you look like me with the exception that you hair is red and you're a girl." Inuyasha countered. The people at the table gave him a puzzled look. "Well, I am older."
"Yeah, by like a month. Besides, I'm older now... You have been asleep for fifty years."
"You can't be that old. Your eyes are still blue," Inuyasha stated.
Neloyasha growled at him. "That's your fault for getting yourself pinned to a tree for fifty years," she hissed. "Hey, stop fighting you two! I think we are all interested in how you are related to each other," Kagome interrupted.
"We weren't fighting," Inuyasha grumbled.
"That's right. We were having a friendly argument," Nekoyasha smiled. "I'll be right back," she said as she got up and left the room.
Shippo look confused. "Does that mean you and Inuyasha have friendly arguments, too?" he whispered to Kagome. She just smiled and gave the kitsune a hug.
Nekoyasha came in a moment later with a painting under her arm. She resumed her place at the table and looked at the painting to make sure she had the correct one. Inuyasha looked over her shoulder and gasped.
"Where did you get that picture?" he breathed.
"I painted it," was the answer that the girl gave him. In return he gave her a look. "I have a photographic memory, Inuyasha."
"Feh." was all that he graced her with.
She leaned over and whispered in his ear. "Plus most of the portraits of your mother were sent to my father's castle after - " she stopped. Inuyasha nodded. Nekoyasha looked at the rest of the table. They were eager to see what was on the canvas and hear the story.
She flipped the painting around for the group to see. On it were two women in their early to midtwenties. They looked identical. They had black hair and violet eyes. They both looked very much like Inuyasha in his human form. They were dressed in robes of the high class. The background was a garden with a small pond. One of the women was sitting on the ledge of the pond, while the other was leaning up against a tree facing her. They looked like they were enjoying each other's company.
"The one sitting down is Inuyasha's mother!" Kagome exclaimed.
"That is correct, but how did you know?" Nekoyasha asked.
"Sesshomaru used a demon to look like mother so he could find where my father's grave was," answered Inuyasha.
"A story that I will have to hear another time I believe." Nekoyasha turned her attention back to the group. "The woman standing up is Inuyasha's mother's sister. . . my mother."
The group looked at the painting and then at the two cousins.
"Ah, I see. You two are related by your human blood," Miroku mused.
"That's right. Twin sisters, each one taken by a demon lord, " Nekoyasha continued.
"Both were the mates of demon lords?" Sango asked.
"Yes, The Lords of the West and South."
"But wouldn't one lord be upset by the other taking a mate from his lands?" Sango asked.
"Well, they both kind of owned the land," Nekoyasha said hesitantly. That earned her a few confused looks. "The village is on the boarder of the West and the South. Many years ago there was actually two villages. But they were so close to the boarders, that the Demon Lords would sometimes overlook them in times of peace. In fact most of the time it was as if those villages didn't even exist. The villagers learned that they could not look to the Lords that supposedly governed them. While there were sometimes squimishes that broke out between the two villages, they eventually learned that they would survive better if they worked together. Slowly the villages grew together.
"Then one day it was decided that they need a truce. So a marriage was arranged between the most prominent families. The western family offered their son. The southern family offered their daughter. All they had was daughters. With the marriage of these two children the village became one and became a large trading village, for they both lay along the trading routes. Well, the couple had twin daughters. It seemed that the girl's family was cursed to only have female children.
"Well, the two Lords started taking stock of their territories, for both dogs and cats are very territorial. They both noticed that there was this large village on their boarder and both thought it was theirs. It looked like a battle would have been the way to settle it. However, both Lords were enjoying this time of peace and word had come that the Eastern Lord was wanting to expand his territory. Both West and South figured it was in their best interest to have an alliance between them. But the fact of the village was complicating matters. So they both met there for negotiations. During the coarse of these negotiations, it came up that the Southern Lord had no mate, and that the Western Lord had recently lost his mate. By this time the twins were of mating age. Somehow they were both able to capture the eyes of the Lords. It was decided between the two of them that if they claimed the sisters as their mates, then they would have their alliance and both of the Lords would look over the village. Of course the head of the village could not turn them, even though they were his daughters. He was smart enough not to get on the bad side of BOTH a Dog Demon and a Cat Demon. And the rest is history." Nekoyasha looked at the group after finishing her story. She took a sip of her tea and looked at Inuyasha.
"Although I could never figure out how you were born male when the all the women in our family have girls," she said.
"You do have a grandson," Inuyasha pointed out.
"Yes, I know. Two males born within a hundred years of each other. It might be the demon blood. I bet there won't be another male born for another couple hundred years." (A/N: Say for oh another 500 years.)
There was silence for a few moments as the group thought about the story that they had just heard.
Sango looked up at the woman. "So you're saying that the Demon Lord of the South is your mother?"
Nekoyasha scratched behind her ear. "Well, um ... was my father. So yes."
Miroku looked up at her. "Do you have any brothers or sisters?" Nekoyasha shook her head.
"Feh, she gets to know her parents and doesn't some homicidal brother trying to kill her either. Lucky cat," Inuyasha pouted.
Kagome thought about the conversation. He father is dead, and she has no siblings, then wouldn't that ... Kagome gasped. "That would make you the Demon Lord of the Southern Lands?" she exclaimed.
Nekoyasha cocked her head (in that famous way that cats do). "Technically it would make me the Demon Lady of the Southern Lands. Or something like that."
"Then why are you so near the boarder? Why are you a healer? Shouldn't you be living in some castle, directing what should be done with the territory?" Kagome blurted out.
"I was wondering the same thing myself," Miroku stated.
Nekoyasha sighed again. "How much hold do you think I can have if it came out that the Southern Lands were ruled by a hanyou? It was bad enough when the news came that it was a Lady instead of a Lord."
Shippo looked up from the game of tic-tac-toe he and Shinta were playing. "I heard about that. Dad wasn't sure how a woman was going to be able to handle that. But I can't remember what her name was again."
"So who rules in your place?" Sango inquired.
"A childhood friend of mine. A female cat demon by the name of Minka. As far as most people knowshe is the Lady and I am her advisor. Not as much uproar about having a hanyou for an advisor. Actually it is the other way around. She's my advisor." She looked around at the group. Then she glanced outside. The sun shone a bright morning. "Now I think that is enough story-telling for right now. There are bandages to change, herbs to pick, clothes to clean, and I think all of you need to rest so that your injuries can heal," Nekoyasha started off. The entire group was giving her the look of "Aww, mom, do we have to?"
She smiled. "I'm not saying that you have to go to sleep, but you do need the rest. And I am not taking no for an answer. Shinta, please go get some bandages. Lotus, I need two large bowls of hot water and some water for medicine as well."
*****
Wow. My chapters are longer. Do you like to longer chapters? Or should I go back to the shorter chapters. As of right now my story is 19 pages long (computer typed). That's pretty long for me.
Sorry if the story got a little long. The next chapter may be slightly boring til the end. There is a bit of romantic stuff at the end. Nothing to bad.
Shippo: Does that mean I could read it? Catleana: (thinks for a moment) Yeah, you could get away with it. It's nothing graphic.
Chapter 7: Cats and Dogs
"So how are you two related? You keep calling each other cousins, but how can a dog and a cat be related?" Sango asked the question that was on everyone's mind.
Inuyasha and Nekoyasha looked at each other for a minute as if studying the other. At the same time they exclaim:
"When did you become a dog?" "When did you become a cat?"
Nekoyasha turned back to the group. "Well, except for the fact that his hair is white and he is male, I think he looks just like me."
"You mean that you look like me with the exception that you hair is red and you're a girl." Inuyasha countered. The people at the table gave him a puzzled look. "Well, I am older."
"Yeah, by like a month. Besides, I'm older now... You have been asleep for fifty years."
"You can't be that old. Your eyes are still blue," Inuyasha stated.
Neloyasha growled at him. "That's your fault for getting yourself pinned to a tree for fifty years," she hissed. "Hey, stop fighting you two! I think we are all interested in how you are related to each other," Kagome interrupted.
"We weren't fighting," Inuyasha grumbled.
"That's right. We were having a friendly argument," Nekoyasha smiled. "I'll be right back," she said as she got up and left the room.
Shippo look confused. "Does that mean you and Inuyasha have friendly arguments, too?" he whispered to Kagome. She just smiled and gave the kitsune a hug.
Nekoyasha came in a moment later with a painting under her arm. She resumed her place at the table and looked at the painting to make sure she had the correct one. Inuyasha looked over her shoulder and gasped.
"Where did you get that picture?" he breathed.
"I painted it," was the answer that the girl gave him. In return he gave her a look. "I have a photographic memory, Inuyasha."
"Feh." was all that he graced her with.
She leaned over and whispered in his ear. "Plus most of the portraits of your mother were sent to my father's castle after - " she stopped. Inuyasha nodded. Nekoyasha looked at the rest of the table. They were eager to see what was on the canvas and hear the story.
She flipped the painting around for the group to see. On it were two women in their early to midtwenties. They looked identical. They had black hair and violet eyes. They both looked very much like Inuyasha in his human form. They were dressed in robes of the high class. The background was a garden with a small pond. One of the women was sitting on the ledge of the pond, while the other was leaning up against a tree facing her. They looked like they were enjoying each other's company.
"The one sitting down is Inuyasha's mother!" Kagome exclaimed.
"That is correct, but how did you know?" Nekoyasha asked.
"Sesshomaru used a demon to look like mother so he could find where my father's grave was," answered Inuyasha.
"A story that I will have to hear another time I believe." Nekoyasha turned her attention back to the group. "The woman standing up is Inuyasha's mother's sister. . . my mother."
The group looked at the painting and then at the two cousins.
"Ah, I see. You two are related by your human blood," Miroku mused.
"That's right. Twin sisters, each one taken by a demon lord, " Nekoyasha continued.
"Both were the mates of demon lords?" Sango asked.
"Yes, The Lords of the West and South."
"But wouldn't one lord be upset by the other taking a mate from his lands?" Sango asked.
"Well, they both kind of owned the land," Nekoyasha said hesitantly. That earned her a few confused looks. "The village is on the boarder of the West and the South. Many years ago there was actually two villages. But they were so close to the boarders, that the Demon Lords would sometimes overlook them in times of peace. In fact most of the time it was as if those villages didn't even exist. The villagers learned that they could not look to the Lords that supposedly governed them. While there were sometimes squimishes that broke out between the two villages, they eventually learned that they would survive better if they worked together. Slowly the villages grew together.
"Then one day it was decided that they need a truce. So a marriage was arranged between the most prominent families. The western family offered their son. The southern family offered their daughter. All they had was daughters. With the marriage of these two children the village became one and became a large trading village, for they both lay along the trading routes. Well, the couple had twin daughters. It seemed that the girl's family was cursed to only have female children.
"Well, the two Lords started taking stock of their territories, for both dogs and cats are very territorial. They both noticed that there was this large village on their boarder and both thought it was theirs. It looked like a battle would have been the way to settle it. However, both Lords were enjoying this time of peace and word had come that the Eastern Lord was wanting to expand his territory. Both West and South figured it was in their best interest to have an alliance between them. But the fact of the village was complicating matters. So they both met there for negotiations. During the coarse of these negotiations, it came up that the Southern Lord had no mate, and that the Western Lord had recently lost his mate. By this time the twins were of mating age. Somehow they were both able to capture the eyes of the Lords. It was decided between the two of them that if they claimed the sisters as their mates, then they would have their alliance and both of the Lords would look over the village. Of course the head of the village could not turn them, even though they were his daughters. He was smart enough not to get on the bad side of BOTH a Dog Demon and a Cat Demon. And the rest is history." Nekoyasha looked at the group after finishing her story. She took a sip of her tea and looked at Inuyasha.
"Although I could never figure out how you were born male when the all the women in our family have girls," she said.
"You do have a grandson," Inuyasha pointed out.
"Yes, I know. Two males born within a hundred years of each other. It might be the demon blood. I bet there won't be another male born for another couple hundred years." (A/N: Say for oh another 500 years.)
There was silence for a few moments as the group thought about the story that they had just heard.
Sango looked up at the woman. "So you're saying that the Demon Lord of the South is your mother?"
Nekoyasha scratched behind her ear. "Well, um ... was my father. So yes."
Miroku looked up at her. "Do you have any brothers or sisters?" Nekoyasha shook her head.
"Feh, she gets to know her parents and doesn't some homicidal brother trying to kill her either. Lucky cat," Inuyasha pouted.
Kagome thought about the conversation. He father is dead, and she has no siblings, then wouldn't that ... Kagome gasped. "That would make you the Demon Lord of the Southern Lands?" she exclaimed.
Nekoyasha cocked her head (in that famous way that cats do). "Technically it would make me the Demon Lady of the Southern Lands. Or something like that."
"Then why are you so near the boarder? Why are you a healer? Shouldn't you be living in some castle, directing what should be done with the territory?" Kagome blurted out.
"I was wondering the same thing myself," Miroku stated.
Nekoyasha sighed again. "How much hold do you think I can have if it came out that the Southern Lands were ruled by a hanyou? It was bad enough when the news came that it was a Lady instead of a Lord."
Shippo looked up from the game of tic-tac-toe he and Shinta were playing. "I heard about that. Dad wasn't sure how a woman was going to be able to handle that. But I can't remember what her name was again."
"So who rules in your place?" Sango inquired.
"A childhood friend of mine. A female cat demon by the name of Minka. As far as most people knowshe is the Lady and I am her advisor. Not as much uproar about having a hanyou for an advisor. Actually it is the other way around. She's my advisor." She looked around at the group. Then she glanced outside. The sun shone a bright morning. "Now I think that is enough story-telling for right now. There are bandages to change, herbs to pick, clothes to clean, and I think all of you need to rest so that your injuries can heal," Nekoyasha started off. The entire group was giving her the look of "Aww, mom, do we have to?"
She smiled. "I'm not saying that you have to go to sleep, but you do need the rest. And I am not taking no for an answer. Shinta, please go get some bandages. Lotus, I need two large bowls of hot water and some water for medicine as well."
*****
Wow. My chapters are longer. Do you like to longer chapters? Or should I go back to the shorter chapters. As of right now my story is 19 pages long (computer typed). That's pretty long for me.
Sorry if the story got a little long. The next chapter may be slightly boring til the end. There is a bit of romantic stuff at the end. Nothing to bad.
Shippo: Does that mean I could read it? Catleana: (thinks for a moment) Yeah, you could get away with it. It's nothing graphic.
