A/n: READ THIS FIRST! This is set a while back, while the jewel still
wasn't whole. It flashes back to the present though and well it'll come
together. And oh yeah thanks to all my great reviewers. Love you all,
especially the ones who emailed me to update well HA HERES TWO CHAPTERS!
You Promised Me Chapter 13 – Kohaku's Past
***Set back in the past for those who didn't read.
It was a crisp spring morning. A young girl named Keoko was weeding her family's field. When she came across a most unexpected sight. . .
"Nobuo!!!" a shrill girlish voice sounded across a farmers field.
"Keoko, Keoko? What's wrong?" said Nubuo, dashing towards his sister.
"There's. . .there's a d-dead boy in our f-fields!" Keoko stammered out, her face stricken with horror.
"WHAT?! I mean. . .show me, quickly." Nubuo said, trying to stay as mature as possible.
Keoko quickly led the way through the fields to where she discovered the boy.
'Oh gods oh gods, how can I work in that field again, a dead boy, a bleeding boy, a sorta cute boy. . .' she thought inside her head, 'Ew gods, Keoko you're so stupid, thinking about boys in that way at this time. . .stupid stupid stupid stu –"
"Keoko are you all right?" Nobuo questioned.
Keoko snapped back to reality and discovered that she had been mumbling 'stupid stupid stupid' to herself.
"He's not dead, just not in very good shape, we should take him to the doctor." Nobuo said lifting the boy up.
Keoko glanced at the boy. His clothes had rouge colored stains all over. It was rather pitiful that he was out on his own, how come nobody was searching for him? He was cuter then she could admit freely. His freckles added to his innocent complexion.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The doctor quietly examined the young boy's body. He bandaged up his wounds, but as he was doing so, discovered something quite unusual.
"There is some kind of infectious lump on the right side of his back, it should be removed to prevent anything from developing. I shall perform the surgery in three days past." The doctor said holding up three fingers at the last part.
"Yes, sir," Nobuo said politely, "When will he regain consciousness? He could tell us where he is from, perhaps someone is looking for him."
"He should be awake in about a days time, give him water and rest." The doctor said in a monotone.
"Keoko, I will do your chores for today, could you tend to him?" Nobuo asked, turning his head slightly to acknowledge her.
"Yes." She said as non-chalant as possible. Left alone in a cabin with a cute day for half a day. Keoko wanted to squeal with excitement.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kohaku blinked his eyes open slowly, he saw ahead of him a young girls face peering down with a worried expression.
"Hello?" Keoko asked quietly, "Are you awake?"
"W-where am I?" Kohaku asked quickly.
"You're in my house, I found you in our fields almost dead. By the way my name is Keoko, what's yours?" she asked with a cheerful tone at the end.
"Kohaku." He said with haste as he pushed himself up from the ground.
But with all his injuries, that attempt had failed. He flopped back on the ground with a thud and a moan.
"Idiot, you're not supposed to move." Keoko said with an edge in her voice.
"I don't belong here, I want to go." Kohaku said.
"Well where do you have to go?" Keoko questioned, shouldn't there be people looking for him?
"Places." He put simply.
"Okay well bear with me the next two days, the doctor is going to remove that gross thing on your back." She said wrinkling her nose.
"No. Don't touch it, it's evil." He said seriously.
"Yeah evilly and disgustingly unsightly." She said with a smirk, not picking up on his tone, "Well I'm going to go fetch some more water for you, don't try to go anywhere!"
She rushed out of the house with a bucket and proceeded to the well. Kohaku waited until he couldn't hear her footsteps anymore and began crawling toward the door.
A couple of minutes passed, and with great effort he was almost in hands reach of it.
But then quite suddenly. . .
There was a boom.
Keoko had opened the door the same moment Kohaku reached for it. The impact sent Kohaku hurtling back towards the floor. And at the same time with shock Keoko made some of the water splash out of the bucket.
"IDIOT!! I TOLD YOU NOT TO GO ANYWHERE!" Keoko shrieked, hastily rushing to his side to check his injuries.
"Good well none of your wounds opened. Gods, that scared the sh –" she paused and decided to not complete her phrase, "Anyway, go crawl over to where you were resting and I'll make us some tea!"
Kohaku obeyed, wincing every now and then but ultimately making it back. This girl was certainly strange to him, weird, silly yet still caring and kind. Why does she even want to take care of him?
"There!" Keoko said happily, "Lavender tea, my personal favorite, sweet with an edge to it."
Kohaku stared at his cup for a while. Tea? How long had it been since he had tea?
*~* FLASHBACK *~*
"Kohaku!! Papa went to the village next to ours and bought us back packets of jasmine tea!!" a teenage girl said grinning, "You know I heard it was really good and refreshing, what a perfect break from training."
Kohaku and Sango both took a sip and sighed. It was indeed very refreshing after a day's hard work.
"You're right this stuff is amazing, is there any more?" he said elated, craving for more.
"I don't think so, Papa's drinking the rest with Mama, but you can have the rest of my cup, its okay." She said laughing.
*~* END FLASHBACK *~*
A/n: Haha is this a little off subject. . .it doesn't really solve anything for the Inuyasha situation. . .but that's okay, just needed to stuff this in or else "Marry Me" would be pointless and obsolete. As always. . .REVIEW REVIEW!!!
You Promised Me Chapter 13 – Kohaku's Past
***Set back in the past for those who didn't read.
It was a crisp spring morning. A young girl named Keoko was weeding her family's field. When she came across a most unexpected sight. . .
"Nobuo!!!" a shrill girlish voice sounded across a farmers field.
"Keoko, Keoko? What's wrong?" said Nubuo, dashing towards his sister.
"There's. . .there's a d-dead boy in our f-fields!" Keoko stammered out, her face stricken with horror.
"WHAT?! I mean. . .show me, quickly." Nubuo said, trying to stay as mature as possible.
Keoko quickly led the way through the fields to where she discovered the boy.
'Oh gods oh gods, how can I work in that field again, a dead boy, a bleeding boy, a sorta cute boy. . .' she thought inside her head, 'Ew gods, Keoko you're so stupid, thinking about boys in that way at this time. . .stupid stupid stupid stu –"
"Keoko are you all right?" Nobuo questioned.
Keoko snapped back to reality and discovered that she had been mumbling 'stupid stupid stupid' to herself.
"He's not dead, just not in very good shape, we should take him to the doctor." Nobuo said lifting the boy up.
Keoko glanced at the boy. His clothes had rouge colored stains all over. It was rather pitiful that he was out on his own, how come nobody was searching for him? He was cuter then she could admit freely. His freckles added to his innocent complexion.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
The doctor quietly examined the young boy's body. He bandaged up his wounds, but as he was doing so, discovered something quite unusual.
"There is some kind of infectious lump on the right side of his back, it should be removed to prevent anything from developing. I shall perform the surgery in three days past." The doctor said holding up three fingers at the last part.
"Yes, sir," Nobuo said politely, "When will he regain consciousness? He could tell us where he is from, perhaps someone is looking for him."
"He should be awake in about a days time, give him water and rest." The doctor said in a monotone.
"Keoko, I will do your chores for today, could you tend to him?" Nobuo asked, turning his head slightly to acknowledge her.
"Yes." She said as non-chalant as possible. Left alone in a cabin with a cute day for half a day. Keoko wanted to squeal with excitement.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Kohaku blinked his eyes open slowly, he saw ahead of him a young girls face peering down with a worried expression.
"Hello?" Keoko asked quietly, "Are you awake?"
"W-where am I?" Kohaku asked quickly.
"You're in my house, I found you in our fields almost dead. By the way my name is Keoko, what's yours?" she asked with a cheerful tone at the end.
"Kohaku." He said with haste as he pushed himself up from the ground.
But with all his injuries, that attempt had failed. He flopped back on the ground with a thud and a moan.
"Idiot, you're not supposed to move." Keoko said with an edge in her voice.
"I don't belong here, I want to go." Kohaku said.
"Well where do you have to go?" Keoko questioned, shouldn't there be people looking for him?
"Places." He put simply.
"Okay well bear with me the next two days, the doctor is going to remove that gross thing on your back." She said wrinkling her nose.
"No. Don't touch it, it's evil." He said seriously.
"Yeah evilly and disgustingly unsightly." She said with a smirk, not picking up on his tone, "Well I'm going to go fetch some more water for you, don't try to go anywhere!"
She rushed out of the house with a bucket and proceeded to the well. Kohaku waited until he couldn't hear her footsteps anymore and began crawling toward the door.
A couple of minutes passed, and with great effort he was almost in hands reach of it.
But then quite suddenly. . .
There was a boom.
Keoko had opened the door the same moment Kohaku reached for it. The impact sent Kohaku hurtling back towards the floor. And at the same time with shock Keoko made some of the water splash out of the bucket.
"IDIOT!! I TOLD YOU NOT TO GO ANYWHERE!" Keoko shrieked, hastily rushing to his side to check his injuries.
"Good well none of your wounds opened. Gods, that scared the sh –" she paused and decided to not complete her phrase, "Anyway, go crawl over to where you were resting and I'll make us some tea!"
Kohaku obeyed, wincing every now and then but ultimately making it back. This girl was certainly strange to him, weird, silly yet still caring and kind. Why does she even want to take care of him?
"There!" Keoko said happily, "Lavender tea, my personal favorite, sweet with an edge to it."
Kohaku stared at his cup for a while. Tea? How long had it been since he had tea?
*~* FLASHBACK *~*
"Kohaku!! Papa went to the village next to ours and bought us back packets of jasmine tea!!" a teenage girl said grinning, "You know I heard it was really good and refreshing, what a perfect break from training."
Kohaku and Sango both took a sip and sighed. It was indeed very refreshing after a day's hard work.
"You're right this stuff is amazing, is there any more?" he said elated, craving for more.
"I don't think so, Papa's drinking the rest with Mama, but you can have the rest of my cup, its okay." She said laughing.
*~* END FLASHBACK *~*
A/n: Haha is this a little off subject. . .it doesn't really solve anything for the Inuyasha situation. . .but that's okay, just needed to stuff this in or else "Marry Me" would be pointless and obsolete. As always. . .REVIEW REVIEW!!!