OK, I didn't get ANY reviews telling me whether or not to make this Legolas's perspective, so... I'll just write it from Shik's perspective, which should be fun!
Unless I get more reviews in the middle of writing this.
This IS the last chapter, you know!
OOOH, I have the coolest idea for this story. OK, you'll find out when you read!
Chapter Ten: The End is Here
I ran as fast as I could, pulling my fiancé with me. He didn't keep up that well, as he was still not used to being grown up and tall.
OOH! Pretty flowers! I stopped to pick pretty flowers that lined the path. LegoYasha stopped and blinked under his cloak, wondering when we were to start running again. I sang a pretty song, then I sensed Inuyasha approaching faster than I expected.
UGGA! Battle! I stopped and turned to face the fast-moving fairy that was already just yards away from me. I drew my dagger and transformed it into my enormous sword – Alaithlos. Alaithlos and I had been through everything together – so here came the big battle that my current personality couldn't resist.
Huh? What am I doing? I LOVE HIM!!! I returned Alaithlos to my typical dagger and sheathed it once more. Inuyasha landed right in front of me. I grabbed him (rather roughly) and gave him a huge hug.
"Inuyasha! I'm so sorry!!!" I cried. "He's... he's... my fiancé!"
Inuyasha blinked several times. "Your WHAT???" he finally exploded at me.
UGGA! Battle!
"What, you can't accept that? Fine, then, I'll fight you!" I said boldly.
"WTF?!?!?!?!?!" Inuyasha said, surprised at my sudden personality change. "I'm NOT gonna fight you!! You're obviously not acting or feeling... normal," he said.
EN: When IS she ever actually acting or feeling normal? When is Inuyasha ever acting or feeling normal? He's really one to talk.
OOH! Pretty flowers!
"Er, no, I won't fight you!" I said suddenly. "Oh, Inuyasha, I'm so confused!" I threw my arms around him.
"So, who exactly is he?" Inuyasha asked.
"Well, uh..." I stuttered a little.
Just then...
----LEGOLAS'S POV----
I listened to Shikaru's "conversation" with Inuyasha until she started to stutter in the explanation about ME!
I burst out of the bushes I was hiding in to explain myself for myself. Heh, heh.
"Inuyasha, Shikaru," I nodded to each in turn. Then to my son. "LegoYasha."
Inuyasha seemed to be frozen.
"Do I know you?" he asked, pointing at me.
"Uh... Indirectly, yes. Sort of," I said, sounding as cryptic as possible. I even confused myself...
"Well, who are you?" Inuyasha said, probably resisting the urge to poke me.
"I am Legolas Greenleaf, prince of Mirkwood, Thranduilion, son of Thranduil," I announced proudly.
Yes, my good friend GollumGirl (if you happen to read this). I got that full title from "Haldir's Here".
"Uh... and what are you doing here?" Inuyasha asked.
"I am here to explain the situation. You see, LegoYasha here, Shikaru's fiancé, is my son. Well, I should say he is our son. Yours and mine, Inuyasha."
Inuyasha's lower jaw lowered its altitude significantly. "Uh... How?"
"Hmm. That's where it gets complicated. You see, I created a cloning machine. Isn't that cool? I wanted to test it, so I grabbed some of your DNA – well, your hair - to see if I could clone you. I accidentally put in some of my DNA – I mean, hair - as well. So, LegoYasha here was created. He grew quicker than normal, and I was worried, but it seems he has stopped right about at your age," I explained.
"Uh, right. And the fiancé thing?"
"Well, that was... a desperate fatherly moment. I don't know. I think I was drunk."
OOCness.
"Uh, ok..."
That's when Shikaru had a sudden spaz attack. She started stuttering gibberish and then she collapsed. At least four people, including me, rushed over to her. We all picked her up and carried her to the cave the gang had been staying in.
I yanked out my favorite bottle of wine Ada had given me.
For those of you who are not LotR fanatics, "Ada" is Elvish for "father."
----A long while later...----
----KAGOME'S POV----
Well, that was certainly scary. First, we found out that LegoYasha is technically Inuyasha and Legolas's son, then Shikaru collapses unexpectedly!
Oh, and then... The stupid elf got drunk!
He just happened to have a few bottles of WINE in his pack. Great. Just what we need. A shocked father, an unconscious girl, and a drunken elf. Oh, and two missing people. Sango and Miroku are nowhere to be found.
Will this all be resolved by the end of the chapter? I don't know!
----INUYASHA'S POV----
OK, I hate to admit it, but I was scared. I was scared about LegoYasha. He was... my son. This confused me. Seriously. I actually considered the possibility of Legolas being a girl and me having possibly met her and then forgotten. But I'm smarter than that, no matter what Sesshomaru or Kouga or whoever might say.
I was still considering the girl idea when the elf pulled out a large bottle of wine and began to gulp it down. Then I knew – he was no girl. His story (which actually I had forgotten for a while) must have been true. When we all returned to the cave, LegoYasha, or LY as we call him, pulled off his hood to reveal a strikingly beautiful face, a mess of long, silver hair, and two sets of ears – one dog-like, like mine, and one elf-like and pointed, like Legolas's.
LY seemed to genuinely care for Shikaru, just as I did. It seemed that it would take a lot to work this whole situation out. I was willing to do whatever it took to ensure everyone was pleased with their lives.
----LEGOYASHA'S POV----
I sat there, staring at my fiancée, wondering what I was supposed to do. Here I was, barely five months old, and... engaged!
I already knew I had grown much more quickly than any normal person. I guess that Ada meant for that to happen, but I'm not sure. My growing had slowed over time, and now I was finally growing normally! Yay!
Shikaru started to move, and I immediately wrapped her in the biggest hug I've ever given anyone.
"Can't... breathe..." she gasped through my grasp (AN: That sounded WAY weird. Read it out loud).
I let go, but held on to her shoulders. She smiled at me, her shiny fangs twinkling.
"I SAY THE CHEESE IS ALWAYS TWICE THE FENCEPOST!" Ada shouted suddenly from his fetal position in the back of the cave. He was drunk – again. It was getting worse. WAH!
Yes, "Ada's" line is from Ed, Edd, and Eddy. I don't own it.
"What's wrong with your Ada?" Shik asked me as I helped her stand up.
I pointed at the empty bottles of wine scattered around the cave. She nodded.
"I see," she said. "We need to help him out."
I looked at her quizzically. She understood that I didn't get what she meant.
Read that last sentence out loud and you'll really get how weird and confusing that sounds.
"We need to sober him up. Or knock him out. Or something so he won't bother us. And then-"
That's when Ada started up the worst thing about him being drunk – his drunk singing voice.
"99 BOTTLES OF BEER ON THE WALL, 3 AND A HALF BOTTLES OF BEER! TAKE ONE DOWN, GULP IT DOWN, 72 BOTTLES OF BEER ON THE WALL!"
Shikaru shook her head. "This is too much."
She pulled out her dagger. I knew what she was going to do. She'd done it before. She turned the dagger into a roll of duct tape and taped it over Ada's mouth, causing him to stop singing. He sat there, blinking. Then Shikaru hit him over the head with a rock and he fell unconscious.
----SANGO'S POV----
Whoa, that was good.
----SHIPPO'S POV----
"THEY'LL BE SORRY THEY EVER MESSED WITH SHIPPO!!!"
I'll get them some day... I know it. So, for the time being, I ran off to find Sesshomaru.
----MIROKU'S POV----
Yum. Mint leaves.
----SHIKARU'S POV----
AGH!!! My Ada-in-law is ANNOYING! AN ANNOYING DRUNK!!
I finally decided to use my dagger against the bastard. He drives me NUTS!
EN: Actually I think Legolas' parents were happily married when he was born...
LegoYasha didn't seem too pleased with my solution to the problem, but I didn't care. I grabbed him by the dog ear and pulled him outside.
"HOW did your Ada get this way?" I demanded.
He squeaked a little. I read his mind.
'He... he started after I was created,' he thought. 'I never knew why. Maybe it had something to do with me... Shikaru, I'm scared!' He started crying.
I held him close and rocked him back and forth. He sobbed into my kimono, and I whispered soothing Elvish words into his ear... an elf-like one, not dog-like...
----LEGOLAS'S POV----
"Mmfff... MMMMMFFF!!!!" I shouted through the duct tape on my mouth. My hands were duct-taped, too, but they hadn't been before I was knocked out... I was confused, I had a severe headache, and I also could tell there was a lump on my head, which sucked, because it was screwing up my hair. I tried to move my legs and found they were taped at the knees.
I flopped around like a fish out of water as an attempt to get Inuyasha's attention. His wing twitched and I flopped more. He finally turned and saw that I was tied up. How could he have not noticed before? He came over and carefully untied my hands. I ripped off the duct tape on my mouth while he un-taped my knees.
"Wh-whe-where is Shikaru?" I stuttered.
"Uh, she just pulled LY outside. I don't know where they are now," he replied quickly.
"Thanks." I ran out of the cave to find Shikaru embracing LegoYasha, with him weeping into her kimono. I cocked my head and sighed. This is why I let her ask to marry him. But, wait... Isn't she with Inuyasha, too? And Kagome's with Inuyasha! What a tangled web we've woven (AN: Say that ten times fast!).
----INUYASHA'S POV----
Did I really do that? Did I really let that drunken son of a bitch leave in search of Shikaru? Yes, I did, and I regretted it the instant I watched him walk out. I resisted the urge to fly after him and kick his prissy little ass.
Instead, I walked back to where Kagome was sleeping. She moaned a little in her sleep, and rolled over. I used my fairy magic to give her a blanket, then left to look for Sango and Miroku.
----SANGO'S POV----
I was off with Miroku (smile) when Inuyasha appeared. We shoved our underwear in our pockets and marched boldly up to meet him.
"WHERE HAVE YOU TWO BEEN??" he demanded.
"Right here," Miroku said with a smirk.
Inuyasha raised an eyebrow.
"Well, we were here the whole time, except for on our way here," I said.
"Sure..." Inuyasha said, nodding his head slowly.
Miroku and I blinked innocently until Inuyasha left.
----SHIPPO'S POV----
I found Sesshomaru and asked to join him. He laughed.
----MIROKU'S POV----
I was SO relieved when Inuyasha finally left. Sango and I returned to our earlier... business.
----LEGOYASHA'S POV----
I felt so at home, there in Shikaru's arms. I felt so loved, too. I stopped crying eventually and just stared up at the remarkably tall hanyou I loved so much. I wrapped my arms around her and we just rocked back and forth in silence.
After a while, Shikaru and I looked at each other and we both decided to ourselves – This is the person I want to be with forever. No one else.
We walked back to the cave together.
Then we bumped into Ada.
----LEGOLAS'S POV----
I was lying outside the cave and heard some noise. I stood up and out of the nearby trees came LegoYasha and Shikaru. Both literally bumped into me. I fell over, partially because my balance was screwed up from drinking too much, and partially because I wasn't paying attention at all. They stared at me.
"How did you get untied?" Shikaru asked.
"Er... Inuyasha untied me," I said.
"Sure. You probably forced him to somehow."
"How would I do that? I don't have powers like you or LegoYasha." Whoops. I was NOT supposed to say that. That was not a smart move. Nobody knows LegoYasha has powers except me and LegoYasha. Damn.
"Excuse me?" Shikaru said, amazed.
I just watched Holes yesterday, or I would've found a better thing for her to say. But I loved that line for some reason. So I'm using it.
"I didn't say anything," I said, backing away.
"You just said LegoYasha has powers," she said, moving closer to me.
I was almost cornered. "Those weren't my words exactly," I said. Before they could say anything else, I ran away.
----SHIKARU'S POV----
I was SO glad we took away Legolas's wine when I watched him run off. I decided not to chase him because he would probably come back to find wine. Would we give it to him? No.
LegoYasha and I walked into the cave and sat down across from each other by the fire pit. It was getting dark, and I expected the others to be getting back any time now. I saw Kagome asleep a little ways away, and told LegoYasha to be quiet. Not that he ever talks, anyway.
I lit a fire in the pit and played with it a little, running sticks back and forth through the highest flames and such. I took a huge stick and put one end in the base of the fire. I left it there for a few seconds and pulled it out. The end was on fire. I watched it as it burned slowly down the length of the stick to my hand, then I tossed it back into the fire. That took quite a long time, so I expected the others to be back by that time. No one had come.
I lay down and fell asleep. LegoYasha either only slept while I slept, or never slept at all. He was awake when I woke up. Inuyasha was laying down next to Kagome, and Miroku and Sango were in the back. I wondered where Legolas might be, when suddenly he came in, soaking wet. It was raining hard outside.
I had grabbed all the full or half-empty wine bottles and buried them outside before so that Legolas wouldn't get into them. He sat against the wall behind LegoYasha and to the right (my right, not LegoYasha's) and rocked back and forth, shivering. I reached into my pocket and found a nice blanket (my pockets are huge). I gave it to him and he gave me a hug. I guess I'll get used to him.
I fell asleep, wondering how everyone had crept by me so quietly. I must have been exhausted.
----LEGOYASHA'S POV----
I watched Shikaru fall asleep again, and sighed. I love her so much. I don't want to be with anyone else, and I'm sure that she feels the same way.
Ada fell asleep behind me eventually, and then I fell asleep as well. I snuggled into his big, strong body and slept very easily.
----LEGOLAS'S POV----
I woke up with LegoYasha cuddled into me. I wrapped my arm around him and fell back asleep.
----SANGO'S POV----
I hummed a song as I twirled my fingers in Miroku's already messy hair. He grunted and fell asleep. I decided sleep was good, and I wrapped my arm around him. I fell asleep.
----???'S POV----
I watched the people in the cave as they all fell asleep. There was just one I was looking for – that was Legolas. I found him, but his arm was wrapped around another person. I decided to come back later.
----SHIKARU'S POV----
The first rays of sunlight came over the trees shortly after I awakened. LegoYasha and Legolas were snuggled up, Inuyasha and Kagome were sleeping, and shadow still covered Sango and Miroku's area. I got up and walked to the back of the cave, where I found Sango and Miroku cuddled up together.
I went back to my spot and sat, thinking about how we were all supposed to work out this knot of love triangles and squares or whatever. I figured it would be easiest if I stayed with LegoYasha and Kagome was with Inuyasha. But what if Inuyasha only wants to be with me? We need a lot of negotiations. I couldn't wait for the others to wake up, so I went around shaking people's shoulders.
----KAGOME'S POV----
I woke up next to Inuyasha with a big blanket on me. I knew he had given it to me. I was so touched.
I saw that Shikaru was awake, and walked over to her.
"Good morning, Kagome," she said absentmindedly.
"Morning, Shik. How are we going to work this all out?" I asked.
"It's simple. I go with LegoYasha, and you go with Inuyasha."
"But what if Inuyasha doesn't want to be with me?"
"He will. I know it." She smiled at me and I smiled back.
----INUYASHA'S POV----
I woke up in time to hear Kagome say "But what if Inuyasha doesn't want to be with me?"
I stood up and Shikaru saw me. She said "He will. I know it."
I smiled at her. She smiled at me but made it look like she was smiling at Kagome, and Kagome smiled back. Then I walked up behind Kagome and wrapped my arms around her from behind. She recognized my hands and grabbed them, holding tight.
"Of course I want to be with you, Kagome," I said. I kissed her on the cheek and she turned around. She grabbed my head and locked her lips with mine.
----LEGOYASHA'S POV----
I woke up with Ada's strong arm around me. I poked him in the shoulder and he woke up.
'Ada,' I thought to him.
"What?" he mumbled sleepily.
'Ada, I'm hungry..."
Ada groaned. "We'll eat later."
'Ada, why is you always in a bad mood when you gets up?'
"I'm not always, ion-nîn. Only sometimes."
'Ada, I want fish today.'
Ada groaned louder than before.
"No fish, ion-nîn. Lembas."
'Ada, I is sick of lembas. I wants fish.'
"I'm sure."
I poked Ada in the side. He winced.
I got up and walked over to where Inuyasha – er, Father, Kagome and Shik were talking. Father had his arms wrapped around Kagome, and Shik was smiling at them. A lot. Hmmm...
I walked up to Shik and kissed her cheek. She picked me up (I'm really light) and I sat on her shoulders.
"It's like he has hollow bones," she remarked to Father and Kagome.
Kagome laughed. Father rolled his eyes.
I leaned down and whispered in Shikaru's ear, in a voice I had never heard before. It sounded like a British Inuyasha – I mean, Father with a lisp. Sort of.
"I love you, Shikaru," I whispered.
Shikaru looked up at me.
"Did you just talk to me?" she asked.
I nodded. "Yeth." I giggled.
She smiled at me.
"I love you, too, little LegoYasha."
She set me down and gave me a big kiss on the lips. I gave her a huge hug.
Suddenly, the Beatles' "Twist and Shout" started playing. I looked over at Ada, who had pulled out his radio/CD/tape player and started playing from his Beatles anthology album. My Ada is weird.
Sango and Miroku came from the back of the cave and started dancing together. Kagome and Father looked at each other and started dancing, too. I looked at Shikaru and we nodded at each other. We danced.
----LEGOLAS'S POV----
I watched the three couples dance together. I wished I had a big jug of something alcoholic. I missed her. Where was she? She hated me ever since LegoYasha's creation, and she is why I started drinking. Where could she be?
----THRIWIEN'S POV----
I heard a familiar CD being played in the cave. I peeked in to find my old love watching other people dance. He looked almost sick with sorrow. I felt very guilty. I stepped into the cave and snapped my fingers. He looked up at me and his face brightened. He looked just like he did before, when we were together.
I stepped toward him and blinked a Morse code message at him.
"H-E-L-L-O," I blinked.
"H-I," he blinked back.
"I M-I-S-S-E-D Y-O-U," I blinked.
"I M-I-S-S-E-D Y-O-U T-O-O," he replied.
I ran forward and gave him and huge hug. When it was over, he kissed me. We started dancing to the music.
----AUTHOR'S POV----
Everyone was happy. LegoYasha had said his first words and found true love. Shikaru had found a suitable place in the world – and true love, as well. Inuyasha had been through some bad stuff – and found true love. Kagome stuck with Inuyasha through everything and found true love. What is with the true love? Anyway, Sango and Miroku found each other, finally. Legolas ended his alcoholism, and he found his love, too.
Oh, my gosh. That was... whoa. I'm too good for my own good. Er... Yeah. Whoa.
OK, I want lotsa reviews before I even START the sequel...
And I need suggestions for a good title. I'm thinking "Inuyasha, What's Happening Now?" would work, but... What do my dear reviewers think?
I'm going to put the sequel under Crossovers, ok? Cuz in this, Legolas was just an end thing, and now he's gonna be bigger in the sequel, so... yeah.
Should this be a trilogy?????? EN: Yeth.
That would be coooool... EN: Yeth.
Big shout-out and thanks to my editor (y'know, "EN" stands for "Editor's Note"), who is currently named "That Undomiel Chick" but is prone to name changes... To me, she's Arwen, my best friend. And she ROCKS!
I also call her Haldir when we roleplay because I'm seven-year-old Legolas (nudges GollumGirl) and she's Haldir (nudges GollumGirl again).
OK, REVIEW! I LOVE YOU ALL!!! EN: Purple! (giggles) What? (runs and hides)
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EDITOR'S NOTES
That was interesting.