The 5th son
A/N-Another update! Yay!
(Side note: if anyone noticed, a couple of my chaps are missing disclaimers (due to the fact that I was forgetful .;;;) So to make it clear, the disclaimer on the first chapter of this story applies for all of the chapters ^-^)
Chapter key:
Italics=dream~*~
Chpt7: Getting to know you
A five year old Inuyasha walked in the manor's courtyard looking around curiously as people talked and enjoyed themselves. He was searching for his dad so he could show him the frog he had caught. But the more time that past, the harder it became to find his father…
Not to mention that every once in a while some of the people in the crowd would glare at him maliciously, or scowl at him. Hanyou, mutt, vile blood… All names he'd hear them call him, yet he never understood why.
Then the scenery changed, and now an 11 year old Inuyasha walked through a village place carrying a sac that held his belongings, he had run away from home.
As he continued walking he got the same malicious glares, scowls, the same horrible words. Hanyou, mutt, vile blood… But by now Inuyasha completely understood. These people were cruel, and unwelcoming to anyone who was different from them even in the slightest…But it didn't take long for Inuyasha's father to find him and bring him back home anyways.
And again the scenery changed, now he was in present time, at home. And in a line stood the people he knew. And all in a row they spoke… Miroku "mutt", Sango "vile blood", Keita "Hanyou", Ryuichi and Ryohei "loser", Sesshoumaru "Weakling", his mother "disappointment", his father "disgrace".
Inuyasha stood, his head hung low, his bangs covering his eyes "That really is who I am isn't it? A mutt, My blood is vile, I'm just a hanyou, a loser, a weakling, a disappointment to my mother, and" he paused and cringed "A disgrace to my father…"
Inuyasha balled his fists tears threatening to spill from his eyes "That's all I am, just a huge mistake!" he yelled refusing to let the tears slip out.
But then a gentle hand cupped his cheek and brought it up. And there was Kagome, the only one who hadn't said anything yet… and as she opened her mouth, to the speak the word she'd use to describe him Inuyasha tensed up and waited for the cruel words to spill out.
"Angel" was the one, simple word she spoke. Inuyasha turned and looked into her eyes, such inviting and caring eyes… "But-" Inuyasha was interrupted as Kagome put a finger to his lips.
"No Inuyasha, no buts, ands or ifs. You are not a mutt you are unique, your blood is not vile its as pure as mine or anyone else's, you are as strong as the mountains, and a winner always. You are not a disappointment but instead a great person to have around, you do not bring disgrace to anyone, only oceans of pride and honor. And lastly, a Hanyou… Yes, you are a Hanyou, but that is not a bad thing. It is something you should be proud of and take joy in being. You are who you are, and who you are is perfect. And so the way I'd describe you as, is as an angel~"
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Slowly Inuyasha woke up as the warm sun fluttered in through the curtains and caressed his room. "woh" Inuyasha muttered as he sat up in bed. "That dream… and, Kagome was in it…". Inuyasha sat and thought for a moment "Weird, I wonder if Kagome had the same dream".
And right about then came the urgent knocking at the door. "Inuyasha, Inuyasha are you awake!?" came Kagome's voice from the other side. Inuyasha blinked "maybe we DID have the same dream!" Inuyasha thought "Come on in" he called.
Kagome quickly came in the room shut the door and ran to Inuyasha. "I just had the most interesting dream!" she said excitedly. "Really? Me too!" Inuyasha replied earnestly.
"Ya, it was weird. In my dream, there I was standing in a row with all the people around here" Kagome paused. "Keep going!" Inuyasha urged. Kagome nodded "And then, everyone sprouted wings and turned into Angels! That is, every one except for you.".
Inuyasha tilted his head "maybe the her seeing angels connects with her calling me an Angel in my dream?" He though. "What did I turn into?" he asked curiously. "And THAT'S the weird part!!" Kagome practically yelled. "Why, you turned into a monkey and started poking me!" Kagome finished laughing.
Inuyasha sat there staring at Kagome "A monkey that was poking you?" he asked. "y-y-y-yes" Kagome managed to giggle out. "So much for the 'connected dreams' theory" Inuyasha though rolling his eyes. "Wait monkey? I thought we made a truce last night" Inuyasha said accusingly.
Kagome stopped laughing "We do have a truce." She said. "Then why did you call me a monkey again!" Inuyasha said pointing a finger at her. She blinked "I can't help what I dream Inuyasha. Besides dreams are sent to you by the gods. If you ask me, every dream has a special and specific meaning to it." Kagome finished. "Feh, whatever" Inuyasha huffed crossing his arms.
"Inuyasha?" Kagome asked eyeing him. "Ya?" Inuyasha replied turning to look at her. "Can, can I please rub your ears?" Kagome replied eyeing his ears now. "Inuyasha quirked an eyebrow "no you can not rub my ears!" He said fehing and turning away from her.
Kagome put on the best 'puppy dog' eyes she could manage "pweeeaaassseee Inuwashaaaaa!!!!!!" Inuyasha turned his head again to see Kagome giving him the worst imitation of puppy dog eyes he had ever seen "no." He said bluntly turning his head again "besides those were terrible puppy dog eyes" He finished.
"This calls for desperate measures then!" Kagome said as she pounced on Inuyasha reaching for his ear. "hey, erg.. get… ack… get off" Inuyasha splurged out trying to get Kagome off of him. "I just want to touch them" Kagome said.
Right around the part where Kagome said 'I just want to touch them' Keita walked in… "Oh, sorry… didn't mean to interrupt you two". Kagome and Inuyasha both looked up, Inuyasha having his hands on Kagome's waist (when he was trying to push her away) and Kagome with both of her hands fisted in Inuyasha's shirt (so that he couldn't push her away).
"This is NOT what it looks like" Inuyasha said as both he and Kagome pushed away from each other. "Oh, I know you two weren't doing anything, Kagome's not that stupid" Keita remarked smirking. "And what is that supposed to mean!?" Kagome said standing up " By saying 'that stupid' are you implying that I'm stupid in the first place!!?".
Inuyasha looked and secretly smiled, he had planned on coming up with his own come back, but Kagome's was much better. "I, well… it's not that your… I meant to… That's not even why I came here!" Keita said avoiding eye contact with Kagome.
"What I came here for, is me, Ryuichi, Ryohei, were going to play hide and go seek, and we wanted to know if either of you wanted to play." Keita said looking at Inuyasha. "what about Sessoumaru?" Kagome asked."
"He's the oldest, so he's also next in line to be the western lord, so he spends a lot of time with dad learning and stuff" Keita shrugged. "Ya, I'll play" Inuyasha said getting up. "count me in also!" Kagome said cheerfully as she walked out of the room so Inuyasha could get changed.
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"Ok, here are the rules" Keita said as everyone stood in the main entrance hall. "the manor is huge enough, so no one is allowed to hide out side. Bedrooms are off limits to ensure other's privacy, and who ever is it has to give every one a 100 second head start to hide." Keita finished.
"So, who's it then?" Ryuichi asked. "you are" Inuyasha said. "I am? But, but why me!?" Ryuichi asked in dismay. "Because you were the first one to ask who's it, that's why" Inuyasha said smirking. "sounds good to me" said Ryohei. "Lets get this started then" Kagome said clapping her hands together.
"Ok, I'm starting, now!" Ryuichi said as he began counting. Everyone took off in different directions all at once. '13, 14, 15'. Kagome looked around wearily and then spotted some long curtains hanging from a window. As she lifted a curtain to hide behind it she found Ryohei. "sorry, I was here first" he said as Kagome set the curtain back down.
'36, 37, 38' "ah he's getting higher" Kagome thought as she continued looking for a hiding place. Then she saw a small opening behind a book case. She ran over there and as soon as she was about to squeeze back there and hide Keita poked his head out and shook it. "Ack, not again!" Kagome thought as she took off again.
'87,88,89' "Only ten seconds left!" Kagome thought as she looked around for a hiding spot, and hiding spot, anywhere! That's when she spotted a closet "Perfect!" she thought as she ran for it. '95,96,97' Kagome slung the closet door open, and closed it behind her as she threw herself in. "100, ready or not here I come!" Ryuichi called out as he set forth to find everyone.
Kagome wiped the sweat from her brow as she caught her breath. "That was a close call" she said out loud as she felt something kinda soft under her. "Mrph, get…off me… uhg" came the muffled voice of Inuyasha. Kagome's eyes widened as she realized she was on Inuyasha, and then quickly she got off him.
"Dear god woman watch where you through yourself" Inuyasha said inhaling some much needed air. "Eh, sorry .;;;" Kagome said nonchalantly. Inuyasha finally got some air and then looked at Kagome "why are you in my hiding place?" he questioned.
"Well, you see, at first I found a great hiding place, but then Ryohei was in it, and then I found another good hiding place, but Keita was in it, and I only had ten seconds, and this closet looked to promising, and, and, it's not my fault you're all so fast and you guys beat me to every hiding place!" Kagome finished.
Inuyasha stared at her in amazement, through that entire jabber of her's she did not take a breath of air, she said it all in one single breath… "Meh, it's ok I guess" Inuyasha said putting his arms behind his head and leaning against the wall. Kagome blinked a few times and they both just sat there silently for a while.
"Inuyasha, really is nicer than he makes himself out to be… He's always got this tough guy mask on, but I bet, that on the inside he's really sweet" Kagome though tilting her head a bit. Inuyasha looked up and saw Kagome staring at him "Why is she staring at me?" he thought to himself as she shifted uncomfortably.
And they continued to sit in silence a while longer. But then Kagome finally spoke up "Can we talk or something?" she asked. "Why?" Inuyasha asked raising and eye brow. "Well because it's way too quite, and silence makes me kind edgy, I just don't like it" Kagome replied shifting in her cramped position a little.
"Sure I guess" Inuyasha answered back "what do you want to talk about?". Kagome put a finger to her chin and thought about it. "Well, while we're waiting for Ryuichi to find us how about we play a little game?" Kagome suggested. "A game? What kind of game?" Inuyasha questioned curiously.
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Meanwhile outside the closet Ryuichi continued on his search. "Aha! Caught you!" he yelled as he swung open the pantry door in the kitchen. Miroku turned his mouth stuffed with sugar rice balls "Ack I am so sorry, I know I shouldn't be eating a snack right now, but I just got this craving and I HAD to have some sugar rice balls!" Miroku said guiltily.
Ryuichi stood there, covered in the sweet rice that Miroku had sprayed all over him while talking. He whipped it off and look at Miroku "No prob Miroku, it wasn't you I was looking for, later." He said waving as he walked away leaving Miroku to the food.
"Aha! Now I've caught you!" Ryuichi called out as he pulled back a curtain in the kitchen. Sango turned around and looked at Ryuichi like he was insane. "You've caught me alright. Such a terrible person I am for making dinner ?" she said amused. "Ehehe, sorry about that" Ryuichi said as he left the kitchen
"AHA! NOW I MOST DEFFINETLY HAVE CAUGHT YOU!" Ryuichi yelled as he pulled back the curtains. Ryohei blinked "You don't have to yell about it you know" he said stepping out from behind the curtain. "Uh, ya, sorry" Ryuichi said.
Then, Ryuichi also found Keita and was soon looking for Inuyasha and Kagome. As Ryuichi, Ryohei, and Keita walked along they suddenly heard noises coming form the closet. "how much you want to bet they're in there?" Keita asked. "Oh, I know that they're in there" Ryuichi replied.
"Come on, let's get them then!" Ryohei said. "Actually I have a better plan" Ryuichi said as he walked up to the closet, and locked the closet's door. "Lets see how long it'll take them to get out." Ryuichi snickered as him Ryohei and Keita walked away.
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"The game is called 'Getting to know you' and it's basically where I'll ask you a question, you answer, and then you ask me a question and I'll answer" Kagome said waiting for Inuyasha's reaction.
"Sounds easy enough, you start" Inuyasha said leaning back against the wall once more. "Ok, what is your favorite color?" Kagome asked. "Red" Inuyasha replied "What is YOUR favorite color" Inuyasha asked. "Green" Kagome said smiling. "If you could have anything in the world, what would it be?" Kagome questioned.
"Hmmm… I'd want my father's sword" Inuyasha replied. "What was your child hood like" Inuyasha asked Kagome. "I grew up in a small village a little ways away from here, my mother died when I was very little, but my father has been a good parent. I grew up playing with the other village children and stuff like that" she said fondly.
"How about you Inuyasha, what was your childhood like?" Inuyasha cringed a little and then looked up "I was shunned and hated by everyone because I'm a hanyou. No body was my friend and I spent a lot of my time alone. I ran away when I was 11, but my dad found me and brought me back home. I hated life and how everything in it was just so terrible" He said casting his glance aside. "oh… sorry" Kagome said regretfully.
"Kagome… here's my last question." Inuyasha took a deep breath "What do you think about me? And, if you could come up with just one word to describe me what would it be?". "That's two questions" Kagome said "but I'll answer them both anyways."
"I, I think Inuyasha, that you are an amazing person, you're strong, you're unique, you could probably win at just about anything you do, and you're a really great person… And, If I had to describe you in one word… I think that word would be, you're an Angel" Kagome finished.
Inuyasha stared in astonishment "Just like my dream…" He thought breathing rapidly. "Inuyasha? Yo, earth to Inuyasha" Kagome said waving her arms in front of him. "Huh, oh sorry" Inuyasha replied snapping out of his daze.
"Its been a while since this game started Inuyasha, I think they gave up looking for us, so we should probably get out of here now" Kagome said reaching for the door. But when she tried to open it, it wouldn't budge. "Inuyasha, I think the door stuck!" Kagome said as she pulled harder.
"Here let me try" Inuyasha said as he tried, and failed to open the door. "Why those little weasels, they locked us in here!" Inuyasha swore. Right then Inuyasha heard someone walking by the door. "Stop right there, I've caught you in the act" Inuyasha yelled from inside the closet, thinking he was speaking to Ryuichi.
Miroku froze. Had, Had the closet just been talking to him??? "That's right you! I know what you've done and you are so going to pay for it!" Inuyasha continued yelling from inside the closet still unaware that it wasn't Ryuichi outside.
Miroku looked at his arms full of sugar rice cakes "Oh my god, the closet, it caught me in the act! And, and it's talking!" Miroku thought as he suddenly fell into a cold sweat. "what if , the closets… are haunted!!!!!!!!" And with that though Miroku threw the sugar rice balls out of his hands and took off screaming bloody murder "THE CLOSETS ARE HAUNTED!!! THE CLOSETS ARE HAUNTED!!!!!.
Inuyasha blinked "Guess that wasn't Ryuichi" he said sweat dropping. "Well, how about this time we try just calling for help" Kagome suggested. Inuyasha looked at her and they both nodded and started yelling "HEEELLLLLLLPPPPP!!!!!!!!"
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Sango stopped and looked at the closet as she heard what sounded like Inuyasha's and Kagome's voices yelling for help. She walked up to closet undid the lock and opened the door. And out fell Inuyasha and Kagome sprawled in a heap. Sango looked at them questioningly. "Don't ask" Inuyasha said walking off. "It was hide and go seek, and they locked us in there" Kagome told sango, and then left to her room.
Sango watched Kagome walk off and then was about to head back for the kitchen when she spotted Miroku. "Hello Mirok---u?" Sango said as Miroku came in screaming "THE CLOSETS ARE HAUNTED THE CLOSTES ARE HAUNTED!!! THEY TALKED TO ME I SWEAR! THEY HAVE EYES, THEY KNEW I WAS TAKING SOME SUGAR RICE CAKES! THE CLOSETS ARE HAUNTED!!! THE CLOSETS ARE HUANTED!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!" and with that he ran away screaming the same thing over and over again.
Sango sighed and shook her head. Poor guys, he must have had a bad experience with closets or something when he was little. And now he's just a crazy nut running around claiming the closest have eyes and talk. Sango rolled her eyes. "sometimes I wonder why I have a crush on some one as lecherous and psycho as him." And with that she continued on her way to the kitchen.
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Inuyasha finished getting into his night cloths, then laid on his bed and sighed. "It was just like the dream, well kinda…" Inuyasha rolled to his side and stared at the balcony opening. "She thinks I'm an angel? She's, the first person I know that has excepted me for who I am.. not counting my family of coarse. But even my family doesn't seem as kind as her…." Inuyasha sighed "I'm never going to get to sleep if I can't get her out of my mind…" he thought wearily.
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Meanwhile in Kagome room, she had also just finished getting into her night cloths. Then she went out and leaned on her balcony. "Today was an interesting day" She thought. "I got to know Inuyasha a lot better and had fun for the most part of it.
The suddenly she spotted Miroku down in the gardens running around screaming something that sounded strangely like 'the closest are haunted?'. Kagome chuckled a little to herself at the sight as she watched Miroku run back into the manor still screaming something about haunted closets.
Suddenly a cold wind picked up making Kagome shiver, and for a second the could swear she caught a glimpse of a shadow… But that was ridiculous of coarse, how could someone have a shadow on a night with no moon? Either was it still made Kagome feel a bit uneasy…
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A/N- This chapter was 2 pages longer than my normal chapters!!! ^_____^. I really hope you guys enjoyed it. And I was sure to post it this weekend even though I just posted chapter 6 a few days ago, to make up for not updating for so long. Heck, if it weren't for the fact that I need to update my other stories I'd write chapter 8 this weekend too. But alas I DO need to update my other fics, so you guys will have to wait till next weekend for chapter 8 ^-^
This chapter was inspired by eviloni101 Their post really made me laugh, I enjoyed it! ^_^
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