(A/N) Hey, wassup guys, not too many reviews this time, ::sigh:: c'mon, where are you people did you dig a hole and hide in it or something. There is a review button right down there. Anyway, thanks to all the people that DID review. I'll put responses on the bottom. Another chappie out. I guess this is how it's going to be for a while now… one chapter every week. I'll try to write more, but, these are pretty big now. About 5 pages on Microsoft… HEY GIVE ME SOME CREDIT. I think all these teachers have these meeting s and they all decide on one week to give us projects, another for big amounts of homework the next for tests and so on. It's tiring….I hardly watch T.V. or go on the internet. ITS DRIVING ME INSANE.
Disclaimer: Blah blah blah, go bother some bird poop, I got it, I don't own half of these characters. The other half... like Kanshisha, they're mine, but anyone can use them… I'm not gonna sue like these bozos.
Chapter 12: Mysteriously Human
Before: He quickened his pace. Suddenly the trees gave way to a terrible sight. A wonderfully built village was in the background. In front of it lay Kagome and holding her was Sesshoumaru. He saw him tense as a breeze sent his own scent to him. He said "Inuyasha!"
But Inuyasha wasn't worried about his brother right now. He was worried about Kagome.
"Ka- Kagome. Damn you Sesshoumaru! You'll regret that, you bastard!"
(RED DAY, you satisfied, I don't have any creativity, sue me. T.T)
Kagome stirred inside the Taiyoukai's arms. Her breathing was at an almost normal pace. She was unaware of the two pairs of youkai eyes staring at her for very similar reasons, watching her every move. One pair of eyes showed confusion and hope for something that was not written in his mind, but in his heart, the other pair showed no emotion, but inside, the eyes were fighting with his heart, begging for a sign that meant they could show worry, once that sign was given, the scent of the usually stoic demon changed. The first pair of eyes got even more confused as the face that they were glued on smelled worry.
~Sesshoumaru's POV~
'I don't have time right now for sibling quarrellings; I need to help her. Why does he always come at the wrong time?' That is one of the things he hated about his half brother. The other was that he never seemed to know what he wanted and when he got something, he acts like he always wanted it and knew about it since the day he was born. That was something that really pissed him off when he started to wield the Tetsusaiga like a fricken club. But that was a matter left up to either fate or just his father's command and wish. And just as Sesshoumaru expected, Inuyasha drew the sword once he realized Sesshoumaru had given a slight scent of emotion.
"Get away from her Sesshoumaru. Right now, or I'll chop your other arm off…" his voice trailed off as he saw that Sesshoumaru had regained his left arm. "I see the wench gave you a gift, you bastard. Something you don't deserve anyway, I guess I'll just have to chop it off again."
Sesshoumaru's eyes began taking on a pinkish tint when Inuyasha called Kagome 'wench' then mentally kicking himself for being a hypocrite, he blinked, washing all clues of Demon Rage away.
"Why do you fight for her when you yourself pay no heed to her honor? Insulting Tamishinoeien, Inuyasha, you are more stupid than you seem."
Inuyasha tried to figure out what his apparently, crazed half brother was talking about. "What did you call her?"
"You are more ignorant that you seem my dear brother."
Inuyasha was still trying to place the weird name his brother had called Kagome when he finally gave up. "Shut up your stupid mouth and pick up your sword."
"Why bother with a sword when I have," Sesshoumaru disappeared and reappeared behind Inuyasha," my poison claws? DOKUSOU!" Sesshoumaru's claws had melted the first layer of Inuyasha's clothes when suddenly,
"SIT!SITSITSITSITSIT!"
There is not a word that has been brought to existence that could describe the look upon Sesshoumaru's face. Shock is an understatement. The familiar voice had played with his Elvin ears once more as Kagome sat up.
"Inuyasha, you baka. Sesshoumaru did nothing to you, why pick a fight with him now? That was one of the stupidest things you ever did, especially since he was protecting me!"
"Protecting you? Ha! Why would Sesshoumaru protect a wench like you?" Inuyasha's loud voice echoed from the crater he was in."
"SIT!"
"You bitch, I was fighting for your freedom!"
"Freedom? What did you have to free me from?"
"Him, that's who,"
"I willingly came to his palace since he asked, well, more like commanded for my help. And you know very well that he told me he would protect me as long as I was helping him."
"And you're still helping him?" Inuyasha jumped out of the crater to land in front of Kagome.
"No, I healed the little girl a while ago."
"Then why didn't you come back?" his voice softened as he knelt to look into her eyes. "Did you forget us already?"
"No, but Inuyasha, don't you see what I've become?" she said looking at her hands. They didn't have claws.
"What do you mean by what you've become? You're still the same, Kagome."
"Inuyasha. Look at my hands; they don't have claws right. I'm not dreaming."
"Kagome, what are you talking about? Why would they have claws?"
"Kagome, you changed back into your human form. I do not know why, but my guess is that you've used up all your energy in healing this village and now your body needs to recover all of the lost energy."
"I'm human?" she whispered as she fell into a faint.
Sesshoumaru caught her before her head reached the ground (a/n she was still sitting, but he didn't want her to heart her poor head ;p) He took her in his arms and set her down by a tree, on top of a soft patch of grass.
"I don't get it, why did she stop our fight? And what is with this 'I'm human' and faint thing? Did I miss something?" Inuyasha said as he sat down next to Kagome. Sesshoumaru growled. "And what's your problem mutt-face? You know very well that if Kagome didn't stop our battle, you'd be dead right now."
"Don't talk to me of your dreams, they sound unrealistic and boring."
"Not as boring as you"
"Do you want to find out what exactly it means to be tsumaranai?"
"Is that a challenge?"
"Only if you're up to it, little brother."
"Oh yeah?" Inuyasha said standing up.
"Sit" Kagome whispered in her sleep.
"Ow that bitch, what does she think she's doing?" the hanyou said from a little hole that resembled his body. He stood up (a/n if you're wondering... he didn't fall ON Kagome, but right next to her) surprised that Kagome was sound asleep. "She's still sleeping? Why that little wench!"
"Do not dare call Tamishinoeien a wench!"
"You really must've had a bad day or something, because, Kagome is not this Tamishi person you keep saying she is." Inuyasha sat in his little hole with a calm expression. "But, you really have no control yourself Sesshoumaru, you're losing your stoic expression. Just sit down with your usual boring face and tell me what's going on!"
"Fine little brother. But there isn't much to say."
"That doesn't exactly matter, quit stalling and start from the beginning, why did Kagome just suddenly disappear from the hot springs without telling anyone?"
"Very well. Kagome was taking a bath, I suppose. I had come too early and followed her to the spring. I turned away," Sesshoumaru eyed Inuyasha's suspicious face," when all of the sudden, an immense amount of power irrupted from her. I landed in the water just in time to save her from drowning, when I quickly realized the being in my hands was not at all human. It turned out to be an inu youkai Kagome. This wasn't just any youkai; this was the great Tamishinoeien, the guardian of life. One thing led to another when I decided to test her powers. This village had been completely annihilated by a Curse and I wanted to see if she could heal its survivors as well as restore the dead. As you can see, she surprised me by healing everyone and EVERYTHING and even breaking the Curse. Her energy spent, I believe her body turned back to human and then you, my ignorant brother came."
Inuyasha sat there, drawing everything in. 'what did he mean by one thing led to another? He couldn't have…? ' Inuyasha gulped imagining many possible ::cough:: happenings that might have occurred. 'No, Kagome's scent is still pure' he thought, relieved. But something was missing.
Sesshoumaru looked at his brother with annoyance. It was for Eien's sake if nothing else that he told Inuyasha about what happened. After all, by leaving out the fuufuyakusoku and his embarrassing defeat with the previous Guardian of Life, his story was completely valid.
~Kagome's Dream~ (a/n.. this will be like a question answer thing, that will explain what's happening.. sorry if it sounds boring)
"Hello Kagome, how are you feeling?"
"Who is this? Where am I?"
"You have once again fainted. My name is Kanshisha."
"Kanshisha? Who are you?"
"I am your predecessor. The previous guardian of life."
"Oh, in that case, can you tell me why this is happening to me?"
"This is controlled by the Guardian of Destiny, not by the Guardian of Life. I cannot help you."
"You mean there are more Guardians?"
"Of course, each one with his or her own role. We are like G-ds, except with a higher purpose."
"If we are G-ds, then how did you die?"
"Kagome, we choose how long we live. If someone dear died or you got bored or even if you didn't want to live anymore, you allow yourself to die. The only other way is to deplete all of your energy and get a mortal wound which you cannot heal."
"Oh. Then tell me something else. Why am I human right now?"
"Just as we Guardians choose how long we live, we also choose our form. You, who are still inexperienced and untrained only change shape according to your influences. Though, I am quite sure, most of us have a favorite shape. Your life has been influenced by inu youkai like Sesshoumaru and even hanyou, Inuyasha. That is why your body chose this form. As you progress and gain new powers, you can change forms in an instant."
"How do I change anyway?"
"Your power is organized. Orange is for offensive, such as attacks and fighting. Purple is for healing and transformation. Blue is for life. Pink or sometime pinkish purple is for purification, your other miko skills and as you will soon learn, the short cut for drying, grinding and mixing herbs."
"Oh. Will I ever see you again?"
"I am dead. You can only see me in your dreams, when the doorway between the living and the dead is fragile and the barrier easily passed. Our time is short, any more questions?"
"Two more. Did you really defeat Sesshoumaru?"
"Of course, that pup needed to learn his lesson. I gave him a good spanking, but not too good to harm his beautiful face. Do not worry about him; he will not be a bad mate, as you think he will be. Your mother even agrees with me."
"Why am I betrothed to him?"
"Right now, he may seem arrogant and unworthy of you, but that will change, his test is yet to come. Don't worry." She said as her voice began to fade.
"WAIT! WHAT DO YOU MEAN TEST?"
~Real World~
"WAIT! WHAT DO YOU MEAN TEST?" Kagome shouted as she woke up.
"You're awake." Inuyasha said turning to her. His eyes widened with surprise.
"Sesshoumaru, I believe you when you said she was a youkai, but, you said she was an inu youkai right?"
"Yes, why do you say that as if she isn't" Sesshoumaru said, looking away from the sky and at Inuyasha. He followed his stupid half-brothers gaze and looked at Kagome. His eyes too widened, uncharacteristically.
"What are you two looking at? Oh! I have my claws back. Kagome stood up. No fluffy tail? Wait I do have a tail!" She saw a whip like appendage sticking out from her bottom.
Sesshoumaru suddenly had a feeling of disgust as he looked at Kagome. She seemed to annoy him with every movement. "Kagome, you're not an inu youkai anymore."
"You don't say. No wonder my claws are sharper, and longer. And look, they can change back into fingernails, but I like claws better, I guess its good to have claws and finger nails as well."
Kagome was going from annoying to irritating very quickly.
"There's that look again. What's wrong with me? Do I look ugly or something?"
"Kagome, you look… I can't say it." Said Inuyasha.
"You look annoying."
"That's putting it blunt Sesshoumaru!"
"What do you mean Sesshoumaru? Why am I annoying?"
"Because that's what cats are to dogs!" Inuyasha spat out.
Hehehe. Cliffie..,. I was going to leave the last part out, and make you wonder about what kind of youkai she was going to be.. but then I'm like…. Nah, too evil, I want my readers to like me. *in my dreams* right.. hehehehe.. okay.. so what some don't like me…. Okay.. I got the point, I'll go crawl into a hole… r/r oh.. rite.. review responses…. THAT'S NOT R/R, R/R IS READ AND REVIEW... SO GO TO IT OTHERWISE I CAN'T RESPOND TO NOTHING!!!!!!!
Vocab:
Dokusou: really means 'toxic flower' it is his poison claw attack.
Tsumaranai: Boring, insignificant
Fuufuyakusoku: Betrothal
Kanshisha: Guardian
If you're wondering about the claws… cats have the claws, which retract, so I thought that Kagome's claws would be able to turn back into fingernails.
Okay, review responses… coming right up…
RED DAY- Well, I tried my best, it's just with Inuyasha's limited imagination as well as education, you can't exactly say, "Surrender her now and I shall let you go unscathed" or "You vile beast, you shall pay for what you did, if I were you , I'd surrender right now and save myself the embarrassment of losing in 7.14285 seconds." You catch my drift. After all, for him and his brain, its just easy to remember one line… but, I have to say, I WANT CUTE EARS (I know that has nothing to do with anything, but… hey, a girl can dream right, and she can write her dreams anywhere… well.. almost anywhere.)
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SKYwalker-BLUE- Hmm... I wanted to write a fighting scene, but, then it would have been stupid since I need both of them alive and well for, I'm not going to give anything away… especially since I'm still trying to imagine the next chappie… well.. I hope the next one is going to be funny… still thinking about it, all I know is that I need both alive and well… and maybe one with a hole in his clothes, but hey, Inuyasha's alive and healthy…alive and healthy… alive….
Kittymui- Yeah, well, you have such great stories and are so goddamn busy. So… if you are __- years old .. then… are you in college. Wow, you're old compared to me, and live so far away, and so many animes… right I have to update my list oh, you're not OLD OLD, just, older, okay, I'm tangling myself in a ball of… cheese and crackers *smacks myself* okay, I'll shut up now… (read you're bio again, if you haven't noticed… have to update that too…)
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