Hmm, now where were we when I last left you? Ah yes, Tanpopo smelled her mother, Tama was gone looking for Inuyasha, who was being strangled to death by a kitsune who thinks he stole her daughter. While this a/n is all very interesting, I bet you wanna read the chapter, huh?
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To Be With You Tomorrow
Part Six :: Illusions
Chapter Seventeen :: Goodbye to the Fox called Dandelion
Tama sighed, pushing through the thick brush between a set of trees. Kagome-chan had decided to go home, but where the hell was her idiot brother? According to the others, he hated it when Kagome-chan returned to her world, so he had probably followed her to try and stop her. Tama was awaiting the inevitable "Osuwari" to help find her way to the bone-eater's well.
She wondered what Kagome's world was like. She had never been there --only Inuyasha had according to the group-- but reminding herself of the young miko's clothes and some of the odd things she drew from her yellow pack, Tama imagined it was quite a world.
Tama sniffed the air, trying to pinpoint her twin's location, and smelled him, as well as Kagome-chan and someone else. She jerked at the scent. *That is...!*
A kitsune scent, which was essentially just the smell of wood and fox fur, but this one was different. It had the scent of azaleas. Azaleas, which Tama had never smelled anywhere else but in the lower region of Japan.
She had come across them once. During her travels shortly after Inuyasha's "death" at the hands of Kikyou, she came across a young fox kit, half dead at the time. Tama, who had just lost her own daughter, had still felt that pain. The pain a mother feels when she loses her child.
She snatched up the baby, who was no older than Shippou was now, and took the auburn-haired mongrel in as her own. That baby had the same scent of the patch of azaleas Tama had found her in. The same scent she smelled now.
But that baby had grown up and gone home, home to her azalea patch, home to the west of Japan, and Tama was left with that pain of loss again. That loss which was once again mended over when they came across Tanpopo--
--who was that baby's own child.
Tama grit her teeth. *Tsu-chan~! You've returned!!!!*
~*~
"Please stop~!!!" Kagome threw herself at the kit, grabbing at her arm. "Stop! Please, let him go! Tsutsuji-san!!!"
The kitsune stopped in her attack, eyes widening, and in that moment, Inuyasha shoved with all of his might at her foot, sending the fluffy-tailed creature stumbling back. The hanyou coughed, his body trembling as he sucked in breath after precious breath.
Kagome helped him sit up, and he leaned against her, still coughing violently, his breath hoarse and raspy. He swallowed a few times, the bitter taste in the back of his mouth making him gag. Kagome looked up at the kitsune, who was shaking, her face stricken, and she looked as if she might burst into tears.
"How did you know.. my name?" she demanded, and Kagome lowered her face. "Your daughter... told me. Tsutsuji-san, you're really... Tanpopo-chan's mother, aren't you?! Tsutsuji of Sakura Forest~!"
"Or, Azalea Forest in western Japan, to be more precise."
They all looked up then, and Tama stood at the edge of the clearing, her face taut. Her yellow eyes fell on Tsutsuji with mixed emotions, and Tsutsuji gasped. "..Ta... Tama-san...!"
At the obvious recognition between the kit and Tama, Kagome and Inuyasha both looked irked, and they exchanged a glance silently as Tsutsuji raced over to Tama. The kitsune stared at the hanyou for a moment before she burst into tears and flung herself into the hanyou's open arms. "Tama-san!"
"Okaan!!!" Tsutsuji jerked back suddenly at the much younger voice, turning to see a small tan-colored puff racing to her, and she reached out and snatched up Tanpopo as she bowled the older kit over, tears streaming down her face. "Okaan! Okaan!! You came back!!!"
"I told you that I would! But when I returned to the village, I found the scent of this pathetic hanyou brat and those humans, and I just knew something had happened to you." Tsutsuji accused, glaring at Kagome and Inuyasha, and Tama narrowed her eyes. "Tsutsuji, apologize to my brother, he didn't kidnap Tanpopo-chan, and neither did the others."
Tsutsuji snorted. "I will not. My daughter would never have disobeyed me. If I said stay in the village she would have. Most certainly she was taken--"
"Okaan, please apologize to Inuyasha!!"
The argument stopped almost immediately, and Tsutsuji looked down at her daughter. Tanpopo looked angrily at her mother, her little face covered with pride.
"Inuyasha... he's a good man. A bit dumb, totally selfish, arrogant, rude and a hanyou to boot... but he saved me. Ever since the day I met him and Tama-san and Kagome-san and Shippou and the others... they've done nothing but befriend me! I'm glad I met them, and.. I'm proud to know them. I know you were just protecting me, but... please apologize to Inuyasha. And to Kagome-san."
Kagome smiled. *Tanpopo-chan...*
Tsutsuji glared at her daughter reprehensively. "Why did you defy me? I told you I would be back after I got the sacred Shikon shards from the west! I told you to stay at home. And you defied me."
"I... I..." Tanpopo faltered, and Kagome stood, supporting Inuyasha.
"She was lonely. She can't be blamed for leaving that place. You are the only one to blame."
Tsutsuji turned to look at Kagome and Inuyasha, and Kagome nodded. "You left a child of only 7 in that desecrated village, amongst deadly youkai, and corpses. Alone. Of course she would be scared, and lonely.. . She left of her own volition, Tsutsuji-san. We didn't make her."
Tsutsuji narrowed her eyes and looked down at Tanpopo. "You were lonely?"
A nod. Tsutsuji breathed out through her nose, calming a bit, and she set Tanpopo down on the ground. "Then... forgive me, Tanpopo." She turned and looked at Inuyasha and Kagome. "You two. Sorry for the misunderstanding."
Kagome deadpanned. *She doesn't sound incredibly apologetic...*
"Let's go, Tanpopo."
At that, everyone gasped, startled. Tanpopo looked at her mother fearfully. "Ok.. Okaan...??" The older kit nodded, eyes wide and innocent, the anger gone. "We're going home, so let's go."
"Home?" Tama demanded, "Back to that village?" Tsutsuji shook her head. "No, of course not, Tama-san. It was destroyed by those byouma. I have nothing there except my husband's remains, which I intend to retrieve. And then Tanpopo and I are returning to the west."
Kagome looked shocked. Back to the west? Osaka??? It was so far away. Little Tanpopo, their mischief maker, their heckler. Despite the girl's constant nagging and criticism, Kagome couldn't help but like the little brat. It felt... right, to wake up every morning and see two tan fluffs curled up together at her side. And Shippou adored her.
Tanpopo looked hesitant, but in the end, she nodded. "You're right, we should go back to Osaka."
"Back home, you mean?" Tsutsuji pressed, and Tanpopo nodded. "Yes, home..." Although the word didn't sound real.
Wasn't home... wherever you felt most comfortable? She turned to look at Tama and Kagome and Inuyasha. Her family. Her family ever since that day they had found her. No, she amended, these people weren't her family. Dear, closest friends. But not family. Tanpopo looked up at her family, her mother Tsutsuji. "But could.. we leave tomorrow morning instead? So I can... say goodbye to Shippou and the others properly."
After a moment, Tsutsuji nodded. "Yes. We'll leave in the morning instead." Tanpopo nodded, pursing her lips. She only had one night.
One last night with them.
~*~
"NO!"
Tanpopo bit her lip, trying not to cry as Shippou tugged persistently at her sleeve. "Tanpopo, you can't go away!! We're a family now, remember?? It's just you and me and Inuyasha and Kagome and Miroku and Sango and Tama and Kohaku and Kirara!! We have to stick together!!"
"But I was only staying for awhile, Shippou, you know that. I was just waiting for my okaan--"
"But... but..!!!"
"If your parents had come back, you would go wouldn't you?"
Shippou looked down, sniffling, and Tanpopo cheered for a moment. "I'll come back and visit you! I promise I will, so..." She hugged the little boy, sniffling in his hair. "So please don't cry."
Shippou hugged her back, tightly, and sniffled. "I don't want you to go away, Tanpopo. It's like losing my Otou and Okaa all over again..."
Tanpopo bit her lip, and hugged him tighter. "Shippou..."
~*~
"Ow!" Inuyasha flinched as Kagome gently applied an herbal salve to a cut on his cheek, and she bit her lip. "Sorry."
"I'm fine," he said, and Kagome gave him a deadpan stare. "Three broken ribs, a little internal bleeding, minor contusions and bruises elsewhere, not to mention reopening your shoulder wound. Even for you that's not little injuries."
He kehed. "It doesn't even hurt! --ow, ow..."
Kagome sniggered as she finished tying off the new shoulder dressing, and as she helped him pulled his shirt back over it, she said softly, "You take years off my life when you do stuff like that you know." He looked down at her, "Do stuff like what?"
"Jump up and protect me even though you're--"
"Would you stop it with that?!"
She blinked, looking at him seriously. Inuyasha looked mad, but he just sounded irritated, not to mention a bit hurt. His face softened. "You, Miroku and Sango believe in yourselves, you fight even though you're human. Can't I show you that I believe in myself even though I'm weaker than usual??"
Kagome blinked. Then she frowned softly. "I didn't know you felt that way... I.. kept protecting you because I thought you felt obliged to protect me even though you're human."
Inuyasha narrowed his dark eyes at her, and they seemed to darken even more. "You're not an obligation. I protect you because I want to."
He reached up and rubbed her cheek with the backs of his fingers, and a dark tendril of hair slipped in his hand. He twirled it around his finger, his smile widening. "I protect you because it would kill me to see you hurt. I protect you because I love you."
Kagome looked at him in surprise, and blinked then, laughing slightly. She leaned against him, hugging his arm, and sighed contentedly. "I'm glad you're okay."
~*~
As the sun rose up, lighting the sky a soft purple-blue color, Tsutsuji stood outside Kaede's hut, waiting for Tanpopo. The little girl was gathering her few belongings and she had them in a pouch over her shoulders, tied at her neck. Everyone was standing outside with Tsutsuji, waiting to say goodbye.
Tanpopo walked out and looked up at the sun, which was a bright, white-gray behind hidden clouds. It would be rain soon, a big storm. She turned her eyes on the others, and Kagome walked up, bending over and catching herself on her knees. There were tears in her eyes. "Be careful, okay?" the young miko told the kit, "We're going to miss you." Tanpopo nodded, sniffling and wiping at her eyes.
"I will."
"If you need any help, you know you can always come back to us," Miroku offered and Sango nodded, "We would always take you two in, no matter what." Her comment was complimented by a high-pitched mew from Kirara. Tanpopo nodded again, and looked around. "Where's Tama-san and Shippou?"
"Tama-chan and Shippou-chan... didn't think they would be able to handle you going. Tama-chan took Shippou-chan into the forest." Kagome said, averting her eyes, and Tanpopo looked down, disappointed. The two people she really wanted to say goodbye to were gone. She nodded. "Please tell them I said that I won't ever forget either of them, and that I *will* come to visit. Shippou didn't believe me."
Kagome smiled. "Of course."
As Tanpopo went to her mother's side, she looked up at Inuyasha, who was resting by the side of the hut, one arm over his ribs. He stood up, wincing a bit painfully, and walked over to the young kit. He stopped with her just at his feet, his shadow looming over her, and she snorted. "I know *you* won't miss me so I'll just say goodbye and get it over wi--"
Abruptly he bent and rubbed the top of her head. "Don't get into any trouble you brat, or else I'll have to hunt you down and save you."
She stopped in mid-rant. Brat. That damned nickname. Her bottom lip quivered, and she whirled on him fiercely, despite the fact her tears had begun anew. "I'm not a brat, I'm Tanpopo~!! Inuyasha no AHOU!"
Inuyasha grinned and stood full height again, shrugging. "Go on, get outta here." But the words weren't harsh. And Tanpopo understood. Hastily she hugged his leg and as quickly as she had grabbed him, she had scampered to her mother's side. She turned back to look at the dear faces of the people who had rescued her.
Kirara.
Sango-san.
Miroku-sama.
Kagome-san.
And Inuyasha no ahou.
Quickly she said a silent goodbye to the missing pair, Tama-san and Shippou, and then she looked at the group who stood at Kaede's door. "Sa... Sayonara, minna."
And then she and Tsutsuji headed down the dirt road towards the west, their shadows stretching out on the earthen road before them just as the first orange light lit the sky.
Hidden in a nearby tree, a woman with wheat-colored hair watched the departure of Tanpopo and her mother with a wicked grin. "It is all going according to plan..."
~*~ To be continued ~*~
a/n :: She didn't come in as a big charrie but she went out like one, didn't she?! I luff Tanpopo, she's fun to draw. ^-^
Hey! And I managed some Inu/Kag fluff~!! ......::cricket chirp::..... I said that as if I NEVER manage fluff... (it would be more amazing if I managed Mir/San fluff Xx;;;;) But then Inuyasha is in his human form. He's sweeter in said form. When he turns back into a hanyou he'll go back to his demonic emotional defenses and get stupider with his blurbs and I can go back to sitting him without warning! Yaya! Lmao~
Okie ja~!
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~Tessen
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Disclaimer: X.x;;;;; ::twitch twitch::
Tessen's brother:: She's still unconscious from her last disclaimer subduing spell.
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To Be With You Tomorrow
Part Six :: Illusions
Chapter Seventeen :: Goodbye to the Fox called Dandelion
Tama sighed, pushing through the thick brush between a set of trees. Kagome-chan had decided to go home, but where the hell was her idiot brother? According to the others, he hated it when Kagome-chan returned to her world, so he had probably followed her to try and stop her. Tama was awaiting the inevitable "Osuwari" to help find her way to the bone-eater's well.
She wondered what Kagome's world was like. She had never been there --only Inuyasha had according to the group-- but reminding herself of the young miko's clothes and some of the odd things she drew from her yellow pack, Tama imagined it was quite a world.
Tama sniffed the air, trying to pinpoint her twin's location, and smelled him, as well as Kagome-chan and someone else. She jerked at the scent. *That is...!*
A kitsune scent, which was essentially just the smell of wood and fox fur, but this one was different. It had the scent of azaleas. Azaleas, which Tama had never smelled anywhere else but in the lower region of Japan.
She had come across them once. During her travels shortly after Inuyasha's "death" at the hands of Kikyou, she came across a young fox kit, half dead at the time. Tama, who had just lost her own daughter, had still felt that pain. The pain a mother feels when she loses her child.
She snatched up the baby, who was no older than Shippou was now, and took the auburn-haired mongrel in as her own. That baby had the same scent of the patch of azaleas Tama had found her in. The same scent she smelled now.
But that baby had grown up and gone home, home to her azalea patch, home to the west of Japan, and Tama was left with that pain of loss again. That loss which was once again mended over when they came across Tanpopo--
--who was that baby's own child.
Tama grit her teeth. *Tsu-chan~! You've returned!!!!*
~*~
"Please stop~!!!" Kagome threw herself at the kit, grabbing at her arm. "Stop! Please, let him go! Tsutsuji-san!!!"
The kitsune stopped in her attack, eyes widening, and in that moment, Inuyasha shoved with all of his might at her foot, sending the fluffy-tailed creature stumbling back. The hanyou coughed, his body trembling as he sucked in breath after precious breath.
Kagome helped him sit up, and he leaned against her, still coughing violently, his breath hoarse and raspy. He swallowed a few times, the bitter taste in the back of his mouth making him gag. Kagome looked up at the kitsune, who was shaking, her face stricken, and she looked as if she might burst into tears.
"How did you know.. my name?" she demanded, and Kagome lowered her face. "Your daughter... told me. Tsutsuji-san, you're really... Tanpopo-chan's mother, aren't you?! Tsutsuji of Sakura Forest~!"
"Or, Azalea Forest in western Japan, to be more precise."
They all looked up then, and Tama stood at the edge of the clearing, her face taut. Her yellow eyes fell on Tsutsuji with mixed emotions, and Tsutsuji gasped. "..Ta... Tama-san...!"
At the obvious recognition between the kit and Tama, Kagome and Inuyasha both looked irked, and they exchanged a glance silently as Tsutsuji raced over to Tama. The kitsune stared at the hanyou for a moment before she burst into tears and flung herself into the hanyou's open arms. "Tama-san!"
"Okaan!!!" Tsutsuji jerked back suddenly at the much younger voice, turning to see a small tan-colored puff racing to her, and she reached out and snatched up Tanpopo as she bowled the older kit over, tears streaming down her face. "Okaan! Okaan!! You came back!!!"
"I told you that I would! But when I returned to the village, I found the scent of this pathetic hanyou brat and those humans, and I just knew something had happened to you." Tsutsuji accused, glaring at Kagome and Inuyasha, and Tama narrowed her eyes. "Tsutsuji, apologize to my brother, he didn't kidnap Tanpopo-chan, and neither did the others."
Tsutsuji snorted. "I will not. My daughter would never have disobeyed me. If I said stay in the village she would have. Most certainly she was taken--"
"Okaan, please apologize to Inuyasha!!"
The argument stopped almost immediately, and Tsutsuji looked down at her daughter. Tanpopo looked angrily at her mother, her little face covered with pride.
"Inuyasha... he's a good man. A bit dumb, totally selfish, arrogant, rude and a hanyou to boot... but he saved me. Ever since the day I met him and Tama-san and Kagome-san and Shippou and the others... they've done nothing but befriend me! I'm glad I met them, and.. I'm proud to know them. I know you were just protecting me, but... please apologize to Inuyasha. And to Kagome-san."
Kagome smiled. *Tanpopo-chan...*
Tsutsuji glared at her daughter reprehensively. "Why did you defy me? I told you I would be back after I got the sacred Shikon shards from the west! I told you to stay at home. And you defied me."
"I... I..." Tanpopo faltered, and Kagome stood, supporting Inuyasha.
"She was lonely. She can't be blamed for leaving that place. You are the only one to blame."
Tsutsuji turned to look at Kagome and Inuyasha, and Kagome nodded. "You left a child of only 7 in that desecrated village, amongst deadly youkai, and corpses. Alone. Of course she would be scared, and lonely.. . She left of her own volition, Tsutsuji-san. We didn't make her."
Tsutsuji narrowed her eyes and looked down at Tanpopo. "You were lonely?"
A nod. Tsutsuji breathed out through her nose, calming a bit, and she set Tanpopo down on the ground. "Then... forgive me, Tanpopo." She turned and looked at Inuyasha and Kagome. "You two. Sorry for the misunderstanding."
Kagome deadpanned. *She doesn't sound incredibly apologetic...*
"Let's go, Tanpopo."
At that, everyone gasped, startled. Tanpopo looked at her mother fearfully. "Ok.. Okaan...??" The older kit nodded, eyes wide and innocent, the anger gone. "We're going home, so let's go."
"Home?" Tama demanded, "Back to that village?" Tsutsuji shook her head. "No, of course not, Tama-san. It was destroyed by those byouma. I have nothing there except my husband's remains, which I intend to retrieve. And then Tanpopo and I are returning to the west."
Kagome looked shocked. Back to the west? Osaka??? It was so far away. Little Tanpopo, their mischief maker, their heckler. Despite the girl's constant nagging and criticism, Kagome couldn't help but like the little brat. It felt... right, to wake up every morning and see two tan fluffs curled up together at her side. And Shippou adored her.
Tanpopo looked hesitant, but in the end, she nodded. "You're right, we should go back to Osaka."
"Back home, you mean?" Tsutsuji pressed, and Tanpopo nodded. "Yes, home..." Although the word didn't sound real.
Wasn't home... wherever you felt most comfortable? She turned to look at Tama and Kagome and Inuyasha. Her family. Her family ever since that day they had found her. No, she amended, these people weren't her family. Dear, closest friends. But not family. Tanpopo looked up at her family, her mother Tsutsuji. "But could.. we leave tomorrow morning instead? So I can... say goodbye to Shippou and the others properly."
After a moment, Tsutsuji nodded. "Yes. We'll leave in the morning instead." Tanpopo nodded, pursing her lips. She only had one night.
One last night with them.
~*~
"NO!"
Tanpopo bit her lip, trying not to cry as Shippou tugged persistently at her sleeve. "Tanpopo, you can't go away!! We're a family now, remember?? It's just you and me and Inuyasha and Kagome and Miroku and Sango and Tama and Kohaku and Kirara!! We have to stick together!!"
"But I was only staying for awhile, Shippou, you know that. I was just waiting for my okaan--"
"But... but..!!!"
"If your parents had come back, you would go wouldn't you?"
Shippou looked down, sniffling, and Tanpopo cheered for a moment. "I'll come back and visit you! I promise I will, so..." She hugged the little boy, sniffling in his hair. "So please don't cry."
Shippou hugged her back, tightly, and sniffled. "I don't want you to go away, Tanpopo. It's like losing my Otou and Okaa all over again..."
Tanpopo bit her lip, and hugged him tighter. "Shippou..."
~*~
"Ow!" Inuyasha flinched as Kagome gently applied an herbal salve to a cut on his cheek, and she bit her lip. "Sorry."
"I'm fine," he said, and Kagome gave him a deadpan stare. "Three broken ribs, a little internal bleeding, minor contusions and bruises elsewhere, not to mention reopening your shoulder wound. Even for you that's not little injuries."
He kehed. "It doesn't even hurt! --ow, ow..."
Kagome sniggered as she finished tying off the new shoulder dressing, and as she helped him pulled his shirt back over it, she said softly, "You take years off my life when you do stuff like that you know." He looked down at her, "Do stuff like what?"
"Jump up and protect me even though you're--"
"Would you stop it with that?!"
She blinked, looking at him seriously. Inuyasha looked mad, but he just sounded irritated, not to mention a bit hurt. His face softened. "You, Miroku and Sango believe in yourselves, you fight even though you're human. Can't I show you that I believe in myself even though I'm weaker than usual??"
Kagome blinked. Then she frowned softly. "I didn't know you felt that way... I.. kept protecting you because I thought you felt obliged to protect me even though you're human."
Inuyasha narrowed his dark eyes at her, and they seemed to darken even more. "You're not an obligation. I protect you because I want to."
He reached up and rubbed her cheek with the backs of his fingers, and a dark tendril of hair slipped in his hand. He twirled it around his finger, his smile widening. "I protect you because it would kill me to see you hurt. I protect you because I love you."
Kagome looked at him in surprise, and blinked then, laughing slightly. She leaned against him, hugging his arm, and sighed contentedly. "I'm glad you're okay."
~*~
As the sun rose up, lighting the sky a soft purple-blue color, Tsutsuji stood outside Kaede's hut, waiting for Tanpopo. The little girl was gathering her few belongings and she had them in a pouch over her shoulders, tied at her neck. Everyone was standing outside with Tsutsuji, waiting to say goodbye.
Tanpopo walked out and looked up at the sun, which was a bright, white-gray behind hidden clouds. It would be rain soon, a big storm. She turned her eyes on the others, and Kagome walked up, bending over and catching herself on her knees. There were tears in her eyes. "Be careful, okay?" the young miko told the kit, "We're going to miss you." Tanpopo nodded, sniffling and wiping at her eyes.
"I will."
"If you need any help, you know you can always come back to us," Miroku offered and Sango nodded, "We would always take you two in, no matter what." Her comment was complimented by a high-pitched mew from Kirara. Tanpopo nodded again, and looked around. "Where's Tama-san and Shippou?"
"Tama-chan and Shippou-chan... didn't think they would be able to handle you going. Tama-chan took Shippou-chan into the forest." Kagome said, averting her eyes, and Tanpopo looked down, disappointed. The two people she really wanted to say goodbye to were gone. She nodded. "Please tell them I said that I won't ever forget either of them, and that I *will* come to visit. Shippou didn't believe me."
Kagome smiled. "Of course."
As Tanpopo went to her mother's side, she looked up at Inuyasha, who was resting by the side of the hut, one arm over his ribs. He stood up, wincing a bit painfully, and walked over to the young kit. He stopped with her just at his feet, his shadow looming over her, and she snorted. "I know *you* won't miss me so I'll just say goodbye and get it over wi--"
Abruptly he bent and rubbed the top of her head. "Don't get into any trouble you brat, or else I'll have to hunt you down and save you."
She stopped in mid-rant. Brat. That damned nickname. Her bottom lip quivered, and she whirled on him fiercely, despite the fact her tears had begun anew. "I'm not a brat, I'm Tanpopo~!! Inuyasha no AHOU!"
Inuyasha grinned and stood full height again, shrugging. "Go on, get outta here." But the words weren't harsh. And Tanpopo understood. Hastily she hugged his leg and as quickly as she had grabbed him, she had scampered to her mother's side. She turned back to look at the dear faces of the people who had rescued her.
Kirara.
Sango-san.
Miroku-sama.
Kagome-san.
And Inuyasha no ahou.
Quickly she said a silent goodbye to the missing pair, Tama-san and Shippou, and then she looked at the group who stood at Kaede's door. "Sa... Sayonara, minna."
And then she and Tsutsuji headed down the dirt road towards the west, their shadows stretching out on the earthen road before them just as the first orange light lit the sky.
Hidden in a nearby tree, a woman with wheat-colored hair watched the departure of Tanpopo and her mother with a wicked grin. "It is all going according to plan..."
~*~ To be continued ~*~
a/n :: She didn't come in as a big charrie but she went out like one, didn't she?! I luff Tanpopo, she's fun to draw. ^-^
Hey! And I managed some Inu/Kag fluff~!! ......::cricket chirp::..... I said that as if I NEVER manage fluff... (it would be more amazing if I managed Mir/San fluff Xx;;;;) But then Inuyasha is in his human form. He's sweeter in said form. When he turns back into a hanyou he'll go back to his demonic emotional defenses and get stupider with his blurbs and I can go back to sitting him without warning! Yaya! Lmao~
Okie ja~!
~*~ V^-^V ~*~
~Tessen