A/N: Just a reminder, this is the last chapter that Naoko Cat Girl wrote, all following chapters are by me.
Disclaimer: -wails- Why??? Why can't he be mine?!? "Shut up already!" -shoe comes flying through the air- -thwap- -passes out-
Half and Half
Chapter 9- Spoons and Pocky
"NANI???"
The monk and the youkai exterminator tried to calm the frantic fox kit.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE'S A HANYOU?"
Miroku sighed and tried to explain the spell and what had gone wrong, but his audience had disappeared.
"I'm gonna go find them!" The kitsune cried, and ran off in the general direction of Kaede's hut.
Sango tried to stop him, but he was gone in a flash.
"Well, I suppose there's nothing we can do but follow him," she sighed.
"I dunno, I can think of a few more interesting things we could do instead." Miroku said, his quirked eyebrows hinting at what he had in mind.
Whap!
"Ouch…"
"Once a pervert, always a pervert," Sango growled.
Kagome peered over her cards at Inuyasha. She grabbed the card he passed to her, looked at, then passed it along. Her hand snaked towards the center of the table, lightly grabbed a spoon, and snaked back. She continued to pass the cards and wait. Souta noticed the missing spoon first, and quickly grabbed another. Inuyasha was trying to deal with all the cards in his hand at once, his eyebrows slanted in frustration as he threw a handful of cards to Kagome.
"Slow down," he growled to Mrs. Higurashi, who grabbed the next spoon. Ji- chan looked up next and grabbed the last spoon. Kagome burst into a fit of giggles.
"What're you laughing at, wench?" he growled at her, then noticed the spoon in her hand. He looked to the table, but the spoons were already taken.
"Da-" he barely stopped himself from cursing, seeing the disapproving look on Mrs. Higurashi's face.
"That's another 'O' for you!" Kagome shouted happily. "The almighty hanyou with the super senses, losing a game of Spoons." She laughed.
"Where'd you learn this card game anyways?" Souta asked.
"Uh, I think it was an American foreign exchange student in my class a year or two ago," Kagome replied.
"Well I think it's stupid," Inuyasha said gruffly.
"That's just cause you're a sore loser." Kagome stuck out her tongue. She hadn't lost a round yet. In fact, Inuyasha had been the loser for all the past rounds except one, when he happened to look up at just the right time to grab the last spoon right before Souta did. Oh, how he had gloated after that, sitting with his smug 'I'm better than you and I know it,' look, which only amused the family instead of intimidating them like it was supposed to.
Inuyasha hadn't quite understood the point of these card thingies. They didn't seem to serve much purpose, you couldn't eat them, or use them as weapons, and when you won a game, you didn't get any sort of prize or anything for your trouble. Kagome said they weren't supposed to serve a purpose, that they were just for 'fun.' In fact, a lot of the things from her time seemed to be just for fun, like those video game thingies on that possessed 'TV' box. Inuyasha was still confused how the things inside the box were there without smell, and Kagome just went into an even more confusing explanation that involved strange words like 'satellites,' and something about a picture being sent by some kind of waves. Inuyasha got bored and changed the subject.
Kagome eventually gave up trying to explain the things of her time, as the technology was unimaginable to anyone from the Sengoku Jidai, so she just attributed it to a different kind of magic. Inuyasha really didn't care too much anyways. The black box was loud and annoying and not nearly as useful as that 'stove' thingy he had made the ramen on.
"Inuyasha, what do you want to do now?" Kagome asked when the card game was over, Inuyasha inevitably losing, with the word 'spoons' written in English letters with blue ink on his hand.
"Can I get this stuff off my hand now?" Inuyasha asked.
"Sure. Come on."
Kagome led him into the bathroom and showed him how to use the sink. She wrinkled her now-sensitive nose as she entered.
"I never realized how much this room really smells," she said. It was true, the intermixing smells of bleach, urine, air freshener, and soap made it quite a pungent place. They had gone almost unnoticed by her human nose. That reminded her.
"Inuyasha, are you going to take me to learn how to track and stuff today?"
Inuyasha looked at her in surprise. "I thought you would want to stay with your family for the rest of the day."
Kagome pouted, "But I really wanted to go today!"
Inuyasha looked at her in disbelief. "Kagome, you haven't been with your family in weeks. You always like to come back."
"But I can always come another day," she said. "Why are you wanting me to stay here? You used to never want me to come back."
Inuyasha looked to the ground.
"That's because... I used to be afraid that if you came back here... you wouldn't ever come back to me. You had so much here, I never could believe you would actually want to stay in my age with me."
Kagome looked at him in wonder. "Really? But I always came back!"
"That's why I eventually came to trust that you would stay with me," he said quietly. "Stay with your family today, who knows, it might be a while before you see them again. Plus, you have to make plans for that 'party' thing of yours."
Kagome nodded. "That's right... Okay, but we can go tomorrow, right?"
Inuyasha nodded. "Of course."
She smiled and went off to find her mom. Inuyasha watched her leave, and sucked in his breath. He hadn't told her the real reason why he wanted her to stay. Watching her and her mother together, seeing the was Souta adored her, and Jii-chan was protective of her, he saw that she belonged. She had a family, a real one. The one thing he had never had. He wanted her to enjoy it, not waste a minute of it, because it was more precious than she knew.
And, maybe, by watching them, he could pretend he was a part of it.
Aw… poor Inuyasha! He only has them for his family, at least he has them though. Well, now it's on to my original writing because this was where Naoko Cat Girl just up and left it! Review!
-Mari
Disclaimer: -wails- Why??? Why can't he be mine?!? "Shut up already!" -shoe comes flying through the air- -thwap- -passes out-
Half and Half
Chapter 9- Spoons and Pocky
"NANI???"
The monk and the youkai exterminator tried to calm the frantic fox kit.
"WHAT DO YOU MEAN SHE'S A HANYOU?"
Miroku sighed and tried to explain the spell and what had gone wrong, but his audience had disappeared.
"I'm gonna go find them!" The kitsune cried, and ran off in the general direction of Kaede's hut.
Sango tried to stop him, but he was gone in a flash.
"Well, I suppose there's nothing we can do but follow him," she sighed.
"I dunno, I can think of a few more interesting things we could do instead." Miroku said, his quirked eyebrows hinting at what he had in mind.
Whap!
"Ouch…"
"Once a pervert, always a pervert," Sango growled.
Kagome peered over her cards at Inuyasha. She grabbed the card he passed to her, looked at, then passed it along. Her hand snaked towards the center of the table, lightly grabbed a spoon, and snaked back. She continued to pass the cards and wait. Souta noticed the missing spoon first, and quickly grabbed another. Inuyasha was trying to deal with all the cards in his hand at once, his eyebrows slanted in frustration as he threw a handful of cards to Kagome.
"Slow down," he growled to Mrs. Higurashi, who grabbed the next spoon. Ji- chan looked up next and grabbed the last spoon. Kagome burst into a fit of giggles.
"What're you laughing at, wench?" he growled at her, then noticed the spoon in her hand. He looked to the table, but the spoons were already taken.
"Da-" he barely stopped himself from cursing, seeing the disapproving look on Mrs. Higurashi's face.
"That's another 'O' for you!" Kagome shouted happily. "The almighty hanyou with the super senses, losing a game of Spoons." She laughed.
"Where'd you learn this card game anyways?" Souta asked.
"Uh, I think it was an American foreign exchange student in my class a year or two ago," Kagome replied.
"Well I think it's stupid," Inuyasha said gruffly.
"That's just cause you're a sore loser." Kagome stuck out her tongue. She hadn't lost a round yet. In fact, Inuyasha had been the loser for all the past rounds except one, when he happened to look up at just the right time to grab the last spoon right before Souta did. Oh, how he had gloated after that, sitting with his smug 'I'm better than you and I know it,' look, which only amused the family instead of intimidating them like it was supposed to.
Inuyasha hadn't quite understood the point of these card thingies. They didn't seem to serve much purpose, you couldn't eat them, or use them as weapons, and when you won a game, you didn't get any sort of prize or anything for your trouble. Kagome said they weren't supposed to serve a purpose, that they were just for 'fun.' In fact, a lot of the things from her time seemed to be just for fun, like those video game thingies on that possessed 'TV' box. Inuyasha was still confused how the things inside the box were there without smell, and Kagome just went into an even more confusing explanation that involved strange words like 'satellites,' and something about a picture being sent by some kind of waves. Inuyasha got bored and changed the subject.
Kagome eventually gave up trying to explain the things of her time, as the technology was unimaginable to anyone from the Sengoku Jidai, so she just attributed it to a different kind of magic. Inuyasha really didn't care too much anyways. The black box was loud and annoying and not nearly as useful as that 'stove' thingy he had made the ramen on.
"Inuyasha, what do you want to do now?" Kagome asked when the card game was over, Inuyasha inevitably losing, with the word 'spoons' written in English letters with blue ink on his hand.
"Can I get this stuff off my hand now?" Inuyasha asked.
"Sure. Come on."
Kagome led him into the bathroom and showed him how to use the sink. She wrinkled her now-sensitive nose as she entered.
"I never realized how much this room really smells," she said. It was true, the intermixing smells of bleach, urine, air freshener, and soap made it quite a pungent place. They had gone almost unnoticed by her human nose. That reminded her.
"Inuyasha, are you going to take me to learn how to track and stuff today?"
Inuyasha looked at her in surprise. "I thought you would want to stay with your family for the rest of the day."
Kagome pouted, "But I really wanted to go today!"
Inuyasha looked at her in disbelief. "Kagome, you haven't been with your family in weeks. You always like to come back."
"But I can always come another day," she said. "Why are you wanting me to stay here? You used to never want me to come back."
Inuyasha looked to the ground.
"That's because... I used to be afraid that if you came back here... you wouldn't ever come back to me. You had so much here, I never could believe you would actually want to stay in my age with me."
Kagome looked at him in wonder. "Really? But I always came back!"
"That's why I eventually came to trust that you would stay with me," he said quietly. "Stay with your family today, who knows, it might be a while before you see them again. Plus, you have to make plans for that 'party' thing of yours."
Kagome nodded. "That's right... Okay, but we can go tomorrow, right?"
Inuyasha nodded. "Of course."
She smiled and went off to find her mom. Inuyasha watched her leave, and sucked in his breath. He hadn't told her the real reason why he wanted her to stay. Watching her and her mother together, seeing the was Souta adored her, and Jii-chan was protective of her, he saw that she belonged. She had a family, a real one. The one thing he had never had. He wanted her to enjoy it, not waste a minute of it, because it was more precious than she knew.
And, maybe, by watching them, he could pretend he was a part of it.
Aw… poor Inuyasha! He only has them for his family, at least he has them though. Well, now it's on to my original writing because this was where Naoko Cat Girl just up and left it! Review!
-Mari