Disclaimer: No, don't own him yet...doubt whether I will ever. It sux not
owning him. If I did, he'd be right here. * points to chair beside me *
Inu: OW!! * rubs eye * just poke me, why don't cha?
Sara: I did, and Gomen, my Inu. (no, I don't own him, but he does live here.) Well, sorry for the lateness of this, but damn homework ahs kept me away. It sucked, because it's homework in art! The one class I am not supposed to have homework in! And, every time I got to writing this, I had to stop!! Mainly, because I had to mow a lot!! Grr... oh well, I get to type now, right?
"A Hanyou in the Heart" by Inu Faceness
Chapter Nine: Dinner with Family
Kagome and Inu Yasha walked to the door. Kagome was right, the smell of oden filled Inu Yasha's nasal passages. His mouth started watering and Kagome giggled. 'He's just an overgrown puppy!' she thought happily. She stopped in front of the large, dark-oak doors. She dropped Inu Yasha's hand and flared out her hair. He smiled at the motion. She placed one hand on the door and the other on the doorknob. Kagome pushed the door open and stepped in, the hanyou quickly following.
Inside the house was warm, trimmed with the comforting smell of oden coming from a sliding door leading, he supposed, to the kitchen. He and Kagome slipped off his shoes, much to his approval, dropped their book bags next to the shoes, and stepped up onto the wooden floor. Inu Yasha followed the schoolgirl through the hallway to the living room. The spacious room was decorated with family photos. Across the northern wall were school pictures of Kagome, showing how she had changed in appearance. The southern wall was covered in pictures of a boy through his few years of school.
Kagome led Inu Yasha to the couch and had him sit there. "I'm gonna go get my brother. You'll love him," she said with a wink and a small chuckle. He smiled at her and watched her leave. To his left was a picture frame. He picked it up. Inu Yasha traced the people in the picture with his right index finger. There was a slightly younger version of Kagome, wearing a blue two piece and her shoulder length hair up, standing next to the same younger boy, dressed in a pair of green swimming trunks and orange floatation devices. To their left, with his hand one the boy's shoulder, was an older man, his gray hair pulled into a tight ponytail. Standing to the right, her arm around Kagome's form, was a slightly older woman. 'Her mom,' he thought.
He replaced the picture and picked up another. This one was set in the wintertime, as said by the snow on the ground. There was another version of Kagome in this one, her hair was smoother and down, a red snowcap covering her head. She sat in the snow, her right arm up, protectively covering her face from a flying snowball, thrown by the young boy. 'Must be her brother,' he thought, smiling. "They're so happy..." he said lightly.
"Like that, do you...DEMON!" Inu Yasha looked up just in time to see a slip of paper stick to his face.
"What the-"Inu Yasha started as he pulled the paper off his face.
"GRANDPA!" Kagome's voice rang out through the room. She hurried over to Inu Yasha to help get the now three scrolls off Inu Yasha's face. (A/N: I don't know the name of the spell scrolls that Kagome's grandfather has...) "Grandpa, don't do that! He's a guest!" Kagome stood beside the couch with her arms crossed and a playful scowl set on her face. A young boy who had been standing in the opening to the room took a few steps forward. His face was colored in the children's innocence and shock.
"K...Kagome... is he...?" The small child went to his sister, his eyes still on the hanyou. His grasp went to Kagome's school skirt and he tugged. Kagome knelt down next to the boy.
She wrapped an arm around the child. "Sota, this is Inu Yasha. Inu Yasha, this is my little brother, Sota." As a formal gesture, Inu Yasha stuck his hand out. Sota hesitantly took it, feeling the strength and callused skin from the hanyou against his soft, pale flesh. He looked down at Inu Yasha's hand and saw claws. The boy sent his gaze to the older's ears and gulped.
"Hey, Kid," Inu Yasha said, smirking at the gulp, showing his pearly white fangs. Sota's eyes widened dramatically. Sota found his voice.
"Are you...?"
"A demon? Kinda, I'm a hanyou. Half demon." The eight year old smiled brightly. Inu Yasha was a little surprised at this. Most would start screaming.
"Your name's Inu Yasha, right? You wanna come play games with me?" As if on cue, Kagome's mother called that it was dinnertime. The boy's face instantly fell, but, as Inu Yasha stood up, he ruffled the boy's hair.
"Maybe afterwards, kid." Kagome lead Inu Yasha, Sota, and Grandpa into the dinning room. Taking the lead to sit next to Kagome, Inu Yasha folded his legs underneath him. Kagome sat to his left, Sota to his right. Kagome's grandfather and mother took their seats across from the three after the oden was placed on the table.
They ate in silence at first, Inu Yasha feeling the gazes of everyone but Kagome. After a few moments, Mrs. Higurashi cleared her throat, causing everyone to look at her.
"Kagome, are you going to introduce everyone to your new friend?" Inu Yasha nervously ate some oden as Kagome started.
"Inu Yasha," he looked up, "this is Mom, Grandpa, and Sota. Everyone, this is Songiya Inu Yasha." He nodded to everyone at the table and they all followed the suit.
"So, Inu Yasha," Mom started, taking a sip of the drink she served, "are you and Kagome dating?"
Time seemed to stop. All eyes were on the hanyou and the schoolgirl. Both were turning red, one more than the other. Kagome spoke up.
"Mother! Is that plausible dinner conversation?" Her face was beet red as she spoke. Sure, she'd love it if they were dating, but this wasn't something she wanted to speak about at the dinner table. Inu Yasha had to suppress an entertained chuckle as he saw Kagome's nervousness.
Her mother was unfazed. "Well, it isn't everyday that we have very nice looking boys eat over at our house on your behalf, Kagome." This statement only made Kagome's blush deepen. In order to save her own 'reputation' with Inu Yasha, she muttered her only response.
"I've had boys over before, mom." Again, she had said the wrong thing.
"Not as kawaii as this one." Inu Yasha looked up at Kagome's mother. He shockingly thanked her for the comment and she nodded in return. A smile appeared on his face as he and Sota tried to contain the laughter from witnessing a 'mother-daughter fight'. The rest of dinner was eaten in half silence. Inu Yasha and Sota played hand games under the table (like rock paper scissors) and Kagome sent glares to her mother.
Inu Yasha leaned back on his heels, stretching and sighing. "Thank you, Mrs. Higurashi, for the meal," he said, bowing slightly. She chuckled.
"Oh, don't be silly. You are welcome anytime. Your company was much enjoyed."
Inu Yasha looked at the time. It was nearly seven o'clock. There wasn't a reason for him to be intruding in their household any longer.
"I am grateful for the meal, but I am afraid I must be leaving." He placed his hands on the table and stood. Being so polite was kind of natural for him. He was taught to be kind in other's homes, because if he wasn't... Inu Yasha pushed the thought away, shuttering a bit when it had surfaced.
Kagome looked up at him, sorry for his leave. "What for, Inu Yasha?"
"FST homework." Kagome's mother decided now was as good as any to say something.
"Kagome, you brought your bag home, didn't you?" Kagome nodded uncertainly. What was her mother getting at? "You must have had homework then." Again, she nodded. "Then why don't you two do it together?"
Kagome and Inu Yasha both exchanged glances of shock. Both wanted to stay together (though neither would admit it) and having Mrs. Higurashi say something surprised them both. "Do you wanna?" she asked.
He shrugged. "Sure, if ya don't mind." Inside, this silver-haired schoolboy was celebrating like there was no tomorrow. He followed Kagome through the sliding wood doors, after bidding everyone a farewell, into the hallway where their bags were. Then, he followed her up the staircase.
For about two hours, they sat up in Kagome's room, working on homework and getting distracted by talking. Something had been nagging at the back of Kagome's mind, but had been ignoring. Ever since she had started talking to Inu Yasha, seeing how he was tense around her family, it had been growing. She looked up at Inu Yasha as he worked on a problem she had helped him figure out. She stared down at one that he had helped her with. Kagome sighed and stretched.
"Hey, Inu Yasha," Kagome said, resituating on her place on her bed by the hanyou.
"Huh?" he looked over, bottom lip half in his mouth in concentration.
Kagome put down her pencil, signaling she was complete with her homework. Inu Yasha did, too, after finishing writing. "Inu Yasha, what happened in America?" She didn't want to say it so suddenly, but she desperately wanted to know.
She noticed him visibly stiffen and heard a heavy sigh. He stood and put his books in his bag before slinging it over his shoulder. "Complicated stuff, Kagome. You wouldn't like it if you knew."
Kagome nodded sadly, standing and walking with Inu Yasha down to the front door. He slipped on his shoes and opened the door. Kagome put a hand on his shoulder.
"If you ever want to tell me, then I am here." He nodded and kissed her on the cheek, saying thanks and goodbye.
~*~END CHAPTER~*~
Ok, a long, LONG wait, I know. But, I didn't have the heart to post it before now. I am getting over a death. My dog, Baby, who turned 13 in December, was taken to the vet and put to sleep today. Well, I hope you all are satisfied with this chapter. Don't worry; the reason I am not updating quickly isn't because I am losing interest in this story. I already have up to chapter 12 planned out and same goes for 'The Dark Side'. Just, I have had a lot goin on in my life this week. Well, better go and work on 'The Dark Side' before the 'Siders' go postal on me. Later
Oh, and VGT: answers to your review: goodish-badish, not quite, maybe * shifty eyes *, yes, and yes.
Inu Face
Inu: OW!! * rubs eye * just poke me, why don't cha?
Sara: I did, and Gomen, my Inu. (no, I don't own him, but he does live here.) Well, sorry for the lateness of this, but damn homework ahs kept me away. It sucked, because it's homework in art! The one class I am not supposed to have homework in! And, every time I got to writing this, I had to stop!! Mainly, because I had to mow a lot!! Grr... oh well, I get to type now, right?
"A Hanyou in the Heart" by Inu Faceness
Chapter Nine: Dinner with Family
Kagome and Inu Yasha walked to the door. Kagome was right, the smell of oden filled Inu Yasha's nasal passages. His mouth started watering and Kagome giggled. 'He's just an overgrown puppy!' she thought happily. She stopped in front of the large, dark-oak doors. She dropped Inu Yasha's hand and flared out her hair. He smiled at the motion. She placed one hand on the door and the other on the doorknob. Kagome pushed the door open and stepped in, the hanyou quickly following.
Inside the house was warm, trimmed with the comforting smell of oden coming from a sliding door leading, he supposed, to the kitchen. He and Kagome slipped off his shoes, much to his approval, dropped their book bags next to the shoes, and stepped up onto the wooden floor. Inu Yasha followed the schoolgirl through the hallway to the living room. The spacious room was decorated with family photos. Across the northern wall were school pictures of Kagome, showing how she had changed in appearance. The southern wall was covered in pictures of a boy through his few years of school.
Kagome led Inu Yasha to the couch and had him sit there. "I'm gonna go get my brother. You'll love him," she said with a wink and a small chuckle. He smiled at her and watched her leave. To his left was a picture frame. He picked it up. Inu Yasha traced the people in the picture with his right index finger. There was a slightly younger version of Kagome, wearing a blue two piece and her shoulder length hair up, standing next to the same younger boy, dressed in a pair of green swimming trunks and orange floatation devices. To their left, with his hand one the boy's shoulder, was an older man, his gray hair pulled into a tight ponytail. Standing to the right, her arm around Kagome's form, was a slightly older woman. 'Her mom,' he thought.
He replaced the picture and picked up another. This one was set in the wintertime, as said by the snow on the ground. There was another version of Kagome in this one, her hair was smoother and down, a red snowcap covering her head. She sat in the snow, her right arm up, protectively covering her face from a flying snowball, thrown by the young boy. 'Must be her brother,' he thought, smiling. "They're so happy..." he said lightly.
"Like that, do you...DEMON!" Inu Yasha looked up just in time to see a slip of paper stick to his face.
"What the-"Inu Yasha started as he pulled the paper off his face.
"GRANDPA!" Kagome's voice rang out through the room. She hurried over to Inu Yasha to help get the now three scrolls off Inu Yasha's face. (A/N: I don't know the name of the spell scrolls that Kagome's grandfather has...) "Grandpa, don't do that! He's a guest!" Kagome stood beside the couch with her arms crossed and a playful scowl set on her face. A young boy who had been standing in the opening to the room took a few steps forward. His face was colored in the children's innocence and shock.
"K...Kagome... is he...?" The small child went to his sister, his eyes still on the hanyou. His grasp went to Kagome's school skirt and he tugged. Kagome knelt down next to the boy.
She wrapped an arm around the child. "Sota, this is Inu Yasha. Inu Yasha, this is my little brother, Sota." As a formal gesture, Inu Yasha stuck his hand out. Sota hesitantly took it, feeling the strength and callused skin from the hanyou against his soft, pale flesh. He looked down at Inu Yasha's hand and saw claws. The boy sent his gaze to the older's ears and gulped.
"Hey, Kid," Inu Yasha said, smirking at the gulp, showing his pearly white fangs. Sota's eyes widened dramatically. Sota found his voice.
"Are you...?"
"A demon? Kinda, I'm a hanyou. Half demon." The eight year old smiled brightly. Inu Yasha was a little surprised at this. Most would start screaming.
"Your name's Inu Yasha, right? You wanna come play games with me?" As if on cue, Kagome's mother called that it was dinnertime. The boy's face instantly fell, but, as Inu Yasha stood up, he ruffled the boy's hair.
"Maybe afterwards, kid." Kagome lead Inu Yasha, Sota, and Grandpa into the dinning room. Taking the lead to sit next to Kagome, Inu Yasha folded his legs underneath him. Kagome sat to his left, Sota to his right. Kagome's grandfather and mother took their seats across from the three after the oden was placed on the table.
They ate in silence at first, Inu Yasha feeling the gazes of everyone but Kagome. After a few moments, Mrs. Higurashi cleared her throat, causing everyone to look at her.
"Kagome, are you going to introduce everyone to your new friend?" Inu Yasha nervously ate some oden as Kagome started.
"Inu Yasha," he looked up, "this is Mom, Grandpa, and Sota. Everyone, this is Songiya Inu Yasha." He nodded to everyone at the table and they all followed the suit.
"So, Inu Yasha," Mom started, taking a sip of the drink she served, "are you and Kagome dating?"
Time seemed to stop. All eyes were on the hanyou and the schoolgirl. Both were turning red, one more than the other. Kagome spoke up.
"Mother! Is that plausible dinner conversation?" Her face was beet red as she spoke. Sure, she'd love it if they were dating, but this wasn't something she wanted to speak about at the dinner table. Inu Yasha had to suppress an entertained chuckle as he saw Kagome's nervousness.
Her mother was unfazed. "Well, it isn't everyday that we have very nice looking boys eat over at our house on your behalf, Kagome." This statement only made Kagome's blush deepen. In order to save her own 'reputation' with Inu Yasha, she muttered her only response.
"I've had boys over before, mom." Again, she had said the wrong thing.
"Not as kawaii as this one." Inu Yasha looked up at Kagome's mother. He shockingly thanked her for the comment and she nodded in return. A smile appeared on his face as he and Sota tried to contain the laughter from witnessing a 'mother-daughter fight'. The rest of dinner was eaten in half silence. Inu Yasha and Sota played hand games under the table (like rock paper scissors) and Kagome sent glares to her mother.
Inu Yasha leaned back on his heels, stretching and sighing. "Thank you, Mrs. Higurashi, for the meal," he said, bowing slightly. She chuckled.
"Oh, don't be silly. You are welcome anytime. Your company was much enjoyed."
Inu Yasha looked at the time. It was nearly seven o'clock. There wasn't a reason for him to be intruding in their household any longer.
"I am grateful for the meal, but I am afraid I must be leaving." He placed his hands on the table and stood. Being so polite was kind of natural for him. He was taught to be kind in other's homes, because if he wasn't... Inu Yasha pushed the thought away, shuttering a bit when it had surfaced.
Kagome looked up at him, sorry for his leave. "What for, Inu Yasha?"
"FST homework." Kagome's mother decided now was as good as any to say something.
"Kagome, you brought your bag home, didn't you?" Kagome nodded uncertainly. What was her mother getting at? "You must have had homework then." Again, she nodded. "Then why don't you two do it together?"
Kagome and Inu Yasha both exchanged glances of shock. Both wanted to stay together (though neither would admit it) and having Mrs. Higurashi say something surprised them both. "Do you wanna?" she asked.
He shrugged. "Sure, if ya don't mind." Inside, this silver-haired schoolboy was celebrating like there was no tomorrow. He followed Kagome through the sliding wood doors, after bidding everyone a farewell, into the hallway where their bags were. Then, he followed her up the staircase.
For about two hours, they sat up in Kagome's room, working on homework and getting distracted by talking. Something had been nagging at the back of Kagome's mind, but had been ignoring. Ever since she had started talking to Inu Yasha, seeing how he was tense around her family, it had been growing. She looked up at Inu Yasha as he worked on a problem she had helped him figure out. She stared down at one that he had helped her with. Kagome sighed and stretched.
"Hey, Inu Yasha," Kagome said, resituating on her place on her bed by the hanyou.
"Huh?" he looked over, bottom lip half in his mouth in concentration.
Kagome put down her pencil, signaling she was complete with her homework. Inu Yasha did, too, after finishing writing. "Inu Yasha, what happened in America?" She didn't want to say it so suddenly, but she desperately wanted to know.
She noticed him visibly stiffen and heard a heavy sigh. He stood and put his books in his bag before slinging it over his shoulder. "Complicated stuff, Kagome. You wouldn't like it if you knew."
Kagome nodded sadly, standing and walking with Inu Yasha down to the front door. He slipped on his shoes and opened the door. Kagome put a hand on his shoulder.
"If you ever want to tell me, then I am here." He nodded and kissed her on the cheek, saying thanks and goodbye.
~*~END CHAPTER~*~
Ok, a long, LONG wait, I know. But, I didn't have the heart to post it before now. I am getting over a death. My dog, Baby, who turned 13 in December, was taken to the vet and put to sleep today. Well, I hope you all are satisfied with this chapter. Don't worry; the reason I am not updating quickly isn't because I am losing interest in this story. I already have up to chapter 12 planned out and same goes for 'The Dark Side'. Just, I have had a lot goin on in my life this week. Well, better go and work on 'The Dark Side' before the 'Siders' go postal on me. Later
Oh, and VGT: answers to your review: goodish-badish, not quite, maybe * shifty eyes *, yes, and yes.
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