Disclaimer- I still don't own 'Inuyasha' or 'Blue Gender' or anything to
that effect.
Ch9
Kagome had stayed up as long as she could, but SesshouMaru still hadn't returned. Slowly, the miko's eyes drifted shut, only to snap right back open when she felt something crash into her. The thing wrapped it's arms around her so tightly, she thought that her ribs were going to break. Gasping for air, Kagome pushed it away long enough to get a good look at the fox demon that had latched onto her. "Shippo!" she exclaimed before hugging him back.
SesshouMaru walked up to them, and looked down at the fox that was clinging to Kagome, almost as though he thought that she would disappear the second he let go. The demon lord decided that, despite the fact that he was starting to get a little bit jealous of the fox, he should not interfere with the moment. Sitting down by the well, SesshouMaru closed his eyes and used his other senses to make sure that nothing would catch him off guard.
Shippo let go of Kagome, and looked at her with tears streaming down his face, "Kagome! It's been such a long time since I've seen you."
"I bet it has," Kagome said, wiping the tears off of his face, "Shippo, what happened? Why is Earth like this?"
"It was really weird how it happened. Out of nowhere, these damned bugs just popped up and started to take over. It wasn't very long before they started to evolve at an alarming rate, and the humans retreated to space."
"What about the demons?" Kagome asked, voicing SesshouMaru's silent question.
Shippo sighed, "Well, by the time all this happened, most other demons had been captured for secret studies by humans, and others were dead. I lost contact with Hatchi, and Inuyasha over the years, and SesshouMaru... well I'm not sure if I could tell you."
"What do you mean?"
"It's just that... you and him got here through the well, right?" Kagome nodded, and Shippo continued, "It's just that... if I tell you what happened to him, then you'll both know the future, and you might try to change it."
"Why would either of us want to change the future?" Kagome got worried, "Dose anything bad happen?"
"Don't worry about it, alright, Kagome?" Shippo smiled, "Besides, you're the one that made me promise not to tell in the first place."
Kagome sighed, "Ok, fine. But, what about you? Can you tell me what you're doing all alone in a world like this?"
"I wasn't always alone," Shippo's expression saddened, "I did have a mate, and we would've had pups but..." he trailed off.
Kagome hugged Shippo, "Oh, Shippo, I'm so sorry."
Tears started to fall from Shippo's eyes again as he held Kagome tighter, "T-they didn't even wait until after the birth to attack... they just... and she... she..."
"You mean... they attacked while she was in labor?" Tears began to form in Kagome's eyes as Shippo nodded.
"I had left to go find food, and I was barely out of earshot when I heard her screams. I rushed back, but by the time I got there... she was dead, and the Blue had ripped our child the rest of the way out of her before they began to devour both of them. I killed them, and went strait for the nest where they came from... that's where I met up with SesshouMaru."
As SesshouMaru watched this, he added 'has compassion for others, and their troubles' to his mental lists of things that made Kagome different from other humans he's met throughout his lifespan. After a short while, they fell asleep, and SesshouMaru decided to move Shippo away from Kagome... far away from Kagome.
(((((((-)))))))
Yuji woke up before Marline, and was the first of the two to meet Shippo... just not in the way he wanted to. Someone had moved the sleeping fox demon by him and Marline, and now said demon was holding Yuji like a teddy-bear. When he tried to get away, Shippo squeezed harder, and mumbled something incoherent in his sleep. "Marline," Yuji whispered, "help me... please."
Marline's eyes opened a fraction as she mumbled, "Yuji... are the Blue attacking?"
"No but-" Yuji stopped talking when he realized that Marline had gone back to sleep after he said 'no'. Yuji sighed, as he waited for the demon to let him go.
SesshouMaru, who had been awake the whole time, smirked and almost laughed at the sight, as he wrapped his tail around Kagome, who had begun to shiver. The miko soon snuggled into his tail, and held part of it in the same manner Shippo was holding Yuji.
They stayed like this for a while, and SesshouMaru was beginning to lose all feeling in his tail, because Kagome's grip was cutting off circulation. The demon lord tried to pry the miko off of him, but that only resulted in her arms wrapping around his neck, and their grip tightening. SesshouMaru tried to push her away again, with very little success. Just as he was about to give it another try, he heard some laughing. Turning his head, the youkai saw something that almost made him drop his jaw... almost being the key word.
Standing before SesshouMaru was a human male, who had somehow managed to stay downwind of the demon, with long black hair and gold eyes, very similar to the demon lord's. SesshouMaru also noticed that the man's scent was very similar to Inuyasha's and, in he had not been paying close attention, SesshouMaru probebly would have mistaken him for Inuyasha.
"What do you want, half-breed?" SesshouMaru asked, irked by the other man's laughter.
The man rose an eyebrow, "Half-breed? I don't know what you're talk'n about. You look familiar... have I kicked your ass before?" SesshouMaru merely rose an eyebrow, and the man continued to speak, "You see," he said, "you happen to be on my lands, without my permission. I would demand you to leave now, but you seem to be preoccupied at the moment." The man started laughing again.
SesshouMaru growled, "Whelp, this SesshouMaru will not take that from you of all people!"
"From me of all people? Listen, you look familiar, but I doubt I've met you. After all," The man smirked, "I would've remembered mess'n up a pretty-boy face like yours."
SesshouMaru's eyes narrowed, "Watch yourself, whelp."
"Or what? You'll give me a bad make-over, Mr. Eye-shadow?"
Kagome, who was only awake enough to hear what was going, acted out of habit, "Inuyasha, osuwari!"
The man fell, face first, to the ground. When he could, the guy got up and glared at Kagome's sleeping form, "Wench, what the Hell was that?!"
"That," SesshouMaru said, "was an incantation, used to subdue lesser demons... or in your case, half-demons."
"Listen, I aint no half-demon, ok?!" The man growled, "Now, listen up, 'cause I'm only gonna say this once, I'm-"
He was cut off by Shippo, "Dude, shut up! Some of us are trying to sleep."
"And the rest of us," Yuji said, "are trying to get people to let go of us."
Shippo took a moment to realize that he was still clinging onto Yuji, and let go before jumping back, "Oh gross! Dude, what the Hell?!"
"SHUT UP!" The man yelled, "Now listen, I'm-"
Kagome yawned and opened her eyes, having been woken up by all the yelling, before saying, "Osuwari." And, again, the man plummeted, face- first, into the ground.
(Sorry for the shortness, but this is just a filler-chapter, designed to get a small laugh out here and there while I try to think of something to move the plot along. Review if you want, flames are always welcome ((the more brutal the better, I always say)). Bah-bye.)
Ch9
Kagome had stayed up as long as she could, but SesshouMaru still hadn't returned. Slowly, the miko's eyes drifted shut, only to snap right back open when she felt something crash into her. The thing wrapped it's arms around her so tightly, she thought that her ribs were going to break. Gasping for air, Kagome pushed it away long enough to get a good look at the fox demon that had latched onto her. "Shippo!" she exclaimed before hugging him back.
SesshouMaru walked up to them, and looked down at the fox that was clinging to Kagome, almost as though he thought that she would disappear the second he let go. The demon lord decided that, despite the fact that he was starting to get a little bit jealous of the fox, he should not interfere with the moment. Sitting down by the well, SesshouMaru closed his eyes and used his other senses to make sure that nothing would catch him off guard.
Shippo let go of Kagome, and looked at her with tears streaming down his face, "Kagome! It's been such a long time since I've seen you."
"I bet it has," Kagome said, wiping the tears off of his face, "Shippo, what happened? Why is Earth like this?"
"It was really weird how it happened. Out of nowhere, these damned bugs just popped up and started to take over. It wasn't very long before they started to evolve at an alarming rate, and the humans retreated to space."
"What about the demons?" Kagome asked, voicing SesshouMaru's silent question.
Shippo sighed, "Well, by the time all this happened, most other demons had been captured for secret studies by humans, and others were dead. I lost contact with Hatchi, and Inuyasha over the years, and SesshouMaru... well I'm not sure if I could tell you."
"What do you mean?"
"It's just that... you and him got here through the well, right?" Kagome nodded, and Shippo continued, "It's just that... if I tell you what happened to him, then you'll both know the future, and you might try to change it."
"Why would either of us want to change the future?" Kagome got worried, "Dose anything bad happen?"
"Don't worry about it, alright, Kagome?" Shippo smiled, "Besides, you're the one that made me promise not to tell in the first place."
Kagome sighed, "Ok, fine. But, what about you? Can you tell me what you're doing all alone in a world like this?"
"I wasn't always alone," Shippo's expression saddened, "I did have a mate, and we would've had pups but..." he trailed off.
Kagome hugged Shippo, "Oh, Shippo, I'm so sorry."
Tears started to fall from Shippo's eyes again as he held Kagome tighter, "T-they didn't even wait until after the birth to attack... they just... and she... she..."
"You mean... they attacked while she was in labor?" Tears began to form in Kagome's eyes as Shippo nodded.
"I had left to go find food, and I was barely out of earshot when I heard her screams. I rushed back, but by the time I got there... she was dead, and the Blue had ripped our child the rest of the way out of her before they began to devour both of them. I killed them, and went strait for the nest where they came from... that's where I met up with SesshouMaru."
As SesshouMaru watched this, he added 'has compassion for others, and their troubles' to his mental lists of things that made Kagome different from other humans he's met throughout his lifespan. After a short while, they fell asleep, and SesshouMaru decided to move Shippo away from Kagome... far away from Kagome.
(((((((-)))))))
Yuji woke up before Marline, and was the first of the two to meet Shippo... just not in the way he wanted to. Someone had moved the sleeping fox demon by him and Marline, and now said demon was holding Yuji like a teddy-bear. When he tried to get away, Shippo squeezed harder, and mumbled something incoherent in his sleep. "Marline," Yuji whispered, "help me... please."
Marline's eyes opened a fraction as she mumbled, "Yuji... are the Blue attacking?"
"No but-" Yuji stopped talking when he realized that Marline had gone back to sleep after he said 'no'. Yuji sighed, as he waited for the demon to let him go.
SesshouMaru, who had been awake the whole time, smirked and almost laughed at the sight, as he wrapped his tail around Kagome, who had begun to shiver. The miko soon snuggled into his tail, and held part of it in the same manner Shippo was holding Yuji.
They stayed like this for a while, and SesshouMaru was beginning to lose all feeling in his tail, because Kagome's grip was cutting off circulation. The demon lord tried to pry the miko off of him, but that only resulted in her arms wrapping around his neck, and their grip tightening. SesshouMaru tried to push her away again, with very little success. Just as he was about to give it another try, he heard some laughing. Turning his head, the youkai saw something that almost made him drop his jaw... almost being the key word.
Standing before SesshouMaru was a human male, who had somehow managed to stay downwind of the demon, with long black hair and gold eyes, very similar to the demon lord's. SesshouMaru also noticed that the man's scent was very similar to Inuyasha's and, in he had not been paying close attention, SesshouMaru probebly would have mistaken him for Inuyasha.
"What do you want, half-breed?" SesshouMaru asked, irked by the other man's laughter.
The man rose an eyebrow, "Half-breed? I don't know what you're talk'n about. You look familiar... have I kicked your ass before?" SesshouMaru merely rose an eyebrow, and the man continued to speak, "You see," he said, "you happen to be on my lands, without my permission. I would demand you to leave now, but you seem to be preoccupied at the moment." The man started laughing again.
SesshouMaru growled, "Whelp, this SesshouMaru will not take that from you of all people!"
"From me of all people? Listen, you look familiar, but I doubt I've met you. After all," The man smirked, "I would've remembered mess'n up a pretty-boy face like yours."
SesshouMaru's eyes narrowed, "Watch yourself, whelp."
"Or what? You'll give me a bad make-over, Mr. Eye-shadow?"
Kagome, who was only awake enough to hear what was going, acted out of habit, "Inuyasha, osuwari!"
The man fell, face first, to the ground. When he could, the guy got up and glared at Kagome's sleeping form, "Wench, what the Hell was that?!"
"That," SesshouMaru said, "was an incantation, used to subdue lesser demons... or in your case, half-demons."
"Listen, I aint no half-demon, ok?!" The man growled, "Now, listen up, 'cause I'm only gonna say this once, I'm-"
He was cut off by Shippo, "Dude, shut up! Some of us are trying to sleep."
"And the rest of us," Yuji said, "are trying to get people to let go of us."
Shippo took a moment to realize that he was still clinging onto Yuji, and let go before jumping back, "Oh gross! Dude, what the Hell?!"
"SHUT UP!" The man yelled, "Now listen, I'm-"
Kagome yawned and opened her eyes, having been woken up by all the yelling, before saying, "Osuwari." And, again, the man plummeted, face- first, into the ground.
(Sorry for the shortness, but this is just a filler-chapter, designed to get a small laugh out here and there while I try to think of something to move the plot along. Review if you want, flames are always welcome ((the more brutal the better, I always say)). Bah-bye.)