A.N: "Some of you may have noticed that I combined most of the
chapters, making them longer than before. I will only do this for a
few more chapters that I believe are way to short. Please forgive me
for not posting right away. I am restricted from using the net but I
will continue to find a way to post the chapters for you even if it
takes a while.
"A Wrong Turn"
Chapter 5.
A snip it from the last chapter.
Sango and Miroku entered the campsite only to have Inu Yasha ask where Kagome and Shippou were and Miroku told him that she'd be along in no time, he even told Inu Yasha about Sango's and his engagement. When a breeze brought the scent of death to Inu Yasha's nose. Now on with the story.
"So we might as well set up camp until she gets here." Sango stated with a firm voice. She, began to unpack and make the sleeping area, while Miroku, started a fire, and gathered the small deer, skewering the deer on a long thick branch cooking it. When he began talking to Inu Yasha....
"I meant nothing by it, I assure you Inu Yasha, its only obvious, that something had changed your attitude, and it's rather ironic, that our Kagome-sama and Shippo-chan are not here." Miroku said, with a hint of humor.
"Kuso!" He said, with a snort.
"Like I give a damn about that baka. She is nothing but my shard detector. I'll give that baka twenty minutes. if she doesn't show, I WILL DRAG THAT BITCH HERE." Inu Yasha stated angrily. Miroku shivered at his tone of voice, but he knew Inu Yasha wouldn't harm Kagome.
{Back with Kagome and Shippo}
'What if, Kikyou was telling the truth.... Then what, am I supposed to do.'
'Humph. I guess, I will have to talk to Miroku and Sango, if not them then Kailie-Sama, they may know of this so called lost prophecy.'
"Kagome, Kagome, Hello! Kaagommee, are you all right". Shippo asked with concern.
Coming out of her revere "Humm."
"Oh sorry Shippo, did you want something." Kagome said apologetically.
"I think we took a wrong turn" Shippo said with concern.
"I think your right Kit." "Can you smell where the others are, or where the waterfall is." She asked calmly.
"Sure I can, Okaasan." With his chest lightly puffed out and a gleam in his eye, Shippou sniffed the air to locate their friends. "I found them, there, over to the left."
"That's great! Shippou," Kagome chimed happily to her Kit while stroking his hair.
"We better hurry or we'll have an angry Inu Yasha on our hands, and I am not ready to hear his mouth." Dismay written on her face as they continued in the correct direction to join their friends.
"I'm sure Inu Yasha will be his annoying self." Shippo stated.
"I mean he may yell at us, but you could always sit him till, what are those words you use sometimes....., Aaa...ha, that's it! When the cows come home." Shippo said with laughter in his voice and a huge grin on his face as Kagome ruffles his hair..
"Yeah, things will never change with that mutt." Kagome pauses in her step sensing a powerful demonic aura with a jewel shard.
"What's wrong Okaasan?" Shippo asked fearing the worst.
"I sense, a powerful youkai with a jewel shard. It's close real close." She said in a hurried whisper. She glowed a light purple and erected a barrier around her and Shippo. She took her bow from her shoulder and an enchanted arrow from the quiver and got in ready stance for an attack. Shippo perched himself on Kagome's shoulder, and looked on with awe at the power he sensed from his Okaasan.
Why is it that he spent so much of his precious time hiding and observing. Instead of acting and taking. This perfection baffled him more now than before. He, himself had to admit he was curious, as to why they caught so much of his attention. He was, stumped, and could not bring himself to just leave no matter how much he fought his inner self. His instincts, refused to let his mind, just will these long awaited temptations away. In addition, when his Youkai decided to take action, that was when he secretly marked her with his scent, and merged some of his Youki with her own. 'Damned hormones.' He thought. What Kagome did not know was that this youkai, was not going to attack her. He considered her, as HIS. He wondered how she knew he was there. He hid his scent and cloaked his aura. This caused him to rethink his strategies, a bit.
'She is a miko, that much I already know, but what is this other power she has hidden. This power, it draws this Yoko Kurama, to her. I have never seen such power from her before. Even her aura, and scent has changed, she has gained more power after she had, accepted this union. What is she? I must learn more about her.' He patiently waited, for her next course of action.
"I know you are there, and that you have a shard of the Shikon No Tama. Therefore, you might as well show yourself, and hand it over. Youkai." Kagome called out.
"But instead your acting like a coward and continue to hide from me." She said, with a humiliating tone of voice. Kagome's is trying to badger the youkai, by trying to humiliate him so he would show himself. Her words went on deaf ears. Not even he was willing to give his position yet. When all he wants to do is, watch HIS, bishojo ningen, and Kit that has intoxicated his very mind and soul, with such powerful illusions, earning them respect and acceptance.
This is quite a predicament! He has found himself in! Being intrigued by their strange union as mother and child, along with the power and beauty she possesses, lets not forget the shards of the Shikon No Tama that she holds.'
"You, Arrogant Stubborn Youkai, Come Out!" Kagome bantered.
"If your going to attack us, then at least show some honor! Unless you're a chicken and I doubt chickens, have any honor. That must mean You Are A Weak, Coward That Prey's On Helpless Victims!!! Which I Am Not!!! Is that why you hide and carry a shard of the Shikon Jewel to corrupt its purity by using it to gain strength! Weakling your not worth my time." Kagome stated, wanting to leave already so she turned taking a few steps in the barrier. After the insulting words, he did the obvious. He called out to her in his seductively smooth voice..
"I am not weak nor a coward I assure you my dear. I wish no harm nor want to harm you or your Kit. I am merely observing your interactions with the Kitsune cub. Even I have to admit, that You have caught this Yoko Kurama, off guard!" He said, in a deep silky and mesmerizing voice.
"Why? Would a Miko-ningen such as yourself, travel and adopt this Shippo a Kitsune as your own pup, when miko's kill youkai? As for the Shikon jewel shard, I had obtained it from a lowly Tori-Youkai, just a while ago. I do not need its power! However, its beautiful glow of purity entrances this Yoko Kurama!" He continued in his smooth seductive voice that could melt butter. Kagome was taken back from what he said, she voiced her answer, to this Yoko Kurama.
"What! I maybe a miko but I do not always kill youkai, only in defense or for protection. I assure you I am quite different from the miko's you seem to know. I adore all life and believe that each are equal and unique at the same time, as for why I adopted Shippo, I had grown to love him and he needed a mother's love. I had talked Inu Yasha into letting Shippo stay with us and believe me he didn't like it too well but in the end I won. I am Shippo's Okaasan." She continued, in a delicate sweet manner..
"I cannot let harm come to my Shippo, nor to any of my friends, I will die protecting them! Be thy Human, Hanyou, Youkai, Tenchi, or Kami, we are all living breathing creatures and we all have a heart, and soul. She continued as her voice carried, compassion, and love.
"My friends! They protect me even though they know I can fight and defend myself but they insist on it. They even try fight my battles and I refuse to let them. But, I assure you this Higurashi, Kagome can and will do what is needed in order to ensure everyone's safety." She said, in a sweet tone of authority.
"Indeed, and I understand why! My Dearest Kagome! I assure you that, no harm will befall, you or your Kit. As for this hanyou Inu Yasha that protects you so dearly and claims you as his, then why does he go off running to see that walking dead corpse? He degrades you, shames you and even hurts you mentally yet you still accompany him, Why? You are strong, your beautiful, and you have power! You need protection for your mind, heart and soul! You do not need protection for your body, but who will protect you from your protector who has hurt you the most? He knows you are different that is what he fears. You may smell that of a ningen, but your scent is of bara's (roses) and my, my, my shinrin (forest). That is, something else as well!"
"And what is the untapped power you possess, My Koishii? You are truly a bishojo treasure. You are beautiful! My Dearest Kagome I shall prove to you that such lives, allow beauty to accompany beauty! "
With that said, he removed a glowing untainted jewel shard from his haori pocket and a white rose from his hair, using some of his Elemental Youki Magic or Ki (hope I spelled it right, the growing of vines, and plant life.) to tie the jewel shard to the rose and tossed it to her.
He then said, "A gift, for the one, I truly treasure." He then retreated into the forest. This left a dumbfounded, Kagome lowering her shield and catching the white rose before it could fall completely to the ground. She no longer worried about Yoko being a threat. She had put her arrow back in her quiver and slung the bow over her shoulder stroking Shippo's tail as he crawled into her arms making him relax, so he would not worry about their little confrontation.
Kagome then took time to look at the gift, that's when she noticed a small glowing fragment of the jewel shard, tied to the rose. Kagome let out a gasp and Shippo looked at her to see what she had gasped about. When he to, let out a sigh of shock and relief.
"Oh my gosh, it's a jewel shard, Shippo!" She exclaimed happily.
"H....ow...how did he know?" (She's thinking about how he knew she is the protector of the jewel). "Oh wow! I can't believe He, a youkai, I mean Yoko Kurama, gave me his jewel shard, and its not tainted, and without fighting, for it." Kagome, said stunned, by his gesture.
As Shippo, just looked at her, with a dumb look. Not knowing what to say to her and just nodded. She then proceeded to smell the beautiful rose, that Yoko Kurama, a stranger, and a youkai for that matter, had given her.
"So....sooo. beautiful, and I love the smell of a roses.... Ummm." She whispered.
Her words floated through the air reaching a certain youkai, and he chuckled with a smirk on his face as he continued his objective. The campsite.
Shippo, witnessed some of the power his Okaa-san had. However, he said nothing hoping that she would tell him eventually.
He could tell that even his Okaasan was lost for words this time round, when Yoko Kurama, sweet talked his mother with that voice, and gave her a jewel shard, with the white courting rose.
'I am sure she doesn't know what it means, when he tossed the rose to her! And then to find the jewel shard as well, and accept it.
"Wow! My Okaasan, gots it real bad." He said to himself. As they continued walking. In addition, Kagome, absent-mindedly sniffed and continue to sniff the rose.
'Uh,.Humm, Wow!!! That will be great if they mate.... I would have a real family.' Shippo, said, with a smile on his face. As they made their way back to the others.
END CHAPTER.
I hope you liked this chapter, I took my time writing it. I must admit, I know what you are thinking! Yoko in this story threw Kagome a white rose, yes that is true, however it is a courting rose not his normal everyday rose-whip rose. Let me know what you thought....Review.... Peace
chapters, making them longer than before. I will only do this for a
few more chapters that I believe are way to short. Please forgive me
for not posting right away. I am restricted from using the net but I
will continue to find a way to post the chapters for you even if it
takes a while.
"A Wrong Turn"
Chapter 5.
A snip it from the last chapter.
Sango and Miroku entered the campsite only to have Inu Yasha ask where Kagome and Shippou were and Miroku told him that she'd be along in no time, he even told Inu Yasha about Sango's and his engagement. When a breeze brought the scent of death to Inu Yasha's nose. Now on with the story.
"So we might as well set up camp until she gets here." Sango stated with a firm voice. She, began to unpack and make the sleeping area, while Miroku, started a fire, and gathered the small deer, skewering the deer on a long thick branch cooking it. When he began talking to Inu Yasha....
"I meant nothing by it, I assure you Inu Yasha, its only obvious, that something had changed your attitude, and it's rather ironic, that our Kagome-sama and Shippo-chan are not here." Miroku said, with a hint of humor.
"Kuso!" He said, with a snort.
"Like I give a damn about that baka. She is nothing but my shard detector. I'll give that baka twenty minutes. if she doesn't show, I WILL DRAG THAT BITCH HERE." Inu Yasha stated angrily. Miroku shivered at his tone of voice, but he knew Inu Yasha wouldn't harm Kagome.
{Back with Kagome and Shippo}
'What if, Kikyou was telling the truth.... Then what, am I supposed to do.'
'Humph. I guess, I will have to talk to Miroku and Sango, if not them then Kailie-Sama, they may know of this so called lost prophecy.'
"Kagome, Kagome, Hello! Kaagommee, are you all right". Shippo asked with concern.
Coming out of her revere "Humm."
"Oh sorry Shippo, did you want something." Kagome said apologetically.
"I think we took a wrong turn" Shippo said with concern.
"I think your right Kit." "Can you smell where the others are, or where the waterfall is." She asked calmly.
"Sure I can, Okaasan." With his chest lightly puffed out and a gleam in his eye, Shippou sniffed the air to locate their friends. "I found them, there, over to the left."
"That's great! Shippou," Kagome chimed happily to her Kit while stroking his hair.
"We better hurry or we'll have an angry Inu Yasha on our hands, and I am not ready to hear his mouth." Dismay written on her face as they continued in the correct direction to join their friends.
"I'm sure Inu Yasha will be his annoying self." Shippo stated.
"I mean he may yell at us, but you could always sit him till, what are those words you use sometimes....., Aaa...ha, that's it! When the cows come home." Shippo said with laughter in his voice and a huge grin on his face as Kagome ruffles his hair..
"Yeah, things will never change with that mutt." Kagome pauses in her step sensing a powerful demonic aura with a jewel shard.
"What's wrong Okaasan?" Shippo asked fearing the worst.
"I sense, a powerful youkai with a jewel shard. It's close real close." She said in a hurried whisper. She glowed a light purple and erected a barrier around her and Shippo. She took her bow from her shoulder and an enchanted arrow from the quiver and got in ready stance for an attack. Shippo perched himself on Kagome's shoulder, and looked on with awe at the power he sensed from his Okaasan.
Why is it that he spent so much of his precious time hiding and observing. Instead of acting and taking. This perfection baffled him more now than before. He, himself had to admit he was curious, as to why they caught so much of his attention. He was, stumped, and could not bring himself to just leave no matter how much he fought his inner self. His instincts, refused to let his mind, just will these long awaited temptations away. In addition, when his Youkai decided to take action, that was when he secretly marked her with his scent, and merged some of his Youki with her own. 'Damned hormones.' He thought. What Kagome did not know was that this youkai, was not going to attack her. He considered her, as HIS. He wondered how she knew he was there. He hid his scent and cloaked his aura. This caused him to rethink his strategies, a bit.
'She is a miko, that much I already know, but what is this other power she has hidden. This power, it draws this Yoko Kurama, to her. I have never seen such power from her before. Even her aura, and scent has changed, she has gained more power after she had, accepted this union. What is she? I must learn more about her.' He patiently waited, for her next course of action.
"I know you are there, and that you have a shard of the Shikon No Tama. Therefore, you might as well show yourself, and hand it over. Youkai." Kagome called out.
"But instead your acting like a coward and continue to hide from me." She said, with a humiliating tone of voice. Kagome's is trying to badger the youkai, by trying to humiliate him so he would show himself. Her words went on deaf ears. Not even he was willing to give his position yet. When all he wants to do is, watch HIS, bishojo ningen, and Kit that has intoxicated his very mind and soul, with such powerful illusions, earning them respect and acceptance.
This is quite a predicament! He has found himself in! Being intrigued by their strange union as mother and child, along with the power and beauty she possesses, lets not forget the shards of the Shikon No Tama that she holds.'
"You, Arrogant Stubborn Youkai, Come Out!" Kagome bantered.
"If your going to attack us, then at least show some honor! Unless you're a chicken and I doubt chickens, have any honor. That must mean You Are A Weak, Coward That Prey's On Helpless Victims!!! Which I Am Not!!! Is that why you hide and carry a shard of the Shikon Jewel to corrupt its purity by using it to gain strength! Weakling your not worth my time." Kagome stated, wanting to leave already so she turned taking a few steps in the barrier. After the insulting words, he did the obvious. He called out to her in his seductively smooth voice..
"I am not weak nor a coward I assure you my dear. I wish no harm nor want to harm you or your Kit. I am merely observing your interactions with the Kitsune cub. Even I have to admit, that You have caught this Yoko Kurama, off guard!" He said, in a deep silky and mesmerizing voice.
"Why? Would a Miko-ningen such as yourself, travel and adopt this Shippo a Kitsune as your own pup, when miko's kill youkai? As for the Shikon jewel shard, I had obtained it from a lowly Tori-Youkai, just a while ago. I do not need its power! However, its beautiful glow of purity entrances this Yoko Kurama!" He continued in his smooth seductive voice that could melt butter. Kagome was taken back from what he said, she voiced her answer, to this Yoko Kurama.
"What! I maybe a miko but I do not always kill youkai, only in defense or for protection. I assure you I am quite different from the miko's you seem to know. I adore all life and believe that each are equal and unique at the same time, as for why I adopted Shippo, I had grown to love him and he needed a mother's love. I had talked Inu Yasha into letting Shippo stay with us and believe me he didn't like it too well but in the end I won. I am Shippo's Okaasan." She continued, in a delicate sweet manner..
"I cannot let harm come to my Shippo, nor to any of my friends, I will die protecting them! Be thy Human, Hanyou, Youkai, Tenchi, or Kami, we are all living breathing creatures and we all have a heart, and soul. She continued as her voice carried, compassion, and love.
"My friends! They protect me even though they know I can fight and defend myself but they insist on it. They even try fight my battles and I refuse to let them. But, I assure you this Higurashi, Kagome can and will do what is needed in order to ensure everyone's safety." She said, in a sweet tone of authority.
"Indeed, and I understand why! My Dearest Kagome! I assure you that, no harm will befall, you or your Kit. As for this hanyou Inu Yasha that protects you so dearly and claims you as his, then why does he go off running to see that walking dead corpse? He degrades you, shames you and even hurts you mentally yet you still accompany him, Why? You are strong, your beautiful, and you have power! You need protection for your mind, heart and soul! You do not need protection for your body, but who will protect you from your protector who has hurt you the most? He knows you are different that is what he fears. You may smell that of a ningen, but your scent is of bara's (roses) and my, my, my shinrin (forest). That is, something else as well!"
"And what is the untapped power you possess, My Koishii? You are truly a bishojo treasure. You are beautiful! My Dearest Kagome I shall prove to you that such lives, allow beauty to accompany beauty! "
With that said, he removed a glowing untainted jewel shard from his haori pocket and a white rose from his hair, using some of his Elemental Youki Magic or Ki (hope I spelled it right, the growing of vines, and plant life.) to tie the jewel shard to the rose and tossed it to her.
He then said, "A gift, for the one, I truly treasure." He then retreated into the forest. This left a dumbfounded, Kagome lowering her shield and catching the white rose before it could fall completely to the ground. She no longer worried about Yoko being a threat. She had put her arrow back in her quiver and slung the bow over her shoulder stroking Shippo's tail as he crawled into her arms making him relax, so he would not worry about their little confrontation.
Kagome then took time to look at the gift, that's when she noticed a small glowing fragment of the jewel shard, tied to the rose. Kagome let out a gasp and Shippo looked at her to see what she had gasped about. When he to, let out a sigh of shock and relief.
"Oh my gosh, it's a jewel shard, Shippo!" She exclaimed happily.
"H....ow...how did he know?" (She's thinking about how he knew she is the protector of the jewel). "Oh wow! I can't believe He, a youkai, I mean Yoko Kurama, gave me his jewel shard, and its not tainted, and without fighting, for it." Kagome, said stunned, by his gesture.
As Shippo, just looked at her, with a dumb look. Not knowing what to say to her and just nodded. She then proceeded to smell the beautiful rose, that Yoko Kurama, a stranger, and a youkai for that matter, had given her.
"So....sooo. beautiful, and I love the smell of a roses.... Ummm." She whispered.
Her words floated through the air reaching a certain youkai, and he chuckled with a smirk on his face as he continued his objective. The campsite.
Shippo, witnessed some of the power his Okaa-san had. However, he said nothing hoping that she would tell him eventually.
He could tell that even his Okaasan was lost for words this time round, when Yoko Kurama, sweet talked his mother with that voice, and gave her a jewel shard, with the white courting rose.
'I am sure she doesn't know what it means, when he tossed the rose to her! And then to find the jewel shard as well, and accept it.
"Wow! My Okaasan, gots it real bad." He said to himself. As they continued walking. In addition, Kagome, absent-mindedly sniffed and continue to sniff the rose.
'Uh,.Humm, Wow!!! That will be great if they mate.... I would have a real family.' Shippo, said, with a smile on his face. As they made their way back to the others.
END CHAPTER.
I hope you liked this chapter, I took my time writing it. I must admit, I know what you are thinking! Yoko in this story threw Kagome a white rose, yes that is true, however it is a courting rose not his normal everyday rose-whip rose. Let me know what you thought....Review.... Peace