^_____^ Oh happy day!
Remember that picture of Shio I drew? Well a lot of people asked me if I could send it to them, and it used up a lot of my time and some people didn't even get to bask in the glorious beauty that Shio is! T_T
But now that is settled! ^-^
I have put Shio's picture up in deviantART.com! ^_^ Now anyone can go look at him whenever they want! He's under the name "Pimpmaster Shio" of course! ^_~
Chapter 2. Denile
Well finally, Kagome's last day in the future had come. You can bet that a certain dog-earred someone was sitting right next to the well, waiting for her like the faithful puppy he is but won't admit to! ^____^
Inu Yasha let out a low growl of impatience. He sat in his usual meditation pose which was totally contradicting. Meditation is for clearing the mind and cleansing the soul, he looked constipated and annoyed. The irritation was so thick, that his right leg started to tap on the grass and he tapped his fingers on his haori sleeve.
If she forgot again, he would not be happy…..at all…..in any way….whatsoever….
She did that sometimes, and him being his paranoid self, thought she did it on purpose. How much time had gone by? Three days, five hours, and forty-two minutes – but who was counting? Not him. Of course not.
How much time now? Fifteen seconds??? It must have been at least fifteen minutes!! The seconds were getting slower!! Time was slowing down as he knew it! Leaves were falling off of branches in slow motion, birds were flying so slow they were almost frozen. When was she going to get there??? What was happening to the world?!? What's going on!!? Oh the horrible twist of it all!!! Why??! –
"Inu Yasha?" Miroku somehow suddenly appeared right next to Inu Yasha.
"What?" Inu Yasha glanced at him out of the corner of his eyes. His leg stopped twitching and he stopped tapping his fingers for a moment.
Miroku cleared his throat and bent his eyebrows meaning that what he had on his mind was incredibly important. "Have you seen your friend Shio lately?"
Inu Yasha thought about it. It had been months since he last saw Shio and that was when Sumiko entered the picture. He shrugged. "Not really, why do you wanna see him?"
Miroku got down on his knees so that he was at Inu Yasha's level. Inu Yasha leaned forward a little. Miroku's eyes flashed and he said, "I want to become his student!"
……..
Inu Yasha blinked. "Say what?"
Miroku reached into his priestly garb and withdrew a scroll, handing it too Inu Yasha. "My cousin sent this to me earlier today. He heard about a dog demon in the east that was training under the consepts of love and war. The perfect martial arts teacher and the perfect doctor of sex advice."
Inu Yasha sweat dropped, looking at the scroll. "You want to be his student?"
Miroku suddenly stood up. "Just imagine all of the women who would be willing to bear my child if I learned to attract them like Shio!" he held up a determined fist and had an intense look about him.
Inu Yasha gave him a funny look. After a few moments he rolled up the scroll. "Whatever." He held it out to Miroku who took it back.
"The next time he visits, I will be attracting women with the grace of an enchanter!" Miroku said. With that, he marched away in the direction of the village.
Then the smell of a pure hearted, futuristic schoolgirl drifted out of the depths of the well. Inu Yasha's ears perked and a backpack was tossed over the side of the well. He decided not to act like he was excited or anything. He didn't move but said in an annoyed voice, "You're late – again."
Kagome put an arm over the side of the well and peeked out at him. "Well so-rry! I had some important things to do."
Inu Yasha stood up and scowled at her. "The jewel shards are important. What made you late?"
Kagome paused, staring at the grass. What had happened that morning? Well her mother had given her numerous books on pregnancy and raising children to read. Plus an added bonus of Childhood Weekly and a copy of this month's soap opera schedual. "My mom wanted me to clean my room before I left."
Inu Yasha raised an eyebrow. "Clean your room? I thought it was always drawn to look clean."
"Well, it was dirty today, okay?" she frowned at him. Was it really any of his business?........actually, she wasn't sure if it was or wasn't. After all he was the father….
He took her pack from her and tossed it over his shoulder. Then he sniffed loudly, as if suddenly realizing something. He looked her over as if trying to figure something out.
Kagome's heart jumped into her throat. Was he able to tell she was pregnant by her scent??
She gulped and asked as calmly and normally as she could. "What? What is it?" ;;;
He looked at her questioningly. "Are you using some kind of new shampoo or something?"
Lie, Kagome, lie!! "Well…"
"No. It's not that…." He said. He continued to sniff, probingly. What was this scent? It was familiar somehow, but he hadn't a clue as to what it was! It wasn't like a soap or anything….her scent had altered in a way, even if it was teeny tiny…..
Kagome sighed trying to get rid of her fear, and moved so that her scent became mixed with the wind and said, "Let's go to the village. I'm starving."
Inu Yasha still said nothing but he was still interested in the identity of the smell.
Sumiko walked through a field of grass where a heard of sheep were grazing. As she approached they stirred as if she was a hungry wolf coming toward them. "Look, Chocolate Monkey Man!" she pointed at them. "Those dogs are eating grass! Weird, ne?"
Naraku rolled his eyes as he clung to her right arm. They passed the heard of sheep and walked over a path toward a more hilly region of land.
"Kagome!" Shippou ran and jumped into her arms.
"Shippou-chan! How have you been?" ^_^ Kagome couldn't help but smile at how cute he was.
"Kagome!" Sango waved over to her. She had her boomerang strapped over her shoulder for some reason. Kirara sat by her feet in kitten form and mewed when Kagome came into view.
"Hello, Sango!" Kagome greeted her with a smile and a wave. She glanced at Inu Yasha who was staring at her. "What?!" she shouted. "Why do you keep looking at me?!"
Shippou was hugging Kagome when all of a sudden he noticed a change in scent as well. He sniffed loudly into the front of her shirt. Kagome looked at Inu Yasha who was also consentrating on a scent. "WHAT AM I?!" Kagome suddenly shouted. "-A FREAKING SCRATCH AND SNIFF?!"
Shippou looked confused.
Inu Yasha looked confused.
Sango was totally in the dark as to what was going on.
The weirdness was partly broken with the entrance of Miroku who was sporting a woven basket hat on his head. "So when do we leave?"
"As soon as possible." Inu Yasha suddenly looked at him. He had dropped the subject of the strange smell….for now…..
"Dinner is served!" ^_^
Kagome dished out the bowls of ramen and cans of lemon water that she somehow kept cold in her backpack.
Sango got her bowl and raised a pinch of noodles to her mouth and noticed that Kagome didn't have a bowl in front of her. "Kagome, if you didn't make enough, you can take some of mine. I have more then enough –"
"That's okay!" Kagome waved her hand at her and reached into her backpack. She pulled out a can of pepsi that was also somehow cold like the lemon water. She pulled out a bag of sour cream and onion chips, and a container of melted cheese to go with it.
Everyone stared as she dipped her chips in the cheese and drank the pepsi at a zest filled speed.
She raised the pepsi can to her lips and realized they were staring at her. She looked at each of them and sweatdropped. She set her pepsi can down and smiled at them all. "Well, you'll never believe what happened at school today!" ^_^ she said.
Everyone went back to eating except for Sango, she sat still staring at Kagome as the girl rambled on about some incident that didn't interest anyone anyway. Her chopsticks remained together between her lips.
Kagome laughed at the end of her story like it was a funny joke. Miroku gave her a courtesy laugh and Inu Yasha 'feh'ed.
Sango set her bowl and chopsticks down, "Kagome, may I have a word with you?" she asked.
Kagome looked at her and shrugged. "Um, sure I guess…"
Sango stood up and helped Kagome to her feet and they walked off into the forest. When Sango was sure they were out of earshot she turned to face Kagome with a serious look on her face.
"What is it, Sango?" Kagome asked.
Sango looked at her for a few seconds before asking, "Kagome, is there something you'd like to talk about?"
Kagome's eyes widened a little and she looked a bit hesitant. She glanced back at where the guys were for a millisecond. It looked like there would be some beating around the bush. "Like what, Sango?"
Sango swung her arm and exhaled fast. "Like…..any girl things that you'd like to talk about?"
"What kind of girl things, Sango?"
Sango looked her straight in the eye, and Kagome couldn't look away.
"Kagome," she asked. "Are you – pregnant?"
Kagome's eyes widened and she grabbed Sango's shoulders. "YES!!"
"Oh my god!" Sango grabbed her shoulders. "Is Inu Yasha the father???"
"Yes!!" Kagome said.
"Oh my god!" Sango said again. "Have you told him yet??"
"No! I'm a coward!" Kagome said.
"Oh my god!" Sango said for the third time. She shook her head in amazement. "I thought your relationship was a little more platonic, but-"
Kagome stopped her right there and explained the situation.
"Oh my god…" Sango said. "I'm so happy for you! You know this means Inu Yasha will have to give up Kikyo or else!"
"I know." Kagome said. Though it sounded good, it also sounded like she was forcing Inu Yasha to be with her.
"Well it's his fault, he should be there for you!" Sango said, as if reading her mind.
"What if he doesn't want to??" Kagome asked worriedly.
"He'll have to! I'll kill him if he doesn't!" Sango said. "A father just can't abandon his children. I'm sure he knows that too. I'm sure Inu Yasha has some honor to him…"
Kagome sighed. "Wishful thinking. I hope so….I don't know if I'll be able to do this on my own!"
"Oh my god." Sango couldn't stop saying that. "How far in are you?"
"Apparently not far enough. There aren't any sighs yet…"
"The heck their aren't!" Sango said. "You're eating strange foods and Inu Yasha has been confused about the way you smell all afternoon!"
"I guess you're right." Kagome replied.
"You'd better tell him before it gets even more obvious." Sango said.
"I'm afraid of what will happen." Kagome looked toward camp with a worried expression on her face.
"It's better he finds out now then later though. Whether it's a bad or good reaction, try to drop the news as easily as you can." Sango said.
Kagome sighed. "Thank you, Sango."
"No problem. We're the only girls in the group, we ought'a watch out for each other."
"Yeah." Kagome said. "And you're probably right. The sooner I tell him the better."
Sango nodded. "If you want, you can wait here and I can send him over."
Kagome sighed shakily. "Hurry, before I chicken out."
"Kay." Sango pivoted and fast walked back to camp. In about a few seconds, Inu Yasha came walking over and Kagome could feel her heart sinking. It was going down like the titanic. Inu Yasha came like an approaching iceberg.
The dog boy stood a few feet away from her, waiting for her to say what she had to say so he could get back to his ramen before it got cold.
"Inu Yasha?" Kagome said in a strange voice. She cleared her throat and asked, "Maybe you should s-i-t down or something."
"I'll stand." He said. Kagome frowned. His ramen was just so important wasn't it?!
She sighed and went over to a boulder she could use as a chair. Maybe he didn't need to sit down, but she did. She weaved her fingers together and looked down at the grass trying to think of a way to begin.
Inu Yasha got a little bit closer. He glanced back at the campsite anxiously then back at her.
Then she suddenly asked. "Inu Yasha, do you like me?"
What? Inu Yasha's thoughts of ramen were quickly taken over by confusion. "Where did that come from?"
She asked in a slightly louder, nervous voice, "Do you like me??"
Inu Yasha got even more confused and he stuttered out the answer, "Wha – uh – I…guess so…"
"Who do you like more, Kikyo or me?" she asked even more nervously.
Did she have to bring this up now? He wished that she had waited till he had digested what he had already eaten. He searched for a way to answer.
With his pause, Kagome's fear almost went through the roof.
"Well…….I…….I don't really understand……." Inu Yasha said touching the side of his forehead.
"Inu Yasha, I'm pregnant!" she suddenly shouted so loud that everyone at camp turned their head to stare.
She didn't dare look at Inu Yasha, and she doubted she could. The view of the grass became blurry for her. She clentched her teeth and tried to hold back any sobs that tried to force themselves on her.
Inu Yasha was silent for what seemed like a long time. The only sounds that could be heard were Kagome's sobs and the wind in the trees. "What?" he asked. Whatever emotion that he was feeling wasn't coming clear in his voice.
"I'm in the early months of it. I just found out two days ago. I took a test at home…" she glanced up at him. He looked a little bit pale…and he had a far off look in his eyes. His expression was undeterminable.
She went on for fear of more silence or a bad reply. "Mama is helping me, she seems pretty okay with it, I was afraid to tell you, I didn't know how you would react, you're the father…."
Inu Yasha began to shake his head very lightly. "No."
"-Mama's okay with you being the father, I was really nervous…."
Inu Yasha shook his head staring out with a disbelieving look in his eyes. "No….no…."
As Kagome watched him, tears started to roll down her cheeks but she kept going, "-You're the father, there's no way anyone else could be it, you're the father….!"
"No!" he turned around holding his ears and Kagome was terrified.
"Please, Inu Yasha." She begged.
"It's not mine!" he said.
"It has to be!" Kagome said. "You're the only one who could have…."
"It has to be someone else!" he said.
"You're the only one I've ever done it with!" she cried.
"There has to be someone else!" he shouted.
Kagome burst into tears.
Inu Yasha sank to the grass. He was ready to sit down now.
How could this happen? He had chosen Kikyo, what would she think if she found out he turned around and did this to her reincarnation!? "It can't be me!" he said.
"I knew it." Kagome said aloud to herself. Inu Yasha stared at the grass and said nothing.
"I knew it!" Kagome got up and went back to camp sobbing into her hands.
So that's what was making the smell. Kagome really wasn't kidding. She was pregnant and he could smell her organs at work taking care of a new beating heart. How could this happen??
He suddenly noticed that he was at camp again. Sometime during his thinking, he had taken himself back to camp. What he found there was Sango and Shippou hugging Kagome, who was still sobbing. She was sobbing into Sango's chest while Sango stroked her hair. Shippou sat in her lap and tried to offer her comfort. When Sango and Shippou saw him, they glared viciously, like he was the scum on the scum of the earth. Miroku wasn't exactly giving him pleasant vibes either. He looked thoroughly displeased, and was doing his best to avoid Inu Yasha's presence.
Inu Yasha didn't say anything. He went over to his spot, sat with his ramen and continued to eat, trying to ignore the death glares.
As soon as Kagome heard him come in she tried to stifle her sobs. She didn't know why…..if she wanted to, she could make him feel guilty. But he didn't want her, so she would just have to pretend that she didn't want him either. This thought made her hiccup and filled her with pain and thoughts of revenge.
Miroku slurped his lemon water loudly and Sango huffed like an angry lioness.
Kagome put her trash in a bag that she carried with her and pulled her pajamas out of her bag. "I'm going to go take a bath. Then I'm going to sleep."
Sango and Shippou stood up with her. "Would you like us to come with you."
Kagome shook her head with her eyes shadowed by her hair. "I want to be alone right now."
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hmmm….depressing…..T_T
This is supposed to be a humor story! What the sam hill happened?!
Well, the next chapter is sure to bring laughs….payback is a bitch, ya'll…and the guilt trip is ever so fun to deliver…..