You know what? I'm supposed to draw a picture of myself for art….but I really don't feel like doing it.
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Kagome: Oh my god, this is like the hardest thing in the world.
Inu Yasha: Do you know what you're doing at all?
Kagome: This is my first time, just gimme a chance, alright? I can do this…
Inu Yasha: You know you can back out of this anytime….
Kagome: No way! I'm gonna keep going till I get it right!
Inu Yasha: You have that much stamina?
Kagome: You know it! …Now this goes here and…AAAAAAAHHH!!!
Inu Yasha: ?!
Kagome: *tosses her VCR out the window* That's it!! I've done all I can do! I'll never be able to set the time on that freakn' thing!!!!
Inu Yasha: That was quick…;;;;
Kagome: *huffs loudly*
Inu Yasha: Now what do we do?
Kagome: *Thinks for a second then says* How about I give the disclaimer then we go somewhere and makeout?
Inu Yasha: *suddenly perks up* Okay.
Kagome: Scorpiogal does not own Inu Yasha…
Inu Yasha: *picks up Kagome bridal style and hops off*
(This disclaimer is not related to the story, it is just a disclaimer….feel free to be angry and confused….)
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Chapter 9. I Came Here to Learn
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"I don't even know where she got that whistle." Shio said out loud. He was looking at his scratches and bruises in a small mirror that Kagome let him use. Sumiko was disinfecting his scrapes. "Don't worry, Kitty." She comforted him. "You'll be your pretty self again in a few hours."
"Until then I have to look like this," he said looking directly into the mirror. There was a dark bruise on his jaw and a couple of cuts here and there. He glared over his shoulder where Inu was as Inu looked over his shoulder and glared back. Then Shio looked back at Sumiko. "Though I still don't understand why you can't just heal me yourself. Aren't you good at that now?"
Sumiko shook her head, "Sister said not to waste my power using it on you since you have demon healing."
Shio sweatdropped. "That's cold."
Meanwhile Inu Yasha was having his wounds cleaned by Miroku. Sango wouldn't do it, and Shippou wouldn't and if he did, he wouldn't know how. And they defiantly wouldn't make Kagome do it, so that left the monk.
Inu Yasha growled.
"Inu Yasha, why don't you just admit that it's your child? It would be a lot better for your health." Miroku said.
"What? And ruin the plot?" Inu Yasha glared back at Shio again.
"It seems silly for you to keep denying it. What makes you think that-"
"Miroku, if you shut up now, I'll get you a dirty magazine later."
"Deal."
Sumiko walked over and stood in front of Kagome. Naraku clung to her shoulder like a fashion accessory.
"Yes Sumiko?"
Sumiko held Kagome's hands. "Would the nice skirt lady bear Shio's child?"
Shio facefaulted. "WHA?!" ;;;;
Kagome looked at her in disbelief. Actually, everyone kinda looked at Sumiko like she was nuts.
"Shio needs a mate. Do you wanna be it?"
Then she looked back at Inu Yasha who was growling but not looking in her direction. "Oh yeah!" she smiled and snapped her fingers. "Sumiko forgot that the skirt lady is Puppy's mate!" This time Inu Yasha facefaulted.
He got up in an eleven year olds face. "She ain't my mate."
Sumiko giggled and pointed at him. "Puppy is cute!"
Inu Yasha clentched his fist and a vein popped on his forehead. There was no convincing this kid.
All of a sudden, she was over by Sango and holding her hands, "San-goo, would you bear Shio's child?"
Sango blushed and shouted, "Me?! No way!!"
Sumiko sighed sadly. "Darn."
Naraku sighed too.
Shio pulled her aside. "Sumiko, I don't think you should be asking women to bear my child." ;;;;
"Why?"
"Because I-" he realized everyone in the group was staring at him. "Whoa! Hey!" he held up his hands. "Come on people! You know this isn't my bag!" ;;;;;;
"Uh huh," Sango said narrowing her eyes.
"Sure." Kagome said looking away and raising an eyebrow.
"It isn't! Don't you remember that Miroku does that stuff!?" he pointed at the priest and a big red arrow came out of no where and pointed at him with the word "pervert" written across it.
"Whatever you say Shio." Inu Yasha said.
Shio looked at them all in disbelief then sighed. T_T
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Kikyo walked a steady pace behind Yukidaruma. She was going to watch him from a safe distance while he led her to her shikigami. She was a diehard believer that demons were no good, and he was no excuse.
"Tired?" he looked back and asked.
"No." she answered in a low voice.
"Just checking." He nodded and concentrated on the road again.
Why did he keep doing that? Every so often, he would look back at her and ask if she was tired, as if she were some weak human like everyone else. She hated men who stereotyped. "Why? Are you waiting for me to collapse from exhaustion?"
There was a slight pause before he answered, "Well…yes actually."
She narrowed her eyes at him. "I'm not some weakling you'd find in a hamlet, demon. I can take care of myself you know."
"I'm sure you can." He said.
"If you're really sure, then how come you're so ready for the moment I get tired?"
He shrugged. "If you did collapse, then I could carry you."
Kikyo almost stopped walking in confusion. "Carry me? What are you talking about?"
He shrugged. "Nevermind. Forget about it."
She gave him a suspicious stare. "What kind of trickster are you?"
"I am no trickster. Just a simple demon, that's all." He stated as if it were that simple.
She still stared at him as if he were a ticking time bomb. He didn't look like much of a demon. Most demons had animal tails or ears or parts like that that they were unable to hide in their human form. The only thing about him that made him seem not human was the look in his cold look in his eyes and the aura that would chill any ordinary human that came close enough to him.
So he said that he wasn't a con artist, but there was some charm to the way he spoke that made him an obvious enchanter. "Are you an enchanter?" she suddenly asked.
After a few moments he replied. "Maybe. How would you define what an enchanter is?"
Kikyo watched the back of his head. His hair was black as ebony and sleek like ice. "A beautiful creature that can magically charm others into doing it's bidding."
Yukidaruma smirked mysteriously to himself. "Well, I don't know about that. I don't know very much lady priestess, but thank you for calling me beautiful."
Kikyo's eyes widened slightly, it was magic. "It's only a definition."
Yukidaruma nodded. "By far, enchanter's are not always easy to spot. They could be anywhere, even the most unexpected places."
Kikyo watched him for a few moments then finally asked. "Do you know a demon named Shio?"
All of a sudden, Yukidaruma stopped walking. Kikyo stopped too, but her expression didn't change.
"Shio?" he whispered. His fists suddenly clenched together, tightening until his knuckles cracked. "No. Never heard of him."
Suddenly the wind around them became colder. "Let's keep going then, lady priestess….find you're soul collectors as soon as possible."
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"Ugh!" Kagome moaned and leaned forward on her bicycle handles. She had been walking next to it because it hurt more to sit on it.
"Are you okay, Kagome?" Shippou asked from the bike basket.
She looked down at the ground with half lidded eyes and a few sweatdrops. "So much pain. Cramps…." T_T
"Why don't we rest then?" Miroku suggested. It was a guilty pleasure, but now a day, Kagome's condition was the best excuse to stop working. As soon as everyone began to spread out and make camp, Shio pulled Sango aside for the private lessons she ordered. And so as not to arouse suspicion, Shippou was in charge of diverting attention from her absence.
"Hey look what I got!!" Shippou held up a hand full of unactive spell scrolls and a fragile Buddha figurine that Miroku had been carrying with him.
"Wha?? HEY!!" he suddenly noticed what Shippou had and got to his feet. "Shippou! Those are not toys!!"
"WAHAHAHAHAA!!! CATCH ME IF YOU CAN!!!" and he began to run like the wind.
Sumiko grabbed Naraku and ran after them just because it looked like fun.
Inu Yasha sat watching and smiling.
"Inu Yasha help me!!" Miroku shouted.
"Not a chance…" Inu Yasha said. I mean really, you had to grab the little chuckles when you could…
Meanwhile, Kagome realized that no one was paying attention so no one would really care what she was doing. She gratefully dropped her backpack on the ground and her bike against a tree. This pregnancy made her very spiritually aware and somewhat happy inside. Maybe it was the motherly instinct. It was like carrying a special secret that only she herself (and Inu Yasha if he ever came to his senses) could share. But she didn't have much time left until the birth. If her calendar and the pregnancy guide given to her by the doctor himself served right, she only had about three months or so.
She took a few seconds to search for the softest patch of grass she could find. Then she slowly lowered herself down on it. Her and her special secret. The baby rolled and kicked on the way down. Kagome pulled her legs into a cross-legged position and huffed finding it very hard work and kind of uncomfortable. But if she wanted done what she wanted done, she had to sit in a comfortable position. She pulled her legs out of position then pivoted on her tuffet of grass so that she wasn't facing the characters still in the campsite. She bent her knees and spread her legs far apart so that her belly had room to hang out.
She took a deep breath and reached on arm under her shirt and bra. With that hand under and the other hand above her shirt, she proceeded in massaging her nipples. If she wanted to breastfeed without feeling to much pain, she had to stretch out the nipples before hand, because that apparently made it much easier, less painful, and easier for the baby.
Something that Kagome should know by now is to expect the unexpected. Now because of the ignorance, I as a writer, a sicko, and a woman feel no sympathy for what is about to happen…
Watching Sumiko chase Miroku, chase Shippou around was very entertaining, but somewhere between the fifth and sixth lap, Inu Yasha was shot with the thought to turn around for an even better show. ^_~
(AN: This pervy ESP message was brought to you by the endocrine system! ^_^ Not always in our thoughts, but always in our hearts…and our blood streams…)
And since Inu Yasha always obeys what the voices in his head (or heart) say, he turned around and saw Kagome with her back facing him. Well the endocrine system had done it's part. Now it was time for the curiosity to overwhelm him and then bring him to his demise.
He crept cautiously over, getting the feeling that whatever she was doing was secret.
(AN: Nooooo….really??....you think???)
He stretched his neck trying to peer around her without her noticing he was there. He blinked and gulped. From this angle, it almost looked like she was…..
He stifled a gasp which made him squeak. He sweat dropped and his eyes popped….Oh and here's something rich…..Inu Yasha has two heads, guess which one all of the blood rushed too?
^____^ Muwahahahahahahahahahaa…….no sympathy pho' yuu…….
But as Kagome should know what's going on, Inu Yasha should have been even more aware then she was, but sadly, he wasn't. Suddenly, quick enough so that he couldn't look away on time, Kagome glanced over her shoulder and blinked at him.
Inu Yasha wrentched in shock. He would have been completely and totally mortified that he had been caught watching her while showing several signs of enjoyment….had it not been for the fact that he feared more for the faceplant sit spell that he know so well. In fact, a split second after she turned around and her eyes lit up acknowledging the perversion, the first six words that came into his mind were, 'Shit!! I'm toast!!!'
"Hey, Inu Yasha." Kagome said casually. "Just getting ready for the baby."
She didn't sit him. She didn't scream or slap him and call him a hentai. This strange response only freaked him out even more. He held up his arm in a defensive pose in front of his mouth and blushed furiously. "Getting ready for – ??? – Kagome!!?" he whispered franticly as the mortification began to set in. He closed his eyes tightly. "You're supposed to do that kind of stuff in private!!"
She gave him a funny look, surprised at how he was acting. You'd think that living in a third world environment like the feudal era, he'd be used to this sort of thing…instead of acting all shy and conservative.
"Not at all, Inu Yasha. This is a natural part of life." She said. She pressed too hard on one spot and moaned. That simple sound caused him to look at her like she was insane….or so that's how she thought he was looking at her….
She ignored him for a few moments, but he was frozen in that position and expression. It was actually getting kind of annoying. "Take a picture, it'll last longer." She finally said in a slightly irritated tone.
Inu Yasha made a funny sound and turned around quickly. Otherwise, he didn't move his butt from that spot. Then there was this silence between them as Miroku, Shippou, and Sumiko were still – yes, they were still running around – completely unaware!!
Inu Yasha scooted into Kagome's view. He had his legs crossed and arms folded. He sat with a scowl and his on her. "It's natural, is it?"
"Completely natural." Kagome said. Though with the way he was watching her, she was starting to get the jitters herself.
Inu Yasha glanced at the run around co stars then back at Kagome. "So….if – I'm just sitting here watching – for learning purposes – it's not considered….well…perverted….or anything…" he asked blushing deeply.
Kagome's eyes widened and she blushed. It obviously was a perverted request. Inu Yasha wouldn't sit and watch something just for learning. Just as a male doctor doesn't get a degree so that he can give mammograms for completely innocent purposes…..
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"Well Sango…"
"Well Shio…"
She watched him like a hunter.
"First rule about my class." He folded his arms and looked all scholarly and spoke with a zen master accent. "Yu must trust the teacher."
"Why should I trust you?" she asked.
"You the one who came to Shio Sensai's class, asking fo' lessons."
"Still, how do I know you're no going to try and grope me or something perverted like that?"
He shrugged truthfully. "Yu don't."
"What did you say?" she looked at him surprised that he actually agreed with her.
"Yu don't know." He said with a calm expression on his face. "This is a class that teaches the art of love my way – this is not the hour I use for prostitution. But love has touchy feely stuff. As I tell all of my students, that when you graduate, you will not directly use any of my methods. You can learn how I do things, and what I have learned, but you will have to create your own style. And in fact, you have no choice! Everyone expresses love differently."
Sango nodded slowly in awe. He did seem to know what he was talking about.
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When a woman becomes pregnant, her breasts enlarge, and her nipples get harder and darker in color as the body gets ready for the birth.
From inside, the baby had grown its legs and arms; both of which sets were crossed. Imagine living in a bubble of water for nine months, getting food through a cord in your belly button, moving very little, and not being able to see much around you. It was a sweet lifestyle! Uh huh…..
As the massaging went on, the baby yawned, tucked its face in its arms and fell asleep in a semi conscious state where it was resting and listening to the lullaby of life going on just outside of its warm, peaceful haven.
Kagome knew she didn't have to stretch her nipples for more then what? 20-30 minutes a day? Yeah. She lost count a few moments and Inu Yasha started watching. He was a huge jerk for hysterically denying that it was his baby….but lordy…..maybe it was just the baby or the feel of being a mother….or the special baby secret….but he had become even more attractive then before she knew about the baby.
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"Love, Like, fancy, care for, favor, become enamored, fall for or be in love with." Shio recited from memory. "All synonyms for the word love – memorized from Roget's Thesaurus."
AN: Guess what I don't own? Besides everything….the said thesaurus.)
Shio once again pulled out Kagome's sterio thing and pushed the play button.
Tango music.
"Do you know how to tango, Sango?" he asked posing in a tangoing stance. (AN: ^_^ tangoing stance….hehe…tango Sango….hehe….)
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Inu Yasha had a light blush and he watched with half lidded eyes. Suddenly he looked away and asked, "Sooooo, how is this supposed to help your kid again?"
Kagome just gave him a spaced out look. "Huh?" was all she could say. Like the baby, she was in a subconscious state between reality and the feeling of being with her baby and it's father.
"Your kid." He said again, his eyes focusing a little bit better. "Why is this stretching thing important for you?"
"Oh…" she said in a dreamy voice, slowly coming back into rational thought. "My kid?"
"Yeah." He said.
She blinked and looked at him, more aware. "Don't you mean our kid?"
Inu Yasha sighed and looked off to the side tiredly. "Do we have to go over that again right now?"
Kagome frowned at him. He wasn't just denying it, he didn't want the baby either way. Thinking that, suddenly made Kagome want to hurt him badly.
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*dancers come together*
"Now if I was any other teacher. I would tell you to get the books Dating for Dummies, Karma Sutra, The Joy of Sex, The Everything Book of Sex, and Inu Yasha's Guide to Mating." Shio said.
*they go left*
"Quite a lot of books, no?" he asked.
Sango nodded, trying to keep up with his pace. While he was a fast and more experienced dancer, she was a bit slower and in a way new at it.
"But I am not like other teachers," *spin* "I will not assign you to find all of these books for three reasons: One, that much reading material is distressing, and love is not something that should be distressed; Two, those books are heavy and expensive…and I don't think our readers would like to relive their school day with me; Third, books can teach a guy or girlie how to be home builders, potion makers, politicians and how to get a summer job. But there are two things that books cannot teach you how to be."
"And what is that?" Sango asked.
*dip*
He looked her straight in the eye and replied. "Books cannot make artists or lovers." *new pose and strut* "Books can help or offer advice, but they cannot teach a person the art of writing, poetry, or love. There is no norm for those things, and everyone thinks of them in different ways – Human and demon nature."
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"Fine, Inu Yasha." Kagome suddenly said in an acknowledging voice. "I'm fine with that."
He raised an eyebrow, confused. "What are you talking about, wench?"
Kagome began to press harder. "Fine. If you say that you are not the father, then you are not the father."
He looked at her shocked. Was she actually agreeing with him??? Dogboy went pale. "Hum-ma?"
"That's right. I won't bother you anymore about it." She drew breath in through her teeth from the pain of her hard stretching, but continued at that pace.
He looked at her the same way he looked at her when she supposedly joked that she like lechers like Miroku. "For real?"
"For real, Inu Yasha." She said. "I won't ask you to do anything for me at all anymore. Since I'm going to be a single teenage mother, trying to protect myself and the baby from two cold worlds, I'll need to know how to reject pain and fear nothing."
Inu Yasha's aura of shock tinted with realization and slight fear.
"So yes, Inu Yasha. You're free from my pushy hints, and the possible future we could have had together. Goodbye to that crazy idea." Her voice steadily grew with anger and sarcasm. "Now you can go on and live YOUR dream! To live with Kikyo, even though she's always traveling by herself, not even alive, creepy, psychotic, hateful, sterile, and completely lacking in emotion. I'm sure that you're looking forward to the day where both of you die together….oh, how healthy…." And she suddenly started whimpering.
The baby listened in the still darkness it floated in. 'Fine….wench….bother….for real….' (AN: Just to let you know, the baby doesn't know how to talk. It's thinking in emotions and I'm translating it into English.)
Inu Yasha watched her wanting to say something, but he didn't know what to say. After a moment, he uttered the only words he could think of that wasn't bad or untruthful. "I…Please….Kagome…I don't want you to cry..…"
"Well too late!" she snapped, causing a few tears to drip onto her knees. She stopped stretching and brought her hands up to her face to rub the corners of her now pushy eyes.
Inu Yasha felt like shit. But our simple dog boy's brain has only so much capacity. Oh men of little brain….
He looked down at the shiny tear drop on her knee. Kagome wasn't wearing long pants today. She still wore skirts, just ones that were a tad bit longer then her school uniform. Without thinking, he leaned forward and licked the salty dewdrop on her leg.
She was so surprised by this action she hiccupped and stared up at him with tear stained cheeks exposed to the wind. Surprise had made her stop crying.
While Inu Yasha was bent over his knees, he rolled himself onto his back using her lap as a pillow for his head. From this angle, he could smell her fertility better then ever. He looked up at her with puppy dog eyes. "Please don't cry, Kagome."
Adorable and arousing, two birds with one stone. Without giving it much thought either, Kagome leaned forward over him and laid her head on his stomach. While she was over him like this, Inu Yasha took in the scent of her breasts which she had stretched well that past 45 minutes….
The baby noticed a familiar feeling inside of its mother. 'What's happening?'
Kagome sat up a little bit, and Inu propped himself up on his elbows and they kissed.
'What's going on?' The baby thought franticly.
They kissed again then a third time tasting each other's tongues like ice cream cones.
The baby felt the change as the mother that it lived in was pushed onto her back. 'Hey!! What the hell are you doing to me??'
Inu Yasha held her wrists above her head against the grass and kissed her deeper.
The baby felt his weight press on Kagome's. 'Ack!! Man whore!! What's wrong with you, you crazy bitch?! Push him off!!'
Kagome moaned.
'No, Damn you!! Wait till I pop out before you try to 'pop in'!!'
They rubbed themselves against each other through their clothes.
'Oh dear god! They're going to dry rut!! Sumiko!!! Help!!'
~~~~NTFO)adoijf3nm///////////////%$YT)O( rw[~~~~~~~!!!!!!!
OO "HUH?!" Sumiko suddenly jumped as if hit by a bolt of lightening. She looked over in the direction of the two parental characters. "Eep!! I'm coming baby!!" she ran off screen then came back with a high power water hose and hit them with a tidal wave of ice cold water.
"DAAAHHH!!!!" they screamed.
"That's what you get for scaring your baby!!" Sumiko shouted. She sure taught them a lesson!!