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[Scorpiogal drops from the sky dressed as The Silent Nun of Doom and stands in a fighters stance. She is surrounded by the Stressor Monsters of Evil in an autumn field. There are about sixteen of them.]
Scorpiogal: To those of you readers who have been nice about waiting for the next story, I'm sorry this chapter is late.
(One of the SME is in the form of a thirteen year old boy dressed in overalls. He holds up a shot gun and points it at her)
SME Huck Fin: Git' of yer butt, Scorpio! Ye'w got a Jernal assignment and a comparison paper due after break! (fires his gun at her)
Scorpiogal: (bends backward matrix style and the bullets fly over her in slow motion.) For those of you who have been getting all grumpy, mean, and stupid about it, F*ck you.
Three metallic monkey shaped SME's: (come out of no where and jump on her) Buy presents for you family! Buy presents before it's too late!!
Scorpiogal: (Struggles to throw them off of her) I didn't cause my stress, and if anyone tells me to hurry up with the next chapter again, I will literally bite their heads off.In other news, I don't own Inu Yasha, and that's not new.
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Chapter 14. A Whale of a Tale
Waking up and feeling a sharp pain in his pointed nose, Shippou sat up straight in a daze. He rubbed his nose impulsively which only made it hurt worse. He cringed and looked at his hand to see if any blood came off. Luckily, there was none... It only felt hot like blood.
He frowned at Inu Onna who was laying on her stomach, facing him and looking not very happy.
"Jeeze Inu Onna, that hurt!" he said rubbing his nose. "Why do you have to be so violent?!" he scolded her.
Inu Onna glared back at him and said nothing.
"I mean before you were born, I thought you were going to be a sweet, friendly baby who could do more then cry and lay around in her own drool! Not to mention I was hoping for a boy!"
Inu Onna glared back at him and said nothing.
"-Someone I could be friends with, someone who would be the smallest and weakest of the group like me - who would share secrets and pull pranks on Inu Yasha with me. but no! You're mean, and you smell, and you're impulsive, and not very nice! - Just like Inu Yasha!"
There!
He said it!
And he felt pretty good about it too.
Suddenly Inu Onna's bottom lip began to tremble. Her eyes welled up with tears and she bowed her head whimpering softly.
Shippou's anger faded quickly and he gave her a concerned look of worry. "Gee, I-I'm sorry!" he stood up and took one step toward her holding out his hand. "I never wanted to make you sad, it's just that -"
Inu Onna's eyes flashed angrily. She looked up at him murderously and growled.
"Whaa?!" Shippou sweatdropped and backed against the wall cautiously. Even though Kagome said herself that Inu Onna wouldn't be crawling for a long time, she was still a very scary child.
Then she did something that truly horrified him. With a small groan, she pulled her arms into position and put the palms of her hands against the hardwood floor. She raised her upper body off the ground and found her balance on her chibbi knees and hands. Shippou trembled.
Inu Onna growled threateningly, baring her gums.
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Kagome climbed out of the well in her own time and dropped her backpack wearily. Having a baby really took it out of a teenage time traveling school girl mother. (AN: How many of those are there? Oo)
So while she was here, she had to get some more food for her friends - and some future baby food that Inu Onna would be needing soon. Also plastic diapers with sides you could tape or Velcro together - anything to get rid of those stupid cloth diapers. And maybe some toys - some toys to keep Inu Onna occupied..
"Kagome!"
She looked up to see that she was already in front of her house. Her mama stood in the doorway holding the door open for her. "Come inside, Kagome before you catch cold." ^_^
Kagome looked up at her smiling, trusting face until her vision blurred with tears.
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The samuri (from one of the previous chapters) got down off the horse that was "borrowed without intention of returning". (AN: I prefer the term "stolen"..) The samuri and the horse stood in front of a temple, which many other travelers had recommended as a good resting place. 'Supposed to have good pancakes or something.
"Hey there-"
"-Mr. Samuri."
The samuri turned and almost jumped out of the stolen armor as two young women, who were obviously prostitutes, approached. The samuri gave them wary looks, "Good evening, ladies. What would a couple of girls like you be doing by a temple like this?" ;;;
The prostitutes giggled behind their sleeves then gave the samuri seductive glances. "Time of war are pretty lonely, huh?" one of them asked.
"Uh."
"Per'aps we could be of some assistance?" the second one who had a higher pitched voice asked.
"Oh well, no thank you, I'm doing quite well on my own." The samuri gave a polite laugh to show how okay everything was. But the prostitutes continued to smile suggestively.
The samuri sweatdropped nervously.
Then all of a sudden, the prostitutes started to advance and one of them smiled eerily. "Trust us! We know what we're doing!"
"-And we're so good at it!" the other one said.
"No, I'm serious! I don't want any-"
One came up from behind and the other in the front.
"Stop, I mean it! Now leave me alone!"
The one from behind was attempting to massage the samuri's neck while petting loose hairs sticking out of the back of the helmet. While the samuri tried to get her to stop, the one in front suddenly moved in and licked the samuri's bare cheek.
The poor samuri's eyes popped and so pushed the one in front off harshly. "Ew! Gross!"
Tired of games, the samuri grabbed the arm of the prostitute from behind and flipped her into her partner.
After the shock and pain ended, they helped each other up, giving the samuri pissed and confused frowns. "What is wrong with you??" one of them asked. "All the other samuri would do anything for five minutes with us! How can you just say no!?"
"Like this," the samuri stated smartly, "Noooo."
"Freak." The second one said, and they helped each other as they began to limp off.
"Oh, wait!" the samuri suddenly shouted.
They turned back to look as the samuri ran up to them.
"What do you want?" they asked as if the samuri was the one that bothered them.
"I forgot to ask," the scroll with Shio's picture and reward price was drawn from the samuri's armor again. "Have either of you seen this man?"
Upon seeing the picture, both prostitutes blushed deeply and giggled amongst themselves.
The samuri looked at them confused. "Huh? What is it?"
"Why yes we have seen him!" the second one said jovially.
"You have!? Have you seen him recently??" the samuri asked.
"No, it's been a long time since he was here," one of them started. Then the other one finished her by saying, "But his stay was quite pleasant!" =^_^=
Then they both burst into happy, girly laughter. The samuri blinked, watching them for a few seconds before slowly edging away.
Jumping on the brown horse that was "borrowed", the samuri patted the horses head and said, "You know what horsy, you need a name." The samuri looked upward for a few moments before smiling and whispering in the pony's ear. "I think I'll name you after a character in a fairytale I heard once a while ago." The samuri stroked the horse's uncut mane. "I'll call you Kikyo!" ^__^
And with that in mind, they galloped away.
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RIP!
Sumiko folded up the rombus shaped scap of paper and deposited it into an empty box of Kleenex. The box she had "borrowed with no intention of returning" from Kagome.
"O~okay!" she exclaimed and posed triumphantly. Shio sat on the other side of the Kleenex box looking a bit ill. The girls sat on their knees in a square formation, watching the little kitsune/puppy girl.
Sumiko smiled brightly at them all then announced rather loudly "To be fair to all recipients, we will do this the democrabic way!" ^___^
All of the girls looked at Sumiko with confusion.
"Democratic?" Shio corrected her and sighed. "Sumiko, I doubt that these girls even know what democratic means." ;;; -.-
Sumiko sweatdropped looked at him aghast. "Are you trying to seduce me, Mrs. Robinson?!"
Shio: O o ?;;;
The personal girls: Oo ?!
Sumiko: ^_^ "Continuing now!" she pulled a dry-erase marker chartboard out from behind her boulder of infinity items. "Sumiko will pick out names from the shoe box without looking and put them in order on the board!"
Shio asked, "I thought it was a Kleenex bo-"
"THIS will determine.the order in which each of you will go on a separate date with Shio!"
The girls suddenly became more interested and smiled at Sumiko.
"Wow! You're so smart, Sumiko-chan!" Nikkei the cinnamon girl exclaimed.
Sumiko grinned a catlike grin and gave her the peace sign. "Hai!" ^_^V
Shio sighed again and rested his chin on the palm of his hand. Usually, this sort of thing would have more then mildly interesting to him. The thought itself that he HAD to find a mate took away his concentration and confidence in the matter all together. He was such a teenager, really...
KA-POW!
Shio's head twisted in a way he never thought possible as the white board, metal stand and all, connected with the side of his skull. If he were human, Shio would have lost his head. The bored bounced off and into the air, as if he used a special elastic shampoo.
Sadly, Shio did not use a special elastic shampoo, and he ended up with whiplash and one of those concussions were the injured person gets the horrible knuckle cracking pain when they could have had the unconsciousness and the internal bleeding.
The girls all crowded around him worriedly. Sumiko hovered over him with large watery eyes crying, "OMG! I'M SO SORRY KITTY!! IT SLIPPED FROM MY HANDS!!!" T___T
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"Now let's see, where did Grandpa put the tea bags?" Mama asked herself out loud. She opened the door to the pantry and stuck her head in. Kagome sat at the kitchen table trying to think of what she would say when her mother asked her about Inu Yasha. She couldn't lie to her mother. For one thing, the woman was so frickn' hard to lie to because she seemed so trusting and kind. And another thing, she didn't want to hurt Mama anymore then she already thought she did. Kagome knew that it must have been hard to have a daughter, who always disappeared with a strange boy to a strange place she couldn't go to, only to come back pregnant one day. Even though Kagome had known this woman all her life, she was still a mystery to her. "There they are!" Mama pulled the box of tea bags out of the freezer. "I wonder how they got in there." Her mama had assumed Inu Yasha was willing to be the father. What would she do when she found out the truth though? That Inu Yasha was still too stubborn and cowardly to admit he was wrong and step in to do the right thing this time. "Be right back," Kagome quickly stood up and walked around the table.
"Where are you going?" Kagome's Mama asked.
"Bathroom." Was Kagome's response.
"Okay, but hurry back dear, the water's almost ready!" Mama chimed. ^_^
Souta came inside from playing and took off his shoes on the stairs. When he saw Kagome he ran up to her looking around for you-know-who. "Hey Kagome! Where's Inu-MPH!"
Kagome grabbed him and clamped her hand over his mouth. She looked back at Mama nervously, but the woman was busy stirring rice. (AN: Oh god.rice sounds SO good right now..I love rice..especially buttered white rice..buttered like movie theater popcorn..=P)
Kagome dragged him over to the hallway and stashed the body in the coat closet. Then she looked around for witnesses, sighed in relief, and heard her grandpa scream, "BWAH!"
THUMP!
Kagome ran over to the stairs and Grandpa sat up on them rubbing his shins. He picked up Souta's shoes and called with a pained tone in his voice, "Souta, you left your shoes on the stairs again!" T_T He limped past her to the livingroom.
When Kagome came back from the bathroom, her mother set a teacup and saucer down in front of Kagome's place and her own. She dropped a tea bag in each porcelain cup and ran back to the whistling kettle.
Kagome had to take a deep breath in order to get herself to go sit down. Mama stood next to her and carefully poured the hot water into the cup so that it wouldn't splash or all fall out in a tidal wave.
Kagome dunked the teabag up and down to shake the particles out of it and the water turned dark. She wanted it strong. In fact she left her tea bag in much longer then Mama did.
Mama watched innocently as Kagome flinch and almost gag on her tea. "You've got to blow on it first, Kagome." She said warningly, bringing her own cup to her lips. "I thought you didn't like your tea strong."
Kagome fanned her tongue. Nothing like third degree burns to make visiting home all the more enjoyable. "I don't like it..but I want it to be strong."
Her mother looked upward, trying to understand, then finally taking a loud, long sip of her tea. This meant that she hadn't a clue. "So Kagome, how's-"
"Hedoesn'twannabethefather!!" Kagome squinted her eyes shut.
"Huh?" Mama gave her a skeptical look.
"Inu Yasha doesn't want to be the father of my baby." Kagome said looking at Mama guiltily. "Isn't that what you were going to ask about.
Mama blinked and set her cup down bewildered. "Well I was about to ask you how the baby was, but that question is somewhat important too I guess." ;;;
Kagome face-faulted off of her chair.
"By the way, when are you going to show me my grandchild?!" Mama frowned impatiently.
"Mama, I haven't gotten a bit of sleep!" Kagome pulled herself into her chair. "She cries all the time! And Inu Onna seems to have a very violent personal-"
"INU ONNA!" ^__________^ her mother shrieked joyfully. "She must be so kawaii!!"
Kagome sweatdropped. This wasn't the type of reaction she would have expected at all. T_T
Maybe that was a good thing..maybe.
"Mama, aren't you mad?" Kagome asked.
"About what?" Mama asked calmly sipping her tea.
"Well," Kagome started, but Mama started talking again.
"I have a beautiful daughter, who's got her good health and is very beautiful. ^__^" Mama smiled at Kagome. "You know, most women after pregnancy gain weight or become very irritable, but Kagome, you're even more beautiful then before. I didn't even know if that was possible till now!"
Kagome blushed a tad bit. "Uh, thank you-"
"And Inu Yasha," Mama started. "He's a good boy."
Kagome looked up at her in disbelief. Did she not hear her the first time she told her?! Or maybe when she told her, her mama went insane!
"Don't worry, Kagome." Mama winked at her. "Things will turn out right in the end."
Kagome wasn't so optimistic. "How do you know?"
"Well for one, I've never had a need to doubt Inu Yasha in the past. I believe he'll do the right thing eventually.just as soon as the shock wears off." ^__^ She took another sip and her grin widdened. "Besides! Scorpiogal like never writes stories with sad endings!" ^___^
Kagome facefaulted again.
(AN: When you've got a person's fate depending on me, you really should be afraid.)
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(AN: I swear.Kagome's mom is one of the coolest anime moms. ^_______^)
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*******~~~(flashback!)~~~~(again!)~~~~~***********
"Concentrate. Relax your mind and focus on your elements." Shin'yo told her students. They sat in a little circle in their meditation poses on the ivory tiles of Shin'yo's zen garden. Almost a year had passed, and they had not learned much at all about how to use the light. About 80% of the time was spent with sessions of yoga and meditation. Then they learned how to completely relax their bodies and minds at will. They learned how to direct attention on one thing and one thing only, and how to block their thoughts from hackers.
These things had helped Yukidaruma a lot. For one, he was a bit more relaxed around his master and Sashimi, unless that simply came to him by routine. They had lessons every day. At first they left him whimpering with a migrane by the end of the night. Eventually the headaches stopped though. In fact, he stopped getting headaches completely. That might have been part of the lessons, too. He still found himself a little bit uneasy around Sashimi in a way he had trouble describing. When she was around his heart would race, causing him to be a bit jumpy and hyper. Shin'yo called that "Fight of Flight", whatever that was.
Sashimasu was nearby doing some advanced form of movements for whatever her fighting preference was. It seemed quite difficult, but after a while of watching, one could see patterns and repeating stances. She finished off her form and looked over at them. Sashimi and Yukidaruma were sitting with their legs spread out at ninety degree angles and they slouched somewhat in their relaxation. But they kept their heads up facing the sky and their eyes closed. Sashimi focusing on silver, and Yukidaruma focusing on ice. Shinyo had pulled her legs into a comfortable position sometime after the children closed their eyes and sat filing her nails. Sashimasu couldn't help but chuckle.
'And just what are you laughing about?' Shin'yo's voice echoed in her mind.
'Nothing. Just how good of a teacher you are.' Sashimasu smirked and walked toward Shin'yo's back.
'What? They don't need me for this part.' Shin'yo shrugged and continued to file her nails calmly.
Sashimasu sat down with her back to Shin'yo's and smiled up at the puffy white clouds floating just over head. 'I think Shicho will be proposing to me any day now.' ^__^
'Well he should.' Shin'yo glanced at the shape of her nails quickly. 'You've taught him how to fight and bared his child. It's the least he can do.'
Sashimasu giggled again. 'I know!' ^_^
'That reminds me, before he does propose to you, I have to meet him! If you don't introduce him to me, I'll cry..'
'Haha, yeah right. That 'I'm gonna cry thing' stopped working on me years ago!' =P
'Sashimasu. T_T'
'Alright fine, I'll introduce him to you, but later, okay?' ^_^
'Don't forget now.'
Sashimasu stood up and began to walk toward the temple steps.
Shin'yo reached out and tapped the children on their foreheads. This was their single to stop concentrating on the voices in their heads and pay attention to Shin'yo's voice.
"Guess what time it is, students!" She smiled brightly.
"Hammer time!" Sashimi thrust her fists into the air. ^____^
"Uh..noon?" Yukidaruma guessed.
"That's right! ^_^ It's high time that you kids learned about the light!" Shin'yo said.
"YAY!" Sashimi cheered with her fists still in the air.
"Awesome!" Yukidaruma was as happy as a kid in a candy store.
"Alright, now are you sure that you kids are well meditated?" She asked cautiously.
"Hai!" They both answered at the same time and nodded.
"Because the light is not an easy thing to learn. Beginners should handle at their own risk. For the last time, are you both really ready?"
"Hai!" Sashimi shouted like a soldier in rank...a very giddy and ragtag soldier..
Was Yukidaruma ready? He felt like he has been ready his entire life! He nodded determinedly. "Hai!"
"Alright then," she moved to sit on her front legs and her two apprentices mimicked her action. She paused for effect mostly but then she started to speak in her soothing voice. "As you may or may not know, the universe is controlled by two forces mostly - light and darkness. Until recently, they have been uncontrollable matters that make life flow the way they want it too. But they aren't ungodly powers for nothing, an absolute of either is impossible to achieve."
Yukidaruma was already confused. He was able to follow her sciency explanation up until that last sentence. Was she saying that the light had a weakness?
"Too much of darkness can kill a person. The same goes for having too much of light." She then added after seeing the nervous look on Yukidaruma's face, "But luckily, that's only if they are holding 100% light or darkness and letting it overflow." She picked up her staff which sat neck to her and she stood it up straight. "Even now I have trouble creating "pure light". I may never since I'm a demon, but I don't like to think negatively." She winked at them. "Pure light is the name Sashimasu and I gave this power. I ask you if your ready because it's not completely finished making it highly unstable and could easily kill you or cause you to go insane if awakened."
Yukidaruma was starting to look pale and nervous again.
"Though," She emphasized on that first word for the point she was about to make. "I have absolute faith in the two of you. From the moment I first met each of you, I could tell that you had the inner strength to not get hurt when using it."
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"AAAAAAAAHHHH!!!" Shippou ran around the tiny hut in circles, screaming, "SHE'S GONNA EAT ME! SHE'S GONNA EAT ME! SHE'S GONNA EAT ME! AAAAHHH!!!" And Inu Onna was after him like a shot! Don't let her inexperience fool you, she was pretty fast for a baby!
Shippou kept running but he heard her puppy-like snarls right behind him! oO
Soon Inu Yasha came stumbling into the hut. He was somewhat in a daze from throwing up. After a few moments of sitting in the corner and waiting for the colored spots floating around his vision to leave the room, he noticed Shippou running around and Inu Onna chasing him. He raised an eyebrow and made himself comfortable. "Oi, Shippou! What did you do this time?"
Suddenly on that exact lap around the room, Shippou ran and jumped on Inu Yasha's head and screamed into the dog boy's ears, "She's gonna eat me!!"
Well we all know how delicate and fragile his doggy ears are. Shippou yelling into them just made him more nauseous and dizzy then the grass did! Inu Onna came around and leapt clear over Inu Yasha's head, biting Shippou's head on the way, and carrying him over with her. They rolled around on the floor, Shippou screaming and helpless as if he were a victim of a bear attack. Inu Yasha fell backwards holding his ears in pain going into a very small trembling seizer.
Inu Onna clamped her gums over the left side of his face and gave a growl that came out muffled. Shippou screamed as she started biting his head, his arms his legs, his tail.
Then after a moment of screaming he realized he wasn't being attacked anymore. He opened his eyes. Miroku had come in and pulled her off of the tiny kit. Inu Onna struggled to get free, holding her was about as easy as holding a wet fish. He had to sit down in order to hold her right.
"Are you okay Shippou?" Sango asked. She had come in there sometime too.
They looked over at Inu Yasha who was sulking in the corner. "Inu Yasha, what happened??" Sango asked.
"What??" he looked back at her and shouted louder then he needed to.
"I asked you what happened!!?" she shouted back.
"WHAT???" he shrugged. "I CAN'T HEAR YOU! SOMEONE STOP RINGING THATGOD DAMNED BELL!!"
Inu Onna howled without warning and bit Miroku's arm.
"OW!" he let go of her quickly and she scampered away. He pulled back his sleeve and looked at a small bubble of blood grow from a needle hole puncture. He gasped and so did Sango. They looked up at Inu Onna. She growled baring her gums again. There was one slight difference though. Near the front of her jaw, was a small incisor tooth. Shippou's face went a tad bit blue with fear and Miroku and Sango began to back away slowly.
Inu Onna growled and charged toward them, sending everyone into a run.
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"Hey, Kagome!" Yumi exclaimed happily. ^_^
"Long time no see!" Eki hugged her.
She had been gone for so long, and they missed her so much!
"It's great to see you guys!" Kagome exclaimed.
Expectantly the first question they asked her was, "Was you baby delivered alright?"
"Yeah, she's a pretty healthy baby." Considering the baby was born on a hardwood floor in an ancient mansion in medieval times.
"It's a she!" Eki cooed happily. "You're going to have to show her off to us someday!"
Kagome gave a fake laugh. She could just picture herself walking down the street with Inu Onna in a stroller.
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"Arf! Grrrrrr..Arf, arf, arf!"
Well, it had finally come down to this. Everyone sat on the roof of Kaede's hut. The only place where it seemed Inu Onna couldn't get them. Inu Onna made laps around the outside of the hut until a mote appeared there, she also would stop to stand up against the side of the hut and growl at her pathetic targets.
Miroku looked down at her then suddenly pointed and shouted, "Bad Inu Onna! Down! Sit!" Sango shook her head. "Forget about it Houshi, that pup will wait us out and nothing will stop her."
"You think so negatively, Miss Sango." Miroku said ever so calmly. "She'll tire out eventually, and when she does, we'll just tap her on the nose and put her to bed."
"I seriously doubt it will be that easy." Sango said. She watched as Inu Onna made another lap around the hut. "How many times has she done that??"
Shippou watched the puppy nervously. "I lost count a long time ago." ;;;
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Kagome took a quick look out the window before stuffing the last thing she needed into her pack. "It's getting late, I have to get back and hope Inu Onna isn't suffering from child abuse."
Her family looked up at her then Mama came over with her hands behind her back. "Wait, Kagome,"
"Yes, Mama?"
"Would you like to stay here for tonight?"
"But Mama-"
"I know you want to get back to your baby," her Mama winked at her and brought a present out from behind her back. "But all mothers need a break once in a while."
Kagome gasped and accepted the gift. "Wow, what's this for?"
"It's a late baby shower gift." Mama said.
Kagome opened the gift. The first thing she saw inside caused her to burst into hysterical laughter. There was no way her mom could have actually bought this at any baby store. Inside was a hand-knit pink baby hat with little glovelike ear pockets sticking up on top. "Oh mom, what if the baby ended up not having dog ears what would you have done then?!" ^___^
"Well it would still look cute on the baby's head. They really do make hats like this!"
Kagome thanked her and turned around to see Souta. "Hi Souta, did you unplug yourself from your videogames?"
Souta rolled his eyes and handed her a gift bag. "I got this for my puppy niece."
Inside Souta's gift was A doll, a box of animal cookies, and a rope chewtoy.
"Kagome, you can use these also." Her grandpa held up a few charms. "To protect your baby from wandering spirits." And we all know how helpful grandpa's spells are.
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Sumiko sat on top of a log playing with her berry spells. She took three boysenberries and turned them into Inu Yasha, Miroku, Shippou, and Shio and she giggled as she watched them do their rendition of the barbershop quartet. Then she saw Miroku and Sango out of the corner of her eye. She looked up at them. "Hi nice people!" she said. "When the song's over, Sumiko can make the berries into a nice pie for you!" ^_^
The berries stopped singing when they heard her say this. They all exchanged worried glances.
"Sumiko, do you know where Inu Onna is? She stopped chasing us a long time ago and we haven't seen her since." Miroku asked the little girl.
"Hopefully she hasn't bitten anyone." Sango said shooting Miroku a fearful glance.
"Sumiko doesn't know anything about helping puppy girl hide from the grown-ups." Sumiko said.
Miroku and Sango sweatdropped.
A few feet away Shippou and Shio were setting up a trap. (You know, the box lid being held up by a stick with a string tied to the stick to pull it shut.)
"It's a rabbit trap." Shio said tightening the knot on the stick.
"A rabbit trap?" Shippou looked confused. "But we're trying to catch Inu Onna! Not rabbits! What was the point of this?"
"I have no idea." Shio shook his head.
"Sumiko, please tell us where she is, she needs to take a bath." Sango asked Sumiko. She realized afterwards that she sounded like a mother.
"Puppy girl doesn't want a bath!" Sumiko cried. She grabbed Naraku from his perch atop her hair and began to scratch his back. He actually sat still, purring happily like a kitty with his back arched. Even though she freaked him out, he still thought she was a good backscratcher.
Finally Miroku gave up trying to coax the answer out of Sumiko and began calling, "Inu Onna! Here girl!" he whistled.
Soon everyone except for Sumiko and Naraku were calling for the puppy. Sumiko continued to scratch Naraku's back and Naraku sat in lala land. He looked down at the berry people who looked back up at him warily. He scratched his head and the berry people imitated him. Then he reached out, grabbed the berry Shippou and smooshed him into his monkey jaw. Sumiko looked at him slightly wide eyed and sweatdropped as Naraku licked the red berry juice off of his chin.
Then Shippou stopped calling Inu Onna's name and stuck his finger in his mouth. He had an idea. "Hey guys! I have an idea!"
Look out everyone! Shippou's contributing! Oo
"You've got the stage, Meat." Shio said.
Shippou cleared his throat then called out, "Oh no, we're in danger!" he sounded like he was trying to pretend he was worried. "We're just a helpless group of people. We sure hope that Inu Onna doesn't jump out at us and try to eat us!"
Suddenly Inu Onna bounded out of a patch of white flowers and charged them like a sabertooth tiger. But instead of them running they captured her using a towel.
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And so, they had given Inu Onna a bath. Very few had survived. Miroku and Sango's exhausted and motionless bodies were laid out in Kaede's hut. Shippou hovered in the corner rocking back and forth muttering something about soap bubbles.
Inu Yasha just fell asleep not that he helped or anything. Shio's dates went to go stay in town. Sumiko was heating up a bottle of milk, and that left-
"Hold still there, puppy." Shio tied the diaper around the babies waste. He didn't know if it was necessarily the correct way it was supposed to be put on her, but it stayed. (He knew more about bringing babies into the world then taking care of them.) Also add the fact that he never really cared to learn how to change a diaper.
Inu Onna lay on her feather pillow bed crying noisily. She had bed crying and screaming ever since she was caught. The bath was just the most violent part of her fit.
Gladly Shio was able to stay calm with her the whole time he was with her. One thing he guessed about most children, was that when a parent gets upset, the child get's even more upset. Very sensitive creatures kids are.
"Let's see, this is the part where Kagome sings you a lullaby right?"
Unfortunatly, Kagome was in her own time and for some strange reason took her singing with her.
"Lullabies, lullabies..I don't know any lullabies!" he scratched his cheek and looked upward. "Do I even know any songs appropriate for children?" He looked over at Shippou.
Shippou sat rocking back and forth chattering, "Soap bubbles..piles of them everywhere..." ;;;;;;;;;
"Hey, Meat!" Shio called.
Shippou stopped rocking and looked over his shoulder at him.
"I'm gonna sing Inu Onna a lullaby but I need a couple of things to make it work."
Shippou stood up and came over, knowing that he was going to play the errand boy. "What do you need?"
Shio smiled and said, "Get me a couple of sailor outfits and an accordion player!" ^_^
Shippou sweatdropped. "Uh..I dunno, Shio..an accordion player is kind of hard to get this time at night without making plans ahead of time."
"Just try to get it meat, if you do you get to dance!"
"Really???? Oh, cool!!" Shippou scampered out the hut.
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"Got a whale of a tale to tell ya, lads,
A whale of a tale or two!
'Bout the flappin' fish and the girls I've loved
On nights like this with the moon above.
A whale of a tale and it's all true
I swear by my tattoo!" The accordion player, who looked like a salty fisherman, sat next to Shio who sat on a stool, dressed in a male sailor outfit playing a ukulele. Miroku and Sango sat up against the wall to listen. Shippou wore a little kids sailor outfit (which made him look like Donald Duck except with pants) and he danced around like a cross between a sailor and a river dancer. "There was Mermaid Minnie," he tapped his foot on the floor twice, "Met her down in Madagaskar - She would kiss me," foot tap, "any time that I would ask her -
Then one evening" tap tap, "her flame of love blew out." He feigned surprise, "Blow me down and pick me up! She swapped me for a trout!" Then Miroku, Sango, Shio and Shippou sang, "Got a whale of a tale to tell ya, lads, a whale of a tale or two! 'Bout the flappin' fish and the girls I've loved on nights like this with the moon above. A whale of a tale and it's all true, I swear by my tattoo!"
Inu Yasha had woken up a long time ago and sat against the wall watching as well. Shio went back to his solo part. He leaned in and sang, "There was Typhoon Tessie," Shippou rang a ship bell that was next to Inu Yasha. "Met her on the coast of Java. When we kissed I -" Shippou rang the bell again. "- bubbled up like molten lava.
Then she gave me ..the scare of my young life," Shio looked surprised and freaked out. "Blow me down and pick me up! She was the captain's wife!" Miroku and Sango laughed. The same chorus as before sang, "Got a whale of a tale to tell ya, lads, A whale of a tale or two! 'Bout the flappin' fish and the girls I've loved on nights like this with the moon above. A whale of a tale and it's all true
I swear by my tattoo!" Well Inu Onna had stopped crying. She lay on the feather pillow, eyes wide, with her fist in her mouth. She blinked in confusion. What??
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Thirteen pages of Scorpio gold. Happy Kwanza! ^ ^
[Scorpiogal drops from the sky dressed as The Silent Nun of Doom and stands in a fighters stance. She is surrounded by the Stressor Monsters of Evil in an autumn field. There are about sixteen of them.]
Scorpiogal: To those of you readers who have been nice about waiting for the next story, I'm sorry this chapter is late.
(One of the SME is in the form of a thirteen year old boy dressed in overalls. He holds up a shot gun and points it at her)
SME Huck Fin: Git' of yer butt, Scorpio! Ye'w got a Jernal assignment and a comparison paper due after break! (fires his gun at her)
Scorpiogal: (bends backward matrix style and the bullets fly over her in slow motion.) For those of you who have been getting all grumpy, mean, and stupid about it, F*ck you.
Three metallic monkey shaped SME's: (come out of no where and jump on her) Buy presents for you family! Buy presents before it's too late!!
Scorpiogal: (Struggles to throw them off of her) I didn't cause my stress, and if anyone tells me to hurry up with the next chapter again, I will literally bite their heads off.In other news, I don't own Inu Yasha, and that's not new.
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Chapter 14. A Whale of a Tale
Waking up and feeling a sharp pain in his pointed nose, Shippou sat up straight in a daze. He rubbed his nose impulsively which only made it hurt worse. He cringed and looked at his hand to see if any blood came off. Luckily, there was none... It only felt hot like blood.
He frowned at Inu Onna who was laying on her stomach, facing him and looking not very happy.
"Jeeze Inu Onna, that hurt!" he said rubbing his nose. "Why do you have to be so violent?!" he scolded her.
Inu Onna glared back at him and said nothing.
"I mean before you were born, I thought you were going to be a sweet, friendly baby who could do more then cry and lay around in her own drool! Not to mention I was hoping for a boy!"
Inu Onna glared back at him and said nothing.
"-Someone I could be friends with, someone who would be the smallest and weakest of the group like me - who would share secrets and pull pranks on Inu Yasha with me. but no! You're mean, and you smell, and you're impulsive, and not very nice! - Just like Inu Yasha!"
There!
He said it!
And he felt pretty good about it too.
Suddenly Inu Onna's bottom lip began to tremble. Her eyes welled up with tears and she bowed her head whimpering softly.
Shippou's anger faded quickly and he gave her a concerned look of worry. "Gee, I-I'm sorry!" he stood up and took one step toward her holding out his hand. "I never wanted to make you sad, it's just that -"
Inu Onna's eyes flashed angrily. She looked up at him murderously and growled.
"Whaa?!" Shippou sweatdropped and backed against the wall cautiously. Even though Kagome said herself that Inu Onna wouldn't be crawling for a long time, she was still a very scary child.
Then she did something that truly horrified him. With a small groan, she pulled her arms into position and put the palms of her hands against the hardwood floor. She raised her upper body off the ground and found her balance on her chibbi knees and hands. Shippou trembled.
Inu Onna growled threateningly, baring her gums.
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Kagome climbed out of the well in her own time and dropped her backpack wearily. Having a baby really took it out of a teenage time traveling school girl mother. (AN: How many of those are there? Oo)
So while she was here, she had to get some more food for her friends - and some future baby food that Inu Onna would be needing soon. Also plastic diapers with sides you could tape or Velcro together - anything to get rid of those stupid cloth diapers. And maybe some toys - some toys to keep Inu Onna occupied..
"Kagome!"
She looked up to see that she was already in front of her house. Her mama stood in the doorway holding the door open for her. "Come inside, Kagome before you catch cold." ^_^
Kagome looked up at her smiling, trusting face until her vision blurred with tears.
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The samuri (from one of the previous chapters) got down off the horse that was "borrowed without intention of returning". (AN: I prefer the term "stolen"..) The samuri and the horse stood in front of a temple, which many other travelers had recommended as a good resting place. 'Supposed to have good pancakes or something.
"Hey there-"
"-Mr. Samuri."
The samuri turned and almost jumped out of the stolen armor as two young women, who were obviously prostitutes, approached. The samuri gave them wary looks, "Good evening, ladies. What would a couple of girls like you be doing by a temple like this?" ;;;
The prostitutes giggled behind their sleeves then gave the samuri seductive glances. "Time of war are pretty lonely, huh?" one of them asked.
"Uh."
"Per'aps we could be of some assistance?" the second one who had a higher pitched voice asked.
"Oh well, no thank you, I'm doing quite well on my own." The samuri gave a polite laugh to show how okay everything was. But the prostitutes continued to smile suggestively.
The samuri sweatdropped nervously.
Then all of a sudden, the prostitutes started to advance and one of them smiled eerily. "Trust us! We know what we're doing!"
"-And we're so good at it!" the other one said.
"No, I'm serious! I don't want any-"
One came up from behind and the other in the front.
"Stop, I mean it! Now leave me alone!"
The one from behind was attempting to massage the samuri's neck while petting loose hairs sticking out of the back of the helmet. While the samuri tried to get her to stop, the one in front suddenly moved in and licked the samuri's bare cheek.
The poor samuri's eyes popped and so pushed the one in front off harshly. "Ew! Gross!"
Tired of games, the samuri grabbed the arm of the prostitute from behind and flipped her into her partner.
After the shock and pain ended, they helped each other up, giving the samuri pissed and confused frowns. "What is wrong with you??" one of them asked. "All the other samuri would do anything for five minutes with us! How can you just say no!?"
"Like this," the samuri stated smartly, "Noooo."
"Freak." The second one said, and they helped each other as they began to limp off.
"Oh, wait!" the samuri suddenly shouted.
They turned back to look as the samuri ran up to them.
"What do you want?" they asked as if the samuri was the one that bothered them.
"I forgot to ask," the scroll with Shio's picture and reward price was drawn from the samuri's armor again. "Have either of you seen this man?"
Upon seeing the picture, both prostitutes blushed deeply and giggled amongst themselves.
The samuri looked at them confused. "Huh? What is it?"
"Why yes we have seen him!" the second one said jovially.
"You have!? Have you seen him recently??" the samuri asked.
"No, it's been a long time since he was here," one of them started. Then the other one finished her by saying, "But his stay was quite pleasant!" =^_^=
Then they both burst into happy, girly laughter. The samuri blinked, watching them for a few seconds before slowly edging away.
Jumping on the brown horse that was "borrowed", the samuri patted the horses head and said, "You know what horsy, you need a name." The samuri looked upward for a few moments before smiling and whispering in the pony's ear. "I think I'll name you after a character in a fairytale I heard once a while ago." The samuri stroked the horse's uncut mane. "I'll call you Kikyo!" ^__^
And with that in mind, they galloped away.
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RIP!
Sumiko folded up the rombus shaped scap of paper and deposited it into an empty box of Kleenex. The box she had "borrowed with no intention of returning" from Kagome.
"O~okay!" she exclaimed and posed triumphantly. Shio sat on the other side of the Kleenex box looking a bit ill. The girls sat on their knees in a square formation, watching the little kitsune/puppy girl.
Sumiko smiled brightly at them all then announced rather loudly "To be fair to all recipients, we will do this the democrabic way!" ^___^
All of the girls looked at Sumiko with confusion.
"Democratic?" Shio corrected her and sighed. "Sumiko, I doubt that these girls even know what democratic means." ;;; -.-
Sumiko sweatdropped looked at him aghast. "Are you trying to seduce me, Mrs. Robinson?!"
Shio: O o ?;;;
The personal girls: Oo ?!
Sumiko: ^_^ "Continuing now!" she pulled a dry-erase marker chartboard out from behind her boulder of infinity items. "Sumiko will pick out names from the shoe box without looking and put them in order on the board!"
Shio asked, "I thought it was a Kleenex bo-"
"THIS will determine.the order in which each of you will go on a separate date with Shio!"
The girls suddenly became more interested and smiled at Sumiko.
"Wow! You're so smart, Sumiko-chan!" Nikkei the cinnamon girl exclaimed.
Sumiko grinned a catlike grin and gave her the peace sign. "Hai!" ^_^V
Shio sighed again and rested his chin on the palm of his hand. Usually, this sort of thing would have more then mildly interesting to him. The thought itself that he HAD to find a mate took away his concentration and confidence in the matter all together. He was such a teenager, really...
KA-POW!
Shio's head twisted in a way he never thought possible as the white board, metal stand and all, connected with the side of his skull. If he were human, Shio would have lost his head. The bored bounced off and into the air, as if he used a special elastic shampoo.
Sadly, Shio did not use a special elastic shampoo, and he ended up with whiplash and one of those concussions were the injured person gets the horrible knuckle cracking pain when they could have had the unconsciousness and the internal bleeding.
The girls all crowded around him worriedly. Sumiko hovered over him with large watery eyes crying, "OMG! I'M SO SORRY KITTY!! IT SLIPPED FROM MY HANDS!!!" T___T
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"Now let's see, where did Grandpa put the tea bags?" Mama asked herself out loud. She opened the door to the pantry and stuck her head in. Kagome sat at the kitchen table trying to think of what she would say when her mother asked her about Inu Yasha. She couldn't lie to her mother. For one thing, the woman was so frickn' hard to lie to because she seemed so trusting and kind. And another thing, she didn't want to hurt Mama anymore then she already thought she did. Kagome knew that it must have been hard to have a daughter, who always disappeared with a strange boy to a strange place she couldn't go to, only to come back pregnant one day. Even though Kagome had known this woman all her life, she was still a mystery to her. "There they are!" Mama pulled the box of tea bags out of the freezer. "I wonder how they got in there." Her mama had assumed Inu Yasha was willing to be the father. What would she do when she found out the truth though? That Inu Yasha was still too stubborn and cowardly to admit he was wrong and step in to do the right thing this time. "Be right back," Kagome quickly stood up and walked around the table.
"Where are you going?" Kagome's Mama asked.
"Bathroom." Was Kagome's response.
"Okay, but hurry back dear, the water's almost ready!" Mama chimed. ^_^
Souta came inside from playing and took off his shoes on the stairs. When he saw Kagome he ran up to her looking around for you-know-who. "Hey Kagome! Where's Inu-MPH!"
Kagome grabbed him and clamped her hand over his mouth. She looked back at Mama nervously, but the woman was busy stirring rice. (AN: Oh god.rice sounds SO good right now..I love rice..especially buttered white rice..buttered like movie theater popcorn..=P)
Kagome dragged him over to the hallway and stashed the body in the coat closet. Then she looked around for witnesses, sighed in relief, and heard her grandpa scream, "BWAH!"
THUMP!
Kagome ran over to the stairs and Grandpa sat up on them rubbing his shins. He picked up Souta's shoes and called with a pained tone in his voice, "Souta, you left your shoes on the stairs again!" T_T He limped past her to the livingroom.
When Kagome came back from the bathroom, her mother set a teacup and saucer down in front of Kagome's place and her own. She dropped a tea bag in each porcelain cup and ran back to the whistling kettle.
Kagome had to take a deep breath in order to get herself to go sit down. Mama stood next to her and carefully poured the hot water into the cup so that it wouldn't splash or all fall out in a tidal wave.
Kagome dunked the teabag up and down to shake the particles out of it and the water turned dark. She wanted it strong. In fact she left her tea bag in much longer then Mama did.
Mama watched innocently as Kagome flinch and almost gag on her tea. "You've got to blow on it first, Kagome." She said warningly, bringing her own cup to her lips. "I thought you didn't like your tea strong."
Kagome fanned her tongue. Nothing like third degree burns to make visiting home all the more enjoyable. "I don't like it..but I want it to be strong."
Her mother looked upward, trying to understand, then finally taking a loud, long sip of her tea. This meant that she hadn't a clue. "So Kagome, how's-"
"Hedoesn'twannabethefather!!" Kagome squinted her eyes shut.
"Huh?" Mama gave her a skeptical look.
"Inu Yasha doesn't want to be the father of my baby." Kagome said looking at Mama guiltily. "Isn't that what you were going to ask about.
Mama blinked and set her cup down bewildered. "Well I was about to ask you how the baby was, but that question is somewhat important too I guess." ;;;
Kagome face-faulted off of her chair.
"By the way, when are you going to show me my grandchild?!" Mama frowned impatiently.
"Mama, I haven't gotten a bit of sleep!" Kagome pulled herself into her chair. "She cries all the time! And Inu Onna seems to have a very violent personal-"
"INU ONNA!" ^__________^ her mother shrieked joyfully. "She must be so kawaii!!"
Kagome sweatdropped. This wasn't the type of reaction she would have expected at all. T_T
Maybe that was a good thing..maybe.
"Mama, aren't you mad?" Kagome asked.
"About what?" Mama asked calmly sipping her tea.
"Well," Kagome started, but Mama started talking again.
"I have a beautiful daughter, who's got her good health and is very beautiful. ^__^" Mama smiled at Kagome. "You know, most women after pregnancy gain weight or become very irritable, but Kagome, you're even more beautiful then before. I didn't even know if that was possible till now!"
Kagome blushed a tad bit. "Uh, thank you-"
"And Inu Yasha," Mama started. "He's a good boy."
Kagome looked up at her in disbelief. Did she not hear her the first time she told her?! Or maybe when she told her, her mama went insane!
"Don't worry, Kagome." Mama winked at her. "Things will turn out right in the end."
Kagome wasn't so optimistic. "How do you know?"
"Well for one, I've never had a need to doubt Inu Yasha in the past. I believe he'll do the right thing eventually.just as soon as the shock wears off." ^__^ She took another sip and her grin widdened. "Besides! Scorpiogal like never writes stories with sad endings!" ^___^
Kagome facefaulted again.
(AN: When you've got a person's fate depending on me, you really should be afraid.)
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(AN: I swear.Kagome's mom is one of the coolest anime moms. ^_______^)
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"Concentrate. Relax your mind and focus on your elements." Shin'yo told her students. They sat in a little circle in their meditation poses on the ivory tiles of Shin'yo's zen garden. Almost a year had passed, and they had not learned much at all about how to use the light. About 80% of the time was spent with sessions of yoga and meditation. Then they learned how to completely relax their bodies and minds at will. They learned how to direct attention on one thing and one thing only, and how to block their thoughts from hackers.
These things had helped Yukidaruma a lot. For one, he was a bit more relaxed around his master and Sashimi, unless that simply came to him by routine. They had lessons every day. At first they left him whimpering with a migrane by the end of the night. Eventually the headaches stopped though. In fact, he stopped getting headaches completely. That might have been part of the lessons, too. He still found himself a little bit uneasy around Sashimi in a way he had trouble describing. When she was around his heart would race, causing him to be a bit jumpy and hyper. Shin'yo called that "Fight of Flight", whatever that was.
Sashimasu was nearby doing some advanced form of movements for whatever her fighting preference was. It seemed quite difficult, but after a while of watching, one could see patterns and repeating stances. She finished off her form and looked over at them. Sashimi and Yukidaruma were sitting with their legs spread out at ninety degree angles and they slouched somewhat in their relaxation. But they kept their heads up facing the sky and their eyes closed. Sashimi focusing on silver, and Yukidaruma focusing on ice. Shinyo had pulled her legs into a comfortable position sometime after the children closed their eyes and sat filing her nails. Sashimasu couldn't help but chuckle.
'And just what are you laughing about?' Shin'yo's voice echoed in her mind.
'Nothing. Just how good of a teacher you are.' Sashimasu smirked and walked toward Shin'yo's back.
'What? They don't need me for this part.' Shin'yo shrugged and continued to file her nails calmly.
Sashimasu sat down with her back to Shin'yo's and smiled up at the puffy white clouds floating just over head. 'I think Shicho will be proposing to me any day now.' ^__^
'Well he should.' Shin'yo glanced at the shape of her nails quickly. 'You've taught him how to fight and bared his child. It's the least he can do.'
Sashimasu giggled again. 'I know!' ^_^
'That reminds me, before he does propose to you, I have to meet him! If you don't introduce him to me, I'll cry..'
'Haha, yeah right. That 'I'm gonna cry thing' stopped working on me years ago!' =P
'Sashimasu. T_T'
'Alright fine, I'll introduce him to you, but later, okay?' ^_^
'Don't forget now.'
Sashimasu stood up and began to walk toward the temple steps.
Shin'yo reached out and tapped the children on their foreheads. This was their single to stop concentrating on the voices in their heads and pay attention to Shin'yo's voice.
"Guess what time it is, students!" She smiled brightly.
"Hammer time!" Sashimi thrust her fists into the air. ^____^
"Uh..noon?" Yukidaruma guessed.
"That's right! ^_^ It's high time that you kids learned about the light!" Shin'yo said.
"YAY!" Sashimi cheered with her fists still in the air.
"Awesome!" Yukidaruma was as happy as a kid in a candy store.
"Alright, now are you sure that you kids are well meditated?" She asked cautiously.
"Hai!" They both answered at the same time and nodded.
"Because the light is not an easy thing to learn. Beginners should handle at their own risk. For the last time, are you both really ready?"
"Hai!" Sashimi shouted like a soldier in rank...a very giddy and ragtag soldier..
Was Yukidaruma ready? He felt like he has been ready his entire life! He nodded determinedly. "Hai!"
"Alright then," she moved to sit on her front legs and her two apprentices mimicked her action. She paused for effect mostly but then she started to speak in her soothing voice. "As you may or may not know, the universe is controlled by two forces mostly - light and darkness. Until recently, they have been uncontrollable matters that make life flow the way they want it too. But they aren't ungodly powers for nothing, an absolute of either is impossible to achieve."
Yukidaruma was already confused. He was able to follow her sciency explanation up until that last sentence. Was she saying that the light had a weakness?
"Too much of darkness can kill a person. The same goes for having too much of light." She then added after seeing the nervous look on Yukidaruma's face, "But luckily, that's only if they are holding 100% light or darkness and letting it overflow." She picked up her staff which sat neck to her and she stood it up straight. "Even now I have trouble creating "pure light". I may never since I'm a demon, but I don't like to think negatively." She winked at them. "Pure light is the name Sashimasu and I gave this power. I ask you if your ready because it's not completely finished making it highly unstable and could easily kill you or cause you to go insane if awakened."
Yukidaruma was starting to look pale and nervous again.
"Though," She emphasized on that first word for the point she was about to make. "I have absolute faith in the two of you. From the moment I first met each of you, I could tell that you had the inner strength to not get hurt when using it."
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"AAAAAAAAHHHH!!!" Shippou ran around the tiny hut in circles, screaming, "SHE'S GONNA EAT ME! SHE'S GONNA EAT ME! SHE'S GONNA EAT ME! AAAAHHH!!!" And Inu Onna was after him like a shot! Don't let her inexperience fool you, she was pretty fast for a baby!
Shippou kept running but he heard her puppy-like snarls right behind him! oO
Soon Inu Yasha came stumbling into the hut. He was somewhat in a daze from throwing up. After a few moments of sitting in the corner and waiting for the colored spots floating around his vision to leave the room, he noticed Shippou running around and Inu Onna chasing him. He raised an eyebrow and made himself comfortable. "Oi, Shippou! What did you do this time?"
Suddenly on that exact lap around the room, Shippou ran and jumped on Inu Yasha's head and screamed into the dog boy's ears, "She's gonna eat me!!"
Well we all know how delicate and fragile his doggy ears are. Shippou yelling into them just made him more nauseous and dizzy then the grass did! Inu Onna came around and leapt clear over Inu Yasha's head, biting Shippou's head on the way, and carrying him over with her. They rolled around on the floor, Shippou screaming and helpless as if he were a victim of a bear attack. Inu Yasha fell backwards holding his ears in pain going into a very small trembling seizer.
Inu Onna clamped her gums over the left side of his face and gave a growl that came out muffled. Shippou screamed as she started biting his head, his arms his legs, his tail.
Then after a moment of screaming he realized he wasn't being attacked anymore. He opened his eyes. Miroku had come in and pulled her off of the tiny kit. Inu Onna struggled to get free, holding her was about as easy as holding a wet fish. He had to sit down in order to hold her right.
"Are you okay Shippou?" Sango asked. She had come in there sometime too.
They looked over at Inu Yasha who was sulking in the corner. "Inu Yasha, what happened??" Sango asked.
"What??" he looked back at her and shouted louder then he needed to.
"I asked you what happened!!?" she shouted back.
"WHAT???" he shrugged. "I CAN'T HEAR YOU! SOMEONE STOP RINGING THATGOD DAMNED BELL!!"
Inu Onna howled without warning and bit Miroku's arm.
"OW!" he let go of her quickly and she scampered away. He pulled back his sleeve and looked at a small bubble of blood grow from a needle hole puncture. He gasped and so did Sango. They looked up at Inu Onna. She growled baring her gums again. There was one slight difference though. Near the front of her jaw, was a small incisor tooth. Shippou's face went a tad bit blue with fear and Miroku and Sango began to back away slowly.
Inu Onna growled and charged toward them, sending everyone into a run.
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"Hey, Kagome!" Yumi exclaimed happily. ^_^
"Long time no see!" Eki hugged her.
She had been gone for so long, and they missed her so much!
"It's great to see you guys!" Kagome exclaimed.
Expectantly the first question they asked her was, "Was you baby delivered alright?"
"Yeah, she's a pretty healthy baby." Considering the baby was born on a hardwood floor in an ancient mansion in medieval times.
"It's a she!" Eki cooed happily. "You're going to have to show her off to us someday!"
Kagome gave a fake laugh. She could just picture herself walking down the street with Inu Onna in a stroller.
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"Arf! Grrrrrr..Arf, arf, arf!"
Well, it had finally come down to this. Everyone sat on the roof of Kaede's hut. The only place where it seemed Inu Onna couldn't get them. Inu Onna made laps around the outside of the hut until a mote appeared there, she also would stop to stand up against the side of the hut and growl at her pathetic targets.
Miroku looked down at her then suddenly pointed and shouted, "Bad Inu Onna! Down! Sit!" Sango shook her head. "Forget about it Houshi, that pup will wait us out and nothing will stop her."
"You think so negatively, Miss Sango." Miroku said ever so calmly. "She'll tire out eventually, and when she does, we'll just tap her on the nose and put her to bed."
"I seriously doubt it will be that easy." Sango said. She watched as Inu Onna made another lap around the hut. "How many times has she done that??"
Shippou watched the puppy nervously. "I lost count a long time ago." ;;;
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Kagome took a quick look out the window before stuffing the last thing she needed into her pack. "It's getting late, I have to get back and hope Inu Onna isn't suffering from child abuse."
Her family looked up at her then Mama came over with her hands behind her back. "Wait, Kagome,"
"Yes, Mama?"
"Would you like to stay here for tonight?"
"But Mama-"
"I know you want to get back to your baby," her Mama winked at her and brought a present out from behind her back. "But all mothers need a break once in a while."
Kagome gasped and accepted the gift. "Wow, what's this for?"
"It's a late baby shower gift." Mama said.
Kagome opened the gift. The first thing she saw inside caused her to burst into hysterical laughter. There was no way her mom could have actually bought this at any baby store. Inside was a hand-knit pink baby hat with little glovelike ear pockets sticking up on top. "Oh mom, what if the baby ended up not having dog ears what would you have done then?!" ^___^
"Well it would still look cute on the baby's head. They really do make hats like this!"
Kagome thanked her and turned around to see Souta. "Hi Souta, did you unplug yourself from your videogames?"
Souta rolled his eyes and handed her a gift bag. "I got this for my puppy niece."
Inside Souta's gift was A doll, a box of animal cookies, and a rope chewtoy.
"Kagome, you can use these also." Her grandpa held up a few charms. "To protect your baby from wandering spirits." And we all know how helpful grandpa's spells are.
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Sumiko sat on top of a log playing with her berry spells. She took three boysenberries and turned them into Inu Yasha, Miroku, Shippou, and Shio and she giggled as she watched them do their rendition of the barbershop quartet. Then she saw Miroku and Sango out of the corner of her eye. She looked up at them. "Hi nice people!" she said. "When the song's over, Sumiko can make the berries into a nice pie for you!" ^_^
The berries stopped singing when they heard her say this. They all exchanged worried glances.
"Sumiko, do you know where Inu Onna is? She stopped chasing us a long time ago and we haven't seen her since." Miroku asked the little girl.
"Hopefully she hasn't bitten anyone." Sango said shooting Miroku a fearful glance.
"Sumiko doesn't know anything about helping puppy girl hide from the grown-ups." Sumiko said.
Miroku and Sango sweatdropped.
A few feet away Shippou and Shio were setting up a trap. (You know, the box lid being held up by a stick with a string tied to the stick to pull it shut.)
"It's a rabbit trap." Shio said tightening the knot on the stick.
"A rabbit trap?" Shippou looked confused. "But we're trying to catch Inu Onna! Not rabbits! What was the point of this?"
"I have no idea." Shio shook his head.
"Sumiko, please tell us where she is, she needs to take a bath." Sango asked Sumiko. She realized afterwards that she sounded like a mother.
"Puppy girl doesn't want a bath!" Sumiko cried. She grabbed Naraku from his perch atop her hair and began to scratch his back. He actually sat still, purring happily like a kitty with his back arched. Even though she freaked him out, he still thought she was a good backscratcher.
Finally Miroku gave up trying to coax the answer out of Sumiko and began calling, "Inu Onna! Here girl!" he whistled.
Soon everyone except for Sumiko and Naraku were calling for the puppy. Sumiko continued to scratch Naraku's back and Naraku sat in lala land. He looked down at the berry people who looked back up at him warily. He scratched his head and the berry people imitated him. Then he reached out, grabbed the berry Shippou and smooshed him into his monkey jaw. Sumiko looked at him slightly wide eyed and sweatdropped as Naraku licked the red berry juice off of his chin.
Then Shippou stopped calling Inu Onna's name and stuck his finger in his mouth. He had an idea. "Hey guys! I have an idea!"
Look out everyone! Shippou's contributing! Oo
"You've got the stage, Meat." Shio said.
Shippou cleared his throat then called out, "Oh no, we're in danger!" he sounded like he was trying to pretend he was worried. "We're just a helpless group of people. We sure hope that Inu Onna doesn't jump out at us and try to eat us!"
Suddenly Inu Onna bounded out of a patch of white flowers and charged them like a sabertooth tiger. But instead of them running they captured her using a towel.
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And so, they had given Inu Onna a bath. Very few had survived. Miroku and Sango's exhausted and motionless bodies were laid out in Kaede's hut. Shippou hovered in the corner rocking back and forth muttering something about soap bubbles.
Inu Yasha just fell asleep not that he helped or anything. Shio's dates went to go stay in town. Sumiko was heating up a bottle of milk, and that left-
"Hold still there, puppy." Shio tied the diaper around the babies waste. He didn't know if it was necessarily the correct way it was supposed to be put on her, but it stayed. (He knew more about bringing babies into the world then taking care of them.) Also add the fact that he never really cared to learn how to change a diaper.
Inu Onna lay on her feather pillow bed crying noisily. She had bed crying and screaming ever since she was caught. The bath was just the most violent part of her fit.
Gladly Shio was able to stay calm with her the whole time he was with her. One thing he guessed about most children, was that when a parent gets upset, the child get's even more upset. Very sensitive creatures kids are.
"Let's see, this is the part where Kagome sings you a lullaby right?"
Unfortunatly, Kagome was in her own time and for some strange reason took her singing with her.
"Lullabies, lullabies..I don't know any lullabies!" he scratched his cheek and looked upward. "Do I even know any songs appropriate for children?" He looked over at Shippou.
Shippou sat rocking back and forth chattering, "Soap bubbles..piles of them everywhere..." ;;;;;;;;;
"Hey, Meat!" Shio called.
Shippou stopped rocking and looked over his shoulder at him.
"I'm gonna sing Inu Onna a lullaby but I need a couple of things to make it work."
Shippou stood up and came over, knowing that he was going to play the errand boy. "What do you need?"
Shio smiled and said, "Get me a couple of sailor outfits and an accordion player!" ^_^
Shippou sweatdropped. "Uh..I dunno, Shio..an accordion player is kind of hard to get this time at night without making plans ahead of time."
"Just try to get it meat, if you do you get to dance!"
"Really???? Oh, cool!!" Shippou scampered out the hut.
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"Got a whale of a tale to tell ya, lads,
A whale of a tale or two!
'Bout the flappin' fish and the girls I've loved
On nights like this with the moon above.
A whale of a tale and it's all true
I swear by my tattoo!" The accordion player, who looked like a salty fisherman, sat next to Shio who sat on a stool, dressed in a male sailor outfit playing a ukulele. Miroku and Sango sat up against the wall to listen. Shippou wore a little kids sailor outfit (which made him look like Donald Duck except with pants) and he danced around like a cross between a sailor and a river dancer. "There was Mermaid Minnie," he tapped his foot on the floor twice, "Met her down in Madagaskar - She would kiss me," foot tap, "any time that I would ask her -
Then one evening" tap tap, "her flame of love blew out." He feigned surprise, "Blow me down and pick me up! She swapped me for a trout!" Then Miroku, Sango, Shio and Shippou sang, "Got a whale of a tale to tell ya, lads, a whale of a tale or two! 'Bout the flappin' fish and the girls I've loved on nights like this with the moon above. A whale of a tale and it's all true, I swear by my tattoo!"
Inu Yasha had woken up a long time ago and sat against the wall watching as well. Shio went back to his solo part. He leaned in and sang, "There was Typhoon Tessie," Shippou rang a ship bell that was next to Inu Yasha. "Met her on the coast of Java. When we kissed I -" Shippou rang the bell again. "- bubbled up like molten lava.
Then she gave me ..the scare of my young life," Shio looked surprised and freaked out. "Blow me down and pick me up! She was the captain's wife!" Miroku and Sango laughed. The same chorus as before sang, "Got a whale of a tale to tell ya, lads, A whale of a tale or two! 'Bout the flappin' fish and the girls I've loved on nights like this with the moon above. A whale of a tale and it's all true
I swear by my tattoo!" Well Inu Onna had stopped crying. She lay on the feather pillow, eyes wide, with her fist in her mouth. She blinked in confusion. What??
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Thirteen pages of Scorpio gold. Happy Kwanza! ^ ^