Disclaimer: Mmmm...I don't own Inuyasha or anything. Sad days.
Chapter Six: I Want to be Yours...Forever
"Mommy, mommy! Shippo needs your help!" Kagome heard a high-pitched voice screaming as her daughter ran down the hill to the village. The miko turned from what she was occupied with and gave her attention to Taka.
"Now slow down and tell me what's wrong," the mother assuredly spoke to the over excited puppy. After gulping in several breaths of air the toddler began once more.
"Mommy, Shippo came back and he's carrying a girl! He told me that she might be hurt!" Taka announced.
"Thank you for telling me. I'll go get my supplies ready," the healer told the worrier.
"Can I help?" she asked twitching her silver ears eagerly.
"Yes, but you must listen to everything I say or else I'll have to kick you out to help your father," Kagome explained. The little pup nodded her head in agreement and the pair when to set out to help the wounded or sick girl. Shippo entered the hut just as everything was ready.
"Shippo, this way into the extra room. I have a new mattress set out with fresh sheets," the nurse instructed. The kitsune didn't reply, but shifted the weight of the bundle and paced down the short hallway were, as his mother said, a clean bed lay in the middle of the floor. He crouched down and spread the slumbering girl on the spongy surface and dawdled before eventually leaving the two healers to do their work.
"Now, first thing Taka, we check her breathing and pulse rate to make sure she's not critical," the teacher told her tiny student. She took one wrist as her daughter took the other and found the pulse. Next they made sure her breathing was regular and not labored. Kagome also checked her temperature just in case.
"After that we need to see if there is any bruising, swelling, or broken skin," the miko told Taka. Carefully they undressed the victim and found some black and blue finger marks on upper arms, but that was about it. I wonder were Shippo found this girl, there doesn't seem to be anything wrong with her. Kagome looked closer at the unconscious patient. I know her from somewhere, but where?
Outside Shippo left to go and find Inuyasha, he was too nervous to stay in the hut and pace a hole in the floor. He found his father chopping down some trees deep in the forest.
"Hey pop, what are you doing here? Had an argument with mom?" Shippo poked at the fanged man.
"For your information, smart ass, I was getting some lumber for your home," Inuyasha snapped back, then noticed that something was amiss with the fox. He sauntered sneakily over to Shippo and stared at him beadily with an eyebrow raise. The boy shut his bright eyes and drew his eyebrows together in a frustrated face.
"What!" he grumbled out, pissed that Inuyasha noticed anything.
"What's up with you runt?" his dad asked him like an interrogator.
"Sazuky was hurt that's all. I found a demon trying to take advantage of her," he told him ashamed that he couldn't protector her.
"Well, let's go back home and see how Kagome's doing on her," the hanyou suggested.
"How did you know she was there?" the surprised kitsune asked.
"Where else would you take her?" the half dog demon incredulously snapped back. Shippo bobbed his amber head in agreement and they started back to the hut were they lived.
Coming up on the bamboo hut they both caught the sounds of laughter. Relief crossed over Shippo's once worried face and he felt his muscles slid into relaxation. Well, at least she's okay. They came through the door and greeted by the wondrous smells of ramen, but none was to be seen.
"Mate, where's the food!" Inuyasha howled through the house. Kagome came from the extra room and wrapped her arms around her lover.
"Dear, the girl needed something quick. You only need to wait 350 more years before you can have a good supply all the time," Kagome cracked to the hanyou. He rumbled out a playful growl and smacked her tight butt. The miko then turned to her beloved kitsune.
"She's fine, more scared than anything else. I've already replaced her clothes. Now Shippo, you didn't tell me you were going to bring home a mate," his mom poked at the slowly turning red boy. The emerald orbs stared at the floor and he scratched his fur-covered head with his claws.
"Ah, mom, stop..." he pleaded. The couple just laughed at their son's blushing remembering that he would do as much to them without knowing it.
"Go back and see her dear, she asked for you," Kagome instructed while pushing him down to the room. Soft, glowing sunlight surrounded the girl and she seemed like she would fly away at any second, almost an illusion. Her cheeks retained their normal rosy color as did her supple lips. Her dark globes danced with excitement and wonder once again. A huge cheesy grin was plastered all over her face once she noticed her lover coming to see her.
"Your mom's great! She took such great care of me and made the best food," Sazuky hurriedly told the fanged demon. His eyes still held apprehension for her and he crouched down and gathered her into his arms.
"Sazuky, I know you don't know me very well, but I feel like I've known you forever. Please...I ...I...I want to be yours...forever," the emotional kitsune choked out.