Families CAN Be Replaceable

Yawning, I got up from the makeshift bedroll Kagome had made me. I was the first one up. The fire we made dinner on last night was practically out. Touching my cheek and feeling the bandage, I remembered what had happened last night after I scratched Inuyasha.
"AAAAH! WENCH!" The others and I laughed. Inuyasha touched the small scratch on his hand and winced. It was starting to bleed. He growled and wiped the blood off his hand. Then, with the same hand, scratched me... on the face.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled. I felt a large scratch, much deeper than the one I gave to my attacker. It started just below my eye. I was lucky he missed it. The scratch ended on my chin.
A drop of blood fell onto my pants. "I'm ashamed of you." Kagome told Inuyasha, "SIT!" The prayer beads around Inuyasha's neck glowed. He fell to the ground, coming very close to the camp fire. "Let's get that cleaned up before it gets infected." Sango told me. Kagome walked over to her pack and pulled out some bandages and medical tape. "I wish I had though to bring bandades." she told me as she covered up the cut.
 I made my way towards a stream Miroku had found last night. I giggled as I remembered it.
"Let's go find some water near by." Miroku suggested after my cut was patched up. "Good idea." Sango said, "Kagome, Kyo, Shippo, do you want to come with us? How about you Inuyasha?" "I'll go!" I said happily. "Me too." Kagome said. We got up. "I'm not going." Inuyasha said. "Suit yourself." Kagome said shrugging.
We walked out of the camp. My eyes adjusted quickly to the dark. I could tell the other's didn't. A few minutes later I saw a stream. Miroku was coming near it.
"Miroku," I said, "I wouldn't take another step-" SPLASH! It was too late. "I found a stream!" Miroku said standing up now completely soaked.
Carefully pulling off the bandage, I looked at my reflection to see how bad it was. There was nothing on my cheek, but that didn't prove much because the reflection was so distorted by the rushing of the water. The good thing about having demon blood in you is that everything heals so quickly.
I scooped up some water with my hands and splashed it on my face. It would help wake me up. Luckily for me, it was not raining. I gasped as I nicked my cheek with one of my claws. Someone chuckled. I looked up to see a boy sitting on the other side of the stream.
"Having a bad day already, Kitten?" he asked, laughter in his extrememly clear sky blue eyes. His hair was a sandy blond. He had chocolate brown ears on his head that looked like mine. I could smell him. His blood was that of a pure cat demon.
The boy got up from his sitting position and easily crossed the stream. "That looks painful." he commented refering to my new scratch, "Watch yourself." Now he was only a few inches away from me. I could see he was quite tall. Then of course I'm quite short for my age at 4 feet, 5 inches. The boy had to be at least two feet taller than that.
He bent over and licked my scratch. I felt it heal over quickly. "Allow me to introduce myself." The boy said bowing. "I am Mikoto, son of the Lord of the Northern Lands. And who might you be, Kitten?" "None of your buisness." I told him, "I am leaving." And that is just what I did. I heard him chuckle again. "Friskey." he comented to himself.

When I arrived back at camp, Kagome was awake, stoking the fire. "Good morning." she said, "Where were you?" "Just at the stream." I replied, "Is that scratch on my face still there? I couldn't really tell from my reflection." I saw her glance slide over to Inuyasha, who had found a nice tree to sleep in. Kagome got up and eyed where the scratch had been.
"Gone." she declared, "I guess your demon blood helped it heal. Inuyasha heals quickly too. Would you go collect some firewood? We're going to run out any time soon." "Sure." I said wandering into the woods. "Don't go too far!" Kagome warned.

We had been sleeping in a clearing. The sun had started to get hot. Now that I was in the woods I was a lot cooler. I began to pick up sticks. As I did this I thought about what Kagome had told me about demons in this time. That boy Mikoto had been a cat demon like me. I wondered what different types of demons there were. I was currently traveling with a dog demon and a fox demon.
I supposed demons could be any type of demon. I had heard Inuyasha talking about a flea demon last night. Shrugging, I continued my search for fire wood.

When I returned, with so much wood I could barely see past it, everyone else was up and Kagome was dishing out more rice. I was glad Inuyasha was not complaining. I would have given him another earful. Kagome might have too.
"Good morning, Kyo." Sango said smiling. "Good morning everyone!" I replied dumping the fire wood with the few sticks that were all that was left of our last pile. "Thanks." Kagome said handing me a bowl.
"Do you still sense the shard?" Inuyasha asked Kagome. "Yes." she replied, "It doesn't seem to be on the move, so we don't have to worry about it." "We should still go after breakfast." Miroku said. "And I'll help in this fight! Right, Kagome?" Shippo asked. Kagome laughed. "Yes Shippo." she replied. She turned to me, "And you're going to be here at the campsite, right Kyo?"
"Yes." I replied sighing, "I guess I'll do the dishes." Inuyasha, Shippo, and Miroku shoved their plates at me. I took them and walked off towards the stream. "Bring me your dishes when you're done Sango, Kagome." I called behind me. I turned back to the stream. Mikoto was sitting there, on the other side again. Waiting for me.

Kagome: I wonder who this Mikoto is.

Inuyasha: He's the Lord of the Northern Land's son, idiot! Clear Waters already said that!

Kagome: Don't call me an idiot!

Clear Waters: Sit him. I want to know what happens when he hits a vinal surface.

Kagome: Sit!

Inuyasha: {Hits floor, bounces up, and makes a hole in the ceiling.

Clear Waters: Oh my. Well at least no one can fall into it.

Miroku: Aka you.

Sango: Is it more expensive to fix holes in ceilings or floors?

Clear Waters: I'm not sure.

Shippo: Why don't you find out.

Clear Waters: Good idea. {Grabs phone that is located NEXT to her} Hello, Carpentry R Us? How much is it to repair ceilings... Oh. Oh dear. Thank you. {Hangs up phone.}

Kagome: How much is it?

Clear Waters: Let's just put it this way. Twice as much as the floor.

Shippo: That's not good.

Clear Waters: No it isn't. Well I hope you like the chapter! R&R!

Inuyasha: Can someone help me down here?