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*Lily happily dancing around singing to herself*
*Mirai shaking his head as he watches his mate, before looking at the readers* Sorry folks. She's a little......overexcited.
*Still skipping around singing to herself, not noticing the readers and her mate*
*Mirai sweatdrops* New car.
*Stops abruptly, looks around confused, then smiles gleefully at her mate* Mirai. Darling! What are you doing here? Ooooh! My fans! You're back already! Yay me!
*Mirai shaking his head sadly* Lily. Sweetheart. I think you're starting to frighten them. At least tell them *why* you're acting so......oddly.......for their sanity.
*Smiling gleefully as she nods her head vigorously* Of course! Of course! Well, I got a NEW CAR!
*Mirai sweatdrops* Um....Lily? I already told them that.
*Lily blinks* Huh? Really? Ok, well, it's a KIA SPORTAGE 4 by 4 and it's so KAWAII! *resumes her happy dance*
*Mirai sighing deeply* I'm sorry, my mate has apparently left us. So I'll be doing the disclaimer for her. Let me see.....how does it go? Well, obviously Lily doesn't own the characters of any anime show at all. *blinks* Why doesn't she just say that? It's so much easier. Anyway, yeah, there you go. I think she's coming out of....'it'......so she'll be starting the next chapter. Enjoy.
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Keiki de Niyati : Children of Fate
Chapter 12- " Danger "
by Lily
"What is the point of this? We have shards to find, wench." Inuyasha said, as Kagome sighed deeply.
It had been a week since Kikyo had joined them, and after deciding it would be too dangerous for them all to remain in the village in case Naraku or anyone else should suddenly attack, Kagome had suggested that they start looking for more shards.
Inuyasha had argued intently with her that it was too dangerous to go looking for the shards with Naraku still after their pups, and there was 'no way in hell' that he was going to allow it to happen.
Which of course only ended in him eating dirt.
Sesshoumaru had agreed with Kagome, and voiced his opinion with his half-brother, pointing out that it would only be more of a hazard if they remained in once place, giving Naraku the perfect opportunity to attack, since he knew where they would be.
Kikyo herself had agreed, reminding Inuyasha that this village was her home, and she's be damned if his simple-mindedness got her sister and fellow villagers killed. Which Inuyasha had commented about her already being damned, being brought back from the dead, which was close enough to him.
And he hit the dirt again.
In the recent week, Kagome had grown to tolerate Kikyo. Naturally she was still wary about her, but the elder Miko still hadn't shown any intention to harm any of them. So she was still in good standing with Kagome, for now. Which was why she had sided with Kikyo on this. Besides, she too was fond of the villagers and Kaede, they had been so nice to her after all. And they were always so pleasant to Kaiya and Kaori.
So now they all were resting after following a lead all morning. They had come across a small meadow, surrounded on one side by a tall, silent forest of trees, and from which a crystal clear brook ran from the depths of the forest across the meadow in front of them, curving here and there, until it crept back into the darkness of the forest beyond.
Kagome smiled to herself as she nudged her mate softly and pointed over towards where the twins and Rin were currently trying to catch a large blue butterfly. Inuyasha smiled for a moment, before turning back to look at his mate.
"I mean it Kagome. We should keep moving. It was your idea in the first place, wasn't it?" Inuyasha asked as Kagome sighed.
"Inuyasha, you may be used to going long periods of walking without rest, but some are not. Such as the children. Think of them, would you? Kaiya and Kaori were starting to get exausted, which is why Sango and I started carrying them, remember? Even Kikyo was.....nice enough to carry Rin." Kagome said.
"Feh! You women and your useless motherly tenderness." Inuyasha said as Kagome looked at her mate amused.
"Useless? I don't think so. And besides, I don't know. Maybe it's because I happen to *be* a mother?" Kagome asked, smiling softly as Inuyasha turned his head to watch Kouga speaking with Miroku with a small 'feh'.
"Whatever. We're still wasting time." Inuyasha said.
"Anyway, I'm worried." Kagome said softly as she looked over at Sango, who sat smiling to herself with a wistful expression on her face as she watched the children frolic in the meadow as Inuyasha turned to look at his mate with a frown on his face.
"About what now, wench?" Inuyasha asked as Kagome turned to look at him with a frown.
"First, stop calling me a wench. I have a name, remember? You'll do nicely to call me by it. And no, it's not bitch either. Second, I'm talking about Sango. I'm not sure it's good for her to be exposed to all this. What if we do find a shard soon and we have to fight for it?" Kagome asked as Inuyasha scowled at her.
"Then we'll do what we always do and fight to get what we need." Inuyasha said as Kagome sighed in frustration.
"Inuyasha, listen to me. Things aren't the same, remember? Sure you, Miroku, Kouga, and Sesshoumaru can fight, no problem. And maybe even Kikyo. But what about the twins and Rin? I may be a hanyou and I may also be a very powerful Miko, but I'll have to be using those powers that to protect my children and Rin as well. And Sango won't be able to help you, either. Not in her current condition." Kagome said softly.
"She's healed since the attack a week ago, remember? And besides, she wasn't even really hurt, unlike you. She was merely knocked out, so what's the problem?" Inuyasha asked.
"Inuyasha? You mean you really can't tell? But if I can, you should be able to too, we're both Inu hanyous, remember?" Kagome asked as Inuyasha looked at his mate confused, then looked over at Sango, before looking at his mate again still puzzled as Kagome sighed deeply.
"I should have know. My hanyou abilites *and* my woman's intutution." Kagome said, shaking her head as Inuyasha still looked at her confused.
"She's pregnant, Inuyasha. I was sure you must have at least suspected. I'm pretty sure Sesshoumaru and Kouga do." Kagome said.
"What?! Are you sure?!" Inuyasha cried.
"Keep it down! And yes! Positive. I should know. I know the signs, I've been there, haven't I? I don't know how far, but it can't be *too* far along if she's still not showing and there are no other indications." Kagome said.
"Ind-dicat-ions?" Inuyasha asked with a confused frown.
"Yes, it means.....like......hints.....I suppose. For example, I haven't noticed her to have what we call morning sickness yet, which is when a woman who is pregant gets sick, as her body adjusts to the change." Kagome said, looking thoughtfully at her friend.
"Did you?" Inuyasha asked curiously as Kagome looked back at him, then smiled as she nodded.
"Very often actually. And violently so. But it's not important. I am curious as to why Sesshoumaru or Kouga haven't mentioned it. I mean, Sesshoumaru did notice when I was pregnant, and did say something." Kagome said.
"It's not of their concern. Therefore, they have no reason to say anything. It was different with you because you are *my* mate. Sesshoumaru was wise to send you away when he did. Although I was pissed when I woke up the next morning, found you missing, and Sesshoumaru told me he had sent you back to your time. I was about three seconds from cutting off his other arm when he told me why. Then I uh......well....." Inuyasha said, blushing slightly as Kagome looked at him curiously.
"You what?" Kagome asked with a smile.
"I sort of......I fainted." Inuyasha said, looking down as he tugged on a blade of grass at his feet, as Kagome giggled behind him.
Miroku sighed as he looked over at the two hanyous talking in the shade of a tree, a few yards from where the children were currently playing.
The children.
Miroku sighed sadly as he looked over at Sango, before narrowing his eyes as he looked down at the rosary and glove wrapped around his right hand. With a sad sigh, he dropped his hand to his side, before walking over to get himself a cooling cup of water from the brook.
He suddenly stopped as he noticed a dark shadow move from deep in the depths of the forest. He froze, glaring intently into the trees, trying to determine if it might have been a animal or something else.
"Damn it." Miroku suddenly heard Inuyasha curse loudly, before shifting his staff into his hand, ready to defend himself, as he noticed Inuyasha swiftly jump to his feet over his left shoulder.
Kagome was up and standing beside her mate a split second later, and urgently calling to her pups as Inuyasha took the Tetseiga from its sheath, before looking intently at his mate.
"I smell Naraku. You and Sango take the pups and Rin as far away from here as possible. I don't care where you go, as long as it's away from here. Don't worry, we'll catch up to you." Inuyasha said as Kagome looked at him worried, before nodding her head, and racing over to the children, calling over to Sango to join her.
"Sango, come with me. Kikyo, you can either help them, or come with us. It's up to you." Kagome called, as she ushered the children away from the others, but Rin ran around her to cling onto Sesshoumaru's side.
"Rin! Go with the others!" Sesshoumaru said as Rin frantically shook her head, and buried herself deeper into his side.
"No. Rin wants to stay with her Sesshoumaru-papa." Rin said, as Sesshoumaru tried to push her away, which only made the child cry harder and hold on tighter, before Kikyo hurried over to her, and bent down to the child's height, stroking her hair and murmering softly to the little girl. After a few moments, Rin let go of Sesshoumaru's side, and hesitantly allowed Kikyo to pick her up, before the Miko quickly joined Kagome and Sango.
"We must hurry." Kikyo said as Kagome nodded.
"That was very nice what you just did, Kikyo." Sango said softly as Kikyo nodded at her, gently letting Rin down.
"The child was scared and didn't want to leave her father, or at least father to her." Kikyo said as the other two nodded.
"Come, we've got to get out of here. Inuyasha said he smelled Naraku." Kagome said as Kikyo nodded.
"I see. That explains why the other demons and the monk reacted the way they did." Kikyo said.
"We can worry about this later. We've got to get the kids out of danger first." Sango said.
Without another word, the three women hurried away from the others, the children running along as fast as they could at their feet.
"Do you think they'll be alright? Maybe we should have tried to at least help." Sango said, frowning worriedly as Kagome shook her head.
"No. We have to make sure the kids are safe first. And besides, we can't let anything happen to you anyway." Kagome said as Sango frowned at her best friend confused.
"What are you talking about Lady Kagome?" Sango asked as Kagome shook her head.
"I'll tell you after the threat has passed, Sango. I promise, ok? Right now, we just have to pray that they'll be alright." Kagome said.
"I don't know. I have a terribly feeling about all this." Sango said as Kikyo nodded.
"As do I. A foreboding, as it were. Something is not right, though I can not lay my finger on it." Kikyo said.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dun dun dun dun! And so the plot thickens even more. But fear not, it is not over yet. And no, this is not the 'final' battle. Infact, things are more complicated than that. I shall give you only *ONE* hint. Think about what Kikyo said. That's it. No more! No you must suffer on your own. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *starts coughing violently*
*Mirai sweatdrops* Onnas.
*Lily happily dancing around singing to herself*
*Mirai shaking his head as he watches his mate, before looking at the readers* Sorry folks. She's a little......overexcited.
*Still skipping around singing to herself, not noticing the readers and her mate*
*Mirai sweatdrops* New car.
*Stops abruptly, looks around confused, then smiles gleefully at her mate* Mirai. Darling! What are you doing here? Ooooh! My fans! You're back already! Yay me!
*Mirai shaking his head sadly* Lily. Sweetheart. I think you're starting to frighten them. At least tell them *why* you're acting so......oddly.......for their sanity.
*Smiling gleefully as she nods her head vigorously* Of course! Of course! Well, I got a NEW CAR!
*Mirai sweatdrops* Um....Lily? I already told them that.
*Lily blinks* Huh? Really? Ok, well, it's a KIA SPORTAGE 4 by 4 and it's so KAWAII! *resumes her happy dance*
*Mirai sighing deeply* I'm sorry, my mate has apparently left us. So I'll be doing the disclaimer for her. Let me see.....how does it go? Well, obviously Lily doesn't own the characters of any anime show at all. *blinks* Why doesn't she just say that? It's so much easier. Anyway, yeah, there you go. I think she's coming out of....'it'......so she'll be starting the next chapter. Enjoy.
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Keiki de Niyati : Children of Fate
Chapter 12- " Danger "
by Lily
"What is the point of this? We have shards to find, wench." Inuyasha said, as Kagome sighed deeply.
It had been a week since Kikyo had joined them, and after deciding it would be too dangerous for them all to remain in the village in case Naraku or anyone else should suddenly attack, Kagome had suggested that they start looking for more shards.
Inuyasha had argued intently with her that it was too dangerous to go looking for the shards with Naraku still after their pups, and there was 'no way in hell' that he was going to allow it to happen.
Which of course only ended in him eating dirt.
Sesshoumaru had agreed with Kagome, and voiced his opinion with his half-brother, pointing out that it would only be more of a hazard if they remained in once place, giving Naraku the perfect opportunity to attack, since he knew where they would be.
Kikyo herself had agreed, reminding Inuyasha that this village was her home, and she's be damned if his simple-mindedness got her sister and fellow villagers killed. Which Inuyasha had commented about her already being damned, being brought back from the dead, which was close enough to him.
And he hit the dirt again.
In the recent week, Kagome had grown to tolerate Kikyo. Naturally she was still wary about her, but the elder Miko still hadn't shown any intention to harm any of them. So she was still in good standing with Kagome, for now. Which was why she had sided with Kikyo on this. Besides, she too was fond of the villagers and Kaede, they had been so nice to her after all. And they were always so pleasant to Kaiya and Kaori.
So now they all were resting after following a lead all morning. They had come across a small meadow, surrounded on one side by a tall, silent forest of trees, and from which a crystal clear brook ran from the depths of the forest across the meadow in front of them, curving here and there, until it crept back into the darkness of the forest beyond.
Kagome smiled to herself as she nudged her mate softly and pointed over towards where the twins and Rin were currently trying to catch a large blue butterfly. Inuyasha smiled for a moment, before turning back to look at his mate.
"I mean it Kagome. We should keep moving. It was your idea in the first place, wasn't it?" Inuyasha asked as Kagome sighed.
"Inuyasha, you may be used to going long periods of walking without rest, but some are not. Such as the children. Think of them, would you? Kaiya and Kaori were starting to get exausted, which is why Sango and I started carrying them, remember? Even Kikyo was.....nice enough to carry Rin." Kagome said.
"Feh! You women and your useless motherly tenderness." Inuyasha said as Kagome looked at her mate amused.
"Useless? I don't think so. And besides, I don't know. Maybe it's because I happen to *be* a mother?" Kagome asked, smiling softly as Inuyasha turned his head to watch Kouga speaking with Miroku with a small 'feh'.
"Whatever. We're still wasting time." Inuyasha said.
"Anyway, I'm worried." Kagome said softly as she looked over at Sango, who sat smiling to herself with a wistful expression on her face as she watched the children frolic in the meadow as Inuyasha turned to look at his mate with a frown on his face.
"About what now, wench?" Inuyasha asked as Kagome turned to look at him with a frown.
"First, stop calling me a wench. I have a name, remember? You'll do nicely to call me by it. And no, it's not bitch either. Second, I'm talking about Sango. I'm not sure it's good for her to be exposed to all this. What if we do find a shard soon and we have to fight for it?" Kagome asked as Inuyasha scowled at her.
"Then we'll do what we always do and fight to get what we need." Inuyasha said as Kagome sighed in frustration.
"Inuyasha, listen to me. Things aren't the same, remember? Sure you, Miroku, Kouga, and Sesshoumaru can fight, no problem. And maybe even Kikyo. But what about the twins and Rin? I may be a hanyou and I may also be a very powerful Miko, but I'll have to be using those powers that to protect my children and Rin as well. And Sango won't be able to help you, either. Not in her current condition." Kagome said softly.
"She's healed since the attack a week ago, remember? And besides, she wasn't even really hurt, unlike you. She was merely knocked out, so what's the problem?" Inuyasha asked.
"Inuyasha? You mean you really can't tell? But if I can, you should be able to too, we're both Inu hanyous, remember?" Kagome asked as Inuyasha looked at his mate confused, then looked over at Sango, before looking at his mate again still puzzled as Kagome sighed deeply.
"I should have know. My hanyou abilites *and* my woman's intutution." Kagome said, shaking her head as Inuyasha still looked at her confused.
"She's pregnant, Inuyasha. I was sure you must have at least suspected. I'm pretty sure Sesshoumaru and Kouga do." Kagome said.
"What?! Are you sure?!" Inuyasha cried.
"Keep it down! And yes! Positive. I should know. I know the signs, I've been there, haven't I? I don't know how far, but it can't be *too* far along if she's still not showing and there are no other indications." Kagome said.
"Ind-dicat-ions?" Inuyasha asked with a confused frown.
"Yes, it means.....like......hints.....I suppose. For example, I haven't noticed her to have what we call morning sickness yet, which is when a woman who is pregant gets sick, as her body adjusts to the change." Kagome said, looking thoughtfully at her friend.
"Did you?" Inuyasha asked curiously as Kagome looked back at him, then smiled as she nodded.
"Very often actually. And violently so. But it's not important. I am curious as to why Sesshoumaru or Kouga haven't mentioned it. I mean, Sesshoumaru did notice when I was pregnant, and did say something." Kagome said.
"It's not of their concern. Therefore, they have no reason to say anything. It was different with you because you are *my* mate. Sesshoumaru was wise to send you away when he did. Although I was pissed when I woke up the next morning, found you missing, and Sesshoumaru told me he had sent you back to your time. I was about three seconds from cutting off his other arm when he told me why. Then I uh......well....." Inuyasha said, blushing slightly as Kagome looked at him curiously.
"You what?" Kagome asked with a smile.
"I sort of......I fainted." Inuyasha said, looking down as he tugged on a blade of grass at his feet, as Kagome giggled behind him.
Miroku sighed as he looked over at the two hanyous talking in the shade of a tree, a few yards from where the children were currently playing.
The children.
Miroku sighed sadly as he looked over at Sango, before narrowing his eyes as he looked down at the rosary and glove wrapped around his right hand. With a sad sigh, he dropped his hand to his side, before walking over to get himself a cooling cup of water from the brook.
He suddenly stopped as he noticed a dark shadow move from deep in the depths of the forest. He froze, glaring intently into the trees, trying to determine if it might have been a animal or something else.
"Damn it." Miroku suddenly heard Inuyasha curse loudly, before shifting his staff into his hand, ready to defend himself, as he noticed Inuyasha swiftly jump to his feet over his left shoulder.
Kagome was up and standing beside her mate a split second later, and urgently calling to her pups as Inuyasha took the Tetseiga from its sheath, before looking intently at his mate.
"I smell Naraku. You and Sango take the pups and Rin as far away from here as possible. I don't care where you go, as long as it's away from here. Don't worry, we'll catch up to you." Inuyasha said as Kagome looked at him worried, before nodding her head, and racing over to the children, calling over to Sango to join her.
"Sango, come with me. Kikyo, you can either help them, or come with us. It's up to you." Kagome called, as she ushered the children away from the others, but Rin ran around her to cling onto Sesshoumaru's side.
"Rin! Go with the others!" Sesshoumaru said as Rin frantically shook her head, and buried herself deeper into his side.
"No. Rin wants to stay with her Sesshoumaru-papa." Rin said, as Sesshoumaru tried to push her away, which only made the child cry harder and hold on tighter, before Kikyo hurried over to her, and bent down to the child's height, stroking her hair and murmering softly to the little girl. After a few moments, Rin let go of Sesshoumaru's side, and hesitantly allowed Kikyo to pick her up, before the Miko quickly joined Kagome and Sango.
"We must hurry." Kikyo said as Kagome nodded.
"That was very nice what you just did, Kikyo." Sango said softly as Kikyo nodded at her, gently letting Rin down.
"The child was scared and didn't want to leave her father, or at least father to her." Kikyo said as the other two nodded.
"Come, we've got to get out of here. Inuyasha said he smelled Naraku." Kagome said as Kikyo nodded.
"I see. That explains why the other demons and the monk reacted the way they did." Kikyo said.
"We can worry about this later. We've got to get the kids out of danger first." Sango said.
Without another word, the three women hurried away from the others, the children running along as fast as they could at their feet.
"Do you think they'll be alright? Maybe we should have tried to at least help." Sango said, frowning worriedly as Kagome shook her head.
"No. We have to make sure the kids are safe first. And besides, we can't let anything happen to you anyway." Kagome said as Sango frowned at her best friend confused.
"What are you talking about Lady Kagome?" Sango asked as Kagome shook her head.
"I'll tell you after the threat has passed, Sango. I promise, ok? Right now, we just have to pray that they'll be alright." Kagome said.
"I don't know. I have a terribly feeling about all this." Sango said as Kikyo nodded.
"As do I. A foreboding, as it were. Something is not right, though I can not lay my finger on it." Kikyo said.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Dun dun dun dun! And so the plot thickens even more. But fear not, it is not over yet. And no, this is not the 'final' battle. Infact, things are more complicated than that. I shall give you only *ONE* hint. Think about what Kikyo said. That's it. No more! No you must suffer on your own. BWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA *starts coughing violently*
*Mirai sweatdrops* Onnas.