Chapter Four: The Favor
"It's him...!" Inuyasha repeated as the scent of the young half-demon drifted to his sensitive nose. I need a favor...Inuyasha thought. A favor is all I need...if he was truly my future son, then for the sake of him and for the rest that I don't know about, he will help me! Inuyasha's glum expression brightened slightly at the thought, with the look of hopefulness now shown in his amber eyes.
Inuyasha leaped over the trees that were standing in his way from happiness for once in his life. I'm getting closer...I can smell it!
Taro was about to step into the whirlwind when he heard something approaching...and fast! "Uh oh. Here we go." He said to himself out loud, looking behind him, only to find a peaceful forest. "That's just what I need! Trouble from my more cynical, arrogant, younger father." Taro kept on grumbling under his breath.
"Oi! You! Taro!" He heard the oh-so-familiar voice ring through the heart of the forest. The young hanyou stood there, not answering. "What am I doing? Why am I waiting for him to catch up to me? I HAVE TO GO!" He accidentally shouted, revealing his location much sooner than he intended to. "YOU'RE NOT GOING ANYWHERE, KID!" came the reply. Finally, Inuyasha landed right in front of his future son. "Look, kid, I'm sorry for the way I acted..." began our half-youkai friend. Taro looked impressed. He's improving already. There's hope for him yet. Taro smirked at the thought slightly, but wiped it off from his face so his father won't see it. "And I didn't mean anything I said to you, about being a nuisance and all...." Then he narrowed his eyes in suspicion. "Wait a minute! Taro means first-born male! How many of you are there...exactly?" He moved his face closer to the boy, almost touching noses. "Get...your...nose...off....my...nose...before I blow your brains out!" Taro warned. Inuyasha backed off. "Feh. Anyways, how many of you ARE there?" Inuyasha pressured. "To be exact, there are four of us. Me, my two sisters, Aiko and Fumiko, and the little boy that was born in the spring, Haru. Which I'm sure you know means 'born in the spring.'" Taro smirked. Inuyasha rolled his eyes. "Yeah, I know, and Aiko means 'beloved', yeah, yeah. Blah, blah." Taro rolled his eyes. I spoke too soon. He thought. Then Inuyasha's eyes widened. "Wait...did you say...FOUR?" Taro nodded. Suddenly, our favorite hanyou, got a blank look on his face. "Hellloooo?" Taro sang waving a hand in front of his father's face, followed by poking him in the shoulder. The 14-year-old future boy backs away, when his father fell backwards, into a faint. Taro sighed and rolled his eyes to the crystal blue sky. "I should have known." He took Inuyasha by the feet and dragged him near the lake, picked him up and threw him into the freezing cold water.
As he expected, Inuyasha instantly woke up, coughing and gasping for air. "WHY YOU LITTLE-!" He froze in the middle of the sentence when Taro raised his eyebrows waiting for the insults to begin. Gah! What am I doing? If I yell and beat him up now, he will never help me with the Kagome situation...be careful what you say, you baka! After all, he is your son... He lowered his eyes in shame. What kind of father am I?
Taro blinked, watching Inuyasha walk out of the lake, soaking from head to foot. "Taro, I need you to do me a small favor..." he began, choosing his words wisely, and phrasing them with thought and caution. Taro blinked once again, dog ears twitching listening to his father. "I need your help with how to get along with your moth-Kagome. I try, but I can't seem to do it! I can't ask Shippo for help, he's too young, Miroku will just teach me how to get the shit beaten out of me, don't even THINK about Suggesting Myoga, so basically, you're all that I have left! PLEASE?" Inuyasha lowered himself to begging. "I'll do ANYTHING! Just name it!" Taro sighed. "I don't want anything from you, but I'll help since I don't feel like going back, just yet! But you have to try your best, cooperate AND listen to me, got it?" Taro was acting like the father now, teaching his kid how to pull himself out of a difficult situation. Inuyasha grinned and nodded. "Got it." He stretched out his hand. Taro grinned back and shook it. "Deal." They said in Unison.
They walked slowly towards Kaede's hut, just talking, when Taro suddenly froze. "What?" Inuyasha asked, raising his eyebrows at the shocked and disgusted expression on Taro's face. "What is it?" Taro looked at his young father. "Okay, here's the deal. It won't be easy to try and spend as much time possible with Kagome...for there would be ups and dows, heaven and hells," He spat that word out in such pure hatred, Inuyasha actually backed away. "And obsticales in your relationship." Taro explained all this in one breath. As he stopped Inuyasha raised his eyebrows higher. "Two questions...did you breath when you said all that? And two, what obsticales are you talking about?" Taro rolled his eyes. "For a guy that hurts my mother alot, you sure are slow. HER!" He pointed his finger into the direction of the Goshinboku tree. Inuyasha smelled her already. "Kikyo!" He gasped. Taro's eyes were filled with hatred and he was growling. Inuyasha ignored him completely, now that Kikyo was here.
"Hello, Inuyasha. Hello Taro." She said in her cool, arrogant voice. Taro scoffed in pure disgust. Inuyasha didn't even realize that Kikyo knew Taro's name. Then he realized something else...Wait a minute! I don't smell ashes, I don't smell soil...I smell flesh and blood! The old Kikyo! "Kikyo..." he whispered, as Kikyo shocked him by walking right up to him, and covering Inuyasha's lips with hers. At first he held his breath in surprise, but then he returned the kiss.
Kagome looked around. "I'm getting worried. It's getting late. I better get them." Then she picked up her bow and arrows and went searching for Taro and Inuyasha. She walked and walked until she heard something. "YOU TRAITOR!!!" It sounded like Taro. She began running as fast as she could and froze. Inuyasha and Kikyo were kissing like there was no tomorrow! Tears began to falls like waterfalls from Kagome's eyes, and so were Taro's. When Inuyasha heard those words, he whirled around. Kagome heard him say, "What have I done? TARO! WAIT!" but Taro was long gone. Then Inuyasha whirled around, locking eyes with Kagome. "Kagome...I can explain." But Kagome shook her head, backing away. "There's nothing to explain, Inuyasha." With that she took off in the opposite direction making Inuyasha fall to his knees. "Why do I always hurt you, Kagome?" He didn't realize but he was left alone, for Kikyo just left him too.
Taro ran and ran until with his sword forged by Totosai, he created a whirlwind to go back to his own time. He jumped into it, and waited until it ceased. Tears poured down his cheeks, as he walked across the snow barefoot towards his hut. He walked in slamming the door. His father was sitting by his mother's bedside, looking down at his sick wife. "Taro!" He hissed. "Your mother and brother are asleep!" Taro shrugged his shoulders, and fell in front of the fireplace. He was home...but he was miserable.
INUKAGINUKAGINUKAGINUKAG ( --Devider)
So, whadya think? Should I continue? R&R
Inuyasha: You always make me sound like a damn criminal. -.-
Future: I can't help it. That's what you always do!
Kagome: Sadly look With the Kikyo thing...yeah.
Inuyasha: Not like I mean to!
Future and Kagome: We know
Inuyasha: I'm sorry Kagome
Kagome: It's okay.
Future: AWWWWWWW!!! KAWAII!
Kagome and Inuyasha look up from their hug: Oh boy...-.-'