72 reviews, people?!!! Seventy frickin' two reviews?!! And only five
chapters! OMG I luv you people! *glomps* 18 reviews on this chapter alone!
WOW! My new fic got a lot of reviews, too!
I got a lot of comments about Sessho-maru being nice. Can you believe that I'm a Sessho-maru hater? Anyway, I like brotherly fluff cuz' I think it's cute.
Just one more announcement. This is the chapter where the real conflict finally starts building up. The story will become more intense over the next few chapters.
Review responses:
seagirl: Thanks a bunch for the review! Sorry to say this, but Fluffy won't stay nice...
Lost Darkness: I think Boomy is a she. In one of our noted, I think Houshi's seagull tried to hit on "her". Anyway, that's my opinion and I was just feeling inhumanly nice that day.
kittykathy: Thanks for the review! I think that you reviewed Dancing with Demons, too! YAY *glomps* Keep reading and reviewing!
LilBlue-Hedggie: O_O....... I just got a really twisted idea... MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! But I'm not going to tell you! I can give you a hint, though... Hihan will die! But I guarantee you won't be celebrating when he does... I'm so evil. I bet I just confused the heck out of you. See ya next time!
Dragon Man 180: Another new reviewer! YAY! I just love brotherly fluff! ^-^
Koinu-Chan: Geez! Death threats death threats! Thanks for the cookie! Is it a fortune cookie?
demented-squirrel: Okay, it might not be a good idea to strangle Inu. And Sesshi-ru is just Inu's pet name for his big brother. Keep reading and reviewing!
AmayaSaria: Thanks for the review! I'm glad you like it!
dragon's kitty: Dragon's...kitty? You didn't tell me you were gonna change your name! Naughty Lan... Anyway, I like Sessho-maru nice when Inu is little, but when they're both older... *shudders* I just can't see him hating Inu and then all of a sudden being extremely nice... And what do you mean you "probably" didn't have access to a computer?
dark-wolf-soulX: You're welcome for the dedication! I wasn't planning on putting Sessho-maru into that chapter until I read your review and it turns out that's what the whole chapter was about! Go figure... Anyway, hope you enjoy this chap!
MoroTheWolfGod: Thanks for the review! I'm going as fast as I can!
Shiari: Yeah, that was my reaction when I first read a fic where Sesshy was nice, but I think brotherly fluff is kinda cute! But, unfortunately, Sesshy- sama won't be staying this way forever.
Inusama24: Thanks for the review! I promise never to not finish a story, though, so don't worry about that!
gilbertfan: I know this story is popular... I feel so loved... I actually thought this would be one of my less popular stories! Go figure... And Inu's dad and brother are always gone because, well, they're demon lord/demon lord in training and have stuff to do, I guess. Update soon!
InuLover: Thanks for the very... enthusiastic review! I'm glad to see that I make some people so happy! ^-^ I'm so loved... Keep reading and reviewing!
Inuyasha Mistress: Fine... *Throws knife to side* But you still have to update soon!
Rekouri Sentusu: Thanks for the review! ^_^
Luna the Sheikah: Wow! Check it out! You're reviewing another one of my fics! I'm so happy... I just love your reviews! They're so funny. And thanks for letting me draw your characters! Though I don't know how to get them to you after they're done 'cuz I don't have a computer scanner. *sigh* oh, well. Update soon!
~
As it turns out, Inutaisho and Sessho-maru ended up staying the rest of the week and, strangely enough, Inuyasha hadn't been ambushed by Hihan at all that week. (I wonder why.) Yep. Things were going pretty good for Inuyasha. However, things were not going so well for Kagome & co.
"We've been stuck here for over a week now! My family is probably worried to death by now! I told them I'd be back soon!" Kagome exploded.
"We don't know that," Miroku calmly replied. "I don't know if time is moving the same way in the future, if it is moving at all right now. The effects of a time demon are strange. However, my experience with these creatures is not great and time may be moving on without us."
"I want to know about Inuyasha," Sango cut in. "I mean the grown up Inuyasha from our time. He didn't get sucked into the time portal. He was unconscious when we were pulled into the void. If time is moving normally, he'll have no idea where we are or what happened to us."
"But as I said, time may not be moving normally. And if it is, there's nothing we can do about it. We'll just have to wait."
Kagome sighed. 'I wonder how long we'll be here,' she thought.
~
Inutaisho decided that it was time to tell Tsuki and Inuyasha that he and Sessho-maru were leaving again. He had received a summons five days ago and he had already lingered far too long. He brought his family outside into the dimming light of the sunset and broke the news.
"Sessho-maru and I will have to be leaving again now. There's a conflict between some demons down south. I've been asked to go and see what they're fighting about and hopefully stop the quarreling."
"How long will you be gone?" Tsuki asked.
"I'm not sure. As long as it takes to settle the issue."
Inuyasha leapt into his father's arms. "I don't want you to leave again!"
"I know, but I must." Suddenly, an idea hit Inutaisho. "How about when I get back, we all go on a trip together?! All four of us!" Haitatsu mewed. "All five of us?"
"YAY!"
"You like that idea?"
Inuyasha nodded vigorously.
"All right, then. It's about time we get going." Inutaisho set Inuyasha on the ground. Inuyasha waved goodbye as he watched his father and brother transform into their true states and disappear into the night sky.
~The next evening~
Inuyasha ran at full speed as a very large fire-cat bounded after him.
"You can't catch me, Haita!"
Suddenly, he and Haitatsu skidded to a halt in front of a very unwanted figure.
"Well, well, if it isn't mutt-boy and his precious kitten."
"Can't you give it a rest, Hihan?"
"What's the matter? You don't want me to play with you? Too bad. I even brought some of my friends along with me." A few of Hihan's friends emerged to stand beside their leader.
Inuyasha couldn't exactly tell what it was, but he felt a strange feeling stirring within him. Most of Hihan's friends surrounded Haitatsu and kept her busy while Hihan and his remaining crew stepped up and knocked Inuyasha to the ground. As Hihan and his friends proceeded to kick him and jeer at him, he felt annoyed that Hihan wouldn't leave him alone. He felt as if he needed to learn to protect himself so that Sessho-maru and Haitatsu wouldn't have to anymore. What had he done to anyone? Suddenly, he found himself leaping up off the ground and punching Hihan square in the jaw. Hihan landed on his back with Inuyasha on top of him.
"Why do you always pick on me?! What did I ever do to you?!" Inuyasha screamed as he repeatedly punched Hihan in to stomach. Hihan's friends stood by watching in shock.
The racket drew a few adults out of their huts. As his eyes fell upon the scene, Hihan's father exploded.
"What are you doing to my son?! Get off of him, you monster!" He roughly kicked Inuyasha off of Hihan and knelt down next to his unconscious son.
Haitatsu picked up Inuyasha by the back of his haori and quickly flew away. The exhausted Inuyasha let Haitatsu carry him home without a word of protest. Once home, Haitatsu set Inuyasha down and helped him into the house. Tsuki was weaving her tapestry when she caught movement out of the corner of her eye. She looked up and gasped at what she saw. Inuyasha entered the room slowly, leaning on Haitatsu for support. One of his eyes was swollen shut and he was covered in bruises from head to toe. She quickly ran over to her son and picked him up as gently as possible.
"What happened?" she asked as Inuyasha began to cry into her shoulder.
"It was Hihan again!" he sobbed.
"There, there. It will be all right," she comforted her son while trying to hold in her anger at the boy who was causing her son so much pain.
"I-I don't understand m-mother! What d-did I ever do t-to him? Why does he h-hate me?!" Inuyasha sobbed.
Tsuki felt the sting of tears in her eyes, but bit them back. She couldn't answer that question. He wouldn't understand. "Hanyou..." she whispered to herself.
Inuyasha looked up at her questioningly. "W-what?"
"Nothing. Let's get you in bed."
Inuyasha snuggled into his mother's kimono as she carried him into his room. She gently set him on the bed and pulled the covers over the sleepy hanyou. The now small Haitatsu jumped up onto the bed next to him and curled up contentedly.
"Good night, Inuyasha."
"Good night, mother."
~
Tsuki had just returned to her tapestry when she heard someone knock at the front door. She got up and went to answer it. She opened the sliding door to Hihan's father.
"Good evening, Nikushimi."
"Cut the crap, Tsuki! Your little monster of a son beat the crud out of Hihan today!"
"From what I know, it was the other way around."
"Because of your whelp, my son is in serious pain!!!"
Tsuki was slightly taken aback. Inuyasha did something like that?
"And what gives Hihan the right to beat up my son nearly every day?"
"Tsuki, that half-demon is dangerous!!"
That was the last straw! Tsuki slammed the sliding door shut and made her way to her son's room, tears flowing down her face. She entered her son's room and sat down beside his sleeping form on the bed. She gently brushed a lock of hair out of his face and gazed at the already healing bruises. He had attacked Hihan?
'Why, my son? Why?'
~
It may not seem like it, but the plot is building. And Kagome & co. will have more of a role in upcoming chapters.
And guess what? Hihan is going to die, but I can guarantee you won't be celebrating when it happens. Confused? Good.
And I thought maybe a few of you would want to know the translations for the Japanese names, so...
Hihan: criticism. (I know. It's rather pathetic.)
Haitatsu: delivery.
Nikushimi: hatred.
Expect extreme angstyness in upcoming chapters!
I got a lot of comments about Sessho-maru being nice. Can you believe that I'm a Sessho-maru hater? Anyway, I like brotherly fluff cuz' I think it's cute.
Just one more announcement. This is the chapter where the real conflict finally starts building up. The story will become more intense over the next few chapters.
Review responses:
seagirl: Thanks a bunch for the review! Sorry to say this, but Fluffy won't stay nice...
Lost Darkness: I think Boomy is a she. In one of our noted, I think Houshi's seagull tried to hit on "her". Anyway, that's my opinion and I was just feeling inhumanly nice that day.
kittykathy: Thanks for the review! I think that you reviewed Dancing with Demons, too! YAY *glomps* Keep reading and reviewing!
LilBlue-Hedggie: O_O....... I just got a really twisted idea... MWAHAHAHAHAHAHAHA!!!! But I'm not going to tell you! I can give you a hint, though... Hihan will die! But I guarantee you won't be celebrating when he does... I'm so evil. I bet I just confused the heck out of you. See ya next time!
Dragon Man 180: Another new reviewer! YAY! I just love brotherly fluff! ^-^
Koinu-Chan: Geez! Death threats death threats! Thanks for the cookie! Is it a fortune cookie?
demented-squirrel: Okay, it might not be a good idea to strangle Inu. And Sesshi-ru is just Inu's pet name for his big brother. Keep reading and reviewing!
AmayaSaria: Thanks for the review! I'm glad you like it!
dragon's kitty: Dragon's...kitty? You didn't tell me you were gonna change your name! Naughty Lan... Anyway, I like Sessho-maru nice when Inu is little, but when they're both older... *shudders* I just can't see him hating Inu and then all of a sudden being extremely nice... And what do you mean you "probably" didn't have access to a computer?
dark-wolf-soulX: You're welcome for the dedication! I wasn't planning on putting Sessho-maru into that chapter until I read your review and it turns out that's what the whole chapter was about! Go figure... Anyway, hope you enjoy this chap!
MoroTheWolfGod: Thanks for the review! I'm going as fast as I can!
Shiari: Yeah, that was my reaction when I first read a fic where Sesshy was nice, but I think brotherly fluff is kinda cute! But, unfortunately, Sesshy- sama won't be staying this way forever.
Inusama24: Thanks for the review! I promise never to not finish a story, though, so don't worry about that!
gilbertfan: I know this story is popular... I feel so loved... I actually thought this would be one of my less popular stories! Go figure... And Inu's dad and brother are always gone because, well, they're demon lord/demon lord in training and have stuff to do, I guess. Update soon!
InuLover: Thanks for the very... enthusiastic review! I'm glad to see that I make some people so happy! ^-^ I'm so loved... Keep reading and reviewing!
Inuyasha Mistress: Fine... *Throws knife to side* But you still have to update soon!
Rekouri Sentusu: Thanks for the review! ^_^
Luna the Sheikah: Wow! Check it out! You're reviewing another one of my fics! I'm so happy... I just love your reviews! They're so funny. And thanks for letting me draw your characters! Though I don't know how to get them to you after they're done 'cuz I don't have a computer scanner. *sigh* oh, well. Update soon!
~
As it turns out, Inutaisho and Sessho-maru ended up staying the rest of the week and, strangely enough, Inuyasha hadn't been ambushed by Hihan at all that week. (I wonder why.) Yep. Things were going pretty good for Inuyasha. However, things were not going so well for Kagome & co.
"We've been stuck here for over a week now! My family is probably worried to death by now! I told them I'd be back soon!" Kagome exploded.
"We don't know that," Miroku calmly replied. "I don't know if time is moving the same way in the future, if it is moving at all right now. The effects of a time demon are strange. However, my experience with these creatures is not great and time may be moving on without us."
"I want to know about Inuyasha," Sango cut in. "I mean the grown up Inuyasha from our time. He didn't get sucked into the time portal. He was unconscious when we were pulled into the void. If time is moving normally, he'll have no idea where we are or what happened to us."
"But as I said, time may not be moving normally. And if it is, there's nothing we can do about it. We'll just have to wait."
Kagome sighed. 'I wonder how long we'll be here,' she thought.
~
Inutaisho decided that it was time to tell Tsuki and Inuyasha that he and Sessho-maru were leaving again. He had received a summons five days ago and he had already lingered far too long. He brought his family outside into the dimming light of the sunset and broke the news.
"Sessho-maru and I will have to be leaving again now. There's a conflict between some demons down south. I've been asked to go and see what they're fighting about and hopefully stop the quarreling."
"How long will you be gone?" Tsuki asked.
"I'm not sure. As long as it takes to settle the issue."
Inuyasha leapt into his father's arms. "I don't want you to leave again!"
"I know, but I must." Suddenly, an idea hit Inutaisho. "How about when I get back, we all go on a trip together?! All four of us!" Haitatsu mewed. "All five of us?"
"YAY!"
"You like that idea?"
Inuyasha nodded vigorously.
"All right, then. It's about time we get going." Inutaisho set Inuyasha on the ground. Inuyasha waved goodbye as he watched his father and brother transform into their true states and disappear into the night sky.
~The next evening~
Inuyasha ran at full speed as a very large fire-cat bounded after him.
"You can't catch me, Haita!"
Suddenly, he and Haitatsu skidded to a halt in front of a very unwanted figure.
"Well, well, if it isn't mutt-boy and his precious kitten."
"Can't you give it a rest, Hihan?"
"What's the matter? You don't want me to play with you? Too bad. I even brought some of my friends along with me." A few of Hihan's friends emerged to stand beside their leader.
Inuyasha couldn't exactly tell what it was, but he felt a strange feeling stirring within him. Most of Hihan's friends surrounded Haitatsu and kept her busy while Hihan and his remaining crew stepped up and knocked Inuyasha to the ground. As Hihan and his friends proceeded to kick him and jeer at him, he felt annoyed that Hihan wouldn't leave him alone. He felt as if he needed to learn to protect himself so that Sessho-maru and Haitatsu wouldn't have to anymore. What had he done to anyone? Suddenly, he found himself leaping up off the ground and punching Hihan square in the jaw. Hihan landed on his back with Inuyasha on top of him.
"Why do you always pick on me?! What did I ever do to you?!" Inuyasha screamed as he repeatedly punched Hihan in to stomach. Hihan's friends stood by watching in shock.
The racket drew a few adults out of their huts. As his eyes fell upon the scene, Hihan's father exploded.
"What are you doing to my son?! Get off of him, you monster!" He roughly kicked Inuyasha off of Hihan and knelt down next to his unconscious son.
Haitatsu picked up Inuyasha by the back of his haori and quickly flew away. The exhausted Inuyasha let Haitatsu carry him home without a word of protest. Once home, Haitatsu set Inuyasha down and helped him into the house. Tsuki was weaving her tapestry when she caught movement out of the corner of her eye. She looked up and gasped at what she saw. Inuyasha entered the room slowly, leaning on Haitatsu for support. One of his eyes was swollen shut and he was covered in bruises from head to toe. She quickly ran over to her son and picked him up as gently as possible.
"What happened?" she asked as Inuyasha began to cry into her shoulder.
"It was Hihan again!" he sobbed.
"There, there. It will be all right," she comforted her son while trying to hold in her anger at the boy who was causing her son so much pain.
"I-I don't understand m-mother! What d-did I ever do t-to him? Why does he h-hate me?!" Inuyasha sobbed.
Tsuki felt the sting of tears in her eyes, but bit them back. She couldn't answer that question. He wouldn't understand. "Hanyou..." she whispered to herself.
Inuyasha looked up at her questioningly. "W-what?"
"Nothing. Let's get you in bed."
Inuyasha snuggled into his mother's kimono as she carried him into his room. She gently set him on the bed and pulled the covers over the sleepy hanyou. The now small Haitatsu jumped up onto the bed next to him and curled up contentedly.
"Good night, Inuyasha."
"Good night, mother."
~
Tsuki had just returned to her tapestry when she heard someone knock at the front door. She got up and went to answer it. She opened the sliding door to Hihan's father.
"Good evening, Nikushimi."
"Cut the crap, Tsuki! Your little monster of a son beat the crud out of Hihan today!"
"From what I know, it was the other way around."
"Because of your whelp, my son is in serious pain!!!"
Tsuki was slightly taken aback. Inuyasha did something like that?
"And what gives Hihan the right to beat up my son nearly every day?"
"Tsuki, that half-demon is dangerous!!"
That was the last straw! Tsuki slammed the sliding door shut and made her way to her son's room, tears flowing down her face. She entered her son's room and sat down beside his sleeping form on the bed. She gently brushed a lock of hair out of his face and gazed at the already healing bruises. He had attacked Hihan?
'Why, my son? Why?'
~
It may not seem like it, but the plot is building. And Kagome & co. will have more of a role in upcoming chapters.
And guess what? Hihan is going to die, but I can guarantee you won't be celebrating when it happens. Confused? Good.
And I thought maybe a few of you would want to know the translations for the Japanese names, so...
Hihan: criticism. (I know. It's rather pathetic.)
Haitatsu: delivery.
Nikushimi: hatred.
Expect extreme angstyness in upcoming chapters!
