Chapter 12: Busy Village
Sesshomaru narrowed his amber eyes, Rin was still unconscious, and Jaken had returned from his cowardly antics not long ago, "Milord, please forgive me, the demon was....."
"Ja....ken... Shutup," said a groggy Rin, one eye shut tightly and as much of a grin she could get on her face, Sesshomaru couldn't help but tweak his face in a smile from her insult and her awakening.
"Rin, you have awakened," said Sesshomaru, stating the obvious.
Rin gave a slight laugh, "My birthdays coming up soon Sesshomaru-sama."
"You will be turning twelve," he said giving her a cup of water, she put it up to her mouth and chugged it, when she was done she set it at her side and gave a giggle.
"Milord, what if demons find the camp?" Asked a worried Jaken.
"Jaken, silence, you should be following lady Rin's command as well as mine," snapped Sesshomaru.
Jaken scrambled to the far side of the camp hoping not to get booted or hit in the head, "Sesshomaru-sama?" Requested Rin.
"Hmm?" He wondered.
"What's sex? I heard my parents talking about it before the village was attacked," she said, her voice slightly faltering when she mentioned her old home. Sesshomaru's face went almost as pale as a rainless cloud, he kept his faceless expression but he might has well have been running for his life, it was bad enough that when she grew he would probably start thinking of her more than a daughter, but now he had to talk to her about mating?! This was going to be a long night for poor Sesshomaru.
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"Damn old hut," snapped Yusuke, trying to yank his hand out of the board he had been trying to fix for the old miko Keada, Kagome couldn't help but giggle. She eyed Inutaisho loading a .45 and her motherly instincts took over.
"What do you think you're doing mister?" She snapped, Inutaisho's eyes widened and Kagome turned red from embarrassment, "Um, sorry," she said with a nervous laugh.
Everyone except her, Inutaisho, and Keada burst into laughter, after Inuyasha and everyone else recovered themselves he eyed his mate, "I think he knows well what he's doing Kagome."
Kagome was still red, "I don't know what happened."
"Tis' natural," said Keada, "Ye are a woman," after this remark Kagome turned even redder.
Miroku looked at Sango with a grin plastered on his face, "Miroku...... no," she said flatly, making him mock a sad face.
Inutaisho rolled his eyes as he holstered his guns and walked over to Yusuke, "Stop it you idiot before you hurt yourself," he snapped as he pulled the spirit detective's hand out of the floor.
Sango and Miroku were still freaked out with Inutaisho, it was like seeing Inuyasha and Kagome as one person, "Freaky," said Sango.
Miroku nodded in agreement, "Indeed."
Inuyasha sighed and looked at everyone, "We should get going," he said, Kagome nodded and picked up her pack as they all left for the next village after sealing the well.
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Kagome gasped at the village they came across, she had never seen something so amazing and beautiful, the village was as busy as a city in her time, there was a large river flowing all through the village, people in canoes were going under bridges as merchants passed over them. As the gang stepped through the village they were greeted by many houses and merchant shops, if Kagome hadn't known better she'd call this place a mall. Even Inuyasha seemed amazed at what was in front of him.
"Kurama, where are we?" Asked the curious kitsune, sitting on the demon's shoulder.
"If I hadn't known any better I'd say this was a city," he responded to the kit.
Kuwabara's annoying laugh could be heard behind them, "Hehehehe, you gotta be kidding me, this isn't even close to a city."
"Take a look fool, and you might see what our companion means," snapped Hiei. Kagome looked back at the raven haired demon and smiled, he reminded her a lot of Inuyasha's attitude, stubborn and tough, but a big softy on the inside.
"Hello hello!!! Welcome to Sanlyrhd village, I'm the mayor nice to meet you all!" The mayor made them stop in their tracks with his hasty greetings. He shook all their hands and froze at Inuyasha and Inutaisho, looking up at their ears, "And hanyou's, my my my it's an honor," he said, shaking both their hands. "So, what brings you nice folk to the hustle and bustle of this village?"
"We were just on our way through," answered Kagome, "Have there been any demon attacks lately?"
The mayor lowered his head to the ground, "Sadly, yes, it has been slowing down business a great deal."
Yusuke looked around with his piercing eyes, "Doesn't look so slow to me."
The mayor laughed a hearty laugh, "Hoho, you should see it on a good day, if you came here on a busy day you'd be lucky to find a vacancy at the inn without getting trampled."
"That's a nice thought," said Inutaisho sarcastically.
"We'll help you ward the demons off," said Kagome, she then sensed a shard, so did Inutaisho, but he said something before she did.
"Hey, did anyone happen to find a small purple jewel shard in the last few days?" He asked.
"Why yes, but the poor fellow has been insane since, he also has an abnormal strength, he wards off anyone who comes near him with his bastard sword. He's been cramped up in the corner of his hut, only eating and drinking when he has to, he's paler than a ghost, he rocks back and forth saying that the shard is his and his alone, and I heard him utter something about someone named Naraku killing him," responded the mayor.
Inuyasha sighed, "Another tainted shard?" He asked Kagome, she nodded.
"I'll go take care of him, where is he?" Asked Yusuke, the mayor pointed to a nearby hut and before anyone could protest he was already in the hut.
Yusuke's eyes widened as he saw the insane man in the corner, he was sitting down and his head was buried in his knees, "Shut up, shut up, the shard is mine," he whispered to particularly no one.
"Alright, hand over the shard you brain tumor," snapped Yusuke, the man made eye contact with him.
He shook his head quickly, "No, never, the shard is mine, you can't have it, it's all I need." (A/N Whoa, kinda reminds you of Golem on LOTR)
"It's just a jewel shard, so hand it over," he commanded.
"No," snapped the man as he stood up and drew his sword, Yusuke's eyes widened as the guy's spirit energy went through the roof as soon as he stood up. "It's mine, your own selfish needs are all that you care about, DIE!!!" He yelled as he charged Yusuke.
Yusuke narrowly dodged at his swinging of the sword, if this kept up he would be mincemeat as fast as Hiei could say fool, he concentrated a good fraction of his spirit energy on his speed and started to fight back. He dodged another slash from the sword and punched the guy in the face, making him fly into the wall. "Don't fuck with me," snapped Yusuke as the guy stood back up and shook his dazed head to clear it up.
The guy swung the sword again and Yusuke caught it in his fingers, he used his grasp on the sword to slowly drive him back into the wall where he was not too long ago. Yusuke put a lot of his spirit energy into the strength of his arm, the guy let out a gasp of fear as his sword snapped in two and Yusuke gave him a smirk, "N.... No, I lost," he said with failure in his voice as he fell to his knees and Yusuke took the shard from him.
Sesshomaru watched through the little hut window, entertainment creeping up his body, "Hmm, quite the powerful one that human," he said to particularly no one.
Rin giggled as she patted Sesshomaru on the back, she had had a growth spurt and was only a head and a half shorter than him now, her birthday was the next day, "Sesshomaru-sama," she requested, Sesshomaru tweaked his lips into a smile again, she was getting so much wiser with her years.
"Yes, Rin?" He wondered.
She smiled at him, "I think we should find an inn so you can go get me something," she said.
"Quite the selfish one aren't we? So be it, we will stay at an inn," he said as he kicked Jaken ahead of him and Rin followed not too far behind.
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Naraku gritted his teeth for sure this time, he was getting quite infuriated with these fools, they had killed all his incarnations so far, at first it didn't matter because he thought he would gain the jewel quickly, but now he was just wasting his precious time, he began to tire of the carnation business, so he would hit them in one of their weakest spots, "Kohaku," he summoned with demand.
"Yes?" Came the hypnotized voice of the teenage boy.
"Go, wound your sister as much as you can and kill her comrades, then proceed to kill yourself, afterwards I will have no use for you," he commanded.
"Yes master," he said backing out of the dark building.
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"Inuyasha, Inutaisho, slow down," said Kagome as she watched the two men she cared for most scarf down ramen as if they hadn't eaten for several days , after getting the shard and waiting for a couple of hours they managed to get a reservation at the inn.
"I doubt they will listen to you, Inu-youkai have quite the appetite due to their K-9 nature," said Kurama with a smile as he slowly ate his ramen.
Kagome gave a giggle as they both finished their ramen and put the bowls on the table, she knew what was coming next, Inutaisho had all but told his father about drinking games, they picked up the clay mugs and clashed them together, they both started chanting, "Ziggy Zaggy Ziggy Zaggy Hoy Yoy Yoy, Ziggy Zaggy Ziggy Zaggy Hoy Yoy Yoy!!" They both chugged the alcohol and slammed the mugs on the table laughing their heads off.
"Fools," said Hiei.
Yusuke patted him on the shoulder, "You're so damn uptight."
Miroku looked interested, "Hmm, drinking games."
"What are you pondering now Miroku?" Asked Sango as she wrapped her arm around him.
"Nothing my lovely Sango," he said, making her blush.
Inuyasha looked at Inutaisho, "You look a lot like your mom," he said, Inutaisho nodded in response and Kagome blushed slightly.
"Inuyasha?" Requested Kagome.
"Hmm," her mate wondered.
"Let's go into the side room, I need to show you something," she said as she led him off into the other room, Inutaisho couldn't help but smile, he knew what she was showing his father.
Kagome stopped in front of the mirror and kissed Inuyasha deeply, she pulled away slowly with a slight tinge of red on her cheeks, "So, what is it that you wanted to show me?" He asked his mate with curiosity.
Her cheeks turned a deeper red and she pulled her shirt up, her belly was a little rounder than it had been, she rubbed it slowly as Inuyasha wrapped an arm around her, "He'll start kicking soon," she stated.
Inuyasha smiled, "It's kinda weird, that our son is out in the other room, but here at the same time," he said as he rubbed her belly with her.
She nodded, "Yeah, I just wish my parents could know about this," she said to her mate with a sigh.
"Well, look on the bright side, we know what to name him," said Inuyasha with a smirk, making her giggle.
"A-hem, are you two done?" Asked Miroku from the doorway with a devilish grin.
Inuyasha fumed and his eyes narrowed, "God dammit Miroku!!!!!!!!!" Cursed Inuyasha as he chased after the monk, leaving a very happy Kagome to follow them out.
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Cloud: Well, that's the end of chapter 12, hope you like, and please review.
Cagri: Huh? Wha? Where am I?
Cloud: You're at my house.
Cagri: Now I know! You kissed me you sick bastard!!!
Cloud: So?
Cagri: Well.........(Kisses him)
Sesshomaru narrowed his amber eyes, Rin was still unconscious, and Jaken had returned from his cowardly antics not long ago, "Milord, please forgive me, the demon was....."
"Ja....ken... Shutup," said a groggy Rin, one eye shut tightly and as much of a grin she could get on her face, Sesshomaru couldn't help but tweak his face in a smile from her insult and her awakening.
"Rin, you have awakened," said Sesshomaru, stating the obvious.
Rin gave a slight laugh, "My birthdays coming up soon Sesshomaru-sama."
"You will be turning twelve," he said giving her a cup of water, she put it up to her mouth and chugged it, when she was done she set it at her side and gave a giggle.
"Milord, what if demons find the camp?" Asked a worried Jaken.
"Jaken, silence, you should be following lady Rin's command as well as mine," snapped Sesshomaru.
Jaken scrambled to the far side of the camp hoping not to get booted or hit in the head, "Sesshomaru-sama?" Requested Rin.
"Hmm?" He wondered.
"What's sex? I heard my parents talking about it before the village was attacked," she said, her voice slightly faltering when she mentioned her old home. Sesshomaru's face went almost as pale as a rainless cloud, he kept his faceless expression but he might has well have been running for his life, it was bad enough that when she grew he would probably start thinking of her more than a daughter, but now he had to talk to her about mating?! This was going to be a long night for poor Sesshomaru.
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"Damn old hut," snapped Yusuke, trying to yank his hand out of the board he had been trying to fix for the old miko Keada, Kagome couldn't help but giggle. She eyed Inutaisho loading a .45 and her motherly instincts took over.
"What do you think you're doing mister?" She snapped, Inutaisho's eyes widened and Kagome turned red from embarrassment, "Um, sorry," she said with a nervous laugh.
Everyone except her, Inutaisho, and Keada burst into laughter, after Inuyasha and everyone else recovered themselves he eyed his mate, "I think he knows well what he's doing Kagome."
Kagome was still red, "I don't know what happened."
"Tis' natural," said Keada, "Ye are a woman," after this remark Kagome turned even redder.
Miroku looked at Sango with a grin plastered on his face, "Miroku...... no," she said flatly, making him mock a sad face.
Inutaisho rolled his eyes as he holstered his guns and walked over to Yusuke, "Stop it you idiot before you hurt yourself," he snapped as he pulled the spirit detective's hand out of the floor.
Sango and Miroku were still freaked out with Inutaisho, it was like seeing Inuyasha and Kagome as one person, "Freaky," said Sango.
Miroku nodded in agreement, "Indeed."
Inuyasha sighed and looked at everyone, "We should get going," he said, Kagome nodded and picked up her pack as they all left for the next village after sealing the well.
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Kagome gasped at the village they came across, she had never seen something so amazing and beautiful, the village was as busy as a city in her time, there was a large river flowing all through the village, people in canoes were going under bridges as merchants passed over them. As the gang stepped through the village they were greeted by many houses and merchant shops, if Kagome hadn't known better she'd call this place a mall. Even Inuyasha seemed amazed at what was in front of him.
"Kurama, where are we?" Asked the curious kitsune, sitting on the demon's shoulder.
"If I hadn't known any better I'd say this was a city," he responded to the kit.
Kuwabara's annoying laugh could be heard behind them, "Hehehehe, you gotta be kidding me, this isn't even close to a city."
"Take a look fool, and you might see what our companion means," snapped Hiei. Kagome looked back at the raven haired demon and smiled, he reminded her a lot of Inuyasha's attitude, stubborn and tough, but a big softy on the inside.
"Hello hello!!! Welcome to Sanlyrhd village, I'm the mayor nice to meet you all!" The mayor made them stop in their tracks with his hasty greetings. He shook all their hands and froze at Inuyasha and Inutaisho, looking up at their ears, "And hanyou's, my my my it's an honor," he said, shaking both their hands. "So, what brings you nice folk to the hustle and bustle of this village?"
"We were just on our way through," answered Kagome, "Have there been any demon attacks lately?"
The mayor lowered his head to the ground, "Sadly, yes, it has been slowing down business a great deal."
Yusuke looked around with his piercing eyes, "Doesn't look so slow to me."
The mayor laughed a hearty laugh, "Hoho, you should see it on a good day, if you came here on a busy day you'd be lucky to find a vacancy at the inn without getting trampled."
"That's a nice thought," said Inutaisho sarcastically.
"We'll help you ward the demons off," said Kagome, she then sensed a shard, so did Inutaisho, but he said something before she did.
"Hey, did anyone happen to find a small purple jewel shard in the last few days?" He asked.
"Why yes, but the poor fellow has been insane since, he also has an abnormal strength, he wards off anyone who comes near him with his bastard sword. He's been cramped up in the corner of his hut, only eating and drinking when he has to, he's paler than a ghost, he rocks back and forth saying that the shard is his and his alone, and I heard him utter something about someone named Naraku killing him," responded the mayor.
Inuyasha sighed, "Another tainted shard?" He asked Kagome, she nodded.
"I'll go take care of him, where is he?" Asked Yusuke, the mayor pointed to a nearby hut and before anyone could protest he was already in the hut.
Yusuke's eyes widened as he saw the insane man in the corner, he was sitting down and his head was buried in his knees, "Shut up, shut up, the shard is mine," he whispered to particularly no one.
"Alright, hand over the shard you brain tumor," snapped Yusuke, the man made eye contact with him.
He shook his head quickly, "No, never, the shard is mine, you can't have it, it's all I need." (A/N Whoa, kinda reminds you of Golem on LOTR)
"It's just a jewel shard, so hand it over," he commanded.
"No," snapped the man as he stood up and drew his sword, Yusuke's eyes widened as the guy's spirit energy went through the roof as soon as he stood up. "It's mine, your own selfish needs are all that you care about, DIE!!!" He yelled as he charged Yusuke.
Yusuke narrowly dodged at his swinging of the sword, if this kept up he would be mincemeat as fast as Hiei could say fool, he concentrated a good fraction of his spirit energy on his speed and started to fight back. He dodged another slash from the sword and punched the guy in the face, making him fly into the wall. "Don't fuck with me," snapped Yusuke as the guy stood back up and shook his dazed head to clear it up.
The guy swung the sword again and Yusuke caught it in his fingers, he used his grasp on the sword to slowly drive him back into the wall where he was not too long ago. Yusuke put a lot of his spirit energy into the strength of his arm, the guy let out a gasp of fear as his sword snapped in two and Yusuke gave him a smirk, "N.... No, I lost," he said with failure in his voice as he fell to his knees and Yusuke took the shard from him.
Sesshomaru watched through the little hut window, entertainment creeping up his body, "Hmm, quite the powerful one that human," he said to particularly no one.
Rin giggled as she patted Sesshomaru on the back, she had had a growth spurt and was only a head and a half shorter than him now, her birthday was the next day, "Sesshomaru-sama," she requested, Sesshomaru tweaked his lips into a smile again, she was getting so much wiser with her years.
"Yes, Rin?" He wondered.
She smiled at him, "I think we should find an inn so you can go get me something," she said.
"Quite the selfish one aren't we? So be it, we will stay at an inn," he said as he kicked Jaken ahead of him and Rin followed not too far behind.
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Naraku gritted his teeth for sure this time, he was getting quite infuriated with these fools, they had killed all his incarnations so far, at first it didn't matter because he thought he would gain the jewel quickly, but now he was just wasting his precious time, he began to tire of the carnation business, so he would hit them in one of their weakest spots, "Kohaku," he summoned with demand.
"Yes?" Came the hypnotized voice of the teenage boy.
"Go, wound your sister as much as you can and kill her comrades, then proceed to kill yourself, afterwards I will have no use for you," he commanded.
"Yes master," he said backing out of the dark building.
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"Inuyasha, Inutaisho, slow down," said Kagome as she watched the two men she cared for most scarf down ramen as if they hadn't eaten for several days , after getting the shard and waiting for a couple of hours they managed to get a reservation at the inn.
"I doubt they will listen to you, Inu-youkai have quite the appetite due to their K-9 nature," said Kurama with a smile as he slowly ate his ramen.
Kagome gave a giggle as they both finished their ramen and put the bowls on the table, she knew what was coming next, Inutaisho had all but told his father about drinking games, they picked up the clay mugs and clashed them together, they both started chanting, "Ziggy Zaggy Ziggy Zaggy Hoy Yoy Yoy, Ziggy Zaggy Ziggy Zaggy Hoy Yoy Yoy!!" They both chugged the alcohol and slammed the mugs on the table laughing their heads off.
"Fools," said Hiei.
Yusuke patted him on the shoulder, "You're so damn uptight."
Miroku looked interested, "Hmm, drinking games."
"What are you pondering now Miroku?" Asked Sango as she wrapped her arm around him.
"Nothing my lovely Sango," he said, making her blush.
Inuyasha looked at Inutaisho, "You look a lot like your mom," he said, Inutaisho nodded in response and Kagome blushed slightly.
"Inuyasha?" Requested Kagome.
"Hmm," her mate wondered.
"Let's go into the side room, I need to show you something," she said as she led him off into the other room, Inutaisho couldn't help but smile, he knew what she was showing his father.
Kagome stopped in front of the mirror and kissed Inuyasha deeply, she pulled away slowly with a slight tinge of red on her cheeks, "So, what is it that you wanted to show me?" He asked his mate with curiosity.
Her cheeks turned a deeper red and she pulled her shirt up, her belly was a little rounder than it had been, she rubbed it slowly as Inuyasha wrapped an arm around her, "He'll start kicking soon," she stated.
Inuyasha smiled, "It's kinda weird, that our son is out in the other room, but here at the same time," he said as he rubbed her belly with her.
She nodded, "Yeah, I just wish my parents could know about this," she said to her mate with a sigh.
"Well, look on the bright side, we know what to name him," said Inuyasha with a smirk, making her giggle.
"A-hem, are you two done?" Asked Miroku from the doorway with a devilish grin.
Inuyasha fumed and his eyes narrowed, "God dammit Miroku!!!!!!!!!" Cursed Inuyasha as he chased after the monk, leaving a very happy Kagome to follow them out.
^_^
Cloud: Well, that's the end of chapter 12, hope you like, and please review.
Cagri: Huh? Wha? Where am I?
Cloud: You're at my house.
Cagri: Now I know! You kissed me you sick bastard!!!
Cloud: So?
Cagri: Well.........(Kisses him)