Disclaimer: who do I look like? RUMIKO TAKAHASHI?!?!?!? ....I wish.
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Genko: 3 days and counting......she's been like this for awhile
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'=thinking
Kagome sat, absentmindly stirring a pot of ramen in a shack that the headman of the village allowed them to stay in for thanks of the ridding of the lizard demon and for all the medical attention. The hut was small and shabby but it provided a roof and was quite warm.
About an hour of so ago, Genko appeared in the hut and immediately dug into Kagome's sleeping bag. Kagome felt her heart ache for the little boy and let him stay in her portable bed. She placed a bowl of chicken ramen near it, hoping to draw him out but he just ignored it completely.
InuYasha didn't come back in the hut.
Kagome felt worried about InuYasha's sudden disappearance and kept a bowl.....or really a pot, warm for him whenever he came in. everyone else retired, Shippo curling up with Sango since going into Kagome's sleeping bag was out of the question.
Kagome suddenly felt an odd lurch in her stomache. She left the fire ring to the noses of her comrades and exited the hut. She passed sleeping huts and handmade night lanterns before she saw an opening into the forest, and a flash of silver and red.
Kagome approached the tree silently
"Why are you out here?" InuYasha's harsh tone sounded out as Kagome reached the tree.
"Why didn't you come in for some food?"
"I needed to think"
"And I worried about you"
InuYasha turned his gaze to the teenager from the future. Kagome sighed at his mean glare that adorned his face.
"Please come down?"
"Keh!"
"Please?"
'Grunt'
"Sit!"
'KABOOM'
InuYasha lifted his face from his crater and looked her in the eye, his eyes flashing with the usual anger when he was sat.
Kagome fell to her knees next to him and looked him in the eye.
"What did you tell Genko?"
"What's it to you?" he asked quirkily.
"He's just really depressed; he took refuge into my sleeping bag and won't come out"
"He'll get over it"
"No he won't, InuYasha he's only a little boy!" Kagome argued raising her voice a little.
"So was I-"InuYasha felt his face flush as he realized what he just said "Keh!"
Kagome tried to catch InuYasha's gaze as he raised himself from the pit and sat in a cross-legged position, his arms retreated in the bright red sleeves of his haori and Tetsusaiga resting against his shoulder.
"All I want to know is why Genko got into a fight with that boy and is now depressed!"
"The whelp called him a freak! Ya happy now?!"
Kagome was taken aback, at most she thought he took something of his but name calling.
"so your surprised? Better get used to it, the boy hasn't even gotten the full thresh-hold of the bullying he's gonna face" InuYasha said slowly drifting off into a sadly calm tone "he's gonna be shunned, bullied, and teased, it's your cost for being born half demon and half human...."
Kagome felt her heart start to ache not just for Genko but also for the half-demon in front of her, was that what happened to him at such a young age? She already knew that he had a difficult past; dealing without his mother, but the constant teasing and talking behind his back was something that didn't settle with her well and something she didn't understand at first.
Kagome felt herself move next to InuYasha's side and lean her head on his shoulder lightly and let her eyes half close. InuYasha went rigid at the feel of the light pressure but soon relaxed as he felt a hesitating hand rub his forearm in a comforting way.
Kagome fell asleep like that and InuYasha was burdened with the duty of bringing her back to the hut without waking her. He entered the hut and tried to place her in her bag but found a pair of eyes looking at him in the darkness.
"Get out of there kid" InuYasha said in a commanding whisper.
Genko quietly obliged and moved to the side so InuYasha could slip Kagome in without waking her. Genko placed the blanket over his 'mama' and cuddled into her side.
InuYasha watched Genko, who stared back at him with wide eyes.
"Get to sleep runt"
Morning came in bright yellows and dark oranges as the sun rose over the horizon. Kagome woke with Genko snuggled into her side sucking his thumb happily. Kagome sat up and saw InuYasha gone, Miroku and Sango stirring. Shippo was up and about putting twigs and such into the small fire. Kagome rubbed her eye with one of her fists and looked down and Genko with a sad smile. She remembered last night's conversation with InuYasha and found herself remembering the intimacy she gave him. She was starting to dread InuYasha's return in fear of some lame comment or something that would make her heart ache.
InuYasha entered the hut and threw some logs that he was gathering on top of the poor Kitsune (fox-cub) who popped his head from the small wood pile and stuck his tongue out at InuYasha. He sat down and Sango and Miroku were preparing cold breakfast (fruit from the village head man), InuYasha didn't look kagome directly in the eyes and Genko was shyly getting out to help get wood off of Shippo.
They ate in silence and Genko finally spoke up.
"I'm sorry...."
Everyone stared at him.
"I didn't mean to hit that guy, but he was a bastard so I had too...."
"INUYASHA SIT!!!!!!!!!"
InuYasha and the ground were becoming good friends by the rates that Kagome was sitting him.
"Whatcha' do that for?!?!?!"
"You don't curse in front of Shippo and Genko anymore they're picking up your language!!!!!"
Let's just say that everything went back to normal after that....
Kagome and the others finished doing a final round around the village while InuYasha took Genko and Shippo to the forest to find some meat for the rest of there meals that day.
"HI-YA!" Genko cried while trying to catch a fish in the brook. He jumped feet-first and got water all over his haori; the fish got away.
InuYasha was fighting the urge to laugh at the boys pathetic attempts.
"What am I doing wrong?" Genko asked himself standing waist deep in the three-foot deep brook putting his fists on his hips and glaring at the water beneath him.
"Maybe if you didn't jump in the water?" Shippo tried to answer for him but it wasn't good enough.
"Nuh-uh, I'd seen daddy do it plenty of times and he catches fish...."
InuYasha rolled his eyes at the boys 'memories' and joined the two in the water feeling this sudden urge to teach them.
"Ya gotta take your claws, twerp, and stick them through the back...." InuYasha sought the water for a perfect fish and took a swift stab; he withdrew his hands, the fish's blood slowly leaking down his hand and brought it to the boy's faces "see?"
"Yep!" Genko cried happily as InuYasha rolled his eyes again and exited the water while throwing the fish in the little basket that one of the village women lent them for Kagome and Sango to clean later.
After another half hour of fishing, Genko finally caught two nice size fish when Shippo got three.
"That's not fair! You were using your fox fire to draw them!"
"All's fair in food and fish!"
"What?"
"Kagome told me that......I think that's how it goes....."
InuYasha took them and was amazed, he was expecting at least a fish from Genko, but from Shippo, he wasn't too sure.
InuYasha, Shippo and Genko, found Kagome, Miroku, Sango, and Kirara in the hut and packing.
"The headman asked us to leave for the comfort of the village" Miroku told InuYasha's confused face.
"What?! Why in hell....?"
"We didn't want to press the matter" Sango said simply, while tying her bulging pack to her back.
"Keh!" he replied and gave the fish to Kagome who wrinkled her nose at the bloody fish and wrapped them in 'plas-tick rap' as she called it.
They left the hut, the headman bowing to them in thanks. Genko walked beside his mama and stared at the dirt ground as they bowed back and headed for the road leading out of the village.
They were passing the last house at the end of the row....when a tough voice called out.
"Bye freak!" Genko's face reddened and he turned around to find the bully from the day before, bandaged up, but was still poking fun at him. Genko was about to repeat the past, and started towards the boy when InuYasha grabbed the back of his robe and thrusted him into Kagome's arms where he burrowed closer to her mama.
"Ya know I'm starting to get sick and tired of hearing your voice brat" he said nonchantly to the kid.
"heh. Surprised after the whopping I gave the freak earlier that you would stick up for him"
InuYasha felt his blood boil with anger at the kid, he knew Genko and Shippo where probably uncomfortable and that was running through his mind.
"Ya know what brat? Freaks grow up to be me and" he cracked his knuckles "unless you want me to send you home with a couple more bumps and bruises, I suggest you run now" he said in a deadly calm.
The kid eyes InuYasha's claws and started walking back into the little nestle of huts.
InuYasha looked back at the group to find everyone, especially Kagome, beam at him.
"Keh! What are all of you lookin' at?!" he turned and walked a little ahead of everyone; Genko remained beaming at his 'Daddy' well into the night.
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! The last part made my heart swell!!!!! And isn't InuYasha starting to act just a little more...fatherly? all will be answered next Friday!!!
Till then
Author: ::Beams at the computer screen::
Genko: 3 days and counting......she's been like this for awhile
Author: WOW! Such a surplus of reviews in so little time, Im speechless!!!! Let me thank all of you guys for your reviews!!!!
=receives cookie
sesshomaru-luver: thanks!!! ::blush::
lolololol: thankies!!!!!!!!!!!! ::blushes more::
remix-69er: thankies and don't worry! There is but a little fluff in this chapter!!
Mr. P Coat: thankies! Im glad you think that ::blush::
Priestessmykala: thanks!!!!!!!!!
Lord Aries Greymon: wow!!!! You guys are the greatest ::turns as bright as InuYasha's robe:: I feel so loved lol I think this story is gonna be just fine. And did you know that beating the kid till he lost an eye is what made Kaede lose her eye? In a battle with InuYasha lol. You guys are the greatest THANKS SOOOO MUCH FOR YOUR REVIEWS!!!
"=talking
'=thinking
Kagome sat, absentmindly stirring a pot of ramen in a shack that the headman of the village allowed them to stay in for thanks of the ridding of the lizard demon and for all the medical attention. The hut was small and shabby but it provided a roof and was quite warm.
About an hour of so ago, Genko appeared in the hut and immediately dug into Kagome's sleeping bag. Kagome felt her heart ache for the little boy and let him stay in her portable bed. She placed a bowl of chicken ramen near it, hoping to draw him out but he just ignored it completely.
InuYasha didn't come back in the hut.
Kagome felt worried about InuYasha's sudden disappearance and kept a bowl.....or really a pot, warm for him whenever he came in. everyone else retired, Shippo curling up with Sango since going into Kagome's sleeping bag was out of the question.
Kagome suddenly felt an odd lurch in her stomache. She left the fire ring to the noses of her comrades and exited the hut. She passed sleeping huts and handmade night lanterns before she saw an opening into the forest, and a flash of silver and red.
Kagome approached the tree silently
"Why are you out here?" InuYasha's harsh tone sounded out as Kagome reached the tree.
"Why didn't you come in for some food?"
"I needed to think"
"And I worried about you"
InuYasha turned his gaze to the teenager from the future. Kagome sighed at his mean glare that adorned his face.
"Please come down?"
"Keh!"
"Please?"
'Grunt'
"Sit!"
'KABOOM'
InuYasha lifted his face from his crater and looked her in the eye, his eyes flashing with the usual anger when he was sat.
Kagome fell to her knees next to him and looked him in the eye.
"What did you tell Genko?"
"What's it to you?" he asked quirkily.
"He's just really depressed; he took refuge into my sleeping bag and won't come out"
"He'll get over it"
"No he won't, InuYasha he's only a little boy!" Kagome argued raising her voice a little.
"So was I-"InuYasha felt his face flush as he realized what he just said "Keh!"
Kagome tried to catch InuYasha's gaze as he raised himself from the pit and sat in a cross-legged position, his arms retreated in the bright red sleeves of his haori and Tetsusaiga resting against his shoulder.
"All I want to know is why Genko got into a fight with that boy and is now depressed!"
"The whelp called him a freak! Ya happy now?!"
Kagome was taken aback, at most she thought he took something of his but name calling.
"so your surprised? Better get used to it, the boy hasn't even gotten the full thresh-hold of the bullying he's gonna face" InuYasha said slowly drifting off into a sadly calm tone "he's gonna be shunned, bullied, and teased, it's your cost for being born half demon and half human...."
Kagome felt her heart start to ache not just for Genko but also for the half-demon in front of her, was that what happened to him at such a young age? She already knew that he had a difficult past; dealing without his mother, but the constant teasing and talking behind his back was something that didn't settle with her well and something she didn't understand at first.
Kagome felt herself move next to InuYasha's side and lean her head on his shoulder lightly and let her eyes half close. InuYasha went rigid at the feel of the light pressure but soon relaxed as he felt a hesitating hand rub his forearm in a comforting way.
Kagome fell asleep like that and InuYasha was burdened with the duty of bringing her back to the hut without waking her. He entered the hut and tried to place her in her bag but found a pair of eyes looking at him in the darkness.
"Get out of there kid" InuYasha said in a commanding whisper.
Genko quietly obliged and moved to the side so InuYasha could slip Kagome in without waking her. Genko placed the blanket over his 'mama' and cuddled into her side.
InuYasha watched Genko, who stared back at him with wide eyes.
"Get to sleep runt"
Morning came in bright yellows and dark oranges as the sun rose over the horizon. Kagome woke with Genko snuggled into her side sucking his thumb happily. Kagome sat up and saw InuYasha gone, Miroku and Sango stirring. Shippo was up and about putting twigs and such into the small fire. Kagome rubbed her eye with one of her fists and looked down and Genko with a sad smile. She remembered last night's conversation with InuYasha and found herself remembering the intimacy she gave him. She was starting to dread InuYasha's return in fear of some lame comment or something that would make her heart ache.
InuYasha entered the hut and threw some logs that he was gathering on top of the poor Kitsune (fox-cub) who popped his head from the small wood pile and stuck his tongue out at InuYasha. He sat down and Sango and Miroku were preparing cold breakfast (fruit from the village head man), InuYasha didn't look kagome directly in the eyes and Genko was shyly getting out to help get wood off of Shippo.
They ate in silence and Genko finally spoke up.
"I'm sorry...."
Everyone stared at him.
"I didn't mean to hit that guy, but he was a bastard so I had too...."
"INUYASHA SIT!!!!!!!!!"
InuYasha and the ground were becoming good friends by the rates that Kagome was sitting him.
"Whatcha' do that for?!?!?!"
"You don't curse in front of Shippo and Genko anymore they're picking up your language!!!!!"
Let's just say that everything went back to normal after that....
Kagome and the others finished doing a final round around the village while InuYasha took Genko and Shippo to the forest to find some meat for the rest of there meals that day.
"HI-YA!" Genko cried while trying to catch a fish in the brook. He jumped feet-first and got water all over his haori; the fish got away.
InuYasha was fighting the urge to laugh at the boys pathetic attempts.
"What am I doing wrong?" Genko asked himself standing waist deep in the three-foot deep brook putting his fists on his hips and glaring at the water beneath him.
"Maybe if you didn't jump in the water?" Shippo tried to answer for him but it wasn't good enough.
"Nuh-uh, I'd seen daddy do it plenty of times and he catches fish...."
InuYasha rolled his eyes at the boys 'memories' and joined the two in the water feeling this sudden urge to teach them.
"Ya gotta take your claws, twerp, and stick them through the back...." InuYasha sought the water for a perfect fish and took a swift stab; he withdrew his hands, the fish's blood slowly leaking down his hand and brought it to the boy's faces "see?"
"Yep!" Genko cried happily as InuYasha rolled his eyes again and exited the water while throwing the fish in the little basket that one of the village women lent them for Kagome and Sango to clean later.
After another half hour of fishing, Genko finally caught two nice size fish when Shippo got three.
"That's not fair! You were using your fox fire to draw them!"
"All's fair in food and fish!"
"What?"
"Kagome told me that......I think that's how it goes....."
InuYasha took them and was amazed, he was expecting at least a fish from Genko, but from Shippo, he wasn't too sure.
InuYasha, Shippo and Genko, found Kagome, Miroku, Sango, and Kirara in the hut and packing.
"The headman asked us to leave for the comfort of the village" Miroku told InuYasha's confused face.
"What?! Why in hell....?"
"We didn't want to press the matter" Sango said simply, while tying her bulging pack to her back.
"Keh!" he replied and gave the fish to Kagome who wrinkled her nose at the bloody fish and wrapped them in 'plas-tick rap' as she called it.
They left the hut, the headman bowing to them in thanks. Genko walked beside his mama and stared at the dirt ground as they bowed back and headed for the road leading out of the village.
They were passing the last house at the end of the row....when a tough voice called out.
"Bye freak!" Genko's face reddened and he turned around to find the bully from the day before, bandaged up, but was still poking fun at him. Genko was about to repeat the past, and started towards the boy when InuYasha grabbed the back of his robe and thrusted him into Kagome's arms where he burrowed closer to her mama.
"Ya know I'm starting to get sick and tired of hearing your voice brat" he said nonchantly to the kid.
"heh. Surprised after the whopping I gave the freak earlier that you would stick up for him"
InuYasha felt his blood boil with anger at the kid, he knew Genko and Shippo where probably uncomfortable and that was running through his mind.
"Ya know what brat? Freaks grow up to be me and" he cracked his knuckles "unless you want me to send you home with a couple more bumps and bruises, I suggest you run now" he said in a deadly calm.
The kid eyes InuYasha's claws and started walking back into the little nestle of huts.
InuYasha looked back at the group to find everyone, especially Kagome, beam at him.
"Keh! What are all of you lookin' at?!" he turned and walked a little ahead of everyone; Genko remained beaming at his 'Daddy' well into the night.
Awwwwwwwwwwwwwwwww! The last part made my heart swell!!!!! And isn't InuYasha starting to act just a little more...fatherly? all will be answered next Friday!!!
Till then