Families CAN Be Replaceable Sidestory
Demon Skin
Warning: Contains small spoilers. Do NOT read this story unless you've read up through chapter 34! You WILL NOT get it if you don't.
I leaned against the well in the feudal era, eyeing a scrap of leather in my hand. Kagome pulled herself out of the well, narrowly missing hitting me with her overly large yellow backpack. "Sorry!" she said, "Didn't see you there." "That's alright." I replied.
"What do you have there?" Kagome asked. "That piece of demon skin grandpa gave me." I told her, "I was just deciding who to go to see if it really is dog demon skin." "That is hard." She said sitting down next to me, "I'd ask everyone." "Good idea." I replied, "Let's go."
A few minutes later we arrived in the village. "Hello Lady Kagome!" Miroku greeted, "Lady Kyo!" "Hey Miroku!" I called, "Could you help us with something?" The monk walked over. "If you'd answer this question with a yes." He replied. Kagome and I kicked him. "NO!" we yelled at the same time. "Alright. Alright." Miroku said rubbing his shins, "What's the question?"
"Could you tell us if this is really dog demon skin?" I asked holding the leather out to him. "No." he replied, "I'm not good with stuff like that. Lady Kaede might be able to tell. She's probably gained a lot of knowledge about demons from battled them, and keeping them away from the village." "Then let's go!" Kagome said. All three of us walked up to Kaede's hut.
Shippo was outside. "Hi Kagome!" he said, "Hi Kyo!" "Hello Shippo." I said, "We're going to find out if this piece of leather is demon skin. What to come too?" "Yeah!" the little fox said. He jumped onto Kagome's shoulder.
"Ah." Kaede said looking up from a pot of brewing tea as we walked in, "Ye two are back. Will ye be staying long?" "No." Kagome replied, "We just have a question to ask you. And I've got some ramen for Inuyasha. He's been good this week. He deserves a treat."
"What is ye's question?" she asked." I handed Kaede the scrap of leather. "Is that demon skin?" I asked. She looked at it for a while. "It looks like it." Kaede finally said, "Ye should ask Sango. She'll know. How'd you get it?"
"Grandpa gave it to me for my birthday." I replied, "He told me it was dog demon skin. "Then let us ask Sango." She said standing up, "If it's demon skin she'll definitely know." "Seen her?" Kagome asked.
"I'm right here." Sango said from the corner, "Let me see the leather." "I handed it to her. Like Kaede, she looked at it for a while. "I'm pretty sure it is demon skin." Sango told us after a few minutes, "You should ask Inuyasha. He'll know if it's dog demon skin." She handed the leather back to me.
"Do you know where he is?" Miroku asked. "In his tree like usual." Sango replied, "Where else?" "Yeah." Kagome agreed. We walked out to the tree. "Hey Inuyasha!" I called. "What is it, cat?" he asked me, not even looking down to see who was talking.
"You've got to help us out with this." Miroku said. "What's in it for me?" he asked. "I've got ramen in my bag." Kagome replied. "What should I help you with?" Inuyasha asked quickly, looking down at us. I held up the leather. "We want to know if this is real demon skin." I told him.
Inuyasha jumped out of his tree, grabbed the leather and jumped back up. He looked at it, sniffing in carefully. A surprised look came over his face and he fell right out of the tree! "Is it?" Kaede asked. "That's dog demon skin." Inuyasha said looking at it in wonder, "And it's not any dog demon's, it's Sesshoumaru's! How the hell did you get it?" We all laughed.