Chapter 17
"Okay everyone, let's get going!" Kagome shouted.
It had been 2 weeks now since they left the feudal era. Buyo was glad they were leaving; he couldn't put up playing with 5 cubs, an older wolf cub, and to top it all off... an Inuyasha.
All the cubs were in her big backpack, Keya in her arms, and Inuyasha was on her side near the well.
"Hope you come back and visit soon Kagome!" Souta shouted as he waved at the shine-well door.
"Bye Souta." Kagome said and the jumped with Inuyasha and was sucked up by a blue light as usual.
They landed back in the well to see clear skies over them. Kagome let the cubs out of her backpack after setting Keya down. She bent down so Keya could jump on her back and out of well. Kagome then tossed Inuyasha out; of course he landed safely. The Kagome tossed the cubs out one at a time.
She tossed Sari out; she had a beautiful brown coat that felt silky and the word Sari came to her first, it was probably because a sakura pedal fell on her nose when she was naming the pups. The second one that was tossed was Kayo; he had heavy wool-like fur but his he got his name from his hard head. Yuki was next; he was basically the leader out of the 5 cubs. Dao was then tossed up; he was very energetic, sometimes more energetic than Shippo. Last but not least, Tanara; she had the softest fur that she could be mistaken as a fluffy pillow. Kagome tossed her bag up and then climbed out of the well.
"KAGOME!" Shippo shouted as he leaped into Kagome's arms with joy and excitement.
"Hi Shippo, did you have fun while we were away?" Kagome asked as she set the kit down.
"Yeah, it was okay, do you have chocolate? Why are there so many wolves here? Can me and Inuyasha go play now?" He asked many question within a minute.
"I brought you chocolate, I found these cubs, and go ahead and play with Inuyasha, and I'll go to the hut where I know Miroku and Sango are. Keya, Kayo, Yuki, Tanara, Dao, Sari... you can go play too if you want." She replied.
Inuyasha and Shippo went to play; Kagome was walking down the hill with Keya, Kayo, and Tanara following her. Yuki, Dao, and Sari played in the fields to play but Yuki and Dao chased Sari a lot.
Kagome reached the hut and saw Miroku and Sango sitting around and Kirara was sleeping near Sango.
"Hi guys, I missed you guys a lot." Kagome said as she began to sit down and got tackled by Tanara and Kayo. Keya growled a little and the two cubs stopped and sat quietly.
"Hi Kagome, it's good to see that your back, what's with the new cubs?" Miroku said cheerfully.
"It's great that your back, bet Inuyasha is playing with Shippo?" Sango also said.
"Yeah, Inuyasha is playing with Shippo; the other cubs are playing outside. This is Tanara, and this here is Kayo." She replied.
Tanara walked near Sango and Kayo walked near Miroku while Keya just laid down with her head on Kagome's lap. Kagome smiled and kept petting Keya's head.
"My friend Houjo told me about them and that they were living in an alley." Keya growled at the name 'Houjo'. "Keya, Houjo, and I went to go check on them and I decided to take them along and bring them here to be taken under care from Kouga and his tribe. When I first found them you could almost see their rib bones." She explained.
"So... is it just these two? Or is there more?" Sango asked; scratching Tanara's ear cheerfully."More." Kagome smiled.
"How many more?" Miroku asked a little nervously.
Kagome whistled a little high pitch noise. Tanara and Kayo went toward her. Few minutes later they heard joyful barking coming their way. Keya got up and set next to Kagome. Three playful pups came in and darted to Kagome. They became quickly mellowed and sat in front of Kagome and faced her with wagging tails.
"This is Yuki, Dao, and Sari." Kagome said happily.
"There's.... 5... of... them...?" Miroku stammered.
"Yeah, but don't worry, we can leave tomorrow morning to Kouga's den.
Miroku and Sango nodded with agreement.
Kagome was very tired and decided that she wanted to take a nap. She was going to rest her head on her back pack but Keya moved it so she could be the pillow. Yuki stood up and walked near Kagome and laid down next to her soon the rest of the cubs came and slept beside her.
Miroku and Sango seemed shocked a little, but didn't care. Kagome could act like a mother for anyone who needed it.
"Inuyasha, was it fun going to Kagome's world?" Shippo asked.
"Yeah, it was okay, some people there are nice, but some others I don't like." Inuyasha grumbled.
"I suppose you liked Kagome's friends?"
"The girls were okay, stupid Houjo." Inuyasha mumbled the last part.
"Houjo?" Shippo questioned.
"But Inuyasha, you did that to when you were older you know."
"I... did?" Inuyasha questioned.
"Yeah, you two would fight about three times a day, and when she would want to go home you yell at her because you don't want her to leave. Then you two would sometimes fight if you went to go see Kikyou." Shippo explained. "Kikyou...?" He questioned again.
"Ah! Nothing, I didn't say Kikyou! I said! Uh, I said! Uh... never mind." Shippo sighed "Tell me, tell me who this Kikyou is." Inuyasha sounded curious.
"Uh... she... was... the first women... you... fell in love with." Shippo said glumly.
"Tell me more about this... Kikyou." Inuyasha said sternly.
"She's the incarnation of Kagome, she killed you around 50 years ago but Kagome brought you back somehow. She tries to kill Kagome so she could take you back. Kagome saved you when Kikyou was taking you to hell with her. She always tries to kill Kagome, and Kagome never does anything to hurt her, and I don't think she ever will for you." Shippo explained some more.
"She... tries to kill Kagome?" He started to grit his teeth. "What do I do about it?" He asked. But Shippo turned his head a different way.
"You never could do anything, it was too hard for you to just help one or the other... but... you usually left Kagome to go to Kikyou." He replied.
Inuyasha didn't notice Kagome behind him. Shippo wasn't looking in the direction of Inuyasha so he wouldn't know. Kagome just stayed there and listened.
"I... left Kagome for Kikyou? But... why? Kagome is so caring and such. Why would I go to this Kikyou woman?" Inuyasha asked Shippo.
Shippo was going to answer him, but Kagome interrupted and answered Inuyasha instead.
"You love Kikyou very much and can never get her out of your mind Inuyasha." She said calmly.
She shocked Inuyasha and Shippo; they both jumped a foot or two away from being surprised.
"Kagome! I didn't mean to say anything about her! He wanted to know and..." Shippo got cut off by Kagome.
"It's alright Shippo, come on guys. Let's go, Sango wants to take a hot bath. You and Inuyasha can play, Sango and I will just be talking a while, okay?" She said.
"Kay, but Kagome." Shippo started.
"Yes?"
"Are you mad?" Shippo questioned.
"No, I'm not, let's go now." She said and just walked to the hut to get Sango to go take a bath. Sari, Keya, and Tanara followed as Kayo, Yuki, and Dao stayed with Kirara and Miroku.
Inuyasha and Shippo did as told and played in the springs while Kagome and Sango talked.
"Kagome, is something bugging you?" Sango asked.
"Just a little." Kagome replied.
"Want to talk about it?"
"He knows about Kikyou."
"Inuyasha?" Sango questioned, but only received a nod. "Don't worry about it Kagome. I know she tries to hurt you, but it's only because..." Sango was interrupted by Kagome.
"I know Sango... I know." Kagome said in a type of sad voice.
Kagome sighed and sank in the water a little. After a few minutes she felt someone poking her. She rose out of the water and saw Shippo next to her.
"Yes Shippo?" Kagome said calmly.
"Can you wash my hair?" He asked a little nervously, probably from not that long ago that day.
"Sure, sit in my lap and I'll do your hair." She smiled lightly.
"Yay." He sat in Kagome's lap and she washed his hair, Inuyasha just watched a little. He thought that Kagome was actually mad because he and Shippo talked about Kagome.
He was confused; a minute she looks so sad, then the next minute she's cheerful. Was the happiness she was showing him right now, fake?
"Sure!" He said cheerfully as a kid would.
"Okay then, I'm almost done with Shippo, then your turn." She smile sweetly.
"Inuyasha, who and what did you like about Kagome's time?" Sango asked him.
"Um... Kagome's family, Buyo, and her three friends, I liked the thing called a park." He replied bluntly.
"That's nice, what did you not like?" She asked again.
"Houjo and that thing Kagome calls toilet." He grumbled and Kagome sighed.
"Houjo?" Sango questioned.
"It's a guy who likes me." Kagome joined the chat.
"Like you?! He hurt you! Not to mention insulted!" Inuyasha shouted.
"He apologized!" Kagome shouted back.
"He hurt both your arms that day and insulted you and your...!" Inuyasha's voice died down and smelt tears coming from Kagome.
"Stop... he didn't mean to insult me. He came over when you were asleep; he apologized to me and said he was sorry. I forgive him just as easily as I forgive you when you were older." She said in a lower voice while hiding her face.
"I... didn't... mean to... er... I'm..." Inuyasha's ears lowered.
"It's okay Inuyasha, come here, it's your turn for your hair to be washed." She said as she placed Shippo out of her lap.
Inuyasha walked to her but felt a little ashamed for yelling at her because he was just a kid; Kagome didn't care though, as if she was use to it or something. She hugged lightly when he was in her lap and whispered "don't worry about anything" in his ear. She then washed his hair and then let his play around with Shippo as she then washed her own hair. When she was down they all put their clothes on and headed to the hut to eat dinner.
After dinner they all went to sleep... or at least tried to. No one cold sleep because it was crowded inside so Kagome went outside to sleep, and so did the 6 wolves. Kagome laid against the sacred tree and looked at the full moon. The wolves kept quiet and decided not to howl. When was against the tree trunk the wolves laid against her; Keya, Sari, and Tanara on one side Yuki, Kayo, and Dao on the other.
Inuyasha waited till Shippo, Miroku, Sango, and Kirara were asleep to leave the hut. He knew Kagome was awake but he was afraid if she was mad. But he got up anyway and walked towards the way she went by smelling her scent. When he saw her she was just sitting there peacefully. He walked near the tree, the wolves knew he was there, Kagome did too, but they didn't do anything, not to mention that the wolves were tired and that they knew he would come out to be with them too. Kagome heard sniffles near her.
"What's wrong Inuyasha?" She asked softly.
"I'm sorry mommy." He said trying to hold back tears.
Kagome was still trying to get use to be calling mommy from him.
"Sorry for what?" She asked.
"For yelling, at first I meant it but then it felt wrong after a while. When you walked out of the hut I thought you would leave us." He said in a low voice.
"It's okay, I'm sorry for also yelling at you and what do you mean leave you guys? I would never, and you should be asleep right now." Kagome softly replied.
"How come you're not mad?" He said as he walked toward Kagome and began to lie on her lap.
"No, of course not, I'm use to it, even the first day I met you we yelled at each other." She laughed a little and wrapped her arms around him a little.
"Did we... always fight?" He said looking upward to Kagome's face to see her eyes closed.
"Kagome, why did you look so sad earlier, around the time you came to get me and Shippo till bath time?" He looked away for her face.
"It was nothing, I was just thinking about something was all." She replied.
"About Kikyou?" He then looked up at her; feeling her tensing up a little.
"Never mind about it, okay?" She loosened herself.
"Kay, night." He said and closed his eyes.
"Goodnight." She said.
Soon they all drifted away into a goodnights sleep.
Sorry, I am not aloud at the computer till monday becausew i hurt my hand badly.