A Change
Disclaimer: Do not own Inuyasha thought if I could become a hanyou I would most like to.
DWC: Oh bugger, I'm sorry again, but it seems as if I won't be updating as often as I want. College just sucks so much of the energy, and get go out of a person. So if you can bear with me I'll try to get them out as soon as I can. :)
Inu: Yeah right! You just suck and you know it!
DWC: I do not! My reviewers say so! And thanks to though reviewers!
Inu: Whatever the hell you want to think, those stupid people are liars!
DWC: Whatever, you just don't want to admit you like this story. So on with the story making!
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Chapter 5: A Surprise
Kagome sighed as she relaxed into the bath she was taking. Kaede had been for once sympathetic to her plight and gotten out the large wooden tube and filled it with hot water for her. Kagome was eternally grateful as she felt so grimy after a good week without a bath or any sort of cleaning, and she needed the time to think. Inuyasha had been skeptical of her at first, but he seemed to have accepted it with her story, she was worried about how the others would react to her change. She had accepted Kaede's offer to have Sango give her food, she just hoped that Sango wouldn't kill her on sight. Kagome sighed again as she looked toward the door as it opened to allow the demon exterminator into the room. *Here we go!*
Kagome had kept her head down as her friend walked into the room. She raised her head when Kagome heard Sango gasp in surprise at seeing her dog-like ears.
"Hi Sango! So….what'ca think?"
"Kagome? What in the world happened to you?!" Sango shouted to her friend. *Holy Crap* was the only thought to cross her mind this time. Kagome looked down and blushed prettily, "Well, it kinda happened when I was protecting Inuyasha from Naraku, and I know you want the whole story, and I promise to tell you, but, could we please wait until I can tell the other's too? And Sango? Please don't hate me." Kagome whispered the last part her eyes clouding with tears at the thought of losing her best girl friend of all time.
"Oh Kagome. I could never hate you. Even as a hanyou you are still Kagome, and I haven't killed Inuyasha yet and he's a hanyou. Don't worry I only kill evil demons, and I don't think you're evil, right?" Sango grinned at Kagome and was rewarded by a big grin.
"Nope! No evil here!" Kagome giggled softly and smiled again, "Come sit down Sango, there's so much to tell you about how Inu-chan reacted!"
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Inuyasha skidded to a stop in front of Kaede's hut and dropped his bag to the ground. Inuyasha walked inside to a bizarre scene. Shippo and Miroku had there ears pressed to the door that lead to the hallway that held the room that housed the baths. Inuyasha smirked as he figured that they were trying to listen to Kagome, who he could guess was talking to Sango. Inu grinned,
"Oi! Stop trying to snoop you two. You'll hear it all soon." Inu watched as Shippo and Miroku jumped in surprise at not having heard his approach inside the hut. "Get my bag Houshi and don't look inside it. I'll go get the girls and then you can hear Kagome's story." He growled at them and then opened the door toward Kagome's room. He could hear Sango and Kagome talking about how he had acted so soon after being told what was going on and he grinned unrepentantly at the speculations on what he was doing. Inuyasha smiled as he opened the door and beamed at the two girls.
"I'm back Kagome. Sango why don't you go see the brat and the Houshi and make sure there not getting into the bag that I brought. I'll make sure that Kagome gets out of the tub and dressed." Sango looked over to Kagome who rested in the tub water hiding nothing from prying eyes.
"I'll be fine Sango." Kagome replied to her friends look, "I can handle him. Just hand me my towel before you leave please." Kagome smirked evilly at her black haired friend who slowly nodded back as she caught on.
"Okay, here's your towel. Now behave all right?" Sango smirked back as she slipped by Inuyasha and out the door. "I'll make sure the two boys leave your bag alone Inuyasha." Sango called as she receded down the hall. Inuyasha grunted as he turned back to Kagome from where he had been watching Sango's retreat and as he turned around his breath caught in his throat. Kagome slowly sashayed over to his prone form wrapped only in the fuzzy white towel that she had gotten from Sango.
"What's the matter Inuyasha, neko got your tongue?" Kagome laughed out loud at his stunned expression, and watched in amusement as the blush rose to his cheeks. A soft rumble filled the room as he took in the sight of her dripping wet form and Kagome sighed as she listened to the sound. She shifted forward and rested a hand on Inuyasha's chest and giggled softly as she felt the vibrations there. "You're so cute Inuyasha! I love it when you purr."
Inuyasha blushed becomingly and seemed to snap out of his paralyzed state. He slowly brought out a wrapped package from inside his robes and handed it to the surprised Kagome. "It's my first gift to you." He whispered shyly, "If you'll accept it." He finished looking at Kagome and trying to read her reactions. Kagome blinked and her brow furrowed in confusion as if seeking information with in. A light slowly dawned as she realized that Inuyasha was not only asking for her to accept his gift to her, but also to allow him to court her. *Inuyasha wants to court me. He wants to give me gifts that show his appreciation for me and he wants to be around me. Inuyasha wants to not only have me around he was to someday become my Mate! My Mate! That's for life with youkai, and with a youkai, life's a hell of a long time!* Kagome's brain went into overdrive as she processed the information and tried to sort it out in her head. Inuyasha was just starting to get worried about her silence when Kagome suddenly squealed and threw her arms around his neck, with no care for the towel that was the only thing covering her.
"Of course Inuyasha! I would gladly accept this gift and your want to court me." She whispered that last part as if afraid. Kagome looked at him from where she was hugging his neck, suddenly shy. "That is what you wanted right? To court me?" She whispered. Inuyasha smiled down at her.
"That's exactly what I want little one. Thank you." Came his soft voice from above her head. "Now open your present and lets go talk to the others before the begin to think I kidnapped you or something." His voice returned to its normal gruff sound and he stepped away from Kagome. Kagome smiled broadly up at the Inu-hanyou and ripped into the brown paper. She gasped as a river of silver fell into her lap. Kagome held up the cloth to the light and held her breath in wonder of the beauty of this garment. It looked like the white hakama that Inuyasha wore under his fire rat robes, except more feminine and sowed into the left breast right over where her heart would be was a small silver and blue flower. Inuyasha looked at her as he explained, "It was my mother's. The first gift she received from my father. The flower represents something that's precious, and it's also the same color as your hair. I thought it would be perfect to give you as your first gift. You seem to be the same size as my mother. I hope it's alright?"
Kagome ran her fingers over the material and breathed slowly before answering. "It's perfect Inu-chan." She said not even realizing that she had called him by her pet name, "It's beautiful and that you would give me something that was your mother's makes it even more perfect. I will cherish it." Kagome whispered in reply. She turned to Inuyasha, "Are you sure you want me to wear this?"
Inuyasha nodded his head. "I can't think of anyone it would look better on or who deserves it more." Kagome smiled at him and motioned for him to turn around. Inuyasha complied and listened to the sounds of cloth shifting. It was to long until Kagome said he could turn around. Inuyasha was again struck speechless as he took in her beauty. "You look fabulous Kagome." And it was true. That hakama fit her perfectly. "Let's go find the others and show them what happened to you." Kagome smiled at him again and took his hand letting him lead her toward the others.
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As Kagome stepped through the door way between the main room and the hallway she was immediately bowled over by a russet ball of fur that clung to her stomach.
"Kagome!" Shippo shouted as he attached himself to Kagome's body. "I was so w-ww-worried that you weren't going to wake up and that stupid Dog Breath wouldn't even let me into the same room as you!" Shippo whimpered and burrowed closer; he only then seemed to realize that his foster mother's scent had actually changed over the course of the last week. He looked up towards Kagome's face and gasped in surprise at the sight before him. "Okaa-san! You're a Hanyou!" He shouted not even aware that he had called Kagome his mother in his shock. Shippo scampered up to sit on her chest from wear she still laid flat on the floor of the hut. His little paws reached up to pat her face and trace her features. Kagome sat absolutely still, after Inuyasha, Shippo's reaction meant the most to her. Yes she would be upset if Sango and Miroku shunned her she would be upset, but she would slowly get over it. If Shippo stopped seeing her as his Okaa-san, as he had just called her, because she now looked like a Hanyou it would crush her. Kagome looked up at Shippo as he retracted his paws and sat down on her chest with a thump.
"Shippo?" Kagome's voice was hesitant as she looked at the small kitsune. Shippo looked back at her and a small smile crept onto his face. "You're pretty like this." Shippo said softly, "You look even more like my real Kaa-san now." He whispered. Kagome's grin split her face as she sat up and wrapped Shippo in her arms. "Thank you Shippo and I'm proud to be your Okaa-san." Kagome was getting to her feet when Inuyasha walked up next to her and tapped Shippo's nose with one finger to get his attention.
"Oi, runt, no more knocking her down you hear. I'll allow you to hug her and stuff, because she is your Kaa-san, but none of this knocking her flat on her ass, or you'll be punished for breaking a rule. You got that?" Inuyasha looked at the small kit and saw the wide eyed look he was receiving, but he got a nod from him almost immediately. Inuyasha nodded again and turned to the other occupants of the room. He saw there shocked looks and growled at them. "What the Fuck! The brat needs to be taught manners like a Youkai, and I'm the only one around so back off!" Sango, Miroku, and Kaede kept there mouths shut, but Kagome giggled while walking further into the room. This seemed to snap the others out of there trance and really look at the girl turned Hanyou. Sango had already given her approval and Kagome sighed when Miroku came over. He reached to give her a friendly hug, "My lady Kagome, you look even more beautiful this way then before." Miroku squeezed her and his hand started to drift toward her butt.
"You touch that you perverted Houshi, and that hand won't be attached much longer." Came Inuyasha's rough growl and Miroku immediately retreated to Sango's side, his hands held out pleadingly. "I was only going to show my appreciation for her new look Inuyasha. Just like I do with the beloved Sango here." Miroku's hand reached for the curve of Sango's ass and a loud *Smack* resounded through the hut along with the shout of "Hentai!" Kagome sighed at the normalcy of the situation and turned toward Kaede who had remained silent. "What do you think Kaede?" Kagome questioned her mentor. Kaede looked at her. "I think ye will need more training." She replied and Kagome smiled moving to hug the old woman. "Now since everyone's settled, would ye be obliged to tell us what happened te ye?" Kagome smiled even wider and nodded settling into the floor to tell her tale starting with the arrival of Naraku and ending when Inuyasha had left her to get bathed and dressed.
By the time Kagome had ended the tale, Shippo was curled in her lap asleep and Kaede was preparing there dinner. Kagome turned to look at Inuyasha, "That reminds me why did you leave, and what did you bring back in that huge bag of yours." Kagome questioned looking at the bag that rested next to a lounging Inuyasha. He smirked at Kagome. "Let's eat dinner first and then I'll show you what I brought. The pup needs to be awake for this anyway." Inuyasha replied. Kagome nodded and woke up Shippo while the group went about eating there dinner.
When finally everyone had finished and the bowls had been washed Inuyasha pulled the bag in front of him and also pulled a much smaller pouch from his side that he set on the floor next to the bag. Inuyasha first turned toward the kitsune in there midst. "Okay runt I need you to answer some questions as true fully as you can. Got that?" Inuyasha growled out toward Shippo, the small demon nodded and looked toward the older demon. "Right. Now, how old are you, and I mean your real age? Had your father started your lessons? And if so how far have you gotten in them?" The other four blinked at the seemingly random questions and look at the kit in Kagome's arms. Shippo's brow furrowed as he thought, and his eyes squinted as he remembered. He turned toward the dog demon and replied. "I am 12 years old in a week, yes we had started, but we only got started on tracking and kitsune growth."
Inuyasha looked thoughtful, "Did he tell you when you would hit your first change? And if you would have more than one?" Shippo again looked thoughtful, not realizing the surprised looks on his other companions' faces. "Uhhh, Oh yea! He said my first and only change would occur before I was 13 but after I was 12! And then I would grow a little more normally before stopping! Oh." Shippo looked at Inuyasha grimacing. "That doesn't give us much time does it?" Inuyasha snorted. "No runt it doesn't. I can teach you the tracking, but I have no idea about kitsune growth. I'm gonna have to find a pack of them and see if any are willing to help you." Inuyasha smirked at the confused faces around him, and started to explain. "Demons do not grow like humans do. It would be too awkward and could get a demon killed if he went through the normal stages of growth. So our bodies adapted. Over the course of a few days, a pup demon will go from looking like a pup to looking like a teenager. Sometimes, depending on the race the demon will go through a second growing period. Shippo will not. He'll grow into his body so that he is stable and then will slowly age from there until he reaches a certain point where he will just stop. Dog demons on the other hand grow twice. I grew into this body at the age of 14 and about 60 years after that I will hit my second growth and grow again. I'll look more like Sesshomaru. That's why he still calls me pup, because I haven't hit my second maturity yet, and luckily I won't for a few years." Inuyasha's spiel ended as the others in the group adsorbed the information. Kagome was the first to speak. "So you have like 6 years left before you change again?" Inuyasha looked surprised that Kagome would actually care about his growth spurts and not concentrate on Shippo, but he blushed when he realized that she cared, because he was now courting her. Inuyasha nodded and then leaned toward Kagome. "Yeah, and though that's not why I left it sorta ties in. I knew from experience that Shippo would be hitting his growth sometime soon, and I needed some things to start teaching him with." At this point Inuyasha reached for the bag and untied it.
Kagome gasped as she saw the contents spread on the floor before her. Inuyasha reached forward and grabbed the pile of furs resting there. "These are from some kills I made before I was stuck to the tree, and though most of the scent has faded they will be useful for tracking training when you and Shippo get better Kagome. You see these are for both of you. The furs are for tracking and the wood for weapons. The white material is un-dyed fire rat fur that I want to use to make you some robes in any color you want." Inuyasha was seriously blushing at this and he was looking bashfully at the hanyou sitting by his side with the young pup now once again asleep in her lap. Kagome turned her head and smiled at him. "I would love that Inu-chan. Just give me some time to pick a color alright?" Inuyasha smiled broadly at her. "Now what's in the small bag?" Kagome questioned him. Inuyasha handed it to her and told her to open it. As the strings came undone she recognized a large amount of this era's money. Kagome gasped in surprise. "Where did you get this Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha chest puffed as he grinned at her again. "Before I met Kikyo I needed to find a way to live since my brother kicked me out. I found a cave in the forest and started hunting for myself, but I soon noticed that I couldn't get everything I needed from just the forest, so I took the furs of some of my kills and some other things I had around and sold them in the near villages. I gave me the money I needed and supplied some of the workers as well. I didn't need much so what I had left over accumulated. This is only a small portion." As Inuyasha announced this last bomb of the evening he stood slowly. He looked at Kagome seriously. "You need to go back to your time tomorrow and explain what happened to your mother and see what you can do about this school of yours, cause I don't think you can go like you are now. I'm giving you a couple of days there, because I need to track down a kitsune pack to help Shippo. When I get back I'll come get you and we can start your training. And for once I'm gonna say that the shards are going to have to come to us as I wont have you going off into battle have trained."
With that proclamation Inuyasha went to rest against the wall and shut his eyes, leaving the rest of the group in a profound shock and with the task of rolling into there own sleeping areas. Kagome's last thoughts before she drifted off to sleep were *Now isn't that a surprise, Inuyasha acting like an adult. Maybe agreeing to allow him to court me will settle him down. I should get him something*
Tbc………
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I am sooooooooo Sorry! I can't believe that it's been so long since I updated. I just got swamped and then when I had time to write my inspiration was gone! Be glad for the muse that struck me upside the head with a rolling pin and said Write! So I listened and here's the next chapter. Hopefully the next one will be out quicker. It should be :) DCW.
Disclaimer: Do not own Inuyasha thought if I could become a hanyou I would most like to.
DWC: Oh bugger, I'm sorry again, but it seems as if I won't be updating as often as I want. College just sucks so much of the energy, and get go out of a person. So if you can bear with me I'll try to get them out as soon as I can. :)
Inu: Yeah right! You just suck and you know it!
DWC: I do not! My reviewers say so! And thanks to though reviewers!
Inu: Whatever the hell you want to think, those stupid people are liars!
DWC: Whatever, you just don't want to admit you like this story. So on with the story making!
*thought*
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Chapter 5: A Surprise
Kagome sighed as she relaxed into the bath she was taking. Kaede had been for once sympathetic to her plight and gotten out the large wooden tube and filled it with hot water for her. Kagome was eternally grateful as she felt so grimy after a good week without a bath or any sort of cleaning, and she needed the time to think. Inuyasha had been skeptical of her at first, but he seemed to have accepted it with her story, she was worried about how the others would react to her change. She had accepted Kaede's offer to have Sango give her food, she just hoped that Sango wouldn't kill her on sight. Kagome sighed again as she looked toward the door as it opened to allow the demon exterminator into the room. *Here we go!*
Kagome had kept her head down as her friend walked into the room. She raised her head when Kagome heard Sango gasp in surprise at seeing her dog-like ears.
"Hi Sango! So….what'ca think?"
"Kagome? What in the world happened to you?!" Sango shouted to her friend. *Holy Crap* was the only thought to cross her mind this time. Kagome looked down and blushed prettily, "Well, it kinda happened when I was protecting Inuyasha from Naraku, and I know you want the whole story, and I promise to tell you, but, could we please wait until I can tell the other's too? And Sango? Please don't hate me." Kagome whispered the last part her eyes clouding with tears at the thought of losing her best girl friend of all time.
"Oh Kagome. I could never hate you. Even as a hanyou you are still Kagome, and I haven't killed Inuyasha yet and he's a hanyou. Don't worry I only kill evil demons, and I don't think you're evil, right?" Sango grinned at Kagome and was rewarded by a big grin.
"Nope! No evil here!" Kagome giggled softly and smiled again, "Come sit down Sango, there's so much to tell you about how Inu-chan reacted!"
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Inuyasha skidded to a stop in front of Kaede's hut and dropped his bag to the ground. Inuyasha walked inside to a bizarre scene. Shippo and Miroku had there ears pressed to the door that lead to the hallway that held the room that housed the baths. Inuyasha smirked as he figured that they were trying to listen to Kagome, who he could guess was talking to Sango. Inu grinned,
"Oi! Stop trying to snoop you two. You'll hear it all soon." Inu watched as Shippo and Miroku jumped in surprise at not having heard his approach inside the hut. "Get my bag Houshi and don't look inside it. I'll go get the girls and then you can hear Kagome's story." He growled at them and then opened the door toward Kagome's room. He could hear Sango and Kagome talking about how he had acted so soon after being told what was going on and he grinned unrepentantly at the speculations on what he was doing. Inuyasha smiled as he opened the door and beamed at the two girls.
"I'm back Kagome. Sango why don't you go see the brat and the Houshi and make sure there not getting into the bag that I brought. I'll make sure that Kagome gets out of the tub and dressed." Sango looked over to Kagome who rested in the tub water hiding nothing from prying eyes.
"I'll be fine Sango." Kagome replied to her friends look, "I can handle him. Just hand me my towel before you leave please." Kagome smirked evilly at her black haired friend who slowly nodded back as she caught on.
"Okay, here's your towel. Now behave all right?" Sango smirked back as she slipped by Inuyasha and out the door. "I'll make sure the two boys leave your bag alone Inuyasha." Sango called as she receded down the hall. Inuyasha grunted as he turned back to Kagome from where he had been watching Sango's retreat and as he turned around his breath caught in his throat. Kagome slowly sashayed over to his prone form wrapped only in the fuzzy white towel that she had gotten from Sango.
"What's the matter Inuyasha, neko got your tongue?" Kagome laughed out loud at his stunned expression, and watched in amusement as the blush rose to his cheeks. A soft rumble filled the room as he took in the sight of her dripping wet form and Kagome sighed as she listened to the sound. She shifted forward and rested a hand on Inuyasha's chest and giggled softly as she felt the vibrations there. "You're so cute Inuyasha! I love it when you purr."
Inuyasha blushed becomingly and seemed to snap out of his paralyzed state. He slowly brought out a wrapped package from inside his robes and handed it to the surprised Kagome. "It's my first gift to you." He whispered shyly, "If you'll accept it." He finished looking at Kagome and trying to read her reactions. Kagome blinked and her brow furrowed in confusion as if seeking information with in. A light slowly dawned as she realized that Inuyasha was not only asking for her to accept his gift to her, but also to allow him to court her. *Inuyasha wants to court me. He wants to give me gifts that show his appreciation for me and he wants to be around me. Inuyasha wants to not only have me around he was to someday become my Mate! My Mate! That's for life with youkai, and with a youkai, life's a hell of a long time!* Kagome's brain went into overdrive as she processed the information and tried to sort it out in her head. Inuyasha was just starting to get worried about her silence when Kagome suddenly squealed and threw her arms around his neck, with no care for the towel that was the only thing covering her.
"Of course Inuyasha! I would gladly accept this gift and your want to court me." She whispered that last part as if afraid. Kagome looked at him from where she was hugging his neck, suddenly shy. "That is what you wanted right? To court me?" She whispered. Inuyasha smiled down at her.
"That's exactly what I want little one. Thank you." Came his soft voice from above her head. "Now open your present and lets go talk to the others before the begin to think I kidnapped you or something." His voice returned to its normal gruff sound and he stepped away from Kagome. Kagome smiled broadly up at the Inu-hanyou and ripped into the brown paper. She gasped as a river of silver fell into her lap. Kagome held up the cloth to the light and held her breath in wonder of the beauty of this garment. It looked like the white hakama that Inuyasha wore under his fire rat robes, except more feminine and sowed into the left breast right over where her heart would be was a small silver and blue flower. Inuyasha looked at her as he explained, "It was my mother's. The first gift she received from my father. The flower represents something that's precious, and it's also the same color as your hair. I thought it would be perfect to give you as your first gift. You seem to be the same size as my mother. I hope it's alright?"
Kagome ran her fingers over the material and breathed slowly before answering. "It's perfect Inu-chan." She said not even realizing that she had called him by her pet name, "It's beautiful and that you would give me something that was your mother's makes it even more perfect. I will cherish it." Kagome whispered in reply. She turned to Inuyasha, "Are you sure you want me to wear this?"
Inuyasha nodded his head. "I can't think of anyone it would look better on or who deserves it more." Kagome smiled at him and motioned for him to turn around. Inuyasha complied and listened to the sounds of cloth shifting. It was to long until Kagome said he could turn around. Inuyasha was again struck speechless as he took in her beauty. "You look fabulous Kagome." And it was true. That hakama fit her perfectly. "Let's go find the others and show them what happened to you." Kagome smiled at him again and took his hand letting him lead her toward the others.
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As Kagome stepped through the door way between the main room and the hallway she was immediately bowled over by a russet ball of fur that clung to her stomach.
"Kagome!" Shippo shouted as he attached himself to Kagome's body. "I was so w-ww-worried that you weren't going to wake up and that stupid Dog Breath wouldn't even let me into the same room as you!" Shippo whimpered and burrowed closer; he only then seemed to realize that his foster mother's scent had actually changed over the course of the last week. He looked up towards Kagome's face and gasped in surprise at the sight before him. "Okaa-san! You're a Hanyou!" He shouted not even aware that he had called Kagome his mother in his shock. Shippo scampered up to sit on her chest from wear she still laid flat on the floor of the hut. His little paws reached up to pat her face and trace her features. Kagome sat absolutely still, after Inuyasha, Shippo's reaction meant the most to her. Yes she would be upset if Sango and Miroku shunned her she would be upset, but she would slowly get over it. If Shippo stopped seeing her as his Okaa-san, as he had just called her, because she now looked like a Hanyou it would crush her. Kagome looked up at Shippo as he retracted his paws and sat down on her chest with a thump.
"Shippo?" Kagome's voice was hesitant as she looked at the small kitsune. Shippo looked back at her and a small smile crept onto his face. "You're pretty like this." Shippo said softly, "You look even more like my real Kaa-san now." He whispered. Kagome's grin split her face as she sat up and wrapped Shippo in her arms. "Thank you Shippo and I'm proud to be your Okaa-san." Kagome was getting to her feet when Inuyasha walked up next to her and tapped Shippo's nose with one finger to get his attention.
"Oi, runt, no more knocking her down you hear. I'll allow you to hug her and stuff, because she is your Kaa-san, but none of this knocking her flat on her ass, or you'll be punished for breaking a rule. You got that?" Inuyasha looked at the small kit and saw the wide eyed look he was receiving, but he got a nod from him almost immediately. Inuyasha nodded again and turned to the other occupants of the room. He saw there shocked looks and growled at them. "What the Fuck! The brat needs to be taught manners like a Youkai, and I'm the only one around so back off!" Sango, Miroku, and Kaede kept there mouths shut, but Kagome giggled while walking further into the room. This seemed to snap the others out of there trance and really look at the girl turned Hanyou. Sango had already given her approval and Kagome sighed when Miroku came over. He reached to give her a friendly hug, "My lady Kagome, you look even more beautiful this way then before." Miroku squeezed her and his hand started to drift toward her butt.
"You touch that you perverted Houshi, and that hand won't be attached much longer." Came Inuyasha's rough growl and Miroku immediately retreated to Sango's side, his hands held out pleadingly. "I was only going to show my appreciation for her new look Inuyasha. Just like I do with the beloved Sango here." Miroku's hand reached for the curve of Sango's ass and a loud *Smack* resounded through the hut along with the shout of "Hentai!" Kagome sighed at the normalcy of the situation and turned toward Kaede who had remained silent. "What do you think Kaede?" Kagome questioned her mentor. Kaede looked at her. "I think ye will need more training." She replied and Kagome smiled moving to hug the old woman. "Now since everyone's settled, would ye be obliged to tell us what happened te ye?" Kagome smiled even wider and nodded settling into the floor to tell her tale starting with the arrival of Naraku and ending when Inuyasha had left her to get bathed and dressed.
By the time Kagome had ended the tale, Shippo was curled in her lap asleep and Kaede was preparing there dinner. Kagome turned to look at Inuyasha, "That reminds me why did you leave, and what did you bring back in that huge bag of yours." Kagome questioned looking at the bag that rested next to a lounging Inuyasha. He smirked at Kagome. "Let's eat dinner first and then I'll show you what I brought. The pup needs to be awake for this anyway." Inuyasha replied. Kagome nodded and woke up Shippo while the group went about eating there dinner.
When finally everyone had finished and the bowls had been washed Inuyasha pulled the bag in front of him and also pulled a much smaller pouch from his side that he set on the floor next to the bag. Inuyasha first turned toward the kitsune in there midst. "Okay runt I need you to answer some questions as true fully as you can. Got that?" Inuyasha growled out toward Shippo, the small demon nodded and looked toward the older demon. "Right. Now, how old are you, and I mean your real age? Had your father started your lessons? And if so how far have you gotten in them?" The other four blinked at the seemingly random questions and look at the kit in Kagome's arms. Shippo's brow furrowed as he thought, and his eyes squinted as he remembered. He turned toward the dog demon and replied. "I am 12 years old in a week, yes we had started, but we only got started on tracking and kitsune growth."
Inuyasha looked thoughtful, "Did he tell you when you would hit your first change? And if you would have more than one?" Shippo again looked thoughtful, not realizing the surprised looks on his other companions' faces. "Uhhh, Oh yea! He said my first and only change would occur before I was 13 but after I was 12! And then I would grow a little more normally before stopping! Oh." Shippo looked at Inuyasha grimacing. "That doesn't give us much time does it?" Inuyasha snorted. "No runt it doesn't. I can teach you the tracking, but I have no idea about kitsune growth. I'm gonna have to find a pack of them and see if any are willing to help you." Inuyasha smirked at the confused faces around him, and started to explain. "Demons do not grow like humans do. It would be too awkward and could get a demon killed if he went through the normal stages of growth. So our bodies adapted. Over the course of a few days, a pup demon will go from looking like a pup to looking like a teenager. Sometimes, depending on the race the demon will go through a second growing period. Shippo will not. He'll grow into his body so that he is stable and then will slowly age from there until he reaches a certain point where he will just stop. Dog demons on the other hand grow twice. I grew into this body at the age of 14 and about 60 years after that I will hit my second growth and grow again. I'll look more like Sesshomaru. That's why he still calls me pup, because I haven't hit my second maturity yet, and luckily I won't for a few years." Inuyasha's spiel ended as the others in the group adsorbed the information. Kagome was the first to speak. "So you have like 6 years left before you change again?" Inuyasha looked surprised that Kagome would actually care about his growth spurts and not concentrate on Shippo, but he blushed when he realized that she cared, because he was now courting her. Inuyasha nodded and then leaned toward Kagome. "Yeah, and though that's not why I left it sorta ties in. I knew from experience that Shippo would be hitting his growth sometime soon, and I needed some things to start teaching him with." At this point Inuyasha reached for the bag and untied it.
Kagome gasped as she saw the contents spread on the floor before her. Inuyasha reached forward and grabbed the pile of furs resting there. "These are from some kills I made before I was stuck to the tree, and though most of the scent has faded they will be useful for tracking training when you and Shippo get better Kagome. You see these are for both of you. The furs are for tracking and the wood for weapons. The white material is un-dyed fire rat fur that I want to use to make you some robes in any color you want." Inuyasha was seriously blushing at this and he was looking bashfully at the hanyou sitting by his side with the young pup now once again asleep in her lap. Kagome turned her head and smiled at him. "I would love that Inu-chan. Just give me some time to pick a color alright?" Inuyasha smiled broadly at her. "Now what's in the small bag?" Kagome questioned him. Inuyasha handed it to her and told her to open it. As the strings came undone she recognized a large amount of this era's money. Kagome gasped in surprise. "Where did you get this Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha chest puffed as he grinned at her again. "Before I met Kikyo I needed to find a way to live since my brother kicked me out. I found a cave in the forest and started hunting for myself, but I soon noticed that I couldn't get everything I needed from just the forest, so I took the furs of some of my kills and some other things I had around and sold them in the near villages. I gave me the money I needed and supplied some of the workers as well. I didn't need much so what I had left over accumulated. This is only a small portion." As Inuyasha announced this last bomb of the evening he stood slowly. He looked at Kagome seriously. "You need to go back to your time tomorrow and explain what happened to your mother and see what you can do about this school of yours, cause I don't think you can go like you are now. I'm giving you a couple of days there, because I need to track down a kitsune pack to help Shippo. When I get back I'll come get you and we can start your training. And for once I'm gonna say that the shards are going to have to come to us as I wont have you going off into battle have trained."
With that proclamation Inuyasha went to rest against the wall and shut his eyes, leaving the rest of the group in a profound shock and with the task of rolling into there own sleeping areas. Kagome's last thoughts before she drifted off to sleep were *Now isn't that a surprise, Inuyasha acting like an adult. Maybe agreeing to allow him to court me will settle him down. I should get him something*
Tbc………
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I am sooooooooo Sorry! I can't believe that it's been so long since I updated. I just got swamped and then when I had time to write my inspiration was gone! Be glad for the muse that struck me upside the head with a rolling pin and said Write! So I listened and here's the next chapter. Hopefully the next one will be out quicker. It should be :) DCW.