"Kikyou?" the villager said, scratching his head. He
looked at the strange tank machine and its three passengers.
"Well, I'm sorry to hafta tell ya this," he continued, "But
she's down at the hospital. Got beaten up real bad by some
demon."
"What?" Suikotsu stuttered. "Is what you say the truth?" The villager nodded. "Ginkotsu, take us to the hospital."
Ginkotsu's engines roared back to life, and they headed to the hospital. When they arrived, Ginkotsu parked in the lot, and Suikotsu entered the building. He asked the nurse where Kikyou's room was, and she led him to it. When he arrived, he found her lying in her hospital bed, and Mukotsu sitting in a chair beside her bed, reading a magazine.
He looked up and gasped. "Suikotsu?" he exclaimed.
"What happened, Mukotsu?" Suikotsu stammered. Mukotsu then began to explain what had happened to her on that night. He said that InuYasha had attacked her and Jakotsu had gone to go fight him. "Why would Jakotsu care so much about her?"
Mukotsu hesitated to tell Suikotsu of the reason. He sighed. He would find out soon enough anyways. It would probably be best just to tell him now. "Kikyou's pregnant with his child."
Suikotsu's eyes widened, and his mouth dropped open.
"Ya," Mukotsu said, putting his hand behind his head, "That was my reaction when I found out too." Suikotsu didn't move. He didn't even blink. "Suikotsu? Are you okay?" He didn't reply. All he did was just fall over backwards and faint dead away. "Ya... And that was Renkotsu's reaction..."
The next day, at InuYasha's place, he and Miroku were reviewing the events of the last couple of days as everyone else rested up from the fight. "So," Miroku said, "It was Urasue's shadow demons that attacked Kikyou and Kagome?"
InuYasha nodded. "Ya," he whispered, "I can't believe I fell for that."
"Well, Jakotsu fell for it, too."
"That ain't sayin much."
"It doesn't matter anymore anyway," Miroku smiled. "The shadows were destroyed and Kagome and Kikyou will be alright."
InuYasha smiled. "You're right," he said. "And now we have about four months to practice for the Battle of the Bands contest." He said that last part with much zeal.
Miroku sighed. "You're still thinking about that even at a time like this?"
"You said yourself that Kikyou is going to be okay," InuYasha answered, standing up. "And so she'll wanna beat the snot outta us in the competition. And we can't let that happen."
"Well," Miroku said, also standing up, "It's nice to know that not much has changed."
The two of them went to go check up on the others. Shippou had caught a cold from standing in all that snow, and was wrapped up in a blanket, sleeping on the couch. Kirara was curled up beside him. Kagome was still at the hospital, but it was the day that she would be let out. Nobunaga had returned home to Tsuyu and his pet monkey Hiyoshimaru, and the Shichinin-tai members had gone home as well. Kouga, Kagura and the three kids had gone to the wolves' cave to recuperate from the battle, and then they went to Kagura's house.
Kohaku had heard that there was a new gaming station that was out today: the Play Master 8000. In a flash, he, Kanna and Hakudoushi went to the store to purchase it and a bunch of games. They left Kagura and Kouga alone.
"I know," she said, "Let's play a game." She walked to the closet, and selected a game: Scrabble. "You know how to play this right?"
"No," Kouga smiled, "Not really..."
Kagura sighed and began to tell him the rules of the game. "Got it?" she asked, he nodded. It was her turn to go first. She looked at her letters and found the perfect starting word: 'love.' She placed down her letters, grabbed her new letters and placed them on her tile stand. "Your go," she said.
Kouga studied his letters carefully, and placed down his word: 'blind.'
After a while, they had gotten a good amount of words on the board. Kagura's words had much sentimental value and subconsciously showed her feelings towards Kouga. Her last word that she placed down was 'us.' Kouga studied the board and smiled. He took all seven of his tiles and, using the 'us' he spelled out the word 'oblivious.'
(I'll say!)
"Does that mean I win?" Kouga smiled.
Sesshoumaru, Juuroumaru and Kageroumaru all sat in the big comfy chairs of Sesshoumaru's mansion, sipping grape juice out of brandy glasses. "Yes, yes," Sesshoumaru began, "The Pacific Rim economy is still a tad shaky for my taste."
"What the hell are you talking about?" Kageroumaru exclaimed. "Anyways, I wanna thank you guys for, you know, not killing me."
"No problem," Sesshoumaru said, taking another sip of his grape juice. "Now, could you help me with a small task?"
"Hmm?" Kageroumaru muttered as he was taking a sip of his own grape juice.
(Welch's concord grape juice: ruins any dress for any occasion.)
"I want you to help me teach Juuroumaru how to be more civilized."
Upon hearing this, Kageroumaru spit out the juice all over the rug. "What?" he shouted, coughing. "What did you say?"
"I want you to help me teach-"
"Ya, ya, I heard all that." Kageroumaru leaned back in his chair. "Teaching Juuroumaru how to be 'civilized' is no easy thing, isn't that right Juuroumaru?" Juuroumaru smiled and nodded. "There," he continued, "You see?"
"I still think it can be done," Sesshoumaru said. "And it would be a great accomplishment. So will you help me?"
Kageroumaru turned to his brother and asked, "What do you think, Juuroumaru? Wanna be more like Lord Auttumnbottom over there?" He pointed to Sesshoumaru. Juuroumaru pondered the question for a few minutes, and then finally he nodded. "There you have it then," the little snake demon muttered. "All I can say is 'good luck,'"
"Thanks," Sesshoumaru said as he watch Juuroumaru start to lick his glass clean of the juice. "I'll need it."
The nurse finished making the bed by tucking the sheets in between the mattresses, then folded the top down to make it look nice and welcoming. The patient that had stayed in this room for only a few days was already healed and healthy enough to go home and continue her life.
Everything had finally returned more or less to normal for Kagome. All her friends were with her, there were no more enemies to worry about and they could finally begin to practice for the contest.
Sango had come to pick her up. She arrived in a sleek, sexy red Mustang. Kagome took one look at it, and she almost had to go back in the hospital due to shock. "How the heck did you pay for that?" she exclaimed.
"Well," Sango chuckled, "I AM the daughter of a very wealthy demon slayer. Come on, we gotta get going." Kagome nodded and got in the car.
"Roomy," she said. "And comfy. I bet Miroku's really jealous."
Sango smiled as she shifted the gear and pressed the gas pedal down. The engine purred. "I wouldn't have it any other way." They arrived at InuYasha's place only a few minutes later. Kagome jumped out of the car and ran to him. He was unprepared for the force of impact and, as the law of inertia says, objects in motion tend to want to stay in motion, so the two of them went flying.
"Good to see you, too," InuYasha smiled as they lay on the ground. Kagome hugged him tightly and nuzzled up to him.
For the first time since the attack, Kikyou opened her eyes. The first thing she saw was Suikotsu's smiling face looking down at her. "Suikotsu?" she whispered. "Is it really you?"
He nodded. "I'm sorry I ran out on you like that," he said, taking her hand.
"It's okay," she said. "It was expected."
"But that doesn't make it right," he sighed. "I had a long time to think about us, Kikyou. And I was hoping that we could just put all of this behind us and start all over again."
"What are you saying?" Kikyou's eyes lit up. "Do you want us to get back together?"
Suikotsu smiled. Kikyou gasped and bolted up and hugged him. "I love you, Kikyou," he whispered in her ear.
"I love you, too," she said in between tears.
"And don't worry about the baby," he said, wiping a tear from her eye. "I'll try to help you with that as much as I can."
Kikyou slowly pulled away from him. "What baby?" she asked. "What are you talking about?"
"You mean you don't know?" Suikotsu was confused. How could she not know? "You haven't been awake since that attack, have you?" Kikyou shook her head.
"No I haven't," she whispered. "Oh god... I'm... I'm pregnant?" Suikotsu nodded. "With Jakotsu's...?" Suikotsu nodded again. Kikyou looked straight ahead, and then fell back onto her pillow. "Why me?" she muttered.
"What?" Suikotsu stuttered. "Is what you say the truth?" The villager nodded. "Ginkotsu, take us to the hospital."
Ginkotsu's engines roared back to life, and they headed to the hospital. When they arrived, Ginkotsu parked in the lot, and Suikotsu entered the building. He asked the nurse where Kikyou's room was, and she led him to it. When he arrived, he found her lying in her hospital bed, and Mukotsu sitting in a chair beside her bed, reading a magazine.
He looked up and gasped. "Suikotsu?" he exclaimed.
"What happened, Mukotsu?" Suikotsu stammered. Mukotsu then began to explain what had happened to her on that night. He said that InuYasha had attacked her and Jakotsu had gone to go fight him. "Why would Jakotsu care so much about her?"
Mukotsu hesitated to tell Suikotsu of the reason. He sighed. He would find out soon enough anyways. It would probably be best just to tell him now. "Kikyou's pregnant with his child."
Suikotsu's eyes widened, and his mouth dropped open.
"Ya," Mukotsu said, putting his hand behind his head, "That was my reaction when I found out too." Suikotsu didn't move. He didn't even blink. "Suikotsu? Are you okay?" He didn't reply. All he did was just fall over backwards and faint dead away. "Ya... And that was Renkotsu's reaction..."
The next day, at InuYasha's place, he and Miroku were reviewing the events of the last couple of days as everyone else rested up from the fight. "So," Miroku said, "It was Urasue's shadow demons that attacked Kikyou and Kagome?"
InuYasha nodded. "Ya," he whispered, "I can't believe I fell for that."
"Well, Jakotsu fell for it, too."
"That ain't sayin much."
"It doesn't matter anymore anyway," Miroku smiled. "The shadows were destroyed and Kagome and Kikyou will be alright."
InuYasha smiled. "You're right," he said. "And now we have about four months to practice for the Battle of the Bands contest." He said that last part with much zeal.
Miroku sighed. "You're still thinking about that even at a time like this?"
"You said yourself that Kikyou is going to be okay," InuYasha answered, standing up. "And so she'll wanna beat the snot outta us in the competition. And we can't let that happen."
"Well," Miroku said, also standing up, "It's nice to know that not much has changed."
The two of them went to go check up on the others. Shippou had caught a cold from standing in all that snow, and was wrapped up in a blanket, sleeping on the couch. Kirara was curled up beside him. Kagome was still at the hospital, but it was the day that she would be let out. Nobunaga had returned home to Tsuyu and his pet monkey Hiyoshimaru, and the Shichinin-tai members had gone home as well. Kouga, Kagura and the three kids had gone to the wolves' cave to recuperate from the battle, and then they went to Kagura's house.
Kohaku had heard that there was a new gaming station that was out today: the Play Master 8000. In a flash, he, Kanna and Hakudoushi went to the store to purchase it and a bunch of games. They left Kagura and Kouga alone.
"I know," she said, "Let's play a game." She walked to the closet, and selected a game: Scrabble. "You know how to play this right?"
"No," Kouga smiled, "Not really..."
Kagura sighed and began to tell him the rules of the game. "Got it?" she asked, he nodded. It was her turn to go first. She looked at her letters and found the perfect starting word: 'love.' She placed down her letters, grabbed her new letters and placed them on her tile stand. "Your go," she said.
Kouga studied his letters carefully, and placed down his word: 'blind.'
After a while, they had gotten a good amount of words on the board. Kagura's words had much sentimental value and subconsciously showed her feelings towards Kouga. Her last word that she placed down was 'us.' Kouga studied the board and smiled. He took all seven of his tiles and, using the 'us' he spelled out the word 'oblivious.'
(I'll say!)
"Does that mean I win?" Kouga smiled.
Sesshoumaru, Juuroumaru and Kageroumaru all sat in the big comfy chairs of Sesshoumaru's mansion, sipping grape juice out of brandy glasses. "Yes, yes," Sesshoumaru began, "The Pacific Rim economy is still a tad shaky for my taste."
"What the hell are you talking about?" Kageroumaru exclaimed. "Anyways, I wanna thank you guys for, you know, not killing me."
"No problem," Sesshoumaru said, taking another sip of his grape juice. "Now, could you help me with a small task?"
"Hmm?" Kageroumaru muttered as he was taking a sip of his own grape juice.
(Welch's concord grape juice: ruins any dress for any occasion.)
"I want you to help me teach Juuroumaru how to be more civilized."
Upon hearing this, Kageroumaru spit out the juice all over the rug. "What?" he shouted, coughing. "What did you say?"
"I want you to help me teach-"
"Ya, ya, I heard all that." Kageroumaru leaned back in his chair. "Teaching Juuroumaru how to be 'civilized' is no easy thing, isn't that right Juuroumaru?" Juuroumaru smiled and nodded. "There," he continued, "You see?"
"I still think it can be done," Sesshoumaru said. "And it would be a great accomplishment. So will you help me?"
Kageroumaru turned to his brother and asked, "What do you think, Juuroumaru? Wanna be more like Lord Auttumnbottom over there?" He pointed to Sesshoumaru. Juuroumaru pondered the question for a few minutes, and then finally he nodded. "There you have it then," the little snake demon muttered. "All I can say is 'good luck,'"
"Thanks," Sesshoumaru said as he watch Juuroumaru start to lick his glass clean of the juice. "I'll need it."
The nurse finished making the bed by tucking the sheets in between the mattresses, then folded the top down to make it look nice and welcoming. The patient that had stayed in this room for only a few days was already healed and healthy enough to go home and continue her life.
Everything had finally returned more or less to normal for Kagome. All her friends were with her, there were no more enemies to worry about and they could finally begin to practice for the contest.
Sango had come to pick her up. She arrived in a sleek, sexy red Mustang. Kagome took one look at it, and she almost had to go back in the hospital due to shock. "How the heck did you pay for that?" she exclaimed.
"Well," Sango chuckled, "I AM the daughter of a very wealthy demon slayer. Come on, we gotta get going." Kagome nodded and got in the car.
"Roomy," she said. "And comfy. I bet Miroku's really jealous."
Sango smiled as she shifted the gear and pressed the gas pedal down. The engine purred. "I wouldn't have it any other way." They arrived at InuYasha's place only a few minutes later. Kagome jumped out of the car and ran to him. He was unprepared for the force of impact and, as the law of inertia says, objects in motion tend to want to stay in motion, so the two of them went flying.
"Good to see you, too," InuYasha smiled as they lay on the ground. Kagome hugged him tightly and nuzzled up to him.
For the first time since the attack, Kikyou opened her eyes. The first thing she saw was Suikotsu's smiling face looking down at her. "Suikotsu?" she whispered. "Is it really you?"
He nodded. "I'm sorry I ran out on you like that," he said, taking her hand.
"It's okay," she said. "It was expected."
"But that doesn't make it right," he sighed. "I had a long time to think about us, Kikyou. And I was hoping that we could just put all of this behind us and start all over again."
"What are you saying?" Kikyou's eyes lit up. "Do you want us to get back together?"
Suikotsu smiled. Kikyou gasped and bolted up and hugged him. "I love you, Kikyou," he whispered in her ear.
"I love you, too," she said in between tears.
"And don't worry about the baby," he said, wiping a tear from her eye. "I'll try to help you with that as much as I can."
Kikyou slowly pulled away from him. "What baby?" she asked. "What are you talking about?"
"You mean you don't know?" Suikotsu was confused. How could she not know? "You haven't been awake since that attack, have you?" Kikyou shook her head.
"No I haven't," she whispered. "Oh god... I'm... I'm pregnant?" Suikotsu nodded. "With Jakotsu's...?" Suikotsu nodded again. Kikyou looked straight ahead, and then fell back onto her pillow. "Why me?" she muttered.