Houston, we have landing. Just kidding. The next two chapters are explaining to Toshio about Inuyasha and the jewel, so just sit back and relax. The other chapters, though are going to be pretty dramatic, so just be very patient, and your gift shall be fluff!
Chapter 11
" Where's Kagome? I thought she said that she was going to stay here for tonight." Shippo whined. He ran into the arms of a smiling Sango. Shippo stared up at her, concern on his face.
" Don't worry Shippo, she's alright."Sango's smile grew.
" Why are you smiling Sango? Are you happy that Kagome left?" Shippo asked, causing Sango's smile to disappear.
" What! Oh, no Shippo, I'm not smiling because of that. No, you see, Mirouku told me something that has me very happy and relieved. And I'm just smiling because it invovles Kagome and Inuyasha." Shippo sighed.
" For a moment there I thought you were talking about Mirouku and yourself." Shippo shook his head as if getting rid of the thought.
" What do you mean Shippo?" Sango asked, bringing the child up to her face.
" Oh, well, I thought you guys had finally fessed up to your feelings, and Mirouku had told you that he loves you, and then you said that you loved him, but I guess I was wrong. But I'm glad, cause I don't want to see you guys being all love sick around me. It's kinda gross. Blah!" Shippo stuck out his tongue and made a face, showing that he thought kissing was gross.
" Uhhh....Goodnight Shippo." A blushing Sango laid a sleepy Shippo on his cot that he used to share with Kagome, and fell asleep cuddled to Kirara. Sango just stared at the now sleeping Shippo and thought about what he had just said.
" Inuyasha?!" Kagome's mother placed the pot she was holding absentmindedly on the table and stepped closer to the now human hanyou.
" Uhh, yeah?" Inuyasha asked at the woman that was now in his face, searching for his doggy ears that had long since transformed into human ones. She pulled and yanked on his now black hair, causing Inuyasha to yelp out in pain.
" Mom! That guy your yanking on is Inuyasha!" Kagome stepped in front of her mom, taking her hands out of Inuyasha's hair, and placed herself between her and the now irritated Inuyasha, and his newly messed up black hair. She turned and mouthed the words I'm sorry" and then trid to fix his hair while speaking to her mother.
" Kagome, are you telling me that this is Inuyasha!" Her mother's hands twitched, frightening Inuyasha who was now cowering behind Kagome.
" Inuyasha, let go! Ughh. Yes mother, this is Inuyasha. You see, since he is-"
" Aghhhh!" Kagome jumped and spun around to see her granpa reaching for his scrolls that he always kept hidden in his robes. He said an incantation, that obviously would never work, and threw them at Inuyasha, covering him from head to toe. Poor Inuyasha just stood there, only his eyes mouth and hair still visible.
" Pretty quick for an old man." Inuyasha muttered. Kagome giggled, and her mother was about to give him a lecture about not covering guests in scrolls when the old man went hysterical.
" What! He can still talk! He's supposed to be paralized!"
" What'cha expect, granpa, your sutras(?)never work." Kagome teased him. His face showed total disappoinment, and crocodile tears were running down his cheeks, in floods.
" What's going on down here?" A sleepy voice called from the kitchen entrance, behind the still crying old man. Souta was rubbing his eyes, when he spotted Inuyasha, or what was visible of Inuyasha.
" Wha-what's that?" Souta's voice was full of excitment. Without waiting for a reply, he pounced on Inuyasha, tackling him to the ground.
" Ahhh, umph!" Inuyasha saw stars, and was out of it. Souta was jumping on him, saying "Who's he, where's he from, I think he's cool!" " Souta, you little brat, get off of Inuyasha!" Souta paused, looked down at Inuyasha, then a huge grin appeared on his face, and he continued to jump around and on him.
" Wow! He's here, cool! Now I can play with him. It's only fair sis, cause you get to be with him for weeks at a time, and now it's my turn." Souta continued jumping until he got a deadly glare from Kagome, and he fled to the protection of his mother.
" Souta, stop that! Now sit down and you know better than to jump on our guests." Her mother beckoned for Toshio to be sitted, but all he could do was stare at Kagome.
" Did Souta just say that you live with this man for weeks at a time?!" Toshio put his hand on his head and heavily sat down. Kagome sighed and was starting to get annoyed at all of the interruptions.
" Oww! I thought you said that it would be safe here, Kagome! But so far, I've been threatened by a man with a stick, wrapped in paper that hold fake sutras, (tears from the old man), and nearly killed by a little kid with too much energy!" Inuyasha was now up off the floor, tearing scrolls off of his body, and holding his poor stomach.
" WOULD EVERYONE STOP INTERRUPTING ME! AND MAYBE I COULD START EXPLAINING WHAT'S GOING ON!" Kagome screamed at the bustling group that was now completley quiet and still.
" Honey, please don't yell in the house." Her mother instructed and went on to fetch the pot from the stove.
" Sorry, mom, but you guys won't let me get my story even started." Kagome sighed and calmed down. She sat on a chair and motioned Inuyasha to take the one next to her. He did, but very cautiously.
" So, sis, why is Inuyasha, you know, a human?" Souta asked and Kagome thought that it would be a good place to start from.
" Well, you see, Inuyasha is a half demon right?"
" Wait, what?!" Toshio was now beyond confused.
" Toshio, please let Kagome finish, thank-you. Go on honey." The calm woman was now bringing in the cups filled with tea.
" Thanks mom. Well, since he's half-demon, then that also makes him a half-human, right? So, since he's half-human, there's a certain night that all half-demons, Inuyasha included, transform into a full human. For Inuyasha, that night is on a full moon, and for his protection, no one, especially not his enemies, can know this, or they would surely take advantage and try to kill him. That is why I asked him to come with me to my era, where no demons can get him. I guess..." Kagome burst into little girlish giggles that annoyed the hell out of Inuyasha.
" Kagome?" She looked at her mother and then continued.
" Well, I guess, you can think of it as his...time of the month, except it's only for one night." Kagome exploded into hysterical laughter, and her face was a deep shade of pink. Her mother was now trying to surpress giggles, and her father was blushing a deep red. Her grandpa was just dumbfounded and ignoring Souta's questions.(He doesn't know what it is.) Inuyasha was watching Kagome hold her stomach, and laugh her head off. Of course, he wasn't educated about a girl's period and knew nothing about what Kagome just compared him to.
" What's so funny, Kagome?" Inuyasha asked. The girl tried to stop laughing, but all she did was switch into those annoying girl giggles. Inuyasha started to growl, which calmed the girl down.
" Inuyasha! Now I know that you don't have the same rules as us, but I'd appreciate it if you diddn't growl inside the house, and at my daughter either. It's very impolite. Thank you." The woman was drinking her tea, now fully calm, and in control of her laughter, but every once in a while, she let a giggle escape. Kagome finally stopped and was now facing Inuyasha.
" I guess I should have known that you wouldn't have the slightest idea of what that is, but I took my chances. Umm, how can I explain this, well every girl, at a certain age of course, but I guess that age can vary, huh? Anyways, when girl is old enough, they have their period. They get it once a month, that's why I compared it to your transformation, and they...also change, I guess you can say. They have mood swings and start craving different things, and get very picky and irritated. Kinda like you, ha! Oh, umm, I was just playing. And, umm, it has to do with very personal changes, that occur inside and out. Again, kinda like you."
" So, your saying that you also change during this, period, and you get it too?" Inuyasha asked. Kagome blushed and looked at her mother, and then glanced at her father and granpa.
" Umm, that's my business. Just like you, I don't like to share that information, so I don't have to tell you." Kagome coughed and then took a sip of her tea.
" Kagome? You still haven't explained to me what you have to do with this man, umm, demon, uhh, half-demon." Kagome thought for a minute, still not forgetting the bitterness she had towards her father, but he did have a right to know where his daughter was going with this half-demon. The only right that she would give him.
" Toshio, what Souta said was the truth. Inuyasha is from the Fuedal Era. He's from the past."
Uh, oh!