Last Straw
Mojave Wolf
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. I still want Shippo for a birthday present. He would be the best present I've ever gotten.
AN: I would like to say something right now. THE PAIRING ISN'T DECIDED YET!!!!!! Romance won't be coming for a while. I don't like those instant love stories. Relationships take a while to form. Especially after you have had your heart broken. Let's not mention that just doesn't sound like any of these characters. Do you people hate me right now? I would understand if you did. I'm surprised anyone is reading this at all. I think it, along with my writing skills in general, is mediocre at best. I need some tea. Kiochi: Wolf? Are you okay? Wolf: I'm gonna go listen to depressing music now, take over you two. I'm sure you will do better than I can. Kiochi: Is she crying? Great. She has been depressed lately. This is not helping at all. Vincent: The idea that all of you may hate her for the Kouga thing has her feeling horrible. She also feels bad about the shortness of the last chapter. Her computer crashed and she couldn't find a pin to reboot it so she lost some of the typing and most of the ideas she had for the chapter. She loves reviews. They really improve her mood. She likes to know that someone appreciates her effort to write this as best as possible. She loves to wake up and see the review alert message. She is always checking it to make sure she receives your messages. The small amount of responses makes her feel bad. Four reviews only. At least we won't take up much space for the responses.
Review Responses:
Katzztar: It's good to see you again. Thank you for the names of those two wolves and all the stories.
LewsTherinInsanity: Wolf agrees with you. Wolves rule, dogs drool.
evilfire4321: As Wolf said in the author's notes the pairing is not yet decided.
FFgal: You're back again! Wolf will try to make this longer. Vincent: Say it! Kiochi: No! Vincent: Do it or else your Sluggy Freelance 'Dream Fighters' shirt is torched! Kiochi: Fine! I'm sorry. I was just angry that you got the last of the cookies. No hard feelings. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~**~*~*~*~*~* ~*~*~*
~* Kagome's POV*~
I stared at my savior as he smiled at me before turning back to the youkai. He quickly shredded the slower creature, leaving a bloody pile as the only proof that it had existed. He returned to me, worry etched on his face.
"Kagome, are you alright?" he said while looking at the blood from the wound on my arm that I hadn't noticed until then. It wasn't deep but it still hurt pretty badly.
"I'm alright. It only grazed me," I replied, giving him a weak smile.
"Mama! I'm so sorry! I should've helped," the small kit cried as he jumped in my arms and started crying into my shirt.
"It's okay Shippo. You're still little. I don't blame you for running. I would've run too, if I could've!" I told the kitsune, giving him a small hug. He brightened immediately. How I wished I was a child again. No worries, no cares, and most importantly, no true heartbreak.
"Kagome, you need to get that wound attended to. Why don't I take you to the den? It's not a good idea to run around with an injury," Kouga said. I thought about it for a minute before nodding.
I stood and quickly moved to the pile of gore that was once a youkai. Making a face, I plunged my hand in the pile and withdrew the shards, purifying them.
"I could've gotten those for you," Kouga stated, looking at my now bloody hand.
"There is a stream nearby, could we go there. I need to get this blood off and so do you," I told the demon, noticing the blood splattered on him. He nodded and waited while I grabbed my bag with my non-blood-covered hand and walked to the stream I had crossed while coming here.
We arrived there a few minutes after we started out. The stream was wide and not to deep with very clear waters. Shippo gave a cheer and jumped into the water near the shore. I smiled as I watched him splash around. I went a few feet downstream and plunged my hands in the cool water. I soon saw Kouga move into the center of the stream to wash off the blood on his clothes.
As he continued to attempt to remove the stains as much as he could, I searched for a new shard container in my bag and my first aid kit. Just as I finished tying the bandage around the cleaned wound I heard Shippo jump out of the water and come to me.
"Do you have anything for me?" the kitsune asked.
"Sorry Shippo. I gave you what I had for you when I came back after my last visit home," I replied. He looked disappointed. "I'll get more next time," I said in an attempt to cheer him up. It worked.
"Where do you live anyway?" Kouga questioned as he came closer, shaking of the water in a very canine action.
"I have to go back soon, so you'll find out then," I replied.
"Let's go. It will be faster if you ride on my back," Kouga said kneeling down to allow me to get on. Shippo jumped onto my bag as I swung it on my back before climbing on. It reminded me so much of Inuyasha. I wondered if Kikyo rode on his back now.
I got lost in my thoughts and before I knew it I was at the wolf den.
"Sister! Kouga brought our sister here!" one of the wolves shouted.
Two of the wolves came running up immediately. "You brought her! It's nice to see you again sister," said a wolf with a mohawk said.
"Hi," I said as I climbed off of Kouga's back. I was a little nervous because I didn't know their name.
"Kagome, these two are Ginta," he gestured to the wolf with the mostly gray hair, except for a patch of black. "And this is Haggaku," he said as he gestured to the wolf with the mohawk. I wondered if Kouga is a psychic, or just lucky.
"How long are you staying?" the wolf I knew as Ginta asked me.
"I don't know exactly," I replied.
"You're welcome to stay as long as you want," Haggaku said, smiling.
"Thanks. I'd like to relax for awhile," I replied.
"Come inside then. I'm really curious as to why you're not with dog-turd anymore," Kouga said while leading me to one of the caves. Some of the more curious wolves followed. I guess that they wanted to know why their 'sister' was alone.
This was obviously one of the larger caves. I would bet that the whole pack could sit in here comfortably. Kouga told one of the females to get something to clean my wound and some clean bandages. Soon I was settled in the back of the cave with the wolves sitting nearby. One was re-bandaging my arm. Shippo was sitting in my lap and was occupying himself with a rubix cube that I had given him a few days ago. The wolf youkai around had been asking questions about Shippo's toy and other random things.
Finally Kouga, who had been silent until then, asked the question that I really didn't want to answer. "Why aren't you with dog-turd?"
I sighed. I thought about saying I didn't want to talk about it, but I decided it was best to just get it off my chest. I told them about Inuyasha's choice and how Kikyo wanted to kill me so she could be alive again.
"I thought you loved that stupid mutt, what happened?" one of the wolves asked.
"I just gave up on him. He always went to Kikyo. I knew he didn't love me. I'm just a shard-detector to him. I can't take that anymore. Unrequited love is not the good for anyone. He's happy and I have a chance to be happy too," I replied.
"You don't have to worry about that mutt or dead bitch again. If they try to get close we'll chase them off. No one messes with our sister," Ginta said. Several of the wolves made their agreement known.
I was grateful for that. I couldn't deal with them right now. I didn't think I would survive if Kikyo came to kill me. Inuyasha would never help me and may even kill me for Kikyo.
"Thank you. I don't think I could survive if Kikyo tried to kill me. I really appreciate it," I told them. They assured me it was no problem. No one hurts their pack-sister.
"Kagome, you said that you needed to get home soon. When do you want to go?" Kouga asked.
"In a week. I don't think anything important will happen until then," I replied. The questions and discussions continued until night. I was shown an area near Kouga's bed in one of the smaller caves. I was surprised how comfortable the caves were. I had never had a better rest in my life.
The week passed quickly. I made friends with Ginta and Haggaku. They were a little slow, but great people in general. Shippo ended up staying near me the entire time. He did trust them a bit. Kouga, Ginta, and Haggaku became replacements of sorts for Sango and Miroku.
I was sitting with Kouga during breakfast when I decided to ask about going home. "Kouga, I need to go home. I would really like to go today."
"Okay, we'll leave after you pack what you need. Ginta and Haggaku will come with us," he replied. I was a little worried about that, but it was only those two. They couldn't harm anyone or do much damage.
We left very soon after breakfast. I was on Kouga's back again. Shippo was riding in my bag, which was on my back. Ginta and Haggaku were running beside us.
"Where is your village?" Kouga asked.
"Umm, turn into the forest here. We'll reach a clearing. I need to tell you some things there," I replied. We reached the clearing that contained the well in a minute. "We're here," I said.
"Kagome, this can't be where you live. There is nothing here but a well," Haggaku said as I got off Kouga's back.
"This well is a portal between times. It let's out five hundred years in the future. That is where I come from. It's the reason I dress so 'oddly'. You will have to come with me to avoid problems with Inuyasha. I want to set some ground rules. No attacking anyone, no destroying anything, and please be careful. I don't want any of you to get hurt. I think that's it. Now just jump in to the well. Here is a shard for you two. If you don't get through just wait at the den," I said passing a shard to Ginta and Haggaku. They looked a little mistrusting, but jumped in the well. I jumped in the well and saw the familiar blue light.
When it ended I looked up at the wooden roof above me. I looked to the side to see all three wolves and the kitsune kit looking around.
"Where are we?" Kouga questioned, looking around. "And why is there a roof over the well?" he added.
"My home. Now come on. My family will want to meet you," I said as I started to climb the ladder out of the well. They followed me out to the yard.
"Gah! This place stinks! How can you stand it!" Shippo exclaimed.
"I'm not a demon and I guess I'm just used to it," I replied, looking for my family. "Let's go inside. Please remember what I said before we came here," I led them inside. They gaped at everything inside my house and asked what everything was.
"Kagome? Is that you?" my mother called. She came out of the kitchen and looked at the demons beside me and said, "Who are your friends? Are they like Inuyasha?" The youkai stared at her, shocked at her lack of fear. "Oh, their ears are just pointed. Oooo, are those tails real?" she then reached out and petted Shippo's tail. "Cute. I'm making dinner. Your friends are welcome to have some," She went back to the kitchen, leaving four very disturbed youkai in her wake
"Don't worry about her. She's used to Inuyasha coming to bring me back to the feudal era. I'm more worried about the rest of my family," I told them.
Sadly, Souta made his appearance then. "Hey, sis. Are they demons like Inuyasha?" he asked.
"No. Inuyasha is a hanyou, we're all full-blood demons," Kouga said, not looking very happy. I took this as a cue to jump in.
"I'll introduce them at dinner. I really need to explain this time to them," I said. Souta accepted this and went to play his video games. I grabbed the confused youkai, hoping to get them to my room without meeting up with my grandfather. No such luck.
"Demons be gone!" my grandfather shouted as he stuck the poor demons with ofudas.
"Don't do that, grandfather! They won't hurt anyone! I'll explain at dinner!" I shouted. The youkai peeled off the sticky strips as I resumed dragging them to my room. As soon as I made it to my room I threw them in and slammed the door closed.
They sat in silence for a minute before saying all at once "You have one odd family, Kagome." ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~*~*~*
That was a lot longer than I had originally planned it to be. Nearly five pages. I ended up combining one and a quarter chapters for this. Please excuse how horrible it is. It is very late right now. Can someone please tell me how to get italics up? Remember to review!
Mojave Wolf
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha. I still want Shippo for a birthday present. He would be the best present I've ever gotten.
AN: I would like to say something right now. THE PAIRING ISN'T DECIDED YET!!!!!! Romance won't be coming for a while. I don't like those instant love stories. Relationships take a while to form. Especially after you have had your heart broken. Let's not mention that just doesn't sound like any of these characters. Do you people hate me right now? I would understand if you did. I'm surprised anyone is reading this at all. I think it, along with my writing skills in general, is mediocre at best. I need some tea. Kiochi: Wolf? Are you okay? Wolf: I'm gonna go listen to depressing music now, take over you two. I'm sure you will do better than I can. Kiochi: Is she crying? Great. She has been depressed lately. This is not helping at all. Vincent: The idea that all of you may hate her for the Kouga thing has her feeling horrible. She also feels bad about the shortness of the last chapter. Her computer crashed and she couldn't find a pin to reboot it so she lost some of the typing and most of the ideas she had for the chapter. She loves reviews. They really improve her mood. She likes to know that someone appreciates her effort to write this as best as possible. She loves to wake up and see the review alert message. She is always checking it to make sure she receives your messages. The small amount of responses makes her feel bad. Four reviews only. At least we won't take up much space for the responses.
Review Responses:
Katzztar: It's good to see you again. Thank you for the names of those two wolves and all the stories.
LewsTherinInsanity: Wolf agrees with you. Wolves rule, dogs drool.
evilfire4321: As Wolf said in the author's notes the pairing is not yet decided.
FFgal: You're back again! Wolf will try to make this longer. Vincent: Say it! Kiochi: No! Vincent: Do it or else your Sluggy Freelance 'Dream Fighters' shirt is torched! Kiochi: Fine! I'm sorry. I was just angry that you got the last of the cookies. No hard feelings. ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~~**~*~*~*~*~* ~*~*~*
~* Kagome's POV*~
I stared at my savior as he smiled at me before turning back to the youkai. He quickly shredded the slower creature, leaving a bloody pile as the only proof that it had existed. He returned to me, worry etched on his face.
"Kagome, are you alright?" he said while looking at the blood from the wound on my arm that I hadn't noticed until then. It wasn't deep but it still hurt pretty badly.
"I'm alright. It only grazed me," I replied, giving him a weak smile.
"Mama! I'm so sorry! I should've helped," the small kit cried as he jumped in my arms and started crying into my shirt.
"It's okay Shippo. You're still little. I don't blame you for running. I would've run too, if I could've!" I told the kitsune, giving him a small hug. He brightened immediately. How I wished I was a child again. No worries, no cares, and most importantly, no true heartbreak.
"Kagome, you need to get that wound attended to. Why don't I take you to the den? It's not a good idea to run around with an injury," Kouga said. I thought about it for a minute before nodding.
I stood and quickly moved to the pile of gore that was once a youkai. Making a face, I plunged my hand in the pile and withdrew the shards, purifying them.
"I could've gotten those for you," Kouga stated, looking at my now bloody hand.
"There is a stream nearby, could we go there. I need to get this blood off and so do you," I told the demon, noticing the blood splattered on him. He nodded and waited while I grabbed my bag with my non-blood-covered hand and walked to the stream I had crossed while coming here.
We arrived there a few minutes after we started out. The stream was wide and not to deep with very clear waters. Shippo gave a cheer and jumped into the water near the shore. I smiled as I watched him splash around. I went a few feet downstream and plunged my hands in the cool water. I soon saw Kouga move into the center of the stream to wash off the blood on his clothes.
As he continued to attempt to remove the stains as much as he could, I searched for a new shard container in my bag and my first aid kit. Just as I finished tying the bandage around the cleaned wound I heard Shippo jump out of the water and come to me.
"Do you have anything for me?" the kitsune asked.
"Sorry Shippo. I gave you what I had for you when I came back after my last visit home," I replied. He looked disappointed. "I'll get more next time," I said in an attempt to cheer him up. It worked.
"Where do you live anyway?" Kouga questioned as he came closer, shaking of the water in a very canine action.
"I have to go back soon, so you'll find out then," I replied.
"Let's go. It will be faster if you ride on my back," Kouga said kneeling down to allow me to get on. Shippo jumped onto my bag as I swung it on my back before climbing on. It reminded me so much of Inuyasha. I wondered if Kikyo rode on his back now.
I got lost in my thoughts and before I knew it I was at the wolf den.
"Sister! Kouga brought our sister here!" one of the wolves shouted.
Two of the wolves came running up immediately. "You brought her! It's nice to see you again sister," said a wolf with a mohawk said.
"Hi," I said as I climbed off of Kouga's back. I was a little nervous because I didn't know their name.
"Kagome, these two are Ginta," he gestured to the wolf with the mostly gray hair, except for a patch of black. "And this is Haggaku," he said as he gestured to the wolf with the mohawk. I wondered if Kouga is a psychic, or just lucky.
"How long are you staying?" the wolf I knew as Ginta asked me.
"I don't know exactly," I replied.
"You're welcome to stay as long as you want," Haggaku said, smiling.
"Thanks. I'd like to relax for awhile," I replied.
"Come inside then. I'm really curious as to why you're not with dog-turd anymore," Kouga said while leading me to one of the caves. Some of the more curious wolves followed. I guess that they wanted to know why their 'sister' was alone.
This was obviously one of the larger caves. I would bet that the whole pack could sit in here comfortably. Kouga told one of the females to get something to clean my wound and some clean bandages. Soon I was settled in the back of the cave with the wolves sitting nearby. One was re-bandaging my arm. Shippo was sitting in my lap and was occupying himself with a rubix cube that I had given him a few days ago. The wolf youkai around had been asking questions about Shippo's toy and other random things.
Finally Kouga, who had been silent until then, asked the question that I really didn't want to answer. "Why aren't you with dog-turd?"
I sighed. I thought about saying I didn't want to talk about it, but I decided it was best to just get it off my chest. I told them about Inuyasha's choice and how Kikyo wanted to kill me so she could be alive again.
"I thought you loved that stupid mutt, what happened?" one of the wolves asked.
"I just gave up on him. He always went to Kikyo. I knew he didn't love me. I'm just a shard-detector to him. I can't take that anymore. Unrequited love is not the good for anyone. He's happy and I have a chance to be happy too," I replied.
"You don't have to worry about that mutt or dead bitch again. If they try to get close we'll chase them off. No one messes with our sister," Ginta said. Several of the wolves made their agreement known.
I was grateful for that. I couldn't deal with them right now. I didn't think I would survive if Kikyo came to kill me. Inuyasha would never help me and may even kill me for Kikyo.
"Thank you. I don't think I could survive if Kikyo tried to kill me. I really appreciate it," I told them. They assured me it was no problem. No one hurts their pack-sister.
"Kagome, you said that you needed to get home soon. When do you want to go?" Kouga asked.
"In a week. I don't think anything important will happen until then," I replied. The questions and discussions continued until night. I was shown an area near Kouga's bed in one of the smaller caves. I was surprised how comfortable the caves were. I had never had a better rest in my life.
The week passed quickly. I made friends with Ginta and Haggaku. They were a little slow, but great people in general. Shippo ended up staying near me the entire time. He did trust them a bit. Kouga, Ginta, and Haggaku became replacements of sorts for Sango and Miroku.
I was sitting with Kouga during breakfast when I decided to ask about going home. "Kouga, I need to go home. I would really like to go today."
"Okay, we'll leave after you pack what you need. Ginta and Haggaku will come with us," he replied. I was a little worried about that, but it was only those two. They couldn't harm anyone or do much damage.
We left very soon after breakfast. I was on Kouga's back again. Shippo was riding in my bag, which was on my back. Ginta and Haggaku were running beside us.
"Where is your village?" Kouga asked.
"Umm, turn into the forest here. We'll reach a clearing. I need to tell you some things there," I replied. We reached the clearing that contained the well in a minute. "We're here," I said.
"Kagome, this can't be where you live. There is nothing here but a well," Haggaku said as I got off Kouga's back.
"This well is a portal between times. It let's out five hundred years in the future. That is where I come from. It's the reason I dress so 'oddly'. You will have to come with me to avoid problems with Inuyasha. I want to set some ground rules. No attacking anyone, no destroying anything, and please be careful. I don't want any of you to get hurt. I think that's it. Now just jump in to the well. Here is a shard for you two. If you don't get through just wait at the den," I said passing a shard to Ginta and Haggaku. They looked a little mistrusting, but jumped in the well. I jumped in the well and saw the familiar blue light.
When it ended I looked up at the wooden roof above me. I looked to the side to see all three wolves and the kitsune kit looking around.
"Where are we?" Kouga questioned, looking around. "And why is there a roof over the well?" he added.
"My home. Now come on. My family will want to meet you," I said as I started to climb the ladder out of the well. They followed me out to the yard.
"Gah! This place stinks! How can you stand it!" Shippo exclaimed.
"I'm not a demon and I guess I'm just used to it," I replied, looking for my family. "Let's go inside. Please remember what I said before we came here," I led them inside. They gaped at everything inside my house and asked what everything was.
"Kagome? Is that you?" my mother called. She came out of the kitchen and looked at the demons beside me and said, "Who are your friends? Are they like Inuyasha?" The youkai stared at her, shocked at her lack of fear. "Oh, their ears are just pointed. Oooo, are those tails real?" she then reached out and petted Shippo's tail. "Cute. I'm making dinner. Your friends are welcome to have some," She went back to the kitchen, leaving four very disturbed youkai in her wake
"Don't worry about her. She's used to Inuyasha coming to bring me back to the feudal era. I'm more worried about the rest of my family," I told them.
Sadly, Souta made his appearance then. "Hey, sis. Are they demons like Inuyasha?" he asked.
"No. Inuyasha is a hanyou, we're all full-blood demons," Kouga said, not looking very happy. I took this as a cue to jump in.
"I'll introduce them at dinner. I really need to explain this time to them," I said. Souta accepted this and went to play his video games. I grabbed the confused youkai, hoping to get them to my room without meeting up with my grandfather. No such luck.
"Demons be gone!" my grandfather shouted as he stuck the poor demons with ofudas.
"Don't do that, grandfather! They won't hurt anyone! I'll explain at dinner!" I shouted. The youkai peeled off the sticky strips as I resumed dragging them to my room. As soon as I made it to my room I threw them in and slammed the door closed.
They sat in silence for a minute before saying all at once "You have one odd family, Kagome." ~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~* ~*~*~*
That was a lot longer than I had originally planned it to be. Nearly five pages. I ended up combining one and a quarter chapters for this. Please excuse how horrible it is. It is very late right now. Can someone please tell me how to get italics up? Remember to review!