A/N: To understand this chapter, you better read the first two sides stories. The rest is the usual… I own only the original characters (Mikami, Aoshi and Sasami). The rest belongs to Mrs. Takahashi and my dad refuses to buy me the copyrights as birthday present:pouts: Meanie!
Episode 8:
Inutaisho Awakes.
… the dragon… I… isn't… pain… hurts:coughs blood violently:
I must… kill… :eyes open: Argh! Pain:shakes and sits up: Must kill dragon… :struggles: What's this?
"Sang… hol… im… still…!"
"I'm… ying!
"He's… riented!
Too much… pain… don't know :coughs blood again: those… voices… :pant, pant: can't breath…
…
half an hour later
…
Argh…
…
…
I feel like… I think that that stupid dragon stepped on me. Did I seal him or not? I hope so… or else my family is in danger. I can't think properly. Argh… I'm sore all over… :sniffs: Ouch, my nose hurts, I can't sniff. My head hurts, my hands hurts… I think I'm going to throw up. Yuck.
cold cloth damps forehead
Huh?… What is this:opens eyes: Blurs :someone hides, I can't see but blurs :sniff, sniff: This scent, I don't recognize this scent. Is it one scent or two? My nose isn't working! Where am I:blinks: I can't focus, I can't focus at all! I have to! I got to move, I got to know where I'm, I need to know if… Ryuukossei is still sealed…
"Take it easy, lord Inutaisho."
Huh?
"W-Who… :pants: a-are :pants: you?"
"Fear not, I'm a friend."
:blink, blink: I must focalize on something… :pants: Oh, the Pain!… A silhouette, a woman's silhouette. Who is she:sniff: I don't know her :sniffs: I can't find Izayoi's sweet scent :sniff, sniff: she isn't around! Where is she? DAMN IT! I FEEL VULNERABLE! I HATE IT!
"Take it Easy, you're bad wounded. I'm lady Kaede… a friend of your son Inu-Yasha…"
"Wha…?" She's what:pants: This woman is crazy: Inu-Yasha will turn 4 next week! FOUR! Just four… :pants: he's only four years old…
"Sounds crazy, but it's true… :damps forehead: It's a long story, A long one :Inutaisho struggles: Stay quiet or you'll reopen your wounds!"
"… i-i-iza-Iza-yoi?"
"Huh?"
"W-where… :pants: fam…il…y!"
":takes deep breath: Your sons are in the next room. Both of them, lord Sesshomaru and Inu-Yasha. They both brought you here."
:blink: If I keep blinking I'll focalize better. This woman is an old hag :scowls: she's a miko. Is she trusty:pants: Argh, I feel terrible! And Weak:pants: Argh, I feel pain:coughs dry:
"im-im… i-impossible…" I mutter. It's hard to speak… my throat hurts like hell! Maybe that Ryuukossei chew me and I didn't notice!
"I beg your pardon?"
"i-i-i… In…u… :pants: Yas…ha… he's… he's.. i-i-is o-nly fo-ur…"
I stare at the woman. I must look pathetic like this… she sighs deeply and ponders about Kami knows what. What's going on?… Something is missing here… I feel it in my bones… The Dragon! Oh Kami-sama! Don't tell me that I failed and I didn't seal him!
":struggles: T-the… dr… :pants: Ryu-u-kos-sei!
":holds him down: Lord Inutaisho, that dragon is dead:sighs: What I'm going to say its hard to believe, but trust me, it may be complicated, but it's the truth… :sighs again: You succeeded to seal Ryuukossei, but… Er… the fight took your life…"
"… :eyes wide: c-can't BE:coughs: I-I-I'm al-ive:pants: Ri-g-ht?"
"Shhh! Now you are. :sighs: Tenseiga brought you back to life… by mere fluke. You spent dead for about 60 years or so."
Oh great… :pants, pants: I think… that I'm going to… :faints:
…
"BUAAAAAWAAAAAAAAAWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWAAAAAAA!"
x-x-x-x-x-x-x
"BUAAAAAAAWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWAAAAAAA!"
Well, I kinda expected this reaction from him. :checks on Inutaisho: At least this old lord is doing fine. His healing powers have finally decided to work. I can consider that as a good sign. Talking about good signs…
"Sango, dear, you can come out now."
":crawls for Kaede's back in shame: I'm sorry, he startled me! I didn't mean to hide behind your back, Kaede-baba, but it was the first thing that crossed my mind."
"Don't worry, Lass. :stands up: Phew! What a set of lungs that baby has!"
"BUAAAAAAAWAAAAAAAWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWAAAAAAA!"
":stands up: Maybe we must check on him: Mikami-san :sweatdrop: put Aoshi in Inu-Yasha's arms last time I saw!" Sango says as she places her hands on her hips. "It took more time than I first thought… for Aoshi to cry I mean. :eyes at Inutaisho: He's going to be shock when he figures that Inu-Yasha isn't four anymore and that that crying baby is his grandson! The poor fellow…"
"He has a lot of things to ponder. Come on, child, let's go rescue Inu-Yasha from that baby's grip and let this lord take his rest."
"BUAAAAAAAWAAAAAAAWAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAWAAAAAAA!"
":sighs: Hai, you're right. Let's go."
x-x-x-x-x-x-x-x
three days later
"TAG!"
"Ouw… :runs: TAG!"
"Hey! That's cheating! TAG!"
little foot running
"TAG!"
Wha…:opens eyes: Tag!… What's going on:blinks and closes eyes: I think I feel a little bit better… I had this weird dream: in my dream… this weird miko lady told me that I spent dead for about 50 or 60 years… isn't that weird?… Grrr, my body weights a ton!
"Huh?… Are you awake?"
"TAG!"
"Hey! I wasn't looking!"
"Who cares? I tagged you!"
"SHHH! We woke inu-jiji!"
"Really? Is he awake?"
Oh, Great! Now I'm having another dream. This dream has two little pups in it :open eyes:. A kitsune pup… and a human pup :takes deep breath: and the kitsune is sitting square in my chest as if that doesn't hurt!… the little girl besides him has bright brown cute eyes:grunts and tries to sit up… and fails: Damn it ALL!
"GRANDPA! YOU'RE AWAKE!" The girl squeals.
GRANDPA? ME:O.o: Yeah! Definitely this is a dream: no way in seven hells that I'm her grandpa!… right? This is only a bad dream… I must sit up… or at least I must support myself on my elbows… Ouch, it hurts… but… I must… to… See? I did it!
"Who :coughs: are you, puppy?"
":giggles: You called Rin a 'puppy'!" She says and covers her mouth. "I'm Rin! And He's…"
"Hey! I can introduce myself! I'm Shippo, the mighty!"
":grins: Sure you are!… :cough, cough: Where is th-is plac-e?"
"This is Kaede-baba's hut! She patched you up! Are you all right? Your cheeks are still green!" The pup says. That name, Kaede…
Oh, BIG Shit! It wasn't a dream!
"My cheeks are still green? How come?"
"You were sick the last 3 days!" Rin says. "You were very, very sick. Rin was afraid because she thought that you might die and Rin would be left without any grandpas again. But Kaede-baba says that now you're healing well, she says that…"
"Stop babbling, Rin-chan! You speak too much and he got the point! Big Mouth!"
"NO, Rin is NOT!"
"Yes, You ARE!"
"NO, Rin is NOT!
"YES, YOU ARE!"
"NO, Rin Is NOT!
"YES, YOU ARE!"
":deep woof: PUPS!" Wow, for a minute I thought that I couldn't woof again like that. "Keep it quiet, please, I'm having a hell of a hangover…"
"But Kaede-baba said that your fever subsided…" Explains the pup with wide eyes, reaching my forehead.
"What's a hangover?" Asks the girl.
"Er… its BIG headache, sweetie."
I lie on the futon. Looks like this is a safe place. Otherwise… I'll be dead by now… again. Weird thought. My sight is better :sniffs: and my nose too. I feel bandages all over my chest and arms :checks on himself:… Hmpf, Stupid Dragon! Izayoi will be upset when…
:O.o: What are these clothing? What kind of fabric and style is this?
"Wha…?"
"It's a pajama. Kagome-chan brought it for you from her house."
Kagome who?
"YEAH, she brought Rin this cute doll :shows barbie, and she brought a lot of things for Aoshi-kun too: Mikami-neechan was really happy! She can keep Aoshi clean and there is this thing… these 'diapers' thingies, and this peace-fire, which calms him down! And this funny Bottle… "
"You Baka! A pacifier, not a peace-fire!"
These pups… :twitch: What the hell are they talking about: A peace-fire or pacifier (whatever)? Diapers? What the hell are those? GAH! BE MERCY: I die, I don't remember where MY SOUL WENT, and I was resurrected in a twilight dimension! Where is this place? And where is the back door? OOoooww, my headache is returning with vengeance:grunts:
"Grandpa? Are you all right?"
"I don't think so: look, his cheeks are greenish!"
":deep breath: I feel a little bit sick here…"
"Rin-chan, Shippo-chan? Where are you, little guys?" That call came from the outside…
"KYA! Sasami-chan Found Us! C'mon, Shippo-chan, Lets hide!"
"Let me guess :pants: She's some kind of governess?" I ask them and they smile at me mischievously.
They were hiding from their governess, how cute… I use to do that when I was a pup myself. I watch them as hide in the drawers. Little rascals!
"Rin-Chan:opens door: Shippo-chan! I know you two are here! I can smell you both! You know that you can't… :notices Inutaisho: Oh My:freezes: You're awake, milord :bows timidly: I didn't… knew that you were awake already… this won't happen again… and please… forgive me!"
":pants: They-are… :points: hiding in the :pants: drawers… :faints:"
"Sasami-chan, Did you find the…? What happened in here?"
"Lady Kaede… lord Inutaisho just fainted!"
"He was just awake, and very lucid." Explains Shippo-chan, popping out of his hiding place, Rin-chan appears behind him.
"He was talking to Us. Grandpa is Fun!"
"There YOU are:stands and picks the children: Come here you two! You're in big trouble now:walks away: I told you several times that…"
I sigh. Sasami grabs the children and walks away from the room. She's taking the children outside, probably she's going to lecture them again. :sighs: This hanyou girl is very sweet and nervous… and seriously, I don't think the children take seriously her lectures. I think that they take Kirara more seriously. I glance at the sleeping lord. He'll recover in no time. I close the door and let him sleep.
a day later
Awake. They said that the third one is the winner. I feel weak but nothing that I can't handle. :sit up: Ouw, just a little migraine… nothing serious, nothing…
"Konnichi-wa, Chichihue."
:startle: What in seven hells? I turn my head to my right… I blink… I blink again.
Dear Kami!
"Sesshomaru?… :blinks: Is that you:sighs in shock: Last time I saw you… were… 15."
"I was 16, chichihue. Now this Sesshomaru is 82… :ahem: By the way, you spent the last 66 years dead."
"…"
"Quite disturbing, huh?"
"Specially your nice way of telling me. :deep sigh: Indeed, is disturbing, a little bit. :shakes head:… :stares at Sesshomaru: Good to see you, son :sits up:… He, he, Good to see you so well! Last time I saw you… were a mere whelp, now you're a man… :sweatdrop: forgive me, I'm a little disoriented here…"
":sweatdrop: Jijis, like yourself, tends to be extra sensitive. Don't worry. I think I can handle you."
"…"
"I… feel like you want to know what happened, right, Chichihue?"
BONK!
":stoic:"
"That's for reviving me."
"I thought so."
"You feel right: I want an explanation. No. I demand an explanation! What the hell happened to me, What's going on Why do you used :twitch: Tenseiga on me…:Bonks Sesshomaru again: What is this place? And, And… :shakes fist frantically: You got the point!"
"Don't over do it, Chichihue. This Sesshomaru will explain you things."
To be continue.
By
Misao-CG.
PS: I don't know you guys, but this Misao-CG is quite depressed… Argh! I'm talking like Sess-sama now! Flame ME, Please! Put Me Out Of My Misery:drops head on keyboardkashoidhwibdouwgd:… Ouw… that hurts! I think I got an 'U' on my eye…
