A/N: Still the usual… For the grammar and stuff… see previous chapter 1. Standard disclaimer applies. I own Mikami, Aoshi and Sasami.
Episode 12:
Like Inu-dad, like Inu-son.
He's there, at the river… :watches at Inutaisho: what is he doing here:sniffs, sniffs: He must be praying, otherwise I can't explain the white kimono and the incenses. :sniff, sniff: my Kagome was here a while ago, with Sango.
He's hyper concentrate. Too still… is he alive:sniffs: Yep, he's alive… I must get near to him… but… I don't want to disturb him… Damn He's So Still! He looks like a statue… :ears twitches: Hmpf… :pouts: This is a bad idea! Maybe if I…
":suddenly: Nice Girl. Kagome-chan I mean."
"GAAA!… :Startled: Damn Old Man! You Scared Me!"
"Sorry."
"Feh!"
I walk away from him. DAMN him! It's not nice to scare people like that:sits down: Kagome always says that. I don't know why, but HELL it's not nice :crosses arms: Hmpf… Now what… I'm here; he's there, what's next:draw lines in the ground: I don't like this, I feel out of myself :looks at Inutaisho: What the hell is he doing right now? If he was praying he must be finishing…
"This one is for Saki, and this is for Miyu." He says, sticking the burning incense in the ground. :sniffs: he smells nervous. "I mean, my beloved wives… I loved them both, with all of my heart and soul, when I got my chance."
"FEH. AS I BLOODY Care!" Damn it! I'm not supposed to be rude!
"…"
"…"
"… Why are you here?"
"Huh?"
":nervous: Why are you here? You're here for a reason, right?"
"Well :scratches neck: yes… but… I don't know… where to begin…"
"Oh."
"…"
"What about the beginning?"
"What?"
":sniffs: Calm down… Inu-Yasha."
":sniffs: You Too!" I spat and draw in the ground. Why am I drawing in the ground, is beyond me. Well, oyaji is right, I'm here for a reason, so… ":deep breath: IcameherebecauseIwanttoapologize."
":blinks: Apologize?" He asks me. :blinks: He understood me! "I used to talk faster when I was younger… If you wonder." He explains.
"Oh :grunt:… I… know that… I had been rude… these last days, and I… :scowls: DAMN IT! I… want to… apologize for that and… and… :shakes head: DAMN IT! You Know What I Mean:crosses arms:"
":downcast sigh:"
":pouts: I… never knew you… and I was feeling kinda :plays with fingers: strange, and then things piled on me… and… I didn't knew how to react or… or… or to behave :clenches fist: and :stares at Inutaisho timidly:… I'm not good at this, you know?"
He sighs again. That downcast sigh! I knew it:whine: I'm a deception! I'm A Deception! He doesn't like me :whine: I… I…
"I better…"
":sighs: First, your whines are unsettling me, second… yes, I got your point: Must be hard for you… grew up alone, cruel environment, no parents and suddenly …"
"Feh! You don't have to rub that in my nose, you know."
"Sorry… for rubbing that in your nose… and for… :concern look: your puphood." I stare at oyaji. He's looking at me and I can't read or :sniff: smell his mood. "I guess I wasn't strong enough to protect you back then…"
":after a thick silence: Feh!"
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Damn it, pup! If you're nervous, you don't have the slight idea of how I'M feeling right now. Geez! The last time I 'talked' to you, you were in my lap, trying to nap!… and NO! I'm not counting the spank I gave you the other day for cutting your aniki's arm or laughing at him. Look at you!… You're practically a grown up and I barely know you… :growl: Damn It, Ryuukossei! My son grew up alone because of YOU.
Note to self: Remind me to bonk Sesshomaru next time I see him :ear twitches: Just because I feel like it. Huh? Inu-Yasha? He's staring at me… as if… Oops, I think he got my growl wrong…
"What's up with that face?"
"You're growling!"
"At Ryuukossei."
"Feh!"
That hanyou over there is my son, I don't know him, but is clear that he took after Miyu's temper… He probably doesn't know that. Hmpf… :sighs: this pup doesn't know how eager I'm to know about him! But his stupid clam-youkai attitude doesn't help me! How can I… talk to him? He mustn't trust me! How could he, after all of… these years…
Worst! I can't shake the almost four-year-old puppy from my mind when I think about him… I feel a knot in my throat at that… Isn't like I abandoned him by will when he was but a tiny whelp, I wouldn't have done such shameful thing, Never! Family always came first… I would have BEEN there for my boys, FOR him, the entire time, if only Ryuukossei hadn't… :shakes head: DAMN IT, I HATE DRAGONS with all of my SOUL!
Well, if I want to talk to him, I must break the ice first…
"Kagome-chan seems a good girl." I say and he looks at me. C'mon, this is the only thing I can think of! His face brightens up… I don't like that bandage, or his wound in his head… :sweat drop: that last thought came plainly out of the blue.
":blushes: Yes, she's the best!"
"How do you meet her? She doesn't seem from around…"
":scowl: Why do you want to know?" Curse My Luck! He did take after Miyu's Temper!
":shrugs: I don't know. Maybe because I don't know and none had told me about how do you 2 met."
"Feh! I believed that you knew it already."
"…"
":draws lines:"
":stands up: On your feet." I say and Inu-Yasha stares at me quizzically. "Spar sessions can take a lot of stress of your mind, you know?"
"Feh:crosses arms: I know that, but I don't want to fight you!"
"Why Not?"
"Because!"
"That's not a reason! What's the matter? Are you afraid?"
"HELL NO!"
"Then?"
"Feh!"
"You know how to spar, right?"
"OF COURSE I KNOW! Just… leave it that way."
"I'm not going to bite you, son."
"Son:downcast: Yeah, right, son."
":knot in throat: You don't like that?"
":growl: Why should I? Son? I don't know how to be a son and damn it, you died when I was little, I can't remember a thing about you, you were DEAD for decades and now you came and call me Son? What I'm Suppose To Do Now?" Inu-Yasha shouts suddenly. "Don't expect me to know that, or to jump in happiness because you're back or act like that is the most natural thing in the world: you were dead!"
:O.O: That… made me feel lighter and terrible at the same time… Inu-Yasha is now red in the face, sulking… I must do something, I can't stay quiet:determination: I think that :swallows knot: I know what to do…
":punch: I remember things about you: want to listen?"
":blocks: HEY:vein pop: I was FOUR back then and damn it! Why should I want to listen to you and WHY was that FOR:punch:"
"You need to be more alert, whelp :blocks and kicks: and you weren't four yet, you were about to turn four."
"Is the Same Damn Thing:punches back: Feh! You don't know me:kick and blocks: Look at us: we have nothing in common!"
":blocks and attacks: Wrong: we both spent dead some time, fell in love with a human, the ears, the bad luck with women… and the napping thing :punches:"
":blocks, punches back: Napping? (You take naps?) :stops: Bad Luck? With women, You? You Got Married TWICE:vein pop: And Kagome is the best thing that ever happened to me, I can't call that bad luck… maybe Kikyou, but definitely not her, not Kagome!"
":punches: Be Alert, Pup! and I had bad luck… at the beginning at least :attacks: I got tongue tied when I met Saki and your mom:sweatdrops and blocks: Worst: my face turned as red as your kimono and the both of them noticed it and pointed it at me."
":snicker: Sad To Be You! If that is the case, my luck is shittiest:blocks: HEY!"
"Language, pup!" Hehehehe, Inu-Yasha is really hard to hit! Maybe if I stop pulling my punches… "Why do you say that your luck is worst: I got tongue tied the first, the second and the third time (nosebleed included):attacks harder:"
":blocks: I fell in love with this miko, we were tricked by Naraku, she sealed me :attacks: she died, my Kagome :blocks: came and released me:blocks: I mistook her for Kikyou :blocks: I fell in love with her and I deny it, Kikyou was brought back to life, and I :blocks: almost lost Kagome because of her:blocks: Confusing situation :blocks, blocks, punch: Damn It, Old Man! For a Jiji you're quite fast:blocks:"
":stops: Want to talk about that?"
"What for?"
"You tell me."
":scratches neck: I'm not good at this…"
"Me neither :sits down: You have nothing to loose… maybe a burden, but that's not a great loss." Inu-Yasha stares at me and sits down he takes a deep breath. "I'll understand if you still don't want to talk about it."
"… You maybe, but not me… :scratches ear:"
"…"
"Ok… but tell no one that we have spoken: My Pride Will Be Shattered :sits down:."
"Wish granted." :grins: He takes that after me!
"Feh!…"
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An explanation later
"… and that's the whole story."
":nod, nod: Good thing that you're gathering that jewel."
Damn!… this was easiest than I first thought! And HELL I feel better. I stare at oyaji, and he seems to be pondering what I just told him. :plays with fingers: I feel nervous again! What he'll think? What if he's mad because I screw things? What? What!... What? Oyaji stands up and walks to me, I stand in no time; no way am I going to…
"Let me ask something, s-s-sInu-Yasha."
"Call me 'son' if you want." :GASP: DID I JUST SAID THAT:shakes head:
"After all those foes you have defeated, Why do you want to be a full youkai? You have your girl, your 'pack', your reputation…"
":shrugs: I don't know, Oyaji :defense stance:… let's say that I just want to put the jewel together again, be with Kagome and that's it"
":stares: Put your guard down, whelp, you need to learn to relax!"
He stares at me with a blank expression… Hell Now I Know from Where Sesshomaru takes his poker face after! Wha…? ARRGGHH:STRUGGLES: WHAT THE HELL?… This OLD DOG has my head grabbed in his arms and he's rubbing his knuckles against my forehead! Kagome-chan told me that THIS WASN'T GOING TO HAPPEN :STRUGGLES:… Hell! My Father Sure Has An Iron Grip:struggles: DAMN IT, Old Man!
"This Is MY Boy! This is My BOY:rubs knuckles: Maybe is too soon to say this, but I'M PROUD OF YOU!"
":STRUGGLES: You're A Father! Is Your JOB to be proud:keeps struggling:"
":keeps rubbing knuckles:"
bee sound in the distance
Father drops me in that instant and I jump to my feet, with my hand on Tetsusaiga's hilt, ready to battle. :hears: I bet that that sound are saimyoushou! Another Attack!
GRRRR! Someone can explain me WHY Naraku Keeps Attacking US?
"They're going to the village. Hurry:runs:"
"I'm coming, f-faInu-jiji:runs after Inutaisho:"
To be Continued…
By
Misao-CG.
