The Third Family


Dragon Man 180- Sesshoumaru doing the hula? I want to see that! I thought about Grandpa freaking out like normal, but I decided to do something unusual. Mikoto and Kyo doing Catnip? That's like doing drugs!

Kyou- Yes. I wanted it sad. As for your gecko... ewww. Yucky!

Wolf of Fire- Don't worry about getting all stary eyed about the castle. I did it too. I can't stop thinking about how to describe it.

ZeldaAlly- Most should be up by then... Well for me. I don't know about time differences for you.

Mystic Bynd- Takes check No hard feelings. Kagome's been paying for it lately.

Heart of Friendship- I read your chapter. Yeah! Good good good! You know, I'm very surprised that you haven't found any spelling mistakes. I'm still convinced I can't spell for beans.

Cirrus- I capitalized it for you. {hands coffee, coke, tea, and chocolate bar} There. I don't know what you like, but all these things are packed with caffine.


Mikoto and I had been riding on Taoa for about an hour, high above the clouds. I have to admit that I was sad about leaving my family and friends and had just stopped crying only a few minutes ago. Most of the time I would take the front seat on Taoa but today Mikoto had taken it for two reasons. One, he knew where we were going. Two, I could cry into his shirt that way. Now Mikoto had a big wet spot on it.
But in the long shot I wasn't upset about my choice of becoming Mikoto's mate. He was nice and caring and he'd make my life happy. "Finished mourning yet?" Mikoto asked me. "Yeah." I replied, "I have been for a while now." "That's good." he said, "I was wondering, would you like to stop for lunch? There's a river below us and it would be a good place to stop." "Sounds good to me." I answered.
We touched down in an opening a little off from the river. "So what did you pack for lunch?" I asked getting off Taoa and helping Mikoto take the packs off her. "You'll see." he replied. As soon as the last bag was taken off, Taoa reverted back to her little form and promptly fell asleep. I giggled.
"Taoa's not used to carrying all that weight." I commented, "I think we wore her out." "I bet we did." Mikoto agreed, taking a large basket out of the pile of bags, don't forget he had his own too. He handed me a nice big turkey sandwich and a container of tea. "The wrappings from your time are amazing." Mikoto commented, pulling the plastic off his sandwich. "They are." I agreed.
"So what did you bring with you?" he asked, "I hope you brought more than those tank tops and sweat pants you like so much because my parents won't approve of them. They'll think they're too revealing." "I did also bring some kimonos and the fire rat outfit that Inuyasha gave me." Mikoto nodded. "That's good." he said finishing off his sandwich.
"That was fast." I commented. "It was." Mikoto agreed, "But I was hungry and now I think I will take a bath in the river. It looks very inviting." "Alright." I said, "I think I'll join Taoa and take a nap." "Then I think we can get a little more traveling done today." he said. "Yeah." I said. Mikoto walked towards the river. I grabbed one of my bags and pulled out my fleece blanket. I cuddled up on the ground using some moss as my pillow.

I don't know how long I was napping, but I woke up to a tremendous roar. Opening my eyes I saw an absolutely ugly demon. It sort of looked like a big purple scull with a big fluffly pink tail. Forgetting the blanket, I jumped up, ready to make fast action out of the demon. But it got me first with it's tail, hitting me into a tree to my left. It was painful, but could have been worse.
"The demon looks low enough to be able to be killed without my attack." I thought. Baring my claws, I launched myself at it. The demon didn't seem to even notice I was coming at it. My claws cut off part of its tail. It screamed in pain. Where I had cut of the tail became two tails. So maybe it was stronger than I thought.
The two tails came at me. I dodged the first one, but couldn't with the second. Grabbing me with it's tail, the demon brought me to it's face. I cringed. Uglier than I could even imagine. It looked like I was going to be his lunch if I didn't do something. I began to squirm. It seemed like I was getting somewhere, but then the second tail grabbed me and there was nothing in my power I could do to free myself. Without use of my hands I couldn't use my attack or my claws.
I could bite. I supposed that might work. So I tried it. The creature screamed and released me with one tail. Maybe things were looking up... but the tail came back and I was stuck again. I couldn't bit this time. The demon was smarter than it looked. It had placed it's tails where I couldn't bite again easily. It brought me towards it's face again. I was lunch and there was no way to prevent it.
The demon exploded, throwing me back. Mikoto ran up, his hair still damp from the bath. "Are you alright?" he asked. "Yeah." I replied getting up, "Thanks a lot." "You're welcome." Mikoto replied. He swept me into a tight hug. "I came back and I saw you in that demon's grasp and I thought I was going to loose you." he whispered.
"That little weak thing kill me?" I asked, "Impossible! I've still got 8 lives left!" Mikoto looked at me seriously. "I'm 120." he said, "It might be considered a teenager to demons, but it's still a long time. And in all those 120 years I have not lost a life. You may have 8 more lives, but don't go waisting them, alright?" I nodded. He squeezed me one more time and then let me go. "Sometimes I don't know if I can handle you." Mikoto told me.


Inuyasha: So the cat almost got herself killed again. What an idiot.

Kagome: She didn't know that demon was going to sneak up on her.

Inuyasha: Kyo lived such a relaxed life. If that was me sleeping there I would have smelled the demon and woken up before it got to me. Hell, I wouldn't even be sleeping to begin with!

Kagome: Whatever. Poor Taoa's only three years old. She probably shouldn't be working that hard.

Sango: They were only flying for an hour. Taoa could probably do two without getting so tired she had to land. But it's good that Kyo knows when to stop and let her rest.

Inuyasha: Hey Clear Waters! You have one of those little black boxes that Kagome calls a TV?

Clear Waters: Yeah, but the cable's out.

Miroku: What does that mean?

Clear Waters: It means it doesn't work.

Inuyasha: So the little people in the box are taking a vacation.

Clear Waters: I guess you could say that... R&R everyone!