ZeldaAlly- A dog all of your own. You don't know how lucky you are. Ally, if you're reading this... You must be the most adorable puppy in the whole entire world! As for your little brother. Siblings are plain old annoying.
Heart of Friendship- Ideas for winds of change? Hmm. Well, Rain with Sesshy&co were featured last time so you should probably next have Kiki with Inu&co feature in the next chapter. You could have them fight a demon. Perhaps they run into Koga. Maybe even Kagura! O.O You could have us see Kiki's skills. Sort of like how we first saw Kyo fight. She's supposed to stay out of the fight "'cause it ain't her business" but she helps out when direly needed. Or maybe you just have another episode of talk and we get to know Kiki better. Did that help?
Wolf of Fire- Short I know. At first I was going to have the dinner be in the chapter too, but I cut it into two chapters for two reasons. 1. I didn't want the chapter to be too long. (Yes, I'm quite aware my chapters are short.) 2. I didn't have enough ideas pulled together yet.
Dragon Man 180- I decided to put in this nice town that doesn't discriminate because I felt bad for all those poor youkai and hanyous out there in the fiction world that can't do anything without getting wounded or their feelings hurt.
love-bracelet123- It would be nice if Kyo and Mikoto could have a dinner like that, but not in this village. I've already explained that this village is in to 'community dinners'. They'll have their candle lit dinner when they get to the castle.
KG the oven mit fanatic- I've decided (don't ask me why) not to have Kyo and Mikoto get to the castle until after I get back from vacation. OH! I remember now. Shhhhhh! It's a secret. A tent on my computer screen? Cool! {Sees where tent is located and laughs.} You might ask what's so funny. Well you see my background is of a Porsche driving up through the mountains in Switzerland. And your tent would be on the peak of a mountain. Very funny. Might I suggest moving your tent to the bottom right? There's some nice grass there.
LiL:.CaT:.Anime- Is Scott an alien? O.o;
Lenipez sideshow- The village isn't hiding anything. At least I don't think it is. Mikoto said that he's been there before so he'd know if something was amiss there. As for getting to the castle. They won't be there till earliest Sunday, latest, Wednesday.
DarkPirate-510- No... I don't do crossovers. Though can you see an Inuyasha/The Village crossover? that would be a REAL horror flick.
Mystic Bynd- Ramen tied to a stick. I suggest that the string you use to tie it to be about the length of a high rise building. That way Inuyasha can't attack you. DID YOU DESTROY MY COMPUTER?!?! I am not going to let your forget about that review until you answer my question.
Cirrus- You've been sick? Ohhhhhhh! {Hands chicken noodle soup} As for your rabbit {Hands rabbit back in metal cage.} There. Now you can't eat it so you can have it back.
ThunderingWolfDemonOfTheNight- Sango's boomerang? Umm.... I'll have to get back to you on that. I don't have my info file with me at the moment. I'm on vacation. Hot dogs... I like hot dogs! Good idea! But not in the next chapter. If you read the bottom coversation you'll see why.
Sorry to ThunderingWolfDemonOfTheNight, Cirrus, Mystic Bynd, and DarkPirate-510 for not bolding your names. It wouldn't let me for some odd reason. {Wacks computer.}
I looked through my bags, wondering what I should wear for dinner. Because Mikoto had told me that they had community dinners everyday I didn't suppose it was very formal. I pulled out a dark blue kimono. Perfect. Grabbing a few hairpins I was able to pull my hair into a sloppy bun.
"Do I look good, Taoa?" I asked my pet. She mewed in response. I smiled. Pulling out a small brush, I began to brush her hair. Taoa purred happily. My door was pushed open. I turned to see Mikoto. "Ready for dinner?" he asked, "It's beginning." "Okay." I said putting down the brush.
I stood up. Taoa mewed at me again. Laughing, I picked her up. "Can Taoa come with us?" I asked. "Of course." Mikoto replied. We made our way down to the dinner pavilions. Now the women had finished sweeping them out. Some were now bringing food out and placing them on tables. Others were lighting torches in brackets around the pavilions.
"This is so cool!" I exclaimed happily. I put down Taoa and hugged Mikoto. He grinned. Mikoto enjoys my random acts of affection like that. We walked over to the tables full of food. There were some people serving themselves so we grabbed plates and filled them up with delicious food.
Every pavilion, save one, had a long table piled with food, and a bunch of tables set up for eating. I wondered why the villagers had left one empty. Shaking away my curiosity, I grinned. The food was served like lunch at school. Finished getting our food, we found two seats at a table and began to eat.
"How many more days until we get to your castle?" I asked. "I don't know kitten." Mikoto admitted. He still used the old nickname at times, "It really depends on how much we travel each day and the weather. Things like that."
"Then tell me about your parents." I requested, "You know, you've never talked about them." "My mom, as I told you, was a hanyou. She died three years ago from some sort of sickness." "I'm sorry." I said quietly. "It's alright." he continued shrugging, "In fact if she hadn't died I wouldn't have met you. She was a beauty, I've got to say. Black hair, dark blue eyes, cat ears, I inherited those. My mother was nice, but awfully quiet. She didn't talk to anyone besides my father, a few servants, and me.
My dad is where I got my looks. I'm an exact copy of him. Except for the ears of course. He's a little cold and demanding to people he doesn't know, but as soon as you've been around him for a while he'll treat you like his own daughter. I guarantee it."
"He sounds nice." I said feeding a bit of chicken to Taoa, "I can't wait to meet him."After dinner I learned why one pavilion had not been used for dinner. A few village men pulled out instruments while some women lit more torches. "It's time to dance." Mikoto told me, "Does that sound good?" "Yes." I replied, "And fun! Let's go!
We joined other couples on the dance floor. I stiffened when I saw how they were dancing. Not the 'shake your booty' type of dancing I was used to, but real dancing with special steps and such. "What step do you want to dance?" Mikoto asked.
"I really don't know any dance steps." I admitted blushing a bit. "Well then I'll teach you." Mikoto said, "Dancing is very big in this village. The easiest way to look stupid is not being able to dance." He led me onto the dance floor.
"I'll show you a simple step first." he told me, "Look at my feet." Mikoto moved his feet, stepping in a circular motion. He took three steps and started that pattern over again. "Do you think you can do that?" he asked. "Three steps?" I questioned laughing, "Of course!" "But can you do it without stepping on my feet, or tripping yourself or me?" Mikoto teased.
"Let's see." I replied. I joined him in the simple step, watching our feet carefully. Of course it being my first time dancing, I did manage to step on Mikoto's feet a few times and half trip my self once. After a few minutes I had the step down though. "Now try it looking up." Mikoto said.
"I'm not sure I can do that one." I replied. "You can." he assured me, "You seem to have figured the dance out, so just do it without looking down. I'm doing it. It's simple." I looked up unsurely. "I'm going to step on your foot any moment now." I told Mikoto bluntly. He shrugged.
"You're too light to begin with." my future mate replied, "I don't think you could hurt one of my feet if you jumped on it with all your force." "I'm going to take that as a fact and not an insult." I said. "It wasn't supposed to be one." Mikoto answered. I cringed as I stepped on his food.
"Kami Kyo!" he exclaimed laughing, "Relax! Dancing is supposed to be fun! Not stressful!" I blushed. "Now try again." Mikoto instructed. I tried dancing again. This time I stared strait into Mikoto's eyes. They assured me somehow. "That's it." Mikoto said, "You're doing it! And you're not stepping on me or tripping anybody!" "Not funny." I mumbled.
"Excuse me." A young man said tapping me on the shoulder. Mikoto and I stopped dancing and I turned to him. "Yes?" I questioned. "Would you give me the honor of dancing with you?" I was about to answer no because I wasn't ready to dance with someone else when Mikoto growled a little bit.
The young man swallowed nervously. "Uh, it seems like your partner wouldn't like that." he said. Then the boy ran off. "That wasn't very nice." I commented. Mikoto looked down at me. "You mean you actually wanted to dance with that man?" he asked. "No!" I said quickly, "I don't think I'm ready to dance with anyone besides you! It's just you could have been a little more polite."
"You're right." Mikoto admitted, "Sorry. Instinct took over for a second. You're mine and I don't want anyone messing with you. I just want to protect you. You know that, right?" "Yes." I replied, hugging him, "Sorry I got snappy." "It's fine." he said, "Now do you want me to teach you another step?"
"Another?" I asked laughing, "I'm not sure I could manage learning another tonight! Is it more difficult?" "Much." Mikoto replied, "But so much more fun. I'll show you." Still laughing, I watched him move his feet in a much faster, difficult pattern.
Much later that night Mikoto had been able
to teach me a total of three dances. He was trying to teach me a fourth
when something occurred to me. "Where's Taoa?" I asked frowning. "I
haven't seen her since we began dancing." Mikoto admitted. "Let's go
look for her." I said, "She's still pretty young. I don't want her
getting lost."
"Can you find her scent?" Mikoto asked, "I can't, but
you know it a whole lot better than I do." "Just barely." I replied,
"She's somewhere over there." I pointed right. We made our way towards
where I had pointed. Outside the pavilion it was much darker, but it
didn't make much of a difference for Mikoto and I. We can see in the
dark.
"There's a bond fire or something over there." I said, "I
smell her there. Do you smell her?" "Yes." Mikoto replied. We began to
walk towards the fire. "I hope she's okay." I said. "Do you see a big
cat over there?" Mikoto asked me. "No." I replied. "Then she's fine."
he pointed out, "Remember, Taoa's a fire cat. She likes fire and was
probably attracted to the bonfire." "I guess you're right." I mumbled.
When
we reached the fire I could have laughed. The scene in front of me was
cute enough. There were five young children, three boys, two girls,
crowded around a purring Taoa. A few feet away was a mother, watching
them. "Move over!" a boy said, "I can't get close to it! I want to pet
it!" "You were just petting it!" another boy snapped, "Let someone else
pet the cat!"
One of the kids spotted us and gave a squeak of
terror. The mother looked at us cautiously. "Please don't hurt us
demons!" one of the kids cried. "We're not going to hurt you." Mikoto
told them. "I just want my cat back." I explained. "Is the cat really
yours?" one of the girls asked. "Yes." I replied, "Her name is Taoa and
she's a demon fire cat."
"Cool!" the third boy who hadn't spoken yet
exclaimed. Taoa got up and walked over to me. "Transform." I told her.
She did. The kids gasped in amazement. "Would it be okay if I gave the
children rides?" I asked the mother, "Taoa's very gentle." The mother
looked Taoa over. "Once around the fire." she replied.
"Ohhhh!" the
second girl exclaimed, "More than that mama! Please?" "Yeah Auntie!"
one of the boys whined, "More than that!" A chorus of agreement was
voiced through the other three kids. "Alright." the woman sighed,
"Twice around the fire." I could tell that wasn't what the kids were
hoping for, but it was more than the first agreement so they didn't
complain.
Mikoto helped the children onto Taoa. I led them around
the fire twice then Mikoto took them off. "That was fun!" the first
girl said, "Thank you demons." "Thank you." the other kids echoed. "No
problem." I replied. Taoa changed back into her little state and we
walked away.
I yawned. "I bet you're tired." Mikoto commented, "We
did a lot of dancing tonight." "I'm very tired." I agreed. "Then I'll
walk you to your room." he said. I smiled. "I had a really good time
tonight." I told him, "Thanks for keeping your patience with me and
teaching to dance."
"It was fun teaching you." Mikoto replied, "Now
come on. I think if we don't hurry and get you to bed, you'll collapse
on me." I laughed. "I'm not that tired." I insisted. "Really?" Mikoto
asked playfully. I rolled my eyes.
Kagome: Kyo didn't know any dance steps? I don't think she got away from her real family soon enough.
Clear Waters: Hey, I can't dance and I didn't have a childhood like Kyo's!
Kagome: Then I feel bad for you.
Sango: Why is Shippo's hair turning yellow?
Clear Waters: He's using that stuff I gave him to turn it blond.
Miroku: Before you know it he'll be looking like a mini Inuyasha with silver hair.
Clear Waters: Sun in isn't that strong.
Kagome: If it was then it would be able to be used on black hair.
Sango: I'd like yellow hair.
Clear Waters: We call it blond now days.
Inuyasha: Did you get the ramen YET?!?!
Clear Waters: Yes. {Throws ramen at Inuyasha.}
Inuyasha: I can't make it myself wench!
Clear Waters: Then it's time you learned.
Inuyasha: Feh. Fine.
Sango: This is going to be good.
Kagome: Oh yeah.
Clear Waters: I made popcorn! Want to watch with me?
Kagome; Shippo; Miroku; Sango: Okay.
Inuyasha: Where's the damn thing to boil water in?!?!
Clear Waters: It's already on the stove Inuyasha.
Inuyasha: What's the stove? Oh! The thing that shoots flames, right?
Kagome: That's the one.
Inuyasha: {Turns on stove with hand on burner.} AAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAAH!
Shippo: That's got to hurt.
Clear Waters: Watch Inuyasha complete the ramen in the next end chat! R&R everyone!
