Disclaimer: Kumita here! Sango has taken the pleasure of ridding me of my monk probelm. So I commissioned Inuyasha to do the disclaimer for me.
Inuyasha: I do get ramen out of this, right?
Kumita: yeah..yeah ramen blah blah. Just say what I told you to already.
Inuyasha: uh...this crazy chick I'm talking to doesn't own me or anything that has something to do with me. (looks at kumita) How's that?
Kumita: I could've done without the 'crazy chick' part, but yeah sure.
Inuyasha: Ramen. Now.
Kumita: yeah...yeah...Read away!
Chapter 5: Another Man in the House
He stood in the hall for a moment, not sure what to make of the stranger he saw with his Kagome.
He didn't like it at all, the stranger was a man. That was bad enough. He wouldn't stand for it. Nobody was allowed to speak to his Kagome without his expressed consent, as far as he was concerned.
He leapt forward to intervene.
Suddenly, there was a small puff ball-like creature standing on the table between Inuyasha and Kagome. It resembled a small boy; as long as you overlooked the puffy tail that was roughly the size of his small body, and the appearance of his fox-like feet. His wide sky blue eyes, were fixed with what was supposed to be a glare pointed at Inuyasha, but he was far too young to really get the look across. He only succeeded in looking like he was pouting.
"Who are you." The fox child demanded studying the white-haired guy in front of him with suspicion and hidden curiousity.
Kagome seemed almost dumbfounded. Inuyasha leaned expertly around the kit to see her, while pointing a finger at the kid on the table, completely unafraid of his threatening demeaner.
"Who's this?" Inuyasha asked pointedly.
"I'm asking the questions around here! Now who are you!" The small demon child took a defensive stance in front of Kagome on the table.
Inuyasha was at a loss, Kagome still had yet to speak so he really didn't know what to make of the kid, though some buried instinct twisted his face into a light scowl at the child's antics.
"H-He's a guest" Kagome finally spoke up on Inuyasha's behalf.
"Hmmm..." The apparent minature bodyguard, gave Inuyasha an I-dare-you-to-try-somethan' look, and turned to face Kagome.
"Are you sure he's not just a jerk, big sis?"
"Yes, now go back to your room. I'll be there in a little while." Kagome smiled softly at the kit who immediately melted from bodyguard to teddy bear, leaping into Kagome's lap.
"'Kay." He said as he hugged Kagome around her stomach, voice muffled in the old fabric of her kimono. She lightly hugged him back with one arm, while the other lazily stroked his arburn colored hair. He than hopped off the table and walked casually toward the hall from which he came. Stopping just short of the hall, he looked back at Inuyasha.
"I'll be watching you." He said, then disappeared down the dark hallway.
Inuyasha looked over at Kagome when the boy had gone from sight. Her eyes lingered on where he had been last, a small smile on her face.
"Big Sis?" Inuyasha inquired.
"I found him in a clearing in the forest behind this house. He was unconcious and bruised and there was nothing around that looked like it might take care of him, so I took him in and nursed him back to health, once he came around, he refused to leave me. Now he's my little brother."
"The fact that he was a demon didn't bother you at all?"
"He's a child and he needed help, demon or not."
Inuyasha seemed satisfied with his dinner by now, and with the conversation. He turned away from Kagome, with his arms folded loosely across his chest, staring into a distance that only he could see. Kagome couldn't help but feel a sense of deja-veu at his current posture. Something in that pose seemed vaguely familar and it begged to come from hidding deep in her mind, but Kagome's more rational thoughts mashed out whatever it was that was lingering around to cause such things.
"What's the kit's name?" Inuyasha's deep voice resounded in the quiet.
"Shippou."
'Shippou...? ' Every name he came across lately seemed to have some hidden meaning connected to it. Kagome. Shippou. Now thinking about it, even Kikyou's name did, but he didn't seem to like thinking of her. He'd never heard these name's before...
Before he came here to Tomeshi...to where Kagome was. That was just ridiculous though, she was just some lost cause; an untouchable with no real friends and no inhuman powers. She was about as capable of concocting something tricky and mysterious, as a fish was to walk around on dry land and speak with a British accent.
It just wouldn't happen.
Kagome, in the meantime, had collected the dishes she and Inuyasha had used, washed and put them away. She scanned her memories of any encounters with a white-haired kid when she was younger and came up with nothing. Even in her most erotic dreams, she'd never even been whisked away by a muscle bound, white-haired man with piercing gold-yellow eyes.
Though, she imagined that dream wouldn't be half bad...
The sun had long set, and the city around Kagome's little shack shut down and cozied up for the night.
Well yeah, there it is the 5th installment, short and extra sweet, for whoever may be reading. I really enjoyed writing this chapter. Hope you had as much fun reading it.
Oh yeah! and thanks to the person who gave me stars even if they were stolen :)
keep reading you guys!
Inuyasha: I ran out of ramen.
Kumita: ...so...?
Inuyasha: I want mooooore.
Kumita: ..if I close my eyes, maybe he won't see me...(closes eyes)
Inuyasha: (looks at empty ramen cup, looks up at Kumita whose eyes are closed tightly, looks back down at ramen cup, tosses cup over shoulder and walks off.)