The Kitakawas
Kazuki's mother came over and snatched the redheaded man's ear… "Explain to me where you went! I went over to the Higarashi's to pick you up and no one was home! Finally Mrs. Higarashi comes home and I hear a thud in the well house!" She continued to shake his head. It seemed as if she didn't quit she would tear the poor man's ear off…
Kazuki tapped his mother on the shoulder, "Uh Mom, could you let him go?" He nodded towards poor Kenshin who had swirls in his eyes.
"Oh my goodness!" She let him go, "Wait, who in the world is this?" She grabbed Kenshin's face and studied it. She was perplexed and dumbfounded, "Kazuki—what's going on?" She turned to face her son.
He sighed and refusing to face his mother in the eye, "Kagome, could you take this one? I don't feel so well, I think I'm gonna go take a nap…" He left the well house in silence.
As soon as he left Mrs. Higarashi entered and frowned, "Kagome! I thought maybe you and Kazuki went to one of your friend's house! You didn't take him where I think you did, did you?" Kagome nodded and Mrs. Higarashi massaged her temples frustrated, "Well, come inside Mrs. Kitakawa, this could take awhile to explain, and I'm not going to even ask about the other two!" She massaged her temples with both hands now, "Okay, Okay, everyone inside, and Kagome, please go get Kazuki."
And it did take awhile to explain…Kagome had to tell them how Inuyasha came looking for her and nearly killed Kazuki, how Kazuki wanted to see Feudal Japan…They left out how Inuyasha and Kenshin nearly killed each other but most everything they told.
Mrs. Kitakawa sat there trying to absorb the information. She looked at Kenshin and Sanosuke who were busy flipping through TV channels as if it were the most important thing in the world to them. Mrs. Kitakawa frowned, "Make sure they don't flip to the history channel please." Sanosuke then began flipping the channels more rapidly looking for the history channel. Kagome snatched it from him and turned the power off. Her expression showed she was a tad bit annoyed. Mrs. Kitakawa continued to stare at Kenshin, "So who is he? And why does he look like my Kazuki?"
"Well, believe it or not, I'm his reincarnation." Kazuki muttered. He looks at his now passed out mother and sighs. "Well, that went better then I thought. Now what?"
"You tell me!" Inuyasha growled, "I didn't want to bring them here in the first place!"
"No…I mean I was hungry again…can we get something to eat?" Kazuki looked at Mrs. Higarashi hoping she would say yes.
"Of course, maybe the smell of food will wake your mother." She forced out a laugh and walked into the kitchen to fix them some food. "How does roast beef sound? I can make carrots and potatoes too…" Her voice faded when she shut the kitchen door behind her.
Kagome followed her in and stopped her before she could get anything out of the fridge, "Actually mom, I wanted to go in the well today, I want to see if me going in first will take us back to Feudal Japan instead of the Meiji Era." She stopped a moment and smiled, "Besides, I don't really feel like explaining any more things to Kenshin and Sanosuke, a microwave might freak them out." They both laughed.
"Honey, should you take Kenshin and Sanosuke back to the Meiji Era?"
"Well, I thought maybe if I take Kazuki and them to the Feudal Era first, Kazuki would agree to send them back," She closed her eyes and let out a long sigh, "I just met Kazuki two days ago and already I feel like I've known him all my life."
Her mother giggled, "Well, good luck with that dear." They both walked back into the living room where they found Kazuki showing them a CD player.
"And you press this button and…" Kazuki pushed the play button and out blared some American Music. All five of them covered their ears and the unconscious woman sprung to life.
"Kazuki! For the last time! If I hear you blare that music again you will be grounded until your older then me!" His mother snapped. She pushed the stop button on his CD player and frowned.
"That could take awhile…" He grumbled. In response his mother hit the back of his head.
"Where am I?" She looked at all the faces in the room stopping at Kenshin's, "Oh ya…"
Kenshin smiled, "Are you feeling any better Mrs. Kitakawa?" She nodded then sat upright holding her head.
"I have a bad headache though…So you're my son's incarnate?" Kenshin nodded, she brought her attention to Sanosuke, "Who in the world are you then?"
"I'm Kenshin's friend, Sanosuke. Hey kid, are we going to kick demon butt anytime soon? I need some exercise." He punched the air a few times.
"Kazuki…" Mrs. Kitakawa's eye twitched slightly, "What does he mean fight demon?"
"Well…ya see Mom…I kinda wanted to go with Kagome for awhile…and I really wanted to bring them with. Come on Mom! I'll be careful! Besides! I want Kenshin to teach me how to sword fight! You know I've been looking for someone to teach me how to sword fight, someone who met my standards…" He trailed off and looked at Kagome. "So, he can come back to the Feudal Era with us right?" His violet eyes were sincere and sad at the same time. Why did it mean so much for him to learn how to sword fight Kagome wondered.
"Well, I guess it's more your mother's choice then mine." Kagome said.
"He may do as he pleased…I don't want to stand in his way. But please take care of him okay?" She walked over to his son and hugged him, "Be careful okay? I don't know what I'd do without you…" She stroked his long red head and laughed, "Besides, you're the only one who knows how to talk to your older brother."
Kazuki laughed, "Ya, well, I'm gonna restock my backpack with stuff." He kissed his mother on the cheek and left the house to go to his own.
"You didn't say you had other children." Mrs. Higarashi looked at Mrs. Kitakawa, "I just assumed Kazuki was your only son."
"We have another son, he's 19 and his name is Kisho." As she said this they could hear a motorcycle start and a loud yelp. She shook her head and laughed. "Speaking of which that would be him, he must've 'accidentally' almost hit Kazuki. Before you all leave, why don't you have supper at my house?"
Sanosuke's stomach growled loudly, "Sounds good to me, wouldn't want to go demon hunting on an empty stomach."
Kenshin smiled, "Thank you for your hospitality Mrs. Kitakawa." They all decided they might as well go over now and make sure Kazuki didn't get hurt. When they approached the Kitakawa house they could see Kazuki was in a headlock. The person giving the headlock had medium, black, messy hair and brown eyes; he was wearing a leather jacket, black jeans, boots, and a black T-shirt.
"Hey dare you kick my bike you punk!" He tightened his grip on Kazuki's neck, which was still injured for previous reasons. He didn't realize that he was hurting Kazuki and apparently thought Kazuki was joking.
Sanosuke walked over to the guy and picked him up by his shirt forcing him to let go of Kazuki. Kazuki fell to the ground and begin breathing harshly while rubbing his neck. "Who are you…?"
"Wait Sanosuke! That's Kisho! He was just rough housing," Mrs. Kitakawa went over to her son, "Are you okay Kazuki?" He nodded and sat there his breath becoming normal again. "Kisho! Couldn't you see that your brother got injured?"
Sanosuke dropped Kisho like he was a sack of potatoes and Kisho ran over to his motorcycle, "Well, tell him not to kick my bike anymore! Dammit! I'm gonna have to buff this out…and who the hell are the funky dressed people? And you make it sound like Kazuki was attacked, who the hell would be stupid enough to attack Kazuki?" Kisho punched his hand into the other. "Especially when they'd have to mess with me. Wait? Does that guy have cat ears?"
"They're dog ears! Why can't you people get that through your head! And I attacked Kazuki! Now, if anyone has anymore questions they can talk to my fists!" Inuyasha screamed.
Silence…
"Sit boy!"
Slam…
Silence…
"Mom…I swear I haven't been drinking…but you do see what I see right?" Kisho's eye twitched rapidly.
Kagome growled under her breath, "Okay, everyone inside! I am going to explain this one more time!" She started trudging inside but ran into a man with black hair and brown eyes. "Oh sorry!"
"It's okay Miss, um dear? Who are our guests? And explain what…wait…does that guy have cat ears?" the Man asked looking dumbfounded.
"They're dog ears!" Inuyasha held his head and screamed towards the sky.
He stared confused, "What?"
"Everyone inside…Now…" Kagome held her head in frustration, "Unless another Kitakawa wants to appear out of nowhere!" She was tackled by a large dog who had come from inside. She fell down and the oversized pooch was licking her face.
Kazuki whistled and the dog went over to him. It was an overweight husky. He petted the dog and laughed at Kagome, "This is Temis…" He ruffled the dog's long soft fur, "Good girl, now if you just wouldn't lick the intruders you'd be a topnotch guard dog!"
"Kazuki you jerk!" She yelled, "Now can we go inside now so I can explain things?" They all entered inside and Kagome explained once again, hopefully for the last time, about almost everything.
"Now…" She sat there looking at the group of people, "Any questions?"
"Ya, can we eat now?" Sanosuke's stomach made a really loud growl. "I've had to hear that same story at least three times now."
"I'll go make supper now." Mrs. Kitakawa left the living room and entered the kitchen.
Mr. Kitakawa turned to his son, "You sure you want to do this?"
"Course, Pops," He said still petting Temis. "I want to learn to sword fight, and that way, me and Kagome can help each other with homework. We do share most of the same classes."
"Wait Kazuki!" Kagome stood up suddenly, "What are you going to say when people ask you where you have been!"
"I'll just tell them I was taking care of you," He rolled his eyes, "We will be gone the same days after all." He stood up and stretched, "I don't feel to well, I'm gonna take a nap for awhile…get me when Mom's done, okay Pops?" He walked down a hall and disappeared with Temis close behind.
It was awkwardly silent so Kagome out of nowhere blurted out, "Can I see your sword collection Mr. Kitakawa?" Kisho gave her a look like poison that almost stung, and Mr. Kitakawa just looked even more dumbfounded.
"What makes you think I have swords?" He smiled sheepishly and laughed, "I'm way to clumsy to own swords!" He put his arm behind his back and knocked over a lamp. He sighed and looked at Kenshin and Sanosuke who were flipping through channels. "But Kazuki has some swords in his room, Kisho, go take her please…wait! Don't change it to the next channel!" He reached for the remote but it was to late and quite an interesting scene came upon the TV. Sanosuke's and Kenshin's faces went crimson red and Kisho just laughed. "Kisho! I thought I had a block on these channels!" He turned off the TV. "Now go show Kagome Kazuki's room."
He started walking down the hall and Kagome followed him until they were in a room filled with swords and they saw Kazuki sprawled on his bed looking at one of them. Temis growled lightly at Kisho and Kagome but soon ignored them. "Hey Kazuki, wench wants to see you…"
"You're even worse then Kazuki!" She snapped, "What was that for?"
His eyes grew cold and he put his face level to hers, "Because little girls should keep their mouths shut." He left the room bumping into her as he exited.
Kagome sat next to Kazuki's body on his bed, "So these swords are yours?"
Kazuki ignored her and cleaned it off not bothering to get up.
"Kazuki are you okay?" She felt his forehead and she brushed her hand off.
"Nothing, I was just thinking," He muttered. Temis lifted her head slightly to growl then went back to sleep. She continued to sit there staring at him trying to figure out what was wrong. "Kagome…you're really pissing me off…"
She jumped a little, "What did I do?"
He sat up angrily and nearly pushed her onto the floor, "I don't want to talk right now!" He yelled. "I was trying to think! Now leave me alone!"
Kagome stood up and glared at him, "I just wanted to see what was wrong! There's no need to be so rude! I just was trying to be polite! You are so stubborn!"
He sighed and rolled over putting his sword on its rightful place on the wall, "Sorry Kagome…it's just…"
"Dinners ready!" Mrs. Kitakawa yelled.
Kazuki left the sentence at that and went to the kitchen. Kagome followed and so did Temis.
When they got in there Mrs. Kitakawa smiled, "Inuyasha helped me cook, isn't that sweet?"
Kazuki burst out laughing and pointed to the dog demon. "He helped you?" Kagome started to giggle as well trying to imagine Inuyasha in an apron.
"I just wanted to see how you cook! That's all!" He sat down grumbling. "Can we eat now?"
"Of course, hope everyone enjoys it!"
They were having chicken, rice, and some fruit stuff. The adults talked, including Kenshin, while the people under 20 sat there in awkward silence. Kagome tried enjoying the peacefulness while it lasted, had a feeling that tomorrow would be much more interesting…and she was wondering what was bothering Kazuki…wait! Didn't he still have the Jewel shard in him!
Next Time on Inuyasha: Kagome is worried about Kazuki, and now they're in Feudal Japan. They get to meet the jewel hunting gang and fight some demons! Next time on Inuyasha, Back to Feudal Japan.