Chapter started Wednesday, August 10th. Not expected to be out soon, sorry dudes.
"Ooh Sesshoumaru…where are you, little doggie?" Kirara called out, looking around the mansion. Two quick sniffs of the air told her that he was in the kitchen. Kirara's blood boiled. If she was going to get an entirely new set of memories of her mistress dying, she was going to make Sesshoumaru pay for it. The fire demon growled and raced into the kitchen, slamming the door against the wall. There, she found Sesshoumaru fixing a pot of American coffee. She shuddered. "You're changing the past! We talked about this, and you said you wouldn't do it, damn it!" Kirara screamed, as Sesshoumaru laughed and turned around, looking at the girl. His long, silver hair now reached his knees, and was as silky as ever. He had a few wrinkled from having raises as many 'pups' as he had, but other than that, he looked exactly like he had five hundred years ago. That was, if you excluded the constant hurt look in his eyes that he had gained the day that he had found Kagome and Inuyasha's bodies. Kirara tried to ignore that aspect of him, and continued growling at him.
"Aah, Kirara, it's great to see you too. Come and give 'uncle' a hug." Sesshoumaru said, cackling. Kirara roared at him angrily, but then quickly got her demon blood back into control. "I love how much younger than me you look." Sesshoumaru said, walking over and taking a small handful of her hair, twirling it in his fingers. "I do love your hair color. Always have." He laughed at himself.
"Damn it, Sesshoumaru, you know I am your elder, even though I look nothing of it. Now answer my question; why did you go back on what you told me when I left? You told me that you were not going to change it, because it was too much of a risk. That we all would be different, that we'd have two sets of memories, and it wouldn't be fair. Damn it, I don't want to watch Sango die again! It was painful enough the first time, and you know how horribly those nightmares are!" Kirara screamed, tears pouring down her face silently. Sesshoumaru sighed and brought the young girl into his arms in simple effort to comfort her, as he smiled. She hadn't grown still, and he still towered over her. Good.
"Kirara, I…am sorry. I tried to get in touch with you, really I did. But I couldn't trace you. I even went to America to search, and you weren't fucking there. Shippo, Rin, Koga, Ayame and myself all talked about this. We all agreed that you would forgive us. We all agreed that we had to try and get them back." Sesshoumaru said quietly, and Kirara screamed in anger, then continued to cry.
"I can't believe you! You're ruining everything!" Kirara screamed, clutching Sesshoumaru's shirt tightly, as the dog demon stared down at the small girl sobbing in his arms. What is she talking about…
-flashback-
Sango looked up at the dog demon, whose eyes were blood shot. Sango felt tears welling up in her own eyes, as she placed a hand silently on her slightly swelled stomach. Soon, she would bear a child that would be named after Inuyasha or Kagome. But that was not her reason for seeing the demon.
"Kagome is of the future. In five hundred years, should you still be alive, you'll find her. You will find her, damn it, and you're going to save her." Sango hissed, glaring daggers through the dog demon, who nodded. He smelled her pregnancy, and sighed. She had no doubt conceived during she and the monk's "attempts" to comfort each other.
"I promise you I will. I'll get her back. And I will keep Shippo and Kirara near me after you have gone, and your descendants shall always be under my watch." Sesshoumaru vowed to Sango, offering her a hand shake. Sango forced a smile as silent tears streamed down her face as she took Sesshoumaru's hand, and shook it firmly. She would be able to die peacefully now, no matter how she was to die.
-end flashback-
"Kirara, this is what she ordered me to do. Five hundred years ago, while she was still pregnant with the twins, Inuyasha and Kagome, she made me vow to get her back. To watch you and Shippo, and to watch her descendants was my choice. But she made me vow to get them back. I'm not going to make all of my work watching you and Shippo and all of their perverted children and grand children and great grand children and so on in vain. I'm going to make Sango happy, even if she'll never know I did it." Sesshoumaru whispered, biting his lip. This was no time to cry, not while he was trying to comfort his surrogate first female pup. Kirara looked up at him.
"But you promised me. You promised me that you would not hurt me again. Never again. You promised, Sesshoumaru, and you're lying through your God damned teeth." Kirara screamed, collapsing to her knees, as Sesshoumaru knelt beside her.
"Kirara. You know how horribly depressed Sango was after Kagome and Inuyasha passed." Sesshoumaru's throat tightened. "Think of what your mistress would want, Kirara. Think of Sango." He whispered, and Kirara sobbed once more, touching her forehead to the floor, crying.
The door quietly opened, and for the second that Sesshoumaru and Shippo's eyes met, Shippo knew what was wrong with Kirara. Quickly rushing to her side, Kirara laid her head in Shippo's lap, as Sesshoumaru smirked and walked out of the room, shutting the door quietly.
Shippo looked down at the crying girl, not knowing what to do beside rub her back softly, hoping that she would quit crying. Seeing her cry pulled at his heart strings in an odd way, and he didn't like it. Now he knew how Inuyasha must have felt when Kagome cried. Whoa...wait. Does that mean that I'm in love with Kirara? She's hundreds of years older than me... Kirara looked up at her current head rest, and threw her arms around his neck, no longer crying. Shippo wrapped his arms around her waist, smiling contently, hugging her flush against himself. Screw ages. She looks younger than me. Nuzzling Kirara's neck softly, the boy sniffed her silently. She didn't smell like she used to. She smelled...better. A soft veil of salty water covered her true scent, but still, it didn't matter. Kirara pulled herself away from Shippo, looking him in the eyes.
"Shippo...I-" Kirara started, but Shippo pecked her on the lips to silence her.
"I know, Kirara. Me too." He whispered, hugging her again. Kirara's face lit up red as she rested her forehead against Shippo's shoulder, closing her eyes. Then, she heard it. The door flying open, and a human's scream.
"SHIMONU! I CAN'T BELIEVE YOU!" The girl shouted. Shippo's eyes flew open as she stared at the floor, quickly letting go of Kirara, even though his gut feeling told him not to.
"Eri, it's not what you think. Really. Kirara was remembering when her mother die-" Eri's scream cut him off.
"Bull shit, it's not what I think! You're making it up! This girl! She's the one you've been seeing!" Eri screamed, as Shippo winced, but then stared at his girlfriend.
"What do you...mean...seeing? Eri, Kirara just got into town earlier today. Sesshoumaru said something that upset her, something about Sang...her mother, and she was crying. You expect me to just say 'I have a girlfriend, go cry to Rin.'? Shippo shouted, glaring at Eri, who was still panting for air, angrily.
"Yeah, you should have!" She screamed, and Shippo growled loudly.
"You have GOT to be kidding me. After ALL those things that Kagome told me, you just turn out to be the exact opposite." Shippo shouted, growling at Eri, walking back to Kirara. "You know what I'm going to do? I'm going to fucking do this." Shippo shouted angrily, hugging Kirara again. Kirara pushed herself away from Shippo, staring at Eri quite obviously.
"He didn't tell you, did he? Sesshoumaru's going to get it now, the bastard." Kirara roared, as Shippo twitched, staring at Eri.
"What are you talking about? Damn it.." he mumbled, as Kirara laughed.
"You really don't know. She's one of Miroku and Sango's, ya idiot. Dear God, you must be the stupidest person I fucking know." Kirara screamed, tears streaming down her face, as she walked up to Eri and hugged her. "Don't ask, because I'm not going to explain. But my ancestors and your ancestors were very close, and...just don't ask." Kirara said, inhaling Eri's scent. It was exactly the same as Sango's had been after she and Miroku were married. Eri stood there, silently, half in shock that the girl that her boyfriend had been cheating on her was now hugging her, and half in shock that Shimonu was cheating on her with a girl with bright red hair. Shippo looked away, trying to mask the tears in his eyes.
"Kirara, I...I'm sorry." He said, as Kirara quickly let go of Eri and spun around, staring at Shippo.
"Never say you're sorry for something as stupid as that ever again, you hear?" She said quietly, to where Shippo barely even heard it himself, as Kirara darted out of the large kitchen, and made her way to her bedroom...or the room that had been hers before. She prayed it was still 'hers'.
"I...Eri...you've got to believe me." Shippo whispered, then mentally slapped himself. He was going to break up with her, he couldn't get her good with him again!
"Shimonu...I...I don't think that you were cheating on me, ok? But we're not doing so great. We need to quit this all. Just be friends for a while." Eri said quietly, masking the pain in her tone very well. Shippo's smile went un-noticed to Eri, who quickly turned around and made a bee line towards the door.
"Eri, check. Kirara, far from check." Shippo whispered to himself, following Kirara's scent up to what had in the past been her room. He shuddered at what she'd do when she found out that he had taken it for his room, but knew she would be ok with it when he told her the reason.
Kagome had spent the past few minutes looking for something to substitute as a bow and arrow, fumed loudly, and screamed as Inuyasha's wind scar came incredibly close to Koga, who was wearing out. Inuyasha, on the other hand, looked like he had just drank fifteen energy drinks, and was still on the buzz that they began with.
"Koga!" Kagome screamed in agony, watching as he barely dodged Inuyasha's wind scars.
"Kagome, turn away. I don't want my mate witnessing as I slaughter a worthless wolf." Inuyasha demanded, as Kagome growled, screaming again.
"Just stop it! Both of you! I never loved you, Koga, and I've told you that! I love Inuyasha, and always have, but you never let me get ANYTHING through your thick skull! Now quit trying to hurt Inuyasha, and you had better do the same!" Kagome screamed, as both men inwardly winced at the anger in Kagome's tone, but neither backed down. "It's not that I don't have feelings for you, they're just no-" Inuyasha charged at Koga. "Sit!" Kagome screamed, whimpering.
"See, dog shit? You did force yourself onto her. She's my woman, and I'm taking her back to my den right now to mate her before you can." Koga said, venom flowing into his tone. Kagome exploded. She tackled Koga to the ground, punching blindly as hard as she could. Harder than she ever imagined she could punch, but she never thought she would be this incredibly mad.
"Oh no you are not! I will NEVER be your damn woman. You aren't going to own me. If I'm bonded to anyone for the rest of my life, it's going to be the fucking man that's dug into the ground right fucking now. You're an insignificant, selfish BASTARD who isn't going to listen to any God DAMN reasoning, and if you can't accept the agony of defeat, then I NEVER want to see you again!" Kagome screamed, as Koga tried to wrestle the girl off of his form, but was unable to. Kagome had completely lost it.
"Kagome, settle down!" Inuyasha screamed, darting towards his mate, with blood streaming down his arm. He didn't care about Koga anymore, well, not at the moment, at least. He was most concerned about Kagome, and what Koga was going to do to her when he was free of her angry attack. Grabbing her and pulling her into his arms, and not in a loving way, either, he had trouble keeping the girl still. Koga sat up, but winced. Kagome had successfully broken his nose, and probably broken his cheek in more than one place. And she didn't know it, but her knuckles were bleeding.
"God...damn. I thought that I loved you Kagome, but I suddenly see that you're really in love with dog shit, not just saying that to make him happy. Have fun bearing his filthy pups." Koga snarled, slowly making his way away from the two. Kagome growled, trying to get out of Inuyasha's arms, even dragging her nails down his forearms. Inuyasha yelped in pain, but simply kept his hold on Kagome.
"Kagome! Settle down, damn it!" Inuyasha screamed, growling loudly, but Kagome refused to.
"Let me go, Inuyasha! Koga needs to pay for what he said! He had no righ..oof!" Inuyasha growled, having had enough, as he tackled Kagome to the ground, straddling her hips. No sooner had Kagome recognized their position did she notice that Inuyasha was forcefully kissing her. But now was not the time. She slapped her hands against his chest and pushed him away with all of her strength, but the hanyou did not stop. He didn't even budge. Resting one hand beneath Kagome's lower neck, he pinched her softly, as Kagome giggled and finally settled down. Inuyasha wasn't going to move, and that was for sure.
"You better, wench?" Inuyasha growled angrily, staring down at his mate. Kagome rolled her eyes and nodded, as Inuyasha forced his forehead against Kagome, as she whimpered in almost pain. "I said, are you better?" Inuyasha demanded angrily, as Kagome nodded quietly. "Good." Inuyasha growled loudly, standing up, taking the girl's hand. "Get on my back, we're going to your time." Inuyasha said angrily, as Kagome turned and looked away in the direction that Koga had disappeared. Inuyasha snarled and jerked Kagome to himself. "I said, get on my God damn back." Inuyasha snarled, as Kagome nodded quietly, and crawled onto his back.
Inuyasha sighed, laying Kagome down on her bed, and quickly covering the girl with the thick blankets on her bed. Looking over her small bulge in the covers, Inuyasha's heart ached. She made me think she loved me, but she actually loves that wolf bastard Koga. A small rumble roused from Inuyasha's throat as he looked at Kagome's angelic sleeping face, as he darted out of the room and down into the Higurashi's small kitchen.
"Inuyasha." Mrs. Higurashi's voice rang out from a far corner of the kitchen, as she held a steaming cup of tea. Inuyasha's eyes met those of the weary old woman, as he sighed.
"Hello. I just thought I'd bring your daughter back. I'm gonna be down the well." He said quickly, all in one breath, as he darted for the door. Mrs. Higurashi cleared her throat, though, which was an even more effective stop than a sit. Inuyasha winced.
"You looked horrible when you brought Kagome in. You look worse now. What's going on between you and my daughter?" The woman asked, looking into Inuyasha's golden eyes which shone, even through the dim lighting of the room.
"A lot less than I thought." Inuyasha growled, sighing and leaning against the wall. As Kagome's mother looked into Inuyasha's eyes and saw genuine pain, her heart ached a bit. Not wanting to snoop, but wanting to comfort Inuyasha, the woman sighed and walked over to the table, sitting down and pushing out a chair for Inuyasha. The half demon quickly sat down, but looked away from her.
"Inuyasha, my daughter loves you more than you could ever know. I don't know what she did, and I'm not going to ask you to tell me, but believe me. As her mother, I know practically everything about Kagome. She's told me how many times you've saved her. She cried to me whenever things happened with Kikyo. I know a lot more about you five than you could imagine." The woman said, smiling at Inuyasha, who was now staring at here, wide eyed.
"You know about Ki..." Inuyasha's eyes wandered off to the other side of the room, as the space between the wall and the floor suddenly became incredibly interesting. "You know that I've got to destroy Kikyo, then, don't you?" Inuyasha asked, as his voice squeaked a little.
"She's not the Kikyo you fell in love with. She is merely grave soil and clay with Kagome's soul to fill her. Once you realize this, Inuyasha, it shouldn't be too hard." The woman whispered, as she placed her hand comfortingly over Inuyasha's, knowing that the hanyou had tears streaming down his face, though he dare not face her to show her that he was being 'weak'.
"I know... But if Kagome actually loves me, then why does she act like that to the damn bast...Koga?" Inuyasha blurted out, barely able to keep his voice steady.
"Because of me." Inuyasha looked over at the woman. "As her father and I raised Kagome, Inuyasha, we taught her to never hurt anyone unless absolutely needed. That is how she was taught, and that is how I hope she will always be. It is part of her personality to be that nice, Inuyasha. I thought you would be able to understand that without anyone telling you." Mrs. Higurashi whispered, now shaken up at the mention of her husband. Inuyasha's sigh told the older woman that he was sorry, but it didn't do anything.
"And even though you may know Kagome as the cheery, bubbly girl that you've no doubt fallen for, she's nothing compared to what she was before the accident. Kagome was depressed for a few years after her father died." She sighed, as Inuyasha simply stared at her. I don't remember father's death, but I do remember mother crying...and then when mother was murdered... Inuyasha let a low growl from escape from his throat, as Mrs. Higurashi stared at him.
"I forgot. Your parents passed on when you were small, too, didn't they?" Kagome's mom asked quietly, as Inuyasha nodded in a rather small manner. He didn't like talking about them, why hadn't Kagome told her about this? Inuyasha sighed, closing his eyes and shaking his head.
"It's not something I like to talk about." He said bluntly, as Mrs. Higurashi nodded and chuckled, squeezing his hand softly.
"I understand." She whispered quietly, just noticing Kagome's dark figure in the doorway. She smiled at her daughter, but not noticeably enough for Inuyasha to notice her.
"It's just...everyone expects me to be so hard shelled, and when I do decide to let my damn guard down, they go ballistic." Inuyasha said, sighing at Mrs. Higurashi, who nodded. "I mean, Kagome is okay to do that to, but I can't tell her everything about my past...it would ruin her. She probably wouldn't think of me the same." Inuyasha whispered, as Mrs. Higurashi nodded again, standing up.
"I'll...leave you two alone." She said almost silently, as Inuyasha's eyes widened, as he spun around to see Kagome. Just as her mother disappeared from the room, a low growl escaped from his throat.
"What, you want me to take you to Koga's den?" Inuyasha snarled, as Kagome whimpered, taking a step out of the shadows. Inuyasha wondered how he had ignored Kagome's presence for so long...how long had she been there!
"You know how I feel about you, Inuyasha. How would you feel if this was how I reacted every time you got near Kikyo?" Kagome bit out, tears streaming down her face. She didn't want to hurt Inuyasha, but she didn't want to be hurt, either. Well, didn't want to be hurt any more than she obviously already was.
It took Inuyasha a bit to recoil from that one. That's exactly what I do, isn't it? I run off to Kikyo... Inuyasha whined, looking at Kagome.
"You know, I hoped us becoming mates would make you trust me a little bit more, but I guess not." Kagome said, angrily, and stormed across the room, on the way to the door.
"So that's the only reason why you agreed? Because I would trust you?" Inuyasha asked innocently, as Kagome froze, her hand on the doorknob.
"OF COURSE it's not the reason! Dear God, you're such an IDIOT! I agreed because I love you, and I'm sick of being hurt, and I thought that if we were mates or whatever that you would finally love JUST ME, and not me and her. I agreed because that meant that we could be together, Inuyasha!" Kagome screamed, throwing the door open and storming out into the courtyard of the shrine.
As it sit here, eating my canteloup(e) on the last day of summer, I finally decide that I am content with how much I got done on this story this summer, despite how little it actually was.
Mmmm, canteloup(e) sure is dandy. -offers to all reviewers-
So, while you all read this, just know that from now on, if I don't update much, it is not by my own choice. I'll have school. Homework. Friends. Boys. Homework. Dance team. Games. ... Homework. Strawberry Fanta. The White People Festival. The White Eagle Festival. (White People and White Eagle are the same thing. My mom, aunt and cousin are just weird.)
So I WILL update, you'll probably just have to be more patient.
Next Chapter! -rough outline-: The last of the InuyashaxKagome fluff for a while. Rin and Kagome spend quality time together, only to be barged in on by the source of Inuyasha's anger. PLEANTY of beating on the monk, and a scare that is truly worthy of shitting one's pants. Shippo and Kirara, friends, or more than?
Review Replies Time!
Remember, if you didn't get a reply, it's not because I didn't read your review, because I read them ALL, and am very thankful. I only reply to reviews that stick out to me. Like my bangs.
larthawarn: Heh, yes, Koga is being mean. But he has to be. Think about it: He's proclaimed his love for Kagome, and she goes off and gets a mate while he's doing God knows what with Ayame (tee hee.), wouldn't you be angry as well? Oh well, he got punished. And tee hee, Shippo and Kirara have had a thing going for each other since they were young. That memory will be revealed later, though. -giggles- I think I may be suffering from HVS (horny virgin syndrome. -giggles- but...yeah. So there might be a lemon sooner than I expected, though it might not be between Kagome and Inuyasha. -dies- my lime was icky, so my lemon will by sick. Puke-TASTICAL! Not puke-testicle. All though were one of my friends –coughSTEVEcough- to read this, he would scream "I love boobies!" right now in a very high pitched voice. But whatever. Ignore ALL of that if you wish. And I'm trying to get it out quickly, and I almost died without posting much KagomexInuyasha action. Seriously, I did.
angelXofXpeace: Yes, I had to end it there. Quite literally, had to. -giggles- evil me had a gun to good me's head, and said that if I didn't end it there, evil me would for-eh-vur take over. And good me couldn't let that happen.
InuYashaTetsusaiga140: Wow, just to inform you, it took me (quite literally) like five minutes to get your name typed right. -diiiiies- All rightey, down to business. You're very welcome. And tee hee, if I weren't already in that position, I would in ways that are weird. But oh well. Maybe when I get over it, who knoez!11!strawberryzandeyeliner!111! I love sequels too. Jaken...you wanna go, b-tch? -Amanda and Jaken have a dance-a-thon- ... anyways... And thank you again. I knew I had to get her in there. I mean, come on. If you watch Inuyasha in America on Adult Swim, you've seen that in the newest (when they show it on Saturday) ending, they have pictures of Kagome and Inuyasha together (check mark), Miroku and Sango together (check mark), and Shippo and Kirara together(check mark to be). And...yeah! I just started thinking about it, and Kirara is actually based EXACTLY off of one of my best friends. -hugs- So...yeah. She's going to lost her virginity to a fox demon. -snickers- I shall tell her that once I'm done typing up reviews. xD And I quote her "O.o nooooo...They aren't what I'm looking for." hehe. Well... blink Ningen form? -dies of stupidity- Do you mean human form that shows that she's older than Fluffy? I'll explain that either in this chapter, or a later chapter. XP I lurve you!
Havokmastr3133: Hehe. I wish I could. But I caaaaaaaan't.
Ryoko Ao Midroi: Hehe. -Hands paper bag- Don't die on me. The police would search your computer, find my icky lime, report me to and the story would get deleted! –sob-
surfbratt: Thankey. I usually read a fiction until I finish it. -dies- which usually takes a while.
Anniechanalc: Why yes, yes I am available for bed time stories. Because I'm poor and want money. -point- AND OMFG...-sits and stares at dress- it's so shiny and sparkly and PRETTY... -moves dress a little, fawns over s'more- It's almost as beautiful as Brandon Flowers when he smiles. Just almost. Aah, he's sexy. And I was probably one of the closest people (physically) to him at the concert. –giggles half to death-
Kei-Ookami.kara.mori: PASTRIES! -tackle glomp-
Bookwormjavajunkie: FINALLY! I thought you were dead. No, seriously, I did. XX;; And hehe, I couldn't resist. Jaken is just...too fun to toy with. -pokes Jaken with a stick-
Jaken: You are so mean to me! You just wait until I tell Lord Sesshoumaru of this! -fumes-
Alrightey. -K.O.'s Jaken- much better. And heh, I'm actually basing Kirara's humanoid form exactly off of one of my best friends over the internet. And wow, where have I been? I've never seen a KiraraxShippo pairing before...hm. I'll have to search that. Anyways, thanks for the review! -hug-
Inuhpgirl: Hehe, thankey! I kind of went out on a limb, because I'd never seen a fic before with Kirara as a human. And I hope that this is soon enough... -gives you some of mom's pasta salad- It's the best. Ever. I promise.
Edit: Sorry this took so long to post. Amanda has dial up, see. And when city phone lines flip out, dial up doesn't work. w00t! BIG THUNDER! –giggles uncontrollably- sorry, I'm excited. Amanda just got back from the white people festival. Saw certain people. Made me smile. Aah, my headphones just spazzed out. I'm off to start on the next chapter.