I've just thought of another plot line to toss into the mix in this story! Enjoy! Oh, and before anyone thinks that I'm making fun of hippies, I want to proclaim proudly know that I own the outfit I described in the picture, and I wear it often, with a tie-dye shirt underneath the vest. Hippy power forever!
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Prisoners
Hippy Hanyou
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Kagome sat in her room, seething. *Dumb, crude, insufferable hanyou... and a pervert, too. At least I only have three weeks to go. He's probably only keeping me here so he can get my shikon shard anyway,* the thought stung. She took the little carved soapstone box down from her night stand. *Couldn't hurt to check...* she opened the box.
Instantly the room was flooded with soothing butterscotch light. Kagome snapped the box shut. *That's never happened before! It must be reacting to being so close to the rest of the jewel. I should probably take it to the shrine for safe keeping-* there was a knock at her door.
"Go away, dog breath!" she yelled.
"Hey, that's fox breath!" came the falsely angry reply.
"Shippo!" Kagome stuffed the box under her pillow. "Come on in!"
The door opened to the fox demon, and Kagome took a moment to wonder at just how much he had changed. His tail was now smooth and long, he was almost as tall as Inu Yasha, and his face would now be better described as 'handsome' rather than 'cute'. Still, his eyes were the same, big and trusting. "Kagome, can we talk?"
Kagome was snapped out of her reverie, "Of course, Shippo," she gestured to the end of the bed.
The grown demon sat down, a worried expression on his face, "So, how was brunch?" Kagome gave him a look, "Wow, that bad, huh?"
"Worse... where were you during the carnage, anyway?"
"Away," Shippo answered simple, staring down at his fox feet
"'Away' where?" Kagome asked slyly.
"Nowhere special..." Shippo still didn't look at her.
"Even after five hundred years you still can't tell a decent lie, Shippo," Kagome smiled.
Shippo licked his lips and looked at her, "Okay... here's the truth," his mouth opened wide, but no sound came out.
"Yes?" Kagome prompted.
Shippo sighed, "The truth is, I really want to tell you, but I don't think I can. If Inu Yasha found out...."
"Shippo, you know I wouldn't tell Inu Yasha!" Kagome insisted, "I barely ever speak to Inu Yasha."
"Sure you don't now, but you two are meant for each other! You'll probably be engaged by the end of the month!" Shippo had a strange mixture of emotions on his face at the thought, each vying for dominance.
"Shippo, I don't completely understand, I thought you wanted Inu Yasha and I to be together."
Shippo furrowed his brow, "I do! But when you're married to him, I won't be able to tell this to you... and I really need to tell someone...."
Kagome put a hand on the kitsune's shoulder, "Shippo, I have no intention of marrying Inu Yasha. I'm going to be leaving at the end of the month, and after that my only contact with him will be through you. You can tell me anything."
Shippo shook his head furiously, "No! I don't want that, either! Kagome, I love both of you, only don't tell him I said that, and I want you to be happy, and I know that the thing that would make you happiest would be if you were together, and I don't want to wreck that even if it does mean that I can never tell you what I'm dying to tell you!" he said this all very fast.
Kagome blinked. She had barely registered all of what he'd said, so she just picked one part of his little speech to address, "He didn't wait for five centuries. You said it yourself, he was unfaithful!"
Shippo nodded slightly, "Well, you gotta understand, Inu Yasha was an outcast from both human and demon culture for years..."
"Because he was a hanyou," Kagome interjected.
"Right. Now that meant that for centuries no self respecting female, human or demon, would come near him."
"Wait, are you saying I'm not self respecting?"
"No, but you're different, Kagome! Anyway, Inu Yasha didn't care about that, because he was waiting for you. Then a few decades ago we were in America, and they had gotten into a war in Vietnam...."
"In the sixties."
"Yeah, then, so it was pretty recent. Back then there was this idea called free love. As a result, pretty soon there were a lot of little hanyou kids running around," Kagome blushed, "and Inu Yasha was suddenly really popular. Lots of people looked at him as a trail blazer for hanyou rights. Especially the women. He had a few flings, but nothing really important, no true relationships. Then you were born and he stopped seeing any other women altogether."
Kagome tried to digest it all, "Where was he when I was born?" she asked quietly.
Shippo smiled widely, "We were in the waiting room. Your father was in there too, earlier. He was a wreck, almost as bad as Inu Yasha. Then he came through with a doctor and we followed him to the observation window. He assumed we were there to see someone else, I guess, but we were all looking at you. You were a cute baby, Kagome."
Kagome shook her head in wonder, "That's amazing... so why did you two wait so long to come and see me when I was old enough to appreciate it?"
Shippo regarded her, "We only waited a year, that's like a month in demon time. I guess Inu Yasha only waited even that long because he was nervous..... Almost all the friction between you two was caused by him being impatient and immature, and I guess he just wanted to be sure he was really ready for you."
Kagome smiled.
*****
"Inu Yasha, Shippo! Lunch time!"
Shippo came careening down the hall. "Quick, Kagome, look!" Shippo held out a blue book with the words 'Family Memories' on the cover. Shippo's finger was acting as a bookmark.
Kagome took the book and opened it to the page Shippo had indicated. Her eyes opened wide.
From the date on the bottom, the picture was about forty years old. In it, she could see a person wearing a brightly colored beaded headband, wrapped just under his pointed ears. In addition, he wore a brown leather vest with lots of fringe, no shirt, and long patchwork bell bottoms with bare feet. He was holding up two fingers in a peace sign. "Kami... this is Inu Yasha?"
Shippo burst out laughing, "Isn't it hilarious? Now let me go hide it before Dog Boy sees..." he winked, "He thinks I burned it back in seventy-eight!"
Shippo went out one door just as Inu Yasha came in the other. Kagome looked at him for a long moment before gesturing to the table. "Miso soup and sandwiches," she stated simply.
Inu Yasha nodded and took a seat. His ears flattened as he saw Kagome staring at him. Mumbling, he bought the spoon to his lips. As he sipped the hot miso, Kagome had a sudden mental image of him sitting there in the outfit in the picture. She began to giggle.
"What?" the hanyou demanded. He looked at the spoon in his hand, "Did you do something to the soup?!"
Kagome shook her head, still laughing. "What's so funny?" Shippo asked entering the room.
"Don't eat the soup, Kagome may have poisoned it," the hanyou explained seriously. Kagome just laughed harder.
Inu Yasha's ears perked up, and his nose began sniffing. "Quiet, I think I heard something." Kagome nodded and managed to keep her laughter to a final inappropriate snort. Inu Yasha's ears turned toward the front of the house just as the pounding on the door started.
"Open up, dog puke! I know you've got Kagome in there!"
Shippo rolled his eyes, "Kouga...."
Inu Yasha grimaced, "...and just after I got rid of Hoho, too.... Do we have any more tuna salad?" he asked Kagome. Kagome blushed at the memory.
"Never mind that, let's just give him some soup," Shippo suggested. Kagome snickered.
Just then, the door was ripped from it's hinges by a very angry wolf demon.
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TBC
*Vega squints really hard* Hey! I can almost see the end of this fic from here!
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day!
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Prisoners
Hippy Hanyou
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Kagome sat in her room, seething. *Dumb, crude, insufferable hanyou... and a pervert, too. At least I only have three weeks to go. He's probably only keeping me here so he can get my shikon shard anyway,* the thought stung. She took the little carved soapstone box down from her night stand. *Couldn't hurt to check...* she opened the box.
Instantly the room was flooded with soothing butterscotch light. Kagome snapped the box shut. *That's never happened before! It must be reacting to being so close to the rest of the jewel. I should probably take it to the shrine for safe keeping-* there was a knock at her door.
"Go away, dog breath!" she yelled.
"Hey, that's fox breath!" came the falsely angry reply.
"Shippo!" Kagome stuffed the box under her pillow. "Come on in!"
The door opened to the fox demon, and Kagome took a moment to wonder at just how much he had changed. His tail was now smooth and long, he was almost as tall as Inu Yasha, and his face would now be better described as 'handsome' rather than 'cute'. Still, his eyes were the same, big and trusting. "Kagome, can we talk?"
Kagome was snapped out of her reverie, "Of course, Shippo," she gestured to the end of the bed.
The grown demon sat down, a worried expression on his face, "So, how was brunch?" Kagome gave him a look, "Wow, that bad, huh?"
"Worse... where were you during the carnage, anyway?"
"Away," Shippo answered simple, staring down at his fox feet
"'Away' where?" Kagome asked slyly.
"Nowhere special..." Shippo still didn't look at her.
"Even after five hundred years you still can't tell a decent lie, Shippo," Kagome smiled.
Shippo licked his lips and looked at her, "Okay... here's the truth," his mouth opened wide, but no sound came out.
"Yes?" Kagome prompted.
Shippo sighed, "The truth is, I really want to tell you, but I don't think I can. If Inu Yasha found out...."
"Shippo, you know I wouldn't tell Inu Yasha!" Kagome insisted, "I barely ever speak to Inu Yasha."
"Sure you don't now, but you two are meant for each other! You'll probably be engaged by the end of the month!" Shippo had a strange mixture of emotions on his face at the thought, each vying for dominance.
"Shippo, I don't completely understand, I thought you wanted Inu Yasha and I to be together."
Shippo furrowed his brow, "I do! But when you're married to him, I won't be able to tell this to you... and I really need to tell someone...."
Kagome put a hand on the kitsune's shoulder, "Shippo, I have no intention of marrying Inu Yasha. I'm going to be leaving at the end of the month, and after that my only contact with him will be through you. You can tell me anything."
Shippo shook his head furiously, "No! I don't want that, either! Kagome, I love both of you, only don't tell him I said that, and I want you to be happy, and I know that the thing that would make you happiest would be if you were together, and I don't want to wreck that even if it does mean that I can never tell you what I'm dying to tell you!" he said this all very fast.
Kagome blinked. She had barely registered all of what he'd said, so she just picked one part of his little speech to address, "He didn't wait for five centuries. You said it yourself, he was unfaithful!"
Shippo nodded slightly, "Well, you gotta understand, Inu Yasha was an outcast from both human and demon culture for years..."
"Because he was a hanyou," Kagome interjected.
"Right. Now that meant that for centuries no self respecting female, human or demon, would come near him."
"Wait, are you saying I'm not self respecting?"
"No, but you're different, Kagome! Anyway, Inu Yasha didn't care about that, because he was waiting for you. Then a few decades ago we were in America, and they had gotten into a war in Vietnam...."
"In the sixties."
"Yeah, then, so it was pretty recent. Back then there was this idea called free love. As a result, pretty soon there were a lot of little hanyou kids running around," Kagome blushed, "and Inu Yasha was suddenly really popular. Lots of people looked at him as a trail blazer for hanyou rights. Especially the women. He had a few flings, but nothing really important, no true relationships. Then you were born and he stopped seeing any other women altogether."
Kagome tried to digest it all, "Where was he when I was born?" she asked quietly.
Shippo smiled widely, "We were in the waiting room. Your father was in there too, earlier. He was a wreck, almost as bad as Inu Yasha. Then he came through with a doctor and we followed him to the observation window. He assumed we were there to see someone else, I guess, but we were all looking at you. You were a cute baby, Kagome."
Kagome shook her head in wonder, "That's amazing... so why did you two wait so long to come and see me when I was old enough to appreciate it?"
Shippo regarded her, "We only waited a year, that's like a month in demon time. I guess Inu Yasha only waited even that long because he was nervous..... Almost all the friction between you two was caused by him being impatient and immature, and I guess he just wanted to be sure he was really ready for you."
Kagome smiled.
*****
"Inu Yasha, Shippo! Lunch time!"
Shippo came careening down the hall. "Quick, Kagome, look!" Shippo held out a blue book with the words 'Family Memories' on the cover. Shippo's finger was acting as a bookmark.
Kagome took the book and opened it to the page Shippo had indicated. Her eyes opened wide.
From the date on the bottom, the picture was about forty years old. In it, she could see a person wearing a brightly colored beaded headband, wrapped just under his pointed ears. In addition, he wore a brown leather vest with lots of fringe, no shirt, and long patchwork bell bottoms with bare feet. He was holding up two fingers in a peace sign. "Kami... this is Inu Yasha?"
Shippo burst out laughing, "Isn't it hilarious? Now let me go hide it before Dog Boy sees..." he winked, "He thinks I burned it back in seventy-eight!"
Shippo went out one door just as Inu Yasha came in the other. Kagome looked at him for a long moment before gesturing to the table. "Miso soup and sandwiches," she stated simply.
Inu Yasha nodded and took a seat. His ears flattened as he saw Kagome staring at him. Mumbling, he bought the spoon to his lips. As he sipped the hot miso, Kagome had a sudden mental image of him sitting there in the outfit in the picture. She began to giggle.
"What?" the hanyou demanded. He looked at the spoon in his hand, "Did you do something to the soup?!"
Kagome shook her head, still laughing. "What's so funny?" Shippo asked entering the room.
"Don't eat the soup, Kagome may have poisoned it," the hanyou explained seriously. Kagome just laughed harder.
Inu Yasha's ears perked up, and his nose began sniffing. "Quiet, I think I heard something." Kagome nodded and managed to keep her laughter to a final inappropriate snort. Inu Yasha's ears turned toward the front of the house just as the pounding on the door started.
"Open up, dog puke! I know you've got Kagome in there!"
Shippo rolled his eyes, "Kouga...."
Inu Yasha grimaced, "...and just after I got rid of Hoho, too.... Do we have any more tuna salad?" he asked Kagome. Kagome blushed at the memory.
"Never mind that, let's just give him some soup," Shippo suggested. Kagome snickered.
Just then, the door was ripped from it's hinges by a very angry wolf demon.
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TBC
*Vega squints really hard* Hey! I can almost see the end of this fic from here!
Happy Martin Luther King Jr. Day!