A Tale of Two Hanyou's

Or

The New Hanyou's

Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha (I going to give up trying for now and finish my essays)

Chapter Eight: Explanations; Tahanna's First Journey

Tahanna was the first to wake up. It would have surprised the others because Inuyasha was often up before sunrise. Tahanna, however, had become accustomed to minimal sleeping. He had been getting up every morning before sunrise, running to the local YMCA five miles away, swimming a few miles in the pool, working out, and running home every day for the past three or so years. Some days he would have swordsmanship practice, in which he could beat everybody back in America.

When he remembered what had happened last night. He realized that Kagome had been trying to avoid explaining to Inuyasha and the rest of the group that Tahanna and Inuyasha were brothers.

'Thank Kami for Kagome's quick thinking,' thought Tahanna 'I really don't want to explain this, maybe it can wait another few weeks.'

He silently went to wake up Kagome, but he guessed from the way she had 'sat' him the previous day that she was both not a morning person and would kill any person to wake her up this early.

So Tahanna went to go find a hot spring for himself. He was used to taking daily showers in his time and correctly assumed that the feudal era would not have running water (duh).

He found one in the forest that bordered the village. He quickly took off his robes and hung the on the nearby branch. When he stepped in, he breathed a sigh of relief. He was wondering how long he could avoid trying to find more out about his family without giving out any information. He decided that next time they were back at the village he would go back with Kagome to her time. He may have been the same age as Kagome, but he was a grade above her (he skipped), and was practically a genius (he had been modest when thinking that his grades were only slightly above average because he was the smartest person in all the high schools in the state). He could help Kagome with one of her next tests. He also would ask if he could enroll and take textbooks with him on his travels. Traveling was going to be his excuse for missing school a lot. He wanted to make sure he continued learning, even if he was still in the feudal era.. Just then he heard a rustling sound in the bushes. He decided to hide behind a rock to see what it was. Moments later, Sango and Kagome came out. When they started taking off their clothes, he decided that he had better look away. When he heard their bodies enter the water he ducked under the water and quietly swam towrd them.

'This should be fun,' Tahanna thought. He was going to scare the girls right out of their minds.

He rose his head and shoulders above the surface, glad that the girls had all but their heads under water and were looking away from him. They still hadn't heard him. Good. He started talking to the girls.

"Maybe you should check to see if anybody else is using the hot spring before you strip and get in.," he said, obviously scaring the hell out of the girls.

'Oh Kami this is fun!' he thought. He decided that he better get out of there fast, so while the girls were still embarrassed and scared as hell, he slipped out, put his clothes one, and got a good twenty yards away before he heard angry shouts.

"We're going to kill you Tahanna!" they both screamed. Tahanna made a break for it. Then he realized, Kagome had said that Inuyasha had the same spell necklace that he did, 'they're going to get me anyway, I may as well take it but get at my brother Inuyasha in the process.' So Tahanna ran off to rind his brother.

When he found Inuyasha, he made sure the girls were still after him. He was satisfied when he heard the girls screaming "We're gonna kill you!"

"What was that about?" Inuyasha asked Tahanna.

Tahanna replied with a shrug and said "I caught Miroku spying on the girls so I kicked him into the water. They beat him unconscious and are probably coming after you now."

Why me!" Inuyasha asked, surprised.

"Kagome told me before we came that Miroku is a lecher. She also told me that you ended up there every once in a while," Tahanna said, skillfully neglecting to mention that Kagome actually somewhat liked having him look at her naked. Both because it was sexual and actually made Inuyasha notice her (conclusion: she loves him).

"Hey, Inuyasha, why don't we take a walk?" he asked, desperately hoping that they would lose the girls, "You could fill me in on what Kagome didn't get into all that much."

"Feh." In this case 'Feh' meant 'sure'.

Moments later they were walking through the woods. Tahanna hated uneasy silences so he was the first to talk.

"What are you going to do once you complete the Shikon jewel Inuyasha?" Tahanna asked with only a mild curiosity.

He knew the answer. Kagome had told him that Inuyasha wanted more than anything to become a full demon and that was what he was going to use the power of the jewel to wish for. Of course, Tahanna was surprised when Inuyasha gave him a different answer.

"So I can wish to turn the woman I love to become a half-demon with me so we can be together forever."

"Kikyou," muttered Tahanna. It had to be. Kagome made it sound as though Inuyasha was still in love with her.

"Feh," was the only response. Tahanna didn't know whether this was agreement or saying that he was wrong, but we didn't have enough time to find out as the girls had finally caught up.

'Shit, they caught me already,' thought Tahanna. But he inwardly smiled, knowing that this should be fun to watch the anger ensue between Inuyasha and Kagome. He knew that Inuyasha would not accept any excuse for her 'sitting' him, no matter how true it was. A nagging feeling began tugging at the back of his mind. 'This is the kind of fighting that could end their relationship before it even gets off the ground,' he thought. He soon pushed that thought to the back of his head.

Kagome began screaming, "SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT!"

There were two loud thwumps as both Inuyasha were sent into the ground, hard. Very hard.

When the spell had worn off, Inuyasha jumped up and screamed, "What the hell was that for wench!"

"SIIIIITTT!"

Thwump.

Luckily Tahanna hadn't gotten up yet so he didn't feel this last sit as bad.

"Those first sits were for Tahanna seeing us naked and making fun of us," Sango said.

"That last one was for you getting like you did with me and calling me a wench," said Kagome.

Tahanna kept a curious and innocent look on his face when the girls rightly accused him, well except for him seeing them naked.

"But you didn't need to…," Inuyasha started, "hang on, why did those sits have an effect on Tahanna as well as me."

"This necklace happens to be the same one you're wearing from Kagome's time in the future. Actually, my adoptive parents bought them for me at the Higurashi shrine, along with my robes and my sword." Tahanna said.

They all seemed to like this excuse, though only the part about the necklace was true. Soon they were all walking back to the village, except for Shippo, Miroku, and Kaede, all of whom had never left the village.

"Holy shit!" Kagome yelled, "oh Kami help me! I have a test tomorrow and I haven't studied!" She started crying, tears flying out like fountains (quite possible since this uses mostly anime style).

"Don't worry Kagome, I'll help you study. I may be the same age as you, but I'm still a grade above you. Besides I need to enroll in a new school. Your family has basically adopted me. At least, that should be the story," Tahanna said.

"After all, I really should be nicer to you after that comment I made earlier," so only she could hear. Not even Inuyasha's super sensitive hearing picked up what he had said.

Soon they were back at the village and in no time at all, Tahanna and Kagome had gone back through the well.