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Chapter 19 ;; Birthday surprises
"Kagome and Inuyasha are not talking to each other? Do you think that they had a fight while they were over in Kagome's time?"
"Probably." The sisters answered.
Miroku hide his smile. A fight wouldn't have them blushing or avoiding touching each other. Nor would a fight make Inuyasha snarl at the monk for sitting to close to Kagome. The henti knew exactly what had happened. Sango did as well. The two young girls had spent over two hours at the spring while Angel drooled over Sesshomaru and Pagan read a book to Inuyasha and Shippo. 'They are waiting for the other to do or say something. Inuyasha is so dense about some things. Baka needs to move before he loses her.'
Miroku had thought about talking to Inuyasha about it but the honyou wasn't the type to talk about his emotions. With a sigh the monk stood up and went to paw Sango.
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIPagan sat on her hunches outside the door to the side room. Her bat wings were spread out and blocked the door. No one knew exactly why the honyou sisters were acting so odd. The morning had started off as normal but then the younger sister's feathers started to fall. Angel had kicked everyone out of the small room and Pagan had refused to let anyone in. Pagan kept saying that Angel's birthday was tomorrow.
"Fuck. Oh no not while he is still here. I don't want Sess to see me looking like a human." Angel paced back and forth in the side room. One by one her red fathers fell to the floor. In two hours she had lost all of her feathers. Her birthday was tomorrow and today she was going threw the change. A stabbing pain at her back caused her to cry out. "Fuck."
Everyone in the next room heard her. Even Rin, Sesshomaru, and Jaken, sitting in Rin's room, heard Angel's scream. Inuyasha stood up and walked to Pagan. "Talk."
"She's losing her feathers. It's the change." She whispered loudly. "Every year before, on and after our birthday. She will be fine soon but different looking. It's her normal days. At the circus they made us hide but we don't have to hide here."
"Kagome do you know what she is talking about?" Shippo was clinging to her shirt. He had no idea what was wrong and he didn't like it. He loved his aunts and didn't want to lose them.
"They're honyous, Shippo." Miroku sat down between the miko and Inu-honyou. Inuyasha growled at being separated from Kagome. The monk smirked at his friend's behavior. 'Someone else has busy hands.' He leaned close to Shippo and Kagome and whispered. "It looks like all honyous, no matter how diluted their blood is, become human."
"Kagome, can you make Angel a birthday cake?" The modern girl nodded and asked Shippo if he would like to help. The two gathered up ingredients and utensils. Inuyasha watched the miko's every move and two sets of eyes watched him.
Miroku grinned at his unaffectionate friend. 'Can't seem to keep his hands off of Kagome. They are finally starting to give in to their emotions. It's about time.' Kagome looked up at Inuyasha and was shocked by the longing she saw in his golden eyes. Both teenagers blushed.
'They haven't slept together yet. No male can hide something like that. Hopefully it will relax him. It should, if he's anything like his brother.' The wise monk had seen both Angel and Sesshomaru leave the manor house only to return at nightfall. The winged honyou went straight to bed and slept well past noon. The demon lord wasn't so tense, had stopped pacing and hadn't hit Jaken. Miroku knew exactly what had happened and approved of it. 'I wish that I was as lucky as them.' His violet eyes focused on Sango. The henti watched her long fingers comb through Kirara's tan fur. The more he was around her, the more he longed for her.
'Something happened. I know it and so dose Miroku and Angel. Inuyasha and Kagome keep touching each other and Inuyasha sleeps next to Kagome's sleeping bag instead across from her. I wish I knew what happened. Shippo said that they smelled like each other but what the hell is that suppose to mean? They need a bath? I need to get Kagome away from Inuyasha and ask her.' The door behind her slide open and a distracted Pagan fell on her face. Everyone stared at the tall violet eyed, black haired women. A light blush stained her pale cheeks.
"She's lovely." Miroku eagerly rubbed his hands together.
"Don't even think it monk." Sango glared at him. Shippo hop up into the now human girl's arms.
"You changed. Just like Inuya…"
"Shippo!" The inu-honyou yelled. Inuyasha glance over at his older brother.
"All honyous become human for a time, fox cub." Inuyasha's shocked eyes met his brother's calm stare. They regarded each other for several tense moments. Sesshomaru turned and left the manor house without answering his little brother's question.
"He knew. This whole time that arrogant bastard knew." The confused inu-honyou stared at the closed door. Miroku rubbed his chin in thought. Kagome looked worried. Sango and Pagan were glad that the evil demon wasn't in the same room as them. Shippo hoped over to Rin. Angel felt abandoned. Jaken looked over at the mixing bowl and smiled.
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Pagan, Shippo and Rin drooled over the large birthday cake that sat in front of them. They had quickly eaten the stir-fry that Kagome had made for dinner. Shippo looked back at the adults. Everyone was enjoying the delicious food except for Sesshomaru. He had refused to eat human food.
"Do you think they'll notice if we try the icing?" Rin whispered to her new best friend.
"Feh." Both turned to see Inuyasha staring at them. "He heard you." Shippo pouted and continued to look at the yummy cake that Kagome had made.
Inuyasha wanted to gobble up his food and yell at the others to hurry up but he wasn't going to give Sesshomaru another reason to call him immature. 'I wish he'd leave already.' Angle leaned toward his brother and winked. Sesshomaru pretended not to notice but Inuyasha knew that he was pissed and wanted to leave. 'He hates it here but he won't leave the pup. Why dose he care what happens to the child? Why dose he care about what happens to a human? And why dose he kept watching Angel? Sesshomaru better not get any ideas about my sister. Did I just call Angel my sister? Shit! Look what those bakas are making me say.'
Everyone set down his or her bowls. "Time for presents." Pagan's smile was still missing two teeth. It had been two weeks sins she had attacked Kagura and some of her wounds had still not healed.
"I'll get them." Shippo ran into the side room and ran back dragging a medium size bag. Several crayon-covered packages were inside. Names were written in crayon on all of the packages. Shippo handed several to Angel, two to Miroku and one package to everyone else.
"I know that it's my birthday but I have a present for each of you. Open them." Everyone ripped open the crayon decorated wrapping paper and looked inside the brown box. In each box was a wooden disk with a peace of leather strung through to make a necklace. "I hope that you all like it. It's a copy of me and Pagan's necklace. When you place our two halves together it looks just like yours."
"Now everyone will know that we are a family." Pagan's tail wagged about. "It's our family crest. The lion stands for strength to over come all odds and the wings stand for freedom to follow one's dreams."
Sango looked down at her necklace. It was thin and wooden and about the size of Shippo's palm. Craved in the center was a lion with large feathered wings. A rose was on the lion's left and a sword was on his right side. "It's very lovely. Thank you."
"Oh Miroku, that's that thing you wanted." He opened the large box and peered inside.
"What is it?" Everyone leaned close to see what marvel from the Kagome's time the monk had asked for. The henti removed a tuning fork from the large box. "What are you going to do with that?"
"Don't ask him." The modern honyou warned. "I don't want to know why a henti wants one of those things."
"It breaks glass and mirrors." Everyone but the sisters, Shippo, Rin, and Jaken knew what the monk was talking about. Kana's weapon was a mirror.
"I'm the birthday girl and today is my birthday so everyone focus on me." Angel waited until all eyes were on here before opening her presents. The materialistic honyou had told everyone two weeks ago when her birthday was and that she wanted everyone to get her a present.
Kagome had gotten her a CD. Miroku had given her a pair of craved sticks to wear in her hair. Sango had gotten her a green shawl. Jaken hadn't gotten her some herbs for cooking. Sesshomaru had already given the winged honyou a night to remember. Shippo had drawn a picture of his aunt wearing a crown. Pagan's present was last.
Angel unwrapped the purple box and gasped at what was inside. It was Kagura's fan. "Do you like it?"
"Of course." She opened the red fan and waved it around. Inuyasha quickly grabbed her hand.
"Wait until you know how to use that thing before you wave it about.You shouldn't handle a weapon unless you know how to use it. You might kill someone"
Sesshomaru glanced at his half-brother. 'When he first got tensaga, all he did was wave it about wildly. Are you learning to be responsible, Inuyasha.'
"Is that why you attacked Kagura?" Sango asked in disbelief. She knew that the sisters were materialistic and very possessive but what the winged honyou had done was reckless.
"Yes but if she had told me where she had gotten her fan from then I wouldn't have had to take hers."
"She didn't tell you where she had gotten her fan from so that means you can steal from it her?" The older honyou nodded. Miroku shook his head at her logic. 'If this is how people in Kagome's time thought then it must be as dangerous as Inuyasha says. Poor Kagome.'
"You would die for your sister. The sister who yells at you and throws things at you and fights with you and calls you a baka?" Sesshomaru's face and eyes were expressionless.
"Of course. She's my family, my little sister. The older siblings watch over, guide and protect the younger siblings. Wouldn't you do the same for you little brother?" There was an uncomfortable silence in the once happy room. The demon lord stared at older honyou sister for several moments and then, without a word to anyone, stood up and left the manor house.
Angel frowned at her sister. 'She made my hottie go away. I wanted several birthday kisses and maybe… tee he' A light blush spread across her face.
Miroku cleared his throat and pointed at her new fan. "Jaken is very knowable. Perhaps he knows how to use the wind fan."
All eyes turned to the small demon. Jaken's chest puffed up at all the attention. "Of course I know how. I am a demon and very wise. If the honyou will make me a lasagna then I will show her how to use that weapon."
The birthday girl nodded and Kagome cut the cake and served it to everyone. Jaken went into a longwinded explanation on demon weapons and the creation and use of them. Everyone but Shippo and Rin were fascinated and asked the small demon several questions. Sango even asked to use one of Kagome's notebooks to take notes. The slayer hadn't given up on her brother or their village. One day she would rebuild it and Jaken's knowledge of demons would be helpful.
'All I need is my brother and one day a husband.' Her brown eyes touched on the monk's face before she quickly looked away. Inuyasha was sitting on her right and he seemed distracted. 'It must be hard for him to be around Sesshomaru. Only a demon would neglect and try to kill his little brother. Poor Inuyasha never had a family. No! He has one now. WE are his family.'
Seeing his eyes wonder over to the empty cake plate, Sango offered her say-brother her uneaten piece of cake. The inu-honyou smiled his thanks and quickly gobbled up the mouth-watering cake.