CHAPTER 24 ; ; 1987 point 2. Kikyou is still alive…around.
"Bells." Angel and Shippo stared at Pagan. "Stop looking at me like I'm crazy. It says here in this book that the sound of a bell will chase away evil sprits. Kikyou is evil sssoooo if we ring a bell then we can keep here away from Inuyasha and Kagome."
Shippo frowned at his aunt. Both sisters believe that Kikyou was evil because she stole the sprits of the dead and had tried to kill them. Pagan had explained that in their culture, evil sprits would steal the souls of the living and drag them into hell. Kikyou stole the souls of the living so therefore she WAS evil. Angel insisted that 'only a truly evil person would be able to kill someone as beautiful and kind as me.' The fox cub had wisely kept his mouth shut.
"Maybe if we gave Inuyasha a collar with bells on it Kikyou would stay away." Wild laughter met Pagan's wise idea. "Fine laugh all you want but when Kikyou tries to eat your brains then I'll be the one laughing."
"Why would Kikyou try to eat our brains?" The young fox cub had trouble following half of the things that his oldest Aunt told him. "That's what the living dead do."
"Oh no. You've got her started."
"In our world the living dead are called Zombies and they eat the brains of the living. I have a movie on it. Do you want to see it?"
"NO!" Two voices yelled at once.
"Kagome! How long have you been standing there?" Pagan hid behind her younger sister. Flames danced around the young miko.
"Number one, you will NOT show Shippo any scary movies. Number two, leave Kikyou alone. She is not evil."
"How can you say that? She tried to KILL you or did you forget?" The winged hanyou walked over to her little sister. "Kagome, I know that you feel bad about what happened to Kikyou. I mean it sucks! Don't ever forget that she had already lived her life and that she died. It's not your fault or Inuyasha. You two need to stop blaming yourselves. It's…"
"Stop." Kagome whispered, her eyes wet. "It's…just leave her alone. Come on Shippo."
The Darwin sisters watched Kagome and Shippo leave their hut. "I hate Kikyou. She upset Kagome and she isn't even here." Pagan growled as her tail angrily wiped around their hut. "I don't care what anyone says. Kikyou IS trouble. She is going to kill Kagome and drag Inuyasha into hell. What is going to happen to our family then? Shippo will be an orphan again. Sango will be heart broken. Miroku will be upset. We would have lost a brother and a sister. We are taking her down. Lets go!"
"No! There are some things we can't interfere in. Inuyasha needs to choose for himself or Kagome will always wonder…bbbuuutttt we can always make it unpleasant for that dead bitch to come anywhere near our family."
"Yea I like that plan. Oh and make Inuyasha wear a collar with a bell on it." The older sister rubbed her hands together.
"No, I'm not wearing another necklace." A growling inu-hanyou backed away from a leather collar with a bell on it. "I'm wearing that thing you gave us." Inuyasha pointed at the wooden pendent sewed onto his Hoari.
"Why aren't you wearing it around your neck?"
"Feh," He pointed at the beaded necklace. "I won't fall for that again." After saying that he suck out his tongue and walked away.
"Told you it wouldn't work." Angel smirked at her older sister. "Now on to our most evilest of plans. MMUUHHHHAAAA! MMMUUUHHHAAA! Pagan you're suppose to evil laugh with me."
"Oh? Sorry, I forgot."
"Don't let it happen again. Ready…MMMMMUUUUUUHHHHHHHHAAAAAA!"
"MMMMMUUUUUUHHHHHHHHAAAAAA!"
"MMMMMUUUUUUHHHHHHHHAAAAAA!"
"MMMMMUUUUUUHHHHHHHHAAAAAA!"
"MMMMMUUUUUUHHHHHHHHAAAAAA!"
"MMMMMUUUUUUHHHHHHHHAAAAAA! Enough already!"
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"She's made of dirt so all we need to do is throw some water on her."
"And clay." Shippo spoke up. "Remains, dirt form her grave site and clay. Are you sure that we should do this?"
"Were just going to scar Kikyou into leaving Inuyasha and Kagome alone." Angel lied as she handed the cub a pop. "We need you to keep Kagome and Inuyasha from guessing what we're doing. Don't tell them anything. We will terrify Kikyou and then fly home."
Shippo hoped away to eat his snack and spy on his father and future mother. His aunts believed that things were moving to slow and Shippo agreed. When Kagome became Inuyasha's mate then she became his mother and they were a family. 'If Kagome was my mom then she would leave us to go back home. This would be her home. Maybe they were already in love? Inuyasha keeps touching Kagome and watching her sleep? Is that part of love? Miroku knows a lot about women maybe he would know?'
"I have a plan." Angel cringed at her sister's evil grin. The older sister outlined the plan. It was very simple and highly dangerous. Make Inuyasha hate Kikyou. Inuyasha had told Angel that Kikyou had tried to kill the sisters because they were hanyous. The dead miko needed to show her true feelings about demons and hanyous. All they needed was a video camera, themselves and the undead bitch. The Darwin sisters grinned as they took to the sky. Desperate times called for desperate measures.
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Shippo sniffed the air and picked up the monk's sent. On graceful fox feet he dashed over the grass toward the creek. Miroku meditating under a tree. The happy cub hoped into the older man's lap and waited. "Hello Shippo. Is there something you need?"
"Miroku, What is love?"
The monk opened his mouth and then shut. He knew that both Sango and Kagome would skin him alive if he told Shippo the wrong thing. He stared at the waiting fox cub. "It's when a man…"
"Are you going to say something henti? I don't what to hear anything about that." Shippo crossed his arms and sat on Miroku's knee. "I'm just a little kid. I want to know how someone knows there in love and…and stuff like that."
With a heartfelt laugh the henti patted the cub on the top of his head and grinned. "There are different kinds of love. There is the love of a parent for a child, the love between friends or for a pet and the love a man feels for a woman. I think that is the one you are most curious about?
Love is the most beautiful of all our emotions. Love is the beating of one's heart at the touch of another and the feeling of being home when you hold them. Love comforts you when you're far away from home. Love is hope when all is lost. It also leaves you confused and hopeful and it consumes your every thought and action."
Shippo beamed at the henti monk. Miroku had been the right person to come to for advice. Two familiar scents caused his little nose to move. His aunts weren't the only knows who could quickly think up a plan. "Miroku, how does someone know if they are in love?"
"You know you're in love when you're thoughts are consumed by another. You find yourself listening for the sound of their voice or a sniff of their smell. My true love…one's true love is a woman like no other. She is someone who you would do anything for."
Sango wasn't sure how to feel or what to do. She had been looking for Kirara when she heard Shippo's question, wanted to make sure that the monk didn't say something a boy Shippo's age shouldn't hear, the slayer hid. 'Miroku said "My true Love" and charged it to "One's" Is he talking about me?'
"Don't worry Shippo. Love is something special and you will know when it happens to you. Be patient."
Shippo heard the bushes shake and laughed inside. "Have you ever been in love? Real love and not grabbing girl's butts thing?"
The monk was quiet for a few minutes. "Yes." With a lecherous grin Miroku patted Shippo's head. "The real love and not the grabbing girl's butts thing. The only problem is that love is confusing. It clouds the heart and mind. One is never sure what to do or say. It is very important to tell the person you love how you feel. If you refuse it then…Ha Ha…You…one finds themselve making mistake after mistake. Like Inuyasha and Kagome."
Shippo and Miroku grinned at each other. It sounded so simple to the young fox cub. "Have you told the girl that you love that you love her?"
"No. I've told her that I care for her and hinted about it but Never have I said that I love her and need her in my life. Love also turns us into cowards. It makes us fear rejection. When you're older then you will understand."
"I've heard that before." Shippo grumbled under his breath. "Thanks Miroku." The cub hoped off his lap and back to the village. Miroku's tummy growled and the monk stood up and followed the fox cub.
Sango leaned back against the tree and closed her eyes. "Miroku." Had he been talking about her? Did he really love her? Why did he drool over all those other girls? Did they have a future together? Would he marry her after Naraku was defeated? These questions raced through the slayer's mind but the most important question was…
"Will Miroku stop being a henti if we were together?" Sango brushed away her tears. Emotions were her weakness. "You're right Miroku. Love dose turns us into cowards."
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Red eyes watched the clay woman's every move. Quiet hands sorted through stolen goods, searching.
"Stay here." Large wings, rustled the tree branches and alerted the dead miko. Pagan flew around Kikyou, pouring a thick ring or blessed salt around the dead miko. "HA! Slat can repeal and trap evil sprits. You can't go no where. Ha hahaha."
Kikyou's cold eyes glared at the winged hanyou. She used her long wooden bow to push aside the salt and with a smirk, walked out of the broken circle. Silently Kikyou walked on.
"Hey, you're not suppose to do that. Angel tell her to get back inside the circle."
"Do you think that she's really going to do what I tell her to do. How do you expect me to do that…use the force? Baka" The younger sister rubbed her head and flew after the dead women. Kikyou pulled out an arrow and the two sisters quickly hide.
"You are no match for me. Leave." The miko turned her back on the weak half-demons and walked toward a stream. The sound of metal and the switch of leaves warned the dead miko. She quickly stepped to the side as a metal bell flew threw the air and hit a tree trunk. It fell to the ground with an echoing ring.
"Cursed bakas." With practiced movements Kikyou gabbed an arrow aimed and shot it threw the air. Cursing and the sound of wings followed. Without a word the bitter miko turned and continued on her way.
"Are you Ok, Angel?"
"She burned my feathers with her arrow. Fuck next time we have to be more careful. Where is she heading."
Pagan pulled out her binoculars. "She's headed into a cave. We should leave."
"But…"
"NO! We leave before she kills us. Anyway, it has to be Inuyasha's choice or Kagome will always wonder."
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIISango had been thinking about Miroku all day and night long. She couldn't get out of her mind what he had said. Several months ago the monk had…he had said that he cared for her and wanted to be with her but after Naraku had been defeated.
Miroku wanted to wait until Naraku was dead and he was free from his curse. Then he had told Sango that he would be free to take a wife. Miroku had lived his whole life in fear of being sucked into his wind tunnel and he didn't want his son to live with the same pain. The slayer had been touched by Miroku's soft words, but later that same month Sango had seen him flirting with some village girls.
Sango had lost her temper. She had yelled at him that she wouldn't spend her life with a henti. Miroku had taken her rejection very well. He had left Kaede's village to meditated for one full week. When he returned the monk was as cheerful as ever.
Neither one had spoken of it again. Slowly things had returned to normal and Miroku was again perusing her. He had said that he cared for her and would die for her but all she needed from Miroku was his loyalty. Sango sighed. "It's hopeless."
"What's hopeless?"
"Oh! Kagome." Sango looked up at the young miko. 'It might help to talk to Kagome about Miroku. With everything that she goes through with Inuyasha, she would understand.' The slayer remained silent and her say-sister sat down next to her. "I was thinking about Miroku. He claims to love me but…"
"He can't keep his hands to himself." The sad slayer nodded. Kagome had tried in the past to setup Sango and Miroku. They were a cute couple and cared deeply for each other. "He gotten better. In the past month he hasn't tried to paw any of the village girls. Miroku may flirt with other girls but I don't think that he would cheat on you. If you ask me, Miroku is all talk. Except for this hands. Have you tried talking to him about?"
"I have tried but…He tries to grab me and then I get so mad that…I hit him." Sango rested her head on her raised knees. "What if he won't change. I don't think that Miroku is the type to settle down. Maybe we weren't meant to be together."
Neither one spoke for several minutes. The demon slayer was thinking of viloet eyes and a happy grin. The modern girl was thinking of a way to cheer up her friend. 'Whenever one of the girls get depress we go shopping but…there are not too many places around here to shop at. If only…wait I can. Inuyasha said that the sisters came through the well because they had a piece of the holy tree in their pockets.'
Finally Kagome jumped up. "I have a great idea. Why don't we go for a little shopping trip? I am going to take you to my time. We are going to have so much fun. You can wear some of my clothes and we can spend the whole day at my home." Kagome grabbed the older girl's hands. "You can even take a REAL bath and everything. HE He he he he, we are to have so much fun."
Sango's eyes widen. She had listen to Kagome talk about her time, used some of the things that Kagome brought back and seen pictures from her time but Sango had never believed that she would travel there. "Hai, Can we bring Kirara?"
"My mom would love that. Come on."
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII"Are you ready?" Kagome smiled at the nervous demon slayer. Inuyasha growled but both girls ignored him. The inu-hanyou was against Sango going to Kagome's time. He was certain that something would happen if he wasn't there to protect them.
Sango took a deep breath and nodded. Kirara mewed. She waited for the modern girl to jump into the well and for the blue light to fade before jumping in. She was surrounded by a dark blue light and her body felt weightless. 'It's like flying.'
"Sango?" The slayer looked up and smiled at her say-sister. The neko jumped up onto her dark head. Sango climbed up the wooden ladder and looked around the little building that surrounded the well. Kagome grinned and slid open the wooden door. "Welcome to my time. How about a tour?"
"Hai." After an hour of talking and exploring Kagome's home. Sango met her mother and little brother. Kirara was hugged and cuddled and given a large bowl of cream. The two girls went up stairs to change.
"Here try this on." Kagome handed her a knee length, pink skirt and matching tank top with built-in bra. Sango fumbled with the nipper for a second but finally she was dressed. "You look great."
Sango glanced in the mirror. She had left her long black hair lose and it floated around her bare shoulders. The pink tank top with built-in bra, made her breast look enormous. 'I'm glad Miroku isn't here.' The demon slayer had always covered her body and she felt a little odd in the tank top but Kagome was wearing a green tank top. 'Maybe all the girls in Kagome's time show their shoulders?'
"You look nice Kagome."
"You look worried. Do you have any questions about…anything?" Kagome showed her pictures of cars and buses and other things in her time. After lots of questions the two were ready to leave.
The two happily walked down stairs. Kagome's mom was loading film into a camera. "I just want to take some pictures."
"Mmmaaa."
"Fine I'll wait until you both come back." Kagome and Sango headed to shop.
IIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIIII"I wonder why we couldn't go?" Shippo complained. "What's so special about a girl's shopping trip?"
"Well…You look at makeup and clothes and jewelry and shoes and more clothes and talk about boys and maybe get your hair done. It takes several hours Shippo. You would get bored."
The fox cub agreed. Girls did the weirdest things. "I'm going to find Inuy…dad and Miroku. Maybe we can have a boy's day?"
The happy cub ran on his little fox feet to the well. If Kagome went to her time alone then Inuyasha would be at the well. The sound of his father's and the monk's voice reached his little ears. "Are their lots of men in Kagome's time?"
Miroku's voice was thick with worry. Inuyasha was still pissed about Miroku teasing him over his dream about Kagome that the inu-hanyou decided to get even. "Yea, Lots of guys. Kagome's time is real…modern. Women can have lots of men but men are suppose to stay loyal to their females. Every time I go to Kagome's time some guy is hanging around her and give her things. He leaves whenever I show up. It's like that for Kagome's friends. I've met them. One of Kagome's friend is always surround by males asking her to eat together and come over to their house."
Inuyasha didn't mention that those boys were always asking for help studying for a test or doing some homework. He watched little worry lines appear between Miroku's eyebrows. 'He's so worried about Sango finding a male but he flirts with every girl he sees. They call ME a two timer.'
"You don't…" The lovesick monk was deep in thought. "Maybe we should go protect them. Sango is not use to men surrounding her with attention. They could take advantage of her." Miroku stood up and nodded. "Inuyasha let's go."
"Worry she might cheat. Ha, it would serve you right if she did find someone else, who isn't a henti." The monk tapped him on the head with his staff. Inuyasha ignored the warning and continued teasing. "In Kagome's time they have books and magazines and TV shows on pleasing a mate. Sango could find a skilled mate over there. She might not want to come back here."
Miroku paled. Seeing that his friend was getting upset, Inuyasha decided to calm his fears. "Don't worry, Miroku. Sango's not a henti like you. Feh, Kagome is with her. She'll come back to you."
"Will she Inuyasha?" Miroku closed his eyes and let the breeze blow across his face. "If she dose come back it will be for Kohaku."
"Hey, guys." Shippo jumped out of the bushes and ran toward them. "Do you want to go the spring before the girls come back."
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AT first, Sango didn't let go of Kagome's hand the entire time they were out shopping, except to try on clothes. The demon slayer was anxious and excited. They didn't stay out long and only went to three stores near Kagome's home. The last store had the most…interesting items for sale. Women's negligee.
"Look at this." Kagome held out a soft violet negligee with matching shoes. The negligee bodice was low and the top was trimmed with white fur and gathered under the breasts. The hem of the sexy nighty was also trimmed with white fur and would come to the top of her thighs. The shoes were violet and fur trimmed, with a fat one inch heal. "It's the same color as Miroku's eyes."
A dark red blush spread across Sango's face and chest. The demon slayer was shocked. "I can't by that. It's… You can see…No!"
"Yes you can. We still have lots of the money left." A large naughty grin spread across Kagome's face. "I'm sure Miroku would love to see you wearing this."
Sango though of wearing the negligee in front of Miroku. "He'll…" The conservative slayer glanced at the rack of clothes, looking for something less revealing to buy. "They have one just like that one but in gold. The same color as Inuyasha's eyes." A large naughty grin spread across Sango's face. "I'm sure Inuyasha would love to see YOU wearing this."
Kagome blushed. The sales girl walked over and smiled at the blushing teenagers. "That negligee is guarantied to make him fall for you. Trust me it can make any guy forget any ex-girlfriend and have eyes only for you. He won't look not another girl after he's seen you in this."
"Forget any ex-girlfriend…"
"Not look at another girl…"
"I'll buy it!" Both yelled. After paying those and some other things the two happy girls headed home to show Kagome's mom what they had bought.
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AN ; ; ; Shippo is so cute. Little cute fox cub baby. So cute. Oh, I want to say thank you to everyone who is helping me out. I don't have an editor and a few spelling errors are slipping past me. Thank you for all of the reminders. I am trying to fix the mistakes that you point out to me. And thank you Zeldagirl91 for offering to help and I just might need your help with chapters 25 and 26. They sound stupid. Thank you everyone and I hope that you like the story so far lemon in 25 and 26.