Hoy… I'm so SORRY again for not updating…Thanks KC and Neisha for reminding me! And thanks for the reviews! So instead of apologizing now... I'll just start with the story already. Hehe.
DiSCLAiMER: I do NOT own Inuyasha.
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"KAGOME! KAGOME! YOU'RE FINALLY BACK!" wailed the talking ball of orange fur, which was now on top of and hugging Shinkei.
Shinkei lay down on the ground wide-eyed not knowing what was happening. Gahh…! What the heck is this!
Kuroi-Shi just stood there staring at the orange fur, which was more visible and could be defined as a fox.
The little fox licked Shinkei's face playfully, grinning, "KAGO…" He stopped and stared at her. The small orange-red fox stepped back from Shinkei slowly, not taking his gaze off her for a second. "You're not… Kagome…" The fox's eyes suddenly widened. "SHINKEI-CHAN! It's me, your Shippou-nii!" Just as Shinkei was going to sit up the fox jumped on her again. "I can't believe you're here! IM SO HAPPY! I MISSED YOU SOO MUCH!"
"AAHHH!" Shinkei exclaimed pushing the fox off. "What the hell?" she yelled at him. "How do you know my mother? And why would I call a fox my older brother?
Shippou stopped abruptly as his nose jerked up in the air and he sniffed the air. Hrmm…? I know this scent…
Kuroi-Shi snapped back to reality and quickly jumped back a few meters on a tree, and hid his scent, realizing the fox sniffed him.
The fox named Shippou soon gazed back at the young demon still staring at him. He grinned and exclaimed, "Where's Kagome-chan?"
-Sweat drop- "ANSWER ME FIRST!" she scolded him.
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-sniff sniff- With his sharp eyes and keen sense of smell Kuroi-Shi could smell and see the drops of demon blood on the bristles of the fox's fur. He let out a little gasp of air as he stared at the blood with surprised eyes. That's the blood of the Uwibami!
( A/N: Uwibami: A monstrous giant serpent from Japanese mythology which can fly in the sky, swoop down and swallow a man on horseback, whole. The hero Yegara-no-Heida managed to kill it. )
Impossible! How could a young cub such as this lay a scratch on that monstrous demon? It might've not had much of a brain…but the Uwibami wouldn't lose against a cub!
"SHIPPOU-KUN! –huff- Where are you?" yelled a young man's voice from the woods.
"nn?"
Shippou finally got off Shinkei, who is currently getting more and more pissed not getting answers to her questions, and looked off into the woods. "Toshiie? That you?" asked Shippou.
The boy called Toshiie soon emerged from the woods with a few twigs here and there. "Duh. Who else would it be?" he scolded at Shippou with a bored and annoyed look. The fox laughed nervously and said apologetically, "Gomen ne…I", but he couldn't finish, being interrupted by the boy.
"Why hello there…" Toshiie smiled innocently at Shinkei approaching her.
This boy had what seemed like black hair, but when in the light, you could see what looked like a sort of light brown, highlights on where the light touched his soft hair. His eyes were a light purple and glistened in the sunshine, showing there was much mischief behind his seemingly 'innocent' appearance. He wore what looked like a demon slayers outfit.
"Would you like me to help you up milady?" he smiles once more and helped her up. "Um… thanks..," Shinkei said in a low voice and a light blush on her face. But while picking her up his hand just happened to go a little too low…
"eep!" Shinkei squeaked a little with a now red face. Toshiie still smiling. And Shippou just stared twitching with a sweat drop.
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2…
1…
-BAM! - -CRASH!- -BOOM!-
Toshiie lay on the ground, legs up, with a lot of bruises, and unconscious. "Ahh…. ."
Shinkei dusted herself off with a 'hmpf', and walked towards Shippou with a ticked off face and a light blush still on her face. "Now…you better answer me, or that'll happen to you", she said in a low warning tone. "Ehehe…" he laughed nervously and nodded. "I'll answer all you're questions but not here. It's not safe here. Follow me", he commanded her biting on Toshiie's shirt and dragging him along. Shinkei nodded, but suddenly realized she forgot about Kuroi-Shi! She looked back quickly but he was no where to be seen, and she could no longer smell his scent. The debris of wood and bushes were also gone… it's as if he wasn't even there. Shinkei then turned around with a small frown and followed Shippou.
-BOOM!-
Kuroi-Shi sat upside down on the ground in a sitting position, with his legs and arms folded. He stared off into space with a bored/annoyed look as a bump grew on his head.
"Hmpf"
- - - - - 10 minutes later - - - - -
Shinkei continued following Shippou and the now conscious Toshiie. She was in awe at the beautiful scenery before her. The trees, lakes, rivers, and flowers seemed so fresh and new. Nothing like Tokyo.
They walked for another 5 five minutes and neared a big, beautiful dojo. It was not as big as Shinkei's house, but still pretty big. It seemed like its rooms surrounded the garden which was in the center of the land.
The fox and young boy entered the dojo. Toshiie and Shinkei removed their shoes and Shinkei made sure Toshiie didn't try anything funny. Shippou waited for then at the opening of another room.
"Okaa-sama! Otou-sama! Natsuki-chan! Tadaima! We're home!" Toshiie yelled, his strong voice echoing throughout the whole dojo. A woman's voice soon responded, "We're in the training room, son!"
Shippou sighed, and the three started to walk to the training room. "Hey, Shipps are you gonna stay like that the whole day?" Toshiie questioned the fox beside him quirking an eyebrow. Shippou nodded and sighed, "That battle took a lot of energy from me…in this form I can rest easier and conserve more energy" Toshiie gave a small nod as they entered the gigantic training room. The floors were wooden, and one of the walls was lined with weapons consisting of things from swords to bows and arrows. "Whoa…this is like dad's weaponry wall…" Shinkei said in awe looking at all the weapons stretched across the wall. She then looked at the three people which were residing in the room.
In the center of the room was a beautiful woman who was currently attacking about 10 bags of flour hanging from the ceiling from strings. She wore just white (like karate white belt outfits) with bands wrapped around her knuckles. And she kicked and punched the bags back with ease. Then there were two others sitting on the floor a few feet back. One was a man who had similar hair to Toshiie, and wore clothes of a monk. Except this monk's hair was a lot neater than Toshiie's which had more spikes, and bangs. He sat in front of a small, absolutely adorable little girl who looked as though she was only 5 years of age. She had similar monk-looking clothes like the man she sat across from. And it looked like the monk was teaching the young child how to perform a sort of spell with a talisman.
"Tadaima", Toshiie said grinning. The woman stopped all the bags at once with a move that normal human eyes could not perceive. It not only stopped the bags but once she turned to look at them, taking a white cloth from over her mouth off, but all the bag fell from their strings and fell to the ground, flour pouring out. Shinkei stared a little wide-eyed at the woman and a low, "Sugoi…" escaped her mouth. She smiled a lovely smile at Toshiie. But once she realized a girl was next to him, her sweet smile turned into a malicious glare. He stomped over to him grabbed his ear and dragged him to the corner.
She probably brought him there so they could not be heard, but anyone who couldn't hear this woman talk would be deaf.
"What have I told you about bringing random girls into this house?" she scolded at him. "This is the fifty-fourth time!" She flicked/whacked his head with her fingers. "Ow!" Toshiie cringed. Throughout the whole 'lecture' Toshiie attempted to interrupt his angry mother saying, "But- Wait- No- You see," But she wouldn't stop!
"SANGO!" Shippou was tired and didn't want to hear this now. "It's Shinkei," he said calmly. Both the monk and the woman called Sango turned their heads and looked at the two (Shippou and Shinkei) in shock. "S-Shippou…you mean…?" He nodded. "And she's…?" and he nodded once more.
The monk and Sango then hugged Shinkei tight. The monk was the first to let go saying, "My, my…you have grown to be a beautiful young lady…heh." Sango glared at the monk, letting go of Shinkei to hit the monk on the head. "But you'll always be my only one…Sango," the monk said in a whisper in Sango's ear. The woman turned red, and then whacked him on the head again. "He will never learn…," Sango said shaking her head. Everyone but Shinkei nodded in agreement.
"WAIT UP! What the hell is going on? Who are you people? Why do you all know me? Where am I? And will someone PLEASE ANSWER ME!" Shinkei yelled at them all tired of waiting for answers. "Y-you mean…you don't know we are?" the monk said with an astonished face. Shinkei shook her head, 'no'.
- - - - - Present Time - - - - -
Inuyasha and Kagome were both teaching their classes like a normal weekday. Inuyasha was teaching kawaii little chibis how to do a crescent kick, while Kagome was teaching a few adults how to properly hold a bow. But suddenly they both felt a jolt of pain that surged throughout their body. They both stood still, taking in this horrible feeling that something has gone wrong. Inuyasha quickly got out of his daze while his students were staring at him. "Excuse me for a moment kids…," he bowed. "Akinosuke! Substitute while I'm gone. Continue," he commanded as he ran out to find Kagome. Kagome held her head and sat by on a near by bench. "Kagome-sensei! Daijoubu desu ka!" her students and helpers ran up to her with worried faces. She gave them a weak smile and said she was ok.
"KAGOME!" Inuyasha yelled and put Kagome in his arms so she leaned on him. Inuyasha looked at them all, "She'll be alright. Continue with your lesson!" Inuyasha commanded. They all nodded and went back. Inuyasha lifted Kagome up and jumped to their house, laying her on their bed gently. "I'm alright Inuyasha, really," she gave him a reassuring smile, while her face was still pink from being in the warm arms of her husband. "Did you feel that?" Inuyasha questioned, half examining Kagome to make sure she was alright. Kagome nodded, "It felt horrible…" "Shinkei! Get your ass down here!" commanded Inuyasha once more.
Kagome glared at Inuyasha for cussing again. He smiled weakly at her and sweat dropped, "Sumimasen, Kagome." He yelled her name again, "SHINKEI! WHERE ARE YOU?" he exclaimed again. "Shinkei…?" They both said in unison with worried faces. The both stood up and raced upstairs to her room. "SHINKEI!"
- - - - - Kuroi-Shi - - - - -
Kuroi-Shi looked up at the huge dojo before him, hiding his demonic aura and scent. Huh?
He has been walking for a few hours with no specific destination. All he could think of was the girl he saw that came out of the well. And he had no clue why… It's not like I'm attracted to her… I guess she was just interesting… he shrugged it off and wondered where his feet led him. His eyes widen when he felt Shinkei's presence once more. Damn it! What the hell! How did I end up here!
He ran back into the nearby forest and perched on a tree in a position similar of Inuyasha's. –Sigh- I have no where else to go… Why not see who this girl is…? He smirked, laid back and fell asleep.
- - - - - Shinkei - - - - -
They were all sitting around a table in Sango and the monk named Miroku's living room. With tea in front of them, Shinkei anxiously awaited the response to her long awaited questions.
After introductions... Sango spoke first of how Kagome fell into the well and found Inuyasha pinned on the ancient Go-Shinboku by an arrow. They all told Shinkei the stories Kagome told them before they all met, and they also told her how they met each other. They spoke of Naraku, their adventures, Shinkei wanted to know everything.
"…and after Kagome and Inuyasha took you down the well, we haven't seen or heard from any of you until today," finished Miroku. Toshiie and his little sister Natsuki sat with surprised looks on their faces. Shinkei sat there holding her now empty tea cup with widened eyes. "W….Why…?" "
"Why what?" questioned Sango. "Why…DIDN'T THEY TELL ME?" she yelled at no one in particular. They all stepped aback at Shinkei's sudden outburst. "This whole entire time…there were other people like me...," she said slightly tearing and staring at her demonic hands. "People who could have actually understood me… that story explains all the questions I ever had about me…," she sighed. "WHY DIDN'T THEY TELL ME DAMN IT?" Shinkei yelled breaking the tea cup in her hand and breathing heavily.
"Excuse me..," she whispered and walked off into another room to get her thoughts together.
- - - - - A few hours earlier with Naraku and Kikyou - - - - -
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They both stared after Kuroi-Shi as he ran off into the darkness which led to the opening of the cavern.
"He has grown well…," Naraku said calmly, "He's perfect," Naraku said with an evil smirk. Kikyou simply gave a nod, not having any emotions show on her face as she watched her son run away. But inside he felt worry like any other mother would, who knew?
Then Naraku asked Kikyou about herself and Kuroi-Shi's progressing training.
- - - - - Inuyasha and Kagome - - - - -
Inuyasha and Kagome ran into Shinkei's room with faces filled with worry. "Shinkei-chan! Are you here?" Kagome exclaimed running to her bed to see if she was there. Kagome stared at the blank space while Inuyasha jumped out her window and up to their roof to try and pick up her scent.
Inuyasha jumped back into Shinkei's room with a sad and worried look, "I can't smell her scent anywhere…" Kagome looked up at Inuyasha with her face full of sadness as though she was about to burst out in tear any second. Inuyasha quickly raced over to her and hugged her, "I'm sure she's alright, Kagome," Inuyasha tried to say as straight and convincing as he could, trying not to cry himself. Kagome then leaned on Inuyasha and burst into tears. They both knew Shinkei was troublesome but she has never ever run away from home. When she was smaller she ran away to their backyard…but never far away from home.
A few minutes later they got a hold of themselves and ran off to look for her.
- - - - - At Sango and Miroku's Dojo - - - - -
"Will she be alright mom?" Toshiie questioned Sango. He nodded, "She just needs to think things through and calm down…She will be fine Toshiie." "Interesting for you to ask my son…," Miroku said moving closer to him with mischief in his eyes. "Do you…have an attraction to this young lady?" Miroku asked curiously. Everyone in the room but him and Toshiie sweat dropped. "Yeah dad, she's hot," Toshiie said not taking his eyes off the door where Shinkei stormed off. Miroku smirked then laughed back, his hand hovering over his mouth, -Haha Haha-. He smiled and patted Toshiie's back, "That's my boy." Toshiie looked at his father and grinned.
-BOOM- -BAM!-
Toshiie and Miroku lay unconscious on the floor with two big bumps each.
-hmpf-, Sango and Shippou both turned their back on the two perverts with aggravation marks on their heads. Poor Natsuki sat there staring at her oh so interesting family.
Yay! Chapter 4! Hehe. I'm sorry its not too good….I guess. I'll work harder on the next chapter…I hope. Lol. Okay, I don't have school next week so I can hopefully update then too. ;) Hehehe. Yay! Remember I will respond to ALL reviews on the website I have in my Profile. Not my xanga…it's the link at the bottom of my profile lol. R&R
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