Tami: Soooooooo close to 200 reviews. Let's see if we can get there with
this chapter.
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha.
Last time:
"Kagome?" Sango asked, shaking her out of her memory. "Are you okay?" Kagome smiled.
"Fine. Just thinking," she answered. Miroku wrapped a sympathetic arm around her shoulders. "Don't even think about it, Miroku." He smiled sheepishly and pulled his arm away.
"Sorry," he said.
Now:
Kirara followed Inuyasha's scent. He had gone down a hall that Ah-Uhn hadn't taken them. She found him in an old, dusty room. He stood in the center and looked around. He moved to the curtains and pulled them open, coughing at the dust. Kirara sneezed. "What, Kirara?" he asked.
^Just wondering what you were doing.^
"Looking around."
^Did you used to live here?^
"Yes, not that it's any of your business."
^I wasn't making it my business. I was just asking.^
"Yeah, well, don't."
^Touchy aren't we?^
"Leave me alone, Kirara."
^What happened between you two?^
"Nothing."
^I'm not stupid, Inuyasha. What happened?^
"It's not any of your business!" She jumped up into his arms and playfully bit him.
^Fine. If you want to talk, I'm always up to listening.^ He scratched behind her ears, making her purr.
"I'll keep that in mind." He looked silently around the room. A small pile of furs was in one corner. Kirara had fallen asleep in his arms. He walked over to the pile and laid down on them. He curled up around Kirara and fell asleep too.
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"Where's Kirara?" Sango asked.
"She followed Inuyasha." Sesshoumaru said. "She said something about putting him in his place if he didn't straighten up." Sango laughed softly.
"That sounds like something she would do."
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Shippou groaned softly as he woke up. He remembered being healed, but that was about it. "You are awake!" Rin said happily. She sat beside Shippou's futon. She hadn't moved all day. (/Pretty good for a six or seven year old./)
"Who're you?" Shippou asked.
"I am Rin. I am going to help you feel better. How can I help?"
"Where's Kagome?"
"Kagome went with Sesshoumaru-sama. They were going to talk about something. Grown ups always talk about stuff. It is very boring when someone comes to speak with Sesshoumaru-sama. He does not let me stay and listen. Like when Narku was here."
"Narku?"
"I think that was his name, anyway."
"Do you mean Naraku?" Rin nodded.
"Yes. He came. He was angry at Sesshoumaru-sama."
"Do you know why?"
"He wanted a jewel. I do not know why Sesshoumaru-sama did not give him one of the jewels from his treasure." (/I've always seen him with a treasure. He's a great demon, who's to say he doesn't have treasure?/)
"What did he say when Sesshoumaru didn't give it to him?"
"He said that Sesshoumaru-sama would pay with his life for losing the jewel. A lady was with him too, but she didn't say anything."
"What did the lady look like?"
"Like Kagome, but I know the lady isn't Kagome because Kagome is nice to me and that lady tried to hurt me. Sesshoumaru-sama threatened to return her to the earth if she touched me. I do not know what he meant by that."
"I do. How long ago was Naraku here?" Rin counted on her fingers.
"Two fortnights ago." She recounted and nodded.
"Did Naraku say anything else while he was here?"
"Nope."
"I really need to talk to Kagome."
"Then come with me. I know how to find them and we can talk to Kagome. I like Kagome." Rin stood up and held a hand out to Shippou. He took it gratefully and she helped him to his feet. "This way." She walked out of the room and down the hall to the left. Shippou looked around at all the things in the hall. He smelled Inuyasha and Kirara in one of the rooms together. That was weird. A little green man rounded the corner and Rin stopped dead in her tracks. "Jaken." Shippou looked at her, surprise written all over his face. She had sounded a lot like Sesshoumaru used to. I guess that's what happens when you hang around him so much.
"Rin." Jaken said. He glared at her.
"Why are you back here?"
"My lord is alive so I remain in his service." He didn't sound too happy about it.
"But you thought he was dead, so why did you not go find a new master, hm?"
"Insolent girl!" He stormed over to her, staff raised above his head. Shippou jumped in front of her. "A kitsune? A youngling. Pathetic." He swung the staff downwards.
"Fox fire!" Shippou yelled. Jaken jumped in surprise as the blue flames licked at his clothes. Shippou's vision swam. Neither he nor Rin saw the looming shape of Ah-Uhn come up behind them. What they did see was Jaken running away. "I did it?" Rin wrapped her arms around him.
"You did it! You scared mean old Jaken away!" she said. She let go after a few minutes and grabbed his hand. "We still have to go see Kagome." When they finally reached the room, Shippou could see straight again.
"Shippou, what are you doing out of bed?" Kagome asked, getting that motherly look of you-have-some-explaining-to-do.
"Well, um, ya see, um, Rin told me something and I thought you'd like to know." Shippou answered.
"And what, pray tell, was so important Rin couldn't have come herself?"
"Did I do a bad thing by bringing Shippou? He wanted to come and I thought it was okay and." Rin said, tearing up. Kagome's expression softened.
"Oh, no Rin. Of course not." She enveloped Rin in a hug.
"I am good." Rin said , just loud enough for Shippou to hear and not Kagome.
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Tami: I couldn't resist putting that part in. It was too easy.
Review responses:
SailorKagome: Aww, don't cry!
Soli: I don't know why either. I've heard from a few others that their reviews are messed up too.
Anyanka: Oh, don't worry. There will be much suffering courtesy of Voice #7.
Ranmagirl7: *in a creepy soft voice* I'll never te~ell. ^_^
Midnight-Fire: Um, I actually forgot about that for the most part. We'll so both and we'll figure out why later on.
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Kitsune hanyou: It's okay, I'm just saying.
Also thanks to:
INUGIRL
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Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha.
Last time:
"Kagome?" Sango asked, shaking her out of her memory. "Are you okay?" Kagome smiled.
"Fine. Just thinking," she answered. Miroku wrapped a sympathetic arm around her shoulders. "Don't even think about it, Miroku." He smiled sheepishly and pulled his arm away.
"Sorry," he said.
Now:
Kirara followed Inuyasha's scent. He had gone down a hall that Ah-Uhn hadn't taken them. She found him in an old, dusty room. He stood in the center and looked around. He moved to the curtains and pulled them open, coughing at the dust. Kirara sneezed. "What, Kirara?" he asked.
^Just wondering what you were doing.^
"Looking around."
^Did you used to live here?^
"Yes, not that it's any of your business."
^I wasn't making it my business. I was just asking.^
"Yeah, well, don't."
^Touchy aren't we?^
"Leave me alone, Kirara."
^What happened between you two?^
"Nothing."
^I'm not stupid, Inuyasha. What happened?^
"It's not any of your business!" She jumped up into his arms and playfully bit him.
^Fine. If you want to talk, I'm always up to listening.^ He scratched behind her ears, making her purr.
"I'll keep that in mind." He looked silently around the room. A small pile of furs was in one corner. Kirara had fallen asleep in his arms. He walked over to the pile and laid down on them. He curled up around Kirara and fell asleep too.
~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~
"Where's Kirara?" Sango asked.
"She followed Inuyasha." Sesshoumaru said. "She said something about putting him in his place if he didn't straighten up." Sango laughed softly.
"That sounds like something she would do."
~_~_~_~_~_~_~_~
Shippou groaned softly as he woke up. He remembered being healed, but that was about it. "You are awake!" Rin said happily. She sat beside Shippou's futon. She hadn't moved all day. (/Pretty good for a six or seven year old./)
"Who're you?" Shippou asked.
"I am Rin. I am going to help you feel better. How can I help?"
"Where's Kagome?"
"Kagome went with Sesshoumaru-sama. They were going to talk about something. Grown ups always talk about stuff. It is very boring when someone comes to speak with Sesshoumaru-sama. He does not let me stay and listen. Like when Narku was here."
"Narku?"
"I think that was his name, anyway."
"Do you mean Naraku?" Rin nodded.
"Yes. He came. He was angry at Sesshoumaru-sama."
"Do you know why?"
"He wanted a jewel. I do not know why Sesshoumaru-sama did not give him one of the jewels from his treasure." (/I've always seen him with a treasure. He's a great demon, who's to say he doesn't have treasure?/)
"What did he say when Sesshoumaru didn't give it to him?"
"He said that Sesshoumaru-sama would pay with his life for losing the jewel. A lady was with him too, but she didn't say anything."
"What did the lady look like?"
"Like Kagome, but I know the lady isn't Kagome because Kagome is nice to me and that lady tried to hurt me. Sesshoumaru-sama threatened to return her to the earth if she touched me. I do not know what he meant by that."
"I do. How long ago was Naraku here?" Rin counted on her fingers.
"Two fortnights ago." She recounted and nodded.
"Did Naraku say anything else while he was here?"
"Nope."
"I really need to talk to Kagome."
"Then come with me. I know how to find them and we can talk to Kagome. I like Kagome." Rin stood up and held a hand out to Shippou. He took it gratefully and she helped him to his feet. "This way." She walked out of the room and down the hall to the left. Shippou looked around at all the things in the hall. He smelled Inuyasha and Kirara in one of the rooms together. That was weird. A little green man rounded the corner and Rin stopped dead in her tracks. "Jaken." Shippou looked at her, surprise written all over his face. She had sounded a lot like Sesshoumaru used to. I guess that's what happens when you hang around him so much.
"Rin." Jaken said. He glared at her.
"Why are you back here?"
"My lord is alive so I remain in his service." He didn't sound too happy about it.
"But you thought he was dead, so why did you not go find a new master, hm?"
"Insolent girl!" He stormed over to her, staff raised above his head. Shippou jumped in front of her. "A kitsune? A youngling. Pathetic." He swung the staff downwards.
"Fox fire!" Shippou yelled. Jaken jumped in surprise as the blue flames licked at his clothes. Shippou's vision swam. Neither he nor Rin saw the looming shape of Ah-Uhn come up behind them. What they did see was Jaken running away. "I did it?" Rin wrapped her arms around him.
"You did it! You scared mean old Jaken away!" she said. She let go after a few minutes and grabbed his hand. "We still have to go see Kagome." When they finally reached the room, Shippou could see straight again.
"Shippou, what are you doing out of bed?" Kagome asked, getting that motherly look of you-have-some-explaining-to-do.
"Well, um, ya see, um, Rin told me something and I thought you'd like to know." Shippou answered.
"And what, pray tell, was so important Rin couldn't have come herself?"
"Did I do a bad thing by bringing Shippou? He wanted to come and I thought it was okay and." Rin said, tearing up. Kagome's expression softened.
"Oh, no Rin. Of course not." She enveloped Rin in a hug.
"I am good." Rin said , just loud enough for Shippou to hear and not Kagome.
~*~*~*~*~*~*~*~
Tami: I couldn't resist putting that part in. It was too easy.
Review responses:
SailorKagome: Aww, don't cry!
Soli: I don't know why either. I've heard from a few others that their reviews are messed up too.
Anyanka: Oh, don't worry. There will be much suffering courtesy of Voice #7.
Ranmagirl7: *in a creepy soft voice* I'll never te~ell. ^_^
Midnight-Fire: Um, I actually forgot about that for the most part. We'll so both and we'll figure out why later on.
Sukuri: Okay, next time you review, gimme your e-mail addy, and I'll e-mail you.
Kitsune hanyou: It's okay, I'm just saying.
Also thanks to:
INUGIRL
Demonswty
Suki
sesshomarulover1