Hey! What's with the growling?
another Inuyasha fanfiction
by
mkh2
Aa, sorry I took my sweet time in updating. A few reasons are listed at the end of this chapter if you're really curious as to why.
Disclaimer: I recently double-checked and triple-checked my goods. Hum, hum, hum. I went through my room, my car, and the computer. Hum, de, dum. Still no Inuyasha. Boo hoo hoo. So, it still belongs to his creator, Rumiko Takahashi. … Oh well.
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Hey! – Chapter 8
Day 5 – So It Begins…
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Kagome sat up groggily, blinking the sleep away from her eyes for a good minute. She was exhausted! Sadly for her, last night had been a full moon and Inuyasha, who really, on the whole, was usually quiet, unless something excited, scared, or hurt him) had sat up with Ryu baying at the moon. Her attempts to get him to sleep proved futile, so she eventually gave up and buried herself under her sheets and pillows, hoping to get in some sleep. She was, needless to say, drained, and was very glad it was the start of golden week. Again she hoped her mother and aunt were faring better than her.
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"Hya-choo!" both sneezed before immediately putting back on their poker faces, much to the displeasure of the other ladies seated around the table, hoping to catch a glimpse of their cards.
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Grabbing some clothes, Kagome headed to the bathroom to freshen up, maybe take a nice, long bath. Opening the door, her eyes widened in horror.
"Gyaa!" Kagome shrieked.
"Yai!" Inuyasha yelped, skittering backwards and getting tangled up in the shredded mess of toilet paper. Ryu blinked innocently at her, being woken up from his 'cat nap.' Apparently he and Ryu had spent a good chunk of that morning shredding a couple of rolls of toilet paper.
"Inuyasha! Oswurai!"
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"I can't believe I have to go to the store for some toilet paper because of Inuyasha," Kagome grumbled, shifting the four pack of double-ply wearily in her arms. "How could he just shred it all?"
"Oh, it's a common thing, dearie," an elderly lady chimed in from just behind her. "Dogs and cats both do that all the time. Just be sure to put it out of sight and give it a suitable chew toy instead."
"Ah, thanks," Kagome blinked. 'But what am I supposed to do when he needs it to use the bathroom?' Kagome wondered as she put the paper on the conveyor and putting the divider in place.
"You're welcome dearie," the lady replied, placing a carton of eggs, a couple of cans of cat food, and a box of dog biscuits on the conveyor belt as well. "So, how long have you had your doggie? The quicker you train 'em up the better, you know."
Kagome just sighed as the old lady continued to ramble on about her corgi and Persian.
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Skitter, skitter, skitter. Skitter, skitter, skitter.
"Boof!"
Kagome was nearly bowled over by an excitable Inuyasha who had come running up to her on all fours. Panting eagerly, he reared up on his legs, spun around, and practically bowed on all fours before repeating the whole routine a few more times. Ryu, arriving moments after Inuyasha did, also reared up, but instead would place his front paws on her knees, stretching with a wide yawn, before dropping down, squirming slightly, and rearing up again.
"Wow, Inuyasha, you've never been this excited over toilet paper before," she commented dryly before heading to the bathroom to put it away under the cabinet. When she came out of the bathroom (she had closed the door so Inuyasha wouldn't see where she put it), Inuyasha started head-butting her thigh and whined softly.
"Well, what is it?" she asked tiredly.
He stared at her for a moment before making a guttural whine and doing a small spin close to the ground.
"Don't give me that! I don't speak dog, after all!" Kagome glared. Inuyasha whined some more.
"I can't do this! I can't do this!" Kagome wailed. Putting on rather determined, if somewhat embarrassed (judging by the developing blush), look on her face, she made up her mind.
"That's it, your training starts today!" Then sheepishly she added. "I'm calling Mikki."
-Owari-
Again, I'm sorry for the delay and, also, sorry for the shortness. But I've already started typing up the next chapter so hope that counts for something. Not only have I been busy with school, a new computer, my car getting broken into, a full time, back-breaking summer internship (three full months of heavy car parts and building boxes), finding and getting a new job…
Well, what do you know? We got a puppy.
Our bird had died around Thanksgiving last year. My sister and her boyfriend had a little funeral and everything for it (while I was at school, so I didn't get to watch.) Then, in January, right on my Mom's birthday, after around a month or so of trying to adopt a puppy, she managed to win the "puppy lotto" and ended up with a very cute, if somewhat mischievous, terrier mix. She looks sort of like a blonde fox when dry, and kind of like a Chihuahua when given a bath (Shakes like a leaf, poor thing! Looks like a little drowned rat, yup, yup.) Oddly enough, this tiny animal (who weighs about 12 pounds, and who I routinely carry under my arm as if she were a "Holiday Ham", as I sometimes call her) inspired me to change some parts of this story. (Sadly, this is yet another reason for the delay – my trying to work some of the mutt's personality into the story's two puppies ended up causing a rather large rewrite of numerous parts of this and the other upcoming chapters, which, after looking it over, made me have to go and fix the whole thing.) Thankfully, I got the story back on track and managed to keep the original ending.
I'm nearly finished editing the other chapters to look the same, in case you're wondering, at the time I'm writing this. Once I've finished posting the edited versions of them, I'll post this and the other chapters I'm working on. (We're near the end of this, guys! We're almost there, yes sirree!)
I hadn't thought I'd have the chance to use the "Clicker Training for Cats" book, so I got rid of it – approximately one month before we got the dog.
Please, do amuse yourself with my other work, or look through the list of my favorite stories and authors – there's lots of stuff there worth reading. I love stories with good character and plot development (please, no just jumping straight into hormones and whatnot), so if you come across something interesting, please do not hesitate to drop me a line (Just… I won't read stories that pair Inuyasha with anyone other than Kagome; Kagome, however, is up for grabs in my book. Nyah! Take that, Inubaka, and all your indecisive ways!) Or, just drop me a note if you feel like it; I love things like that.