I AM SO BORED. Yeah, I have nothing to say.

A Change in Our Future

Chapter Twenty-Four: Kohaku's Beginning

It was never easy for Sango to accept the fact that Kohaku was going to leave her to go fight demons. But that's what demon slayers did. They would slay demons. Hence the name.

After the battle with the demon, InuYasha started to pester me about what I was doing with my hand on his ear before the demon came. I refused to tell him, but he wouldn't give up.

"Tell me!" InuYasha shouted at me as I started to walk into the hut.

"No!" I shouted back.

"It's my ear!" He had a point.

"What of it?"

"I have a right to know what you were doing!"

I glared at him. "I'm not going to tell you!"

"Why were you rubbing my ear?"

I turned around and crossed my arms. I also couldn't help but notice that everyone in the hut was staring at us.

"Kagome, answer me!" InuYasha said, taking a few steps closer to me. Then he lowered the volume of his voice to normal and said, "Why have you been acting so strange?"

I had been acting strange... but only around him. I didn't think he noticed that I was acting like a lovesick puppy. But it was little things, not like the time I got drunk. Sometimes I would stare at him for a while, until he got up and moved or asked me what I was doing. I knew I loved him, but I knew that he loved Kikyo, or at least felt something for her.

"Why have you been acting strange?" InuYasha asked again.

Not turning around at all, I said, "If you can't figure it out, then you don't deserve to know." I didn't really think that. It was for the sake of argument.

"W-what?" InuYasha asked, his eyes widening. "What the hell is that supposed to mean?" InuYasha shouted.

My anger had risen to a peak and I turned around and glared at him. "IT MEANS THAT I LO--" I stopped there and put my hand over my mouth and tried to hide the blush that was on my face.

InuYasha just stood there, eyed wide, looking at me carefully. He probably figured it out by now; I practically revealed my feelings for him. I was one and a half words away from telling him, but why couldn't I? But, it doesn't matter. I was sure he had figured it out.

"Kagome?" InuYasha whispered.

"I gotta go!" I shouted, running out of the hut. Our friends sat in the room, looking at InuYasha carefully.

InuYasha turned around to look at everyone, wide eyed and confused.

"Are you going to follow her or not?" Sango yelled, glaring at InuYasha. He turned to look at the door and blinked a couple times.

Miroku stood up and went behind InuYasha. Putting his hands on InuYasha's back, Miroku pushed the hanyou out of the hut and out into the open.

Finally, InuYasha got the hint and started to walk towards my scent. He found me sitting next to the Go-Shinboku, my back against it and curled up into a little ball. My arms hid my tearstained face that I rested against my knees.

"...Kagome?" InuYasha said suddenly, surprising me and making my head slowly move up to meet his gaze. He had noticed my tears a while before, I could tell, because right when I saw him he looked like he had no idea what to do. Like he always did whenever I cried. "Eh... Don't... Don't cry!"

I wiped away my tears and turned my head so he couldn't see my face. "What do you want, InuYasha?"

"I want to know what that was about back there," InuYasha said, crossing his arms.

Though my eyes were sad, I smiled and let out the smallest laugh. "You don't realize it, InuYasha?" I asked, closing my eyes.

"Realize what?"

I sighed. "Nothing... Just sit next to me, OK?" I asked, turning and patting the ground where I wanted him to sit.

A bit hesitantly, he walked over to the spot that I suggested for him and sat down. I sighed and leaned against his shoulder and closed my eyes, just relaxing there. InuYasha stiffened at the sudden contact, but relaxed soon enough.

"Kagome?" InuYasha asked.

"Shh... I just want to sit here, OK?" I said, scooting closer to him.

InuYasha didn't answer for a while. A few minutes later, though, he replied with a simple, "OK."

- - -

Kohaku trained tirelessly that day, and the next. It seemed like he was unstoppable. Sango was proud. She watched him, and when Kohaku asked, she would train with him. He still couldn't beat his sister, but he was getting better.

The third day after Kohaku defeated the ogre demon, the young demon slayer went into the woods for a walk. He had been training really hard, I even watched; he planned to be out for a while, so he brought a snack with him. While in the woods, he decided to go off the path and explore a bit. He knew that there were demons, but he decided he could handle them.

Soon, he found a small cave that served as a den. Kohaku took a few steps inside the cave, but was stopped by a sudden growling. As soon as his eyes adjusted, he saw inside a mother wolf and her pups. Kohaku backed away and turned around, but saw what the mother wolf was really growling at. A large bear demon blocked Kohaku's path.

I thought it was a good thing that demon slayers almost never were without their weapons, because Kohaku was gonna need his! Kohaku readied himself and his weapon. The demon ran towards him, but Kohaku stopped it by attacking with his chain blade. The demon roared in pain, but he was stopped by a quick blow from Kohaku.

The demon fell over, dead as a doornail. I wish that I could do that.

Kohaku turned around and saw the mother wolf standing there, her tail wagging at him. Kohaku took a few steps forward, holding out his hand for the wolf mother to sniff. Instead of sniffing the hand, she licked it, and led him to her pups. I also wish that I could have seen those puppies.

When he decided it was time to leave, Kohaku took out his food and gave some to the mother wolf. While he was leaving, he felt like someone was following him. He turned around and saw one of the puppies. It was gray with a white belly.

"Go home. Your mother will miss you," Kohaku said, smiling. Kohaku turned around and started walking back to the trail that he had wandered from. Glancing back, he noticed the puppy was still following him.

"Ugh. Do you want me to bring you back to your mother?" Kohaku asked.

Suddenly, the puppy grew four times it's size. "AGH! You're like Kirara!"

The demon puppy jumped over Kohaku's head and attacked a small demon that had been sneaking up behind Kohaku.

"Wow... You saved me," Kohaku said, walking over to the wolf and petting it on it's head.

"Are you going to follow me?" Kohaku asked. It seemed to make a strange noise in approval. "Well, then, I guess I have to give you a name..."

Kohaku stood there for a while, looking up at the sky. Then he looked down at the pup (who had now transformed back) and said, "How about Sekiei?" The demon wagged his tail in approval and Kohaku picked up the pup and led them both back home.

- - -

A few days later we all said our farewells to Kohaku, who had decided it was time for him to go. Sango looked very sad, but what do you expect? I was sure that she was worried sick, and he hadn't even left her sight yet.

Sekiei followed Kohaku all the way out of the village, and they started traveling. I knew that they were making their own history.

I stood next to Sango as we saw them both leave our sights. "He's going to do just fine, Sango," I said, smiling.

"I know. But I'm going to worry about him anyway."

A short chapter, but it's a chapter. The next chapter is the last one, and I think it will be one of my favorites.

Next Chapter: Kagome's going to go back to her time to see if everything is all right. Yeah, she's pretty sure that it's back to normal, but you can't be too sure about these things! And besides, if it isn't back to normal, then that means a sequel!