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Little Inu
Chapter 4
"Were going to find Yasha! Were going to find Yasha!" giggled Kagome. She peered at Nana. "Were going to find him, right?" "Of course we are. Why would Inuyasha hide from you Kagome?" Kagome grinned broadly.
They had trudged up a mountain pass for the past two hours and were taking a relaxing break.
"Nana?" "Hm?" Where do you think Yasha is right now?" "I'm guessing he's somewhere safe and stuffing his face like he normally does during dinner." "Really? I hope he is. Yasha told me about his childhood and I don't want him to suffer anymore!" Kagome's bottom lip wobbled.
"Why can't people leave him alone?! He hasn't done anything to them so why do they treat him so cruelly?!" "Because he's different dear" "So?! I'm different too and people don't throw stones and harass me!"
Nana sighed. "Kagome…have you ever heard the term, hanyou?" "Hanyou?" "Mmhm. It means half-demon or the way people translate it to is dirty blood. Not full demon, not full human, just in between. Do you understand?" Kagome nodded.
"I think so. People don't like things being so different in which they can't understand and demons don't like it because it's disgraceful upon them selves." Kagome gave a small smile.
Nana had to wonder if Kagome was just the 7 years she thought she was. (I know Kagome and Inuyasha are initially separated about three human years or so but go along.) Nana stood up and held her hand out. "We better get back to finding Inuyasha." She offered a smile. Kagome happily smiled.
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"Please?"
"No."
"Pretty please?"
"NO!"
"Please Inuyasha!" begged Kagome. "I promise, I'll only be gone for two days!"
"That's what you said the last time but you were gone for five days rather than the promised four!"
"That was last time! Come on Inuyasha!" Kagome was on her knees pleading.
"Does this happen all the time?" questioned L Inu. "Just about." replied Miroku. "Just about? I say they do it every time Kagome wants to leave." Remarked Sango.
After becoming acquainted with one another, Sango and Miroku felt at ease around L Inu. They enjoyed that he was a lot less stubborn (at times) than Inuyasha.
"SIT!" The group looked toward the now hole that was once Inuyasha. "Damnit!" he cursed. While he would have normally dashed off, the control of his appendages had not yet fully returned. Once this was attained though, he was off.
"Does that normally happen as well?" Miroku and Sango nodded their heads in unison.
Walking back to the hut, the group came upon Shippo helping Kaede with dinner. "Same old thing?" asked Shippo. "Of course. I doubt Inuyasha will ever learn to just let her go." said Miroku while settling himself down. "True, I doubt he ever will." commented Sango who was about to settle herself by Miroku but then thought better of it and sat next to Kaede. "Aye, he is a stubborn one is he not?" remarked Kaede.
"Can you blame him though?" asked L Inu softly. "Wouldn't you do the same if you had the chance? You may never see the person ever again so why is it wrong for one's self to chase after a person you care for?" He left the group in silence.
"L Inu, Kagome's coming back though. Inuyasha doesn't have to worry whether she is or isn't."
"Maybe not from your perspective but what if he's worried? What if he thinks that if he doesn't chase after her then she'll never return?"
Sango smiled. "I hardly doubt that would happen L Inu." L Inu appeared confused. "They love each other to much to be separated from each other." Miroku also smiled. "Though they'll never admit it they care deeply for one another."
"Of course having Inuyasha run after Kikyo all the time doesn't help matters much." berated Shippo. The group sighed, L Inu looked confused. "Who's Kikyo?" Everyone looked at one another. How could they have forgotten?! No one told him about Kikyo! Well, they had a reasonable excuse.
Whenever Kikyo's name was mentioned Inuyasha looked on edge and Kagome became depressed. They tried to avoid the subject almost entirely
"Uh, well, Kikyo is just an old friend of Inuyasha's." Sango explained sheepishly. "Really old." Muttered Shippo. "Oh." Was all L Inu said.
Shippo sighed. "Another one of Inuyasha's faults is that he becomes so jealous and protective of Kagome! You should have seen him and Kouga! Inuyasha was furious when Kouga kidnapped Kagome! They also act so much alike tha-" "What about Kouga and I?" came a voice.
Shippo slowly turned around. There stood Inuyasha looking more peeved than ever. "I-Inuyasha! H-how nice to see you!" Inuyasha picked Shippo up by the tail. "What about Kouga and I?" "O-oh nothing! Nothing at all! I was simply commenting on-" "He was telling us about how jealous you became when Kouga kidnapped Kagome!" said L Inu happily. Shippo looked as if that were his death sentence.
"I was not jealous!" Inuyasha snorted and dropped Shippo. "That stupid wimpy wolf just got in my way!" Miroku gave him a bored look. "Well Inuyasha, since you seem to know the story so well, why don't you tell us what really happened?" "Fine, I will."
"We came upon that stupid wimpy wolf through a slaughtered village. Apparently, he didn't like us killing his precious underlings so he intervened. He learned that Kagome had the ability to see the Shikon jewels (L Inu had already been informed on the jewel) so he kidnapped her and decided to waste my time."
"Waste your time?! What about Kagome?!" shouted Sango. Inuyasha continued as if he didn't hear her.
"Anyway, the stupid wimpy wolf kidnapped Kagome and we had to go save her. Once we found her though, the stupid wolves were right in the middle of a battle with the stupid turkeys. (Also known as the Gokurakuchou or Paradise birds) That wimpy wolf couldn't even take out mutated flying demons!"
"I had to save his stupid scrawny butt of course and when I was about to show the stupid wolf that no one insulted me Kagome had to interfere. She blocked my way and allowed that mangy wolf to escape! She yelled at me even! She told me that he was hurt and it wouldn't have been fair! Then she left to go back to her time! As if we hadn't wasted enough time!" Everyone gave him dry looks.
"Inuyasha, what about you yelling at Kagome? Do you think that could have caused her to go home?" asked Sango. "Yes, I also remember you and Kouga arguing about Kagome. What was that about?" Miroku inquired. Inuyasha gritted his teeth. "If you don't like my version of the story then tell it your selves!" He stalked out of the hut in a rude manner.
"Is that what really happened?" asked L Inu. "Not even close" replied everyone. "For one thing, Inuyasha yelled at her in the end which angered Kagome and that's why she left." Explained Sango. "Second, don't get the idea that Kouga was the only one at fault. He and Inuyasha had verbal bouts all the time. They both have horrible vocabulary and they would put a sailor to shame." Put in Miroku.
"You say something monk?!" yelled Inuyasha. Apparently he had retreated to the roof rather than the Goshinboku tree as they had previously thought. "No, nothing at all Inuyasha!" replied Miroku.
Taking over as mother while Kagome was away, Sango ushered L Inu and Shippo into bed. She both gave them goodnight kisses as it reminded her of when Kohaku was young. When Miroku asked for a kiss she slapped him and inched away ever further then her opposite side of the room.
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"I'm home!" Yelled Kagome
"Why hello dear!" greeted her mother. "I didn't expect you quite so soon!"
"What do you mean quite so soon?"
"Well Inuyasha seemed awfully angry at you. So I thought you wouldn't have been able to return so soon." Was her mother's simple response. "Unless you snuck off." She gave a questioning glance.
"No I didn't sneak off. Inuyasha's senses would have caught me."
"So you didn't have to use any force at all? That's wonderful! You keep complaining to me that Inuyasha won't let you go home without an argument but see dear, he's changed." Her mother continued talking while Kagome smiled falsely.
"No force?! What is she, mad?! Of course I had to use force! Inuyasha's more stubborn than an ox! But I wouldn't consider the sit command as force, merely a mechanism for me to get away."
"I'm going to go take a bath, is that all right?"
"Hm? Of course, go on ahead! I'll have something for you to eat when you're done!" Her mother smiled.
"Thanks mom! You're the best." Kagome ran up the stairs to her room.
"Don't I know it…" murmured her mother.
After a nice long hot bath, Kagome felt great! Racing down the stairs, she ruffled her little brothers hair as she sat at the table. He complained and she stuck her tongue out in response. Thus started the tongue war.
"Okay, that's enough you two." Chided their mother. They discontinued their actions and began to eat.
"Hey sis," inquired Souta. "Where's Inuyasha? He usually chases after you, doesn't he?"
Kagome had been wondering the same thing. Inuyasha usually (more likely all the time) came through the well to drag her back so where was he? She wasn't complaining but it just seemed odd…in a strange abnormal way.
"I don't know." Kagome put her chopsticks to her lips in thought. "Maybe he didn't want to." She shrugged. "I'm perfectly fine with it though." Souta looked disappointed.
However, he wasn't disappointed for very long because right at that moment, Inuyasha barged in and nearly succeeded in starting an argument with Kagome but her mom had ever so tactfully stuffed his mouth full of food. Inuyasha looked surprised.
Quickly swallowing the food, he tried once more in an attempt to start an argument with Kagome but was once again interrupted by Kagome's mother.
"Inuyasha! What a pleasant surprise to see you! We were just about to eat dinner, would you care to join us?" At his confused look, she positively beamed and set another place by Kagome. He sat in a slightly dazed manner and ate almost mechanically.
Finally coming out of his stupor Inuyasha seemed to have forgotten what his purpose was for coming because the night continued without any fights. He made light conversation with the elder Higurashi's and answered all of Souta's eager questions.
When dinner was done he helped with cleaning up and followed Kagome to her room. Kagome gave an enormous yawn and sleepily looked at Inuyasha.
"Are you staying the night?" Inuyasha nodded. "Do you want a blanket?" Seeing him scowl at the proposal she smiled and grabbed two extra blankets. She placed one on her bed and set the other one at Inuyasha's feet. Although he said, well, motioned that he wouldn't need it Kagome still offered it. Turning off the light she snuggled into her blankets and fell asleep knowing her protector was keeping watch.
The next morning, Kagome smelled breakfast cooking and quickly got dressed. She walked down the stairs and saw Inuyasha staring at a pancake incredulously. Souta was attempting to explain it and that it was edible. Inuyasha picked it up and sniffed it. Kagome giggled. She walked over and smiled.
"Having troubles?" Souta gave her a pleading look.
"I told him that it was food but he still won't eat it!" Souta lightly banged his head on the table. "He's been staring at it for the last ten minutes and he still says it's not safe to eat! I've even eaten it in front of him and he still doesn't trust it!"
Kagome had to laugh. It was just to funny that her brother was complaining about Inuyasha not eating. In the feudal era, she normally had to force him to stop. She plopped herself down next to him and served herself some pancakes of her own.
Buttering them and then slicing them into fourths, she added some powdered sugar with a small amount of syrup. Stabbing a piece with her fork she happily munched away. Inuyasha glanced at her.
"What is it?"
"Hm?"
"What's this pan-cake thing? It's rubbery and it's flimsy." He shook it for good measure. "It also smells bizarre. It's something I've never experienced before." Kagome tilted her head to the side.
Swallowing her food she spoke. "It's food. A pancake is a wheat substance that's mostly in a circular shape." She pondered for a second. "It can also some in lots of styles and flavors." Inuyasha looked even more confused than before. "Just try it. You've seen Souta and I eat it so what's wrong with it?" Inuyasha still gave her an odd glance. Kagome sighed.
Taking the pancake out of his hand, she quickly cut it into fourths and drenched it in syrup. She speared it and held it up to Inuyasha's mouth. He might have shut his mouth even tighter. Kagome rolled her eyes. Inuyasha sniffed it. Smelling a surgery substance he timidly opened his mouth. Taking the chance, Kagome rammed the particle into his mouth. Surprised, Inuyasha bit down and tasted his first pancake. His eyes widened.
"Damn, this stuff is good!" No longer needing any assistance, Inuyasha shoveled the rest of the pancake into his mouth. Seeing the stack on the table, Kagome barely had time to grad two more before the entire thing was gone. Hearing the commotion, Mrs. Higurashi stepped into the kitchen. She smiled. She had been waiting for Inuyasha to learn the concept of a pancake and she was ready for the storm.
Walking to the oven quickly, she opened it and pulled out an enormous stack of pancakes. Inuyasha thought he had died and gone to heaven.
Three stacks of pancakes later, Inuyasha was playing with Souta on his game counsel. Souta was currently winning but with a defeated cry, his life points were drained away by a special attack Inuyasha had just unleashed. Inuyasha cried triumphantly.
"Souta, please don't inflate his ego even more. I have to deal his boasting after." Came Kagome's voice. "I'll try sis." Was Souta's reply. Inuyasha was doing a victory dance.
"Want to go again?" asked Inuyasha. Souta smirked. "Sure. I won't go easy on you this time!" "We'll see! Ha! You're no match for me!" "Nooooooo! That's cheating!" "Hey! What?! Give me back my control!" "Never!" Inuyasha chased Souta around.
Kagome sighed upstairs. "Here they come." The floor slightly shook. " And there they go." The shaking subsided. She leaned back and stretched. Glancing at the clock she decided she would spend another hour on her homework and then offer the magic word to Souta and Inuyasha, lunch.
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Back in the feudal era, everyone was lounging about. Summer was almost there so the group spent most of the days outside.
L Inu was dozing off and nearly fell off the porch. Shippo saw this and laughed. L Inu glared at him and continued to stare off into space.
On the outskirts of the village, there were strangers. One was a young woman with long black hair with deep silver eyes. She carried a pack and was holding a child's hand. The child had mid-back black hair, brown eyes and was wearing a most peculiar costume.
It appeared to be a sailor's shirt with a very ill modest skirt. The villagers who came upon them left them in shock and eyes bulging. They raced back into the village and headed straight for Lady Kaede's hut.
"Lady Kaede! Lady Kaede!" two villagers came scrambling towards her.
"Aye, what is it?"
"Th-there's a girl! She looks just like the Lady Kagome!"
Kaede's eyes widened. "Are ye sure? Tis not some trickery of the light?"
"We're sure! A strange woman holds the hand of the Lady Kagome child. The child even wear's the strange garb!"
Kaede took a moment to think. "Take me to them this instant!"
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"Nana? Why are the villagers staring at us like that?" Kagome peered up at her.
Nana was to deep in thought. "Maybe this is where Inuyasha resides! I've passed by hundreds of villages before and no one has given me a second glance. But in this village, they stare at us…" Nana's eyes widened. "Of course! They're not staring at me, but Kagome! The present one must reside here!"
Nana came out of thought. She looked about the surroundings and nodded. She peered down at Kagome. "Why don't we rest here?" Kagome wanted to move away from the village as quickly as possible but agreed. Maybe the village wasn't as creepy as she suspected. Although she wished they would stop staring. It was making her skin crawl!
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(A/N): Okay! I'm finished with chapter four! Hurray! Things are starting to close and I say this was okay for my first Inuyasha fic. It will probably only be another chapter or so.
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