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YES! CHAPTER 10
This is my longest story yet . . . I think . . . I promise to actually finish this one. Lolz
oh, this story is dedicated to my penpal and new found friend, Chiho, who lives in Japan! Everyone say HI to Chiho! Lolz
Chapter 10Safety of Guardians
Bright warm rays of sun light flooded the small hospital room causing the young woman laying in the hospital bed to stir a bit. The girl's long raven hair fell about her soft face. A small smile graced her lips as her dark chocolate brown eyes blinked a few times to get used to the sun light and to get rid of the sleepiness. Her eyes finally opened fully. Still smiling, she sat up in the bed, the blankets falling around her waist, and stretched, reaching high above her head.
There was suddenly a soft knock on the door to the small hospital room. The girl looked over at the door and stared at it expectantly. The door opened slightly more and a woman peeked inside.
"Are you awake yet Kagome?" the woman asked.
The girl nodded. "Yes Mama. I just woke."
Haruko smiled and pushed open the door to enter the small yet cozy room. She walked across the room and sat down in the chair beside Kagome's bed. Kagome smiled, too.
"Has the nurse brought Inukuro and Mitsukai to be fed yet?" asked Haruko.
"No, I don't think so. Like I said, I just woke up."said Kagome. She glanced over at the clock on the wall. "It's already 10:00 a.m. I slept late."
"It's okay, you just gave birth, honey. You need your rest."said Haruko. Kagome nodded in agreement.
At that moment the door opened and Kagome's nurse came into the room carrying Mitsukai and Inukuro in her arms. Mitsukai yawned and stretched her tiny arms up into the air, her tiny hands balled into tiny fists. Kagome giggled and smied proudly at hr two little bundles of joy. She reached out to take one of her children from the nurse to be fed. The nurse carefully handed Inukuro to her. Kagome took him and held him close to her. The tiny baby boy cuddle into his mother's warm body for warmth and comfort. As Kagome took Inukuro, Mitsukai began to growl angrily and possessively, realizing that her brother was going to get fed first and not her. Kagome, Haruko, and the nurse all laughed as the nurse gave Mitsukai to Haruko. Mitsukai calmed down a little, deciding that her grandmother would be good enough until she could be fed by her mother.
Both babies were dressed in little cotton body suit: Inukuro's blue, and Mitsukai's pink. They also each wore a matching cotton hat which covered their kawaii ears.
The nurse instructed Kagome, showing her how to hold the baby and how long to feed him for, etc. Soon Inukuro was finished and it was Mitsukai's turn. Mitsukai burbled (A/N I don't think 'burbled' is a real word but whatever) happily as she was given to her mother and fed. Kagome couldn't help but how much Mitsukai was already like her father, Inuyasha. Just a few minutes ago she had been growling with jealously. Kagome knew she was going to have a hard time when they got older. It would be like taking care of two Inuyashas. Scary…lolz.
When both babies were finished eating and the nurse had gone, Kagome relaxed and leaned up against the wall, content with Inukuro and Mitsukai in her arms. Haruko watched her daughter, granddaughter, and grandson with a wide, loving smile. She was so happy and proud. She had to admit that she was a little shocked when Kagome had first told her that she was pregnant, but she had been happy as well. She knew that in the feudal era Kagome would be old enough to be married and have a family, and she had always wanted grandchildren. What she hadn't planned on was the well being sealed and the children not having a father. But that was unpredictable and could not have been prevented.
At around 10:30 a.m. Ai came to visit with Sasuke. Souta and Makoto were visiting a friend that had just recently broken his leg. Ai came into the room and sat on the edge of the bed with Sasuke in her arms. Allowing him to investigate the two new babies only a few months younger. Kagome smiled as she watched Sasuke eye the other babies a bit cautiously and then with a bit of a confused look on his face. Kagome couldn't keep herself from giggling. Ai giggled too.
Ai smiled as she looked down at Mitsukai and saw a small triangular kawaii puppy ear sticking out of Mitsukai's hat. This confirmed her suspicions that she already knew to be true. Mitsukai and Inukuro were indeed part youkai; part inu-youkai. (OMG is Ai a youkai?)
Kagome stopped talking and followed Ai's gaze. She saw Mitsukai's ear and quickly covered it up with the small pick hat.
"Kagome…"
"I can explain, you may not believe me but I can explain."blurted Kagome.
"Kagome, you don't have to explain. I know that Mitsukai and Inukuro are part inu-youkai."said Ai.
"You – you do? But, h-how?"asked Kagome.
Ai smiled and laughed. "I guess there is something you, and you Mrs. Higurashi, should know about us: Makoto, Sasuke, and I."
She chanted a few words and suddenly Kagome felt a slight tingling sensation as a spell was lifted and Ai and Sasuke turned into what they truly were: inu-youkai. Kagome gasped when she saw the pointed ears, her hair was still black but the ends were silver, and smooth scar-like blue stripes on her cheeks (kinda like Sesshoumaru). Kagome then looked down at Sasuke. He too had the same blue stripes, and pointed ears, yet his hair was pure black. Kagome looked again at Ai in surprise and confusion.
"It seems you already know about demons. I was going to tell you, I sensed that the babies were inu-youkai but I didn't know if you knew. So I was afraid to tell you."admitted Ai.
"Yes, I knew that their father was hanyou. But I can't figure out why I couldn't sense that you were youkai."replied Kagome.
"It's a concealing spell. Even the best of mikos can't sense it."
"Oh…"
Haruko watched the whole thing with more shock than Kagome. She turned to the door as Makoto and Souta entered.
"Can we come in now?"asked Souta.
"Yes, you may."said Haruko somewhat shakily. She knew of demons and Inuyasha was often at their house while the well was still working. But she had known Ichiro for years, before Kagome and Ai were born and had not known.
Makoto suddenly froze. "Sis, you took off your disguise, and Sasuke's."
"Yes, but it's okay, Kagome already knows about us."assured Ai. "Look, the babies are part inu-youkai."
"We knew that already."said Makoto.
"We thought it, we didn't know for sure."said Ai.
"Whatever."
Souta looked from Ai, to Makoto and then to Kagome. He had a look of confusion and shock. He turned to Makoto.
"You're part Inu-youkai? Like Inuyasha? COOL!"he exclaimed and began asking Makoto a bunch of questions.
Glad that Souta was not angry or disgusted with him and had not rejected him, Makoto happily answered Souta's questions. Haruko, finally out of her shock, decided to take the boys out for ice cream so that Kagome and Ai could talk.
-A Few Days Later-
Kagome was released from hospital a few days later. Everyone was in a good mood. Haruko wanted to take the girls shopping for some baby things for Mitsukai and Inukuro. The boys wanted to come too. So they put the babies in the carriers and got into Haruko's minivan.
Once at the mall Kagome and Ai took the babies out of the car, still in their carriers and went to look at some clothes. Haruko didn't trust the boys to be on their own so went with them to look at video games.
Kagome and Ai went on an all out shopping spree. They bought everything imaginable for the babies and when they were finished with that they went shopping for themselves, buying clothes, music, and accessories.
On the way home they stopped for some fries at a chip stand.
As they drove into the driveway of the Higurashi home, Ai suddenly sat up straight and looked to be on full alert with her nose in the air. Kagome looked at her quizzicaly for a moment then looked at Makoto and even Sasuke who were on alert too. Finally Ai spoke.
"I sense a very powerful youkai."she said, in a hushed voc
Kagome looked out the window of the car to the house, almost panicked. That's when she spotted a large, majestic dog sitting patiently on their doorstep, watching as the van pulled into the driveway. Kagome gasped. She felt like she was in the presence of a very honorable and strong tai-youkai (A/N I'm using the word tai-youkai without even knowing exactly what it means, can someone tell me?).
"There,"said Kagome.
Everyone looked at the dog. Kagome was the first to undo her seat belt and open the car door. The dog or youkai or whatever it was made no sign of moving so everyone got out of the vehicle and Haruko helped Ai and Kagome with the babies. The babies were also awake now, sensing the presence of the great youkai. Everyone walked cautiously toward the front door. When they were a few feet from the inu-youkai (I'm gonna call it that from know on), they stopped. The inu-youkai finally stood up and walked proudly over to Kagome who was holding Mitsukai and Inukuro. The inu-youkai ignored everyone else and walked right to Kagome. He looked up at Kagome with a look of respect, pride, and love. But not an intimate kind of love. It was more fatherly. A feeling of familiarity and safety washed over Kagome. She felt she knew this inu-youkai from somewhere, yet the only place she could think of was the feudal era. This inu-youkai somehow reminded Kagome of Inuyasha. This caused tears to well up in her eyes. But as she watched how the youkai stood proudly and seemed to demand respect from all, she could see a lot of Sesshoumaru in him too.
The inu-youkai finally turned it's attention from Kagome to the two babies she held in carriers. The youkai first looked at Inukuro. Inukuro seemed to stay completely still, allowing the youkai to look over him. There was a glint of pride in the youkai's eyes as it looked over the young part inu-youkai pup. The pup was strong and intelligent, very healthy.
The youkai then turned it's attention on the young female pup. She too was strong and intelligent like her twin, yet while the other seemed to be more compliant, this young girl seemed much more sociable. (that's not exactly the word I was looking for but it will work). As the youkai looked her over, instead of looking proud and respectful like her brother, she squirmed and squealed upon seeing the new youkai. She giggled and reached her tiny arms up toward him. She seemed to like this youkai, like she had some sort of special connection to him.
Kagome watched and couldn't help but smile. The others around her watched the youkai closely and with some fear on their faces. Ai and Makoto could sense that the youkai's strength was great. They couldn't help but be fearful with a demon this strong so close. Haruko and Souta were just afraid having the large, dangerous dog demon so close.
The youkai stared at Mitsukai for a good long time then finally looked away. He looked around, like he was making sure the coast was clear. It was. There was suddenly a blinding light and an incredlible amount of (umm…..) jaki (?). Everyone's hands flew up to protect their eyes. When the light dissipated, what stood in front of them, shocked them.
Instead of the youkai's dog form, it was now in human form. A tall, handsome man demon stood before them. He was dressed in feudal era clothing and armor. He had long silver hair which was tied up into a high ponytail. His eyes were narrow, and golden like Inuyasha's.
Kagome gasped. She recognized this man, err…inu-youkai. The man smirked, knowing that Kagome was able to recognize him. He remembered her from long ago. Now he could smell Inuyasha's scent all over her and the two pups. He knew however that Inuyasha was not there with them, he was as good as dead it seemed. (as good as, not actually dead). There was a bit of a sileince that was soon broken by a giggle from Mitsukai. The youkai shifted his narrow eyes from Kagome to back to Mitsukai and smiled. His smile was loving.
"You're – You're his – his father…"Kagome finally gasped.
The others all looked at her, confusion all over their faces. How did she know this youkai? And who was he the father to?
The youkai looked back at Kagome and merely nodded.
"But – but, I thought you were dead. You died protecting him and Izayoi over seven hundred years ago!" Kagome exclaimed. How could he be alive? He was alive right? But what happened? She was so confused. Her head began to throb.
"So you remember me. I take it you remember that day five hundred years ago. The day Sounga was sent back to hell?" asked the youkai.
Kagome slowly nodded.
"Hmm… I guess I could ask you what you are doing in this era."he said.
"Umm… I think we better discuss this inside, it sounds like it will take a while."Haruko interupted.
The youkai merely smiled and nodded. Haruko opened the door hurriedly and ushered everyone into the house. Kagome quickly put Inukuro and Mitsukai to bed. Ai did the same with Sasuke. Once the babies were asleep, the two girls headed downstairs. Haruko and the inu-youkai were already sitting at the kitchen table talking. Haruko seemed to be telling him about how Kagome first came to be in the feudal era. Kagome decided to let her mother finish and she and Ai sat quietly at the table. When Haruko had finished, the inu-youkai nodded. Then he finally decided to introduce himself. (getting tired of calling him the inu-youkai).
"I am Inutaisho, Kagome already knows of me. I am Inuyasha's father."he said proudly.
Haruko gasped. "You-you're Inuyasha's father? Then that means that Inukuro and Mitsukai are your grandchildren too."
Inutaisho nodded.
"Inutaisho – " Kagome began.
Inutaisho looked at her.
"You still haven't explained why or how you are here."said Kagome timidly.
Inutaisho sighed. "I did not die in the battle with Takemaru. I was merely sealed. I didn't know for how long I would be sealed or when and if the seal would be broken. That day that Sounga returned to hell, the seal wavered a bit and I was able to see my two sons work together to defeat Takemaru and Sounga. I was even able to talk with them for a moment before the seal regained it's power. I thought the seal would never be broken until a few days ago. That's when I found myself in this new era. I smelled your scent mixed with that of my son's. I recognized your scent from that day and I followed it here."
There was a pause and silence, then Inutaisho continued. "I figure that the seal was broken when the pups were born. I believe that I am to guide these pups, and watch over them, as Inuyasha cannot."
Kagome nodded. It made sense.
So, Inutaisho became a part of the family. Most of the time he was in his large dog like form. Rarely did he go into his human form. He watched over the twins, day and night. Both were strong and healthy. Inukuro became quite independent, wanting to learn things on his own without anyone's help. Mitsukai, though very independent herself, enjoyed the company of her grandfather, even as a baby. She became very close to him. Inutaisho still watched over Inukuro but took special care of Mitsukai, feeling a special attachment to her since the day he first set eyes on his beautiful little granddaughter.
-About Five Years Later-
Inutaisho, in his dog form as usual, walked ahead of Kagome as they headed to the school to pick up Mitsukai and Inukuro. Suddenly the sounds of screams came to Inutaisho's sensitive ears. He stopped and his body stiffened. He recognized the screams. The screaming came mostly from children. Then he heard a sinister laugh. He growled.
"Inutaisho? What is it?" Kagome asked suddenly getting a sinking feeling in the pit of her stomach.
Inutaisho didn't answer. He barked viciously and took off down the street toward the school. Kagome ran after him panicking. Her children were in danger. When she finally made it to the school it was in flames. The teacher, a neko-youkai, (in disguise of course) was herding the childcren toward the forest behind the school. Inutaisho was no where to be seen. Kagome, looked around frantically searching all the children for Inukuro or Mitsukai. She finally found Inukuro, he stayed close to the teacher for safety. Mitsukai, however, was no where to be found.
There were suddenly growls, barks and yelps coming from inside the burning school. Kagome watched as a pure black and red dog, a bit larger than Inutaisho, burst through the flames and took off into the forest. Soon after, Inutaisho did the same and took off after the large black and red dog.
-With Mitsukai-
Mitsukai ran and ran as fast as she could away from the school. She hated to admit it even to herself but she was scared… No, she wasn't scared. No scared, terrified. At first she hadn't been though.
It had started out as a regular day at school. There was about half an hour before the bell would ring and she and Inukuro would run out into the school yard to meet their mother, Kagome, and their grandfather, Inutaisho. They were all sitting at their desks working on some coloring sheets. Inukuro was sitting in the desk next to her, and her best friend Kaori on the other side of her. Kaori and her had been talking and giggling until the teacher had come by and told them to be quiet. Suddenly there was a loud, annoying, ringing sound from the hall. At first they thoguht it was the bell, but the ringing continued long after it should have stopped. The teacher had a worried look on her face, causing some of the other students to get anxious too. One young girl, named Saya was even crying. Mitsukai's ears flattened to her head under the hat she wore. She winced and looked over to Inukuro who was also wincing at the loud sound. The teacher opened the door to the hallway and started ushering the children out into the hall. But then she stopped and screamed for them to all get back into the room. A blaze of fire just nearly missed her as she slammed the door shut. Mitsukai noticed the teacher sniff the air then look around frantically. Mitsukai sniffed the air as well, and could tell immediately that something was wrong. Hidden by the retched smell of smoke that stung her nose, she could barely make out the scent of a youkai. She couldn't quite tell but she thought it smelled a bit like dog, but with a faint smell of ashes mixed with it. It could have been the smoke and burning that smelled of ashes but she was almost positive it came from the inu-youkai.
The teacher slowly opened the door once more and checked the halls. No one was there and there was no sign of fire. Other students were beginning to evactuate. The teacher decided it was safe and again began to usher the chidren into the hall. Mitsukai, Inukuro, Kaori and another young girl were the last to leave the room. As they ran through the halls toward the closest emergency exit, Mitsukai and Inukuro heard a low growl behind them. They stopped and turned to find themselves facing a large black dog. The dog had red sripes starting at it's shoulder blades and continuing down to it's tail. Another darker red stripe ran down it's muzzle flaring out at the bottom. It growled again and as it did flames licked it's lips as a few stray sparks escaped it's mouth. Mitsukai had been right, the smell of ash was coming from this demon. At the same time, both Mitsukai and Inukuro got into a fighting stance, it seemed to be natural. The two pups had no fear whatsoever.
"Wanna piece of me, you big bully!" Mitsukai yelled, without thinking over the consequences first.
The demon stared at her for a moment with a look of amusement before laughing sinisterly. The laugh sent chills down Inukuro's and Mitsukai's backs but neither backed away.
"You don't scare us!"yelled Inukuro, though his voice was a bit shaky. The sound of the crackling flames around them almost drowned out his voice.
The demon merely laughed again. He took a step forward and raised a large paw, then swiped at Mitsukai, who was closest.
"Outta my way bitch."the demon growled.
The paw came in contact with Mitsukai's small, fragile, yet strong body and sent her flying back into Inukuro as she cried out in pain. Inukuro and Mitsukai crashed into the door and broke the glass, flying out the window into the school yard. They landed on the soft grass a few feet away from each other. Inukuro less affected by the attack got up and ran over to his sister. Her now ripped shirt was stained wet red with blood. Inukuro shook her and she stirred. He helped her up and they both ran towards the other students. Being much faster because of their demon blood they quickly caught up to them. They ran for what seemed like forever, afraid to look back. Mitsukai was truly terrified, having a life threatening injury like that can do that to ya.
Now she was alone running deeper and deeper into the forest. Somewhere along the way she had been seperated from Inukuro in the sea of students. Tired of fighting to get through the students, and scared to hell of what was behind her, she broke away from the crowd and ran as fast as her demon blood would allow away from the school.
Finally she could take it no longer. She collapsed, her breathing deep and ragged, coming in raspy gasps. She lay there for quite sometime. Alone.
Suddenly she heard a voice behind her. She didn't look right away, but listened to the voice as it spoke kindly. The voice was melodic and kind. Mitsukai liked it, it comforted her. Then she noticed something…this voice knew her name.
"Mitsukai, please look at me child."
Mitsukai turned cautiously to look at the speaker. What she saw shocked her. In front of her was a beautiful woman. But the woman didn't look real. She had a strange white glow to her. She looked ethreal. She was dressed in an elegant kimono. Her black hair was long and flowing. Her lips were rose red. Mitsukai just stared at her for a long moment. She suddenly gasped. She looked away, she was young but knew that staring was rude.
"Who – who are you?"Mitsukai asked timidly.
The woman smiled. "I am …….."
Dundundun…..lolz just kidding…….
The woman smiled. "I am Izayoi, Mitsukai."
Mitsukai was silent for a moment, thinking to herself. Then she spoke up.
"Are you my grandmother?"she asked innocently with her head cocked to the side. Something had compelled her to say that.
Izayoi laughed. "Yes, Mitsukai, I am your grandmother."
Mitsukai thought again.
"Are you an angel?"
"I am kind of like an angel."
"Are you dead?"
"Yes, yes I am dead."Izayoi said somewhat sadly.
"Are you here to take care of me? Like Inutaisho?"
Izayoi's expression became shocked. "Inutaisho?"
"Yes, he is my grandfather. He's a dog demon. He protects me and my brother, Inuk…" she trailed off.
She stuck her nose into the air and sniffed a few times. Her puppy ears twitched.
"Inutaisho has come to find me!" Mitsukai shouted happily. "You can see him. He'll be here really soon."
Mitsukai stood up and looked in the direction she smelled Inutaisho's scent from. A few minutes later a large, white dog sprung from the forest, landing in the clearing. It bounded over to Mitsukai. A few steps away it stopped and stared at Izayoi. Izayoi stared back. Both stared at each other for what seemed like an eternity. Mitsukai looked between the two with a confused expression. Then Inutaisho transformed into his human form, which he did not do often.
"Inutaisho…"
"Izayoi…"
A/N there finally! I am very sry that this chapter took so long but I was working on my website and I was having fun reading other pplz fanfics. One of my fav's is Mending a Broken Heart by Craig'sWifey. It's an AU I guess but good none the less. Anyway hope you enjoyed. What did you think? Was it too long? Do you think I should continue?
Oh P.S. I'm not updating 'til I get at least 6 reviews. Kristen, Kayla, Stephanie, ure reviews don't count unless they'r genuine…k? R&R onegaishimasu….
Mitsukai
Oh and I'm thinking of changing my penname to megumi-no-dansu, just so ya know
PPS i also changed the name of the fanfic, hope it's better than my old one, review if i should change it back or not