The Mutt

Chapter 9

It was a sort of rough, but cool night at the Inu residence. Kagome had a sort of fine sleep. Tengi had a sort of wierd dream and Anna was sort of comfortable sleeping with Rin.

Okay that is sort of a lie. She hated Rin. Not only did she not get her own room becasue of Rin but now she has to babysit the mortal. Anna was a little trickster, not the sweet and loving neko girl you think she is. Tengi knows it. So Anna laid awake until deciding to see Kagome. She transported through walls and stone until coming through Kagome's door. Kagome spun around to see Anna standing there with a pout.

Kagome opened the balcony doors.

'Kami, it's been so long'

The wind blew a single strand of her hair for it was still up in a bun. The balcony showed a white sandy beach with ocean waters full of green blue waves. Each palace of the four sides have a beach around it. Except for the Central area. That was an island because it was in the middle surrounded by waters.

Kagome leaned on the marble stone of the pavment when she smelled sweet pea flowers running fast throughout the castle. Then Anna was standing there in her room with a pout on her face.

"I refuse to babysit a mortal" She whispered hard and agrily. It almost caused her to go red in the face.

"Anna, what are you doing up so late. The sun is nearly up" Kagome replied ignoring her statement.

"Why do I have to do what he says. He's not my Lord. I came from the South" She replied ignoring Kagome's question.

"Yes I know but he is incharge of this castle and if you want a place to eat and sleep you had better not cause me anymore trouble. I'm in enough of it" Kagome at last said sticking to one subject.

"Why are you, or we here anyway? What's your connection with him?" Anna asked slyly.She was a very bright girl. It was Tengi who was the child.

"I am here to die, Anna," Kagome said straight out forward. "And he is going to kill me" She continued picking Anna up by the back of her neck and carrying her over to the balcony edge.

There was a long silence as Anna sat down on the balcony rear.

"It's not fair" She said at last. She was a strong girl

"Life's not fair Anna. Look around you. All of this is evil" Kagome stated as they both looked out to the water and beyond.

"Are you evil" Anna asked innocently. She can be sweet only to the people she likes.

"Hai, Anna. I am" Was Kagome's answer

"But why?" Anna asked

"Okay, it's time for you to go to bed now" Anna knew Kagome didn't want to discuss the matter further.

"But i don't wanna go (purr yawn) go to sleep" Anna was relentless

Kagome turned to face Anna. "Close your eyes and count to 10, like I taught you to" She said.

Anna closed her eyes and began

1..2..3..4..5..6..7..

Kagome put her hand behind her back and in an instant was a ball off pure swirlingessence ofsleeping powder.

8..9..

Kagome lightly blew the essence into her face with grace before10. Anna even when sleeping had a sense of balance beacuse she was a cat. She slowly tranformed into the cute little kittin neko she appeared to be. But of course Kagome knew that she was a little devil atheart.

knock...

knock...

Kagome slightly knocked on the wall in her room. She didn't care if it would wake anyone. Then Tengi came through her wall. He grimaced at the snoozing yokai.

"Take her back to Rin's chamber please" Kagome said wearily handing Tengi his kitten sister

"Aye, aye captain" Tengi joked and took Anna.

"You going to bed soon Kagome?" He asked

"Hai, Tengi. Soon. Koban-wa" She replied.

"Koban-wa" He said

With that they departed. Kagome closed the double doors to the balcony and laid down on her futon, covering herself up with a sheet.

Next Morning

"Kagome, Kagome wake up" came the sweetess voice in the world but the most irritating to Kagome.

Next came poking and the furriness of a tail tickling her nose. Kagome grumbled and wrapped the sheet over her head so none of her was showing. Just a big lump on the futon.

"Kagome wake up" The woman said again with a tougher tone than before. Like a mother would say to her child if refusing to get up for school.

"Oh, look. A little servent girl from the East. Surely she must be human" The woman said in a greasy, teasing impression of an old hag. Then she yanked the covers off of Kagome to reveala kind looking kitsune woman

with beautiful, crystal white eyes being surrounded by ruby red lining. She wore a kimono only royalties were which is custom for she is the Lordess of the North. Her husband is the Great Lord of the Northern Lands. She came to by marriage. Her crest (from being mated) is a blue raindrop at the top of her head in between two red stripes pointing slanted downward, towards its direction. Her hair is asoft brown inthe front but turns into a pale yellow color down to her waist.

"OKA-SAN" Kagome wailed and returned the covers over her head again.

"Come now Kagome. It's time for you to get now." She urged Kagome to awaken.

"Must you wake me so early in the morning" Kagome grumbled popping her head out from under the sheets but still covered herself.

"It is not that early" Her 'mother' argued.

"Mother, it is sun rise" Kagome explained while looking up at the balcony's windows that poured the morning light through the glass.

"Oh, fine" the kitsune gave up.

"Where's Otou-san?" Kagome asked still trying to get some shut eye.

"He's downstairs. He's looking forward to seeing you again" the woman said while putting some books onto Kagome's shelf.

"Yea, I bet he is" Kagome said to herself. Too bad her so called mother was a demon and heard it.

"He really did miss you" She said.

Suddenly...

"Morning, Kagome" came the cheery voice of Tengi

Kagome sat up. "Who the hell sid you could come in just like that?" She said agrily. Piping actually

"Infact who said the both of you could come in? It's my room after all" Kagome stated

"Oh,I transported in" siad Tengi with no thought of being hurt by the raging inu at all.

"I'm your mother. I don't need permission" She said proudly as if Kagome could'nt argue.

'Mother?' Tengi thought that she was dead like his parents were.

"Aww, will you to please leave. I still would like to sleep" Kagome said irritated and pulled the covers over her once again.

"Fine" Tengi said and left in a huff through the walls.

"Well, alright. I always said you slept like a human,but i expext you to be down stairs in a few hours. Don't over sleep now" she told Kagome a little shocked by the neko boy's actions and left through the door.

I think u all kno who the kitsune woman is, but just in case, i'll give her name in the next chapter

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