The Mutt
I got the song from Inuyasha movie 3-my favorite;-)
Japanese
Ano-Umm
Chapter 10
FLASHBACK
"Aishi aeba wakareyuku
Sonna de ai kurikaeshita.
Kioku fukaku tesaguri de
Amai kage o motomete wa
I can taste the sweetness of the past
Doko ni mo anata wa inai kedo,
I'll be alright,
Me o tsubureba soko ni
Kawaranai ai o,
I believe
Haru no hikari atsumetara hana sakasete
Natsu wa tsuki ukabu umi de mitsumete
Aki no kaze fuyu no yuki mo
Sono toiki de atatamete hoshii
Four seasons with your love
Mou ichi dou."
The singing form of a skipping six year old human chanted on and on. It was the only time she ever spoke. She refused to speak to anyone.
"Kagome, come" Niokay called.
Kagome spun around and ran to her. Niokay bent down to reach her height.
"Okay, honey. Now you can play only where I can see you. Don't go to far" With that Kagome nodded and ran off again. She looked cute with her hair all in a bun,with the yellow and blue patteren kimono she was wearing. Kagome was even barefooted because of the sunny day in the gardens. But on the inside she was just as ugly as someone with an evil heart. She climbed a near by tree but found it difficult because she was in a kimono and not the pants that she likes to wear. Even then she hated kimonos.
"Hm" Kagome thought. Most of the time she thought of what happened that night that she came hear. She can't remember a thing execpt who she is, a child screaming, and golden eyes staring at her with hate. She was still the cold, bitter little girl, only, different now. For some reason, every night that she's been here, Kagome's been human. It's been a week that she has stayed here at the Western Palace. She knows that she is diffinetly not a mortal but she can't figure out why. Kagome has adjusted to a new 'MOM'.
Niokay is the only person she will trust. There could be suppisions about her. But Kagome hasn't sensed any evil in her heart, powers or not. Children just know these things. Docani is her 'FATHER'. They are both kitsunes and married to each other. The tear drop symbols explain it all. Kagome trusts Docani too, it's just that he's a man. Kagome doesn't quite feel right about some men but she gets over it. She never had a father before. But then again she knows that she was doing fine without him. Or was she?
Suddenly...A hugh mysterious figure came up to her. She couldn't see it's face because it was so tall that from where she was sitting, the branches covered up its face. It appeared to be a man or a demon of some sort. Kagome was human for now and along with being more fragile than usual she had feelings. And how she hated it.
Kagome was calm at first but then began to worry when his hand started coming towards her. Then she became really worried when green stuff was pouring out of his claws and then with out warning...SWIPE. Kagome just dodged the attack and flipped over the branch landing on her back. She still couldn't see his face, the sun was in her eyes. So she ran for it as fast as she could and then...
END FLASHBACK
Kagome awoken a few hours later. She took a bath in the huge hot spring that was near her chamber. How he got it on the fourth floor she'll never know. Kagome asumed it was done by magic. After she bathed, Kagome took a look inside her "closet". There were the most beautiful kimonos with all sorts of purples, reds, blues, etc-And she hated them all.
'He must be kidding me' She thought staring at the long kimonos. "Uck", was how she felt.
Kagome picked out a nice green and white one, with wolves as the pattern. Then she laid it on the futon and slit it in half from the waist down. Pressing her thumb and index finger together she used her poision to to mend the slits back seperatly. Now the kimono has pants instead of a long skirt.
After dressing, Kagome decided to find Anna and Rin. She still can't get over the fact that Sessomaru put Anna incharge of a human child when Anna is just a kitten herself. Ridiculous. But when Kagome entered the room she found, noone.
"Anna, Rin?" She called. Noone answered. Then heard movment coming from the closet. Kagome opened it only to fine a little mortal girl scared out of her wits dressed in a red and white sleeping kimono. Bubbles were sped all over the fabric and she was bunched up, hands on her knees.
"Rin,I presume?" Kagome asked the shaking girl
Rin nodded. "I had a bad dream." The girl explained shyly.
"Come on out of there. Where's Anna?" Kagomesaid as Rin climbed out of the big drawer.
"Who is Anna? And who are you?" Rin asked. Then a bright smile creeped up her face.
"You are that woman who I saw last night aren't you?" She asked excited.
"Hai, I am. I thought I saw something in the window." Kagome kneeled to reach her height.
"So, are you here to be my new oka-san?" She asked in hopes for a new mom.
Kagome raised an eyebrow at the young child. Any other person would have giggled at Rin's question. But a new mother? Kagome was still just a child herself. It is not easy beging 299.
"Well, I'll tell you what. I can't give you a mother, but I can give you a sister. Would you rather have that?"
Kagome gained intrest in this little girl. She reminded her of when she was little. Very shy but out going, kinda.
"Ano...Hai. I never had a sister before." Rin replied
"Good girl. Now let's find that sister of yours"
After Kagome dressed Rin upthey went downstairs. She followed the scent of oak wood and sweet pea flowers to the dining hall with Rin by her side. Then another scent picked up.
Tengi was sitting down at the long and wax glazed table eating and Anna was in kitty form next to him. She must have been done eating. Sitting at the right of Tengi was a charming kitsune demon with orange and brown hair that reached down to his hips. The kitsune had a teardrop crest on his forehead in between two red stripes going in the same direction as the kitsune woman from earlier on. And sure enough she came in the dining hall also.
"Oh, now your up." Tengi teases.
"Ah, Kagome. You've grown so much." The kitsune said rising from his chair to greet her.
"Well, it has been over 100 years now Otou."
Tengi nearly squirted out the tea he was drinking at the word "Otou".
"Kagome, I could have sworn that your father is dead" He said looking up in confusion.
"Tengi, this is Docani, my surrogate father." Kagome said with no expression on her face as usual. The kitsune woman sat down with a smile.
"And she..." She gave a small gesture to his wife, "she is Niokay, my surrogate mother.
"They are the Lord and Lordess of the Northern Hemisphere." She continued. Then, a tug at her left arm reminded Kagome why she came down here in the first place.
Rin saw Kagome walk over to a pink and scarlet cat who appeared to be eyeing her dangerously. Kagome picked the cat up.
"I thought you were suppose to look after her." Kagome whispered into her ear. Anna meowed back saying
"Well,I thought she was better off in the closet" Kagome lowly growled telling Anna how annoyed she was.
"Here is your new sister"
Kagome stated.She set her on the ground infront of Rin while the others were making small talk to each other. Anna gave a look up at Kagome that said "What the hell are you talking about?" all over it. Kagome returned the unspoken question with a "Be nice or elese" look. Rin, on the other hand, was baffeled.
"But", she began, "I can't be sister's with a cat" she said looking down at the strange neko.
"Anna, up" was all it took for Anna to go bursting up infront of Rin's face with a big "Hi". Anna startled Rin so much that she nearly fell over if it wasn't for Kagome's agility. She gave Anna a narrowed eye look.
'Deal with you later' She thought. "Alright you two go play now ". They were about to run off when Kagome said "Anna, be nice"
Anna grimaced and then nodded. They were off. "Wanna go play in the gardens, Anna?" Rin asked nicely.
'Maybe she's not bad after all'. Anna had second thoughts about Rin.She didn't like her before because Rin smelled of Sesshomaru from the traveling they had done. Kami knows she hates Sesshomaru as much as Kagome did.
"Ano...okay"
Back at the table
"So you are the Northern royals, right?" Tengi really didn't know how to speak to Royalty. But this was worth a try.
"Hai, we are. We've been mated for over 500 years now." Docani stated while sipping his tea.
"567 years to be exact" Niokay said still smiling as ever.
"Mated?" Tengi was a neko. They have very different customs than inus. And it is becaus of how he and Anna grew up that they had no idea what mating was.
"Oh, yes. Inu demons, such as kitsune, wolves, and plain dogs, have mating customs."Niokay explained.Tengi was very confused
"But",Docani continued on,"I'm positive that Kagome, being your keeper and all, wouldn't want you to know about something like this at such a young age."
Tengi nodded, but he was still confused. They hadn't really explained what mating was, just that inu demons do it.
"How old are you dear?" Niokay asked
Kagome was just joining them. She sat down and a old servant came to her side immediatley. She looked like a jaguar demon. Kagome aked only for tea. You'd think after 8 hours of sleep she would be hungry huh? The servant went to fetch the tea. Kagome was just now zoneing into the converstion but said nothing.
"How old are you dear?" Niokay asked
"Oh, I'm 256 in demon years and 16 in human" Tengi answered.
"My how nice" Niokay said sweetly.
"A strapping young fellow too" Docani. said "I hope you take care of your sister also"
"How did you know she was my sister?" Surley she could have been a different neko.
"There has never been a race of nekos with three tails before and a color such as yours, is incredible. So it was obvious you were related." Niokay said.
"Oh, well." Tengi blushed out of embarassment.
"Well, don't be ashamed my boy". Docani assured Tengi."There is some uniquness in all of us. Isn't that right Kagome?"
Docani turned to his daughter with a smile. She didn't smile back. Her eyes were cast down in thought when he called her name. Just then, a jaguar demon with grey eyes and purple hair came in smiling with a tray of tea on it.
"Kagome?" The jaguar demon spoke.
Kagome turned her eyes to see none other than the little Casemi by her side.
FLASHBACK
A six year old Kagome came from her bath wrapped in a towel. Her an Niokay entered her room. A cute blue and pink kimono was already set on the futon for her. She gave a funny look at the atire.
Niokay turned her back to close the balcony doors so Kagome wouldn't get a cold. Mean while, Kagome was flicking her right hand and holding up her towel with her left. She just couldn't get her poision whip to work. She wanted to turn the kimono into pants but she was unexplainably human and couldn't gain access to her powers.
"What's wrong, honey?" Kagome turned to her mother. Her raven hair was down, for once, and all speard about her face, wet from the bath. She looked so cute and innocent. She even had some cheeks that anyone would want to pinch.
"Do you need help dressing?" Kagome nodded.
After they had dressed her, Kagome and Niokay went to eat. Because she was human, Kagome needed food now. So only a few plates of food were brought out, all by a little jaguar demon who looked about Kagome's age. Kagome thought it barbaric to have such a little person working here. So after she had eaten, Kagome wanted to go to the gardens before her lessons started. Niokay had taught her in some potions and Docani taught her in defending herslf a bit. She was still young, so there was no need to push her.
As Kagome sat in the pile of flowers, she began to think some. Then she heard something in a nearby bush. Kagome laid on her stomach facing the bush and stared at it. She stared until Kagome saw something move. The bush was a dark green color, but Kagome saw some purple in it. There was no berries or anything on the bush. She was curious. Her smell, sight, and hearing didn't work as well, so Kagome had to get up and check it out.
She ran over to the shrub and poked her nose into it. She stepped on her tip toes and peeked over it. Then there was a flash of purple and brown that made the wind swoop by Kagome. She turned around only to see the same jaguar demon that sereved her, sitting in the same spot that she was in. The yokai girl was purring and grinning with intrest for Kagome. Her tail was flicking up and down wildly.
"Konichiwa" She said "I'm Casemi.Who are you?" She asked all bubbly like.
Kagome was still staring at her in confusion. "Well do you talk any?" She asked Kagome
"". Kagome gave no answer. Then, seeing what was happening from afar, Niokay came over.
"Kagome this is on of the servant's child." She stood by Casemi."I think she would like to play with you. Would you like to play with her?" Then Docani joined her.
"Go on Kagome. There's nothing else to do around here anyway. Besides, it will take all that's been bothering you off your mind." Then Kagome nodded in agreement. She'd do anything to stop the annoying burden screaming in her head.
"She no talk much, do she?" Casemi looked up at Kagome's parents.
"Iie. But that's alright. You'll get use to her signs, if your friends long enough." Niokay promised.
Together they both walked among the pretty flowers with all sorts of scents. "So, is that really your mom?" Casemi tryed to make small talk. Kagome said nothing.
"I live here with my mom. My dad died a long time ago though. He was sick." Kagome was a bit intrested on one hand, but on the other hand, she couldn't care less.
"Oh, look" Casemi cryed. She ran over to the section of the garden where the Poppies grow. "My oka-san says I smell just like this one." She plucked the flower up and showed it to Kagome. She stared at it and then up into the sky. "Whatcha lookin' at?"
Casemi stared into the sky too. Kagome shrugged her shoulders at the question when "Casemi, Casemi" Her mother called for her.
"That's my oka. I have to get back to work now. Sayonara Kagome-san" With that she ran back to the other jaguar demon with lavender colored hair. Kagome ran back infront of Casemi. "What's wrong?" Kagome clasped her hands together and bowed to Casemi. She was confused but bowed back to Kagome. Then Kagome ran to Niokay.
Later on... Niokay went back to Casemi's mother. "That means she trusts her." Niokay and Casemi's mother became good friends even to this day.
END FLASH BACK
Little Casemi no more.
"It's been so long Kagome" She said going down on one knee.
"Rise Casemi. We're all allies here" Kagome said.
Then they heard a woman's voice yelling for Casemi in japanese.
"Oh, duty calls" She said with a smile. Casemi set down the tea on the table infront of Kagome and said
"Maybe we'll catch up later. Bye"
And she left back into the kitchen.
Kagome sipped her tea like a lady. "She's still working here?" She asked any one of her parents without looking at them They knew she was pissed off.
"Oh, hai." Niokay answered with caution.
Kagome hated that her closest ally (she doesn't call anyone a friend)was working as a servant, and in this castle no less.
"Tengi" She said to the Neko who was gawking and staring into space where Casemi was. "Close your mouth."
"Oh, hehe." Kagome gave him a warning look.
Hoped u liked it >:-)