x.FAR.cry.x: This is really your favorite! Oh joy! Oh and about Shippo and Tsunami having kids... chuckles nervously. Uh... well... I was already sorta planning that in maybe a future chapter. chuckles nervously. Sorry! You've only written half of the next chapter of your story? Yep, I agree. You're lazy. Uhhhhhhhhhhh... what's rambo mean? I've never heard that before. Sorry. I loved how Inuyasha and Kagome reacted to Kiotsu's question too! Maybe I should put that he asks where babies come from a future chapter. That would be hilarious!
The Goddess Diana: I'm glad you like it and I know it's a bit cheesy at times but hey! I only started writing fanfics in October! (Started posting in January) So I can't say i'm exactly great at times.
LMChick10: I think it is totally awesome too! I'm so happy we agree!
A/N: Thank you for my reviews! I love 'em! Oh! Just as a heads up, I won't be able to update during spring break because I'm going to Orlando with my Dad and Sister and we're gonna go to Disney World (Wish there was a place called Inuyasha World). So i'm not gonna have access to a computer and be able to write anything! Sorry!
Before I do the disclaimer I just want you guys to know i'm writing a new story, well, book of poems called Inuyasha Character Poems. You can go check it out if you want! Now...
Disclaimer: I do not own the Inuyasha show or any of it's characters but I do own Kiotsu and Tsunami! They're MINE! I made them up! Grabs Kiotsu and Tsunami and runs. MINE!
Kagome: Aaaaaaaaaaahhhhhhhhh! Give me back my baby! Runs after katanna tagurasha.
Inuyasha:Hey! Get back here! Runs off as well.
Shippo: Tsunami! My love! NOOOOOOOOOOOOO! chases after them.
Sango: Am I the only sane one here?
Miroku: Hey, Sango!
Sango: Miroku how can you be such a pervert! starts chasing him with Hiraikotsu.
Miroku: Ah! Sango! starts running. What'd I do? looks up at sky. Dear Buddha, why must pregnant women be so confusing?
Sango: Get back here! they run off.
Kaedae: sighs. Aye. The young are so dense. Here ye have the next chapter.
katanna tagurasha: RRRRRRRRRREEEEEEEEVVVVVVVVVIIIIIIIIIIEEEEEEEEEEWWWWWWW! runs past with Kagome, Inuyasha, and Shippo hot on heels.
Chapter 8
Kagome and Kiotsu left the hut saying quick good byes as they quickly made their way home. The sun was low in the sky and Kagome was worried.
'I hope Inuyasha got tetsusaiga alright', she thought.
As they walked on they passed a few slashed up trees which frightened Kagome a little.
'I hope it was only trees he slashed', she thought as they passed a tree that had practically been cut in half.
"Mommy?", said Kiotsu.
Kagome looked down at his confused little face.
"Yes?", she asked.
"Are you okay?", asked Kiotsu.
"Why do you ask?", she replied.
"Because fear's coming off of you", he said.
She looked down at him and said," What do you mean?"
"I mean I can see fear coming off of you," he said," The color around you is sort of bluish-whitish. I've seen that color around me when I have nightmares or when I told Shippo to talk to Tsunami. But his is sort of pinkish most of the time when he sees her."
Kagome stood shocked at what he just told her.
'Is that a strange youkai ability he could have possessed? No. Youkais can't see emotions. The only way he could have been able to do that was... No. That can't be possible. He's part youkai. If he had powers like that, he would have been purified... or maybe he doesn't have enough to be purified. Could he have really inherited my powers?', Kagome thought.
"Mommy", said Kiotsu.
"What?", Kagome asked being snapped out of her thoughts.
"Are you okay? You looked like you were in a distant land from here", he said.
"You've been hanging out with Uncle Miroku again, haven't you?", she said.
"Yep", said Kiotsu.
Kagome shook her head and thought,' Well, at least he hasn't gained any lecherous habits. ... Or at least I hope he hasn't.'
As they reached the hut, Kiotsu looked up at her.
"Mommy", he said.
"What?", she asked, looking down.
"I think daddy's okay now", he replied," At first he was red, but now all I see is white."
He gazed at the house hard and said," I think he's asleep."
Kagome stared at him in awe and thought,' If that's not proof enough of his powers, I don't know what is."
She walked into the house and looked around. There didn't seem to be any damage. Actually it was just like they left it. She walked down the hall into their room and found Inuyasha asleep on their bed clutching Tetsusaiga close to his cheast.
'At least he's okay now', she thought, sighing in relief.
She looked outside the window and saw the sun slowly setting. She sat on the bed with Kiotsu beside her.
As the sun set, she remembered something important and turned to look at Kiotsu.
"Tonight's a full moon, isn't it?", she asked him.
He nodded as he started to transform.
Suddenly, Kiotsu's claws grew longer as his canines became fangs. His ears became pointed as two jagged blue marks appeared on his cheeks and jagged blue stripes appeared on his wrists (Sorta like the marks on Sesshomaru's wrists). The transformation was now complete. Kiotsu was a full demon.
See the thing is since Kiotsu is a quarter demon he has two special nights. One for his human transformation and another for a demon transformation which, by the way, he can control. His demon night happens to fall on the full moon and his human night appears on the half moon just before the full moon. Got it? Now we continue.
Kiotsu looked up at Kagome, now filled with energy. He hopped up and said," Heymommy!Let'splay!Icouldplayallnight!Comeon!Nowwatchmerunaroundthehousein5seconds!" He took of.
Kagome shook her head and thought,' He always sounds like he's on a sugar rush.'
It appeared Kiotsu was enjoying himself but suprisingly, he seemed to prefer his human night.
'So unlike his father did', she thought.
Kiotsu rushed in making it around the house in 5 seconds just as he predicted.
"Mommy!Guesswhat!Ijustgotagreatidea!I'mgoingtoseehowmanytimesIcangoaroundthehousein30seconds!Watch!", he cried out as he took of once again.
She shook her head and thought,' I wonder if Inuyasha would have ever been like that as a child if he had a demon night.'
She chuckled at the thought and looked over at the sleeping hanyou on the bed.
He was curled up, clutching tetsusaiga very close to his cheast.
'I hope he didn't beat himself up too much inside for forgeting tetsusaiga', she sighed.
He hadn't changed into a full demon since before they defeated Naraku and even before that it had been awhile. When they had Kiotsu, Inuyasha had sworn he would never let Kiotsu see him in his demon form. She was sure it was because he didn't want his son to have to see the monster he turned in to. But Kagome didn't ever think of him as a monster even in his demon form. She loved him too much.
Kagome bent over and kissed him on the cheek. She smiled. He always looked most peaceful when he was asleep.
A few seconds later, Kagome saw a red blur go around the room speaking some words spoken so fast she couldn't understand them before taking off again but she could have sworn she caught the words "outside" and "bow and arrows." Not much later she heard the noise of bow and arrows hitting a target at high speeds.
THWACK! THWACK! THWACK! THWACK!
She shook her head, wondering how long it would take this time for him to wear out because although he had become a full demon he was still only a child and all children tired out sooner or later. She hoped he wouldn't collapse outside again.
She layed down beside her mate and looked over at him. His ear twitched in his sleep and she smiled. She reached out and rubbed the furry appendage. A low growl of content, sounding a lot like purring, came from the sleeping hanyou's cheast and his other ear twitched begging for attention as well. She giggled and switched to the fidgeting ear.
She saw his eyelids flutter as he woke up.
"Kagome?", he mumbled.
"Hello, sleepyhead", she replied, still rubbing his ear. His other ear flicked and she giggled.
He sat up and said," What is it with you and your fascination with my ears?"
She giggled again and said," There just so cute!"
She left go of the appendage as she heard a collapse outside. She looked outside and said," Wow. A new record."
Inuyasha looked confused but then saw the full moon.
"Oh", he said," How long was it this time?"
"He actually made it10 minutes this time."
"Wow. That's at least 15 seconds longer."
"We better go get him."
Kagome got up and went towards the door but stopped when she heard Inuyasha mumble," I'm sorry."
She turned around and said", For what?"
He looked up and saw the pain in his eyes.
"I didn't control myself good enough", he replied, ashamed, head bent," Kiotsu saw me as a monster."
Kagome walked over and sat beside him.
"You could never be a monster and it's not your fault", she said.
"Yes it is. I left tetsusaiga! I could've hurt you two! I was barely able to get out of there!", He replied, still not looking at her.
"Inuyasha", she said," You can't always blame yourself. None of us were expecting that. I mean, you haven't transformed in more than 5 years. Besides, Kiotsu didn't seem frightened at all. He actually acted so calm, I almost thought he was Sesshomaru for a second!"
Inuyasha smiled at that but just barely. It dissapeared quickly as well.
"But...", he said.
"Inuyasha", she said," It's nobody's fault. Stop blaming yourself and drop it. Okay?"
Inuyasha nodded.
He got up feeling a bit better and said," I'll go get Kiotsu, 'kay?"
He walked out the door and down the hall. Kagome watched him leave, then went to get changed into her night gown.
Inuyasha found Kiotsu lying near the target range, a bow in his left hand and an arrow in his right. The target had at least 10 arrows now sticking out of it. The arrows were all embedded about a forth into the target.
'Whoa', Inuyasha thought,' He's gotten stronger.'
Inuyasha picked up Kiotsu and carried him back towards the hut.
He walked in the door and down the hall towards Kiotsu's room. It was a short ways from Kagome and Inuyasha's.
Inuyasha walked into the room and tucked him into his bed. Inuyasha turned away when suddenly he heard Kiotsu mumble," Sing to me."
Inuyasha looked at him and saw his eyes still shut tight.
"Okay. I'll go get mommy", Inuyasha was about to leave but was stopped by a "no."
Inuyasha turned around as Kiotsu mumbled," I want you to."
"You sure 'bout that?", he asked," I'm not as good as mommy."
"Please", he mumbled.
Inuyasha sighed and sat down beside his bed on the floor.
"Okay", he replied," This is a song I learned from a friend a long while back. Maybe when I was a few years older than you."
Inuyasha sang. (First, of all I do not own this song. I got it from the forth movie though this isn't exactly the way it was in the movie but sort of like it.)
"Dad told me the hands of demons,
are the hands of protection,
Mom told me the hands are humans,
are the hands of nurture,
When combined, you will escape,
from the burning fire,
and you wi-ill come to save,
the-e universe."
As Inuyasha finished, he looked over at his son and listened to his steady breathing. Inuyasha then heard the noise of another's breathing at the door. He recognized the breathing and sighed.
"How long have you been there?", he asked.
"Long enough to find out you can sing", Kagome replied as she came up and put her arms around his neck," How come you never mentioned it?"
He shrugged and said," You never asked."
"Where'd you learn that song?", asked Kagome," It's pretty."
Inuyasha was silent before he said," I learned from an old friend."
"Who?", asked Kagome.
Inuyasha recalled the memory of how he met her.
(Hey guys! I was going to end it here but I decided to write more because I love you guys so much! Aren't I nice? This is definitely my longest chapter yet! Now! On to the flashback!)
--Flashback--
A 7 year old Inuyasha ran away from the taunting laughter of the children as an older child threw another rock at him. It caught him in the back, causing him to fall. He scrambled back up and ran into the forest. He ingnored the pain in his back, the throbbing of his black eye, the blood coming out of the corner of his mouth, the muscles in his legs begging for a rest, the throbbing bruises on the backs of his arms and legs, and the pain of his left ear crumpled on his head. He finally reached a lake that was very far from the village and collapsed to his knees from exhaustion.
He gulped the water from the lake greedily, gasping for air afterwards. He lay on the soft grass and thought,' I should leave. Ha-ha-ue will be worried.' But he couldn't get himself to get up from the comfortable position. He lay on the soft grass surronding the shore of the lake and tried to let his tense body relax.
He closed his eyes and sleep was about to overcome him whenan earsplitting cry filled the air. Inuyasha'sgood eye shot open and he sat straight up.
Suddenly,across the lake a girl burst from the forest. She had dark purple, almost, black looking hair pulled up into two buns on the sides of her head, the rest of it down with two forelocks on each side of her face. She couldn't have been more than 8. She wore a tattered navy blue kimono wih short sleeves and reaching just below her knees, with a green tie around the waist. Her tanned skin face had tearstains covering it with fresh tears filling her sapphire blue eyes and threatening to spill over. She looked very upset and her breathing was ragged and heavy. The scent from the tears in her eyes made Inuyasha's stomach turn. Her eyes looked around wildly as if for a way to escape.
Suddenly, a large ogre came out of the forest, brandishing a large ax. The girl whirled around and crept backwards still searching for means of escape.
"Heh. Heh. Now, i've got you girly", the ogre said.
The girl just backed farther away but stopped when she reached the edge of the lake.
"Y-you killed m-my parents", she said, her voice sounding broken and shaky.
The ogre smiled evilly and said," Now, you shall die too!"
She turned around as the ogre lifted his giant ax. She fell to her knees and looked up at Inuyasha, tears streaming down her face.Something inside of him snapped and next thing he knew, he was on the ogre's back biting and clawing every inch of skin, he could reach. The ogre cried out in pain and shirled around wildly trying to shake him off but Inuyasha just held on tighter with his claws, causing more crys of pain from the ogre. The ogre struggled to reach behing his back to grab the little inu-hanyou causing him so much pain. Suddenly, a purple glow came from in front of the ogre and Inuyasha peeped over the ogre's shoulder to look.
The young girl's eyes were glowing purple and a purple light was surrounding her. The ogre became very still as the light washed over him. The light seemed to do nothing to Inuyasha. The ogre started to disentegrate and Inuyasha waited to fall to the ground but realized he was floating. Suddenly, he was brought slowly to the ground.
As he stood there, a wave of exhaustion and fatigue rolled over him. The last thing he saw before his eyes closed was of the girl kneeling beside him and her buns falling down to reveal broad ears with wavy edges. (If you've seen the 4th movie, you know what i'm talking about. You know the same one the little blue haired girl has. You know, Ai, I think.) Then, everything went dark.
Later, Inuyasha came into sub-conciousness, eyes shut tight, and felt a warm feeling wash over him. Then, he heard a sweet voice singing a strange song he'd never heard before. Slowly he made out the words.
"Dad told me the hands of demons,
are the hands of protection,
Mom told me the hands are humans,
are the hands of nurture,
When combined, you will escape,
from the burning fire,
and you wi-ill come to save,
the-e universe."
Inuyasha slowly opened his eyes and looked up to see the face of the girl looking down at him. He looked at her ears and said," You're not human."
He looked at her and said," Are you hanyou?"
She nodded and he sat up. He realized his head had been in her lap and pink slightly tinged his cheeks. He then realized that his wounds were gone.
"Hey", he said," My bruises are gone."
"Yes", she replied," That is something I can do."
He looked at her and said," By the way, what was that light all about anyways?"
She bit her lip and looked away. He could now clearly see that she had fangs.
"I'm not quite sure myself", she confessed.
"What do you mean and why didn't you use it earlier?", asked Inuyasha, agitatedly.
"I mean, my parents never told me what it was. They always said they'd tell me when I was older but...", She shook her head as fresh tears filled her eyes," As to why I didn't use it before... I can't conrol it. It just happens. If I could have used it, I could have saved..."
She was broken off as fresh tears fell down her face and she collapsed to her knees.
Inuyasha came up beside her and said," I'm sorry but if it makes you feel any better, my dad was killed too."
She looked up with tear filled eyes and said," How?" She hastily added," If you don't mind, that is."
"It's okay. I didn't really know him anyway. I'm nor sure how he died. Ha-ha-ue never told me. She just told me, he died the same night I was born."
"That's sad", she said.
Inuyasha recalled earlier and said," What was that song you were singing?"
She looked out on the water and said," It is a song the parents in my home village, sing to us the children. It's to help us sleep at night. We've all been happy there with the barrier surrounding the village but a while back, the barrier started faltering. Every once in a while, the barrier would completely fall and the demons would get in because the village was founded by demon and humans who got along and eventually had children...us...the half demons. The demons would attack us and kill a few people but the barrier would come back up before too much damage was done. Lately, the barrier's been coming up later and later and stronger demons have been coming. The preistess has helped protect us but it's becoming harder."
"That's terrible", said Inuyasha," Is that why that ogre was attacking you?"
"Hai", she said nodding," He was one of the demons that got in. He killed my parents and dragged me away to kill me but I escaped. I came to the lake and you know what happened from there. By the way..."
She looked up at him and said," Why were you beat up so badly?"
Inuyasha looked away and said," Kids in the village thought it would be fun to throw rocks at the filthy half-breed."
"Oh", she said," That's sounds terrible. I've never had to deal with that because i've stayed in the village. I never knew humans could be just as bad as demons. I'm sorry."
She looked about to cry again so Inuyasha changed the subject.
"Hey. Could you teach me that song? By the way, i'm Inuyasha."
"I'm Shirisa", she replied, smiling.
--Flashback end--
"I never saw her again", said Inuyasha.
"That's so sad", Kagome replied, a few tears escaping her eyes.
"Kagome, are you crying?", asked Inuyasha.
She sniffled and said," H-hai. It's just... I feel so bad for that poor girl. She saw her parents die right in front her eyes and was kidnapped from her home."
"Yeah. I know", he said.
"You know what", she said," I'm happy too because you saved her even though the ogre had to be 10 times your size. I'm proud that you helped her."
Inuyasha smiled and put his hands on her arms still entwined around his neck.
He got up and said," Why don't we get to bed? It's late."
Kagome nodded and they left for their room to get a good night's rest.
A/N: Well! There it is! This one took quite some time to write! But, it was worth it! I hope you enjoy this and when I get back from Disneyworld, i'll be expecting lots of reviews for my effort! Please review! I'm sorry it took a while to update but I really couldn't get myself to type anything until today! I hadn't been sure how to start it off but today I sat down and started typing and well, here you've read the results! The only part of this I already had written down on paper was the flashback. I wrote it one day when I was supposed to be paying attention in class! Naughty girl! OH well! Anyways! REVIEW! And TELL ME ABOUT ANY STORIES YOU'VE WRITTEN! I WANT TO READ YOUR WORK! FOR ME, IT DOESN'T COUNT AS ADVERTISING IN A REVIEW SO PLEASE DON'T BE HESITANT! TELL ME! ALSO, REVIEW!