Chapter 8
"Oi, Kaede, is Myoga in here with?" Questioned Inuyasha as he entered the hut.
"What is it my Lord?" Shouted the flea from his spot by the fire.
After everyone entered and took their usual places in the hut, Inuyasha did the same. Only he kept the sleeping Kagome in his lap. "We need to talk Flea!"
"What about my Lord?" Myoga jumped over to his master's shoulder and looked at the girl with dog-ears and a black tail. "My Lord, is this the Kuro Inu Princess that vanished 62 yeas ago?"
"That's right you weren't around yesterday were you!" Inuyasha glared at his flea of a retainer. "This is Kagome."
"Kagome, but how, she was human?"
"Her father sealed her youkai blood until her 17th birthday. He had also rigged the well to open 60 years later or on her 15th birthday, so she could come here." Inuyasha absent-mindedly brushed a clawed hand over her tail that lay in her lap. 'It's so soft, just like when we were kids.'
"I take it by your actions you still remember your betrothal to each other." Myoga flinched as Inuyasha halted all movement, obviously unaware of his own actions.
After gaining control of the small blush on his cheeks, he turned his attention tot he miniature youkai. "Yes, we do, but that's not the issue right now. It's Kagome's sword. What is it capable of?" He pulled out the Kiseiga and placed it in front of him.
"The Kiseiga! Where did-"
"I'll tell you later, but what do you know about the swo-"
"Inu....ya....sha" a soft voice whispered through out the hut and all eyes were on Kagome as she slowly awakened. She took a moment to look around. 'I'm in the hut with everyone, but where is Inuyasha?' When she realized she was still in his lap and in front of everyone she jumped up. If she had been a cat she would have attached herself to the ceiling, but being an inu youkai, she only succeeded in finding the nearby wall. "Inuyasha what's going on?"
"Calm down. I told you I was bringing you back remember."
"Is he......?"
"No....he left a long time ago. Now calm yourself and come sit down."
Everyone watched the two hanyous intensely. They were really surprised by Kagome's actions. She looked terrified, not of them or Inuyasha, but of the air or space itself. And Inuyasha was the one trying to calm her down. And who was 'he' they were talking about.
"Who's he and why is Kagome so scared?" Shippo asked innocently from Miroku's lap.
Inuyasha had managed to restrain her and he held her around the shoulders to comfort her as he was about to tell them of the events of the day.
"When I took off earlier, I wanted to test Kagome's senses. Of course she found me, but so did someone else. Sesshoumaru showed up and recognized Kagome as the Eastern Lands princess, and I think with her being part youkai, well, he's.....now attracted to her!"
"WHAT!?" everyone said at the same time.
"He knocked me into a tree, grabbed her and even tried to kiss her, that bastard, but the Kiseiga started to pulsate and it created a blue barrier around Kagome, knocking Sesshoumaru into a tree, but the Kiseiga let me inside. Sesshoumaru said he would get her eventually, and then left. Kagome was pretty rattled by what he did so I brought her back." Inuyasha tightened his hold on her shoulders as he felt her shiver again.
"Oh Kagome! Don't worry we won't let him take you." Shippo said as he leapt at her and gave her a small hug. It was all his little arms were capable of.
"So Myoga, what can you tell us about the sword?" Inuyasha repeated his earlier question.
"Not much I'm afraid. The Kiseiga was created from her father's fang at the same time as the Tetsusaiga and Tenseiga. It's said to enhance miko powers and project them into the blade for attacking." Myoga crossed his arms in deep thought.
"Miko powers, but her otousan was a taiyoukai, how is that possible." Sango questioned.
"Don't you know? Kagome's okasan was a miko. She too protected the Shikon jewel. She was actually the first miko to purify it. But it was stolen shortly before she disappeared." Myoga then looked over to the female hanyou who was currently in shock.
"My okasan was.....then that explains it." Kagome stared into the fire as she spoke her thoughts out loud. "Since I'm not Kikyo's reincarnation, how else would I come to possess the jewel, my okasan? It was trying to find a way back to her. But why didn't she say anything to me before." Kagome fell silent as she looked at the flames.
"Hey Myoga, why did her sword react like that to Sesshoumaru, not that I'm complaining, but what caused it." questioned Inuyasha, hoping to get Kagome's mind going in another direction.
"I don't know. I bet Kagome's retainer would know."
"Her retainer? Where can we find him...her?" asked Sango.
"She's in the East somewhere. I'll go fetch her while you guys go check out a lead on a shard I found. Some kind of giant lizard toward the mountains, a few days west from here."
"I can't believe her.....why didn't......I'm gonna...." Kagome rambled on.
Realizing Kagome was still preoccupied with her mother's mistrust, Inuyasha decided to ignore her. "Ok we'll set out tomorrow morning. Let's just relax the rest of the evening."
"COOL!" yelled Shippo as he brought out several of his little toys.
Sango helped Kaede with dinner. Miroku played with Shippo. While Inuyasha watched Kagome continue to ramble on about her mother. His eyes softened as the roamed over her.
"Still in love with her my Lord?" Myoga asked from his master's shoulder.
"What do you know about it flea?" He growled quietly to the small pest of a youkai.
"I've been around for several centuries, my Lord....You look at her the same way your father did to your mother. You have almost the same look as when you two were children yet now your glances are matured and I doubt they are innocent as they were when you were little. Am I right?" Myoga almost didn't complete his last sentence as he was squashed between Inuyasha's thumb and forefinger.
"If you say anything to her, I swear I'll squish the life out of you." He released the small bug and watched as the 'flea pancake' floated to the floor. After Myoga puffed back out, Inuyasha growled in a menacing, quite voice, "It's a promise!"
Myoga gulped at seeing his master's eyes flash red for a brief second. He then retreated to Kirara's head, where he watched his Lord and Kagome's interactions. After dinner he noticed Inuyasha was practically ignoring Kagome, but she didn't seem to mind as she had finally quieted down about her mother and was studying. Inuyasha on the other hand was on he opposite of the fire, staring into it, as if at any moment a youkai would pop out of it. 'Fate has definitely dealt him a bad hand. He has lost so many of those that he's loved. But maybe, fate is giving him the chance to love once more by returning Kagome to his side. Now....if only he would embrace his gift instead of pushing it away....Oh well, maybe he'll come around.' Myoga sighed aloud from his perch on top of Kirara's head and watched as everyone settled down for the night. 'I wonder what Nekome's going to say when I show up?"
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"Oi, Kaede, is Myoga in here with?" Questioned Inuyasha as he entered the hut.
"What is it my Lord?" Shouted the flea from his spot by the fire.
After everyone entered and took their usual places in the hut, Inuyasha did the same. Only he kept the sleeping Kagome in his lap. "We need to talk Flea!"
"What about my Lord?" Myoga jumped over to his master's shoulder and looked at the girl with dog-ears and a black tail. "My Lord, is this the Kuro Inu Princess that vanished 62 yeas ago?"
"That's right you weren't around yesterday were you!" Inuyasha glared at his flea of a retainer. "This is Kagome."
"Kagome, but how, she was human?"
"Her father sealed her youkai blood until her 17th birthday. He had also rigged the well to open 60 years later or on her 15th birthday, so she could come here." Inuyasha absent-mindedly brushed a clawed hand over her tail that lay in her lap. 'It's so soft, just like when we were kids.'
"I take it by your actions you still remember your betrothal to each other." Myoga flinched as Inuyasha halted all movement, obviously unaware of his own actions.
After gaining control of the small blush on his cheeks, he turned his attention tot he miniature youkai. "Yes, we do, but that's not the issue right now. It's Kagome's sword. What is it capable of?" He pulled out the Kiseiga and placed it in front of him.
"The Kiseiga! Where did-"
"I'll tell you later, but what do you know about the swo-"
"Inu....ya....sha" a soft voice whispered through out the hut and all eyes were on Kagome as she slowly awakened. She took a moment to look around. 'I'm in the hut with everyone, but where is Inuyasha?' When she realized she was still in his lap and in front of everyone she jumped up. If she had been a cat she would have attached herself to the ceiling, but being an inu youkai, she only succeeded in finding the nearby wall. "Inuyasha what's going on?"
"Calm down. I told you I was bringing you back remember."
"Is he......?"
"No....he left a long time ago. Now calm yourself and come sit down."
Everyone watched the two hanyous intensely. They were really surprised by Kagome's actions. She looked terrified, not of them or Inuyasha, but of the air or space itself. And Inuyasha was the one trying to calm her down. And who was 'he' they were talking about.
"Who's he and why is Kagome so scared?" Shippo asked innocently from Miroku's lap.
Inuyasha had managed to restrain her and he held her around the shoulders to comfort her as he was about to tell them of the events of the day.
"When I took off earlier, I wanted to test Kagome's senses. Of course she found me, but so did someone else. Sesshoumaru showed up and recognized Kagome as the Eastern Lands princess, and I think with her being part youkai, well, he's.....now attracted to her!"
"WHAT!?" everyone said at the same time.
"He knocked me into a tree, grabbed her and even tried to kiss her, that bastard, but the Kiseiga started to pulsate and it created a blue barrier around Kagome, knocking Sesshoumaru into a tree, but the Kiseiga let me inside. Sesshoumaru said he would get her eventually, and then left. Kagome was pretty rattled by what he did so I brought her back." Inuyasha tightened his hold on her shoulders as he felt her shiver again.
"Oh Kagome! Don't worry we won't let him take you." Shippo said as he leapt at her and gave her a small hug. It was all his little arms were capable of.
"So Myoga, what can you tell us about the sword?" Inuyasha repeated his earlier question.
"Not much I'm afraid. The Kiseiga was created from her father's fang at the same time as the Tetsusaiga and Tenseiga. It's said to enhance miko powers and project them into the blade for attacking." Myoga crossed his arms in deep thought.
"Miko powers, but her otousan was a taiyoukai, how is that possible." Sango questioned.
"Don't you know? Kagome's okasan was a miko. She too protected the Shikon jewel. She was actually the first miko to purify it. But it was stolen shortly before she disappeared." Myoga then looked over to the female hanyou who was currently in shock.
"My okasan was.....then that explains it." Kagome stared into the fire as she spoke her thoughts out loud. "Since I'm not Kikyo's reincarnation, how else would I come to possess the jewel, my okasan? It was trying to find a way back to her. But why didn't she say anything to me before." Kagome fell silent as she looked at the flames.
"Hey Myoga, why did her sword react like that to Sesshoumaru, not that I'm complaining, but what caused it." questioned Inuyasha, hoping to get Kagome's mind going in another direction.
"I don't know. I bet Kagome's retainer would know."
"Her retainer? Where can we find him...her?" asked Sango.
"She's in the East somewhere. I'll go fetch her while you guys go check out a lead on a shard I found. Some kind of giant lizard toward the mountains, a few days west from here."
"I can't believe her.....why didn't......I'm gonna...." Kagome rambled on.
Realizing Kagome was still preoccupied with her mother's mistrust, Inuyasha decided to ignore her. "Ok we'll set out tomorrow morning. Let's just relax the rest of the evening."
"COOL!" yelled Shippo as he brought out several of his little toys.
Sango helped Kaede with dinner. Miroku played with Shippo. While Inuyasha watched Kagome continue to ramble on about her mother. His eyes softened as the roamed over her.
"Still in love with her my Lord?" Myoga asked from his master's shoulder.
"What do you know about it flea?" He growled quietly to the small pest of a youkai.
"I've been around for several centuries, my Lord....You look at her the same way your father did to your mother. You have almost the same look as when you two were children yet now your glances are matured and I doubt they are innocent as they were when you were little. Am I right?" Myoga almost didn't complete his last sentence as he was squashed between Inuyasha's thumb and forefinger.
"If you say anything to her, I swear I'll squish the life out of you." He released the small bug and watched as the 'flea pancake' floated to the floor. After Myoga puffed back out, Inuyasha growled in a menacing, quite voice, "It's a promise!"
Myoga gulped at seeing his master's eyes flash red for a brief second. He then retreated to Kirara's head, where he watched his Lord and Kagome's interactions. After dinner he noticed Inuyasha was practically ignoring Kagome, but she didn't seem to mind as she had finally quieted down about her mother and was studying. Inuyasha on the other hand was on he opposite of the fire, staring into it, as if at any moment a youkai would pop out of it. 'Fate has definitely dealt him a bad hand. He has lost so many of those that he's loved. But maybe, fate is giving him the chance to love once more by returning Kagome to his side. Now....if only he would embrace his gift instead of pushing it away....Oh well, maybe he'll come around.' Myoga sighed aloud from his perch on top of Kirara's head and watched as everyone settled down for the night. 'I wonder what Nekome's going to say when I show up?"
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