What the deaf mute heard
By: Lunagirl2001
Chapter 7: family matters
sorry about the wait. Right after camp, I had MAJOR writer's block! That's never happened before! I hope you like this chapter anyway!
"Cousins?" Kagome asked as the group left the building.
"Unfortunately yes." Kouga sighed. His poor little cousin was in a headlock and being dragged.
"Puppy-kunnnn! Lemmie go!" he shouted under Kouga's grasp.
Kouga glared. "Quit calling me-oww!"
Shippou chomped down on Kouga's arm.
"Now, now... no reason to act like animals." Kagome said trying to make the small boy let go.
"You're nice." The cousin said with a big smile, "My name's Shippou! Are you Puppy-kun's girlfriend?"
"Wha-"
"Yep! Better believe it!" Kouga said proudly, "She's my woman!"
"Kouga how many times do I have to tell you..." anime flames surrounded Kagome. " I AM NOT GOING TO MARRY SOMEONE I JUST MET!!!"
Kouga stared wide-eyed.
"HAHA! Someone scared Kouga!!"
"Shut up you little brat!!"
"Uh...let's change the subject." Kagome said with a sweatdrop.
"So what are you doing here Shippou?" Kouga asked-avoiding cuss words.
Shippou brightened up instantly. "Oh! I almost forgot! Mom and Dad are working in America so I get to stay at your house until they come back!"
Kouga lifted the small boy up by his shirt collar. "Say that again. I must not have heard you clearly."
Shippou ignored the threat.
"My parents are working in America and I have to stay here with you until they come back. Your dad said it was fine."
"That's because he's never home!" Kouga shouted dropping poor Shippou on the ground.
"Oww.... what's your problem? You meanie!" Shippou said.
A voice spoke up from behind Kagome. "Yeah, what's your problem, you meanie!"
"Sango-chan!"
"Hi Kagome." A lead pipe rested on her shoulder. She walked to Kouga and pointed the pipe toward his head. "Kagome, is he bothering you again?"
"No, no. He's just introducing me to his cousin, Shippou." Kagome said with a smile. "Right Kouga?"
Kouga glowered.
"Oh? Well I guess that's ok." Sango said putting down her weapon.
"I just had a fight yesterday, and I don't need another one." Kouga said picking up Shippou. "Let's go."
"Aww, we just got here!"
Kouga continued walking carrying Shippou under his arm.
Shippou slipped out and climbed onto Kouga's shoulders. "Ja ne, Kagome!"
"GET OFF ME!!"
"Sango-chan, thanks for trying to help." Kagome said.
"What else are friends for, but to help each other?" Sango said putting the pipe on her shoulder again.
'Don't they have rules about weapons in this school?' Kagome thought with a sweatdrop.
"Anyway, what are you doing since there's no school to...."
Sango suddenly stopped talking as well did Kagome.
"Hello ladies..."
"PERVERT!!!"
"Owww.... since when did you have a pipe?" Miroku said rubbing the lumps on his head.
"I thought I told you to never touch me there again!!!" Sango growled.
"You did." Miroku said with a smile, "But you never said that I couldn't rub you bottom while doing it to someone else at the same time!!"
"Don't you hate these loopholes?"
"Give me the pipe." Kagome growled.
"No! Wait! I'll stop! Really!"
'Yeah right.' Sango thought.
"Ok!"
"Why do you have to be so forgiving?!" Sango asked, slightly disappointed.
"It's in my nature." Kagome said smiling, "You don't know if that same person you thought was a creep, might actually be a good person on the inside."
"Do you really think that?" Miroku asked.
Kagome nodded.
Miroku walked up to Kagome and took her hands.
"What a beautiful way of thinking! Will you bear my child?"
"Didn't you just ask Sango-chan yesterday?" Kagome asked.
"He's not very choosey, is he?" Sango said annoyed.
"Hold that thought Kagome." Miroku said running to a girl behind her, "Excuse me, Miss..."
"Would you just quit already?!" Sango shouted pulling him away by his ponytail.
"Now I see why you refer to him as a 'curse'." Kagome said.
"Hey!"
"Be quiet." Sango growled. Miroku put on a smile and backed away, sweat dropping.
"Um...Miroku-san? Yesterday you were really hurt, but today you seem fine. What happened?'' Kagome said looking at him.
His smile revealed his chipped tooth and he had a bandage on his left cheek. But beside that he looked ok.
"Your mother really helped a lot." Miroku said, "and my master had some old remedies as well."
Sango looked a little worried. "Miroku, you got hurt?"
Miroku blinked. "It was nothing really. Kouga just beat the living daylights out of me. No big deal."
"He WHAT?!"
Miroku stared. "...You're...worried?''
A light blush appeared on Sango's face. "Um...well...I..." Her eyes grew wide as she felt a hand rub her rear.
"YOU LECHER!!!"
"Somehow, I knew it wouldn't last long." Kagome said to herself. She looked around and noticed something interesting.
"I wonder where Inuyasha-kun is? I haven't seen him today." she asked herself.
"Kun? Didn't he try to kill you?"
Kagome turned to find her two friends had stopped in mid-fight.
"Oh yeah...well about that...um..."
'What am I going to say?' Kagome thought, 'That Inuyasha's a misunderstood half-demon under a curse? Hell no!"
"The police caught the culperate already!" She blurted.
"Huh?"
"Y-yeah! He was a burglar...that got the wrong house and saw me so he tried to kill me! But he was a terrible burglar so he was caught when he finally stole from the right shrine and he confessed to everything!"
Her two friends were silent.
'Oh great. Who'd believe such a bogus story?' Kagome thought.
"Quite alot to happen in two nights." Sango said.
"Good thing you're ok, and he was caught." Miroku said.
'Thank god. They're gullible.' Kagome thought, relived.
"Yes. That is a good thi-"
"THERE HE IS!!!"
The group turned to see a furious senior girl glaring at them, and an even more pissed off senior guy standing next to her.
The girl pointed to Miroku. "Bakotsu, that's the stupid freshman I told you about. The one who put his hand in my uniform!"
Sango glared. "Miroku..." Sango growled gripping her pipe like it was some kind of katana.
"Oh, look at the time!" Miroku said nervously, "I must go. Farewell Kagome!"
"Miroku you come back here!" Sango shouted as she and the two seniors chased after the fleeting monk.
Kagome sighed and started home. "He brought this on himself...."
Suddenly, she felt a strong hand grip her arm and pull her into an alley. As Kagome opened her mouth to scream, another clawed hand covered it.
'Ok Kagome, don't let shock stop you this time. Kick him in the crotch and run away screaming.' she thought as she kicked one leg towards her attacker.
"Whoa! Watch it!!" the attacker shouted jumping out of the way. "Calm down Kagome. It's just me."
Kagome recognized the voice immediately.
"Gezzus Inuyasha! You trying to scare me to death?"
Inuyasha let her go and moved in front of her. "I had to get your attention somehow."
Kagome stared annoyed. "Ever hear of walking up to a person.... why are you wearing a jacket? It's almost summer."
Inuyasha's face turned slightly red. He looked away putting his hands in his pockets. "I don't own any other shirts. The last one I had is now soaked in blood, and Sesshoumaru was too pissed to let me back inside the house."
"I'm sorry. I guess I'm a little danger-prone." Kagome said as they both walked out of the alley.
"Don't be. that jackass is just being himself. he's just a bastard with his pride hurt." Inuyasha sighed.
Kagome blinked. 'I never expected him to be such a potty-mouth...'
"What?"
"Nothing." Kagome said, "So, where do you live?"
"Why do you wanna know?"
"I'm just trying to make conversation! don't bite my head off!" Kagome said annoyed.
Inuyasha smirked at her annoyed expression.
"On the outskirts of town, not far from you." Inuyasha said, "it's in the forest and very few people know about it. That's why we like it."
'I guess that makes sense. With no neighbors, it would be easier to keep a secret.' Kagome thought.
Inuyasha spoke again. "What're you gonna do since there's nothing going on?"
"I don't know. Most likely just tell my mom that school's out then go get something to eat." Kagome said, "You?"
"Probably just try and see if I can do some overtime at my job. Though they usually are full at the mall by now."
"You work at the mall?"
"Janitor. You can't get too many jobs if you've got two disabilities." Inuyasha said.
"Too bad." Kagome said smiling, "you seem like a hard worker."
Inuyasha looked over at the girl at his side and stared.
'why....'
Kagome noticed Inuyasha was staring. "Is something wrong?"
"No...Nothing." Inuyasha stopped, "I'd better go. The sooner I get to work the better." and with that, he turned a corner and ran off.
"Be safe!" Kagome called after, smiling.
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"No one can live without some form of kindness."
Sesshoumaru could not get the events of last night out of his mind. Him? Kind? Impossible! he glanced toward the clock. 7:45.
'I'd better leave. I have to work.' He walked outside, shutting the door behind him. As he walked past the garden he found Rin looking at the flowers.
"Sesshoumaru-sama!!"
She ran up and hugged him, but only seemed to some up to his knee. "Sesshoumaru-sama, Your house is so beautiful!"
"I don't take care of this garden. The flowers just come back each year." Sesshoumaru said.
Rin smiled ear to ear. "Thank you so much for helping me Sesshoumaru-sama!"
Sesshoumaru stared. He quickly turned around and started walking away.
"Sesshoumaru-sama? Where are you going?"
"I'm late for work." he said.
"Ok! Bye!" Rin said waving.
Sesshoumaru waved and left.
'What's come over me?! what on earth happened?... could I really becoming kind?'
A huge pain appeared in Sesshoumaru's heart. It felt as though someone was squeezing it tightly. the pain became so unbearable that he fell to his knees clutching his chest.
'No....I couldn't......I couldn't be.....It's im...possible.' he thought, sweat beginning to form on his brow. the pain began to lessen slightly. Slowly, he got to his feet, panting.
'I could never be compassionate toward anyone. I only stand weaklings like Inuyasha and Rin because I pity them.' he thought as he walked out onto the street, an unusual scent picked up right behind him. he turned around to find two boys, one with long black hair and another with short red hair and appeared to be a little more than two feet tall.
'A fox and a wolf?'
"Come on puppy-kun!! are we there yet?!" Shippou asked, "My feet are getting sore!"
"You'd better get used to it, cuz we live on the other side of town." Kouga grumbled.
"If you do, then why do you go to a school that's so far away?" Shippou asked.
"Because it is the best school that Tokyo has to offer. Or so my dad says." Kouga answered.
"Why don't you just take the train?" Shippou said.
"Because it'll make you strong now move!" Kouga growled.
"But puppy-kun...."
"Shut up already!! And quit calling me puppy-kun!" Kouga added.
"Aww, you didn't mind it when you were six!" Shippou said, "and it suited you so well! remember when you got that tennis ball stuck in your mouth? you were so cute!"
"Why you little-" Kouga suddenly stopped talking as he approached a man that appeared to be about 21. when he passed him a cold jolt went down his spine making the hairs on the back of his neck stick up.
"What's wrong puppy-kun?" Shippou asked.
Kouga turned around quickly to find that the man was gone. "Nothing."
"You sure? you're tail's all puffy." Shippou said pointing to one of Kouga's pant legs. Kouga stepped on Shippou's head smashing his face against the concrete.
"Don't you know anything?!" Kouga shouted after making sure that no one was around.
"What do you mean?" Shippou said trying to push his head out from Kouga's foot. Kouga picked him up by his shirt collar.
"I don't know about Okayama, but here in Tokyo ordinary people don't have tails! You can't let anyone know that you're a Youkai!"
"Is it because our tails attract dust?"
Kouga was having a hard time keeping himself from bashing Shippou's head in.
"No...." Kouga said through clenched teeth, "Have you ever wondered why there aren't many demons around anymore? It's because humans tried to kill them all. Youkai have a reputation for killing people. Meaning, if anyone found out that there were still demons nowadays, they'd try to kill them off again! We no longer would be safe."
Shippou thought on this for a second. "They'd kill us because our tails attract dust?"
'he doesn't get it.'
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After all that's happened in the last few chapters, I figured the lead characters needed a break-though you did find out that Kouga and Shippou are both Youkai and something more about Inu's family curse. also, I wanted to say that Inuyasha and Kagome were talking in public, and that was intentional. Inuyasha didn't do anything that would draw attention to themselves, so I figured it would be ok. I promise that the next chapter's gonna be less boring!! please review!!
Sayonara you guys!