Day 16 – The Zoo
"Let's go! Let's go! Hurry up, 'yasha! I wanna go!" Satsuki screamed tugging on the pant leg of an extremely tired hanyou. Inuyasha just yawned and rubbed his eyes. Satsuki couldn't scream louder. "I WANT TO GO NOW!"
Inuyasha's eyebrow twitched. "Quiet, twerp…" he said walking to the kitchen. "I'm tired. We'll go later." The half demon sat down on a chair and clunked his head on the table. "Eat some food."
The little girl crossed her arms across her chest and sat down in a chair with a huff. "I hate you," she said icily, glaring angrily at Inuyasha. "You told me that we'd go to the zoo. And I want to go… now."
"No, that would have been Kagome. She was the one that got up and made us get out of bed this early. I mean, come, the stupid zoon doesn't even open till like 10!" Inuyasha complained, his head still face down on the table. Satsuki just stared at him, "I'll kill her."
"Good morning everyone!" Kagome chirped skipping into the kitchen. "Are we ready to go to the zoo today?" she smiled as she opened the fridge. "Oh, looks like we get, hm, CEREAL again!" she chattered sarcastically. "Do you ever go shopping? Or buy food?"
Inuyasha just kept his forehead on the table. "No," he said plainly. "If I had a job, that might be a different story."
Kagome looked confused. "But I thought you said you have a job…"
Inuyasha looked up. "So I lied? Who doesn't now-a-days?" The half demon stood up and walked to the living room where he practically dropped dead on the dust-filled couch. "Go buy something if you really want to eat something that badly," he shouted back from the living room. "I'll be here sleeping if you…" but the droning of Inuyasha's voice wore away to snores.
Kagome sat down in the just previously occupied seat. "Well, guess it's just you and me," she said placing a hand on her right palm. "What do you wanna do?"
Satsuki sighed. "I wanted to go to the zoo…" she mumbled. "But 'yasha won't take me because he sleeps too much. That stupid head…" The little girl laid her head down on the table and closed her eyes. What Kagome didn't see were the tears that started to well up.
"Well, Satsuki, there's a lot of stuff that we can still do around here!" Kagome tried to help. She looked over to the saddened Satsuki. Seeing that the little girl didn't even budge… she slouched back in the chair. "We could… go to the store and buy some ingredients to make cookies?" Kagome peeked to see if Satsuki showed any interest. "Or brownies?" Still no signs… "What about… chocolate cake?"
The girl was immediately sitting straight up. "Really? You would make chocolate cake?! I love chocolate! It's my favorite! Let's go now and get the stuff!" Satsuki ran off to her temporary room to get her shoes.
Kagome grinned. She'd gotten Satsuki happy, now for a certain someone in the living room. Inuyasha might be harder to please, seeing as how he won't even take his half sister to the zoo! The little girl came running back shortly after disappearing. "Ok, I'm ready now!" Kagome stood up and dug in her pockets for some spare change – nothing.
"Um… I can't find any-"
"UNDER THE CHAIR YOU WERE SITTING IN" a voice yelled from a different room.
"Hm?" Kagome looked under the chair and sure enough, there was 50 bucks. "Well… uh… I don't know what to say. That should buy us most of the stuff," Kagome said, still bewildered by the situation. "He amazes me, I swear. He's more interesting than a carnival…"
"So can we go now?" Satsuki asked, tugging on the pants of Kagome. She rubbed her sleep-dust filled eyes innocently.
"Yea, let's go," Kagome said heading towards the front door.
Inuyasha watched curiously as the two women jumped over piles of aging clothes and around moldy boxes of pizza. "Where are you two going?" he asked sitting up briefly.
"We're gunna go get stuff to make cookies! But you can't come because you won't take me to the zoo," Satsuki said smartly. She even added the tongue for added emotion.
"Well…" Inuyasha said getting up and pulling his shirt off over his head. Carelessly he tossed his shirt on a smelly pile and looked around for a shirt to grab – unfortunately it was the one from the previous day…
Kagome sighed and continued outside. "Come on Satsuki, he can catch up later," she said pulling the girl away.
"Fine wench, guess we'll have to race then, girls versus… uh, boy…" the half demon said jogging to catch up to the two girls. "You two go on, I've got to make a quick stop at Miroku's… but I'll still beat you," he said taking off at demon speed in the direction of Miroku.
"Come on, I know a short cut," Kagome said slyly. She bent down for the little girl to get on her back. "We'll be there in no time," she said taking off at a safe speed with a girl on her back.
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Inuyasha was at Miroku's house in record time. He approached the door and rang the bell. For a few seconds, no one answered. But inside there was someone quickly shuffling around… almost as if they were just in the middle of doing "something" –wink-.
Inuyasha became inpatient and began banging on the door. "Miroku, you better open this damn door in the next 10 frickin seconds!" he yelled.
"Wait!" came a cry from inside. About a half a second later, a half dressed male opened the door… and out of breath.
Inuyasha raised an eyebrow. "And… you were doing what in there?"
Taking a deep breath, Miroku sighed. "You wouldn't believe me," he said.
"Try me." Inuyasha crossed his arms and took a small step back.
"Cleaning."
The half demon burst out laughing. For almost a minute, he couldn't stop laughing. "THAT is the most idiotic thing I have heard in a long time!!!" Inuyasha took a deep breath. "No, really. What were you doing in there?"
Miroku became very serious. "I've told you."
Inuyasha squinted his eyes near shut and eyed the male in front of him. "Half naked?"
"Uh…" Miroku was now in deep trouble. "Well… it… doesn't spread dust!" he quickly recovered. His heart was catching up to him…
"Yea, with the help of Sango in there?" he said motioning behind him.
"NO!" Miroku quickly spat out. "How could you tell?"
Inuyasha sniffed. "She's all over you." Miroku gulped. "But that's beside my point. I uh… need to ask you something…"
With a relieved look, Miroku motioned him inside.
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Kagome held a basket full of grocery items necessary for a batch or two of cookies – flour, sugar, chocolate chips, anything. Kagome would tell Satsuki and she would go get it. They were a team.
"What about this Kagome?" Satsuki asked bringing a bottle of vanilla over.
"Yep, put it in," she'd say and they'd continue shopping. In a matter of about a few minutes, they were done.
"Now what?" Satsuki asked as she sat on the bench outside the supermarket swinging her feet. She watched a car slowly drive in a park.
"Well, we wait for Inuyasha to find us now. Then we can see what he wants to do with the rest of the afternoon. Would you still want to go to the zoo?" Kagome asked putting the sacks beside her and pull out a candy bar for the both of them.
Satsuki quickly unwrapped her bar and had it down. "I don't know. I still want to go to the zoo with 'yasha… but he doesn't want to go. So I'm mad at him."
"Why are you mad at me?" a voice said from around the corner. Inuyasha walked around the side of the store with a whole new wear on. VERY nice looking dark blue jeans, a navy blue T on, and brand new Doc Martens.
Kagome was in a state of awe. Just about 20 minutes ago he was still wearing his hole-y pajama pants and a smelly shirt. But now… he looked… handsome… "Wh-what happened to you?" she asked amazed at his new garb.
Inuyasha smirked. "Oh the wonders of a guy with a girlfriend. Also known as Miroku."
"Those are MIROKU'S clothes?!" Kagome shrieked. "You can't steal clothes from other people! That's rude! And not to mention inconsiderate!" she yelled jabbing a finger in his (coughMUSCULARANDHARDTORESISTcough) chest.
"He gave them to me! He practically dressed me himself!" Several of the people coming out of the store gave awkward glares at the half demon. "No! I mean he literally threw new clothes at me and told me to go change!"
Kagome's eye twitched. "You… you're both gay?! I should have known!" she began fake sobbing in her lap.
Satsuki just sat back a snickered at the whole scene laid out before her.
Inuyasha blushed as if it was a million degrees outside. "Let's just get to the zoo, ok?!" he said walking off VERY quickly.
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"Where to first?" Kagome asked as they held out the map of the zoo. There was the Cat's Cavern, the Bear Mountain , the "Fish"ing Pond… any animal and it was there.
"Um… THE FISH! I LOVE FISH!" Satsuki squealed. She was off in an instant towards the… farm animals?
"Hey, Satsuki, where are you going?" Kagome yelled. "Satsuki!! Wait… the fish are in the other direction," she mumbled to herself.
"I guess we're going to see the farm animals," Inuyasha said shrugging. "Come on, we'll go to the fish later," he said grabbing the confused girl's hand.
Kagome walked with Inuyasha robotically while thinking elsewhere. Why is he holding my hand? She thought as she blushed. Before she knew it, she was at the barnyard petting a goat and a horse.
"Look, 'yasha! I can ride a horse!" the girl shouted from the back of a horse. Of course there was someone to help hold her up. Around the post they circled… three times… four… five… six… Just watching them was making Inuyasha sick.
"Come on Satsuki, that's enough. I think the horse needs to take a break," he said holding his stomach.
"Feeling a little sick?" Kagome asked putting a hand on the half demon's forehead. "You don't feel sick," she said. "Maybe we should go watch one of those big screen movies. I hear they're really good!"
"A MOVIE!" Satsuki gasped. "We're going now!" she said pulling Kagome, who in turn grabbed Inuyasha.
"Wh-what about the fish!" Kagome asked.
"Forget about the fish. Movie. Now." She demanded.
To the movie, then the fish, afterwards, the night animals, then the wolves and the lions and tigers and bears, OH MY-
"GOSH! THAT IS THE CUTEST BEAR!" Satsuki screamed as she pointed the baby panda chewing on some eucalyptus. "Can we get one at the gift shop? Please 'yasha?"
Currently the half demon was near sleeping on a near-by bench with Kagome walking over there as Satsuki spoke. "Move over," she grumbled. Reluctantly, the hanyou moved a few inches. Very uncomfortably, they sat there and "slept".
"What's wrong?" Satsuki came over and asked. No answer. She poked Inuyasha in the ribs. "Hey, I'm talking, Bub." Still nothing.
"Don't," Kagome whispered. "So tired… must sleep…"
Satsuki gave a sigh and put her hands on her hips. "You both are no fun now. I'm going back to the bears," she said walking away.
Both Inuyasha and Kagome grunted a "yes" and rolled onto each other's shoulders and snored.
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I suppose Kagome was the first to awake at the awkward sight of the two now practically on top of each other. Oh no… where's Satsuki! Was her first thought. She got up quickly and left Inuyasha to fall onto his face. There was a loud snore and Kagome rolled her eyes. It was near dark and no one was in sight. "Satsuki!" she shouted – nothing. She turned around and woke Inuyasha up. "Hey, there's no one around," she said worried.
Inuyasha yawned, stretched and looked around. His eyes widened with panic. "Satsuki," was his first thought. He stood up and closed his eyes.
"What are you-" Kagome started, but was cut off with Inuyasha's hand to her mouth.
"Her scent is barely traceable, but I think I can follow it," he said heading in the direction of the entrance.
Kagome looked at her watch. Nearly seven, how long had they been asleep?! Looking around, she saw half the animals were going to sleep too. "Inuyasha…" she said getting nervous. He stopped and shushed her. "What is it," she whispered.
"Sh!" he said. He looked towards the wolves den. "There's… someone in there." He said tiptoeing towards the dark den. "I think there's something …"
Glowing eyes flashed inside and a tall figure jumped out. It was a demon, naturally. Long black hair… menacing red eyes, three to be exact, and a vicious growl; with foaming acid drooling down it's snarling lips, it burned holes in the ground.
"What is it?" Kagome asked gripping Inuyasha tight.
"Demon wolf that got trapped with the normal ones. It'll be easy to get rid of," he said getting his claws for the ready. They caught a glimmer of moonlight and sparkled swiftly in the darkness. "Die you filthy demon!" he said leaping at the demon wolf. The wolf wasn't dumb. It leapt in the air and evaded the attack. "You aren't so dumb after all!" Inuyasha said landing and turning around to face his opponent.
The beast just snarled. It barked and let venomous drool fly.
"Inuyasha, be careful!" Kagome cried, hiding behind one of the bushed.
"Don't worry Kagome, this thing will be taken care of." Inuyasha reassured. He got ina fighting stance and attacked the demon. "Now die!" He shouted.
The wolf jumped at the same time and opened its jaw for a tasty bite of Inuyasha's shoulder. The half demon did manage a large gash in the beast's stomach.
Inuyasha rolled to the floor, unable to move his right arm. The venom had spread that quickly, it was paralyzed instantly. In a matter of a minute, he would be completely immobile. He had to hurry. He looked around and grabbed a post of a fence and yanked it out of the ground. "No, perish," he said leaping at the wolf with only one able arm. The demon wolf was too wounded to move. It died almost instantly.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled running over to the injured hanyou. His shoulder bled badly. "You're hurt! We need to get you out of here!" she yelled holding up the half demon.
Inuyasha fell to the ground. "Kagome… go… get help…." He said, his vision already becoming blurry. "Leave me…" he said. His head swayed back and forth. Now his legs were paralyzed. Nothing was clear anymore… it was all slipping away… farther… deeper… sleep was good now…
Kagome…
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Damn my head hurts… What happened? Did Kagome make it? What's going on? Is Satsuki alright? Inuyasha thought. A bright light shined in his eyes.
"…near died… just in time…" he heard through his fuzzy hearing. Slowly things were becoming clearer with hearing. His sights still black.
"Will… be alright?" a woman's voice said – a recognizable one. Kagome! So they had made it out ok!
"Yes… eyesight may be…" the doctor – male – said. Damn! Why couldn't he see anything yet.
He felt himself blink his eyes, but everything was still dark. "K-g-me…" he choked out.
Within seconds he felt a pair of arms go around his neck and hold him up. "Inuyasha! You're alright! I thought I'd lost you…"
His ears picked up her talking and looked in the general direction of her voice, but still saw nothing. "Kagome… where are you?"
There was a very awkward silence. "Inuyasha… There's been a complication…" she said, tears welling in her eyes…
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"So… he says its only temporary?" The half demon asked hopefully.
Kagome choked down another sob. "Yes. It's all my fault! I'm sorry I made you do that! I shouldn't have been so cowardly!" She buried her face into her knees. "It's my fault you can't see anymore!"
Inuyasha put a hand out to pat her on the shoulder, but didn't quite make her shoulder. "Kagome, where-" but her hand pulled his own hand to her cheek.
"I'm right here, Inuyasha. Right by your side like I'll always be," she said.
Inuyasha felt a tear hit his hand. Carefully he wiped her cheeks stained with tears. "Stop crying," he said. "It's not your fault," he said. "And it's not going to be forever!" he said with hope in his voice.
Kagome began crying again. She threw her arms around his neck and sobbed like there was no end. "Inuyasha! I'm so sorry! Please forgive me! I'd never live if you won't forgive me!"
Inuyasha placed his hands on her back and patted reassuringly. "Of course wench, I'll always forgive you!" he said rougher than he'd hoped. He even felt a small tear run down his cheek.
He felt Kagome move away. The hospital room door opened and someone came inside, a small someone. "'yasha?" a sweet voice asked.
"Satsuki…" he sighed. She's ok… he thought. The little girl came to the bedside and hopped up onto his lap. "How are you?" he asked.
"Fine," she said. "I went to the front gates when you guys were sleeping. I didn't want to wake you, well, actually I tried, but you two both swatted me away," she said recalling the incident. "You were talking to each other in your sleep. It was actually pretty funny," she said snickering a bit. Inuyasha tried his best to look the girl in the eyes so she wouldn't suspect anything. But he wasn't quite on the focus. "Inuyasha, I'm here, why aren't you looking at me?"
Inuyasha tried to look away for Kagome, who was sitting on the other side of the bed… holding his hand? Since when had she been holding his hand? "Satsuki…" he started.
"Inuyasha just got his in the head and can't see the greatest right now," Kagome covered.
"What happened?" Satsuki became interested.
"Well…" Kagome started, but Inuyasha squeezed her hands, making her stop.
"I was in an accident," Inuyasha finished. "That's all you need to know for right now," he said. "Now, Satsuki, I hate to say this, but you have to leave, please?" he asked.
She nodded her head, but Inuyasha couldn't see it. "Just get better soon. We got a big day today. And I don't want you to miss it!" she said bending over and giving him a big hug.
Satsuki jumped off the bed and opened the door. "Get better soon," she said before closing it.
Inuyasha took his free hand and ran it through his hair. How long exactly had he been out. Wait… how had Kagome gotten his out of that zoo? All the people were done working and there was no one in sight… "Kagome, how did you get me out?"
"Hm? Out of the zoo?" she asked.
"Yea."
She didn't say anything. "That's a story for another time," she said giving his hand a comforting squeeze. "I'll tell you later," she said.
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K yea I have no idea where this is going anymore. This chapter was just pre done like 2 years ago… so its still in the mega rough draft form… gunna try to write the next chapter. I have no idea how its gunna go….
Sorry for delays
-chibi-inuyasha-girl