Hiya people! How are ya? For the next two weeks or so my teacher is allowing me to write this during class in place of my writing assignments. So every two or three days for about two weeks you might get frequent updates. Hopefully.
KIKI: don't promises if ya can't keep it bitch.
I never promised. I said 'might.'
Now then. Kiki, you are looking especially nice today…
KIKI: Disclaimer?
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KIKI: ……
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"When are they coming?"
"Are they almost here?"
"Do you think they have pocky?"
"What are they like?"
"When's lunch?"
"What's pocky?"
"Will you two be quiet long enough to have an answer?" Sango had had enough. Ever sense they had allowed Kenishi to come the two had asked questions non-stop. And that was almost three hours ago.
"I am sorry. I was just curious. I had no intent to bother, or upset you." Kenishi said softly looking down.
Sango smiled. Then frowned. Kenishi was being polite again, that was good. But she seemed to do that only when she felt unsettled.
'Well, they are kitsunes…. They are prone to being a bit bothersome…. Maybe I shouldn't have told them to be quiet…. Kenishi is still too uncomfortable around anyone but Shippo.'
She made a mental note of that for future reference.
"It is alright. You are a young kitsune. No harm has been done." Miroku now smiled. Kenishi was cute. It wasn't 'bare my child' age yet, but she needed to be reassured that her company was enjoyed.
Sango shot him a thankful look. It really stopped her from having to apologize. Miroku just smiled one of his heart melting smiles. He was sitting right next to her, so he reached over, and just as Sango expected him to tuch her ass, he wrapped his arm around her waist. She blushed, but laid her head on his shoulder. As long as he wasn't being a pervert, might as well enjoy the moment. She was too embarrassed to notice the looks shared by Shippo and Kenishi.
"As for your questions, the will be here soon, yes they should be close, yes they most likely have pocky, and your question will need more time Kenishi. You see Kagome is kind, sweet, and caring. She's the best friend a person could ask for. Inu-Yasha is loud, rude, annoying, loyal, protective, irrational, impulsive, filthy mouthed- and… right behind me?" Miroku finished nervously as he saw his friends stifle giggles and look at something behind him.
"Mirooookuuuuu." The said person heard loud cracking noises, behind him, that he knew belonged to Inu-Yasha's claws.
"I should run now right?"
"What do you think?"
"Yes?"
"YES"
"Oh... Okay… AHHHHHHHH!" With that last word (If it could be called so) the chase began.
The amused members of the hut watched for awhile, up until Inu-Yasha and Miroku ran out of the hut. Then they heard a strangled gurgle.
"Well, what's happened sense I was gone? Anything new?" Kagome's voice snapped the others out of their laughing fit.
"KAGOME!" Shippo yelled and laughed as he jumped on Kagome, who was now used to this and caught him and giggled at her adopted pup's antics.
"Kagome guess what! I made a new friend! Her names Kenishi, she's an orphan just like me, she's really nice, and-"
As Shippo rambled on, Kenishi felt as though a cold dagger was being run through her. She did not need to think to know it was jealousy knocking at her. She had felt it a lot as she was growing up. She would hide in the shadows as families would laugh and play together. It tore her apart watching it, for she knew she would never have such a luxury. At the same time she could not help but watch. She would imagine it were she there, with her parents, or rather what she thought they would look like, and her jealousy grew.
But what she could not understand is why she would get jealous over the fact that this young woman had Shippo's undivided attention.
But she did. She felt an intense hatred at that moment. She wanted to go kill something. Preferably the young miko. But she did not. She just stood there, smiling her perfected mask of a smile, her head cocked, looking curious.
"-Do you have any pocky for us?"
Shippo's sudden request for this unidentified food brought her out of her daze.
"Yes Shippo. Right here. But…who's that adorable little kit over there?"
Kenishi blushed lightly. The hatred suddenly fell away; the woman obviously deserved her respect. She had complimented her. A youkai. An orphan. A curse. Like she would compliment a real person.
She felt ashamed for her earlier reaction.
"That's my friend. Kenishi. Come on Kenishi. You wanted to meet her remember?"
Shippo said this as he jumped down and raced toward Kenishi.
He started to tug/pull on her kimono. He dragged her out of her corner and in front of the kneeling Kagome.
"H-hi." Kenishi whispered softly while staring at the ground.
"Hi. My name's Kagome. Can you look at me so I can see how adorable you are?"
Blushing, Kenishi looked up and straight into the older female's eyes. Hearing her gasp she expected to be shunned. But what happened next she did not even begin to have expected.
"OH! She…is…so-o-o-o… CUTE!" With no warning what so ever, Kagome reached over quickly and hugged the kit to her tightly.
Kenishi, of course, not quite used to Kagome's sudden outburst was, to say the least, shocked to the core and back six times over.
(For those of you that don't know me, I have this sort of scale for something happening over again. Here it is.
1-nothin'
2-a bit interesting.
3-what the?
4-getting there.
5-not good. Not good at all.
6-Bad. Really really bad.
7-Run, run for your life dammit all!)
By the time Kenishi fully relaxed Kagome had shifted her so it was more of a cuddle.
"Oh! Her hairs so soft, it's silky! And it's so red and healthy looking, look at her tails! They're just as soft as her hair! And they're so long! And her cute little eyes, and her little chubby cheeks, oooohh! She is just too cute!"
Kenishi shifted herself some more, until she was being held like an infant. She remembered what Shippo had said earlier about Kagome becoming like a mother to her, and silently agreed.
Speaking of Shippo, he was currently smiling at the two. He found himself quite pleased that he had been the one to help find Kenishi her new family.
Suddenly Kenishi jerked up and frowned.
"What's wrong Kenishi? Are you hurt?" Kagome asked worriedly.
Kenishi looked up at Kagome with the uppermost seriousness. She squinted, looking as though concentrating.
"What's this 'pocky' everyone keeps going on about? Is it something you play tricks with?"
Silence.
Then a burst of laughter enough the shake the small hut, added with the laughter of the two who had abandoned their chase after Miroku had gone unconscious the third time.
"What? What? What did I do? Did I do something bad? Am I… a bad girl?"
Kagome and Shippo instantly stopped laughing.
"NO! No, you didn't do anything wrong. I guess we've all gotten so used to what Kagome brings from her world that we forget we didn't always know either. We used to attack some of the things." Shippo said smiling quietly.
"'From her world?'"
"We'll explain later"
"So I did nothing? I am a good girl?"
"Yes, you are a very good girl. Shippo, why don't you give her some pocky to try?" Kagome said kindly.
"Sure." Shippo walked to Kenishi and held out the food. Seeing her confused look he whispered an explanation.
"You eat it. It's really very good. You'll like it."
Hesitantly, but quickly, Kenishi plucked it from his grasp and unwrapped it.
The others all stared at her encouragingly, all but Inu-Yasha, who stared at her with raised eyebrows.
Before she could rethink it, she stuffed half of it in her mouth.
Shippo leaned forward expectantly. Kenishi looked up at him, her eyes the very meaning of shock.
"What's wrong? Do you not like it?" Shippo asked worriedly.
"I-i-it's…I…. This is…the best…. Food…. I've ever eaten." She stated eyes wide as they have ever seen them.
No other warning and she stuffed the rest into her mouth quickly.
"Is there more?"
"Yeah…but it's mine…"
"Can I have some more? Please? Please?"
"Um…. It's mine…."
"Please? Gimme some!"
"NO!"
"Yes! Don't start something if ya can't finish it!"
"It's mine!"
"Share!"
"Gimme gimme never gets!"
"Come on Shippo!"
"I SAID NO!"
Suddenly the two were at each other's throats fighting for the pocky that Shippo held.
"Shippo! Kenishi! Stop this right now!" Kagome's voice boomed.
The two stopped immediately. They turned toward Kagome with guilty looks on their faces.
Kagome bent down and picked up Shippo.
"Shippo, you really need to share. You've had pocky almost every day for three years. -"
"But-"
"Shippo, I think she would really appreciate it. You don't have to give her all of them, just split them up. Next time I go home I'll be sure to pack more for the both of you. For now, you need to share. Okay?"
"Ooookaaay." Shippo sighed. In all honesty she had him when she said Kenishi would appreciate it.
"Good boy. I think it will make her very happy."
Kagome smiled and cuddled Shippo as he hugged her back.
Kenishi felt another sharp stab of jealousy. She could not figure out why this time though. All she did know was that she did not want to hate Kagome.
When Kagome put Shippo down the feeling dispersed, as though it had never been there to begin with.
"Here ya go!" Shippo chirped happily as he handed her the pocky.
"Thanks." She whispered softly.
Silence once again enveloped the hut.
"So, what's yer story?" Inu-Yasha finally asked.
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"Poor kid!" Kagome said hugging the female pup again.
The warm feeling that only Kagome could cause filled Kenishi.
"Yeah. So Miroku, Sango, and Keade said she was allowed to travel with us!" Shippo screamed happily.
"YAY!" Kagome clapped.
"WHAT!" Inu-Yasha screamed.
"There is no way in Hell or Earth that we are taking another brat with us! Shippo slows us down enough! We don't need another snot nosed pup getting in the way!"
Kenishi looked down as her chin trembled; though her eyes remained dry.
Shippo saw this and was infuriated.
"You big butthead! How can you be so mean! She doesn't have anywhere else to go, and Keade doesn't have time to take care of her! How can you not care?"
"Inu-Yasha" Kagome said in her warning tone.
"Uh-oh."
"SIT!"
THUD
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"Sorry about earlier Inu-Yasha."
"Feh. I carry your stuff and ya sit me. What a strange and mixed up world we live in. I thought you were suppose to say 'thank you' not 'sit'"
"I did say thank you, you said there was nothing to thank."
"OH, so just because I didn't want to be thanked meant I wanted to be sat, right?"
"…"
"Thought so."
It was now night, everyone had gone to bed after reassuring Kenishi that she was able to come, and that they did not mind.
Everyone but Inu-Yasha and Kagome anyway. Right after the incantation had worn off Inu-Yasha had run off. Kagome, as usual, had followed a few hours later. She searched for a while; he had not gone to the Goshinboku so it was not quick work.
She had eventually just gone over to a nearby river. She just sat there awhile before Inu-Yasha came and just sat by her. After he ranted on a bit about how dangerous it was to run around he had just sat there, quiet as the spirits themselves.
"I didn't mean to s-i-t you."
"Coulda fooled me."
"You hurt Kenishi's feelings. I had to say something."
"So you had to say 'sit'?"
"It was a reflex. I guess I've said it so often; it's just the first thing that comes to mind. I'm sorry. I'll try not to say it every time you say or do anything wrong."
"Really?"
"Yeah. Just because I can say it doesn't mean I should. I mean, if it were me, I know I would get just as upset about it as you do to me. I never really thought about until..."
Kagome did not finish her statement. It was not necessary. They both knew she was referring to the argument just two days before.
Neither said anything. The night around them just seemed to lull at them. Trying to coax them into sleep.
"She's a hanyou." Inu-Yasha whispered into Kagome's ear.
The small wind in her ears sent a shiver through her, causing her to take a minute or two to decipher what he just said.
"W-who?" She managed, less than pure thoughts running in her mind.
"That Kenishi brat."
"Don't call her that."
"Fine. But she is."
"How can you tell? She looks full-fledged. And if she didn't smell like a full youkai Shippo would have commented."
"My nose is sharper than Shippo's. On top of his age he's a kitsune. They aren't made for hunting or half the things I use mine for," He replied arrogantly.
"Always a reason for your greatness, huh?" Kagome said rolling her eyes.
"Plus…I'm a hanyou. It's hard to not notice when someone suffers for the same reasons you do," he added softly.
Kagome's look softened as she turned to him.
"Inu-Yasha…I know your past isn't all that great…but you do realize you're not alone anymore right?"
"Yeah…I know…"
"You have Miroku, Sango, Kilala, Shippo, now Kenishi, and you'll always have me."
'Even if you won't take me' she thought sadly.
"I…know…"
Silence.
The half moon glowed a light silver and reflected of the water, giving the surrounding area and even softer silver color. The gold light of the fireflies illuminated the trees with a warm glow; the soft white fog gave the place an ethereal glow.
"It looks like something out of a fairytale," Kagome breathed softly.
"Eh?"
"Well doesn't it? I mean Yawn I know you've . . . heard those stories . . . that I . . . always read... to Shippo . . ." As Kagome spoke, the warm night had done its deed and wrapped itself around her until she fell asleep. Her body drooped, slightly, until she fell against Inu-Yasha's side.
Inu-Yasha blushed softly and soon joined Kagome in the sleeping realm as the night closed in on them, a warm blanket of dreams.
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"See? See? I told ya!"
"Yeah! Your right!"
"Well I have been traveling with them for three years. Almost four."
"And you say they ignore it?"
"Well, not so much ignore it as are unaware of it."
"What do you mean Shippo?"
"Well, Inu-Yasha doesn't really have the best of pasts. It sort of affects his present ideas."
As Shippo explained the whole Kikyou-Kagome-Inu circle, the walked back to the hut.
They had both pretended to be asleep, Shippo having told about how the two liked each other.
Kenishi and Shippo, of course, decided they wanted to see what would happen when they knew Kagome would follow.
They had lost Kagome, but found Inu-Yasha.
At first they panicked, like Inu-Yasha said they were not meant for hunting. If they could smell him now, he should have smelt them sooner.
Took them a little to realize they were up wind, so he could not notice them. They followed him until he found Kagome and witnessed the little scene.
"Wow. That's quiet a story." Kenishi replied quietly to the end.
"So he promised to go to hell with the clay pot miko?"
"Yeah. It's kinda, okay, really sad sense Kagome doesn't want him to,"
"Why doesn't she ask him not to go?"
"I asked her that once," a sad smile mad its way to Shippo's face as he looked up at the stars.
"She said, 'part of love is being able to let go. Being able to ignore some of your own pain to see the one you care for happy'"
"But she is not just ignoring some of her pain; she is ignoring all of it!"
"I know. But if there is one thing she and Inu-Yasha have in common, it's being stubborn to a fault. I tried, Sango tried, Miroku tried, Keade tried, but we can't change her mind."
"Man. I thought I was stubborn. You'd think when everyone tries to tell you something's wrong you'd get the hint."
"Yeah. It's worse then that though."
"What do you mean? How can it be worse?" Kenishi asked frowning.
"Because Inu-Yasha will go to hell alone"
"I thought you said this Kikyo person was taking him? Wouldn't that mean she was going to?"
"It would. But the circumstances are different. Remember what I said about Kagome's soul being taken out?"
"Yeah"
"Well, if Kikyo dies, her soul goes back into Kagome. Not to hell. Kikyo knows this, but she wants Inu-Yasha dead. Not with her."
"So he would end up alone."
"Yeah."
"And she still wants to take him?"
"Like I said, she wants him dead not with her." Shippo said mournfully.
"How do you know all this? I doubt the others would talk about it right in front of you."
"Well, it's logic. Why would the rest of Kagome's soul go to hell when it already has a place it should be? It would naturally go were it's needed. Dead souls aren't needed, so they go where ever they go, but Kagome isn't dead. Plus, I overheard them when they thought I was asleep. I pretend to sleep a lot."
"Thought so"
"Kagome doesn't know."
"That explains why she won't stop him."
"Yeah. If she did, it wouldn't matter if she loved him or not, she would stop him"
"That definitely makes more sense. Why don't you guys tell her?"
"Well, I'm not even supposed to know. As for the others… I don't know. They do things I don't understand. I guess its because I'm youkai. In human ages I'm a lot older then they are. So it cant be that. Sometimes their decisions make things better than my ideas would, but sometimes it causes more heartache. I just have to trust them for now. If I need to, I will tell them."
"Maybe they just need a little push," Kenishi whispered, a mischievous look in her eyes.
"Maybe they do. Lets finish planning in the morning"
(Kitsune Nature at Work. Detour on….No where. You gotta keep reading!)
The two walked quietly a little ways.
"Is Kagome Inu-Yasha's chosen one?"
"What?" Shippo nearly tripped in surprise. That was completely threw him off.
"That was random."
"Well, yeah. But I'm curious."
"Why did you ask though. Something must have made you curious."
"I smell Inu-Yasha's scent claim on Kagome." Kenishi said thoughtfully.
"Yeah. I don't understand that either. Kikyo has one too, only not as strong."
"TWO?"
"Yeah. I didn't think it was allowed, one of the scents should reject him sense he should only have one chosen one. The scent would only stay on the true chosen one. Yet the scent sticks on both of them."
"Didn't you say Kagome was Kikyo's reincarnation?" Kenishi said after a moment.
"Yeah. That's probably why. That does answer one question."
"What?" Kenishi asked cocking her little head as the entered the hut.
"One of them is his chosen one. One of them will be his mate."
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Well? I kind of like this chapter. I added a little of what everyone asked. San/Mir, Kag/Inu and not boyfriend girlfriend, yet closer than brother and sister Ken/Ship.
Well, just a question for the future of this fic.
DO YOU GUYS WANT A SESSHOMARU & KAGURA PAIRING IN THIS?
TO ANSWER:
READ AND REVIEW
See ya!
Lil' Pup out