Tora-Chan: Hey I'm back. Sorry about Vitanie last time, she can be pretty rude when riled up.
Yuki: Tora-Chan, I got Vitanie tied up for now.
Tora-Chan: Thanks Yuki. Could you do the disclaimer for me?
Yuki: If I have to.
Tora-Chan: Yep.
Yuki: (sighs) Tora-Chan does not own Inuyasha. There, happy now.
Tora-Chan: Yep. Thanks.
Last time: Vitanie got all the information they needed to find the Spirit stone, from Miroku.
Everyone stared uncomprehending at the half demon in front of them. They all had the same question on their minds, why don't they want to go back to their hometown?
With a sigh and running her hand over the top of her head she knew they deserved to know why they had avoided their home. With a quick nod from Hiroshi she decided to tell them.
"There are reasons why we don't go home," she started. "Hiroshi ran away when his parents told him he couldn't follow his dream of becoming a musician. And I left because the Sunrise Temple was the only thing I had ever known, I left for adventure and to find out what I wanted to do with my life."
"Why did you stay at the temple that seems pretty dumb? You should have been training to become stronger," Inuyasha insulted.
"Inuyasha . . ." Kagome started.
"No it's okay, Kagome. He's right actually, but - - I wasn't allowed to leave the house at the temple. You see my mother is the priestess at there and she specializes in barriers and warding spells. She kept a barrier around the house until my sixteenth birthday. That barrier made it impossible for me to leave the house," she confessed quietly.
"What? Why?" Hiroshi clamored unable to finish any questions.
"Why didn't you tell us before Vee?" Yuki asked fists at his sides as he glared at her. "Didn't you trust us enough to tell us about this?" he raged.
Kagome, Inuyasha, Miroku, and Sango sat in shock. "You mean your mother kept you prisoner for sixteen years?" Kagome gasped.
"I can't believe you never told your friends about this," Sango commented.
With a sigh she looked up at Yuki and Hiroshi seeing the hurt expressions in their eyes. "It has nothing to do with trust. I trust both of you with my life you both know that. This was just something that didn't seem that important . . ."
"Not important, you were a prisoner!" Yuki exclaimed.
"No she wasn't," Hiroshi, countered him surprising everyone, including Vitanie. "You have to remember I lived in Fujigawa, I knew what others thought about demons and half demons. If they had known about Vitanie they would have killed her without a second thought. Her mother not only kept her out of the sight of everyone with the barrier, but it also kept out anyone that would want to hurt her. Her mother was protecting her," he finished passion filling his voice.
"Hiroshi, thank you," Vitanie sighed tears in her eyes. "Thank you for understanding."
Hiroshi's head snapped up in shock, the look of resolve vanishing from his face. With a laugh he said, "I guess that is why your mother always made excuses for why you weren't around every year, on the day my parents paraded me up those stupid steps trying to get your mother to agree to a marriage between the two of us." He was fully laughing now as an expression of horror came over Vitanie's face.
"Did you have to bring that up," she whined.
"This sounds interesting," Kagome stated.
"Yeah will have to get the story Hiroshi," Sango teased with a laugh.
As everyone laughed at Vitanie's groan Inuyasha stood up to gather attention, "So are we leaving for Fujigawa or what?" he growled.
"Inuyasha, does that mean you want to help them?" Kagome asked in amazement. Sango and Miroku both stared at him with their mouths hanging open. Yuki fell to the ground anime style in shock and Vitanie was just staring at him.
"You don't have to help us," she said.
"Don't tell me what to do," he replied with an annoying twinge in his voice. "If I said I would help you I'm going to help, so get over it. We'll leave first thing in the morning," he stated as he walked out the door.
Vitanie knew that Inuyasha was still just outside the door so she said one last thing before he could walk away, "Thank you, Inuyasha." She barely made out the inaudible 'feh' before he jumped up onto the roof.
Tora-chan: Here's the next chapter. I hope you enjoyed it.
Inuyasha: Why do you do this?
Tora-chan: Do What?
Inuyasha: Talk to your readers, it's stupid.
Tora-chan: It's not stupid; it's polite. They took the time to read my story and the least I could do is thank them.
Inuyasha: 'feh' whatever.
Tora-chan: As I was saying I hope you enjoyed it. Now I'm going to go hide from Vitanie.
Vitanie: Why in the world did you tell them so much about my past? Get back here.
Tora-chan: Eep! She got loose; Yuki help me!
Hiroshi: Tora-chan is a little preoccupied so thank you for reading and please review, she would really appreciate it.
Yuki: Vitanie calm down, relax.
Vitanie: Let me go Yuki!
Hiroshi: Thank you again, bye.