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Mr. X: …sigh…I'm exhausted…
Pwale: …I know…what you mean…all of this moving…between stories is…is…is…
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Pwale: …I think so…
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By the way, some of you might have noticed a subtle change in my pen name for a few days. I was just trying it out, but I decided that I liked my original version better. Sorry if that caused any confusion.
New Note on Time And Location: Right, I was once again asked about the time period. I answered, consider this story to take place around the early suffragette movement. I confess, I am horrible with dates. They just won't stick. So I'm afraid I can't give you an exact year. I can, on the other hand, give you clues. This is more of a culture, then an era. I'm not sure if that makes any sense, but I think it does. As for location, I have decided. Consider this land that they're in purely fictional.
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The Stamp Of Gold
Tea Time
By Pwalefriend
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"I'll never know how you manage to get yourself into these messes, Inuyasha." Myoga snapped as he bustled around the tent. It was about the size of a room and was so lavish that it rather resembled the tent of a silk merchant from the bazaars to the south. Myoga had a feeling that no one had let Kaede or Sango in yet. Those two women would have had Inuyasha's head if they found out that he was healing in such richness when they were so hard put to find space for people, some of who were far worse off then he.
"What do you mean, old man?" Inuyasha asked softly, not looking at Myoga. He was lying in a plush bed with his head turned away, wallowing in self-pity. "Do you think I wanted this? Do you think that I wanted this…this temper?" Inuyasha spat out the word temper as if it were something foul.
Myoga rolled his eyes.
"You did ask for it." He reminded Inuyasha.
"Yes, but I didn't know then the horrors I would have to endure night after night." Inuyasha said.
Myoga rolled his eyes again. His nephew never had been one to make much sense. He preferred to let others guess what was bothering him as he sidled around and complained in low voices before something lit the fuse of his temper and he blew up.
Though Myoga had to admit, this had been the worse temper tantrum that Inuyasha had ever thrown. Which was why he was here.
"What are you doing here anyway old man?" Inuyasha asked.
"I'm here to give you this. Drink." Myoga commanded, shoving a warm mug of tea into Inuyasha's hands. Inuyasha took a sip without so much as a second thought, and then immediately spat it out. It was putrid.
"What the hell is this!" Inuyasha demanded furiously.
"Don't take that tone of voice with me young man!" Myoga snapped. "It's to help your temper. Without this tea you'll end up pulling some stupid stunt like this again!"
"I will not!" Inuyasha yelled, now angry. Everyone only thought of him as some fool, someone who had no control over his own actions. But he did have control! He'd show them!
"Yes, you will." Myoga said. "Now drink." And with that Myoga left the tent, knowing perfectly well that Inuyasha would not drink the tea, not yet anyway.
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It was night when Inuyasha dared venture from the tent. The darkness had swept through the camp and though some people had moved back into the mansion most of them were still outside. Especially the injured. Kaede could only get to so many and even with all of her helpers some of those who had been wounded in the fire were still not in good enough condition to move back into the dusty mansion.
These were the ones that Inuyasha visited first.
He crept in silently and looked down at them. He had known many of these people for years and years, and they had always followed him loyally. Even now that their lives were endangered due to his stupidity they still followed him. How could they? He didn't understand it. He never had been able to.
Next he went to his friends.
Sango and Miroku were talking to each other across a fire; neither of them noticed his presence. Kohaku was asleep in Sango's lap, his face was lax and so incredibly peaceful.
In the darkness, moved away from the fire but close enough to still have some light Koga and Kanna were immersed in a game of chess.
"Ha!" Kanna cried happily. "I beat you!"
"I demand a rematch!" Koga said, just as happily. They were having fun.
Inuyasha turned his eyes away, hoping to relieve himself from the pain that this sight brought to his heart for some reason. But instead he found a sight that brought him only more pain.
A few yards away, half hidden in darkness, lay Kagome. A blanket was at her side and a charred book was lying on the ground where it had fallen from her hand. Her head was turned to the side and her face was sad. Inuyasha was confused.
When she was awake Kagome's face was a mixture of so many things, anger, happiness, delight and fury, but sadness was never one of them. So why was she sad in her sleep?
He didn't know why he did it. He really didn't. Maybe it was the realization that even Kagome had hidden sorrows that she didn't share with anyone. Maybe it was just his conscience.
Being careful so that no one saw him Inuyasha knelt next to Kagome, carefully hidden in the darkness. He very softly pulled the blanket up to surround her, to keep her warm through the night. He smiled softly and brushed a little bit of her hair from her face.
'She's such a nice girl.' He thought. 'She doesn't deserve any of this, not really.'
And with that final thought he went and returned to his tent. There he drank the tea, just like Myoga had known he would.
See? Inuyasha could control his own actions.
He really could.
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Well, there you have it. The latest chapter. Was it too short? I tried, I really did, but I couldn't get it to blend into the next part of the story. I'm sorry. But well done on the reviews for the last chapter! I hope that you do just as well here!
Roar.
Sigh.
Roar.
Yes, yes I know, I know.
My Review Lion (and everyone else) is a little annoyed with me right now. Long story.
But she's in a bad mood, so you'd better review!
Sincerely
Pwalefriend