A special thank you to…
xKillingPerfection
sweetrosie
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silverkonekotsukari
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Mistress of Demons
Smiley Gurl 87
Hearii-sama
Clouds of the Sky
Goddess of the Moonlit Sky
Avelyn Lauren
TouchofPixieDust
MeiunTenshi
StarFariey
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Y .A.R
Remenescent
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alchemistfrl09
Al
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Pairings are as they are in the series. Yes, Rin does have a crush on Kohaku. Yes, Shippo does have a crush on Satsuki.
Disclaimer:
Jenny: Yawn.
Mario: Hello! What Jenny just said pretty much sums it all up!
Blake: By the way, we're some of Pwale's characters that recently re-entered her head by way of an original story she's writing.
KK: We're called the Three Stooges, by our friends!
Mario: We're not that stupid though.
Pwale:…I BELIEVE IN THE FLYING WILD MUSHROOM SEED!
Blake: Now, do you think that someone like her could own these characters? They're too…normal. Which is actually saying a lot.
KK: But at least we have…drum roll please…ULTIMATE PROWESS!
Everyone: …
Mr. X: Okay guys, let's just walk slowly, very slowly, away…far, far away…
Blake: Oh, and if the first paragraph sounds weird it's because Pwale was singing it as she wrote it.
Readers: …
Pwale: Well, he rode down to Miss Mouse's door-
Lawyer #1: No she wasn't singing that song.
Pwale: Miss Mouse's door-
Lawyer #2: You don't own that song either!
Pwale: …(stares at him)…it's a folk song…
Lawyer's: So?
Pwale: YOU CAN'T OWN FOLK SONGS! Not the real folk songs.
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The Stamp Of Gold
Time For The Kids
By Pwalefriend
In the early morning, that dawned bright and sunny, it was the day of the children's birthday. And what a birthday it was to be. So in the early morning, which dawned bright and sunny, Shippo decided to cause a little trouble. So instead of waking up to the sunlight, as they were accustomed to doing, everyone in the mansion woke up to the same sound. It was the sound of firecrackers exploding. And then they all had to say, what a way to kick a birthday party off.
Kagome, on the other hand-
"Shippo!" She yelled. "Come out here right now!"
"Kagome!" She heard his little voice cry out from somewhere nearby. "Save me! He's gonna kill me!"
"Of course I'm going to kill you, you little runt!" Came Inuyasha's voice. Kagome blanched.
She still hadn't faced Inuyasha. She wondered if he knew that she had almost gone back on their deal and left.
"Where the hell do you get off, setting off bloody firecrackers at this hour! You stupid or something? I'm really going to kill you this time, runt!"
Well, Kagome's maternal instincts kicked in right there.
"Sit!" She yelled, drawing on the secret knowledge she had acquired from her numerous brooding memories of their prior fights. For some reason, every time she said sit there would be a huge BOOM and then silence shortly followed by a lot of swears. This time was no acceptation.
Shippo darted out from one of the nearby rooms.
"Wow, Kagome!" He said, looking up at her admiringly. "That's the best birthday present ever!"
Kagome gave a mock bow.
"My pleasure, Shippo." She said. Then, raising her voice, "You stay away from him today, Inuyasha! It's his birthday, so you can't hurt him today! Think of it as a birthday present, since I doubt you got him one!"
"I did too!" Inuyasha shouted back. "You ungrateful wench, be a little nicer why don't you!"
His words may have been harsh, but he couldn't keep the grin from his voice and Kagome heard it. She felt incredibly relieved, knowing that he wanted to put it all behind them just as much as she did.
"Hmph." She said. "Come Shippo, let's leave this unsavory company and go jump on the girls."
Shippo and Kagome joined hands and stalked away, leaving Inuyasha behind, feeling as if he was about to start dancing.
"I love the world!" Inuyasha said happily. Miroku, who had just come around the corner and heard him, immediately ran to tell Kaede that Inuyasha was dying.
After, if it wasn't one thing at the Feudal Era Mansion, country home of the infamous Takahashi family, it was two things and then some.
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The celebration was definitely something to remember. Everyone turned out in their best garb, and it filled the Grand Hall to bursting. Even the rail men, who had heard of the festivities from Koga and Miroku, stopped in to give the birthday monarchs their best wishes.
For the occasion Sango and her band of merry servants had transformed the colorful and extravagant hall (all thanks to a mural painted by certain someones) into a colorful and extravagant ballroom. Inuyasha watched quietly and silently as, once again, Kagome whirled happily across the ballroom floor in the arms of Koga.
On a raised platform several servants, ones who could play exceptionally well, were performing a jaunty and ridiculous tune about a Frog that wanted to marry and Mouse.
"Froggie went a-courtin' and he did ride, a-huh, a-huh-" The young man sang. In front of the platform Shippo and Satsuki, who both wore crowns (seeing how they were the birthday monarchs) danced clumsily but happily.
'How do they manage to dance to this song, of all songs?' Inuyasha was wondering when he felt a tap on his shoulders. He turned to find Sesshomaru standing behind him. Inuyasha's hackles immediately rose.
"So," Sesshomaru asked slyly, idly sipping his punch. "Have you made up with Kagome yet?"
Inuyasha growled.
"I don't know what you're talking about." He snapped.
"You know exactly what I'm talking about, Inuyasha."
"I haven't the faintest idea, actually."
"Yes you do."
"Prove it."
"You're in love with her."
Inuyasha, about to respond, froze and starred at Sesshomaru, totally horrified.
"…Where the hell did you get that idea!" Inuyasha demanded.
"It's written all over your face, little brother." Sesshomaru stated, as cool as ever. "You can't hide it from me."
"Oh can't I?" Inuyasha smirked. "You were the last one to figure out about Kikyo and me." Sesshomaru shrugged.
"That wasn't love." He said. "This is."
"And how do you know?" Inuyasha demanded. "Besides, even if I did love her, she doesn't love me back."
"So you admit that you love her?" Sesshomaru smirked. Inuyasha gaped.
"When did I say that?" He hissed.
"You just did. You said even if I did, which is as good as admitting it."
"It is not!"
"So there really is something to admit?"
"Wha-"
"What are you two doing?" Kagura asked, coming up from behind Sesshomaru. Sesshomaru turned and looked at his wife.
"Inuyasha's madly in love with Kagome and just swore to marry her within the year." Sesshomaru said with a straight and serious face. Kagura blinked at Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha," she said. "Are you sure that you want to fight Koga for her?"
"I didn't-" Inuyasha started.
"He-" Sesshomaru said at the same time. Then they both stopped. Kagura sighed. These two may have been geniuses about everything else, but when it came to people they were as stupid as the rest of the crowd.
"What?" They both asked. "What about Koga?"
"You haven't noticed?" Kagura asked. She pointed down at the dance floor where Koga and Kagome were still happily waltzing. "He's been chasing her like a bitch in heat."
"Now," Sango said, magically popping out of nowhere and scarring the bajeebies out of Inuyasha. "Those are harsh words." She reprimanded. "Sure, he's after her, but bitches in heat are a lot more vocal (to put it one way) about their affections."
The others stared at her.
"HOW DID YOU DO THAT!" They demanded. Sango blinked.
"Do what?" She asked.
"That…that…thing!" Inuyasha said, gesturing wildly. Sango looked blank for a moment, and then smirked.
"Oh, you mean this thing (as if I didn't know)?" She said.
Romance? Of course they had romance! They just got…sidetracked easily.
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"Kagome," Koga said. "What's your favorite color?" Kagome looked up at him in surprise.
They still danced, but not as fast as before, allowing for conversation.
"I don't really have one." Kagome said. "Why do you ask?"
"Just curious." Koga said. "Of all my friends, you're the one that I know the least about. So why not find out some basic information? What's your favorite food?"
"Well," Kagome said thoughtfully. "It changes about every week, but today I'd have to say…strawberry shortcake. I just love strawberry shortcake."
"I've never had it." Koga said. "My favorite food is shrimp in garlic sauce."
"Really?" Kagome said, surprised. "I've always found that the garlic is a little to strong, and the smell is long lasting."
"Fascinating."
Upstairs, the conversation was about one thing (namely talking like this) and downstairs the conversation was about favorites. Shippo, who was watching, wondered if Angst was dead.
The answer? Not dead…exactly. Dead, it's such a strong word…
"-You went up to the crazy vampire and tried to eat it?" Kagome was asking Koga with raised eyebrows when Miroku joined them at the lunch table. Miroku's expression twisted into one of wariness.
"Not eat." Koga protested. "The biting thing was on accident. I meant to just give him my teddy bear, he just looked so sad."
"Both of you?" Miroku interrupted their conversation. "How about you drop that very confusing and disturbed…uh…topic, for Kagome, you are to do the toast."
Kagome stared at him.
"Aren't people supposed to be warned before hand?" She asked. Miroku winced.
"Well, normally, yes. But, um…well, to put mildly-"
"He forgot." Koga translated. Kagome nodded.
"Yes, I picked up on that." She said. "But-…" When she trailed off and stared fixated at one spot the two men looked to where she was looking and froze.
"What are you guys staring at?" Sango asked, coming over. She followed their gaze and shrugged.
"Well," she said. "It was bound to happen sooner or later." Everyone whirled around to stare at her then.
"What!"
"What's all the commotion down there about?" Sesshomaru asked Inuyasha as they leaned over the balcony, side by side. Inuyasha pointed at two little figures.
"That." He said. Sesshomaru looked and, well…looked.
Shippo and Satsuki were standing together, both looking at the floor and blushing furiously. They were awkward and they kept shifting their weight. And those were the only more obvious signs.
"Huh." Sesshomaru said. "When did they fall in love? Aren't they a little young for that?"
Rin sat in the empty stall of the horse that never came home anymore. She didn't understand why she felt so sad. She shouldn't, and she felt guilty for feeling so sad. It was her friends birthday, she should be happy for them and for their newfound affection for one another…but…
But she didn't want to be alone. She desperately didn't want to be alone. Even now she wouldn't have been able to stand being alone in the stable if a mother cat and her kittens hadn't been curled up in the corner. Their gentle breathing soothed Rin as her turbulent emotions brought back memories better left alone.
Her throat hurt. Someone was screaming. They had to stop screaming, if they kept screaming then she would be found. Her eyes, clamped shut and burning with shame and guilt and salt, didn't see it waiting. She didn't know that it had been her screaming until the teeth were around her neck. Its teeth were warm and smooth. Odd, she had thought that they would be cold. The pain, it was-
"Rin?" A quiet voice asked. Rin, jolted out of her horrid reminisces. Kohaku hovered above her, looking worried. "Are you okay?"
Rin, without another word, stood and threw her arms around his waist, and began to cry. Kohaku, blushing and trying to stop stuttering, awkwardly turned and sat against the wall with her on his lap. While she cried, he cradled her to him.
Suffice to say, Satsuki wasn't the only girl who got a crush that day.
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Well, was that satisfactory? I hope it was.
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My Review Lion is in shock over…well…she watches Buffy with me and we sort of skipped the sixth season and started on the seventh and…um…well…never mind. We just both love Spike, and…it's just so…adorable.
Yes, we know that there's something wrong with us. For instance, I shouldn't be writing this at all.
So, tah tah.
TTFN, tah tah for now.
Sincerely
Pwalefriend