Hi everyone! It's me Moomoogirl1! Sorry if I took too long to update. I didn't do so hot at school and now I'm trying to do ALL of my homework, which seemed to be the problem. I'm writing on Thanksgiving Day and I just had eggnog. (Yum.) Anyways I'd like to say thanks to all those who reviewed. Special thanks to:
Logical-Kagome: Thanks for commenting on Sasuku. I just had to see what people thought of her. So you kind of like Kikyo. I've been having mixed feelings about her myself lately. I mean, she doing nothing to make me hate her anymore.
inu-dog-dem: Thanks for also commenting on Sasuku. I'm glad you liked the fighting scene! I thought I wouldn't really do well.
Sexyvodka1125: Thanks for commenting on Ayame. I didn't think I was doing enough Koga and Ayame in this story, so chapter 15 really made me able to focus on it a bit.
And Chigiri Ikeda: Glad you love my story! I love it too! Heh.
Anyways back to the story.
For the love turkey dipped in cranberry sauce I do not own Inuyasha.
Inuyasha: Turkey dipped in cranberry sauce. Does that even sound appetizing?
MG1: To some people it does.
Inuyasha: Whatever. Anyways Rumiko Takahashi owns the others and me. Not this weird moo moo here.
MG1: Hey!
"Can we have another day off?" Miroku asked Sango and Kagome with pleading eyes. Sango rolled her own eyes. "Don't you have a test or something?" she asked him.
Miroku patted Sango on the back. "A test can wait. All that matters is spending time with you." Sango instantly turned red. "Oh…" she mumbled.
Kagome giggled a little while Inuyasha came up from behind Miroku and hit him on the head. "Would you stop that?" Inuyasha sneered. "Stop what?" Miroku said putting on an innocent face.
"You know what!" Inuyasha shouted. " I really don't need you flirting today." Kagome sighed and shook Inuyasha's shoulder. "It's okay Inuyasha. So anyway, do you want to take another day off from tutoring?"
Inuyasha solemnly nodded his head. "My mom's coming home from the hospital today. She's only staying for a little while so I want to spend the rest of the afternoon with her."
Kagome smiled. Inuyasha really was a good son. "I understand." She smiled. "Tell her I said hi." Suddenly a light bulb (figuratively speaking.) popped up over Miroku's head.
"Why let Inuyasha tell his mom you said hi when you can say hi yourself?" he said smiling. Inuyasha and Sango looked at him confused. "Huh?" said Kagome.
"Why don't we all see Inuyasha's mom?" Miroku said explaining his idea. "What?" Inuyasha said giving Miroku a look. "You didn't hear?" said Miroku. "I said why don't we…"
"I heard you!" Inuyasha snapped. "But who the hell gave you that idea?" Miroku continued smiling. "Well I haven't seen your mom for almost a year now, Kagome wants to say hi, and Sango has never seen your mom before. Every friend of yours should see your mom right?"
Inuyasha sighed. He wasn't so sure about the idea. "You don't have to let us come with you Inuyasha." Sango suggested. It was mostly her who knew the importance of spending time with your parents seeing that she'd never see hers again.
"She's right Inuyasha." Kagome said stroking his shoulder. Inuyasha let out a sigh. "I guess you guys can come along." He finally said. "She'd be happy to see you."
"Really?" Kagome asked. Inuyasha nodded his head. "I already said yes didn't I?" Kagome instantly hugged him while Miroku smiled.
"See? I knew this was a good idea. Now to the BMW!" "Which I will be driving." Inuyasha added. "Kagome and Sango pouted. "But you're a bad driver." Kagome said pointing a finger.
"Miroku's the bad driver." Inuyasha said pointing his own finger at Miroku. "Besides when you and Sango were drunk I drove you home and we all stayed in one piece." (Any one watch that show?)
Kagome sighed. She really wanted to drive again but Inuyasha was right. "Fine then." She said walking towards the exit. "Let's just go all right?"
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"This is your house!" Kagome gasped out as she looked at the huge mansion before her. "I don't believe it." Sango said also gasping at the mansion. Inuyasha sighed while Miroku just laughed.
"It's not really a big deal you know." Inuyasha said to Kagome who was still gaping. "How can you not make a big deal?" Sango said. "Told you his house was bigger than mine." Miroku said still laughing at the girls' reaction.
"Come on. Let's just go inside okay?" Inuyasha said pressing a button on the gate. "Hello?" answered a voice. "Who is it?" "You know who it is Sesshomaru. Let me in!" Inuyasha yelled.
"No need to shout." Sesshomaru's calm voice replied as the gates automatically opened. "Come on in." Inuyasha said to the others as they all walked in.
"Well look who's here?" Instead of being greeted a maid like they were in Miroku's house, they were greeted by Sesshomaru himself.
"What the hell are you doing answering the door." Inuyasha snapped. "Isn't that Mimi's job?" (I'm using Digimon names for the maids. Ha!)
Sesshomaru just let out a sigh. "I'm giving her a break. Looks like you have your little crush with you today." Inuyasha growled while Kagome blushed a little. "She's my girlfriend." Inuyasha said through clenched teeth.
"So you two did get together." Sesshomaru said teasing Inuyasha in a calm matter. "Figures. And I see Miroku has a girl with as him as usual. What's this ones name?" (Sesshomaru knows Miroku's name?)
Sango turned red. "I'm not his girlfriend!" she said flustered. Inuyasha sweat dropped. "This is Sango. She's a friend of mine. Now will you show us where mom is?"
Sesshomaru turned around and started walking. "You could say please you know." He said while walking down the long hall. "Is he taking us to your mom or what?" Kagome asked confused.
"He is in his own little stupid way." Inuyasha growled as they followed Sesshomaru.
"Inuyasha!" Izayoi exclaimed as soon as they reached her room. Inuyasha came up to his mother and hugged her. "Are you feeling well?" he asked concerned a bit. Izayoi nodded her head.
"I'm fine." She smiled. " Oh. Inuyasha I didn't know you brought your friends. Hi Kagome."
Kagome smiled back. "Hello Miss Takahashi." She answered back. "Nice to see you again miss." Miroku said nearing Izayoi. (No, he's not going to do any thing perverted.) "Nice to see you too Miroku." Izayoi said as she grabbed one of his cheeks.
Inuyasha sweat dropped. His mother always treated his friends like her own children but it was a little embarrassing. Miroku cringed in pain a little. Izayoi may have been sick but she sure a strong grip.
"Uh Miss Takahashi…" he said. Izayoi realized what she was doing and let go. "Opps. Sorry Miroku. I shouldn't have embarrassed you in front of you girlfriend here. What's her name?"
Sango turned red yet again. "He's not my boyfriend." She stammered. Izayoi just laughed. "Sorry. You're just so pretty I'd thought you'd be his. Anyways what's your name?"
"Sango." Sango answered still a little red. "That's a pretty name." Izayoi said. "Did you know that Sango means coral? Inuyasha's friends have such pretty names. Don't you think Sesshomaru?"
"Yes mother." Sesshomaru said not really caring. Suddenly the door burst open. "Aunt Izayoi!" yelled out Rin with Shippo behind her. "Hello you two!" Izayoi smiled as she gave them a hug. "How are you doing?"
"Great!" Shippo exclaimed. He then spotted Kagome. "Kagome, you're here too!" He quickly jumped on her shoulder while Rin hugged her legs. "Hi guys." Kagome smiled.
"Looks like everybody's here." Miroku said looking around. "My husband isn't here." Izayoi said sighing a bit. "He's on a business trip. He should be back tomorrow." "I'm sure he'll come back just fine mom." Inuyasha said reassuring his mother. Izayoi nodded.
"I guess so." She said half sighing again. "Oh look at me sighing on when you all came here to see me. Why don't I treat you guys with a story?"
"A story?" Rin asked as she jumped into a chair. Izayoi nodded. "Sure. It used to be Inuyasha's favorite. I miss those days when he was a kid. He'd always get into trouble along with Miroku. Like the time they tried to drive the family car when they were only ten years old."
"They did?" Kagome asked looking at Inuyasha. "Or like the time the two tried to burn a wax doll in the oven and nearly started a fire." Sesshomaru added. "They did?" Sango also asked looking at Miroku.
Miroku smiled sheepishly while Inuyasha growled. "That was Miroku's idea." He mumbled. "But it was your idea to drive the car." Miroku mumbled back.
"Anyways, want to hear the story or what?" Izayoi asked changing the subject. "I do." Shippo said raising his hand. "Me too." Rin answered. "I guess I wouldn't mind listening." Kagome said taking a seat. "I'll listen." Sango smiled while Inuyasha and Miroku nodded their heads.
"It's settled then." Izayoi smiled. "Are you staying Sesshy?" 'Sesshy?' Kagome thought as Sesshomaru sighed. "For a while." He answered. He really had to do something with that ridiculous nickname of hers.
"Okay. I think you'll all like this one." Izayoi beamed as she began.
Once upon a time long before ours, about five hundred years to be exact, there was a half demon. You see like most half demons he didn't know where he belonged.
Demons didn't like him because he was weak and humans were afraid of him. So the half demon was all alone. He never talked to anyone and he trusted no one. That was all about to change however when he heard of the Shikon Jewel or Jewel of the four souls.
"The Shikon Jewel?" Kagome said interrupting. "My grandfather told me about it." "Did he?" Izayoi asked surprised. "Yes." Kagome answered. "He said that many demons and humans alike wanted it for it's great power.""That's right Kagome." Izayoi said. "And you all probably know what our half demon is going to do once he hears about it."
"He isn't going to take it is he?" Rin asked. Izayoi nodded. "Rin that is exactly what he planned to do."
The half demon didn't want to be a half demon any more. He didn't want to be weak and belong nowhere. So he set out to find this Shikon jewel so that he could become stronger. There was only one problem tough.
"What was that?" Shippo asked out of curiosity. "A priestess." Izayoi answered.
There was a priestess who held the Sacred Jewel in her possession. She was the keeper of it and the one who protected it from the hands of those who had evil intentions.
This caused a problem for the half demon. He tried to get it from her but she simply pinned him to a tree and told him not to come back.
He, of course, didn't listen and constantly tried to get it from her but his efforts were in vain. He had tried so much that the priestess eventually learned his name. They even began to hold conversations with each other.
"She began to trust him?" Rin asked surprised. Izayoi smiled. "I guess so." She answered. "But doesn't the half demon want to grow more powerful?" Shippo asked. "Why should she put her guard down?"
"Would you guys hush and listen." Inuyasha frowned. "You're asking too much questions." "Indeed." Sesshomaru said for once agreeing with his brother.
Eventually the half demon stopped trying to get the jewel. He was much more interested in the priestess. She too like him wasn't living a happy life and had a wish.
She constantly had to protect the Shikon Jewel. She couldn't be free of it. She couldn't live like a normal woman. It was this that she truly desired.
The half demon and the priestess grew more and more interested in each other and eventually they fell in love and thought of plan to make the half demon human thus destroying the Shikon Jewel. That way they would be happy and together forever.
"They fell in love?" Shippo asked a little shocked. "What an interesting twist." Sango said. "He wanted the jewel but then wanted it's protector." "I think that's sweet." Kagome smiled. "Every one should love somebody." Izayoi smiled at Kagome as she continued on.
Now during this time the priestess had found an injured bandit. She bandaged his wounds and took care of him. The bandit like the half demon fell in love with her and wanted her and the power of the Shikon Jewel.
"This doesn't sound good." Rin said listening more closely.
The bandit was so desperate that he let a horde of demons eat him to give him a new body. His plan worked and he set out to get the priestess.
He deceived the priestess by taking from of her half demon and strikes her. He then took form of her and began to attack the half demon. Feeling betrayed, the half demon takes the jewel for himself.
When the priestess sees him, she then shots an arrow into his chest and pins him to the tree. He then falls into a deep sleep for the arrow was a spell.
In order to get rid of the jewel, the dying priestess burns the jewel along with her body so that it would leave this world with her.
"How horrible!" Rin cried out. She sniffed a little. She hated sad endings. "That's terrible." Kagome said. "That bandit ruined it for both of them." "It doesn't end there you know." Inuyasha informed.
"It doesn't?" Shippo asked. "No there's more." Answered Miroku who had heard the story himself. Izayoi smiled. "That's right Miroku there's more."
Fifty years had past, and the half demon was still pinned to the tree. That was until one day a girl came up to him. The girl was lost and a little confused because she was being attacked by a demon and further more not from this world.
"She wasn't?" Shippo asked. "Then where was she from?" Rin asked Izayoi herself. "Some say she was from another planet or universe, others say from the future." Izayoi answered. "No one really knows."
She took the arrow from the half demons chest. The half demon easily killed the demon that attacked her, who had cut the girl. From the cut came out a jewel, the Shikon Jewel to be exact. Then the half demon started to attack her because she looked so much like the priestess he once loved.
Eventually, the priestess's sister who took her place says that the girl is a reincarnation of her sister. A demon after while steals the jewel because if you remember the jewel held much power.
In order to get rid of the demon the girl shoots it but in the process shots the jewel as well, which shattered into many shards. Now the girl and the half demon had to join up to collect the shards before they fell into the wrong hands.
"They had to join up together?" Rin asked. "Did the half demon like that?" "Not one bit." Izayoi answered "but he eventually begins to not mind."
While on their journey they meet a fox demon, a monk, and a demon exterminator who join the twosome. They also find out that the bandit who had deceived the priestess and half demon is still alive as a demon who also wants the Shikon shards power. Even the priestess is brought back to life.
Over time the girl and the half demon become close and the girl finally realizes that she loves the half demon.
"She fell in love with him too!" Shippo exclaimed. "But what about the priestess?" "She's getting to that. Now will you shut up?" Inuyasha snapped again.
Even tough the priestess was still around and even though the half demon vowed to protect her from the demon, who still had the heart of the bandit, the girl refused to leave the half demon's side. She was in love with him and nothing would stop her from staying with him.
"That's so sweet." Kagome beamed while Inuyasha sighed. "It's not that big of a deal Kagome." He said but Kagome shook her head.
"I think it's wonderful." Kagome smiled. "So what happens to them?" Izayoi shrugged her shoulders. "No one knows how the story ends exactly." She answered. "Some say that the half demon and girl defeat the demon and get married. Others say that instead of going off with the girl he goes off with the priestess again. Another ending is that no one wins and that every one but the girl dies."
"I hope the last one you said isn't the ending." Rin said worried. Kagome patted Rin on the head. "I'm sure the half demon returns the girl's feeling and they get married and live happily ever after." "But what about the priestess? Would she ever find happiness?" Shippo asked.
Kagome paused for a minute. "What about the priestess…" she repeated. For some strange reason the question repeated in her head but somewhat different.
'But what about Kikyo? Will she ever find happiness?'
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"Thanks for having us over to your house." Sango bowed to Izayoi and Sesshomaru. Izayoi waved her hand. "No need to bow Sango. You're welcome to my home any time especially you Kagome seeing that now you and Inuyasha are more than friends now."
"Mom!" Inuyasha groaned. "Was that really necessary?" Inuyasha frowned as Izayoi hugged Kagome." Just give me some nice healthy grandchildren okay?" Izayoi beamed while everyone else sweat dropped.
"Mom!" Inuyasha yelled. 'That's just mom.' Inuyasha sighed as Izayoi pinched Miroku's check again. "And you had better make a move on dear Sango." She said to him low enough so that Sango couldn't hear. "She's a good girl so what are you waiting for?"
"Uh…well…I…" was all Miroku could say. "Mom seriously. Would you stop?" said Inuyasha who had heard. "What? It's the truth." Izayoi said making a baby face.
"I'm going to drop all these guys home now." Inuyasha announced. "I'll be back." "Bye guys. Tell Kirara I said hi Sango!" Rin yelled.
"I will!" Sango yelled back. "And don't jump on furniture!" Miroku added. "We won't!" Shippo yelled back. "Bye Miroku! Bye Sango! Bye Kagome!"
Every one waved (except for Sesshomaru.) as they all left in the car. "Well that was fun." Izayoi said when they left. Come on you two let's eat. Are you coming too Fluffy?"
Sesshomaru cringed while Shippo and Rin giggled. "Yes mom." He answered. He was definitely going to talk to his mom about that nickname.
"You had a good time?" Inuyasha asked Kagome as they drove up to the house. Kagome nodded. "I really liked your mother's story, even if it didn't have a certain ending."
Inuyasha nodded his head. "I really used to like that story. When I was little, Miroku was the only kid who talked to me. I guess no one else wanted to be friends with a half demon. That story always made me think that even a half demon like me could find someone just for him. I thought the only one who could really love me was my mom but now…"
"But now what?" Kagome said waiting for his answer. For some strange reason her heart was beating fast. Inuyasha looked at Kagome with a bit of pain in his face but he quickly shook it off.
"Nothing." He said quietly. "You should probably go inside now." Kagome just sat there for a while but then nodded her head.
"Okay. Be safe." Kagome did a little smile. "I will." Inuyasha smiled but something was wrong with his smile. That's when Kagome realized something. It was her own fake smile.
After eating dinner and doing her homework, Kagome quickly went to bed. She felt horrible. She didn't want to admit it but Inuyasha was hiding something from her and she didn't like that.
She wanted to help him. She hated it when he looked sad. When he was sad it felt like her heart was breaking and she hated that.
She was his girlfriend right? Why couldn't she make him happy? Why couldn't she make the pain go away? She wanted him to be happy. She never wanted to see him in pain. She wanted to take away his sadness and make him happy. Forever.
"Why am I thinking these things?" Kagome thought as she pulled her covers over her head. "Why should I care so much? But I can't help it. I do want to make him happy. I can't imagine a day with out him and if I lost him I don't know if I could go on, even breath.
'He makes me so happy and I don't want that happiness taken away from me. Not by Kikyo. Not by anybody. I never want to let Inuyasha go or leave his side. I never will!'
Kagome gasped at her own thoughts as she felt something wet trickle down her check. "I'm…I'm crying." She said out loud. Kagome closed her eyes tightly.
'These thoughts that I'm having,' she thought. ' They sound selfish but they're true. This way that I'm feeling…'
Kagome continued to feel the tears trickle down checks. This relationship. It was no longer a little stupid crush where all you did was kiss and hold hands. 'The way that I'm feeling,' Kagome thought. 'Only means…'
"I truly love Inuyasha." She said out loud into the cold and silent darkness.
Well done with chapter seventeen! I'm telling you this is the longest chapter I have ever written. I hope you like it. I thought that Kagome and Inuyasha's relationship in the beginning was more of a crush so along came this chapter. As you can see things are starting to deepen here.
On another note hear this. I'm sure you've all heard of Barbie's first movie, Barbie and the Nutcracker. You will never believe who does Barbie and the nutcrackers voice. The person who does Sango's voice (dubbed version of course.) does Barbie's a.k.a Clara in the movie and the person who does Miroku's voice (dubbed version.) does Ken's a.k.a the nutcracker!
I heard this from a review from another story and I was shocked. So since it was Thanksgiving they were showing the movie so I forced myself to watch it and they were right. I felt like cracking up and my brother ran out of the room not believing it.
It was so weird hearing Miroku's voice come out of a nutcracker who does ballet and when the nut cracker tells Clara he loves her and they kiss I was like Miroku and Sango really need to do that.
Anyways thanks for reading! Hope you enjoyed. No go review and since it's one-something in the morning now Thanksgiving is over so I'll just say Happy Holidays!
Moomogirl1 wishes you Happy Holidays and is going out. (Just for a while:)