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AN: " " is speaking, ' ' is thought
AN. Just to let you know that I've made spelling/grammer corrections and added a little more detail to the story's chapters. I'm reposting the corrected chapters. But this is still the same story & story line. See if you notice the corrections. And thanks to those that read & review. The reviews mean a lot.
Glossary: youkai-demon
inu-youkai-dog demon
ningen-human
ookami-wolf demon
osuwari-sit
aisu-ice
CHAPTER 3: The Hanyou's Out of the Bag
Inu Yasha heard the others coming, but wondered how the new girl could have heard them. He looked over at Kagome and she was just now hearing them. There was definitely something going on, but what?
Shiori looked over and saw that Inu Yasha was looking at her strangely. She just nodded her head and smiled. Then looked over to her cousin. "What do you think, Kagome?"
"It must be the others. Come on, I'll introduce you. And a piece of advice, you can trust them," she said to Shiori, giving her a meaningful look, "I do." With that, Kagome turned to look at Inu Yasha before she turned to the sounds of the rest of the gang coming into the clearing.
"Kagome, you're back," Sango said, waving to her friend. She noticed the other woman and stopped. "Who's this?"
Kagome smiled, "This is my cousin, Shiori Hakogami. She's from my time and she'll be joining us for a little while." Then turning to her cousin, "And this is Sango, she's a demon exterminator." She saw the rest of the group coming out of the forest. "The monk is Miroku, but watch out for his hands, they like to wander. The little kitsune is Shippou, he's an orphan. And the neko-youkai is Kirara, she is Sango's companion."
"I thought I had interesting friends," she said to Kagome. Then, "Nice to meet you," Shiori nodded to everyone with a smile.
Miroku walked up to her and took her hand, "Nice to meet such a beautiful, young woman." The monk kissed her hand, just before Sango smacked him in the head.
"Hentai! She's barely been here 10 minutes and you're already making moves on her," Sango said, rubbing her hand. "You can be such a pig."
Shiori just grinned and shook her head, "Yep, very interesting friends. So, where do we go from here? I'm in the mood to check this place out."
"Well, I need to go see Kaede in the village before we set off again. Hey, you should meet her, maybe she could help you understand those visions that you've been having. And, maybe she can tell us more about Guardians in this time," Kagome mentioned, heading towards the village.
Sango and Miroku suddenly stared at Shiori with interest.
Shiori just looked at them and then began to follow her cousin. 'Why are they staring at me like that? It's like they've never met a Guardian before.' Which, by the way, they haven't.
Miroku regain his voice first and ran to catch up with her. "You're a Guardian, Shiori? Where are you from?" Sango, Shippou and Inu Yasha was walking behind them, now, waiting for an answer. Kagome was walking beside her cousin but kept quiet, letting her answer the question.
Shiori turned to look at Kagome. Kagome could read the question in her eyes.
"It's okay, Shiori, like I said you can trust them. They'll understand," Kagome said, looking up at her cousin. Shiori is as tall as Inu Yasha.
"Yes, monk, I'm a Guardian, one in a long line actually. I was born at the base of Mt. Fuji. I have lived there on that mountain all my life. Raised by my mother and father. I have three brothers and two sisters. They will either be Guardians or priests and mikos depending on their various powers," She explained as they neared the village. Then very quietly she said, "But, they have more of a choice than I do."
"What do you mean, they have more of a choice than you do?" Sango asked, she had been close enough to catch the quiet comment.
Shiori remain silent, so Kagome answered, "First born children of a Guardian have little choice in the matter, because the power in their blood is so strong. This can be a good thing, because usually Guardians don't always live long enough to have large families. My aunt was lucky, though."
"Yeah, lucky she met my father. He was strong enough to catch and keep a Guardian as his wife." She then laughed softly. "Poor man."
"What's so funny, Shiori," Shippou asked, jumping onto her shoulder to look her in the face.
Without thinking, she reached over and scratched behind his little ear. He almost fell off her shoulder because he relaxed so much. Shiori laughed again. "The reason I laughed at my own statement, Shippou, is because I was remembering the stories my parents told me while I was growing up about how they met. My father always said how hard it was to convince my mother that she was his and that they were made for each other."
"Then, your mother would glare at him and threaten to launch him to the moon," Kagome added, laughing herself. "Of course, when she would tell the story, Aunt Miyu would say that she was the one that had to tame Uncle Koshin."
Shiori nodded her head, "Yes, they were both so stubborn. I'm surprised they have lasted so long. Well, that's love for you. It will do strange things to you."
"That sounds kinda weird to me," Shippou commented, shaking his head.
"Aw, wait until it happens to you, Shippou, you'll be knocked off your feet," Shiori teased, scratching his little ear again.
Shippou leaned into the scratch, thankfully he was leaning towards her head. But then, he let out a little yelp because one of Shiori's earrings scratched his face. "Hey, what was that?" And before she could say anything, he moved her hair away from her ear. Shiori stopped dead in her tracks.
So did everyone else and stared at her ear. Besides the fact that there were three small hoops in it, her ear was also pointed, like an elf's. Or to be more accurate, like a demon's. Everyone was silent for a few heartbeats.
Kagome just waited for the shock to wear off. Shiori just stayed very quiet, waiting for anyone to say something.
Inu Yasha was the first to say anything. "So, you have pointed ears. Is there anything that we should know about, Guardian?" He added a bit of bite to the word 'Guardian' to get a rise out of her. It worked.
She turned her head and looked him straight in the eye, she was the same height that he was. He noticed this. "Look, Dog-boy, I wouldn't start in on people's ears. And there is nothing I 'have' to tell you."
"Shiori, calm down, he didn't mean anything by it. He's always like that," Kagome said, standing in front of her cousin, getting her attention. "Don't worry, it's okay. You can let them in, believe me, it's not as unsual as what we have already come up against."
She took a deep breath and looked at the group. Then said, "I'm a hanyou."
AN: Well, hope you guys like this chapter. I'm sorry it's so short but I thought that I would let Naraku's little plot have its own chapter. And again, I'm so sorry that I have been slacking on updating. I admit that is was because of a bit of writer's block and because I got so caught up in reading the other wonderful stories on this website. How do you guys like it so far? Please read & review. Or I won't write any more!!! just kidding, please review.
I would like to thank my wonderful editor, ninjawarrior4life, my bro. glad you like it.
And thanks to everyone who has been reading this story from the beginning when I first started posting it. And to those who read and like it.
THX to all my readers.
