Author's note: Poor Kikyō! I'm starting to feel sorry for her, she has so many haters, who actually LIKES her? C'mon people! I like her, up until she died, she became a real bitch only because she was revived out of her hatred for Inuyasha. I used to hate her, but ever since I saw the special "A fateful song before we met" I couldn't help but start to like her and by the end I felt so sorry for both of them… I still think it'd have been better if she was never revived, because she is DEAD, Inuyasha just has to move on, that's his problem :P Anyway… lucky for you (if you guys are Kikyō haters) I can't put her in this fic because the third movie happened after Mount. Hakurei, after the Shichinintai, after Kikyō supposedly died, so the movie took place while they THOUGHT she was dead. That's what I picked up whilst the second movie took place just before Mount. Hakurei and the Shichinintai… can't remember how I did THAT sum… and the first movie… :looks at download: still downloading… okay so I wanted to see the second movie first, then the third movie then the first… big whoop… now I'm waiting for the fourth one to get subbed, moowahahahaha
Man I can ramble on about the stupidest nonsense… too bad won't allow "chat dialogues" in your stories or else your stories will get removed… I love talking to myself and where better to do it than here? I'll just skip the names and start skipping lines and talk to myself and confuse you guys :D
Um... I need a way to get rid of all this stress packing up on me... I've had a shittie day... and I just want this chapter up, because I'm busy writing the seventh chapter, so at least I'll feel like I'm "up to date" since I haven't really written much after I wrote this chapter... I just can't concentrate... school's a REAL prison, and stress is giving me writer's block... but even so, I want this chapter up...
Chapter Six:
A good two hours probably already passed by. Night probably already reached the skies, and if things just really wanted to piss Inuyasha off tonight, it'd be New moon. Surprisingly, his mother was still awake sitting next to him, also leaning against Kirara. Kagome was still asleep, she hadn't woken up at all since she took the remedy… Sango tried not to fall asleep seeing that Miroku sat next to her at Kirara's head, and even if Kirara would keep an eye on Miroku… Kirara was asleep too… Just Sango's rotten luck. Shippō was sleeping next to Kagome and Setsuko had put up a fire wall to keep random zombies away. She mainly did this to keep herself busy and to keep everyone warm, as she couldn't put a permanent fire wall in the cave or else she'll burn the entire place out. She kept the fire wall under control by moving her sword, kind of like a steering wheel.
Inuyasha looked at his mother, "Don't you want to sleep?"
Izayoi looked back at him. "If anyone needs rest here it's you. You have lost some blood and been poisoned, but seems like the poison already worked its way out of your system."
"But you haven't slept at all, and we've been stuck in this cave pretty long…"
"Don't worry, I'll wait until your father returns," she said and looked forward into the fire wall. "Are you happy now, Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha's eyes widened a bit in surprise at his mother's question. "What do you mean?"
Izayoi looked at him again, "I mean regarding your father and everyone else here. Don't you remember how you never had any friends? No one wanted to talk to you… and now you have all that. These people accept you for who you are…"
"Of course I'm happy about that…"
"I remember late at night when you couldn't sleep you'd come crawling into my bed and wake me up on purpose…" she smiled at the thought. "Then you'd ask me all types of questions regarding your father… what type of a yōkai he was and if he was good or bad… what he looked like… and if you'd ever get to meet him… or to be like him…"
Inuyasha also smiled at the sudden thought. Yes, he did remember it. At nights he always pondered about his father and if he was watching over him and his mother. Then he would stare out of the window into the night light, and then the curiosity would get the better of him and he'd sneak into his mom's room making sure she'd wake up some how. (A/N: I can just imagine that… Inuyasha running into his mommy's room with a teddy wrapped in one arm and a blanket in the other! SO CUTE!)
"I would get mad at you for not sleeping and staying up again…" Izayoi chuckled. "Then I'd struggle to get you to go back to bed without telling you a story about your father…" She put her arm around Inuyasha and lowered his head down to rest on her lap again. (A/N: Use your imagination…) "I would tell you to close your eyes and picture it all in your head… then you'd cuddle up to me as I told you another heroic story of your father."
Kagome just about woke up now, but she didn't move. She pretended to be asleep. Same with Miroku and Sango. They've been awake this entire time but Inuyasha thought they had fallen asleep because they began to calm down just about after the third slap Miroku received from Sango. They just didn't want to spoil this perfect moment for Inuyasha.
Izayoi began stroking Inuyasha's hair and ears and he closed his eyes, just like old times. "You always fell asleep before I even got to the ending… then I'd be too tired to carry you back to bed and just let you sleep with me in my bed." She looked down at him and picked the hair out of his face that was in his face.
Kagome wanted to move to change the subject as she could hear the sadness in Izayoi's voice and she could sense Inuyasha was also in mental pain from the flashback of the past.
"But," Izayoi finally spoke again after managing not to cry. "That's all over now. You've finally met him and yet to witness what a great yōkai he is…"
Setsuko minded her own business, she didn't want to butt in on this. She saw how happy Izayoi and Inuyasha looked right about now. She knows what it's like to be a mother and to have a son, so she just left them… for now at least. They're only humans after all… she'll release her awesome wrath on them later. (A/N: See just like Sesshōmaru, she's not ALL bad :gloats for absolutely no reason: )
Inuyasha opened his eyes and looked into his mother's. "Are you happy now, Inuyasha?" she repeated her question after stating a long statement of what she meant.
Setsuko suddenly jumped up, her guard ready as if another million zombies were on their way.
Inuyasha sat up straight, "What's wrong?"
"Don't you hear that?" She asked.
Inuyasha's ears flickered. His eyes widened, "That sound…"
"The cave's falling in!" Setsuko exclaimed. "We have to get out!" She couldn't believe the words that escaped her mouth or of what her next actions are gonna be. She's going to help humans. Well she'd better. Inu no Taishō would kill her if anything happened to them. 'Damn it! He knew I'd react like this that's why he trusted me enough with them!'
(A/N: Just for the record… I had the Red Queen from Resident Evil evil in my mind saying "You're all going to die down here" and I kinda wanted to use that, but let's just say that's where my idea came for the cave and for it caving in… o-O;; )
"But we can't move Kagome, she hasn't awoken yet!" Inuyasha spoke.
"Kirara can carry her, can't she?" Setsuko said then lowered her fire wall.
Inuyasha nodded and woke up the cat demon. Kirara made her roar noise then stood up. Inuyasha caught Kagome before she fell over.
"Inuyasha…" Kagome suddenly said. Inuyasha looked down at her. "I'm awake…"
Inuyasha smiled at her, "You're still riding with Kirara… I'm not taking any chances." He picked her up and placed her on the cat's back, along with the still asleep Shippō. Sango and Miroku had also jumped up when Kirara stood up. "You guys are awake?"
"Now we are," Sango said not wanting to let him know they were awake while he and his mother had their moment.
"Let's get going before this cave collapses on all of us!" Setsuko said trying to retrace their steps back to the entrance.
Rin heard a deep hard sound that echoed through the cave and she gripped Sesshōmaru's pants (A/N: That sounds wrong in some ways… but okay…). Sesshōmaru looked down at the frightened girl, he too had heard the sound and he was sure as hell his father did too.
"The cave's coming down…" Inu no Taishō spoke.
"Sesshōmaru-sama!" Rin cried a cry of fright.
"Jaken… where is Aun?" Sesshōmaru demanded to know.
"Uh… outside of the cave…" Jaken replied.
"No time for chit-chat, let's get out of here," Inu no Taishō spoke. He hoped Setsuko would take the others out of the cave.
Setsuko ran as fast as she could making sure the humans were still behind her, all of them. She had to count them all quickly before looking in front of her again. The cave was becoming furious now and was throwing rocks at them from above. They were easy to dodge as they were just a few big, and small, boulders, only every now and then.
"I can see it! The exit!" Setsuko said with glee in her voice. But as if the cave just got angered by her sudden outburst the boulders became much more and just before they reached the exit…
"INUYASHA!" Kagome screamed.
Okay, let me make it more clearly to you…
Setsuko was out running in the front, Miroku and Sango were right behind her, Kirara running behind carrying Kagome, Shippō and Izayoi on her back, while Inuyasha ran at the far back. Just before they reached the exit Inuyasha was hit by a boulder, knocked-out by one, or just trapped by thousands of boulders.
"Inuyasha!" Izayoi gasped.
Setsuko gasped, "No time, everyone get out!" She pointed to the exit. "Hurry!"
Miroku understood with what she meant and made sure everyone got outside.
"No! What about Inuyasha?" Kagome exclaimed, nearly jumping off from Kirara but Izayoi held her back.
Setsuko stayed behind, "Damn Inu no Taishō. He'll kill me if I don't do something about this… if he's not already dead that is…" She tried to get rid of the boulders by attacking them but the more she did that, the harder the cave would drop.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome yelled at the entrance of the cave, holding back her tears. She felt a hand rest on her shoulder.
"Please don't worry, Kagome. Inuyasha should be fine…" Izayoi tried to cheer herself and the girl up, but she couldn't say anything out of certainty. She doesn't know how strong Inuyasha is. But if he did receive a large amount of demon blood from him father he should survive this.
The cave rapidly stormed down onto the ground now. Miroku took the two women at the entrance of the cave and brought them a little further away underneath a tree in the sunset. Yes, the moon hasn't appeared yet. (A/N: Inuyasha thought it was night… but surprise… it wasn't!)
Kagome looked at the sunset. 'Tonight can't be… New moon… can it?' She hoped not. If it was New moon, then Inuyasha would… No she can't think about it.
The cave seemed to have started to settle down. Boulders were packed at the entrance making sure no one can get in, and those who were inside certainly must have gotten squashed. Izayoi and Kagome tried to hold their tears back, as well did Sango and Miroku tried his best to comfort them. By now the sun has completely set. Kagome looked up as she felt it was dark. Too dark. The minute she looked up her eyes filled with tears. Izayoi had noticed and took a glance at what Kagome was looking at. She felt her heart skip a beat as tonight was new moon. (A/N: I probably spoiled it by saying New moon so much… bad me!)
Sango had also taken notice in Kagome's tears and Izayoi's eyes also held tears in them. Sango was too frightened to even look… instead she looked at Miroku and with a very shaky voice she managed to say: "Hōshi-sama…"
Shippō who was awake now, had also noticed it was New moon. "Inuyasha…"
"Shit!" Inuyasha cursed as a boulder just separated him from the group. (A/N: Yep, we jumped back in time…)
He pulled Tessaiga out to knock the boulders away with the Kaze no Kizu, but when he pulled Tessaiga out, it wouldn't transform. "Damn it!" He cursed again. He hit his head against the boulder. He couldn't believe it. Tonight of all nights HAD to be new moon! He put Tessaiga back as that was going to be useless now. He decided to use his claws instead. Inuyasha jumped backwards preventing a boulder from falling on his head. His face was full of doubt if he could make it out of here alive or not…
"Izayoi!" He suddenly heard his dad calling. "Inuyasha!"
Inuyasha's hair started to become black and his nails and fangs disappeared. His eyes turned blue and his ears turned into normal human ears. (A/N: Are his eyes blue in his human form? I read they turn blue but in the pictures they seem either grey, green or brown x.x!)
"D-" Inuyasha was about to call out to his father when a rock hit him on his head and his vision became blurry. Then finally he blacked out.
Okay back to the present-
A big blast came from the cave all of a sudden and grabbed everyone's attention. First a very injured Setsuko ran out of the cave and just dropped down to the ground when she was a bit away from it.
Everyone's faces brightened as they had some hope left now. A few minutes past then Sesshōmaru walked out with Rin in his arms, and Jaken holding onto his leg. He sat down next to his mother and allowed the girl to continue to hold onto him, yet Jaken was forced off from his leg… Aun walked over to them making sure they were all right, then laid down. When Sesshōmaru tried to put Rin down to lay against Aun, she refused to let go of his chest.
Then… finally… Inu no Taishō walked out of the cave… with an unconscious black-haired Inuyasha in his arms. When he was further from the cave he kneeled down and placed Inuyasha down on the ground. "So this is when you transform to human?" He smiled at him son, even if he doubted that Inuyasha heard him. "New moon. I'll remember that."
"Inuyasha!" Izayoi immediately ran over with Kagome on her trail. It took Sango a while to regain energy in her legs then she started to run while dragging Miroku with her. (A/N: That happens to me… when I'm REALLY sad all the energy in my legs just vanish and I drop to the ground o.o or when I'm nervous my legs become jelly, but I'm sure that happens to all of us :P)
"Inuyasha!" Shippō exclaimed and ran over to him in his fox way.
Izayoi rested her hand on Inu no Taishō's shoulder then kneeled down next to Inuyasha. "Is he alright?"
"He should be fine," Inu No Taishō smiled.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome kneeled on the opposite side of him and immediately threw her body against his, hugging him. "Thank goodness you're okay!"
"Inuyasha!" Two more voices came as Sango and Miroku ran over and saw Kagome hugging him so they just stopped in front of them. Sango kneeled down and rested a hand on Kagome's back. Shippō jumped in between everyone and hugged Inuyasha's arm. "Inuyasha!" he cried.
"Don't worry guys, he'll be fine," Inu no Taishō chuckled at all of Inuyasha's crazy friends.
"What happened?" Izayoi asked.
"Nothing much really. We just found him passed out then we found Setsuko injured and blasted our way out of the cave…"
What really happened-
Inu no Taishō and Sesshōmaru were looking for the group. Well Inu no Taishō mostly, Sesshōmaru only cared for his mother's safety – or so he claims. Sesshōmaru walked in the direction he smelled his mother, but it was hardly there. He held Rin in his arms. His mother's scent just faded away. He looked down at his feet and saw a strand of black hair. But that sense was strangely… familiar…
"Black hair?" Sesshōmaru spoke in suspicion, and then with his foot he kicked a boulder to reveal Inuyasha's human face. "Inuyasha? Human?" He said puzzled. "Of course, he's a hanyō." He reminded himself. "Father!" Sesshōmaru called his father over. Inu no Taishō looked at him then got a whiff of Inuyasha's scent. He quickly ran over and saw his son laying there blacked out. "Inuyasha!"
Okay, back to the present again-
"What do we do now?" Izayoi asked.
"I was planning to go to the dog village, but I think we should just wait until the sun rises. I am sure Inuyasha doesn't want anyone to see him looking like this," Inu no Taishō spoke, knowing this was one thing a hanyō never shows to anyone. "Let's just find a safer place to rest," Inu no Taishō stood up. "Sesshōmaru!"
Kagome sat up, letting go of Inuyasha. Inuyasha and his father might have never met before and now barely know anything about each other, but Inuyasha's father certainly knew a lot more about Inuyasha than they expected. (A/N: And I wrote this… why? O.o)
Sesshōmaru looked at his father. He motioned with his head for Sesshōmaru to come over there.
"Mother, take Rin," Sesshōmaru said.
Setsuko sighed. Looks like looking after a human is going to become a very bad hobby of hers now. She took Rin out of his arms and Rin held on tight to her. Sesshōmaru got up and walked to his father. "Yea father, what is it?" He asked a bit impatient.
Inu no Taishō looked down at Inuyasha and Sesshōmaru did too. "You probably know what's going on here."
"Yes, every hanyō has a time of the month that they change into their human form."
"I can count on you to not use this to your advantage, can't I?"
"Why would I do that? To kill Inuyasha in his human form would be low."
"I'm glad you think that. But I can trust you to keep this to yourself I hope."
"Naturally father. Why do you even think that I would sink that low?"
"Just checking," Inu no Taishō said looking him straight in the eye. "You got that Setsuko?" He said a bit louder so that she could hear him.
"Why would I squeal on the brat!" She yelled back at him.
"That's all you called me over for?" Sesshōmaru asked.
"Of course not," Inu no Taishō said and looked back at Inuyasha. "I am asking you to come to the dog village with us tomorrow when the sun had risen."
Everyone looked up in confusion.
"Dog village?" Kagome questioned.
"Inuyasha's father used to rule over the dog village before he died… I don't know what happened to it afterwards…" Izayoi spoke.
"And that's what we're going to check out," Inu no Taishō said.
"What about Sou'unga?" Sesshōmaru asked.
"What's the use of going after the sword when you can't destroy it, Sesshōmaru?" Inu no Taishō asked him.
"I can destroy it," Sesshōmaru emphatically said.
"How sure are you?"
"Very certain."
"Sesshōmaru, you obviously don't know that Sou'unga can only be destroyed if you and Inuyasha work together, and I don't expect for that to happen anytime soon," Inu no Taishō stated.
Sesshōmaru looked down at Inuyasha. "Don't expect for it to happen at all. I don't need his help to destroy Sou'unga."
Inu no Taishō sighed. "Just answer me, will you come with us?"
Sesshōmaru thought for a while. "No," He turned his back on his father and walked to Setsuko whose face showed a very disappointed expression.
Inuyasha opened his eyes and met the stars in the sky. "Shit," he murmured and sat up.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome exclaimed happy, she was sitting next to him. "You're awake!"
"Yea… well… where are we?" He asked looking around seeing they weren't in the cave anymore, obviously. No one else were there either, only him, her, Shippō and Kirara.
"Out of the cave," Kagome smiled. "Don't worry, we're in a forest near a village."
"And where is everyone?"
"Your dad went to the village, not sure what for… Sango and Miroku are out getting food and fire wood, and your mom is at the river washing up." Kagome saw Inuyasha's worried expression, "Don't worry, Sesshōmaru and Setsuko won't say anything about your transformation. Your dad made sure of that," she smiled.
Inuyasha looked at her with awe in his eyes. "Even so… I don't trust them…"
"I don't know," Kagome said and looked in front of her. "They seemed as though they wouldn't tell." She looked at Inuyasha again who was now looking in front of him. "If you think about it, Sesshōmaru and his mother are much alike. They claim not to care when they really do…"
Inuyasha looked at Kagome and made eye contact.
"Remember when she led us out of the cave and the boulders separated us from you… she chased us out but wouldn't leave until she had found you… Eventually your dad and Sesshōmaru came by."
"But she probably just did that to stay in my dad's good books…" Inuyasha looked in front of him again. It kind of made him happy that she kind of risked her life to save his… but if it wasn't for his dad she probably never would've done that.
"I don't know. But it relates to Sesshōmaru," Kagome stated.
Inuyasha looked up to see his mother walking towards them.
"Glad you're awake," she smiled. She held some more bandages in her hands. "I was just busy washing these. They're clean, we should swap them with the ones I bandaged you with since those were a bit dirty."
Inuyasha nodded and his mom kneeled down in front of him. He took off his jacket and his shirt and she started to remove the bandage around his chest, where Sesshōmaru's claw hit Inuyasha.
"We're back!" Sango said with fire wood in her arms. Miroku was close behind her (A/N: Not too close now) with a couple of fishes he caught.
"Sango-chan! Miroku-sama!" Kagome smiled and stood up to help them.
"Ah so you woke up," Miroku said referring to Inuyasha.
"Stuff it, monk," Inuyasha growled annoyed.
"Inuyasha!" His mother scolded with a chuckle happy to see him be him again.
"Ah the good old days," was Miroku's remark at Inuyasha's reaction. "Don't you need more herbs, Izayoi-sama?"
"No thanks, his wound's fine now. I just need to stop it from bleeding," she smiled gratefully at the monk.
"Very well," Miroku said with a polite bow and turned to the other two girls putting the fire wood down with Shippō helping. They started a fire and started to cook the fish.
"There, all done," Izayoi said, slightly petting Inuyasha's head, even if he was only human now.
Inuyasha put his shirt back on, followed by his jacket then remained sitting where he sat.
"Are you ok?" Izayoi asked concerned.
"Yea…" Inuyasha replied while obviously lying.
"What's bothering you?" She asked again. (A/N: You know mothers have a knack for doing that :P)
"I didn't want Sesshōmaru to see me like this, nor Setsuko," Inuyasha sighed, not knowing what the implications could be.
"They won't tell a soul. Sesshōmaru anyway said he wouldn't try to kill you like this, he said it'd be too low," Izayoi was sitting next to Inuyasha now and hugged him. Both looked up to see Inu no Taishō return.
"Glad to see there's food, I was beginning to worry about that for a second back there," he smiled at the group around the fire then he walked over to Izayoi and Inuyasha.
"Honey," Izayoi said and ended the embrace with Inuyasha.
"Dad."
"What took you so long?" Izayoi asked, trying to cheer up the mood.
"It's a human village, they're not fond of yōkai moving around as they please around there. They tried to do an exorcism," A small pause occurred. "Enough said," He sighed and sat down in front of his wife and son. Izayoi let out a small chuckle.
"Well when the sun's back up and you're back in your hanyō form, we're going to the dog village. Ever heard of it?" Inu no Taishō asked Inuyasha.
"No… what is it? Your empire?" Inuyasha asked stating the obvious.
"Well yea. Part of it. Just want to see how they're holding up."
"Of course you'd want to. You're a great guy, aren't you?" Inuyasha said with a smirk. A smirk almost saying: "Because you're better than me".
"Well I wouldn't say that. But I do try my best. But mainly I'd like for you to see the village as you were meant to be growing up there."
"You'll love it," Izayoi said and rested a hand on Inuyasha's arm.
"Where did Sesshōmaru and Setsuko go?" Inuyasha asked looking his father in the eye.
"They left," was Inu no Taishō's simple reply.
"Why didn't you go with them?" Inuyasha asked. (A/N: Aww Inuyasha, you're showing your good side:sniff:pause: What's the time?)
Izayoi looked up at Inuyasha from surprise in his last words. (A/N: I think she's lower than him? Mothers tend to be lower than their sons when they're fully grown…)
Inu no Taishō also stared surprised with confusion at Inuyasha.
"You've been with me ever since you were revived except for those few hours in the cave. I never knew you, so you and Sesshōmaru must have some perfect father-son relationship. You should go with him." (A/N:stares: that can sound SO gay if you read it wrong.)
Inu no Taishō sighed. "No matter how much I want to, I'd rather leave Sesshōmaru alone now. He has after all lost all respect for me. I'd like to give him time to calm down, and get used to the idea."
"He's had two hundred years to get used to it and to calm down. Sesshōmaru doesn't show or say what he thinks or feel. But I do know that he still has a little bit of respect for you and you can work from there," Inuyasha said not looking his dad in the eye anymore. He was recalling on what his brother said to him; "There's no way that my father's blood is running through your veins!" and his expressions every time to see their father with Inuyasha sure showed some sad reflection. "It's just a case where Sesshōmaru has to swallow his pride…"
Author's note:yawn: I'm sleepy. Well I finally got to the explanting part of why their daddy stays with le puppy boy the entire time. But I assure you that Sesshōmaru and his daddy will have their happy gushy moments o-O;; Just be patient… I don't know how long this story will be, and as long as the story is going on I'll basically be working on the relationships of:
Inuyasha and Sesshōmaru
Inuyasha and his daddy
Sesshōmaru and his daddy
Inu no Taishō and Izayoi (probably not as much…)
Inu no Taishō and Setsuko (he's not gonna cheat on Izayoi or anything…)
Sesshōmaru and Setsuko
Inuyasha and Sestuko (Don't ask… just DON'T ask…)
Izayoi and Inuyasha (Don't know how far I'll go in there since everyone KNOWS Inuyasha's sensitive over/about his mommy)
And then I'll probably add some fluff on…
Sesshōmaru and Rin
Inuyasha and Kagome (I want to put Kikyo in…)
Miroku and Sango
Inu no Taishō and Izayoi x)
Setsuko and Rin (not lesbo stuff)
And maybe just maybe SOME fluff on Setsuko and Inu no Taishō… they MUST have had good times whiel they were married, let's see if they can recap P
There, just told you what to expect from the story .
Well I don't know YET if I'm going to MAKE the couples Kagome and Inuyasha, since the story is more focused on Inuyasha's family, NOT his relationship with the two miko he fell in love with :P I still want to put Kikyo in for the heck of it. It's fun to be an authoress I can do anything I want to… MOOWAHAHHAHAHA FEAR MY BLOODY HANDS! Well they don't have to be bloody… o-o' but FEAR THEM ANYWAY! O.o
You should fear my brain x) Well this chapter was too long but anyway… this was such a nice cliffy I made… ah, so sue me…
Oh yea… I apologise for not making them go to the dog village in this one, I had never planned for the cave to cave in… but I make stuff up as I go and my brain was yelling at me that getting Rin back was too easy so I had to put more in… well in the beginning of the next chapter Setsuko and Sesshōmaru talks about the cave (crazy subject… o-O) and then they mention there what they THINK happened… yea, just wait and see…
I couldn't remembered if I proofread this thing, so I only scanned it with my eyes vaguely... so sorry if it's not very descriptive or very boring or if there are lots of typos...
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