Kagome had put her computer down on the ground as she had Shiho sit in front of it. She put a pencil in between the dog's toes. "Alright, you can type to me by pressing the keys like this." Kagome said making the pencil that was in the dog's paw hit different keys. "Okay?"
Shiho barked happily wagging her tail.
"Alright first of all is it true? Are you really Inuyasha or am I just going crazy?"
'Yes.' The dog typed.
"Yes what?"
The dog thought about the question again as she typed, 'I am Inuyasha.'
"I think I would have done better if you pressed no." Kagome sighed pacing the floor as Shiho started to type. Kagome stopped to read it. "Of course I am happy to see you but just not in…" Kagome made several odd motions with her hand, "…dog form."
'Then why are you pacing?'
"Well it isn't every day dogs in this time try to communicate to people."
'They should there are many animals or demons that you and I knew.'
"Why don't they tell us?"
'Just like you, humans don't remember their past. They only remember their present lives. You didn't remember being Kikyo remember?'
Kagome sighed at that name. "Yeah, I know."
'I was glad to see you taking care of our son.'
Kagome got butterflies in her stomach; here was a dog in her time saying they had a son together. "He is a good kid." Kagome whispered.
'I noticed.'
"Wait." Kagome stopped her pacing, "Why are you a girl?"
'There are no rules for that. I talked to Kaede when you weren't around a while back. She said that Sota would be the reincarnate of herself but that she came back as a boy. That's why he looked up to you so much cuz Kaede looked up to Kikyo so much. It turns out you don't have to look exactly like the person. You only look like the same person when they had undone business. Such as Kikyo had to protect the jewel so she came back as you and you looked like her.'
"Try not to use modern language when typing." Shiho gave her a dumbfounded look. "Look" Kagome pointed to the word 'cuz', "you wrote cuz in there. Don't do that. Write because."
'I will do what I want.' She typed in.
Kagome started to pace again. "Kaede never told me that."
'She didn't want you to know. Where is Sota by the way?'
"He is a big soccer player now; you know what that is right?"
Shiho nodded before typing, 'I learned a lot about your time while being a dog.'
"Wait you were only half dog…does that mean that you have a human form running around?"
Shiho yipped as she typed 'yes. Remember Hai?'
Kagome laughed nervously, "Should have known, that's why you tried to force us together."
Shiho let out a content noise.
"You can't play matchmaker here Inuyasha." Kagome said, "Not here."
'Why not?'
"First of all you're a dog…" Kagome froze remembering what she called Shiho earlier, "sorry about the comment of you being a stupid mutt. And the vet appointment with the thermometer." She whispered.
'It's alright. I will just tear your sheets up later. Just please don't fix me.'
Kagome sighed, "How about this, you don't tear up my sheets and I will leave you alone?"
'Deal…can I tell our son please'
"No." Kagome said.
'But…'
"NO" Kagome yelled out, "He is trying to have a normal life. He is trying to be like everyone else. Then you come as a dog and then everyone starts to think he is even weirder." She yelled. "Don't you hear people? Yasha says he can talk to you and you understand. People beat him up for it. The trainer sat there and tried to get help for him at the dog training class. No, you are not telling him."
'I just want to let my son know that I love him.'
"I tell him how much you love him every day." Kagome said.
'Please'
Kagome sighed, "Tell him when he is older." She couldn't fight him. She sat down on the couch as shiho sat in front of the computer, Kagome looked up, "Wait, I told Yasha, that he can get puppies." She practically yelled.
'Then he can go buy one.' Shiho wrote.
"But he wanted the puppies to kinda be…" Kagome whispered the last bit.
'What was that last bit?'
"He kind of sort of wants you to be the mother…" Kagome whispered.
'NOOOO.'
"Come on, he wants a few puppies to run around here before we find them homes."
'No, I ain't doing it. You can go to that shelter place where they keep dogs and get one there.'
"He wanted puppies."
'I don't care if I am a female; I still have a male brain...kinda'
"What do I do for Yasha?"
'Buy him a puppy if you want but I am not going to meet any males.'
"But I can't tell him no just because you don't want to. It isn't like I can tell him that I can talk to you."
Shiho let out a growl as she hit the caps button before writing, 'THAT WILL NEVER HAPPEN, I REFUSE.'
Kagome shook her head, "Wait you said that there are many dogs here that we knew, that male dog at the vet office, then he was…"
'Yeah, it was Kouga.'
"That's why you hated him so much." Kagome said smiling. "Oh man, we should just have a huge party with all our friends coming back here!" Kagome said excited. "We can invite Koga and get to know him now and we can find…"
'I don't think so. Every demon we knew except Kilala and Shippo were jerks.'
"But I want to meet the others! Are all of them brought back as animals?" Kagome asked excitedly thinking of plans for her party.
'Yeah, I have met them all. Shippo is off in the woods, I met him in my last life. I met Kilala too, it turns out that your old cat used to be Kilala and when she died, she turned out to be a cat in the same family I was in.'
"Wait, Kilala was Buyo?"
'Yeah, she told me she was mad at how I treated her but decided that she would forgive me seeing as how I didn't know who she was.'
"Come on, I want to talk to Koga."
'Koga is still a jerk.'
"How about Sesshomaru?"
'He still thinks that he is the best thing to ever happen. He refuses to tell me what happened to anything after I died. He said something about finding out at some point.'
Kagome was about to speak when she heard the front door open then she heard someone yell, "Mom I'm home."
"Oh no." Kagome squealed out not noticing the time. She went to minimize the screen as she grabbed the dog and held its muzzle shut so that Shiho couldn't bark.
Yasha came in on Shiho sitting at the computer with a pencil in her paw as Kagome just used the mouse to minimize something. He looked at Shiho's unexpressive look and then at Kagome's worried expression. His mother held the dog's muzzle as she was practically on top of his dog. He just shook his head, "I am not going to ask and I am going to walk upstairs and pretend I never saw this." He said before he walked up stairs.
Kagome let Shiho go as Shiho shook herself off, "Please don't tell him."
Shiho nodded as she walked off as if they never had the conversation. She started to walk upstairs. Kagme saved the document figuring she could always read over it again later if she felt like it. She then put her computer back on her desk. When she finally had it up on the desk and put together, she decided to go upstairs and see what her son was up too.
Kagome walked upstairs to open Yasha's door to find Shiho lying on his bed with her eyes closed as Yasha was on the phone, "And I walked in on my mom wrestling Shiho to the ground." He sound so upset.
"Yasha?" Kagome whispered opening the door.
"Hold on." Yasha whispered into the phone before saying, "yes mom?" he sound irritated.
"Would you and Shiho like to go to the park today? It is a beautiful day." Kagome said as Shiho perked her head up.
"I am on the phone." Yasha sighed.
"Come on whoever it is can wait." Kagome smiled.
"Fine." Yasha sighed, "I will call you later." He said as he hung up the phone.
"Who were you talking to?"
"Kyubi." Yasha said almost right away, pushing back his mom to put the phone back on its charger.
"Would you like to invite him or Azami to the park?" Kagome asked as she followed him down the stairs.
"No, Kyubi is busy and I am still not talking to Azami."
"Why don't you forgive Azami and let everything go? It wasn't her fault."
"I don't know why." Yasha told his mom. "If we are going to go to the park then lets go." He whined as Shiho sat at the bottom of the stairs watching.
"Alright." Kagome said grabbing the leash, "put Shiho on her leash." Kagome said feeling odd calling Shiho a female now.
Once at the dog park Kagome let the two run around. She loved bringing her son here; he seemed to forget everything in his life when he was here. Shiho was running with Yasha in the dog park.
Kagome thought back on her talk with Inuyasha or was it Shiho? She sighed, so here he was, within reach of her but she couldn't let anyone know. Maybe she would tell her mother- her mom was good at keeping secrets. Although, she was really bad at keeping them from Yasha. Maybe Sango would like to know…She could print up the talk between the two and show Sango, what if she would think she was crazy? Kagome had to find someone to tell though, this was too big of news to leave alone.
Shiho watched as Yasha ran by her as she picked up speed to join him. She was so busy watching Yasha she had to stop running altogether before she hit a much older looking Samoyed. Shiho toppled over herself as she rolled to the other dog's feet. Shiho got up shaking her self from the ground, wagging her tail, glad she didn't hit the other dog. Shiho was about to run towards Yasha when she heard a growl from the dog.
Shiho turned to see the dog when she realized who it was. The dog stood in a rather stoic position. It looked down at her as if she were a downcast out of the two. Shiho saw Yasha coming over as she started to walk over to Yasha, not wanting to start a big fight with Yasha here. The other dog had other plans. It ran in front of her cutting her away from her path. Shiho let out a bark as the other dog barked back. They started on a barking war. "Shiho." Yasha yelled coming over to his dog.
Shiho looked over at the child coming to her as she turned around, flipping her tail into the air and walked towards Yasha or better yet, she was prancing to him as if showing that she was better than the other dog.
The other dog didn't like how she was acting towards it as it ran at Shiho with full force knocking her over on her side. Shiho let out a whimper as she hit the ground. The fight ensued between the two white dogs as they continued to bite at each other.
A girl ran up and grabbed the bigger dog that was currently over handing Shiho easily. "How dare you fight a dog such as that." The girl spat cracking back the leash so that the dog couldn't move to attack again. Shiho lay on the ground struggling to get up.
Kagome finally made it there to get Shiho from the ground. She put the leash on her as she looked at the girl. "I can't believe Shiho acted this way, sorry." Kagome said.
"You should be. You know how much a dog like this cost? He is a well bred Samoyed that I had to pay a thousand dollars for. And that was American too. He has won all seventy dog shows he has been at and that include the best in breed and best in show." The dog looked smug as she said it all. "In fact he can win anything, unlike that pitiful mutt."
Shiho growled at him as the dog ignored him. Kagome noticed the way Shiho acted and had a good feeling that she knew who this dog was. Kagome got mad at the girl as she yelled, "Well my pitiful mutt was given to me for nothing and her father won quite a few best in shows. Her father just happened to pick up a stray that came into the yard. Shiho is the best dog ever." Kagome yelled back getting right into the girls face.
"Come along." The girl said to the dog as she walked off and the dog flipped its tail up at them as it walked very smoothly along the ground.
"Come Shiho." Kagome said as she walked the other away. Shiho walked along side her with a small limp as Yasha followed not knowing what just happened. Kagome looked down at the dog, "Was that who I thought it was?" she asked.
Shiho looked up at her.
"Was that Sesshomaru?" Shiho nodded as they walked out of the park. Kagome turned around to see the male dog walk out of the park. So he was still a jerk she could have sworn that by now he would have changed and if she didn't know any better, she would say that he hated Shiho…Inuyasha more than ever. He treated her with such kindness when Inuyasha died. Something must have really come up for him to become such a jerk...
The next day came quickly as Kagome wore her dress that she was wearing the last time she thought she was going to go on her date. Shiho was on her back gnawing on a squeaky tennis ball, she was in her own world right then. She may remember being Inuyasha but it didn't stop her from enjoying her bones and squeak toys.
"So is it okay that I keep calling you Shiho?" Kagome asked looking at the dog.
Shiho lay on her back with her eyes closed still squeaking the ball, in pure bliss.
"Hello?" Kagome asked as she walked over to the dog and grabbed the tennis ball from the dog's mouth in return she got growled at as she held the ball in her hand. "You need to listen to me; you act too much like a dog."
Shiho barked at her as she tried to snatch the ball.
"No you will listen to me." Kagome said keeping the ball in her hands. "Now do you mind me calling you Shiho?"
Shiho shook her head as she let out a bark.
Kagome smiled- she took that as an alright as she threw the ball in the air and caught it before playfully saying, "You want the ball?"
Shiho barked at her.
"I bet you want the ball." Kagome said putting the ball in the other hand showing Shiho the ball.
Shiho kept barking as she put her front down on the floor and stuck her tail high in the air as she shook her tail.
Kagome smiled as she threw the ball out of her room and heard it bounce down the hall.
Shiho ran out as she slammed into the other side of the hall before running down the hall chasing it. "You dog brain." Kagome whispered when Shiho came back with her tail wagging, "Tonight is going to be interesting. I wonder when Yasha is going to be back." Kagome whispered looking at her clock on her night stand. "He said he would be back at four and it is a quarter past." Kagome whispered to herself as she pet the dog. "On top of that, where is my mom? She said she would watch him." Kagome started to panic thinking she wouldn't be on time for her first date. Kagome let out a sigh of relief as she heard a car door. "That's them."
Kagome ran downstairs as she met her mom and son at the door. "Hello Kagome dear." Her mother said happily. "I decided to pick him up instead of making him walk home. Hope that is fine."
"It's fine mom. Thanks for watching him tonight." Kagome said giving her mom a kiss on the cheek. Shiho came down as Yasha pet her.
"Mom, where are you guys going?" Yasha asked.
"We are just going to a movie and then out to eat." Kagome told her son. "I will be gone for a few hours."
"Can you bring me back something?" Yasha asked excited.
Kagome's mother broke in, "How about we go out ourselves? Anywhere you want your choice." She said.
"Really grandma?" Yasha asked excited. "I gotta think carefully then." He said running upstairs.
"Thanks mom." Kagome smiled.
The door knocked as Kagome started to panic. "Don't worry about it. Go out have a good time and just be yourself." Her mother whispered as she gave her daughter a hug.
"Thanks mom."
Shiho went to the door as Kagome opened it. Shiho went up to Hai and sniffed him as she made a low noise as she tugged on his jeans and t-shirt.
"Oh, am I overdressed?" Kagome asked embarrassed of her dress now.
"Of course not, we are going to a nice place. I have never been one to dress up." The man laughed.
Kagome laughed too, "Let me get the dog back in." Kagome said smiling at him. "Shiho in boy…girl." Kagome quickly said shaking her head.
"Don't know your own dog's gender?" Hai laughed.
Kagome let out a nervous giggle, "You can say that." Shiho ran inside as Kagome closed the door.
"Where to first?" Hai asked.
"Your choice." Kagome said to him smiling as they made it down the stairs.
"Don't you know how this works? The girl is supposed to decide." Hai said jokingly.
Kagome laughed saying, "Well, I always figured the one who asked you out for the date should have planned everything ahead of time."
"Touché." Hai said laughing. "Well let's start at the movies, then maybe a dinner, and then we can follow up with a small walk on the beach."
"On the beach?" Kagome asked.
"Park/beach- same difference." Hai said laughing.
Kagome let out a nervous laughter; this was going to be interesting.
There! Another chapter down! I have a lot of it already written, I just read it over a few times before posting and lately I have been trying to find anytime to be able to read over it so I didn't read it as well as I would like!
The next chapter will be their date!
Oh one more thing, yes, I have made Shiho and Hai different parts of Inuyasha!!! I will still have Shiho/Inuyasha known as just Shiho cuz it gets to confusing when you start giving a character an extra name like Shasha to have both…I wouldn't keep up with that so it will just be Shiho only!
Illidian- you were right! I was really excited to see someone put that up! The means that I am not being to subtle with everything =P
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