It had been a week since Kagome told Yasha about her past. She and Yasha had grown a lot closer since then as Yasha would once in a while ask a different question about her past and Kagome would answer truthfully.
Yasha was back to playing with Shiho on a daily basis. Shiho still wasn't happy that Yasha didn't know who she was but she guessed there would be plenty of time later for that.
Kagome sat with Shiho in the distance watching Yasha train. Yasha was getting a lot better at dodging throughout the week. He was taught one attack that he could do with his claws.
"Keep your eye on your foe not his weapon." Sesshomaru yelled as he started having his whip out and started to aim at Yasha. He knew how to make it only sting instead of hurt the kid and besides Kagome had made the fire rat smaller so that her son could wear it. There was no way he could hurt the child without trying. "If you watch your foe instead of his weapon, you will learn where the weapon will go before they do. The weapon is an extension of ones arm."
It had been a week now and Yasha was improving miraculously. They watched as he seemed to maneuver around Sesshomaru easily, which was obviously thanks to his father. Shiho watched as Yasha jumped through the trees and Sesshomaru seemed to pin point exactly where he was. She knew he was going very easy on the kid for now.
Yasha stopped moving once Sesshomaru stopped attacking. "How did I do?" he asked out of breath.
Sesshomaru quickly whipped the kid making him fall back, "You need to learn to never trust your foe."
Yasha sighed, he was still a kid and he tend to forget these simple moves and rules.
"When can I use the sword? I want to learn!" Yasha asked.
"To use a weapon, you must first master yourself."
"Master myself?" he asked rather upset at how his uncle always used such odd terms.
"You will know when the time comes what I mean. Today will be cut short; I am tired of teaching you." Sesshomaru said before walking off leaving them there. He turned around to say, "Any upcoming training will be postponed until further instruction. However, keep up on your own training. Make sure you practice every day." He said as he left.
"That was a quick goodbye." Yasha said as he walked off.
Shiho had seen this when she was a hanyo back when she was known as Inuyasha. Sesshomaru walked off saying this. He would disappear for a few days and then come back and ambush, just to see what you remember and make sure you have been training.
Kagome got up from her spot, "Well now that that's over, let's go back to the hut and start on dinner!"
"Really?" Yasha asked excited.
"Help me get the firewood I need and then you can come out and play with Shiho while I cook it." She trust Shiho to never let Yasha get hurt.
"Alright!" Yasha said as he ran to help her bring the firewood in.
Once the firewood was in the house and Kagome had the fire running Yasha ran for the door. "Come on Shiho come help me train." Yasha yelled before running into Sango who was walking into the hut with a basket of clothing.
Yasha fell back on the ground as the clothes flew around him, landing on Sango, Yasha, and Shiho. Kagome sighed.
"Sorry Mrs. Sango." Yasha said as he hastily picked up the clothes and threw them into her basket.
"That's alright, I should have knocked first." She said picking up the piece of clothing that was on Shiho. She made a disgusted look when she saw how much fur was on the clothe making Kagome laugh.
"Now, I'm leaving!" Yasha said happily as he ran out of the hut with Shiho following.
"Don't run out to far." Kagome yelled to the child.
"I know." He said as he ran into the woods with Shiho traveling behind.
"Wow, Yasha is doing very well with this era." Sango said as she sat down to fold some of her children's clothing while Kagome cooked. "I hope you don't mind me coming over. The kids are out for a few more hours and Miroku is out doing his job."
"I don't mind at all. Yasha loves knowing this is the type of place his father was at." Kagome smiled grabbing one of Sango's pieces of laundry to fold.
"Shiho seems to be shedding." Sango mentioned.
"Yes, that dog is always shedding non stop. The other day I went to get one of my kimonos and it was filled with Shiho's fur." The two girls laughed.
"Well I'm glad Kilala doesn't shed."
"Yeah, long fur doesn't do well."
After a brief silence Sango asked, "Does Yasha know about other villages and how they treat half demons?"
"No, but he wont be going out to those villages besides Inu…I mean Shiho is with him and will make sure he doesn't go anywhere near them."
Sango noticed her friend slipped up but didn't say anything about it as she nodded.
Yasha was out in the woods as he kept using his newest attack at Shiho. Shiho easily dodged out of the way of the inexperienced kid as she barked at him and he laughed. They lost track of direction as they made their way to the outskirts of a village. Shiho stopped her playful barking to stare at the village. Her tail fell down and ears went back as she whimpered and started to turn around.
"Hey Shiho what's up?" Yasha asked as he walked into the clearing to see the huts. "Wow another village." Yasha whispered. His ears perked up as he got an idea, "let's go see them Shiho."
Shiho whimpered pulling Yasha back as he tried to move forward.
"Shiho come on, don't do this to me." He said pulling against her until he got his clothing out of her mouth. Shiho barked at him. "Look we are just going to meet them. We aren't going to stay out past curfew."
Shiho let out another yelp.
Yasha looked down at the village as a few boys where pushing down a little girl. "Look they are beating that girl up." Yasha yelled as he ran down the hill to help the girl out. Shiho barked at the child to come back as she stayed at the top of the hill deciding it would be best to watch from a distance.
Shiho paced back and forth watching Yasha advance on the kids.
"Can't you ever help yourself?" One of the boys yelled.
"Crying for daddy again?" another boy yelled laughing. "Too bad both your parents are dead."
"Stop." Yasha yelled coming between the boys and the crying girl.
"Who's gunna make us?" the boys asked him.
"You shouldn't hurt a girl." Yasha yelled as he tried to look as menacing as he could, if that was even possible.
"Look at the ears." One of the boys whispered to another
"Yeah, I see them. Look your kind isn't welcomed here so I suggest you leave. My dad is the head villager and he knows a lot of really well known monks who won't hesitate to purify you." The kid said snottily.
"Good one!" one of the other boys said high-fiving his friend.
Yasha didn't know what he meant by his kind but ignored the warning, "Leave this girl alone." He yelled to them.
"Make me." One of the kids said pushing Yasha.
Yasha was about to punch the kid for pushing him when Shiho tackled the boy from the side. The boy land on his side as Shiho rolled past a few times before stopping herself. She got up quickly growling furiously as she snapped her jaw at them. She slowly made her way to the kid, crouched down so that she could be ready to jump up at him if need be.
"Demon!" They yelled as they ran back to the village.
Yasha ignore the boys looking back at the girl, "Are you okay?" Yasha asked the girl.
The girl stood up in shock, "You…you are a demon."
"What's wrong with that?" Yasha asked.
Shiho walked up next to him and pulled on his shirt to get him to move. She watched the villagers as they started to group so that the boys could tell them what happened.
"Get out of here; I don't want anything to do with you." The girl yelled as she ran away following the same path the boys ran.
Yasha was stunned to say the least, and then he started to hear yells from the village. People were screaming that a demon was attacking as Yasha stood there not knowing what to do. Shiho whimpered as she pulled Yasha's sleeve.
"Stop Shiho." Yasha told her.
"Get away demon." Several village men were surrounding the two.
Shiho tried to nudge Yasha from his frozen state of shock but he refused to move.
There were people in the crowd yelling, "Kill the demon" as Shiho was still trying to make Yasha move. Shiho growled at the men as she tried to make them stay away but they refused to listen. Finally the ropes came out and one lassoed Yasha. Yasha was finally taken out of his trance as he was thrown to the ground.
Shiho tried to bite at the rope before she was kicked in the stomach. Yasha kept trying to move out of the ropes to no avail. "Shiho go get mom." Yasha yelled frantically. "I don't think you can help alone."
Shiho yelped as she got pelted with stones. She ran into the woods. She didn't want to leave Yasha but she couldn't fight this crowd herself. She left Yasha with the hopes that he could take care of himself. She felt her paws bust open from the speed she was running as she ran over twigs and debris along the forest. She couldn't stop, Yasha depend on her right now.
She finally made it to the hut as she started to bark frantically. Kagome came outside as her eyes got huge from the blood dripping from Shiho's head and paws. "Sango, I need to borrow Kilala now." Kagome yelled at Sango.
Shiho kept barking, she couldn't stop.
Sango quickly let out a whistle for Kilala, "Let me come with you." Sango yelled as she ran inside. Kagome ran behind her to grab her own bow and arrow. Sango came out with her hirakotsu. "Come on I haven't used this baby in years." She smiled.
"Thanks Sango." Kagome whispered when Kilala came flying down from her bigger form, it never ceased to amaze Kagome how loyal that cat was to Sango. "Shiho show us the way." The two females jumped on Kilala. Kilala followed Shiho as Shiho booked into the woods, once again going as fast as her paws could take her.
Kagome couldn't believe her eyes as they came to the village. Shiho went straight for the crowd as she twisted in between the crowd to get to Yasha. Yasha was in the middle of the crowd as he was getting kicked, yelled at, and even had rocks thrown at him. Before Kilala could land Kagome saw Shiho already in the middle barking at the men. One man decided to try and grab the dog by the neck as he put his arm to close to Yasha for Shiho's comfort. She turned at him and bit his arm as she thrashed back and forth leaving the arm torn wide open. She was definitely at her fiercest, even with rocks being pelted at her, she wasn't going to give in easily.
As soon as Kilala landed Kagome was off and running. Sango was right behind as Kilala went into her smaller form and ran through the crowd's legs much like Shiho. Once in the middle Kilala found herself going into her larger form so that she could help protect Yasha. Kilala stood over Yasha not allowing the crowd to come close to the kid. The men jumped back as Sango and Kagome pushed them out of the way to get to the child.
Kagome finally got to her son as Kilala got off the young child. Kagome picked up her half conscious son. "Oh hun." She whispered into his ear.
"Mom?" he asked opening his eyes. He was bleeding in several parts of his head and his arms and legs went limp as she picked him up. "I don't feel good." He whispered.
"Just sing our song."
"Mom, this isn't the time." He whispered as Sango hit a few men making them stand back.
Kagome kissed her son's head, "I want to live my life. The way you said I would…"
Yasha smiled at that, it was his and his mother's song as he mumbled it, "With courage as my light. Fighting for what's right."
Kagome had a tear come down her face as both Yasha and she whispered, "And I will fly on my father's wings. To places I have never been. There is so much I've never seen. And I can feel his heartbeat still." Yasha closed his eyes. "Sango we need to get him out of here and give him medical attention as soon as possible."
"Of course." Sango said as Kilala came up to Kagome. Both females jumped on quickly. Kilala flew into the air.
Kagome looked back to see Shiho start running after them before she was caught by the villagers.
"We need to get Shiho out of there." Kagome yelled to Sango while still holding her son.
"Shiho will be fine, she is a dog." Sango told her as she gave the sign for Kilala to go back home.
"No, you don't understand, I can't leave her like that. She is hurt. She will never make it back to the hut."
"We will come back for her."
"NO." Kagome yelled making Kilala stop and Sango look at her.
"What's with you and that dog?" Sango finally asked. "Ever since that dog showed up- it won't leave you or Yasha alone. She protects you as if she would give her life for you. She protects you as if she were Inuyasha."
Kagome looked stunned, was it that obvious? "Shiho is Inuyasha reincarnated. I left him once thinking I would come back to him and found him dead. I can't let that happen again." Kagome yelled.
Sango was shocked at the words, "Alright, I didn't know that." Sango said. She made a signal for Kilala to turn around.
"Thank you Sango." Kagome said smiling.
Before Kilala landed Kagome handed her son to Sango as she jumped off. "I will be right back." She yelled.
"Be safe." Sango told her friend.
Kagome ran to find Shiho being roped down. "Let her go." Kagome yelled pointing an arrow and firing it making all the ropes break and Shiho to look away from the purifying light. Kagome walked over to get Shiho and picked her up. "Dang you are heavy. I think you have to go on a diet" Kagome whispered. She ran with Shiho whispering to the dog, "bet you are glad I am better at firing my arrows now huh?" She didn't give the people time to go after her when she jumped on Kilala. Shiho's paws were bleeding the whole way back home as she tried her best to lick them clean while being held by Kagome.
Once home Kagome and Sango brought the two inside. They quickly went to work fixing and cleaning Yasha's cuts. The two decided to give a better check up when he woke up. They set him down and put a blanket over him. They then went to Shiho who was in a corner trying to clean her own cuts.
"Let me see them." Kagome said to the dog.
Shiho whimpered as she tried to take keep her paws to herself.
"Come on." Kagome said grabbing the dog's front paw.
Sango came over to see the dog. Her once white fur was now red all over. "I will get some clean water for her."
"Thanks Sango." Kagome whispered. Kagome had a cloth with her already as she wiped the paw that was in her hands. "You aren't a hanyo anymore; you can't go around getting hurt like this." She told the dog. Shiho let out a yelp as Kagome cleaned her paws, "Oh shut up, you should have kept him away from that village." Kagome said with tears falling, "You should have made him come back." She cleaned Shiho's paws even harder.
Shiho started whimpering and letting out loud repeated yelps as Kagome cleaned her paws roughly. Shiho tried to pull her paws back but Kagome just held them tighter.
Sango ran to her friend and put her hand on Kagome's shoulder, "Kagome calm down, she or he did come back to get you when she realized she couldn't do it herself."
"Yeah, I know." Kagome said stopping when she realized what she was doing. She started to cry, "I just didn't want Yasha to know this side of humans."
"It was bound to happen here." Sango told her. "You know this era."
"Yeah, I should have known."
"Mom?" Yasha asked stirring.
Kagome jumped up and was at her son's side with in seconds. "Yes hun?" she asked petting his hair.
"I don't feel good." He whispered as he kept his eyes closed.
"Don't worry you will feel better." Kagome whispered smiling that her son was up.
Sango looked at a bandage on his arm, "Kagome this arm doesn't look too good. I think it may be broken. The bleeding hasn't stopped."
Kagome looked at it, "Yasha." She whispered.
"Yeah?" he asked looking over at her.
"I want you to close your eyes, and tell me when you feel a sharp pain from me touching your arm."
Yasha nodded as he looked over at shiho cleaning her paws.
"Do you feel anything?" Kagome asked touching his fingers.
"No pain." Yasha said still watching the dog.
Kagome slowly moved up the arm. She finally got to where she thought the break was.
Yasha screamed out in pain, "Why did you have to grab it so hard?" he yelled.
"I just gently touched it." Kagome whispered. She looked at Sango worriedly.
Sango already had her tea going that would make Yasha go to sleep and help him not feel any pain. "Take this Yasha." Sango said to the kid as he sipped it down.
Yasha started to feel tired as he closed his eyes his last words before he fell asleep were, "Take care of Shiho."
Kagome sighed, "I am going to take him to my time. I think he will get better care over there." She whispered.
"Are you sure? Inuyasha had a broken arm once; it was healed within a day, remember?"
Kagome shook her head, "I don't want to take that risk. Yasha isn't half and half like his father. He is more human than demon."
"I understand." Sango said as Kagome picked her child up.
Shiho started to stand.
Kagome stopped her, "No Shiho, stay here. It would take too much time for you to come with us through the well. Plus your paws aren't healed."
Shiho nodded as she lay back down. Her feet hurt a lot anyways.
Kagome looked at Sango, "Please don't tell anyone about Shiho, including Miroku."
"I promise." Sango said.
Kagome smiled and slipped out, hoping she could get the right help for her son in time.
Another chapter down! Yay! And this time I left it on a little more suspense… I was going to cliff hang it when Shiho was running but I don't like small chapters ;)
I don't know how I did with the small action part, I try to do my best on those parts.
The rest of the story is going to go by a little fast now; unfortunately we are getting to the end. However if there is something I haven't put in here that you wanted to see, whether it be a random funny scene or some character from the anime that I may have missed, let me know! I may put it in here.
Thanks to those who review and please keep reviewing!
