Sango sat in the small hut after Kagome ran out with her son. Shiho started to lick her paws to get them clean.
"So." Sango started.
Shiho looked up at her.
"You're Inuyasha?" She whispered.
Shiho nodded.
"You don't look like Inuyasha, do you remember everything?" Sango grabbed the cloth Kagome was using to clean Shiho's paws.
Shiho cocked her head to the side.
"Do you like being called Shiho or Inuyasha?" Sango went up to the dog as she slowly cleaned the dog's paws.
Shiho looked at her some more, how was she suppose to answer that.
"I guess your name is still Shiho seeing as that's what Kagome calls you."
Shiho nodded.
"You came back as a girl?"
Shiho let out a grunt.
"That's just weird." She whispered while laughing as she bandaged the last of the paws. "Well if you get bored while they are gone, come on over to my place. The kids love you." She said laughing remembering how much Inuyasha never liked kids.
Shiho took in a deep breath; this was going to be a long few days.
Kagome ran into her house with Yasha draped over her shoulder. Kagome was glad he was still passed out. Her mom came to intercept her at the door. She quickly ran past her mom yelling, "I can't talk, I need my keys and license."
"Kagome wait." Her mother yelled as Kagome ran into the dining room.
Kagome stopped when she saw Hai sitting in her dining room sipping tea. "What's wrong Kagome?" He asked sensing the rush in her voice.
Kagome stammered over her words as her mom caught up with her. "I was trying to tell you Hai's been coming over every day for the past week at three to see if you were home." She said to her daughter.
She thought she lost Hai, she thought she scared him away with her feudal era stories. She never expected to see him again. "I uh."
"What happened to Yasha?" Hai asked worried for the child.
"I need to get him to the hospital- he has a broken arm." Kagome said running to get her keys.
"I will drive." Hai said grabbing her arm. "You shouldn't drive when you are in a rush."
Kagome nodded as she ran to the door, "I will explain when I get back." Kagome told her mother as she quickly ran down the shrine steps to Hai's car.
Hai jumped in as Kagome got into the passenger seat still holding her son close to her. Hai started to drive off as he quickly looked over at the distraught Kagome and passed out Yasha. "What happened?" Hai asked.
"I need you to lie for me." Kagome whispered with her chin resting on Yasha's head.
"What?" he yelled.
"Please, I need you to lie to the doctor for me."
"About what?"
"I just need you to say that you saw Yasha fall down the shrine steps. He was running to get up the stairs and he fell."
"First tell me what really happened."
"I can't" Kagome whispered with tears in her eyes.
Hai skid the car into a parking lot as cars zoomed by him honking there horns. He stopped in the parking lot and glared at Kagome. "Tell me what happened, where were you guys? What happened to your son? Why should I lie?"
She looked at him with her son still in her arms, "I can't say."
"You have to; does this have anything to do with the feudal era story?"
Kagome decided to tell him the truth, if she were going to get her son to the hospital soon, she had to tell him the truth. "Yes, it has to do with the feudal era." She whispered. "When I told you the story, Yasha was upset, I didn't tell him everything like I told you. He was upset so he ran to the well and jumped in. I found him with his uncle."
"He has an uncle?"
"Do you want me to tell you the story?" Kagome asked.
"Sorry."
"I found him with his uncle. He decided that he wanted to try living there like his father. I promised that we could for a month. It has been a week now."
"That still doesn't explain why your son is beaten up and why you want me to lie for you."
"He went to another village but I didn't tell him that other villages may not accept him like the one we are staying at does."
"So they beat him up."
"Yes, and if it weren't for Shiho who knows how bad it could have been."
Hai nodded as he put his car in drive and started his way to the hospital.
They rode the whole way in silence. He silently parked in the emergency parking spot Kagome whispered, "So you will help me lie right?"
Hai got out of the car saying nothing until he looked back, "Come on, we got to make this look convincible."
Kagome smiled and nodded as she got out of the car slamming the door. She ran into the building with her son in her arms as she reached the front desk. "My son…"
Before she could continue her lie Hai jumped in, "Her son was beat up by a few boys a little older than him. We would like to get him medical treatment. We have reason to believe they may have broken his arm." Kagome looked at Hai trying to figure out why he picked that lie. "I would also like to give a description of the boys and make sure they are found and arrested for such a thing."
The woman behind the desk called the doctor as several people walked out and grabbed the child and brought him out back.
The secretary came up to Kagome with papers, "Please fill all these out as we figure out how to go about healing your son." the woman said.
"Thanks." Kagome said as she grabbed the papers and a pen and sat down to fill out the papers.
Hai sat next to her.
"Why did you use that lie?" Kagome whispered as she filled out the paperwork so that the secretary wouldn't hear them.
"Think about it, if he got beaten up at that one village then there are going to be cuts and bruises that you won't be able to explain from a basic falling down a few stairs."
Kagome nodded, she didn't think of that. "Thanks Hai. What do we do when they have the cops come to ask us about what the kids looked like? I don't have a description to give them."
"Leave that to me." Hai winked. "I have a few kids that have been hanging around my restaurant anyways."
Kagome found it odd but she knew that he had his way around things and knew that he knew exactly what to say to get out of anything. Not to mention that if talking didn't work- he always had money. She knew neither her nor Yasha would ever have to talk to the cops.
Sure enough, twenty minutes later a police officer walked into the waiting room. He went straight to Kagome and Hai. "Hello, I was told that your son was found beaten up in a fight. I would like to talk to each one individually and get a description of each person involved."
Hai stood up, "Yes, can I please talk to you over there first? His mother is still upset."
The police officer walked to the other side of the waiting room as the two talked.
Kagome sighed. Just then a nurse came out, "Ms. Higarashi."
"Yes?" Kagome jumped up.
"Please come with us." The nurse said turning around to walk through the doors.
Kagome looked to see Hai and the police officer shake hands before the police officer seemed to start to walk away.
"Your son has awakened. He has been asking for you. He is right in here." The nurse said opening a door so that Kagome may go in.
Kagome walked in seeing her son hooked up to several machines. "Mom!" he said happily.
"Hey Yasha, how are you feeling?" Kagome wiped the hair from his face.
Yasha smiled, "Much better."
The doctor walked in as he looked at his paperwork. "Hello Ms. Higarashi, Yasha is doing a lot better. He gave us quite the scare."
"How did everything go?" Kagome asked holding her sons hand.
"Your son has a few bruises on him. It seems like the kids that beat him up used sticks and rocks. I have a worry about the bruises that look like a rope burn. Would you know why that is?"
Kagome nodded, "they had put ropes around him to keep him still." She decided she couldn't go against that.
"I see. Alright, he has two broken ribs and his right arm looked like it was broken but it is just sprained now. I must say looking back at your son's medical records- he heals fast. We are having him keep his arm in a sling for a few weeks so that it can relax and heal. The left knee is badly bruised so stay off that for a few days." He looked through his notes. "I think that is it. Any questions?"
"That will be it." Kagome smiled.
"Then you are free to go." The doctor got up from his seat.
"Thank you for your time." Kagome shook the man's hand.
Shiho was bored while waiting for Kagome and Yasha to come back from the future. Shiho paced in front of the well for a day until Kagome came back to tell her that Yasha would be fine. Then it just became a waiting game for Yasha's wounds to heal, mainly his knee.
Shiho had a choice to go back but she decided not to- it was hard climbing up the well to begin with to get to this side.
Shiho walked through the woods looking for something- anything to do. She found her fun in an innocent rabbit that was nibbling on some grass. She bent down to the ground as she stared down the little rabbit that was unaware of its future. She went back on her haunches about to spring when a little girl screamed off in the distance. Shiho looked up to see the rabbit run as another scream broke through the otherwise silent woods.
Shiho ran to the scream- glad that there was finally some type of action going on. She stopped behind a tree to see what was going on. A bear demon happened to find one of the village girls who were trying to run from it. Shiho knelt down waiting for when she had an opportune moment to strike- she wished she were still Inuyasha and all she had to do was swipe her sword at the animal. That seemed like so long ago.
Shiho crawled around with her head and tail hung low so that she didn't get the demon's attention as she went to the side. She was about to surprise the demon when her fur hit a branch making it snap off. The demon looked at Shiho growling as Shiho silently cursed the breeding that was done to make such long fur- when did they think that it would be a good idea?
Shiho then jumped in front of the bear demon as she slid in front of it putting herself between the young girl and demon. Shiho bared her teeth as her fur stood on ends.
The girl was taken aback by the dog jumping out between her and the demon. She stared at the ferocious looking two as they seemed to have there eyes locked. She took this as her chance to run before either could come after her.
When the girl started to run, the bear demon started to run after her as Shiho jumped at the demon making it lose its tracking on the villager and have to defend itself. Shiho refused to give in as the demon tried to get her off by pulling her then clawing on her back as she just dug her teeth further not knowing if she was even damaging the demon.
Finally the demon reached its mouth over and bit into Shiho's back right leg making her yelp in pain as the bear tossed her into the woods. Shiho tried to stand but found that her right leg refused to allow her to use it. She had blood all over her between her biting the demon and the demon biting her hind leg.
She put her ears back as the demon started to walk to her. She started to try and walk away. She stumbled as the bear got closer. Shiho then saw an army of some sort walking through the woods. She had to do something as she started to bark. Perhaps they would kill the demon and leave her alone.
She tried to walk more, still stumbling on herself as she barked watching the men as they kept riding on their horses away from her. She tried to howl then bark some more. Finally one of the men turned to see a white dog being chased by the demon.
Shiho barked again. Then the man seemed to call to his other friends. Finally they came to Shiho's rescue as they easily killed the bear demon. Shiho didn't stop for them to say anything to her. She had to get back to the village- back to Kagome. If anything happened to her- she wanted Kagome there.
"Boss should we go after the white dog?" One of the men said as they watched Shiho limp away.
The boss watched her, "No, it will die off in the woods." The boss said turning away. "No need to waist our time, lets go. I want to be back home by night fall."
Shiho whimpered each time she put pressure on her hind leg. She had to see them again; she had to stay alive for them. She saw the hut come into view as she passed out in the grass knowing she couldn't get any closer no matter how hard she tried. Kagome and Yasha weren't back yet but she figured that maybe it was a good thing- maybe they wouldn't want to see her beaten up. Or perhaps Kagome could help save her if she did come back soon.
Shiho closed her eyes, not knowing if she would open them to Kagome's face again.
I know two sad chapters in a row. I promise it all works out in the end! Please don't kill me! I got the fight scene somewhat from the movie Balto! I love that movie so much and I used to freak when they had that scene where Balto and Jenna had to fight the big bear. I want to see it again now that I am older!
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