The Michevious Kikyko

Chapter 3

The entire day passed quickly, dad never mentioned a word to me about earlier. He didn't even ask to talk to me again. The whole day he helped mom with laundry, and cleaning the house, and we even took a walk to Sango and Miroku's home. I wore my new kimono and everyone complimented me.

I was happy to have received a kimono that looked similar to the style Uncle Sesshomaru wore, and I really really liked it. On our way home, the sun started to set in the east, Kikyko's chatters became quiet as she fell asleep in dad's arms, and mom and dad talked the whole way home…. It was rather annoying. I ignored it and hummed loudly trying to tune out their conversation.

Dad passed Kikyko over to mom's arms and wrapped his red haori over her. Mom smiled and took her into the house.

"Give us a bit Kagome," he said to her and looked down to me.

"Hurry back," mom replied and disappeared in to the house.

"Dad?" I turned to him.

"Let's talk," I really didn't want to hear that. I was nervous now, I thought he forgot about earlier today.

"About what?" I asked and clenched my hands into fists.

"Come with me," he said and turned around. I followed behind him quietly. We walked to the river and dad sat down on the grass in front of the calm waters. I sat next to him.

"Dad, what is it?" I asked.

"When I was young…. My mom died…. I was alone and had no one to take care of me…." He said this, his eyes looked at the water.

I sat next to him quietly.

"I never had anyone to teach me things; I never had a child hood. You and Kikyko are lucky," He said and looked to me.

"Yeah I guess we are,"

"But, something happened to me as I started to grow up, at your age… a different part within me started to rage and take over." He continued again.

"You're going to change yourself, just remember…. You can come to me," he said again.

"What do you mean dad, what's going to happen to me?" Inuko looked up to his father.

"Don't worry about it right now Inuko, let's go home and get something to eat, I'm starved…" InuYasha said, stretched his arms and patted Inuko's head.

"Alright alright," he said and jumped to his feet.

"Awe, but I don't wanna," Kikyko's voice echoed throughout the house. Father and I entered the house to see Kikyko dripping wet and wrapped in a towel. I blushed and turned away.

"Kikyko, it's almost bed time so… no more bath's," Mother said to her struggling to dress her.

"Mooom, I want to play in the water," Kikyko's voice echoed again.

"Okay that's enough," father had picked her up and plopped her in mother's lap.

"No more playing with water, its bed time." He said to her, I tapped my foot against the ground and didn't turn around. "Awe, the sun isn't down yet," Kikyko said.

"You can turn around Inuko I'm dressed now," Kikyko said running to me. "I got new clothes," she said. She held her arms out and twirled around to show me. "It's the same kimono you wore last night," I told her. It really didn't look any different.

"No its not," she said. "Let's dry your hair dear," mother told her, placing a towel over her head.

"Hey Inuko you there?" a familiar voice echoed from outside. "Hitachi hi," I shouted at him and ran to the door. "Can you come out and play?" Hitachi asked. I turned around "Can I please?" I asked.

Mother looked to father, "He is eleven now, he is old enough to learn some responsibility," mother said to father. "Okay, you can go play when the sun sets in the east you come home," father said.

"Yes," I jumped and ran out the door.

"SUNSET YOU GOT THAT," father's voice shouted after me.

"AWWEEE… no fair," I heard Kikyko's voice disappear.

"Kagome?" Sango's voice echoed outside. "Come in Sango," mother said to her as she dried Kikyko's hair.

"Hello InuYasha, Kagome I'm in a little bit of a hurry, the girls caught a cold," she said sitting down. "Do you have any of Jenji's herbs on hand?" Sango asked.

"I sure do, but it'll take a little bit of time for me to boil them for you," mother replied.

"Hi," Kikyko waved and pulled down the towel.

"Hahha, Hi Kikyko, your hair is all fuzzy," Sango said to her. Kikyko pouted and huffed at Sango, she rubbed the towel back over her head.

"I have some time, Miroku is busy working on the new bath house," Sango replied, "Say InuYasha, he could use your strength to help him, I told him he had to have it finished by night fall. He's put it off for months," Sango said crossing her arms.

InuYasha stood to his feet,"Sure," he said leaving the house.

"Wow I'm surprised he didn't even put up a fuss," Mother said.

"Okay we'll I'll make those herbs for you," mother said picking Kikyko up off her lap. Kikyko took the towel and set it in the basket by the back door.

She plopped down on the floor in a huff, she was angry she couldn't come outside and play.

"What's with her?" Sango asked looking over at Kikyko.

"She wanted to go outside and play, but she just had a bath, soo…" mother said. "… I know that all too well," Sango replied.

"Inuko, I got a new ball for the kamada game," Hitachi said running down towards the river. "We're playing near the river?" I replied and followed behind him. Dad never let us play near the river unless a grown up was with us, none of us could swim so he would worry we would fall in.

"Yeah its an open field and Kenta and Reno are there too," Hitachi said as the river came in to our view.

"Cool," I replied.

"HEY INUKO," Kenta shouted waving at us. I waved back.

"About time you two showed up, we have to be home by sunset," Kenta said to us.

"Yeah me too, my dad is scary when he's mad so I have to be home by sunset too," I told him. Kenta and Reno where both half demons as well. Although they didn't look like half demons, their mother is human and their father is a wolf demon.

They didn't have the ears or appearance though, they both had tails. They inherited that at least. Hitachi however, he was only human, and he has been my friend for a long time.

"Let's play," Reno said tossing the ball to the air.

I kicked the ball when it landed, I kept getting a strange feeling that someone had followed us here, or was watching us. My ears started to twitch.

"Left," Hitachi shouted kicking the ball to Kenta.

"You're left," Kenta shouted.

"My left, wait what?" Hitachi replied to him kicking the ball to me. I kicked it in the air and on to my knees, and then kicked it over to Hitachi.

"Aaah, wow."

My ears twitched I turned around scanning the trees and the river around us. Someone had said that, even a faint sound like that I was sure it was someone who was watching us.

"Guys quiet a minute," I shouted at everyone.

"Come on Inuko, we don't have time for you're…" Reno was about to finish his words when his eyes darted to an object behind a tree to our left.

"Hey, who's there," He said tossing the ball to the ground.

I followed Reno's gaze, and sniffed the air. "KIKYKO…" I shouted to her. She shifted around the tree. "Gah, I'm sorry guys…" I said to them, I half turned and ran towards Kikyko.

The guys followed behind me.

"What are you doing here? Mother said you couldn't come here," I hissed at her.

"Inuko, your sister? Come on, why did she come here… this is a man's game little girl, run along home now," Kenta waved a hand to her.

"I wanted to…" she started to say, her eyes moved to the boys one by one then back to me, "…. I wanted to play with you," she continued.

"You can't play with us, come on Kiki just go home okay, we have only a small time to play, let us finish our game," I told her. The reason why we had to hurry was because Kenta and Reno changed into full wolf demons at sunset, and transform back to humans at day break.

"Mmm mmm, mommy doesn't know I'm here," she said pulling her hands across her kimono.

"Great, she's going to kill us both," I sighed deeply and pulled her by the hand.

"Sit here, and don't move, when we are done I'll take you home," I said to her pulling her to the river bed. She plopped down on a large rock.

"Ha ha, your sister is so weird, can we finish the game?" Reno teased tossing the ball in to the air.

"Fine," I replied.

Back at the house.

"Thank you Kagome, this will be plenty for the night," Sango said placing the round pouch in to her sleeve.

"No problem Sango, kiss the girls for me I hope they will get better," Mother said, she stood to her feet and looked around the house.

"Hey Kagome, did Kikyko go outside or something?" Sango asked also noticing Kikyko was gone.

"Great, she probably ran off after the boys when we were busy talking," Mother sighed and headed for the door.

"Do you want me to come with you to look for her?" Sango asked following behind.

"No Sango you go ahead, I'll go to the village to find them, they're probably playing where they usually do in the center of the village," mother sighed deeply again.

"Hopefully I'll find them before InuYasha does, he'll be so mad…" mother replied.

"Good luck," Sango said to her and headed down the path.

'You kids better be in the village playing, when I find you, your both grounded. Be lucky I find you before your father does!' mother said to herself.

"Its almost sunset," Kenta said holding the ball in his hands.

"We can play one more round before the sun is fully set," Reno said catching his breath.

"Yeah let's do it," Hitachi replied.

I looked over at Kikyko who was splashing her feet in the water.

"Okay lets make it quick," I said.

The ball flew through the air again. Kenta kicked it to me I bounced it on my knees then kicked it over to Hitachi.

"Ho ho boys watch this move, I call it the spider kick," he said. I lifted my eyebrow to him and watched as he bounced the ball on his knees and then kicked it straight in to the air. When it fell down to the ground he kicked it hard, but in the direction of Kikyko. I followed the ball.

"Hey… KIKI LOOK OUT!" I shouted at her. She turned around and looked to the ball coming at her.

"AAAHHHHHH," she screamed covering her face. The ball beamed her in the chest knocking her in to the river.

"GREAT HITACHI," Kenta shouted.

"INUYASHA WILL MURDER US," Reno shouted at him. We all ran to the river.

"I'm sorry Inuko," Hitachi said nervously. I jumped in to the water after Kikyko.

"Can he swim?" Reno said his eyes nervously scanned the water.

"None of us can swim," Hitachi replied shouting for me.

"Someone hurry get help," Kenta shouted. "Wait they surfaced," Kenta added stopping Reno.

"I GOT HER, BUT GET HELP…" I shouted at the guys.

"Inuko bring her here we'll pull her up," Hitachi shouted to me. I tried to figure out how to move my body in the water. But everytime I tried we were dragged down stream even future. The guys ran alongside the river.

"Inuko, try to find something to grab on too, I'll go get help." Reno shouted at us. But before he could run anywhere, we were drifted even future down the river.

"Aaahhhhhh," I shouted as we drifted down the rivers end.

"THERE OUT OF SIGHT," Hitachi shouted. Reno ran back to our home looking for mother or father for help.

I held Kikyko close to me as I searched for a branch or something I could grab on too. The waters current had become stronger. "Hang on Kiki I'll get us out of here," I told her. She wasn't moving and I couldn't feel her breathing.

'A cave,' I noticed a cave come in to my view I shifted with the current and moved my legs until I felt the bottom. I picked Kikyko up in my arms and managed to pull ourselves out of the water on to dry land.

I panted and put her down.

"Kiki?" I said leaning over her, I remembered mother had shown us something like chest compressions, if one of us drowned or wasn't breathing. She called it PRsomthing.

"Kiki?" I said to her again. I placed my hands over her chest, and did what mother showed us.

"Kiki, come on wake up," I said to her pressing down a little harder on her chest.

"Dad's going to kill us, COME ON KIKYKO WAKE UP!" I shouted at her, I think I pressed a little too hard on her chest, because she coughed and gasped for air.

"Inuko," she coughed and sat up.

I hugged her and took in a deep breath.

"I'm so glad you're alive," I told her.

"You're hugging me, you never do that," she said coughing again.

"I… I thought you died," I was really scared. When I saw her fall in to the river, my heart literally stopped.

"It's cold," she said to me.

"The suns setting and we drifted far downstream, let's get in the cave to keep warm," I told her. I helped her to her feet and pulled her alongside me.

We huddled in the cave next to eachother. Kikyko kept blowing on her hands to keep warm. I put my hands against hers.

"I'm cold," she said. Her clothes and hair were soaked and dripping wet.

"I'm sorry this happened Kikyko, I told you to go back home," I said to her. My clothes were wet too. I couldn't keep her warm.

"I'm sorry," I said to her again, I pulled her close to me. We huddled together in the cave. She closed her eyes and leaned against me.

"Kiki?" I shook her. "Hey, don't fall asleep you'll get colder," I told her shaking her again.

"Kiki?" I said to her again. I noticed her chest wasn't moving, and she wasn't breathing. "No no, Kiki," I shouted at her again and kept shaking her.

"WAKE UP!" I shouted, I didn't know what to do. She was freezing cold and her body was shivering.

"I-I don't know what to do, Kiki please wake up," I said again in a panic. I shook her.

"INUKO, KIKI… CAN YOU HEAR ME?" Father's voice shouted from a distance.

"INUKO," Mother's voice echoed as well.

"Hold on, mom and dad are here… just hold on," I told her. I rested her on the ground and ran out to the edge of the cave.

"DAD… OVER HERE," I shouted back to him.

I saw mother and father run towards us and in to the water.

"Kiki… she's not breathing," I was shaking.

Mother and father ran in to the cave, I followed behind them.

"Kiki," mother shook her. "She's freezing," mother touched her forehead. Father took off his haori and draped it over her.

"She'll get hypothermia if we don't get her warmed up," mother picked up Kikyko and held her against her body.

"Mom I'm sorry, I didn't mean for this to happen," I said to her.

"You are in so much trouble right now Inuko," father said to me. He reached for me and pulled me towards him.

"Get his clothes off, he'll freeze," mother said looking over at me. Her eyes looked like she was going to kill me. I didn't look at her.

Father held me against his body so I wouldn't freeze and huddled next to mother.

"She's still freezing; we have to get her body temperature back to normal." Mother said rubbing her hands against Kikyko's body.

"I'll make a fire," father said darting out of the cave. I didn't move my gaze from the ground.

"I'm very disappointed in you Inuko, you should've brought her straight home," Mother said rubbing Kikyko's body. I didn't move my gaze from the ground.

"Kenta told me how this happened, your sister should've been top priority," Mother said again. Her voice was shaky. I wasn't sure if she was crying or not, I didn't bother to look at her.

Father had gathered some wood and flint and rocks to make a fire. He managed to get a large fire started.

"Here let me take her," father said pulling Kikyko to his arms.

"Papa," Kikyko's spoke. Her voice was shaky. I looked over to her.

"I'm so glad your awake," Mother said to her leaning her head against hers.

"Where's Inuko," Kikyko said coughing.

I crawled over to her.

"Me… I did this papa…. It was my fault," she said to him. He held her closer to his body. "Your both okay, that's all that matters," he said pressing his face against hers.

"Let's take them home," Mother said, she picked up my haori and threw it at me. She was still mad, I could tell, she wouldn't even look at me.