Story Time
"Are you sure we shouldn't go looking for them, Kagome? I mean odds are he would kill her now before he uh..hell I just don't get it. How the hell could Sango end up married to my brother of all people?" Inu yasha said with a huff as he sat on a log with the rest of them outside the holding where they were bedding down for the night. "I mean really..what's there to like and she's a demon slayer for Christ sakes. She kills guys like him for a living!"
"Well I guess it was just one of those cases where it was just meant to be." Kagome said weakly, not at all sure what to think either. It had been quite obvious that Sango was Sora's mother and Sesshoumau's wife..it was more just trying to wrap her head around it which was easier said then done.
"Yeah, it's hard to think of the Ice King as a father much less one in love with a human." Kouga had to agree as he nibbled on something called Pocky Kagome had given him. "Then again the whole future looks pretty screwed to me. I have a feeling my godchildren are going to be one hell of a handful. How did Mika come to be my goddaughter anyway? What is a goddaughter for that matter? Like an honorary member of my family?"
"Well basically it's like making you her second father, Kouga. We do it in my world so that if something happens to the parents and there's no other family the child has someone to take care of them and see to it that they're raised in a loving family." Kagome said with a hesitant smile, not sure how she'd convinced Inu yasha to let Kouga have such a role. "Plus the godparent helps raise the child and look after it, sort of like an extra guardian if the situation calls for it. Understand?" Kagome asked and when Kouga nodded Kagome shrugged. "As for how that's beyond me."
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"But not beyond me." Kyou said with a grin as all the adults turned their attention to him. "You see what happened was there was this big fight and Dad got really badly wounded during it. He and Uncle Kouga got separated from the rest of the group and were in a pretty bad fix and Dad told Uncle Kouga that if he could get them out of it alive he'd name his next kid after him. Anyway they got out and the next kid was Mika so obviously they couldn't name a girl Kouga so Mom came up with the idea of making him her godfather instead and not quite understanding the whole godfather thing Dad agreed. Of course Uncle Kouga was our uncle already anyway but..opps."
"What do you mean he was already your uncle?" Kagome said with a confused look on her face. "It's not like he could have married Sota or Sesshoumaru."
"Who's Sota?" Kouga asked with an equally confused look on his face that turned to a look of extreme insult. "And of course I wouldn't have made Sesshoumaru my mate..HE'S A MALE!"
"Uhm Uncle Sota is mom's younger brother." Kyou said in a small voice before looking over at Sora and Andrea for help but both simply gave him hard looks that said he was on his own. "And of course Uncle Kouga didn't marry either of them..he's mate's name in Mina."
"Mina..there is no female in my pack by that name." Kouga said with a frown as he mentally went through the names of all the females that had been presented to him as a possible mate over the years. "Where is she from? Who's pack?"
"Uhmm..my mom's time..sort of." Kyou said weakly and realizing he was sunk and couldn't exactly side step the questions figured he might as well explain things better before they really started interrogating him on this. "Mina lived in my mom's world but she isn't exactly human either. She's what they call a vampire there but they don't have...people like her here. Mina's kinda mom's step sister."
"I have a step sister who's a vampire?" Kagome demanded to know looking both shocked and overwhelmed at the same time. The only logical explanation was that her mother had remarried but how could that be? And how could there be real vampires living in her world and really why should that surprise her? Until she'd fallen down the stupid well she hadn't believe in demons either and now look at her. "How can that be?"
"Well you see Grandma met a man named Jack who was in the area on business around the time Wufei was born and anyway they got a talking and stuff, eventually started dating and getting together whenever he was in town. You see Jack and his daughter are both Master vampires and had been alive for hundreds of years but grandma didn't know that of course and he didn't tell her because he thought that she wouldn't believe him or if she did that she'd never see him again. You see he loved Mina's mom very much too but she was very religious and refused to allow him to make her a vampire, she died in childbirth with Jack raising Mina alone. Anyway one night mom had come home and brought dad with her and so mom goes to her room to get something and dad goes looking for grandma to let her know that they were there. Anyway he smells Jack and goes racing to grandma's rescue and of course Jack smells something different with dad so they're both facing off, both trying to protect grandma. Anyway mom and grandma settle them down and the whole thing comes out eventually. So then anyway things progress and grandma marries Jack and so Aunt Mina becomes Aunt Mina."
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"My mother is going to marry a vampire!" Kagome said looking perilously close to fainting in shock. "And my step sister is going to marry Kouga? How the hell does that happen?"
"Mom..you swore." Kyou said with his mouth hanging open in surprise. It was very rare for his mother to raise her voice much less swear unless she was fighting with his dad or really upset about something. "You have to put fifty yen into the cookie jar."
"What are you talking about?" Inu yasha asked with a puzzled look on his face though he was taking this much better then his mate was. Then again he had no idea what a vampire was or why Kagome was getting so riled up about it. "Isn't yen some sort of currency?"
"Yeah well you see the cookie jar yen thing was mom's way of making us mind our language." Kyou explained with a sheepish look. "Every time one of us said a bad word we had to put fifty yen into this cookie jar..as kids that was a sure way of making us watch what we said that's for sure. We had so much money in that jar we took the whole family out to dinner and still had change left."
"So what exactly is a vampire? Like a demon?" Kouga demanded to know, thoroughly confused and a little worried over the fact that Kagome seemed so upset about the idea. What kind of person had he taken as his mate? A much older then him mate, Kouga realized with a hint of a frown.
"Allow me since mom would just know the movie vampire and not what they really are." Kyou said as he held up his hand to speak before his mother could answer Kouga. "Vampires look a lot like humans only they're a lot stronger and have a life span that far exceeds a demon's if they're Master vampires. Master vampires are those vampires who are born with the blood of the ancient vampires in their blood, who can trace their lineage back several centuries of vampire ancestors like Mina and Jack can. Regular vampires are those who are made vampires and are easy enough to kill and are significantly weaker. Master vampires can live forever because they can simply heal themselves though there was once a way to kill them..but the people who figured that out didn't have the sense to keep their discovery to themselves and ended up going the way of the dodo-uhm extinct-dead." Kyou said when several of the others gave him confused looks. "So anyway the only known way for a Master vampire to die is through choice. They can choose not to heal themselves and then they die from their wounds as any normal human being would."
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"Do they bite people's necks and drink their blood like in the movies?" Kagome wanted to know, her words drawing horrified looks from Kouga, Shippou, Miroku, Rin and Inu yasha. "And do they only come out at night?"
"No that whole only come out at night thing is an old wives tale. They are more powerful at night and they prefer that time to hunt but they can sit out on a beach and tan if they want without a problem. As for the whole blood thing well..uhm..they don't have to drink blood but it helps them heal faster and age more slowly. It also makes them stronger too but don't worry, Grandpa and Aunt Mina don't just go around biting people, in fact Grandpa gave it up for grandma because she didn't like the idea." Kyou said as he sought to reassure his mom who was looking decidedly ill. "And really it's not so bad and they both always made it a policy to only take blood from those who deserved to lose it..unless it's a show of affection."
"A show of affection?" Miroku said with a look of disbelief having a hard time wrapping this all around in his head. "Sucking the blood out of someone is their way of showing affection in her culture?"
"Well it depends on the circumstances." Kyou said desperately, feeling the quick sand pulling him deeper and deeper and neither Sora nor Andrea were making any effort to pull him out. "If it's just a matter of feeding or needing the blood to recover then Aunt Mina will just hunt down someone who deserves it but she also occasionally bites Uncle Kouga as a show of affection and you really don't mind..I don't think." Kyou said with a look on his face similar to someone being interrogated and backed into a serious corner. "Really..Aunt Mina's a great person..so maybe some people compare her to Uncle Sesshoumaru but aside from that she's been really good for the pack. Ginta even says that demons have stopped attacking the pack because they're afraid of what Aunt Mina would do to them if they tried."
"A female Sesshoumaru? Now that's a scary thought. Why the hell didn't he marry her instead then?" Inu yasha said as he shook his head finding this whole thing confusing and interesting at the same time. "Then again that's a scary thought considering what the pups would be like."
"Well Uncle Sesshoumaru was already married when grandpa and Aunt Mina came into the picture. Besides they get along relatively well but it's not like they're close friends or anything, Dad. Aunt Mina's more of a loner to begin with for that matter." Kyou explained as he absently wiggled his fingers, giving away his nerves to those who knew him easily enough. "And she's just protective of what belongs to her..that's all."
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"And meaner then a wounded animal when you piss her off." Sora muttered under her breath so those with demons ears could easily hear her.
"So exactly how did my..step sister end up married to Kouga?" Kagome demanded to know getting more confused and worried by the minute. "I mean I'd have to be nuts to bring her here and it's not like I'd ever take Kouga to my world. He'd stick out even more then Inu yasha!"
"Well you did bring her here but for a very good reason." Sora said, finally taking pity on her cousin, at least for the time being. "During the Wolf Wars Kouga's pack plus those packs joined with his were being killed everyday and Manta would only allow my father to revive the fallen, not for any of us to help in the fight even though they would have easily won with our help. You see with Kouga's pack and several other packs in need of members and land they came together in a sort of council with each of the pack leaders being a part of it to form one huge pack under the rule of the council. Manta had a lot of supporters then, a lot more then Kouga did and so Manta's word was pretty much law at that time even though it was obvious he was in the wrong. His pack was the strongest and with the most connections so basically they were doomed by his refusal to allow outsiders to help. The wolf demons from the north who were doing the attacking soon realized what father was doing so they'd taken to taking the fallen wolves bodies with them and destroy the corpses so that they couldn't be revived and things were looking pretty grim. Then Aunt Kagome hit on the idea that maybe there was a way to save them by introducing someone to the mix that Manta didn't know but was strong and able enough to take out the enemy. In other words she thought of Mina."
"Wolf Wars..wolves from the north are going to come from their territories in the great mountains and come after our lands and people?" Kouga asked, horrified at the thought. The wolf demons of the north were legendary beasts and were said to be bigger, faster and stronger then any other demon pack. There were unstoppable and ruled their area with unbreakable defenses and extreme cruelty.
"Yes, their lands will be destroyed and ravaged by war, They will come here because they've used up and ruined their own lands and think to take over yours and make it their own." Sora said with a shrug, understanding that anything they told them about the past could screw things up but it was a bit late for that. Everything was seriously screwed up already anyway.
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"This is what she looks like." Kyou said helpfully as he passed over his sketchbook to Kouga having flipped it to a page or a prior drawing he'd done of his aunt. It was only black and white pencil drawing but it would give him the general idea. "Nice huh? Her hair is a pretty red and her eyes are green." Kyou added in case Kouga was curious.
Taking the drawing from Kyou Kouga studied the image of the woman who was to be his mate apparently. The shot was a bust drawing so he couldn't get the whole picture but she had a stunning face. All sharp angles with a slight dent in her chin. Her eyes were almond shaped and even in the drawing conveyed an amused arrogance as she looked out at you with those knowing eyes. Her long hair was left loose and she was wearing clothes like Kagome wore from her world. She was very beautiful and Kouga was impressed that he'd have such a fine looking woman as his own. It would be worth the blood loss. Curious Kouga started flipping through the other pages and came to a stop when he came to one of himself with two boys, one under each of his arms as he carried them somewhere, both boys looking delighted with the ride while he himself looked amused and a bit exasperated. "Who are these pups?" Kouga asked as he handed the picture over to Kyou though he thought he already knew. The resemblance was there.
"Oh those two are Pippin and Merry." Andrea said looking over Kyou's shoulder while Kyou tried to figure out if he could tell the truth or not. "They're yours. Twin little hellions who live to cause mischief and havoc. Keely even predicted that they would be and that's why Mina chose those names."
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"She named them after the hobits from The Lord of the Rings trilogy?" Kagome said catching on with a shocked look that changed into a delighted laugh. Her nephews were named after fictional creatures that were the size of children and normally didn't like anything adventurous what so ever. Unless you were a Took or related to Bilbo Baggins that was. Which applied to Merry and Pippin to the letter "That is so cute."
"What on earth is a hobbit?" Miroku wanted to know.
"Long story, Uncle Miroku but don't worry, you'll find out eventually. It's your son Aiden's favorite movie so you'll be seeing it plenty." Kyou said with a chuckle remembering how exasperating it was to have a friend who could correctly quote whole chunks of dialogue from the series. "With Harry Potter being a close second."
"I have a son?" Miroku asked, latching onto the casual comment, eager to learn more about his own future. "Did he follow in my foot steps?"
"Nope though he does look like you. But actually he's afraid of girls." Andrea said with a laugh that only grew when everyone from this time period gazed at her in complete shock. The womanizing leech had produced a son that was afraid of the opposite sex? How could that be? Better hurry up and explain before they keel over in shock, Andrea thought with a small smirk. "Well it's all because of Miroku here actually. Aiden's mom spent so much time trying to make sure that he didn't end up a leech like his dad that she ended up making him afraid of girls. The only girls he can talk to without stuttering are the ones he's grown up with as family. We've all been trying for years to help but the most success we've had is that he can talk to one if he talks to the floor rather then actually look at the girl he's talking to. Soon as he makes eye contact he turned into a stammering idiot speaking his own special language no one but immediate family can understand."
"Oh the irony." Shippou said with a laugh as he smirked at the priest who was sitting there with his mouth open. "A father that can't stop asking women to bear his children with a son who can't get near them without turning into a stuttering mess."