InuYasha Fan Fiction / Gundam Wing Fan Fiction / Vision Of Escaflowne Fan Fiction ❯ A Sequel! More things you didn't know and didn't need to know about Escaflowne and Inu-Yasha! ❯ Chapter Fifteen ( Chapter 15 )

(Meanwhile, back in the kitchen area, Rin and Shippou had gotten to talking.)

Shippou: So…you live with Sesshoumaru?

Rin: Hai! Sesshoumaru-sama and Jaken-sama. But I don't like Jaken-sama. He's weird.

Shippou: Yeah, he looks weird.

Rin: Yeah. And also, when Sesshoumaru-sama is away, he tries on Sesshoumaru-sama's jewelry, but he won't let me do it!

Shippou: Eeeeeeeh?

Rin: I don't understand. I wanna try on Sesshoumaru-sama's jewelry! But oh well. So, you're with Inu-Yasha?

Shippou: Yeah…he beats me on the head sometimes, but because he is a measly hanyou, I let it slide.

Rin: Oh, I see….

Shippou: Yeah, otherwise he's pretty cool…for a hanyou, I mean.

Rin: Yeah? Sesshoumaru-sama never talks about him, but I don't know…it doesn't seem to me like he really hates Inu-Yasha like he claims to. It's more a…distaste.

Shippou: Yeah? I think Inu-Yasha's the same…I mean, that second time when he first used the Kaze no Kizu against Sesshoumaru, he didn't actually kill him like he could have.

Rin: When was that?

Shippou: Maybe that was before you were with him…but he was real beat up. Feh-bet he couldn't move for a while.

Rin: You know, when I first met Sesshoumaru-sama he was wounded and couldn't move…maybe that was right after his encounter with Inu-Yasha.

Shippou: Hey, maybe. Well, anyway…I like your kimono.

Rin: Yeah? Thanks! Well, I like your tail!

Shippou: Ah, arigatou.

Penguin: *peeking over them from behind* Ah, look at you two…you guys make such a cute pair!

Shippou: *defensively* What do you mean…?

Penguin: That you two look cute together!

Shippou: I know you…everything you say has a double meaning. What do you REALLY mean…?

Penguin: Eh…? Whatever do you mean? I was just commenting on your cute-ness, that's all.

Folken: *walks over, overhearing* Is that really Penguin? Or did a doppelganger kill her and take her form?

Penguin: *haughtily* I am not a doppelganger, you!

Folken: But you're acting-and dressing-well, pretty normal.

Penguin: Sooooooooo?

Folken: So…you never used to do that. And you haven't attacked anyone lately.

Penguin: *still angry* What do you mean "attack"?

Folken: *awkwardly* Well, you know, usually you either, eh…glomp Quatre or me…but you haven't really done that since you came out of the guy's dorm….

Penguin: What, would you rather I jump on you right now?

Folken: Eh…no thanks.

Penguin: Well, then why are you complaining? I would think that now that you've gotten what you want, you would keep you mouth shut and your distance!

Folken: Wha…? You mean…you don't want to…do anything to me anymore?

Penguin: *glare*

Rin and Shippou: Nani okurei?

Rin: Hey, Shippou, maybe we should leave them alone.

Shippou: Yeah…let's just go over this way… *leads Rin away off to the side*

Folken: Well, I'm sorry for what I called you earlier. I didn't really mean it. I was just getting emotional.

Penguin: Well, that's certainly out-of-character for you.

Folken: Eh…whatever do you mean?

Penguin: Jeez-you almost sound as if you're talking to Erinah.

Folken: What?

Penguin: You're always apologizing to her for the littlest things.

(Meanwhile, Erinah wanders over and listens to the conversation from a safe distance.)

Folken: *indignantly* I do not!

Penguin: Yes you do. *clasping her hands to her chest and looking off, imitating Folken's low voice* Oh, Erinah, I'm so sorry for everything that Zaibach has ever done. Would you like me to console you like Miroku generally consoles women?

Erinah VO: Wha…?

Folken: Penguin! I have never done anything of the sort!

Penguin: Perhaps not the Miroku bit, but the rest, yeah, you have. Trust me, I've listened all too carefully to what you say.

Folken: But…I LOVE her. And besides, Zaibach has done things and I should apologize.

Penguin: Do you really? I mean, you didn't do anything to her directly, did you? Sure, maybe one apology, even two, but you bring it up every friggin' time ya talk to the woman!

Folken: But I love her…I want her to accept me.

Erinah: *runs back to the girl's dorm where all the girls are getting dressed behind the screen* Hey! Folken and Penguin are actually having a civil conversation! He hasn't called her a prostitute yet! Well-maybe not CIVIL…but certainly more normal than usual! And she's telling him off quite well….

Kagome: Eh…? What are you talking about?

Erinah: Out in the kitchen-Folken and Penguin are talking!

Sango: And why are YOU so happy about this?

Erinah: Hey, if he loves her than he won't follow me around anymore.

Sango: But I thought he doesn't love her….

Erinah: Yeah, well, things can change…and besides, he seems kinda confused about his feelings.

Celena: Ah! I hope they get together!

(Sango, Kagome, Kikyou, and Erinah go out to see this "spectacle" and Inu-Yasha joins the group. Meanwhile…)

Penguin: Okay, then, tell me why you love her. Convince me. I mean, you must have your reasons.

Folken: Well…she's beautiful….

Penguin: *glaring* Are you implying something about my looks…? *shaking head* Besides, I didn't think you were so petty as to care about someone's looks.

Folken: I feel sorry for her! I mean, her lover was killed by Dilandau.

Penguin: Wow, that's such a good reason for loving her. You pity her, and this somehow constitutes love. Come on, I said convince me!

Folken: I'm attracted to her!

Penguin: Yeah, but do you KNOW her?

*Erinah is shaking her head while Kikyou looks on rather amused by the scene. Kagome glares at Kikyou as if the conversation is striking close to her own situation and Sango is rolling her eyes while Inu-Yasha looks totally lost.*

Folken: I've known her for a long time.

Penguin: So she lived in a storage room on the floating fortress. Big deal! You were acquainted with her-but did you KNOW her?

Folken: I saved her life!

Penguin: So? That doesn't mean you have to keep on being involved with her. I mean, she doesn't care for you.

Folken: Well, I don't really care for you, but that never stopped YOU from being involved with ME!

Erinah: Ah, god…here we go again….

Sango: Why does this conversation seem…familiar?

Kagome: What do you mean, Sango?

Sango: Well…it kinda seems like the conversations you and Inu-Yasha have sometimes….

Inu-Yasha: Wha?!

Penguin: Why can't you see that I care! I mean, I'm not glomping you anymore, I haven't been involved with you all day-that is until YOU approached ME! If you really don't care about me, than why did you even START this conversation?

Folken: Are you saying that me starting this…exchange somehow shows I care about you? Come on, we're fighting!

Penguin: Yeah, so it sounds like we're hitting a bump in our relationship, which would mean we HAVE some sort of relationship, even if you don't want to admit it.

Kagome: I see what you mean, Sango.

Inu-Yasha: I don't get it….