InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Bring Me to Life ❯ Home Away From Home ( Chapter 21 )
[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
By: Crystalline Twine 
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Hentai / Drama | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 01.09.2006 | Pages: 1 | Words: 962 | Visits: 481 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Hentai / Drama | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 01.09.2006 | Pages: 1 | Words: 962 | Visits: 481 | Status: Completed
Shippou stretched and yawned, opening his green eyes to see an unfamiliar surrounding. He sat up on Kagome's lap, but remained quiet. The youkai before them looked pretty harmless, so Shippou figured he must be deadly. He looked from Kagome to Shippou, and Shippou was intimidated by his stare.
"Who is this?"
"Shippou. I take care of him."
Her father nodded. "I can see, or rather smell that you have not adopted him in youkai terms yet. Would you like to?" Kagome nodded and petted him gentley.
"I do not believe an adoption ritual can make me love him more than I already do, but I would like to make it official." He nodded just as she had.
Shippou swelled with silent happiness that he would be adopted formally, and that Kagome already saw him as her son.
"I knew that you would be here soon, so I kept this safe for you." He then produced the small wrapped bundle she had received from Sesshoumaru. Her passive face evaporated and was replaced with relief, letting out a slight gasp. She had thought she had lost it.
"Thank you. I was wondering where it had gone." She gentley took it from him, and hugged it against her. "I assume you found it when I blacked out." He nodded. "The fever disoriented my sense of direction. I do not see why I had to get so sick before the change was complete."
"Well, ordinarily you wouldn't have had to. Souta will not have as hard a time as you did."
She raised a brow. "Why is that?"
"Because you are both a youkai and a priestess with great holy power, your power sides where fighting for supremecy. Your youkai power arised when Inuyasha insulted your honor, and your holy power surfaced when he insulted two people you love. Thus, the two sides united for the common goal, which was to punish him. The will to prove yourself was the youkai within you, and the pure want to protect others is the priestess in you."
Kagome didn't see how he knew anything of what had happened when the change had become complete. "How did you know what happened?"
"I knew it would happen before your mother and I put the magic in the well."
"So you can foretell things that will come to pass as well?" He nodded. "Can you read minds as well?"
"No. That was always your mother's specialty."
"Hmm. That would explain how she could always tell if I was trying to hide something from her."
He smiled. "It would.. that and the fact that inuyoukais are able to smell deceit. Would you like a tour around the castle before I show you where you room is?" Kagome nodded, and she followed him out of his study and down the halls. She made a point to remember where the hot springs, the library, and the kitchen were. She would probably make trips to each, and she did not want to have to be shown where they were again. After they had rounded the castle, he stopped in front of a door, and opened it. "This is your room, or rather, it was your room when you were little."
Kagome looked around, and was speechless. She loved her room already. The ceiling was white, but the walls were a sky blue, white clouds painted at the top, and a beautiful forest scene all around the lower part of the walls. Flowers and butterflies of many colors, shapes, and sizes were the most abundant in the floral design, and Kagome felt as if she were outside in nature. She hated to be enclosed in a room, but this didn't feel like a room.. It was her sanctuary, and it had a balcony that looked out on the garden in the back of the castle. It was perfect. "I love it. Thank you." She smiled, and bowed slightly. He made a motion for her to come closer to him.
She walked over until she was within arm reach of him, and blinked her passive face once more in place. He drapped one arm across her shoulder.
"You do not have to be so formal with me, Kagome. Formalities are only necessary when we are around other lords."
Kagome nodded. "I understand, but I do not know how to act around you. When I get comfortable," she smiled a bit devilishly, "you will wish for the formalities back."
He grinned and gave her a hug. "If you need anything, you will be able to find me in my study. See you later, little Shippou." He patted him on the head and left.
She knew she would warm up to her father in no time at all. He was just as kind as her mother in most aspects, and he had a good sense of humor.
Kagome laid Shippou down on her bed, which she found was a modern bed instead of the futons she had encountered at Sesshoumaru's castle. It was a rather large one, and had a sky blue comforter and several pillows of all shapes and sizes.
She then walked out onto the balcony and looked down at the flowers. She wondered how much of her childhood here had formed the way she acted now. This room, she surmised, is why she did not like having to stay in other rooms for long periods of time. It felt as if she was not in a room, as if she were free, and she loved it. She looked to the West, and wondered how Sesshoumaru and Rin were doing.
"Who is this?"
"Shippou. I take care of him."
Her father nodded. "I can see, or rather smell that you have not adopted him in youkai terms yet. Would you like to?" Kagome nodded and petted him gentley.
"I do not believe an adoption ritual can make me love him more than I already do, but I would like to make it official." He nodded just as she had.
Shippou swelled with silent happiness that he would be adopted formally, and that Kagome already saw him as her son.
"I knew that you would be here soon, so I kept this safe for you." He then produced the small wrapped bundle she had received from Sesshoumaru. Her passive face evaporated and was replaced with relief, letting out a slight gasp. She had thought she had lost it.
"Thank you. I was wondering where it had gone." She gentley took it from him, and hugged it against her. "I assume you found it when I blacked out." He nodded. "The fever disoriented my sense of direction. I do not see why I had to get so sick before the change was complete."
"Well, ordinarily you wouldn't have had to. Souta will not have as hard a time as you did."
She raised a brow. "Why is that?"
"Because you are both a youkai and a priestess with great holy power, your power sides where fighting for supremecy. Your youkai power arised when Inuyasha insulted your honor, and your holy power surfaced when he insulted two people you love. Thus, the two sides united for the common goal, which was to punish him. The will to prove yourself was the youkai within you, and the pure want to protect others is the priestess in you."
Kagome didn't see how he knew anything of what had happened when the change had become complete. "How did you know what happened?"
"I knew it would happen before your mother and I put the magic in the well."
"So you can foretell things that will come to pass as well?" He nodded. "Can you read minds as well?"
"No. That was always your mother's specialty."
"Hmm. That would explain how she could always tell if I was trying to hide something from her."
He smiled. "It would.. that and the fact that inuyoukais are able to smell deceit. Would you like a tour around the castle before I show you where you room is?" Kagome nodded, and she followed him out of his study and down the halls. She made a point to remember where the hot springs, the library, and the kitchen were. She would probably make trips to each, and she did not want to have to be shown where they were again. After they had rounded the castle, he stopped in front of a door, and opened it. "This is your room, or rather, it was your room when you were little."
Kagome looked around, and was speechless. She loved her room already. The ceiling was white, but the walls were a sky blue, white clouds painted at the top, and a beautiful forest scene all around the lower part of the walls. Flowers and butterflies of many colors, shapes, and sizes were the most abundant in the floral design, and Kagome felt as if she were outside in nature. She hated to be enclosed in a room, but this didn't feel like a room.. It was her sanctuary, and it had a balcony that looked out on the garden in the back of the castle. It was perfect. "I love it. Thank you." She smiled, and bowed slightly. He made a motion for her to come closer to him.
She walked over until she was within arm reach of him, and blinked her passive face once more in place. He drapped one arm across her shoulder.
"You do not have to be so formal with me, Kagome. Formalities are only necessary when we are around other lords."
Kagome nodded. "I understand, but I do not know how to act around you. When I get comfortable," she smiled a bit devilishly, "you will wish for the formalities back."
He grinned and gave her a hug. "If you need anything, you will be able to find me in my study. See you later, little Shippou." He patted him on the head and left.
She knew she would warm up to her father in no time at all. He was just as kind as her mother in most aspects, and he had a good sense of humor.
Kagome laid Shippou down on her bed, which she found was a modern bed instead of the futons she had encountered at Sesshoumaru's castle. It was a rather large one, and had a sky blue comforter and several pillows of all shapes and sizes.
She then walked out onto the balcony and looked down at the flowers. She wondered how much of her childhood here had formed the way she acted now. This room, she surmised, is why she did not like having to stay in other rooms for long periods of time. It felt as if she was not in a room, as if she were free, and she loved it. She looked to the West, and wondered how Sesshoumaru and Rin were doing.