InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ How Do We Learn to Love the Ones We Hate? ❯ Wedding Freak Out ( Chapter 10 )

Disclaimer: I own absolutely no characters created by Rumiko Takahashi; as much as I wish I was brilliant enough to come up with these characters, but I did not. This goes for everything but the ideas, a lot are spin-offs of different ideas in the story, but other are completely off the charts for weirdness and/or not related to Takahashi's work at all.

 

Wedding Freak Out

 

Maybe it would have been easier if Rin had just give up in the first place, but since she hadn't, she was forced to resort to methods like faking low blood and energy to get away from everyone. She had even gone so far as to sneak out of her room to read the book when Shippo had fallen asleep in her chair.

 

Like every story goes, Rin forgot the chapter and page the librarian had told her and so she had been reading through the entire damn thing. It was huge, immensely huge. And needless to say, even though she had spent over a week sneaking away to read it, she was only on chapter 13 out of 922, page 126 out of 1,923,368 pages in the entire book. Yeah, it was that freakishly huge.

 

Rin flipped another page, shifting so she was on her stomach in a more comfortable position, stretched out on her king sized bed. Some of the information was intriguing, like the conversion of demons to humans through curses caused by jewel demons, and the complete list of dynasties that had ruled in the world since the beginning of time. But other things, like the complete list of humans and demons killed by the rulers of those dynasties were just a waste of paper.

 

Rin turned the page again. Oh brother. She sighed. Now I have to read through the step-by-step process of how to birth a deer demon infant, brilliant. What deer demon mother would let you get near her if she was pregnant anyway?

 

Oh great, now I get to read through whether or not demons can haunt this world as ghosts. She flipped through the next few pages to see what was next. And then we get to a summary of how cougar demons came to be. Through evolution, or through interbreeding? Christ all mighty.

 

`You know…' a small voice in her head reasoned, `you could just go back to the librarian and ask.'

 

`Too risky.' She shot back. `If I'm seen, I'm screwed.'

 

`But---'

 

`No.' she said flatly, and continued reading.

 

`Well why don't you just scan it?'

 

`What it?'

 

`You know, skim the lines so you don't have to read everything.'

 

`Ha ha, very funny.' Rin scowled and shut herself off from talking to herself. The last thing she needed was for people to think that she was crazy because she was having conversations with herself.

 

“Hey.” Shippo smiled as he walked in the door, Rin quickly flipped the book shut.

 

“Hey yourself.” She returned with a smile.

 

“So, well Kagome wants to see you, in a nut shell. It would take me two days to repeat the speech she wanted me to give you.”

 

Rin laughed, standing up to go hug him. “What about?”

 

“Girl stuff.” Shippo shrugged. “I wouldn't really know.”

 

Rin threw her head back and laughed again, finding it very easy to be happy right now. “Well the, I'll go see for myself. Bye.” She waved and jogged out the door.

 

Kagome's room seemed awfully loud compared to the usual giggle of her and her friend Sango. Rin raised an eyebrow and pressed an ear to the door, catching things like `think she'll like…what if she… this is so exiting!... I hope… but…' before knocking, giggling at the shushing coming from within.

 

“Rin!” Kagome said excitedly and grabbed her hand, pulling her in and sitting her down in a chair before Rin could even blink.

 

“What---?” Rin tried to get up as fourteen seamstresses came at her, but Ayame pushed her back down.

 

“Oh hush!” Ayame play scolded. “You are not walking down that isle without a presentable dress.”

 

“Presentable?” Rin wailed skeptically as one more seamstresses appeared to block the door. The others closed in and began measuring her arms and bust. Then pulled her up to measure neck, legs, and waist.

 

“Don't I get an opinion---”

 

“Nope.” Sango cut her off playfully.

 

“But what is this for---?”

 

“Nope.”

 

“But cant I---”

 

“Nope.”

 

“---call Shippo---”

 

“Nope.”

 

“---and ask him---”

 

“Nope.”

 

“---what his opinion---”

 

“Nope.”

 

“---is?”

 

“Nope.”

 

“But---”

 

“Nope.”

 

“Sang---” Rin began, trying to use her puppy dog eyes on the demon slayer princess.

 

“Nope.” Sango shook her head, smiling the whole time.

 

Rin sighed and braced herself as the women began stripping her down to her underwear.

 

“What do you want it to be like?” one asked.

 

“I don't even know what this is for!” Rin squawked.

 

“Wedding dress.” Kagome said bluntly, as if it was painfully obvious.

 

Rin started laughing, and then hyperventilating. “Whoa, hold on, wait!” Rin held up one finger, waving her other hand at the seamstresses to shoo them away. “Wedding dresses are out!”

 

“Are you crazy?” Ayame threw her hands in the air. “Every major and miniscule kingdom in the entire northern region is coming, and some from the western and southern regions too!” she threw in as an after fact.

 

“But---!”

 

“No!” Sango said again. “You need to be gorgeous for the kings and queens of, well… everywhere!”

 

“What happened to presentable?” Rin pleaded.

 

“We thought you wouldn't freak out if we told you that.” Kagome shrugged. “See, we shouldn't have told her.” She said to Ayame.

 

“Alright, alright, my bad.” Ayame sighed, shrugging.

 

“But---”

 

“No!” Sango said again.

 

Rin groaned as the women rushed at her again, pulling out yard after yard of silk and lace. “Covered or… `less'-covered skin?” the first one asked.

 

“Covered.” Rin said immediately.

 

“Make it… sort of covered.” Kagome corrected. “I don't know about anyone else, but I want to see Shippo blush.” Ayame and Sango laughed, nodding in agreement.

 

“Yes miss.” The woman bowed.

 

“Now miss Rin.” Another said, coming forward. “How does a floor length satin and silk sound?”

 

“It---”

 

“We'll do long sleeves for the upcoming predicted first frost, and to accommodate Lady Kagome, we'll do a tight bodice and low neck.”

 

“I guess that's…ok.”

 

“Then shall I get started?” the woman reached for her measuring tape.

 

“I suppose.” Rin muttered.

 

The woman smiled and began shouting out length after length to an assistant with a notepad and pen.

 

“How many pearls Lady Kagome?” the woman in charge of jewelry asked her.

 

“No pearls! Rin snapped in her direction. I want this at least a little bit simple!”

 

“Do as many as you can without making her look stupid.” Kagome said thoughtfully, completely ignoring Rin. “And why don't you throw in a few of some other jewels too?”

 

“Yes ma'am.” The lady bowed and snapped her fingers, signaling for six women, each with heavy metal chests to come closer. The chests were stuffed full of diamonds, pearls, emeralds, rubies, amethyst and sapphires.

 

She rustled threw the first one and selected over 50 pearls, placing them on a cushion another assistant was holding, she then chose 15 diamonds, 50 rubies, 20 amethyst and 20 emeralds holding up to Rin's chest one at a time to see how they would fit into the pattern.

 

Meanwhile, the first and second in charge had finished measuring and every available woman was stitching away at light speed; the dress was already halfway done.

 

The third woman pulled up a table and the woman in charge of jewelry began arranging her selections on the surface, after a while, coming out with a rose and a necklace. The rose was made of rubies, with amethyst and diamonds on the petals to represent shadowing and light; the emeralds made up the stem, two leaves and thorns. The necklace was a string of pearls, each only a quarter of an inch in diameter with the remaining ones creating a tiny white fox.

 

“It's… gorgeous.” Rin breathed as she stepped closer to get a better look.

 

“The rose will sit on your right hip, wrapping around to end on your stomach and thigh. And you… wear the necklace.”

 

Rin looked down at her middle, picturing herself huge with Shippo's child. She was actually pregnant.

 

“Yeah, well, Kagome…” Rin said, shrugging away from the finished dress, “I really need to go take care of something. I, well…” she edged towards the door, “I've got to go.” She dashed out.

 

“Rin---!” Kagome stood and prepared to chase after her friend.

 

“Sew the jewels on while I'm gone!” Rin yelled over her shoulder.

 

Rin looked back down at her middle and touched her stomach lightly. I have to find a way to become a demon. I'm going to live forever with my family if it kills me!

 

Ballroom Balcony

 

Sango peeked around the corner before taking a step out into the open, and bumping right into Bankotsu.

 

“Hello Lady Sango.” He caught her and smiled politely, knowing full well why she was gaping with her jaw on the floor. “My apologies for bumping into you so rudely like that.”

 

“No!” Sango said quickly. “It really wasn't a problem, I swear!”

 

Miroku gritted his teeth as he looked on at the scene from where Sango had been just a moment ago.

 

“Well I hope you can forgive me anyway. Now if you'll excuse me.” He bowed and ducked around her, walking down yet another passageway in the monstrous garden.

 

Sango stood with her hand to her chest, trying to put enough pressure on her lungs to stop hyperventilating.

 

We hugged. It wasn't a real hug, but I was in his arms for a second there. And he smiled! She shivered with excitement.

 

Miroku growled, despite his efforts to keep his voice box silent.

 

Oh to hell with it! He snapped mentally before striding out into the open and plastering a smile on. “Lady Sango?”

 

“Oh, hello Miroku.” Sango said absently.

 

“Lady Sango, can I ask you something?” he said, reaching inconspicuously into his robes and gripping the sutras.

 

“Go ahead.” She murmured, continuing to look after the spot where Bankotsu had left. Turn away! What's wrong with me? I can't look away from there. Ok, stay calm, just ask Miroku to help you; he's a monk after all.

 

“Miroku, can I ask you something instead?” she interrupted before he had begun talking.

 

“Of course my lady.” He said confusedly.

 

Can you undo hypnosis spells? “Can you just leave me alone?” she said with a smile.

 

“I-I'm sorry?” he stuttered.

 

Sango froze. What did I…? Ok, just ask if he knows about hypnosis.

 

“Don't you know anything about a girl's heart?” she said smartly, freezing afterwards as she heard what came out of her mouth, but she couldn't stop the flow of words as they continued.

 

“If you were anything but a perverted, womanizing common monk, you might have just a little bit more intelligence in your puny little masochistic mind to realize that I've been trying to get rid of you for the past few days. And while I'm at it, I'll say that I don't appreciate you following me around like a stalker all the time.”

 

“I---” he began. Purely grief-stricken, he gripped the sutras tighter.

 

“Yes?” she said seductively. No! Stop! Don't say anything else! “Did your slowed mind actually think of anything to say?”

 

Bankotsu chuckled at the seen, he couldn't help it, it was funny. This small girl was chewing out a young man who was currently tongue tied through embarrassment and sadness. Ah well, it was fun to watch for a while, now, where would Kagome be at a time like this? He turned at stepped lightly away.

 

“Can you even comprehend the idea of a woman hating you?” she said more forcefully. No! STOP! “Shall I spell it out again?”

 

“Forgive me!” he said suddenly and pressed three matching sutras against her forehead, jolting back as they sparked with purple electricity.

 

Sango screamed. It hurt. It hurt a lot. Her hands leapt to her head and scratched at the paper, tearing at them frantically when they wouldn't come off.

 

No! Make it stop! Please! Something screamed inside her, and Sango was shocked at how much it didn't sound like her own words.

 

Her vision began to blur, and suddenly she was thrown back with a force that a full-grown mountain dog couldn't inflict. She slammed into the wall and sucked breath into her sore and stinging lungs. She looked up and froze at what was in her place: another Sango, with jet-black irises that blended with her pupils so well, you couldn't tell one from the other.

 

Miroku's hands were at the ready on his staff, he was in a stance to throw himself in front of Sango if it came to that. Sango pushed herself off of the ground slowly, breathing deeper in shock when the… thing smiled at her as if it were a sister.

 

“Hello.” The Sango-remake said softly, as if it… she was trying to be seductive.

 

“What are you?” Miroku demanded, sliding his feet farther apart into a better-balanced fighting stance.

 

“I'm Sango.” It said plainly.

 

“Well forgive me then Lady Sango.” Miroku said sarcastically and charged it. The new Sango smiled wickedly and easily stepped out of the way in the nick of time, kicking Miroku in the back of the head when she had gained the upper ground behind him.

 

“Miroku!” Sango crawled over to him, finding her knees still to weak from the blow to walk.

 

“I'm alright.” He reassured her, using his staff to get back up after pulling his head out of the wall.

 

The Sango-remake laughed maliciously, sending shivers up Sango's spine. The copy turned its head to the side as someone's footsteps were head coming closer, and Kagome walked into view.

 

“Kagome! Look out---” Sango tried to get up to dive in between the copy and Kagome, but found that she, Miroku and Kagome were the only ones in the hallway.

 

“What's the matter Sango?” Kagome dashed over and took her arm, pulling her up.

 

“Uh, I… I don't…” Sango looked down the length of the hall, but found nothing, not even a trace of evil aura.

 

“Lady Sango was hypnotized.” Miroku said for her, leaning against the wall for support.

 

“Hypnotized?!” Kagome shrieked.

 

“By some sort of demon sealed in a note, I've take care of the note, but the demon disappeared after being expelled from Lady Sango's mind.”

 

“Well we have to find it!” Kagome yelled and dashed off, yelling Inuyasha's name as she went. Sango and Miroku were right behind her, looking in each shadow for the demon.

 

The Sango copy looked on at the scene from the large rafters and fixed Kagome's image in her mind, trying it out for hell's sake, and smirking as she looked down to see Kagome's body instead of Sango's now.

 

I must find master Bankotsu now. It turned away and jumped gracefully out the window, fixing every female's form in her mind as she went, just in case.

 

Rin's Room

 

Rin had fallen asleep on the book, snoring so softly, it wouldn't even be noticeable to humans. Shippo knocked and walked in when there was no answer, smiling and lifting her gently from the chair to the bed. He paused before leaving and looked back at the book, it was huge.

 

How to turn Mongoose demon's eyes yellow? Why would she be reading about that? He flipped through the next few pages out of curiously. Jellyfish demons, Pelican demons, fox demons… huh?

 

Shippo sat down and began reading at a speed tens times faster than humans to get through it before Rin woke up. Fox demon sightings, fox demons are tricksters… he blinked, well duh. Kits, half fox demons, I wonder if that's what she was looking for.

 

He turned the page again and nearly chocked on air, his breathing accelerating despite his efforts to stay calm as he read the first page of the next chapter.

 

(Anything in between ~~s is written in a book ) ~The Transformation Between Humans and Demons

 

The first things to remember is that this is a dangerous procedure, we highly suggest that you find comfort in being what you are, be that a demon, half demon or human. It is always better and even safer to be happy with what you are. But even then, if you are still wishing to become a demon or a human, we will show you the steps to completing the transformation. The first precaution to remember is that you should always know the reason you want to change. It will most likely kill you if you just want to become a demon, because… you… just want to. This procedure depends heavily on your blood, so if your heart isn't in the decision, it won't accept the change and will stop. The best time to change is when you want to change because you have fallen in love with a human or a demon. Your heart is therefore greatly in the decision, and will accept it without a second thought. The first step for demons becoming human is to~

 

Shippo growled and flipped through the next three pages of the book until he came across how humans could become demons, and glued himself to the book for the next two hours, reading all the steps.

 

~The transformation of human to demons is relatively simple compared to demons to humans. It is also relatively safe, because you don't need not cancel out demon blood, which in most cases, isn't easy to annul. The process of becoming a human to demon is to overpower your human blood with demon blood of the breed of demon that you want to become. Don't get all excited and run off to just cut yourself and pour demon blood in it, because there are a few more steps before that to make it work, and so it wont kill you.

Be sure to have the blood of the demon ready, it isn't necessary for the mixture right now, but it's better so you don't accidentally become the wrong type of demon

I know this will sound weird, but you need to be in water up to at least your knees, under a new moon

Use the chart below to find the plant which you should use depending on the type of demon

 

Crowsfoot

Horsetail

Cowstail

Leonotis (Lion)

Cattail

Butterfly Bush Flowers

Rat Tail Cactus

Tiger Lily

Dogwood

Buckeye

Goatsbeard

Foxglove

Bull's Eye

Spider Plant

Elephant Ear

Dragonflower

Owl Eyes

White Rabbit Foot

Leopard Plant

Crocodile Geranium

Bear's Paw Fern

Giant Elkhorn

Coyote Brush

Lion's Tail

Monkeyflower

Zebra Grass

Place the flower or plant in the water, preferably so it floats on the surface

Create a small incision, it really doesn't have to be big at all

Pour at least three drops of the demon blood onto your open wound

Pour at least another three drops of blood into the water (this can step can be executed at anytime during these steps)

 

The transformation will complete in hours, the time depending on your age and the age of the demon. You may be in pain during the process, some people have mentioned burning, or an ice feeling in the blood, but my transformation was painless, in fact, I didn't feel anything.

 

Beware for some uneasiness for the first month or so. When becoming a demon, it sometimes takes even a year to adjust to the sensitive smell, hearing, touch, taste and other things. You may also have trouble getting used to claws when you first get them. Because a demon's skin is tough, you might not cut yourself very much, but it's better to warn you. And demons have a very difficult time getting used to the feeling of vulnerability without their senses and protection.~

 

Death, death, death… please tell me she wasn't looking for this. He glanced back at Rin before his eyes pulled back to the book like a magnet.

 

Shippo sucked in a quick breath as Rin stirred and tore out the one page with all the directions and warnings for humans, then decided on tearing out the pages on demon transformations too; just in case this is what Rin was looking for, and she tried the demon process out on herself, thinking that they couldn't be very different. He tucked them inside his jacket and stepped lightly to Rin's side, lying down with her. He wrapped his arms around her and frowned at first in confusion before smiling. There was a baby bump on her stomach.

 

The Maze

 

Bankotsu smiled at the sun. Actually, at how hot the sun was. His eyes were closed, and he was imagining that the heat was the blaze was the maze on fire after he and the Band of Seven had destroyed the Takashi lands.

 

“Bankotsu.”

 

He turned his head to the right. Oh god, that stupid Sango wench again.

 

“Yes?” he plastered a smile on his face and asked as politely as he could.

 

Sango smiled too before her eyes went black. Bankotsu blinked, had he just imagined that her eyes had been brown?

 

Sango smiled again and her body and clothes went pitch black before her color returned, but this time, Sango wasn't standing in front of him, Kagome was.

 

“So,” Bankotsu smirked as he realized what had happened and what she was.

 

The Kagome copy smiled and nodded, walking forward and sitting down next to him, becoming Kikyo as she did.

 

“Let's hope Inuyasha wont get jealous.” Bankotsu said evilly. The Kikyo copy nodded.

 

“You got a name?” Bankotsu asked. “So I don't accidentally get the wrong person when I call for you.”

 

“hmm… You can call me Fukuhon.” She switched back to Kagome in a moment of blackness and smiled sweetly, her head cocking slightly to the side. Bankotsu almost smiled at how cute Kagome looked when she smiled like that. (Fukuhon means copy, or duplicate in Japanese.)

 

“And so the war begins soon.” He said quietly, the Kagome duplicate nodded and smiled at the sun.

 

 

 

 

 

 

Finally! Sorry it took me so long! I've been having trouble with getting all of my work done for preparing for finals!