InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Inuyasha's Summer Vacation ❯ What took you so long? ( Chapter 5 )

Ok, from now on, unless I have something important to say I will just leave the author's note until the end. No one said anything bad about it; it just makes it easier on me to write with out thinking of what you people have said until the end if I haven't answered your questions. Now on with the next chapter.

Inuyasha's Summer Vacation

Chapter 5 What took you so long?

While Kagome and Inuyasha went to the future, that left Miroku and Sango with nothing but time on their hands. Sango had been feeling a little down about Kohaku dying in the last battle, but she understood that it was better for him to rest in peace than be reminded that he had killed his own family. Sesshoumaru had offered to revive him, much to everyone surprise, but Sango said no.

"Things are better this way. He won't have to live with the knowledge of killing them and I won't have to watch him suffer," she said as Inuyasha laid Kohaku's body on Kilala's back.

Miroku stood looking at his hand in disbelief. "It's gone, it's finally gone. I can live and do the things that my father and grandfather couldn't. I can actually find some and settle down. Have a family, not to make sure that we carry on the lineage until Naraku was defeated, but I can watch my children grow up and hopefully marry for love. I can die as an old man." He then started laughing. He laughed so until he cried. He was just so happy that it was finally over.

Sango decided that the morning Inuyasha, Kagome and Shippou left that she would go back to her village to bury her brother's armor along with the remains of her family. She just needed to have some closure before she could move on with her life. `What will I do now? The jewel is complete and I don't have anybody left to go back to.' A tear slid down her cheek as she watched the other leave. `Well I won't think about it until later. Right now I have a job to do.' With that, she turned to walk back to Keade's hut to prepare for her journey. As she past him by Miroku noticed that she was crying, not knowing what to say at that moment, he just laid a hand on her shoulder and with a slight nod let her know that when she was ready to talk he would be there to listen.

Keade sat outside her hut and let her mind wander. It was almost her time to go and she still had a few things left to teach her children. Since Kagome first fell through the well, she had an overwhelming urge to watch over her as if she was her own daughter. In addition, like any mother she wanted to protect her heart from men who only wished to use and abuse her. When Inuyasha was revived, she didn't trust him, because she believed that he was the cause of her sister's death so many years ago. Watching him with Kagome she noticed that there was a connection between the two that was never there with him and Kikyo. Kagome had trusted him from the start, even when he tried to kill her, she forgave him, when he ran off to Kikyo she stuck by him and never doubted him, and when his brother fought against him along with all the other youkai she gave him the strength he needed to win. Kagome taught him how to love from his heart, and to expect that love to be returned. Sango and Miroku were just as bad as the other two. The only thing is that Sango had just lost her family so she didn't have the proper time to mourn for them. Inuyasha and Miroku's family had been gone long enough for them to be able to move on. Sango was brought up differently than most girls. She wasn't taught how to cook, clean and take care of a family like the other girls. She trained as a hunter, a job most of the men taught and was very good as it. She just didn't know how to love some one and be free with it. On the other hand, Miroku was taught how to have sex, but not to love just one person unconditionally. She understood why he was such a lecher. It was what he thought he had to do. It was his mission to defeat Naraku and avenge his family, but if he didn't success he was to have an heir to carry on the family name and vendetta. That was no way for a little boy to grow up.

She smiled as she thought of the smallest member of the group. That was her grandson; well at least she loved him as if he were hers. She watched as he attached him self to Kagome as if a she was his mother. It took awhile but he accepted Inuyasha as his father. Of course, he would never tell this to Inuyasha for fear of the hanyou beating him. At first, the little kitsune saw Inuyasha as a big kid, but as the months soon turned into years, she watched as they learned to love each other as father and son. She had to smile when she thought back to a time when they thought Inuyasha was going to die. He had a few broken ribs, one leg and one arm broken and his face beaten until you could barely recognize him. They were able to retrieve the shard, but Inuyasha looked as thought he wouldn't make it. Shippou cried every day until Inuyasha regained consciousness. He kept saying that it had been his fault that Inuyasha was hurt. If had only stay put like Inuyasha told him then the youkai would have never surprised him.

~*~*~*~*~Flash back~*~*~*~*~

"Shippou stay with Kagome," Inuyasha yelled as he withdrew his sword and charged toward one of the large moose-like demons. Shippou not wanting to be treated like a baby decided to help with his foxfire trick. As he stepped out from behind the tree, he didn't see the other demon behind him. Kagome screamed and Inuyasha turned to see what was going on and the demon he was attacking ran right over him knocking the Tetsuseiga from his hand. Feeling that he was about to die his youkai blood took over and didn't allow him to feel the broken ribs. He took out the first one with not problems, but the last one was much bigger and it took a little longer. The moose rammed him into a tree breaking his leg. When Inuyasha went to strike him from above the moose turned and swung his huge antlers toward him catching and twisting his arm. That sent Inuyasha over the edge, dodging as the moose swung his head once more Inuyasha was able to dig his claws into the demons side and rip him open from his neck down to his under belly.

To make matters worse of all youkai to show up Kouga just happen to be out hunting with some of him pack when he caught Kagome's scent along with the thick scent of blood. Kagome had picked up the Tetsuseiga and was slowly walking toward Inuyasha who looked, as he was barely hanging on to sanity when he smelled Kouga. She was able to get the sword in his hand before Inuyasha turned fully around to face his new opponent. Nevertheless, before Kagome could say anything to avoid a fight Inuyasha launched him self at Kouga. Being that Kouga still had the jewel shards and Inuyasha had not had time to begin healing, Kouga beat him to a pulp. The only way Kagome got Kouga to stop was by telling him that she would hate him for the rest of her life if he killed Inuyasha. He had tried to walk to her and speak, but the look in her eyes made him turn and run saying that he would be back for later.

~*~*~*~*~End Flashback~*~*~*~*~

When Inuyasha finally woke Shippou made sure he had fresh water to drink, a cool cloth to wipe his face and he even made sure that everyone stayed quite so that Inuyasha could rest. Keade smiled as she remembers him running around trying to make everything better and easier for Inuyasha. It wasn't until one day when Inuyasha and Shippou were in the hut be themselves that Inuyasha why was he acting so strange. Until this time, Shippou had never spoken of why there was a change in his attitude towards Inuyasha so he just went about his day without a word to the others.

"Oi, Shippou, what's going on? Why are you acting like this? What kind of trick are you trying to pull?" Inuyasha asked as he watched him warily.

Shippou couldn't say anything, he just looked at Inuyasha like a deer caught in the head lights of a very fast moving car. The hut was so quite that even without his sensitive hearing Inuyasha could have heard the beating of Shippou's heart. Then finally, he couldn't take it any more he ran to Inuyasha, buried his face into his inner kimono and as if his little heart had been broken.

"If I had have stayed like you told me to you wouldn't be hurt. We could be hurting for jewel shards, Kagome could be smiling, everyone would be happy. But no I just had to show you that I could protect Kagome just as well as you. I had to show you that I wasn't a baby. I'm sorry Inuyasha, please forgive. I promise I'll listen to you the next time. Just don't hate me, don't send me away, and don't leave me. I promise to be good from now on."

At any other time the hanyou would have jumped at the chance to beat the younger youkai, but for some reason he just couldn't bring him self to do anything more than to run his claws through his hair trying to sooth him as much as he could. He spoke to him when Shippou had quieted down enough for him to speak.

"I'll tell you what runt, from now on if you promise you'll listen to me, I'll teach how to protect Kagome just like I do. But you can't tell anyone this is a secret between you and me, ok?"

Shippou looked up at him with tears in his eyes and promised that he would do what Inuyasha and to keep the secret. Neither of them knew that Keade had heard the whole thing, but she too promised to keep the secret. Keade shook her head and smiled as she stood up rubbing her lower back the things they have been through at such a young age makes her glad that she was there to help them through it and watch as each one of the older ones mature into the fine young adults they were today. She had no doubt that she would be leaving the village in such capable hands. She turned, walked into the hut, again smiled at the sight before her and said, "What took you so long?"

Miroku and Sango jumped at the sound of her voice that instead of jumping apart moved forward so that their lips met. For about two seconds they stared at each other them slowly closed their eyes and got lost in the moment.

While Keade was outside Miroku took this time to ask Sango if she was all right and if she wanted company on her journey the next day. Sango sat down on her futon and looked over at him as he leaned against the wall. She let her head drop as she told him everything that was on her mind, even the part about now wanting to find some one that she could love and settle down to start a new family. As she sits there pouring out her heart to him, he's thinking about how much he wants to be the one she settles down with. He has been with her for so long that he didn't even noticed that he had walked over to her and pulled her into a hug. He tried his best to pay attention to what she was saying as he tried to offer her some comfort. He had to smile at him self the one time, which he had a chance to be close to her and touch her he didn't want to grope her. It wasn't until he felt a tear on his shoulder that he realized that she was crying. He hugged her a little tighter and let her get it all out of her system.

"Miroku," she started quietly, "why can't you be like this all the time?"

The question had caught him off guard so before he had a chance to think of something other than the truth he told her. "The real reason I grope you is because I'm afraid that you would reject me. Oh, if you only knew how much I really cared for you, but I'm too afraid of being rejected if I left my true feelings show. At times I envy Inuyasha; his youkai allows him to hide his feeling from the world." Miroku thinking that he had said this in his mind was more than a little surprised when Sango turned his face towards her own. And that when Keade walked in and startled them.

She walked towards her room to give them some privacy so that they could sort out their feelings. `Yes this village will be in good hands when it's time for me to go,' thought the older miko as she sat in the corner of the room and the letter that had been delivered to her by a certain demon lord. `I should have known that it was important if he personally hand-delivered this to me. So the time is near for Kagome to take her rightful place next to Inuyasha as the true leaders they were born to be.'

So sorry I know I promised that I would get back to Inuyasha and Kagome, but I left out two of the main characters. They are important as far as helping Kagome train. More to come soon. This time I'm sure that I can do their past in the next few chapters. Bear with me and I promise not to let you down. I'm trying not to go over 3500 words. I don't want people to get bored and skip through to the end and then not understand what going on. Have I answered all of your questions? If not you know what to do.

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