InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Kids Will Be Kids ❯ Youkai No More ( Chapter 18 )

Disclaimer: HAHA! You thought I owned InuYasha?! Well you were wrong! You hear me?! WRONG! HAHA! I laugh at my own pain! *starts balling*

 

 

Chapter 18:Youkai No More

“This is reporter Trisha Takanowa coming to you live in Tokyo, Japan where the large numbers of low level youkai attacks have finally ceased. Thanks to all of our skilled youkai exterminators!” The reporter announced on the news.

 

“YAY! No more youkai attacks!” Kagome yelled happily jumping up and down in the small living room. Her grandpa laughed from his spot on the armchair. “Calm down Kagome. I know you're excited-“

 

He was interrupted by the happy squeals from Sota who was glad to see his big sister so excited. “You're happy too Sota!” She exclaimed picking up her little brother and giving him a hug. This just made Sota even happier.

 

“Me get hug?” Shippo asked pouting because he was at a lack of attention. Kagome giggled. “Of course Shippo. How could I forget you?” With that she picked up the tiny kitsune and gave him a big bear hug. “Me no breathing Kagome.” Shippo wheezed.

 

Kagome realized she was pretty much crushing him and loosened her grip considerably. “Oops. Sorry Shippo.”

 

“How come Sota get soft hug and me get hard hug?” Shippo grumbled indignantly. Kagome had to giggle at him again. Shippo just said and did the cutest things. “Because Sota's a baby and you're a big boy… Right?”

 

“YES! Me big boy!” Shippo shouted puffing out his chest with pride.

 

Her mother walked into the living room hearing all of the noise. She smiled warmly at her daughter. “Someone's excited I see.”

 

“Mom! Can I go play with InuYasha, Sango, and Miroku?”

 

“Don't forget me!” Shippo yelled jumping on Kagome's shoulder. Her mother giggled. “Of course Kagome.”

 

“Thanks Mom!” She said gratefully hugging her mother's leg.

 

Kagome rushed to the front door with Shippo still perched on her shoulder. “Bye Gramps! Bye Sota!”

 

“Goodbye Kagome.” Her grandfather called from the living room. Sota just squealed and babbled happily.

 

She ran straight for InuYasha's house and knocked on the door. Her grin getting even larger as her favorite hanyou answered the door.

 

“InuYasha!” Kagome screamed launching herself at him in a hug. This startled him quite a lot. “GAH! Kagome, it's only been three days.” He stated blushing madly. “I know, but I missed you.” She chirped looking up at him.

 

“Hi InuYasha.” Shippo greeted now perched atop his head. “Hey look there's the ears.” He said fascinated and gave one a tug.

 

“Watch the ears would ya, Runt?!”

 

Kagome giggled and broke it up by dragging InuYasha off; somehow knowing Sesshomaru knew they were leaving. Well he could probably hear them. “Come on. We're not going to get to Sango and Miroku if you two keep bickering.”

 

When they knocked on Sango's door it immediately opened and Sango threw herself at Kagome. “Kagome! I missed you.”

 

“Me too!” She squealed hugging her friend back. “May I remind you it's only been three days?” InuYasha remarked from the porch. “SO?!” The shouted the girls shouted in unison. “Three days seems like forever!”

 

“Girls and their timelines.” He grumbled.

 

Miroku was a whole other story.

 

They knocked on his door to have the lecherous third grader himself answer it. “KAGOME, SANGO!” He spread his arms open wide as to offer them a hug. But he was responded by crickets chirping.

 

Miroku pouted. “No hug for me?” He questioned sadly. Kagome and Sango looked at each other. “One condition.” They answered at the same time. “You keep your hands behind your back.” Kagome stated simply.

 

“But then how would I hug you back?”

 

“Miroku, it's the only way to keep your hands from `slipping'.” Sango even emphasized “slipped” by making air quotation marks with her fingers.

 

Miroku bowed his head in defeat. “Okay.” His head suddenly shot up with a huge grin on his face. “Anything to hug two lovely ladies.”

 

Kagome and Sango couldn't help but to laugh and roll their eyes. Then Miroku got his hugs from the girls.

 

“Miroku's a weird person.” Shippo stated still on top of InuYasha's head. “You've finally said something I can agree on. And would you get offa my head already?!”

 

“Park?” Kagome inquired giddily.

 

“Yep!” Miroku and Sango agreed. “But we already went to the park.” InuYasha groaned. “Please InuYasha. I LOVE the park. Please, oh please, oh PLEASE!” Kagome begged.

 

InuYasha sighed. “Okay, fine.”

 

“YAY!” Kagome, Sango, Miroku, and Shippo yelled racing off to the park. After a moment InuYasha took off after them. It wasn't like it was hard to catch up.

 

Kagome was running really fast. “God Kagome! What did you have for breakfast? You're so hyper.” InuYasha stated with a chuckle running beside her.

 

“I don't know. I'm just really happy. I missed you guys.” She panted with a huge smile on her face.

 

“Me missed you guys too!” Shippo shouted having to run on all fours to keep up.

 

Getting to the park, they were all very glad that the youkai hadn't managed to destroy it. And other children had come back to the park probably to celebrate the ability to go outside again like everyone else was doing.

 

Kagome grinned. “Five person teeter-totter?”

 

“YEAH!”

 

Kagome and Sango sat on one side while InuYasha and Miroku sat on the other, Shippo sitting directly in the middle of it. When they started pushing up and down Shippo swayed from side to side.

 

“Faster! Faster!” Shippo giggled clapping his hands.

 

They all started giggling when they started going really fast. Shippo had to stand up to keep from falling off of it all together. Kagome jumped off of the teeter-totter and ran over to a speaker hoping one of her friends would catch her drift.

 

“Hello?” She called into it.

 

“This is General Silver Fang. Where are you private?”

 

Kagome giggled. “I'm at the other side of the battle field sir. They're shooting the canons at us!”

 

“Get out of there!” InuYasha yelled into the other speaker.

 

“No! We can't they have us surrounded sir!” Sango shouted dramatically into Kagome's speaker.

 

“Then I'm coming over there stat!”

 

Miroku jumped out of nowhere and pinned Kagome and Sango to the ground. “Oh no! They've got us!”

 

“RAWR!” InuYasha growled knocking Miroku off of them. “Run! Run!” He commanded standing up and getting in his battle stance.

 

Kagome and Sango both nodded and ran up the stairs of playground to watch. Miroku stood up and got in his battle stance too. Then both boys commenced into a… SLAP FIGHT!

 

After a few minutes of the slap fight Miroku fell over. “Ble, you killed me.” InuYasha stepped on his chest. “Damn right I did.”

 

“Miroku!” Sango yelled. “Wait, isn't he our enemy?” Kagome asked.

 

“Oh yeah… YAY! Miroku's dead!”

 

Miroku lifted his head off of the ground. “Hey don't celebrate my death.” He whined.

 

“Well you attacked my privates.” InuYasha stated pressing his foot down a little bit more on Miroku's chest. “I don't even have any privates.”

 

There was an awkward silence.

 

“That didn't really sound right.” InuYasha said shaking his head. “That sounded nasty.” Miroku agreed. The girls looked at each other then fell over laughing and pointing at the boys. After they had their fill of laughing at Miroku and InuYasha they played Tic-Tac-Toe on the Tic-Tac-Toe board.

 

“Can you get your foot off of me?” Miroku questioned.

 

“No, I'm enjoying this.”

 

“GO INUYASHA!” Kagome screamed.

 

“WOOHOO!” Sango cheered also enjoying Miroku being unable to move.

 

“Yay!” Shippo shouted happily.

 

InuYasha grinned arrogantly. “Thank you, thank you.”

 

“Get off!” Miroku yelled pushing InuYasha off of him.

 

“AH!” Kagome, Sango, and Shippo shouted in terror. “I'm gonna get you guys!” Miroku declared running up the stairs. “AH!” They yelled again making their escape down the slide. Miroku followed and chased them around the whole park.

 

“Save us!” Kagome and Sango shouted; now being the only ones being chased by Miroku because Shippo sat out.

 

InuYasha swooped down, picked Kagome up, and put her down on top of the monkey bars.

 

“Hey! No fair! Save me!” Sango whined.

 

“Oh, come on Sango. You can take care of yourself.” InuYasha stated with an amused smile.

 

“Very funny!” She yelled sarcastically.

 

InuYasha and Kagome started laughing when the tables were turned and Sango was the one chasing Miroku after his hand “slipped”.

 

“You get back here Miroku! Come back here and die like a man!”

 

“I'm not a man! I'm merely a boy!”

 

Shippo was currently pounding his fist on the ground in laughter.

 

“I thought they'd be extremely tired by now.” Kagome pointed out not taking her eyes off of her feuding friends. “You'd be surprised how much energy you have when you're running for your life.” At that moment InuYasha looked over at Kagome and could only stare.

 

She was looking at her friends with a big smile on her face like she could burst out laughing again any minute. He loved it when she laughed, when she smiled, and when she was happy in general. Kagome looked really pretty; especially with the sun shining overhead and birds flying in the background. It looked like it was set up that way. But he wasn't complaining.

 

“Um… InuYasha? Are you… Okay?” Kagome asked sounding a bit worried.

 

“Hm? Uh… Yeah, I'm fine.” He answered with a nervous laugh.

 

“Has Sango killed Miroku yet?”

 

InuYasha looked out over the playground until he spotted the two. “Almost, she's got him in a headlock.”

 

“Ooh. I feel kind of sorry for him… GO SANGO!”

 

“Uh oh, Miroku got free.”

 

“He's running again!”

 

“Oh no, wait… Yeah Sango caught up with him.”

 

Shippo was now asleep on a park bench. You'd be surprised. Watching Sango and Miroku at the moment would be quite similar to a wrestling match; although Miroku was getting his butt kicked.

 

“Sango! Please stop chasing me! Uncle! Uncle!” Miroku pleaded as he ran for his life.

 

“Not a chance! You're going to learn your lesson, monk!” She yelled angrily shaking her fist at him, following close behind.

 

“No! No! I'll be good! I PROMISE! I've learned my lesson!”

 

Sango stopped in her tracks. “Really?” She inquired raising an eyebrow. Miroku nodded his head vigorously. “YES! YES! I swear to Buddha!”

 

Sango thought for a moment. “Okay.”

 

“AW! Do you guys know how entertaining that was?!” InuYasha and Kagome shouted disappointedly. Shippo jolted awake and looked around. “Morning yet?”

 

InuYasha brought Kagome down from the monkey bars and she walked over to the little boy. Kagome giggled. “It's been morning, silly.” With that she scooped Shippo up into her arms and cuddled him.

 

“Hey, you guys want to come over to my house?” Sango questioned. “InuYasha still hasn't been and Shippo hasn't either.”

 

Everyone looked at each other. “Sounds fun.” InuYasha, Kagome, Miroku, and Shippo answered in unison with smiles on their faces.

 

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“Whoa.” InuYasha gaped in awe as he looked around the large training room containing, what looked like, hundreds of different kinds of weapons.

 

“I know. Cool, huh?” Kagome asked looking around the room as well.

 

“Alright guys. Grab a weapon and have fun. But… Try not to hurt yourselves… Actually don't hurt yourselves. May I suggest spacing out… Just to be safe.” Sango explained grabbing her trusty Hiraikotsu.

 

She didn't need to speak another word as everyone was already off to find a weapon. Kagome found the bows and arrows. She grabbed a green bow and quiver full of arrows that Sango had just for her; and how she appreciated it.

 

Miroku found a gold sword that reminded him much of his monk staff so he gladly took it. Shippo wandered around the room merely looking around since he probably couldn't even pick up half of the weapons in the entire room. That is, until he found a tiny rubber mallet. He smiled picking up off of the shelf and sat down, banging the floor with it. It was concrete flooring after all and Sango said it was okay.

 

InuYasha came across a Katana that caught his eye for some reason or another. He picked it up looking it over. It was pretty old by the looks of it; the sword was rusted and looked like it had weathered a bit over the years. “Hey Sango, what's this?” He questioned holding the sword up.

 

Sango came over followed by Kagome and Miroku. “Oh that. We don't really know actually. No one has ever been able to use it really because of how dull the blade is. It can't even cut paper.” Sango shook her head. “It's said that it will shock a full-blooded youkai as well. It's almost like no one could ever possibly wield that sword. So, as a result, it just sits here in the training room where no one has touched it in centuries.”

 

“Do you have any idea where this thing came from?” InuYasha asked looking it over again.

 

Sango shrugged. “No idea whatsoever.” Kagome noticed InuYasha interest in it and became very curious. “You're pretty interested in that sword aren't you?”

 

InuYasha nodded. “I don't know there's just something about it.”

 

“You can have it if you like it. It's not like anyone will miss it.” Sango offered. “Alright, thanks.”

 

“Oh yeah.” Sango reached for a black sheath that looked in much better condition than the actual sword. “You'll want to take the sheath too. Even though it's dull it could probably still cut you.”

 

InuYasha raised an eyebrow. “I thought you said it couldn't cut paper.”

 

“Well I don't know for sure. Just to be on the safe side, take the sheath.” She said shoving it in his hand. Then she turned on her heel and headed back towards her Hiraikotsu to train.

 

There was a silence.

 

Gosh I hate these silences we keep having. Miroku thought. “Hey InuYasha, look at my cool golden sword thingy. It reminds me of my staff… I like it.” He stated holding it up a bit.

 

“That's nice.” InuYasha said paying absolutely no attention to him. Miroku sweatdropped. So much for that idea. “Well I'm going to go… Do stuff with it. Or train… Whatever.” Miroku walked back over to the spot he was training in and continued what he had been doing.

 

“It's kinda nice. So you said you felt drawn to it?” Kagome inquired walking up closer to InuYasha. “Yeah, I don't know. It's a piece of crap but there's something strange about it that caught my eye.” He explained with a shrug.

 

“Okay. Have fun.” Kagome said with a smile. She patted InuYasha on the shoulder and went back to shooting at the targets.

 

What is it about this thing?

 

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Kagome shot an arrow at the target… Quite professionally if she did say so herself. She smiled, nodding her head in satisfaction. She was definitely getting really good at archery. Heck, she could teach an archery class right now.

 

Her grandpa had said something about archery being in the family for centuries. The old man was definitely a history fanatic. Kagome guessed it would probably only get worse with age. One does seem to go insane with extreme age. She shook her head at the thought.

 

She turned to find InuYasha sitting on the floor cross-legged and still examining the sword. He was staring pensively at it, obviously in deep thought; his eyebrows were knitted in a frown although he wasn't sad or mad… Just thinking. There was something she liked about his expression… She just… Couldn't put her finger on it.

 

Kagome liked to see InuYasha happy. For some reason she felt like she was put on this Earth to make his life better. She didn't mind it though because being with him made her happy. InuYasha looked up from the sword and blinked at her, probably feeling her eyes on him.

 

Kagome quickly averted her gaze back to the target and shot another arrow hoping that he wouldn't think anything of it. She really hadn't meant to stare.

 

“Kagome…”

 

“AH!” Kagome jumped and put a hand over her thumping heart. “Gosh, don't do that.” She breathed. InuYasha chuckled. “I told you I'd get payback and you'd never see it coming.” His expression became serious. “But really, are you alright?”

 

“W-What do you mean? I was fine… That is, until you almost gave me a heart attack!”

 

“Well, sorry I didn't know you were that on edge!”

 

“On edge? I am not on edge!”

 

“Yeah, you are.”

 

“No, I'm perfectly fine! You just came out of nowhere!”

 

“What? I've been right over there the whole time!”

 

“Will you two shut up?! I swear you're making ME on edge!”

 

“I'd have to agree with Sango on that one. Why don't you two take a moment to meditate? It will calm you down.” Miroku suggested.

 

InuYasha snorted. “Feh, I don't need to meditate.” With that he sat back down cross-legged and crossed his arms in front of his chest. Kagome sighed and shook her head.

 

What a weird little family they were. Speaking of a family they were acting a lot like their “house” family. Sango the mom, Miroku the dad, Shippo the baby, Kagome the daughter, and InuYasha… Kagome's… Kagome's fiancé? Kagome bit her lip. She actually liked the sound of that. Kagome had no idea what was going on with her lately; she'd have to talk to her mom about it later.

 

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Why was Kagome staring at me? Oh, maybe she was just worried because I was thinking so much about the sword. Yeah, I'm sure that was it. But what if she… She… InuYasha smiled at the thought. Maybe I should talk to Sesshomaru. It would be really awkward but… I guess it would be the best way to figure out what's going on with me. InuYasha decided that he would do that later.

 

He stood up and put the sheathed sword on his belt. It looked pretty good. “We should probably get going now. It's around dinner time.”

 

Kagome checked her wrist watch. “Oh, he's right.” InuYasha grinned. “Of course I'm right.”

 

“Yeah, because you're never wrong.” Kagome stated sarcastically. InuYasha's grin grew. “You're right I- Wait a minute.” His grin immediately fell. Kagome giggled. “Come on Shippo.” Shippo looked up from his mallet. “Time go now?”

 

Kagome nodded. “Yes, we've got to get to dinner.” Shippo smiled. “Okay Kagome.” With that he put the mallet back, ran over to her on all fours, and jumped on her shoulder.

 

“I'd better be going too.” Miroku grabbed Sango's hands in his own. “But I'll see you tomorrow.” Sango just stared at him with a blush on her face. Kagome laughed. “Sango, you can stop staring at Miroku now.” She teased.

 

Sango realized what she was doing and pulled her hands away from Miroku. “I-I wasn't staring!”

 

InuYasha, Kagome, and Shippo rolled their eyes. “Sure you weren't.”

 

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A/N: Okay, one more chapter left. And trust me I'm sad about it too. I feel like I could keep this story going forever but everything has an ending point eventually. Oh yeah and the reporter at the beginning, Trisha Takanowa, if you haven't noticed is the Asian reporter off of Family Guy. I just suck at coming up with names and hers was the first name that popped into my head. So, please stay tuned for the next and final chapter, “Feelings Realized”.

 

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