InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ My Story: A Human 'Tail' ❯ One Day ( Chapter 8 )

My Story: A Human `Tail'

Chapter 7- One Day

 

 

 

It's been 2 months since that fateful day, where I was found washed up on the beach. That's how long I've been living at Sango's, 2 months, and I am very grateful.

 

None of the family knows my secret yet, and I plan to keep it that way for as long as I can. I've tried to pay Sango back a number of times with money from the job she had gotten me seven weeks ago, but she will have none of it. She just keeps saying “you keep it dear”, “You need it more then I do” Or “No need to pay me back, I'm glad to do it.” I finally came to the conclusion that no matter how much I beg, she won't take it. I even tried shoving it in her pouch when she's not looking, but some how she always knows what I'm doing. It's like she can read minds or something!

 

For the past seven weeks I have been working at the weapon & Antiques shop down in the village. Sango had helped me get the job, but I love working there. In the past few weeks I've come to notice Mr. Farrell as my teacher and advisor, and he kind of reminded me of the Grandpa I always wish I had.

 

Mr. Myoga Farrell, My Boss. He's one of the wisest people I know, full knowledge and advice. It's like he knows things that nobody else does, not even yourself. He looks past all of my differences, and sees me for me.

 

I've come to know the story behind every artifact found in his shop, and I have even made a few good bargains for them, which Myoga was proud of. Though I sold quite a few artifacts, I do my share of work as well, not just selling items. I sweep the shop and carefully clean the artifacts and I've officially taken up the job of making Lunch.

 

After my first day working for Myoga, I found that he was a terrible cook. Not that I was any better, for I've lived in the sea all of my life (never had to cook anything in the water…Its kind of impossible), but I HAD been taking a few lessons from Sango.

 

She seemed utterly surprised that I didn't know how to cook, but she just overlooked it and helped me anyways.

 

Besides Work, I've gotten little Shippo to open up a bit to me. It took one month just to get him to talk to me though. But I think he's starting to trust me now, so he began speaking to me more, answering my questions, letting me play games with him. It makes me happy to know he is not uncomfortable to be around me anymore.

 

Well that's enough reminiscing for now. Right now I have to get to work.

 

I walk into the shop, and give my usual greeting to Myoga. And get straight to work.

I pick up a clean cloth, and begin to wipe down the glass.

 

I can't wait till next week. I had found out from Myoga not two days ago, that once every three months he goes on a trip, lasting from two to six days, And on these trips he goes hunting for some new artifacts to polish up and sell in his shop. It sounds so exciting, and I was so happy when he asked me if I would like to accompany him on this trip.

 

When I Had lived in the sea, I had gone looking for interesting things hidden beneath the sand. I sort of had a collection. I'm sure Myoga would love some of the things I Have hidden in my cave. You would be surprised how much you can come across with in 150 years.

 

Yes I know I'm 19. 19 in the years of my folk, if you went by Human years I would be around 171 years old.

 

Remember how I told you that we merfolk's age differently. Well One year for us would be like 9 years for a human. But most merfolk lose track of their age after a while, for if you don't know, my species are immortal, unless they either are eaten, torn to shreds or are forced to eat a piece of Tyra plant, then they will most likely cease to exist in this world.

 

Just To inform you, merpeople have very fast healing powers, so if we were fatally injured it would take us only an hour to be fully healed with out a scar. Another thing is any part of the Tyra plant, the roots, stem, leaves, anything, is Lethal to us.

To humans on land the Tyra leaf is used for healing, if given to one with Mer-blood, then they would most likely die. So needless to sa—

 

“Kagome come here for a moment” I hear Myoga say

 

I went to check it out. I was so deep in my thoughts before I didn't notice that I had already finished cleaning the glass.

 

I look up at Myoga and then he continues.

 

“It seems we don't have that much work to do today, so how about we close the shop for a bit, have some lunch and then I could teach you to make a bow?”

 

I nod my head and quickly answer.

 

“I would really like that”

 

Then I noticed that it was already noon. I must have been lost in my thoughts for a while then. Oh well, I can't do anything about it now.

 

I quickly closed the shop, and went into the back to make something for lunch. Today I'm making some kind of stew that I learned from Sango the other day.

 

As soon as we finished eating, I clean up the plates and eagerly waited for Myoga.

 

“Come with me” was all he said.

 

And I followed. We went into the woods that bordered his shop, and he began looking around.

 

“Look for a long stick” he told me

 

So I did. When I found one, a nice long and flexible one, I went back over to him, and I found he had one as well, along with two long pieces of string, and a knife.

 

We sat down in a clearing and he began to teach me the art of making bows. With the dagger he told me to make notches in the wood. So I did. When I was done, he taught me how to tie the string and string the bow. It wasn't bad for my fist time, but it couldn't beat the ones in the shop. Afterward we went looking for some thinner branches. Twigs almost, and he helped me create arrows. Sloppy, not very straight arrows mind you but, they were Arrows none the less.

 

“After you know the basics” he told me “you can start to paint them, carve them, find which kind of wood suits you best, and what string you would like to string it up with, the rock you would like as an arrow head and anything else you might think of.”

 

That statement made me brighten a little.

 

Mark my words…One day; I will create a bow that rivals HIS! Maybe not today, maybe not next week, Heck maybe not even this year, but one day.

 

 

A/N: Hey guys, hope you like. I would just like to set a few things straight for you so you won't be confused. Well first off, Myoga is like a Grandfather to Kagome. He's all knowing (not in the sense of knowledge, but he always seems to know what's going on). He's sort of like Dumbledore from Harry Potter, Gandalf from the Lord of the Rings, or even Azlan from the Chronicles of Narnia, where they always seem to know things, even when you do not.

 

And secondly, the Tyra plant. There is no such thing as a Tyra plant. But in my story it is a healing plant found on land and in water (even salt water), but for Merfolks it is very lethal, and deadly. Kind of like the whole theory of Vampires and Garlic or silver, except more deadly.

 

Ok that's about it for now

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