InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Save The Girl ❯ Enter Shippou!!! ( Chapter 5 )

[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]

 

“Yep, he was thinking about Rin” Inuyasha laughed as Miroku joined in.

 

This is not a laughing matter. I have a really bad feeling, ok?!” He growled making them shut up.

 

“Really, I kinda do too.” Inuyasha said.

 

“Me too. What do you supposed this means?” Miroku asked.

 

“I don't know but I don't like it one bit.” Sessh said.

 

“Me neither but we can't do anything about it tonight. Besides we'll see them in the morning” Miroku replied making everyone calm a little but not much, they all had the worst feeling that their friends were in deep trouble.

 

Enter Shippou!!!

 

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The guys all sat in Goshinboku as they watched for the girls. It was well past noon and they were beyond the point of worry. The girls were usually there first and they were never late, NEVER!! It didn't help the matter that even Goshinboku seemed restless.

 

“Were could they be!!” Inuyasha growled.

 

“Calm your self Inuyasha. I am sure they are fine. Maybe they just couldn't make it today.” Miroku tried.

 

He failed. “Keh!!! Yeah right. They never `couldn't make it!!” Inuyasha threw back.

 

“Maybe we should just go home. They might have called to cancel.” Sessh interjected.

 

Inuyasha thought for a second. “Maybe… ok, let's go ask the Pops if anyone called.” Inuyasha said as he hoped out of the tree. Miroku and Sesshoumaru following as they head to their house.

 

“Hey old man!! Did anyone call for us?” Inuyasha asked Shinjo, whom was sitting on the couch watching the News.

 

“I'm afraid not, Inuyasha. But look at this, it's terrible!!” Shinjo replied as he turned up the volume of the giant screen T.V.

 

“And coming to you live at Tokyo Park, is Kimiko” a report said then it flashed to a women with black hair and brown eyes standing in large Park area with fallen trees and lots of large craters.

 

“Thank you, John. What you see behind me is where a gang fight took place last night. Cops were called late that night by local resident's claming that they had heard a great commotion nearby. When the police arrived on the scene they came upon this area strewn with blood and bodies.” Then she turned to a man in a police uniform. “Standing beside me is Officer Mutosuma whom had been one of the first officers to arrive; do you have anything to say officer?” She asked putting the microphone up to him.

 

“All I want to say is that, if anyone has information on what happened here earlier, please call us at 555-5555.” He said.

 

“What exactly happened hear officer?” Kimiko asked.

 

“All we can tell for now is that a gang fight has taken place here.”

“And which gangs were fighting?”

 

“From the people we found dead, it was between `Hell's Furry' and `The Demons'.”

 

The guys gasped, that was the girls' father's gang!!!

 

“How many did you find dead?” Kimiko asked.

 

“There is no certain number at this time but we have found well over 30 bodies, male and female so far.”

 

“Oh my!! Have you identified any of them yet?”

 

“No, we have no more information at this time.” He said before walking away.

 

The women just looked back at the camera. “So there you have it, I'm Kimiko Rinkuma, channel 7 News.”

 

Shinjo turned off the T.V “Can you believe it!?” He exclaimed as he turned to his sons, only to find they had disappeared. Shinjo blinked a few times then shrugged his shoulders and turned the T.V back on.

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DING DONG!!!

 

“I'm coming” Naraku called.

 

DING DONG!!!!

 

“I SAID I'M COMING DAMMIT!!!” He yelled just before he open the door, revealing 3 very worried boys about the same age as his daughters.

 

“Umm Hi, Is Kagome, Sango and Rin here?” Inuyasha asked.

 

“No” Naraku replied.

 

“Umm… do you know where they might be?” Miroku asked.

 

“No”

 

“Do you know when they left?” Sessh asked.

 

“No”

 

“Well then, when's the last time you saw them?” Inuyasha asked, while growling slightly in frustration.

 

“That is none of your business.” Naraku replied as his eyes narrowed.

 

Inuyasha's growl intensified, this guy was seriously starting to piss him off. He was about to tell him so when Miroku interrupted.

“Well thank you anyway, bye,” He said before he grabbed Inuyasha by the back of his shirt caller and dragged him towards the car, Sesshoumaru following silently behind him.

 

When they heard the door slam shut, Miroku let him go and said. “That was odd…”

 

“He's hiding something…” Sessh said making them all turn to look at him.

 

“You don't think the girls got…” Miroku started.

 

“No, but something's going on and I want to find out.” He replied. Then the heard someone standing behind them so they turned to see a woman with dark brown hair and brown eyes. She looked strangely like Rin.

 

“Hello? May I help you?” Miroku asked.

 

The women shook her head yes and made some kind of gesture with her hands. Not understanding, the guys looked at her dumbfounded.

 

She sighed and started to speak in a harsh voice. “Hello, I'm Kayori. Rin's mother and Kagome and Sango's step mother.”

The guy's eyes widened slightly, finally understanding who this was. It was the girls' deaf mother.

 

“Hello. I'm Miroku” Miroku said, and then he pointed to Inuyasha. “This is Inuyasha and the other is Sesshoumaru.” All the while Kayori watch his lips

 

“Oh, the girls have told me all about you three” She replied with a smile making them blush. “Anyway, I think I know were the girls are.” Said as she started to explain what happened last night.

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The guys all sat in Sessh's car as he drove into a large cemetery, following the directions Kayori had given them as they replayed what she had told them over and over again in their heads. Although they were glad to know the girls were alive, they were still worried out of their minds. They were currently cursing Naraku over and over again in their minds.

Suddenly they caught sight of Rin and Sango standing in front of a head stone, but Kagome was nowhere in sight, further worrying them.

Sessh parked the car and they all got out. Miroku walked up to Sango as Sessh walked up to Rin and they both put their arms around them making then jump in fright but when they saw the guys standing their, Rin and Sango turned in their arms and started crying in to their shoulders.

 

“Shh, it's ok. We're here now.” Miroku coed as he rubbed Sango's back, oddly enough keeping his wandering hands at bay.

 

“Oh it was awful Miroku, the blood… it was every where and Kagome…” She trailed off as she started to cry harder. Miroku sighed heavily and looked over at his concerned brothers. Sessh was holding Rin in the same manner, being just as careful not to hurt their already battered bodies. They could clearly see the cuts and bruise's they had through their slightly ripped clothing.

 

“Where's Kagome, is she ok?” Inuyasha asked worriedly. Sango and Rin looked at each other in concern then they pointed to the other side of the rather large gravestone.

 

Inuyasha walked around it to see a sniffling, blood stained Kagome hugging a little boy in her arms. He had medium length red hair tied back into a ponytail, a red bushy little tail and pointed ears that clearly said he was a demon, but he couldn't see his eye because he was currently sleeping.

Inuyasha sighed, Kayori had told them about him and how Kagome had risked her life to save him. His name was Shippou and his parents were part of `Hell's Furry'. Inuyasha crouched down beside Kagome and was about to say something but she beat him to it.

 

“She died saving me, you know” She said quietly not taking her eyes off the grave in front of her.

 

Inuyasha looked at her in confusion. “Who?” He asked.

 

“My mother, she died protecting me…” She said. Inuyasha gasped, suddenly noticing the writing on the gravestone. It read:

 

`Akira Hagirashi Perri

A wonderful mother,

A wonderful wife,

May you rest in peace.'

 

Inuyasha mentally kicked himself. He had never thought to ask how their mother had died.

`I'm such an Idiot!!' He growled to himself but Kagome started talking again, bringing him out of his mental bashings.

 

“Before she died, she asked me to do one thing for her… She asked me to protect my sisters, but last night… I almost.. I could have gotten them killed!!” She said as a fresh batch of tears started down her face. Inuyasha's heart broke at the pain she held in her eyes and on instinct, he pulled her, along with Shippou, in to his lap and hugged her to him.

 

“You did the right thing, Kagome. If you hadn't, then Shippou would surely be dead.” He said making Kagome's memory of last night replay in her mind.

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Kagome stood in front of her sisters, protectively, as they watched in horror as the two gangs attack each other mercilessly. They had been at it for an hour and a half now and bodies were strewn everywhere, some from `The Demons' but mostly from `Hell's Furry'. Although, the girls didn't look to good either.

Kagome and her sisters, however, hadn't participated in this fight at all. The only time they had actually hurt anyone was when someone would attack them first, and even then they didn't kill anyone, only defended them selves. Kagome smirked to herself. Her father had said that they had to fight, not kill anyone, and fight they did.

 

“MAMMA!! PAPPA!!” They heard a little boy, about the age of 5, cry as he suddenly ran into the fight. Two fox demons, one a male and the other a female, from `Hell's Furry' turned and stared at him in shock.

 

“NO!! SHIPPOU, STAY AWAY!!!” The female cried as she ran towards him, to occupied to notice the on coming attack headed her way as someone pushed a sword through her back. She opened her mouth in a silent scream before she fell to the ground with a `splat', dead.

 

“MAMMA!!!” The little boy known as Shippou cried as he raced towards her with tears streaming from his eyes. Suddenly a shadow fell over him, he looked up to see the lizard demon we know as Kyoto standing over him with his sword poised to kill.

 

“SHIPPOU!!” A male fox roared as he brought his own sword down on the demon attacking his son, Kyoto to fell to the ground, dead. But the triumph was short lived as Naraku slashed his claws threw the foxes throat, killing him instantly. Suddenly everyone stopped fighting as the members of `Hell's Furry' looked at their dead leaders in shock. They had been defeated and in a frantic hope to live, they all scattered, disappearing from the field.

 

“NO!! PAPPA!!” Shippou cried as he wrapped his arms around his fallen father, not caring that he was now alone with his father's enemies.

 

“Well, well, well. What have we here?” Naraku tutted as he smirked down at his, now dead, rival's son. Shippou looked up at him with fear filled eyes as he tried to back away but the Miko, Hanna, grabbed him from behind and held him still as he tried franticly to free himself. Naraku laughed at the fear reverberating off of the boy, then turned to his fellow comrades.

 

“Tonight we have defeated our enemy's!! It's only right that their son be the one to suffer for their folly.” Naraku said as his gang cheered. He then turned to the boy and pulled his fist back to strike, the little boy closing his eyes in fear as he waited for the impending strike, but it never came.

 

“STOP!!” He heard a girl cry before she burst through the crowd, grabbed Shippou and held him protectively in her arms.

 

Naraku glared at her for her defiance. “Stand down Kagome.” He said in a threatening growl.

 

She glared back at him. “No!! This boy didn't do anything wrong.”

“Anything wrong? Kagome, he saw what we all did here, he'll turns us in!!” He yelled at her making ever person in his gang glare at her, as her sister looked at her with barely suppressed fear.

 

“No he won't.” She said calmly but on the inside she was shaking with fear.

 

“And how do you know this?” He asked her skeptically.

 

“Because I will take full responsibility for him. I claim the right of Himotoki” She said determinedly making everyone gasp, including her sisters and the boy, whom was know looking at her in admiration.

 

Naraku looked at her in shock. “Are you aware of what you are doing. By claiming Himotoki, you will be fully responsible for everything that this child says or does. That if he does, in fact, tell anyone, it will be your life and life of your family!!??” He asked her, his voice more of a yell with each word.

 

“Yes” She replied barely above a whisper making him growl in frustration. He wanted to kill the boy, but he couldn't ignore gang law. Hmmm.. but that meant he could make Kagome pay for the boys mistakes…. Naraku smiled to himself. Kagome would regret defying him, which he would make sure of.

 

“Fine, know get out of my sight before I decide to kill you instead.” He said with a fake growl and turned his back to her so she couldn't see his smile.

 

With a smile, Kagome bowed, then ran over to her sisters and they left. Suddenly everything that had happened that day finally hit her, it was over whelming. The blood, the pain… everything. It would haunt her for the rest of her life. Then she remembered her mothers dying words.

 

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A crying Kagome, about the age of 6, held a woman's battered and broken body in her arms. Blood was everywhere, on Kagome, on the woman. This woman looked so much like Kagome. She had medium length ebony hair and warm brown eyes that now held great pain. She placed her hand on Kagome's cheek, wiped away a tear and smiled warmly at her daughter.

 

“My lovely Kagome, please don't cry” She said softly.

 

Kagome only cried harder. “But you're dying mommy, how am I supposed to live with out you?!”

 

“Do not worry, you will find happiness one day, but until then. Protect your sister's for me.” She said with a warm smiled.

 

Kagome looked at her curiously. “But mommy, I only have one sister.” She exclaimed, talking about her little 6-year-old sister, Sango.

 

“Now, but one day, another will enter your life. You must protect her too, or you will never find happiness.” She warned her daughter before she hissed in pain and went limp.

 

“Mommy? MOMMY?! NOOOO!!! MOMMY, PLEASE DON'T LEAVE ME!!!” Kagome cried as she buried her face in her mother's hair as hear wrenching sobs consumed her.

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Kagome's eyes widened. What she had just done back at the park…by claiming Himotoki she had deliberately put her sisters at risk, going against her mother's dying wish!! Because If this boy ever did tell anyone about the gang fight, it would not only mean her death but the death of her sisters also!!

Kagome suddenly felt sick as she turned and puked behind a tree, after she set a sniffling Shippou down.

Her sisters ran up and pulled back her hair for her as they rubbed her back soothingly until she was finished.

 

“Kagome are you ok?” Sango asked in concern. Kagome just shook her head no, picked up Shippou and started walking again.

 

“What's wrong?” Rin asked coming up beside her.

 

Kagome turned towards her and Sango with tears streaming down her face. This shocked them, Kagome never cries!!!

 

“I just broke a promise, a very important one.” She said with her eyes closed, trying to stop the tears from spilling. She had to be strong, if she wasn't, she knew her sister's would fall apart also.

 

“What promise?” Sango asked as she and Rin started to shake slightly, having a hard time suppressing their emotions at the moment.

 

“A very important one.” Was all Kagome said before she turned and walked, again. Suddenly the girls noticed that they weren't headed home, or Goshinboku for that matter.

 

“Hey, Kagome? Where are we going?” Sango asked.

 

“To see mom” Kagome replied, making Sango and Rin exchange worried glances. Some thing must seriously be bothering Kagome to make her want to go to her mothers grave.

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Inuyasha stared at Kagome. He was starting to worry, he had just asked her a question and she just kept staring into space.

 

Inuyasha waved his hand in her face. “Kagome?” He called.

 

No response…

 

“Kagome!”

 

Still nothing…

 

“KAGOME!!” He yelled making her jump in his lap.

 

She looked up at him and glared. “What?”

 

“I asked you how you saved Shippou” He said.

 

“Huh? But h-how did you….?”

 

“Your step mother told us that you had saved his life, but she didn't tell us how.” He explained.

 

“Oh. Well, umm… After `The Demons' won and killed the leaders of `Hell's Fury' whom was Shippou's mother and father, they decided that they were going to torture and kill Shippou in order to punish his father for trying to take over their lands, but Shippou was innocent, he had done nothing wrong!! So I claimed Himotoki.” Kagome explained.

 

Inuyasha stared at her blankly, “umm...Kagome? What's Himotoki?” He asked in confusion.

 

“Himotoki is a claim protected by gang law, It basically means that I have claimed Shippou as my retainer, as part of my family, which means that he is under my protection and anything he does or says wrong is only punishable by me. It also means that I am responsible for him. If he ever does anything against someone, although they can not punish him, they can, however, punish me, and my family if they so wish.” She explained.

 

Inuyasha looked at her in awe, he had a whole new respect for this girl, no, woman that sat before him. She wasn't just loyal, kind, loving, beautiful and strong, she was an Angel too!! She had risked her life to protect a child she didn't even know!!

This thought brought images of Kagome and him snuggling on a park bench as they watched two little puppy eared children playing in the field. They had his silver hair and her dazzling blue eyes. Inuyasha blushed at the thought as he noticed Kagome was looking at him oddly.

 

“Umm… Inuyasha, are you ok?” She asked him.

 

“Y-yeah, just fine” he said in a slightly high-pitched voice.

 

“Then why are you looking at me that way and why is your voice all high?” She asked making his blush intensify. Suddenly they heard Shippou whimper in his sleep, thankfully, changing Kagome's focus point. Kagome looked down at the newly orphaned child as tears seeped out of his closed eyes.

 

“mamma…papa…no…please…come back” He whimpered. Kagome felt her heart clench, he was having a nightmare about his parents. `Poor Shippou…' She thought and silently vowed to protect and love this child for the rest of her life. He looked so frail and sad, she just had to help him.

 

Kagome shook Shippou lightly. “Shippou, sweet heart…Wake up.” She said soothingly as Inuyasha watched in silence. Suddenly Shippou's tear filled eyes snapped open, the first thing he saw was Kagome's smiling face, her eyes filled with concern and he instantly knew that he could trust her. With a strangled cry, Shippou wrapped his arms around her waist, as far as he could with his little arms, as his tears soaked into her shirt.

Kagome wrapped her arms around the sobbing boy as tears filled her own eyes. She just couldn't help but cry, the pain she felt from him hit her in waves. She felt so bad for him. In one period of 24 hours he had lost everything. His mother, his father, his home, everything and it was all her fathers fault. Gods she hated her father right now.

 

“Shh, it's ok baby. I'll protect you. I promise I'll take good care of you.” She cooed. Shippou gasped and looked up at her in shock.

 

“Y-you're going to k-keep me? You mean you're not going to just put me in foster care?” he asked in awe.

 

She smiled at him softly. “Of course not, sweetie. I claimed Himotoki over you and I'm going to keep my promise.” She said then added. “I will protect you.” She replied.

 

“Does that mean you're going to be my new mommy?” He asked with hope filled eyes.

 

Kagome looked down at the adorable little boy in her arms, in shock. Did he really want her to be his mother? She had thought he would just consider her a sister or a friend!!

 

She smiled at him reassuringly. “If you want me to be.”

 

Shippou's eyes shinned with tears of joy. “Mommy!!!” He cried as he wrapped his arms around her in a fierce hug. She returned it full heartedly.

Inuyasha just watched them in stunned silence. Kagome never ceased to amaze him. He couldn't believe how big Kagome's heart was. It was so big that she had willingly saved and taken in a child that she hardly knew!!

He looked at her with pride and love shining in his eye. `She's going to be a great mother someday…” He thought with a smile.

 

“Shippou? Do you remember where you live?” Kagome asked out of nowhere making them both blink at her for her randomness.

 

“Yeah, why?” Shippou asked.

 

Kagome smiled down at him. “Because we need to get your clothes and things. Although, you're going to have to sleep with me from now on….”

 

“NEAT!!! It'll be like a sleep over!!!” Shippou cried happily making Kagome smile and Inuyasha glare at him jealously.

 

`Lucky brat!!! I wish I could share a bed with Kagome!!!' He thought to himself but then blushed at what he had implied.

 

“Keh!!” He said making them both look at him oddly for his sudden outburst. Inuyasha turned three shades of red.

 

Kagome just smiled and made puppy dog eyes making him look at her warily. “What do you want wench?”

 

“Inuyasha, would pwease drive us to his house so we can get his stuff?” She asked in a sugary sweet voice. “Pretty, pretty pwease with ramen on top!!” She added knowing that ramen was his absolute favorite food.

 

“Keh, whatever…” He said not being able to resist what would later be called `The look'.

 

Kagome squealed in delight and jumped up and kissed him on the cheek. “Thank you sooo much, Inu” She said happily. Inuyasha froze, did she just kiss him?!

 

`She just kissed me!!!!' He thought happily.

 

`Oh My God!! I just kissed him!!! Stupid, stupid, STUPID” Kagome cried in her head.

 

“Does this mean he's my new Daddy?” Shippou asked suddenly. The two teens froze and looked down at him as they turned as red as a tomato while Inuyasha's eye twitched.

 

BONG!!!

 

“Ow, Ow, Ow, Ow!! What did I do?” Shippou cried as held the newly formed lump on his head.

 

“Inuyasha!!” Kagome growled as she turned and glared at Inuyasha menacingly, making him jump back and cower behind Shippou as he too shook in fear at the anger that shined in Kagome's eyes. Satisfied with the result she got, Kagome turned and walk towards the car.

 

“Wow!! She's really scary sometimes!!” Shippou declared.

 

 

“Keh!! You have no idea” Inuyasha sighed before they followed after her.

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(A/n: Ok, there you have it, my new chappie… I hope you liked it…*Smiles sweetly** oh, and by the way, ** ~.~** IF YOU EVER WANT TO SEE THE NEXT CHAPTER THEN YOU HAVE TO REVIEW!! OR ELSE!!!!! MAWHAHAHAHAHAHAAAAA!!!!!

**takes deep breath and smiles** anyways, many of you were wondering how I had broken my fingers, well all I can tell you is that I fell down the stairs, plan and simple, ne? ….Lol…gtg, bye)