InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Snow White and the Seven 'Dwarfs'...Sort of ❯ Hanging by a Thread ( Chapter 26 )
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By: Penthesileia 
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Hentai / Comedy / Adventure | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 06.14.2006 | Pages: 4 | Words: 5.5K | Visits: 596 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Hentai / Comedy / Adventure | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 06.14.2006 | Pages: 4 | Words: 5.5K | Visits: 596 | Status: Completed
AN: Hello my lovely wonderful readers. Hope you’re glad to read the next chapter of Snow White that isn’t half a year late.
Tanith- Aw, thanks. No one’s ever acted like a crack fiend to show how much they loved my story before. In a creepy way it’s kinda sweet. Thanks for reviewing, I hope you didn’t scratch your neck hard enough to leave welts or cuts.
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And that’s it. Hope you all like chapter 27 of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs...Sort of and don’t forget to review after your done reading.
Disclaimer- Sorry, can’t think of a good way to say I don’t own Inuyasha today. I’ll try harder next time, promise.
Inuyasha and Sesshomaru~
“What the hell do you mean Kagura’s dead?” Inuyasha asked, angered.
Kikyo sniffed and brought her handkerchief up to her eyes again. “Last night, Lady Kagura must have gone for a walk in the woods. All we found was a piece of her kimono with her blood all over it.” Kikyo moaned before crying again.
While Kikyo buried her head in her hands and her crying turned to wailing Inuyasha looked over at his brother and rolled his eyes. Sesshomaru nodded slightly before turning his attention back to Kikyo.
“Then I’m very sorry to have to give you more bad news, Queen Kikyo. But my brother and I have stayed here long enough, we must start traveling again.”
Inuyasha’s head jerked and he stared at his brother in shock.
“You’re leaving?” Kikyo asked, forgetting to ‘mourn’ for Kagura.
Sesshomaru nodded, “Yes, I still have to find a mate for myself and possibly Inuyasha. We have a few lords to visit in the South yet. We really can’t waste any more time.”
Kikyo looked at them with a strange look in her eye. “You want to find a wife for Inuyasha?”
“If possible.”
“Well...what would the chances be that I could become Inuyasha’s wife?”
Later~
“There is no fucking way in hell I’m marrying Kikyo!” Inuyasha roared to his brother when they were alone in his room.
Sesshomaru sighed and wondered if Jaken had packed any ear plugs for him. “Did I say you had to?”
“Then why the hell did you tell her you’d think about it? I’ll kill myself before that bitch becomes my wife! If that doesn’t mean anything to you, just think of the children, your future nieces and nephews, do you them from her?” Inuyasha asked, disgusted.
Sesshomaru resisted the urge to rub at his pounding temples. “Inuyasha we need to buy more time. We couldn’t stay here any longer without people starting to wonder about our intentions. If we’re here discussing marriage between yourself and Kikyo we have more time to find Kagura, Miroku and Kagome. You’re positive Kagome is still alive, correct?”
“Hell yeah.”
“Then we need to do this. There’s no other choice if we want to find them.”
Inuyasha glared at the ground. “Fine...but if you set a marriage date I’m jumping out the window.”
“And is that suppose to be incentive for me not to set a date?” Sess asked dryly.
“I pray to Kami it doesn’t come to that. But we have to hurry, time is running out.” a quiet voice from the corner said.
Kagome~
I glared at the woman standing on the tree branch. “Show yourself, or are you scared?” I taunted.
“You think I’m afraid of a few humans and second-rate demons?” she asked angrily, tossing out a few strings that wrapped themselves around the opposite tree branch and she gracefully flipped down to meet me, landing on one of the strings below her.
She had short straight black hair that came down to about her chin and was kept back by a red piece of string. Her....kimono if you could call it that stopped a few inched above her knee, the front almost plunged down to her naval, and the skirt had slits up to her hips. She had the weirdest purple eyes I had ever seen and she had a sword on her hip attached by a yellow belt. Her hands were covered with black gloves with the fingers cut off and even as she smirked at me she manipulated the strings between her fingers.
I gasped when she lowered Kagura another inch over the flames. “What do you want with Kagura?”
The woman shrugged, idly playing with the strings. “She hasn’t done anything to me, but she made my mistress very, very cross.” she explained in a high pitched voice.
“Kikyo?” I asked, my anger starting to make me tremble.
The woman shrugged and stuck out at Sango.
“Sango!” I yelled and she brought up her sword up in time to slice though the string.
I glared back at the woman. “Who the hell are you? And why do you use these damn strings to fight with.”
She sighed, “Oh my, oh me, you think this is string?”
“What else is it?”
“It’s hair you brat, and I’m called Yura of the Hair if you were wondering, but you needn’t remember,” she unsheathed her sword and flung herself towards me.
“Since you’re about to join your precious Kagura in hell!”
I snorted and ducked just as she swung. “How? Are you going to suffocate me with your breasts? They’re certainly big enough.” I taunted.
She frowned, flipped and landed on another piece of hair. “I wish you’d use more restraint when addressing a lady.”
Kagura fell another two inches.
Yura sighed when she saw Hiten trying to inch his way over to Kagura again. With a simple twist of her fingers she caught him by the edge of his braid.
“Behind you!” I yelled and he cut through the hair with his spear.
Yura yanked the cut hair back, annoyed but her eyes gleamed when she saw the hair still attached to it.
“Oh what pretty hair!”she gushed, her eyes moving greedily around the dwarfs, she snatched strands of hair from Kouga, Sango, Rin, Miroku, Ayame and myself.
She sorted through the strands, throwing away the ones she didn’t like. “Oh me, oh my just look at all this pretty hair!” she cooed to Kouga and Miroku.
She smiled cooly to the rest of us. “To many spilt ends in your hair but beggars can’t be choosers.”
I winched when Sango, Ayame and Rin killed the demon/imp they had been fighting and turned to glare at Yura.
“What the hell do you mean my hair has spilt ends?” Sango yelled.
“Yeah, my hair is better then any of those morons!” Ayame roared.
Kouga arrogantly stroked a hand down his long mane, “Now, now girls you heard the lady, she obviously knows what I’ve known all along, that my hair is superior to yours.”
“WHAT?” they all screeched.
I resisted the urge to hit my head against a tree. “Um, guys can we yell at each other about this later?” I hissed.
Yura stroked the strands of Kouga’s, Hiten’s, and Miroku’s hair against her cheek as she played with the hair in her hand.
She gasped and glanced over to where Kagura should have been, but was instead, nestled safely in Hiten’s arms.
“Oh you naughty, naughty boy!” she shrieked and she twisted her hair around them both.
The hairs tied them together and Yura circled her hands, forming a red circle in the center of them. Hiten gasped when the hair around his throat tightened, and Kagura winced when the hairs cut into her skin.
I felt my power hovering just under my skin, without even thinking I filled it into one of the arrows and shot it straight at Yura.
She noticed it at the last second and dived out of the way, the arrow just clipping her on shoulder. She dropped whatever spell she had on Kagura and Hiten and they fell to the ground. Hiten coughed, trying to get air into his lungs and gently held Kagura with one hand. The dwarfs rushed to surround them, making sure Yura would have to get though them first if she wanted Hiten and Kagura.
I looked back at Yura, certain Kagura and Hiten would be safe. She glared back at me, crouching on a few ropes of hair and clutching her wounded shoulder. She slowly stood up and let her hand fall, showing off her injury.
Half of her shoulder was taken off and blood was pouring down her arm. A huge stream of black hair suddenly flew in front of her, and when it passed her arm was healed.
“I fear I have become very cross with you. But you’re lucky I don’t have time to finish you off.” she promised angrily. She flung hair around tree branches and using it as a rope, flew herself away, taking all her hair with her.
“So you win, for now. I shall see you again, you horrible girl.” she called back.
I didn’t go after her, though I probably should have. I turned and rushed towards where Hiten was still cradling Kagura in his arms.
I kneeled down next to her and latched onto her arm. “Kagura? Can you hear me?” I half whispered.
She looked up at me and slowly smiled. “Hey Kag.”
I launched myself into her arms, crying into her neck. “Oh Kagura! Thank Kami you’re alright! I was so worried when I saw you hanging there. You didn’t get burned right?” I asked and bent down to look at her feet.
She laughed. “Shouldn’t I be asking you that? Damn girl, did you see all that power you had? Must come from hanging out with me so much.” She bragged.
I laughed and hugged her again. “I missed you.”
“Yeah, yeah, me to, do we really have to get into all this mushy crap?”
She broke away from me and looked up at the man who held her. She gasped and her red eyes started to gleam with something I’d never seen before.
“Kagome, aren’t you going to introduce me to this...handsome young man here?” she purred, licking her lips.
Hiten slowly grinned, “My name’s Hiten, I assume you’re the lovely Kagura Kagome’s been telling me so much about?”
“Assume? Since when does Hiten use words like assume?’ Kouga whispered to Rin, as Hiten brought Kagura’s hand to his mouth and kissed her knuckle, “-But she hasn’t nearly done you justice, beautiful.”
Kouga snorted and Rin quickly elbowed him in the stomach.
I bit my lip and looked for cover. Kagura hates to be called pet names. The last man who called her ‘my dear’ in a romantic way got sent through four trees and off a cliff.
But when I raised my head from my hands...she was blushing!
“What did she tell you about me?” Kagura asked, sounding almost shy. (Which is weird because there’s no such thing as a shy Kagura. A shy Kagura is right up there with Big Foot and a chaste Kikyo.)
“From what she told me I gathered you were an extremely beautiful witch, but I never thought reality would be better then dreams.” he said huskily. (Kami did I just use huskily? Someone kill me now, please)
Kagura blushed harder and giggled. (Oh Kami, the worlds about to end, Kagura’s giggling.) “Are you sure, I’ve always found reality to be disappointing.”
Hiten’s red-pink eyes burned into Kagura’s crimson one’s as he slowly started to smile again, “Trust me sweetheart. I’m sure.” he said in a voice that sent shivers down the spines of anything female-demon, human or animal.
Miroku glanced over at Sango and slowly grinned before hooking an arm over her shoulders and hauling her close to him. “Hey Sango, why don’t we make like the squirrel’s in that tree over there and show those poor souls how it’s done?” he asked suggestively while his hand crept down her back.
“YOU SICK PERVERT!” Sango yelled and brought her boomerang down on the top of his head.
Miroku quickly got back up and held his hands out harmlessly. “Now, now Sango, it was just a suggestion.”
“A SUGGESTION THAT’S ABOUT TO GET YOU KILLED!” she yelled and lifted her boomerang again.
He yelped and dived behind me, using myself as a shield.
“Please have mercy on me!” he prayed while the rest of us sighed.
“It’s nice to know Miroku hasn’t changed at all.” Kagura remarked.
Miroku reached over form behind me and took her hand, “Lady Kagura, it’s lovely to see you again, have you considered baring my children yet?”
“Monk.” Hiten growled while I rolled my eyes and Sango glared at him.
“-because the only woman I want to have children with is Sango and if you’ve agreed to my request I have to turn it down.” Miroku finished hurriedly.
Hiten nodded approvingly while Sango’s glare turned into a death stare. “And when did I agree to this?”
Miroku paled and tried to sink lower out of sight behind me, “um, Sango...please?”
She raised her sword, “I’ll give you five seconds to run if you ever want to have children.”
Miroku shot up, “Sango, please-“
”Five.”
“Be reasonable!”
“Four.”
“Sango, please stop this, it’s turning me on so much I can barely stand!” Miroku said, putting the back of hand to his forehead and rasing another hand as if to ward her off.
“Good, if you’re on the ground it’ll make it easier for me to crave out the family jewels. Three, two, one!”
Miroku yelped and ran away with Sango close on his heels.
Hiten rolled his eyes and stood up with Kagura in his arms. “Come on, we better get home, Sango will probably chase Miroku all the way there herself. And we need to get Kagura’s wounds cleaned.”
Kagura put her arm around his neck and leaned her face in his shoulder as I climbed on Kouga’s back and Rin sat on Kirara with Shippo safely in her arms.
“Let’s go home and hope Sango hasn’t kill Miroku before we get there.” Kouga said cheerfully before taking off.
Inuyasha and Sesshomaru~
Inuyasha and Sesshomaru whirled around to face whoever had spoken and were shocked to see a little girl dressed entirely in white kneeling with a mirror in her hands.
“Who are you?” Sesshomaru asked.
The girl looked up from her mirror and speared Sesshomaru with her dark eyes. “I am called Kanna of the Glass. I can...see things with my mirror.”
“Like what?” Inuyasha asked.
Kanna looked down. “Until you were six you slept with a geshia doll you named Yumi.”
She looked down again and giggled, “I’ve also seen you when you scratch your fleas.”
Inuyasha turned red. “Can you see anything more important then that or do you only do cheap parlor tricks?”
Kanna looked down again, “Your friends are alive.”
Inuyasha sucked in a breath, “All of them?”
Kanna nodded and showed her mirror to them. They saw Sango chasing a scared Miroku while Kagura was cradled in someone’s arms. And Kagome was...
“What the hell is that wench doing on some jerks back!” Inuyasha roared when he saw Kagome nestled against a male demon’s back.
“Inuyasha...do they look familiar to you?”
Kanna nodded as if she guessed Sesshomaru’s thoughts. “Yes my lord, he is Lord Kouga of the East, and the man holding Lady Kagura is Lord Hiten.”
“I don’t believe it, I thought they were dead.” Sesshomaru almost whispered.
“I don’t care if that bastard’s alive or dead, he’s gonna be dead if he doesn’t let go of Kagome soon!” Inuyasha swore.
Sesshomaru tried not to sigh, “Calm yourself Inuyasha. You were to young to remember them before they disappeared.” he turned to face Kanna, “Why have you come to us?”
She slowly drew her mirror down. “My mistress is Kikyo, but no matter how much she tries to convert me I am not a force of evil. Queen Midoriko saved my life once and taught me that evil like Kikyo and Naraku needs to be stopped no matter the cost. I’m merely repaying a debt, though even if I owed her nothing I would be here anyway. Everything else is in place to overthrow Kikyo, the only missing pieces are you two and what your decisions will be.”
Kanna turned her mirror back up, “Look into my mirror to what the future will be if Kikyo finds what she’s looking for.”
Sesshomaru and Inuyasha stepped closer and when they saw what was on the surface wished they hadn’t.
Death. Horrible, slow painful death. They watched as innocent people were needlessly killed and tortured, entire cities burned to the ground, evil demons running wild, and this destruction didn’t just stay in Japan. It spread to the mainland, crippled all the great empires and left them wastelands. And at the center of it all was Kikyo, Queen of the world with her miserable husband Inuyasha, chained to her side with a collar around his neck.
Kanna swept her hand over the mirror and the images disappeared, leaving only the reflected surface of their shocked faces. “Do you see what will happen if Kikyo is not stopped? All of human and demon kind will be wiped out eventually if she has anything to say about it. I know what I’m asking of you is a hard choice to make. The path ahead of you is hard and dangerous if you chose to help the miko princess stop this evil. You may not live through it. But I promise you, if you stop Kikyo the rest of your lives will be filled with a happiness many people never feel. Your lives, your children’s lives, your grandchildren’s lives and so forth will be peaceful and fruitful.” Kanna swore.
“What is this object Kikyo is looking for?” Sesshomaru asked.
“The Jewel of Four Souls, Queen Midoriko’s spirit.”
Inuyasha snorted. “Come on, that’s just a fairy tale, there’s never been any sign of the jewel. Right Sess?”
Sesshomaru didn’t answer but looked at Kanna, “Does Kikyo have any idea of where it is?”
Kanna shook her head. “She believed the key was Kagome but she hasn’t been able to find it yet.”
She looked down at her mirror, suddenly nervous. “If you decide to get involved, there’s a map behind Lady’s Kagura’s mirror that will help. Please ignore the naked woman on the back.” Kanna said, slightly amused. “I’ll understand if you don’t want to risk your lives, it is a lot to ask of you.” her head shot up and she gasped, “Mistress Kikyo is coming, I must go.”
She stood up with her mirror tightly clutched to her, and started to fade away, “If you ever need any help at all, just call my name twice and I’ll be there as soon as I can. Farewell.”
She finally faded away and left the lords standing there with their thoughts.
Inuyasha made a noise in the back of his throat and turned toward the door. He looked back at Sess and threw a cocky grin over his shoulder, “Well come on Sess, we can’t let people find out a little girl is braver then the great dog lords of the West.” he said arrogantly.
Sesshomaru only smiled slightly as he and his brother walked towards their destiny.
Kikyo~
“So Kanna.” Kikyo purred after she stepped out of the painting. “Has Inuyasha stopped ‘changing’ yet?”
Kanna looked down at her mirror and frowned as only smoke filled the surface. “No Mistress. But the smoke is clearing. H e’s almost done choosing his path.”
Kikyo growled and threw a glass bottle at Kanna, just barely missing her. “Damn it you idiot, if you can’t some up with some way for me to win Inuyasha soon I’m never going to take you back from Naraku!” she promised and swore again when Kanna’s face never changed.
Kikyo suddenly laughed, “Not that it matters if Sesshomaru decides to give Inuyasha to me in marriage. Then Inuyasha has no choice about it.” she said, sounding smug. “Kanna, tell me what would convince Lord Sesshomaru to give Inuyasha to me?” she asked, sitting back on her bed.
Kanna looked down on her mirror and waited patiently until the ripples and smoke faded away.
“Well?” Kikyo asked eagerly.
Kanna examined the surface. “He wants gold, lots of gold. Some palaces near the ocean, a few dozen beautiful dancing girls.”
Kikyo frowned. “So he really does like women? I’ve always assumed he had a thing going with the monk.”
Kanna shook her head. “He also wants...dog food?”
Kikyo bit her lip. “You positive? If I offer him dog food he might get offended.”
“That’s what the mirror says Mistress.”
Kikyo shrugged. “Fine, but it’s your head if your wrong.” Kikyo’s face lit up into a smile as soon as Naraku came in.
“Naraku! Baby! What took you so long?”
He glared at her. “What’s this I hear about you asking for Inuyasha?” he asked angrily.
“Don’t worry Naraku, I’m not throwing you away. But do you know how much power Inuyasha has? He would be a powerful ally if he was bound to me.” Kikyo explained.
“I still don’t like it.”
“Calm down Naraku, I don’t complain when you’re off raping young girls instead of being with me, do I? And if you’re a good boy, I’ll give you a nice manor with all the young, pretty virgins you want.”
Naraku’s face relaxed into a hesitant smile. “Really?’
“Of course. Now did you get Yura to do that little job?”
“Yes, she should be finishing that witch about now.”
“Good boy, now come to momma.”
Kanna slipped away unnoticed as Kikyo and Naraku...played.
Kagome~
“What do you mean, my hair’s frizzy?” Rin yelled at Kouga, standing nose to nose with him.
“You heard me, do I need to say it again? Your. Hair. Is. Frizzy.”
“It is sooo not frizzy!”
“Is to!”
“Is not!”
“Is to!”
“Is not!”
“At least it’s not dry like yours!” Rin mocked.
“Dry? Are you calling my hair dry? It’s the silkiest, smoothest thing you’re ever going to touch!” Kouga shot back.
Kagura and I sighed as we watched them. “Do they do this a lot?” she asked as I smoothed the cream over her cuts.
“Just be glad they’re not yelling about when Kouga mates with Ayame.” I said grimly. “He gets so mad when Rin tied to bribe him to take her on the days she’s picked.”
“They bet on that? What day did you pick?”
I smiled slyly. “Six months from today. Kouga put a lot of money on never when he found out about it.”
“Does he really hate her?” Kagura asked, watching Rin and Kouga argue about who had the shiniest hair.
“No, I don’t think Kouga knows what he wants yet. Rin and Sango thinks he has problems committing.” I finished the last cut on her face before moving to the faint lines on her arms.
“So you really like Hiten, huh?”
Kagura blushed and bit her lip, “I think so, he’s just so handsome and gallant and so handsome and so romantic and so handsome and caring.”
“You said handsome three times,”
“I know. And yet he’s this alpha male who you know will protect you no matter what.”
“I thought you hated guys who tried to protect you?” I asked as I finished her shoulder and she pulled the rest of her arm out of her sleeve for me.
“Yeah but it’s just so...I don’t know, honest when he does it. I don’t get the feeling he’s doing it because he thinks I can’t take care of myself or he’s trying to impress me with his strength. It’s like he’s protecting me because he wants to, not because he feels like he has to, you know?”
“Awwww that’s so sweet Kagura!” Ayame and Rin cooed as they crowed around the bed.
“I wish I had someone like that.” Rin sighed.
“Me to, why can’t Kouga be more like Hiten?” Ayame asked, glaring at Kouga who was lodging in the doorway.
He rolled his eyes, “Ain’t my fault I’m not a wimp like Hit.”
“HE IS NOT A WIMP YOU JERK!” Rin and Ayame roared.
“Who’s not a wimp?” Hiten asked as he came in with Shippo on his shoulder.
“Oh look, he’s good with kids to!” Ayame gushed.
Hiten looked at her strangely, “What’s wrong with you? Me and Ship have always gotten along.”
Rin and Ayame smiled sweetly as they grabbed me and Shippo and started pulling us out the door. “Well we’ll just leave you two alone now, come on Kag.”
I dug my heels into the floor, “I’m not finished with Kagura’s wounds yet.” I protested.
“Oh come on, what are you really doing anyway? Just rubbing some cream over the cuts? Hiten can finish that!” Rin said as she pulled harder.
I raised an eyebrow at Kagura and she blushed, nodding slightly.
I grinned wickedly and let Rin pull me out the door, catching sight of Kagura blushing as Hiten walked towards her before turning my back on them.
Ayame and Rin dragged me downstairs before they started to squeal and jump up and down holding each others hands. “Oh my Kami, they’re so cute together!”
“Yeah I know, do you think they’ll name their kids after us?” Ayame asked which caused a new round of squealing and ‘oh my kami’s’.
Shippo hopped on my shoulder and looked at them. “Is there something wrong with them?”
I sighed, “Not really, they’re just being the matchmakers from hell right now. Come on, let’s see if Sango’s finished using Miroku for target practice.”
We walked outside to where Sango was very happily throwing her Hiraikotsu at Miroku as he ran back and forth. He yelped as it barely missed him.
“Sango please!”
“I suggest you run faster monk.” she said helpfully as she caught her boomerang with a graceful movement and prepared to throw it again.
“Hey Sango, are you almost done trying to kill Miroku?” I asked as I walked up to her. “I need him to go catch us some fish for dinner.”
She sighed and placed her weapon across her back. “I guess I’m done. But only if you make that really good stew again.”
I promised her I would as Miroku threw himself across my feet and kissed my knees, “Oh thank you Kagome! Any longer of that and my heart would have given out.”
I rolled my eyes, “Yeah, yeah, yeah just get me some fish.”
He stood up and bowed, “Right away my savior.” he said and started running towards the river.
“Hey Roku! A fishing pole might help!” I called out to him. He stopped and started running back towards the cottage.
“Oh right, thanks Kagome!”
Shippo and I rolled our eyes together and started to walk towards the kitchen. “So Shippo do you want to learn how to make that bread you love so much?”
Later~
“Hey, someone pass the tea?” Kouga called as everyone started eating their second helpings.
“Only if you pass the rice over.” Rin said as they switched food.
“Here Kagura, try this.” Hiten said, holding up a piece of fish for her.
She leaned forward and took it with her mouth, “It’s good, try this.” Kagura said silkily and held out a piece of string bean for him.
“This is really good Kagome, are there anymore vegetables left?” Sango asked.
I nodded, “Yeah they’re in the kitchen, Rin could you go get some?”
She stood up after shoving another bite of fish in her mouth and stole some of Ayame’s bread.
“Hey guys, I was wondering would it be alright for me to plant a garden? We’re running low on fruit and vegetables and it would save some money if you guys didn’t need to buy them.” I asked.
“Sure, me and Kouga can clear a spot for you after work tomorrow.” Hiten said, shoving more stew in his mouth.
Ayame fluttered her eyes at Kouga, “Hey Kouga, with all the money we save from this garden thing of Kag’s, we can save up for a little nest of our own.”
“WE’RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE NEST OF OUR OWN YOU CRAZY WOMAN!”
Ayame pouted, “What, do you want to spend the rest of our lives here? I guess that’s ok if you really don’t a home by ourselves.”
Kouga growled, “Ayame-“
”Does anyone want more stew?” I interrupted and passed around the pot when hands shot up.
“Hey, I’ve got the vegetables!” Rin sang as she walked thought the door.
Suddenly the door slammed open and everyone was on their feet, hands resting on their weapons when two sets of footsteps were heard running to the dining room.
I gasped when Inuyasha appeared from around the corner. “Kagome!”
“Inuyasha?” I asked, shocked.
Rin gasped and dropped the pot she was holding, spilling the vegetables all over the ground.
“It’s you.” she said breathlessly to the to dog demon standing behind Inuyasha. “You’re the one who brought me back from the dead.”
AN: Wow, look at this new development! I’m so evil for leaving it there, mwhahahaha. Oh well, I’ll update soon, as soon as I’m done writing the next part to King Thurshbeard (evil laughter becomes louder.) Despite the cliffhanger, hope you all liked the chapter, please, please, please, please, please, please, please! Review and tell me what you think. Hope you all have a nice week.
Tanith- Aw, thanks. No one’s ever acted like a crack fiend to show how much they loved my story before. In a creepy way it’s kinda sweet. Thanks for reviewing, I hope you didn’t scratch your neck hard enough to leave welts or cuts.
Tanith- Oh hey, you reviewed twice! Sutra? Surta? Something like that right? Ok, I really have to remember that. Thanks.
Neko Jer- Oh maybe one of the dwarfs can make fun of her voice? Might be funny. Sorry about the wait, thanks for reviewing.
Demonprietess07- Maybe, maybe not. You’ll find out this chapter though.
Crazypicciloplayer014- Thanks, hope the rest of the story is as good.
Devils-only-one- Cat’s cradle? Weirdo, how could you use cat’s cradle in a sentence and not sound like the biggest moron ever? Oh well, another thing the dwarfs can make fun of her with, mwhahaha. Thanks for reviewing, hope this chapter is as good as the others.
And that’s it. Hope you all like chapter 27 of Snow White and the Seven Dwarfs...Sort of and don’t forget to review after your done reading.
Disclaimer- Sorry, can’t think of a good way to say I don’t own Inuyasha today. I’ll try harder next time, promise.
Inuyasha and Sesshomaru~
“What the hell do you mean Kagura’s dead?” Inuyasha asked, angered.
Kikyo sniffed and brought her handkerchief up to her eyes again. “Last night, Lady Kagura must have gone for a walk in the woods. All we found was a piece of her kimono with her blood all over it.” Kikyo moaned before crying again.
While Kikyo buried her head in her hands and her crying turned to wailing Inuyasha looked over at his brother and rolled his eyes. Sesshomaru nodded slightly before turning his attention back to Kikyo.
“Then I’m very sorry to have to give you more bad news, Queen Kikyo. But my brother and I have stayed here long enough, we must start traveling again.”
Inuyasha’s head jerked and he stared at his brother in shock.
“You’re leaving?” Kikyo asked, forgetting to ‘mourn’ for Kagura.
Sesshomaru nodded, “Yes, I still have to find a mate for myself and possibly Inuyasha. We have a few lords to visit in the South yet. We really can’t waste any more time.”
Kikyo looked at them with a strange look in her eye. “You want to find a wife for Inuyasha?”
“If possible.”
“Well...what would the chances be that I could become Inuyasha’s wife?”
Later~
“There is no fucking way in hell I’m marrying Kikyo!” Inuyasha roared to his brother when they were alone in his room.
Sesshomaru sighed and wondered if Jaken had packed any ear plugs for him. “Did I say you had to?”
“Then why the hell did you tell her you’d think about it? I’ll kill myself before that bitch becomes my wife! If that doesn’t mean anything to you, just think of the children, your future nieces and nephews, do you them from her?” Inuyasha asked, disgusted.
Sesshomaru resisted the urge to rub at his pounding temples. “Inuyasha we need to buy more time. We couldn’t stay here any longer without people starting to wonder about our intentions. If we’re here discussing marriage between yourself and Kikyo we have more time to find Kagura, Miroku and Kagome. You’re positive Kagome is still alive, correct?”
“Hell yeah.”
“Then we need to do this. There’s no other choice if we want to find them.”
Inuyasha glared at the ground. “Fine...but if you set a marriage date I’m jumping out the window.”
“And is that suppose to be incentive for me not to set a date?” Sess asked dryly.
“I pray to Kami it doesn’t come to that. But we have to hurry, time is running out.” a quiet voice from the corner said.
Kagome~
I glared at the woman standing on the tree branch. “Show yourself, or are you scared?” I taunted.
“You think I’m afraid of a few humans and second-rate demons?” she asked angrily, tossing out a few strings that wrapped themselves around the opposite tree branch and she gracefully flipped down to meet me, landing on one of the strings below her.
She had short straight black hair that came down to about her chin and was kept back by a red piece of string. Her....kimono if you could call it that stopped a few inched above her knee, the front almost plunged down to her naval, and the skirt had slits up to her hips. She had the weirdest purple eyes I had ever seen and she had a sword on her hip attached by a yellow belt. Her hands were covered with black gloves with the fingers cut off and even as she smirked at me she manipulated the strings between her fingers.
I gasped when she lowered Kagura another inch over the flames. “What do you want with Kagura?”
The woman shrugged, idly playing with the strings. “She hasn’t done anything to me, but she made my mistress very, very cross.” she explained in a high pitched voice.
“Kikyo?” I asked, my anger starting to make me tremble.
The woman shrugged and stuck out at Sango.
“Sango!” I yelled and she brought up her sword up in time to slice though the string.
I glared back at the woman. “Who the hell are you? And why do you use these damn strings to fight with.”
She sighed, “Oh my, oh me, you think this is string?”
“What else is it?”
“It’s hair you brat, and I’m called Yura of the Hair if you were wondering, but you needn’t remember,” she unsheathed her sword and flung herself towards me.
“Since you’re about to join your precious Kagura in hell!”
I snorted and ducked just as she swung. “How? Are you going to suffocate me with your breasts? They’re certainly big enough.” I taunted.
She frowned, flipped and landed on another piece of hair. “I wish you’d use more restraint when addressing a lady.”
Kagura fell another two inches.
Yura sighed when she saw Hiten trying to inch his way over to Kagura again. With a simple twist of her fingers she caught him by the edge of his braid.
“Behind you!” I yelled and he cut through the hair with his spear.
Yura yanked the cut hair back, annoyed but her eyes gleamed when she saw the hair still attached to it.
“Oh what pretty hair!”she gushed, her eyes moving greedily around the dwarfs, she snatched strands of hair from Kouga, Sango, Rin, Miroku, Ayame and myself.
She sorted through the strands, throwing away the ones she didn’t like. “Oh me, oh my just look at all this pretty hair!” she cooed to Kouga and Miroku.
She smiled cooly to the rest of us. “To many spilt ends in your hair but beggars can’t be choosers.”
I winched when Sango, Ayame and Rin killed the demon/imp they had been fighting and turned to glare at Yura.
“What the hell do you mean my hair has spilt ends?” Sango yelled.
“Yeah, my hair is better then any of those morons!” Ayame roared.
Kouga arrogantly stroked a hand down his long mane, “Now, now girls you heard the lady, she obviously knows what I’ve known all along, that my hair is superior to yours.”
“WHAT?” they all screeched.
I resisted the urge to hit my head against a tree. “Um, guys can we yell at each other about this later?” I hissed.
Yura stroked the strands of Kouga’s, Hiten’s, and Miroku’s hair against her cheek as she played with the hair in her hand.
She gasped and glanced over to where Kagura should have been, but was instead, nestled safely in Hiten’s arms.
“Oh you naughty, naughty boy!” she shrieked and she twisted her hair around them both.
The hairs tied them together and Yura circled her hands, forming a red circle in the center of them. Hiten gasped when the hair around his throat tightened, and Kagura winced when the hairs cut into her skin.
I felt my power hovering just under my skin, without even thinking I filled it into one of the arrows and shot it straight at Yura.
She noticed it at the last second and dived out of the way, the arrow just clipping her on shoulder. She dropped whatever spell she had on Kagura and Hiten and they fell to the ground. Hiten coughed, trying to get air into his lungs and gently held Kagura with one hand. The dwarfs rushed to surround them, making sure Yura would have to get though them first if she wanted Hiten and Kagura.
I looked back at Yura, certain Kagura and Hiten would be safe. She glared back at me, crouching on a few ropes of hair and clutching her wounded shoulder. She slowly stood up and let her hand fall, showing off her injury.
Half of her shoulder was taken off and blood was pouring down her arm. A huge stream of black hair suddenly flew in front of her, and when it passed her arm was healed.
“I fear I have become very cross with you. But you’re lucky I don’t have time to finish you off.” she promised angrily. She flung hair around tree branches and using it as a rope, flew herself away, taking all her hair with her.
“So you win, for now. I shall see you again, you horrible girl.” she called back.
I didn’t go after her, though I probably should have. I turned and rushed towards where Hiten was still cradling Kagura in his arms.
I kneeled down next to her and latched onto her arm. “Kagura? Can you hear me?” I half whispered.
She looked up at me and slowly smiled. “Hey Kag.”
I launched myself into her arms, crying into her neck. “Oh Kagura! Thank Kami you’re alright! I was so worried when I saw you hanging there. You didn’t get burned right?” I asked and bent down to look at her feet.
She laughed. “Shouldn’t I be asking you that? Damn girl, did you see all that power you had? Must come from hanging out with me so much.” She bragged.
I laughed and hugged her again. “I missed you.”
“Yeah, yeah, me to, do we really have to get into all this mushy crap?”
She broke away from me and looked up at the man who held her. She gasped and her red eyes started to gleam with something I’d never seen before.
“Kagome, aren’t you going to introduce me to this...handsome young man here?” she purred, licking her lips.
Hiten slowly grinned, “My name’s Hiten, I assume you’re the lovely Kagura Kagome’s been telling me so much about?”
“Assume? Since when does Hiten use words like assume?’ Kouga whispered to Rin, as Hiten brought Kagura’s hand to his mouth and kissed her knuckle, “-But she hasn’t nearly done you justice, beautiful.”
Kouga snorted and Rin quickly elbowed him in the stomach.
I bit my lip and looked for cover. Kagura hates to be called pet names. The last man who called her ‘my dear’ in a romantic way got sent through four trees and off a cliff.
But when I raised my head from my hands...she was blushing!
“What did she tell you about me?” Kagura asked, sounding almost shy. (Which is weird because there’s no such thing as a shy Kagura. A shy Kagura is right up there with Big Foot and a chaste Kikyo.)
“From what she told me I gathered you were an extremely beautiful witch, but I never thought reality would be better then dreams.” he said huskily. (Kami did I just use huskily? Someone kill me now, please)
Kagura blushed harder and giggled. (Oh Kami, the worlds about to end, Kagura’s giggling.) “Are you sure, I’ve always found reality to be disappointing.”
Hiten’s red-pink eyes burned into Kagura’s crimson one’s as he slowly started to smile again, “Trust me sweetheart. I’m sure.” he said in a voice that sent shivers down the spines of anything female-demon, human or animal.
Miroku glanced over at Sango and slowly grinned before hooking an arm over her shoulders and hauling her close to him. “Hey Sango, why don’t we make like the squirrel’s in that tree over there and show those poor souls how it’s done?” he asked suggestively while his hand crept down her back.
“YOU SICK PERVERT!” Sango yelled and brought her boomerang down on the top of his head.
Miroku quickly got back up and held his hands out harmlessly. “Now, now Sango, it was just a suggestion.”
“A SUGGESTION THAT’S ABOUT TO GET YOU KILLED!” she yelled and lifted her boomerang again.
He yelped and dived behind me, using myself as a shield.
“Please have mercy on me!” he prayed while the rest of us sighed.
“It’s nice to know Miroku hasn’t changed at all.” Kagura remarked.
Miroku reached over form behind me and took her hand, “Lady Kagura, it’s lovely to see you again, have you considered baring my children yet?”
“Monk.” Hiten growled while I rolled my eyes and Sango glared at him.
“-because the only woman I want to have children with is Sango and if you’ve agreed to my request I have to turn it down.” Miroku finished hurriedly.
Hiten nodded approvingly while Sango’s glare turned into a death stare. “And when did I agree to this?”
Miroku paled and tried to sink lower out of sight behind me, “um, Sango...please?”
She raised her sword, “I’ll give you five seconds to run if you ever want to have children.”
Miroku shot up, “Sango, please-“
”Five.”
“Be reasonable!”
“Four.”
“Sango, please stop this, it’s turning me on so much I can barely stand!” Miroku said, putting the back of hand to his forehead and rasing another hand as if to ward her off.
“Good, if you’re on the ground it’ll make it easier for me to crave out the family jewels. Three, two, one!”
Miroku yelped and ran away with Sango close on his heels.
Hiten rolled his eyes and stood up with Kagura in his arms. “Come on, we better get home, Sango will probably chase Miroku all the way there herself. And we need to get Kagura’s wounds cleaned.”
Kagura put her arm around his neck and leaned her face in his shoulder as I climbed on Kouga’s back and Rin sat on Kirara with Shippo safely in her arms.
“Let’s go home and hope Sango hasn’t kill Miroku before we get there.” Kouga said cheerfully before taking off.
Inuyasha and Sesshomaru~
Inuyasha and Sesshomaru whirled around to face whoever had spoken and were shocked to see a little girl dressed entirely in white kneeling with a mirror in her hands.
“Who are you?” Sesshomaru asked.
The girl looked up from her mirror and speared Sesshomaru with her dark eyes. “I am called Kanna of the Glass. I can...see things with my mirror.”
“Like what?” Inuyasha asked.
Kanna looked down. “Until you were six you slept with a geshia doll you named Yumi.”
She looked down again and giggled, “I’ve also seen you when you scratch your fleas.”
Inuyasha turned red. “Can you see anything more important then that or do you only do cheap parlor tricks?”
Kanna looked down again, “Your friends are alive.”
Inuyasha sucked in a breath, “All of them?”
Kanna nodded and showed her mirror to them. They saw Sango chasing a scared Miroku while Kagura was cradled in someone’s arms. And Kagome was...
“What the hell is that wench doing on some jerks back!” Inuyasha roared when he saw Kagome nestled against a male demon’s back.
“Inuyasha...do they look familiar to you?”
Kanna nodded as if she guessed Sesshomaru’s thoughts. “Yes my lord, he is Lord Kouga of the East, and the man holding Lady Kagura is Lord Hiten.”
“I don’t believe it, I thought they were dead.” Sesshomaru almost whispered.
“I don’t care if that bastard’s alive or dead, he’s gonna be dead if he doesn’t let go of Kagome soon!” Inuyasha swore.
Sesshomaru tried not to sigh, “Calm yourself Inuyasha. You were to young to remember them before they disappeared.” he turned to face Kanna, “Why have you come to us?”
She slowly drew her mirror down. “My mistress is Kikyo, but no matter how much she tries to convert me I am not a force of evil. Queen Midoriko saved my life once and taught me that evil like Kikyo and Naraku needs to be stopped no matter the cost. I’m merely repaying a debt, though even if I owed her nothing I would be here anyway. Everything else is in place to overthrow Kikyo, the only missing pieces are you two and what your decisions will be.”
Kanna turned her mirror back up, “Look into my mirror to what the future will be if Kikyo finds what she’s looking for.”
Sesshomaru and Inuyasha stepped closer and when they saw what was on the surface wished they hadn’t.
Death. Horrible, slow painful death. They watched as innocent people were needlessly killed and tortured, entire cities burned to the ground, evil demons running wild, and this destruction didn’t just stay in Japan. It spread to the mainland, crippled all the great empires and left them wastelands. And at the center of it all was Kikyo, Queen of the world with her miserable husband Inuyasha, chained to her side with a collar around his neck.
Kanna swept her hand over the mirror and the images disappeared, leaving only the reflected surface of their shocked faces. “Do you see what will happen if Kikyo is not stopped? All of human and demon kind will be wiped out eventually if she has anything to say about it. I know what I’m asking of you is a hard choice to make. The path ahead of you is hard and dangerous if you chose to help the miko princess stop this evil. You may not live through it. But I promise you, if you stop Kikyo the rest of your lives will be filled with a happiness many people never feel. Your lives, your children’s lives, your grandchildren’s lives and so forth will be peaceful and fruitful.” Kanna swore.
“What is this object Kikyo is looking for?” Sesshomaru asked.
“The Jewel of Four Souls, Queen Midoriko’s spirit.”
Inuyasha snorted. “Come on, that’s just a fairy tale, there’s never been any sign of the jewel. Right Sess?”
Sesshomaru didn’t answer but looked at Kanna, “Does Kikyo have any idea of where it is?”
Kanna shook her head. “She believed the key was Kagome but she hasn’t been able to find it yet.”
She looked down at her mirror, suddenly nervous. “If you decide to get involved, there’s a map behind Lady’s Kagura’s mirror that will help. Please ignore the naked woman on the back.” Kanna said, slightly amused. “I’ll understand if you don’t want to risk your lives, it is a lot to ask of you.” her head shot up and she gasped, “Mistress Kikyo is coming, I must go.”
She stood up with her mirror tightly clutched to her, and started to fade away, “If you ever need any help at all, just call my name twice and I’ll be there as soon as I can. Farewell.”
She finally faded away and left the lords standing there with their thoughts.
Inuyasha made a noise in the back of his throat and turned toward the door. He looked back at Sess and threw a cocky grin over his shoulder, “Well come on Sess, we can’t let people find out a little girl is braver then the great dog lords of the West.” he said arrogantly.
Sesshomaru only smiled slightly as he and his brother walked towards their destiny.
Kikyo~
“So Kanna.” Kikyo purred after she stepped out of the painting. “Has Inuyasha stopped ‘changing’ yet?”
Kanna looked down at her mirror and frowned as only smoke filled the surface. “No Mistress. But the smoke is clearing. H e’s almost done choosing his path.”
Kikyo growled and threw a glass bottle at Kanna, just barely missing her. “Damn it you idiot, if you can’t some up with some way for me to win Inuyasha soon I’m never going to take you back from Naraku!” she promised and swore again when Kanna’s face never changed.
Kikyo suddenly laughed, “Not that it matters if Sesshomaru decides to give Inuyasha to me in marriage. Then Inuyasha has no choice about it.” she said, sounding smug. “Kanna, tell me what would convince Lord Sesshomaru to give Inuyasha to me?” she asked, sitting back on her bed.
Kanna looked down on her mirror and waited patiently until the ripples and smoke faded away.
“Well?” Kikyo asked eagerly.
Kanna examined the surface. “He wants gold, lots of gold. Some palaces near the ocean, a few dozen beautiful dancing girls.”
Kikyo frowned. “So he really does like women? I’ve always assumed he had a thing going with the monk.”
Kanna shook her head. “He also wants...dog food?”
Kikyo bit her lip. “You positive? If I offer him dog food he might get offended.”
“That’s what the mirror says Mistress.”
Kikyo shrugged. “Fine, but it’s your head if your wrong.” Kikyo’s face lit up into a smile as soon as Naraku came in.
“Naraku! Baby! What took you so long?”
He glared at her. “What’s this I hear about you asking for Inuyasha?” he asked angrily.
“Don’t worry Naraku, I’m not throwing you away. But do you know how much power Inuyasha has? He would be a powerful ally if he was bound to me.” Kikyo explained.
“I still don’t like it.”
“Calm down Naraku, I don’t complain when you’re off raping young girls instead of being with me, do I? And if you’re a good boy, I’ll give you a nice manor with all the young, pretty virgins you want.”
Naraku’s face relaxed into a hesitant smile. “Really?’
“Of course. Now did you get Yura to do that little job?”
“Yes, she should be finishing that witch about now.”
“Good boy, now come to momma.”
Kanna slipped away unnoticed as Kikyo and Naraku...played.
Kagome~
“What do you mean, my hair’s frizzy?” Rin yelled at Kouga, standing nose to nose with him.
“You heard me, do I need to say it again? Your. Hair. Is. Frizzy.”
“It is sooo not frizzy!”
“Is to!”
“Is not!”
“Is to!”
“Is not!”
“At least it’s not dry like yours!” Rin mocked.
“Dry? Are you calling my hair dry? It’s the silkiest, smoothest thing you’re ever going to touch!” Kouga shot back.
Kagura and I sighed as we watched them. “Do they do this a lot?” she asked as I smoothed the cream over her cuts.
“Just be glad they’re not yelling about when Kouga mates with Ayame.” I said grimly. “He gets so mad when Rin tied to bribe him to take her on the days she’s picked.”
“They bet on that? What day did you pick?”
I smiled slyly. “Six months from today. Kouga put a lot of money on never when he found out about it.”
“Does he really hate her?” Kagura asked, watching Rin and Kouga argue about who had the shiniest hair.
“No, I don’t think Kouga knows what he wants yet. Rin and Sango thinks he has problems committing.” I finished the last cut on her face before moving to the faint lines on her arms.
“So you really like Hiten, huh?”
Kagura blushed and bit her lip, “I think so, he’s just so handsome and gallant and so handsome and so romantic and so handsome and caring.”
“You said handsome three times,”
“I know. And yet he’s this alpha male who you know will protect you no matter what.”
“I thought you hated guys who tried to protect you?” I asked as I finished her shoulder and she pulled the rest of her arm out of her sleeve for me.
“Yeah but it’s just so...I don’t know, honest when he does it. I don’t get the feeling he’s doing it because he thinks I can’t take care of myself or he’s trying to impress me with his strength. It’s like he’s protecting me because he wants to, not because he feels like he has to, you know?”
“Awwww that’s so sweet Kagura!” Ayame and Rin cooed as they crowed around the bed.
“I wish I had someone like that.” Rin sighed.
“Me to, why can’t Kouga be more like Hiten?” Ayame asked, glaring at Kouga who was lodging in the doorway.
He rolled his eyes, “Ain’t my fault I’m not a wimp like Hit.”
“HE IS NOT A WIMP YOU JERK!” Rin and Ayame roared.
“Who’s not a wimp?” Hiten asked as he came in with Shippo on his shoulder.
“Oh look, he’s good with kids to!” Ayame gushed.
Hiten looked at her strangely, “What’s wrong with you? Me and Ship have always gotten along.”
Rin and Ayame smiled sweetly as they grabbed me and Shippo and started pulling us out the door. “Well we’ll just leave you two alone now, come on Kag.”
I dug my heels into the floor, “I’m not finished with Kagura’s wounds yet.” I protested.
“Oh come on, what are you really doing anyway? Just rubbing some cream over the cuts? Hiten can finish that!” Rin said as she pulled harder.
I raised an eyebrow at Kagura and she blushed, nodding slightly.
I grinned wickedly and let Rin pull me out the door, catching sight of Kagura blushing as Hiten walked towards her before turning my back on them.
Ayame and Rin dragged me downstairs before they started to squeal and jump up and down holding each others hands. “Oh my Kami, they’re so cute together!”
“Yeah I know, do you think they’ll name their kids after us?” Ayame asked which caused a new round of squealing and ‘oh my kami’s’.
Shippo hopped on my shoulder and looked at them. “Is there something wrong with them?”
I sighed, “Not really, they’re just being the matchmakers from hell right now. Come on, let’s see if Sango’s finished using Miroku for target practice.”
We walked outside to where Sango was very happily throwing her Hiraikotsu at Miroku as he ran back and forth. He yelped as it barely missed him.
“Sango please!”
“I suggest you run faster monk.” she said helpfully as she caught her boomerang with a graceful movement and prepared to throw it again.
“Hey Sango, are you almost done trying to kill Miroku?” I asked as I walked up to her. “I need him to go catch us some fish for dinner.”
She sighed and placed her weapon across her back. “I guess I’m done. But only if you make that really good stew again.”
I promised her I would as Miroku threw himself across my feet and kissed my knees, “Oh thank you Kagome! Any longer of that and my heart would have given out.”
I rolled my eyes, “Yeah, yeah, yeah just get me some fish.”
He stood up and bowed, “Right away my savior.” he said and started running towards the river.
“Hey Roku! A fishing pole might help!” I called out to him. He stopped and started running back towards the cottage.
“Oh right, thanks Kagome!”
Shippo and I rolled our eyes together and started to walk towards the kitchen. “So Shippo do you want to learn how to make that bread you love so much?”
Later~
“Hey, someone pass the tea?” Kouga called as everyone started eating their second helpings.
“Only if you pass the rice over.” Rin said as they switched food.
“Here Kagura, try this.” Hiten said, holding up a piece of fish for her.
She leaned forward and took it with her mouth, “It’s good, try this.” Kagura said silkily and held out a piece of string bean for him.
“This is really good Kagome, are there anymore vegetables left?” Sango asked.
I nodded, “Yeah they’re in the kitchen, Rin could you go get some?”
She stood up after shoving another bite of fish in her mouth and stole some of Ayame’s bread.
“Hey guys, I was wondering would it be alright for me to plant a garden? We’re running low on fruit and vegetables and it would save some money if you guys didn’t need to buy them.” I asked.
“Sure, me and Kouga can clear a spot for you after work tomorrow.” Hiten said, shoving more stew in his mouth.
Ayame fluttered her eyes at Kouga, “Hey Kouga, with all the money we save from this garden thing of Kag’s, we can save up for a little nest of our own.”
“WE’RE NOT GOING TO HAVE A LITTLE NEST OF OUR OWN YOU CRAZY WOMAN!”
Ayame pouted, “What, do you want to spend the rest of our lives here? I guess that’s ok if you really don’t a home by ourselves.”
Kouga growled, “Ayame-“
”Does anyone want more stew?” I interrupted and passed around the pot when hands shot up.
“Hey, I’ve got the vegetables!” Rin sang as she walked thought the door.
Suddenly the door slammed open and everyone was on their feet, hands resting on their weapons when two sets of footsteps were heard running to the dining room.
I gasped when Inuyasha appeared from around the corner. “Kagome!”
“Inuyasha?” I asked, shocked.
Rin gasped and dropped the pot she was holding, spilling the vegetables all over the ground.
“It’s you.” she said breathlessly to the to dog demon standing behind Inuyasha. “You’re the one who brought me back from the dead.”
AN: Wow, look at this new development! I’m so evil for leaving it there, mwhahahaha. Oh well, I’ll update soon, as soon as I’m done writing the next part to King Thurshbeard (evil laughter becomes louder.) Despite the cliffhanger, hope you all liked the chapter, please, please, please, please, please, please, please! Review and tell me what you think. Hope you all have a nice week.