InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Snow White and the Seven 'Dwarfs'...Sort of ❯ Just a Little Confusion ( Chapter 49 )
[ Y - Young Adult: Not suitable for readers under 16 ]
By: Penthesileia 
"Hey girlie, shut your mouth before a bug flies in." one of the tiny people jeered at Rin and her wide, gaping mouth.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Hentai / Comedy / Adventure | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 12.01.2007 | Pages: 6 | Words: 7.3K | Visits: 352 | Status: Completed
"Hey girlie, shut your mouth before a bug flies in." one of the tiny people jeered at Rin and her wide, gaping mouth.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Hentai / Comedy / Adventure | Type: Alternate Universe | Uploaded On: 12.01.2007 | Pages: 6 | Words: 7.3K | Visits: 352 | Status: Completed
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Rin
"Hey girlie, shut your mouth before a bug flies in." one of the tiny people jeered at Rin and her wide, gaping mouth.
Rin did as he ordered and closed her mouth, but couldn't tear her eyes away from where she was staring so rudely at the people.
They were so tiny! The tallest one was maybe as big as her pinky finger. They didn't have any wings so they couldn't be fairies. They were wearing absolutely amazing armor, but they weren't big enough to be dwarfs. Maybe this is what happens when dwarfs and fairies have kids together...
There was something about them that seemed so familiar despite their size though...
"Are you going to keep gawking at us all day or what?" Another voice asked.
"Who are you?" Rin finally asked, regaining enough control of her mouth in order to speak.
"Who are you?" One sneered back.
"Look lady, either hit us with another spell or go away, your blocking my sunlight." a tiny woman ordered.
"Why would I put a spell on you?" Rin asked, her head starting to spin. Out of every thing she had expected to find, sixty tiny people stuck in a box was not one of them.
"Don’t play games with us, that ugly hag sent you." someone yelled.
"Kikyo?" Rin guessed.
A few of the tiny people spat on the ground at her name, "Not that bitch. The other one, something with a U.."
Rin made a mental note to ask Kagome if she had ever heard of such a hag working for Kikyo while trying to decide what to do with the people.
"Are you here against your will?" Rin asked.
"Uh, DUH you moron!" one of them shouted at her.
Well that was good enough for her. "Well hold on then. I’m sorry if I jostle you around." she told them before firmly closing the lid on their cries and tucked it under her arm. She would try to move carefully for them, but they might knock against each other if she had to run or fight. Oh well, hopefully it wouldn’t be enough to seriously hurt them.
Quickly she moved up the staircase, closing it behind her and headed purposely for the exit. She ignored the little voices shouting at her and walked briskly towards Kikyo’s fake bed.
She sat down, keeping hold of the box and pressed the button to bring her back up. She had spent to much time here, the diversion was probably over. She would have to get out as quickly as possible.
She sat tensely on the bed, waiting impatiently to get to the top. When she got close enough, she sat up on her heels, keeping the box close to her body while holding her free hand on her swords hilt. She hoped Sesshomaru was still outside waiting for her.
As soon as the bed covering the hole lifted enough, Rin sprang up and climbed into Kikyo’s fake bedroom, not waiting for the bed to come fully to the surface. She just had to get outside the castle, and Sesshomaru would be there to sweep her away.
"Have you seen Queen Kikyo?" Kyokotsu asked causally from behind her.
Rin gasped as she spun around, forcing herself to let go off her weapon and clutch the box to her chest like a frightened little girl. He would defiantly act negatively if she acted like a warrior, but he should be put off guard by the scared little chick. But damn it, she hadn’t been expecting this!
"My lord! You startled me." Rin gasped, making her eyes go big and her chest heave.
To be honest, Rin was surprised Kyokotsu was even able to fit inside Kikyo’s room. As it was, it looked like he had to bend his body nearly in half. Which would be good for her since that meant he couldn’t move as well. The people inside the box were, thankfully, silent. "That’s a interesting little outfit sweetheart." He purred, his eyes moving over her leather clad body. He suddenly shook his head as if to clear his head, "But what I want more then to see that costume spread out on my floor is to find Kikyo." he suddenly smirked, "Then we can have some fun."
Rin mentally shuddered. Eww.
She pushed her disgust to the side of her brain and tried to look distressed, (Which, actually, wasn’t very hard) "I’m sorry my lord, I have no idea where she is." Rin said honestly. She had no idea what Naraku had done with her body.
Kyokotsu causally reached out and slapped Rin to the wall.
Rin didn’t fight the blow; she only wrapped herself around the box and let herself fall from the wall to the floor. She groaned, knowing that was going to be hell of a bruise.
"Don’t lie to me." Kyokotsu ordered coldly. "And while you’re at it, tell me why the hell you just crawled out from under a bed and what’s in the box that’s so important."
Rn slowly got to her feet, bracing herself against the wall. "I truly do not know where Queen Kikyo is my lord. Under the bed is a safe Hari ordered me to fetch this box from. I have no idea what it is." "Then show me." he ordered.
Rin tightened her hold on the box and shook her head, "I can’t my lord, I have been ordered not to." she lied skillfully.
Kyokotsu narrowed his eyes at her and slowly reached out a long arm. "One more shot to tell the truth wench. What would your father think if you were sent home in a casket?"
Rin nearly snarled in outrage, that he would dare refer to her father after what he had done. "That I was one more reason Kikyo should have been killed at birth." Rin snapped back, forgotten phrases echoing around her ears.
Kyokotsu’s eyes widened, "You! You’re Taromaru’s spawn!" he realized with her father’s familiar words ringing in his ears.
"Well look at that. When your body grew your brain didn’t stay the size of a peanut." Rin said sarcastically, not bothering to play the distressed damsel anymore.
"But you’re supposed to be fucking dead." Kyokotsu said, sounding confused and slightly scared.
"But I’m not. To bad for you. Because I know exactly what you and the others did to my family." Rin said, her voice going ice cold. "My father trusted you, loved you, and thought of you as his own brother and you stab him in the back." she spat, her fingers digging into her sword’s hilt. "And for what? So you can be a freak not only in mind, but body to? You’re pathetic."
"Suck it up bitch." Kyokotsu suddenly snapped, "I betrayed Taromaru. He was so weak and soft, fighting for the ‘innocents persecuted by Kikyo’s evil rule’. Give me a fucking break. Where the hell was that going to get us? And what do you think your going to do about it? Kill me?" he laughed. "You’re what, all of twelve?"
Rin smiled cruelly. "Trust me Kyokotsu, the one thing you won’t have to worry about is living past the next three days. You’ll pay for what you did to my father and mother, and for all the people who suffered without Seven to protect them."
Kyokotsu snorted, "I can’t believe what I’m hearing. This is like fucking Taromaru back in the flesh. Get a freaking life bitch." he ordered, his hand coming back to slap her.
This time Rin was ready for him. When his palm came for her she already had her sword out, and with a little push it easily pierced his skin, and tore a jagged line down his flesh as she hit the floor and rolled.
"You fucking bitch!" Kyokosto swore, trying to reach for her with his unwounded hand. But Rin was already out the door, running at full speed with the box still clutched to her chest.
"Guards! Servants! Some-fucking-body catch that girl!" Kyokotsu roared from Kikyo’s fake bedroom as Rin sprinted down the hall.
The few guards just coming back in from the fire looked at each other, extremely confused. By the time they even got close to organizing to try to detain Rin, she had already vaulted herself out the window.
She slapped a hand over her mouth and tried not to scream like a little girl as she fell, the wind pushing cruelly at her face and hair. Her entire life was in Sesshomaru’s hands if he was still there.
She needed have worried. Before Rin was even close to hitting the ground, Sesshomaru’s arms and tail came around her, whisking her away from harm and holding her closely to his chest.
"Be quicker next time." Sesshomaru ordered as they flew above the treetops, on their way home.
Rin rolled her eyes, knowing that was the closest he’d ever come to admitting he was worried. "Yell at me later. Just take me home now." she asked, resting her head on his shoulder.
She closed her eyes and groaned when the yelling and the cursing from inside the box resumed.
"What is that?" Sesshomaru asked, sounding as close as she ever heard to being startled.
"It’s a freaking long story. But it can wait." Rin told him, ignoring the indignant voices.
Her eyes opened and she looked up determinedly at Sesshomaru. There were more important things to discuss.
"Sesshomaru? Before we go home, I want to tell you something. Can you set us down here?"
Kouga
Well he had finally done it. What he had been working towards for the last two days. The one thing he had devoted himself totally to.
He had finally gotten himself piss-ass drunk.
And considering he was a strong, healthy male demon this was no easy task to accomplish. Nope, it took work to get to this level of obliviousness and numbness. He had so much sake; objects were reduced to blurry blobs of muted color. There was some kind of buzzing noise in his ears, and his head was slightly spinning. But hey, he was so plastered he didn’t have to think about how miserable he was! His world had narrowed down to two things. Mouth. And sake. Not even his annoying demon/conscience was bothering him; it had finally given up the third time he passed out on the table.
Kouga tossed back another glass, feeling satisfied when the world started to spin slightly faster.
Well, so far death by alcohol poisoning was more pleasant then by broken heart.
He poured himself another cup wanting to cry when he heard Ayame’s beautiful laughter float in through the open windows. Probably at something that fucking bastard Hobo said or did. Jerk. Who the hell did he think he was, getting Ayame to laugh like that?
Kouga scowled, putting the bottle down on the table for the first time. Hobo had gotten here yesterday, why the hell did he get Ayame’s attention so suddenly when she had been chasing after him for nearly three years? It fucking pissed him off.
Kouga gashed his teeth together and fumed. It wasn’t fair. It should be him earning Ayame’s laughter. Him earning her smiles, and cute little dimples, and getting to watch her eyes light up.
Though as he thought about it, she had been doing less and less of that lately.
He scowled again. That wasn’t his fault! He just had needed time. He thought Ayame could give it to him.
Seriously, they were stuck in the middle of nowhere. They had nothing but time.
He just didn’t count on this Homo jerk coming out of the woodwork.
Staggering, he got to his feet and stumbled across the kitchen until he could glare at Ayame and Homo from out the window.
And the blurry world turned red while his heart broke all over again.
Fucking Homo was fucking tickling Ayame.
And she was fucking GIGGLING!
Kouga growled, his nails biting into the wood of the windowsill, as a violent tick developed near his eyebrow. How dare he touch her ribs and sides like that? And how could she allow it?
"Hojo! Stop that!" Ayame gasped out between laughter, her tiny, perfect hands pushing uselessly at Homo’s chest.
Homo smirked, "Alright, I’ll stop tickling you-" his hands paused,"-and I’ll tickle you here instead!" he told her, as his hands attacked the sensitive skin right next to her breast.
Kouga roared, and launched himself out the window, his hand curled up into a tight fist heading straight for Homo’s face.
Homo stopped tickling Ayame and smoothly pushed her behind him. He pouched forward and without missing a beat, grabbed Kouga’s fist, twisted it back and flung Kouga to the ground.
Kouga’s nose kissed the dirt, leaving behind blood before Kouga sprang up and went for Homo again, swinging wildly and missing him completely. Homo smoothly ducked around Kouga’s drunken punches, until he got bored and with one easy jab to the leg, quickly crippled him without a sweat.
"Oh Hojo, are you ok?" Ayame cried, rushing up to his side. "I’m so sorry about Kouga, he’s never been this much of a idiot before."
Homo lazily brushed a speck of dirt off his shoulder. "I’m fine my queen. Please, don’t worry about Kouga. He isn’t in his right mind right now. I regret having to fight him, but I was afraid of him hurting you." Homo told her, taking her hand and pressing it to his chest.
Ayame smiled, her eyes bright. "Oh Hojo." she gushed, her smile wide, as she allowed him to get hold of her hand as they walked off together.
Hojo looked back and smirked at Kouga, pressing a slow kiss to Ayame’s hand before turning his attention back to whatever she was saying.
Kouga snarled at him, before dragging himself over to the bushes, his limp leg dead weight behind him. He stuck his fingers down his throat and forced himself to vomit all the sake he had consumed, needing to get sober fast.
This meant war. And next time, Kouga fully intended to beat Homo’s ass into the ground and get the girl.
Rin, Sesshomaru and Sixty Tiny People
Sesshomaru gently landed on the ground and set Rin down. She took a step back, suddenly nervous even though there was nothing to be nervous about. He had put himself out there; it was time for her to do the same.
She took a deep breath and put the box on the ground, not wanting any barriers between them when she told him. She absently noticed the people inside the box were silent as she stared at Sesshomaru, trying to decide how to start.
"Sesshomaru." she said, thinking his name was a good starting point. "A few days ago you asked me to become your mate." Ok, reminding him about that was good filler.
She had a sudden moment of panic. Oh crap, he hadn't forgotten had he?
"Yes." Sesshomaru agreed, setting her mind at ease. ...sort of.
She took another breath, "Yes well, about that-" she made the mistake looking in his eyes and the longing and...and hope she saw there nearly blew her mind away. It definitely made her forget what she was about to say.
She took another slow breath. (Well, with all the breaths in between the pauses, she didn't have to worry about air depravation.) "I've been thinking a lot about that lately. And I've decided what I want." She felt like she was falling into his eyes, they were staring so intently at her. When was the last time she had breathed?
"Yes?" Sesshomaru urged, stepping closer.
Rin vaguely noticed her lungs screaming for air, as she focused on Sesshomaru's lips that much closer. "Iwanttobecomeyourmate." she said quickly, before leaning forward and devouring his mouth with hers.
He growled and swept her into his arms, letting her do what she wanted before it became to much for him and he took control. Roughly, he tore his mouth from hers and started kissing her neck. "Say it again. Slower." he ordered gruffly.
"I want to be your mate." Rin moaned when he found a tender spot.
"Again."
"I want to be your mate." Rin reminded him, filling her hands with his hair and brought him back up to her mouth.
"Why?" he demanded to know when the kiss broke, staring at her.
Rin smiled dreamily and cupped his cheek, smoothing a finger over one of his slashes. "Because I love you." she explained. She suddenly turned her attention to his forehead, tracing the moon etched there. "Will our children have one of these?"
Sesshomaru's mouth went dry at the thought of her baring his pups. Kami, she would be so beautiful...
"Don't worry, I don't except you to say it back." she assured him, mistaking his silence. "I know it would ruin your tough, ice prince rep-"
"I love you." he breathed, covering her mouth with his own again. He loved kissing her. From this day forward he would kiss her at least ten times a day, screw his ice prince rep.
"Well look at that. You’re still my tough prince, but not so cold." Rin mused, running her hand down his burning cheeks. She grinned suddenly, sliding her hand down his throat to his chest. "I kinda like it..."
"YO! We are NOT sitting here forgotten while you two have sex!" one of the tiny people shouted, shattering the spell.
Rin groaned and leaned her forehead against Sesshomaru's collarbone. "Damn it. Can we just ignore them?" she asked hopefully.
"I will tear my way out of this box and physically prevent you from having sex if I have to, but goddamn it, you are not keeping me from my daughter any longer!" one of the men raged.
Rin jerked, looking down at the box in confusion. Daughter? ...oh wait.
Crap.
Kagome
"On the count of three. One, two, three." Sango counted off as we lifted a huge log together and slowly moved it to the side of the clearing. The troops Seven had gathered would be here tonight, the rest tomorrow. They needed a place to rest and train before the big battle, hence the reason why I was outside my kitchen clearing trees and rocks with the rest of the dwarfs. Kagura was busy uprooting trees and filling in the holes with her wind while Hiten and his sister were quickly setting up tents. The rest of us were trying to help Kagura out by moving the cut trees out of the way. With Ayame, Sayo and Hojo off doing Kami knows what, and Kouga plastering himself on the table, I was surprised with how much we had done.
"Whew." Sango breathed, wiping her forehead after we'd dropped the log, "How much room do we need?"
I shrugged. "I wouldn't be shocked if Kaede managed to recruit a few thousand people." I told her, my mind a million miles away. Where was Inuyasha?
"Chill out Kag, they should be here before nightfall." Sango reassured me, being able to tell what I was thinking about.
"Let’s hope so." I frowned, thinking about the risky plan they had come up with.
...though if we survived the upcoming fight, thinking about Jakotsu giving all those people food poisoning is going to be hilarious.
"Yo, is anyone around? We can use some fucking help here!" Inuyasha roared.
I felt my heart leap in my chest and a stupid smile spread on my face.
"And there she goes." I heard Sango mumble under her breath as I ran; heading towards the direction Inuyasha's voice had come from. The stupid smile turned into a grin when he emerged out of the woods, pulling something behind him.
"InuyaSHA!" I shouted the last syllable when Kagura oh-so-helpfully directed a blast of wind at my back and literally blew me into Inuyasha's arms.
He grunted when I hit his chest, dropping whatever he was carrying to catch me.
My breath caught in my throat and the smile got stuck on my face as I stared at him, my arms wrapped around his shoulders and my feet dangling. Thank Kami he was back.
I sighed, staring into his eyes. I could get lost in those eyes forever...
He blinked his eyes and cleared his throat. "Hi Kag-" he squeaked before coughing, "I mean, Kagome." he said, going for casual.
"Hi Inuyasha." I said back, resuming my previous activity of staring at him. I don't think I give enough credit to his hair. Kami it's pretty. He's lucky he's masculine enough to be able to have long hair and not look like a girl. I really wanted to touch it, but I didn't want to move either.
"Give it a rest." someone moaned from behind us and I blinked, finally finding my way out of his eyes.
Kami, what the hell was I doing??? Did I really think he wanted me clinging to him like one of his groupies?
"Well...uh..." Abruptly, Inuyasha set me down, ducking his head to hide the slight blush of his cheeks.
"Yeah um...I'm glad you're back Inuyasha." I said finally, my cheeks as red as his clothing.
"Uh yeah, me to. Hey Kag, um, could I maybe talk to you later-?"
"Ok! Enough of the freaking awkward conversation!" Jakotsu snapped, pushing Inuyasha aside and grabbing my hand. "Kagome, I want you to meet someone very important." he told me solemnly, pushing me along, before stopping in front of a dark, handsome man.
"Kagome, this is Oda, my one true love!" Jakotsu announced, letting go of my hand to grab Oda. "Oda, this is Crown Princess Kagome, daughter of King Nobunaga and Priestess Queen Midoriko, and soon to be destroyer of Kikyo and savior of Japan."
I rolled my eyes at the long title. "Just Kagome please. If you get really lazy you can call me Kag." I told him.
Oda's eyes studied me carefully before slowly bowing. "Princess Kagome." he said formally, "I'm sorry to admit I had doubts about you but I'm happy to see they are unfounded."
"That's what I'm here for." I said flippantly, a bit uncomfortable with the bowing and titles. Though if I was going to be queen in a matter of days I would have to get use to it.
I finally drew my attention to the things they were dragging. "Are these the weapons?" I asked.Oda nodded and flipped back the canvas covering the wagons. "There's more coming, once we got close enough to see the smoke from your cottage, Inuyasha sprinted the rest of the way here." he explained, sounding amused.
I glanced back, Inuyasha was surrounded by the dwarfs, welcoming him home. Home. This place had been my home the last few months, the first home I had since my father died. It was going to be hard to leave here, and leave all these people who had become my family. What was going to happen to us? Would we even be here days from now?
I shook my head to get rid of the morbid thoughts. if I started thinking like that, I was as good as dead. "How many men did you bring?" I asked, forcing my mind to think about something useful.
Oda shrugged, "Only a few hundred. Some of them aren't really here willingly but they'll fight anyway if they know what’s good for them."
I blinked, "Oh wow. " I said, as I thought about dinner tonight. "I hope I have enough food for tonight's stew." I mused to myself, trying to do a few calculations in my head.
Oda looked confused. "Some of my men have brought a few raw ingredients, but I don't understand. You cook?" he asked.
I looked at him, wondering if I should be offended. "Of course I cook. I can't do much else at the moment. And I can fry a pretty mean salmon if I do say so myself." I bragged, watching as the dwarfs started to help Inuyasha draw his wagon of weapons into the clearing. They could probably use help starting to organize them...
"You guys want me to go back to the house and grab a few crates?" I asked, moving towards them.
"But...you're a princess." Oda stated, walking behind me and sounding so lost.
I looked back. "Yeah." I told him, starting to get confused myself. What was his point?"Should you be doing this kind of work?" He asked.
I looked at him, totally astonished, "Why shouldn't I? I'm healthy, I'm strong and I can work. There's no reason why I turn into a pretty decorative doll when there's things to be done."
"Huh. Kikyo's never even stepped out into the military fields." Oda said to himself, amazed.
I narrowed my eyes at him, "Then you better be thanking Kami that's one area where me and Kikyo are totally different. I work with and for my people, she orders someone else to do the work for herself." I snapped back, starting to head towards the house for those crates.
"See? Didn't I say you would like her?" Jakotsu asked Oda gleefully from behind me. "Our Kag is pretty amazing."
"Yeah. She really is." Oda said, sounding shocked.
I huffed and rolled my eyes. Just pretty amazing? Wait till he tries my chicken pot pie.
Ayame
"Focus Ayame. Connect with the earth." Kaede instructed Ayame softly, watching her closely.
Ayame closed her mind, standing perfectly still as her mind sought to enter the ground.
There.
She saw the thread of connection and grabbed onto it with both hands and pulled. The earth under the Kikyo dummy collapsed and sent it falling down into the hole she had just created.
Ayame opened her eyes and grinned. Instant earth caves. Cool.
"Very good child. Perhaps after a few more tries you will be able to do that before your enemy kills you." Kaede said dryly.
Ayame grinned sheepishly, "Hopefully." she remarked, lazily flicking her hand out to command the earth to rise back up, the Kikyo dummy muddier then when they had started.
Sort of how like Kouga had gotten so dirty after Hojo knocked him flat on his ass.
She sighed. Stupid Kouga. Stupid Hojo.
Ugh. Stupid her.
Kaede glanced up from where she had turned her attention to the arrow she was fixing "Something the matter child?"
Ayame looked over, hesitated, before walking over and dropping down beside Kaede, curling her feet up under her and propping her chin on her fist.
"Men." she said glumly, glaring at a tree trunk.
Kaede laughed, "Child with that statement I can assume a lot of things. Perhaps you want to be a bit clearer?"
Ayame sighed again. "Men suck." she decided.
"Some do." Kaede agreed. "But some do not, much like your Kouga and Hojo."
Ayame scowled, "They're not 'my' anything."
"But you want them to be. Or at least, you want one of them to be." Kaede guessed.
Ayame growled, "I don't know what I want anymore. I'm so freaking confused. On one hand I've got Kouga. I've been head over heels in love with the moron ever since I met him three years ago, and I've been chasing after him. But he keeps rejecting me. So I should cut my loses and move on right?"
"If that's what you want child." Kaede said calmly.
"But if he didn't want me, he would have turned me down right away when I told him about my deadline wouldn't he? He would have laughed right in my face and started counting down the days he had left to put up with me. He wouldn't be getting drunk and glaring at me one minute, then looking so heartbroken he's about to die, right?" Ayame asked, frustrated.
"Well yes, but-"
"But then I have Hojo on the other hand." Ayame continued on like she hadn't heard Kaede speaking. "I've known Hojo practically my whole life. He was my first crush when I was thirteen for Kami's sake. But he's never made me feel the way Kouga has. Sexy and dangerous, passionate, and headstrong, Yet really timid, really scared and really nervous. I've always felt just...safe with Hojo. But I don't know, maybe I could feel that way with Hojo?"
"That is a possibility, however-"
"But Hojo doesn't make me mad the way Kouga does. What the hell is his problem? I know he likes me, just what is he so scared of?" Ayame demanded. "I wouldn't be that bad of a wife, would I?"
"I imagine not, but maybe Kouga is-"
"Maybe Kouga is a idiot! Maybe Hojo is to. Gah, freaking men! We would all be better off without them. Morons, the lot of them-"
"Ayame!" Kaede finally snapped.
She blushed slightly, "Sorry."Kaede huffed, "As I have been trying to say, follow where your heart leads you."
Ayame blinked. "That's it? That's the wisest thing you have to offer me? 'Follow your heart'?" she repeated.
Kaede thought for a moment. "Well I could tell you to wait to have sex until marriage but I doubt you would listen."
Ayame just looked at her for a moment, before deciding she was utterly serious. "Gahh!!" she screamed in frustration, before getting up and stomped off into the forest.
Kaede sadly shook her head, "And this is the generation that's going to be leading us. Kami help us."
Kagome
"Hey guys, need any help?" Jakotsu asked cheerfully, popping into the kitchen.
"No!" I screamed, protectively covering the pot of stew I was stirring.
He pouted, "Why not? I only set the kitchen on fire once."
I looked at Inuyasha for help. "Please get him out." I asked.
Jakotsu lifted up his hands and stepped out, "Hey don't bother, I wouldn't dream of disturbing you happy young lovebirds in your quaint domestic bliss." he quipped, ducking out of the kitchen to just barely avoid the potato Inuyasha threw at his head.
I rolled my eyes, "Inuyasha are you almost done with that bag?" I asked, giving the stew one more stir before covering it back up.
"Yep." he answered back, totally focused on getting all the skin off.
I stopped for a moment and watched him, feeling some strange feeling in my chest watching him hunched over, carefully carving off potato peels just because I asked him to.
I had to feed almost 300 people by nightfall. I couldn't do it by myself but there was no way in hell I would accept Jakotsu's help again. I still don't know why I allowed him to 'help' the first time.
I glanced out the window, worried by the twilight falling. All this time and still no Rin or Sesshomaru..."Hey wench, if you're going to brood, do it while you’re peeling these damn things." Inuyasha ordered. I smiled slightly and picked up a knife, sitting close to Inuyasha on the floor. I looked over to the sure, confident manner he was using the knife in. For a man who had never even been in a kitchen, he sure knew how to cut vegetables.
It was kind of sexy.
"Ouch!" I hissed when the knife slid into my skin. Idiot, paying more attention to Inuyasha then what I was doing...
Inuyasha looked up immediately, instantly concerned. "What? What's wrong?" he demanded.
"It's nothing; I just cut myself a little." I mumbled.
He put down his own knife and knelt next to me. "That doesn't look like a little wench." he snapped back, taking my hand and looking it over closely.
"This one looks pretty nasty Kag." he told me.
I rolled my eyes, trying to pull my hand back, "It's just a little-oh." I breathed when Inuyasha's mouth slid around my finger, his tongue lapping strongly against the wound.
I swallowed, my heart going into overdrive to make up for all the blood rushing to my face. Inuyasha pulled my finger out, studying it closely.
"That looks better. I'll grab a bandage just in case though." he told me, getting up and pulling me along with him.
I followed helplessly, standing still as he carefully wrapped my finger in a clean linen line of cloth.
"It should be ok now." he told me, glancing up and not letting go of my eyesight.
I swallowed, even though there was no moisture in my mouth to swallow with, "Thank you Inuyasha." I said, my tongue sticking to the roof of my mouth.
"No problem Kag." he said back, slowly leaning forward.
I quickly glanced around and nearly cried in relief when I saw no Shippo waiting to interrupt this time, and leaned close as well.
Close
Closer
Closer.
"Hey, what about now? Do you guys need me now?" Jakotsu eagerly asked as he popped his head back into the kitchen.
I nearly screamed in frustration at being interrupted again, while Inuyasha settled for growling in Jakotsu's direction, his eyes glowing red with rage
"I do not need you Jakotsu." I told him between my gritting teeth, struggling to keep Inuyasha's hands from going for the knife.
"Oh ok then. Then I'm not going to tell you Rin and Sesshomaru are here! So there!...wait. Damn it."
"They're here?" I asked excitedly, already heading for the kitchen door.
"Yeah, can I finish the stew for you?" Jakotsu asked.
"Over my dead body." I shot back quickly, walking around him.
"That can be arranged." He mumbled, following me.
"Rin!" I shrieked, spotting her surrounded by all the dwarfs and Seven members, Sesshomaru close to her side.
I rushed over and hugged her as tight as I could, "Thank Kami your both safe! I was so worried." I gushed, looking her over. She didn't look injured, thought I did notice she was holding some kind of talking box?
"You must be starving, let me get you something-"
Rin shook her head, "Not yet, there's something we have to tell everyone." she looked at Sesshomaru and grinned. "We're going to be mates!" she shouted.
Me and almost all the other females screamed, "Oh my Kami, you are? Congratulations! When? Where? Give me every detail!"
"HEY!" the box screamed.
Rin cleared her throat, "I'll tell you later. But right now there's something even more important to tell you. Sango, can you come closer please?"
Sango stepped closer, Miroku nearly glued to her back, "What is it Rin?" she asked
Rin took a deep breath and flipped open the talking box.
Sango's mouth dropped open, "Father?" she gasped, as the rest of the room looked on in shock.
One man, standing slightly apart from the group smiled gently at Sango. "Hello daughter."
AN: REVIEW!!!!! And if anyone cares, I'm still taking answers for what's going on with Kikyo's body. Winner gets a part in my final chapter!!!! (But only because I don't think anyones going to get it, mwhahaha.)
Sesshomaru_Kagome_lover_4ever- Hi Angel!!!!Thank you! I take a lot of pleasure out of getting between Kag and Inu, lol. But it'll be worth it for when they finally do something. And it's fine, you're not taking any time from me. Write all you want. I'd rather read reviews then do almost anything else. And write. But that should be obivous.
I do not own Inuyasha or Snow White.
Rin
"Hey girlie, shut your mouth before a bug flies in." one of the tiny people jeered at Rin and her wide, gaping mouth.
Rin did as he ordered and closed her mouth, but couldn't tear her eyes away from where she was staring so rudely at the people.
They were so tiny! The tallest one was maybe as big as her pinky finger. They didn't have any wings so they couldn't be fairies. They were wearing absolutely amazing armor, but they weren't big enough to be dwarfs. Maybe this is what happens when dwarfs and fairies have kids together...
There was something about them that seemed so familiar despite their size though...
"Are you going to keep gawking at us all day or what?" Another voice asked.
"Who are you?" Rin finally asked, regaining enough control of her mouth in order to speak.
"Who are you?" One sneered back.
"Look lady, either hit us with another spell or go away, your blocking my sunlight." a tiny woman ordered.
"Why would I put a spell on you?" Rin asked, her head starting to spin. Out of every thing she had expected to find, sixty tiny people stuck in a box was not one of them.
"Don’t play games with us, that ugly hag sent you." someone yelled.
"Kikyo?" Rin guessed.
A few of the tiny people spat on the ground at her name, "Not that bitch. The other one, something with a U.."
Rin made a mental note to ask Kagome if she had ever heard of such a hag working for Kikyo while trying to decide what to do with the people.
"Are you here against your will?" Rin asked.
"Uh, DUH you moron!" one of them shouted at her.
Well that was good enough for her. "Well hold on then. I’m sorry if I jostle you around." she told them before firmly closing the lid on their cries and tucked it under her arm. She would try to move carefully for them, but they might knock against each other if she had to run or fight. Oh well, hopefully it wouldn’t be enough to seriously hurt them.
Quickly she moved up the staircase, closing it behind her and headed purposely for the exit. She ignored the little voices shouting at her and walked briskly towards Kikyo’s fake bed.
She sat down, keeping hold of the box and pressed the button to bring her back up. She had spent to much time here, the diversion was probably over. She would have to get out as quickly as possible.
She sat tensely on the bed, waiting impatiently to get to the top. When she got close enough, she sat up on her heels, keeping the box close to her body while holding her free hand on her swords hilt. She hoped Sesshomaru was still outside waiting for her.
As soon as the bed covering the hole lifted enough, Rin sprang up and climbed into Kikyo’s fake bedroom, not waiting for the bed to come fully to the surface. She just had to get outside the castle, and Sesshomaru would be there to sweep her away.
"Have you seen Queen Kikyo?" Kyokotsu asked causally from behind her.
Rin gasped as she spun around, forcing herself to let go off her weapon and clutch the box to her chest like a frightened little girl. He would defiantly act negatively if she acted like a warrior, but he should be put off guard by the scared little chick. But damn it, she hadn’t been expecting this!
"My lord! You startled me." Rin gasped, making her eyes go big and her chest heave.
To be honest, Rin was surprised Kyokotsu was even able to fit inside Kikyo’s room. As it was, it looked like he had to bend his body nearly in half. Which would be good for her since that meant he couldn’t move as well. The people inside the box were, thankfully, silent. "That’s a interesting little outfit sweetheart." He purred, his eyes moving over her leather clad body. He suddenly shook his head as if to clear his head, "But what I want more then to see that costume spread out on my floor is to find Kikyo." he suddenly smirked, "Then we can have some fun."
Rin mentally shuddered. Eww.
She pushed her disgust to the side of her brain and tried to look distressed, (Which, actually, wasn’t very hard) "I’m sorry my lord, I have no idea where she is." Rin said honestly. She had no idea what Naraku had done with her body.
Kyokotsu causally reached out and slapped Rin to the wall.
Rin didn’t fight the blow; she only wrapped herself around the box and let herself fall from the wall to the floor. She groaned, knowing that was going to be hell of a bruise.
"Don’t lie to me." Kyokotsu ordered coldly. "And while you’re at it, tell me why the hell you just crawled out from under a bed and what’s in the box that’s so important."
Rn slowly got to her feet, bracing herself against the wall. "I truly do not know where Queen Kikyo is my lord. Under the bed is a safe Hari ordered me to fetch this box from. I have no idea what it is." "Then show me." he ordered.
Rin tightened her hold on the box and shook her head, "I can’t my lord, I have been ordered not to." she lied skillfully.
Kyokotsu narrowed his eyes at her and slowly reached out a long arm. "One more shot to tell the truth wench. What would your father think if you were sent home in a casket?"
Rin nearly snarled in outrage, that he would dare refer to her father after what he had done. "That I was one more reason Kikyo should have been killed at birth." Rin snapped back, forgotten phrases echoing around her ears.
Kyokotsu’s eyes widened, "You! You’re Taromaru’s spawn!" he realized with her father’s familiar words ringing in his ears.
"Well look at that. When your body grew your brain didn’t stay the size of a peanut." Rin said sarcastically, not bothering to play the distressed damsel anymore.
"But you’re supposed to be fucking dead." Kyokotsu said, sounding confused and slightly scared.
"But I’m not. To bad for you. Because I know exactly what you and the others did to my family." Rin said, her voice going ice cold. "My father trusted you, loved you, and thought of you as his own brother and you stab him in the back." she spat, her fingers digging into her sword’s hilt. "And for what? So you can be a freak not only in mind, but body to? You’re pathetic."
"Suck it up bitch." Kyokotsu suddenly snapped, "I betrayed Taromaru. He was so weak and soft, fighting for the ‘innocents persecuted by Kikyo’s evil rule’. Give me a fucking break. Where the hell was that going to get us? And what do you think your going to do about it? Kill me?" he laughed. "You’re what, all of twelve?"
Rin smiled cruelly. "Trust me Kyokotsu, the one thing you won’t have to worry about is living past the next three days. You’ll pay for what you did to my father and mother, and for all the people who suffered without Seven to protect them."
Kyokotsu snorted, "I can’t believe what I’m hearing. This is like fucking Taromaru back in the flesh. Get a freaking life bitch." he ordered, his hand coming back to slap her.
This time Rin was ready for him. When his palm came for her she already had her sword out, and with a little push it easily pierced his skin, and tore a jagged line down his flesh as she hit the floor and rolled.
"You fucking bitch!" Kyokosto swore, trying to reach for her with his unwounded hand. But Rin was already out the door, running at full speed with the box still clutched to her chest.
"Guards! Servants! Some-fucking-body catch that girl!" Kyokotsu roared from Kikyo’s fake bedroom as Rin sprinted down the hall.
The few guards just coming back in from the fire looked at each other, extremely confused. By the time they even got close to organizing to try to detain Rin, she had already vaulted herself out the window.
She slapped a hand over her mouth and tried not to scream like a little girl as she fell, the wind pushing cruelly at her face and hair. Her entire life was in Sesshomaru’s hands if he was still there.
She needed have worried. Before Rin was even close to hitting the ground, Sesshomaru’s arms and tail came around her, whisking her away from harm and holding her closely to his chest.
"Be quicker next time." Sesshomaru ordered as they flew above the treetops, on their way home.
Rin rolled her eyes, knowing that was the closest he’d ever come to admitting he was worried. "Yell at me later. Just take me home now." she asked, resting her head on his shoulder.
She closed her eyes and groaned when the yelling and the cursing from inside the box resumed.
"What is that?" Sesshomaru asked, sounding as close as she ever heard to being startled.
"It’s a freaking long story. But it can wait." Rin told him, ignoring the indignant voices.
Her eyes opened and she looked up determinedly at Sesshomaru. There were more important things to discuss.
"Sesshomaru? Before we go home, I want to tell you something. Can you set us down here?"
Kouga
Well he had finally done it. What he had been working towards for the last two days. The one thing he had devoted himself totally to.
He had finally gotten himself piss-ass drunk.
And considering he was a strong, healthy male demon this was no easy task to accomplish. Nope, it took work to get to this level of obliviousness and numbness. He had so much sake; objects were reduced to blurry blobs of muted color. There was some kind of buzzing noise in his ears, and his head was slightly spinning. But hey, he was so plastered he didn’t have to think about how miserable he was! His world had narrowed down to two things. Mouth. And sake. Not even his annoying demon/conscience was bothering him; it had finally given up the third time he passed out on the table.
Kouga tossed back another glass, feeling satisfied when the world started to spin slightly faster.
Well, so far death by alcohol poisoning was more pleasant then by broken heart.
He poured himself another cup wanting to cry when he heard Ayame’s beautiful laughter float in through the open windows. Probably at something that fucking bastard Hobo said or did. Jerk. Who the hell did he think he was, getting Ayame to laugh like that?
Kouga scowled, putting the bottle down on the table for the first time. Hobo had gotten here yesterday, why the hell did he get Ayame’s attention so suddenly when she had been chasing after him for nearly three years? It fucking pissed him off.
Kouga gashed his teeth together and fumed. It wasn’t fair. It should be him earning Ayame’s laughter. Him earning her smiles, and cute little dimples, and getting to watch her eyes light up.
Though as he thought about it, she had been doing less and less of that lately.
He scowled again. That wasn’t his fault! He just had needed time. He thought Ayame could give it to him.
Seriously, they were stuck in the middle of nowhere. They had nothing but time.
He just didn’t count on this Homo jerk coming out of the woodwork.
Staggering, he got to his feet and stumbled across the kitchen until he could glare at Ayame and Homo from out the window.
And the blurry world turned red while his heart broke all over again.
Fucking Homo was fucking tickling Ayame.
And she was fucking GIGGLING!
Kouga growled, his nails biting into the wood of the windowsill, as a violent tick developed near his eyebrow. How dare he touch her ribs and sides like that? And how could she allow it?
"Hojo! Stop that!" Ayame gasped out between laughter, her tiny, perfect hands pushing uselessly at Homo’s chest.
Homo smirked, "Alright, I’ll stop tickling you-" his hands paused,"-and I’ll tickle you here instead!" he told her, as his hands attacked the sensitive skin right next to her breast.
Kouga roared, and launched himself out the window, his hand curled up into a tight fist heading straight for Homo’s face.
Homo stopped tickling Ayame and smoothly pushed her behind him. He pouched forward and without missing a beat, grabbed Kouga’s fist, twisted it back and flung Kouga to the ground.
Kouga’s nose kissed the dirt, leaving behind blood before Kouga sprang up and went for Homo again, swinging wildly and missing him completely. Homo smoothly ducked around Kouga’s drunken punches, until he got bored and with one easy jab to the leg, quickly crippled him without a sweat.
"Oh Hojo, are you ok?" Ayame cried, rushing up to his side. "I’m so sorry about Kouga, he’s never been this much of a idiot before."
Homo lazily brushed a speck of dirt off his shoulder. "I’m fine my queen. Please, don’t worry about Kouga. He isn’t in his right mind right now. I regret having to fight him, but I was afraid of him hurting you." Homo told her, taking her hand and pressing it to his chest.
Ayame smiled, her eyes bright. "Oh Hojo." she gushed, her smile wide, as she allowed him to get hold of her hand as they walked off together.
Hojo looked back and smirked at Kouga, pressing a slow kiss to Ayame’s hand before turning his attention back to whatever she was saying.
Kouga snarled at him, before dragging himself over to the bushes, his limp leg dead weight behind him. He stuck his fingers down his throat and forced himself to vomit all the sake he had consumed, needing to get sober fast.
This meant war. And next time, Kouga fully intended to beat Homo’s ass into the ground and get the girl.
Rin, Sesshomaru and Sixty Tiny People
Sesshomaru gently landed on the ground and set Rin down. She took a step back, suddenly nervous even though there was nothing to be nervous about. He had put himself out there; it was time for her to do the same.
She took a deep breath and put the box on the ground, not wanting any barriers between them when she told him. She absently noticed the people inside the box were silent as she stared at Sesshomaru, trying to decide how to start.
"Sesshomaru." she said, thinking his name was a good starting point. "A few days ago you asked me to become your mate." Ok, reminding him about that was good filler.
She had a sudden moment of panic. Oh crap, he hadn't forgotten had he?
"Yes." Sesshomaru agreed, setting her mind at ease. ...sort of.
She took another breath, "Yes well, about that-" she made the mistake looking in his eyes and the longing and...and hope she saw there nearly blew her mind away. It definitely made her forget what she was about to say.
She took another slow breath. (Well, with all the breaths in between the pauses, she didn't have to worry about air depravation.) "I've been thinking a lot about that lately. And I've decided what I want." She felt like she was falling into his eyes, they were staring so intently at her. When was the last time she had breathed?
"Yes?" Sesshomaru urged, stepping closer.
Rin vaguely noticed her lungs screaming for air, as she focused on Sesshomaru's lips that much closer. "Iwanttobecomeyourmate." she said quickly, before leaning forward and devouring his mouth with hers.
He growled and swept her into his arms, letting her do what she wanted before it became to much for him and he took control. Roughly, he tore his mouth from hers and started kissing her neck. "Say it again. Slower." he ordered gruffly.
"I want to be your mate." Rin moaned when he found a tender spot.
"Again."
"I want to be your mate." Rin reminded him, filling her hands with his hair and brought him back up to her mouth.
"Why?" he demanded to know when the kiss broke, staring at her.
Rin smiled dreamily and cupped his cheek, smoothing a finger over one of his slashes. "Because I love you." she explained. She suddenly turned her attention to his forehead, tracing the moon etched there. "Will our children have one of these?"
Sesshomaru's mouth went dry at the thought of her baring his pups. Kami, she would be so beautiful...
"Don't worry, I don't except you to say it back." she assured him, mistaking his silence. "I know it would ruin your tough, ice prince rep-"
"I love you." he breathed, covering her mouth with his own again. He loved kissing her. From this day forward he would kiss her at least ten times a day, screw his ice prince rep.
"Well look at that. You’re still my tough prince, but not so cold." Rin mused, running her hand down his burning cheeks. She grinned suddenly, sliding her hand down his throat to his chest. "I kinda like it..."
"YO! We are NOT sitting here forgotten while you two have sex!" one of the tiny people shouted, shattering the spell.
Rin groaned and leaned her forehead against Sesshomaru's collarbone. "Damn it. Can we just ignore them?" she asked hopefully.
"I will tear my way out of this box and physically prevent you from having sex if I have to, but goddamn it, you are not keeping me from my daughter any longer!" one of the men raged.
Rin jerked, looking down at the box in confusion. Daughter? ...oh wait.
Crap.
Kagome
"On the count of three. One, two, three." Sango counted off as we lifted a huge log together and slowly moved it to the side of the clearing. The troops Seven had gathered would be here tonight, the rest tomorrow. They needed a place to rest and train before the big battle, hence the reason why I was outside my kitchen clearing trees and rocks with the rest of the dwarfs. Kagura was busy uprooting trees and filling in the holes with her wind while Hiten and his sister were quickly setting up tents. The rest of us were trying to help Kagura out by moving the cut trees out of the way. With Ayame, Sayo and Hojo off doing Kami knows what, and Kouga plastering himself on the table, I was surprised with how much we had done.
"Whew." Sango breathed, wiping her forehead after we'd dropped the log, "How much room do we need?"
I shrugged. "I wouldn't be shocked if Kaede managed to recruit a few thousand people." I told her, my mind a million miles away. Where was Inuyasha?
"Chill out Kag, they should be here before nightfall." Sango reassured me, being able to tell what I was thinking about.
"Let’s hope so." I frowned, thinking about the risky plan they had come up with.
...though if we survived the upcoming fight, thinking about Jakotsu giving all those people food poisoning is going to be hilarious.
"Yo, is anyone around? We can use some fucking help here!" Inuyasha roared.
I felt my heart leap in my chest and a stupid smile spread on my face.
"And there she goes." I heard Sango mumble under her breath as I ran; heading towards the direction Inuyasha's voice had come from. The stupid smile turned into a grin when he emerged out of the woods, pulling something behind him.
"InuyaSHA!" I shouted the last syllable when Kagura oh-so-helpfully directed a blast of wind at my back and literally blew me into Inuyasha's arms.
He grunted when I hit his chest, dropping whatever he was carrying to catch me.
My breath caught in my throat and the smile got stuck on my face as I stared at him, my arms wrapped around his shoulders and my feet dangling. Thank Kami he was back.
I sighed, staring into his eyes. I could get lost in those eyes forever...
He blinked his eyes and cleared his throat. "Hi Kag-" he squeaked before coughing, "I mean, Kagome." he said, going for casual.
"Hi Inuyasha." I said back, resuming my previous activity of staring at him. I don't think I give enough credit to his hair. Kami it's pretty. He's lucky he's masculine enough to be able to have long hair and not look like a girl. I really wanted to touch it, but I didn't want to move either.
"Give it a rest." someone moaned from behind us and I blinked, finally finding my way out of his eyes.
Kami, what the hell was I doing??? Did I really think he wanted me clinging to him like one of his groupies?
"Well...uh..." Abruptly, Inuyasha set me down, ducking his head to hide the slight blush of his cheeks.
"Yeah um...I'm glad you're back Inuyasha." I said finally, my cheeks as red as his clothing.
"Uh yeah, me to. Hey Kag, um, could I maybe talk to you later-?"
"Ok! Enough of the freaking awkward conversation!" Jakotsu snapped, pushing Inuyasha aside and grabbing my hand. "Kagome, I want you to meet someone very important." he told me solemnly, pushing me along, before stopping in front of a dark, handsome man.
"Kagome, this is Oda, my one true love!" Jakotsu announced, letting go of my hand to grab Oda. "Oda, this is Crown Princess Kagome, daughter of King Nobunaga and Priestess Queen Midoriko, and soon to be destroyer of Kikyo and savior of Japan."
I rolled my eyes at the long title. "Just Kagome please. If you get really lazy you can call me Kag." I told him.
Oda's eyes studied me carefully before slowly bowing. "Princess Kagome." he said formally, "I'm sorry to admit I had doubts about you but I'm happy to see they are unfounded."
"That's what I'm here for." I said flippantly, a bit uncomfortable with the bowing and titles. Though if I was going to be queen in a matter of days I would have to get use to it.
I finally drew my attention to the things they were dragging. "Are these the weapons?" I asked.Oda nodded and flipped back the canvas covering the wagons. "There's more coming, once we got close enough to see the smoke from your cottage, Inuyasha sprinted the rest of the way here." he explained, sounding amused.
I glanced back, Inuyasha was surrounded by the dwarfs, welcoming him home. Home. This place had been my home the last few months, the first home I had since my father died. It was going to be hard to leave here, and leave all these people who had become my family. What was going to happen to us? Would we even be here days from now?
I shook my head to get rid of the morbid thoughts. if I started thinking like that, I was as good as dead. "How many men did you bring?" I asked, forcing my mind to think about something useful.
Oda shrugged, "Only a few hundred. Some of them aren't really here willingly but they'll fight anyway if they know what’s good for them."
I blinked, "Oh wow. " I said, as I thought about dinner tonight. "I hope I have enough food for tonight's stew." I mused to myself, trying to do a few calculations in my head.
Oda looked confused. "Some of my men have brought a few raw ingredients, but I don't understand. You cook?" he asked.
I looked at him, wondering if I should be offended. "Of course I cook. I can't do much else at the moment. And I can fry a pretty mean salmon if I do say so myself." I bragged, watching as the dwarfs started to help Inuyasha draw his wagon of weapons into the clearing. They could probably use help starting to organize them...
"You guys want me to go back to the house and grab a few crates?" I asked, moving towards them.
"But...you're a princess." Oda stated, walking behind me and sounding so lost.
I looked back. "Yeah." I told him, starting to get confused myself. What was his point?"Should you be doing this kind of work?" He asked.
I looked at him, totally astonished, "Why shouldn't I? I'm healthy, I'm strong and I can work. There's no reason why I turn into a pretty decorative doll when there's things to be done."
"Huh. Kikyo's never even stepped out into the military fields." Oda said to himself, amazed.
I narrowed my eyes at him, "Then you better be thanking Kami that's one area where me and Kikyo are totally different. I work with and for my people, she orders someone else to do the work for herself." I snapped back, starting to head towards the house for those crates.
"See? Didn't I say you would like her?" Jakotsu asked Oda gleefully from behind me. "Our Kag is pretty amazing."
"Yeah. She really is." Oda said, sounding shocked.
I huffed and rolled my eyes. Just pretty amazing? Wait till he tries my chicken pot pie.
Ayame
"Focus Ayame. Connect with the earth." Kaede instructed Ayame softly, watching her closely.
Ayame closed her mind, standing perfectly still as her mind sought to enter the ground.
There.
She saw the thread of connection and grabbed onto it with both hands and pulled. The earth under the Kikyo dummy collapsed and sent it falling down into the hole she had just created.
Ayame opened her eyes and grinned. Instant earth caves. Cool.
"Very good child. Perhaps after a few more tries you will be able to do that before your enemy kills you." Kaede said dryly.
Ayame grinned sheepishly, "Hopefully." she remarked, lazily flicking her hand out to command the earth to rise back up, the Kikyo dummy muddier then when they had started.
Sort of how like Kouga had gotten so dirty after Hojo knocked him flat on his ass.
She sighed. Stupid Kouga. Stupid Hojo.
Ugh. Stupid her.
Kaede glanced up from where she had turned her attention to the arrow she was fixing "Something the matter child?"
Ayame looked over, hesitated, before walking over and dropping down beside Kaede, curling her feet up under her and propping her chin on her fist.
"Men." she said glumly, glaring at a tree trunk.
Kaede laughed, "Child with that statement I can assume a lot of things. Perhaps you want to be a bit clearer?"
Ayame sighed again. "Men suck." she decided.
"Some do." Kaede agreed. "But some do not, much like your Kouga and Hojo."
Ayame scowled, "They're not 'my' anything."
"But you want them to be. Or at least, you want one of them to be." Kaede guessed.
Ayame growled, "I don't know what I want anymore. I'm so freaking confused. On one hand I've got Kouga. I've been head over heels in love with the moron ever since I met him three years ago, and I've been chasing after him. But he keeps rejecting me. So I should cut my loses and move on right?"
"If that's what you want child." Kaede said calmly.
"But if he didn't want me, he would have turned me down right away when I told him about my deadline wouldn't he? He would have laughed right in my face and started counting down the days he had left to put up with me. He wouldn't be getting drunk and glaring at me one minute, then looking so heartbroken he's about to die, right?" Ayame asked, frustrated.
"Well yes, but-"
"But then I have Hojo on the other hand." Ayame continued on like she hadn't heard Kaede speaking. "I've known Hojo practically my whole life. He was my first crush when I was thirteen for Kami's sake. But he's never made me feel the way Kouga has. Sexy and dangerous, passionate, and headstrong, Yet really timid, really scared and really nervous. I've always felt just...safe with Hojo. But I don't know, maybe I could feel that way with Hojo?"
"That is a possibility, however-"
"But Hojo doesn't make me mad the way Kouga does. What the hell is his problem? I know he likes me, just what is he so scared of?" Ayame demanded. "I wouldn't be that bad of a wife, would I?"
"I imagine not, but maybe Kouga is-"
"Maybe Kouga is a idiot! Maybe Hojo is to. Gah, freaking men! We would all be better off without them. Morons, the lot of them-"
"Ayame!" Kaede finally snapped.
She blushed slightly, "Sorry."Kaede huffed, "As I have been trying to say, follow where your heart leads you."
Ayame blinked. "That's it? That's the wisest thing you have to offer me? 'Follow your heart'?" she repeated.
Kaede thought for a moment. "Well I could tell you to wait to have sex until marriage but I doubt you would listen."
Ayame just looked at her for a moment, before deciding she was utterly serious. "Gahh!!" she screamed in frustration, before getting up and stomped off into the forest.
Kaede sadly shook her head, "And this is the generation that's going to be leading us. Kami help us."
Kagome
"Hey guys, need any help?" Jakotsu asked cheerfully, popping into the kitchen.
"No!" I screamed, protectively covering the pot of stew I was stirring.
He pouted, "Why not? I only set the kitchen on fire once."
I looked at Inuyasha for help. "Please get him out." I asked.
Jakotsu lifted up his hands and stepped out, "Hey don't bother, I wouldn't dream of disturbing you happy young lovebirds in your quaint domestic bliss." he quipped, ducking out of the kitchen to just barely avoid the potato Inuyasha threw at his head.
I rolled my eyes, "Inuyasha are you almost done with that bag?" I asked, giving the stew one more stir before covering it back up.
"Yep." he answered back, totally focused on getting all the skin off.
I stopped for a moment and watched him, feeling some strange feeling in my chest watching him hunched over, carefully carving off potato peels just because I asked him to.
I had to feed almost 300 people by nightfall. I couldn't do it by myself but there was no way in hell I would accept Jakotsu's help again. I still don't know why I allowed him to 'help' the first time.
I glanced out the window, worried by the twilight falling. All this time and still no Rin or Sesshomaru..."Hey wench, if you're going to brood, do it while you’re peeling these damn things." Inuyasha ordered. I smiled slightly and picked up a knife, sitting close to Inuyasha on the floor. I looked over to the sure, confident manner he was using the knife in. For a man who had never even been in a kitchen, he sure knew how to cut vegetables.
It was kind of sexy.
"Ouch!" I hissed when the knife slid into my skin. Idiot, paying more attention to Inuyasha then what I was doing...
Inuyasha looked up immediately, instantly concerned. "What? What's wrong?" he demanded.
"It's nothing; I just cut myself a little." I mumbled.
He put down his own knife and knelt next to me. "That doesn't look like a little wench." he snapped back, taking my hand and looking it over closely.
"This one looks pretty nasty Kag." he told me.
I rolled my eyes, trying to pull my hand back, "It's just a little-oh." I breathed when Inuyasha's mouth slid around my finger, his tongue lapping strongly against the wound.
I swallowed, my heart going into overdrive to make up for all the blood rushing to my face. Inuyasha pulled my finger out, studying it closely.
"That looks better. I'll grab a bandage just in case though." he told me, getting up and pulling me along with him.
I followed helplessly, standing still as he carefully wrapped my finger in a clean linen line of cloth.
"It should be ok now." he told me, glancing up and not letting go of my eyesight.
I swallowed, even though there was no moisture in my mouth to swallow with, "Thank you Inuyasha." I said, my tongue sticking to the roof of my mouth.
"No problem Kag." he said back, slowly leaning forward.
I quickly glanced around and nearly cried in relief when I saw no Shippo waiting to interrupt this time, and leaned close as well.
Close
Closer
Closer.
"Hey, what about now? Do you guys need me now?" Jakotsu eagerly asked as he popped his head back into the kitchen.
I nearly screamed in frustration at being interrupted again, while Inuyasha settled for growling in Jakotsu's direction, his eyes glowing red with rage
"I do not need you Jakotsu." I told him between my gritting teeth, struggling to keep Inuyasha's hands from going for the knife.
"Oh ok then. Then I'm not going to tell you Rin and Sesshomaru are here! So there!...wait. Damn it."
"They're here?" I asked excitedly, already heading for the kitchen door.
"Yeah, can I finish the stew for you?" Jakotsu asked.
"Over my dead body." I shot back quickly, walking around him.
"That can be arranged." He mumbled, following me.
"Rin!" I shrieked, spotting her surrounded by all the dwarfs and Seven members, Sesshomaru close to her side.
I rushed over and hugged her as tight as I could, "Thank Kami your both safe! I was so worried." I gushed, looking her over. She didn't look injured, thought I did notice she was holding some kind of talking box?
"You must be starving, let me get you something-"
Rin shook her head, "Not yet, there's something we have to tell everyone." she looked at Sesshomaru and grinned. "We're going to be mates!" she shouted.
Me and almost all the other females screamed, "Oh my Kami, you are? Congratulations! When? Where? Give me every detail!"
"HEY!" the box screamed.
Rin cleared her throat, "I'll tell you later. But right now there's something even more important to tell you. Sango, can you come closer please?"
Sango stepped closer, Miroku nearly glued to her back, "What is it Rin?" she asked
Rin took a deep breath and flipped open the talking box.
Sango's mouth dropped open, "Father?" she gasped, as the rest of the room looked on in shock.
One man, standing slightly apart from the group smiled gently at Sango. "Hello daughter."
AN: REVIEW!!!!! And if anyone cares, I'm still taking answers for what's going on with Kikyo's body. Winner gets a part in my final chapter!!!! (But only because I don't think anyones going to get it, mwhahaha.)