InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Love of A Wolf ❯ The Book, Singing, and the Little Wolf Pup ( Chapter 7 )

The Love Of A Wolf

Chapter 7: The Book, Singing, and the Little Wolf Pup

By: Mistress Sango

Disclaimer: Kami, when will you people get it through your heads!? I do NOT own Inuyasha! Get it? Got it? Good!

A/N: Here's chapter 7! Remember to Review! I love reviews!

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Last Time:

In less that four minutes they were in front of a large bear demon, who was demanding the Shikon shards.

Inuyasha pulled out his Tetsusaiga. "Kagome, where's the shard?" Inuyasha asked.

"It's in its left arm!" Kagome replied, as the bear demon stood on its hind legs.

Sango had her Hiraikotsu, Miroku was ready to open his Kazanna at anytime, and lastly, Jennifer took out her Gunblade. Just by looking at the gunblade, you knew it was deadly. It shimmered in the sun, and had a chain on the hilt with a metal griffin head hanging from it. The hilt was a midnight blue, and like its name, the hilt was in the shape of a gun and turned into a blade with a curved tip.

Jennifer stood in front of the bear demon.

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Chapter 7: The Book, Singing, and the Little Wolf Pup

Jennifer got into fighting stance. Her right foot in front of her and curved of to the right side, her left foot lining with her heel and perfectly straight.(If you know ballet, it would be the basic step 3.) Her right arm over her chest, in a 'guard' manner, and her sword held over her left shoulder; her left arm was resting at her side. This was her fighting stance, she always loved this one because she could bring down her sword and slice right through the enemy.

The Bear Demon looked down at her like she was nothing but a little speck of dust.

"Human! You think you can defeat me!? You should not even try, for I could crush you before you knew it!" The Bear Demon said, looking way to overconfident.

"Hai, as a matter of fact, I think I can defeat you. You are way to much overconfident, and it will be the end of you. You should not make conclusions just by looking at your opponent. Now, let's begin!" Jennifer replied smoothly.

With that said, Jennifer ran closer to the demon and brought down her sword. It made a cut, but not enough to kill the demon. The bear started swiping with his paws at Jennifer. One made a hit right on her left shoulder. It was a little deep, considering the arm that he hit her with had the Shikon shard in it, but it wasn't too bad.

After about 8 minutes the fight was over, with Jennifer as the victor. Kagome went over to the bear, plucked out the shard, purified it, and put it in her glass bottle with the other shards. She walked over to Jennifer.

"Are you alright? Here, let me bandage that up." Kagome said, and walked over to her first aid kit and bandaged Jennifer up.

"Thank you, Kagome. I think I'll be alright." Jennifer said, after Kagome was done nursing her wound.

Kagome smiled, "No problem! You fought really well! I don't think Inuyasha could even beat it that fast!" Kagome joked, and everyone, except Inuyasha, laughed.

"Feh. Yeah right! I would have beaten it without getting hurt or breaking a sweat!"

Kagome looked at him and smiled, "Hai, I'm sure you could, Inuyasha. It was just a joke. Don't take it so seriously!"

Inuyasha turned away from everyone and started walking back to Kaede's village, but not before giving a "Feh" to everyone. Everyone laughed and followed him.

"Is he always like that?" Jennifer questioned everyone.

Everyone nodded.

"You'll get used to it, trust me." Sango said, and Jennifer nodded.

Most of the traveling to Kaede's village was silent. Occasionally broken by Sango screaming "HENTAI!" and slapping Miroku, who had a smile on his face.

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The Inu-tachi made it back to Kaede's village and walked into her hut. Kaede was there, mixing some herbs. She looked up when all of them entered, and didn't recognize the last person that walked in.

"How are ye? Oh, who is this other person you have with you?" Kaede asked, getting up from the mat she was sitting on.

"Oh, Kaede-sama, I almost forgot to introduce you," Kagome said, and introduced Jennifer, "This is my sister, Jennifer. And Jennifer, this is Kaede-sama."

Jennifer bowed to Kaede and smiled at her, "It's my pleasure to finally meet you, Kaede-sama."

"And it is my pleasure to finally meet ye." Kaede replied, and bowed also. "Did ye find any shards, young ones?"

Miroku answered, "Hai, we did, Kaede-sama. Lady Jennifer fought very well and beat the bear demon that had possession of the shard."

Jennifer blushed a bit, "Arigatou, Miroku."

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That night everyone ate and was getting ready for bed. It had been a long day and they all fell asleep fast. They were going to go shard hunting again in the morning to look for rumors in various villages. (A/N: Yeah, I know they barley did anything, but o well!)

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Jennifer felt the first rays of sunlight hit her face. She slowly opened her eyes but closed them quickly; the sun was really bright. After a moments hesitation, she finally opened her eyes all the way. She sat up in her sleeping bag and stretched, yawning. Jen looked around her, everyone else was still asleep.

She looked over to her bag, that was beside her, and grabbed it. She grabbed a book out of it and began to read. The book was one of her favorites, and she was reading it for about the 50th time. It was called "Princess Mononoke", about a girl who was brought up by demon wolves and later on, meets a prince named Ashitaka.

(A/N: Yes, I was talking about the Anime "Princess Mononoke". I don't remember if Ashitaka is really a prince, but oh well, he is in my story. If you don't know about it, you should! The movie is Great!)

Jennifer loved this mostly because it had wolves in it. She was very fascinated by wolves, the way they lived in packs and helped protect each other and so on. She also loved the plot, the girl, San, brought up by demon wolves, meeting Ashitaka, who had a disease that he got from a boar demon, racing against time to save him, and it just went on and on. Romance and adventure. Two of her favorite combinations.

Jennifer was so caught up in her book that she didn't notice Kagome wake up until she sat beside her.

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Kagome felt the sunlight on her eyes, and opened them slowly. She rubbed her eyes and yawned; stretching.

She looked around the room and saw everyone was asleep. Everyone except for Jennifer, that is. She was reading something and, Kagome noticed, very into it. She placed Shippo, who was curled up beside her, at the foot of her sleeping bag and got up. Kagome walked over to Jennifer and sat beside her.

"Ohayo, Jennifer." Kagome said, startling Jennifer.

Jennifer jumped slightly, then replied, "Oh. Gomen. Ohayo, Kagome."

"That's alright. It seems you are really into that book. What is it called?" Kagome asked, looking down at the open page Jennifer was reading moments before.

Jennifer smiled, "Hai, I really love this book. It was always my favorite, ever since I was a little girl. It is called "Princess Mononoke". Actually, our Otou-san introduced this book to me. He said I would love it, and he was right. I am surprised he never introduced this book to you, I am sure you would love it as much as I do."

Kagome looked a little sad at hearing about their father. "Our Otou-san?" Jennifer nodded. "What is this book about?"

Jennifer smiled again, she loved telling about this book. "Well, it's about a girl, named San, who is brought up by demon wolves. She meets a prince by the name of Ashitaka, who has a disease given to him by a boar demon. The disease is on his arm, but it is spreading. He meets San somewhere along the lines of the story. Here, I want you to read this, as I am sure you will love it. It's a romance and adventure type story, my favorite combination! Hopefully you will like it too."

Jennifer handed the book to Kagome, and Kagome smiled. She would read it whenever she got the chance, wanting to find out what happens to Ashitaka and San.

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Everyone else woke up soon after Jennifer and Kagome's conversation. Kagome and Jennifer were all ready to go and were both looking a book.

Kagome and Jennifer looked up when they heard the other awaken. Kagome put the book away in her bag and lifted it upon her shoulders. Jennifer strapped on her gunblade, put her gauntlets on her hands and finally, slung her backpack over her shoulder.

They all walked outside and Inuyasha came down from his tree. They all started walking east.

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Kagome was reading "Princess Mononoke" while Jennifer got out her CD player.

Kagome looked over to her, "Hey, what are you going to listen to?"

"It's a song called 'Every Heart'. One of my favorites too." Jennifer replied.

Shippo jumped on Jennifer's shoulder.

Kagome's face brightened, "Oh! I know that song!"

Shippo piped up, "Hey, can you two sing it for us? Onegai?" Shippo said with big puppy dog eyes.

Kagome and Jennifer smiled and agreed. Jennifer put the music up as loud as it could go on her CD player, and Kagome and Jennifer started singing.

Ikutsu namida o nagashitara

Every heart

Sunao ni nareru darou

Dare ni omoi tsutaetara

Every heart

Kokoro mita sareru no darou

Everyone liked the song, and really liked it with Kagome and Jennifer singing it. They could sing together really well, as if they had been doing so their whole lives.

Nagai nagai yoru ni obieteita

Tooi hoshi ni inotteta

So peaceful...

Meguru meguru toki no naka de

Bokutachi wa ai o sagashiteiru

Tsuyoku tsuyoku naritai kara

Kyou mo takaisora miageteiru

Sango loved the song so far. So peaceful and it could almost make her forget her troubles for the moment.

Donna egao ni deaetara

Every heart

Yume wo fumidasereruyo

Hitowa

Kanashimi no mukou ni

Every heart

Shiawase ukabete nemuru

Shippo was swaying to the music with his eyes closed, still on Jennifer's shoulder.

Inuyasha had to admit, he liked how they sang, but Kagome's voice he loved. So beautiful...

Itsuka itsuka subete no

Tamashii ga

Yasuraka ni nareru youni

Miroku was listing to the music, also liking how the two girls sang. 'I wonder what Sango sounds like when she sings... Probably like an angel...'

Meguru meguru toki no naka de

Bokutachi wa ai o sagashiteiru

Tsuyoku tsuyoku naritai kara

Kyou mo takaisora miageteiru

Inuyasha was deep in thought. He was listing to the lyrics intently. These people that always stood by him, protected him, trusted him, and cared for him. It was a great feeling to know they helped him and confided in him... These people...friends... His friends.

Osanai kioku no kata sumi ni

Atatakai basho ga aru soushi

Hoshi tachi ga hanasu mirai ga

Itsumo kagayaite ita

So shine

Sango was thinking of Kohaku, her brother that was being controlled Naraku. She remembered the time she thought Kohaku was out of Naraku's control, but he then tried to kill Kagome. She tried to kill Kohaku then herself, but Inuyasha had come and stopped her. Now he was once again with Naraku.

Meguru meguru toki no naka de

Bokutachi wa ai o sagashiteiru

Tsuyoku tsuyoku naritai kara

Kyou mo takaisora miageteiru

Meguru meguru toki no naka de

Boku tachi wa ikite nanika wo shiru

Toki ni warai shugoshi naite

Kyou mo mada aruki tsuzukete

Iku

The song soon came to an end.

Sango looked over to the two sisters, "You two sing so well together! I wish I could sing like that!"

Kagome smiled, "Arigatou, Sango-chan. Demo, you sing very well also! Remember when I taught you that song from my time?"

Sango blushed a little, "Arigatou, Kagome-chan. Hai, I do remember. What was that song called again? I really enjoyed listing to it."

Kagome had a thoughtful look on her face and then snapped her fingers. "Oh! I believe it was called "Dearest", wasn't it?"

"Hai, it was. Now I remember. When I listen to it, it almost reminds me of all of us. Do you have it with you, Kagome-chan?"

"Hmm. I think I do..." Kagome looked through her backpack and found it. "Ahh. Here it is! Jennifer-onee-chan?"

"Hai?"

"Can I use your CD player? Onegai?"

"Of course, Kagome!" Jennifer took out her CD, handed the CD player to Kagome, and put her CD away. Kagome put the "Dearest" CD in and handed it to Sango.

"Here you go, Sango-chan. Will you sing it for us, onegai?" Kagome asked.

Sango blushed again, she would sing in front of Kagome without a problem, sure, but what about Miroku? 'What am I thinking?! What do I care if Miroku hears me sing?! Demo...what if he won't like my singing? Where did that thought come from! I don't care if he hears me!' Sango thought, but still wasn't sure if she cared or not.

Shippo piped up, "Onegai, Sango-chan? Will you sing for us?" He gave her a puppy dog look.

Miroku, who was very excited to hear Sango sing, said, "Hai, Lady Sango! Let's hear you sing."

Sango gave in to everyone, "H-Hai, ok, I will sing."

Sango put the headphones on and started the CD player like Kagome showed her. The song began, it was soft and slow, and Sango started singing.

Hontou ni taisetsu na mono igai

Subete sutete

Shimaetara ii no ni ne

Genjitsu wa tada zankoku de

Sonna toki itsu datte

Me o tojireba

Waratteru kimi ga iru

Miroku was thinking of Sango as she sang. Sango was, in turn, thing of Miroku as she sang. Kagome was thinking of Inuyasha, and Inuyasha was thinking of Kagome

Itsuka eien no nemuri ni tsuku hi made

Dou ka sono egao ga

Taema naku aru you ni

Hito wa minna kanashii kara

Wasurete yuku ikimono dakedo

Aisubeki mono no tame

Ai o kureru mono no tame dekiru koto

Deatta ano koro wa

Subete ga bukiyou de

Toomawari shita yo ne

Kizutsuke atta yo ne

Inuyasha was thinking back to the time when he met Kagome. He woke from his 50 year sleep and saw her. At first he thought she was Kikyo, and she got angry saying she didn't even know who Kikyo was, yet everyone was calling her that. Later, she broke the Shikon no Tama and their journey began.

Kagome was also thinking of when she first met Inuyasha. She had gone in the well looking for her cat, Buyo, and a centipede demon grabbed her, taking her to the Feudal Era. She a boy with silver-white hair, and dog ears! She couldn't resist, so she tweaked his ears. They were so soft and fuzzy! Kagome wished she could touch them again, but knew Inuyasha would never let her. She would never tell Inuyasha that she touched his ears though, he'd probably think she was crazy. 'Yeah, how could I tell him, anyway? "Oh, Inuyasha, I forgot to tell you! When you were stuck to a tree, sleeping, I touched your ears." Yeah, that would sound really good, Kagome.' She thought sarcastically.

Itsuka eien no nemuri ni tsuku hi made

Dou ka sono egao ga

Taema naku aru you ni

Deatta ano koro wa

Subete ga bukiyou de

Toomawari shita yo ne

Tadoritsuitan da ne

The song came to an end and everyone, besides Inuyasha, praised Sango on her singing.

They were still all walking but soon came to a stop in a clearing to eat and rest.

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It was night now, and the Inu-tachi had made a camp in a clearing of the forest. They had all ate, now everyone was at the campfire talking and laughing. Everyone besides Inuyasha and Jennifer. Inuyasha was up in a tree watching his friends and making sure demons didn't try to attack them. Jennifer was a the hot springs near there camp. Sango and Kagome had taken their bathes before eating, and Jennifer decided not to go with them. So, now, she was in the springs, relaxing and thinking.

Soon she got out and got dressed. She wore dark blue pants that had black whiskers printed on them. For her top, she had a tank top with the shoulder straps about 3 fingers wide. It was also dark blue, and had a black wolf on the back, shown howling at the glowing, white moon. She had on a choker-necklace, also with a howling wolf dangling from it. Jennifer put her hair up in a high ponytail, but kept one strand of hair loose in front of her left eye.

Jennifer head a rustle in the bushes. She thought it was Miroku, knowing from Kagome and Sango he always tried to sneak on them during their bathes. She went over to the bushes, but not before picking up her gunblade and strapping it to her waist. She had brought it with her just in case she was attacked. She spread the bushes and looked behind them.

When she looked she gasped. It wasn't Miroku, but a little child curled up in a ball, crying. She had scrapes all over her body, and a bad one on her leg, which she was holding. The girl looked so tired and terrified! 'She was probably being chased by some demon.' Jennifer decided.

Jen walked over to the little girl, who curled up tighter.

"Shhh. It's ok. I want to help you. Here, let me see your leg." The girl hesitated for a moment, but decided Jennifer wasn't going to hurt her and let her see her hurt leg.

"Wait right here. I need to go get some bandages for that, I'll be right back." Jennifer said and looked up at the girls face. Jennifer didn't really look at the girl when she first found her, but now as Jennifer looked at her she took in her features. The girl had fangs, claws, sparkling blue eyes that looked like Jennifer's, long black hair with brown and blond highlights that ended at her waist, she wore a brown fur skirt, and a brown fur tank top. Her clothes were almost all shredded and her hair had dirt and pieces of sticks in it. And, Jennifer noticed, the girl had a tail! It was a black tail also with brown and blond highlights, just like her hair. She looked to be no more than 4 years old.

Jennifer spoke up, "You are a demon." It was more of a statement than a question, but the girl nodded anyway. "Well, that doesn't matter. Demon or not, you are still hurt and dirty. Come with me and I'll get you cleaned and bandaged up." The young girl nodded and Jennifer lifted her up into her arms. "So, what kind of demon are you?"

The young girl replied very softly, "I am a wolf demon."

Jennifer gasped a little then smiled a big smile, "Well, wolves just happen to by my favorite animal. See my necklace? It has a wolf hanging from it. And on the back of my shirt that I'm wearing, I also have a wolf. Oh, by the way, my name is Jennifer, what's yours?"

The girl smiled the most cutest smile, "My name is Arashi!"

"Oh, what a beautiful name!" Jennifer replied.

They were at the springs. Jennifer bathed Arashi, washing her hair with her shampoo and conditioner. When Arashi was done, Jennifer got her out and dried her off with her towel. Jennifer scrambled through her backpack, looking for something.

"Ah! Here it is!" Jennifer said, happily.

Jennifer held out a small Kimono that she had bought with Kagome right before they left the mall. She didn't know why she bought it, it was way to small for her, but she did anyway. It was a beautiful kimono. It was a light blue with a dark blue obi. The kimono was lined with black at the neck, bottom, and sleeves. It also had peach sakura blossoms going down the right side and some on the obi.

Jennifer helped Arashi put it on. She looked so beautiful in it! She looked like a very young hime. Jennifer put a small braid in Arashi's hair.

"Oh, you look so beautiful, Arashi-chan!" Jennifer said.

"Arigatou, Jennifer-chan." Arashi replied.

Jennifer pick her up, "Now, we should get you back to your parents. I'm sure they're worried. I would be hysterical if you were my pup." Jennifer looked at Arashi who's eyes were filled with tears. "Huh? What's wrong, Arashi-chan?" Jennifer asked the girl.

Arashi sniffed, then replied, "I-I d-don't have any p-parents." Arashi burst out crying.

Jennifer hugged the girl closer and soothed her. "Oh, gomen! I-I didn't know! Gomen-nasai! Shhh...it's alright. I'm here." Jennifer let the girl cry, and soon she calmed down.

The girl was still sniffling but managed to ask, "Jennifer-chan? W-Will you be my okaa-san? Onegai?"

Jennifer gasped at the request, "Y-Your okaa-san?"

"It's ok if you don't want to by my okaa-san. I understand..." Arashi said, sadly.

"Iie. I want to be your okaa-san! It would be an honor!" Jennifer smiled at the girl.

"R-Really!?" Arashi asked, very happily.

"Hai, really!" Jennifer replied.

Arashi cheered, "I have an okaa-san! I have an okaa-san!"

Jennifer smiled happily at the girl's happiness.

"Come, my daughter, let's go meet my friends." Jennifer said, and held the girl close to her, and picked up her backpack also. She was almost at camp when she heard a rumbling, followed by a roar.

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A/N: OK, Gomen for the long wait! Hopefully this long chapter will make up for that. I just couldn't stop writing! I was going to make it longer, but I thought this was a good place to stop. {::Dodges fruit::} Well, SORRY! I'm going to start writing the next chapter right after I put this chapter up! OK? HAPPY NOW? Hopefully the next chapter will be out soon! Oh, and about the puppy, I think I'll put it in more at the end of the story.

I still need drawings!

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Japanese Words:

Gomen-Sorry

Demo-But

Kami-God

Onegai-Please

Hai-Yes or a form of agreement

Iie-No

Okaa-san-Mother

Gomen-nasai-I'm very sorry

-chan-Used between friends or with someone younger than you. Generally a very friendly suffix such as "Shippou-chan" as Kagome calls Shippou. Used between boyfriends and girlfriends.

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A/N: Well, I'll try to get the next chappie out soon! It might be a while though! School is really tying me down!

~*Mistress Sango*~