InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ The Next Best Thing ❯ Chapter 3: Embroidered Crescent Moon Bands ( Chapter 3 )
[ P - Pre-Teen ]
By: sakura17yume 
Kagome finds out that she has been captured by Sesshoumaru...Sango, Miroku and Inuyasha get to know Sakura a little better.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 08.30.2001 | Updated On: 08.30.2001 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.2K | Visits: 716 | Status: Completed
Kagome finds out that she has been captured by Sesshoumaru...Sango, Miroku and Inuyasha get to know Sakura a little better.
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 08.30.2001 | Updated On: 08.30.2001 | Pages: 2 | Words: 2.2K | Visits: 716 | Status: Completed
NBT Chapter Three
Note, this is version 2 of this chapter. :) I tried to fix some grammar problems I had...
Now to the disclaimer. Inuyasha is only mine in my dreams, but IRL it's owned by Takahashi Rumiko, Shonen Sunday and Sunrise Studios.
On with the story!
Chapter Three
Kagome's Daughter
By Laura Hoak-Kagey
Inuyasha stared at the girl's face for about a minute before his thoughts began to wander.
[She has to be Kagome's daughter. Who else would have the sweet, yet wild scent about her? And her face? It looks like her, but younger. But still, why is the scent of a demon nearby? I really dunno what to think...]
As Sakura stared at Inuyasha, she couldn't help but ask him some of her questions. "Inuyasha, why do you have doggie ears? You're teeth are pointy too. I nev'r saw a boy with long nails. Can I touch your ears?"
Inuyasha smiled at the little girl's conduct. She kept asking him questions, and realized that she must to be from the other side of the well. Kids in this day and age knew about demons, and wouldn't ask these kinds of questions.
He slightly lowered his head before he said, "Go ahead. No one's asked me to do that for a long time."
Sakura's eyes gleamed with delight. "Really?! It's okay?!!"
As she gave his ears a few tweaks, Inuyasha decided to casually ask Sakura a few questions. He might be able to find out some more information if he did that.
"I remember when a girl named Higurashi Kagome asked the same question. She lived in a shrine, and found her way to my world using a well. Have ya heard this story before? It's a little bit famous around here. A story people tell to their kids."
"Hm, I don't know the story. But my home is the Higurashi shrine too! Does it mean that I can be like the girl in the story? Mommy always told me not t'believe what I hear, but I always wanna be the girl in the story!"
Inuyasha was about to reply when Sango and Miroku walked back in. They looked like they had talked about something somewhat important, but he couldn't be sure.
Before Sango said a word, she noticed that Sakura looked like she was enjoying herself, and Sango was relieved that she got along well with Inuyasha.
"Sango? Miroku? What's with the serious faces? And why didja have to 'talk' all the sudden? What's that suppose to mean? Ya know how much I don't like secrets..."
"Calm down Inuyasha. We'll tell you soon. First, why don't you put Sakura to bed with Yumemi and Shinhaku? Say good-night to them all first. The kids have been waiting for a long time to see you again. Okay?" Sango had entered into her stern mode.
"Alright, alright. I'll go. Geez." Inuyasha turned back to Sakura and his face grew gentle again. "How 'bout it? It's time for bed..."
Sakura usually fought to stay up longer, but because she was really tired tonight, she didn't bother. But she did have a condition. She smiled and said in a very sweet voice, "Inuyasha, I'll go to bed if you let me go piggy back!"
"Piggy back?" His face went blank. This wasn't a word he had heard before.
"Ya know, when you carry me on your back." Sakura began to wonder why Inuyasha didn't know what piggy back meant...all adult were suppose to know what that meant.
"Okay, gotcha." Inuyasha stooped down, and Sakura climbed on his back. As he stood up, Inuyasha got a nostalgic feeling. Because Sakura was of the same blood as Kagome, he was sure of it, to him it felt like the old days when he used to carry Kagome on his back.
"Are ya ready?"
"Yeah!" Sakura gave a smile giggle, and held on tight. Maybe this was what having a daddy felt like, she thought to herself.
"Alright!" Inuyasha raced for Shinhaku and Yumemi's room.
Sango and Miroku were able to tell when he reached the children's room by the squeals of joy given by all three children.
Miroku smiled, and looked to Sango. "Who would have known that our attitude filled half demon would be so good with children?"
"Yeah. But he still can be a pain when it comes to adults. He acts like he's still a teenager a lot of the times..."
*~*~*
Kagome had started to regain consciousness. She rolled over and tried to open her eyes. It wasn't that bright where she was being kept, and so soon she was able to open her eyes fully. She was able to tell that she was in some kind of room, but it wasn't a normal room, but rather it looked like she was inside of a cave.
"Where am I?" She asked to herself.
Kagome stood up and as soon as she did so, she felt a pain in her head. Someone had hit her from behind, and she still felt it. [I wonder how long I was out for? What happened...wait a second, what happened to Sakura?!!]
She frantically looked around the room until Kagome found the door. She raced to it to find it locked. Whoever had put her in here had had no intention of letting her escape so easily.
"Damn. Why does this kind of stuff ALWAYS happen to me?! Honestly, I must be cursed! My daughter's off who knows where, and who knows what has happened to her!"
Rather than became frightened, Kagome became more and more pissed off. People always kidnapped her or hurt her friends or stole the things that belonged to her. This time, however, Kagome wasn't going to be some whimpering lady in distress. She wanted to get out of the cave-room, and was going to try anything she could to get out.
Just as Kagome was thinking of how she could bust the door open, she heard a knock on the door. She waited, and her eyes widened in recognition when she saw who opened the door.
*~*~*
Inuyasha finally crept out of the kids' bedroom. It had taken longer than he thought for them to fall asleep. They really had been eager to see him again, and since one of Inuyasha's greatest weaknesses was children, well, he had been nearly powerless to do anything but what they expected of him. But now, Inuyasha slid the door shut. He then headed back towards the main room where Sango and Miroku would be waiting.
It didn't take long for him to reach them, and as soon as he did, he said, "Alright, what were ya guys talkin' about? And ya know if ya lie, I can tell."
Inuyasha put his hands inside of his sleeves, and stood waiting.
Miroku looked to Sango before he spoke up. "Well, actually, we were talking about Sakura."
"The little brat?" Whenever Inuyasha was in an adult's presence, he acted like he always had towards children, as if he had hated them.
"Yes, and you know her name. We think she's...Kagome's daughter. But, we don't know why she's here. I found her in the woods, and she said she had been separated from her mommy. So...it makes me wonder what has happened to Kagome. She wouldn't in this time without coming to see us. I know she wouldn't." Sango furrowed her brows a bit, and started to feel concerned once again.
"That? I guessed that bra--, er, Sakura was Kagome's daughter a while ago. But I didn't know about Sakura being here with her mother." Inuyasha's face had softened. He too showed a face of concern. Just where was Kagome? Not only did he long to see her, but he had so many unanswered questions he wanted to ask her.
Sango walked over and put a comforting hand on Inuyasha's shoulder. "Tomorrow I'm gonna look for Sakura's mother. You are more than welcome to come along if you want."
Inuyasha looked at Sango, sighed, and then said, "I dunno. Right now I just wanna have some space. I'm gonna take a walk."
Without another word Inuyasha quickly headed for the door. Once he was outside again, he looked to the nearly full moon. The moon always seemed to calm him down enough to let him collect his thoughts. The moon was a funny thing. Sometimes it was his enemy, and turned him into a useless human for a night, and yet other times, it helped him to keep his sanity.
Tonight the moon was going to be his confidant. "Kagome...how could you have a daughter? It should be our daughter in there, sleeping with Sango and Miroku's children. Why didn't you wait for me?"
At that moment Inuyasha remembered something, and punched the nearest tree. Hard. "It better not be that stupid, pretty boy from before. Houjou or something? If you settled for him..."
Suddenly Inuyasha slumped against the tree he had just punched and let out a sigh. "Of course I couldn't expect you to wait for me. All this time..."
*~*~*
"Sesshoumaru. It's been a long time." Kagome said with bitterness in her voice.
"So nice of you to remember Sesshoumaru. But I'm afraid I didn't come to chat with you. I must say I was surprised to find you in the woods today. But, you may have your uses." He crossed the distance, and started to trail a finger across Kagome's cheek.
She slapped his finger away. "Do NOT touch me. Even if you are Inuyasha's half-brother, I can never forgive you for what you have done."
Sesshoumaru overlooked what Kagome did, and strolled to observe the nearest painting on the wall. "Ah, Inuyasha. A name I haven't heard in awhile. Of course when you are a useless half-whelp, and dead at that, people tend to forget to mention worms like my half-brother."
Kagome's face went white. She didn't know if she should believe Sesshoumaru or not. But if he was right, then that could explain everything...
Sesshoumaru gave an evil grin to himself. If what he thought was correct, then this Kagome girl knew nothing of the what was currently happening in the Warring Time Period. Only because Sesshoumaru knew about the little curse Kikyou had put on the Bone-Eater's Well did he know Inuyasha and Kagome had been separated for a long period of time.
He turned back towards the human woman. Sesshoumaru still detested the stench of humans, but because of having Rin around all the time, he had learned to tolerate it.
"I see from your silence that you didn't know about this? Such a pity..." He gave a slightly evil chuckle to himself.
"Liar! I would know if Inuyasha was dead!" Kagome was trying to keep her composure. She did not want to be weak in front of Sesshoumaru. Besides, she needed to figure a way to get out of this place. Sakura would be waiting for her somewhere. No matter what Sesshoumaru said, Sakura was the most important person to her. If Sakura were to disappear from her life too, Kagome didn't know what she would do.
"Hmph. Would you now? Then where is he? Even if his sense of smell is inferior to Sesshoumaru, he should still be able to pick up your scent. My dear human weakling, where is your precious Inuyasha? I'm sure you don't even know why you two were separated in the first place, now do you?" Sesshoumaru wished to convince Kagome of his lies, and it seemed like it had begun to work.
"H-how did you know about that?" Kagome began to worry. She had imagined every kind of possibility that could have happened to Inuyasha over the last five years, and the fear she had gotten over was slowly creeping back.
"Sesshoumaru knows a lot more than you think. Just like I know that brat of yours is also my niece."
"How did you KNOW THAT?!" Kagome had now lost all the courage she had previously held.
"Hm, hm, I told you, Sesshoumaru knows a lot of things. Not only does she reek of you and that worm of a half-brother, but I can pick up the faintest scent of demon blood. She may only be one-fourth demon, but that is enough blood to make her useful to me." He waited to see how the human would react.
Kagome got right in Sesshoumaru's face. "If you EVER lay a HAND on her, I'll, I'll..."
"You'll what? I think you forget your place sometimes, human. However, if you cooperate with me, I will leave your precious daughter alone. But if you betray me, then I may just have a use for her..."
Kagome was faced with an internal conflict. Sesshoumaru was not a demon you wanted to work with, but she needed to protect Sakura. Maybe if she agreed long enough to find a way to get both her and Sakura back to safety...she just might be able to do that. Only long enough to figure a way to trick him would she try to obey Sesshoumaru.
"What would I have to do?"
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Yep, that's the end of Chapter Three. :) Till next time! Bye-bye!
June 2001 (ver2 July 2001)
Note, this is version 2 of this chapter. :) I tried to fix some grammar problems I had...
Now to the disclaimer. Inuyasha is only mine in my dreams, but IRL it's owned by Takahashi Rumiko, Shonen Sunday and Sunrise Studios.
On with the story!
Chapter Three
Kagome's Daughter
By Laura Hoak-Kagey
Inuyasha stared at the girl's face for about a minute before his thoughts began to wander.
[She has to be Kagome's daughter. Who else would have the sweet, yet wild scent about her? And her face? It looks like her, but younger. But still, why is the scent of a demon nearby? I really dunno what to think...]
As Sakura stared at Inuyasha, she couldn't help but ask him some of her questions. "Inuyasha, why do you have doggie ears? You're teeth are pointy too. I nev'r saw a boy with long nails. Can I touch your ears?"
Inuyasha smiled at the little girl's conduct. She kept asking him questions, and realized that she must to be from the other side of the well. Kids in this day and age knew about demons, and wouldn't ask these kinds of questions.
He slightly lowered his head before he said, "Go ahead. No one's asked me to do that for a long time."
Sakura's eyes gleamed with delight. "Really?! It's okay?!!"
As she gave his ears a few tweaks, Inuyasha decided to casually ask Sakura a few questions. He might be able to find out some more information if he did that.
"I remember when a girl named Higurashi Kagome asked the same question. She lived in a shrine, and found her way to my world using a well. Have ya heard this story before? It's a little bit famous around here. A story people tell to their kids."
"Hm, I don't know the story. But my home is the Higurashi shrine too! Does it mean that I can be like the girl in the story? Mommy always told me not t'believe what I hear, but I always wanna be the girl in the story!"
Inuyasha was about to reply when Sango and Miroku walked back in. They looked like they had talked about something somewhat important, but he couldn't be sure.
Before Sango said a word, she noticed that Sakura looked like she was enjoying herself, and Sango was relieved that she got along well with Inuyasha.
"Sango? Miroku? What's with the serious faces? And why didja have to 'talk' all the sudden? What's that suppose to mean? Ya know how much I don't like secrets..."
"Calm down Inuyasha. We'll tell you soon. First, why don't you put Sakura to bed with Yumemi and Shinhaku? Say good-night to them all first. The kids have been waiting for a long time to see you again. Okay?" Sango had entered into her stern mode.
"Alright, alright. I'll go. Geez." Inuyasha turned back to Sakura and his face grew gentle again. "How 'bout it? It's time for bed..."
Sakura usually fought to stay up longer, but because she was really tired tonight, she didn't bother. But she did have a condition. She smiled and said in a very sweet voice, "Inuyasha, I'll go to bed if you let me go piggy back!"
"Piggy back?" His face went blank. This wasn't a word he had heard before.
"Ya know, when you carry me on your back." Sakura began to wonder why Inuyasha didn't know what piggy back meant...all adult were suppose to know what that meant.
"Okay, gotcha." Inuyasha stooped down, and Sakura climbed on his back. As he stood up, Inuyasha got a nostalgic feeling. Because Sakura was of the same blood as Kagome, he was sure of it, to him it felt like the old days when he used to carry Kagome on his back.
"Are ya ready?"
"Yeah!" Sakura gave a smile giggle, and held on tight. Maybe this was what having a daddy felt like, she thought to herself.
"Alright!" Inuyasha raced for Shinhaku and Yumemi's room.
Sango and Miroku were able to tell when he reached the children's room by the squeals of joy given by all three children.
Miroku smiled, and looked to Sango. "Who would have known that our attitude filled half demon would be so good with children?"
"Yeah. But he still can be a pain when it comes to adults. He acts like he's still a teenager a lot of the times..."
*~*~*
Kagome had started to regain consciousness. She rolled over and tried to open her eyes. It wasn't that bright where she was being kept, and so soon she was able to open her eyes fully. She was able to tell that she was in some kind of room, but it wasn't a normal room, but rather it looked like she was inside of a cave.
"Where am I?" She asked to herself.
Kagome stood up and as soon as she did so, she felt a pain in her head. Someone had hit her from behind, and she still felt it. [I wonder how long I was out for? What happened...wait a second, what happened to Sakura?!!]
She frantically looked around the room until Kagome found the door. She raced to it to find it locked. Whoever had put her in here had had no intention of letting her escape so easily.
"Damn. Why does this kind of stuff ALWAYS happen to me?! Honestly, I must be cursed! My daughter's off who knows where, and who knows what has happened to her!"
Rather than became frightened, Kagome became more and more pissed off. People always kidnapped her or hurt her friends or stole the things that belonged to her. This time, however, Kagome wasn't going to be some whimpering lady in distress. She wanted to get out of the cave-room, and was going to try anything she could to get out.
Just as Kagome was thinking of how she could bust the door open, she heard a knock on the door. She waited, and her eyes widened in recognition when she saw who opened the door.
*~*~*
Inuyasha finally crept out of the kids' bedroom. It had taken longer than he thought for them to fall asleep. They really had been eager to see him again, and since one of Inuyasha's greatest weaknesses was children, well, he had been nearly powerless to do anything but what they expected of him. But now, Inuyasha slid the door shut. He then headed back towards the main room where Sango and Miroku would be waiting.
It didn't take long for him to reach them, and as soon as he did, he said, "Alright, what were ya guys talkin' about? And ya know if ya lie, I can tell."
Inuyasha put his hands inside of his sleeves, and stood waiting.
Miroku looked to Sango before he spoke up. "Well, actually, we were talking about Sakura."
"The little brat?" Whenever Inuyasha was in an adult's presence, he acted like he always had towards children, as if he had hated them.
"Yes, and you know her name. We think she's...Kagome's daughter. But, we don't know why she's here. I found her in the woods, and she said she had been separated from her mommy. So...it makes me wonder what has happened to Kagome. She wouldn't in this time without coming to see us. I know she wouldn't." Sango furrowed her brows a bit, and started to feel concerned once again.
"That? I guessed that bra--, er, Sakura was Kagome's daughter a while ago. But I didn't know about Sakura being here with her mother." Inuyasha's face had softened. He too showed a face of concern. Just where was Kagome? Not only did he long to see her, but he had so many unanswered questions he wanted to ask her.
Sango walked over and put a comforting hand on Inuyasha's shoulder. "Tomorrow I'm gonna look for Sakura's mother. You are more than welcome to come along if you want."
Inuyasha looked at Sango, sighed, and then said, "I dunno. Right now I just wanna have some space. I'm gonna take a walk."
Without another word Inuyasha quickly headed for the door. Once he was outside again, he looked to the nearly full moon. The moon always seemed to calm him down enough to let him collect his thoughts. The moon was a funny thing. Sometimes it was his enemy, and turned him into a useless human for a night, and yet other times, it helped him to keep his sanity.
Tonight the moon was going to be his confidant. "Kagome...how could you have a daughter? It should be our daughter in there, sleeping with Sango and Miroku's children. Why didn't you wait for me?"
At that moment Inuyasha remembered something, and punched the nearest tree. Hard. "It better not be that stupid, pretty boy from before. Houjou or something? If you settled for him..."
Suddenly Inuyasha slumped against the tree he had just punched and let out a sigh. "Of course I couldn't expect you to wait for me. All this time..."
*~*~*
"Sesshoumaru. It's been a long time." Kagome said with bitterness in her voice.
"So nice of you to remember Sesshoumaru. But I'm afraid I didn't come to chat with you. I must say I was surprised to find you in the woods today. But, you may have your uses." He crossed the distance, and started to trail a finger across Kagome's cheek.
She slapped his finger away. "Do NOT touch me. Even if you are Inuyasha's half-brother, I can never forgive you for what you have done."
Sesshoumaru overlooked what Kagome did, and strolled to observe the nearest painting on the wall. "Ah, Inuyasha. A name I haven't heard in awhile. Of course when you are a useless half-whelp, and dead at that, people tend to forget to mention worms like my half-brother."
Kagome's face went white. She didn't know if she should believe Sesshoumaru or not. But if he was right, then that could explain everything...
Sesshoumaru gave an evil grin to himself. If what he thought was correct, then this Kagome girl knew nothing of the what was currently happening in the Warring Time Period. Only because Sesshoumaru knew about the little curse Kikyou had put on the Bone-Eater's Well did he know Inuyasha and Kagome had been separated for a long period of time.
He turned back towards the human woman. Sesshoumaru still detested the stench of humans, but because of having Rin around all the time, he had learned to tolerate it.
"I see from your silence that you didn't know about this? Such a pity..." He gave a slightly evil chuckle to himself.
"Liar! I would know if Inuyasha was dead!" Kagome was trying to keep her composure. She did not want to be weak in front of Sesshoumaru. Besides, she needed to figure a way to get out of this place. Sakura would be waiting for her somewhere. No matter what Sesshoumaru said, Sakura was the most important person to her. If Sakura were to disappear from her life too, Kagome didn't know what she would do.
"Hmph. Would you now? Then where is he? Even if his sense of smell is inferior to Sesshoumaru, he should still be able to pick up your scent. My dear human weakling, where is your precious Inuyasha? I'm sure you don't even know why you two were separated in the first place, now do you?" Sesshoumaru wished to convince Kagome of his lies, and it seemed like it had begun to work.
"H-how did you know about that?" Kagome began to worry. She had imagined every kind of possibility that could have happened to Inuyasha over the last five years, and the fear she had gotten over was slowly creeping back.
"Sesshoumaru knows a lot more than you think. Just like I know that brat of yours is also my niece."
"How did you KNOW THAT?!" Kagome had now lost all the courage she had previously held.
"Hm, hm, I told you, Sesshoumaru knows a lot of things. Not only does she reek of you and that worm of a half-brother, but I can pick up the faintest scent of demon blood. She may only be one-fourth demon, but that is enough blood to make her useful to me." He waited to see how the human would react.
Kagome got right in Sesshoumaru's face. "If you EVER lay a HAND on her, I'll, I'll..."
"You'll what? I think you forget your place sometimes, human. However, if you cooperate with me, I will leave your precious daughter alone. But if you betray me, then I may just have a use for her..."
Kagome was faced with an internal conflict. Sesshoumaru was not a demon you wanted to work with, but she needed to protect Sakura. Maybe if she agreed long enough to find a way to get both her and Sakura back to safety...she just might be able to do that. Only long enough to figure a way to trick him would she try to obey Sesshoumaru.
"What would I have to do?"
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Yep, that's the end of Chapter Three. :) Till next time! Bye-bye!
June 2001 (ver2 July 2001)