InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Yozora ❯ Lessons ( Chapter 5 )

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Chapter 5

 

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The storm was over by the next morning, which was great because both hanyou's could feel their sanity slipping away with every second that passed. Inuyasha urged his pack to hurry up. He wanted to get out of that god forsaken cave as soon as possible. He wasn't a big fan of confined spaces, and that cave was too claustrophobic for him.

 

Yozora woke up feeling one hundred percent better thanks to her hanyou immune system. Inuyasha was relieved that she was better. It was hard to fight off demons with a sick member in the pack.

 

By midday the human members of the group were demanding a rest and lunch. He looked down to Yozora. She looked tired too. He rolled his eyes and gave in.

 

“Inuyasha…” Kagome asked in a too sweet voice. He cringed, wondering what she wanted. “Will you go get something to eat that isn't ramen?” He sighed in irritation and stalked off, not saying a word. “Thank you!! ” Kagome called happily.

 

Yozora, as always, was at his heels, following happily. He couldn't help but let a ghost of a grin grace his face as he saw her innocent smile. They stopped at a stream. He picked up the pup by the underarms and lifted her onto a rock. He looked straight into her eyes and gave her a commanding growl, “Stay right here.” She nodded happily and watched him roll up his enormous bell shaped sleeves and hakama.

 

She looked in amazement as he struck the water and three fish came up. She and her mother never went fishing because the villagers kept accusing them of poisoning the waters and other absurd things.

 

She gave a small whine of impatience. He set his catch on the river bank and came over to her. “Hmm?” He growled softly.

 

“Can I?” She yipped excitedly as she pointed at the waters. He thought about it a second then nodded. She jumped off the rock gleefully, but never hit the ground. Instead she found herself in his arms and him growling a warning.

 

“Don't go out of my sight and stay by the banks. Got it?” He cautioned gravely. She nodded and gave him a yip of reassurance.

 

He let her down and she scurried over to the water, putting her feet in carefully. She immediately jumped back from the icy water, yelping in surprise. Inuyasha gave a soft snort of amusement as he waded back in to catch the rest of lunch. She looked at him and copied his actions, looking at the waters and spotting a few unlucky minnows. She struck, but missed, only succeeding in getting herself wet. She frowned and walked out of the water, humbled and swearing silently for revenge.

 

Inuyasha let out a small laugh before growling, “You're gonna get yourself sick again.” She shook herself off, spraying water in all directions. He brought back the rest of lunch and pulled a rope out of his sleeve, sliding all the fish onto it. He took off his kariginu and rubbed the girl down and put it back one once he was satisfied. He knew if he came back with her soaked, he's never hear then end of how bad a parent he was.

 

She watched him pick a spot on the river bank and one by one, begin to gut and scale the fish. She stuck out her tongue at the smell and sight. Suddenly, a metallic green dragonfly caught her eye. Inuyasha gave a loud bark to her as she began to stalk it. “Don't wander too far!”

 

She looked back at him and nodded, then devoted all of her attention to the insect. She hunted it playfully, but missed every time she went in for the `kill.' She wasn't paying attention at all to how far she'd wandered or where Inuyasha was. A sudden shake in the bushes caught her attention for a second, but she passed it off as the wind and went back to her hunt.

 

As she was pouncing at her prey, she could have sworn she heard something other than the birds, the dragonfly's wings and trickling river. Her ears swiveled in all directions but it wasn't important. She was gonna catch this bug!

 

She watched as the dragonfly landed on the leaves of a bush. She wiggled her butt in excitement and about to pounce when the world suddenly got darker . She looked up, curious. Curiosity immediately morphed into terror as she found herself face to face with the largest snake she'd ever seen!

 

“Little half-breed, you'll make a nice snack!” It hissed wickedly as Yozora stood, paralyzed with fear as she stared into twin crimson orbs. Its lethal fangs dripped with venom which landed on the ground in little hissing pools while its emerald body writhed and squirmed in anticipation.

 

“You ain't eatin' anyone you overgrown worm!” A confident, but angry voice boomed, snapping the little hanyou out of her stupor. A flash of red and silver dashed before her eyes, yelling, “Sankon Tesso!!” She gasped in admiration as the snake literally disintegrated in front of her eyes.

 

Her savior and guardian turned to her and tweaked one of her sensitive ears, making her yelp and giving her a grave frown. “I told you not to wander.” Her ears flattened against her head. “Have we learned a lesson?” He asked. She nodded reverently and hugged his leg, asking for silent forgiveness. He tousled her short navy hair. “Don't do it again.” She nodded against his leg.

 

He hauled the fish over his shoulder and began to walk toward camp. Yozora hurried and caught up. She'd learned an important lesson. Always stay near her `daddy.'

 

By the time they got to camp, Kagome was annoyed. “What took so long?” She asked.

 

“We ran into a pest.” He explained, as he handed her the fish to put on the fire. Yozora watched Kagome, the girl she didn't like, put odd smelling powders on the fish. True, they smelled good, but could she trust this girl?

 

As said girl passed out the fish, Yozora took hers cautiously, turning it over and over on the stick, sniffing it and frowning. Shippo watched her with a grin as Inuyasha took it from her hands. `Hah, survival of the fastest.' he snickered inside.

 

Kagome looked at him with disapproval. “What are you doing?! That's hers, you jerk!” She was just about to sit him, when she saw him rip a piece of the fish and eat it, then hand it back. Everyone looked at him, confused. `What is he doing?' Shippo wondered.

 

Yozora looked at him, watching him gulp that piece of her fish. Deciding it was safe, she ate vigorously. She'd barely eaten the last few days.

 

Everyone was utterly confused at his actions. What shocked them more was that he divided his fish in half, giving the other to Yozora, who took it gratefully, nearly inhaling it.

 

“What the hell are you all staring at?!” He growled irritably.

 

“Why did you do that?” Kagome asked.

 

“She thought you poisoned it.” He answered as the girl laid her head against his side, turning his face a soft pink.

 

Kagome looked slighted, as the others stared at him incredulously. “Why in the world would she think that?” Asked Sango.

 

“She's scared of you. She doesn't like humans, and honestly, would you if you were her?” Inuyasha crossed his arms, shoving his arms into his sleeves.

 

“But I wouldn't dream of hurting her!” Kagome guarded. She reached a hand to Yozora.

 

“I wouldn't do that!” He warned, but was too late. Kagome's hand was less than an inch from Yozora, when she snapped at her hand. Kagome jerked her hand back with a short yelp of surprise.

 

She's missed, thankfully, but now she was growling loudly at them. Inuyasha yanked her ear enough to earn a yip of pain. “Inuyasha! Don't hurt her!” Kagome demanded.

 

“Why? If I don't reprimand her, she'll never learn.” He explained.

 

Kagome scoffed, “Yeah, but you don't need to hurt her!”

 

“This how Inu punish each other. It's not like I'm beating her! Besides, you do it too.” He shot.

 

Everyone looked taken aback. “No I don't!”

 

“Oh, then why do you sit me? That hurts much worse than an ear pull.” He humphed. Kagome was speechless, she really had not been expecting that. “Practice what cha preach.”

 

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Kagome was fairly silent for the rest of the day, being quite humbled from earlier. Now that she thought, she did take out most of her anger on him. She knew Inuyasha did the same type of thing with Shippo, but she restrained him. Who was there to restrain her though? Just because he got angry at Shippo, didn't mean she should do the same to him. She decided, at some point, she would have to make it up to him.

 

It was dark when they decided to stop for the night. Dinner was simple, rice and anything else they could pull together. Inuyasha hopped into the nearest tree, feeling much safer than he had in a while. Sleeping on the ground was dangerous and stupid and should be avoided at all costs. He learned that when he was very young, having been ambushed many times by youkai out for a midnight snack. But humans were afraid of heights, so he was alone.

 

Yozora watched him hop into the tree and get comfortable. She knew she couldn't jump quite that high yet, but she could try! She jumped, digging her claws into the bark of the tree, but she had misjudged the hardness of the wood and slipped down to the ground.

 

Inuyasha cracked open one eye at her in slight amusement. If she wanted anything, she'd have to earn it, just like him. Kagome babied Shippo far too much. When he was Shippo's age, he'd had how to learn to defend himself. He didn't have anyone to protect him back then. It was either fight or flight. He knew, if she really wanted up here, she'd get up.

 

Kagome greatly disapproved of what he was doing, just sitting there as she tried to climb a tree much too tall for her. How could he be so cruel? She was only a little girl! How dare he expect so much of her!

 

Yozora tried for almost an hour, unsuccessfully, when she finally gave up and curled into a ball. Kagome glared daggers at Inuyasha. “That was just cruel!” She whispered harshly, trying not to wake their comrades. He just shrugged ad shoved his arms into his sleeves.

 

The raven haired girl grabbed an extra blanket and placed it over the exhausted girl who was too tied to even growl at Kagome.

 

 

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A/N: Chapter art is where is always is, on my FF.net account. Now I know I moved too fast in the prvious chapters, but I'm slowing down. He wont completely accept her for a while yet. Please, people, don't hate Yozora, she's attached to Inuyasha and her mom being a demon, she never really learned compassion for humans like Inuyasha did. She will eventually, but like you all said, I can't rush it.