Yu Yu Hakusho Fan Fiction / InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Then and Now ❯ Dinner Conversation ( Chapter 4 )

Then and Now

 

 

 

A/N: Greetings, readers! Well, I finally got around to fixing the double explanation about Sessou-maru that a couple of observant readers pointed out. I also elaborated on a few points. Hope you like it!

 

 

 

Chapter 4

 

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Kagome's heart skipped a beat when she saw the crimson haired youth standing in the foyer, looking around absently. He's gorgeous! Great, I'm drooling! Kagome quickly wiped her mouth before walking down the stairs to welcome her unexpectedly attractive guest. I wonder if Mama was thinking of playing matchmaker...not that I'd complain...Nah!

 

<Shuiichi, look!> Youko commanded.

 

Gods...She's the most...beautiful creature I've ever seen! She must be the woman's daughter.

 

<She is lovely...look at those eyes! So expressive! I can think of a couple of other things I'd like to see her express...>

 

Youko! Calm down, we're guests in this house!

 

<I know that>Youko stated <I'm just saying I think I'd rather have her than dinner.>

 

Youko...shut up.

 

<You can't deny that you were thinking the same thing. I felt your heart speed up the second you saw her. You want her, why hide it? Look at her eyes, she want's us, too. I think we've been staring too long, she looks uncomfortable...Well?...SAY SOMETHING, ALREADY!!!>

 

"Gomen, I shouldn't have stared that way, it was rude. I simply couldn't help myself. I hadn't expected an angel to greet me at the door."(A/N: So so SO sorry for that lame line but I figure since Kurama-chan was caught off-guard we can forgive him a moment's cliche.)

 

Kagome blushed. "Well...I guess I can forgive you," she said, teasingly, "My name is Kagome. What's yours?"

 

"Minamino Shuiichi,"he lifted her hand to his lips, "I am very pleased to meet you." Shuiichi couldn't believe his control had slipped like that! Dammit, Youko!

 

<What? She wasn't offended by what I said.>

 

But did you have to bite her hand when you kissed it?!

 

<I didn't bite her, I only nipped! Besides, she liked it. You smelled what she thought of it.>

 

Youko, I swear, one of these days...

 

A moment later she cleared her throat, trying to regain some of her composure. "Minamino? You don't happen to go to Meiou Academy, do you?"

 

"Well, yes, actually, I do. Why do you ask?"

 

"I got a letter today saying that a Minamino Shuiichi from Meiou Academy would be tutoring me after the Entrance Exams are over."

 

"Ah! I thought the name sounded familiar, but I was a bit distracted. Yes, I will be tutoring you then. I'm glad now that I was able to meet you informally. The tutoring will be easier that way."

 

"Dinner's on the table!" a voice from another room called out.

 

"Comming, Mama! Well, Minamino-san, shall we go eat?"

 

"Of course. After you."

 

Suddenly, a russet ball of fur flew past Kagome to be caught by a quick-thinking Kurama. "Ohayo, Shuiichi-san, did you meet my Okaa-san?"

 

"Yes, he met me, Shippo-chan," Kagome said, prying him off of the startled boy.

 

"You're his mother, then?" Kurama asked, curious. "I had asked your mother earlier how he was her grandson, she said that you would explain it better than she could. "

 

"Well, I adopted him after his parents were killed," Kagome began as she led the older Kitsune into the dining room.

 

"Killed?" Kurama asked. He needed to gauge what would and would not be appropriate to ask. Besides, If he asked the right questions, she'd tell him everything anyway.

 

"Yeah, his parents had been killed by two youkai called the Thunder Brothers. He was alone and I took him in."

 

<Thunder Brothers? That can't be right. They were killed five centuries ago...wait. Didn't the kit say something about a portal to the past?>

 

Yes, he did...could she have been involved in their deaths? She doesn't look like a killer but...

 

<A miko was involved, as I recall. It's possible.>

 

"How did he get away?"

 

"A friend of mine and I fought and killed them."

 

"Friend?"

 

"A hanyou named Inu Yasha."

 

Kurama gave her a confused look. <Inu Yasha...That name is familiar.>

 

"You're a youkai, maybe you would recognize his brother's name: Sesshoumaru"

 

"Sesshoumaru?! I knew him! we were old friends, we grew up together! Though I haven't seen him since the Kekai barrier was put into place four centuries ago. I was known as Youko Kurama then. My close friends still call me Kurama."

 

"You grew up with Sesshoumaru? What was he like when you knew him?"

 

"Well, we got into quite a bit of trouble together, when we were younger. After he inherited the Western lands he became more serious but he was still one of my dearest friends."

 

"Wow. I've only seen him when he was trying to kill me and my friends."

 

"If his brother is your friend, then it doesn't surprise me that he would attack your group. He's always been a bit...I hate to say, jealous, of the fact that his father always seemed to love the hanyou more. It was an arranged marriage between Sesshoumaru's mother and father. His Father was somewhat bitter about being forced into a union with a female he did not care for, and as much as he tried not to allow it, the tension spread to his relationship with his son."

 

"That's very sad. His father must have loved Inu Yasha's mother then. That would explain why he was so affectionate to him."

 

"Exactly. Sesshoumaru has never been able to forgive his younger brother for being his father's favorite."

 

"Wow. It makes so much more sense now. I thought it was just the sword! I feel kind of bad for him now."

 

"How did you know I was a youkai?"

 

"I'm a miko."

 

"Other miko wouldn't have guessed it." Kurama pointed out.

 

"But Kaa-san is the best miko! She's very strong." Shippo praised.

 

"Thank you, Shippo-chan, but I'm not that strong." Kagome blushed.

 

"I think you're better than you realize." Kurama offered.

 

Kagome blushed cutely.

 

"He's right, Dear. You're better than you'll admit." Mama chimed in.

 

"If I may ask, how did you get to that time? The Thunder Brothers were killed 500 years ago." Kurama inquired.

 

"There's a well on the property that leads to Senkoku Jidai. On my 15th birthday, a demon pulled me through to that time, which is when I freed Inu Yasha from the curse that had kept him sealed to the Goshinboku tree outside for fifty years."

 

"I remember something about that. A miko sealed him there, right?"

 

"Right. Her name was Kikyo, and it turns out that I'm her reincarnation. She was ressurected a while back and stole a piece of my soul."

 

"How can you live without a whole soul?"

 

"She stole back the anger she felt for Inu Yasha when she died. A hanyou named Naraku tricked Kikyo and Inu Yasha into thinking that the other had betrayed them. She asked that the Shikon no Kakera be burned with her body so that it would never cause harm to anyone else. I was born with the Jewel in my body. I can tell you more later, if you like. I think I jus heard Shippo-chan's stomach!"

 

"Yes, it smells and looks delicious."

 

"Well then," Mama pipped in, "let's eat!"

 

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Well, that'll do it for this chappy. Again, I'm SSSSSSSSSOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOOO sorry about the wait, a lot's been going on and I wasn't able to work as much as I wanted to. But since I dumped my lying, two-faced bf, I should be able to get back to it.

 

P.S.-Oh, yeah! Don't forget to read and review! Reviews inspire me, remember? Even corrections(my computer doesn't have spell-check), or criticisms(I kinda prefer being told how great my story is, though).

 

Ja ne.