Baby Inu | By : MomaTrickster Category: InuYasha > General Views: 4465 -:- Recommendations : 1 -:- Currently Reading : 1 |
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Disclaimer: I do not Inuyasha and I am not making any money from this.
A.N.: Please don't hate me, I went back and forth and something in this chapter. I hope it's okay...there will be a sort of explanation for it in the next chapter.
Chapter 5
I woke up in the middle of the night to something pressing against my barrier. I sat up and saw Miroku sitting up as well. I saw a soul collector winding through the trees, testing my barrier. I reached for Tessaiga to strengthen the barrier, but Miroku's voice stopped me.
“Wait,” he spoke softly, “Let her underestimate your strength, Kagome.”
“Okay.”
We quietly watched as the soul collector slowly drifted away. I sighed in relief and looked down at the sleeping half-demon at my side.
“He will be alright, Kagome,” Miroku said in a calm voice, “We will keep him safe.”
I nodded in agreement and curled back up next to Inuyasha. I fell back to sleep and didn't wake again until morning.
I woke up to see bright golden eyes peering down at me from my left and the sound of soft giggling on my right.
“Gome! You awake now?” Inuyasha asked happily.
“I'm awake,” I told him as I sat up.
“Gome, we going to see MeMa?” he asked.
“No, sweetheart, we're going to stay here with Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and Kirara.”
“Okay!” he cheered before he jumped over me.
Inuyasha and Shippo started chasing each other around the clearing. Kirara gave a loud excited mew and joined the chase. I gave the three of them an amused smile as I got up and packed away my bedding. I joined Sango and Miroku by the fire and thanked Miroku when he handed me a cup of tea. Sango was working on a pot of rice porridge mixed with pieces of dried of fruit. The boys and Kirara flopped to the ground next to me, laughing and grinning happily.
Sango passed out bowls of breakfast and the boys sat up to happily dig into their food. Everyone are their breakfast and I took all of the dishes to the stream to clean them up. The boys followed me and happily helped. When we finished, we took the dishes back to Sango and went back to the stream with Storm in tow. As Storm drank his fill, we made sure all of our water containers were full. We rejoined Sango and Miroku at the campsite as Miroku was putting out the fire. After making sure that everything was packed up, Kirara shifted to her saber form and Sango and Miroku climbed on her back. I climbed onto Storm's back and seated Inuyasha in front of me. Shippo sat on my shoulder as we left the clearing and went back to the road.
We reached Jinenji's village around mid-day and stopped to rest. His mom and Sango worked together to feed everyone lunch. Before we left, Jinenji gave me a bundle of healing herbs and ointments, just in case we needed them. We passed the village and walked until dusk. We found a stream and a clear enough area to camp in for the night. Inuyasha and Shippo played tag in the clearing until dinner was ready. After everyone ate, we played cards until the boys were falling asleep. Once everyone was settled in for the night, I set up Tessaiga's barrier before I fell asleep, curled up between Shippo and Inuyasha.
The next day went much the same way. After breakfast, we loaded up and headed out. We reached a clearing near a hot spring at the base of Totosai's mountain just before night fell. We set up camp and Totosai showed up just after we finished eating.
“What brings all of you here?” he asked.
“Gome? Who's that?” Inuyasha asked as he climbed into my lap.
Totosai blinked at Inuyasha in surprise as Myoga jumped off of MoMo's head and landed on a rock in front of me.
“Master Inuyasha! Oh, dear! What has happened to you?!” Myoga cried.
“AAHHH! A talking bug!” Inuyasha yelled out as he climbed up onto my shoulder, “Gome! Smush it! Smush it, Gome! It's a talking bug!”
“Inuyasha!” I called to him in surprise, “It's okay, sweetheart, come here!”
He slowly climbed down into my lap without looking away from Myoga.
“Gome?”
“It's okay, Inuyasha,” I assured him, “His name is Myoga, he's a flea demon. He's our friend.”
“He..He is?”
“Yep,” I told him, “Myoga and Totosai are the people we came here to see.”
“Oh, okay,” he said quietly.
“Lady Kagome,” Myoga spoke softly, “What has happened?”
“Kikyo put a spell on him,” I explained, “I put up a barrier, but it didn't stop the spell. It did protect his adult mind, though, enough to keep it from being destroyed. Every fourth day he's had his adult mind.”
“I see,” Myoga said quietly.
“Kagome,” Totosai spoke up, “Tessaiga has been letting you use your Miko powers to activate it's barrier?”
“I...yes. How did you...”
“As I've said before, I can hear the swords that I've created,” he told me, “That's how I knew you were here.”
“Oh.”
“He needs a replacement seal. Tessaiga wants you to use Adamant Barrage.”
“But...I'm not...”
“Tessaiga likes you, Kagome,” Totosai insisted, “Surely you've realized that by now.”
“I've felt Tessaiga...hum...at times.”
Totosai nodded at me.
“Yes, Tessaiga likes you,” he said, “And has chosen to let you wield it while you protect Inuyasha.”
He tipped his head to the side as he looked at Tessaiga where it lay next to me. He nodded before he turned his attention back to me.
“Come, girl, get up, grab the sword,” he instructed.
I set Inuyasha down in front of me and picked up Tessaiga as I stood up. I tucked the sheath in at my hip as I turned to Totosai. He pointed in the direction of the hot spring.
“That way, aim it that way,” he told me, “Draw Tessaiga, channel your Miko powers just as you do with your arrows. Then call up and use the Adamant Barrage.”
I looked in the direction he pointed and nodded.
'Is he for real?' I wondered, 'Is this really going to work? Tessaiga...I've felt you react to me. You let me use your barrier to keep us safe. Will you let me do this?'
I drew Tessaiga and felt the gentle hum of greeting it always gave me. I channeled my power as I would an arrow and heard everyone gasp in surprise as Tessaiga's youki flared up and the sword transformed. I looked down at the glowing fang in my hand and smiled. I put my free hand on the hilt and thought of the Adamant Barrage. The sword quickly shifted to its crystalline form. I lifted it high into the air over my right shoulder and dragged it quickly down and to the left.
“Adamant Barrage!”
The shards of adamant flew from the sword, peppering the trees between me and the hot spring. The shards held a pink and red glow to them. I grinned as Tessaiga pulsed once and turned back into the regular fang. I turned around to face Totosai and the others and saw everyone looking at me in shock, except for Totosai. He walked over to me and nodded in approval.
“Gome!” Inuyasha spoke in awe, “That was really cool!”
“That was great!” Shippo agreed, “But I bet he's going to sulk that his sword let you use when he has his adult mind.”
“Hmm,” Miroku spoke up, “Perhaps not. In his current physical state, I think he may pretend to be upset, though he may not bother with that falsity. I believe that he will be quite alright with Kagome having another way to protect herself while he cannot. The fact his sword chose to let her wield it, I believe he will see that as a good thing.”
“I think Miroku's right,” Sango agreed after a minute of quiet thinking, “For all that he blusters and yells, he really does worry about you, Kagome.”
I nodded in agreement and lightly squeezed Tessaiga's hilt with a passing thought of thanks for the sword's acceptance. The sword shifted back to its rusty katana form and I slid it back into the sheath, giving it a fond pat before I let go. Inuyasha ran over to me and I picked him up.
“Kagome,” Totosai spoke up, “Take him with you. Walk through the shards and pick up the ones that call to you, both of you.”
“Okay.”
I set Inuyasha back on his feet and took his hand as we walked through the trees. We each collected several adamant shards before we stopped and took them back to Totosai. He looked them over and nodded before he turned to Inuyasha.
“Alright, little one,” he said softly, “This is going to hurt, but I need two of your fangs. I'm going to make you each something to help you protect each other.”
“Okay,” Inuyasha said firmly and opened his mouth wide.
He yelped slightly as Totosai pulled his two upper fangs out. I picked him up in my arms and sat down beside the fire with him.
“I will return,” Totosai told us as climbed onto MoMo's back, “Stay here.”
Inuyasha fell asleep in my arms and I smiled softly at him.
“Kagome, you should get some sleep,” Sango said quietly.
I nodded to her and went for to where my bedding was set out next to a tree. I laid with Inuyasha and quickly fell asleep, not waking up until after the sun had risen.
I set the still sleeping Inuyasha down next to me and stood up. I stretched and yawned as Sango walked over to me with a cup of tea. I smiled and thanked her as we sat down by the fire.
“I hate to admit it,” Sango said quietly, “But he's completely adorable like this.”
“I know,” I agreed softly, “But Sango...”
“I know, Kagome,” she told me, “You miss him, as he was,”
“Yeah.”
Inuyasha sat up quickly, growling and crying. I hurried over to him as he called for me.
“Gome! Gome!”
“Inuyasha, it's okay, sweetheart,” I told him as I picked him up, “I'm here, Inuyasha, I'm here.”
I walked back to the fire as he clung to me, crying into my shoulder, his little body shaking with emotion.
“Gome...” he whispered, “The bad stinky lady said she was...was gonna..ki...kill you!”
“Oh, Inuyasha, sweetheart,” I spoke gently to him, “It's okay, I'm here. She didn't hurt me. It was just a dream.”
He slowly calmed down in my arms and sat tiredly in my lap. Totosai walked over to us and sat down next to me. He looked over at Inuyasha.
“Pup,” he called to him, “I need some of your hair to finish these protection pendants I made for you and Kagome.”
“Okay,” Inuyasha replied quietly.
I watched as Inuyasha got up and moved over to sit down in front of Totosai. The old smith pulled a few long strands of Inuyasha's silver white out and fastened them around a round ivory colored pendant. He pulled a few more strands and did the same to a second pendant before he looked up at me. He handed the pendants to me and I smiled softly as I looked at them. Round pendants that looked like ivory or bone hung off the shining silvery strands of Inuyasha's hair. In the center of each pendant was a piece of adamant that sparkled with pink and red light to my eyes. I smiled as I put one of the necklaces over Inuyasha's head and gently pulled his hair out from under it. I lifted the second one to put it over my own head and was stopped by tiny clawed hands.
“No, Gome,” Inuyasha said firmly, “I want to do it.”
“Okay,” I agreed and handed him the necklace.
He carefully lowered the necklace over my head and gently pulled out my hair before he smiled at me.
“There,” he said with a proud smile.
Inuyasha's ears twitched and he turned around with a wide grin.
“Shippo!” he called excitedly before he ran over to the kitsune, “Look it! Look what Totsai made me!”
I laughed softly as he talked to Shippo before I turned to Totosai with a smile.
“They're beautiful, Totosai, thank you,” I told him.
“They'll help keep his demon blood held back, like Tessaiga,” he told me, “And, with your miko powers and Tessaiga's powers in there, they'll help protect the both of you.”
“Thank you, really, Totosai.”
He nodded his acceptance and turned to watch Inuyasha play with Shippo. Sango handed out breakfast and Totosai joined us as we all ate. He took his leave after and left on MoMo's back. Myoga hopped onto my shoulder and chose to stay with us. We packed up and started heading back to Kaede's village. We stopped at mid-day for a quick lunch before we kept moving on. We arrived at the clearing we'd stopped at before in time to set up camp for dinner. After everyone ate, I curled up with Inuyasha and Shippo and quickly fell asleep after setting up Tessaiga's barrier.
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