InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Half and Half ❯ chapter 8 ( Chapter 8 )
[ P - Pre-Teen ]
By: fire feline 
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama / Comedy / Action | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 01.06.2004 | Pages: 5 | Words: 2.2K | Visits: 197 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Romance / Drama / Comedy / Action | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 01.06.2004 | Pages: 5 | Words: 2.2K | Visits: 197 | Status: Completed
Miroku and Sango sat together beside her campfire, sharing breakfast and talking
about the new development in their lives, Kagome's sudden change. Sango was
extremely surprised, the priest had yet to try any funny stuff. They had talked
and laughed together last night, but the letch had kept his hands to himself for
the most part. Okay, there was one groping incident, but that was surprising for
the houshi. Sango had asked him several times if he was okay, and checked his
forehead when she had bent down to pick up something, not thinking, right in
front of him, and he didn't even try to touch her. He wasn't sick, but he
was acting very oddly, but it was almost nice, to be able to sit and talk with
him without having to worry about being too close to his roaming hand.
A rustling in the bushes interrupted her from her thoughts. She looked up in
surprise as a kitsune popped out.
"Shippo! What are you doing here?" she asked.
"Stupid monk!" he yelled, bopping Miroku over the head.
"You left me all by myself at the camp, never even telling me where you were
going!"
***
"Kagome? Inuyasha?"
The pair separated quickly, a blush on each of their faces as Kagome's mother
opened the door to the kitchen.
"Oh, there you are."
She smiled not-quite-so-naively at their red faces.
"How long are you planning on staying today?"
Kagome and Inuyasha looked at each other. They really hadn't thought about it.
Kagome had been excited about the whole thing with learning how to use her nose
and all, but now that she was here, she was reluctant to leave.
"You still have to tell your brother and grandfather," Inuyasha reminded
her.
"I'm not sure mom." Kagome said uncertainly.
"Will you at least stay for breakfast? I'll make waffles."
That settled things.
"Okay! We'll stay for breakfast, right Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha didn't know what waffles were, but breakfast sounded nice. His
stomach growled in appreciation. Kagome giggled.
"What about that ramen you just ate?"
"Hey, I have a demon's metabolism, remember?" Inuyasha said jokingly.
"So what are these waffle things anyways?"
Kagome gaped at him.
"You mean you were never here when my mom made WAFFLES?!!"
Inuyasha shook his head, puzzled. Kagome smacked herself on the forehead.
"Well, we'll just have to fix that."
Kagome began explaining the wonder of waffles, the height of American cuisine.
Then Inuyasha asked where this America place was, and Kagome started giving him
a geography lesson. Mrs. Higurashi watched this all with a small maternal smile.
Inuyasha listened, captivated, as Kagome told led him through a brief history
about America and European countries, and how Japan was introduced to them.
Her mother had never seen Kagome so lively and animated. Her daughter had always
been a quiet, thoughtful child. Only now did she see how much this demon hunting
and adventure had drawn her out of her shell. She wondered how her other Senkoku
friends affected her. That reminded her.
"Kagome, your birthday is next week."
Kagome looked up in surprise. That was right! Her sixteenth birthday! How could
she forget?
"What were you planning on doing, mom?" Her mother always planned lavish
parties and invited all of Kagome's friends and classmates.
"I hardly think a party would be in order with you in your... condition."
Kagome giggled. "Yes, and I've already told Ari, Emmi, and Ayumi that
Inuyasha and I were eloping. You know what that means, it'll be all over the
school in no time."
"Yes. So, what would you like to do?"
"I think just a small family party would be best."
"That's what I thought, but I had an idea. How about you invite your friends
from over the well?"
"Sango, Miroku, and Shippo?" Kagome asked in surprise.
"Why not? I'd like to meet them."
"I don't know if they can travel across the well."
"Remember when there was that thing with that poor little girl? And you asked
Souta to go back and get Inuyasha?"
"Yes, but Inuyasha came through the well by himself, Souta couldn't get
across."
"But, when he described what happened, it sounded to me like when Inuyasha
crossed through the well, Souta started to cross through too. So, if you and
Inuyasha cross through with them, I think it would work."
Kagome thought this over. "Yeah, I suppose so."
"So when should we plan it?" Mrs. Higurashi asked. Kagome regarded her
mother.
"You're really excited about this, aren't you?"
"Of course I am! My only daughter is celebrating her only sixteenth birthday,
and I finally get to meet these people you talk so much about!"
Kagome smiled. A noise came from the doorway. She turned, to see a sleepy boy
with tousled hair walking into the kitchen.
"Mom? You're making waffle- Kagome! Inuyasha!"
"Souta!" The young boy barreled her over in a hug.
"You were gone for so long. I thought you might never come back! How long are
you and Inuyasha nii-chan staying?"
Inuyasha squirmed uncomfortably at being called big brother. The only brother he
had ever had had been Sesshomaru, and, well, no more really needed to be said.
He didn't know how to react to this kid, Kagome's little brother, accepting
him so readily as a part of the family. And then, there was Kagome's mother.
She was always so friendly, despite the fact he was what had kept her daughter
away from her family for so long, with his impatience to collect Shikon shards.
The grandfather was still a little cautious of him, but he hadn't tried to use
the sealing scrolls on him anymore. Those things didn't really do much, but
they were sticky and a pain to get off, especially when they got caught in his
hair.
"Well, we're staying for breakfast, but I don't know how long we'll be
staying after that."
Souta groaned. "you'll at least spend the rest of the day, won't you?
It's a Saturday, and there's no school, and- what happened to your
ears?!!" Souta exclaimed as his drowsiness finally left him and he realized
the difference in Kagome. Mrs. Higurashi giggled.
"Aren't they cute? I rubbed them for five minutes straight before she
finally got tired of it."
Souta stared at his big sister.
"You're- you're a hanyou! Like Inuyasha!"
Kagome sighed and prepared to tell the long story again as Souta reached up and
traced the lines on her face, slightly streaked with the makeup that had stayed
despite her tears and her mother's attempts to wipe it off, when she heard
another person enter.
"What's all this racket? Can't an old man get some sleep around here?"
"Oh, come on Jii-chan, it's almost 10:30. Even on Saturdays you shouldn't
oversleep that much."
"Hmmph. Souta, when I was your age, I knew how to respect my elders-
Kagome!"
Kagome and Souta giggled. Inuyasha just stood behind Kagome, a little awkwardly.
"What happened to you? Or are you a demon in disguise, trying to overtake the
rest of us? I knew that Inuyasha would bring bad luck upon us." A low throated
growl came from Inuyasha, and Kagome and Souta laughed even harder. Grandfather
continued, completely oblivious to their giggles.
"Well, your evil plan won't work in this house! Out! Out with you!"
"Jii-chan, it's me." She said between laughs. He looked doubtful, but she
began her long story, and he listened, eying Inuyasha mistrustfully. Inuyasha
just glared right back. Kagome finished her tale, and Jii-chan was silent.
"Don't worry Kagome, I'll have you human again in no time." He said
stubbornly, staring at Inuyasha the whole time. Inuyasha suddenly had the
childish impulse to make a face at the ridiculous old man and his non stop
glaring. Thankfully, Inuyasha resisted this urge and settled for a haughty look
that made him look scarily like Sesshomaru, and infuriated the old man.
"That's okay, Grandpa." Kagome said, sweatdropping at the thought of what
her grandfather had in mind as a cure. She remembered when she had gotten
chicken pox and had been sent home from school while her mother was out. Her
grandfather had insisted it wasn't chicken pox at all, but a plague from a
demon that he must exorcise before her flesh was eaten away by the sores. Her
mother had come home just in time to rescue her from her grandfather's choking
incense, chants and scrolls. It had taken her mother several hours to convince
her that the chicken pox would heal in a week, and no, it wasn't going to rot
her flesh away. She shuddered at the thought, and so missed the entire silent
show down between Jii-chan and Inuyasha.
"No, it's not okay!" he said insistently. "You can't stay a demon! My
own grand daughter! A member of the Higurashi family! A long line of holy men
and shrine maidens, and you insist on staying half demon?!! It's bad enough
that you had to choose a demon for a boyfriend, but now this?"
Inuyasha was quite ticked off at this, and probably would have slaughtered the
old man right there if he had not looked at Kagome's face. Her eyes were
hardened and her mouth set. Inuyasha almost fell over in shock: That was
definitely Kagome's "sit" face, but for once it wasn't directed at him!
He almost felt bad for her grandfather.
"Now look here, Jii-chan, there is nothing wrong with Inuyasha being a demon,
you got that? He's who I love, and that's enough. Now if I hear any more
nonsense about Inuyasha being somehow inferior to full humans, I just might hop
over that well and never come back. And I'm the one who will choose whether I
want to have you trying all sorts of quack cures and exorcisms on me, and I
choose to stay just as I am, understand?"
The grandfather nodded, his eyes wide at his grand daughter's outburst. He
looked at her with a curious look in his eyes. She reminded him so much of his
late wife sometimes.
"I only wanted the best for you," he said, a little hurt. Kagome's eyes
softened.
"I know. I'm sorry I snapped at you, but I think I can control my own life
now."
Jii-chan nodded. She probably could.
"You have your grandmother's temper, you know that?"
"Yes, Jii-chan, you've told me." She said. He glanced back up to Inuyasha,
and his eyes hardened, then relaxed. "You take care of her, you hear?"
Inuyasha, surprised, nodded. "You really don't deserve her, but for some
reason she loves you. So, what can grandfather do but let the child make the
choice." He sighed, and hugged Kagome. "So what kind of new demonic powers
have you acquired?" he asked with a smile.
about the new development in their lives, Kagome's sudden change. Sango was
extremely surprised, the priest had yet to try any funny stuff. They had talked
and laughed together last night, but the letch had kept his hands to himself for
the most part. Okay, there was one groping incident, but that was surprising for
the houshi. Sango had asked him several times if he was okay, and checked his
forehead when she had bent down to pick up something, not thinking, right in
front of him, and he didn't even try to touch her. He wasn't sick, but he
was acting very oddly, but it was almost nice, to be able to sit and talk with
him without having to worry about being too close to his roaming hand.
A rustling in the bushes interrupted her from her thoughts. She looked up in
surprise as a kitsune popped out.
"Shippo! What are you doing here?" she asked.
"Stupid monk!" he yelled, bopping Miroku over the head.
"You left me all by myself at the camp, never even telling me where you were
going!"
***
"Kagome? Inuyasha?"
The pair separated quickly, a blush on each of their faces as Kagome's mother
opened the door to the kitchen.
"Oh, there you are."
She smiled not-quite-so-naively at their red faces.
"How long are you planning on staying today?"
Kagome and Inuyasha looked at each other. They really hadn't thought about it.
Kagome had been excited about the whole thing with learning how to use her nose
and all, but now that she was here, she was reluctant to leave.
"You still have to tell your brother and grandfather," Inuyasha reminded
her.
"I'm not sure mom." Kagome said uncertainly.
"Will you at least stay for breakfast? I'll make waffles."
That settled things.
"Okay! We'll stay for breakfast, right Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha didn't know what waffles were, but breakfast sounded nice. His
stomach growled in appreciation. Kagome giggled.
"What about that ramen you just ate?"
"Hey, I have a demon's metabolism, remember?" Inuyasha said jokingly.
"So what are these waffle things anyways?"
Kagome gaped at him.
"You mean you were never here when my mom made WAFFLES?!!"
Inuyasha shook his head, puzzled. Kagome smacked herself on the forehead.
"Well, we'll just have to fix that."
Kagome began explaining the wonder of waffles, the height of American cuisine.
Then Inuyasha asked where this America place was, and Kagome started giving him
a geography lesson. Mrs. Higurashi watched this all with a small maternal smile.
Inuyasha listened, captivated, as Kagome told led him through a brief history
about America and European countries, and how Japan was introduced to them.
Her mother had never seen Kagome so lively and animated. Her daughter had always
been a quiet, thoughtful child. Only now did she see how much this demon hunting
and adventure had drawn her out of her shell. She wondered how her other Senkoku
friends affected her. That reminded her.
"Kagome, your birthday is next week."
Kagome looked up in surprise. That was right! Her sixteenth birthday! How could
she forget?
"What were you planning on doing, mom?" Her mother always planned lavish
parties and invited all of Kagome's friends and classmates.
"I hardly think a party would be in order with you in your... condition."
Kagome giggled. "Yes, and I've already told Ari, Emmi, and Ayumi that
Inuyasha and I were eloping. You know what that means, it'll be all over the
school in no time."
"Yes. So, what would you like to do?"
"I think just a small family party would be best."
"That's what I thought, but I had an idea. How about you invite your friends
from over the well?"
"Sango, Miroku, and Shippo?" Kagome asked in surprise.
"Why not? I'd like to meet them."
"I don't know if they can travel across the well."
"Remember when there was that thing with that poor little girl? And you asked
Souta to go back and get Inuyasha?"
"Yes, but Inuyasha came through the well by himself, Souta couldn't get
across."
"But, when he described what happened, it sounded to me like when Inuyasha
crossed through the well, Souta started to cross through too. So, if you and
Inuyasha cross through with them, I think it would work."
Kagome thought this over. "Yeah, I suppose so."
"So when should we plan it?" Mrs. Higurashi asked. Kagome regarded her
mother.
"You're really excited about this, aren't you?"
"Of course I am! My only daughter is celebrating her only sixteenth birthday,
and I finally get to meet these people you talk so much about!"
Kagome smiled. A noise came from the doorway. She turned, to see a sleepy boy
with tousled hair walking into the kitchen.
"Mom? You're making waffle- Kagome! Inuyasha!"
"Souta!" The young boy barreled her over in a hug.
"You were gone for so long. I thought you might never come back! How long are
you and Inuyasha nii-chan staying?"
Inuyasha squirmed uncomfortably at being called big brother. The only brother he
had ever had had been Sesshomaru, and, well, no more really needed to be said.
He didn't know how to react to this kid, Kagome's little brother, accepting
him so readily as a part of the family. And then, there was Kagome's mother.
She was always so friendly, despite the fact he was what had kept her daughter
away from her family for so long, with his impatience to collect Shikon shards.
The grandfather was still a little cautious of him, but he hadn't tried to use
the sealing scrolls on him anymore. Those things didn't really do much, but
they were sticky and a pain to get off, especially when they got caught in his
hair.
"Well, we're staying for breakfast, but I don't know how long we'll be
staying after that."
Souta groaned. "you'll at least spend the rest of the day, won't you?
It's a Saturday, and there's no school, and- what happened to your
ears?!!" Souta exclaimed as his drowsiness finally left him and he realized
the difference in Kagome. Mrs. Higurashi giggled.
"Aren't they cute? I rubbed them for five minutes straight before she
finally got tired of it."
Souta stared at his big sister.
"You're- you're a hanyou! Like Inuyasha!"
Kagome sighed and prepared to tell the long story again as Souta reached up and
traced the lines on her face, slightly streaked with the makeup that had stayed
despite her tears and her mother's attempts to wipe it off, when she heard
another person enter.
"What's all this racket? Can't an old man get some sleep around here?"
"Oh, come on Jii-chan, it's almost 10:30. Even on Saturdays you shouldn't
oversleep that much."
"Hmmph. Souta, when I was your age, I knew how to respect my elders-
Kagome!"
Kagome and Souta giggled. Inuyasha just stood behind Kagome, a little awkwardly.
"What happened to you? Or are you a demon in disguise, trying to overtake the
rest of us? I knew that Inuyasha would bring bad luck upon us." A low throated
growl came from Inuyasha, and Kagome and Souta laughed even harder. Grandfather
continued, completely oblivious to their giggles.
"Well, your evil plan won't work in this house! Out! Out with you!"
"Jii-chan, it's me." She said between laughs. He looked doubtful, but she
began her long story, and he listened, eying Inuyasha mistrustfully. Inuyasha
just glared right back. Kagome finished her tale, and Jii-chan was silent.
"Don't worry Kagome, I'll have you human again in no time." He said
stubbornly, staring at Inuyasha the whole time. Inuyasha suddenly had the
childish impulse to make a face at the ridiculous old man and his non stop
glaring. Thankfully, Inuyasha resisted this urge and settled for a haughty look
that made him look scarily like Sesshomaru, and infuriated the old man.
"That's okay, Grandpa." Kagome said, sweatdropping at the thought of what
her grandfather had in mind as a cure. She remembered when she had gotten
chicken pox and had been sent home from school while her mother was out. Her
grandfather had insisted it wasn't chicken pox at all, but a plague from a
demon that he must exorcise before her flesh was eaten away by the sores. Her
mother had come home just in time to rescue her from her grandfather's choking
incense, chants and scrolls. It had taken her mother several hours to convince
her that the chicken pox would heal in a week, and no, it wasn't going to rot
her flesh away. She shuddered at the thought, and so missed the entire silent
show down between Jii-chan and Inuyasha.
"No, it's not okay!" he said insistently. "You can't stay a demon! My
own grand daughter! A member of the Higurashi family! A long line of holy men
and shrine maidens, and you insist on staying half demon?!! It's bad enough
that you had to choose a demon for a boyfriend, but now this?"
Inuyasha was quite ticked off at this, and probably would have slaughtered the
old man right there if he had not looked at Kagome's face. Her eyes were
hardened and her mouth set. Inuyasha almost fell over in shock: That was
definitely Kagome's "sit" face, but for once it wasn't directed at him!
He almost felt bad for her grandfather.
"Now look here, Jii-chan, there is nothing wrong with Inuyasha being a demon,
you got that? He's who I love, and that's enough. Now if I hear any more
nonsense about Inuyasha being somehow inferior to full humans, I just might hop
over that well and never come back. And I'm the one who will choose whether I
want to have you trying all sorts of quack cures and exorcisms on me, and I
choose to stay just as I am, understand?"
The grandfather nodded, his eyes wide at his grand daughter's outburst. He
looked at her with a curious look in his eyes. She reminded him so much of his
late wife sometimes.
"I only wanted the best for you," he said, a little hurt. Kagome's eyes
softened.
"I know. I'm sorry I snapped at you, but I think I can control my own life
now."
Jii-chan nodded. She probably could.
"You have your grandmother's temper, you know that?"
"Yes, Jii-chan, you've told me." She said. He glanced back up to Inuyasha,
and his eyes hardened, then relaxed. "You take care of her, you hear?"
Inuyasha, surprised, nodded. "You really don't deserve her, but for some
reason she loves you. So, what can grandfather do but let the child make the
choice." He sighed, and hugged Kagome. "So what kind of new demonic powers
have you acquired?" he asked with a smile.