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Cairo Prison - InuKag

Sometimes, I write things just for myself, as a little treat. I might write my other favourite scenes here and there. Who knows, eventually I might have enough to string together a whole plot line. But lookie here @elkonigin and @coquinespike - have a little InuKag scene from The Mummy on me. If I ever find where I've put my laptop pen, there may even be some art to go with this.

Kagome swept across the courtyard, her anger making her simmer even hotter under the midday sun. She wasn’t sure who she was more annoyed at – the squat prison Warden for the obviously lecherous looks he was giving her, or Miroku, for lying about where he got the puzzle box. She shivered a little as they passed the gallows, not wanting to think too much about what usually took place here. When the Warden paused for a moment to speak to one of the guards, she rounded on Miroku, her voice a hissing whisper.

“I can’t believe you Miroku! You said that you found that box at a dig in Thebes! And now I find out you stole it from a drunk at the local Casbah! You told me a barefaced lie!”

Miroku looked a little chastened, but then fought back with a winning smile, hooking his arm into hers as they continued across the courtyard.

“That’s a bit harsh, Kagome dear”, he said, patting her hand affectionately. “We were playing cards, a gentleman’s game. I would have won it fair and square if he hadn’t got himself into an altercation. He left it unattended in his pocket. What was I going to do, leave it behind? He probably didn’t even know what it was.”

“You. Lied. To. Me.” Kagome hissed.

“What’s a little white lie between family members, ey?” He tried a winsome smile, which faltered quickly under Kagome’s withering gaze. “I mean, you’re not the only one I lie to old mum. But at least the lies I tell you are pretty ones.”

“That makes it worse! I’m your sister Miroku! Whatever happened to us against the world, together through thick and thin!”

Miroku looked taken aback, even slightly hurt.

“I’m deeply offended. Didn’t I come straight to you with the box? I could have just sold it, but I knew it was something special. And I knew you would be smart enough to recognise that. We both know you’re the one with the brains in this family Kagome dear.” Glancing nervously around, he tugged on her arm, trying to turn her back towards the way they’d just come. “And anyway, I don’t think this is the best place for a lady, so how about we just pop back to-”

Kagome glared at him furiously as he tried to make a run for the door, wrapping her hand around his bicep tightly so he couldn’t get away.

“Stop trying to get out of this Miroku. You can’t sweet talk your way out of this one. Oh, I am absolutely livid! Not only have we lost the most important part of the map, but we have to come here, to this place. You are going to stay here with me and see this through!”

She shuddered a little self-consciously. There were quite a few leering eyes directed towards her, and not all of them were owned by prisoners safely behind bars. Miroku patted her hand again, obviously trying to soothe her, and Kagome straightened her spine.

They’d been through plenty of scrapes together, her and Miroku. They only had each other since their parents died, social outcasts amongst the English elite due to their mother’s Egyptian heritage. She’d barely got Miroku back in one piece after the war, one of his hands shattered by a bullet directly through his palm. She knew it still hurt him, even though he never complained. He’d always been devil may care, even before he was conscripted, but since his return it was like he invited trouble. She was constantly worried about him. This was a chance to find the legendary Hamunaptra together, and there was no way she was going to back down, even if she was more than a little out of her comfort zone here.

Warden Mukotsu came back, his eyes running over her lasciviously, and Kagome lifted her chin in defiance, staring back at him with spirit. She pulled her elbow away from his grasping stubby fingers as he ushered both her and Miroku over to the rusted iron bars surrounding a holding pen. The locked metal door behind it probably led to somewhere unspeakable.

She took a deep breath to steady her nerves. Wasn’t this what she had always wanted? A chance to show that she was not only a scholar, but able to go toe to toe with all the pompous, overstuffed Egyptologists? A chance to put all her knowledge to good use? She could do this.  

Clearing her throat in an attempt to make her voice as unaffected as she needed it to be, she turned her attention away from the locked metal door to Warden Mukotsu.

“So, what is this man in prison for?” she asked, attempting an imperious tone. She hoped it wasn’t something horrible, like rape or murder.

The warden preened under her gaze, and she turned her eyes forward again, not wanting to encourage him one iota. He was giving her the creeps. Besides, there was some kind of ruckus going on behind the closed door, yelling, swearing, chains rattling. What on earth was going on back there? Miroku was looking more and more like he was going to bolt, and she pinched his arm viciously to keep him beside her, gratified when he yelped like a little girl.

The warden chuckled, his dark eyes squinting in the hot, midday sun.

“I don’t know what you’re expecting lady, but he’s not human.” He spat derisively on the ground, and Kagome grimaced, tucking the toes of her boots safely back under her long skirt. “He’s a dirty half djinn, with the ears of a jackal. His words cannot be trusted. But I did ask him.”

“And what did he say?” Kagome asked, unsure if she actually wanted the answer to that question. What on earth had Miroku gotten them into this time?

The warden leered at her, before leaving momentarily to handle a disturbance on the other side of the courtyard.

“He said, he was just looking for a good time.”

The metal door burst open with a clang. Four guards dragged a prisoner forwards, their arms and legs wrapped in chains. Despite the handicap, he seemed to be fighting them every step of the way.

His shirt and pants were ragged, his grey, hip length hair matted and oily, hanging in clumped tendrils around his face. Both her and Miroku took a step backwards at the absolute stench that surrounded him. One of the guards walloped him on the head with a truncheon, hard enough for them to hear a solid thump as it connected. Kagome winced in sympathy as it smacked one of his canine ears, blood trickling onto his scalp, and he snarled loudly, baring some very obvious fangs. Another guard beat him again, and the other two kicked him in the back of the knees, forcing him to kneel in front Miroku and Kagome. He grasped the bars in front of him as best he could with his shackled wrists, teeth still bared in anger, amber eyes full of rage.

“This is the person you took the box from?!” Kagome squeaked in surprise, shuffling backwards a tiny step. She’d never seen anyone like him before, and the scholar in her was already wanting to know more. Why did he have dogs ears and fangs? He had slitted pupils like a cat – could he see things human eyes couldn’t? Where had he come from? Did he speak English or Arabic? Or some other language she had no knowledge of?

“Shush, not so loud,” muttered Miroku from the corner of his mouth, turning his face away from the prisoner kneeling in front of them.

“Who are you?” the prisoner demanded, looking Miroku up and down, then turning his eyes almost immediately towards Kagome, as if he’d judged Miroku’s worth and found him lacking. “Who’s the wench?”

“Wench!?” Kagome sputtered, mouth opening and closing like a goldfish. The sudden smirk on the prisoners face, and the accompanying glint in his inhuman amber eyes, made her want to slap him. She’d been feeling a little sorry for him after witnessing his treatment at the hands of the guards a moment before, but now she was seething.

“Ah, hello my good man,” smiled Miroku, pushing Kagome a little behind himself. “I’m just a humble local missionary, visiting the prison to save the souls of unfortunates such as yourself…” He faltered a little as he watched the prisoner ignore him, picking at his teeth with the very pointed, and probably very sharp, claw on his little finger. He dragged a reluctant Kagome forward. “And this here is my younger sister, Kagome.”

“How do you do?” said Kagome, attempting a cordial tone, then stiffening as the prisoner looked her up and down.

“Tch. Well, I guess she’s not a total loss.” He turned his head away.

“Excuse me!” said Kagome, tapping her foot at a rapid pace on the dirt, in an attempt to mitigate the burst of anger that was beginning to rise at this man’s attitude. “Excuse me, Mr…”

“Inuyasha. Just Inuyasha.”

Kagome nodded, and tried her best to smile winningly at him. “Inuyasha then.” She made the tone of her voice as warm as possible, speaking slowly and carefully, her expression coy. “You see, my brother and I found a puzzle box that we believe you might be able to help us with.”

“Bullshit.”

“I beg your pardon!?” she exclaimed. Both Miroku and Inuyasha winced at her loud and high pitched tone of indignation.

“I smell bullshit,” Inuyasha repeated gruffly. “We both know you didn’t come here to dirty your pretty little shoes in this hellhole to ask me about some box, lady. You and this stuffed shirt came here to ask me about Hamunaptra, am I right?”

Both Kagome and Miroku’s eyes widened in surprise. They both looked around nervously, hoping the guards hadn’t heard anything, and moved a little closer to the bars.

“How do you know the box has anything to do with Hamunaptra?” asked Kagome, barely able to keep the excitement out of her voice. Now they were getting somewhere!

“Because that’s where I found it.”

Miroku leaned forward, his voice a little suspicious.

“How can we believe anything someone like you would say?”

“Wait, do I know you?”

Miroku gave a nervous chuckle.

“Oh no, I don’t believe- “

Inuyasha’s nose twitched slightly, and then his eyes widened in recognition. He glowered at Miroku.

“You!”

Before Miroku could even think about taking a step backwards, Inuyasha’s fist shot forwards, catching Miroku on the chin. Even hampered as Inuyasha was by the chains, as soon as the blow connected, Miroku was laid out cold. One of the guards whacked his already bleeding ear again, hard, forcing his forehead to bounce off the metal bars in front of him.

“Hey, watch it, fucker!”

Kagome looked down at Miroku, laying prone at her feet, then delicately raised her skirt a little as she stepped over him to get closer to the bars, her eyes full of excitement.

“You were actually at Hamunaptra?” she asked, her voice full of wonder. Inuyasha stared at her in amazement.

“Don’t you care that I just decked your brother?”

She waved a placating hand at him.

“Oh, he’s had worse, I’m sure he’ll be fine in a moment. But Hamunaptra! You were actually there?!”

She watched as Inuyasha’s amazement changed into a lazy grin.

“Yeah wench, I was there.”

She was so excited that she hardly noticed what he called her.

“You were there? Oh my goodness, I can’t believe it!” Her eyes narrowed a little in suspicion, and she moved even closer. “Do you swear?”

The lazy grin grew wider, a pointed fang lowering over his cracked lower lip.

“Every damn day.”

Kagome scoffed.

“That’s not what I meant, and you know it.”

The grin was still there, then it dropped away from his face.

“I know what you meant. But I was there alright. Seti's place. The City of The Dead.”

Kagome could hardly contain her excitement.

“What did you see there?”

“A lot of sand.” He almost shuddered. “And a lot of death.”

But Kagome would not be put off now. Not when she was so close. She could see the warden coming back, and she just had to get this information. She leaned closer to him, taking off her hat to guard their conversation.

“Inuyasha,” she whispered, her tone determined. “Could you tell me how to get there?”

He looked at her, and blinked slowly, his expression nonplussed.

“The exact location,” she wheedled, eyes shining with excitement, “pretty please?”

“You really wanna know?” he asked.

“Yes!”

“You really, really wanna know?”

“Yes, yes, more than anything!” she said, almost bursting with nervous excitement.

He beckoned her closer, gesturing with one pointed finger.

“C’mere then.”

She was now almost nose to nose with him, ears straining, eyes wide, ready to commit anything he might say to memory so she could write it down as soon as a pen and paper were handy. If only she’d bought one of her notebooks with her! But before she knew it, one of Inuyasha’s hands shot out, not to punch her as he had Miroku, but grab her chin firmly. And then his chapped lips were planted firmly against hers.

Before she had a chance to register anything more than shocked astonishment at receiving her very first kiss in such a manner, the lips were dragged away.

“You wanna know so bad? Then get me the fuck outta here lady!”

She watched as all four guards rained blows down on his head, dragging him backwards. She heard the warden laughing maliciously behind her.

“Wait, wait, I’m not done talking to him yet! Where are they taking him?”

“To be hanged.”

“Why?” Kagome gasped, her shock at this sudden turn of events evident. She grimaced at the wide grin Warden Mukotsu gave her.

“Apparently, he had a very good time.”

Kagome hurried after Mukotsu, almost tripping over Miroku as she strove to keep with the warden.

They climbed a set of stairs to a balcony overlooking the whole courtyard, Mukotsu sitting down to watch the show, while Kagome hovered anxiously, fingers tapping nervously on the balcony railing. She watched as Inuyasha was dragged up the stairs to the gallows. Other prisoners hollered and jeered as the noose was roughly forced over his head, then cinched tightly around his throat. He made direct eye contact with her, his expression stoic. What could she do? Suddenly she had a brain wave, turning to address the warden.

“What if I offered you one hundred pounds to secure his release?”

The warden shrugged, noisily snacking on a plate of dates on a small table at his side. Juice and spittle ran down his chin as he answered.

“I would pay one hundred to see him hang,” he replied, his eyes fixed on the gallows below.

“Two hundred pounds, then,” she bargained, eyes darting back and forth between Inuyasha and the warden, who ignored her totally. He stood for a moment, bellowing down to the guards below.

“Proceed!”

“Three hundred pounds!” Kagome said desperately. She could tell Inuyasha could hear their conversation even over the dreadful noise of the screaming prisoners, his ears twitched in their direction. She looked back towards him and saw him nod at her, as if to say, keep it going. The yelling suddenly grew quiet as the hangman addressed Inuyasha.

“Any last requests, dog?” he sneered, spitting on the trapdoor near Inuyasha’s feet.

Inuyasha pretended to look thoughtful for a moment, then spat his reply.

“Yeah, I'd like ya to let me go.”

The Hangman grabbed the lever to the trapdoor with a leering grin.

“FIVE HUNDRED POUNDS!” yelled Kagome, sitting down on the seat next to the Warden, her eyes pleading, then recoiled as he set his greasy, lecherous hand high on her thigh, fingers grabbing hard enough to bruise.

“Anything additional to offer?”

Before she could think, Kagome slapped his hand in revulsion, then gasped as Warden Mukotsu angrily turned and gestured to the Hangman. The trapdoor dropped away with loud bang.

“Oh no!”

She watched, horrified as Inuyasha dropped through the hole, his body jerking as the rope pulled taut. She wanted to look away, but couldn’t. His legs kicked wildly, then stopped, and for a moment, she thought all was lost. The rope spun him lazily around to face her again, and she realised he was still alive.

“Ha! His neck did not break! Good! Now we watch him strangle to death,” jeered the Mukotsu, stuffing another date into his mouth.

Angry chanting began amongst the prisoners, and the guards shouldered their guns nervously. Kagome could see Miroku climbing the steps, staggering a little, but she didn’t have time to help him right now. Not when a man’s life and finding Hamunaptra was at stake. She leaned towards the Warden.

“He knows the location to Hamunaptra”, she whispered urgently.

Warden Mukotsu’s head jerked toward her, his expression incredulous.

“You lie.”

“I would never!”

She glanced back towards the gallows. At the end of the rope, Inuyasha was making horrible choking and gagging sounds, his face a grotesquely mottled shade of red. She had to hurry!

The Warden eyed her suspiciously, wiping date juice off the corner of his mouth with a dirty sleeve.

“Are you saying this filthy godless son of a dog knows where to find The City of The Dead? Truly?”

“Yes, and if you cut him down, we will give you ten percent,” she said quickly, hoping that this would work. Inuyasha didn’t look like he had much time left.

“Fifty percent.”

She hesitated a moment, glancing back to Inuyasha, and watched his eyes widen at her incredulously at her bargaining. She quickly turned her eyes back to the Warden.

“Twenty.”

“Forty.”

Kagome hesitated again, biting her lip. Inuyasha’s eyes were looking up at her, almost bulging out of his head, like he couldn’t believe her.

“Give .... give him .... give him,” he coughed.

Under pressure, Kagome shrieked, “Twenty-five percent, and not one single farthing more!”

The Warden leered at her, then yelled down to the hangman. The sunlight bounced off the scimitar in his hands as he swung, cutting the rope, sending Inuyasha plummeting to the ground. His bound hands scrabbled in the dirt as he fought to get himself onto his knees, coughing and wheezing, taking deep breaths. His bloodshot eyes looked up towards the balcony.

Miroku finally made it up the stairs, leaning against the railing with a groan.

“So, how’d we do old mum? Did we win?” he asked, looking with some distaste at the leering grin of the Warden, then down into the courtyard at Inuyasha, who was still on his knees.

Kagome smiled broadly, and waved down at Inuyasha, who glowered at her.

“Yes Miroku, I do believe this visit was a success,” she said, excitement bubbling up. They were going to Hamunaptra!

“Jolly good show,” replied Miroku, gently fingering the darkening bruise on his chin.  

[mamabearcat]

Chest Nuts

"So you cleaned the bathroom right?"

"Yes I did. And before you ask I put the new towels in there too."

"Are they nice and straight? Oh and the new soap, the cranberry hand soap, is that in there?"

"Yes it's all there. And all our usual junk is in our bedroom, there's only toothbrushes and that fancy new water glass in there."

"What about all the cheese we bought this afternoon - did that go in the fridge? Oh and the salmon. Please tell me the salmon went in there!"

"Yes Kagome."

"Don't roll your eyes at me! This is a Big Thing Inuyasha! Your parents are meeting my parents, and it's the first time your Mum and Dad are staying with us! And everyone's coming here for brunch, oh my God. Why did I say this would be a good idea? I must be insane."

"Kagome, settle down. Everything will be fine. Ma and Pops love you, and your mother is practically a saint. They'd be happy if you fed them a croissant outta a paper bag."

"But I want to make a good impression! Maybe I should check my list again. Oh, the presents. Are all the presents under the tree?"

"Nope."

"No!? Which one's missing! Who did I forget?!"

"Nobody. There's just one left."

"Do I need to wrap it? Where's the sticky tape? Oh fuck, I used the last bit on Souta's present. Inu, quick, go get my jacket while I find my keys, I need to go out and buy sticky tape!"

"Kagome, stop. Just look at me baby. You don't need to do anything sweet girl, except take a deep breath and open this.

*whispers* "Open it Kagome, and tell me what you see."

"Inuyasha... oh my God Inuyasha! Yes! YES!"

"Thank fuck!"

"Did you honestly think I'd say no, you dummy!" *crying and laughing* "I love you!"

"I know, but you were so stressed about all this Christmas shit, you were stressing me out too! I love you baby. Merry Christmas Eve."

Merry Christmas to all my followers who celebrate, and Happy Holidays and end of the year shenanigans to those who don't. It's been a bit of a weird year, but doing these little bits of inukag art and dialogue only snippets has always lifted my spirits. I hope they lifted yours too.

Best wishes to you all from your friendly not so local Mama Bear.

[mamabearcatfanart]

Words at the Well

A reinterpretation of the famous artwork The Meeting on the Turret Stairs by Frederic William Burton.

They were silent as they approached the well, both of them dragging their feet. It had been a long and trying day – a battle with a tribe of mountain oni had earned them a small shikon shard, but all of them had been injured in some way during the fight.

Inuyasha had already recovered from his broken nose, stoically sitting on his haunches in the carnage of the battle field while Miroku cracked it back into place for him. Now a few hours later, even the bruising around his eyes had gone. Shippou and Kirara had also gotten over their scrapes, bumps and bruises, but the humans would need a day or two to recover, both Miroku and Sango looking a little worse for wear.

Kagome had elected to go home a night earlier than planned for her test, wanting a hot bath and good night’s sleep before the long day of study ahead of her. Much to her initial surprise, Inuyasha had agreed. He’d been glancing at her anxiously the entire walk from Kaede’s hut, and when they got closer, she thought she knew why.

Neither of them mentioned the lone shinidamachū floating silently around a tree in the gloom at the edge of the forest. They came to a halt in the long grass by the well, the tension between them growing. Finally Kagome cleared her throat, doing her best to smile brightly at Inuyasha, even though she was so exhausted she could barely stand upright.

“So, I’ll see you the day after tomorrow, okay? Try and stay out of trouble while I’m gone.”

She turned, hoisting her backpack up on one shoulder and climbing up on the side of the well, but was stopped from jumping by a gentle tug on her injured hand.

“You’re gonna take care of this, right?” Inuyasha said as he looked up at her, his gruff tone in direct contrast to the gentle strokes of his fingers against hers. He glanced down at her hand, barely touching the bandage covering the cuts where the feathers from her arrows had sliced open the skin. “Make sure you wash it again, and put some of that cream on it. And you need to look after those scrapes on your knee too.”

Before she could answer, Kagome’s attention was drawn to the forest behind him, where another shining youkai had joined the first, its snakelike form twisting through the trees. Both of them seemed to be carrying souls, and Kagome pushed down a shudder, hoping neither of the softly glowing orbs had belonged to girls in Kaede’s village. At an insistent tug on her fingers, she turned her attention back to the hanyou in front of her, doing her best to smile again for him.

“Inuyasha, I’ll be fine. Make sure the others rest, and as soon as my test is done, I’ll be back.”

“You promise?”

“I promise.”

As he continued to gaze at her, not moving away, she sighed tiredly, her exhaustion and morbid thoughts weighing heavily on her.

“Go on Inuyasha, she’s waiting for you.”

“Don’t matter. You got hurt today Kagome. I need to make sure you’re okay first.”

“But-“

“But nothin.”

His amber eyes seemed even more intense than usual in the growing shadows, the parched yellow grass lit by the setting sun a pale comparison.

“I have a duty to Kikyou, it’s true. It’s a matter of honour, and apart from my sword and the clothes on my back, my word is all that I can call mine. Just like you go to school for those exams because that’s what your family expects. You have a duty to them too.”

He pulled her hand gently to his chest, covering it with both of his, resting his head against her arm, his voice slightly muffled against her shirt.

“But I want to know you’re okay Kagome.” His voice faltered, and he turned his head, nose pressed tightly against her arm. “I need to know you’re coming back. And I want you to know I’ll be waiting for you.”

Tears sprang into Kagome’s eyes, and she curled her fingers around his, squeezing gently, ignoring the pain.

“I promise I’m okay Inuyasha. I promise I’ll be back.”

He released her fingers with a sigh, hiding his hands back inside his long sleeves, squaring his shoulders and smoothing his earnest expression away with a scowl, as if the softness had never been there.

“O’course you will. Bring more ramen when you come back, we’re nearly out.”

Kagome grinned at him, then turned and jumped, enveloped by the eerie glow of the well.

The day after tomorrow she had an exam, which she was not looking forward to. Then Inuyasha would be waiting for her. But right now, she had a long overdue date with a hot bath.

[willowandfog]

Inu-spiration Halloween Bang!

Hello! This is the CHAPTER THREE! It’s been a long time and this Halloween Bang is from last year... Sorry everyone, hope you enjoy this next chapter!

The amazing @mamabearcatfanart and I have brought you modern witch Kagome.

Read Witch’s Brew on AO3!

Summary: Beaten down from years of hate and discrimination, Inuyasha journeys to a town that he hopes will be a place to finally call home. As he learns what it means to be accepted and appreciated, he finds himself mesmerized by the voice and face of the most unlikely person, the town witch.

@ruddcatha @lavendertwilight89 @cstormsinukagblog @clearwillow @mamabearcat @witchygirl99 @dawnrider @fawn-eyed-girl @pinkpigeonstudio @superpixie42 @smmahamazing @bluejay785 @zelink-inukag @liz8080 @rootpatterson @umacaking @zelico-blog @i-dream-of-soup  

[sailorstarr-chan4]

40 Day Anime Challenge 2023 Edition - Day 40: Anime that changed you the most

Inuyasha

Okay this is like..... suuuuuuper late, but I have a Lot of Thoughts jsdbfkdsfbsd

Most of my followers on here know that for a hot minute, Inuyasha was my #1 fandom. On ff.net, it still has the highest number of fic faves on my account, and the majority of the fics I've written are for, you guessed it, Inu-freaking-yasha.

The more anime and manga I consume, the more apparent Inuyasha's flaws become, but I still look back on it fondly. The characters are memorable, the music is top-notch, and the story, though a mess, is still entertaining and a fantastic premise. There are so many gems in the series, both the manga and anime.

There are a LOT of anime and manga series that stuck with me over the years, and though Vampire Knight is probably the better fit because it introduced me to the world of anime/manga as a whole (while ALSO remaining my #1 favorite manga series), I ultimately chose Inuyasha this time around solely for one reason: THE FANDOM.

I credit two major fandoms for getting me into fanfiction: Frozen and Inuyasha. Honorable Mention is Harry Potter, but that one barely counts because it took me YEARS to accept HP fanfic as a whole, whereas I fell down the Frozen and Inuyasha rabbit holes fairly easily.

Frozen got the ball rolling, but Inuyasha became the avalanche.

The longest fics I ever read are for Inuyasha, the longest being over a MILLION WORDS. The first fics I wrote were for Inuyasha. Nearly HALF of all my 1,134 favorited fics on ff.net are for Inuyasha.

When I officially started writing more fics in 2017 and "joined" the fandom, I learned how to "be in a fandom" for the first time. I learned about balancing my ship opinions versus others, I learned about my own internalized Purity Culture tendencies, I wrote soooo much InuKag smut and was inspired to write/read more, but I also learned, eventually, to have boundaries and to curate my own experience, regardless of what "the masses" wanted.

I made friends, and even though we don't talk as much anymore, I still fondly remember the madness of the early Discord days lol XD @keichanz, @eternalnight8806-3, @thunderpot, @clearwillow, @dawnrider, @meggz0rz, @britonell, @mamabearcat, @cammysansstuff, @morikothehalfangel, @amostsovereignlady, etc (plus many others that I cannot find their blogs anymore) just know this: I remember our chaotic chats fondly and hope y'all are doing well ❤

This series was one of my earliest and more intense "SQUEEEEE"ing over my ship, my frustrating yet fulfilling journey of loving and hating the anime simultaneously lmao, and my biggest and most influential foray into online fandom. I would have not have returned to it if it wasn't so dearly important to me, flaws and all. ❤

I FINALLY FINISHED THIS DAMN CHALLENGE, @risingfire17-the-weeb-trash!!!! I'M FREEEEEEEE!!!

[inukag-archive]

Hi archive,

I love fanfics that take place in the 'normal storyline', like in a chapter of the manga or between the chapters, just some extra stuff to the original story/ some fluff for InuKag. Anything will do :) Have you got a list of these or maybe some recommendations for me?

Thanks in advance :)

Hi, anon! We've got a few fics here for you that fit your in-canon requirements. Happy reading! ❤

To Pacify a High School Entrance Exam by @hanmajoerin (G)

With Kagome’s high school entrance exams around the corner and news about her powers, even the stars were overwhelming to look at. When InuYasha joins her, though, it doesn’t seem so bad. InuKag. Takes place between volumes 52-53.

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A Rude Awakening by @born-for-eachother (T)

Inuyasha's reaction as he walks in on Akitoki Hojo trying to kiss a sleeping Kagome. Based off of episodes 137-138 of the anime.

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Catching Feelings (Chapter 9: Choice) by @dyaz-stories (T)

Inuyasha struggles with feelings he had tried to bury and is able to make a decision that takes them into account.

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Puppy Kisses (Chapter 12: Clean Slate) by @superpixie42 (M)

An alternate ending to Episode 52 “The Demon’s True Nature” /Ch 187

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Beautiful by Aryndiel (T)

Inuyasha feels horrible and a little curious about his transformations into his youkai self. Set in the Stone Oni episode of the anime, after Inuyasha transforms back and Kagome faints. Beauty really is in the eye of the beholder.

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Sorting Things Out by @artistefish (K)

Inuyasha and Kagome have a little heart-to-heart regarding ardent ancestors, family scrolls, and memories from a castle beyond a mirror. Takes place directly after episodes 137-140.

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Almost Lost by @lostinfantasyworlds (T)

An additional scene for episode #107 Inuyasha Shows His Tears for the First Time. Inuyasha and Kagome share an emotional talk after he almost loses her forever. Takes place right after the scene with Koga.

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His Hands by Quickening (T)

Thunderstorms are inconvenient most times, but the rare opportunity to closely study a grouchy hanyou is too good to pass up ... especially when said hanyou insists on sleeping on you. Fair's fair, right?

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I Don't Deserve Happiness by @fawn-eyed-girl, @neutronstarchild & @ruddcatha (G)

It shouldn’t have taken goddamned Kaō for Inuyasha to understand the blackness of his grief over failing Kikyō. He had almost succumbed, almost let that dipshit take him, almost… forgotten. He had failed to protect Kikyō. He didn’t deserve happiness. He deserved to follow her in death. Then he heard Kagome’s voice once more, calling him back from the abyss, reminding him that he deserved to live. (A missing scene of the night after the Inutachi defeated Kaō.)

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All of Your Pieces by @mustardyellowsunshine (G)

She learned to love him slowly, cherishing each new piece of him.

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Loving Him was Red by @born-for-eachother (T)

For her hands will heal him, protect him, shield him from all adversity.

Or, Kagome comforting Inuyasha following the events that took place after he transformed.

Chapters 185-187 in the manga, episode 52 in the anime.

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During the Rain by Dea_Luna_Leigh (G)

Seeking shelter from a sudden storm, Kagome and Inuyasha find themselves separated from the rest of the group and take shelter in a cave. Just a small one-shot of these two having a small bonding moment.

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Show and Tell by @clearwillow (T)

The morning after the new moon at Togenkyo, Kagome has some choice words for Inuyasha. He does too, but he's less inclined to say them.

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Just One of Those Things by @mamabearcat (T)

For some reason today, everything felt twice as difficult. She’d woken up with a headache, and she felt like she was swimming against the tide, her movements clumsy and awkward. She didn’t feel ill exactly, but definitely not well – her stomach felt a little off and the area below it felt weird, like she’d overstretched some muscles maybe.

She’d almost caught up with Inuyasha when a sudden warm trickling feeling between her legs made her halt and freeze.

Oh. Oh no. Oh no no no. This couldn’t be happening. Not out here.

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Now What? by Merith (K)

A bit of fluff after episode 79. Kagome sees Inuyasha as never before!

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Silver and Gold by @splendentgoddess (E)

Christmas Eve is a time to celebrate family, love, and togetherness. Not something Kagome gets a lot of while trying to stop Naraku. But everyone deserves the occasional night off, right? Takes place during manga chapter 512.

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Slow and Gentle by @mamabearcat (G)

A small canon moment in time where absolutely nothing momentous happens, but is precious all the same. Sometimes it's those slow and gentle moments that help a budding relationship to grow.

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InuKag Week 2021 (Chapter 2: Take Your Bets) by @kstewdeux (G)

June 7th, 2021 - Battle Couple. Originally Posted On Tumblr.

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The Taste of Sunlight by @serial-doubters-club (G)

After Inuyasha and Kagome witness Souta confess his feelings to Hitomi, will they be inspired to make confessions of their own?

Based on that InuKag moment in Episode 90: Souta's Brave Confession of Love. You know the one.

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Weight Watcher by @clearwillow (T)

All it takes is one comment to completely wreck a girl's self-image. Sometimes it can take years to shake that comment and move on. For Kagome, help comes in the form of a foul-mouthed hanyou who tells it like it is... in about five minutes. Slight InuKag fluff. Set after episode 140.

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Plastic Heart by @lavendertwilight89 (T)

Takes place during and after episode 89 Nursing Battle of the Rival Lovers--Inuyasha realizes he's taken Kagome for granted and it dawns on him he needs to do better

[clearwillow]

which inukag fanfiction that should become a novel?

Hi nonnie! I'm not sure if you mean converting any specific InuKag fic into an original novel, or if you're referring to printing and binding and InuKag fic to display on your shelf, so for the purposes of it being fic I'm going with the later, but I wouldn't say any fanfic author couldn't if they wanted to either.

Instead of listing any fic in particular, I gotta list some authors, because they've all got multiple fics that would be worthy in my opinion. (I also haven't had a lot of time to read 😅) Tagging as names come to mind, because there's no way to order these as they all have something incredible about their writing:

@mamabearcat @lemonlushff @dawnrider @keichanz @heynikkiyousofine @splendentgoddess @knittingknots @fandomobsessions016 @lavendertwilight89 @witchygirl99 @willowandfog @eternalnight8806-3 @ruddcatha @anisaanisa @roseheartwhitefox @shinidamachu @eien-no-basho (I'm forgetting some but it's the middle of the night as I write this)

and if we were asking which of mine, I dunno if there's any fitting for that 😅

[keichanz]

Okay, question:

Do you have any memory of an Inukag fanfic that was basically like Inuyasha was with Kagome in public and a lot of the village men were saying shit about him like, "oh he probably has her on all fours" and calling her a "demon's whore" and Inuyasha was upset, so when they were back at their house Kagome calmed him down. Then it evolved into sexy times then Miroku and Sango interrupted so they went to the forest 😭 I've been tryna find it for forever and I just can't

hello anon~

oh i absolutely recall the exact fic you are talking about dear. it's one of my favorites that i reread all the time by my amazingly talented friend @mamabearcat called Whispers. ❤️ happy reading~

[cannibalsforbreakfast]

For the Fanfics for the Askers ask - something I remember vividly from reading one of your fics.

The moment that Kagome drew Two of Cups in You've Got a Read on Me.

I actually had to put my phone down so I could ball up my fists and squeak like an over excited guinea pig. My favourite card.

Because where the Lovers card is all about passion, the Two of Cups is a true partnership, the beginnings of a balanced relationship - it's literally the 'friends to lovers' card if you read it in a romantic context.

And I love that Inuyasha asked Kagome to give him a reading when he got the idea that perhaps she'd gotten some flack for using tarot in the past. We know his people skills are not great, in fact Kagome informs him of this with some of the first words she says to him, but here he is, reading her emotional cues, not thinking about himself, but only wanting to show his support of her interests. The seed of a great relationship, budding right before our eyes.

I love this fic, not only because I think you got their characterisation just right, but it involved two of my other loves, coffee and tarot.

OMG @mamabearcat THANK YOU.

Because I put so much effort into reverse-plotting that reading so the cards would actually mean what I needed them to for the both of them. To give Kagome a chance to shine with this passion, and for Inu to maybe learn a bit about himself. I love tarot cards (I have three decks, plus some other tangential items, like glass rune stones) but am definitely a novice when it comes to meanings and needs all the reference books.

❤️❤️❤️

[mamabearcatfanfics]

I had planned to write this entire fic before posting it, ready for Easter. And then my monkey brain went - we demand validation - post now! So here is the first chapter of a new modern family AU, set in Australia. A little sneak peek to whet your appetite - you can read the first chapter now on AO3.

“Let’s get you inside.”

She looked up then, as if seeing him for the first time.

“Where…where…?”

She was almost incoherent, her eyes blinking in the yellow glow from the light above his front door. He watched as her eyes focused at first on his face, then drifted upwards to latch onto the white canine ears perched atop his head amidst the short shaggy haircut he preferred. Her eyes widened comically.

“I’m the local doctor,” he said, smiling at her in what he hoped was his best bedside manner, which to be fair, usually fell a little short of the mark. “I assume you know that from the sign on the front gate. My name’s Inuyasha Taisho. Yash for short.”

“Inuyasha,” she managed. “Inuyasha will do fine.”

He fucking hoped it would, it was the only name he had. “And your name?”

“Kagome Higurashi”.

It wasn’t the most comprehensive patient history he’d ever taken, but it’d do for now.

“Kagome, can you tell me what hurts?”

“Everything!”

It was practically a wail, and he relaxed a little. In his experience, patients who were on death’s doorstep didn’t have the energy to wail.

[mamabearcat]

One Good Punch

Inuyasha's ears flicked in surprise at the sudden 'thwip' of Kagome's arrow as it shot past him, landing with a solid 'thunk' in the damp soil at the yamabushi's feet, barely missing his toes.

"In case you were wondering", she hissed, "I missed on purpose. Let. Him. Go!"

The monk's eyebrows raised in surprise, glancing between the dog hanyou he'd been about to attack and the unconscious fox demon kit dangling from his fist by the tail, the paper ofuda plastered across his tiny face fluttering in the evening breeze.

"Why would I do that?" he sneered, speaking to Kagome as if she were a small child. "Fox youkai are tricksters, always up to no good. Just like that half demon abomination who was about to attack me."

"How dare you!"

Inuyasha had moments to get out of the way before Kagome stormed passed him, dropping her bow and literally crackling with rage as static pink reiki swirled around her tightly clenched fists.

She stepped in front of the monk and swung, not gracefully, but effectively, hitting the startled monk directly in the nose, causing him to drop the kit. Inuyasha swooped in under Kagome's arm to catch Shippou, cradling him gently to his chest, and then stepped back, slightly bemused at the turn of events where Kagome was the instigator of violence and he was on the sidelines.

"Shippou is a child!" she screamed, voice cracking with emotion. "He was looking for mushrooms for dinner! And Inuyasha is no more an abomination than I am! You know nothing about them. Nothing at all!"

The monk's eyes were wide, one hand clamped over his obviously broken nose, but when he began to speak, Kagome brandished her fist threateningly in his face again.

"I don't wanna hear it. Not one word. And if you try and follow us, I'll let Inuyasha stick his Tessaiga where the sun don't shine, you got me?"

Inuyasha chuckled, then shrugged when Kagome turned her gaze onto him.

"What?" he said with a grin. "You know I'd do it."

Turning her back on the monk with a huff, she moved to Inuyasha, carefully peeling the ofuda off Shippou's face, growling angrily at the red blistered mark on his forehead. She ripped the ofuda in half, scrunching it up in her fist, before hurling it back towards the yamabushi with a venomous glare.

"Is he gonna be okay?" she whispered to Inuyasha, smoothing the red fluffy fringe off Shippou's brows.

"Yeah, I think so. He'll probably have a headache when he comes to, but nothing major. He'll be fine." He gestured towards the Yamabushi with his elbow. "You want me to beat this guy up?"

"No, let's just go back to camp. The others will probably be back by now, and I want to make sure Shippou's okay."

"That was a pretty good punch by the way. You just needed to keep your wrist a little straighter. Your hand okay?"

"My fingers hurt a little."

"I'll have a look at 'em after we make sure Shippou's all good. But yeah, I was impressed."

The monk watched cautiously as the girl and the hanyou carrying the fox demon disappeared from sight in amongst the trees, deep in conversation and ignoring him entirely. Perhaps that was a good thing. He whimpered as he straightened his nose with an audible crack. A sudden thought occurred to him.

I wonder what she meant by his Tessaiga?

And then realised, as he beat a hasty retreat in the opposite direction, he really didn't want to know.

[mamabearcatfanart]

"I'm sorry."

Her voice was still raspy from screaming. It tore him apart to hear it, but he couldn't turn around to face her yet. He was still on his knees where he'd dropped only minutes before, unsure if he'd be able to stand. He was shaking, his body coming down from the huge surge of adrenaline that had been coursing through his veins only moments before.

She rested her head against his, her arms in a soft embrace around his shoulders, but he couldn't face her. He couldn't let go of his anger yet. Anger mixed with the terror he'd felt when Kagome had deliberately placed herself in danger.

"Inuyasha, please, talk to me."

He could smell her tears, he hated that smell. But he hated the thought of losing her more. Hated that he had been so close to causing her death.

The evidence of her narrow escape was there for all to see. His Kaze No Kizu had torn up the ground as it always did; his eyes were still locked on the spot where Kagome had run directly in its path.

His entire attention had been focused on the battle in front of him. The Chimi the villagers had tasked them with eradicating had been inordinately fast, and had stank of swamp gas and the corpses it had been eating. He hadn't sensed the small child, huddled in terror, hidden in amongst the reeds. But Kagome had.

He could still hear the little boy crying, currently being consoled by Sango, Miroku, Shippou and Kirara as they took him back to the village to try and find his parents. How did he not hit them? His brain seemed to be stuck in a loop, his stomach churning, picturing Kagome's terrified face as she screamed, then hunched over the boy's small body as his wind scar swept past them, barely missing them. They could have died, she could have died, she almost died, and he was the one who-

"Inuyasha, please!"

"How could you do that?" he whispered. He could hardly get the words out.

"I didn't think", she sobbed, her arms tightening around his shoulders. "I saw him and ran. I didn't think."

All the words he wanted to say were choking him, the furious tide of emotion lodged in his throat like a leaden ball. He wanted to scream, he wanted to yell, he wanted to curse her for being so absolutely brainlessly thoughtless, but he also wanted to hold her tight and never let her go. He'd never been so terrified in his life before, and honestly, he didn't know what to do about it.

Finally, he turned slightly, dragging her into his lap, burying his nose in her hair as she continued to sob, her arms wound tightly around his neck.

"You're so stupid", he whispered thickly, rocking her in his arms as they both shook, "so fucking stupid! Don't ever do that again."

Another warm up sketch that ended up building a story. Still working on commissions, but this one kinda wanted to be written.

[willowandfog]

Inu-spiration Halloween Bang!

The amazing @mamabearcatfanart and I have brought you modern witch Kagome. 

Read Witch’s Brew on AO3!

Summary: Beaten down from years of hate and discrimination, Inuyasha journeys to a town that he hopes will be a place to finally call home. As he learns what it means to be accepted and appreciated, he finds himself mesmerized by the voice and face of the most unlikely person, the town witch.

@ruddcatha @lavendertwilight89 @cstormsinukagblog @clearwillow @mamabearcat @witchygirl99 @dawnrider @fawn-eyed-girl @pinkpigeonstudio @superpixie42 @smmahamazing @bluejay785 @zelink-inukag @liz8080 @rootpatterson @umacaking @zelico-blog @i-dream-of-soup

[lemonlushff-iy]

🌹

What Lies Below

“Would you at least cover up at little?” Kagome hissed, and he looked down at the shirt in his hand before rolling his eyes. 

“Your people do not handle nudity well…”

“Well--”

“--Not now Miroku!” Sango hissed, unable to look at Inuyasha as he stood there, completely nonplussed by the fact that he was just...letting it all hang out. 

“You couldn’t have waited until we were in the water at least!” Kagome demanded, and Inuyasha just rolled his eyes. 

“I wait until we’re in the water, and you’ll be helping me wiggle out of them. Some of us can’t just activate their tail on a whim!”

“Miroku would you stop! It’s not funny!”

“Says who?” he howled. “Really Sango...You act like you’ve never seen a man’s--”

“--Would you two just hurry up and get into the water already!” her friend screeched, and Inuyasha rolled his eyes, throwing Kagome’s shirt back at her. 

“Fine by me,” he growsed, diving into the ocean. Droplets of water splashed up the side of the boat, and Kagome looked over the side, waiting for his head to pop up. It took a moment, but she sighed in relief when he finally reappeared. He didn’t look happy...she wasn’t sure she could blame him.  

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i’m not sure how to explain this properly because i struggle with english (sorry 😢) but are there any fanfics where inuyasha makes a mistake or upsets kagome and they break up/stop talking/something like that and inuyasha tries to fix it and apologizes and they get back together? i probably didn’t explain good but i like those types of fics

Fear not anon, we understood the assignment! We've compiled a list of the misunderstandings you're after and would also like to point you towards the Break-Up and Make-Up list we posted a little while ago. Happy reading! ❤

Until You're Mine by manga3x (E)

Now in the midst of adulthood and recently married, Kagome Higurashi is more than shocked when she sees her ex-boyfriend from high school, her first true love who still has a special place in her heart but has also broken it. Despite her reservations, she agrees to a seemingly meaningless reunion when their conversation brings back memories she doesn't want to remember, choices she can't make, and heartache she can't handle.

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Delicate by @akitokihojo (T)

To trust someone, to let them in, what an unsettling ordeal. Kagome is easy and safe, and Inuyasha is difficult and guarded. She can put him at ease with a smile, simultaneously setting him on edge. It was nothing until it was something, creating absolute chaos and uncertainty within the both of them.

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Song and Dance Man by @mamabearcat (T)

“What if we’ve been fooling ourselves Inuyasha.” “Huh?” “I mean, look at us,” she said, gesturing from Inuyasha’s faded Soundgarden t-shirt and ripped black jeans to her heart patterned leggings and hot pink t-shirt which proudly proclaimed she was Fuelled by Theatre and Coffee. “We couldn’t be more different.” “But”, spluttered Inuyasha, his heart suddenly beating faster at the dangerous direction the conversation was taking. “Different is good! Yes, we like different things, but that shouldn’t matter!” Kagome’s bottom lip quivered. “It might not matter tomorrow, or next week, or the week after that, but sooner or later, it would."

When Kagome is suffering from a bad case of PMS fuelled anxiety about their new relationship, will Inuyasha know the right thing to do to calm her fears?

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Done For by @purdybaby (T)

Inuyasha is sick as a dog so he pushes Kagome away and hard!

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Trust by @splendentgoddess (T)

Believe none of what you hear and only half of what you see. But if we cannot trust our own eyes, then whom can we trust? Inuyasha had thought that he could trust Kagome, until she betrayed him in the cruelest of ways. Or did she?

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The Secret by @inunanna (T)

Kagome always thought that coming back to the Feudal Era would mean finally being together with Inuyasha, openly and officially together, but she was the only one. Inuyasha won't never endanger Kagome, even if that means forcing himself to stay away from Kagome. One of them will have to change their mind.

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To Tell the Truth by @splendentgoddess (M)

Mistaken identity has a priest giving Kagome a tea that temporarily makes her incapable of lying. Assured that the inu-tachi are not who he thought they were, they're free to go. But how long before the tea wears off? And just what will Kagome admit?

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One Love by Eev (T)

Certain events compel Kagome to run away and start a new life elsewhere. Can Inuyasha convince her to come back?

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the deception. by @fandomobsessions016 (E)

Kagome and Sango have just graduated college, and Kagome is set to return home… to the city. The city she left behind four years earlier. Almost as soon as she arrives and is unceremoniously reacquainted with her ex, Kagome realizes she’s made a mistake. Four years of distance and alleged personal growth have done nothing to tame her tumultuous heart or lessen her pain. Now, she has to confront her agonizing past while traversing through a myriad of emotions as she comes face to face with the very people she left the city to avoid; Inuyasha and Miroku. Thankfully, she has Sango by her side, as not all is as it seems…

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Asks and Answers (Chapter 3: Mine) by @lavendertwilight89 (E)

Ask: I wanna cuddle but if I touch I won't be able to stop.

[stillunderyourbed]

hiii @firelord-aries , ty for the tag!💕

rule: tag 9 ppl u wanna know better

favourite piece of clothing u own: my baggy jeans and belts, necklaces and tank tops!

comfort food: Lotus Biscoff cookies, or anything sweet

fave time of year: summer when its winter… and winter when its summer…

fave song: i dont rlly have a ONE favourite song, but maybe fave songs in different genres? theres too many to list LOL so i’ll jus say Cyber Sex by Doja Cat

do u collect something: i like collecting artbooks and magazines/flyers, both for references for art and for comfort hehe

fave drink: almond milk! i’m not vegan or a vegetarian by any means, i just really like the taste. i also love boba, specifically winter melon flavoured

fave fanfic: i’d say my favourites atm are A Tale of Ever After by @knittingknots , Skinwalkers by @clearwillow and The Cruelest Winter by AM78 !!

@maggins @boflicker @livinginthefifthdimension

@mrfeenysmustache @takaobata @lady2nope @kaorimizunya @hopidoodle @mamabearcat

and @ anyone who wants to do this too~~ also srry if u been tagged already