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Quests

By Seigan

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Disclaimer-

Inuyasha does not belong to me



Rating-

Rated PG-13 for blood, violence, and romance



Genre-

Action/Adventure, Drama, Romance, Mystery



Summary-

Spinoff from the Inuyasha timeline. Inuyasha and Kagome has been searching for the shards, but is that enough? After the destruction of Naraku, the jewel was not complete. Something was not right- the jewel was just about half complete. They needed to find the rest of the jewel. And matters are complicated as a new enemy appears on the scene. What's going on?



Chapter 1

Missing Jewel



"Welcome home Kagome!" Mrs. Higurashi said when her daughter entered the house through the back door. Souta was there too. It had been two months since her last visit. It had been three years since the quest started for the jewel of four souls. Kagome was now seventeen, and preparing for college. However, she still had about a year of school left.



Kagome nodded, and took off her shoes and transferred to sandals to preserve the tatami mats. Kagome put down her large yellow backpack, quaking the house. Souta asked, "How do you lift that thing!?" Kagome chuckled.



"Easy, I just do," Kagome replied with a fake smile. In reality, she was tired from the previous battle. She thought Damn it. Damn it all. I wasted all this time to find and fight Naraku, and we only still have a part of the jewel. Where are the other shards? Across Japan? In one piece held by another power? Or in other places around the world. I thought the jewels were only in Japan.



We had to fight Naraku, enhanced with a large piece of the Shikon jewel, and for what? We only got a little piece from him. Did we really have that little? And whatever happened to his shards? We got hurt really badly in the battle, and we could've died. But for what? Is the jewel that hard to find? Is this the punishment for trying to bring together the jewel? At least it'll be easier to find the rest of the pieces now- we've got more time. Miroku is not going to die from the void, and our friends that were risen from the dead can rest peacefully. Kohaku is gone from this world, Kikyou returned to resting, and Kagura and Kanna have been freed. They've all been avenged. But still there is the fact that we have yet to finish the jewel. And if we journeyed so hard and so painfully for just half of it, how hard must we quest to finish it? Is keeping the jewel out of the hands of evil all but a group of quests?



Kagome then said, "Mother, Souta, Grampa, I'll have to stay a bit longer however. I need to complete the jewel. But I'm staying for two weeks first." They nodded.





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The group of five stood on the hill that shadowed the castle. It was a violet-black castle built in the feudal Japanese style. They all knew that Naraku, the real thing, was inside. No more straw puppets, no more false leads, just Naraku himself.



Inuyasha turned around and asked, "Everybody, are we ready to do this?" The group nodded. This would be the battle that they defeat Naraku and avenge all the deaths. So Kagome climbed onto Inuyasha's back, Miroku, Sango, and Shippou climbed on Kirara, and they charged forward, into inevitable danger.



There, in the castle's courtyard, awaited Kagura. She had her fan in hand, and was ready to attack the group. She waved her fan, and the arcs of wind headed towards the six. They dispersed, letting the wind sweep past them. Inuyasha took out his tetsusaiga and slashed at Kagura a few times. She jumped back and unleashed a fury of wind. They cut Inuyasha a bit but he shook these wounds off his mind; they were of no concern.



Inuyasha decided to finish Kagura off. He slashed a bunch of times, sending wounds onto Kagura. Kagome sent a purified arrow her way, and it nearly hit. But as she dodged it, she met with the boomerang bone. Inuyasha decided to unleash his cutting wound, and this time, Kagura ran away. Naraku decided to appear at that time.



Sango unleashed Kirara. Then she let her boomerang fly. Naraku jumped out of the path. Sango retrieved her boomerang as Kirara started slashing at Naraku. Naraku unleashed his tentacles onto Kirara, smashing her back and sent her back to her smaller form. Kagome, in the back, notched an arrow into her bow, and unleashed it. It flew with the pink light streak behind it, heading towards Naraku. He jumped out of the way, but the streak bit into his arm. It nearly ripped his left arm off, but unfortunately, it didn't take him out. Miroku charged forward, and slashed at the brown tentacles. Naraku charged forward, sending Miroku running back.



Inuyasha took this time to swipe his sword in an arc, from his left side to his right, cutting off some of the tentacles. Naraku retreated, but this time he called forth demons. There were hundreds of snaky demons that charged forward. Inuyasha unleashed the cutting wind, which blasted the demon horde with five blades of light. Naraku, however, had taken this time to sneak into the team. Inuyasha was so caught up that he didn't notice Naraku sneaking around.



Inuyasha and the team was brought up to date by Kagome's scream. Naraku had sometime came out behind them, and now he was in a human form. His hand had turned into a blade, and it was poised to strike Kagome. Inuyasha, Miroku, Sango and Kirara ran to her aid, and Naraku was stopped, but it was not any of the team that had done the deed. It wasn't even a person you'd expect to do the deed. But it was done. It was Kagura. She had slashed her fan down Naraku's back.



Then, the team attacked Naraku while he was stunned. Miroku and Sango cut up Naraku with their weapons and Kagome unleashed her arrows until Naraku exploded. Inuyasha dealt the finishing blow. Naraku exploded and turned to dust. His castle started to disintegrate, and the only light that you could see in the dust storm was the faint glow of the Shikon shard.



Kagome went over to pick up the jewel. When she stood up, the team expected to see a smiling face. Except that it was melancholy and saddened. Sango asked, "What's wrong?"



Kagome replied, "Everybody, this is not good. Both of our shards combined only makes half of the jewel!" Kagome held up the partially completed jewel for everyone to see.



Inuyasha exclaimed, "WHAT!?"



Miroku went up and asked calmly, "What is going on here?" He was also starting to unwrap his gloved hand, slowly to be cautious.



"I'm not sure," Kagome announced, "but I surely don't like it."



Days later, they had discussed the matter with Kaede, and decided that the jewel was still in the hands of others. It was just mysterious that the shards from Kagome, Kouga, Naraku, and others only made about half. They agreed to continue searching, after Kagome stayed in her time for a vacation first. Kikyou, Kohaku, and the resurrected people connected with Naraku disappeared. Kagura and Kanna became normal demons and were freed from Naraku's rule. And Kagome went to the well to return to her time for her long deserved vacation.



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Kagome, after her bath, went to her room and dropped onto her bed, petting Buyo. She asked her cat, "Buyo, did you miss me?" The obese cat purred happily. She smiled at Buyo. It's so good to be home. Especially after that tiring battle. Finally I can rest at home now! Two weeks! I can stay here for two weeks, without worry of the Shikon Jewel, without worry of Inuyasha, she thought.



The next day she returned to school. There, she was greeted by her friends as she returned to school. However, she was bombarded by medical questions from her friends. Like:



"How's your rheumatism?" or "Are your bunions okay?" as well as "Was the yellow fever bad" and including "Was the cowpox bad" or "I hope your trench foot is gone" plus other weirdo questions. And this was what Kagome had to stand when she returned to school. She thought, Grampa, I am so going to KILL YOU when I get back.



She had a normal day at school. Her English class was boring, she found no excitement in science, history was boring, and math was insane. The only class that she found was partially exciting was physical education. There she could use her skills gained in the feudal era without the incentive of a life-threatening demon. Kagome ran laps, and was the fastest in the girls group. Yuka asked, "If you're sick so much, how come you run so fast?" Kagome just shrugged in reply.



When it came to jumping, she aced that. Kagome was trained from avoiding poisonous barbs and tentacles as well as blades, including fangs. Then, when the teacher announced push-ups, that was no problem. Archery strengthened her arms to such a level that she beat most of the boys in time and number. Sit-ups were no matter to Kagome. She had battled so much that her body was tuned up to a point that it even surprised herself. Kagome expected to be able to pass P.E., but she wasn't expecting to beat everybody. Her gym teacher came up and congratulated, "Wow Kagome. You've been sick a lot and you beat most of the class. What have you been doing all that time?"



Kagome modestly replied, "Exercise was recommended to help keep me in shape. I guess I had exercised too much." The teacher as well as the class accepted that.



After that they had a break. At that time, Houjou decided to come up. Houjou asked, "Hey Kagome, I see you're healthy again." Kagome nodded. Houjou continued, "Um, if it's not too much trouble, do you want to go to the movies with me tonight?"



Since Kagome didn't want to hurt his feelings, she replied, "I'd love to go with you!" Then she pondered, Was that a good idea? Now I gotta stand through hours of boredom. But I should be enjoying this! No rude Inuyasha, no demon wanting to kill me every minute of my life, no Shikon Jewel trying to get me, and no Naraku trying to steal the jewel.



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That night, Kagome put on a navy blue dress with matching vest in preparation for Houjou. As she stepped out of her room, she was met by Souta. He asked, "Kagome, why are you going out with Houjou even if you don't like him that much?"



"I'm not sure myself," Kagome replied. "I guess I didn't want to hurt his feeling. Well, at least the movie theater is dark enough for me to sleep." Souta chuckled at this.



Soon, Houjou arrived. They went to a movie theater, where Houjou picked out a romance movie. Kagome was glad, because it would be low in volume so that she could sleep. In the dark theater, Kagome did so. Houjou was so indulged in the movie that he didn't notice his sleeping date. The movie ended a long one and a half hour later, in which it was missed completely by Kagome. She woke up just as the credits started. Phew! Well, that was fun, Kagome thought as she walked out with the other people.



Houjou walked her home, and they said goodnight. She walked in, and went straight upstairs. There she changed into her pajamas, brushed her teeth, and dropped asleep. But while she was having fun here, danger was on the horizon in the feudal era.



A/N: Well, here's my story. I've got chapter two and three in planning, and by now that you are reading this sentence, chapter two will have been started. I am sure to get a lot of character flaws since I've only seen episodes 1-36, 40, 52, and 54. I'm not sure if this is even a mystery story. Drama- maybe. Romance, a bit, because I cannot write a good romance story. But action and adventure is something I can venture in.



Next Chapter

Call From Back Then



A demon attacks Kaede's town, but there was a stronger force behind it. Needing help, they call on Kagome. But is it enough?