Change of Heart
A/N: I'm so happy for two reasons: 1) I'm posting my first Inu-Yashsa fic and 2) I have a
snow day!!. I love Inu- Yasha, I'm working my way through the manga and watching the
anime right now, so all my facts may not be straight. Please correct me if and when I'm
wrong in your review(s). But I've done enough 'research' on the 'Net to have a pretty
good idea of what's going on.
*Disclaimer: * Let's face it. Any hopes I have of owning Inu-Yasha are daydreams and
fantasies. I hate being honest like this.
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"Kaze no Kizu!" yelled Inu-Yasha as he sent the Wound of Wind at the enemy youkai.
The demon screamed in pain as the attack hit it. But the Shikon jewel shard embedded in
its forehead gave it even more strength than before. The youkai circled and lunged in
once more. Sango and Miroku, along with Shippou, were also not without their work.
They sent their magic at the pack of youkai that had attacked them. Luckily, only the
leader possessed a Shikon jewel; however, for every youkai that they killed, another took
their place. Even Kagome stood a little distance away, loosing arrow after arrow,
shooting blindly, some shafts hitting their marks, some missing completely, and some
simply weakening the monsters to make it easier for the magic-wielders to destroy.
"There's simply… too many!" said Kagome, as her tired arms found another arrow in
their quiver. She set it to the bow and shot, taking enough aim so that she didn't
accidentally hit one of her companions.
"I can't use my wind tunnel anymore!" said Miroku through gritted teeth, as he
desperately tried to stop himself from being destroyed by his own magic. "I'll be sucked
in soon." He cried out as yet another youkai set upon him, grinning horribly at its prey.
"No!" yelled Sango. But she couldn't do anything at the moment, being ringed by youkai.
Kagome, quick as thought, put an arrow to her bow and took careful, precise aim, loosing
the shaft so that it flew straight and true, into the monster back. With a cry of pain, the
youkai fell back.
"Lord Miroku!" called Kagome. "Come over here, where it's safer!" Miroku nodded, and
left regretfully to where Kagome was.
"Thank you, Lady Kagome," said Miroku. "I just wish I didn't have this curse…" he
looked with disgust at his own hand. "I can't even help anyone now!"
"Oh no," Kagome said distractedly. "Oh no."
"What?"
"I'm out of arrows." As soon as the words left her mouth, a pack of youkai set upon the
two once more. Kagome screamed as she realized she had nothing left to fight with.
"Kagome!" yelled Inu-Yasha. Lightning fast, he leapt to Kagome and Miroku's side.
Slashing with Tetsusaiga, he cut down the youkai himself, though not without injury. The
lead youkai came to them. Inu-Yasha, having protected Kagome for the time being,
turned and swung at the leader once more. They sparred intensely for a few minutes until
Inu-Yasha raised his sword and brought it down; the youkai lunged out of the way; and
instead of the youkai's bones breaking, Inu-Yasha's powerful swing broke the Bone-
Eater's Well.
'Shit!' he thought, but there was no time to think about the broken well right now. Inu-
Yasha smiled. "This ends now, youkai!" He faked left then swung in on the right side,
almost cutting the youkai's body in half. The Shikon shard in the youkai's forehead fell
out and Inu-Yasha picked it up. Seeing their leader dead, the other youkai fled, leaving a
very tired Inu-Yasha, Sango, Miroku, Shippou, and Kagome.
"Whew, I'm glad that's over with!" said Kagome brightly. Sango and Shippou were too
worn out to reply, and Miroku and Inu-Yasha were staring at something behind her.
"Uhhh, guys? What're you staring at?"
Inu-Yasha turned to Kagome, and there was a strange look of almost… pity on his face.
"Kagome- I'm sorry," he said, his voice uncharacteristically nice, and there was even a
hint of real sorrow on his face. "It's just- when I was fighting the lead youkai…" Kagome
turned around, and Inu-Yasha and Miroku parted, so she could see what Inu-Yasha had
done. The well had crumbled in on itself, already weak with age, and further weakened
by Inu-Yasha's incredibly powerful, magic-enhanced sword slash.
As if in a trance, Kagome strode slowly, with measured steps, to the broken well. She
tried in vain to move the stones. Inu-yasha came over, but even he with his prodigal
strength couldn't clear the well.
"Maybe Kaede will know how to fix it," suggested Inu-Yasha hopefully. His nose picked
up the scent of her salty tears, and when Kagome turned tears were indeed coursing
silently down her face. She gazed at him with an unreadable look and stood, as if
arrested, tears still trailing down her face, for a long time. Finally Sango came over and
gently took her arm. Sango too gave Inu-Yasha Kagome's unreadable look, then ushered
Kagome to Kaede's hut.
"What?" called Inu-Yasha after the two. "I didn't do anything!" 'Except break the well,'
he thought.
"Hey pal," said Miroku knowingly as he came up to stand by the hanyou, "I think they
blame you for Kagome's unhappiness. And you have to admit, they do have a point."
"So now you've turned on me too?" demanded Inu-Yasha angrily. Before Miroku could
reply, Inu-Yasha abrubtly stepped away from him. "Okay, that's just fine! Blame me for
making Kagome unhappy, when all I was doing was trying to protect her!" He leapt away
from Miroku to the goshinboku tree.
"Feh!" muttered Inu-Yasha to himself, lounging in one of the branches. He could see
smoke coming out of the hole in Kaede's hut. "I wonder how Kagome's doing. But it
wasn't my fault! I wouldn't make Kagome unhappy on purpose."
"Uh, milord, then why do you constantly insult her?" Inu-Yasha recognized the voice of
Myouga, and almost by instinct his hand came up to his shoulder, where he felt Myouga.
The flea hitched a ride on Inu-Yasha's hand and came face to face with his lord hanyou.
"That's besides the point," Inu-Yasha covered. He knew the answer to the question but
there was no way he would ever tell Myouga that. "Would you know anything about
how to repair a broken Bone-Eater's Well?"
"Why? What happened? Did the well break?"
"Well, if it hadn't I wouldn't be asking all these questions. Now do you know what we
can do?" demanded Inu-Yasha, fast getting annoyed.
"Hmm," mused Myouga, "I think I heard, a long time ago, about an ancient spell that can
be used once, and once only, to transport a being through time. However, I don't know if
anyone living today knows how to do it. The spell is complicated and old, and not used
much."
"Then what are we going to do?" Inu-Yasha asked, half-despairingly.
**
Meanwhile, at Kaede's hut, the old priestess was giving the four companions much the
same advice as Myouga the flea was giving Inu-Yasha.
"I can help ye," she said, "but it will take a great sacrifice. I alone know how to do the
spell. After many years, it fell into my hands."
"What's the sacrifice?" ventured Kagome, fearfully. "Is it valuables? Do I have to give
up something near and dear to me?"
"Ye could say that," answered Kaede. "This spell to time-travel is irreversible. Once at
one end, you can never travel back- or forward. And I must perform it within one day of
the well's breaking. The sacrifice is this: ye must choose in which time ye want to stay."
Kagome folded her legs in Turk-style and started crying once more. "But… but… I can't
do that!" she wailed. Sango came over and hugged Kagome around the shoulders. Shippo
climbed into her lap and snuggled close to her. Miroku came over and placed a hand on
her shoulder also. Kaede watched with sorrow in her eyes.
"If ye make the decision to go forward, I will certainly miss ye," she said quietly.
"We all will, Kagome," Sango said.
"One more thing, Kagome," added Kaede. Kagome's head snapped up. She dreded what
the priestess was going to say. "Ye must make your decision tonight. If you don't… ye
will be stuck here forever."
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Hmm, what will Kagome's decision be? What does Inu-Yasha think? I know what's
going to happen, but you'll have to read the next chapter and find out!!
Review review review review review review review review review please oh please oh
please oh please, pretty please with an ice-cream sundae with hot fudge, sprinkles,
whipped cream, sugar and a cherry on top?!?
A/N: I'm so happy for two reasons: 1) I'm posting my first Inu-Yashsa fic and 2) I have a
snow day!!. I love Inu- Yasha, I'm working my way through the manga and watching the
anime right now, so all my facts may not be straight. Please correct me if and when I'm
wrong in your review(s). But I've done enough 'research' on the 'Net to have a pretty
good idea of what's going on.
*Disclaimer: * Let's face it. Any hopes I have of owning Inu-Yasha are daydreams and
fantasies. I hate being honest like this.
***********************************
"Kaze no Kizu!" yelled Inu-Yasha as he sent the Wound of Wind at the enemy youkai.
The demon screamed in pain as the attack hit it. But the Shikon jewel shard embedded in
its forehead gave it even more strength than before. The youkai circled and lunged in
once more. Sango and Miroku, along with Shippou, were also not without their work.
They sent their magic at the pack of youkai that had attacked them. Luckily, only the
leader possessed a Shikon jewel; however, for every youkai that they killed, another took
their place. Even Kagome stood a little distance away, loosing arrow after arrow,
shooting blindly, some shafts hitting their marks, some missing completely, and some
simply weakening the monsters to make it easier for the magic-wielders to destroy.
"There's simply… too many!" said Kagome, as her tired arms found another arrow in
their quiver. She set it to the bow and shot, taking enough aim so that she didn't
accidentally hit one of her companions.
"I can't use my wind tunnel anymore!" said Miroku through gritted teeth, as he
desperately tried to stop himself from being destroyed by his own magic. "I'll be sucked
in soon." He cried out as yet another youkai set upon him, grinning horribly at its prey.
"No!" yelled Sango. But she couldn't do anything at the moment, being ringed by youkai.
Kagome, quick as thought, put an arrow to her bow and took careful, precise aim, loosing
the shaft so that it flew straight and true, into the monster back. With a cry of pain, the
youkai fell back.
"Lord Miroku!" called Kagome. "Come over here, where it's safer!" Miroku nodded, and
left regretfully to where Kagome was.
"Thank you, Lady Kagome," said Miroku. "I just wish I didn't have this curse…" he
looked with disgust at his own hand. "I can't even help anyone now!"
"Oh no," Kagome said distractedly. "Oh no."
"What?"
"I'm out of arrows." As soon as the words left her mouth, a pack of youkai set upon the
two once more. Kagome screamed as she realized she had nothing left to fight with.
"Kagome!" yelled Inu-Yasha. Lightning fast, he leapt to Kagome and Miroku's side.
Slashing with Tetsusaiga, he cut down the youkai himself, though not without injury. The
lead youkai came to them. Inu-Yasha, having protected Kagome for the time being,
turned and swung at the leader once more. They sparred intensely for a few minutes until
Inu-Yasha raised his sword and brought it down; the youkai lunged out of the way; and
instead of the youkai's bones breaking, Inu-Yasha's powerful swing broke the Bone-
Eater's Well.
'Shit!' he thought, but there was no time to think about the broken well right now. Inu-
Yasha smiled. "This ends now, youkai!" He faked left then swung in on the right side,
almost cutting the youkai's body in half. The Shikon shard in the youkai's forehead fell
out and Inu-Yasha picked it up. Seeing their leader dead, the other youkai fled, leaving a
very tired Inu-Yasha, Sango, Miroku, Shippou, and Kagome.
"Whew, I'm glad that's over with!" said Kagome brightly. Sango and Shippou were too
worn out to reply, and Miroku and Inu-Yasha were staring at something behind her.
"Uhhh, guys? What're you staring at?"
Inu-Yasha turned to Kagome, and there was a strange look of almost… pity on his face.
"Kagome- I'm sorry," he said, his voice uncharacteristically nice, and there was even a
hint of real sorrow on his face. "It's just- when I was fighting the lead youkai…" Kagome
turned around, and Inu-Yasha and Miroku parted, so she could see what Inu-Yasha had
done. The well had crumbled in on itself, already weak with age, and further weakened
by Inu-Yasha's incredibly powerful, magic-enhanced sword slash.
As if in a trance, Kagome strode slowly, with measured steps, to the broken well. She
tried in vain to move the stones. Inu-yasha came over, but even he with his prodigal
strength couldn't clear the well.
"Maybe Kaede will know how to fix it," suggested Inu-Yasha hopefully. His nose picked
up the scent of her salty tears, and when Kagome turned tears were indeed coursing
silently down her face. She gazed at him with an unreadable look and stood, as if
arrested, tears still trailing down her face, for a long time. Finally Sango came over and
gently took her arm. Sango too gave Inu-Yasha Kagome's unreadable look, then ushered
Kagome to Kaede's hut.
"What?" called Inu-Yasha after the two. "I didn't do anything!" 'Except break the well,'
he thought.
"Hey pal," said Miroku knowingly as he came up to stand by the hanyou, "I think they
blame you for Kagome's unhappiness. And you have to admit, they do have a point."
"So now you've turned on me too?" demanded Inu-Yasha angrily. Before Miroku could
reply, Inu-Yasha abrubtly stepped away from him. "Okay, that's just fine! Blame me for
making Kagome unhappy, when all I was doing was trying to protect her!" He leapt away
from Miroku to the goshinboku tree.
"Feh!" muttered Inu-Yasha to himself, lounging in one of the branches. He could see
smoke coming out of the hole in Kaede's hut. "I wonder how Kagome's doing. But it
wasn't my fault! I wouldn't make Kagome unhappy on purpose."
"Uh, milord, then why do you constantly insult her?" Inu-Yasha recognized the voice of
Myouga, and almost by instinct his hand came up to his shoulder, where he felt Myouga.
The flea hitched a ride on Inu-Yasha's hand and came face to face with his lord hanyou.
"That's besides the point," Inu-Yasha covered. He knew the answer to the question but
there was no way he would ever tell Myouga that. "Would you know anything about
how to repair a broken Bone-Eater's Well?"
"Why? What happened? Did the well break?"
"Well, if it hadn't I wouldn't be asking all these questions. Now do you know what we
can do?" demanded Inu-Yasha, fast getting annoyed.
"Hmm," mused Myouga, "I think I heard, a long time ago, about an ancient spell that can
be used once, and once only, to transport a being through time. However, I don't know if
anyone living today knows how to do it. The spell is complicated and old, and not used
much."
"Then what are we going to do?" Inu-Yasha asked, half-despairingly.
**
Meanwhile, at Kaede's hut, the old priestess was giving the four companions much the
same advice as Myouga the flea was giving Inu-Yasha.
"I can help ye," she said, "but it will take a great sacrifice. I alone know how to do the
spell. After many years, it fell into my hands."
"What's the sacrifice?" ventured Kagome, fearfully. "Is it valuables? Do I have to give
up something near and dear to me?"
"Ye could say that," answered Kaede. "This spell to time-travel is irreversible. Once at
one end, you can never travel back- or forward. And I must perform it within one day of
the well's breaking. The sacrifice is this: ye must choose in which time ye want to stay."
Kagome folded her legs in Turk-style and started crying once more. "But… but… I can't
do that!" she wailed. Sango came over and hugged Kagome around the shoulders. Shippo
climbed into her lap and snuggled close to her. Miroku came over and placed a hand on
her shoulder also. Kaede watched with sorrow in her eyes.
"If ye make the decision to go forward, I will certainly miss ye," she said quietly.
"We all will, Kagome," Sango said.
"One more thing, Kagome," added Kaede. Kagome's head snapped up. She dreded what
the priestess was going to say. "Ye must make your decision tonight. If you don't… ye
will be stuck here forever."
*****************************
Hmm, what will Kagome's decision be? What does Inu-Yasha think? I know what's
going to happen, but you'll have to read the next chapter and find out!!
Review review review review review review review review review please oh please oh
please oh please, pretty please with an ice-cream sundae with hot fudge, sprinkles,
whipped cream, sugar and a cherry on top?!?