Kagome looked up at the sky as it grew darker and darker by the
second. She had felt a jewel shard nearby and Inu Yasha was becoming very
high strung, as if something were really bothering him.
"What's wrong, Inu Yasha? You seem upset... what is it?" Kagome quietly said to Inu Yasha as they ran in the direction of the jewel shards.
"Huh? Oh... I just... I caught Narrakku's scent and it gets stronger as we get closer to the jewel shards..." he replied under his breath.
"You think it's him? I am sensing something other than the jewel shards. Do you think we will face him?" She said.
"No. I know we're going to face him." Inu Yasha had a blank expression on his face that made Kagome sink into her own thoughts every time she saw it.
Then they spotted Narraku's castle up ahead, surrounded in a dark mist. Inu Yasha put Kagome down and yelled out, "Come out, Narrakku! You can't run from me forever!"
"Oh, but I don't plan on running, Inu Yasha." It was Narrakku's voice.
Narrakku stepped out from a doorway in front of Inu Yasha. He was standing, with a small, purple vile in his hand. "I have seen that you are weaker than I suspected, Inu Yasha. If you didn't have that wench to hide behind when you couldn't fight, you would have died a thousand times."
Inu Yasha clenched his fist as Narrakku's words hit him. Kagome grabbed an arrow from her back. "Why you..." she started, but Inu Yasha stopped her. "No, Kagome. He's right. I've always relied on you to help me out when I'm in a tough spot."
"Inu Yasha... but..." She had a look like he had just told her that he was leaving her here, for Narrakku to enjoy in whatever way he wished. He didn't say it aloud, but she greatly reminded him of a puppy he had slapped once because it wouldn't stop following him for three months. Sad, guilty, and hurt.
Narrakku continued with a snobbish grin. "Which is why if I get rid of her, you will die. That, and I want to see your face once I've killed the only other woman you have ever cared for."
Inu Yasha and Kagome went wide-eyed in horror as Narrakku flung the vile he had been holding at Kagome. Kagome shrieked and clutched herself as the vile shattered around her.
"Kagome!" Inu Yasha yelled as he ran over to her and held her in his arms. She kept letting out curdled cries of pain as Narrakku grinned.
"What did you do to her?!" Inu Yasha yelled, his eyes mixed with a fiery anger and a look of helplessness.
"Oh, I merely reversed her aging process. All of her memories are being ripped from her along with her very body and life force...rewound, you could say. Eventually, there will be nothing left in her to be rewound, and she will sadly... disappear..." He replied, as nonchalantly as if he had merely said an already known fact.
Inu Yasha looked around for an idea to help him stop the curse. As he looked near Narrakku, he saw something. There was a small, puple vile like the one that had been thrown at Kagome. It was glowing and had a strand of black hair wrapped around that was slowly shrinking.
'That's it' He thought. 'If I destroy that, Kagome will be fine.' "Narrkku! I will stop your curse and save Kagome. I swear to that!" Then he slid Tetsiega from its hilt, and cut the vile and hair in two.
Kagome's screaming seased, but she kept breathing heavily. Narrakku had a blank expression until he looked at Kagome. He laughed and said to Inu Yasha, "You fool. You have no idea what you've done by destroying the curse. All you've done is cut the curse in half, and now it's irreversible!" Narrakku started laughing as he and the castle started to disappear.(WG-Confusing... isn't it... hehehe... I know.)
"Kagome, are you all right?" Inu Yasha said, turning around to make sure she was okay. Then Inu Yasha halted with eyes wide as serving plates.
Kagome was sitting down on the ground, but something was different. A lot of something was different. She was smaller... much smaller, and had short pigtails down her back. Apparently her clothes hadn't shrunk too, because they hung loosely on her. Over all... she looked like a two year old.
"Oh, shit..." Inu Yasha said under his breath. "Uh, Kagome?" he asked. Did she still at least have Kagome's mind?
Kagome looked up at the mention of her name. She smiled when she saw his face and cooed. "Inu!" Inu Yasha sighed with relief that she remembered him, but his relief stopped when Kagome stood up and kept cooing.
"Inu! Inu! Inu!" She had her arms up and was opening and closing her hands as if she wanted something.
Inu Yasha moaned. This was too much for his doggy brain to understand. He needed help. Inu Yasha picked up Kagome and tried to put her on his back. It didn't quite work. She kept grabbing his ears and hair. Finally he decided, for his ears' sake, he would carry her in his arms.
After what seemed to be the longest run in the world, thanks too a little toddler, they reached Keade's village. Miroku and Sango were waiting for them at the village entrance.
"You said you two were going on an overnight trip to resolve your differences! You've been gone for two days! What happened?! And where is Kagome?!" Sango asked. Then she saw the bundle in Inu Yasha's arms.
"OMG! What happened!?" She asked quickly.
"I don't know. We ran into Narrakku and..." Inu Yasha indicated Kagome. "This happened."
"Let's bring her to Keade. She..." Sango started.
"No!" Inu Yasha said.
"Why not?!" Sango and Miroku said in unison.
"We're digging too deep for Keade to help. We need someone who knows Kagome." He said, looking down at Kagome. He had put her down, but she clung to his leg at the sight of so many new people at once.
"But why?" Miroku asked.
"Because... she lost all her memories of us along with her age..."
The realization was just starting to hit everyone that Kagome was a two year old again. She wouldn't be able to search for the jewel shards. The jewel shards!
Inu Yasha looked at the jar Kagome kept the jewel shards in to find they were gone.
"Where are the jewel shards?!" Sango asked. If Narrakku had them, it meant he would have the entire sacred jewel.
"Narrakku doesn't have them. He would have been gloating about it when we were there." Inu Yasha said.
"Then where can they be?" Miroku asked.
"They must be... before Kagome came here, they jewel was inside of her body... it must be inside of her again..." Inu Yasha said.
"Then there's all the more reason... Kagome needs to go to her time again. Besides, who would know her better than her mother?" Sango said.
"Yes. Inu Yasha, you take Kagome back to her time and explain everything to her mother. When you get back we'll work at finding a cure, if we can." Miroku added.
"Why?" Sango asked. Even Kagome caught the intensity in the air and was quiet. "If the jewel is back in Kagome, Narrakku can't get it. And without the jewel's power, he is easy prey."
Kagome started to whimper and clutched tighter to Inu Yasha's leg. He picked her up as he told the others, "I'll be back by tomorrow."
"That's what Kagome said last time..." Sango and Miroku said.
"Yeah, yeah. Just shut up and go fuck each other. Everyone knows you want to." Inu Yasha mumbled under his breath.
Inu Yasha was just out of view of the village when Kagome started fussing again and insisted on being put down. Once she was down, he noticed how badly her clothes were hanging off.
"Oh, come here." Inu Yasha said and sat down. He rolled up her sleeves (they were short-sleeved) and tied the back of her skirt so it wouldn't fall off. It took him a bit because she wouldn't stop fidgeting and trying to walk away.
When he was done he put his head in his hands and watched her examine his handy-work.
"That good enough? Or do I need to do it again?" He asked.
Kagome grinned when he said it and toddled back over to him. "Good Inu." She said, and patted him on the head. Then she went off again in the direction they had originally been heading.
Inu Yasha jumped up and went after her.
"And where are you headed?" he asked as he walked beside her.
Kagome pointed forward, also the direction of the well. Suddenly he felt something on his hand and looked down to see that Kagome had grabbed his hand.
"There! You going there?" She asked up at him.
"No. You're going in there. To go home, to your own time." He said.
Kagome ran up to the well and looked down it. She gasped and ran back over to him.
"I'm scared, doggy. It's dark. I don't like dark places..." she said from behind him.
"Don't worry. I'm coming down too. Let's go, Kagome." He went over to the well and put one foot on the edge.
"You'll protect me doggy?" She asked, eyeing the well.
Inu Yasha was starting to get sick of being called doggy, but he forgot his anger when he saw her face. No matter how much she had changed, she still had the same eyes that took his breath away.
"Just like I always have, Kagome." He replied.
Kagome's face lit up and she ran towards him, eyes clenched and arms out for a hug, when... WHAP! She had run into the side of the well. She now sat flat on her rump, tears gathering in her eyes.
"Pffffft!" Inu Yasha cracked up laughing. He started crying and fell onto the ground , unable to stop holding his gut and laughing.
"Waaaaah!" Kagome started crying. There was a lump about the size of a walnut just left of her forehead.
"Oh, come on. Stop crying, Kagome! You'll be fine. Here..." He wiped his eyes and put his other hand towards Kagome. "Squeeze my hand to show me how much it hurts."
She glanced at his hand and stopped crying. She took his hand in hers and squeezed as hard as she could.
"Oh, it hurts that much..." he said and perked an eyebrow. "What will make it feel better?"
"Kiss it, make it better?" she asked and leaned forward.
A huge sweat drop went down Inu Yasha's face and he said, "What else..."
She thought for a moment, then she tried to grab for his ears.
"Oh, that..." Inu Yasha said. He picked her up and let her get in range of his ears. He twitched, waiting for the pain when he suddenly felt a small sensation behind them. He opened his eyes to see that Kagome was scratching behind his ears.
When she stopped, he started to let out a whimper, but caught himself. Kagome giggled and asked, "Does this make doggy feel better?"
"Yeah, you could say that..." Inu Yasha said with half-massed eyes. 'No one has ever been able to figure out I like being scratched there!'
"Um... doggy?" Kagome suddenly said and waved a hand in front his face.
Inu Yasha snapped out of his daze. "Huh? Yeah. C'mon, Kagome."
Kagome grabbed his hand as he picked her up and jumped down the well.
(Hello peoples! Please tell me what you think! I've written lots o' stories, but right before I was gonna upload them my pc crashed! Dumb pc... so tell me what you think! I'll try to get some other stories uploaded too!) ==
"What's wrong, Inu Yasha? You seem upset... what is it?" Kagome quietly said to Inu Yasha as they ran in the direction of the jewel shards.
"Huh? Oh... I just... I caught Narrakku's scent and it gets stronger as we get closer to the jewel shards..." he replied under his breath.
"You think it's him? I am sensing something other than the jewel shards. Do you think we will face him?" She said.
"No. I know we're going to face him." Inu Yasha had a blank expression on his face that made Kagome sink into her own thoughts every time she saw it.
Then they spotted Narraku's castle up ahead, surrounded in a dark mist. Inu Yasha put Kagome down and yelled out, "Come out, Narrakku! You can't run from me forever!"
"Oh, but I don't plan on running, Inu Yasha." It was Narrakku's voice.
Narrakku stepped out from a doorway in front of Inu Yasha. He was standing, with a small, purple vile in his hand. "I have seen that you are weaker than I suspected, Inu Yasha. If you didn't have that wench to hide behind when you couldn't fight, you would have died a thousand times."
Inu Yasha clenched his fist as Narrakku's words hit him. Kagome grabbed an arrow from her back. "Why you..." she started, but Inu Yasha stopped her. "No, Kagome. He's right. I've always relied on you to help me out when I'm in a tough spot."
"Inu Yasha... but..." She had a look like he had just told her that he was leaving her here, for Narrakku to enjoy in whatever way he wished. He didn't say it aloud, but she greatly reminded him of a puppy he had slapped once because it wouldn't stop following him for three months. Sad, guilty, and hurt.
Narrakku continued with a snobbish grin. "Which is why if I get rid of her, you will die. That, and I want to see your face once I've killed the only other woman you have ever cared for."
Inu Yasha and Kagome went wide-eyed in horror as Narrakku flung the vile he had been holding at Kagome. Kagome shrieked and clutched herself as the vile shattered around her.
"Kagome!" Inu Yasha yelled as he ran over to her and held her in his arms. She kept letting out curdled cries of pain as Narrakku grinned.
"What did you do to her?!" Inu Yasha yelled, his eyes mixed with a fiery anger and a look of helplessness.
"Oh, I merely reversed her aging process. All of her memories are being ripped from her along with her very body and life force...rewound, you could say. Eventually, there will be nothing left in her to be rewound, and she will sadly... disappear..." He replied, as nonchalantly as if he had merely said an already known fact.
Inu Yasha looked around for an idea to help him stop the curse. As he looked near Narrakku, he saw something. There was a small, puple vile like the one that had been thrown at Kagome. It was glowing and had a strand of black hair wrapped around that was slowly shrinking.
'That's it' He thought. 'If I destroy that, Kagome will be fine.' "Narrkku! I will stop your curse and save Kagome. I swear to that!" Then he slid Tetsiega from its hilt, and cut the vile and hair in two.
Kagome's screaming seased, but she kept breathing heavily. Narrakku had a blank expression until he looked at Kagome. He laughed and said to Inu Yasha, "You fool. You have no idea what you've done by destroying the curse. All you've done is cut the curse in half, and now it's irreversible!" Narrakku started laughing as he and the castle started to disappear.(WG-Confusing... isn't it... hehehe... I know.)
"Kagome, are you all right?" Inu Yasha said, turning around to make sure she was okay. Then Inu Yasha halted with eyes wide as serving plates.
Kagome was sitting down on the ground, but something was different. A lot of something was different. She was smaller... much smaller, and had short pigtails down her back. Apparently her clothes hadn't shrunk too, because they hung loosely on her. Over all... she looked like a two year old.
"Oh, shit..." Inu Yasha said under his breath. "Uh, Kagome?" he asked. Did she still at least have Kagome's mind?
Kagome looked up at the mention of her name. She smiled when she saw his face and cooed. "Inu!" Inu Yasha sighed with relief that she remembered him, but his relief stopped when Kagome stood up and kept cooing.
"Inu! Inu! Inu!" She had her arms up and was opening and closing her hands as if she wanted something.
Inu Yasha moaned. This was too much for his doggy brain to understand. He needed help. Inu Yasha picked up Kagome and tried to put her on his back. It didn't quite work. She kept grabbing his ears and hair. Finally he decided, for his ears' sake, he would carry her in his arms.
After what seemed to be the longest run in the world, thanks too a little toddler, they reached Keade's village. Miroku and Sango were waiting for them at the village entrance.
"You said you two were going on an overnight trip to resolve your differences! You've been gone for two days! What happened?! And where is Kagome?!" Sango asked. Then she saw the bundle in Inu Yasha's arms.
"OMG! What happened!?" She asked quickly.
"I don't know. We ran into Narrakku and..." Inu Yasha indicated Kagome. "This happened."
"Let's bring her to Keade. She..." Sango started.
"No!" Inu Yasha said.
"Why not?!" Sango and Miroku said in unison.
"We're digging too deep for Keade to help. We need someone who knows Kagome." He said, looking down at Kagome. He had put her down, but she clung to his leg at the sight of so many new people at once.
"But why?" Miroku asked.
"Because... she lost all her memories of us along with her age..."
The realization was just starting to hit everyone that Kagome was a two year old again. She wouldn't be able to search for the jewel shards. The jewel shards!
Inu Yasha looked at the jar Kagome kept the jewel shards in to find they were gone.
"Where are the jewel shards?!" Sango asked. If Narrakku had them, it meant he would have the entire sacred jewel.
"Narrakku doesn't have them. He would have been gloating about it when we were there." Inu Yasha said.
"Then where can they be?" Miroku asked.
"They must be... before Kagome came here, they jewel was inside of her body... it must be inside of her again..." Inu Yasha said.
"Then there's all the more reason... Kagome needs to go to her time again. Besides, who would know her better than her mother?" Sango said.
"Yes. Inu Yasha, you take Kagome back to her time and explain everything to her mother. When you get back we'll work at finding a cure, if we can." Miroku added.
"Why?" Sango asked. Even Kagome caught the intensity in the air and was quiet. "If the jewel is back in Kagome, Narrakku can't get it. And without the jewel's power, he is easy prey."
Kagome started to whimper and clutched tighter to Inu Yasha's leg. He picked her up as he told the others, "I'll be back by tomorrow."
"That's what Kagome said last time..." Sango and Miroku said.
"Yeah, yeah. Just shut up and go fuck each other. Everyone knows you want to." Inu Yasha mumbled under his breath.
Inu Yasha was just out of view of the village when Kagome started fussing again and insisted on being put down. Once she was down, he noticed how badly her clothes were hanging off.
"Oh, come here." Inu Yasha said and sat down. He rolled up her sleeves (they were short-sleeved) and tied the back of her skirt so it wouldn't fall off. It took him a bit because she wouldn't stop fidgeting and trying to walk away.
When he was done he put his head in his hands and watched her examine his handy-work.
"That good enough? Or do I need to do it again?" He asked.
Kagome grinned when he said it and toddled back over to him. "Good Inu." She said, and patted him on the head. Then she went off again in the direction they had originally been heading.
Inu Yasha jumped up and went after her.
"And where are you headed?" he asked as he walked beside her.
Kagome pointed forward, also the direction of the well. Suddenly he felt something on his hand and looked down to see that Kagome had grabbed his hand.
"There! You going there?" She asked up at him.
"No. You're going in there. To go home, to your own time." He said.
Kagome ran up to the well and looked down it. She gasped and ran back over to him.
"I'm scared, doggy. It's dark. I don't like dark places..." she said from behind him.
"Don't worry. I'm coming down too. Let's go, Kagome." He went over to the well and put one foot on the edge.
"You'll protect me doggy?" She asked, eyeing the well.
Inu Yasha was starting to get sick of being called doggy, but he forgot his anger when he saw her face. No matter how much she had changed, she still had the same eyes that took his breath away.
"Just like I always have, Kagome." He replied.
Kagome's face lit up and she ran towards him, eyes clenched and arms out for a hug, when... WHAP! She had run into the side of the well. She now sat flat on her rump, tears gathering in her eyes.
"Pffffft!" Inu Yasha cracked up laughing. He started crying and fell onto the ground , unable to stop holding his gut and laughing.
"Waaaaah!" Kagome started crying. There was a lump about the size of a walnut just left of her forehead.
"Oh, come on. Stop crying, Kagome! You'll be fine. Here..." He wiped his eyes and put his other hand towards Kagome. "Squeeze my hand to show me how much it hurts."
She glanced at his hand and stopped crying. She took his hand in hers and squeezed as hard as she could.
"Oh, it hurts that much..." he said and perked an eyebrow. "What will make it feel better?"
"Kiss it, make it better?" she asked and leaned forward.
A huge sweat drop went down Inu Yasha's face and he said, "What else..."
She thought for a moment, then she tried to grab for his ears.
"Oh, that..." Inu Yasha said. He picked her up and let her get in range of his ears. He twitched, waiting for the pain when he suddenly felt a small sensation behind them. He opened his eyes to see that Kagome was scratching behind his ears.
When she stopped, he started to let out a whimper, but caught himself. Kagome giggled and asked, "Does this make doggy feel better?"
"Yeah, you could say that..." Inu Yasha said with half-massed eyes. 'No one has ever been able to figure out I like being scratched there!'
"Um... doggy?" Kagome suddenly said and waved a hand in front his face.
Inu Yasha snapped out of his daze. "Huh? Yeah. C'mon, Kagome."
Kagome grabbed his hand as he picked her up and jumped down the well.
(Hello peoples! Please tell me what you think! I've written lots o' stories, but right before I was gonna upload them my pc crashed! Dumb pc... so tell me what you think! I'll try to get some other stories uploaded too!) ==