Chapter 1
"Bye, Mom! Bye, Dad!" called Ayane. She waved goodbye to her parents and ran down the steps, away from the shrine. Ayane Higurashi, daughter of Kagome and Inuyasha. She was tall for her age, and had a decent amount of both her mother's and her father's looks. From her mother, she inherited black hair and warm, kind brown eyes. From her father, she received claws and superhuman strength and abilities, as well as her father's white dog ears. However, where her father's ears were white, her's were a mix of white and black; a little mix of both her mother and father's colors.
"Have a good day!" called her father, Inuyasha. He had his arm around Kagome, but not just as a loving embrace. Kagome had been feeling sick lately, but she didn't want to miss seeing her daughter on her first day of middle school. She waved goodbye.
"Goodbye honey. Don't cause you're teachers too much trouble!" she called. Just as she finished, she began to sneeze uncontrollably. Inuyasha turned in concern, and after a reassuring nod to Ayane, he guided Kagome back inside. Ayane was excited. It was her first day in a new school, and she was looking forward to the new materal and new people that she would meet. Along the way, she met up with one of her friends. They were headed the same way, and were both just as excited as the other. Once they reached school, the found that they had different homerooms, and went their seperate ways.
Meanwhile, back at home, Kagome was sitting at the kitchen table drinking some tea. Inuyasha was sitting across from her.
"Are you sure that you're alright, Kagome? I think that you should be in bed," he said.
"No, I'm fine. I feel better already." But just then her body betrayed her and she began to cough and sneeze again.
"That's it, you're going to bed!" Inuyasha jumped up and took Kagome by the arm.
"No! I'm fine!" Kagome tried to insisted, but she could barely get those three words out amidst all the coughing. Inuyasha picked her up and carried her to her room. Once she was tucked safely in bed, Inuyasha decided the make a trip.
"Now you stay in bed and sleep. I'm going to head by the past and see old Kaede. I'll be back," he told her. He opened the window, and prepared himself to jump out of the window, like he normally did.
"Inuyasha! Don't bother lady Kaede, she's so old now. I'll be fine in a little while, I just need rest."
"Feh. She's fine. It's not going to kill her if I just talk to her." He went to jump out the window again.
"Inuyasha!"
"What now!"
"Can you at least use the door and not the window?" Inuyasha glared at her and lept out of the window towards where the well was located. "Fine, be that way." Kagome groaned and rolled over, pulling the blankets over her head. Inuyasha, meanwhile, had lept down the well. He popped up out of the other side and speed towards Kaede's hut. When he got there, he found the old woman sorting and storing various herbs.
"Ah! So ye have finally returned to see me. How are ye and Kagome and Ayane?"
"Fine, old woman, but that's not why I'm here. Kagome is sick, mostly just coughing and sneezing. Got any herbs that will cure it?"
"Aye." Kaede did a quick inventory of the herbs in front of her, and from them, she handed a few leaves to Inuyasha.
"Use these to make with some tea, and Kagome should be feeling better in no time."
"Thanks old woman." Inuyasha secured the leaves inside his gi, and set off back towards the well. On the way there, he stopped by his tree. He remembered back to all the times he had sat in the tree, all those times when they had been searching tiredlessly for the shards of the Shikon No Tama. Just for old times sake, he lept up into the tree. Just as he was reclining against the trunk, he felt a sharp pain in his back. Turning around, ready to be angry at whatever poked him, he almost choked on that anger. There, sticking out of the tree, was a shard of the shikon jewel.
"Bye, Mom! Bye, Dad!" called Ayane. She waved goodbye to her parents and ran down the steps, away from the shrine. Ayane Higurashi, daughter of Kagome and Inuyasha. She was tall for her age, and had a decent amount of both her mother's and her father's looks. From her mother, she inherited black hair and warm, kind brown eyes. From her father, she received claws and superhuman strength and abilities, as well as her father's white dog ears. However, where her father's ears were white, her's were a mix of white and black; a little mix of both her mother and father's colors.
"Have a good day!" called her father, Inuyasha. He had his arm around Kagome, but not just as a loving embrace. Kagome had been feeling sick lately, but she didn't want to miss seeing her daughter on her first day of middle school. She waved goodbye.
"Goodbye honey. Don't cause you're teachers too much trouble!" she called. Just as she finished, she began to sneeze uncontrollably. Inuyasha turned in concern, and after a reassuring nod to Ayane, he guided Kagome back inside. Ayane was excited. It was her first day in a new school, and she was looking forward to the new materal and new people that she would meet. Along the way, she met up with one of her friends. They were headed the same way, and were both just as excited as the other. Once they reached school, the found that they had different homerooms, and went their seperate ways.
Meanwhile, back at home, Kagome was sitting at the kitchen table drinking some tea. Inuyasha was sitting across from her.
"Are you sure that you're alright, Kagome? I think that you should be in bed," he said.
"No, I'm fine. I feel better already." But just then her body betrayed her and she began to cough and sneeze again.
"That's it, you're going to bed!" Inuyasha jumped up and took Kagome by the arm.
"No! I'm fine!" Kagome tried to insisted, but she could barely get those three words out amidst all the coughing. Inuyasha picked her up and carried her to her room. Once she was tucked safely in bed, Inuyasha decided the make a trip.
"Now you stay in bed and sleep. I'm going to head by the past and see old Kaede. I'll be back," he told her. He opened the window, and prepared himself to jump out of the window, like he normally did.
"Inuyasha! Don't bother lady Kaede, she's so old now. I'll be fine in a little while, I just need rest."
"Feh. She's fine. It's not going to kill her if I just talk to her." He went to jump out the window again.
"Inuyasha!"
"What now!"
"Can you at least use the door and not the window?" Inuyasha glared at her and lept out of the window towards where the well was located. "Fine, be that way." Kagome groaned and rolled over, pulling the blankets over her head. Inuyasha, meanwhile, had lept down the well. He popped up out of the other side and speed towards Kaede's hut. When he got there, he found the old woman sorting and storing various herbs.
"Ah! So ye have finally returned to see me. How are ye and Kagome and Ayane?"
"Fine, old woman, but that's not why I'm here. Kagome is sick, mostly just coughing and sneezing. Got any herbs that will cure it?"
"Aye." Kaede did a quick inventory of the herbs in front of her, and from them, she handed a few leaves to Inuyasha.
"Use these to make with some tea, and Kagome should be feeling better in no time."
"Thanks old woman." Inuyasha secured the leaves inside his gi, and set off back towards the well. On the way there, he stopped by his tree. He remembered back to all the times he had sat in the tree, all those times when they had been searching tiredlessly for the shards of the Shikon No Tama. Just for old times sake, he lept up into the tree. Just as he was reclining against the trunk, he felt a sharp pain in his back. Turning around, ready to be angry at whatever poked him, he almost choked on that anger. There, sticking out of the tree, was a shard of the shikon jewel.