Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha or anything of the sort.
AN: I'm having a Gundam Wing block, and my muse has moved over to my inuyasha idea XD;;; More at the end…
Kindness reborn
Chapter one
"It's only for a little bit, Inuyasha, I need a break." She sat at the corner of the hut. The half demon had his head in his arms, looking like a boy who'd been reprimanded. There was a small furrow in his brow.
"Fine… since we don't really need you much now anyhow." Kagome half smiled at that. She didn't know why, but Inuyasha had been really quiet lately. She missed the old him…
"Come back quickly now, okay Kagome?" Shippo smiled up at her, and she grinned back.
"Alright Shippo!" She picked him up along with her bag, smiling as she went. "How about you see me to the well?"
"Wouldn't miss it!"
Inuyasha's eyes trailed over to the smiling duo and stood up. The sun shone into his eyes as they stepped into the sunlight. "I guess I'll escort you… in case, you know… some demons decided to attack…"
Kagome smiled over her shoulder… it felt good to have Inuyasha responding as his old self.
The morning shone bright… too bright. Jin sat up and closed her blinds. The alarm clock went off…
"Damnit." She hit it, hard. "another day of work…" She was naked, as she couldn't afford much more than she needed to get her by. Every since her mother ran off. Her father had died a long time ago.
She skipped breakfast, as usual, and headed out the door. As soon as she turned, Jin came face to face with a couple of cops.
"Are you Jin Yazaki?" the taller of the two asked. She sighed, and turned again to go back in.
"I'll get my stuff… Man you guys are slow."
It was a twenty minute drive to the police station, and then another thirty before they spoke to her again.
"You're going back to your previous placement… the Higurashi household." Her eyes lit up, her heart beat a little faster, and a smile tugged at her lips, but a thought put her back where she was.
"You ain't just pulling my leg?" she eyed the officer cautiously, hope spreading through her, so much she was afraid he would change his mind. The officer simply gave her a 'who-do-you-think-I-am?' look and walked away.
"I wonder what they'll think of me…" she looked at herself, a pack that contained all of her belongings and money, in rags a civilized person would hardly ever think to wear. "I haven't seen them for so long…"
A stroke of fate…
"I'm back!" Kagome stretched heartily at her door. She entered what appeared to be an empty house.
"Have they gone shopping?" She poked her head in the kitchen, "hello?" in the living room, "is anyone home?" and even in the storage room, "Mom? Grandpa? Souta?"
"We're upstairs Kagome!" She followed her mother's voice, heading into the guestroom, which was being dusted and cleaned.
"Oh? Are we having visitors? Who's coming?" Kagome squatted by her mother, who was trying to reach under the bed.
Her mother smiled at her. "It's a surprise." The door bell rang. "Oh, that must be her, Kagome, could you get the door? I'll be down shortly."
"Oh I got it!" Sota jumped past her, obviously excited. Kagome stood there a moment before realizing she might like the visitor too…
"Oh no you don't! Sota! Wait for me!" Brother and sister raced down the stairs but Sota eventually beat her to the door. He opened it with Kagome waiting, but as soon as he saw who was behind it, he suddenly became shy and quiet.
Kagome looked up at the young woman standing at the door, with a police officer on at her side. She held a small, battered backpack, and her clothes were torn at the knee and edges. The face was oddly familiar…
"K- Kagome?" The voice was definitely different, but the dumbstruck face resembled someone she hardly knew…
"Jin!" She ran to hug the young woman, nearly knocking her over in the process. "I haven't seen you in so long, you're so thin! Have you been eating properly? Come inside, it's cooler in here."
Within minutes, they were all seated on the couch, including Mrs. Higurashi and Grandpa. Kagome was gripping her foster sister, smiling as they caught up on the last ten years. Sota sat beside Kagome, looking nervous.
The officer stood up, looking much more pleasant than earlier, Jin noted. He cleared his throat, attracting Kagome and Sota's attention to him.
"Jin is going to be moving in with you again, as her mother is… nowhere to be found." Kagome pulled away slightly, looking at the older girls as if asking her silently if it was true.
"She disappeared almost three months ago, leaving her daughter to herself." Mrs. Higurashi mumbled something that sounded oddly like a curse under her breath. Well, it wasn't pleasant, that was for sure.
"I hope this doesn't affect your lifestyle in anyway." It suddenly dawned on her. Was she going to tell Jin about the feudal era as well? It seemed like the right thing to do, although it would be terribly awkward…
"Oh no, not at all." Her mother said before she could even open her mouth, although she has nothing to say. "We'll be very happy to take her in again."
"Very good… I suppose I'll leave you to it then." The officer bowed a little to the family and Kagome's mother walked him to the door. Grandpa stood up and smiled at Jin.
"We've prepared the guestroom for you. If you want to take your things up there and get comfortable. It's the second room to the right."
Jin stood up and bowed politely to her foster Grandfather. "Thank you sir. I'll be alright by myself."
Kagome's grandpa chuckled. "Please, call me grandpa. Kagome's demon friend already is…"
"What?" Jin looked over at Kagome, who was looking quite exasperated at her elder. She caught her foster sister's eye, and immediately came up with an excuse.
"Oh no, he means my friend… Grandpa doesn't take to kindly of him and… you know how he is. Obsessed with demons and spirits…" That didn't sound to bad. Jin smiled at her, a little skeptical but shrugged it off. She excused herself again and went off to drop her stuff off.
"Kagome." He said in such a stern voice that it made her jump. "You're going to have to tell her, and soon. If I know Inuyasha, he won't let you stay for long."
"I know Grandpa, I'm trying to figure out how to tell her… but it's just too awkward right now. I have three days… we'll figure it out by then, I'm sure."
"I hope you're right."
Three days passed quickly. Kagome had been dreading this. She hadn't told Jin about Inuyasha and the feudal era yet… Night had come and she was having her usual nightly chat with her foster sister in her room. Kagome suddenly sensed a demon outside… actually, more of a half demon. She was going to be in so much trouble.
"Umm… I'd hate to ask this but do you mind getting me a glass of water? I'm trying to finish off this page of math…."
"Of course, I'll be a minute." Jin stood up and walked out of the room. The second the door closed, she opened her window for Inuyasha to come in.
"Who was that?"
"My sister, Jin."
"You have a sister?" Inuyasha certainly didn't waste anytime. "But to more important things, you're late."
"Inuyasha I can't go right now, she doesn't know about you. She'll freak out if she comes back and finds out I'm gone. What is my family supposed to do?"
"You should of thought of that earlier. Come on, there's a demon on the other side."
"Wait-"
Before she could say anything else, Inuyasha scooped her up and jumped out the window.
Jin was staring out the kitchen window as her foster mother poured the drinks.
"I really could've gotten it."
"No, no it's fine."
She didn't argue. If Jin remembered anything from her stay here before, it was that this woman was stubborn. There was a clatter upstairs, and Kagome's voice just barely made it through the floor.
"What was that?"
"Oh no…" Jin looked at the woman, who was staring at the ceiling in disdain. "I told her we shouldn't' have left it so long…
"What? What is going on Mrs. Higurashi?" A red streak passed by the window. Jin turned, alarmed. "Was that Kagome… being carried off?"
Before anyone could answer, Jin was out the door, chasing after the red streak with his struggling bundle. She never heard when Mrs. Higurashi screamed at her to stop. She could only se her the girl that had been so kind to her, struggling in a kidnapper's arms.
"Why are you struggling so much?" Inuyasha hissed at his 'bundle' as he ran.
"You know why! Why are you being so stubborn?" Kagome managed to get herself free, making Inuyasha stop to grab her wrist. Then, the half-demon's nose caught scent of another human, coming towards them, fast.
"Come on." He tugged at her and made her follow him. Kagome saw Jin and reached out, her words, which were warning her sister to stop, was snatched away as Inuyasha pulled her.
"We'll return and grab your stuff after the battle." They ran down the steps of the well and Inuyasha placed as squirming Kagome on the edges.
"Stop!" A woman shouted as she stood at the top of the stairs. "What the hell do you think you're doing?" Inuyasha turned, momentarily forgetting Kagome's unstable position and letting go. There was a yelp as she fell.
"Kagome!" Jin ran down the steps, just as Inuyasha realized what he had done.
"My bad!" He yelled as the two of them, Jin and himself, both jumped down at the same time.
To Jin, everything was a rescue mission, and she started worrying… what if Kagome bumped her head? What was the damage? But suddenly, a glowing aura of some sort formed around Kagome, spreading across her body until she was swallowing in it.
Her heart nearly jumped out of her chest, her eyes widened. Where had Kagome gone?
Inuyasha was thinking of this strange girl's reaction when the well let him through but not her. Her panic, her furious digging before Kagome's family finally came out to calm her. It was too amusing to be ignored.
The glow began to form, and Jin realized she wasn't going to get through by herself. It was letting this strange boy through though…. Maybe… if she just…
Her hand reached out and grabbed onto the boys shirt, pulling herself closer. The purple aura crawled from him to her. It was working.
Then there was pain, white hot pain. Bursting from every limb, every square inch from her body. For a moment she though her spirit was being sucked right out of her, but it stopped, the spirit thing, that is. But it still felt as if every particle in her body was trying to run away, try to break apart. Her nerves were flaming…
And then there was darkness.
And there we go, the first chapter of Kindness Reborn. This is an idea that's been lolling around my head since… umm… May? I don't remember. But anyways, you've met Jin, The foster sister of Kagome and Sota. Her father is dead and her mom… isn't capable of taking care of a child.
You also know that she has been part of the Higurashi household before, ten years ago (this takes place when Kagome's 16…) and that there is something going on with Inuyasha. Also, there's a problem with Jin's crossing over. Oooh what a great place to end a chapter… isn't it? Ha ha I'm just playing…
And yest, my muse is concentrating on my original and my Inuyasha fic instead of my Gundam Wing one right now, so for anyone who's following that, sorry TT;;; I'll try to get back to that as soon as possible.
I hope you've enjoyed the first chapter! See you next time!
