Disclaimer: I do not own the original Inuyasha characters created by Rumiko Takahashi.
A/N: Alright I'll give you something to expect from this chapter. Kikyo is in it. I am sorry Kikyo haters, but she has an important part in this story. Oh and Inuyasha starts talking in this chapter or at least I think he does. Oh well, on with the story! Remember, his friends are going in the wrong direction.
Chapter 2: Healing
Inuyasha opened his eyes and looked at his surroundings more closely, since last time when he opened his eyes, they were blurry and he could only smell things. He was in a cave that was charred from a fire. The opening looked like a mouth opening up. He recognized the cave. This particular cave was the place where it all began. This was Onigumo's cave.
'Ow! My head still hurts from yesterday. Why did Naraku send me here, of all the places? Wait, unless he knows that my friends and family will start by searching for his castle? Oh no, they are not going to get here on time, just like Kagome said they would not. Wait what's that scent?!' Sure enough someone was approaching the cave. That's when Kikyo walked in, and took a double glance when she saw Inuyasha just laying there on his back staring at the ceiling looking like some loon.
"Inuyasha is that you?" Kikyo for once was confused. 'Why is Inuyasha here, and not with that girl Kagome? Wait? Why is he not answering me? Is something wrong with him? But that still does not explain why he is not with my reincarnation.' Inuyasha slowly moved his eyes towards where she was standing, but still did not say anything. 'What is Kikyo doing here? Do not tell me she is going to take advantage of me and send me to the netherworld with her?!' Kikyo had seen the look in his eyes and she relaxed.
"Do not worry Inuyasha. I am not here to bring you to the netherworld with me. I was actually surprised that you were here. Why are you not with my reincarnation?" Something then occurred to Kikyo. 'What if he can't talk?' She then saw the herb that she used to help the throat when someone lost their voice.
"Inuyasha, this is a herb I used to use when I was alive. It helps the throat when sore or when someone has lost their voice. Since you are not speaking, I assume that you have lost your voice somehow. So I am going to put this in you mouth, alright? I need you to relax." Inuyasha made his entire body relax. Kikyo then placed the herb in his mouth and somehow managed to get him to swallow it down. Kikyo looked at Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha do you have anything to say? Like why you are not with the girl?" Inuyasha looked at Kikyo and she helped him sit up. She dragged him so he was leaning against the cave wall. Inuyasha sighed before answering.
"Kikyo Naraku is alive again. He pushed me down a cliff into the miasma, like he did with you. But unlike you, I know how to kill Naraku. So I must live this time"
(With the other group)
"Alright Kagome, do you sense any shards?" Sango and the others looked at Kagome.
"No sorry. We have been searching for Inuyasha for a day now, and we still do not have any leads on where he is at. Plus with him being at Naraku's castle, no wonder we don't get there on time." Kagome put her head down so bangs covered her eyes. Just then Inutaisho was sniffing the air like crazy.
"Grandpa? Are you alright?" Sinnoch looked at him as though he had just announced that he was actually a woman in man disguise.
"I smell a wolf coming here and really fast! Alesandro! Stand in front of your mother." Alesandro stood in front of Kagome. That's when Koga appeared.
"Hey mutt! Move so I can talk to Kagome!" That's when Izayoi walked forward and Koga almost fell head over heals! Literally because Izayoi shoved him.
"Wolf, Kagome is already married to my son, Inuyasha." Koga gasped at Kagome, and then glared at Alesandro who he thought was Inuyasha.
"So mutt, I can see you want to fight to see who gets Kagome." Alesandro was looking at him weird, then Sinnoch cracked up laughing.
"Stupid Koga! That's not Inuyasha! That's Alesandro!" Sinnoch had barely managed to get that much out.
"Alesandro? Then where is Mutt face!" Inutaisho's eyes flashed red.
"WHAT DID YOU CALL HIM!? WHAT DID YOU CALL INUYASHA!?" Inutaisho was yelling and his eyes where threatening to transform into his true form.
"Mutt face." Inutaisho grabbed Koga by his armor.
"DON'T YOU EVER CALL MY SON THAT AGAIN! IF YOU KNOW WHAT IS GOOD FOR YOU, I WOULD BE RUNNING RIGHT ABOUT NOW!" Koga then ran off. I mean who wouldn't be. He had just mad the great dog demon, beyond mad at him. Kagome cracked up laughing.
"Inuyasha would have loved to see that happen!"
"Kagome is that one of the men who like you?"
"Yes. That's the one Kikyo said Inuyasha was holding me against my will with the "fiancé" thing. But Koga is already engaged to another female, name Ayame. This little encounter with Inutaisho may have just made him go to her. Ayame is a female wolf demon, and she's perfect for Koga. I have always been wishing for the day when Koga ran off with his tail between his legs." Izayoi then realized that a lot of men like Kagome, but Kagome only likes the one person, who just so happened to be missing right now and has a possibility that he is dead.
"Kagome we will find him, ok? We will find Inuyasha." Even though Izayoi said that with courage and all but she had a sinking feeling that Inuyasha was forever lost to them. Sahara walked up to them.
"All is not lost humans. Many decades ago a wise old man gave me a prophecy. At first I did not understand what he meant, but now I completely understand him. The prophecy was '50 years from present day, the brothers of the one who has fallen will unite together and destroy their foe together. The brothers of the fang.' We are going to find Inuyasha, cause he is the other brother of the fang. Onigumo, who is Naraku is the foe. So therefore, I believe the prophecy is a bit of extra hope to you humans." Sahara then walked off, happy that she gave the humans some hope for Inuyasha.
(with Inuyasha and Kikyo)
"So you're telling me, that it has to be you and Sesshomaru to destroy Naraku?" Kikyo couldn't believe it! After all this time, with them all hunting him down the only way to completely destroy this foe was for the two brothers to unite and destroy him. The one thing in the world that would seem impossible, could actually happen!
"That is exactly what I am telling you, Kikyo. Sesshomaru and I have to be the ones who kill Naraku, my…brother." Kikyo's eyes widened.
"Your brother?! You and Naraku are related? Since when!?" Kikyo exclaimed.
"Since birth. I am Onigumo's brother. Somehow my mother had a half-demon, a demon, and a human for triplets. I am that half-demon, Onigumo was the human, and my sister Rose is the demon. We all possessed something alike. We all were siblings and shared the same mother and father."
"Sorry that I over reacted. It was just so…so unexpected is all." Kikyo's eyes went back to their normal size. 'That demon I saw earlier. I wonder who he was? Now that I'm looking at Inuyasha more closely, I now see that he and that demon look exactly the same. I should ask Inuyasha, he most likely knows.'
"Alright Kikyo, something is bothering you. What is it?" Inuyasha looked at her intensely. Kikyo then sighed.
"Inuyasha a few days ago, before I brought back your mother I saw a demon that looked like you. When I followed your mother, I saw that same demon. He was in your group. You and him look alike I hope you know. I was just wondering, who is he?" Kikyo looked at Inuyasha with curiosity, knowing that he could hopefully answer her question.
"What did he look like? Because I hope you know there are right now two demons in my group who look like me. Well one is a half-demon, the other is a full demon."
"Well the one I saw had long silver hair pulled back into a ponytail. Well he looked like your brother Sesshomaru, but with no moon on his forehead and only one purple marking on each side of his face."
"Kikyo that was my father. His name is Inutaisho." Kikyo just nodded her head.
(with Kagome)
They had finally found Naraku's castle! 'Inuyasha! I hope your in there!' Kagome looked at Sango and she knew there was a lot on her mind at that moment. Miroku looked tense, so did Michael. Sinnoch and Alesandro looked ready to fight their Uncle, Gwendolyn was studying her Hiraikotsu. Rose was just standing by Izayoi, the demons were just getting ready for a possible battle. That is until Inutaisho decided to call Naraku out.
"Naraku! I call upon you! As a lord of your castle you must greet your visitors!" Sesshomaru slapped his left hand across his head (which Inutaisho had brought back as a greeting gift for Sesshomaru).
"Father that is not how you call out Naraku. He does not know your once ways, because I changed them." That's when they all heard someone calling to Kagome. Kagome looked at the person and almost yelled in delight. It was Nasuna!
"Nasuna! I'm so glad we have met again!" The last time Kagome had seen Nasuna was when she first saw Inuyasha as a mortal, and of course she almost lost Inuyasha that night because he had been poisoned. But thankfully Myoga was with them, and he sucked out the poison.
"Kagome where is Inuyasha? What is going on here? Your group is bigger from the last time I saw you guys. Hey Shippo!" Shippo smiled that she remembered his name. But the others just looked confused.
"Nasuna this is Sango, Miroku, Kirara, Sahara, Izayoi, Inutaisho, Sesshomaru, Belladonna, Rose, Alesandro, Sinnoch, Gwendolyn, Michael, Midnight, Isadora, and Kagura. Izayoi and Inutaisho are Inuyasha's parents. Sesshomaru, Rose, and Belladonna are Inuyasha siblings, but Sesshomaru and Belladonna are only half siblings. Sango and Miroku are part of our original group after we met you. Alesandro, Sinnoch, Gwendolyn and Michael are from the future. Sinnoch and Alesandro are Inuyasha's and my kids and the other two are Sango's and Miroku's. Kirara and Midnight are both siblings. About Inuyasha, he um, well we don't know really." Everyone just looked at Kagome, that is until they all heard familiar laughing. Well of course the ones who don't know Naraku didn't know it was him.
"So you guys have come searching for Inuyasha now have you? I am sorry to say this but Inuyasha is not here." Naraku then appeared. Of course that was his first mistake. Sinnoch walked forward, before anyone could stop her she slapped Naraku across the face. The slap was so loud, Koga looked up from his den in the mountains with Ayame. Her slap was so hard also, that it left claw marks.
"That was for my FATHER!" Sinnoch yelled at him. Isadora had to pull her away from Naraku before she did anything more rash. Naraku's eyes were wide.
(with Inuyasha)
"Inuyasha are you sure?" Kikyo asked him. Moments ago he had asked her to help him to get out of the cave and to Kaede's village.
"Yes Kikyo. I must continue shortly in order to help with defeating Naraku." Kikyo then helped him up and started walking towards her sister's village. Inuyasha's legs were like rubber when he tried to walk, they were just dragging behind him.
"Inuyasha, not trying to implicate that you're a cripple or anything but, look at you legs." Inuyasha looked at his legs and cursed.
"I seriously thought I was walking! I guess not. Oh well, come on, lets continue to Kaede's village. I should be able to walk by then. By the time they reached the village, Inuyasha's legs were not dragging behind him anymore. He was sort of walking, but not quite.
"So Inuyasha can you feel your legs?" Kikyo questioned. He was technically limping right now, not walking.
"If I couldn't Kikyo, then I wouldn't be limping now would I?" Inuyasha snapped. Inuyasha then released Kikyo's arm and started limping towards Kaede's hut. Right when he was about to enter, his legs gave out on him. Kikyo from her view tried not to laugh. 'He was trying so hard, and acting all tough. Now look where he is. On the ground' Kaede had obviously heard him hit the ground so she came out and saw Inuyasha on the ground outside her hut.
"Inuyasha? Kagome and the others said you were dead! Come in quickly!" Inuyasha sighed, after he groaned about the pain.
"Kaede I need a little help. My legs are numb." Kaede cracked up laughing at that statement. Inuyasha scowled at her. "IT ISN'T FUNNY!" He yelled.
"Actually Inuyasha if ye think about it, it is. Ye can go through a hole in the gut and still move and other such things. But your problem now has gotten through your brain. Your obviously paralyzed Inuyasha." She didn't hear a response because Inuyasha just put his face on the ground. She sighed and called one of the villagers. "Help him inside please." Inuyasha's head snapped up.
"NO! I will do it myself!" He growled at the hand that came near him. "I WILL bite your hand if it comes near me!" Inuyasha warned the man. The man backed away. Inuyasha then struggled to his feet. Once on his feet he gave a smile of triumph.
"Ok now Inuyasha come in the hut. Men you can return to your huts now." Kaede walked into her hut. Inuyasha's triumphant smile disappeared. But it returned when he jumped inside.
"HA! I can jump! Whoa!" Inuyasha then fell over. Kaede sighed.
"Inuyasha ye can not be all independent when ye are like this Inuyasha." Inuyasha glared at Kaede.
"Listen up you old hag! I have to get back to Kagome before the New moon! Which is in a few days! I have very important information to give them. Now can you help me with my legs or not? Or should I go back with Kikyo and see what she can do? Since it is thanks to her I can even talk AND that I got here in the first place." Kaede's eyes widened.
"My sister helped you? Instead of taking advantage and bringing you to hell with her?"
"Yeah so can you help me or what?" Inuyasha asked again, but this time he said it with more fear in it.
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Yes I know another cliff hanger. But hey! At least Inuyasha can sort of walk now, but not for a long period of time. Don't worry, his journey begins in Chapter 3! This chapter is called Healing because his healing begins in this chapter from the miasma. A hint of the next chapter, someone announces they are pregnant! Who could It be? Sango? Kagome? Sinnoch? Gwendolyn? Rose? Or possibly Belladonna? Ok Belladonna is the Lady of the East by the way. She is mated with the lord whose name is Sai and if you guys will tell me In review is I will have him make an appearance. Alright Review and I shall update! Oh and sorry if Kikyo or anyone seemed a little OOC in the chapter, but that's how its supposed to be with the intensity with Inuyasha's disappearance and all. Alright Review!
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