Original Author's Notes:
Shiori calls Kurama Shu-kun and calls Shuichi – Shuichi-kun.
Kurama calls Shuichi - Shu-kun.
Kagome calls Kurama Shu-kun when Shuichi is in the room or just plain Shuichi whenever they're alone or when Shuichi isn't in the room. When it is kind of in the POV of Kagome, I will refer to Kurama as Shuichi since Kagome doesn't know about his other half.
Kazuya calls his son Shu-kun and calls Kurama Shuichi but he calls both of them son at times.
Shuichi calls Kurama Shuichi-nii.
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Btw about the time space continuum thing:
I had put some thought into it and that was what the original chapter 3 was about. Kurama asking about the past and what was the exact time they were in. Of course it doesn't have to be linked to Youko's past life because technically they never said from what time a thousand years ago that he had been Youko and that he'd been hunted down. And of course there is the thing that back here there was no separation from demon word, spirit world, or the human world. All of it was together. I'm not going to tell you how I'm gonna play that out, you'll just have to read and find out.
This chapter will be a filler until I finish the original chapter which might not be any time this week, but keep on your toes about it.
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Notes will be repeated in each chapter to thwart confusion.
Chapter 2:
Shiori paced back and forth in the living room. She hadn't heard from her Shu-kun in hours and she was really getting worried. "Where did he go off to?" She asked. She was almost on the verge of tears. Whenever her Shu-kun would go out, he would tell her. He never stepped out of the house or disappeared for long periods of time without first telling her. She just knew something was amiss, a mother's intuition if you will.
"Shiori," Nodoka said with a frown. "I'm sure he just went out for a walk," She continued to watch her sister pace. "Please, sit and calm yourself.
Shiori shook her head. "My Shuichi would never go anywhere without informing me first!" She gasped suddenly. Pulling out her cell phone, she exclaimed: "I'll call him!" She pushed the number 1, for Kurama had been on her speed dial. She waited. A ringing suddenly pierced the still silence and everyone gazed at the cell phone on the table. Kazuya picked it up and sighed.
"This is Shuichi's phone." Kazuya said. Shiori gave a cry of anguish.
"My baby is missing!" She cried. She almost collapsed to the ground but Kazuya managed to catch her before she actually hit the ground. "My baby," She cried over and over again. Shuichi and Sota came running down the stairs at that point. They both wore grins but then frowned when they noticed Shiori crying into Kazuya's chest.
"What's going on?" Shuichi asked.
"Oh, Shuichi!" Shiori cried. "Shu-kun is missing!"
"Actually I saw him about an hour ago," Sota said. Everyone's gaze snapped to him.
"Where did he go?" Shiori asked.
"He jumped down the well with Kagome," Sota said with a grin. He tilted his head to the side when Shiori shouted:
"WHAT?" Why on earth would her Shu-Kun jump down a well? Why the hell would Kagome do so too? Was it some kind of new game the teenagers were playing?
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No! It couldn't!
"Well…More like fell in after Kagome." Shiori's eyes seemed to widened even more, if possible, at the last statement.
"MY BABY!" Shiori screamed and ran out of the house, towards the shrine in the back. The other adults, Sota, and Shuichi followed after her. She looked down in the well and started crying again. Kazuya looked anxious.
"Is he down there…dead?" Kazuya asked. The last of what he said was relesed from his lips with such hesitation, he almost didn't want to say it. He was surprised, to say the least, when Shiori suddenly turned to him and glared feriously.
"NO! He's not down there at all!" She screamed at him. "Where is my baby?" She turned on Nodoka who raised her hands in defense.
"He probably went back to Inuyasha's time with Kagome," Everyone froze. Shiori slowly looked at Sota, who had been the one to say it.
"What?"
"Oh…we have a lot of explaining to do…" Nodoka sighed as her son and father sweat-dropped. "Come inside, Shiori."
"WHAT!" Shiori screeched. "How is that even possible?" The Higurashis had just finished telling Shiori all about Kagome's endevors into the past and about the demons and her quest to save the past from an evil rotten demon named Naraku. They told her about Kagome being the reincarnation of a ancient priest who lived long ago.
"We don't know," Nadoko said.
"My baby is in a world full of demons!" Shiori began to weep again. "He's a good boy; he doesn't deserve such a fate," Kazuya looked a bit confused.
"This sounds all fairy-tale." Kazuya said. "How does she go through the well? Is it a hole or something?"
"We don't know how to explain," Nodoka said with a shake of her head.
"Wait, if she can go through because she's a reincarnation, what does that make Shuichi-nii?" Shuichi asked. That question seemed to pique everyone's interest, but before farther discussion could take place, the cell phone clutched tightly in Shiori hands began to ring.
"Hello?" Shiori answered.
"Mrs. Minamino?" Shiori's eyes widened at the familiar voice of one of her son's friends.
"Oh, Yusuke!" Shiori exclaimed. "Something terrible has happened to my Shu-kun!" Nodoka eyes widened. She reached out towards Shirori but Shirori moved away from her.
"Wait, Shiori!" Nadoko exclaimed. "You can't tell anyone-"
"What happened?" Yusuke asked urgently.
"He fell down a well and was sent to a place full of demons!" Shiori cried before Nadoko snatched the phone from her.
"No-no, Shiori is just a bit over-emotional because Shuichi…ran away," Nadoko said. She heard a dial tone and she blinked and stared at the phone. "How rude…" She turned to look at her sister, who began to sob into Kazuya's chest again. She looked to her father but the old man just shrugged.
"Guys!" Yusuke shouted as he barged into the temple. Genkai and Yukina were the only ones in there at the time. They seemed to have been in the middle of having tea.
"What?" Genki asked. Yukina stood up from her sitting position.
"What's wrong, Yusuke?"
"Kurama has been kidnap!" Yusuke yelled. "Where is Kuwabara and Hiei?"
"Kuwabara is here in the kitchen," Yukina said. "I'm not sure where Hiei went."
"I'm right here," Hiei grumbled. Everyone jumped and looked over at him. He was leaning against the giant statue on the side of them. "What do you mean m- the fox was kidnapped?"
"I called Kurama's phone and his mom picked up. She was crying and talking about he fell into a well and now he's somewhere where demons are at."
"How does she know about demons?" Kuwabara asked coming into the room. Yusuke looked at him.
"I don't know," He shrugged.
"Maybe the fox told her?" Hiei suggested. Yusuke shrugged.
"We have to find him though! He might be in danger,"
"The fool is right," Hiei nodded as Kuwabara glared at him. "We should go to Koenma to see if he knows anything about this."
"Right," The two agreed.