Chapter 3
Inuyasha and Aiko made their way back to village with Inuyasha giving her a piggy back ride.
"You haven't done this in ages dad" Aiko smiled over his shoulder.
"Yeah cus your big enough to walk for yourself but I'll make an exception for today" he smiled.
"Ooh dad. Exception is a big word for you" she laughed.
"Feh. I'm quiet smart, I'll have you know" he smirked.
"Sure" she joked and patted his head.
They reached the end of the village and Inuyasha walked down the hill to their hut. Kagome was sitting waiting inside and smiled when she saw the two smiling together.
"How about we go over to Sango and Miroku's for a while" Kagome suggested "Haru was over early to see if you wanted to meet up".
"Really?. Ok" Aiko shrugged and followed her parents outside.
"Does your arm hurt as much now?" Kagome asked as she grabbed hold of Inuyasha's hand.
"Its still sore but it will be healed soon" she smiled.
"That's good" Kagome smiled back.
They made it to the other end of the village and saw Miroku and Sango outside with their 3 kids.
"Hey, Miroku, Sango" Inuyasha shouted over and the they looked over at him smiling.
"Inuyasha, Kagome, Aiko. Nice to see you" Sango said and hugged them each. Miroku smiled welcomingly at them.
"Aiko!" Haru called over waving at her. She smiled back and headed over to him and his twin sisters Ami and Yuka.
"Hey. How's the terrible twosome?" Aiko smiled as they twins came running over to her.
"We're good" they smiled in unison and ran back over to Kirara. Haru walked over to her and smiled but then looked at her bandaged arm.
"What happened to you?" he asked worriedly.
"This?" Aiko said flustered as she put her hand on her bandaged arm and blushed slightly "just a demon attack".
"How on earth did that happen?. When were you away?" he asked confused.
"I wasn't away. It happened this morning. When I went training by myself" she said getting quieter.
Haru just about made out what she said and looked at her sympathetically.
"So your not the only one in the dog house" he sighed.
"Why what did you do?" she asked.
"The exact same but I didn't get attacked by a demon just lost a lot of energy and collapsed" he said embarrassed.
"I see" she said and sat down on the bench beside him. She looked at her arm and smiled as she remembered the heart to heart conversation with her dad. The twins ran over excitedly as the old tired Kirara walked over to the adults and curled up on Sango's lap.
"Can we play hide and seek?" Ami asked with Yuka staring up at them.
"Sure" Haru shrugged and stood up. Aiko got up too and looked down at the smiling twins. They too like Haru were never judgemental about her and she always felt happy with her extended family.
"Your it Haru!" Yuka cheered excitedly. Aiko folded her arms and giggled.
"Ok. Right I'm counting…NOW!" he said. They 3 girls took of in all different directions. Yuka ran to the village, Ami ran inside the hut while Aiko ran to the forest.
"5, 4, 3, 2, ,1 Ready or not here I come" he shouted and looked around him. He heard a crash inside the hut and smiled smugly and went in. He found Yuka hiding under the medicine cupboard and pulled her out.
"Right, one down two more to go" he said and ran out of the hut "Yuka you wait with mom and dad". Yuka nodded and went over to adults.
Haru walked around the village and saw a bush shaking funnily. He walked over to it but was careful in case it was a demon. He looked into expecting to see a demon but it was Ami.
"Well she can be a demon at times. Close enough" he thought to himself. "Ami you go wait with the parents and Yuka, while I find Aiko" he instructed.
"Haru I saw her run into the forest up there" she said and pointed in the direction of the large forest.
"Ok thanks Ami" he smiled and ran to the forest. Once he reached its mouth he slowed to a walk and looked around trying to pick up any demonic aura. He kept walking, looking around him intensively but he didn't see anything. He was starting to get worried but then he caught a small bit of demonic aura and followed it. It was getting stronger so he started to run. He ran until he reached the end of the forest and squinted from the bright sunlight. Then he saw Aiko standing at the edge of a huge waterfall on a large rock. Her hair was blowing in the wind and to him she looked beautiful. For years now he had been battling his feelings for but he thought she only saw him as a friend. He sighed sadly at that thought and slowly walked up to her. Her ears twitched when she heard footsteps behind her but she didn't turn around.
"I guess you found me" she said softly still looking around her.
"Yeah. Its nice here" he said and stood beside the rock she was standing on.
"Yeah, it is but there is something about this place that seems familiar" she said without looking at him.
"What is it?"
"I have no idea" she laughed and turned around quickly but the rock was slippery and she fell of it and of the cliff. She grabbed a branch that was jutting out of the cliff and screamed.
"AIKO!" Haru called and ran to the edge of the cliff. He looked down and saw her clinging onto the branch. Her face was pale and she looked up at Haru with complete fear in her eyes.
"Aiko grab my hand" Haru cried as he leaned over the edge stretching out his hand.
"Haru I can't.. I can't reach" Aiko cried.
"Come Aiko you can do this I know you can. I promise I won't let you fall" he cried urging her on.
"Haru my hand is slipping. I'm going to fall" she cried looking down.
"Aiko I won't let you fall. I promised you I wouldn't let that happen" he said and stretched down further.
"Haru I can't…..Haru!!" she screamed as she fell.
"AIKO!!" he cried looking down at the river below him searching frantically. The he saw her pop up in the water but she was unconscious and was being carried away by the strong current. He knew if he ran back for help she would be gone. He gathered up all the strength and courage he could get and dived into the river below. He swam to the surface and took a deep breath and looked around him.
"Aiko" he called. then he saw her being carried down stream and swam after her. He pushed himself of rocks and soon caught up with her. He wrapped his arm around her waist and held onto a rock with his other arm. He pulled them onto the rock and grabbed other rocks until they were at the shore. Her put her down on the bank and shook her slightly.
"Come on Aiko" he said as water dripped of him. He got no response and looked around him. He had no idea where they were or how far they were from help. Suddenly Aiko started to cough up water and Haru turned her on her side. She opened her eyes and looked up at Haru's wet pale face. She weakly sat up and looked at Haru.
"I'm sorry" he said sadly.
Aiko looked at him confused as she rubbed her sore head from where it hit a rock.
"I promised I wouldn't let you fall".
"Its ok"
"No it not ok. You could have died Aiko"
She didn't look at him but looked at her handed after rubbing her head and realised she was bleeding.
Haru ripped of a bit of his wet robe and put it ho her head. Aiko smiled gratefully at him and looked around her.
"Where are we?" she asked.
"I don't know. We should go under a tree for a while until your stronger" he said and helped her stand up. He lead her to a large tree and sat down beside her.
Aiko looked at her bandaged arm and realised her wound had reopened and was bleeding again. She tore of a bit of her kimono and wrapped it around it. Haru sat down beside her and pulled of his outer robe and put it in the sun to dry. Aiko did the same as she was soaked through and leaned against the tree's trunk. She looked around and she couldn't even see the cliff she fell down.
"Haru how are we going to get home?" she asked looking into his big violet eyes.
"I don't know hopefully someone will find us" he said and noticed she was shaking from the cold. "I'll get some wood to start a fire. Your frozen" he said and walked over to a couple of old branches by a nearby tree. He put them in a pile near them and banged two stones together until a fire was started. He sat back down beside her but she was still shaking so he wrapped his arms around her and pulled her into a hug to keep her warm. Aiko blushed slightly but rested her head on his torso. Haru smiled sadly and rubbed her arm to keep her warm.
"Please someone find us soon"
Ami ran up to Yuka who was sitting with Sango and Miroku and smiled.
"Haru found you too" Yuka smiled and patted the seat beside her for Ami to sit down.
"So is Aiko ok now?" Sango asked Inuyasha and Kagome. They had told them about the attack earlier that morning.
"Yeah she's fine now. Where is she anyway?" Inuyasha asked looking around.
"Hiding from Haru" Ami said.
"Oh well she won't be back for ages then. She always finds the best places to hide from him" Kagome laughed.
"Typical" Inuyasha sighed.
"We should head home. Will you tell Aiko when she gets back that we have gone to my era cus it's the night of the new moon" Kagome said.
"Sure. Oh I forgot that she changes to her human form too" Miroku said.
"Yeah that's why we go to my era. Its safer" Kagome explained.
"Well if she's not back before sunset, she can stay the night here. The girls would love it and she would be safe. Give you two a break" Sango smiled.
"That's not a bad idea" Kagome said and looked up at Inuyasha.
"Keh"
"Ok thanks a million Sango" Kagome smiled and hugged her friends.
"Cya tomorrow" Sango smiled as her friends headed for the bone eaters well.
Kagome grabbed Inuyasha's hand and gave him a tender kiss on the lips once they reached the well.
"What was that for?" he asked softly and wrapped his arms around her waist.
"Do I need an excuse to kiss my husband?. Thank you for talking to Aiko earlier" she smiled up at him.
"Feh. I needed to talk to her".
"I know but still you went and talked and that's what matters. I'm glad we can have so peace now at home together" she smiled.
"Me too" he said and kissed her more passionatly than before. When they broke apart Inuyasha picked her up bridal style and jumped down the well with a silly grin on his face.
Naricoatsu looked down at his injured mother with disgust. She didn't even put up a fight and he thought she was useless now. He looked over at Kanna and smiled evilly.
"Kanna show me where Inuyasha is now" he instructed and looked into her mirror.
"I cannot. He is not in this time" she said emotionlessly.
"Well then show me where is pathetic daughter is" he snapped.
Kanna's mirror glowed and it showed Aiko lying under a tree with Haru.
"So the daddy's girl is lost and injured. That gives me and idea" he sniggered. He walked over to a large musty box that contained bottles of potions and he picked up a small dark green one.
"Before I kill Inuyasha, let's torture him a bit first. Why don't we block out their scents so that pesky dog cant sniff them out. Then he won't be able to find his precious daughter ever" he laughed and let a single drop of the potion fall onto the mirror.
"Now Inuyasha it begins".
Ok a lot of you thought the whole Naricoatsu thing is a bit weird but I only made him up cus I needed a character who wants revenge for Naraku's death cus who would want to avenge his death really lol so I made up a son for him. the-real-inu-girl made a good point that Kagome is hardly in the story that's cus I wanted to show the relationship between Aiko and Inuyasha first cus it keeps the story going if you know what I mean but don't worry ill bring Kagome into it more. Please keep reviewing. Your reviews keep me motivated