Chapter 4
When I stepped out of the club my text notification sounded"all magic comes with a price!" I pulled my phone out thumbed my text messenger app and read it ^Dez, Izayoi and the pups were getting stressed, took them to bookstore. Taisho^ I looked up from my phone and saw the group looking at me.
"I need to go to the bookstore I stay at. You guys are more than welcome to come along if you want." I said as I texted Taisho back telling him I was back and coming over to make sure that they were ok.
Dageus and Kasteo went back to the offices, as me and the others went to BBB. When we got to the store, the Sun was just barely cresting over the horizon. Going on no sleep for now 72 hours, I couldn't remember where the spare key was." Oh... Just fuck this!" I yelled as I shredded the locks with my claws that were covered in metal. "I'll fix it later!" I huffed
I turned around to face everyone as I opened the door, they we're looking at me like I had rounded the bend."what?" I asked
"N-nothing." they said at once
"Well here we are. You guys want any coffee ,food, tea?" I asked trying to be a good hostess.
"Some tea and food would be nice." sango said
"Ok coming right up. You guys just make yourselves at home." I said as I walked into the back of the store where the kitchen was.
A little while later, I walked back into the store front pushing a tea cart. On the top shelf of the cart were two carafes and a platter of sandwiches, the bottom shelf had plates cups and ramen. "Ok the silver carafe is hot water for tea,ramen and coca. The black one is small white one is milk, the small Brown one is half and half, and I have some sugar packets for tea or coffee. And we have some peanut butter and jelly sandwiches." I said as I pulled out two plates, and cups making rin and shippo some coca, I gave them a sandwich each.
"Well dig in I'm not serving you." I said as everyone got their food and drinks.
When everyone was eating, I grabbed a cup of coffee in my favorite nightmare before Christmas mug, and some shrimp ramen. As I was taking a bite of my ramen, I heard a soft set of foot steps approach the main room."Dez is that you?" a soft spoken female voice asked
"Yeah Iz, it's me, and I have one friends with me." I said
"That sounds lovely, may I join you?" th a voice asked
Not thinking due to lack of sleep. Forgetting that the woman who was speaking to me has been dead for the last 500 years give or take a decade or two. I said"sure, want me to make you a cup of coca?"
"That would be wonderful, thank you Dez." the voice said
She was just walking through the doors that led to the back Of the store, when I finished her coca. I put the cup down and walked over to the woman. She was beautiful with pale skin and long straight black hair, her soft doe Brown eyes were lit up with hope and love. She was wearing a huntergreen night kimono, that accented the baby bump she had, she had a moonbeam silver over coat on. I put my hand on the small of her back as I walked her over to one of the couches, she stopped all of a sudden.
Her right hand grabbed my left in a death grip, her eyes grew wide in surprise. Her breaths came in short gasps, I could smell her fear at what she was seeing, it smelt like licorice.
I looked at her trying to figure out what had her so afraid, when I saw her looking at the half demon in front of her, who was wearing the same look of shock on his face.
"I-in-inu Yasha?" she said in a choked sob, her eyes rolled in the back of her head as she went limp in my arms.
"Mother!" Inuyasha yelled as he ran towards her.
With the help of Inuyasha we managed to get her on the couch. I brushed the pads of my fingers against her neck, checking for her pulse. Once I was assured that her pulse was normal, I put my left ear against her stomach and waited to hear the pups*thank the God's for deman hearing* I thought as I heard the three pups heartbeats. I let out a sigh as I pressed the pads of my fingers against her stomach, making sure she hadn't gone into labor due to shock.
With a nod of my head I said" she and the pups are Ok, thank the God's."
"Pups w-what do you mean pups?" Inuyasha said sounding slightly hysterical.
"You know pups, tiny dog demons cute have tiny ears, you know pups." I told him as if he was a child
"This sesshomaru, would like to know how this human is alive as well as how she got pupped?" he asked
Not being able to risist the opportunity to be a smartass, I went over to sesshomaru and put on of my hands on his shoulder and said in a serious tone" well you see sesshomaru... When a man likes a woman and vise versa..."
I didn't get to finish my sentence, because a male voice from out in the back room said"Dez, you know what he ment, don't get him going."
"Aww ... You never let me have fun!" I pouted while sticking my tounge out.
That was when Inu no taisho walked through the door, He looked around the room seeing if anyone was a threat to his mate or pack, when he noticed three pairs of eyes looking like they just saw a ghost. Inuyasha and sesshomaru got into a defensive stance hands on their swords, trying to gauge the man in front of them. Inu no taisho walked slowly towards the two defensive males, Palms facing out in an I'm unarmed gesture."sesshomaru, Inuyasha it is good to see the both of you again." he said
Both sesshomaru and Inuyasha had a this can't be real look on their face."hey if it walks like a duck and talks like a duck, guess what its a duck." I said
"What do ducks have to do with my father being alive." sesshomaru said
"It means that if he is standing in front of you and you can touch him, and hear him then it has to be him." I explained
"But How is it possible?" Kegome asked
"Well let's wait for Izayoi to wake up and we'll explain." I said as I walked over to the checkout counter and wrote a store will be closed today note, and then I taped it to the door
While we waited shippo and r in fell asleep, inu no taisho covered them up with a throw that was on the back of the couch. After he had covered them Izayoi woke up, she looked at taisho and said"oh .. My love I just had the most wonderful dream, I saw Inuyasha."
"Mother... I'm really here." Inuyasha said as he knelt beside her and took one if her hands in his clawed one. She threw herself at him, wrapping him in a tight hug. She started crying on his shoulders, grabbing his face not believing he was there.
"How is it that they are alive again, is it some sort of witch's spell?" Miroku asked
" to quote rumplestiltskin, magic can do much but no that. Get comfortable and I'll explain." I said
Once everyone was settled I began, " It all started about two years ago. I have studied Wicca for years and had gotten to a point where to continue with my learning I had to be tested in the astral realm, or the dreaming depending on who you are. Anyways, this test is called going sky clad " I paused to take a sip of coffee before continuing "for a witch to enter into the dreaming, they must enter a sleep like state. Now I figured that the best place to do the test would be on protected ground, during a full moon. So I went to castle kelter in Scotland where I would be surrounded by friends in case something went wrong. And boy did something go wrong, but I'm getting ahead if myself." I paused again for another sip of coffee"so I got comfortable and put myself into a meditative state. My astral form rose from my body, now after I rose from my physical body a door should've appeared allowing me to go into the dreaming. But there was no door and then someone grabbed me from behind, the person was cutting off my airway, even though I'm similar to a spirit the rules of the living, apply. The last thing I remember was everything going dark." I took a deep breath trying to calm my shaking hands before I continued, once my hands stopped"the next thing I remember is waking up in what looked like a courtyard, it had tall walls that reached about 50 yards above me, they were made of marble with gold around the rim, the ground looked like jade. In front of me was a huge palace, it was a deep red with a type Of wood accent, and a set of gold doors with a crescent moon on it. As I was getting up the doors opened revealing a couple, walking towards me it was Izayoi and Tashio.~ "uhh.. What happened to me? Where am I ?" I groaned when they reached me.
"You are in our part of the dreaming, I have brought you back." the man said
"Brought me back from where?" I asked
"The land Of the dead." the woman said
"The land of the dead! But why I'm just a normal woman who died in her sleep." I said
"Because, you're power will be needed in the years to come." he said
The man handed me a sword, you could tell the blade was small, made for someone short like me.
"This blade is made from parts of the fangs that make up two swords, that I have bequeathed to my son's, this one is yours Dez." he said as my fingers gripped the sword.
"Now you need to wake up my child, do not be afraid if what you see, in the mirror. You physical body has now joined with your astral form, so from this moment on you'll no longer be a human, you'll be a demon." she said as everything started to fade.
I woke up a little confused as to where I was, then I remembered I was at castle kelter. Then my best friend Gwen came into the room to check on me."Dez your alive.. What the hell happened, we thought you were gone" she said
So I told her all that had happened, when I got to the part about the sword, Gwen reached behind her and pulled something out. It was the sword from the dreaming.
"Where did you get that?" I asked
"It appeared beside you bout an hour before you woke up." she said
Seeing the sword I remembered what the woman said, so I ran to the bathroom, I ran in front of the mirror and I couldn't believe what was staring back at me. The woman in the mirror had large gold colored eyes, she was worrying her bottom lip with her teeth, correction her fangs. Her hair was silver and on the top of her head Sat a pair of dog ears. The woman looked scared as she lifted her hand to touch the ears, she looked on in surprise as she saw claws instead of nails. She ran a claw over her right ear as she did a small cut started to bleed.
I couldn't believe that the woman in the mirror was me, in till I saw the tribal demon Angel heart tattoo. I couldn't deny it any more. I was petrified and I locked myself in the bathroom. Note exactly my brightest moment. I hid in there for bout a day. That was in till Cain mackelter kicked the door in, grabbed me and tossed me over his left shoulder as he carried me to the main hall where he put me down in front of the clan.
I tried to hid again when Drustran said"Dez-lass we're time traveling druids, you Ken we haven't seen it all by now." I turned around and showed them what happened. They reminded me that I was clan and clan don't leave anyone behind.
So over the next year I learned how to control my magic, and hide the dog ears. It was about that time I was introduced to Kegome, when one morning at the shrine I saw the couple, from my dream, they saw me and recognised me. It turns out that they were given a second chance at life, as long as they locate a prophecy and see to it's fruition. So they came back to Scotland with me and we've been trying to solve the prophecy." I finished
Everyone was looking at me like I was crazy, but slowly they all started to understand and believe my story.
"Well what's this prophecy about?" Jakken asked in a high pitched voice.
"Yes,Dez what is this prophecy you forgot to mention?" said Barron as he separated himself from the shadows.
Mac was right behind him, giving me a I can't believe you were golfing out on us look.
"Kegome it's so good to see you again." Mac said as she hugged Kegome
"Likewise." said Kegome
Barron 's was straight up pissed his chest was making a rattling sound.
"You might want to start talking ,Dez!" he hissed
My eyes started to turn red signalling that I'm getting pissed."You know why I didn't tell you! Because we've only figured out a small part of it. Fat lotta good telling would've done if we didn't know who ant what were looking for!""I roared at Barron's
Who just gave me a well you better tell me now girl, or else look.