Resplendence Ressurected
(Disclaimer: I dont own any part of Inuyasha or its characters, except for my own original characters)
A/N: I stayed up most of the night writing this so I hope u guys enjoy lol.
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Chapter 6: My Sun, My Moon
The midnight sky was beautiful in fuedal Japan. It looked as if the world was kept in the darkest box, with millions of little holes poked out on the top to let rays of light shine in. Inuyasha leaned against the tree of ages as he tried to count how many colors the sky was tonight.
"Three.." He thought to himself. He sighed and closed his eyes.
"Why haven't you come back yet Kagome..."
He opened an eye as he heard a scuffle on the ground below the tree.
"What do you want Shippo?"
"Can I come stay up there with you for a while Inuyasha? ...I can't sleep." said the little fox Demon.
"Come on Shippo, can't you go bother Sango or something? I'm kind of busy."
Shippo quickly climbed the tree and sat on the branch right next to Inuyasha's. "You don't look very busy" He said with a sly grin.
"Go away Shippo, you're invading my space!"
"Geez...Inuyasha, you're always cranky. No wonder Kagome hasn't come back yet! Why would she want to be around you if you're always trying to bite people's heads off!"
With that said the little kitsune ran down the tree and off towards the village.
"He's probably crying to the others about what a jerk I am..." he thought to himself.
It had only been a day and Inuyasha found himself missing Kagome. He had tried to go off earlier today to locate a shard, but it was no use. He needed Kagome. Simple as that. He didn't understand why he needed her so or why it was unbearable to be with out her. He had gotten used to the prolonged suffering that he endured while she was away, or the way her odd mannerisms seemed to light up the gloomiest of situations. Kagome was his rock, his foundation, and although he didn't want to admit it, he knew it was true. He took a long breath and stared out into the deep black distance. He was suddenly angry when he thought over his last conversation with her.
"Damn Kagome...How dare she tell me not to come to her era! She's not the boss of me. I could go there if I wanted to." He angrily slammed his fist onto the branch, watching old pieces of bark fly everywhere.
Inuyasha jumped down from the tree and ran off towards the well. He let the cool breeze caress his face as he sprinted through the forest, his hair wildly whipping behind him, his robes like a flame against the emerald setting he was running away from. Finally he reached the well. He grabbed the side of the well his fingers grasping so hard, the stone was crumbling underneath the pressure.
"Wait. Why should I go check on her? If she doesn't want to see me, then I definately don't wanna see her!" he thought to himself angrily. "...That'll show her. If her era's so important, why doesn't she just stay there!?"
Inuyasha backed up away from the well and kicked dirt into the well.
"Hmphh." He grunted as he folded his arms and walked towards the path to the village. He stopped suddenly when he got a whiff of a certain scent around him.
"You can come out now you nosy monk!"
Miroku stumbled out of the bushes, obviously embarassed that he had been caught spying on the dog-demon. He rubbed the back of his head with an exasperated expression on his face as he approached Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha...I didn't expect to see you here. I just went out for a walk thats all. It's a beautiful night isn't it...You have to lo--"
"Save it. I know you were watching me!"
"Me? Inuyasha, I am appalled that you would suggest I could be possible of such a thing. My intentions were completely innocent. I assure you."
"Yeah...ok" Inuyasha mumbled to himself as he stormed off towards the village.
"Inuyasha wait!" Miroku called out.
Inuyasha kept walking but at a slower pace so Miroku could catch up. The monk ran so he could match pace with the half-demon.
"What do you want monk?" Inuyasha spat out in annoyance.
"It's only been a day Inuyasha. We all miss her but she'll be back soon."
"What makes you think I miss her so much? I was just protecting the well."
"Protecting it eh?" Miroku said smiling. "You know as well as I do the only two beings that can travel between that well are you and Kagome"
The only sound he could hear coming from Inuyasha was a grunt aimed in his direction.
"Stop this now Inuyasha. You're acting like a child. Shippo doesn't act half as bad as you do.."
"Are you done yet? Geez...you talk as much as Kagome."
Inuyasha decided that Miroku had hounded him enough for one night and walked into Kaede's hut. He wasn't one for talking about personal situations, especially with people that had no business to do with it. He sighed and sat down in the corner of the hut, letting the warmth of the fire warm him up. No one paid any notice that he ad just walked in. Sango and Kaede were immersed in a deep conversation, Shippo and Kirara were curled up next to Sango and the Monk hadn't walked in yet. The fire was getting to him. He began to feel the deep beckoning of sleep as his eyelids closed but sat open when he heard the name 'Kagome'. He kept his eye closed but perked his ears to listen to what Sango and Kaede were talking about.
"-and she suddenly woke up. Like nothing had happened. It was strange Kaede. I've never seen a person cry or scream so much in their sleep, and I grew up with people constantly exposed to violence."
"Hm...it does souynbd strange to me child. We must wait and see if these dreams persist. If one of ye could wake her up from the sleep then it may not have been a dream at all. It may be something totally different." Kaede said while poking at the fire.
"Different...different like how?"
"This is not the time or place to be dicussing this topic my child." She made an eye gesture towards Inuyasha. "Plus ye need ye sleep and I do to. Time is not kind to a woman as old as I am." She laughed and went to sit up.
"I understand Kaede. Well..Goodnight then Kaede. If you need any help going out tomorrow to collect some more herbs I'd be happy to help."
"Thank ye child. It'd be nice to have a pair of young hands around to help. Goodnight my dear."
Kaede walked slowly to the other side of her hut and went through a cloth door on the opposite side of the cabin. Inuyasha watched Sango curl up on her bed as Miroku walked into the hut. He noticed that Sango has strategically placed Miroku's sleeping bag on the other side of the fire by the one she had set up for Inuyasha. He heard the monk sigh and open up his sheets. Then suddenly the world was asleep.
He opened his eyes and started into the fire that was slowly starting to die. He thought about what the old woman had said to Sango and he thought about it.
"If it wasn't a dream...what could it have been?"
He looked up at the ceiling and stared at the sky through an opening in the straw celing. The half moon shining brilliantly up in the sky was almost fully visible. It reminded him of one thing at the moment.
"Kagome..." he murmured.
"I love Saturdays!" Kagome said as she stretched in bed. It was nearly twelve o' clock in the afternoon and she had just gotten up. She slept throughout the entire night without having to endure a bad nightmare or odd dream. In fact, she hadn't dreamt at all.
"Not that I'm complaining" she thought to herself.
She walked to the bathroom and washed her face. Looking up into the mirror she realized there were no more dark circles under her eyes and her eyes had gotten back some of the sparkle she had lost from being overtired. She had never felt better in her life.
"Speaking of feeling better..." she thought "I wonder how Sota is?"
Kagome ran from the bathroom into her little brother's bedroom. The bed was made, the shades were open and she saw his pajamas tossed into a corner.
"I guess he's all better then..." she said and walked downstairs to scrounge up some breakfast.
She pulled out a bowl from the cupboard and a spoon from the drawer and put them down on the table. She turned around towards the fridge to get some milk and her cereal when she noticed a note left in her mom's perfectly neat script written to her on the fridge. It read:
Dear Kagome,
I took your brother to the doctor's today. His fever still hasn't broken yet. I'll probably
be home around three o' clock depending on how long Mr.Izu takes to see him. You
don't have to wait for us to come home. Go out and have some fun with your friends.
Your brother will be fine. Don't worry. Oh! And your lunch is in the fridge!
Love, Mom.
"Leave it to Mom to make me lunch before she goes to the doctor. Ugh" She sighed as she put the bowl and spoon back and opened up the fridge. She took out the lunch her mom had made her and decided she wanted some rice to go with it. She put 2 cups of rice into the rice cooker and sat down.
"I wonder where Grandpa is..." she thought.
She went to put on her shoes to go find him when she heard a banging sound coming from outside, with sounds of pottery crashing following after.
"Oh no! Grandpa!" She cried and ran outside.
Kagome heard her grandpa yelling at somebody as she rounded the corner
"You young people! Always going about scaring the living daylight out of us elders! You killed have killed me boy!" he cried from inside his shed.
She wondered who he was yelling at until she noticed the black bike on the ground, and the nervous voice talking to her grandpa inside.
"I'm...s-ss-sorry sir! I didn't mean to br-breakanything...honest!" she heard the boy say.
"Oh no! Hojo's here! What am I going to do!"
She sensed her grandfather was getting angry, so she decided to save Hojo from his crotchety old temper.
"Hey Hojo!" She said as she walked into her grandpa's life-sized treasure chest. "I noticed your bike outside. What's up?"
"Hi Kagome! I just wanted to stop by so I could see if the herbs I dropped off the other day were working at all. I guess you feel better huh?"
"Yeah I feel as good as new. They really helped a lot." Kagome lied.
"Wanna go for a walk? It's really nice out."
"Uh..sure I guess. Grandpa, we'll be back in a little ok?"
"Fine! Leave the old man to clean up all your messes, see if I care!" The rest of his complaints were so low Kagome couldn't make out what he was saying. Instead, she shrugged and walked over to Hojo signaling him to start walking. He picked up his bike and followed after her.
"Great. I Wonder how you'll get out of this one Kagome."
"I saw you in school yesterday Kagome, but I didn't see you after school so I couldn't check up on you."
"And my friends say Inuyasha's obssesive!"
"Oh that's alright Hojo, I went out to lunch with Eri, Yuka, and Ayumi. That's probably why you didn't see me."
They walked for five minutes without speaking, the akwardness was finally starting to disappear as Kagome got used to Hojos company. He was a nice guy, but he just bored her so terribly. There's nothing Hojo could do that could possibly excite her. Still she felt bad for leading him on a little.
"So Hojo...how's school been going lately for you?"
"Alright I guess. Mom's been putting a lot of pressure on me to do well this semester. If i get anything other than A's or B's she'll freak out"
"Yeah. I could see that. Good grades are important" Kagome said
"So how's school been going for you?"
"It's going I guess...I haven't been doing as well as I should be..."
"You can't help that Kagome. With you being sick all the time, the teachers are sure to take that into account."
"Yeah.." she sighed.
They walked for about another hour when Kagome looked at her watch. It was two thirty in the afternoon. She knew her mom told her not to rush home, but she wanted to be there when Sota came back. She missed talking to her little brother.
"Anyway Hojo...I'd better be getting back. Sota went to the doctor and I'd like to be back by the time he gets home."
"Sure thing Kagome. I'll see you in school hopefully!" He got on his bike and waved goodbye to her as he raced down the street. Kagome sighed and took off towards her home. Her stomach growled and she realized that she hadn't eaten yet today.
"More of a reason to get home."
It was almost three when she got back to the shrine. She walked inside her house and made a beeline for her kitchen. She scooped the forgotten rice out of the cooker and mixed it in with her food. She ravaged her food, until there was no morsel left to be seen. Kagome wandered down the hallway to the living room. Along the way she took some timeto stare at the pictures that decorated the walls. Pictures of her as a baby, Sotas baby pictures, Grandpa and Mom when they were younger, all fragments of the past, trying to preserve what had already been lost. She plopped down onto the old gray blue couch her mom hated and flicked on the television. It had been so long since she had sat down to just relax. As she watched the tv, she realized that it no longer relaxed her, it made her nervous. She turned off the tv and stretched herself across the couch.
"It's three thirty already..where can they be?" She said to herself.
She suddenly heard the door open and the sound of her mom's voice to her at the moment, sounded like the most wonderful music.
"Mom? Sota?"
"Hey Kagome!" Her brother ran down th hallway. "You promised remember! You said you'd tell me everything about what happened last week? Remember?"
"Slow down kiddo! Don't exhaust yourself. You've had a long day."
"Sota!" Kagome heard her mom call out. "You go right upstairs! You still have a temperature young man!"
"Aw mom, can't I talk to Kagome?"
"I'll go upstairs with him and make sure he gets in bed mom...ok?"
"Alright Kagome. But please don't keep him up too long."
"Yes! Race you upstairs Kagome!" Sota pushed her and ran to the top of the staircase beating her by a couple steps.
"No fair cheater!"
"Am not!"
"Are too! You pushed me you little jerk!" Kagome giggled and ushered her brother into her room.
She helped Sota into his pajamas and set him in bed.
"Now Sota. What is it you want to know?"
Sota smiled and started to bombard her with questions.
"How many demons did Inuyasha kill? Did you sleep 'cause you looked kinda tired? Did you bring me back anything? "
Kagome's head started to spin.
"Slow down Sota! One at a time.."
"Sorry Sis' ...I guess I just missed you that's all. It's no fun with you not around anymore. I wish I could come with you..."
"No! Sota you're better off here. Where it's safe. Believe it's not as fun as it seems to be. It's really dangerous over there."
"Then why do you keep going back then huh?"
"Because I have obligations Sota... I made promises."
"To who?" he asked slyly. "Inuyasha?"
"Yes. To Inuyasha."
"Hah! I knew it! You like Inuyasha!" Sota started to make kissy sounds and laugh.
"I do not like Inuyasha, you little brat. Now cut that out!"
When his laughter persisted, she decided she could only take enough of his teasing.
"Fine. I see that you feel better. So I guess I'll just leave."
"No Kagome! I'm sorry!" Sota started to cough from all the laughing he had done; it had irritated his already swollen throat.
Her face softened. "Listen Sota...you really need some sleep. You need to get better."
"I know. Wen are you leaving to go back there Kagome?"
"Tomorrow night I suppose...why?"
"Just..come see me before you go. I'll be stuck in bed anyway."
"You got it kiddo. Anyway, get some rest."
"Ok. See you later Sis'"
Kagome closed the door and walked to her bedroom. She sat on her bed and opened up her nightstand. The box from the night before was still sitting there provoking her, begging her to re-open it. She picked it up an opened the lid. The necklace still shone as brightly as it had done the previous night. Only she could now see the different arrays of reds it held. Kagome went to hold the pendant up to her face, trying to see how the red and gold sparkled against her skin. As she went to pick it up a shock of energy emerged from the stone in the center and shocked her once more.
"It shocked me again!" she thought.
She tried to hold the chain and noticed that the necklace only shocked her when the stone on the pendant was touched.
"Strange..." she thought.
She put the necklace away, afraid to get it tangled and laid down on her bed.
"I wonder what everyone's up to while I'm away..." she murmured.
"Kagome!" she heard her mom call from downstairs.
"Be right there mom!" Kagome got up and groaned.
"Gotta love Saturdays..." she chuckled to herself.
A/N: I know. Long and boring chapter in my opinion, but it had to be done and gotten over with. Most of the story takes place on the other side of the well, but we can't forget some people. LOL Hojo. Ugh. Anyway review if you enjoyed it. Chapter 7 up tomorrow ...maybe...perhaps. :