Here it is! Number 7 in the Past and Future series! I hope you enjoy it!
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"Your brother, huh?" Kagome said as she dressed Kenshien wounds. Karai was a little a ways away. She nodded.
"What terrible wounds. Where did he get these from?" asked Sango as she inspected Kenshien closer. Karai was hesitating to tell them. What if they figure it out? Karai mentally shook her head. This was no time to do this. These people could help them if she and her brother played their cards right.
"He was fighting a demon the other day. He had more but his demon blood healed them. These are the more deeper wounds that I was worried about." she voiced her concerns.
"I can see what you mean." Kagome agreed. "I'm surprise he's still alive." They heard a 'humph' from a certain hanyou who was in a tree sulking about how he couldn't kill the girls' brother and Kikyo leaving once more.
"Karai?" Miroku called for her in a gentle tone. Karai tilted her head in confusion.
"Yes?" she responded. He came up to her and grabbed both of her hands and held them close towards his chest.
"How old are you?" he asked her making two ladies furious at him but before they could do anything the scene played out in right of them.
"I'm 11, why?" Karai asked still puzzled. She had seen this from the Miroku from her time but never had she thought that he would do this to her. He was her uncle after all.
"You're a little young but if your willing to wait a few years, will you be so kind as to bare my child?" he said his old line to her causing her to blush. Koga's son had tried the same thing on her too. Before she could answer or react of the matter Kagome and Sango jumped him. Karai winced or cringed at every blow her uncle was receiving.
"Honestly Miroku, are we going to have this again? She's 11 for Kami sakes!" Sango screamed at him. Kagome joined in to putting her two cents in.
"Uh…sorry but I already have so one." Karai small voice broke through to the fighting and screaming between the three. The girls looked at her like she was nuts and Miroku had a dreamy face on thinking about how lucky the guy was to have such a beauty. The girls raced back to her wanting the details.
"Is he human or demon?"
"What kind if he is a demon?"
"How old is he?"
"What's he like?" Questions were coming at her left and right as she tried to keep up with them.
"Uh…he's a demon." she answered. The girls nodded.
"He's a wolf." The girls looked at each other thinking the same thing; Koga. Inuyasha growled at the sound of wolf. He hated wolves. Karai smiled knowing what he was thinking. She had heard that her father hated wolves more when he was young than ever.
"His about two years ahead of me." she answered thinking of him. Kagome and Sango nodded approving knowing now that it wasn't Koga for he was years and years a head of her.
"You want to know what he is like. Let's see…he's charming I'm give him that, he's stubborn to no end, he has the bluest eyes I have ever seen, and he never quits no matter how bad the situation is." she said having a dreamy eye at thinking about him. He was her man and she loved him too much to give him to anyone else.
"Is it me or did she just described Koga?" Sango whispered into Kagome's ear. Kagome nodded in agreement.
"Yeah, it weird but we know it isn't she even told us that he is about two years older than her not centuries." Kagome protested.
"Maybe he a relative or something like that?" Sango offered. Kagome agreed.
"Well I'm done with him for the time being." Kagome told everyone as she put the finishing touches to bandaging Kenshien's wounds. It was late it was almost morning and no one but Karai slept a wink of sleep last night.
"I don't know about you guys but I'm going to get some sleep before we head out again." said Sango as she prepared herself to get a few hours rest.
It would seem that Kagome wasn't the only person it think this. Miroku was resting against a tree. Inuyasha was resting too but Kagome knew that he was alert like always. Karai was drifting off next to her brother tired from the events hours ago. Kagome was still amazed that Karai had spiritual powers and demon blood. Kagome decided to ask about that later as she got out her sleeping bag and went to sleep.
Dream
Kenshien… Kenshien looked around the darkness to look for the one that owned the voice calling out to him. He spun around countless times looking for a person of some kind but every angle there was nothing, just darkness.
Help us Kenshien! He moved towards the voice and he ended up staring in front of a spotlight. There was no one there but then someone faded into the light.
Why didn't stay with us! Narrowing his eyes as he looked at the person. He didn't know who the person was yet but he was soon about to know. The person slowly turned to face him. Kenshien's heart jumped into his throat. The person was facing him; Suki was facing him. Her eyes were lifeless like the day she died. And to much of his horror her throat was slit like the one Kikyo did on the fateful day.
Why didn't you protect us! She screamed at him but her mouth didn't move. Both of her hands where around her stomach area. Kenshien looked down at her hands and instead of a large bulge it was flat like she was never pregnant in the first place.
You said you would! She was crying now but they weren't tears it was blood. She was crying tears of blood. Kenshien tried he really did to say something to her but each time his words would stop right at his throat.
You failed us! Kenshien shook his head no telling her it wasn't his fault, that he tried, but he knew deep down that it was. If he was just a little bit stronger he could have saved her.
I hate you!! At her words Kenshien's heart broke and so did his sprit.
Dream
Kenshien jumped up from his sleep panting but hissed at the sudden pain that shot through his body. Looking down at his being he saw bandages around his shoulder and mid section.
Karai or some one rewrapped my wounds. he thought thinking about his fight with Naraku. His wounds were not that bad, it was the miasma that prevented the wounds from healing was his major problem. Though he was fine now, his body was slowly purifying it so his demon blood could heal his body.
He looked around his surroundings and saw that he was still a live and was with his father's old group that they had formed all of those years ago. His eyes softened when he saw Karai; everyone was still sleeping.
Good… he thought to himself as he got up and left the camp. He needed to think. He knew that he passed out from his wounds reopening, he should be dead. His past father was determined to kill him off and with Kikyo knowing what he was capable of he knew that she would not have let him live.
Kenshien sighed in relief once he entered the forest. Making sure he was far away from the camp Kenshien let it out. With a roar he took his pick a slammed his fist onto an unsuspecting tree. He repeated his actions several times before his anger and sorrow slipped away into the back of his mind once more.
He fell to his knees panting, a hand covering over one of his eyes to catch his breath. Kenshien leaned down until his forehead touched the ground. He failed. He was so close to killing Kikyo but he messed up. He became careless from the thought of getting closer to Kikyo. He forgot about his past father and his little group.
"What a pitiful sight to see." Kenshien heard his past father say. He narrowed his eyes at his father's statement. "You're pathetic…" Inuyasha stated. In a single motion Kenshien was up onto his feet and staring straight at his father. He closed his eyes and sighed.
"I know…" he admitted. Then a weak chuckle came from his lips. "I am pathetic. I failed to protect my family. I was careless." Inuyasha gave Kenshien a sad look knowing what the kid was going through but it vanished as fast as it appeared.
"Why are you out here?" asked Kenshien. Inuyasha 'Feh-ed' and turned his back to Kenshien.
"You tried to kill Kikyo. That means I have to keep an eye on you and the pup wanted to know where you are." he mumbled the last part. Kenshien was partly shocked by this but it quickly faded. He smirked at his past father.
"How concerned of you to find me for my little sister. I'm touched." Kenshien teased. Inuyasha growled deeply in his throat at that comment.
"Yeah whatever. Come on, let's go." With that Inuyasha started to walk away and Kenshien behind him. When they entered the camp they were surprised. Everyone was minding there own business but in the middle of the group was a fire and over that fire was eight fish. The biggest anyone has ever seen.
Karai... was Kenshien's first thought. Even when she was younger she had knack for fishing. Each time they had fish for anything Karai would bring back the biggest fish she could find in a matter of hours.
"Where in the hell did you guys find these fish?!" Inuyasha's roar startled the remaining group at Inuyasha's sudden exclaim.
"I did!" Karai announced and Inuyasha was rendered speechless. How could a mere pup catch something like this? Each fish was about the length of his forearm.
"Brother, your back!" she said excitedly as she ran and hugged Kenshien around the waist. He chuckled and patted Karai's head congratulation her on her catch. "I caught them just like how Papa taught me." she said proudly. Kenshien gave a weak smile at hearing this.
"Yeah? Well that's good. I'm sure his proud of you knowing that you caught on in a few months compared to his few years." he laughed thinking back to the good old days while Karai giggled remembering her father's face when she caught on so quickly. Kenshien stopped laughing when he remembered something.
"Karai where are my swords?" he asked her making her stop her giggling as while. She looked confused at him for a second before her face light up when she knew the answer to his question.
"I know. When Kagome was bandaging you up I took them away from everyone else. I know how you don't like other people touching your swords." Karai said as she walked off into the woods and came back with all three of them. She was having a difficult time holding all three of them at once and one slipped lose; it was Tenswaga. Karai looked at her bother.
"Sorry, big brother." she apologized. He sighed, even though he winced once his sword hit the ground he knew it wasn't her fault and the Tenswaga could handle more than mere drop. He was going to go get it when he saw another reach for it.
"I'll get it." Kagome said as she bent down to retrieve the sword. Kenshien froze as he saw his past mother reach for his sword. That's not good.
"No wait! Don't touch it!" his warnings came a bit too late as Kagome touched the sword only to get burned. She yelped at the sudden pain coming through her hand and up her arm. The pain didn't stop as it throbbed with pain. Kenshien ran to her.
"Kagome!" her friends shouted not expecting for the sword to hurt her like that. They went to her to see if she was alright. Inuyasha tried to get Kagome to let him see it but Kagome wouldn't remove her hand from her chest. It still hurt. Kagome didn't want to move it. Chances are it would hurt worst than before.
"Sorry I tried to warn you. Ten-My sword won't let any body touch it be it demon, human, or half demon unless the sword thinks your trust worthy enough to touch it." he explained as he went to his past mother. He knelt down to her level on the ground.
"Here, let me see it." he said gently holding out his hand for Kagome to put her own. Kagome shook her head. The pain was still coursing through her hand. It would be a bad idea to move it. Kenshien sighed. He didn't want to do this but it was for his future mother's own good. In a swift motion Kenshien grabbed Kagome's hand from her person and in front of him to inspect it. Kagome cried out from the pain making Inuyasha a whole lot madder.
"You son of a bitch! How dare you hurt Kagome?!" Inuyasha yelled and made a grab for him but Miroku held him back. "Damn you Miroku! Let me go! I'm going to kill this bastard!" he continues to scream.
"Shhh…Inuyasha look." Miroku quieted Inuyasha. Inuyasha caved quieting down and observed the scene on front of him.
Kenshien was looking at Kagome's hand closely like he was memorizing every line in Kagome's hand. Of course being Inuyasha he got jealous of this. Inuyasha without realizing it growled dangerously low in his throat at Kenshien. Kenshien either didn't hear it which is doubtful or ignored it.
"It's not too bad. Just a minor burn is all." Kenshien commented as he folded his own hand with hers. Kagome winced at the contact but other than that she didn't move at all. Inuyasha was ready to kill Kenshien once more for causing Kagome pain.
That didn't last to long when the group was bewildered once again by the strange half-demon as blue light came forth in Kenshien's hand. They looked on until they hear a sigh of relief from Kagome. Instead of tense muscles and stiff back, Kagome was rather relaxed and calm. They looked back to their hands. Kenshien moved his hand away from his mother's when he felt the burn had healed all of the way. They saw Kagome's hand and gasped. The burn was gone and no trace that it was put there in the first place.
"How did you do that?" asked Shippo, his eyes still trained on Kagome's healed hand. Kenshien was slightly out of breath so he couldn't answer the little kit's question. A giggle drew everyone's attention to Karai.
"That's a silly question, Shippo." Karai giggled again. "Though Kenshien can heal wounds and such, I can do better." She teased her brother. Kenshien didn't say anything and got up. He walked over to the fallen sword and picked it up. He started to walk away. He needed some time alone.
"Thank you." he heard his mother say. He stopped and turned his head back. He couldn't look her in the eye.
"It was nothing." he said and continued walking. The others behind him stare at his back in confusion. A sigh interrupted them.
"There he goes again." Karai said quietly to herself not noticing the people behind her.
"Where is he going?" asked Kagome making Karai jump. She forgot the people she was with.
"Oh, uhh…" Karai didn't know what to say. How was she going to tell her mother that he was like this because of her? "Ummm…it's not for me to tell. It's just he loses control over his emotions when ever he uses his spiritual powers." she tried to explain to the best of her ability.
"What a weakling." Inuyasha commented. Both Karai and Kagome spun around to scowl at Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha! How can you be so mean?!" Kagome yelled at him. Inuyasha looked unnerved by Kagome's rage but he didn't back down.
"You are such a jerk!" Karai screamed. Everyone looked at her not expecting her to say such a thing. "My big bother is no weakling! He has battle demons of all kinds and survived! He even fought with Naraku and lived! My…uh-oh …" Karai stopped talking realizing her mistake. Now she got everyone's attention. She slapped her hands over her mouth. Suddenly she was picked up by her kimono.
"What did you say?!" Inuyasha shouted in her face. Karai cringed from the yell and forcefulness.
"Inuyasha, knock it off." Kagome commanded while putting a hand on Inuyasha's shoulder.
"Please tell us, Karai. What do you mean by that?" Miroku stepped up. Karai put her head down.
"I don't want to talk about? I don't what to talk about Naraku." she whispered sadly. The others knew that Naraku did something to Karai, they had an idea what, but wasn't sure.
"Then could you tell us where Kenshien has gone off to?" asked Miroku. Karai lifted her head up.
"You should be able to find him at waterfall. He likes to mediate a lot. It helps him get his emotions back under control." Miroku nodded at Karai's answer.
"Shall we go Inuyasha?" Miroku spoke to his friend. Inuyasha 'humped' and dropped Karai to the ground. She landed on her butt. It didn't hurt but it wasn't a soft landing either.
"Who says you're going?" asked Inuyasha annoyed.
"Because I'm just as interested as you are and to make sure you don't kill him." Miroku answered.
"Whatever." Inuyasha said and stared to walk off with Miroku silently trailing him from behind.
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Calm, easy breaths. Kenshien said in his mind. He had to get control. That is why he was here soaking under a waterfall. His eyes closed in concentration, hands set together like his uncle had taught him, and letting the water around him seep into his skin.
He was grateful that Miroku had taught him this while he was still alive. Ever since his mothers' death his spiritual powers have been his enemy. Each time they were used they would set off the emotions that lay dominate in the back of him mind.
Even with the water around his doggy ears he still heard the bushes move. Kenshien opened his eyes to see his future father and uncle. They were watching him and waiting. Deciding that he had his emotions fairly under control he came out of his sitting position to greet them.
"What do you want?" Kenshien asked them. They seemed hesitant to answer him and he narrowed his eyes at them.
Inuyasha and Miroku didn't know what to say at first. Kenshien had moved so far away from the camp in a short amount of time. Inuyasha had calmed down somewhat after Miroku reasoning with him. They had been searching for him high and low until they came to the waterfall just like Karai said he would be.
"We want to know how you know Naraku." Inuyasha blurted out. Kenshien eye twitched at the demon's name.
"How do you know such a thing?" Kenshien asked.
"Your sister said you fought him." Miroku answered him. Another eye twitch.
"I rather not talk about it." Kenshien told them and started to walk back to camp. Inuyasha got mad at this. This guy could have answers and he doesn't want to talk about it!?
"What not?! You could give us answers that we need!" Inuyasha roared. Kenshien turned swiftly back at Inuyasha. Inuyasha stepped back at the looked in Kenshien's eyes. They had many emotions swirling in their depths; anger, sadness, regret, and much more.
What the hell did Naraku do to him? Inuyasha asked himself but he could not come up with an answer.
"I said I would rather not talk about! Leave it at that!" Kenshien raised his voice at them and stomped away before he loses control over his emotions once more. Inuyasha moved to go after him but Miroku stopped him.
"Let him be Inuyasha. It is obvious that Naraku did something horrid to him to have him react like this." Miroku said. Inuyasha looked back at him and then the spot where he last saw Kenshien before he disappeared.
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