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Princess of the Night

Chapter 9: Return


"Why would you do that to yourself you know you love him and want to be with him." Kagome sighed looking at her hopeless friend.

"You just don't understand Kagome… I get you have your problems and whatnot with InuYasha.. but it's just not the same…" Aria sighed and looked Kagome dead in the eye. She slumped back on her bed and stared at the ceiling.

"What do you mean I don't understand? InuYasha's still in love with Kikyo." Kagome sat next to Aria and said sadly.

"Who's Kikyo?" Aria looked back up at her friend in curiosity.

"I'm her reincarnation Aria. Kikyo and InuYasha were in love 50 years prior to us both meeting him, they were both deceived by Naraku…and she shot him to a tree, which happens to still be in my front yard coincidentally.. and here we are."

"So is that why Inu-Yasha's after Naraku? To get revenge for Kikyo?" Aria asked Kagome, curious.

"Yes it is, it's really sad in the first place that it had to happen." Kagome frowned.

"But you're happy it happened, I can tell." Aria looked Kagome in the face, waiting for a reaction from her friend, which was of course shocked.

"Why would you say something like that?"

"Because you love him Kagome, you're a completely different than you were before you went there, at first when I didn't know about the secret I thought you were just growing as a person because you were getting older, but in reality it's because of him and everything you go through there. It's a good thing, and to be honest it all happened for a reason. A little bit of her lives inside you so she's not completely gone. And I'm sure as long as InuYasha's happy she doesn't mind who it's with." Aria smiled at Kagome hugging her friend.

"You're right Aria… thanks so much! I came here to try and help you feel better and you made me feel better. Thanks for being such an amazing friend!"

"We're like sisters Kagome, of course I want to help you to feel better."


Meanwhile back in the Feudal Era….

"WHAT is taking them so long?" InuYasha was pacing around angry and impatient. "This is all YOUR fault you mangy wolf… if you had been able to control yourself Aria and Kagome would be here right now and we could be figuring out what to do about Naraku!"

"I didn't do it on purpose, I don't even remember Ayame coming over to the den. I just remember heading back after talking to Aria and next thing I knew, she was there and everything with Ayame happened." Koga sighed sitting on the well, frustrated.

"You really didn't betray her?" Sango asked him.

"No! I would never do that to her… I think I might love her.." He whispered.

"I think maybe Naraku might have something to do with this.. especially if he knew it would drive Aria away and she's the one who will defeat him." Miroku stated.

"That actually makes a lot of sense." Sango agreed.

"Naraku's a lot smarter than we thought… hopefully Kagome can convince her to come back so you can explain everything Koga." Shippo sighed.


Aria and Kagome were still in Aria's house, just finishing eating a nice home cooked meal which they hadn't had in forever.

"That was amazing! Thanks Aunt Ayumi! Do you mind if I take some back for my friends?" Kagome asked Aria's mother with a big satisfied smile on her face, scraping up the last bits of the meal she just finished.

"Of course Kagome! You know there's always a bunch of leftovers." Ayumi started packing all the food into a bunch of thermal containers for Kagome and gave her them in a bag.

"Okay Aria, I'm heading back now so InuYasha doesn't have a heart attack, are you coming back with me?" Kagome asked her, getting her backpack ready.

"I'm…not ready yet." Aria frowned at her friend.

"Okay, well I'll try to keep everyone at Kaede's village for about a week, probably at the most, so try to be back before then. Oh, and before I forget." Kagome reached into the front pocket of her bag and handed Aria the crescent necklace. "You're gonna need this when you come back." Aria closed her hand and smiled at Kagome.

"Thanks." She went up to her friend and hugged her close. "Please stay safe."

"InuYasha will be watching me! I'll be fine." Kagome laughed. She walked over to Ayumi and gave her a hug as well, then she left the house and was on her way back to the Feudal Era.

"You need to go back you know, darling." Ayumi said quietly breaking the silence between herself and her daughter.

"You'd think a mother would try and convince her daughter to stay where it's safe…and she won't get her heart broken." Aria sighed whispering as well.

"Sometimes you have to fight through the hard things to get to the good things Aria. You don't think everyone got to where they are without suffering a little bit? If you really care about this guy, you need to go back and let him explain what actually happened." Ayumi smiled to her daughter and gave her a hug. "I know you'll make the right decision, but it's up to you in the end."


Two large wolves ran up to the group, well ran up to Koga mainly. They barked and howled to him, and his face grew with concern.

"What? You guys, I've got to go. Please tell Aria what happened for me, and tell her to wait for me, I won't be gone long, I hope." Koga started getting ready to run off. Kagome at that moment climbed out of the well and saw all the commotion.

"Koga what happened? What's going on?" She asked him, walking over to him concerned.

"Naraku's lead an attack on my tribe…. I need to go." And with that disappeared into a big tornado and was gone in seconds, his wolf companions following him close by.

"We need to go help him InuYasha." Kagome ran over to the half demon with wide, worried eyes.

"Why? What has he done for us? He ran Aria out of here, and we need her to defeat Naraku." InuYasha closed his eyes and crossed his arms.

"If you don't go I'm still going by myself." Kagome started walking in the direction that Koga left in and Sango, Kirara, and Miroku were in close pursuit to her.

"InuYasha, you know you have to help Koga, you know you care deep down inside." Shippo told InuYasha and then scurried off after Kagome. Kaede walked over to InuYasha and patted him on the shoulder.

"Go ahead, I'll tell Aria when she comes back." She smiled to him. InuYasha nodded and ran off to join the others, picking up Kagome, Kirara transformed into her larger self, and Shippo, Miroku, and Sango jumped up on her and they all headed toward Koga's wolf den.

'Aria we need you here… please come back.' Kagome thought worriedly.


It was dark out, the air misty and cold, and the smell of the air could be described as mossy, as if she were in a swamp area. Aria was looking around confused where she was.

'Last thing I remember.. I was at home lying in bed. Where am I?'

A familiar man's laugh filled her ears and she spun around 180 degrees to where the sound was coming from, but there was no one there.

"I knew you were despicable like your mother, ready to run out on the people closest to you and abandon them when you need them most." A man's voice said.

"Who are you? Where are you?" Aria said spinning around in circles confused. She recognized her surroundings, she was back in the feudal era, but where in the feudal was left to question. It looked as if she was in a cabin or hut of some sort, with a small fire burning in the corner.

"I'm surprised you don't remember me. I've been watching you through your dreams ever since you were little Aria. I will find you… and I will get you. But don't worry about that for now. All you need to worry about is that you will suffer the consequences for your decisions." She heard more laughter, this time more psychotically than the last.

"Who are you? What are you talking about?" She was starting to get frustrated and annoyed. 'What is he talking about? Watching me through my dreams?' Next thing she knew she was transported to a cave, a cave she knew all too familiarly. "Koga! Koga where are you?" She started to run towards a source of light, and she heard voices coming from nearby. "What's going on you guys?" She ran out onto the outside of the Wolf Den, and saw everyone. Koga, Ayame, Hakakku, Ginta, InuYasha, Kagome, Shippo, Sango, Miroku, and two faces she definitely didn't expect to see. Naraku and Kagura.

"Kagura, get rid of these wolf vermin once and for all." Naraku commanded Kagura swiftly. She nodded, whipped out her fan of and sent a bunch of air waves at Koga and the rest of the wolves.

"Not on my watch!" InuYasha grabbed the Tessaiga and sent a Backlash Wave back at her, which made a bunch of rocks fly out of from the cave towards everyone, Koga was so distracted making sure the others were okay; he didn't notice a sharp piece of rock fly and hit him in the stomach, puncturing it.


"NO!" Aria cried running over to him. "Koga, are you okay?" No one responded to her and everything around her slowed down. She felt a pair of eyes on her, and she looked up in the direction she felt the sensation coming from. Naraku was staring her down, with an evil creepy smile.

Aria shot up in her bed in a cold sweat, breathing hard. "I need to go back now." She jumped out of bed, slipped on her outfit from the past. She made sure to put the necklace on and scribbled a quick note to her mom, and then she ran out the door into the cold air of nighttime Tokyo. She ran to the Kagome's house without stopping and jumped down the well. She noticed everything about her was changing into her demon-self as it usually did at night. She felt her hair growing back to its original length, and when the time portal was done transferring her to the feudal era she jumped out the well with ease. She saw Kaede sitting on a rock nearby.

"Kaede, what are you doing out here? It's dark and dangerous." Aria sounded impatient, but walked over to her, kind of angry.

"I knew you would be coming back soon. I wanted to give you this, you're going to need it." Kaede handed her a sword sheathed in a scabbard. She unsheathed the sword and gasped. The middle of the sword had a line of diamonds down it. "You will find it is very similar to InuYasha's sword, how it is very willing to tend to his needs in battle. A traveler sold it to a merchant one day not too long ago and said that it was at its best in the hands of those who thrive in the nighttime, and when you showed up I knew it was meant for you, now go. They need you." Kaede slowly stood up and walked back to her village, and Aria fastened the scabbard of the sword around her waist and she started sprinting to the wolf den.

'I hope I'm not too late…'

"Naraku, what are you doing here?" Koga asked him, motioning for the other wolves to get behind him to safety.

"I'm here to rid this world of you wolf vermin. It would be better off, don't you think?" Naraku smiled and laughed.

"Hmph, the world would be better off without you if you ask me." InuYasha said running up behind Koga. He set Kagome down, and Kirara showed up with the others not too long after.

"Kagura get rid of them for once and for all, and this time don't mess it up, I got rid of Aria, there will be nothing in your way." Naraku said to his minion and disappeared.

"Gladly." Kagura smiled and opened her fan next to her face.

"Dance of the Dragon!" InuYasha reached for his sword, and then noticed Aria fall from the sky and land in front of Koga. She stood up did some hand signs, and whispered a chant. "Protect us." A huge barrier with a pinkish hue surrounded them all, including all the wolf demons. The tornados of wind were absorbed into the barrier, and Kagura's eyes widened in surprised.

"Aria!" Everyone yelled, surprised. Aria turned her head to the left a little and sighed slightly with relief. 'Thank goodness he's still alive.'

"You! What are you still doing here? I thought Naraku got rid of you." Kagura narrowed her eyes at Aria.

"I guess you and he thought wrong." Aria smiled at her.

"Hmph, well I'll make sure to take care of that." Kagura smiled in response. "Dance of the Serpent!" A tornado from above them all rapidly fell from the sky and hit the barrier, but it didn't falter one bit.

"You can attack me how ever you want, you won't break this barrier." Aria told her.

"We'll see about that." Kagura grabbed a feather from her hair and it grew into a larger version and she flew away. When Aria was sure it was safe she let the barrier down. She turned and looked at everyone who was looking at her astonished. Sango ran over to her and gave her a hug, "We're so glad you're okay." Aria smiled at her and nodded. She avoided looking Koga directly in the face. Kame walked over to her and smiled, "Thank you so much for saving us Aria, you really are strong like your mother, I really can't thank you enough. With the loss of our Eastern tribe, we can't manage to lose anymore wolves." Aria nodded.
"Of course, it's my duty to help and protect you from Naraku."

"I'm so happy you decided to come back. And even though he'll never admit it, I know InuYasha is too, he needs someone else like him around." Kagome smiled. InuYasha huffed.

"I'm only glad she's back because we need her to defeat Naraku." InuYasha crossed his arms and closed his eyes, but not before giving Aria a quick smile.

"Aria, can I talk to you?" Koga asked her grabbing her hand. She felt the warmth of his skin on her hand and felt the spark she'd felt many times before. She pulled her hand away and looked at him straight in the eye for the first time.

"I'm just not ready to talk to you yet…" She turned and walked away from the group of people, and Kagome ran after her.

"Wait, Aria where are you going?" Kagome asked her.

"I just need some time to myself right now. If you need me, you'll know what to do." Aria hugged Kagome. "Don't worry about me, I just need some time." And with that she was back on her way.


She had been walking for a few hours through a forest, it was still very dark out, the only light she had were the stars and the moon. She came upon a small town, and walked into the small building with the word "Inn" written above the door.

"Can I get a room please?"

"Sure, 10 yen." The man waiting up at the front desk held out his hand and she took out a bag of money and handed him 10 yen. "It's gonna be the first room on the right." Aria walked over to the room and sat all her stuff down. She lay down on the bed that was out and took a deep breath.

'I don't know what to do about Koga…' Outside her window she heard rustling so she sat back up and walked over to the window and looked out. "Jaken…? And Rin? What are you guys doing here?"

"Lady Aria! Lord Sesshomaru instructed us to stay here while he went out to finish some things!" Rin grinned looking up at Aria.

"Hold on, I'm going to be right out there." Aria grabbed her sword and ran outside, Rin ran up to her and gave her a hug.

"It's been so long Lady Aria, I'm so happy to see you!" Aria smiled, happy to see her.

"Jaken, Rin…Aria?" Sesshomaru's cool voice came from behind them. Aria turned to see the tall, handsome man. "What are you doing out here by yourself?"

"I needed to get away for a while. What were you thinking leaving Rin by herself with Jaken? She's just a little girl!" Aria put her hands on her hips, scolding Sesshomaru. He smiled slightly.

"Ha, you really think I would leave her where she could get hurt?" Sesshomaru asked her. "Jaken, Rin let's go." He turned and started to walk.

"Lord Sesshomaru, you shouldn't listen to such an inferior being." Jaken followed Sesshomaru closely.

"Don't call her that Jaken, she's a very strong demon and her mother was respected just as much as my father. So insulting her would be just the same as insulting me."

"You guys don't want to stay here? I have a room and it would probably be best if Rin slept in a nice room for once." Aria offered. Sesshomaru turned back around looked at Aria, then Rin.

"Can we please Lord Sesshomaru?" Rin asked him with her eyes shining. He nodded.

"Fine, but just one night."

"Yaaaaay!" Rin smiled and ran inside the Inn. Aria, Sesshomaru, and Jaken followed her and Aria walked back up to the desk, and gave the man twenty more yen, "Can I have three more beds please?"

"I'll get them for you right now." The man eyed Sesshomaru and gave him a warning glance.

"Come on, my room is this way." Aria led them to her room and she sat down on her bed. The Innkeeper brought in three extra mattresses and lay them down.

"Yaaaay!" Rin jumped down on the mattress next to Aria and within minutes was passed out.

"Thank you Aria. Rin needed to rest." Sesshomaru told her. Aria widened her eyes.

"Did the big bad Sesshomaru really just apologize? That's a once in a life time experience I believe." Aria laughed and lay down on her bed.

"For the time being until you're ready to go back, you can come with us if you'd like. I know Rin really enjoys having you around." Sesshomaru said quietly. Aria smiled.

"I'll definitely think about it."


So I made this one a little longer than usual :) I hope you guys enjoyed this chapter! Thanks for reading and please review! It would mean so much to me, thanks guys!