A/: Bejeezus guys, I have no explanation for my absence. I though I had updated more than this! Please forgive me, my comp broke, I went to an internet-less town for a week, and a friend of mine just left for the Navy, not to mention me getting sick for a week and my car dying amongst other various household machines. . It's been busy, please forgive me. Here's TWO chaps to make up for the time-frame you guys have patiently waited inside of...
-CHAPTER 10-
"The Mirror of Regret"
"Inuyasha! Inuyasha!"
Voices filled Inuyasha's mind as the scent of wet earth filled his nostrils. Slowly he managed to open his eyes but upon doing so shut them immediately again as he was suffering almost immediately from a massive headache.
"Ughhh, what the hell…?" Inuyasha spouted bringing his hand to his forehead and rubbing his temples to relieve the muscle tension.
"Oh thank goodness!" Kagome said as she breathed a sigh of relief.
Inuyasha sat up as best he could from where he had fallen upon the floor, still rubbing his eyes before squinting them open again.
"What the heck is that thing?!" Inuyasha grunted, his heart rate still faster than usual and his head pounding with every vibe.
Inuyasha look to his right at Miroku who still sat by his side, a serious look spread upon his face.
"That, Inuyasha, is the Mirror of Regret."
"Mirror of what?" Inuyasha moaned through the slightly subsiding pain in his head and shoulders.
Miroku sighed a little and reached forward to a small cup before him, taking a sip and then looking back at Inuyasha.
"You saw it too didn't you." Miroku calmly and seriously stated amidst the tension in the air.
Inuyasha came to his senses a little as he understood what had happened and remembered what he had seen.
"Saw what monk." Inuyasha blushed a little and sat up a little better, maintaining gaze into the crackling fire flames that sat before him, sunken into the floor.
"The person that was missing; the black shadow filled." Miroku smiled a little, causing flutters of tickling lightness inside of the hanyou's chest.
Kagome and Sango gazed in the directions of Inuyasha and Miroku.
"Mind filling us in on the subject matter at hand Miroku?" Sango shot towards the monk.
Miroku shook his head.
"The time isn't correct; or much less perfect to put it simply." he smiled towards her as she frowned, obviously about to make a remark in protest but was silenced with a smile from the parted lips of the monk.
"I will not say Sango because I myself am not completely sure of my own logic."
Inuyasha was still feeling tiny quivers through his body which had either been left-overs from the ordeal through which he just went through, or from the smiles that the monk shot him. He himself knew who filled that black shadow, knew whose lips upon his own had dashed across like tiny particles of temptation. The question at hand though was why had he forgotten it?
He shot a glance towards Miroku who was engaged in a small conversation with Kaede. Had Miroku seen the same exact things as him?And if so, was he to questioning as to why he had forgotten such an event. Inuyasha looked down and flexed his hand, listening to the joints pop and crack.
The power of two? He thought silently. What relevance could two things or people have in changing the world? What possible way could two simple things come together in order to overcome the end of time?
"Inuyasha...?"
Inuyasha was so lost in thought that he hadn't noticed the monk's voice at first, but was quick to respond at third questioning.
"Hn?" he responded looking back up at him and the others who were all looking back at him.
"We need to visit Sanjyoku." Miroku said heavily, staring him in the eyes as only the monk could. "We believe that an old woman by the name of Sanichii might be able to help decode the curse for us."
Inuyasha nodded, looking back towards his hand. He slowly held out two fingers in front of his eyes.
Two eh?...
What a complete waste of Time...
. T .