Chapter 4: Change of Plans
Inuyasha was the first to break the silence between them by speaking first.
"Hey."
"Hai?"
"How did you know my teacher's name?"
"...Uh..."
Then Inuyasha interrupted Vanessa "You really are a stalker aren't you?"
"No!" exclaimed Vanessa loudly with her eyes closed.
"Then prove it." Inuyasha said in a provoking tone.
"Well, I don't know what subject she teaches." Vanessa said matter-of-fact.
Inuyasha gave her another intense gaze which made Vanessa wonder if he was staring into her soul again then challenged "Why don't you try guessing?"
Vanessa scrunched up her face in thought, she really didn't feel like guessing but just did it anyway just so he could be pleased.
"...Um...Math?"
Inuyasha turned his face with his eyes closed then scoffed "Keh. No, she's my history teacher."
"See? I told you , I didn't know what subject she teaches. Wow, history."
"Anyways, what's your true story? And how do you know our names?"
Vanessa sighed then replies "The story I told you was the true one, since your reaction earlier was bad, I figured it was better not to let Kikyo know."
"I had a feeling you were lying to her back there." Inuyasha says with his arms crossed.
"Well, I'm ready to listen to it all now." Inuyasha says firmly.
"Ok... I am from another world and Luna here is a witch's cat. In my world, you're the main character of an anime." said Vanessa speeding through her words with her eyes closed shut.
"What?!" interrupted Inuyasha.
"Would you just let me finish please?" pleaded Vanessa who seemed to be tired.
"Fine." huffed Inuyasha.
"As I mentioned before, I am from another world and Luna is a witch's cat. In the anime, you were a half demon. Half human, half dog demon. You lived in the Warring States period, but apparently your world has been distorted with all the people who live here."
Inuyasha stared at her for a while then he huffed "I shouldn't have trusted you!"
"Wait!"
She pushed away the G.P.S. screen on her phone and tapped on the gallery app. Then she tapped on a specific picture.
"Do you recognize this?" she asked firmly with a blush coloring her cheeks.
Inuyasha looked at the picture. It was a picture of him with dog ears wearing some kind of red kimono and a necklace with black beads and beads that resembled the yin sign staring far off into the distance. He blushed at the thought of Vanessa keeping his picture in his phone like she was his girlfriend.
He grumbled "Is this some kind of photoshop?"
But even so, he kept on staring at the picture anyway. Then he got a headache and memories of his true life came flooding in his head but he could only remember bits and pieces. He held his head in pain.
"Inuyasha? Are you alright?"
"Yeah, I'm fine..."
He thought to himself "What the hell happened?"
He looked down at his hands then said with a shocked tone "This isn't right..."
"Now do you believe me?"
"Yeah... But I can't remember everything..."
"Anyways, I am here to fix the world back to normal with Luna's help before it gets permanently destroyed."
"W-Wait..." Inuyasha said putting his hand on his forehead and closing his eyes.
He continued to speak "I kinda believe you now and I know what you gotta do is important but can you just wait a little longer before you fix it?"
"W-Why? I want to hurry up and get this done and go home!"
"Because- the old me didn't have any dreams other than wanting to find my place in the world or becoming a strong demon!"
"You want me to delay the restoration of your world because you have a dream to fulfill?"
"...Yes."
Vanessa looked at Luna then asked Inuyasha "What's your dream anyways?"
Inuyasha grumbled "Is it really necessary to tell you?"
"Well ...If you don't tell me, then how will I know if I can delay or not."
"...I want to be a J-Pop singer."
Inuyasha's statement turned on Vanessa's fan-girl side and golden sparkles appeared out of nowhere, decorating the scene.
"OH! MY! GOD! Inuyasha, you can sing?!"
"Yeah, what about it? Why do you think I got the guts to try out?" grumbled Inuyasha, feeling awkward because of Vanessa's enthusiasm.
" Oh... So you want me to delay it until your audition is done!"
"Yeah..."
"What time is the audition?"
"Tomorrow at 8 in the morning."
"Ach!" exclaimed Vanessa in shock.
"What's wrong? Can you delay or not?"
"...I don't know... I told you I want to go home early, if the audition is tomorrow, on the chance that I could delay; that means I would have to find a place to stay."
"...Then you could stay at my house I guess."
Vanessa blushed and said "Eh?!" while Luna screeched at the same time while stretching out in shock on Vanessa's shoulder.
"I-Is that really ok?"
"...If I tell my family that you just arrived today and you got no place to stay, I guess they won't make a fuss about it."
"Family?" asked Vanessa then bolded blue question marks flew out of thin air , symbolizing her confusion.
"Well ...There is Sesshomaru and his stepmother." thought Vanessa.
Then Vanessa remembered how much she disliked Sesshomaru because he was mean to Inuyasha and although she liked his mother because of her beauty and wisdom, his mother looked down on humans as well.
"But...Wouldn't your family be bothered by me staying there out of the blue?"
"No... My parents died in an accident when I was little so it's just me , my older brother, and that kid he took in. I'm sure he wouldn't mind."
Vanessa started to process Inuyasha's last statement "The kid he took in? Is it Rin? If the world is not completely distorted, it must be Rin."
"Uh...But what about his mom?"
"You really do know everything about me don't you?" frowned Inuyasha.
"Well... I know a lot but not everything."
"Hmph... My stepmother lives by herself , right now she's on a vacation in Europe."
"Oh, that's awesome. Is your family like really rich or something like that?" asked Vanessa in awe.
"...Yeah, my brother is the CEO of Empire Enterprise that he inherited from my old man. My mother and stepmom are both from wealthy families. "
"Wow... Well just let me check with Luna first."
"Uh...ok." said Inuyasha still not comfortable with the idea that Vanessa could talk to a cat although according to Vanessa, the cat was supposed to talk.
"Luna? Is it possible to delay our mission until tomorrow?" asked Vanessa in English.
"I don't see why not, the maximum amount of time we have in the world is 3 days."
"Ok, but won't my family know that I am missing?"
" It's alright, time passes differently between the worlds so even though we have been here for two days , in your world, only a few minutes have passed. One day equals one minute."
"Alright! I can stay and let you pursue your dream!" said Vanessa putting two thumbs up.
"Would you stop making a big deal out of it?!" Inuyasha yelled out of embarrassment.
"I'm sorry! But you know, like you said, the old you didn't really have any dreams...And... I'm just really happy for you!"
"Uh...Ok. Well thanks, for actually letting me get a chance at it. I mean, just to get a chance to see if I would've made it." Inuyasha said blushing with a smile starting to form.
"You're welcome."
He turned away out of awkwardness then asked "You told me that the cat can talk right?"
"Yup."
"Why don't I hear it talk then?"
"That's because she lost her ability to speak in this world and I'm the only one who can understand her right now."
"Hmm... Alright, let me take you to my place then."
"Ok!"
