Chapter 10: The Root of Everything (part.2)

So that was why Inuyasha had never seen the Tree of Ages at the Higurashi Shrine, it was growing in the stadium of Tokyo Dome! It looked normal on the outside but Vanessa suddenly had a headache as she faced the tree.

"There's a dark energy surrounding it." observed Luna as her body started to feel uneasy from being near it.

As if to confirm Luna's statement, Vanessa could see darkness spread out from the tree. Luna then asked out loud why the tree was tainted to act as the cause of the distortion. Vanessa pointed out the possibility of being the oldest thing alive in the Inuyasha world was the reason why it was chosen. That tree had lived through many eras and seen many fates.

Luna nodded then asked "Do you remember the spell?"

Vanessa confirmed that she did then Luna replied "Then we must make haste and fix everything."

Vanessa took a deep breath , held out her hands and closed her eyes like magic users do on T.V., and started to recite "Begone dis-" but she was stopped because her whole body felt a tremor similar to an earthquake. She instantly opened her eyes and saw the roots of the Tree of Ages starting to rise from the ground and grow longer!

"Get out of the way, Vanessa!"

Vanessa screamed and jumped to avoid the long roots that were acting like whips but unfortunately, she fell down abruptly, the left side of her body skid with the ground, causing part of her face and her hair to get messed up.

"Vanessa, are you alright?"

"Just hurt from my fall." she replied while holding a palm to her cheek and slowly sitting up.

Vanessa wondered how she was going to get close enough to the tree to fix it. Luna looked back at the tree then golden light surrounded her body, causing her to transform into a slightly larger than normal black panther. Vanessa was surprised as she witnessed the change she had no idea Luna could do that!

Luna roared then ran toward the roots and held a couple in her mouth. Unfortunately, there was a limit as to how much she could bite on and she was outnumbered by the roots. The other roots restrained her tightly and choked her until she passed out and returned back to her old form. Only then did the roots drop Luna to the ground.

"Luna!" Vanessa cried as she tried to get closer to Luna but was stopped by the whipping roots.

Meanwhile, Inuyasha had been looking everywhere for Vanessa. After the judges told him he made it, he wanted to celebrate with her but when he went to the room, the attendants told him that she went to the restroom and never came back. Had he been duped? Why did she leave without saying a word? He was angered but then he wondered if an emergency came up, she did have a mission to perform. Something inside of him told him not to lose faith in her just yet, then he finally found her in the stadium, trying to dodge tree roots?

He tried to get closer to her but ended up dodging the tree roots as well. Vanessa was surprised that he went all this way to find her.

"Vanessa! Why the hell did you leave without saying a word?!"

"I-I'm sorry, Inuyasha! I wanted to stay! But an alarm came from my phone, it was warning me that your audition was changing the fate of the world, so I had no choice but to go and fix the distortion! I didn't get to hear much but you were great though."

Inuyasha felt relief from her words, so his faith in her wasn't misplaced after all.

"By the way, did you pass the audition?"

"Of course I did!"

During the conversation, Vanessa let her guard down and was now being beaten by the tree roots and all she could do was hunch her back while covering her face with her arms crossed.

"Vanessa!" Inuyasha cried and ran to her while dodging the roots.

When he got to her side, he shielded her from taking anymore blows which only made Vanessa cry his name in distress. Then the roots started to restrain and choke him as well until he passed out.

"Inuyasha!" Vanessa screamed while tears were pouring down from her face.

With no one left to defend her, the roots returned to hitting her which caused her to lie down in a fetal position with her arms shielding her face and her hands on her head.

Vanessa thought "What should I do? I'm so useless... At this rate, the world of Inuyasha will be nothing than a memory!"

Smack. Smack.

"Because of me, Inuyasha and Luna got hurt."

Smack. Smack.

"Even though I'm a witch now, nothing has really changed. I'm still so hopeless."

Smack. Smack.

"Because of me, it's all over."

Smack. Smack.

Vanessa took a peek at Luna and Inuyasha's unconscious bodies but her vision was blurred from her tears. A second later, she returned to ducking her head.

"Damn it...Damn it..." she seethed in frustration.

"Because of me, Inuyasha will-"

Suddenly she remembered how Inuyasha always helped her. How he would never give up in a fight. Then she recalled what Luna said "The fate of all the worlds lies in your hands so please don't run away from this."

She started to get up and yelled "I am not gonna be useless anymore!"

"Stay away from me!" she swatted at the tree roots.

Then she realized that the tree roots were bouncing back? She had telekinesis! She stood up then ran while swatting the tree roots away from her and holding out her right hand.

"Buddha please give me strength!" she mentally prayed.

"Begone distortion! Bring the altered world back to proportion!"

A pink beam of light burst forth from her hand and hit the tree, causing the roots to retreat back into the ground. The light moved from the tree and into the ground, slowly covering the entire earth and the whole scene changed back into the Higurashi shrine.

Vanessa was slowly falling down while the pink light was sweeping the scenery and changing the world back. Luna and Inuyasha finally regained consciousness after Vanessa had completely laid down in exhaustion. The two of them rushed over to her side and Inuyasha held her in his arms, close to his chest. Vanessa regained enough strength to look at him and saw that he too, was returning to his original form. Luna put her paws on part of Vanessa's arm and shouted cheerfully that she did it. Inuyasha was shocked, the cat really did talk! Vanessa smiled weakly, embraced in his scent which reminded her of the warmth of a blanket that had been hung out under the sun.

Her phone flew out of her pocket towards the sky. It shot a beam of blue light that generated a portal which caused Vanessa to slowly lift out of Inuyasha's arms and Luna to float upwards. Inuyasha and Vanessa looked at each other with shocked expressions, they both knew that they would separate but didn't think it would be too soon.

Vanessa yelled "Goodbye Inuyasha! I hope you reach all your goals! Don't forget about me!"

Inuyasha yelled back "I won't! Take care of yourself, Vanessa!"

Then Vanessa found herself in a new bubble that Luna made to slow down their flight in the portal. Luna put her paws over Vanessa's chest and warm golden light completely surrounded Vanessa, healing her of fatigue and any injuries that she gotten.

Luna said "Alright, let's get you home. " allowing Vanessa to relax and sleep in the bubble.

...

Meanwhile in a dark room from a closely guarded place, which was filled with many sparkling lights, but on closer inspection, it was actually a room filled with many shining planets. However, they seemed to be slowly losing their radiance. Except for one planet which abruptly burst out in pink light and shone the brightest, illuminating a corner of the room.

To Be Continued...