Yeah, I know that last chapter was kind of unclear. But this chapter is more then likely to answer all of your questions.



Chapter 10: Ripples in the Water





"He's our REAL son?" Kagome asked.

"It's all here!" Inu Onna said. The blue duffle bag rested on top of the cart.

"Wow." April said.

"Well, he did a good job hiding his scent, even I can't find it!" Inu Yasha said sniffing at the ground.

"We must find him." Kagome asked.

Then all of a sudden, they heard something. It was a high speed something, whatever it was. Then Ao Cho stopped in front of their cart. It was sp sudden that Musuko almost ran his mules into a sinkhole. Ao Cho dropped Inu Otoko off her back and folded her arms. All the girls in the group ran over and threw their arms around him, everyone talking at once, "Inu Otoko!" "We missed you!" "Don't ever do that again!"

"Are you crazy?!" "You could've been hurt?"

He pulled away and said, "I need your help."





"Why are we doing this again?" Honey asked.

"We're saving the future!" Kagome said.

"Before we save anything, you all must see the cause of the problem." Ao Cho said. She made them all sit in a circle with each person exactly two feet away from each other. She put a purple flower on each person's head and made them close their eyes. In the middle of the circle was a pan of water. Ao Cho tossed some white powder into the water and a strong flowery smell erupted from the pan.

"Man, this is lame-ass." Inu Yasha said.

"SHHH!" Ao Cho took her place in the circle and closed her eyes. "Everyone join hands,and keep your eyes closed."

They held hands and Ao Cho said in a clear voice, "We would all like transmittion on how Inu Otoko came to be." The smoke from the pan encircled the group and a vision came into everyone's mind.





A large and beautifully designed castle sat over a river. Hibiscus and Kikyo flwers bloomed around it.

("Hey! That's my old house!" Inu Yasha exclaimed.)

("Shhh...." Ao Cho said.)

Then they all heard a loud scream.

The scene switched to inside the castle. Two people were running together. One of them was tall dressed in refined aromor with long white hair and handsome features. He was running with a frantic look on his face and hugging someone who was slightly shorter then him. Inu Yasha was the man, he was 26. The woman whom he held clung to him and whimpered loudly. "It's okay! You're fine! It's okay!" he kept saying, probably more to himself then her. There was a woman running next to them that they've never seen before. She had long royal violet hair. On top of her head was a crown of white bellflowers. Even though she was running in the apparent crisis, her expression was calm.

They ran up to a door and Inu Yasha knocked hard on it. They heard the sounds of the midwife running to the door. She threw it open to see what all of the fuss was about.

She saw them and sighed, "Oh, it's you." Then she smiled at them. "Right on time, Kagome, how far apart are the contractions?" The adult Kagome turned around and was even more beautiful then Kikyo ever was, even in her sweaty crucial state. Her stomach was rounded with a fragile cargo. "AA-bout-one- and-a half-minutes." She croaked.

("NANI?!" Kagome shouted.)

("SHH!" Ao Cho said. "Your excitement is giving the vision interference.")

They went inside and the sixteen year old midwife's apprentice snapped to attention. "Oh my! I'll get some water!"

"No, Rin!" The purple haired women said. "I'll be here, you go tell the others."

"Okay, Ma!" Rin said and zoomed off down the hall.

"Alright, let's get her up on the table." The women said.

"Thank you, Murisaki Cho." Kagome and InuYasha said.



Most of the friends and family were already in the "waiting room." It hadn't taken long before the news spread throughout feudal Japan that the second lord of the western lands was having a child. Rin stood in the doorway of the waiting room.

"Hey! Hey! Look at this!" A fifteen year old Shippou said. He was dressed in nice expensive clothes, but his clothes looked worn in. He grabbed the sides of his mouth, stuck out his tongue, and pointed his eyes tow different ways. "Digeridoo!" he said trying to make himself look funnier. The twin babies laughed and clapped.

"Your daughters are funny!" Shippou looked at Sango and Miroku. "What are their names again?"

"Kaede and Kirara." Sango said.

Then Kohaku ran up, "I just heard!" he panted. He kissed Rin and asked, "Am I to late?"

"No, Kagome went into labor a little while ago." She looked at everyone. "Before I go look for Miss Inu Onna and Miss Hachimitsu, does anyone need anything?"

"We're fine, just go." Sesshomaru said. Though he was older, he was still as beautiful as ever. Then a little girl about three or four years old walked up. She had long lavender hair and large blue eyes. She was dressed in the kimono that Rin used to wear.

"Still can't sleep Ao Cho?" he asked. She looked over at the twins and raised her hand. The twins started to float upward.

"Not again!" Miroku said.

The baby twins screamed with laughter.





Inu Onna and Honey stood across from each other. Inu Onna wearing her present time pink kimono with armor over it. "You're going down, Wolfgirl!" she pointed at Honey.

Honey had her hair up in a ponytail and wore armor that was a little lighter then the one she wore in the present time. "I'm sorry, but you have it backwards." She flexed her claws. "Prepare yourself." They lunged at each other. Inu Onna swung at her, but Honey caught her wrist then spun her and brought her foot up to kick her. Inu Onna spun around, grabbed her foot, and tossed her at a tree trunk.

Honey stopped herself by landing feet first against the trunk, and used it to force herself in Inu Onna's direction. "Nine Inch Nails!" her nails grew on her left hand like five sabers.

"Tetsusaiga dagger extend!" Inu Onna's dagger grew and she used it to block the claws. They strained against each other trying to push the other one back. Rin ran up to them, "Hey you two! Your baby brother or sister is about to be born!"

Inu Onna: OO

Honey: OO

"AAAAAAAAAAHHHHHH!"

"FOR REAL?!" Inu Onna shouted.

"OH MY GOD!" Honey shouted.

They ran with Rin.

"I bet it's a girl!" Honey said.

"I bet she has white hair!" Inu Onna said.

"I bet she'll like Eminem!" Honey said.

"I bet she'll like the Beach Boys!" Inu Onna said.





So everyone sat waiting, Rin couting heads. Inu Onna and Honey sat together hypervenalating.

"Oh my god!"

"Oh my god!"

"Oh my god!"

"Oh my god!"

That's when the 25 year old Musuko walked in. "Hello everyone! I came as fast as I could."

GLOMP!

Musuko turned his head and saw Inu Onna with her arms wrapped around him. They laughed and kissed.

("WHA?!" Honey and Inu Onna shouted at the same time.)

("Be quiet, both of you!" Ao Cho hissed.)

Honey walked up to him, pushed her hair out of her face and poined at her cheek. Musuko kissed it. Inu Onna asked, "Hachimitsu, are you sure your new boyfriend would like you doing that?"

"What?! Another one?" Musuko looked surprised. "That's the fourth one this month!"

"Well this one is different from the rest!" she looked upward starry eyed. "He's the leader of another wolf youkai tribe! And we have so much in common!" she looked at Inu Onna, "Brace yourself sis! I think he's the one!"

They both laughed like a couple of best friends.



Kagome lay back breathing heavily. Inu Yahsa was getting all excited. "You did it! You did it!" He kissed her all over her face and neck.

She smiled at him and said, "WE did it!"

The midwife wiped her forehead with a cloth. "It's a boy." Murisaki Cho said and brought the baby over and handed him to Kagome. Kagome smiled and hugged the small child. The black haired baby whimpered in the harsh cold.

Kagome smiled at Inu Yasha and gave him his son. He was hesitate to take him, like he was afraid he would cry or he would hurt him. As soon as the child was put into his arms, it stopped whimpering. Tears of joy rolled down Kagome's face.

"What is his name?" The midwife asked.

"Inu Otoko." Inu Yasha said, assuming right away that the boy was a hanyo. Murasaki Cho took the baby to wash him.

"When he gets older," Inu Yasha said. "I'll teach him all the self defense techniques I know from Sankon Tessou, too-"

Murasaki Cho turned to look at him with the child, "You do know this child is a human, do you not?"

"A lot of hanyo's are born human." Inu Yasha said.

"Let me rephrase that," she said. "He's NOT a half demon, Inu Otoko is a full human."

Inu Yasha's jaw dropped.

"Well," Kagome said. "I guess it's safe to say he'll be schooling in my time!" ^^





The vision rippled like water and the scene changed to Kagome's school. They heard the dismissal bell and teenagers poured out of the school. Then one boy walked out. He had strait black hair and thick glasses. He was walking next to two girls whom strongly resembled Sango. He waved to someone and that someone said. "Seeya tomorrow at archery practice, Inu Otoko!"

"Okay, bye!" The boy with glasses said. He walked for a while with the girls then they waved and said. "Seeya later, Inu-kun!"

"Bye Kaede! Bye Kirara!" He waved. He shifted the weight of his duffle bag and started to walk down the sidewalk. Then he heard a scream. He looked to his right and saw three guys picking on a girl from his school.

"Hey, chickie!" One of them said. "How about a kiss?"

"Please, leave me alone!" she said.

They started to advance on her. Inu Otoko stepped in front of her.

"Oh that's mature," Inu Otoko frowned at them. "Picking on a girl," he turned to her. "You shouldn't walk this way on your way home, this is a dangerous neighborhood."

"Thank you!" she kissed him and ran off.

He stood there looking shocked then his whole face turned red, "Y-you're welcome, whoever you are."

The three guys started to circle him. One of them said, "No biggie guys, it's just Inu Otoko."

"What a stupid name!"

"Geek!"

"I hear he's student of the month in Japan history!"

"You guys don't know what you're talking about!" Inu Otoko said. "I suck in math!"

("Those guys don't look that strong." Honey said.)

("Inu Otoko could take him out, no sweat!" Inu Onna said.)

"Yo,, feather punch!" on e of the guys said and pointed at their chin.

Inu Otoko folded his arms, "Violence isn't the answer."

Then one of the guys punched him in the cheek. Inu Otoko reeled back. Then the other guys jumped in and they continued to over team the boy.

Inu Otoko fell on the grass bloody and beaten. His glasses lay a few feet away with a horrendous crack in the right lense.

"Oh look, he broke his little glasses!" one of them laughed.

One of them opened his duffle bag. "What have you got in here?" he lifted Inu Yasha's red kimono out of the bag. "What's this? Your pajamas?"

Inu Otoko's eyes popped.

"What a dork! He brings his pajamas to school!" One laughed.

"And a purple necklace to match!" One pulled the rosary beads out.

Just when everyone thought that Inu Otoko was too weak to do anything else, he shot up into a crouching position. His voice became a little sterner, "Leave my father's kimono alone!"

The guys laughed at his courage, feeling no threat. They started to pretend like they were going to rip it.

"STOP IT!" Inu Otoko shouted. He jumped up and spin-round-kicked one of the guys in the head. The other two guys charged him.

POW! WHAP! BAM! CRACK! POW! POW! BAM! CRACK! WHAM!

"Sankon Tessou!" he punched the last guy out and the three of the bullies laid around him. Then he started to tremble, 'What did you do, Inu Otoko? What did you do?' he asked himself. He picked up his bag and looked at the three guys. He bowed and said, "I'm sorry." Then he continued walking.

"Hello there."

A chill ran up his spine. He turned around and there was a blotch of darkness in the light. A pale man stood there standing out in his black clothes and long black hair like Alice Cooper in a childcare center. He smiled at Inu Otoko, actually, he smirked, causing the boy to shudder. "Nice job." The man said looking over at the beaten bullies. His eyes were so dark, they appeared black; but not warm black; cold, amused black.

Inu Otoko nodded. He didn't want to agree, but he didn't want to argue. A feeling inside of him told him not to speak to this man at all. He nodded again and started walking toward the well. That was the reason he had all of this stuff, he was planning to go straight to Inu Yasha's castle after school.

"Say." He heard the guys icy voice again. Inu Otoko stopped.

"You wouldn't happen to be Inu Otoko would you?" the man said.

Inu Otoko hesitated on his answer. "Yes."

"Yes, I know you, Inu Otoko, son of Inu Yasha." The man said. Inu Otoko turned around and almost jumped out of his skin. The guy was standing right behind him the whole time!

Inu Otoko took a step back. "What do you want?"

"You are human, but," the man said. "When you became angry over there, I sensed it. Demon blood. But there's very little of it."

"Huh?" Inu Otoko said.

"Yes, you are technically a half breed. But you cannot use that blood, why don't you give me your demon blood?" the man said.

Inu Otoko took another step back, "What's with you?"

"No?" the man asked. "Then how about your consistency?"

("AAAAHH!" Shippou screamed.)

"You-I don't know what the heck you're talking about!" Inu Otoko said and he started back to the well. He glanced behind him a couple of times to see if the man was following him, but he wasn't there.

He climbed through the well and out the other side. He started his walk toward the castle. Fridays were cool at the castle, because he could procrastinate on his homework and play with his cousins and sisters until Sunday.

He was almost home and for some reason, the sun set early. He looked up into the sky, New Moon. Then he realized how quiet it was. He found himself walking cautiously. Then he reached the front of the castle were a fountain usually stood and got the shock of his life, which scared his memory to where he is now.

The bodies of everyone. From Inu Yasha, to Shippou. Kagome, to Sesshomaru. Rin, to Musuko. All of them, laid out on the ground. Inu Yasha was in his new moon form. All of them with looks of pain and horror on their faces. Then he looked up and saw that scary man, sucking the soul out of Inu Onna. She screamed and then her body went limp.

"Sister!" Inu Otoko screamed.

The man tossed her into the line with the rest of the bodies. "Oh hi Inu Otoko." He smiled. "I guess you didn't get home soon enough." He laughed at him.

Inu Otoko growled at him. "You monster!"

"I could be persuaded to give the souls back." The strange man said. "Give me your consistency and I will set their souls free." He said.

"Fine! Whatever!" Inu Otoko said. Then before he knew what happened the man jumped forward, grabbed him by the collar of his uniform, and lifted him up into the air. Inu Otoko looked down at him horrified. The man's eye started to glow and a luminous mist dispersed from Inu Otoko's pores. The black haired man sucked it up through his mouth and smiled. Inu Otoko felt his energy jump. "Thank you!" the man said. He tossed Inu Otoko into the fountain. "That's just the power I needed!" he laughed evilly.

Inu Otoko sat up in the fountain. "Their souls!" he said.

The black haired man grabbed him by his collar again and pulled him too his feet. "I would be worrying about my own soul if I were you!" he laughed and lifted Inu Otoko up once more. The mist surrounded him again. The man started to suck his soul when they both heard a high pitched ringing, (hence the shikon jewel) then what happened next went fast. Inu Otoko's vision was blurred. He felt like he was torn from his body and in his half conciousness, he thought he saw himself flying face first into the well.



He woke up at the bottom of the bone eaters well. He looked up and saw that it was daytime and he wondered how long he had been in there. He started to climb the vines. Then a vine broke and he fell on his butt. "ARGH!" He rubbed the pained area and his fingers felt weird. He looked at them and found sharp claws. They shrank back in after a few seconds. "What? What happened to me?" he asked himself. He climbed out and found himself in the feudal era, but it looked different from the feudal era he usually went to. He walked over to the lake. He looked at his reflexion. His hair was a little bit spikier. He also noticed that he didn't need his glasses to see. Then he realized how tight his shirt felt compared to normal. He opened it to find mildly defined muscles. He closed it. He started to walk but his feet where uncomfortable. He took off his shoes, his toe nails had grown longer. So he looked around and started to walk off, maybe find a village.





The smoke evaporated and everyone opened their eyes.

"I can't believe it." Kagome said.

April looked at Inu Otoko, she felt so sorry for him.

"If you have any questions, you can ask them later. We don't have time for them." She started to mover toward the lake. They followed her.

Then Inu Yasha asked, "So how come you never told us that you were Sesshomaru's daughter?"

She folder her arms and said, "You didn't ask.

Everyone facefaulted.



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Welll? Were your questions answered? Tell me what you think of the future I planned for them. And get ready for the next chapter, if you've read the other stories endings then you know what to expect.