Final Distance
By: DemonSaya
Disclaimer: Okay, I dun own any of these characters, I'm borrowing them, and I promised that I'd return them. Well...I promised because Inuyasha's rather mad that I kidnapped them for awhile and I'm afraid he may pull out his sword and demolish me...Please don't sue me, I already have a pmsing adolescent half-demon to deal with!
Policy on Flamers: Give me Love, Peace, and Chicken Grease, and I shall give you the same. If you don't, I know lots of assassins, thieves, demons, and goddesses, that would love to hurt you if I told them you flamed ^_^
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Chapter 3-All in the Family
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Kouga woke later that day, trussed up like a pig about to be roasted, which isn't exactly a bad way of putting it, as he was now not only bound by the rosaries, he was also tied quite tightly to the leg of a table. Growling, he struggled against it, remembering what he'd been trying to do.
He was going to kill them. Both of them. Inuyasha for stealing his woman and Kagome for being an unfaithful bitch!
"Kouga-kun..." Kagome said, dropping down to his level and looking him in the face. "You've got to fight it." She glanced towards her brother, who was rather nervous because Kagome had explained what Kaede said before they'd left the sengoku period.
"You left with that dog turd?!" He snarled, fighting the table leg valiantly, but it had no effect. "I loved you, I treated you with kindness, I wanted to be with you! All he ever did was yell at you! Why did you pick him?! Why didn't you love me?!"
Kagome smiled gently. "Kouga," She brushed his bangs from his face gently. "Yes, all of that may be true, but...you never stood a chance. I met Inuyasha months before you. I knew there was a softer side behind his tough exterior, and before I ever met you...I had already fallen for him..." She sighed, wrapping her hand around his, her eyes sad. "He didn't try to steal me from you, you tried to steal me from him."
Kouga blinked in realization. Now that he thought about it, Kagome had always protected Inuyasha first and foremost. She protected him with the passion someone gives only someone they dearly love. "I loved you..." He accused. "Couldn't you have learned to love me?!"
She shook her head. "I could only ever love Inuyasha."
His head fell and grief overwhelmed him. He'd spent so much time loving her, wanting no one except her, and now he was expected to forget her?! Could he really do that?! He could never love anyone except Kagome! Suddenly, he blinked.
Is this what she meant?
Even knowing she might not be loved by Inuyasha in return, she'd entrusted her heart with him, wanting to see him happy, even at the risk of her own happiness. He closed his eyes, smiling sadly. Perhaps he could forget her. "Untie me." He said softly.
Kagome hesitantly undid the knots, releasing the wolf-demon. "Are you going to try to kill us?" She asked, tilting her head to the side.
"No..." He reached down, digging into his leg with his claw, ignoring a frightened house-wife's scream. He quickly withdrew the two shards, taking Kagome's hand, dropping them into it. "I'm leaving. These should finish the jewel." He paused, then brushed some of her hair back. "I'm going to try to forget you. Don't try to find me." He stood, walking out of the house, trying to retain some of his dignity in front of his arch rival and ex-love.
Inuyasha watched him go. "I wasn't sure that was going to work." He said, leaning against the wall, his golden eyes darkening a bit. He glanced towards his girlfriend, who looked slightly saddened, and he understood why. Even if Kouga had grown bitter and began to hate them, they both still considered him a friend, or at least a good rival.
"Neither was I." She stood, dusting off her knees and sighing heavily, glancing towards her brother. "Souta, we will need to talk very soon."
"Mou, nee-chan!" Souta grumbled, glaring at her. "I get the point, I've got some special power's or some wierd crap like that."
"Correction," an eerily familiar voice said from the door which Kouga had just left from. "You have power's equalling your sisters. But for a different purpose."
Inuyasha and Kagome spun around, seeing three figures standing in the door. The shortest was about four-foot-eleven, with bright red hair and golden eyes. Next up from him was an oddly familiar young man with long orange hair pulled back into a pony tail and bright green eyes.
But the one who spoke stood in the middle. He was the tallest, and obviously the oldest, with medium length white hair and bright golden eyes which shone under long white bangs. "Her's to protect the Shikon no Tama. Yours to destroy the strongest demons."
Kagome stared at him as Inuyasha ran up beside her. "You again?" Her face looked tired and somewhat exasperated.
"What?" Souta asked. "You know him?"
Inuyasha frowned a bit, arching an eyebrow. "It's my older brother."
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Sesshoumaru bowed deeply, if not somewhat sarcastically. "Ore wa Sesshoumaru." He rested a hand on the kid's head, ruffling it. "This is Koji, and you should recognize the other one."
Kagome was already clasping hands with her old friend, and hugging him tightly. "Shippou-chan!" She cried, ecstatic.
Shippou grinned, winking at her. "Yo." He looked towards Inuyasha and smiled widely. "Hey, dog breath. Long time no see."
Inuyasha growled at him.
Koji glared at Souta, buffing his nails. "Oi, Sesshoumaru-sama, are you sure this brat is THE one?" He looked the boy up and down. "He's just a squirt."
Souta glared at Koji, hands fisting. "I'll have you know I'm a black belt in martial arts, and I've had kendo and kempo training!" He walked towards the young demon. "So who are you calling a squirt?! I'm taller than you for crissake!"
The red-haired boy snorted. "You are a squirt. Mortal, soft. If a strong wind came along, it'd blow you away. You think you're material for killing demons. Keh."
Kagome smiled towards Inuyasha. "Inuyasha, he has your attitude."
Inuyasha snorted.
The argument continued to escalate until finally, both were in each other's faces. At that point, Inuyasha grabbed the back of Souta's shirt and pulled him back while his brother mirrored his behavior with Koji.
Sesshoumaru gave Koji a look and the boy simmered down quickly, while the great demon took a seat on the couch. "I've come with bad news, Inuyasha." He said evenly, his face emotionless once again.
Inuyasha sat down across from him, while Kagome and Souta sat on either side of him. "What's up?" He asked, feeling an odd prickle at the back of his neck. Something was deffinately wrong. He could feel it in the air, see it in the way the trees shuddered away from the breeze. Danger was coming, and it was moving quickly.
"Naraku's soul never went to the underworld."
Kagome's head snapped up, eyes half-frightened. "Naraku?!" She asked, standing up abruptly. She couldn't remember what happened when her powers had exploded but everyone told her Naraku had been destroyed.
"Shit..." Inuyasha growled.
"It get's worse." The older demon said matter of factly. "Naraku may be alive, but he's weak. Very, very weak. He's not the bad news. The bad news is named Yashura."
Kagome frowned, tilting her head to the side. "Yashura?" That name sent shivers down her spine and she noticed her brother had started shaking like a leaf on a tree. "Souta?!"
He hugged himself, curling forward into a ball. Someone was trying to tell him something. He couldn't quite make it out. It was as if a part of him was closed off to recieving it's message.
Sesshoumaru nodded. "A very old, frightfully powerful demon. She's older than father would have been if he was still alive." He frowned deeply. "Some say she's the oldest demon still living, but she doesn't age like other demons. She hasn't aged in over a thousand years. I don't even think the Bakuryuuha could destroy her."
Shippou pointed at the fourteen year old boy who was doubled over, clutching his head. "That's where the kid comes in." He said, thumbing Souta. "We've recieved news she's in Japan again, and we're almost positive she'll come after the Shikon no Tama. Somewhere in him lays the power to destroy her."
Inuyasha glanced down at Souta in surprise. "Well, damn, I knew I felt power similar to Kagome's but will it be enough? Kagome's 'power burst' covered all of Japan five hundred years ago, but Naraku still exists. If he has more power than her, then it'll kill him!"
Kagome squeezed his arm, her eyes worried. "Sesshoumaru, what is this power that he has?"
"There are many. Some are the same as yours. Other's are different. He will not experience the fireworks you did in Sengoku Jidai." He said, brushing a strand of hair behind his ear. "His powers will take physical form. Or at least that's what the prophecy says."
"Prophecy?!" She asked, jumping up. "What prophecy?"
"Koji." Sesshoumaru said shortly.
Koji pulled out a very old, worn book. "I'll make it simple for the kid," He said, giving Souta a disdainful look. "A girl with the power to travel through time would meet a boy sealed for what was meant to be all eternity. Together they'd embark on a great adventure, and the girls power would emerge, bringing about the completion of a legendary jewel."
"Five hundred years after the girls power explode, her closest relative, a male, would experience what is called the call of the light, and his powers would begin to emerge. When they reached their peak, they would take shape into a sword of legendary power, only capable of being weilded by the boy." He snapped the book closed. "'Nuff said."
Souta shook his head. "This isn't possible. Kagome's the one with the great power. She's the glow bug. I'm just a kid!"
"Keh, so he admits it." Koji muttered, sitting down, his arms crossed in annoyance.
"Your sister was your age when her powers errupted." Shippou said. "Face it, kid, you're going to be powerful, too."
"But..." He jumped up. "Why us?! Why my family?!"
Sesshoumaru's mouth quirked just a bit. "Because it's in your blood." He saw the confusion on Kagome and Inuyasha's faces and fought to keep from smiling. "After all, you descended from the most powerful demon huntress and priest in the history of Japan. Sango and Miroku."
Silence fell over the room. When it was broken, it was Inuyasha who spoke.
"Well, at least that explains Kagome's thing about beating me up." He muttered, which may as well have been a shout, considering said female was right next to him, and the room was so silent you could have heard a pin drop.
"Inuyasha..." Kagome said, inhaling deeply. "Sit."
He promptly ate hardwood. "You bitch..." He muttered from where he lay.
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Souta sat in his room, staring out the window. This was just too much. First he and his sister get attacked by a jealous ex-boyfriend, then he get's told he's some legendary sword wielder. Then, he meets this annoying little brat, who happened to be half fire-spirit and half kitsune demon.
Then, to add insult to his already injured psyche, he finds out he's related to a lecherous monk and his older sister's best friend from five hundred years ago.
Hell, just add getting kidnapped and this would be a well rounded day.
Yeah, if your name was Ranma and you lived in Nerima. He could practically swear his life was turning into a bloody drama/romance genre manga. Hell, maybe he could sell this to someone and make big bucks off it. The story of me and my sister's lives. He snorted. It's make a best seller.
He leaned back, lacing his fingers and tucking his hands behind his head. Idly he wondered if this was the kind of crap Kagome had gone through for a year while in Sengoku Jidai. Probably.
He finally went to his bed, slipping under the covers and staring up at the roof. If it had been him, he wasn't sure if he'd have been able to deal with it. Even if he'd had a person to share it with.
He rolled onto his stomach, finding there was too much in his mind to sleep tonight.
"Who the hell is this Yashura person anyways?" He grumbled. This was supposed to be his sisters thing, not his. He'd led a carefree, generally event free life. Except the few times he was almost killed by a demon or stray spirit in his time. "Dammit..." He grumbled, frowning deeply.
Maybe he should get a girlfriend or something. That seemed to help his sister make it through reassembling the jewel without going completely insane. Hm, where could he find a femal half-demon pinned to a tree?
He snorted at the thought. No, it was more than a little obvious he was going to have to rely on his sister and Inuyasha's strength to keep from going nuts. And his own eyes and ears.
"If I can see it and I can touch it, then it's real." He muttered, quoting one of his all time favorite import movies, 'The Mummy'. He snorted, glaring into nothing. Then again, he'd never really seen the spirit of his friends dead sister, either, and it had almost killed him.
No, he was deffinately not cut out for this. He was just a kid. Unable to protect himself against the bigger kids at school, who insisted on beating him up from time to time.
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Kagome sat in her room, wondering how her brother was taking all of this. Probably about as well as she had a first. Trying to find a quick way to get the hell away from all of this. She giggled softly, shaking her head. Now she was more than slightly glad she'd stuck around. If Souta manage to get past this stage, surely he would, too.
She fingered the now completed jewel, her eyes contemplative. It was only a matter of time now. Soon her job in this time would begin once again. With a vengence.
She knew because Inuyasha had been tense all day. Even before the mention of that demon, Yashura, who no doubt would give them all more headaches than even Naraku had in the end. She just hoped Souta stayed cool, and didn't loose sight of himself.
Like she almost had.
With a quick shake of her head, she drug the brush through her hair, knowing it would be another sleepless night for all three of them. She hadn't had a night this tense since Naraku had been destroyed three years ago.
Three years...
Her eyes softened, saddening slightly. In three years, Inuyasha and she had never been on one date, and she could count the number of times they'd spoken their feelings on one hand. She knew feelings like this still weren't easy for him, but geeze. If he didn't propose to her soon, she was going to go nuts.
Either that, or she'd lock herself and him in his room until either she had a proposal, or neither of them were virgins anymore. She felt a giggle slip from between her lips. Her mother would have a cow.
Staring into her mirror, she forced her mind to other things, things that had happened more often. Things Inuyasha had done that had made her happy beyond belief. He held hands with her whenever they were together, now, and he wasn't so afraid to hold her. When they were in public, he would find little excuses to touch her, like lint in her hair, or dirt on her face from working in her very small garden. Kisses were another thing he gave freely now.
Now those were something she deffinately couldn't count on her hands, because they'd probably kissed a million times since their original confession. She focused back on the mirror and giggled. She was glowing again. This time, it was softly tinged with pink.
When Inuyasha first found he could make her glow different colors, he'd kept her with him for almost three hours, seeing how many he could make her turn. Pink when she was feeling snuggly, yellow when she laughed, orange when she was being tickled.
Two she'd discovered on her own were blue, red, and green. She glowed blue when she was sad or upset, red when angry, and green when jealous. She didn't glow those very much anymore.
She could remember the first time she'd glowed green was at school, when a very popular girl had tried to get her hooks into Inuyasha. She'd even gone through the trouble of sending him a LOT of love letters, and the things they said continued to escalate until finally, she tried to kiss him in the school yard.
Kagome had quickly interceded. Inuyasha had been too shocked to move.
The resulting catfight had both girls suspended for a week, and afterwards, girls didn't try to snatch Inuyasha away. They were too afraid of Kagome's wrath.
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Inuyasha, while Kagome and Souta were sitting in their rooms was raiding the fridge. Thinking always made him hungry, and he'd been doing alot of thinking today. He quickly decided on a glass of chocolate milk (something he'd quickly developed a taste for after first coming to Kagome's time), and some cookies he found hidden in the very back of the pantry, obviously hidden for later consumption.
Well, Inuyasha found them after they'd been hidden, so it was officially later consumption, he decided, popping one into his mouth and washing it down with the milk.
When he got yelled at for it later, he'd merely say he didn't know they were hidden, he just thought they'd been forgotten. With a shrug, he sat at the table, contemplating his brother's arrival with the kit and that new brat that seemed to work for his brother. His brain had grown alot in his brief time in Kagome's time, due partially to the massive cramming he'd done with her to make sure he got into the high school she was in.
He'd been pondering and munching on cookies for several minutes when a familiar scent tickled his nose. The cookie he had clasped between his lips fell as realization grasped him.
Naraku.
It had changed alot in five hundred years, but it was the same scent. He jumped to his feet, tearing from the kitchen and up the stairs into Kagome's room.
She spun quickly, looking at him in shock. "Inuyasha?!"
He sniffed, knowing it was nearby, feeling the presence getting closer. But the scent wasn't in this room. It was coming from the room down the hall. It hit him like an icy fist in the gut and he whispered the name in shock. "Souta?!" He turned on his heal, dropping to all fours and sprinting to the other room.
He heard Kagome following behind him and practically ripped the door off it's hinges as he threw it open. "Naraku!" He growled, seeing the face of Maikeru wearing Naraku's grin. "Teme, you took over another human." He snarled, seeing Souta was barely conscious and hanging limply from Naraku's grasp.
Kagome skidded to a stop behind him, her eyes wide with worry. "Souta!"
Naraku smiled wickedly. "I'm taking this boy with me. I'll return him when you give me the Shikon no Tama. Until then..." He jumped backwards out of the window, laughing along the way. "He stays with me!"
Meanwhile, Souta was thinking: Call me Ranma...
Inuyasha ran towards the window, glaring after his arch nemesis. "Naraku..." He snarled, his muscles tensing, about to go after him.
Kagome threw her arms around his back, pressing her face between his shoulder blades. "Tell me it's a bad dream..." She whispered, tears in her eyes. "Tell me he didn't take my little brother..."
Inuyasha stopped himself, turning towards the woman he loved. "I'm sorry, Kagome..." He whispered, embracing her tightly. "Don't worry, I'll get him back. We both will..." I promise...
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End Chapter 3
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Author's Notes: Hm...Souta kidnapped, that's a new one for me. Yes, Naraku is deffinately going to regret doing this. What do ya think of Sesshoumaru's new attitude? Oh, and sorry if Souta seems a bit too much like Inuyasha, now! Three years with someone you practically idolize, you'd change alot, too! Hope you're enjoying the story thus far! *DemonLovin* ~DemonSaya~
Disclaimer: Okay, I dun own any of these characters, I'm borrowing them, and I promised that I'd return them. Well...I promised because Inuyasha's rather mad that I kidnapped them for awhile and I'm afraid he may pull out his sword and demolish me...Please don't sue me, I already have a pmsing adolescent half-demon to deal with!
Policy on Flamers: Give me Love, Peace, and Chicken Grease, and I shall give you the same. If you don't, I know lots of assassins, thieves, demons, and goddesses, that would love to hurt you if I told them you flamed ^_^
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Chapter 3-All in the Family
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Kouga woke later that day, trussed up like a pig about to be roasted, which isn't exactly a bad way of putting it, as he was now not only bound by the rosaries, he was also tied quite tightly to the leg of a table. Growling, he struggled against it, remembering what he'd been trying to do.
He was going to kill them. Both of them. Inuyasha for stealing his woman and Kagome for being an unfaithful bitch!
"Kouga-kun..." Kagome said, dropping down to his level and looking him in the face. "You've got to fight it." She glanced towards her brother, who was rather nervous because Kagome had explained what Kaede said before they'd left the sengoku period.
"You left with that dog turd?!" He snarled, fighting the table leg valiantly, but it had no effect. "I loved you, I treated you with kindness, I wanted to be with you! All he ever did was yell at you! Why did you pick him?! Why didn't you love me?!"
Kagome smiled gently. "Kouga," She brushed his bangs from his face gently. "Yes, all of that may be true, but...you never stood a chance. I met Inuyasha months before you. I knew there was a softer side behind his tough exterior, and before I ever met you...I had already fallen for him..." She sighed, wrapping her hand around his, her eyes sad. "He didn't try to steal me from you, you tried to steal me from him."
Kouga blinked in realization. Now that he thought about it, Kagome had always protected Inuyasha first and foremost. She protected him with the passion someone gives only someone they dearly love. "I loved you..." He accused. "Couldn't you have learned to love me?!"
She shook her head. "I could only ever love Inuyasha."
His head fell and grief overwhelmed him. He'd spent so much time loving her, wanting no one except her, and now he was expected to forget her?! Could he really do that?! He could never love anyone except Kagome! Suddenly, he blinked.
Is this what she meant?
Even knowing she might not be loved by Inuyasha in return, she'd entrusted her heart with him, wanting to see him happy, even at the risk of her own happiness. He closed his eyes, smiling sadly. Perhaps he could forget her. "Untie me." He said softly.
Kagome hesitantly undid the knots, releasing the wolf-demon. "Are you going to try to kill us?" She asked, tilting her head to the side.
"No..." He reached down, digging into his leg with his claw, ignoring a frightened house-wife's scream. He quickly withdrew the two shards, taking Kagome's hand, dropping them into it. "I'm leaving. These should finish the jewel." He paused, then brushed some of her hair back. "I'm going to try to forget you. Don't try to find me." He stood, walking out of the house, trying to retain some of his dignity in front of his arch rival and ex-love.
Inuyasha watched him go. "I wasn't sure that was going to work." He said, leaning against the wall, his golden eyes darkening a bit. He glanced towards his girlfriend, who looked slightly saddened, and he understood why. Even if Kouga had grown bitter and began to hate them, they both still considered him a friend, or at least a good rival.
"Neither was I." She stood, dusting off her knees and sighing heavily, glancing towards her brother. "Souta, we will need to talk very soon."
"Mou, nee-chan!" Souta grumbled, glaring at her. "I get the point, I've got some special power's or some wierd crap like that."
"Correction," an eerily familiar voice said from the door which Kouga had just left from. "You have power's equalling your sisters. But for a different purpose."
Inuyasha and Kagome spun around, seeing three figures standing in the door. The shortest was about four-foot-eleven, with bright red hair and golden eyes. Next up from him was an oddly familiar young man with long orange hair pulled back into a pony tail and bright green eyes.
But the one who spoke stood in the middle. He was the tallest, and obviously the oldest, with medium length white hair and bright golden eyes which shone under long white bangs. "Her's to protect the Shikon no Tama. Yours to destroy the strongest demons."
Kagome stared at him as Inuyasha ran up beside her. "You again?" Her face looked tired and somewhat exasperated.
"What?" Souta asked. "You know him?"
Inuyasha frowned a bit, arching an eyebrow. "It's my older brother."
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Sesshoumaru bowed deeply, if not somewhat sarcastically. "Ore wa Sesshoumaru." He rested a hand on the kid's head, ruffling it. "This is Koji, and you should recognize the other one."
Kagome was already clasping hands with her old friend, and hugging him tightly. "Shippou-chan!" She cried, ecstatic.
Shippou grinned, winking at her. "Yo." He looked towards Inuyasha and smiled widely. "Hey, dog breath. Long time no see."
Inuyasha growled at him.
Koji glared at Souta, buffing his nails. "Oi, Sesshoumaru-sama, are you sure this brat is THE one?" He looked the boy up and down. "He's just a squirt."
Souta glared at Koji, hands fisting. "I'll have you know I'm a black belt in martial arts, and I've had kendo and kempo training!" He walked towards the young demon. "So who are you calling a squirt?! I'm taller than you for crissake!"
The red-haired boy snorted. "You are a squirt. Mortal, soft. If a strong wind came along, it'd blow you away. You think you're material for killing demons. Keh."
Kagome smiled towards Inuyasha. "Inuyasha, he has your attitude."
Inuyasha snorted.
The argument continued to escalate until finally, both were in each other's faces. At that point, Inuyasha grabbed the back of Souta's shirt and pulled him back while his brother mirrored his behavior with Koji.
Sesshoumaru gave Koji a look and the boy simmered down quickly, while the great demon took a seat on the couch. "I've come with bad news, Inuyasha." He said evenly, his face emotionless once again.
Inuyasha sat down across from him, while Kagome and Souta sat on either side of him. "What's up?" He asked, feeling an odd prickle at the back of his neck. Something was deffinately wrong. He could feel it in the air, see it in the way the trees shuddered away from the breeze. Danger was coming, and it was moving quickly.
"Naraku's soul never went to the underworld."
Kagome's head snapped up, eyes half-frightened. "Naraku?!" She asked, standing up abruptly. She couldn't remember what happened when her powers had exploded but everyone told her Naraku had been destroyed.
"Shit..." Inuyasha growled.
"It get's worse." The older demon said matter of factly. "Naraku may be alive, but he's weak. Very, very weak. He's not the bad news. The bad news is named Yashura."
Kagome frowned, tilting her head to the side. "Yashura?" That name sent shivers down her spine and she noticed her brother had started shaking like a leaf on a tree. "Souta?!"
He hugged himself, curling forward into a ball. Someone was trying to tell him something. He couldn't quite make it out. It was as if a part of him was closed off to recieving it's message.
Sesshoumaru nodded. "A very old, frightfully powerful demon. She's older than father would have been if he was still alive." He frowned deeply. "Some say she's the oldest demon still living, but she doesn't age like other demons. She hasn't aged in over a thousand years. I don't even think the Bakuryuuha could destroy her."
Shippou pointed at the fourteen year old boy who was doubled over, clutching his head. "That's where the kid comes in." He said, thumbing Souta. "We've recieved news she's in Japan again, and we're almost positive she'll come after the Shikon no Tama. Somewhere in him lays the power to destroy her."
Inuyasha glanced down at Souta in surprise. "Well, damn, I knew I felt power similar to Kagome's but will it be enough? Kagome's 'power burst' covered all of Japan five hundred years ago, but Naraku still exists. If he has more power than her, then it'll kill him!"
Kagome squeezed his arm, her eyes worried. "Sesshoumaru, what is this power that he has?"
"There are many. Some are the same as yours. Other's are different. He will not experience the fireworks you did in Sengoku Jidai." He said, brushing a strand of hair behind his ear. "His powers will take physical form. Or at least that's what the prophecy says."
"Prophecy?!" She asked, jumping up. "What prophecy?"
"Koji." Sesshoumaru said shortly.
Koji pulled out a very old, worn book. "I'll make it simple for the kid," He said, giving Souta a disdainful look. "A girl with the power to travel through time would meet a boy sealed for what was meant to be all eternity. Together they'd embark on a great adventure, and the girls power would emerge, bringing about the completion of a legendary jewel."
"Five hundred years after the girls power explode, her closest relative, a male, would experience what is called the call of the light, and his powers would begin to emerge. When they reached their peak, they would take shape into a sword of legendary power, only capable of being weilded by the boy." He snapped the book closed. "'Nuff said."
Souta shook his head. "This isn't possible. Kagome's the one with the great power. She's the glow bug. I'm just a kid!"
"Keh, so he admits it." Koji muttered, sitting down, his arms crossed in annoyance.
"Your sister was your age when her powers errupted." Shippou said. "Face it, kid, you're going to be powerful, too."
"But..." He jumped up. "Why us?! Why my family?!"
Sesshoumaru's mouth quirked just a bit. "Because it's in your blood." He saw the confusion on Kagome and Inuyasha's faces and fought to keep from smiling. "After all, you descended from the most powerful demon huntress and priest in the history of Japan. Sango and Miroku."
Silence fell over the room. When it was broken, it was Inuyasha who spoke.
"Well, at least that explains Kagome's thing about beating me up." He muttered, which may as well have been a shout, considering said female was right next to him, and the room was so silent you could have heard a pin drop.
"Inuyasha..." Kagome said, inhaling deeply. "Sit."
He promptly ate hardwood. "You bitch..." He muttered from where he lay.
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Souta sat in his room, staring out the window. This was just too much. First he and his sister get attacked by a jealous ex-boyfriend, then he get's told he's some legendary sword wielder. Then, he meets this annoying little brat, who happened to be half fire-spirit and half kitsune demon.
Then, to add insult to his already injured psyche, he finds out he's related to a lecherous monk and his older sister's best friend from five hundred years ago.
Hell, just add getting kidnapped and this would be a well rounded day.
Yeah, if your name was Ranma and you lived in Nerima. He could practically swear his life was turning into a bloody drama/romance genre manga. Hell, maybe he could sell this to someone and make big bucks off it. The story of me and my sister's lives. He snorted. It's make a best seller.
He leaned back, lacing his fingers and tucking his hands behind his head. Idly he wondered if this was the kind of crap Kagome had gone through for a year while in Sengoku Jidai. Probably.
He finally went to his bed, slipping under the covers and staring up at the roof. If it had been him, he wasn't sure if he'd have been able to deal with it. Even if he'd had a person to share it with.
He rolled onto his stomach, finding there was too much in his mind to sleep tonight.
"Who the hell is this Yashura person anyways?" He grumbled. This was supposed to be his sisters thing, not his. He'd led a carefree, generally event free life. Except the few times he was almost killed by a demon or stray spirit in his time. "Dammit..." He grumbled, frowning deeply.
Maybe he should get a girlfriend or something. That seemed to help his sister make it through reassembling the jewel without going completely insane. Hm, where could he find a femal half-demon pinned to a tree?
He snorted at the thought. No, it was more than a little obvious he was going to have to rely on his sister and Inuyasha's strength to keep from going nuts. And his own eyes and ears.
"If I can see it and I can touch it, then it's real." He muttered, quoting one of his all time favorite import movies, 'The Mummy'. He snorted, glaring into nothing. Then again, he'd never really seen the spirit of his friends dead sister, either, and it had almost killed him.
No, he was deffinately not cut out for this. He was just a kid. Unable to protect himself against the bigger kids at school, who insisted on beating him up from time to time.
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Kagome sat in her room, wondering how her brother was taking all of this. Probably about as well as she had a first. Trying to find a quick way to get the hell away from all of this. She giggled softly, shaking her head. Now she was more than slightly glad she'd stuck around. If Souta manage to get past this stage, surely he would, too.
She fingered the now completed jewel, her eyes contemplative. It was only a matter of time now. Soon her job in this time would begin once again. With a vengence.
She knew because Inuyasha had been tense all day. Even before the mention of that demon, Yashura, who no doubt would give them all more headaches than even Naraku had in the end. She just hoped Souta stayed cool, and didn't loose sight of himself.
Like she almost had.
With a quick shake of her head, she drug the brush through her hair, knowing it would be another sleepless night for all three of them. She hadn't had a night this tense since Naraku had been destroyed three years ago.
Three years...
Her eyes softened, saddening slightly. In three years, Inuyasha and she had never been on one date, and she could count the number of times they'd spoken their feelings on one hand. She knew feelings like this still weren't easy for him, but geeze. If he didn't propose to her soon, she was going to go nuts.
Either that, or she'd lock herself and him in his room until either she had a proposal, or neither of them were virgins anymore. She felt a giggle slip from between her lips. Her mother would have a cow.
Staring into her mirror, she forced her mind to other things, things that had happened more often. Things Inuyasha had done that had made her happy beyond belief. He held hands with her whenever they were together, now, and he wasn't so afraid to hold her. When they were in public, he would find little excuses to touch her, like lint in her hair, or dirt on her face from working in her very small garden. Kisses were another thing he gave freely now.
Now those were something she deffinately couldn't count on her hands, because they'd probably kissed a million times since their original confession. She focused back on the mirror and giggled. She was glowing again. This time, it was softly tinged with pink.
When Inuyasha first found he could make her glow different colors, he'd kept her with him for almost three hours, seeing how many he could make her turn. Pink when she was feeling snuggly, yellow when she laughed, orange when she was being tickled.
Two she'd discovered on her own were blue, red, and green. She glowed blue when she was sad or upset, red when angry, and green when jealous. She didn't glow those very much anymore.
She could remember the first time she'd glowed green was at school, when a very popular girl had tried to get her hooks into Inuyasha. She'd even gone through the trouble of sending him a LOT of love letters, and the things they said continued to escalate until finally, she tried to kiss him in the school yard.
Kagome had quickly interceded. Inuyasha had been too shocked to move.
The resulting catfight had both girls suspended for a week, and afterwards, girls didn't try to snatch Inuyasha away. They were too afraid of Kagome's wrath.
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Inuyasha, while Kagome and Souta were sitting in their rooms was raiding the fridge. Thinking always made him hungry, and he'd been doing alot of thinking today. He quickly decided on a glass of chocolate milk (something he'd quickly developed a taste for after first coming to Kagome's time), and some cookies he found hidden in the very back of the pantry, obviously hidden for later consumption.
Well, Inuyasha found them after they'd been hidden, so it was officially later consumption, he decided, popping one into his mouth and washing it down with the milk.
When he got yelled at for it later, he'd merely say he didn't know they were hidden, he just thought they'd been forgotten. With a shrug, he sat at the table, contemplating his brother's arrival with the kit and that new brat that seemed to work for his brother. His brain had grown alot in his brief time in Kagome's time, due partially to the massive cramming he'd done with her to make sure he got into the high school she was in.
He'd been pondering and munching on cookies for several minutes when a familiar scent tickled his nose. The cookie he had clasped between his lips fell as realization grasped him.
Naraku.
It had changed alot in five hundred years, but it was the same scent. He jumped to his feet, tearing from the kitchen and up the stairs into Kagome's room.
She spun quickly, looking at him in shock. "Inuyasha?!"
He sniffed, knowing it was nearby, feeling the presence getting closer. But the scent wasn't in this room. It was coming from the room down the hall. It hit him like an icy fist in the gut and he whispered the name in shock. "Souta?!" He turned on his heal, dropping to all fours and sprinting to the other room.
He heard Kagome following behind him and practically ripped the door off it's hinges as he threw it open. "Naraku!" He growled, seeing the face of Maikeru wearing Naraku's grin. "Teme, you took over another human." He snarled, seeing Souta was barely conscious and hanging limply from Naraku's grasp.
Kagome skidded to a stop behind him, her eyes wide with worry. "Souta!"
Naraku smiled wickedly. "I'm taking this boy with me. I'll return him when you give me the Shikon no Tama. Until then..." He jumped backwards out of the window, laughing along the way. "He stays with me!"
Meanwhile, Souta was thinking: Call me Ranma...
Inuyasha ran towards the window, glaring after his arch nemesis. "Naraku..." He snarled, his muscles tensing, about to go after him.
Kagome threw her arms around his back, pressing her face between his shoulder blades. "Tell me it's a bad dream..." She whispered, tears in her eyes. "Tell me he didn't take my little brother..."
Inuyasha stopped himself, turning towards the woman he loved. "I'm sorry, Kagome..." He whispered, embracing her tightly. "Don't worry, I'll get him back. We both will..." I promise...
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End Chapter 3
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Author's Notes: Hm...Souta kidnapped, that's a new one for me. Yes, Naraku is deffinately going to regret doing this. What do ya think of Sesshoumaru's new attitude? Oh, and sorry if Souta seems a bit too much like Inuyasha, now! Three years with someone you practically idolize, you'd change alot, too! Hope you're enjoying the story thus far! *DemonLovin* ~DemonSaya~