Disclaimer: I do not own InuYasha. Everyone, please stop fighting! Going INSANE!
P.S: I am sorry about telling you not to freak out about a character acting out of character. I only write this because I got a review telling me I was a crack head because InuYasha acted differently than he would originally would. I think people should remember that this is just a fan fiction, nothing more. With that, I thank you and I hope you enjoy the story.
What the Future Holds
Chapter 7
Down, downward they traveled into the deep bowels of the Earth, fear closing into their hearts as they passed ancient relics buried deep into the soul of the Earth. The twins held on tight to one another, desperately thinking of ways that they could escape the beast and return to the surface world. They tried to tell one another of the plans, but it seemed that their voices would crackle and disappear into the Earth. Sakura hid her head against her brother's chest, wondering if the others were okay, wondering if they would survive this. Ryuujin held fast to his sister, trying to giver her comfort, wondering if she was fine and what his family was doing at this moment. He stroked her back as he felt the hot tears of Sakura scorch his chest.
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Kagome dug frantically at the Earth were the youkai disappeared, trying to get to her stolen children, her nails breaking and snapping against the hard flesh of the Earth. InuYasha pulled Kagome into his arms, as she shook with the emotions that were coursing through her body. He looked at the others, who stood still as statues, worry spelled across their faces.
"Who would steal innocent children?" Sango asked, as she comforted Shippo who was crying for his friends, "This doesn't make sense!"
"It makes perfect sense," said a voice from the trees. They all searched for the source, looking in the treetops, but seeing nothing.
"Your children are very powerful, and I want them. Even as we speak, my youkai is bring them to my home to be taught that evil is their calling, not good."
"I know that scent," growled Kouga. InuYasha looked at the wolf youkai and nodded.
"Naraku!" roared InuYasha, drawing the Tetsusaiga, "Get out here and fucking face me you piece of shit!"
"I'd rather not," he replied from his hiding place, "I'll get my clothes soiled. However, I will give you the answer to the question that has been bothering you for the past week. Your children contain several shards of the Shikon jewel in their bodies. That is the reason why they are aging quickly, yet it will stop once I remove the pieces. Now, I have a torturing to attend, please excuse me." They heard a rustling noise and then silence.
"NARAKU!" Kagome screamed in rage, falling to the ground, and sobbing.
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"Where the hell are we?" said Ryuujin aloud. He held onto his sister's hand as they looked about the vast cavern on the other side of…somewhere. The youkai had plunged deep into the ground, yet at some point it turned around and deposited its bundle onto the smooth floor of a large cavern. The cavern glittered with shining stones, sending beautiful patterns of color flying across the wall. They searched around, finding nothing more than a few baboon masks, and some white fur pelts that were big enough to make them a decent bed. Ryuujin pulled one of these down and told Sakura to get some rest. She still had not fully recovered form the healing process. As soon as her head had hit the pallet, Sakura was asleep, her exhaustion taking over her body. Ryuujin looked at his sister and smiled, wondering what they had been arguing about earlier. He sat next to her and watched her sleep, wondering how he would get them out of here alive. It was obvious that someone wanted them for something, but he had no idea who. They had been born but a week ago, and this world was so big with so many enemies around ever corner.
"I see that you like my furs," said a whispering voice from the shadows, "Your sister is very beautiful, like her mother."
A man emerged from the shadows, his face covered by a baboon mask, his body covered in the same fur that his sister slept peacefully on. Ryuujin growled at him, sensing that this man was not to be trusted. He could smell a familiar odor upon the man, wondering where he had smelt it before. He looked closer at the man, noticing the black hair that spilled out of the fur.
"Who are you?" Ryuujin demanded, "What do you want?" The man laughed at him and removed his mask.
"I am your father," the man laughed, "Or that is what you will be calling me once I am through with you both."
"Feh, I would like to see you try shit for brains!" Ryuujin yelled and leapt at the man. He easily knocked Ryuujin to the side, rendering the young youkai unconscious. He looked down at the boy, gently picked him up, and placed his form next to his sister. Naraku traced the outline of the girl's face with one of his talons softly, surprised that she snuggled against it with trust, not knowing that it was an evil youkai instead of her father.