The two stared at the surrounding forest wondering what had happened to
their grandmother's house and the shrine.
"I don't know, Asha." She replied as her hand closed around his.
Suddenly in this forest, Asha seemed so small Kagosha felt the need to protect the annoying little brat. "Come on, Asha. Here's a path, it looks like."
They stated walking but instead of coming out of the woods they were wandering farther into the heart of the wood. Asha grabbed at his older sister, whimpering softly at the dark surrounding forest.
MROWWWWW
Asha and Kagosha jumped at the sound. MROWWWWWW. Kagosha peered into the brush a little.
"I think something's in there!" Kagosha bent and bushed aside the branches. Inside was a kitten strangled by the tight branches. MROWWWWW. "Ok I'm gonna get you out of there. Just hang on." Kagosha muttered. She reached in and with gentle hands un-tangled the kitten. She pulled it out and held it up looking at its strange markings. It was a female; mostly black with a weird white symbol drawn on it's back.
"It's ok." She crooned to the poor thing, then reached into her pocket and pulled out a handkerchief. "Here, let me help you." Kagosha gently cleaned off the dirt and mud, smiling at the now purring kitten. It didn't seem too healthy though.
"Can I pet it?" Asha asked in an amazed sounding voice.
"Sure, gently, like this." She guided Asha's hand to the kitten. As they both touched the kitten at the same time though an amazing thing happened.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "What's going on?" Asha asked. Around them everything had gone dark then lighted up into a scene.
"I don't know? Is that… Mom?" Kagosha watched the scene unfold.
"Yah and I think that's Dad!!!!" Through this illusion of time and space, Kagosha and Asha saw their heritage in the Shikon Jewel. They met Kaede, Sango, Miroku, Myoga, and Shippo.
"Go Dad!" Asha cheered during the battles.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
And in a second they had seen it all.
"If Daddy's a demon and Mommy's a priestess, what does that make us?" Asha asked, his little lip quivering a little.
"I don't know." Kagome replied. "1/2 religious, ½ demons with morals I guess." Then she began to laugh hysterically. The whole absurdity of the situation struck her. Asha watched, as her laughs became bitter tears for all the changes in the last hour. As her mind summarized the details:
There's another dimension behind her grandmother's well
Her father is a demon from the other dimension
Her mother is a priestess who looks young threw a magical artifact
She and her brother are half-demons
"God's no wonder Mom and her friend …( 5) the hot teen Shippo is a demon that is years older than her… damn)… freaked out when I called you a little demon." Kagosha looked at Asha and jumped. What was I thinking crying I front of him? I need to keep calm for his sake. "It's ok Asha. Did you do that?" she stroked the kitten. Then she got a wonderful idea. "Asha, I need you to do something. I need you to take care of the kitten for me, ok. Can you do that?" Asha nodded and she smiled. That would give him something else to think about anyway.
Kagosha took Asha's hand and helped him get up. Then she led him onto the path and back in the direction they came.
"Keta-Lara, where are you? Come on Keta-Lara don't hide from me!" a voice called from the distance.
"Come on let's hide Asha." Kagosha started to lead him off the path. Something told her that meeting that person would not lead to any good. She barely got a step before a white blur landed in front of them.
"Going anywhere?" a young male voice interrupted. The speaker looked about 18; he had long white hair, golden slit eyes, red stripes on each cheek, and a moon on his forehead between his eyes. "Who are you?" he demanded imperiously.
"Travelers, we're lost." Kagosha cursed the slight tremor in her voice. "Who are you?"
"I am the son of the demon Lord Sesshoumaru, Deladgahu. I'm in a hurry but it would look bad if I let you live. So I'll kill you quickly I think." He raised his claw and it swept down towards Kagosha.
"I don't know, Asha." She replied as her hand closed around his.
Suddenly in this forest, Asha seemed so small Kagosha felt the need to protect the annoying little brat. "Come on, Asha. Here's a path, it looks like."
They stated walking but instead of coming out of the woods they were wandering farther into the heart of the wood. Asha grabbed at his older sister, whimpering softly at the dark surrounding forest.
MROWWWWW
Asha and Kagosha jumped at the sound. MROWWWWWW. Kagosha peered into the brush a little.
"I think something's in there!" Kagosha bent and bushed aside the branches. Inside was a kitten strangled by the tight branches. MROWWWWW. "Ok I'm gonna get you out of there. Just hang on." Kagosha muttered. She reached in and with gentle hands un-tangled the kitten. She pulled it out and held it up looking at its strange markings. It was a female; mostly black with a weird white symbol drawn on it's back.
"It's ok." She crooned to the poor thing, then reached into her pocket and pulled out a handkerchief. "Here, let me help you." Kagosha gently cleaned off the dirt and mud, smiling at the now purring kitten. It didn't seem too healthy though.
"Can I pet it?" Asha asked in an amazed sounding voice.
"Sure, gently, like this." She guided Asha's hand to the kitten. As they both touched the kitten at the same time though an amazing thing happened.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ "What's going on?" Asha asked. Around them everything had gone dark then lighted up into a scene.
"I don't know? Is that… Mom?" Kagosha watched the scene unfold.
"Yah and I think that's Dad!!!!" Through this illusion of time and space, Kagosha and Asha saw their heritage in the Shikon Jewel. They met Kaede, Sango, Miroku, Myoga, and Shippo.
"Go Dad!" Asha cheered during the battles.~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
And in a second they had seen it all.
"If Daddy's a demon and Mommy's a priestess, what does that make us?" Asha asked, his little lip quivering a little.
"I don't know." Kagome replied. "1/2 religious, ½ demons with morals I guess." Then she began to laugh hysterically. The whole absurdity of the situation struck her. Asha watched, as her laughs became bitter tears for all the changes in the last hour. As her mind summarized the details:
There's another dimension behind her grandmother's well
Her father is a demon from the other dimension
Her mother is a priestess who looks young threw a magical artifact
She and her brother are half-demons
"God's no wonder Mom and her friend …( 5) the hot teen Shippo is a demon that is years older than her… damn)… freaked out when I called you a little demon." Kagosha looked at Asha and jumped. What was I thinking crying I front of him? I need to keep calm for his sake. "It's ok Asha. Did you do that?" she stroked the kitten. Then she got a wonderful idea. "Asha, I need you to do something. I need you to take care of the kitten for me, ok. Can you do that?" Asha nodded and she smiled. That would give him something else to think about anyway.
Kagosha took Asha's hand and helped him get up. Then she led him onto the path and back in the direction they came.
"Keta-Lara, where are you? Come on Keta-Lara don't hide from me!" a voice called from the distance.
"Come on let's hide Asha." Kagosha started to lead him off the path. Something told her that meeting that person would not lead to any good. She barely got a step before a white blur landed in front of them.
"Going anywhere?" a young male voice interrupted. The speaker looked about 18; he had long white hair, golden slit eyes, red stripes on each cheek, and a moon on his forehead between his eyes. "Who are you?" he demanded imperiously.
"Travelers, we're lost." Kagosha cursed the slight tremor in her voice. "Who are you?"
"I am the son of the demon Lord Sesshoumaru, Deladgahu. I'm in a hurry but it would look bad if I let you live. So I'll kill you quickly I think." He raised his claw and it swept down towards Kagosha.