Chapter Three: Surprises
Seshoumaru returned to the death place of his half brother InuYasha. It has been one week and the body would be nothing but bones, and he could now claim the Tetsuaiga!
The sun was high and shining on the ivory bones of InuYasha. Sesshoumaru was alone. Rin and Jaken were ordered to stay behind. His eyes scanned the area carefully, his face showing concentration, only to turn into anger. For the first time Sesshoumaru's face showed anger! He was outraged ready to kill someone. He looked again, but still didn't see it!
"The Tetsuaiga! Where is it!" he yelled into the air with a roar the echoed out.
He would kill anyone, and destroy any village to find that sword. He will slay any other hanyou that lays hands on his father's sword.
His face returned to normal and he simply stepped back pulling out his whip. You have fooled me brother, even in you death you still keep that damned sword away from me. How do you do it?" he simple shook his head and slapped the whip across the bones with incredible speed making them nothing but a pile of dust that now blew away in the wind.
He stepped lightly, he knew where to start looking! The stupid village that is brother always stayed in.
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Kagome was on her way to school. The pain of losing InuYasha still lingered, but she had an obligation and that was school. She felt relaxed today, yet tense in a way. She knew something was going on where she could not be. She wanted to go and help but she couldn't, and that truth killed her.
She was approaching the school when Yuka and Eri ran up to her. They seemed flustered and exited, about what, Kagome couldn't pinpoint. Nothing good ever happened in her school, except the occasional fight between two boys.
"Kagome!" Yuka said exasperated. "You need to see this!" she said.
Eri nodded wildly in agreement. "Kagome you have to see this boy. He is new and-"
"Come Kagome!" Yuka said, grabbing her hand and taking her onto school grounds to show her the 'amazing' boy they were raving about.
Kagome stopped dead in her tracks. She saw a boy about ten feet away from her, yet it wasn't like just any boy she came across. She felt something! Something was different about him! He was walking along the sidewalk with a small book opened. He was wearing a pair of reading glasses and seemed very content. What she was most drawn to was his long black hair tied in a loose braid against his back. She almost thought she could see a dark purple like violet in his eyes. She could have been wrong.
She watched a group of boys throwing a baseball around. They threw the ball aimed at his back. She was waiting for it to hit him, but it didn't. He quickly spun around catching the ball in his free hand. Kagome stood there in awe. How did he do that? The ball was almost silent, and his reflexes worked at lightning speed.
"Who does he remind me of?" she thought to herself.
"Isn't he great? He is so mysterious!" Yuka said. Lisa nodded in agreement.
"I just want to find out all his secrets," Eri added.
Kagome said nothing she just stared. "InuYasha!" she whispered. "It's InuYasha!" she said excitedly, but she was dragged out of thought because the school bell rang. She headed to class.
She sat in her desk and decided to doze off until the teacher said, "Students we have a new student!" Kagome looked up instantly. "His name is Akimoto Koshiro," he said. A boy with long black hair and violet eyes walked in. Kagome felt her heart skip a beat and her face getting hot. He nodded slightly and muttered a quick hello in a voice that was so familiar.
"Akimoto you can sit beside Higurashi Kagome," he said pointing to an empty seat. "Higurashi raise your hand, you will be his guide for the next few days," he said.
Kagome raised her hand and watched as he sat beside her. He looked at her and smiled. "Good day, Higurashi," after the short greeting he turned his attention to the teacher and began to take notes. He was obviously very smart, an ideal student, everything InuYasha wasn't. His kind greeting was the total opposite of the way InuYasha treated her when they first met.
The bell soon rang and Kagome stood up and picked up her bag. Koshiro walked up to her and showed her his schedule.
"I need to go here next," he said.
She blushed, "Follow me, that's my class too," she said.
He walked silently behind her. They barely spoke until Koshiro interrupted the silence. "Higurashi?" he asked.
"Please just call me Kagome," she said. "Yes, what were you going to ask?" she said.
"Well, Kagome, call me Koshiro than. And I was going to ask, have we met? It seems as if I have known you before," he said. "I know it sounds weird but-"
"It doesn't sound weird," she said quietly. He sounded so much like InuYasha, she felt like it was him.
"Really?" he said shocked in a way.
"Yes, really. I feel as if I know you too," she looked away so that he wouldn't see a tear fall down her face. "Here we are," she said.
"Thank you Higu- I mean Kagome," he said as he walked in before her and bowed to the teacher introducing himself.
Kagome sat in her desk that was next to Eri's. She was of coarse raving about the new kid who's name she hadn't found out yet. Kagome was just silent. She wasn't going to rave over him. Just looking at him lifted, and broke her heart at the same time. He was so much like...too much like...InuYasha.
She thought for a while but she just didn't know. Maybe he was a decedent, but that wouldn't explain him feeling like he knew her. Than again how many girls in this world have hazel eyes and black hair. Lots!
"Well, Akimoto welcome," the teacher said and began his teaching.
The day went like it did. It turned out that Koshiro had three classes with Kagome. He also shared her lunch hour, which is where Kagome was now. She walked to a tree and sat underneath it and pulled out a book. She began reading when she felt an electrical impulse go through her, like when she felt a shard. She looked up to see Koshiro sitting in a high branch above her. He had taken the braid out and let his hair fall loose.
"I cant stand having my hair tied up," he commented looking down at Kagome. He smiled and jumped down to sit beside her. Kagome felt uncomfortable with him so close. His essence was just unbearably familiar. She looked at him. "InuYasha?" she asked. She knew he wouldn't respond to the name but it was worth a try.
"InuYasha? No, my name is Akimoto, Koshiro Akimoto," he corrected.
Kagome sighed. She knew he wasn't him but she just thought. "Yes, I know. He is just someone I knew, someone who you remind me of," she said quietly.
"InuYasha? No, I don't know the name," he said.
"I am not surprised," she said
He leaned closer, uncomfortably close. She felt good, yet in a sense she didn't. "I...I uh saw you this morning, when the boys threw the ball at you. Your reflexes are amazing. How did you know it was coming?" she asked.
"I could hear the air cracking," he said.
"You what? Your hearing would have to be amazing to hear that!" she said.
"It is. Doctors were surprised too. I just use it to my advantage," he said. "My senses of smell and sight in the dark are very sensitive as well," he said.
Kagome was not believing this. He was InuYasha! He had to be! "Wow, you are like a dog almost!" she said.
"You could almost say that," he said. "Heh, who knows I could be some demon, a dog demon for all I know!" he mused.
That was it! Kagome couldn't take it. Something was different about him. He was too much like InuYasha!
"Inu- I mean Koshiro, Would you mind coming over today? I want to show you something," she said.
"I suppose," he said. "Where do you live?" he asked.
"In the house by the shrine. My family owns it," she said.
"A miko?" he asked.
"Yeah, you could say that," she said. This felt all to ironic.
Lunch period ended and Kagome took Koshiro to his remaining classes and told him to meet her by gates so they could walk together to her house.
Later Kagome waited by the gates and soon enough there came Koshiro.
"Kagome," he said slightly bowing.
Kagome couldn't believe he was so polite. That was one thing her dog demon lover lacked.
They walked to her house silently until once again Koshiro broke the silence. "What is it you want to show me Kagome?" he asked.
"Some pictures," she said. "Just some pictures." He nodded as they approached her home.
Kagome opened the door and saw her Mom in the kitchen. She came over to hug her daughter. "Hello Kagome," than she whispered, "I thought you said-"
"Mom this isn't InuYasha, this is Akimoto Koshiro," she said. He bowed.
"Nice to meet you Mrs. Higurashi," he said.
"Well, you are welcome here Akimoto," she said.
"Please Mrs. Higurashi call me Koshiro," he said smiling.
"Yes, of coarse," she said still thinking he looked too much like InuYasha. His manners were very good she had to hand him that.
Kagome walked up the stairs, Koshiro close behind. She almost didn't feel nervous letting him in her room due to the many times InuYasha had come up there.
He looked around her room, it smelt nice, like floral shampoos and perfumes. Kagome went digging through her desk and pulled out a small photo album. She sat in her desk chair and Koshiro kneeled on the ground. She flipped through the album as Koshiro watched contently.
"This is InuYasha," she said pointing to a boy with dog ears and silvery, white hair. He wore a red kimono and had a sword at his side. Kagome was standing next to him.
"I see. You think I am him? I mean I can see the slight resemblance but-"
"You look just like him, look at this picture," she turned the page and there was a picture of Kagome sitting beside InuYasha. The only thing is he had black hair, human ears, and violet eyes instead of striking gold eyes.
"What the hell!" he said looking at the picture closer. "That is me!" he said.
"That is InuYasha!" Kagome said. "That is when his human blood shines through. He is a Hanyou. Half dog demon half human. We were in love, until...until something happened," she paused.
"I see now," he paused. "That sword, I can't help but feel some familiarization with it," he paused.
"I just don't understand how you can be so much like him," she said.
"I am just as clueless as you Kagome," he said.
"Wait I have an idea!" she grabbed his hand and ran downstairs and outside.
"Kagome where are you taking me?" he asked.
"You'll see," she replied.
They finally approached the shrine, and the old well house. Kagome walked over to it but didn't go in.
"Okay don't look at me weird I just want to see if this will work," she didn't wait for a response. She took a step away and yelled the word 'Sit.'
Koshiro was forced to kneel on the ground. "What the-" he paused and looked at Kagome's facial expression. "What's wrong?" he asked.
"I can't believe it! I think I am right. That can be good or bad!" she said.
"Right about what? And what just happened?" he said confused terribly.
"I have a theory, but here comes the ultimate test!" she grabbed his hand and opened the door to the well house.
It was a dark musty room full of dust and cob webs. She pulled him down the small stairs until they reached the dry well itself. To her surprise just as she had hoped and feared happened! The well began to glow a light purple and a spot in Koshiro's chest began to glow.
"I was right!" she said.
"Kagome what's going on I am really confused!" he said. "Please tell me what is going on!" he said.
"Koshiro, I think something happened to InuYasha and you are his reincarnation!" she said. "I know it sounds weird, but I used to be able to travel through this well into an era of feudal Japan. There I met my closest friends, including InuYasha!" she said.
"What you are saying Kagome does not make sense!" he said.
"InuYasha must have used the Shikon No Tama to become a full blooded demon and fight his brother, a youkai, full blooded demon. He must have gotten hurt and died! That is why I felt sick the other day. You must be his reincarnation five hundreds years later!" she said.
The glowing spot in his chest began to glow brighter, the well too.
"Please just trust me," Kagome said. She grabbed his hand and jumped into the well. The same floating sensation came upon her. She was going back! She knew it!
Seshoumaru returned to the death place of his half brother InuYasha. It has been one week and the body would be nothing but bones, and he could now claim the Tetsuaiga!
The sun was high and shining on the ivory bones of InuYasha. Sesshoumaru was alone. Rin and Jaken were ordered to stay behind. His eyes scanned the area carefully, his face showing concentration, only to turn into anger. For the first time Sesshoumaru's face showed anger! He was outraged ready to kill someone. He looked again, but still didn't see it!
"The Tetsuaiga! Where is it!" he yelled into the air with a roar the echoed out.
He would kill anyone, and destroy any village to find that sword. He will slay any other hanyou that lays hands on his father's sword.
His face returned to normal and he simply stepped back pulling out his whip. You have fooled me brother, even in you death you still keep that damned sword away from me. How do you do it?" he simple shook his head and slapped the whip across the bones with incredible speed making them nothing but a pile of dust that now blew away in the wind.
He stepped lightly, he knew where to start looking! The stupid village that is brother always stayed in.
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Kagome was on her way to school. The pain of losing InuYasha still lingered, but she had an obligation and that was school. She felt relaxed today, yet tense in a way. She knew something was going on where she could not be. She wanted to go and help but she couldn't, and that truth killed her.
She was approaching the school when Yuka and Eri ran up to her. They seemed flustered and exited, about what, Kagome couldn't pinpoint. Nothing good ever happened in her school, except the occasional fight between two boys.
"Kagome!" Yuka said exasperated. "You need to see this!" she said.
Eri nodded wildly in agreement. "Kagome you have to see this boy. He is new and-"
"Come Kagome!" Yuka said, grabbing her hand and taking her onto school grounds to show her the 'amazing' boy they were raving about.
Kagome stopped dead in her tracks. She saw a boy about ten feet away from her, yet it wasn't like just any boy she came across. She felt something! Something was different about him! He was walking along the sidewalk with a small book opened. He was wearing a pair of reading glasses and seemed very content. What she was most drawn to was his long black hair tied in a loose braid against his back. She almost thought she could see a dark purple like violet in his eyes. She could have been wrong.
She watched a group of boys throwing a baseball around. They threw the ball aimed at his back. She was waiting for it to hit him, but it didn't. He quickly spun around catching the ball in his free hand. Kagome stood there in awe. How did he do that? The ball was almost silent, and his reflexes worked at lightning speed.
"Who does he remind me of?" she thought to herself.
"Isn't he great? He is so mysterious!" Yuka said. Lisa nodded in agreement.
"I just want to find out all his secrets," Eri added.
Kagome said nothing she just stared. "InuYasha!" she whispered. "It's InuYasha!" she said excitedly, but she was dragged out of thought because the school bell rang. She headed to class.
She sat in her desk and decided to doze off until the teacher said, "Students we have a new student!" Kagome looked up instantly. "His name is Akimoto Koshiro," he said. A boy with long black hair and violet eyes walked in. Kagome felt her heart skip a beat and her face getting hot. He nodded slightly and muttered a quick hello in a voice that was so familiar.
"Akimoto you can sit beside Higurashi Kagome," he said pointing to an empty seat. "Higurashi raise your hand, you will be his guide for the next few days," he said.
Kagome raised her hand and watched as he sat beside her. He looked at her and smiled. "Good day, Higurashi," after the short greeting he turned his attention to the teacher and began to take notes. He was obviously very smart, an ideal student, everything InuYasha wasn't. His kind greeting was the total opposite of the way InuYasha treated her when they first met.
The bell soon rang and Kagome stood up and picked up her bag. Koshiro walked up to her and showed her his schedule.
"I need to go here next," he said.
She blushed, "Follow me, that's my class too," she said.
He walked silently behind her. They barely spoke until Koshiro interrupted the silence. "Higurashi?" he asked.
"Please just call me Kagome," she said. "Yes, what were you going to ask?" she said.
"Well, Kagome, call me Koshiro than. And I was going to ask, have we met? It seems as if I have known you before," he said. "I know it sounds weird but-"
"It doesn't sound weird," she said quietly. He sounded so much like InuYasha, she felt like it was him.
"Really?" he said shocked in a way.
"Yes, really. I feel as if I know you too," she looked away so that he wouldn't see a tear fall down her face. "Here we are," she said.
"Thank you Higu- I mean Kagome," he said as he walked in before her and bowed to the teacher introducing himself.
Kagome sat in her desk that was next to Eri's. She was of coarse raving about the new kid who's name she hadn't found out yet. Kagome was just silent. She wasn't going to rave over him. Just looking at him lifted, and broke her heart at the same time. He was so much like...too much like...InuYasha.
She thought for a while but she just didn't know. Maybe he was a decedent, but that wouldn't explain him feeling like he knew her. Than again how many girls in this world have hazel eyes and black hair. Lots!
"Well, Akimoto welcome," the teacher said and began his teaching.
The day went like it did. It turned out that Koshiro had three classes with Kagome. He also shared her lunch hour, which is where Kagome was now. She walked to a tree and sat underneath it and pulled out a book. She began reading when she felt an electrical impulse go through her, like when she felt a shard. She looked up to see Koshiro sitting in a high branch above her. He had taken the braid out and let his hair fall loose.
"I cant stand having my hair tied up," he commented looking down at Kagome. He smiled and jumped down to sit beside her. Kagome felt uncomfortable with him so close. His essence was just unbearably familiar. She looked at him. "InuYasha?" she asked. She knew he wouldn't respond to the name but it was worth a try.
"InuYasha? No, my name is Akimoto, Koshiro Akimoto," he corrected.
Kagome sighed. She knew he wasn't him but she just thought. "Yes, I know. He is just someone I knew, someone who you remind me of," she said quietly.
"InuYasha? No, I don't know the name," he said.
"I am not surprised," she said
He leaned closer, uncomfortably close. She felt good, yet in a sense she didn't. "I...I uh saw you this morning, when the boys threw the ball at you. Your reflexes are amazing. How did you know it was coming?" she asked.
"I could hear the air cracking," he said.
"You what? Your hearing would have to be amazing to hear that!" she said.
"It is. Doctors were surprised too. I just use it to my advantage," he said. "My senses of smell and sight in the dark are very sensitive as well," he said.
Kagome was not believing this. He was InuYasha! He had to be! "Wow, you are like a dog almost!" she said.
"You could almost say that," he said. "Heh, who knows I could be some demon, a dog demon for all I know!" he mused.
That was it! Kagome couldn't take it. Something was different about him. He was too much like InuYasha!
"Inu- I mean Koshiro, Would you mind coming over today? I want to show you something," she said.
"I suppose," he said. "Where do you live?" he asked.
"In the house by the shrine. My family owns it," she said.
"A miko?" he asked.
"Yeah, you could say that," she said. This felt all to ironic.
Lunch period ended and Kagome took Koshiro to his remaining classes and told him to meet her by gates so they could walk together to her house.
Later Kagome waited by the gates and soon enough there came Koshiro.
"Kagome," he said slightly bowing.
Kagome couldn't believe he was so polite. That was one thing her dog demon lover lacked.
They walked to her house silently until once again Koshiro broke the silence. "What is it you want to show me Kagome?" he asked.
"Some pictures," she said. "Just some pictures." He nodded as they approached her home.
Kagome opened the door and saw her Mom in the kitchen. She came over to hug her daughter. "Hello Kagome," than she whispered, "I thought you said-"
"Mom this isn't InuYasha, this is Akimoto Koshiro," she said. He bowed.
"Nice to meet you Mrs. Higurashi," he said.
"Well, you are welcome here Akimoto," she said.
"Please Mrs. Higurashi call me Koshiro," he said smiling.
"Yes, of coarse," she said still thinking he looked too much like InuYasha. His manners were very good she had to hand him that.
Kagome walked up the stairs, Koshiro close behind. She almost didn't feel nervous letting him in her room due to the many times InuYasha had come up there.
He looked around her room, it smelt nice, like floral shampoos and perfumes. Kagome went digging through her desk and pulled out a small photo album. She sat in her desk chair and Koshiro kneeled on the ground. She flipped through the album as Koshiro watched contently.
"This is InuYasha," she said pointing to a boy with dog ears and silvery, white hair. He wore a red kimono and had a sword at his side. Kagome was standing next to him.
"I see. You think I am him? I mean I can see the slight resemblance but-"
"You look just like him, look at this picture," she turned the page and there was a picture of Kagome sitting beside InuYasha. The only thing is he had black hair, human ears, and violet eyes instead of striking gold eyes.
"What the hell!" he said looking at the picture closer. "That is me!" he said.
"That is InuYasha!" Kagome said. "That is when his human blood shines through. He is a Hanyou. Half dog demon half human. We were in love, until...until something happened," she paused.
"I see now," he paused. "That sword, I can't help but feel some familiarization with it," he paused.
"I just don't understand how you can be so much like him," she said.
"I am just as clueless as you Kagome," he said.
"Wait I have an idea!" she grabbed his hand and ran downstairs and outside.
"Kagome where are you taking me?" he asked.
"You'll see," she replied.
They finally approached the shrine, and the old well house. Kagome walked over to it but didn't go in.
"Okay don't look at me weird I just want to see if this will work," she didn't wait for a response. She took a step away and yelled the word 'Sit.'
Koshiro was forced to kneel on the ground. "What the-" he paused and looked at Kagome's facial expression. "What's wrong?" he asked.
"I can't believe it! I think I am right. That can be good or bad!" she said.
"Right about what? And what just happened?" he said confused terribly.
"I have a theory, but here comes the ultimate test!" she grabbed his hand and opened the door to the well house.
It was a dark musty room full of dust and cob webs. She pulled him down the small stairs until they reached the dry well itself. To her surprise just as she had hoped and feared happened! The well began to glow a light purple and a spot in Koshiro's chest began to glow.
"I was right!" she said.
"Kagome what's going on I am really confused!" he said. "Please tell me what is going on!" he said.
"Koshiro, I think something happened to InuYasha and you are his reincarnation!" she said. "I know it sounds weird, but I used to be able to travel through this well into an era of feudal Japan. There I met my closest friends, including InuYasha!" she said.
"What you are saying Kagome does not make sense!" he said.
"InuYasha must have used the Shikon No Tama to become a full blooded demon and fight his brother, a youkai, full blooded demon. He must have gotten hurt and died! That is why I felt sick the other day. You must be his reincarnation five hundreds years later!" she said.
The glowing spot in his chest began to glow brighter, the well too.
"Please just trust me," Kagome said. She grabbed his hand and jumped into the well. The same floating sensation came upon her. She was going back! She knew it!
