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characters in these two stories is owning an Inuyasha plushie.
Ch. 2: Meeting
When Kagome emerged from the well in Inu-yasha's time she found the dog demon waiting for her. He had an odd expression on his face.
"Inu-yasha, what's going on? I haven't been gone that long. Why are you here waiting at the well?" Kagome asked her friend.
Inu-yasha dropped his eyes, looking somewhat embarrassed and said quietly, "I just wanted to make sure that you were coming back. I heard when that Yui girl asked if I was safe. I thought they might try to talk you into staying in your time."
Kagome blinked. Did she just hear that? Inu-yasha was worried that she wouldn't come back. "And just what would you have done if I hadn't come back?" she asked in a teasing voice.
"I don't know."
The tone of his voice when he answered her made her drop the hint of teasing in her own voice, "Well, they didn't try to talk me into staying there. In fact they're looking forward to coming back. Besides, even if they had tried to get me to stay there, I wouldn't have."
At the last part of Kagome's response Inu-yasha looked up and for a brief second she could have sworn he had a hopeful look in his eyes. Then he gave her a half smile and nodded his head to indicate that they should head back to the village.
Back at Kaede's hut Inu-yasha sat in a corner by himself. The others were all asleep around the fire hut. Kagome's question came back to him. What would he do if she ever decided to stay in her own time and not come back to him. Wait, come back to him? Didn't he mean come back here, back to the quest? No, he realized that if Kagome decided to stay in her time, it would be that she wasn't coming back to him. Although he couldn't tell her, Inu-yasha did care a lot about Kagome. He also knew now that he not longer loved Kikyou, he only felt he owed her something. 'But what about Kagome,' he thought, 'Do I love her? I just don't know.'
He looked over at Kagome sleeping peacefully with Shippo curled up on her back. The image made him smile a tiny smile. Kagome did make him feel calm and gave him a sense of peace. Not only that, he trusted Kagome like he hadn't trusted anyone, human or youkai, since his mother died. And the one thing he did know was that he wouldn't be a happy hanyou if Kagome ever did leave.
In the present time, Miaka was filling Tamahome in on everything she and Yui had learned in Sengoku Jidai, "And Inu-yasha wants to meet you too."
"Well, okay. I'm not so sure I trust him but I'll feel better about you going if I at least meet this guy. I mean he is a demon."
Miaka giggled.
"What's so funny?" Yui asked coming into the room with the scroll open.
"The boy with the demon symbol on his forehead isn't sure he wants to trust Inu-yasha on the basis that he's a demon." Miaka said before turning to Tamahome, "By the way, he's only a half demon."
"And I'm pretty sure now that we can trust him." Yui interjected, pointing to the scroll.
"Why?" asked Tamahome at the same time Miaka cried, "What did you find, Yui?"
"The others are in the scroll now too and I'm starting to get the feeling that Kagome and Inu-yasha might be more than just friends. Or at least they're headed in that direction."
"Well that explains why the legend talks about the two of them in the love triangle," replied Miaka, "but I wonder how the other girl, Kikyou, fits into the picture. She's supposed to look a lot like Kagome. That would be interesting in a love triangle."
"So your friend is in love with this HALF demon, then?" Tamahome asked, putting emphasis on the word 'half.'
"I could have told you that much as soon as we saw the two of them together." replied Miaka.
"Well I hope it works out for her then," Yui said quietly, being the only one there who had ever ended up on the wrong side of a love triangle, "she doesn't deserve to be hurt over it."
IN SENGOKU JIDAI
Inu-yasha awoke the next morning to the sound of voices outside. One of the villagers was telling Kaede about a rumor they had heard about a Shikon no Kakera not too far away. He waited until Kaede came back in the hut before asking about the details. Then he woke the others up.
Inu-yasha gathered his friends together, "There's a new rumor about a Shikon no Kakera in an area not too far from here. Kagome, we'll stop at the well so that you can bring the others here to help. Sango, I think we should bring Kirara along on this trip. Well, let's get going."
The others nodded and followed after Inu-yasha. When they reached the well, Kagome jumped through to her own time. When she arrived she found Yui and Miaka at her house along with a guy she assumed was Tamahome.
"Hi guys!" she said, "We have to get going. We just caught rumor of another Shikon no Kakera and we're going to investigate." She waited as the other three people gathered their belongings and headed to the well house. She turned to the boy, "It's Tamahome, right?" The boy nodded so she continued, "You all need to be touching me to make it through the well so come on."
Tamahome, Miaka, and Yui all grabbed onto Kagome and together the four of them entered the well and were carried to Sengoku Jidai.
When they climbed out of the well, Miaka turned to Inu-yasha and asked, "Will there be a fight involved?"
Kagome answered for him, "Most likely. These rumors usually turn out to be true."
"Well then hang on a minute," Miaka said as she started digging through her bag. Finally she pulled out a scroll. Inu-yasha had an impatient look on his face that disappeared when the scroll gave off a red glow and Miaka disappeared.
"What just happened?" asked Sango, becoming spokesperson for her group of friends.
"She just went into the scroll, presumably to bring back some more of her warriors," Yui explained in a very teacher-like voice.
As soon as she had finished her explanation the scroll started glowing again. Miaka appeared with three men surrounding her, although Kagome noticed that one of them gave off an aura that somewhat resembled Kikyou's. Introductions were made and Inu-yasha's group learned that these newcomers were: Tasuki, who could shoot fire out of his fan; Chichiri, a monk with powers of magic and illusions; and Mitsukake, who had healing powers.
Then Miaka explained, "Mitsukake is really a ghost but I thought his power might be useful so he's borrowing the body of a Nyan Nyan." Inu-yasha and company all nodded even though they didn't have a clue what a Nyan Nyan was or why it would willingly lend its body to a ghost. Miaka continued, "I have three other warriors but they're all ghosts too. And I figured that since there are eleven of us here we didn't need all of them. But you don't have anyone with Mitsukake's healing power so I asked him to come. Besides Miroku would probably have tried to hit on Hotohori and Nuriko before realizing that they are both men."
Shippo let out a snicker as he imagined Miroku hitting on two men, thinking they were women. It would just about serve him right. Kagome noticed Miroku seemed about ready to clobber Shippo so she grabbed the little kitsune and said, "Shippo, it really isn't that funny." But the twinkle in her eye let Shippo no that she did indeed find it quite amusing. However she wasn't openly laughing so Shippo quieted down.
"Well, not that we've all calmed down," Inu-yasha started, glaring at Shippo, "I think we should head out."
"Not so fast," Tasuki said from behind him, "How do we know you won't do something to us once we're on our way?"
"Yeah, that's what I want to know." Agreed Tamahome.
"Don't worry guys. I don't sense any evil from him, no da," said the monk, Chichiri.
"Besides," added Kagome, "all I have to do is say 'sit' and.oops." The hanyou crashed to the ground as Kagome used the 'S' word. The newcomers all stared at Inu-yasha on the ground. "See?" she finished.
"Feh! You wench, how could you say that word?"
"Gomen. It was an accident."
Inu-yasha grumbled as he pulled himself up, "Come on. Let's get going. We've already wasted enough time." On that note the now largely expanded group set out for a new adventure.
Ch. 2: Meeting
When Kagome emerged from the well in Inu-yasha's time she found the dog demon waiting for her. He had an odd expression on his face.
"Inu-yasha, what's going on? I haven't been gone that long. Why are you here waiting at the well?" Kagome asked her friend.
Inu-yasha dropped his eyes, looking somewhat embarrassed and said quietly, "I just wanted to make sure that you were coming back. I heard when that Yui girl asked if I was safe. I thought they might try to talk you into staying in your time."
Kagome blinked. Did she just hear that? Inu-yasha was worried that she wouldn't come back. "And just what would you have done if I hadn't come back?" she asked in a teasing voice.
"I don't know."
The tone of his voice when he answered her made her drop the hint of teasing in her own voice, "Well, they didn't try to talk me into staying there. In fact they're looking forward to coming back. Besides, even if they had tried to get me to stay there, I wouldn't have."
At the last part of Kagome's response Inu-yasha looked up and for a brief second she could have sworn he had a hopeful look in his eyes. Then he gave her a half smile and nodded his head to indicate that they should head back to the village.
Back at Kaede's hut Inu-yasha sat in a corner by himself. The others were all asleep around the fire hut. Kagome's question came back to him. What would he do if she ever decided to stay in her own time and not come back to him. Wait, come back to him? Didn't he mean come back here, back to the quest? No, he realized that if Kagome decided to stay in her time, it would be that she wasn't coming back to him. Although he couldn't tell her, Inu-yasha did care a lot about Kagome. He also knew now that he not longer loved Kikyou, he only felt he owed her something. 'But what about Kagome,' he thought, 'Do I love her? I just don't know.'
He looked over at Kagome sleeping peacefully with Shippo curled up on her back. The image made him smile a tiny smile. Kagome did make him feel calm and gave him a sense of peace. Not only that, he trusted Kagome like he hadn't trusted anyone, human or youkai, since his mother died. And the one thing he did know was that he wouldn't be a happy hanyou if Kagome ever did leave.
In the present time, Miaka was filling Tamahome in on everything she and Yui had learned in Sengoku Jidai, "And Inu-yasha wants to meet you too."
"Well, okay. I'm not so sure I trust him but I'll feel better about you going if I at least meet this guy. I mean he is a demon."
Miaka giggled.
"What's so funny?" Yui asked coming into the room with the scroll open.
"The boy with the demon symbol on his forehead isn't sure he wants to trust Inu-yasha on the basis that he's a demon." Miaka said before turning to Tamahome, "By the way, he's only a half demon."
"And I'm pretty sure now that we can trust him." Yui interjected, pointing to the scroll.
"Why?" asked Tamahome at the same time Miaka cried, "What did you find, Yui?"
"The others are in the scroll now too and I'm starting to get the feeling that Kagome and Inu-yasha might be more than just friends. Or at least they're headed in that direction."
"Well that explains why the legend talks about the two of them in the love triangle," replied Miaka, "but I wonder how the other girl, Kikyou, fits into the picture. She's supposed to look a lot like Kagome. That would be interesting in a love triangle."
"So your friend is in love with this HALF demon, then?" Tamahome asked, putting emphasis on the word 'half.'
"I could have told you that much as soon as we saw the two of them together." replied Miaka.
"Well I hope it works out for her then," Yui said quietly, being the only one there who had ever ended up on the wrong side of a love triangle, "she doesn't deserve to be hurt over it."
IN SENGOKU JIDAI
Inu-yasha awoke the next morning to the sound of voices outside. One of the villagers was telling Kaede about a rumor they had heard about a Shikon no Kakera not too far away. He waited until Kaede came back in the hut before asking about the details. Then he woke the others up.
Inu-yasha gathered his friends together, "There's a new rumor about a Shikon no Kakera in an area not too far from here. Kagome, we'll stop at the well so that you can bring the others here to help. Sango, I think we should bring Kirara along on this trip. Well, let's get going."
The others nodded and followed after Inu-yasha. When they reached the well, Kagome jumped through to her own time. When she arrived she found Yui and Miaka at her house along with a guy she assumed was Tamahome.
"Hi guys!" she said, "We have to get going. We just caught rumor of another Shikon no Kakera and we're going to investigate." She waited as the other three people gathered their belongings and headed to the well house. She turned to the boy, "It's Tamahome, right?" The boy nodded so she continued, "You all need to be touching me to make it through the well so come on."
Tamahome, Miaka, and Yui all grabbed onto Kagome and together the four of them entered the well and were carried to Sengoku Jidai.
When they climbed out of the well, Miaka turned to Inu-yasha and asked, "Will there be a fight involved?"
Kagome answered for him, "Most likely. These rumors usually turn out to be true."
"Well then hang on a minute," Miaka said as she started digging through her bag. Finally she pulled out a scroll. Inu-yasha had an impatient look on his face that disappeared when the scroll gave off a red glow and Miaka disappeared.
"What just happened?" asked Sango, becoming spokesperson for her group of friends.
"She just went into the scroll, presumably to bring back some more of her warriors," Yui explained in a very teacher-like voice.
As soon as she had finished her explanation the scroll started glowing again. Miaka appeared with three men surrounding her, although Kagome noticed that one of them gave off an aura that somewhat resembled Kikyou's. Introductions were made and Inu-yasha's group learned that these newcomers were: Tasuki, who could shoot fire out of his fan; Chichiri, a monk with powers of magic and illusions; and Mitsukake, who had healing powers.
Then Miaka explained, "Mitsukake is really a ghost but I thought his power might be useful so he's borrowing the body of a Nyan Nyan." Inu-yasha and company all nodded even though they didn't have a clue what a Nyan Nyan was or why it would willingly lend its body to a ghost. Miaka continued, "I have three other warriors but they're all ghosts too. And I figured that since there are eleven of us here we didn't need all of them. But you don't have anyone with Mitsukake's healing power so I asked him to come. Besides Miroku would probably have tried to hit on Hotohori and Nuriko before realizing that they are both men."
Shippo let out a snicker as he imagined Miroku hitting on two men, thinking they were women. It would just about serve him right. Kagome noticed Miroku seemed about ready to clobber Shippo so she grabbed the little kitsune and said, "Shippo, it really isn't that funny." But the twinkle in her eye let Shippo no that she did indeed find it quite amusing. However she wasn't openly laughing so Shippo quieted down.
"Well, not that we've all calmed down," Inu-yasha started, glaring at Shippo, "I think we should head out."
"Not so fast," Tasuki said from behind him, "How do we know you won't do something to us once we're on our way?"
"Yeah, that's what I want to know." Agreed Tamahome.
"Don't worry guys. I don't sense any evil from him, no da," said the monk, Chichiri.
"Besides," added Kagome, "all I have to do is say 'sit' and.oops." The hanyou crashed to the ground as Kagome used the 'S' word. The newcomers all stared at Inu-yasha on the ground. "See?" she finished.
"Feh! You wench, how could you say that word?"
"Gomen. It was an accident."
Inu-yasha grumbled as he pulled himself up, "Come on. Let's get going. We've already wasted enough time." On that note the now largely expanded group set out for a new adventure.