A Bond Across Time

By: ChocolateEclar

Disclaimer: Obviously I don't own Inuyasha or any other character from the anime/manga "Inuyasha." If I owned it, then this wouldn't be a fanfic, now would it?

A/N: This chapter's under an adult Shippou's POV.

Part 2: Shippou's Tale

I missed Kagome a lot over the years. Inuyasha, the stubborn ass, couldn't bring himself to see Kagome again. I think he didn't want to hurt her any more than he already had, but just ended up hurting her by not going after her.

I remember waking up that day to the sound of the others (minus Kagome) arguing. I blinked up at them in fatigue, wondering what was going on. Inuyasha yelled out in his usual foul language and took off in a red and white blur.

Kirara was up too now, peering around, like me, in confusion.

"Come on, Kirara!" Sango called out, her face hot with anger. Kirara transformed into her larger, fiercer form in a blaze of fire. Sango and Miroku hopped onto her back and I just managed to do so too before Kirara took off after Inuyasha.

When we reached that strange well that led to Kagome's time, Inuyasha was standing there alone, something clasped tightly in his right hand. He turned to us slowly, his golden eyes unfocused. He didn't say anything; he just held out his right hand. Inside, resting on his palm, was Kagome's little container of shards of the Shikon no Tama.

"Inuyasha!" I hollered. "Where's Kagome?!"

He blinked causing his pupil's to finally focus. "Gone," he whispered. Then, he walked away from us as if he were in a trance.

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"Why don't you just apologize?!" I roared at Inuyasha the following day.

Inuyasha whacked me on the head causing me to fall backwards. He didn't respond verbally though, no matter what I said.

"What exactly did you do to Kagome?" demanded Sango. She was standing next to Miroku as we walked down the road to Kaede's village.

Inuyasha's frown deepened as he replied, "She saw me with Kikyo."

"And?" Miroku, Sango, and I exclaimed.

"She ran away."

"Argh! Before that, Inuyasha! She looked pretty upset!" Sango shouted.

"I-I…er…" Inuyasha crossed his arms and huffed.

"Lady Kagome didn't see you kissing Kikyo like last time, did she?" Miroku asked peering at Inuyasha.

After awhile, Inuyasha nodded causing Sango to strike Inuyasha with her Hiraikotsu and Miroku to thump him with his staff.

"You two-timer jerk!" I yelled while Kirara snarled.

Inuyasha muttered an expletive under his breath and Sango mumbled, "You're hopeless…"

We went on in silence.

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We continued to search for the shards a few days later. Our normal days were like this: yell at Inuyasha, whack Inuyasha with heavy objects, walk, Sango thumped Miroku with her Hiraikotsu or her fist, fight some youkai, and meet some ninjen. It just wasn't the same without Kagome though. A couple of times I tried to sneak to the well and go see Kagome but Inuyasha would always stop me.

It was like that for a whole year. Fight. Walk. Bury dead people! Fight. Walk…

It seemed like it would go on forever until one day, we found Naraku, and he, Kanna, and Kagura attacked us.

I'll admit I wasn't much help. I mean I was only a kit and fox fire and illusions can only do so much… Fine, fine! Okay, I was a weakling and Inuyasha, Sango, Miroku, and Kirara did most of the fighting!

In the end, Naraku obtained all of the Shikon Jewel shards and combined them. We all would've died then if it hadn't been for Inuyasha. He was bleeding like crazy but he still managed to beat the stuffing out of Naraku right as Naraku was trying to use the Shikon no Tama for a wish. Inuyasha threw the jewel out of Naraku's grasp. It glittered and I was able to catch it.

So while Inuyasha and Naraku were killing each other, I was running from Kagura because Sango had been knocked unconscious and Miroku and Kirara were fighting Kanna. Let me tell you, it wasn't fun! Kagura was bleeding to death and all, but it still was a battle between one very fast wind youkai and a tiny kitsune!

In the end, Inuyasha made the final blow and Naraku died. As soon as he did, Kanna and Kagura vanished in a flash of light. Kirara licked Sango's face and Miroku shook her until she woke up. When she did, Miroku and I explained to her how Naraku, Kanna, and Kagura died.

As for Inuyasha, he just sat against a rock, his youkai blood slowly healing his body, but not his bleeding heart. He was soaked in blood and sweat, and his clothing was torn. His white hair was laying in a tangle over his face and when we all turned to him, he gave a small smile.

Miroku turned to his hand. The air rip was gone. He smirked happily.

As for Sango's brother, Kohaku, his body and soul were finally at rest.

I sighed and sat down in front of Inuyasha. "Here," I said handing him the complete Shikon no Tama.

Inuyasha gave a choked laugh and muttered ironically, "This damn thing caused so much of this." I knew what he meant. My father had been killed because he had had a shard of the jewel. Kikyo had died because of Naraku's plot to get the jewel. Sango's family had died because of the same jewel-caused plot. Miroku's ancestors had died because of Naraku giving them an air rip because of that old jewel plot.

"There's…" I had to pause to wet my parched lips. "There's one good thing that came outta the Shikon Jewel," I told him as the others stepped over to us.

"What's that?" Inuyasha asked after awhile.

I smiled softly. I somehow knew Inuyasha wouldn't hit me for saying what I was about to say. "It gave us Kagome, right?"

I could hear Sango, Miroku, and Kirara all hold their breaths.

Inuyasha blinked a bit before smiling ruefully. "Yea, this stupid piece of crap gave us Kagome," he said softly.

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For several years afterward, we spent our lives in Kaede's village. There, Inuyasha taught me some fighting skills. He claimed my running away from Kagura had shamed the group. Then I had pouted, but now I know Inuyasha was just teasing me and can laugh about it.

Sango and Miroku married two years after Naraku's defeat. The only guests present were Inuyasha, Kirara, Kaede, other people from the village, and I. I really thought Kagome should've been there, but Inuyasha just gave me a hard glare when I mentioned Kagome at that time. I kept telling him she was just on the other side of the well, but he kept the Shikon no Tama with him at all times and never used it.

About a year later, Sango had a little boy named Eitoku. He was an adorable baby and afterward, a very inquisitive young man. He was extremely restless, often wandering around on his own so that sometimes Inuyasha, Kirara, or I would have to go looking for him with our sensitive noses.

Kaede passed away about five years after that, we placed her ashes next to the place Kikyo's had returned to after she had been destroyed by Naraku again. A young village woman became the new miko of the tiny town.

While Sango, Miroku, Eitoku, and the villagers aged, Inuyasha, Kirara, Myouga, and I really did not. Of course, I didn't stop aging until I was an adult. That was just another unique thing about youkai. We lived a long, long, time.

At the ripe age of eighty-two, Miroku died. He and Sango had had more children after Eitoku, two girls named Anai and Keikura. Soon after, Sango departed this life as well. We had the words 'Ryousai. Kenbo.' imprinted on Sango's gravestone. They mean 'Good wife. Wise mother.' and that's exactly what Sango was.

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As the years went by, I missed them badly. I could recall all the adventures we had had together, the last few devoid of Kagome who had been like a mother to me. On my one-hundredth birthday, I set off without Inuyasha and Kirara. I told them I would visit them at least once every five years.

I never broke that promise.

I came back with souvenirs and trinkets from all over the world. I was about four hundred years old when I went to the Americas for the first time. It was great filled with even newer things to be amazed over. I told Inuyasha and Kirara about it. Kirara would always mew in wonder.

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Finally, after hundreds of years, we would see Kagome.

One day, I was able to drag Inuyasha into Tokyo. We were walking through Ueno Park, tiny Kirara sitting on my shoulder. The lotus blossoms were in bloom, sparkling in the sunlight. Inuyasha was wearing a baggy T-shirt and pants, a hat placed over his peculiar ears. While his hair was still long and white, mine was now short, but long enough so that it covered the pointed tips of my ears. I was wearing similar attire, but my shirt was blue while Inuyasha's was red like his old fire rat kimono.

We were walking when a familiar scent reached our noses. We looked in the direction it was coming from to see a young mother sitting on a bench next to a baby boy in a stroller and a girl who appeared to be about seven or eight. There was no mistake.

That little girl was Kagome.

We watched as she bounced a medium-size, red ball around, her jet-black locks surrounding her young, innocent face. The ball slipped away from her and rolled towards us. I picked it up as little Kagome walked up to us. She peered up at us and reached out for the ball. I grinned and placed it in her small hands. "Here you go, Kag-er-little girl," I said.

She smiled herself and waved to us as she walked away, the ball in hand. I turned slightly to Inuyasha to see his reaction.

I swear I saw the wisp of a smile on his face.

As we strolled away, I asked him, "Inuyasha, if Kagome was born with the Shikon no Tama inside of her and you have the jewel, does that mean right now there's two Shikon Jewels?"

Inuyasha cocked an eyebrow at me and answered, "Who the fuck cares?"

I laughed. "I was just wondering, old man," I taunted him.

He whacked me on the head. "I'm only about a hundred years older than you, bastard."

"So you finally admit you're an old fart!" I pointed out chuckling.

Inuyasha frowned slightly. I could see the vein in his forehead pulsing, meaning I had angered him somewhat. I grabbed Kirara off of my shoulder and, holding her in my hands, ran for my life.

"Get back here, you asshole!" Inuyasha roared after me.

"Nice language, Inuyasha! Now you know why I turned out so bad! You were my role model!" I shouted back at him. "Atleast I don't have a girlfriend whose still a tot!" I gulped and thought, 'Oh God! Now he's really going to kill me!'

Inuyasha had stopped dead in his tracks though, his claws digging into his palms. He was scowling at me like I had just said something deeply insulting. Then, he took a deep breath and said coolly, "So, Shippou, you actually have a girlfriend?"

"Er-yea," I answered nervously. I had stopped and was now looking at Inuyasha. "She's a kitsune too. Name's Theresa, Tessie for short."

"Shippou?"

"Yea?"

"Never do what I did, okay?" Inuyasha continued.

I blinked at him and after awhile smiled sympathetically. "Yea, I promise I won't," I whispered.

He nodded and then walked away. I watched him go feeling odd after having seen little Kagome.

I hoped that someday Inuyasha and Kagome would be together.

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A/N: So, there you have, a complete chapter under an adult Shippou's POV. ^_^

Shippou: Inuyasha didn't kill me at the end? Wow!

Inuyasha: Don't think I'll go easy on ya next time, bastard.

Kirara: Mew…meow. Mew me ew ow mew. -__-;;; *sweatdrop*

Choccy (ChocolateEclar): I agree. One of these days we should wipe Inuyasha's mouth with soap.

Shippou: How can you understand her? You're not a youkai.

Choccy: Or am I? *evil laughter* *lightning flashes in the background*

Others: -__-;;; *sweatdrop*

Choccy: Ok, so I'm not a youkai. I am an almighty authoress though, so I decided I can understand Kirara. ^____^

Shippou: I can't believe you killed off Miroku and Sango!

Choccy: *shrugs* Well, unfortunately not every character can live hundreds of years.

A/N 2: Don't forget to review or else!!!!!!!! *more evil laughter*

Others: *all sigh*

Choccy: ^_- Bye!