I don't own Inuyasha or anything having to do with this show. I make this
only for entertainment purposes, (and an excuse to avoid my homework:). So
don't sue and enjoy the fic!
And of course, one more thing: Happy Birthday lil *kagome* chan! I hope this makes your day even better.^^
The Feudal Fairy Tale Begins Again...
By: Msmelanie
Chapter Forty-Seven: Dreams, Springs, and Other Things
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"LET HIM THE **** GO!"
"NO, OH KAMI NO, PLEASE!"
"STOP IT! LET HIM GO RIGHT NOW BEFORE I RIP OUT YOUR ****ING THROAT!"
"MOMMA!"
"NOOOOOO!"
"LET GO OF MY PUP RIGHT NOW YOU SICK *******!"
"LET HIM GO NOW!!"
"Ku ku ku...then come and get him."
Kawayou woke up in a sweat. He had had that stupid dream again. About him and...and...'Oh man, I forgot it again!' He looked up and realized his constant squirming in his nightmare had caused his mother to wake up.
"What's wrong?" she asked. "Bad dream again?"
Kawayou shook his head yes. "Momma, I wanna get down."
Kagome sighed as she looked at the sky. It was still dark but the sun would be making it's entrance over the mountains soon. "You'll have to wake up Inuyasha."
Inuyasha slowly woke up as he felt an annoying patting on his nose. He looked down at Kawayou's hand. "Pup."
"Pop." Kawayou replied. "I want to get down now."
Inuyasha stretched his neck from side to side. "You'll wake Kagome."
"I'm already awake." Kagome mumbled. "It's kinda hard to sleep when your son is squirming around."
Inuyasha nodded his head and jumped down with his family in his arms. He stopped to look up at the sky before he plopped down on the ground with them.
"...I had that dream again." Kawayou confessed.
Kagome looked down at him. "Which one? The dog catcher?"
Inuyasha just looked at Kagome in confusion.
"No." Kawayou sighed. 'It'd be NICE to have that nightmare again instead of this one.' He looked down at the inside of his Kimono. 'At least I didn't wake up all sticky and sweaty in that one.' "I don't remember what it was about though." He sighed. "I don't understand why I had it again."
That captured Inuyasha and Kagome's attention quickly. "Understand? You don't understand it?" Kagome asked again.
"Nuh uh. I don't even remember it." Kawayou replied. "Can we just get going now? I don't want to go back to sleep."
Kagome looked at Kawayou. "Okay then. You don't have to go back to sleep right now." She smiled at Inuyasha. "If you feel tired later Kawayou, your daddy can just carry you."
Inuyasha just growled at Kagome. "Very funny. Why don't you carry him instead?"
"Because I've carried him since the day he was conceived." She grinned wickedly. "So now it's your turn for a little while."
Inuyasha just opened his mouth in an O. "Kagome...." he growled. Damn. How can he compete with THAT?
Kagome looked at Kawayou. "If you have this 'dream' again, I want you to try and remember it." Kagome pushed. "If you don't, it might keep coming back."
Kawayou sighed. Like he knew how to remember it. "I don't know how momma, but I guess I'll try anyhow." he said as he remembered the flowers tucked behind his ears. "I still have my flowers in?" he tried to take them out as it began to lightly sprinkle on them.
"Oh yeah." Kagome remembered as she looked at Inuyasha and smiled. "We just went straight to bed, didn't we?" she said as she started to remove her own flowers. Then she looked at her kimono. "Inuyasha, didn't you put a pocket in here or something?"
Inuyasha walked over to her. "Let's see....I'm pretty sure I put a hole to put things in."
Kawayou just held his flowers as he looked curiously at his mother and father. But then, his mouth flew open in surprise when his mom dropped Inuyasha to the ground.
Without the word 'sit'?!
"Inuyasha?!" Kagome shouted angrily. "What do you think you're doing putting your hand THERE?!"
Inuyasha wanted to yell at her that it was an accident, but as he rolled over onto his stomach there was only one thing that he needed to know that minute. "How'd you do that?"
"How'd I do what?" Kagome asked, relatively calm again as she found her pocket and stuck her treasures inside of it.
"How'd you do what?!" Inuyasha barked as he stood back up.
Kawayou decided to add to Inuyasha's previous question. "How did you manage to elbow pops, flip over him and kick him in the back?"
Kagome placed a finger to her lip. "Ummm...I didn't do that, did I?" She looked back at Inuyasha "...wow, imagine that."
Inuyasha held Kagome's left shoulder. "What? What do you mean 'imagine that'?! Dammit Kagome, that kind of power doesn't just come from out of nowhere!" He looked seriously back at her. "That old hag had to have been wrong. That damn shikon half has to be in you still."
Kawayou put his flowers in his left pocket and ran up to his momma. "Wow mommy...you actually whalloped dad."
Inuyasha turned away from them. "Walloped isn't the right word. She just caught me by surprise, that's all."
"True, but it was still quite fascinating to watch."
Inuyasha's ears perked up as he turned around and saw Miroku, Sango, and Shippou starting at him.
"It was!" Shippou agreed as he tried to remember the word Kagome and Kawayou would use. "It was 'cool'!"
"You were supposed to be asleep." Inuyasha growled.
Miroku pointed his staff to the rising sun. "The time for sleep has passed."
Inuyasha just looked at the crumpled flowers on the ground. Flowers could only take so much. "Yeah, whatever. You ready, Kagome?"
Kagome was already packing up her blanket.
Inuyasha watched as Kawayou stretched out his arms to him. He growled but decided entering into the My Pup VS. My Dad issue wasn't a good idea at the time.
Kawayou grinned as he hopped onto Inuyasha.
"Alright, lets-" Inuyasha began before he lost his train of thought when he felt Kawayou climbing over to his back.
"What are you doing, pup?" Inuyasha asked as Kawayou finally settled on Inuyasha's shoulders.
"Riding on your shoulders!" Kawayou laughed as he touched his father's left ear to watch it flatten down to his skull.
Kagome laughed. "Be careful Kawayou."
"I will." Kawayou smiled back.
Inuyasha held onto Kawayou's ankles. "Only if you DON'T bug my ears again."
"Okay!" Kawayou grinned as he held fast to Inuyasha's hair.
Kagome smiled at them as they took off. Kawayou loved it when Sota gave him a ride on his shoulders. If he was allowing someone else to now, did that mean that perhaps Kawayou was getting used to the Feudal Era?
A few hours later...
It had been sprinkling off and on while the group continued to walk. It would be just a matter of time before it really started to rain and they would have to find shelter somewhere...
Kawayou smiled as he looked up into the sky and started to sing. "Ame, Ame, fure, fure, kaasan ga. Janome de Omukae Ureshina!"
Inuyasha smiled. His son was becoming quite chirpy now. 'Must be in a really good mood.' he tapped one of the ankles he was holding. "...why are you in such a good mood?"
Kawayou leaned over into Inuyasha's face. "Pichi pichi, chapu chapu, ran ran ran!" he finished singing as he smiled wide, showing his fangs.
Kawayou didn't need to sing for everyone to realize why he was so happy.
"So, your son is back to being a demon again." Sango said as she looked at Kagome. "How long has it tooken this time? Two whole days?"
Kagome shook her head yes as she smiled at Kawayou's grin. Even though he was switching back and forth constantly, he was doing alright. She remembered that he had made such a fuss the first time it happened. Then the second and the third, but somewhere along the way he had stopped complaining about it as much. 'Maybe he's getting used to being human more?' Whatever it was, it was plain to see by the size of that grin which side he still preferred. She stopped thinking about it though as they approached the top of the hill. "Looks like that's it up ahead." she said as she pointed over to a village that was in front of them just a short distance away.
"Yes, I believe you are right." Miroku agreed as he looked back at Sango. "Dear Sango, do you remember what the first person had said?
"Yes." Sango replied. "Does someone still remember the second?"
"I don't." Shippou replied. "It was too long."
"Well I do." Kagome answered. She remembered it VERY well because if they forgot one section of it, then they wouldn't be able to get the third part. They'd have to travel all the way back for the answer. And according to the old man, time would not be on their side. 'Still, it sounds so corny...like it was all made up on the spot.' she sighed and looked back at Kawayou. 'But if it works, it's more than worth it.'
"Well then." Inuyasha replied. "Let's go find the last hag so we can finally get to that castle."
Everyone walked through the village, and it hadn't taken long to figure out where the old woman that held the last piece they needed was at.
'Okay.' Kagome said trying to build up her courage as she went forward to the old woman's hut. 'This is it. This is the last piece. After this, its up to us to figure out the answer.'
"Who is it?" The old woman said as Kagome and the group arrived at her door.
"Do you have the last part to the forgotten castle?" Inuyasha replied, ignoring her question.
The old woman sighed. "Yes I do." She looked at the stare in the demon's eyes. 'They keep sprouting up. This isn't good. Oh well, at least I've lived a long life.' "Do you have the first answer?"
Sango stood in front of everyone. "'If you wish to find the castle you must dare to get wet, to go there.'" she quoted.
The old woman nodded her head yes. "And the second?"
Kagome took a deep breath. " *cough**cough* 'The castles has not been forgotten, it is just in an unusual place. In most cases, it will only reach to be the height of a small child's face.'"
"Yes." the old woman agreed as she uncrossed her arms. "Then it's time for the third part. If you can't figure it out then I'd say you are one hut short of a village."
"Get on with it." Inuyasha growled.
The old woman just stared at them. "The forgotten castle? Is there really such a thing? If there is, then it can only be in one place." She pointed to the right of herself. "In our nearby spring."
With that said, she walked back into her hut.
The group seemed a little stunned.
"In a spring?" Miroku asked, still disbelieving what he had just heard.
Inuyasha growled. "I don't like this. It's too simple. TOO convenient, Kagome."
Kagome didn't listen as she started to walk into the direction the old woman had indicated. Then, she stopped. "I...Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha didn't answer as he swung Kawayou down to the ground and drew out his tetsusaiga. "Damn."
Everyone watched as Sesshoumaru, Jacken, and Rin started coming from the right. Sesshoumaru surprisingly growled at Inuyasha. "What are you doing here?"
"That's none of your business." Inuyasha growled back.
"Were you also searching for the stone of knowledge?" Rin asked sadly.
Kagome didn't like the tone in her voice.
"They shall pay!" Jacken shouted. "For tricking Lord Sesshoumaru into believing in it!"
"Believing in it?" Kagome asked. "Does it-" she choked out. "Does it not exist?"
"It exists human wench." Sesshoumaru said as he started to walk toward them. "Half-breed, stay out of our way."
"**** you!" Inuyasha barked. "We ain't here on purpose!"
Sesshoumaru waved it off. "I'm upset at this outcome. Perhaps fighting would help, but I'd need a worthy opponent." He looked from side to side. "And it appears there are none here at the moment."
"Sesshoumaru." Inuyasha growled.
Sesshoumaru ignored the growl and started to walk past them without a word, shortly followed by Jacken. "Lord Sesshoumaru? Shouldn't we punish the humans for their wicked insole-?!"
*Thump*
"Ow! Lord Sesshoumaru!! Rin is hitting me with rocks!" Jacken whined.
Sesshoumaru stopped. "Rin?"
"Yes my lord?" Rin asked.
"Are you hitting Sesshoumaru with rocks?" he inquired.
"No my lord. I just hit him with a stone." Rin answered back.
Sesshoumaru nodded his head and continued on.
Miroku, Sango, Shippou and Kagome all blinked as they watched Jacken and Rin trail behind Inuyasha's half-brother.
"Inuyasha." Kagome began as she looked at the hanyou. "I don't know if I'm going to like this outcome."
Inuyasha growled but squeezed Kawayou's feet gently. "We've come all this way." he looked at the direction from where Sesshoumaru had come from. "We have to see for ourselves if it's real or not."
So, everyone treaded quietly, each wondering what they might discover. Something that wasn't useful for Sesshoumaru, but perhaps maybe them? Or was it all some stupid hoax?
The group came to a stop when they arrived at the spring.
"That...is that supposed to be it?" Kagome asked as she pointed to a small representation of a castle on the other side of the spring. Kawayou ran over to examine it, twitching his right ear in curiosity as he lifted the roof of one of the turrets. "There's a stone."
Inuyasha quickly ran over to Kawayou and looked at it. He growled when he read what it said.
"I-Inuyasha?" Kagome asked. "What's it say?"
Inuyasha stayed silent.
"Inuyasha?" Miroku prodded. "Please tell us, what does it say? Is it fake or real?"
Inuyasha bent down and picked Kawayou up. "Let's go."
Kagome just stared at him strangely. "Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha walked over to Kagome and dropped the stone in her hand, then proceeded to walk away with Kawayou who looked over the hanyou's shoulder at Kagome.
Kagome's eyes couldn't believe what she was seeing on the rock. She strolled over to the side of the spring that had a sign she never noticed before. "..."
"Kagome?" Sango asked. "What's wrong?"
"What's it say on the rock, Kagome?" Shippou asked.
Kagome clenched her fingers tightly around the stone before throwing it on the ground and running back into Inuyasha's direction.
Sango blinked at her behavior, but followed Miroku's gaze to the sign:
WELCOME TO THE FORGOTTEN CASTLE'S SPRING OF KNOWLEDGE! Learn Something New Each Day!
Shippou quietly picked up the 'Stone of Knowledge' and read. "One hut is just a hut, but it takes two or more to make a village?"
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And of course, one more thing: Happy Birthday lil *kagome* chan! I hope this makes your day even better.^^
The Feudal Fairy Tale Begins Again...
By: Msmelanie
Chapter Forty-Seven: Dreams, Springs, and Other Things
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"LET HIM THE **** GO!"
"NO, OH KAMI NO, PLEASE!"
"STOP IT! LET HIM GO RIGHT NOW BEFORE I RIP OUT YOUR ****ING THROAT!"
"MOMMA!"
"NOOOOOO!"
"LET GO OF MY PUP RIGHT NOW YOU SICK *******!"
"LET HIM GO NOW!!"
"Ku ku ku...then come and get him."
Kawayou woke up in a sweat. He had had that stupid dream again. About him and...and...'Oh man, I forgot it again!' He looked up and realized his constant squirming in his nightmare had caused his mother to wake up.
"What's wrong?" she asked. "Bad dream again?"
Kawayou shook his head yes. "Momma, I wanna get down."
Kagome sighed as she looked at the sky. It was still dark but the sun would be making it's entrance over the mountains soon. "You'll have to wake up Inuyasha."
Inuyasha slowly woke up as he felt an annoying patting on his nose. He looked down at Kawayou's hand. "Pup."
"Pop." Kawayou replied. "I want to get down now."
Inuyasha stretched his neck from side to side. "You'll wake Kagome."
"I'm already awake." Kagome mumbled. "It's kinda hard to sleep when your son is squirming around."
Inuyasha nodded his head and jumped down with his family in his arms. He stopped to look up at the sky before he plopped down on the ground with them.
"...I had that dream again." Kawayou confessed.
Kagome looked down at him. "Which one? The dog catcher?"
Inuyasha just looked at Kagome in confusion.
"No." Kawayou sighed. 'It'd be NICE to have that nightmare again instead of this one.' He looked down at the inside of his Kimono. 'At least I didn't wake up all sticky and sweaty in that one.' "I don't remember what it was about though." He sighed. "I don't understand why I had it again."
That captured Inuyasha and Kagome's attention quickly. "Understand? You don't understand it?" Kagome asked again.
"Nuh uh. I don't even remember it." Kawayou replied. "Can we just get going now? I don't want to go back to sleep."
Kagome looked at Kawayou. "Okay then. You don't have to go back to sleep right now." She smiled at Inuyasha. "If you feel tired later Kawayou, your daddy can just carry you."
Inuyasha just growled at Kagome. "Very funny. Why don't you carry him instead?"
"Because I've carried him since the day he was conceived." She grinned wickedly. "So now it's your turn for a little while."
Inuyasha just opened his mouth in an O. "Kagome...." he growled. Damn. How can he compete with THAT?
Kagome looked at Kawayou. "If you have this 'dream' again, I want you to try and remember it." Kagome pushed. "If you don't, it might keep coming back."
Kawayou sighed. Like he knew how to remember it. "I don't know how momma, but I guess I'll try anyhow." he said as he remembered the flowers tucked behind his ears. "I still have my flowers in?" he tried to take them out as it began to lightly sprinkle on them.
"Oh yeah." Kagome remembered as she looked at Inuyasha and smiled. "We just went straight to bed, didn't we?" she said as she started to remove her own flowers. Then she looked at her kimono. "Inuyasha, didn't you put a pocket in here or something?"
Inuyasha walked over to her. "Let's see....I'm pretty sure I put a hole to put things in."
Kawayou just held his flowers as he looked curiously at his mother and father. But then, his mouth flew open in surprise when his mom dropped Inuyasha to the ground.
Without the word 'sit'?!
"Inuyasha?!" Kagome shouted angrily. "What do you think you're doing putting your hand THERE?!"
Inuyasha wanted to yell at her that it was an accident, but as he rolled over onto his stomach there was only one thing that he needed to know that minute. "How'd you do that?"
"How'd I do what?" Kagome asked, relatively calm again as she found her pocket and stuck her treasures inside of it.
"How'd you do what?!" Inuyasha barked as he stood back up.
Kawayou decided to add to Inuyasha's previous question. "How did you manage to elbow pops, flip over him and kick him in the back?"
Kagome placed a finger to her lip. "Ummm...I didn't do that, did I?" She looked back at Inuyasha "...wow, imagine that."
Inuyasha held Kagome's left shoulder. "What? What do you mean 'imagine that'?! Dammit Kagome, that kind of power doesn't just come from out of nowhere!" He looked seriously back at her. "That old hag had to have been wrong. That damn shikon half has to be in you still."
Kawayou put his flowers in his left pocket and ran up to his momma. "Wow mommy...you actually whalloped dad."
Inuyasha turned away from them. "Walloped isn't the right word. She just caught me by surprise, that's all."
"True, but it was still quite fascinating to watch."
Inuyasha's ears perked up as he turned around and saw Miroku, Sango, and Shippou starting at him.
"It was!" Shippou agreed as he tried to remember the word Kagome and Kawayou would use. "It was 'cool'!"
"You were supposed to be asleep." Inuyasha growled.
Miroku pointed his staff to the rising sun. "The time for sleep has passed."
Inuyasha just looked at the crumpled flowers on the ground. Flowers could only take so much. "Yeah, whatever. You ready, Kagome?"
Kagome was already packing up her blanket.
Inuyasha watched as Kawayou stretched out his arms to him. He growled but decided entering into the My Pup VS. My Dad issue wasn't a good idea at the time.
Kawayou grinned as he hopped onto Inuyasha.
"Alright, lets-" Inuyasha began before he lost his train of thought when he felt Kawayou climbing over to his back.
"What are you doing, pup?" Inuyasha asked as Kawayou finally settled on Inuyasha's shoulders.
"Riding on your shoulders!" Kawayou laughed as he touched his father's left ear to watch it flatten down to his skull.
Kagome laughed. "Be careful Kawayou."
"I will." Kawayou smiled back.
Inuyasha held onto Kawayou's ankles. "Only if you DON'T bug my ears again."
"Okay!" Kawayou grinned as he held fast to Inuyasha's hair.
Kagome smiled at them as they took off. Kawayou loved it when Sota gave him a ride on his shoulders. If he was allowing someone else to now, did that mean that perhaps Kawayou was getting used to the Feudal Era?
A few hours later...
It had been sprinkling off and on while the group continued to walk. It would be just a matter of time before it really started to rain and they would have to find shelter somewhere...
Kawayou smiled as he looked up into the sky and started to sing. "Ame, Ame, fure, fure, kaasan ga. Janome de Omukae Ureshina!"
Inuyasha smiled. His son was becoming quite chirpy now. 'Must be in a really good mood.' he tapped one of the ankles he was holding. "...why are you in such a good mood?"
Kawayou leaned over into Inuyasha's face. "Pichi pichi, chapu chapu, ran ran ran!" he finished singing as he smiled wide, showing his fangs.
Kawayou didn't need to sing for everyone to realize why he was so happy.
"So, your son is back to being a demon again." Sango said as she looked at Kagome. "How long has it tooken this time? Two whole days?"
Kagome shook her head yes as she smiled at Kawayou's grin. Even though he was switching back and forth constantly, he was doing alright. She remembered that he had made such a fuss the first time it happened. Then the second and the third, but somewhere along the way he had stopped complaining about it as much. 'Maybe he's getting used to being human more?' Whatever it was, it was plain to see by the size of that grin which side he still preferred. She stopped thinking about it though as they approached the top of the hill. "Looks like that's it up ahead." she said as she pointed over to a village that was in front of them just a short distance away.
"Yes, I believe you are right." Miroku agreed as he looked back at Sango. "Dear Sango, do you remember what the first person had said?
"Yes." Sango replied. "Does someone still remember the second?"
"I don't." Shippou replied. "It was too long."
"Well I do." Kagome answered. She remembered it VERY well because if they forgot one section of it, then they wouldn't be able to get the third part. They'd have to travel all the way back for the answer. And according to the old man, time would not be on their side. 'Still, it sounds so corny...like it was all made up on the spot.' she sighed and looked back at Kawayou. 'But if it works, it's more than worth it.'
"Well then." Inuyasha replied. "Let's go find the last hag so we can finally get to that castle."
Everyone walked through the village, and it hadn't taken long to figure out where the old woman that held the last piece they needed was at.
'Okay.' Kagome said trying to build up her courage as she went forward to the old woman's hut. 'This is it. This is the last piece. After this, its up to us to figure out the answer.'
"Who is it?" The old woman said as Kagome and the group arrived at her door.
"Do you have the last part to the forgotten castle?" Inuyasha replied, ignoring her question.
The old woman sighed. "Yes I do." She looked at the stare in the demon's eyes. 'They keep sprouting up. This isn't good. Oh well, at least I've lived a long life.' "Do you have the first answer?"
Sango stood in front of everyone. "'If you wish to find the castle you must dare to get wet, to go there.'" she quoted.
The old woman nodded her head yes. "And the second?"
Kagome took a deep breath. " *cough**cough* 'The castles has not been forgotten, it is just in an unusual place. In most cases, it will only reach to be the height of a small child's face.'"
"Yes." the old woman agreed as she uncrossed her arms. "Then it's time for the third part. If you can't figure it out then I'd say you are one hut short of a village."
"Get on with it." Inuyasha growled.
The old woman just stared at them. "The forgotten castle? Is there really such a thing? If there is, then it can only be in one place." She pointed to the right of herself. "In our nearby spring."
With that said, she walked back into her hut.
The group seemed a little stunned.
"In a spring?" Miroku asked, still disbelieving what he had just heard.
Inuyasha growled. "I don't like this. It's too simple. TOO convenient, Kagome."
Kagome didn't listen as she started to walk into the direction the old woman had indicated. Then, she stopped. "I...Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha didn't answer as he swung Kawayou down to the ground and drew out his tetsusaiga. "Damn."
Everyone watched as Sesshoumaru, Jacken, and Rin started coming from the right. Sesshoumaru surprisingly growled at Inuyasha. "What are you doing here?"
"That's none of your business." Inuyasha growled back.
"Were you also searching for the stone of knowledge?" Rin asked sadly.
Kagome didn't like the tone in her voice.
"They shall pay!" Jacken shouted. "For tricking Lord Sesshoumaru into believing in it!"
"Believing in it?" Kagome asked. "Does it-" she choked out. "Does it not exist?"
"It exists human wench." Sesshoumaru said as he started to walk toward them. "Half-breed, stay out of our way."
"**** you!" Inuyasha barked. "We ain't here on purpose!"
Sesshoumaru waved it off. "I'm upset at this outcome. Perhaps fighting would help, but I'd need a worthy opponent." He looked from side to side. "And it appears there are none here at the moment."
"Sesshoumaru." Inuyasha growled.
Sesshoumaru ignored the growl and started to walk past them without a word, shortly followed by Jacken. "Lord Sesshoumaru? Shouldn't we punish the humans for their wicked insole-?!"
*Thump*
"Ow! Lord Sesshoumaru!! Rin is hitting me with rocks!" Jacken whined.
Sesshoumaru stopped. "Rin?"
"Yes my lord?" Rin asked.
"Are you hitting Sesshoumaru with rocks?" he inquired.
"No my lord. I just hit him with a stone." Rin answered back.
Sesshoumaru nodded his head and continued on.
Miroku, Sango, Shippou and Kagome all blinked as they watched Jacken and Rin trail behind Inuyasha's half-brother.
"Inuyasha." Kagome began as she looked at the hanyou. "I don't know if I'm going to like this outcome."
Inuyasha growled but squeezed Kawayou's feet gently. "We've come all this way." he looked at the direction from where Sesshoumaru had come from. "We have to see for ourselves if it's real or not."
So, everyone treaded quietly, each wondering what they might discover. Something that wasn't useful for Sesshoumaru, but perhaps maybe them? Or was it all some stupid hoax?
The group came to a stop when they arrived at the spring.
"That...is that supposed to be it?" Kagome asked as she pointed to a small representation of a castle on the other side of the spring. Kawayou ran over to examine it, twitching his right ear in curiosity as he lifted the roof of one of the turrets. "There's a stone."
Inuyasha quickly ran over to Kawayou and looked at it. He growled when he read what it said.
"I-Inuyasha?" Kagome asked. "What's it say?"
Inuyasha stayed silent.
"Inuyasha?" Miroku prodded. "Please tell us, what does it say? Is it fake or real?"
Inuyasha bent down and picked Kawayou up. "Let's go."
Kagome just stared at him strangely. "Inuyasha?"
Inuyasha walked over to Kagome and dropped the stone in her hand, then proceeded to walk away with Kawayou who looked over the hanyou's shoulder at Kagome.
Kagome's eyes couldn't believe what she was seeing on the rock. She strolled over to the side of the spring that had a sign she never noticed before. "..."
"Kagome?" Sango asked. "What's wrong?"
"What's it say on the rock, Kagome?" Shippou asked.
Kagome clenched her fingers tightly around the stone before throwing it on the ground and running back into Inuyasha's direction.
Sango blinked at her behavior, but followed Miroku's gaze to the sign:
WELCOME TO THE FORGOTTEN CASTLE'S SPRING OF KNOWLEDGE! Learn Something New Each Day!
Shippou quietly picked up the 'Stone of Knowledge' and read. "One hut is just a hut, but it takes two or more to make a village?"
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