this chapter promises to be very interesting..........
disclamer~ still don't own Inuyasha or the song by Toby Keith.
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"Wow," was all Inuhaku could manage after the wild ride down the well. Kagome looked aroud the bottom of the
well, noting that the vines were gone.
"Give me a boost," she ordered the poor guy, who was still in shock. He complied, and she then gave an
impressive show of strength by hauling Inuhaku up after her. He gaped, mouth open in awe, at the trees that
were where the houses should have been.
"Where are we," he choked out.
"Feudal Japan," Kagome replied casually. "Welcome to the fairy tale I told you about. We better go find the
village and see if Kaede is still the miko there." Inuhaku followed Kagome through the woods, but was
mystified when she stopped at a large tree. Kagome bent down and picked up an arrow, rotting with age, but
still an arrow. She began to shake, remembering the day she had pulled it out and released the hanyou.
Inuhaku recalled the part of her tale when the girl pulled the arrow from the tree and freed Inuyasha. It
occured to him that this must have been the tree.
[Somebody told you that my
broken heart started mending.
I'm getting by, but the truth
is that I'm still standing
knee deep in yesterday's rain.]
Kagome stopped her tears and turned back to Inuhaku. "Let's keep going."
A five minute walk later, Kagome and Inuhaku entered to small village. Villagers gasped at the sight of
Kagome, recognizing her from four years before. "May I see Lady Kaede," Kagome inquired of a passing woman.
"Of course." The woman took Kagome and her curious companion to a familliar hut. "Lady Kaede," she called
inside.
Kaede stepped out, not having changed much in four years. "Kagome," she cried, embracing the girl. "Who
is he," Kaede inquired, spying Inuhaku, who had been making an effort to hide behind Kagome. "He is almost
identical to Inuyasha!"
"I think he is the reincarnation of Inuyasha, Kaede," Kagome confessed.
"The reincarnation of who," asked Inuhaku. "You think I am the reincarnation of a half demon from a fairy
tale?"
"It's not a fairy tale, are you blind or just stupid," Kagome shouted angerly at Inuhaku's disbelief. "We
are in Feudal Japan! Do you want proof?" She turned to Kaede, "Did you keep the Jewel, I gave it to you
before I left four years ago so you could purify it."
"Aye, I do." Kaede stepped inside the hut, and came out with the glowing Jewel. "It is still incomplete,"
Kaede mused. "Neither good nor evil was ever able to find the last shard."
"That's because I kept it," Kagome confessed. She drew a chain out from under her collar, and on it hung
the final shard. "I never put the Jewel together and made a wish because I wasn't sure what I wanted. Now
the fates have given me a sign, and I know what to do. Kaede, where are Inuyasha, Sango, Miroku, and Shippo
buried?"
"Just outside the village, but what do you plan to do," Kaede asked. Kagome didn't respond, she simply took
the Jewel, her shard, grabbed Inuhaku's hand, and made a beeline for the edge of the village.
They reached a series of four mounds in a row, labeled with markers. One read 'Inuyasha,' and Kagome set
upon it, digging with her hands at the dirt. "They dig shallow graves, and he'll want his body back, she
muttered to herself. Soon she had him entirely uncovered. She praised whoever it was up there that had
decided that demon bodies wouldn't decay, he looked the same as if he had died a second before. "Shikon no
Tama," she said to the Jewel, grant my wish! I want Inuyasha to be returned to his body to live out his
life!"
Inuhaku jumped back as a flash of light engulfed Kagome and the body of Inuyasha. When it cleared and
Inuhaku could see again, he saw Kagome kneeling down, holding an awakening Inuyasha's head in her lap.
"What happened," asked Inuyasha, sitting up. "Is that you Kagome, you look different."
"You're alive, you're really alive," Kagome cried, hugging him fiercely, until Inuhaku coughed and shifted
his weight uncomfortably. Inuyasha glanced at him, and caught a whiff of his scent.
"Gggggrrrrrrr, who are you," Inuyasha jumped up shouting. "How do you smell like me?"
"Look, she just brought me here, okay!" Inuhaku pointed at Kagome. "She seems to think I am your
reincarnation or something."
Both men turned to Kagome expectantly, awaiting an explination. Pity she didn't have one.
"So what, he's my replacement?" Inuyasha asked.
"Of course not--" Kagome started, but Inuyasha cut her off.
"I get it. You use the Jewel to revive me so you can tell me you have fallen madly in love with my
reincarnation. Later Kagome." Inuyasha bounded off into the woods.
"He moves pretty fast for a dead guy," Inuhaku commented. Kagome gave him the meanest look she could manage
with tears running down her face, then wandered off in the opposite direction of Inuyasha, back to the God
tree, which she climbed and perched on a branch, thinking. Kagome thought, and the rain fell.
[Well the fools go rushing,
they don't hesitate. And
the lonley go looking where
the losers wait. And I'm
thinking, somewhere in the
middle there's a love that's true.
But I ain't found one yet,
and I ain't got you.]
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that's as good a place as any to end it i guess.
Ja'ne!
disclamer~ still don't own Inuyasha or the song by Toby Keith.
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"Wow," was all Inuhaku could manage after the wild ride down the well. Kagome looked aroud the bottom of the
well, noting that the vines were gone.
"Give me a boost," she ordered the poor guy, who was still in shock. He complied, and she then gave an
impressive show of strength by hauling Inuhaku up after her. He gaped, mouth open in awe, at the trees that
were where the houses should have been.
"Where are we," he choked out.
"Feudal Japan," Kagome replied casually. "Welcome to the fairy tale I told you about. We better go find the
village and see if Kaede is still the miko there." Inuhaku followed Kagome through the woods, but was
mystified when she stopped at a large tree. Kagome bent down and picked up an arrow, rotting with age, but
still an arrow. She began to shake, remembering the day she had pulled it out and released the hanyou.
Inuhaku recalled the part of her tale when the girl pulled the arrow from the tree and freed Inuyasha. It
occured to him that this must have been the tree.
[Somebody told you that my
broken heart started mending.
I'm getting by, but the truth
is that I'm still standing
knee deep in yesterday's rain.]
Kagome stopped her tears and turned back to Inuhaku. "Let's keep going."
A five minute walk later, Kagome and Inuhaku entered to small village. Villagers gasped at the sight of
Kagome, recognizing her from four years before. "May I see Lady Kaede," Kagome inquired of a passing woman.
"Of course." The woman took Kagome and her curious companion to a familliar hut. "Lady Kaede," she called
inside.
Kaede stepped out, not having changed much in four years. "Kagome," she cried, embracing the girl. "Who
is he," Kaede inquired, spying Inuhaku, who had been making an effort to hide behind Kagome. "He is almost
identical to Inuyasha!"
"I think he is the reincarnation of Inuyasha, Kaede," Kagome confessed.
"The reincarnation of who," asked Inuhaku. "You think I am the reincarnation of a half demon from a fairy
tale?"
"It's not a fairy tale, are you blind or just stupid," Kagome shouted angerly at Inuhaku's disbelief. "We
are in Feudal Japan! Do you want proof?" She turned to Kaede, "Did you keep the Jewel, I gave it to you
before I left four years ago so you could purify it."
"Aye, I do." Kaede stepped inside the hut, and came out with the glowing Jewel. "It is still incomplete,"
Kaede mused. "Neither good nor evil was ever able to find the last shard."
"That's because I kept it," Kagome confessed. She drew a chain out from under her collar, and on it hung
the final shard. "I never put the Jewel together and made a wish because I wasn't sure what I wanted. Now
the fates have given me a sign, and I know what to do. Kaede, where are Inuyasha, Sango, Miroku, and Shippo
buried?"
"Just outside the village, but what do you plan to do," Kaede asked. Kagome didn't respond, she simply took
the Jewel, her shard, grabbed Inuhaku's hand, and made a beeline for the edge of the village.
They reached a series of four mounds in a row, labeled with markers. One read 'Inuyasha,' and Kagome set
upon it, digging with her hands at the dirt. "They dig shallow graves, and he'll want his body back, she
muttered to herself. Soon she had him entirely uncovered. She praised whoever it was up there that had
decided that demon bodies wouldn't decay, he looked the same as if he had died a second before. "Shikon no
Tama," she said to the Jewel, grant my wish! I want Inuyasha to be returned to his body to live out his
life!"
Inuhaku jumped back as a flash of light engulfed Kagome and the body of Inuyasha. When it cleared and
Inuhaku could see again, he saw Kagome kneeling down, holding an awakening Inuyasha's head in her lap.
"What happened," asked Inuyasha, sitting up. "Is that you Kagome, you look different."
"You're alive, you're really alive," Kagome cried, hugging him fiercely, until Inuhaku coughed and shifted
his weight uncomfortably. Inuyasha glanced at him, and caught a whiff of his scent.
"Gggggrrrrrrr, who are you," Inuyasha jumped up shouting. "How do you smell like me?"
"Look, she just brought me here, okay!" Inuhaku pointed at Kagome. "She seems to think I am your
reincarnation or something."
Both men turned to Kagome expectantly, awaiting an explination. Pity she didn't have one.
"So what, he's my replacement?" Inuyasha asked.
"Of course not--" Kagome started, but Inuyasha cut her off.
"I get it. You use the Jewel to revive me so you can tell me you have fallen madly in love with my
reincarnation. Later Kagome." Inuyasha bounded off into the woods.
"He moves pretty fast for a dead guy," Inuhaku commented. Kagome gave him the meanest look she could manage
with tears running down her face, then wandered off in the opposite direction of Inuyasha, back to the God
tree, which she climbed and perched on a branch, thinking. Kagome thought, and the rain fell.
[Well the fools go rushing,
they don't hesitate. And
the lonley go looking where
the losers wait. And I'm
thinking, somewhere in the
middle there's a love that's true.
But I ain't found one yet,
and I ain't got you.]
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that's as good a place as any to end it i guess.
Ja'ne!
