Bent Reality
Slight Detour
"Good Bye Yoshico!" Kagome waved.
"Bye Kagome, Inuyasha! Your welcome to visit any time you like!" she yelled.
Inuyasha huffed and bent down. Kagome climbed onto his back.
"Ready?" he asked rudely.
"Ready." She answered.
Inuyasha was off.
"Uh Inuyasha?" Kagome asked when they were well on their way.
He didn't answer.
"Inuyasha?" she repeated.
Still no answer.
Kagome picked her self up slightly so she was level with his ears. She took in a deep breath.
"INUYASHA." She yelled in his ear.
He fell flat on his face in the dirt. Kagome was thrown off his back and flew several feet in front of him onto her back.
"Uf." She said when she hit the ground.
Inuyasha was rubbing his ears and giving Kagome nasty looks from his spot on the ground.
"Sorry but you weren't listening." She got up and started to rub her butt. "Ouch."
"Serves you right." He growled. "You made me go deaf in my right ear."
"Oh stop being such a baby," she put her hands on her hips.
"Baby?" Inuyasha stood up. "You're calling me a baby? Those little things that can hardly walk, let alone defend themselves."
Kagome nodded. "Big baby."
"Last time I checked I was saving your ass." He crossed his arms.
She turned her back to him.
"Wha…?" Inuyasha gasped.
"I just wanted to tell you, you were going the wrong way." She peered side ways at him. She pointed to her right. "That way, is the right way."
"Oh." Inuyasha growled.
"Yeah, Oh." She mocked his voice with a very high pitched one.
"I don't sound like that!" He yelled.
"I don't sound like that!" She said with the same high pitched voice.
"Now who's the baby?" Inuyasha questioned.
Kagome said nothing.
****
"My Lord," Jaken bowed to Sesshomaru.
"What is it Jaken, I told you not to disturb me, ever." Sesshomaru was standing on a stone pillar. The young girl Rin was sitting below him, leaning against the pillar.
She had several picked flowers laying about her and she was making a hat with them. Jaken stood directly in front of her. She watched him with fascination.
"Yes, I know my Lord, but there is an interesting rumor that I thought you might like to hear."
"Twenty seconds." Sesshomaru jumped down from the pillar and landed next to Rin. He was careful not to land on any of her flowers. "19."
"Oh, um, that girl Kagome has been traveling here in her dreams and it is said that she is stuck here now and can finally feel pain. Her and Inuyasha are going to try and put Kikyo to rest." Jaken said on one breath.
"2, 1." Sesshomaru finished. "Is that all? Why bother me with such trivial things."
"Sorry My Lord." Jaken flinched.
Rin tugged on Sesshomaru pant leg and held out her flower hat to him. He took it. Rin then walked over to Jaken and put one on his head.
"I do not want this, silly girl." Jaken threw it to the ground.
Rin made a sad face and looked at Sesshomaru. She pointed to Jaken and gave Sesshomaru puppy dog eyes.
"Put it on Jaken, or die." Sesshomaru's threat was simple.
"Oh, um, yes my Lord." He picked the flower hat up and put it on his head.
Rin smiled and put her own on her head.
"I think we will pay a visit to my brother." Sesshomaru turned and started to walk.
Rin smiled and skipped off after him.
Jaken ran to keep up.
****
"Doctor Inuyasha?" A nurse poked her head into Kagome's hospital room.
"Yes?" he said.
"Someone named Sesshomaru keeps calling and leaving messages for you."
"What are they?"
Ms. Higurashi looked puzzled.
"They sound like death threats, Sir."
Inuyasha laughed. "Thank you."
The nurse nodded and left.
"Sesshomaru?" Ms. Higurashi questioned.
"My brother." Inuyasha said. "Let's give him a call, shall we?"
Ms. Higuashi nodded.
Inuyasha gabbed the phone off the wall in Kagome's room and dialed a number.
Several seconds went by.
"Hello Sesshomaru."
Several more seconds and Ms. Higarshi could hear yelling coming from the phone.
"I am there right now." Inuyasha said.
Several seconds as the person on the other line spoke.
"Yes, your mistake. I will take care of this myself brother, so please stop worrying."
Some time passed.
Inuyasha seemed angry. "No you cannot send Rin down here!"
More time.
"NO AND I HOPE YOU CHOKE ON YOUR TONGUE!" Inuyasha slammed the receiver down.
He smiled at Ms. Higurashi.
"What was that?" she asked.
"Oh my brother is just sending his wife here to check up on me." He said nicely. "The bastard thinks I can't take care of myself." He said angrily.
"Oh…Rin? Is she a demon?"
"No she's human, my brother met her when she was a child living in a village." Inuyasha sat on the edge of Kagome's bed.
"In the Feudal era? Wouldn't she be dead?" Ms. Higurashi questioned.
"No, no. If a demon marries a human by their own will and truly loves that human. That human will live as long as the demon. That's the rules of demon marriage." Inuyasha shrugged. "And Half-Demon marriage." He added.
Ms. Higurashi looked at her daughter and smiled. "I hope you make her happy."
Inuyasha looked away from her and blushed. "I, I don't know what your talking about."
Ms. Higurashi smiled.
****
"Look!"
"Where?"
"Over there!"
"I don't see anything!"
Shippo was pointing to the trees below him and Miroku was trying to see what he was talking about.
"It's right there!"
"Where?"
Sango sighed. She grabbed Miroku's head and turned it in the direction Shippo was pointing. She leaned forward slightly from her spot sitting behind him on Kirara's back, and whispered in his ear. "There."
Sango's whisper made Miroku shake all over. "Oh." Was all he could manage.
"It's Sesshomaru!" Shippo yelled.
"Should we go down there?" Miroku asked.
"Of course we should!" Sango removed her hands from his head and put them back around his waist. "Descend Kirara and quickly!"
"Lord Look!" Jaken pointed to the flying cat.
Rin looked up and waved to them.
Sesshomaru's cold stare never changed.
They landed softly and Sango jumped off Kirara and ran to Sesshomaru.
"What? No Half-Breed?" He mocked.
Kirara growled.
"What are you doing Sesshomaru?" Sango asked. "And what is on your head?" she asked Jaken.
He just crossed his arms and gave her a sour look. Miroku tried not to laugh.
"Why, I am minding my own business, walking through this forest, and then you come along thinking I am up to something."
"You always are." Sango said through gritted teeth.
Miroku walked to her side and smiled at Rin. "Hello," he said to the girl.
She smiled. She ran over to Jaken and removed the flower hat that sat on his head. She ran over to Miroku and held it up to him.
He took it from her and placed it on his own head. "Thank you, it is lovely."
The whole group watched this exchange with wide eyes.
Miroku bent down on one knee. "This guy over here," he pointed to Sesshomaru. "He's kind of mean isn't he?"
Rin nodded. But smiled and pointed to Sesshomaru.
"You like him non the less though," Miroku smiled.
Rin nodded again.
"Tell you what," Miroku said. "We're looking for our friend Inuyasha, he happens to be Sesshomaru's brother. I bet Sesshomaru misses him, don't you?"
Rin nodded and smiled.
"Why don't we all look for him together?" he asked her.
Rin's smile grew wider and she hugged Miroku. He picked her up. "I bet you would like Inuyasha."
"Put her down right now Monk," Sesshomaru said.
Rin frowned and struggled to get out of Miroku's grasp. Miroku put her down and she ran to Sesshomaru and hugged his leg. She shook it slightly.
Sango was so in 'awe' of Miroku's performance with the little girl that she couldn't say a single word. Even Shippo was speechless.
"I know why you're looking for Inuyasha." Miroku said.
"What makes you think I'm looking for that half-breed?" Sesshomaru said.
"Hunch."
"A hunch? That's a lot to go on." Sesshomaru didn't move.
"And the fact that you are heading in the same direction as us."
"I could be going to see Kikyo."
"Ah ha! So you are going to see Inuyasha!" Miroku pointed at him.
'Shit.' Sesshomaru thought. 'Out smarted by a human, a monk no less.'
Sango's voice returned. "Why?" she asked.
"That is my business." Sesshomaru said. "Not yours."
"Fine, fine." Miroku put his hands up. "I guess we're not going to tell him then." Miroku turned Sango around and pushed her towards Kirara.
"Tell me what?" Sesshomaru asked.
"Oh, you probably don't want to know anyways." Miroku waved it off. "Well we better get going, come on Sango." He pushed Sango onto Kirara's back.
"Hold on," Sesshomaru said. "If you tell me I can take you to Kikyo."
"Take us to Kikyo and then we'll tell you." Miroku bargained.
"Tell me, then I'll take you." Sesshomaru growled.
"Hmmm, let me think. No." Miroku climbed on Kirara's back behind Sango.
Sango had this look of bewilderment all over her face.
"Fine, fine." Sesshomaru said. "Let's go."
"So we have a deal?" Miroku hopped off and walked towards him.
"Yes we have a deal." Sesshomaru was so angry. 'Out smarted again, and in the same five minute period,' he thought. 'I think I like this monk.'
"My Lord?" Jaken asked.
"Shut it." Sesshomaru said. "Wait, call the dragon Jaken. I'm tired of walking."
"Yes my Lord."
Not more than ten minutes later Sesshomaru, Jaken and Rin were flying on a dragon with Miroku, Sango and Shippo flying on Kirara, following.
****
A beautiful girl with short raven hair walked into the hospital. She wore a tan skirt with a white blouse, dress code for where she worked.
"Excuse me," the girl asked a nurse.
"Are you hurt?" the nurse looked the girl over.
"Oh, no. I'm fine. I'm looking for Doctor Inuyasha."
The nurse nodded. "This way. And what is your name?"
"Ms. Yokai." She said.
"Oh you're related to Inuyasha?" the nurse asked.
"Sister in Law." She said.
"Oh you must be Rin!" the nurse said happily. "I heard that Sesshomaru is a real nasty bloke."
"Well he can be a real handful at times," Rin said politely.
"Did you know he calls here at least twice a day with death threats for Inuyasha?"
"Yes, I was quite aware-"
"If he's twice as handsome as Dr. Inuyasha, you must be a real lucky girl," the nurse whispered.
"Yes, very lucky-"
"How long have you two been married?" the nurse babbled on.
"480 years," Rin said with out thinking.
"What?"
"Joke! It was a joke! Um, seven years, yeah seven," Rin covered her mistake.
"Funny." The nurse stopped walking. "Well he's in there. Do be careful, he's not a very nice bloke if you rub him the wrong way." The nurse opened the door.
"I know." Rin said.
Inside, Inuyasha was sitting on the end of Kagome's bed and Ms. Higurashi was sitting in the only chair.
"Dr. Inuyasha, Ms. Yokai." The nurse stood to the side to let Rin enter.
Inuyasha nodded to the nurse who nodded back and left, closing the door behind her.
"Yokai?" Inuyasha raised an eyebrow. "I never really liked that last name Sesshomaru picked for our family."
"The times changed, Inuyasha. And last names were a must." Rin walked into the room a little more.
"I can't believe my brother doesn't trust me to do this on my own." Inuyasha scoffed.
"He has good reason." Rin said.
"Excuse me?" Ms. Higurashi interrupted.
"OH! I'm sorry, please forgive me for being so rude. My name is Rin, I'm Sesshomaru's wife." Rin stood in front of Ms. Higurashi and held her hand out to her.
Ms. Higurashi took her hand and shook it. "Strange, you look so young."
Rin smiled and nodded, "Thank you. You look nice yourself."
Ms. Higurashi liked this girl.
"So how's the old fart doing, Girly?" Inuyasha put his hands behind his head.
Rin gave Inuyasha a sarcastic glance and put her hands on her hips. "Actually he has a message for you, concerning the last sentence you said on your phone call with him."
Inuyasha cocked his head to the side, "Yeah?"
Rin deepened her voice, "The day I eat my tongue will be the day you lie six feet under." Rin smiled and laughed.
Inuyasha chuckled slightly and crossed his arms.
Ms. Higurashi smiled at the whole scene.
****
Kagome let her eyes close for a second then she shot them quickly open. Inuyasha's swift running was mesmerizing and was putting her to sleep. The sun was low in the sky and Kikyo was still miles away.
"Inuyasha, how fast do you think you can run?" Kagome said out of curiosity.
"What do you mean?" He said angrily.
"I mean, how far do you think you can run in a day? Twelve hours."
"If I run the whole way, no stops, and I'm not carrying anything. One thousand."
"ONE THOUSAND!" Kagome said breath taken.
"Give or take a couple hundred." Inuyasha was boasting with pride.
"A, couple," Kagome was hyperventilating. "Couple hundred?"
"If I was carrying something, let's say, you. Hmmm." Inuyasha actually thought hard about this.
Kagome was having trouble breathing.
"Six or seven hundred I suppose." Inuyasha thought out loud.
This wasn't helping Kagome with her breathing. "Inu, Inu, Inuyasha." Kagome huffed.
"Kagome? What's wrong?" KAGOME?"
Kagome squeezed Inuyasha tight before her grip loosened and she slipped off his back. Inuyasha whirled around and caught her limply in his arms.
"Kagome?"
"Inu, Inu…" Kagome's eyes were closed.
****
"Inu," a strangled sound came from the sleeping Kagome on the hospital bed.
"She spoke!" Ms. Higurashi ran to her daughter's side. Inuyasha stood behind her.
"Shh." He put his hand on her shoulder. "Listen, she's talking in her sleep."
"Inu," the beginning of his name came again.
Ms. Higurashi gave Inuyasha a frightened look.
"Inu, I can't breath." She said quickly.
"Ah, I remember this." Inuyasha removed his hand from Ms. Higurashi's shoulder.
Rin looked worried.
"Tell me!" Ms. Higurashi whirled around.
Inuyasha took a step back and put his hands up. "She just asked me how many miles I could run, and she was so impressed she started to hyperventilate."
"Will she be okay?" Ms. Higurashi asked. "Inuyasha! Will she be okay!"
"Probably!"
"Inuyasha!"
"Look Miss! I told you the past can change with every decision, perhaps I choose to do something differently than originally did." Inuyasha nearly yelled.
Ms. Higurahsi crumpled to the floor in tears.
"Inuyasha!" Rin yelled and ran to the weeping woman. She pushed Inuyasha back.
"Sorry, Miss, I…" Inuyasha ran his hand through his hair.
"Inu, don't go…" Kagome breathed.
"Whoa," Inuyasha said fearfully. "I don't ever remember leaving Kagome."
Ms. Higurashi stopped crying. "What?"
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