Bent Reality
Unsuspected Turn of Events
A firm had clasped around her mouth to stop her sudden scream. Kagome stared at the man with long white hair and pointed ears with wide eyes.
"Hush you girl." Sesshomaru removed his hand from her mouth and stepped back a couple steps. "I do not have long, because no doubt that brother of mine will be here to save you any second now."
Kagome was unable to speak let alone move.
"No need for words, just listen." Sesshomaru said. "I know that you are stuck her, and I know what you seek. Do you want to return to your own time that badly?"
Not a word escaped Kagome.
Sesshomaru shook his head. "Humans…never know what they want." He sighed. "When you get to Kikyo what do you plan to do?"
"Set her free."
"And just how do you expect to do that?"
Kagome was unable to answer.
Sesshomaru looked past her and his eyes narrowed. "We need more time." He hissed. "Girl, do not be startled I do not plan to kill you, yet."
"That's reassuring." Kagome mumbled.
Sesshomaru grabbed her wrist and jumped into the air, pulling her with him. He was high in the sky in no time and a large dragon appeared. Sesshomaru landed gracefully on the dragon's back while Kagome stumbled and was unable to. Luckily Sesshomaru still had hold of her hand. Now she dangled along the side of the dragon's side.
"Sesshomaru!" Inuyasha yelled and jumped as high into the air as he could manage.
"Kagome!" Koga yelled and jumped on Inuyasha's head to give himself an extra boost. He reached Kagome and grabbed hold of her leg. Kagome glared at him and kicked him in the face.
"Let go!" she yelled and reached up with her other hand to grab hold of Sesshomaru's wrist. "You're gonna pull my arm out of the socket!" she yelled.
Koga released her and floated to the ground with a hurt look on his face. Inuyasha wasn't about to give up as easily.
"Sesshomaru! Where are you taking her?!" he screamed, whilst running. The dragon was to high to reach.
"Calm down brother. I will return your wench to you, unharmed. Though I guarantee nothing." Sesshomaru lifted Kagome up and she landed roughly on the dragon's back behind him.
"Kagome?" Inuyasha called.
Kagome looked at Sesshomaru and scooted back a bit to be farther away. "Wow I feel safe." She said sarcastically.
"Inuyasha, leave me be." Sesshomaru said. "Jaken."
"Yes my lord." Jaken appeared below and the dragon stopped flying.
"Where's Rin?" Sesshomaru asked when he didn't see the girl.
"Uh, um…Oops."
"JAKEN!" Sesshomaru leapt of the dragon and landed directly on top of Jaken, smashing him into the ground.
Kagome looked at Inuyasha who looked back at her, and she jumped off the back of the dragon. Inuyasha panicked. He jumped up and was barely able to catch the falling girl in his arms. Kagome smiled her gratitude. Inuyasha's insides melted.
"Rin!" Sesshomaru called and walked off.
Inuyasha landed and set Kagome down. Who immediately continued to run in the direction she saw the jewel shard.
"What are you doing?" Inuyasha yelled. "He nearly kidnapped you! And you were going to go along with it. I didn't even see you struggle!"
"Shut up, Inuyasha." Kagome said and stopped short when she saw the girl known as Rin walking up ahead. Though she wasn't alone.
Rin showed no fear as a very large man pushed her into a nearby tree. He laughed and lifted her up by the collar of her kimono.
"Leave her alone!" Kagome yelled.
The man turned and got a good look at Kagome and Inuyasha before he burst into laughter.
"What are you doing Kagome?!" Inuyasha yelled.
"Shut up!" Kagome yelled back. "I'm trying to save her."
"Well your doing a wonderful job about it. Your giving her attacker a real good laugh." Inuyasha mocked.
"He looked at you too! He's laughing at you not me, idiot!" Kagome narrowed her eyes.
"Idiot? You're the idiot!" Inuyasha clenched his teeth.
Meanwhile the attacker was rolling on the ground laughing his face off, Rin snuck away and was now standing behind Kagome, watching her quibble with Inuyasha.
"Don't call me an idiot, you baby!"
"Back on the baby thing again, are we?" Inuyasha pointed at her.
"It's not polite to point." Kagome sneered.
Rin laughed.
Both Inuyasha and Kagome stopped arguing and looked stunned at the girl. Rin continued to laugh at their comical faces.
"Hey!" the man yelled.
Inuyasha and Kagome turned around and Rin cowered behind Kagome.
"There you are." Sesshomaru appeared behind the man. The man whirled around and unsheathed a sword. Sesshomaru tried to act surprised. Though to the untrained eye his face did not change.
Rin stepped in front of Kagome and held her arms out.
"Hello Rin, and who is your friend?" Sesshomaru glared at the man.
Rin shook her head.
"What did you do to her?" Sesshomaru lunged forward and picked the man up clean of the ground by his neck. The man tried to breath for air, but Sesshomaru's grip on his neck only tightened. The man grabbed at Sesshomaru's arm, but that too, got him nowhere. "Even if you did nothing, you die here."
"Don't!" a high pitched girl's voice came.
Sesshomaru looked around the man and to the three standing there. Inuyasha and Kagome were looking amazed, and were staring at Rin. Who had stepped forward a little more and was looking pleadingly at Sesshomaru.
"What?" Sesshomaru said.
Rin shook her head and pointed to the man.
Sesshomaru looked at the man and then released him. The man fell to his knees and quickly scurried away. Leaving them alone. Rin ran forward and hugged Sesshomaru's knees.
Inuyasha and Kagome were looking elsewhere, pretending that the trees around them were more interesting. Inuyasha was whistling lightly.
"Fluffy." Rin spoke.
Sesshomaru's eyes widened.
"Yeah, ahem. Sorry to interrupt this moment and all." Inuyasha butted in.
"Suck it, brother, this is not a moment." Sesshomaru gently pushed Rin off him.
"Yeah, of course not!" Kagome said.
"It is not!" Sesshomaru clenched his fist.
"Yeah, well anyway. Why did you try and kidnap Kagome!" Inuyasha yelled her name.
Sesshomaru stuck his nose up at Inuyasha. "That is between me and her."
"Uh!" Inuyasha stomped his foot.
"Oh calm down Inuyasha!" Kagome patted his shoulder.
"I will not calm down! You were almost kidnapped!"
"I was not! I went of my own free will!" She yelled.
"With him! Ha, I couldn't believe that if I wanted to!"
Rin laughed and held the back of Sesshomaru's pant leg.
"You're stupid!" She yelled.
"Me? NO you're stupid!"
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Kikyo stood at the edge of the lake with her back to everyone. The blue sky reflected in the clear water.
"Kikyo." Miroku said.
Kikyo turned her head slightly so Miroku could see her angry expression. "That girl has softened his heart."
"Kikyo we have come here for a reason." Sango said.
Kikyo ignored her. "And for this she must die."
"You don't know what your saying." Miroku held his staff tighter.
"Don't I? If she is dead I will get the rest of my soul and will not have to steal others." She turned her head away from them once again.
"Leave her alone." Petra said calmly. She was sitting on the porch with her elbow resting on her knee and her head resting on her hand. "Can't you tell she doesn't want to be bothered?"
Miroku said nothing.
"Kikyo!" Sango yelled.
"Wait for Inuyasha to come if you wish. I do not care." Kikyo turned around and walked into the hut. Petra stood and walked in after her.
"Someone woke up on the wrong side of the bed." Miroku commented.
"I think she's like this all the time." Shippo said.
"Glad I'm not her lover." Miroku smiled.
"Perv." Sango rolled her eyes.
"Well it's true!"
"Yeah…whatever." Sango sat on the grass, awaiting Kagome and Inuyasha's arrival.
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Rin hummed lightly to herself as she strolled down the hall back to Kagome's room from going to the restroom. Her humming stopped when someone grabbed her and pulled her into a very dark room.
"Hello sweety."
Rin sighed in relief. "Hello fluffy, couldn't go a second without me now could you?" she smiled.
"I'm 'high' on you, baby." He planted a wet and soft kiss on her lips.
*
Inuyasha ignored the moaning he heard coming from a broom closet in the hallway and continued walking to Kagome's room. Unfortunattly the three girls following couldn't ignore it.
"Someone's having some fun." Eri laughed.
"A lot of fun." Yuka snickered.
"I think I saw a man with long white hair pull a girl in there." Ayumi put her finger on her chin.
"Ew…old people." Eri cringed.
Inuyasha cringed too…those weren't old people in there.
They arrived at Kagome's door and Inuyasha directed them inside. The three girls silently gathered around Kagome.
"Hello girls." Ms. Higurashi looked up from a book she had been reading. She once again sat in the only chair in the room.
"Good day ma'am." Eri bowed.
"Pleasure." Yuka said.
Ayumi staggered to the side of Kagome's bed and hid her head in the blankets beside Kagome's body and cried. Inuyasha shut the door quietly and sighed. Yuka put a comforting hand on Ayumi's shoulder.
"Kagome's accident hit Ayumi the hardest." Eri whispered to Inuyasha. "She started taking Nippolifim. Of the street." Eri sighed. "She was always so sad, and she thought taking an antidepressant would help…she overdosed."
"I could guess from the symptoms when I walk in the room." Inuyasha nodded.
"How did you bring her back with ice water?" Eri asked.
Inuyasha smiled and waved a finger at her… "Ah, now that is my secret…"
Eri pouted.
"Fine, fine. Nippolifim causes the blood to flow slower, thus seizures are caused from lack of blood to the brain."
"Yes, but that still doesn't explain it." Ms. Higurashi listened.
Inuyasha rubbed the back of his neck. "Uh, ha ha."
Yuka glared.
"Well?" Eri edged him on.
"So the build up where the blood is gets really hot and sticky…this usually happens near the layers of skin. So pouring cold water on her reversed the effect and the blood flowed freely." Inuyasha explained it as simple as he possibly could.
"What about pushing down on her chest to stop the seizures?" Eri questioned.
"You are very curious…" Inuyasha nodded.
"I want to be a doctor." Eri explained.
"Well I just stopped the flow of oxygen and then when I removed my hand the oxygen entered quickly and shot the blood along…It's kind of hard to explain. Um…it's more like shooting a gun…um…"
"Yeah, yeah…blah, blah." Yuka motioned talking with her hand.
"Shut up Yuka I want to know!" Eri punched her friend lightly in the shoulder.
"Well I don't so get over it!"
Inuyasha rubbed the back of his neck and Ms. Higurashi laughed.
****
Inuyasha finally agreed to allow Sesshomaru to talk to Kagome…but he had to go too. Sesshomaru had taken them to a large cliff that looked over a very green forest. Rin sat on the dirt ground and counted the amount of trees. Sesshomaru made sure he could see her out of the corner of his eye.
"Inuyasha please let go of my arm I don't think Sesshomaru is going to take me." Kagome put her hand over the hand that had a very firm grip of her arm.
Inuyasha gave her a reluctant look. Kagome sighed.
"Fine." She said. And Inuyasha was able to remain holding her arm.
"Kagome." Sesshomaru's voice was more serious than usual. "You are very special. The reincarnation of a powerful priestess, yet in some ways you seem to be more powerful than she."
Kagome nodded.
"I believe the key to your return lies with Kikyo."
"What about Naraku?" Kagome asked.
"I suppose if you defeat him…you will get rid of a very terrible nuisance." Sesshomaru blinked.
"I hate Naraku…" Inuyasha growled.
"Yes, yes, we all do." Kagome patted his hand. "But the secret is with Kikyo not Naraku. He does not concern us any longer."
"I think." Sesshomaru glared. "Yes Inuyasha I do 'think'. I think that there is a powerful reason why you came into the past to begin with."
Inuyasha scoffed and turned his nose up to Sesshomaru.
"What would it be?" Kagome asked.
"I believe your soul searched for it's rightful soul mate. I believe you are more than Kikyo's soul, but are also the reincarnation of the priestess who created the Shikon Jewel."
Kagome's eyes widened.
"And you need someone who can keep your powers in check." Sesshomaru motioned his head towards Inuyasha. "And keep your partners powers in check as well." He smiled.
Kagome gasped and looked at Inuyasha. He seemed to catch Sesshomaru's hint as well.
Were Kagome and Inuyasha, soul mates?
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