Unknown Royalty
Secrets
AN: Hey I know it has been awhile, but I got sick and grounded. Anyway, I finally finished Chapter 3. So enjoy!! OH, AND PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!!
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Inuyasha just stood there for a second in disbelief ' Did she just kiss me?' He thought ' Could she…?' He finally snapped back into reality and ran forward to catch up with her.
Inuyasha and Kagome ran into the dark forest. Inuyasha continued to thing about why Kagome had kissed him. He couldn't contain his thoughts any longer, they ran freely through his mind ' could she care…for me… a hanyou? Feh…. shard detector.' He thought. He smiled at her from behind. He was thinking so much that he noticed how slow he was running. He went a normal speed and headed up towards Kagome. He lifted her up onto his back and dashed forward in a quick manner. He could tell that Kagome was upset. What surprised him though, was that Kagome worried for someone she didn't even know.
" Don't worry, I can find her." He said. She looked a little shocked by his remark. ' Why was he being so nice?' she wondered. She thought it was best not to ruin a good thing.
In a matter of minutes they entered into the heart of the forest. There were vast trees surrounding them, flourished and tall. There was a small, primitive pat that was worn down by walkers that had passed through. Then Inuyasha closed his eyes and sniffed the air. He slightly coughed at the smell, but he turned around and saw a woman in the distance. Inuyasha set Kagome down and they walked towards her.
" Is it her?" Kagome said as she grabbed Inuyasha's arm holding him back.
" Yeah, her blood is unmistakable." He said as he started to raise his arm over his nose. They jogged up to the woman to catch up with this mysterious girl. Once they got up to her, Kagome was the first to speak.
" Hey wait up!" she told her.
The girl turned around a little surprised to see her " What …why are you here?" the girl asked.
" I… I just wanted to make sure you were alright." Kagome said in a soft voice
" Well, as you can see, I am fine." She snapped
Kagome fell silent. She shifted her head towards the ground. Inuyasha broke the silence
" There's no way a human could heal in a couple of hours! How could you be any different?"
She fell silent and didn't move. A couple of times she opened her mouth to speak, but she always closed it.
" What? Do you have no answer?" Inuyasha growled; he was started to get irritated.
She looked at him then at Kagome. Her face was depressing to look upon.
' Why so sad? ' Kagome thought as she looked at the girl
She once again opened her mouth to speak, and for this time she did "
" I do… have an answer that is…I think." she hesitated a little bit but the continued, " I kind of always have been this way. I don't know why." She said as her tone softened up. " I just heal fast… but not like youki's do. I can't have youki blood in me, I was born of human parents, or so I was told. They…" She paused for a second thinking if she should tell them or not, she didn't like people knowing too much about her, but she did anyway. " Died when I was young… I can't even remember them." She looked down…she started to turn around as if to leave. " Thank you for your help young miko." She glanced at Kagome.
Kagome nodded but looked up and almost yelled, " Wait!" The girl turned around waiting for her to speak. " Why do you not trust us? I mean, what have you got against us?"
" It's not you, or anyone really. It's just… I don't trust anyone." She said weakly.
' That voice, those words. Where do I know her from?' Inuyasha looked at her blankly. " Who are you?" Inuyasha asked very curiously
She fell silent.
Kagome decided to step in " Then just tell us you name." She said cheerfully.
Well, my name… is Hokara." She said hesitantly. The sun was rising over the trees surface once again.
Kagome looked at the sky as the sun shined upon her face. She smiled at Hokara and said " If you must be stubborn and try to leave, at least stay the day."
" I…guess, yeah…ok…sure." Hokara said.
" Good." Kagome said happily. They headed towards the hut. Kagome was being very persistent in trying to crack Hokara's mental shell.
Inuyahsa followed them slowly behind ' Hokara' he thought. ' That name, where have I heard it from? Who is she?' he seemed determined. He sniffed Hokara's scent. ' She smells so depressed and confused. I really can't describe it.' He tilted his head in disbelief still trying to describe it.
Kagome walked up the steps of the hut and opened the door.
Miroku stood up real fast to greet them " You're back!" he said, suddenly realizing that he sounded like Kagome. He quickly coughed to cover it up and changed his voice to more of a manlier tone and said " Glad you're back." He sat back down. He then picked up his tea and started drinking it.
Sango giggled, " I see you brought back our new mysterious friend." Sango said as she stared at Hokara.
" Oh, yeah." Kagome said as she pushed Hokara in front of her. " This is Hokara." Kagome said enthusiastically.
Hokara looked at the floor and sheepishly said " Hi."
" Ye want some tea?" Kaede offered Inuyasha, Kagome, and Hokara.
" No, I hate tea." Inuyasha and Hokara said in unison. They looked at each other a little strangely.
' She hates tea too.' Inuyasha thought to himself.
Kagome looked abruptly at them. Then she shook her head and looked back at Kaede and said " Yeah… I would like some tea."
Since the day had started and they had been drinking their tea, nobody was tired anymore. So, they went with their day. Kaede fixed breakfast for everyone. After they ate everyone pretty much did their own thing. The group was too tired to go looking for jewel shards, and Kagome didn't see any close by, so they took the day to relax.
Inuyasha didn't complain; it gave him time to try to figure out who Hokara really was. He jumped up into his tree and stared up into the sky. He kept thinking about Hokara and who the hell she was. It was eating him alive not knowing.
It had now been a couple of hours later. Hokara was still being very quiet. Kagome thought to try and make conversation with her.
" Hokara?" Kagome said
" Um… yeah?" Hokara said softly
Kagome said very energetically " Come have a picnic with me, its about lunch time now anyway. So lets go."
" Ok, I guess." Hokara said as Kagome had already grabbed her arm, picked up the picnic basket, and headed out the door.
Kagome walked outside into the breezy spring day. She unfolded the blanket and spread it out onto the grass right under Inuyasha's tree. She placed the food out onto the blanket.
Inuyasha glanced down at them. ' Kagome looks so beautiful right now.' He thought as his amber eyes glistened at her presence.
Kagome started to grab a plate but set it back down. She looked around for Inuyasha. She finally looked up and saw him in his tree.
By now Inuyasha had stopped looking at her.
" Hey Inuyasha! Come join us and eat something! She yelled up to him.
He looked down and didn't say anything for a couple of minutes. Finally he glanced down at her and said " Feh… alright." He jumped down and landed next to Kagome.
Kagome handed him a paper plate brought back from her time. Inuyasha helped himself to food. A lot of the stuff he wasn't sure what was and would sniff it. Most of the food was also brought from her time. He grabbed a fork and started eating, well trying at least.
" Where is everybody else?" Kagome asked Inuyasha as she glanced around the field.
He swallowed his food " They left." he said as he took another huge bite.
" Where?" she asked in puzzlement.
Yet again he swallowed and said " Sango took Kirara to the town to buy crap…er I think that's what she said to the old hag. The monk, brat and hag went too."
" Oh…" she said kindly ignoring the lovely names she gave everyone.
Hokara didn't say much; she just looked at Inuyasha and Kagome talk. Hokara looked at them and how they flirted with each other. She laughed to herself and thought ' Threes a crowd." Still looking at them she continued ' what am I doing here? I don't belong in this type of environment. Plus… it seems that Inuyasha will never remember.' She stood up and said " Thankyou for the meal." Everyone else was done so she helped pack up the picnic leftovers.
The day seemed to drag on, never ending. Both Inuyasha and Hokara just sat there and said nothing, pondering their thought all day. Kagome seemed to be a little irritated by this. ' What the heck are they thinking about. Both of them I swear!' she though as she angrily mumbled to herself.
Dusk slowly fell upon the village. Hokara stood up from where she was and walked up towards the hut and walked inside. Kagome noticed Hokara going inside so she decided to follow her.
Hokara was packing up her stuff although it was very little. She took out her sword and started to clean of the dried blood that was left on it from her last battle. ' I really don't belong here. I don't know why I ever headed this way. I mean what would I even say to Inuyasha after all…' she was distracted by Kagome walking in the door.
" Why are you packing up, are you leaving already?" Kagome asked
"Yes, I am leaving now. Thanks for your hospitality, but I should be off." Hokara said still not making eye contact with Kagome. She continued to clean her sword.
Kagome looked so desperately confused " But… but why? I had hoped you would stay."
" I told you that I would be leaving. You shouldn't have gotten your hopes up." Hokara said bitterly as she finally put her sword away and strapped it to her side.
" Couldn't you at least stay until morning?" Kagome said trying to make sense of all this.
" I travel better at night." She said coldly as she looked out the window to see the sun almost completely gone.
She looked at her like she was crazy " But it's dangerous!" You could be attacked by another youki… and in your weakened state…"
Hokara cut her off. She yelled towards her " I didn't ask you to worry about my state of condition and I am not weak! I can take care of myself! Hokara yelled as she was staring coldly into Kagome's eyes.
Inuyasha heard Hokara yelling. He then jumped down from his tree and ran towards the hut. He stopped and didn't go inside. He stood there and listened to them speaking to one another.
Kagome couldn't break away from her cold stare. ' Her eyes, they look like a black whole sucking me in.' she thought realizing she was afraid. ' Kagome's eyes started to well up in tears.
Hokara looked away when she realized that the young miko had read her eyes. There was an awkward silence for a couple minutes.
Finally Kagome wiped away her tears from her chilled face and asked, " Why are you so sad?"
Hokara was a little shocked that she had the guts to ask her, but she replied anyway knowing that Kagome would never give up until she got an answer, but she couldn't answer her… it was too hard for Hokara. " What makes you think I am?"
Kagome voice became for bold and confident " Because you are! How can you possibly deny it!" she said as she walked up towards Hokara.
Hokara stood up from her feeble position and faced Kagome. "… Because… I had a very… confusing past… " Hokara looked away again.
Kagome walked closer towards her and sat down beside her. " I will listen, if you want to tell me."
Hokara looked at her blankly, for the first time in a long while Hokara felt that she could trust her. ' Is this why you trust her Inuyasha?' Hokara thought to herself. Hokara walked towards the back window and started her story " But… that's the thing, I don't remember much of it. All I remember is waking up at a riverbank with a huge gouge in my head. It was bleeding uncontrollably. The river was running through a village where everyone was wealthy." She paused, then continued " I remember looking from the water and seeing this woman and her son. She said " Don't worry, I'll help you. Then I blacked out. I awoke in this house; the boy put a wet cloth on my head. He smiled at me, and I smiled back. He had cute little dog-ears. I was six at the time and the boy was four. We became best friends instantly. When his mother died, the boy's heart became colder. So did I. I left him never to see him again. I figured, since I couldn't remember anything before the riverbank, I lost my memory. I didn't know who my parents were, or where I came from. I still don't." she looked at Kagome's saddened face. " Sorry Kagome, I just thought I could tell you."
Kagome was in shock " I'm sorry… for everything that happened to you." She said, but all she could think of was Inuyasha. ' It sounded so much like Inuyasha, but there was no way it could have been him. He is 70 years old and Hokara is like 22, there's no way it was him.'
Hokara got up and picked up her stuff. " Well, I should go now Kagome." She said.
" I wish you wouldn't leave, but you don't seem like the type to stay in one place. I just want you to know that you are always welcome here, with us."
Hokara was speechless. She was offered somewhere to live where she was welcome. She grinned and said, " Thanks, you don't know how much that means to me. Bye Kagome." Hokara headed for the door.
Inuyasha heard her coming and darted for his tree. He got up the old tree just in time. Hokara opened the door and waved at Kagome. Kagome waved back. Hokara walked down the old wooden stairs onto the dew filled grass. Inuyasha watched her dark figure walk across the glistening path lighted by moonlight. She walked into the forest and slowly disappeared into the fog. ' It couldn't have been her…it couldn't have…but…' Inuyasha jumped off his tree and ran after Hokara. He started to see her figure emerge.
AN: I hope you enjoyed this chapter. Chapter 4 will be up soon, k? PLEASE REVIEW!!!!!! I NEED THEM TO CONTIUE GOING!!! R+R byes
