~Inuyasha's POV~
I noticed a difference in Rin. Had Shippou finally marked her as mate? No. This wasn't his scent. It kind of smelt like. Sesshoumaru. This confused me. Sesshoumaru didn't love Rin like that, but Shippou hadn't marked her. I pulled him back a little from the rest of the group.
"Shippou, did you notice anything different about Rin?" I asked.
Shippou smelled the air hesitantly, "No. Should I?"
"Uh, yeah." I said, "Sesshoumaru marked her."
"Oh." He said and grinned goofily, "Yeah, that."
I was confused again, "What do you mean 'that'?"
"Well, actually, Sesshoumaru mixed their blood so that all youkai knew whose daughter it was."
"Oh. true enough." I said.
"Oi, you guys, here they are." Miroku said.
At the entrance of the village was Sesshoumaru, Rin dancing and squealing in his arms, happy he was home. Beside him, was a girl I didn't know. She was vaguely familiar, however.
~Miroku's POV~
And there was my brother, if you could call him that. It was weird, and interesting to be the brother of a youkai lord such as Sesshoumaru. I didn't mind, he didn't do anything crazy or try to kill me.
There was my 'niece', the forever-energetic Rin. Every time Sesshoumaru leaves, she gets a little sad, and then when he comes back, she's her usually happy self, but more so. I was not so much interested in Rin and Sesshoumaru by the time we got there, but in the young girl beside them.
She reminded me of Kagome, and not just a hint. She looked like she could be her reincarnation, an identical twin. But I knew Kagome hadn't wed, and therefore hadn't had any kids of her own, unless someone was counting Shippou. I walked over to see who it was.
Before I could get any words out, she bounded into my arms in a hug that I'm sure broke my ribs.
"Miroku!" She said happily into my clothes.
"Uh. help?" I pleaded, half gasping for air.
Inuyasha came to my aid, and helped to pry the little girl off me. She wasn't so little as I had thought. She looked around Kagome's age when I met her, but smaller. Maybe ten? Twelve?
It was Inuyasha's turn to plead for help. The moment she saw his face and was hugging and squeezing.
"Inu! Inu!"
I had to laugh, "Inu?"
Inuyasha's face was bright red with embarrassment, "Shut up."
"Eternity-chan, wait." Sesshoumaru said.
"I'm not a little girl!" Eternity said, letting go of Inuyasha indignantly.
"How old are you, then?" I asked.
"Thirteen." She said, "My mother said you'd call me a little girl." She sighed.
"And why did you call me 'Inu'?" Inuyasha asked, crossing his arms.
"We don't know you." I said.
"You do, but not yet." Eternity said.
"You've traveled from the future?" Shippou asked, Rin now back in his arms.
"Yes, my mother sent me. She even gave me her photo album to show you all proof of whose child I am." She said.
~Sesshoumaru's POV~
Eternity seemed more at ease with my brothers than she had with me. How did she know them, but not me? I always come back. And who was her mother? Did we know her? In the past, or in the future? Do we know her right now?
"Who is your mother?" I asked.
She looked up as if to say 'Baka', but didn't and said, "Couldn't you tell from my last name?"
My mind was blank, but I wasn't about to say it. Instead, Rin covered up for me.
"What's your name?" Rin asked.
"Eternity Higurashi." She said, smiling proudly.
Inuyasha seemed dumbstruck, "Higurashi?"
"Yes," She said, "And you're my uncle, Inu!"
"Uncle?" He also seemed incapable to get more than one word out of his mouth at a time.
And here it went. Inuyasha always expected Kagome to be his, seeing as she was Kikyou's reincarnation. I think he failed to accept that she was not Kikyou. Kagome and I had talked many times, and she was not as bossy or annoying as I had once said she was. She was sensible, and if I have to admit it, a fair beauty.
"Who is your father?" I asked.
Eternity's face fell, "I. I never met him, and my mother never told me."
"I'm sorry." Miroku said.
Inuyasha stopped looking at his feet, but didn't, apparently, want to talk to Eternity. So instead, he came over to me and said, "Do you know what we found in the hut?"
Shippou turned red, as did Rin. This peaked my curiosity, "Alright, enlighten me."
"Inuyasha, don't-!" Shippou said and tried to keep Inuyasha's mouth closed.
Inuyasha just stepped on his foot hard. "Shippou and Rin were-"
"Sit!" Came Kagome's voice.
Slamming hard into the ground, he didn't get to finish his sentence. I was a bit surprised. Kagome hadn't come to visit in the last four months. Turning around, we all saw Kagome Higurashi in the flesh, carrying around her everlasting yellow backpack.
"Bitch!" Inuyasha mumbled into the ground, but I have a feeling he shouted it.
~Kagome's POV~
Everyone was here! Wow, I couldn't wait to tell them all the things that had happened to me. Although I probably couldn't leave Houjo in the well too long alone. Damn that fainting spell he'd gone through.
"Hello to you, too, Inuyasha!" I said as I came over to them.
I was tackled by Shippou somewhat, and being his 'substitute' mother, I wasn't surprised.
"How could you not visit for so long?" He asked, a bit angry.
"I'm sorry, Shippou, I had other things going on. Things that happen to be at the well." I explained.
Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow on Miroku's other side, but he didn't say anything. I was hugged in turn by everyone, until I came to him.
"Hello, Kagome." Sesshoumaru said.
"Oh, don't be stupid!" I said and hugged him too.
I could tell he was a little startled by my being so up-front. That made me giggle like a schoolgirl.
'Baka!' I scolded myself.
~Rin's POV~
After getting hugged by Kagome, I could tell she was starting to get curious about the absence of Sango and Kirara, and the addition of the mysterious Eternity. I wasn't about to try and explain.
"Ok, now who's this girl?" She started. I sighed, everything's inevitable.
"Hello, I'm Eternity." Eternity stated, excluding her last name.
"But what about-?" Miroku started to ask, but she gave him a look that could freeze hell over.
"What about what?" Kagome asked, and laughed. But then she said, "Oh! I can't believe I almost forgot!"
"Forgot what, Kagome?" Inuyasha asked, recovering from Eternity's last name and Kagome's 'sit'.
Kagome, however, took off. We all walked after her back towards the well. She didn't jump down when she reached it, for obvious reasons.
"Did you take something with you, Lady Kagome?" Miroku asked.
"Actually, someone." She said, "That's why I haven't visited in so long. I've been busy because someone. well, I'm."
Kagome seemed to struggle with her words. I could see where it was going, even if I couldn't see the man down there. I could tell what was coming. Inuyasha wasn't going to like this.
"Guys, I'm getting married." Kagome said, facing the rest of us.
"Ma. Married?" Inuyasha asked.
"Yes, Houjo proposed to me in August. I moved in with him, what two months ago? And we've been living together. I also got a job, so I can't stay long." Kagome explained, "Could someone get Houjo down there? He fainted from time travel."
Inuyasha snorted under his breath, Thank the gods Kagome didn't hear him, "What a baka."
"I'll get him, Kagome." I volunteered.
"Thank you, Rin."
Jumping down in the well that only seemed to allow Kagome access to both worlds, I found her fiancé. He looked good-natured. Picking him up over my shoulder, I jumped back out. I love my abilities!
I noticed a difference in Rin. Had Shippou finally marked her as mate? No. This wasn't his scent. It kind of smelt like. Sesshoumaru. This confused me. Sesshoumaru didn't love Rin like that, but Shippou hadn't marked her. I pulled him back a little from the rest of the group.
"Shippou, did you notice anything different about Rin?" I asked.
Shippou smelled the air hesitantly, "No. Should I?"
"Uh, yeah." I said, "Sesshoumaru marked her."
"Oh." He said and grinned goofily, "Yeah, that."
I was confused again, "What do you mean 'that'?"
"Well, actually, Sesshoumaru mixed their blood so that all youkai knew whose daughter it was."
"Oh. true enough." I said.
"Oi, you guys, here they are." Miroku said.
At the entrance of the village was Sesshoumaru, Rin dancing and squealing in his arms, happy he was home. Beside him, was a girl I didn't know. She was vaguely familiar, however.
~Miroku's POV~
And there was my brother, if you could call him that. It was weird, and interesting to be the brother of a youkai lord such as Sesshoumaru. I didn't mind, he didn't do anything crazy or try to kill me.
There was my 'niece', the forever-energetic Rin. Every time Sesshoumaru leaves, she gets a little sad, and then when he comes back, she's her usually happy self, but more so. I was not so much interested in Rin and Sesshoumaru by the time we got there, but in the young girl beside them.
She reminded me of Kagome, and not just a hint. She looked like she could be her reincarnation, an identical twin. But I knew Kagome hadn't wed, and therefore hadn't had any kids of her own, unless someone was counting Shippou. I walked over to see who it was.
Before I could get any words out, she bounded into my arms in a hug that I'm sure broke my ribs.
"Miroku!" She said happily into my clothes.
"Uh. help?" I pleaded, half gasping for air.
Inuyasha came to my aid, and helped to pry the little girl off me. She wasn't so little as I had thought. She looked around Kagome's age when I met her, but smaller. Maybe ten? Twelve?
It was Inuyasha's turn to plead for help. The moment she saw his face and was hugging and squeezing.
"Inu! Inu!"
I had to laugh, "Inu?"
Inuyasha's face was bright red with embarrassment, "Shut up."
"Eternity-chan, wait." Sesshoumaru said.
"I'm not a little girl!" Eternity said, letting go of Inuyasha indignantly.
"How old are you, then?" I asked.
"Thirteen." She said, "My mother said you'd call me a little girl." She sighed.
"And why did you call me 'Inu'?" Inuyasha asked, crossing his arms.
"We don't know you." I said.
"You do, but not yet." Eternity said.
"You've traveled from the future?" Shippou asked, Rin now back in his arms.
"Yes, my mother sent me. She even gave me her photo album to show you all proof of whose child I am." She said.
~Sesshoumaru's POV~
Eternity seemed more at ease with my brothers than she had with me. How did she know them, but not me? I always come back. And who was her mother? Did we know her? In the past, or in the future? Do we know her right now?
"Who is your mother?" I asked.
She looked up as if to say 'Baka', but didn't and said, "Couldn't you tell from my last name?"
My mind was blank, but I wasn't about to say it. Instead, Rin covered up for me.
"What's your name?" Rin asked.
"Eternity Higurashi." She said, smiling proudly.
Inuyasha seemed dumbstruck, "Higurashi?"
"Yes," She said, "And you're my uncle, Inu!"
"Uncle?" He also seemed incapable to get more than one word out of his mouth at a time.
And here it went. Inuyasha always expected Kagome to be his, seeing as she was Kikyou's reincarnation. I think he failed to accept that she was not Kikyou. Kagome and I had talked many times, and she was not as bossy or annoying as I had once said she was. She was sensible, and if I have to admit it, a fair beauty.
"Who is your father?" I asked.
Eternity's face fell, "I. I never met him, and my mother never told me."
"I'm sorry." Miroku said.
Inuyasha stopped looking at his feet, but didn't, apparently, want to talk to Eternity. So instead, he came over to me and said, "Do you know what we found in the hut?"
Shippou turned red, as did Rin. This peaked my curiosity, "Alright, enlighten me."
"Inuyasha, don't-!" Shippou said and tried to keep Inuyasha's mouth closed.
Inuyasha just stepped on his foot hard. "Shippou and Rin were-"
"Sit!" Came Kagome's voice.
Slamming hard into the ground, he didn't get to finish his sentence. I was a bit surprised. Kagome hadn't come to visit in the last four months. Turning around, we all saw Kagome Higurashi in the flesh, carrying around her everlasting yellow backpack.
"Bitch!" Inuyasha mumbled into the ground, but I have a feeling he shouted it.
~Kagome's POV~
Everyone was here! Wow, I couldn't wait to tell them all the things that had happened to me. Although I probably couldn't leave Houjo in the well too long alone. Damn that fainting spell he'd gone through.
"Hello to you, too, Inuyasha!" I said as I came over to them.
I was tackled by Shippou somewhat, and being his 'substitute' mother, I wasn't surprised.
"How could you not visit for so long?" He asked, a bit angry.
"I'm sorry, Shippou, I had other things going on. Things that happen to be at the well." I explained.
Sesshoumaru raised an eyebrow on Miroku's other side, but he didn't say anything. I was hugged in turn by everyone, until I came to him.
"Hello, Kagome." Sesshoumaru said.
"Oh, don't be stupid!" I said and hugged him too.
I could tell he was a little startled by my being so up-front. That made me giggle like a schoolgirl.
'Baka!' I scolded myself.
~Rin's POV~
After getting hugged by Kagome, I could tell she was starting to get curious about the absence of Sango and Kirara, and the addition of the mysterious Eternity. I wasn't about to try and explain.
"Ok, now who's this girl?" She started. I sighed, everything's inevitable.
"Hello, I'm Eternity." Eternity stated, excluding her last name.
"But what about-?" Miroku started to ask, but she gave him a look that could freeze hell over.
"What about what?" Kagome asked, and laughed. But then she said, "Oh! I can't believe I almost forgot!"
"Forgot what, Kagome?" Inuyasha asked, recovering from Eternity's last name and Kagome's 'sit'.
Kagome, however, took off. We all walked after her back towards the well. She didn't jump down when she reached it, for obvious reasons.
"Did you take something with you, Lady Kagome?" Miroku asked.
"Actually, someone." She said, "That's why I haven't visited in so long. I've been busy because someone. well, I'm."
Kagome seemed to struggle with her words. I could see where it was going, even if I couldn't see the man down there. I could tell what was coming. Inuyasha wasn't going to like this.
"Guys, I'm getting married." Kagome said, facing the rest of us.
"Ma. Married?" Inuyasha asked.
"Yes, Houjo proposed to me in August. I moved in with him, what two months ago? And we've been living together. I also got a job, so I can't stay long." Kagome explained, "Could someone get Houjo down there? He fainted from time travel."
Inuyasha snorted under his breath, Thank the gods Kagome didn't hear him, "What a baka."
"I'll get him, Kagome." I volunteered.
"Thank you, Rin."
Jumping down in the well that only seemed to allow Kagome access to both worlds, I found her fiancé. He looked good-natured. Picking him up over my shoulder, I jumped back out. I love my abilities!