~Charmed~
Chapter Five
ChristieLea54
Inuyasha had found orbing a strange, yet not unpleasant experience. All too soon they arrived in a dark underground cavern.
"Creepy," commented Piper.
"Isn't it always?" remarked Paige.
"Don't you like my humble abode?" said a sarcastic voice from the shadows.
Piper opened her mouth to say something insulting right back to him, but Inuyasha beat her to it. "Hey! Yeah you! Filthy piece of dirt! Give me back my jewel shard!" 'No one hurts Kagome and gets away with it!' he thought to himself.
"Sorry Inuyasha, but no can do."
Piper thrust her hands out to blow him up, but once again, nothing happened. 'Must have gotten his barrier back,' she realized.
Raltz throws a fireball at her in response, but Paige orbs it back to him. Sadly, it had no effect on him, due to his barrier, at which point they see a glimpse of a thin chain pulsing from his pocket.
'Another 'object of power' like the Book said?' Paige wondered.
Inuyasha unsheathes his sword and turns it red.
Phoebe and Kagome come bursting through the entrance. Kagome is still deathly pale, and her arm looks worse than ever.
"What are you guys doing here?" hissed Piper. "And where's Leo?"
"Never showed," Phoebe answered.
"Aww. Your girlfriend has come to save you. How pathetic," Raltz sneered at Inuyasha.
But before Inuyasha could even raise his mighty sword to attack, a razor sharp circular disc was thrown at him. He heard Kagome's voice ringing through the great underground hall, saying the one word he never thought he'd hear during a battle.
"SIT!" There was a faint purple glow in the dim room followed by a crash.
For once, Inuyasha was too stunned to speak. 'What in the seven hells is she trying to pull?!' But then the disc whizzed past his head catching on the very tip of one ear, and he understood. The sit that he hated more than anything else had just saved his life. 'How ironic,' he thought disgustedly with a pout on his face.
After a very quiet stunned silence Inuyasha jumped up. "You wanna try that again?" he yelled angrily. He lunged at Raltz, slashing open the barrier surrounding him, cutting off the chain holding the jewel, and piercing the black-eyed demon's heart.
The three sisters had joined hands behind him, and recited the spell Phoebe had written. Raltz burst into flame, and in seconds was no more than a pile of ash on the floor.
Inuyasha picked the Jewel of Four Souls up out of the ash, and turned to the sisters, his gaze meeting theirs. "Is that what the fireball would've done to Kagome?" he asked, with only a trace of his anger showing through in his twitching eye.
They nodded.
Though it didn't seem possible, Kagome turned even paler. Then she fainted.
Inuyasha rushed over and caught her just before she hit the floor. Then Inuyasha turned his golden gaze to the sisters again, no longer calm. "You didn't heal her! Where's this Leo guy?! Why's she still bleeding?! Let's orb back already!"
"Sure thing dog-boy." Paige held out her hands. Piper took one, and Phoebe took the other, taking Kagome's into her own, who was in turn clutching onto Inuyasha.
"If you're a witch, how come you can orb?" Inuyasha asked when they returned to the Manor.
"My dad was a white-lighter." Seeing his confused look she just sighed and said, "Long story. Don't ask."
He put Kagome on the couch again. A minute later Leo orbed in.
"Leo!" Piper exclaimed as she ran over to hug him. "I was so worried!" Then her voice changed from relieved to angry. "Don't ever scare me like that again!"
Leo smiled a little. "Sorry, but Raltz put a barrier around you three. I couldn't get anywhere near you."
Inuyasha ordered, with a look to the side that said don't you dare make me ask twice, "Heal her. Now."
Leo raised an eyebrow at his attitude, but soon turned a concerned look towards the unconscious girl. He carefully removed the make-shift bandages and placed his hands above the wound. There was a glow between healer and patient, and before their very eyes, the wound disappeared, and she woke up.
She sat up, shook her head clear, looked around, and the first thing she saw was Inuyasha's poor sliced ear. Everything came rushing back. She looked down to her arm. "Wow. You weren't kidding when you said he'd heal it." She looked up again. "Inuyasha, your ear!"
"Feh. I'm a demon, it'll heal."
"I'm sorry Inuyasha! If I'd been quicker-" he cut her off.
"It's not your fault."
"Leo, can you heal his ear, like you did with my arm?"
Piper and Paige exchanged a glance that clearly said, 'Here we go again!' Kagome had a sneaking suspicion that this had happened with Phoebe's half demon.
"Oh-boy." Leo sighed. He looked back at Phoebe who just grinned at him. He sighed again. "Why not?" he asked in defeat. He looked straight at Inuyasha. "It may not work, since those ears are definitely not human, and I can't heal evil."
"Feh." Inuyasha said with his arms crossed. 'I'm not evil!' he thought indignantly.
Leo walked over to Inuyasha, and cupped his hands around his left ear. There was another faintly yellow glow between healer and patient, and then the ear started to grow back!
"It worked!" Kagome exclaimed happily.
Inuyasha twitched his ear around playfully to make sure that it still worked okay, and then gruffly thanked the white-lighter.
"Thanks."
"Don't mention it."
"It worked..." Phoebe said in astonishment. She looked at Leo in awe. "Not halfway, but all the way." She looked at Inuyasha, and smiled. "That means you're pure of heart."
"Huh?" He'd never been in a place that had him so confused before. 'Since when am I pure? I'm a half demon that that had to kill to survive! That watched my mother die protecting me!' But the 'Jiminy Cricket' within everyone replied with, 'But it hurts when you have to kill someone. That's what separates you from all the wild heartless demons out there.'
"Phoebe?" Piper asked. "What's this got to do with anything?"
"Cole wasn't," she answered quietly. "He tried to be good so hard, but he just wasn't. You can't change who you are." She caught Inuyasha's gaze. "Even though you're half demon, you're not half evil." She looked at her feet, and when she looked back up at them tears were dotting the corner of her eyes, but she had a smile on her face. "Good bye." Then she turned and quietly walked away, her sisters following her to make sure she was okay.
Inuyasha took a deep breath. When he opened his eyes again, Kagome could see the memories in them. Memories of his hard past, of his dead mother. She slipped her hand into his, and gave it a supportive squeeze. He looked over at her in surprise, but then squeezed back.
"So how do we get back to Japan?" he called to the sisters.
Paige came around the corner with the suggestion of a plane ride.
Shock crossed Kagome's face, and then disappointment. She'd been expecting some intricate interesting charmed spell, and all she got was a plane ride? How was she going to get Inuyasha on a plane?
"Why can't you just orb us?" he asked.
"Never been to Japan. Wouldn't know how to orb there."
"I can," Leo said. "Tokyo?"
"You've been to Japan?" Piper asked, just a little peeved that her husband had been to millions of places she hadn't been to, some she'd never even heard of, and that she never got to go with him.
"I have a charge there," he said with a shrug of his shoulders.
"How many charges do you have?"
"A lot," he said, and sensing Piper's growing anger, he hastily grabbed hold of Inuyasha and Kagome, and orbed out.
Surprisingly, they ended up only a block from the shrine where she lived. Kagome led them to her home, and showed Leo the well.
"So if I jumped down there, I'd end up five hundred years in the past?"
Inuyasha snorted. "You could try."
Kagome explained, "For some reason, the well only works for me and Inuyasha. Do you happen to know why?"
"It probably means that your destinies are intertwined. Just like it's the Charmed Ones destiny to save innocents, it's probably yours to team up to do something great, and most likely dangerous."
Kagome and Inuyasha looked at each other.
"I have to go, they're calling," he said with an apologetic nod towards the ceiling. "Goodbye, and good luck!" He orbed away.
Kagome sat down on the edge of the well, thinking about what had been said.
"When we first met," Kagome began softly. "Kaede said we made the perfect team. But can we really do something great? I mean, you're the son of a princess and a Great Demon Lord, you're stronger than anyone I've met before. I'm just a high school girl who stumbled into all this on accident."
Inuyasha sat down next to her, surprised that she thought so highly of him, staring at the ceiling. "Do you regret it?"
Kagome gasped. "Of course not."
Inuyasha felt more relieved at that moment than he cared to admit. "Then you can do it," he said matter-of-factly. 'Because you've got the biggest heart out of anyone I've ever known,' he thought to himself. (A.N. What?! You thought Inuyasha would be reduced to reciting sappy love lines out loud?! LOL! I don't usually do authors notes, but this one I just couldn't resist!)
She laughed, also feeling much better. Inuyasha stood up, and offered her a hand with a half smile on his face. "Come on Kagome, let's do this thing!" She took his hand, and they jumped into the well, to meet whatever destiny was thrown at them, together.
~ The End ~
Chapter Five
ChristieLea54
Inuyasha had found orbing a strange, yet not unpleasant experience. All too soon they arrived in a dark underground cavern.
"Creepy," commented Piper.
"Isn't it always?" remarked Paige.
"Don't you like my humble abode?" said a sarcastic voice from the shadows.
Piper opened her mouth to say something insulting right back to him, but Inuyasha beat her to it. "Hey! Yeah you! Filthy piece of dirt! Give me back my jewel shard!" 'No one hurts Kagome and gets away with it!' he thought to himself.
"Sorry Inuyasha, but no can do."
Piper thrust her hands out to blow him up, but once again, nothing happened. 'Must have gotten his barrier back,' she realized.
Raltz throws a fireball at her in response, but Paige orbs it back to him. Sadly, it had no effect on him, due to his barrier, at which point they see a glimpse of a thin chain pulsing from his pocket.
'Another 'object of power' like the Book said?' Paige wondered.
Inuyasha unsheathes his sword and turns it red.
Phoebe and Kagome come bursting through the entrance. Kagome is still deathly pale, and her arm looks worse than ever.
"What are you guys doing here?" hissed Piper. "And where's Leo?"
"Never showed," Phoebe answered.
"Aww. Your girlfriend has come to save you. How pathetic," Raltz sneered at Inuyasha.
But before Inuyasha could even raise his mighty sword to attack, a razor sharp circular disc was thrown at him. He heard Kagome's voice ringing through the great underground hall, saying the one word he never thought he'd hear during a battle.
"SIT!" There was a faint purple glow in the dim room followed by a crash.
For once, Inuyasha was too stunned to speak. 'What in the seven hells is she trying to pull?!' But then the disc whizzed past his head catching on the very tip of one ear, and he understood. The sit that he hated more than anything else had just saved his life. 'How ironic,' he thought disgustedly with a pout on his face.
After a very quiet stunned silence Inuyasha jumped up. "You wanna try that again?" he yelled angrily. He lunged at Raltz, slashing open the barrier surrounding him, cutting off the chain holding the jewel, and piercing the black-eyed demon's heart.
The three sisters had joined hands behind him, and recited the spell Phoebe had written. Raltz burst into flame, and in seconds was no more than a pile of ash on the floor.
Inuyasha picked the Jewel of Four Souls up out of the ash, and turned to the sisters, his gaze meeting theirs. "Is that what the fireball would've done to Kagome?" he asked, with only a trace of his anger showing through in his twitching eye.
They nodded.
Though it didn't seem possible, Kagome turned even paler. Then she fainted.
Inuyasha rushed over and caught her just before she hit the floor. Then Inuyasha turned his golden gaze to the sisters again, no longer calm. "You didn't heal her! Where's this Leo guy?! Why's she still bleeding?! Let's orb back already!"
"Sure thing dog-boy." Paige held out her hands. Piper took one, and Phoebe took the other, taking Kagome's into her own, who was in turn clutching onto Inuyasha.
"If you're a witch, how come you can orb?" Inuyasha asked when they returned to the Manor.
"My dad was a white-lighter." Seeing his confused look she just sighed and said, "Long story. Don't ask."
He put Kagome on the couch again. A minute later Leo orbed in.
"Leo!" Piper exclaimed as she ran over to hug him. "I was so worried!" Then her voice changed from relieved to angry. "Don't ever scare me like that again!"
Leo smiled a little. "Sorry, but Raltz put a barrier around you three. I couldn't get anywhere near you."
Inuyasha ordered, with a look to the side that said don't you dare make me ask twice, "Heal her. Now."
Leo raised an eyebrow at his attitude, but soon turned a concerned look towards the unconscious girl. He carefully removed the make-shift bandages and placed his hands above the wound. There was a glow between healer and patient, and before their very eyes, the wound disappeared, and she woke up.
She sat up, shook her head clear, looked around, and the first thing she saw was Inuyasha's poor sliced ear. Everything came rushing back. She looked down to her arm. "Wow. You weren't kidding when you said he'd heal it." She looked up again. "Inuyasha, your ear!"
"Feh. I'm a demon, it'll heal."
"I'm sorry Inuyasha! If I'd been quicker-" he cut her off.
"It's not your fault."
"Leo, can you heal his ear, like you did with my arm?"
Piper and Paige exchanged a glance that clearly said, 'Here we go again!' Kagome had a sneaking suspicion that this had happened with Phoebe's half demon.
"Oh-boy." Leo sighed. He looked back at Phoebe who just grinned at him. He sighed again. "Why not?" he asked in defeat. He looked straight at Inuyasha. "It may not work, since those ears are definitely not human, and I can't heal evil."
"Feh." Inuyasha said with his arms crossed. 'I'm not evil!' he thought indignantly.
Leo walked over to Inuyasha, and cupped his hands around his left ear. There was another faintly yellow glow between healer and patient, and then the ear started to grow back!
"It worked!" Kagome exclaimed happily.
Inuyasha twitched his ear around playfully to make sure that it still worked okay, and then gruffly thanked the white-lighter.
"Thanks."
"Don't mention it."
"It worked..." Phoebe said in astonishment. She looked at Leo in awe. "Not halfway, but all the way." She looked at Inuyasha, and smiled. "That means you're pure of heart."
"Huh?" He'd never been in a place that had him so confused before. 'Since when am I pure? I'm a half demon that that had to kill to survive! That watched my mother die protecting me!' But the 'Jiminy Cricket' within everyone replied with, 'But it hurts when you have to kill someone. That's what separates you from all the wild heartless demons out there.'
"Phoebe?" Piper asked. "What's this got to do with anything?"
"Cole wasn't," she answered quietly. "He tried to be good so hard, but he just wasn't. You can't change who you are." She caught Inuyasha's gaze. "Even though you're half demon, you're not half evil." She looked at her feet, and when she looked back up at them tears were dotting the corner of her eyes, but she had a smile on her face. "Good bye." Then she turned and quietly walked away, her sisters following her to make sure she was okay.
Inuyasha took a deep breath. When he opened his eyes again, Kagome could see the memories in them. Memories of his hard past, of his dead mother. She slipped her hand into his, and gave it a supportive squeeze. He looked over at her in surprise, but then squeezed back.
"So how do we get back to Japan?" he called to the sisters.
Paige came around the corner with the suggestion of a plane ride.
Shock crossed Kagome's face, and then disappointment. She'd been expecting some intricate interesting charmed spell, and all she got was a plane ride? How was she going to get Inuyasha on a plane?
"Why can't you just orb us?" he asked.
"Never been to Japan. Wouldn't know how to orb there."
"I can," Leo said. "Tokyo?"
"You've been to Japan?" Piper asked, just a little peeved that her husband had been to millions of places she hadn't been to, some she'd never even heard of, and that she never got to go with him.
"I have a charge there," he said with a shrug of his shoulders.
"How many charges do you have?"
"A lot," he said, and sensing Piper's growing anger, he hastily grabbed hold of Inuyasha and Kagome, and orbed out.
Surprisingly, they ended up only a block from the shrine where she lived. Kagome led them to her home, and showed Leo the well.
"So if I jumped down there, I'd end up five hundred years in the past?"
Inuyasha snorted. "You could try."
Kagome explained, "For some reason, the well only works for me and Inuyasha. Do you happen to know why?"
"It probably means that your destinies are intertwined. Just like it's the Charmed Ones destiny to save innocents, it's probably yours to team up to do something great, and most likely dangerous."
Kagome and Inuyasha looked at each other.
"I have to go, they're calling," he said with an apologetic nod towards the ceiling. "Goodbye, and good luck!" He orbed away.
Kagome sat down on the edge of the well, thinking about what had been said.
"When we first met," Kagome began softly. "Kaede said we made the perfect team. But can we really do something great? I mean, you're the son of a princess and a Great Demon Lord, you're stronger than anyone I've met before. I'm just a high school girl who stumbled into all this on accident."
Inuyasha sat down next to her, surprised that she thought so highly of him, staring at the ceiling. "Do you regret it?"
Kagome gasped. "Of course not."
Inuyasha felt more relieved at that moment than he cared to admit. "Then you can do it," he said matter-of-factly. 'Because you've got the biggest heart out of anyone I've ever known,' he thought to himself. (A.N. What?! You thought Inuyasha would be reduced to reciting sappy love lines out loud?! LOL! I don't usually do authors notes, but this one I just couldn't resist!)
She laughed, also feeling much better. Inuyasha stood up, and offered her a hand with a half smile on his face. "Come on Kagome, let's do this thing!" She took his hand, and they jumped into the well, to meet whatever destiny was thrown at them, together.
~ The End ~