Beautiful Curse Payback
Chapter 18
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He sat next to the well. They had been taking turns, and it had taken a lot of man power to get Kagome away from the well house and to bed, finally. So, he sat. His thoughts were centered on sleep and his son. "InuYasha you had better have found Shido...Shido, you had better be coming back." The ex-monk tilted his head to the ceiling. "Buddah, please..." he prayed again for the millionth time since the kids had dissapeared. He sighed and placed his head into his hands. 'I finally have my son, my son who I'll always be with, and then he gets thrown into the era I escaped from...I don't see the fairness in what the gods have thrown at me.'
He didn't move for a while. Then he heard something, like someone coming into the well. He brought his head up, but didn't see anything. He stood up, adjusting his red shirt and blue jeans. "Hello?"
"Hey! Monk! Help me out here!" he heard InuYasha's voice from inside the well. He smiled brightly and looked into the deep dry abyss. He nodded quickly and threw down the end of the rope ladder that used to carry Kagome up the side of the well when she was just a teenager. He silently watched them all climb up.
"Daddy!" Shido yelled as he got over the side and jumped into Miroku's arms. Miroku held onto his son so tight, he could actually feel Shido start to struggle breathing.
"Sorry," he said as he let go to just hold onto the six year old. He looked at his son, and saw tears falling down the boys face. "Shido?"
"I'm so happy, daddy!" Shido cried as he hugged his hardest.
"We have to tell everyone else," Miroku told the hanyou. InuYasha nodded. They were about to walk out of the well house, when Dev stirred in the hanyou's arms.
"Where am I?" Dev asked as he struggled out of his adopted father's arms.
"We're home," Ryu said happily. Dev nodded, but didn't smile. They all walked out of the small shack to the modern outside world. The smell of smog, the roar of vehicles, and the drum of electricity running through wires met their senses. Ryu breathed it all in, "Yes! Video games! Movies! Pop corn!"
InuYasha smiled too. "Kagome," he said after taking a breath in.
Just like she had heard her name, she came running out of her house. Sango right behind her, trying to get her to come back. "Kagome! Come back! You're tired!"
"No! I want to be here when they..." she stopped when she saw them all standing before her. Sango also stopped and stared in shock.
"Woman, you should be taking care of yourself," InuYasha said with a smirk.
Kagome didn't say anything as she ran forward and wrapped her arms around the boys in her family. "I'm so glad you're back!" she cried.
"Shido!" Sango yelled as she came forward and pulled her son from Miroku's arms. "Oh, Shido. Are you okay? Is anything broken? Hurt?"
"Mom...can't...breath..." Shido gasped out. Sango started to cry as she laughed and hugged a little looser on her son. Shido hugged her back. "I don't want to go to school! I want to stay forever with you!" he cried out.
Kagome was asking many questions. "How did you ever get through!?" she asked. It was directed at all of them.
"Someone was calling me mom," Ryu said.
"It was Ashi, mom. He used a magic user and shape shifter to call us through the well," Dev explained.
"And how did you get through?" Sango asked InuYasha. "We tried to follow you, but we couldn't."
"Two very important people wished me there. So, I asked someone who could help, and she got me through," was all he said. He crossed his arms, showing he wasn't going to tell anymore. Kagome gave him a look and he nodded. He would tell her later what happened.
"Mom, Chiann..." Dev started to explain.
"What about her?" a little voice asked from behind the Higurashi main house. They all turned to see two white haired hanyou girls looking at the group.
"Kisa?!...Chiann!!?" Ryu yelled. He ran over and tackled his little sister to the ground. "I thought you died!"
"She did die, but my father brought her back," Kisa said proudly. Ryu stood up and helped his quiet sister up too.
Then Ryu turned to his father, "Why didn't you tell me?" He looked hurt.
InuYasha didn't move as he answered. "She was brought back after Kisa was taken from us. My brother said that Kisa was in our time, but he didn't say if that sword of his was able to bring back Chiann. He wouldn't tell me," he smiled at his daughter. "Come here princess."
Chiann smiled and ran to her father. "Daddy," she whispered only for him to hear. He hugged her, but didn't strangle her like the other parents had done to their son.
"Let's go inside. I think we all need baths," InuYasha said. Everyone nodded and started for their own homes. Kisa ran to the main house to tell Mrs. Higurashi, Sota, and Shippo that everyone was back. Chiann followed her.
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They could hear them in the bathrooms. Both wanted to take a long bath, so they left them alone. "Kagome..."
"I'm just glad you're home," she said as she leaned into him on the couch. She giggled slightly at the sound of Dev singing some off the wall song.
"You don't want to know how I got through?" InuYasha asked.
"Well, it would sooth my curiousity," Kagome smiled at him.
"Shido and Chiann both wished for me to be there. Ryu did too, but his wish wasn't strong enough. I...I asked someone who could perform miracles to get me through," he stopped and stared absently at the pictures on the wall.
"Who did the miracle?" Kagome asked.
"An angel," he saw that didn't help any, so he added, "My mom."
Kagome smiled. And InuYasha continued, "She told me one thing before I went through. Almost like a mother yelling at her son who screwed up."
"What did she say?"
"She said, 'I told you not to let Dev through. Now we have to fix your mistake.' And I think she meant it," InuYasha sighed.
"Well, I don't think we should have had any of them go through," Kagome assured.
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Dev sat on the end of the bed telling Ryu everything that happened while they were seperated. "So, Miha's evil?" Ryu asked.
"No, it was the shapeshifter. He showed me later. I wish I had killed him," Dev said with clenched fists.
"You killed Ashi, that's all that counts," Ryu said as he layed down on the top bunk they had been sitting on. Dev nodded and left the room.
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"Mom," Dev asked as he slowly ventured into the kitchen where Kagome was cleaning up after the wonderful dinner they had.
"Yes, dear?" Kagome asked as she placed a plate onto one of the shelves.
"I need to tell you something," Dev said slowly. She took the hint and stopped putting away the dishes to sit down at the table. Motioning for him to sit down too. He didn't wait for her to say anything as he went on. "Mom, I...I was the one who had killed Chiann."
Kagome thought about this for a minute. "Why?" was all she could ask as reality started to set in.
"I wasn't under any control or anything, but I thought it was right. He told me it was right. I see now that it wasn't," Dev let a tear fall down his face and hit the table.
"You were under control," InuYasha said from the door. The two occupants of the table jumped and turned to him.
"No, he didn't do like he did to Ryu. I wasn't..."
"It's called brainwashing. He made you believe it was right. It's not mind control, but it's a form of control. It doesn't take long to do either," InuYasha told him as he sat down too. "You don't think you were under anything, but you were. I knew you were when I saw the way you acted."
"But...I could have stopped..." Dev tried to reason.
"You want us to be mad at you?" Kagome asked. Dev didn't move. He didn't know what he wanted. He did it though, and he knew he did it.
"I forgive you," Chiann said quietly from the door.
"Chiann, what are you doing awake?" Kagome asked as she came over to her daughter. Chiann didn't say anything more as Kagome led her back to the room she was sharing now with Kisa.
"She forgives you. Leave it alone now. Shikata ga nai," InuYasha said as he stood up. "Now, it's bed time."
Dev nodded. On the way down the hall he asked, "Dad, how long is Kisa staying with us?"
"Her parents thought the fuedal era too dangerous for a young girl, so she'll be staying with us until she can decide if she wants to take over the ruling of the Western Lands. Just think of her as a new little sister,"InuYasha said as they reached Dev's room.
"Great! Another sibling to pick up from school!" Dev said. But he smiled. "Night dad."
"Good night," InuYasha said as he went into his room.
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A/N: YAY!! Finally finished! I hope I answered all the questions everyone had been wondering about all throughout this story. If you have any, just ask in a review. I will answer all questions in the next chapter, which is just a thank you page and a preview for Prejudice. ^_^ Ja matta ne minna!
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Chapter 18
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He sat next to the well. They had been taking turns, and it had taken a lot of man power to get Kagome away from the well house and to bed, finally. So, he sat. His thoughts were centered on sleep and his son. "InuYasha you had better have found Shido...Shido, you had better be coming back." The ex-monk tilted his head to the ceiling. "Buddah, please..." he prayed again for the millionth time since the kids had dissapeared. He sighed and placed his head into his hands. 'I finally have my son, my son who I'll always be with, and then he gets thrown into the era I escaped from...I don't see the fairness in what the gods have thrown at me.'
He didn't move for a while. Then he heard something, like someone coming into the well. He brought his head up, but didn't see anything. He stood up, adjusting his red shirt and blue jeans. "Hello?"
"Hey! Monk! Help me out here!" he heard InuYasha's voice from inside the well. He smiled brightly and looked into the deep dry abyss. He nodded quickly and threw down the end of the rope ladder that used to carry Kagome up the side of the well when she was just a teenager. He silently watched them all climb up.
"Daddy!" Shido yelled as he got over the side and jumped into Miroku's arms. Miroku held onto his son so tight, he could actually feel Shido start to struggle breathing.
"Sorry," he said as he let go to just hold onto the six year old. He looked at his son, and saw tears falling down the boys face. "Shido?"
"I'm so happy, daddy!" Shido cried as he hugged his hardest.
"We have to tell everyone else," Miroku told the hanyou. InuYasha nodded. They were about to walk out of the well house, when Dev stirred in the hanyou's arms.
"Where am I?" Dev asked as he struggled out of his adopted father's arms.
"We're home," Ryu said happily. Dev nodded, but didn't smile. They all walked out of the small shack to the modern outside world. The smell of smog, the roar of vehicles, and the drum of electricity running through wires met their senses. Ryu breathed it all in, "Yes! Video games! Movies! Pop corn!"
InuYasha smiled too. "Kagome," he said after taking a breath in.
Just like she had heard her name, she came running out of her house. Sango right behind her, trying to get her to come back. "Kagome! Come back! You're tired!"
"No! I want to be here when they..." she stopped when she saw them all standing before her. Sango also stopped and stared in shock.
"Woman, you should be taking care of yourself," InuYasha said with a smirk.
Kagome didn't say anything as she ran forward and wrapped her arms around the boys in her family. "I'm so glad you're back!" she cried.
"Shido!" Sango yelled as she came forward and pulled her son from Miroku's arms. "Oh, Shido. Are you okay? Is anything broken? Hurt?"
"Mom...can't...breath..." Shido gasped out. Sango started to cry as she laughed and hugged a little looser on her son. Shido hugged her back. "I don't want to go to school! I want to stay forever with you!" he cried out.
Kagome was asking many questions. "How did you ever get through!?" she asked. It was directed at all of them.
"Someone was calling me mom," Ryu said.
"It was Ashi, mom. He used a magic user and shape shifter to call us through the well," Dev explained.
"And how did you get through?" Sango asked InuYasha. "We tried to follow you, but we couldn't."
"Two very important people wished me there. So, I asked someone who could help, and she got me through," was all he said. He crossed his arms, showing he wasn't going to tell anymore. Kagome gave him a look and he nodded. He would tell her later what happened.
"Mom, Chiann..." Dev started to explain.
"What about her?" a little voice asked from behind the Higurashi main house. They all turned to see two white haired hanyou girls looking at the group.
"Kisa?!...Chiann!!?" Ryu yelled. He ran over and tackled his little sister to the ground. "I thought you died!"
"She did die, but my father brought her back," Kisa said proudly. Ryu stood up and helped his quiet sister up too.
Then Ryu turned to his father, "Why didn't you tell me?" He looked hurt.
InuYasha didn't move as he answered. "She was brought back after Kisa was taken from us. My brother said that Kisa was in our time, but he didn't say if that sword of his was able to bring back Chiann. He wouldn't tell me," he smiled at his daughter. "Come here princess."
Chiann smiled and ran to her father. "Daddy," she whispered only for him to hear. He hugged her, but didn't strangle her like the other parents had done to their son.
"Let's go inside. I think we all need baths," InuYasha said. Everyone nodded and started for their own homes. Kisa ran to the main house to tell Mrs. Higurashi, Sota, and Shippo that everyone was back. Chiann followed her.
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They could hear them in the bathrooms. Both wanted to take a long bath, so they left them alone. "Kagome..."
"I'm just glad you're home," she said as she leaned into him on the couch. She giggled slightly at the sound of Dev singing some off the wall song.
"You don't want to know how I got through?" InuYasha asked.
"Well, it would sooth my curiousity," Kagome smiled at him.
"Shido and Chiann both wished for me to be there. Ryu did too, but his wish wasn't strong enough. I...I asked someone who could perform miracles to get me through," he stopped and stared absently at the pictures on the wall.
"Who did the miracle?" Kagome asked.
"An angel," he saw that didn't help any, so he added, "My mom."
Kagome smiled. And InuYasha continued, "She told me one thing before I went through. Almost like a mother yelling at her son who screwed up."
"What did she say?"
"She said, 'I told you not to let Dev through. Now we have to fix your mistake.' And I think she meant it," InuYasha sighed.
"Well, I don't think we should have had any of them go through," Kagome assured.
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Dev sat on the end of the bed telling Ryu everything that happened while they were seperated. "So, Miha's evil?" Ryu asked.
"No, it was the shapeshifter. He showed me later. I wish I had killed him," Dev said with clenched fists.
"You killed Ashi, that's all that counts," Ryu said as he layed down on the top bunk they had been sitting on. Dev nodded and left the room.
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"Mom," Dev asked as he slowly ventured into the kitchen where Kagome was cleaning up after the wonderful dinner they had.
"Yes, dear?" Kagome asked as she placed a plate onto one of the shelves.
"I need to tell you something," Dev said slowly. She took the hint and stopped putting away the dishes to sit down at the table. Motioning for him to sit down too. He didn't wait for her to say anything as he went on. "Mom, I...I was the one who had killed Chiann."
Kagome thought about this for a minute. "Why?" was all she could ask as reality started to set in.
"I wasn't under any control or anything, but I thought it was right. He told me it was right. I see now that it wasn't," Dev let a tear fall down his face and hit the table.
"You were under control," InuYasha said from the door. The two occupants of the table jumped and turned to him.
"No, he didn't do like he did to Ryu. I wasn't..."
"It's called brainwashing. He made you believe it was right. It's not mind control, but it's a form of control. It doesn't take long to do either," InuYasha told him as he sat down too. "You don't think you were under anything, but you were. I knew you were when I saw the way you acted."
"But...I could have stopped..." Dev tried to reason.
"You want us to be mad at you?" Kagome asked. Dev didn't move. He didn't know what he wanted. He did it though, and he knew he did it.
"I forgive you," Chiann said quietly from the door.
"Chiann, what are you doing awake?" Kagome asked as she came over to her daughter. Chiann didn't say anything more as Kagome led her back to the room she was sharing now with Kisa.
"She forgives you. Leave it alone now. Shikata ga nai," InuYasha said as he stood up. "Now, it's bed time."
Dev nodded. On the way down the hall he asked, "Dad, how long is Kisa staying with us?"
"Her parents thought the fuedal era too dangerous for a young girl, so she'll be staying with us until she can decide if she wants to take over the ruling of the Western Lands. Just think of her as a new little sister,"InuYasha said as they reached Dev's room.
"Great! Another sibling to pick up from school!" Dev said. But he smiled. "Night dad."
"Good night," InuYasha said as he went into his room.
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A/N: YAY!! Finally finished! I hope I answered all the questions everyone had been wondering about all throughout this story. If you have any, just ask in a review. I will answer all questions in the next chapter, which is just a thank you page and a preview for Prejudice. ^_^ Ja matta ne minna!
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