FOREINGER By: OtakuSailorV
Chapter 10: Welcome to the Meiji & they all died years ago
That night Sesshoumaru asked Hikari to come into the woods with him. She followed thinking that he wanted to discuss how they would leave tomorrow. When they were in the clearing that he & Inuyasha had been in the night before he turned to her. Hikari noticed that he was blushing slightly. "Sesshoumaru, is something wrong?" He avoided her glance. "I have.something that I want to tell you." Hikari was listening very closely now. "Sesshoumaru, you can tell me anything." She came over & put her hand on his arm. He looked at her out of the corner of his eye. His blush deepened. Hikari smiled at him & said something in English that he couldn't understand. He looked at her quizzically as she smiled up at him. His blush had disappeared. "What does that mean?" Hikari smiled wider. "I love you. Duh! I love you. I love you. I love you." Sesshoumaru looked at her shocked then his gaze softened. "I.I love you too." Inuyasha watched them as they walked out of the trees. "Well, Kagome, you wanna go for a walk?" Kagome looked up from the magazine she was reading. "Yeah, I guess Inuyasha." She put the magazine away & followed him into the forest. When they got to the clearing that Hikari & Sesshoumaru had been in only a few minutes before, Inuyasha stopped. He grabbed Kagome's hands. "Kagome, do you love me?" He asked as he looked into her eyes. Kagome blushed as she searched his eyes too. "Yes, Inuyasha. I do." He blushed as he hugged her to him. "I love you Kagome." They continued to hug until the stars started to peek through the clouds. Then they walked hand-in-hand back out through the forest.
Sango & Miroku watched both couples walk in & out of the forest. They went in curious, & came out happy & bouncy. When Inuyasha & Kagome came out hand-in-hand, they went to investigate. The inside was OK. They followed the footprints to the clearing in the center. There was nothing that exciting there. They followed the two sets of footprints until they where staring at each other face-to-face. Sango blushed as her nose touched Miroku's. "Uh.I don't see anything do you?" She said jumping back & scratching her head anime style. Miroku straightened up & looked the other way. "No, do you think that they were discussing something & planned to leave us out of it?" Miroku asked. Sango gasped. "They wouldn't do anything like that now, would they?" She asked looking a little fearful. Miroku shrugged. They walked back out of the forest still confused.
Shippo, Rin, Kohaku, Jaken, & Myoga all watched the sets of gown-ups walk into the wood & come back out. "What do you think they're doing in there?" Shippo asked as Miroku & Sango walked out looking perplexed & worried. "Maybe they're having a kind of council that they didn't invite us to." Myoga suggested. Everyone nodded, even Jaken who was one of the only grown-ups in the group. "That would be just like them." Shippo said as he crossed his arms & sat down. Rin patted him on the head in an attempt to calm him down. It helped a tiny bit as Shippo uncrossed his arms & instead stared angrily at the ground. "We could go over & ask them what's going on." Kohaku suggested when everyone else was thinking. Rin smiled at him. "That's a good idea. Lets go." Jaken stood with Myoga still on his shoulder. Shippo got up along with Kohaku & Rin, & they walked off toward Sango & Miroku.
Miroku & Sango watched as the group of people neared them. Kirara had jumped off Sango's lap & was sitting now on top of Kohaku's head. "Do you guys know why they have been so happy when they came out of that forest?" Shippo gestured to Sesshoumaru, Hikari, Inuyasha, & Kagome, over by the fire. "And why aren't you two all smile's & blushing? Why aren't you over there?" Shippo gestured to the fire again. Miroku gave him an annoyed look. "We don't know what was going on back there. There was nothing that exciting in the forest. Besides we don't want to sit over there right now." Sango nodded. Rin now had Kirara in her arms, petting his fur gently. Kohaku watched her out of the corner of his eye. "Are you sure you don't know anything sis?" Sango shook her head. "If we did we'd tell you." "Then lets go ask them." Shippo said pointing at the group by the fire. Hikari had just gotten up to get her guitar, as they marched over.
Hikari strummed out the song from 'Kikaider' for a bit before the group descended on them. "Well?" Shippo ask before she could say a word. "Well what, Shippo? I was going to call you guys over in a minute." Sango stared down at her. "Uh.guys is something wrong?" Inuyasha & Kagome were staring now. Sesshoumaru was watching with a blank expression. "What went on in the forest that you couldn't include us all?" Shippo ask, he was feeling rather brave after the fight with Naraku. "That's none of your business rat!" Inuyasha said as he gave Shippo a 'bonk' to the head. "Inuyasha sit boy!" *Wham* Hikari blushed as she searched for the right words. "It was nothing that would, um.Kagome?" Hikari looked to the other girl for support. Kagome shrugged but tried her best. "We were watching the stars together. Is something wrong?" Miroku gave them all an uncertain look before he smiled. "Well, we thought you were holding a secret council without us." Hikari laughed along with the others. "Why would we do that?" The questioners stopped as they pondered that question. They head not thought of that. "Well anyway, I was going to start playing. You guys gonna stay?" They all smiled & sat down around the fire.
The next morning they Hikari said her 'good-bye's' & 'good luck's' to everyone. She hugged all her new friends' goodbye. Even Miroku who was wise enough not to grope her. She told Kagome to call her the next time she was in the future & they would go have lunch sometime. She scribbled out her two phone numbers for Kagome as she hurried to pack her things. "This is my cell, & this is my home number." She pointed out each to Kagome. "Good luck with Inuyasha" She whispered into her ear. Kagome smiled & nodded as she headed after her friends. Hikari finished her packing & walked over to Ah- Un. "Sorry Sesshoumaru, I wanted to give Kagome my phone number." He nodded & patted her head. She smiled at him as Rin & Jaken came over with flowers. "These are for you Sesshoumaru-sama." Rin said as she took the flowers that Jaken was holding & handed them to him. "And these are for Hikari-sama." She said handing the other flowers to her. "Thank you Rin-chan, they're beautiful." Rin smiled at Jaken who wore an assortment of flower crowns, necklaces, & bracelets. Rin wore a single crown on her head & a flower necklace around her neck. Sesshoumaru smiled at her & thanked her for his flowers. They carefully strapped the bike to Ah-Un as they prepared to take off.
Hikari had never been so happy in her whole life. The person she loved, loved her too. She had made new friends. She was the guardian of a small, funny little girl. She could cross between time, everything was going the right way. There was the small matter of Naraku, & her betrothed in the future, but she was sure that they would be able to destroy it. She glided alongside Ah-Un. Sesshoumaru was gliding on his other side, as there was no room with the bike strapped to his back. Jaken was sitting atop Ah- Un's head. Rin was flapping her arms in the wind on top of Hikari's back. Sesshoumaru watched them from his place on the swirling cloud. Hikari's wounds had been treated & she was very happy as she flew over the earth. "Where are we going now Sesshoumaru?" Hikari noticed the landscape from when she was traveling on foot. He looked over & smiled at her, something that he was beginning to do more often. "We are going back to Keade's village for a little party with Inuyasha." Hikari stared at him. He had hated his brother so much only a few days ago, why the change? Why was he now so eager to hang around with him? Did he want to bond with the little brother that he used to hate? "Sweet! This going to be so cool!" Hikari did a loop-the-loop with Rin screaming happily on her back. Sesshoumaru smiled as the girls continued to giggle at things below.
At Keade's village the IY team had already begun preparations for the party. They had reached there using the efforts of Miroku's raccoon friend & Kirara. Shippo was busy trying to make fun fireworks for the occasion. "What are we having this party for again?" He asked as Kagome passed by with food. "This is the 'Half way to beating Naraku' Party." Shippo nodded. "Do these look OK?" "Yeah, they're pretty." Maybe giving the child explosives was a bad idea. Kagome thought to herself as she carried the food to Keade's house. She walked in to see Keade talking to Inuyasha. "Hello Kagome. We were just talking about how many people we were going to feed." Keade said as she stood up. "If you need me to I can go back with Hikari to get some food from the future, when she gets here." Keade nodded. "Yes I was thinking that too. I heard that this girl is a White Dragon Clan member? Are you sure?" Kagome nodded. "She has blonde hair like you said they did, & big white feathery wings that changed into scaly dragon ones. She also has the mark on her forehead, the one with the two wings. And she has the blue magic attacks." Keade nodded as she pondered this. "You say that she is from the future like you? That is strange. I had heard that all of her kind had died years ago. When Inuyasha was first pinned to the tree. Maybe Naraku killed them because he saw them as a dangerous threat? Hmmm." Keade closed her one good eye as she rubbed her chin with one hand. Kagome sat the food down as she heard laughter from outside. "You can ask her right now if you want Keade, because she's here." They all walked over to the door to look at the new comers. They saw a two-headed dragon carrying a small green youkai & two escorts on either side. One was Hikari with Rin standing on her back & waving, the girls' wings were spread out to their full length. The other was Sesshoumaru riding a swirling cloud down toward them.
When they landed Keade walked over to Hikari & was looking over her feathered wings carefully. Hikari watched her examine her wings for some time before asking. "Uhh.can I help you?" She asked Keade. "Oh, Hikari this is Keade. Keade this is Hikari the WDC member." Hikari looked over at Kagome. "Hello Keade, is there something wrong?" Keade finished her inspection of the wings as she asked. "No I had just heard that your kind were completely wiped out." Hikari gave her a raised eyebrow before she understood. "Oh, well I don't understand that either, but I am a full blooded member. Keade nodded as she scratched her chin again. "Hikari I think we might need to get some food from the future. Any suggestions?" Hikari thought for a moment. "How about we get some desert along with that? We could get chocolate, chips, pretzels, salad, & stuff." Kagome smiled. "That sounds great lets go!" She grabbed Hikari's arm leading her to the well. "I'll be back soon!" she called as she waved to Sesshoumaru. He watched her go with reluctant eyes. He didn't want her tog o without him but there were things that probably needed to be done for the party that only a youkai could do. He sighed as he turned to go.
A pair of malicious eyes watched the girls as they headed for the well. "This is going to be easier than I thought."
Kagome trudged on into the forest as Hikari followed behind her. "I thought that Inuyasha or Sesshoumaru would have stopped us from leaving." Hikari joked as Kagome went on. "Hey, Hikari?" "Yes?" Kagome stopped & whispered something in her ear. "Oh, sure. I have mine so we can get through." Kagome smiled & nodded. She had left her jewel at the village with Inuyasha for safekeeping. Now that she knew how he felt she was more willing to let him have it. As they neared the well they heard something in the bushes. Kagome was swept up into the air in a flash of color. Hikari tried to grab her but only succeeded in getting a fist of torn cloth. Kagome hung suspended in the air by a woman on a feather. "Kagura!" Hikari let her wings snap into place as she prepared to launch herself at her. "Ku ku ku." Hikari reeled to find that a white baboon was behind her. Kagome cried out at the sight of him. "Naraku!" Hikari stared at him before seeing the resemblance. "Your right he does look like him." Hikari joked at the man in the white pelt. "Ku ku ku. I would not say such things if I were you." He warned. Hikari glared at him. Above Kagura tightened her hold on Kagome. "Give me the shard of the Shikon Jewel & I will let her live." Hikari braced herself. She felt something coming her way, a power, the power of three Shikon shards?! Hikari dodged just in time to let a brown tornado pass by. The whirlwind swept toward Kagura. Kagura tried to dodge also but was struck by the brown tornado. When Hikari looked foe Kagome she noticed that she was in the arms of another demon. "Kouga!?" Kagome said as the demon dropped her to the ground. "Are you OK Kagome?" He asked as Naraku & Kagura recovered from his attacks. She nodded as Hikari looked for any sign of Sesshoumaru or Inuyasha. As if answering her question the red suited warrior & his brother swept in on the battlefield. Naraku cursed as they appeared. Hikari was standing by the well smiling cheerfully as she prepared to do battle. The battle commenced with Kagura drawing the attention of all the warriors. Hikari looked around for Naraku but couldn't see him anywhere. She swatted at a bee zooming over her head. She suddenly felt herself losing balance as someone pushed her. She grabbed at the cloak of the pusher & was face-to-face with Naraku. She growled as she pulled back for an attack. He laughed as he forced her back into the well. "Happy landings!" He called after her as one of his bugs retrieved her jewel shard. Hikari watched as Sesshoumaru appeared over the well reaching for her. She tried to grab for him, beating her wings effortlessly. She could fly with her wings facing the ground. "Sesshoumaru!!!" She called as she closed her eyes, wincing against the impact of the well bottom.
Sanosuke Sagara & Yahiko Myojin stood by the well as they talked of different things that had happened recently. "I heard that that ship just sunk." Sanosuke said as he chewed on a fish bone. Yahiko shook his head. "No way, the paper said that someone blew it up." They went on about the ship as they heard a 'thunk' & curses issuing from the well. "Damn you Naraku! Why can't I get back through?! Work you piece of shit well, work!!!" They turned around to see a young woman standing in the bottom of the well, stamping on the ground & walls around her. "Dammit!! I can't believe I let him get the fucking shard piece so easy!!! I'm going to kill him!!!" The girl continued on her rampage of the well as they watched. "Hey, that's not the way a lady should talk." Sano said from the top of the well. The girl stopped in mid curse to look up. "Do you need some help lady?" Yahiko asked as he stuck his head over the side of the well. "Like hell I do. That bastard Naraku." She cursed under her breath as she stared menacingly at the bottom of the well. "How did you get down there?" Sanosuke asked as the girl started to pound the bottom of the well again. "Some asshole pushed me down, & now I'm stuck here." Hikari was about to fire a burst shot at the well bottom when she noticed that they were staring at her. "Can we help you up?" Yahiko asked. Hikari stared at the well bottom. "Guess I'm going to be here for awhile." She muttered under her breath. Yahiko repeated his question. "Can we help you out of there miss?" Hikari stared up at him. "Naw, I can do it on my own thanks." "But I thought you said you were stuck?" They watched as Hikari hopped out of the well in a single bound. "Stuck in this time period yeah." She said as she landed by them. The fish bone fell out of Sanosuke's mouth. Yahiko looked like he was going to have a seizure. "What?" Maybe I shouldn't have mentioned the whole time period thing. She thought as she saw them staring. "Y-you just jumped straight out of that well. Kenshin can't even do that without a double jump off one of the walls." Hikari looked back down the well & gave it a dirty finger sign. "Oh, that?" She said pointing to the well. "That's easy." She shrugged & started walking away. "Nice meeting you two. I gotta go now though." She was just walking past them when Sano grabbed her shoulder. "Hold on missy. I think Kenshin would like to meet you." Hikari glared at him. "That's great & all but I seriously need to get out of here. I got to find a way back to where I came from." Sano acted as if he hadn't heard her & started to pull her along. She figured maybe she should go with him. The guy seemed nice enough. The kid was nice too. She needed a place to stay while she figured which attack to use on the stinking well. "Hey kid whose Kenshin?" Yahiko looked at her more closely than he had before. "I've never seen hair like yours. Kenshin is a swordsman. He's really good. By the way, my name is Yahiko, & he's Sanosuke. You can call him Sano though. What's yours?" Hikari wondered which name to use. "My name is, uh.Hikari. Nice to meet you Yahiko. Nice to meet you Sano." Sano continued to pull her along by the back of her ninja outfit. He grunted a 'hello missy' as they came to the dojo. Yahiko noticed the sword & shuriken that she was carrying along with her bow & arrow too as they clanged against the door. Sano let Hikari go as he went on into the house. Hikari looked around the houses outside as Yahiko touched one of the shuriken & her sword. "Are you a swordsman too?" He asked as he looked over her katana. "Yeah, I guess you could say that." Hikari answered as she spotted a red haired man staring at her from a window. She turned away when she spotted him. "Are you a ninja too?" Yahiko asked as he pointed to her shuriken then her outfit. "Sorta." Was all she said as the door slid back to reveal a woman with long black hair in a kimono that was pink. "You must be Hikari. I'm Kaoru Kamiya." Hikari looked at the woman who was approaching her. She didn't look like a youkai. That was good, she was tired of youkai fighting. "I heard that they found you in the bottom of the well. How did you get there?" Kaoru was smiling but Hikari could tell that these people thought that she was crazy. "Look I'm not crazy or anything, but your not going to believe me if I told you. So, anyway I gotta go. There's someone that I have to beat the crap out of." Hikari turned to go but a hand was on her shoulder. "Please, I insist that you stay here. I have a lot of nuts living here already." "WHAT?!" Yahiko burst out when he heard her words. "Like this one here. Incurable." She patted Yahiko's head, as they both burst into laughter. "I guess I can tell you but I still think that you're going to think I'm crazy." Hikari said as she looked at Kaoru's smiling face. They went inside still smiling & laughing at Yahiko's expense.
Once inside Hikari was introduced to Kenshin Himura & Megumi Tanaki. Both were glad to meet her. Kenshin also asked of the sword, bow, & shuriken at her side. They all sat down to dinner as they urged Hikari to tell where she was from & who she was. "I am from both the past & the future." Hikari began, getting raised eyebrows. "Alright, there's this jewel called the jewel of four souls. A friend of mine was keeping it safe until a crow demon took it. The crow demon swallowed the jewel & was taking off when my friend hit it with an arrow. The arrow caused the jewel to shatter into thousands of tiny pieces. That was back in the Sengoku Jidaii." She stopped to take a sip of water. More raised eyebrows she noticed with disgust. I knew they would think I was crazy. "500 years later I found a sliver of the shard & fell down that well. I appeared in the Sengoku Jidaii. I gained friends there & met the girl who had shattered the jewel. I found that some idiot named Naraku was trying to get the jewel for himself so that he could become a full demon. I was fighting him with a couple of my friends by that well when he pushed me in & stole my shard. Now I can't get back because he 1.) Stole my shard & 2.) Probably sealed the well so I couldn't get through the well with my powers." They were still staring at her with curious looks. "Alright that was the abbreviated version, this is what really happened." She delved into the story of Onigumo, Kikyo, & Inuyasha. She told them that Kagome had the jewel inside of her because she was the reincarnation of Kikyo 500 years later. She told how she had met Sesshoumaru, leaving out the part where they kissed & went to the future. She told them of her dog Hikaru who was really youkai. She told of the White Dragon Clan which she was a full-blooded member of, & the Black Dragon Clan which held her betrothed. She told them of how she had been captured & interrogated by Naraku. How she had then become his puppet & lost all control. How she had almost killed her beloved by her own smoking gun. The reason that she hated Naraku. The reason that she must get back. Everything. The whole story took 2 hours to tell, but was worth it. They still thought that she was crazy but were listening very well.
When she had finally told them everything she sighed & took a sip of water. "And that's why I need to get back through the damn well." Megumi had already told her several times not to say those kinds of words, but Hikari didn't care. "Young lady's shouldn't say those words Hikari." She said for about the millionth time. "M'k." Hikari said as she took another sip of water. "Prove it." Came Sano's voice. "Prove that you're what you say you are." Hikari rolled tired eyes at him. "You wanted to know who I was. If you still don't believe me then it is none of my business. I didn't think you would believe me anyhow, so it doesn't matter to me." Hikari took another sip of water. "Your lying aren't you? None of that was true. You're a youkai yourself & you want to eat us." Hikari rolled the tired eye's at him again. "Believe what you want. I wasn't lying, but you can choose what you want to believe." Sano stared at her as she got up. "I'll be outside. And thank you for the food Miss Kaoru" She pushed the screen aside as she walked out. Pushing the screen to, they saw her shadow shoot up ward as a 'thunk' sounded on the roof. "I tell you it ain't normal for a girl to act that way. Talking like that, & being able to jump like that, she's a youkai. She's going to eat us alive." Sano said as he pointed to the roof. Hikari suddenly appeared behind him. "I told you that I ain't a youkai. And besides, you told me to come here. I didn't want to but you insisted." Hikari poked his nose as she disappeared again. Sano freaked & ran outside to see Hikari stretched out on the roof. "How did you do that?!" He called from the ground. Hikari sat up & gave him a curious look. "What are you talking about Mr. Sano?" The rest of the inhabitants from the dojo had come out now too. "You just appeared in the room & disappeared again." Sano was glaring at her. Hikari smiled & jumped off the roof. "That trick is easy too." She disappeared & reappeared behind a tree. "See? No, I guess you can't." Hikari reappeared on the roof again. "Do you really want to see my wings so bad?" She asked as she leaned forward. Sano gulped & shook his head nervously. 'Oh, he is so superstitious.' Hikari though as she smiled at him. He gulped again. She stood up on the roof & jumped. She twirled through air as white began to appear in the swirl of color. She landed on one foot with a 'ta-da'. The wings glistened in the moonlight. "That's them." She said pointing to the big white feathery wings on her back. They all had huge eyes on their faces as they looked at her. Before she could move they were all touching the wings. "Are you sure these are real?" Came Yahiko's voice from somewhere. "Of course they are. Yeow! Who pinched me?!" Megumi stood up & looked at her. "Sorry that was me. I wanted to see your reaction to one of the feathers being pulled out." Hikari looked shocked. "You did what to my wings?!" She nearly threw everyone off when she snapped the wings to attention. Megumi giggled "Don't worry it was only a pinch. I didn't take a feather out." Hikari could feel the aura surrounding her. She growled lowly as she glared at Megumi. Megumi stared at the girl. She was glowing blue. Before she could get a closer look Hikari was back to her normal self. "Good." Then she disappeared back onto the roof again. They all watched as she lay down to look at the stars. Then one-by-one they went back into the house, except Kenshin who hopped onto the roof beside her. "It's a beautiful night to watch stars isn't it Miss Hikari?" She sat up. "Yeah, I guess, I wasn't really looking at them." He turned his head from the stars to look at her. "What were you looking at then Miss Hikari?" "I was actually thinking about something & I wanted to be somewhere quiet to do it. By the way you don't have to call me 'Miss'. Just call me Hikari." He stared at her as she watched the stars. "What are you thinking about?" Hikari looked at him for a few moments, wondering if she should tell him. "I was thinking about.Sesshoumaru." Kenshin recognized the name from her story. "You mean the dog demon who saved you?" Hikari blushed, Kenshin noticed but didn't say anything. "I, umm.yeah." Kenshin could see that she was hiding something. "Why were you thinking about him Hikari? If you don't mind me asking." He could see tears starting in her eyes. "I.I don't know if he's still alive in the Sengoku Jidaii. For all I know he could be dead. Along with Rin & Jaken & everyone else. I was supposed to protect Rin. If she's dead then." Her voice caught & she couldn't go on. He watched as her eyes misted in memory. Before long he decided to ask the question that he had wanted to ask before. "Hikari, what happened to your family? Like your mother & your father?" Hikari tried to contain the tears but two spilled down either cheek. "They died. My two brothers, my sister, & my parents. In a car crash three years ago in my time." He watched the tears roll down her cheeks. "That's only one of the reason's why it's so important to me to get back to the Sengoku Jidaii. I don't want to lose my new family so soon." More uncontrolled tears ran down her cheeks. Kenshin watched as she lost all control & sobbed into her knees. As she leaned down to cry into her legs she bumped the button on her shirt & the song from a long time ago played over. Kenshin listened to the sweet piano music of 'Promise of Reunion' for a little while before he tapped Hikari on the shoulder. "What's that song called?" Hikari gave him a small smile as she looked at the button. "This *sniff* song is called 'Promise of a Reunion'. I recorded it onto several buttons like these & gave them to my family one year for Christmas. It was supposed to be a sign that we would never be apart. Then they died. I was so angry with myself for not being there, with them when it happened. Then I found my new family & re-recorded the song onto more buttons. I made enough so that no matter what happened I would always have one with me, to give to a new friend that I met. But now I still have them, the ones I was going to give to them." Hikari pulled the buttons out from her clothes. "I was going to give them to them when the party started but.he came & I never got to. I don't even know if they're still alive." Hikari looked out toward the well. She couldn't see it from the rooftop, but she knew it was just beyond the next building. "Hikari?" Kenshin asked as she lay back down to look at the stars. "Yeah, Kenshin?" "What's a car?"
Kenshin had tried his best but Hikari refused to sleep in the house. "Sorry if I was rude earlier but I was really frustrated. Thank you for inviting me in though. Besides I make everyone nervous & I don't want anyone to lose sleep because they're afraid of me. I'll just be up here." She smiled at him until he had left the rooftop. Kenshin watched as the girl rolled over to sleep. He smiled & walked into the house. "Did she try to eat you?" Sano asked as he walked in the door. He was surprised that the gang was still awake. "No Sano. We just talked. She isn't mean or youkai. She's just a girl who's lost her family & friends in horrible ways." The people in the room stopped. "For real? What happened to them?" Yahiko asked. "Her family died over seas in a car crash, she said that they were something like a carriage with no horse & ran on gas. She is not aware of her friends' fates but fears the worst. She was telling the truth in that story." Kenshin gave them all a hard truthful stare. They understood what he was saying. "The poor girl. Why didn't she tell us about her family?" Kaoru asked through teary eyes, & here she had though t the girl was crazy. "She blames herself for their deaths. She decided to stay home when they went away, so she thinks it is her fault that they were killed. She feels horrible for not being there when they died." Megumi looked up at the roof where Hikari was sleeping. "Where is she now?" She asked as she looked over at Kenshin. "She's sleeping on the roof." Kenshin said. "She's probably tired after crying so hard." Kaoru gave him a worried look. "She decided but I did try to convince her to sleep in the house." The group stared a little longer at the roof until they heard a scraping noise & saw Hikari's shadow moving toward one of the trees. They watched as she jumped into the tree & stayed there. Kaoru sighed as she walked off to bed. "Poor girl."
The next morning everyone woke to the sound & smell of cooking. Kaoru walked lazily into the kitchen thinking that Kenshin was there, cooking breakfast. Instead she was shocked to see a golden braid. "Hikari, are you making breakfast?" She asked as Yahiko lumbered in & started staring at the girl who was cooking. "Yeah. I gotta do somethin' to earn my keep until I get the hell outta here." Kaoru smiled as she sat down to look at a food she had never seen before. Yahiko received a similar thing on his plate. The object was round & slightly brown. It looked like bread. "Hikari, what is this?" Yahiko asked as he poked the round object. "These are called pancakes. They're good, future food." Hikari smiled at them as she made more. Yahiko picked it up & took a bite out of it. "Wow, this is good Hikari." He took another bite as Kaoru tried hers. Sanosuke walked in, took one look at the cook & tried to get back out of the room again. Hikari was in front of the door before he could move. "My cookin' ain't that bad Mr. Sano." He yelped as she pulled him back by the shirt to the table. She placed several pancakes in front of him. He saw Yahiko & Kaoru eating theirs hungrily, so reluctantly he took a bite. It tasted great. "What are these things?" He asked as he took another bite. "Pancakes. Future food." Yahiko answered for Hikari. Kenshin & Megumi walked into the room. Hikari gave them some pancakes, informing them of what they were before she left to make the last batch. Megumi & Kenshin had the same reaction as the others on the food. They liked it.
After breakfast, Hikari died a scarf around her head & an apron around herself & grabbed up all the cleaning supplies. Kenshin watched her curiously as she walked over & put a wet soapy rag on the floor. Placing her hands on it she put her feet in a track position. "Ready, set, go!" She said & tore down the hall. Kenshin was surprised at her speed in doing the work. "Da, da, da, da, da." She said as she turned & ran back down the hall. Sano watched from the opposite end of the hall. The fish bone he was chewing on fell out of his mouth & onto the floor. With wide eyes he ran back away down the hall before Hikari noticed he was there.
After she had finished cleaning the floors Kenshin spotted her sweeping on the porch with the same vigor as she had used when washing the floors. Dust stuck to her as it flew through the air. Kenshin smiled at her work & sweatdropped as Sano walked over only to see her working & run away again.
The next time Hikari was seen, she was in the front of the house, using paper & paint she had bought herself she was making a portrait. She smiled evilly at her picture that looked like Naraku. He was smirking at her from the page as she hung him on a tree & got out her bow & arrow. She was still smiling as she drew it back & let the arrow fly into his forehead. "Bingo." She said & let another & another fly. Soon, Kenshin & the others could barely see her arms moving. The arrows flew out faster than they could follow & all hit a point on Naraku. "Die, die, die!" Hikari growled out each time she fired an arrow. With a bit of shock she noticed that she had run out of arrows & picked the ones out of the picture & started over again & again until she had obliterated the paper.
Toward sunset that afternoon, Kenshin was sweeping as Hikari snoozed on the roof. Her ninja outfit was a little uncomfortable to sleep in but that didn't stop her. She was awakened by the sound of banging on the door. She opened one eye lazily. She had not thought of a single thing to do about the well yet, & all that banging was disturbing her thought. She watched as Kenshin walked over to the door. When it was opened Hikari noticed a tall man in a police uniform. She braced herself to disappear. Behind the cop was a young girl who looked about Hikari's age. She had on the same ninja suit as her & her hair was also in a braid. Hikari watched as the cop pushed her forward. His eyes are creepy. Hikari thought as she watched them from the roof. "This girl has been wandering around for days looking for this dojo. She wanted to see the inhabitants of it. Please try to keep your friends under control, Kenshin." "Alright Saito." The cop spotted her on the roof. "Another friend of yours Kenshin? She looks a bit dirty." "That's not nice to say about women. Especially when they can hear you." Hikari said as she popped into the tree over head. Saito watched her carefully. The girl that was now standing by Kenshin was looking her over curiously. Hikari hung upside down from the branch. "I'm not dirty, just stuck." Saito raised an eyebrow at her. Hikari decided not to explain though as she popped onto the street behind him. "I'm going to the well for a while, OK Kenshin?" Kenshin nodded as the girl walked casually down the road. Saito watched her go. "Who was that?" Misoa asked. "She looked like me." Kenshin suddenly noticed the resemblance. "That's Hikari. She's not going to be staying long. She has a mission that she needs to do here." Kenshin watched as Hajime Saito followed the girl. "Was there something you wanted Misoa?" Kenshin asked as he shut the door to the dojo again.
Saito arrived at the well to see that the girl was nowhere around. He looked down the well but she was gone. "Boo." Saito turned around to see the girl smiling at him, as she hung upside-down from the God Tree. He looked at her smiling face with his cold eyes that never showed emotion. She stared at his eyes for a moment before she flipped herself right side up. "Your eyes remind me of someone I knew a long time ago." She said as she crossed to the well. "Are you going to keep staring at me? It's very disrupting." He narrowed his eyes at her as she looked down the well. She flipped in & hit the bottom with a 'thunk'. "Dammit Naraku!" She cursed from the bottom of the well. Saito looked down to she her pacing the bottom rubbing her chin. "Maybe if I.no, that'll blow it up." She kept murmuring ideas to herself. She finally jumped back up & landed on the lip of the well. Dropping to the ground she turned to face the well. "This should do it." She placed both hands in front of her. As if she were warming them by the fire. "If this doesn't work I'm going to chop my hands off." Hikari took a deep breath as she recited the words that she thought might unseal the well to her powers. Her body glowed blue as she closed her eyes. Her mouth moved but undecipherable words in any language were the only things that came out. Saito watched as the well & the girl glowed an eerie blue color as she chanted words that he didn't understand. Slowly after five minutes the glowing receded & the girls' arms dropped to her side. She opened her eyes to see the well still glowing. Hikari giggled & jumped in. *Thunk* "Damn you Naraku!!" Hikari flipped back up & kicked the well. "Damn, damn, DAMN!!!" The well stopped glowing as she kicked it. Hikari growled as she stomped back over to the God Tree. She slumped down to the ground, as she noticed that Saito was staring at her. "Uh.nice weather." Hikari said as she stared up into the leaves of the tree. Saito walked over to her. "What or who are you?" Hikari glanced up at him. "I'm a member of the White Dragon Clan. My name is Hikari Lorenz & I'm from the future. I used to travel through this well to get to my time & the Sengoku Jidaii. Then one day this asshole named Naraku took my Shikon Jewel shard that I was using to get through the well, sealed it against my powers, & pushed me in. I had friends who I was fighting him with, but they.I don't know if he retreated after he thought he had disposed of me or what. They could all be dead right now." Hikari let her head roll in his direction. "You think I'm crazy don't you? Aw, what do I care? I gotta get that blasted well working." Hikari stood back up. She paced around the well before she stopped. Kicking the well she listened to the hollow thunk. "Can't hurt to try. Well actually, it could hurt a lot. I usually pass out when that happens." Hikari was murmuring to herself as she peeked down the well. "Here goes nothing." Hikari stuck her hands back out. She felt for the twinge of power that she had felt the last two times she had gained full power. Her wings spread out, as the mark on her forehead became visible. "Work damn you." Hikari groaned as the feathers melted away, revealing her dragon wings. The mark on her head burned as she reached for the power. "You had better hold onto something." She warned Saito as her eye's lost their pupil. She could feel her voice changing. It sounded like many voices instead of one. She knew that her hair was down out of its braid but she didn't care. She just wanted to see Sesshoumaru again. "Sesshoumaru." She gasped as white-hot power surged through her. She pushed the power through her into the well, which sucked it up like it was food. Saito watched as the girl released the power in the form of a dragon. When it was all over the girl turned & headed for the dojo. Her eyes still contained no pupil, her wings were that of a dragon, her hair swirled around her, & the blue aura kept up as strong as ever. Saito caught a glimpse of the girl's head before she turned to leave. The sign of the White Dragon Clan burned bright against her skin as she walked down the road.
Kenshin was still sweeping as the door to the dojo opened. In stepped a girl with flowing hair. She was surrounded by a blue aura, & her eyes contained no pupil. Her wings were featherless & scaly like a dragon's. And on her forehead burned the mark of the White Dragon Clan. The girl continued to walk toward him until she was a few feet away. The girl spoke in what sounded like many voices. "Now the fool seeks to heal her broken heart. And she says: Sesshoumaru.I love." The girl reeled & fell to the ground. Kenshin picked her up to see that the woman had been Hikari in her true form. The mark was still burning on her forehead but the wings had gone. He tried to wake her but she wouldn't. He carried her inside carefully. Kaoru was shocked but helped fix a futon as Kenshin told her what had happened.
Hikari opened her eyes to see that Kenshin was by her side. Hikari sat up with a start. "Wait the well!!" She tried to sit up but fell back against the burning on her forehead. "I despise you true form!" Hikari said as she pressed the cold cloth harder on her fore head. "Thanks for taking care of me Kenshin. Tell me, did I say anything weird while I was in true form?" Kenshin told her the only thing that she had said to him. "Really, I said that? How strange." She stood & walked out the door. Megumi & Kaoru were sitting on the floor & drinking tea. When they saw Hikari they stopped drinking. "Miss Hikari you shouldn't be up yet. That was quite a spell you had there." Hikari glanced at her. "Thank you for taking care of me Miss Megumi, but I need to get back to the well." Megumi tried to stop her but couldn't stop the girl from disappearing & reappearing outside the house. "Gods, I guess I shouldn't do that so soon." She grumbled as she clutched her head. Kaoru & the others ran to the door to retrieve her. Yahiko & Sano were trying to get her to stop also. Hikari reached the door as it slid open. She stared at the group of people beyond like she'd never seen them before. They stood there looking at her in the same way for some time. "S- sesshoumaru?" The man realized whom he was talking to. "Hikari?" Hikari threw herself at him. "I thought you were dead!" She sobbed into his cloak as she cried. Inuyasha & the others stared at the dojo while they waited. "I thought that I would never see you guys again!" She cried until she couldn't anymore, then she just hugged him as he hugged her back. When they finally let go Hikari went & hugged everyone else. They all continued to chat & hug as the night wore on.
Long chap. But no need to fear, it's over. Not the story, the chapter silly. I hope you like the following chaps cause they will be crossovers. Anyway, enjoy the rest of the Meiji Era! Reviews! BYE!
~ OtakuSailorV
That night Sesshoumaru asked Hikari to come into the woods with him. She followed thinking that he wanted to discuss how they would leave tomorrow. When they were in the clearing that he & Inuyasha had been in the night before he turned to her. Hikari noticed that he was blushing slightly. "Sesshoumaru, is something wrong?" He avoided her glance. "I have.something that I want to tell you." Hikari was listening very closely now. "Sesshoumaru, you can tell me anything." She came over & put her hand on his arm. He looked at her out of the corner of his eye. His blush deepened. Hikari smiled at him & said something in English that he couldn't understand. He looked at her quizzically as she smiled up at him. His blush had disappeared. "What does that mean?" Hikari smiled wider. "I love you. Duh! I love you. I love you. I love you." Sesshoumaru looked at her shocked then his gaze softened. "I.I love you too." Inuyasha watched them as they walked out of the trees. "Well, Kagome, you wanna go for a walk?" Kagome looked up from the magazine she was reading. "Yeah, I guess Inuyasha." She put the magazine away & followed him into the forest. When they got to the clearing that Hikari & Sesshoumaru had been in only a few minutes before, Inuyasha stopped. He grabbed Kagome's hands. "Kagome, do you love me?" He asked as he looked into her eyes. Kagome blushed as she searched his eyes too. "Yes, Inuyasha. I do." He blushed as he hugged her to him. "I love you Kagome." They continued to hug until the stars started to peek through the clouds. Then they walked hand-in-hand back out through the forest.
Sango & Miroku watched both couples walk in & out of the forest. They went in curious, & came out happy & bouncy. When Inuyasha & Kagome came out hand-in-hand, they went to investigate. The inside was OK. They followed the footprints to the clearing in the center. There was nothing that exciting there. They followed the two sets of footprints until they where staring at each other face-to-face. Sango blushed as her nose touched Miroku's. "Uh.I don't see anything do you?" She said jumping back & scratching her head anime style. Miroku straightened up & looked the other way. "No, do you think that they were discussing something & planned to leave us out of it?" Miroku asked. Sango gasped. "They wouldn't do anything like that now, would they?" She asked looking a little fearful. Miroku shrugged. They walked back out of the forest still confused.
Shippo, Rin, Kohaku, Jaken, & Myoga all watched the sets of gown-ups walk into the wood & come back out. "What do you think they're doing in there?" Shippo asked as Miroku & Sango walked out looking perplexed & worried. "Maybe they're having a kind of council that they didn't invite us to." Myoga suggested. Everyone nodded, even Jaken who was one of the only grown-ups in the group. "That would be just like them." Shippo said as he crossed his arms & sat down. Rin patted him on the head in an attempt to calm him down. It helped a tiny bit as Shippo uncrossed his arms & instead stared angrily at the ground. "We could go over & ask them what's going on." Kohaku suggested when everyone else was thinking. Rin smiled at him. "That's a good idea. Lets go." Jaken stood with Myoga still on his shoulder. Shippo got up along with Kohaku & Rin, & they walked off toward Sango & Miroku.
Miroku & Sango watched as the group of people neared them. Kirara had jumped off Sango's lap & was sitting now on top of Kohaku's head. "Do you guys know why they have been so happy when they came out of that forest?" Shippo gestured to Sesshoumaru, Hikari, Inuyasha, & Kagome, over by the fire. "And why aren't you two all smile's & blushing? Why aren't you over there?" Shippo gestured to the fire again. Miroku gave him an annoyed look. "We don't know what was going on back there. There was nothing that exciting in the forest. Besides we don't want to sit over there right now." Sango nodded. Rin now had Kirara in her arms, petting his fur gently. Kohaku watched her out of the corner of his eye. "Are you sure you don't know anything sis?" Sango shook her head. "If we did we'd tell you." "Then lets go ask them." Shippo said pointing at the group by the fire. Hikari had just gotten up to get her guitar, as they marched over.
Hikari strummed out the song from 'Kikaider' for a bit before the group descended on them. "Well?" Shippo ask before she could say a word. "Well what, Shippo? I was going to call you guys over in a minute." Sango stared down at her. "Uh.guys is something wrong?" Inuyasha & Kagome were staring now. Sesshoumaru was watching with a blank expression. "What went on in the forest that you couldn't include us all?" Shippo ask, he was feeling rather brave after the fight with Naraku. "That's none of your business rat!" Inuyasha said as he gave Shippo a 'bonk' to the head. "Inuyasha sit boy!" *Wham* Hikari blushed as she searched for the right words. "It was nothing that would, um.Kagome?" Hikari looked to the other girl for support. Kagome shrugged but tried her best. "We were watching the stars together. Is something wrong?" Miroku gave them all an uncertain look before he smiled. "Well, we thought you were holding a secret council without us." Hikari laughed along with the others. "Why would we do that?" The questioners stopped as they pondered that question. They head not thought of that. "Well anyway, I was going to start playing. You guys gonna stay?" They all smiled & sat down around the fire.
The next morning they Hikari said her 'good-bye's' & 'good luck's' to everyone. She hugged all her new friends' goodbye. Even Miroku who was wise enough not to grope her. She told Kagome to call her the next time she was in the future & they would go have lunch sometime. She scribbled out her two phone numbers for Kagome as she hurried to pack her things. "This is my cell, & this is my home number." She pointed out each to Kagome. "Good luck with Inuyasha" She whispered into her ear. Kagome smiled & nodded as she headed after her friends. Hikari finished her packing & walked over to Ah- Un. "Sorry Sesshoumaru, I wanted to give Kagome my phone number." He nodded & patted her head. She smiled at him as Rin & Jaken came over with flowers. "These are for you Sesshoumaru-sama." Rin said as she took the flowers that Jaken was holding & handed them to him. "And these are for Hikari-sama." She said handing the other flowers to her. "Thank you Rin-chan, they're beautiful." Rin smiled at Jaken who wore an assortment of flower crowns, necklaces, & bracelets. Rin wore a single crown on her head & a flower necklace around her neck. Sesshoumaru smiled at her & thanked her for his flowers. They carefully strapped the bike to Ah-Un as they prepared to take off.
Hikari had never been so happy in her whole life. The person she loved, loved her too. She had made new friends. She was the guardian of a small, funny little girl. She could cross between time, everything was going the right way. There was the small matter of Naraku, & her betrothed in the future, but she was sure that they would be able to destroy it. She glided alongside Ah-Un. Sesshoumaru was gliding on his other side, as there was no room with the bike strapped to his back. Jaken was sitting atop Ah- Un's head. Rin was flapping her arms in the wind on top of Hikari's back. Sesshoumaru watched them from his place on the swirling cloud. Hikari's wounds had been treated & she was very happy as she flew over the earth. "Where are we going now Sesshoumaru?" Hikari noticed the landscape from when she was traveling on foot. He looked over & smiled at her, something that he was beginning to do more often. "We are going back to Keade's village for a little party with Inuyasha." Hikari stared at him. He had hated his brother so much only a few days ago, why the change? Why was he now so eager to hang around with him? Did he want to bond with the little brother that he used to hate? "Sweet! This going to be so cool!" Hikari did a loop-the-loop with Rin screaming happily on her back. Sesshoumaru smiled as the girls continued to giggle at things below.
At Keade's village the IY team had already begun preparations for the party. They had reached there using the efforts of Miroku's raccoon friend & Kirara. Shippo was busy trying to make fun fireworks for the occasion. "What are we having this party for again?" He asked as Kagome passed by with food. "This is the 'Half way to beating Naraku' Party." Shippo nodded. "Do these look OK?" "Yeah, they're pretty." Maybe giving the child explosives was a bad idea. Kagome thought to herself as she carried the food to Keade's house. She walked in to see Keade talking to Inuyasha. "Hello Kagome. We were just talking about how many people we were going to feed." Keade said as she stood up. "If you need me to I can go back with Hikari to get some food from the future, when she gets here." Keade nodded. "Yes I was thinking that too. I heard that this girl is a White Dragon Clan member? Are you sure?" Kagome nodded. "She has blonde hair like you said they did, & big white feathery wings that changed into scaly dragon ones. She also has the mark on her forehead, the one with the two wings. And she has the blue magic attacks." Keade nodded as she pondered this. "You say that she is from the future like you? That is strange. I had heard that all of her kind had died years ago. When Inuyasha was first pinned to the tree. Maybe Naraku killed them because he saw them as a dangerous threat? Hmmm." Keade closed her one good eye as she rubbed her chin with one hand. Kagome sat the food down as she heard laughter from outside. "You can ask her right now if you want Keade, because she's here." They all walked over to the door to look at the new comers. They saw a two-headed dragon carrying a small green youkai & two escorts on either side. One was Hikari with Rin standing on her back & waving, the girls' wings were spread out to their full length. The other was Sesshoumaru riding a swirling cloud down toward them.
When they landed Keade walked over to Hikari & was looking over her feathered wings carefully. Hikari watched her examine her wings for some time before asking. "Uhh.can I help you?" She asked Keade. "Oh, Hikari this is Keade. Keade this is Hikari the WDC member." Hikari looked over at Kagome. "Hello Keade, is there something wrong?" Keade finished her inspection of the wings as she asked. "No I had just heard that your kind were completely wiped out." Hikari gave her a raised eyebrow before she understood. "Oh, well I don't understand that either, but I am a full blooded member. Keade nodded as she scratched her chin again. "Hikari I think we might need to get some food from the future. Any suggestions?" Hikari thought for a moment. "How about we get some desert along with that? We could get chocolate, chips, pretzels, salad, & stuff." Kagome smiled. "That sounds great lets go!" She grabbed Hikari's arm leading her to the well. "I'll be back soon!" she called as she waved to Sesshoumaru. He watched her go with reluctant eyes. He didn't want her tog o without him but there were things that probably needed to be done for the party that only a youkai could do. He sighed as he turned to go.
A pair of malicious eyes watched the girls as they headed for the well. "This is going to be easier than I thought."
Kagome trudged on into the forest as Hikari followed behind her. "I thought that Inuyasha or Sesshoumaru would have stopped us from leaving." Hikari joked as Kagome went on. "Hey, Hikari?" "Yes?" Kagome stopped & whispered something in her ear. "Oh, sure. I have mine so we can get through." Kagome smiled & nodded. She had left her jewel at the village with Inuyasha for safekeeping. Now that she knew how he felt she was more willing to let him have it. As they neared the well they heard something in the bushes. Kagome was swept up into the air in a flash of color. Hikari tried to grab her but only succeeded in getting a fist of torn cloth. Kagome hung suspended in the air by a woman on a feather. "Kagura!" Hikari let her wings snap into place as she prepared to launch herself at her. "Ku ku ku." Hikari reeled to find that a white baboon was behind her. Kagome cried out at the sight of him. "Naraku!" Hikari stared at him before seeing the resemblance. "Your right he does look like him." Hikari joked at the man in the white pelt. "Ku ku ku. I would not say such things if I were you." He warned. Hikari glared at him. Above Kagura tightened her hold on Kagome. "Give me the shard of the Shikon Jewel & I will let her live." Hikari braced herself. She felt something coming her way, a power, the power of three Shikon shards?! Hikari dodged just in time to let a brown tornado pass by. The whirlwind swept toward Kagura. Kagura tried to dodge also but was struck by the brown tornado. When Hikari looked foe Kagome she noticed that she was in the arms of another demon. "Kouga!?" Kagome said as the demon dropped her to the ground. "Are you OK Kagome?" He asked as Naraku & Kagura recovered from his attacks. She nodded as Hikari looked for any sign of Sesshoumaru or Inuyasha. As if answering her question the red suited warrior & his brother swept in on the battlefield. Naraku cursed as they appeared. Hikari was standing by the well smiling cheerfully as she prepared to do battle. The battle commenced with Kagura drawing the attention of all the warriors. Hikari looked around for Naraku but couldn't see him anywhere. She swatted at a bee zooming over her head. She suddenly felt herself losing balance as someone pushed her. She grabbed at the cloak of the pusher & was face-to-face with Naraku. She growled as she pulled back for an attack. He laughed as he forced her back into the well. "Happy landings!" He called after her as one of his bugs retrieved her jewel shard. Hikari watched as Sesshoumaru appeared over the well reaching for her. She tried to grab for him, beating her wings effortlessly. She could fly with her wings facing the ground. "Sesshoumaru!!!" She called as she closed her eyes, wincing against the impact of the well bottom.
Sanosuke Sagara & Yahiko Myojin stood by the well as they talked of different things that had happened recently. "I heard that that ship just sunk." Sanosuke said as he chewed on a fish bone. Yahiko shook his head. "No way, the paper said that someone blew it up." They went on about the ship as they heard a 'thunk' & curses issuing from the well. "Damn you Naraku! Why can't I get back through?! Work you piece of shit well, work!!!" They turned around to see a young woman standing in the bottom of the well, stamping on the ground & walls around her. "Dammit!! I can't believe I let him get the fucking shard piece so easy!!! I'm going to kill him!!!" The girl continued on her rampage of the well as they watched. "Hey, that's not the way a lady should talk." Sano said from the top of the well. The girl stopped in mid curse to look up. "Do you need some help lady?" Yahiko asked as he stuck his head over the side of the well. "Like hell I do. That bastard Naraku." She cursed under her breath as she stared menacingly at the bottom of the well. "How did you get down there?" Sanosuke asked as the girl started to pound the bottom of the well again. "Some asshole pushed me down, & now I'm stuck here." Hikari was about to fire a burst shot at the well bottom when she noticed that they were staring at her. "Can we help you up?" Yahiko asked. Hikari stared at the well bottom. "Guess I'm going to be here for awhile." She muttered under her breath. Yahiko repeated his question. "Can we help you out of there miss?" Hikari stared up at him. "Naw, I can do it on my own thanks." "But I thought you said you were stuck?" They watched as Hikari hopped out of the well in a single bound. "Stuck in this time period yeah." She said as she landed by them. The fish bone fell out of Sanosuke's mouth. Yahiko looked like he was going to have a seizure. "What?" Maybe I shouldn't have mentioned the whole time period thing. She thought as she saw them staring. "Y-you just jumped straight out of that well. Kenshin can't even do that without a double jump off one of the walls." Hikari looked back down the well & gave it a dirty finger sign. "Oh, that?" She said pointing to the well. "That's easy." She shrugged & started walking away. "Nice meeting you two. I gotta go now though." She was just walking past them when Sano grabbed her shoulder. "Hold on missy. I think Kenshin would like to meet you." Hikari glared at him. "That's great & all but I seriously need to get out of here. I got to find a way back to where I came from." Sano acted as if he hadn't heard her & started to pull her along. She figured maybe she should go with him. The guy seemed nice enough. The kid was nice too. She needed a place to stay while she figured which attack to use on the stinking well. "Hey kid whose Kenshin?" Yahiko looked at her more closely than he had before. "I've never seen hair like yours. Kenshin is a swordsman. He's really good. By the way, my name is Yahiko, & he's Sanosuke. You can call him Sano though. What's yours?" Hikari wondered which name to use. "My name is, uh.Hikari. Nice to meet you Yahiko. Nice to meet you Sano." Sano continued to pull her along by the back of her ninja outfit. He grunted a 'hello missy' as they came to the dojo. Yahiko noticed the sword & shuriken that she was carrying along with her bow & arrow too as they clanged against the door. Sano let Hikari go as he went on into the house. Hikari looked around the houses outside as Yahiko touched one of the shuriken & her sword. "Are you a swordsman too?" He asked as he looked over her katana. "Yeah, I guess you could say that." Hikari answered as she spotted a red haired man staring at her from a window. She turned away when she spotted him. "Are you a ninja too?" Yahiko asked as he pointed to her shuriken then her outfit. "Sorta." Was all she said as the door slid back to reveal a woman with long black hair in a kimono that was pink. "You must be Hikari. I'm Kaoru Kamiya." Hikari looked at the woman who was approaching her. She didn't look like a youkai. That was good, she was tired of youkai fighting. "I heard that they found you in the bottom of the well. How did you get there?" Kaoru was smiling but Hikari could tell that these people thought that she was crazy. "Look I'm not crazy or anything, but your not going to believe me if I told you. So, anyway I gotta go. There's someone that I have to beat the crap out of." Hikari turned to go but a hand was on her shoulder. "Please, I insist that you stay here. I have a lot of nuts living here already." "WHAT?!" Yahiko burst out when he heard her words. "Like this one here. Incurable." She patted Yahiko's head, as they both burst into laughter. "I guess I can tell you but I still think that you're going to think I'm crazy." Hikari said as she looked at Kaoru's smiling face. They went inside still smiling & laughing at Yahiko's expense.
Once inside Hikari was introduced to Kenshin Himura & Megumi Tanaki. Both were glad to meet her. Kenshin also asked of the sword, bow, & shuriken at her side. They all sat down to dinner as they urged Hikari to tell where she was from & who she was. "I am from both the past & the future." Hikari began, getting raised eyebrows. "Alright, there's this jewel called the jewel of four souls. A friend of mine was keeping it safe until a crow demon took it. The crow demon swallowed the jewel & was taking off when my friend hit it with an arrow. The arrow caused the jewel to shatter into thousands of tiny pieces. That was back in the Sengoku Jidaii." She stopped to take a sip of water. More raised eyebrows she noticed with disgust. I knew they would think I was crazy. "500 years later I found a sliver of the shard & fell down that well. I appeared in the Sengoku Jidaii. I gained friends there & met the girl who had shattered the jewel. I found that some idiot named Naraku was trying to get the jewel for himself so that he could become a full demon. I was fighting him with a couple of my friends by that well when he pushed me in & stole my shard. Now I can't get back because he 1.) Stole my shard & 2.) Probably sealed the well so I couldn't get through the well with my powers." They were still staring at her with curious looks. "Alright that was the abbreviated version, this is what really happened." She delved into the story of Onigumo, Kikyo, & Inuyasha. She told them that Kagome had the jewel inside of her because she was the reincarnation of Kikyo 500 years later. She told how she had met Sesshoumaru, leaving out the part where they kissed & went to the future. She told them of her dog Hikaru who was really youkai. She told of the White Dragon Clan which she was a full-blooded member of, & the Black Dragon Clan which held her betrothed. She told them of how she had been captured & interrogated by Naraku. How she had then become his puppet & lost all control. How she had almost killed her beloved by her own smoking gun. The reason that she hated Naraku. The reason that she must get back. Everything. The whole story took 2 hours to tell, but was worth it. They still thought that she was crazy but were listening very well.
When she had finally told them everything she sighed & took a sip of water. "And that's why I need to get back through the damn well." Megumi had already told her several times not to say those kinds of words, but Hikari didn't care. "Young lady's shouldn't say those words Hikari." She said for about the millionth time. "M'k." Hikari said as she took another sip of water. "Prove it." Came Sano's voice. "Prove that you're what you say you are." Hikari rolled tired eyes at him. "You wanted to know who I was. If you still don't believe me then it is none of my business. I didn't think you would believe me anyhow, so it doesn't matter to me." Hikari took another sip of water. "Your lying aren't you? None of that was true. You're a youkai yourself & you want to eat us." Hikari rolled the tired eye's at him again. "Believe what you want. I wasn't lying, but you can choose what you want to believe." Sano stared at her as she got up. "I'll be outside. And thank you for the food Miss Kaoru" She pushed the screen aside as she walked out. Pushing the screen to, they saw her shadow shoot up ward as a 'thunk' sounded on the roof. "I tell you it ain't normal for a girl to act that way. Talking like that, & being able to jump like that, she's a youkai. She's going to eat us alive." Sano said as he pointed to the roof. Hikari suddenly appeared behind him. "I told you that I ain't a youkai. And besides, you told me to come here. I didn't want to but you insisted." Hikari poked his nose as she disappeared again. Sano freaked & ran outside to see Hikari stretched out on the roof. "How did you do that?!" He called from the ground. Hikari sat up & gave him a curious look. "What are you talking about Mr. Sano?" The rest of the inhabitants from the dojo had come out now too. "You just appeared in the room & disappeared again." Sano was glaring at her. Hikari smiled & jumped off the roof. "That trick is easy too." She disappeared & reappeared behind a tree. "See? No, I guess you can't." Hikari reappeared on the roof again. "Do you really want to see my wings so bad?" She asked as she leaned forward. Sano gulped & shook his head nervously. 'Oh, he is so superstitious.' Hikari though as she smiled at him. He gulped again. She stood up on the roof & jumped. She twirled through air as white began to appear in the swirl of color. She landed on one foot with a 'ta-da'. The wings glistened in the moonlight. "That's them." She said pointing to the big white feathery wings on her back. They all had huge eyes on their faces as they looked at her. Before she could move they were all touching the wings. "Are you sure these are real?" Came Yahiko's voice from somewhere. "Of course they are. Yeow! Who pinched me?!" Megumi stood up & looked at her. "Sorry that was me. I wanted to see your reaction to one of the feathers being pulled out." Hikari looked shocked. "You did what to my wings?!" She nearly threw everyone off when she snapped the wings to attention. Megumi giggled "Don't worry it was only a pinch. I didn't take a feather out." Hikari could feel the aura surrounding her. She growled lowly as she glared at Megumi. Megumi stared at the girl. She was glowing blue. Before she could get a closer look Hikari was back to her normal self. "Good." Then she disappeared back onto the roof again. They all watched as she lay down to look at the stars. Then one-by-one they went back into the house, except Kenshin who hopped onto the roof beside her. "It's a beautiful night to watch stars isn't it Miss Hikari?" She sat up. "Yeah, I guess, I wasn't really looking at them." He turned his head from the stars to look at her. "What were you looking at then Miss Hikari?" "I was actually thinking about something & I wanted to be somewhere quiet to do it. By the way you don't have to call me 'Miss'. Just call me Hikari." He stared at her as she watched the stars. "What are you thinking about?" Hikari looked at him for a few moments, wondering if she should tell him. "I was thinking about.Sesshoumaru." Kenshin recognized the name from her story. "You mean the dog demon who saved you?" Hikari blushed, Kenshin noticed but didn't say anything. "I, umm.yeah." Kenshin could see that she was hiding something. "Why were you thinking about him Hikari? If you don't mind me asking." He could see tears starting in her eyes. "I.I don't know if he's still alive in the Sengoku Jidaii. For all I know he could be dead. Along with Rin & Jaken & everyone else. I was supposed to protect Rin. If she's dead then." Her voice caught & she couldn't go on. He watched as her eyes misted in memory. Before long he decided to ask the question that he had wanted to ask before. "Hikari, what happened to your family? Like your mother & your father?" Hikari tried to contain the tears but two spilled down either cheek. "They died. My two brothers, my sister, & my parents. In a car crash three years ago in my time." He watched the tears roll down her cheeks. "That's only one of the reason's why it's so important to me to get back to the Sengoku Jidaii. I don't want to lose my new family so soon." More uncontrolled tears ran down her cheeks. Kenshin watched as she lost all control & sobbed into her knees. As she leaned down to cry into her legs she bumped the button on her shirt & the song from a long time ago played over. Kenshin listened to the sweet piano music of 'Promise of Reunion' for a little while before he tapped Hikari on the shoulder. "What's that song called?" Hikari gave him a small smile as she looked at the button. "This *sniff* song is called 'Promise of a Reunion'. I recorded it onto several buttons like these & gave them to my family one year for Christmas. It was supposed to be a sign that we would never be apart. Then they died. I was so angry with myself for not being there, with them when it happened. Then I found my new family & re-recorded the song onto more buttons. I made enough so that no matter what happened I would always have one with me, to give to a new friend that I met. But now I still have them, the ones I was going to give to them." Hikari pulled the buttons out from her clothes. "I was going to give them to them when the party started but.he came & I never got to. I don't even know if they're still alive." Hikari looked out toward the well. She couldn't see it from the rooftop, but she knew it was just beyond the next building. "Hikari?" Kenshin asked as she lay back down to look at the stars. "Yeah, Kenshin?" "What's a car?"
Kenshin had tried his best but Hikari refused to sleep in the house. "Sorry if I was rude earlier but I was really frustrated. Thank you for inviting me in though. Besides I make everyone nervous & I don't want anyone to lose sleep because they're afraid of me. I'll just be up here." She smiled at him until he had left the rooftop. Kenshin watched as the girl rolled over to sleep. He smiled & walked into the house. "Did she try to eat you?" Sano asked as he walked in the door. He was surprised that the gang was still awake. "No Sano. We just talked. She isn't mean or youkai. She's just a girl who's lost her family & friends in horrible ways." The people in the room stopped. "For real? What happened to them?" Yahiko asked. "Her family died over seas in a car crash, she said that they were something like a carriage with no horse & ran on gas. She is not aware of her friends' fates but fears the worst. She was telling the truth in that story." Kenshin gave them all a hard truthful stare. They understood what he was saying. "The poor girl. Why didn't she tell us about her family?" Kaoru asked through teary eyes, & here she had though t the girl was crazy. "She blames herself for their deaths. She decided to stay home when they went away, so she thinks it is her fault that they were killed. She feels horrible for not being there when they died." Megumi looked up at the roof where Hikari was sleeping. "Where is she now?" She asked as she looked over at Kenshin. "She's sleeping on the roof." Kenshin said. "She's probably tired after crying so hard." Kaoru gave him a worried look. "She decided but I did try to convince her to sleep in the house." The group stared a little longer at the roof until they heard a scraping noise & saw Hikari's shadow moving toward one of the trees. They watched as she jumped into the tree & stayed there. Kaoru sighed as she walked off to bed. "Poor girl."
The next morning everyone woke to the sound & smell of cooking. Kaoru walked lazily into the kitchen thinking that Kenshin was there, cooking breakfast. Instead she was shocked to see a golden braid. "Hikari, are you making breakfast?" She asked as Yahiko lumbered in & started staring at the girl who was cooking. "Yeah. I gotta do somethin' to earn my keep until I get the hell outta here." Kaoru smiled as she sat down to look at a food she had never seen before. Yahiko received a similar thing on his plate. The object was round & slightly brown. It looked like bread. "Hikari, what is this?" Yahiko asked as he poked the round object. "These are called pancakes. They're good, future food." Hikari smiled at them as she made more. Yahiko picked it up & took a bite out of it. "Wow, this is good Hikari." He took another bite as Kaoru tried hers. Sanosuke walked in, took one look at the cook & tried to get back out of the room again. Hikari was in front of the door before he could move. "My cookin' ain't that bad Mr. Sano." He yelped as she pulled him back by the shirt to the table. She placed several pancakes in front of him. He saw Yahiko & Kaoru eating theirs hungrily, so reluctantly he took a bite. It tasted great. "What are these things?" He asked as he took another bite. "Pancakes. Future food." Yahiko answered for Hikari. Kenshin & Megumi walked into the room. Hikari gave them some pancakes, informing them of what they were before she left to make the last batch. Megumi & Kenshin had the same reaction as the others on the food. They liked it.
After breakfast, Hikari died a scarf around her head & an apron around herself & grabbed up all the cleaning supplies. Kenshin watched her curiously as she walked over & put a wet soapy rag on the floor. Placing her hands on it she put her feet in a track position. "Ready, set, go!" She said & tore down the hall. Kenshin was surprised at her speed in doing the work. "Da, da, da, da, da." She said as she turned & ran back down the hall. Sano watched from the opposite end of the hall. The fish bone he was chewing on fell out of his mouth & onto the floor. With wide eyes he ran back away down the hall before Hikari noticed he was there.
After she had finished cleaning the floors Kenshin spotted her sweeping on the porch with the same vigor as she had used when washing the floors. Dust stuck to her as it flew through the air. Kenshin smiled at her work & sweatdropped as Sano walked over only to see her working & run away again.
The next time Hikari was seen, she was in the front of the house, using paper & paint she had bought herself she was making a portrait. She smiled evilly at her picture that looked like Naraku. He was smirking at her from the page as she hung him on a tree & got out her bow & arrow. She was still smiling as she drew it back & let the arrow fly into his forehead. "Bingo." She said & let another & another fly. Soon, Kenshin & the others could barely see her arms moving. The arrows flew out faster than they could follow & all hit a point on Naraku. "Die, die, die!" Hikari growled out each time she fired an arrow. With a bit of shock she noticed that she had run out of arrows & picked the ones out of the picture & started over again & again until she had obliterated the paper.
Toward sunset that afternoon, Kenshin was sweeping as Hikari snoozed on the roof. Her ninja outfit was a little uncomfortable to sleep in but that didn't stop her. She was awakened by the sound of banging on the door. She opened one eye lazily. She had not thought of a single thing to do about the well yet, & all that banging was disturbing her thought. She watched as Kenshin walked over to the door. When it was opened Hikari noticed a tall man in a police uniform. She braced herself to disappear. Behind the cop was a young girl who looked about Hikari's age. She had on the same ninja suit as her & her hair was also in a braid. Hikari watched as the cop pushed her forward. His eyes are creepy. Hikari thought as she watched them from the roof. "This girl has been wandering around for days looking for this dojo. She wanted to see the inhabitants of it. Please try to keep your friends under control, Kenshin." "Alright Saito." The cop spotted her on the roof. "Another friend of yours Kenshin? She looks a bit dirty." "That's not nice to say about women. Especially when they can hear you." Hikari said as she popped into the tree over head. Saito watched her carefully. The girl that was now standing by Kenshin was looking her over curiously. Hikari hung upside down from the branch. "I'm not dirty, just stuck." Saito raised an eyebrow at her. Hikari decided not to explain though as she popped onto the street behind him. "I'm going to the well for a while, OK Kenshin?" Kenshin nodded as the girl walked casually down the road. Saito watched her go. "Who was that?" Misoa asked. "She looked like me." Kenshin suddenly noticed the resemblance. "That's Hikari. She's not going to be staying long. She has a mission that she needs to do here." Kenshin watched as Hajime Saito followed the girl. "Was there something you wanted Misoa?" Kenshin asked as he shut the door to the dojo again.
Saito arrived at the well to see that the girl was nowhere around. He looked down the well but she was gone. "Boo." Saito turned around to see the girl smiling at him, as she hung upside-down from the God Tree. He looked at her smiling face with his cold eyes that never showed emotion. She stared at his eyes for a moment before she flipped herself right side up. "Your eyes remind me of someone I knew a long time ago." She said as she crossed to the well. "Are you going to keep staring at me? It's very disrupting." He narrowed his eyes at her as she looked down the well. She flipped in & hit the bottom with a 'thunk'. "Dammit Naraku!" She cursed from the bottom of the well. Saito looked down to she her pacing the bottom rubbing her chin. "Maybe if I.no, that'll blow it up." She kept murmuring ideas to herself. She finally jumped back up & landed on the lip of the well. Dropping to the ground she turned to face the well. "This should do it." She placed both hands in front of her. As if she were warming them by the fire. "If this doesn't work I'm going to chop my hands off." Hikari took a deep breath as she recited the words that she thought might unseal the well to her powers. Her body glowed blue as she closed her eyes. Her mouth moved but undecipherable words in any language were the only things that came out. Saito watched as the well & the girl glowed an eerie blue color as she chanted words that he didn't understand. Slowly after five minutes the glowing receded & the girls' arms dropped to her side. She opened her eyes to see the well still glowing. Hikari giggled & jumped in. *Thunk* "Damn you Naraku!!" Hikari flipped back up & kicked the well. "Damn, damn, DAMN!!!" The well stopped glowing as she kicked it. Hikari growled as she stomped back over to the God Tree. She slumped down to the ground, as she noticed that Saito was staring at her. "Uh.nice weather." Hikari said as she stared up into the leaves of the tree. Saito walked over to her. "What or who are you?" Hikari glanced up at him. "I'm a member of the White Dragon Clan. My name is Hikari Lorenz & I'm from the future. I used to travel through this well to get to my time & the Sengoku Jidaii. Then one day this asshole named Naraku took my Shikon Jewel shard that I was using to get through the well, sealed it against my powers, & pushed me in. I had friends who I was fighting him with, but they.I don't know if he retreated after he thought he had disposed of me or what. They could all be dead right now." Hikari let her head roll in his direction. "You think I'm crazy don't you? Aw, what do I care? I gotta get that blasted well working." Hikari stood back up. She paced around the well before she stopped. Kicking the well she listened to the hollow thunk. "Can't hurt to try. Well actually, it could hurt a lot. I usually pass out when that happens." Hikari was murmuring to herself as she peeked down the well. "Here goes nothing." Hikari stuck her hands back out. She felt for the twinge of power that she had felt the last two times she had gained full power. Her wings spread out, as the mark on her forehead became visible. "Work damn you." Hikari groaned as the feathers melted away, revealing her dragon wings. The mark on her head burned as she reached for the power. "You had better hold onto something." She warned Saito as her eye's lost their pupil. She could feel her voice changing. It sounded like many voices instead of one. She knew that her hair was down out of its braid but she didn't care. She just wanted to see Sesshoumaru again. "Sesshoumaru." She gasped as white-hot power surged through her. She pushed the power through her into the well, which sucked it up like it was food. Saito watched as the girl released the power in the form of a dragon. When it was all over the girl turned & headed for the dojo. Her eyes still contained no pupil, her wings were that of a dragon, her hair swirled around her, & the blue aura kept up as strong as ever. Saito caught a glimpse of the girl's head before she turned to leave. The sign of the White Dragon Clan burned bright against her skin as she walked down the road.
Kenshin was still sweeping as the door to the dojo opened. In stepped a girl with flowing hair. She was surrounded by a blue aura, & her eyes contained no pupil. Her wings were featherless & scaly like a dragon's. And on her forehead burned the mark of the White Dragon Clan. The girl continued to walk toward him until she was a few feet away. The girl spoke in what sounded like many voices. "Now the fool seeks to heal her broken heart. And she says: Sesshoumaru.I love." The girl reeled & fell to the ground. Kenshin picked her up to see that the woman had been Hikari in her true form. The mark was still burning on her forehead but the wings had gone. He tried to wake her but she wouldn't. He carried her inside carefully. Kaoru was shocked but helped fix a futon as Kenshin told her what had happened.
Hikari opened her eyes to see that Kenshin was by her side. Hikari sat up with a start. "Wait the well!!" She tried to sit up but fell back against the burning on her forehead. "I despise you true form!" Hikari said as she pressed the cold cloth harder on her fore head. "Thanks for taking care of me Kenshin. Tell me, did I say anything weird while I was in true form?" Kenshin told her the only thing that she had said to him. "Really, I said that? How strange." She stood & walked out the door. Megumi & Kaoru were sitting on the floor & drinking tea. When they saw Hikari they stopped drinking. "Miss Hikari you shouldn't be up yet. That was quite a spell you had there." Hikari glanced at her. "Thank you for taking care of me Miss Megumi, but I need to get back to the well." Megumi tried to stop her but couldn't stop the girl from disappearing & reappearing outside the house. "Gods, I guess I shouldn't do that so soon." She grumbled as she clutched her head. Kaoru & the others ran to the door to retrieve her. Yahiko & Sano were trying to get her to stop also. Hikari reached the door as it slid open. She stared at the group of people beyond like she'd never seen them before. They stood there looking at her in the same way for some time. "S- sesshoumaru?" The man realized whom he was talking to. "Hikari?" Hikari threw herself at him. "I thought you were dead!" She sobbed into his cloak as she cried. Inuyasha & the others stared at the dojo while they waited. "I thought that I would never see you guys again!" She cried until she couldn't anymore, then she just hugged him as he hugged her back. When they finally let go Hikari went & hugged everyone else. They all continued to chat & hug as the night wore on.
Long chap. But no need to fear, it's over. Not the story, the chapter silly. I hope you like the following chaps cause they will be crossovers. Anyway, enjoy the rest of the Meiji Era! Reviews! BYE!
~ OtakuSailorV