Chapter 13
"Hey, Sana!"
"Hey, what's up?"
"I was wondering if you wanted to sleep over at my house after the dance?"
"Ok, but I'd have to check with my mom and get some stuff from my house."
"Great!" Asa-chan let out a sigh of relief. As long as she watched Sana's back, she'd be fine.
~~
After the dance (and after Sana, Asayake, Ryouga, Sana, and Kyouko started walking in the rain to Asa-chan's house, where they would separate; Sana and Asa staying at her house, Ryo-kun slipping out to the well house and waiting for Asa to get him through the well, and Kyouko getting a taxi home.
"You know, this really sucks. You'd think that the gods would be kinder than to leave us here walking a half a mile in the rain." Asa-chan cried.
"Yeah, you'd think that, but I've learned over the years that the gods hate me." Sana answered.
"Heh, must be."
Finally, they got to the street corner maybe two blocks from Asa-chan's house and while Asa and Sana started making their journey down the street, Kyouko and Ryo-kun went their own way.
Asa and Sana were only a few houses away, when Asa-chan got the strange feeling that they were being followed. Asa-chan tried to rush Sana, but she was taking her own sweet time.
"I'm telling you, someone is behind us!"
"Probably the neighbor's dog- stop freaking out!"
"We're almost home, just hurry up. I don't want to be stuck out here while the 'raindrops are falling on your head.'"
"Sometimes I enjoy the rain." Sana said, as she broke out in song. "The raindrops are falling on my head~ But that doesn't mean my eyes'll soon be turning red-"
"Shut up! And stop walking slow on purpose! Come on! It's taking up ten minutes to get from one end of the street to the other!"
"What's the big fat rush?"
"I wanna get out of the rain!"
"Fine, I'll walk faster." They almost got to Asa-chan's house, when they heard thunder.
"Come on, this is really freaking me out!"
"Me too!" They started running, when Keisuke came out of nowhere- with a real knife (not a ladle this time). Sana screamed.
"Keisuke-kun, you scared me! Hey, what's up with the knife?" Sana asked nervously.
"I don't think we want to stick around and find out!" Asa-chan exclaimed, grabbed Sana by her shirt, and ran. Unfortunately, Keisuke was faster than her when she was in her human form. He stabbed Sana in the side, or so he thought. Asa-chan got in front of Sana and took the blow. He tried again, but Asa-chan got in his way. Asa-chan turned demon, and attacked him. She punched him in the stomach and he got knocked out. Sana screamed and fainted. Asa-chan carried Sana and ran to her house.
"Asayake, is that you?" her grandmother cried from the other room.
"Yeah, Grandma, it's me. Can you help me out?"
"What happened? Why are you bleeding?" Her grandma asked as she walked in.
"It's fine, but I don't know about Sana." They laid her on the couch and patiently waited for her to wake up. Finally, after almost ten minutes, she awoke.
"Where am I?" she opened her eyes and looked around. "Asa-chan?" She screamed.
"What is it?"
"What- what are you?"
"It's me!"
"Your ears! And your hair!"
"Oh... long story, I'll save that for later."
"You'll tell me now."
"Ok, but you won't believe me."
"Try me."
"It started a really long time ago when my mom was a teenager. She suddenly traveled through the old well to the feudal era of Japan, and she met my dad, who happens to be a half-demon, who was searching for this jewel thing, but my mom broke it and the pieces scattered across Japan, so they searched for it for a really long time, but there was this other guy who was also looking for it named Naraku, so my mom, my dad, and their two other friends who are Ryo-kun's parents, fought Naraku and won, and I was born in the feudal era, but my mom wanted me to go to school here, so she cast a spell on me to make me turn human when I wanted to, and that's when I met you." Asa-chan said in one big breath.
"How hard did I hit my head?"
"I'm serious!"
"So am I! How am I supposed to believe that you're some kind of demon from 500 years ago?"
"I'm actually a quarter-demon. The rest is just human. But there is a little bit more."
"My family is kind of in a time loop sort of thing, so when I marry Ryo-kun in the past, he's going to kill this guy that is Keisuke's ancestor, so he wants to kill you because I'm your ancestor, kind of."
"Did you hit your head?"
"No! This is the truth!"
"Oh, yeah? Prove it!"
"Fine! I will."
"Um, sorry to interrupt, but Asayake, I don't really think this is the best thing to do."
"But Grandma, I have to."
"Well, I guess it'll be alright, but this is very dangerous."
"I know. Come on, Sana, I'll show you." They walked to the well house where Ryo-kun was waiting.
"That took a while."
"Oh, well, we're going home." Asa-chan grabbed the two by the wrist and jumped down the well. They climbed out of it once they had traveled back in time.
"Where are we?" Sana asked, confused.
"Feudal Japan." Asa-chan replied as she took them to the village. "And this is my house."
"Whoa." Asa-chan opened the door.
"Hey Mom, I'm home."
"Great, did you have fun- oh, hi Sana. What are you doing here?" Kagome said through her teeth.
"Mom, I can explain."
"Oh, really? I'd like to hear this. And so would your father." Kagome replied. "Inu-Yasha!" she called.
"What?" he asked as he walked in the room. "Hey, Sana, whatcha doing here?"
Asa-chan sat down and explained everything.
"Well, thank the gods that you both are safe! But still, Asa, you know that it's not safe! If something is wrong, don't try to take care of it yourself."
"I know Mom, but I wasn't planning on any of this happening."
"You have to be a lot more discreet now that someone has already seen you."
"Don't worry. I'll take care of it."
"You'd better hope so. Things are already bad enough."
"Um, Mrs. Higurashi?" Sana asked. "What do I do?"
"Well, how do you feel?"
"A little strange. This seems so surreal. How could I not know for so long?"
"I know, but if anyone found out, the whole time loop might've been affected." Asa-chan replied.
"This is just so weird."
"Well, now that you know, I don't have to hide anything from you."
"Yeah." Sana smiled. "This is good."
~~
Asa-chan and Sana had a few things to talk about, but in the end, not much had changed. They were still best friends. Kyouko and Sana were a real couple, and so were Asayake and Ryouga. Kagome and Inu-Yasha welcomed the newest addition to the family- Asakaze Hikaru Higurashi.
~~
"Hey Mom, I'm back!"
"Did you finish your homework?" Kagome asked while she was holding the baby.
"Yeah. Let me see Saka for a sec."
"Sure." Kagome handed her to Asa-chan.
"Hi, Saka-chan!" Asa held up her 3-month old baby sister. She was so cute! She had straight, silver hair and black streaks with fuzzy, little ears. Asakaze looked up at her older sister with her dark brown eyes and smiled.
A/N: Well, that's the end (of the story)! I know that it sucked, so don't flame! There might be an epilogue coming up, but I figured that I should just get this chapter out, before people start stoning me. Um, Asakaze means morning breeze, and Hikaru means to shine.
"Hey, Sana!"
"Hey, what's up?"
"I was wondering if you wanted to sleep over at my house after the dance?"
"Ok, but I'd have to check with my mom and get some stuff from my house."
"Great!" Asa-chan let out a sigh of relief. As long as she watched Sana's back, she'd be fine.
~~
After the dance (and after Sana, Asayake, Ryouga, Sana, and Kyouko started walking in the rain to Asa-chan's house, where they would separate; Sana and Asa staying at her house, Ryo-kun slipping out to the well house and waiting for Asa to get him through the well, and Kyouko getting a taxi home.
"You know, this really sucks. You'd think that the gods would be kinder than to leave us here walking a half a mile in the rain." Asa-chan cried.
"Yeah, you'd think that, but I've learned over the years that the gods hate me." Sana answered.
"Heh, must be."
Finally, they got to the street corner maybe two blocks from Asa-chan's house and while Asa and Sana started making their journey down the street, Kyouko and Ryo-kun went their own way.
Asa and Sana were only a few houses away, when Asa-chan got the strange feeling that they were being followed. Asa-chan tried to rush Sana, but she was taking her own sweet time.
"I'm telling you, someone is behind us!"
"Probably the neighbor's dog- stop freaking out!"
"We're almost home, just hurry up. I don't want to be stuck out here while the 'raindrops are falling on your head.'"
"Sometimes I enjoy the rain." Sana said, as she broke out in song. "The raindrops are falling on my head~ But that doesn't mean my eyes'll soon be turning red-"
"Shut up! And stop walking slow on purpose! Come on! It's taking up ten minutes to get from one end of the street to the other!"
"What's the big fat rush?"
"I wanna get out of the rain!"
"Fine, I'll walk faster." They almost got to Asa-chan's house, when they heard thunder.
"Come on, this is really freaking me out!"
"Me too!" They started running, when Keisuke came out of nowhere- with a real knife (not a ladle this time). Sana screamed.
"Keisuke-kun, you scared me! Hey, what's up with the knife?" Sana asked nervously.
"I don't think we want to stick around and find out!" Asa-chan exclaimed, grabbed Sana by her shirt, and ran. Unfortunately, Keisuke was faster than her when she was in her human form. He stabbed Sana in the side, or so he thought. Asa-chan got in front of Sana and took the blow. He tried again, but Asa-chan got in his way. Asa-chan turned demon, and attacked him. She punched him in the stomach and he got knocked out. Sana screamed and fainted. Asa-chan carried Sana and ran to her house.
"Asayake, is that you?" her grandmother cried from the other room.
"Yeah, Grandma, it's me. Can you help me out?"
"What happened? Why are you bleeding?" Her grandma asked as she walked in.
"It's fine, but I don't know about Sana." They laid her on the couch and patiently waited for her to wake up. Finally, after almost ten minutes, she awoke.
"Where am I?" she opened her eyes and looked around. "Asa-chan?" She screamed.
"What is it?"
"What- what are you?"
"It's me!"
"Your ears! And your hair!"
"Oh... long story, I'll save that for later."
"You'll tell me now."
"Ok, but you won't believe me."
"Try me."
"It started a really long time ago when my mom was a teenager. She suddenly traveled through the old well to the feudal era of Japan, and she met my dad, who happens to be a half-demon, who was searching for this jewel thing, but my mom broke it and the pieces scattered across Japan, so they searched for it for a really long time, but there was this other guy who was also looking for it named Naraku, so my mom, my dad, and their two other friends who are Ryo-kun's parents, fought Naraku and won, and I was born in the feudal era, but my mom wanted me to go to school here, so she cast a spell on me to make me turn human when I wanted to, and that's when I met you." Asa-chan said in one big breath.
"How hard did I hit my head?"
"I'm serious!"
"So am I! How am I supposed to believe that you're some kind of demon from 500 years ago?"
"I'm actually a quarter-demon. The rest is just human. But there is a little bit more."
"My family is kind of in a time loop sort of thing, so when I marry Ryo-kun in the past, he's going to kill this guy that is Keisuke's ancestor, so he wants to kill you because I'm your ancestor, kind of."
"Did you hit your head?"
"No! This is the truth!"
"Oh, yeah? Prove it!"
"Fine! I will."
"Um, sorry to interrupt, but Asayake, I don't really think this is the best thing to do."
"But Grandma, I have to."
"Well, I guess it'll be alright, but this is very dangerous."
"I know. Come on, Sana, I'll show you." They walked to the well house where Ryo-kun was waiting.
"That took a while."
"Oh, well, we're going home." Asa-chan grabbed the two by the wrist and jumped down the well. They climbed out of it once they had traveled back in time.
"Where are we?" Sana asked, confused.
"Feudal Japan." Asa-chan replied as she took them to the village. "And this is my house."
"Whoa." Asa-chan opened the door.
"Hey Mom, I'm home."
"Great, did you have fun- oh, hi Sana. What are you doing here?" Kagome said through her teeth.
"Mom, I can explain."
"Oh, really? I'd like to hear this. And so would your father." Kagome replied. "Inu-Yasha!" she called.
"What?" he asked as he walked in the room. "Hey, Sana, whatcha doing here?"
Asa-chan sat down and explained everything.
"Well, thank the gods that you both are safe! But still, Asa, you know that it's not safe! If something is wrong, don't try to take care of it yourself."
"I know Mom, but I wasn't planning on any of this happening."
"You have to be a lot more discreet now that someone has already seen you."
"Don't worry. I'll take care of it."
"You'd better hope so. Things are already bad enough."
"Um, Mrs. Higurashi?" Sana asked. "What do I do?"
"Well, how do you feel?"
"A little strange. This seems so surreal. How could I not know for so long?"
"I know, but if anyone found out, the whole time loop might've been affected." Asa-chan replied.
"This is just so weird."
"Well, now that you know, I don't have to hide anything from you."
"Yeah." Sana smiled. "This is good."
~~
Asa-chan and Sana had a few things to talk about, but in the end, not much had changed. They were still best friends. Kyouko and Sana were a real couple, and so were Asayake and Ryouga. Kagome and Inu-Yasha welcomed the newest addition to the family- Asakaze Hikaru Higurashi.
~~
"Hey Mom, I'm back!"
"Did you finish your homework?" Kagome asked while she was holding the baby.
"Yeah. Let me see Saka for a sec."
"Sure." Kagome handed her to Asa-chan.
"Hi, Saka-chan!" Asa held up her 3-month old baby sister. She was so cute! She had straight, silver hair and black streaks with fuzzy, little ears. Asakaze looked up at her older sister with her dark brown eyes and smiled.
A/N: Well, that's the end (of the story)! I know that it sucked, so don't flame! There might be an epilogue coming up, but I figured that I should just get this chapter out, before people start stoning me. Um, Asakaze means morning breeze, and Hikaru means to shine.
