***Disclaimer: Okay… you all should know that if I owned any of the characters I'm using, I WOULDN'T BE WRITING LITTLE STORIES HERE! I'd be out making comic books! Sheesh! But I do own some peoples so don't sue me! Weee! ^_^
***Author's Note: Okay, I got a review saying that it was only Kenshin so far. Yes I know that but I'm planning to, for now, switch back and forth between the different shows. They'll all get together later on though. Oh and I suck at InuYasha stories. This is my first so I'll try to do good. ^_^
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***Last Time…
"She's got to come! She can really help! She's very strong and is very smart!" Koroko cried, taking Kana's side. Shisha stared at the two sisters. You could easily tell they were related and who their parent's were. She sighed and smiled.
"I give in. She can come. Now, we've got a short amount of time. I want someone to take care of the kids and someone bring Maylo to me. It's just about time to go."
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Chapter 2
The Half-demon and the Miko
"InuYasha," Kagome said smugly, "SIT! SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT!" Kagome smiled as she saw a red streak in the air fall violently towards the ground and smash with a painfully crunch. Next thing she knew, InuYasha was in front of her, his eyes full of anger and he let his mouth bring it out.
"What the hell was that for wench!?" he cried.
"You were following me!" Kagome bellowed back.
"I can follow you if I want!"
"You don't need to follow me though!"
"Yes I do!" InuYasha snarled, not noticing his mistake until it was too late. He spun around as a soft pink color washed over his face.
Kagome looked at him, confused, "You're worried about me?"
His back to her, he whispered, "Of course I am. After everything that happened, why wouldn't I?"
***Flashback***
Just about a month ago Kagome had died. And of course it had scared the wits out of her when she realized it later. She spent a whole week being dead, watching everybody. Seeing InuYasha crying over her (a/n: amazing! InuYasha cried???) had showed her something and she had begged to be taken back. Of course, the answer was no. She could make little contact through the trees and grass but couldn't be seen or actually come back. It only took her a few moments to get InuYasha's attention after she found this out. Disguised as a small flower, she called his name. Of course he couldn't hear her but he sensed her, which is just what she wanted.
After he had pin-pointed out what was calling him (it happened to be a small blue flower), InuYasha has approached it and sniffed. The flower seemed to shake and a soft sound like Kagome's laughter had met his ears. Still very confused, InuYasha touched the flower's petals and received a sigh. InuYasha (finally understanding) rushed to get Kaede, the village priestess, and brought her to the flower. Kaede realized it was Kagome's soul and she told InuYasha there was a way to bring her back.
InuYasha had later rushed off, in search of his brother Sesshomaru. After finding him, InuYasha (amazingly) begged his brother to come and bring the young miko back to life. After a lot of tormenting from his brother, Sesshomaru agreed and followed InuYasha back.
Kaede had gotten Kagome's body back and the flower had been burned in a special fire that had all sorts of herbs and other things inside. After dousing the fire, Kaede took the ashes and filled Kagome's mouth with them. Sesshomaru had then taken his sword and, slicing the other worldly creatures away, brought Kagome back to life. She had opened her eyes and had immediately started choking on the ashes in her mouth. Sesshomaru had left in the blink of an eye and Kaede and InuYasha had instantly gotten to Kagome's side. After helping Kagome get the ash out of her mouth, Kagome broke down and cried into InuYasha's chest. Kaede had left them alone and Kagome had fallen asleep in InuYasha's arms. He had set her down and put his hatori over her before leaving and sitting on top of the hut to watch over.
***End of Flashback***
"Are… are you worried that I might die again?" Kagome whispered as she watched InuYasha's hunched figure.
"I… I wasn't saying… erm…" InuYasha replied and Kagome could easily tell that his face had become pure red now. She smiled. She knew he hated it when she caught him getting jealous or worried over her. Stepping up behind him, she wrapped her arms around his neck and set her hand at the base of his neck while fingering the enchanted rosary. She rested her head on his silky silver hair and sighed in complete content.
InuYasha was too surprised to do anything. As he felt Kagome rested her head against his back, he wrapped his clawed hands around hers and after her heard her sigh, he too sighed and rubbed her hands.
Kagome smiled and let her eyes slip close as she slowly breathed in and out. Then she slowly opened her eyes and took her hands from InuYasha's. InuYasha, surprised, turned to protest but when he saw what she was doing, didn't complain. She walked in front of him and sat down next to him. She then wrapped her arms around his chest and snuggled up against him. She could feel InuYasha put his arms around her and hold her tightly to him.
InuYasha looked down at the girl in his arms. Could… should… should he tell her now? An idea popped into his head (yes, I know, amazing huh!?) as Kagome put her mouth against his hatori and felt the soft material she knew only to well against her lips.
Suddenly, InuYasha's hatori wasn't touching her lips. But his own lips were. Kagome's eyes grew and she started to pull away but InuYasha pulled her closer. Her eyelids suddenly became very droopy and her eyes slipped close as InuYasha's sweet lips ran over hers. InuYasha's lips stopped their assault on her mouth but continued all down the side of her face and then down her neck. Once he got to the top of her shirt, his lips went right back up to her mouth. This kiss however was short (but very sweet). InuYasha stopped kissing her (much to Kagome's dislike) and took his hands and put them up to her face.
He stared her dead in the eyes before whispering, "Kagome, I will ALWAYS care about you. If you are ever in danger, I will be there to protect you. I will never forget or not care about you. Don't you ever forget about that."
Kagome, tears rolling down her cheeks, hiccupped before whispering back, "Okay… InuYasha…" she planted a small kiss on the tip of his nose before curling up against his chest. InuYasha ran his hand threw her raven like hair and planted a kiss on the top of her head as he too drifted off into sleep.
A few hours later after InuYasha and Kagome had gotten back with the group, InuYasha picked up a strange scent. Miroku, a monk with a hole in his hand that could suck anything up inside, had also sensed something and they both headed out to find the source.
"It smells like a human with demon powers," InuYasha noted as he and Miroku left the edges of the village. Kelala, Sango's (a demon exterminator) demon companion that was a cat, followed behind them.
"I just sense a large amount of energy. More than a normal demon would have at least. InuYasha do you smell anything unusual?" Miroku asked.
InuYasha sniffed the air, "No, but-" InuYasha stopped in mind-sentence. He did. InuYasha sniffed again, "It… it smells like humans from Kagome's time. A smell different from here but normal. It's coming from that direction," InuYasha said, pointing towards some woods.
"Interesting. Well, if anyone else was able to come from Kagome's time we shall need Kagome's help and wisdom. Kelala," Miroku said, turning towards the small cat, "Please go and fetch Lady Kagome and Sango. We will need their help." Nodding, the little creature jumped up and sped off back towards the village.
Once Kagome and Sango (plus the little kitsune demon Shippo) had arrived, they headed towards the smell. And when they got there, they all gasped in surprise. People in strange clothing were stepping out of a large shining circle thing (which was a portal but InuYasha had no clue what that was) and were staying close together. InuYasha, unsheathing his Tetsusaiga, stepped into the light while everyone behind him followed suit.
"Who are you and what do you want?" he cried and everyone who had come out of the portal jumped three feet in the air. They all spun around while four of them pulled out swords (two being made of wood). Another tall male got in a fight position.
"Hold it!" a young woman cried. She had sky blue hair and was wearing clothes just like Sango did when she wasn't fighting, "These people can help us find the next ones on the list! We don't want to scare them away!"
"Please!" InuYasha retorted, "We would never be scared by the likes of you!"
"Please, we bring you no harm," the woman said, "We have come to talk to you. I believe I'm looking for…" the woman pulled out a thick thing of what looked like paper and read a few names off of it, "The famous half-demon InuYasha, the famous miko Kagome, a monk named Miroku, a demon slayer named Sango, and Sango's assistant Kelala." Blue fire suddenly came hurdling at her face. She ducked and it whizzed over her head.
"You can't forget me!" a little voice cried. Shippo, who was sitting on Kagome's shoulder frowned, "I'm the famous kitsune Shippo!"
InuYasha rolled his eyes, "Shippo," he muttered, "You aren't famous. Now shut up and let me do the talking. We are those people. Who are you and what do you want?"
"To talk," the woman replied, "I'm the leader of everyone. Please excuse them. They… they aren't from around here."
InuYasha glanced at Miroku, "Well? What do you say?"
Miroku studied the group for a moment, "I say we let them talk. They may lead us to another demon with a Shikon shard. And if we have to, we could easily knock them out."
"I agree," Sango said, stepping forward, "Nobody in their right mind would attack us with two wooden swords unless they weren't used to this area. Kagome are they from your time?"
"No," Kagome replied, puzzled, "But they look familiar." She paused, "I know! The red head is the legendary Battousai! We did a whole chapter on him in social studies! I remember cuz that was the only test I ever *cough: failed :cough*. He's not from this time but around 140 years before mine. So they're from about 300 years in the future here. WAIT A MINUTE!" she cried, realizing what she had just said.
The woman smiled weakly and responded, "I'll tell you everything if you will let us into your village. We are all human here."
InuYasha sniffed the air between them and hesitated for a moment before nodding and leading them off towards the village.
"Now Death's heading here. She's actually already got her spy here and after she finishes off a few other dimensions, she coming here." Once again, silence.
'This is getting old,' Shisha thought.
"So what you're saying," Miroku said slowly, thinking everything over, "Is that someone we know here is a spy for this amazingly powerful demon called Death who is fighting a group of people called the Z fighters right now?"
"That's about it. I know it's confusing but you have to believe me."
"Well I sure do," Kagome said matter-of-factly.
"What? You believe this rubbish?" InuYasha asked.
"Yep. It makes sense. May I ask who the spy is? Or do you not know that?"
"I know it. Her name's Sierra. You've all already met her. Sierra of the Demon Hair is her full name I believe. But we really must have your help. You out of twenty different dimensions ranked second. You're following those people in the group of the Z fighters."
"InuYasha, I have had a strange feeling about Sierra ever since we met her. I believe Shisha and I say we go. Trust me on this okay?" Kagome whispered as she tugged on InuYasha's arm. He looked down at her for a few moments before staring at the ground. After a few more moments he looked around at the group.
Finally he sighed and nodded his head, "Alright, we'll go. But, if anything happens that I don't like. We leave and you never come again got it?"
Shisha smiled and nodded, "Of course. But I assure you, nothing will, happen to any of your friends or this girl here. I promise you that."
"So where is Sierra?" Shisha asked as they all walked outside a few days later. Kagome was with Kana, Koroko, Miaso, and Sango while Miroku was talking to Aoshi, Kenshin, Sano, and Yahiko while Shisha and InuYasha were talking about the upcoming events.
"Actually, I thought you knew. We took our separate ways long ago. It was just after the Tetsusaiga broke. Its been at least a year."
"We'll have to find her. Any idea where she might be?"
"None. She didn't talk about her past much. We knew she hated Naraku and about the past events with him involved but I don't remember her ever saying anything about her home."
"I'll call the main office. They should know. Can I use the phone?"
InuYasha stared at her before pointing over at Kagome, "If you want to talk future, go see Kagome. I've got no idea what this "phone" is so don't ask me."
"Oh right. Sorry, I keep forgetting we're in feudal Japan and not modern." Shisha walked over to Kagome and tugged on her sleeve, "I need to use a phone so I can call the main office. Where can I use one?"
"Oh," Kagome replied, "You'll have to go back to my time with me. I was heading there when…"
"When what?"
Kagome blushed, "Oh nothing never mind. Anyway we can go now."
After Shisha and Kagome left (InuYasha followed them. He still didn't trust Shisha especially with Kagome) Miroku and Sango explained what was happening in history at the time. The Kenshin group was amazed as many of them had heard about some events during the Warring States Era.
"Wow…" Kaoru murmured, "So we have gone into the past."
Koroko nodded, "And also into another dimension too. I wonder where we'll go next."
"I want to visit the dimension where those guys are fighting off Death," Kana said with an interested look on her face.
"Shisha called it Dragon Ball Z. I wonder what the Earth there is like. And the people and what year it is there."
"We don't know what year it is," Shisha said suddenly, walking up behind them. Kagome followed with InuYasha behind her, "We do know that the earth is much different and the animals are different too. The people, other than the ones that are fighting Death, are normal people. But we don't know the year. We just know it's one of the most advanced dimensions."
"Wow, if they're the most advanced left they must be pretty smart. I thought you guys in Ha-" Shisha cut Miaso off.
"No, they're one of the most advanced dimensions OF THEM ALL. They're more advanced then Haven by a quite a lot."
The crowd was speechless. If they were smarter than Shisha (who they thought was VERY smart) the world was bigger than they ever thought.
'I've really got to figure out how to explain everything without people freaking out like this,' Shisha thought as she sighed.
InuYasha, with a confused look on his face, broke the silence, "Nothing is going to happen that will endanger Kagome right?"
Koroko sniggered, "Ooooooooo, seems someone has a crush on Kagome~e!"
Blushing InuYasha cried back, "I do not! I was um… just worried about my jewel shard collector that's all."
"That's all huh?" Kagome said angrily, as she jumped up, "Well, if that's all I'm worth, you can count me out of your little adventure! I'm going home!" and with that, Kagome spun around and stomped off.
"Kagome! Wha… wait Kagome!" InuYasha shouted, jumping up and going after her.
Miroku, Sango, and Shippo glanced at each other with smile before bursting out laughing.
"Seems you hit a soft spot Koroko," Kaoru said as she smiled as she watched Kagome and InuYasha's retreating figure.
"I hope it wasn't my fault they got into a fight," Koroko said as she brought her hand up to her mouth.
"Don't worry," Shippo said happily, "They're always fighting. But they always make up too!"
"We've got to go! We're half an hour behind schedule. Where are InuYasha and Kagome???" Shisha said as she darted around Kaede's hut. After InuYasha has chased after Kagome, they hadn't come back. And it had been a few hours.
Shippo was worried more than anyone. InuYasha and Kagome were like a new father and mother to him and if he ever lost them he didn't know what he would do, "I hope nothing happened to them. What if a demon attacked them? What if Naraku found them?"
"Don't worry Shippo," Sango said, "InuYasha is strong enough to protect himself and Kagome from anything. I'm sure they went back to Kagome's world and just lost track of time…" Sango smiled and glanced at Miroku. Chuckling, he nodded, knowing exactly what Sango met.
A few moments later, both InuYasha and Kagome came walking up. InuYasha had a light blush on his face while Kagome was smiling.
"KAGOME!" Shippo cried happily as he jumped forward and hugged Kagome, "DON'T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN! Do you know how worried I was?"
"Sheesh Shippo," InuYasha snorted, "You're acting like a you're her mother."
"Am not!" Shippo retorted back as he stuck his tongue out at InuYasha. InuYasha (unfortunately) saw him and pushed up his sleeve, his hand in a fist.
"Wah! Kagome!" Shippo cried as he buried himself in Kagome's arms.
"Calm down InuYasha. Besides, I believe Shisha wants us to get going," Kagome said smiling at the little brown bundle in her arms.
"Time to go!" Shisha called happily.
'Finally, I'll get out of these feudal Japan clothes and into some better ones hopefully,' Shisha thought as everyone circled around her.
"Let's do this already. I'm getting bored of this world," Sano said as he took his wife's side.
Shisha nodded before pulling out a long golden rod.
Kana leaned over to her sister and mother and whispered, "How much stuff can Shisha hold in that sleeve of hers? That thing is huge!" And Kana was right. The golden rod was at least two times Shisha's size with a golden wire wrapping around it. At the top was another golden wire in the shape of a diamond with a crystal floating in the middle. Shisha planted the rod into the ground and raised her arms above her head.
A small light ball shone in her hands before she began speaking, "I, Shisha, messenger from the wonderful city of Haven call upon the spirits of time. I ask them to bestow me a portal, so I shall continue my journey to stop Death! Please, spirits, help me in my mission!" Suddenly, the sky grew dark and thunder rumbled in the distance. Kagome felt her hair start floating behind her as she felt a unusually cold breeze flow around the group. Not only that but she felt a evil aurora. She shivered. Shisha had said they would come back for Sierra later but Kagome had the funny feeling she was close by.
"Shisha… wha… what's this feeling?" Kagome said weakly as she begun to shake all over.
Shisha, in a hypnotic state, whispered the answer Kagome thought she would receive, "Death. I'm connecting to our next world through the portal and Death's evil aurora is so strong, you can feel it through the portal."
"It's… so powerful… and so… evil… uh… I… InuYasha…" Kagome whispered before fainting. InuYasha quickly scooped her into his arms before she fell to the ground and cradled her to his chest. Even when she was unconscious, InuYasha felt her shaking. He held her close as Shisha completed the connection and started transporting people; one by one.
When she reached them (the last two), she smiled and whispered, "Sango's right. And now I know why you were so worried about her. InuYasha… you love her don't you? And you will protect her forever am I right?"
InuYasha nodded, a slight blush crept over his face. He lowered his head and his gaze fell onto the sleeping goddess in his arms. He smiled and kissed her head lightly. She may not know that he loved her, but what he said to her was true; he would always protect and care for her. As long as she wanted him.
'If she does want me…' InuYasha thought to himself sourly.
While InuYasha gazed at his sleeping goddess, Shisha smiled and closed her eyes, and finally teleported the last of them to the next world.
***To Be Continued…
Sakura G: Okay well another chapter done! And about one hundred left. Great… okay well I'm sorry this took so long to come out. You see, I just moved and the house we moved into is so old that the internet connection cable thing-a-majigs are too old for our high speed stuff so we have to get it redone. Today's Feb. 22 so I'm not sure when I'll actually post this chapter. It may be awhile. I'll go ahead and start the next chapter so they might come out at the same time.
I hope this chapter is long enough ^_^ I know it took so long to come out so I hope you'll all forgive me. But it's 3 pages longer than before! 9+3=11! I'm so smart! ^_^ Oh wait… isn't 9+3=12??? Oh well… ^_^;;;; it's just 3 pages longer than before you do the math smart peoples. Okay well, until the next time, bubye!
***Glossary: Shisha: Messenger
Koroko: Made up; idea from korobu: tumble, fall down
Kana: Japanese syllabary
Sierra: (Spanish) mountain range; saw
hatori: that red thing InuYasha wears
miko: a human with special powers (Kagome has the power to see and purify Shikon shards plus many other things, making her a miko)
***If you have any questions, comments, or flames (but none of you should give me any of those!), please feel free to email me at: sailor_ivy_girl@mail.com or post up a review. Tanks! And if you would like to get any existing chapter edited, just email me! ^_^V***
***Author's Note: Okay, I got a review saying that it was only Kenshin so far. Yes I know that but I'm planning to, for now, switch back and forth between the different shows. They'll all get together later on though. Oh and I suck at InuYasha stories. This is my first so I'll try to do good. ^_^
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***Last Time…
"She's got to come! She can really help! She's very strong and is very smart!" Koroko cried, taking Kana's side. Shisha stared at the two sisters. You could easily tell they were related and who their parent's were. She sighed and smiled.
"I give in. She can come. Now, we've got a short amount of time. I want someone to take care of the kids and someone bring Maylo to me. It's just about time to go."
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Chapter 2
The Half-demon and the Miko
"InuYasha," Kagome said smugly, "SIT! SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT, SIT!" Kagome smiled as she saw a red streak in the air fall violently towards the ground and smash with a painfully crunch. Next thing she knew, InuYasha was in front of her, his eyes full of anger and he let his mouth bring it out.
"What the hell was that for wench!?" he cried.
"You were following me!" Kagome bellowed back.
"I can follow you if I want!"
"You don't need to follow me though!"
"Yes I do!" InuYasha snarled, not noticing his mistake until it was too late. He spun around as a soft pink color washed over his face.
Kagome looked at him, confused, "You're worried about me?"
His back to her, he whispered, "Of course I am. After everything that happened, why wouldn't I?"
***Flashback***
Just about a month ago Kagome had died. And of course it had scared the wits out of her when she realized it later. She spent a whole week being dead, watching everybody. Seeing InuYasha crying over her (a/n: amazing! InuYasha cried???) had showed her something and she had begged to be taken back. Of course, the answer was no. She could make little contact through the trees and grass but couldn't be seen or actually come back. It only took her a few moments to get InuYasha's attention after she found this out. Disguised as a small flower, she called his name. Of course he couldn't hear her but he sensed her, which is just what she wanted.
After he had pin-pointed out what was calling him (it happened to be a small blue flower), InuYasha has approached it and sniffed. The flower seemed to shake and a soft sound like Kagome's laughter had met his ears. Still very confused, InuYasha touched the flower's petals and received a sigh. InuYasha (finally understanding) rushed to get Kaede, the village priestess, and brought her to the flower. Kaede realized it was Kagome's soul and she told InuYasha there was a way to bring her back.
InuYasha had later rushed off, in search of his brother Sesshomaru. After finding him, InuYasha (amazingly) begged his brother to come and bring the young miko back to life. After a lot of tormenting from his brother, Sesshomaru agreed and followed InuYasha back.
Kaede had gotten Kagome's body back and the flower had been burned in a special fire that had all sorts of herbs and other things inside. After dousing the fire, Kaede took the ashes and filled Kagome's mouth with them. Sesshomaru had then taken his sword and, slicing the other worldly creatures away, brought Kagome back to life. She had opened her eyes and had immediately started choking on the ashes in her mouth. Sesshomaru had left in the blink of an eye and Kaede and InuYasha had instantly gotten to Kagome's side. After helping Kagome get the ash out of her mouth, Kagome broke down and cried into InuYasha's chest. Kaede had left them alone and Kagome had fallen asleep in InuYasha's arms. He had set her down and put his hatori over her before leaving and sitting on top of the hut to watch over.
***End of Flashback***
"Are… are you worried that I might die again?" Kagome whispered as she watched InuYasha's hunched figure.
"I… I wasn't saying… erm…" InuYasha replied and Kagome could easily tell that his face had become pure red now. She smiled. She knew he hated it when she caught him getting jealous or worried over her. Stepping up behind him, she wrapped her arms around his neck and set her hand at the base of his neck while fingering the enchanted rosary. She rested her head on his silky silver hair and sighed in complete content.
InuYasha was too surprised to do anything. As he felt Kagome rested her head against his back, he wrapped his clawed hands around hers and after her heard her sigh, he too sighed and rubbed her hands.
Kagome smiled and let her eyes slip close as she slowly breathed in and out. Then she slowly opened her eyes and took her hands from InuYasha's. InuYasha, surprised, turned to protest but when he saw what she was doing, didn't complain. She walked in front of him and sat down next to him. She then wrapped her arms around his chest and snuggled up against him. She could feel InuYasha put his arms around her and hold her tightly to him.
InuYasha looked down at the girl in his arms. Could… should… should he tell her now? An idea popped into his head (yes, I know, amazing huh!?) as Kagome put her mouth against his hatori and felt the soft material she knew only to well against her lips.
Suddenly, InuYasha's hatori wasn't touching her lips. But his own lips were. Kagome's eyes grew and she started to pull away but InuYasha pulled her closer. Her eyelids suddenly became very droopy and her eyes slipped close as InuYasha's sweet lips ran over hers. InuYasha's lips stopped their assault on her mouth but continued all down the side of her face and then down her neck. Once he got to the top of her shirt, his lips went right back up to her mouth. This kiss however was short (but very sweet). InuYasha stopped kissing her (much to Kagome's dislike) and took his hands and put them up to her face.
He stared her dead in the eyes before whispering, "Kagome, I will ALWAYS care about you. If you are ever in danger, I will be there to protect you. I will never forget or not care about you. Don't you ever forget about that."
Kagome, tears rolling down her cheeks, hiccupped before whispering back, "Okay… InuYasha…" she planted a small kiss on the tip of his nose before curling up against his chest. InuYasha ran his hand threw her raven like hair and planted a kiss on the top of her head as he too drifted off into sleep.
A few hours later after InuYasha and Kagome had gotten back with the group, InuYasha picked up a strange scent. Miroku, a monk with a hole in his hand that could suck anything up inside, had also sensed something and they both headed out to find the source.
"It smells like a human with demon powers," InuYasha noted as he and Miroku left the edges of the village. Kelala, Sango's (a demon exterminator) demon companion that was a cat, followed behind them.
"I just sense a large amount of energy. More than a normal demon would have at least. InuYasha do you smell anything unusual?" Miroku asked.
InuYasha sniffed the air, "No, but-" InuYasha stopped in mind-sentence. He did. InuYasha sniffed again, "It… it smells like humans from Kagome's time. A smell different from here but normal. It's coming from that direction," InuYasha said, pointing towards some woods.
"Interesting. Well, if anyone else was able to come from Kagome's time we shall need Kagome's help and wisdom. Kelala," Miroku said, turning towards the small cat, "Please go and fetch Lady Kagome and Sango. We will need their help." Nodding, the little creature jumped up and sped off back towards the village.
Once Kagome and Sango (plus the little kitsune demon Shippo) had arrived, they headed towards the smell. And when they got there, they all gasped in surprise. People in strange clothing were stepping out of a large shining circle thing (which was a portal but InuYasha had no clue what that was) and were staying close together. InuYasha, unsheathing his Tetsusaiga, stepped into the light while everyone behind him followed suit.
"Who are you and what do you want?" he cried and everyone who had come out of the portal jumped three feet in the air. They all spun around while four of them pulled out swords (two being made of wood). Another tall male got in a fight position.
"Hold it!" a young woman cried. She had sky blue hair and was wearing clothes just like Sango did when she wasn't fighting, "These people can help us find the next ones on the list! We don't want to scare them away!"
"Please!" InuYasha retorted, "We would never be scared by the likes of you!"
"Please, we bring you no harm," the woman said, "We have come to talk to you. I believe I'm looking for…" the woman pulled out a thick thing of what looked like paper and read a few names off of it, "The famous half-demon InuYasha, the famous miko Kagome, a monk named Miroku, a demon slayer named Sango, and Sango's assistant Kelala." Blue fire suddenly came hurdling at her face. She ducked and it whizzed over her head.
"You can't forget me!" a little voice cried. Shippo, who was sitting on Kagome's shoulder frowned, "I'm the famous kitsune Shippo!"
InuYasha rolled his eyes, "Shippo," he muttered, "You aren't famous. Now shut up and let me do the talking. We are those people. Who are you and what do you want?"
"To talk," the woman replied, "I'm the leader of everyone. Please excuse them. They… they aren't from around here."
InuYasha glanced at Miroku, "Well? What do you say?"
Miroku studied the group for a moment, "I say we let them talk. They may lead us to another demon with a Shikon shard. And if we have to, we could easily knock them out."
"I agree," Sango said, stepping forward, "Nobody in their right mind would attack us with two wooden swords unless they weren't used to this area. Kagome are they from your time?"
"No," Kagome replied, puzzled, "But they look familiar." She paused, "I know! The red head is the legendary Battousai! We did a whole chapter on him in social studies! I remember cuz that was the only test I ever *cough: failed :cough*. He's not from this time but around 140 years before mine. So they're from about 300 years in the future here. WAIT A MINUTE!" she cried, realizing what she had just said.
The woman smiled weakly and responded, "I'll tell you everything if you will let us into your village. We are all human here."
InuYasha sniffed the air between them and hesitated for a moment before nodding and leading them off towards the village.
"Now Death's heading here. She's actually already got her spy here and after she finishes off a few other dimensions, she coming here." Once again, silence.
'This is getting old,' Shisha thought.
"So what you're saying," Miroku said slowly, thinking everything over, "Is that someone we know here is a spy for this amazingly powerful demon called Death who is fighting a group of people called the Z fighters right now?"
"That's about it. I know it's confusing but you have to believe me."
"Well I sure do," Kagome said matter-of-factly.
"What? You believe this rubbish?" InuYasha asked.
"Yep. It makes sense. May I ask who the spy is? Or do you not know that?"
"I know it. Her name's Sierra. You've all already met her. Sierra of the Demon Hair is her full name I believe. But we really must have your help. You out of twenty different dimensions ranked second. You're following those people in the group of the Z fighters."
"InuYasha, I have had a strange feeling about Sierra ever since we met her. I believe Shisha and I say we go. Trust me on this okay?" Kagome whispered as she tugged on InuYasha's arm. He looked down at her for a few moments before staring at the ground. After a few more moments he looked around at the group.
Finally he sighed and nodded his head, "Alright, we'll go. But, if anything happens that I don't like. We leave and you never come again got it?"
Shisha smiled and nodded, "Of course. But I assure you, nothing will, happen to any of your friends or this girl here. I promise you that."
"So where is Sierra?" Shisha asked as they all walked outside a few days later. Kagome was with Kana, Koroko, Miaso, and Sango while Miroku was talking to Aoshi, Kenshin, Sano, and Yahiko while Shisha and InuYasha were talking about the upcoming events.
"Actually, I thought you knew. We took our separate ways long ago. It was just after the Tetsusaiga broke. Its been at least a year."
"We'll have to find her. Any idea where she might be?"
"None. She didn't talk about her past much. We knew she hated Naraku and about the past events with him involved but I don't remember her ever saying anything about her home."
"I'll call the main office. They should know. Can I use the phone?"
InuYasha stared at her before pointing over at Kagome, "If you want to talk future, go see Kagome. I've got no idea what this "phone" is so don't ask me."
"Oh right. Sorry, I keep forgetting we're in feudal Japan and not modern." Shisha walked over to Kagome and tugged on her sleeve, "I need to use a phone so I can call the main office. Where can I use one?"
"Oh," Kagome replied, "You'll have to go back to my time with me. I was heading there when…"
"When what?"
Kagome blushed, "Oh nothing never mind. Anyway we can go now."
After Shisha and Kagome left (InuYasha followed them. He still didn't trust Shisha especially with Kagome) Miroku and Sango explained what was happening in history at the time. The Kenshin group was amazed as many of them had heard about some events during the Warring States Era.
"Wow…" Kaoru murmured, "So we have gone into the past."
Koroko nodded, "And also into another dimension too. I wonder where we'll go next."
"I want to visit the dimension where those guys are fighting off Death," Kana said with an interested look on her face.
"Shisha called it Dragon Ball Z. I wonder what the Earth there is like. And the people and what year it is there."
"We don't know what year it is," Shisha said suddenly, walking up behind them. Kagome followed with InuYasha behind her, "We do know that the earth is much different and the animals are different too. The people, other than the ones that are fighting Death, are normal people. But we don't know the year. We just know it's one of the most advanced dimensions."
"Wow, if they're the most advanced left they must be pretty smart. I thought you guys in Ha-" Shisha cut Miaso off.
"No, they're one of the most advanced dimensions OF THEM ALL. They're more advanced then Haven by a quite a lot."
The crowd was speechless. If they were smarter than Shisha (who they thought was VERY smart) the world was bigger than they ever thought.
'I've really got to figure out how to explain everything without people freaking out like this,' Shisha thought as she sighed.
InuYasha, with a confused look on his face, broke the silence, "Nothing is going to happen that will endanger Kagome right?"
Koroko sniggered, "Ooooooooo, seems someone has a crush on Kagome~e!"
Blushing InuYasha cried back, "I do not! I was um… just worried about my jewel shard collector that's all."
"That's all huh?" Kagome said angrily, as she jumped up, "Well, if that's all I'm worth, you can count me out of your little adventure! I'm going home!" and with that, Kagome spun around and stomped off.
"Kagome! Wha… wait Kagome!" InuYasha shouted, jumping up and going after her.
Miroku, Sango, and Shippo glanced at each other with smile before bursting out laughing.
"Seems you hit a soft spot Koroko," Kaoru said as she smiled as she watched Kagome and InuYasha's retreating figure.
"I hope it wasn't my fault they got into a fight," Koroko said as she brought her hand up to her mouth.
"Don't worry," Shippo said happily, "They're always fighting. But they always make up too!"
"We've got to go! We're half an hour behind schedule. Where are InuYasha and Kagome???" Shisha said as she darted around Kaede's hut. After InuYasha has chased after Kagome, they hadn't come back. And it had been a few hours.
Shippo was worried more than anyone. InuYasha and Kagome were like a new father and mother to him and if he ever lost them he didn't know what he would do, "I hope nothing happened to them. What if a demon attacked them? What if Naraku found them?"
"Don't worry Shippo," Sango said, "InuYasha is strong enough to protect himself and Kagome from anything. I'm sure they went back to Kagome's world and just lost track of time…" Sango smiled and glanced at Miroku. Chuckling, he nodded, knowing exactly what Sango met.
A few moments later, both InuYasha and Kagome came walking up. InuYasha had a light blush on his face while Kagome was smiling.
"KAGOME!" Shippo cried happily as he jumped forward and hugged Kagome, "DON'T YOU EVER DO THAT AGAIN! Do you know how worried I was?"
"Sheesh Shippo," InuYasha snorted, "You're acting like a you're her mother."
"Am not!" Shippo retorted back as he stuck his tongue out at InuYasha. InuYasha (unfortunately) saw him and pushed up his sleeve, his hand in a fist.
"Wah! Kagome!" Shippo cried as he buried himself in Kagome's arms.
"Calm down InuYasha. Besides, I believe Shisha wants us to get going," Kagome said smiling at the little brown bundle in her arms.
"Time to go!" Shisha called happily.
'Finally, I'll get out of these feudal Japan clothes and into some better ones hopefully,' Shisha thought as everyone circled around her.
"Let's do this already. I'm getting bored of this world," Sano said as he took his wife's side.
Shisha nodded before pulling out a long golden rod.
Kana leaned over to her sister and mother and whispered, "How much stuff can Shisha hold in that sleeve of hers? That thing is huge!" And Kana was right. The golden rod was at least two times Shisha's size with a golden wire wrapping around it. At the top was another golden wire in the shape of a diamond with a crystal floating in the middle. Shisha planted the rod into the ground and raised her arms above her head.
A small light ball shone in her hands before she began speaking, "I, Shisha, messenger from the wonderful city of Haven call upon the spirits of time. I ask them to bestow me a portal, so I shall continue my journey to stop Death! Please, spirits, help me in my mission!" Suddenly, the sky grew dark and thunder rumbled in the distance. Kagome felt her hair start floating behind her as she felt a unusually cold breeze flow around the group. Not only that but she felt a evil aurora. She shivered. Shisha had said they would come back for Sierra later but Kagome had the funny feeling she was close by.
"Shisha… wha… what's this feeling?" Kagome said weakly as she begun to shake all over.
Shisha, in a hypnotic state, whispered the answer Kagome thought she would receive, "Death. I'm connecting to our next world through the portal and Death's evil aurora is so strong, you can feel it through the portal."
"It's… so powerful… and so… evil… uh… I… InuYasha…" Kagome whispered before fainting. InuYasha quickly scooped her into his arms before she fell to the ground and cradled her to his chest. Even when she was unconscious, InuYasha felt her shaking. He held her close as Shisha completed the connection and started transporting people; one by one.
When she reached them (the last two), she smiled and whispered, "Sango's right. And now I know why you were so worried about her. InuYasha… you love her don't you? And you will protect her forever am I right?"
InuYasha nodded, a slight blush crept over his face. He lowered his head and his gaze fell onto the sleeping goddess in his arms. He smiled and kissed her head lightly. She may not know that he loved her, but what he said to her was true; he would always protect and care for her. As long as she wanted him.
'If she does want me…' InuYasha thought to himself sourly.
While InuYasha gazed at his sleeping goddess, Shisha smiled and closed her eyes, and finally teleported the last of them to the next world.
***To Be Continued…
Sakura G: Okay well another chapter done! And about one hundred left. Great… okay well I'm sorry this took so long to come out. You see, I just moved and the house we moved into is so old that the internet connection cable thing-a-majigs are too old for our high speed stuff so we have to get it redone. Today's Feb. 22 so I'm not sure when I'll actually post this chapter. It may be awhile. I'll go ahead and start the next chapter so they might come out at the same time.
I hope this chapter is long enough ^_^ I know it took so long to come out so I hope you'll all forgive me. But it's 3 pages longer than before! 9+3=11! I'm so smart! ^_^ Oh wait… isn't 9+3=12??? Oh well… ^_^;;;; it's just 3 pages longer than before you do the math smart peoples. Okay well, until the next time, bubye!
***Glossary: Shisha: Messenger
Koroko: Made up; idea from korobu: tumble, fall down
Kana: Japanese syllabary
Sierra: (Spanish) mountain range; saw
hatori: that red thing InuYasha wears
miko: a human with special powers (Kagome has the power to see and purify Shikon shards plus many other things, making her a miko)
***If you have any questions, comments, or flames (but none of you should give me any of those!), please feel free to email me at: sailor_ivy_girl@mail.com or post up a review. Tanks! And if you would like to get any existing chapter edited, just email me! ^_^V***