Chapter 7
Kagome and Inuyasha arrived at the village late that evening. They spent much of their time keeping mostly a one sided conversation. Kagome told Inuyasha of the reasons about the circumstances of her return to the past and other events happening in the future. Every once in a while Inuyasha would grunt or 'feh' at the things going on, but also the hanyou would sometimes speak about the new events happening in the past.
Miroku greeted the hanyou and human at the edge of the village along with Saya who was wearing a fighting style kimono. Saya ran up to Kagome and gave her a big welcoming hug before giving Inuyasha a hug also.
"Hey there squirt. Been causing any mischief lately?" Inuyasha asked the little girl while returning her hug.
"Um. no?" Saya answered trying to cover the truth.
Inuyasha grinned at the girl while Kagome stared at the hanyou in disbelief. She could hardly imagine the hanyou joking around like that to anyone let alone a little human girl. Inuyasha had definitely grown up and became more relaxed over the years.
Smiling at the hanyou and little girl she made her way to the village to settle in for the night. That night they talked with each other catching up on each other's lives and sat by the fire like they used to, as a big family. Later that night, after Saya and Ryu were put to bed, they talked about other matters, matters concerning Kagome's second job. They allowed Shippou to stay up with them seeing as Shippou has grown up a lot since the times when they were searching for the jewel shards.
When Kagome informed Inuyasha of her little slip up in her last job he blew up at her. She knew what she did wrong and new better than to forget to not completely cover her aura. Part of her training with Sesshomaru was to never get overconfident. This time around though, it was a mistake that led her to her downfall in the case, which lead the detectives to her home and now have her as the prime suspect.
Soon they all took to their separate, with the exception of Miroku and Sango, beds for the night. Shippou tucked close to Kagome as if to bring back the days of shard hunting while Inuyasha took to his perch outside in on of the trees. 'Almost like old times.' Kagome thought just as she fell into a deep slumber.
*~*Kagome's Dream*~*
Everything was purple, no other color shown through the strength of the color. Kagome floated through the purple space not really comprehending that she wasn't on solid ground. Soon, a pacifier floated nearby. Reaching out to it Kagome examined the out-of-place pacifier. It was blue and looked like it was pretty well worn. After a second or two of examining it Kagome was hit with a shock. Visions unseen before with her eyes flashed by. As soon as the visions came they left, leaving Kagome feeling a little lost in the purple space.
Next, a piece of paper floated by and on it was the kanji for time. This time Kagome was hit with visions from the present, things like traveling through the well and her jobs. After those visions left a third article floated towards her. It was a katana and one unlike any other she had ever seen. Unsure whether to touch it or not, she just stared at it as if it was going to jump up and start attacking her. With a nervous reach Kagome placed her hand on the hilt. This time she was hit with blurs of visions of the future.
She couldn't really discern their meaning or what it was. After visions left the purple began to spin and swirl. Black began to mix in making it look like tie-dye in motion. An unfelt wind started to blow making the swirls of black and purple form a vortex. The vortex sucked in the pacifier, then the paper with the kanji for time and then the katana. Watching almost passively, Kagome felt the pull of the vortex on her. Soon she too was spinning towards middle of the vortex.
*~*End Dream*~*
Kagome woke up with a start from the dream. Sweat trickled down her brow. Taking a couple breaths she laid back down trying not to disturb the little kitsune nearby. Closing her eyes she fell into a restless sleep.
*~*~* With Kurama *~*~*
"You see, Kagome is, um, my imouto" Koenma answered nervously.
Kurama raised a delicately arched eyebrow at the answer his boss gave. He certainly wasn't expecting anything like this.
"Question, how is Kagome your imouto when she is a human woman?" asked Kurama letting his curiosity get the better of him.
"You see Kagome had a spell cast on her a little over five hundred years ago. The spell separated he soul from her body. We tried casting spells to bring the soul back to her but we failed. Her soul was sent to the unborn baby of a human woman, much like what happened with you and Youko Kurama." Koenma shifted at his desk uncomfortably as Kurama processed the information.
"She shares a body with the soul of the miko Kikyo who was reborn in that baby. Kagome's soul is what kept her from repeating her past with someone else. Anyways, as far as I know, she doesn't know who she is. We don't know if she'll accept us after growing up without us."
"She will accept you if you allow her to find out."
"I guess you're right." Koenma said with a sigh.
"You never did answer my question about the well. What type of well needs protective wards around it?" Kurama asked taking the subject back to the beginning again.
"You see, Kagome travels to the past. From what we gather she goes about five hundred years to the past but after the spell was cast on her. I'm guessing Kagome put the wards on the well to keep things out of it. In a way she is protecting the two time periods." The toddler like ruler spoke unsure whether it was wise to tell the former thief any of this.
__________________________________ ________________________________ Ok, hi everyone! I just couldn't go without updating so I wrote this. I hope this answers a few questions even though it is rather short, which I do apologize for. Anyways, thank you all for reviewing! This story has already surpassed my first story which got 55 reviews off of 11 chapters. Right now im really proud of this story, 57 reviews on only 6 chapters, 7 if you include the prologue as a chapter. Anyways, keep the reviews coming cause I hate to say I but those are what gives me the motivation to write. maybe that's why. never mind. Ok, anyways (I definitely say anyways too many times in these little authors notes) as I've already said thank you for reviewing and as always please review! And now, im going to shut up cause I probably sound like a broken record. Oh, and there with be no pairing in this story, don't see to many of them so ok, shutting up now. Bye!
Kagome and Inuyasha arrived at the village late that evening. They spent much of their time keeping mostly a one sided conversation. Kagome told Inuyasha of the reasons about the circumstances of her return to the past and other events happening in the future. Every once in a while Inuyasha would grunt or 'feh' at the things going on, but also the hanyou would sometimes speak about the new events happening in the past.
Miroku greeted the hanyou and human at the edge of the village along with Saya who was wearing a fighting style kimono. Saya ran up to Kagome and gave her a big welcoming hug before giving Inuyasha a hug also.
"Hey there squirt. Been causing any mischief lately?" Inuyasha asked the little girl while returning her hug.
"Um. no?" Saya answered trying to cover the truth.
Inuyasha grinned at the girl while Kagome stared at the hanyou in disbelief. She could hardly imagine the hanyou joking around like that to anyone let alone a little human girl. Inuyasha had definitely grown up and became more relaxed over the years.
Smiling at the hanyou and little girl she made her way to the village to settle in for the night. That night they talked with each other catching up on each other's lives and sat by the fire like they used to, as a big family. Later that night, after Saya and Ryu were put to bed, they talked about other matters, matters concerning Kagome's second job. They allowed Shippou to stay up with them seeing as Shippou has grown up a lot since the times when they were searching for the jewel shards.
When Kagome informed Inuyasha of her little slip up in her last job he blew up at her. She knew what she did wrong and new better than to forget to not completely cover her aura. Part of her training with Sesshomaru was to never get overconfident. This time around though, it was a mistake that led her to her downfall in the case, which lead the detectives to her home and now have her as the prime suspect.
Soon they all took to their separate, with the exception of Miroku and Sango, beds for the night. Shippou tucked close to Kagome as if to bring back the days of shard hunting while Inuyasha took to his perch outside in on of the trees. 'Almost like old times.' Kagome thought just as she fell into a deep slumber.
*~*Kagome's Dream*~*
Everything was purple, no other color shown through the strength of the color. Kagome floated through the purple space not really comprehending that she wasn't on solid ground. Soon, a pacifier floated nearby. Reaching out to it Kagome examined the out-of-place pacifier. It was blue and looked like it was pretty well worn. After a second or two of examining it Kagome was hit with a shock. Visions unseen before with her eyes flashed by. As soon as the visions came they left, leaving Kagome feeling a little lost in the purple space.
Next, a piece of paper floated by and on it was the kanji for time. This time Kagome was hit with visions from the present, things like traveling through the well and her jobs. After those visions left a third article floated towards her. It was a katana and one unlike any other she had ever seen. Unsure whether to touch it or not, she just stared at it as if it was going to jump up and start attacking her. With a nervous reach Kagome placed her hand on the hilt. This time she was hit with blurs of visions of the future.
She couldn't really discern their meaning or what it was. After visions left the purple began to spin and swirl. Black began to mix in making it look like tie-dye in motion. An unfelt wind started to blow making the swirls of black and purple form a vortex. The vortex sucked in the pacifier, then the paper with the kanji for time and then the katana. Watching almost passively, Kagome felt the pull of the vortex on her. Soon she too was spinning towards middle of the vortex.
*~*End Dream*~*
Kagome woke up with a start from the dream. Sweat trickled down her brow. Taking a couple breaths she laid back down trying not to disturb the little kitsune nearby. Closing her eyes she fell into a restless sleep.
*~*~* With Kurama *~*~*
"You see, Kagome is, um, my imouto" Koenma answered nervously.
Kurama raised a delicately arched eyebrow at the answer his boss gave. He certainly wasn't expecting anything like this.
"Question, how is Kagome your imouto when she is a human woman?" asked Kurama letting his curiosity get the better of him.
"You see Kagome had a spell cast on her a little over five hundred years ago. The spell separated he soul from her body. We tried casting spells to bring the soul back to her but we failed. Her soul was sent to the unborn baby of a human woman, much like what happened with you and Youko Kurama." Koenma shifted at his desk uncomfortably as Kurama processed the information.
"She shares a body with the soul of the miko Kikyo who was reborn in that baby. Kagome's soul is what kept her from repeating her past with someone else. Anyways, as far as I know, she doesn't know who she is. We don't know if she'll accept us after growing up without us."
"She will accept you if you allow her to find out."
"I guess you're right." Koenma said with a sigh.
"You never did answer my question about the well. What type of well needs protective wards around it?" Kurama asked taking the subject back to the beginning again.
"You see, Kagome travels to the past. From what we gather she goes about five hundred years to the past but after the spell was cast on her. I'm guessing Kagome put the wards on the well to keep things out of it. In a way she is protecting the two time periods." The toddler like ruler spoke unsure whether it was wise to tell the former thief any of this.
__________________________________ ________________________________ Ok, hi everyone! I just couldn't go without updating so I wrote this. I hope this answers a few questions even though it is rather short, which I do apologize for. Anyways, thank you all for reviewing! This story has already surpassed my first story which got 55 reviews off of 11 chapters. Right now im really proud of this story, 57 reviews on only 6 chapters, 7 if you include the prologue as a chapter. Anyways, keep the reviews coming cause I hate to say I but those are what gives me the motivation to write. maybe that's why. never mind. Ok, anyways (I definitely say anyways too many times in these little authors notes) as I've already said thank you for reviewing and as always please review! And now, im going to shut up cause I probably sound like a broken record. Oh, and there with be no pairing in this story, don't see to many of them so ok, shutting up now. Bye!