*Author notes : I'm trying to keep my story going but school does not allow me to. I will put up more chapters over my winter break so don't worry about that. I'm going to introduce a new character too. You can probably figure it out by his flashback. Enjoy, and thanks TO sorena27 and Teo for reviewing!*
Current Crossover status : Inuyasha/Kenshin/????
Chapter 5: A Foreboding
***
A sturdy young man trudged through the leaves of the woods. His blond hair, spiked away from his head, was gently blowing in the breeze. His shoulder plate shimmered. The sword on his back, almost as big as he was, was freshly sharpened and shaped, he had worked on it last night. His face was solemn, but his mind was wandering. Why did Holy send me here? What year is it? Where am I? He knew partial answers to some of those questions. He was in the feudal era, in Japan. He had been sent there when the airship had crashed into a pool of Holy that was fighting Meteor. He had grabbed her arm in the process of saving himself, but had fallen anyway. She…was cursed…
FLASHBACK
His head hurt, like there were hammers beating on it, but he opened his eyes anyway. He was on a bench, in a wooden house. His buster sword was propped against the wall across from him. He put his legs on the floor and got up. His dizziness soon disappeared. His mind tried to remember what had happened, and his memories flooded back to him.
Meteor.
Holy.
Sephiroth.
He opened his eyes. Where was everybody? He ran to the door, only pausing to pick up his sword. He opened the door. There was a large room, with tables and chairs like a restaurant. A bar stood at one side, the bartender leaning on the counter. There was only one other person in the room, a man in the back, clothed in black. The bartender noticed him.
"Ah. Finally awake, sonny?"
"Where am I?"
The man walked over to him.
"Why, your at the Hardine, the only inn in Brockster."
"Brockster? Wheres that?"
The man looked at him like he was crazy.
"Whats wrong sonny, you lost your memory?"
The young man sighed. He sat down at the bar. Where was he?
"You are on the western edge of Mushashi's domain."
He was confused.
"Where's Mushashi's domain? Which way to Midger?"
The bartender gave him an odd look.
"Midgar? Where's that?"
His face fell. Where was he?
"Do you have a telephone?"
The bartender was even more confused.
"Whats a telyphone?"
He sighed.
"Never mind."
So he was in the past. He felt dispair come over him. How would he get back?
"Your friend is in the room, over there. Maria is looking after her."
He looked up.
"My friend? Who?"
He turned to his bottles of wine.
"The person I found you with. I found ya'll in the wood. You was banged up. I put you two in rooms for the night."
He wanted to ask a question, but the young man was confused as it was.
"Go see your pretty friend."
He couldn't have moved quicker. An old lady was standing over a bed. A bed with someone he knew on it.
Tifa.
"Whats wrong? What happened to her?"
The old lady sighed.
"She has a dreadful demonic curse, she does. She will spend the rest of her life sleeping."
"What? What do you mean?"
"She ain't dead. She will just sleep all of her days away."
He crouched at the foot of her bed.
"Tifa…"
The door banged open. The strange man in black stood there.
"Young man, come here for a moment."
He stayed by the bed for a little while, then got up to meet the strange man. He sat down at a table with the black clothed man.
"I couldn't help but overhear your story son. You want to save the girl, right?"
He nodded.
"Well, I think I can help. No medicine will cure that, but there is something else."
"What?"
"The Shikon jewel. The jewel can cure her."
"Where is the jewel?"
"Alas, it was split into many pieces that were strewn across the land, you must collect the full jewel for this to work."
"How long will it take?"
"I don't know."
He stood up, a mean, determined look in his eyes. The man stood up with him.
"I will find the jewel."
The man sighed.
"Good. I know you can do it. I sense a greater power in you. You will know the shards when you find them."
He turned to leave. He walked to the door, but stopped.
"Innkeeper, will you take care of the girl for me?"
"Now son, that will take a bit of money."
The strange man interrupted.
"Don't worry about that, I'll handle it. You just get the shards."
He nodded. And started to walk out the door.
"Whats your name son?" The bartender asked.
"Cloud, Cloud Strife."
And he was gone.
END FLASHBACK
He trudged on, his resolve firm. He would find the jewel and save her.
***
Kagome was happy to be sleeping in a bed again. The hard ground always hurt her back. She loved the fluffy bird feather bed. Kenshin had found them a small inn, deep in the woods, to stay at. Of course, they had only got one room, but that was okay, as long as she got the only bed. She relaxed, but only momentary.
"Inuyasha!"
He looked up from digging through her bag.
"What do you want?
"Why are you going through my bag?!?"
He looked away.
"Feh. Like I'd tell a stupid girl like you."
"You want ramen, yes?" She said in an irritated voice.
His ears perked up. He nodded.
"You can have some tomorrow."
He sputtered a bit.
"But…but…he got some!"(OOC)
He pointed to Kenshin, who was eating a cup of ramen, looking innocently at Kagome.
"KENSHIN…"
"Oro…"
He made his funny noise as Kagome strangled him.
"I GAVE YOU RAMEN FOR LUNCH, TOO!"
She turned and threw him against a wall. Inuyasha just stared. How was she this powerful? She picked up the ramen cup off the floor.
"Here, you can have whats left."
Inuyasha didn't need a second word. He ate it in an instant. She went back and got into bed. Kenshin walked back from where he had made a crater in the wall. He sat down beside Kagome's bed, against the wall.
"Kagome's scarry when she's angry."
Inuyasha snorted.
"You don't know the half of it."
"No, that I don't..."
He went into a catnap. Inuyasha noted this and stopped talking. He did the same against the wall besides Kagome's bed. But like always, he always slept, with both ears up.
***
She ran through the door of her burning house to the oustside. Her father ran to her.
"Kagome, are you okay?"
But she could only think about her brother.
"Wheres Souta?"
"He came out."
"Thank god."
Suddenly, the porch roof caved in from the fire and fell outwards. Her father pushed her out of the way, as the burning roof crushed him. She screamed.
"DAAAAAD!"
She sat up, covered in a cold sweat. She breathed deeply. She wasn't there. She was with Inuyasha. In the feudal time. It was just a dream.
"Kagome, are you alright?"
She looked up. Inuyasha was crouched beside her.
"Yea…it's just…my daddy…"
She broke down and started to cry. Inuyasha leaned in to say something. She fell forward and wrapped her arms around him and cried into his kimono. He felt bad for her. He was unsure of himself, but he decided he would help her if he could. He slowly put her into a gentle hug. He cooed her.
"Its okay, Kagome. Its okay."
He rocked her slowly back and forth, until she cried herself to sleep in his arms. He held her for a while, and then laid her down on her bed and covered her in her blanket. She breathed evenly, without any nightmare going through her head. He jumped to the window. The night was clear. The stars shown bright through the sky. He gazed up at them. He would help her, no matter the cost. He stayed there a long time, then he went back to sleep by Kagome's bed. If he had only been looking down instead of up, he would have seen a young man trudging towards the inn out of the woods.
***
Back at the inn in Brockster…
The man in black pulled a piece of paper and a pen out from under his clothes. He checked something off.
"Okay, three down, three more to go."
*Author Notes : Okay, got this chapter up. It was just some background and fluff, but all fics need that. Who is this mysterious man?*
Current Crossover status : Inuyasha/Kenshin/????
Chapter 5: A Foreboding
***
A sturdy young man trudged through the leaves of the woods. His blond hair, spiked away from his head, was gently blowing in the breeze. His shoulder plate shimmered. The sword on his back, almost as big as he was, was freshly sharpened and shaped, he had worked on it last night. His face was solemn, but his mind was wandering. Why did Holy send me here? What year is it? Where am I? He knew partial answers to some of those questions. He was in the feudal era, in Japan. He had been sent there when the airship had crashed into a pool of Holy that was fighting Meteor. He had grabbed her arm in the process of saving himself, but had fallen anyway. She…was cursed…
FLASHBACK
His head hurt, like there were hammers beating on it, but he opened his eyes anyway. He was on a bench, in a wooden house. His buster sword was propped against the wall across from him. He put his legs on the floor and got up. His dizziness soon disappeared. His mind tried to remember what had happened, and his memories flooded back to him.
Meteor.
Holy.
Sephiroth.
He opened his eyes. Where was everybody? He ran to the door, only pausing to pick up his sword. He opened the door. There was a large room, with tables and chairs like a restaurant. A bar stood at one side, the bartender leaning on the counter. There was only one other person in the room, a man in the back, clothed in black. The bartender noticed him.
"Ah. Finally awake, sonny?"
"Where am I?"
The man walked over to him.
"Why, your at the Hardine, the only inn in Brockster."
"Brockster? Wheres that?"
The man looked at him like he was crazy.
"Whats wrong sonny, you lost your memory?"
The young man sighed. He sat down at the bar. Where was he?
"You are on the western edge of Mushashi's domain."
He was confused.
"Where's Mushashi's domain? Which way to Midger?"
The bartender gave him an odd look.
"Midgar? Where's that?"
His face fell. Where was he?
"Do you have a telephone?"
The bartender was even more confused.
"Whats a telyphone?"
He sighed.
"Never mind."
So he was in the past. He felt dispair come over him. How would he get back?
"Your friend is in the room, over there. Maria is looking after her."
He looked up.
"My friend? Who?"
He turned to his bottles of wine.
"The person I found you with. I found ya'll in the wood. You was banged up. I put you two in rooms for the night."
He wanted to ask a question, but the young man was confused as it was.
"Go see your pretty friend."
He couldn't have moved quicker. An old lady was standing over a bed. A bed with someone he knew on it.
Tifa.
"Whats wrong? What happened to her?"
The old lady sighed.
"She has a dreadful demonic curse, she does. She will spend the rest of her life sleeping."
"What? What do you mean?"
"She ain't dead. She will just sleep all of her days away."
He crouched at the foot of her bed.
"Tifa…"
The door banged open. The strange man in black stood there.
"Young man, come here for a moment."
He stayed by the bed for a little while, then got up to meet the strange man. He sat down at a table with the black clothed man.
"I couldn't help but overhear your story son. You want to save the girl, right?"
He nodded.
"Well, I think I can help. No medicine will cure that, but there is something else."
"What?"
"The Shikon jewel. The jewel can cure her."
"Where is the jewel?"
"Alas, it was split into many pieces that were strewn across the land, you must collect the full jewel for this to work."
"How long will it take?"
"I don't know."
He stood up, a mean, determined look in his eyes. The man stood up with him.
"I will find the jewel."
The man sighed.
"Good. I know you can do it. I sense a greater power in you. You will know the shards when you find them."
He turned to leave. He walked to the door, but stopped.
"Innkeeper, will you take care of the girl for me?"
"Now son, that will take a bit of money."
The strange man interrupted.
"Don't worry about that, I'll handle it. You just get the shards."
He nodded. And started to walk out the door.
"Whats your name son?" The bartender asked.
"Cloud, Cloud Strife."
And he was gone.
END FLASHBACK
He trudged on, his resolve firm. He would find the jewel and save her.
***
Kagome was happy to be sleeping in a bed again. The hard ground always hurt her back. She loved the fluffy bird feather bed. Kenshin had found them a small inn, deep in the woods, to stay at. Of course, they had only got one room, but that was okay, as long as she got the only bed. She relaxed, but only momentary.
"Inuyasha!"
He looked up from digging through her bag.
"What do you want?
"Why are you going through my bag?!?"
He looked away.
"Feh. Like I'd tell a stupid girl like you."
"You want ramen, yes?" She said in an irritated voice.
His ears perked up. He nodded.
"You can have some tomorrow."
He sputtered a bit.
"But…but…he got some!"(OOC)
He pointed to Kenshin, who was eating a cup of ramen, looking innocently at Kagome.
"KENSHIN…"
"Oro…"
He made his funny noise as Kagome strangled him.
"I GAVE YOU RAMEN FOR LUNCH, TOO!"
She turned and threw him against a wall. Inuyasha just stared. How was she this powerful? She picked up the ramen cup off the floor.
"Here, you can have whats left."
Inuyasha didn't need a second word. He ate it in an instant. She went back and got into bed. Kenshin walked back from where he had made a crater in the wall. He sat down beside Kagome's bed, against the wall.
"Kagome's scarry when she's angry."
Inuyasha snorted.
"You don't know the half of it."
"No, that I don't..."
He went into a catnap. Inuyasha noted this and stopped talking. He did the same against the wall besides Kagome's bed. But like always, he always slept, with both ears up.
***
She ran through the door of her burning house to the oustside. Her father ran to her.
"Kagome, are you okay?"
But she could only think about her brother.
"Wheres Souta?"
"He came out."
"Thank god."
Suddenly, the porch roof caved in from the fire and fell outwards. Her father pushed her out of the way, as the burning roof crushed him. She screamed.
"DAAAAAD!"
She sat up, covered in a cold sweat. She breathed deeply. She wasn't there. She was with Inuyasha. In the feudal time. It was just a dream.
"Kagome, are you alright?"
She looked up. Inuyasha was crouched beside her.
"Yea…it's just…my daddy…"
She broke down and started to cry. Inuyasha leaned in to say something. She fell forward and wrapped her arms around him and cried into his kimono. He felt bad for her. He was unsure of himself, but he decided he would help her if he could. He slowly put her into a gentle hug. He cooed her.
"Its okay, Kagome. Its okay."
He rocked her slowly back and forth, until she cried herself to sleep in his arms. He held her for a while, and then laid her down on her bed and covered her in her blanket. She breathed evenly, without any nightmare going through her head. He jumped to the window. The night was clear. The stars shown bright through the sky. He gazed up at them. He would help her, no matter the cost. He stayed there a long time, then he went back to sleep by Kagome's bed. If he had only been looking down instead of up, he would have seen a young man trudging towards the inn out of the woods.
***
Back at the inn in Brockster…
The man in black pulled a piece of paper and a pen out from under his clothes. He checked something off.
"Okay, three down, three more to go."
*Author Notes : Okay, got this chapter up. It was just some background and fluff, but all fics need that. Who is this mysterious man?*