A/N: Yeah...I screwed up...who doesn't. The...whatever that thing was...goddess w/e's name was supposed to be Asuyane but when I first had this story posted a while ago, her name was Kazumi or something like that and I guess I didn't change all of the names, sorry bout that ;
To See You Happy
Chapter Two
They had finally reached Kaedes hut and InuYasha plopped down on the floor, his legs crossed. Kagome looked across the room and her eyes widened.
Kaede was no longer the old grandmother-figure she knew and loved. She was merely a teenager, tall and surprisingly frail. Long black hair flowed over her shoulders, the 'pirate's' patch still covering her right eye.
InuYasha crossed his arms over his chest. His voice and personality had also changed along with his appearance. He was nicer and he no longer had his tough-guy appearance. No longer the tough guy act he had always tried to pull.
"Yes?" Keade asked, turning her gaze from the herbal remedy she was making to Kikyo and InuYasha.
"Keade, you placed this rosary around InuYasha's neck, did you not?" Kikyo asked.
"Yes."
"So, only Kikyo is able to activate it right?" InuYasha asked.
"Yes."
"Well," Kikyo began, "InuYasha and I were enjoying a walk through his forest today. And as we sat laughing, someone else activated the rosary."
Keade turned around to face her sister and brother-in-law and noticed some thing she had not seen earlier - a teenage girl, not much older than her, standing in the doorway. Her resemblance to Kikyo was remarkable. Yet InuYasha and Kikyo failed to see her. She thought for a moment before realization hit home. Something her mother had taught her about rosary's.
"Kikyo, ye soul is bonded to the rosary, giving only ye the ability to activate it. But, the rosary can also be activated by a reincarnate, someone with ye soul inside of them. Ye see, mother trained me to see spirits that other people are unable to see," Keade paused, glancing toward the door, "So if there were any spirits here, I would both hear and see them."
Kagome gasped. She could be seen? The whole time, Keade could see her? Maybe she could reverse...
No, she had agreed to this. Now InuYasha was finally happy. So this is how things would, and should, remain.
"Well, that is enough," Kikyo said standing and turning to exit "I think I feel like taking a walk."
InuYasha stood and began to follow her out of the hut.
"Alone."
"Hmph" InuYasha growled, crossing his arms over his chest.
Kikyo left the hut to take care of unknown business. Kagome turned and was about to leave when Kaede's voice caught her attention.
"InuYasha, in fact, I think we may have a visitor right now."
InuYasha eyed Keade as if she were crazy, "What are you going on about?"
"She stands at the door" Keade paused as Kagome turned around and InuYasha stared at and empty spot. "Don't try to find her, InuYasha, ye lack in my training. What is ye name?"
Kagome was nervous. Did she have to do this? If she answered then...aw, what the hell?
"My name, is Kagome Higurashi. I'm from 500 years in the future. And I am Kikyos reincarnation" Kagome answered, knowing InuYasha hadn't heard a word she said.
"Kagome Higurashi from 500 years in the future. Kikyos reincarnation?"Keade repeated.
"This is ridiculous!" InuYasha stood up, "There's no one there."
"Kagome," Keade called, "Say 'sit'"
Kagome hesitated, then decided she had already started, might as well finish.
"Sit."
Kagome almost burst out laughing at the sight of InuYashas human form being slammed into the ground.
"Now do ye believe what I say is true, InuYasha?" Kaede asked irritably. She turned her gaze back to the door, but Kagome was gone.
Kagome stalked through the forest, she was embarassed, even though InuYasha couldn't see her, she was irritated because InuYasha couldn't see her, and she was angry because of all people, KEADE COULD SEE HER!
She walked to the familiar Goshinboku and seated herself at it's base. She was surprised at how many memories just sitting there brought. Memories of when she would sit here studying and InuYasha would be sitting high up in the branches of the tree, gazing down on her. Memories of how they first met.
Kagome drew her knees to her chest and hugged them tightly. She never wanted to leave this place. She just wanted to sit here and wait for a shooting star to pass by, so she could wish that everything was back to normal. She liked things the way they were.
Kagome sat underneath of the Goshinboku for a while, just thinking about all that she had given up. She had given up shard hunting, her friends, and InuYasha, all for their happiness. But it was what she wanted, right? She knew what InuYasha wanted now. He would've taken it all back, just to be with Kikyo, just like he said. She felt tears sting her eyes. She didn't want to cry. No. She wouldn't.
Kagome stood and began walking to the well for the last time. What was the point of coming back if she couldn't be seen. Well, only by Kaede, and what good would that do? And if she continued to be seen by Kaede, she would only end up altering fate. So, she just decided to stay where she should be - in modern times.
As the well came into veiw, so did Kikyo and a man Kagome had never seen before. His hair was long and Ebony colored, his eyes red. His skin was creamy and tanned. At first, Kagome was going to pass them by and completely ignore their conversation. But something in the back of her mind swore she knew who this person was, that she knew him from somewhere, but where? She found it harder to pull herself away from the conversation as bits and peices drifted to her ears.
"Kikyo, I've loved you for some time now. And you know that. But you married him instead. Why?"
Kagome stopped dead in her tracks. She stared hard at Kikyo and she could've swore she saw Kikyo throw her a glance out of the corner of her eye. But that wasn't the worst of her problems right now, so she brushed it aside.
"Because I promised him first. He promised to become human for me. And I promised to love him in return. But I will not hide my love for you. My love for that fake human disappeared with his power. That worthless half- breed was the first to show me love. But you were the second. If only I had met you first, gotten to know you first..." Kikyo trailed off. Kagome couldn't believe her ears. Kikyo was proclaiming her love to another man, while InuYasha sat at the hut, thinking he was being loved and cared for. At that moment Kagomes heart went out to InuYasha and shattered into millions of tiny pieces.
"What will you do about him?"
A moment of silence fell over them as Kikyo directed her gaze to the ground, appearing to be in deep thought.
"I-I don't know. It's unloyal for a priestess of my standards to divorce and even worse to commit adultry."
"Then what is loyal?"
"For me to marry after I have been widowed." Kikyo answered, her features taking on a evil smirk.
The man laughed, "Then we shall do what we should've done a long time ago. I will kill him Kikyo, for your love. I attempted to once before, but I was held back. But this time, I will succeed."
"And I shall love you in return, Naraku."
Kagome coughed. She felt as if the breath had been sucked from her lungs and she was being pulled into a permanant state of shock.
'How could this be?' Kagome thought as she reagained her composure, 'He should be dead...or something. This shouldn't be. InuYasha is going to...no!'
Within her thoughts, Kagome heard a familiar childish cry. She reluctantly turned, and followed the muffled cries until she came upon a small furry curled up ball. She reached out to touch it, but as she guessed, her hand passed right through.
She felt her heart wrench at the fact that she couldn't help this poor child in need. But the pain only grew when she realized who this fuzzy little ball actually was.
The ball slowly uncurled to wipe it's eyes and Kagome gasped.
"Shippo?!"
"Young Kitsune, what's wrong?" Kagome glanced to her side and found Kikyo walking towards Shippo.
"My parents are dead and I'm all alone." Shippo sobbed.
"Come with me." Kikyo said sweetly, picking up the young kitsune, "My husband and I will give you shelter."
Shippo cried some more and curled up in Kikyo's arms. Kagome didn't like the fact that Shippo was snuggling close to anyone else. And she DIDN'T like the fact that Kikyo was plotting against InuYasha. She had to find a way to stop her. But how. She didn't even exist anymore...
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It had been two weeks since Kagome had overheard Kikyo and Naraku's conversation and since then she had still been traveling back and forth through time, spying. Kagome had also learned, over the past two weeks that InuYasha was learning Keades tecniques. This only gave her less time to figure out a way to stop Kikyo. If he saw her, then...would it help? Would he believe her if she told him that his own wife was plotting against him?
Of course not!
Kagome climbed the well hastily when she heard voices at the top. When she reached the top she peered over and saw Kikyo and InuYasha, laughing happily. She finished climbing and sat on the well and watched. She kept her eyes on Kikyo. She hated the way she laughed and spoke so sweetly, so innocently. She wasn't innocent. She wasn't sweet. She was planning on killing InuYasha.
Kagome was becoming sick of this. She had almost forgotten her purpose for being there in the first place. So she paced by them and toward the village.
She arrived at the village and casually walked into Kaedes hut. Kaede was busy working and hadn't noticed the second presence enter the room.
"So, you can see me can you?"
Kaede jumped and turned around. She looked Kagome over and nodded her head slowly.
"Then I need your help. But you have to promise not to speak a word of it to InuYasha or Kikyo, or anyone else for that matter."
Kaede eyed the girl for a minute before speaking, "I promise."
Kagome smiled. She decided to make sure she wasn't being deceived. She would use a promise Kaede taught her a while ago. "Promise on priestess honor."
Kaede furrowed her eyebrows. "How do you know of such things?"
"It's a long story, just promise. "
"I-I promise." Kaede whispered, holding up her right hand, then letting it drop to her side.
Kagome smiled and recited her entire problem from beginning to end to the young girl in front of her. When she was done, she took a deep breath.
Kaede sat there in shock. "No! My sister would do no such thing!"
Kagome huffed. "Or would she? Haven't you noticed her frequent midnight and daytime walks WITHOUT InuYasha?"
"Even if she were to, I could do nothing. It's dishonorable to go against your family."
Kagome was getting frustrated now. "But is it dishonorable to defend your brother in law? To save him from danger. Isn't it dishonorable to know someone will die and do nothing about it?"
Kaede looked down at her lap, then back up to Kagome."But I'm only one person. What can I do?"
"Watch out for him...I love him...and I want nothing to happen to him."
Kaede nodded her head. Kagome stood and headed toward her second destination.
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Hey, sorry for the short chapter but it's either faster updates or shorter chapters, you decide. But only because I have...uhm...hm...three or four other stories...so...yeah...
Hey people! Hope ya like my story! Please review, and I will update soon, probably within the next week. So I'll seeya soon and I promise to update ASAP! You can count on it!
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