Disclaimer: *Inuyasha fixes screen on his beautiful face* Inu: Am I on?
Okay. Tiano does NOT own me. I repeat. This psycho kidnapper does NOT own
me. *Kagome puts her arms around Inuyasha and kissed his neck* Inuyasha:
;;@.@!!;; um er..we-well be right back.*covers screen with hand.
A/N: FINALLY I DON'T HAVE TO RUSH AND I CAN BE MYSELF AGAIN!!! *Throws the world off of her shoulders* phew. That felt good. No more stupid reports or school. well for now, that is. OH WHO CARES! ON WITH THE STORY!!!
Chapter 10
Inuyasha woke up with a start. His eyes shot open as he gasped for air. He felt the warm soft feeling that was Kagome stir beside him. He shook the memory of the nightmare of Sesshomaru out of his head and looked down at the poor soul that got dragged into this mess. HIS mess. He longed to have a normal life now that he knew what a normal life was. He did not want to go back into the hell from which he came from, but for the sake of this world, he'd make a sacrifice. Otherwise, if it were up to him, he would try to forget the whole thing and go back to normal with Kagome; the first human he ever saw.
Kagome opened her eyes slowly. Her blurry eyesight finally focused on Inuyasha's frowning face staring back at her. She knew why. She propped her head up with her elbow, her eyes never leaving his.
"Look Inuyasha. This is not your fault. It was wrong what your brother was doing to you, okay? So don't be so hard on your self."
His ears twitched slightly as he heard that. "But. We still have to fix it.We still have to go back before anything else happens." His voice trailed off as he looked down as if in shame. "Sango is right."
Kagome shook her head violently and hit her hand on the bed in protest. "Your wrong! It was NOT your fault! Everyone has the right to live, human or not. You- you would have died in that place if you stayed there any longer, Inuyasha! Don't you understand that?"
Inuyasha suddenly glared at her and stood up. Kagome was dumbfounded. What did she do to make him so mad? Then it hit her. She is telling Inuyasha things that were completely opposite to what he has been hearing his whole life. Maybe he is still listening to the blames and punishments that a hanyou (In his brother's eyes) should have. She stood as well and grabbed his two hands until she got his attention. His glare softened a little to an irritated look.
"We are all going to do this. We are all going through this chaos. WE are not going to blame it on no one. Let's just finished what WE started."
She saw a slight glimpse in his eyes. It took him a while, but eventually he simply nodded and turns to go downstairs. She felt the warmth of his hands still resting in hers when he let them go. She followed him downstairs with a confident smile that bloomed when she saw that look in his eyes that said "thank you". Inuyasha paused for a moment then continued down the stairs, his eyes on Miroku tangled around Sango. Kagome smiled. It was too obvious that they were going to be together some day. They both looked way more peaceful than they did last night. Kagome found a note on the refrigerator, which says:
I know the first thing you went to was the fridge Ms. Kagome. I had to do
some shopping, so don't wait on me for breakfast. Pancakes are in the microwave. Tell Sota to not leave the house until he brushes his teeth and
that thing on his head.
Mom.
P.S: Same goes for Inuyasha. No exceptions.
Kagome leaned on the frigde and laughed to herself, relieved that her mother was the way she is. So calm no matter what.
"Mmm.Kagome?"
Kagome looked at the drowsy Miroku on the couch lift his head. He blinked a few times before saying, "I wasn't dreaming" before resting his cheek on Sango's again.
Eventually everyone woke up and ate a silent breakfast. Sota knew it was not a good time to ask Inuyasha to play games. Instead, he helped them pack supplies for their trip to Inuyasha's world. No one spoke. They all knew what they had to do. Sota, wishing he could go with them, passed Inuyasha his drawing of his hero. Inuyasha stared at the big headed version of himself and smirked.
"Hold on to it okay? It would remind you of the promise you made."
"What promise?"
Sota walked to the door and before leaving his room he said ".to protect my sister remember? But I don't really have to tell you do I? Looks like you want to protect her yourself anyways."
Inuyasha looked up with his eyebrows raised for a second, then turn to say a snappy come back, but he was gone. Inuyasha shrugged and kept packing. Looks like the kid had him all figured out before anyone else.
"Don't forget to give mom that note okay? Gramps should be here any minute." Said Kagome.
"Hurry up, Kagome!" Inuyasha said before leaving the house to join the others.
Souta hugged Kagome before she left the house and waved good bye. "Don't forget to bring me back something!" He yelled before she left.
Kagome looked at the gang and pulled out the pink jewel. She stared at it for a moment, then looked up at them, which stared back.
"You guys ready?"
They all nodded eagerly. Kagome did not want to see that place again, and they were all anxious. None of them saw Inuyasha's world, not even Inuyasha himself. If they only knew.
"What's taking you so long?" Inuyasha snapped impatiently.
Kagome stepped in to the shrine, followed by the rest. She stood at the edge of the well and looked down. She felt less eager than she did when she first went in. Everyone threw down their bags and stood around it. Kagome threw in the jewel and jumped in.
"Jump!"
A few seconds later they were in the purple warp. She saw Miroku and Sango grab their floating stuff and looked around in awe. Slowly, they all landed on the soft soil in the well.
"Everyone here?" She asked as she looked around in check.
They all began to climb up one by one. Inuyasha was the last one to see this mystic forest. He scanned the forest and felt a shiver down his back from the thought of this place being home.a home he could not recognize. He felt a familiar hate build inside for him for Sesshomaru. He clenched the fists that longed to tear Sesshomaru apart and narrowed the eyes that yearned to witness Sesshomaru suffer. He felt Kagome's arm on his shoulder and ignored it.
"Inuyasha?" He heard her say softly. He calmed down, keeping his eyes ahead of him. His hands now hung loosely to his sides. He looked over at Kagome and the others who watched him questionably. Kagome slowly drew back her hand. He scoffed, "Why are we still here? Let's go Kagome! Your acting like we've been here before!
"Right. Keep your head on! Were going geez." Kagome snapped. She slipped her bag on her shoulder and looked around, then led the way. "We just made sure you were all right."
"Why wouldn't I!?" He snapped defensively.
"'Cause of that." Sango pointed out. A slight smile crept on Kagome's face. That was the first time Sango spoke since her house was no longer safe. That was just Sango's way of grieving; ignore the world around her. Guess she was finished grieving.almost.
Inuyasha, as usual, ignored her and kept following Kagome. Sango looked over at Miroku, who had his head lowered with the unusual expressionless look spread across his face. He was still in a lot of physical and mental pain. Sango never saw a guy so broken down. She grabbed his hand and squeezed it. He reacted to it with a weak smile towards her, then eventually turning back into a slight frown. A sigh escaped Sango's lips. As bad as her situation was, she had more sympathy for Miroku than she had for herself. She did not exactly know why. Her father always told her she had an amazingly strong spirit. She felt the prickliness of tears building and pushed it back down. She was going to prove her father right. As they reached deeper into the forest, Miroku's wounded hand became tighter. He tried not to pay attention to it, but the tingly feeling from it made him stare at his hand a few times. Inuyasha felt livelier as they continued. More will more strength, more anger, slowly building inside of him. He wanted to forget at Sesshomaru for a while to keep his mood up, but the anger was weighting down on his shoulders, not for Sesshomaru. For what? He did not know. Kagome stopped abruptly and searched the forest. They were at a dark clearing of a forest. She raised a puzzled eyebrow. Inuyasha sneered at her.
"Kagome, are you lost? Feh. I wouldn't be surprised."
Kagome swirled around. "I am not lost, Okay! I am not." she turned around and muttered softly, "We're lost."
"Ha! I knew it!"
"How'd you hear me, you stupid.stupid, whatever you are!" Kagome did not even know what to say about him. What was he really anyway?
"Ye are not lost, child."
The girls jumped while Inuyasha tensed, ready to fight, and Miroku did nothing but stare at his hand. Kagome let out a sigh of relief when she saw the woman who warned her. The creases in her forehead and patch on her eye shown age and experience while her eyes held wisdom. Her welcoming face was surrounded by silver hair loosely braided into one. She wore strange red and white clothing, the kind Kagome recognized in her history books. Inuyasha growled. He immediately blamed the woman for the things that happened to Miroku and Sango.
She opened her arms. "Shicon no Tamma has summoned ye and your friends exactly to where you needed to be."
"Who are you, hag?" Inuyasha sneered.
The woman raised her eyebrows. "I am not surprised from ye rude conduct, Inuyasha. Tamma has already warned me about that." The woman chuckled to herself.
Inuyasha was dumbfounded. "How the hell you know my name, hag?"
"My name is Kaede, and how I know is not of importance at this time."
Inuyasha opened his mouth to speak; no words came out, so he concluded with a usual "Feh." Kagome gave Inuyasha 'the look' (Inuyasha gave it right back to her) and rolled her eyes, forcing a smile.
"Sorry about him. He's not really.er. well mannered-"
She was cut off by Kaede's raised hand. "No need, no need." She then focused her attention on the couple in the shadows holding hands, listening to every word in silence. Kaede's smile stretched.
"Well! Ye two came closer with more haste than the last time! Maybe that present era must have helped, without all the chaos in this feudal Japan."
Sango slightly blushed and released his hand, but now was interested. So this was a different era? Feudal Japan?
"What do you mean, 'more haste than the last time'?"
"I know ye all have many questions, and they will all be answered promptly, but first, ye must have ye." Her smile melted away into horror as she stared at Miroku. The other three turned and looked at him while he fiddled with the bandage around his wounded hand. His face pinched with pain and he clenched his teeth.
"It's hurting.I have to take this off."
Kaede reached out her hand. "No! Don't-DO NOT TAKE THAT OFF1 NOT YET!"
Miroku shook his head and slowly began to peel it off. Kaede ran behind of a tree. "RUUUUUN!!" She screamed. The Inuyasha stood his ground while Kagome did the same as Kaede. Sango took a few steps away from Miroku, understanding what to run from and flees for protecrion behind a huge oak tree. The sky grew dark and gray. Miroku looked up to the sky. "Run from what?!" He called out in pain as he fell to his knees, holding his trembling hand. Sango looked at him, and was about to go to Miroku when Kaede grabbed her. "Hold still Sango. INUYASHA! PLEASE COME HERE!" Inuyasha did not move. Instead he stared at Miroku, who was staring at his hand with eyes filled with horror. Sango struggled against Kaede but it was no use. "MIROKUUU!" she screamed. Miroku's face paled when he saw the bandages for his hand glow and slowly sunk in the palm of his hand. His eyes widened, then, facing his hand away from him, he cried out in pain. Words began to forcefully form in his mouth. He fought them until "W-WIND TUNNEL!" roared from the depths of his throat. With a flash of light, everything in front of him ripped from the earth and into his hand. He crashed to the floor with his hand still in the air, and he clasped his wrist with his other hand. Kagome's head and back slammed hard against the tree. She could feel the huge tree actually moving, threatening to rise into Miroku's sudden tornado. Kaede pressed her back against the tree and saw something that made her jaw hang loosely. Inuyasha was not being sucked in. In the corner of his eye Inuyasha could see objects wedged between two trees. One of the objects came flying out and Inuyasha caught it. It seemed to be the sheath of an old sword.
"Inuyashaaa!" Kaede called.
He looked up just in time to catch the beaded string Kaede threw.
"Put that around Miroku's hand! Ye be careful not to be sucked in."
Inuyasha looked at the beads and went straight towards Miroku.
"INUYASHA NOOOO!" Kaede yelled, "GO AROUND! AAAROUND!"
It was too late for Inuyasha rose up into the sky. Like an instinct he ripped off the sheath and hurled the old rusty sword into the ground. He felt as if his hair and ears were to be pulled out of its roots by how close he was to him. The old sword was not going to hold. Kagome clasped her hands over her mouth and panicked. She was completely helpless. A golden glow came from the sword, and then it slowly dimmed, revealing a large solid jagged sword with silky cream fur around the edge of the handle. Inuyasha began cursing whatever word he remembered Kagome forbidding.
"NOW INUYAHSA! GIVE IT TO HIM! THE BEADS, INUYASHA!"
Inuyasha looked at Miroku, whose eyes seemed to be slowly dilating. "MIROKU!" Miroku looked up and Inuyasha threw the beads. Miroku caught them just before it was sucked in. "WRAP IT AROUND YOUR ARM!" Inuyasha hollered, not being able to take the tornado from his hand any longer. Miroku sat up slowly and quickly wraps around the light blue beads twice, and closed his fist. The sky was beautiful shades of azure again. It was suddenly gone. Every one ran to Miroku, who was still staring at his hand, breathing heavily. Sango slid to a stop and fell on her knees to see him. The three females huddled around him, and the hanyou now stood staring at the sword, his facial expression similar to Miroku's.
"Miroku! Are you all right? Are you hurt? Can you stand-can you speak?" Sango spilled out all at once.
Miroku looked up at her with wide eyes that rolled to the back of his head before falling. Kaede grabbed Sango's arm before she panicked.
"Be still, Sango. He is completely normal. He just needs some rest. He has a lot to catch up to."
Just then there was a soft thud behind of them. The girls turned to see Inuyasha on the ground face first, his ear twitching. "What happened to them?" Kagome gasped.
"Calm down. They are just fine. Come. I have something to give to both of you."
They followed the elderly woman to two large trees with things between the two trunks. Kaede pulled out what looked like a huge boomerang and faced Sango. Sango eyed it suspiciously before it was shoved into her arms.
"That's yours. I hope you enjoy it."
"What? This thing? Mine? Bu-but it's bigger than I am! What am I supposed to do with this-"
Kaede then pulled out a bow and arrows and handed it to Kagome.
"And this is yours."
Kagome insprected the beautifully wooden carvings of the weapon. HER weapon. That did not settle right within her. This was.her's? No way. She doesn't have any skill whatsoever. Kagome shook her head.
"No. This can't be mine. I don't have any good targeting skills or anything.thanks bu.no."
After Sango fell to the ground, Kagome felt darkness overpowered her and she drifted off into sleep. She had pictures about Feudal Japan. She saw people and demons- and knew all of them. From their name to the color or their eyes- she knew everyone that she saw in her head.
Inuyasha saw himself in flashes like himself bounded to a tree and how he killed thousands of demons. Only problem was, he was older. Very older. He then saw flashes of people and recognizes. Kagome.annoying broad.Naraku.greatest enemy.Kikyo.Kikyo. Inuyasha did not believe it was a dream until he saw himself holding a girl.
Sango saw the village she grew up in and saw her father and brother once again in her dreams, yet this time they were slaying enormous creatures, especially her with her boomerang.
Miroku looked at his father's grave infront of his house in feudal Japan in weird dark purple and black robes with a rod. He then saw flashes of his wind tunnel sucking in anything in its path with his friends all battling Naraku.Naraku? He looked very different without his nose ring, but that wasn't what made him look different the most. What distinguished him was the baboon outfit he was wearing.
The picture of Kikyo in Inuyasha's arms slowly faded away as darkness filled the image, then the orange glow of a candle. He moved his head slowly from left to right, then placed his hands over his face. It was like waking up from a century of slumber. His mind spun from the confusion of it all. It was too much for him. He just saw his whole life play like a show before his eyes. Incredibly, he knows who he is. He sat up in the cabin, slowly taking his hands off his face, stared at his palms that were ruff from work yet soft from Kagome's care, and whispered the alien words that were so distant to him.
"I'm.Inuyasha.Jikoto.a-an-and I'm.fourteen. Jikoto. Fourteen."
Beads of sweat lined his forehead as he stared absentmindedly in his hands. He had a true life! He was somebody. Where was it all of this time? His mystified gaze went from his hands to the body laying next to him. It was Kagome. He knew her longer than he thought. But then.He also knows of another girl named Kikyo. A miko.
"Mmmiko."
He touched his lips and frowned in thought. The words pouring out of his mouth were not always dwelling in his mind. No, they were placed there by something else.
Inuyasha could not wait until Kagome awoke from her sleep. He shook her until she rolled on her back and frowned, her eyes opened half way. Inuyasha looked down at her and she simply stared back. There was a long moment of silence between the two, until she abruptly gasped and sat up so sudden it made Inuyasha flinch. She stared at him with raised eyebrows as if she had not seen him for so long. Her eyes began to glisten as a slight smile stretched on her perfect lips. She rested her two hands on his shoulders as he stared back with the same puzzling look as he had before.
"Inuyasha? Do you remember anything.different?"
Inuyasha stared at her intensely. She knew about their past as well. This was not the first time they met. It was actually at a tree. But how? That was impossible! He has been in an old house for most of his existence.but he did remember her, Miroku, Sango and Shippo. Shippo? This was too much for him. Nonetheless, he nodded his head. And with that, Kagome made him loose balance and fall flat on his back with the hug she covered him with.
"Oh my God I remember everything! I'm back!" She whispered in disbelief.
"Wha-Wha..what??" they heard Sango muttered in the background. Inuyasha managed to lift his head to see Sango sitting up, cupping her forehead in her hands and doubling over. She was as confused as Miroku was when he awoke. They all stayed in the small cabin, for a while, each sharing what they saw in their dreams. It was not making logical sense. These things they remembered in the past.were events that did not happen yet. They remembered the future.
Miroku suddenly pulled his shirt over his shoulders and placed his hand where the wound USED to be. He pulled off the patch and a few loose stitches fell on his lap. The bullet wound was gone like it was never there in the first place. Miroku stared at it in complete awe.
"That was not meant to be there in the first place." Said the elderly voice.
They all looked up to see Kaede walking in with a tray of food and tea. Sango and Kagome made room on the mat so she can sit as she rest the food in the center of the table. The children all stared at the food until Kaede finally said, "Well eat already! Aren't ye hungry?"
They all looked at each other and began devouring whatever their hands laid upon. The food was delicious. They all exchanged looks. They WERE hungry.
"How long were we asleep?" Miroku asked before gulping down some water.
"About a week."
Inuyasha spat out a little of his drink. "A WHOLE WEEK! WHAT DID YA DO, DRUG US!?"
Kaede chuckled at his reaction and looked at the girls surprised look. "So you were as sassy as a child as when you were fifty eh?.What do you expect? Shicon no Tamma did have to bring your memories back.
"Shicon no Tamma?" Sango and Kagome asked in unison. They knew now it was a powerful jewel that could be used for good or evil, but Kaede was talking about it like a person.
"Yes. It is the one who brought ye all to Kagome's time, and gave you a new life after finding all of it's pieces," she then turned to Inuyasha "But ye child, ye are the one who was left behind. Tamma must have had a special purpose for that."
"Who's Tamma?" Inuyasha asked with (suprisingly) no attitude.
"Who has the jewel?"
Kagome took the jewel out of her jeans pocket and handed it to Kaede. She picked up the jewel and inspected it closely.
"There is a powerful spirit within this rosy orb that controls all of your fates. Do any of ye remember what happened after this was completed?"
They all exchanged glances. There was a short period of silence before Kaede nodded.
"I see. Tamma did not like the out come your lives, because your lives all ended when the jewel was completed. You were all recreated once again, unaware of what happened in your present life. You have not received all of your memories yet, but when you do, it will all make sense once you have fulfilled your quest."
"What's our quest?" Kagome asked eagerly.
"What do you mean, 'completed'?" Miroku asked.
"Are we going to get our families back?" Sango asked hopefully."
"Who's Tamm-"
Inuyasha was cut off by Kagome's other question. "Why was Inuyasha kept back?"
"Who's Tamm-"
"Did I ever get this hole out of my hand?"
"Grrr. Who's Tamm-"
"I wonder if I can still hold my boomerang."
"WHO THE HELL IS SHICON NO TAMM-"
"Wait, wait. Calm ye selves down. All your questions will be answered."
Kagome giggled at Inuyasha's ears twitching as he fumed. Kaede answered all of their questions with much detail and explained more things of this world. Kaede stood up and looked down on them and smiled at the sight of their young wide eyes. She was very grateful that Tamma has chosen her to guide them back to quest to get their lives back in order once and for all. Their quest was to eliminate all of the evil of this world to unlock the true power of Tamma. They'll know how far they are by seeing how much pearly white is covering the pink. Kaede walked to the door and motion them to come over.
"Come on and stretch out your legs! Don't you want to reclaim the world ye once conquered many years ahead?"
It was a little confusing to them, but nevertheless, like the children the are ran out side.
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They have been through a lot since the last year. They had too many encounters with Sesshomaru and not enough encounters to destroy the cowardly Naraku. All of them have almost mastered their skills and eventually met Shippo at the orphanage and got most of his memory back with a spinning top that he once owned. Miroku gets his usual slaps and back hands from Sango, yet secretly their relationship grew stronger, while Kagome thinks hers with Inuyasha is becoming more annoying like they used to. Inuyasha has intercepted Kikyo a few times, and almost fell for her, but every time he did, something was holding him back. Or maybe it was someone.
A/N: There you have it folks! The ending- *gets hit square in the face with large boomerang* x.x Gah! Hey! Let me finish! The ending of chapter 10. I just want you to know that this chapter was a little relaxing 'cause I could not just do a story without you guys knowing what's going on. The next chapter should be a little intense because they are a bit older, and Inuyasha, well.*giggles*. you know boys with their hormones. Oh yeah! Tancya for making me an illusion of Kagome, Shippo. worked like a charm. Shippo: ^.^ Inuyasha:*deep thought* wait a minute.if Kagome was at the mall while I was doing the disclaimer, then who was I kissing? *turns and glares daggers at Tiano* *gulp* Tiano: weeeell, whaddaya know, look at the time gotta go bye! *poof* Inuyasha:TIIIIIIIAAAAAAANNOOOOOOO!
A/N: FINALLY I DON'T HAVE TO RUSH AND I CAN BE MYSELF AGAIN!!! *Throws the world off of her shoulders* phew. That felt good. No more stupid reports or school. well for now, that is. OH WHO CARES! ON WITH THE STORY!!!
Chapter 10
Inuyasha woke up with a start. His eyes shot open as he gasped for air. He felt the warm soft feeling that was Kagome stir beside him. He shook the memory of the nightmare of Sesshomaru out of his head and looked down at the poor soul that got dragged into this mess. HIS mess. He longed to have a normal life now that he knew what a normal life was. He did not want to go back into the hell from which he came from, but for the sake of this world, he'd make a sacrifice. Otherwise, if it were up to him, he would try to forget the whole thing and go back to normal with Kagome; the first human he ever saw.
Kagome opened her eyes slowly. Her blurry eyesight finally focused on Inuyasha's frowning face staring back at her. She knew why. She propped her head up with her elbow, her eyes never leaving his.
"Look Inuyasha. This is not your fault. It was wrong what your brother was doing to you, okay? So don't be so hard on your self."
His ears twitched slightly as he heard that. "But. We still have to fix it.We still have to go back before anything else happens." His voice trailed off as he looked down as if in shame. "Sango is right."
Kagome shook her head violently and hit her hand on the bed in protest. "Your wrong! It was NOT your fault! Everyone has the right to live, human or not. You- you would have died in that place if you stayed there any longer, Inuyasha! Don't you understand that?"
Inuyasha suddenly glared at her and stood up. Kagome was dumbfounded. What did she do to make him so mad? Then it hit her. She is telling Inuyasha things that were completely opposite to what he has been hearing his whole life. Maybe he is still listening to the blames and punishments that a hanyou (In his brother's eyes) should have. She stood as well and grabbed his two hands until she got his attention. His glare softened a little to an irritated look.
"We are all going to do this. We are all going through this chaos. WE are not going to blame it on no one. Let's just finished what WE started."
She saw a slight glimpse in his eyes. It took him a while, but eventually he simply nodded and turns to go downstairs. She felt the warmth of his hands still resting in hers when he let them go. She followed him downstairs with a confident smile that bloomed when she saw that look in his eyes that said "thank you". Inuyasha paused for a moment then continued down the stairs, his eyes on Miroku tangled around Sango. Kagome smiled. It was too obvious that they were going to be together some day. They both looked way more peaceful than they did last night. Kagome found a note on the refrigerator, which says:
I know the first thing you went to was the fridge Ms. Kagome. I had to do
some shopping, so don't wait on me for breakfast. Pancakes are in the microwave. Tell Sota to not leave the house until he brushes his teeth and
that thing on his head.
Mom.
P.S: Same goes for Inuyasha. No exceptions.
Kagome leaned on the frigde and laughed to herself, relieved that her mother was the way she is. So calm no matter what.
"Mmm.Kagome?"
Kagome looked at the drowsy Miroku on the couch lift his head. He blinked a few times before saying, "I wasn't dreaming" before resting his cheek on Sango's again.
Eventually everyone woke up and ate a silent breakfast. Sota knew it was not a good time to ask Inuyasha to play games. Instead, he helped them pack supplies for their trip to Inuyasha's world. No one spoke. They all knew what they had to do. Sota, wishing he could go with them, passed Inuyasha his drawing of his hero. Inuyasha stared at the big headed version of himself and smirked.
"Hold on to it okay? It would remind you of the promise you made."
"What promise?"
Sota walked to the door and before leaving his room he said ".to protect my sister remember? But I don't really have to tell you do I? Looks like you want to protect her yourself anyways."
Inuyasha looked up with his eyebrows raised for a second, then turn to say a snappy come back, but he was gone. Inuyasha shrugged and kept packing. Looks like the kid had him all figured out before anyone else.
"Don't forget to give mom that note okay? Gramps should be here any minute." Said Kagome.
"Hurry up, Kagome!" Inuyasha said before leaving the house to join the others.
Souta hugged Kagome before she left the house and waved good bye. "Don't forget to bring me back something!" He yelled before she left.
Kagome looked at the gang and pulled out the pink jewel. She stared at it for a moment, then looked up at them, which stared back.
"You guys ready?"
They all nodded eagerly. Kagome did not want to see that place again, and they were all anxious. None of them saw Inuyasha's world, not even Inuyasha himself. If they only knew.
"What's taking you so long?" Inuyasha snapped impatiently.
Kagome stepped in to the shrine, followed by the rest. She stood at the edge of the well and looked down. She felt less eager than she did when she first went in. Everyone threw down their bags and stood around it. Kagome threw in the jewel and jumped in.
"Jump!"
A few seconds later they were in the purple warp. She saw Miroku and Sango grab their floating stuff and looked around in awe. Slowly, they all landed on the soft soil in the well.
"Everyone here?" She asked as she looked around in check.
They all began to climb up one by one. Inuyasha was the last one to see this mystic forest. He scanned the forest and felt a shiver down his back from the thought of this place being home.a home he could not recognize. He felt a familiar hate build inside for him for Sesshomaru. He clenched the fists that longed to tear Sesshomaru apart and narrowed the eyes that yearned to witness Sesshomaru suffer. He felt Kagome's arm on his shoulder and ignored it.
"Inuyasha?" He heard her say softly. He calmed down, keeping his eyes ahead of him. His hands now hung loosely to his sides. He looked over at Kagome and the others who watched him questionably. Kagome slowly drew back her hand. He scoffed, "Why are we still here? Let's go Kagome! Your acting like we've been here before!
"Right. Keep your head on! Were going geez." Kagome snapped. She slipped her bag on her shoulder and looked around, then led the way. "We just made sure you were all right."
"Why wouldn't I!?" He snapped defensively.
"'Cause of that." Sango pointed out. A slight smile crept on Kagome's face. That was the first time Sango spoke since her house was no longer safe. That was just Sango's way of grieving; ignore the world around her. Guess she was finished grieving.almost.
Inuyasha, as usual, ignored her and kept following Kagome. Sango looked over at Miroku, who had his head lowered with the unusual expressionless look spread across his face. He was still in a lot of physical and mental pain. Sango never saw a guy so broken down. She grabbed his hand and squeezed it. He reacted to it with a weak smile towards her, then eventually turning back into a slight frown. A sigh escaped Sango's lips. As bad as her situation was, she had more sympathy for Miroku than she had for herself. She did not exactly know why. Her father always told her she had an amazingly strong spirit. She felt the prickliness of tears building and pushed it back down. She was going to prove her father right. As they reached deeper into the forest, Miroku's wounded hand became tighter. He tried not to pay attention to it, but the tingly feeling from it made him stare at his hand a few times. Inuyasha felt livelier as they continued. More will more strength, more anger, slowly building inside of him. He wanted to forget at Sesshomaru for a while to keep his mood up, but the anger was weighting down on his shoulders, not for Sesshomaru. For what? He did not know. Kagome stopped abruptly and searched the forest. They were at a dark clearing of a forest. She raised a puzzled eyebrow. Inuyasha sneered at her.
"Kagome, are you lost? Feh. I wouldn't be surprised."
Kagome swirled around. "I am not lost, Okay! I am not." she turned around and muttered softly, "We're lost."
"Ha! I knew it!"
"How'd you hear me, you stupid.stupid, whatever you are!" Kagome did not even know what to say about him. What was he really anyway?
"Ye are not lost, child."
The girls jumped while Inuyasha tensed, ready to fight, and Miroku did nothing but stare at his hand. Kagome let out a sigh of relief when she saw the woman who warned her. The creases in her forehead and patch on her eye shown age and experience while her eyes held wisdom. Her welcoming face was surrounded by silver hair loosely braided into one. She wore strange red and white clothing, the kind Kagome recognized in her history books. Inuyasha growled. He immediately blamed the woman for the things that happened to Miroku and Sango.
She opened her arms. "Shicon no Tamma has summoned ye and your friends exactly to where you needed to be."
"Who are you, hag?" Inuyasha sneered.
The woman raised her eyebrows. "I am not surprised from ye rude conduct, Inuyasha. Tamma has already warned me about that." The woman chuckled to herself.
Inuyasha was dumbfounded. "How the hell you know my name, hag?"
"My name is Kaede, and how I know is not of importance at this time."
Inuyasha opened his mouth to speak; no words came out, so he concluded with a usual "Feh." Kagome gave Inuyasha 'the look' (Inuyasha gave it right back to her) and rolled her eyes, forcing a smile.
"Sorry about him. He's not really.er. well mannered-"
She was cut off by Kaede's raised hand. "No need, no need." She then focused her attention on the couple in the shadows holding hands, listening to every word in silence. Kaede's smile stretched.
"Well! Ye two came closer with more haste than the last time! Maybe that present era must have helped, without all the chaos in this feudal Japan."
Sango slightly blushed and released his hand, but now was interested. So this was a different era? Feudal Japan?
"What do you mean, 'more haste than the last time'?"
"I know ye all have many questions, and they will all be answered promptly, but first, ye must have ye." Her smile melted away into horror as she stared at Miroku. The other three turned and looked at him while he fiddled with the bandage around his wounded hand. His face pinched with pain and he clenched his teeth.
"It's hurting.I have to take this off."
Kaede reached out her hand. "No! Don't-DO NOT TAKE THAT OFF1 NOT YET!"
Miroku shook his head and slowly began to peel it off. Kaede ran behind of a tree. "RUUUUUN!!" She screamed. The Inuyasha stood his ground while Kagome did the same as Kaede. Sango took a few steps away from Miroku, understanding what to run from and flees for protecrion behind a huge oak tree. The sky grew dark and gray. Miroku looked up to the sky. "Run from what?!" He called out in pain as he fell to his knees, holding his trembling hand. Sango looked at him, and was about to go to Miroku when Kaede grabbed her. "Hold still Sango. INUYASHA! PLEASE COME HERE!" Inuyasha did not move. Instead he stared at Miroku, who was staring at his hand with eyes filled with horror. Sango struggled against Kaede but it was no use. "MIROKUUU!" she screamed. Miroku's face paled when he saw the bandages for his hand glow and slowly sunk in the palm of his hand. His eyes widened, then, facing his hand away from him, he cried out in pain. Words began to forcefully form in his mouth. He fought them until "W-WIND TUNNEL!" roared from the depths of his throat. With a flash of light, everything in front of him ripped from the earth and into his hand. He crashed to the floor with his hand still in the air, and he clasped his wrist with his other hand. Kagome's head and back slammed hard against the tree. She could feel the huge tree actually moving, threatening to rise into Miroku's sudden tornado. Kaede pressed her back against the tree and saw something that made her jaw hang loosely. Inuyasha was not being sucked in. In the corner of his eye Inuyasha could see objects wedged between two trees. One of the objects came flying out and Inuyasha caught it. It seemed to be the sheath of an old sword.
"Inuyashaaa!" Kaede called.
He looked up just in time to catch the beaded string Kaede threw.
"Put that around Miroku's hand! Ye be careful not to be sucked in."
Inuyasha looked at the beads and went straight towards Miroku.
"INUYASHA NOOOO!" Kaede yelled, "GO AROUND! AAAROUND!"
It was too late for Inuyasha rose up into the sky. Like an instinct he ripped off the sheath and hurled the old rusty sword into the ground. He felt as if his hair and ears were to be pulled out of its roots by how close he was to him. The old sword was not going to hold. Kagome clasped her hands over her mouth and panicked. She was completely helpless. A golden glow came from the sword, and then it slowly dimmed, revealing a large solid jagged sword with silky cream fur around the edge of the handle. Inuyasha began cursing whatever word he remembered Kagome forbidding.
"NOW INUYAHSA! GIVE IT TO HIM! THE BEADS, INUYASHA!"
Inuyasha looked at Miroku, whose eyes seemed to be slowly dilating. "MIROKU!" Miroku looked up and Inuyasha threw the beads. Miroku caught them just before it was sucked in. "WRAP IT AROUND YOUR ARM!" Inuyasha hollered, not being able to take the tornado from his hand any longer. Miroku sat up slowly and quickly wraps around the light blue beads twice, and closed his fist. The sky was beautiful shades of azure again. It was suddenly gone. Every one ran to Miroku, who was still staring at his hand, breathing heavily. Sango slid to a stop and fell on her knees to see him. The three females huddled around him, and the hanyou now stood staring at the sword, his facial expression similar to Miroku's.
"Miroku! Are you all right? Are you hurt? Can you stand-can you speak?" Sango spilled out all at once.
Miroku looked up at her with wide eyes that rolled to the back of his head before falling. Kaede grabbed Sango's arm before she panicked.
"Be still, Sango. He is completely normal. He just needs some rest. He has a lot to catch up to."
Just then there was a soft thud behind of them. The girls turned to see Inuyasha on the ground face first, his ear twitching. "What happened to them?" Kagome gasped.
"Calm down. They are just fine. Come. I have something to give to both of you."
They followed the elderly woman to two large trees with things between the two trunks. Kaede pulled out what looked like a huge boomerang and faced Sango. Sango eyed it suspiciously before it was shoved into her arms.
"That's yours. I hope you enjoy it."
"What? This thing? Mine? Bu-but it's bigger than I am! What am I supposed to do with this-"
Kaede then pulled out a bow and arrows and handed it to Kagome.
"And this is yours."
Kagome insprected the beautifully wooden carvings of the weapon. HER weapon. That did not settle right within her. This was.her's? No way. She doesn't have any skill whatsoever. Kagome shook her head.
"No. This can't be mine. I don't have any good targeting skills or anything.thanks bu.no."
After Sango fell to the ground, Kagome felt darkness overpowered her and she drifted off into sleep. She had pictures about Feudal Japan. She saw people and demons- and knew all of them. From their name to the color or their eyes- she knew everyone that she saw in her head.
Inuyasha saw himself in flashes like himself bounded to a tree and how he killed thousands of demons. Only problem was, he was older. Very older. He then saw flashes of people and recognizes. Kagome.annoying broad.Naraku.greatest enemy.Kikyo.Kikyo. Inuyasha did not believe it was a dream until he saw himself holding a girl.
Sango saw the village she grew up in and saw her father and brother once again in her dreams, yet this time they were slaying enormous creatures, especially her with her boomerang.
Miroku looked at his father's grave infront of his house in feudal Japan in weird dark purple and black robes with a rod. He then saw flashes of his wind tunnel sucking in anything in its path with his friends all battling Naraku.Naraku? He looked very different without his nose ring, but that wasn't what made him look different the most. What distinguished him was the baboon outfit he was wearing.
The picture of Kikyo in Inuyasha's arms slowly faded away as darkness filled the image, then the orange glow of a candle. He moved his head slowly from left to right, then placed his hands over his face. It was like waking up from a century of slumber. His mind spun from the confusion of it all. It was too much for him. He just saw his whole life play like a show before his eyes. Incredibly, he knows who he is. He sat up in the cabin, slowly taking his hands off his face, stared at his palms that were ruff from work yet soft from Kagome's care, and whispered the alien words that were so distant to him.
"I'm.Inuyasha.Jikoto.a-an-and I'm.fourteen. Jikoto. Fourteen."
Beads of sweat lined his forehead as he stared absentmindedly in his hands. He had a true life! He was somebody. Where was it all of this time? His mystified gaze went from his hands to the body laying next to him. It was Kagome. He knew her longer than he thought. But then.He also knows of another girl named Kikyo. A miko.
"Mmmiko."
He touched his lips and frowned in thought. The words pouring out of his mouth were not always dwelling in his mind. No, they were placed there by something else.
Inuyasha could not wait until Kagome awoke from her sleep. He shook her until she rolled on her back and frowned, her eyes opened half way. Inuyasha looked down at her and she simply stared back. There was a long moment of silence between the two, until she abruptly gasped and sat up so sudden it made Inuyasha flinch. She stared at him with raised eyebrows as if she had not seen him for so long. Her eyes began to glisten as a slight smile stretched on her perfect lips. She rested her two hands on his shoulders as he stared back with the same puzzling look as he had before.
"Inuyasha? Do you remember anything.different?"
Inuyasha stared at her intensely. She knew about their past as well. This was not the first time they met. It was actually at a tree. But how? That was impossible! He has been in an old house for most of his existence.but he did remember her, Miroku, Sango and Shippo. Shippo? This was too much for him. Nonetheless, he nodded his head. And with that, Kagome made him loose balance and fall flat on his back with the hug she covered him with.
"Oh my God I remember everything! I'm back!" She whispered in disbelief.
"Wha-Wha..what??" they heard Sango muttered in the background. Inuyasha managed to lift his head to see Sango sitting up, cupping her forehead in her hands and doubling over. She was as confused as Miroku was when he awoke. They all stayed in the small cabin, for a while, each sharing what they saw in their dreams. It was not making logical sense. These things they remembered in the past.were events that did not happen yet. They remembered the future.
Miroku suddenly pulled his shirt over his shoulders and placed his hand where the wound USED to be. He pulled off the patch and a few loose stitches fell on his lap. The bullet wound was gone like it was never there in the first place. Miroku stared at it in complete awe.
"That was not meant to be there in the first place." Said the elderly voice.
They all looked up to see Kaede walking in with a tray of food and tea. Sango and Kagome made room on the mat so she can sit as she rest the food in the center of the table. The children all stared at the food until Kaede finally said, "Well eat already! Aren't ye hungry?"
They all looked at each other and began devouring whatever their hands laid upon. The food was delicious. They all exchanged looks. They WERE hungry.
"How long were we asleep?" Miroku asked before gulping down some water.
"About a week."
Inuyasha spat out a little of his drink. "A WHOLE WEEK! WHAT DID YA DO, DRUG US!?"
Kaede chuckled at his reaction and looked at the girls surprised look. "So you were as sassy as a child as when you were fifty eh?.What do you expect? Shicon no Tamma did have to bring your memories back.
"Shicon no Tamma?" Sango and Kagome asked in unison. They knew now it was a powerful jewel that could be used for good or evil, but Kaede was talking about it like a person.
"Yes. It is the one who brought ye all to Kagome's time, and gave you a new life after finding all of it's pieces," she then turned to Inuyasha "But ye child, ye are the one who was left behind. Tamma must have had a special purpose for that."
"Who's Tamma?" Inuyasha asked with (suprisingly) no attitude.
"Who has the jewel?"
Kagome took the jewel out of her jeans pocket and handed it to Kaede. She picked up the jewel and inspected it closely.
"There is a powerful spirit within this rosy orb that controls all of your fates. Do any of ye remember what happened after this was completed?"
They all exchanged glances. There was a short period of silence before Kaede nodded.
"I see. Tamma did not like the out come your lives, because your lives all ended when the jewel was completed. You were all recreated once again, unaware of what happened in your present life. You have not received all of your memories yet, but when you do, it will all make sense once you have fulfilled your quest."
"What's our quest?" Kagome asked eagerly.
"What do you mean, 'completed'?" Miroku asked.
"Are we going to get our families back?" Sango asked hopefully."
"Who's Tamm-"
Inuyasha was cut off by Kagome's other question. "Why was Inuyasha kept back?"
"Who's Tamm-"
"Did I ever get this hole out of my hand?"
"Grrr. Who's Tamm-"
"I wonder if I can still hold my boomerang."
"WHO THE HELL IS SHICON NO TAMM-"
"Wait, wait. Calm ye selves down. All your questions will be answered."
Kagome giggled at Inuyasha's ears twitching as he fumed. Kaede answered all of their questions with much detail and explained more things of this world. Kaede stood up and looked down on them and smiled at the sight of their young wide eyes. She was very grateful that Tamma has chosen her to guide them back to quest to get their lives back in order once and for all. Their quest was to eliminate all of the evil of this world to unlock the true power of Tamma. They'll know how far they are by seeing how much pearly white is covering the pink. Kaede walked to the door and motion them to come over.
"Come on and stretch out your legs! Don't you want to reclaim the world ye once conquered many years ahead?"
It was a little confusing to them, but nevertheless, like the children the are ran out side.
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They have been through a lot since the last year. They had too many encounters with Sesshomaru and not enough encounters to destroy the cowardly Naraku. All of them have almost mastered their skills and eventually met Shippo at the orphanage and got most of his memory back with a spinning top that he once owned. Miroku gets his usual slaps and back hands from Sango, yet secretly their relationship grew stronger, while Kagome thinks hers with Inuyasha is becoming more annoying like they used to. Inuyasha has intercepted Kikyo a few times, and almost fell for her, but every time he did, something was holding him back. Or maybe it was someone.
A/N: There you have it folks! The ending- *gets hit square in the face with large boomerang* x.x Gah! Hey! Let me finish! The ending of chapter 10. I just want you to know that this chapter was a little relaxing 'cause I could not just do a story without you guys knowing what's going on. The next chapter should be a little intense because they are a bit older, and Inuyasha, well.*giggles*. you know boys with their hormones. Oh yeah! Tancya for making me an illusion of Kagome, Shippo. worked like a charm. Shippo: ^.^ Inuyasha:*deep thought* wait a minute.if Kagome was at the mall while I was doing the disclaimer, then who was I kissing? *turns and glares daggers at Tiano* *gulp* Tiano: weeeell, whaddaya know, look at the time gotta go bye! *poof* Inuyasha:TIIIIIIIAAAAAAANNOOOOOOO!