Chapter eight- forgotten Love
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Kagome split with Miroku half way to the village. He said he needed to find Sango. Kagome at first wanted to go with him but thought better of it. Seeing Miroku was bad enough but should she see all her friends....she wasn't sure she would be able to leave again. She managed to find the village after a few moments of walking. Slowly she was starting to remember everything about the land and the path. She pushed aside a branch and now had the perfect few of the village. She saw the smoke from the fires. Heard the sounds of the villagers and their children. "The village has really grown." Kagome said as she made her way down the hill. The children were the ones to see her first, and then they only saw her priestess Kimono. They bowed out of respect before really looking at her face. They were to young to recognize her but the moment she stepped into the village, the villagers did. They looked at her for a moment as if she was a dream, then bowed respectively. A villager took off running. "Lady Kaede! Lady Kaede! Its a Miracle." She said grabbing her arm. "Child, that is it?" Kaede said as she walked with her. Kagome saw Kaede and bowed. Kaede looked at her, wide eyed and shocked. "could...could it be?" Kaede muttered stepping forward. "Kaede." Kagome said tears once more filling her eyes. "Kagome is it you!" Kagome dropped to her knees and hugged Kaede. "Kagome, child it is you. You have returned." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Serenity felt pain. Extreme pain. She could barely move. Slowly she opened her eyes. Her vision was still blurry and she had to get used to the dim light of where she was. After a few minuets her vision was clear and she could make out where she was. It seemed to be a cave. She raised a hand to feel her wounds and felt that they were bandaged. "W-What!" Serenity said and tried to rise. "You shouldn't be moving." A voice echoed through the cave. "Who's there!" Serenity called looking around. She saw a shadow by the fire. It was cloaked so she couldn't see its face. :Who are you!" Serenity demanded as she again tried to rise. The shadow moved and came closer to her. It placed a hand on her shoulder and gently pushed her back down. " I said you shouldn't try to move. Your wounds are deep." Serenity laid back, still in some pain and closed her eyes. She began to recall the battle and the silver hared, dig eared, hanyou and his sword. "Damn it! How could I have been beaten so bad!" She muttered to herself. 'All of mothers training did not help.' Serenity's anger grew at the though of her mother. ' why did she lie to me? Why couldn't she have told me the truth about my father.' She looked to the one who saved her.
"Who are you? Lower your hood and show yourself." Serenity said. "as you wish." The shadow lowered its hood to reveal its face. It was a he. He had long wavy black hair pulled back into a ponytail. Dark red eyes surrounded by thick eyelashes. He had two red strips, one on each cheek. He was tall and somewhat built. (AN: he looks like a more manly Naraku)
Serenity took in his scent. "Human and youkai.. Your a hanyou." She said with a slight chuckle. "Though I was the only one and here I find two more." She sighed. :Now I know what you are but who are you?" He gave a small smile. "I am called Narahiko." He said as he dampened a rag and placed it on her forehead. He then replaced her bandages with fresh ones. He didn't speak the entire time. Serenity kept an eye on him as he did this. She wasn't sure she could trust him yet, even though he did save her. "Your wounds are deep." He said at last. "They will not keep me down for long." Serenity told him. He laughed a small laugh at her confidence and arrogance. "I believe you are right. You will heal fast." He said as he dumped out some water on the ground. "Narahiko, do you live in this cave? Where is your family?" Serenity asked as she slowly rose to a sitting position and leaned against the wall. She placed a hand on her side and looked at him, waiting for the answer. "Yes, it is this cave in which I live. My family is dead."
"oh..sorry." Serenity muttered. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Inuyasha turned back to Miroku. "its a dead end! I cant pick up her scent of blood! Are you happy?!" Miroku slowly began to back away. "Why did you stop me from killing her!?" Miroku had to think fast. In his moment of despair .." I know her!"...was what popped out. He immediately regretted saying that. "I mean..um..i know her.ugh." He thought of Kagome. "I know her mother!" Inuyasha and Sango looked at him puzzled. He decided to go with it. "Yes, I know her mother, she's an old friend of mine." He tried to smooth over. Sango gave him a weird look and Inuyasha still looked at him angrily. Inuyasha muttered something and began to walk off. Miroku walked by Sango. He had already decided to tell Sango about Kagome.he would also tell Inuyasha but not yet. He decided to tell Sango because she was always the one to keep faith that Kagome would one day return. When he thought they were far enough away for Inuyasha not to hear Miroku pulled Sango to him.
"Miroku cut it out." She said. "Shh...Sango I have something important to tell you." Sango leaned in to hear better. "Kagome has returned, but you can not tell Inuyasha." Sango didn't know what to say or think. After all these years of keeping hope, Kagome had finally returned. "She's back." Sango whispered and Miroku nodded. "But we must not tell Inuyasha.not yet." "I do not think we need to." Sango said as she looked at Inuyasha. He had stopped dead. "Kagome." They heard him whisper. Before Miroku or Sango could say anything Inuyasha had already jumped off. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kagome set in Kaedes hut with her. The fire blazing and it silent. Kagome placed a hand over the Shikon jewel that was around her neck. "I am glad that the jewel is still safe." Kaede said and Kagome nodded. "Kagome Child, why have you stayed away so long? Why is it now that you return?" Kaede asked. Kagome had waited for this question as tears began again to surface. If she was going to make it through being in this time again she was going to have to act as if it didn't hurt her, like she had no emotions at all. She consciously pushed the tears back and made her face expressionless. "I have come to find someone." She answered. "Inuyasha." Keade nodded. Kagomes eyes widened for a moment and a tear fell. Thankfully Kaede was busy with the fire and didn't see. Kagome forced herself to become emotionless once again. "No, not Inuyasha." She fell short, hearing Inuyasha's name upon her lips again. "I have come to find my daughter." She continued. Kaeda looked at her in surprise. "your daughter?" She spoke.
Kagome nodded. "She has come to this time in search of answers. Have you seen her?" Kagome explained how Serenity looked. "Yes, sadly I have seen her. She was here at the village." Kagomes gaze dropped to the floor. "Yes I heard but did not want to believe." Kagome said as she rose to her feet and walked to the door. "Lady Kaede, please do not tell anyone you have seen me..especially In- Inuyasha." She walked out of the hut. The villagers bowed as she walked pass. She would nod and keep walking. She walked out of the village and into Inuyasha's forest, as the villagers called it many years ago. She walked along the path and didn't stop till she came to the Goshinboku. It was still the same as she remembered it, the same as it was in her time, only more beautiful. The way it seemed to shine in the dying light of the sun.
She walked to it and placed a hand on the bark, feeling the old magic within it. She set down and pulled her knees to her chest, wrapping her arms around them. She lost herself again in her memories of old. Lost, she didn't even sense the youkai near bye her. She didn't notice till she heard the loud screech. She looked up to see a bird youkai with three eyes coming at her. She did the only thing she could think to do at the time, she put her hands up to guard her face. She waited for the bird to hit her and pain to come. It never did. After a few moments Kagome lowered her hands and opened her eyes. She gasped at what she saw. There, almost floating in the air, slowly coming down was Inuyasha. Everything that she had tried to do. To bury her feelings and seem emotionless, to stop the tears from falling or even surfacing as they did now. Everything disappeared. Her wall fell down. Inuyasha stared at her, wide eyed and shocked. He landed on the ground the bird landing behind him. Slowly he took a step forward and wrenched out a hand. Tears began to surface. "Ka- Kagome?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CLIFFY!!!!!!! ^_^ I KNOW IM SO EVIL. BUT INUYASHA HAS FINALLY FOUND KAGOME! I GOT TO UPDATE SOONER THEN I THOUGHT I WOULD, DARN SCHOOL .:; OK WELL NOW TO ANSWER A FEW PUZZLING QUESTIONS FROM READERS, (IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON MY STORY.JUST ASK! ^_^)
Chels-Dawg- YES NARAKU HAS BEEN DEFEATED IN MY STORY, WHICH YOU WILL FIND OUT HOW IN LATER CHAPTERS. I KNOW ITS EVIL OF ME BUT IM GOING TO MAKE RAY HAVE THE HELL HOLE IN HIS HAND, ONLY IT WONT KILL HIM LIKE IT DID MIROKUS FATHER, BUT IM NOT SURE IF IM GOING TO LET HIM USE IT. YOU THINK I SHOULD? AND MIROKU STILL HAS HIS AS WELL BUT HE DOESNT USE IT ANYMORE EITHER. AND ABOUT IF IM BRINGING IN KOUGA, IM NOT SURE. YOU THINK I SHOULD? THANKS FOR YOUR REVEIW! ^_^
ZSilver- YES I AGREE WITH YOU...SCHOOL IS EVIL!!!!!!!!!!!! .
TO ALL- DO YOU THINK I SHOULD ENTER KOUGA INTO MY STORY? IF YOU THINK SO THEN PLEASE TELL ME AND I SHALL CONSIDER IT. THANK YOU! JA NE~
~SHADOW~
Kagome split with Miroku half way to the village. He said he needed to find Sango. Kagome at first wanted to go with him but thought better of it. Seeing Miroku was bad enough but should she see all her friends....she wasn't sure she would be able to leave again. She managed to find the village after a few moments of walking. Slowly she was starting to remember everything about the land and the path. She pushed aside a branch and now had the perfect few of the village. She saw the smoke from the fires. Heard the sounds of the villagers and their children. "The village has really grown." Kagome said as she made her way down the hill. The children were the ones to see her first, and then they only saw her priestess Kimono. They bowed out of respect before really looking at her face. They were to young to recognize her but the moment she stepped into the village, the villagers did. They looked at her for a moment as if she was a dream, then bowed respectively. A villager took off running. "Lady Kaede! Lady Kaede! Its a Miracle." She said grabbing her arm. "Child, that is it?" Kaede said as she walked with her. Kagome saw Kaede and bowed. Kaede looked at her, wide eyed and shocked. "could...could it be?" Kaede muttered stepping forward. "Kaede." Kagome said tears once more filling her eyes. "Kagome is it you!" Kagome dropped to her knees and hugged Kaede. "Kagome, child it is you. You have returned." ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Serenity felt pain. Extreme pain. She could barely move. Slowly she opened her eyes. Her vision was still blurry and she had to get used to the dim light of where she was. After a few minuets her vision was clear and she could make out where she was. It seemed to be a cave. She raised a hand to feel her wounds and felt that they were bandaged. "W-What!" Serenity said and tried to rise. "You shouldn't be moving." A voice echoed through the cave. "Who's there!" Serenity called looking around. She saw a shadow by the fire. It was cloaked so she couldn't see its face. :Who are you!" Serenity demanded as she again tried to rise. The shadow moved and came closer to her. It placed a hand on her shoulder and gently pushed her back down. " I said you shouldn't try to move. Your wounds are deep." Serenity laid back, still in some pain and closed her eyes. She began to recall the battle and the silver hared, dig eared, hanyou and his sword. "Damn it! How could I have been beaten so bad!" She muttered to herself. 'All of mothers training did not help.' Serenity's anger grew at the though of her mother. ' why did she lie to me? Why couldn't she have told me the truth about my father.' She looked to the one who saved her.
"Who are you? Lower your hood and show yourself." Serenity said. "as you wish." The shadow lowered its hood to reveal its face. It was a he. He had long wavy black hair pulled back into a ponytail. Dark red eyes surrounded by thick eyelashes. He had two red strips, one on each cheek. He was tall and somewhat built. (AN: he looks like a more manly Naraku)
Serenity took in his scent. "Human and youkai.. Your a hanyou." She said with a slight chuckle. "Though I was the only one and here I find two more." She sighed. :Now I know what you are but who are you?" He gave a small smile. "I am called Narahiko." He said as he dampened a rag and placed it on her forehead. He then replaced her bandages with fresh ones. He didn't speak the entire time. Serenity kept an eye on him as he did this. She wasn't sure she could trust him yet, even though he did save her. "Your wounds are deep." He said at last. "They will not keep me down for long." Serenity told him. He laughed a small laugh at her confidence and arrogance. "I believe you are right. You will heal fast." He said as he dumped out some water on the ground. "Narahiko, do you live in this cave? Where is your family?" Serenity asked as she slowly rose to a sitting position and leaned against the wall. She placed a hand on her side and looked at him, waiting for the answer. "Yes, it is this cave in which I live. My family is dead."
"oh..sorry." Serenity muttered. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Inuyasha turned back to Miroku. "its a dead end! I cant pick up her scent of blood! Are you happy?!" Miroku slowly began to back away. "Why did you stop me from killing her!?" Miroku had to think fast. In his moment of despair .." I know her!"...was what popped out. He immediately regretted saying that. "I mean..um..i know her.ugh." He thought of Kagome. "I know her mother!" Inuyasha and Sango looked at him puzzled. He decided to go with it. "Yes, I know her mother, she's an old friend of mine." He tried to smooth over. Sango gave him a weird look and Inuyasha still looked at him angrily. Inuyasha muttered something and began to walk off. Miroku walked by Sango. He had already decided to tell Sango about Kagome.he would also tell Inuyasha but not yet. He decided to tell Sango because she was always the one to keep faith that Kagome would one day return. When he thought they were far enough away for Inuyasha not to hear Miroku pulled Sango to him.
"Miroku cut it out." She said. "Shh...Sango I have something important to tell you." Sango leaned in to hear better. "Kagome has returned, but you can not tell Inuyasha." Sango didn't know what to say or think. After all these years of keeping hope, Kagome had finally returned. "She's back." Sango whispered and Miroku nodded. "But we must not tell Inuyasha.not yet." "I do not think we need to." Sango said as she looked at Inuyasha. He had stopped dead. "Kagome." They heard him whisper. Before Miroku or Sango could say anything Inuyasha had already jumped off. ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
Kagome set in Kaedes hut with her. The fire blazing and it silent. Kagome placed a hand over the Shikon jewel that was around her neck. "I am glad that the jewel is still safe." Kaede said and Kagome nodded. "Kagome Child, why have you stayed away so long? Why is it now that you return?" Kaede asked. Kagome had waited for this question as tears began again to surface. If she was going to make it through being in this time again she was going to have to act as if it didn't hurt her, like she had no emotions at all. She consciously pushed the tears back and made her face expressionless. "I have come to find someone." She answered. "Inuyasha." Keade nodded. Kagomes eyes widened for a moment and a tear fell. Thankfully Kaede was busy with the fire and didn't see. Kagome forced herself to become emotionless once again. "No, not Inuyasha." She fell short, hearing Inuyasha's name upon her lips again. "I have come to find my daughter." She continued. Kaeda looked at her in surprise. "your daughter?" She spoke.
Kagome nodded. "She has come to this time in search of answers. Have you seen her?" Kagome explained how Serenity looked. "Yes, sadly I have seen her. She was here at the village." Kagomes gaze dropped to the floor. "Yes I heard but did not want to believe." Kagome said as she rose to her feet and walked to the door. "Lady Kaede, please do not tell anyone you have seen me..especially In- Inuyasha." She walked out of the hut. The villagers bowed as she walked pass. She would nod and keep walking. She walked out of the village and into Inuyasha's forest, as the villagers called it many years ago. She walked along the path and didn't stop till she came to the Goshinboku. It was still the same as she remembered it, the same as it was in her time, only more beautiful. The way it seemed to shine in the dying light of the sun.
She walked to it and placed a hand on the bark, feeling the old magic within it. She set down and pulled her knees to her chest, wrapping her arms around them. She lost herself again in her memories of old. Lost, she didn't even sense the youkai near bye her. She didn't notice till she heard the loud screech. She looked up to see a bird youkai with three eyes coming at her. She did the only thing she could think to do at the time, she put her hands up to guard her face. She waited for the bird to hit her and pain to come. It never did. After a few moments Kagome lowered her hands and opened her eyes. She gasped at what she saw. There, almost floating in the air, slowly coming down was Inuyasha. Everything that she had tried to do. To bury her feelings and seem emotionless, to stop the tears from falling or even surfacing as they did now. Everything disappeared. Her wall fell down. Inuyasha stared at her, wide eyed and shocked. He landed on the ground the bird landing behind him. Slowly he took a step forward and wrenched out a hand. Tears began to surface. "Ka- Kagome?" ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~
CLIFFY!!!!!!! ^_^ I KNOW IM SO EVIL. BUT INUYASHA HAS FINALLY FOUND KAGOME! I GOT TO UPDATE SOONER THEN I THOUGHT I WOULD, DARN SCHOOL .:; OK WELL NOW TO ANSWER A FEW PUZZLING QUESTIONS FROM READERS, (IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS ON MY STORY.JUST ASK! ^_^)
Chels-Dawg- YES NARAKU HAS BEEN DEFEATED IN MY STORY, WHICH YOU WILL FIND OUT HOW IN LATER CHAPTERS. I KNOW ITS EVIL OF ME BUT IM GOING TO MAKE RAY HAVE THE HELL HOLE IN HIS HAND, ONLY IT WONT KILL HIM LIKE IT DID MIROKUS FATHER, BUT IM NOT SURE IF IM GOING TO LET HIM USE IT. YOU THINK I SHOULD? AND MIROKU STILL HAS HIS AS WELL BUT HE DOESNT USE IT ANYMORE EITHER. AND ABOUT IF IM BRINGING IN KOUGA, IM NOT SURE. YOU THINK I SHOULD? THANKS FOR YOUR REVEIW! ^_^
ZSilver- YES I AGREE WITH YOU...SCHOOL IS EVIL!!!!!!!!!!!! .
TO ALL- DO YOU THINK I SHOULD ENTER KOUGA INTO MY STORY? IF YOU THINK SO THEN PLEASE TELL ME AND I SHALL CONSIDER IT. THANK YOU! JA NE~
~SHADOW~