A/N: Just a short chapter... sorry it's not longer. One of my summer
goals is to complete all my unfinished fics, including this one! So never
fear...sorry this story is getting a little bit far-fetched here! If anyone
needs clarification, just comment, and I'll do my best to lay it all out
for ya... and I'm sorry about the unclearness of where the different
storylines break off... fanfiction.net ate my asterisks!!
Oh. AND I don't own Inu or anyone else. (
-Me Again a.k.a. Megan
"So, Kagome... what you're saying is, you think that this Ho-Ho is a reincarnation of Koga? And you think he has a jewel shard? It's not possible!" Inuyasha was sitting cross-legged in the garden, eating a bowl of hot ramen. Kagome had been pacing back and forth, making him feel sick.
"Well, don't you think that if he really did have a jewel shard that I would have sensed it? That's the only part that doesn't make sense." Kagome stopped pacing, to Inuyasha's relief.
"Whaddya mean, 'that's the only part that doesn't make sense?' NONE of it makes sense! How could someone from the future, a so-called reincarnation, posses a jewel shard? Unless you gave him one." Inuyasha crossed his arms.
"I did NOT give Hojo a jewel shard, Inuyasha!" Kagome shouted, but she couldn't help but wonder.
"Well... maybe it's from another jewel."
"You mean... Hojo has a different jewel inside him? One that's not the Shikon?"
"That's the only reason I can see why he'd fall to the other side," Inuyasha said, thinking truly hard. "I'm almost positive that Koga has ANOTHER separate stone, not as powerful as the Shikon, not even close. Maybe... the same thing happened with Ho-Ho that happened to you."
"It's Hojo."
"That's what I said. Ho-Ho."
Kagome shook her head, ignoring Inuyasha. "So what you're saying is... Hojo might posses a stone that he inherited from Koga the way I inherited the Shikon from Kikyo?"
"Exactly."
"That would make sense as to why I never sensed any shards when I was with him... because I'm only a sensor for the Shikon! If Hojo had a different stone with the capability to let him go through the well... Oh, Inuyasha, this is all so far-fetched... HEY, I thought you didn't even believe the whole 'Koga reincarnated as Hojo thing', and now you come up with this insane idea."
"You know, Kagome, the smell that I smelled... when I heard the branch snap and I went looking for...whoever did it... It really DID smell...infuriating. Like the way Koga smells to me, but a human version, almost! As crazy as the whole thing is, when we put it together, it makes sense."
"And it IS crazy. The craziest thing I've ever come across..."
By then, Inuyasha had finished his ramen, and was ready to go. "Well, it is crazy, but it's the only solution I can think of."
Kagome sighed. "So, then. What do we do now?"
Inuyasha got a glint in his eye that told Kagome he meant business. "We go back to my time, get Hojo, and get him the hell out of there before he meets up with Koga."
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Koga was walking along, Hojo tagging behind him, nearly out of breath.
"So, what is in this bag we're looking for?" Koga asked, looking back at Hojo.
"Some food from the future."
Koga Scoffed. "Lemme guess, RAMEN?"
"ER... yeah," Hojo answered, sounding sheepish.
"That Kagome... she'd do anything for Dog-boy. It's sickening, really. I don't know why he insists on stealing MY woman."
Hojo was scared, now. "Y-your woman?"
Koga eyed Hojo. "Yeah, Kagome's MY woman. And anyone who tries to take her for me is dead." Hojo decided that now would not be the best time to tell Koga why exactly he was there. "Arrangements can be easily made for the foolhardy. It unfortunately stands that Inuyasha is almost equal in my strength, even though he's merely a HALF demon.
"So tell me, human. How is it you came to posses a Shikon shard? Are you even sure it's from the Shikon?" Koga asked, changing the subject.
"Well, to be honest, Koga, I didn't even know I had one of these... shards. I don't even know what a Shikon shard is. It could be a Shikon shard, it could be anything. All I know is that I don't understand any of this."
Koga nodded. "Well, from that punch you gave me, it's apparent that you do posses a shard of some nature, but I'm not sure if it's from the Shikon. If it HAD been from the Shikon, I would have been knocked off my feet... no. I think you posses a different shard. I think you posses a Wolfstone shard."
"A Wolfstone shard?" Hojo thought it was impossible to be any more confused. He was wrong.
Koga nodded. "Yes. As of now, my arm contains, along with a Shikon shard, one half of the Wolfstone. From the way you move, I'd say that you were a reincarnation of a wolf that possessed a shard or two in his own time. Would you mind if I looked at your arm for a minute?"
Hojo, reluctant to find out what would happen if he refused Koga, held out his arm for him to take a look. He wasn't aware as to what Koga would do, however, and found himself in extreme pain as Koga dug a nail into his forearm and made a large gash. Hojo gasped as Koga pulled out a smooth black semicircle.
Koga, eyebrows furrowed, looked over the stone before surprisingly gashing his own arm open and extracting an exact replica of his own arm treasure.
"The same..." Koga looked surprised to compare the two stones.
"What does that mean?" asked Hojo, confused at the two same stones. They had both been produced from the right arms of the both of them.
"It means... that you are one of my own. You... are my reincarnation."
Hojo stood there, not sure whether he should laugh or cry. As long as he could remember, he never believed in reincarnation and all the ancient Japanese ways of thinking. But now that he was in ancient Japan, standing next to a man who claimed to be a wolf AND claimed to be the one he descended from in spirit, he decided it was time he should start believing.
Koga walked over to Hojo and embraced him like a brother. "I knew there had been something unique about you. The only human I have ever met that smelled like a wolf. Amazing. AND you know Kagome as well. I think Kagome is the angel messenger who has delivered you to me!"
Koga shoved the jewel back into Hojo's arm and tied it up with a strip of cloth. He repaired his own arm, and began to walk toward the way Hojo had come.
"Well, Hojo, my wolf brother, let us go find fair Kagome!"
Hojo could do nothing else but follow.
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Oh. AND I don't own Inu or anyone else. (
-Me Again a.k.a. Megan
"So, Kagome... what you're saying is, you think that this Ho-Ho is a reincarnation of Koga? And you think he has a jewel shard? It's not possible!" Inuyasha was sitting cross-legged in the garden, eating a bowl of hot ramen. Kagome had been pacing back and forth, making him feel sick.
"Well, don't you think that if he really did have a jewel shard that I would have sensed it? That's the only part that doesn't make sense." Kagome stopped pacing, to Inuyasha's relief.
"Whaddya mean, 'that's the only part that doesn't make sense?' NONE of it makes sense! How could someone from the future, a so-called reincarnation, posses a jewel shard? Unless you gave him one." Inuyasha crossed his arms.
"I did NOT give Hojo a jewel shard, Inuyasha!" Kagome shouted, but she couldn't help but wonder.
"Well... maybe it's from another jewel."
"You mean... Hojo has a different jewel inside him? One that's not the Shikon?"
"That's the only reason I can see why he'd fall to the other side," Inuyasha said, thinking truly hard. "I'm almost positive that Koga has ANOTHER separate stone, not as powerful as the Shikon, not even close. Maybe... the same thing happened with Ho-Ho that happened to you."
"It's Hojo."
"That's what I said. Ho-Ho."
Kagome shook her head, ignoring Inuyasha. "So what you're saying is... Hojo might posses a stone that he inherited from Koga the way I inherited the Shikon from Kikyo?"
"Exactly."
"That would make sense as to why I never sensed any shards when I was with him... because I'm only a sensor for the Shikon! If Hojo had a different stone with the capability to let him go through the well... Oh, Inuyasha, this is all so far-fetched... HEY, I thought you didn't even believe the whole 'Koga reincarnated as Hojo thing', and now you come up with this insane idea."
"You know, Kagome, the smell that I smelled... when I heard the branch snap and I went looking for...whoever did it... It really DID smell...infuriating. Like the way Koga smells to me, but a human version, almost! As crazy as the whole thing is, when we put it together, it makes sense."
"And it IS crazy. The craziest thing I've ever come across..."
By then, Inuyasha had finished his ramen, and was ready to go. "Well, it is crazy, but it's the only solution I can think of."
Kagome sighed. "So, then. What do we do now?"
Inuyasha got a glint in his eye that told Kagome he meant business. "We go back to my time, get Hojo, and get him the hell out of there before he meets up with Koga."
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Koga was walking along, Hojo tagging behind him, nearly out of breath.
"So, what is in this bag we're looking for?" Koga asked, looking back at Hojo.
"Some food from the future."
Koga Scoffed. "Lemme guess, RAMEN?"
"ER... yeah," Hojo answered, sounding sheepish.
"That Kagome... she'd do anything for Dog-boy. It's sickening, really. I don't know why he insists on stealing MY woman."
Hojo was scared, now. "Y-your woman?"
Koga eyed Hojo. "Yeah, Kagome's MY woman. And anyone who tries to take her for me is dead." Hojo decided that now would not be the best time to tell Koga why exactly he was there. "Arrangements can be easily made for the foolhardy. It unfortunately stands that Inuyasha is almost equal in my strength, even though he's merely a HALF demon.
"So tell me, human. How is it you came to posses a Shikon shard? Are you even sure it's from the Shikon?" Koga asked, changing the subject.
"Well, to be honest, Koga, I didn't even know I had one of these... shards. I don't even know what a Shikon shard is. It could be a Shikon shard, it could be anything. All I know is that I don't understand any of this."
Koga nodded. "Well, from that punch you gave me, it's apparent that you do posses a shard of some nature, but I'm not sure if it's from the Shikon. If it HAD been from the Shikon, I would have been knocked off my feet... no. I think you posses a different shard. I think you posses a Wolfstone shard."
"A Wolfstone shard?" Hojo thought it was impossible to be any more confused. He was wrong.
Koga nodded. "Yes. As of now, my arm contains, along with a Shikon shard, one half of the Wolfstone. From the way you move, I'd say that you were a reincarnation of a wolf that possessed a shard or two in his own time. Would you mind if I looked at your arm for a minute?"
Hojo, reluctant to find out what would happen if he refused Koga, held out his arm for him to take a look. He wasn't aware as to what Koga would do, however, and found himself in extreme pain as Koga dug a nail into his forearm and made a large gash. Hojo gasped as Koga pulled out a smooth black semicircle.
Koga, eyebrows furrowed, looked over the stone before surprisingly gashing his own arm open and extracting an exact replica of his own arm treasure.
"The same..." Koga looked surprised to compare the two stones.
"What does that mean?" asked Hojo, confused at the two same stones. They had both been produced from the right arms of the both of them.
"It means... that you are one of my own. You... are my reincarnation."
Hojo stood there, not sure whether he should laugh or cry. As long as he could remember, he never believed in reincarnation and all the ancient Japanese ways of thinking. But now that he was in ancient Japan, standing next to a man who claimed to be a wolf AND claimed to be the one he descended from in spirit, he decided it was time he should start believing.
Koga walked over to Hojo and embraced him like a brother. "I knew there had been something unique about you. The only human I have ever met that smelled like a wolf. Amazing. AND you know Kagome as well. I think Kagome is the angel messenger who has delivered you to me!"
Koga shoved the jewel back into Hojo's arm and tied it up with a strip of cloth. He repaired his own arm, and began to walk toward the way Hojo had come.
"Well, Hojo, my wolf brother, let us go find fair Kagome!"
Hojo could do nothing else but follow.
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