Chapter 2: The Story
"Hey! Kameko! C'mere!" InuYasha shouted as Kameko walked out from Kaede's hut. "InuYasha! What happened to him?" she asked as she took Akio form his arms. "Take a better look." he told her. Kameko's eyes started to fill with the mist of confusion, until she did take a better look.
"There's no way that it's Akio! I mean, we left him with my friend, Yuka-chan. Back in my time. Find Miroku-sama and Sango-chan, I'll take of him." Kameko said as she walked back into the hut.
InuYasha took off like a bolt of lightning, leaving a swirl of dust trailing behind him. As soon as he had reached the other side of the village, the sickening scent of vomit was held in the air.
He came to a quick halt, noticing that the scent had come from a kneeling figure, almost completely concealed in the bushes.
The figure's scent seemed unusually familiar to InuYasha. He slowly walked behind the bushes, shocked to find that the kneeling figure was none other than Sango. Her quiet and muffled cries quickly stopped once she realized that someone was watching her.
"InuYasha, what is it that you want?" Sango asked, standing up, her face turned away.
"Kameko wants to see you and Miroku, I found Akio near the well not too long ago. But judging on the scene that you just put on, I'd say that you too need some medical attention." he replied as he turned to leave, expecting her to follow.
"I'm fine. What makes you think that-""Can it! You're sick, so get over it! Now c'mon! I ain't got all day!" he roughly said as he took off to find Miroku.
"So much for his caring antics. And what does he mean that he found Akio by the well?" she asked herself as she left, almost at the same speed that he had.
Once she had reached the hut, Miroku started towards her. She supposed that he had heard the news that she was ill. "Sango-chan, are you alright? InuYasha told me that you seem ill. Come, lay down." he told her as she did so.
"Have you really found Akio?" Sango suddenly asked. "Do you wish to see him? He's been doing very well in Kameko-sama's time" Miroku replied. He then stood up, and left, to return with a nervous and scared Akio.
His face then just lit up as soon as he had seen Sango. "Sango-sama!" he shouted with glee, as he darted towards her, his arms outstretched.
"How are you, little Akio?" she asked as the two embraced. She patted his head gently, careful of the bandage around the left side of his head. That was when she noticed the bandages along his shoulders as well.
"It seems that he had a run in with a youkai on his way here." Kameko said, to answer that question held within Sango's eyes.
"I have a question. Why did you leave me with Yuka-sama?" Akio suddenly asked, shocking the others.
None of them replied. They all looked back and forth from each other. That is until Kaede broke the silence. As she stood, her old and feeble bones began to creak in protest as she groaned silently.
"Little Akio. The story goes back far before ye were even born. But, if they don't mind, I would be glad to let ye know why ye were left with this, Yuka-chan." she told him, as she started to glance at everyone.
The expressions on their faces said that Akio did have a rite to know, so none of them objected. They just simply nodded to say that she should tell him. Akio did have a right to know.
"And so on with the story." Kaede started.
Disclaimer: InuYasha belongs to Takahashi Rumiko, as well as Ranma ½ and Maison Ikkoku.
