Mm-kay, it's official. In the real world, I'm mute. This really sucks. I have to make a great effort just to say "sure", or "hi" or "I'm fine". When people ask me what's wrong, I can't answer them.. Which really sucks.. Anyways, just thought I'd rant about something. *shrug*
Kagome: You gonna be okay?
In the real world, prob'ly not. Here, sure, why not?
Kagome: =\ I'm sorry..
It's fine. Really.
Inuyasha: Liar..
Shut up, Inuyasha!
Kagome: Sit boy!
Inuyasha: *THUD!* Wha.. What was that for?!
Kagome: *grunt*
Eh heh. Let's just get on with the story, kay?
Kagome: Okay.
Inuyasha: Kay..
Chapter 7: Naraku
"Mom! I'm home!" Kasumi announced whilst walking happily into the door.
Kagome turned to her and scowled. "Kasumi, where have you been?! I've been worried sick about you!"
"I'm sorry, Mom," Kasumi said coming closer to her. "Well… you see I…" Her eyes shifted frantically from one area of the room to the other. She then sighed and told the truth. "I went to see Dad through the bone eater's well."
"What?!" Kagome exclaimed. "You went through the well?! And without telling me or anything?!"
"I'm sorry, Mom. It's just… well… I don't know… I guess what's been bugging me so bad is I wanted a dad! And now that I finally met him, and he's not shoving me in the pits, it's all good," Kasumi explained.
Kagome sighed. "I understand honey. And I guess you didn't like Hojo that much, did you?"
"Pssht, no way! Are you kidding? I mean, sure, he was good to us, but maybe a little too good. Besides, you still had a soft spot for Daddy, huh?"
"Always," Kagome whispered to herself out loud. She clamped a hand over her mouth. "I… I mean… uhh…"
Kasumi started giggling. "It's okay, Mom," she said. "I'd prefer if you kept Dad. He's pretty awesome. That reminds me. Sango says hello."
Kagome smiled a warm smile at Kasumi. "So.. You've met Sango?"
"Yeah. And Miroku, and Shippo, and Kirara," Kasumi replied counting her fingers whilst naming her new found friends.
"Just a few questions," Kagome began. "First of all, is Miroku with anyone? How big has Shippo gotten? Is he still little? And how's Sango?"
Kasumi giggled and answered, "No, Miroku's not with anyone. But he sounds sort of like a pervert… no offense… Shippo's still small. He looks so cute and little and so…" She thought for a moment. She then hugged herself tightly, beaming a great big-smile and went on, "so… GLOMPABLE! Oh!" She let go of herself and finished, "Sango's pretty cool. She seems very nice." Kasumi nodded.
Kagome smiled and wrapped an arm around Kasumi's shoulders; leading her to the kitchen. "That's good. You seem to be getting along with all of them. Hungry, babe?"
"Starving!" Kasumi replied; hugging her mother.
As Kagome let go, she noticed something. She could no longer feel the Shikon Jewel inside Kasumi.
"Kasumi," she began sternly, "where's the Shikon Jewel?"
"Right… the Jewel… well…" Kasumi didn't know what to say. "I lost it."
"You… LOST IT??!!?!?!" Kagome was horrified by that bit of news.
Kasumi sweat-dropped and said, "Don't worry, Momma. Dad, Miroku, Shippo, Sango and I are gonna look for it tomorrow. I lost it while going from this world to Feudal Japan."
"In the well?!"
"I'm not sure. Most likely. But anything could have happened."
Kagome rubbed her temples. She couldn't believe what had just happened.
~*^*^*^*~
Meanwhile in Feudal Japan…
A man sat in a forest near Kaede's village. His long black hair flowed with the rhythm of the wind. In his hand, he held a powerful, light purple, jewel. He grinned as it gleamed in the late evening sky.
"At last," he said to himself, "at last I have the Sacred Jewel. After being trapped in there for so long… thank you Lady Kasumi for releasing me… I suppose I owe you…"
He gripped the Jewel even tighter as he released his incarnations and other villains Inuyasha and Kagome once knew. Kagura, Kanna, Yura, the Thunder Brothers, everyone escaped from the Jewel and stood in a large circle around the man.
"Naraku," a woman with a feather in her raven-black hair said to the man, "may I ask how you were able to escape from the Jewel so effortlessly?"
He replied, "Amazingly, Kagura, I do not know. But, we must thank our little friend Kasumi."
Kagura grinned.
~*^*^*^*~
Kasumi jumped up from her seat at the table and exclaimed, "I dropped my bracelet in Feudal Japan!!"
"So?" Kagome asked.
"I have to get it back. Akane's gonna kill me if I don't bring it back to her," Kasumi explained.
"Can't she just wait an extra day and you can get it tomorrow?"
"She's already waited almost a month. I gotta get it back to her!" With that, Kasumi ran to the well.
~*^*^*^*~
Kasumi was in Feudal Japan looking around the areas she was at earlier, looking for her best friend's bracelet.
"Ooohh, Akane, please, please, PLEASE, don't kill me if I tell you I lost it," she said to herself.
Somewhere else…
Naraku yelled out in frustration, "The Jewel of Four Souls is missing!!"
Back with Kasumi…
She then picked something up. It was smooth, shiny, nice and round, and a very pleasant light purple.
"Hey," Kasumi began, "could this be the Shikon Jewel?"
She examined it more closely. "Jeeso, this thing's HUGE! And to think it used to be insi--" Before she could finish her sentence, the jewel flew out of her hands, into the vast nothingness of Feudal Japan. "Wait! No! Come back!"
From out of the shadows, an elderly woman approached. She was frail and looked to be maybe eighty or ninety years old. White hair was tied in a ribbon behind her and a black eye patch covered up her right eye. "Are ye okay, child?" She asked Kasumi.
Startled by the woman's voice, she screamed. After catching her breath, Kasumi replied, "Don't scare me like that!! I got enough problems and I DON'T need some old lady scaring the crap out of me."
The woman's expression turned cold as she said, "This must be the one Inuyasha speaks of. Ye must be his daughter. What business do ye have here, my dear?"
Kasumi straightened up and explained, "I'm looking for a friend of mine's bracelet here. My mother said it was fine… uh, I think… and then I think I stumbled upon the Sacred Jewel." She took a deep breath and went on, "You see, I originally lost it today, then found it again a few moments ago and now it's GONE AGAIN!!"
"Calm down child. My name is Lady Kaede, and I am here to help you," Kaede reassured her. "Your father is in my shrine along with his friends. Ye may come if you'd like."
"I'd love to, Lady Kaede," Kasumi said, "but I really should get home." She stuffed something into her pocket and went on, "I found the main thing I was looking for and my mom expects me home for school tomorrow. Goodbye!" She jumped back into the well to Future Japan.
What Kaede did not know, was her companion and herself were being spied on by one named Naraku. Only this time in disguise. Now, he had to score to settle with Little Kasumi, and he wasn't about to let her get away with finding that Jewel.
"Heheheh," he chuckled to himself in his little baboon suit, "better watch out little doggy. The Jewel is mine… and your parents will pay for locking me inside it… you'll see…"
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Okay, done.
Kagome: Wow, that was kind of a long chapter
Eh, sorta.
Inuyasha: Naraku-- He's-- WHAT'S HE GONNA DO?!
Relax Inu. You'll just have to wait till next chapter to find out
Inuyasha: Damn you. You always say that!!
Yeah…? And…?
Inuyasha and Kagome: T_T *sweat-drop*
Forget it. I'm tired and going to bed. 'night!
