Hold On To Me

- Touzoku-ouhi

What's this?! Updates ALREADY?! What is the world coming too? . I'm so sorry the last chapter was sooooo short . It seemed much longer than that when I was typing it up. Curse you Textedit on the Macintosh computers!
breaks computer Anywho, I'm back on the PC now, so all is right with the world. So, as usual to start it off, here goes with the review responses! (Not a lot, since I'm updating so soon)

RoyalJester: Is this soon enough for you? I can't tell you what Inuyasha and Kikyou will do...that would give away stuff! And Kagome might have a role in this.
zan118: make them both full demons? Now that's a thought I never though of before! That would be interesting! Keep an eye out, it just might happen!

Disclaimer: Don't you get it?! I DON'T OWN INUYASHA ALREADY! You know...if i owned Inuyasha, I'd own Ranma 1/2 too. Then I'd make Ranma go with Shampoo...off topic here!

Chapter preview: Another one of those "off-topic from the huge plot" chapters. Of course, is it REALLY off topic?

Chapter 6: Prayer for the Spirit

Souta sat at the kitchen table, quietley eating his breakfast. He stared at the seat where his sister Kagome should have been sitting. He woke up every morning praying it was all a dream, and that when he got to the table, Kagome would be there to nag him about something as usual. Once again, his prayers were left unanswered.
"I wish we could visit the grave..." he sighed, staring at his cereal. "I know Souta dear, but there is no way for us to travel back to the Feudal Era and visit." his mother replied ruffling his hair. "I know you miss her...we all do. But we just have to face the fact that she isn't coming back." she said much quieter before, trying to fight back the tears.

-Flashback-
Inuyasha walked out of the well house at Sunset Shrine. (Yes, SUNSET SHRINE! Read the managa people.) He was trying desperately not to cry, and preparing to to tell Kagome's family that she was..." at the thought, his eyes began to well up with tears. Wiping them away, he walked quietely up the steps.
"Oh, Inuyasha! Kagome's not here right now, she's with you remem-" started Mrs. Higurashi but stopped at the sight of Inuyasha's face. "I'm...so sorry. But Kagome is...dead." he whispered, trying (and failing) to hold back another round of tears. He could tell Kagome's mother was having a hard time too. Inuyasha heard Kagome's grandfather and brother coming up the stairs. He looked around awkwardly...was this really where he wanted to be so soon after it happened? The whole place smelled like her, reminded him of her.
"I'm so sorry..." he said before turning around and running back towards the well.
-End flashback-

"Hey mom...where's grandpa?" Souta asked looking around the kitchen, but not seeing where his grandfather was. "Oh, he's at the Goshinboku...praying to bring back Kagome's spirit." she replied, staring out the window at her father; adorned in the Shinto priest outfit and praying to the tree.
"Again?" Souta whined "He's been doing that ever since it happened! Don't you think it would have happened by now?" he said impatientely. His mother simply smiled. "If at first you don't succeed, try try again." she whispered. "Souta? Where are you going?" Mrs. Higurashi asked five minutes later as she saw her son running out the door in a Shinto Priest outfit. "To help Grandpa!" he shouted as he closed the door behind him.
"Hey grandpa...want some help?" Souta asked kneeling beside his grand father. He nodded and the pair began to chant.
"Spirits of the dead, the one we wish, Kagome, bring her spirit back to us!" they continued for a long time, oblivious to the fact that back in the past, Kagome's spirit was flying back to the world of the living.

And, end there. Hope that's long enough. As usual, I can't tell because I'm typing in Notepad. Anywho, just incase you're wondering, her spirit coming back is not affecting the whole KikyouInuyasha deal. It's her spirit, not her soul...so she'll just kinda be...an annoying ghost. With an annoying voice. So, review people, review!