"Hanyou, what do you mean? I never heard of such a thing." Kaoru spoke up,
"It means half demon and half human. Is that right Inuyasha?" Inuyasha
nodded. "I thought you said you didn't know much about demons?!?!" the dog
demon yelled at her. "I lied," she answered coolly and nonchalant. "Well,
how DO you know?" Kenshin asked her with a little sweat drop forming on his
head. She shrugged, "When I was little, and my father and mother was still
alive, my parents used to tell me stories of demons and brave warriors of
the past who fought for control over different part of Japan and other
countries as well. There was even a tale of a jewel called the Shikon no
Tama. It was a powerful jewel, and had a magnificent glow. They say a
priestess protected it then her half demon lover, a Hanyou, took it from
her. Fifty years later a girl from the far future, even farther than the
Meiji Era, came back in time as the priestess's reincarnation. They say the
demon then fell in love with the reincarnation but they never spoke a word
to each other about it. They both denied the fact. No one knows the rest of
the story though, except it was found out that the demon never really
killed the priestess but another demon, a shape shifting one, disguised
himself as the demon lover and he was the one who actually killed the
priestess in the first place. It was one of my favorite stories. Inuyasha,
would you know anything about this story?"
Inuyasha kicked at the ground absently and the growled, "Wow, I'm impressed. You seem to know just about everything," he said sarcastically. Kaoru then stepped closer to him and got up into his face and he backed up and she just got closer again. "Inuyasha, is the story true? Did it really happen?" He growled again and jumped backwards. "Fine, you want to know the truth eh? Well, I was the demon lover and the priestess named Kikyo was the human I was in love with. The shape shifting demon's name is Naraku and the girl's name is Kagome, but I don't love her! She's a bitch and her stench is almost unbearable. There, that's the story. The only part you didn't mention is that the Shikon no Tama split into many pieces and me and that idiot girl had to go collect them."
"Excuse me? Who are you calling an idiot?" the three of them turned around to find a dripping wet girl who looked a lot like Kaoru except her eyes where a mysterious grayish blue. "Who are these people Inuyasha?" she asked. She looked toward Kaoru and then to Kenshin and fixated her eyes on him just staring. He was gorgeous, with beautiful amethyst eyes and flaming red hair that seemed to just glow bright in the rain. She shook her head and Inuyasha said, "Well, it's kind of a long story. . ."
As Inuyasha proceeded to explain everything he knew to her Kenshin stared at her through his wet bangs soaked with the rain. She was much like Kaoru, except her eyes matched the color of the skies which were over head at the time. Eyes that where gray and mysterious, yet blue and full of life. She reminded him much of Kaoru, except she gave off even more innocence than the tough Tanuki did.
Kagome turned around and walked over to Kaoru who was twining a piece of wet hair around her fingers. "You must be Kagome," Kaoru said. The approaching girl, now identified as Kagome, nodded. "And you must be Kaoru. How is it that your boy friend is Hanyou?" Kaoru colored, "He's not my boyfriend! We're just really good friends. But no, I don't know why he's Hanyou. How could I? I never even knew he was!" Kagome thought for a moment, "I know, we can go ask Kaede what's going on." Kaoru frowned, "Who?" "She's the wise woman at the village not at all far from here. You know that story with the priestess Kikyo, well , Kaede is the younger sister of that priestess. She's quite old, and very wise. She might be able to help solve our dilemma. Or, at least tell us what's going on." Kaoru smiled "Thank you." "No problem"
"So Inuyasha, why do you think I'm a Hanyou?" Inuyasha snorted, "Because you smell like one. I should know, since I AM one too." Kenshin nodded. "So what do think is going on?" Inuyasha snorted, "Feh, what's with all of the questions? Hell, I already told you I know nothing."
"Kenshin baka Hentai! Stop talking, we have to get to Kaede's village." "Oro?" Kenshin yelped as Kaoru dragged him along the ground by his ear. She dropped him and he hobbled along the path a little dazed, it really hurt when she did that.
"So, Kenshin, what's Kaoru got against you?" "Oro?" "You know what I mean. Did anything happen in the past that got her really pissed off and that's why she thinks you're a pervert?" Kenshin looked down at his geta sandals, "Well, I did accidentally see her naked before when she was bathing. But I swear, I would never do that." Inuyasha started laughing really hard, "Huh?" Kenshin wondered. Inuyasha stopped laughing finally and said, "Sorry, but I thought I was the only one who accidentally walks in on a girl bathing." "So you walked in on Kagome huh? And you've done it more than once, that doesn't sound much like an accident." Inuyasha sweat dropped, "But it was, why would I want to see her naked?" Kenshin shrugged, "Sorry, but I don't really believe you." "Wha?!?!" Inuyasha's mouth dropped to the floor. "Oh kuso!!" Inuyasha cursed.
"Well here we are at Kaede's village. Her hut is right over there, follow me." Kagome said. 'Gods, I feel like a freakin' tour guide!' she thought. They walked over to a little, small, brown hut that was quite homely and was nicely kept. But you could really tell that everyone only used primitive means of transportation and technology, if you could even call it that. Someone was cooking bacon and another was baking bread. Kagome felt at home again, why was it that she felt so much more comfortable in the feudal era than in 2003 (remember, she's a senior now). It had been about five years since she first started to collect the Shikon jewel shards. Inuyasha and her had been getting a lot closer. She thought that this would be the last time she would be in this time period and she was going to have to say good bye to everyone. But no, not now. She's going to have to stay longer now probably with the arrival of Kaoru and Kenshin. This was big, she could feel it in her bones. It was going to be even more important than when the Shikon Jewel broke and they had to find the shards.
"Kaede! Kaede! Are you home?" Kagome yelled. "Yes, yes, yes child. I'm home. I'll be outside in a second, it's hard to get these old bones moving." The group of four waited outside anxiously, waiting or the old woman to come out.
After a minute a woman with gray hair and a patch on one eye came out with a walking stick in hand. "Okay, what tis' it yeh' want?" she asked Kagome and Inuyasha. Kaede turned her head slowly and nodded toward Kaoru and Kenshin, "And who are they?" she added her eyes wide looking at Kaoru. "That one, the girl looks like you and Kikyo. Except for the eyes, they're different." They all shook their heads to say they didn't know and proceeded to tell her what they had come up with. When they all finished she just stood there thinking with her eyes shut with a slight frown on her face that said she was in deep thought.
The four just sat there for an hour before she cleared her voice to speak again. They all looked at her expectantly. "Well, what did you come up with Kaede baba (baba= hag)?" Inuyasha asked rudely. She then opened her eye(s?) and said, "I have no idea what's happening." They all fell on the ground head first. "What do you mean you don't know? I thought you'd know?!?!" Inuyasha yelled. Kaede shrugged, "Sorry but I don't." Then they heard someone say in an awfully familiar icy monotone, "But I do."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Back at the Well
"Oof!" Sano fell on top of Megumi as they landed on the bottom of the well. "Sorry fox, are you okay?" he asked as he tried to help her up, but she slapped his hand away. "No! I'm not! The strong and heavy Zanza just fell on my back. Do you honestly think I'm okay?" "Well that's why I'm asking, to see if you are okay. Duh!" she shook her head. "Just get us out of here you stupid rooster." He picked her up and they scrambled up out of the well.
Sanosuke put her down and they dragged their feet in the mud as they walked. Megumi looked to her left, then to her right. This wasn't where they were, this was somewhere else. "Oh my god! Sanosuke, I don't think we're in Tokyo anymore." Sanosuke scratched his head. "Well, that's weird." He said. Megumi grabbed his shirt and shook him slightly. "Do you know what's going on? No you don't, so we both must keep our eyes open and ears too."
They moved as silently as possible through the brush. Megumi clutching worriedly at Sanosuke's shirt keeping close. They came upon a bush and Sanosuke sat down beside it, "I'm tired, can we rest?" Megumi huffed, "You can, but I'm not staying." She said as she stepped through the bushes. She immediately fell right on top of something soft and landed on the ground over it. Her eyes where squeezed shut and then she forced them open to look into two brown ones. "Huh?" she gasped. Sanosuke stepped out of the bushes, "Are you okay fox?" She just kept staring into the stranger's eyes. Then all of the sudden she felt something rubbing against her butt. "Hentai!" she yelled as she smacked the guy across the face and he landed 10 feet away from them. "Sorry, don't mind Miroku he's a bit of a Hentai pervert sort. He's okay once you get to know him though. By the way, my name is Sango." The girl named Sango had on a suit of armor, rouge eye shadow and a gigantic boomerang on her back. She had a little cat sitting next to her with three tails and creeping red eyes. Megumi grinned, "Really, sounds like someone I know." She turned around and looked at Sanosuke. "What?" he asked. "Nothing, now Sango, can you tell us where me and my friend Sanosuke here are." Sango blinked, "You're in the plains near Kaede's village. In fact, that's where we are heading, to the village. Is that where you are heading?" 'That could be where Kenshin and Kaoru are," she thought. "Yes, I guess that's where we're heading now." Sango grinned, "Follow me," she said. "Wait! Don't forget about me!" Miroku yelled as he chased after them trying to catch up.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Back at Kaede's Village With Inuyasha and the Others
"But I do." Everyone looked toward the voice and there stood a girl who looked exactly like Kagome and Kaoru. She was in the garb of a Shinto Priestess in the colors of red and white. "I know exactly what is happening." "Kikyo," they all gasped. "Kikyo, what are you doing here?" Inuyasha asked, pain evident in his eyes. "I'm here Inuyasha, for the Hime- Ankoku (Princess of Darkness)." "Who?!?!" they all wondered. "I'm here for the Hime-Ankoku also known as Kaoru." They all gasped. "What are you saying?" Kaoru asked, her eyes wield and wide with fear. Kenshin took her hand into his to try to comfort her and it helped slightly because Kaoru's grip tightened when he did this and helped relieve some of her tension.
Kikyo sighed, "Now I will have to tell the tale that I hoped I would never have to. It's a prophecy hoped to never have to be left form my lips or anyone's for that matter. Some if has already been fulfilled. Me coming back to life and the shards being collected, all a part of the prophecy of he stars. But it only leads up to a bigger prophecy called The Rabusuto-ri, which means the love story. It goes like this:
Two girls from the future, one a princess of light and one of darkness, come together in the past to fight a common enemy with their guardians by their side. Both warriors fight the beast within an inch of his life. Then, the princess of light, her skill being that of the bow, will shoot down then beast with her sacred arrows and pen him to the ground. The princess of darkness, her skill being that of the blade, will strike the finale blow with her sacred sword sending the beast into oblivion. But, in the end the princesses die in the arms of the ones they love most. This is how the story goes. . . To be able to fight and defeat the beast though they must posses the silver sword and the golden bow to kill the beast. This is your destiny Kagome, Kaoru, Kenshin, and Inuyasha. That is why you where born."
^_^! This might seem really confusing wit the princess of darkness and light and yadda yadda yadda, but it's actually not. Believe me, Inuyasha and Kenshin and co are just in the same little confused state you guys are in. So when you read the next chapter everything will come together and you will understand.
Also, one of you guys asked what do the titles of the chapters mean. Well, the words next to it in English is what it means. Sorry, I tried to make it so that you guys can tell but fanfiction.net makes it hard for me to use spaces and symbols. I'll try to make it even more clearly for you guys.
P.S. If you have ANY questions just ask them in your review and I will answer them in the next chapter. Ja Ne!
Inuyasha kicked at the ground absently and the growled, "Wow, I'm impressed. You seem to know just about everything," he said sarcastically. Kaoru then stepped closer to him and got up into his face and he backed up and she just got closer again. "Inuyasha, is the story true? Did it really happen?" He growled again and jumped backwards. "Fine, you want to know the truth eh? Well, I was the demon lover and the priestess named Kikyo was the human I was in love with. The shape shifting demon's name is Naraku and the girl's name is Kagome, but I don't love her! She's a bitch and her stench is almost unbearable. There, that's the story. The only part you didn't mention is that the Shikon no Tama split into many pieces and me and that idiot girl had to go collect them."
"Excuse me? Who are you calling an idiot?" the three of them turned around to find a dripping wet girl who looked a lot like Kaoru except her eyes where a mysterious grayish blue. "Who are these people Inuyasha?" she asked. She looked toward Kaoru and then to Kenshin and fixated her eyes on him just staring. He was gorgeous, with beautiful amethyst eyes and flaming red hair that seemed to just glow bright in the rain. She shook her head and Inuyasha said, "Well, it's kind of a long story. . ."
As Inuyasha proceeded to explain everything he knew to her Kenshin stared at her through his wet bangs soaked with the rain. She was much like Kaoru, except her eyes matched the color of the skies which were over head at the time. Eyes that where gray and mysterious, yet blue and full of life. She reminded him much of Kaoru, except she gave off even more innocence than the tough Tanuki did.
Kagome turned around and walked over to Kaoru who was twining a piece of wet hair around her fingers. "You must be Kagome," Kaoru said. The approaching girl, now identified as Kagome, nodded. "And you must be Kaoru. How is it that your boy friend is Hanyou?" Kaoru colored, "He's not my boyfriend! We're just really good friends. But no, I don't know why he's Hanyou. How could I? I never even knew he was!" Kagome thought for a moment, "I know, we can go ask Kaede what's going on." Kaoru frowned, "Who?" "She's the wise woman at the village not at all far from here. You know that story with the priestess Kikyo, well , Kaede is the younger sister of that priestess. She's quite old, and very wise. She might be able to help solve our dilemma. Or, at least tell us what's going on." Kaoru smiled "Thank you." "No problem"
"So Inuyasha, why do you think I'm a Hanyou?" Inuyasha snorted, "Because you smell like one. I should know, since I AM one too." Kenshin nodded. "So what do think is going on?" Inuyasha snorted, "Feh, what's with all of the questions? Hell, I already told you I know nothing."
"Kenshin baka Hentai! Stop talking, we have to get to Kaede's village." "Oro?" Kenshin yelped as Kaoru dragged him along the ground by his ear. She dropped him and he hobbled along the path a little dazed, it really hurt when she did that.
"So, Kenshin, what's Kaoru got against you?" "Oro?" "You know what I mean. Did anything happen in the past that got her really pissed off and that's why she thinks you're a pervert?" Kenshin looked down at his geta sandals, "Well, I did accidentally see her naked before when she was bathing. But I swear, I would never do that." Inuyasha started laughing really hard, "Huh?" Kenshin wondered. Inuyasha stopped laughing finally and said, "Sorry, but I thought I was the only one who accidentally walks in on a girl bathing." "So you walked in on Kagome huh? And you've done it more than once, that doesn't sound much like an accident." Inuyasha sweat dropped, "But it was, why would I want to see her naked?" Kenshin shrugged, "Sorry, but I don't really believe you." "Wha?!?!" Inuyasha's mouth dropped to the floor. "Oh kuso!!" Inuyasha cursed.
"Well here we are at Kaede's village. Her hut is right over there, follow me." Kagome said. 'Gods, I feel like a freakin' tour guide!' she thought. They walked over to a little, small, brown hut that was quite homely and was nicely kept. But you could really tell that everyone only used primitive means of transportation and technology, if you could even call it that. Someone was cooking bacon and another was baking bread. Kagome felt at home again, why was it that she felt so much more comfortable in the feudal era than in 2003 (remember, she's a senior now). It had been about five years since she first started to collect the Shikon jewel shards. Inuyasha and her had been getting a lot closer. She thought that this would be the last time she would be in this time period and she was going to have to say good bye to everyone. But no, not now. She's going to have to stay longer now probably with the arrival of Kaoru and Kenshin. This was big, she could feel it in her bones. It was going to be even more important than when the Shikon Jewel broke and they had to find the shards.
"Kaede! Kaede! Are you home?" Kagome yelled. "Yes, yes, yes child. I'm home. I'll be outside in a second, it's hard to get these old bones moving." The group of four waited outside anxiously, waiting or the old woman to come out.
After a minute a woman with gray hair and a patch on one eye came out with a walking stick in hand. "Okay, what tis' it yeh' want?" she asked Kagome and Inuyasha. Kaede turned her head slowly and nodded toward Kaoru and Kenshin, "And who are they?" she added her eyes wide looking at Kaoru. "That one, the girl looks like you and Kikyo. Except for the eyes, they're different." They all shook their heads to say they didn't know and proceeded to tell her what they had come up with. When they all finished she just stood there thinking with her eyes shut with a slight frown on her face that said she was in deep thought.
The four just sat there for an hour before she cleared her voice to speak again. They all looked at her expectantly. "Well, what did you come up with Kaede baba (baba= hag)?" Inuyasha asked rudely. She then opened her eye(s?) and said, "I have no idea what's happening." They all fell on the ground head first. "What do you mean you don't know? I thought you'd know?!?!" Inuyasha yelled. Kaede shrugged, "Sorry but I don't." Then they heard someone say in an awfully familiar icy monotone, "But I do."
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Back at the Well
"Oof!" Sano fell on top of Megumi as they landed on the bottom of the well. "Sorry fox, are you okay?" he asked as he tried to help her up, but she slapped his hand away. "No! I'm not! The strong and heavy Zanza just fell on my back. Do you honestly think I'm okay?" "Well that's why I'm asking, to see if you are okay. Duh!" she shook her head. "Just get us out of here you stupid rooster." He picked her up and they scrambled up out of the well.
Sanosuke put her down and they dragged their feet in the mud as they walked. Megumi looked to her left, then to her right. This wasn't where they were, this was somewhere else. "Oh my god! Sanosuke, I don't think we're in Tokyo anymore." Sanosuke scratched his head. "Well, that's weird." He said. Megumi grabbed his shirt and shook him slightly. "Do you know what's going on? No you don't, so we both must keep our eyes open and ears too."
They moved as silently as possible through the brush. Megumi clutching worriedly at Sanosuke's shirt keeping close. They came upon a bush and Sanosuke sat down beside it, "I'm tired, can we rest?" Megumi huffed, "You can, but I'm not staying." She said as she stepped through the bushes. She immediately fell right on top of something soft and landed on the ground over it. Her eyes where squeezed shut and then she forced them open to look into two brown ones. "Huh?" she gasped. Sanosuke stepped out of the bushes, "Are you okay fox?" She just kept staring into the stranger's eyes. Then all of the sudden she felt something rubbing against her butt. "Hentai!" she yelled as she smacked the guy across the face and he landed 10 feet away from them. "Sorry, don't mind Miroku he's a bit of a Hentai pervert sort. He's okay once you get to know him though. By the way, my name is Sango." The girl named Sango had on a suit of armor, rouge eye shadow and a gigantic boomerang on her back. She had a little cat sitting next to her with three tails and creeping red eyes. Megumi grinned, "Really, sounds like someone I know." She turned around and looked at Sanosuke. "What?" he asked. "Nothing, now Sango, can you tell us where me and my friend Sanosuke here are." Sango blinked, "You're in the plains near Kaede's village. In fact, that's where we are heading, to the village. Is that where you are heading?" 'That could be where Kenshin and Kaoru are," she thought. "Yes, I guess that's where we're heading now." Sango grinned, "Follow me," she said. "Wait! Don't forget about me!" Miroku yelled as he chased after them trying to catch up.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Back at Kaede's Village With Inuyasha and the Others
"But I do." Everyone looked toward the voice and there stood a girl who looked exactly like Kagome and Kaoru. She was in the garb of a Shinto Priestess in the colors of red and white. "I know exactly what is happening." "Kikyo," they all gasped. "Kikyo, what are you doing here?" Inuyasha asked, pain evident in his eyes. "I'm here Inuyasha, for the Hime- Ankoku (Princess of Darkness)." "Who?!?!" they all wondered. "I'm here for the Hime-Ankoku also known as Kaoru." They all gasped. "What are you saying?" Kaoru asked, her eyes wield and wide with fear. Kenshin took her hand into his to try to comfort her and it helped slightly because Kaoru's grip tightened when he did this and helped relieve some of her tension.
Kikyo sighed, "Now I will have to tell the tale that I hoped I would never have to. It's a prophecy hoped to never have to be left form my lips or anyone's for that matter. Some if has already been fulfilled. Me coming back to life and the shards being collected, all a part of the prophecy of he stars. But it only leads up to a bigger prophecy called The Rabusuto-ri, which means the love story. It goes like this:
Two girls from the future, one a princess of light and one of darkness, come together in the past to fight a common enemy with their guardians by their side. Both warriors fight the beast within an inch of his life. Then, the princess of light, her skill being that of the bow, will shoot down then beast with her sacred arrows and pen him to the ground. The princess of darkness, her skill being that of the blade, will strike the finale blow with her sacred sword sending the beast into oblivion. But, in the end the princesses die in the arms of the ones they love most. This is how the story goes. . . To be able to fight and defeat the beast though they must posses the silver sword and the golden bow to kill the beast. This is your destiny Kagome, Kaoru, Kenshin, and Inuyasha. That is why you where born."
^_^! This might seem really confusing wit the princess of darkness and light and yadda yadda yadda, but it's actually not. Believe me, Inuyasha and Kenshin and co are just in the same little confused state you guys are in. So when you read the next chapter everything will come together and you will understand.
Also, one of you guys asked what do the titles of the chapters mean. Well, the words next to it in English is what it means. Sorry, I tried to make it so that you guys can tell but fanfiction.net makes it hard for me to use spaces and symbols. I'll try to make it even more clearly for you guys.
P.S. If you have ANY questions just ask them in your review and I will answer them in the next chapter. Ja Ne!