Shadows from the Future
Chapter Two: A Tetsusaiga wannabe?
He watched his young wife slumber, he always have protected his mate from anything that wish to harm her, ever since he was younger. He loved her more than anyone would ever know or realize. He was indeed the luckiest guy in the world. Her brilliant blue eyes opened to see him.
"Hey there." she said weakly.
"Are you feeling any better?" he asked. "And don't lie this time."
"I told you a million and two times that I'm fine."
"You're so stubborn, you know that?"
"That's what I get for being with you all these years."
She laughed and started to cough from the strain. She quickly sat up in order to catch her breath. He then raised an eyebrow.
"Fine, huh?"
She just crossed her arms like a child and then looked back up at him. "I'm not too sick to have you sleep next to me, am I?"
"You'd never be to sick to stop me from doing that."
He then climbed into bed with his wife who immediately rested her head on his chest.
"I love you." she whispered before falling back to sleep.
He was able to protect her from all demons and evil, but the one time he wasn't there she was cursed to slowly die, and he would never be able to forgive himself for that.
"I love you too."
Inuyasha was about to slash the demon in half when a strong golden light appeared and beat him to it. After the light subsided, Kagome and the others opened their eyes, standing in behind of the demons corpse and jewel shard was a figure who held and exact replica of the Tetsusaiga.
"How...is that possible?" Miroku gasped.
The figure put away his sword and ran off into the depths of the woods.
"HEY! GET BACK HERE!" Inuyasha called as he sprinted after him into the forest.
He chased him until they reached a small clearing. The figure stopped and stared at him, he looked to be about fourteen years old, his hair was dark, but in the shadows Inuyasha wasn't able to see much more.
"Who are you?" he asked, but the boy then ran off deeper into the forest.
"Are you positive that's what you saw Kagome?" asked Sango.
"Yes, I'm absolutely sure I saw that boy wielding the Tetsusaiga!" Kagome explained.
"It's true, I saw it as well." nodded Miroku.
"But that's impossible." Sango turned to the demi-deamon. "Inuyasha, your father only had two swords made, the Tetsusaiga and the Tensaiga. Are there any swords like them?"
"Not that I know of," Inuyasha shrugged. "But I didn't know the old man at all really. So he could've made at least 20 of the thing and I wouldn't know."
"Inuyasha, be realistic." Kagome rolled her eyes. "Your father probably only made one Tetsusaiga...but I'm sure I saw that boy use it."
Sango sighed. "Well whoever that boy was, he saved us the effort of killing the demon and he let us have the shard."
Shippo then came over with Kilala, "Kagome, can we eat now? Please?"
Kagome giggled. "Okay Shippo."
Kagome and Sango then went off to prepare the meal; little did they know that they were being watched.
Kagome yawned as she followed her comrades. "I was up half the night studying for that stupid test next week."
Inuyasha chuckled. "Why don't you just stay and live here? We'd be able to find the shards a lot faster without you having to go back and forth all the time."
"So, I am no more than a shard detector for you, eh?"
"Nah, you're more than that to me, Kagome."
Kagome blushed at this. "Then what am I?"
Inuyasha faced her. "You're my pain in the neck."
Everyone was taken back by this.
"He's gonna get a hundred "Sits" for that." said Shippo as the others nodded.
"SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT! SIT!" Kagome cried causing the demi-demon to hit the ground.
"UGH!" Inuyasha growled as Kagome stepped on his back.
"You deserved every one of those "Sits", Inuyasha." Miroku commented to the dog demon in the ground.
"Oh shut up, Miroku!"
Kagome looked at Inuyasha; he still had dirt on his face from his earlier Sittings.
"I think I feel another jewel shard nearby." she said.
"Good, that'd make two shards in two days." Inuyasha said.
There was then a slapping noise from in front of them.
"PERVERT!" Sango screamed.
"Lady Sango, I was just whipping a bug from your beautiful dress." Miroku explained innocently with a red hand-imprint on the side of his face.
"I'm sure."
"What's that smell?" Shippo said sniffing the air.
Inuyasha smelled it too, "It doesn't smell quite like demon, but not human either."
They continued to smell the air. "It's close."
Inuyasha turned to Shippo, "Hey, make yourself useful for once and see what it is. I think it's coming from left, right over those trees."
"O-okay..."
He then transformed into the little pink balloon and flew away slowly.
"Inuyasha, remember that shard I sensed before, It just got closer and it's coming from where you just sent Shippo."
Inuyasha shrugged. "Oh well, maybe the little brat will come through and get it for us."
"SIT!"
"WHAT DID I DO?!"
Shippo was just over where Inuyasha sent him when something jumped out from the trees and hit him.
"WHAAAAAA!" Shippo cried as he flew through the air.
"SHIPPO!" Sango turned to Kilala. "Kilala, get Shippo before he hits the ground!"
The fire cat transformed and then sent off and caught the small Kitsune.
"THAT'S THE KID!" Inuyasha yelled as soon as the spell wore off. He leaped into the sky and got the boy by the shirt. "Got yeah! We have some questions for you, runt."
Within seconds, Inuyash brought the boy by his shirt to the ground. The group gathered around the boy. He had dark black hair, amber eyes, and, oddly enough, dog ears. He wore an outfit similar to Inuyasha's only it was purple and didn't have the armor on top, instead it had a sleeveless shirt.
"First things first, what's your name?" Inuyasha asked.
"My name is Keishou, I'm the son of a very powerful demon and I'm looking for the priestess Kikyo." He glared at Inuyasha, "You're Inuyasha, rumors have it you're her ex-lover, so I was following you, hoping to find her."
"KIKYO IS NOT MY LOVER NOR WAS SHE EVER!" he screamed, his face red from embarrassment. Everyone pretty much ignored the half-demon yells.
"Why are you looking for Kikyo anyway?" asked Kagome.
Keishou's eye's filled with detestation and his fist shook with fury, "She took the soul of my dead mother, and I saw her soul-stealers do it too. Nobody would believe me because she was kind to our village and since I'm...well...a half-breed. They all thought I was lying when I told them. Once Kikyo found out I knew about her little plan she fled the village and since then I've been after her, trying to understand why she took my mother's dead soul. When I heard the rumor I went around looking for this Inuyasha guy and once I found you guys, I starting following you thinking she may show up here."
Miroku sighed, "We know Kikyo has been stealing the souls of dead women, but if you wish to meet her through Inuyasha you'd have to stay up late and follow him when he goes to follow her soul-stealers."
Inuyasha then turned to the monk. "What was that?"
"Come off it, Inuyasha! Who else would you go looking for in the middle of the night!" interrupted Shippo from Kagome's shoulder who nodded in agreement. Inuyasha just crossed his arms and turned away from the group.
Sango turned back to the boy. "So are you the same boy from the centipede-demon fight?"
Keishou nodded. "Yeah, I'm sorry about that. I should've let you guys handle it alone."
"And is that the sword you used?" she asked pointing the sword that rested on his back. "Yeah, I don't own another one."
"Could I see it, please?"
"Sure."
Keishou took the sword out of its sheath and let Sango and the others look at it.
"It looks like the Tetsusaiga, but there's something different about it." Miroku pondered.
"I told ya, it's not the Tetsusaiga! It's just an ordinary sword, You guys were just seeing things." Inuyasha said while looking at the sword.
Kagome glared at Inuyasha, "You're getting on my last nerves today, Inuyasha!" She then switched her attention to Keishou. "So, you're looking for Kikyo, huh? You can stay with us; our paths have crossed a few times. What do yeah say?"
Keishou faced beamed. "Thank you so much! This is the first lead I got in a long time; I want you to have this!" He then handed Kagome a shard. "I don't need it; you're collecting them, am I right?"
(AN: And...end of chapter two! I know it's not very long, I'm sorry and about the paragraphs and not indenting the QuickEdit doesn't seem to let me do that, it's weird. Now, please review and be nice...or else!)