Shadows from the Future
Chapter Four: The Girl with Four Shards
Arasoi sat down by her mother's bedside; she looked so weak and helpless. "Are you feeling better mommy?" she asked sheepishly. Her mother smiled and looked up at her, "I've felt better, where's your brother?" Arasoi gasped. "He's out today; he wanted to try going demon hunting." She heard a light laugh from her mother, "He's just like his father."
Arasoi waited by her parents bedroom door, her father had refuse to eat in god knows how long and she was getting worried. She then heard something she never should've heard, her father crying. Her father, the world's most powerful demon, was crying. Arasoi stood up, she couldn't just sit around and wait for her brother to return, she was going to help fix this mess one and for all!
He removed his claw from her sleeping figure hoping not to wake her, it was so hard for her to get to sleep and she needed all the rest she could get. He slowly left the room in search for his daughter. He walked into her room, "Arasoi? You in here?" he asked but then noticed her sparring clothes were gone and there was a note on her bed. It read:
Don't worry, Mommy will be better. I promise.
Kagome climbed out of the well to face a very pissed demi-demon.
"AH!" she screamed and lost her balance causing her to fall backwards into the well but Inuyasha grabbed her.
"Watch it! You're gonna get yourself killed!" he said as he helped her out of the well.
"Thanks a lot, Inuyasha." Kagome said and noticed he was still holding onto her, Inuyasha saw this too and quickly let her go. Kagome looked up at Inuyasha, 'Is he… blushing?!' she thought and then noticed she was blushing herself. They started to walk back to the village in silence until Inuyasha decided to speak.
"So, are you going to be able to stay for those three months now?" Kagome nodded.
"Yup, see that week without me wasn't so bad, right?"
Inuyasha turned his head away, 'Shippo told me that she was only going to be gone for 2 days, not a week! She really doesn't know how much I missed her.'
"Um… Inuyasha?! Hello!" She waved her hand in front of his face and snapped him out of his trance. "What was that all about, Inuyasha?"
"I was just thinking that's all." he answered.
Kagome sighed, "So anything happen when I was away?"
Inuyasha smirked. "Koga came by, but ran away with his tail between his legs."
Kagome glared at him. "What did you do to Koga?!"
"ME? I didn't to a damn thing to him! It was that Keishou kid, and why are you so protective over that stupid wolf, anyway?"
"He's nice to me, even if he's obsessing over me and saying I'm his "woman"."
"He's only using you for your ability to sense the shards, you deserve better than him." ,
"Oh? Like whom?"
Inuyasha's eyes widened, "Um… I dunno. I guess someone who'd always protect you and wouldn't use you for anything. Someone to make you happy and never make you cry."
'Someone like you, Inuyasha…' Kagome thought.
Kagome walked into the hut.
"KAGOME!" Shippo called as he lunged at her and gave her a hug.
"Aww! Shippo, I'm staying for three months this time." she told the Kitsune who instantly smiled at this.
Keishou looked up at Kagome. "Welcome back, Kagome." He greeted and Kagome glared at him.
"Keishou, what did you do to Koga?"
Keishou started to sweat, "Um… It was in my own defense I swear! And…um….I didn't hurt him… that badly." He stammered.
Kagome sighed and turned to Inuyasha, "SIT!" The poor hanyou then fell into the floor of the hut.
"WHAT THE HELL WAS THAT FOR!?"
"You're probably a bad influence on him and made him think Koga was a jerk!" she scolded.
"But he is a jerk." Keishou and Inuyasha said in unison.
Kaede then entered the hut. "Oh Kagome, Ye has returned!"
Kagome stopped her Inuyasha bashing and turned to the elderly priestess. "Yup, I just got back a couple a minutes ago. By the way, where are Sango and Miroku?"
As if on queue a loud slap was heard and Sango's yelling. "YOU STUPID PERVERT! DO YOU EVER LEARN?" Sango then marched in with a huff with Miroku right behind her. The monk had a satisfied grin on his face and a very noticeable hand mark.
"Do we even want to know what you did this time, Monk?" Inuyasha asked from his position on the floor. Miroku turned and face the half demon the lied on the floor. "I can ask the same to you, Inuyasha."
"SHUT UP MIKROKU!"
Kaede turned to Sango, "Wasn't there something ye wanted to tell Kagome, Sango?"
Sango turned to Kagome. "That's right! There seems to be a rumor about a young girl who goes to village to village slaying demons."
Inuyasha now had the feeling in his legs back and was able to sit up. "Humph, what's that got to do with us?" he asked trying to act uninterested.
"Well, it seems she only slaughters demons with Jewel Shards in them."
Kagome gasped. "So she must be really powerful if she has all these shards!"
Sango shook her head. "No, actually she doesn't even use the Jewel Shards for her own use. It's almost like she's collecting them like we are."
Keishou's eyed widened with shock. "Um… is this girl, demon or mortal?" he stammered.
"That's all I know on the matter," Sango shrugged. "It seems that we must find this young girl, and ask for her shards. If she is collecting them also, she may support our journey."
Inuyasha rolled his eyes, "But if this girl IS a demon, she must be very powerful or very stupid to not use the shards to her own advantage. I say we go searching for her."
"Hum…a demon slayer. That would be the perfect mother of my-" Miroku was then hit by Sango's Hiraikotsu.
"Stupid monk!"
"Lady Sango I was only making a comment. Can you be jealous?" Miroku questioned.
"Miroku, when hell freezes over I still wouldn't be jealous of the girls to ask to bare your children."
Inuyasha turned to Kagome, "Any luck so far?"
Kagome just shook her head. "No, this is taking longer than I thought."
Inuyasha groaned. "You're telling me! We've been out here for half the day and still can't find her."
Shippo sighed from Keishou's shoulder. "If there's something Inuyasha lacks its patience."
Keishou nodded in agreement. "Sure seems that way."
Inuyasha turned to the Kitsune and young hanyou behind him. "WATCH YOUR MOUTH BRATS!" He then hit them both over the head.
"KAGOME! INUYASHA'S PICKING ON US AGAIN!" Shippo cried and jumped to the teenage girl.
Everyone stopped and looked for the sit that was about to be spoken. Inuyasha felt it coming to and braced himself, only it never came.
Kagome glared at the demi-dog and only smacked him over the head. "Be happy I didn't say…SIT!"
Just when Inuyasha thought he was going to have a "get outta a sit free" moment he found himself kissing the dirt.
He noticed her smirk, "YOU'RE AN EVIL PAIN IN THE ASS, KAGOME!"
Kagome was about to fire back when she sensed a shard… wait… was it two…or maybe even four. Yes, it was definitely four jewel shards; could this be the girl they were searching for?
"Four shards are coming straight at us and at a really fast pace."
The second after she said that an arrow came out of the forest towards them that was easily caught by Keishou. He held the arrow between his middle finger and index finger, glancing at it carefully. He looked towards the forest in front of them in shock, adsentmindly still holding the arrow.
Inuyasha glared at the woods, he could smell her scent. It was familiar, very familiar, but where has he smelled it before?
"COME OUT AND SHOW YOURSELF, GIRL!" He yelled.
She step out of the forest and faced him. She wore a red skirt, a tan long-sleeved shirt with a red vest over it and sandals with straps that went up to her knees. Covering her eyes and face was some type of cloak, keeping it hidden.
"What's the big idea shooting an arrow at us?" Kagome yelled but the girl's glace never left Inuyasha. She held out her hand revealing the four shards Kagome sensed earlier.
"Those are the jewel shards!" Sango gasped.
"Most likely the last that are left other than the ones Naraku has." Miroku stated.
The girl still held out her hand. "Art thou the half demon Inuyasha?" she asked in a cold voice.
Keishou froze, this couldn't have been the girl he thought, could it?
Inuyasha snarled. "Depends on whose asking?"
She put the shards into a small pouch and charged at Inuyasha, kicking him in the face. The demi-deamon skidded several feet before regaining his composer.
"So you wanna fight, huh? Fine with me, I've wanted to kill somethin' all damn day." Inuyasha then released the Tetsusaiga from its scabbard. The fang transformed thus answering everyone previous questions about the girl being mortal or demon. The girl continued to stare at Inuyasha as he raised the fang getting ready to perform the Wind Scar; she quickly jumped away and kicked Inuyasha from behind.
"She…saw the wind scar too!?" Kagome gasped.
Keishou nodded. 'This must be her; nobody else can see the wind scar. But how did she get here? It doesn't make any sense!' he thought angrily.
"We should be thankful that wind scar didn't work," said Miroku earning him a few confused glares from the other spectators. "Er...what I meant to say was, is that it good that Inuyasha's attacked failed because she still has possession of the jewel shards and using the wind scar may destroy the shards."
Inuyasha got up, "Damn her! How is she able to see the wind scar?" He looked down at his sword. "Well, maybe I could do it the old fashion way, by slicing her in half!"
He charged at the girl. She simply pulled out her arrow and shot it at the fang. Inuyasha easily deflected the arrow and was about to attack when he notice her arrow had de-transformed the Tetsusaiga.
"WHAT THE HELL!? HOW DO YOU KNOW ALL TETSUSAIGA'S ATTACKS?"
She simply stood there, as though she didn't hear his screams.
He growled in frustration, "JUST BECAUSE I CAN'T USE MY SWORD DOESN'T MEAN I CAN'T STILL USE MY FIST!"
Inuyasha then caught the girl off guard and punched her into the air and kicking her back down again. Inuyasha then pulled out Tetsusaiga and was about to make the final blow when he heard a shrill cry from Keishou.
"STOP IT INUYASHA! DON'T KILL HER!"
He instantly stopped and turned around to face him.
"AUGH! AND WHY SHOULDN'T I, PEST?!" He yelled annoyed.
"BECAUSE SHE'S MY SISTER!"
(AN: And I leave you with yet another conclusion! Who is this Arasoi girl? And what does she have to do with the others? Is Keishou hiding something? Find out in the next chapter! Whenever I decide to update! Remember to REVIEW and be nice and NO FLAMES!)