Shadows from the Future

Chapter Five: Brother of Mine

"You're all done, Arasoi." Kagome put away her medical supplies.

"Thank you very much, Kagome." The young girl answered as she put her hair back in its original braid.

They were all back in the comfort of Kaede's hut and relaxing after a long day of shard hunting. Now that her cloak was off, Arasoi's dark blue eyes were noticeable under the bangs of her whitish-blackish hair, and (like her brother) she had dog-like ears.

Miroku walked up to Sango and whispered in her ear. "If I didn't know better I'd say these were Inuyasha and Kagome's pups."

Sango gasped, it was true that the two children could pass ass their offspring, but it was impossible.

"Miroku," she whispered back. "There are plenty of dog-demons in the world. They could easily be anyone's."

Miroku shrugged and whispered. "We've seen odder things happen."

Sango raised an eye brow, what was he implying?

"Arasoi, what caused you to follow me?" Keishou asked his sister coldly.

She stared at him. "Do you know how long you've been gone for, big brother?"

Kagome looked over at the siblings. "So Keishou's older than you, Arasoi?"

Arasoi nodded. "I'm 11 and he's 14."

Keishou gave his sister a cold stare. "You had no reason to come looking for me! I've been doing fine on my own and having you with me is going to make things more complicated!"

His sister returned his glare. "You've been gone for five months, Keishou. Papa thought something horrible had happened to you and that's the last thing he needs to worry about!"

He groaned, stood up and left the hut with Arasoi hot on his heels.

"Wonder what's eating him?" Inuyasha stated from the other side of the hut.

Sango looked at Miroku knowing this would be the perfect time to try to figure out those two. "Kagome, I left something outside this afternoon and I need to go get it. Could you keep a good watch on Kilala?"

Kagome nodded. "Sure thing, Sango."

Sango smiled and turned to the monk. "Miroku, could you help me please?"

He nodded and followed the demon exterminator outside.

"You're very clever." He whispered. S

he smiled, "I have a plan. Follow me!"

Miles away, the evil hanyou Naraku had a plan off his own.

"Kagura," he said in a cold voice. "I have another mission for you. I want you to keep a close eye on the priestess Kikyo, for me. I need for you to gather some information."

Kagura looked over at her master. "What kind of information do you want...Master Naraku?" It hurt her to say "Master" but the last thing she wanted was to be punished by Naraku. As long as he had her heart he was in control of her. Her master.

Naraku smirked. "You shall know soon enough. Now go before I decide to end your life right now."

She then left the castle. "What would Naraku want to know about Kikyo?" she wondered as she flew away on her magic feather.

Miroku followed Sango through the forest where they saw Keishou and Arasoi walk to. She then stopped and motioned for Miroku to hide with her behind a nearby tree.

"I hope we can find something out." She whispered.

Soon there was a loud screaming.

"THEY SAW YOU USE THE TETSUSAIGA?!"

There was then a loud slapping noise.

"OW! What the hell was that for, Arasoi?!"

"DAD SAID TO ONLY USE IT IF YOU HAD TO!"

There was another slapping noise.

"I didn't mean for it to transform! AND STOP THAT ALREADY!"

Then they heard a BANG sound, as if someone was just whacked with a large stick, or maybe even a tree.

"You idiot! Didn't he tell you how it transformed?"

There was silence.

"Maybe we should move closer." whispered Sango and Miroku nodded and the pair move closer.

"The Tetsusaiga's power is only shown when a demon is protecting a human! And when you used it who was there, Mom, Sango and Miroku! The reason you didn't see it earlier was because you probably weren't protecting anyone! I can't believe you didn't know that! YOU BIG IDIOT!"

There was a groan.

"Dear God! What is with the beating?"

"Because thanks your GENUIS idea our identity is hanging on the line! I told you should've used the Kitsune charm-necklace to hind you're resemblance to dad!"

"Like you have," Sango and Miroku had to restrain themselves from gasping and looked over to see what was going on.

Keishou smirked. "I had a hard time recognizing you before. You look good as a brunet."

Arasoi laughed. "I was wondering when you'd realize."

Arasoi then pulled out a brown necklace from under her shirt. "You'd be surprised how hard it was to get a damn, disgusting charm!" She then pulled off the necklace, her hair became pure sliver and her eyes got a lighter shade a blue.

Sango and Miroku couldn't hold it anymore and gasped. So it was true, these kids are Inuyasha's pups... how?

Keishou's ears perked up. "You hear that, Arasoi?" he asked nervously.

"Yeah, I did. It was probably a monkey or something." Araoi put her necklace back on and hid in under her shirt again. "Big brother, lets go inside."

Keishou started to walk inside but soon stopped. "Before we go inside, the story is Kikyo stole the sprit of our dead mother and that's why we're looking for her. Remember that."

Arasoi nodded and followed her brother inside leaving a flabbergasted monk and demon exterminator in their wake.

Kaede had already fallen asleep in another room and Kagome placed the sleeping Shippo into his small spot on the floor, she looked towards the door.

"Sango and Miroku have been out there a while." She then realized something. "Come to think of it, Keishou and Arasoi have been gone a while too."

Inuyasha shrugged. "Who cares what happens to the brats, I know I don't."

Kagome rolled her eyes. "You're just saying that because Arasoi gave you a hard time." I

nuyasha's eyes widened. "NO! I was going easy on her!"

"Sure you were Inuyasha."

Inuyasha made a choking sound, "Whatever, I just want them outta my hair as soon as possible. I aint running no day care."

Kagome smiled, Shippo was right, Inuyasha had enough pride to choke a horse. Keishou and Arasoi then appeared inside the hut.

"For summer it pretty chilly at night time. Where'd Sango and Miroku go off to?" asked Keishou as he looked around.

Miroku and Sango still stood outside in shock.

"How... could this be?" Sango asked in a hoarse whisper. "There's no logical explanation for any of it!"

Miroku looked down at Sango. "I don't know how, but those two are Inuyasha and Kagome's pups. We need to keep an eye on them; something has to be going on... something sensible."

Sango gasped. "Should we tell Kagome or Inuyasha about this?"

He shook his head. "No, if they find out, Keishou and Arasoi will sense there's something wrong and will leave before we have time to understand any of this."

Sango nodded in agreement. "Good thinking Miroku." 'Maybe he's maturing a little bit...' She suddenly felt a hand on her ass. "YOU STUPID PERVERT!" Sango slapped the curious monk in the face and walked off. 'What was I thinking, he will never change!'

Kikyo sat in a tree near Kaede's hut looking up at the stars. "Inuyasha, why do you refuse to join me in hell? Is it that you've fallen in love with my reincarnation?" She then spotted Kagura on her flying feather above her. From her position in the tree, she pulled out an arrow and shot it upward, but missed the wind sorceress. "I must be weaker than I thought I was. I need more souls."

Kagura then landed below the tree the priestess sat in. "Kikyo that was a pathetic attempt to kill me. Don't tell me you're losing your touch."

Kikyo sighed, "I rather not waste my energy on you, Kagura."

Kagura smirked. "You're depressed, Kikyo. Is it because of that bad dog Inuyasha? He's not worth spending your time on. Unless that is...you want to kill him?"

Kikyo sent a small beam of energy at her. "I have no desire to kill Inuyasha in combat." She hissed and this only caused Kagura's smirk to widen.

"You're in love with dog boy, eh? What's the matter, he doesn't go for the undead kind?" Her smirk was now a full smile. "Or is it... that he doesn't want you anymore?"

Kikyo was losing her patience with Kagura. "I'm warning you Kagura, I have no problem killing you right now."

The wind sorceress laughed. "Oh please Kikyo, you don't have enough energy to tip over a tree, at least not at your current state." She held out a jewel shard. "You know the drill, use this and you're life can be restored. No longer will you need to steal the souls of the dead to be able to live. You could do whatever you want, live a normal life... kill that reincarnation of yours maybe?"

Kikyo's expression grew dim. "Kagura-"

"I know what's going on between you and that half-breed Inuyasha. You're jealous of that Kagome girl. Jealous that she's able to talk to him, she's able see him every day, and that he will rather stay with her than you. Come on, Kikyo there's no use to deny it any longer. Take this shard and use it to destroy Kagome."

Kikyo jumped out of the tree.

"Yes Kikyo. This is what you want."

Kikyo's hand stretched out as to take the shard, but only to destroy Kagura. Her screams filled the quiet forest and with her ashes laid the shard of the Sacred Jewel.

'You're life can be restored. No longer will you need to steal the souls of the dead to be able to live. You could do whatever you want, live a normal life...'

Kagura's words echoed Kikyo's mind. She knew what powers the shard held, but would she be doing the right thing?

Inuyasha ran outside the hut. "I'm sure that was Kagura's screams we heard."

Miroku was right behind him. "Do you think...she's dead?"

Inuyasha looked at the forest ahead of them, puzzled. He could smell demon blood... but could Kagura really be dead. He sighed. "I dunno. If she is dead, it'd be one less demon to kill to get to Naraku; I don't think this is a trap though. Maybe she really is dead."

Miroku looked at Inuyasha, "Should we follow the source?"

"Let's get the others."

(AN: YAY! These chapters are coming together a lot faster than I'm getting reviews, so please review and make a monkey happy!)