Shadows from the Future
Chapter Ten: Just So You Know
A dark fog swirled around the castle intoxicating the airs that surround it, this was home sweet home to an evil power hungry hanyou. Naraku sat in front of his incarnation, Kanna. "I wish for you to show me the two half breed children."
The young girl nodded, "Yes my lord." Her small mirror then showed the image of Keishou and Arasoi.
"Who are they?"
"Their names are Keishou and Arasoi. They are two half breed dog demons who seem to be searching for the high priestess Kikyo."
"They both carry a similar aura of that half-breed Inuyasha. Could it be that they are his offspring? But that would be impossible for them to be born in this lifetime unless..." Naraku's smirked, "Unless they're not from this time at all." His smirk grew. "Kanna, I want you to watch over those two. We shall need there assistance in the very near future."
His incarnation bowed, "Of course, my lord."
Arasoi and Keishou sat in a large Oak tree. The group decided to camp out that night and then return to Kaede's hut in the morning.
"I still can't believe it." Arasoi said to her brother who was hanging upside-down on the branch above her.
"What can't you believe, sis?"
"How stupid Inuyasha is. I mean, if Kikyo really loved Inuyasha she would've known that Inuyasha would never betray her and kill her! The fact that they were so easily manipulated to go against one another proves the fact that they weren't meant to be! It was fate that brought Inuyasha and Kagome together! Kagome has been with Inuyasha through it all and never leaves his side! Kikyo gives Naraku the freaking jewel shards on her own free will! The only reason Inuyasha goes over to Kikyo all the time is because he USED to love her before she became the bitter-bitch we know of! He still sees her as she used to be 50 years ago and is too blind to realize that Kagome would do absolutely ANYTHING for him! It's so frustrating!" she explained angrily, watching as Keishou continued to hang from his branch.
"You do realize these are our parents, right?"
Arasoi growled and slapped a spell scroll on Keishou's forehead then punched him towards the ground. "I KNOW THAT!" she yelled at his fallen figure.
"CRUSE YOU AND YOU'RE MAGIC!" Keishou yelled paralyzed on the ground. Kagome and Sango appeared at the base of the tree.
"Arasoi do you want to go to the hot springs with us, the monk is busy getting firewood and won't know we left." Sango said then looked down at the fallen boy. "What happened to you?"
"Don't...want to...talk about it..." Keishou still was still struggling to get up. "Just...take... the damn... scroll off!" he whimpered helplessly.
Arasoi jumped down gracefully, "Leave him, he'll be alright."
Kagome looked down at the boy, "Scream if you see Miroku, okay?"
Keishou frowned. "I'd scream anyway for him to take this blasted scroll of me!"
The girls left and walked on the small path towards the hot hot springs.
"Finally, you have no idea how much I need this." Kagome squealed as she and Sango quickly undressed and got in, Arasoi right after them. Kagome closed her eye and let the hot water relax her muscles, when she opened her eyes she noticed Arasoi had a large red mark that went from her shoulder to her back. "Oh my god, did you get that today, Arasoi?"
Arasoi looked down, "No, this is a birthmark. My mother was always very weak and when she had me... well they didn't know if I was going to live or if she would survive the labor."
Sango looked at Kagome, 'This girl isn't lying about that, I can tell from her eyes. But what would cause Kagome to be so weak? She certainly isn't feeble now.'
Arasoi continued to look down at the steaming water. "Kagome, could I ask you something?"
Sango was broken out of her thoughts and Kagome nodded.
"Um... well... today when you didn't want us helping you when Inuyasha transformed, what were you trying to accomplish?" Her innocent sea blue eyes stared at Kagome who started to blush.
"I wanted him to remember me. I was thinking if he was able to control that power of his we may have a chance of defeating Naraku." It was now Kagome's turn to look down at the water. "But Inuyasha was terrified, I could tell. He didn't want me to leave him, so I guess he was regaining control for a few seconds but then he lost it again."
"And tried to rape you." Sango added.
Kagome stared at her and then the water again. "He probably was seeing Kikyo or something when that happened. Inuyasha has no interest in me." Her voice got very quite towards the end of her statement.
"Kagome.." Sango started but was cut off by Keishou's yelling in the distance.
"MIROKU! YOU GOTTA HELP ME! TAKE THE DAMN SCROLL OFF PLEASE!"
All three girls quickly jumped out of the springs and got dressed.
"Stupid monk probably saw we were gone." Sango hissed and Kagome laughed a bit trying to shake off her uneasiness.
The girls soon arrived at the camp site to see Keishou and Miroku setting up the firewood. "YOU DIE NOW!" Keishou yelled as he lunged at his little sister who instantly ran away.
"KEISHOU! DON'T KILL YOUR SISTER!" Kagome yelled and then started to smile. "God, I probably sound like their mother, huh?"
'If only she knew.' Sango thought with a smile.
"Hey, where'd Inuyasha head off to?" Kagome asked making Miroku looked up from his firewood.
"He's off sulking somewhere. He just walked off; he seemed very poignant."
Sango sat next to the monk. "Well do you blame him? He's had a really bad day."
Miroku was about to ask Kagome something when he saw that'd she'd already left. "Probably left to find Inuyasha."
"Thanks for pointing out the obvious, Miroku." Sango said rolling her eyes.
Deep in the forest, Kagome walked past a tree and found Inuyasha sitting on a hill looking up at the stars. She slowly walked over to him; his bare chest was showing since his shirt was burnt off during the battle and his long sliver hair was blowing in the breeze. She noticed he was shivering from the cold night air, and covered him with the blanket she was using for herself. Inuyasha muttered his appreciation as she sat down next to him and looked into his emotionless amber eyes.
Had this been a normal day, Inuyasha would've snapped at Kagome for staring at him, but tonight was different. Tonight the only person he wanted was Kagome, and at the same time she was the one person he least wanted to see. Kagome eyes were still locked onto his; the first thing she ever noticed about him (other than his dog ears of course) was his eyes. As she grew to know Inuyasha, she saw him start to change. He began to trust people, and showed his emotions more frequently. His emotional walls he had built since childhood was beginning to fall.
Inuyasha then looked away from the sky and down at Kagome, "Can I ask you something'?" he asked innocently as she nodded. He looked down at the grass, his bangs covering his eyes. "You stayed with me the whole time. You never left me, and I'm not talking about just today. I mean like in this whole conquest we're on. I've disowned your trust so many times, made you cry, and failed to protect you in more than a few battles. Why are you still here with me?"
Kagome crawled over to him joining him under the blanket and rested her head on his chest, "I'll never leave you, Inuyasha, because I care about you. And because if I was to ever leave, you'd probably get yourself killed."
Inuyasha smiled as he wrapped the blanket around them tighter, 'Kagome, I want to tell you that I love you. But I don't want to throw this away; I don't want you to throw your life away just for me. I want you to be happy, and if that means for you to leave when the jewel is completed, so be it. For now though, I hope this moment can last forever.'
Keishou and a very soaked Arasoi returned to the campsite. "What happened to Arasoi?" Miroku questioned as the brother and sister sat by the fire.
"She fell in the river." Keishou's answered plainly with a smirk as Arasoi's fangs chattered.
The exterminator's eyes flashed as she noticed something. "Uh, Miroku? Can I talk to you over here?" She practically dragged the monk a yard away by an Elm Tree.
"I think they know we know, Miroku!" Sango hissed.
"What makes you say that?"
"Just the fact that they've been avoiding us and Keishou's disappearance wasn't a coincidence it was right after we had our little talk with Kaede!" she yelled nearly strangling the stupid monk. How clueless can a guy get?
Meanwhile, back at the campsite...
"Arasoi, I think they know that we know that they know!" Keishou whispered as Arasoi's ears perked up trying to listen to the demon exterminator and monk's conversation.
"But do they know that we know that they know that we know they know?" The girl asked.
Keishou thought about his sister's question for a moment. "I don't know."
And behind the Tree again...
"But do they know that we know they know we know?" Miroku asked.
"I don't think so."
"Look, why don't we just talk with them. I mean if they know that we know and we know that they know, what else is there to know, you know?" The monk reasoned.
Sango sighed. "You're right Miroku. They may need our help."
"That's the sprit." He said putting a hand on her shoulder and it somehow ended up on her ass, again.
"PERVERT!" Sango yelled as she punched Miroku into the ground. "YOU PROMISED YOU WOULDN'T DO THAT IF I WORKED WITH YOU!"
Miroku somehow managed to lift his throbbing head up from the ground. "My apologies, Lady Sango. I could not resist your beauty."
She grumbled, "You're so fill of it, Miroku. The only thing you couldn't resist was caressing my ass!"
Sango and Miroku appeared at the campsite to see the two young demi-demons sitting by a bush near the Elm Tree they were just talking.
"Were you two eavesdropping on our conversation?" Miroku questioned.
The siblings began to sweat. "Uh...no, of course we weren't."
"Then what were you doing by the Tree we were just at?" Sango asked.
"Um... checking out that really cool bush over there!" Keishou exclaimed earning himself a punch on the head from his sister.
"WHAT THE HELL KIND OF LIE WAS THAT, KEISHOU? YOU'RE SUCH A DUMBASS!" Arasoi buried her head in her hands, "Checking out that really cool bush...you're hopeless!"
The two adults sweat dropped;that was a pretty pathetic lie.
Keishou then sat up and took a deep breath. "So, you know, eh?"
The exterminator and monk nodded, "Why are you here?" Miroku asked.
Arasoi and Keishou exchanged nervous glances before Keishou began.
"It's about our mother, she's going to have a curse set on her that will slowly kill her."
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