Shadows from the Future
Chapter Twelve: Memories
It was night time, the crickets chirping was the only sound heard by the limited people who were still awake, among those few was Arasoi. The young demon girl slowly got up from her sleeping corner and tip toed towards where her brother slept. 'And of course he's still asleep! I thought I told the moron to stay awake!' She smirked. "Guess I'm just gonna have to wake him up." She covered his mouth with one claw and held his nose with the other, half a second later his eye quickly opened and she moved her hand away. "Are you trying to kill me!?" he whispered harshly trying to regain his breath. Arasoi pressed a finger to her lips and pointed to the door, signaling him to shut up and to follow her outside. Keishou tip toed outside praying that no one would wake up, he may be older than his sister but she could still kill him if she wanted to.
Keishou yawned when the duo finally made it outside where Inuyasha was sleeping. It was a warm night so they couldn't blame him for wanting to sleep outside. "So, what are we doing?" he asked. "I'm going to climb in to Dad's tree and put a spell on him. Hopefully this spell will help him realize his feeling for Mom." Arasoi explained. "Seems like a plan, but one little question."
"Yeah?"
"Why the hell did you have to wake me up? I mean, I was asleep and happy, and then you come around and try to suffocate me!"
Arasoi frowned and wrapped her cloak around her. "I was trying to wake you up, idiot! And you do have a part in this, you're the look out!" She explained as she took off the Kitsune necklace transforming her back to her original form. "Arasoi! What in hell are you doing?!" Arasoi handed her brother the necklace. "This drains too much of my magic out and I'm not really an expert on this charm yet so I want to have all the help I can get." She then put on the hood which covered her face. "Wish me luck!" "Luck." Arasoi then jumped into the tree and faced Inuyasha. 'Please let this work!' She gulped and took out the spell scroll and concentrated on the charm. A white aura surrounded her and her future father as the spell scroll flew from her hand to Inuyasha's forehead.
The sky was a light color of blue, the birds were singing and the sun shone brightly. It was indeed a beautiful day. Inuyasha looked around, where in hell was he? He walked around for a moment then realized he was at Kagome's shrine. His nose then picked up salt and water, someone was crying. Inuyasha soon found who was crying.
It was Kagome.
"Kagome, what happened?" he asked but was ignored. "Why'd I ever meet him? If I knew it was gonna hurt this much, I wish I never laid eyes on him." She shed tears. He couldn't see her face, but he saw one drop fall on her knee. Then she lifted her tear stained face up to gaze at the Sacred Tree again. "But I wanna see him. I can't deny it. I want to see Inuyasha once more. It's clear now . . . I must be..." Inuyasha looked down at Kagome waiting for her to finish when his surrounds changed. "AH! WHAT THE HELL?!" Inuyasha then found himself in the woods by some pond.
"Now what's going on?" Inuyasha looked around to see Kagome again. "KAGOME!" He yelled as he ran to her. "Kagome, what were you gonna say bef-" Kagome looked right through him. As if he wasn't even there. "Hey! I'm talking to you wrench! What were yo-" Kagome then walked through him. "AH! WHAT THE HELL'S GOING ON! WHY DID SHE JUST WALK THROUGH ME?" He yelled and poked his arms and chest to see if he was able to do the same, which he wasn't. He then started to follow the school girl. "Damn it all! What the hell is going on?!" he hissed at no one in particular. He was to busy cursing to notice Kagome had stopped walking and almost walked right into her. Inuyasha looked at Kagome again noticing she held one of those "Towel" things. "Wait a second... I remember this!" He glanced at the pond to find himself trying to wash his claws of blood. "This is when I transformed into a full demon and killed all those bandits! What the hell am I doing here?" He decided there had to be some reason and watched the show in from of him. Kagome looked at Inuyasha in the ponds, "Poor guy. He must feel awful about killing those bandits." Inuyasha watched himslef looked at her and shout, "What are you staring at me for? Huh? Listen! I don't give a damn about what I did, you hear?" Kagome stared at him, "Don't kid yourself." Inuyasha's expression changed, as he said, "You don't have to force yourself to be around me." Kagome, hated to see Inuyasha so torn up, assures him that she wants to be. She grabbed his shoulders and wraps her arms around him. "I'll always be with you Inuyasha. I'll never leave you, I promise."
Once again Inuyasha's surrounds caved in on him as he was sent somewhere else. "These must be Kagome's memories. But how am I traveling through them?" Inuyasha landing on the hard ground, "Okay, let's see what's next here." He looked around once more to see that he was at the battle with Nariko. "Damn. I really don't wanna be here." He ran to the battle to see Kagome shut her eyes preparing for the worst. He saw himself wrap his arms around her waist and block the miasma. "Inuyasha?" she gasped into chest. She opened her eyes to realize his whole shirt was burnt off. Kagome slowly looked up to see his eyes were as red as blood. "This is where I transformed. This is what I can't remember!" He saw himself as he jumped into the air, dung his claws into Nariko's flesh and literally ripped her apart. Inuyasha felt his stomach flip, that was a pretty gruesome sight. He watched Kagome as she stood up. "Inuyasha?" she asked softly hoping that he would respond to her voice, but no such luck. "KAGOME! GET AWAY FROM HIM! YOU KNOW HE DOESN'T HAVE ANY CONTROL AND MAY KILL YOU WITHOUT EVEN KNOWING IT!" Miroku yelled, but Kagome continued to walk towards him. "Why?" Inuyasha whispered to himself as he watched Kagome walk closer to him. "Why does she always have to risk her life for me? Her life means more to me than my own! Doesn't she realize if she was to die trying to save me I would die too? Does she not understand that just the thought of having her hurt drives me insane with guilt and worry?" He gasped. She didn't know. She thinks he loved Kikyo! That's why she was crying! He hurt her and he never knew it! After all the time he spent trying to save her from physical pain he was causing her emotional pain. "HE WON'T BECAUSE HE'D NEVER HURT ME! I TRUST HIM!" Kagome's yells rang through his ears. "Kagome... I love you." He whispered as everything around him went dark.
Arasoi opened her eyes and felt a large power surge push her out of the tree causing her to fall on the cool ground behind the tree. "Arasoi!" Keishou whispered as he ran to his fallen sister to help her up. "Arasoi! Arasoi!" He lightly hit her cheek with his claw. He let of the breath he was holding when he saw her open her eyes. "You okay? Here, take the charm." She took the necklace from him and quickly put it back on. "What happened? Did everything go as planed?" he asked as he watched his sister stand up. "It's going to happen soon." Now Keishou was more confused and pissed off because of it. "What the hell are you talking about, runt?" She looked down at him. "Kikyo's attack, it's going to happen soon. We need to prepare." He watched her walk away. "How the hell do you know that?!" he whispered at her but she just continued to walk. Keishou growled in frustration, what's with her and not answering his questions?!
(AN: YAY! Another chapter down and we're getting close to the Kikyo attack! On a different note, has anyone heard that 1985 song? It's really quite sad actually. Well anyway, now review and be kind and I shall update quickly!)