Shadows from the Future

Chapter Seventeen: A Story from a Boy from the Future

Inuyasha glared at the lad, "What the hell did you just say, boy?" Keishou looked up at him. "I'm your son." Inuyasha grabbed the Keishou by the front of his shirt, "Listen kid, I dunno what kind of guy you take me for. But I am no sap, you got that? I know you're lyin'!"

"Listen I know you're not gonna believe me, but at least hear me out! I've come here from 15 years in the future to help you!"

"Stop the lies, boy!" he snarled as he tightened his grip on his shirt.

"I'M NOT LYING! LOOK AT YOUR GIRL FRIEND OVER THERE! SHE'S FROM 500 YEARS IN THE FUTURE! YOU'D THINK YOU'D UNDERSTAND THAT TIME TRAVEL IS POSSIBLE BY NOW!" Keishou screamed still trying to break away from Inuyasha's hold. Kagome broke out of her trance and looked at Inuyasha, "Let him go, Inuyasha. I think he's telling the truth."

Sango and Miroku walked outside from the hut, "What's going on out here?" Miroku asked as he and Sango got to the scene. "Keishou claims to be Inuyasha's son and now he refuses to get him out of a strangle hold!" Sango looked at Kagome, "What?!" Sango gasped as she turned to Miroku. "We have to stop him! He'll kill him!" "INUYASHA!" Miroku yelled as he ran over to his friend, "You must let go of Keishou, he's not lying! He really is your son!" Inuyasha's grip loosened from shock, giving Keishou time to kick Inuyasha in the stomach and jump off. "INUYASHA SIT!" Kagome yelled making sure he wouldn't attack Keishou again. "DAMN YOU!" Inuyasha yelled as he fell to the ground.

Keishou took a deep breath as the group sat in the hut, "Now Keishou. Lets go through this as calmly as we can, okay?" Kagome said as she sat next to the boy and held his hand. Keishou nodded. "Arasoi and I are Inuyasha's and Kagome's children." He paused and looked over at Kagome whose grip on his hand tightened but other than that her facial expression stayed the same. He also glanced over at Inuyasha who sat in the back of hut, he couldn't see his face but he was sure his facial expression was the same as Kagome's: Deep in concentration and attention. "We came here to save Kagome from one of Kikyo's attacks." He faced Kagome, "Do you remember the attack Kikyo sent at you? It was the one that resembled a dragon-like thing." Kagome nodded. "Well that was the attack that would slowly kill you fifth teen years later." Kagome gasped and Inuyasha growled from the back of the hut, "Why would it take that long to kill her?" Miroku asked. "I would think because that dragon was made up of sprits and because Kagome has Kikyo's sprit it must've complicated the matter thus causing as long as 15 years to finally take its toll, but that way was far worse. Sometimes she would just randomly faint, have huge headaches, or get sick. Her whole body was slowly breaking down. By the time she had Arasoi nobody thought she or Arasoi would survive the delivery. When Arasoi was born she was so tiny, she still is small, which is why I gave her the nickname runt. Dad was always over protective of her because of her size though, which Arasoi couldn't stand. So she doesn't listening to anyone and does things without thinking, such as follow me when I go back to past when dad tells her not too." Keishou pauses in order to let everything sink in and then continued. "This whole plan started about two weeks ago, my time. It was my dad's idea. He told me that I could save mom if I were to find a way to go back in time and stop that final attack. My dad gave me the Tetsusaiga and he told me of all the events in the battle. He warned me not to change anything but the final battle. I wasn't even supposed to talk to you guys. He then had Arasoi set up the bone eaters well so that I could travel here." Kaede gasped, "Arasoi fixed the well? But she is only a little girl! Surely even a trained priestess of my age would have great difficulty with a job such as that!" Keishou looked at the old woman. "Yes, but you have to think of the fact that Arasoi and I aren't full human. She was born with these incredible priestess powers that even you couldn't decipher so in the end she was able to set up the well and I was able to come here. There was only one problem, my father never told Arasoi exactly when the attack would take place. So I found myself a bit too early in this time period. In the meantime I thought I'd gather information on the priestess Kikyo and try to follow her trail that way I would find myself at the battle. Along the way I fought some demons that had shards of the jewel. I didn't want them to end up in the wrong hands so I took them. That was one of my mistakes. It was then when I found you guys and killed the monster, once Inuyasha followed me I knew I was in trouble. You guys know form there what happened, then the trouble started. Miroku and Sango found out about Arasoi and I and they promised not to tell anyone about it." Kagome and Inuyasha faced Sango and Miroku,

"You guys knew?" Kagome asked in shock.

"AND YOU BASTARDS NEVER TOLD US?!" Inuyasha screamed.

"We didn't want to mess up time further. We thought it'd be best if you two never found out." Sango explained as Miroku nodded in agreement and added, "What we were most afraid of happening was what just took place outside. We knew that is how Inuyasha would react, since he is so simple minded, so we decided not to tell you." Inuyasha growled again, "SHUT UP MIROKU! YOU OF ALL PEOPLE SHOULD UNDERSTAND EVERYONE HAS THEIR FLAWS! AND I AM NOT SIMPLE MINDED!" Kagome cleared her throat stopping her irritated mate, "I don't think Keishou was finish speaking yet." Inuyasha crossed his arms and sat back in his corner in the back of the hut mumbling curses under his breath. "As I was saying before I was so rudely interrupted from the psycho in the back of the room,"

"WHY YOU LITTLE-"

"SIT BOY!"

THUMP!

"That everything was going fine until Sango and Miroku figured us out." Keishou continued, "Then I started to fear that Arasoi and my recent visit may have disturbed the time line. Once Naraku started following us I knew there was a problem. The little fact that Kagome said she hate Inuyasha that morning wasn't the best thing in the world to hear either. While I was out getting air, I saw Kagome was out alone and I thought that was when Kikyo would make her attack on Kagome, I was right. I then took a risk and tried to stop the entire battle all together, which did nothing but poisoned me and wound me making my life that much harder. I then told Inuyasha that Kagome was taken, got Arasoi and headed off the battle field. That's where Arasoi shot her arrow at Kikyo's attack and saved Kagome. We have done it. My plan was to right after that head over the bone eaters well and go home as fast as possible, but the poison Kikyo inflected me with had already taken its toll on me. I was then unconscious for three days. When I woke up this morning I told Arasoi that we had to leave. Once we got to the bone eater's well Naraku found us and attacked us. He demanded that we gave him the Tetsusaiga. Of course we refused so he sent out his vine things and confined me to a freaking tree. As he was about to snatch the sword from me Arasoi jumped in and took it before he did, so he sent his vines at her. Then this weird barrier appeared around her from the sword and protected her from his attack. I told her to then run, but she refused. Naraku then used me by telling her if she didn't give up the sword he'd kill me. Being the asshole that he is he attacked me after I told Arasoi not to give him the sword. Arasoi then threw the Tetsusaiga at me, transferring the barrier to me. Naraku's attack bounced off the barrier and hit Arasoi dead on, I knew she was still alive because I couldn't smell death but she was still in bad shape. Naraku then took her and told me to bring the Tetsusaiga to him or else he'd kill her." Keishou felt his fist start to tremble and his eyes start to tear. "Only god knows what he's doing to her. It's sickening!" Kagome held him in her arms and rocked him slowly. "Shh...it's okay. We'll get her. Don't worry. I promise you we'll get her back." Inuyasha walked over to Keishou and sat down next to him. Keishou saw this and thought he was going to be hit; Kagome seemed to as well, since her hold on him tightened. Keishou felt a hand rub his head, and he looked up, "We'll get her back. No one messes with my pups and lives to tell about it." He said softly.

(AN: Okay now, everyone should go "Aww" now because Inuyasha got all affectionate. Did you do it? You better have. Now REVIEW!!! Please? For me? )