Ai ga subete – Our era starts from here

Wow! Thank you for your great reviews. I never thought that you'd like the last chapter. But it makes me really happy you did. I'm sorry it took me so long to update but I had my hands full with doing homework and stuff. Just like last time I wrote most of this chapter during my English and Latin lessons. And of course I didn't have a dictionary with me, so there might be some spelling mistakes. To answer traycon3's question: Yes, 'mail' is supposed to mean

'e-mail'. It's an abbreviation me and my friends usually use so I just didn't think about it. But I'm going to repeat it in this place: If there are any questions or you want me to tell you when I update my story or something else please feel free to e-mail me!

Mysterium

Ai ga subete – Our era starts from here

Chapter 4: Departure

Inuyasha's ears twitched slightly when he heard a small rumble coming nearer. With his distinct demon senses he could feel what nobody else would have realized, even though he was still peacefully slumbering. The ground he was lying on was shaking, just a little bit.
He flung his eyes open immediately, jumping to his feet without even thinking about it. He loosened his grip on Tessaiga when he finally recalled the events of the last night. The room he was standing in was still dark and not even a faint glow of the rising sun could be seen. The reason for that might have been the fact that the window pointed West, but still Inuyasha thought it was a little too early to get up. Of course he didn't need as much sleep as normal humans did, but during the time he and the others had been roaming the lands to find the shards of the shikon no tama or they'd gone after Naraku he had gotten used to rest at least until daybreak. Yawning, he tried to make out the 'noise' that had caused him to wake up. At once he recognized Kagome's steps coming down the stairs. He headed for the door and eavesdropped. When he heard that she'd passed he opened it a little bit, peering through the small opening with his right eye. Kagome was hurrying to get to the kitchen. She was wearing her 'pajaamas' or whatever it was called and had a towel wrapped around her head. The sweet smell of different fruits was filling his nostrils (he didn't even know the names of all of them), telling him that she had washed her hair with that 'shanpooh' stuff. He didn't really like it. Not that he minded the smell of fruits in general, but since it adulterated her original scent…
His train of thought was cut off when he heard Sota moving. Inuyasha quickly closed the door and approached him.
Sota sat up in his bed. Rubbing his eyes, he mumbled something inaudible.
When he finally realized the hanyou standing in front of him he gave a small cheer.
"Hey, Inuya-" he began to call, but was stopped by Inuyasha just in time.
"Hush!" he quickly said. "Kagome mustn't know that I'm here! I'll explain it later, OK?"
Sota nodded, slipping out of his bed. The pajamas he was wearing were light blue with the image of a small white dog which ears looked just as Inuyasha's on it. "Do you want to play something?" he asked. "As long as Kagome doesn't notice I'm here…" Inuyasha mumbled, being dragged off by the boy.

- - -

Kagome entered her room, still in her pajamas and with a towel wrapped around her head. She had just washed her hair because she had been too tired the night before. She had been falling asleep without even changing her clothes or getting her things for the trip packed. But when she had been waking up in the middle of the night, being tucked in just like she used to be when she was a small child, she found that her mother had fortunately prepared everything. But since it was really early in the morning (maybe about 2:00) and she was still tired, she decided to change into her pajamas and go back to bed again.

When she had woken up some hours later she had quickly went to the bathroom and washed her hair. And now there she was, back in her room throwing herself into her comfortable bed.
'I wonder what Inuyasha is doing at the moment', she thought. 'I bet he is still totally mad at me' She sighed and took a look at her new alarm clock distract herself. She was rather shocked to see that it was already after 6:00. She didn't have to mind the time in the Sengoku Jidai and so she had totally lost her sense for time. The coach would be there in about one hour and she had still some things to do. Kagome quickly ran down the stairs, heading for the kitchen. When she was about to enter the kitchen she sensed something strange, causing a shiver to run down her spine. Just like there was a demon or something. She froze for a second, but since the strange feeling didn't continue she reckoned that she'd just been imagining things.
"Morning Mum!" she said as she entered the kitchen.
"Oh. Good morning my dear. Did you sleep well?" Mrs. Higurashi replied. Kagome nodded. She couldn't stop wondering about what she had felt all the time while eating breakfast.

'Could it be that Inuyasha…? Well, after all he followed me several times, didn't he? But… no! I bet he is too angry with me for even thinking about coming and take me with him…'

"Mum?" Kagome asked, only wanting to make sure. "What is it?" Mrs. Higurashi turned to face her.
"Have you seen Inuyasha?"

Her mother tried to act as surprised as possible.
"Was he supposed to drop in so you could say goodbye?"

Kagome blushed.

"N-no! I just thought he might have…" Her voice trailed of as she stood up to put her plate into the sink.

- - -

The sun had finally risen over the mountains in the distance. But there was still a veil of mist hovering over the lands. Miroku stepped out of Kaede's hut followed by the small demon cat. Taking a glance back he started walking into the direction of Inuyasha's forest.

After a while he decided that he was finally far enough from the village.

"INUYASHA!?" he shouted, causing Kirara to start.

- - -

Sango sat up on her futon. Yawning she stretched her arms. She scanned the hut, recognizing that Miroku had gone once again. But this time Kirara was with him.

'I wonder where he went this time.' She decided that it would be better to not go after him again. So she stepped to the fireplace, starting to boil a pot of water.
After some minutes she heard a small 'Meow!', telling her that Kirara was back. She turned around and looked at the cute demon that was sitting in the doorway.
"Good Morning Kirara! Where did you leave Miroku?" Sango asked, kneeling to the ground to pick her up.
"Nowhere" came the reply as Miroku entered the hut, a sad smile on his face.
"Did you find him?" The young demon exterminator knew exactly why he had gone out that early. He shook his head.
"Do you think something happened to him?"
"I think we don't have to worry about him" the monk replied. "You know what he is like. And if something had happened to him we would have been attacked as well. Or do you know any demon that wouldn't want to kill Inuyasha plus his companions?"
Sango shook her head. "No, but if he ran into Kikyou… After all she still wants him to go to hell with her."

Miroku chuckled. "Yeah, or he just got killed by Kagome because he met Kikyou again." Sango started to giggle as well.
"Probably. But in earnest: I'm really starting to worry because it's new moon to night."
Miroku nodded. "Maybe that's the reason why he doesn't show up." He turned around, looking at the still sleeping kitsune. "We shouldn't talk about this anymore. Worrying him wouldn't make any sense" he finished, pointing at Shippou.
"You're totally right. Worrying him wouldn't make any sense. So don't you dare touching me if you don't want him to worry for your live!" Sango hissed when she realized what he was just about to do again.

- - -

'How time flies!' she thought looking at her watch. It was already quarter past seven.

She had only had breakfast, then dressed and prepared some more things for her trip and – wham! – now her time was already up.
Kagome sighed. "Mum? Grandpa? Sota?" she shouted going down to the hall. Her bags stood already outside, except of the purse she carried in her left hand. She wore a light blue sleeveless rollneck-top and a matching miniskirt. She wondered whether she should go back to the well before the coach was there. It somehow seemed to pull her to it magically. She shook her thought of as she once again sensed that there was something wrong.
"Inuyasha?" she whispered. If there was someone it had to be Inuyasha! Or could there be someone else? Another demon? She turned left, knowing that whatever caused that feeling had to be somewhere in this direction. She looked around. There was nothing, nothing except…

'Sota's room?' Kagome stared at the door, slowly lifting her hand to open it. 'Inuyasha?' she repeated.
"KAGOME!"
She felt two arms wrapping around her waist from behind, causing her to stop.
"I will miss you so much!"
Kagome looked down at her little brother who clung to her.
"Sota! I'm only going on a trip for one week! You never act like that if I go to the past for a month or even longer" Kagome tried to calm him down, forgetting what she was worrying about. 'That's even worse than with Shippou' she thought, just when her mother and grandfather entered.
"Kagome, the coach will be here every minute" her mother said.
"Did you hear that, Sota? Now let go of me!" Sota nodded. "See you next week, Kagome"

With that he slipped into his room. Kagome, her mother and the old priest left through the front door. After they said goodbye Kagome rushed off with her bags.
"Have a good time and enjoy yourself!" Mrs. Higurashi called after her.
Her father mumbled something inaudible about 'teenagers'. Then he went of to clean the shed he stored most of his historic items in.
Mrs. Higurashi sighed and quickly opened the front door. "Inuyasha, she is gone. Hurry!"
Inuyasha opened the door of Sota's room. Taking a last glance at the boy, he whispered "Thanks for laying a false scent" then stepped out of his room. Kagome had nearly found out that he was in her family's house. His heart was still beating faster than usual. When he'd heard Kagome approaching the door Inuyasha had made a rather unsuccessful attempt to hide behind the door. He was sure that Kagome would have found him there.
Still wearing his red kimono, but with a baseball cap covering his ears and a big dark blue traveling bag over his shoulder he stepped out.
"You only have to go down the stairs, and then you'll see the coach. But be careful! Nobody must see you!"
Inuyasha nodded. He started to walk off but after a few steps he turned round, looking back at Kagome's mother.
"Mrs. Higurashi? Why did you help me?" he finally asked.
She smiled. "Because I know that Kagome wouldn't be really happy if she wasn't able to be with you."
Of course she had realized that her daughter couldn't stop thinking of him, even if she was able to go to school or meet with her friends after a long time. And especially not after arguing with him.
"Oh, and Inuyasha…" She stepped closer, leaning up and lifting his cap to whisper something in one of his doggy ears.

"WHAT?" asked Inuyasha, blushing slightly. "But I…"

Mrs. Higurashi cut him off. "You have to go now. You won't be able to follow her if the coach is already gone."
Inuyasha nodded and headed for the stairs.

To be continued…

A mean way to end up a chapter again, isn't it? Well, I hope you enjoyed reading it nevertheless.

Please review and tell me whether you did!
I'll try to update another chapter this weekend, but I can't promise it.
There is a small problem: I don't know whether I should write some stuff about the Inuyasha movies in this fic. You know, only in flashbacks or something. (ThoughI haven't seen the 4th movie 'Fire on the Mystic Island' and only know about it from the summary on the official homepage.) If you want to tell me your opinion about this just add it to your review or write me an e-mail.

Special #2: Who is able to go through the 'Bone Eaters Well'?

The Bone Eaters Well makes traveling through the time possible. But who is able to use the well? Of course Inuyasha and Kagome are. But who else? In nearly every fanfic I read (and I didn't read so many yet) one of the following theories was used:
1st: Everybody (or at least everybody of the Inuyasha-gang and their villains) is able to go through the well.
or 2nd : You are only able to use it if you possess a shard of the shikon no tama.
I won't use one of these theories. I don't think that the first one is right because Shippou would be able to go after Kagome if she went to her own time because of Inuyasha, and so would Sango, but they never do. And when Kagome wasn't able to go back to the past because Inuyasha blocked the well with a tree and Shippou jumped into the well to escape from the wolves, he didn't go to the future when the tree was moved but Kagome was able to go back to Sengoku Jidai.
And I don't think the second theory is right because Kagome is able to go through the well several times without having a shikon shard with her. For example when she returned to the present for the first time and Yura had taken the shard from her.
In my opinion the well is a mystery. Actually only Kagome and Inuyasha are able to go through it. But there are exceptions as Lady Centipede, Yura's hair, Kikyou's plants in the first movie and the spirit in the third movie.

I'm terribly sorry! I tried to update this on Friday but I was unable to log in until now.
Oh, and I nearly forgot about the following: I don't own Inuyasha!