Hey everyone! My name is Kristin. I hope you like the story! Granted I work on it at 12 midnight while listening to either my Inuyasha soundtrack, or my Good Charlotte/Simple Plan cds, so bear with me if it isn't always written great. Anyway, I would really love reviews, especially on how I can improve and if you guys want me to continue with this story, so please write me! Click either on 'Summit a review' at the end of this page, or email me!
Summary: Inuyasha never had friends when he was younger till he met Serenity and everything changed. But once Serenity is taken away from him, he loses the ability to love, and begins to grow deep with hate in his heart, wishing to become a full fledge demon for revenge. Now more than 50 years later, he still wishes that. Kagome's new friend, that may in fact be from Inuyasha's past, joins the group and brings back Inuyasha's suppressed memories. Together they try to help each other piece back their lost pasts, and heal from them too. Along the way they reveal their past's secrets. Hers possibly being the most shocking, from her identity to whatreally happened in thepresent.Secrets that change everything from the brewing relationship between Inuyasha and Kagome, to what they once thought to be the truth...
A boy's lost past
Sengoku-jidal
"Sesshomaru, you want to play ball?"
"Get out of my way mutt." Inuyasha was pushed against the castle's wall by his half-brother, Sesshomaru, who seemed to be in a hurry to get someplace.
Inuyasha followed at his side, trying to keep up with his swift movements. "Where are you going? Can I come Sesshomaru?"
"No."
"Why not?"
"Because I said so."
"But why?"
"BECAUSE!" Sesshomaru, who normally controlled his temper with that icy tone in his voice, thrusted little Inuyasha against the wall, so hard, his dog ears began to throb as his head smacked the wall. "You are going to stay here! Follow me, and father will not have a disgraceful half breed in the family anymore!" He walked away.
Inuyasha slid down to the floor, massaging his head. He clutched his purple ball around him tightly, and ran out to the castle's garden. There Inuyasha found a bench and sat staring at his feet.
The village boys won't play with me, and neither will my half brother, Inuyasha thought. Mother and Father are too busy. I have no friends. And why do the village boys keep calling me the same thing Sesshomaru calls me? Half-breed, dog boy, mutt?
He felt his checks get wet, and down the tear dripped from his cheek to his red pants. Inuyasha felt so alone, so unwanted, and so...unloved. No one seemed to want to play or even talk to him. The villagers were afraid of him, and his brother found him to be a shame to his family and his father's name.
Suddenly there was a rustling behind him. His doglike ears twitched and perked up. He spun around to see a village girl standing at the side of the bench. He stood up, shocked that she even dared to get as close as she had.
"Why are you crying?" She asked, cocking her head to one side.
"I wasn't crying!" Inuyasha wiped his eyes with the back of his hand, keeping one hand still tightly around the ball.
"That sure looked like crying."
"I WASN'T CRYING!"
"O.K." She looked at the purple ball. "Why are you playing out here by yourself?"
"My brother won't play with me, my parents are too busy, and all the villagers are afraid of me. They make fun of me."
"Really?" They both sat down on the bench. "Me too. The boys especially are really mean to me. They kick sand at me, throw stones, poke me with sticks. It's horrible. But my mommy says that all I have to do to protect me is say this special spell she taught me."
"A spell?"
"Yea, it goes something like this:
I call upon the witches of time.
The witches from my family line.
Of past, present and future time,
grant me your powers
to protect one of your own kind."
"That's pretty."
"Yeah. I always feel a lot stronger when I say it too." She looked around the garden to check to make sure that no one else was around. "Wanna know a secret?"
Inuyasha's ears perked up again. "Sure," he said, leaning in.
"I'm really..." She cupped her hands around his dog ear. "I'm really a witch!"
"Cool!" Inuyasha looked at her, and smiled. "I'm Inuyasha! What's your name?"
"Serenity!" She said, smiling at him. "Want to be friends?"
"I don't have any friends."
"Now you do Inuyasha!" Serenity grabbed his hand and pulled him up. "Let's play with the ball!"
"O.K."
"Oh," She rushed up to Inuyasha and got really close to his ear again. "Promise not to tell anyone that I showed you this?" Inuyasha nodded and the girl let down her scrunched up pig tails, and let her purple hair cascade down, revealing two hidden dog ears just like Inuyasha's.
"You are just like me!" He said, finally feeling like he wasn't the only one of his kind.
"Uh-huh. But my grams said I can't tell or show anyone these, or then They might kill me."
"They? Who is They?"
"I don't know. Mommy said that the villagers would treat me differently if they knew. So I have to keep them hidden."
"Your secret is safe with me Serenity."
"Thanks Inuyasha! I think we are gonna be best friends."
In more recent time
"Finally, I'm back home." Kagome said to herself as she stepped out of the old bone-eaters well. She still doesn't understand why Inuyasha won't to let her go back to the future without a fight.
Kagome's mind went back to the very recent events:
"SIT BOY!"
"AH!"
"Now Inuyasha, really, I will come back. You act like I'm leaving forever."
"WOULD YOU STOP DOING THAT? Kagome, we need to find the Shikon shards before..."
"I already know this Inuyasha, and I also know, MY STUDIES ARE IMPORTANT TOO! IT'S ALWAYS ABOUT YOU!"
"Kagome, you little...you better not say..."
"SIT BOY! Now, Miroko, Shippo please watch Inuyasha for me and make sure he doesn't follow, please!" Kagome stepped onto the lip of the well, and looked down at Inuyasha who lay in the dirt face first. "Inuyasha!" He looked up. "Stay! I will be back in a week." Kagome jumped into the well, and yelled out, letting her voice echo.
"SIT BOY!"
Kagome smiled. Sometimes Inuyasha was too much. Actually he was like that most of the time. Anyway, she needed to get back to school, for at least five days. Her grandfather would at some point run out of diseases and sicknesses to give her. She needed to get in to make up the months worth of tests, and hand in her way over-due homework. She was still surprised that her mother had allowed her to journey with Inuyasha in Japan's past, during the warring times. Though the whole reason she had to was all her fault.
Back in the past, between 1467 and 1568 CE, this period of time in Japan (Sengoku-jidai) was called the warring states. This was a time of chaos, and death. Many wars would break out between men versus men, nature and even demons. Demons were common for that time period, some weak and of no threat, others extremely violent and powerful. But they all had the same goal. To own the Shikon Jewel, or 'Jewel of Four Souls,' which would give them unbelievable power. Or, in one half-dog demon's case, named Inuyasha, become a full fledge demon.
But to gain this sacred jewel, Inuyasha would have to get past Kikyo, a village priestess and protector of the jewel. Over and over Inuyasha tried, but Kikyo, without fail, would stop him with her arrows, but never hurting him. So many times she could have killed him on the spot and had been done with his ignorance, yet she never did. Kikyo and Inuyasha begin to grow feelings for one another. They made a plan to use the jewel to turn Inuyasha into a full human, that way, he could spend his lifetime on earth with Kikyo. The next day Kikyo planned to meet Inuyasha at the meeting spot they had chosen, and use the jewel.
Only, on her way there, Kikyo is slain by Naraku, a demon who can shape shift. Naraku changes into Inuyasha's form, and makes it look as though Inuyasha had planned on becoming close to the priestess and tricking her in the end for the jewel. Then Naraku shape shifted into Kikyo's form, and goes and attacks Inuyasha. Inuyasha immediately thinks that Kikyo never loved him, and instead planned this as a trap. So, Inuyasha believing that he has been betrayed, goes to the village and steals the jewel. But on his way back with the jewel through the forest, he is stopped by Kikyo's arrow and pinned to a tree with a spell. He is placed under a deep sleep for 50 years, supposedly to never awake again. Kikyo died that day because of her horrible wounds caused by Naraku and brought the jewel into the afterlife with her.
Kagome changed Inuyasha's future when she was dragged through the portal to the warring times, by a demon after the Shikon Jewel that is embedded in her skin. Kagome later learns that she is the reincarnation of the priestess Kikyo. Kikyo was the only one who could free Inuyasha from the tree, so Kagome being her incarnation and gaining her powers, freed Inuyasha. The two both met with hostility. Inuyasha even tried to kill Kagome for the jewel. Kaede, Kikyo's younger sister who is now 50 years older since the last time Inuyasha and she met, stopped Inuyasha by magically placing prayer beads around his neck. With a one worded command, commonly "Sit," Kagome can control Inuyasha, which comes in handy later on with his bad temper.
Since the Shikon Jewel can make the most powerful creature even more powerful, it is sought after by many demons. Kagome ends up losing the jewel, which is then taken by a black vulture that swallows the jewel. In attempts to stop the bird, which eats humans and was growing in size from the jewel's power, she shoots it with an arrow. Kikyo's main weapon of choice was an arrow because of her amazing skills at archery. The arrow does hit it's target, but also shatters the jewel into hundreds of little shards that Kagome and Inuyasha must now go and collect, since even a little shard can give the possessor awesome power.
So now Kagome travels through the well between her time and Japan's past. She frequently goes back to her home time as to catch up on her endlessly pilling homework. Kagome's Grandpa had been telling people that Kagome was sick with many different diseases, and always seem to come up with a new illness to give her, so as people wouldn't get suspicious about where she was when she misses so much school. At this point, though Kagome has many friends at home, she has found herself able to rely on one good friend, Kayla, who has been bringing her homework, notes, and cheat sheets for every class.
"I'M HOME!" Kagome yelled into her house. Her voice echoed down the hall. "Guess everyone's out."
Kagome dropped her bag on her bed, staring around the room. Every time she came back it always seemed like something was different about her home. Or maybe it was just her that was changing. One thing's for sure, she thought, as she slid under the tub water. A girl can get used to this! Oh, warm water. Now that is a change I certainly can handle!