Kindness Reborn
Chapter two

"Lord Sesshomaru?" Jaken poked his head through the door to see his master sitting on the ground, crossed legged.

"What is it, Jaken?" He panicked, for a moment, but then remembered that this was serious business, and he'd be beaten if it weren't completed…

"Rin has fallen ill, my lord." He bowed until he was practically on the ground, whimpering.

"Then tend to her." Typical.

"It is a strange sickness, she cannot seem to move."

"Then contact a doctor, or a priestess, and be quick with it."

"Yes my lord…" He slowly backed away, towards the door and the girl that lay in her bed, hardly breathing. "I don't believe you understand the seriousness of this."


"What the hell do you think you're doing- eh?" Inuyasha stared at Jin's wrist as it flashed. For a moment, he thought he could see right through it… "Oh shit."

"Inuyasha! Jin!" Kagome turned and crouched, picking up the older woman who was looking a little more than just pale. "She's not moving!"

"Shit we don't have time for this!" Inuyasha picked both girls up and jumped out of the well, heading for the village. They ran down the slopes and passed Jin off to Keade, who was sitting patiently in her hut.

She took Jin in and cared for her, but Inuyasha had come and gone before she could ask questions. Kagome was moved onto Inuyasha's back, with a bit of uncomfortable climbing.

"So what was so important that I had to be back right away?" Kagome asked the half demon.

"Regenerating demon, with shards, apparently. We haven't go a clue where to strike him." Kagome sighed and watched the trees go by faster than she could recognize them for what they were. The wind was starting to make her eyes water, and Inuyasha's hair was tickling her nose.

They finally arrived within five minutes, Kagome could feel the shards. It was a enormous demon… and round.

"They're in his stomach!"

"Kagome!"

"He probably ate them!"

Sango passed her a set of arrows and she picked a bow out of a dead man's hands. It was a battle field, ridden with corpses. Inuyasha pulled out his Tetsusaiga and began to hack away at the creature's belly.

"Inuyasha, look out!" Kagome strung an arrow and shot it at the gluttonous demon. It bore through his stomach, the bloody flesh oozed down it's belly. The arrow's power hardly got through the thick skin when the demon's abilities allowed him to regenerate the skin tissue , and the head was buried under his skin.

The power, however, was not completely worn out, and began to spread through him, weakening the flesh. When it finally did give way, Inuyasha was allowed the chance to tear through the tissue and out the back.

Sango threw her Hiraikotsu throw the hole and knocked out the jewel shards. Inuyasha went back for another attack but Kagome managed to grab hold of his sleeve.

"The others can take care of it now, we have to go back." Her eyes were glaring at him as if accusing him of a foul deed. "Now."

"Alright…" He looked at the half-melted demon, his claws itching to tear at the flesh some more, but he knew Kagome was right. "Sango, Miroku, Kirara, finish him off, Kagome and I will meet you back at the village."

They were curious but they didn't ask. Shippo scampered across the ground and jumped onto Kagome. "Can I come to?"

"Yeah… come on Inuyasha, hurry!" She hopped on the half demon's back and soon enough, they were on their way to where they began…

"I'd rather not have to repeat myself; can we please just concentrate on getting her better?" Kagome was anxious to see her foster sister healthy again. She had been through so much already…


"Alright… Kagome, I do believe that the cause of Jin's situation is the fact that she was never supposed to pass through the well in the first place. Her body was not fated to jump times, and this has weakened her considerably…"

"To the point of not being able to hold her own molecules together…" Kagome muttered under her breath as she held her sister's fading hand. "There must be something I can do… should we try and bring her back through the well?"

"Molecules? And no." Keade stopped, hesitating. "That could be catastrophic; it can make her fall apart, literally. No… what you must do is lend her your priestess energy."

Kagome stared at the older woman, confused. "What do you mean, 'lend her my priestess energy'?"

Keade moved closer, placing Kagome's hand on Jin's chest, between her breasts. "I mean that as a powerful priestess, there's a possibility you can give some of your excess energy to Jin to stabilize her. It's never been done, but I have a hunch it will work…

"But remember to conserve your energy for yourself, or else you may just temporarily switch places."

Kagome sat there, staring down at the pale, thin form of Jin. She then looked to Inuyasha, half wanting to blame him for this situation. But no, it wasn't his fault, it wasn't anyone's… at least, anyone but her.

"Okay… What do I do?" Keade grabbed Jin's hand and removed it from hers, then she placed Kagome's right hand on Jin's chest once again.

"Concentrate, child, on what you want. A clear focus on your objective…"

Inuyasha stared as Kagome began to meditate. Suddenly, he could see a bluish aura emanating from Kagome, yet he didn't see anything on Jin. They looked so similar… only Kagome's face looked more youthful.

And Jin's scent was oddly familiar.

He didn't have much time to dwell on that as Kagome suddenly fell on top of Jin, breathing heavily.

"Kagome!" He made it to his knees to support her, and pulled her on top him instead of the sick girl. She slowly opened her eyes, and took only the time needed to make sense of her position and the situation before blushing and rolling off him.

She crawled over to Jin and collapsed right beside her, so she could see her sister. "Jin? Can you hear me?" Jin's eyebrows furrowed, and she began to move.

"Kag- Kagome…" Her eyes opened, slowly, and she turned her head to look at the younger girl. "What… happened?"

"Hush… just rest…" And with that, they both fell asleep.


"So in your time, there are organizations that help the needy?" Miroku asked. Kagome nodded from her place on the ground, beside Jin.

"Her… Her father died years ago, and when she was seven, her mother was put into rehab; a place that helps you fix your problems like drinking and depression." The others listened carefully at the culture of the future.

"Jin was sent to live with my family and I until her mother was set free. We took care of her for about a year before her mother was released. Jin was returned to her family… and that was the last time I saw her until a couple of days ago."

"Really…" Sango took a sip of her tea, thinking about everything she had heard. "Your world is such a different place… so many supporting people. They aren't pitted against each other like we are…"

"Not necessarily, there are still wars and fights that resembles this time, but the government tries to control that to a bare minimum." Kagome sighed. "I wonder if I can sit up yet…"

"Don't strain yourself, child." Keade walked in and sat by her head. She placed two fingers at each shoulder and slowly helped Kagome up. "I though I warned you about giving too much energy?"

"I wasn't sure how much was too much…" Kagome sighed, smiling a little guiltily. And then she sighed and looked over at Jin, Who was still sleeping peacefully, "and as long as she's okay…"

"I suppose…" Keade began, pausing to think, "but your energy will soon be used up, and it will have to be restored. If you were to lose so much energy that you couldn't regenerate it in time, your lives would be in danger."

"Okay… I'll try not to do it again next time." Kagome smiled as she moved towards the wall. Inuyasha did her a favor by picking her up and placing her there for her. "Now, I have a question… when do you think we can return her to my time?"

There was an unnerving silence as all eyes were turned to Keade. The old woman, in turn, stared directly at Kagome.

"You can't."

"What?"

"You can not return your sister to your time. Not only is her body not able to keep itself together by while time traveling, but her arrival has altered the course of time. Our world is most likely changing itself to accommodate this means… that if your sister was reincarnated from anyone in this time, one of them will have to die."

"That's… horrible…" Kagome stared long and hard at Jin. I am so sorry…


"Can you walk?" Shippo stood in front of Kagome as she made her way out of the door. It had only been hours, but a bite to eat and some simple exercises was more than enough to get her energy back.

"Yes Shippo, I'll be fine." She smiled and strode around the hut to prove her point. "See? Healthy as a horse. I am, however, worried about Jin. It doesn't look like she'll be walking up…"

"No," Keade stepped out of the hut and stood behind Kagome, "I doubt her body wants to waste any more energy than it can help. She'll be making little activity until we can find a continuous source of energy for her."

Inuyasha walked out and leaned against the hut, across from Keade. Kagome stood there, wondering why he'd been so quiet, and if she should say anything.

Before she could open her mouth, the Tetsusaiga began to throb. Inuyasha's eyes flew open, and Sango and Miroku were called out. Inuyasha pulled it out of its sheath, and stared at it.

"What the hell…? It… it wants me to go… that way?" His arm seemed to hover towards the forest, as if the Tetsusaiga was controlling it.

"This has never happened before…" Sango inspected the Tetsusaigacurious at it's behaviour.

"No time to ponder, we have to go." Kirara transformed into her wildcat mode, letting Sango and Miroku Climb onto her back. "Kagome… are you coming?" Miroku motioned towards the hut, where Jin lay.

"Yea… nothing to do here but worry…" She smiled and tried to look confident in her sister's health, but she even knew she wasn't fooling anyone…


Yes, another chapter, because I felt bad for leaving you on a cliffhangar and I'm gonna be addicted to a game for the next few days so yea… :D I hope you enjoyed chapter two of Kindness Reborn!!