Disclaimer: As always…I own nothing…If I did I wouldn't be writing fan fiction.
Inuyasha: Listen bitch…where have you been?
Technical difficulty? Really…I mean at first I took a few days off but then my computer decided it didn't like me anymore. I had to kill it and start over.
Kagome: You left us here alone, with nothing to eat.
Umm….yeah…sorry bout that.
Inuyasha: You better make it up to everyone.
This chapter is HUGE…that is one of the only complaints I have…my chapters are too short. So maybe these next two will be longer…not a lot but enough
Inuyasha: Who gives a crap? I sure as hell don't. Get me my ramen.
You and your damn ramen.
Chapter 14
Kouga's face turned red; apparently the fact that he didn't know the "truth" about the miko didn't sit well with him. "The truth about Kagome?" he bit out between clenched teeth. "What the hell are you talking about?"
"Why don't you follow us? We can show you." Sango tried to explain, her patience waning quickly as the wolf demon's demands continued.
"Where the hell is Kagome?" Kouga screamed in Sango's face, ignoring her reaction. Inuyasha exchanged an amused glance with Miroku, predicting the taijiya's next move. Kouga didn't know the female taijiya or the difficulty she had adjusting to her raging hormones from the baby. The fact that Kouga had just stood there demanding answers; when in reality they didn't need to tell him what had happened to the miko; it pissed Sango off. Royally.
"If you would relax and shut your mouth for a moment, we would tell you what happened?" They watched as Sango snatched Miroku's staff from his hands and swung at Kouga's head, knocking him over. "That is better." She said with a sugary sweet smile to match her voice, handing Miroku his staff. "Now I can show you." The taijiya turned around and walked away, leaving a stunned wolf demon and laughing hanyou and monk behind.
Kouga scrambled to his feet, his face red with an emotion neither Inuyasha nor Miroku could place, embarrassment or anger. "Who the hell thought impregnating that bitch was a good idea?" He muttered under his breath.
Inuyasha grabbed the wolf by his throat, growling protectively. Miroku lifted a brow at the pair in amusement. "That would have been me."
Kouga seemed a little stunned by that answer. "Well then who the hell is the father?" Kouga gasped beneath Inuyasha's tightening fist.
"Oi, You moron. The monk is?" Inuyasha said, dropping the wolf in disgust.
"The monk? How the hell did the monk impregnate the taijiya?" Kouga gasped in disbelief, rubbing his neck to ease the pain.
"Divine intervention. It was a miracle." Inuyasha snorted, earning a quick rap over the head from Miroku. He turned to growl at his friend.
"Actually at the time it was surprisingly easy." Miroku explained with a passive expression on his face, it would fool anyone who didn't know him well enough. "The year convincing her to be with me was the hard part. All I had to do was offer her some comfort when she needed it and next thing I knew neither of us had any clothing-"
Inuyasha clamped a hand over Miroku's mouth, while the monk grinned lecherously. "Oi, lecher. That isn't what he meant and you know it. You poor excuse for a monk. If you continue, your precious taijiya will remove something making that the only brat you ever have." He released the monk, whose violet eyes laughed the whole time. Inuyasha followed his line of sight and snorted realizing the monk followed the sway of the taijiya's hips. "You enjoy the pain don't you?"
"Every moment." Miroku replied before sighing, "Oh, my beautiful Sango." He picked up his pace to catch up with the pretty taijiya.
"He's not really a monk is he?" Kouga asked as they watched the monk fondle the body part he had admired on the taijiya.
"Surprisingly, the lecher is. He's got a weakness for pretty woman, but being a monk has never stopped him before." Inuyasha couldn't help grinning; he waited for the taijiya's reaction.
"HENTAI!" (whack)
Kouga watched the pair in amazement. "Why does he do it?"
"He can't control himself, around Sango especially. She enjoys it though."
Kouga stopped and stared at Inuyasha, dumbfounded. "Are you nuts? Dog-turd? She just knocked him out with her hand."
"Oi, Miroku. Get off the ground." Inuyasha kicked him as they walked over the monk.
"8 seconds…a new record." Miroku grinned, getting to his feet. Inuyasha snorted in reply.
They had arrived at the well and Sango sat on the lip waiting for them. She looked into the well before turning back to Inuyasha. "You should explain it."
"What? I'm not explaining anything! I don't want him to know." He answered truthfully, the force in his words proving his point.
"Why the hell are we at a well? I thought you were going to tell me what happened to Kagome." Kouga yelled.
"Cause its Kagome's well you idiot." Inuyasha answered watching Kouga walk toward it. "Get away from it!" He leapt in front of him, blocking the wolf from getting closer.
Kouga eyed the snarling hanyou in front of him. "It's a stinking well, Inu-kurro! What the hell does it have to do with my Kagome?"
Inuyasha's eyes narrowed at the wolf demon, "She's not your Kagome." He said with deadly calm.
Sango dared to step in front of the snarling hanyou, facing Kouga. "He's a little protective of her well." She explained as the hanyou still growled at the wolf demon from behind her. Sango turned around to confront Inuyasha, "Stop posturing. He isn't a threat to you in the least. He never has been." She then returned to face Kouga, leaving a gaping Inuyasha behind her.
Inuyasha glared as Miroku chuckled nearby, before turning back to listen to Sango talk with the wolf demon. "Kagome went home, Kouga. This well was a portal to her home." Sango explained carefully.
"What the hell are you talking about, woman?" Kouga demanded, approaching the well to investigate.
"Get the hell away from my well." Inuyasha growled protectively. "I told you, she's not from here. Hell, she hasn't even been born yet."
"You're doing a horrid job of explaining everything, dog-turd." Kouga accused.
"Hey, I don't think you need an explanation, idiot."
"That is enough, Inuyasha." Miroku came between the pair, interrupting their bickering. "Kagome came from far into the future. She and Inuyasha had the ability to travel through the well to each other. When she disappeared, she went home and the well sealed behind her. Neither can get through it."
Kouga approached the well to peer inside, the hanyou growling next to him. Inuyasha feared the wolf would succeed where he had failed these past months. Miroku rapped him on the head with his staff. "Oi, what was that for?"
"Calm down, Inuyasha. He will not get through the well if you can't." The monk was too perceptive of the hanyou's feelings. "Let him investigate it, he won't harm anything."
A slight growl remained in the back of his throat as Kouga sniffed around the well. Miroku blocked him as he prepared to attack the wolf as he leapt into the well. A couple of moments later Kouga emerged from inside. "You splintered it, dog breath." He accused. "Her scent is all over the well, as is yours. If she ever comes back, those splinters will shred her apart."
Alright, maybe I could rebuild the well. Thinking about Kagome getting hurt didn't sit well with him.
"What do you mean that she is from the future? Where?" The wolf demon demanded.
"She will not be born for another-" Sango began before she found herself interrupted by Inuyasha.
"He doesn't need to know when."
Everyone looked at him in surprise. "Why not? What is the big deal?" Sango asked, curious about why the hanyou's protectiveness was keyed up.
"I don't want it known haw far off she comes from. If she finds out about what all has happened this past year, before it happens to her, it could change everything. I won't let anyone or anything hurt her."
Miroku raised his brow's "Good point, Inuyasha."
"Hey the only reason he doesn't want anyone to know about her is he's afraid I will get to her first." Kouga said confidently.
"Listen you piece of crap, she doesn't love you. She never did. She loves me. The only thing I worry about is your mangy self approaching her at fourteen instead of sixteen and changing what all has happened here for the past year."
"I agree with Inuyasha." Miroku added, "She cannot know about what happened here until she is finished with her quest here. Only Inuyasha should know the exact days that Kagome went home. He already knows her time and events that happened; he will know when to approach her."
Kouga was not happy, "One wrong move and I am all over her. Got that dog-face? I will be keeping an eye on you." The wolf threatened the hanyou, before turning around and taking off. They noticed how much slower he moved without the shards helping him.
"I hate him." Inuyasha grumbled when he knew he was out of earshot.
"You handled yourself very well, Inuyasha." Miroku commented, patting him on the back.
"Yeah and you only saddled yourself to Kouga for five hundred years." Sango said dryly.
"Not if I can help it. Miroku, do you think between you and Kaede, you can figure out a way to reopen the well?"
Sango and Miroku exchanged a look, surprised that it had taken this long for the subject to come up. Inuyasha had done a decent job of hiding his feelings since that first return to the village. The only proof they had of his pain and loneliness with Kagome were the well and the look in his eyes.
The obvious one, the well; it was in shambles. Kouga had been correct when he referred to it as splinters. Both of them had noticed the rapidly declining state of the well, and ignored it these past few months. The spirit had left his eyes with Kagome. He had shown a little of the Inuyasha they remembered during Kouga's short visit, but only concerning Kagome.
"We can discuss things with her when we return to the village." The monk replied. "By the way, what do you think about rebuilding the well?"
"The hanyou sighed in defeat, "I know, I know. Give me a week to open the well. Even if it is new, if it doesn't let me through, it will need to be rebuilt."
Sango gave him a small smile. "It is your well, Inuyasha. We just thought you would like it back to normal." The hanyou nodded his head in agreement.
"We will do everything we can for you, Inuyasha." Miroku added. "We all would like the well reopened for you two. Hopefully Lady Kaede and I can think of something that will work." He had discussed this issue with the elderly miko these past months, and they had come up with one plan that might work. For Inuyasha's sake, he needed Kagome with him. They had agreed to attempt if they hanyou asked, surprisingly it had taken him this long to do so.
They arrived back in the village to speak with Kaede. After speaking with them, he knew if anyone could open the well it would be Miroku and Kaede. He had faith that if their plan failed, the well would not be opening.
"Ye wish to open the well, Inuyasha?" Kaede asked when Miroku informed her of his decision.
"What? You are surprised? I've tried everything I can think of to do it myself. I just need help."
"Very well, we will meet ye at the well this evening to test our theory." The miko stood to finish collecting her herbs.
"Time to finish your roof, monk." He said before storming out the door to do just that. Miroku followed, leaving Sango with Kaede.
"How do ye feel child?" Kaede asked the pregnant taijiya.
"I would feel better if I could eat anything." She moaned, flopping down to the floor of the hut. "How I let him do all of this to me, I will never know."
The old miko chuckled, "Ye never stood a chance against the houshi, Sango child."
Sango growled, "I like to think I did, but you are right. Houshi-sama was the first one to look at me as a woman, not just a taijiya. I fell for it, and now look at me." She threw her hands in the air. "The first night he actually gives me comfort, without turning into a hentai and I fall for it. He ended up being a bigger hentai than I realized, next thing I know I am being built a house and am pregnant with his child."
Kaede smiled, "Ye love him, Sango child."
"I know, Kaede. I just don't want to be another of his woman."
"He rarely glances at another woman; ye are the only one he gropes anymore. He has built a house for ye. Ye worry for nothing, Sango child."
Sango sighed, feeling better. "Thank you, Kaede."
"Anytime my child."
That evening they all met at the well, including Shippo, Kohaku and Rin. Shippo held hope in his eyes; he wanted this to work badly. Not nearly as bad as Inuyasha though. The hanyou looked like a nervous wreck, not a typical picture for any of them to witness. He knew if this failed, his dreams would shatter.
Miroku sat to the side, meditation about their plans. Kaede sat carefully combining herbs for whatever they had planned. Rin picked flowers in the background, making Kohaku carry them all. Inuyasha sat next to the well, Indian style, his hands in his haori. Sango sat next to him, Shippo on her lap.
No one knew quite what to expect tonight but supposedly Miroku and Kaede had a plan in place.
Suddenly Miroku stood up, "Lady Kaede, I am ready to begin." Kaede nodded, placing several herbs in a dish and sprinkling a chemical on top of it. The herbs began to smoke, tickling Inuyasha's nose. The smell was pungent and made his eyes water. He watched Miroku place a large number of ofudra's around the well.
"Ye must take this with you into the well." Kaede said, removing one lone bead from his necklace, placing it within the smoldering herbs. "Ye must also place some of the wood from the well in here when you reach the bottom. I warn ye, this bead contains both the soul of ye and Kagome. What we do here will strengthen the spell, whether the well opens or not. We need it for this spell though."
"What exactly is this spell supposed to do?" He demanded looking at the two people in which his hope rested.
"It is a reinforcement spell. Your connection with Kagome is strong. We hope that there remains the slightest magic between your souls within the well." Miroku explained. "The spell will use the bead to know what souls to search for. If the well holds any of the magic that brought her here, the spell will attach to it and increase its power, reinforcing the magic. That should open the well."
"Keh." He replied, satisfied with their explanation.
Sango wasn't satisfied, "What if all of the magic is gone from the well?"
Inuyasha glared at her, not wanting to think about it. He didn't plan on this not working. It had been a magic well, it would work. "He stays here, the spell on his necklace will be reinforced and when he sees Kagome again, it will be much easier to get what she wants from him. It will add two more commands to the spell." Miroku explained.
"What? Who said anything about letting her have two more commands to use?" He spat out at the monk and miko. He didn't like that idea in the least.
"It is time, Inuyasha. Do ye want Kagome to return?" Kaede asked.
"Keh" He replied, they took that as a 'yes'.
"Being a hanyou, the smell of those herbs might make you pass out." Miroku explained, pointing to the smoldering dish. "Just a word of warning."
"Good luck," Sango said as he headed into the well. Inuyasha couldn't answer; his nerves were wound up too much. He leapt to the floor of the well as he felt Miroku's barrier form around the well. He sat down and placed a handful of splinters into the dish, just to be safe he scraped a few more off the well and added them too.
The ingredients caused a small explosion, knocking the hanyou out from the smell, as predicted. Kaede and Miroku chanted the spell, hoping for the hanyou's sake that this would work. As they came to the end of the incantation; neither wanted to be the one to see if the spell had been successful.
Miroku dropped the barrier he had erected and Sango approached the well. Everyone held their breath, waiting for Sango's reaction. She gasped in surprise, before breaking down in tears. "Get him out. He's blacked out down there. It didn't work." She rushed into Miroku's arms.
That had been their only chance, Kagome would never be returning to them.
As Inuyasha came to, he noticed the blue sky above him. He buried his head in his knees, closing his eyes. The hope that had been fluttering in his stomach had fallen into a leaden heap within it.
They had failed.
He groaned, a headache splitting his temples from the pungent odor that remained within the well. He heard the faint whispers from above him, outside the well. Inuyasha looked up to see Shippo jump on the lip of the well and peer inside. "Yep, I was right. He's up." The kitsune had heard the groan with his youkai hearing and came to investigate.
"Keh," came the reply from the well, as he rubbed his throbbing temples. "What the hell happened?" he asked jumping out of the well.
"There is not magic in the well, Inuyasha. Even if there had been the slightest amount of magic, it should have opened." Miroku explained. "The well will not open. That was our only hope."
"Figure something else out." He yelled at his friend, pain and frustration evident within his eyes.
"Inuyasha, how long do hanyou's live?" Sango interrupted, already knowing the answer to the question. "You will see her again. You will just have to wait."
"Yeah, we just have to avoid Kouga for five hundred years, but we will see her again." Shippo added, leaping on the hanyou's shoulder.
Inuyasha grabbed Shippo by his tail, "Too much can happen in five hundred years. I never sensed any demon's in Kagome's time. Besides I refuse to spend the next 500 years without Kagome." He yelled, shaking the little kitsune.
"There is no choice, Inuyasha. The well cannot be opened." Miroku tried to make the hanyou understand the situation.
He growled, refusing to admit defeat. "If only I could go to…Oi, Miroku. We finished your house today, we rebuild the well tomorrow. I have a plan I want to do tomorrow night. It will not fail."
They watched him leap toward the Goshinboku tree and settle into the branches. They couldn't help wondering what he had planned.
I hope everyone is happy with this chapter….
Inuyasha: Two more commands?! Are you nuts?
Nope…just smart. You will have your hands full when you get Kagome back.
Kagome: Two more commands? Hmm….this could be interesting.
Yes…so think about that and use them wisely. I haven't decided what they will be…so any suggestions are good.
Inuyasha: Forget it. I don't WANT to see her if it puts two more commands on me.
But it is NEXT chapter that I reunite the two of you. You have been waiting.
Inuyasha: I have not
Have too.
Kagome: You better have waited.
Inuyasha: Why would I care about you coming back?
Kagome: Can "shut up" or "be nice" be commands?
Whatever you decide them to be, think HARD about it.