Chapter 3
"Hm? Inuyasha? Its so early in the morning, why are you making so much noise?" asks Sango.
"I have to save them and I don't know how! So I'm looking for something like holy water or something!"
"Save who?"
"Kagome... and .... Kikyo."
"Kikyo?! How did she get over there?!"
"She told me that since Kagome is her and she is Kagome that they can do the same things. It makes sense but how does Kikyo feel the same things that Kagome does and how do they know when the other is in trouble?" Inuyasha rustles through some piles of stuff.
"Well what are you saving them from?"
"Death I guess, they didn't have enough time to tell me. Its like they got cut off when they were communicating with me. They are both unconscious and I have to find a way to save them in less than 19 hours."
"I'll help!" Sango said with enthusiasm.
Inuyasha smiled, "Thanks but you can't get through the well."
"I can try! Maybe I can make it through! If Kikyo could then I'm sure I can! Maybe you just have to hold onto me or something." Inuyasha stopped looking through the heaps of stuff for a second and then he spoke.
"If you really want to help me then we can try but first help me search through these heaps. Old Kaede is priestess, although she has gone to the mountains, I'm sure we can find something in here somewhere."
"Okay, I'll look my hardest!" Inuyasha looked at her again.
"Thank you Sango."
Sango started to blush but kept looking through stuff. Inuyasha didn't notice that she was blushing but Miroku could feel the heat all the way from where he was sleeping. About 10 feet away.
I'll let her be with him right now, but I will not give you up the easily Sango.
"I've thought of something!" Miroku exclaimed. "Maybe you have to remind them of the wonderful time you all had together!"
SMACK!!!
"Miroku, You've had 5 hours to think of something and that's all you can think of! You pervert!"
"Wait a second, hear me out! If you remind them of how good it is here then maybe they will come back!" Inuyasha thought about for a while.
"Well I'll try anything at this point. The kid hasn't told he found anything new."
"Kid?" said Shippo.
"Yeah." Inuyasha pulled out a walkie-talkie that Souta gave him so they could still communicate. "Souta gave me this, that's Kagome's little brother. Hey Souta, can you here me?"
"Yes. Did you find anything?!"
"No. Did you?"
"Not even a scrap. How're we gonna save sis if we have no idea how to?"
"Don't worry we'll think of something."
"I hope you're right. Hey! Wait a second! I found of piece of cloth on the ground!"
"Where was it?"
"It was near the front door!"
"Hold onto that and I'll be right over!"
"Roger that!"
The whole team was amazed by this little invention called a walkie-talkie. They just stared at it in amazement.
"Hey Inuyasha. Are you going to try and take me with you?"
"No time for that! I have to get there fast!"
"Please?! Maybe I can help!"
Inuyasha looked at Sango and said, "I'll be back don't worry. I don't want anything happening to you so stay here okay? Here." He handed her the walkie-talkie, "If you find anything call me. You press this button in and talk. If I find something I'll call you okay? Be ready at all times."
"Okay."
"Inuyasha we have less than 12 hours! What are we gonna do?!"
"Calm down. Show me that piece of cloth."
Souta reached in his pocket and pulled out a dark piece of cloth.
This is the cloth they were wearing! Inuyasha inhaled the smell of the cloth. It smelled real close to his scent, but different some how. He had smelt that scent before, but from where? He was going to find out because the scent was near by.
"Souta, lets go. I can smell the scent, its close by."
"Wait! Inuyasha!"
"What?"
"Maybe you should change clothes first. After all you already stick out with your fangs, claws, and ears! At least lets make you look a little normal!"
"There's a new moon tonight so I'll look normal in about 6 hours. Don't worry so much. Now lets roll!" Inuyasha grabbed Souta, threw him on his back and started running to where the scent was coming from. The scent was getting stronger and stronger each second until he finally made it to the scent. He looked around and only saw one boy, with the same cloth on.
"Hey you!" Inuyasha shouted. The boy looked up and gasped as Inuyasha landed right in front of him out of the sky.
"Feh." Inuyasha held the boy up by his collar, "What did you do to them?"
"Hey! Inuyasha stop! Kagome knows him!" yelled Souta.
The boy looked down. "Souta!"
Inuyasha looked from the boy to Souta and eventually put the boy down.
"Souta, who is this?" asked Inuyasha.
"Inuyasha, this is Hojo, a friend of Kagome's, from school. Hojo this is Inuyasha. I'm sorry he did that to you."
"Its not my fault. His scent is the same as that cloth and that he's wearing that same outfit I saw on the guy."
"Are you sure?!"
"There is no doubt."
"What are you guys talking about?" In about 2 minutes, Souta told Hojo what was going on.
"So she is in the hospital right now?"
"Yes, and unless we find out how to help her, she will die tonight."
"If there's anything I can do, please tell me." Inuyasha looked at him.
"Where did you get that jacket?"
"I found it at my doorstep this morning." Inuyasha eyed him suspiciously.
"So the guy that owned that jacket, tried to take us off his trail huh? At least he has some brains."
"Is there anything else I can do?" Inuyasha took another look at the boy.
"Go to Kagome's house and wait for us there. You can help out around the house or something. Just don't worry about it until we get there."
"Inuyasha?"
"Souta hand me your walkie-talkie." Souta did as he was told. "What is it Sango? Did you find something?"
"Yes, and I also had a interesting thought you might want to hear."
Inuyasha grabbed Souta and ran toward the well.
"Tell me about this interesting thought you had."
"Well, if we have a girl down and you trying to help her and then we have Kikyo out of the way so she can't help us, why hasn't Naraku attacked?"
"!"
"Do you think he could be behind all this? And then once they're out of the way he can kill us off slowly?"
"That's a good thought, I didn't even notice that!"
"That's exactly my point. Maybe he is setting a trap for us and we just don't know it."
"But how? Even with all of the power he has, he can't get through the well!"
"Kikyo got through the well some how right? So maybe he followed her the same way."
"That's a good idea but he would have just hit soil. Unless Kikyo is doing his dirty work for him there is no way he is here. And I know for a fact that Kikyo is in pain."
"Well then, maybe he's related to one of you. Think about it. The only possible way Kikyo made it through the well was because she is related to Kagome basically. So if Naraku is related to one of you...."
"...Then he can get through the well. But if he is related to one of us..."
"...Then which one of you?" Inuyasha shuddered at the thought. "But Inuyasha, I might be mistaken. After all, it might be that only strong people can make it through the well. Souta and Shippo couldn't make it through because they are still only children. Kikyo, Kagome, Naraku and you are all very strong, spiritually or physically, it doesn't matter."
"So what you're saying is that strong people can make it through the well."
"Yes. It might even be a combination because I don't think that many people have been over there except you three or four. Maybe you have to be involved with each other in some way and you have to be strong. That would explain why there aren't that many people from this time over there!"
"You're really smart Sango. I'm at the well now and I'm coming down okay?"
"Okay!"
"Here Souta." Inuyasha said handing him the walkie- talkie. "I'll be back soon." And with that Inuyasha jumped into the well and disappeared into the feudal era.
"Okay Sango what else did you-"
"Uh.....Inuyasha..."
"I am so sorry! I did not know you weren't decent! Don't hit me!" Inuyasha said closing his eyes and turning.
Whoa.... I saw Sango naked, again, she looks nice. Oh God, Miroku is getting to me.
"Inuyasha you can turn now. I just didn't expect you back so fast. I just took a bath. And now that I'm dressed...."
SMACK!!!
"You should've knocked first."
Inuyasha has his hand up to his cheek where there is a red handprint left.
"Here." Sango brings out a whole bag of stuff. "All the stuff that might help. I don't know if it will do any good though."
"Well you found it so it has to do something. Maybe it can weaken the hypnotism or something." Looks up from the bag to Sango. "Thank you Sango." Sango blushed and in the shadows is Miroku watching the whole thing.
"Now I'll have to take this all to the present." Inuyasha said picking up the bag. "Thanks again Sango. See ya!" Inuyasha said throwing the bag over his shoulder and walking into the sun.
I wanted to say something so badly. But Kagome must be saved. But I want to help him.
"Miroku! Take this!" Sango handed him the walkie-talkie and went running after Inuyasha. "Inuyasha, I don't care what you say, I'm going with you." Inuyasha looked at her with astonishment.
"But what about over here?"
"Miroku and Shippo can handle it. Plus this is the perfect time to test my theory. If I am strong enough I should be able to cross over with you. If not, I will end up staying here. And it's a new moon out tonight and you will be unprotected. Please just let me go with you."
"Feh. Fine but if you get hurt don't come crying to me."
"Thank you Inuyasha."
They were at the well, this is it. Will my theory prove to be correct or will I end up staying here and being of no help to Inuyasha?
"Lets go." Inuyasha took Sango's hand and Sango turned bright red!
"Um, uh, okay!"
They jumped and went over, together.
Sango climbed out of the well first and then Inuyasha came up behind her looking for Souta.
"Well I think your theory was right. After all we are both here in one piece. You are okay right?" Inuyasha said eyeing her over.
"Y-yes, I'm fine!"
"Okay then lets go find the kid. He might be in the house with Hojo and the others. He sure isn't here."
Inuyasha and Sango walked up to the house.
"Souta?! Souta where are you?! Its me kid, Inu-"
"Inuyasha, there's a note here for you."
"Hm?" Inuyasha read the note and a horrified look came over his face.
"What? What did it say?"
"Hojo?! Hojo are you in here?!" At that moment a very sleepy looking Hojo appeared from the couch.
"Hm?"
"Is it true what the kid said in this note?"
Hojo read the note. "Yeah it is."
"The whole family is at the hospital so why are you here?"
"Souta said to wait until you came back. So I waited."
"Okay Hojo, I want you to stay here with Sango okay?"
"Wait a second! I'm going with you to see Kagome!"
"No you're not! Go upstairs and wait in Kagome's room or something. You can't come."
"Why not?!" Inuyasha handed her the note.
Sango read it and a gruesome expression crossed her face.
"This is all the more reason for me to go!"
Inuyasha whispered to her, "I need you to stay here and protect the jewel shards and Hojo. I'll be all right. Even he's not dumb enough to expose himself in front of all of these people."
She whispered back, "Yes but there is no telling what he'll do. He'll figure out a way to get you alone and it is the new moon. You won't be able to fight back!"
"I have to, Kagome and Kikyo and the rest of the family is there. I got to try my hardest."
"I just can't shake off this feeling like he did this on purpose, that there is a trap waiting for you somewhere. It is Naraku after all he loves to manipulate and trap people."
"Yes I know that but have a little faith."
Inuyasha and Sango finished up there little conversation and went into battle mode. Sango, reluctantly, did stay at the Higurashi shrine with Hojo and Inuyasha went to the hospital.
"Inuyasha! Did you get my note?" asked Souta.
"Yes I did and thanks for telling me. I needed that information. We have more pieces to the puzzle now."
"What do you mean?"
"The baboon person you think you saw up in the tree most likely did this. He is our enemy and we have been trying to catch him and slay him but to no avail."
"So wait a second. That guy did this to Kagome and Kikyo?"
"Yes."
"Well then lets find him and get him to tell us how to save them!"
"It is not that easy. And where is your mom and grandpa?"
"They went to get something to eat. And don't try to change the subject. You're really strong so why can't we just fight him until he tells us?"
"Because he is at least 20 times stronger than me as much as I don't want to admit it." Souta was on the edge of tears.
"My sister will die!"
"I don't want her to die either!!"
"Inuyasha, we have 7 hours left to save her. If you're not going then I'll go by myself. I am not gonna let her die like this! And to think I looked up to you, you're just a coward!"
Souta ran out of the room. "Souta come back!" Inuyasha yelled after him but he kept on running.
"Man, now what am I going to do?"
"Inu...Yasha..." Inuyasha looked at Kagome.
"Kagome?! You're alive!"
"Can't...talk. Save....brother....Save.....Souta!"
"Save him from what? What are you trying to tell me?"
"Danger....spider.....back...."
"Spider?" Inuyasha suddenly remembered that Naraku has a spider on his back. "Is it Naraku..."
Kagome's and Kikyo's eyes shot open at the same time. They were glazed over.
"Kagome! Kikyo?! Speak to me!"
Kagome could not speak but she mouthed some words that Inuyasha was sure that they meant, Save Souta from his doom.
Inuyasha ran as fast as he could. He could smell both of them, close together but could not see them at all. I have 45 minutes until I turn into a human, I just hope that's enough. He heard a scream that sounded like Souta and followed it. He thought to himself, I just hope I'm not too late...
Souta was running, being chased by a baboon, which was really sort of pathetic. But that was no ordinary baboon that was a monster. The baboon snickered.
"What... do you want..... with... me?!" he said taking breaths between from running for so long.
"I should be the one asking that question. You're the one that came looking for me."
"Tell.... me how... to save.... my sis!" said Souta as he tripped and hit the ground with a loud thud.
"Hmmmmm, Kagome is your sister is she? This will prove to be better than I thought. I wonder, what will she do when she hears you are dead? That is if she doesn't die herself." Naraku laughed a vicious laugh.
"Naraku!" Inuyasha said as he landed in front of the boy who was all out of breath. "Leave the boy out of this. Its me you want right?"
"On the contrary. I am only here to take care of Kikyo and Kagome, but if I end up killing you as well that would be a great gain for me."
"You bastard! Leave them out of this!" Inuyasha screams charging forth with his Tetsusaiga.
"Oh,
I know you've fallen so deep in love with both of them."
"You don't know anything!"
"I know that you are so blind to love that you can't even see that there is another girl who loves you so very deeply."
"Grrrrrr...... What are you talking about?!" Inuyasha yells in frustration.
"See you haven't even noticed that a girl close to you is in love with you. You have been so busy with Kagome and Kikyo lately that you have yet to notice that girl likes you. Although you would probably oblivious to it anyway." Inuyasha stopped fighting Naraku for a second.
"Stop playing minds games already! What are you talking about?!"
"I believe her name is Sango. She loves you Inuyasha."
"What?!?!?!?!?!?!"
TO BE CONTINUED