HELLO! So anyway, this is my first Inu-yasha FanFic. Ever. So don't yell at me for the not good-ness of it. Although, surprisingly, no one has yelled at me yet. THANK YOU SO MUCH FOR NOT YELLING! Glomps her reviewers
Disclaimer- I don't really need one of these, do I? It isn't like anyone on this site actually owns Inu-yasha…do they? Shifty eyes
"So Inu-yasha, any idea where Sango and Miroku actually live?" Kagome asked, as she rode on Inu-yasha's back through the forest trail. After not seeing their friends for nearly eight months, Kagome was afraid that Inu-yasha might get lost.
"Of course I do! I'd know that monk's scent anywhere!" He responded, slightly annoyed. It was pretty hard to find the scent of those two, especially in a forest with all sorts of animal scents around. But it was there, and Inu-yasha knew he could find it. For a minute he was driven by scent alone, not even realizing where he was going until it was too late.
"Oof!" said a familiar voice as Inu-yasha ran into someone. "Watch where you're go- Oh, Inu-yasha! Kagome!" It was, in fact, Sango whom they had run into. Kagome got off of Inu-yasha, who got off of Sango.
"Hey there Sango! Long time no see!" Kagome said, feeling extra cheerful today.
"Hey Sango." Inu-yasha said, in his normal, vaguely grumpy attitude. But it seemed better today. At least now he gave Sango a half-smile instead of his usual scowl. "So where's Miroku?"
"He's back at home with Matsu, oh he'll be so happy you came to visit!" Sango was very happy from their surprise appearance.
"Matsu? Is that your whelp's name?" Inu-yasha asked, following Sango as she led them towards a small clearing. Once reaching it, they saw the place that Miroku and Sango chose to live. It was an average sized house, nothing fancy, next to a mini-waterfall, which was fancy. Surrounding them were thick bushes, each with a decent amount of berries on them.
"Yes, that's his name. Miroku! Guess who came to visit us!" Sango said, picking up the pace as she approached the house.
"Hm? Who?" Miroku popped his head out the door, smiling in his usual optimistic way. Then his eyes widened in a happy and amazed way. "Oh! Inu-yasha! Lady Kagome! What a wonderful surprise! Please come in."
As they all went inside, Kagome asked, "This is a beautiful place to live! How'd you find it?"
Sango answered. "You see, after Miroku and I got married, he didn't want to live in a village. He said something about 'too many temptations." Miroku seemed to want to sigh at this point, but appeared to be restraining himself. "So we went out into the forest one day, hoping to find a clearing that wasn't too far out of the way for any messengers. We did want to keep in touch with you after all."
Miroku nodded, and added, "So after many different searches for such a place, we finally found this clearing. It seemed to be ideal, so this is where we built our home. Of course, Sango couldn't do anything too hard, since she was already carrying Matsu." As if his name woke him up, a baby boy started to cry, though not the sort of ear-piercing wail that you'd expect.
Quickly, Sango walked over to a crib and picked up the little boy. He had thick black hair, and eyes like Sango's. Hopefully he would grow up to be more like her then like his dad. Kagome awed over him, Sango tried to rock him back to sleep, Miroku smiled proudly at his son, and Inu-yasha gave him a half-smile. And for a minute, they were all at peace.
That night, in another forest
Kikyo wandered the twisting through the maze of trees and shrubbery. In one of her hands she was holding a small jar of ashes. She had gone up to the room where Naraku had been destroyed, and had taken all that was left of him, the ashes.
As she wandered through the woods, she found what she was looking for. There was a ring in the forest where no plant life had ever grown, where no living creature could ever pass. Yet, Kikyo, being undead, walked straight through the dead ring into a part of the forest that all the plants and trees were black, as if they were charred, but not burnt.
Carefully, so as not to spill them, Kikyo placed the jar of ashes on the ground, and chanted an ancient spell, the words in a language not known to any of the living. And as she chanted, the ashes flew slowly out of the pot and spread themselves so that they covered everything within the ring, even Kikyo. The chant was nearing completion, and slowly everything covered in the ashes was pulling together, as if forming some sort of monster. When the chant was completed, even Kikyo was absorbed by the creation. But it looked simply like a shadow beast, and it was small, no larger then a rabbit.
Need blood…need power…need food… The monstrosity that Kikyo created, using her own soul and body as the final ingredients, started to lurch away into the forest, and every blade of grass in its path died.
All right, I finally finished the second chapter! Oh yeah, Kagome and Inu-yasha will have a kid in this story, and he/she is VERY important to the plot. But what I want to know is, should I do it quickly, like making the next chapter 6 years from now, when he/she's already born? Or should I first do a chapter with Kagome and Inu-yasha confessing to one another, then have the scene where he/she's born? Please answer in your review!