Author's note: I'm sick of getting reviews that say I need to watch Inu-Yasha. I've seen all of it! Not many people can say that. I'm write like this because I feel like it; get a life people. So some of the details are a little different from the original storyline...I can't wait to see your reaction to alternate universes. ...Chill Out!
Wings to FlyCh3
She suddenly heard "Iron Reaver…"
Inu-Yasha. She thought. oh no.
She turned just in time to see only Inu-Yasha's claws. She froze as Inu-Yasha closed the gap between them.
"…Soul Ste…."
She couldn't breathe. She'd come face to face with Inu-Yasha and he hadn't recognized her. Had he forgotten her? Had she been gone that long? Was this revenge for that damn necklace? Her heart sank. There's no escape.
"…Kagome?" Inu-Yasha asked astounded diverting his attack.
In diverting his attack he grabbed her by the arm. Kagome and Inu-Yasha spun in a circle. Their eyes locked. They were entranced by each other's presence. Kagome expected Inu-Yasha to find her but not to attack her. Inu-Yasha had been exceptionally moody lately and willing to kill anything that moved. The last thing Inu-Yasha expected to see was Kagome and her appearance threw him off guard. Kagome and Inu-Yasha started falling fast from the sky while locked onto each other. Kagome tilted and pulled out of the circle that she and Inu-Yasha had been entrapped in. Inu-Yasha finally bounded away then slid across the ground staring at the figure still in the sky.
Sango picked up her boomerang, "I'll take care of this demon!"
"Sango. NO!" Inu-Yasha yelled racing over to restrain her attack. He slid in front of her waiting to take to the air if she let go of her boomerang to attack Kagome.
"What's wrong Inu-Yasha?" Miroku asked shocked by his outburst.
Inu-Yasha hesitated a moment making sure Sango wouldn't attack then stared back at the winged figure in the sky.
Something about that figure got Inu-Yasha jumpy, but Miroku didn't know what. Nothing had ever made Inu-Yasha act like that.
The figure sank from the sky just outside of the town and Inu-Yasha ran after it. Miroku and Sango wasted no time standing around.
Miroku lead the chase after Inu-Yasha followed by Sango and Kirara and tailed by the short-legged kitsune, Shippo. When Miroku rounded the last building, he saw Inu-Yasha slowly approaching the figure from the sky. Sango, Kirara, and Shippo slid to a stop behind Miroku.
The figure raced up to Inu-Yasha, opened its arms and threw itself into Inu-Yasha sending Inu-Yasha into a spin. Inu-Yasha allowed this and embraced the figure back.
Miroku, Shippo, Kirara, and Sango jogged up to where Inu-Yasha stood.
The winged figure kept its back to the newcomers and its black head buried in Inu-Yasha's soft white mane. Inu-Yasha seemed unusually happy.
"Inu-Yasha?" Miroku asked puzzled at this affection toward the newcomer.
At the voice, the winged figure spun around.
"Kagome?" Sango asked breathless seeing that the winged figure was Kagome.
"Kagome!" Shippo yelped flying into her arms.
Miroku mentioned the thought they had all been thinking as Kagome hugged him. "I'm glad to see you but I'm also curious about your look."
"You like it?" Kagome asked moving the wings.
"I do!" Shippo exclaimed.
"No matter." Sango stated, "It's good to see you again."
"You too Sango." Kagome hugged Sango petted Kirara then returned to Inu-Yasha's pleasant yet perplexed look. She couldn't help but laugh. Kagome moved the wings again and giggled. "Kaede said you were around here and I couldn't wait."
"But how did you know where we were?"
"I knew you all wouldn't except a new demon flying around and I knew Inu-Yasha would be the first to attack. It was the quickest way to find you all."
"Are you staying for awhile?"
"Yes Miroku I am. I'm staying for a long time. My last class ended an hour or so ago. I ran home, said good-bye to my family, grabbed what I could carry, and jumped into the well. Then I raced to Kaede's and she said you all were out here somewhere so... here I am. I missed you guys. …and I brought snacks for everyone. They're back at Kaede's."
Kaede had been tiding up her hut. She expected Kagome to lead the group back to her doorstep before starting out on another quest.
"…You're careless. I could have killed you. Sango wanted a piece of you too."
Kagome entered the hut with tears rolling down her face. She had waited so long to see them all and now she was being yelled at. Inu-Yasha continued to yell but Kagome drown him out like she did with her teachers at school. She hadn't been feeling well in her world worrying about passing and returning to this time. Her unpleasant welcome reminded her of the picture she couldn't draw, the details she'd forgotten. Maybe they had drifted apart like she and her friends from school, maybe this was it, maybe this was the faded memory of what they once were, maybe this was the memory that haunted her mind; it was all in her past, and maybe she could never return.