Inu-yasha: The Modern Adventures
by Jeff Shelton
Authors note: This will be a long storyline, so be prepared for that. Since this storyline will mainly take place in modern times, Kagome's family will be a very important part of the story. So, I will be naming her mother and grandfather. Also: Most of my other stories do NOT apply to this. (When and if a story does, I will inform the reader.)
Kagome is 17 years 6 months old at the beginning of the story. 2 and one half years after the beginning of her and Inu-yasha's adventures.
Summary: The adventures of Inu-yasha and Kagome on her side of the well. There are dangers in the present time. And now those dangers are after Inu-yasha and Kagome. Inu-yasha/Kagome
Warning: language and Violence. (Sexual situations in later chapters.)
Chapter one: The Well
The place: Feudal Japan
"DIE, FUCKER!" Inu-yasha screams, as he flies in the air at the huge twenty foot tall Oni-demon, that is attacking Kagome for the jewel shards, he swings his sword through the Oni's chest, killing him. The Oni falls to the ground on top of the Bone Eaters well, smashing the wooden wall of the well.
The Oni had the misfortune of attacking Inu-yasha and Kagome, as they were having their traditional, 'I need to go to school/No! You don't!' argument in front of the well.
"Inu-yasha!" Kagome screams, as she points at the bits of rubble that flies out from under the Oni's body, "the Well!" Tears well up in her eyes, instantly, as she panics at the thought of the well's destruction.
Inu-yasha lands on the ground on the other side of the dead Oni, he grins nastily, his fangs showing, and yells, "Great! I Finally won that argument!"
"SIT, BOY!"
THUMP!
"SIT, BOY! SIT, BOY! SIT, BOY!" Kagome screams as she turns and runs toward the God Tree.
"Go after her." Miroku hisses at Sango, as he runs toward Inu-yasha. Sango nods, and picks up Shippo and runs after Kagome. They had been off to one side watching the fight between Inu-yasha and Kagome. The fight with the Oni was over quick enough that they didn't need to move to help Inu-yasha.
"Wench!" Inu-yasha hisses in pain at the bottom of his crater. He lifts his head, as the spell begins to wear off. "Ouch!" he hisses, as Miroku's staff hits his head.
"I would suggest, Inu-yasha, that you pray to whatever gods that will listen to you." Miroku begins to speak, "And I suggest you pray that the well shaft is intact. So all we have to due is to remove the rubble, rebuild the top of the well and the well still works."
Inu-yasha, grimaces as stands up. The crater he is in, is one of the deepest he remembers, especially for only four 'sits'. 'Fuck ' He thinks, 'She's really pissed.' He looks in the direction that Kagome ran off in. Miroku moves into his path, shaking he's head. Inu-yasha grimaces again.
"Let Sango and Shippo talk to her." Miroku says in a soft voice. He raises his eyebrow, "unless, of course, you are suddenly eloquent enough to apologize to her." He pauses, then says, "And you do know that she'll want a real, spoken and heartfelt apology, this time."
"Feh." Inu-yasha mumbles as he looks at the ground.
"Ashamed?"
After an instants pause Inu-yasha snarls, "No, monk, I'm trying to figure out where to throw the Oni's body at." Inu-yasha and Miroku look around and begin to clean up the area.
At the God Tree
Sango finds Kagome sitting down in the roots of the God tree, hugging the tree and crying. Shippo jumps off Sango's shoulder and slowly approaches Kagome. "Kagome?" he whispers.
Sango thinks, 'All the times that she's been understanding and compassionate for us. Now is the time for me to be understanding and compassionate'
Kagome looks at him, her eyes red with tears, she grabs him and hugs him close. Sango sits down next to her, placing her giant boomerang off to one side. She reaches out and pulls Kagome to her. "Cry on my shoulder, my friend, Kagome." She whispers.
Kagome cries as Sango and Shippo hug her.
Minutes pass before Kagome begins to sniffle and stop crying.
"Everything will work out." Sango whispers.
"No!" Kagome cries. "The well is gone!"
"Maybe." Shippo says, "it's just the top of the well is gone, Kagome." He shrugs. "Maybe we can remove the body and rubble and the well shaft will still be there. You know, like when Inu-yasha shoved that tree down the well and blocked it."
"And it'll still work?" Kagome whispers.
Shippo swallows and nods. "Yes."
"Sango?" Kagome asks.
Sango nods. "Kagome, if there's one thing that I've learned from you, it's to look on the good side about things. So." She pauses, then continues, "let us fix the well, then try it, before we assume it's broken."
Kagome hugs Sango tightly. "I'm afraid." She whispers.
Sango hugs her back. "Don't be, Kagome. We'll be here for you no matter what."
Shippo hugs Kagome as he whispers, "Yeah."
Kagome swallows hard and nods. She closes her eyes and thinks, 'They're right. I have to be strong.' She releases her death grip on Sango and leans back against the God Tree. She sighs, heavily.
"When I see Inu-yasha," Shippo growls. "I am going to get him." He holds out a hand and extends his claws. "He should have known where the body was going to fall and forced it to fall somewhere else."
Kagome looks at Sango, concern shining in her eyes.
Sango shrugs and replies to Shippo's statement. "He probably thought that he had no choice, Shippo. From my experience, he had to attack then, or let the Oni reach Kagome."
"He could have grabbed her, when the Oni appeared and got her out of the way." Shippo grumbles.
"Shippo, he was pissed off when the Oni appeared." Sango remarks. "You know he sometimes goes looking for fights after Kagome leaves."
"He does?" Kagome asks.
Sango looks at her and nods. "Not all the time, Kagome, just sometimes."
"Yea, especially after some of the nasty fights." Shippo adds.
"And he attacked the Oni, instantly, to get rid of his frustrations?" Kagome asks.
Sango nods. "Although most of the times, he just sulks in the God Tree. It's only after the really bad fights that he goes out looking for something to attack."
Kagome grimaces as she thinks, 'So if we hadn't been fighting, the well would still be there.' She sighs, 'I've got to do something to stop the fights. Maybe that old 'count to ten' trick.' She mentally shakes her head, 'I've tried that before and it didn't work. SO. . . . Is that a reason not to try it again, and this time try harder? NO.'
Kagome nods her head. 'I'll try it again, then. Hopefully this time, it'll work.' She narrows her eyes, 'and this time, I think I'll explain that trick to Inu-yasha, maybe with both of us using it, it'll work.'
"Kagome?" Sango asks, she can see that Kagome is thinking hard about something.
Kagome gives Sango a slight smile, "Just thinking about ways to stop the fights."
Sango reaches out and squeezes Kagome's shoulder. "If anyone can, It's you, Kagome."
Kagome sighs and whispers, "I just wish that he hadn't had sounded so glad that well was destroyed."
Sango and Shippo grimace. Sango says, "You know him, Kagome. He never thinks about what he says . . . " She trails off.
Kagome nods. She licks her lips. "Should I give him a chance to explain?"
"No!" Shippo cries.
Sango allows a lopsided grin to appear on her lips, "you always do."
Kagome's mouth twitches into a grin.
Sango then says, "but, if I were you, I'd force him to stew in his own juices for a while. And, make sure that when he does explain, he includes a real apology. Not one of his, 'Feh. I meant something else.' Apologies."
"Yeah." Shippo agrees.
Kagome nods. She thinks for a couple of minutes, then smiles. She grabs Sango and Shippo and starts to whisper in their ears.
The next day, at the Bone Eater well, early morning.
Everyone worked through the night cleaning and repairing the Well. (They borrowed some work tools from the village.) Since Kagome did not want Inu-yasha or her to use it, until the well was fixed, Sango and Miroku did the cleaning of the well shaft. Inu-yasha did most of the rebuilding of the upper, visible part of the well. Kagome helped out, until she hit her thumb with a hammer, (her klutz factor is working), and she bruised a finger, after that Inu-yasha didn't want her to do anything.
'He is taking his time.' Kagome thinks, as she watches Inu-yasha gently place one of the newly cut pieces of wood in place, like a 3-D jigsaw puzzle. 'No. He is putting the well back together again from his memory.' Her right hand goes to her mouth and she starts to suck on the forefinger. (She had jammed it earlier when the hammer slipped.)
'He memorized the position of every piece of wood and stone in the well.' She continues. 'It means that much to him. Is it because I'm his 'shard detector' and the well is needed to get me? Or is it me? Please, whatever god that is listening to my thoughts, please let it be me.'
Midmorning
"I think it is ready, Kagome." Miroku says as he looks down the shaft.
Kagome looks at the Well and concentrates on her Miko abilities like Keade taught her to do. (A few months ago, as it became harder and harder to locate shards, Keade hinted that if Kagome learned some traditional Miko detection spells/abilities, she could apply that knowledge to help her locate Jewel Shards. Since then, Kagome, when she has time, has been practicing. She has been able to improve her previous abilities to see supernatural things and has added to that the ability to see the personal auras of what is around her. And it has improved her Jewel Shard detection ability to a degree.)
She looks at the well. She, instantly, grimaces, closes her eyes and turns away.
"Kagome?" Sango asks in a concerned voice. The others, including Inu-yasha, were about to say something, she just beat them to it.
She shakes her head and says, "Sango. There is a massive amount of magic around the Well and I wasn't prepared for it."
"Oh."
"So the well still works." Inu-yasha grumbles.
Kagome shakes her head, again. "I can't tell that, Inu-yasha, just that there is a lot of magic here."
"Unless ability."
Kagome glares at him and angrily says, "I've only been using that ability for a couple of weeks, Inu-yasha, Ok. I'll get better at it."
"Yeah, right." He replies in an offhand manner.
"I've gotten better with my archery, Inu-yasha. I'll get better with this as well." She replies heatedly.
Inu-yasha bristles and he is about to say something, but Miroku's staff hits his head. Inu-yasha spins around, his fist forming. Miroku whispers, "I thought that you were going to apologize to her, not make her mad."
Inu-yasha opens and closes his mouth soundlessly. Then he says, "Feh." In a loud tone.
Into the silence following Inu-yasha's 'Feh', Shippo asks Kagome, "Are you sure that you want to go first?"
Kagome turns and glares at Inu-yasha as she replies, "Yes. Absolutely sure." Her eyes heat up as she meets his stare. She waves her hand a nearby Inu-yasha crater. "I won that argument earlier."
"Feh." Inu-yasha says with his arms crossed against his chest.
"How long will you be gone?" Sango asks.
Kagome licks her lips, "If the well works." She pauses. "Today is Saturday. I want to use today and tomorrow for some intense studying. I've got tests on Monday and Tuesday. So. . . . Wednesday morning."
"Your fucking tests end Tuesday afternoon, bitch. Be here by sunset Tuesday, or I'm coming to get you." Inu-yasha hisses.
Kagome narrows her eyes and steps onto the edge of the well. "Wednesday morning, dawn."
"Tuesday, sunset."
"Inu-yasha, we're not going anywhere Tuesday night, and I'd like one last bath and to sleep in my bed." She pauses, then, "Please."
Inu-yasha shakes his head.
"I'll be better rested and so, I'll be able to travel further on Wednesday."
He growls, deep in his chest. "Fine Wednesday. Dawn. And I mean it. And you're not getting a break until lunch."
Kagome pauses, and then she nods.
'And now,' Kagome thinks, 'It's time to try the well. Just do it, Kagome. Don't think, just do.'
She smiles and points to her bag, which is lying a few meters from the well. "Could you please get that for me, Inu-yasha?"
His eyes shift to the bag, and he takes a step toward it.
then . . .
"Bye! Sit, boy!" Kagome cries as she jumps into the well.
THUMP!
Everyone lets out a sigh of relief when a blue glow appears in the well and Kagome vanishes.
"Now!" Shippo cries as he runs toward the still subdued Inu-yasha.
Inu-yasha grunts as Sango jumps on his back and holds back his arms, pinning him for the moment. Inu-yasha twists. 'Sango is strong, but I'm stronger.' He thinks as he breaks her grip, only to realize he was fighting the wrong person, as Shippo's stone fox statue lands on his neck, pinning him to the ground.
"What the fuck!" Inu-yasha screams as he tries, unsuccessfully to remove the statue.
"Kagome made us promise to make sure that you stayed here for at least a day." Sango says as she stands up, brushing herself off. Miroku slips up next to her, to help her, of course.
"Pervert!" She slaps Miroku.
"There was dirt!" he says. "I was just trying to help you get clean."
"When I get free, runt." Inu-yasha growls at Shippo.
Miroku bends down and places a spell scroll on Inu-yasha's mouth, sealing it. "Inu-yasha. You're going to be trapped here. If you yell and scream, you'll attract demons and such. So, I'm sealing your mouth to protect you."
"mmmhhhmmm . . . "
"And here, I thought that you just didn't want to listen to his curses." Shippo remarks.
Miroku smiles.
"Kirara," The cat demon nods. (While the others were busy repairing the well, she was patrolling around, guarding them.)
Sango continues with, "you and Shippo, stay with Inu-yasha." Sango orders. "The monk and I will take the tools back to the village and get some food. We'll be back in a little while."
"Maybe a nap as well?" Miroku suggests, "We have been up all night."
Sango purses her lips together. "Maybe. Let's talk about that on the way to the village."
Miroku nods.
Shippo asks, "you mean I get to protect him?"
Miroku nods.
Shippo grins . . . an evil grin . . .
After Sango and Miroku leave, Shippo walks in front of Inu-yasha, his hands behind his back, with that same evil grin on his face. Inu-yasha glares at him. Shippo says in a sly tone, "You know, Kagome left her bag, and in it, was this." He pulls out the finger painting set that Kagome brought for him to play with.
Shippo's grin grows. "Three guesses as to who will be my canvas."
the End chapter one
Chapter two: Mrs. Higurashi
Preview.
She quickly opens the door and enters the house. "Mother?" She asks in a trembly voice.
Even with most of the lights on, the house feels empty.
There is a lingering smell of cigarets near the door. She sees her mother sitting on the sofa in the living room. A book, it looks like one of the family's photo albums, is clenched against her chest. On the low table in front of her is a half-empty glass of water and an unorganized pile of papers.
Her mother is crying, softly . . .
"Mom?" Kagome asks, again, in a louder voice, "What's wrong?"
Author's Note: I have no idea when I'll be updating, there is no set schedule.
Since this story will be set on Kagome's side of the well, I decided to give you, the reader, a short scene with everyone before I concentrate only on Inu-yasha and Kagome.
Will this story have demons in the future? Yes. But, I'm not planning on introducing them quickly. First I want to explore a bit about Kagome's family. (It'll be probably 10 chapters, if not longer, before any major scene with a demon occurs.)
Questions about details about future demons? You'll just have to wait on the answers. (Although, I will state up front that Sesshomaru will be in the future. Anyone beyond that . . . grin. You'll just have to sweat it.)
Pairings: Inu-yasha/kagome (I am planning some twists, of course)
Miroku/Sango. (Although, since this is going to set on Kagome's side of the well, their scenes will be limited, sorry.)
Sesshomaru/guess/guess/guess. (Yes, I am planning three different females to be involved with him.)
Kouga/Ayame (very small parts, sorry.)
thank you for reading
jeff shelton