I still feel sort of tired. I got tons of sleep, and woke up when I chose to... I'm still tired. I think I got 11 hours of sleep, and... You get the point. OK...

There's a lot of chapters with words like "story", "tale"... Uh... yeah. OK, only two, but it seems like a lot.

Anyway, on with the chapter.

A Change in Our Future

Chapter Eleven: Gosai's Tale

I felt tears sting my eyes, but I tried to keep them back. I couldn't tell if they were happy tears or sad tears... But they were tears, either way, and I was crying too much lately. I quietly wiped my eyes and went back to looking at the pictures. They looked so much like my friends.

Gosai sat down on a pillow near the paintings and gestured for us to sit down as well. We sat down on two other pillows and sat across from her. She cleared her throat and glanced at the pictures before looking at us.

"Like I said before, this village was a demon slayer's village. It was founded by the two humans in the middle, with the help of the others," Gosai stated, telling us again what had happened.

"The monk and demon slayer in the paintings were in love, and decided to make this village together. They found other people to help them, and villagers to live there. The woman, who was named Sango, taught the villagers how to become demon slayers, and the monk helped her," Gosai said, her smile soft and pleasent. "They had done this after defeating a very powerful demon that had plauged the land for years."

InuYasha and I glanced at each other, wondering how it could be that we defeated Naraku, but he was back here.

"The two of them had three children, two boys and a girl, and they were trained well. But when the oldest child was around ten years old, the demon that they had defeated wasn't completely dead. The monk, Miroku, had a hole in his hand, much like a black hole, which would suck in anything that it came across," Gosai said, her face losing it's gentle smile.

InuYasha and I knew what was coming next.

"During a visit from their friends that helped defeat the demon before, Miroku suddenly left the village quickly. Sango followed him to the outskirts of the village and ran up to Miroku, trying to get him to tell her what was wrong. Their friends came soon after and watched the scene from afar. The monk said that he loved his wife, and then he somehow managed to throw her towards their friends," Gosai continued, her face looking more grim. InuYasha's face only took a subtle change, but I was on the verge of tears.

"Miroku told the demon over there," Gosai pointed to the picture of InuYasha, "to hold onto Sango. He did so, and right after he took a hold of the demon slayer's arm, Miroku's air hole, or Wind Tunnel, broke open and started to suck Miroku in. That was his fate, like his father and grandfather before him. The demon had to hold onto both of the women watching, as they were both trying to run towards the monk and do something to try and save him... Though the demon knew that they would just get sucked in also.

"Sango was so upset when his Wind Tunnel had sucked him in completely, she just sat there and cried for the longest time. The only thing left of him was the beads he used to cover the Wind Tunnel. The beads sat in the middle of the hole that the monk's Wind Tunnel created... But suddenly Sango stopped crying and ran home to her children," Gosai said, her eyes closed now.

I gasped. The children...

"Sango went home to find that her sons had both inherited the Wind Tunnel, but her daughter was fine. Though her sons' wind tunnels weren't large enough to suck in a demon or anything, she still had to leave to find the master that had taught Miroku, so she could cover the wind tunnel on her sons' right hand."

I didn't realize I was crying until I wiped my cheek and found that it was wet.

But Gosai wasn't finished. "The Wind Tunnel won't be gone until we defeat the demon who gave it to us... My brother is the current holder of the Wind Tunnel."

InuYasha even gasped with me this time. "You mean you are Sango and Miroku's kin?" I asked.

Gosai nodded. I wiped my face clean of tears and stood up.

"Do you have a priestess' outfit, from the Feudal Era?" I asked.

"Yes, why?" Gosai said.

I crossed my arms. "Let me put it on."

"Well, all right. I'll let you wear it," Gosai said hesitantly.

Gosai led us through the training room and two floors down to what would be the 'headman's' house. She led us to a room inside that had quite a few old clothes and such, but she took out a perfectly preserved priestess outfit. I took it and changed in a bathroom and gestured for the two of them to follow her. InuYasha adjusted his hat and followed, along with Gosai right after him.

I led them to the shrine room, where the paintngs of my friends and myself were located.

"Why did you want to wear that outfit?" Gosai asked.

I had my back facing Gosai, but I could just tell what her expressions were.

"You see, I knew Sango," I said, clenching my fists within the sleeves of the kimono.

Gosai blinked. "That's impossible! You're lying!" she shouted, her face contorted with anger.

I turned my head and locked my eyes with hers. "Why would I lie about that?" I asked, walking up on the platform in front of me, the one that held all of the candles and lead up to the paintings. I walked right in front of the picture of me, and then turned around, standing in the exact same pose as me in the picture.

"InuYasha, take your hat off," I said, and InuYasha obeyed. He did the same as I did, only with his picture, and we both looked at Gosai, gasped and looked at us like we were crazy.

"B-but how?" Gosai asked.

"A well where that sits in the shrine where I live. People used to throw demons down there, and they dissapeared through the time stream... I can pass through that too, as well as InuYasha. Sango is one of my best friends," I said, looking at Gosai sadly.

"Impossible!" Gosai shouted. She took a couple steps back from us and held up her hand across her face.

"Is this proof enough?" InuYasha asked, glaring.

Gosai looked at each of us and sighed. "I guess so. It's still going to be hard to believe you, though," Gosai said. I laughed a little bit.

"I need to go change now. I'll be back soon," I said, walking out of the room and towards the bathroom where I first changed. I changed into my school uniform and walked out of there, to be stopped by a boy, maybe a year or two older than myself, with short black hair and unruly bangs.

"Ah, hello there," he said, smirking. He walked closer to me and grabbed my hands.

"Would you... bear my children?" he asked, smiling brightly.

Somehow InuYasha had come down two floors at the speed of light or something, because he was right there to hit the stranger in the back of the head, hard.

"You're related to Miroku, aren't you?" I asked, glaring.

"He's my great, great, great, great, and some more greats, grandson. How did you know?" he asked.

I sighed. "Miroku did the exact same thing to every pretty girl he came across."

"What?" the stranger asked.

"Ah, Sukebei, you're here... I know it's hard to believe, but these people knew Sango and Miroku," Gosai said, and then she explained what InuYasha and I told her just a few minutes before.

After she was done, I took my hands away from this lecher and said, "My name is Kagome, and that's InuYasha."

"I'm Sukebei," said the pervert.

"Sukebei is my brother," Gosai said, sighing.

"So you are the one with the Wind Tunnel now?" I asked, putting a finger on my chin. He nodded and held up his right hand to show a covered palm with sacred beads keeping the fabric over it.

I yawned and looked at InuYasha, and then at Gosai. "I'm ready to turn in..."

Gosai nodded and led InuYasha and I down one floor. "These are the guest houses. They each come with a bath and food. Unfortunately, there are lots of visitors this time of year so you two have to share a room."

"That's fine... But who visits?" I asked, looking at Gosai.

"Friends, family, other demons," Sukebei said, walking down the stairs to meet us.

"Don't you try to pull anything with Kagome," InuYasha warned.

"I won't if you don't first!" Sukebei said. I blushed and InuYasha growled.

"What's that supposed to mean?" InuYasha shouted.

Sukebei blinked. "Man, this guy's thick. Anyway, why are you two staying here?"

"We need a stop before we go off to find Naraku," I said, following Gosai as she led us to our 'guest house.'

"You're going to find Naraku?" shouted Gosai and Sukebei at the same time. InuYasha and I nodded.

"You must take me!" Sukebei said, clenching his fists. Gosai nodded.

"Me too!"

"No way!" InuYasha shouted, growling.

"InuYasha! We can at least think about it!" I shouted, glaring at the half-demon.

InuYasha growled. "Fine, we think about it, but don't expect to be able to come along." Gosai smiled and led us to our room and we walked inside.

We stood there for a couple minutes before I said, "Why is there only one bed?"

InuYasha shrugged and blinked a couple times. "Uh... I'll take the floor..." InuYasha said awkwardly.

"No. We'll share the bed. We'll just... stay really far apart. Besides, it's a queen sized. It's bigger than my bed. I'm sure we'll be fine," I said, blushing slightly.

InuYasha nodded slightly and went over to the bed and sat on it. "I'm going to take a bath, InuYasha. You can take one after I'm done," I said. I walked into the bathroom and took off my clothes. Nearby was a washing machine and I threw my clothes in there and started it up, and then I went into the bathroom and cleaned myself up.

"What's taking you so long, Kagome? Did you drown or somethin'?" InuYasha shouted through the wall. I blushed and went lower into the water.

"I'll be done in a bit!" I shouted back, sighing. I suppose that it would be best to get out soon. I got out and dried myself with a towel. Then I went into the next room (no, I didn't go out in front of InuYasha naked) and got my clothes from the washing machine.

"Crap... It still has to dry," I said to myself, and I shoved the clothes in the dryer. I sat on a basket across from the dryer and waited.

Suddenly I heard loud footsteps and the door to the laundry room open. I sat there, a towel around my torso, looking at InuYasha, who was standing at the door. I blushed, but at the same time I started to get really extremely angry. InuYasha stepped back and closed the door, his face as red as a tomato, and I shouted as loud as I could, "SIT! SIT SIT SIT SIT SIT!"

After my clothes were done I put them on and stomped into the bedroom, and went into the bed. "I'm going to sleep!" I shouted, and closed my eyes tight. I could hear InuYasha go into the bathroom and figure out how to use the bath. By the time he was done, I was fast asleep, and had forgotten about what had happened before.

- - -

I woke up early the next morning and saw InuYasha was still asleep. Being the responsible person I am (quit laughing!), I went over to the kitchen and started to make some breakfast for InuYasha and myself. I fried some eggs up and soon InuYasha was sitting on the floor, next to me, watching me.

I looked at him and raised an eyebrow.

After finishing the eggs I plated them and set them on the table. I got some chopsticks out and we started to eat.

"InuYasha, I think we should let Gosai and Sukebei join us," I said, chewing on a piece of egg.

"No way. We are not letting those usless humans come with us," InuYasha said, also taking a bite of his food.

"INUYASHA!" I shouted, slamming my hand on the table. InuYasha looked up quickly and practically dropped his chopsticks. "Yeah, they probably don't have proper experience in the field, but they are trained. They need help, and so do we. We're going to let them come with us, and that's final," I said, standing up. I wasn't hungry all of the sudden. I brought my plate to the sink and started to clean it, and InuYasha stood up, too.

InuYasha growled. "Kagome! We can't--"

"INUYASHA! I WILL SAY IT ONCE MORE! WE ARE LETTING THEM COME WITH US AND THAT IS FINAL! SIT! SIT! SIT!" I shouted, turning around to glare at InuYasha. I could practically feel the heat from my anger.

InuYasha's face hit the ground three times and he groaned. I smirked and took his plate and started to clean that off, too.

InuYasha continued to lay there and groaned. "FINE."

xD Well, a little fluff, a little fighting, a little surprise... A little bit of almost everything. xD I hoped you liked the chapter. Though, there wasn't much there, it took me a while to get it written. I didn't know how to continue writing the chapter about half way through. And then I didn't know how to end it. Well, it's a good thing that I have the whole story planned out already, otherwise I'd be stuck. Maybe that's why it's turning out to be one of my MOST REVIEWED STORIES EVER! I want to thank you all. Already, almost half way through, it has more reviews per chapter then any of my stories (except that one-shot, Confessions. I couldn't believe how many reviews I got for that. Usually one-shots only get, like, two reviews), so I'm really excited about this story. This story also is really exciting for me, and has made me remember why I love writing. So, thank you! Thank you all so much!

Yeah, I'm not the most popular writer on here, but with your guys' help, I can get close! xD

I especially want to thank Maki Totakiyami (good internet friend of mine), who has reviewed for every chapter, inuyashalover0210, who has reviewed for every chapter since the 4th chapter, and an anonymous reviewer (who goes by the name of sandwich), who is also my best friend and is one of the reasons I want to get my writing up.

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(if you couldn't tell, I'm particularly happy right now)

And now after the happy rush: … Mom has decided to go on one of her 'anger binges' again. OK, so none of you know about this, but whenever she gets angry, she takes it out on me. Not that I can blame her, because I do nothing. I'm just sitting there… Anyway… yeah.

Next Chapter: Kagome and InuYasha decide to let Gosai and Sukebei join them, and they head off. But the 'new' group finds an unmodernized village, with people who live simply. And how can the headman help them out, not to mention, why would he want to?