Chapter 16
Rebirth
/-/ A/N Yay!! I'm sorry it was late and I hope this is what you are looking for because I really am looking forward to all your reviews! The ending starts to get a little boring though./-/
SOUNDS
Thoughts
:" ": Japanese
(Last time)
"P-PIETRO!! COUGH H-HELP ME!!" Kagome yelled as she neared the tree.
"I won't let you kill her!!" Pietro yelled, fighting against the metal in his ankles with all of his strength.
The next thing he Pietro knew a sharp pain was in his ankles but he had gotten his speed back. What had happened was Pietro fought against the metal in his ankles causing them to exit his body thus giving Pietro his speed back. It was now or never. Pietro quickly raced towards the tree getting ever closer to Kagome only a few seconds left and Kagome was going to hit that tree. Pietro took a leap into the air, reaching out for Kagome as another set of chains started towards him.
"L-look out!!" Kagome screamed, looking at the chains near Pietro right as he grabbed a hold of her hand.
"What the...?!! It can't be!!" Kikyou said in shock as she saw something else head towards Pietro and Kagome and it wasn't metal. Kikyou could only hope it would make it in time.
(Present time)
"I won't let go of you, Kagome!!" Pietro yelled, pulling her close to him only inches away from the tree.
That's when the last thing anyone would expect happened. Youkai Inu-Yasha's soul returned to his other half, which was Pietro. The soul entered Pietro's body only centimeters from the tree. And in a flash of blinding yellow light the tree they were going hit broke as did the chain around Kagome's neck. Kagome had pasted out right before they got to the tree and didn't see what happened to Pietro.
After the light cleared everyone gasped. There, before them stood an Inu-Yasha like Pietro, holding Kagome bridal style. His hair had grown much longer, kawaii dog-ears adorn the top of his head, his eyes were a brilliant electric golden amber with slits, his hands had claws on each finger, and he sneered up at his father, who came out of hiding, you could see nice long fangs. That's when Azumi got an idea. She quickly ran over to the Tetsusaiga, removed it from the youkai Inu-Yasha, and ran over to Pietro, grabbing the sheath along the way.
:"I'll take Kagome and here is your katana!": Azumi said, holding up the Tetsusaiga.
Pietro nodded, handing Azumi Kagome as he took the Tetsusaiga once more. Azumi quickly took off with Kagome to leave her reincarnated uncle to deal with his father. Pietro quickly tied the sheath to his hip and pulled out the blade as it transformed into the large dog fang. He held it out in front of his father ready to attack.
:"Father, it ends here!!": Pietro yelled, looking up from the ground.
:"I don't under any of this! How could you be that youkai?!!": Magneto yelled, looking at his son turned demon.
:"Easy! The youkai you freed was only a hanyou who's ningen soul died long ago and was reborn into me! After Kagome killed the youkai version and the soul saw us about ready to die, causing it to returned to me in order to protect itself which is me and also protect Kagome. Thus I am both Pietro and Inu-Yasha! I am the youkai you wanted all this time and you never knew it! Now it's time for you to die!!": Pietro yelled, leaping into the air and bring the Tetsusaiga up above his head right as the sun came up over the horizon.
:"NOOOO!!!": Magneto screamed as the blade turned yellow with youki as he tried to use his powers but the blade didn't even sway from it's path.
:"WINDSCAR!!": Pietro yelled, bring the blade down, releasing the Windscar destroying everything is its path in a yellow flash of youki, taking down his father in one swing.
By now Kagome had woken up just in time to see Pietro use the Windscar against is hateful father, killing him in one swing. Kagome sat up as Pietro landed on his feet quite a ways away from everyone. Pietro's and Kagome's eye made quick contact right before Pietro's knees started to claps under his body and he fell to ground unconscious.
"GASP Pietro!! What's wrong with him?!" Kagome asked, looking up at Kouga.
"His body is not use to that much power. Not to mention his body is exhaust and damaged from the fight. He won't die. He just needs to get use the extra power." Kouga said, crossing his arms as he looked down at Kagome.
"So, he's all right?!" Kagome asked, jumping to her feet and looked Kouga in the eyes.
"Yes." Kouga said, nodding his head.
(10 hours later Xavier Institution.)
Everyone (I mean everyone right down to Sesshy) was in the medical wing with bandages, canes, stitches, crutches, Tylenol, and icepacks. Pietro still hadn't awakened. He had lost far too much blood and so remained unconscious for the past ten hours. Kagome hadn't left his side once since they came back to the institution. She was going to be right there when he woke up.
"Kagome, would you like something to eat?" Ororo asked as Kagome moved her head away from Pietro to meet Ororo.
"Water if fine." Kagome said, turning her face back to Pietro.
"That's all you had all morning. If he should wake up and you jump for joy you might go in your pants." Ororo said with a smile as she started to turn around.
"Hahaha! I can it hold well enough." Kagome said, looking back at Ororo.
"All right." Ororo said, walking out of the room as Azumi walked up to her.
"Kagome, I've heard a lot about you from everyone at the fortress. I'm happy I finally got to meet you. I'm Azumi. Sesshou-Maru's daughter." Azumi said, bowing to Kagome as Kagome bowed back.
"When I last saw Sesshou-Maru he was trying to kill me and Inu-Yasha. He said he hated humans." Kagome said as Azumi pulled and chair up beside her.
"Hmmm! Well, you didn't know about the little ningen girl he saved. According to mother she found my father after a fight with Inu-Yasha. Father couldn't move and his body was badly damaged. So my mother, Rin, kept bring him food and water. At that time mother was mute. Much to father's surprise when he found she could talk a storm. You see bandits killed her family as she watched causing to not speak. Well, one day mother's village was attacked by wolves."
"My bad!" Kouga yelled off in the distance in the other room.
"Yeah, I know!" Azumi yelled back as Kagome looked at her in surprise.
"Kouga's pack attacked your mother's village?" Kagome asked with a bit of worry.
"Yeah. Anyways mother started running towards where father was healing but never made it there; the wolves got to her first. Father apparently found her and used Tenseiga to save her. He started to raise her like a daughter at first but as she got older... Well, I think you guess what happened." Azumi said, pointing at herself at the last little comment.
"Hehe! Glad to you have good since of humor." Kagome said as Azumi started to giggle.
"Yeah, father lacks it, doesn't he? I guess I picked it from Shippou. Oh! Father doesn't know yet but, uh... Shippou and I got engaged last night. So, keep it quiet father still doesn't know and Shippou thinks father is going to knock his head off." Azumi said, starting to blush.
"Uh, well, that's good news! Great news actually! So, how did you guys come here in the first place? What happened to Inu-Yasha to make him loose himself to his demon half?" Kagome asked, looking at Azumi.
"Well, after you left the well stopped working. We thought that you had blocked it but after what you told us last night we now know that was not the case. Well, uncle was going to go get you but found the well was not working and he dug at the ground trying to get through but never did. In his anger and sorrow, of maybe not being able to see you again, his power released itself.
"Uncle was trying to fight it but he couldn't really beat it. He almost attacked Sango and she managed to knock him out as she went to get help. Father showed up and planned to do a 'mercy killing', as he called, for Inu-Yasha. Then Kouga showed up, looking for you and to kill Inu-Yasha. Sesshou-Maru and Kouga got into a fight to find out who should kill him. Then mother showed up and she told father that Kouga's pack was the one that killed her and the villagers.
"Of course father didn't take it lightly. Sango and the others came in just in time but father and Kouga still started fighting again. Uncle awoke still in his demon form and Miroku managed to put a seal on his powers until they could figure out what to do. Father told them about a witch that could travel to different lands and the group agreed on finding her. But Inu-Yasha wanted to take it a step farther. He wanted to be sealed away once more so, he wouldn't murder people. So, he needed the help of a miko.
"They managed to get the witch to take Inu-Yasha away to a far off land out of Japan on one condition that she had made that they would watch the tomb of Inu-Yasha. Now all they needed was the miko. The witch said she knew of one in a village not far from there. It was Kikyou in that village. Well, the witch then took them to America before it became America. Kikyou sealed Inu-Yasha away right as his youkai blood broke through Miroku's ward. They all swore to watch over him and then the old witch regrew father's missing arm. So, now here we are. Inu-Yasha has been guarded for roughly 500 years give or take a few." Azumi said, looking at Kagome's shocked face.
"Wow! All that because you thought I blocked the well. I feel guilty now... If I had known the well was going to stop working I would have never threaten to block it. That same day I went back to the well to tell Inu-Yasha I was going to America. I tried to get through but the well was blocked. I thought I would never see him again but I did, didn't I." Kagome said, looking back at Pietro.
"The fates seem to love playing with yours and Inu-Yasha's souls a lot. They always seem to find each other. It doesn't matter if it's another country or another time period." Azumi said with a smile as Ororo walked in with Kagome's water.
"Here you go, Kagome." Ororo said, handing Kagome the cup of water.
"Thank you." Kagome said, taking the cup.
"Nn... Mnnn..." Pietro moaned, coming to.
"Pietro!" Kagome said, lookin down at him as started to open his eyes.
"Ka... Go... Me..." Pietro said weakly as Kagome took his clawed hand.
"He's awake!" Ororo and Azumi said at the same time, looking down at the drowsy Pietro.
"Pietro, I thought you would never wake back up." Kagome said, kissing his hand lightly.
"H-how long... Have I been... O-out?" Pietro asked weakly, looking up at Kagome's smiling face as her eyes started to feel with tears of happiness.
"Too long. Ten hours or so... You blacked out right after you defeated Magneto. You're back at Institution in the medical wing. You lost a lot of blood out that fight." Kagome said, holding his hand a little tighter.
"Yo! Cousin, is he awake yet?" a girl-type Ranma asked, walking into the room.
"Loud mouth... Hey, you're that girl from the arcade." Pietro growled under his breath as Ranma walked over.
"I heard that little loud mouth comment by the way. Yeah, I'll explain later. I'm Ranma if you haven't figured that out yet. So, how are you feeling?" Ranma asked, scratching to side of her face.
"Tired, painful, and weak. YAWN" Pietro yawned, looking at Ranma.
"Ranma, what happened now?" Kagome asked, looking her cousin.
"Kitty spilled some of water from her ice bag on me. Accidentally on purpose. You know what, Pietro? You can take a beating better than I thought you could. How would you like to go one on one with me once you feel better?" Ranma asked, stretching her arms in the air as Pietro smirked.
"I do believe that's the first really good thing you ever said about me." Pietro said as his smirk got better.
"Yeah, well, don't expect it too much." Ranma said with smugness in her voice.
"Boys and fighting." Ororo said to herself as Xavier came into the room with Sesshou-Maru and Shippou.
"Ah, Pietro it's good to see you awake." Xavier said, stopping at Pietro's bedside.
"Yeah, yeah... Geez... Is everybody here that happy to see me awake?" Pietro asked, raising a brow at Xavier.
"Well, you did just defeat a dangerous person and nearly died doing it. So, yeah, I guess we are." Shippou said with a smile.
"Dad, could you and Shippou come over here for a moment." Azumi asked, walking away from everyone around Pietro.
"What do want? The only time you call me 'dad' is when you really want something really badly." Sesshou-Maru said, following his daughter with Shippou at his side.
"Heh, heh, heh! Damn! He knows me far too well. Well, uh, see me and Shippou have something we want to tell you." Azumi said, turning around to face Sesshou-Maru as Shippou walked over to Azumi's side.
"And that would be?" Sesshou-Maru asked, crossing his arms and raised a brow.
"How should I put this? Uh, well, Shippou and I are, uh... We, uh, are... WELL, we're engaged!" Azumi finally blurted out, looking at father.
"O-only on y-your permission!" Shippou stuttered, shaking and holding his hands over his face.
The next thing Shippou knew he felt his hand pulled down by one hand only to grab only other hand. Shippou opened one eye slowly and looked down at his hand to see his hand holding Azumi's hand with Sesshou-Maru's hand holding their hands together.
"What took you two so goddamn long?" Sesshou-Maru asked, flashing one of his rear smiles before walking off back to Pietro and the others.
"I'll take that as a yes." Shippou said, cocking his head to one side as Azumi jumped up and down holding his arm, smiling ear to ear.
"See?! It wasn't so bad, now was it?!" Azumi asked, planting a big kiss on Shippou's cheek as Shippou turned bright red.
(Back over by Pietro Kagome, and etc.)
"How long do you think it will take me to get out this bed?" Pietro asked, looking at Xavier.
"Well, I don't know. I'm not familiar with demons." Xavier said, looking at Pietro's disappointed face.
"That's easy! Three days tops for those kinds of injuries. Some smaller ones will take less then a day." Azumi said from across the room, looking at Pietro and Xavier.
"Only as long as you don't push yourself to do things you shouldn't do." Kagome added, knowing all too how Inu-Yasha kept pushing himself even when he had a hole in his stomach.
"Yeah, that too." Azumi said, nodding her head, walking out of the room with Shippou as they held hands.
"He's going to need training in his demonic powers. He didn't grow up with them like Inu-Yasha did. He won't understand certain things that his demon side possesses." Sesshou-Maru said dully, look at everyone in front of him.
"Well, good luck with that. He's real tough and he hurts." Ranma said, rubbing her back, still feeling the bruise she got a few days ago doing a sparing exercise.
"Whiner." Kikyou said, walking into the room.
"Yeah, well you didn't get sent through to fortress wall, now did you?!" Ranma spat, crossing her arms and put her nose in the air.
"How's he-- Oh, you're already awake. I'm glad." Kikyou said, keeping a stoic face on.
"Could have fooled me with that look. Yeah, I'm awake." Pietro said, looking at the dead woman before him.
"I think we should leave them alone." Kikyou whispered to Sesshou-Maru and Xavier.
"Agreed. Ranma, Ororo, if you would come with us for a little while." Xavier said, turning around in his wheel chair and started out the door with Kikyou and Sesshou-Maru.
"Of course. Come on, Ranma." Ororo said, walking out the door with Ranma leaving Kagome and Pietro alone.
"So, uh, how are your injuries?" Pietro asked, looking up at Kagome.
"They're injuries... Heh! They're fine but they hurt sometimes. But I'm more worried about you though. When you pasted out right after you defeated Magneto I thought for brief second that I had lost you. I'm glad that is not the case. Oh! You shouldn't move yet!" Kagome said as Pietro tried to sit up.
"I'm fine, Kagome. Ugh! Just a l-little sore. Ow!" Pietro said in pain, sitting up.
"No, you're not! I want you to lay back down. You shouldn't be up." Kagome said, resting her hands gently on his shoulders.
The next thing Kagome knew Pietro had his arms around her, pulling her close to his body. Kagome rested her head on his shoulder and blush heavily as she felt Pietro starting to stroke her head gently.
"Kagome, back there, when my father had you around the neck with the chain, sending you into the tree I thought... I thought I was going to loose you. I don't know what I would have done if I had lost you. I love you so very much and so did demon Inu-Yasha. If it wasn't for him none of us would be here." Pietro said, resting his head on hers.
"Yes, I know but I still owe a lot to you and not just Inu-Yasha even if you are one in the same. If you weren't there none of could have won and lived. Also if you weren't there you wouldn't have know who you really were and never regain the rest of your soul." Kagome said, looking up into his golden eyes.
"That's not all I regained. I got all my memories back from when I was Inu-Yasha. I can remember everything and everyone like Sango, Miroku, Kaede, and Miroku's friend Hachi. I also remember that bastard Naraku and the two bitches of his Kagura of the wind and Kanna of the void. I remember when we first met on Goshinboku, how I kept calling you Kikyou, and how you freed me from the tree. I also remember we never got a chance to get rid of Naraku before we left. So, that's why the kids still have Miroku's old curse." Pietro said, looking into Kagome's chocolate brown eyes.
"Then it's settled. Once you are heeled and trained we will go after Naraku and free the kids from his curse that has plagued their family for centuries. Best of all we now have plenty of allies and friends to help with the fight than ever before. We can do it this time! We can beat Naraku and his minions! Best of all we can complete the Shikon no Tama!" Kagome said as her eyes started to tear up again.
"Which you broke." Pietro said with a smile.
"Hey! We've been through this! It was the arrow attached to demon's leg that broke it!" Kagome said, making a mad face as Pietro put a finger under her chin and left her head up a little higher.
What happened next made Kagome feel like she was melting. She was captured in her first real kiss. She had never kissed anyone like this and it felt wonderful. Kagome closed her eyes tight and pressed farther in Pietro's kiss. Pietro wrapped his arms tighter around Kagome's thin frame never wanting to let go of her ever again. Pietro then felt around for a small pouch on the side of his armor. He found it, opened it, and pulled out the ring Kagome had thrown at his head last night.
Once Kagome and Pietro broke their kiss. Pietro took Kagome's right hand and slipped the ring back on it. He thing gently brought her ear closed to mouth. He whispered something into Kagome's ear, causing Kagome to blush again, her eyes to brighten up, and smile widely.
"I will! I will!" Kagome said, wrapping her arms tightly around Pietro.
Pietro had asked the 4 word question to Kagome, which is will you marry me. Kagome more then gladly accepted his proposal. Pietro started rubbing her head a little again as she rested her head on his chest and closed her eye listening to Pietro's heartbeat.
(Just outside the room)
"C'mon guys this isn't right! We shouldn't be doing this." Jean whispered as Evan, Ranma, Kurt, Kitty, Rogue, and Scott looked through the partially opened down to look at Kagome and Pietro on the bed.
"Shhhh! Quiet, red!" Ranma spat in a whispered, turning to look at Jean.
"Speak for yourself! I still think this is wrong!" Jean said, putting her hands on hips, glaring at Ranma.
GAAAASP
After that Jean soon found herself looking through the door at Pietro and Kagome as they kissed again.
/-/ A/N there is going to be one more chapter after this and maybe and epilogue if wanted or need! Again sorry it took so long to update! I would also like for you guys to read my new story Terrtory! It's is very good and you can vote on pairings for Rei from Sailor Moon. Buh Bye!/-/
Millie M. Banshee