PKM: Whoa, it's been a while huh?
R55: Yeah, over two years
PKM…Hey, why did we call you R55, my sweetly annoying little brother, if your username is wam0366?
R55/wam0366: I think I changed my name after a little while…
PKM: OH! Okay. Well, after two years I found this fic again and decided that, for two amateur writers, it was really good, so I have decided to pick it up again, see if maybe I can still write anything decent. So yeah, and because it would please me greatly, I would appreciate anyone checking out my profile; it would make me happy.
R55: And I now leave most of the fic to my sister, off to play video games!
PKM: ON WITH THE FIC!
Disclaimer by Keiko; PKM and R55/wam0366 don't own any of the yyh/iy/rk people, they do however own the plot line and a few plushies, video games, movies/episodes, posters, pictures off the Internet, and a yyh bed sheet!
Last Time;
"Now Shippo nice and slowly tell me what happened to Kagome" sad Kaede.
"We were shard hunting and Kagome wanted to go home and InuYasha wouldn't let her so she sat him and then this demon came and took her and we chased him and he picked up two other girls wearing weird cloths and made this swirly thing and then jumped into the swirly thing and disappeared then the swirly thing disappeared too." Said Shippo "That is strange" said Kaede.
with the RK peoples
"Where did that bastard go?" Sanosuke yelled loudly from the yard of the dojo.
Yahiko was having much the same feelings as he ran around the grounds searching for anyplace the strange portal could have led. Kenshin was the only one who seemed to be going about the situation with some sense of calm.
After Yahiko had checked the grounds in their entirety, with the help of Sanosuke, both young men ran back to Kenshin so they could figure out what to do. Kenshin looked puzzled.
"Perhaps we should go to a near-by shrine, someone there may be able to help us, perhaps tell us exactly what that portal was." The former samurai said thoughtfully, though with a steel edge to his voice. Looking closely, the man's friends could see a slight gold tint to his violet eyes.
Both nodded and the three set off determined to find their friend.
At the Higurashi Shrine in the Mejia Era
"Hmm, you say it was a dark purple with black mixed in, and she suddenly disappeared with no trace?" The shrine maiden, a woman looking to be in her late fifties/early sixties, asked thoughtfully.
Yahiko, Sanosuke, and Kenshin had arrived at the shrine and asked to see the shrine maiden immediately. The woman had appeared shortly after with a tray of tea and led them out to sit under a tall tree marked by a small sign reading "The Goshinbouku (God Tree)"
Yahiko and Sanosuke nodded while Kenshin stared at a small shed a little ways away; he was getting a strange feeling from something inside the shed. The maiden had obviously noticed his distraction and looked to see what kept his attention so. The clearing of her throat brought his attention back to her, along with the attention of his two friends.
"Let me tell you three a story, then we shall see about your destiny." Holding up a hand to stop Sanosuke's comment about destinies she began.
"This shrine has been in my family for many, many generations. No doubt you have heard the legends of demons roaming the Earth freely at a time. They are not simply legends. This shrine was built around that shack you were staring at Kenshin or, more accurately, the well within. It is a magic well, where from long ago a powerful priestess emerged to protect the world from a horrid terror.
"The priestess had broken a jewel, a powerful jewel, and raced against an evil demon with her small group of friends to collect the pieces before he could. For the jewel was a curse, granting any wish to one who had the whole thing, it had the power to destroy the world. Eventually, after a few years of this search, this race, all the shards had been collected into two groups, one with the priestess for the side of good, and one with the demon for the side of evil. A long battle ensued, during which the jewel was completed and in the hands of the demon. In order to protect the world of the evils created by his wish, the priestess shattered it with an arrow aimed true.
"You three may wonder why this is relevant. But you see, just before the Priestess disappeared back down the well, she wrote a prophecy. That scroll has remained protected here for all these years and will remain until the priestess returns after the prophecy has been fulfilled. I will not remove the scroll from it's place of protection from time, a shield created by the priestess, but I will tell you of it.
"The prophecy speaks of seven men (along with three women), from two different times, will have women they love stolen. It is said that the men will come to this shrine and mention a portal, purple and black, and they will be led to the well. And the magic of the well will work, only for these seven men and three women, and allow them passage into the past to fulfill their destiny, save the women, and discover who they truly are.
"I believe that you are three men mentioned in the prophecy, I invite you to your destiny. If you can accept this, your future, then I will lead you to the well and begin your journey. If you do not, I am afraid you have little chance to ever see Miss. Kamiya again."
The two men and the nearly grown boy looked at each other for a few moments. Then, in a moment of decision, Kenshin stood and walked toward the small building which housed the well. Sliding open the door he turned around "Well, let's go save Miss. Koaru."
The priestess stood, smiling and walked with Sanosuke and Yahiko to the entrance to the well house. "When you go down the well, you will come out in a clearing, head South West for a few minutes and you will come to the edge of the forest. There will be a path, fallow the path and you will come to a village. At the exact center of the village will be a small hut, there you will find the friends of the priestess.
"They will listen to your story and believe you, for they have been through a similar situation as the priestess, still untrained and inexperienced, has recently been kidnapped in much the same way. No matter what happens, do not let the group leave on the search for two days after your arrival. For just as you are leaving, another group will appear, consisting of seven people, four men and three women."
She smiled and led them down the steps and to the edge of the well. "Good luck on your journey, I shall pray for your success." And the three determined young men jumped quickly down the well to their destinies.
PKM: and there you have it, after two years and two weeks, I bring you an update!
Kuwabara: We're in the next chapter, right PKM?
PKM: unless you piss me off too terribly, Kuwabara, then yes.
Yusuke: Tell me I get to whip some tail!
R55: I think Kuwabara gets hit a few times, then there's probably an initial fight with InuYasha in chapter five.
Yusuke: GREAT!
Keiko: Yusuke be nice, well, we gotta go. Please R&R!