Mrryl: Hey, this is the next chapter!
Litadrene: Duh!
Mrryl: Whatever, sorry it took me longer than I thought it would, I got Resident Evil Zero and am kinda currently addicted to it so…. But yes, thank you to the three people who have read this, I appreciate the sentiment. Please continue to read and review and I'll keep the story going! But if no one reviews, well then I'll be more sedated in my updates because if no one is going to read it, why bother right? Anyways, I just wanted to say that I am going to take someone's advise, they pointed out the fact that I failed to discern between thought and action. Here I am going to begin Italicizing thoughts. I usually do this, I don't know why I hadn't for "Tangled Threads of Fate." That's all for my ranting and raving.
As Inuyasha looked up the well, he heard some mumbling from above. "What's the point of this, father?" It was Sesshoumaru. Inuyasha's older brother was asking his father about something. He could barely hear his father, Inutaisho, reply, "It is the ancient recall spell, it will pull Inuyasha back into our home from the well!" his father seemed exasperated.
When a short mumbled prayer ended, Inuyasha decided to sneak out of the well and surprise both his father and his older brother. Reaching the very edge of the well he began to pull himself up, only to feel a deluge of freezing cold liquid drench his form. It ran down his body in rivulets and splashed onto the well's dry bottom. When he managed to breath again he sniffed deeply, choking on the smell of rice wine.
"INUYASHA!" yelled his father, pulling him up and into a great bear hug. When he could manage to breath again, Sesshoumaru pulled him out of his father's arms an slapped him upside the head, "What are you, stupid? Don't sneak off like that again!" He yelled, Inuyasha cowering under the raised hand of Sesshoumaru. Then Sesshoumaru noticed the lack of the jingling Shikon No Tama.
"Where's the jewel, Inuyasha?" Sesshoumaru asked, his eyes narrowing into dire slits of warning. Inuyasha knew the look well, he knew he had better tell the truth or risk a severe punishment in a serious sparring match, which was the only way Sesshoumaru could hit Inuyasha without getting in trouble by their father, who wanted the boys to get along.
So Inuyasha began, starting from his fifteenth birthday to the day before, when the jewel had shattered. He ended with, "Then I climbed out of the well and you threw the rice wine on me and now I think I need a bath…" he found his father laughing and Sesshoumaru smiling. He found this slightly disconcerting, neither seemed vexed that the family heirloom had been shattered thanks to him. Voicing this concern he asked, "What is going to happen to the Shikon No Tama?"
This question sobered both up really quickly, they knew a lot more than Inuyasha regarding the jewel. When they pulled him into the house Inutaisho said, "Well, we should worry about one thing at a time. Take a bath then come down here, we'll have to talk about this." So Inuyasha hurried to take a bath, not ready to disagree with his father.
After his quick bath he came back downstairs, dressed in a white T-shirt and black jeans with red sweater in hand. He was startled to see some things stacked on the table, these included: A backpack, a short-shafted spear, a few javelins in a carrying case, and a duffel bag of clothes. Inutaisho sat with his arms across his legs, praying by his stance.
Sesshoumaru was no where to be seen, stepping into the room only after Inuyasha walked in. "Father, I've got the rope ladder in the well, it should be easier next time he comes back." Inuyasha was startled.
"I'm not going back! This crazy cat demon tried to kill me!" he shouted, Sesshoumaru's eyes narrowed, a dangerous gesture.
"You will go back, I've already called your school saying that you are going to visit a distant relative, you shall have no trouble with school attendance. I must tell you why you are going back." This was Inutaisho, his face reflected both his grief and apprehension of sending his fifteen year old son to a dangerous place. "That jewel isn't just a piece of decoration, it holds within it all the power that any demon could ever want. When it is assembled it grants the users every wish, it can make a weakling demon into a king. We must not allow any demon to assemble it, only you may do that without any repercussions. You can do it, although you may need help." He paused again, seeming to be arguing with himself to give some extra information.
"This has been predicted already, in this book." He said as he handed a book to Inuyasha, the passage his father was talking of showed clearly.
"The cursed blessing will returned to its home soil, only to be shattered by one who comes from a land that cannot be reached by mundane means.
On the journey to assemble the cursed blessing, lest it fall into the hands of the evil one, there shall be a grouping, a covenant of four.
These four shall make a journey unlike that of any ever before attempted, they will each have a marking of the evil's work.
One will be that same one who shattered the cursed blessing, brought to this land by the flight of time, to ancient boughs long forgotten.
Another shall be misunderstood, prowling and hurt beyond measure by constant betrayal and pain. Only to be healed by the light of the Searcher.
The third shall be a priestess, raised in a consequential life. Daughter of circumstance and brought about in what some might say a too loving way.
The last shall be a grief stricken slayer, crushed under a stronger evil only to rise again from the strength within himself, sworn to destroy the evil.
These four shall be the fateful group, each having nothing in common with the other except for their main goal: TO RETRIEVE THE SHARDS"
On the bottom of the page, in someone else's handwriting, there was an ancient scribbled text. This read: "Take note: it speaks of one named Inuyasha, as per my dream." Inuyasha looked at his father, his face burning.
"This is talking about me, and the girl I met there… but I haven't met the other two, so who could they be?" his father shook his head.
"That can only be solved in you long journey. I know not what might be in your path, but my the Kami and Buddha's compassion bless you and go with you, my son." He then hugged Inuyasha and led him out of the house, Sesshoumar in tow with the bags and the spear.
When Inuyasha reached the well he stopped long enough to strap on the bags before he muttered a quick goodbye and jumped into the well, the quick leave had stunned him greatly, he hadn't known that his father would tell him to go somewhere he didn't really want to go.
Do I actually not want to go? I could be wrong… maybe I enjoy Nekogome's company… whoa! Who just said that, couldn't have been me! I don't say crap like that! No way, I don't like her around me! She tried to kill me, after all. Why should I? He thought to himself, even as he blushed at the thought of her cuddling up to him when he found her freezing in the rain that one night…
When he hit the ground it seemed darker, and it was raining very heavily, so he climbed up the side, it was exceedingly difficult with the extra weight on his shoulders, threatening to pull him into the ground at any moment. Finally, he reached the top, to look around at the Sengoku Jidaii.
He was back….
Mrryl: There you are, hope you like it!
Litadrene: REVIEW! Or I'll bean you senseless!
Mrryl: Alright, Cool it Lita.
Litadrene: Hey! You didn't put in Nekogome! WHAT-IS-WRONG-WITH-YOU? Why not?
Mrryl: I wanted to make a slightly shorter chapter, mainly because I didn't know what to do with him at home and her blind…
…but yes, please review and also one early warning:
I WON'T BE ABLE TO UPDATE FOR MOST SUMMER, I'll try to get on as often as possible, but I'm not going to be updating as often as I am now. The main good side to this all is that there will be some MASSIVE updates whenever I do, so it just might be worth it. Please keep faith with my fanfic, I don't want to let you down! Also, please review!
--MRRYL