Disclaimer: I do not own Inuyasha. But I can still dream! I DO own the legend of the 10 dragons, though! You find out what that is if you read! MWAHAAHAHA! :P
Summary: While battling Naraku, Inuyasha gets cursed and turns into a………WHAT!? Can Kagome get him back to normal? Or will fate say no to love?
Pairings: Inu/Kag and Mir/San
A/N: Inuyasha's curse isn't as bad as you think it is, then again it is…….oh well! You'll get it when you read! And don't flame me because it will get much better! I have many ideas in store! LOTS OF IDEAS! And some are really freakish and weird, and have betrayals and other things…yeah…
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Chapter 2
Kagome now sat in Kaede's hut. She stared over at Inuyasha's still form. 2 days ago, they had brought Inuyasha s soon as possible over here, and they were trying to get rid of the poison in Inuyasha's blood stream. Of course, they couldn't do much. But conveniently, Myoga happened to come by, and sucked out most of the poison. All they had to do now was wait until Inuyasha woke up.
Kagome looked up abruptly to see Sango and Miroku enter the hut.
"Has Inuyasha woken up yet?" asked Sango.
Unfortunately, Kagome shook her head, indicating no.
"Man, it's been 2 days already, and he hasn't shown much progress at all! I mean, the poison's gone! So why isn't he waking up?" Miroku wondered, becoming impatient.
"How should I know!? I mean, could it have something to do with his new form?" asked Kagome.
Shippo and Kirara scampered over to Inuyasha's still form and continually stared at it.
Finally, Shippo turned towards the others and said, "I'm still not used to Inuyasha being like this, but look on the bright side for me! Now I can pick on HIM!" Shippo cheered and did a little happy dance.
"I'm not used to him either, Shippo." Kagome replied.
"Well neither are the rest of us! I mean, who wouldn't be shocked to find out that your friend has been cursed and has reversed age into a kid!?" Sango added.
Kagome nodded. Sango DID have a good point. She stared at the now kid Inuyasha. He still looked the same, but, um, he was just a smaller version. And also, a cuter one……
"Hey, Myoga?" asked Kagome.
"Yes?" Myoga answered, hopping up on Kagome's shoulder.
"Do you know what kind of curse Inuyasha has?" asked Kagome.
"To be honest, I don't." Myoga replied. "It's hard to tell. Since age-reversing curses don't have any symptoms unless the victim is awake to reveal them. We'll have to see when he wakes up to tell." Myoga answered.
"Well, guess we'll be waiting a while." Sango said, taking a seat with Miroku next to her.
~*~*~
It was now around nighttime, and everyone was sitting in the hut. Well, except for Kaede. She had left after Myoga had first showed up because she needed to visit another village.
Everyone was just sitting against the wall, eating stew, when they all were startled to have Inuyasha stir a bit and flutter his small amber eyes open.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome exclaimed.
"He's finally awake! YAY!" Shippo and Kirara ran over to Inuyasha, who only stared back and blinked in a confused way. "Hey there, Inuyasha! How're ya doing? You know, you've been unconscious for 2 days?"
Inuyasha just stared back and blinked some more.
"Hm? What's the matter, Inuyasha?" asked Kagome, putting down her bowl and walking over. Closely followed by Sango and Miroku.
"Who are you? How do you…know my name?" Inuyasha asked, very confused.
"What are you talking about? Why wouldn't we know your name?" asked Sango.
'Inuyasha. Is this some kind of twisted joke of yours?' thought Kagome. 'Or maybe he just has amnesia or a concussion or something! Yeah! That could be it!'
Inuyasha looked around the room with confusion. "Where am I? And where's my mommy and daddy?" he asked.
Everyone seemed to gasp silently, got worried looks on their faces, and stared at one another; at a loss for words. Sango finally broke the silence after a few moments.
"What are you talking about, Inuyasha?" she asked. "You're in Kaede's hut!"
"But where's my mom and dad?" asked Inuyasha.
"Uhhh…" Miroku didn't really didn't know what to make of this.
"Your parents died years ago," Kagome answered for him.
"What!?" Inuyasha seemed very shocked. He actually looked like he were on the verge of crying.
'Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!' Kagome thought. 'Now I KNOW he isn't faking! Inuyasha would never cry about a thing that happened ages ago, would he?'
Miroku noticed Myoga hopping into the hut. Inuyasha noticed this too.
"Myoga?" Inuyasha asked.
"Ah, Inuyasha! You've awakened! You've-" Myoga was cut off.
"Is it true? That……that my parents died years ago?" asked Inuyasha.
"Uhhhhhhhhhhh…." Myoga didn't really know what to say. "You mean you don't remember?" he asked.
"Hm? Remember what?" asked Inuyasha, still looking like he were about to cry.
"Well, I guess you don't. Um, well, yes. It's true. You're parents are undoubtedly dead." Myoga replied.
Inuyasha's eyes welled up with tears, and he began to cry (Awwwwwwwwwwwwww! How cute! Er, I mean, bad! BAD! If he's crying, that's a BAD THING!).
"Myoga?" asked Miroku. Myoga hopped up on Miroku's shoulder. Miroku glanced at the girls, who were trying to make Inuyasha stop crying, before continuing, "Do you know what kind of curse Inuyasha has, now?"
"Hmmm…it's hard to tell. There are many curses that include this symptom. We'll have to wait a bit longer." Myoga replied.
Eventually, Kagome got Inuyasha to stop crying, and he just sniffled from time to time. Myoga then began to chat with him.
"So, Inuyasha. Do you know who these people are? What about Naraku? Kaede? Kikyo?" Myoga asked all of these, and Inuyasha shook his head no. "How about your brother, Sesshomaru? And Jaken?" Myoga asked. This time, Inuyasha nodded. "Hmmm…just as I suspected." Myoga muttered, low enough so Inuyasha couldn't hear him.
"Uh, I think a small introduction would be nice right now." Sango suggested. The others nodded in agreement.
"Alright, my name is Kagome." Kagome said. "This is Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and Kirara. Once Kaede gets back, I'll introduce you to her, but in the meantime, I think you should get some rest." Kagome suggested.
"Uh, okay, Kagome." Inuyasha replied.
"Come on. I'll lead you to a spare room." Kagome said, standing up. She then led Inuyasha into one of the extra rooms in the hut.
Kagome came back a few minutes later. "He's finally asleep. It'll do him some good, too." Kagome then stared at Myoga. "So, do you know what kind of curse this is?"
"I do." Myoga replied. "It's the curse of Taimu. The dragon of time."
"The dragon…of time?" repeated Sango.
"You mind explaining some? I'm still a bit confused." Kagome added.
"Well. To begin with, there used to be 10 dragons that ruled over Japan many years ago." Myoga explained. "They held special powers within them."
"Interesting." Sango commented.
"Yes, well, some people who worshipped the dragons like idols created special, magical orbs, filling them up with the dragons' blood." Myoga looked up to see Kagome and the others grimacing. "Well, that was the cause AND the cure for the curses!" Myoga argued.
"But how could the CAUSE be the CURE? It just doesn't make any sense." Miroku said.
"Well, mixed with the right ingredients, the blood would evaporate into a gas, causing the curse. And just drinking the blood itself would be the cure of it. Half of these orbs contain curses, the others contain powers." Myoga explained. "And these 10 orbs are scattered around Japan."
"So does that mean that we'll have to search and gather ALL of these orbs?" Shippo asked.
"No, no. We just need to find the right orb. Which is the white orb." Myoga explained. "But we'll need to make sure that we can defeat Taimu to take it. For he is the sole guardian of the orb. All 10 of the dragons cannot be killed by old age. They can't be killed by most injuries or magics, either. Only few know what can kill one of the 10 Ancient Dragons."
"So, we're gonna have to battle Taimu WITHOUT Inuyasha's aid?" Kagome asked.
"Yes. And the reason why is simple. He only has the strength of when he was that age, which seems around 6 or so. It also seems that Naraku made him vulnerable." Myoga added.
"And how did he make him vulnerable?" Kagome asked.
"Well, the user of the gas has the power to choose what age to send them to. Either a detailed age, or a specific date. In this case, it's the day before his parents died. And when it first happened, all those years ago, Inuyasha was stricken with grief. But it appears that he's taking it a bit better than last time…" Myoga began to mumble, making his voice inaudible. He then spoke up, "Of course, after some rest and a bit of thinking, maybe he'll come to and be of use. For he still is powerful, even as a kid…"
"Huh. Let's get some rest, shall we?" Miroku suggested. "We should be leaving in the morning."
"Myoga, how good is Inuyasha as a kid?" asked Kagome.
"Well, he has his claws, but he is pretty much inexperienced. Well, unless we can teach him to wield Tetsusaiga." Myoga added. "But it would be very difficult to train a kid to use a sword about twice his size…"
"Oh yeah…that's right…..Tetsusaiga IS pretty big…compared to a kid…" Kagome said, crawling into her sleeping bag with Shippo. "Oh well. Good night, guys.
But as they began to sleep, they didn't notice a figure outside, who listened to every word of their conversation.
~*~*~
At Naraku's fortress, Naraku stared into a mirror identical to that of Kanna's.
"Hmph. It seems that Kanna has done a good job of listening on their conversation. So, they're trying to cure Inuyasha and return him to normal? Heh. I don't think so. I nearly searched all of Japan to get that sample curse, and I'm not just going to let you cure him. I've got plans in store for him…" Naraku chuckled a bit, thinking of his malicious scheme. "Kagura." he called.
Kagura slowly entered, glaring at Naraku. Naraku just let it roll of his shoulders.
"Continue to follow up with our little plan." Naraku commanded. He turned around, his red eyes glowing in the dark room. "It's about time we put our little plan into action." Naraku began to laugh again as Kagura obeyed and left.
TO BE CONTINUED……
Summary: While battling Naraku, Inuyasha gets cursed and turns into a………WHAT!? Can Kagome get him back to normal? Or will fate say no to love?
Pairings: Inu/Kag and Mir/San
A/N: Inuyasha's curse isn't as bad as you think it is, then again it is…….oh well! You'll get it when you read! And don't flame me because it will get much better! I have many ideas in store! LOTS OF IDEAS! And some are really freakish and weird, and have betrayals and other things…yeah…
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Chapter 2
Kagome now sat in Kaede's hut. She stared over at Inuyasha's still form. 2 days ago, they had brought Inuyasha s soon as possible over here, and they were trying to get rid of the poison in Inuyasha's blood stream. Of course, they couldn't do much. But conveniently, Myoga happened to come by, and sucked out most of the poison. All they had to do now was wait until Inuyasha woke up.
Kagome looked up abruptly to see Sango and Miroku enter the hut.
"Has Inuyasha woken up yet?" asked Sango.
Unfortunately, Kagome shook her head, indicating no.
"Man, it's been 2 days already, and he hasn't shown much progress at all! I mean, the poison's gone! So why isn't he waking up?" Miroku wondered, becoming impatient.
"How should I know!? I mean, could it have something to do with his new form?" asked Kagome.
Shippo and Kirara scampered over to Inuyasha's still form and continually stared at it.
Finally, Shippo turned towards the others and said, "I'm still not used to Inuyasha being like this, but look on the bright side for me! Now I can pick on HIM!" Shippo cheered and did a little happy dance.
"I'm not used to him either, Shippo." Kagome replied.
"Well neither are the rest of us! I mean, who wouldn't be shocked to find out that your friend has been cursed and has reversed age into a kid!?" Sango added.
Kagome nodded. Sango DID have a good point. She stared at the now kid Inuyasha. He still looked the same, but, um, he was just a smaller version. And also, a cuter one……
"Hey, Myoga?" asked Kagome.
"Yes?" Myoga answered, hopping up on Kagome's shoulder.
"Do you know what kind of curse Inuyasha has?" asked Kagome.
"To be honest, I don't." Myoga replied. "It's hard to tell. Since age-reversing curses don't have any symptoms unless the victim is awake to reveal them. We'll have to see when he wakes up to tell." Myoga answered.
"Well, guess we'll be waiting a while." Sango said, taking a seat with Miroku next to her.
~*~*~
It was now around nighttime, and everyone was sitting in the hut. Well, except for Kaede. She had left after Myoga had first showed up because she needed to visit another village.
Everyone was just sitting against the wall, eating stew, when they all were startled to have Inuyasha stir a bit and flutter his small amber eyes open.
"Inuyasha!" Kagome exclaimed.
"He's finally awake! YAY!" Shippo and Kirara ran over to Inuyasha, who only stared back and blinked in a confused way. "Hey there, Inuyasha! How're ya doing? You know, you've been unconscious for 2 days?"
Inuyasha just stared back and blinked some more.
"Hm? What's the matter, Inuyasha?" asked Kagome, putting down her bowl and walking over. Closely followed by Sango and Miroku.
"Who are you? How do you…know my name?" Inuyasha asked, very confused.
"What are you talking about? Why wouldn't we know your name?" asked Sango.
'Inuyasha. Is this some kind of twisted joke of yours?' thought Kagome. 'Or maybe he just has amnesia or a concussion or something! Yeah! That could be it!'
Inuyasha looked around the room with confusion. "Where am I? And where's my mommy and daddy?" he asked.
Everyone seemed to gasp silently, got worried looks on their faces, and stared at one another; at a loss for words. Sango finally broke the silence after a few moments.
"What are you talking about, Inuyasha?" she asked. "You're in Kaede's hut!"
"But where's my mom and dad?" asked Inuyasha.
"Uhhh…" Miroku didn't really didn't know what to make of this.
"Your parents died years ago," Kagome answered for him.
"What!?" Inuyasha seemed very shocked. He actually looked like he were on the verge of crying.
'Whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa, whoa!' Kagome thought. 'Now I KNOW he isn't faking! Inuyasha would never cry about a thing that happened ages ago, would he?'
Miroku noticed Myoga hopping into the hut. Inuyasha noticed this too.
"Myoga?" Inuyasha asked.
"Ah, Inuyasha! You've awakened! You've-" Myoga was cut off.
"Is it true? That……that my parents died years ago?" asked Inuyasha.
"Uhhhhhhhhhhh…." Myoga didn't really know what to say. "You mean you don't remember?" he asked.
"Hm? Remember what?" asked Inuyasha, still looking like he were about to cry.
"Well, I guess you don't. Um, well, yes. It's true. You're parents are undoubtedly dead." Myoga replied.
Inuyasha's eyes welled up with tears, and he began to cry (Awwwwwwwwwwwwww! How cute! Er, I mean, bad! BAD! If he's crying, that's a BAD THING!).
"Myoga?" asked Miroku. Myoga hopped up on Miroku's shoulder. Miroku glanced at the girls, who were trying to make Inuyasha stop crying, before continuing, "Do you know what kind of curse Inuyasha has, now?"
"Hmmm…it's hard to tell. There are many curses that include this symptom. We'll have to wait a bit longer." Myoga replied.
Eventually, Kagome got Inuyasha to stop crying, and he just sniffled from time to time. Myoga then began to chat with him.
"So, Inuyasha. Do you know who these people are? What about Naraku? Kaede? Kikyo?" Myoga asked all of these, and Inuyasha shook his head no. "How about your brother, Sesshomaru? And Jaken?" Myoga asked. This time, Inuyasha nodded. "Hmmm…just as I suspected." Myoga muttered, low enough so Inuyasha couldn't hear him.
"Uh, I think a small introduction would be nice right now." Sango suggested. The others nodded in agreement.
"Alright, my name is Kagome." Kagome said. "This is Sango, Miroku, Shippo, and Kirara. Once Kaede gets back, I'll introduce you to her, but in the meantime, I think you should get some rest." Kagome suggested.
"Uh, okay, Kagome." Inuyasha replied.
"Come on. I'll lead you to a spare room." Kagome said, standing up. She then led Inuyasha into one of the extra rooms in the hut.
Kagome came back a few minutes later. "He's finally asleep. It'll do him some good, too." Kagome then stared at Myoga. "So, do you know what kind of curse this is?"
"I do." Myoga replied. "It's the curse of Taimu. The dragon of time."
"The dragon…of time?" repeated Sango.
"You mind explaining some? I'm still a bit confused." Kagome added.
"Well. To begin with, there used to be 10 dragons that ruled over Japan many years ago." Myoga explained. "They held special powers within them."
"Interesting." Sango commented.
"Yes, well, some people who worshipped the dragons like idols created special, magical orbs, filling them up with the dragons' blood." Myoga looked up to see Kagome and the others grimacing. "Well, that was the cause AND the cure for the curses!" Myoga argued.
"But how could the CAUSE be the CURE? It just doesn't make any sense." Miroku said.
"Well, mixed with the right ingredients, the blood would evaporate into a gas, causing the curse. And just drinking the blood itself would be the cure of it. Half of these orbs contain curses, the others contain powers." Myoga explained. "And these 10 orbs are scattered around Japan."
"So does that mean that we'll have to search and gather ALL of these orbs?" Shippo asked.
"No, no. We just need to find the right orb. Which is the white orb." Myoga explained. "But we'll need to make sure that we can defeat Taimu to take it. For he is the sole guardian of the orb. All 10 of the dragons cannot be killed by old age. They can't be killed by most injuries or magics, either. Only few know what can kill one of the 10 Ancient Dragons."
"So, we're gonna have to battle Taimu WITHOUT Inuyasha's aid?" Kagome asked.
"Yes. And the reason why is simple. He only has the strength of when he was that age, which seems around 6 or so. It also seems that Naraku made him vulnerable." Myoga added.
"And how did he make him vulnerable?" Kagome asked.
"Well, the user of the gas has the power to choose what age to send them to. Either a detailed age, or a specific date. In this case, it's the day before his parents died. And when it first happened, all those years ago, Inuyasha was stricken with grief. But it appears that he's taking it a bit better than last time…" Myoga began to mumble, making his voice inaudible. He then spoke up, "Of course, after some rest and a bit of thinking, maybe he'll come to and be of use. For he still is powerful, even as a kid…"
"Huh. Let's get some rest, shall we?" Miroku suggested. "We should be leaving in the morning."
"Myoga, how good is Inuyasha as a kid?" asked Kagome.
"Well, he has his claws, but he is pretty much inexperienced. Well, unless we can teach him to wield Tetsusaiga." Myoga added. "But it would be very difficult to train a kid to use a sword about twice his size…"
"Oh yeah…that's right…..Tetsusaiga IS pretty big…compared to a kid…" Kagome said, crawling into her sleeping bag with Shippo. "Oh well. Good night, guys.
But as they began to sleep, they didn't notice a figure outside, who listened to every word of their conversation.
~*~*~
At Naraku's fortress, Naraku stared into a mirror identical to that of Kanna's.
"Hmph. It seems that Kanna has done a good job of listening on their conversation. So, they're trying to cure Inuyasha and return him to normal? Heh. I don't think so. I nearly searched all of Japan to get that sample curse, and I'm not just going to let you cure him. I've got plans in store for him…" Naraku chuckled a bit, thinking of his malicious scheme. "Kagura." he called.
Kagura slowly entered, glaring at Naraku. Naraku just let it roll of his shoulders.
"Continue to follow up with our little plan." Naraku commanded. He turned around, his red eyes glowing in the dark room. "It's about time we put our little plan into action." Naraku began to laugh again as Kagura obeyed and left.
TO BE CONTINUED……