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Sesshomaru's Forbidden Bonds
Trouble in the Past, Trouble in the Future

"I hope Soun Yee was able to get through the well." Sango said early that night after bathing in the hot spring.

"Since neither of them have climbed out of the well I would guess they all made it through." Miroku replied at the front steps of the hut, "If what Kagome said about the doctors in her time is true they'll be back in no time."

Just then Sano came running up to them from inside the hut, "Mama back yet?"

Sango knelt down and patted him on the head, "No not yet. But she'll be back soon."

The little hanyou lowered his head and turned back to the hut

Just then a moaning rustling sound rose from the brush.

"Uhhhh…oooooh…"

"What's that noise?" Sango urgently asked looking over each shoulder, looking for the source of the sound.

The echoes slowly grew louder and closer. Miroku grabbed his staff, "I don't like the sound of this. Let's go."

Sano poked his head out the door and was about to follow them when a sudden jerk was felt on his tail.

"Oh no you don't!"

Sano: "Aww, Jaken…"

"I'm not letting you out of my sight pup." The imp scolded as he shooed the puppy back into the house.

Emerging from the forest, the monk and slayer saw the wolf demons Ginta and Hakkaku with Kouga's arms hanging limp over their shoulders.

Sango gasped, "Ginta! Hakkaku! What happened!"

Hakkaku: "We were in an ambush!"

Ginta: "By crazy plants!"

Miroku: "Plants?"

Sango: (gravely) "The Kutoso."

Ginta nodded fearfully stumbling on himself to support his and Kouga's weight, "Yes. They're spreading throughout the northern forest."

Miroku stepped up to the wolf and took the weight off him, "And I would guess that Kouga inhaled some of the toxic pollen."

"Yeah, he did." Hakkaku gasped out, exhausted from running.

Sango stepped in and took Kouga around the other side, "But how come you two weren't affected?"

FLASHBACK

A sudden burst of gold powder exploded in the air next to Kouga. The wolf jumped back with surprised.

Ginta: "Kouga!"

Hakkaku: "That was too close."

Momentarily overcome with shock Kouga spun his head around. His eyes widened in horror, "Oh crud! We're surrounded!"

The wolves looked around to see that a massive ring of Kutoso flowers have suddenly sprouted all around them.

Hakkaku: "We're trapped!"

The yellow and red buds began to vibrate and shake with readiness.

The wolves and demons huddled together and held onto each other with fright.

Ginta: "They're blooming!"

Hakkaku: "We're done for!"

Kouga barred his fangs at the plants furiously, "Not yet we are!" With a kick of his heels and the gleam of the jewel shards in his legs Kouga raced around his wolves and friends until a swirling tornado formed around them.

Pop spooo!

Pop spooo!

Spooosh!

The buds burst open. Pollen exploded into the air creating a thick fog filling up the free space in the area. Kouga's tornado continued to spin around at lighting speed. The spores deteriorated and broke apart as they hit the fierce whirlwinds. After nearly five minutes and the spores had fallen the tornado dispersed.

Surprised the wolves and wolf demons looked around to see everything calm, the air was clean, and the only signs of the Kutoso were wilted and decaying petals.

Ginta: "Did we just….lived?"

"Kouga! You saved us!" Hakkaku cheered while hugging on of the wolves around the neck.

"Kouga…Kouga?"

The two found some of the wolves circling around something on the floor.

Ginta walked on over and shoved a couple of the huge animals away, "Alright come on what are you looking at?"

To his and all of their surprises Kouga was laying on his back, eyes glued shut, breathing heavily, and groaning painfully.

Ginta: "Kouga! What happened!"

Hakkaku: "It has to be those plants."

A wolf lowered its head down and started licking his forehead. Kouga had quickly developed a cold sweat along with an elevated temperature. Hakkaku immediately knelt down and pressed his hand on Kouga's neck, "This isn't good."

"Where's Kagome when you need her!"

Hakkaku lifted Kouga onto his back and slumped his arms over his shoulders, "We better go and find her quickly."

Ginta: "I just hope she could help."

END FLASHBACK

From the darkness of his isolated hut Sesshomaru gazed through the tattered blinds to see four figures, and three unfamiliar scents enter into the priestess's hut.

Inside Hegiowu moaned and squeaked as Keade gently rubbed his shaking back after his evening feeding.

"There there little one. This will be over shortly."

Yet just as the little pup was falling asleep the silence was broken by the entrance of the monk, slayer, and wolves as they carried Kouga in side.

"Gracious child! What on earth happened?"

"Apparently Kouga also got hit by the Kutoso." Miroku answered as he lowered Kouga on the floor.

The priestess gently felt the side of the young wolf's face. She frowned with concern.

"How is he priestess?" Ginta asked nervously.

Hakkaku: "Is he going to make it?"

The wise old priestess calmly looked away as she prepared another cooled cloth. She set it upon Kouga's forehead with reluctance and sorrow, "I'm afraid it isn't looking good for your friend. He's inhaled quite a bit of the poisons, and since he's a full blooded demon his immunity would be very weak against it."

Sango: "So you're saying…?"

"It is unlikely he will survive the night."

The two wolf demons gasped. The wolves lowered their heads and ears.

With a straining groan Kouga opened his eyes. Weakly he tried to look around to see where he was, "Where…am I?"

"In Kagome's village Kouga." Ginta answered tightly holding his breath so not to let his leader realize his possible fate.

Kouga shifted his head to his left and saw the pup Hegiowu in the same condition as he. "What's the pipsqueak doing here?" he asked in a raspy groan.

Hegiowu open one eye to him, "Oh it's you…Don't you have someone else to annoy."

Kouga: "Grrr. You're definitely Muttface's nephew."

Sango hid her face in her hands, "This is going to be complicated."

Miroku: "Well let's hope the poison will keep them from hurting each other until the others come back."

"Soun….Soun wake up."

A bright hazy light shone through the darkness as Soun Yee awoke in small room laying across from a four squared glass window. She sat up to find that she was on three large cushions attached to one another with one short soft wall beside her. A long, harder pillow was also attached to the others that supported her neck.

"Soun Yee?"

Soun's vision was soon sharp enough to see that Kagome was sitting next to her on a stool. "Oh, hey Kagome…."

"I'm glad you're alright. I was afraid something terrible might have happened." Kagome said in cheerful relief.

"Where am I."

"You at my house. My time. You passed out when we got through the well."

"So this is the future?"

Inuyasha was watching them from the doorway half bored out of his mind, "Can we go already!"

Both girls turned to him.

Kagome nodded, "He's right we better get you to the hospital so we can find out what's the matter with you."

Soun leaned forward clasped her heart as another painful twinge arose, "Yes…the sooner the better."

Kagome: "Not yet. First we've got to get you dressed."

Soun: "Is this truly necessary?"

Kagome" "Don't worry you look fabulous!"

Soun walked out of the bathroom wearing a blue and purple long sleeve blouse, a long green flower skirt. Soun turned around trying to get accustomed to the unusual garments she was given "What wrong with my own cloths?"

Kagome: "Nothing. It's just that we don't want to draw to much unwanted attention to us."

Inuyasha grumbled even more as his grabbed hi baseball cape on his way to the door, "Come on let's go!"

(ok i was planning a hilareous sceneof how they get the hospital and how they got around not telling the docs about the well and the feudel era...but I'm tired, and completly blank of what to write so let's just skip ahead)

"All that for nothing!" Inuyasha exclaimed throwing his arms up into the air as they passed through the front door. the day had hurried past

Kagome sighed as she hurried in and eptyied a bag of groceries on the table, "Well diagnosis takes time. We'll just have to wait until they call back."

"But what am I to do now?" Soun asked worriedly as she sat down on the sofa with yet another surge of pain

Kagome: "We can't go back just yet. They might need a second examination. I could show you around."

Soun: "No. This place is interesting but I would rather be home roght now. Ssss!"

Suddenly the phone rang from the other end of the house

RING RING RING!

Kagome rushed to the phone, "Hello."

Pause.

Kagome: "What did you find?"

Pause.

Kagome: "Are you sure?"

Pause.

Kagome: "What should we do?"

Long pause.

Kagome: "Ok."

"Something wrong sis?" Souta asked when he notice her sulking by the window trying to fight back the tears

The collage girl glanced over her shoulder to her brother "The first time I'm right with the diagnosis, I wanted to be wrong."