Disclaimer: I got so into the last chapter that I decided to start this chapter early though I probably won't be posting until I get three reviews anyway even when if I am finished early, sorry it's just whenever I post a new chapter early I don't get any new reviews for the chap before and I LOVE getting reviews. Also I have no ideas on what I should do in the next chapter of Full Synchro so I figured I'd take a break for awhile.
Chapter 3:
Conception
Kagome could feel the ground beneath her feet once more as she appeared with Miruto and Kirara. As she breathed in a putrid smell filled her nostrils, "Ew is this the demon world?" Kagome squealed as she held her nose between her thumb and index finger.
"No we're behind a dumpster, I couldn't just reappear out in public, people aren't as cool with that sort of thing in the human world," Miruto laughed as he and Kirara started to walk out from behind the garbage, quickly followed by Kagome.
"So where is the gate way to the demon world?" Kagome said a little too loudly.
"Shhh someone will hear you. Come on follow me," Miruto warned her as he entered a nearby store, holding the door open for Kirara and Kagome.
Kagome looked around the store to see colorful greeting cards all around on the shelves, "Miruto where are we?" asked the confused girl.
"Hallmark, didn't I tell you that it was founded by demons and there are so many of them it allows easy access for us demons," Miruto said then snuck to the back of the store. The demon looked from left to right to see if anyone was watching. When he saw the coast was clear he began to press down on different greeting cards, "Let's see, what was the order again? Garfield, creepy clown, Happy twelfth Birthday, World's greatest Grandpa," As he pressed down on the last card the shelf in front of him opened up to reveal a swirling purple vortex.
"Wow that was strange," Kagome said in aw as she stared into the vortex.
"Come quickly we only have a few seconds," The elemental said as he pulled Kagome by the wrist into the portal, "Kagome welcome to my world."
Kagome began to look around at her new surroundings. If it wasn't for the demons walking in the street she would think she was still in the human world. The second think she noticed was the temperature, It wasn't cold like it was in her world though it wasn't hot either it was one of those nice comfortable temperatures that are very rare to find. "Miruto why is it so warm, isn't it winter here too?" Kagome asked the native to the world he was currently in.
"This world doesn't have seasons and with the exception of when it rains the temperature never changes, you see the demon world is not a planet like earth is, this land is completely flat and it grows with every demon born. The sun you see in the sky was created by the monks and priestesses to provide us with light but it gives off no heat like your sun does. All our lands are artificial to look like your world but it's not because no matter how hard we try to deny it, we're not free and we never will be," Miruto told her then began to break down and cry but quickly recovered.
"Well your back early," a nearby demon said to Miruto, "Usually you're not back until real late dad."
"Dad! You have a son," Kagome exclaimed as she noticed the close family, the blue hair, well at least on the other demon, Kagome guessed Miruto dyed his hair to blend-in in the human world, the same pointed ears, similar faces and they appeared to be the same age.
"Of course, did you really expect me to be a five hundred year old virgin? Get real," Miruto laughed.
"My name is Takashi, I'm the guardian of this portal," Miruto's son said holding out his hand.
"Takashi? You named him after your brother? That's sweet," Kagome smiled, "So now then what does a guardian of the portal do?"
"Strong demons are chosen every hundred years, which means there have been only two sets so far, to protect the portals to the human world. If the wrong demon were to come into possession of a portal they could destroy our world and all the demons within it, so it's up to us to make sure that doesn't happen," Takashi explained to the girl that was with his father, "so dad what's with the human?'
"She's an old friend and her family has invited me to sty with them in the human world for the next year, so I just came back to get my things and she want to come along, which reminds me, I'll need some forged school papers by the time I return," Miruto told his son as he grabbed Kagome's hand then disappeared though leaving behind something on the ground.
They reappeared in a room filled with demons in suits, some shuffling through papers and others typing away on their computers, "Miruto, I'm taking a shot in the dark but I guessing this isn't your apartment," Kagome said with a look on her face that said 'who are you trying to kid here'.
"Of course not, this is where Shippou works, I figured you'd enjoy this a lot more then watching me pack, besides Shippou will be so excited to see you," Miruto told her with a smirk across his face. He bent down to put Kirara on the ground then pets her head, "Now Kirara be good for Kagome while I'm gone, I'll be back soon."
They watched as Miruto teleported from the room. Kagome began looking around the ground for the little Shippou she remembered even though she was sure he aged but considering fox demons were small anyway she didn't think he'd grown that much. As she was looking around she noticed Kirara had moved a few feet away and was now walking down a hallway, "Kirara come back" Kagome yelled.
Shippou was walking down the hall when he heard a commotion coming from a nearby area of the office. He began to walk toward it to see what was going on when a cat ran out from the crowd. Upon closer inspection Shippou realized who the demon was, "Kirara what are you doing here?" Shippou asked as he bent down and picked up the demon cat.
"Meow mew, You'll see," Kirara meowed as she cuddled up into Shippou's scrawny arms.
After five minutes of chasing the cat demon through the crowds of some very confused demons Kagome finally made it into an open hallway to find Kirara in the arms of an orange haired demon who appeared to be in his early twenties, "Excuse but I believe you have my cat," Kagome politely informed the demon.
"No excuse me, I just so happen to know the owner of this cat and for a fact he's not…" Shippou began as he began to get up but when he looked down at the girl he saw a face that he hadn't seen in five hundred years and never expected to see again, "Kagome is that really you?"
"Do I know you?" Kagome asked as she looked into the demon's eyes. She searched his face but she could recognize the demon at all but somehow she knew that once she knew who he was, she'd be able to see who he once was.
"It's me Shippou, don't you recognize me?" Shippou said holding her at arms length and coming close to tears from both happiness and sadness.
Images of all the times she'd seen Shippou break down into tears flashed through her mind and she could now see that the full grown demon in front of her was the same demon cub that she and Inuyasha saved from the Thunder Brothers. "Shippou you're so big now, I thought fox demon's stayed small," Kagome stated as she backed up to see Shippou's grown body at full length.
"That's only in my fox form in my human form I'm as tall as a normal man," Shippou informed her.
"Hey what happened to your tail?" Kagome asked seeing that Shippou's old fluffy tail was now gone.
"Only young fox demon's have tails, we lose them along with our fox feet at puberty when we gain our fox forms," Shippou explained then continued on, "Wow it's really great to see you, I haven't seen you since you disappeared all those years ago."
'Disappeared?' Kagome confusedly thought, "Disappeared? What are you talking about?"
"Oh I forgot it won't happen for a few more years now, well how I remember it is..." Shippou started but was cut off by one of his fellow employees.
"Shippou there you are, the meetings about to start," The demon told him the waved him to come.
"Oh the meeting I almost forgot, listen I'll talk to you later Kagome, bye," Shippou said then walked off at a fast pace.
Kagome waited in that hallway for the next hour until Miruto appeared at last. "Finally I was beginning to wonder what happened to you," Kagome said with the slight sound of impatience in her voice.
"Sorry I had a lot of things to pack," Miruto said indicating the eight bags surrounding him.
"Wow do you really need that much stuff for," Kagome questioned while giving him strange looks.
"I don't, only three of these are mine the rest of it is Kirara's, let's just say giant cats need a lot bigger toys," Miruto laughed, "All I brought were my clothes, some magical trinkets I gathered over the years, a few pictures of my friends and family and all seven seasons of Buffy the Vampire Slayer on DVD, Takashi gave them to me for Christmas."
"What's Buffy the Vampire Slayer?" Kagome asked.
"It's one of my favorite American shows, us demon figured out a long time ago how to steal free cable from all over the human world, because of which I've been able to learn French English and German," Miruto said with a smile on his face and a very confused Kagome staring at him, "Come on let's go"
Kagome felt as Miruto's fingers entwined within her own. A moment later she was back at the entrance to the portal to the human world. "Father I was begging to worry about you here are the falsified documents you wanted and I also took the initiative to have some take out some money from your account," Takashi told Miruto as he handed over the files and a large sum of money but then noticed the strange look on his father's face then took a credit card out of his pocket, "You dropped this before."
"Um thank you. Now can you help me and Kagome get these bags through the portal?" Miruto asked his son.
"Sure but first you're going to sign these immigration forms," Takashi said handing over a packet of papers and a pen and saw the disappointed face of his father and a smirk crossed his face, "Ok sign here, here, initial here, sign here, here and here and you're done. Ok let's move those bags."
As the three finished pushing the suitcases through the gateway Miruto drew his son into a deep embrace, "Well see you in a year, be good," The elemental told his child then let go and entered the portal followed by Kirara and Kagome.
Kagome felt a cold chill as she reentered Hallmark, "Hey Miruto I didn't want to ask you this back there but I was wondering, is your son stuck at that age like you are?" Kagome asked as they quickly gathered the bags before anyone noticed them.
"No he was born unlike me but he does take twice as long for him to age then most demons, currently he's over four hundred years old, come on let's go, the coast is clear," Miruto told her then quickly teleported her, Kirara and the suitcases back to the shrine, "OK now that that's over with let's get you to the hospital."
Before Kagome had time to realize it she was in what appeared to be in a bathroom though she didn't understand why a bathroom needed water fountains she didn't even see how you were supposed to drink out of them but she figured it was a hospital thing. "Thanks Miruto let's go talk to the receptionist," Kagome said as she opened the door and a very confused looking man came in as she was leaving and gave Miruto some strange looks.
Kagome walked up to the front desk followed by her demon friend, the receptionist saw them coming and put on her customary fake smile, "Hello may I help you?" She asked the two teenagers.
"Um I'm doing a uh… report, yeah that's it, and I was wondering what should you do if say, I don't know, someone you knew, let's say, fell unconscious and had a very small pulse?" Kagome asked trying to get some information.
"Well then I would probably call an ambulance and get my friend to the hospital," the receptionist told the girl realizing that something was going on.
"Yeah but what if that wasn't an option?" Kagome prodded.
"Young lady if you really care about your friend then I suggest you bring them here immediately." The woman said very concernedly.
"Thanks I think I've got enough information now for my report, come on Miruto let's go," Kagome said as she pulled on the demon's sweatshirt.
"Don't worry Kagome everything will be fine after all I'm still here," Miruto said in an attempt to comfort her.
"I know it will because we're going to bring you and Kohaku to my time," Kagome smirked.
Fifteen minutes later Kagome and Miruto were standing in the doorway of the well house, Miruto had his hood up and a pair of sunglasses on to avoid being recognized once he returned. "Come on Miruto let's go," Kagome said as she grabbed onto her bottle of jewel shards, took a deep breath and jumped soon to be followed by Miruto.
Inuyasha was impatiently pacing in front of the well awaiting Kagome to return when he saw a hand gab for the top of the wall and Kagome's face came into view, "Kagome what the hell took you so long," Inuyasha yelled but then noticed another face emerge fro the well with something strange on his nose, "Kagome who the fuck is this?"
"He's a friend of mine, I asked him to help," Kagome explained though still didn't quite answer the question. Inuyasha went to snarl but caught a whiff of something he considered foul.
"Kagome get back this guy reeks of Naraku," Inuyasha warned the girl then pushed her behind him and held out the Tetsusiaga, but Kagome would not stay and moved between the two demons.
"Inuyasha don't, please just trust me, if you care about me at all then at least give me that much," Kagome said with tears in her eyes.
"Hmpf, fine but don't expect me to carry IT," Inuyasha sneered ten crossed his arms.
"Inuyasha you won't have to worry about that," Kagome said then turned to Miruto, "do your thing." Inuyasha went to turn and see what was going on but before he could finishing turning around he felt a hand on his shoulder and the next thing he knew he saw Sango, Miroku and Shippou sitting down next to Miruto (him in the past) and Kohaku's unconscious bodies.
"Kagome you're back, did you find out what we need to do," Sango worriedly asked then noticed the demon standing behind her and a confused look on Inuyasha's face, "Kagome, who's your friend?"
"That doesn't matter right now, the important thin is he's here to help us, I need to bring Miruto and Kohaku back to my time, here put these somewhere in their clothes," Kagome said tossing a jewel shard to Sango then another to Miroku.
"Wait I want to go too!" Shippou whined.
"Hm fine, I don't have time to argue but go with Mi- my friend, Inuyasha will already have enough to carry with Miruto and me," Kagome told him then threw him a shard.
"Kagome what are you doing letting that little wimp come?" Inuyasha complained.
"SIT BOY, now Mi- I mean friend take Kohaku and Shippou and we'll meet you in a few hours," Kagome instructed Miruto then watched as Shippou jumped on his should then he bent down to touch Kohaku and disappeared (if you're wondering why they're not all just teleporting it's because if Miruto was to save his own life then it would create a time loop) she saw the expression on Sango's face and could tell she was in shock, "Come on Inuyasha let's go. Don't worry Sango Kohaku will be alright."
"Fine wench, but I still don't trust that friend of yours, which is why I let him take Shippou," Inuyasha snickered then got hit over the head as he was picking up Miruto's limp body, 'At least she didn't sit me,' Inuyasha thought as he started to run away from the area that Miroku and Sango still resided in.
That Night
An over whelming sadness had come over Sango since she saw her brother disappear with that strange being that Kagome said was her friend. She felt so helpless and now she was so desperate just for some no consequential bliss she was about to do something she'd been restraining from doing for the longest time. She walked over to the monk that had been making passes on her since she met him and buried her face in his chest then looked up into his purple eyes, "Miroku I need you," Sango said then drew him into a deep kiss.
When she retracted her lips from his own Miroku put on a lecherous smile and told her, "I'll do whatever it takes to cheer you up," then kissed her back a began to move the neck of her kimono down her arms and soon she was doing the same to him
Finally done do you realize that this chapter was twice as long as my normal ones and to think that originally this chapter was supposed to be part of the last one. Also as I'm sure you've noticed, I'm a big Buffy fan, in fact –Steals DVDs from Miruto-
Miruto: hey those are mine
MirokuTK: not anymore XP
Miruto: I will get my revenge, in fact -summons upon Anya- kill him for me and get me back my DVDs.
MirokuTK: not so fast –takes out a bunny-
Anya: BUNNY! Save me –hides behind Miruto-
MirokuTK: well now that that's settled I'll be going now but here I do feel sorry for you so take these –drops a few seasons then runs away-
Miruto: Hey these are the ones with Angel in them –teleports after MirokuTK-
Anya: I need a new job
