Disclaimer: Yeah I finally get to continue my fic on Inuyasha which I don't own by the way. I have about a million ideas for this fic though the funny thing is this is my less popular fic considering there are hundreds of thousands of Inuyasha fics and not as many Megaman fics (and only two with the word switch in the summary XD), anyway I've been planning this chapter for awhile so I really REALLY REALLY hope you like it and please review, I was a little annoyed with the fact that last chapter, which was by far the longest chapter I've ever written, got only ONE review. Also for those of you who want to hear more about Miroku and Sango sorry but they probably won't be mentioned till at least chapter 7. Also note that this chapter starts the afternoon of the day that the last chapter was on meaning a few hours before Miroku and Sango got "friendly". Finally in the future if I have both Miruto's in the same area again I will refer to the elder one as Miruto.
Chapter 4:
Familiar Faces
Miruto stood on the edge of the bone-eater's well with a young Shippou on his back and was carrying, a rather heavy to Miruto's weak arms, Kohaku. He took one last look down into the damp well before he closed his eyes, took a deep breath and lunged down the well. There was a bright flash of blue and the next moment he was standing at the bottom of the well in his own time. He looked into the light and disappeared in a whirl of water. The three of them reappeared in the hallway of the Higurashi residence next to the suitcases Miruto left earlier, "Finally Kohaku was getting heavy," Miruto said laying the boy down on the ground then sitting down against the wall.
"Oh Miruto you're back, where's Kagome?" Mrs. Higurashi asked making Shippou's eyes widen as he stared at the demon whose shoulder he was currently on.
"She traveling with Inuyasha she'll be back in a few hours," Miruto informed her as he suddenly remembered something. He walked over to one of his larger suitcases and retrieved the documents his soon had given to him before and handed them over to Kagome's mother, "These are my school transcripts, us demons have a very efficient system for falsifying documents," Miruto laughed.
"I'll send them in right away oh by the way your room is up the stairs and the third room on the right," Mrs. Higurashi smiled then began looking through the documents, 'Wow this is really precise, it even has a false birth certificate, Miruto Higurashi born March 30, 1988 (note the current year is 2005 and March 30 is my birthday XD also notice I'm saying that currently Miruto is 16 since he's "turning 17" soon) eight pounds seven ounces, Wow I wonder if they can knock a few years of my driver's license,' she thought as she walked into the living room.
"Miruto?" Shippou said as he pulled off the incarnate's sunglasses to reveal his dark blue eyes, "It is you put you look the same as you do in my time," Shippou commented in confusion as he watched the demon remove his hood to reveal his now black hair.
"Hm, I wanted my identity to remain secret so I wouldn't interfere with time but I guess it's too late now, as for the fact that I look the same it's because I don't age, Don't ask, it's a long story," Miruto said as he began to gather up his bags.
"Hey Miruto what's with your hair, it's not blue anymore?" Shippou asked tugging on his hair to make sure it was real.
"I dyed it to blend into the human world," Miruto explained but noticed the fox demon's blank stare, "Dying your hair, it's like changing the color using um, how can I explain this, special herbs."
"Okay… so what do I look like in the future?" Shippou asked excitedly.
"Hm I think I have a picture around here," Miruto said as he searched through his bag, "Ah here it is"
Miruto handed over the photograph to the young Shippou and watched his face be filled with bewilderment, "Wow I'm as tall as Inuyasha," Shippou exclaimed as he examined the photo.
"Could you transform and take Kohaku to my room, I need to go take care of something," the elemental told Shippou then disappeared along with his bags.
Shippou took this as an opportunity to see fell what it would be like once he was older and transformed into his future self then lifted the young demon slayer.
Three Hours Later
Inuyasha emerged from the well and put down Kagome, "You can walk yourself from here," Inuyasha told her stubbornly as he began walking toward the shrine with an unconscious Miruto in his arms.
A few minutes later the there walked through the threshold of Kagome's house, "Hey mom I'm home," Kagome yelled. A few seconds later a smiling Mrs. Higurashi came into the room but her expression changed as she saw that Inuyasha was carrying the limp younger Miruto, "Oh my goodness what happened to Miruto?"
"How the hell does she know who Miruto is?" Inuyasha complained,
"Did someone call me?" Miruto asked as he came of his room and emerged at the top of the stairs but realized his mistake as he saw Inuyasha at the bottom of the stairs holding his younger self.
"This explains a lot," Inuyasha whispered in Kagome's ear.
"Sorry I didn't tell you, Miruto wanted to keep his identity a secret," Kagome whispered back ten turned to the "black haired" demon, "Where's Kohaku?"
"He's on my bed, I'll go get him," the elemental said as he disappeared then reappeared seconds later with Kohaku in his arms and Shippou on his shoulder As Miruto laid the boy down on the ground Kagome realized an obvious fact, he was wearing modern clothes.
"Miruto, why is he wearing those clothes?" Kagome asked.
"I bought them a few hours ago, I figured this is going to be hard enough to explain as it is, might as well try to make him a bit less conspicuous," Miruto shrugged, "Which reminds me, Inuyasha come with me, my past self can where my clothes."
2 Hours Later
Miruto, Kagome and her mother were sitting in the waiting room as the doctor came out, "Mrs. Higurashi?" he said not knowing which person she was.
"That's me," she replied sullenly since she wasn't the biggest fan of hospitals, "Are the boys going to be ok?"
"Yes they'll be fine but they will be unconscious for the next few weeks but I currently don't understand how this happened, you told us they were attacked by a gang but they seem to be completely unscathed with the exception of your older nephew who has a large burn mark and a large gash from what we suppose was from a knife or something of the sort, although they seem to be healthy we still have a number of tests to run so I suggest you return in a few hours," the doctor informed them.
Mrs. Higurashi quickly thanked the doctor and turned to the two teenagers, "Come on let's go."
Miruto looked over to see a very familiar look on her face… sorrow, "Listen Kagome, I think I know something that can cheer you up," he said then held out his hand. Kagome reached forward toward it until they touched, "We'll be back within the hour," he told Kagome's mother then disappeared.
Ten minutes later after picking up Kirara from her new temporary home the three of them arrived in the woods behind two houses. From what Kagome could see, leaned up against the fence that separated the two houses was a boy about Miruto's supposed age and on the other side was a black haired girl with her hair up that was around the same age and a younger boy that Kagome presumed was her brother, "Miruto, might I ask why we're here and for that matter, where is here?"
"About eight blocks from your house. Listen I want you to take a closer look at those three," Miruto said pointing to the three teenagers on the fence as Kirara began to walk over to them.
"Awe what a cute little fat cat, it has so much fur it almost looks like it has two tails," the girl laughed as she pat Kirara.
'That voice, it couldn't be,' Kagome thought but when she looked closer she realized it definitely was, that girl was a younger version of Sango. Upon figuring this out she instantly recognized the other two as Kohaku and a seventeen year old Miroku, "Miruto what's going on, how can Miroku and Sango and even Kohaku still be alive," She asked as she became extremely weirded out.
"That because they aren't, your friends died a long time ago, these are their reincarnations, Sachi, Mineto and Kouichi," Miruto told her though she wasn't too shocked considering she herself was the reincarnation of the priestess Kikyou.
"Should I go over and talk to them?" Kagome asked not sure of what to do.
"No the last thing we need is to look like stalkers, sides we still have another stop," Miruto said then gestured to Kirara to come back. As the cat demon jumped into his right arm Miruto quickly snatched Kagome's hand and they were suddenly behind the bushes in front of a house that had a moving van in front of it. On the porch sat a boy that looked to be the same age as Sachi and Mineto, who was playing with a white husky.
"Hey boy, I can't believe Mom and Dad are making us move again, at this rate I won't have a social life until college," the boy said glumly as he pet the dog, who was now rapidly wagging his tail, under the ears.
Kagome had a look that was both horrified and hopeful, "Inuyasha, he's human."
"No, don't you get it that's not Inuyasha that's Ichiro his…" Miruto began but was soon cut off.
"His reincarnation, yeah I get it. What I don't understand is why he's human and not a half demon or even a full demon," Kagome stated.
"Not sure I guess it's because he was all of those things so he could be born as anything," Miruto smirked, "or maybe before rebirth you get to choose what you come back as, though I'll never find out, I guess that's one of the set backs of not having a soul."
"Oh Sorry Miruto I didn't mean to hurt your feelings," Kagome apologized as she saw his eyes beginning to glisten.
"It's alright, just a sore subject," Miruto said as he avoided her gaze.
"I'd better finish packing," Ichiro said as he got and turned toward the door, "Come on Inu."
"We'd best be leaving to Kagome," Miruto told her as he grabbed her hand and then they were off.
That Night
Kagome followed Miruto as he left the waiting room. Her mother was under the impression that he was heading for the bathroom but she knew that he was heading in the wrong direction. She watched as he pushed the doors open and went out into the cool night air, sending a cold gust of wind at her. Once again she followed the demon out and found him leaning against the wall of the building looking up at the sky, "They're quite beautiful aren't they," Miruto said to Kagome without even turning his head to see her. Apparently his demon hearing picked up her footsteps.
"What are?" Kagome asked.
"The stars, you know we don't have stars in my world. They're so amazing, I've always wondered what's up there, if there's a world out there like this one." Miruto told her with a smirk.
OK Done. I hope you enjoyed. Oh and if you think you saw the last of Sachi Kouichi Mineto and Ichiro you're wrong. Please review or I'll cry XD.
