Chapter 18 Tessa Comes to Feudal Japan
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A/N Thank you to all of you who have reviewed and stayed reading. I know this story wasn't all that good to begin with and I am working on making the first few chapters better. When that's done I will replace them with the old ones.
Sorry for the long wait for the update but the weekend of Aug 20th I had a wedding to go to and I have been busy with school to really start writing. Plus I have been kinda stuck on what to do next. Sorry. But here is the next chapter finally up and done! Thanks to Berii who gave me the nudge I needed. Thank you Berii! I love you so much! You are the best! What would I ever do without you! I wouldn't survive of course! Lol!
I also have a new story I have started and will post it when I finish this one and one of my Dance with me fic, but not before. You guys should also check that one out too. I haven't gotten many reviews on it for some reason but I know a lot of people read it. So please do me a favor and review! Please!
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Tessa opened her eyes and saw she was still inside the well but something seemed different. Her first instinct told her it didn't work. But then she sensed Kagome was still beside her. And if it didn't work shouldn't have Kagome disappeared from her side? Tessa also thought she heard the sound of birds chirping over head and the air around her felt more clean. None of that dirty smell of the city. Her senses felt sharper. She looked up and saw that she was no longer in the well house, but in a lush wooded area. 'Yes!" she thought 'It worked! I traveled back in time to Feudal Japan! Oh my gosh! This is so cool! Kagome is so lucky she gets to do this all the time!'
By the time Tessa had regained her composure Kagome had already climbed out of the well. "Hurry up, Tessa! You always were the slow one! I want you to meet my friends!" Kagome called leaning her head over the well before it disappeared again.
By the time Tessa climbed out of the well Kagome and Inuyasha had almost disappeared behind a set of trees. She quickened her pace to catch up after the two. She walked beside Kagome the rest of the way, admiring how beautiful her new surroundings were.
Finally after a few more minutes of walking the group of three reached the village. They headed straight to Kaede's hut. There they were greeted by the rest of the Inu group.
"Hey Kagome, Inuyasha." Greeted Shippo, as he jumped into Kagome's arms. He then noticed Tessa standing behind Kagome. Leaning over her shoulder he asked, "Who is this other person you brought with you? She looks like she a Hanyou like Inuyasha."
"Everyone, this is my cousin Tessa." Kagome said, introducing her cousin to her feudal Japan friends.
"Hey Tessa." They greeted her together.
"Hey guys." Tessa waved.
"Tess, this is Miroku, he is such a lecher so watch out for him. If you can, stay away from him as much as possible." Kagome warned her cousin. "That's Sango. She's a demon exterminator and my best friend. This is Shippo, a young Kitsune and that's Kaede the village priestess." Kagome introduced, pointing out each friend as she said their name.
"Kagome, I thought only you and Inuyasha could pass through the bone eaters well." Sango said. This was a fact all of them knew too well. I mean how many times had they wanted to go get her back themselves when Inuyasha refused to?
"Inuyasha and I thought so to, but Tessa really wanted to meet you all, so we had to try. And well, it worked because here she is." Kagome said placing a hand on Tessa's shoulder.
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"That's enough Kanna, Please bring Kagura to me, I think we need to test this new members strength," Naraku said smiling. His brain was already forming a plan of attack and as always Kagura was the key.
Kanna left the room in search of her younger sister. When she was gone Naraku began to think aloud.
"This could be interesting!" Naraku laughed. "When I kill that new girl Kagome will be so upset! She'll be unable to control her anger and when she goes overboard, I'll kill her and then Inuyasha too! Then once and for all I'll finally have the whole Shikon no Tama all to myself like I wanted to 50 years ago!"
The door slid open revealing Kagura. It was evident she didn't want to be her but she stepped in the room anyway. "You wanted to see me my lord?" She asked trying to hide her anger towards her master.
"Yes Kagura. I have something I need you to do for me. I want you to separate that new hanyou that has joined the Inuyasha group. With the help of the demons I provide for you, you will attack this new girl. I want to know her strength. And if you succeed well, I won't punish you. You'll live to see another day. Now go." Narraku ordered his incarnate.
Kagura left the room without a word to her master. She knew better than to go against what he told her. Unless she found someway to kill him she was his toy to order around as he pleased and more than anything she hated that. She wanted so badly to be free, be her own boss. But it didn't seem like that was going to happen anytime soon.
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Later that night the group was seated around the fire. It was getting late and because they all needed their rest in case Naraku showed up they decided to go to bed. They all gathered inside Kaede's hut. Everyone that is, except Inuyasha. He decided to sleep outside on the roof of the house. That way he could keep guard. Normally he would have wanted to sleep next to Kagome but with Tessa here….that wasn't going to happen.
After everyone fell asleep but Tessa was still awake. She just couldn't sleep. She was just too excited about being in Feudal Japan. This was a once in a life time experience! I mean how many people did you hear about that actually traveled back in time? None. When sleep still didn't come Tessa decided to go for a walk to calm herself. It was what she had always done as a child when she couldn't sleep. Quietly she crept from the hut, trying hard not to wake Kagome or Inuyasha sleeping on the roof.
Once outside she began walking towards the forest Kagome had told her was named after Inuyasha. She took in a deep breath of the crisp night air and continued her walk, enjoying the thousand of stars shinning down on her. What a beautiful night. It seemed almost too perfect, like nothing could ever go wrong.
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Kagura sat on her feather high in the sky contemplating how in the hell she was going to get the hanyou Tessa away from the rest of the Inuyasha group. This was not going to be an easy task. Kagura looked behind her at the few demons Naraku had given her to aid her in the battle. They were all weak little beasts. Anyone could easily destroy them. Did he not care if she survived or not? And the answer was: of course not. If she died he would just create another demon to take her place. For all the work she did for him he only thought her life was worth as much as four measly weak demons! Disgusted Kagura turned her attention back to the hut Inuyasha and her friends were staying in.
It would be so easy to destroy them all here and now. After all they were all sleeping. But that was too risky. Something could go wrong and she wasn't going to risk displeasing Naraku any more than she had in the past. And Naraku had told her not long ago that he wanted to be the one to destroy Inuyasha and that future girl Kagome. He would only kill her himself if she disobeyed him. She would not risk her life on such foolishness. All she could do was sit and wait and hope something would happen that would allow her to safely separate that girl from the group.
She caught movement out of the corner of her eye and focused her gaze to better see what was going on. Kagura watched as the girl she was seaking left the hut. Her chance had come. 'This makes things a lot easier!' She thought. Kagura followed the girl as she headed for Inuyasha's forest. 'Now is my time to attack! She won't know what hit her!'
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Tessa began to feel the wind pick up around her. Before she knew what was happening she was swept up by a gust of wind that carried her for what seemed like hours but was only a few minutes, and dropped her in an unfamiliar clearing. Tessa fell to the ground hard. Her head felt like it was spinning. She just lay there not moving until her head cleared.
"Get up." Ordered an unfamiliar feminine voice.
Tessa looked up at the person the voice had come from and realized she was definitely not human. Tessa knew something terrible was about to happen, especially since she noticed behind the unfamiliar demon were four awfully large and ugly demons. Her only chance would be to fight as hard as she could and hoped Kagome or someone realized her absence in time to save her.
Tessa was on her feet within seconds, ready to fight. "Who are you and what do you want with me? Were you the one that brought me here?"
"I am Kagura. I am here to fight you till the death and that is all I will tell you."
"You're one of Naraku's incarnations that Kagome told me about!"
Kagura's face faltered at the mention of Naraku's name but only for a mere second. "So you have heard of me, have you? Sadly you won't live to get to know me better. I will destroy you here and now! Fuujin no Mai!" Kagura sent her wind blades dancing towards Tessa
Tessa easily dodged Kagura's attack. 'Maybe she's not as strong as I thought. I just might be able to get away with my life this time.' Tessa thought.
"You're a quick one," commented Kagura. "But can you survive when I send all these demons at you all at once? Attack!" Kagura ordered the demon followers of Naraku. They flew from behind her and charged straight towards Tessa.
Tessa knew she was trapped. There was no way she was going to survive an attack from all these demons at once! All hope of living to see another day was completely gone. She was resigned to her fate. At least her life wasn't a total loss. She did get to travel back in time. How many people get to do that? Tessa closed her eyes and covered her head with her arms.
When no harm came to her she opened her eyes again and saw the demons were lying dead around her. How did this happen? Did she have a guardian angel watching over her?
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Kagome awoke with a start. It was still late. She had the strangest feeling something terrible was going on. She glanced to her left and saw Tessa was not sleeping soundly beside her. Panicking she grabbed her bow and arrows and ran from Kaede's hut.
"Tessa!" Kagome shouted awaking Inuyasha and the others inside the hut. "Tessa! Where are you!"
Inuyasha was instantly awakened by Kagome's frantic calls. He immediately jumped from the huts roof and ran to her side. "What wrong Kagome?" He questioned her, his worry beginning to rise.
"Tessa's gone and I have this horrible feeling in the pit of my stomach that something happened to her." Kagome answer on the verge of tears.
"What wrong Kagome?" a tired Sango asked, as she stood by Kagome's side. "Where is Tessa?"
"She's missing. We have to go find her!" Kagome answered earnestly.
"We'll all help you look for her. She couldn't be too far away." Miroku replied.
"No. You and Sango stay here with Shippo and Kaede. In case anything happens at least they'll have you to protect them. Inuyasha and I will go and look for Tessa." Kagome said quickly. Whatever happened she wanted them here where she knew they were safe from harm.
"Okay." Miroku nodded in agreement. "Be safe." He said before he and Sango turned to go back to Kaede and Shippo, who were still safely inside the hut.
"I hope she's okay." Kagome said to Inuyasha.
"Don't worry Kagome. We WILL find her." Inuyasha said soothingly, rubbing her back.
Together they followed Tessa's scent until the came across what seemed to be the scent of Naraku.
"Kagome, do you smell that?" Inuyasha asked her.
"Yeah it smells like Naraku was here! Did he get Tessa! You don't think he did, do you?" Kagome asked even more frightened for Tessa's life. How would she tell her mother if something happened to Tessa?
"No Kagome. Not Naraku but like him." Inuyasha corrected.
Suddenly realization hit her. "It's Kagura! Kagura took Tessa!" If this was true then they might have a chance that she was still alive.
"Yes it seems like it but I don't think she took her far because I can faintly detect Tessa's scent not far off." Inuyasha said looking far off into the distance.
"Then let's go! If she dies I don't know what I'll do!"
They ran off together Inuyasha leading Kagome. They were getting closer and closer to Tessa. Kagome only hoped they got to her dear cousin in time. Her mind kept flashing horrible images of Tessa lying on the ground dead with Kagura leaning over the body, smirking with triumph. But she couldn't believe what her mind was telling her, she wouldn't. She knew Tessa was strong and would find a way to hold on, she wouldn't die so easily. At least that's what Kagome hoped.
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"Don't just stand there!" A masculine voice shouted at Tessa. "Get away!"
Tessa turned her head to see a very handsome man standing before her. He had short black hair and his eyes were a most hypnotizing green. If she could, Tessa wouldn't mind staring into them for the rest of her life. She could see his well defined muscles beneath his clothes. She allowed herself to look him up and down, Man he was so fine!
"I'm not going to leave you to fight alone! It's the least I could do after you just saved my life!" She protested.
"Okay but remember I gave you the chance to get away with your life." The strange, but very hot man said. Tessa noticed he seemed to be about her age. Major plus!
"If you're done talking, could we please continue our battle!" Kagura interrupted the two. She was tired of this and wanted to end it as quickly as possible. She had better things to do than listen to them talk all day.
"I'd love too," came the cocky reply of the strange man. "You deserve to die for picking an unfair battle with a beautiful woman like her!"
Tessa smiled inwardly. Did he just call her beautiful? 'Where has this guy been all my life!' she thought. 'Oh yeah. In feudal Japan!' She smirked.
Suddenly the man began to change. He grew long claws and strange markings appeared on his face and arms. On his face green stripes streaked across his cheeks and on his arms a black winding band formed around his muscles. Tessa gasped in surprise. This man was a demon! Oh. My. Gosh. He was even hotter that before! She definitely wanted to get to know this guy better after this battle was over. That is if she was still alive after today.
"W-what the!" stuttered Kagura.
"You are about to die!" Threatened the demon man.
Tessa stood back in awe. It was obvious he didn't need her help. He was strong enough to defeat Kagura without her.
Kagura was terrified. Whoever this strange demon was it was evident he was awfully powerful. She could feel his strong aura wrapping itself around her. She was doomed. This was to be the day Kagura the wind sorceress met her death. Her only hope of surviving was to escape and hope Naraku helped her.
She pulled a feather from her hair. When it was big enough for her to ride on she climbed on it and began to descent into the sky as fast as she could, which was pretty fast but apparently not fast enough.
"You will not escape me you coward!" The demon shouted at her. "I'll get you!" He flung his hand toward her and a ball of yellow light flew straight for her. She knew then that Naraku wasn't going to save her, that this was to be her death. Surprisingly and image of Sesshomaru flashed before her eyes. She was never going to see him again…
Seconds before the ball of energy was to hit her, a horde of demons sacrificed themselves, saving Kagura's life. Kagura breathed a sigh of relief. Naraku still needed her and because of that her life was safe….for now. She would live to see another day. She didn't waste anytime in getting herself out of there, away from that new powerful demon.
"Damn! She got away!" Said the demon angrily. "Why in the hell did those other demons save her? Who was she?"
"I don't know." Tessa said. "I'm just glad you were here to save me."
"Me too." He agreed. "What's your name, by the way?"
"Tessa. And you are?" Tessa asked. She cocked her head to the side in a flirtatious manner.
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Finally Kagome and Inuyasha had found her. From what they could see she was still alive. But who was that man standing in front of her? Kagome quickened her pace. She was not going to let whoever this guy was hurt her cousin. Inuyasha followed behind her, staying up to speed with her. He could feel a powerful aura and was going to do all he could to protect his mate if the situation presented itself.
"Tessa!" Kagome called. She stepped in front of the strange person and hugged her cousin, tightly. "Are you okay? I was so worried! I woke up and you were gone! I thought you were a goner! Never leave me like that again! You have me scared to death! Please tell me what happened! Are you okay?" Kagome asked again.
"I'm fine Kagome." Tessa reassured her cousin. "Just fine. There's not a scratch on my body. See?" Tessa turned in a circle to reassure her cousin she was safe and sound.
"Who are you?" Inuyasha asked the new person.
"He's a friend." Tessa answered for him. "He's the reason I'm still alive right now."
"Thank you for saving my cousin." Kagome said thanking the man. "But could you please tell us, who you are?"
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There ya go. It's a pretty long one. Eight pages and over 3,300 words! Man am I getting good. Lol. I'm not that good with fight scenes so sorry if the one in this chapter wasn't all that great. It's hard for me to write about them. I draw a blank when it comes to stuff like this. Sorry for taking so long on the update but this is how it's going to be, especially with me going back to school. SORRY SORRY SORRY!
Clouds of the Sky
"Fuujin no Mai" (Dance of the Wind Blades).
This chapter was made possible by Berii! Yup I inspired Sky when she was stuck! That's what editors and best friends are for! See ya next chapter,
Berii