Inuyasha

Cast in stone

By Zeldagurl

Disclaimer: I don't own inuyasha, just a few DVD's and a lot of mangas.

Authors note: This is going to be a shorter chapter, and kind of sad and negative, but it WILL get better! Read on!

(Start)

When Inuyasha awoke, he felt cold and wet. That was the first sensation that he felt. His memory was fuzzy, and he couldn't remember why he was here…

"Inuyasha!" In his mind, he heard kagome screaming, and he whipped around, looking for a trace of the woman he loved.

Then… It came back to him…

Seeing that look on her face, and hearing her scream; not being able to catch her when she reached for him.

"So Inuyasha, how does it feel to be away from her again?" He looked in the direction of the voice, taking a cautious step toward it.

"Who the hell are you!"

"You aren't the only one who was captured." The figure stood and walked toward Inuyasha, He recognized it as the wolf demon, kouga. He looked depressed, and bruised, like a skeleton.

"That copy of me betrayed you, he's the one that got you here with your sword."

Kouga coughed slightly and looked up again,

"It was all a trick… The witch decided to use Naraku's strategies, and well… here we are."

Inuyasha looked around his surroundings and furrowed his eyebrows, it was much like his first prison, he could now hear not only kagome, but sango and miroku, and even kagomes family. He hoped that nothing had happened to them…

They were human… with the exception of shippou, and they probably couldn't handle whatever the witch had to dish out.

He just hoped that kagome would find him… and kouga, he admitted begrudgingly, before it was too late for both of them.

(Change scene)

The miko eyed the well, clutching the jewel tightly in her fist. Sanga and Roku had said that they would mind the house while she was gone, and she had told kirara to stay in order to protect them.

Now it was only her, only she could protect herself, not Inuyasha, not anyone.

Taking a deep breath she climbed over the edge of the well, and closed her eyes as she jumped down. The miko felt the almost familiar blue light wash over her entire body; it flushed a relief through her body that she had missed while she was gone.

All at once, she felt the ground beneath her, and the blue light disappeared to form the insides of a well that she knew was 500 years younger than before.

She climbed up slowly. Almost afraid of what she might see… What if the village was burned to the ground, what if everyone was dead? What if she made the wrong choice…?

But nothing seemed remotely wrong, as she pulled herself over the top; it was sunny, like it usually was. She could hear the laughter of children, and the sound of farm animals from where village seemed to be.

But then she remembered what she had learned in the future, it was almost impossible for things to be right here.

She started off at a brisk run, making her way toward the village. The huts appeared, and she saw people, but she also saw two people on straw mats, like those used to prepare the dead for burial.

"Hey!" She waved, and ran a little faster; most of the people turned to look at her, and their grimaces turned to sad smiles.

"KAGOME!" She was nearly knocked over when a small ball of fluff attacked her face and clung onto her for dear life.

"Shippou!" She smiled jovially as she hugged him tightly, almost as tightly as the little fox held her. They both pulled back a little bit and looked at each other, while shippou opened his mouth,

"Kagome, where've you been? Everything has gone wrong, and it's only me and kirara."

"What do you mean shippou, where are sango and miroku?" She felt that creeping feeling of dread come upon her, as she followed where shippou's little hand pointed.

It was them… On the straw mats, bloody and pale. Her heart wrenched in her chest, as she felt the tears begin to run down her face.

"Lady Priestess…" She turned to look at the village headman, who now approached her with a paper in his hand.

"We found them a few days ago; Lord Miroku was still alive at the time, but lady sango…" He paused.

"He said he didn't think he would live much longer, so he recited some sort of prophecy to us, as soon as it was written down, the noble monk died."

Kagome nodded to him and took the paper; she didn't read it, because of an astounding site. Five little children stood in front of Sango and Miroku, their heads bowed, clumsily wiping tears from their eyes.

They must have been the children that sango had mentioned… And now, they were without their parents… orphaned… Like Inuyasha had been.

She turned to the headman,

"Please, make sure that those children are cared for, treat them like you did sango and Miroku. That is all I ask of you…"

He nodded, and kagome looked down at the paper, mindful of shippou, who had now made his way to rest on her shoulder. She read it out loud,

"As life bows to death

Death demands

And you will require

These reincarnated hands

Open the gate swiftly

Leaving them to defend

For you will need

All the strength they have to lend"

It was another clue, and kagome knew what it meant. Sanga and Roku would definently serve a purpose, and the sooner they were done with this whole ordeal, the sooner her family would he free, and Inuyasha would be alright…

"Shippou, theres something I have to do in my world… I'm not sure if I'll ever be able to come back here again, but you will see me again, I promise."

She gave her adopted son a soft smile, and held him in her arms tightly.

"You have to be strong, for both me and Inuyasha. We'll be a family again…" She sat him down, and gave one last lingering look to sango and Miroku's children.

"Take care of them shippou… I love you." She smiled again and eyed the fox boy, who was trying his best not to cry.

She took off as fast as she could, running toward the well, clutching the jewel, as well as the piece of paper.

Now she could save everyone, and finally rid the world of that evil witch, now, she could finally be happy… again.

Authors note: I'm sorry, but Sango and miroku sort of had to die. Or else Sanga and Roku could never exist. There will definently be a lot more fluff in the next chapter!

Thanks for all of the suggestions, as you know, I'll try to use them if I can, but if they don't fit into the plot of the story then I really can't. I value everyone's reviews, and I just want to thank everyone.

I've been a nasty authoress at times, but you guys have stuck it through! Thanks so much!

So read and review!

Zeldagurl