Chapter 20
Title: Twist of fate...part VI
written by: Shaun Witt / Ryu Kitsune.
The next morning after changing her bandages and getting things together, they left the safety of the cave and continued there jurney. Since Kilala was doing much better now Sango told Ryu to get on her back and she would carry them.
"You sure I won't fall off?" Ryu asked as they left the ground.
"If your that scared you can always hold onto my waist." She jokingly said.
When Kilala twisted slightly to adjust herself, Ryu grabbed Sango's waist. Sango was surprised and was going to ask him to remove his hands but he beat her to the punch, "Sorry. First time being on a fire cat like this."
"Your not afraid of heights are you?" she asked.
"No. Kilala just startled me a little with that twisting." Ryu told her.
"With Kilala carrying us now we should reach the village in a couple days time." Sango said.
"That's good. But we shouldn't fly to long." he replied.
"Why is that?" She asked.
"To give Kilala a rest of course. She is carrying alot of extra wait after all." He answered her.
Sango agreed with him on that. Sango kept a close watch on Kilala to make sure she was not in pain. Ryu had made sure to keep an eye out for trouble. He was amazed by how free it felt to fly through in the open air like this.
"Ryu, What happens in the future?" Sango asked.
"With an almost complete shikon jewel, Naraku will take over the world. In time a group of people will fight back. Others who take this as a sign of hope join up with them and the resistance grows large." Ryu repied.
"What do you do?" she aksed.
"We train both demons and humans how to fight. We have demon slayers, monks, priest and priestess all working together to undermind Naraku and his demons. We do everything in our power to stop his evil and free those under his control." He answered.
"You have demon slayers? But my clan was destroyed and I am the last one." Sango said.
"You and Miroku were reborn with your memories intact. You two are still very much in love. Infact your incharge of running the demon slayer school where I live and you two have a child." Ryu told her.
"A child?" Sango blurted out.
"Yes. You have a daughter and she very good with her skills as a demon slayer. She helps you teach your students when your busy with other things such as missions." he told her.
"How do I know your telling the truth about this school of mine?" She asked.
Ryu reached around for a small pocket on the side of his pack and pulled out one of the masks he brought with him and showed her, "As you can see it just like your face mask but it been improved on."
"Your right, it has been improved but it is a slayers masks none the less." She told him.
"Keep that one if you like I have another in my pack." He told her.
"Why do you have one?" She asked.
"I'm a half demon and I need it to better protect myself, specialy when I turn human in two days." He replied.
They continued for a while longer before stoping for a little break and small meal. Kilala rested next to Sango while Sango ate. Ryu had went to get some more water for his bottles.
Sango was still a little unsure about trusting Ryu But for he may be the best hope of her staying alive for the time being. Wanting to know something further about her near future she asked him, "You said you where from Kagome's time right?"
"Yes. Was there something else you wanted to know?" He asked.
"With thing as they are now what should I do with my life?" She asked.
"You should try and make the most of your life. If we manage to complete this mission of mine then you should think about passing down teh knowledge of your abilites as a slayer they could come in real handy in the future." He told her.
"Where do you expect me to start a slayer school? Certainly not in the ruins of my village where Naraku could just kill them all again." Sango replied.
"I"m going to take you to the same place I plain on taking Shippo to. You will be under the watchful eyes of a demon fox lord but he is a very carring and rather nice demon once you get to know him." he told her.
'You expect me to start a slayer school where a demon fox rules?" She half yelled.
"Calm down. He a good demon. Both humans and demons get along where he rules. Besides it's where your future demon slayer school is in Kagome's time." He replied.
"how do I know if he will allow me to run a demon slayer school?" she asked in a concernd manner.
Ryu sighed and replied as such, "The demon fox lord I spoke of is my future father. So I should know how he thinks and feels."
Sango and Ryu cleaned up their mess and continued on their juarny to Kadede's village. They had stopped only one more time that day to make camp for the night. Like last time Ryu took first watch while Sango slept.
Two days later about mid morning they arrived in the village. The village showed evidence of being attacked by demons recently and it looked like a large group of graves had been dug.
Ryu walked over to the graves and ran his hand over the dirt, "This dirt is freshly dug."
"Shippo not in any of them, is he?" Sango asked.
Ryu looked around the graves, "Kilala can you smell Shippo's scnet?."
Kilala walked around each grave and sniffed each one. She didn't pick up on his scent which ment he may be alive and hiding somewhere.
"We should look for him and any survivers." Sango mentioned.
"You take the lead. He will trust you more then me at the moment." Ryu replied.
Sango took point and Ryu fallowed behind her. They had walked around the village searching for Shippo and anyone else that may ahve survived. They walked along the oter edge of the village and were approching a small ditch that carried water to teh village and over it sat a wooden bridge.
Ryu looked over at teh bridge and spoke softly, "Go through the looking glass."
Sango turned around and asked, "What did you say?"
"Just giving myself a message." Ryu replied.
"What?" Sango asked confused.
"My mother and I share an ability to see future and sometimes past events in time. I had a vision where I saw a human priest and a girl riding a fire cat walking along this ditch. I now relise I saw myself and you and so I had to give myself the same message." Ryu replied.
"To make sure you came to this time to complete your mission?" She asked.
"Correct." Ryu replied.
Kilala lead them into the forrest not far from Kadede's village. She lead Sango and Ryu to the ruins of the well Kagome use to use to pass from her time to this time.
"Shippo!" Sango called out.
Smack
"Ouch!" Ryu yelled as he was hit in the head with a rock.
"Leave this place at once for face my wrath." A deep voice echoed.
Sango got her weapon ready to throw but Ryu placed a hand on her should and shook his head no. Ryu said, "Shippo is using fox magic."
"How can you tell? I though you were human until nightfall?" she asked.
"Trust me. Call out to him." Ryu replied.
"Shippo it's me Sango. My friend and I have come to keep you safe from Naraku and his demons." she called out.
Shippo relied from the trees, "How do I know if you are who you say you are?"
"Shippo my name is Ryu and I am a friend of Kagome's and I am from her time." Ryu called out.
"Lier. The well was destroyed and besides only Kagome and Inuyasha could pass through it." Shippo replied.
"Kagome often told me that Inuyasha would often pick on you by either holding you in the air by your fox tail on punching you on the top of the head." He replied.
"Sango could have told you that." He sain in return.
Ryu looked around as he searched for Shippo, "She aslo told me that once you fell asleep in her pack one day hiding from Inuyasha and you where taken to her time. She told me how you and Sota, her brother had fun together at her family's house. I believe she said you were very surprised at all of the things you saw in her time."
Shippo jumped down from the trees and looked at him, "Can you show me proof of what you say?"
Ryu took his pack off and looked through ittill he found what he was lookign for. He had pulled out a photo of Kagome and Inuyasha along with Ryu in it. He walked over to Shippo and hadned it to him.
"That's Kagome and Inuyasha alright but who is that?" He asked.
"That would be me. That is when I'm not human during one day of the month." Ryu replied.
"Sango do you trust him?" Shippo asked.
Sango nodded yesand said, "He has saved my life twice so far and I don't since any evil from him."
"Shippo, Kagome and Inuyasha need your help. But with the well destroyed as you said the only way you can make it to her time is to grow up and become stronger. You can do that in a valley where it will be safe for you and Sango to live." Ryu told him.
"They really need my help?" He asked and Ryu nodded.
After a little more convcing and tellign him why they needed his help he had aggreed to go with him. Sango, Shippo and Ryu took to the air on Kilala's back as they headed to where Ryu told Sango to go.
They had made good time and got in some good distance that day. Ryu and Sango set up camp for the night while Shippo watch Kilala. When all was done Ryu got the last of his smoked meat out and handed out.
While Sango and Shippo ate their meal, Ryu was watching teh sunset. The moment it had set Ryu changed back to his half demon form. He then sat down by the small fire and ate his own meal.
"Good to have my demon powers back once more." Ryu said just before using the crystal around his neck to cast an illusion of being human aroudn himself.
to be continued...
