Chapter 12
"It's getting late." Sango sighed as they sat on a small yellow picnic blanket Kagome had brought. She traced a finger around a small character with large eyes printed onto the cloth.
Miroku watched her and sighed before his reply. "Well, now that Kagome-sama knows about the missing bones; Inuyasha will have no reason not to talk about it. We might as well talk about it as soon as they return so we can continue our journey in the morning."
"I wanna go back, this is boring!" Shippo moaned as he tenderly touched the bump on his head. " My head hurts." He groaned again; giving Miroku a menacing stare.
"Well then young Shippo. Next time you wish to spy on me you will remeber that punishment now won't you." Miroku half-laughed, remebering how he had knocked Shippo with his staff after he had run off and told Kagome Inuyasha's secret. "I hope you've learned your lesson."
"Too bad you never learn your lesson, hypocrite." Sango muttered, moving away as she noticed Miroku's hand slowly inching it's way towards her.
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Oh Inuyasha... Kagome thought as she watched Inuyasha walking far ahead of her before entering the well house. He barely waited for her while she said goodbye to her family. He thanked her mother for fixing his haori, although he seemed unsure about the new scent it had since she had also washed it. And with his head down he walked passed her, not even glacing up.
She closed her umbrella at the doorway and set it in a corner inside. Inuyasha stood before the bone eaters well, watching her.
"Inuyasha, I don't know the whole story." Kagome spoke softly. Unsure of how Inuyasha was going to react. She knew he was quite angry that she had found out. But he didn't seem to be angry with her. It was as though he was angry with himself.
"Kagome, promise me one thing."
She watched him lower his head, hiding his eyes with his bangs and flattning his ears against his head. Inuyasha...
"Promise you won't ..lose your trust in me."
"Inuyasha? Nothing could make that happen." Kagome answered. "Why are you so worried?"
"Never-mind." Inuyasha clenched his hand into a fist. "Let's just go back, I'm sure that damn old hag wants her medicine."
Kagome could still see the sadness in his eyes. She decided not to scold him for calling Kaede a "damn old hag" and walked over to join him before the well. "Your not alone Inuyasha, whatever the problem is; we'll deal with it together." She said, her brown eyes meeting his golden ones. Seeing his eyes flicker with her kind words; she took his right hand in her left. As they decended down the well and into the colors of the time-stream.
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The tiny imp Jaken paced back and forth along a riverbank. Rin sat with Au-un beside a small fire as they waited for Sesshomaru. He had told them to stay in the forest while he ventured out into a small clearing to talk to a certain enemy.
"Damn that infernal woman!" The imp whispered scathingly. "Why must she always interupt Lord Sesshomaru in his travels?"
"I don't think it bother's Lord Sesshomaru all that much Master Jaken." The girl said whiping a mosquito away from her leg. "If he didn't want to speak with her, then he wouldn't have agreed to talk with her."
"BE QUIET FOOLISH GIRL!" Jaken demanded, leaning further over the bushes in hope of catching what it might be the two demons were talking about.
"What could that pest Naraku want with my pitiful brother. He's hardly worth the effort." Sesshomaru retorted at the idea of Naraku going through all this trouble.
"Well to tell you the truth, I have no idea what the sneaky bastard is planning. All I know is that that Hanyou brother of yours is in for something."
Kagura heard in side her head suddenly the voice of her Master; beckoning her return. She winced at the sound of his voice, cursing him for forcing her to leave this beautiful demon to return to her captive hell. "Speaking of the bastard; I'm afraid I must be going." With a flick of her fan she was in the air, floating up into the night sky.
Sesshomaru watched in silence a moment before beckoning his followers and continuing on.
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Inuyasha and Kagome landed softly on the bottom of the bone eaters well. She smiled at Inuyasha, since he was still holding her hand. She couldn't help but feel her heart flutter up in her chest. She loved it whenever he did things like this. She knew they were only small intimacies, never overstepping the boundary of friendship really, but she couldn't help it. She cared for him so much. "Were back." She grinned.
"Kagome! Inuyasha! Your finally back!" Shippo called down into the depths of the well. Hearing the Kitsunes voice immediatly stiffened the Hanyou. He dropped Kagomes hand; leaping up from the well, while leaving Kagome with the bags filled with the supplies. "Baka." Kagome muttered as she struggled to pick them up before making her way back up the well.
"Inuyasha, Kagome knows..." Miroku began before Inuyasha cut him off.
"It's alrite monk, she told me. Let's just get this over with already."
Kagome climbed over the well. Hurling a bag over. "Lets just get this stuff back to Kaede first."
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In a dark room, lit by only the glowing of the green ooze which covered his body, a stranger awoke. His whole body was in agony. He could barely see, his pupil's fully dialated; trying to recognize his surroundings in some way. Lifting his naked body from the tank and whiping away much of the green from his face, nose and ears. He suddenly realized that wherever he was, he wasn't alone.
"Where am I" His deep voice croaked, sputtering from the sudden intake of breath.
The man sitting in the corner of the room shifted slightly but didn't speak.
Suddenly he remebered. The castle was burning. He had no escape. "That wretch! That dispicable white haired, youkai infested peice of flesh. He killed me!"
"Calm yourself Nakamura." Naraku's cold voice spilled out from the corner as he watched the pathetic human he had brought back to life. "I have created you a much stronger body then the one you had before." He paused as Kagura and Kanna slid open a door to one side of the room, letting spill in the candle light from the next room. Nakamura moaned in pain, covering his eyes from the light.
The two female youkai closed the door before approaching the tub in which Nakamura lay. In each hand they carried cloth and robes for him. The man gazed at them, apparently not noticing the two were youkai, but still unsure if he should trust them.
"You will have your chance to destroy the half-breed." Naraku sneered, seeing the eye's of this greedy and hate-driven human bulge with anticipation the moment he heard those words. " I will give you the strength to do so. But first you must agree to do this deed I set down before you."
"Who are you?" Nakamura sputtered again while whiping away more of the green ooze.
"I am Kagewaki Hitomi. I am the lord and master of this castle." Naraku lied, using his old cover to gain the humans trust. If he knew he was a demon, there was no way he would work for him.
"Ah, and what has that pitiful demon scum done to you."
"It seems he has come into a great power. Left for him by his Father."
Rage burned in Nakamura's eyes. The thought of Inuyasha being passed down power from that beast who stole his daughter angered him beyond comprehension.
"... and beyond that." Naraku began, knowing this would be the remark to seal the deal and gain this humans trust. " he has with him a young miko girl."
"A girl?" Nakamura questioned, the rage not fading from his dark, uncaring eyes.
"A human girl, he seems to care for her quite deeply. I fear her safety should he try to make her his mate."
Naraku watched the humans shocked eyes. He seemed almost frozen, as though the thought of a demon, not just any, but the demon directly linked through blood to that dispicable wretch who stole his own daughter and ruin her, was now going to destroy another young girl and her family.
"This is not the first time. He seems to have a thing for beautiful young mikos.." Naraku began, seeing the disgust fill the humans eyes. "The more pure they are, the more he wishes to corrupt them and make them his own."
"He has been with another Miko you say?" Nakamura couldn't believe what he was hearing.
"He made the poor girl fall in love with him, and then he murdered her. She was a very powerful preistess named Kikyou. So if she was tricked so easily; I fear greatly for this young girl." Naraku said, putting on a fake face of caring.
"I will not rest until I destroy that murderous wretched being. I will not rest until I have killed Inuyasha and saved that young miko from my daughter's fate."
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A/N: You may not remeber, but in the early days of InuYasha, Naraku pretended to be the young Lord Kagewaki so he could use Hitomi castle and the wealth of the lord for his own benifit. This is where Sango and her family/villagers were summoned to destroy some demons when he possessed Kohaku. Also this place was destroyed in a battle between Naraku, Sesshomaru and Inuyasha. But for this story we'll just pretend it wasn't. XD
Also I chose Nakamura as Inuyasha's grandfather's name. It mean's "Center of the Village". I chose this, since he was a Lord, he would obviously need a name which showed he was of importance. I was going to go for something a bit more evil, but in the future you may see why I didn't.
