4/ 17/ 06
Chapter 10 of the Inuyasha fanfiction with Sailor Moon powers
Note: The song for this chapter is "Realize". Disclaimer: I do not own any of the characters and/or songs used in this story. All characters not created by me are the property of their original authors or artists. All songs are the property of the original writers and/or artists. Thank you. Credited authors/artists: Takahashi Rumiko, Takeuchi Naoko, and Tamaki Nami. P.S. –The one character I do own is Tsubaki; Tsubaki is my creation and does not belong to any of the accredited artists above. Okay? She's mine. --;;; P.S. –I recently read somewhere that Kuroro can't grow big and isn't as strong as Kirara, but, in this fanfic, she is, so remember that when you're reading.
CHAPTER TEN: IN WHICH A REVIVAL AND WEDDING TAKE PLACE
"Tsubaki! No!" Sango shouted. But it was too late. The girl was thrown from Kuroro and hit the ground hard. Her mother-to-be ran to her side and gently cradled her head in her lap.
Stupid girl! Inuyasha thought to himself, his fists clenched by his side. He turned back to Kikyou, who was smirking at the sight of both Tsubaki and Kagome down for the count. "You've got nothing to laugh about, you bitch!" he furiously stated. "I'll wipe that smile from your face!"
Tadoritsuku basho sae mo wakaranai
Todoku to shinjite ima omoi wo hashiraseru yo
"I think not," the priestess simply stated. Inuyasha blinked and she vanished from his sight. "Behind you," Kikyou said playfully in his ear. Inuyasha turned around and came face-to-face with his ex. "I miss you so much, Inuyasha," she whispered in feigned loneliness, embracing him as she did.
Katachi kaete yuku kokoro mo kono machi mo
Dakedo kienai negai ga aru
"Don't you dare touch me!" he screamed at her, struggling to free himself from her grasp and eventually getting away. "All you want to do is kill me. Why should I think you're really lonely!"
Chigau yume wo mite Onaji sora nagameta
Ano hi chilkatta "makenaikoto"
"Have I ever lied to you, Inuyasha?" Kikyou retorted. "And don't say I was leading you on years ago when I shot that arrow through you and trapped you to the tree; you know as much as I do that it was Naraku who tricked the both of us, Inuyasha."
Zutto futari kono te tsunegazuni
Umaretekita imi wo sagashiteta
"Then why do you want to kill me so badly if you know it was Naraku?" the half-demon inquired nonchalantly. The priestess faltered at the obvious loophole he had found in her grudge.
"Maybe I'll let you go for now, but not without giving you a gift first!" Kikyou turned to Miroku, raised her hand, which was glowing again, and muttered some incantation. At once, the monk's right hand started throbbing with immense pain. "I may not be able to resurrect the actual Wind Tunnel, but I can inflict the pain you had from it on you once again. But don't think I'm done yet!"
Tadoritsuku basho sae mo wakaranai
Todoku to shinjite ima omoi wo hashiraseru yo
Ayamachi mo setsunasa mo koeru toki
Negai ga hikari dakishimeru mirai wo yobisamashite
This time, Kikyou turned to Shippo and zoomed right in front of his face. "Take this parting gift." She immediately grabbed both of his hands and squeezed them to the point where the fox-demon thought his hands might break. Suddenly, she jumped a good distance away from Shippo, who was now cradling both of his hands to his stomach. "So much for being able to use your transforming techniques, huh? You know, if you try to use them, they'll just drain the life-force from you, so I wouldn't really recommend it. Ciao!" And with that, Kikyou disappeared from sight again, only leaving greater damage inflicted on the group this time.
Kaze ni nagareteku ano kumo no kodoku wo
Kimi mo dokoka de kanjiteruno?
"DAMMIT!" Shippo yelled, tears of frustration flowing from his eyes.
Yume wo mamoru tame tagai wo kizutsuku
Senaka awaseni aruite kita
"He's right; we're of no use anymore," Miroku pointed out, holding his right hand with his left in a nurturing way. "I expected what she pulled last time, but this…" He turned to Kagome and Tsubaki, the others facing them, as well.
Kitto Itsuka wakariaeru daroo
Onaji kimochi de iru shinjitai
Inuyasha, teeth gritted, made his way slowly towards Kagome, kneeling in front of her when he reached her. "I'm sorry, Kagome," he whispered inaudibly.
"Umn…" Kagome slowly lifted her head and met Inuyasha's eyes. "It looks like I'm not down for the count," she said, smiling weakly. "At least she didn't kill any of us."
"You idiot!" Inuyasha yelled. "Do you know how worried I was, thinking that she got you for good this time! Next time, just stay in the house if you're not gonna transform or grab your bow and quiver of arrows!" But in all his haughtiness, Inuyasha still threw his arms around Kagome and hugged her head to his chest. "Don't scare me like that!"
Kagome just smiled to herself and snuggled in, but gently pushed him away after a moment. Turning to Sango, she asked, "How's Tsubaki?"
Sango's face was stricken with horror. "She's not waking up…"
Mayoo koto osorezuni habatakeru
Kadoo ga nami utsu mada yume wo akiramenai de
Kurayami mo kodoku nimo tachimukau
Kimi to deaeta yorokobi wo kanarazu tsutaeni yukoo
"What do you mean? She was plenty alive when she charging Kikyou," Miroku hoarsely pointed out, running to Sango's side.
"It must've been how she landed…" the demon-slayer choked, hugging her future child's limp body and softly sobbing in Tsubaki's hair. It was quiet; no one really had anything to say.
"Are you all right, Miroku?" Kagome asked, trying to take the attention off Tsubaki.
"It just throbs a little…" The monk touched his hand and winced in pain.
Sango threw her head up. "Don't any of you care that Tsubaki just died! Am I the only one who cares!" Everyone glanced at one another for some way out of Sango's lecture.
"Sango, we do care…" Shippo mumbled. "But we can't do anything about it…"
Silence fell over the group, each thinking the truth in Shippo's statement. "What if…," Kagome piped up, "What if we revive her?"
"How do suppose we do that?" Inuyasha asked.
"Well, the Shikon Jewel in my brooch brought me back, so why don't we try using that?" Kagome pulled out the brooch from her pocket and held it out in front of her. She quickly opened the sparkling ornament and saw the Shikon Jewel, but frowned.
"What's wrong with it?" Kirara asked.
"The jewel… I think it used too much power when it resurrected me." Then Kagome caught Sango's eye. "Your brooch! Its crystal should have enough power to revive Tsubaki! Quick! Take it out!"
Sango did as she was told and threw the cover to her brooch open to reveal a shining crystal loaded with power. "It's so strong; I can feel the power surging through my veins…"
"Hold it over Tsubaki and concentrate on bringing her back! Fast!"
Tadoritsuku basho sae mo wakaranai
Todoku to shinjite ima omoi wo hashiraseru yo
Ayamachi mo setsunasa mo hanarete mo
Ano hi to Onaji, kono sora wa… kimi e to tsuzuite iru
Once again, the demon-slayer did as she was told. Sango held the brooch over Tsubaki's chest and focused on the girl being alive. The crystal inside the brooch began shimmering as countless beams shot out from it, each hitting Tsubaki, disappearing inside the girl when they touched her. Finally, Tsubaki twitched and opened her eyes. "M-Mom?" she uttered.
Sango flew onto her girl. "Tsubaki!" was all she could say. The others caught the crying bug, and soon everyone was crying their eyes out.
"I know you want to stay for the wedding, but it's too dangerous having you around. You just died! You were lucky that I could bring you back!" Sango explained to her daughter.
"But that's the other thing I have to prevent now. Before, Kikyou had died by Naraku's hand before you guys had defeated Naraku. Also, you guys never got these henshin items, and Kikyou sure as hell didn't have the powers she has now. Now my job is to help you guys set history back on course so it doesn't impact any historical events, like my birth."
Sango glared at Tsubaki. "Don't swear in front of your mother, otherwise I'll wash your mouth out with soap!"
"Eh-heh-heh…" Tsubaki smiled as she snuggled into her mother's bosom. "It's been a while since I've been able to do this…" she mumbled.
"Because I died when you were young, right?" Sango inquired; she had remembered Tsubaki had mentioned something about Sango dying due to some wounds from the battle with the demon village girls. The demon-slayer patted the blonde's head as she asked, "So when'd you bleach your hair?"
"I did it when I was eleven, just five years after your death…" Tsubaki's voice trailed off and the blonde let her gaze fall to the ground. "I was so angry when you died. I became rebellious and wouldn't do as I was told for Dad. I bleached my hair and got into fights and never stopped to think if I was hurting people because, when you died, I felt that that was the cruelest thing anyone could ever do to me, so I…I became empty inside. But then I met Kuroro and I went down the Bone Eater's well without Kagome and Inuyasha's consent just so I could change the past a little, just so you could be alive longer, but I guess I've still managed to screw some things up…"
"When did you travel down the Bone Eater's well?" Sango asked.
"When I was twelve; I've been making a living here in the past as a bounty hunter, traveling with Kuroro all over the place."
Sango was quiet for a moment and finally said, "So you said." The demon-slayer stood and stretched her limbs. "Look," she began, "I know you're here to do the right thing, but I think I've figured out why we've all got these new powers."
Tsubaki gave a little gasp as she looked intently at Sango's face, waiting for an answer.
"Tsubaki," Sango continued, "You did save my life and that probably changed things in the future, so now history is trying to set things back on track by giving us these powers so something happens when I fight Kikyou and I receive the very same wounds I would have gotten if I had fought the demon girls. Most likely Naraku didn't kill Kikyou when you entered the well, since that was already changing history, and now things are set up that way I still die once you reach the age of six." Sango paused.
Little blobs of tears dripped from Tsubaki's eyes. "Why? Why do you have to die before I even get the chance to grow up? It's not fair!"
"Tsubaki…" Sango reached out and placed a comforting hand on her daughter's shoulder, but Tsubaki just slapped it away.
"No! Don't try to comfort me! I came back to make a difference, not to just change things so you still end up dying! I'm not staying here anymore!"
"And no one's making you, Tsubaki. I actually want you to go because you're safest in your own time."
"I don't think that's all you have to say!" Tsubaki glared at the demon-slayer. "You're just trying to hurt me again, just like you did when you died!" Tsubaki ran to Kuroro, who immediately transformed into her larger self and carried Tsubaki in the direction of the Bone Eater's well. And, somehow, Sango knew that that was last the any of them would see of Tsubaki.
"So, you're still gonna die early on me, huh?" Miroku asked. Sango turned to find her fiancé hiding around the corner of the house. "I didn't think you'd go away from me so early on…" he mumbled.
"Miroku…" Sango uttered, trying to manage a smile, but only coming up with a straight-lipped expression.
"Ah-ah-ah," he continued. "No words. Just silence," the monk said, embracing his lover and gently drawing his lips closer to hers until they weren't just hovering over hers, but locked in a passionate kiss. After a minute, Miroku pulled back. "See? Silence works," he said with a smile.
Sango just looked at Miroku, red in the face a little, but smiling. She walked back toward the house with her fiancé. "So the wedding's tomorrow…"
"TOMORROW!"
"Hey, Kirara…" Shippo began. He and Kirara had been outside on the hill star-gazing, and Kirara had snuggled into Shippo's chest as he leaned on the grass.
"What's wrong?" the girl asked in dismay.
"Nothing's wrong. I was just wondering if you would tell me how you became a human…" The fox-demon faded off, figuring that he was not going to get an answer to his question.
"Well…" Kirara started; Shippo's ears perked up. "For cat-demons, such as myself, we all become human when we get the thing we want the most. For some, it's power or an owner and such…"
"What was the thing you wanted most?"
There was a thirty-second silence before Kirara answered. "Mine was…true love's first kiss."
Shippo paused. Slowly, he asked Kirara, "And you got that when…?"
Kirara blushed. "You had just finished talking to me and you fell asleep, so I thought I could…" When she realized he wasn't going to comment, she quickly added, "Don't think I just wanted to become human! I would choose just to be with you over becoming human! Please believe me, Shippo!"
The fox-demon looked at Kirara. "Who said I didn't?"
"Uh…well…"
Shippo turned his gaze back to the night sky. Minutes passed, and both watched a shower of falling stars go by. Finally, Shippo asked, "Hey, Kirara, can I rename you?"
"What?" Kirara thought that that was the weirdest thing she would hear in her lifetime.
The both of them sat up, Shippo explaining himself. "Don't think I'm weird or anything, but it's just that…"
"Just what?"
"Well, 'Kirara' is kind of a tongue twister…"
"You've never had any problems calling me that before," the girl pointed out.
"Well, yeah, but I just think that you should have a new name for the new you, now that you're human and older and all…" Shippo stopped when he realized he was getting nowhere. "Ah, forget I said anything."
"I guess it's all right."
"EH!"
Kirara looked at Shippo strangely. "I guess it's all right if it's you renaming me… After all, I do love you…"
"You don't have to if you don't want to, you know," Shippo stated.
Kirara smiled. "Well, it just depends on what you want to call me. What were you thinking of, anyway?"
"Well, I thought dropping the second 'ra' would make you sound more mature and stuff…"
"'Kira'?"
Shippo awkwardly scratched his nose. "Y-yeah… You don't like it, do you?"
The girl leapt into the fox-demon's arms. "No! I love it! And I love you, Shippo!"
"And I love you, Kira!"
As the two were heading back to the house under the guidance of the sunrise, 'Kira' asked one thing: "Do you think the others can get used to you renaming me? It makes it sound like I'm your pet or something…"
"Well," Shippo said, "in a way, you are, just like, in a way, I'm yours, so we're even."
"And now, as we do in my world, you may now kiss the bride!" Kagome exclaimed excitedly. The monk and demon-slayer had no trouble following her orders, and, as they kiss, the others threw confetti and such, sprinkling the two all over. Tears in her eyes, Kagome said, "And that's it. You guys are married now!"
"Congratulations!" Shippo stated cheerily as he wrapped an arm around Kira.
"And so we're able to get rid of the both of you at the same time," Inuyasha mumbled. Everyone turned to look at him, each glaring at him. "What? Was it something I said?"
The corner of Kagome's mouth twitched. "You know, Inuyasha… Osuwari!"
"ARGH!"
"It's all right, Kagome," Sango said, chuckling. "We're plenty happy to not even notice."
"I agree," Miroku stated, picking an unsuspecting Sango up in his arms. "But I think we'll be off to our honeymoon destination right about now… Kirara! You can still transform into your larger cat self, right?"
"Actually…" Kira smiled. "Now that I'm human, I can't… And I'm not 'Kirara' anymore. It's just 'Kira'."
Kagome eyed 'Kira' and Shippo suspiciously. "I wonder… Just who renamed you, "Kira'?"
Kira blushed a bright shade of red as she hid behind Shippo's arm. "Uh, n-never you mind…"
"Come on! Spill the beans!" Kagome urged.
"L-let's go, Shippo!" Kira quickly stated, pulling her love along by the hand to get away from the situation as quickly as possible.
"Well, those two are gone and so's our transportation…," Miroku mumbled quietly. "Oh, well! I'll carry you to our destination if I have to!"
"Just where are we going!" Sango asked.
"Some place fun…" The monk turned to Inuyasha and Kagome. "We probably won't be seeing you guys for at least two days, so try not to get into any fights, okay?"
"Don't wanna," Inuyasha retorted.
"See you guys!" And with that, the monk and the demon-slayer made their way to their honeymoon.
"So he's taking her there?" Kagome asked.
"Yep," the half-demon replied. "We probably won't be seeing them for at least three days, actually. Oh, well. That means we have some time alone," he said, turning to Kagome and lifting her chin with his fingers seductively.
"Isn't that perfect?" Kagome asked. "The only people we have to watch out for are Shippo and 'Kira'."
"I have an idea…"
"What's this?" Shippo reached down and picked up a note which had been lying on the outskirts of Inuyasha and Kagome's house.
"What's it say?" Kira inquired, looking over Shippo's shoulder to read the note herself anyway.
"Take a look for yourself," Shippo replied. The note read:
Shippo, Kira-
Inuyasha and I will be busy for now, so it would be much appreciated if you didn't disturb us right now. But! I left a spare key in-between the two sliding doors that are right in front of you, so you and Kira and stay at the opposite end of the house for now. Thanks a bunch! -
-Kagome
"I can't believe this…," Shippo mumbled.
"Does that mean what I think it means?" Kira asked innocently.
"Unfortunately, yes. Well, should we take them up on their offer?" Shippo asked.
"Sure! And you can sleep on the floor!" Kira added casually.
"Hey! Now you're taking it too far!"
"See you in the morning, Shippo!" Kira yelled over her shoulder as she made her way into the house.
"H-hey! Wait up!"
Meow! mew-tsubaki here! I'm glad this chapter is finally done! This one actually took a little while (today is the 20th), but I think it came out nicely. Although, I think it feels a little short compared to my other chapters. About Tsubaki, I didn't want to kill her off like I've done in the past, but I still wanted to kick her out of the picture, so…yeah, I know; I'm terrible. Anyways, please read my other stuff; thank you, my loyal readers; and don't forget to submit a review! - Oh, and I found the original story where Tsubaki first appears, so you should check it out in the Tokyo Mew Mew section, okay? Laterz mew-tsubaki
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