Here is chapter 14! Thank god I was able to finish it and feel completely happy with it. I know I dont update on a regular basis and I feel bad about it but I just can't do it I get major writers block if I only focus on this story and don't do something else in between. mostly I just write down other story ideas or watch some anime but hey it works. It helps me so I don't get stuck for too long. I hope you all like this chapter.
Also! One short notice. I realised when I was writing this chapter that I freaking forgot about Suikotsu in the last chapter! I mean damn how could I have forgotten about him?! Anyway I have adjusted chapter 13 a little so that he is mentioned in there.
Now for something very IMPORTANT! The weekend of november the 4 and 5 I will be celebrating my own and my fathers birthdays together with friends and family and the weekend after THAT I will be celebrating a friend's birthday so I will be busy but if that weren't enough I will be busy even the week after that as well. I will be working on chapter 15 but I cannot promise that I will have it done before all of this. Please bear with me. Now Enjoy Chapter 14!
Chapter 14.
The next morning Kagome woke up and felt as well rested she could be and she got out of her bed and dressed in a pair of jeans and a long sleeved shirt. After that she started to brush her hair to get all the tangles in it out and then walked down to the kitchen and sat down with her family, who had been waiting for her to eat some breakfast before she went through the well. Kagome looked at Souta and narrowed her eyes slightly.
"Souta, from now on I don't want you to tell my old friends or Hojo when I am back. It is an annoyance when they come and try to dictate my life or trying to make me go out on a date with Hojo. If they ask you about me again just tell them that they should leave me alone." Kagome said calmly as she took a bite of her toast. Souta looked up a little surprised but he had heard that something bad had happened to his sister in the past, their mother or grandpa wouldn't tell him any details so he knew it must have been very bad. He wasen't a naïve brat anymore. He was 14 years old now.
"S-sorry sis. I didn't think they would still do that. They always ask me if you are okay so I just thought they missed you. I will remember to tell them to leave you alone the next time they ask me." Souta said and Kagome smiled at him and ruffled his hair a little.
Kagome had been very relieved when Jakotsu had been right about her being able to feel safe with her little brother and her grandpa. She still felt a little bit afraid of other males but when she had come home and her family had seen her she had been scared when Souta and her grandpa hugged her but then she had been able to relax because both mentally and physically she knew that they wouldn't hurt her. Kagome looked at her brother as he grumbled about sister who couldn't leave his hair alone and she giggled a little.
"It is okay Souta. You were just trying to be helpful but now you know. They might not give up but I will not tolerate their behavior anymore. They were supposed to be my friends. Not trying to live their lives through me." Kagome said as she took a sip of her glass of milk.
After having spent some time with her family Kagome took her backpack and made sure to pack everything she needed and then headed out to the well. When Kagome got there she saw her brother standing there and she looked at him with worry.
"What's wrong, Souta?" Kagome asked her brother quietly. Souta looked at Kagome and sighed.
"Be careful, Kagome. I know something bad happened when you got kidnapped but I won't ask. I know that we told you that Inu Yasha came here and how mama told him that she wouldn't forgive him if he didn't find you… he did promise us all that he would find and rescue you. But a part of me thinks he doesn't want to admit to himself that he failed to protect you." Souta said calmly before he continued.
"I still admire Inu Yasha for his strenght but I am not the same naïve kid I was three years ago. He is very immature and he never admit it when he is wrong. If something happens to you again because of him I won't care what I have to do. I will find a way through the well and I will hurt him for putting you at risk all the time." Souta said as she stared into Kagome's wide and shocked eyes.
Kagome stared at Souta in both shock and awe and then she couldn't help but smile at how much her brother loved her and she walked up to Souta and hugged him tightly.
"Thank you Souta. I love you too." Kagome said and giggled softly when Souta blushed at her words and when she let go of him he looked at her with a pout on his face.
"Come on sis, you didn't have to hug me, I am not a kid anymore." Souta grumbled and Kagome smiled gently at him and she opened the door to the well house.
"I Know, Souta. But I wanted to hug you. Remember, if Eri and the others ask you about me tell them to come find me themselves. You are not their go between." Kagome said and once Souta nodded and started to head back towards the house Kagome walked down the stairs to the well and looked down into it's depths. She took a deep calming breath and then jumped over the lip of the well and as she fell down she felt the magic take it's gentle hold of her and transport her back to the feudal era. Once her feet touched the ground she looked up to only see the beautiful blue sky of the feudal era and she smiled a little as she started her usual climb up to the lip of the well with help of the wines that grew along the walls.
Shippo and Kirara knew immediately when Kagome came through the well as they picked up her scent and they stared up towards the lip of the well, waiting as everyone in the clearing could hear the young miko making her way up through it. Once she hefted her backpack over the lip of the well she started to heave herself over the lip of the well herself but stopped as soon as she suddenly met two pair of familiar eyes, on pair of red feline eyes in the form of her nekomata friend, Kirara and then she met the tearfilled emerald green eyes of her beloved little Shippo and in shock she let out a surprised yelp and lost her grip on the well and started to fall backwards but before the wells magic could activate a strong yet feminism arm shot down into the well and a strong hand grabbed her forearm and then heaved her out of the well with ease and as she looked up and met the slightly worried eyes of her rescuer, Jakotsu, and Kagome couldn't help but smile in thanks.
"Thank you Jakotsu. I did not want to have to go back home only to climb up the well to go back here. The magic wouldn't have let me become hurt but it would have been frustrating to have to do an unnecessary jump again through the portal." Kagome said and Jakotsu sighed but then let out an amused chuckle and looked down towards the two that were looking at the woman with wide and worried eyes.
"Yeah, well I am sure your visitors would have not liked that as well. They came here looking for you after I had let you down the well. Renkotsu has already placed a barrier around this clearing but these two are allowed to enter." Jakotsu said and Kagome looked at her two friends and a slight sting of fear took hold of her but it was easily crushed as both Shippo and Kirara jumped up into her arms. Kirara landed on her shoulder and started to cuddle against her cheek while purring happily, while Shippo cried out her name and hugged her as he nuzzled his cheek under her chin, crying softly while telling her how much he missed her and how happy he was that she was okay. Kagome's eyes filled with tears of relief as she sank down on her knees and hugged them both fiercely. Happy to be reunited with two of her friends from this era.
After nearly twenty minutes of the three friends cuddling and crying a throat cleared and they all looked towards the others in the clearing that looked very uncomfortable and Kagome couldn't help but blush slightly and she then looked up at Jakotsu, who was looking down at her with happy yet uncertain eyes.
"Um… Kagome, I know that you are having a really touching moment right now and all but Renkotsu's barrier is not impossible to break. If you still want some time with the kit and the cat, do you think you can strengthen the barrier first? Me and my brothers are very eager to know what you have found out." Jakotsu said and Kagome smiled a very small yet brilliant smile at him and he mentally sighed in relief. It seemed like letting the kitsune and nekomata stay so that they could reunite with the young woman had been a good decision on Bankotsu's part. After a short while Kagome slowly released Shippo and Kirara and put them down gently on the ground.
"Stay please, I am just gonna give this barrier a power boost." Kagome said while she smiled gently at Shippo and Kirara who was watching her with relief yet worry and the both slowly nodded their heads in acceptance. Kagome ruffled Shippo's hair gently and then she walked to Renkotsu and sat down, though she didn't sit down to close, she kept a distance of nearly two arm's length between them and she sat down with her legs crossed and closed her eyes and slowly let her powers flow out and gently touch Renkotsu before her power then went out to the sutras that he had placed around the clearing and started to reinforce them with her own reiki.
Once the barrier had been reinforced she let her power recede back into her and she opened her eyes and saw that Shippo and Kirara had moved closer to her and was staring at her with wide eyes in awe.
"How did you do that, Kagome…?" Shippo asked in awe as he looked at his mother figure. Kirara was moving her tails back and forth with curiosity and Kagome gave an awkward smile.
"Well, Renkotsu helped me by training me. They also trained me in how to defend myself with hand to hand combat and how to use weapons." Kagome said as she smiled a little more as she looked at the men in the clearing. Shippo looked at Kagome and he wanted to ask about what Naraku had done to her, he could after all pick up that her scent had changed slightly. He could however not understand why that was. But he could see it in Kagome's eyes that she was not ready to talk about it and then only nodded and then crawled up into her lap and snuggled against her stomach.
Kagome smiled at Shippo's action and she couldn't believe how relieved she was that he didn't ask anything about what happened to her and she slowly let her fingers go through his red hair. Kirara looked at them both but she was looking more intensely at Kagome and narrowed her eyes slightly. She had also picked up the change of smell on the miko but unlike Shippo, who was only a kit, a small child she knew right away what had changed about their young friend and she looked at the fire breather, Renkotsu with knowing eyes. Renkotsu noticed the stare the nekomata was giving him and he could guess that the cat's strong sense of smell had picked up what had happened to the miko and he only nodded in answer to Kirara's stare. As soon as Kirara saw Renkotsu nod she jumped up to Kagome's shoulder and started to nuzzle her cheek in affection.
After a few minutes Kagome let out a soft sigh and looked at everyone in the clearing.
"I… as Jakotsu asked I have the answers you want. There is a way to get all of you to stay alive without the shard in your necks." Kagome said and she saw how all of them looked at her intently and she bit her lip and looked down at Shippo.
"Shippo, I know that you don't trust them. But they saved my life and helped become stronger. They have promised that they will help us fight Naraku if we can get them their lives back. I want you to promise me that you won't tell Inu Yasha about it until it is finished. He won't listen to more than a few words and then jump to attack." Kagome said and Shippo looked up at her with uncertain eyes and then nodded slowly.
"Okay, Kagome. I promise. I will be in the village for some time. I asked to come here. I said that I wanted to be here just in case you were able to come back here on your own. Also, I didn't wan't to stay with the pack…" Shippo said as he looked down at his hands. Kagome looked down at him with confusion in her eyes.
"Why not, Shippo?" Kagome asked and she noticed that the other in the clearing was interested aswell.
"We was looking for you everywhere but we couldn't find you… though I think we was close to do so once. But then we all decided to go back to Edo and then Inu Yasha suggested we should try to find Kikyo to see if she might have known something. Kaede agreed that it was a good idea. Me and the others had our doubts but we agreed to look for her. When we find her she told us that you weren't dead at least and then Inu Yasha asked her to help us find you. But only Inu Yasha trust her. She might have asked you for forgiveness but she still has a dark aura. I can't see it very clearly but Miroku can. After some time I told them I wanted to come back here so they let me borrow Kirara and here I am." Shippo said quietly and Kagome looked down at him and sighed. He decided not to tell Kagome about the soul collectors just yet. He still didn't trust those white snake things.
"I don't trust Kikyo. Yes she has said she is sorry but sometimes when she is near she is still trying to take my soul from me. Thank you Shippo for telling me." Kagome said as she then looked at Bankotsu and then back down to Shippo.
"Shippo, do you think you can go to the village and stay with Kaede? I know you want to stay but it will be for the best just in case Inu Yasha and the others returns and you are not there. Please, Shippo? I… I am not ready to see them just yet." Kagome said as her voice trembled slightly in the ending and Shippo looked up at her and looked like he was gonna protest but then relaxed and nodded.
"Okay, Kagome. I'll come back tonight though." Shippo said as he jumped down from Kagome's lap and then ran towards the village, passing through the barrier without any problems. Kirara stayed slightly to lick Kagome's cheek before she ran after the small kit to make sure he got to the village safely. Kagome watched them disappear and then took a deep breath and looked at the rest in the clearing.
"Okay, now what I am about to tell you might seem very weird but I have proof of what I am going to tell you is the truth." Kagome said and once everyone nodded she launched out into telling them all about what she had learned.
Once Kagome told them what she had learned she sat silently, waiting for them to start yelling and call her a liar and she saw that Suikotsu and Renkotsu was about to say something but they were stopped by Bankotsu's voice.
"You said you have proof about us being able to be alive in the future right?" Bankotsu said calmly though a part of him didn't really believe what he just had been told. Kagome nodded slowly and then took out a small box from her backpack and then a small envelope.
"Yeah, I met and talked to Kyokotsu and…" Farther than that she didn't get until a loud surprised outcry could be heard from every member of the Band of Seven.
"Kyokotsu?!" Jakotsu said in surprise as he hurried to Kagome's side and sat down a little closer then Renkotsu and looked into her warm brown eyes.
"You saw him?! How?! Is he okay by himself?!" Jakotsu asked as he stared at Kagome and Kagome blinked a few times and then held up her hand to stop Jakotsu from asking anymore questions.
"Yes, he is fine. He misses you all though. And before anyone ask me how you can just believe my words only I will show you my proof right now." Kagome said as she opened the envelope and took out a small black and white paper like object and gave it to Jakotsu.
"This is a photo of Kyokotsu, though in the future his name is Kyoshi. But he does remember his time here in the feudal era because of Naraku bringing him and all of you back here while you all had already been reincarnated. Oh! A photo is like this really realistic painting." Kagome said and she saw Jakotsu staring at the photo with wide eyes in both disbelief and wonder.
After that everyone got a chance to look at the photo of their dead friend, she then passed out the other photos of them all laying in beds with medical equipment surrounding them. While Kagome explained the best she could about what the weird contraptions did and why they was needed by their side. After a few minutes of silence Kagome looked at them with worry.
"Look, I know it is a lot to take in but it is the truth." Kagome said quietly and Bankotsu looked at her and sighed.
"So in order for us to be truly alive again we will have to die in this time?" Bankotsu asked and once Kagome nodded he let out an annoyed sigh.
"Nothing is never easy now is it?" Bankotsu grumbled as he leaned back against the tree and looked at his brothers to then look at Renkotsu.
"Renkotsu, you are the smart one of us. What do you think about all of this?" Bankotsu asked and Renkotsu looked at Kagome and then at Bankotsu again. He couldn't think that Kagome was lying. These so called photos was just too well detailed for it to be lie, but some part of him couldn't understand how the girl could have produced these items. He looked at Kagome again and his eyes narrowed slightly.
"How did you… create this photos of us all?" Renkotsu asked slowly. Kagome then looked at him and smiled at him and then turned to the box that has still not been touched.
Kagome opened the box and took out a weird black metallic square like object and showed it so that they all could see and then looked at Renkotsu.
"This is a polaroid camera. This is what made the photos. I'll show you." Kagome said as she then hid her face behind the weird contraption and turned towards Jakotsu, who immediately tensed but stayed silent and still. Kagome then pushed a small button on top of the contraption and it started a low humming like sound and then a similar black and white paper came out in front of the machine and Kagome slowly took it as she put the camera down on the ground and then waved the paper in front of her for a few minutes and then looked at it and giggled softly and handed it to Jakotsu.
"Here you go, Jakotsu. The photo is slightly warm but not so that it will be uncomfortable for you to hold it" Kagome said as she held the photo to let Jakotsu take it. Jakotsu took the so called photo and looked at it and let out a surprised squeal of delight.
"Wow, this is so awesome!" Jakotsu said as he looked at himself in the photo and then handed it to Renkotsu for him to see. Once everyone had been allowed to see it Bankotsu cleared his throat to get everyones attention.
"Okay, since we all just saw Kagome use that camera thing I can assume that we all can believe her. Even though it is still hard to understand." Bankotsu said and once everyone nodded their agreement he looked at Kagome.
"So what now? Should we just die in battle?" Bankotsu asked but Kagome shook her head.
"No… I don't think that is a good idea. Everytime you guys goes into battle, Naraku's insects comes to watch. If you guys goes into battle and dies he will suspect something since you guys are strong and you suddenly dying, even though you wouldn't die easy he would suspect something and he would order the saimyosho to collect the shards from your remains." Kagome said and then looked at them all.
"I think… the easiest way to do this is to just give me the shards here in the clearing. Then I will go back to my time and we will see each other again then. Though I don't think you all should do it at the same time. I would like to be able to go back home once one of you have done it so that I can check with the doctor and Kyoshi himself to know that the person giving me his shard has woken up in the future." Kagome said and she looked at everyone and they nodded slowly. And they then started to ask who would do this first.
They had been talking about it for nearly an hour and Kagome had given up in trying to help them. It was obvious that they were worried about this and she couldn't in all honesty say that she blamed them. She would be to if she was in their shoes. Her thoughts was interupted by the metallic 'gersh' from Ginkotsu and everyone looked at him in curiosity. Once everyone looked at him, he spoke.
"I will do it." Ginkotsu's mechanic voice said and everyone was quiet for a moment and then Renkotsu stood up and walked to him, the look of concern in his eyes.
"Are you sure about this, Ginkotsu? What if she is wrong? Even if Kyokotsu is living in the future does not mean we will all be returned. Kagome can't guarantee that." Renkotsu said calmly and Ginkotsu looked at him and nodded slightly and let out another of his metallic sounds but then looked towards Kagome.
"I know. But… I want to try." Was his only answer and once Renkotsu looked him in the eyes for a few moments he nodded slowly.
"Okay then. I won't stop you." Renkotsu said and then he looked back at Kagome.
"How will you be able to know if it worked and Ginkotsu is in the future?" Renkotsu asked. Oh he didn't like this one bit. He had after all done a lot of work on Ginkotsu's body and this was a very dangerous risk they were taking by trusting the young woman by her words and the photos but it was worth a shot if they all could be fully alive again.
Kagome looked at Renkotsu and smiled a little.
"As soon as you take out the shard in his throat and give it to me and Ginkotsu's body turn back into bones and metal I will go through the well once more and go to my house and use a contraption called a phone and use it to contact the hospital. I will call directly to Kyoshi…um Kyokotsu and ask him if Ginkotsu is awake. He will most likely go and check and once he confirms it he will come back and tell me and that is how we will know. I can't go to the hospital everytime one of you do this since that will make people suspicious." Kagome said and they all nodded at her reasoning.
"Okay then, should we do this now?" Bankotsu asked and Kagome looked at them for a long moment but then shook her head.
"No, I think we should wait until later in the day or tomorrow. I would like to get some rest. I just got here and I think you all agree to that." Kagome said and once everyone nodded she smiled and leaned against a tree and looked up into it's branches and green leaves. Just a few moments she had fallen asleep, quite tierd since she hadn't slept well the night before since she had been nervous about how the all would react to what she would tell them.
They all watched at the now sleeping woman and then looked at each other and smirked.
"It is good that she at least feel safe enough to sleep when we are around. Though she still don't let anyone else besides Jakotsu to get too close." Bankotsu said as he threw a blanket towards Jakotsu, who caught it and then walked towards the sleeping miko and wrapped the blanket around her.
"Well it is to be expected after what Naraku did. And while she is better now she will still need more time to heal. Hopefully once we all are in the future she can stay with her family and be able to move past it all." Renkotsu said and everyone nodded in agreement and then the clearing fell into silence. Every member of the band of mercenaries in their own deep thoughts, thinking about how they all soon would be alive again.
(With Shippo and Kirara).
Shippo and Kirara arrived at the village and the villagers greeted them happily as they made their way towards Kaede's hut and saw the old miko getting of an horse and they ran to her.
"Kaede-baa-san!" Shippo shouted and Kaede turned around and saw Shippo and Kirara running towards her and she furrowed her brows slightly in confusion.
"Shippo, what are ye and little Kirara doing here? Where is Inu Yasha and ye other friends? Have ye found Kagome already?" Kaede asked and Shippo stopped in front of her and looked up at her with uncertainty. Should he tell her why he was there and that he had already found his friend. Kaede noticed the warring emotions in the young kits eyes and smiled gently.
"Come child. Why don't we?" Kaede asked gently and soon they were all sitting around her cooking pit as she prepared some tea for them all and once the tea was served and she had given Kirara a saucer of warm goat milk and some dried fish she looked at Shippo with an gentle eye.
"Shippo why are ye here? If you are worried about Inu Yasha finding out then ye can relax. If you do not want me to tell him then I shall not." Kaede said and at those words Shippo relaxed and silently sipped his tea and looked at Kaede for a moment before he launched out in telling her what had happened after they had left to search for Kagome with Kikyo, he even told her about what Kikyo's soul collectors had shown him and, though hesitantly even told her about how he found the Band of Seven in the clearing of the well and how they had told him they had helped Kagome and he told her about when Kagome had come through the well and told the same thing. That Bankotsu and the others saved her.
"Though she didn't go into any detail of what happened to her. But her scent has changed. I don't know why though." Shippo ended his story and looked at Kaede with concern.
"Did I do the right thing in leaving her alone with them? Should I go back?" Shippo asked his voice soft and slightly trembling.
Kaede looked at Shippo with calm in her eyes. She didn't know much about demon senses but she did know however that demons, especially those from the canine decent had a very strong sense of smell. Wolf demon and Inu demons had the strongest senses though the kitsune wasen't far behind and Shippo had just told her that Kagome's scent had changed slightly and she immediately had a suspicion why that was though she would never tell anyone of what she thought. She just prayed to the kami's that Kagome could overcome the pain she was probably still feeling.
"No Shippo I don't think ye made a mistake. If whatever Kagome has gone through made her not feel ready to meet the others yet then we should give her some time. And about the change in her scent I don't think ye need to worry about it. Many things can change someones scent. And whatever Naraku did to her probably caused it. She did not seem like she was in pain or anything, correct?" Kaede asked and once Shippo nodded and gave the kit a gentle smile.
"Then ye need not to worry. Let her help these lost souls that Naraku forced back so they can move on. Ye did say they did not seem mean to her yes?" Kaede asked and once Shippo nodded again she nodded as well.
"Then it might be hope for their souls. Let's see what our young friend does in order to help them." Kaede said and Shippo gave her a small smile.
"Okay, if you say so. I trust Kagome." Shippo said as he then saw Kirara getting ready to head outside and he walked out with her to say bye to her before she went to find Inu Yasha and the others, leaving Kaede alone.
Kaede watched Shippo and Kirara leave her hut and she let out a sad sigh as she thought about Kagome and she really hoped she would find someone to help heal her emotional wound from what she has experience. Outside the hut Shippo hugged Kirara tightly.
"Be careful Kirara. Make sure Kagome's scent is gone from your person before you reached the others. And try to stall them in coming back here. Kagome needs time to do whatever it is she is doing for Bankotsu and the others." Shippo said and Kirara let out a soft mewl in agreement and licked Shippo's cheek before she transformed into her larger form and took to the sky. Once Kirara disappeared from his sight Shippo returned into the hut and saw that Kaede had started to prepare and early lunch and he immediately sat out to help her and she welcomed it gladly.
(In the Clearing by the Well).
It was late afternoon when Kagome started to wake up feeling hungry and the smell of cooking meat reached her nose she let out a soft groan as she sat up and noticed a blanket over her and she gave the men in the clearing an grateful smile. No she still didn't feel completely okay with being too close to most of them but she knew that it had been Jakotsu, who had gotten the task to wrap the blanket around her and that made her much more relaxed to know that the accepted her feelings and gave her some distance. When she noticed Jakotsu coming towards her with some meat she took it with a small thank you and then started to eat. Once she had eaten she looked at everyone.
"So have you decided when you want to do this with Ginkotsu?" Kagome asked and she saw how everyone looked at each other and then looked at her.
"We want to do it before the sun goes down. The more time this takes the more Naraku will suspect something." Bankotsu said and Kagome nodded in agreement.
"Okay, after dinner then." Kagome said and everyone nodded their agreement.
After they had eaten in the clearing Shippo had returned with a small package with tea leaves and hugged her saying he would come back again the next day since he had promised Kaede to help her collect herbs from her garden and then he had left, though he had lingered slightly to look at his friend again and then he was gone and Kagome had looked very confused and Jakotsu had just said that the kit probably missed her and had wanted to stay the night and Kagome smiled at that. After everyone had drank some of the tea the old miko had given them the men in the clearing said their god byes to Ginkotsu and they all agreed that if this worked they would all be seeing each other again soon. Renkotsu was the one, who had gotten the task in removing the shard from his friend's neck and once he did, Ginkotsu's body dissolved into nothing more than bones and metal. It had been hard for everyone to watch their friend like that even Kagome had to look away and once Renkotsu had given the shard to Jakotsu, who then gave it to her she made her way towards the well and looked at them all and gave them a small smile.
"Don't worry, I am sure Ginkotsu will be awake in my time." Kagome said and with that she jumped over the lip of the well and disappeared as the magic transported her away. Leaving the rest of the Band of Seven to wait like they were standing on nails for her to come back.
It was already dark when Kagome returned to the feudal era and she didn't even have a chance to put her feet down on the grass beside the well until she was hauled out of it and she let out a scared squeak until she saw that it had been Jakotsu, who had grabbed her. At first she wanted to yell at him for scaring her but then he saw the worry in his eyes and she gave him a calm smile.
"I made it. Ginkotsu has woken up and he will be fin, Jakotsu." Kagome said and as soon as those words left her lips he was dragged into a fierce hug. At first Kagome stiffened since she wasen't expecting it but then she relaxed a little and hugged him back. Once Jakotsu let go of her she looked at the others, who all had a look of relief in their eyes. Especially Renkotsu.
"I couldn't really talk to him since the doctor was on his way to check on him after I told Kyoshi that Ginkotsu should wake up soon. Oh! By the way, Ginkotsu's name in the future is Ginji." Kagome said and she slowly walked with Jakotsu to the camp fire and sat down and se saw how they all looked at her.
"Do all of us have different name in the future?" Renkotsu asked slowly and Kagome shook her head.
"No, Kyokotsu, Ginkotsu and you, Renkotsu are the only three that has different names… oh right Mukotsu had as well but Kyoshi told me he died in the accident. I am sorry I forgot to tell you about him…" Kagome said as she looked down into the fire. They all looked at her but they didn't say anything and Jakotsu looked at her with a little guilt.
"It's okay, Kags. I know what Mukotsu tried to do. None of us will hold it against you that you forget about him. Now when are you going to go and talk to Ginkotsu? Ehm… I mean Ginji?" Jakotsu asked and Kagome looked up at him and giggled a little.
"I think you guys can continue to call him Ginkotsu while you are still alive in this era. But about your question. I will go back tomorrow night and the next day I will talk to him." Kagome said and everyone nodded in agreement. It just felt weird for them all to know that Kyokotsu and Ginkotsu was now alive in the future.
As everyone made themselves ready for bed a throat cleared and they all looked up at Suikotsu who walked up to Kagome but stayed a few feet away and looked down at her with his piercing eyes and Kagome bit her lip nervously. But before she could ask him what he wanted he spoke.
"Before you go back tomorrow I want to go next. I will give you my jewel shard right before you leave and then we will see each other at this hospital thing." Suikotsu said and Kagome stared at him with wide eyes but nodded quietly and when Suikotsu saw her nod he turned on his heels and marched back to his spot under a tree. Kagome watched him go and then looked at the others with wide eyes. None of them had expected this and they didn't know what to think. After Kagome had fallen asleep Bankotsu turned and looked at Suikotsu.
"That was very sudden. What made you decide to go next?" Bankotsu asked and Suikotsu shrugged his shoulders before he answered.
"I just want to find out if I still have that annoyingly kind hearted bastard doctor inside me in the future aswell. I like me like I am now but I need to know if that bastard is with me in the future aswell." Suikotsu said and then understanding dawned on the rest of them. Suikotsu didn't want this second personality in his life in the future and they nodded their understanding and then laid down to get some sleep.