Aneue
AN: Here is chapter 3 and the scene of InuYashaand his friends. Please read and tell me what you think!
Disclaimer: I don't own Sailor Moon or InuYasha
Ch3
A small group of travelers walked through a trail in a dense forest. One would often take one glance at the group and think it's a strange arrangement of travelers. After all, it's quite unusual to see such diversity among voyagers, especially in a time period when one would be wary of one another during an era of war and prejudice to those that are different.
Kagome is a fifteen-year-old senior of a junior high school from the future. The top of her brown eyes was slightly covered by her wavy black hair. Unlike Kikyou, who has straight black hair that's tied in a low loose ponytail that falls down to her waist, Kagome's black hair appears to be slightly wavy and reached a bit below her mid-back. People would often mistaken her as a youkai due to her school uniform, a long sleeved white shirt with a green sailor collar and cuffs at the bottom of her shirt with a red ribbon tied in the front and her short green skirt.
Miroku is a young monk that's about the age of nineteen or twenty. His short black hair was tied into a small ponytail that rests on the nape of his neck. On his right ear there is a single gold earring and on his left are two earrings. His bluish-gray eyes held a gentle wisdom in them, but also a tint of craftiness in them. He donned on dark blue monk robes with a golden staff held in his right hand where a string of beads were wrapped around it to seal the kazaana(1) that was placed there by his enemy.
Sango is a sixteen-year-old taijiya(2), and despite her age, she is one of the best from her village. She is also the last of her people, unless you count her younger brother, Kohaku, who is under Naraku's control. Her long black was tied into a loose ponytail that is brought high up when she's battling a youkai, so she won't risk having it in the way. She wore a purple and white kimono with a blue cloth tied around her neck that holds her mask in it and a green apron-like cloth tied around her waist straight down. And underneath this everyday outfit, she was wearing a uniform as a taijiya, a tight black outfit with pink padding on her shoulders, her elbows, knees, and chest. Strapped to her back was her Hiraikotsu, a giant boomerang made from the bones of a youkai, and her katana that's strapped to her waist.
Walking beside Sango was Kirara, a small two-tailed fire cat demon. She was a pale yellow with a black ring around each tail, black ears and paws. She has huge red eyes with a large black diamond located between her eyes on her forehead. But this cat doesn't stay small for long, whenever her friends need her held, she'll transform into a form similar to a big saber-tooth tiger.
There was also Shippo, who is a child-like kitsune(3) youkai. Shippo has reddish-auburn colored hair that's tied into a high ponytail with a blue ribbon with a tan colored puffy tail. His turquoise colored eyes revealed his child-like personality, which goes with his five-year-old personality that contradicts his fifty-year age. He wore dark blue pants with a lighter blue shirt with leave prints on them and a tan vest over his shirt.
And last but not least, InuYasha, the hotheaded arrogant hanyou of the group. His long silver hair was accompanied with two dog-ears on the top of his head. His golden eyes studied his surroundings with a sign of annoyance and resentment. He wore a red hoari with wide sleeves and wide pants. The sword, Tetsusaiga, was strapped to his waist and appeared to look like a rusty sword that would ultimately transform whenever he gets dragged into a battle.
InuYasha was racing further ahead of everyone else. He glanced back to the group, who was taking their time walking. "Hey, Kagome, ya sense any shards yet?" he asked.
Kagome stopped walking and closed her eyes as she concentrated on their environment. She then shook her head and replied, "There's no shards around us so far."
Shippo fell to the floor and started to massage his swollen fox-like feet. "I'm tired, Kagome. Can we stop for a break?" he asked in a small whine.
"I suppose so," Kagome replied. Her brown eyes glanced at her other friends, almost as if she wants to know what they think.
"We have been walking for a while," Sango added. She glanced up into the sky and said, "And besides, it's getting late."
InuYasha glanced up at the now darkening sky. His golden eyes then averted towards his friends and watched as they all settled down besides the trees. He watched as Kagome started to cook some food for the hungry journeyers. The harshness in his eyes softened as an image of an older woman with overflowing sun-kissed hair took her place. "Aneue(4)," he whispered softly.
Kagome looked up to see a dejected looking InuYasha staring at her. She grew worried for this was the first time she had truly seen the confident hanyou look so hopeless. She smiled softly at him. "Here, InuYasha," she said, lifting a cup of steaming ramen for the hanyou to take, "You should eat something."
InuYasha blinked at the image as it vanished and revealed Kikyou's reincarnation instead. He turned around and said stubbornly, "I'm not hungry."
Shippo slurped the long pieces of ramen into his mouth. "But you were complaining about being hungry before," he said with a childish innocence in his voice.
InuYasha turned his head and glared at the small kitsune and shouted, "Well, I'm not hungry anymore."
"InuYasha, there's no need to shout," Miroku said, drinking tea from a green colored can. "You've been acting strange all day. Is something bothering you?"
InuYasha glanced ahead of him and stared down onto the ground. "Yasha-kun, look out!" a female voice said right before she screamed out in pain. His eyes reflected a form of sadness as he listened to the agonizing scream ringing in his head. "Tomorrow is the day," he whispered.
"The day for what?" InuYasha looked down to see Shippo holding onto a round lollipop that's bigger than his head. "What's so special about tomorrow?" the fifty-year-old fox asked.
"None of your business, gaki(5)," InuYasha shouted. He punched the boy on the head, causing him to drop his candy on the ground. He growled in annoyance as he tried to ignore the loud ringing sobs for the dirt covered candy and because of a swelling with the size of an orange on his head.
Kagome frowned at the two-hundred year old hanyou's attitude. "There's no need to be mean, InuYasha. Shippo was just asking a question," she said, walking over to the two with her hands on her hips.
InuYasha glared angrily at Kagome. "Urusai(6)!" he shouted, all signs of weakness or kindness was gone. Kagome stared in shock at his outburst. Sango and Miroku looked at each other and silently wondered what brought the aggravated behavior of the half dog demon. "You don't understand anything so just mind your own business," he yelled as he leaped up into the tree.
"I wonder if there's something bothering him," Sango said when Kagome carried the hiccupping Shippo back to them. "Tomorrow's not the day he becomes a ningen, so what could it be?"
"Maybe something in his past," Miroku brought up. "Why don't we set up camp here since it looks like he won't budge from his spot?" His friends nodded their heads at his suggestion and started to get their camp ready for the night.
Up in the tree towering over the campers, InuYasha watched as his friends laid down to get comfortable for their night rest. "Hmph," he scoffed, as if he didn't care about what they thought about him. He stared up into the sky to see the stars sparkling brightly, just as they had always done, with the bright round moon's light shining down on him. The dazzling lights coming from each star seemed to be brighter than the ones before it, almost as if they were trying to give him strength for tomorrow…for the anniversary of his beloved sister's death. "Aneue," he whispered quietly as he pulled his knees close to his chest and rested his chin on top. He sighed softly, "I miss you."
!-!
Kagura watched the slight disagreement between the friends. She held out her hand and stared at the clay doll she planned to use. "Hmm…I wonder what'll happen if I throw it," she mused silently. She then headed over to the campsite on the giant feather she flies on with determination on her face.
!-!
InuYasha's ears twitched as he heard a slight rustling in the leaves of the trees around him. He lifted his head up and sniffed the area when a sickening familiar smell hit him. "Shimatta(7)!" he shouted. He then leapt down from the tree and shouted, "Everyone, wake up! Kagura's here!"
Heads shot up as everybody scrambled to their feet. Sango grasped her Hiraikotsu tightly as Kirara transformed from a small harmless kitten to a ferocious saber-tooth cat. Kagome grabbed her bow and arrows and readied one arrow into position. Shippo hid behind Miroku as the monk grabbed the prayer beads wrapped around his right hand.
"Look what the dog dragged in," Kagura said as she leaped down to the ground from the giant feather. Her red eyes watched InuYasha as he stood in front of Kagome and thought of a plot. "You better protect your friends as long as you can, InuYasha…because I'm gonna make you weak forever," she said, rushing out in full speed.
InuYasha grabbed the hilt of his sword. The rusted blade then transformed into a gigantic curved blade in his hands. "I don't think so, Kagura," he shouted, bringing his prized sword out in hand. He was about to rush out to attack when his sharp eyes caught an offensive movement.
With a flick of her wrist, Kagura opened up her fan and grinned sardonically, as if she was enjoying herself. With one swing of the fan, sharp glowing blades swung with the strong currents towards the inu-tachi. "Shi-ne(8), InuYasha!" she yelled.
InuYasha turned his body and pulled Kagome into his arms. The minute he felt her body connect with his, he used his feet to push against the ground and jumped high into the air. The moment his feet left the ground, the attacks crashed into the ground, sending clouds of dust into the air. Everybody quickly rushed out of the way to escape the debris. InuYasha released Kagome on the floor and jumped back into the air with the sword held high above his head.
The ends of Kagura's lips twitched and slowly lifted up as the hanyou came closer. InuYasha saw the smile…no the smirk and gave her one of his own. "Ya finally cracked or something, Kagura? Why the hell ya smiling for?" he shouted confidently.
"Actually, I'm smiling because…my plan's coming together," she said and with each word, her voice grew louder. Using her fan, she forced the silver-haired hanyou to the side into the trees with a strong flow of the wind. "You're mine now, Kagome!" Kagura said, tossing the clay doll towards the frozen girl.
Miroku and Sango quickly rushed to help their friend, only to be pushed back by huge bodies of youkais. When they saw the lifeless look in their eyes and the stench of rotting flesh rose to their noses, they came to the conclusion that they were just corpses that Kagura was controlling. Miroku made a movement to remove the prayer beads when they heard the buzzing sounds of the poisonous bees flying among the trees and hiding in the darkness with only their red eyes revealing where they were. Instead, Miroku resorted to using his staff as Sango held tightly onto her boomerang. In a synchronized manner, the two ningens started to attack the corpses.
InuYasha's eyes widened. The doll may appear to be harmless, but knowing Naraku, nothing is as it seems. Just as he was about to crash right into the tree, he maneuvered his body. When his feet connected with the bark of the tree, he kicked against it and pushed himself towards Kagome's direction. "Kagome, look out," he shouted as he landed on his feet in front of her.
The doll ran smack into InuYasha and exploded into a cloud of murky orange dust, covering his body from view. Kagura couldn't help but release a laugh full of glee. "Let's see the magic, shall we," she said anxiously with her red lips parted in a smile.
"Kagome-chan, daijobu?" Sango shouted as she raced toward her after Kagura released her hold over the carcasses.
"Kagome-sama, where's InuYasha?" Miroku asked as he followed the taijiya.
"Sango-chan, Miroku-sama," Kagome called out. Her brown eyes turned to the particular place in front of her where the cloud of smoke lingered. "InuYasha…he's still…"
"Kagura, what the fuck was that all about?" a familiar, but, at the same time, strange voice shouted. Several pairs of eyes stared at the figure emerging from the haze; one pair was anxious while the others were worried. When the smoke finally cleared, nobody was prepared for what they saw.
Apparently there was nothing missing. He still had his golden brown eyes with the long silver hair against his back. He also had the dog ears on the top of his head. He was still wearing the red haori he wore since he was little. All in all, he looked exactly the same as he did a minute ago…only he was shrunk down to the same size as Shippo.
"I…InuYasha?" Kagome called out hesitantly.
"Nani, Kagome?" he asked in the same obnoxious tone he still possesses. He turned around and shouted in surprise as he fell over on his rear. "Why the hell have you guys grown taller?" he shouted in his 'it's-not-fair' tone.
"InuYasha, we're not the ones who grew taller," Sango said slowly, not sure if they should tell him what had happened. Not that they understood what had happened. Her brown eyes glanced over at Miroku, who shrugged his shoulders.
And Shippo, being the innocent and oblivious child he is, walked over to the brooding InuYasha. He used his hand and measured the hanyou's height against him. "Hey, InuYasha, you're just as tall as I am," he announced with a big smile on his face.
InuYasha turned to see Shippo's big wide turquoise eyes a few inches away from his. "AHHHHH!" he shouted. He jumped back and stared down at his small hands. "What the hell? I'm a little kid!" he shouted.
Kagura laughed as she watched in amusement. "Aww…don't you just look adorable as a child, InuYasha?" she cooed. She watched with a wide smile on her face at a vein popping up on his forehead.
InuYasha grew annoyed as he listened to the cooing from Kagura. Just what is it with all his enemies making him upset? It seems as if they were all just asking him to kill them. "Keh, just because you shrunk me into the size of a kid, it doesn't mean that I can't beat you!" InuYasha said, grabbing the Tetsusaiga. It was quite comical to see a kid, who looked to be about the age of five, grab a rusty sword that was about twice his height. However, when the blade transformed, the weight appeared to be too heavy as the blade fell downward and became embedded into the soil and InuYasha was lifted up into the air, holding onto the handle, as if he was riding on a seesaw. "Nani? What the hell is going on?" he shouted as he dangled from the handle with his feet swinging back and forth.
Kagura took her feather from her hair and tossed it up. She jumped onto the feather and glanced down at the yelling hanyou. "Well now, it seems like not only do you look like a child, but you have the strength of a child as well," she said, "I'll be merciful and leave you alone for now, InuYasha, but I'm warning you, the next time we meet, I won't show you mercy."
InuYasha kept his grip firm on the hilt of his sword and tried to pick it up stubbornly. His feet swung back and forth as he tried in vain to use his body to help him lift the sword. "Matte(9), Kagura! Come back here and reverse this crap right now!" he shouted.
"Amazing even with his appearance, he still sounds like the old InuYasha," Miroku said, watching with his lips slightly twitching.
Kagome stared with an annoyed look on her face as a string of curses ran from the child-like InuYasha. "InuYasha…" The silver-haired hanyou tilted his head back to see Kagome staring at him with irritated eyes. "Osuwari(10)," came the hated word which would always force him to pummel straight to the ground. Normally, InuYasha would lift his soiled face up from the dirt and start yelling at Kagome. However, this time, the minute he collided with the ground, he remained facedown on the floor with his eyes closed and his breathing steady.
Shippo walked over to InuYasha and poked him hesitantly on the back. When he was sure that he wouldn't get up, Shippo glanced back to Kagome and said, "He's unconscious."
"Maybe the osuwari was a bit too strong for him, Kagome-sama," Miroku said, "Let's take him to Kaede-sama. Perhaps she can reverse this spell."
Kagome nodded her head and lifted InuYasha into her arms as Shippo jumped onto her shoulder. "Let's go, minna-chan," she said.
(1) 'Kazaana' is Miroku's air void in his right hand.
(2) 'Taijiya' is a youkai extinguisher or demon exterminator
(3) 'Kitsune' is a fox
(4) 'Aneue' is another form for older sister. Kohaku calls Sango the same way.
(5) 'Gaki' is a brat
(6) 'Urusai' pretty much means InuYasha complaining about them being noisy or annoying or he could be telling them to shut up.
(7) 'Shimatta' means damn it
(8) 'Shi-ne' means die, almost in a commanding way
(9) 'Matte' means wait
(10) 'Osuwari' means sit, which, all of us InuYasha fans know, is Kagome's favorite word to punish InuYasha
AN: So, was Kagura's plan a big surprise? I love the idea of InuYasha becoming a small child again. He just looks so cute as a child. Did you like this chapter? Please send your reviews.