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AN: Thank you for all the reviews! I'm so happy to hear that you like this story. (eyes start tearing) Oh no! I think I'm going to cry! Read this chapter and tell me what you think while I go and try to stop crying. Oh, and beware of a surprise at the end of this chapter.
Ch5
InuYasha stopped running and stared at the forests around him. He stared down at Usagi, who was still cradled in his arms. He looked back up and walked to the wooden well in the middle of the tall grass. "Aneue, why did you come back?" he asked as he placed her gently beside the Bones Eater Well.
Usagi looked up at the young hanyou and smiled playfully. "Oh, do you mean that you didn't want to see me?" she asked, pretending to be hurt.
"Of course not!" InuYasha shouted, "How could you even think that?" He stared at her and apologized softly when he caught her looking at him curiously. "Aneue, how did you…the last time I saw you, you passed away!" InuYasha said. He then paused and scratched his head as he added weakly, "Or…did you somehow survive the past hundred years?"
Usagi laughed at his puzzlement. "Yasha-kun, you know that ningens can't live for a hundred years, just as a youkai could. Especially with the injury I got," she said. She patted the patch of grass next to her, signaling him to sit. "But I do have a story to tell you," she said.
InuYasha sat down in front of Usagi. He crossed his legs with his sword situated between his legs, leaning against his shoulder. His curiosity started to peak as he grew interested. He was slightly confused at the fact that after her death, she was in fact reincarnated, but hey, Kikyou was reincarnated as Kagome, so what say does he have. He was upset at hearing about the story of Silver Millennium where someone even had the nerve to hurt his sister, but he was even more surprised to find out that she was in fact a princess and the last of an ancient race whose powers and intelligence was considered legendary. InuYasha watched in sadness as he listened to the harsh life she had led with the constant fighting and the deaths of her friends, but he was proud to know that she still remained strong despite everything.
!-!
"Ne, Kaede, how did Usagi manage to make InuYasha big again?" Shippo asked, staring at the age worn miko with wide eyes.
"I don't know," Kaede replied, as she grinded some herbs Usagi had brought in. "Maybe it had something to do with the fact that Usagi-chan knowing InuYasha somewhere in the past."
Kagome looked out of the doorway at the setting sun. "I wonder where those two could be," she said, "It's getting really late."
"Don't worry about it, Kagome-chan," Sango said, petting Kirara, who was curled up in her lap, "If anything bad happens, InuYasha can protect Usagi-san."
"Though I do wonder how InuYasha and Usagi know each other," Miroku said, scratching his head, "Ever since he woke up from Kikyou-sama's sealing, he's been with us. And InuYasha have been sealed for fifty years."
"That's right," Sango said, after thinking it over, "Usagi-san appears to be about twenty-years-old." Her brown eyes turned to Kaede and asked, "Are you sure that she isn't a youkai?"
"She doesn't smell like a youkai," Shippo said, "But she doesn't smell like a ningen as well." He crossed his short arms over his chest and thought about the sweet scent of flowers coming from the young woman. "I don't know why exactly, but when I'm around her, it feels as if everything would be all right."
"There's also this purity I never saw in anyone before, not even in children," Miroku said, "Not to mention, I never saw anybody with her features before, could she be a youkai in disguise?"
"In my time, there are lots of people who have blond hair," Kagome said, "Maybe her family came to Japan from another country…you know, like an immigrant."
"But that still doesn't explain how Usagi-san and InuYasha know each other," Sango said. Her statement caused everyone to sigh and think about the problem once again.
!-!
"So…you're not a ningen," InuYasha said after hearing the story. He tilted his head in a curious manner, causing Usagi to think of him resembling a puppy or a kitten studying a new object. "But if you weren't a ningen, then how come you didn't survive the injury?"
"It's very complicated, Yasha-kun," Usagi replied. She pulled InuYasha into her lap and leaned his head on her shoulder, just as she had always done when he was little. Usagi brushed her hand through his hair and closed her eyes. "When I was reincarnated, I was born as a ningen and it wasn't until I discovered my past as the Tsuki no Hime(1), that I slowly became a lunarian. And when it was time for me to ascend the throne, that's when I fully become a lunarian. But because I lived my life here with no real threat or without knowing the truth of my past…"
"You never got the chance to become a lunarian," InuYasha said, "Are you a lunarian now?"
"Somewhat," Usagi replied, "I still haven't gone up on my throne yet. Now why don't you tell me what has been happening since I left?" She leaned against the well as InuYasha jumped up onto his feet and began telling her his story, strangely resembling the little kid he was before.
!-!
"Kagura," Naraku's quiet yet scheming voice said, causing her body to stiffen with alert. "Very interesting on what you did to InuYasha." Her body started to relax when she heard the compliment, but the awkward pause made her alert just the same. "However, it would probably be better if the spell didn't have a way to reverse it."
Kagura was confused. After all, the only way to reverse it was to have a kiss from someone of the person's childhood. But there was nobody left, other than Sesshoumaru. There's just no way that Shinji's spell could have been broken up so easily and quickly.
"I see that you don't know what I'm talking about," Naraku said. He waved his hand to Kanna who revealed in her mirror InuYasha back to his original height, practicing…or rather randomly swinging his sword from side to side. "Find out what happened, Kagura," he ordered.
Kagura bowed her head and said, "As you wish, Naraku-sama." She stood up and was about to leave when Naraku called her back. Faintly, Kagura heard sniffling coming from behind the doors at the side and wondered silently what that could be.
"Kagura, I want you to take her with you," Naraku said.
The doors slid open at its own accord and revealed a young girl, probably about the age of eight years. She had bright pink hair that was put up into pigtails. Tears were traveling down her bright red eyes. All in all, she looked like a regular ningen girl, (AN: You know what's coming, don't you?) except for a weird moon-like mark on her forehead (AN: Anyone know who this is?). "Kaa-san," she whispered between each sniffles.
"Who is she?" Kagura asked, staring at the girl. There was a slight stench of Naraku coming from her that informs her that she's probably a new detachment, but there's something about the child that just screams that she doesn't belong in this world of darkness.
"Follow Kagura, child, and she'll take you to your hahayo(2)," Naraku said with a smile on his face. Kagura eyed her master carefully and knew that whenever it seems like he's being nice, often time it's for his benefit only.
"Honto?" the child asked, glancing curiously at Naraku. When she saw him smile and nod his head, the oblivious girl grinned and ran to Kagura.
Kagura took the girl's hand and walked out of the room. "I thought I was just suppose to spy on InuYasha, not take this girl to her mother," she said silently. She watched as the girl just smiled happily as she skipped by her side. Kagura's red eyes then widened in realization. "Unless this child is just part of his plan."
"Are we really going to kaa-san?" the girl asked.
"Yes," Kagura lied, "But first, there's something I have to check up on."
"Oh," the child whispered, a bit of the joy vanishing. She walked slightly in a less joyful manner. She glanced up at Kagura and said, "Watashi wa (AN: It's coming…just who is this child that resembles the little spore we all know) Chibi-Usa (3). I was named after kaa-san."
"And just who is your okaa-san?" Kagura asked, a bit curious about the young girl who doesn't even seem to acknowledge Naraku as her master and has control of her own mind, heart, and actions.
"Kaa-san is the world's most beautiful woman. She has the biggest and kindest hert in the entire universe," Chibi-Usa said, "Everyone always say that she's very pure and everyone she meets loves her. She's always doing something to make her friends happy and she's always helping other people." Chibi-Usa glanced up at the sky with a bright smile on her face. "My yume(4) is to be a beautiful lady like her!"
Kagura pulled the feather from her hair. "Yume?" she whispered gently.
"Kaa-san said that yumes are important and it's a part of who we are," Chibi-Usa said, "because as we work hard to make them come true, we are able to learn more about ourselves." She looked at Kagura and asked, "What's your yume?"
Kagura's eyes narrowed and then closed. She pulled the feather close to her before tossing it into the air. "Doesn't matter since in won't come true," she said, getting onto the enlarged feather.
Chibi-Usa followed her and thought about Kagura's reply. "Maybe you can ask kaa-san for help," she said, "She could help you make it come true." She then went on talking about all the people her mother had helped and befriended as Kagura listened partially and flew towards InuYasha's location.
(1) 'Tsuki no Hime' is of course the Moon Princess.
(2) 'Hahayo' is just another word for mother. Jeez…why are there so many different kinds of words for mom, sister, brother…what's with all the different versions?
(3) 'Watashi wa Chibi-Usa' means I'm Chibi-Usa. Pretty much, she is introducing herself.
(4) 'Yume' means dream.
AN: So was anyone surprised to see Chibi-Usa again? You all might be wondering why she is here when of course Mamoru is dead, but if you had caught it, she is actually a detachment of Naraku, a different kind of Naraku but still a detachment. Chibi-Usa has control of her own actions and could actually do whatever she wants and, yes, she does hold a significance part in this story.
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