In previous updating of this chapter, I forgot to put in the guidelines of the words or phrases I put in. I didn't change this chapter, other than putting in the meanings at the end of the chapter. You can skip it to the bottom and just read the meanings.
Me: I'm back with chapter six up here for all to read.
Kouga: About time…just where the hell have you been!
Me: Hey! It's not my fault if I became busy. After all this is I spent the past few weeks trying to get ready for my lesson plan for summer school.
Naraku: So you mean to tell me that "summer school" is more important than me, I mean, this story?
Me: Well duh! No offense, but as much as I enjoy reading and writing fanfiction, but this summer school program is being run by my mom.
Sesshoumaru: So this means that you still have distractions and you can't concentrate on finishing up this story.
Me: Of course not, I mean I may be busy in the summer, but it doesn't mean that I won't keep trying to keep up with my updating. But anyway, I'd just like to say something to the people who love my story and that's thank you for all the reviews you had sent me and the patience you had shown! I'm so happy to hear that you like this story.
Sesshoumaru: Well, I'm also happy.
Me: (staring at his stoic face) I can't really tell because you always look the same.
Sesshoumaru: You'll be able to tell if I'm happy if you just added me in already.
Kouga: Yeah! Just when am I gonna show up?
Me: When I'm ready for your parts. Patience is a virtue.
Kouga: True…but patience is something we do NOT have! I mean, you even added Naraku in the story. That's just plain wrong!
Naraku: (smirking) It just proves that I'm much more better than all of you.
Sesshoumaru: (ignoring bickering two) So, who's gonna be with Usagi?
Me: That's for me to know and you to find out.
Naraku: Well, it's quite obvious that I'm gonna be paired up with her.
Kouga: Says you.
Naraku: Nope, says the reviewers. After all, you heard what they said. Chibi-Usa is like my daughter.
Me: Sorry, but you're not gonna be paired up with Usagi, Naraku. While it's true that she's like you're daughter, since she's a detachment, but you pretty much think of her as a tool.
Naraku: (jaw drops and acts insulted) What! Do not!
Kouga: You're using her to spy on dog-face. That's called using her as a tool.
Sesshoumaru: (sighs in relief) Thank god she's not gonna be with him.
Naraku: Shut up, Sesshoumaru! (pouting) That's just not fair! Does this mean I'll be trying to kill her?
Me: Technically, you'll be trying to pursue her instead of killing her. So, can anyone do the disclaimer for me?
Kouga/Naraku/Sesshoumaru: Only if you tell us who's gonna be with Usagi!
Me: Why me? (shaking my head) Never mind, I'll do it myself. I don't own InuYasha or Sailor Moon. Send in your reviews!
Ch6
Kagura peeked from behind a tree and watched in curiosity at the scene in front of her. She knew of InuYasha, but the outlandish woman she knew nothing about. It was strange, considering the fact that nobody in this time and place has blond hair and blue eyes. She watched as InuYasha was talking to the woman, obviously absorbed in his story to even notice her.
Chibi-Usa stared up at the woman in front of her and wondered what she was looking at. She sneaked over to the bushes and glanced over the tops of the shrubberies. Her red eyes caught sight of InuYasha and were focused on his twitching dog-ears as she giggled silently. Her eyes then traveled to a strangely familiar looking woman sitting on the ground. The longer she studied the young woman, the wider her eyes grow as she recognized her.
A smile grew on her face as she immediately raced out into the open, ignoring Kagura's shouts for her to come back. Chibi-Usa felt her heart pound as she thought to herself, "She's here. She's really here," as tears came to her eyes. As she got closer to the pair, Chibi-Usa opened her mouth and shouted, "Kaa-san!"
Kagura stopped chasing after her and stared at the girl in shock and then at the woman, who quickly turned around when she heard what the child called out. Taking advantage of InuYasha's oblivious personality at that moment, Kagura jumped back into the trees and watched the scene.
Usagi had heard a familiar voice calling out 'Kaa-san' and turned around, wondering who it was. Her eyes widened as she caught sight of the daughter she had thought that she'd never see again ever since her fiancé's death. "Chibi-Usa?" she said, standing up as she stared at the young girl. She brought her hands to her mouth as tears started to fall down her cheek. "Chibi-Usa!" she called out, racing towards her baby girl and bringing the girl close to her in a tight embrace.
InuYasha watched in confusion as mother and daughter hugged each other. From what he had gathered from the story he had heard, Chibi-Usa was going to be the name of the daughter if this Mamoru or Endymion fella lived, but he died in the battle his sister had fought in. And what really got to him was the fact that he detected a slight scent of someone he would've loved to maim and torture to death. His ears twitched at the sounds of the trees' branches rustling and grew suspicious when he was sure that there wasn't a wind or breeze in the area.
Kagura noticed the hanyou coming towards her in a careful manner. She heard a slight buzzing by her ear and turned to see the insect Naraku uses to spy on others. She listened as Naraku ordered her to return back to his castle and leave the child there. "So she is part of his plan," she mused silently as she grabbed her method of transportation and hopped onto the feather.
InuYasha's sharp golden eyes saw Kagura as she flew off into the air. "Kagura," he snarled. He was about to charge after her when he heard Chibi-Usa saying goodbye to the wind demon. He turned to Chibi-Usa and shouted, "You know her!"
Chbi-Usa nodded her head. "She brought me here," she replied, still clutching onto Usagi.
"Is she someone you know?" Usagi asked.
InuYasha nodded his head. "Yeah, Kagura's one of the detachments of Naraku," he replied. He didn't have to go into too much detail to Usagi since he already explained everything about Naraku and the evil deeds he had done to not just him, but to many others as well. He stared at Chibi-Usa and added, "And I get the feeling that she is also a detachment."
Chibi-Usa glanced curiously at InuYasha and then at Usagi, who was caressing her cheek gently. "Perhaps, but I believe that she's different," Usagi said. The silver-haired hanyou looked at her with puzzled expression on his face. "This symbol on her forehead isn't something someone can imitate so easily. She may be a detachment, but her heart is separate from this Naraku."
InuYasha sighed and studied Chibi-Usa closely. "All right, aneue," he said. Usagi's instincts had never been wrong before; if she sees that someone is trustworthy, they usually are. "I trust you," he said, smiling.
Usagi smiled back at him and hugged her daughter. "Chibi-Usa, this is InuYasha, he's my otouto-kun," she said.
"So…he's like my ji-chan(1)," Chibi-Usa said. She tilted her head to the side and stared at the dog-ears. "So, you're a youma?" she asked.
Usagi laughed and said, "Youmas are what we fought against. InuYasha is actually a hanyou. His otou-san was a youkai and his okaa-san was a ningen."
Chibi-Usa's eyes widened in amazement from the news. "So, you're hybrid?"
InuYasha nodded his head. "Yeah," he replied. He stood up and said, "We better head back. It's starting to get even late." Usagi stood up and placed a hand over Chibi-Usa's forehead; in a few seconds, the moon insignia vanished. "Aneue, I think it's better if we don't tell anyone about this," InuYasha said.
"About what?" Usagi asked.
"That you're my aneue and…you know," he replied, "I have a lot of enemies and I don't want someone coming and trying to kill you." Usagi nodded her head as if she understood what he was going about. "What about you, squirt?" he asked the girl, who nodded her head as well.
!-!
Kagome and her friends glanced up when they heard the mat move aside and saw InuYasha and Usagi walk in with a young girl holding her hand. "InuYasha, what took you so long?" Kagome asked.
Miroku noticed Chibi-Usa and smiled as he said, "Well, InuYasha, I didn't know you were the type to work fast. And I'd never expected you to have a child with Usagi-san already."
"NANI?" InuYasha shouted, "That's disgusting! And don't confuse me for you!" He folded his arms across his chest and said, "She's Usagi's daughter, the name's Chibi-Usa."
Shippo glanced at the girl and the first thought in his mind was, "She's cute(2)." Then he sniffed a slightly familiar scent coming from Chibi-Usa. "Ah! She has the same scent as Kagura!" he exclaimed.
The others stood up and were about to attack the child when both InuYasha and Usagi stood in front of her protectively. "InuYasha?" Kagome asked in a curious voice. Usually whenever someone is a detachment of Naraku, he would blow up and try to kill the person, but now, he's practically protecting the child.
"Anyone who lays a hand on her is gonna get their ass kicked by me," InuYasha snarled angrily. Despite the truth that Chibi-Usa is a detachment of his worst enemy and he had just met her, but he had already felt a connection with the child and felt like he had to protect her from anyone who'll harm her, even his own friends.
Miroku and Sango stared at Chibi-Usa who stared shyly from behind Usagi and clutched tightly on her skirt. Concentrating their attentions on the child, they were shocked to discover that she, in fact, also has the same pure aura surrounding her that Usagi has. Miroku placed a hand on Kagome's shoulder, silently interrupting the argument, which would result in InuYasha's punishment of kissing the floor. "I think we can trust her for now, Kagome-sama," the young monk said.
Kagome looked at Miroku with puzzled eyes. "Kagome-chan, I think we can go with InuYasha's judgment on this," Sango said, "I'm sure that he thought it over." She turned her attention to the hanyou, who now focused on Usagi and was leading her and Chibi-Usa to sit down beside Kaede.
Kagome also noticed an alien emotion in the often-hardheaded hanyou. Her brown eyes narrowed in slight jealousy, upset with the fact that InuYasha was willingly showing a soft side in public to a girl none of them knew. She knew that she really shouldn't be judging the child because she does seem to be very innocent, but then again, so did Kohaku until Naraku possessed his mind again. She closed her eyes and forced herself to calm down as she asked, "What made you trust the child?"
"Because Chibi-Usa is like a-Usagi's daughter," InuYasha replied, "She may be Naraku's detachment, but it is also possible that she is the reincarnation of Usagi's daughter." He sat down beside Usagi, who was holding the sleeping child in her arms, sleeping on her mat. "And Usagi's intuition is dependable," he added.
Kagome's mouth dropped and asked, "Just because Usagi-san said that, doesn't mean that it could be true."
InuYasha glared at Kagome and said, "Actually just because Usagi says it, it means that it is true."
"If she said that Naraku could be trusted, would you believe her?" Kagome asked.
"Of course," InuYasha, "It just so happens that I trust her a whole lot more than you!" He turned his entire body to face Usagi. "Nobody's more important to me than Usagi."
That was it. Kagome couldn't take it anymore. First he goes on trying to protect Kikyou, even when she's trying to get him or her killed. And now, he's all friendly with this woman who none of them has ever seen before, trusting every word that comes out of her mouth. "I need to go get more supplies," she muttered, grabbing her yellow backpack and heading out the door.
"Guess she's heading home," Shippo said, staring after Kagome. He then glared angrily at InuYasha and shouted, "Just what were you thinking? This could all be a trap, for crying out loud!"
The young kitsune was about to continue to yell at the hanyou, who was ignoring him, when Miroku placed his hand on top of his head, causing him to stop. The monk shook his head and stared at InuYasha, who would usually start sulking when Kagome heads home, but is now looking as if he doesn't care while paying close attention to the two sleeping females. Kaede glanced at the hanyou from the corner of her eye and noticed that soft serene look on his face; she shook her head and sighed, thinking that perhaps the relationship everyone assumed Usagi and InuYasha have is too much of an exaggeration. Sango also shook her head; for the first time, she didn't blame InuYasha for his insincere temper, she was kind of hoping that Kagome wouldn't have jumped too much into conclusion.
/-/
Kagome's family had been sitting in the dining room when they heard the front door open and then slam shut. "Tadiema(3)," an annoyed Kagome said as she stomped her way to the dining room.
Souta, her seven-year-old brother, glanced up from the television and noticed the usual look on her face whenever she came back home from her fight with InuYasha. "Nee-chan, did something bad happen?" he asked curiously, hoping to get a hint of what the fight had been about.
"Only the stupid conceited hanyou is actually trusting a girl none of us had met and he 'claimed' to know very well," Kagome shouted at the top of her lungs.
Her age old grandfather nodded his head as if agreeing with the statement, but the words that came out of his mouth proved otherwise. "Was this girl very beautiful, Kagome?" he asked. She nodded her head silently and fuming. "Ah…so you're just jealous," he said, cheerfully, causing Kagome to throw the big book bag at him before stomping up to her room.
"I think it's best to just leave her alone for the night," her mother said, smiling. "She'll feel better tomorrow after a good night sleep." Unfortunately, Kagome has been known to hold long grudges, especially if it is against InuYasha. The next day, instead of returning to the Feudal era, she went straight to school, leaving behind a curious family, who were wondering what had happened.
/-/
Back in the feudal time, Usagi and Chibi-Usa had no idea of the squabble between the hanyou and the teenager from the future; they awoke to find only InuYasha and Kaede trying to help the young girl fit in. Usagi had left her daughter behind with her uncle as she traveled to the river to gather some water.
"Just why didn't you stop Kagome, Miroku?" Shippo asked, "I mean, InuYasha go pretty far with his insults. He didn't have to go and yell at Kagome like that."
Usagi followed the voice to the riverside. "Ohayo," Usagi said, as she walked over to them. She noticed that the three of them had become silent and were glancing at each other, as if wondering what they should do. A concern look appeared on her face as she asked, "Is everything okay? I know I kind of fell asleep yesterday after I came back with Chibi-Usa, but I thought I heard some shouting in the background. There wasn't a fight, was there?"
"Of course there was! I don't know what spell you placed on InuYasha, but you better take it off right now!" Shippo shouted. When he saw the confused look on her face, he was beginning to wonder if Usagi really didn't do anything to change the hanyou's personality. "InuYasha was actually doing what another girl, other than Kikyou, would tell him to do and it's just weird! I mean, InuYasha would never take orders from any one, nor would he trust them so blindly."
"Kikyou?" Usagi repeated as she thought about what InuYasha had told her, "Is she the miko who he fell in love with before he was sealed away?" The three friends nodded their heads silently. Usagi smiled sheepishly at Shippo and said, "Gomen for having you think that way, but I didn't put any spell on him. I don't even know how to do that, and even if I did, I would never do that, especially to Yasha-kun."
Miroku was studying Usagi silently and asked seriously, "How did you meet InuYasha, if you don't mind me asking?"
"I'm afraid that that story is for Yasha-kun to tell when he's ready," the blonde woman replied.
Sango grinned slightly and asked, "Just what is your relationship with him, anyway, Usagi-san?"
"I'm not his lover, if that's what you're implying," Usagi replied playfully. She laughed slightly and added, "I'm just a close friend of his."
Miroku's eyes then widened as he approached Usagi with a smile that seemed harmless to those who don't know him very well, but to those who are close to him, it's just a sign of annoyance. "My dear lady," he said, grasping her hand in his, "would you bear my children?"
Usagi just stared in shock and couldn't answer him, but she didn't have to. InuYasha had been walking towards them when he heard Miroku asking the annoying question. Enraged, he rushed towards them and, before Sango could attack him with her boomerang, punched the monk into the river. "No, she will NOT bear your children, you perverted monk!" he shouted.
"Yasha-kun, calm down," Usagi said, placing a hand on his arm, "He was only joking, so don't mind him."
"But he fit your list of requirements for a husband," InuYasha muttered, sitting down beside her.
Usagi laughed as she watched Miroku swim towards them. "He may not hate youkais and hanyous and try to kill each one that comes his path, but I won't marry someone if I don't love him. That's been a nature in my family since I can remember." She unwrapped the sash around her waist to reveal a white colored rope in its place and handed Miroku the sash. "Here, why don't you use this to dry your self? It won't do much, but it might help a bit." The monk took it and nodded his thanks; he wiped his forehead with the pale blue fabric and as he brought it over his nose, he noticed a distinct smell of flowers. "Now, why don't you tell me what happened last night when I went to bed?" she said, in a soft but firm manner.
Usagi listened in silence as Shippo started to relay the story to her. She nodded her head to his story, seemingly not really noticing that he was exaggerating certain parts. InuYasha looked like he was about to bash the small fox's head in as he continued to listen on the parts where Shippo was trying to make him look bad in front of his sister. He made a movement to go and strangle the youkai but when Usagi turned to him and scolded him silently with her eyes, InuYasha dropped to the ground and his head went straight to the floor, almost like a dog that's being scolded by its owner.
Usagi then sighed, no matter what he does, she would always end up forgiving him. She then turned to the others and asked, "So, Kagome-chan went to the future?" Everyone nodded his or her heads. "I think I should go and talk to her," Usagi then said as she stood up, quietly getting the grass stains off her kimono, "And I should apologize to her for Yasha-kun's temper."
"I guess that means I have to go too," InuYasha said in a complaining tone.
Usagi shook her head and laughed slightly as she said, "It's all right; I could go by myself."
"But it's impossible to get to Kagome-chan's world without InuYasha's help," Sango said, "For some reason, only Kagome-chan and InuYasha are able to bypass the well's barrier to go back and forth in time."
Usagi cupped her chin between her thumb and pointer finger as she thought about the predicament, she had wanted to talk to Kagome alone without InuYasha being there. Then it hit her. Setsuna has the power to cross the time streams and now the powers had been passed down to her. "I think I might be able to go by myself," Usagi said, "A special friend of mine might be able to help me go through."
"Special friend?" Shippo repeated, staring curiously at Usagi with the child-like curiousity. "Who is it?"
Usagi just shook her head slightly as she lifted a finger over her mouth, as if trying to say that it was a secret. She heard Chibi-Usa calling for her and turned to see her daughter running towards her with a bright smile on her face. "Chibi-Usa, do you want to come with me?" she asked.
Chibi-Usa took Usagi's hand and looked up at her. "Go where?" she asked, with her red eyes glancing at her mother only.
"To Kagome-chan's world," Usagi replied. She glanced at the bright blue sky and said softly, "I think we should try to explain to Kagome-chan about the fight she had with Yasha-kun."
"Ji-chan got into a fight?" Chibi-Usa asked, staring up at InuYasha this time, "I hope you didn't hurt her too badly otherwise kaa-san might be mad at you."
"We didn't fight," InuYasha denied quickly, "We just…argued." He turned his pouting face away and defended himself, "And besides, she started it. Everyone knows that a-Usagi's judgment of people is always 100 percent correct. Every youkai and hanyou she befriends are always the ones that don't hate ningen and try to annihilate them all."
Usagi shook her head as she gathered Chibi-Usa into her arms. "But Yasha-kun, Kagome-chan doesn't know me as well as you do," she said gently. She watched as he dropped his head in a slow realization. "I better warn her, so she won't go arguing with you again and end up going home," she said as she walked towards the well, "And I'm pretty sure that whenever she heads on home, it hinders your journey to find those shards you're after."
Sango nodded her head and with a silent chuckle, she agreed with Usagi's statement. "Not to mention that whenever Kagome-chan goes home, InuYasha seems to throw a fit and end up following her back," she said.
Miroku nodded his head. "That's true," he added, draping a hand over Sango's shoulders. The taijiya eyed his hand warily and watched just in case, he decided that just because she's allowing him to leave it there, it doesn't mean that she wants him to start groping her inappropriately. For the first time in his life, Miroku wasn't paying much attention to the girl he was touching, instead all of his attention was on Usagi. "But more importantly, just how do you go over to Kagome-sama's home, Usagi-san?" he asked.
Usagi turned her head over to the monk as she continued to walk down the worn off path. "Just as I said before, with a help from a special friend," she said.
!-!
Everybody crowded around the old Bones Eater Well and stared down into it, watching Usagi and Chibi-Usa. They were all pretty anxious and eager to see just how Usagi, a simple ningen, could actually do something that a powerful youkai can't do, which is to cross through the time stream and jump five hundred years into the future.
While everyone was pretty excited to see what will happen, InuYasha was filled with worry. He had been to Kagome's world once and had seen how dangerous it could be, what with all those bandits and fire accidents in those buildings. He knew that the future was no surprise to his sister, considering that she had been there before coming back, but nonetheless, he was still worried.
Sensing his concern, Usagi looked up to see everyone's smiling faces, but she focused more on InuYasha. She winked playfully at him and gave him a smile, calming the sea of worry in him. Usagi stared down to the ground and clasped her hands together into a prayer. "Sailor Pluto, my dear guardian of time, please help guide me safely to the world where Kagome has now resided," she prayed silently, "Setsuna…my dear friend, please lend me your guidance one more time."
Eyes grew wider as they watched the two have a dark greenish glow around them. The ground they stood on remained as thick and straight, but it was slowly absorbing the mother and daughter in, almost as if it was quicksand. But there was no sign of fear or hesitation on their faces; instead, Chibi-Usa was waving goodbye with one hand and the other clutching onto Usagi's hand. "We'll be back as soon as we can," Usagi said, mainly to InuYasha. And within minutes, the two had left with no trace of where they stood before in the well.
!-!
Kagome was walking, or rather, stomping, towards her seat in school with a pissed off look on her face. "Just who does he think he is," she muttered, "I can't believe he actually trusts Usagi-san like that. I mean, she may seem nice and all, but how do we not know if she's just an enemy."
Her thoughts then trailed to her grandfather, thinking back to his words, 'Ah…so you're just jealous.' She sat down as she thought about it more. Maybe she was jealous, jealous of the fact that Usagi truly was beautiful, jealous of the fact that InuYasha already acts like a dog on a leash around her. She was okay with the fact that InuYasha was still head over heels over Kikyou, but that was because they were together before she came into the picture and were forced apart by Naraku. But just where does Usagi-san fit in all this? She rested her elbow on her desk and leaned her cheek in and sighed.
!-!
Usagi glanced around the well and noticed the rope ladder. "That's gonna be a pain to climb, especially in this thing," she whispered in an agitated tone.
Chibi-Usa looked at the rope and then to her mother's light blue kimono and to her dark red kimono. "Why don't you fly?" she suggested.
Usagi gasped and then squealed at her option. She hugged Chibi-Usa tightly and gave a kiss on her cheek. "That's my smart little lady," she said. She picked up the eight-year-old. "Hang on tight," she said. Usagi closed her eyes as her white wings came to view and to life, giving them a few flaps before taking off. She flew out of the well and had them disappear before exiting the well.
Taking Chibi-Usa's hand into hers, Usagi proceeded to walk to the two story white house residing next door. She knocked on the door and waited as the door opened and a kind looking woman looked at her. "Ohayo," Usagi said, bowing slightly, "I was wondering if Kagome-chan is home right now."
"Oh, I'm sorry," the woman said. "I'm afraid that Kagome isn't in right now. I'm her mother. Do you want me to leave a message? Or you could come back in the afternoon."
"That's all right," she said, smiling, "But do you mind telling me where she could be as of now?"
Before she could reply, an old man came in to see who was at the door. His eyes widened when he saw Usagi. She had the longest golden hair he has ever seen and the purest and clearest blue eyes. But what really got him was the fact that she was wearing an old fashion kimono, not a lot of people would wear them nowadays, unless there was a festival. "Who are you, my dear?" he asked.
Usagi grinned and introduced herself, "My name is Usagi Tsukino and this is my daughter Chibi-Usa. We wish to see Kagome-chan."
"I'm afraid she's over at school today," the grandfather said. "Even though I had a great name for a disease, she still offered to go to school," he added mentally as he turned his head to the side with tears cascading down his cheeks.
Usagi stared at his weird antics and smiled nervously as she slowly inched away from him. "Um…can you tell me where the school is?" she asked.
Kagome's mother nodded her head and wrote down the instructions on a piece of paper as the grandfather stared at Chibi-Usa. "I hope you won't find me rude, but how old are you, Usagi-chan?" he asked. Usagi told him her age without any hesitation. "And Chibi-Usa-chan is about eight, am I correct?" he asked. Usagi nodded her head. "Aren't you a bit too young to have an eight-year-old daughter?" he asked as the mother gasped in shock at him.
Usagi smiled and said, as she stared down to the floor. "She's…actually my adopted daughter," she fibbed slightly. Chibi-Usa isn't exactly her daughter, considering the fact that she was suppose to be born through her love with Mamoru and the fact that she is this Naraku's detachment. She took the paper and thanked the mother before continuing on her way towards the school.
!-!
Usagi stood in front of the white building with Chibi-Usa glancing around in excitement. On the way, there had been several people who had been looking their way, probably because of the way they were dressed, but Usagi paid them no mind since she was bent on arriving to her destination. "Let's go see Kagome-chan," Usagi said to Chibi-Usa, who nodded her head. Together they walked into the building and asked to see the young ninth grader.
!-!
"Higurashi, there's someone who wants to see you," a teacher said, opening the door to the classroom. He glanced around the classroom to spot the teenager.
Kagome stood up hesitantly, silently wondering, "Just who could it be?"
Usagi walked into the classroom with a bright smile on her face. "Kagome-chan, I hope I haven't caught you in a bad time," she said softly.
Kagome was shocked to see Usagi standing there in her school. She then noticed a bunch of the boys giving her catcalls and whistling at her to Usagi's embarrassment. It turns out that she could even charm people she had never met. But Kagome was more curious with the fact that Usagi had managed to come to her time, however, the thought was dismissed with the fact that InuYasha was probably waiting somewhere on the roof of her school or at her home.
"I'm not sure if that's a good idea…" the teacher trailed on, waiting for Usagi to fill in the blank.
Usagi giggled slightly. "Sorry, I should've introduced myself," she said, "Watashi wa Usagi…Usagi Tsukino. And may I ask why it's not a good idea to talk with Kagome-chan?"
"Well, Higurashi-san should be spending more time in school since she's been out for a long time," the teacher said, "And she needs more help if she wants to get to a good high school."
"I'm sure I could help her with her school work," Usagi said, clasping her hands together, almost in a prayer-like or begging-like gesture. "It'll only take a few minutes for me to talk to her. And anyway, I have to leave town soon," she said. Usagi looked despairingly at teacher as if by saying that if he still won't let them talk, it would be like the end of the world.
The teacher just took one look into her pleading blue eyes and immediately fell into trap. He slowly nodded his head as his cheeks flushed into a deep red color. Usagi bowed slightly and said cheerfully, "Thank you so much, sensei." When the teacher turned around to face his class, Usagi looked at Kagome's way and winked playfully at her.
Kagome couldn't help but feel a sweat drop down on her head as she noticed that Usagi had just managed to make the teacher go her way. She followed Usagi out of the classroom and then they proceeded to the roof, where they hope to find some privacy. They walked silently toward the roof with Chibi-Usa walking in front of them with her attention solely on a picture book she had begged Usagi to buy.
"I heard about the fight you had with Yasha-kun last night about Chibi-Usa," Usagi said. Kagome turned to the young woman in shock. "Shippo-chan told me about it…with a few exaggerated remarks," she said, noting the fifteen-year-old's confusion. "I know it might seem suspicious, considering you don't know how Yasha-kun and I had met or know each other, but I'm asking you to trust in him and me," she said.
Kagome walked over toward the railings and leaned over them. "It's not that I don't trust you," she said. She turned her head to see that Chibi-Usa sitting by the door with her nose in the book. "It's just…Chibi-Usa-chan is a detachment of Naraku and now in the feudal era, it's just not wise to trust anyone so easily, especially a detachment," she said. Her brown eyes glanced down and glazed over as she remembered Kohaku, Sango's little brother, and how he could immediately be nice one moment and ready to kill them the next.
Usagi walked towards the railing and stood by her side. "Right now, you sounded just like the villagers I once lived with," she said. Kagome looked at her and was curious at this woman and knew deep down that she wanted to know more about her. " 'Feudal era'? Those words have nothing to do with trust," she continued, "The people in the village may be willing to help me take care of my home ever since my hahaue(4) and chichiue(5) passed away, but it doesn't mean that they were accepting the fact that my charge was a hanyou."
"Hanyou?" Kagome repeated. This was something she had never heard about. A regular human woman taking in a hanyou and caring for it when the hanyou wasn't her child is pretty rare.
"The reason I'm not married is because, despite the fact that men, both commoners and lords, would come and compliment on my outside appearance and try to flatter me, they would always end up making the same suggestion," Usagi said. Her blue eyes narrowed in disgust as she turned her face away from Kagome. "They would tell me to get rid of the hanyou, whether to abandon him or kill him, it didn't matter to them." Kagome gasped. "It sickens me. Just how could they tell me that they wish to marry me and yet tell me to get rid of him like that," she said angrily. Usagi's eyes shut tight as her hands closed tightly in a fist. "He's just a harmless child; he won't be able to defend himself in the wilderness! He lost his mother for a few years and his father died so he could be born safely," she said, "They don't know anything about him and never tried to know him; yet they're able to go and assume that he's a dangerous menace, all because he's a hanyou. It's people like them that I hate, always closing their eyes and ears to people they don't know or who are different than them."
Kagome looked away sheepishly when she saw Usagi turn towards her. "Do you know that we're no different than youkai and youkai are no different than us?" the blonde asked. Kagome shook her head, but continued to look away. "They may be physically stronger than us and could live after having wounds that could kill us, but they do have emotions and goals just as we do. They also have the determination to protect their own kinds and are be willing to fight to the death if it means they'll get rid of the threat. But some people and youkai are both blind and stubborn to see the similarities between them. All they see is that people are weak and fragile and youkai are monstrous and horrible. I know it sounds a bit too idealistic, but the only way for all the hate and fighting to stop is if they just trust each other."
"I know that Naraku may be your enemy, but it doesn't mean that everything that associates with him are bad," she continued. Usagi glanced over at Chibi-Usa with a soft look in her eyes. "If you just give people a chance, I'm pretty sure that they'll surprise you," she said, this time smiling at Kagome. "Also, I should apologize for Yasha-kun's temper last night. It was my fault that you two argued," she said.
"No, it's okay," Kagome said. She waved her two hands in front of her as she continued, "We always argue like that, so last night was no difference."
"But I was the reason the argument was triggered last night," Usagi said. She laughed nervously as she started to walk towards her daughter. "I'm afraid that Yasha-kun tends to be too defensive if someone goes and insults something that is dear to him, that just ends up with them treading on thin ice."
Kagome nodded her head in agreement. When people often insult him because he's a hanyou and talk about his mother, it becomes a touchy subject and the more they talk about it, the more he'll explode. "It was partly my fault too. Sango-chan and Miroku-sama both told me to trust you, but I guess I was just upset," she said.
Usagi smiled as the wind blew by her hair. Kagome soon noticed that with the kimono she wore and with her simple beauty, she looked just like a surreal woman who came from someone's imaginations and dreams. "It's quite understandable," Usagi said, "After all, I would too if the one I love is quite taken with a woman I don't know."
Kagome's face flushed a deep red. "You knew?" Kagome asked.
Usagi nodded her head but brought a finger up to her lips. "But don't worry, I won't tell," Usagi said, "And besides, Yasha-kun and I don't have that kind of relationship." Kagome stared at her feet with a depressed sigh. "And don't worry about Kikyou, Kagome-chan. Yasha-kun will soon find out who he really loves. But in the mean time, I think you should trust him more."
Kagome nodded her head. "Arigato, Usagi-san," she said with a small smile, "Are you gonna wait at my home or are you gonna go back?"
"I'll head back," Usagi said, "Yasha-kun tends to go crazy if he starts getting paranoid about me getting hurt." She took Chibi-Usa's hand and before continuing back to the well, Usagi turned to Kagome. "If you need help with your school work, you can ask me. I think I might be able to help you out," she said.
!-!
Everyone was loitering around the well, almost bored to death as they waited for Usagi and Chibi-Usa to return back from the future. A dark greenish flash of light brought everyone's attention back to the bottom of the well. They looked down to see Usagi and Chibi-Usa standing there. InuYasha jumped down to the well and jumped back up with the two females in his arms.
"Did you talk to her?" Shippo asked.
Usagi smiled at the young fox as she stood straight up on the floor. She winked at him and said, "Mission accomplished."
AN: Chapter six is now finished. And I would like to use this time to set things straight.
-InuYasha and Usagi are not going to be a couple. They have a more sibling relationship above everything else.
-The reason why this Chibi-Usa seems to be more respectful of Usagi rather than the little spore everyone knows is because that this Chibi-Usa is more like the one from the future, the one who adores her mother above all else. Not to mention that Usagi in this fic now seems more like Neo-Queen Serenity, rather than the clumsy blond teenager.
So I hope you enjoyed this chapter and please send your reviews!
(1) 'Ji-chan' means uncle
(2) Doesn't Shippo seem like a little mini-Miroku? What with him constantly meeting young girls and having a small crush on them?
(3) 'Tadiema' means pretty much 'I'm home'
(4) 'Hahaue' is another word for mother
(5) 'Chichiue' is another word for father