Sakura Kiss
Chapter 2 -
Author's Note: I know that the first chapter was rather confusing. Sorry about that. It might take a few chapters to get cleared up. Either way, I'll bring cannons in on this chapter. It will show a bit of the show overview and character history, just because I made it that way. - If you don't like reading what has already happened in the anime and manga, don't read this. Wait until next week. Sorry, but I need to set the stage up before the play begins. Oh yes, I do not own Inuyasha or anything else.
Hime - Princess, noblewoman.
-chan - A diminutive suffix. It is an informal version of san used to address children and female family members. It may also be used towards animals, lovers, intimate friends, and people whom one has known since childhood. Chan continues to be used as a term of endearment, especially for girls, into adulthood. – Wikipedia
Sengoku Jidai - Feudal Era
Hanyo - Half Demon
Miko - Shrine Maiden
Shikon no Tama - Sacred Jewel
Taijiya - Demon Slayer
Houshi - Buddhist Monk
Nekomata - Twin-tail Cat
Kitsune - Fox Demon
Yokai - Demon
-sama - An honorific used for speaking to and of someone of a higher status than yourself.
Hanyo - Half-demon
-kun - An informal honorific used usually when addressing males. It can be used for females as well, but this is rare.
-nee-san/Onee-chan - Honorific used for addressing and older woman who you think of as an older sister or an actual older sister.
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The misty forest in the morning sunlight shined on the drops of dew on the leaves. An old wooden well stood in the clearing of this forest. The Bone-eaters well, the only known way to get from the Sengoku Jidai to present day Japan. Even then, it was restricted to a select few. One was Inuyasha, a hanyo who travels between the two time periods to see his friend, Higurashi Kagome. Kagome also happens to be the second person that is able to time travel through this old well. She used to live in present day Japan, but has now become quite accustomed to living in the Sengoku Jidai with her friends. Even with that said, she enjoys going back home every now and then to see her old friends and family. She is the reincarnation of Kikyo, a powerful miko whom Inuyasha loved. Kikyo died by Naraku's hands, but was resurrected from grave soil and bones. She had been helping to destroy Naraku until she died from his miasma in Inuyasha's arms. Now Inuyasha has devoted himself to protecting Kagome. These two people used to travel together, collecting Shikon no Tama shards, until recently when the original jewel was restored. Now they live to protect it until they use it for the right reason. The person attempting to use the jewel for evil, Naraku, had been defeated but not killed. Inuyasha knows that until Naraku is destroyed, the group may not rest. Helping with this job of protecting the Shikon no Tama are two Taijiya siblings, Sango and Kohaku. Until recently, Kohaku's life was held on the string of a shikon shard. The powerful miko, Kikyo, gave up on destroying Naraku to save Kohaku's life. Sango is also engaged to the houshi, Miroku. Their plans to wed have been put off, however, until Naraku is destroyed and the Shikon no Tama disappears from the world. Along with the two siblings comes the nekomata, Kirara. This group is also joined by Shippo, the young kitsune. Together these six live in a village near the Bone-eaters well, protected by Kikyo's younger sister Kaede.
Now Kagome and her group ate a picnick in the forest, the sunlight shining through the trees onto them. Inuyasha sat next to Shippo and Kagome, having an argument over a piece of food. Sango sat with Miroku, who was once again being his perverted self. Kohaku was sitting there and laughing at it all. Some things never change.
Everyone stayed to doing what they did best, until a new scent began to come into range. Inuyasha was the first to speak up about it.
"I scent something strange. It's faint, but there is extreme yokai energy coming towards the forest."
"Yeah. It's been here for a while, but I figured that it was nothing." Sango said.
Miroku spoke up as well. "It doesn't seem all yokai though."
Kagome's statement was the most alerting of all. "It seems like there is a presence of a Shikon no Tama too, but that couldn't be. We collected them all."
The other's where suddenly alerted of the danger. It couldn't be that there where two Shikon no Tamas? No. That wasn't it. It was bigger than that small jewel. And it was coming towards them and so where some other presences. Both where yokai and both where familiar. One at rapid speed and another slowly, but with three other presences with it.
Inuyasha stood to his feet upon feeling of all of the approaching people. "Let's go check it out."
The others nodded and the group headed deeper into the forest. Once in a large clearing, they saw a tall figure coming through the trees. It was none other than the great Sesshomaru-sama, followed by his faithful servant Jaken and his human girl, Rin. His uninterested eyes looked at Inuyasha with displeasure. Sesshomaru was Inuyasha's half brother. Unlike Inuyasha, who was a Hanyo, Sesshomaru was a Yokai. Until recently, Sesshomaru was after Inuyasha's sword, Tetsusaiga. When he gave up on it, Sesshomaru gained back the arm he lost in a battle with Inuyasha along with a new sword, Bakusaiga.
"It figures that you would be here. Then you too sensed it Inuyasha? The strange presence moving through the forest."
Before Inuyasha had a chance to answer, a huge whirlwind buzzed in. Once it stopped the wolf yokai Kouga jumped out and went straight to Kagome.
"Kagome! Long time no see!" Kouga was the prince of a wolf demon tribe. He had once fallen in love with Kagome, but when his shikon shards where taken he left her alone. It seemed that he returned.
"Kouga-kun! Where are Hakkaku and Ginta?" Kagome answered, sounding a little less enthusiastic about his presence.
Hakkaku and Ginta where Kouga's friends. They where much slower than him, but they tried to keep up. Soon two figures appeared behind Kouga, panting heavily.
"Kagome nee-san!"
Kagome took notice of the Hakkaku and Ginta smiling slightly. Some things really never change.
Inuyasha, however, was not so thrilled with the sudden appearance of these yokai. In fact, he seemed rather miffed. He immediately stepped between Kouga and Kagome, a threatening glare in his eyes.
"I thought that we'd gotten rid of you for good. Get lost before I really kick your butt. Without those damn shikon shards in your legs, you're worthless."
Kouga's face screwed up a bit.
"So you're still around, eh dog turd? I thought that you would have been killed by now. You sure do smell as bad as always."
The pleasant greetings where cut off by Miroku.
"I hate to interrupt, but how are we all here? It can't be by accident. Sesshomaru had a point. What about this mysterious presence?"
"That would be me, thanks."
Everyone's heads turned to look at Sakura, who was standing on low tree branch, staring at everyone with her glassy white eyes.
Foot Note: Second chapter is up! I didn't put a description on Sakura, because I already described her in the first chapter and nothing has really changed. Hope you liked it. I left you at a bit of a cliffy. -Bramble Productions