Dreamstar: I'm kinda sad. Only two reviews. And after all those reviews from the last story saying they wanted the sequel. Oh well. I like to thank my two reviewers. In fact, I'll let Kaori read both of them.
Kaori: Ok. This first review is from sesshomaru121 from chapter 1 (duh). It reads:
um maybe inukoto?? im not good at japanese names ..anyways i love the story so far kepp it up and update soon
-ur loyal reader, sesshomaru121
Hmm...Inukoto, not bad. And that makes another fan for me.
Dreamstar: Kaori, everyone that reads these stories and loves them are all my fellow readers. Which means, if it wasn't for me, you wouldn't have a single fan.
Kaori (growling): Whatever. Our next review is from an annonymous reviewer, LadyKaede, from obviously chapter 1. It reads:
Your stories re great! So a name for the newbie, huh? How about InuTakumi, which was one of the most popular names in 05? Hey keep up the good work look forward to the next one!
InuTakumi...Inutakumi...sounds pretty good. Not sure if that will go in the story yet, but good. Anyways, let's just get on with the story.
Disclaimer: I don't own Inuyasha...but who knows, maybe I can inherit Inuyasha from Rumiko Takahashi...probably not.
Chapter 2
Meeting a New Hanyou
Kaori looked at her reflection. She didn't have any of her demonic features anymore. She was just, human. Nothing changed in the castle. Everyone was still nice to her. Itsuki was even more annoying, but she still stayed nice to him. Inuyasha and Kagome were a little more overprotective of their daughter now. Kaori touched the top of her head. It was so weird, not to be able to smell the different smells, unable to hear the far off birds chirping. This was definitely going to take time to get used to.
Going to school, she was depressed, and her friends noticed this.
"Hey Kaori, what's wrong?" Yuna asked. Kaori just shook her head. Her friends in the present weren't the same as the one's in Feudal Japan. She was happy it was the last day of school for a while, and that she could just rest at home.
She arrived at the shrine, picked up everything she brought with her, and bid farewell to her uncle, grandma, and great grandpa. She jumped into the well and was engulfed into a bright blue light. She arrived in priestess Kaede's village soon after. She picked up some herbs from the old woman (too old!), and rode on horse back all the way home.
After arriving to the castle, and saying hello to her mother, Kaori decided to just to take a walk the castle. She grabbed a couple of rice balls and stuffed a water bottle in a bag with it, and walked out of the castle. She walked and walked…until she reached a lake. She had never seen it before, but it would be a lot more fun to spend her day here than over at the castle.
She dipped her feet into the lake and laid down in the soft warm grass as a gentle breeze blew over her. She felt like something was supposed to happen, but what?
Somehow, she always felt so empty when she was human, as if something inside of her was stolen at the time of the New Moon. But, she felt as if something didn't belong now. What it was, she didn't know. She stuffed a rice ball in her mouth, and sat up.
'Maybe I could feel better if I went for a swim.' she thought. She slipped her long-sleeved shirt and green skirt off and revealed a one-piece bathing suit. She jumped in the water. The coolness of the water tickled her skin. She was flying in the water, gliding over the bottom of the lake.
She swam back to the surface and laid once again on the grass. All she could do was stare up at the sky, pointing out the shapes of clouds. Now that she wasn't hanyou, she couldn't run that fast, jump that high, or anything. Frustrating as everything was, she didn't seem to care now. Nope, nothing was going to ruin her life now that she was human. She remembered her father talked to old priestess Kaede about it, but she didn't know anything about it. It was annoying that they talked about her in whisper. She didn't care, as long as everyone didn't talk about her like that. She always despised being talk to that way.
She began to look around. She had finished her lunch, and she even swam a little. She should go home right now. But which way was it? Kaori hated not being hanyou right then and there. She couldn't sniff her way back home now.
Then she began to think. Where there's a lake, there are people. Where there are people, there's a village. She walked along the edge of the lake. They have to be here somewhere, but where? She continued looking, till she saw someone. She began to run, thinking that that person would be able to tell her which way was home. Boy was she mistaken. She walked up to a mountain. There was a person all right, but he looked to be in a peaceful slumber. Dirt and mud was caked around him with a vine wrapping around his waist and legs. He was wearing a black kimono, and he had long silver hair. He had sharp claws and fangs coming out of his mouth. She couldn't tell his eye color, but on top of his head, were two snowy silver inu-ears. She had missed messing around with Kenu's ears, and touching her own ears wasn't the same.
Kaori slowly walked up to the boy. He seemed to be the spitting image of Inuyasha (weird, huh?). She climbed on the few ledges around the boy and soon, she was face to face with him. She made sure her feet were stable on the small ledges. She lifted her hands, hesitantly, and touched the ears on his head. They were soft, softer than anyone's ears she ever felt. Suddenly, a spear was launched near her, barely missing her. An arrow was shot near the other side of her. Her eyes were wide open. She lost complete balance, and was falling off the mountain.
Kaori POV
My vision was blurry, and I saw many different colors in front of me. I blinked a few times, and found the villagers in front of me. I had been tied up!
"What the heck! Why did you tie me up?" I demanded. The villagers looked at me with strange faces.
"What are you? You have strange clothes on, and you appear human." one of the villagers asked. I looked down. I still had my modern day school uniform on!
"Stop! Ye men let go of her!" an old woman called. I looked up.
"Lady Kaede?" I said. The old woman looked just like her, but what would she be doing in this village?
"Kaede? Ye know my cousin?" the woman asked. I just stared at her in disbelief.
"Cousin? You two are cousins?" I asked again. She untied me and took me to a hut. She began to look at my face closely.
"Your face seems highly familiar to my older sister. Only she was hanyou." the old woman examined. I couldn't believe it. This sister of hers was more like me than she thought. "Where are ye from anyway?"
"I…um…actually…" I stuttered. I couldn't exactly tell her I'm the Tai-Youkai's daughter even though I'm human right now. She noticed I felt uncomfortable.
"That's ok. Ye does not have to tell me what happened." She smiled. "May at least ask for your name?"
"My name is Kaori. I kinda lost my way when I came to the lake." I explained. She nodded her head.
"Ok. My name is Kaho. Ye may stay for the rest of the night until ye are rested enough for your journey home tomorrow." She said as she began to stir stew in the pot. I stared outside. The sun was just beginning to set. What am I doing here?
End of Kaori POV
With Inuyasha and Kagome…
"INUYASHA!" Kagome yelled. Inuyasha looked up from a scroll he was reading.
"Kagome, what is it?" Inuyasha asked.
"Kaori is missing! Our daughter is missing!" Kagome yelled. Inuyasha's eyes widened.
"ITSUKI! Get in here!" Inuyasha yelled. The young demon came into the study, scared because well…who wouldn't be?
"Yes, Lord Inuyasha?" he asked.
"Where's my daughter?" Inuyasha asked. Itsuki gulped. He knew he was missing something today, he just couldn't believe it was something so important.
"Uh, she said something about going out on a walk and to go eat lunch." he explained.
"Lunch, huh? So why isn't she back yet? It's almost supper." Inuyasha questioned.
"I'm sorry, my lord. I do not know where she is." he said.
"Well what do you think you should do now?" Inuyasha asked.
"I don't know sir. What shall I do?" Itsuki stupidly asked.
"GO FU- -ING SEARCH FOR HER!" Inuyasha yelled. Itsuki ran out of the room. Inuyasha turned towards Kagome. "Come on, we have to find Kaori, fast."
Kaori POV
The next day…
I walked around the village. Children were happily playing and men were working in the fields. I still didn't get why I was in the village, but I felt I was needed somehow. A lot better than how I felt at home, but still it was a feeling I didn't quite understand. It had something to do with that boy, and I had to go see him again.
I snuck quietly out of the village, and ran to the mountain again. The mountain seemed to be calling me, telling me to come. Once again, I saw the boy sleeping there. I had just noticed pinning him to that mountain was an arrow. I wonder, why is there an arrow there? Is he dead?
I heard something in the bush behind me. I turned around. It was some kind of centipede…no. It was a millipede demon! And it was coming straight at me!
"Young mortal. You have the jewel. The Kokoro Jewel of Lost Souls." She hissed. I looked at her. Great, first I have the Shikon Jewel, now some Kokoro Jewel. The world comes up with weird names all the time doesn't it.
"How would I know?" I asked. I gave her a cold stare. I was not in the mood to be messed with.
"You don't know? Honestly, you don't have the power to wield it." she slurred. She crawled towards me, how gross can you get?
"My sister may not have gotten the Shikon Jewel, but I will surely be able to get the Kokoro Jewel." she launched towards me. I looked around. Not a weapon in sight. I was screwed! I felt something sharp cut my arm. Blood gushed everywhere.
Everything went by so fast after that. I was pushed towards the mountain…against the boy. I could feel my self turn red. I never was against a boy like this…I didn't know what I was feeling. It was a strange feeling…one I couldn't describe. And after that split moment he opened his eyes.
His golden amber eyes were staring straight forward, me being below his eye level. He looked towards me.
"Keiko. Hey, what happened to you? I know your sister's human, but why are you?" he growled. Who was this Keiko he talked about?
"I don't think we're in a position to talk about this right now, so let's get out of this predicament before we talk." I told him. I could feel the millipede demon beginning to pull me away from the boy. I grabbed onto one of his clawed hands.
"What the he- - are you doing?" he asked. I glared at him.
"Trying not to go to that ugly demon. You're such a…a…BAKA!" I yelled. The millipede demon tugged harder on my legs. My grip was loosening from his hand.
"Hey. If you want me to save you, you better pull this arrow out of me." he ordered. I looked at him. My choices were a) be eaten by a millipede demon, which will humiliate me as the worst hanyou in the afterlife or b) let him go even though I don't know if I can trust him. After all, he called me someone I'm not. Oh well, I'd rather live right now. I grabbed the arrow with my other hand, let go of his hand, and the arrow was pulled out of him.
He began to laugh, evilly too. The millipede demon looked at him.
"Foolish hanyou, what are you laughing at?" she questioned him. He looked straight at her. He had a look of thirst for power in his eyes.
"Your death." he said. In a flash, he ran up to her." Iron Reaver!" He yelled. He slashed her body up. You could hear her blood shrilling scream as she disintegrated. He looked at me, a thirst for blood in his eye along with the one for power.
"You're next."
A nice chapter with a cliffy at the end. Sorry, but I had to have it like that. I still haven't decided what name. The contest continues to help me write the story. Remember:
1. It must have "Inu" in it
2. It has to be in Japanese
3. It has to go along with Kaori's name like Kagome's goes along with Inuyasha's.
Arigatou! Everyone who reviews to help me with the name. The name I choose will also have the person being thanked a million times by me and Kaori.
Kaori: Just as long as I ain't begging.
Dreamstar: Whatever Kaori. So, press that blue button next to "Submit Review" and review how you liked the chapter and a name I could use.
