Ok, me here and i am an absolute idiot. i don't think i ever would have caught this error if i hadn't needed to go back and re read it for something. this is actually the second chapter. the one that i originally posted in this slot is really the third chapter. a million apologies and if you all just want to zip over to the author's note in the last chapter, i still need ideas! Please review!
'Now where are we?' Kagome asked herself as she came to,' Oh my god, Shippo!' Usually she was never out for more than a couple of seconds when they came to a new world, but ever time she woke up she always had to make sure he was alright. she would never forgive herself if he didn't come out of one of those "Jumps" alive.
The first thing she noticed when she opened her eyes was the fact that it was very, very warm out. 'Well at least Shippo won't be cold at night,' she thought before turning back to get a good look at her surroundings. They were on a rooftop. well that figured, the fates never left her anywhere near where she could be found by people. Usually on a roof or another secluded space was where they landed.
She felt Shippo, still clinging to her as hard as she was squeezing him. She relaxed now that she knew he was with her. "Kagome where are we?" he asked in a tiny, scared voice. 'Oh poor Shippo!' Kagome thought, the sound of his voice pulling on her heartstrings,' i wish i didn't have to drag you into this but there was no one else to take care of you!'
"I don't know Shippo," she said truthfully," but we're on a new world, isn't that exciting?" Shippo buried his head into her chest. "Aww, what's wrong?" she cooed, trying to calm him," we're on an adventure? Isn't that what you've always wanted to do?" "No," he said," just want to go home. i want to see Sango and Miroku and you and Inuyasha all together again. I hate it when you two fight."
At a loss for words, all Kagome could do was hold and rock the small fox demon until his tears subsided. "I want you and Yasha back together. It's all my fault that you're mad at each other," he sobbed," I want to see Sango and play with the baby and go back to school." He cried on and on, breaking Kagome's heart over and over in the process. "Shippo," she said," listen to me. It's not your fault that Yasha and i are mad at each other. people fight, it's just the way things work in life. I'm sorry you're missing home but i promise that i'll get you back there soon. Ok?" "Promise?" he said, looking at her with wide eyes. "Promise," she said," now why don't you go get the lunch box and we'll see what we can get to eat?"
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"I could have sworn i just heard you wrong," Inuyasha said from his position on the floor," for a second there it sounded just like you said that Kagome was gone." "You know your ears don't lie Inuyasha," Miroku said, helping his friend up," the day you died she vanished. Like off the face of the earth. We called everyone we knew that she would have gone to. Rin and Sesshomeru, Ayame and Koga, and even her parents. none of them had seen her. Ayame and Koga even tried to track her scent, but neither of them could even get a whiff of her."
"But she can't be gone," Inuyasha said," she can't be. She'd never leave Shippo..." "Because she took Shippo with her," Sango said. "But didn't she leave a note or anything?" Inuyasha asked, desperate for any news of his love," Anything?" Sango and Miroku exchanged glances. "Let's go sit down," Miroku suggested," i think there's something that you'd better see."
Sango and Miroku watched as they all took a seat on the couches in their family room and Inuyasha put his head in his hands. "She left this," Sango said, picking up a folded piece of paper," we went over to your place and found this but not her. It's addressed to all of us." "Then how come you two didn't open it?" Inuyasha asked, taking the note from Sango. "Because up until right now, there was a seal on it that even my powers couldn't break," Miroku explained.
They all leaned in to catch the writing on the note. "This isn't Kagome's," Inuyasha said, his eyes going wide with shock. "Well read what it says," Sango said," either way, it was left right after she disappeared and i want to know what it says." "Well you read it then," Inuyasha said irrtatably, thrusting the note at her. He didn't think he could bear it, to read the note.
'"To Inuyasha, Sango and Miroku," Sango began," we are sorry to be the bearers of bad news but when Inuyasha died Kagome's heart broke and she made a wish that summoned us. She wished that she had never met Inuyasha and fell in love with him."' At that moment Sango and Miroku looked over to see Inyasha's eyes going wide in shock and start to fill up with tears. "'As you know," Sango continued," when matters like this arise we have to step in and help. We gave her a choice which she took. Unless she can stop listening to her head and start thinking with her heart she will never see you all again. Don't worry about Shippo, he should be along shortly. Sincerely yours, the fates.
P.S. if you wish to get her back, never give up hope. There is something you can do but we cannot say. you must find that out for yourself.
P.P.S, Sometimes when we get stuck on a problem it's best to start fresh and look at it from another point.
P.P.P.S. Retracing someones steps is often a wise place to begin."'
"Who are the Fates," Sango asked with confused eyes. Inuyasha shrugged while Miroku looked thoughtful. "It could be the three fates from the Greek and Roman mythology," He said," you know the ones who spun the life threads of each and every person alive." Seeing Sango and Inuyasha's confused stares he sighed. "In both Greek and Roman mythology," he started," there are three women called the fates. Each of the three of them have jobs. One spins a thread that is a persons life. A second, weaves that thread and every other one into a tapestry of life, each of the other threads are people that that person will meet or cross paths with in their lifetime. The job of the third fate is to cut a person's life thread when it is time for the person to die. Are you two with me so far?"
Sango nodded but Inuyasha was still confused. "Why would they start interfering in someone's life?" he asked," no offence but isn't it the God's jobs to screw up our lives. they don't sound like goddesses to me." "Very true, they don't like to screw, to use your words, in mortals lives," Miroku said," but like they said in the letter. She made a wish and that made them appear. Could that have been it?"
"Miroku if wishes were horses we'd all never walk a day in our lives," Sango said," i think it's more what she wished for that's important right now. Maybe she wished for something that was impossible, no matter what happened. I wonder what the choice they gave her was. I hope it's something that brings her back to us." "You and me both Sango," Inuyasha said, his head in his hands," but what are we gonna do?" "I think for right now the only thing we can do is wait and get some rest," Miroku said," Inuyasha you're staying the night. i don't want you sleeping in that empty house."
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"So they have read the letter," said one of the three women. They were indeed the fates that Miroku had spoken of, but unlike the other Roman and Greek gods who withered and faded as people stopped believing, they never did. because unlike the other gods, the job they performed could never be taken over or replaced by another god. On every plane of existence and in every reality there needed to be some force that would guide the actions of the people, while still allowing them the freedom of their own will. They were that force. "Yes they have read the letter," said a second woman," and have decided on a course of action. How goes things with the girl?" "The same stubborn as always," the third replied," i don't get how she can't see what's right in front of her nose." "That's all well and good sister," said the second woman," but what is she doing?" "She is on another world. The pup is starting to get to her, she's thinking about asking us for help." "And with that will be the beginning of her undoing," said the first woman.
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"Mama, mama," cried a voice. From her vantage point on a bench in the park, she saw that the child yelling looked just like Shippo did when he was younger. She watched as he ran over to a raven haired woman and a silver haired man and begged to be picked up. The woman laughed and the man chuckled as he picked up the boy.
Kagome looked down at her own little boy, curled up asleep in her arms. He had exhausted himself after playing with the younger version of himself, not that he had realised that's who it was. Kagome watched, unknown to the couple, with tears in her eyes as they walked away, one big happy family. 'We used to be like that,' Kagome thought,' we used to be just like that. Oh my god i was so in love with him. but i guess he never felt the same about me.'
A light pink burst of light surrounded her and Shippo. Soon she was out among the stars like she had been so many times before. she waited for the voice to ask the same question it did every time and was surprised when it didn't. Instead a beautiful woman appeared before her, dressed in a plain white gown and a laurel wreath on her curly brown tresses. Her hair reached down to her mid back and two curls framed her face perfectly.
"You have been on this journey for a time, young one, and you have seen many things that your heart tells you is the reason why you shouldn't want this wish to be granted," the woman said," do you seriously wish to continue on with this quest?" So it wasn't a break from the normal after all, they just wanted to see if the awe inspiring presence of their aura would change anything in her mind.
"Before you answer young one," the woman said, holding a hand for silence," i ask you to think of the young one you hold in your arms. thought he is not your kit by blood, he has a place in your hear as if he truly was your son. do you really wish to subject him to the trials that lay before you now? For the road from here only gets harder."
Kagome looked at Shippo, sleeping peacefully in her arms and bit her lip. She didn't want to go back, she wanted to finish this quest and get what she wanted. 'What you think you want,' the woman thought, reading Kagome's mind. "No," said Kagome in a soft voice," i don't want to put him through that, but i can't go back either, i made this choice and i ant to live to see it through. Could you send him back home?"
The woman nodded, she had known what the young woman was going to say just as she knew what her answer was going to be. "it is within my power to do so," she said," but i will not do this for free. you must give me something in return." "Deal," Kagome said, instantly," anything, just send him home."
The woman gave a gentle smile as she made the kit appear in her arms, before slowly and softly fading out, leaving Kagome alone in the dark space. 'You don't know what you just did. You just set yourself up for your own downfall,' the woman thought. "Let's go kit, time to get you home," she told the sleeping Shippo.