Crowded: Making Amends

by GammaDancer

It is her twentyfirst birthday and she just completed college. She goes to a party that may result in her facing her past and returning there.

7. Obelisk Stone and Southern Region Damiyo

Disclaimer: I wish I did own Inuyasha but sadly I don't.

Crowded's Sequel: Making Amends

'Thinking'

"Talking"

'Demon Talking'

(English)

Flashback

Summary: It has been three years since Kagome has returned to her time after completing the jewel and leaving her 'family' behind. Now it is her twenty-first birthday and she just completed college. She goes to a party that may result in her facing her past and returning there.

Chapter 7 Obelisk Stone and the Southern Region Daimyo

Eyes snapped open. They scan the area. It seemed quite but they were not sure. Something eerie was in the air. The pitch black didn't help at finding what it was. The man those orbs belong to stood up. Wrapping his rob around his body he walked out of his room. No one was up but the sentry. They didn't seem to have notice that their Lord was up and that there might be an evil presence near them. He scowled and made a mental note to get a new sentry.

The robe that halted at his ankles skimmed them when he turned the corners of his estate. Looking everywhere to reassure himself that nothing was there, that he just imagined all the feeling he felt. Just when he was going back to his room a red glow came from one of the rooms. Hesitantly he walked to the room. Opening the door with shaky hands, he was engulfed in the red light. There stood in front him was a maiden in royal robes gazing sadly at a painting of a past daimyo of the region. She seemed to be gazing at what he held in his hand rather than him. She then switched her gaze to him.

The daimyo breathe escape him. The hime standing there was beautiful. Her long brown-black hair cascaded down her back, big violet eyes held a sadness he never seen before; her long eye lashes gave you the fullness of those orbs. The red hime robes she wore enhance her beauty. The glow, he discovered, came from her robes. She was studying him carefully. Judging him where he stood. She gave a weak smile. The smile filled the room with warmth.

"Take care of my son, Inuyasha, Lord Taka. He is your family even if the family tree says otherwise." The hime said.

"Who are you?" Lord Taka asked.

"That will be revealed soon. I just want you to watch over him." He nodded not knowing what else to say. "Arigato…" She next disappeared from where she was standing.

-Six Years Later-

Two different moans could be heard. One in utter pain and the other in pleasure. Miroku lay on the ground in pain from getting hit over the head by all that is female in the area. He didn't mean to offend no one with his comment. Apparently they didn't see it that way. Shippo was laughing his head off, the girls enjoying some treats from the future moaning/mewing, it really satisfied their appetite. Inuyasha was positioned next to tree. The scene was a normal, peaceful one for the gang.

-Inuyasha P.O.V.-

I looked over at my dysfunctional family. It felt good to be around them again. I have to admit when they found me I was scared they would shun me. It was like everything that had happened never even occurred. They were all the same towards me. Life seemed to get better when Icice showed up. The teen let life be shown in her.

Kagome… The woman had an earthy feeling circling her. I still love her. I know I should have told her that before any of this happened but like I said I was scared. I let myself look over her. She grew out of her girl body into a figure of a woman. Everything was fuller. Her hair was thicker, lips plumper, breast… Okay I have to stop or I am going to have to go have a cold bath.

Looking at the rest of them they all acted the same. Miroku was still a pervert, though he is married. Sango still had her aggressiveness in place. Shippo was just as playful and bratty as ever. Even though I just met Icice she was sort of like a mix of every one of us. Wise, when she wants to be, like Kagome and the ex-monk. Aggressive like Sango and playful like Shippo. She even had my way of holding little tolerance for annoyance. She was taught well I guessed.

"You know Inuyasha if you keep staring like that someone is going to have to remove your eyes so that they look at something else." The hanyou said grinning.

The grin she had on her face told me she reminded me of Sesshoumaru a lot. "Why is that?"

"Because they are going to continue to stare out into outer space."

"You do know that made no sense."

"I know."

I shook my head. Closing my eyes I sunk into the feeling of letting my life take its toll out on the peacefulness in the air.

-Kagome P.O.V.-

Happiness filled every pore on my body. I am at home with my family. I had my 'sister', 'brother', adopted son, and Inuyasha, a new friend, and of course Kirara, our groups faithful guardian with me. I looked at the neko-youkai. Her fur seemed thicker than the last time I seen her. Eyes roaming I studied Shippo. I have to admit he is taller, now he comes up to my knee whereas before he came up to my ankle. There was a big difference in him. He looked over at me and smiled. That smile brightens me up any time. His emerald eyes were brighter too. My little boy was growing up. My other 'son' though needs some more encouragement. I giggled at that. If Inuyasha ever thought of me saying that I wouldn't live to see that sun set or rise.

Looking at the once hanyou, he was talking with Icice. It was like she made a big difference in him. Still moody, which would never change, but he let himself go a little when she was around him. I wished I had that influence on him. He laughed at whatever she had told him. He next closed his eyes. I love his eyes. Youkai. Hanyou. Human. It didn't matter.

"Hentai!" Sango yelled.

Flinching because I was the closest to her, I glared at her husband. The ex-monk should really control his urges. Maybe I shouldn't have let Sango were those jeans all day. Note to self: Never. Ever let her were modern close. Those were dangerous to be in near him.

-End P.O.V.s-

Yawning pulled out the stone in her pocket. She examined it. The sun caught it, lighting it up with a rainbow glow. Rubbing her hand over it she felt it pulse. Taking a quick glance towards her otou-san she watched as his eyes again flashed red. His eyes did it twice more but nobody but her. Rubbing it to until it shined her reflection. She felt her kaa-san sit next to her.

"What is that?" Kagome asked.

"This is the Obelisk Stone."

"Obelisk Stone?"

"Hai. It is short of like the Shikon no Tama."

Inuyasha stiffed, 'Like the Shikon no Tama?'

"How so?"

"It could reverse anything the tama did."

"Explain." Miroku said as he sat in front of her. The rest came to gather around her.

Icice's eyes roamed everyone. "This was given to me by Uncle. He said that it was given to him by otou-san." Everyone looked at on in question. "He doesn't have it now but he would have if I have not intervened with time. The stone, like I said, reverses whatever the tama puts forth. It can also give any ability to anyone who wants it but it has to be pure. It can't be tainted even if you want it to be. It doesn't take the whole stone to perform the task you want." She reached into her back pants pocket and pulled out stone that was sharpened into a knife. Icice cut a piece of the Obelisk Stone. "This one piece is enough to make a human as strong as a demon." Rotating it around in her hand she passed it to Inuyasha. "Swallow it. It will give you your hanyou powers and appearance back."

Inuyasha looked at the shard in his hand. Gulping, he placed it at his lips. Sucking it into his mouth he swallowed. He felt himself pulse. He watched in amazement as his figures slowly changed. First his claws grew back. Next his hair changed back to its silvery color. He heard gasps as his ears reformed. He guessed by now that his eyes were back gold. Kagome came in sat in front of him. He just blinked at her. She reached up and tweaked his ears. He gave a sigh and mentally shook his head. He should have known that she was going to do that. He looked at Icice when he noted that his senses haven't returned. She had a smile on her face like she knew something he didn't.

"You can tune your senses the way you want to." She said as if reading his mind.

"Tune my senses?"

"You know like if you want to increase or decrease the volume of something."

He tested her theory and found that he could easy adjust them like she said. "What else changes are there?"

"Ummm…." She began to ponder. "I think you can control which form you are in now. I'm not sure though."

Everyone looked at Inuyasha as he began to switch forms. It was amazing and a little unnerving. It looked as if he was a little discomfort doing it. He settled with his human ears but demon features. "That was uncomfortable but I guess I will just have to get use to it." Everyone agreed.

-With Lord Taka-

Lord Taka sat on at the table for lunch. It was really quiet. He didn't have a wife or children. So the room was really lonely. The room has plain walls, a large oak table with eight chairs with two roses entwined in the center of all of them. The table held a silver three-prong candle holder sitting on top of a blue table cloth. He had the room fashioned out a European design. He even had some of his eating wear from their fashion though he usually ate with chopsticks.

The door leading to the kitchen opened and servants came spilling into the room carting different entrées of food. He always wondered why the cook made all of this food when he knew Taka wasn't going to eat it all. Taka usually just let his servants eat with him so the food doesn't go to waste.

"Taka-sama would you like us to join you?" One of the maids asked.

"Sure have a seat, the more the merrier." He smiled at her. He considered her one of the prettiest of them all. He loved her deep brown eyes and her lustful lips. He had asked her for her courtship but she had turned him down.

As everyone was sitting down a guard ran into the dining hall with an urgent message. He whispered it in the Lord's ear. Taka eyes went large. A grin withers itself onto his face. He was beyond happy. The news was great. He gave a message to return to his post.

"You look delighted sir." Said the maid.

"I am, Reka. My long, lost cousin has been finally found here in these lands." She smiled at him. He has been searching for his cousin for six years. No one knew why and they didn't question him either.

"You're going to invite him soon, right?" Reka asked

"Yes when we are finish here."

"Ok."

-Back with the gang-

Inuyasha was feeling very uneasy. The area they were passing through looked familiar. Something about it reminded him of his childhood. He just couldn't place it though. They passed a mountain ridged and his memories were triggered. He could see himself as a pup running to hide in the crevasses of the mountain from the villagers that wanted him dead. If his assumptions were right they would be coming up upon his old village soon. That place brought back too many bad things for the hanyou. Inuyasha didn't want to go anywhere near that placed he referred to as hell-hole. He tensed when he heard the bustling village ahead.

Kagome watch as Inuyasha practically back tracked his steps. Something had spooked her hanyou. His head drooped and his body tense. Whatever it was it was making him sad. Walking up to him she put her hand on his arm. He relaxed some but remain sadden. She didn't like this in him. It just seemed wrong for his personality.

"What is it Inuyasha?" Miroku asked. He too saw the strange behavior in the older hanyou.

"Nothing, come on." He continued to walk ahead. The blue aura around him didn't left once. It did seem as they drew closer to the village it got darker. Everyone had backed up a step. 'I'm glad to be back and all but you're scaring to pack away again. Don't make the same mistake again.' Demon Inuyasha said.He ignored his demonic side.

"Inuyasha-san, are you sure you're alright? You're scaring us."

Inuyasha sighed, "This place reminds me of when I was younger."

"Maybe we should go in another direction than." Sango advised.

"No there is a village ahead and I am sure you guys are tired."

It was true they were tired, but they didn't want their friend looking over his shoulder every minuet thinking something was going to attack at any giving moment. Even if they were in the Warring State Era they didn't need to be reminded of it.

As they came up on the village everyone could see the villagers were setting up for a festival of some kind. There were stands being place accordingly around. There were women cooking a different array of food. Children were running around or helping depending on age as it looked. The men were busy trying to keep everything up. Some of the stands' faces kept falling, done mainly by the smaller, mischievous tikes.

People stop what they were doing to look about the new comers. It was strange for them to see demons and humans together. They actually, up until recently, believed it forbidden. What was really odd was that there were two hanyous with them. Many would have already gotten rid of them. The villagers began to whisper to one another. A strange sight indeed.

Icice and Shippo shrieked when a horses came trampling toward the group. They were being surrounded by the guards of the village they presumed. Inuyasha growled, Kiara transformed, Sango readied her massive boomerang, Miroku stood in front of Kagome, who had her bow already strung with an arrow, protecting her with his staff should he need be. Icice just stood there with Shippo on her right.

"Inuyasha-sama you are to come with us." One of the men said regally.

"Who the hell are you?" Inuyasha growled back.

"We are this region's guards."

"Why do I have to come with you?"

"Your cousin has business with you."

"My mother's family doesn't want anything to do with me." He replied coldly.

Shippo looked at Inuyasha. At that moment the hanyou was looking and acting like Sesshoumaru. "Maybe we should go Inuyasha."

The hanyou growled "Like hell we are. I don't want to have anything to do with that damn family."

"Please milord, come with us. We have searched for six years for you. He will surely punish us if you don't come with us." The soldier partly lied. Their Lord was nice he wouldn't punish them but he had to get the hanyou to come with them.

Inuyasha didn't cave, he just Feh'ed. "We'll come don't mind him he is just being a grouch." Kagome said after she put down her bow and arrow.

The older hanyou gasp at her. 'How could she do that?'

(He looks mad at you.)

(He would just have to deal with it.)

Kagome and Icice hitched a ride on two of the horses. Sango, Miroku, and Shippo rode on Kiara. Inuyasha ran, seething because he had to go see his cousin. The soldiers sighed. They knew they were going to have a problem with the young lord but to have him seething was beyond them.

"Ma'am, are you a miko?" The soldier asked Kagome.

"Yes. Why?"

"It just that it is not common to see a miko with demons."

"I know but I wasn't raised the same as other mikos."

He oh'ed and continued on quietly.

The young hanyou glanced around at her surroundings. All this wasn't there when she was born, well it was but she was too young to remember. She wanted to know what it looked like before it was torn down for cities.

"Beautiful isn't it." The horseman said.

"Huh?" Icice looked at the man in front of her.

"The surrounding is beautiful."

"Hai. I love the lush colors."

He turned and smiled at her. She blushed. He couldn't have been any more than a year older than herself. His eyes were brown with a grey tint to them making them look tan. He had a tan to his skin that brought out his black hair. He wasn't fat nor skinny but held a slight built to him from training she guess. Looking back up at his face she blush a deeper red from getting caught staring at him. He just laughed. It was a hearty one. One that fill you with warmth. She grinned sheepishly.

"What is your name?"

"Icice."

"Pretty. Are you related to Inuyasha-sama? Oh and my name is Rikai."

"Ummm….Kinda."

Rikai paled. He looked at the irritated lord in front on them. "How do you mean?"

"It's a secret?"

"I guess…"

"Don't worry so much about him; he won't get into my business much."

"Yeah sure..."

Inuyasha could hear Icice and the soldier perfectly fine. 'If that brat thinks of anything fancyabout her, he can come get his beating now. And what did that brat mean by she is kinda related to me.'

The rest of the ride was mindless conversation here and there from everyone but Inuyasha. He was still brooding over having to go. The palace came into view just over a hill they were passing. It was beautiful. It looked full of life too. The building was stone but painted with various pictures of clouds and the day-night cycle. Whoever had done it had a lot of time on his hands. The paintings were so accurate. One soldier explained that it was done long before the Warring State. That would explain the happiness to it. They were let off at the door of the palace. Icice flirted with Rikai some more before they received a glare from Inuyasha. Rikai gulped and trotted away on his horse. You could hear the other soldiers laughing at the poor kid. Kagome glared at Inuyasha and shook her head. He huffed and pushed open the door.

-Inuyasha P.O.V-

It looks the same. The sakura trees are just starting to bloom coating the ground in a pink sheet. I step in the palace's grounds and felt as if I went back in time. I could see my kaa-san setting by one of the trees watching me play with a little red ball. Her face was in a smile but her eyes were sad. I would run to her. She would bend down and hug me. I could still smell her scent as if she was still here, alive.

I jumped when hand was placed on my shoulder. I look over it to find Kagome smiling at me. I take a deep breath and proceed in. People are everywhere. They seem to be in hurry to finish whatever they are doing. One servant looks at us. She puts down her basket of fruits and comes over.

She bows at the waist, "Inuyasha-sama finally you have arrived. Taka-sama has been waiting for you."

I look down at her. "He's still alive. The old man should have passed along time ago."

"You must mean the previous Lord. He died some time ago. This is his son."

His son? The guy must be crazy. Why the hell did we come here? I knew we shouldn't have but that crazy miko though it would be a great idea. If anyone dies it is not my fault, just a heads up.

"I was told to take you to him as soon as you came in."

"Thank you could you take us to him." Sango said. Another crazy bitch.

"Umm…I was instructed to only lead milord." She looks at everyone.

"No, your lord presumed I would be alone when he found me."

She blushed and nodded. She turned and with a wave of her hand guides us through the tangle web of halls to a chamber, we assume is where Taka was. We all could see through the rice doors. I don't know if he knew that or not because he was flirting with, as it look, one of the servants and she is turning him down every which way north.

"Reka, you know that he want…" He never got to finish. She had slapped him and stormed out.

Reka looked at us as she passed. That has to be the scariest look next to Kagome's. She is pissed and she is advertising it to everyone. I look in to see Taka on the floor sporting a nice red hand print on his face. Not another Miroku.

-End P.O.V.-

Taka looked up at his visitors. He smiled when his eyes landed on the females of the group. They were then blocked from view by the males. He sighed. He should have known that would happen.

"Come in and sit." They did. "I am so glad that you came, Inuyasha. I didn't know you were traveling with a group."

"I figured that out when I came in and one of your servants thought the same."

"I'm sorry for that. Would any you like anything to eat or drink?" Taka offered.

"Sure, I'll have some tea please." Icice said.

"Of course." He looked at the door to see their escort still standing there waiting to be dismiss. "Could you bring us some tea?"

"Hai milord."

Taka looked back over to his occupants. "How have you been?" Addressing Inuyasha.

"Ok I guess."

"You guess? You don't know if you're ok or not. Come now you must be one or the other."

"I'm fine."

"That's good. Who are your friends?"

He pointed to everyone in order they were sitting in the semi circle, starting on his right. "Kagome a miko, Icice, the kit's name is Shippo; Sango a demon slayer, the neko-youkai in her lap is Kirara, and her husband Miroku."

He looked at Icice. "She does look like you." He examine her some more. "And you…" He points to Kagome. He comes up to her ear. "Is he good?"

Kagome blushes, "I…I don't know."

'Great I was right another Miroku…'

A/N: Thanks for the reviews and sorry it took me over a month to update but school started and I'm going to try to update every weekend, not making promises. Please R&R.