Sorry about the insanely long update. I was stuck for a little while. Please enjoy this fanfiction:)
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Chapter 6: An Interesting Reunion
"So where should we start looking?" inquired Miroku as he walked alongside Sango on their way to their first period class. As funny as it sounded he completely believed every thing his girlfriend had said about Inuyasha's ghost. She was never one to make up stories or unreasonable theories. After all she had been right when telling their group that Naraku was a bad seed, something that had not been clear to Miroku until that bastard had turned Kagome on them.
"His house seems like the best place to go first since it is a place that he might have a strong connection to. Hopefully, Sesshomaru and Uncle Inutashio aren't there when we pop in" she answered, shifting the weight of her pile of books to her other hip and arm.
"Why wouldn't you tell them what we're doing. Don't you think they have the right to know what you saw?" the teenage boy questioned, confuzzled.
"Those two have enough to worry about and I don't want to say anything that will bring up their hopes just to smash them if I happen to be wrong" she said with a hint of sorrow in her voice. Sango had considered asking for their assistance, but with everything that was going on with her auntie Izyaoi, she didn't want to add to all their stress.
"Sesshomaru is working until seven tonight and Uncle InuTashio is probably going to be at the hospital for a while since it's his day off. We can go there right after school" the young woman nodded thoughtfully.
"I personally think we should skip the rest of the day" Miroku said off hand. Sango gave her boyfriend a look.
"What?" he chuckled, "I just think that the eternal peace of my best friend is more important that math"
"I can't believe you, Kazanna. A whole year Inuyasha's been dead and you still use him to weasel out of class" she scoffed, although there was amusement dancing in her eyes. Despite all Miroku's flaws he was always able to brighten her day.
"Well, maybe I wouldn't if Mr. Mulch didn't teach math. He always gives us homework and pop quizzes! I think he's some kind of demon and that his head can turn 360 degrees" he exclaimed.
"He's not that bad"
"Yeah right! You don't think he's bad cause he gives you high grades!"
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Kagome was running late. She had forgotten to set her alarm last night and had been awoken by her mother knocking on her bedroom door. Wrestling out of her blanket cocoon the raven haired teenager darted around her room as she hastened to get ready. Racing down the stairs, Kagome almost fell flat on her face. It had been a long time, about a year, since she had last been late for school and she was panicking! She had an important test first period and if she failed to show up on time, a great deal of marks would be docked.
"Bye, mama!" said Kagome as she zoomed past her mother to run out the door.
Ms. Higurashi, having remembered something important, chased her daughter to the front entrance.
"Kagome, dear! Don't forget that I have to go work after you get home and that Souta's going to Shippo's after school!" she called. Kagome waved a hand at her mother as she continued to run, acknowledging mama's reminder.
"I hope that Koto kid doesn't follow her home. I don't trust that boy as far as I could throw 'em" she said to herself as she closed the door.
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Inuyasha watched the small scene play out from his perch high in the tree he had been occupying all night. He chuckled, amused at Kagome's desperation to get to school. She had never liked to be an early riser and had always tried her hardest to sleep in as much as she could.
'In some ways I guess things never change' he mused. He shifted his position on the branch, allowing one of his legs to dangle while he leaned his back against the tree trunk. He was surprised to find how comfortable he was in trees, although he would not deny the luxury of his own bed. Golden eyes dulled momentarily as he thought about his old house.
Perhaps he could spend some time there instead of waiting in this tree alone for Kagome to return from the hell that was school. Making up his mind, Inuyasha was able to return to his street without anyone seeing him. The door was locked of course, but the key was hidden in the same place it had always been, in a bush vase a few feet from the building.
Inuyasha was still put off when he did not smell his mother's cooking or sense her calming presence. Sniffing tentively like he had taken to for the past few days, Inuyasha tried to detect if there was anyone else in the house. There had been earlier, but the scents where fading. An indication that his brother and father had already left the house.
Perfect, he had the place all to himself, his two male family members must be at work for the day.
Now as weird and stupid as it may sound, this made Inuyasha very happy, for the next few hours he would be able to do all the things he had been denied for the past year. Watching tv was the first thing to do. Flopping down on the couch and reaching for the remote, Inuyasha clicked the machine on, being mindful of his claws. A content smile stretched on his face as an action, martial arts movie started flashing across the screen. A Jackie Chan movie, one of his favorites, was just what he needed to brighten up.
******Five hours Later*****
Another handful of butter smothered popcorn found it's way into the mouth of a distracted half demon as his eyes focused purely on the tv. For the last few hours, Inuyasha had been completely oblivious to everything around him that did not revolve around yet another action movie, and at this moment it was Iron Man. He did not even notice that there was a rough storm outside and that it was pouring rain. During one of the commercial breaks, Inuyasha wondered if he should go and check to make sure Kagome got home ok, but he also knew that on days like today, Ms. Higurashi would be picking her up. Besides he was sure that he had only a few scant hours before his dad or older brother came home, meaning that he would have to clean up so that they would not suspect an intruder, especially if he planned to come back.
All thoughts were forgotten through when the movie resumed. It was the final confrontation between the two metal suits. For never having seen the movie when it had gone to theaters, Inuyasha was zoned into the last few moments of the battle. Suddenly the black and white lines of static wove across the screen accompanied with annoying buzzing.
"What the hell! No, dammit, come on!" Inuyasha exclaimed angrily.
'Damn, the wind must have messed up the Stellite. I was almost done. Hmm, maybe if I hurry, I can fix it in time to see the end'
Running up the stairs and pulling the down the ladder to the attic, Inuyasha hurriedly raced to the window that would allow him to climb onto the roof. Little did he know how bad the storm was outside.
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"Come on Sango, open up the door already!" demanded Miroku as both he and Sango stood outside in the storm, trying to get into his girlfriend's relatives' house. Usually he would have tried to cop a feel of her butt, but at the moment he was a little occupied with getting into a warm, dry place.
"Shut up before I use your head to bust down the door!" she countered furiously. Yep, the violet temper gene did really run the family, there was very little debate on whether Sango and Inuyasha were related.
"Aha" she burst out as she managed to get the key to turn. She made a mental note to inform her uncle that the lock was acting stupid again. Miroku shut the down behind him as the couple rushed into the building and out of the pelting rain. Sango hung up her raincoat on the cloak rack and ran her fingers through her wet tangled hair.
"I'll be right back Miroku, I'm gonna try and find a brush before I rip out my hair" she grumbled as she made her way to the main floor's bathroom. Unbidden, an image of a bald Sango popped into Miroku's mind and he shuddered, it was too weird.
Miroku looked around the Tetsagia kitchen and wondered how long it had been since his last visit. It was probably just after the supposed funeral of his best friend. The place used to look so lived in and homey, but now it seemed as if no one really spend their time here anymore. It must be painful to sit around in a house that had so many good memories before.
An irritating white noise broke the teen out of his thoughts, it was a sound that he had very little tolerance of; the static of a tv station not working.
"Is someone home?" he muttered to himself, curiously. Sango had said no one would be home for a few hours, so who was here? Could it be Inuyasha? Nah, if it was him he would be a ghost and they didn't have physical bodies. Maybe, Sesshomaru or Inutashio had forgotten to turn the tv off. Popping his head into the living room, Miroku could see the coffee table littered with cans of soda, a bowl of popcorn and many instant ramen cups, as well as the glowing television screen.
"If I didn't know any better, I'd say that Inuyasha really was back from the dead"
"You're telling me"
"AHHH!"
"Miroku, it's just me, calm down" consoled Sango, turning on a lamp by the door. For some reason this room did not have an light protruding from the ceiling and so instead had a few lamps to light the place up.
"I swear you make no noise when you walk. You must have been a ninja in a past live" Miroku accused.
"Somehow I doubt that. I'd be more of a direct fighter" Sango pointed out, which was indeed true. She wasn't the type who would stick to the shadows. Turning off the tv, Sango looked down at the mess in wonderment.
"Wow, this is really unlike anything Sess and Uncle Inutashio would do. I haven't seen this kind of mess in Auntie Izyaoi's house since Inuyasha was here. Do you think that..." Sango trailed off as she heard a far off slam.
"What is it Sango?" inquired Miroku taking note of Sango's stiff stance, as she listened for something.
"Probably just the wind"
"It is getting really bad out there" said Miroku peering out the window. The wind blowing outside was really picking up.
"Maybe we should call our parents and let them know where we are" the dragon-tailed boy suggested.
"Ok, I'm going to use the house phone, since my battery's almost dead. Back in a minute"
Miroku pulled his cell out of his pocket and quickly send a text to his dad who would relay the message to his mum. He was in the middle of finishing the last word when the door from the hall opened and in walked the last person Miroku expected to see.
His best friend, Inuyasha Tetsagia, in the flesh.
Golden eyes locked on dark brown, both in shock.
Neither boy moved for a heart stopping moment before...
"G-g-g-g-ho-ho-st...AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
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To say Inuyasha was surprised was an understatement. He was downright shocked spitless. What was Miroku doing in his living room in the first place? He had only been gone a few minutes and now the lech was standing in front of the tv.
"AHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHHH!"
Inuyasha tried to back out of the room, away from the terrified screams of the teenager only to discover another pleasant surprise; his cousin blocking the doorway.
"Sango?" he wondered out loud.
Instead of freaking out like what she did before or what Miroku was currnetly doing, she smiled, a odd gleam in her cinnamon eyes. That smile, however, faded as she send a glare at her rather loud boyfriend.
"Miroku! Will you put a cork in it! You sound like a scared five year old!" she shouted.
Obediently the boy did just that, clearly his male pride bruised as his girlfriend made such a comparison.
"Oh my gods, Inuyasha! You really are here!" she exclaimed excitedly as she flung her arms around her lost family member.
Inuyasha was once again thrown off as he was embraced by the girl and he looked to Miroku for an explanation.
"Wh-what are you two doing here?" Inuyasha asked.
"Sango believed that she saw your ghost outside her window the other day and is determined to help you complete whatever your unfinished business is" informed Miroku having composed himself fairly quickly.
"Ghost? Me? I'm not dead and I ain't a ghost" He denied pulling away from Sango to stare at his two friends.
"He's right, Miroku, if he was I wouldn't have been able to touch him" Sango pointed out.
"But, if you're not dead than where were you for a year and what happened to your appearance?" questioned Miroku, noticing the peculiar alterations of Inuyasha's countenance.
Inuyasha sighed and shifted his gaze from his best friend to his cousin before telling them the whole story from start to finish.
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"I always had a feeling Naraku was somehow behind all this. I never liked him and now I knew why, he's not trustworthy" Sango announced as Inuyasha's tale drew to a close with his confrontation with the Koto boy.
"So that's how he was able to corrupt Kagome. Sango always knew it must have been some kind of trick" agreed Miroku, earning a smile from his pacing girlfriend, "One question through, how come he didn't do anything to you? I mean if he had a witch's jewel than couldn't he have just finished you off and have been done with it?"
"Keh, who knows what goes on in that bastard's head. All I know is that I want that jewel"
"What would you do with it once you had it, Inuyasha?" asked Sango.
"First off take this spell off me," he pointed to his twitching ears, "and second get Kagome back. I don't want her with that asshole"
"Inuyasha? Have you considered maybe getting Kagome back before seizing the jewel?" Miroku questioned a thoughtful twinkle in his eye. Both cousins gave him a confused look, which did not faze the teen a bit.
"What are you talking about Kazanna?" the dog demon demanded.
"From what you told us, Naraku could be classified as a very powerful person with the jewel in his pocession. You couldn't get near him and most likely neither will Sango or I. The only people that Naraku is closest to is his family, gang and Kagome. Actually the last person that Naraku would suspect is Kagome. If we can get her back on our side than we can also get the jewel" Miroku clarified.
"That does make sense, but can we manage that? Kagome isn't going to listen to us, especially with Naraku lurking about" Sango objected, a thoughtful frown furrowing her forehead.
"But Sango, it wouldn't be us trying to convince her this time. As much as I hate to say it, Naraku has turned Kagome completely against whatever we say, but he hasn't done the same with Inuyasha"
"You want me to talk her into it?" inquired Inuyasha, "I can't"
"Why not?" Miroku asked.
"What are ya, blind? I'll scare her half to death! Or did you forget how freaked out you were when you saw me?" he reminded the brown eyed man. Muttering under his breath, Inuyasha added "I don't think I could handle Kagome hating me"
"Inuyasha, life is full of tough decisions and we never know where each turn of the path will lead us, but we can't just stop at one fork in the road. You have to continue on while the chance is still there. No one said life was easy. You just have to go on and hope for the best"
"Fine. I'll do it"
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PLEASE R&R