Chapter Three: Old Friends
They came up to a small hut it was a very nice hut dark wood and blended in with the forest surrounding it. Shippo just walked right in, Ashten quickly followed him but Hope lingered she didn't like going into places where she didn't know and she didn't like being in a place with such danger, after a bit she fallowed her brother.
Ashten meet face to face with a woman about the same age as his Mother long brown hair tied up in a pony tail with pretty brown eyes she was a lot taller then him, she wore a long colorful kimono. Shippo smiled and sat down beside a man on the far end of the hut. He had black hair a bit longer then Ashten's but the man had his pulled back in a ponytail, he wore a long purple and blue kimono.
Hope entered and looked around the hut as well. The lady smiled and let her hand out for them to go sit down. Ashten smiled and nodded walking on into the hut and to where Shippo went sitting on the other side of the man, Hope fallowed close behind sitting down neat to her brother.
"This is Miroku; the lady at the door is Sango. They know Kagome and Inuyasha!" Shippo announced. Miroku smiled as Sango came over and sat next to him. "So how are they, haven't seen them in 18 years." Sango asked. Ashten smiled. "Fine, how do you know them?" He wanted to know everything. "Inuyasha is from this world originally, they where here a long time ago, we fought together." She smiled. Ashten thought a moment. "Demons?" He blurted out. Miroku and Sango nodded.
"And how do you know them?" Miroku asked. "There are parents." Hope admitted. Ashten sighed he wanted to learn more before telling them. Sango groaned. "They had kids with out telling us, how rude of them!' She mumbled. Shippo nodded. "It's ok they didn't tell us a lot to." Hope growled. "That worthless demon!" Sango joked. "DEMON!?" Hope yelled. "Yea, your dad is a demon?" Sango thought a moment as to why they didn't know. Hope shook her head and got up walking out of the hut.
"Please excuse me." Ashten bowed standing up running after her. "What are you doing!?" He yelled. "I'm going far away!" She muttered. Ashten grabbed her arm. "And do what die!?" He understood how she felt but there was nothing to be done now. "Look lets just go home, we can't defend our self here I mean we're not demons!" Hope frustratingly admitted. He pulled on her. Hope pulled back. "They lied to us Ashten we don't have a home, we don't even know them!" She growled. Ashten shook his head. "They're still our parents, we just know a little bit more then we use to." He corrected. Hope pulled again.
"No, are father is a DEMON, and who knows what our mother is, just let me go!" She cried. Ashten pulled her over to him wrapping his arms around her. "Sis, your not an orphan let's just talk to them I am sure they can explain they're self." He whispered to her trying to help her. Hope pulled herself free and started to run towered the forest she didn't know where she was or where she was going she didn't care; she just wanted to be far away.
Ashten ran after her he stayed right behind her, that was the one thing he was always good at running, he could always run it was the one thing he had mastered. When she finally stopped they where at a hill she had to climb to go anywhere else. "Hope, please talk to me!" He gasped out trying to catch his breath. Hope fell to her knees trying to breathe as well. "They lied to us Ashten don't you understand we don't know them!" She yelled. Ashten shook his head. "They are still our parents they are still our blood, Mom is still the one that take's us to the doctor when we are sick, the one that picks us back up when we fall, Dad is still going to beat up anyone that picks on us, he's still going to give us lesions on how to fight bullies!" He argued.
Hope looked away. "That's what they do with you." She muttered. "Hope please." Ashten walked over to her and dropped to his knees in front of her. "We're all family witch means you can't stay mad at us!" He smiled. Hope laughed and looked up at him nodding. "You could always make me laugh." She smiled. Ashten stood up and helped her up to her feet. They stared to walk back when Hope's necklace started to glow once again. "Huh?" Hope pulled it from her shirt and looked at it. "What is it doing now!?" Ashten sighed.
Shippo, and Miroku came into the area running up to the two standing around the jewel. "The Shikon no Tama!?" Miroku wondered. Shippo looked at the two. "It can't be it lost its power after Inuyasha wished on it!" He muttered. Ashten and Hope looked at Miroku. "It has to be… Ok come on lets go back to the hut." Miroku muttered. Hope hid the jewel back into her shirt as they headed back to the hut.