Chapter Eight: Shikon no Teema?
An hour later Kagome came from the hut and asked Hope and Ashten to come inside and she also asked the others as well. The group sat in silence for a while Sango and Miroku sat next to each other in front of Ivan, Lilly, and Aaron. Kagome and Inuyasha sat in front of their children and Shippo was forced to sit beside Lilly and Ashten in the middle.
"Lilly, Ivan you both already know about the tell of the Shikon no Tama." Sango looked at them. The two nodded in agreement.
"Ashten, Hope, the bed times stories I told you about the jewel, they are no myth." Kagome sighed and grabbed Inuyasha's hand as he spoke to them.
"Children…. The jewel has a twin, The Shikon no Teema." Miroku added.
"That is what Sesshomaru was talking about, the sister of the jewel…" Miroku's voice trailed off as he was interupted.
"Well what dose this twin do grant wishes?" Hope asked eager to learn all about it.
Kagome sighed and lowered her head looking away from Hope. Inuyasha gripped Kagome's hand.
"Yes, but this jewel is evil… It also makes things more powerful but it is addicting, if used to much it well turn you… It well make you a power lusting idiot, and soon well kill you. It has the power of the Demons; it can be purified but only by a powerful Miko… This jewel is a lot more powerful then the Shikon no Tama… And a lot more dangerous." Kagome explained.
"Then you must find it, if it is dangerous!" Hope suggested.
"This is not our journey." Miroku muttered.
"You can't let a Demon get it…. Kanna, Kagura, mother is that why they were at the well, are they planning to bring Naraku back to life with the Shikon no Teema!?" Ashten asked.
"Sango, they were at the well!?" Kagome asked turning to Sango.
"Yes, I really didn't think about it." Sango looked at her.
"Then we must go, If its Naraku's doing then we didn't finch our journey to start with!" Kagome announced, not wanting to send her kids into danger.
"No Kagome, if we had not flinched Naraku to start with then this Journey has been pointed to the kids all along, when Hope and Ashten fell into the well, that was when it began. We are not as strong as we use to be, the task is now the children's we can do nothing more but help them now." Miroku admitted.
Ashten and Hope looked at each other a sudden pain shot into Ashten's gut, did they have to do this, did they have to carry on there parents wait and go into battle with Demons! Hope was kind of scared in an exited way. She listened to the bedtime stories her father told them and she wanted to go out in her own journey like his. She wanted to fallow in her fathers footsteps so bad and now she had the chance.
"But, we aren't read for this! Dad come on you know I can't fight!" Ashten yelled.
"Come on Ashten don't be a big baby!" Lilly argued.
"Yea come on Ashten it could be fun!" Hope smiled.
"I'm in and I call the Inuyasha spot!" Shippo joked.
"My father I call the spot!" Hope groaned.
"Its not a barrel of fun you guys! This is serous anyone of us could die at any moment, hell we ALL could die! Stop playing around this isn't fun and games! Its real!" Ashten yelled standing up.
The group of kids looked at each other sighing and nodding. Miroku stood and looked at his children.
"Yes, it is dangers, but things must be done stay in a group and you are stronger then any Demon." Miroku sighed.
Ashten shook his head and turned walking outside of the hut. Hope stood and looked at her parents and nodded going out after him as Lilly, Ivan, Aaron and Shippo waited inside talking to the grown ups.
"Ashten! Ashten come on stop!" Hope yelled running after her brother as he huffed off into the woods.
"What Hope!?" Ashten growled.
"Come on its an opportunity!" Hope yelled.
"For what to die!?" Ashten yelled back.
"To be like Father!" Hope argued.
Ashten stopped and looked to the ground his fists clutched together. Hope stopped and looked at him.
"Do it for me Ashten, you heard Miroku as long as we stay together." Hope looked at him.
"You really want to do this down you?" Ashten asked.
"Yes, and I can't do this with out you Ashten." Hope announced.
Ashten turned and looked at his sister. Hope smiled and bit and walked over to him putting her hand on his shoulder and looked into his eyes waiting for his answer.