Chapter 05 – The Truth is...

"It's my fault."

"Don't blame yourself Inuyasha. None of us could do anything. Who would expect that she will be pulled under the ground."

"I should. I promised that I won't let her disappear and I allowed it to happen, when she was right next to me."

"Look! Kagome's awakening!"

"Kagome, are you alright?"

"How do you feel?"

The voices of my companions came to me from the distance. I didn't really care about what are they saying, but they woke me up when I wanted to sleep and it annoyed me.

"Could you not talk so loud? My head hurts." I scolded them and sit up. "What happened?" I asked and leaned my head on my hand.

"You don't remember? We searched for Sango and then you was pulled under the ground by something. About the rest we hoped, that you or Sango will tell us." Miroku summarized.

"Oh, that arrogant mole, good he's gone." I commented thoughtlessly. "Wait, where's Sango, how is she?" I looked around me fiercely and regretted it immediately. Although I found Sango lying right next to me, when I looked around, it caused me more pain in my head. I rubbed the back of my head in effort to calm down the pain and looked at Miroku, who started to talk again.

"She seems she will be alright, the wounds wasn't that bad, but she still didn't wake up. By the way, what did you mean by 'that arrogant mole'?"

"It was the demon, who chose us as his meal, though it seemed that he let Sango to his smaller companions for some reason." I recalled the image of Sango's hand pointing from under the horde of moles and I shivered.

"Yeah, if she fought back, I can imagine, that he didn't want to challenge her by himself." Miroku stated and unconsciously rubbed his cheek.

"You guys are too noisy..." We looked at Sango, who just spoke and when we made sure, she is fine, all of us started to laugh in a relaxed manner.

"What's so funny?" She asked frowning.

"We are just glad, that you are finally awake and in addition, you said almost the same thing as Kagome, when she woke up." Miroku explained.

"Kagome? What happened to her?" She quickly sit up and focused her attention at me.

"No wonder you don't remember." I smiled kindly. "You was unconscious, when I fell to that cave, so you couldn't notice me."

"So that's how it is. You came to save Kagome, not me, right Inuyasha?" Sango turned at him with playful smile.

"What are you talking about. We wanted to save you in the first place, but we couldn't find you. When Kagome was pulled under the ground too, we wanted to save both of you, but we didn't find you until the ground collapsed. Then we only pulled you out from there and treated your wounds." Inuyasha explained the situation.

"But it's strange, I could swear I saw you inside that cave. I woke up only for a second though, but I caught a glimpse of silver hair. Who else could it be if not you? Kagome, if you was there, you must have seen it too." She turned to me with hope, that I will support her statement. I thought about it for a second. Sure, the one she saw was me with no doubt. I didn't want to lie to her. I didn't want to lie to anyone, but I wasn't ready yet, to tell them the truth.

"Sorry Sango, I didn't see anything like that." Well, in certain way, it wasn't exactly a lie. There wasn't any mirrors, so I couldn't see myself anywhere. I only know that it was me. So why I still feel so bad about it?

"See? It was probably just your imagination." Inuyasha commented unconcernedly.

"If it was only my imagination, then who defeated that demon?" This question hit the point and for a while there was an awkward silence among us, because no one had anything to say about it.

"What about this." I broke it. "Sango still needs some rest to recover and you all look tired as well. So, you'll take a rest and in the meantime I'll prepare something good to eat. We can talk about this later." I suggested and looked at Inuyasha who started to talk first.

"And what about you? You've got hurt too."

"I am already fine, even my head doesn't hurt anymore. And I've got a good nap, while I was unconscious, so I am not tired either." I said with smile.

He muttered something under his breath at first, but in the end everyone accepted my offer and soon they all fell asleep and I was left alone only with my thoughts.

"You know, you were acting strange lately. Especially from the event with that mole demon." Inuyasha started suddenly when we sat around the campfire. It was almost two weeks, when that happened and it's also the same time, from when I am trying to keep my secret from them.

"What do you mean?" I asked innocently, but he didn't buy it.

"I am talking about your perfect 'intuition' as you call it, you are often lost in your thoughts and you are much quieter than you were before. I just want to know, what's going on with you!" He almost shouted at me and I made a guilty face.

"Yeah, and you didn't even tell us about that appointment with your father yet. You always avoided to talk about it. Come on, tell us, we are really curious." Sango looked at the others with sharp look and then turned back to me again. "Or at least I am." She added.

"Me too, me too. I want to hear it too." Shippo jumped in front of me and I smiled at him.

"Is it possible that there is some connection between your actions and that appointment?" I turned at Miroku and my smile faded. Of course there is a connection. It will be hard, but I can't avoid their answers anymore, I don't even want to. But maybe if I tell them just part of it, it won't be that bad.

"Yes, there is." I fidgeted with the rosary around my neck.

"So? What is it?" Inuyasha started to get impatient, when I didn't continue.

"It's not that simple, you know?" I yelled at him and took a deep breath.

"Ok... Well... How should I put it... The truth is... I mean..." I sighed. I wanted to try it different way, when Inuyasha suddenly growled and ran into the forest.

"Wait! Where are you going!" Sango shouted at him, but he was already gone.

"Sesshoumaru is nearby." I stated. "We should go after them before they'll kill each other."

"And how do you know that?" Miroku asked sceptically.

"Intuition?" I smiled jokingly. "No, really, I promise I'll tell you later, but now let's go." They nodded and we set out in the direction where Inuyasha ran.

We reached them, when they were already fighting. They had no regards for the surroundings and there wasn't really a safe place in quite far distance around them.

"It looks really serious this time."

"I guess there's nothing we can do now."

"Kagome, what are you doing, you can't go closer. You'll get hurt!"

The anger was already running through my veins so I hardly noticed Sango and Miroku talking behind me.

"Hey you two, stop it at once! You are brothers so act like that and stop trying to kill each other!" I ran towards them yelling furiously. My arrival stopped their actions, so I made use of it and stepped right in the middle between them. I looked from one to the other cautiously and waited for their reactions.

"Kagome, are you crazy or what? You can't just come running here like this. It's dangerous!" Inuyasha scolded me.

"Don't tell me what to do, if you didn't run away like an idiot, I wouldn't have to stand here!" I kept yelling. I noticed that the rosary around my neck started to shine again, but I didn't pay much attention to it.

"For a filthy human you are pretty self-confident." I turned to Sesshoumaru and yelled at him with my finger pointed towards him.

"Don't ever call me filthy human again, or you'll regret it." He made me even more angry and I really started to loose control over my actions. The spell which was cast on me broke and everyone saw me in my true appearance now.

"It seems you are not so self-confident for nothing, it will be only more interesting to kill you then." I didn't even have time to react and Sesshoumaru already lifted me into the air by the throat. I noticed that Sango, Miroku, Shippo and even Inuyasha are too surprised by my change, so I deduced that this is only up to me.

I felt the claws cutting into my neck, so I grabbed his hand and tried to release myself. He was still too strong though, so I decided to use another strategy.

"Look at me. If you're not blind you must see it, it's not just a coincidence that we look alike." I brushed the bangs from my forehead to let him see the blue crescent to support my following words. "See? You can't deny the obvious fact." I took a breath as deep as his grip allowed me and finished my statement.

"I am your daughter, from the future."