"What are you hiding?" InuYasha said. Chinatsu clasped her left hand in her right and held it to her chest.
"I was kind of hoping you'd never find out, but…" she said. She wiped her eye with her fist and showed her son her tattoo.
"You're an incarnation too?" Masao said. He turned to Yomi. "And what are you, a demon?!" He groaned. "Life is a lie!" Yomi coughed awkwardly and punched Masao in the arm.
"Yes, I'm the incarnation before Kasumi," Chinatsu explained. "Of course, this would mean that I'm not your real mother."
"Ha!" Masao said. "Called it!" Yomi slapped the back of his head and dragged him outside.
"…Anyway," Chinatsu said. "Kasumi is an ice demon and I'm a fire demon. Naraku made me so that I'd awaken with Kasumi when the time came for her to awaken. Naraku also made it so that we'd come when you and Kagome were very upset with each other, but you forgetting everything worked well enough. And here we are." InuYasha, for the first time in as long as he could remember, looked afraid of his mom.
"But," Chinatsu continued. "Naraku made me so that I'd love you like a real son." InuYasha sighed deeply.
"Okay," he said. "If you aren't my mom, then does that mean these visions I've had with that lady…?"
"Yes," she said. "That is your real mother." She looked away. "The dangerous thing about me loving you was that I didn't want you to come back here. I thought it would be okay if you'd stay with me forever. But I guess I was wrong." InuYasha was about to say something, but he thought it would be better if he'd keep his mouth shut.
"Well," Chinatsu said, now with a more optimistic tone to her voice. "Don'cha think it's kind of cool? Knowing a fire demon and all? It's been a while since I've used my powers. You mind?" InuYasha, now smiling for his mo… Chinatsu's sake, nodded.
She glanced around the hut. "Don't want to burn this place down," she said. She walked outside with InuYasha following. He couldn't help but notice Kagome sitting on a log. Her head was in her hands and she looked sad.
"Oh, hey," she said finally noticing him. His smile faded.
"Well! Let's try this out!" Chinatsu said shaking her hands out. "You may want to stand back. I'm not going to be responsible if your hair catches fire." InuYasha grabbed a little of his hair nervously and went to sit with Kagome.
"She's a demon, right?" she said.
"How'd you know?" InuYasha asked her.
"She had a strong demonic aura," she said. InuYasha looked back at Chinatsu. The air around her did seem different from Kagome.
"Ho-okay!" Chinatsu said. "Let's do this!" InuYasha was amazed as fire formed at her feet. She did a high back flip in the air and stuck out her left arm. She hit the ground with it and fire images formed everywhere: most were people, animals, etc. She stood up.
"Seems I'm a bit rusty," she said to a fire knight. The knight nodded and Chinatsu punched him. The images faded.
"Not bad," InuYasha said. "But I'm not impressed." Chinatsu smirked and held out a hand. A small fireball appeared in it. She flung it at InuYasha and Kagome sprang up. InuYasha quickly dodged it and the fireball hit a tree. Of course, the tree didn't burn. Chinatsu wouldn't put InuYasha in danger just in case it hit him, but that didn't stop him from getting mad at her.
"Darn you!" he shouted. (Why don't we all just ASSUME he said that? This fanfic is rated K+, people!) He lunged at her but she burst into flames, leaving behind a black spot where she stood.
"What? Where?" InuYasha looked around. Kagome pointed up, finally smiling. He looked in the direction she pointed. Chinatsu was flying down, head first. She landed on InuYasha's back and laughed.
"What are you smiling at?" he said looking at Kagome.
"Nothing," she said. Her eyes weren't empty anymore. They were sparkling. InuYasha thought she looked kind of pretty… He blinked a few times and shook his head.
Chinatsu grinned. So had Masao, who was spying. He wasn't sure if Kagome saw, but for a split second, InuYasha's ears became pointed, just as if he was turning into a half-demon. He was falling in love with Kagome all over again.
InuYasha opened an eye. Morning already? It felt like he'd just fallen asleep. He stretched his arms and got up. Well, he almost did when he noticed Kasumi laying next to him.
"Wha… What are you doing?!" he said to an already awake Kasumi.
"I got cold," she said sweetly.
"It's the middle of spring."
"And that means I can't get cold?" She blinked her eyes a few times and smiled. InuYasha blushed and quickly walked away.
"Morning," Kagome said. Her eyes had that evil look again. She must've seen them. She was leading a horse.
"What are you doing?" InuYasha asked.
"Going out," she answered mounting the horse. "There's a town that needs a little help. I'll be back tomorrow at the latest."
"I'll come too!" InuYasha said. "And what about Sango?" Kagome didn't say anything and rode away. InuYasha knew where she was headed just by the direction she was going in. Koga. Again.
"Kirara!" he called. The cat demon came up to him from the hut. (Sango and Miroku were still sleeping.) "I'll need a little help, okay?" Kirara mewed. "Can you go get Yomi and Masao?" Kirara nodded and ran off, coming back in her bigger form with Yomi and Masao on her back.
"Needed something?" Masao said.
"Yeah," InuYasha said. "Kagome's going to see Koga again and she lied to me about it. I want to see what she's up to."
"Why us?" Yomi asked holding onto Masao so she wouldn't fall.
InuYasha shrugged. "Just a hunch." Yomi smiled and InuYasha hopped onto Kirara.
"Wait," Masao said. "We're on Kirara. Oh. No… Don't fly, don't fly, DON'T FLY!" Kirara took to the sky. InuYasha got a glimpse of Sango and Kasumi running out of the hut. Kasumi waved as Sango shouted something.
Yomi. Why did you bring her? Spirit.
"Hey, Spirit again," Masao said. He could hear Spirit too?
"What now?" Yomi asked.
Don't you even know Yomi's power? She has a purifying touch.
"'Purifying touch?'" Yomi repeated.
It is the most powerful thing I can think of. Yomi's power is above a miko's. Yomi, you yourself should know why.
She did know. It was because she was the resurrection of Izayoi, wasn't it? Memories and all…
Any demons that she touches… they become pure. Like when InuYasha became a full demon. Yomi, here, now, will become a final stand for you.
"Wai… FINAL?!"Yomi repeated.
Today, you will find me. And today, I will be free of this.
"Of what?!" InuYasha asked. Nothing. Spirit was gone again. But that didn't matter. They reached Koga's mountain.
Inside the mountain, a little spirit was trapped and alone. Finally, for the first time in his life, he had hope. He was going to be saved.
"You've found me…"
