InuYasha Fan Fiction / Dragon Ball/Z/GT Fan Fiction ❯ Not Your Normal 9 to 5 ❯ Toto, I don't think were in.... ( Chapter 2 )

 

Chapter 2: Toto, I don't think were in Tokyo anymore

 

Lennex knew he was being carried, well slung across someone's shoulder to be exact, when he first regained conscious. He wanted to open his eyes, power up and roll off the shoulder and find that damn thief, but even workout sessions with Vegeta and Goku had never left him this drained. What he heard was not the sounds of a city but the quiet of countryside or possibly a reserve. He heard his transportation and someone else walking, feet crunching on dirt and twigs. He managed to get an eye open part way and the first thing he saw was red. Whoever was carrying him was garbed in all red and wasn't wearing any shoes. He glanced to his left and right and saw trees in every direction, a most interesting discovery. He probably would have looked around some more but the drained feeling caught up with him once again and he slipped back into the world of dreams.

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Inuyasha had felt his passenger awake for a brief moment but paid it no mind; he went back to sleep almost as quickly. He followed Kagome as they walked the worn path from the bone eaters well to Kaede's village. They had walked in silence since they had left the well and Inuyasha was sure that Kagome's thoughts mirrored his own. How did this person from her era get through the well? Era, that was still a strange thought to him. He knew what the well really did, and while most figured Kagome returned to her own `world' he had known that she was returning to her own time. They let their friends run with the world theory for a while, but decided to explain the concept of the well and time travel to them so that they knew the truth. Of course neither he, nor Kagome really understood time travel, but they managed to get the point across.

Kagome turned around to look at Inuyasha to check on him and his burden. She gave him a small smile and turned around. Her thoughts did coincide with his to a point; there was no mistake he was from the future. His clothing and personal items screamed future technology, especially the watch he wore. She had only seen the very rich wear something like that. It not only told you the time, but acted as a compass, GPS guidance system and she was sure there were more functions due to the numerous buttons on the watch.

But she also worried about other things, things that Inuyasha didn't know enough about to even worry. Like the fact that someone had obviously followed her into the well house on her family's shrine. And from the condition he was in looks of it, there was another person that had helped him get into the shape he was in. Was the man they carried to the village someone her school had possibly hired to check up on her? Since first going down the well herself, her absences from school were almost chronic. It's a wonder they even still enrolled her. After all this time she was sure the school would be taking steps to see if her illnesses were actually what was keeping her out or not. She had dreams that terrified her, like someone discovering the well and what it did, locking up her family so they couldn't tell anyone about it, and capturing Inuyasha to run tests on the half demon. This time, however, when she thought about Inuyasha being captured, she had pictured a dog catcher with an extremely big net chasing after him. This particular image caused her to giggle.

“Something funny, wench?” Inuyasha asked from behind.

She shook her head and turned to Inuyasha once more. “Just thinking about something, that's all,” she replied. The thought brought a small smile to her face once more but it quickly left when she pictured Inuyasha strapped to a table and a bunch of doctors standing around him with an assorted array of instruments. She didn't tell Inuyasha about these types of things in her time. She knew he wouldn't care, after all, who could take down the mighty half demon? She thought the last part in an imitation of Inuyasha's voice. But her world had so much technology that he wouldn't understand. And this man, could he be the start of her terrible nightmares?

“You know if you walked any slower, we might make it to the village before the first snow falls.” Inuyasha said from behind. He smelled her fear and decided the best course of action to get her to stop thinking about whatever she was thinking about was to pick a fight with her. He was almost sure that she wouldn't sit him since he was carrying the injured. He wasn't disappointed on both counts.

“What's that supposed to mean dog boy?” she replied with as she turned to face him, a small frown on her face.

“It means, Kagome, I think all these trips to the future are making you slow and lazy. Probably because of all that junk food you eat.”

She whirled around and quickened her pace a bit, hands on her hips her arms folded across her chest and her head slightly upturned. He heard her mutter under her breath, “This coming from the boy who won't let me come back to the past without a case of ramen every time. We'll see how much he likes going with out his `ninja food' when I don't bring him any for a while.”

That hurt. He had counted on some yelling and some bickering, but he didn't like the idea of her taking ramen away. He hurried his own pace to catch up and `discuss' this development the rest of the way to the village.

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He awoke again and this time he didn't hear anything except the occasional cricket. He was flat on his back this time and he could feel a blanket on top of him. He cracked open his eyes and was greeted to a wooden ceiling, and a very crude wooden ceiling at that. It was also very dark, the only light coming from a lantern outside a window, a window that didn't support something as common as a screen. Odd. He knew it was a lantern or some other type of flame source because of the flickering. He heard a movement towards his right and slowly peered towards the source. A small boy was standing beside a wooden bucket, a ladle in one hand and a cup in the other. He was pouring himself some sort of liquid into the cup. The boy was wearing a very old looking style of clothing and had a blue ribbon in his hair and a…big bushy tail was protruding from the boy's rear. He then noticed the boy's legs and feet. While the top half was human looking, the child's feet were the legs of an animal, like a coyote or a fox or something. He then noticed the boy's ears came to points at the top. He tried to sit up but his energy was still weak. He tried powering up but his power was still nil. Drained, he closed his eyes again and quickly fell back to sleep.

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He awoke once more to the sounds of people walking around outside the structure, the sounds of dogs barking and children laughing and playing; to sounds of men and women greeting each other on their way to wherever they were heading. He slowly opened his eyes and saw the daylight shining through the window of the…hut? He looked around and saw that it was in fact a humble hut, no modern conveniences in sight. He looked over and observed an elderly woman mashing something in a bowl with a pestle. She looked up at him and he noticed the eye patch over one of her eyes. “Ah, ye are awake finally. I shall get those that found you.” She stood up and walked out the door into another room.

He heard her move something and call out to a couple people. “Kagome, Inuyasha, your guest is awake,” he heard from outside. A few moments later the older woman came back into the hut followed by a young woman in a high school uniform and a young man dressed in all red. He remembered awaking on someone's shoulder that wore red and assumed this to be his transport. Then he noticed the top of the boy's head. On top were two fuzzy triangular ears. He must have been staring because the boy bit out, “Got a problem with something?”

Lennex locked eyes with this strange person and noticed that the eyes were a golden color. He then quickly gave him a once over; even in his depleted state, his professional training was kicking in. The boy's clothes looked durable, but also were of an ancient style, completed with a katana at his waist. Instead of regular fingernails the boy had what looked like claws. He also felt some kind of energy emanating from him. Not like a normal human who studied the arts and raised their fighting power; it was energy totally different. He was formidable, but still no match for Lennex at full power. But that was still the problem, while not feeling as weak as he had before; he still couldn't raise his power level. He looked back at his hosts and said, “No problem, just never seen someone like you before…what are you exactly?”

“I'm a half demon. What's it to ya?” the boy shot back.

Half demon? He actually said he was a half demon. Stranger things have happened, Lennex supposed. He had heard Majin Buu was a demon but that was ages ago. He told his hosts as much. “The last demon we ever fought was imprisoned 1000 years ago. There are no such things as demons anymore in this day.”

The girl coughed a bit, drawing his attention to her. She was pretty and, compared to what he had seen so far, the most normal looking out of them all.

“About that,” she started looking quickly at the boy and then back at him, “I don't know how to tell you this, but you're actually 500 years in the past, in the Warring States Era.”

Lennex quirked an eyebrow as he listened to the girl talk, reevaluating his opinion about her normality as she finished. “I'm in the past?” he said slowly. They both nodded at him.

“And there are demons in the past I take it? Ones that look like you and ones that probably look like a little kid with wolf feet?” he asked, trying to rationalize what he saw the other night.

“He's a fox actually, and yes he is a demon.” The girl said. “Oh, but where are my manners! My name is Kagome Higurashi and this Kaede and this is Inuyasha.” She said pointing to the old woman and the boy. Lennex looked back towards the ceiling assimilating, what he was being told. He was actually picking up a lot of faint power signatures like this boy's, but he couldn't find anyone's he knew. Maybe there was a little truth to what was said. After all, the first time he awoke he was in a forest. He wasn't sure how close a forest was to Tokyo, but he wasn't sure how long he'd been out, either. A matter he intended to rectify.

“How long was I unconscious?”

“We found you in the bottom of the well before noon and you slept the rest of the day and night away. How did you get into our well?” Kagome asked him. Lennex was quiet for a few moments. It was entirely possible they could have relocated him, but somehow he didn't get the feeling they were lying to him.

“I am the security chief for Capsule Corporation, have you heard of them?” he asked. The older woman, Kaede, who had been quiet all this time, looked as puzzled as the boy, but Kagome's eyes lit with recognition. He continued on, “I was after someone who had stolen something from our company. I chased him to the shrine with this well you were talking about. He threw what was stolen into the well house with a bomb, its how this thief gets rid of evidence. We had both seen you go into the structure a few moments before. I tried to find you and get rid of the bomb but before I could, it blew and then I woke up here.”

The girl's eyes went wide with fear and panic. “Did you just tell me a bomb went off on in my family's shrine?” Her words started off low and steady but proceeded to pick up volume and speed. She turned quickly to Inuyasha. “Take me home right NOW!” He nodded and picked her up on his back and bolted out the door. Lennex stared after them, feeling the particular form of energy spike in the boy as he left. It was definitely something very different. The whole demon story might have more credence than he thought. He glanced at the old woman and then looked back at the ceiling. He wanted to do something but still couldn't quite muster the energy to get off the mat. Maybe some more sleep would help that.

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When they came out of the time slip and leapt out of the well, Inuyasha's nose was already working overtime. He could smell Lennex along with that other odor that Lennex had taken into the past with him. He also caught the scent of Kagome's family, along with the scents of a few other people. He caught a scent that was caused by the same thing that made Kagome gasp. The sides of the well house were blackened from the explosion. There was a small hole in the roof through which the sun was peeking. The odor of burnt wood that hung in the air was so heavy, even Kagome was able to pick it up. She went to the well house door and noticed a yellow police tape across it. Obviously the authorities were called in. She hoped her family was okay. Not seeing anyone around, she and Inuyasha went under the tape and made their way to the main house quickly. Kagome threw open the door and dashed into the kitchen. She was greeted by the grateful and relieved faces of her mother and grandfather.

“Oh thank goodness you're alright Kagome!” her mother exclaimed hugging her daughter fiercely. He grandfather made a small prayer symbol with his hand and joined the mother and daughter in hug.

“We thought that maybe whatever blew up in the well house might have hurt you, or that the well may have stopped working.” Her grandfather informed her. Inuyasha put his hands in the sleeves of his fire rat harori and leaned against the wall watching the family fuss over each other.

The picture they presented reminded him of a time long past when his own mother used to fuss over him when he came home with bumps or bruises from the less tolerant village children who despised what he was. Kagome quickly filled in her family on their new guest in the past and the story he had told them, giving them the whole story of what had happened in the once quiet well house.

“If he is from such a big corporation, I wonder why no one from that company has come looking?” her mother asked.

Inuyasha cleared his throat. “Now that we know your family is safe, maybe we should go back and get a few more answers from the source?”

Kagome nodded her head. “I wanted to make sure you guys were all ok. When he told us there was an explosion I didn't know if you guys might have been hurt or what. Inuyasha, before we go, let's get a few more things from the first aid kit. I like Kaede's herbal remedies as much as the next person, but we might need some other modern things.”

Inuyasha nodded his agreement and watched her scurry around the house collecting things they might need. Her grandfather went outside with broom in hand to start the daily sweep of the shrine; crime scene or not, his daily practices took precedence.

As Kagome's mother started boiling water on the stove, she caught his eye. “If it's not too urgent that you return, I could fix you a couple cups of ramen,” she said with a smile.

Inuyasha tried not to salivate to where it would be considered drooling, but he vigorously nodded his head in acceptance. Kagome, who had just returned with a bottle of pain relievers, shook her head at Inuyasha's one track stomach. A short half hour later, after ramen and a few more words with Mrs. Higurashi, they were finally ready to go.

Kagome hugged her mother again and she and Inuyasha went back towards the well house. They crossed the yellow tape once more and Inuyasha picked Kagome up on his back and together they jumped down the well.

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When they returned to Kaede's hut, they found their guest had already been introduced to their friends; the young fox demon, Shippo; the lecherous monk, Miroku; and the demon exterminator, Sango. They also found that in the time they had been gone, Lennex was able to move around a bit more, but he assured them that he was still hurting badly. He didn't really tell them why, just that he didn't feel anywhere near full strength.While waiting for Inuyasha and Kagome's return, Miroku had started to show Lennex the village he was now residing in. However, they only made it a partial tour as the fatigue Lennex was experiencing assailed him once again. Though short and incomplete, the tour was irrefutable proof of this being the past, and all of Lennex's doubts were erased.

. After the short tour, they sat talking until Inuyasha and Kagome returned. Sango was just finishing up how she had been included in the group when they had entered the hut. Lennex looked at the two of them.

“This Naraku character sounds like a real bastard.”

Inuyasha snorted and Kagome shook her head and replied, “You have no idea. I hope you never have to meet him.”

“I don't know. I may be able to help you sometime, whenever I get back to one hundred percent health,” he said with a mysterious little smile. The group of friends thought that maybe Lennex's injuries may have been getting to him a bit but didn't make comment. After all, most men, even in the age were demons were present, scoffed at the idea of how powerful demons really could be.

Kagome took out the pills she had taken from her house and offered Lennex two and a cup of water to take them with. While he took the pills she put a question to him.

“We would like to know why your company hasn't looked for you. My mother said that besides the police and firemen, there hasn't been anyone else looking into the bomb.”

Lennex dropped his gaze to the floor and exhaled. When he looked up he had a wry grin on his face. “It's probably because in the excitement of the chase I didn't radio in my position to the rest of my team. I sort of have a reputation for being a lone wolf,” he said as he handed the glass back to Kagome. The humans and Shippo all looked at Inuyasha, who found looking at anything outside the door of the hut was more interesting then his friends and the conversation they were having.

“We kind of have an idea of what that can be like,” Miroku said with Shippo nodding his head vigorously in agreement. Kagome smiled and asked the next question. Would you like to return back to our time? You might get more of the medical attention you need.”

Lennex thought about it for a moment. While the past would be a truly wondrous place for exploration, he wouldn't be any good to anyone if he couldn't access his power. He nodded his agreement and slowly stood up.

“I think that would be a great idea, but I am going to have to ask you guys to lead the way, I seem to have been unconscious on the trip here.”

The comment brought a few chuckles as the group gathered their various belongings. With Miroku supporting one side and Inuyasha on the other, they helped Lennex as they walked out of the village and to the path through the forest that would take them to the old well. The group talked about a few more things mainly asking Lennex about the types of things he did in his line of work. Lennex didn't mind, but he had to keep his stories strictly work related. He didn't know if these new found companions could take the fact that he was in fact a super powerful member of an alien race. They didn't seem to notice his lack of information on his personal life as he embellished on some of his more exciting cases. They traveled along, engrossed by his stories as they walked.

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Elsewhere, miles away from Inuyasha and his friends, another half demon walked along a rarely used pathway. Behind him came one of his spawn, a boy who stood half his height and had white hair. The face of the boy clearly showed a resemblance to the older demon and the eyes shown with just as much cruelty as his `father'. He was dressed in a simple white harori and hakama, while the older of the two was dressed in the pelt of a baboon. The smaller companion foot caught on the undergrowth of the pathway and stumbled a little bit. After regaining his balance he spoke his frustration. “Naraku, tell me again why we don't use other modes of transportation to get where we are going?”

The half demon, Naraku, underneath the baboon face that covered his head and face, smiled at his spawn's discomfort. He himself had navigated the path flawlessly. He responded with a lofty air. “Because my dear Hakadoshi, the man we are going to see is not used to seeing demons or anyone else just drop in out of the sky, or appear almost instantaneously, even though he is slowly starting to master these techniques himself.”

This caused Hakadoshi to pause. “I thought you said we were off to see a human?”

Naraku laughed this time at Hakadoshi's surprise. “We are, but this human has been working on perfecting his study of martial arts. He is working on raising his own power through discipline and study. It is said he is already as strong as a lower class demon, and is close to mastering such things as flight and super speed. It is he that will help us destroy our little problems.”

“Incredible,” Hakadoshi said continuing his pursuit of Naraku, “I never thought a lowly human would gain this kind of power.”

Naraku had to agree. When he learned of this human he was indeed surprised, but like everything else he quickly found a way to use it to his advantage. Something he explained to his follower. “I agree this is a most unusual human, but he is still in the infancy of his art form. With a little help from me, he will gain the power he is so close to accessing, but that he cannot achieve on his own. Like all humans, when a goal is just within reach but not quite attainable, an easy way out is always preferred to possible failure. Once he realizes that I can help him, he will be mine.”

Hakadoshi smiled. “You plan on increasing his power with the fragments of the Shikon Jewel, don't you? And if you have the shards tainted, he will surely fall under your control.

“You are correct. And once we have him as our new slave, the rest of the jewel shall be mine, and Inuyasha and his friends will be dead.”

The two creatures, so consumed by evil, laughed at the fate that would befall their enemies as the continued to their destination.