InuYasha Fan Fiction / Fan Fiction ❯ Shards Of Hope ❯ Chaos At The Well ( Chapter 4 )

Disclaimer: Since I obviously don't own the copyright to Teen Titans or Inuyasha, I'm taking advantage of the Fair Use Clause of the Copyright laws to write a story with them in it. Who knew the government would protect the little guys? Anyway, I hope you enjoy.

Author's Personal Note: My next update MIGHT be off… finals next week, I'll try my best, and I really thank you for all the reviews. I will give out one vital piece of information since Emania wanted to talk about it: Slade and Naraku are NOT the same person. I tried to make the point that Slade was unlike anything Inuyasha had ever smelled before, and that's not meant in a condescending manner Em, just trying to clear things up! And since people have been asking, there will, almost certainly, be pairings, but they will be pairings from within the series… although I do have one twisted idea I'm still tossing around [and no, it's not with Slade or Naraku]. Enjoy!

 

Author's Writing Note: This is where the confusion starts, of course. To denote English, I will use Italics. They will be speaking `English' less often for the duration of the story, since it IS based in Japan. Everything will be written in English because I'm far too lazy to actually learn Japanese to attempt to write all the actual lines IN Japanese, although I may use SOME words that are to be translated in the story. But while speaking, anything Italicized is said in English.

 

Chapter 4: Chaos At The Well

 

Raven's mouth fell open slightly, she had been looking into the well seeing nothing and then, suddenly, they were there. The girl was among them, looking up at her with almost the same amount of shock. For a moment, Raven paused, eyes falling upon another, the same man in red she had seen before, the same flowing silver hair, and, something she had failed to notice before, dog ears. Her mouth moved for a moment, watching them, then finally found her voice, “I found her… them… I found people in the well!” She looked up, shouting despite herself.

A mixture of relief and shock had set in, the girl was alive, and apparently unhurt, but… the man was there as well. Robin and the others rushed into the room within moments, looking into the well and finding four people standing at the bottom. Robin, being the only one fluent in Japanese, called down to them, “Are you ok? Is anyone hurt?”

“We're… fine…” The girl replied in Japanese, then looked to the man in red going wide eyed, “Inuyasha!” She paused, cringing, “Your ears…” Her shoulders fell and she looked back up. The girl with the gray skin was watching them all intently, but her eyes rested on one individual in particular. Inuyasha met her gaze, then sniffed the air, his eyes widening slightly, `A half-demon?'

In a flash, the man in red literally leapt from the well in a single bound, landing in front of Raven. In a peculiar move, he leaned forward, sniffing the air. Raven stood there dumbfounded, he was… smelling her? He blinked a few times then looked into her eyes, deep violet meeting bright gold, then spoke a single word in Japanese, “Hanyou.”

Robin turned to looked to Raven, puzzled “Half… half something… oh, half-demon?”

Raven eyes went wide and she took a step back, `How did he know?' Her mind raced, trying to figure out any reason, anyone else she had told. Her own teammates didn't know her true origins, although that might not remain the case as Slade stepped up his attacks. She hadn't been able to tell them yet. She looked to Robin desperately, eyes pleading. He nodded, and then stepped between the man in red and her, “I'm sorry Sir, my friend doesn't understand Japanese.”

“Kagome, who are these people?” He turned, looking to where Kagome, Sango, and Miroku were being helped out of the well by the other Titans.

It took a moment for them to finally get over, but there was a sudden flurry of motion and Starfire was squeezing the life out of Shippo and Kilala before anyone could blink, “OH THEY ARE SO CUTE!” She hugged them tightly, Shippo's face beginning to turn blue.

The others stared wide-eyed, Kagome coming to her senses, “Let them go! You're strangling them!”

Starfire ticked her head to the side, not understanding Japanese. Starfire released Kilala and Shippo, who both took in long thankful breath each, then lunged to Kagome, embraced her, and to the utter shock of everyone in the room, kissed her. Kagome blushed staring at the girl in front of her, unable to comprehend what was going on. The others gawked as Starfire held the girl tightly, eyes shut tightly. The rest of the feudal era warriors stood there gawking, while the Titans did likewise. Robin finally managed to form words, nearly shouting at her, “Starfire what are you DOING?” A few seconds later Starfire finally released Kagome who stumbled back a few steps and landed in the waiting arms of Sango and Miroku.

“Robin, do you not remember? Tameranians transfer speech through physical touch across the lips.” She blinked innocently at him. The rest of the Titans quickly looked to Robin who was scratching the back of his head, blushing as brightly as the girl Starfire had just kissed slightly. He was the first person she'd met on earth.

Miroku perked an eyebrow at the girl, “Is that a normal greeting in the future? I think I might like it here…”

Starfire blushed, turning to Miroku, “I am most sorry, friends, my people translate language by physical contact across the lips.” She spoke Japanese. Miroku and the others blinked, flabbergasted by the orange skin girl, who was floating, and now speaking Japanese because she had kissed Kagome. “We are the Teen Titans! I am Starfire!” The girl hovered, literally, inches away from Kagome, who tried to crawl back fearing a repeat of what had happened before. Starfire frowned, “I am sorry about before… but I really did not wish any harm. I would like to be your friend.” Kagome nodded very slowly, looking to her family for any sort of coherent response to any of this. None came, as they stood as dumbfounded as the rest, looking at the alien girl who was floating in front of Kagome.

“Is she a demon?” Miroku whispered to Sango.

“Not like any I've ever seen…” Sango replied, watching the girl carefully,

“If you're attracted to her, she probably is.” Inuyasha stated plainly, Miroku scowled, Sango covering her mouth as she smiled.

“Inuyasha!” Kagome scowled and opened her mouth to give the sit command, but a sudden motion from the door

There was a rush at the door as Kagome's mother, grandfather, and brother Sota entered the well room. Sota rushed to Kagome and hugged her fiercely, “Sis!”

Kagome's mother kneeled down beside her, “Thank goodness you're ok.”

Grandfather looked about in a bit of bewilderment, a smile forced through a deep sadness, “Kagome, I am glad you are home.”

There was a moment where the confusion ended, all parties watching the blissful reuniting of the family. Then Inuyasha took a step forward, “Who are all these other people? Do you know them?” He pointed to the Titans.

Kagome shot him a glance, unwilling to order him to sit, but frustrated that he would so quickly pull her away from her family. She sighed with frustration, “Inuyasha, I do not know who these people are.”

Robin stepped forward, trying to regain some semblance of order, “Ma'am…”

“Ma'am?” Kagome looked at him, her jaw hanging open loosely, `I'm not thirty you know!' she scowled at the hero standing in front of her, crossing her arms with a humph.

Robin cringed inwardly, he would have to watch his language here… she had definitely taken offense at what he had called her, “I'm sorry, it's just that we'd like to know if you saw the person who...” He paused, biting his lip, “… burned your house down.”

Kagome slumped a bit, Inuyasha hadn't been wrong. Her entire life had been spent in that house, it was comforting to know it was there when she was in the feudal era, but now it was gone. She frowned then looked at the young man in front of her, “He was in black outfit with metal, and had a mask, one half orange, the other black, and there was a red mark on it… he attacked me.” She pointed back into the well, “I fell in there… and the next thing I knew I was with my friends, Sango, Miroku, and Inuyasha.” The family smiled at the trio, they had met Inuyasha several times before but had only heard of Sango and Miroku.

Beast Boy looked down, idly wondering when someone else would start speaking a language he could understand, to see Kilala a few feat away, at Sango's feet. His eyes went wide and he pointed, “That cat… fox… animal has two tails!”

“Uh…” Cyborg looked at it, “yeah… it seems like it, but I think we have other things to worry about…”

Beast Boy didn't seem to hear him, looking intently at the small two-tailed animal… one that he had never seen before, let alone transformed into, “Well, it looks sorta like a fox…” He frowned for a second, and then morphed into fox, walking over to Kilala. He walked in front of her, and made a sound that was a cross between a bark and a howl. Kilala seemed to stare at him for a moment before tipping her head to the side and chirping. Beast Boy returned to normal, scratching his head, “I don't understand it…” His eyes went wide again, and he looked to Cyborg in a combination of shock and excitement, “Could this be a new species?”

Meanwhile, Kagome, Sango, Inuyasha, Shippo and Miroku were twitching. Kagome looked to Inuyasha, “Is he a demon?”

Inuyasha shook his head, blinking rapidly. The boy smelled just like any other person, but he was obviously a demon of some sort. No person could change into different animals. He quickly ran over to Beast Boy, grabbing him and lifting him from the ground, smelling him intensely. Beast Boy swallowed the lump in his throat, holding his hands out in front of him, “Uh… guys… can you tell him to let me down?”

Inuyasha turned to Kagome, oblivious as the other Titans ready for battle if he took another action against their friend, “He's not a demon… but how did he change?”

“Let him go. Now.” Robin ordered, ejecting and then extending his Bo staff. Inuyasha blinked, looked back to Beast Boy who smiled sheepishly, then dropped him unceremoniously. “Who are you?” Robin continued, not putting his weapon away.

Inuyasha turned, ignoring him, “Kagome, who ARE these people?”

Starfire flew in front of him, blissfully unaware that demons, as well as people, have a thing called personal space, “We are the Teen Titans, my name is Starfire and…”

Inuyasha blinked, “What are `Teen Titans'?”

“We are heroes from America, we came to capture the man that attacked the girl…” Kagome blushed and cringed.

“And what is an… America?” Inuyasha replied, moving his head over Starfire's should to look at the oddly dressed boy, “Is that a village near here?” He turned to Kagome who was turning deeper and deeper shades of red every second.

Before Robin could regain his ability to speak, the inevitable happened. Tweak. Tweak. Inuyasha's shoulders sunk, as Starfire tweaked his ears. Kagome winced, as Sango, Miroku and Shippo suppressed laughter. The other Titans just stared as Star continued to rub his dog-ears, Robin finally managing to find his voice, “Starfire… I don't think you should do that…”

“Are these real?”

Inuyasha twitched, looking at her sourly, “Yes, now STOP THAT!” He pulled away, rubbing his ears and glaring at her.

“He said those are real.” Robin paused, “I think we may need something more than paramedics.”

Cyborg shook his head, looking at the group, “Something is very wrong here. I mean, look at that kid, his feet are small, and he has a tail! Not to mention the two tailed… whatever it is. And not to mention the ears. Something is majorly off here.”

Beast Boy nodded in agreement, “They might have been mutated by whatever is in that well!” The rest of the group just stared at him and she rubbed the back of his head, smiling, “Or not…”

Raven sulked, she had been dreading this for so long, she would have to tell them, and at the very least so they would understand that these people weren't mutants. She took a step forward, placing her hand on Robin's shoulder, “They aren't mutants… the child, the two tailed fox, and the man in red… they are demons…” The rest of them looked at her as they had looked at Beast Boy moments before. Raven's head bowed forward, and she lifted her hand from Robin's shoulder, seeming to hold herself as she looked down and away with shame, “It's true…”

Robin paused, he hadn't seen Raven like this since Slade had returned, not since her birthday, “And how do you know this?”

Raven trembled, this was so much harder than she had ever wanted it to be, she hated this, she hated everything. All eyes were on her, not just the other Titans, but also the family and the people from the well. She was being stared down, being forced into it. “Because…” she looked up, her face was a mask of confusion and bitterness, “… I'm one too.”