InuYasha Fan Fiction / Fan Fiction ❯ Shards Of Hope ❯ Night Birds ( Chapter 13 )

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 Note: Full Author's Note at bottom.

 

Chapter 13: Night Birds

 

If Robin hadn't been disgusted with himself earlier, he certainly was now. He had just watched Raven tremble in the darkness, holding her own salvation in her hands, but refusing it for the good of others… and he had gone up there to yell at her? He felt sick to his stomach.

The world around him seemed like a blur and he didn't bother to look where he was going, moving around others and even bumping into a few people. It wasn't until an all too familiar voice rang out that he was shaken from his trance.

“Are you done yelling at Raven yet?” Cyborg asked bitterly, scowling at Robin.

Robin blinked and looked at him then looked around. He was back in the main entrance to the Embassy, where he had left the team to find Raven. Cyborg was sitting down on a bench that, amazingly enough, hadn't broken beneath his weight. He looked about as angry as Robin had been earlier. He shook his head a little, “No, Cyborg…”

“No?” Cyborg threw his hands into the air and stood up, “Robin, haven't you…”

“No, you don't…”

“Understand? I understand perfectly Robin. You're angry that she's a half-demon and…”

“Stop.”

Cyborg scowled, staring at Robin, “What?”

“You don't understand. I'm not going to yell at Raven anymore.” He paused and let out a deep breathe, leaning up against the wall.

Cyborg's shoulder slumped, but he still looked angry, “Are you ok? You look sort of pale.”

“I'm fine.” He said, not looking at Cyborg, merely tracing everything back to Raven in his mind.

“You do realize you're a horrible liar, right?” Cyborg offered, walking over to him, anger finally dissipating. Robin had to smirk, “What's wrong?”

“It's Raven…” Robin started, and Cyborg frowned, “I found her on the roof. I started yelling at her…” He trailed off, shaking his head.

Cyborg's expression had once again soured and he bit into the silence, “What happened?”

“I found out just how much of a hero Raven was…” He said bluntly, leaving Cyborg confused.

“Ok… and that means?”

“It means she's better than me, better than any of us, and I didn't even see it.” Robin said, looking up at Cyborg for a moment, to see him still looking puzzled, “Forget it, you wouldn't understand…”

“Try me.” Cyborg offered, but Robin shook his head.

“Not now, I… can't right now.”

“Where is Raven?”

“I don't know…” Robin frowned, remembering her disappear into the darkness, “… she'll need to be alone for awhile.”

“When will she be back?” Cyborg asked, his tone harsher than normal.

“I don't know, but if you see her…” Robin paused for a moment longer, then looked up at Cyborg, “… tell her I'm sorry.”

Cyborg frowned and folded his arms across his chest, “You can tell her that yourself.”

There was a short silence and Robin nodded, “Yeah, I guess you're right.”

The silence returned, Robin let out a deep breath held his forehead and then massaged the bridge of his nose where his mask was thinnest.

“Where is everyone?” He finally asked, looking around at long last and noticing that they were alone.

“That diplomat guy from earlier showed up. Gave everyone rooms, I stayed here so I could talk to you.” Robin nodded, and Cyborg continued, “I can show you where your room is, if you want. He told me where it is.”

Robin held up a hand, “No, not right now.”

“So what are you going to do?” Cyborg asked.

“I'm going on patrol.”

“What?” Cyborg looked genuinely surprised, which made Robin smile, if only faintly.

“It helps me relax.”

“You do realize you're strange, right?”

Robin smirked, “Yes.”

“That diplomat isn't going to like this.”

“I know.” Robin replied, and shrugged.

Robin had already started walking away and was just about to exit the door when Cyborg finally worked up the nerve, “Good luck finding Raven.” Robin stopped and turned around revealing a forced smile, nodded, and then left.

 

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“YOU WHAT?!” Inuyasha slammed his fist down onto the small nightstand next to Kagome's bed. Kagome frowned, looking to Sango, Miroku, and Shippo who looked almost as surprised as Inuyasha looked angry.

Inuyasha was, as Kagome had expected, flipping out, “The jewel shard was… red. I've never seen it that color.”

“So you just let her keep it?!” He shouted even louder, much to Kagome's annoyance.

“Look, I didn't really have a choice. Even if I had tried to keep it, she could have taken it from me.”

“Well I could have stopped her!”

“You weren't there, remember?”

“Oh… yeah…”

“Besides that, she seemed pretty upset about it.”

“That you were going to take the Jewel Shards?” Miroku asked passively.

“Of course she'd be upset, she was afraid Kagome was going to take the Jewel Shards…”

“No, that wasn't it.” All eyes were back on Kagome who frowned and let her shoulders sink a little, “She wasn't upset that I was going to take the Jewel Shards, she was upset that she had Jewel Shards.”

Miroku raised an eyebrow, “She was upset that she had Shards of the Sacred Jewel?”

“Yes.”

“Well that's odd,” Sango murmured, “but everything here seems odd to me…”

Inuyasha slapped his fist into an open palm, “It doesn't matter, she has Jewel Shards and we're going to have to get them from her.” He turned and began heading for the door.

“Inuyasha, no, I don't think…”

Inuyasha turned to face her, “Kagome, she has Jewel Shards.”

“Yeah, but I don't think we should right now.”
“So you're just going to leave her with the Jewel Shards?”

“Of course not, it's just…” Kagome trailed off, trying to put it into words.

“Keh.” Inuyasha shook his head and headed for the door.

Kagome frowned, “Inuyasha, sit!” Instead of exiting the door, he landed face first on the floor, mere inches from the door.

Upon finally getting up he turned to her, flush with anger “WHAT WAS THAT FOR?!” He shouted, but Kagome merely frowned.

“This is my time, Inuyasha, I know what's going on. You don't.”

Miroku sighed, “She's got you there, Inuyasha.”

“That girl is one of the people who brought my family here. What would happen to them if you attacked her?”

Inuyasha blinked in surprise, unable to form an answer.

“She's got a point.” Sango added with a frown.

“Keh. I think we should all just go back to our time.” Inuyasha said, folding his arms.

Kagome went wide eyed, “No way, my family can't go back there. What happens if Naraku finds them?”

“I'll protect them.”

“You've seen her family Inuyasha.” Miroku shook his head, “We can't go around with them, they would slow us down.”

“Keh.” Inuyasha half-turned and folded his arms across his chest. He rolled his eyes, “So what ARE we going to do?”

“Sleep.” The entire group turned to look at Shippo who was yawning and Kilala who was beside him, “I'm tired…” He stretched himself out and leaned back against the wall.

The others blinked a few times, and Kagome looked at the clock, “Well, it is past twelve…”

“And that means?”

“It's the middle of the night.” She said, “I think Shippo is right…”

“Well I'm not tired.” Inuyasha said defiantly.

“Well…” Miroku said sheepishly, while rubbing the back of his head, “Now that she mentions it, I am kind of tired.”

Inuyasha growled a little, but Sango stood up, taking Kilala and placing the sleeping fire cat onto her shoulder without waking it. “I think that odd floating demon girl has worn poor Kilala out…” She murmured glad that the person who had led them here had also led the floating demon away.

Kagome tapped her finger against her cheek, “Well, we have two rooms, and each has two beds…”

Sango and Miroku blinked, looking first to each other and then to Kagome, “There's plenty of space in here, why not bring the futons in here?” Miroku offered, sweeping his arm out to the floor.

Kagome paused, blinking in realization, “You've never seen a new bed, have you?”

“Is it anything like your `sleeping' bag?” Sango asked.

Kagome smiled and Miroku and Sango exchanged a worried look. “Just wait until you try it, it beats sleeping on the grass any day.”

Kagome smiled and Miroku and Sango exchanged looks, slightly scared by the smile. “Follow me.” Kagome announced and left the room, leading them to their first night of sleep in the modern era.

 

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Author's Note: Ok, this chapter is up, it's a little longer than the last, which was small, and I had hoped to add a little more length to this before posting it, but that just didn't work out in the end. Now, you will most likely note that Inuyasha and co. may seem off. My Inuyasha character Beta is MIA again and this time I didn't have anyone to help me at all. So, I ask you, the readers, to help me a little. If anyone notices stuff that's off with the Inuyasha crew, please, please tell me. Also, this will probably be edited and reposted later as well, after I get reviews that explain problems and/or my character Beta shows up and edits again. Anyway, thanks for all the reviews, and, to answer my own question from last week, I am 20. I hope you all enjoy this installment of Shards of Hope and look forward to (GASP!) day two! (And no, not every day will take 13 chapters…)