InuYasha Fan Fiction / Gundam Wing Fan Fiction ❯ Journey Across Time ❯ Settling in ( Chapter 3 )

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Heero- *glare*

DV- I said I was sorry

Heero-…

DV- Look, if I let you kill someone will you be happy?!

Heero- …

DV- *to Trowa* Sheesh! Is he always like this when he's mad?!

Trowa- …

DV- Oooooookaaaay…

Duo- The only time DreamVixen owns any of us is in her sick, twisted fantasies. *shutter* Even then, it's not legal. *to himself* then again, neither's anything she does in those fantasies…

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"Kagome-sama!!! Sango-sama!!!" I smiled at the children pooling around me and Kagome. They grinned broadly back.

"Welcome back, Kagome-sama, Sango-sama." I turned my smile to the woman in front of us.

"Rikkan-san. Did the children behave while we were gone?"

"Yes, Sango-sama. They were practically angels. Kome even went to gather herbs for your arrival this afternoon." Kagome laughed lightly.

"It's nice to hear they were so good," She said, picking up little Tanoshii, "Did anything interesting happen while we were gone?"

"I `elp Ko-aku and Kome with da' new men!" Tanoshii said proudly. Kagome and I looked at her in confusion.

"New men?"

"MAMA!!!!!!!!"

"MOTHER!!!!"

"KAA-SAN!!!!!!!" I laughed as my twins enveloped me in a hug, and Shippo, coming from the opposite direction, hugged Kagome.

"Mama, When you were gone, Shippo and I found this really neat oasis!!!! It's got a little tree and a spring and a little waterfall, and it's next to a small cliff that easy to climb so you could just jump right in on a hot day!!!"

"And I got really good at that shield spell!" Kohaku added. "Now things don't blow up when I put it around them!!!" I shoot my head. Like his father, Kohaku was mostly calm, but the fact that he was still a child gave him a boost of youthful energy and a craving for attention Miroku never had.

…Well, at least not too Kohaku's extent.

"Kome, Kohaku, Shippo, who are these new men Tanoshii was talking about?"

"Oh, them." Kome said, not sounding too concerned. "Shippo found some strange men in the forest. I went to see what they wanted and they got pretty loud, so I knocked them out and tied them to the poles near the hut until you came back. They're really bizarre. You've just got to see them!" And with that, my daughter grabbed my hand and dragged me to the center of town. I raised an eyebrow at the sight that greeted me.

Five men sat tied to poles. Two looked ready to kill, one sat silently with his eyes closed, one was grumbling under his breath and pouting about Kome and Kohaku leaving him tied to the pole and whining about how hungry he was and the last was shaking his head at the latter's childish actions.

Most looked physically different than most humans I had ever seen. One of the cranky ones had cobalt eyes. The silent one had vivid green eyes that reminded me of Shippo, though they held none of Shippo's child-like light.

The pouting one had violet eyes, a color never seen on a normal human, (AN; The only two people in InuYasha with that eyes color are Miroku and human InuYasha, and both obviously aren't normal humans.) and his brown hair was in a long braid. The last one had hair the yellow color of an afternoon sun, and eyes almost as light blue as Kagome's. They all wore odd clothes, that rivaled Kagome's old `skool uniform' in strangeness.

I stiffened, wondering if they were demons.

That's when they noticed me. Their eyes widened for a fraction of a second and I shook my head and sighed.

"I don't suppose you five have a plausible, honest excuse for being here?' I asked, frowning at them.

"Would you believe we're from the future and accidentally got sent back here in a freak accident?" the brown haired one said. I gaped at him.

"You're what?!"

"What's the matter, Sango?" Kagome asked as she came up from behind me. I frowned at her.

"These men claim to be from the future," I said, turning back to them, "Although they look like no humans I've ever seen." Two out of the five glared at me.

"And what's wrong with the way we look, Onna?" one demanded. I narrowed my eyes at him.

"Well, for one thing, your clothes are different. Also, I've never seen normal humans with eyes like those two or hair his color," Kome said, pointing to the pouter, the watcher and the worrier in that order. The rude one that dared to call me an onna glared at the three of them.

"And just what's wrong with my eyes?!" The pouter demanded. "I'll have you know violet is a beautiful color!" We stared at him.

"Shut up, baka, before you get us all killed!"

"HEY!!!… Wait a second, they're not REALLY gonna kill us, are they?" I narrowed my eyes at him, dangerously.

"If you prove to be a threat to our village or those who live in it, then yes, most definitely."

"WHAT!!!! But I'm too young and pretty to die a thousand years in the past!!!" A thousand? That was even further ahead than Kagome. These guys couldn't have come through the well… Could they?

No I decided, they were lying. They were demons that had somehow heard of Kagome's past in the future and were trying to use that to get close to her. That had to be it. Foolish and see through, although I gave them points for the outfits.

"Sango," Kagome chided, coming into view. The guys eyes widened again when they saw her. "I apologize. But visitors rarely bring good news, and such odd visitors with a tale like yours must be treated with caution," Kagome bowed slightly, "My name is Higurashi Kagome. I am the miko of this village and the protector of the Shikon no Tama. And you are…?"

"Yuy Heero," The one with cobalt eyes growled.

"Barton, Trowa," Green eyes.

"Hmph! Wufei Chang," the rude one.

"Um… Winner Quatre," I frowned curiously at the odd name.

"Maxwell. Duo Maxwell," the last one said in an odd, deep voice. Wufei kicked him, making him yelp and no one but me saw the amused look that passed Kagome's face.

"Well, this is my companion, Sango, a tajiya. I believe you've already met her son and daughter, Kome and Kohaku?"

"Yep!" Duo said, happily, "Kome's the one who knocked us out when Wu-man was trying to take my head off!"

"DON'T CALL ME THAT YOU BRAIDED BAKA!!!!!!!!!!!!"

"Then can I call you Wuffers?"

"Moving along," Kagome said, kneeling in front of Duo and putting her forefinger on his forehead, "This won't hurt," She promised, before they started to glow with her miko powers, drawing gasps from Duo's friends. They sat like that for about twenty seconds, before Kagome withdrew her powers. "He's human, and he doesn't have dark intentions."

"Great," Duo said, blinking, "Now do you think you can untie me now. I have to use the bathroom." Everyone but the newcomers and Kagome stared at the guy in confusion.

"What's a bathroom?" Kohaku asked, puzzled.

"I think he's talking about those hot springs that Lords and Ladies build their castles on so they can bathe whenever they want." Kome said, obviously recalling our many visits to Sessho-maru's palace.

"That makes sense." Shippo muttered from were he was hiding behind a nearby hut. He refused to allow the newcomers to see him, for some reason or another.

Duo now had a look of complete mortification on his face. His companions were staring at us in shock and Kagome had lowered her head to hide her smile.

"You mean to tell me there's no-!!!"

"Kome, release him while I check his companions." Kagome said, purposely ignoring Wufei's mutters of, `What do you think, baka?! This is Futal Japan,'

Kagome went through each of them thoroughly, verifying each of their innocence. Although she took a while with that Heero guy, and had the `look' on her face when she did release him. I noted that, so I could ask her about it later.

"Forgive us for the harsh treatment.' Kagome apologized, bowing, "You are allowed to stay here for as long as you wish,"

"Thank you," Quatre said, relaxing. Duo looked excstatic.

"REALLY?! Oh, man that's GREAT!!!! Think you can teach me how to make that hangover stuff? It works loads better than aspirin. And please tell me you can do something with the taste? That stuff almost made me throw up!!!" my `sister' looked surprised for a second, before she smiled.

"Well, yes. There are several things you can do to make it taste better. I never taught them to Kome, though, to encourage her from believing getting that drunk was okay."

"How long are we allowed to stay?" Wufei asked, sharply, cutting off whatever reply Duo was about to give.

"Considering that I doubt you have anywhere to live, as long as you like. And if you do choose to leave, you'll be welcomed back at any time,"

"What's all this we're hearing about youkai?" Quatre asked, frowning at the miko. Wufei rolled his eyes in exasperation.

"Why do you ask?" Kagome countered, curiously.

"The baka thought he saw a kid with two tails, animal legs and pointed ears in the forest." Wufei snorted. Kagome narrowed her eyes and you could almost HEAR Shippo's flinch.

"Did he happen to have red hair and green eyes?"

"Yeah!" Duo said, nodding happily.

"SHIPPO!" The little kitsune came out of hiding, shocking all five men beyond description.

"I didn't mean to, Mama, and I DID save him after he fell from the tree!" Shippo muttered. Duo's eyes widened.

"You're talking about the moss, right?" Shippo nodded, "BOOYAH!!!! TAKE THAT, WU-MAN!!!! WHO'S GOT THE LACK OF OBSERVATIONAL SKILLS NOW, HUH?!?!?!" Kome giggled as Duo started doing this odd thing with his arms. His fists were together and moving in a circle in front of him, and he was making an odd noise.

"Shut up, you baka!!!" Wufei snapped, glaring at Duo, "and stop doing that. It's annoying and makes you look like even more of an idiot." Kagome shook her head.

"I dunno, Kagome-chan," I said, watching them warily, "They've only been here ten minutes and they're already more trouble than they're worth." Duo gave me a horrified look and Wufei glared at him harder. Kagome sighed and shook her head.

"Alright, then. You gentlemen wouldn't mind doing odd jobs during your stay, would you?"

"Of course not!" Quatre answered, "Actually, I'd feel better earning my keep," Kagome smiled and gave me a look that said she knew what I was trying to do and wouldn't stand for it.

"Then it's settled. Sango, I'm going to check in on Daku. His mother said he's been a little ill. Would you join me?" Kagome asked. I nodded, knowing there was no way of getting out of the lecture and wanting to get it over with. "Shippo, Kome and Kohaku will show you where you will be staying."

"Please tell me we don't have to sleep on the floor or something." Kagome laughed.

"No, thanks to a few grateful Lords and Ladies, our home is quite comfortable. Though, sadly, since plumbing and electricity are not in this particular era, there is not much entertainment, and you have to bathe in a lake or hot spring," We faced them long enough to see their eyes widen to the size of dinner plates and their jaws go slack before we turned and started to the hut Kagome's current patient occupied. The rest of our village didn't even glance up from their duties.

We'd long since gotten used to the fact that Kagome was not born in our time, and the period she hailed from had far more luxuries than ours. It no longer mattered to us because Kagome had chosen to stay here, and be our miko, and the well had been long since sealed to keep anyone from accidentally falling through. The seal would break a little less than five hundred years from now, and seal again two years after that.

Kagome still had a pile of things from her original time. Mostly pictures of her mother, brother, grandfather and our shard-hunting group. She had a ton of cleaning supplies for body and hair, stocking up before she had left for the last time, and a lot more packets of emergency ramen, just in case.

"So," I started as soon as we were away from our `guests,' "Are you going to start the lecture before or after a defend myself?" Kagome gave me a withered look.

"They're telling the truth, Sango, and they haven't attacked us yet, despite less that hospitable handling."

"The may be demons after the jewel!!!"

"No. Not with the way that Duo keeps saying things unconsciously. And not after their reaction to Shippo. I doubt they even know what the jewel is. Sango, there are SOME people it's okay to trust." I sighed.

"And I suppose you're saying people from the future are some of them?"

"Of coarse not. There are some people in all time periods that shouldn't be trusted. But I don't think these guys are some of them. They're just a group of lost, confused people far away from where they should be," at that, a sad look crossed Kagome's face, "like I was, once," I felt my resole melt and sighed.

"Fine, Kagome, I'll try to stop giving them a hard time," I muttered, "But that doesn't mean I trust them," Kagome smiled and knocked gently at the hut entrance, leaving me with my thoughts as she treated the little boy…

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DV- okay, now here's something for you guys to do. I'm kinda on the fence on whether or not Relena or any of the other girls should come to Futal Japan, so I'm gonna let you vote on it.

Kagome- Relena?

Duo- Don't ask.

Sango- I get to hurt the jerk *motions to Wufei* don't I?

DV- Yep.

Wufei- WHAT?!?!?!?!

DV- Me and DH decided on it.

Duo- YAY!!! Wuffer's is getting his butt kicked by a GIRL!!!!

Wufei- SHUT UP YOU BAKA!!!!!!!!!!!

Kagome- *sigh* okay, people let's see some reviews!!!