InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Another Girl Has Crossed Time ❯ Chapter Seven ( Chapter 8 )

“Mom! Dad! Hurry up!” shouted Kyo from outside the house the next morning. He impatiently paced in front of the house. The sky was just turning pick to blue. A soft wind blew, rustling the trees and bushes and clothes. Few people were out and about. Kyo let out his fifth impatient sigh.

 

“If we had known you wanted to leave a day break, then we would have gone to bed earlier,” yawned InuYasha. He walked out of the house and leaned against the wall with his eyes closed. Kagome came out about a minute later and leaned against InuYasha with her eyes closed too. InuYasha wrapped his arms protectively around Kagome.

 

“This is no time to sleep! We need to go! Now!” shouted Kyo, his impatience getting the better of him. He turned around and started to walk off. InuYasha and Kagome followed. Kagome had a smile on her face and InuYasha seemed not to care about anything except sleep.

 

Kyo didn't say anything; neither did his parents. They walked through the forest silently. It was lit with the sunlight that streamed so early in the morning through the trees. The early birds were chirping happily and the animals squeaked and scurried around.

 

The trip to the Bone Eater's Well took about half the day. They arrived at it a little after noon. Kyo jumped in first, then Kagome. InuYasha took a look around before jumping in himself. In a flash of blue light, they arrived in modern-day Tokyo, Japan.

 

“Let's visit my mom first,” said Kagome as the three of them walked out of the little shrine. “She hasn't seen us in a while.” They walked into the house and found Mrs. Higurashi cooking in the kitchen. “Mom? Why are you cooking so much food?” Kagome looked around. There was too much food around for one person. Her grandpa died of old age last and Sota married and moved out.

 

“Oh, well, Sota and his wife are coming over today, so I wanted to make a big dinner,” said Mrs. Higurashi. She was standing in front of the stove, stirring a pot of leek soup.

 

“Oh, mom, leeks? Who in their right mind likes leeks? Gross!” complained Kagome. Despite her age, she still liked to be a little kid around her mom. Her mother had said it made her feel a lot younger than she is when Kagome acted like a little kid.

 

“Sota likes leeks,” replied Mrs. Higurashi. She turned the stove off and poured the soup into a fancy bowl and set it on the table.

 

“Sota's weird, that's why--” started Kagome, but she was interrupted.

 

“I am not the weird one,” said Sota. He walked into the house. He still looked the same: short brown hair and brown eyes. He was taller though. His wife was a little shorter than he was with light brown hair and eyes.

 

Kagome shook her head at her little brother and helped her mom set the table. They all sat around the table and ate. They also talked about what they've been doing the last couple weeks. Kyo ate fast and nearly choked when Kagome started to talk about why they were here, other than to visit.

 

“So, Kyo is in love,” teased Sota. He smiled at his nephew, knowing that he was embarrassed. Kyo did say anything. He didn't look up either, just turned red.

 

“Why are you three still sitting here?” asked Mrs. Higurashi. “Go and find her!”

 

“We thought we'd visit you first,” said Kagome after she swallowed the food that was in her mouth.

 

“Go find her, then visit!” you might never find her if you keep on stalling!” Mrs. Higurashi stood up with her hands on her hips. Kagome blinked at her mom and looked at InuYasha and Kyo who stared at Mrs. Higurashi.

 

“Well, you heard her, let's go find her,” said InuYasha as he rose from his seat. “Come on.” They each hugged Mrs. Higurashi, Sota, and his wife, then they left.

 

 

 

“Ok, so where do you guys want to start?” asked Kagome. They stood near the entrance to the shrine. Kagome put her hands on her hips and waited for Kyo or InuYasha to do something.

 

“Um…you don't think anyone's been in the shrine since she left?” asked Kyo. He scratched the back of his head and looked at Kagome. She shook her head. “Well, maybe…her scent might still be faintly on the ground…” He got down on his hands and knees and sniffed the dirt. He smiled. It was still here! “Oh, look, foot steps,” he sniffed one, “and hey smell like her!”

They followed her scent until they got out of the house and onto the sidewalk. That was when Kyo lost track on her scent with a million other scents. He frowned as he tried to sort out the scents without success. “Um…Dad?” Kyo looked up and saw InuYasha already crossing the street. “…Where are you going?”

 

“Well, while you were trying to sort out the scents, I found it,” said InuYasha. “It goes this way. Come on.” Kyo got off the ground and followed his dad and his mom.

 

“Hey look! There's two girls that are wearing the same uniform that Kiki was,” Kagome said after about ten minutes of walking. It felt like they weren't getting anywhere at all. Kagome walked up to them. “Um…excuse me.” The girls stopped walking and looked up at her. “Do you know a girl named Kiki? I believe she goes to your school.”

 

“Oh, yeah, we're her friends. We were just going over there,” said one of the girls.

 

“She's sick…so we're going to see if she's alright,” said the other.

 

“She's sick?” asked Kyo. “How did she get sick?”

 

“We don't know. We were all hanging out and she was really cheerful. Then, she turned extremely pale and started to sweat. At first, we didn't notice…then she fainted. That was a couple days ago. We thought it was just a cold or the flu…but she's getting worse…she can't even get out of bed without fainting or vomiting.”

 

“InuYasha,” whispered Kagome. She grabbed his sleeve and they fell a few feet back. “Do you remember that outbreak of the sickness about a year ago? Me and Kyo got really sick?” InuYasha nodded his head. “Everyone had those same symptoms as Kiki has.”

 

“But, I killed that sorceress,” said InuYasha. He knew what she was talking about, but it didn't seem possible…Unless-

 

“What if she had an accomplice or something? Someone we didn't know about.”

 

“Then, she would've been sick when she was with us…it could just be the common cold.”

 

“I guess…but what if it's some sort of curse?” asked Kagome. “Like the curse reacted violently to this era.” She looked up at her husband's golden eyes.

 

“Let's see how she is…it's a possibility that you're right, but it's very unlikely,” calmly said InuYasha. He looked back into her brown eyes. “I know you are worried about her…so am I, but we don't really know how bad she is.”

 

They caught up with the teenagers and said nothing about their theories on Kiki's condition to Kyo. Kyo didn't say anything at all. His thoughts were focused on Kiki. That is, until one of her friends started to talk to him.

 

“-around before. How do you know Kiki?” asked Yumi, the one that told Kyo that Kiki was really sick. She looked up at Kyo, wonder in her eyes.

 

“I, um, met her in, um, elementary school,” lied Kyo. He didn't look back at her. She might be one of those people that know if you're lying somehow. Instead, he walked a little faster, but she caught up with him.

 

“I haven't seen you around her at all-”

 

“That's because I moved. I came back to visit my grandma and thought that I might be able to see her. We were really good friends,” said Kyo.

 

“Oh,” said Yumi. She didn't say anything after that. They arrived at Kiki's house five minutes later. The girls knocked on the door and waited for someone to answer. The door opened, revealing a little girl, around the age of ten.

 

“Oh! Hello Yumi, Kaoru…who are they?” asked the little girl. She nodded at Kyo and his parents.

 

“He's an old friend of Kiki's and his parents,” answered Yumi. “We're here to see Kiki.” The little girl moved out of the way so the group can come in.

The little girl looked down. “She's gotten worse…” Her voice was barely a whisper. “She's having trouble breathing. The doctor was here yesterday. He doesn't know what's wrong.” The little girl dropped to her knees. “She tells me she's in pain and she misses people…people who are very far away she says…” The little girl sobbed. Kagome kneeled next to the little girl and rubbed her back gently. Kagome looked at InuYasha and Kyo.

 

“Maybe she means you three?” asked Kaoru. “I mean, you did move away…were you guys all close?”

 

“Oh yeah, we were all close,” said Kyo. Yumi side-glanced at him, but didn't say anything.

 

The little girl stood up and whipped her tears on her sleeves. “Well, come on. Let's see if she's awake.” The little girl turned around and headed up the stairs. She slowly opened the door to Kiki's room; just enough so she could slip through and close the door behind her. She looked at her sister who was extremely pale and was breath fast and with difficulty. Her eyes were closed and she looked very skinny. Her lips were chapped as well. “Um…sister?” The little girl whispered, loud enough for Kiki to hear. Kiki opened her eyes and smiled at her sister.

 

“What is it, Kyoko?” whispered Kiki and she coughed. She covered her mouth with her hand until her fit was over.

 

“Would you like some visitors?” asked Kyoko.

 

Kiki nodded. “That would be nice.” Kyoko nodded and opened the door.

 

“Mama said only three visitors at a time, so Yumi and Kaoru come first. You three just stay here,” whispered Kyoko. She let Kaoru and Yumi in the closed door.

 

“How are you doing?” asked Kaoru. She sat down near Kiki's bed. Kyoko gave herself, Kaoru, and Yumi masks and gloves so they could be close to her and touch her and they wouldn't get sick. Kaoru held Kiki's hand gently.

 

“I've been better,” whispered Kiki. “I've never been so weak or helpless in my life. I haven't been in so much pain either.” Kiki tightly closed her eyes and held her breath for a moment. Tears swelled in her eyes and also in Kyoko's eyes. Kiki took a deep breath.

 

“We brought flowers,” said Yumi. She took out dying flowers from a vase on her bedside table and added the new living flowers. “We can't stay long. Our parents want us home early because of school in the morning.” She sat down next to Kaoru.

 

“I don't want your grades going down because you're here with me all the time or because you're worried about me,” whispered Kiki. “I'm fine, really.” She coughed and coughed and coughed. She was having trouble breathing. Yumi and Kaoru jumped up. Kyoko grabbed Kiki's inhaler from the bedside table and put it in her sister's hands. Once Kiki got her coughing under control, she pumped the inhaler into her lungs.

 

“You are not fine,” said Kaoru. She sat back down and watched Kiki closely. Yumi looked at the clock.

 

“We need to get going,” said Yumi. Her and Kaoru got up. “We'll be back tomorrow with Riku.” Kiki smiled and nodded at them. Yumi, Kaoru, and Kyoko left. Kiki closed her eyes, not expecting anyone else.

 

Kyo, Kagome, and InuYasha donned on the masks and gloves that Kyoko had given them quietly. Hearing the rustle in her room, Kiki rolled over onto her side, but didn't open her eyes. Kagome and InuYasha sat on the ground while Kyo carefully sat on Kiki's bed. Feeling the movement on her bed, Kiki opened her eyes. She blinked once, twice, three time before she registered who was in her room.

 

“Kyo! Kagome! InuYasha! What are you guys doing here?” asked Kiki. She coughed once.

 

“I had to see you,” said Kyo. He turned a little pink on his cheek. He looked away from her. she looked at him, blinking a couple times…

 

“Why?”

 

“Because…I missed you…” said Kyo, turned a brighter shade of pink. Kagome glanced at InuYasha, smiling. Kiki blinked at Kyo again, lost for words. Then she closed her eyes in pain and rolled over on her on back. Kyo crawled closer to her and grabbed her hand. Kagome got up and grabbed a cloth and dumped it into a cold water bucket that was in the corner.

 

“It hurts,” whispered Kiki, tears swelling in her eyes again. Kagome pattered Kiki's forehead with a cold damp cloth. Kyo moved so he was lying next to her, moving her hair out of her face. Kiki rolled over and cried into Kyo's chest. She curled up into a ball, crying in pain. “Make it stop…it hurts…” she cried. Kyo hugged her. “Kyo…it hurts so much…” She started to sweat way too much for her own good. The wet cloth wasn't helping. “Kyo! Kyo! KYO!” She let out a loud cry of pain.

 

“You have to tell us where it hurts,” said InuYasha. “We can't help you unless we know what's wrong.” Suddenly, she stopped crying and trembling. Her breathing slowed to a normal pattern. Kyo sighed a sigh of relieve. Then, he let of a small cry of pain and clutched his stomach. Blood spilled into a big puddle on the white sheets. A small dagger had appeared out of nowhere. Kiki stood, emotionless. Her eyes were cloudy, almost impossible to see. Kagome and InuYasha backed up a little.

 

“She's being possessed. Her eyes are clouded with evil!” exclaimed Kagome. InuYasha moved in front of her.

 

`Kyo! No! Kyo!' thought Kiki. She fell to the floor. “You…guys…I can't…control my…body!” Kiki said with difficulty before her eyes went cloudy again.

 

“Just like what happened to me before when we fought the Moth Demon Lord,” said Kagome.

 

 

 

A/N: Wow…I have finally finished! YES! I bet you all are happy! Hehehehe I think there's going to be one or two more chapters left in this story. I already have some of the next chapter planned…at least what's going to happen.. hhehhehehe can't wait….I forgot what the Moth Demon's name from the first movie was…I have to check that later…anyways. Hope you all like…I think this is going to be the longest chapter in this story….well, see you in the next chapter…buhbyes

Kiwi