InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Broken Dreams ❯ Seeking the Hanyou ( Chapter 25 )

Broken Dreams

 

I admit Inuyasha is really, really OC right now. But hey, he's been scared mentally and physically, striped of his memories, and was defeated by his biggest rival. Being as proud as he is, Inuyasha is bound to be effected. To quote our fav hanyou himself from last chapter; He got a dose of reality. Inuyasha's been taken down a major peg. But then, I suppose being killed would do that to ya huh?

 

Chapter 25

 

Seeking the Hanyou

 

Kagome groaned and slowly blinked her eyes open. She didn't hear the fire burning, Inuyasha must still be asleep. He had remained adamant that she had to leave soon. Kagome wasn't ready to leave him right when he had remembered her. She still had no idea how he had survived that fateful fall three years ago. And that site was miles from the valley. Inuyasha claimed he had been living like this for two and a half years. Something more had happened in the six-month period, something to turn Inuyasha into Youkai. Kagome just had no clue what.

His attitude was what surprised Kagome the most. He had been a little annoying before, but Kagome would have preferred the complaints and insults over what he had become. He seemed to want to crawl away and hide from the world. Inuyasha had been secretive before, but now…he also didn't seem to be thinking straight either. Even if Kagome left, Kouga would look for her. He'd find the cave. And there wasn't a chance in hell he'd leave Inuyasha alive.

Kagome didn't want to stay here; she wanted Inuyasha to come with her. Not only to avoid Kouga, but to get some semblance of what they had lost three years ago. Granted, at twenty years old and with no contact with her family, it was impossible to every fully regain everything Kouga had destroyed, but she wanted something back. But Inuyasha seemed content with the life he had now. Kagome had to admit, after a lifetime of nearly getting killed day in and day out, a nice, quiet life would be nice. But she couldn't see Inuyasha living like this for long.

Youkai, Kagome would see living like this. But Inuyasha? He was an adventurer, he wasn't meant for this sort of life. Once the initial shock of his life had worn off, and Kagome had come to accept that she wasn't having another of her warped dreams, she had been contemplating their entire situation. She honestly wished Kouga would just drop dead, and they could all go back to the group they had years ago. But she had been wishing for that for a long time.

With Inuyasha against leaving or fighting, that scenario wasn't likely. Kagome wanted him to come with her. She wanted to be with him again. She really did want to leave the valley with him, but if he wasn't going to leave, she was staying with him. She just had to make him understand that. Her feelings for the hanyou weren't quite as strong as they once were, but they were there, and regaining strength. She didn't want to walk away from this.

Kagome rolled over and stood up, intending to wake the hanyou and talk things out with him. Then she noticed the cave. The ofuda at the entrance were gone. The fire wasn't even smoldering, and the bedding had been carefully made. The two packs near the bed were gone. The small vegetable alcove was empty.

“He's gone…” Kagome murmured. Anger filled her at the thought. If Inuyasha didn't want to fight, she'd teach him by kicking his ass when she found him. Concentrating, Kagome felt the faint, distant hum of a youki, and the faint touch of Shikon magic that still remained in it. Slinging her quiver of arrowed over her shoulder, Kagome grabbed her pack and bow and marched out of the cave. If Inuyasha was going to leave, it was going to be with her.

 

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A young girl walked up to the shoji in the castle, waiting as it slid back to allow entry. She walked forward and stood a few feet before her lord. The lord of the castle cast her a glance out of the corner of his eye before looking down at the clay pot before him. A low purple glow emanated from the pot, which was filled with blood and various youkai parts.

“Excuse me master…” The girl said softly. The lord glared at her.

“I said I do not wish to be disturbed.” He growled. The girl nodded slightly. The pot of youkai parts in the hands of the lord shimmered slightly as the purple glow intensified. The lord reached into the pot with two slender fingers and removed a pherical purple orb, half-complete with Shikon shards. Blood dripped of it as the lord tucked it into his kimono.

“Forgive me master, but I found something you will want to see.” The girl held up a small, round mirror. The lord peered into it, and gasped as the image of a scarred hanyou walking in the forest appeared in the mirror.

“Inuyasha…” Naraku whispered. Naraku chuckled. “It's been over two years. I was worried you truly had died this time.” Kanna looked up at her master as he smiled cruelly.

“Shall I send Kagura to retrieve him master?” she asked. Naraku shook his head and turned his attention back to the clay pot. The clay cracked and shattered in a flash of light.

“No.” Naraku sneered. A small yellow orb hovered above the broken pot and through the wall behind him. “This is just what I've been waiting for. I think it's time I…tested him.” As Naraku words, the wall behind him lit up blood red. Naraku turned and gazed at the outline of a man meditating behind the wall, his head bowed and eyes closed.

“It is time for you to arise…Raijin.” Naraku chuckled. At the mention of his name, Raijin's yellow eyes snapped open. Naraku's chuckle grew into full laughter. And Raijin raised his head to face his master.

 

Raijin; a Japanese god of thunder. Gee, what powers could this incarnation possibly have huh? Anyhow, Raijin is depicted in the Shinto religion as a muscular man with a pair of drums, and was a youkai that opposed the gods until he was captured and converted by Buddha. He's also often seen with Fujin, the god of wind. So with Kagura around, the name kinda makes sense.