InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Changing the Past, Changes the Future ❯ Brand New World ( Chapter 14 )

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Chapter 14: Brand New World

He was terrified.

Never before had he been so afraid.

This was one enemy he had no hope of defeating. He couldn't even try. His face burned at the mere thought of facing this opponent. Naraku, Sesshomaru, Menomaru, Kaguya, and Takemaru all fighting him at the same didn't scare him the way he was scared now. He was so nervous he was shaking.

He eeped when the door opened and he dropped the bag of potato chips he had been holding.

“Are you okay?” Kagome eyed him suspiciously as she walked in with a fluffy yellow towel wrapped around her body and a white towel wrapping her hair.

He blushed even more. “Of course, I'm okay. Don't I look like I'm okay?” He stuttered a little when he spoke as his eyes shifted from spot to spot in the room never landing on Kagome once.

She smiled at him softly as she walked toward him. “No. You look terrified. She's just my mom. She's not going to hurt you or anything.” Her arms wrapped around his waist. She tucked her head under his chin.

“What if she says you can't stay with me, now?”

“She wouldn't.”

“But…”

“Inuyasha , she won't. We'll go talk to her after I get dressed.”

Inuyasha looked out the window while he listened to Kagome get dressed. He was really worried that Kagome's mom might have said it was okay for them to mate, but what if she changed her mind now that she had seen them in the act. He didn't know if he would be able to survive losing Kagome, even if it was to her mother if she wanted to separate them.

“Here Inuyasha. You should put this on.” Kagome handed Inuyasha an orange tee shirt.

“Thanks.” Kagome couldn't help, but watch the way his muscles rippled as he pulled on the shirt.

Inuyasha ignored the scent of Kagome's arousal and turned to face his mate. She smiled at him. “You ready?”

“I guess.” He let her lead him by the hand and down the stairs where he was sure he would face certain doom.

They walked into the kitchen to see grandpa and Sota sitting at the table. Ms. H was making something over the stove.

Grandpa was reading the newspaper and didn't even pay attention to them as they sat down at the kitchen table.

“So, I heard you and Inuyasha got caught, you know…” Sota wagged his eyebrows at Kagome.

Inuyasha dropped his head to the table while Kagome smacked the kid on the back of his head. “What did you do that for?”

“Sota, go watch TV.” Ms. H told her son. She waited until Sota hurried into the other room.

Then a deafening silence fell upon the occupants of the kitchen. “I don't understand why everyone is so upset. Inuyasha claimed Kagome as his mate and that's what a mated man with demon blood is supposed to do with his mate.” Grandpa didn't even move the paper as he spoke.

“You're right.” Ms. H said.

“What?” Both Inuyasha and Kagome asked at the same time. Both were confused by what she said. Surely she was mad about what had happened earlier this morning.

“You two are married in the eyes of demon society and are engaged here. What you were doing wasn't a surprise. I do wish that when you are here that you two only…” Her face turned red. “Make love in Kagome's room with the door locked.” She sat a plate of waffles down in front of Inuyasha.

“You're not going to make me go away forever and keep Kagome here with you?”

“Oh, of course not Inuyasha. I would never do that.” She rubbed his ears in a comforting way.

“I told you.”

“Well, now that that's settled, I'm surprised you didn't hear us come in, Inuyasha. You must have been really involved.”

“Oh man.” Inuyasha rested his head on the table.

“Grandpa!” Kagome and Ms. H exclaimed.

“We have to go back today,” Inuyasha suddenly said.

“Today?” Ms. H asked.

“Yeah. Everyday that we're gone is one day that Naraku is getting stronger,” Kagome told her mother.

“What are you going to do about the Tomi thing?” She was clearly worried about her since Kagome's return.

“He won't get Kagome. I promise. I will do everything I can to protect her.”

“I know you will, Inuyasha, but I really worry about both of you.”

“Can I come back in now?” Sota asked from the door.

“Yeah. Come on in, Sota.”

Sota sat down and all of them enjoyed the late breakfast. Ms. H was content because they were all together. When Kagome and Inuyasha jumped into the well about two in the afternoon, Ms. H couldn't help, but wonder if they would ever have a meal together again.

Ms. H feared that they didn't give Naraku enough credit. How much more determined would Naraku be to destroy Inuyasha now that Kagome had changed the whole dynamic of the relationship, not only between herself and Inuyasha, but that of Naraku and Inuyasha?

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Three tentacles waved behind the being, the way a tail would wave on a pissed off cat. Beady blood colored eyes bored into the heavy wooden table with a force that should have made it shatter. Hell, that look would stop anything dead in its tracks. The sound of growling escaped his well formed, but thin and dry lips.

That shocked his servants. He did a lot of things to a lot of people, but growling was something they had never heard. Even the girl made of the void, flinched at his reactions.

The pink eyed wind sorceress stood before the fourteen year old demon slayer boy, hoping to defend him, or die trying, should their master decide to attack. They had all watched his try to make the jewel fuse for hours and it wouldn't work.

Naraku had actually decided not to be an asshole tonight and allowed them to have the night off. `It was such as shame too.' Kagura thought.

Of course having the night off meant they had to stay in the same small room with Naraku for the whole night. Though none of them would even speak it out loud, they were all sick of Naraku's constant rants about Inuyasha and his merry band of morons. They all understood that Naraku was the bad guy, and that's what bad guys did, but he really went overboard with it.

He had been talking of destroying the Bone Eater's well, because it would destroy Inuyasha if his little companion was stranded in the future. He wouldn't because if he destroyed the well and the little bitch had jewel shards with her, he would have to wait until he lived to her time. He now knew that it was five hundred years. The idea of waiting five hundred years for the rest of the shards, didn't appeal to Naraku, so he decided to leave the well alone.

Naraku had known the secret of the Bone Eater's well for almost three years. It had been a few days after the time he gave the human arm with the jewel shard to Sesshomaru, so he could use it to wield Tetsusaiga (Episodes 18-21). Naraku had watched as he fought a demon while he was badly injured. Something about the half demon had changed when he sensed a change, and he had put the demon out of comission, running toward the well. Inuyasha ripped out the tree and tossed it into the forest. Naraku watched as a human girl, no older than fifteen, climbed from the well and threw her arms around Inuyasha.

He knew then that time travel was possible through the well. He had tried to pass through the well, but he couldn't. He discovered that Inuyasha and the girl were the only ones with that ability.

With the well out of his mind, he focused back on the jewel shards. Why wouldn't they fuse with one another? The three shards he had wouldn't stick to the main portion of the jewel.

Naraku suddenly dropped the jewel pieces and clenched his head in pain. A phantom pain also shot through his groin.

When he lifted his head, the insane rage in his eyes had caused all of those in the room to take a step back from him.

“That little bitch got away.” He hissed.

“Who got away, master Naraku?” Kagura asked.

“Tomi.”

Kagura shook her head. “You told Inuyasha that you had killed her.”

His tentacles crashed through the wall and knocked over the expensive tea set he had been using. Rage flared in his aura and seemed to flow off him in visible waves. “For some reason I thought I had.”

Kanna shook so hard that she dropped the mirror in her hands.

Kagura looked expressionless as her mind was in turmoil. `What kind of an idiot forgets that his prey escaped him?'

“She will be mine. I will find her and claim her in front of that fucking Inuyasha.” He vowed with a snarl.

Kagura rolled her eyes. `Great. Whatever had caused him to remember Tomi made him hate Inuyasha more.' Now he was never going to shut up about how much he hated the half demon.

Naraku snatched the sacred jewel shards from the table, before he kicked the table across the room.

Kagura was slightly amused although it didn't show on her face. Naraku never did random shit like this, maybe she would have to thank Inuyasha and Tomi, if she ever met her.

“Where are you going?” She watched as Naraku rose fluidly to his feet and walked toward the door.

“To see the dark priestess.”

“Uhh, Inuyasha already killed Tsubaki, like two and a half years ago.” Kagura informed him.

He whirled to face her. “Do you think me a fool, Kagura?”

`Yeah. Duh.' Kagura didn't dare to say that to him though. “No master.”

“This dark priestess has existed for three hundred years. I believe she was once the guardian of the sacred jewel, before selling her soul to a demon because a descendent of Midoriko stripped her of the jewel.”

“Why would she know how to fix the jewel?”

“Because she was the guardian of it the last time it was shattered.” Naraku left the room with Kanna behind him.

Kagura looked at Kohaku. Naraku decided that for Kohaku to become stronger, he should age as he was supposed to. Naraku intended on letting the boy age until he was at the prime of his strength. To Naraku that meant age twenty three.

The age he had been when Onigumo became Naraku.

Kagura had to admit that since Kohaku had grown about a foot taller, gained some muscle, and looked about three years older than he was, that he was a pretty good looking kid. Not that she was attracted to him or anything, but she held kind of a sisterly pride for him.

“This is fucked up,” Kohaku said to Kagura as he shook his head. His hands reached behind back and he pulled the hair hanging to the center of his back into a ponytail.

“I agree.”

“Kohaku! Kagura!” Naraku bellowed.

“Ladies first,” Kohaku held his arm out, allowing Kagura to pass him, before he followed her out.

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His left hand traced the wall of the well in wonder.

It seemed to be nothing, but an ordinary well. How odd that Inuyasha and the wench could time travel through it. If any of his father's sons should be able to time travel, surely Sesshomaru was more worthy than Inuyasha.

His mouth fell open in a silent gasp as a brilliant blue light enveloped him. His hair fell upward, whipping in the fierce sudden wind, as did his clothing.

His gold eyes widened in further shock as Inuyasha's wench, Kagome materialized in front of him. From the corner of his eye, he saw Inuyasha next to her. The girl materialized first and when she did, she stared at Sesshomaru in shock.

Sesshomaru arched a questioning brow as the girl stared at him.

Then screamed as loud as she could.

Sesshomaru couldn't help his reaction. He clamped his hands over his ears and cringed. “Cease that at once.” He demanded.

“What the hell are you doing down here, Sesshomaru?!” Inuyasha shouted over Kagome's scream.

“This Sesshomaru was trying to determine why this well is so special when you two arrived.”

Inuyasha cocked his head to the side when he saw the look on his half-brother's face. If he didn't know any better, he'd say Sesshomaru was pouting. That's it! He was pouting! “You're jealous that I can travel through the well and you can't.”

Sesshomaru's eyes narrowed. “Be not a fool, Inuyasha. I care not whether or not I can time travel.” He looked down his nose at Inuyasha and Kagome, before leaping from the well.

Kagome looked at Inuyasha in confusion. “What was that about?”

“That fucking bastard was snooping around in the well and he's jealous because I'm the one who can time travel.”

Kagome began to giggle and Inuyasha smirked. “I know it is kind of funny, isn't it?” He asked her. He slipped his arm around her waist and pulled her against him. “You ready?”

“Yep.” She smiled at him as he jumped from the well, carrying her with him.

It was time to hunt for Naraku again.

And this time, every thing would be different.