InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Divine Interventions ❯ Back To The Future ( Chapter 2 )

Divine Interventions Chapter 1-Back To The Future

About an hour later, the group accompanied Inuyasha solemnly to the clearing at the Bone-Eaters well. Kaede stepped forward with her head bowed, clutching the large, smooth, oval-shaped rock in her arms.

“Now we shall see,” Kaede said, as she stopped and lowered herself to a kneeling position at the base of the well. She held the stone in front of the purposely unfilled hole and closed her eyes in prayer.

“Oh, get on with it already, hag!” Inuyasha could no longer try to have any hold over his emotions. Anxiety, excitement, fear, hope, and dread all poured over his thoughts, threatening to completely overwhelm him.

“It is done,” Kaede said softly. She rose and then turned to walk back with the others, saying over her shoulder “Good luck Inuyasha, may the fates guide you to where you should be.”

Without wanting to wait another minute, Inuyasha quickly walked forward. His muscles tensed as he prepared to jump.

“Inuyasha!” Sango called.

“Yeah? What NOW!”

“Please send Kagome my greetings.”

“And tell her I can't wait to see her lovely face once more,” Miroku quickly added.

“And that I really miss her and want her to come back!” Shippo shouted, almost at the same time.

“Yeah, Yeah, Whatever. I'll tell her when I see her,”

“Dear gods, if I see her,” he added to himself.

The hanyou grumbled a goodbye, turned, and jumped.

Before hitting the bottom of the well, Inuyasha was surrounded by a now familiar feeling of blue light, warmth, and the dizzying sensation of falling without moving. He smiled and was surprised to feel a rush of water pooling in his eyes. He uttered a relieved sigh, “Thank the gods.”

He emerged in Kagome's time and pulled himself out of the well and walked on the familiar path that lead from the well house to Kagome's home. His heart felt light, as he ran, almost skipped round to the front. Outside he saw Kagome's brother, Sota, from behind.

Although he recognized him immediately, the boy seemed oddly different to him. He was engrossed with singing to himself, horribly off-pitch, Inuyasha noticed, as he appeared to be sloshing water and soap around with a sponge on what he knew was the family's car.

“Hey, Sota!” Inuyasha called.

When Sota didn't respond, Inuyasha called louder, “HEY SOTA!” Still no answer.

The hanyou moved up behind the boy and tapped him with one clawed finger on the back.

“Aargh!” Sota screamed. He swiveled around to find himself staring at a very amused Inuyasha.

“Oh Sota, I knew humans had weak hearing, but yours is worse even than your sister's.”

The music Inuyasha could hear blaring out of the tiny cords that hung from the boys ears quickly gave Inuyasha the reason for the boy's deafness. The music was blaring into his ears, loud, unpleasant sounds Kagome called “rock” even though Inuyasha had never known stones to make sounds on their own, unless possessed.

Sota grinned widely and stared at Inuyasha, his eyes sparkling with happy excitement. “Inuyasha! Long time no see! Gee, it's great to see you again!”

“Yeah kid, it's good to see you too,” Inuyasha smiled slightly at the boy. His genuine warmth really made Inuyasha feel welcome. Now that he faced the boy he surmised what was different. He was now nearly as tall as Inuyasha. There was just a slight amount of facial growth at the base of his chin, a few soft, short hairs. His voice was deeper and his smell was definitely a lot more masculine, the musky smell of pulsing male hormones.

“You're growing up,” Inuyasha said matter-of-factly after taking the changes in.

“Well, umm, yeah, I guess,” the boy said. He looked down at his feet, suddenly self-conscious and grinning. “You know what? I have a new girlfriend.” He added this, grinning even larger, looking to the hanyou with what-pride?

“Well. . . . that's great, Sota.” Inuyasha figured this is what the boy was hoping to hear. From the look on Sota's face, he did indeed say the right thing. “What does your sister think about you having a girlfriend?” Inuyasha asked. Okay, enough time stalling. It's time to get back to Kagome, he thought. He was growing restless making pleasantries with Sota. There was work that needed to be done and the sooner the better.

“Oh I told her last time I spoke to her, about two weeks ago, and she thought it was great, but then gave me the whole `lecture' about being a gentleman, not rushing into things, blah, blah, blah.”

Inuyasha had stopped listening and was frowning. Unbidden fear was quickly rising in his mind. Where was Kagome? “It's been two weeks since you spoke to her?”

“Uh, yeah. We usually talk on the phone more often than that but, she's been pretty busy lately.”

“Where is she now, Sota?” Inuyasha asked. Sota could tell by his sudden tone that the hanyou was suddenly very serious, but he didn't understand why.

“Well, at school, of course.”

“Figures, the stupid girl is always at school.”

Inuyasha smirked. “Okay then, I'll just wait here for her.”

Sota stared at him and his jaw dropped open. “Uh, Inuyasha, that won't work.”

“And why not?”

“She won't be coming home here. She doesn't live here anymore.”