InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Even Evil Has Reincarnates ❯ Reunions ( Chapter 12 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

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Unfortunately, this story and the characters herein pertain to Rumiko Takahasi.

Except for a select few... those are MINE! ALL MINE!!!!!!

(Clears throat)

This story is rated M for Maturity.

Hanyou thoughts

Demon thoughts

Human thoughts

Note: Only those words that are not frequently used in fanfics will I put a translation to. I mean, come on… we know what a BAKA is…right?

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Chapter 12: Reunions

“Oh fuck, my head hurts.” Souta strained to sit up while holding a hand to his head.

“Watch your mouth kid, your sister would kick your ass through all seven hells and back for language like that.”

Souta turned his head so quickly he thought he was going to be sick. “InuYasha?”

“Yeah brat, it's me.”

Souta got up so quickly no-one saw it coming. He jabbed InuYasha right in the jaw.

“WHAT TOOK YOU SO FUCKING LONG ASSHOLE?! DO YOU HAVE ANY IDEA WHAT ONEE-SAN HAS GONE THROUGH?!”

InuYasha held his jaw, “Oi! What you punching me for?! How the hell did you learn to move and punch, like that?”

He was being held down by some guy he did not recognize and … a kitsune? He smirked at InuYasha regardless.

“Onee-san has kicked my ass to all seven hells and back. You better hope she doesn't kick yours as well!”

“K-k-keh! I ain't scared.” He did his infamous pose. Except now there was no haori. In its place was an expensive Armani jacket. He settled with crossing his arms and pointing his nose up.

Souta laughed. A deep, rich, crying his eyes out laugh. “Ugh, you sh-should be, she's so gonna whoop your ass.” Then becoming serious in a flash he lowered his head. “Why did you take so long to come, InuYasha-nii-san?”

InuYashas eyes softened. “Kid, that's something I rather discuss with your sister around. Where is she? It smells like she's been out of here a while.”

“InuYasha, do you mind telling your bodyguards to let me go?”

The dark haired man to his right slapped the boy on the shoulder, “My apologies my friend. My name is Miroku. The kitsune is Shippo and this lovely young woman behind me, is my beautiful wife Sango.”

Souta took a moment to process his thoughts. Oh shit. “You guys are onee-sans friends from beyond the well...?”

They all nodded.

He smiled, “Well Happy Birthday Sis! The hanyou, the ass-kicker, the Lech, and the pocky-eating-runt are back or… um… front?” He scratched his neck and shrugged, “Let me escort you guys to our private dojo.”

He looked at InuYasha dead-on and smiled. “That way you can see what I mean about onee-san kicking your hyde.”

“K-keh”

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Arriving to the dojo, they allowed Souta to lead the way. When they made it to the door, you could hear loud music blasting from inside. The young man stopped at the door and turned to look at his companions.

Opening a small metal box hung on the wall, he withdrew 5 pairs of what looked like shooting glasses. They all wore expressions that stated that they were obviously confused.

Rolling his eyes and releasing a frustrated sigh Souta gave them a heads up. “You guys need to wear those. You'll be behind a one-sided viewing glass but...”

He paused and pinched the bridge of his nose. “Onee-san's powers have been kind of 'sparking' on their own depending on her emotions and well, the light can blind you. Trust me. I lost my vision for a week once.”

They gulped. Souta puffed out his chest in obvious pride of his sister.

On a more serious note he added, “I'm going to walk into the dojo to spar with her and try to wipe some energy from her. Keyword being, `try'. If she sees you and gets too emotional, she might mistakenly purify you, even with her power restraint cuffs. So I must drain her as much as possible. Then and only then MAY YOU ENTER.”

He clapped the hanyou on the shoulder and offered a lopsided smile. “No biggie. Got it?” They paled and followed the walking torture inside.

The music got louder and louder as they walked deeper into the building. They arrived to a hallway with a long-narrow window. In the middle of the room was Kagome.

She was wearing grey yoga pants and a black sports bra. She had her hair in a braid and she was doing the kata with 2 katanas. On her wrists she wore 2 silver cuffs.

Seeing their obvious amusement and astonishment, Souta whispered, “It helps her spiritual powers be controlled during a fight.”

He looked over at the awestruck InuYasha, “In the car, you said you guys were at the club two months ago and she didn't recognize you at all, right? Because, of those concealment rings?” The hanyou nodded.

“Well keep them handy just in case.” Taking a deep breathe, Souta started walking into the dojo. “Wish me luck.”

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Turning off the radio, Souta approached his sister.

“Hey fatty!” Souta greeted his sister with a bounce in his step.

She stopped mid-kata to glare at him. “What did I say about calling me `fatty'?”

He shrugged, “Something about, you'd tear me from limb to limb?”

She smirked. “You really wanna provoke me squirt?”

He chuckled, “Nah. Happy Birthday, Onee-san.”

He walked up to his beloved sister and gave her a hug. She in turn put him in a headlock and gave him a noogie.

“Alright, I won't tear you limb to limb but, I'm going to kick your scrawny ass at least.”

She released him and did a two back flips, with her two katanas in hand, she got in a fighting stance.

Souta removed his sword as well. “Bring it on... fatty...”

She commenced swinging her sword and he yelled, “Wait! We need ambience!!”

Kagome chuckled and rolled her eyes but didn't stand down, “Yeah, ambience. Something to make kicking your ass all the more artful.”

With the music blasting and both siblings in a fighting stance, none made a move towards the other. Kagome closed her eyes and swung her katanas in a circle and clanged them together in an `x' above her head.

She swung them back for fighting stance. An aura surrounded both swords. Kagome opened her eyes and they were swarming with silver.

Souta gulped and almost faltered in his stance. “Oh Shit.”

The onlookers were thinking the exact same thing and praying to be left in one piece after this ordeal was over.

Souta had not taken his eyes off of her but the next thing you saw, was him on his flat on his back.

Back flipping from his floor position, he charged at his sister and she flipped over him and back kicked him forward, making him lose balance.

Turning from her position she found a sword over her head and she crossed her katanas before the sword her brother wielded came down on her head. She was pushed onto her knees. Semi-turning her body and lifting her right leg sideways, she managed to swipe his legs from under him.

Tumbling sideways, she got herself off the ground, and they started spinning and avoiding each other swords. The clings and clangs of metal could be heard and one would think that the kind of speed being utilized was not human, but demon. Even for those with demon senses, keeping up with them, was a challenge.

Sango being the, or used to being, the only warrior woman in their group, felt pride that her best friend had come so far with her skills. Hell, she would probably be a challenge to her… and she had over 500 years fighting experience.

Miroku turned to InuYasha and whispered, “It seems like she might be able to kick your ass.”

The hanyou paled and gulped. Shippo chuckled.

What happened next no one expected.

She round-house kicked Souta and Kagome remained in the middle of the dojo and Souta was thrown against a wall across the dojo. Kagome let out what could only be known as war-cry and slammed her katanas into the floor which caused a surge of power to carry across the dojo towards her brother.

Their audience had never been more thankful for eyewear. Ever.

InuYasha was hoping for a miracle.

Surviving the day.

After the power diminished, Kagome dropped to her knees, katanas still in her hand and breathing raggedly.

“KAMI DAMMIT KAGOME! YOU TRYING TO KILL ME FATTY?!”

Souta had almost shit his pants. Granted he knew his sister was powerful but this was all new power she had shown today.

Kagome chuckled through pants and gasps, “And you are what? A demon now? Scared of being purified? Watching porn doesn't classify you a demon squirt....”

He had a vein popping in his forehead and an eye twitching…incredibly fast. “No I am not demon onna! But it still hurts!”

Then he mumbled, “And I do not watch porn.”

She laughed. “Yeah... ya do.” He shrugged and his lips twitched.

Picking up a noise behind her, Kagome swung around and flung a Katana straight at the noise. It landed too close for comfort by the intruders head on the nearby wall.

Kagome glared hard at the intruder with pants and gasps, although her vision was hazy, she could make out red hair.

Shippo let out a low whistle while looking at the katana that narrowly missed him, secretly thanking kami he didn't have an accident in his pants. “Damn Okaa-san, I always knew you were scary when you got mad!”

The other katana dropped to the floor with a clang. “Sh-Shi-ppo?!”

Shippo ran to his adoptive mother dropping on his knees and wrapped her in a hug. “OH SHIPPO! I've missed you so much!”

“Keh wench, is he the only one that gets a warm greeting?”

With her vision now clear, she stared at the other four occupants in the room, straight into the amber eyes she was starting doubt she would ever see again.

“Inu-Yasha?” Her voice cracked. After five years and a promise to never allow it again, she let a tear slip and with it, came blackness.

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Back at the Shrine...

A couple of hours later, Kagome awoke to voices. She stayed still and tried to keep her breathing under control and figuring out what in the hells had happened.

'Ok, I was sparring with Souta. I kicked his ass. Shippo. (Gasp) InuYasha!'

She flung out of bed and immediately felt dizzy. Suddenly remembering that Sango, Miroku and Shippo were here too. `Eh? Sango and Miroku? The well was closed, I checked. Everyday for 2 years. They couldn't even travel through it before.Meaning they must have survived for 500 years somehow…'

She clenched her teeth… `InuYasha… alive and kicking…. Five years after I was kicked by fate back here…'

She let out a growl. “Five fucking years.”

Placing her head in her hands she groaned. `Happy friggin' Birthday to me. I always get the weirdest surprises on my birthday. Not, that I'm not happy they're back of course...and that they are alive but… they have major explaining to do… I need some serious time alone.'

She got up and went to the bathroom. She looked at herself in the mirror and groaned. She looked like hell.

Picking up her hair in a messy bun, she stopped and rubbed the tattoo on the side of her neck.

`Savior'

Not being able to deal with the loss of her mark, after 'the event' with her family, she quickly went and got it tattooed at the exact location as her original mating mark, refusing to allow it to disappear.

Kagome went back into her bedroom and opened her window.

`Hn. If they can wait five years to come back to me, they can wait a while longer.'

She jumped out.

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Downstairs…

They had all been talking and trying to catch up without giving out too much information without Kagome being present.

InuYasha could hear that she was moving around upstairs in the bathroom and heard when she went back into her room. He had to restrain himself from running up there after her little display.

`What in all hells is taking her so long?'

He took a sniff. `Shit'

InuYasha abruptly got up and ran to the front door. “She's making a run for it.”

Outside, he sniffed around for her scent but, was thrown off when he could not smell her.

“What in the…?” He got on all fours to smell for tracks.

The others joined him outside. Miroku approached his long time friend, “What's going on Yash?”

He looked up at Miroku and the others, “I can't smell her… it's like -“

“Like I wanted to be left alone for a fucking minute.”

They all looked up into the Goshinboku and saw Kagome sitting in the branch she and InuYasha would sit in all the time, leaning back against the trunk her hands behind her head.

InuYasha straightened up and glared at her, “How in the fuck did you get up there so quick? And since when do you talk like that?”

Kagome narrowed her eyes and jumped down from the tree and landed in a crouch in front of the hanyou. Keeping her head bent and her eyes hidden behind her bangs, “You know nothing about me. At least not now. You would if you would've been around. “

She snapped her head up and her eyes were glowing silver, “You said you would come for me. It's fucking obvious you have all been around for the past five years. You waited five years. You had all better have some real nice explanations because if not…” She looked around once more, eyes stone cold, “You can all go back to wherever you came from.”

She sidestepped a flabbergasted hanyou and walked right back into the shrine slamming the door behind her…hard.

Souta walked up to his brother-in-law and put a hand on his shoulder, “InuYasha…life has been cruel to Kagome. She's just hurt knowing that you all were around and not around to be with her.” He bowed his head and whispered, “She suffered so much with your absence. She's become this stoic wall. She's not the same onee-san. She never really smiles anymore…not like she used to. Rarely laughs. She's miserable.”

InuYasha had to control the rasp in his voice and barely managed to get out, “Why?”

Souta sighed, “It's not my place to tell you.”

Sango was crying grabbing onto Miroku's arm. Miroku had his eyes downcast, sorrow apparent in them. Shippo had tears welling up in his eyes. They were all sharing the same feeling.

Guilt.

InuYasha gave a nod and walked back towards the shrine. He needed to explain things to her… needed her to know it wasn't by choice he was kept from her. He'd be damned if she thought she could easily get rid of him. He needed her to understand.

He stopped and turned to look at everyone over his shoulder, “Give me a few minutes with her.” He continued making his way into the house.

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Kagome sat on the couch, legs gathered up and her head resting on her knees. She was mentally telling herself to remain calm, to not break down so easily, to not give in so easily.

She felt hurt, sad and most of all betrayed.

Shutting her eyes tight, she took in deep breaths and heard the front door click closed from behind her. She didn't have to look to know who it was.

`Don't give in so easy girl. How could he not be here with you for five years? How could he stand-by and allow you to go through everything by yourself.”

Willing her voice to remain steady and as cold as possible, she spoke without bothering to face him. “Did you all come up with a good story or are you here to say goodbye for old time's sake?”

Within an eye blink she was slammed into a wall with a very irate red eyed hanyou fighting to maintain control. She turned her now silver eyes at him in a narrowed gaze.

“Is that the fucking welcome I get Kagome? Is that how much you missed me, Ka-go-me?” He was a hairsbreadth away from her face.

Through clenched teeth and trying to remind herself not to purify the living shit out of the love of her life, “InuYasha, let go.”

He gave her his legendary smirk, “No. Never again.”

Trying to calm her rapidly beating heart, “I'm not kidding InuYasha, let go of me.”

He turned his head to one side, “Are you planning on purifying me koi? You look very tempted to do so.”

She gave him a fake smile, “No.” With that she swung an elbow into his chest and he fell back a few feet. He glared up at her rubbing at his chest, “What the hell is wrong with you?!”

She shrugged, “I told you to let me go.” She walked back to the couch and sat with her legs crossed and her arms crossed across her chest. She looked everywhere but at him.

He got up an approached his miko slowly. “Kagome…”

She turned and looked at him and what he saw broke his heart. For a second, he had seen the pain, anguish, loneliness and confusion in her eyes. He recognized those emotions for they were the same ones he felt for so long before he had met her and his pack.

He could see that it was taking a lot out of her by holding back what she really felt and her aura was fluctuating at incredible levels.

He took a deep breath and started again, “Kagome… I would never make you stay by yourself or allow myself to stay away from you for more than a second if not for good reason. You know that I -“

She interrupted him in a broken voice, “Then why InuYasha? Why did you wait five kami forsaken years to come back? Why weren't you here when you and they were most needed? Why? Why should I forgive you? How can I forgive you?”

He walked to where Kagome sat shaking and her head bent, once more hiding her eyes behind a veil of nothingness. He crouched and took her hands in his own only to have her pull them back. He tried not to take it to heart; he could after all comprehend her feelings.

Betrayed.

In over 500 years, he had learned another quality.

Patience.

“I don't expect you to forgive me… I can only hope you will once you know the reasons.”

He reached up and rubbed her cheek willing her to look at him, once she did, she did so with uncertainty.

He looked at her with gentle eyes, “It's been five centuries for me Kagome and I haven't been able to get you out of my mind for one moment. Do you think I would be here after such a long time if you meant nothing to me? Do you think anything could have kept me away without good reason?”

She looked at him for a couple of more moments blankly and started chuckling which lead to a full-blown laugh. He stared at her like she had finally lost it.

Trying to get herself together, she said in between gasps and laughter, “Oi, at least in five centuries you've gotten better with words.”

He glared at her but, was secretly happy she had genuinely laughed.

`Just like old times.'

“Keh.”

Settling down and wiping the tears of laughter away, she took a shaky breath and looked at InuYasha. “I…”

She looked down and fidgeted with the ties of her pants, “I can't say that I forgive you but…” She looked at him once more, a little gentler than before, “I'm willing to listen to your reasons.”

He walked up to her and took her face into his hands, “Thank you.”

Before she could protest, he lowered his head and gave her a toe curling sweet kiss. When he opened his eyes he found her staring at him as though searching for something, with a blush creeping across her face.

`Why is she blushing? It's not like we haven't done more…'

Clearing her throat and looking away, “This does not mean that we are picking up where we left off either.”

It took everything within her not to rush to his side and hug him when she saw the hurt reflected in his eyes.

He approached her and looked at her dead-serious, “What does that mean Kagome?”

Straightening her back, she looked him in the eyes, “I will listen to your story and if it's convincing, I'm willing to be your best friend but not your lover or mate -”

500 years could never prepare him for that. Desperation unlike any other crept into his heart. He grabbed her face in his hands and his eyes were full of unshed tears, “Wha—”

She lifted her hand and stopped him from speaking. She gentled her gaze and spoke sincerely, “Do not misinterpret what I am saying InuYasha. I am not saying I will never be those things once again. I love you with all my heart, I always will but, regardless of the reason, I can't help but feel betrayed that you were not here for when I needed you most. I don't believe anything or anyone would have kept me away from you ever if it was by choice.”

He rubbed her cheekbones with his thumbs and kissed her forehead. “As much as this kills me... I understand that. I'll make you believe I love you and always have. I'll make you trust me again. I need you in my life koi.”

Placing her hands on his shoulder and lifting her head she kissed his chin, “I hope so.”

Stepping away from him and dropping her hands to her sides, she smiled sadly at him, “I think it's time we let them in.”

InuYasha chuckled, “Don't worry, I'll let them in.”

He stepped up to the door and opened it and three humans and one kitsune dropped in.

Literally.

Springing up Souta scratched the back of his head and gave a nervous laugh, “Um… I'll be in the kitchen.”

He had almost made his escape when his sister grabbed unto the back of his hoodie and yanked him backwards which caused him to fall painfully to the floor.

She crossed her arms, “Oh no you don't, you stay right here.”

Groaning from the pain he glared up at his older sister, “Like I have a choice. I think you broke my back.”

She play kicked him in the shoulder, “Suck it up pansy.”

She turned to look at the other three standing by the doorway, which were obviously very nervous.

Taking another deep breath, Kagome went up to Sango and gave her an awkward hug. “I'm so happy to see you Sango; I've missed you…so much.”

Sango was teary eyed and sniffling, she nodded, “Me too Kagome, me too.”

Kagome approached Miroku and playfully glared at him before giving a small smile and hugging him, “Have you taken care of my Sango houshi? Or are you still groping other women?”

He grinned at her, “For five-hundred and five years -” InuYasha winced. She did not need reminders of the fact.

“And may I say Lady Kagome you are quite beautiful… would you -“

He was cut off by numerous whacks and slaps. “I was going to ask about her exercise regimen!”

Sango glared. Shippo sucked his teeth. InuYasha growled. Souta was rolling on the floor in laughter.

Kagome just shook her head and rolled her eyes. She had missed this.

Smiling, Kagome moved on to Shippo and put a hand on his cheek, giving him her motherly smile. “My little Shippo, you've certainly grown up.”

She looked at his tails. “Six tails huh Shippo? I'm so proud.” She embraced him.

“I've missed you my little kitsune.”

Sniffling he said, 'Keh.' Kagome had to chuckle. “I see hanging around InuYasha has rubbed some rather charming traits off on you.”

Stepping back and taking a breather. She looked up into the amber eyes she had missed for five-years. The eyes she would dream of every night.

Snapping herself out of her little daydream she slid the stoic mask back on, “Alright, let's get to the reason it took you all five years to get your asses here and how exactly...” She looked at the ex-monk and taijiya, “You two are here.”

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