InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Fantastic Journey ❯ Demons & Sailors ( Chapter 3 )

Demons & Sailors

 

Kagome sat in the small hut that was Kaede's surrounded by her mismatched friends. They were catching her up on what Naraku had been doing while she was gone as they waited on the stew Sango had helped Kaede prepare. Shippo who had grown a whole foot over the two years and wasn't that little anymore sat cuddled against her side instead of laying in her lap. He had stopped that behavior a little more then a year ago at Inuyasha's teasing. Kagome agreed that at eight he shouldn't be in her lap all the time but part of her also missed it.

 

Suddenly Shippo jerked up, cutting Miroku off and adamantly started talking. “Then Kagome I actually hurt the puppet with some of my fox magic! I'm getting better and better. Soon I'll be fighting right by your side and Naraku won't stand a chance!”

 

“Calm down you runt.” Inuyasha said as he paced behind Shippo and thumped him on the head. “You can't take on Naraku til you can get past me and we all know that will never happen.”

 

“Inuyasha!” Kagome turned to placate a dejected looking Shippo. “Ignore him, he's probably just jealous that he wasn't as talented as you were at his age. I think what you did was great. Keep up the good work so you can help us bring an end to Naraku.” She shot Inuyasha a look that told him if he dared say a word he would be sat. She hadn't sat him in over six months but after what he'd pulled today over in her time she was looking for a good reason to speak the command.

 

He just grunted and shook his head dropping his self to the floor and sitting with his arms and legs crossed. Just as suddenly he sprang back up his hand going to rest on Tessaiga while Kagome stiffened. Miroku and Kaede tensed looking at the door and Shippo bit his bottom lip.

 

“What's wrong?' Sango asked only to go quiet as her own eyes widened when she felt what every one else was feeling.

 

Miroku slowly stood up fingering the beads that held his wind tunnel at bay. “I feel a power…a big one.”

 

“Fucking yeah a big one!” Inuyasha gritted to his teeth already striding to the door. By now everyone was on their feet.

 

“Is it Naraku?” Sango asked reaching to grab her weapon off the huts wall before hurrying after her friends.

 

“I'm not sure but it's coming from the well!” Kagome shouted over her shoulder as she raced out the door.

 

Sango followed yellowing over her shoulder for Kirara to stay and watch over Kaede and Shippo.

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“That's it Serena no more pigging out for you. Now can you get off of my legs before I never walk again!”

 

“Rei that was just mean!” Serena lamented as she untangled herself and stood up. The others were soon up checking themselves for injuries. “Is everyone all right?”

 

“Yeah fine but if anyone asks I don't want to go on that ride again.” Mina said checking her sailor shoes for scuffs.

 

“What happened?” Lita asked as she sparked her tiara so they could all see better.

 

“I don't know Lita I'm checking now.” True enough Ami had her computer out already taking readings. “It looks as if we opened the rift. The readings over here are similar but not quite the same. I'm 90% sure we've traveled to a different time frame.”

 

“Only 90%? From you…that has me worried Ami. You're usually all or nothing.” Lita shook her head frowning.”

 

Rei firmed her lips as her hands came in contact with the rope ladder. “Well girls there's only one way to be 100% sure and that's to go on up.

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The three girls already standing outside the well turned around as they heard Mina squeak followed by a thud as she hit the ground. Mina lay on the ground rubbing her head as Lita stepped out the well and stood over her.

 

“What did you do that for?”

 

“Hey look blondie I'm your best bud and all but I've seen enough of your backside for one day. You were taking to long so I gave you a little push in the right direction.” Lita grinned then reached a hand down to help Mina up.

 

Mina scowled but took the offered hand still rubbing her head. “Yeah well next time keep your pushes to yourself.”

 

“Guys focus…look around you.” At Rei's stern voice the two looked around for the first time. They were standing next to the well in a field of grass…tall grass and a line of thick trees that marked the beginning of a forest. No shrine…no well shed… no nothing but grass and trees.

 

“Oh crap!” Mina said in shock covering up her mouth.

 

“That's one way to put it.” Rei said twisting her mouth. “Now we need to find out where Kagome and that Inuyasha guy went.”

 

“I don't think you'll have to worry about that.” Ami said monitoring the three dots of kinetic heat on her screen that showed life forms heading their way.

 

“Ami's right…their coming.” Serena said quietly speaking her first words.

 

Soon the scouts heard the rustle of the leaves as the “beings” drew closer.

 

“Okay girls, get ready for anything.” Mina said quickly going into her second in command mode. The four scouts formed a defensive line in front of Serena, Lita standing right in front blocking the smaller girl from view. Serena wanted to protest that she wouldn't be able to see but wisely kept her mouth shut. In defensive positions they waited. They didn't have to wait long as four people and the biggest cat they had ever seen tumbled out the brush at nearly the same time.

 

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“Who the hell are you!” Inuyasha demanded his sword brandished. His eyes went wide at the site that greeted him only to narrow with suspicion a moment later.

 

Kagome eyes were popping to. She had stepped out the forest holding an arrow taunt and now her arm lowered confusion evident in her face.

 

Sango blinked a couple of times but kept her guard up. Her first thought was that these “strangers” looked human enough and even wore clothes similar to Kagome's time, but then again it could all be a trick of Naraku's.

 

Miroko for his part had forgotten all about unleashing his beads as his hand went to his chest covering his heart. He had never seen so much exposed female leg at one time in his life!

 

The two groups stood a mere 30 feet apart staring at each other before Lita hands on both hips boldly stepped up. “I am the Sailor Solider of Lighting. Standing for might and justice. I am Sailor Jupiter!

 

Serena hopped up and down trying to see over Lita's shoulder's, she wanted to see the boy with dog ears!

 

Ami her chin pointed proudly went next. “I am Sailor Mercury, The Sailor Solider of Matter. I will always stand for truth and justice!

 

Serena really wanted her turn now. She was hopping from foot to foot, biting her lower lip.

 

With a swirl of blond hair that left her standing with one hand on her hip and the other pointed at the stunned audience Mina spoke up. “And I am the Sailor Solider of Love! Standing for love and beauty. I am Sailor Venus!” She gave her captive audience a wink to end it off.

 

Serena pouted and stomped her foot when she saw Mina wink…she had wanted to use that this time!

 

Rei rolled her eye's at both Mina's and Serena's antics. She firmed her lips into a strict line before sternly starting her introduction. “The Sailor Solider of Fire, I stand for love and balance. I am Sailor Mars!”

 

Serena held her breath as her protectors dutiful parted as she stepped forward, it was finally her turn. She blinked a couple of times then gave them her brightest smile. “I am the Eternal Sailor Solider who will always stand for love and justice. I am the one calledSailor Moon!”

 

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They all stood in silence after the Scouts gusty intro's. Miroku chest pains had increased. Sango was confused even more…were they enemy's or not? Inuyasha felt the same way and whenever he was confused he showed it by acting mad. Kagome was standing there with her eyes narrowed. She had a nagging suspicion that she knew these people. Well of course she knew of the Scouts. Who lived in Japan and didn't know of them! They had been relatively quiet for two years now. Yep quiet right after that Galaxia fiasco which had happened a couple of months before she first fell down the well. Still she had a feeling that she should know the people standing in front of her personally.

 

“I don't have time for pretty speeches. Who sent you!” Inuyash took a few steps closer and the girls closed ranks around Serena again, this time with Rei in the front.

 

“We'll ask all the questions. Hand over Kagome and then we'll talk.”

 

“Hell no! You're not touching Kagome! I'll shred you all before you put a hand on her!” Inuyasha started advancing and Kagome latched onto his arm trying to stop him.

 

“Bring it on dog…uh boy…demon! We can handle anything you got!” Lita bellowed out

 

Inuyasha just growled and dragged Kagome a couple more feet closer to the group of strangely dressed girls. “Inyasha….wait.” Kagome tired to plead with him. She remembered seeing what the Sailor Soldiers could do on TV. If these were really them…well Inuyasha against all five of them…wouldn't stand a chance.

 

“Get off me wench, I'm gonna teach these pets of Naraku's a lesson.” He shook Kagome off and she stumbled, falling to the ground when her heel stepped down on a big rock.”

 

“That's it. I won't let you treat Kagome that way and get away with it, your toast!” Rei was livid when she saw Kagome hit the dirt. She let her energy spark to life and brought her hands up ready to attack.

 

Instantly Kagome was sure that she knew them. Sailor Moon's brilliant smile and Mar's energy was a dead give a way. She didn't know how but she knew with a certainty who they were. Inuyasha started to run forward and she saw the fire spark to life in Rei's hand and didn't have a choice. “Inuyasha sit!”

 

“Damn it!” He got the cruse word out right before his face hit the ground.

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Serena ignored the shouts and warning of her friends and found herself kneeling next to the fallen demon. “Oh you poor thing are you all right?”

 

Kagome had made it over to Inuyasha by now to. “Serena…is that you?”

 

Serena stood up and smiled uneasily as the other girls came up behind her. “Uh…why do you ask?”

 

“It is you!” Kagome laughed her hand going to her mouth as Sango and Miroku made their way over as Inuyasha slowly sat up. “And it's Ami, Lita and Mina and you to Rei. You guys are the Sailor Scouts? What on earth are you guys doing here?”

 

“You mean to tell me you know these asses?” Inuyasha stood up rubbing his face and the girls instantly put a little more room between them.

 

“Yeah I know them. There the new friends I was telling you about.”

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“But Kagome…how can they be here. Did they use the well?” Sango asked visible more relaxed now that Kagome had claimed the strangers.

 

“Yes, they did Sango. They are no mere humans they suppose spiritual powers and magic….I felt it all the way in Kaede's hut.” Miroku found his tongue and attempted to sound as cool and causal as he normally did. Giving the new girls a his “wise” look that he hoped they found attractive.

 

“I'm not sure how they got here but your right they are more then just human. Their sailor soldiers.” When her answer got her only blank stares from her two companions she went on to explain. “In my time they fight demon's and save the earth from creepy people who want to take it over. They have special powers…you might as well call them magical. No one on my side can explain it really either.”

 

“I thought you said there weren't any demon's in your time?” Inuyasha questioned, since that had been one of the first questions he'd asked her when they'd meet years ago.

 

“Well…not quite demons like you. It's hard to explain most of the demons they fight come from outer space or something.” Kagome wasn't so sure of her own explanation and turned to the Scouts for confirmation. “Uh…it's that right?”

 

“Yeah…kinda…if it makes you feel better.” Lita remarked blandly. She was still keeping a weary eye on the dog boy.

 

“I don't understand…you mean the demons live in the clouds?” Sango was getting a headache. Even after two years there was a lot she didn't understand about Kagome's time but she tired for her friends sake.”

 

“Uh…well outer space is beyond the clouds. Oh I don't know how to explain it and it doesn't matter. These people are the good guys. They've saved the whole world and Tokyo in particular a bunch of times from major disaster. What ever their reason for being here I'm sure it's not to cause trouble.”

 

“So Kagome let me get this right. You're saying that they are female warriors like my dear Sango here?”

 

Kagome nodded enthusiastically “Yeah, you can think of them like that!”

 

Miroku closed his eyes and tilted his head back, hands clasped together in front of him. “Oh great Budda my prayers have been answered! You've sent the prettiest warrior women that I could have dreamed up to our aid. Budda surely is great!”

 

The girls giggles were cut off as the sound of Sango slapping the back of Miroku's head could be heard. “Now is not the time monk!”

 

Miroku wisely inched away before answering. “Sango…you misunderstood. I was merely thanking Budda for sending more warriors to our aid in the fight against Narku. If they are as formidable as Kagome say's they'll be a big help.”

 

“Yeah right! As if these girls in short skirts would be a challenge for Naraku.” Inuyasha snorted.

 

Rei wanted answers and was tired of all the nonsense and the insults. “Who is Naraku? Who said we'd help you with anything? Where the heck is here and what are you doing here Kagome?”

 

“Well it's a long story.” Kagome sighed.

 

“Yeah well we've got some time. I thought you'd been kidnapped. I saw you arguing with `mr. personality' here outside of school. Because of my miko and sailor powers I could see him for the demon he was. I followed you back to the shrine and saw you two disappear down the well. I called the others and we came here to rescue you.”

 

“Praise be to Budda! Another lovely Miko is in our mist.” Apparently Miroku hadn't moved far enough away for he felt the sting of Sango's hand again.

 

“Oh I'm sorry I worried you! Inuyasha just took me by surprise. I wasn't expecting him…well I was hoping he wouldn't come until Friday but he's never been known for his patience.”

 

“How can either of you travel the time wrap? How long have you been going back and forth?” Ami asked perplexed that they still had no answers. She dared to step forward her visor back down as she slowly walked around Inuyasha running a scan. “Hmmm, his DNA structure is strange….it's a combination of human strains and some strains that are not in my data base.”

 

“I'm a half demon you nitwit!”

 

Ami stopped in her tracks and her mouth gaped open for one of the few times of her life. It wasn't that he'd yelled at her…she just couldn't believe he'd called her a nitwit.

 

“Hey no name calling.” Mina admonished giving the doggie demon a winning smile. “By the way can I touch your ears?”

 

Inuyasha bared his fangs and growled. “Try it and die!”

 

“Oh for pete's sake! Mina keep your hands off the demon and demon…you keep your threats to yourself before we forget that Kagome knows you.” Rei shouted.

 

“Kagome.” Ami over with her chagrin of being called an idiot interrupted. “Do you know exactly what time period we're in?”

 

“Uh, yeah. We're in feudal Japan about 500 years ago.”

 

“Five hundred years!” Serena said mouth gapping open.

 

Rei's brow furrowed as she concentrated on her history lessons. Five hundred years ago….hmmm. Suddenly it came to her. “Wait a minute…there is a myth about a dog demon with silver hair…who betrayed a priestess of great power and she pent him to a tree in an eternal sleep.”

 

“Rei are you going where I think your going with this?” Lita shook her head to clear it, it was hard enough to believe they were so far in the past but now Rei was trying to say they were standing next to a living myth?

 

“I told you guys his name sounded familiar. The name of the dog demon in that myth was Inuyasha. It was said that he was the son of a great dog demon lord and a human princess for a mother. When he betrayed the heart of the priestess over some treasure he was sealed to a tree forever. The locals then named the forest Inuyasha's Forest. They said his trapped soul was freed at night and would either haunt the forest or protect it depending on his dreams that night.”

 

“Feh! What crap! My damn sprite never went anywhere at night it was stuck to that damn tree exactly where Kikyo wanted it. For the record I wasn't sleeping either! I was awoke almost the entire time trapped in the shell my body had become. It was pure hell for 50 years. You damn humans need to get your stories right.”

 

“Oh Inuyasha I had no idea you had been awake.” Kagome clutched his arm and laid her head on his coat. “I thought you were sleeping peacefully. How cruel of Kikyo to do that to you!”

 

“Yeah…..well it's no big deal, it's over with now.” Inuyasha shrugged softly to make Kagome let loose as a light blush stole over his cheeks. He hated Kagome's mushy moments and even more so in front of these strangers. Even though deep in his chest he felt warm that she cared about his pain.

 

“Okay….so if you're the dog demon why aren't you still stuck to the tree? Where is this Kikyo that put you there and what does all this have to do with Kagome?” Lita said summing it up.

 

“Well it's complicated.” Kagome started hoping the girls hadn't noticed the awkward moment between her and Inuyasha. “He is the Inuyasha of myth, uh I freed him from the tree. The priestess Kikyo pinned him over 50 years ago and died shortly afterward ward…kinda… and well I got mixed up in all of this because I'm kinda the reincarnation of the priestess.”

 

“Holy cow that is so cool! You have a past life!” “Mina hadn't missed the interaction between Inuyasha and Kagome. She figured she'd wait a little while before she poked her nose in.

 

“It's not all it's cracked up to be.” Kagome said giving Mina a light smile. “I know this is all confusing, why don't you guys follow us back to the village and I'll explain as much as I can.” Kagome turned to walk away only to be grabbed around the wrist by Rei who quickly let her go as Inuyasha growled low in his throat.

 

“Kagome why don't you come back with us and then explain.” Rei still didn't trust the situation and wanted to be on more familiar ground.

 

“Yeah, no offensive but this is a little bit too much nature for me. I don't see a clothes shop or a coffee shop anywhere!”

 

“Mina!” Lita hissed. She wanted to reach out and slap her upside the head.

 

“What? I'm hungry, we're missing dinner and I skipped lunch today to go watch Robert in his gym class. It was baseball day and they had on those tight cute white pants.”

 

Kagome laughed but slowly shook her head. “I'm sorry for all the trouble I've caused but I can't go back.”

 

“What do you mean can't?” Ami asked disturbed by the possibility that something may be wrong with the time wrap.

 

“Kagome solemnly looked between the two groups as she spoke. “I mean I made a promise to myself before I came back this time and I won't break it. I promised that I wouldn't step foot back in my time until we found and defeated Naraku…no matter how long it took.”

 

“Who is Naraku!” Rei said feed up and uneasy with the whole situation. “Come on defeating him can wait a day….or at least a couple of hours. We just want to understand what's going on and know that you're safe.”

 

“That's sweet Rei but no Naraku can't wait any longer.” Now Kagome firmed her own lips and stared at the other miko determinedly. “He's an evil, twisted and very powerful half demon who has not only caused much pain and suffering for my friends but for countless of innocent people over here. It's part of my responsibility to stop him. I can't go back…he's terrorized everyone for way to long. I'm not asking you guys to stay…I would never drag more people into this nightmare but I can't go back…not until it's finished.”

 

Serena who had been usually quiet stepped forward and took both of Kagome's hands in hers. Serena looked to Inuyasha to see if he had any objection. When he just blinked at her she smiled and didn't see him blush as she turned back to Kagome. “Kagome…I understand…we understand better then you think about not leaving your friends and because of that we won't leave you either. This Naraku sounds like a very bad person and I can't turn my back on that. If he's as half bad as you make him out to be then he needs to be brought to justice.”

 

“Yeah we're not afraid of some jerk who gets off on hurting people. We'll show him what a bad mistake it was to mess with a friend of ours.” Lita putting her hand on top of the others declared.

 

Mina smiled and joined her hand in the pile. “We'll I guess I won't die without the comforts of home for a few days. Besides…you hang out with a couple of cute guys.” Mina's goggled the two males and had Inuyasha fidgeting and Miroku gulping, unsuccessfully, past the lump in his throat.” Sango narrowed her eyes at the strange hair colored girl, while Kagome broke into a little smile even as her eye's watered up.

 

Rei shook her head but added her hand to the mix, sighing heavily. “I think your all nuts but friends stick together. If you won't leave until this creep is taken down then we won't leave either.”

 

Ami was nodding seriously as she lastly joined her hand to the pledge of help. “Yes, you're our friend. Besides this is a mystery to great to pass up. Plus with the time wrap the time line itself could be in danger. I have a feeling that this Naraku person if left unchecked could be a major problem for this time and ours.”

 

Kagome agreed….that had been her growing fear over the last few months. That if Naraku got the entire jewel there would be no stopping him. She had no doubt he would destroy this past and her future if he had a chance. With hugs and giggles and sighs of impatience from Inuyasha they finally turned and started the trek back to the village as Kagome started to explain the situation in more detail.

 

As they were swallowed by the forest a pair of dead eyes followed the disappearing forms. When the enemy could no longer be heard or seen the eyes…carried on dead feet swiftly went to report back to its master…Naraku.

 

AN: Okay there you go. As always hope you enjoyed and review. And YES I know I changed the SM intro's I did it on purpose (you know being creative and not the same old dull thing). Next chapter will have some action it in and the real story begins. Thanks to everyone who reviewed and wants me to continue, I like this story and am glad you like it to!

 

Chapter 4-“Serena we're not in Kansas anymore”-Miroku tries his hands with the girls. Shippo meets the girls as they learn about the horrible things Miroku has down. And the SM group gets their first taste of Naraku and realize that they've finally meet “real” evil.