InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Future Incarnations: Inuyasha 2030 ❯ Spinning Webs ( Chapter 17 )

Spinning Webs

 

Hojo was watching Kagome again. It was always bittersweet. He loved watching her lithe form and her gentle curves. He loved to see her raven black hair dance in the gentle breeze. He loved it when she drew her own hair back and tucked it behind her ear. He wanted to be the one touching her hair. He wanted to be the one who could hold her. He wanted to be the one who could kiss her. He wanted all of her.

 

“I only have to wait a little while longer,” he thought. “Naraku promised me Kagome. He promised that I would have her forever.”

 

Kagome was at the archery range at Tokyo University. She was leading the practice session for the archery club. Even though she was only a Freshman in college, her knack for the bow and arrow won her the top spot as team captain. She was helping some of her fellow students practice in preparation for the competitive meet that was going to start in less than an hour.

 

“Eri, notice the wind,” said Kagome as she gestured to a flag at the end of the archery range that was gently swaying. “Do you see how the flag only occasionally flips open and the outer end hangs lower?”

 

“Err…yes,” said Eri.

 

“That means the wind is about 10 km/hour. Now what direction is the flag pointing too?” asked Kagome.

 

Eri looked at the flag and the sky to note which compass direction that the flag was facing. “It seems to be facing, southeast,” she said.

 

“Good,” said Kagome as she gripped Eri's bow gently and started to push it up and to the northwest. “So that means that you need to point your bow in the opposite direction. And the stiffer the wind, the higher the bow must be pointed to hit your target. Remember that the arrow doesn't fly in a straight line, but in an arch.”

 

Kagome stepped back after adjusting Eri's bow and winked at her. Eri smiled back at her, suddenly more confident that her arrow would strike the target. Eri pulled her arrow back against the bowstring--her finger pointing forward towards her target. Then she let the arrow loose. Pling. It curved upward slightly and started to trail towards the northwest until the wind gently maneuvered it back to lineup straight with the target. Whoosh. Pschu. The arrow hit the target right next to the bullseye.

 

“Yes!” screamed Eri in amazement. “I did it! Wow!”

 

Kagome only smiled as she moved on down the range to help someone else before she felt eyes on her and turned around to notice Hojo looking at her.

 

“Hojo!” she yelled happily. “Aren't you going to practice? You need to warm up before the event!”

 

Hojo walked up to Kagome and looked at the ring on her finger. “I…um…I just got your wedding invitation…,” he said slowly as he scratched the back of his head.

 

Kagome looked up at him with beaming eyes and her brilliant smile. For a brief second Hojo was lost in her eyes. He wanted her to always look at him that way and he wanted her smile to always be directed at him.

 

“Umm…why Kagome? Why are you getting married? You're only 18 years-old and you're marrying someone you barely know…,” he managed to let out.

 

Kagome's smile faded into a quizzical look. “When you have found the person you want to spend the rest of your life with Hojo, you just want to make it start as soon as possible.”

 

“But why him?” asked Hojo beseechingly as he held his hands out in front of him. “You just met the guy recently. What if he's not the one for you? Shouldn't you wait?”

 

Kagome looked at him and spoke in measured tones like a teacher trying to explain a difficult concept to a student. “I know that we met recently, but it feels like I have known him all of my life. In fact, it feels like I knew him before…in a past life…I can't explain it in rational terms Hojo, but he is the man for me and I can't wait to spend my life with him.”

 

Hojo gulped and looked down at Kagome. His eyes had a deep sadness to them. “He better treat you right, Kagome.”

 

“He will Hojo. He's been protecting me,” said Kagome with her large brown eyes looking up at him with inner warmth and happiness. “You will come to my wedding? Won't you Hojo? You've been my friend for so long. It would make me so happy if you were there.” Then Kagome bent towards him conspiratorially, “Besides, Eri said that she wanted to sit next to you at the wedding…”

 

“Eri?” murmured Hojo.

 

Kagome just simply beamed a smile back at him and turned to help out the rest of the archery team. Hojo just stood there and watched her move from person to person. He watched her miniskirt flutter in the breeze and he listened to her laugh. He gripped his hands tightly. “Soon, Kagome…,” he thought, “soon you will be mine and no one else's…”

 

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“Grandma are you sure that this is how you wear it?” asked Kagome?

 

“Yes, I am certain,” said Mrs. Higurashi as she adjusted the wedding kimono obi.

 

Kagome and her grandmother were trying on the wedding kimono that had finally arrived last week at the shrine. Kagome was wearing three layers of kimono's. Her first layer of kimono was a light cotton kimono. Layered on top of it was a thin white silk kimono and layered on top of that was a heavy white silk kimono patterned with gold thread. Around Kagome's waist Mrs. Higurashi was adjusting the obi that was also layered with four belts. The final belt was a white silk obi that Mrs. Higurashi was attempting to tie into an elaborate bow. After about ten minutes of fiddling with the obi Mrs, Higurashi seemed to be satisfied.

 

“Yes, that should do it,” she said with satisfaction. “Now we need to work on your hair.”

 

Kagome blew against her bangs as her grandmother motioned her to sit down. Mrs. Higurashi started to comb and style her hair. Soon it was piled up on top of her head in an elaborate coiffure. Finally an ivory comb was placed on the top of her head. “This is the same ivory comb that I wore on my wedding day,” said Mrs. Higurashi. “It should bring you good luck.” After putting the ivory comb on her hair, a white silk hat was put on top of her elaborate hairdo. The hat was to symbolically hide the two hornlike combs that were placed on either side of her hairdo.

 

“There,” said Mrs. Higurashi. “You are almost ready for taking some pictures. Is there anything I have forgotten. Oh…,” she said as she picked up a very old looking ivory tube with two white tassels hanging off of the end. It contained a knife that was about 20 cms long called a `kaiken'. “You are supposed to tuck this inside of your obi.”

 

Kagome rolled her eyes. “Grandma! This is ridiculous. What modern woman woud wear a `kaiken' anymore?”

 

“It's just tradition, dear, nothing more,” said Mrs. Higurashi. “No one expects you to commit suicide with it.”

 

Kagome laughed and tucked the knife into her obi. It was extremely ornamental with its tassled ends and it actually looked quite decorative. But she couldn't quite get past the fact that it was once used for bride's to commit ritual suicide if they dishonored their husband.

 

Mrs. Higurashi then did some final adjustments to the girl's kimono. She tuckedthe kimono into the obi and straightened out the hem. “Dear, you are truly lovely…,” she said while smiling.

 

Kagome turned around to look at herself in the mirror. “I feel like I am dressed up for the feudal era,” she said with a laugh. “I am sure that Inuyasha might find this as funny as I do.”

 

Mrs. Higurashi motioned to Kagome and the door. “Are you ready for your photos?”

 

Kagome took a deep breath and walked out of her room and towards the Goshinboku tree outside of her house. Inuyasha was already waiting. At first she only saw his back. He was wearing black and white pleated hakama pants and a black haori overcoat that had a silver image of the shrine's Goshinboku tree emblazoned on the back. His silver hair was long and loose. A silk bandana was at the top of his head. Inuyasha could have worn his concealment ring for the wedding ceremony and their wedding pictures. But she really wanted to marry him just as he was with his silver hair and golden eyes. He had tried to protest the arrangement, but she would have none of it.

 

Inuyasha was tapping his sock and geta clad feet on the ground around the Goshinboku tree. A photographer was already there with his large black digital camera. Silver umbrellas had already been positioned in various areas to let the sunshine light up the area in front of the tree.

 

“Inuyasha-kun!” said Kagome as she walked on up to him shuffling her feet. She wasn't able to move as fast as she wanted to since the kimono was tied so tightly around her waist.

 

Inuyasha stopped tapping his feet and turned around quickly. Kagome noticed his long hair rustling in the breeze as his head jerked toward her. Suddenly his scowl changed into a look of bemusement. “Oi…,” he said as he started to scratch the back of his head. “You look lovely Kagome…”

 

“And you look so gorgeous,” Kagome giggled. “We're dressed like we're living in the Edo period.”

 

“Yes, like when we were last…”

 

“…married,” finished Kagome with a smile as she kissed him on the cheek. For some reason Inuyasha's cheeks started to bloom into pink as he took her hand and lead her toward the photographer.

 

The photographer smiled at the couple, though he did seem a little perplexed when he looked at Inuyasha.

 

Inuyasha sighed and stated, “Keh. She loves it when I bleach my hair and wear gold contacts,” he said while shrugging.

 

Then photographer nodded in amazement, but said nothing as he started to set up the shot. After all with kids dying their hair electric blue or cotton candy pink, white was silver was actually rather blasé. He motioned to two stools that were placed in front of the Goshinboku tree and adjusted their knees and titled their heads until the photo was just right.

 

After two long hours of taking photos Kagome and Inuyasha were beat. “Let's get out of these stiff clothes and go out to lunch,” said Kagome as the photographer was packing up his equipment.

 

“Only if we can go to a ramen shop,” said Inuyasha with a grin.

 

“Only if we can have Oden next time,” added Kagome.

 

“Oi wench…,” he said as he lead her back to the Higurashi home to change back into modern clothes.

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After a late Ramen lunch and a walk through a nearby park, Inuyasha and Kagome had made it back to the shrine grounds.

 

“I didn't realize how late it was,” said Kagome with a smile on her face as she gazed at Inuyasha.

 

The sun was setting and the night was cool as Inuyasha looked up at the deep blue sky. “There's no moon out tonight,” he said.

 

“Oh,” said Kagome in surprise. “I forgot that the new moon would be tonight and that you would be turning…”

 

“…human again,” sighed Inuyasha as he gazed at her in frustration.

 

“No need to be upset,” said Kagome. “Besides like I said before... It's like I get two men all in one gorgeous package.”

 

“Oh is that it?” asked Inuyasha as he put his hands on her hips and looked at her nose to nose.

 

Kagome looked up at him and grinned. “Yes. Tonight I'll get my gorgeous black haired, violet-eyed lover. And tomorrow I get my silver haired, golden-eyed lover with the cute puppy ears. What more could a woman ask for?” she asked coyly. “But, you might have a difficult time making it up to my room tonight Inuyasha.”

 

“Keh. Where there's a will, there's a way,” smirked Inuyasha. “Why don't you throw down a bedsheet? You can tie it to your bedposts.”

 

“Are you serious Inuyasha?” asked Kagome with a smile still on her face.

 

“Very,” he answered huskily as he kissed her. “I'll be back in one hour…wait for me,” he said as he kissed her again. He held her hands and lingered against her. Soon the long grey shadows lengthened until the light in the air dissipated and the grey darkness of the night settled over the shrine. Kagome looked at Inuyasha as his silver hair faded to grey and then to black. His dog-like ears that had been covered by the bandanna melted down the sides of his face to form perfect human ears. His eyes refocused and gold became hazel and then violet.

 

Kagome looked up at Inuyasha as if in a trance. “Wow!” she said. “It never ceases to amaze me when I see you transform.”

 

Inuyasha grinned. Then he took up one of her hands for a kiss before he walked away from her front door.

 

“Oh, Inuyasha!” Kagome exclaimed. “You forgot something!”

 

“Forgot what?” he asked perplexed.

 

Kagome ran back to the hallway inside of her house and picked up a rectangular black box. “You need to wear this by your side tonight,” she said as she pulled out a long katana from the box. “Your Tessaiga won't work tonight, so you need to have this sacred sword by your side.”

 

“Alright, alright!” he grimaced as he tucked the long katana on the other side of his hip. The Tessaiga was on his left hip and the new sword was on his right. He turned to give her another smirk and then kissed her one more time before he left and walked down the steps after the Torii gates.

 

Kagome sighed and walked toward the Higurashi household. There was something about the night of the new moon that made her a little uneasy. They had always been so worried during the feudal era that Naraku would find out that Inuyasha had turned human during the night of the new moon. But luckily he had never found out. There was really nothing to worry about she thought as she walked back into her house.

 

She made her way to her bedroom and smirked as she pulled off her pink bedsheets. She decided that she would be prepared to help Inuyasha make his way to her bedroom window. Then she made her way to her desk to ostensibly study when her cell phone started to ring. It was an unlisted number, but the caller ID showed that it was a local call from the Toyko area.

 

“Moshi, moshi,” said Kagome absentmindedly.

 

“Kagome!” a boy yelled on the phone.

 

“Hojo?” asked Kagome.

 

“Kagome they have me, they…,” yelled Hojo.

 

“Hojo, where…?”

 

“Ku ku ku…,” laughed a man with a deep voice. Kagome knew that voice from anywhere.

 

“Naraku, what are you up to?” asked Kagome with disdain.

 

“You are to come outside of the Torii gates of your shrine within two minutes or I will kill Hojo,” said Naraku before the phone went dead.

 

Kagome was panicking but she was doing her best to stay calm. She quickly pocketed her pink cell phone, grabbed her bow and quiver of arrows and even grabbed her wedding `kaiken' knife that she stuffed inside of her skirt's waistband.

 

As she started to run out the door she quickly flipped open her cell phone to call Inuyasha. “Please answer the phone!” she thought. Soon she was confronted with ringing and then a sexy masculine voice, answered, “Miss me already, koi?”

 

“Inuyasha! It's Naraku. He has Hojo! I'm leaving to meet him at the Torii gates of my shrine. Use the GPS to locate me. My cell phone has a GPS on it,” said Kagome as quickly as she could.

 

“What! Kagome! You can't leave the shrine at night! I forbid it! Wait for me!” screamed out Inuyasha.

 

“They'll kill him in one more minute if I don't show up. I love you, Inuaysha. See you soon,” she said breathlessly as she ran. She then flipped the cell phone shut and set it to vibrate before stuffing the slim cell phone into her bra. She felt it vibrating against her skin as she ran downstairs. She wasn't going to answer it though. Inuyasha would just need to get here soon.

 

“Dad!” she called as she was bounding out the door. “Get the GPS unit that maps where my cell phone is! Inuyasha will need it!” she yelled.

 

“What Kagome?” asked Souta as he heard the front door close. “What was that about?” asked Souta as he looked up at his mother from behind his newspaper.

 

Mrs. Higurashi looked at him perplexed before she stuttered, “Where is that girl going? It's dark outside!”

 

“The demons!” yelled Souta in sudden understanding.

 

“No!” cried Mrs. Higurashi as she brought her hand to her mouth in horror. “What is that girl trying to do? She'll get hurt.”

 

Both Souta in his traditional shrine attire and Mrs. Higurashi in her apron quickly stood up trying to follow Kagome out of the shrine. They were less than a minute behind her.

 

Kagome was soon at the shrine's Torii gates looking down to the steep steps. There at the bottom of the steps was Naraku holding a knife against Hojo's throat.

 

“Kagome, run away!” murmured Hojo with the knife forcibly against his throat.

 

Naraku pressed the knife harder against his throat and a thin red line started to drip with blood against the blade. “Come down here immediately or those will be his last words!”

 

Kagome started to walk forward down the steps. Her steps were slow and forced.

 

“Quicker!” yelled Naraku as he pressed the blade against Hojo's throat again. Hojo blanched and muttered a guttural groan that made Kagome's feet start to speed up.

 

Once she was at the base of the steps she got out her bow and arrow in order to level it at Naraku. Almost immediately she felt the coldness of the air and her breath started to mist in front of her. A wave of pure evil washed over her and she had to force her holy aura to surround her in order to stave it off. Soon black shadow-like shapes were emerging to crawl around Naraku.

 

“Let him go Naraku!” Kagome yelled. “He's not part of this!”

 

“Ku ku ku,” he laughed. “You have no idea? Do you?” he spat.

 

While Kagome was distracted arms reached around from behind her and a cloth was brought up against her mouth and nose. Kagome was struggling and still had one arrow notched in her bow. Kagome felt herself weaken and her arms were growing slack. “Only one last shot,” she thought.

 

With a final burst of energy one arrow flew loose. A sacred arrow of pink flames shot off and crashed into a horde of shadowy shapes to the left of Naraku. The dark shapes withered and died at the onslaught of the intensely pure light.

 

Kagome tried to push against the arms behind her before she slumped to the ground.

 

“Kagura!” yelled out Naraku in anger. “Your foolishness nearly purified me!”

 

“Sorry, brother,” droned Kagura lazily as she dropped the chloroform cloth and Kagome's body to the ground.

 

Naraku then let Hojo loose with a note of disgust. “Pick her up and bring her with us to the restaurant basement,” he ordered. Hojo gingerly walked up to Kagome and gently picked up her bridal style. Her head was titlted back and her body was limp. Some of her arrows fell from her quiver as he picked her up.

 

“Noooo!” Souta yelled as he got to the Torii gates. “Unhand her! Let her go!” Hojo quickly turned to see Kagome's Dad rushing down to stop him.

 

“Is that you Hojo?” yelled Mrs. Higurashi as she also bounded down the steps.

 

Then Naraku motioned for them to follow him as he took to the dark sky. Kagura rolled her eyes at Hojo with a look of disgust that marred her otherwise perfect features. Then she pulled a feather from her hair and flicked it onto the ground where it grew until it was the size of a boat. Kagura stepped in and motioned Hojo to follow her. Hojo moved inside of the large feather with Kagome carefully ensconced in his arms. Then the boat-sized feather flew up like the wind to follow after Naraku. Souta and Mrs. Higurashi could only stare as Kagome soon faded into the blackness of the night.

 

Next Chapter: Kagome's kidnapped. What is Naraku planning? Can Inuyasha save her in time? Read and review if you'd like the next chapter sooner…

 

Special Thanks to Theleb K'aarna who was my Beta for this chapter.

 

New Contest: I'm going to introduce another canon Inuyasha villain in the next chapter. Can you guess who it is? Only one guess per review! The winner gets to see the next unedited chapter before anyone else.

 

Author's Notes:

#1: Sorry for the cliffhanger. We're now entering the final arch of this story. I don't know exactly how many more chapters there will be. But I can tell you that this is the beginning of the end.

#2: I just changed the title of this Fanfict to “Future Incarnations: Inuyasha 2030” rather than Inuyasha 2030. I always thought that Inuyasha 2030 was a silly title, even though it fit the storyline pretty well. I still have Inuyasha 2030 appended to the end so that you can still find it if you're doing a search. Hopefully no one will mind the title change.

#3: In a traditional Japanese wedding the bride is supposed to tuck an ornamental knife, called a `kaiken', into her obi. The knife is supposed to be used to commit ritual suicide if she should ever dishonor her husband.

#4: I have two more excellent Fanficts to recommend. BlackMamba07's “Mirrors” is an excellent Inuyasha reincarnation story and BlackMambao7 also has a wonderfully bittersweet short story called, “Osuwari”. Check them out--you won't be disappointed.

#5: If you haven't already checked out what is happening with the Rumiko's `Inuyasha' manga, you owe it to yourself to find out. Do a Google search for “One Manga”and check out the online translated manga. The manga is actually ending! I don't want to give too much away, but if you have read `Silly Human Mating Rituals' and Chapter 3 of this fict then you know a little bit of what has been happening. Start with Chapter 531where they start their final fight with Naraku and keep on going. It looks like there will be 3-13 more chapters left! It's excellent stuff!

 

Special thanks to the following reviewers:

Theleb K'aarna: Glad you liked the family reunion scene and the sex scene. It does take a while to warm up to writing lemons. I think I'm finally getting the hang of it though, listening to music while writing them helps.

Sofiakalaughable & Devil Rebel: Thanks for reviewing. I'm glad that you liked it.

JarethsCrystallineDream: I'll have to get a copy of Kikyo's theme. Thanks for the head's up. I'm glad that you like my fanficts and again thank you so much for reviewing.

Blackdeathmessenger: Write an Inu/Kag story please! Pretty please? I'm not biased or anything am I? :-