InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Glowing Remains of the New Moon ❯ Chance Encounter ( Chapter 1 )

Chapter 1

Prelude: After Kagome wished for the jewel to disappear, she disappeared from the Feudal Era, from InuYasha's arms, and never returned. 23 years later....

 

 

InuYasha glared down at Sango and Miroku's two children playing under the tree. Sora and Mano, Sora being the older one. Of course, he thought to himself. They had arguing over their favorite topic: how a demon exterminator should kill bugs. He had just been interrupted from his thoughts about Kagome. Hadn't there been any other way, to defeat the jewel and at the same time allowing Kagome to stay in the Feudal Era, with him? He mourned.

 

“InuYasha has never been the same since Kagome left, huh…” Sango sighed contemplatively. She and Miroku had been standing in the entrance to Kaede's hut. Surprisingly, after all these years, Kaede was still alive and quite well, Sango contemplated.

 

“Indeed,” Miroku replied. InuYasha is still wearing the same outfit, the red robe of the fire rat, with the Tessaiga still tucked in its sheath, Miroku realized. Even I miss Kagome, so who could blame InuYasha?

 

Kaya and Kiki crept down towards the Bone's Eater's Well, nestled deep within the shrine. “Wait…shouldn't we tell mom…or Kae, or Inge?” Kaya whimpered. Although she was the older one, she was much more sensitive about these kinds of things. And not as brave.

 

“Well, first of all, I know the world in there, and also we don't even know if we can go through it.” Kiki responded. She remembered the world she had once lived in, in her past life as the priestess Kikyo. But in her new life, she was known as Kiki, the youngest of Kagome's four children. Kaya was two years older than her. Surprisingly, Kaya was the reincarnation of their mother. Kiki had no idea how that was supposed to work, since Kagome was still alive…

 

Both children stare at the well, deep in their own thoughts. “Well, I suppose it wouldn't hurt…”Kaya sighed. They both enter the well, and are instantly illuminated with a blue glow. It lasts for a second, and they climb out of the well. Both Kiki and Kaya immediately sense that they could not go back through the well, and that their mother would be hysterical when she found them.

 

 

Suddenly, a loud sucking sound interrupted InuYasha's daydreaming. He slapped at his arm. “Myoga! What the hell―” InuYasha trailed off, noticing that Myoga's eyes were filling with tears. That's not good, he thinks to himself. “C'mon, lets go inside and talk.” InuYasha had softened these past few years, becoming much more compassionate and gentle than even when Kagome had come around.

“So what's the issue, old Myoga?” Inquired Shippo, as curious as ever. He had lost his baby fat, but he was still rather short stunted.

 

Everyone, including Kaede, Sango, Miroku, InuYasha, Shippo, even Kohaku had entered the small hut. “Well, this is rather troubling to say…” Myoga muttered. “But the bones of InuYasha's mother, father and cousins have all disappeared!” he stuttered out.

 

Everyone sat, rather dumbfounded. InuYasha thought to himself, I didn't even know I had cousins…but stammers, “Wait, how do you know the bones of my father have disappeared? And how do you know mother's did too? Did you have their graves dug up?!” By the end of which he had begun yelling.

 

“W..w…wait!…master InuYasha! I still have more to say―” Myoga chokes up as InuYasha grabs him. InuYasha glared at him intensely, then lets him go. “I, and Totosai visited a messenger that works under the Master of Hell, who is Sesshomaru's mother…” he trailed off. “Well?! Get ON WITH IT!” InuYasha urged. He puts Myoga down, he collects himself before explaining. “Well, according to the Master of Hell, the great dog demon's bones have disappeared. But the thing is, there is a strange, golden red plant that looks like a vine that sprouted from your father's bones…and they have also sprouted from the Bone Eater's well, Kikyo's original burial site, your mother's and cousins' graves. Everyone stared at Myoga, in the continuing silence that had begun to ring in their ears. “Also, this seems to be related to the fact that two children actually climbed out of the well…”

 

There is a huge commotion, but only InuYasha's questions make it through the commotion. “What, why is the fact that their bones are missing― I mean, I know that that matters, but what's the significance?? And what children, what well??!!”

 

“AL-right! M-m-master InuYasha! Lemme explain!” Myoga shrills. “According to the Master of Hell, that means that these people are alive and here, in this time.”

Stunned silence. InuYasha immediately thinks to himself, what would Kagome look like now? Would he be able to recognize her? Would she recognize him? Of course, he assures himself. H, for one, hadn't changed that much. “Of course…” Myoga interrupted the groups' thoughts. “We can't be certain that all of this is true. Perhaps its just people who have parts of their souls, or their reincarnations.” But still, InuYasha continued, what IF I got to see my parents again? And Kikyo…or Kagome? Even if its just a part of them.

 

 

The group, along with the two children, set out to examine the graves. Meanwhile…

 

 

Urghhh…Kagome grumbled to herself as she hiked through the green vegetation of the Feudal Era. First of all, Kiki and Kaya wandered off. Then Kae and Inge go in after them. Now I have to go and search for all of them. Her mind wandered. But still, what if…I might…I wonder what…how InuYasha and the others are doing. At least, I can actually defend myself from demons now. Thanks to the experience I've gained in my own time. I bet InuYasha and the others couldn't even recognize me. Suddenly, she notices two children being attacked by demons. Grunting as she leapt up, she used her blue glowing sword and sliced the demons into pieces.

 

“Who are you two, and where are your parents?” The nice, pretty lady asked us. What a fighter! She was even better than mommy! Sora exclaimed inwardly. I, as usual respectfully reacted in time to answer her question while Mano stared at her. “My name is Sora, and this is my little brother Mano,” Sora pointed to him. “And our parents are with their friends in the woods, over there.” Sora pointed vaguely in their direction. At that moment, Sango and Miroku hurriedly arrive at the scene after hearing their children's screams.

 

Whew, Sango thought to herself. They're safe.

 

“Hey, thanks for looking after our kids,” Miroku called out to the woman. What a beauty, perhaps I should…no, Sango and the kids are here.

 

“No prob…you have some fine kids,” Kagome smiled humorously. These two remind me of Sango and Miroku. She sighed, her expression saddening.

 

“May I ask, what is your name, and what are you doing around here?” Sango inquired. This woman reminds me of Kagome. But then noticing the expression on her face, Sango thinks better of that thought. There is no way Kagome would have such a sad look. Also, perhaps she would know something about the graves…since she's around here…

 

“Oh, right…I'm Kagome, and I'm looking for my kids…” Kagome hesitated. What else should I tell her? “So I kind of need to go…well, hopefully I'll see you guys later some other time!”

 

“Oh, all right. See you…” Miroku and Sango exchanged glances with each other. What a coincidence. But she really couldn't be Kagome. She really was much too beautiful, and was too good at fighting. Although, she did seem to have a substantial amount of spiritual power…