InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Half-Demon from Another World ❯ The gang comes for a visit ( Chapter 10 )

Author's note: I really do apologize for the long. Thank you to all those who have given me a review. I apologize ahead of time if the time is a little off. I decided to change Jaken's trasveling time to a week. So that Sesshomaru and Johanna could have a little more time together.

Oh yeah. I don't own Inuyasha

 

Chapter 10- The Gang comes for a visit

It takes three days for Jaken to reach the village. He soon finds himself facing the gang ready for battle.

“Where's my brother,” growls Inuyasha.

“I do not wish to fight. I am only here to deliver a message from your brother. He says that he has the girl and you will get her back when she has finished training.” Jaken turns to leave.

Kagome lowers her bow and arrow. “What do you mean after she finishes training?”

“I was to deliver a message and I did. Now I must leave.” Jaken says over his shoulder as he walks away.

“Why you little-.” Inuyasha is about to go after him when Miroku grabs his shoulder causing him to stop. He looks at Miroku. “What did you do that for?”

“If few follow him maybe he can take us to Johanna. It would be a lot faster and easier than looking for her on our own.” Miroku pauses as he continues to watch Jaken until he disappears. “We must hurry. Kagome, hurry and grab the bag you brought back for Johanna. We can't show up empty handed.”

“Okay.” She quickly grabs Johanna's bag and informs Kaede of what is happening. “I'm ready.”

“Let's go.” Inuyasha lets Kagome climb on his back. “You better be right monk or I'm gonna get seriously pissed.” This causes Miroku to gulp.

It doesn't take long for them to locate Jaken in the skies riding Ah-Un. They continue to follow him for hours until he finally lands when the sun is setting. They all decide to make camp far enough from Jaken to keep an eye on him and not be detected. Kagome waits until everyone else has eaten and has gone to sleep before putting her plan into action. She slips out of the sleeping bag careful not to wake up Shippo, grabs a bag of chips and heads for the tree Inuyasha is keeping watch in.

“Inuyasha.” She loudly whispers when she reaches the base of the tree.

He looks down at her. “What do you want?”

She takes a deep breath praying Inuyasha can't hear how hard her heart is pounding. All she wants to do is spend some time alone with him. “Since you didn't come down to get something to eat I thought I'd bring you something.”

Inuyasha continues to look at her for a second before jumping down from the branch he is sit ting on. He quickly wraps his arms around Kagome and jumps back on the branch. It happened so fast she barely has time to comprehend what's going on. He straddles the branch and places her sideways in between his legs.

`Wow. This was easier than I thought,' Kagome thinks. Not wanting to ruin the moment by asking any questions she opens the chips and offers them to him. He only eats a few before declining the rest. She looks at him confused. `When has Inuyasha ever turned down chips?' “Inuyasha is there something wrong?”

He looks at her and the look in his eyes makes her heart rate increase. “No. Nothing is wrong. It's just that I've been thinking a lot lately. You've been by my side for two years now. I remember that I used to hate you at first because you looked just like Kikyo and I thought you were just like her.” Kagome is about to say something, but he stops her by putting a finger on her lips. “It took me a while to realize you are nothing like her. You are Kagome and because of that I love you.”

Kagome gasps and it takes a moment for what his confession to settle in. She begins to cry and tightly wraps her arms around him. “I love you, too,” she sobs into him. He wraps his arms around her and tightens them around her. This is how they stayed for the rest of the night.

Right before dawn Inuyasha gently shakes her awake and tells her they have to get ready to leave before Jaken awakens. He helps her down the tree and they at the camp to find everyone looking at them with knowing looks.

Inuyasha looks at Miroku. “What's with the look monk?”

Miroku has a silly grin on his face. “Nothing at all, Inuyasha. Nothing at all.”

Deciding It best to change the subject, Sango clears her throat. “Don't you guys think it's time to get back to following Jaken?”

Everyone agrees and quickly gathers their things. Lucky for them Jaken has just awakened and is climbing on Ah-Un's back as they approach his camp. They continue to follow him for the next three days until a large palace comes into view. They watch from the surrounding forest edge as Jaken lands inside the palace gates.

“It's been a long time since I last saw this place,” Inuyasha says.

Kagome turns to look at him. “You've been here before?”

“Yeah this is where I lived until my mother died.” Inuyasha never looks at her. He just continues to stare at the palace.

She is about say something when she hears a voice coming from inside the gates. She quickly turns her head and listens harder.

Inuyasha notices this and asks what's wrong.

“I thought I just heard Johanna's voice.” She continues to listen for another chance to identify the voice. She doesn't have to wait long. She hears the voice saying, “Come here Rin.”

“I'm almost positive that is Johanna's voice.” She runs out of the woods and through the gate one of the servants accidentally left open. The gang follows her in. The sight that meets their eyes makes them stop.

“Come here Rin.” Johanna prepares for impact as she watches Rin run full speed toward her. She senses someone by the gates and turns to look. She is shocked to see Kagome and the gang standing there watching her. Johanna is so distracted she gets knocked on her rear when Rin finally slams into her.

“Johanna,” Kagome yells as she runs towards her. “Are you okay?”

Johanna sits up with Rin in her arms. She is still a bit surprised by their presence. “Yeah. How did you find me?”

“We followed Jaken here.” Kagome looks at Rin. “Who is she?”

“Her name is Rin and she is Sesshomaru's ward.”

“Ward?” Everyone behind Johanna says at once.

Inuyasha walks up besides Kagome. “You've got to be kidding me. How can she be Sesshomaru's ward? He hates humans.”

“I don't know. She just is. Rin I need you to get up I need to stand.” When Rin gets off her lap, Johanna stands and winces from the soreness of her body. `He was harder on me today than usual. I guess he is still angry about his loss of control,' she thinks. “Let's go ahead inside before he comes back.” She winces as she begins to walk.

Sango doesn't miss it. “Is something wrong?

Johanna smiles. “No. I'm just a little sore from the training I had earlier.” She grabs a hold of Rin's hand and leads the way inside. “I just wish I had some of my own clothes. Sure these are great for training, but they aren't made everyday where.”

“Oh. I completely forgot.” Kagome holds out the duffel bag she had brought. “These are a few things I was able to get the last I went home.”

“Thanks. I'll look through it later. Let's go to the sitting room.” When they get to the door of the sitting room, Johanna stops outside and instructs a servant to bring food and drinks. She enters first and takes the seat closest to the door. Rin sits next to her and watches as everyone takes their seats. When Inuyasha looks at her she ducks behind Johanna who laughs at this. “It's okay Rin. They won't hurt you because they are my friends. You want to know something else. You see that guy right there. The one with the silver hair.” She points at Inuyasha.

“Yes.” Rin nods.

Johanna lowers her voice to a whisper. “That's Sesshomaru's younger brother.”

“Wow.” Rin's eyes widen and she runs and plops herself into Inuyasha's lap. “Are you really Lord Sesshomaru's brother?” she asks in a whisper.

“Yeah,” he says still a little surprised at her willingness to jump into his lap.

“That must mean you are very strong just like him.”

“Yeah,” he responds, still too stunned to say anything else.

Rin starts giggling like she just learned about some very classified information.

Johanna is laughing when she begins to think about her own brother who died five years before. She stops smiling when she thinks about why he died. Before she can get too deep in thought Kagome asks her a question. Johanna shakes her head clearing her mind. “What did you say?”

“I was asking you what you were thinking about. Your face just looked so sad all of a sudden.”

Before she can respond, she feels Sesshomaru's presence entering the castle gates. In less than ten seconds the door to the room slams open and enters the lord of the castle. He looks around the room at everyone then settles his gaze on Inuyasha. “What the hell are you doing here?” he growls.

Inuyasha gently hands Rin over to Kagome and stands. “Why is it any of your business?”

Both of them are standing in a fighting stance, but before anything can happen Johanna jumps up between them with the thoughts of her brother still fresh in her mind. “Both of you need to quit acting like little children. You are both old enough to sit down and settle your differences.” She begins to cry. “Because one day something may happen to one of you and the other has to live his life with a guilty conscience and regret in his heart like me.” She turns and runs from the room before any one can recover from the shock of what just happened.

`What the hell just happened?' Sesshomaru thinks as he stares at the opened door. He turns around to face everyone. `I don't have time for this.'

“You still haven't answered my question. What are you doing here?” He looks straight at Inuyasha and watches as he gently places Rin in Kagome's lap. “Rin come here.”

Rin folds here arms and squirms deeper into Kagome's lap. “No because you made Miss Johanna cry.”

He gets even angrier at the obvious influence Johanna has on Rin. He sits on the pillow she was sitting on as her scent invades his senses. “Will someone answer my question?” he demands in a growl.

Kagome grabs Inuyasha's sleeve and pulls him back down. She smiles at Sesshomaru and bows her head. “I am truly sorry for the intrusion. I just wanted to make sure Johanna is okay and to bring her a few things.”

Sesshomaru looks down at his side at the bag trying to gather his thoughts. `Why do I feel a little guilty over upsetting her?' He is still kind of irritated over Rin going against him which he didn't think would ever happen. He finally comes to a decision much to his dislike. “You can stay here as long as Johanna wants you to. I will send a servant in to show you to your rooms.” He gets up to leave. He is stopped by Kagome's voice.

“Can I go see Johanna now to make sure she is okay?”

He thinks about it for only a second. “No. I will bring her the bag because I must speak to her about something.” He doesn't go straight to Johanna's instead he goes into his study and sits by the window. `What is this human doing to me? I was even nice to my brother because of her.' He shakes his head at the unbelievable. He watches as the sun sets. In the darkening horizon he spots Inuyasha sitting by the pond in the gardens and is suddenly struck by an idea.

He makes his way to the pond and comes to a stop behind Inuyasha. “Inuyasha I need to speak to you for a moment.”

“Sure.” Inuyasha scoots over on the bench he is on to make room for Sesshomaru. He is surprised by his brother's actions, but is more curious of what Sesshomaru wants to talk about. He continues to watch the fireflies flying over the pond until his brother speaks.

“Little brother, when was it that you discovered you had….strong feelings towards the dead priestess?” Sesshomaru continues to look out at the pond as he speaks.

Inuyasha thinks about his words carefully. “My feelings slowly grew for her. I thought I was really in love with her, but it wasn't until I met Kagome that I found out what true love is. It bothers when she goes back home for longer periods of time and I can't help, but feel happy when she's around me. She doesn't ask me to change who I am. She loves me for the person I am, half-demon and all. Plus, she never tries to kill me on promise.” Inuyasha has to smile. He stands when he gets a certain urge to visit Kagome. “Don't worry big brother you will know when you are truly in love.” With that said, he leaves Sesshomaru alone to ponder his thoughts.

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Remind to edit Chapter nine.

A little hint….Naraku pops back up in the next chapter.