InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Hanyou of the Future ❯ Family Reunion ( Chapter 15 )

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AN: I hope everyone enjoyed their holiday. Thank you to Isis Kitty for the beta job.

Hanyou of the Future

Chapter Fifteen: Family Reunion

Kouga's bike began to slow down, and before he could park, Inuyasha had immediately jumped off, walking toward the large door of the warehouse building. He looked around, sniffed, and took in the cool breeze, checking out the surroundings.

Apparently, Kouga and his mysterious Vigilantes keep their super secret base on the outskirts of the city. In the distance, Inuyasha saw the blinking lights of the sky scrapers, standing tall above the lingering smog. On the outside, the Vigilante compound looked like a dump. Inuyasha began to question the validity of this group, wondering if they were just a bunch of thugs that rivaled another group rather than fought for peace and justice.

Inuyasha snorted, yet Kouga ignored him while tapping on the keys of a metal box outside the large door. The last button made a high pitch buzz, and a small light turned orange before a loud clank. The metal door creaked open, and Kouga turned around, ushering them inside as the others caught up.

Inuyasha instinctively turned around to see Kagome getting off Hakkuku's bike, looking at the large compound with wonder.

"Wow," she said. "Just like a movie." Anxiously, she turned to Inuyasha. "Feel that?"

Inuyasha's eyes darted toward the inside of the compound. His brow furrowed. "Yeah, the youki feels a lot clearer now."

Kouga chuckled beside them. "He's expecting your arrival, so we let our guards down."

Inuyasha cracked his knuckles, and he glowered inside. "Well, I want to give whoever this person a taste of something too. I'm tired of all these games. I want some answers, and I want to know whose targeting Kagome and the jewel."

Kouga sighed. "You're still so impatient, Inu-kuro."

Inuyasha rolled his eyes. "You're the last person I want to hear that from." He took Kagome's hand, and they followed Kouga and his comrades as they flanked him from the sides. "Let's go." He sniffed the stale air coming through the door, and his eyes adjusted to the low level of light inside.

They stepped in, their shoes echoing against the floor. The metal door groaned loudly, finally sealing them inside the facility.

Inuyasha and Kagome darted their heads around the long hallway that stretched out before them. They kept up with Kouga's pace while remaining cautious within the unfamiliar facility. As Inuyasha came closer to the heart of the compound, the strong youki felt heavier against his senses. And as they approached the end of the hallway, he noticed a warm yellow light peeking out from under the door. Kouga stopped in front of the door and turned around, grinning at Inuyasha and flashing his fangs.

Then, Inuyasha froze, and the youki suddenly felt extremely familiar.

His eyes narrowed, and he swore, startling Kagome who had become mesmerized by the reflections on Kouga's greasy hair.

"What the fuck!" Inuyasha yelled, and he shot Kouga an accusatory look before pushing past him and barging through the door. Kagome scurried behind him, still alarmed at what Inuyasha's sudden outburst. Her face went white as she saw him jab his finger at the person who had been waiting for them.

"You son of a bitch! What the hell are you doing here, and how come you didn't die a long fucking time ago?" he snapped, and Inuyasha's cool, collected brother smirked at him from behind a large oak desk. Kagome was even more shocked as the cold-hearted Lord of the West smoked a large, putrid cigar.

"Well, it's good to see you too, brother," he said melodiously, the usual air of self-importance still evident in his tone. He put the cigar down nonchalantly and stared at his brother.

Inuyasha was so angry he was shaking. He slammed his hands on the table. "So it was you all along honing in on the jewel through Kagome. I should have known you'd still be alive and kicking!" He seethed, "And what's with that black hair? And what happened to your markings? You don't have to hide with me. I know it's you!"

Sesshoumaru chuckled lightly, and Kouga and his lackeys watched the unfolding scene with goofy grins.

"I guessed you'd act this way, little brother," he said, and then he sighed. He pulled out a dish from his drawer. Kagome gaped at it. She was quite sure he'd bring out something more dangerous.

"Would you like a mint?" he asked, and Inuyasha's jaw dropped to the floor.

"No!" he said, slapping them away. Sesshoumaru and Kagome both looked at the fallen candy on the floor with forlorn faces. "I don't want any mints. I want to know what the fuck is going on here, and why you think you have the jewel when I know damn well where it is!"

Sesshoumaru raised an amused eyebrow and shot Kouga a look. Kouga looked away, mocking innocence and letting out a soft whistle.

"Well, all will be explained when you've settled your temper," Sesshoumaru said, though he said those words while still staring at Kouga, trying to glare the guilt from him. The wolf prince merely coughed awkwardly. When Sesshoumaru wasn't going to get a confession from Kouga, he turned back to his brother (putting Kouga's faux pas on the back burner) and he opened his hand toward one of the chairs on the opposite side from his. "Have a seat."

Inuyasha stood there for a moment, gritting his teeth, clearly at war with himself on whether or not to pounce on his brother for old time's sake. He would certainly alleviate a lot of stress if he could; though, he wondered if his brother had become stronger over the years and would just pound him senseless. His minions seemed to be scared of him just by a glance.

Sesshoumaru cleared his throat, and dutifully, Kagome sat in the seat beside Inuyasha, who let out an unhappy grunt as he plopped down next to her. Kagome put a comforting hand on Inuyasha's but turned her attention to Sesshoumaru. Her face glowed with determination.

"Can we please just get on with this? I'd like to get back to my normal life soon, if we could." Sesshoumaru cracked a sardonic smile as his brother's girl met him firmly. "Who are those guys that Oogami works for, and why do they want the jewel too? More importantly... how do they even know about the Shikon Jewel?"

"As you know Takeda Oogami and his assistant Riho Taguchi have been deceiving you from the start. Of course, Ms. Taguchi did not know about my brother until she showed the pictures to Oogami. He put on a convincing front, and when he found out about my brother appearing in this time, the news had definitely impressed his master."

"He ... knew about me? How do they know that I'm your brother?" Inuyasha looked at his brother suspiciously.

Sesshoumaru's facial expression was rigid yet confident. He answered, "Many high profile demons know who you are, brother. You've been popping in and out of that well for some time now." He shook his head. "I knew about your eventual appearance in this time, and I've tried to keep an eye on you, even when you run around saving little girls from fires and fighting lesser demons at high school functions."

Inuyasha and Kagome both shot uncomfortable looks to one another knowingly, unaware that anyone else knew about those incidents.

Sesshoumaru got up from his chair and began pacing the room. Kagome watched his long black pony tail with interest, wondering about the lengths modern demons had to go through to shield their true appearance from humans.

"Of course, when you first came to this time more than a few years ago, you had no way of knowing that demons existed in the future. It's understandable. Humans have such advanced technology that we've had to keep a low profile." He placed his hands on his desk and met Inuyasha's eyes. "Also, for as advanced as the humans get, we usually keep ten steps ahead of them. Throughout the ages of the world, demons had united and taken advantage of the steps humans have made. We've ... adapted quite well to their evolution, and became advanced ourselves."

"So if you're so advanced, why do demons still want the Shikon Jewel?" Kagome asked.

Sesshoumaru sighed. "Unfortunately, there is still no technology that exists that can grant humans and demons anything they desire. The moment the Shikon Jewel became whole and reappeared in this time, some demons have started to mobilize."

"Mobilize? Wait, how come they waited this long to come for us? Kagome and I both had the Shikon fragments in this time for years," Inuyasha countered.

Sesshoumaru smiled slightly. "Even though they knew about the fragments, they knew that the jewel was not as powerful until it was whole." Sesshoumaru paused and watched their faces as the information came together.

"If they knew that the pieces were stronger together... then that means... “Kagome swallowed an uncomfortable lump in her throat.” Someone knew the history of the Shikon Jewel. He or she must have known that Naraku had the rest of the pieces and that it'd eventually be complete." Her voice dropped to almost a whisper from shock. "They were waiting all this time."

Kagome turned to Inuyasha with a frown. "This whole time since the Centipede monster activated the jewel to the time the full Shikon jewel became dormant, they knew about it already." She turned to Sesshoumaru and gripped the edge of his desk. "This means they knew it'd been at my shrine the entire time."

Sesshoumaru nodded. "Well, you are mostly right, Kagome. They had some difficulty pinpointing exact locations and sometimes their surveillance would pick up on decoys and other deceptions."

Now Kagome and Inuyasha were even more confused.

"Oh, stop it Seiji-kun; you'll ruin my entrance," a voice said, coming from the shadows behind Sesshoumaru. They heard a door open, and someone came through into the light. Kagome's jaw dropped to the floor this time.

"Mom!" she squealed. Even Inuyasha was speechless.

"'Sup, Mrs. H!" Ginta called out. Kagome's eyes bugged as her mother giggled.

"Ginta, you haven't been over to help me prepare sashimi in a long time," her mother said, distracted from her daughter's shock to chit chat with one of Kouga's two goons. Ginta scratched the back of his neck guiltily.

"Aww... I'm sorry. I haven't had any time off since being assigned to watch these two," he said, jabbing his thumb to Kagome and Inuyasha.

"I understand," Mom said, crossing her arms. "I appreciate you looking after them." And then, Ginta blushed. Kagome thought she was going to have a stroke.

"Mom! What are doing here?" Kagome squeaked.

Kagome's mother giggled, covering her hand over her mouth. "What do you mean, dear? I work here with Seiji-kun, or as you know him, Sesshoumaru."

"Ah!" Inuyasha shouted, grasping his head. "This is crazy! It's a nightmare. How can Kagome's quiet and kind mother be working for Sesshoumaru?" He looked over at them frantically, blinking with disbelief. He then pinched himself, thinking he could wake up from this convoluted dream.

Kagome's mother wagged a finger at him. "Ah, Ah, I'm not as kind and quiet as you think I am." Sesshoumaru snorted next to her. "And, who says I work for him? We work together. We're partners." She patted Sesshoumaru's arm and smiled sweetly, and Kagome fell back in her chair sighing with exasperation.

"Someone shoot me!" Kagome yowled, which earned a laugh out of Kouga.

"Now, now, it's not that bad, Kagome," her mother said, taking a comfortable seat in Sesshoumaru's chair. He stood behind her, leaning against the back of it. Kagome and Inuyasha both gaped at them, awed that they were so comfortable with each other.

"Aki-san is correct. We work together as equals, even though it is hard for you to believe that I'd work with a human," Sesshoumaru confirmed. And Kagome and Inuyasha nodded in agreement dumbly.

"Certainly, hundreds of years have changed a person; isn't that right, Seiji-kun?" Aki Higurashi asked.

"Indeed. It did take some time for me to get used to the booming population of humans, but I did adapt, especially when I couldn't escape them even if I tried."

"Aw, it's not so bad. What would your first wife Rin say to that if she were here today?" Aki teased him, and he shot her an unpleasant look that didn't seem to faze her. She chuckled.

"Okay, pleasantries aside," Kagome said, interrupting the weird chemistry between them. "Who is after us? And tell me again how you guys got the jewel?" Kagome turned to her mother. "Grandpa was supposed to be guarding it."

Mrs. Higurashi chuckled. "I know you mean well, Kagome, but your grandfather is hardly the person in which to entrust the Shikon Jewel."

Kagome frowned. "Yeah, that would seem so now, but when it was dormant we didn't think it could hurt."

Aki smiled, and she put her hand into her coat pocket, bringing out a cloth encasing the jewel. "Don't worry. The jewel is here, and it's safe."

Kagome and Inuyasha saw it and felt a wave of relief. They sighed together.

"So let me guess, you had spiritual powers this entire time, and you've been keeping them from your own daughter," Inuyasha accused. Kagome turned to her mother with shock, awaiting her answer.

"You are correct." She met Kagome's eyes. "I was going to tell you at the right time." She smiled cryptically yet sweetly. "Now is the right time. You didn't think you were the only one in the family with powers, did you?"

Kagome's jaw dropped again. "No way! So you've been protecting us and setting up those deceptions Sesshoumaru was talking about? And you did it around the shrine?"

Aki nodded, smiling blissfully. "It was so much fun!"

"Ugh," Kagome groaned, rubbing her temple and hoping to relieve the stress.

"Alright, alright," Inuyasha said impatiently. "What I don't understand is who we're up against. It's obvious you guys are fighting against someone who wants the Shikon Jewel." He gave Kagome's mother and his brother a serious stare. "Who is this guy, and why haven't you taken him down yet with all your fancy youkai technology?"

"Of course, you would think it should be simple for us in this era. However, our technology may rival theirs to some degree, but it doesn't solve the problem that the main enemy is eluding us." Inuyasha caught a look for frustration on his brother's face, and he wondered just how long they'd been fighting this enemy and how many times they'd failed.

"There's another problem with this enemy too. Not only are his powers of stealth incredible, but we've been waiting to confirm something before we initialize the final attack," Kagome's mother added. Kagome continued to regard her mother with awe. She still couldn't believe her mother was involved with such people.

"Confirm what?" Inuyasha snarled. "If you know where he is, why don't you attack?"

"We don't always know where he is. We have leads, and he escapes." Sesshoumaru's voice was tense, almost reminiscent of his Feudal era days. "Also, we did not anticipate that he was the type of demon that regenerates."

"This is what we needed to confirm, actually." Mrs. Higurashi sighed, but she feigned a smile. "You two have experience with this demon, or hanyou, if you want to be specific."

"You're losing to a hanyou?" Inuyasha scoffed.

"Naraku was a hanyou," Sesshoumaru said bluntly. "And this hanyou is his reincarnate."

A low buzz filled their ears as the room became absent of sound. Suddenly, Inuyasha jumped from his chair.

"What? How is this possible? Naraku's been reincarnated in Kagome's time? But we destroyed him!" Inuyasha snapped.

Sesshoumaru nodded. "Apparently. Kikyou was also destroyed, if you will, but if Kagome can be reincarnated from Kikyou, then isn't it likely that Naraku can be reincarnated too?"

Inuyasha's mouth was open, but he was speechless. Sure, he had come with Kouga looking for answers, but he was not prepared to be bombarded all at once. Some of the things they were telling him - Kagome's mother had spiritual powers and worked with Sesshoumaru, who founded this Vigilantes group, and the most disturbing news of it all was that Naraku's reincarnation was targeting Kagome for the Shikon Jewel.

And there was a time after the Jewel was completed that he was finally looking forward to peace.

Inuyasha hated being wrong about that.

Inuyasha settled back into his chair. Kagome gave him a woeful look and slumped into her seat. She stared at her mother and Sesshoumaru, who were both watching their reactions with amusement.

"Is there anything else you should tell us?" Kagome turned to Sesshoumaru. "You're not really my father or something and Inuyasha's my uncle? Because that would be really bad." She already felt sick to her stomach.

Mrs. Higurashi giggled. "Don't worry, dear. If that were true, I'd never have let you guys get so close."

Inuyasha and Kagome both blushed, and Sesshoumaru frowned. He turned to Aki. "You should at least tell them we were involved at one time."

Kagome and Inuyasha's faces both went white simultaneously.

"But don't worry, kids. That was a one time thing. I'm not much into demons anymore," her mother said cheerfully.

"Humph," Sesshoumaru scoffed and shot her a smirk. "I'm a little too old for you anyway, Aki-san."

"Indeed," she said, mimicking his tone and then giggling. Kagome groaned again.

"Why don't I show you kids to your rooms so you can get settled in to bed for the night? You can mull things over while you sleep, and we can talk more in the morning," Aki suggested, quickly changing the subject.

"That sounds like a fabulous idea," Kagome said sarcastically, throwing up her hands. Anxiously, she got out of her chair and sauntered to the door as Inuyasha followed behind her. He stopped and turned around to glare at his brother, who only met him with wicked satisfaction. Inuyasha grunted, following Kagome and Aki down the hall.

"This is just insane," Kagome said as Inuyasha snuggled beside her. She was mildly shocked her mother would let Inuyasha stay in the same bed with her, but her mother had surprised her with much crazier things earlier. She tried not to think about it, letting the information they learned settle into her mind.

"Humph. Maybe we'll wake up and all of this will be one big fucking nightmare," Inuyasha snorted. "I can't believe that bastard has lived over hundreds of years and still comes off as a dick."

"I can't believe he had a fling with my mother," Kagome said, clutching her pillow tightly.

"Try not to think about that, Kagome," Inuyasha told her. "There's probably a lot of stuff they're not telling us, but it's good enough they told us the important things." He moved closer to her on the bed and wrapped his arms around her. Kagome fell back against him as he spooned her, and she let out a contented sigh.

"Inuyasha, do you think we'll ever get some peace away from the Shikon Jewel?" Kagome asked, trying to distract herself from thoughts of her mother with Sesshoumaru and Inuyasha holding her close to his warm body. She felt her cheeks go hot.

He shrugged against her. "I suppose when we finally make a pure wish, that's when we'll be free from it." Inuyasha made a low grunt in his throat. "We should have done that after the battle - in my time."

"What would you have wished for?" Kagome asked. Inuyasha nuzzled against her hair, and her knees began to shake.

"Nothin'," he answered, inhaling her scent. "I would have given the wish to you."

Kagome turned around to face him and he hugger her tighter. Her nose rubbed against his.

"I... I wanted to make a wish back then, but I didn't want to be selfish," Kagome confessed. Suddenly, she felt very anxious as Inuyasha awaited her words. The air in the room felt very weighted, and silence wedged between them momentarily.

Then, his voice came out in a whisper. "Well, what were you going to wish for?"

"For you to have one thing that makes you happy forever," Kagome blurted. She saw Inuyasha's eyes widen as her vision adjusted to the dark.

"Oh," he said simply. Kagome felt her cheeks go hot again, and Inuyasha chuckled. He kissed her forehead and rubbed his fingers in circles on her back. "That would have been a wasted wish, Kagome." His voice was low and seductive.

"Oh yeah?" she sputtered out, tracing a finger lightly down his jaw. Their eyes met, and she was trapped but she didn't want to ever break free.

"Yeah, because I already have what I want to make me happy," he said. His voice rang with amusement, and he inhaled a draught of breath.

He leaned in and took her mouth into his. She responded lightly and then turned fervent. He grabbed her jaw and drew her close, snaking his tongue farther into her mouth. She moaned at his touch, delighting in his taste and smell. He drew out, nibbling on her lip and then trailing kisses down her neck. His fingers tugged at her shirt, snaking a hand inside and lightly cupping her soft breasts.

"Inuyasha..." she moaned, moving against him and indulging in the rising heat between them.

When he felt her rub against the hardness in his pants, he froze and pulled away lightly. He watched her eyes open slowly, and she looked at him, flustered and dazed. He knew she wanted him, but he remembered their recent talk on how she wasn't ready. He wanted to honor that.

"Kagome, let me just hold you tonight." She nodded as she rested her head against him. "I promise we'll get through this and beat this new enemy and then..."

"Yeah, you're right," she said, pulling his body snugly against hers.

Inuyasha sighed, trying hard to subdue his primal desires. He closed his eyes, honoring her wishes and holding her through the night.

He then whispered to her, "Then we can finally make our wish."

Her soft breathing cocooned him in tranquility, and he closed his eyes and finally fell asleep.

To Be Continued...