InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Haunted ❯ A Warning from the Past ( Chapter 25 )

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Chapter 25: A Warning From the Past

Kagome sighed. She had always loved riding on her hanyou's back, but now, she was wondering if it wouldn't have been easier to walk.

He's becoming way too much of a hentai!

At the moment, he was busy trying to get his hands up her skirt under the guise of holding her legs while running - but she wasn't fooled - she could feel his thoughts and he was highly aroused, and desperate to get her alone again.

As turned on as he is right now, I'm surprised he can even walk, let alone run, she thought with a giggle. Not that I'm really complaining, it makes me feel good to know he wants me that much, but still... I guess what's getting me is that it's still so new, really, we'd still be considered 'newlyweds', so to speak.

"Keh. We're newly mated, Kagome, same difference, really, wouldn't you say?" He snickered as he caught her scent. She could try to deny it all she wanted, but she was as much of a hentai as he was, because she was just as aroused.

"Yeah, I guess so, but still. I'm just not yet used to all the changes that have happened since this whole mess started." Her thighs tightened on him with her tension. "I mean, if you think about it, really, not all that long ago all we did was fight, and you were planning on going to hell with Kikyou."

Inuyasha sighed and shook his head.

I guess it's my fault she still thinks that, since I am an idiot, and kept letting her believe that stupid shit.

"Kagome, when we get back to your time, we need to sit down and just have a little talk. There's a lot of things we need to get clear, alright?" He frowned. "On both sides."

"Uhhh, okay." Her brow furrowed as anxiety spiked. "Is something wrong?"

"No, woman, calm down. Everything's fine. I just think we need to talk and get everything out of the way and settled, before we go up against Naraku. You know how that bastard operates, Kagome, if we leave an opening, he'll take it." He tightened his grip on her thighs just slightly.

"I just want to make sure he has no openings, okay?"

She nodded. "I understand."

---cCc---

Traveling at higher speeds as they were, without having to worry about holding back for Kirara to keep up, meant getting back to the village much faster than they normally would have, and even after their slight, ahem, detour, they arrived only a short time after the others that had all gone on ahead.

They stopped by Kaede's hut to let the others know they were back and safe, then took their leave, heading for the old well, and Kagome's family.

Inuyasha took Kagome's hand as they stood there, looking down into the well. Glancing over at her, he saw that she felt the same as he did - nervous. He had never really paid attention to the well, or it's magic much, since the first time he'd traveled down it. It was just there, and always took him to Kagome whenever he wanted.

But now - now, he was nervous.

Because they didn't know for sure what kept the well working, how it worked, or even why, and so they couldn't be sure if or even when it would suddenly close, leaving them on whichever side they happened to be on.

He took a deep breath, and slowly expelled it, surreptitiously trying to get a last taste of the air and the era he had been born into, just in case. "Well, let's go then, K'gome. Nothing doing just standing here - we need to see your family, you know, just in case."

She nodded, looking at him solemnly. "I'm nervous, too, Inuyasha. It's not gonna close yet, though, so don't worry. We'll make it back here, at least, even if..." she trailed off, unable to finish that thought.

He squeezed her hand, then pulled her into his side and leapt. As they hit the time slip, he smiled at her. "I know, love, I know. You don't have to say it. But no matter what, we'll make it, as long as we're together."

Kagome smiled as they traveled the time slip. He always manages somehow to find the right words - usually after the wrong words come out first, though.

'Yeah, well, I was never very good with words, mate, but I more than make up for it in other ways, don't you think? My mouth works really well for things other than words....' he trailed off suggestively, smirking as he felt her shocked amusement.

As they landed on her side of the well, he looked down at her and laughed as he took in her opened mouth, wide eyes, and flushed countenance.

"Come on, woman, close your mouth - unless that's an invitation?" He almost fell over at the look on her face after that one... until her eyes suddenly narrowed and he realized that he just might be working on a very large sit. He gulped.

"Inuyasha? If you want to ever see this body naked again, you'll quit with the innuendos right this minute." She poked him in the chest with a firm finger. "I'm really not ready to see my mom with those kinds of thoughts running around in my head, understand me?"

"Uh, okay. I'm sorry, Kagome, it's just fun to tease you sometimes, that's all. You wouldn't really keep me from you, would you?" This was asked with a very effective sad-eyed puppy look.

Damn him... he knows I can't resist that look!

"Oh, just shut up already and let's go in. I want to see my family sometime while we're here, you know." She grabbed his hand as he smirked at her disgruntled expression, dragging him out of the well house and over towards the family's home.

"Tadaima!" She kicked her shoes off as she came through the doors in one smooth motion, so that she didn't even miss a beat, pulling Inuyasha through the entryway and on into the main part of the house.

"Kagome! And Inuyasha! Welcome home dears... I'm so glad to see you both." She smiled at the two, motioning them to follow her into the kitchen. "It's good that you've come back, both of you. Your grandfather found something a couple of days ago, out in one of the storage sheds. I think you both need to take a look at it, although it might be a bit difficult for you, son."

Despite his surprise at her calling him 'son', the look in her eyes made him distinctly uneasy, and he knew that whatever it was that they felt he needed to see was not going to be something pleasant. He frowned.

"Where is the old man then? Maybe we should take a look at it now, if it's important."

"He's up in his room waiting for dinner. But I think you should wait 'til after we all have eaten to look at his discovery, since it's almost ready anyway."

Kagome nodded. "Yeah, probably. I'll help get the table ready, momma, Inuyasha, why don't you go track down Souta and both of you can wash up for dinner."

He glared at her for a moment, although she could tell he wasn't really serious about it. "Feh. Crazy wench. You tryin' to say I'm dirty or something?"

She flapped her hands at him in a shooing motion, and gave him a stern glare. "Go, Inuyasha. Now."

"Alright already, I'm going!" He moved off, mumbling under his breath.

Kagome just smiled and sighed, before moving back towards her mother. "Momma, is everything alright? This thing grandfather found... it's not good, is it," she asked softly.

Her mother just sighed and shook her head. "No dear, it's not. Inuyasha is going to be shocked, and upset, and very, very angry, so you'll need to try to help keep him calm."

Kagome's brow furrowed in fear. What could her grandfather have found on the shrine grounds that was going to upset Inuyasha that badly?

Inuyasha sat through dinner, well aware of his mate's fear and worry, and it caused him to be uneasy and short-tempered, so everyone hurried through the meal and didn't linger.

As soon as everyone finished, Kagome excused herself and Inuyasha, pausing to wait for her grandfather to make his way out of the kitchen ahead of them, curious to see where he would lead them.

"Well, child, come on then, we need to go out to the main storage shed. What I found and need to show you two is sitting in the office in the back." The old man shuffled his way slowly out the door, making Inuyasha roll his eyes with impatience.

"Feh. Humans. You're all so slow, and it gets even worse when you get old." He ignored the dirty look Kagome shot him, sticking his nose in the air self-righteously.

"You'll change your tune, young man, when we get out there and you see what I found," gramps said, in a scolding tone. "You young people nowadays, all so impatient, always wanting to hurry everything up. Sometimes it's best to go slowly."

As they arrived at the door to the shed, he took out a bunch of keys and fumbled around with them for a few moments, finally selecting one and opening the lock.

When they entered the room, Kagome noted that gramps had left the light on, and was a bit surprised. That wasn't like him. Looking towards the back of the room, she noticed that he had set up a table along the wall, and had a scroll gently taped down to it. From the looks of it, that thing had seen better days, as one end of it looked as though it had been burned off, and the whole scroll looked positively ancient.

She frowned, watching as gramps shuffled his way towards it, motioning for them to follow. So it is the scroll he wants to show us.. I wonder why? And what does it have to do with Inuyasha?

"Well, what are you two waiting for? Get over here already."

Inuyasha moved forward, grabbing Kagome's hand in passing and pulling her along with him.

"Well, jijji? It looks old. Can you even read the thing?"

The old man gave him a dirty look. "Of course I can, you young fool, or how would I have known that you needed to see it?" He looked at Kagome. "Are you sure you had to marry this hanyou, granddaughter? He isn't very bright. Can he even read?"

"Feh, whatever old man. Just get out of my way and let me read the thing already. You're wasting my time." He let go of Kagome's hand and pushed his way to the front of the table. Quickly scanning the first few rows of characters, he nodded to himself. "This was written in the style of my time, so it's easy enough to read." He glanced over at Kagome. "It's just your modern writing that gets me confused."

"So what does it say so far, Inuyasha?"

"Mostly it seems to be an introduction to a story of some battle, give me a few minutes to read some more." He appeared completely engrossed in what he was reading, so Kagome held her peace and decided she'd wait till he was finished to speak.

Unfortunately, that resolve was tested in the following minutes as she felt shock, anger, and some unnamed emotion begin pouring through the link, and she braced herself. Whatever it was, it was bad, to garner a reaction like that from him.

"WHAT THE FUCK!" Kagome jumped as Inuyasha actually roared with rage, slamming his hands on the table before spinning around and stalking back towards the door to the shed. "Put that abomination away, jijji. If I see it again, I'll burn it!"

Kagome stared at her mate's back in shock, before turning to look at her grandfather. "What in all the...?"

He shook his head. "Go to him, girl, he needs your level head right now."

She hurried out of the shed, mind spinning with worry and confusion, following his path straight to the Goshinboku. She found him sitting on the bench at the base of the tree, and wondered what could have shaken him so badly that he hadn't even attempted to jump onto his favorite branch.

She approached him slowly, unsure of her welcome, and placed a comforting hand on his back, just waiting for him to speak on his own.

He reached over and grabbed her waist and pulled her down onto the seat. "Keh, wench, you never have to worry about your welcome with me. You're always welcome anywhere I am." He sighed. "I'm - sorry about that, back there, it's just--" he trailed off, shaking his head. "I'm still trying to take it all in."

"Inuyasha, what was that scroll about? You said something about a battle?"

He nodded. "Yeah. That scroll was written by Miroku, Kagome. It's a warning about what Naraku's going to unleash on us in that last battle. I don't know the outcome though - that's the part of the scroll that's damaged." He rolled his eyes. "Go figure."

Kagome sat back in shock. "You mean to tell me, Miroku wrote a warning about the final battle with Naraku for us to find here in my era, but it doesn't say whether we win or not?"

"I don't think that was really the purpose of the scroll, Kagome. It's what is going to happen during the battle that he's warning us about." He ran his hands through his hair in frustrated rage. "Damn that Naraku! He holds nothing sacred!"

"Well, tell me, Inuyasha! Stop dancing around it, you're scaring me!"

"Naraku's going to unleash one final incarnation on us, Kagome, during the battle." He was so angry by now he could barely speak, instead almost growling out the last part. "He's going to raise the spirit of my father using the power of the jewel, and use him to create a new incarnation." He slammed his fist into the ground under his feet.

"He's going to try to make Sesshoumaru and I fight our father!"

Kagome just sat there in shock, unsure of what to say, until a thought occurred to her. "Miroku wouldn't have gone to these lengths unless there was a very good reason, Inuyasha. I think Naraku intended to use this as a sort of 'shock tactic'. But now we're forewarned - that changes things. I'd say, in the original timeline, we were unaware of this little detail, but now..."

Inuyasha nodded. "Yeah, maybe. But we have to tell Sesshoumaru. He's gonna be pissed!"

Kagome just shook her head. "Yeah... but how do we tell him something like this?"

Inuyasha closed his eyes. How am I gonna tell him this?

"Should we go back tonight, Inuyasha? We can if you want to." Kagome wanted to spend time with her family, but if he needed to go back now, she would not argue with him. This was too important.

He thought for a few minutes, but finally shook his head. "No, it's okay. There's nothing I can do about it right now, and I'm not that eager to tell Sesshoumaru what we've found out." He grabbed her hand and squeezed it.

"We'll stay like we originally planned, but, do you mind - I need some time to really let this sink in. I want to stay out here 'til bedtime, okay? Just visit with them and I'll stay here."

She nodded, reaching up and giving him a quick hug. "Anything you need, you know that. I'll leave my window open for you so you can join me when you're ready." She stood up and caressed his cheek for a moment, before turning and walking back towards the house.

"Aishiteru, Kagome," followed after her softly. "Thank you."

She waved in acknowledgment before entering the house and closing the door.

He leapt up into the tree, settling himself comfortably on his favorite limb.

She knows me so well, and I'm a fucking lucky idiot that she loves me like she does. Most women would be insulted and angered that I needed to be alone for a while, thinking it meant I didn't trust them. But not Kagome.

Smiling just a little, he settled back against the trunk of the tree and allowed his thoughts to wander, taking in every bit of peace he possibly could while he had the chance.

Because Kami knew, there wouldn't be any more until Naraku was finally destroyed.

---cCc---

Kagome walked into the living room and sighed heavily, looking over at her mother, she walked over and sat down in the chair nearest her.

"Grandfather told you what was in the scroll, didn't he, momma?" she asked after a moment.

Her mother smiled at her and shut the tv off. "Yes dear, he did. How is Inuyasha handling it?"

"Probably just about how anyone else would. He's angry as hell, and extremely upset, plus, he's not looking forward to having to tell his brother about it."

"Yes, I can imagine. This isn't something that would be a pleasure to talk about. Poor Inuyasha." She shook her head sadly. "Sometimes I wonder when the Kami are going to give him a break. Hasn't he had a hard enough life?"

Kagome pondered that for a moment, and was just about to agree with her mother when Inuyasha's thoughts broke in.

'Keh. Tell you're mother that the I got my break when they gave me you.'

Kagome inhaled at that, tears suddenly flooding her eyes, touched all the way to her soul by those words.

Her mother noticed the sudden tears. "What's wrong, dear?"

She smiled brilliantly, tears still sliding down her cheeks. "Nothing's wrong, momma, something's right. Inuyasha said to tell you that he got his break when the Kami gave me to him."

Her mother's face softened into a sweet smile, and anyone looking on could immediately tell where Kagome got her beautiful smiles.

"He really loves you, doesn't he? I'm so glad, dear - not many people find that kind of love, and it's all I could ever have wanted for my only daughter. There couldn't ever be a better man for you, honey. I mean that."

Kagome only smiled in return. What could she say? It was only the truth, after all.