InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Inu Yasha, The Reincarnation of Midoriko? ❯ Chapter 8
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By: Desiree Dee 
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure / Action / Mystery | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 04.14.2006 | Updated On: 04.14.2006 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.7K | Visits: 465 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Adventure / Action / Mystery | Type: Continuation | Uploaded On: 04.14.2006 | Updated On: 04.14.2006 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.7K | Visits: 465 | Status: Completed
Chapter 8 The Return
All but Miroku and Kaede watched in horror as Kagome climbed inside of Inu Yasha. Miroku was busy keeping a grip on his jewel shards, while Kaede had not yet reached the scene.
Once Kagome had disappeared, the wind grew stronger and Inu Yasha fell to his knees. His body would not be able to take this much longer, and it was noticeable, that the number of jewel shards in the air was significantly thinning.
The body before them could now be considered nothing more than a black hole. There was no visible flesh, or even shape for that matter. All were afraid that they had lost their both of their best friends.
Finally, the shards had stopped coming all together. The pull from Miroku's had grown phenomenal. He fought, but as a screeching cry sounded from the void, his grip was to be considered useless. Shards ripped through his robes and nicked the tips of his fingers, blood covered his hand as he attempted to catch them once more. He had failed, and now the world was going to come to an end.
As the shard reached the void, the wind stopped, and a soft 'ouch' was heard as Kagome stepped from the darkness. The moment her feet touched the ground she fell unconscious, but before she hit the ground, a strong arm cushioned her fall.
All was quiet as the group looked upon the ground in front of them. There lay the now reformed Inu Yasha holding Kagome in his arms. Both held a look of peaceful slumber across their faces, but they were not sleeping, they were unconscious.
Miroku, Sango, and Shippou were all too afraid to move, not because of what had just happened, but because of what was happening.
A soft pink glow was covering the couple on the ground. What looked like a completed Shikon No Tama formed in the air. It began rotating slowly, and when it hit a certain angle, you could see that a small portion was missing. Miroku looked to the ground at his shards, they had not made it into the jewel. He rushed over to cover the last of the shards, but it was futile. A large cracking sound emanated from the little glass orb as it once again shattered. This time however, the pieces were so small that they resembled powder. They floated in a small pink cloud for around a minute before shooting off in all directions.
It was at this time that Kaede made her appearance. She gazed at the sand-sized grains as they traveled above her head.
"I see that the jewel did not complete itself on the inside, if at all." She looked to Miroku and his bloody fingertips. "I assume we all have you to thank for that." Miroku stood and glanced at his few shards.
"I suppose so." He rubbed the tips of his fingers together, this caused the blood to look a little worse than it was, but the look of concentration on his face let everyone around him know that he was contemplating some deep or profound thought. Kaede then stepped up next to the unconscious pair.
"You figured it out, Kagome. I had my faith in you." She kneeled down beside the raven-haired maiden, and pushed a few locks away from her face. "Little do you know that you have just made things twice as hard as they were before you shattered it the first time." She shook her head and stood. She began shouting orders to no one in general. "Lace bamboo and reeds together so that we may carry them back. I must make sure that I have all the herbs I need to treat them." She walked into the forest.
Miroku picked up the remaining shards and took is own path to gather materials. Sango looked to Shippou with a very serious face.
"Shippou," she kneeled so that she could look him in the eye, "I have a very important job for you." The kitsune looked at her, his green eyes showed complete focus and attention. "I need you to stay and watch over Kagome and Inu Yasha. I don't want any youkai coming after them while they are like this. If either of them wakes up, do not tell them what happened to the jewel. You got that?" Shippou nodded under her intense glare. "I think it's best that we leave that to Kaede, and thank you." She gave shippou a light kiss on the forehead and righted herself. Once the little fox took his stance next to the comatose duo, she followed the path which Miroku had taken.
With Sango gone, Shippou began to cry. He had been holding it in since Kagome disappeared into Inu Yasha. He just cried and cried. Unable to stand it anymore, he buried his face into Kagome's skirt. He didn't know how long he was sobbing, but soon he felt a hand run softly through his hair, and Kagome's voice.
"Don't cry Shippou, everything will be just fine." Happiness grew within him as he looked up, only to find that the hand was not Kagome's. His eyes widened with disbelief and terror.
"Ka..ka...Kagome?" His eyes only grew larger when Inu Yasha sat up and Kagome's voice came out.
"What's the matter Shippou?" Her head was cocked in an odd manner. Now large brown eyes starred at him with deep concern. An image he was not used to with Inu Yasha. His voice was caught in his throat, so he pointed at Kagome's body that lie on the ground in front of him. She shifted her gaze slightly, and jerked her head forward in a strange realization.
Shakily, she brought her hands to her face to see that they were now claws, and Inu Yasha's no less. This enlightenment seemed a bit too much for her as eyes rolled up into her new skull and she fell back to the ground.
"Kagome! Noooo!" Shippou screamed at the top of his lungs. Sango was busy breaking off pieces of bamboo with Miroku when she heard the kit's cry. The two of them immediately took off for the place they had left their friends. They found Shippou bawling. Sango ran to his side and began patting his back.
"What's wrong? Did something attack?" She was extremely frightened, and was shaking slightly. Shippou sniffed, and rubbed a tear from his right eye with a clenched fist. Using his left hand he pointed to Inu Yasha's body.
"Kagome isn't Kagome anymore." Sango did not quite understand what it was he meant.
"Shippou, are you sure that you're okay?"she thought that this whole situation was a little harder on him than he had let on earlier.
"I'm fine, but Kagome is in Inu Yasha's Body." Shippou pleaded, and Sango placed a hand on the young boy's forehead.
"You're a little warm, even for a demon." She looked up at Miroku. "Go ahead and bring back the supplies, I think I should stay with Shippou until Kaede returns." Miroku nodded, bowed, and left. Sango sat down and put Shippou into her lap. He was more tired than he had thought and soon fell asleep with her rubbing his back.
In the forest Miroku turned to look at her, and a smile spread across his face.
"When she's ready, she will make a great mother." He took in the scene one last time and continued with his assignment.
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All of the supplies were now gathered and the stretcher made. Since Kaede and Shippou were unable to carry anything of that sort, both bodies had to be carried together by Sango and Miroku.
Each one was lain out side by side on the makeshift contraption, so it was a bit on the heavy side. With that kind of weight the group had to move slowly, which suited Kaede just fine.
It was nearly nightfall when they reached the Bone-Eater's Well. Kaede insisted on rest before making the official trek back to the village. Just as the sun began its last goodbye, Kaede decided the rest was over. With a little bit of struggling she picked up Shippou, who had managed to fall asleep again during the rest.
They trudged through the dwindling twilight to reach the hut. Just before they entered, an ill wind sprang up that caused the group the shiver, but more noticeably, it caused Kagome to shake violently.
Her eyes clenched shut as if she were either in pain, or intense mental combat. Groaning noises escaped her clenched lips.
"Hurry, we must get them inside, an evil force is attracting that wind and we are not in the best form to fight it." Kaede rushed everyone ahead. The stretcher was placed on the ground inside the hut as Kagome let out an ear-piercing screech. Once she stopped, everything was dead quiet. Even the wind outside had stopped blowing. Kaede had grabbed a cloth and some water, and ran to Kagome's side. "Something is not right." She stated as she dabbed the afflicted's head.
"It's almost as if she is possessed." Miroku suggested. "Should I preform and exorcism?" At that, Kagome's body lie still.
"That will not be necessary Monk!" A silkily evil voice spat from Kagome's mouth. Her body pushed itself into a sitting position, and turned towards the baffled group. She opened her eyes in a quick and threatening manner to reveal, an indefinite darkness.
"Who are you?" Demanded Kaede. Kagome brought a hand to her chest to show offense.
"Why, don't you recognize me? Dear sister."
All but Miroku and Kaede watched in horror as Kagome climbed inside of Inu Yasha. Miroku was busy keeping a grip on his jewel shards, while Kaede had not yet reached the scene.
Once Kagome had disappeared, the wind grew stronger and Inu Yasha fell to his knees. His body would not be able to take this much longer, and it was noticeable, that the number of jewel shards in the air was significantly thinning.
The body before them could now be considered nothing more than a black hole. There was no visible flesh, or even shape for that matter. All were afraid that they had lost their both of their best friends.
Finally, the shards had stopped coming all together. The pull from Miroku's had grown phenomenal. He fought, but as a screeching cry sounded from the void, his grip was to be considered useless. Shards ripped through his robes and nicked the tips of his fingers, blood covered his hand as he attempted to catch them once more. He had failed, and now the world was going to come to an end.
As the shard reached the void, the wind stopped, and a soft 'ouch' was heard as Kagome stepped from the darkness. The moment her feet touched the ground she fell unconscious, but before she hit the ground, a strong arm cushioned her fall.
All was quiet as the group looked upon the ground in front of them. There lay the now reformed Inu Yasha holding Kagome in his arms. Both held a look of peaceful slumber across their faces, but they were not sleeping, they were unconscious.
Miroku, Sango, and Shippou were all too afraid to move, not because of what had just happened, but because of what was happening.
A soft pink glow was covering the couple on the ground. What looked like a completed Shikon No Tama formed in the air. It began rotating slowly, and when it hit a certain angle, you could see that a small portion was missing. Miroku looked to the ground at his shards, they had not made it into the jewel. He rushed over to cover the last of the shards, but it was futile. A large cracking sound emanated from the little glass orb as it once again shattered. This time however, the pieces were so small that they resembled powder. They floated in a small pink cloud for around a minute before shooting off in all directions.
It was at this time that Kaede made her appearance. She gazed at the sand-sized grains as they traveled above her head.
"I see that the jewel did not complete itself on the inside, if at all." She looked to Miroku and his bloody fingertips. "I assume we all have you to thank for that." Miroku stood and glanced at his few shards.
"I suppose so." He rubbed the tips of his fingers together, this caused the blood to look a little worse than it was, but the look of concentration on his face let everyone around him know that he was contemplating some deep or profound thought. Kaede then stepped up next to the unconscious pair.
"You figured it out, Kagome. I had my faith in you." She kneeled down beside the raven-haired maiden, and pushed a few locks away from her face. "Little do you know that you have just made things twice as hard as they were before you shattered it the first time." She shook her head and stood. She began shouting orders to no one in general. "Lace bamboo and reeds together so that we may carry them back. I must make sure that I have all the herbs I need to treat them." She walked into the forest.
Miroku picked up the remaining shards and took is own path to gather materials. Sango looked to Shippou with a very serious face.
"Shippou," she kneeled so that she could look him in the eye, "I have a very important job for you." The kitsune looked at her, his green eyes showed complete focus and attention. "I need you to stay and watch over Kagome and Inu Yasha. I don't want any youkai coming after them while they are like this. If either of them wakes up, do not tell them what happened to the jewel. You got that?" Shippou nodded under her intense glare. "I think it's best that we leave that to Kaede, and thank you." She gave shippou a light kiss on the forehead and righted herself. Once the little fox took his stance next to the comatose duo, she followed the path which Miroku had taken.
With Sango gone, Shippou began to cry. He had been holding it in since Kagome disappeared into Inu Yasha. He just cried and cried. Unable to stand it anymore, he buried his face into Kagome's skirt. He didn't know how long he was sobbing, but soon he felt a hand run softly through his hair, and Kagome's voice.
"Don't cry Shippou, everything will be just fine." Happiness grew within him as he looked up, only to find that the hand was not Kagome's. His eyes widened with disbelief and terror.
"Ka..ka...Kagome?" His eyes only grew larger when Inu Yasha sat up and Kagome's voice came out.
"What's the matter Shippou?" Her head was cocked in an odd manner. Now large brown eyes starred at him with deep concern. An image he was not used to with Inu Yasha. His voice was caught in his throat, so he pointed at Kagome's body that lie on the ground in front of him. She shifted her gaze slightly, and jerked her head forward in a strange realization.
Shakily, she brought her hands to her face to see that they were now claws, and Inu Yasha's no less. This enlightenment seemed a bit too much for her as eyes rolled up into her new skull and she fell back to the ground.
"Kagome! Noooo!" Shippou screamed at the top of his lungs. Sango was busy breaking off pieces of bamboo with Miroku when she heard the kit's cry. The two of them immediately took off for the place they had left their friends. They found Shippou bawling. Sango ran to his side and began patting his back.
"What's wrong? Did something attack?" She was extremely frightened, and was shaking slightly. Shippou sniffed, and rubbed a tear from his right eye with a clenched fist. Using his left hand he pointed to Inu Yasha's body.
"Kagome isn't Kagome anymore." Sango did not quite understand what it was he meant.
"Shippou, are you sure that you're okay?"she thought that this whole situation was a little harder on him than he had let on earlier.
"I'm fine, but Kagome is in Inu Yasha's Body." Shippou pleaded, and Sango placed a hand on the young boy's forehead.
"You're a little warm, even for a demon." She looked up at Miroku. "Go ahead and bring back the supplies, I think I should stay with Shippou until Kaede returns." Miroku nodded, bowed, and left. Sango sat down and put Shippou into her lap. He was more tired than he had thought and soon fell asleep with her rubbing his back.
In the forest Miroku turned to look at her, and a smile spread across his face.
"When she's ready, she will make a great mother." He took in the scene one last time and continued with his assignment.
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All of the supplies were now gathered and the stretcher made. Since Kaede and Shippou were unable to carry anything of that sort, both bodies had to be carried together by Sango and Miroku.
Each one was lain out side by side on the makeshift contraption, so it was a bit on the heavy side. With that kind of weight the group had to move slowly, which suited Kaede just fine.
It was nearly nightfall when they reached the Bone-Eater's Well. Kaede insisted on rest before making the official trek back to the village. Just as the sun began its last goodbye, Kaede decided the rest was over. With a little bit of struggling she picked up Shippou, who had managed to fall asleep again during the rest.
They trudged through the dwindling twilight to reach the hut. Just before they entered, an ill wind sprang up that caused the group the shiver, but more noticeably, it caused Kagome to shake violently.
Her eyes clenched shut as if she were either in pain, or intense mental combat. Groaning noises escaped her clenched lips.
"Hurry, we must get them inside, an evil force is attracting that wind and we are not in the best form to fight it." Kaede rushed everyone ahead. The stretcher was placed on the ground inside the hut as Kagome let out an ear-piercing screech. Once she stopped, everything was dead quiet. Even the wind outside had stopped blowing. Kaede had grabbed a cloth and some water, and ran to Kagome's side. "Something is not right." She stated as she dabbed the afflicted's head.
"It's almost as if she is possessed." Miroku suggested. "Should I preform and exorcism?" At that, Kagome's body lie still.
"That will not be necessary Monk!" A silkily evil voice spat from Kagome's mouth. Her body pushed itself into a sitting position, and turned towards the baffled group. She opened her eyes in a quick and threatening manner to reveal, an indefinite darkness.
"Who are you?" Demanded Kaede. Kagome brought a hand to her chest to show offense.
"Why, don't you recognize me? Dear sister."