InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Inuyasha's unknown heritage (Yes boring title I know!) ❯ Wake up call ( Chapter 21 )

Chapter 21) Wake up call

~~Kaede's village~~next morning~~

Everyone had bedded down for the night after everyone had met Joseph and they had their fun with the fireworks. Inuyasha and his group were bunked down in Kaede's hut. Kateru and his mate had created a makeshift bed with a little magic, into the side of a hill to the north where the grass was tall and pungent. Sesshomaru had chosen one of the few trees in the area to get comfortable in for the night. Lastly, Lina and Joseph had also made a make shift nest under one of the trees in the middle of the rice fields out of the tall grass there and several buffalo hides.

It was into this morning light that Kouga made a mistake. He went into the area of Lina and Joseph's sense range without knowing the consequences.

The second his youkai presence was felt by the two, and a slight twinge of recognition was also felt by Inuyasha's now heightened senses. That the elder two reacted out of instinct and the need to protect their family. Joseph was the first to rise. Even in a groggy state the two were dangerous.

Joseph let out a loud, subsonic, and menacing growl that every demon in the area heard. Thusly waking up everyone demonic in camp, and setting the young ones on high alert. Briefly his eyes blazed crimson and he shielded their presence without thinking, putting up a barrier of invisibility.

Lina was a little less subtle, the second she started to show consciousness, her power flared up. With a groggy growl, nestling into her mate, she growled out the word "Wolf" and as she turned over to get her eyes out of the sun, a barrier promptly enfolded the village in a smoky, shifting, barrier where the other one was and thusly she fell back asleep. That and Kouga in his rush, promptly ran into above barrier.

The second his body came into contact with the barrier, he bounced back off it and into a tree.

Miroku, Kaede, and Kagome were promptly awakened at this time by the feeling of intense magic. Miroku in the instinctive rush to protect his fellow travelers, rushed to the door to look out. Kagome was thusly also hit by the need to look outside when she heard the whine and yelp that Kouga instinctively let out upon meeting Mr. Tree. Inuyasha was already outside at this time, now moving faster than he had ever moved before, due to his recent training, he knew exactly where and who were out there.

Onto this scene, Kouga's poor pack was a rushed, mute witness too.

"Kouga? Where are you?" Ginta called out as he and Hatkagoo (Ginta is the skunk haired wolf that follows Kouga and Hatkagoo is the Mohawk toting one for all those who don't know the characters) came out of the forest, before the rest of the pack. Looking around and breathing hard, Ginta finally spotted his leader, face down, at the base of a beat up tree.

"Are you ok Kouga?" Ginta asked again as he rushed over to his fallen leader. Upon reaching him, he turned him over and to all their dismay, was out cold.

Looking up he noticed the barrier and promptly told the pack to find a place to rest. He then gathered the bundle of sleeping furs from one of the minor wolves after finding a safer spot for Kouga until he woke up.

Noticing now that Inuyasha was not in the hut, Kagome called out to him with a worried face. "Inuyasha?"

Inuyasha was standing inside the barrier, looking out into the forest. "Kouga." He growled as he sniffed the air.

Spotting Inuyasha from Kaede's hut, Kagome rushed to him.

"What's wrong Inuyasha?" Kagome asked him as she came up beside him, a puzzled look upon her face.

One word, growled out, made her puzzled look turn into a worried frown as she looked upon Inuyasha. "Kouga."

Kagome then turned towards the barrier and peered out into the forest with

apprehension. Inuyasha had just recently confessed in a round about way that he loved her and now Kouga had decided to show up. Did he have a sixth sense about how to come at exactly the wrong time?

Walking up to the barrier wall, despite Inuyasha's protests to the contrary, Kagome was surprised when it felt like a stone wall but did nothing else.

"How odd." Kagome remarked as she looked puzzledly at her hand as it rested against the wall. "Almost every other barrier we have encountered, reacted when you touched it."

"Don't worry so much Kagome." Inuyasha said with a relieved sigh that this was one of Lina's barriers that didn't react negatively. "Lina has set up barriers before that you can touch. I've practiced under one many times in the last few days."

"Really?" Kagome asked with an intrigued face and raised brows.

"I wonder if she could help teach me some, since she seems to specialize in magic." Kagome thusly pondered aloud with a furrowed brow.

"Ask her and find out." Inuyasha responded with a shrug, his attention still focused on the forest beyond the barrier.

Suddenly Kagome and Inuyasha heard a voice calling to her. After a few moments they realized it was one of Kouga's companions. "Lade Kagome! Lady Kagome! How nice to see you." Ginta on the other side of the barrier thusly kneeled before Kagome, making sure to stay a short distance from the barrier since they did not know what it did to Kouga.

"Why hello Ginta. Where is Kouga and why are you here?" Kagome asked with a kind smile. Ginta looked up and was surprised as Kagome freely touched the hanyou's arm, looking up at him, they shared a look as he quieted his rapidly escalating growl at the wolf before them. Ginta stored this look away mentally; he and the others knew Kagome's feelings, even if Kouga blindly denied them.

"He is nearby. He was some how affected by this barrier and will be out for a little while. We came to search for the cause of the magic the other night." Ginta replied as he rose before Kagome who by now was standing next to Inuyasha.

Nodding sagely, Kagome looked up at Inuyasha and decided to go in search of Lina so that the barrier would be explained. "We know about the magic, but I think it would be best to tell all of you at once. We will return in a little while, but be sure that no one else touches the wall. We don't want anyone hurt." Turning, Kagome entwined her hand with Inuyasha's and tugged him towards the tree she had seen Lina and her mate bed down under.

Inuyasha looked down in interest and wonder as Kagome clasped his hand. Twining their fingers together he felt a gentle tug at his arm as he followed Kagome. `I could get used to this' he thought to himself with shinning, appreciative eyes.