InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Prohibited Affections ❯ Chapter 23

*This story is almost at a close. Only a few more chapters and an epilogue to go!!!

 

 

In a tower, the wizard was sitting by the well. It was just several days ago, Sesshomaru told him that it was time. But was it really? Maybe it was time that InuYasha would betray Kagome. Is there another time? Is it Hojo's turn?

 

He turned to look down the well. Sesshomaru's head appeared. They just stared at each other for a small number of moments.

 

Miroku was the first to break the silence. “Is the first time finished?”

 

“Yes.”

 

“Is it someone's else's turn, yes?”

 

“Yes master.”

 

“It's Hojo, isn't it?”

 

“Yes, but this outcome will come out more tragically than the Queen Kagome. It will shatter the country of Japan and no one will cope with the loss and no one will…”

 

He was cut off when Miroku said, “No, stop. I don't want to know, not just yet. I would like to see it when it occurs. But, I would like to know when this will take place.”

 

“The first step will happen tonight, the second will happen soon after the first step. This is all I can say,” Sesshomaru told him and was gone.

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It was the night of the full moon and Shippo was standing in the dazzling moonlight that was cascading from the window. His mother was sitting on the bed, looking at him as he was leisurely lifting the bottle to his mouth.

 

The lip of the bottle met his lower mouth. He stole a glance to his mother and said, “Good-bye ten year old body…”

 

He took a swig of the potion and threw the glass bottle to the ground. He felt nothing at fist. Then, he was starting to get a scorching sensation flowing throughout his body and veins. He started to whimper since the feeling was not a pleasant one.

 

His body grew from a small boy into a grown man. His red hair grew to the top of his shoulders and his face became mature. His clothes ripped since he had a major growth spurt.

 

Kikyo looked at her son. He became a very fine-looking man. For a split second, she was thinking how all the women would fall at his feet when he passes them by.

 

Shippo looked at his mom. “…Hello sixteen year old body.” He grinned a flashy smile and his mother smiled back. They laughed. They were thinking that everything would go well.

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Kagome was sitting outside in her private garden in the starry night. For a brief second, she felt the same, familiar shiver going down her spine and chills over her body. It was actually worse than before. Could it be a premonition?

 

She rubbed her arms and hurried back inside her room and went to bed. For the first time in a long time, she held her husband close to her, afraid that she might lose him.