InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Project Hope ❯ Wake and the Ritual ( Chapter 2 )

Do I have to do this every time? Oh well…I don't own Inuyasha.

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Yoraeyu- I'll try to put a lot of WAFF in it just for u. ^_^

My teachers are really scary and I have a lot of homework. I'll try my best to update as soon as possible. By the way…a lot of ppl did the reading part but only two actually reviewed. What the hell is up with that?

Chapter 2-Rescue and a Ritual

(I just want to mention that I had this idea in a dream. Freaky right?)

Sango and Rin stared at Kagome.

"Hey Kag, what's wrong?'

Without answering, she grabbed their hands and ran toward the shapes. As soon as they reached them they knelt by the unconscious and very wet bodies. A sigh of relief escaped their lips when they felt the pulse behind the ears. This was a bit hard to find on the one with the triangular dog ears atop his heads.

Kagome's eyes fell on the tag necklace around his neck. " They're from a HEP. This one's a hanyou. Inu…yasha." She liked the way that the name seem to roll off her tongue.

"Sessomaru. Cool name." Commented Rin.

Sango, quickly getting down to business knelt by Sessomaru and slung his arm over her shoulder. "Come on. We have to get them to the hospital."

Rin quickly took the same position with his other arm. "Crap~grunt~ he's so damn heavy. How are you gonna get Inu-whatever there all by you-self?"

That would be a problem. But this is where having demon friends came in handy. Cuz Just then the raccoon demon Tanku came trotting over the sand dunes. When he saw the girls and the new comers he waved and jogged over to them.

Bowing to the "young ladies" he politely inquired "Is there anything that I can do to be of assistance with our new friends?"

Smiling gratefully Kagome asked, " Can transform and carry us to the hospital?"

Tanku jumped in the air and there was a smoky poof. When the smoke disappeared, there was a long cane-like shape floating in the air.

"Climb aboard!"

After a game of tug-o-war, they successfully got a firm grip on the two demons and off they went. All three eyed the ID tags and sighed. "They must have escaped…" said Sango.

"Those wounds look like bullet wound," declared Rin.

"We're here," announced Tanku.

The five passengers slide off and Tanku poofed back to normal.

"Thank you!" yelled the girls as they were aided by nurses carrying the patients in.

Content and tingly.

Those were the first feelings that Inuyasha was aware of feeling. The tingling seemed to start at his chest and spread through his body. Warmth. Very slowly he opened his heavy eyes and received a shock. A teenage human was standing with her hands over his chest and her eyes closed. Blue light poured from her hand and onto his chest. He noticed that her was wearing new clothing-blue t-shirt and pants.

"So your awake little brother. I see that you have noticed your rescuer."

Inuyasha turned his head to see that on the bed next to his was Sessomaru, staring at him with a bored look on his face.

"What the hell do you mean, rescuer?"

For the first time, the girl spoke.

"Me and my friends found you on the beach. We brought you to this hospital to treat your wounds. My name is Kagome."

Inuyasha glared. This girl was treating him like an equal. Most likely fake. "If you don't want to get hurt, bitch you'd better let us go."

Kagome ignored the name he'd called her. "This isn't a HEP, Inuyasha. This is a hospital. Repeat after me. Hos-pi-tal."

"If this isn't a HEP then how do you know my name?"

Kagome flicked at his necklace and grinned. "I can read."

Sessomaru made a sound that could have been a cross between chuckle and an exasperated sigh. "Dear brother, this is a Hope."

Hope. Inuyasha's mother had told him stories about them before she died. About places that he could be safe. He'd believed in them back then. " Those are just fairy tales"

"So we got a non-believer."

They all turned their heads to see a girl that look about Kagome's age standing next to his brother's bed.

"I'm Rin."

"Don't care," came the short reply.

Changing the subject Kagome look at Rin. "You want to help me with the healing process?"

Nodding her head enthusiastically Rin placed her hands in the same position as Kagome. The blue light seemed to immobilize Inuyasha for a while. When it was over he frowned.

"How'd you do that?"

"We're mikos."

"And this is a Hope?"

"Yup. Oh yeah! How about we introduce you to the other girl that helped save you?" Without waiting for an answer, Kagome stuck her head out of the door and called, "Hey, Sango! They're awake!"

Inuyasha's ears twitched partly due to the yelling and partly due to the shuffling of feet that he heard out in the hall. Another girl with her long black hair in a high ponytail walked into the room and smiled.

"Glad to see your awake, Inuyasha. I'm Sango."

As she leaned over him to shake hands with Sessomaru, Inuyasha caught a whiff of her scent. (His nose is full of water right now so he needs to be close to something to smell it) Sango had the crisp and sweet scent of newly bloomed cherry blossoms. Inuyasha had smelled many scents before and he knew that the person-or demons-personality most of the time had an effect on their scent.

This girl had no trace of evil in her scent.

`Maybe….I really am in a Hope. I wonder what that Kagome girl smells like…'

Sango, Kagome and Rin moved toward the door. Rin looked over her shoulder. "Get some rest. We'll give the grand tour tomorrow. If you need anything then just yell." Then she practically skipped out of the room.

"Hey Sessomaru. You really think this is a Hope."

Sessomaru thought about Rin's scent. She'd smelled like wild mountain strawberries but nothing dangerous. "That girl Rin's scent doesn't lead me to believe that they are dangerous. And if you were smart enough you'd look out of the window."

Inuyasha gave a indignant snort but look out of the window. The sight that met his eyes was one that he saw not even in dreams. It was a hospital garden filled with demons and humans. They were together exchanging gifts and talking. It was almost like they were friends. No beating or yelling. It was….a picture of hope.

About two hours later Kagome and gang checked-up on the two to find that they were out like lights in a black out. Midoriko ran up to them in her miko robes, panting.

"What are you guys doing! The ceremony is about to start! Hurry up and get dressed." She spun on her heels and ran off.

The ceremony was when all the priests and priestesses gathered to re-power the barrier.

"Crap! Let's go!!" yelled Sango.

The three girls ran as fast as their outfits allowed then to move to the changing rooms. They each had about ten miko robes, in many colors. Throwing aside their doctors clothing they snatched any robes from they're lockers and making sure that they're necklaces were in place. (I'll explain what the necklaces are about later in the story) Kagome's robes were a white top and navy blue pants. Sango's top was also white but the bottom was gray. Rin had an off white top with bright purple pants. (Go figure…)

Since these robes were comfortable they ran towards the small clearing at which the ritual would take place. By the time that they got there nearly all of the others had already arrived. A familiar priest with dark blue eyes and a tiny ponytail waved and jogged over.

"Hello beautiful ladies. I thought that you would not come and the ritual and be without the lead ladies." said Miroku.

It was true. Even though they were young, the three were the most powerful mikos here maybe except for Kaede. There was a legend that the Jewel of Four Souls was somewhere on this island. This ritual was supposed to draw power from the jewel but if this was true nobody really knew.

Kagome saw Miroku's hand start to move but before she could warn her, "HENTAI!!!!!"

Sango slapped Miroku so hard that his face swelled slightly.

"So ye have decided to join us." said an old miko with an eye patch as she walked up to them.

Bowing Rin apologized, "We're sorry that we're late. We had a lot patients today and we got kinda caught up."

Kaede nodded, turned and yelled, " Let's get into position!"

The position of the ritual was simple. Kagome, Sango and Rin were in the middle being the only ones that went higher than level 1-the highest level that a miko or priest and get.. A circle of about eight or ten level 2 priests and priestesses created a small circle around them. A larger circle of about 13 level 3s formed a larger circle around all of them.

A crowd had gathered to see the rare event. Kaede stood outside of the circle. She was always there to supervise but she never took part in the actual ritual. A short nod from Kaede and the ritual began. The center circle began to sing and their medallions began to glow. All high rank mikos had a song that no one else knew. A song with no words. They're voices rose and fell ion melodies that could sooth a raging ocean.

Sango sang the low part. Her voice was like a cello. Deep and creamy. Rin was the joyous bird, singing the highest notes. High and sweet sounds flew from her lips. Kagome was the middle neither high nor low, but rather both at the same time. Her voice was smooth and buttery, Their song vibrated and traveled through the air and was soothing to all ears that it blesses.

The middle and outer layer were beginning to glow a faint blue with the energy that they were gathering as they softly hummed to the song. At the peak of the song a thin trail of blue power shot upward from everyone in the middle and outer circle. These streaks gathered together to become a great ball of light hovering above the singers, growing larger as the streaks of light continued to feed it more power.

By now Sango, Kagome and Rin were glowing with a pink light that was so bright that it was almost painful to look at. Suddenly a think stream of power flowed from the three pushing the ball of blue light high into the sky.

As the trio sang the last note, there was a flash and the ball turned into a dome that covered the whole island. As tiny drops of leftover power fell from the sky, children-demon and human-ran forward to catch them. If you touched them it would send a tingly feeling through you.

The dome would activate if it sensed a soul that would bring harm to the Hope. When the drops stopped falling the miko's and priests went home to rest. Sango, Rin and Kagome had the largest home with 65 rooms. It often had orphans in it but right now it wa empty except for a few maids. Retiring to their rooms, they fell into a heavy sleep.

I'm really loaded with homework but I'll try to keep updating. *5 ppl have read this and I have only two reviews…Plezzzzzzzz review. This chapter was pretty pointless, I'll try to add something more fun next time.