InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Regaining Time Lost ❯ Unwanted ( Chapter 5 )

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Disclaimer:I do not own Inuyasha. I wish I did but I do not. However, any OOC that is brought into this story belongs to me.
Author's Note:Hello everyone! I want to thanksuperemanandwolfshifter1001again for reviewing. Anyway, if you choose to flame me, BRING IT ON! Anyway, sit back and enjoy the next chapter ofRegaining Time Lost.
Rin watched Kaede sleeping as she finished off her last cup of tea. She was hungry but she couldn’t stomach any food at the moment. Kaede was getting older and it was amazing that she lived for so long. After Kikyou passed on and Naraku was defeated, Kaede seemed to relax. She wasn’t working herself to the bone to get things done, to always be prepared. There was no need for her to do it, so everyone watched her age in eight years. It could be any day now where Kaede wouldn’t wake up again. Rin did not know if she could replace or if she wanted to. Kagome at one time would have been Kaede’s replacement but something changed. The villagers were more distant than usual. She was fully aware of them holding secret meetings at the dead of night but she was never invited until tonight.
Rin played with the letter between her fingers. She did not want to go. It would mean terrible things if she did. She was sure that the meeting and the ones before were about Inuyasha and Kagome. The villagers were still wary of youkai but were respectful. They owed Inuyasha and Kagome so much but it was hard to beat bigotry out if you grew up that way.  Rin luckily knew the evil of humans and youkai and that neither race was absent of it, so she couldn’t hate one without hating the other.
Rin stood up and covered Kaede with a blanket before exiting the hut. She followed the path toward the abandoned hut in the middle of the village. Rin could see light from the window. She came to the hut and a woman stepped out of it. She was the wife of one of the influential families within the village, Lady Mikaki. She had a strong hatred for youkai no matter if they were friendly or not.
“I am so glad you came. Please come in,” she said stepping out of the way. Rin entered the hut after giving a brief smile. She was not happy to be there. However, she wanted to know what this was all about. She wanted to obtain enough information to relay back to Kagome and Inuyasha. Those who held power in the village (the blacksmith, the carpenter, and so on) were sitting and sipping on tea.  An unfamiliar woman was pouring the tea.
“Well Rin-san, you finally decided to come. I was sure that Kaede-sama would have joined you,” Takashi said. He was the head of the village. He had taken over three years ago after his father had passed away. Rin believed that it was he who caused the villagers to be so distant.
“She was tired. I let her sleep,” Rin stated, “Why have you requested me Takashi-sama?”
“We wish to introduce you to Lady Hikari,” Takashi said.
Rin looked fully on the woman. She wore a black kimono with green leaves on it. Her hair was black and was pulled up in a bun. She had a slender face with high cheek bones. Her lips were set in a soft smile and her blue eyes glittered brightly in the fire light. Rin noticed something else glittered within her eyes as well.
“It is pleasure to meet you Rin-san. I have heard much of you,” Hikari said.
“Have you?” Rin mumbled and said, “The pleasure is all mine.”
Takashi offered Rin a cup of tea and she took it. She had no intentions of drinking much of it. Rin was already full from drinking tea from Kaede. She took a few sips before setting the cup down to stare back at Hikari. The tea warmed her causing her to softly sigh.
“Now Rin-san I would like you to answer Lady Hikari’s questions,” Takashi said.
“Yes,” Rin stated.
“When is Inuyasha the weakest?” Hikari asked.
Rin eyes narrowed slightly. Why would she be asking about Inuyasha? Rin opened her mouth to speak and blurted out, “The night he turns human.” She covered her mouth in horror. Rin couldn’t help but blurt out her reply when she tried to speak. It was as if she had no control over her tongue. Rin stared at the cup of tea. She took it and sniffed it. There was something in it. It was faint but she could still smell. “You poisoned me?!”
“No, no, my dear. I only released you from the hold of that horrid demon,” Lady Hikari said, “The villagers told me all about the demon that is called Lord Sesshomaru. It is such a horrible thing to be controlled by a demon and forced to be his slave.”
“Slave? SLAVE? I am not his slave. He took care of me and brought me here because it was safer. I have never been forced to do anything that I didn’t want to do!” Rin exclaimed.
“Please calm yourself. Soon you will see that we only mean you well,” Lady Hikari said, “Now when is the night that Inuyasha turns human.”
“I DON’T KNOW AND IF I DID I WOULD NEVER TELL YOU!” Rin exclaimed before standing up and fleeing from the village.
The men stood up to follow her but Hikari snapped her fingers. The men stopped to turn and look back at her. “Let her be. This will play out in our favor,” Hikari said.
“Kirara stay out of my way,” Midoriko said as walked forward with her sword raised. Kirara dispatched of the last demon before snarling at Midoriko. How could she tell her to back down? How could she after they had slain her mate? She would kill them all. Kirara was getting ready to jump on another when she noticed Midoriko raising her sword. She quickly retreated out of the way and behind Midoriko as Midoriko’s sword began to glow a blue light.
Midoriko watched as the youkai were swarming towards her. With a quick flick of her wrist, she sent a wave of purifying light towards the horde of youkai. When the light dissipated, the ground was scorched. Midoriko’s body shifted as she stumbled. She turned to Kirara with a smile. Kirara came over to allow Midoriko to use her to catch her balance. She purred at Midoriko and nudged her a bit. She was still a little angry at her for avenging her but it is what it is. They were dead and that was the only thing that mattered. Midoriko all of the sudden shoved Kirara away as jaws came up from the ground and ensnared her. Her left arm caught on the demon’s fang and was ripped from her body due to the force of the demon propelling itself. Midoriko screamed as she placed her blade up to keep the demon from closing its jaws on her. Her blood rolled down the demon’s throat as it chuckled.
“You vile creature… you have not one,” Midoriko said as she began to glow in an eerie blue light.
“Midoriko!” Kirara roared, “I will free you!” Kirara would not leave Midoriko to this fate. Kirara jumped forward and clawed at the demon.  Midoriko’s aura pulsated and it burned Kirara, who roared. She held onto the demon as she sank her fangs into its skull. Its putrid blood entered her mouth but she still held on.
“Yes traitor. Join us in hell!” the demon hissed at Kirara.
“Kirara leave me. I do not wish this fate for you,” Midoriko said as her aura pulsated again. This time it slung Kirara back. The fur on her legs was burned off but Kirara stood up again. Her legs were trembling but she rushed forward to try to save Midiroko as light engulfed Midiroko and the demon. The light hit Kirara throwing her out of the cave.  
Kirara opened her eyes slowly to the flickering of flames. Her body jerked as she heaved up all the water  in her body. She looked up to see herself in a cave. Kirara brought her hand up to groom her face and then she stopped. She stared at her hand and not a paw. Her hands roamed her body. She was wearing a kimono and she had breasts, arms, legs and feet. Kirara had gained her humanoid form. She pulled up the kimono to see her legs. There were remnants of the burn scars on her legs.
‘Kirara, my dearest friend, by saving you from being in that prison, the hell I created to rid the world of that demon I kept you from enjoying your life fully,’ Midoriko said to her. Tears began to roll down her face as the memories became flooding back to Kirara. She remembered the battle that took Midoriko away from her. It was the same battle that had severely wounded her. Kirara did not blame Midoriko. She did not blame her for any of it. If she was able to do it all over, she would have still tried to save Midoriko. ‘I give you this as payment for all you did for me Kirara. Live long and well.’
“Midoriko,” Kirara said, “thank you.”
Ayame sat on the edge of the waterfall gazing at the moon’s reflection on the water. She surveyed her new territory with a smile. Kouga did well. It was beautiful and lush. Their pack did not need to go very far to hunt and they were able to grow plants as well. Kouga turned up his nose to eating plants. He ranted about how they were wolves and only needed meat to live but Ayame took interest in herbs more so for their healing properties. Kouga soon found out that it was good that Ayame knew much about herbs after he waged war with the spider youkai. So many had perished because of those creatures but she was thankful that it happened. Ayame’s worries about Kouga’s loyalty were put to rest because of it. She believed that Kouga only mated her because Kagome returned to her era. When she was captured by that horrid male spider youkai, Kouga lost it. He nearly killed himself to save her. Kouga didn’t know it but his display strengthened their bond more than he would ever know.
“Ayame,” Kouga said. Ayame turned around to smile at him. Her left eye had specs of blue in it and underneath it was a long deep crooked scar that stopped at her chin. While she was being captured, a spider youkai spit poison onto her face. It partially blinded her in her left eye and left a horrible scar. It was Kouga’s reminder to himself how he would never be lenient nor let his guard down.
“It has been three years Kouga,” Ayame sighed, “It is in the past. I do not blame you.”
“I know but,” Kouga started.
“No buts. It is fine. What have you come to tell me?” Ayame asked.
“Kagura is alive,” Kouga replied.  
Ayame’s eyes narrowed slightly. She had never met the female but she knew of her. She wiped out Kouga’s pack. Ayame knew it had hurt Kouga severely. “Is Naraku alive?” Ayame asked.
“No. If he was I am sure dog breath would have alerted us to the danger,” Kouga replied.
“Then why have you brought this up to me?” Ayame asked.
“Somehow she was reborn as a half ookami.  I wanted to know what you think about that,” Kouga answered.
“She murdered your pack merciless. She nearly killed you. However, didn’t she help to defeat Naraku as much as she could? Or at least she tried to from what I heard,” Ayame said, “I feel sorry for her.  Sorry that she was born to such a horrid creature and that the only freedom she was able to obtain was death. I think that the good she did do did outweigh some of the bad. You can bring her here as long as she is not a threat to us. Our pack can not take any more bloodshed.”
Kouga nodded and began walking away. He honestly could care less about Ayame’s opinion on this. However, he did not want to hear her nagging him if he brought Kagura here without his permission. Kouga wasn’t thinking about making her addition to the pack. Yes she would be an asset if she retained her wind witch powers but Kouga wanted pay back. There was not a moment that he didn’t wish that it was he who killed Kagura and not Naraku. Kagura could’ve spared his pack. She could’ve helped like she helped Inuyasha and Kagome multiple times. Kouga would do what Naraku couldn’t and then they’d be even.
Sango finished stitching Inuamaya’s arm and wrapped her arm in a cloth to keep it safe from the elements. Kagome placed her on a futon and covered with a blanket. She was relieved that Shippo got to her when he did. The thought of losing her only child was a horrible one. If they had not removed the poison from her body as soon as they did, Inuamaya would have been dead. The poison wasn’t like anything that Sango had seen. It was far more toxic than a snake youkai could ever produce.
“This was spider poison,” Sango said breaking the silence.
“I know but didn’t Sesshomaru wipe out all the spider youkai after we defeated Naraku,” Kagome replied. She remembered Sesshomaru was adamant on not taking any chances with any of Naraku’s spawn surviving. He traveled all over the country dispatching of them. It seemed horrible at first to Kagome but Sango explained that the majority of the spider youkai were evil and cared nothing more to kill, eat and procreate.  
Inuyasha, Miroku and Shippou entered the hut with Inuyasha looking visibly upset. The snake youkai’s trail disappeared five miles out. It was as if it vanished in thin air and Inuyasha knew that snake youkai could not fly. Something about the whole situation seemed wrong. Then as they were returning to the village, the aura seemed off. The hair on the back of his neck was on end. It had been a long time he felt like this and he did not like it.
“Did you find anything?” Sango asked.
“No. The trail went cold,” Shippo replied.
“How is she doing?” Inuyasha asked as she sat down next to Kagome. He nuzzled her briefly before stroking Inuamaya’s hair.
“Good. She will be fine in the morning. I am so glad you were here Shippo,” Kagome stated.
“I am too,” Shippo said.
“I am not sure that the snake youkai injured Inuamaya,” Sango said.
“What do you mean Sango?” Miroku asked.
“The venom that we pulled from her arm is too potent, too toxic for that of a snake youkai. I don’t think the snake youkai bit her either. The bite wound seems all wrong,” Sango explained.
“A lot of cases like this have been happening in the East. Weird poison victims, human and youkai, that die from spider venom. They either come back as walking corpses or deteriorate into a puddle of liquefied meat. And now it seems that there have been occurrences like these in the West too,” Shippo said, “It’s not safe to stay in one place anymore and especially not here. I came here to warn you after what happened with Kouga.”
“What happened with the mangy wolf this time?” Inuyasha asked.
“Not all the spider youkai were killed. Kouga went into a full out war two years back with the remaining spider youkai. They were eating his females and pups. He wiped all of them out.” Shippo answered.
“That is horrible!” Kagome exclaimed.
“Spider youkai…I doubted Sesshomaru got them all,” Inuyasha said.
“I didn’t think he did as well. Kouga killed the rest or he believes he did but I don’t know what to think,” Shippo stated.
“I think we need to investigate this. If there is even a slightest chance that Naraku is alive, we need to take care of him,” Kagome said.
“No way Kagome. We have children to think about and they can’t travel with us. We will be putting them at risk,” Inuyasha replied.
“I was able to do it,” Shippo added.
“But you’re not human nor are you a hanyou,” Inuyasha started. A sharp pain in his neck made him slap it. Myouga, flattened, floated down to the ground. Inuyasha’s eye twitched a little as he picked the flea up.
“Your blood is as tasty as ever Lord Inuyasha,” he said.
“Myouga, I was wondering when you would show up,” Inuyasha said.
“I came with Kohaku and Kirara,” Myouga stated, “The Eastern lands are troublesome indeed. I have a solution to your problem m’lord. The young can stay at Lord Sesshomaru’s castle. I am sure he would comply since you and Kagome-san have taken great care of Rin.”
“As if I’d allow that asshole to be able to influence my pup with his uppity thinking,” Inuyasha growled.
“You don’t really have a choice in this Inuyasha because I am going with you and I am not leaving Inuamaya here and I know Sango and Miroku would not leave Akane and Akemi as well,” Kagome said.
“Fine but we will NOT be living in his castle. After this is said and done we are going to stay as far away from him as possible,” Inuyasha said firmly. He did not want him brother challenging him for position as Alpha over his pack. Inuyasha’s youkai would not stand for it.
“Oh no m’lord. I didn’t imply that. Your great and terrible father wouldn’t want that as well. He didn’t just leave you a sword,” Myouga said.
Author’s Note: Woo! This was another long chapter. I will probably post another tonight. I am in the mood to write so I am going to take full advantage. You know when I watched the anime, I really liked the idea that Kirara was Midoriko’s vassal. I honestly believe that Kirara would have been there for Midoriko’s final moments. She was a very loyal ally in the anime and the manga, so I can’t see her being missing for such an important battle. I will be doing a few more flashbacks involving Midoriko. Anyway, I hope you all enjoyed. Please review and stay tuned for another chapter of Regaining Time Lost.