InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Standing the Test of Time ❯ Chapter two ( Chapter 2 )
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By: sunstreak 
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Romance / Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 08.27.2005 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.2K | Visits: 176 | Status: Completed
Anime/Manga: InuYasha Fan Fiction | Genre(s): Angst / Romance / Drama | Type: Other | Uploaded On: 08.27.2005 | Pages: 1 | Words: 1.2K | Visits: 176 | Status: Completed
Chapter 2: Time to Choose Fate
“Midoriko? Why are you here?” Kagome asked in utter shock at the ghost-like presence of the original creator of the Shikon Jewel, Midoriko. Her ebony hair blew in a nonexistent wind as she sat on the edge of the very well that had originally brought Kagome 500 years into the past from her time in the 21st century.
“You’ve finally completed the jewel, my very soul is now whole. I can go be at peace and I have you all to thank.” Midoriko said with an angelic smile on her face. “Now, Kagome Higurashi, it is time for you to choose which world you want to exist in. The very portal that allows you to travel through the ages is weakening and will soon close. You have until sunset on this day’s morrow to decide. I’m sorry that this decision has to be made in such short time, but it is all that my power is willing to allow.” Midoriko’s eyes went soft as she spoke the tragic words the group never expected nor wanted to hear.
“WHA??? NO! NO! NO! That’s not fair!” Inuyasha angrily spat out. “We’ve spent many hard years putting this thing together! We finally get a chance to relax and you’re dumping this on us! I thought you just said you were grateful! Some way of showing gratitude!” Inuyasha was getting more frantic with word. He couldn’t believe that Kagome was being forced to choose where she was to live out the remainder of her life.
“Inuyasha! Hush!” Kagome scolded the fuming hanyou. “So this is it. I really have to choose? There’s no way that I can visit either world?” Kagome pleaded, hoping for a miracle of any kind.
“I’m sorry, but no. I no longer have the power now that my soul will be leaving this plain and moving on to my final destination, where ever that may be. I trust that you will make the right choice and that every thing will work out. Thank you Kagome and thank you all. I’m sure that your friendship and trust with each other is your biggest strength and your most powerful weapon.” Midoriko spoke the words to the whole group, but for some reason she couldn’t take her eyes off Inuyasha. She smiled softly at the group before fading into the mysterious light and disappearing all together, leaving everyone in total shocked silence.
“So what are you going to choose?” Inuyasha asked bluntly, sounding a little colder than he meant to.
“Inuyasha!” Kagome cried flabbergasted. “SIT!” Inuyasha barely had time to react when the subduing spell took hold and sent him sprawling to the dirt. “Serves you right! Kagome has a difficult decision to make and you’re not helping!” Shippou cried, pointing a finger in the dirt-bounded hanyou’s face, who could only grumble threats into the soggy earth below him.
“So, Kagome, how would you want to go about making your decision? I know that Inuyasha doesn’t mean to pressure you, but just know we’ll all miss you terribly and will think of you everyday.” Sango said, putting a reassuring hand on Kagome’s shoulder.
“Thanks Sango. I know this is a choice I mustn’t take lightly. I only wish there was another way. I think I need time to think.” Kagome said sadly. “I think I need to go home for an hour, but I promise you all I’ll be back.” Kagome smiled tearfully at her friends. “Please inform Kaede of the present circumstances.
“We will be sure to. Please hurry back to us Kagome.” Miroku said softly. Kagome nodded and just like that jumped into the well without another word. Inuyasha, who had recovered from Kagome’s ‘sit’, could smell the tears threatening her eyes before she left. With a knot in his throat and butterflies in his stomache, Inuyasha burst of the ground and into the treetops with one effortless leap.
“Stupid Midoriko and stupid me for thinking that she’d choose to stay here.” Inuyasha huffed under his breath as he covered the events of the past few years they had all traveled together. Until know, Inuyasha hadn’t realized how close he had come to his traveling companions. Shippou for his amusing antics; Miroku, who was Inuyasha’s only real male companion, always kept Inuyasha on his toes; Sango, who through her sorrow gave a new meaning of courage for Inuyasha. And then there was Kagome. She was the real glue that had held them all together, even in their darkest hour. Kagome had somehow broken through Inuyasha’s thick defenses and helped him open his heart that now felt as though it were breaking. “Kagome.” Inuyasha sadly sighed.
On the other side of the well, Kagome had decided to take a quick bath and let it all go. She cried sorrowfully into the steaming water while reflecting on the times she had in the feudal era. All the good times and the hard times, the tears they cried together and the blood they spilled together. It seemed that in every major turn of event in her life that she could recall had happened with her friends. Kagome’s heart ached at the thought that her friends didn’t exist in her time and even if they did, they wouldn’t remember her one bit. She wished she knew how her friend’s lives would play out over the next few years. She wondered if Miroku would finally end his letcherous ways now that his life wasn’t at risk by the wind tunnel that occupied his hand. She wondered if Sango would settle down in a new village or maybe rebuild her home in her old village. Kagome also wondered if Miroku and Sango would finally get together and have children of their own to pass the story of their journeys down too. The possible thought of Shippou having little human playmates and the possibility they would refer to Inuyasha as “uncle” made Kagome giggle despite her misery. Kagome also wondered if Inuyasha would pursue his dream of becoming ful demon. She desperately wished he wouldn’t, but she couldn’t make him change his mind if that was his true desire after all they had been through. Just then the proverbial lightbulb clicked on and she thought up a great idea so she could still be with them, even if it wouldn’t be physical. She pulled the plug in her tub and quickly dried and dressed herself so she could quickly put her plan to action and still get back within the hour. “Inuyasha, I hope you’ll accept my idea and follow through.” Kagome sighed.
~~~~~~~~~~End of Chappy~~~~~~~~~
“Midoriko? Why are you here?” Kagome asked in utter shock at the ghost-like presence of the original creator of the Shikon Jewel, Midoriko. Her ebony hair blew in a nonexistent wind as she sat on the edge of the very well that had originally brought Kagome 500 years into the past from her time in the 21st century.
“You’ve finally completed the jewel, my very soul is now whole. I can go be at peace and I have you all to thank.” Midoriko said with an angelic smile on her face. “Now, Kagome Higurashi, it is time for you to choose which world you want to exist in. The very portal that allows you to travel through the ages is weakening and will soon close. You have until sunset on this day’s morrow to decide. I’m sorry that this decision has to be made in such short time, but it is all that my power is willing to allow.” Midoriko’s eyes went soft as she spoke the tragic words the group never expected nor wanted to hear.
“WHA??? NO! NO! NO! That’s not fair!” Inuyasha angrily spat out. “We’ve spent many hard years putting this thing together! We finally get a chance to relax and you’re dumping this on us! I thought you just said you were grateful! Some way of showing gratitude!” Inuyasha was getting more frantic with word. He couldn’t believe that Kagome was being forced to choose where she was to live out the remainder of her life.
“Inuyasha! Hush!” Kagome scolded the fuming hanyou. “So this is it. I really have to choose? There’s no way that I can visit either world?” Kagome pleaded, hoping for a miracle of any kind.
“I’m sorry, but no. I no longer have the power now that my soul will be leaving this plain and moving on to my final destination, where ever that may be. I trust that you will make the right choice and that every thing will work out. Thank you Kagome and thank you all. I’m sure that your friendship and trust with each other is your biggest strength and your most powerful weapon.” Midoriko spoke the words to the whole group, but for some reason she couldn’t take her eyes off Inuyasha. She smiled softly at the group before fading into the mysterious light and disappearing all together, leaving everyone in total shocked silence.
“So what are you going to choose?” Inuyasha asked bluntly, sounding a little colder than he meant to.
“Inuyasha!” Kagome cried flabbergasted. “SIT!” Inuyasha barely had time to react when the subduing spell took hold and sent him sprawling to the dirt. “Serves you right! Kagome has a difficult decision to make and you’re not helping!” Shippou cried, pointing a finger in the dirt-bounded hanyou’s face, who could only grumble threats into the soggy earth below him.
“So, Kagome, how would you want to go about making your decision? I know that Inuyasha doesn’t mean to pressure you, but just know we’ll all miss you terribly and will think of you everyday.” Sango said, putting a reassuring hand on Kagome’s shoulder.
“Thanks Sango. I know this is a choice I mustn’t take lightly. I only wish there was another way. I think I need time to think.” Kagome said sadly. “I think I need to go home for an hour, but I promise you all I’ll be back.” Kagome smiled tearfully at her friends. “Please inform Kaede of the present circumstances.
“We will be sure to. Please hurry back to us Kagome.” Miroku said softly. Kagome nodded and just like that jumped into the well without another word. Inuyasha, who had recovered from Kagome’s ‘sit’, could smell the tears threatening her eyes before she left. With a knot in his throat and butterflies in his stomache, Inuyasha burst of the ground and into the treetops with one effortless leap.
“Stupid Midoriko and stupid me for thinking that she’d choose to stay here.” Inuyasha huffed under his breath as he covered the events of the past few years they had all traveled together. Until know, Inuyasha hadn’t realized how close he had come to his traveling companions. Shippou for his amusing antics; Miroku, who was Inuyasha’s only real male companion, always kept Inuyasha on his toes; Sango, who through her sorrow gave a new meaning of courage for Inuyasha. And then there was Kagome. She was the real glue that had held them all together, even in their darkest hour. Kagome had somehow broken through Inuyasha’s thick defenses and helped him open his heart that now felt as though it were breaking. “Kagome.” Inuyasha sadly sighed.
On the other side of the well, Kagome had decided to take a quick bath and let it all go. She cried sorrowfully into the steaming water while reflecting on the times she had in the feudal era. All the good times and the hard times, the tears they cried together and the blood they spilled together. It seemed that in every major turn of event in her life that she could recall had happened with her friends. Kagome’s heart ached at the thought that her friends didn’t exist in her time and even if they did, they wouldn’t remember her one bit. She wished she knew how her friend’s lives would play out over the next few years. She wondered if Miroku would finally end his letcherous ways now that his life wasn’t at risk by the wind tunnel that occupied his hand. She wondered if Sango would settle down in a new village or maybe rebuild her home in her old village. Kagome also wondered if Miroku and Sango would finally get together and have children of their own to pass the story of their journeys down too. The possible thought of Shippou having little human playmates and the possibility they would refer to Inuyasha as “uncle” made Kagome giggle despite her misery. Kagome also wondered if Inuyasha would pursue his dream of becoming ful demon. She desperately wished he wouldn’t, but she couldn’t make him change his mind if that was his true desire after all they had been through. Just then the proverbial lightbulb clicked on and she thought up a great idea so she could still be with them, even if it wouldn’t be physical. She pulled the plug in her tub and quickly dried and dressed herself so she could quickly put her plan to action and still get back within the hour. “Inuyasha, I hope you’ll accept my idea and follow through.” Kagome sighed.
~~~~~~~~~~End of Chappy~~~~~~~~~