InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Time Goes By; Life Goes On ❯ The Future ( Chapter 7 )

Chapter Seven: The Future
Inuyasha, Miroku, and Sango sat in the dark chamber contemplating the portal. They were weighing their options of entering or staying where they were, and waiting for the evil being to return.

First, they did not know where the portal led. It could lead them to their demise and that was the one thing no one was ready for. They had things they had to do and that was to find the remaining shards of the jewel and complete the task they started so many years ago. Whether that included Naraku and Kagome or not was beside the question. It was their obligation and they would not rest until it was complete.

They knew they had to get the remaining shards from Naraku but it could work to their advantage to have all that was left in their possession. However, they knew that could never happen because Kagome still had most of them with her.

Secondly, they did not want to jump through with no way to return, which in itself was enough to be apprehensive about the whole situation.

“What do you think Inuyasha? We could follow Naraku and kill him where he stands, or we could go about our journey and let him come to us. Because we all know before long he will do just that.” Miroku inquired. He too had a lot to lose if Naraku continued on living. His wind tunnel had already grown since he started this journey with the hanyou and the strange miko, and he knew his end was coming soon. With a wary eye, he watched Inuyasha stumble over his words and sighed. ‘This is not looking good. My time is coming soon and I wanted to be the one that killed Naraku for killing my father and grandfather before me.’

Inuyasha tried to form words but he was lost. There was so much riding at stake that he did not want to make the wrong decision. His death is not what scared him, but the death of his comrades. He could hear Kagome telling him he had to protect the remaining group and not let anything happen until the jewel was complete. That did not make his decision any easier, at best it made it worse. Not only was he responsible for avenging Kikyo and Kagome he had to make sure the other two did not perish against Naraku.

Inuyasha let out a troubled sigh and gazed back at the portal. He wanted to know what lie beyond the black hole. He had been tempted many times to jump in head first, into whatever waited for him on the other side.

Inuyasha finally formed the words he tried to a few moments ago, and they came out though they sounded weak and unsure, “I don’t know Miroku. I don’t want to lead you two into a deadly battle without knowing what is on the other side. But I feel we have to try, and if Naraku is there it is then we should fight till the death, but Kagome would kill me if anything were to happen to either one of you. Hell I don’t even think I could live with myself if you two succumbed to Naraku.”

Sango had been quite and watched the exchange between Inuyasha and Miroku with a heavy heart, and she decided to take it upon herself and answer for the both of them.

“Look I know we don’t know where this goes, but I can tell you we will not find out unless we try,” Sango said standing up. She had to make them move or they would be here forever deciding what to do.

Inuyasha turned his gaze from the portal and looked at Sango with his features laced with confusion. He had known her for years but sometimes her actions could be reckless. Miroku too was staring at the young demon slayer with incredulous eyes and he knew exactly what she was up to, but before either man could stop, her Sango stepped through the portal and disappeared into thin air.

“Shit! Don’t just sit there like an idiot Miroku we have to go after her,” Inuyasha yelled grabbing the monk by the collar and dragging him through the void with Kagura at their heels.

It wasn’t long before Naraku grew tired of sitting in the tree and leapt down to scour the sliver of woods that remained in downtown Tokyo. He wondered aimlessly through the trees trying to clear his mind when he stumbled upon a wooden bench that over looked a small pond. He wondered how his ploy would work out. In this time, there were new things- things he was unsure of and sometimes even afraid of. Though he would never admit that the powerful Naraku was fearful of anything, but this was not just anything, it was completely new, and those strange contraptions that rolled are what scared him the most.

When no one was looking, Naraku took the liberty of touching a parked SUV and shivered at its coolness. The cold steel reminded him of his own heart. One that was full of hatred and deceit. One that was incapable of love. After all that was why he was here to kill the one thing that Inuyasha held dear. Letting out a sinister chuckle Naraku went further into the small forest. His black hair whipping around in the breeze. His eyes closed as the welcoming night embraced him and took him to a far off place. A place of power that he knew he would obtain fairly soon.

His mind wandered from the past to the present, thinking of all the he could do with power. He could control all in his way and then the world would be at his beckon call. Smiling as evil thoughts danced gracefully in his head he never noticed the familiar scent that washed over the forest.

Sango was the first one out of the portal and gasped at the smell before she noticed anything else. The portal had put her out in the middle of the forest, or at least she that’s what she thought before she seen the tall building through the tops of the trees. Her mind began reeling and she almost let out a startled cry when Inuyasha appeared beside her.

“I-Inu-Inuyasha, where in the hell a-are we?” Sango stammered staring up at the unnatural building.

Inuyasha was about to answer when he heard a gasp of surprise behind him. He rolled his eyes at the pair, he understood that neither of them had been to Kagome's time but if they were going to do what they came to do, then they did not have time to hang around and ask questions.

“C’mon I will explain everything later,” Inuyasha ordered running rampant from the forest to a nearby alley.

Sango glanced at Miroku with uncertainty in her eyes. This place was over whelming and she did not know how to go about it. The tall buildings were nothing like the small huts they were used to. Even the emperors’ castles were not as large. Her shoulders dropped as she realized it was hopeless. They had to stay in this world to help Inuyasha and finally defeat Naraku, but that did not mean she had to like it.

With an aggregated huff, Sango took off after Inuyasha with Miroku nipping at her heels and Kirara buried in her hair.

As they ran toward the dark alleys, Miroku pleaded with Inuyasha to tell them what was going on. However, Inuyasha had told him to keep quiet and follow him, with the promise of telling them everything when they got to somewhere safe and out of site.

Kagome hung up the phone with an aggravated sigh. That was the fifth time her mother had called to check up on her. She just could not seem to get it through her mother’s over caring ways to make her see. The bed rest was beginning to wear on her last nerve and her family was being overly cautious. She did not know how much more she could take of the same questions, and no matter what was said they insisted they come over to ‘help’ and Kagome knew they would cause more grief than help. Therefore, she told them they could come over in the morning if they promised to stay home and let her get some rest.

Kagome rolled over on the bed and looked out at the city. Luckily, she had her mom leave the blinds over her widow open. After all this was her only ‘window’ to the outside world, therefore she was determined to make the best of it.

“Only two more months,” Kagome breathed watching the golden sunset sky, turn to the purplish blue of twilight. She could see the waning moon rise over her window with trepidation.

Inuyasha only had two weeks before the moonless night, and Kagome was uneasy about it. This would be the first time she would not be at his side while he was vulnerable and she could not help but feel at fault.

If she had not been attacked by a rogue demon while picking flowers around the bone eater’s well she would have never leapt in to protect herself. She would still be at his side and comforting him in his uneasiness. Of course then she did not know Naraku was behind the whole attack, all she knew was that without her bow and quiver she would have never would have made it back to Kaede’s village-back to Inuyasha. Therefore, she did what she had to do to survive and that was to jump back through the well only to be trapped in her time. A time she no longer felt at home in. She knew her home was with her friends and most of all him. Even though they did not have running water, electricity or other luxuries yet to be invented it was still home.

Many nights she gazed up at the stars and wondered at their brightness, something she never seen in her time due to the every growing smog and lights. The air was also pure and sweet, and her lungs ached with joy.

“Now look at me, I am forced to raise my child in such filth,” Kagome let out a small growl. She hated the thought of having to raise Isamu in this place.

Isamu kicked her uterus in agreement and Kagome smiled softly. No matter where she raised her son he would be loved. With the thought of raising her son brought a sad smile to her perfect lips. She never thought things would happen like this, but now that they had, she knew she had to make life as happy as possible. With a smile tug at her mouth, Kagome drifted off into a dreamless sleep.

Kagura stepped out of the portal in time to see Inuyasha and the others leave the safety of the trees. Her red eyes scouring the unfamiliar turf looking for any sign of Naraku, and to her relief he was nowhere to be found. She turned to step back through the portal when a familiar pulse washed over her. Her hand flew to her chest and her eyes grew wide in disbelief. ‘He is here!’ Kagura dropped to the ground still clutching her heartless chest as Naraku stepped out of the darkness and glowered at her.

“Kagura what are you doing here?” Naraku growled. Had he not sent her on a mission to find the rest of the shards? He gave her strict orders but here she was, slumped to the ground like a pile of clothes. His ruby eyes darkened to that of blood before slashing at her with a tentacle, “Kagura were you not supposed to find the shards? Did I not give you specific orders to bring back what is rightfully mine? and yet here you are following me.”

Naraku wrapped another tentacle around her wrists and pulled her to face him. Pinning her to a tree he lashed at her with another tentacle. This was the last time she would ever think of betraying him again. Naraku’s face turned into that of a spider and he wrapped her body into a fine silk cocoon careful not to cover her head. He wanted her alive he wanted her to watch as he sucked the life out of the young miko before taking her own life with his bare hands.

All Kagura could do was gape at Naraku. She knew she would die one day but she never thought it would be at the hands of this bile beast. Of course, he had threatened to take her life with one squeeze, he had even demonstrated what he could do, but that never deterred her. She kept her vow to herself, the vow of revenge. She would one day be free of him and live her life in the winds as she was intended to do.

The last thing Kagura saw was Naraku turning back to his humanoid form and slink back into the inky darkness. Her own eyes turning the color of blood before she passed out from the exertion of her struggle.