InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ To Wish Upon A Star ❯ Chapter 13 ( Chapter 13 )

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both are tied up and sitting in FL’s living room “Let us go!!”

Sess: “Not until you tell me why you are here!”

FL: rolls eyes “Well that’s a stupid question. We’re here because you tied us up and brought us here duh!”

Sesshomaru’s eyes rim red

Inu: quakes in fear “Oh, crap, you’ve done it now!!”

Sess: “That is not what This Sesshomaru meant and you know that. Now tell me what This Sesshomaru wants to hear. NOW!”

FL: sticks tongue out at Sess “Not until you untie me and say pretty please.”

Inu: looks at FL “Hey! What about me?”

FL: “Oh yeah, you’ll have to untie the hanyou as well as me.”

Inu: in an offended tone “Hey! I thought we had gotten past the whole hanyou thing!”

FL: sighs “Fine. You’ll have to release Inuyasha before I will tell you anything.”

Sess: smirks “Is that your wish? Then so shall it be.” releases Inu but not FL

FL: “Hey!!”

Kags: sighs “FL, now known as Lady of the Midnight Mists, doesn’t own anything about Inuyasha except this storyline and all original characters. Enjoy the chapter...”


Previously in To Wish Upon A Star...
The three older girls traded looks before picking themselves and running over to Rin, laughing, and smothering her in an enormous group hug. “Welcome to the family!” Kari cried joyously.

“You really are our sister now!” Dilynn said delightedly.

Just then, the bushes rattled and an evil presence nearly flooded the area.


As the bushes rattled, Kari, Casey and Dilynn collected themselves and stood in front of Rin. Lined up in front of them stood Will, Match, Any and Speed; as well as Valentine and Annie along side the horses. At the front of the entire group stood Sesshomaru and Jaken.

Kari looked all around the clearing, trying to spot her Lord. “Yoo-hoo, My Lord....where are you?”

A soft voice filled the clearing for a moment. “I will always be with you. Remember that. There are some trials, though, you must face without my intervention. I will always be here, you may not see me or sense me but I will be here...”

“Well, that wasn’t much of a goodbye,” Casey humphed.

The evil aura that had flooded the clearing was growing stronger by the second. So strong was the aura that neither Sesshomaru, nor any of the girls, sensed the ever increasing pure aura on the edge of their senses.

Out of the bushes popped one of Naraku’s puppets. (A/N: I think those are called shikigami, but I’m not sure...Why not?...Well, its been a while since I watched the show, so I don’t remember all the technical terms and all. For now, we’ll just stick with puppet.) It looked almost exactly like Naraku, except the area under the monkey’s top jaw where a face would’ve shown was black.

That’s the giveaway flaw in his puppets, Dilynn thought wryly. That and the fact that the aura is much, much weaker than what Sesshomaru said it would be...So I think I’ll have a little fun with this stupid thing.

Clearing her throat, Dilynn stepped to the front of their little group. “I believe I can handle this one,” she proclaimed confidently.

Sesshomaru shot her a look that clearly said to not interfere. She blew it off. “Oh please, do you really think me that hopeless? Me the last Lady of Dreams? Pshaw.”

Sesshomaru grabbed her arm and wheeled her back around to face him. His face was set in stone and his voice carried that to another level. “You will not face the puppet. This Sesshomaru will not let you.”

“Getting a little uppity again aren’t we? Let’s do a quick head count here. I defeated that...monster...in my time. I’ve bespelled Inuyasha. And I have the power to fight without physical contact. I can be anywhere within a 3 mile radius of someone and bespell them. I don’t even have to see them, just have their face in my mind. I think I am qualified enough to fight this puppet. Watch and see for yourself.” She wrenched from the Taiyoukai’s grasp and, lifting her flute, began to play a song from her childhood.

The notes flowed smoothly together as she wove her spell. The tune was one that Kari and Casey knew well. They could barely suppress the laughter in their voice.

Dilynn stopped playing for a moment and began to sing. Her voice unnaturally smooth.

The puppet stopped in mid-stride, seemingly fixed to the spot.

The puppet slowly began to march in place to a one-two-one beat.

The puppet began to march in a circle around the clearing as the three older girls collapsed in a pile of laughter. Sesshomaru rolled his eyes slightly and snorted at the antics of the young girls.

Out of nowhere an arrow loaded with pure miko energy emerged and, flying through the air, lodged itself in the puppet. Within a blink of the eye the puppet exploded, sending bits of baboon pelt and some type of wood in all directions. Kari, Casey, Rin and Jaken hit the dirt while Sesshomaru grabbed Dilynn and jumped high into the air.

Dilynn yipped and clutched tightly to Sesshomaru’s form. She may be able to fly in her true form, but noone had said anything about being able to in her human form. She watched from her vantage point as her cousins and the others hit the dirt. She also noticed a lone figure emerge from the bushes and walk towards the remains of Naraku’s puppet.

She looked up to Sesshomaru as she felt his arm tighten around her and his entire body stiffened. His face was hard and his eyes held a slightly annoyed spark to them. He looked down at her face and held a finger to his lips, quietly signaling her to do the same. She nodded and held on tighter as he slowly and gracefully lowered himself to the ground. He ended up right behind the young woman.

“What is it you want, miko?” Sesshomaru said in his monotone, although this time it wasn’t as mono as before. Instead, it held a slight note of annoyance and, surprisingly, mischief.

The girl before them jumped and spun around. Her short green skirt twirling with her. She noticed the skirt and quickly clamped it down to her side with her hands, blushing like mad.

Dilynn disentangled herself from Sesshomaru’s arms and punched him lightly in the shoulder. “Her name is Kagome, Ka-go-me. She’s not just a miko, she’s a human being you know,” Dilynn said.

Kagome smiled and nodded her thanks.

Sesshomaru glared at Dilynn for the assault on his person before turning back to Kagome. “What is it you want, Kagome?”

Kagome looked bashful and turned her face to the ground. “I was wondering if you would allow me to travel with you...” she trailed of quietly.

Sesshomaru was surprised but showed nothing, his face and eyes once again impassive. Dilynn, however, was not so hard to read. Concern for her friend spread across her face. “What’s the matter? What happened to Inuyasha? I thought you two liked each other?”

Kagome sniffed and held back tears. “I caught him with Kikyou again. He was with her when I came back from my time. She asked him if he loved me or if he felt anything for me at all. He said no, that he didn’t love me. That he only saw me as a jewel detector,” her voice broke and the tears flowed freely down her face.

“Who is Kikyou?” she asked confusedly.

“She is an undead miko,” Sesshomaru sneered. “Fifty years ago Inuyasha and Kikyou were in love. Inuyasha was to wish on the Shikon no Tama to become fully human. The jewel would disappear and Kikyou could return to a normal life. Then, Naraku entered and pitted the two half-wits against each other. He mortally wounded the miko, but before she died she pinned Inuyasha to a tree with a sacred arrow. Three years ago Kagome came and released him from the tree.”

“How do you know so much about his life?” Kagome questioned with wide eyes.

“I make it my duty to know what happens to him. My father told me to keep an eye on him, so I will attend my father’s wishes whether he is dead or alive.”

“Oh,” Kagome and Dilynn chorused together.

“How sweet, Sessy really does care!” Dilynn jibed.

Sesshomaru scowled at her before turning back to Kagome. “What makes you think that I would allow you to travel with me?”

Kagome looked grief-stricken at his response.

Taking pity on her friend, Dilynn turned to Sesshomaru. “It’s not really up to you now is it?”

The Taiyoukai glared at her, “What makes you believe such dribble?”

Unfazed, Dilynn continued on, “It’s up to me and I say she can travel with us for as long as she pleases. On one condition...”
Sesshomaru’s hackles had risen at the insult to his pride but the unstated condition tickled his highly underdeveloped sense of curiosity.

Kagome cocked her head to the side, looking for the world like a cute and curious little puppy. “What’s that?”

“Well, two conditions really. One that you come with me every now and then to my home and two that I do the same for you. Deal?”

“You mean that I could come to America anytime I wanted? With out a passport or anything?!” Kagome was seriously excited over what her new best friend was saying.

Dilynn nodded, “Exactly. My parents won’t mind. My dad loves to entertain any company of mine with silly stories of him from his childhood or more recent times.” (A/N: He seriously does...blushes and nods head Yeah he does and it can be so embarrassing.)

The young miko’s eyes glazed over at the wondrous prospect of visiting the most powerful country in the world. Up until now she had only dreamed of a day when she would be able to afford the plane ride and the trip through customs. Now, though, it seemed close enough to touch. “You’ve got a deal!” she said enthusiastically.

“What deal?” Kari asked.

“Did we miss something?” Casey questioned.

Rin however did no questioning, instead she launched herself at the young miko’s chest. “Kagome-chan! Oh I miss you so much! How is Shippo-kun? Where is he? Where is Sango-chan and the ero-houshi? And inu-no-baka?” the young child pelted Kagome relentlessly with questions about the young woman’s unusual group of friends.

Kagome laughed and set the child down after a fierce hug. “They aren’t here right now. Shippo might join us later but for right now it’s just me.”

“What are you doing here and what deal where you talking about?” asked Casey.

“Well, I’m going to be joining your group for a while. The deal is that I can go to America with you guys when you go back and everyone can come and stay with me in Japan when I go back! That’s what the deal is,” Kagome replied gleefully.

“That’s awesome!” shouted Rin, Casey and Kari at the same time. (A/N: You really like group shouts don’t you?...Meh, they’re alright. They do make typing and writing a heck of a lot easier though! Hugs groups speech...sighs and rolls eyes Back to the story.)

“So when are you guys going home next?” Kagome asked eagerly. “I would like to visit your home and family as soon as possible! If that’s okay with you that is,” she quickly amended.

Dilynn laughed at her friend’s eagerness. “Well before we go anywhere, you need to meet the rest of the group. You already know Casey and Kari. You remember the dogs right? Annie and Valentine.”

At the sound of their names the two dogs stepped forward with eager wagging tails, welcoming the new comer to their quickly growing pack.

Annie, Valentine, Dilynn called. (A/N: Remember mind speech!...Lord knows she about forgot it...Hey! You’re not supposed to tell people that!...She also forgot which dogs she used in her story...tackles Dreamish You need to be quiet now and let the nice people read the story! They don’t need it ruined when it is so close to the end!) You remember Kagome, correct?

Yes, the two dogs chorused together, we remember. She is the one who attacked Kari and Casey is she not? Valentine asked.

Annie sniffed the air tentatively around the young woman. She doesn’t smell bad. It’s actually quite nice, it smells like the stuff your mother sometimes puts on her food. The young dog sneezed. That stuff always makes me sneeze.

Dilynn about died laughing then and there; regardless of the looks her friends where giving her. Pepper? Is that what your talking about?!

Annie cocked her head to the side and perked her ears up, Is that what it’s called? If so, then yes. She smells like pepper.

At this statement from the young dog, Dilynn was sent into new fits of laughter.

“What’s so funny?” asked Kagome. “What’s going on?”

“It’s the dogs,” Kari explained. “I guess one of them said something funny.”

“How can dogs talk?” Kagome wandered. “I thought they were just animals. Smart animals, but animals none the less.”

Sesshomaru cleared his throat at this statement and sent a glower towards the big mouthed miko. “Do not forget, that at my core–and Inuyasha as well–I am a dog.”

Kagome looked sheepish as the others around her giggled at the dog’s response.

Wiping the tears of laughter from her eyes, Dilynn composed herself to answer Kagome’s question. “She...she...she said you smelled like pepper!” This simple statement sent everyone in the camp, aside from Kagome and the stoic taiyoukai, into peals of laughter.

Kagome could do nothing except stare open-mouthed at the young woman in front of her. Pepper? She smelled of pepper?

Sesshomaru discreetly sniffed the air and came to the same conclusion as the female dog. He smirked, She really does smell of pepper, just as the young pup said...aaah, she aint that young...perhaps we have been hanging out at Dilynn’s too long...what makes you say that?...if you would listen to yourself , you would know. Idget...ha! You have no room to talk! You just said one of her favorite words, plus you are talking her slang as well...Sesshomaru huffed at this statement but discontinued the conversation with his inner self.


Two years later, Dilynn sat straight up, sweating profusely. This wasn’t the first time she had awoken in the middle of the night from a dream. She looked around, Sesshomaru was nowhere in sight and everyone else, including Kagome, lay sound asleep. In the light of the dying fire, Dilynn could see the slight rise and fall of her dogs’ chest.

She took in a deep breath, trying to ease her heaving chest and soothe her nerves. Standing on shaky legs, she quietly made her way into the forest. Sitting beneath the canopy of branches, she rethought her dream.

It had been the same dream nearly every night for the past few months; ever since her twentieth birthday. She would be standing in the middle of a sunlight field filled with beautiful red roses. Sesshomaru was standing beside her, they were arguing about something. She couldn’t tell what, though, there was no sound anywhere.

They were pointing at each other and then in another direction. Somewhere towards the east, into the rising sun. Their field was located a small distance from Sesshomaru’s castle. The large building was clearly visible in the background. Dilynn would point to herself then back to the east. Sesshomaru shook his head in an emphatic ‘no’ then gesture to Dilynn, himself, then back to his home. Almost as if he was telling her that she should stay with him.

Dilynn would shake her head in an even more forceful no then again point to herself and back the east. She would wave her hand in a sweeping gesture towards the west that included Sesshomaru. Then, crossing her arms across her chest in a x-shape, she would abruptly bring them down as if to say that whatever Sesshomaru wanted was not to be.

Sesshomaru then grabbed her shoulders and shook them while Dilynn looked to the ground with a pained look on her face. Finally, nearly in tears, she would wrench herself from his grasp and take out her flute and play something, a tune of some sort. For the lack of noise she couldn’t tell what was played. The effect on Sesshomaru, though, was clearly visible. Ice started to form around his ankles and slowly crept up his body, encasing him entirely.

When Sesshomaru was completely covered in ice and totally immobile, Dilynn would revert to her true form and, turning, run into the rising sun until she was out of sight. Only then would the ice around Sesshomaru melt.

Once released, he would reveal his true form and howl a mournful howl to the sky before taking off in the direction Dilynn went. It seemed but a few moments later that he would return, slinking, and sit in front of his domain and watch the rising sun. Howling at his loss once more, he would return to his more human state and after a final pained glance at the rising sun, he would reenter his castle; the doors closing with a heavy thud behind him.

What became of herself, she did not know. The dream ended with the closing of the massive oak doors.

She shuddered at the thought that the dream implied. That she and Sesshomaru would have a massive break up and she would leave him. To where, she couldn’t tell. Definitely not to her own time, though, for her life lay to the west, inside of Sesshomaru’s domain, and her dream self had fled to the east–the opposite direction of the cave.

Back at the camp, Kagome sensed an unease in the area. Once she got her faculties around her she noticed the unease was because two very familiar auras were missing--Dilynn's and Sesshomaru's to be exact. She could barely register Sesshomaru's aura and Dilynn's was almost as faint but still closer. She briefly wandered why their auras where in the opposite direction of eachother before she got up and headed in the direction of Dilynn's aura.

When she was close enough to feel her best friend's aura full-force, she could sense it was filled with a deep sadness. The enormous magnitude of it made Kagome stop dead in her tracks. (A/N: gasp You killed Kagome?!...NO, I did not kill Kagome. That is a figurative term, not literal. Knuckle head...Well...No, don't say anything else, let's get back to the story.) The miko wandered what Dilynn was so upset about. I wander if it was something Sesshomaru did or said...the thought trailed off as she continued her walk. A few minutes later, she stepped into a large clearing. On the far side, Dilynn sat beneath the trees; silently crying and looking at the sky through the tree limbs.

"Dilynn?" Kagome asked tentatively, "What's the matter?"

Dilynn's head snapped toward the sound of the voice, her gaze softened and her body relaxed as she realized who her guest was. Smiling a sad smile, she shook her head. "Nothing," was all she said.

Kagome placed her hands on her hips. "Come on now, I've been traveling with you for two years now. I think I know a little more about you than you think I do," she quipped with a laughing smile.

Dilynn laughed lightly and, scooting over, patted the earth beside her.

Kagome smiled at the invitation, knowing that soon after Dilynn would be ready to talk. Sitting down, she scooted close to Dilynn and laid her head on her shoulders.

Dilynn smiled brightly at this sign of total trust from Kagome. Suddenly, a though occurred to her. "Kagome?"

"Hmm?"

"Have I ever given you a ride on my back?"

Kagome thought for a second. "No," she said finally, "I don't think you have. Why?"

Dilynn frowned lightly. "You mean in the past two years that you've traveled with us I have never let you ride on my back?"

"No, I don't think so. Why?"

"Well," Dilynn grinned broadly, "we'll have to remedy that."

"What do you mean?" Kagome asked for the third time. She nearly fell over when Dilynn abruptly stood and ran to the center of the clearing. She sat in quiet awe when Dilynn revealed her true form.

Dilynn sat and grinned broadly at the extremely confused miko. She wagged her tail enthusiastically when Kagome stood. "Come here," she said.

"Um...ok." The young woman took a few tentative steps toward the giant strawberry blond dog.

"Hurry!" Dilynn yipped.

Kagome shrugged and swiftly finished her walk to the center of the clearing.

Laying down on her stomach, Dilynn gently helped Kagome up to her back using her nose. Once the miko was seated comfortably, Dilynn stood and took off at a fast run in a random direction.

A few minutes later, she slowed to a breathless halt. "So," she panted, "What did you think?"

"That rocked! Now, what were you so upset about earlier?" Kagome asked, not to be dettered.

Dilynn sighed and, laying down on the ground, helped Kagome off her back. Kagome leaned against Dilynn's side and waited for her friend to talk.

Slowly but surely, Dilynn began to tell of her dream. When she had finished, Kagome frowned.

"That doesn't sound good. I hope it's not a prophecy or anything." She felt the young woman shudder as she uttered those words.

"I certainly hope not," Dilynnn agreed, looking into the rising sun.


FL: "Alright! My next chapter is up!!"

Dreamish: "Good for you, FL. Now let's let the people tell us what they thought of the chapter."

FL: "Oh yes, please do! For the sake of my sanity--"

Dreamish: snorts "What little she has left."

FL: glares at Dreamish "--please review quickly! G'night!!"

Dreamish: "Good night!"