InuYasha Fan Fiction ❯ Turning The Tables ❯ The Goshin-Boku ( Chapter 3 )

[ X - Adult: No readers under 18. Contains Graphic Adult Themes/Extreme violence. ]

Kagome watched him her face going pallid, and she swallowed tightly, "What... did she look like?"

Inuki shrugged, "I never see her face, just her dark hair." He looked at her, "It's just a dream."

Kagome watched him slightly, "Did she... give you a locket?"

He shook his head, "I can't remember ....but I do remember a set of prayer beads and wierd ones at that." He shrugged as he looked around the room and saw a fat cat and smiled.Buyo walked over to him and lept into his lap and yawned settling down into it. Kagome, watched him silently, then after a while turned the old familiar phrase over in her mouth, "Sit boy..."

Inuki flinched and then looked at her, "Do you have a dog or something or were you talking to the cat?" he looked down at the cat and scratches its ear " you shouldnt say stuff like that to buyo aint that right boy?"

Kagome stiffened slightly and looked at him, ".. How did you know his name?"

He blinked, "I was just guessing ...don't tell me I was right."

Kagome stared at him silently, "...These prayer beads...why do you say they were weird?"

He scowled as he thought, "Ummm, they looked like they had fangs on it and they glowed from time to time...." he looked at Kagome, "ummm...why?"

"They made you slam into the ground when the girl said sit boy."

He flinched again, "That sounds ...familiar" he looked down at the cat and rubbed his ears, "Feels good, don't it boy?"

She reached over and grabbed a picture frame with a picture of the hanyou, the beads showing in clear view in the picture, "Did they look like that?

Inuki leaned towards the picture and took a good look, "Now that you mention it, they did look alot like those." He looked up at her, "How did you know?"

She watched him silently, "... You know the tale of Inu Yasha?"

He nodded, "Yep, studied it in school." He leaned back on the couch, "A hanyou pinned to a tree for 50 years by a miko who was protecting the Shikon jewel." Inuki propped his arms behind his head and yawned, "What about it?"

Kagome looked at him. "That tree is right there," She pointed to it outside the window Inuki turned and looked out the window "That's the goshinboku..."

Kagome nodded, "Hai, it is." She stood up and walked across the room to stand at the window, "Inu Yasha was pinned to that tree for fifty years... then the priestess who had pinned him there's reincarnation came about and released him." She brushed her hair out of her eyes and looked over at him, "History books don't really tell the story right... and most just stop right when he's pinned to the tree"

Inuki watched her closely, "A reincarnation....." he shook his head, "This is like a dream." He looked back at the picture of the hanyou.

She looked over at him, "Why do you say that?"

He looked up at her, "Reincarnations, hanyous, priestesses with magic powers ....don't it sound like a dream or even a movie to you?" He sighed and slouched down into the couch "I mean seriously ...it's all too much to believe."

She smiled slightly and stared out the window to the tree, " You sound like I did...."

He narrowed his eyes at her, "Are you telling me you know that all this is true...." Ge laughed and pointed to his head, "Your brain must be broken."

Kagome looked at him sharply, "I can prove it to you."

He rolled his eyes, "And how are you gonna do that?"

Kagome reached into her shirt and pulled out her necklace with the Shikon no Tama on it. Inuki stood up and looked at the jewel, "That looks like..." he reached his hand out and touched it, "The jewel of four souls."

Kagome watched him silently, "Inu Yasha died before Miroku, Sango and Shippou and the priestess got the last shards of the jewel...his dream never came true. So the priestess kept it, so she could visit his grave from time to time."

He looked at her, "You're the priestess..." Inuki spaced out as visions of her in a miko's robes flashed in his mind. He shook the vision out of his head, "That's...not possible is it? I mean reincarnation, demons and all of that..."

She looked down at the floor before lifting her gaze to his again, "Why isn't it possible?"

He ran his hand through his hair, "I don't know I guess it's just the thought of having past lives ...and unfinished business left behind I guess"

Kagome looked away, "If you don't believe it.. I can take you back."

Inuki looked at her, "Take me back where? I haven't been anywhere with you but school and here." He reached and touched her shoulder, "Kagome I think you should get some rest..."

She batted his hand away irritably, "Not back as in a place. I mean back in time, The Feudal Era."

His eyes widened in shock, "Kagome....don't do this ok? Please, for the love of god, just calm down."

Kagome growled, "You don't believe me. God dammit you are infuriating." She grabbed a photo album off of the shelf and shoved it against his chest, "There, all the proof you need, Demons, Miroku, Sango, Shippou, Kaede, Sesshoumaru, Jaken, Rin, the whole lot of us! Even Kikyou is in there!"

He looked down at the book while the name Sesshoumaru rang through his head "Sesshoumaru...." A vision of a tall man with white flowing hair flashed in his mind and he scowled, "Feh...." he takes the book and walks back to the couch and looks at it.

She watched the scowl settle over his face and blinked, "Someone you know?"

He looked at her "No, the name just sounds familiar." Inuki opened the book and started looking at the pictures.

She walked over and sat down beside him gazing at the photos, "That's Inu Yasha and Kouga fighting as usual. I wish those two hadn't been so hostile towards each other all the time."

He snorted and flipped the page, "Looks like me and my brother. We fight like that constantly."

Kagome looked and Inuki and arched a brow, "You have a brother?

He nodded, "Yeah don't you?" Kagome nodded slightly, about to say something but as he looked through the pictures, he found one of the man that he had seen in his mind and he froze in shock.

She looked up at him at the sudden rigid movement, "What's wrong?"

He blinked as he looked at the picture, "That's Sesshoumaru...." He swallowed hard as he looked at her, "How do I know him?"

Kagome looked down at the photograph, "That's Inu Yasha's older brother...they fought even worse than Kouga and Inu Yasha did... "

He slammed the book shut, "Enough ...enough I'm going home."

Kagome jumped at the sudden movement and shrunk back from him slightly, "Gomen..." She stood up and moved out of his way, "I didn't mean to upset you..."

Inuki looked at her as he stood up, "It' not you...just...hell I don't know! I think I'm going insane."

Kagome watched him silently, "...can I show you one thing before you go?"

He looked at her and nodded tiredly, "Sure can't make anything worse, can it?"